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many thousands and were ready at any
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many thousands and were ready at any
time to help liberate Cuba. 353.s
Maximo Gomez was rendered the
command and organization OF the Gu
ban army, with Antonio Maceo and
Jose Marti as generals. The army at
this time was merely an unorganized
body OF scattered troops, as Gomez
says, with scarcely four rounds Of
ammunition apiece" The one weapon
with which even the poorest was
equipped, however, was the sfar-famed
machete. Originally this was not a
weapon at all, merely an implement
used for cutting passages through
woody and bushy cane; but recently it
has become a general term used for
most any kind of a sword or sabre.
s Gomez accepted the command with
the distinct stipulation that the COM
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s= RILEY is NOT. IA BIcYCLIST. !.
How a Short Spin Knocked Him Out
~ 4 -Esg& ~ One Morning. =.

5r. 5 -s;&-: y, One morning. Z. &se5 IS.r r,
y It shall never forget said Charles
Reynolds to a St. Louis Republic man,
apropos of the article concerning
James Whitcomb Riley's homestead,
"an incident in the life of the Hoosier
poet. It was last summer during the
time Mr.. Riley was a guest of mine. I
live in Indianapolis and am member
of the Country club, which has it's
clubhouse about twenty miles from
town. Among the members it has be-
come quite the thing to ride out there
every Sunday morning for breakfast,
and one afternoon I suggested to the
poet that it would be a pleasant spin
to wheel out to the place next day,
starting before breakfast. He agreed,
and daybreak of the next day saw us
on our way, speeding along the tow
path of the canal toward the Country
club house.
"The journey was made without in
cident, although I noticed that the poet
showed signs Of fatigue during the last
few miles. But he seemed refreshed
after breakfast and cigar and I
thought nothing of it, as I myself was
not a crack rider.
"After/a time we started back, there
being several beside ourselves in the
party. But after the first milepost had
been passed I noticed that Riley was
wabbling on his wheel in a way that
denoted weakness. He did not say
anything, however, and neither did 7,
so we plugged along in silence for an
mark that it was beautiful country.
Yes said I.
Don't you think we should stop
awhile and gaze with more reflection
and meditation on the landscape?' he
asked.
"Then I realized how tired he was
and we stopped. He was SO nearly gone
that he almost fell from his wheel
when I consented to dismount and he
sat himself down by the roadside with
a sigh of relief
Half an hour later suggested that
we go on, but he said the scenery was
too beautiful to leave, and, although I
S@SACSo w 1C4AdIu UuL uYc u11uuGCS, 1
saw he was too far gone to proceed.
Finally, while we were waiting, a
countryman with a load of hay on his
big rick came along. Riley hailed him
and wanted to know what he would
lake to carry him to town. The farmer
thought a minute and said: Ten dol
lars.' ~>f&
II knew he was joking, for S. in that
part Of the country is big enough to
hide the sun, but Riley was only too
glad to accept the offer. So the farmer
and I loaded him onto the load Of hay
and the last saw of the poet was his
smiling face peering at me from be-
hind his glasses and seated on top of
a bulging rick of hay, holding his
wheel in one hand, while in the other
he waved his dusty cap. Since then
whenever he sees me he refers to the
mornings ride and with him at least
I shall always have the reputation of
a great rider
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-11
THE HISTORY OF CUBA
5TOLD#IN OUTLINE FOR BENEFtT
OF OUR READERS.
It Was the Second Point Which Cplum-
.5 bus Landed on His First Voyage
Down to tho Present. Day Story Of
# Its Revolutions. n z.f: * !s9f%ts g. g

Soon after the discovery which inn.
mortalized Lis name, Columbus cruised
westward and landed on the most
beautiful and far most important of
the West Indies, which the natives
called Cuba .s .. ,'.,
Today it is brought into our notice,
not On account Of it's delightful climate,
which would seem almost perpetual
summer, nor for its luxurious growth
of tropical plants, and it's inexhaustibly
rich soil-but for vastly more vital
reasons. The world at large is dis.
cussing the little island and it's *talpha
and omega" involving as it does two
such Important nations.
Cuba is about 750 miles in length
and its width varies It is 12S miles
at the extreme eastern end, while from
Havana south to the coast is not more
than twenty-eight miles Compared
with the state Of Long Island it is about
tWenty-eight times larger, though bare
ly one-third of the island has been cul-
tivated. 1t has good coast line, with
NO less than twenty-seven harbors.
During the early history Cuba was
under the Spanish flag. About 1888
Havana was destroyed by the French,
and again a few years later, and in the
seventeenth century was captured by
the Dutch, but in one of the treaties
was given back to Spain. For time
peace existed, but always the cruel and
rigorous servitude which the Spanish
enforced.
In 1852 the island was taken by the
English, and the next year, by foolish
piece Of craftsmanship, exchanged with
Spain for barren title to Florida.
The United States during Polk,s adj
ministration offered something like a
million dollars for it, which the Span
iards Indignantly refused, saying, 'all
the gold in the world could not buy
Cuba" A little later the United States
threatened to seize it if Spain would
not sell. -.
About the time our war of the rebel
Iron closed, the CuEans tired of Spanish
rule, proclaimed Cespedes president;
and under the leadership OF Maxine
Gomez made a desperate fight for in
dependence In 1873 the congress de-
posed Cespedes and proclaimed Cisne-
ros president, who is at present in of
hce. Cespedes nysteriously disap-
peared in 1874
The ten years of ruin and tears"
as the war was called, cost Spain $780,
100000 and thousands of lives, and this
expense was levied on Cuba, while they
had gained approximately nothing to-
ward liberty, as they soon realized.
There constantly required the dis
content, as the outrageous taxation
continued, and without going further
into details, the same reasons that
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GENERAL. MAKING GOM..l

. E., r. GEN NERAL MAXlMO GOMAL,
as Gomez assumed command, Marti left
him, intending to leave the island and
return to the United States. Here he
hoped to push his financial and diplo-
matte work in Cuba's behalf. But he
had travelled scarcely quarter of a
mile when he was shot, having been
led into a nest Of Spaniards by a
treacherous guide. Gomez was wound
ed trying to recover Marti's body. and
with his few men was forced to turn
back. 54E .5.s 81;
In April, Campos relieved Galleia as
I %governor-general, to the intense de-
light of the Spaniards. But it was
soon realized that the quelling Of this
rebellion was too great a task even for
Campos His men were fast diving
from the fever as the rainy, season
= came am e on. The Spaniard's extremity
was the Cuban's opportunity. IN fact.
5(5E1 Gomez tle declared that if he couldn't kill
them by fighting, the climate wonld
y ultimately do TIE work for him.
During the first year nothing ham
pened to change the tide OF affairs
sMartis death was universally lament
sed, for. he was g great soldier, and that
was g; what Cubans needed. He was all
his life g patriot, having been, during
his early boy hood, confined ii 4 Span
9 ish 81 prison. Marti, too, was an orator
and md a yoluminous writer. Is
Towards the latter part Of 1895 IA
Geo defeated Campos near Bayam1rsoo.,
wit g heavy loss to the Spaniards u,
q only the heroism Of 9 sui dinate gen
elrasl-Which raj 1 resulted IN his death
saved the entire Spanish force from
being captured.
Inc most severe combat of the year
was at aguasco, VII here, Nov. 19 and
70. Gomez defeated q Spanish brigade.
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In every million people in the world there are
eight hundred who are blind,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-11
LIMIT is REACHED.
The Tad of Searching for Ancestors Ffust
Be Checked. ~

BE Checked. ~
: 1t must be admitted on common
sense principles that the formation of
hereditary societies has reached a nat
ural limit, and it is time to cry a halt,
says Harper's Bazaar. The reasonable
conclusion is that these societies
should unite in work, if not in organi-
zation, and justify their existence by
practical deeds. The end, however,
is apparently not yet; the ancestor
quest drives its followers to absurd
lengths. Forefathers conjured up rise
from the genealogical caldron in sort
or harlequin processi sion-the ancestor
in buff and blue, the ancestor in scar
let tunic, the bewigged ancestor, the
jack booted ancestor, until from the
dim twilight Of heraldic tradition the
crowned ancestor looms up in the
shadow. Is there not something de-
cidedly incongruous in the spectacle
of descendants Of those who bade de-
flance to the third George Of the name
seeking to establish kinship with roy
atty through Saxon chief or Norman
freebooter? Does not the latest depart
ure tend to prove that ancestor hunt
ing has no limit, that it is simply a
question OF enterprise, research and
credulity Il we may establish the Or
der Of the Grown, why may we not.
in due course elcome new heredi-.
tary society, lineal descenda OF the
mariners OF the Ark, the Ararat chap
ter, with proper insignia uspended
from a navy blue ribbon, dove bear
ing the olive branch?
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Compliments.

"Miss Brown told me that you paid
her such a charming compliment the
other evening"" said Mrs. Coddington
to her husband, something about her
being pretty. The poor girl was so
pleased. I don't see how young me1s
can be so untrvlthful'
II should think you'd know by this
time that I'm never untruthfuI' said
Mrs. Coddington, reproachfully. Il
said she was just as pretty as she
could be, and so she was."-Harper's
BaZar
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One, on Pat.

at sphat will yez do with yer.
money at yer dith soi'll lave
it to me children. 4 d Pat But sun
posin' yez niYer hev my ~ r, Nike
Thin It'll go to me grand children. -
Tit-Bits.
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GEN. ANTONIO MACEO.

i N~'' 1AA* AoANAo N1fASGO>
prompted the American colonists to
sever themselves from English tyran-
ny, drove the Cubans again into the
field, this time to fight for nothing
short of absolute independence.
The Juntas, leagues organized by
Cuban exiles at Key West and other
non-Spanish ports, now numbered
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A Superb Agrravatfnn a

Pat -Eo th docthor said yez hov. 4
frog in yer throat, did he Well, it s
aisy seein' phWat attracted tn riptile
Until It. Mike An' phwat did attract
II? Pat Yer hannel molt Judxe, 81
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at West Point as hostler, where he
absorbed much valuable knowledge.
At this same time when Maceo land
ed on one side of the island, uomez
with Marti succeeded in get11ng into
Cuba on the opposite side, and as soon
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-05-02

SENsATIoN.-Quite sensation was
caused in Richmond Saturday night
when, at the close of lecture deliv-
cred by Professor Richard Heath Dab
ney, of the University of Virginia, be-
fore the Association for the Pre>etva-
ton of Virginia Antiquities on the
Huegenot element in Virginia. Rev.
DR.. Moses D. Hoge, the eminent Pres
byterian divine, arose and protested
against what he conceived to oe mis-
representation of some of the best men
who had ever lived and against an at
tack on Calvanistic principles. The
situation was very awkward for some
time, but resolution of thanks to Mr..
Dabney for his able aud instructive ad-
dress served to relieve the tension.
This was carried with enthusiasm, and
in acknowledging the compliment,
Professor Dabney replied quite happily
to the criticism of DR.. Hoge, saying
each had the right to his conviction.
The incident has caused much COM
moDt
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MEDICINAL

ver duties as q wife mother and house
teeDcr will become an unbearable burden.
TINS of thousands of women suffer in this
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~. fortunate enough to consult physician
who gives them a correct diagnosis, the
chances are that he will insist upon the
embarrassing examinations and local treat
mcnt so disgusting to sensitive woman
Dr. K. V Pierce, for thirty years chief con-
sri.ing physician 10 the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute at Buffalo, n. Y, is prob
a5ly the most eminent and skillful special
is. In woman S diseases in the world. With
the assistance of staff of able physicians
he has prescribed for many thousands of
aIing women. He has discovered a medi-
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For number of years suffered with COM
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] endured az that time Only those who have
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THE PRESIDENTS HOPES.
A dispatch from Washington SAYS

A dispatch from Washington says:
President Mckinley is reported to be
confident that the war against Spain in
Cuba will end in an American victory
within ninety days.
The optimistic view of the admins
tration was Illustrated by TIE report
current in official circles on Saturday
tha, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee would not be
sent TO Cuba in q military, but in a
civil capacity, to act as provisional
Governor while the liberated people of
Cuba are setting up their own inde-
pendent government. Gen. Lee him
self has been telling his friends that be
now saw no chance for him to do any
fighting in Cuba, and therefore did not
care to become major general of vol
uateers. He believes that the Cuban
soldiers themselves, with the assist.
snca of the aims and ammunition,
medicines and supplies which this
government is sending them, and
the cooperation of General Shaft
rs expeditionary force of regulars,
the CONVOY regiments and possibly
,nme OF the sC-called 'immunes," will
ne pole to do all the land fighting neces,
~ to soou bring Captain General
B co to terms of surrender.
By next Thursday or Friday the
President hopes to have report that
ne landing OF the regulars and supplies
Las been successfully made, probably
d. Segns, where there are no con
siderabl- Iorufcatiors and no consider
,ble number Of Spanish troops, and
where General Gomez could easily
b i1g his forces into coop ration and
secure SO much Of the supplies for them
rs might be landed there.
Wien the Z. S. expeditionary force
is we'll established on the islaud, and
the Cuban forces have been we'll equip
ped with supplies, there will be a for
ward movement on Havana by the land
f,rces, and at the same time the squad
ron will shell the Havana batteries
from the west side of Havana in such
wav as not to injure the city, but it is
believed, with the inevita BILE result that
the people of Havana will force Captain
General Blanco to surrender.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-05-02

The Century Magazine for May has been
received from its publishers in New York.
Its contents are; "The Parsons Daughter
The Beethoven Museum at Bonn, ascent OF
the Enchanted Mesa, The Adventures of
Francois, Submarine Photography, His Grace
the Duke, The Secret Language of Childhood,
The Scramble for the Upper Nile, An Outline
of japanese Art, The Csnal-Dwelle's, An Eff
fort tn Rescue Jefferson Davis, Railway Cross
ings in Europe and America, The Seven Won.
dcrs of the World, A Statesman of Russia.
After Dinner Oratory, Club and Salon, What
are the Y Rays? Gsliops The Mother City of
Greater New York, At Seven Rivers, Ma
ticnsl Disiuterestedness, What Bad Appoint
ments Mean. the Fortissimo Of American
Cities, Open Letters, and in Lighter Vein.
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BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOB CATARRH
THAT jONTAIN MERCU2Y,

AS mercury viii surely destroy the sense of
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Sold by druggists. Price 75c per bottle
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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THE QUEEN REGENT.--The Berlin
correspondent of the London Sunday
Special asserts that the Queen Regent
f Spain has appealed to the Gar,
through Emperor Francis Joseph, OF
Austria, to assist Spain in her conflict
with the United States. Emperor
Nicholas has replied directly to the
Queen Regent, assuring her of his
deepest sympathy with Spain, on which
country the United States has forced
war, stating, however, that he does not
consider matters yet ripe for Russian
diplomatic or military intervention, but
that he will do Whatever is possible at
the proper time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-05-02

On the morning of Feb, 20, 1895, l
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