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The National tribune., 1898-05-19

west of Tampa City, and is reached by a
part of the Plant System of railways.
long mole partly of sand or rock the rest
i,illng, extends out to "21 foot water F." and
in long slip by its side huge dredge
is digging out sand TO the safe depth
When this is done the capacity Of the Port
Will be at least doubled anG It's safety
greatly increased.
Around the bay every bit Of dry ground is
loose gray sand which has not arrived at
the dignity of real estate but Is sub ect to
change by every wind. Back 81 the ;own
where the land has an elevation oi Il e or
six feet, it is dignificd by the name T mpa
flights.
Several steamers in port are being fitted
up for the transportation of horses and
mules. A cleated floor is nailed 10 the
main deck, the space divided into stalls,
each lage enough for four animals. with
narrow aisles, to allow feeding water
ing; the heads Of the stock being to-
ward the center OF the deck, as they stand
across it.
On the adjacent wharf thousands Of tons
Of coal are stored and train-loads are
waiting for opportunity for unloading.
A regiment OF infantry is in camp on
Picnic Island, half mile away ard is
doing guard duty about the Port ;ad it
reminded one Of lang syne TO he haItcd by
d sentry and ordered to give satisfactory
reasons for wishing To cross his beat and
to see a soldier made 20 show his pass Le-
fore boarding car TO come to the city.
THE MILITARY FORCES.
All the artillery and the 9Th Cav, the
only mounted force on the ground at this
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finds
That is one of the sublimest lines in all
literature. 1t is the final definition of love
by the worlds greatest reader of the human
mind, - Shakespeare. Nearly all women
who truly love, love IN this sublime way.
Men seldom do
Woman's most glorious endowment is
the power TO awaken and hold the pure
and honest love of a worthy man. When
she loses il and still loves on, no one in
the wide world can know the heart agony
she endures. The woman who suffers
from weakness and arrangement of her
special wonianly organism soon loses the
power to sway the heart of man. Her
general health suffers and she loses her
good locks, her attractiveness, her ainia-
bility and her power and prestige as a
woman DR.. K. Y. Pierce, of Buffalo n. Y,
with the assistance of his staff of able ply
sicians, has prescribed for many thousands
of women. He has devised perfect and
scientific remedy for wonien's ailments. II
is known as DR.. Pierce's FavorIte PTescrip-
ton. II is positive specific for all weak.
nesses diseases, disorders, displacements,
irregularities, and debilitating drains Pc
culiar to women. 1t purihes, regulates,
strengthens and heals. Medicine dealers
sell it, and no honest dealer will advise
you to accept a substitute that he may
make little larger profit.
II was afflicted with kidney trouble and /
have always had torpid liver" writes Mrs E.
Crosswhite, Of Duffau. Erath Co, Texas. when
1 commenced your medicine / was not able to
stand my feet. ! used one bottle of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and five yials Of
his Pleasant Pellets / am now well / had
not walked in four months when / commenced
the treatment; but in ten days was able 70
walk everywhere"
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ing. Making some allowance for what
seems, for a man in the position he oc-
cupies, to be propensity to hear his own
voice, the story he tells is one OF horror.
He told OF one case where defeated
Spanish force OF about 1, 900 men In a re-
treat before the Cubans, accidentally came
upon an insurgent hospital containing p
patients (wounded), four female nurses,
and II guards, and butchered every one,
mutilating the bodies in the most shocking
manner.
He offered, If | would take the risks, to
take me through to Gen. GOmez's camp on
his return; but / think will see him later.
HENRY ROMEYN,
Breyet Major, Z. S. a, Retired.
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A MOTLEY GATHERING.

All the ends OF the earth are here. The
rotunda of the Tampa Bay Hotel, the
hostelry belonging to the Plant System,
brilliantly lighted at night, is filled with a
motley tErong. Shoulder straps predomi-
nate, as may be expected, but with many
OF the officers are their wives, who have
come as far as they can to see husbands
off to war.
Cuban refugees are in force-among them
some beautiful ladies, young, or of more
mature years. Some Of whom only fed
from the island when Gen. Lee left it,:
others, who have been here for years
Among the exiies is Gen. Sanguilly, who
in the f0-years' war, spent two years
and 10 months in confinement in Cabanas,
and whose service is attested by limp
and the deformed hand he offers one when
introduced
Young men, in the odd-looking uniform
The National tribune., 1898-05-19
Farmers Break the Buggy Monopoly

1t is claimed that for years buggy manufac-
turers have secured exorbitant prices for their
goods, but recently, through the combined
other States, SEARS. ROEBUCK & Co., of Chicago,
have got the price OF open buggies down TO
$3.50; Top Buggies. S22.15; Top Surries. S43. 10
and upwards, and they are shipping them in
immense numbers direct to farmers in every
State. They send an immense Buggy Catalogue
Free postpaid. to any one who asks for it. This
certainly is big victory for the farmer but a
severe blow to the carriage manufacturers and
dealers.
Mention The National Tribune.
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Harding Davis and Poultrey Bigelow. with
about hundred others, are waiting oppor-
tunity to tell and show chow the fight was
won"
The new men are easily distinguish
ed from the old campaigners. They are
rigged out in brand new clothes OF the most
exaggerated style, for riding-up to their
knees in CATERS or top boots, and sleep in
their spurs or put them on very early in
the morning; and once on horseback, MANY
OF them unused to the saddle, what they
don't own of this world is not worth having.
Many have purchased horses here, trust
ing to luck to get them transported across,
which will, l fear, be difficult, as all stock
room will be needed for the thousands of
public horses and mules which must go.
But the -and-pencil p,ishers are a
jolly, companionable lot, as a whole, and /
find them pleasant company when we are
thrown together
The National tribune., 1898-05-19
OUR SpEcIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Interesting Observations of Life at the Front in the South
east-Afraid of the F1yin Squdroons Political
Army Appointments About Capt
Meets

From THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE's own corre-
spondent in the field.
ATLANTA, GA, May 9, 1898.
The mans home was in one of the mount
Counties IN the northern part of the
State, and he had never before visited
Atlanta. He came at this time to ego on
the bond" of one of his friends, who was
accused of "moonshining," and walked
timidly into the office of the Clerk of the
Federal Court, evidently much impressed
with the solemnity of the act he was about
TO perform. That business completed, he
began TO feel more at ease, and ventured
TO open conversation about the war.
"Aint you 'uns feard bout them thar
Spanyards comm TO Atlanty?" was his
FIRST question.
''Oh, no; they are not in this country,
you know
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was now only rags, the shirt so tattered
that 1t seemed to be made of strings hung
from his neck, and whose neither garment
would put a tramp's to shame.
The Insurgent Colonel estimated the pres
ent effective force of the Spaniards in the
island at $4,000 men, exclusive of the So
called volunteers probably 10000 more).
The coast is supposed to be carefully
patrolled by the Spaniards, but the fact
that Col Delgado and his party had been
able to lie in hiding several days, waiting
for the arrival of the tug and its cargo,
while the enemy were in the immediate
vicinity, shows a laxity in duty which
would not be tolerated in any well-disci-
plined force.
THE PORT OF TAMPA
Port Tampa, the point where vessels re-
celve or discharge cargo, is about 10 miles
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

30 days. 1t acts directly the Kidneys and cures
by draining out OF the Blood the poisonous Uric
Acid, Urates, Lithates etc., which cause the dis
eased conditions.
Rev. A. c. Darling, of North COnstantia, New
York, testifies in the Christian Witness that it
cured him of Kidney disease after sixteen
years suffering. Hon. K. Z. Wood. of Lowell,
Ind, writes that in four weeks the kava-kava
Shrub cured him of Kidney and Bladder dis
ease OF ten years standing, and Rev. Thomas
NJ. Owen, of West Pawlet, VT, gives similar
derful curative powers in disorders peculiar to
wOmanhOod.
That you may Judge of the value OF this Great
Specific for yourself, we will send you one Large
cured yourself you will recommend it to others.
1t is Sure Specific and cannot fail Address,
The Church Kidney Cure Company, No. aug Fourth
Avenue New York City. Mention this paper.
The National tribune., 1898-05-19
MDDaZiQea.

Scribner's Magazine for May, besides the
stories by Thomas Nelson Page and Rich
ard Harding Davis, contains an interesting
article on Undergraduate Life at Wellesley,
accompanied by many graceful illustra-
tons of the girls at college.
The Arena for May has for its first and
main article, THE Great Slave Power" by
Senator William Stewart.
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

.Ganand
He dfhe
s.
OF Lieutenant Colonel He resigned from the
his
World.
in
The National tribune., 1898-05-19
A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY

Ihave berries grapes and peaches year old fresh as
when picked use the California Cold Process do not
heat seal the fruit just put cold keeps perfectly
fresh and costs almost nothing put bushel in
minutes Last year sold directions 40 fami
lies in week anyone Will pay dollar for drec-
ons when they the beautiful samples of fruit AS
there many poor people like myself consider it
my duty to give my experience to such and feel con.
ident anyone can make one or two hundred dollars
round home in few days. will mail a sample OF
fruit and complete directions to any of your readers
for nineteen twocent stamps which is only the actual
cost OF the samples postage. etc am going to begin
work at once to catch the spring trade.
FRANCIS CASEY. St Louis, Mo
Mention The National Tribune.
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A New Cure for Kidney and Bladder Diseases,
Rheumatism. etc.-Free 10 our Readers,

DISORDERS OF the
Kidneys aud Bladder
cause BRIGHT'S DIS
EASE, RHEUMATISM,
GRAVEL, PAIN IN THE
BACK, FEMALE COM
PLANTS, URINARY
DISORDERS, 0R0PSf,
etc. For these dis
eases q POSITIVE SPE-
CiFIC CURE is found
In q new botanical
discovery, the won
derful KAvA- KAyA
SHRUB, called by bot
anists, the piper me
Mysticliza, from t he
G anges river, East
India. 1t has the ex-
traordinary record of
AAnn u =
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Col. FRANK MICHLER.

A Coz. FRA /
MAJGEN NELSON MILES command of the
rebellion
Y
in
smusere out
OF
his youth nd
he OF in
6.andahe uogan OF o
in in
tineion in
Missouri
comman of the Army
artillery
0 a
Lieutenant 1873 and became Captain the Sd
Septem He s OF
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man claiming to be Major on the
staff of Gen. Gomez made his appearance
here two days ago, saying he had brought
dispatches for the Junta from that officer,
which were forwarded to Washington by
the hands of another person. / had no
opportunity to talk with him till this morn
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be all completed and ready for use by the
sisters of the boys who have Tor 50 long
used the old house chapter mouse
The building is being almost entirely re-
built. or rather added parts give 1t tnat
appearance. On the lower end Is being
built up the L shaped main part so that
ii IL much more convenient than former
ly. and at the north end similar addi-
ton will be built. making dormitory
us feet long. the two main parts being
26x3i each, and the connecting portion OF
the house 6G feet long. In the north main
part first floor will be the dining room
4X35 feet and in the corresponding part
at the south end Will be a parlor 2Dx2a
and the sitting and bed rooms of the ma
iron, while the three students rooms and
the kitchen and pantry will be on this
floor. Above the floor space Will be di-
vided into II students rooms and good
bath room. and the house when finished
will be fine place in which to lodge the
women students, who have heretofore
had no place at the college for their en-
iertainment. The present house was built
in 1893. as shown by some Of the repairs
and the new house will have two tablets.
that on the one end bearing the date Of
the first building, and the other indicating
the present year.
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Ancient Doctors.

The doctor was a recognized institution
IN Assyra and BabyloniI. IL is true that
The great bulk Of the people hal re-
course to religious charms and ceremonies
| wncn they we're i'll. and ascrihed their
sickness 20 possession by the demons in
| stead 81 to natural causes. But there
Was continually Increasing number OF
the educated who looked for aid in their
maladiys rather 10 the physician with the
medicines than TO the sOrccYer or priest
Win hi@ charms. The British Museum
contains fragments of an edition made
for the library Of NineYch Of an old and
renowned I.ahylonian treatise on mcdi-
cine In this work an attempt is made to
classify and describe diseases. and TO
"numerate the various remedies that had
been proposed for them. Some Of the
containing a mixture Of the most hetero-
GeneouS drugs. At other times the pa
uent WAS given his choice OF the remedies
no might adopt. Thus for an attack Of
spleen DE was told he might "slice the
seed Of n reed and dates in palm wine.
or drink garlic and hitiers in palm
wine. or finally Try several other recipes
which are scVerdily named. For an
aching tooth We are told, the root of
the plant Of human destiny (perhapS the
mdTdrakel is the medicine: II must be
placed upon the tooth. The fruit of the
yellow snalIewort is the medicine for an
aching tooth; il must be placed upon the
tooth. The root Of thorn which
does not see the face Of the sun when
growing is the medicine for an aching
tooth; It must be placed upon the tooth"
In the midst of al these prescriptions
however, room was still found for some
of the superstitious charms and incanta-
tions which might he tried when every
thing else had failed. The practice Of
medicine had advanced TO much higher
point in Egypt, but it is probable that it
was from Babylonia rather than from
Egypt that the Jews acquired their
knowledge Of it.-New York Ledger
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Ships Mascots in Battle.

From the Chicago Inter OCEAN,
"Scared?" said an engineer of the
Terror, speaking of San Juan Well.
| guess | was. 1t was awfully hot be-
low, and we couldn't see a thing, and
the conclusion of the guns and the
knowledge that we were in a rain of
shells were mighty unpleasant. The
cat and | We're very badly frightened
l guess the eat was worse than l. But
then. You know. the cat and | were the
only folks on board that minded it."
lie had evidently forgotten the cele-
hrated goat. William Terror who ex-
cited so much interest when the mont
tor was in New York last winter. Billy
Is Very young. They call him an ap-
prentice goat. 1t was his first time I'M
der fire. and he behaved very badly.
When the action opened he was on the
upper deck and at the first broadside
became panic-strickon. He tore about
the deck. y sailor had to carry him
below. and in the depth of the ship,
alone and uncontrolled. he trcmbed
and blcated till the last gun was silent,
The Detroit's goat was Drawer He
had a station on the gun deck. and
while the firing was going on and the
shells We're whirring over him he re-
manned absolutely quiet. But when
ever there came lull he capered mad
ly about. There is a difference of opin-
ion as to why he was so composed dur
ing all the confusion. His friends
among the crew say he was interested.
and was watching the battle with a
critical eye, and that his subsequent
capers We're hut an expression of salts
faction at its results. His detractors
contend that he was paralyzed with
fear, and that when the noise ceased
the spell was broken. and he gave vent
to his feelings of terror by his wild an
tics.
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sent the Muse of Paris Is brunette. ~
years OF age. q dreSSmnker By OcCnpa-

sent the Muse of Paris Is a brunette ~
years Of age, a dressmaker by occupa-
ton.
A ragged old tramp arrested as vaga-
bond at the Paris Halles on being
searched at the police station was found
to have 20O.0OO francs In bank notes and
$50, 900 francs in securities on his person.
lie was sent 10 the insane hospital while
the police try to find out who he Is
Rocking chairs as engagement gifts
may be demanded back In England when
the engagement Is broken. In giving
judgment in replevin suit recently the
judge said: THE giving Of rings for per-
sonal adornment is one thing but rocking
chairs for joint use after marriage arc
another"
the title of the Church or England Bur
ial. Funeral and Mourning Reform Asso-
ciation," which at its twentieth annual
meeting has issued the following mani
festo: mo darkened house, no durable
coffin. no special mourning attire, no
brcked grave, no unnecessary show. no
Iavoidabe expense. and no unusual eating
or drinking"
Germany's oldest student corps, the
Onoldia OF Exlangen, has Just celebrated
the hundredth anniversary OF It's founda-
ton, when "A society building costing $l2,-
900 was dedicated. the German consul
general in New York. Mr.. A. Feigel, Is
graduate member of the corps. The name
Of the town and mdrgravate Of Auspach.
now part OF Bavaria.
'Vatorlandlose Gesellen" "fellows
without country" the phrase used by
the Kaiser TO designate the Social Dem
ocrats a few years ago has been adj
judged lbcllous by a Prussian court If
used by less exalted person The
phrase was applied in the late election by
Ia Conservative candidate to some electors
who voted for his Polish opponent, ana he
has been condemned to pay for Il.
Maedeburg- Neustadt's police had the
Salvation Army and newspaper pub
Usher In that town fined in February for
Neusfadt' would be disclosed AT one of
ita meetings. The Salvation Army as
serted that by this the devil was meant.
The police. however, Insisted that great
uneasy by the threat. The court Of ap-
peal has decided that the sentences were
unjust, as the police had no right to in
tcrfere.
Dog taxes are giving trouble TO German
military men. The Herzog Karl OF Meek
ienburg -StrelitZ infantry regiment No 81
enjoys the distinction Of being the only
regiment in the German army whose bass
drum is drawn In a little cart by dogs.
IL won the honor by its gallantry in the
war of l$6 against Austra. when Il cap
tured the bass drum and cart Of an Aus
trian regiment Ii refused TO pay TAX
on the dogs AT knuigsbfrg, on the ground
that they were useful and not a luxury
but was compelled 10 pay. as the Ia w
gives iull power to tax all dogs to the To-
cal authorities. TIE Butcher Huzzars at
Stop objected ~ paying taxes on the
officers pack of hounds. as they were
necessary implements Of war. used TO
train officers ana horses, but were like
wise obliged 10 yield to the "limitiess
right - taxing all dogs"
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SKOWHEGAN.

Deputy Sheriff Charles B. Haskell
and Constable Robert Kierstead of
Pittstield, came to Skowhegan. Mon
day afternoon, having in custody two
tramps one of whom it was thought
might be the one who committed the
brutal assault upon Mrs. A. S.
Dennis. an old lady S6 years of age, at
North Cornville. last Thursday after
noon. 1t seems that Mr.. and Mrs. X.
II. Dennis with whom the old lady re-
sides came to Skowhegan. Thursday
afternoon, to visit their son Merton l..
Dennis of this town, and had left the
old lady and hired man TO keep house
About $50 o'clock, Mrs. Dennis then
alone in the house. was sitting in one
of the front rooms when she heard
footsteps in the kitchen, and she i'm
mediately went out to see who it was.
When she reached the door she beheld
a man in the kitchen whom she did
not know, he had gained entrance 20
the house and he said he had come in
by means of his knife, cutting the
screen in the deer that he might un-
fasten il on tn" INSIDE. Mrs. Dennis
started to run from the house by the
front way, but the brute caught her
by the shoulders opposite her bed
room door, which opens out of the sit
ting room, ard threw hcr down be-
tween the door and bureau. Mrs. Den
mis- Scrcechcd al the top of ncr voice
and scratched the fellow in the face
as she fell to the floor. The man took
fright at this point and ran from the
house, wE.le MIS-. Dennis hurried TO
the house Of Mis-. Horace Ridley,
about one half Il mile distant. When
the Old lady arrived there she was
very fat;gued and ii was sometime be-
fore she could tell what had happened.
She was carried back home and a
searching PARTY hunted until u o'clock
Thursday night. for the man, but he
could not be found. Mrs. Dennis is
two tramps have been bound over To
the September court. but it is doubt
full if they are the men wanted. Sheriff
NileS has notified officers throughout
the county and S,ate to be on the
lookout for the men and to arrest
them if found. The description of the
man who committed the assault is as
follows: Medium size, complexion
light, sandy moustache or beard, think
scratch on side of face, very hard
looking man. Nationality, Irish. Wore
light pants, eietqk or Syipr, and
patched dark c2art; had old fashioned
patent leather grip 't''
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GREATEST BUSINESS YET.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Increases Its
Earnings S1,5OO.OOO.

Baltimore, Aug. 1.-The gross earnings
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. for
the fiscal year ended June 20. were $27. Gi2,
49, compared with s25.JS2.1AJ for the pre-
ceding fiscal year. These figures do not
include income from sources other than
operations.
The net earnings are considerably in
excess of $1,000, 600, an increase of more
than 81, 100000
These figures represent the biggest bus
mess in the history Of the Baltimore d
Ohio Railroad Co. and are 10 to Il per
cent. less than they would have been had
rates been maintained. The Baltimore &
Ohio was forced to cut rates in order to
meet competition.
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The committee appointed to make the
arrangements for the new Masonic Tenn
pie, made its report, last evening. The
plans were accepted and call for Il mod
ern building in every respect. The struc
ture will be of brick. three stories high.
The frontage will be IS feet. while the
depth will be so feet. On the upper floor
will be the lodge room, 2SXG0 feet. This
room will be some Il feet high In the
street end of the building. on this floor.
will be the armory and a fine reception
room. On the second floor there will be
n large dining room and kitchen. and in
the front two splendid offices. The first
floor of the building will be occupied as Il
store and will probably be one of the best
in the city. The ante-rooms over the Reed
block will be fitted up for the convenience
of the different Masonic bodies. The new
Masonic Temple will be up to date in its
construction and arrangements, and will
add greatly to the appearance of the
lower part of Water street. Work will be
begun on the new building as soon as tne
proper arrangements can be made.