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oonsi leration for an American loss. It
is tie usual practice Of warfare that
Ho1son and the Americans would be
removed to place Of safety instead Of
danger, for prisoner of war is entitled
under civilized usage to protection
against undue exposure or harsh treat
ment. The putting forward Of prison
ers as shield is relic of barbarism.
AS rule, the places where prisoners
are confined are where hospitals exist;
where the works Of art, libraries,
churches and charitable institutions
are located, is designated by a yellow.
flag, and commanders do their best to
protect these points as sacred. II Hob
son is kept at Moro either to insure
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militia. supposed to be particularly
loyal, began shooting its officers, and
killed FIVE, when the insurgents at
tackled Marathon. The Spanish sue
ceeded in disarming and imprisonirs a
portion Of them. but they escape2 when
the insurgents captured MARION.
At Zapote whole regiment revolted
at critical moment. The authorities
still use mixed forces, with the result
that insurgent riflemen are frequently
found to have passed the sentrius and
to be creeping along under cover and
firing on the Spaniards from behind.
The press correspondent pays daily
visit to the outposts at fonda, Santa
Ana and Malate. but there is no per-
ceptible movement. though there is
constant firing, which for the most part
is effective. Nothing is visible among
the trees. The Insurgents, who fire
sparingly. draw abundant Spanish. vol
legs, and especially at night. The
Spaniards necessarily squander tons of
ammunition into the shadow Of the
thickets, apparently in the hope Of
quickly exhausting their stock and be-
ing in position to surrender honorably
after hopeless fight.
In the meantime, the Spanish COM
manders have been ordered to burn the
villagers huts outside the town, SO as
to deprive the enemy Of shelter. and
hundreds Of peaceful natives are home-
less.
There was great feast at Cavite on
June 10, when declaration of indie
pendenoe was formally made by Aguin
aldo. He had invited the American
officers to be present, but none accept
ed. Aguinaldo is reported to have
advocated autonomy under American
protectorates.
The insurgents. II Is believed, out OF
Difference to Admiral Dewey. have re-
solved not to lombard. For several
days there have been tremendous rain
atnYma
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TELL HARD LUCK STORIES.

Fifty PROJECTORS Who Tried the Cop
per River Route Return.
Seattle, June 24.-Fifty prospectors,
who left here last spring for Alaska, by
way of Copper river, arrived here to-
day, on their way to their Eastern
homes, with hard luck stories and no
gold. A. H. Hostetter, of La Grange,
Ind, was with 200 men who crossed the
Tasmuna lake and reached the Konsinu
river. He said:
''Of the many hundreds that landed
at foot of the Valdes glacier, only one
party had been in further than the
Konsinu, and they returned half
starved, having lost their outfits in the
rapids. It was reported that seven
lives had been lost in the rapids, but
the report had not been confirmed
The most discouraging story is told
by A. G. johnson, of St. Louis. He
said:
about 800 men have turned back
and are awaiting at Valdes for some
means Of getting out of the country.
Some have no money and will have to
remain there until the government
sends help. They will not starve, for
tons of provisions have been abandoned.
It is impossible to sell outfits.
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TORCH IN HAND
SpaniaIds Are Prepar-
ing to Burn City
of Caimanera,
ASHES FOR THE INVADERS
Gunboat Loaded with OIL Ready for the
Match-People Living Horse
Flesh-Coloncl Huntington Propar-
ing for an Expected Attack.

0unOO9t LO800O Win O1A Ready TOT tine
Match-People Living ON Horse
Flesh-Coloncl Huntington Propar-
ing for an Expected Attack.
OF Guantanamo, via Kingston. ia
maica, June 21.-Cuban scouts report
today that the inhabitants of Caima-
nera have strewn the streets with straw
and oil, with the intention of destroy
ing the city and fleeing to the hills.
Caimanera lies four miles up the bay
from Camp McCalla, under the guns
of the American ships, and the situa-
ton is desperate. Starving and fam
ine-stricken, convinced of the ultimate
triumph of the American arms, and
without faith in the Spanish soldiery,
the people are believed to have deter
mined to leave their houses in ashes be-
hind them and seek safety in the hills
of the north. The scouts declare that
the story is accurate, and say that
every building of the town is being
rapidly prepared for the torch.
The situation of the beseiged is fear
full. The people are eating horses and
mules and are securing the hills for
fruits and herbs. Occasionally brief
bombardments by the American feet
leave the helpless citizens terror
stricken, no preparations for defense be.
ing made. 1t is also stated that the
Spanish gunboat at Caimanera has been
loaded with inflammables, and will he
burned with the city, her commander
declaring that she will never become
an American prize.
The scouts say the Spanish soldiers
are in almost as complete a state of
panic as are the civilians, and that
they could easily be induced to sur
render. Some of the prisoners taken
by the marines say they believe the
Spanish troops are on the verge of sur
render, on account of the lack Of food.
Captain McCalla, of the cruiser
Marblehead, and Lieutenant-C Colonel
Huntington, in command of the ma
rines, are not go sure, however, Of the
reported Spanish rout. They received
information yesterday that general
attack by force of $500 Spanish col
diers and guerillas on Camp McCalla
Is contemplated within night or two.
Preparation was made for an assault.
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UP THE COAST.
Camara May Slip Around Cape Horn and
Attack Pacific Cities.

Camara May Slip Around Cape Horn and
Attack Pacific Cities.
Washington, June 24.-News has
reached here that $4,000 tons Of coal is
being loaded at Valparaiso, Chile. As
coal is worth about $18 ton there. the
purchase excited great curiosity here,
and it has been suspected that it was
being made on Spanish account.
If this proves to be true-and the
fact will soon become known-it would
seem to indicate purpose on the part
Of the Spanish naval commander,
Camara, to carry that celebrated Cadiz
feet around into the Pacific, and to use
GOLFERS to supply the feet with coal.
In this case, the object of attack
would probably be the west coast of the
United States, instead of the Philip
pines, but, after all, the whole thing is
still matter of mere conjecture.
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men And ARMS
Philippine Insurgents
Are Winning Many
Victories.
FIERCE FIGHTING REPORTED

Native Troops Join Insurgents and the
Spaniartis Surrender-Whole Regi-
ments In Revolt-Town Of Olanga,
Next I'm Importance to Manila, TAX en-.
Hong Kong, June %. According to
advices from Manila, dated June 10, it
was reported there that General Monet.
in coming southwark with 1000 mixed
troops from Bartacan, 80 miles north
of Manila, found the railway line
blocked, and was taken by ambush by
the insurgents. Fierce fighting ensued,
and was carried on for three days, dur
ing which General Monet was killed.
The native troops joined the insurgents,
and the Spaniards who were left. about
500 in number, surrendered.
A battalion at Pampanga of native
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-06-30
BEYOND REPAIR.

Santiago Forts Arc Ruined by the
American Bombardment.
Or Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston,
Jamaica, June 21.-A careful inspec-
ton of the hills defending Santiago
harbor since the bombardment Thurs
day morning shows that the American
gunners spread wreck and ruin every.
where. Some Of the batteries were de-
molished beyond repair.
The vultures, which circled over tho
hills az thick as swallows around .
chimney for hours after the firing
ceased, furnished gruesome evidence Of
the fatality among the Spanish sol-
diers. Hundreds of troops could be
seen from the ships digging in mounds
of earth, piled by the explosion of the
projectiles from the heavy guns, for
bodies, while their heads were famed
by the wings Of the black scavengers
OF the battlefield.
There were two spots. one on the
east and the other on the west of the
harbor entrance, which were denuded
Of their foliage. The hilltops seem to
be totally blown away. These marked
the places where the 200-pound charges
of gun cotton, thrown by the Vesuvius.
landed.
But the most ominous token of death
flew from Moro castle. The saffron
flag Of Spain was half-masted for sew
eral hours. The significance Of this IL
not known. It Is not customary to
half-mast flags, but possibly some
Spanish leader was killed by the heavy
fire of the guns, though some officers OF
the squadron believe that the flag was
half-masted as . notification to the
Americans that Lieutenant Hobson
and his brave men were dead.
II such lie the case, they must have
been wantonly murdered. The Span
ish might sees to lay their death to
the bonn bardment, but not shot from
the Americans struck the fortress
Neither Admiral Sampson nor Com
modore Schley believe that Lieutenant
Hobson and his party have been killed.
We have II prisoners taken at Guam
tanamo. including lieutenant, besides
number In the United States, for re-
pfisals or exchange.
There was evident decentralization
among the Spanish troops during the
bombardment. Officers could be seen
with drawn swords driving the men to
the guns, but even then they could not
be forced to stay, - long - orr fire
was directed at them. Fifteen
minutes' night work By the Vesuviua
had done the work.
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The Sentiment in France.

London, June 24.-In an interview
today Chauncey NJ. Depew said:
1.-THE sentiment in France is about
what it would be in the United States
if England and France were fighting
and every paper in the United States
were daily abusing the French, de-
the injustice of their going to
war, picturing them as race of rob-
bers, shopkeepers and pigs, declaring
that England was poor and was the un-
der dog, and holding up France, as
actuated by nothing but pure brute
desire to steal England's property.
That's just what all the papers are do
ing In France. There is no doubt that
had Manila been Spanish victory
there would have been an illumination
In Paris"
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Hobson Might Have Seen Too Much.

HOOAOn A10 w COOn AVV ~ sASAAe
London, June 22.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Times says: SPANS
refusal to exchange Lieutenant Hobson
and his companions Of the Merrimac is
easily explained and justified. With
out any intention Of acting as spies,
they must have seen many things in or
around Santiago about which the
American naval and military authori-
ties would gladly have information.
The idea that Germany will inter-
vene to prevent the storming of Manila
is now abandoned. but speculation is
active as to her political designs. Ell
Epoca suggests that Germany may me-
gotiate with the Philippine republic
and lease portion OF the province of
Cayagan, including the part Of Apart,
in the island Of Luzon. It forgets,
however, that this would require the
sanction Of the United States az the
suzerain. In the opinion of tolerably
well-informed people, the idea 81 Great
ing a semi-independent Philippine re-
public is an absurdity.
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Minor News Items.
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now =, arm" n. and will join company L.
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prona s Total assessed value of equalized
on wb; WHY IN 4 Kentucky is s55s. s77, e67,
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ties is GOV es french chamber Of depu-
radicals posed Of 254 republicans, lo4
eialits a. = radical-socialists, 81 So
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NIGHT AND MORNING.

When the evening lamps are burning, and
the clock-hand points at eight,
And mother throws a glance at me that
means: It's growing late;''
When I'm deep within a story of a chap
chased by leopard,
Or when the popcorn's popping out like
sheep without a shepherd,
Or when I'm at game with Ben, and know
I'm sure to beat him,
And have to stop it off at once before l can
defeat him
Why, then it really seems to me as though
it might be said
There's nothing l dislike so much as one
little bed.
But when the night has passed away, and
back the morning comes,
And Mary, standing by my door, upon It
loudly thrums;
When I'm dreaming jolly dreams all of
skating on the ocean,
Or of coasting down Vesuvius with swift
and easy motion,
Or when the air is chill outside, and am
warm and coy,
And long to sleep little more, because l
am so dozy-
Why, then it really seems to me as though
it might be said
There's nothing l enjoy so much as one
little bed.
Martha Burr Banks, In Outlook.
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GENTLE COURTESY.
An English Society Woman Who Had
n Big Heart.

Lady Camilla Gurdon, in her memories
of Suffolk, tells a story of society
woman who was sweet-natured and
generous enough to give the poor of her
very best. She used to visit the large,
dreary workhouse in the manufacture
ing town near her country home. For
this, she dressed herself carefully in
her best clothes, and wore all her
brightest jewels. For" said Gertrude,
simply, poor people care much more
to see one in ones best things than
rich people do. l wonder why every
body generally puts on common, dull
old clothes to visit cottages"
One night, we went together to "a
party, my pretty Gertrude dressed in
every color of the rainbow, with dia-
monds sparkling on her wavy hair and
shining about her soft, round throat.
AS we alighted from our carriage, the
prince and princess of Wales happened
to arrive, and we stood aside on the
steps to let them pass.
As usual, there was a crowd of peo-
pie waiting to enter the house. A poor
woman. just behind us, was vainly en-
deavoring to lift her child, little Grip
pie, so that he might see the princess;
but each time that she pressed forward
a policeman pushed her back. The
child broke into wall:
"Oh, can't see her! / can't see her!
You promised l should see her, NAM
my"
Gertrude turned quickly. Give me
your little boy she said, and she took
the astonished child in her arms. II
will hold him up. He can have much
better vieA Lere."
With x lueenly gesture, she waved
aside the bewildered policeman. The
little cripple put his tiny. wasted arms
tHustfully about her neck, and leaned
eagerly forward to see all tlnt was to
oe seen; and when the sight was over,
and Gertrude gently d;sentangled her
self from his poor little hands, to give
him back to his mother, the child put
his pale lips to her rosy cheek and kissed
her.
Pretty lady! pretty LADY," he said,
admiringly.
His mother broke into torrent of
thanks and apologies, while Gertrude,
gathering up her brilliant train,
passed into the house.-Youth's Com
panion.
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Hoods pile cure sick headache Ac
Deafness vannot nc Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There >
only one way to cure deafness, and that 20
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets intamed you have rumbling
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con.
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best,
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They needed SO little care, and they
were clean. Mrs. higgins had been
born in New England, and consequent
" abhorred dirt; and those long jour
neys in the far east had led her to feel
that rugs which had been associated
with great deserts and camels and ele-
plants, long, dusty piigrimages, dirty
Turks, Persians, Algerians, Egyptians
and Arabs could never be wholly clean
even after long sojourn al the steam
renovating works. But with John
rug which bore evidences of age, whose
coiors were faded, which had little
worn places on it where many prayers
had been said, was as dear to his heart
as it had been to his purse.
The worlds fair at Chicago came to
Mr.. John VIM higgins as a special
dispensation in tapestries, rugs and
antiques, while it enabled Caroline to
aGd some beautiful little specimens of
the toy dog to the already crowded col
lection on her drawing-roOm table.
Two weeks before the fair closed
JChr was called home to attend to some
important financial affairs, but Caro-
line, to please him, promised to stay
and finish the negotiations concerning
some rare tapestries and old prayer
mats which her husband wished to pur-
chase. She concluded the business and
was sure that, unblinded by too great
desire, she had made much better
bargains than John higgins would
have driven.
On the way home to Buffalo she
stopped over in Cleveland to visit her
cid friends, the Kennedys.
Sitting with Mrs. Kennedy in her
cosy upstairs sitting-room one morning
a few days before her intended depart
IRE, she was discussing with her
friends the subject of gift for Johns
coming birthday.
Il declare" said Caroline. I've often
wished that John had been born on the
goth day of February. It's an eXasper-
ating thing to buy present for man.
Of course, | know prayer mat or
moth-eaten tapestry would please him,
but just now, after the fair my pocket
money is at too low an ebb for rug-buy
ing such as would please John; and
then I'm so tired of rugs that I'd be
glad to live on bare floors or roSe-strewn
Brussels"
She looked out of the window. The
old ashman was stopping at the oppo-
site house. The day was unusually
cold, and the brisk wind from old Lake
Erie swept straight up the street and
whisked the ashes about. Dangling
from the bony mule was an old oriental
rug, more worn, more frayed, more
faded than any she had ever seen, yet
withal an oriental rug, as she knew by
its coloring, which neither dirt nor age
could quite disguise.
Caroline ran out and waited, bare
headed, till the driver came out from
the back yard with his barrel of ashes,
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and then asked him if he would sell the
old rug.
"Yis, men," he replied, "if ye're will
in to give me me price, fifty cints,
though mighty handy it is to throw over
me mule, Shamrock, on a cold day, or
to make me seat somewhat the softer"
She was anxious to know where he
got it and he frankly and confidential
ly told her all shout it. And she gave
him a dollar more than he had asked
her
The rug wac sent to the cleaners; and
when it came back Caroline darned
and redarned and cross-stitched it with
some old, faded yarns and threads
With the most affectionate of little
r.otes it was rolled up and placed beside
Johns chair at breakfast the morning
of his birthday.
'Where, Caroline, did you happen on
this rare old treasurer" exclaimed John
after he had unrolled it. This is some
thing truly antique"
While John was spreading it out old
Buttons, their English mastiff, came
into the room. Buttons growled and
bristled and showed his teeth at the
very first sniff of the new rug, and re-
treated, growing savagely, to the other
side of the room. and never again could
they get get him to approach it.
"Do you see, Caroline" said John,
1.-THE Old fellow smells the camels and
.ephants-doesn' like them, evident
| ly," while Caroline, smiling behind the
coffee urn, was inwardiy commenting
that Buttons probably disliked mules
81 tell you. Caroline, you weren't fooled
| this time; this is old and genuine, sure
enough. See this odd stitching where
some of those Old Turks nave tried to
repair the rayages of time. Or is it
| Turkish? Where did you find it? |
had no idea you were such a fine Judge.
No cheating you, this time at least"
For, sad TO say, John had often been
swindled ON antiques and importa-
tons.
But Caroline would not tell bit of the
history of her purchase. She said the
rug itself ought to tell the story.
John had sent to New York for his
friend, Jack Watts, the artist, to come
on and examine the new acquisition to
his collection. They sat in Johns den
looking it over. Both men were bit
puzzled by the pattern, the cross. stitch
ing and darning.
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A THRIFTY INDIAN GIRL.
She Secured an Education and Saved
Enough to Furnish a Home

In 1892 the "Seger" school was built
in Oklahoma territory. among a colony
Of Oheyennes and Arapahoes, consid-
cred among the widest, most backward
end nonprogressve of al the Indians.
Fortunately the superintendent of the
Lew school, Mr. John Homer Seger, had
already gained their confidence in an
other capacity, so that when they were
asked TO put their children in schoo!
they said THAI they would as soon as
they were weaned. And they carried
this out literally.
Many incidents are told illustrating
the splendid work which has already
been accomplished directly and indi-
rectiy by the school, for often the intiu-
erce in the community is equal 10 the
actual amount of education within the
school walls.
One of the girl pupils who entered the
school when it opened has had quite a
remarkable record. Having no previous
education and leaving her really savage
home for the first time, she has demon
strated what education is doing and
will do for the red man. There is sys-
tenn in nearly all the government In
dian schools by which those pupils
who are both industrious and frugal
may earn money in the sewing-room, Or
on the fam or in some one of the
schools other industrial departing nts.
OF course, this must be outside OF their
regular work. This young girl, after
taking regular course as scholar,
was Judged capable Of filing a salaried
position. In the course of short time
she filed not one, but several, and
worked in the sewing-room besides. Out
of her savings she bought a wagon, har-
rcss, team, organ, bedroom set and a
sewing machine, all in view of her pros
pective marriage to a young Indian to
whom she was engaged, and when they
were married she took enough savings
with her to build neat home! All
this was accomplished in three years
Commercial Tribune,
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Review. - Teacher -" Now,
class, what did the Master turn the
water into?" Dairyman's The
milk, sir.-Detroit Free Press.
is papa strong as Samson, aunty %
"Why, no, Willie, of course not 'Well,
mamma said he had you on his hands
for two months."-Scribner's
But she married with her eyes
open, did she not?" well, she knows
who all were at her wedding, and how
they were dressed. "-Detroit journal.
Poverty" said the platitudinous
boarder, 'is the cause of most crime
Strange, isn't it," commented the
Cheerful Idiot, chow straitened circum,
stances will make man crooked ?"-
Indianapolis journal.
alkative.-"You was in the min.
strel business, wasn't you, Mr.. Mari.
gold" why, no, Johnnie; what makes
you ask that?" "Pa said that if you
could only be corked up, you wouidn',
be such "a bad sort of fellow. "-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
-Resenting It.-"Cyrus Winterside, -
snapped the indignant wife. as the quar-
rel waXed fiercer, you married me for
my money, and you know it," "'Tis
false!" roared Mr.. Winterside, 81 mar.
ried you for your amiable disposition,
you virago!'-Chicago Tribune.
Metaphysical. - Bronco Pet e
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES wot ever be-
come Nv Tarantula Jim?" Grizzly Dan
IVY. don't you remember helping to
lynch him last July?" Bronco Pete
ivy, NV course l debut 1 wonder
wot ever become Nv him finally
Puck