Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-25

quest You've got to fertillze the vo,,,L
full mind just like you do land. or ,,,,
run to wire-grass.
Far be II from me TO throw dsoo..
posed vegetables or oyer-ripe eggs a, b..
records recently made by our solder -
In Cuba. but as an old soldier who to-,,
an active part at Gettysburg, | e,rr~.
refrain from making a few comra.,,'
on this recent war. One OF tho -
features about 1t Is that such careful n,
rangements were made TO keep from, o..
ting hurt. AS I look over the me-, \,
killed and wounded / am inclined -
think that each man carried with hin, :
revolving turret, which was Msrg.'
proof, and warranted not to shrlnk 4.
times Of need. In my day, when. Wien
pants tucked In socks. we poured o,-
selves, like molten lead. on the Yaptel.
we didn't think We had even smell pov,+, :
unless four or five hundred OF us o..
killed No man who failed 70 get kii7os
would have dared show his face IN ror,.a
society, and all the women and cbIlars,
were kept busy identifying remains ana
buryirg collar buttons and bits o. -,
bacco and other debris which survive,
those days OF carnage. IN he savea
Days battle l had an uncle with q ug.r,
on his nose and so terribly was he rnutI'
lated that after the lighting was owe,
there was nothing left OF him but N,
wart And when we went 10 hold flpa.
raj services over this last sad souvon.,
a neighbor laid claim TO the Remain,
saying they were relics OF his I6-year.ort
son. History is full OF thln1s OF PA.
sort-not warts; 1 don't mean that-bpt
Of cases where men would get themeelvss
mixed up with each other and enjoy The
wrong funeral.
But II wasn't that way in the Sp9n.st.
American shooting match. il remenhe-
correctly, we sent about 1900 persDlrlre
youths to take Cuba and bring 20 bacE
with them, but though Mr. Richard Hard.
ing Davis was there, and we had every
possible facility, things didn't come on
in the pyrotechnlc manner We had an.
ticipated. Everybody seemed bent on M,
getting hurt, and nobly was this aim ac-
complshed. Finally, when We haa
bowled down all the Castilian TENNIS
the men cried for their mas and wanted
to como home, and circulated a some.
thing or other they call "round robin"
which is, l suspect. a warmth bullt
pretty much on the order Of a Moscow
duck. But it's all over now. and The
public school children are kicking because
they've got another chapter IN American
history to learn.
And what puzzles me is the number a
men who were In those Santiago fights
Fifteen thousand isn't so very many. bur
recent indications point 10 the fact that
at least 100000 Of our soldiers particle
pated. Every little paper l pick up says:
Mr. Hank Harris was welcomed In our
midst on yesterday He r. back from tbs
wars, and though he modesIy declined
TO discuss the Cuban campaign. be let
drop a few words which indicated that
he was one Of the first to charge the san
Juan Heights. A small wound, about the
size of a cheeger bite. bears startling
to the scars he bore of on that
memorable occasion. Hank says the Gu
bans are a measly lot, with great oppe-
-ites and a remarkable propensity FOR be.
ng otherwise engaged when there Is any
TO be done. He thinks the Span.
ards are brave. misguided people. but
AYERS that they can't even shoot craps
when compared TO our men"
That is generally the way the story
'uns. Each rural paper In each rural
county in each rural State IN our rural
Union has some such item as this. IND
n every instance the local hero was the
lrst man to run up tho heights ana 10
liant the flag.
1t would do my soul good TO grasp the
lonest hand OF the fellow who staid tack
md held the horses and didn't charge up
he heights. He's more in my class. and
hough he may not live I'm history. his
ri or "a anfpfIa nd ffar e
suspect he was in more danger than
for one Of the horses mghi
ave kicked him.
Circus is coming TO town again, and
hall not be able to do any work ll.
ay. II what | am told by The hills IS
I've never known circus bills
0 finch one hair s-breadth from he
trictest veracity-this will be the grand
st show on earth. and the slde-shows
lone will be worth the price Of adm.s'
ion. My heart goes out In gratitude 20
he manager of this circus for all Do
romises TO do for us. 1t will 90 sull FAR
her out IN gratitude TO him II lie b.gss
lie a free ticket.
But what 1 would like TO know Is this
Why does the rhinoeeros bear so muca
ersonal animosity towards the hippo
otamus? AS a youth / learned my al-
habet from show bills, and from these
avs clean up TO the present time. ! have
ever seen a circus poster that did not
'mewhere work In rhinoceros goring
And. great Scott. how ne
oOd does squirt as the awful connici
kes place. IL has been pouring out t0f
gh on TO threescore years. according ~
y recollection, and is still H-spurunE
ant somebody induce the rhinocefos %
Ike day off? or, can't the Society Tor
lie Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals m
rvene? Ii isn't right. The 7ipp0Dota-
us ought TO have a show now. ny
how" / don't bear circus, hut a chance
get back at his enemy. His Lbs have
en dug into for decades, and though he
III holds together, he's always the I'M
r-dog in the fight. or, more strictly
eaking. the neutrality-suspicious. WIN
e fine mouth for pie that he's got. Do
ght TO be able TO do something FOR him
II.
And speaking of circuses recalls eIe-
Iants TO my mind. and these daln,i.y-
undered little quadrupeds again slg-
ST biographies. / have never yet seen
q Of these breezy teSt-bo )ks 'h.cn
lied 70 depict an elephant. pierced ty
e javelins and spears Of Afric1n "a
res. The aromatic brute is generally
presented as fioundering in a small pul-
, OF water, evidently prepared especial
10 meet the exigencies Of the case
lille the savages are grouped around as
ST suits the convenience OF the artist.
Ie elephant generally presents the pie.
re OF a pin-cushion. he Is 50 suI o,
ears and darts, and the juvenile mind
led TO believe that such incidents are
ary-day occurrences in Africa.
iy heart always goes out In sympathy
; that elephant. He has 80 much 10
ar and is apparently so helpless. E'e-
ants don't have nice table manners