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the Spaniards back. Meanwhile the
Spaniards on the north were able to en-
filade the rough riders as well as meet
the attack of the regulars on the direct
front. Wood directed the fire of two
troops against this new enemy. and
with the help Of the regulars, who came
up in the nick of time. the Spaniards
were again dislodged.
According to Colonel Roosevelt the
loss at Las Guasimas was distributed as
follows: The rough riders had 8 killed
and "a wounded. the First regulars
z killed and wounded and the
Tenth killed and 10 wounded; total,
6S The strength of the two squadrons
of rough riders and the two squadrons
of regulars engaged was about equal
and aggregated 96A men.
Colonel Woods report is lacking in
the details Of what was done by each
battalion and the separate troops. As
the troops were deployed and sent in
separately. statement Of the work of
each would clear up the story Of the
rough riders in their first fight. In the
course Of Colonel Roosevelt's 10, 600
word narrative, now and then a SEN
tence bears clearly upon the way in
which the rough riders took their bap-
tism Of fire. But in the main, it is a
tumble of facts. He goes into details
about the advance of Capron's troop
but still leaves the crisis in fog He
says that Sergeant Fish with three 9th
ers had the advance, followed by 30
men in support; that Capron with the
rest Of the troop followed, and Colonel
Wood came after Capron. There were
Ga men in Capron's troop; hence, only
40 in the reserve.
Roosevelt then goes on to tell how
the whole, command climbed the noun
tain in single trail, SO that there was
practically no skirmish line 1t was an
advance in strung out column with no
flankers. Roosevelt says that the ground
was such that fankers could not have
advanced as rapidly as the column;
hence the command marched on in sin
gle file until it struck the enemy. Wood
says that when the advance saw signs
of the enemy the command was deploy-
ed and ordered forward carefully and
that firing commenced Immediately.
This firing is described by Marshall and
Lieutenant Thomas.
Roosevelt says that while the line
was strung out Wood sent word back
along the trail to him that the advance
had come upon Spanish OUTPOST. and
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Mean Trick.

II wonder if it's against the law to
kill DENTISTS said very estimable
gentleman of New Orleans, "because if
1t is not 1 would like to indulge in a
filst-class homicidal orgie. A con-
founded molar mangler has just cut me
out with my best girl, and he did it in
a peculiarly mean and ungentlemanly
manner. knew we We're rivals, but
he Is good operator, and l went to
him to get back tooth filled. not
thinking he would stoop to anything
unprofessional. Well, he had trouble
reaching the spot, so he pried open my
jaws as far as they would go and
drove in a couple of patent plugs to
hold them apart l must have looked
exactly like an alligator, and while l
was sitting there helpless, my features
entirely obscuring by mouth. who
should walk in but the young lady her
self. l heard a sort of litter. and in
my excitement sat bolt upright and
trained that yawning cavity on her
like 13-inch gun. OF course she didn't
know anything about how those in
fernal plugs and attributed my express
sion to establishment, so she naturally
concluded l was the biggest idiot she
had ever seen.
9 DO close your mouth, Mr.. Blank
she said. 'or you'll catch cold' 1 made
a wild gesture at the dentist meaning
for him to tell, but the brute pretended
not to see me and remarked that had
singularly open countenance. tried
to explain, but all could say was 'Ow!
WOW! wowwowv and things like that,
and they both went off into shrieks of
laughter. l thought the girl would
never stop. She got really hysterical,
but the dentist must have seen murder
in my eye, for he showed her out and
then tried to make me believe it was
all pure accident. l merely motioned
for him to take out the plugs, but be-
fore he'd do 1t he armed himself with a
big mallet and stood on the defensive
What said to him is neither here nor
there. but he knows my opinion of the
whole business, and if it hadn't been
for the mallet-what about the young
lady did you ask? oh, haven't seen
her since. That's all off."-New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
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nous among survivors before the Span
ash war becomes wornout tale.
The actual fighting record of the
rough riders was not long, two fights of
few hours each, and if some capable
veteran would get down to it the truth
might quickly be told. Colonel Wood
commanded the regiment at Las Quasi
mas, and his report, though unusually
long for skirmish, is contained in
about 1000 words Lieutenant Colonel
Roosevelt's reports on San Juan, where
he commanded. make about 1000
words. In his magazine history of the
rough riders he devotes over 10000
words to the work of his regiment in
each of these fights. From the accounts
thus far published it is evident that the
rough riders did nothing extraordinary.
nothing that could not have been ex-
pected of them. In the whole mass Of
literature on the subject the story Of
Edward Marshall, the correspondent
wounded on the advance line at Las
Guasimas. gives the only matter of fact
account of the clash Of Capron's troop
with the Spaniards. He says:
'sThe six men who went in advance
of L troop We're the men at whom the
first shot. and the almost Immediately
succeeding first volley, fred by land
forces in the Spanish-American war
were. directed. Tom Isbell, full blood
ed Cherokee Indian, went first, at one
side of the middle of the road. Captain
Capron kept even with him on the 9TH
er. Private Culver was few feet be-
hind, on the left flank in the bushes.
and Bob Pernell was on the right flank,
in the bushes. WILEY Shelton, Tom
Meagher and Sergeant Byrnes. who had
been member of the New York police
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CulS ultl0 group CAPTAIN CAPRON, JR.
found a dead Spaniard lying in the mid
die of the road l tried to find out who
fred this first shot. but have been un-
able to do so. After that Tom Isbell
saw Spaniard and cheerfully killed
him. Then everything opened up. The
Spaniards were in force in the bushes
and Isbell went down with seven shots
in him from the first volley. Not five
seconds elapsed before Captain Capron
received his fatal wound. By this time
the men had naturally ceased to adj
vance as boldly as they had started to
and dropped behind whatever cover they
could find. Culver, who was also an In
dian, was on his face behind a rock.
Sergeant Hamilton Fish rushed up to
him in advance of the other men of l.
troop, who were running forward as
rapidly as they could. and said:
".Culver. have you got good place?
''sYes. replied Culver.
Fish lay down beside him at the
edge of the road and began firing. After
four or five shots he gasped:
"sI'm wounded.
Culver replied by saying. I'm
killed.
.'They had been hit by the same bull
let, and the cowboy warrior and the
dude soldier mingled their blood there
in the Cuban trail. Fish died: Culver
lived.
1.-The man to come up first after
Hamilton Fish was Samuel Davis.
known to the regiment as Cherokee
Bill. He was standing upright when he
saw Fish shot and had only time to
+ look at him second with wondering
eyes when he went down with crash
himself. .
The disaster to Capron's troop and
the death Of the gallant leader was the
most dramatic incident of the fight.
After that the advance Of the rough
riders was similar to that Of the regu-
lars off on the right whose deeds that
day have never been exploited as re-
markable. Lieutenant John r. Thomas,
who succeeded Capron. has told his
story and up to certain point it is the
same as Marshall's. He says that the
advance along the mountain trail was
made in single file and the men expected
to meet the enemy every minute. Cap
tain Capron was with the five in the
advance. He had seen Spaniards in the
morning and knew that they were
around the buildings of sugar planta-
ton in a valley to the left Of the west
ern end Of the ridge. Troop L was
within GO feet Of the Spaniards when
the latter fred upon it. as Marshall
stated. The rest of the company came
in on the run to help the men in the
advance. The Spanish line formed a
crescent. and the rough riders had
walked into the concave side Of it. Sud
denly terrific fire of Mauser bullets
was poured into the exposed men Of
Troop L. Says Lieutenant Thomas, "It
was as hot hole as ever hope to get
into In few minutes he was wound
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in another min
ute ''orders to
deploy three
troops to the
right Of the trail
and to advance
when we became
engaged. Z" The
meaning Of "to
advance W b en-
we became en-
gagged" is not
clear. He contin-
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riders was 81
1nultaneous with
t b a t of tw o
squadrons of reg
ulars of the First
and Tenth along
the northern side
of the ridge. The
Spaniards took
up a. new line
1000 yards in
length and 800
yards in front Of
the rough riders.
Firing again be-
came heavy, and
the rough riders
ckao5:l- Gl
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The Newcomers All Right.

Mrs. Bronston-"We must call on
our new neighbors as soon as they get
settled
Mr.. Bronston-"Who are they?
Mrs. Bronston-"I don't know"
Mr.. Bronston-"Have you seen
themT
Mrs. Bronston-"No."
Mr.. Bronston-'srhen what do you
know about them?'
Mrs. Bronston-"E Every bit of their
furniture was covered with canvas"
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force, W g re
spread out about
80 feet apart.
Some one had
fred a shot in an
swer to that first
one which came
8 h r j 9 k j n g
t h r o u g h the
bushes. and as a
proof of our
m a r k g 1nanship
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ROUGH RIDERS AT TT.
THEIR sklRMlsH AT LAS GuAsIMAs
DESCRIBED BY PARTICIPANTS.
About the Ambush-Disaster TO ca
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rou gh riders
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will ho upop;.
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Her Father Coming suddenly into
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Her Lover-I was telling Miss Budd
story.
Her Father-With your arm round
her waist7
Her Lcver-Er-yes, sir. 1t was a
love story.
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'1'm going to a fancy dress ball, and
want to conceal my age; what shall
wear:'
Wear a mask, madam. Ally slo-
per.
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CHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTI. D. s,
" Services every Sunday at II: 100 a. m. and
coop. m. Sunday School at 1000 a. m.
j. 7. TURNER, Pastor,
Deoit. Iowa.
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PRESBYTERIAN.
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GERMAN Observation-Disclosures.
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GERMAN NJ. e. CHURCH.
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Glass meeting 80, Prayer meetings every
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-08

Queen Honesta, who lives in Biar-
ritz. Suddenly an illegitimate daugh-
ter of the banker appears-a pas
sionate beauty Of the southern type
Wally Won Sartory, who declares to
her father that she loves the king and
will not let them couple the sun-god
Phoebus to an earthly princess. He
loves art, and she will become an
artist as a means Of finding the way
to his heart. Wally Won Sartory is
no definite character, but type of the
numerous singers and actresses and
artists who tried to gain the kings
love in those days.
In chapter three the king is shown
to the reader in the ldyllic solitude of
his castle on the shore of Starnberg
lake. The castle is Schloss Berg, the
scene of the catastrophe in which the
king ultimately lost his life.
Countess Larisch describes the hand
some young king with certain
amount of enthusiasm-"ta and
straight, like noble pine, with in
describably beautiful dark blue fairy
eyes, with curly brown hair framing
an open brow, and sad, sweet mouth
on a classically cut face" The author
shows the king deeply interested in a
conversation with Richard Wagner
whose name in the story is Reinhard
Meister. The king is speaking with
Wagner on the tradition of the Knight
of the Swan, which the composer
peel dsed in his opera -Lekq9gric.. Tbs
king confesses that he is on the look
out for a song-his own song. he calls
(which an angel sang to him in a
dream. He must have the song, and
he knows woman will sing it to him
some day.
The king tells the master secret,
that he never yet cared for a woman.
saw no poetry in any other woman
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-08
THE BARONESS DE HIRSCH.

A friend OF the late Baroness ae
Hirsch writes TO the London west
Minister Gazette: Il am sorry 70 see
how all the obituary notices about hs,
in the English press only speak 2.
her great wealth and generosity, Wh.'n
they measure by pounds, shiliinss
and pence. But what the papers GU
not know. was her self-denying gool,
ness, the simplicity OF her tastes 2.
her thoughts and actions She pass
through life with her mind as pure az
unscathed as II she had never been y
contact with this earth. To heF
creeds were good, and the poor q az.
nations equally entitled TO shaft n
wealth. am certain that haa "
lived she would have given eve.
thing she possessed away, a. w
desplsed luxury and had no wan
for herself.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-08
Lord Lynne's Choice
BY
BERTHA M, CLAY.
BERTHA M, CLAY.
Continued.

No one round Lynuewolde will ever
forget the wedding day Of its young
lord. The sun shone brightly, the
very bells in the old church tower
seemed delirious with Joy. The rich
Toasted in the hall. the poor on the
avn. Bondres bazed; the flags, ban
ners and trlumphal arches met the
eye at every turn. II was a scene Of
gaity and happiness never forgotten
by those who witnessed II.
more beautiful bride or falrer
bridesmaid were never seen, Sorrow
and sadness seemed far as death from
that noble and brilliant throng
The last face Lady Lynne saw as
she drove away from home, the last
,sfyf RI tkat greeted her We're the face
aud smiles Of the gentle sister she had
betrayed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-08
SAD SONG OF THE WOOD-THRUSH

In many a tangled impenetraOle
thicket, upland or lowland it matters
not, we are likely to meet with the
beautiful cardinal grosbeak: bright
red, crested and with trace OF black
on the face sufficient to show off the
manifold attractions of this jaunty
bird. Highstrung, bold, and inquisltiye.
the cardinal is never long in the back
ground. and his fine vocal powers con-
mand attention always. Whether II
is the clear whistlng Of "whoit'
whoit, whoit," or the more preten-
tious "ch'ip-a-ree!' or some one OF
many notifications, it matters not, all
musical in the best sense of the term
though not a note is technically cor
rect.
In the same thicket we may ma
The wood-thrush, and II we do we VIII
have a change Of conditions that is
absolute Not a bird that has been
mentioned but sings of the present
moment and the passing joy; not 80
the thrush. It's song is one OF retro
spection, a recalling Of the greater JOY
of other days rather than or conteh'
with what now Isl not melanchoiF'
yet nearer that than a song OF thank
fuliness for mate and nest and young
Flute-like, free from all dross OF hafsh-
ness, mellow as the fruit the summeI
sun has ripened. a magically meioa'e
song is the weird, uplifting hymn o.
the thrush at close of day.-Charles
c. Abbott, NJ D., in Lippincotts
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-08

One evening she arranges the candles
on the piano at which the princess IL
seated, while she sings the song to tho
king in such manner that thew ron.
pie over on the music. and the only conv
of the song Is burned. The princass
cannot sing the song because her maid
of honor has before this suggested In
her sleep that she must forget tho
words and music of the song. In tho
confusion he discovers the watch
guard on Baron Deckers waistcoat
and, accustomed as he was to heinz
deceived, he Immediately suspected
his intended bride.
This is the beginning of the rupture
which leads to the breaking off Of the
bethrothal between the king and the
princess. The king refuses to be IN
formed of affairs of state. Like Fred
erick the Great all he wishes Is to
suffer and be SILENT At last he re-
solves to retire to the solitude of the
Swan castle in the Bavarian Aims
where he built splendid castle con-
tanning hundreds of works Of art, all
referring to the myth of the swan.
This is Neuschwanstein, the actual
marvel of the Bavarian Alps. He SUI
fers from insomnia and can never 20
to sleep without drugs. He dimes at
table with room for thirteen guests.
and at which thirteen chairs stand
before thirteen covers. He has terri.
bic Visions anu the wcGd Passes
around that the king sees ghosts.
One day the king ordered his car
riage and drove to the court theater,
whose performances he directed that
he alone should attend He has
heard that a new actress has been ap-
pointed-Wally Won Sartory-who had
become famous in the meantime. He
does not recognize the singer. After
the performance he sends for her to
the conservatory where she is to de-
claim portions Of other poems At
last she has attained what she strived
for so long She speaks the part OF
Phaedra. She speaks with irresisti-
bic passion and impresses the king so
deeply that he leaves his hiding place
and walks up to her. She is just
speaking the love scene with Hyppoli-
tus. Suddenly she falls on her knees
before the king and gazes up into his
eyes with the expression of madden
ing love. The king is speechless for
an instant then RECEIVERS from his sur
prise and putting her away, cries out:
Go, Co."
runs to the piano and sings the song
of the wondrous flower. But the eff
feet is not what she expects-the king
stood motionless and cried ELSA"
She then betrays to the king the
whole intrigue against his love.
To escape from his thoughts the
king runs into the park and seeks the
shore. One shade will never leave him
the king tries to walk away from 1t
and his feet touch the water. Then
fresh vision appears to him; he sees
Elsa coming to meet him In the swan
boat on the lake He shakes the shade
that clings to him with all his power
and filings it from him. while he cries
Leave me! | must cross the lake |
shall walk over the water. Elsa, |
am comingl Our Father, who art in
heaven" and as he said these words
he strobe into the water
So ends this remarkable story
and so ended the life of the king OF
Bavaria