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The Native Soldiers of Cuba Can
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One of the most disappointed men in
town is Capt. Bueneo, of the Cuban
army. The. captain, who is a member'of
the largest banking house in San Diego,
Cuba, came to New York last July on a
special mission. He soon finished his
business and has been trying ever since
to get back to fight with his company.
Twice he has attempted to get away,
once, it is said, on the Hawkins, and
again on the Bermuda. The second fail-
ure, which resulted in his being held
in $2,500 bail to appear before the grand
jury, prevented him from going on the
ve5sel when she again weighed anchor
last Sunday morning.

“I was all through with my business
on July 20,” .said the captain, “and here
I am still, held by this bail until I don’t
know when. Every time I’ve tried to
get away something has happened. If
the people in charge of the'Bermuda had
labeled their boxes, the government-
would not have stopped' the steamer and
I should have been back With my friends
by this time, with a chance to help them.
Here I can do nothing. I am useless.

“Look at Col. Perez there. He and
I began together. We were old school-
mates, you know. He stayed and fought,
and now he is a colonel. If I could have
gotten back I’d be a colonel, too, or
dead. Oh, well, the rainy season is com-

, ing on, and'after that the fever. That

will make the Spaniards sick. In the
last war 38 per cent. of them died of
fever—to say nothing of those we put
out of the way with our machetes and
bullets.

“Of course, they cannot ride at all.
Perez has told you about that; but
we can outmarch them, too. One night,
about a year ago, we broke camp and
started to meet Macco and Marti. We
*knew that they were to land about 40
deagues away. By noon the next day
we had marched 18 leagues, but we were
not too tired to attack a Spanish column
that came down on our flank, a. little to
the rear. We had a lively fight until
five o’clock, when Maceo and Marti came
up. Then, together, we drove the enemy
out of sight. .

“We ought to have been pretty tired
by that time. Don’t you think so?
”Well, we were not very fresh, but orders
were given to return by the route we
came, and, after hunting up something
to eat from what the Spaniards had
abandoned in their flight, we marched
back the whole 18 leagues, reaching our
starting‘place the next afternoon. You
don’t. find any Spaniards to do that.
We couldn’t if we weren’t used to the
food and to the climate and hadn’t lived
out of doors all our lives.

“Another thing in our favor, es-
pecially in the hilly L‘Cfiitli‘f", where the
woods are dense, is that we know what
plants and roots are good for food and
which poisonous. Almost anywhere in
Cuba there is enough stuff growing wild
to keep a. man alive, if he knows how
to get it. "We do; so we can go about
without a commissary department.
When we halt for breakfast or supper,
there is a bugle call as a signal to prepare
‘to hunt—get our sacks ready, etc. Then

a second call, meaning to disperse to the
woods. In a half-hour, perhaps, you
will see all the men back in camp, each
with some fruit or vegetable that he
has plucked or dug out of the ground.
.VVe eat these things and they agree with
us. If the Spanish eat them much they
have a pain in the stomach.
‘ “All we need to drive the Spaniards out
is supplies. We’ve more men than we
can arm. So it is no use for anyone to
come to us looking for a job, unless
he knows something about artillery.
Then we mi ht use him, but I do not
know certain y.”—N. Y. Press.

Changes in the Olympic Games.

For many years the contests consisted
only of foot—races, until in 708 B. C.
wrestling and the pcntathlon were in-
troduced. During the seventh century
the “memories” of the authorities at

' Olympia seem to have been quickencd,

for we then find introduced boxing
(688 B. C.), the four-horse chariot-race
:(680 B. C.), the horse races and the pan-
cratium (648 B. C.) ; also the following
contests for boys: foot~races and wrest-
ling (632 B. C.), the pantathlcn (628 B.
C.), and boxing (616 B. (3.). These heavy

contestsmark this century as one which-

set special value upon muscular force
and endurance. ,In the sixth century
were introduced the hiplitodromos, or
warriors’ race (520 B. C.), and the soon
abandoned chariot race with mules (50!)
B. C.); in the fifth, the races for mares
(406 B. C.) and for two—horse chariots
(408 B. C.); in the fourth, the contest
for heralds and trumpeters (‘396 B. C.),

 

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and chariot-races with fourfldoltsflaéi

B. 0.); later, the chariot-race for two _

colts (268 B. C.), the racewith mounted
colts (256 B. 'C.), and the pancratium
for boys (200 B. 0.). Musical contest-s
were introduced by Nero A. D. 68. The
Olympic festival was celebrated with
great magnificence by the Romans un-

til 394 A. D., when, under Theodosius,

it was finally abolished—Prof. Allan
Marquand, in Century.

 

Identified by Their Brands.

On the big, unfenced ranges of the
west cattle from one herd frequently
stray away and join a herd be-
longing to another ranchman, and
for mutual convenience and protection
the cattlc-men in the various states have
associations which keep agents at the
principal cattle markets to watch for
such strays and see that the result of
their sale is credited to their proper
owuer, no matter in what shipment
they reach the market. During last
year 3,664’head of stray cattle belonging
to ranchmen in the Black hills coun—
try were picked out in Chicago and 917
head in Omaha, and through the asso-
ciation their owners received the money
from their sale._ The cattle are identi-
fied by their brands.

“BR—R—UTE I" SHE SAID.

The Little Man Gave Up a Seat to 3 “Wash
Lady,” Who Crushed Her Sleeves.

Verily, the worm will turn, even the
downtrodden, patient male worm found
in street cars. He turned the other
day on the Madison avenue line. He.
was a. sickly looking man, of middle
age, who entered and gazed about anx-
iously for a. seat. About the middle
of the car he detected signs of hope
where a bird of gaudy plumage had
preempted a 15—cent reservation with
her balloon sleeves. Even a half way
civil shrinkage on her part would have
made him happy, but her royal
thoughts were full of Easter, and she
never budged as he stood before her
in the aisle.

I-Ier neighbor’s heart surrendered a
few inches of“ space, and he used that
opening wedge till the gaudy grabber,
with the usual street car look of with—
ering contempt, yielded enough more
to make him easy—on a pinch.

Three or four blocks further on a
stupendous recruit was added to the
company. She carried a market. basket
and had the breadth of the Liberty
At once the sick-looking pas-
senger became aroused to the demands
of chivalry, offered his scant accommo-
dations to the buxom dame and retired
t) the platform to watch results.

The space resigned was an awful mis-
fit, buothat didn’t bother the fortunate
winner. It was the furious heart of
the gaudy creature that broke under
the mass of determined plebeian flesh
at her side. She turned red, white and
blue, bit her lips at the spectacle of
crushed wings, and darted javelins of
wrath toward the platform. The audi-
ence gasped and smiled. She signaled
a stop. As she angrily flounced past her
merciless foe that dear old word
“brute” came hissing hot from her
mouth—N. Y. Herald.

_. Great Power for High Speed.

The large amount of fuel required for
very high speed racing boats has been
the subject of thorough investigation
by experts, in order, if possible, to re-
duce the quantity of coal necessary for
this purpose. Some of the British tor-
pedo boat- chasers are thought to be the
most perfect vessels of their class in ex-
istence, but in order to attain a 30-knot
speed, they must carry 60 tons of coal.
This is fully one-quarter of their entire
sea—going displacement. Under high
speed they consume between three and
a half and four tons of coal an hour. To
propel a vessel with a speed of 20 knots
an hour, the consumption of fuel is tre-
mendous. Twenty-seven knots an hour
is the best speed of the ordinary torpedo
boat. In order to reach the 30-knot line
fully 50 per cent. more fuel is required.
”N. Y. Ledger.

A New Kind of Thread.

“John,”,_said the young wife, “mind
you stop and get‘me a spool of poultry
thread.” 7 I

“What kind of thread, my. dear?”

“Oh, I couldn’t describe it so you’d un-
derstand. You men are so stupid. The
clerk will know. Tell him you want it
for basting the chicken. And you can
go on down to the dress goods counter
and get the dressing. Just get it in the
piece and I’ll make it the way the cook
book says.”—Texas Siftings.

 

WISDOM.

THE man who feels himself ignorant
should, at least, be modest—Johnson.

RESERVE is the truest expression of
respect toward those who are its ob-
jects—De Quincey.

NOTHING is useless to the man of
sense; he turns everything to account.
—La Fontaine.

ONE is scarcely sensible of fatigue
whilst he marches to music. The very
stars are said to make harmony as they
revolve in their spheres. Wondrous is
the strength of cheerfulness, altogether
past calculation its powers of endur-
ence—Carlyle.

 

Quickens

The Appetite
Makes the ,
Weak Strong.

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BEEN
DOWN STAIFIS
YET?

Down in the Kitchenware depart-
ment where they are selling Flower
Seeds, Bulbs, Lawn Grass and Plant
Fertilizer? Ounce paper of seeds
for 10 cents. All sorts and kinds.

Croquet Sets, as low as 98c. and
as high as $3; the $3 ones are highly
polished and very handsome. There’s
quite a saving in buying such things
here, more than you’d expect. And
then, too, there’s such a lot to select
from that you cannot help but find the
sort you’re after. ' '

Refrigerators are so low with us
this season that we’ve already experi-
enced a lively selling. Just for the
pleasure of knowing how good they
are and how little they'll cost, come
in and see them; biggest assortment
in town. .

“ Ohio ” lcecream Freezers, the
simplest and the cheapest to be found
anywhere. They have just come in;
nobody has seen them yet—only had
time to unpack them.

Stepladder Chairs, 98 cents; noth-
ing handler for housecleaning work.
Brushes, Dusters—large Turkey
duster, 10 cents

 

.. Red Seal ” Sarsaparilla, 49 cents.
Half a cent a dose.

 

Giving away samples of Comfort
Powder at the toilet counter ; get one.
Imperial Hygienic Fluid. for the bath.
45c. a bottle. I

 

When you can buy Swivel Silks, a
high grade fabric, for 25c. a yard you
actually saving 200. on every
yard. And you‘ll wonder how we‘ do
it.

Momie Cloth, just as fluffy as the
all-wool challie. New and pretty
effects in floral designs that are so
difficult to find this season, 1225c. a
yard.

 

Beautiful covert and light tan Ker-
sey Jackets, for $2.50, $4, $5, $6.50,
37.50 and $8. Doesn‘t seem hardly
possible, but it is so. There’ll be no
such chance again when these are
sold. Only for the special offer which
came our way we couldn't do it novv.
The comer window. Main Street and
Fairfield Avenue, tells you what they

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A PLOT Will’s SON

He Is Said‘ to Have Directed His
Father’s Murder.

 

JEhLOUS OF HIS BROTHER.

He May Try to Seize the ‘Persian Throne.
England. Bows In Shame Over the
Scandalous Transvaal Disclosures.
French Ministry Short Lived.

LONDON, May 4.——It is rumored in this
city that the assassination of the shah of
Persia was brought about by the machi-
nations of his eldest son, Massoud Mirza,
governor of Ispahan. The latter was born
in 1850, while the new shah. second son
of the deceased monarch, was born in
1853, but the latter is an offspring of a
wife of higher rank. and thus was chosen
to succeed his father in place of Massoud
Mirza, his elder brother. The shah, it is
well known, has often rebuked Massoud
Mirza for his unruliness, and in 1890 the
shah recalled him to Tehcran, and only
allowed him to return to Ispahan after
disbanding some of his regiments and or-
dering him to pay more than the usual
tribute.

Massoud Mirza, who is also known as
the Zill es Sultan, or Shadow of the King-
dom, resented this treatment, and it was
believed that he might make an attempt
to usurp the throne.‘ Massoud Mirza is
enormously rich and is believed to have
entertained very bitter feelings toward his
father. He is unpopular on account of
his severity and intolerance, and, on the
other hand, Muzaffer-ed—Din,‘ the new
shah, Is much loved by the people of the
province of Azerboijan, where the Per-
sian army4s chiefly recruited. He is a
keen sportsman, like his father.

The discontent of the Babist sect, upon
which Massoud erza is believed to have
worked. is due to the fact that the late
shah did not allowed them to establish
their religion, his refusal to do so being
based on representations made to his ma-
jesty that it would conflict with the ex-
isting faith in Persia and split the people
into religious factions The Babists have
always been kept in check, and little has
been heard of them for some years past.

The Britons Are Ashamed.

The disclosures made by the publica-
tion at Pretoria of the telegrams cap-
tured by the Boers when Dr. Jameson
Was made a prisoner continue to be the
one great subject for comment in the
press and among people of all classes.
The neWSpapsrs are full of references to
the affair, and they scarcely dare to pre-
dict what will be its eventual outcome.
Everybody seems to be waiting for events,
and it is believed that still more startling
developments are coming. The general
public and the newspapers, as a rule, are
heartily ashamed of the whole business
and are calling for the punishment of Ce-
cil Rhodes and his associates high and low.

It is expected that the statement which
the secretary of state for the colonies, Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain, will make on the
subject in the house of commons on Mon-
day next will decide the fate of the Brit-
lsh Chartered South Africa company.
The general opinion is that its charter
will be revoked, and that steps will be
taken-to punish all those who we're con-
cerned in organizing the raid into the
Transvaal. It is recognized on all sides
that President Kruger is master of the
situation, and that Great Britain Wilhhavc
to steer most skillfully in order to avoid a
racial war in South Africa.

According to the London correspondent
of The Novosti of St. Petersburg, who
claims to have obtained his information
from a British cabinet "minister, Great
Britain’s aim in the Sudan expedition is
to reoccupy the equatorial province, and
when she establishes herself on the upper
Nile evacuate Cairo and the lower Nile.

Continuing, the correspondent of The
Novosti claims to have beeh informed that
the operations against the dervishes will
be conducted conjointly by Great Britain,
the Congo Free State and Italy from Don-
go‘la, Suakin and Uganda. A railway is
to be run across the desert from Suakin,
and thus Great Britain will still have a
hold on Egypt by her occupation of the
upper Nile even if Europe insists upon her
evacuating that country, and it is further
said that she will not object to the neu-
tralization of Egypt, although she will not
allow another power to establish itself in
that country.

A Short Lived Ministry.

A short life is predicted for the new
French ministry. Its existence depends on-
tirely upon playing one group against an-
other, and with the exception of M. Hano-
taux the cabinet is composed of men of
no great eminence. Its policy will be to
patch up a compromise with the senate
and introduce a series of state socialism
proposals, in which public works and old
age pensions will take a leading part. M.
Hanoi-aux is a pronounced Anglophobe
and has always been hostile to the Eng-
lish interests. Consequently his appoint-
ment as minister for foreign affairs has
been received with little pleasure in Great
Britain. On the other hand, advices from
Russia indicate that M. Hanotaux’s ap-
pointment and the change of ministry as
a whole have been very acceptible there.
The impression prevails, however, that
the present ministry will soon be followed
by another, which may last until the gen-
eral elections. In the meanwhile the So-
cialists are getting more violent, the Con-
servatives and Republicans more alarmed»
and the Revisionist campaign more acute,
indicating that President Faure will soon
have to face an exceedingly difficult situa—
tion.

The decision not to grant the extradi-
tion of Dr. Cornelius Herz, the famous
Panama lobbyist, who has been sick and
a prisoner here for over three years past,
finally ends a case which has been drag-
ging wearily along, but it comes too late
to help the unfortunate Frenchman, who
seems to be upon the point of death.

Sir John Bridge, the chief magistrate
of the Bow street extradition court, and
lawyers representing the French govern-
ment and Dr. Herz traveled to Bourne-
mouth, according to agreement, and there
conducted an examination of the sufferer.

The examination took place in Dr.
Herz’s bedroom. He was supported by
twa nurses and his wife. The scene was
a most painful one, and Sir John Bridge,
In declining to grant the sick man’s ex-
tradition, said he did not believe any jury
would convict him upon the evidence pro-
duced, and therefore declined to grant his
extradition, adding that the proceedings
at Bournemouth formed the saddest spec-
tacle he had ever seen and filled him with
pity'for' the wife and children who were
so carefully attending the dying man.

 

Alleged Murderer Acqultted.

TORONTO. May 4.—Thc trial of James

Henley, who in March last killed a man
named Corrigan in a. quarrel, ended 12‘]
the acquittal of the prisoner.

Advertise in the Gamma.

 

‘ noun SECRETS.

The Mothers Keep Them; but, With
a Little Light, There Need
' be None.

 

' Did you know that, forty per cent. of

‘the children of the whole world have

weak kidneys to a greater or less ex-
tent? Mothers know it and there is a
very mistaken policy of “saying noth-
ing about it.” Sweet, clean, dry beds
should be and can be the resting place
by night for our little ones. Some
mothers attribute it “to habit.” It is
not a habit at all. -Why are children
who have this habit- fhirsty at bed-time.
Let us tell you. Weak kidneys become
somewhat inflammated by the daily ac-
tivity of the child and demands some-
thing cooling; The result is the same,
whether they drink or not—wet beds.
We write our school teachers, asking
them to always and quickly permit
Fred or Nellie to retire on request, as
their kidneys are weak. Let as set
you right in this matter. Give such
children one Doan’s Kidney Pill twice
a. day, and as sure as you do their kid-
neys strengthen to a full ability, of re-
tention, and sweet rooms and beds, and
undisturbed studies at school will be
the result. Their weakened kidneys are
nearly always the result of some for-
mer sickness, and as easily cured as any
childish ailment. Doan’s Kidney Pills
are pleasant for‘ children totake, and
perfectly harmless. .

An example of the success of Dean’s
Kidney Pills in this trouble, comes
from Meriden, Conn. Mrs. Wm. Wood
who‘lives-in that city at No. 130 Colony
street says: ‘,My little boy of ten years
of age has always been troubled with
weakness of the kidneys causing him to
wet. the bed. So many mothers punish
their children for this, but I knew he
couldn’t help‘it. I read about Doan’s
Kidney Pills curing incontinence of
urine in adults and thought it might
help the little fellow. I procured a box
and their use produced a. marked benefit
at once. It is very seldom he does it
now and I shall continue giving him
Doan’s Kidney Pills until the kidneys
are sound and strong. If in only out of
gratitude that I permit publication bul
the trouble isa very prevalent one and
most people from modesty or d’flidence
do not speak of it. Physicians do not
appear to be able to cape wi'h the
trouble and I consider it a- mother's
duty to tell others about it when she
has found a specific for this terrible
annoyance.

Doan’s Kidney Pills are sold for 50
cents per box. or six boxes for $2.50
By all dealers, or mailed on receipt of
price by Foster—Milburn 00., Buffalo,
N. Y. sole agents for the U. S.

For Pin Worms, Eczema, Hives, in
fact. any of the variousI torturing, itchy
diseases of the skin, Dean’s, Ointment
is an instant and positive remedy. Get
it from your dealer.

DAVID . w. RAYMOND
Funeral Director and Embalmer.

 

 

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