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Sitlin' down by Keiincmir. ;l to Ihhikln' m llif day iif tli fi.riniu' mi the Kforuiin :( Hit- nuiks alona the waya: Jiui' suu,li Uie kinj u-ax w.-irruin; Hut I c n Uie n ar-flnn bluxe! illln' dwu by Keunrauv, S-skn Hie Iniya In battle fall ; Hiiit-s iht-y Itiundered, au' I wondered, JSence tbey had no cloud at all : In onie api !nod I'd bluudered, Uoard the ghostly eaplulua call. Stn the boy tbat wore the gray Chargin' on the r-.ink of blue; labln' rlashln' n' the ttiiKhln' Of the bright fworjj lrijpin' dew. U'inl the cannon bulls a-enmliiu' ilukiu' dd!y pathway through. Then the scene wut changed. The blue With the sr.iy hukkI r11o by side ; An' one Hag iimie Into view (Thar wai bullet holex to hide. An' a initio' star or two; Hut the boy niarvhcd aide by aide!) Side by Bide they maivhed away At a sudden bule-rall ; So more blue, an' no more Brtiy ! Jct one ft;ig to wave tor all ! Marched into a brighter day, AUBwerm' to that bugle-call ! Which wux right, an" which wui wrong Didn't mailer. Hank looked thin. But they laurelled true hearU an' strong tit her rights f r them to win. . . . I'd been drvumln' purty long, 11 lit I'm in the light agin. Atlanta Constitution. THE EXECUTION OF JOIIX BROWX One of the Guards at the Scaffold De scribes the Scene. Colonel William Fallows, an orange grower iu the 8au Gabriel valley in Southern California, in one of the few persons now living who stood near to John ISrown of Osawuloinie when he was hanged. "I believe I am the last of the guards about John Brown and his associates in the jail at Charktstowu," he says. lie was a near relative of Kheritf Campliell, who had charge of llrowu and seven of his youngeruaaociate pris oners in ttie Charlestown jaiL .Soeral years ago he wrote out his recollections of John Brown in jail and on the acainld, but when it was finished he destroyed the manuscript. Colonel Fellows ferved three years iu the Con federate army, and was in Kichmoud at the time of tle surrender. "I don't mind telling once more," said Colonel Fellows to a rejHirter, "my reminiscences of poor old John Brown daring his last days ou earth. When I first heard of the bloody alfair at the engine house at Harper's Ferry, in the middle of October, ls-39, cobody probably denounced John Brown and his crazy abolition followers more than I did. It seemed to me then that this shaggy bearded man, Brown, was about as near a human fiend as one could be. Yet w hen I came to be associated with him I almost immediately formed an aitachment for him, so that to this day I have never tmite recovered from my personal sorrow at his execution legal and necessary though it may have been. A handsome, promising young cousin of mine was killed in the mili tia charge on the Harper's Ferry engine house, and that made my resentment against Brown and his men the more iutense. But later, in the Charlestown jail, John Brown's fortitude, amid pain from his wounds, his integrity, charity, and simplicity of character, his stern regard for duty, his Spartan firmness in the face of overwhelming odds, and especially his modest brav ery, appealed to me. Sheriff Campbell aud all the guards had a sympathy with our aged prisoner, and no real in dignity was ever otlered John Brown by any one in jail, as I know not withstanding the multitude of stories. In all my experience in the war aud in border life, where one meets all sorts of strange characters, I have never known any oue so serine in the midst of fright ful circumstances as was old John Brown. He Vas truly a marvelous character. As I look back now on the personality of the man, he aeema f me to have been more like the heroes of Scott's 'Ivanhoe' and of the Cru sades than any oue I have ever nwn, "I was i"i yars old in 1S50, and was made one of the 300 guards about the Charlestown jail, immediately after John Browu aud several of his men captured in the engine house at Har per's Ferry were brought to Charles town. The whole couutry wa w ildly excited. I doubt if any event in the war that raged through that region for four years roused people likslhe iu cideut at Harper's Frry. Governor Wise of Virginia and thousands of people in the South believed that John Brown and his men were encouraged and secretly hired by abolitionists, like Wendell Phillips, (ierrit and Charles Sumner in the North, aud that the Blue liiJge mountains were teeming with auti-slavery Northerners, who were watching for an opportunity to CJtue down in force upon the jail and litierate Brown aud his associates. So a guard of 300 armed men was called out. But it was seen later that there was no need for such a force, aud I was chosen by my uncle, Sheriff Campbell, as one of the half dozeu day guards in side the jiil corridor. I am the only oue now living who was employed in the jail at that time. One of Brown's lawyers still lives to Brooklyn, X. Y. "I became an inside guard after the famous trial at Charlestown, and when Brown's execution was set f.r one month later December 2 Brown oc cupied a cell with one of his captured followers, a young man named Stevens, who was executed with the other six prisoners a month or six weeks after their captain- When I went on duty in the jail John Brown was recovering from a severe scalp wound that he got from a sabre in the hands of his captor at Harper's Ferry. I saw the constant pain the old man was in and the clum ey way that he hlrnsdf had to dress the wound, so I helped him, brought fresh clothes daily and got him ointment and warm water. For all of this he was extremely grateful in his reserved. Spartan-like way. He was a proud, man, awl liked to show his stoicism. One day when a guard refund to give him a letter from his wife ;I thought John Brown would loe control of hini i elf and burst Into po.-ion, but he put Bona SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY, his lips together, and, shoving his hands deep into his pockets, walked into his cell. It was two hours before he nuilil compose himself. He never displayed the least temper, although he certainly had occasion to get angry every day, for he was hated aud dis liked everywhere in that locality. He never showed sorrow, except by an oc casional twitching of the face when he had a letter from his wife and chil dren. As all his letters were, of course, read by Sherifl Campbell, I, as one of the family, saw some of them. Some were heart-breaking. All were so full of expressions of love and tenderness that I have the Sheriff wipe his eyes many a time while reading them; but John Brown never betrayed distress. He read them over and over and then would gaze into vacancy for hours after he had finished. "Brown was allowed to have two visitors a day, and I was always near when he chatted with his lawyer or friend, but I never observed in his words a bit of regret for his course ex cept that his son Oliver had been so unueces!arily exposed in the battle at the engine house as to have been shot down. He seldom smiled, and was generally buried in thought or serious reading. He was exact to a penny about his little money matters, and be declined to take fxxl outside of the regular jail fare without paying for it fully. Sums of money were sent him by mail by sympathizers in Boston and Philadelphia, but he never touched a penny of it He read for hours every day, and I rememlier he was hurt be cause the Sheriff, as a matter of pre caution, cut away the heavy paste board covers from Brown's books, fear ing that fine steel saws might lie hid den thereia. . "Ah, Mr. Sheriff? said Captain Brown ijuietly, 'you little kuow me or my men. We would never escape the vindication of the law.' "He was a daily reader of the Bible, aud morning and night he knelt iu prayer in his eel!. He never talked ou religious topics, but he a .ked the guards whom he liked to refrain from profani ty at least until he was gone. His fa vorite reading was Carlyle's 'French Involution,' Gibbon's 'Home' and a biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture. One day he told tue the story of the life of that San Domingan chief, and said he put that ioor black man alongside Socrates, Luther and John Hampden as the world's heroes. Hi said he had read and reread all the literature he could fiud about IOuvtrture for a doen years, audi kuow that he pat terned his life after the San Ioming.tu and that he viewed his own death on the scaffold in the same light as the execution of L'Ouverture. "The morning of the execution dawn ed clearly and sunshiny. It was De cember 2, and a mild, pleasant day. Captain Browu asked me the evening before to mine on guard at 0 o'clock instead of 7, because he wanted to be liberated from his narrow cell as early as convenient before his execution, to attend to his last correspondence. The cell door was always opened for the day . when the day watth came o i duty. Brown was dressed and stand ing at the grated door as I came into the corridor with several other day guards that moruiug. I remember how particularly benignant he looked as he stood there. His heavy gray hair, his long full beard streaked with gray, and his tall and commanding stature gave him a patriarchal appear ance. " 'I thank you for your early coni ng,' said he as he seated himself at a writing table near the wall of the cor ridor, just below a grated window. Several of us guards, who had become attached to the old man, were too ex cite! and moved by the preparations about the jail and outside for the hang ing of our prisoner to d more than act automatically, for we feared we might burst into tears if we dared to do any talking. I can see the man now as he sat that hst morning, the sun beams pouring through the windows aud resting on his whitened and band aged head while he wrote, I watched him from behind with a fascinated in terest its he read over the last letters from pis wife, daughters and sous at the old home iu the Adirondacks of New York, so as to make sure that he had noted all that had been written to him, end tlieu as he wrote a farewell letter to each memlier of his family. The only tears I ever saw come from the eyes of that man of iron were when he read the tender good-by letters from his two little girls. Once he glanced nervously about, and seeing that his tear-dimmed eyes were observed, he pulled off his glasses, wiped his eyes in a trice, aud resumed his correspond ence as ooolly as one indites an every day message. "He ate a simple breakfast, and then, noting that he still had much corres pondence to do, he asked one of the guards to see if a local lawyer named Hunter would not come and draw up a will according to the laws of Virginia. Meanwhile he went on with his letter writing, stopping now and then as a thought occurred to him to make some request of the guards concerning the treatment of the remaining prisoners after he Jwas gone. At 9 o'clock Law yer Hunter came. Brosu told him how h-wished his property disposed that isj the weapons, money, camp utensili-j baggage and cavalry equip ment, fouud in his possession when he aud his meu were captured at Harper's Ferry, i His extraordinary character istic of justice and equality was shown in the litre with which he weighed the the cla na of each of his children and friends sions Hi as to uisinuute nis posscs- th exact fairness. He had evi hought upon this for weeks, for dently he pr bet we luced a memorandum from the leaves of the Bible and to the lawyer. A half hour gave later, yer II signei hen the will was finished, Law iter read it to the prisoner, who iU By&.hat time noise of the prepara tions a r the public execution grew so loud t 'at Brown brought his last fare well K Ver to a quick close. He asked a guai 1 how soon the Sheriff would want 'Mm for the 'execution of the law,'' he always slowly referred to his d. th. He was told that he had set ESTABLISHED forty minutes more. At that he went into his cell, brought several books, and gave one to each guard in the cor ridor as a good-by present. He took off his silver watch, aud, producing the key for it, Insisted upon Deputy Sheriff Avis taking it, " 'Gentlemen, may I be alone a iittle while?' he said to us. We, too full of sadness to speak, nodded, and he drew his grated cell door in and knelt down at his cot to pray. In ten minutes or so, although it seemed like an age to us, he arose, took off his prison clothes, and put on a new suit of black that had been brought to him from Boston. At 10:30 o'clock Sheriff Campbell came into the corridor. ' 'Captain,' said he, 'twenty minutes more remain.'. , " 'Do your duty, Sheriff Campbell; don't let any one ever complain that you were not a faithful Sheriff after I am gone,' was the reply. "At a little before 11 the Sheriff and two military lieutenants in full uniform came into the corridor. John Brown was seated on his cot waiting for them. "Do you wish to pinion my arms here or at the scaffold ?' he asked, see ing an o llieer holding the arm straps in his hand. " 'At the scaffold,' said the Sheriff. "In a second the prisoner turned, aud walking past the grated door of each of the other cells, where his faithful men were confined, awaiting their subse quent execution for complicity in the Harper's Ferry affair, he shook hands through the grating. 'God bless you, my dear men,' or 'May we meet lu heaven,' was all he said to each, for it was evident he was full of emotion, aud the sols of his imprisoned associates moved him so that he could hardly control his voice. When he came to us guards he never spoke, but the pres sure of his two hands about ours and the tear-sullused eyes told of the emo tion he felt moving him. "So John Brown started for the gal lows with the Sherifl, the lieutenants, and two of us guards. When we reach ed the front door of the jail and saw columns of uniformed Virginia militia men drawn up ou both sides of the long street he looked surprised. " 'I had no idea Governor Wise con sidered my execution so important,' he remarked. "He went down the steps and took a seat in a platform wagon at the side of the Sheriff, and with Guard Avis and myself ou the back seat. The story about John Brown's having stopped to kiss a poor negro lioy at the jail door is untrue, notwithstanding the touch ing poems that tell of it. There was no negro boy aUiut the jail, and the old man was too intent on watching the militia all abiut him. "A ride of three minutes brought us to the gallows. It was erected in the middle of a great field near town, and the platform was seveu feet above the ground. I saw Brown looking it all over carefully as the wagon drew slowly up at the steps. The colllu had been laid at oue side, and I can see now how pathetically the old man glanred at that while he was going up the gallows steps between Sheriff Campbell and Guard Avis. They gave him a seat while the soldiers were performing ev olutions uuder command of General Taliaferro in order to form a hollow square aliout the gallows. Sheriff Campbell read the death warrant. "Then the arms and legs of John Brown were strapped together, and he was shown where to stand on the drop. The black cap was put on his head, but not drawn over his face. He looked taller and more powerful than ever as he stood there strapped and with the noose about his neck, towering head and shoulders above the Sheriff and the two lieutenants. The Sheriff stood waiting a minute longer until fussy old General Taliaferro had drawn his men up in military order. Amid the sound ot drum-beats and the tramping of 8'ildiers on the frozen earth, I heard Sheriff Campbell say: "'Captain, this is an unexpected de lay. Are you not tired V " 'No, not tired, but please don't let there be unnecessary waiting,' were the last words of John Brown. "The militia was still manoeuvring in the field, but the Sheriff quickly drew the cap over the face of the doomed man, aud, stepping aside, the drop fell. John Brown's body darted through the opening in the platform, aud his soul went marching on through all eternity. "The only evidences of life were a few clinching of his hands. I believe his neck was broken by the fall. After the body had been hanging five min utes a physicf&Q went aud felt of the dying man's pulse. Then the cap was raised a few inches and an artist for an Eastern publication sketched the face as the body swayed to and fro in the morning breeze. Sheriff CampU-U did not once look upon the hanging, and kept his eys turned away. "At exactly noon the body was low ered and was put into the colli a. - Law yer Hunter arranged the collar and cra vat to conceal the blue marks of the noose, and arranged the hands and arms. The body was taken to Harper's Ferry that same day, where Mrs. Brown had been for a week with friends. The next day it was put on the cars and taken to North Elba, in the Adiron dack region of Northern New York. Sheriff Campbell wanted me to remain as a guard in the Jail until the other six prisoners were executed in Febru ary, but I never went into the jail cor ridor after John Brown was hanged. "A fact in connection with the bang ing of old John Brown that I have never seen in print U that John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Lin coln in is'i, was a sergeant in one of the militia companies at the execution. Sheriff Campbell told mi later that the day before the execution Booth, a hand some, fresh, black eyed youth of twenty years, came and asked permission to go and see the Brown raid prisoners In their cells. Lewis .Washington, a grandnephew of George Washington, took part as a captain in the military display that day." New York 8' in. Hundreds of lives saved every year by having Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil in the house just when it Is needed. Cures croup, heals burns, cuts, wounds of every sort, TT 1827. JUNE 22. 1898. hW DEWEY DID IT. The Admiral's Story of the Battle of Manila Bay. SLAUGHTER OF 8PA2TISH. Admiral Dewey's full report on the battle of Manila bay aud subsequent happenings iu the Philippines was re ceived at the navy department by mall Monday. It is about 4J0 words loug. The report is under date of May 4 and says: "Arrived off Bolinao on the morn ing of April 30, and finding no vessels there, proceeded down the coast aud ar rived off the entrance to Manila bay on the same' afternoon. The Boston and Concord were sent to reconnoiter Port Subig. A thorough sea search of the port was made by the Boston and the Concord, but the Spanish fleet was not found. Entered the south chan nel at 11:30 p. in. steaming in column at eight knots. After half the squad ron had passed, a battery on the south side opened fire, none of the shots taking eflect. The Boston aud Mc Culloch returned the fire. The squad ron proceeded across the bay at slow speed and arrived off Mauila at day break and was fired upon at 5:15 by three batteries at Manila and two at Cavite and by the Spanish fleet anchor ed in approximately east and west line across the mouth of Baker bay, with their left in shoal water in Canacea bay. "The ships then proceeded to the at tack. The OlympA, under my per sonal direction, lebding, followed at a distance by the Baltimore, Baleigh, Petrel, Concord and Boston in the or der named, which formation was main tained throughout the attack. "The squadrou opened fire at 5:41 a. iu. While advancing to the attack t'o mines were exploded 'ahead of the flagship, too far off to be effective. "Early in the engagement two launches put out toward the Olympia, with the apparent intention of using torpedoes. One was sunk aud the er disabled by our fire and beached be fore an opportunity occurred to use the torpedoes. At 7 a.m. the Spanish flag ship Keina Christina made a desperate attempt to leave the liue and come out to engage at short range, but was re ceived with such a galling fire, Uie en tire battery of the Olympia being ou- centrated upon her, that she was bare ly able to return to the shelter of the point. The fires started iu her by our shells at this time were not extinguish ed until she sank. The three batteries at Mauila had kept up a continuous fir ing from the beginniug of the engage ment, which lire was not returned by the squadron. The first of the bat teries was situated ou the South Mole head, at the entrauce of the Pasig river. The second on the south hantion of the walled city of Manila, and the third at Maleto, about 1- miles further south. At this poiut I scut a message to the governor-general, to the ellect that if the batteries did not cea-e firing the city would be shelled. This had the effect of sileucitig them. "At 7-35 a. m. I ceased tiring aud withdrew the squadron for breakfast. At 11:11 a in. I returned to the attack. "By this time the Spanish flagship and almost the entire Spanish fleet were in flames. At 12:30 p. m. the squadron ceased tiring, the batteries being silenced aud the ship sunk, burned aud deserted. "At 12:40 p. m. the squadron return ed and anchored off Manila, the Potrel beiug left behind to complete the de struction of the smaller gunboats, which were behind the poiut of Cavite. This duty was performed by Com mander 1C P. Wood in the most ex peditious and complete manu?r passi ble. The Spanish lost the following vessels: Sunk ft?ina Christina, Cas til la, Don Juan D'Lustria, Isia D' Lu zon, Isla D'Cuba, General Lozo, Mar quis D'Duero, El Correo Valesco and Isla D'Mindanao; transports captured, Rapido and Hercules, and tugs and several small launches. ."Iam unable to obtain a complete account of the number of enemies kill ed and wounded but believe the losses to le very heavy. The Iteina Chris tiua alone had 150 killed, including the capiain, and 50 wounded. "I am happy to report that the dam age done to the squadron under my commsnd was inconsiderable. There were none killed and only seven men in the squadron very slightly wounded. "Several of the vessels were Krutk and even penetrated, but the Carnage was of the slightest, and the squadron is in as good condition now us before the battle. "I beg to state to the department that I doubt if any commander-in-chief was ever surrounded by more loyal, effi cient and gallant seamen than those of the squadron now under my command. Capt, Frank Wildes, commanding the Itoston, volunteered to remain in com mand of his vessel, although his relief arrived before leaving Hongkong. As- j feistant Mirgenu Kiii(lleiergr, or tue Olympia, and Gunner J. C. Evans of the Boston, also volunteered to remain after orders detaching them had ar rived. The conduct of my personal staff was excellent. Commander B. F. Lamberton, chief of the staff was a vol unteer for the position, aud gave me most efticieut aid. Lieut. Brumby, flag lieutenant, and Ensign W. P. Scott, aide, performed their duties as signal officers in a highly creditable manner. "The Olympia, being short of officers for the battery, II. W. Caldwell, flag secretary volunteered for and was as signed to a sub-division of t'ae -5-inch tiattery. N. J. L. Stick ney, formerly an officer in the United States navy and correspondent for the New York Heralt, volunteered for duty as my aide, and rendered valuable ser vices. ."I desire especially to mention the coolness of Lieut. C. O. Calkins, navi gator of the Olympia, who came uuder my personal oliservations, being on the bridge with me throughout the entire action, and giving the ranges to the guus with an accuracy that was proven by the excellency of the firing. "On May 2, the da; following the en gagement the squadron again went to Cavite where it remains. On the third, the military forces evacuated the Cavite arsenal, which was taken possession of by a landing party; on the same day the Baleigh and Baltimore secured tht surrender of the batteries on Corregidor inland, pa rolling the garrison and destroying the guns. "On the morning of May 4 the trans port Manila, which had been aground in Baker bay, was towed off and made a prize," Spanish War Stories. It waa midnight in Havana, just the same as it had always been at twelve o'clock g. m. Tne war had made many and marked changes, but iu respect of this, none. Captain-General Blanco sat in the diningrooomof his palace, chewing the gristle in the hamtione of a dead hore. The captain-general had not retired ere this, because he is not of a retiring disposition. At this moment an aide appeared at the portals of the room aud Blano or dered him up. "How fares?" he Asked, as the young man approached. "About the same kind of fare as that you have," replied the aide, with a grave nod toward the hamlioue that the captain-general held at a 'present.' "What's the matter with this?" re torted the captain-general. "It ought to ba first-class; it oust $4 a pound." "Nearly as high as Matanzas mule, your excellency," said the aide, recall ing his manners and the military reg ulations. "Mule meat isn't as high as this it?" "Well, your excellency, the inuie went fifty fet high when the Yankee shell exploded under him That's higher than your Havana horse, your excellency." "A truce to your badinage, sirrah," exclaimed the captain-general. "What is your business with me, seeing that I have not invited you to luncheon?'' "Your excellency, I crave pardon. Word has just iieeu received that within the next twenty-;bur hours the Yan kees will have cut our telegraphic com munication, and we will be abut out from mother, home aud friends. In other words, your excellency, there won't le any more chances for you to run your typewriter through the tick er." The captain-general was dumbfound ed. For as much as two minutes he could not lift the hand nine to his face. Then he broke forth: "Go, and go quickly, he thundered, "and have them hold the wire till I get my force ready for their cliukers. By Caramby Cripes ! I'll s'lip enough stuff over that wire in the next twenty-four hours to keep the world stocked with news of Spanish triumphs till the war is over. Skip now, and have ev erything greased by the time I get there," and the captain-general, hang ing onto the esculent hamtione, went flying along the corridors to A-wemble his hosts. New York Sun. The Summer Care of House Plants. Krora Har)ier' Rnx.ir. When June comes, the woman who Iias plants will begin to wonder what she had better do with them during the summer. Shall she put them in the ground or keep them in their pots? Many decide in favor of the first plan, because plants in the ground will take care of themselves. But the lalior thus saved will more than be offset by that which must beexpended ou them when they are lifted and potted in the fall. And it should be borne mind that plants lifted and potted in September can not fail to receive a severe check at precisely the time when growth and development should not be interfered with. Two or three wks later they will have to be taken into the house, and they will not have re-wvered from the injury done by mutilating and dis turbing their roots. Their vitality will be weakened, and this will make them all the more susceptible to the debilita ting effects of a removal to the house, where they will get more heat aud less fresh air than I aey need. The combi liation of these unfavorable influences puts the plants at a great dL-ad vantage, and gives them a set-back from w hich they will not rjxver for months. Be cause of this I never advise any one to put her plants in the garden during summer. If kept in pots you have them under control at all times. Sud den changes aud sever.? shocks are avoided. They may not grow us vigor ously as plants in the open ground, but what is gained by such growth if it lias to be sacrificed when they are taken up in the fall? I put many of my plants out of doors in their poU, on a veranda with au eastern exjKit-ure, and leave them there uutil the lAst of September. If auy re potting is necessary, it can be done at intervals during the season, and witli but very little disturbance to the plant. The result is that when the plants are removed to the house aliout the only change Is that of quarter; consequently they have much less to contend with than those which liare just been lifted and polU-iL Millions Given Away. It b certainly gratifying to the pub lic to kuow of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprie tors of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bot tles of this great medicine, and have the satiafa4ion of knowing it has abso lutely cured thousands of hopeless casesL Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse ness aud all dis ses of the Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it. Call i J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Ta., and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin. Pa. and get a trial bottle free. In Valdeck, a little German princi pality, a decree has been proclaimed that a license to marry will not b granted to any individual who has been in thb laabit of getting drunk. If any one who has barn a drunkard applies for such a lieen he must produce suf ficknt proof of rvtbrmatiou to warrant his xecei ring it. 11. O WHOLE NO. 2447. Gathering War Sews. Jamaica, West Indies, June ".The war correspondents who are telling the world the story of the strangle for Cu ban Independence meet with some very interesting experiences. Especially in the West Indies they are constantly getting into old (odd ) corners of civili zation. Conditions are met here which the average American could hardly be lieve to exist anywhere in the world where Bibles and textbooks have ever been seen. Since the news center changed from Key West to the southern coast of Cuba it has been necessary to cable all matter from West Indian points. The Island of Jamaica is the nearest point to San- tligo de Cuba, aud most of the dispatch boats have made for the various ports of Jamaica with their news. The result is that the cable oflk-es have been swamped with messajes, and no mat ter how important the news may be, nothing more thau the briefest bulletin can reach the United States for a period of from forty-eight hours to one week after the "copy is filed." The readers of the American news papers have frequently seen prefixed to a callo dispatch from these tropical points the words "delayed in transmis sion." That expression is truthful as far as it goes, but the words "delayed by lack of facilities" would explain the situation much more truthfully. For two days the Wanda ha been lying here in the beautiful harbor of Kingston. Under the clear blue water a few fathoms lieueath her keel sleeps the sunken city of Port Itoyal. More than two centuries ago, on a June uight ( in fact June 7 this very night is the anniversary of the occurrence) a great earthquake shook the islaud, aud the city went down. It was the home of the old Spanish pirate kingo, and iu the midst of a night of lavish revelry and debauchery the sea swallowed them up. Not a "tone's throw from our boat a red buoy swings and rocks in the m'ul:ght. It marks the spot where the oiii city's Cathedral sank. The tail spire still lifts its pinnacle up iuto the sea, and the buoy is piaced there to prr vent ships of heavy draft from striking k. When the sunlight penetrates the water at the right angle the mud-covert d roofs of the old city may still 1 seen. The natives never trouble them selves about this buried city. They are content to go on dreaming through the various generations, hoping that an other earthquake will never come. A few hundred yards away is the city of Kingston, with its narrow streets aud picturesque eople. It has a popu lation of 70.UU0, and of this number only 5,000 are w hite. The woaien fill the places of horses aud wheels by car rying most of the city's supplies) on their heads. The buzzards are the scav engers and aid the street-cleaning de partment. Just back of the city tower the mountains, and lieyoud the mount ains is the interior, with its ancient vil lages and simple people, every inch of it interesting and historic. Soldier Didn't Walk. He was a soldier boy of the Twelfth Kegiment, a clean-shaven, frank-faced lad, on his way to Petkskill to join his regiment, which had been ordered to the front that day. As I eutered the smoking car of the New York Central train at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street I saw at om-e that the young war rior was in dire trouble. "I must have your ticket or you get off at the next station," the conductor exclaimed grufily, aud iiassed on through the car. The boy's face grew crimson as he be gan a frantic search through his pocket, but no ticket came to light. Molt Ha ven was the next stop, and the con ductor again appeared on the scene. "I've lost my ticket, and that's all there is to it," remarked the embar rassed defender of his couutry. "It was punched at the gate as I came through, aud I must have lost it iu run ning for the train." "I can't help Chat," replied the con ductor. "I must have either your ticket or your fare. If you have no money I shall be obliged to put you off, regard less of your uniform." At Kingsbridge the conductor again entered the smoker. "See here," he ex claimed iu tones which could I heard by every one iu the car. "I've allowed you to ride thb far without a ticktt, I don't propose to lose my jsjiition for you or anybody else. I want you to corue to terms, or you get off at Spuy ten Duyvil, if I have, to hold the train." In vain the boy explained that such a course would preveut him from join lug his regiment ia time to leave for the South, and that he would be looked upon as a deserter. It was no business of his, the conductor said, and pAssed on with another threat. As the train neared the next station the soldier began sadly to gather up his effects. Suddenly a man sitting in one of the forward seats jumped to hbfeeU "Gentlemen," he said, addressing the other pAssengers, "we have all seen what has beu going on. This soldier has been ordered away to fight for his country. He has lost his ticket and b about to lie put off. I proposs that we chip in sums not exceeding ttn cents each until the amount of his fare is reached." The suggestion met with immediate approval, aud iu a very few moments the amount was raised, amid the pro fuse thanks of the young soldier. The conductor was iu no wise abashed. He pocketed the money. New York Her at.!. Response of the Sich. The manner in which the rich men and women have responded to the call of their eiuntry b full of reassurance. The rich have not become indifferent to the country. There are millionaires aud millionaires' sons serving as pri vates in the ranks of the army which b to invade Cuba. Among the rich "400" of New York society, more real patriots have been found than among the so-called "Industrial arm ies" which aiUicted us a few years ago. While Roosevelt and Astor are obeying the commands of army officers, where are the Sovereigns and the Debses? In time of need, or real heroism, they are as silent as sacred mice. Sampson to be Made a Commodore- Acting Admiral WHlisoi T. Samp son, commanding the naval forces op erating in the West Indieo, whixe actual rank in the navy is that of captain, will become a commodore on July j by the statutory retirement for aijeof Bear Admiral William A. Kirkland, com mandant of the Mare Island (Cal.l Navy ard, who is now ranking offi cer of the navy. In the event of the successful performance of the Import ant ditties aiwigned him in -the West Indies, Captain Sampson is also as sure 1 cf further promotion to the actu al rank of rear admiral, being the high est grade to which he can attain, un less Congretw shall recreate the grade of admiral or vice admiral for hi i spe cial benefit, Thtwe offices were estab lished duriug the War of the Rebellion and lapsed with the death of their lasC incumbents, Admiral Porter and Vice Admiral Kowen. The plan of promo tion adopted by President MeKinley in the CAie of Admiral Dewy and his captains undoubtedly will be followed In case of similar victories by Admiral Sampson and his captains. In addition to Admiral Kirkland, five other admirals will retire during the next few months by operation of law on account of age. They are Ad miral Joseph N. Miller, commanding the Pacific station ; Admiral Montgom ery Sicard, president of the naval war board ; Admiral PI O. Mathews, presi dent of the examiuing and retiring board; Admiral F. S. Bunce, com manding the New York Navy Yard, and Admiral C. S. Norton, command ant of the Washington Navy Yard. With the exception of Admiral Miller, all oi these officers are likely to be re tained in their present places after their retirement during the continuance of the war with Spain, because of the non-availability of ollicers on the act ive IUt to take their places. Retired officers are subject to duty of this kiud in time of war at the discretion of the President. It b different, however, with Admiral Miller. He is in com mand of a fleet, aud retired officers arw not eligible for such duty unless spe cially authorized by act of Congress. Admiral Kirkland b a native of North Carolina, and it b his purpose to make his home in that state w hen he is re lie vet 1 from duty. Of the seven rear admirals only two are in command of fleets Admiral Miller, commanding the Pacific squad ron, aud Admiral Dewey, command ing the Asiatic squadron. Of the six offhvrs having flag commands two are full rear admirals, oue au actii:g rear admiral, aud the others are commo dores. Admiral Miller, the senior of ficer, has three vessels iu his squadrou, and Acting Bear Admiral Sampson, the juuior of them all, has over seven ty vessels under his command. The last-named officer dots not attain the the actual rank of a flag officer until he becomes a commodore next mouth by the retirement of Admiral Kirk laud. His rank as captain which he now bears iu the naval register would not ordinarily entitle him to a higher command than that ot a single vessel, and iu putting him in commaixlof the largest and most powerful fieet that was ever gathered under the United States flag the President found it nec essary to give him the nominal rank of acting rear admiral. That designa tion clothed him with all the authori ty uecc-sary to the execution of the du ty confided to him, but carried with it no increase of pay or emoluments and no jiermaueney of rank. No greater compliment wasever paid an officer of the United States navy. Army and Nary Gossip. Rear Admiral Sampson b the son of a day laborer. The medical examination of New York's recruits under the first call de veloped the fact that the m int common physical fault was lack of weight and chest meAstire for proportionate height. In the year before Spain's war with Cuba legau, the government took in about Slp'UO.OOO from drafted men, who purchased their exemption. In the first year of the war the figure roee to fj,4'J0,0i0. The maximum strength of an in fantry regiment is 1,3:2; ollicers and meu. This is made up of twelve com panies of l'ienlisted man each, or 1,272; three officers to accompany each, or thirty-six; field aud staff officers, ten; aud regimental nou-commisniotieJ itaff eight. The United States had au army of 12.000 strong when the War of ls;o broke out. In the following year it had been increased to lso.Ouo, aud in 1S2 to 037,000. The numbers were swollen to 13,0U0 in ISist, and before the war was over had reached more than l,0fX),00i). Every oue who has visited the con ning tower of one of our modern men-of-war has wondered how a navy offi cer could intelligently conduct a sea fight while limiting his vision to what he can see there. Our plucky navy olllei?M have solved the difficulty by remaining outside of the eon ning tower during a battle. The tower is voted a useless institution, or one to be used only iu the case of all-around fire. Persons addressing mail to those in military camps throughout the country should write plainly upon the letter or parcel the company, regiment, and State, as "John Doe, Company D, Six teenth Illinois Infantry, Falls Church, Virginia." At some of the camps there are regiments bearing the same nu merical designation, and it b necessary in addressing mail ti a memlier of a regim'-nt to have the State name at tached. A Clever Trick. It certainly looks liki it, but there b really na trick about it. Anybody can try it who hns Lam- Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or n.TVum trouble. We mean he can cure him-telf right away by taking Electric Bitters. Thb medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kid neys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Constipation, Head ache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It b purely vegeta ble, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Elec tric Bittsrsand be convinced that they are a mirale worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c a bottle at J. N. Snyiler's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa, aud G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber lin, Pa. Cervera's full and complete name I Pascual de Cervera y Torpete Conde de Jerez, Marquis de Sunt An. How he got it all 'nto the harbor of Santia go b past understanding. Cincinnati Times Star. No other preparation has ever done so many people so much good as Hood's Sarsapariila, America's Greatest Med icine. Says Uncle Sam to Mr. Hobsou; . "You did a very clever Job, scu." Eochester Herald.
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