TENT LIFE
AT TAMPA.
SNAP SHOTS DESCRIBING THE DO
MESTIC SIDE OF CAMPING.
w
5e
I ULLY a mile nnd ft
quarter north of
the Court House
on Franklin street,
in a grove o( Flor
ida pines, lit the
eamp of the United
Htates forces i n
Tampa.
The Northerner reaching Tampa at
night now can hardly realize that he
left New York or Washington bo short
time before. The real color of this
first impression is given by the brown
faced, roughly clothed troops, who
tramp np and down, aud gossip in the
doorways men who show in their
faces the grit and daring that have
led to victory since Cesar's time, and
in their bodies the endurance of
Indians and the strength of a 'Var
sity rnsh -line. At first the careless
ness of their attire creates an unfo
vornlde impression. Half of them
parade the streets in their shirts.
Every man seems to have an individ
ual way of wearing his hat. Borne
stick the top straight np, others jam
it flat, and the rest .wear it as sane
people always thonght it should be
worn. Their leggings are of un
dressed leather, neat and serviceable.
For the most part their chins are
covered with the fuzzy beginnings of
campaign beards.
Electric cars run from the camp.
Once on the camping-ground the visi
tor finds the soft shade of the pines
in niacA nr inn, whttA arinrA nr t.ha
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K r a g -J orgensen
t(flf fttanlrA.1
rdown the com
pany streets, and
the ammunition
belts, each carry
ing two hundred
cartridges, hnng
over them. The
new bayonet is a
knife-lice weapon
several inches
BJVWEBT WEATHER.
Abe old triangular form, and fur-
maecl with a haft
lost of the men, when at leisure, go
int( town, the others lonnge in their
ten4,, reading and talking. A reason
able, amount of good-natured horse
playUs seen among thera. Among the
men nothing but words of praise are
to be1 heard for their officers, and
Among the officers nothing but good
The officers know
that in battle the
troops nnder them
will do as they are
ordered, to the let
ter; and the men Ji
Know that uiey will
be told to do the
right thing at the
right time.
Ontside fatigue
duties, their regu
AFTER THE BAIN.
lar routine consists of drill at six in
the morning, half an hour's march in
full kit at.noon, and "guard monnt"
in the evening, followed by "retreat."
At all times of the day troop-trains
with artillery-men, and pack-trains
with their guns and horses, pass
through Tampa on their way to Port
Tampa; white and oolored fly through,
followed by cheers and blessings.
Then the last ear swings out of sight,
nd we know that in hajf an hour an
other battery will be under canvas in
' the neighboring camp, and that an-
BOUNDING THE
other pawn is moved to help in the
. checkmating of Bpain.
In the eamp there is drill every
morning at seven; regimental drill and
brigade drill. As an instance of how
regiments are scattered among the
cramped army post of the United
States, it is to be noted that many offi
cers have now seen regimental drill
for the first time. Brigade drill is a
till greater novelty. After morning
drill the men are allowed and expected
to loaf. In this hot weather loafing
is, in fact, a part of the regimen. The
camps look like very sleepy places by
noonday, though all as they should be.
On Bandars there is still greater re
laxation. Many go to the lone- rail-
w8 y piles nd
IK 1 dooks at Port
rl J f . r had if waited for
4 . f-'V-long enough.
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of
iti
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L"G. V Mil '1 , ,W
snpport Tort Tampa. In the fore
ground is the high hulk of a vessel
left to strand there several years ago
nnder yellow fever quarantine, and
sinoe need for storage purposes by a
phosphate company. The vossel is
or was the Osceola, of Duenos Ayres.
Blue-Bhirted soldiers fishing for suck
ers and occasional pompano from her
EVERY' SOLD IEB B.I9
rotting decks or stripping and swim
ming in the shade of her uplifted bilge
are among the exotio sights in Tampa
these days.
The camp of a regiment is laid out
like a little village and is a model of
neatness and order. Not a scrap of
paper or vestige of debris of any sort
is seen through its length and breadth.
BTOnr-TELLINO AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.
and the men who "police," or clean,
go over the field as a New England
housewife picks threads from her oar
pet. All the work of this sort in a
rogiment is done by its prisoners
men who are nnder short arrest for
misdemeanors or for some breach of
military regulations; and, clad in
brown, they go about in detachments
of two or.three nnder guard of a eon
try, who bears a loaded rifle and who
is responsible for the prisoners he is
in charge of.
When a regiment is going into camp
the busiest and most harassed person
in it is the quartermaster. He it is
who has charge of all camp equipage
and who is responsible for the trans
portation of it. Also he must stand
ready to supply any deficiency, from
feed for horses or mnles to a ooat for
some private who is suddouly minus
his; and he and the commissary ser
geant, his right hand man, think not
of themselves until the regiment is in-
SEVILLE.
stalled nnder cover. Each offioer car
ries his own eamp outfit tent, blan
kets and meis chest and sees to it
before he leaves garrison. There his
responsibility praotioally eeasea and
falls upon the shoulder of his"stryker"
not a socialist, bat servant pro
vided an offioer by army regulations.
The atryker is a sort of general faoto
tnm, and is usually man from the
offioer's own company or , troop. He
is a jack of all trades, and good at
them, too; and when the regiment
reaches eamp he makes at once for his
own partioufar offioer and looks after
him. It is the stryker who pitches
the tent and unpacks what luggage bis
superior may have after he has first
extracted it from the pile of regiment
al impedimenta. He fetobes water
and puts the towels by the hand ba
sin, and sometimes he even builds a
bed.
la the meantime, while officers'
tents are going np, those for the com
panies are being pitohed with perfect
order, and in an inoredibly short time
are taut and fast. They art laid out
U f 's of two lines what are called
. 3."c- :-7ftre:3," tai izj and
night are patrolled by sentries who
have two hours on and fonr off alter
natelr. Near the company street are
the kitchens the tents where ths
"grub" is cooked for the men, and for
the officers as well, who have theirs
served in the "moss tent," where two
or three have gathered together to
be served as one set instead of eating
separately. Not only do the officers
thus have cne another's society, but
clubbing together cuts down expenses,
for whatever an officer has in mess
outside of the commissary provision
he pays for from his own pocket.
There are always several "messes"
(the work strikes civilian ears most
unpleasantly) through the regiment,
and those officers who are known to
be bons viveurs nnder all conditions
are eagerly besought to take into
theirs those who are not so expert in
providing the goods of life even waen
they have the money and inclination.
The officers' "line" is always a little
away from the men's tents, which are
OWN "WASHERWOMAN."
nnder the immediate charge of the
first seargeant and corporals of each
company, and at the top of the "line"
is "headquarters," where the colonel
and his staff are established.
The men in camp usually smuggle
in some kind of a pet or "masoot,"
which is not always left behind when
the order comes to move, unless it
may be into action.
The Bailor' lien Coop.
A sailornian is fond of pets, but
ship is no place for animal life. How
ever, there are few ships, sail or
steam, that do not carry out of port a
ooop of hens and a rooster. These
seem to be for company, or associa
tion, or something of that sort, for the
oldest mariner never heard of one of
the hens being killed for the mess,
and a hen at sea absolutely refuses to
'n7 eggs, and small blame to them.
The hen ooop is generally placed on
the forward deck, near the fo'o'sle, in
which the sailors live. They have a
box of sand in which to roll and are
made as comfortable as possible. Af
ter one or two voyages the hens be
come excellent sailors, and it is a
queer sight to see them balance them
selves ou their sea-legs when the ship
tosses and rolls.
When the ship is in dock the fowls
are always driven into their ooop and
kept there until the ship is at sea,
when they are released and given the
freedom of the deck. At night they
seek the shelter of their ooop of their
own acoord. Kansas City (Mo.) Star.
A Ituneway Star.
There is in the constellation of the
Oreat Bear a famous little star which
has been called a "runaway," because
of the extraordinary speed with which
it is moving. But it is so far away
that the effect of its motion can only
be toted by careful astronomical ob
servations. Professor Simon New
oo nib has said of this star, which
bears the name "1830 Oroombridge,"
that the united attractions of the en
tire known universe could not hare
set it going with suoh velooity and
would be unable to arrest it. Now
Professor Kapteyn announoes tho dis
covery of a telescopic star in the
southern hemisphere, in the constella
tion Piotor, whioh appear to be mov
ing considerably faster yet. What
its real velocity is, however, can only
be told when its distance is known.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Klaatle Shoestrings.
Our English cousins have added a
great convenience to the toilet in the
form of elastic shoestrings, elastio cor
set laoes and other similior artioles.
They are far superior to the old styles
of elastio cords, whioh are made both
there and here. They are remarkably
strong and durable, aud give a play to
the musoles and joints, which prevents
stiffness and discomforts. For low
shoes they ore simply delightful, as
they enable one to have a laced shoe,
which is the neatest and trimmest of
all footwear, aud at the same time to
have the give and yielding quality
whioh is the chief charm of elastio
gaiters. San Francisco Chronicle.
ALL THE WAY ROUND I
How tho Pnbllsker Mad On Illustration
Answer For Four Chapters at tho Novel.
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"Protected by her father's
pool Ulsud pitohed headfirst
down the stain and through
the portieres."
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THE REALM
OK FASHION.1
A Tasteful Model.
The gonoral preference for full
waists shown in all transparent
gowns makes a marked feature of the
season. The tasteful model by May
Manton here shown, while essentially
youthful in effect, is suited to all
yonng women and matrons, as well as
girls, and to all thin materials. The
foundation is a fitted lining. As il
lustrated it closes invisibly at the cen
tre back, but the opening can be made
at the front if preferred. The yoke
of lace is faced onto the line of per
forations, and there meets the full
portion, which is gathered at both the
upper and lower edge. Over the join
ing is arranged a fall puff, and below
woman's waist.
it falls a frill of lace. At the neck is
a high-standing collar, surmounted by
a frill. The sleeves, are two-seamed
and wrinkle slightly, bnt are monnted
upon smooth, snug-fitting linings. At
the shoulders are double frills, form
ing epaulets, and at' the wrists nar
rower frills, which fall over the hands.
To make this waist for a woman of
medium size two and three-quarter
yards of material forty-four inches
wide will be required.
Ladles' Mlouse Unique.
Few colors are more deliciously
cool in their effect than gray and
white. The stylish basque shown in
the large illustration is of silk, which
combines the two in narrow stripes
and is itself combined with pure white
Liberty in the shirred yoke and pliase
frill.
The foundation is a fitted lining
that closes at the centre front. The
yoke is first .shirred and is then
faced on to the required depth and
closes at the left shoulder seam, but
the basque proper whioh consists of
blaok, aide-baok and under-arm gores
and full fronts, closes invisibly at the
left side beneath a strip of baud trim
ming whioh finishes the' edge. The
oiroular frill of the silk is edged with
Liberty plisse and finished with a
band and is seamed to the foundation
at the edge of the yoke. The sleeves
are two-seamed and fit snugly and the
basque portion is seamed to the body
at the waist line. At the neok is a
high collar of shirred Liberty supple
mented by a frill. At the wrists are
bands of the trimming with frills that
simulate ouffs.
To make this basque for a lady of
medium aiee four and a half, yards of
material twenty-two inohea wide will
be required.
Ureese-Olvlna Fans the Fashion,
Fashion says our fana are growing
larger, and in the very near future (he
old-time immense fans' will be the
proper thing. For several years the
pretty soft ostrioh fans have been hid
den away as out-of-date, bnt you
may now bring them tint as beiug
quite the latest and newest thing, and
air them on the very swellest oooaalpne
with the greatest assuranoe of being
eorreet. flange fana of blaok with
White laos, and whits ones with biaok
t DELICIOUSLY COOL IN EFFECT.
lace, are still good, and withal, the
spangled fans hold their own. Hand
painted fans, with figures in ennti
nental costumes, fire used. Japanese
embroidered ones on gauze are par
ticnlarly handsome, while the thirty-fivo-ceut
paper fan is dainty and
dressy. Woman's Home Companion.
A Pretty Style For Farasnla.
Parnsols ruffled from hem to stick
are pretty, fluffy, and effective. Pretty
little inexpensive parasols come in
plain colors, preen, lavender, rose,
pink, to match different gowns. They
have an effective striped edge. A more
expensive parosol is a heavy corn-colored
silk, with a border of blue.
The Youngest Women Lawyer.
Although bpt nineteen years old,
Marie W. Hanns, of Chicago, has been
admitted to the bar, and has had
oharge of cases before justices. She
must wait, however, nntil she is twenty-one,
just as if she were a yonng
man, before she can prsctine in the
higher conrt. MisS Hanns speaks
several languages, including Bohemian.
Charlotte Tonne Scholarships.
Miss Charlotte Yonge, the writer, is
seventy-five years of age and has writ
ten more than eighty books. Her ad
mirers, headed by the Princess of
Wales, are collecting money to endow
three free scholarships to be known
by her name. They will be for girls.
A Women Woorirhopper.
Mrs. Daniel Downey, of Vineland,
N. J., supports her family by chop
ping wood. Her husband is an in
valid, and so she cuts the trees, saws
the wood and earn I 82 a day.
Child's Empire flown.
No model is more generally popular
for small girls' gowns than the Em
pire with its graceful folds and ad
mirable linos. The design shown in
the illustration is well suited to all
summer materials and to the charming
India silks in tiny flower patterns but
ia here made of fine Persian lawn
trimmed with embroidery and fin
ished with bows and ends of pink rib
bon. The long skirt is simply straight and
full and ia attached to a narrow fitted
yoke which in turn is oovered by a
band of needlework edged with a tiny
frill. The sleeves are stort and puffed
and are finished with bands that match
that at the neck. The double frills
which fall over the sleeves and form
graceful bretelles are also banded and
edged with narrow frills, bows of rib-
POPrtAB FOR SUALIi OIRLS OOWNS.
bon being placed at -the waist line
where they terminate in a point.
To make this' gown for a child of six
years of age four yards of material
thirty inches wide will be required.
Latest Kovoliy In Meuu Cards.
One of the latest novelties in menu
aud guest oards is an xai I imitation
in coloring aud ornamentation of
Wedgwjod. ware.
HE SIIIE Ml KMQ
PAY FOR SOLDIERS.
Ikt Vtliatmri Etvt Stnlnl Inn hr Sirrlm It
fort Btlng lutifsl latstat Battel SUUi Amy.
Adjutant Ocnprnl Btewart has con
lludnd tho payment of nil tho FennsyU
lanla volunters for duty at Mount
Sretna before they were mustere1 Into
.he I'nltpd States service, nnd Is er
rnnftlne; th? rolls of the officers and
men of the Guard who declined to vol
unteer or who were rejected by the
nedlcal officers. This work will be fin
nhed next week. The Adjutant Oen
ral will be required to draw 2000 ln
llvldunl checks.
The following pensions were Issued
hst week: Mlchal Daly, Pittsburg,
(, Wllllnm Jones, Pittsburg-, $12; RubU
T. McClelland. I die wood, $; Warren;
M. ItklKwny, Soldiers' home, Erie, tp
John M. Fleming, Klttannlng, 110;
lames K. Illck. Croft. IS: Keynold
Kverts, Wnllncetown, 117: Andrew "J."
Walt, New Castle, $10; Sarah D. Clark,
Mill Village, $8: Charles Tallemand.
Pittsburg, $12; Franklin Hoch. Anita.
1; Kll J. Campbell, Ht.cheater Mills,
l: Ueo. W. Wenmer, Plumvllle, $8;
John Plms, Port Perry, $12; Hufus Lu
pore, Penflold, $12; Dennis King. Erie,
$11.60: Alice A. Marshall, Flatwoods,
I": Mary M. Armstrong, ' Llndney, $8;
Catherine Bchmltt, Pittsburg, $8; Mary;
B. Parsons, Illackllck station, $8: Sarah,
(lallagher, Prospect. $12; William H.
King, TTnlontown, $6; Joseph Mitchell,
Towanda, $8: Levi Berlin, Bradford.
110; Israel H. Shuster, Boquet, tiO:
Carson Luts, Patchlnavllle, $6; ThoiVa
Hogue, Marlonvlllo, $8; Charles . T.
King. Union town, $8; John II. Hrjul
ton, Pittsburg, $f); Levi Hanley, Johnr.
town, $10: Alexander Coulter, 81
Points, $14; Mary A. Duchanols,
Frcnchtown, 112; Hettle M. Mengle,
Everett, $8; Caroline Miller, Pittsburg,
IN; Charles O. Catlln, Emporium,
Cameron, $8; Thomas C. I-aughery,
Johnstown, $.8; Thomas J. Cragoi
(dead) Carmlchaet, Oreene, $6 to $8;
William Hippenstel, Frankstown,
blalr, $4 to $12: L. O. 1 illng, Williams-l-ort,
$10 to $12; Robe : Culby, Lock
Haven, $11 to $14; Andrew J. Miller,
Crete, Indiana, $6 to $8: Deira Schroy,
Rice Landing, Oreene, $9 to $12; Amo '
C. Hturdevant. East Hebron, Potter. $.
to $12: John Yowler, Olade, Somerset,
$17 to $24; Henry Dibble. North Forlt.
Potter, $8 to $12; Thomas E. Lewis.
Austin, Potter, $8 to $10; Charles A.-
Folts, Edinboro, Erie, $6 to $8; John Y
Shower. Lock Haven, $ to $10; Leslie
Ripley, Sylvanla, Bradford, $24 to J$30:
Susanna Winter, Kephart, Clearfield,
18; Eliza B. Lowry, Shadeland, Craw
ford, $12. ' , .
A. S. Van Wlckfe, the millionaire coal
operator and philanthropist of Hasel- '
ton was accidentally killed a few days'
ago while participating in a Clay
pigeon shoot with friends. Just. the;
ahoot was about to close Mr. Van
(Vickie leaned over his loaded gun, the
trigger was touched and the weapon
went off. The full charge entered hi
body. Mr. Van Wlckle was one of the
most prominent coal operators tt the
Lehigh region, was president of the
Haxelton National bank and Waa
prominently Identified with amateur
sport In the city and at Nowport, hlr
iummer home.
John A. Merrick, former deputf
clerk of the United States circuit court,
who pleaded guilty, some weeks ago, to
Issuing fraudulent naturalization
papers, at Philadelphia, was sentenced
by Judge Butler in the United States
district court to pay a fine of $2,000 and
undergo an Imprisonment of two years.
Advices received by friends of J. H.
KUwnrl. U.nra.arv f th. V m i n
Men's Christian Association of Read
ing, who went to Cuba last March, sa
that he has been arrested as a spy an
have been received.
At Governors Island the assign
ments for duty of regiments of volun
teers In the department of the east
were announced. They Include as
signments of troops now at Mt. Oretna
as follows: Fourteenth Pennsylvania
regiment To Fort Mott. N. J., and to
Fort Delaware. Eighteenth Pennsyl
vania regiment To Delawaro City
Rnd Alliance, O., to guard gun worki.
Fifteenth Pennsylvania regiment Is
assigned to Sheridan Point, Va., and
to Fort Washington, Md.
Rev. Frank Fereney, pastor of th
Hungarian Reformed Church, Pitts-
Durg, ahot hlrmielf through the hei
few days ago. His bodv wn mm,
few minutes later by his housekefpei
lying on the floor of bia study. The bul
let had entered the right ear and had
pome out Just above the forehead.
There appears to have been no motive
for the crime, and the 350 members ot
his congregation are wondering whavl
could have led their pastor to have
taken his life.
Joseph Goodwin, aged 18, was found
guilty of voluntary manslaughter In
cort at Unlontown for the killing ot
his uncle, John Welah. The murderei
lives in Coal Spring hollow and has
never been on a railroad train. Durln
a quarrel, which arose over his punish
ing nis cousins, tne children of Job
Welsh, he threw a hammer at hi
undo. It struck him over the heart,
causing aeatn in two minutes.
Walter E. Goodwin, who on Sentem.
ber 8, W97, -murdered his wife, at Mans,
neia, Tioga county, was hanged In th
cuuniy jau iai ween, tie died pro
cis.minn nia innocence ana protestei
that the deed waa done by OertruU
rayior, and mat he was only an ac
complice. The Taylor girl waa with him
at the time of the crime, and at the
trial turned states evidence.
Rev. John Peate has, after many
months of labor, completed the lens al
Greenville which he has been shaping
and polishing for the American uni
versity at Washington. The big glass,
the largest of its kind In the country.
Is boxed ready for shipment, and will
be transported to Washington In
special express car.
Robert Stotler and George Bennett
of Greensburg were out driving near
llermlnle the other night, when they
were pitched over a 70-foot embank
ment. Bennett recovered consciousneus
and found Stotler dead. Stutter waa
bartender.
Oeorge McKlhaney, wealthy farmer
of Mechanicsvilla, committed sulci. I
the other day by shooting himself. Ha
waa 71 years old, ' and U years agu
loaded the revolver Intending then til
and his life, but deferred action.
Nash Sheridan, caught breaking into
Mike Wonawlca's home, at Lawrence
vllle, Allegheny County, waa fatally
shot hv the hoiihnl1ii. -
By the withdrawal ot J. N. Caa
sanova from the Congressional race In
the Twenty-eighth district, Colonel J.
L. Spongier hua a clear field for the
Democratic nomination
O lane, superintendent ut the Waynes-,
burg electric light plant., fell from I
window and waa killed. . .
. Bold thieves in Allegheny snwisbe
the plate-glass window of Tk
Krey'a store, and got away v
$2,000 worth of Jewelry.
While out hunting Morris J, Thor
as, of Warrior Run, Luaerne coun
accidentally shot himself In t
Shoulder N-nri blawt to SMM,lh.
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