Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1898, Page 11

I HEART-RENDING SPECTACLE! The Strange Pathetic Tale Brought to Light by Our Porto Rican Campaign. Its Significance to American Women. One of the saddest, most incredible revelations of Spanish atrocity in all this heart-thrilling and desperate war the wretched multitude of hopeless prisoners discovered in the filthy dungeons of Cuba and Porto Rico. “Their case is even more deplor- able,” s the New York Herald, “than that of the wretched reconcen- trados. These are men and women who have been kept in jail for un- conscionable terms, some on trump- RELEASE OF COSTA RICAN PRISONERS. ed up charges, some on no charges tall. In some instances faded and worn women who had once been beautiful, gaunt and ragged men who | once been prosperous, could arcely realize that prison doors i emed forever sealed were at last opened to them. But it is a glorious and noble thing this great country, with its | mag illimitable power, to throx le open the prison doors and release the miserable creatures | und beneath desperately gr "s iron heel, it pressing duty of 1 to think of the ten thousand mothers of free America hetic and mis- ese women of our own country homes to shelter and hearts to love them, with all the surroundings which o and a sing, are yet weighed down with an inward physical weak- ness which shuts them off from the sunsh: and happiness of life, as completely and hopelessly as if they were immured in the darkest con- fines of a Spanish dungeon. entenced to years of continual suffering, weariness and distaste of living, their sense of melancholy and despair filling even their own cheer- ful homes with prison-like gloom, the daily round of housework grows more and more irksome and dread- ful until it finally rests upon them like the leaden routine of a jail. A woman whose life is embittered isoned by the weaknesses or s peculiar to her sex cannot is inflicted on her is more un- le than the despotism of a tyrant. How startling it seems that 4 true woman, capable in eart and soul of being a loving wife d mother, should, by sheer physi- cal incapacity, be deprived of the crowning happiness of womanhood. Sp A QUESTION FOR HUSBANDS. This is something for every hus- band in the land to consider, and then determine if there be not some- thing more than fine furniture and beautiful surroundings needed, and which he can furnish to brighten his wife’s existence, and to make his home, as it should be, the ever-living source of comfort and joy. No one can give an ailing, sensi- tive woman too much sympathy. The best of husbands cannot half appreciate what she suffers. If the doctor is called in, ten to one he will not diagnose the case correctly. The ordinary local practitioner has no specia! knowledge of special diseases. He will probably prescribe for “indi- gestion” or “liver complaint” or “heart and never once trouble,” reach the real fundamental trouble lurking in the organs distinctly femi- nine. The woman herself may hardly realize where the cause of the whole difficulty lies, and if she does, the thought of the mortifying question- ings, “examinations” and “local ap- plications,” which modest women dread, will deter her from speaking frankly. She knows the doctor does not understand her case; she feels that his medicines are giving her no real help; yet she takes them in the vain hope that some way, somehow, she will be better in a little while. But no woman ever was or ever can be well while a hidden ailment of s no less a great | American man- | | this nature is daily and hourly sap- ping away her very life. WHAT BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE S10ULD KNOW. If every ailing woman could know what Dr. Pierce’s wonderful “Favor- ite Prescription” has done for count- less thousands of her suffering sis- ters, female complaints would be- come almost unknown throughout the length and breadth of this coun- try. This extraordinary “Prescrip- tion” is the outgrowth of thorough education, deep research and an al- most unparalleled experience. _ Its originator, Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Bui- falo, N. Y., has devotetl a long: life of earnest effort to the study and treatment of the various diseases pe- culiar to women. For thirty years, as chief consulting physician of the famous World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo, he has had a | wider practical experience in this special field of medical practice than probably any other physician in | Ameri He designed this marvelous “Pre- scription” for the one specific pur- pose of healing, strengthening and purifying the distinctly feminine. or- ganism. It is for this and nothing else. It heals all ulcerative condi- tions and unnatural drains; over- comes all weaknesses and derange- ments; imparts strength to the sup- porting ligaments and tonic power to the nerve centers. There never was any other medi- cine so scientifically devised for the express benefit of womankind; there never was any other which accom- plished this purpose so completely and permanently. It is a temperance medicine, not a mere stimulant. There is no alcohol in it, no narcotic drugs. The per- sistent use of preparations contain- ing such agents is liable to awaken a morbid, intemperate craving. The “Favorite Prescription” develops no bad habits. The health it bestows is natural, genuine, vigorous and per- manent. “I was sick for a long time with female trouble, but paid little atten- tion to it until last winter,” says Mrs. Lydia Craft of Larwood, Linn Co., Oregon, in a letter to Dr. Pierce. “I miscarried and this left me in a weakened condition. I grew very nervous and despondent. I did not want to see anybody; everything seemed so strange, as though I were in a strange land. I had such a dis- agreeable feeling in my head; it was not a headache, but a drawing feel- ing and the top of my head was hot and painful. I had bearing down pains and my back hurt me all the time. I could not do any work at all and could not sleep. I tried some patent medicine, but got no relief. “I went to see the best doctor in Lebanon. He said I had inflamma- tion of the inside lining of the womb. He treated me for a while and I did not see much change. I wrote to Dr. Pierce and in due time received an encouraging letter, advising me to take his ‘Favorite Prescription.’ I did so and am very glad to say it helped me steadily. I could see that I was gaining. When I wrote to you I weighed eighty-seven pounds, now I weigh ninety-nine. I can eat anything I want to, my ap- petite is good, I can work all day and not jeel tired at night. I have no more bearing down pains. My head does not trouble me any more at all and I feel better than I have for three years.” “T feel it a duty to inform you that I had been a sufferer for many years from nervousness with all its symp- toms and complications,” writes Mrs. O. N. Fisher, 1861 Lexington ave- nue, New York, N. Y., in an earnest letter to Dr. Pierce. “I was con- stantly going to see a physician or purchasing medicine for this or that complaint, as my troubles became unbearable. In the spring of 1897 my husband induced me to try Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. After taking one bottle and following your advice I was so enc that I took five more bottles ‘Favorite THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1898-12 PAGES, Prescription’ and then I did not take any more for several weeks, as I felt so much better. “T am not now cross and irritable, and [ have a good color in my face; have also gained about ten pounds in weight and one thousand pounds of comfort, for Iam a new woman once more and your advice and your ‘Favorite Prescription’ are the cause of it, coupled with your ‘Pleasant Pellets,’ which are not to be dis- pensed with. I will not take any more unless you so advise, for I do not see that I need it. I have often told my friends how I was cured, and have-been: no little surprised to learn how many of them also used Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription with great benefit.” For every critical period of wo- maa’s life this superb “Prescription” is the never-failing stay, support and comfort. It fits young women to be happy, healthy wives and mothers. It gives prospective-mothers physi- cal and mental stre to pass through the ordeal of motherhood with comparative comfort and per- fect safety. In insures recuperative energy for young nursing mothers; and abundant healthy nourishment for their babies. “When I look at my little boy,” says Mrs. Axel Kjer of Gordenville, Cape Girardeau Co., Mo., “I feel it my duty to write you. Perhaps some one will see my testimony and be led to use your ‘Favorite Pre- scription’ and be blessed in the same way. This is my fifth child and the only one who came to maturity, the others having died from lack of nourishment—so the doctor said. I was not sickly in any way and this time I just thought I would try your ‘Prescription’ I took nine bottles and to my surprise it carried me through and gave us as fine a little boy as ever was. He weighed ten and one-half pounds. He is now five months old, has never been sick a day, and is so strong that everybody who sees him wonders at him. He is so playful and holds himself up so well. I would like to see this in print for so many have asked me, ‘Do you think those are the testimonials of. the people or has Dr. Pierce just made them up and printed them?” “I do hope that if any women have the same trouble that I have had they will try Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. We recommended it to one of our neighbors and she tried it and the result is a fine big boy. Her two babies before this one were born dead, after she had suffered un- told misery. She feels very grateful for the ‘Favorite Prescription.’ ” A PLAIN DUTY. Every husband who feels that his wife’s health demands the attention of an expert, scientific specialist, and every ailing woman who is down- hearted and discouraged with wea ness and incapacity in a womanly way, should feel absolute confidence in writing to Dr. Pierce about these troubles. He will answer all such letters promptly and earnestly; and _ will give carefully considered, fatherly, professional advice without charge. He will prescribe simple and inex- pensive self treatment whereby any woman, in the privacy of her own home, may, in almost every instance, effect a complete and permanent cure. Any reputable dealer can supply you with Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- scription. A dealer who doesn’t supply it to you doesn’t want to. Some dealers would rather sell you a substitute on which they can make more than the fair profit which this great standard “Prescription” al- lows them. Your health or your judgment is of no account to such a dealer. This kind of substituting is an insult to your intelligence. Show him that you know what you want. Insist on Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- scription, and you will get it. THE BIBLE OF THE BODY. One of the greatest medical books of the present century is Dr. Pierce’s thousand-page illustrated Common Sense Medical Adviser. It has been termed “The Bible of the Body”— because what the Bible is to the soul this book is to the physical man. Two-thirds of a million copies were sold at $1.50 each. The profit on this enormous sale induced Dr. Pierce to issue a new edition in pa- per covers which ‘will be sent abso- lutely free—one copy only to one family—on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps, to pay the bare cost of mail- ing only, inclosed to World’s Dispen- sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Or-send 31 stamps if a heavier, handsomer, cloth-bound copy is desired. In one chapter of this grand book nearly a hundred pages are devoted to the consideration of the diseases of women; with an account of many severe and obstinate cases which by means of Dr. Pierce’s scientific, common-sense treatment were promptly relieved and permanently cured. Spofling # Horse. From the New York Weekly. Buyer—“Lookee here, you! You said this horse was sound and kind and free from trieks. The first day I drov2 him he balked a dozen times, and he’s as bad today.” Dealer—Um—you've been wondering if I cheated you, maybe?” “Yes, T have.” “And the first time you druv the hoss you sort o' wonderd if he hadn’t some tricks, didn’t you?” - “Of course.” “And you kept saying to yourself, ‘I won- der if that there horse will balk,’ maybe?” most like?” = , 's 's You've tized him. See?” ———__- “Want” ads. in The Star because they ‘ant pay NOW A STATE BOSS Croker Will Conkrof the New York Democracy, HILL = ONLY BACK NUMBER A Committee ae That Will Shape. Tings. MR. ~ ROOSEVELT’S LETTER Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NBW YORK, August 15, 1898. Richard Croker has demonstrated his ability as a leader in state politics—his abil- ity to meet and beat Hill at his own games. Hill ts supposed to be a master of political strategy and a past grand master in the art of diplomacy. But .he met his equal, if not his master, even in these respects at the last meeting of the democratic state committee at Saratoga on Saturday last. To those whe have studied surface indica- tions only the game of politics played at Saratoga last Saturday would seem to be of the nature of a draw or at least of the nature of a stale mate, but those best in- formed say that there never was a minute, never a second, when, if Croker and Hill had locked horns Hill would not have been beaten. That this contest of strength did not ensue is due in the main to Senator Ed- ward Murphy, jr. Mr. Murphy is anxious to go back to the Senate at Washington. He knows that if Hill and Croker imitate the famous Kilkenny cats that though Hill does not possess much strength as a leader, nevertheless his open antagonism may cost a few votes in the assembly and senate. And Murphy knows that he will need every vote at the next session of the legislature. Hence, during the recent visit of Croker to Elberon, Murphy begged the Tammany boss by all that was good and holy and high to smother his wrath and his well-known hatred for the sage of Wolfert’s Roost for the time being. Croker promised, and those who know the so-called outspoken “Rugged Dick” of yore are smiling in their sleeves at the manner in which the Tammany Hall leader bottled up his anger. Croker’s Deal. There is not a doubt in the minds of many that Croker will make up for this en- forced suppression of his feelings when he sails into Hill after Murphy's election, pro- vided always and ever, of course, that Mur- phy is elected. More than this should be remembered, however. The friends of ex- Senator Hiil who are congratulating them- selves that the recent wrestling bout Saratoga was at least a draw or in the n: ture thereof, will do well to examine the records now said to be in the possession of Richard Croker. He, it is stated on the best authority, has the promise in writing that in the event of Murphy's re-election to the United States Senate he (Croker) is to become the leader of the democratic party of the state. Croker, according to this com- pact, which it is said was made down upon the Jersey coast, is-to name the chairman of the state central, committee after Mur- phy's re-election. is to have control of the patronage in the state in the event of the election of a demécratic governor or a democratic Present. This deal Is said to have been arranged for on the day that Croker and Murphy drove from Hiberon to Deal Reach, the New Jersey summer résort where Croker, “Tony” Brady of Albany, John F. Carroll, the new subleader of Tammany Hall, and a host of other Tammany Hall men are to have their summer home: Croker’s Speech at Saratoga. The facts migh: not ‘have come out at all until after the campaign this fall if Croker had kept. quiet..at Saratoga. That Saratoga meeting; was,ealled for the pur- pose of fixing a time,,and place for the holding of the next state convention. It was not intended that any other matter should come up ‘for discussion. But to the surprise of every member present, Croker, even after the matter of an adjournment had been voted upon and ordered, rose to his feet slowly and deliberately and said that the democratic organization was weak up the state. This was poaching upon Hill's preserves. with a vengeance, and this, too, after the leaders had clasped hands across the “bloody chasm” at Tony Brady’s rocm at the hotel the night previous and announced to their respective followers that “harmony” was to be the watchword during the campaign from now on. Had Hill been present at the meeting of the state committee this reflection upon the ability of the state organization might have caused a fight then and there. But Hill, though at the Spa, drinking mineral water, did not attend the meeting of the committee. Croker went on to say that he wanted an organization in New York state as perfect as Tammany Hall's organ- ization; as perfect as the organization in Tilden’s own time. A Special Committee of Ten. Upon motion of Senator McCarren, a spe- clal committee of ten was appointed. This “committee of ten” has already opened headquarters for business at the Hoffman Hovse, and this particular “committee of ten,” it 1s believed, will be the medium used by the Croker men to secure contro! of the New York state democratic machine. At any rate it Is the entering wedge, and be it noted and observed that the Hill men did not have the courage to resist this entering wedge. Senator McCarren by his selection as chairman of th2 special committee of ten is put directly in line for the state chairman- ship. It is now known that the idea of this committee emanated from Senator Mur- phy, Richard Croker and Senator McCar- ren, and that it has been secretly discussed on s3veral occasions since Mr. Croker’s re- cent arrival from Europe. It is also now known that neither Police Commissioner Bernard J. York nor Chairman Danforth was aware of the secret proposition to name such a committee yesterday. It 1s true that Chairman Danforth had the nam- ing of the ten, but he is anxious to be nom- inated for governor, and he could not avoid naming th> mover of the motion for chair- man. Not the least of the duties of the special committee of ten will be to take steps for the election of the delegates to tha democratic state convention at Syra- cuse. Primarily the appointment of the committee of .en was for the purpose of perfecting the democratic organization in the state, but it was made known today that the work of completing the election of delegates to the state convention will not be out of order. Only 111 of the 450 dele- gates to the democratic state convention ‘nav? been elected up ta date. The work is new being pushed. ; Will Deminate the Convention. Almost all ocfats ‘are agreed that the approaching convention.and new state com- mittee will be dominated by the Croker- Murphy-McLaughiini' democrats. Enough has oveurred within the last w2ek to dem- onstrate the fact tht it is the first inten- tion of these democrat’ to dominate the cenvention, and next to put their men on guard in the new state committes. future, it is main! the accuracy of this statement, and ac- quiescing in it are some of the oldest friends of Mr. Hill: \Mri'HNI’s friends insist that he will have 228. delegates in the con- vention, with the 63 delegates from Kings and the 3 delegates fram Lewis doubtful, but favorable to Mr. Hifi. On several occa- sioris tables of estimates to that effect hava been printed in some of the New York newspapers. The Croker-Murphy demo- grats have handed out their 2stimates. They give Hill 136 votes and Murphy 248 votes. Kings county, with 63 votes, is Placed in the doubtful column, but thdse best informed say that Hugh McLaughlin has given up all hopas of preventing the dcwnfall of Hill, and that his eyes are open to the fact that if he resists Croker “Bar- ney” York and Van Wyck patronage will be used to dethrone him as. in Kings county. For these and many. other reasons the Long Branch conference between Murphy and is destined to become important in national democratic politics. The Roosevelt Boom. ‘Things republican are as quiet as the pro- verbial mill pond. “T2ddy” Roosevelt is avarantine at Montauk Point, and his ception amounts to an cvation. In three in re- or four days he will come up to the city, and then we should know something about his gubernatorial intentions. At present he will talk of nothing but his “crack-a- jacks,” as he calls his Rough Riders, and say nothing of himssif. ere is an Interesting story connected with Colonel Rodsavelt’s boom that is worth relating for what it is worth. One of the chief m of booming the candidacy of tho hone ae ae tee the distribution of campaign butt a striking fac3 of Mr. Roosevelt. One manufacturer alone is said to be turning out 20,000 of these but- tons daily, and his orders are nowhere near an ne But the anti-Plattites wanted some. sorta} recognition from their candidate. Heads were laid together, and after con- siderable scheming and at the direct sug- gestion of W. H. Fearns, “the Irish giant orator” of the eleventh assembly district, Secretary French of the anti-Platt organi- zation sent Colonel Roosevelt one of the buttons bearing his portrait and this leg- end, “Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New York.” It was accompanied by the neatest kind of a latter from the secretary, couched in these terms: “I have pleasure in sending you this campaign button. Your friends are already in the field, and they will stand by you to the last." That was more than a month ago, and the committee waited anx- jously for an answ2r. Four days ago there arrived at their headquarters a letter post- marked at the front at Santiago. It was addressed to Secretary French, but he was out of town, and there was no one that would open it !n his absencs. When Mr. French arrived at the headquarters yester- day he was received with open arms. He was at a loss to understand the warmth of his reception. It was finally mad2 clear to him that the long-looked-for letter had come, and he, too, became as impatient as the others to get at the contents. With much nervousness the =nvelope was torn open, and this is what it is said to have ecntained: “SANTIAGO, July 21, 1898. “Dear Mr. French: Indeed it was very kind of you to have thought of me and to have written. Sincerely, “THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” ——— WORKINGMEN’S INSURANCE. . Time Demonstrating the Value of the German System. According to United States Consul Mon- aghan at Chemnitz, in a report to the State Department, time is proving the practical value of the German workingmen’s insur- ance system, the social and eccnomic in- fluence of which he says is very great. As explained by him the object of the system is to alleviate the sufferings of workmen and thetr families: (1) In cases of sickness; (2) in cases of accidents incurred at worl @) in cases of feebleness, wasting diseases, decreased capacity to work and old age. In cases coming under No. 1 there is given free medical treatment; sick money—that is, money during period of sickness with which to obtain medicine, nourishment, etc., or, if desired, free treatment in a hospital and support for the family; and money, in case of death, is supplied the family. The fund is furnished by em- ployers and employed—the former paying one-third, the latter two-thirds. In cases of accident insurance the parties receive support during convalescence, from the fourteenth week after the accident happens. Money is given the wounded per- son from the fifth week. Rents are paid from the first day of the fourteenth week after the accident. The rents amount to two-thirds and in some cases to three- fifths of the workman's yearly salary. The fund for burial expenses is furnished by the employers. In cases coming under invald and old-age insurance, the parties receive rents from the time they are un- able to work, without regard to age; old- age rents, from the seventieth y if they can work and do not d rent; and assistance against dis to prevent incapacity. In cas or marriage, the full sum paid by the party is returned. During the y ployers had pa men, $279,281, this’ amount $40: 885 to 1837 em- rk- * or been pald 121,816 have out. Thus the workmen have already r ceived $125,830,600 more than they hi paid in. The annual amount paid out is increas- ing at the rate of $3,570,000 per annum. The reserve fund at the end of 1897 was, in round numbers, $202,500,000. For every twentieth person of the em- pire’s population, one has been paid insur- ance. Besides this system, the consul there are otrers by which workingmen aided. There are state and private in ance and pension One alone, Miners ion, paid out the years 1895-1897, Inclusive, 376,10 From 1900 on, the annual amount to be jd out will be upwards of $71,400,000, or $23.80 for every working day in the year. Whether a system which makes so much ur- the for paternalism is one to commend, the consul says, he cannot say. Its effects, he adds, have been anything but bad Pov- erty, in spite of poor wages, is practically unknown. —_——___+ e+ —____—___ FORT MARIONS DUNGEONS, Spaniards Used Them as a Place to Torture Their Victims. From the New York Mail and Express. The most interesting sight in St. Augus- tine is Fort Marion, as the old structure wag rechristened after the Florida pur- chase, in honor of our revolutionary gen- eral, Marion. Its grim, Wweather-beaten bastions and parapets are all built of co- quina—that strange calcareous deposit of decayed sea shells, making a kind of nat- ural and durable mortar that solidifies upon exposure to the air. Even a new structure of this material takes on instantly a gray and venerable appearance. One might wonder for hours or sit for days near one of the sentry boxes or in the antique watch tower of this fortification and dream of the successive scenes of conquesi, of Spanish cruelty, of French revenge, of British conquest, of Spanish reoccupation and of final acquisition by the United States. Sergeant Brown of the regular army is in charge of this historic pile. He will show you through the old casemates, each of them curious enough, and will reach his culmination of horror in the dungeons be- neath the northwest bastion. Here, open- ing by a narrow passage from the central place of arms, is the place of punishment for prisoners. The walls still show the re- cesses into which were let six crosses. Be- fore one of the crosses the hapless pris- oner was hung in chains, so arranged that he could neither sit nor stand, while every movement was an agony, and while the cross, emblem of peace and love, hung above him until he was ready to confess or die. It must have been a sacrilegious travesty of the crucifixion. Until the year 1835 this large prison chamber of comparatively public imprison- ment and torture was supposed to be the most thrilling relic of Spanish mediaeval barbarity; but in that year the moving of a’ heavy cannon on the outside parapet above broke through a roof, and then were revealed two inner chambers. Investiga- tion showed that these inner dungeons were connected with the larger prison chamber by a low, narrow tunnel, running through walls four feet thick. This tun- nel, before the transfer of the old fort, had been blocked with masonry—perhaps to conceal from the new owners the testi- mony of atrocious cruelty; or perhaps the tunnel wes blocked at a far earlier period. The first of these dungeons, which you examine by lantern light, is about seven feet by twenty and fifteen feet high. Its length fitted it for the use of the rack and its seclusion prevented the groans and shrieks of the tortured from being heard, except, perhaps, as they might faintly reach through the tunnel the chained pris- oners in the outer chamber, to strike fur- ther terror to their fainting souls. There is assage for ventilation in the roof = tortiing chamber. it is w! a shuddering realizatio1 Possibilities of Spanish ferocity when in unbridled power that one emerges from these dark stone-walled dungeons Sites the outer sunshine with a paar —————_+e+_____ Authorities differ as to the rate of it of the human , and is said to be very dissimilar ais individuals. 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For a week after the first landing made at Guanica we had small detached forces at various little points, miles from support, which iaight have been surprised and cut to pieces or captured had the enemy been bold and dashing. With but two regiments ashore guaré‘ng cur base, and without cavalry or guns, Col. Hulings, with two battalions of the 4th Pennsylvania, advanced out on the main road to San Juan, over which the Spaniards retreated, and established two companies at Juana Diaz, eight miles away. Six companies were held in reserve in the rear of the town. Considering the force at his comman4, Col. Hulings disposed his men admirably; but the Spaniards, who at first corsider- ably outnuinbered Col. Hulings’ force, could at any time have flanked him. The broad fields which stretch away on each side of the military road are covered with growing sugar cane, from six to ten feet | high, and would afford shelter to an army corps. They Disappeared. But the Spaniards did not attempt to molest the small invading forces, although they must have had plenty of information regarding our location and numbers. They did not even attempt to waylay the little detachments which Col. Hulings sent out on the various roads for reconnoitering purposes. Occasionally these parties wouid run into a Spanish outpost and retire, but the next day, when a reconnoissance in force would reach the spot, the Spaniards would have disappeared, Evidences were continually found -be- tween Juana Diaz and Coamo, fourteen miles beyond, of contemplated resistance, which had been abandoned at sight of our uniforms. Bridges were found ready for mining; trenches were begun and aban- doned. The Spaniard seems to fight best when his back is against the wail. It was so at Santiago; it will probably be trve rere. He seems to dread the first onset, but once the fighting is begun he shows an utter indifference to death. Thus, without striking a blow, the main Spanish force, which had been stationed here, retreated all the way to Aibonito, while the small garri- sons in the towns and villages, after com- mitting all sorts of depredations and ter- rorizing the inhabitants, were all drawn in at that point. San Martin a Coward. Perhaps it is no small wonder that they grew fainthearted when confronted with the Americans, who had dealt them such heavy blows by land and sea; but it must also be said in their defense that San Mar- tin, their commander here, was considered @ rank coward for evacuating Ponce, and 8th and Market Space. ANCE | Open Vegetable Dish. Meal Piatiers o.0.2s5 Jug Large Jug... Meat Platters. Sauce Boat......... Open Vegetable Dish, quart Pitcher Sauce Tureen. Covered Tea Pot. Meat Platter, large. Soup Tureen ONS & i volunt ” that jenouncin, y with Hers at F with profuse ef friendship for us and maledictions upon n and every- thing Spanish. They Are Time-Servers, two-faced wretches are simply i : Many of the S the better class make no such protesta- though they are genuinely glad that nd of Spanish rule, with its exactions and oppress is at hand. They do not forget race whose achi So great; and t ruin of Spa tary glory. The writer lodged one night last week at the hacienda of a rich sugar pla! > Spaniards, proud of a evements were sO many and y view with grief the final just outside of Juan Diaz. The plan was a Spaniard. His wife and ch’ were born in Spain. They were rather frigid at first; but when they ascertained that the writer and his compan! correspondents, not officers, they gradually became more genial; and, after disposing old of a bottle of fine old Madeira, th gentleman actually wept. Not, he sal cause the Americans were to possess the fair island of Porto Rico. He had been in America and fully realized that with our conquest would come progress and many advantages to the inhabitants. He wept, he said, because the Spanish soldiers had basely deserted their flag and onored their country. To be defeated, to yield to superior force—that was honorable, but to flee—that was disgraceful. Then, as his eyes lighted up, ie said a and ‘But 01 Macias will retrieve the national honor. They will fight. They may die, but they will fight.” It was strange to he ar this Spaniard, who honestly rejoiced because of the prospec- tive American conquest, bewail the fact that thus far the invasion had been | - less. He desired to see the island con- quered, not surrendered. NARROW GAUGE IN HAITI. A Railway Eighteen Miles Long to Be Built. d States Consul Livingston, at Cape a , reports to the State Department that plans are being perfected for begin- ning, within the next two months, the con« struction of a line of narrow-gauge railway from Cape Haitien to La Grande-Riviere du Nord, a point situated about eighteen miles to the northeast. The capital stock is $450,- 000 and the estimated cost $250,000. The syndicat2 projecting the enterprise has al- ready subscribed $25,000, while 675 shares, at $500 a share, are open to general sub- scription, with a guaranteed interest by the government of 8 per cent. The material, the contract for which has not yet been awarded, is to be purchased wholly in the United States. Mr. H. Thomasseh, the en- gine2r who is to direct the work, and who also constructed the tramway at Port au Prince, testifies to the superior workman. ship and incomparable durability of mate- rial obtained from the United States. The country through which the road is to pass is a beautiful and fertile plain, adapt- 2d to the cultivation of all the peculiar products of the island, and is said to be specially suited to the growth of the ba- nana. The roads at present traversing the region sre in poor condition, and in wet weather are well-nigh impassable, entailing great hardships upon the peasant producers in getting thelr produce to the markets. The upen only the great bulk of vegetables, fruit, coffee and cocoa is brought to the market by donkeys, but they carry almost all the immense and logwood