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We KN. r our readers will require DO apol­ogy for the lar^e proportion ot available space hich we devote this week to "The Sinn ' Santiago." especially -»hen they re­member that this is the nory of the only real, stirring army campaign in the Spaniah-American war, told by a brave and efficient veteran oilicer. Academy Hall wa§ packed last Monday night as it has perhaps never been packed before, but had the people of Platts-bargh Tally realized the character and qual­ity of Capt. Ebstein's paper, five times the capacity of that hall wonld not hare suf­ficed to accomodate his audience. To give those who failed to hear this paper an op­portunity to read it we publish it entire this week, realizing, however that the pleasure of reading it will in no wise match that of he.xrins; it from the lips of Captain Ebatein.

TnE great lire in New York last Sunday ni^ht awoko the town with a sudden start to a new danger. The fire was in a sky­scraper twenty stories high (265 feet) and the fireman could not reach it, but, with all their f-kill ami daring, and line apparatus were obliged to simply watch it burn. It would require a pressure of 120 pounds to the inch to reach the tops of these high buildings whereas the present pressure is only suffi­cient t<> reach a height of 150 feet. I t ap­pears that the fire department Chief has re­peatedly called attention to t.. state of tilings, and now that his lesson has a prac­tical enforcement tliere 13 a tnoroagli stir­ring up of public sentiment and it is said

that insurance companies are taking the matter into serious consideration with a prospect of raising rates to altitudes corret-poodinsr with those of the sky-scrapers.

T H E bia;-hat nuisance w»3 very much in evidence la3t Monday night in Academy Hall, where the conditions are especially exasperating on account of the dead-level floor and the low stage. The most promis­ing reature is that the loudest complaints came from the ladies themselves. Let the leaven work! The ladie3 will bring about this reform of their own volition in good, time. If a man in a public assembly should dare to maintain such a monstrosity in front of his neighbors as these combinations of win*rs. feathers, plumes, sprays and what­not he would probably be mobbed and pitch­ed into the street. But this rerorra will come without drastic measures. And to hasten it the excellent suggestion has been made that one-half of the church, lecture room, or theatre—right or left—be. set apart to our si-ter-, con-sins an 1 aunts in good old Shaker fashion. Then see "the feathers fly!"

T H E sensation of the week in Albany legal circles has been the conclusion of the trial of Mrs. Cody for attempted blackmail upon the heirs of Jay Gould in establishing an alleged marriage of Gould with the Rouses point who is now Mrs. Angell. Among the points established against her was evidence showing that she had caused the baptismal records of the Catholic church a t Cooper-ville to be changed so a3 to make it appear that a child had been born to Jay Gould and his aHege.l wife, and letters were produced s'i''ivwn:r tV.it Mrs. Cody had offered Mrs. Mary Ann Shields §50,000 for remembering that she saw Jay Gould married to the An-m-U woman. The register of the church at Oooperville was produced ia court, and the work of changing the record was plainly shown—the erasures and writing in of names atel the smear of the rubber that had been used to hide the work. The jury dis­agreed and Mrs. Cody is in jail awaiting an­other trial.

Is It Worth While ? I-; it worth while that we jostle a brother

Beirin^ Ins l'.a 1 on the rouirh road of l i fe : I< •*. worth while thar we jeer at each other

Iti hla.-ka.ess of heart?—that we war to the kni fe :

G.. 1 ]>ity IH ail in our pitiful strife.

ii .-I pity us all as we jostle each other; <r "1 punt -u us all for ihe triumpha we feel

W:...-j a fe'.Io.v Koes down "neath his load on the h^atht-r.

I'. .reel to the heart: words are keener than - v - l .

An-l mightier far for woe or for weal.

Were ir not wet I. in this brief little journey 11 : .o'er tliH isthmus, down inl,o the tide,

W-- 4iv- him a fish instead of a serpent. Er.- f .Min;f the han.l- t.> be aad abide t .rcver anl ay« in the dust at his side.'

L • / i at the r.i'.es saluting each other-; Lo >k at the herds all in peace on the plain.

Mai. aad m n only, makes war on his brother. And laughs iu lit= heart at his peril aad pain; .sturned by the beasts that go down on tba

plain.

I-1* worth while that we battle to humble S . ue p »or fellow soldier down into the duatS

ii. • i p*rv IH all: Time eftsoons will tumble A; 1. if us together, like leaves in the gust, UuEubted indeed, down into the dust.

JOAQUIN- MILLER.

P E l t t t O N A I i .

G. II. Beekwith Esq., lias been during i he past week attendinj business.

Messrs. Richard and Eddie Pickett of Sara-nac, nephews of Hon. B. J . Pickett, spent Sunday in town.

Mr. J. C. Smith has been in Syracuse this week attending a meeting of the New Tork I^tate Board of Pharmacy of wbicb he i3 a member.

Supervisor J. O. Smith of Plattsburgh gave a sumptuous banquet to the Board of Super­visors on Wednesday evening of thi3 week at the Arcade.

Dr. Ch. Rivier gave an address before the Santa Maria Reading Circle on Wednesday evening of this week, on Raphael and the Iiuhan School of Art.

The Board of Supervisors attended tbe I' 'iotual Kirmess on Wednesday evening of this week a t the invitation of Surrogate Uji ib. witnessing the fine comedy of "A Broken Hearted Club"' *hich was spiritedly rendered by local talent.

Mr. Ja 's . Kavanagh of this village left thia week for Victor, Colorado, where he has a po-inon on the Victor Daily Times. Victor is in the Cripple Creek mining district »nd an enterprising growing town. Mr. Cava-na^h is well equipped for hustling nawapaper w...rk and he leaves many friends iu Platta-bimrli whoses wishes for bis success follow him to his new field.

STORY OF THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN.

A paper read by Captain Fre-1 H. E. Eb­atein, ot the Twenty-first V. S Infantry, be­fore tin; Plattsburgh, S . V.. Institute on the 5th of December, 1S9*:

The causes leading to our war with Ppain i need only the briefest reference in this paper. The last, insurrection in Cuba, the inability of Spain to subdue it, notwithstanding the fact that she had sent to the island more than 200,000 troops for the purpose, the brutal policy of Gen. Weyler, the pillaging and burning done by the insurgents, the distress. I destitution and starvation among the women and children, arrests and imprisonments of American citizens, and finally the deliberate destruction of the battleship Maine while on a friendlv naval visit to Havana—all these in all their harrowiug details are too fresh In the mind3 of U3 all to rpquire more than mention. ,

Even before the declaration of war ihe j Government had made preparations to con­centrate the available troops of the regular army at southern points convenient for em­barkation. Tampa, New Orleans and Mobile were selected as points of concentration for the Infantry, and Chickamauga National Park for the I'avalry and Light Artillery. Under this order of the War Department the 21st Infantry left Plattsburgh as you all remember on April 19—two days before the formal de­claration of war—lor Tampa, arriving there on the 22d. A few days later mo3t of the regular troops ordered to the other points mentioned were changed to Tampa so that the force assembled there consisted of IS reg­iments of Infantry, some 6 regiments of Cav­alry. 10 Light Batteries of Artillery and i Siege Batteries, besides detachments of Engi­neer and Signal Corps, in all about 15,000 m e n , p h y s i c a l l y a s t i n e a f o r c e o f s o l d i e r s a s

the world lias ever seen. Soon aftei the President's proclamation

calling for volunteers had been issued volun­teer regiments from New "iork, Massachu­setts, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia and Florida began to rendezvous at Tampa which soon assumed the appearance of a large armed camp. The white canvas tenU of the troop3 were dotted in all the outskirts of the town, the panoply of war was everywhere visible. Railroad trains innumerable were bringing in war materials of all kinds, ordnance aud ammunition, camp and garrison equipage, horses, mules, and wagons, rations for men and forage for beasts, medical supplies and ambulances and the thousand and one other essentials to an army about to take the field. Railroads soon became congested with this unusually heavy demand upon their resources, and even when trains were finally unloaded there were no storage lacilities, so that there were no end of tangles, drawbacks and diffi­culties which had to be met, unraveled and conquered before the army could possibly as­sume operations against an enemy.

Tampa was a busy place in those days. The streets were crowded with men in uni­form, wagon trains were loading and unload­ing stores, squads of cavalry and infantry were patroliinir the town and amid it all the merchants were reaping a rich harvest in dis­posing of their wares to the soldiers whose arrival had added nearly 20,000 to the town's population. Major General William R. Shat­ter was in command of the troops with head­quarters at the Tampa Bay Hotel. The office and corrider of the big winter resort was thronged every evening with men audwomeu in full dress, officers in uniform, and corres­pondents b , the score, while one of the many regimental bands discoursed music on the broad veranda. It was certainly the bright side of war.

In the camps of the troops, meanwhile, nothing apparently betokened the fact that they were there for anything more than a summer camp of instruction. There were the regular daily drills and some practical field maneuvers. There were parades and guard mounts and band concerts all of which drew out crowds of visitors. Rumors of course pervaded the camps as to future plans of campaign and once or twice some troops were held in readiness for embarkation for some point in Cuba but almost everyone had Bettled down to the belier that no campaign in Cuba would b e undertaken till after the close of the rainy 3eason which was just then setting in.

It was not until the iast days of May when Admiral Schley had positively lqcated the ship3 of Admiral Cervera's squadron in the harbor of Santiago that Admiral Sampson asked for a military force of 10,000 men to attack from the rear the forts defending the entrance to Santiago Har >or, and by cutting the wires of the submarine mine3 enable our fleet to engage that of the enemy within the harbor. There have been many occasions when an army ha3 asked the navy to assist it in an assault upon a fortified fort. But this was probably the only case in history where a fleet ha3 called upon an army to assist in capturing another fleet.

On May 30th General Shafter received or­ders from Washington to this eflect: "Go with your force to capture garrison at Saati-aso and assist in capturing harbor and fleet." On this date there were a large number of i

though it was, by warships and moving though it might be into the enemy's waters there was nothing about the whole" fleet that would indicate impending fight. The deck3 of the ships, were crowded with men. the strains of a dozen band- camf floating over the water, there was bright sunshine, sky and sea were of the vividest" blue, the latter un­usually smooth. Altogeilier it gave one the idea of a sea procession devised as a specta­cle rather than an army about to engage in the serious bnsinpss of war.

For seventeen days we lived upon the transports, conntinsr, the time from embatka- I tion to landing. Life upon a transport in the tropics is not an unallojed pleasure. The : •piar'era for the men were particularly cramp- , ed, hot and uncomfortable. These transports being for the most part ordinary coastwise steamers chartered by the Government had ' only limited passenger accomodation. Bunks, or rather mere shelves of rough boards, pro­viding a place for six men to sleep and with about 20 inches head room between the shelves formed the beds of the men. The soldier once iu bed could neither turn over or sit up. His mattress was a pine board and his pillow another. The result was that the men unable to bo even reasonably comfort­able preferred to sleep on deck when they could do so and where deck room was not at a premium owing; to the crowded state of the ships. Cooking facilities were more than limited. Besides arrangements for cooking coffee there was little if any space in the ship's galleys for culinary purposes for the troops, who were obliged to subsist upon the so called travel rations which after a few day3 becomes unpalatable. With so large a com­plement of men on each ttansport sanitary conditions had to be carefully looked after and strictly enforced. Notwithstanding the lack of conveniences and the many discom­forts to which the troops were subjected the health of the command remained remarkably good. On Friday, June 17th, we caught the first sight of the Cubau coast, two days later we rounded Cape MajsT, the eastern ena or the island, and early on the morning of Mon- ; day, June 21, the great, broken mountains ; that lie arouud Santiago came into view. B y afternoon we found ourselves off the mouth of -Santiago Harbor and in sight of the grim walls of famous Morro Ca3tle which guards

the entrance. Between us and the shore grouped in semi- |

circle about the harbor entrance and extend- ' ing to the east and west for several miles lay the blockading fleet all in their sombre c>ats of lead color, a lino of floating fortresses1

stripped for business. Amons them we could make out the Oregon, Iowa, Massachusetts, j Brooklyn, Texas, New York and a dozen oth­er cruisers, auxiliary cruisers and smaller armed craft keeping close guard upon the narrow opening lest Cervora and his impris­oned squadron should escape.

The question of landing troops and stores now presented itself. I'. was a serioas pro­blem as the landing would have to be made in small boats in one of the few inlets ir. the coast line near Santiago where the Spaniards from entrenchments they had already con­structed could pour an annoying tire upon landing parties. Gen. Shafter decided upon making a landing at Daiquiri and Siboney, both east of Santiago Harbor. At the form­er the Juaragua Iron Co. had a large wharf which, although in bad condition and difficult of approach iu high sea was utilized in the disembarkation. The small boats belonging to the navy and to the transports were utiliz­ed in landiug the troops. These were towed in long lines by the steam launches toward the shore. The sea \va3 somewhat rough but by the exercise of caution and good judgment

: the beach was reached and the troops disem-' barked, the men jumping into the water and

wading ashore. Animals were lauded by pushing them overboard from tlje transport's and swimming them ashore. Two soldiers and a number of horses were drowned iu ef­fecting the landing. As a precaution against a possible attack on the part of any Spaniards and to mystify them a3 to our real place of landing the navy opened a furious cannonade upon adjacent block houses, entrenchments and woods at Aguadores, Siboney and Dai­quiri while the troops were moving towards

i the shore. An attack was also made at this ' time by the battleship Texas upon the Morro | and the Socapa battery a t the opposite side : of the harbor entrance, to which the Spanish i replied with energy, fierceness and more or : less accuracy. From the deck of oaf trans-. port as we lay opposite the Morro we had an j excellent view of this naval engagement j which continued several hours and which was

noteworthy in that the first man on an Amer-! ican naval vessel during the Santiago cam-! paign wa3 killed op the Tei'a3 by a 6-incl} ; shell from the Sooapa battery, 8 others were

wounded. Several of the Spanish guns were I silenced for a time at least. I About 0000 men were landed on the first

day, June 22d. The disembarkation wa3 con-i tinued on the 23d, and about 6000 more men ' landed. Early in thi3 day General Lawton's : advance marched to and reached Siboney, i the Spanish garrison of about COO men retlr-i ing as he came up aud offering no opposition | except a few scattering shots at long range. ' During the afternoon of this day the disem-i barkation of Kent's division commenced at | Siboney. I t wa3 continued throughout the

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transports in Port Tampa Bay which had been i '"V"m, ,S " ' w<= *»"» »ij •-•*- •..«,„•.«"«.. collected for the purpose of a possible expe- : ashore- Co- 3 D a u t l G of °«r regi'«eut land dition to Cuba or Porto Rico or for such other ' emergency as might arise. Orders were ini- i mediately given for loading aboard the transports all those war materials without , whieh an army eannot move. There were : sixty days1 rations for Ifj.OQO men, and when ; it is considered that this number of men con- : sumes 50,000 lbs. of provisions daily the total i weight of 60 days' rations is three million ' pounds. Then there wastentage and ammu­nition, Quartermaster and medical supplies, field and siege artillery with its horses aud ammunition, cavalry with its horses, wagon and pack mule trains to the number of 150 wagons and more thau 1800 animals, engi­neers with a complete pontoon train, signal . corp3 with a Held telegraph train and war balloon; all this, besides the 1G,000 officers and men that were to be accommodated on these transports. ' !

The dispatch of such an army is a task that .

ed at Daiquiri on the 23d and marched to Siboney on the 2-Uh, a distance of some 10 miles and there got their first experience of marchiug under a tropical sun. The rest of the regiment was landed at Siboney on the 25th. "

Before leaving the transports orders were giveu that the troops in landing should carry their blankets, shelter tents, two rounds of ammunition and 3 days' rations, all other baggage, including tents and cooking uten­sils were left behind. And so we waded ashore through the rolling surf sotting foot in the enemy's country with literally nothing but what we had upon our backs. Oar first impressions of Cuba were not altogether pleasant ones. Siboney is about as uninter­esting a collection of dirty, primitive habita­tions as can be imagined. I t lies (or rather did lie, for all the houses in the vil lage were afterward destroyed by fire to prevent spread of yellow fever) on a bench of land at the

might try'the capabilities of a Quartermaster's , • . . , , -,. - i i , .• department accustomed to ti>! active opera- head of the small cove or in et from the sea. tions, at home and abroad, of a large stand- * " W « m rear of the village stretched a

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Port Tampa, the embarking point, was dia- ! high towering mountain peaks thousands of tant from Tampa about 9 mile3 and connect- , Ie6Xin ' l e ' = u t - , . _ , ed with it by a single-track railroad o v e r 1 , Our first camp ground in Cuba was m what which all these troop?aud supplies had to be h a d evidently been a garden, a short distance transported. At Port Tampa the railroad from the beach and at the base of a steep tracks run out over a long wharf jutting out »»°ded hill. The recollection of this camp into the by* to which were moored as many , w l U ever remain an unpleasant memory It of the transports ss could gad roon. and .he * •« o u r hrstintrodaction to the much talked

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York City Board of Health has 1 t'.e r..-C'-.m.aieLdatiiri of the bac-•f the v,o;triJ that the use of slates,

elate peiiCt.j an i ,-;..jr.ge3 shall be discontin­ued in t i e public schools, aud pupils shall be a-apnl-fcl w.lh i-ci.e'l* at..] penholders, each

{,•„;.;: ri-lair.ii^ ii.* -u&f in a box marked v.-ub I - or i..-rii3't'»-.*' A;.TO that books taken

LOT.* ' .. i• jp.U *-.*a~> be covered with fkrown

paper tb^uliirly each month. It is 1 f . i t riri'!. <>f the danger of the of ii.feciKjU's ilii-a^i-a will be prevented

.'.^ these pr.reaUtiOIiS.

next ineetitti of th« Plattsburgh In-?V.i*it» will be keU on Monday ereuing Dec.

• ••• - ' , Etirnett Armstrong Fsq. will res/I a i. -, r ..'i the "Geology of the Ch»mpJ»ln Vj <i bubjecC upon which he- is well . i - ' " l t ' j t p e a k , not only by bis (pedal

lu-ai ./in natural science, but by bis cro*-fai personal observation of local eondfttoM m this region. The president of the Insti-iis'j-, Dr. I), s . Kellogg at the nMMiftf last Mon$M¥ evening announced an attnetiv* j u t of papers for the coming n m i , aa4 • «*!<* of in tara t icg n a e t i a p M f fe» • a t i d p a t e d for this rifovaw n i i l y .

BAUDOT u»a>lM» urn sfMriag to «•*•**» now that tbejr hare h*M «at*r and Hon»lW*UV» k*t» M a t i r r f I sailifafttaa s ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ UretactiM. O a w a f t t * thaa to Oat l t«

stores were transferred to them from cars run. alongside. Other transports were anchored and loaded by means of lighters.

On the evening of June 7th,ju3t after near­ly everybody had retired for the night, our regiment received orders to break camp at once and take a train at Ybor City, a suburb of Tampa for Port Tampa. The order added, by way of quickening our energies that the expedition would 3ail at day break and all troop3 not then on board would not be allow­ed to go to Cuba. The threat contained in

crawling things were everywhere, in the bushes, under roots of trees, on the plains,

' on the hilltops. |«o matter where we march­ed or halted thare were the squads, the bat­talions and regiments of the land crabs varvr

• ing in size from four to twelve incho3 across i the shell, their covering area being of course

increased by legs and claws, the latter quite formidable implements. They are gay col­ored creatures ranging in tin 13 from light green to dark blue with either reddish or bluish legs. They usually travel in hosts and

the order had it3 desired effect. E v e r y b o d y 1 - - - . = , .-. „ . .. . . , wanted l o g o with the expedition, no one ' »»•* w l t h a decided y aggressive attitude, cared to b l left behind. In an incredibly They have a strange fashion of moving for-" ^ "* — « - / ! n frtrt* t l .o r . r f im/ l lc iMlf f iner e i t h e r tr t thft

S u p r e m e C o u r t .

The December term of Supreme Court for Clinton county began last Monday, Dec. 5, Ju . l^eS. A. Kellogg presiding. The follow-ing business was transacted:

Payette, Mendelsohn Jfc Co. V3. Sterns, Abare & Kelly. Action to recover $700 rent Verdict of no cause of action.

Herman Schmaltz vs. Smith M. Weed. Action for alleged breach of contract Ver­dict for the defendant.

Thomas Vincent vs. John F . Alden. Ac­tion for alleged injuries received while work­ing for defendant at Perry's Mills. Verdict for plainlifl of f 900.

IiOreo W. Bromley va. Artbar Scriboer.

Action for damage* for IOM of % ban* alleg­ed to have been over-driven by defendant. [Thii caw is still as aa we g» |o praas.)

Gibbon* laatUute. At tbe annaal meeting of the Gibbons In­

stitute, Dec. 7, tbe following officers were Chosen for lb* cawing year:

Spiiitoal Director—Tery Bav. T. K. Wabb, D. D.

Preaidaat—T. F. Maaata. Vic* PNaidaat—P. i. Tlarnay. laeiNbg 8aer**ary—J. U. afsaili

Traanrar ~V. A. TriaMH. gitiatlrs firanlti-r T J- Haaata. P. J.

Italia, fL P. Oaamy. V. F. Inlay, Wm. &

short space of time by the light of blazing camp tires, tents were struck and all our be­longings, except heavy baggage which was to be left behind ready packed for transpor­tation. It was past midnight before wagon3

ward a foot, then rapidly cutting either to the right or left and then as abruptly walking backward. A s they move they clash and rattle their claws so that when making their way through the brush or grass they make a noise that is uncanny and anything but pleas- j * « i°"JJJJJTB

mud. In the heat of the tropical SOT. officer? and men carrying all their b-'l'Tigirigs, the march was more than trying and the com­mand reached its camp at Sevillt weary an 1 exhausted. Sertlla is on a hisii t ible land and just boyon.l Las <Tnasima= where t!*e Rouah Riders, and the 1st and inih Cavalry had engaged the enemy two days before and forced him to retire towards Santiago. From the map 1 imagined £evilla to l** sonip sort of a village but fo-ind that it con= -io i of a single honae and that partially in ruins. Daring the entire day's march wy'saw not a habitation nor a living creature, except buz­zards and crabs. The whole country had been devastated, fields and houses destroyed. Not a cow to give milk, nor a hen to lay eggs, in short money was absolutely power­less to procure yon a single comfort. In all the country all you possessed was carried on the person; if you lost yonr haversack you must of need go hungry; if you threw a *. ay your blanket because of its weight in the hot march, you would be sure to shiver n the early morning hours. We remained in camp at Sevilla until June 30th, when the orders came to move and late in the afternoon, just after a severe ram storm, we resumedthe march toward Santiago. The road wasj ex­tremely muddy and progress for footmen difficult. It was long after dark when we went into camp close to Gen. Shatter's head­quarters near El Poz). Lawton's division had just vacated their camping grouud and begun its night march toward Et Caney.

The general plan of campaign for the capture of Santiago was briefly this: General Lawton's division was to attack El Caney—a small compact village about four mile3 north­east of Santiago on the road to Guantauamo, at daylight and it was expected that the enemy would quickly abandon this port which then menaced our right Hank. Mean­while the remainder of the 5th Corps, (Kent's and Wheeler's Divisions), was to advance along the direct road towards Santiago push­ing back the Spanish outposts and occupying the line or the San Juan river. There it was to deploy aud await Lawton who having taken El Caney was to wheel to the left and form ap on the right of the main line. AH their movements were to be completed ou the 1st and then the whole army would com­bine for the assault of San Juan and Santiago on the 2tl.

Lawton who had made a night march and bivouaked near El Caney made his attack soon after daylight His force consisted of Chaffee's, Ludlow's and Miles' Brigades aud Capron's Battery of four 3.2 in b. 1. field guns, in all about 4000 men. At the sametime Kent's and "Wheelers Division began their march toward the Sau Juan River.

San Juan Hill has been truly described as a veritable Gibraltar. I t sharply rises a bare, rocky, steep sided ridge, from" out of a meadow which lies all around its base except ou the side which face3 Santiago. On top of the hill was a large, broad eaved hacienda or country house, which had been transform­ed into a stronghold by piling up broken stones between the pillars of the piazza and by cutting loop holes in the walls of the house. Close by 3tood a large square shed which had been similarly transformed into an improvised fort. Along the crest of the hill, facing the meadow land, the Spanish engineers had dug a line of trenches in which their rifleman might stand aud com­mand any approach across the meadow or along the Siboney road beyond.

Back of t-.e hacienda was a dip, then a rise on top of which was one of the charac­teristic Spanish blockhouses, before which had also been dug trenches. In front of all these intrenchment3 and though the meadow aud underbrush near the road were strong entanglements of barbed wire San Juan Hill stood as a citadel iu the path towards Santiago, ft had to be taken before any advance could be made on the city. Ia pursuance of the general plan, Grimes' Battery had been posted on El Poso Hill on the afternoon of June 30th. When we swung out from the camp field into the road in the morning of July 1st, there were few men who had any idea where we were to go that, day or what part we were to play Certainly I was not one of those who knew nor did any of the officers with whom I chatted as we waited by the roadside to take our proper place in the brigade column. Our regiment was part of Pearson's (2d) Brigade of "Kent's (1st) Division, which brigade consisted of the 2d. IOLU and 31st \j. S . I n f a n t r y . T h e o t h e r b r i g a d e s of the division were Hawkins' (1st) Brigade, 6th and 16th Kegiment and N. Y. Infantrv and Wikoff's (3d) Brigade 9th, 13th and 24th" V. S. Hawkins' Brigade moved out at dayliuht followed by Wikoff's and Pearson's Brigades, the 21st In­fantry being the rear regiment of the rear brigade and likewise' of the 'division. We had not heeu long upon the road when we heard the boom of distant guns—evidently Lawton attack­ing El Oaney—the sound gradually coming near us we advanced, and we realized that the busi­ness which had brought us to Ouba hjjd com­menced ih earnest. There seemed to be consi­derable blocking of the narrow road in front of us necessitating frequent halt3. The road itself was so bordered with thickets of underbrush that it was difficult to see beyond the turn of the road and any deviation from the trail to the right or left was simply out of the imestion. Now we began hearing infantry fire volleys evidently by companies and then the sharp. Incessant rattle of rifle firing at will. Interspei.ied with this an oc­casional shot from Grimes' buttery which had opened fire from £1 Pozo hill upon the enemy. Oar progress owing to the troops In front, was slow, and again and again the regiment was com pelled to halt. All this time the firing in front grew louder in its fierceness. We afterwards learned that the infantry was halted iu order to allow the dismqunte'd cavalry division (Wheeler's} which had been posted back of Jgl l'ozo Hill, right of way into the road upon which WG were marching. "Confound the luck," said Capt. Ilearn to me impatiently during a long halt, "we are not going to get any of this; it will be over before we get there." "I rather think," I replied, judging from the sound of the firing, which had now grown intense, "we shall get all we w-mt before we get through." The result proved the correctness of my Judgment.

Writers have described the sound of battle at a distance as a sort of Fourth of July with several hundred boy3 settire off an inexhaustible supply qf cannon-crackers, whoie packs at a time. I confess if npver struck me that way. Perhaps I did not have time to compare the peculiar crackle of the rifle firing to any familiar sound; whatever effect it may have produced upon newspaper men. a 4th of July celebration was the last thing that I thought of likotiiag it to. I t is always in­teresting to the uninitiated to think how soldiers feel who are going into battle. Are they afraid V Do they feel queer sensations or an inclinatian to tarn about and run back? Do they think -of home and. wish, that they were there J If vou Studied the men's faces to see their emotions the result would be disappointing. If their faces showed anything it was disgust and disappoint­ment ia being compelled to halt while fighting w a s going; o n i n f r o n t a n d a irenerat f e a r l e s t w e should not "get any of it." It was particularly t r y i n g t o b e h a l t e d in a b o t t o m w h e r e n o t h i n g could be seen and I think {he feeling pervaded everybody, that it would be so much preferable to be on tqp 'of rising ((round within sight of battle although our appearance there might be followed almost instantly by a deadly destructive Are directed at vs. Vet no cue showed either eagerness or dread nor anything but a sense that we were late on the scene.

Just then a wounded man was carried past as towards the field hospital in our rear. It was the first real effect of battle we had seen and men who had never been under fire before, asked each other in low and interested tones who be was and where and how he was hie. Bat the welcome order to move forward cut short any reflections on the subject. Hawkins with the 1st brigade had reached that part of the road where it was first crossed by the San Juan River. The second crossing was a couple of hundred yards beyond. Hawkins' Brigade, headed by the Cth Infantry, came under a heavy fire at the ford. Itight near the war balloon was "ascending and drew upon the troops additionri fire of iu fan try and artillery. A narrow trail qr'rqad leading off to'the left had been discovered from the balloon before it was demolished by the enemy's shrapnel. Into this Toad" the risfc K. Y. was turned hut under the galling lire of tho Spaniards the leading battalion of their regiment was thrown into confusion and recoiled in disorder, on the troops In rear. Tbe enemy's fire steadily increas­ing in intensity cow came from all directions not only from the front and the dense tropical thickets on the flank, but from sharp­shooters posted in trees in oar rear and from shrapnel evidently aimed at the balloon. The head of WikotT's (3d) Brigade reached the forks of the road about this time acd harried on the left, stepping over prostrate forms of the 71st which were blocking the road. This "brigade, consisting of the l ith, Sth and 21th Regiments speedily cross

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Onward we went at d-ntble time, across • the meadow and following the others up the I Steep slopes of Hie hill r e a d i n g the cre^t pretty well winded aud tire 1. It was a'.out ' 1.30 p. in., and the lliermoup ;.«r wa* then ' somewhere about 120 in the fiutde, when there was any. We ha I been p irl ic ipxia,* in the great battle but lul m>t flr>*>! a "hot, a circumstance that 1 think everyone regretted. A? we reached the top we saw th» la-t of the Spaniards retreating over an Uher hid tow­ards Santiago. Col. Melvthb'm irave the or­der to move by the left flank to skirt San Juan Hill and press the pursuit 80 down we went on the west side of the hill, through a swamp or slough where the mud was knee deep aud ascended the ridge lying almost west of -an Juan and about S00 yards in its front. The regiment was now formed in ex­tended order "in two Hues, Col. .MeKibbin commanding the first line and I the second, about 200 yards in rear. During our advance w e x e c e l T e ^ l b a c l i t t l e i n f a n t r y fire, o f t i a c ? a e -

my but a good many or the shells from some of the batteries that had opened up fell among our lines. As we came to tho ton of the sec­ond ridge the Spanish opened upon us a withering fire from a line of intrencliments and two block houses not more than 330 yards distant. Our men fell Hat in the grass and replied to the enemy's fire with volleys by companies. The 10th Infantry which with the 2d Inf. had been sent by a sunken road to the left of tho ford, had meanwhile come up on our right and formed at right angles to our line on the crest of the ridge. The second line of our regiment ascended the ridge to the left of our first line joining ou to it while a few moments later the 21 Infantry moved up a high hill on our left connecting with us. The Spaniards tried hard to dis"-lodge us from our position aud concentrated their tire now upon our line. Shells from the batteries neater the city wore Hying in a live­ly manner about our position but as their artillery used smokeles powder it was impos­sible for a time to locate their batteries to enable us to pour volleys upon their gunners. Orders were now given to intrench so as to form a little shelter from the destructive tire we were receiving. Lying Hat upon the ground with only their bayonets to use as in­trenching tools and alternately firing and digging the men succeeded in throwing up in front of themselves little heaps of earth be­hind which some considerable protection was obtained and what would otherwise have been heavy losses, considerably diminished. Not one of us—officers or soldiers—thought for an instant of yielding the position we had gained and the idea that we could not hold it at all hazards and under ad circumstances I venture to say, never entered any one's head. And yet, we learned later, that there were misgivings a t Corps Headquarters that onscrap'

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throughout 'he >'-<in'.ni. We l o u m l to appreci­ate the fa-t^nit rirhri lgis i f terai l th-»?i-ie»t lurt of war. Fr'.m i iv r.i •! tv th" -i.*k re|> >rt ine-i is-ed until uri*-.v .it p-r i-«*ir of thi t •nir i ' f i -e i t army wer.- -iiikin^ with rYdH «r r>-kinj s i ' i i fever white :i'- t-i p»r .-."i*. >»f It-,." • ri-s** ph.-**, d spe -imens -if w n'l v» I w - *i \ 1 t;ik -n fro n T irnpi werea''!et . .-nk • I ' . C i n i n A T ' e '.r-l.jxrv ratiim while s-iTHep in qieititv v r n. t the d i e t i - v t h i t i le.-.r ;v.'it»ii* -• '-ill rittv o i -I'l-l very little e".s.> . v a s . t i t i i u .'e. Hv-ei-y.-nep —i).!e w LS idvfii * ..'V.-'vii n\'\ '•-*! • .tS -r- i - i la"—.1-aat-shut t' l ' .- i . i-i-s . i i i n l f n 1 t i l i n l i l i e qaite . Brt ' i ' -U's* -. --t.tl vin'f irv p - i n i . n s our re/uu"..' MI 11 i v ' l t » uiT'i' ii"i a s'lult-v ;. •; -centase »f rl '- t lwi . i ; - f i e r "ei ihe i ) \ i< .-- n i sustained ,m"v .. .-* >i.-lt-i fr->*n d-'s-.-i-e -A-',it- in

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*-*i i Cuba. Of tU • n J * *' n'>?es=ariis .... e n -tute. Cloth'i^*i.i 1 aad ma*iy w-r> t-.* were fe.v -,n I irr^. scarce and a n» \->. boon that *v-.-, jjjs-ft f r m h m l n h v i l u:ri literally w.j- i o i ' Wntin- p o * r was sr „., time so s«ar.*-; t h u »fB -iai re.n i m i i i i to ho m i 1-s i

if lir i • n ' W e v - r e .] i ' e i » - i >' • > ri- >n*.i "h vo- i i a i l r .rn '•I ..f ••.-it - . - • ! • h ! . ,' M y i s •ii if. K;. : i - u in r rial w-ta. i l ' e r T 'ill U

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T . e - M"*u > l i - t i ; e i ' r r a l C e f . r e ' n e , . f 1 M I w IPH> ' l td ! m r'».\vg,.. t i " Men,. 1 -•<,.! that«-,I j h u e pledg-.'d S-'A'W) that til ex­penses will be paid.

c :e m m was killed and 1* .iver."'tne' w.»'i f i 'ii» , ..f ,\mm>nU by e>;|>:,>sb,>n "f in i<•»,-tn i'viig in t.*'iin» on a V. S. h-i-p t t l s'fp ,jt Ur.i. 'Jjti 0>e. d.

F.i*ir men were kille l a t Fort In lejieu lei ce iu Bo^tw'i Harbor, Deo. tl. bv vxi'loayou or a submarine mine thar !m I been re-nove*! from the channel by a .liver.

Mrs. C. B. Dsedrieh o' Waverly. L I . was f»ii"i 1 dead in )i»r eisiern. Dee, ] V i s lli "lgct stie w i s mnrlered. S'i-» '.a 1 l.een missing smc<'N'.tv. 2»5.

(}>'irge \W'>-.*er. agi ' l i \ W.l-i S'Ji!e;.i"l t> i l-' ibeis . . ,.i O-irrerai-m a» \V#*<tt>"jT'ii Mich , D.v. ."".. f,.r beating hjs wip*. in 1'uug-e 1 tu'ii- :i ia tu» eount> i.id f ie -ame j ighr.

Mrs 11-ur . t il'irUn ..f P- i t . - .U. M.vts.. kill-'d iier 12-\e.r ul-1 di'tg'iter an 1 ii-\nt\ kilted inr 7-ye.i-n!d s .;,. !)'•*. 1. .-h ' w,ts f.».- i.er,\ in an in-aite a*\la u. "?'ie iuf .rme 1 tlie p 'lie > lier--If >>f Hi- m.irder.

Att arle-iati w-ll :i.i f.<et d e p -uu!* in the westeru ti nits <»I ihe <-,(y Winnipeg. M.vniM-b.i, for water works is supplying fiO'l.ttoO gal­lons daily and the level iviunut be lowered in >r" I'n.i f.J'ir f »et b e l i w th • \*n 1 >-Jrf,v*e.

Thirty - 'even p -r-.i s .« i ib iur . l the firttrsH .steamer Clan Drutifniiiil , from th" Clyde v n LtViTpo-'! f»r Cape »if (l\<ul l l ope , jtre-vi.i.isly r. 'pirled intaliy wrockeil in the H.iy id H -cay w e i e di.i.vjie.).

Tie' -afe U.'v-ii lr....i the Maria T.r.--,i. Ad-innal C rter.i's li ig -htp, w.ix opened at the X"ii".ilk X.i\y Yard. i)ee. 2, an lfnuiid IUIMH. I d i a'.irit ST.*>.O0i) «.f .--paii'sh and American f i n s . \iii.''i i t t - s i i i . Aitl le'pLteed m the N i'i 1:11! 'a is "j n a ' \\".i>hingti*>i.

There is a lu.ivemeht among the, nnder-gi - i inate - l i i . t i l s of WV-leyan I'tliversity at Mi I il-bin. Conn., again-t l!|e system of e.v e iieMli in of Ih*' -exos now ill vogue there, mi.l tiirea s ar« made that if the system w •• taitiiuod it will result in reducing the num­ber of male stu leuts.

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. . u u i ™ « H » U v u 6 O T . , ^ » L« ».".=.""« | When at li-t, after weary we. iault. Food we had none, all our haver- j order* «.,..»« returning us to. ;ks having been left where we piled our . there was nnnvsukaiiie j >y in ik-s before. P-nino- into aftfion. Wnte.r in Sict lnayr- . -M u p a n l fe.t bit»

can or oth^T-a*oldi*5rs S.irelr tlie favor, theiroo.1 ' will and the r-uitade ef the people is due these • men who s > valiantly aa I ulori-walv upheld the honor of I'K natio-j a i d the ft i» wlihout any other reward than tiie eonseionsness of having doije i

l their duty t.i 'he iiest of their ahiliiy. When at 1 ist, after weary weeks of waiilnsr. '.he

iha Vniu.d States camp Even the

. .., _ ter a? the prossHv:, or breathing u r native air a-it*3 m .re. Oa An*r. 12thleinb<iike-l with the tire-iter portion of thy regiment'>n the r=. s pr'z^st^-i'uer "^lortera"" and after a v.iyaje of 10 days arfifol at Montauk Point, ilt-re oi-r fil-:rn mnve::V-'i:ts were for some we.-Ss n i l : =i !e 1 -ei 1 when fi*i il'v t'-eorfw canie re-u • i" i i >t.* *..? I*. =.'*. -mr_rh llai-.-aoks ilie an-nouncem-.-ut wa • cheers.

On Se-C3'a'jcc here-.-si-d :'.d ;•: and as w>* i l i i i*. wolcomia^ iui:id: friends, wh

reeoiw-l with load and hearty , ) , . i v e ^^l^ | .

CD HI!EXT t."5"'i we rd'ed into the depot i a l l ! s an i cheers c-f 30.U U p-' -pie ' 1 tr na 'ho tri'uand »ras'.i>.l th^ j ..f hn- lrcdsof dea1* and v.ilue,l •

te band's melodious ^t-alt.s of -"HomeS v"-t il-iinr" wafted over th-' seen- uvl i the yre-c-. bltn Un^ tears entile unbidden into many an eye that had looked r.nni"V^l. ami 1 shot !

and shell, into the very jaws of death a few weeks , before, IG m'donly th'.n^of liayardTayl.-r'sbesis- i tiful lines; j

'"Tn^brive-t a*1.'the tenderest. Theijviigare the du*in-."

evening about cur ability to hold our position and that a retreat to the vicin? ity of Sevilla was seriously contemplated. The enemy's fire was discontinued at dark and quiet "fell on the valley, a quiet so sad­den and startling that it seemed a3 though the machinery of the universe had stopped running. I t was a case of actual exhaustion; the men dropped where they stood aud all showed the evident need of rest. From be­ing the last regiment to get iuto action we were now on the extreme front and nearer to the enemy's intrenchment3 than any regi­ment on "the line. Oar position now was s o m e t h i n g l i k e t h i s : W e b a d s u s t a i n e d a. loss of 5 men killed and 1 officer aud S.i men wounded but had succeded in holding oar po­sition. By entrenohing during the night we could make it strong enough to withstand assault, sack packs before going into action. Water in canteens was exhausted and the nearest wa­ter was in the San Juan Kiver, a mile back. ! So details were made to go back to our packs, ; empty contents of the haversacks into shelter tents and bring back as much as they could '• while others with as many canteens as they j could carry went to the river for the water . supply we sorely needed. The men brought back raw bacon and hard bread upon which we made a scanty supper. Coffee we could not make owing to the impractibility of light-1 ing fires. The moon shone brightly as we gathered in groups to talk over the day's , events. AVe did not know whether we had gained much of a victory: had not heard any- . thing from El Caney or other portion of tho j line and altogether the outlook did not seem j rosy. AH along oar line intrenehmeuts were j being thrown up. In the salient men were ; digging a grave to bury our dead. The j wounded had been sent back, or had gotten . back, the best way they could to the hospital, where the surgeons had more ' to do than they could possibly aceotn- ] plish, and gave the best attention they could to the injured. That there was a lackof sur­geons, hospital attendants, medical supplies ! and especially ambulances is a fact beyond dispute. That in Gonsetmeuce of this lack of preparation there wa3 muGh needless suffer- : ing and hardship is mideniable. I do not ' pretend to locate the blame for this short-', coming, but it is certainly not creditable to a ; great government that men wounded in fight- !

ing lts"battie3 should receive such scant com- ' fort. Long after midnight we succeeded in getting a few picks and stiovel3 to continue the work of intrencliments and all night long the sound of picking and digging was all that

was heard a long our line. There was little sleep for any one. Towards morning when we might have slept it was too chilly to do so with comfort for no one had ^ blanket or other cover and even in the tropio3 the early morning hours carry a damn, chilly feeiin g with them.

So at early dawn we were all up waiting developments; for breakfast the same bill of fare as for supper served our wants. Prompt­ly at 5 o'clock the enemy opened upou us with artillery followed almost immediately with an infantry fire from every available _ point Of vantage. I t was a desperate effort i pro^r i a*n-of ree iu i ims a n i mi-i.-al nmahers to recover their lost position. A g a i n and 'wil l ai.l; to the enjoyment of l b - "caMon. An af. -r^s. , i i ,n . , . . , . n „ i . n . i « . . . „„,;„•„„ „2 i „™.,!r, I tort wi. o - 'n i i l e to ti ire tuiMiffur rnilv ssecl. iv. again they assaulted our position and agam ] a W e , , , , o l i e ^ y e a r T h a s e , A i w i U ( f nd i r»

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>u i'.of b.v>lt >r .a t i ' m- d>>. i years uf age, has spent over a hundred years of an old envel in-i. IVi^nje sti-nps were nn known and t'..» words "So'i ers* !e"ter" carried to loved onta :J ii..m'i some ouriois lonkiriu mis­siles sewed up with thread iu ab>en«^3 of *>nvt-lopes or mucilage In t*ie tre i.*he> a ma'.-h was so pre­cious a poss. v? 4 >a that if you -a-=• J m ui lur'itin »

of her life in traveling from fair to fair in a van. She has had sixteen children, undone of her daughters, now SO years of age, has also had sixteen. Mrs. Smith eats four meals

his pipewith one. Instead of w.th eoil from the I a ' ^ ^ ^ I ^ ^ T T , ' " T ^ cook'sarev.iai.istiwivo!vodi~d o a h pr ies t ; a d : l-v l»l» steadily and attends to all her against su •"; aap irent wastefulness. household duties herself.

l a S o l d U - r r n S ^ ; ^ ffl ^ t f - e T S \ This dispatch is dated Stockholm. Dec 2 : these har IsVpsan-l privations .vli'i >.«.*.-nplti.ln.. i An enjrme-driver named Detke lias written orraurmnr. .\s hs was couraieous and ncrnioin ! io the SwedisU-Norweirian Minister at SL ^ " W i ^ ^ S ' i l X > P*w»bnn5aleiterin which ha aajathatha •ndena-arVs i -e inn- i tntn loef i lor th^em-nana 1 found in the vicinity of the Ural Mountain*, y o t woui \ i*?ree with TI* t'-nts'inli valor. rtleVuy which fxirm the eastern iKtnndarvof Uawia . a andpatri'tis-p,i. :vii!w..rl:.^jeI,v.n,-,1bv_ \:m?rl: . a i ) U i e containing IWO pages , dilO Of Which

!>ore. the- f o l l o w i n i r Jness-vr^e. w r i t t e n in. F r e n c h ; "Audree's ballocjii has crossed the Ural

M.oaniains, AXDKEE." Tin* other paper, inscribed in Russian, was

as follows: "Give this letter to the Consul or to the police." Andree and two companions, Strindeberg and rankel, left the earth on ihe l l t i i of July. ls;17, in their b ig balloon a t Dane's Island, one of the S p i u b e r g e n group, bound for the North Pole, since which nnlh-ing reliable has been lizard from them. The above di-pau-h finds ilttle CredoiiC". The general IjeiUrf is ihat these bo! 1 explorers

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HHiH SCH0)L NOTES.

They say his eonsdenc* la> can't sleep nights.

N'ights man? Why he can't even sleep in church.

Ef at fitvt yo.i don't succeed, try, try agaiu, said Unci*.? Eben. is a goo 1 motto. But ef it aiu* used wif j . 'Jgmeot it's li-abie to li.s -sponsible for u heap o' ba.i singiii*.

Bacon - I uiiderilsiud 11m bats iu the Philippine Wands are as big as cat-*, and With Uio wings spread measure thre • feet from lip to Up. Egbert - T h e New York ball team might lie aole to hit something if it had a few of those.

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A flo.-fcey d u b hts b=ea f irme.l arami the yomi^ :ne*i .f the hijU s diool. and consi leral-u sport on ti.e :-e is i-jtl.-ipi*ed.

Several of the students weut to Morrisonvule recently f> ,s-ist in a i emeriiHr-itisii e-iurs-?. The , receipts of i'.-: evtniu^ wei-e reported to he about §35. i

Ecu* st>i •diss fr-ru the high school will eom-! pete iu the rut - - i - i l e-sctestt-i be he! l a t the time of tiie m.-rt.ng f the fiint.m fonnty Teach- , ers AssoJiatluu ia 11 »ist-i P,,;*^ Dee. 10.

Regents' ^ - lu l in t • ias will b"l«l.l iu 'he Platss-burnt; i!Uh s.-h.i.d. -1 m 31. -M. 33- OS and -.T. 1--.U. Persons from ont-ii-s.'h.>ols *. is-,tag ro iry any of the above ex,i''ju£t.iT:o'iS are ten .ested to ,-.-'ra-muiiicit.* with th>* Pr a-plal of the High S !;->ol before T>*\ 14. snt'iiir residene<\ au'ce in full, , « i • , . . i n , . i , . andl i s tofsubje t t . b e taken. Au exam'na'i.m And to whom u i the Ph.bppine.-i belong? feeof iScts . is. :..i-4-'i foreaeh sniije-'i t-tkeu by * Asked the te.ui-ur when the g-'iigrapla » « m i r f i K ..->t a m^aibia-of l ie l ' iu is - jurshuis i i [ c lass ba.i re.-.ehed the subject of tan 'jPacific

a 1 isiandi. Dewey* -hnute l ihe « h o ! e class ia unison.

The H 'ire?s - T o e man I marry tnu-t b e very li.ui Isume. afraid of notha-g. au l i ' . -vi r. Money's no tibj"'i't i" me.

Mr. Broke *D e-sn*t it s..,.-.; liK»» fate *) at we shouU iiave met?

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X o l U»o. ,Vi 1 o • i* - * -1 i- - that »n the Tear ono thou

-ir.X «-:4;ht hii' i f - 1 and ninety-ei«ht, and ih* l.r,-".v»!)i m i.th ..fth>> w a r t-iat the people «..f t'-e ttrA A ).• i ?.a 1 wa^.tis and j'.elstu :u> b* palnV i"lsav<"-l " n e t o an.xher r o w let an r«a*oato­gether, aud let us journey to some land wbere w e • x-i have nnr war*, -iisatid d e l e t e painted cheap. (forth" pafn'ers of their hull were very high price! paint, rsi so they trare'ed on until they eanie to a ei»v called Platt«burxb, the Mmc J>HnK I'l the state of New York, and they j-turnf red f t* two days and a nisht, stopoiac at differ<*nt placmi and behold they came t » » »h->p kept b y * m a a ealled A. f. Wupout, >fo ti mil<T5*t„in thl trt fy . X > w this man was noted f->r being » very nklllf «1 i-ainter of wagon? and stehrb* and they bc^->u«ht him that he would paint their wagons and s.eiaba for them as cheap as possible aatJ it came Io pass ihat when they had reasoned with him and wrr» suite! with his price, thar sayed o a e t o aaother, truly this is theplaca to serjtloiir work tor hi* prices are much lower than other laijas whara wa have Mopped a u w t h a y seat their wmma mat slehrbs to his shop aa4 were all ptaaasd wMh Ms work.

MORAL Send your w. .r l wit. r e v . u . an Late l td -ae lhe

idieapeet and the In-^t.

Far Ofrr ¥l((f T«ar* THr.s. "Wrsarjow's SOI.TUH.-, - vi > i* lia-i b**-»nsed by millions «f mothers f»r t l . r thlldrrn wliile U'cthini:. If disturb.'1 at t.'slx a n l br»k<n of yi' ir rest by a s;.-k < l c ' i vitTmnK an i e n w ? with pain or futtin-j Teeth M-ul ax «n«> and eel a >• »ttk» of "'Mrs. Wiu-:.it\ a s„,,ft.'ng Syrap" for fh'ldrcnTeet'iine It w !1 ri-lleve the i>n.r ilttle sulTererimmediately. l»«iieji 1 upon it , M-itliers,, thei-e Is no tn'-t J,e ii>->ut " It .-ures UJarrbora, r.* ul: T**s tin, M . m i '. a . t l;.»wt-s. *-ure* ^\'tu 1 Coli.-. siftenn tiie t, .!»,«, re.!'i>«-s l>.<lam>i.atl<'Ut and i^ives i n ? ,.'il tu^risy t»» the wfetl r. system. "Mr-. Wf-j-'..A - Stf.'i, iu syrup" for iht i iren t.-vl^t'J^i- i"!e ^ x Ti »*!,• ta.su- und IstLe pre-vT:ji'...*i«»f ••*• «>f Uio..'1*1,1 a i . t t « s t u ( fenule physi.-hins an 1 T.arses in thet'nlted suite* Prtoa iwt-My-fit 'x.- i ian l-.iit: -. sn.M W a l l druecWji thr -tij' -..it t 'ew.tr' . l Ik' sure und a-k for "Jiiu>. W i \ - i . . ^ - >-.«.rui\ .» "- in i f "

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What's the trouble, my little man*; I.ve lost ot) cents! Boohoo! Oil, don't cry! There's another J<1

1'iece. Where did you lose Uie money r Pitching coppers!

-come people are like cider. The idea! How? They're sweet until it,s time to work.

School.

V. 31. € . A. Mattel's. Th..- Ij.ole clws will m»et S^nr l iy night at "I'd

O'cloek. r-i^ ^ -v - ' - - : . - or tbLi -.vei.i. Is * T s & ? .mr G jsp 'K • t-'js- ia :M uher t o iu tan text h i >k.

! Mr e.-kers'ey will t tilt to the b »y» at their 3 ; o'cl"-.; m-?«'.ia» Sjnd.iy oa "A Half a Peek of , j ' s , " ii • s iys he wants a l n U h a a i r e l b>ys to i help-1-tribute the P's and wants them ail to re-t port at th? iaaday me-tuiir for Itistructi jas.

T-i- i -c-i-»-k ra^etmj on s*i*il*y will be in cbar^^-.f £. 12. TrumbnUani Mr. V. ix. M.tore will sp ",k Tti-^e wi'l b.i ten >r s A-n by a Hem-

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ed the stream and were deployed to the' left of " Col. Wlkoff was kllledi. the °°™

to the railroad depot and tnese were lnsuiu -. „ „ „ „ „ , m „ „f a n n , i „au= \n finhn Th«v ' . n ^ ttn.n ..~>n i.r. roi i.u.iini aithinf who five to the railroad depot and cient in number so that the whole night was

the entire ariny of 3and crab3 in Cuba. They swarmed through the camp especially a t night '

and then upon la. Col. Llscum, ;2lth Inf., who five minutM later also fell under the enemy's wither-

w*.*.* ••* « • « — ~ ^ - — , , . — _„/» s w a r m e t i i i iruussii i»ic *«* IMH "°i"-1 ' t ,*' ,j •." •"=-'*- » —^ ^ ^ consumed * ^ " ^ £ ^ % ^ Z £ . and made persUtent and repeated efforts to , " l , ^ approached H,e ford evidences of the bat-fro. At early dawn we marcneu to tue ran j ^ t h e J i m j t e d blanketa of almost every - ^ - — ? £ £ • » - -. . . .fir. .— m^*—a^^-i road station only to be compelled to lie , . Q m a T h e w W M i n o o u ^ j u c c e around there till noon before a train could be i m u c h aUafo e m u t e d now and afiaiu in the obtained for our transrwrtatiorj. wetmseat*- h f . g h . f o i ! o w e d by a dull, sickenins ed was the traffic on the httle single-track « «\ » 0 , ^ ^ n 0 C t a r n a l visitors was road that we did not accomplish our journey , l n t e f H j y b u r i e < j 0 „ t from a shelter tent, of 9 milea till after 3 p. m., and were not uo- * ^ u | f t 0 g 8 t h e r „ « ! repeat loaded from the cars till nearly 9. The ex- y a 7

¥ i i l t ^ aome other tent pedition had not sailed at daylight nor did i t . "^ ¥ W » m " o u w U U M* sail for a week after our arrival. The identi-ty of tlie officer who penned the order abou t ; •ailiac at day light and no regiment being ; oerift tai ta go that was not thara, has never I

tie "were rapidly multlpTylne. The wounded beink oarriad to the rear or tf able to do so walking or hobblinj had rapidly Increased in numbers, first one thon seireral aud ftaally a continuous grue-•omeprooaasionof pale .ctsy and suffering men paMed us. Here and there were )iroups of wound­ed 1 j'in* by th? roadside and raoet vimr or awaiting the first aid of the surgeons. We had little tune to pay attention to these sights for just than the peculiar sipping and crackling

Neit day 4000 Cubans under Gen. Garcia *hr»»f* x}£ ?"™-i."2llS!,i T ^ " *W3E.of _»_Ji„„,iXi . . G i h » u » i « n . a« . r . . i r . _ T» the fact that wa had oome into the aoneotflre. were landed at Siboney from Aceradorea. . I t 8eTerai of the enemrs shells that eaatoded un

beaar fllaanWiaa bat hi after day a ha was Often referred to by as, to pat it mildly, » »

a whoae trothfulaaas waa not to be relied 00.

If there waa eonfaaion at Tampa there waa chaoa at Port Tampa. Troopa wen coming ia from a doaeh d l i e ren t c a o p a , their bag-gaga unloaded whererer Iraini happened to

was our first introduction, so to apeak, of oar allies, and a sorry looking lot they were. Barefoot, ragged and keif starred, armed with all aorta of rinea, moatly Springfield, furnish­ed by our goferuMMt, and UM •re t lo i ins machete, they did not give one the idea of a

comfortably near as about that Urn* sassned to aaphastse the fact. Orders war* now at/ran to restore paeks and offloers aad men gladly rid themselves of their cumbersome rails which were

tl^ofuiwbowararooBiitoil likewia* left our Unas. Then we advanced at a rapid auK. It was

iornila^leaoldiery.bol ratberof anarm«l ^ ^ 5 ^ Q o w a ^ 1 U t r O P ^ 1 , l t e a -mob. They ware nearly all negroes except a , when oarVrjgaoe raaoaed th mou. They ware nearly all oegroee except a t-tseaoarVrtawaeraaoheVthe ftoatlt wa«or-few of the higher omesra whieh were widteJ derad to uka ih^road to tta lefL The SI and IfTbJ weregtad to*, - the , did not man-, ^^^?£tf£TZttX%ii ifeat i t by aay oat ward expreasina of pleasure, J J , a wbeaCHm. Kant cam* upaad directed Col.

^UUm1,inmJl-r-t,-Mm — - « - » • " - •««>«* when rai i»a were laiaad tbam by oar. j|e^»hlatotakettersttawi.tbythe right hand

ar^eoadliionolfameaiMl

SSfi-S?SS»KSfiK i SSoTS^t^SSy^Sg?^ i sstt bloody-laaa." Here wew. . .

aad ordarad to lie down. I t was - - igwiaatloa foTthejliojer

thatiaaa with that ' a s t M a k f o r a

We ratraoadoor i teaaln i narrow laae which has ataae been rafarred

and agaiu the eflort to dislodge us failed The enemy's fire wa3 directed mainly upon the ridge'occupied by our brigade which on { ciat'u Uiis second day sustained Uie heaviest losses, , Tht"l* TIE: Q men killed and 52 wounded. Our own ! loss this day w a s 1 man killed and 7 wound- | ed; the smallness of our casualties compared to tiiat of the regiments on our right and left, is no doubt owing to the excellent work of the night in constructing breastworks. For fourteeu hours the enemy's lire never ceased, even coUUnuing durins a heavy shower in the afternoon. The heat thi3 day was intense : aud the men suffered greatly, many of them being overcome and having to be dragged and carried from the trenches into tho shade of bushes where they were screened from the sun but exposed to the bullets of the enemy. Company A, which was hear the salient and was much exposed to the enemy's fire and the sun's rays had had so many men rendered unconscious by the beat that it wa3 relieved by Company H, which was posted ia reserve. So exposed wa3 our position outside of the trenches that 2 men were hit by the enemy's sharpshooters while making this charge.

We were too busy to think of a noonday meal and for supper munched agaiu a cracker or two. At dark the* firing ceased and we oould stand erect once more—a great relief from the crouched position in the trenches. Everybody was tired and hungry and when Capt. Hearn proposed that he could go down below the hill and cook us a cup of coffee, I ; readily assented to his proposition and was i revelling in anticipation of that delightful • beverage which we bad not tasted for so long. \ I was lying on the ground dozing from sheer fatigue when I was suddenly awakened by a fierce fiuilade of small arms and artillery. The Spanish had made an unexpected night attack upon our position. Tho pickets came

tumbling over the breastworks and then oar whole line replied to the enemy's fire. I never heard anything more terrific than the firing of that night. The enemy's fire was high and passed over our heads but landed back of ihe hills, among the reserve troops and (hose of our men who were cooking a Ilttle eoflee. Capt Hearn did not stop to finish aooking hi* eoflee but came back to the firing Hoe pretty quickly.

The firing lasted about} of an hoar wheu Ute ea«my withdrew aad Mt aa ia peace the reat af the ulght. Meat lanrataa however, tlMflpaaiardfiwariat itagaia §•( jo a de-aattory way. Ahent nioe o'«|eek constant aad baavy aaanonading was haajd avaward. Erldeatly UM Maty ware atlaralm Morro e»dgaUinfr*edytera*eo w ewtfaoee into thabarhar. TM mHsw laatad fbr aa hoar or

kwMOarfare and hii

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11 know what that will mean. t*i • Y a ;z M-.'-OhrM'au A - - e

e. >arse w.It b-' -i e--tur.- in the Piatt-t* ir^h ? ..ii Friday n 'gv , D " \ 1,5 by U \ . t;--ir-

h-irt, ..r tiuffalo on * The c-enia^ Mi- ." T'.e Erie C.hi ty liidjp-'.Io it s i j s f ;',i» l. in-,; "Ti,.- l.-.-iare -.v -s «-::t iu-1 t-t.-,». I. r*--.-i.v i Sin-t'.h l-elur -f'! •--go It '.\"-i IU i^ ••» s t of T-'i-su-* or that of U'sUop Vm -int oa T- i t ' li-Of .M '.'" -<4-> i l vnhav l i l u l s i - 1 i tn-at. T u ;

not only filiel yo *. w th the i>n;i * i !•• f I'^ii and inspired 5 o-i to rejeh and l.ft T a a l B y of Mine" lusher, bar it imtr>se<l every m m pr J"-M with t*.f r-tsp .n-iMUtv-'a-i-l dutt t» nimse'f. h.s G>1 and t o m e wu-'.l. >I- U - s h i r t is a deep, clear thinker; a li lent, earn--s'. un 1 iiupre-sive speaker, wh )reaches th • hearls of h sh»irersaiid mast of n^iessity ieiv-^ a list : .ni impression on his audience."

CHUT tawaat •at at

F a r m e r s ' I n s t i t u t e ,

A Farmers' Institute will lie. held at Chatty, N. Y., in the Presbj terian Cimrch, December Uih and loth, IbDs. Geo. A. -Smith , con­ductor.

1-UO..HAMXE. Wednesday, 10:*i9 A. M.

Oi 'h ing a 1 ires i by Conductor, tr i.i'.e Xoxious Weeds and f low to Control

Th«m—Prtif. L. R. Jones, l).»tai.'st Vermont Stat- Agricultural tollege, Bjrlingt.iii, V t

An- We Farmers Trying to (Jet rfomethiug for Xoihing? —D. 15. Dunning.

Wednesday, 2 r . it. Question Box.

Hay Makiug—lion. O 11. Hale, Past Mast­er X. ¥ . tUate Grange.

Potato lH'tght and flow to Control It—Prof. Jones.

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Miss Anna M. & X .

g El*. Van Alatjue, Kind-

G.iveiiiess -Come. Ethel; il"s time forgo.. 1 liule girls to be in bed. Ethel Yetli, Mtth Morgan; but yon know 1 have l».-eu naughty l o - . ' i i y .

D-'ii't y o u k i i o . . it's..gaJiist Uie to t o p ur th i t w.it.-r it lo tii.- uutk'y - ; u i a j>a—>-r-!.y. Pm otdy tr j .ng l o .Ir.i.vn tlie miero'e---, ?.r, ia : 1 Use milkuian with a smile .

Tills remiii 1- me, sar i t i c \ .mrig m >.v. >d a I f'lany -1 »r\ 1 told whiV ut Kiagura. Not a <me of the party crack* 1 a rsnun*. bn' I f a i one c.i!is>>la'.wn.

W'.at wa.- th.e ' !:•• .» is a.-'., d. T - e fa"s j i-t r.:ir.-t.

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TO.VX COifHCSPUXUexCE.

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R e v t l - . ) J . K u n z v i s i t e d P l a t t s b u t r g h ) t - t *.s.«-k F r i i a v . l t ev \V. H a m n i e r s l e y w k o h a - s t e ^ t i M p I p l } f u j t h < l o r u e r s a n d Ik-pot SI E « l . i . r . } . e - t,.r j Se\ »-r i' in l i t l u p a s t l e f t o u Monday f..r J*, "lit u- v ] Vt *'li *-- tUjudc^ w e n t t o l'liUt*t»ur*<h tit-t ^V»--K

. . . M — M a u d e i .a t i som returt ied t • Har.^. r . n 1 1'u.-s-litv . . . T h e Ur K.ks i .u t t tr f .1 t o r y . i t thr i r ) »,-r-s A .1 ••'-»--e lbs -A*rek . l*.».at«M.s are i - r i i ;^ j - ^ Ui . « , ! < Hi 1 w e e k ( t e - r ^ e ( i . l m .re v . - i te - i I IV-it'-' i r „ h .>n i l n n d a y .

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QiPstion Box. VOIIM of the Bi>w -ck Te^t to the Dairy-

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fl.ursday, 2 p. si. Qaestion Box.

Butlermakiug--Mr. Van Aisiyne. Coamuttee of Arrangeiueulf>— 1). Ii. Dun­

ning, S. .onion. Tno Instil nte Is free- All are invited to

attend and take part iu ihe diacttfaiou*. Will" oaf, *ud pbsce iu the«^leat'tou ito^, any itroper qwealiou pertaluing lo agricuU lure. Make all t|"ia»uou» and remark* t l ion and lo the |K»IUI.

Bring note iioqk ami pencil and use them. . Ilriast tbe whale laatily. Ladies are par-UcaliMiy laqatrtad to be preatut

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f r - a - a * Wi:-•» » .- i s ' a i . l v the - t . p s a i a l u'.| •(<!•>'!.her muni'iM. .1 mev ..Mr a'.i Mrs n.-r'>--t A. tr i - i »j—*«-l '.ll- Mir.a U-xttsitec 1 Lt-t Ae«i-. Mr A-..: >.eh»1a'i a'l U. n T o t - i i y M-,-1 i- ... 't*"g t.'-l >u.- at il \ t -t .r-js f. rtt-i-jr -• t-t ..J Hauahr.ttiw.s it. t . « r . M.,r.-:^v « . i Hi . - . ' . ir .* » > s f i 1 ' U . W i . r j l i [ i - U V r r V T* •• •• ' •• - t u - f t'.*-t t ; - . .1 ' . . i . . ; a> I l l . i r . 'Vj . 1 b e - I. I -*" ,' • i t i - | * l> . 1 !«.'». In-a-.t'tii'. M - % { f e v t . f - . ^ •' t'.e < -.ri^-t t»- i?,i i - ,- „•..., ,t » A".-.y »1 •*!, jr »x . . Wi.i i* rati*-* ttr »a> j t Ly."*. M • Ji-ta-u n Lux • .tocta for llut> t 'a- * 11 tr • rU Welu . s l i iy E i l l f l l" I h s U t ^ k l B i t . l . x -at Lis 1. -ma for l lu*e » ho briuj tf.v.r uiuk.

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Mr Ja'.ieii l^exl .o 'm* re»idy.t in New V> rk *\*ty f « r fcev*«rr*d y<3^r» t««.t hi.* twtctt br».ua:l.t u yits lohUtHr-r, Mm lieulien I'ht.iit-, daa^ent\?ly W, net lery Utile ),..i<e is eot*rtain«d of hhi r«j.»o>ry , .Hr. Kins »m E-swiK-th. an oM resident ••{ Wit;» aoro was f.tund op the sroswd In an u a - . t t ! us atate -whei*« h» \*md fallen or been thrown fr* rat a sled upoa which ha had beau hauiiaa* »•>.>.I Thoosii ha was alias ahea faaad he haver became nvwi.-iM aad diad «u IMday T I M horsx e u u e to Vm faara aloaw. aoaaa laoasat i t was an aocl-Aent bat Ur B«ftaa who waa rallad p*oooaiK*d it. a fit of apupksy. Uis (aaeral was oa ituadar t h * M I M « w jt i^aaaaaSi b f t h * Ha<r. Mr. M a n h

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