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The War. 
BRIEF NOTES FOR BUSY PEOPLE. 
DIARY OF THE WAR. 
Gen. Torai refuses to surrender Santiago, and 
bombardment was begun ivt 4 p. m. The enemy 
opened tire, but their guns were soon silenced. 
Our lines have been strengthened, and Sampson 
was expected to shell the city. The St. Paul and 
the Catania arrived at Siboney with reinforce¬ 
ments. Admiral Cerveraand 74rt Spanish officers 
and men from the fleet destroyed off Santiago 
have arrived at Portsmouth, N. H.; the officers 
will be quartered at the Naval Academy at An¬ 
napolis, Md. Camara’s fleet lias turned back, 
and is going to Cartagena. No peace negotiations 
as yet, Sunday, July 10. 
The battle begun on Sunday still continues. It 
is an artillery duel, but the enemy’s firing is 
weak. The Brooklyn, Indiana and Texas are 
assisting at six miles’ range. Our losses on Sun¬ 
day were two killed and four wounded. Watson's 
Squadron has not yet left for Spain. Camara’s 
fleet is returning. Report that troops are to be 
forwarded from New York instead of Tampa. 
No further news from the Philippines, Monday, 
July II. 
Qen. Miles took command of the army before 
Santiago. Gen. Torai refused, for the third and 
last time, to surrender. The bombardment was 
not resumed. Admiral Sampson and ills men 
will receive over 9200,000 bounty for destroying 
Cervera’s fleet. The St. Louis captured the British 
sloop, Wary, which attempted to run the Cuban 
blockade. The Cabinet crisis in Madrid is still 
unsettled. The Government has given the Chief 
of Kngiueers discretionary powers to remove the 
mines from Atlantic harbors, Tuesday, July 12. 
The German naval authorities in the Philip¬ 
pines have not been observing strict neutrality, 
and Admiral Dewey lias been obliged to make 
them understand that he is in authority there. 
Conflicting reports from Santiago as to possibili¬ 
ties of surrender. Outbreak of yellow fever in 
the American lines at Santiago and Siboney. 
Continued heavy rains cause alarm lest the dis¬ 
ease get beyond control. Buildings in the town 
of Siboney are to be burned to avoid Infection. 
Transports are loading with reinforcements at 
Tampa and Charleston, Wednesday, July 12. 
Santiago and the Spanish troops were sur¬ 
rendered tiy Gen. Torai, on condition that the 
army be sent to Spain by the United States. The 
eastern end of the Island, aboutfi, 000 square miles 
of territory, is turned over to the United States. 
A dispatch from Hongkong states that some of 
tlie incidents of tlie German interference in the 
Philippines have been suppressed, to avoid arous¬ 
ing feeling against Germany in this country. 
Peace feeling appears to be growing in Spain. 
The transport Breakwater, with 146wounded pri¬ 
vates and non-commissioned officers, readied 
Newport News. The auxiliary cruiser Yankee 
was at Newport News to convoy colliers to San¬ 
tiago. Admiral Cervera and the other Spanish 
officers were taken from Portsmouth to Annapolis 
on the St. Louis, Thursday, July 14. 
The Spanish government lias proclaimed mar¬ 
tial law throughout Spain. Peace proposals are 
expected shortly. Between 8,000 and 10,000 of the 
Spanish forces at Santiago are in open rebellion 
against Gen. Torai, and refuse to lay down their 
arms. They have tlie support of Gen. Blanco. 
Only 28 new cases of yellow fever reported, and 
the disease appears to be of a mild type. The 
fourth Manila expedition, under Major-Gen. Otis, 
sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu, where a 
stop will lie made to hoist the flag over this new 
part of tlie United States, Friday, July 16. 
Up to the middle of duly, Spain’s naval 
losses amount to 21 warships and an 
equal number of merchantmen. We have 
lost no ships. Small wonder that those 
interested in Spanish commerce and in¬ 
dustry are urging upon their govern¬ 
ment the necessity for peace proposals. 
Assistant Surgeon Henry I. Raymond, 
reports that, for the first month in the 
field at Tampa, Fla., there were but six 
eases of alcoholism among 10,000 regular 
troops. There are, probably, very few 
municipal records of a town of that popu¬ 
lation which can equal such a report. It 
is a good thing for Uncle Sam to show 
the world,that soldiers can fight without 
rum. 
An army surgeon at the front says that 
a large proportion of the disease among 
our volunteers has been caused by bad 
cooks at the front, or good cooks at home. 
Boxes from home containing sweets, soft 
drinks and cakes and pies have done more 
barm to our soldiers than Spanish bul¬ 
lets. We would better keep cake away 
from the boy at the front, and let him 
fill up on pork and beans. 
According to an English journal, the 
Spanish soldier is a frugal liver, his com¬ 
missariat allowance being two meals a 
day—one at !) A. m., the other at 5 p. m. 
In some corps, coffee and soup are served 
out in the early morning. A pound and 
a-half of bread a day constitutes the 
government ration; any food beyond 
this must be bought by the private at 
the canteen, lie gets little meat, and 
keeps in excellent condition on a chunk 
of dry black bread, a little oil, and a 
clove of garlic a day. If to this he can 
add a pint of wine, which tastes like 
vinegar and water, he feels happy. There 
is one thing he cannot go without, and 
jtbfl-t i§ bib cigarette. 
It is now certain that the war bonds 
will all be taken directly by the people. 
No corporations or financial institutions 
will receive any of this issue. The total 
amount of subscriptions is over $1,000,- 
000.000, and over $80,000,000 will be sold 
in lots of less than $500. This shows 
among other things what a vast amount 
of money is tucked away in safe places 
by people of the middle classes. 
Tub Spanish prisoners taken from the 
destroyed fleet, have been landed at Sea- 
bey’s Island, off Portsmouth, N. II. The 
prisoners expected to be tortured and 
shot, and were much surprised that they 
were fitted out with warm clothing, a 
comfortable bed and plenty to eat. The 
grumbling comes when they are forced 
to wash, and keep themselves clean ; but 
that may be a serious thing for a 
Spaniard. 
Some of the native Cubans who cause 
annoyance to our men are the land crabs. 
They abound in the woods and plains, 
and when camp is pitched, they turn out 
in battalions to annoy the men. Some 
of these creatures have bodies as large 
as a musket butt, and a spread of two 
feet. They crawl about making a noise 
like a man moving cautiously. Their 
approach is often mistaken for that of 
an enemy by the pickets on outposts. 
Men who have been in the fighting of 
the past three weeks declare that our 
troops need machetes, such as are carried 
by Cubans and Spanish. They cannot cut 
their way through the dense underbrush 
without them. The wire fences did not 
cause much inconvenience ; the Cuban 
scouts would run out under protection 
from American fire, and cut down the 
posts with their machetes; it was then 
easy enough to step over the wire. The 
Spaniards have a way of sitting in trees 
and shooting at our forces on the ground; 
the foliage is very dense, and as they 
use smokeless powder, it is difficult to 
discover them. The colored troopers in 
the regular cavalry fought with great 
bravery at El Caney an<l Siboney, and 
have made a brilliant record. 
Till-: DARK SPOT SHOWS HOW MUCH OF 
CUBA SPAIN SURRENDERS. Flo. 23«. 
Theodore Roosevelt is getting a good 
deal of reputation of the right sort out 
of the war. 'Among other duties, he vis¬ 
ited the wounded in the Cuban hospital. 
Of course, some one called for a speech, 
and he said among other things : 
You have something that no one can ever take 
away from you as long as you live, something 
that will confer a distinction on your children 
and your children's children after you are dead 
a badge of honor. There is net a man in the 
whole United States to-day who would not be 
proud and glad to change places witli you. You 
ought to feci happy. 
The war is providing themes for the 
poets. One of them issues the following, 
which is supposed to represent Admiral 
Dewey's remarks to Prince Henry, of 
Germany, who intimates that he would 
like to take a hand in Philippine affairs: 
Your friends would lie sorry to lose you, 
Your brother would make .a new speech. 
And tin: angels would weep mighty rivers 
At the sermons your pastor would preach. 
You can skirmish around with the nigger 
And blulf the Chinee till he runs, 
But if you should fool with your Uncle Samule, 
You’d better stand clear of the guns! 
A correspondent on one of the vessels 
carrying our troops to the Philippines, 
has interviewed the soldiers as to why 
they were anxious to go on this expedi¬ 
tion. Most of them say that they ex¬ 
pect to stay in the Philipoines after the 
war is over. They think there will lie 
great chances there in the development 
of the country, and they want to be on 
(leek to take advantage of them. Every 
one expects to rush to the Spanish 
islands after the war is over, although 
the chances are that young men could 
find better opportunities at home if they 
would search for them. 
Costume in our army and navy, during 
the present war, is not entirely in accord 
with official regulations. One of the 
wounded officers of the 71st New York, 
invalided home, states that, at Siboney, 
most of the men (lung away their blouses 
and all extra clothing and equipments. 
Some of the officers wore their shoulder 
straps sewed to the shoulders of their 
blue shirts. They did not receive canvas 
suits. The nights were cool, and the 
discarded blankets were badly missed. 
The 71st has no complaints to make of 
food furnished, and one of their delicacies 
was fried hardtack. The bacon served 
out was mostly fat, so the soldiers saved 
the grease, soaked the hardtack in water 
uptil soft, and then fried it in bacon fat. 
Some of the young men in the New 
York Naval Reserve gave a shock to their 
fond relatives when they came home on 
shore leave ; their complexions were so 
altered by sunburn and dirt that they 
were almost unrecognizable. On one of 
the auxiliary cruisers, the bill of fare, 
for several days, was coffee and rice for 
breakfast, tea and rice for dinner, and 
coffee and rice for supper ; but the young 
men all assert that they are enjoying 
themselves hugely. A good many of the 
Naval Reserves arc young men who have 
never known hard work or hardship of 
any kind, hut they are making a good 
record on salt water. 
When a young woman sits down and 
ponders over her future life, there is one 
all important subject which she should not 
forget. Tn a day dream she may build 
castles in the air with a happy home, laugh¬ 
ing children and a loving husband iti the 
fore ground. At that moment she may be 
facing death. Matrimony and motherhood 
hold out no happiness to the young woman 
who suffers from weakness and disease of 
the distinctly feminine organism. The wo¬ 
man who suffers in this way will be a weak, 
nervous, sickly, petulant wife, an incapable 
mother and an unamiable hostess. Not 
knowing the truth, her acquaintances will 
not understand that she is deserving of 
pity rather than reproach.. 
Any woman may be strong and healthy 
in a womanly way if she will use the right 
remedy. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription 
is tlie best of all medicines for weak and 
ailing women. It acts directly on the de¬ 
licate and important organs that make wife¬ 
hood and motherhood possible. It makes 
them strong, healthy and vigorous. It 
banishes the dangers that surround ma¬ 
ternity. It insures a healthy baby and an 
ample supply of nourishment. Thousands 
of women who were weak, sickly, nervous 
invalids, are now healthy, robust wives and 
competent mothers of healthy children, as 
tlie result of the use of this medicine. 
Mrs. John M. Conklin, of Patterson, Putnam 
Co., N. Y., (Box 104 ), writes: "I am enjoying 
/><•>■ fret health and have been since I took the last 
bottle of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. I 
had falling of the internal organs, or female 
weakness, and flowing caused by miscarriage, 
and was very weak when I commenced taking 
your medicine.” 
The unfailing, never - griping cure for 
constipation—Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. 
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Mfrs. 
We are the largest CFadI 
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THEM ALL! 
Why go to the trouble of raising a 
crop of potatoes and 
leave a lot of them In 
ground because of 
p sir digging. 
DOWDEN 
POTATO 
DICCERS 
AIL THE POTATOES, 
no mutter how deep or how 
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strong, *1 ii nihi*., uikI require the minimum or power. 
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Adrian, Mich. 
FARM FOR SALE 
Meadow Brook Farm, ion 
acres, one-half mile from 
Iho prettiest village In Wayne County. Terms easy 
ALLYN BROTHERS, Palmyra, N. V. 
F 
OR SALE. -One of the Finest and 
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Cattle barn holds 2<M) tons of huv; is llil) by 60. with 
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This farm Is a money-maker, and an Ideal home. 
Advantages of both city and country. Good reason 
forselling. Will divide if desire*!. Como ami see it. 
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A NEW TREATISE ON MANURE 
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It spreads nil kinds of manure cheaper mid better 
than can lie done by hand. Has Stood the test 
IB years. The machine is greatly Improved 
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Box Syracuse, A. Y* 
