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T he Eternal Fitness Ot thftgd Rf#» »»?#*? RC t**4i4 With IWN iKhi vlmr rmf Pwf <*• Vff Scl»cn> Shots w*ti f%t on Mft- Tht? UU4 * jrg Ml worn Piftms trt *ttftf nwr »«* r« Utritt net tn'f 'fct |tM( ftVftf Ri »*< tort, Ist *%*» flit Mrttt* ir«t< ltw» t f't $1.25 SI.OO Misses Childrens Ovtf two thfsrt«4 pitn ao '4 tn *0 Mn tod not one ftn*lc * rncar4; tafWdtHy pem.tr k »fc c for cm* tin • thrta when It It remembered they ukt two trpf to your cm. tfILLEDGE LOCKHART'S HEW YORK LETTER TV Prtd'fai Rntiliij es *V Bis Bine> Km if if V Mftrtyoik f • RMw< VUM)r Wfatlng *Wwa I NUI Ike* • fill* il|l>t N *“ ttrt ChH»i»>» >h«f '*!«• go• » - The i'winl I'ari <>l HkKk ft* M*ck Nm Btti 5*M. r,irt«r Dm sh . H la am IkrM odor* o« S IV Bgnlti sad I am wrttlnft (bit latter I* ih* press Imx at sladtaon k(iur» Garden illlt around tnr twenty ml*- arable. gaunt, a#**trai-*ya<l wretches •r* pedalling. pedalling. pedalllftft. it*b.lni, nrlai round and round and round. If* lb* Me at* day b eyeia roar, at b *lll bin ended whan tkla la taad la brutality. It'a worn* than ft toll fight oaora torturing than aqy •n-ralled kftort ol tba twentieth ceu- Uiry Th* rtdrra at# rial big auflarlrs* Oeapersi on keepa thero going- Kor pi tira ao* lhay hava Irak (tagging aatf at lap*, catching a tub* ol amp or a apongt- ol Ira wat*r front th* tra n*:> a» lhay wheat wearily on. Occasional!' one hurata Into taa * on* anil**, anothar (alia front hi* wbaai. another audd*nly apurta. wbl'a ail harp thalr ayaa oa tba hug* t>larh- 1 beard abo>*. where the score* are !*>*- 1 tod. It makee me almort kick lo see lha eonlaat Id hunger, Inch of sleep. Weariness and mental weakness. tt ba* been tut unpleasant taak to cover the race aarb night until 1 a. tit. and I have enough by that time. The com* od art of tha race wa» Grose, who on alm««t each tint# around yelled for aontething to eat or aomethlng lo drink. He wan tailing the proresdon and out-eating all the balance of the racer* together. On Wednesday Gross retired f.om the race, raying there »m too much work and too titl e to *»i Of the thirty who eta u*d. e'ght httvn retired at th!a time. The bicycle race ha* bean the all-absorbing tuple of th* weak, and New York I* not talking about anything else espe cially c’rtstmas Show Windows. Cbrts'uia* shop window* of the de pa tment ato ce are the room wonder ful thing* of the kind l have ever aeen. Mechanical device* of all kind* aa In them. Some have m rror tllu* ator*. auch a* The Living H si, Pyg malion and Calat a. The Mermaid, and others. Tie Siegel Cooper Com pany ha* a Miniature Battle of Santi ago. Speaking of the Battle of Santiago, rewind* me cf the spectacular ar rangement which Mr. Proctor has put on at Ms Plcaaurt Pa'nce on Ff.y- Elghth a et. A spectator sees a rush of sold er*, and then the stage ia ob acured by the *moke f ont the mock Spaniards' Mauser rifle*. While at Proctor'* reviewing the battle seen* 1 was somewhat pleased at seeing a fa mU'ar face come out on the stage. The body of the face waa clad tn rags. It was a tramp. He sang a song about •‘They Couldn't Kill the Man that Fought for Cuba," and "Of All the Tramps that Rode lipon the Wabash." He told a Joke regarding his accompa niment on the piano to his wife's rido SHIRTS ' AT -n MILLER WALKER, HATTER KNOX HATS. cm ft ft! Ift# MflpKfti P*f-!ft-tft ft|H) fNMfft Ift Aftft*iftift Iwft vw* OtHJff# ft fit! t ftiff NO llfftt “** m 4 If ftpfti ift fa ml'ift r tlftt I iHnat isititßi4 bcirif>| CM. Hftft4y ('vhen ms ng to m* “ltn‘l tfeat fiMf’ Tfcift ms is on!? os# ol th# safety ft! ottr rarn val which I feat* rhftar#4 to *ff* ft?f hour!) I nnliM oa ih# bl!l th# Bot« v ir» « ronr#rt fftfdftn uni !h«lr Wftfhfer# ft#t •» Hftrfen Tru ly Hhmtiirh. o # th# Aoptti Cwtl»*l i|yr»gitlon t«t tiara Ifo, Ift !h# p* f * tlrufer ittf ft rosipany hnovn if Thft l)m»rry B»i Indtro, who mnke th# rounds of th# wrond dm tfctft- If#* During th# though. Trtt ly mad# a bit on Roster * Bl i t Summer Cardan stage. I think the mo«d ftiijoyftM# of th# sttrartiona now In th# th#fttr#« Is Daly's Runaway flirt, in which Vl'gtfife Ksrl is su* •>*rb Ah# tt was who r i»H tbs Prior# In Wsng when that opera first cam# through Oft© gift. Central Park Since I have been In New York. 1 have wanted to write something about the Central Park goo. which to me has always hern a thing I wanted to see. To my then Ignorant mind It «e*med that the t Ite laying should have tieeh "See the Central Park too and die." Venire wasn’t In It. It was a bitter dfaappo ntmvnt to roe. an bluer that to see It once sufficed. There are enough l pigeons, robins, parrots rabbits, to satiaf? m*. but too few polar bears and ttge s. only two elephants and never a camel. An Important looking stall contains a donkey ard an entire hour* Is devoted to deer, while anoth er house contain*, not only all the li ons and tigers, but also the leopard* and hippopotami. One of the two ele phanta In the ioo was left he e by Mr. Bailed when he took the Harnum shows abroad, and Is well educated. Twice a day a trainer puts him through his psemt, and this 1* the only rea'ly enjoyable thing In the animal collection. The New Yorh pipers are continually bewailing the inferiority of th*lr zco, and p* haps Mr. Roose velt. when he sits In Albany, will get n frtv dromedaries or something for the children's mcccft, the Central Park too. It Is very little bettor than Colonel Dyer's and M s. Benson's menage.le, at Lakevlew Pa k. MILLEDGB LOCKHART. Cft i earl> an > make your se'tc'ion of Furnituce. If you do not wish it de iver ed now wi I ho d it for you. We can save you money. Them is <& Barton. Mr. Jordan of Camp Mackenale will be heard In sn offertory solo at It o'clock mass at St. Patrick's church this morning. XT? 3B ST7 ISm -A WT* -A T.I? WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOCIAL CIRCLES Ili’O'tt r*ot *»•»••» r» h*«tr« Tt* Kit »»«**• o*% of *•* • Iw>w t «Ml «* t f Met M ol* #• ,k * WWS *»•#* <*%•#* #•*<*• M* •»• «*•*-# iSUM %#»►%■## *• •«.* n«w w* u>. 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A *’•*• am, Mim Coaeor. Mm r,r 4. Mm J. R t*»*r •»<« «*Wm latiiMl to •**« Mm am**hf»**fc rrt d»r es lAt t«*i w**fc **m Mr* Cm *«ll. Mm He.b*ti nmtkl. Mm *«**. M>m Mart* AIM*. Mm V. 4 A. AIM*. Mm Doß»u*»«m. Mm Ko#tm Mito (Won • K*«*« Mr » Cbar.m r»m« Mm (Whits* y*t#o. Mm. M<»* , ft. Mm. doors* B*rnm, Mm fr«L MIINf. Jr.. Mm T*yl r. Mm. Wsltm Irnimo. Mm Siilatr [MkUr, Mm Tom lUrr*«. Mm W H Mm. i. O. M»i lk***on. Mm WHS!**, o* A»hm*. Mm W 8. Rirktrdwii. Mm. Jobe Hsrpt* natliWo*. Mm. Cbsrlrn H*S*». Mm rruk nrmlßS. Mm Ti»o*>*» Mm. Henry Cob« »»* *Mb*m Tb« tml p*l*«. • •*( of #iqni«ltr ptaim *»• tied for by Mm. Cohtn Mm. Fmnk Miller nd Mm Rlrtmnl im. ltd rot .or by Mm. Cibw. Th* prist. » BsM*»boni mnlr*- plert. •>• woe by Mm. Tboms* B*r rt(L Tho (bird prls*. • tolum* JKsnlty W*ym«o's. *»* won by Min Mar!* Allas. The room* war* a*q«t’*iUdy iWomt cd la pink snd white mam and rartrs tsona The aaora a'rrta *»ra the daint iest tmasinnWa. hand-palmed heart* ornamented with wm Cuplda nnd tied with pink and whit* ribbons. The wore war kept by mean* of email bow* of satin ribbons. Front sn artlstle a* welt as s aortal atmdpotnt, the afternoon w«a one that will lone he remembered for Ita abao lute perfertfon. A LITTLE BOY'S TALK. And One 1 hat W ill Make Business Men Stop and Think. The Herald carrier hoys are the hap- 1 pleat lot of young fellows In the South today. "Gee whit!” one of them ex- j claimed last night. “But ain't K | great! "We knew the boss would stand by us and take up foe u* when theca men commence talking a6out us making 50 cent* a week. Rot. Do you know what I think —on the dead square l am getting ft Into my head that the other papers are getting Jealoua of the Herald. “I believe the other papers don't like to see us Herald boys lotwVrt dcwti with papers for customers when their boys ain't But the boys on the other papers like It. Shucks, they have a pie time. They don't carry any pa pers at all, compared with us. "I am going to qnlt carrying for the Herald and going to hire to another paper, where the boys ouly have a few papers to carry. I think Mr. Speth makes us carry too many pa-ers. Why the boys on the other papers don't take un the route I go over as many as 25 papers, where Mr. Speth makee mo eirrv 165. "And. goodness, how the people out In West End take the Herald now! I wonder tvhat Is the matter? rhev seem to be In love with It. They say out there It is the best fair paper. I see them tearing up other papers out there. You know 1 see other carrier hoys leave their papers et folk's homes out there anrt the folks get mad and throw the paper back at them. I don't know what Is the matter, but I feel mighty sorry for the carriers who have their papers chunked back at them And a whole pile of people has done If. too. | -Wonder what other papers get so mad with the Herald for? My pa says | the Herald is 'running way with them.' Wbat dees he mean. by thet? I know (his, though, us 33 boys on the Hprald carry piles more papers 'than all the rest of the carrier hoys In Augusta could lift. Shucks. I believe wa carry five times as many papers as ■ the carrier boys of all the other paper* |in Augusta.” I We- PfnaM !*!>•«• a> • |da. .g. ...■f.-y. Mjh-w j iMjri f : flftr ■ igp § ‘f% n»i ft»rg- * »if 111 hf •' %||ghMNft • fftyu ft'o-fMkft ftyftft §m I“ t .* |ft ft## ft iiff-*ftft f%t mH pf'ttftNfti **» w- «p Ma» ftawtd* Cb»w»». ftNpft 'ftPiftftßt? WMft I aee iMt Mew*. Mm FpaW' M'ea Mrr* eet'tw* NMW* M m Krwaed. Mi«e rwww, Of Mam Oemif. Mr Ww*. Me Kwtb. Me Krwtee Me. AlW»t Me Meepe* Me Wen«a sed Me M<Www I.wi'abnan Ae*t ts aetu At (be esewtt Meew. T© Mr»*d Wat, n Iwwabann will be ©**• nw Tbeewdny, Ffidwy nwd KlWdnf. tba Ibk. I*tb a*e Ittb eedae the nnee*«ee •f tb# lain newt'** part*** e# lb* FMa» t*mabyt*rte* eWe* ey. and ib* pewraada •PP to b» d*MM ta the re *nrw*d»M [tlm Pander erbnnt tasn . Tb* taita* I* rSare* Sate *rrs»#*d ia taespttne am. and Of ItbnmJ pat trsaape of tb* pebtie te anl*esied. Cb*tde*n*a Perte. MM* Ret bee Onkm. dtMWbtar es Mr and Mm Fmal OeaWna. e*»* trmed See atatb S elbdey Mendne with • dadipAifnl ebHdren'a pnety Her V am«* warn M'a* Annta. Poan Jen* pm a*d Mary PiM*y. Oeoestn Halt. M*ry Fnrt'r. Retbee a#»d Mwth OeeHam. j Manat# and Penl'a* Rsmes eed Maa lem Harper Hn*M«nn. W*:t*e* #n» (in rt* Bnmm »4 lM»*e Hell Mm Cmwfned I nteeraln* Tb* Rrrneld* atraal Roebr* rtwb ara* ehanwlepty *#tf«#lned Tnewtey afternoon by Mm Cbnrtea rmnford Tb* prtaen. n #tW*e bnlr mab and ae ebony and nlleee drawer, were won by Mm. HotUnssnoetb nnd Mm. WiHM. R ••• ff* l*>tf*rt»Htft. Miftfli UtHft RotttW <wit#rtaliiftg W F.i eh re dab Toenday The eromranW wee* dainty, bnad-palated Amertean Pan. tied with red. white nad bln* ribbon*. Pane# at A moot v A number of youa* wen of (be elty are armnstns «o rim • t-aare ahortly ■t ib* erwery They am train* to pet tb# Tenth Ohio band to furalah lb# music. (leu E P Ate«*nder. Oen. E. P. Aleemder. who ha# been spending aom* tlm* In Poutb Amertra. arrlrei'i here test nirbt aud 1* etatUag hla aoa-in-taw. Mr. W J . Craig. Euchre Club. Mrs. Robert Fleming entertained the Young Matrons' Euchre Club thia week. CHRISTMAS OPERETTA Given Yesterday Afternoon by Pupils of Fifth Wa-d School. The Christmas operetta given yes terday st :h* Fifth Ward school, waa well attended and greatly enjoyed. Th* entertainment was givan princi pally by the kindergarten snd prima ry grade*, and each part waa taken In s way that would have done credit to children of a much more advanced age. The tableau*, with colored lights, were especlsily effective and pretty .and Miss Juste Wallace and Miss Katie Retth, who trained the little one* so perfectly, are the recipient* of many compliments upon the sp.endld success of their entertainment. The following are the characters rep resented by th« pupils: Winter —Esale Stringer. North Wind—Willie Owens. ‘ Santa Claus-Edgar Wren. Holly and Mlstletoe-Etta Labousetr. Carrie Bohler.- Mattie James. Nelde Lovett, Alma Shipp, Eflle Reynolds. Snowflakes—Pearl Heath, Carrie Hansberger, Bertha Leverett. Helen Skinner, Emma AdsCms, Lula Cadie. Call an I inspect our stock of Furniture whether you wish to purchase or not. We will b« glad to see you and take pleasure in showing you. 11 omas & Barton. NO PARE .5 FILED A Contest In the E I ott Election * ot Yet ins outed. The public are much Interested 1n the repo t that Mr. W. A. Mattlaon. who was defeated in the Fifth ward election last Wednesday, would tile with the ordinary papers contesting the election of Mr Elliott The filing of the papers has been looked for each day since the election, hut up to 5 o'clock last afternoon, when the ordinary closed up his of fice, no such papers had been fjTed. It sometimes happens that when a man arrives at home at about 2 a. tn., and his wife tells him to go straight upstairs tc bed. she Is asking th® possible. , - Fweanwsi '*»*•«*«• ftffeft ft ftft'ft** - * ftft ft j#ft ft ft : * - ft 5* M l. t % ftftft «t (i *-* I* *. Jft .& v.: ttjft ft lb© fe# II ft ♦» fti f fttf Ift Vft 9% ft ftf ft § . ■ Ffofr ~ftp Kft|, tttftft •!««*%«© if J n «ft j|4* -* ftiffftft Mr and Mm Retd HneMtnn and M’as R* keen* MarWnw •*» «•*•« »bn C|t r*w be i dsye wMi ewtnueen IP . j*. b*«aelite Fls. Me*** Rnibern* end MfPH Whaeb ; ; win b* the t*m«* as Mm Ppnidtwd Ml j ' Aimnta dating »b# muiw anti w**%. Mtaa Mary RmU? Vrpb wW b* airsg is •** nbn win attend Iba pawn* ft. hi la* Ml Allan** n*»« **«b. Tb* Ron Air (h >f Oak tmrmneit torn ee»« aPetwann will h# an Impnr (ant me *1 e*r*L Mm Mattta A WtWna as Marne ta wiib h** aratfpnr wt«. *IS Ray etmnl. Par a fan days. Mm W’taoa and h*r dnagSuer Mtee j (••mu* MlWon. nr* reaWMdl Mm. T*W* amt Hon#'*»a Mian Mary Urn# PrrtwgWfd I* »*- pare Ml ahnnly a* tba gnml at Mm A. Q. JarWM. Mi** Mar Ttyn of WaysMahot* hna maned bom* afiar a »t»lt to fttrade in (be eny A danen at tketeke headquarter* wilt be ooe of tbe eoc*al etiraeilona of •esc week, MaJ. C. A. Wlibeee haa muraed from Richmond aud rartooa other pedal# to Vtrgtata. Mtaa Parsb Burton, of Waraeabnro. la rlaltlag b*r alater. Mm Mush Al essader. Mm Cbewherlatß haa man rued to Atlanta, after a Ttnlt to Mm Ke.idall. Mm A. P Boew* and Mia* Sualo Hrgga hare returned to Dawaoa. Os MSaa Ruth Howard baa returned from Waabiogtea and Balt mor*. Mm Chandler, of Athena, I* the | gueat of Mm. Frank Hand*. Mr*. F. W Coaker* has returned from a rtalt to Atlanta Mias Rosa Ur* Connor la visiting friend* In Savanai b Ml** T-uey Doughty haa returned from Columbia. NO YANKEE CA/TP FOR HIM. A Confcd Who Did Not W ant to VDIt Camp McKenzie. When Col. Axllne cam# across a one arm,.,) Confederate private the other day, he engaged In conversation with the old soldier and asked him If he had been around to view Camp Mac kenzie yet. "Me? Oh, no: I am not looking for trouble. 1 don't want those Yankee* to get hold of me." Col. Axline laughed heartily at the old soldier and wound up by Inviting him to dinner with him at beadauar t#rs. NOTIC E. Tne pa r ty wHh whom a Telescope was left about a week aco wi i p’ease no tify this office. A correspondent of The London Daily News says thxt wherever he went he was able to converse with for eign statesmen and d.ploroata In Eng lish. He found that as a rule the governing classes In Europe would un derstand and speak English. In the Russian royal family epeelally English Is the familiar language of conversa tion. M. E. M•*C\ULAY J. A. MULLARKY P. P. SULLIVAN Macaulay & Co. - m /A ¥rp r* Special for the Holidays. We L: II \ all * l\/ H sell nothing but Guaranteed I\. ILJ L-rffc-'' Gloves and are local agents for J Roeckl wcrld-renown manufacturer. Buying direct from quarters, have fresh stock and largest assortment in the city at $ 1.00 per K,Hnn and ria«n Black and self-colored Embroidery, B’ack, Browns“7ans?Mcd P s P Vellofs. Ox-b oods. Navy Blue. Greens. Bea vers, Grays, Pearls and Whites at $ 1.50 per P a . ir< * • _ All the Leading Shades and the best values in America* M, ! Look for the Brand. VRe •‘M«e*s | RsaadT tui ImR *M flfchft am mpdfe sqalkaMdft I > 4Mt CdMpllVp. Il a*i|MhM «■*• Kb*--ft* Mktf wtok «*'*» to #Mto ”to*4* l pftf" ftftm mm d ft mmik Tkwe m dtoft R*» ga Meal as DM to i t heA *a * asm Add tons m* mmA* Yah, r «*ft toto May toaNK* to mmA* • «es <fa* j Mwe (aft V(ih»| mm to* p*»wad watWl tto to mu i m/m MMea It to* * tow. m ftH **#4 to MM # |MM weed yam to*ift*f to to a fttoi toilltog ftR "aJt ft t*«**v wa» tototo. Uw* m Rv mmMm » <«• bgV, A All Iwetoyafto *> n qia» ft to tmmmtm la «A to* *toefteg § «*A < * Il w J pay yew to Ivy *ftertoi|“ (HAS S. Pi.UtV Mmyn «. H\uqiio:qSara&r4 j CORPORAL JOHNSON HERE FROM CUBA L't4f4 P*a i Will ifcp Rfllrs •( Ikf Sdplkuo I tBJMIZI. Tbe Oeaed TieOnert Accorded Him In s»« Verb lade Him a « want at Iba niHSanaWo Ctoba la Love «Uk ib (Ntkcam. ft mi Corporal w n fobaano. Com pany A. CSptsia al ey Tal l lm ■mem. Is il tb* city H* Waa Au gusta mas. and rat!*t.*d at Macon ll* ka* woo hi* ape*#. Wt.r* Corporal J.haaoa mom* to dot) , for he is no a furlough h* w »! And third *»rg*ant'a •mpee awaiting him. Jus be ehowa s tetter Pom hi* typtsln snd ooionel •(fak'ng la tb# hlgbeet tenia of him and mmmend ag him to the beet of treatment and eooaldemtlon H* bs« never been earn d.er pltoad while to Cana, and baa lettem from bit oM.em abowtag how popular h* la wttb them Corporal Johnson bring* quit# a number of mltra bach with him —throe Mauser rtßae tbm* mwbetm. I.«» cartiidgeo of di««r*nt kind*, a dosen HoyooeU. four knlve* of (Lffer ent kind*, ail raptured from or gives to him by Sparta da He baa a topas. found ia a block bona* oa San Juan Hill, a Spanish terrier dog given him by a Span lab lieutenant, a ring given him by tbe lieutenant's wife, a number of Bpantab belt*, and other trophies A Talk with the Soldier. -What Impressed me mo*t alare I have been away,'' replvd tbe corporal la answer to a question, “wa* the klndnraa wttb whtrb 1 was received In New York, when I arrive! there last week on tbe transport 'Fort Victor.' There were three of u« I got sepa rated Com the other eo dlera. Captain McCall, quartermaster on the trans port, told the people at the dock where we landed that I wa* a south vn boy The man ere are looking Tor.' eatd one of them, who seemed to be a prosper ous man. I waa aftei wards told that he was a big New York merchant There Is nothing In this town that Is too good for a soldier that has been doing duty in Cuba.’ •They took me In charge They reg istered rue at the Sturtevant. They paid my bill, took me around to the big club#, showed me Mis# Helen Gould's soldier#’ home. Introduced me to .Mist Gould, wanted to buy my t<rk et south, wanted to wine me at their grand houses, dreared me up In flne clothe#, and made a hero of me. It was all new to me. They quarreled with one another to get possession of rae '1 hey patted me on the back, and bade me a joyful reception In and safe journey to my August* home. Life In Cuba "Would I Hhe to live in Cuba? Not much. No reasonable conatdc at lon could influence me to stay there. Oh. yes, it is a pretty good country, but —well, egcuse me. “Cubans? Give me a Spaniard ev ery time. Cubans ain't much—that ia the Cubans I have seen. I used t« have to guard stores on thr* wharves, and it was no unusual thing for the boys to have to shoot thieves who tried to rob us. And eve y time a thief was shot at It was a Cuban. “There is an army of them camped near where the regiment Is now, and^ > every (late the# «wm* to lea we bare la davbto the gened to be*# the* fHMh tkxvtag "RaciUag W#n I thoaghi Kay a rwßlmeal » Arrt work wa* the hard art we bad ta da We had to mm ova the kMtVtoN and boy tb# Mel that had had baea außctealty buftod. lint It waa tatareet ag wlkmi we ware *M tram ptaee to place to dtearoi »er •vndared “pantab troop* Lieotanaat (olonel Wile# lock on* balMulon of f.nar compnuta to Ho aco brat .»h*a we dlaamed the regtortat there, tak ing pan Man er riAe* tbe Cebeaa start ed 1a the town to raaench H W* f* H th w, end H looked like a ught Wa flna’ly let them nm» to. but w# mad* them stack arm* oa the oataklrta be fore wa d;d “ Tba eorpo-afe further talk about Ray a regiment a work to Cuba la eary Btereeilng. A Soldiers Reply “Didn't yon bare pretty rocky time* when tbe reg mm >m west to Ceba?" “No; not that I am to tell yoe about.’* “But the ncwvpaper* here aatd ao ” “I have bad the fever; ao hevr my aape-lor ofleers; 1 bare led a aold.er'a life, and my oflren have led tbe life. They have not rompiained. Why should I? 1 did not expert a bed of roeea when I enlisted I have door mry duty, and K le a eoidUer'e duty not to complain. T want to aay tfcla: If there wore deprivations, the offleeca shared them If there waa danger, the officers faced It closest. Captain Wiley t* loved aa few are. He le always looking out for hie men. Captain Harris was our first captain, but be has been promoted to major. The boys ueed to swear by him I tell you we fellows of Company Aehave reason to swear to tbe kindnes* and consideration of Lieutenant Colo nel Wiley, and there la fi st sergeant P. H. Gambrel). I see you had a long letter reprinted from him the other day. He la all right And you know Lieutenant Blount, who la judge advo cate In Santiago? He is a lovely man. and a k.nd and good officer.” Corporal Johnson is one of the roost inte esttog tal'.ters yet heard on Cuba and service there. He return* to duty In January. Hla wife and children live on Barnes street He was formerly employed at the new waterworks, and at the Geo gla rail road shops. He says be will go back to work at the Georgia shops when he returns to August*. New Pullman Sleeping Car Line Via. southern Railway On Nov. 14tb, ihe Southern Railway improved their present line service by tho addition of a through Pullman ves tibule car between Augusta and New York to he operated on the Washing ton and Southwestern limited, leaving Augusta 2:10 p. m. For full Informa tion and reservation call on or address J B. Heyward. T. P. A.. 739 Broad street, Augusta. Ga. The Latest .‘ensational Play. "Cyrano de Rergerae," which Is be ing played by Richard Mansfield. 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