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•TENT LIFE ^AT TAMPA. SNAP SHOTS DESCRIBING THE DO MESTIC SIDE OF CAMPING. ULLY a mile and a supports Port Tampa. In tho foro- quarter north of ground is the high hnlk of a vessel the Court House loft to strand thore several years ago on Franklin street, uudor yellow fever quarantine, and in a grove of Flor- since used for storago purposes by a ida pines, lies the phosphate company. The vessel is camp of the United or w ®s the Osceola, of Buenos Ayres. States forces i n Blne-shirted soldiers fishing for snok- Tampa. ers and occasional pompano from her The Northerner reaching Tampa at Bight now can hardly realize that he left New York or Washington so short a time before. The real color of this first impression is given by the brown- faoed, roughly clothed troops, who tramp up and down, and gossip in the doorways—men who bIiow in their faces the grit and daring that have led to viotory since Cmser's time, and In their bodies the endnranco -of Indians and the strength of a 'Var sity rush-line. At first the careless ness of their attire creates an unfa vorable impression. Half of them parade the streets in their shirts. Every man seems to have an individ ual way of wearing his hat. Home stick the top straight up, others jam it flat, and the rest wenr it as snne people always thought it should be Worn. Their leggings ' are of un dressed leather, neat and serviceable. For the most part their chins are Covered with the fuzzy beginnings of eampnign beards. Electric cars run from the camp. Once on the camping-ground tlio visi tor finds the soft shade of the pines In plnoo of tho white glare of the open he has loft. He boos the new Krag-Jorgensen f / i r ‘ 'I 6 H stacked j! t ' i ° °° m " IMP 1 v!r LWflr l’ an y streets, and t hv-dt 'VjJISky / tlle ammunition " - Tv, belts, caoh carry ing two hundred cartridges, hnng ovor them. Tho new bayonet is n knife-line weapon several inches ■nowum WEATHER. 8hortor than tl)ose of the old triangular form, aud fur nished with a haft. Most of the men, when nt leisure, go into town, tho othors lounge in their tents, reading and tnlking. A reason able amount of good-natured horse play is seen among them. Among tho men nothing but words of praise are to be heard for their officers, and among the officers nothing but good things of their men. Tho officers know thnt in battle tho troops under them will do ns they nro ordered, to the let ter; and the men j know that they will be told to do tho right thing at tho - right time. Outside fatigue duties, their regu- after the rain. Ur routine consists of drill at six in and tho ruon who “police,” or clenn, go over the field us a Now F.ngluud housewife piokH threads from her car pet. All tho work of this sort in a regiment is dono by its prisoners— men who nro under short arrest for misdemeanors or for somo broach of military regulations; aud, clad in brown, they go about in dotachmeuts of t,wo or throe uudor guard of a son- try, who benrs n loadod rillo and who „. ...... „„ ... j H responsible for tho prisoners ho is ine morning, half nu hour's march in in charge of. fnll lrit n t ........ -...I .. , ... ... —° full kit at noon, aud “guard mount” ~ ", him, nun ue nuu me comnnssarv ser- •ther battery will be under cauvus in go nut, his right hand man, think not she neighboring camp, aud that nil- of thomselves until tho regimout is iu- night aro patrolled by sentries who hnve two hours on and four off alter nately. Near the company street nro the kitohens—tho tents where tho ‘grub” is cooked for the men, and for the officers ns well, who have theirs served in the "mess tent,” where two or throe hnvo gathered together to bo served ns one set instead of eating separately. Not only do the officers thus hnve cno another’s sooiety, but clubbing together cuts down expenses, for whatever nn officer has in mess outside of tho commissary provision ho pnys for from his own pocket. There are, nlwnyB several “messes” (the work strikes civilian ears most unpleasantly) through tthe regiment, and those officers who are known to be bons vivenrs under (all conditions nro eagerly besonght to take into thoirs those who are not so expert in providing the goods of life even when they have the money and inclination. Tho officers’ “line” is always a little away from the men's tents, which aro TIT EVEItY BOLDIEIl HIS OWN "WASHERWOMAN.” rotting decks or stripping and swim- nndor the immediate charge of tin ming in the shade of her uplifted bilge first sonrgeant and corporals of end are among the exotic sights in Tninpa oompnny, and at the top of the "line’ these dnys. is "headquarters,” whore the coloue The camp of n rogiinent is laid out and his staff are established, like a little village and is n model of The mou iu camp usually smuggli neatness and order. Not a Borap of in some kind of a pet or “mascot,' paper or vestige of dahris of any sort whioh is not always left behind whei Is seen through its length and breadth, tho ordor comes to move, unless i storv-tei.uno augend tub camp-fire. gunru mount When a regiment is going iutocamp In tlie evoniug, followed by “retreat.” the busiest nud most harassed porson At all times of tho day troop-trains in it U the quartermaster. He it is artillery-men, and pncl^-t rains who has charge of all camp cqnipngo with their guns and horses, pass and who is responsible for the trans- ihrough Tampa on tlioir wny to Port portation of it. Also he must stand Tampa; white and oolored fly through 11 * * - * followed by cheers and blessings Then the last oar swings out of sight •nd we know that in half an hour an ready to sqpply any deficiency, from feed for horses or mules to a coat for some private who is suddeuly minus his; and lie nml the commissary ser- cm Alll. ll 1 H virrllf Innul mull BOUNDING THE HEVILI.E. other pawn is moved to help in the oheckmating of Spain, fin the camp there is drill every morning at seven; regimental drill aud brigado drill. Ab an instance of how regiments aro scattered atnoug tho cramped army poBts of the United States, it is to be noted thnt ninny offi cers have now seen regimental drill for the first time. Brigade drill is a •till greater novelty. After morning drill the men are allowed and expected to loaf. In this hot weather loafing is, in fact, a part of tho regimen. The camps look like very sleopy places by noonday, though all as they should be. On Sundays there is still greater re laxation. Many go to tho long rail way piles and docks at Port Tampa, where a breeze may be had if waited for 'long enough. One excursion ■•is to B at tcry C Point, on the other shore of CAMP fohauehb cap- the stubby pen- turb a prize. insula which stalled under cover. Each officer car ries his own camp outfit—tent, blan kets aud mcsB chest—and secs tt> it before he leaves garrison. There his responsibility practically ceases aud falls upon the shoulder of his“stryker” —-uot a socialist, but a servant pro vided un officer by army regulations, lhe stryker is a sort of general facto tum, and is usually a man from the officer’s own company or troop. He is a jack of all trades, and good at them, too; aud when the regimout roaches camp he makes at onoo for his own particular officer and looks after him. It is the stryker who pitches tho tent aud unpacks what luggage his suporior may have after he lins first extracted it from the piloof regiment al impedimenta. Ho fetches water and puts tho towels by tho hand ba sin. aud sometimes ho even builds a bed. Iu the nienutime, while officers’ tents are going up, those for the com panies ore being pitched with perfect order, aud iu an incredibly short time are taut aud fast. They are laid out in sets of two lines on what are called the “company streets.” and day and may be into action. The Sailors' lien Coop. A sailorman is fond of pots, but ship is no place for animal life. How over, thore ore few ships, sail c steam, that do not enrry out of port coop of hens nod a rooster. Then seem to be for company, or associi tion, or something of that sort, for th oldest mariner never heard of one c the liens being killed for the mesi nnd a hen at sen absolutely refuses t lay eggs, and smnll blame to them. The hen coop is generally plnoed o tho forward dock, near the fo’o’sle, i which the sailors live. They hnve box of sand in whieh to roll nnd nr made ns comfortable as possible. A1 ter one or two voyages the lions ht come excellent sailors, and it is queor sight to soe them balance thorn selves on their sea-legs when tlio sift tosses Bml rolls. When the ship is in dock tho fowl nro always driven into their coop nn kept thero until tho ship is at sea whon they are released and given th freedom of tho dook. At night the, seek tho shelter of their eoop of the! own aooord.—Kansas City (Mo.) Stai A Kunawny Star. Thero is iu the constellation of th Great Bear n famous little stnr wliio has been called a “runaway,” becaus of the extraordinary speed with whic it is moving. But it is so fay awn that the effect of its motion can onl he noted by careful astronomical oh nervations. Professor Simon New eoinh has said of this star, whic bears the nnme “18110 Groombridge, that the united attractions of the ei tire known univorso oould uot hav set it going with suoh velocity an would he unable to arrest it. Noi Professor Kapteyn announces tho dil oovery of a telescopio star in th southern hemisphere, in the constellc tion Pictor, which appear to be moi jug considerably faster yet. Whs its real velocity is, however, can onl bo told when its distance is known,- Sau Francisco Chronicle. Klaatio fihno«rlngi, Our English cousins have added groat convenience to the toilet in th form of elastic shoestrings, elastic coi sot laces aud other Bimiliar article! They are far superior to the old style of clastic cords, which aro made hot thero and here. They are remarkabl strong and durable, and give a play t the muscles and joints, which prevent stiffness and discomforts. For loi shoes they are simply delightful, a thoy enable oue to have a laced shoe which is the neatest and trimmest c all footwear, and nt the same time t have tho give and yielding qualit which is the chief charm of elasti gaiters.—Sau Francisco Chroniclo. ALL THE WAY ROUND! How the Publisher Mn<le One Illustration Answer For Four Chapter* or the Novel. *2. ,/ipiad snoaoSnup s|q mojj JL\ tc A g J -inoiojA )wnji| j euAV OAHoo;a(j 5 3 j; 5 oqj pan auf uoppus y,, o ■^ Cbtr ’ll! UHldVlIJ fcc^ ‘Trojected by her father’s boot Claud pitched headfirst = s’ down the stairs and through ~ £ l tho portiores.” * 5 | —Brooklyn Life. Four Americans are Killed. mm MEET Mils Engagement Lasted Thirteen Hours—Spanish Lobs Not Ascertained, us They Hastily Retreated. Associated Press dispatches via Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti, state that Lieutenunt Colonel B. W. Hunting- ton's battalion of marines, which landed from the transport Panther on Friday and encamped on tho hill guarding the abandoned cable station at the entrance to the harbor of Gnan- tanamo, was engaged in beating off a bush attack of Spanish guerrillas aud Spanish regulars from 3 o’clock Satur day afternoon to 6 o’clock Sunday morning. The fighting was almost continuous for fiftceu hours until Sunday, when reinforcements wore landed from the Marblehead. Four of our men were killed and one wounded. Tho advance pickets under Licuteuniits Neville and Shaw aro un accounted for. List of Americans Killed. Assistant Surgeon John Blnir Gibbs was among the killed. Surgeon Giblis is a son of Major Gibbs of the regular army, who fell at tho Custer massacre. His home was at Richmond, Va., but he has been practicing in New York, and he entered the service since the war began. Ho was a very popular officer: The others killed are: Sergeant Charles H. Smith, of Smallwood. Private William Dunphy, of Glou cester, Mass, Private James MeColgan, of Stone- ham, Mass. Corporal Glass was accidentally wounded in the head. The Spanish loss is unknown, but it was probably considerable. The sploshes of blood fonnd at daylight at the position tho SpandiardR occupied indicate fatalities, but their comrades carried oft' the killed aud wounded. The engagement began with desul tory firing at the pickets a thousand ynrds inland from the camp. Cap tain Spicor’s company was doing guard duty, and was driven in, finally rally ing nnd repulsing the enemy at 5 o’clock. The bodies of Privates MeColgan an Dunphy were found, both Bhot in the head. The large cavities caused by the bul lets, which inside a range of GOO yards have a rotary motion, indicate the vic tims were killed at close range. The bodies were stripped of shoes, lints and cartridge belts and horribly mutilated with machetes. When they were brought in the whole battalion formed three sides of a hollow square about the camp on the hilltop. Below in the bay wore warships nt anchor. Inland from the hill camp is a deep ravine, nnd beyond this is high hills. The country ndjacent is heavy with a thicket growth. The sky was blanketed with cloudR, and when the sun set a gnle was blow ing seaward. Night fell thick aud im penetrable. The Spanish squads concealed in the chaparral cover hnd the advantage, the Americans on the ridge furnishing fine tnrgets against the sky and white tents. The Spaniards fought from cover till midnight, discoverable only by flumes, at which the marines fired volleys. The repeaters sounded like crackers in a barrel. The Marblehead launched a Colt machine gun in her bow, pushed up xhe bay, enfilading the Spaniards, and it is thought thnt some were killed. Estimates vary ns to the attacking force, some say 200 aud the figures run ns high as 1,000. Colonel Campina, the Cuhnn guide, said the Spaniards were mostly irregulars, but the re ports of the discharge of Mauser rifles would indicate that they were regulars, ns most of the guerrillas enrry Homing- tons. The Cuban guerrillas, as a rule, hnve more dash aud courage than the regulars. Lieutenant Colonel Hnntington and Major Cockrell gave high praise to the nerve nnd steadiness of officers and men, especially the young ones, ns the -engagement was a baptism of (ire for a large majority. The men were in darkness aud iu n strange laud, but they stood to their posts with courage nud fortitude and there was no symp tom of panic. The marines, though exhausted, - ere eager for more fighting, i. remis ing to inflict heavy putiishmen They complimented the daring of the Span iards with characteristic camp pro fanity. Tlio amplest precautions have been taken, and us the Dauntless, the As sociated Tress dispatch boat, wns leav- iug the scene, re-enforcements were lauding from the Marblehead. CERVERA’S SHIPS INSPECTED. Lieutenant Hire Faces flr.-nt Dancer to Mnko n Keconnolssanro. 1 A Washington spociul says: The last lingering doubt that may have ex isted as to the presence of Genera's fleet in its entirety in Santiago harbor was removed when Admiral Sampson’s dispatch reached the uavy department Monday night. Up to thnt time in formation as to the number and charac ter of the vessels lying in their harbor shielded from observation in great i part by the hills nt the entrance hnd I been obtained through Cuban sources supplemented by such glimpses ns 1 could be obtained by naval officers from tlie outside entrance. Now, however, occording to Lieut. Blue, the ships have beeu actually seen by the American officer, counted and inspected from such points of vantage as were afforded by the high hills surrounding the harbor. The officials here are full of praise for Lieutenant Blue’s achievement. Vic tor Bine has been long known in the navy as an enterprising aud daring young officer, but it required a good deal cf sustained- courige for him to go ashore iu a hostile country and alone make reconnoissance. He was in the eye of military law nothing more nor less than a spy, and hnd he been captured by the Spaniards he would have been tried by a drumhead courtmartial and executed. BRYAN ON WAR. Nebraskan (lives His First Public Deetar- atlon Hostilities. The Nebraska building at the Omaha exposition was dedicated Tuesday with appropriate ceremony amid tho plaudits of thousands of the state’s citizens. Governor Holcomb nnd his stnff took part in the exercises, along with many of the state’s distinguished residents. The speakers of the day were Hon. Constantiue J. Smith, Hon. Willinm F. Gurley and Hon.William J. Brynn. Mr. Bryan’s oration was notable for one thing—his first public declaration ou the war issue. He took a high ground on the question, urging that the war is for humanity, nnd not tho extending of the United States terri tory. In concluding he said the mani fest destiny of the nation is not to ac quire realms to govern, hut to carry out the fundamental principles of de mocracy to the end that equality among the citizens may be secured. TIRED OF WAITING. Delays Are Telling on Officer* and Men of Sampson's Fleet. An Associated Press dispatch from Kingston, says: The dynamite cruisor Vesuvius, which joined Admiral Samp son’s fleet oil' Snntingo Tuesday morn ing is to be followed by the Ericsson, the Foote nud other torpedo boats,nud the arrival of the torpedo fleet will coufirm the opinion that Admiral Sampson intends to force the harbor ou the arrival of the troops. Everybody is desperately tired of the present disheartening conditions. The tedious maneuvers, the censelesR watch ing nnd the exasperating inactivity are telling on officers and men. CAST A 1.1, INE AS A DUELIST. Annie Gould's Husband Ilndly Wounds a Parisian Journalist. A dispatch from Paris says: Count Boniface de Castellano, who mnrried Miss Anna Gould, of New York, fought a duel Tuesday morning with M. Henri Turot, of The Petite Bepublique Fran- cnise. Three rounds were fought with swordB and M. Turot was wounded in each round, twice slightly, and the third time severely in the right fore arm, thus ending the duel. Tho dispute whieh led to the meet ing grew out of M. Turot’s comments upon an act of infanticide committed by a servant in the count’s household. SPANISH VESSELS - SAIL, Three Ships Leave Liverpool For St. John, New Brunswick. A London cable dispatch states that three Spanish Bteamors lying nt Liver pool recently, the Gnllego, Nnvnrre and Palentiuo, renamed the Comin, La Juno and Palcstro, have sailed for St. John, New Brunswick. EMBARKED ON TRANSPORTS. Troops Are Heady to Sail From San Fran- cisco to Manila. At San Francisco, Tuesday, thirty- five hundred soldiers embarked on transport steamers which are to take them to the Philippine islands. It is not definitely known when the fleet will sail, CALL US COWARDS. German Press Show Unfriendly Feeling Toward United State*. Advices from Berlin state that there is no material change in the feeling in Germany in regard to the wnr between Spain and the United States. The government avoids expressing its views on the subject and a few of the Ger man newspnpers persist in their atti tude of little short of hostility to ward the United States. These newspapers also continue to charge the Americans with cowardice for not attacking the Spaniards, “whom until recently tho Americans regarded as unworthy of their steel.” APPLIES ONLY TO REGULARS', Volunteers Can Holtl Until Civil and Bill. It ary Positions. A Washington dispatch says: The Attorney General has rendered an opiuion of great interest to State nil! cials and others who have accepted commissions in the volunteer army. He holds that section 1222, of the De vised Statutes, which prohibits army olticers from exercising the functions of a civil office on penalty of losing their army commissions, applies only to officers of the regular army. ASK RETURN OF MONEY. Th© Bletlindlet llsok Concern llnasted lly Senators. A Washington special says: The- Methodist Publishing House matter came up in the senate Monday and evolved a very acrimonious debate. Senator Chandler charged that the senate had been deceived by the Dem ocratic senators and that tho latter should join in with the Republicans to persuade the book concern to piy the S288,000 back into the United Stntes treasury, or ns much of it as was left after the fees had been Bettled. Senator Pasco answered this indig nantly nud resented the statement that the demoernts had entered into any scheme to deceive the Benate; that they were innocent of any deception and hnd been deceived themselves. Senntor Bacon made n plain state ment of the case and showed his con nection with it. He said that as a member of the committee of claims of the flfty-fonrth congress he had done nil in his power to have this claim settled. He said that he was- not n member of the committee in the flfty-tlfth congress hut that ho worked just ns zealously for it, believing that it was as just and as righteous a claim as ever cnine before congress. Ho hnd been given assuranees by Major Stahlman that there was no con tract for fees, and that upon this as surance he hnd gono to other senators and had assured them that they could vote for the bill with the full con-^ sciousness that every cent would go to the church. He deeply resented the injustice- which had been done to him and to other senators, and said that he had been most grossly deceived in the whole matter. benntor Tillman wns espeoinlly se vere in his denunciation of the entire matter and said that the passage of the bill under the circumstances wns ob taining money under false pretenses. Senator Morgan s id at the proper time he would offer a resolution direct ing the judiciary committee to inquire ns to the legality of the claim and its final payment. MORE FIGHTING AT GUANTANAMO The Missing Advance Pickets Show Up- Safely nt Cninp. A special via Kingston says: WheD the Associated Press dispatch bont Dnuntless left Guantanamo bay after the thirtecu hours’ skirmish between tho United States murines and the Spanish guerillas and regulars, it w»as^ expected thnt the fighting would be renewed. The Marblehead was land ing re-enforcements. At 9 o’clock Monday morning the firing was again renewed by the Span iards, who appeared oft' the camp on tho edge of n small island, about a mile to the northeast. It was promptly re turned by thirteen rifles and a three- inch field gun, nud iu a short time all signs of the enemy had disappeared. It was then decided by Colonel Huntington to abandon the posi tion first ocenpiod ns a camp, as there were no signs of reinforcements of troopH, and it was known thnt a force of Spnninrds six times more numorons than the marine battalion was in the vicinity. Therefore, the crest of the hill which the troops hold was given up to tho bntteries and rifle pits and tho tents were pitched- on the side of the hill near the harbor, which is pro tected by the warships. To the great delight of the marines in camp, Lieutenants Neville and Hhnw, with thirty men of company D, returned in good shape, hut much, exhausted by eighteen hours of picket duty. One man, Sergeant Smith, of company K, had been shot through the- abdomen and instnntly killed. It is believed that the Spanish cas ualties were heavy. The battleship Texas arrived Mon day morning and sent nshore forty marines nud two automatic Colt guns ns re-inforcements. The Marblehead also sent an additional small detach ment. CONTROLLING THE FEVER, Surgeon! of the Army and Navy Are Taking Every Precaution. Surgeon Generals Sternberg, of the army, and Van Reipen, of the navy, have taken every precaution to protect the army nnd navy from yellow fever. Up to tho present time neither of them hns received any report of conta gion in either branch of the service, nor do they feel that the present con ditions give ground for apprehension, although our troop ships are now in a. country infested with yellow fever. ARREsilfir AS SPIES. Two Men Are C'nptured on a Veuel Leaving: Brooklyn. Eduro Montici, a Spaniard, and an unknown man of the same nationality, were taken off a trans-Atlantic steam ship at New York Haiti inlay on suspi cion of being Spanish spies. The- ship was on tne point of sai.ing from her dock. It is said by the detectives that pa pers were found in the baggage of the men thnt would convict them. They i\ ere brongh back -to Governor's Is land and locked up. Montici is re ported to ben wealthy Simuiaid. NO OYKKTTitES Wi.NTED. Spaniards Declare That They will Fight To Bitter Ktul. A Mndrid dispatch says: The cam paign inaugurated by some of the for eign newspapers in favor of pence be tween Spain and the United States is noi approved by the government.' Ac- * cording to the opinions cf several gen erals, Spain is capable of continuing tne war in Cuba for two years, even under the most unfavorable circum stances. Therefore, they add, it is. useless to talk of peace unless it im plies a return to the status quo ante bellum.