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ieE TARIFF is front.
SILVER QUESTION BUBSIDI-!
T3j as i I N THE CAMPAIQN
- of S63tor Carlisle on Demo-
V !!Tmc Party Policy -The Tariff as an
®ve"-shad3w:nff Prty Question—An
t , e Democratic Presentation.
from an Interview.
.•What do T ou thlQk of 1,16 iBBUBB of the |
campaign, senator V said I.
.•Tlicv will include tho whole list of que5.......
....... 'replied the senator. "The tariff. I
6 ° t should be made the principal issue,
and il the question of siiver enters into the
should be secondary to the
j', i jon't think the Democratic party
**V]j ta ie up'the silver question for con
<er#tioa at this time. It certainly should
* put a plank in its national plat-
Lc favoring free coinage. I doubt
r y m ueh whether we have any
thing to gain from the silver states. They
republican, and will vote
republican ticket In any event,
ivig has been the result in past cam
nS- I don’t think the majority
tho business people of tbe United
sate* are in favor of further legislative la
itfferenoe with the currency at this time,
cd some of the propositions suggested are
lull of danger to the country. The free
coinage of tbe American product of silver,
Bstroposed by some would certainly be
wl r>e for the people generally in one re
rncct, at least, than any plan yet adopted, os
!* tv would donate all the difference list ween
the'bullion value and the ooiuage value of
t be metal to the owners of mines and specu
lators in mining stock instead of the gov
ernment making them a present in fact
from the people of the United States of a
ores; many million dollars every year,
from Feb. IS, 1378, the date of the resump
tion of thß coinage of the siiver dollar,
I! June 30, 1891, this difference amounted
to Dearly $7J,C00,000, which has gone Into
tte treasury to the credit of the taxpayers
oithe country. Of course, if the govern-,
meat receives bullion from the owner, coins
it free of charge and gives him back a
tumped dollar for every 371 grains of pore
tilver, the bullion owner will receive a very
larje sum over and above the commercial
value of bis products in the markets of the
world. The changing of the ratio from 16
to I‘tu 15>a to 1, os proposed by <>ov. Hill,
would be worse than free coinage under onr
present ratio, and it would be a step back
ward instead of a step forward.”
SENATOR CARLISLE’S PLAN.
"IVhat do you propose, Senator?” I
asked.
“1 believe that every dollar in circula
tion among the masses of the people should
be at good as any dollar that circulates in
financial circles, or forms the basis of our
trade, domestic or international, and it
6eems to me that we had better let the mat
ter stand as it is now, for the present at
least, and see what the future may develop.
I thmk the principal commeroial nations of
tbe world ought to join in a m netary con
ference and tlx an international ratio. If
all the commercial nations were to meet
and decide that any quantity of silver
should pass and be received as money at a
certain value, It w ould, of course, be good
for that amount in their trade.
"The capitalist can always take care of
his own interest when changes occur, oraro
about to ocour, in the relative values of the
diiferent kinds of currency in circulation,
because he eau, in anticipation of such
changes, convert his money at any time into
the most valuable kind of currency and
board it in order to realise the premium,
while the laborers, and, in fact, the people
generally, have nothing to hoard and are
compelled to receive from day to day in
payment of their labor and its products just
such money as the law makes legal tender
whatever it may be.™
THE TARIFF ON REVENUE LINES.
‘‘How about tho tariff?"
"1 he tariff plank in tbe next democratic
national platform ought to deolare in favor
of a just revision and reduotion of tariff
taxation, with due regard, of course, to the
raising i t revenue and to tho industrial sit
uation as It has grown up under the exist
ing system. Theoretically I am a free
trader, because I believe that all taxes are
simply necessary evils, bus it will be a long
time before wa can have free trade In this
country. Wo must approach it gradually,
step . y step. If it were an original quee
tioc the idtuation, of course, would be dlf
ereot, bat we have to deal with artificial
conditions and cannot expect to acoompiish
*complete reform by a tingle measure of
legislation.”
then you believe that we will at some
time have absolute freo trade?”
Hardly absolute,” replied t3enator Car
lisle “though very near it. Wo will always
Me.i a certain amount of money to carry on
the government, and wa must always im
!ose taxes of somo kiud to pay its expanses.
Mt ray idea of a good government is one
aic.i accomplishes its purpose with the
least possible taxation upon the people. Not
only should the rate of taxation be as small
possible consistent with the raising of the
Dtoossary amount of revenue, but the bur-
Mnof .ovation should ho distrlDuted as
uaily as possible upon tbe people accord-
Mig to iheir ability to bear them. Our pre
•Msystan of taxation violates both of these
,“ m '-be most flagrant manner.”
* SU PP<?*> tte Republican party will
vwt to make a fight on tho HoKinloy tar-
Senator Carlisle, -but
1 .? Ul t-bat law much moro unponu
than they suppose. Tho oast is gradu
- tu tariff reform, as embodbd
Beat eZ l^ Idoa - Ungland is a
* unereial as W H a* a great manu
-acur eg country. It wants free raw ma
ftrirtiA work with, and it wants fewer re
‘ npor ; commerce. New York
tod th b nA C^ ned for the tariff,
tb f .w. e t n ° rthw “ tand the great states of
te"! t,or !t - ( >bio, it is true,
ctmnai;.; fak ‘. n . ley B ove mor, but in the Ohio
us t . IH lver question lost
tands hv h V ° t6 i* ? hio is a Btate that
east „ „ yh ** < F° es not belong to the
marn L h9 WeSt - 11 ha become a great
Sef n .:i ng , Etate h 11 has mines and
tered R ts’, Qd g ! ass au(i Pottery workß scat
which *. < , ¥e i r h aud ‘ l ’* uo criterion by
touih nf ,h d f, e °'bor states of the union
UtolM - * otora * c aud east of the Alle
toUn ta , riff after all, as Oen. Han
„Y i a local Issue?”
Koarlvaii su PP OSe to a certain extent It is.
•‘lf-intwesL 0 ? otion U governed by
tent a selfish Patriotism is to a large ex
try protect 'entiment. If a man’s coun
hl robs him hi’ but if ’toPPre’ so ’
** different.” b ot hls Property, the case
A *' a ' tCen for a Crank.
I*cplc D nt’^ e ? < ''' i ' 1 d ”* iff bt often seems to possess
with ' , fi ron 8 nerves in sneering at those
hypociv ,° aeß ' The Irritability of tlie nervous
tt: The Vfi~ is ridiculed as natural ill tem
bi> frcin W hv.H e i lUiD,, J inil distressing symp-
He 'or “ s r ß oh h> suffers are made light of.
“fsfmpathy J?,f h cra “ k '” i the cheerful sort
meets rr n. w bich the nervous invalid
*■' 'l'"" on.m , nn f” , ‘iniC end the thoughtless.
ati d real n no Co,n Plaint is more defined
Jbgin when it t, a I T' ore *“ilT explainable
* C( I tosiutii-.j*®enronie Impsrfect digestion
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FAR WEiTERN RAILROADING.
Animal Life as Seen From the Loco
motive- Deceiving Atmosphere.
From ih Rocky Mountain -Vein.
Many a strange story the locomotive en
gineers tell of their experience with animals
on the prairies of the far west. Between the
Missouri river and the Rooky mountains
are the great plains, spreading ont for hun
dreds of miles. Probably in no part of the
country do engineers come more in conta t
with animal life. They have taken
the place of the old jehus of the overland
mail and express in the more modern days
of rapid transportation. Often the old
stages were in great danger of the great
herds of stampeding buffalo. The
driver, express agent a..d passengers, alt of
whom were well armed, only found safety
in the sharp crack, crack of the ride. This
would either turn the buffalo, rushing with
almost the roar of thunder over the plains
or would split the herd, so that it would
pass in two droves on either side of the
stage. It required men of nerve, for some
times the buffalo would hardly swerve
from their course until almcst upon the
stage aud passengers. The rear of the herd,
orowding and urging on the leaders, made
It a difficult task, testing the oourage of the
men who faced them.
The buffalo, or bison, more correctly
named, still roamed tho plains after the
railroads came. The old engineers of the
Union Paoifle. Kansas Pacific, and the Santa
Fe used to cut their way through the herds
of buffalo. The blow of the whistle aud tho
discharge of firearms would make them
scamper away. Sometimes they would
blockade a train, but often raced with the
locomotive, giving the passengers an easy
ohanoe to slaughter them. Trains were also
stopped to give passengers a chance to kill
them. The racing of the locomotive with
the wild horse and the buffalo is a thing of
the past. The buffalo is almost extinct and
the wild horse is rarely found. Roping the
wild horse used to be a rare sport aud in
dustry. A few are still said to roam the
Larimie plains and remote sections of coun
try.
But notwithstanding these changes there
is still much of interest to the engineer, as
well as to guard against, on tho great plains.
Recently at Holyoke, in Northeastern Col
orada, near the Nebraska and Kansas line,
I was detained over Sunday. It is in the
heart of the plains country, and is the divis
ion stition of tlie Burlington brauch that
extends from Holdredge, through Western
Nebraska, Northeastern Colorado, to Chey
enne, Wyo. Locomotive engineers are good
story tellers, and many an inoidont was re
lated that Sunday afternoon of their expe
rience on tbe great plains. J. S. Willard,
who then pulled a freight train between
Holyoke and Cheyenne, i found an inter
esting talker.
“Sheep,” he said, "cause more trouble
than any other stock. An engineer alway s
tries to guard against killing stock, but if I
had my choice I would rathor ruu into cat
tle, horses, bogs, or any other animals,
rather than sheep. Many thousands of sheep
are in tho great flocks that sometimes cross
tbe tracks of western railroads. Where
there are no fences.a quiok turn in the road
through a cut may find the locomotive
mowing right through them. It Is well
known how sheep follow their leader.
Notwithstanding the inoviDg train
they oontinue to rush under the cars
and sometimes many are killed that the
locomotive never touched. They really
commit suicide orowding under the wheels
before the train can be stopped. Sometimes
over 300 or 300 sheep have been killed. But
tbe wool gets into the running gear of the
engine, and this oausos the engineer more
trouble than the killing of other stock.
Sometimes the engineer is compelled to
•top and clean out the wool that works its
way into the more delicate machinery. At
tbe end of the trip a search is alio made for
wool that may have escaped tbe attention
of the engineer in his examination.
“Yes, we have a good deal of experience
with wild animals,” he continued, "but not
so thrilling as that of tho engineers on west
ern roads whoa the buffalo was ootnmoa on
tbe plains. But there is enough still left of
wild animal life to make it interesting. Tho
eyes oi the wolf, coyote, wildcat, jack rab
bit, polecat and other animals look like n
red light when facing the headlight. Did
not these animals cjuickly undeceive us by
turning their beads, an engineer might think
his tram was being flagged and stop his en
gine. There are plenty of wildcats between
VVeiiileet and fiixooi, Neb. On Medicine
creek they trap for beaver. It seems to be
a favorite fishing piace for beaver and
coons. Yes, ooous wlil tlsh. They have lit
tle paths down to tbe edge of tbe stream,
aud there secreting themselves, catch fish
with thir paws.
“Wolves and coyotes are numerous, but
are rarely struck by on engine, Near the
Herbert ranoh, east of Cheyenne, I have
seen a coyote on a wire fence, which seonn
to have been thrown there by an engine.
The wolf of the plains is either caught in
traps or by sportsmen closing in on a pack
iuadrlva isetoerimes they are killed by
ranchmen putting puion on the carcasses
of cattle and sheep. Wolves hamstring and
then kill stock. Coyotes suck the blood of
sheep. The wolf drive is a fine sport on the
plains. The wolf, wildcat and coyote are
quick, and jump from the track. But the
jack rabbit Is less fortunate. The headlight
has a sirai'ge fascination for this animal,
aud often it is killed."
A story was told of how a wolf, caught
in a steel trap, had escaped with the trap,
but was again caught by tho chain becom
ing entangled in a wire fenoe. Tho en
gineer stopped tho train, and the express
messenger and mall olerk tried to kill it, hut
failed. The engineer called "time," rang
the bell and the live wolf was left, still
tangled in the wire fence.
The antelope still wanders, sometimes
down into tho section of wire fences.
Being unable to escape, this fleet
animal runs from the traiu, making
one of the prettiest races in the west.
One engineer told a story of how in
Kastern Wyoming a pet antelope was kept
on the ranch of a stockman. The owner
had two fine deerhounds, but they and the
and the autelope were great friends. Often
from his cab window tho engineer had seen
the autolop© and tbe hounds playing to
gether.
Incidents were rotated by some of the
pariy of tho slaughter of the bird*. In
the spring time prairie chickens, on a
wet morning, often sit on the rails
and are tometimes kliiod by tho engine. .
Quail also meet a similar fate. Thou- j
sands of bdow birds are also killed. An en- ,
gineer related an interesting lnoident of a
meadow lark that was pursued by a moaso |
hawk. The frightened lark took refuge on
the running board, having less fear of the ;
engineer and fireman than its enemy. It
remained with the engine till safe from the !
hawk, and then left its perch on tho running :
board. Owls and mouse hawks are some
times killed by breaking through the glass
windows of the cab.
Engineer Willard again resumed, saying: I
" I think the swift is one of the most inter
esting animals on the piains. I saw one at
Akron C:l. that was about eighteen inches
long and ten inches high. It was reddish
in oolor, had a white belly ana a bushy tail. |
It is very float, as its name signifies, and
can outrun a deerhound. Walter Baxter,
at Akron, had ons which he sent to New
York. They feed mostly on birds.
I have seen meat held out to this one
but the swift would not touch it. But
turn your head, and tbe swift would grab
the meat in a second. I never heard of a
swift being killed by an engine. Frairie
dogs? Well, they are pretty thick, but they
nearly always get out ot the way of an en
gine 7 The prairie dog," said the engineer,
philosophizing, "is b.lng driven westward,
like the Indian, by the march of civilisa
tion The cultivation of the soil if gradu
ally driving the prairie dog from the plains
told of Engineer Hand
and tosV mouse when
from Holyoke to Cheyenne. The mouse
found its way into the e 7‘ u l e “ lld h^^ 9
home in the waste box. Two or tbree times
a day it would leavo its cosy oest and feed
on the grease of the swab of P •
esgineer and fireman made a pet of it. ihe
mow wm with this engine about three
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1892.
months. It would run and play arour.d the
cab and then seek its place in the waste box.
As the railroads on the p ern begin to
near the Rocsv mountains the light atmos
phere extends tho vision and you can se
further than in the murky, moist weather
of the east. An engineer from an eastern
road is at first greatly deceived as to dis
tance*. At one section of the Burlington,
in Eastern Colorado.a headlight oan be seen
forty miles. A tenderfoot would think it
w as not more than two or three miles away.
"In this clear atmosphere,” said an engi
neer, "when it seems that I am close to a
headlight 1 lock to see if tbe reflection of
the opposite light is on the rails."
At Btonhan, Col., a station on the Chey
enne branch of the Burlington, there is a
straight track of eight miles, where trains
meet half way for the side tract. It took
some nsw engineers a long time to get used
to it, for et first they would slow up their
trains long before they were near the on
coming trains, which at first seemed so
near.
Stories have been told of how new en
gineers have whistled down brakes on the
plains, in mistaking ths morning star fora
headlight. There may be more truth than
romance in it.
ROMANCE IN RBAL LIFS.
A Touching Chapter of Australian
Cou rt History.
From the Nero York Tribune.
Vienna, Deo. 10.—The notion that there
are no more romances in the world is effec
tually dispelled by a glance at the lives of
the two pois nagei whose death this capital
is now mourning. They lived a veritable
romance, fully equal to any ever invented
by a novelist; and their death
was as carefully arranged a cli
max to it as though it had
beeu devised and executed r.y on accomp
lished playwright. The two chief actors in
this remarkable drama were the Archduke
Henry of Austria and his wife, the Baron
ess Leopoldme of Waide°k. Their history
is a household tele in the Tyrol, and in
Styria, aud indeed, largely throughout the
empire; and a more romantic and beautiful
one is not to be found in the annals of the
courts of Europe.
Archduke Henry, years ago, was by all
odds the handsomest and cleverest young
man in the whole imperial family. Nona
had a more promising future than he. Ke
would probably, they said, be one day a
field marshal in the Austrian army. He
was already high in command when, in
18*13, ho went one evening to the opera
house at Gras, where he was stationed. The
opera was "Der Freischuetz,” and tho prima
donna was a very young girl, with
a siagnlarly sweet voice end great boaty of
face. The young archduke was lasciaatod
with her, and the next day sought her ac
quaintance. Her name was Leopoldine
Hoffman, and she was tbe daughter of a
worthy local magistrate at Krems. Her
parents being in poor circumstances, and
she having a fine voice, she had gone on
the stage to support herself and to aid
them. In this she was succeeding hand
somely.
The acquaintance between the arehduke
and the dark-eyed singer soon ripened into
love and a marriage engagement. This, of
course, came to the cars of the emperor,
who was furious. Ha forbade the mar
riage. He ordered tho engagement to be
broken off. But the nrchduse refused to
obey him. Then the emperor sent the arch
duke away from Graz, promoted him, and
assigned him to active service in the war
with Italy. While the lover was
thus absent the emperor brought
every possible influence to bear upon the
girl. He personally visited her and begged
her to break the engagement. She refused.
He offered her all manner of bribes, as
much, it is said, as 31f10,000 In gold. Sbo
■corned the offer. He made appeal to her
pride, tolling her the Archduke would not
oome back to bar and would not keep his
engagement. "I shall not send for him,”
she replied; "and 1 shall not ask him to
marry me. But when he comeß to claim
me, he will find me ready and faithful.”
Then the emperor grew angry and tried
threats against her and against her lover;
but she defied him. He told her tho mar
riage, if it took place, would not be legM.
‘ ’lt will bo just as legal as yours,” eha re
plied, "in the sight of three persons con
cerned —God, my husbaDd and myself.”
Meantime the archduke was greatly dis
tinguishing himself in tbe army. On the
field of Oustozsv ho was the hero of the day.
Ho returned with the rank of general, and
the eraporor said: “Give up this ill-assorted
match and you shall be a field marshal.”
The archduke smiled and begged leave to go
at oe to Graz. The emperor refused, and
ordered him to Bruenn Instead, saying: “I
forbid you, I positively forbid you to
marry that girl.” The archduke Went to
Ilruenn, and wrote to Mile. Hoffman to quit
tbe stage, go hack to her parents, and wait
for him. flhe obeyed without question, aud
waited for months. Then he wrote to her,
"Moke you" bridal gown,” and she obeyed.
This.i, on February 4, 186S, he took her to
the Arcbduoal palace at Bozen, and there
in the palaco chapel they were mar
ried. There were present only
themselves, a priest, and two wit
nesses. Tho usual service was not em
ployed, but the archduke simply led his
bride to the altar and said: "In the pres
ence of God, and this holy priest and these
two witnesses*. I deolare you Leopoldme, to
be my wife;” and she saia: "In the pres
esce of God, and this holy priest, and these
two witnesses, I declare you, Henry, to be
my husband.” That was all. But under
canon law it was as aomplete and legal a
marriage as any in the world.
When tho emper r heard of this open de
fiance of his orders his anger was unbounded. !
The heaviest censure possibbe was given to
ths priest. The archduke was degraded
from his command of general, his name was
stricken from the iist of honorary colonels,
his share of the civil list was out off, and
he was ordered to leave Austria for-
ever. The exiled couple accordingly
went to Switzerland. There they lived
until their child, a daughter, was born,
when the emperor gave them permission to
return to Bozen and live ia the palace where
they had been married, on an estate which
had been left to the Archduke by his father,
the famous Archduke Rainer, who was
V iceroy of Lombardy and Venetia. There
they lived for many years. Being both
persons of high intellectual culture, their
home was tbe favorite rendezvons of au
thors journalists, artists, musicians, and
tho ol army associates of the arohduko,
who stood by him loyally and braved the
emperor’s displeasure, often to their cost.
Ths humble relatives of tho bride were also
frequeut guests, especially her two sisters,
one of whom was married to a bank
clerk and the other to a country
lawer. Thus tho archduke spent his
time, like any private country gentle
man, with his friends, his books, his fruits
and flowers, boasting, and not vainly, of
the finest gardens and orchards iu Tyrol.
His wife was a sort of tutelary goddess, or
Lady Bountiful, to all the peonlo there
about. After a time the emperor made
her baroness of Waideck, but took care to
impress upon her the fact that tbe honor
was only because of her good works, and
not because she was the wif© of tho arob
duke.
The couple were simply idolized by every
one in Tyrol, and their domestic life was
one et nerfect happiness. They never camo
to Vienna, and the emperor and empress
never visited them at Bozen, nor even men
tioned their names. But when the Mayor
ling tragedy thrilled all the empire with
horror.thedoar to reconciliation was opened.
The baroness remained at Bezen with her
daughter, but the archduke attended the
funeral. He would not set foot in tho Hof
burg, nor meet any member* of the im
perial family. But he went to the services
in the mortuary chapel of tho Capuchins,
and tbe emperor saw him, though no word
nor sign of recognition passed between
them. Whan, not long afterward,however,
tho emperor went to the Tyrol to meet
the German Kaisor, he made an un
expected call at Bozen, aud frankly
and humbly begged the arch
duke and baroness to forgive him for his Ill
treatment of them. Soon afterward tho
baroness and iter beautiful daughter were
invited to Vienna ns the guests of tbe em
press, and the reconciliation was complete.
They were invi edto Vienna again to attend
the recent royal wedding. They came, and
were lodged ot the Hotel Bac'ier. There
the archduke and the baroness b th con
tracted the influenza, which is now so fatal
ly epidemic. On Sunday tho baroness died,
her bnifiaud at tbe time being insensible.
Yesterday, just sixteen hours later, he died,
without having regained consciousness,
and therefore without kaowing of her
death.
Nor did the romance altogether end there.
The archduke's will conclude* it. He would
be, according to custom, buried under the
Capuchin chapel, among past generations
of the Hai sburgs. But his wife's dust
could not be laid there. So be said: “1
desire that the b dies of my wife and my
self shall be laid side by side in our favorite
garden at Bozen." This will bs dona.
And finally, knowing that his
daughter could not inherit his estates,
he provided for her by insuring
his life for SIOO,OOO and settling tho policy
upon her. That daughter, the Baroness
Marie Waideck, is now grown to woman
hood, and is far famed for her beauty. Bbe
will be adopted by the Archduke Rainer,
her father’s elder brother, aud his wife,
who have no children of their own. The
court and the whole city are in deep mourn
ing, aud the emperor and empress especially
are striving to do all possible reverence to
the memory of two persona whose lives
were so greet an honor to humanity.
THE 6TORY OF THE HBSSIANCAMP
Where the Hired Soldiers of George
111. Were Imprisoned When Caught.
From, the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
It was exactly 150 years ago Christmas
that the battle of Trenton was fought,
and a sequel to that conflict aud the ultimate
fate of many of tbe luckless Hessians are
told in the history of a little spot of ground
on the southern slope of Moudl Penn, known
to this day as the Hessian oamp. Here many
of tbe69 unfortunate Hessians were kept as
prisoners, and hundreds died of disease on
the outskirts of Heading during those
hard winters of over 100 years ago.
In spring and the early summer tlmo the.
Hessian camp is a beautiful and romantic
spot. It is a clear, open space, six acres in
extent, the ground covered with a carpet of
velvety green, and skirted nn every aide by
great forest trees. Inside this inolosure these
prisoners of war had their rude huts, and
lived for several years. At several places
the ruins of the intrenchmenis thrown up
by them can still be seen, and it
is cot to many years since the last
remains of their rude hom were
removed. Within more reeont
years iron knives and forks, match
boxes, stove plates, and many other articles
used by the Hessians in their enforced
camp-life on the mountain sides were found
by visitors and oarried away as relics,
while such a beautiful spot in the favor
able seasons of the year, being often fre
quented by pleasure parties, it is bleak,
drear, and desolate in the winter, and tho
exposure to which the prisoners were sub
jected almost exterminated the band of
captured Hessians on the mountain side.
Tbe story of their brief campaign ia
America is one of disaster from the battle
of Trenton.
Every schoolboy is familiar with tho
story of how they wore brmzht to America
to help iu subduing the colonies. In 1775
King George 111. obtained by treaty from
the German princes 17,000 of these HtssiaLß,
and they arrived tn this country early in
177 ft. In payment for their eervioes a sum
approximating $6,000,000 was paid. It was
stipulat'd that those troops which were
killed in battle or lost, or for any reason not
returned, should I e paid for at the rate of
SSOO per head, while for thewo who should
be returned at the close of the war
in as good condition as when they
started a rebate of the lime amount per
head should be allowed. Immediately upon
their arrival they' Mitered oettre service
with the Britieh artity in the battles with
tbe colonists around Nvw York and
throughout New JerfieJV JdAay of these—
the number is gived uidhjin 1,000 to 1,300
were captured at the battle of Trenton by
Gen. Washington, who ordered them sent
to Lancaster, isster it was deemed advisa
ble to transfer them to Reading, and they
were noon afterward removed here, in the
southern section of tlie town. Frequent
disturbances took place between the
prisoners and tbe cltleens of th* town of
Reading, and In Mav, 1779, a proposition
was rnailo to send them to New Jsisev but
it woe not oarried out. June 37, 1781, Pres
ident Reed, of the continental congress,
wrote to Yaieotlne Eobort, lieutenautof the
lied militia, "that it was the desire that tho
prisoners should be encamped In huls ot
some distance from Reading,” and a oom
miltoo finally selected six acres
of ground on the hillside on Mount
Penn, where thev caused huts to be
erected, and in which they stationed
the prisoners. Boon after their arrival in
Reading sicknoss and disease made fearful
inroads upon them, and hundreds of them,
for waut of food and treatment, (lied and
were buried in tbe potter’* Held, the present
site of Mnnnerohar hall in this city. Some
times two and three were placed in one
grave, and it is lose than twenty years ago
that some of their crumbling bones were
dug out when the present building was
put up.
By the middle of May, 1777, the prisoners
numbered only 300. By June, 1730, tbe
little remnant had dwindled down to 100.
June 15, 1781, the camp was augmented bv
the arrival of 1,060 more Hessians who had
been captured at .Saratoga with Gen. Bur
goyiiP, and were sent to Reading under the
protection of the York county militia.
More prisoners camo later on, and the
total number in camp was over 1,200 and
some time in 1781 they were removed to
the southern side of Mount Penn. Here they
o ten pied rude unsightly structures, but
they afforded Bhelter in witter from the
heavy snows and biting winds, and they
yielded a grateful shade in summer as the
long dreary confinement of the Hessians
was continued. Eighty well-armed, stal
wart, patriotic, colonial militiamen guarded
them night and day, in two bodies of forty
soldiers caob. The food served to tbe Hes-
Bians wag none of the best, and their fire
wood and water they obtained on the
mountain. As the war went on some of tbe
prisoners, with their horses, were hired out
to neighboring farmers aud ironjuianufact
urer*, notably to George Ege, at Charming
Forge, and to John Patton, at the Berk
shire furnaces, where cannon and balls were
cast aud furnished to tho revolutionary
army.
After the war was over, iu 1784, the poor
Hessians wore released, and within a very
short time they had almost entirely dUap
peored. Borne, it is stated, were oaptured
by designing speculators, who took them
back to their native country to collect the
rebate. Others scattered among the farm
ers of the neighborhood and became com
mon farm laborers, who, after their service,
left for other parts of the country, while
the descendants of some of these unfortu
nate Hessians are still living in Eastern
Pennsylvania.
g~LL" JK. i'■!■
MEDICAL
lasaaaßStjrrsKi.jVT'-u; a* axvj:-xcixim
Every Month
many women suffer from Excessive or I
Scant Menstruation; they don’t know
who to confide in to jet proper advice*
Don't confide in anybody but try
Bradfleld’s
Female Regulator -
■ Specific for PAINFUL, PISOFUSE.
SCANTY. SUPPRESSED and IRREGULAR K
I MENSTRUATION.
Book to •* WOMAN ” mailed free. Fj
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. B
field by asli J>rnsnrltß.
DON’T fall to crer a copy of Bunaay s iasne of
tbe Morjcin News. For sale at BISHOP'S
DRU<J S TORE.comer ilali and Price streets.
CTTTICTTRA REMEDIES.
BADEBUPTION ON NECK
Aorclv Afflicted Nearly Three Tears—t’aed
Prescriptions From Three lloctora
TVilhout Any Ueneflt.
After I fio* Catlettra Two Pays the Beahs All
Propped Off—Cure Was Quick
and Complete.
I suffered for nearly three years with an erup
tion on my neck, and used prescr.ptlons from
three doctors during that time which did me uo
good. 1 purchased Outlcviu Remem*-, and
the second day after using it the scabs ali
dropped off and never scabbed over anv more.
Before I used up the second set of CvrirvitA my
neck was entirely well, and has beeu well ever
since, and ali that I can *av for It is that wnereas
I was sorely afflicted I arn now well, and ail
from the use ot Guticvhx Rkmepics.
N. W. SMITH.
Lynchwood r. O , Kershaw City. 8. C.
This is to certify that the above testimony is
correct, as I purchased th© Cvrtociu and saw
its effects while using. W. 8. SMITH,
Notary Eubllo for the State of South Carolina.
SKIN DISEASEB IO YEARS.
Find theCimeunA Rastamss do all you claim.
Have been suffering wiih sEui disease ton years.
Could find no remedy to ours until I tried Cuti
cvra. Very nappy over the result.
HENRY MOORE, Lancaster, Va.
CUTiCURA RESOLVENT,
The new Blood and Skin Purifier, internally, and
Oimctriu, the great Skin (Hue, aud Ccticcra
Boap, an exquisite Skin Beautifier, externally,
instantly relieve and speedily cure everv disease
and humor of the skin, scalp and blood, with
loss of hair, from Infancy to age, from pimples
to scrofula
Sold everywhere Price: CtJTicrai, 50c: Soap,
85c: Resolvent. sl. Prepared by the Potteh
Daro and Chemical Corpohation. Bofton
Ppr"*Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases,”64
page*. 50 illustrations and 100 testimonials.
DIMPLES, t/ackhsads. red. rough, chapped
Mill and oily skin cured by Cutuvoa Soap.
MHb Weak, Painful Kidneys.
X jH With their weary, dull, aching, life
\ Vtl 1mb ’ ©U-KOne sausatlon, relieved in
1 minute by the ('iilieura Anti
-1 Planter. Tho first and only
instantaneous pain-killing, strengthening plan
tor. 85 cents.
DANIEL HONAN.
WRAPS!
Wo Begin the Now Year with
some sweeping reductions.
The severest winter weather
is ahead of us and comfort
can be attained at
nominal cost.
1 lot English Walking Jack
ets reduced from $5 to
$2 50.
1 lot reduced from $6 to
$2 75.
1 lot reduced from $7 to
$4 50.
Plush Capes
Reduced from sl3, sls and sl3 to $7, $8
and $9.
1 lot of SILK PLUSH JACK
ETS at $lO and sl2,
worth $lB and S2O.
1 lot of BOYS’ SUITS at
half price,
DON’T FORQETOUR
CARPETS.
We are offering BRUSSELS CARPETS,
made and laid, at prions that distance
all competition.
GET A NEW
Q RUGS
RUGS
R
P
China E
Matting-
D, HOGAN.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
STRAW! STRAW!
STRAWI
Four hundred tons nice clean, bright straw in
small boles
Texas R. P. Oats, Seed Rye, Hay,
Com aud Oata, Our Own Cow
Peed, Cotton Seed MeaL
T. J. DiYVTS,
150 Bay Street.
Solo Agent for Orsno Manhattan Food.
PRINTING.
LIJT'T T"! 1
DTt MORNING NEWS Print-
In* Hoose (Job Department*) bs*
added large stock of Wedding
.stationery, nnd print* and ,
a Lithograph* Invitations, /
G*rd, *tc., In tlis
latest style*. __ -
- Vand
Wedding j J
Invitations:
ii I, P&rtic contnpl*tiuf Uk
mg ibis LajporUttl avmn life \
Dun rip<K-tTuUr solicital to call on
or RddrMM *%,
MORNING NCWS PRINTING HOUII r
Morten* Jfewi BuUdlag, Sivxonnh, <?*.
a Bail Red Party onrr VuiUaf Caxdc,
and atliAr fin* work. #itfcfir print*l or
emrrarwl r 4 th akonwt uotM*
■ i
HOTELS.
PULASK r HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, UA..
"* ***'• i Jas, R, Sangster.f
(FORMERLY OK THE BROWN HOl sE. MACON. G.A.I
Tl.'.s Hotel Las been renovate l and put in first-class order In every pkrticular. AU the latest
convemecc-e and mo-era improvcmenia, njecial accommodations for tourists.
O /. ONE OK the" MOST ELEOANTL IT
POINTED HOTELS IN THE WORLD AO
COMMODATIONB FOR 500 QUEBT&
™ . Spec al rates for families and parties remala
..... I /* ing week or longer.
_ M V MMf\ |A It Tourist* will find Savannah one of the most
if X - V VAfca sintereating and beautiful cities in the entire
/•a m t’ South. No place more healthy or desirable as a
JflfAT/ON & roWCR/i-“ winter resort. Sand for
DESCRIPTIVE ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET.
S- T- E - A.- M.
Stai Ptii in®!' to MgHm
UT'Send your orders where they can be filled expeditiously an! economically by steam, as
MORN'N3 NEW3 BUILDING. SAVANNAH. Q A
BUOK*.
A*k mv nirentn for W. I*. I>nuifln* Shocv
II uut for *flv iu your pluor u*k youf
to *end for t nuiloxuis nenure it,|
MU:*uey, And vet them lor >on.
I#* TAKE NO sraJSTITUTE*AJ
aiKLte
WHY IS THE
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE CEN TIEMEN
THF BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONET?
II fs n nftTnltim shoe, with no tfiokfl or wax thread
to hurt th© foot; mad© of the bot line calf, Htvl'
and onay, and bfcaute to© make more shoes of tltlx
grade than any other manuftirtvrer, It t-uuals baud*
aewod shoe* costing from s.uo u* $. r uK).
OOtJenuliMi llAiwt-4< wod, the finest calf
Abo© ©ver offered for $5.00; euuala French
; imported aboes wtalon cost from sß.o<)to $12.00.
fed. 00 llnud-Sewetf Well Shoe, fine calf.
stylish, comfortable nud durable. Thebeao;
shoo over offered at this price ; same trade as eufr,
j tom-mude ahoe* coating from sfl.o<) to $9.00.
CmO to Poll or 'Mior; Farmorn. Railroad Men
"4*** ana Letter Carriers ail woarthem; fine call;
SeamiCAA. smooth Ina Ute, heavy three ooIeA, exten
won edte One patr will wear n year.
*>o flue ealff no better shoe ever offered at
tm m this price; one trial will oonvinoe tboM
Whowant a anoe Tor comfort and service.
'feO and B'i.OO Work I tiuimi n’n shoes
•it are very strong and durable. Those who
have given them a trial will wear no other make.
C* wv'rti by tbe boys everywhere; they sell
on their merits, an the increasing soles eliow.
I 5'1.09 Ilnnd-VMTril shoe, best
■vO Tkmgola, very sty llsb; equals French
I imported shoes costing from $4.00 to sr,.uf.
i Ladies’ !i.50, fi'J.OM nnd 31.73 *ho© for
Mlsea ate the best flue Dongola. Stylish and durable.
C aUClon.' See that W. L. Douglas' name und
price are stamped on the bottom of each shoe.
W. T DOTTGI.ah, Mrocktou, Maas.
BYCK BROS., 17% Whitaker straet
K. B. BYCK & CO.. 190 Broughton street
HAUCK.
Tbe Original and Genuine
(WORCESTERSHIRE)
LEA & PERRINS'
SAUCE
Imparts tbs moet delicious teste and zcat to
EXTBAOT e%% SOUPS,
of a LETTER from fejf
a MEDICAL OEN- iFHI GRAVIES,
TLEMAN at Mad- {jHH
rae. to his brother Kjffi FIBII,
at WOROESTKft. JpfS
May, 1L '.V noT ,v ( OLD
•”Mi
I.F.A & PF.BKINB' .HEATS,
that their sauco is fifE’O''
highly esteemed in RlxJk- jS GAMS,
India, and Is in my BASHSiMa
opinion, !tbe most VVKl.Sll
palatable, as well .. . „
as the most whole. RAREBITS*
eoane sauoo that lo K
made.” &e.
Bewe^^lm^ations;
see that you get Lea & Perrins’
Bigfflature on every bottle of Original A Gennlno.
JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS, NEW YORK,
FLOUR.
“Best men oft are
molded out of faults”
But the best cakes
are molded out of
SELF - RAISING
BUCKWHEAT,
JTURHRRY.
KIESLING’S NURSERY.
WHITE HL.XJB’F’ ROAD.
TJLANTB, Bouquets, Designs, Cut Flowers
I furnished to order. Lsav* ordain at DAVI3
BROS.’, oor. Bull And York at*. Tte Belt Hat
wav psasss tkrough tbs nursery. TsslnhoueZ
Cry for Pitoher’s Castorlaj
(STEAM FIUNTINQ PRESSES.
STEAM LITUOUMAPHLNUPMESSM.
STEAM RULING MACHINES,
KTEAM BOURLNG MACHLNEB
FTEAM BACK FORMING 111 AC HINES.
STEAM STAMPING PItESBBB,
PTE AM NUMBERING MACmNEgI
STEAM CUTTING MACH INKS,
6TEAM SEWING MACHINES,
FTEaU BOOK SAWING MACHINES,
BTF.AM STEREOTYPING MACHINES,
•TEAM PAPER DAMPING MACHINES,
AT THE—-
SANITARY PLUM BIN t*.
REMOVAL.
The Savannah Plumbing
Company has removed to cor
ner Drayton and Congress
streets, and is now prepared
to do work with its usual
rapidity and efficiency.
U! —i i
BE Lit.
GLOBE BREWERY.
"GOLDBRAU." '
The Ingredients used in the brewing of this
famous Lager Beer constat of the best grad©
Canada Malt and Bohemian Hops, browed by
the most approved scientific method* and puri
fied by a alow and low prooeaa of fermentation,
while long storage render* the same mellow,
fine flavored and thoroughly wholesome. Asa
refreshing, strength giving beverage the Globa
Brewing Company’s GOLDBRAU is unsur
passed. Served In barrels and bottles. Orders
addressed to ,
Globe Brewing Agency,
SAVANNAH. GA.. ,
Will receive prompt and careful attention. *
Savannah Depot, 63 Kiver street.
I .—.I —--f iwjUiL ■ ■■ n
GKOCKBIKs.
BUTTER !
ELLINGTON
PRINT j
BUTTER I
J. S. TYSON,
66 BULL STREET.
PAINT'S AND OILS.
JOHN Gh BUTLER;
WHITE LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS.
VARNISH, ETC.; READY MIXED
PAINTS, RaILKOAD, STEAMER ANOSILL
SUPPLIES; SASHES, DOORS. BUNDS AND
BUILD BB’ HARDWARE. Bole Agent for
LADD IJME, CALCINED PLASTER. CEMENT.
HAIR AND LAND PLASTER.
140 Congress street and ISO Bt. Julian street
(Savannah, Georgia.
FISH AND OESTERS.
ESTABLISHED 1858. ~
M. M. Sullivan & Son,
Wholesale Fish and Oyster Dealers,
150 Bryan st. and 152 Bay lone. Savannah, Ga
Fish orders for Punta Gorda received her©
have prompt attention.
plumber;
FINE LINE OF'
GAS FIXTURES AM GLOBES
L. A. MCCARTHY’S,
- DRAYTON HT.
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