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THE WEEKLY TELEGRKPH; TUESDAY, APRIL 10. 1888.-TWELYE PAGES.
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The Tax on Whisky. I significant state paper that lias emanated
As an abstract proposition, hardly a •’f rom the Executive of the United States
single citizen would deny that it is better j ; n the last twenty years. That message
to raise the revenue necessary for the drew the lines on which the coming na
maintenance of the government by a tax I tional campaign must be fought. It can
upon whisky than by a tax upon clothing I no t be rubbed out or obscured by any am-
, feneral, marriage and birth notices II.
ftsajttsuad communications will not be re-
Ctocnnyiradence containing important news
•ana etmanion, of living topics Is solicited, but
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•CHAS. K. CAWPBBLL,
t Manager.
JDkocb Puffy, of New York, increased
«tpaaaxs : c‘fine because she wore a high
Qu& Tlie justice is fund of the theatre
-Tm "Philadelphia Times, a Democratic
ipaper'du. the Randall school, is out for free
«oL Thus do the stragglers, one by one,
*»»3lrex«nks.
'■TmiRt us a big George T. Barnes boom
souafwu>g through the Georgia press. AVe
duteas idea which way it is heading, but
• XtA M * roliin an’ arollin.”
CfttwaasoB Gordon will address the stu-
dfowix af VA r esleyan Female College in June.
Wkea it comes to talking to the girls,
■ Georgia’a Governor leads all the rest.
duBtJtCJt Orton has sailed for England
''iterate# his attempt to get possession of
dn Eehborne estate. A dozen years in
. tgraum Mem not to have discouraged him.
Tub increase iu the value of property in
xb* Baited States from 1830 to 1840 was 40
qpatoamL; from 1840 to 1850, 37 per cent.;
Ifmm U*9 to 1860, 184 per cent. During
d&e fitffer period a revenue tariff was in
<Emae.
thz board of directors of the Southwest-
want Presbyterian University has unani-
iwwiiiiify given to the chair of theology the
saumaot “The Palmer Professorship,” in
Thsamraff the most distinguished Presbyte-
■axaw preacher in America.
Aarr gen tlenian* wlio doubts President
Chwefand’s ability to carry the country
- sex* November and is willing to hack his
< ndgmcct, can be accommodated by Mr.
, of Boston, who is begging somebody
wager of S2.000 that if Cleve-
l i* nominated nnd accepts, he will be
Jim next President
Tbx sugar trust has just declared a
sJhj&eni at the rule of IS per cent, on the
al invested. As the price of refined
f fcas been advanced one nnd a quarter
, while raw sugar has declined, the
-Awidend does not, perhaps, represent all
Abe profits, but a snug sum was probably
> spat aside for use where it will do most
it*. Howells says of Zola’s last novel:
“IBtty and repulsive as It la In Us (acts, it U
cdurkaotto be avoided by the student of clvt-
tBaaOaa, but rather to be sought and seriously
IUi ia bosh. "While there is so mucli
ggaue and elevating literature in the world
i be no excuse for commenidng or
[ that which is corrupt and degrad-
Zaf 857, when a high tariff was put
■’bya wool, the sheep in the State of Iowa
woe valued at $2,084,470, und there were
sa^btydfive woolen factories. Twenty years
wafi protection reduced the assessed value of
to $277,489, and the number of
i mills to thirty.four. It is the con
aplation of such results as these that
i Iowa Republicans dissatisfied with
party policy.
Ou> Deacon AVhite, posing as a political
aer, is the grimmest joke of the sea-
All lie has done in Congress lias
i set up a stock gambling shop in
tlm eapitol and defend the interests of
Jigr Gould. AVe regret that AVhite has de-
to run for Congress ngain. It
l have been much more edifying if
•’he Isxd given his constituency a chance to
iJHdcltim oat of the seat he has disgraced.
Bkncntly the protective organs have
Sixes howling over the alleged fact that
TKe.George Clark, chairman of the- State
-Yfcswoeratic committee of Texas, had writ-
'3m letters to friends in Washington say-
: jry; that public sentiment in Texas was
.-igaiutt the Mills bill. Mr. Clark lias dis-
•yjfSSww w* thic ?idicu!om stor*' *n ** *»*»»*?
his own name in the Galveston News
xrbick reads as follows:
JUanu. Tex., March 28.—In your Issue of yes-
«*day I and the following among your Wash-
Stsx&m dispatches: Mr. George Clark, of Waco,
•^as within the last three or four day! written
-loser* to hit friends here saying to them to go
alweo the Mills bill, that public sentiment
£*C*KadergolngaTery decided change In Texas
vxiwji the question of the tariff, and practically
sag* (be hill ahould be defeated.
nit la aenaatlonal and untrue. I have writ-
tarn vet one letter to Washington within the
gins three months—a private one—and Instead
«f urging anyone to go slow on the Mills bill, I
ntCia the opposite, and in substance that It was
'was go slow in opposition to It. I atn not
-especially pleated with the Mills bill, and ob-
-ex* tie its marked timidity with reference to
Viaxtcra Interests and Its apparent dlscrlulna-
*"iu against other lnteresta. But I recognize
— »-ilifllcnlttea under which onr friends are la-
< voxtrij a; Washington, and ami^nc that no one
►taNkerr- It Mtlstttd with the MU; and a* it !•
Vimerut-ssare of a Democratic administration,
-roi i »« the at notion of those charged by the
r- urLf with the duty of revising the tariff, I
-.Miduy Individual Judgment in the matter,
e ofiezed.and shall offer, no opposition
»tube meant re. 'Perhaps It Is the beet that can
. b/aaam ilkbelmv, tnd It it si Issst so hon-
x-o. beginning.
and other necessaries of life. If the tax
were to he levied directly upon property
in whisky or jiroperty in clothing, there
can he no question that there would be a
unanimous demand that the former be
made to hear the burden. It would be
better to have less whisky than to go in
rags.
But the tax on clothing is not levied di
rectly, as is that upon whisky, and in this
difference lies the reason why some men
are now clamorously demanding that
whisky shall he free aud the tax upon
clothing he retained. A direct tax is a
tax and nothing else. The government
benefits by it, and nobody else. Every
dollar which the citizen pays goes directly
into the treasury, to be applied to the needs
| and to meet (he public obligations .of the
man who pays it. The tax on clothing, on
the other hand, is indirect. Only a portion
of it—the propoition less as the tax is
heavier—goes into the treasury. The tax
may even be so heavy that noue of it will go
to the government, and this is true of the
tax upon no small number of articles under
our present system. The portion of the
tax which the government by its laws ex
torts from the citizen but which does not
fall into its treasury to he used for liis
benefit is collected by private persons for
their own use. Tiie number of these per
sons is comparatively small, but by being
empowered to collect the public taxes
they have become very rich, and
through their wealth they exercise
infiue'nce out of all pro
portion to their numbers. They are ena
bled to hire the brightest intellects to
serve them in public life and through the
press.
is from these men, who have gro
rich by indirect taxation pf the people
those attached to them through interest
and those deceived by their specious argu
ments, that the demand low comes that
whisky be made free. It would be unfair
to suppose from this demand that they
have a greater love for whisky than the
average citizen. In fact, they probably
love it less. Being men of wealth, they
can afford to drink better liquors—chain -
pagne and other foreign wines. Nor are
they ignorant of the- evils of untaxed
whisky, but know, or ought to know,
that at one time there was a dis
tillery in Pennsylvania for every
eighty-six of its inhabitants, and that the
proportion in other States was little less.
Xliey know that the detuuralLaliuU Which
was the natural revolt so wrought upon
Thomas Jefferson that he advocated the
reimposition of a tax which he had labored
hard to abolish.
AA’lien a direct tax has the advantages
named, npd in addition prevents the curse
of intoxicating liquors almost as abundant
nnd cheap as water, with a distillery at
every cross-roads, there can he no sufficient
reason for rejiealing it. It comes as near
as any tax can come to being a blessing to
the people to pay it. The present tax on
whisky fulfills these conditions, and im
poses hardships upon none except those
who attempt to evade the payment of it.
These men are indifferent about the evil
results of free whisky and to the gross In
justice of relieving it from taxation, while
clothing and other necessaries of life remain
burdened, because they are selfish. The
revenues of the government now far out
run its needs. It is absolutely necessary
that in some way they should be reduced.
The Democratic party ntends hat in re
ducing the revenue $80,000000 the
people shall be t relieved of
taxation to three times that amount, if
not more. A few recalcitrant Democrats
in Georgia, however, wish to thwart the
party in its purpose, and by abolishing the
whisky tax to make their bounties safe for
all time to come. In this they have no
chance of success. Even the Republicans
are ashamed to second their effort. They
can distract the counsels of the party in
the State, possibly, and lessen its chances of
success in the nation. That much may
fulfill their desires.
biguous platform. Everybody concedes
that Mr. Cleveland will be nominated at
St. Louis No matter what resolutions the
convention may adopt he will stand on
his message. If the convention should
choose to equivocate there will be no doubt
as to the opinions of ito nominee on all
public questions. Nobody ever knew Gro
ver Cleveland to dodge an issue
to resort to dubious expressions,
lie is a plain, blunt man, a man of con
victions nnd courage. If the Georgia con
vention shall endorse his administration it
should endorse his tariff views, because they
constitute its most distinctive feature. If
the St. Louis convention shall nominate
Mr. Cleveland, it should put him on the
plitfoTm'whlcirBe has made for himself
in his message. If the message is not
sound Democratic doctrine Cleveland is
not a good Democrat. If the message is
not god party policy, Cleveland is not a
safe leader. Let ns be as honest as the
.President haB shown himself to be. The
logical sequence of an endorsement of the
President by the Georgia convention or by
the St. Louis convention must he an en
dorsement of his tariff policy. The men
who hesitate to go to that point are in
their hearts opposed to the administration,
and fail tosmake war against it only be
cause they are afraid to do so.
THE WHIPPING COUNTESS.
There is not room in Rhode Island for
the people to engage in farming, and they
have therefore escaped the jienaHies
the government puts ujion those who fol
low that honorable business. For this rea
son they have over $51,000,000 deposited
in savings banks, while the people of
States a hundred times as large, and to
which nature was much more lavish in
gifts, have none. In money matters it is
better to be on the good side ot the govern
ment than of Providence.
The Next Georgia Con veution.
A big majority of the delegates to the
convention which will assemble in Geor
gia next month to choose delegates to the
national Democratic convention will un.
doubtedly be men who endorse the admin
istration of President Cleveland, men who
favor his tariff policy, and who desire his
nom ination.
There may be some members of that
convention, who, under the pretense of
friendship-for President Cleveland, will
endeavor to knife hi* tariff policy. They
will not dare to oppose an endorsement of
Cleveland’s administration. They will
not show their hands. But they may
contend that a general endorsement
of the administration is as
far as the convention should go. It ought
to go further, and we hope it will. AA’hat
most distinguishes the administration of
President Cleveland? Undoubtedly bis
brave advocacy of bsnest tariff reform.
His recent message to Congress is the most
Republican Demoralization.
A few days since the Telegraph printed
facts showing widespread discontent among
the Republicans of Iowa and Minnesota
with the slavish subserviency shown by
their party leaders to Eastern monopolists.
The present wealth of those States and
their best hopes of future prosperity are
based on their fertile lands. Most of their
people are directly interested in agricul
ture, and they begin to ask why, if a man
develop a rich farm in Iowa, lie is imme
diately assessed by the government for
large contributions to the man who has
developed a rich mine in Pennsylvania, or
for his neighbor, whose lands happen to
he better suited for slieep-
raising than his own. They
begin to perceive that under cover of war
necessities, while tlieir minds were occu
pied with questions which grew out of the
great sectional struggle, shrewder and less
patriotic men built up and strengthened a
system by which a small number of people
might be made rich at the expense of the
many,
Tlie awakening to the grinding injus
tice oi this Bystem is not confined to the " 2 *
States we have mentioned. It is widesjiread
in tlie AA T est. The Chicago Times, a Re
publienn paper, has just published the re
suit of an extensive inquiry among Illi
nois farmers. More than 2,000 pf
them were consulted — about dn
equal number of each party.
As was to be expected, the Democrats were
almost to a man heartily in favor of Mr,
Cleveland’s tariff policy. They had no
prejudices to overcome. The surprise was
in the result of tlie canvass of Republican
farmers. Almost two out of every five-
36 per cent, of them—take strong ground
in favor of tariff reform, and some express
a determination to bolt their party if re
form can be secured in no other way.
There is encouragement for Democrats
in this Republican discontent. It is evi
dence that the people have begun to think,
and on this question Democrats have noth
ing to fear from the most patient inves
tigation and closest analysis. At the
base of their demand for equal taxa
tion, with favors to none,
lies justice, and every disinterested inves
tigator will find it.
Facts like these account for the reported
falling to pieces of the little Randall
clique of protectionists, who have so long
obstructed the progress of the party to
which they nominally belong in its path of
usefulness. Their position was one of
pride and power so long os they could, by
desertion to the enemy, give them control
of legislation; it will no longer be worth
consideration when they desert to vote
with a minority. Few of them are’likely
to desert when they can gain noth
ing by it. This and the signs of dis
affection in the AA’est account for the
demoralization of the Republican news
papers. Two weeks ago they spoke of the
Mills bill with mild contempt, almost
with indifference; they were sure it had
no chance to pass. Now they are moving
heaven and earth to consolidate their
;t will Vuyytma • Uo
Americus is now the proud possessor of
two daily papers. The Recorder has
been successfully conducted for several
years past by Mr. AV. L. Glessner. Now,
the venerable Americus Republican has
been converted into a daily, with the old
reliable C. AW Hancock at the helm. The
first issue is very creditable. At tlie head
of the editorial page stands the follow
“Democratic Ticket”: For President,
Gr ? ver Cleveland; for A’ice-Presidcnt,
Gordon; for Congressman, Third district,
Cl arles F. Crisp. Tlie Telegraph wishes
Americus and her two dailies well.
1JIE 28th day of April will be observed
in Georgia wherever there is a Confeder
ate grave. Known or unknown they will
all be covered with the sweetest flowers
that bloom on Georgia soil.
One hundred thousand copies of Sena
tor Colquitt’s tariff speech will be ordered
by Democratic committees. AVe hear of
no demand for Senator Brown’s tariff! *f“* D 6jn« riisnilninn ihelr «impie"wty
inm-li Irnn Ik. 1 oitbe holy marrelol Easter Day.
speech Irom the same source. | —Kosa Ilcartt Wood,
Alleged Extraordinary Confession by a Wo-
man of Her Criminal Experience.
From the Liverpool Courier.
A correspondent, who gives her name
and address, uud declares her statement to
be true in every particular, 6ends us the
following narrative of her criminal expe
rience:
I am the daughter of a poor mason, who,
I am sorry’to say, used often times to get
drunk, then return home and abuse his
wife and children. . For some time the
former bore with meekness the rougli
treeatment of her spouse, hut
ultimately she, too, sought to
drown her cares in liquor. AA’ith parents
who both quaffed tlie intoxicating cup, is
it any wonder her children (three girls
and a boy) went to ruin? The son went
from one degree of iniquity to another till
ultimately he ended his days on the gal-
lows for the murder of his sister. Of the
two women then left, one of them was
transported for life for burglary, oft re
peated; and the other (i. e., myself) fast
followed in her footsteps, but succeeded in
escaping with a few months’ imprison
ment for each often.;, until the last of my
parents was laid in his grave.
About a week after I went one night and
stealthily opened the drawingroom window
of a widow lady, the wife of un earl. I
entered the room nnd stole money, together
with many valuables, to the amount of
about £100. As I lived near to this resi
dence and my character being well known,
the lady, on discovering her loss, at once
hastened to my poor abode, and was not
long in finding part of the money—for I
had willfully spent about £20— and most
of the jewels. She at once brought me by
force to her home, made me follow her up
stairs to an at-t-ie with only a chair and a
wooden bed for furniture; then she spoke
tb me seriously and kindly about this
and other misdemeanors, and told
me she would not (jive me into custody,
but I was to remain in that room for two
months, be fed on bread and water, and
Bhe would come three times a day at morn
ing, noon and night, and administer tlie
birch with her own hands. At first I felt
inclined to rebel, but after all I thought
anything better than gaol. The next
morning after breakfast, which was given
to me at 6 o’clock, I was brought Into an
adjoining apartment, where I was stripped
of all my clothing by the lady and one of
her servants. Then I was stretched on a
cushion as soft as down, after which my
bends and feet were securely fastened by
means of leather straps, so that I was ut
terly unable to repel the strokes of the
rod, which fell swift and smart.
At first, although I was whipped till I
cried (for my lady would never cease the
chastisement till the tears came to my eyes
in earnest), when T was released I at mice
declared I would leave and go to prison,
when the lady said she was quite wiiiing 1
should do so if I preferred it, but I dread
ed goal too much from my former ex
perience, so decided to continue ns I was;
but after ’the punishment I began to give
a mock laugh and thank my lady ironi
cally, but whenever I did so I was always
ngnm refn-tened nnd repnnished. which
was repeated once ns often as three times.
Another time I resisted and would by no
means allow myself to be so treated
when two more female servants were
called up and I had to submit.
The female servants who helped went
away before the punishment. Ultimately
I used to undress and lie in position my
self, as the lady after that came alone,
though the whipping was as severe as ever.
AVlien the two months were expired I was
released, with much prayer and good ad
vice, and I never after stole anything to
the value of a pin, aud I am now the wife
of a respectable mechanic, and bless God
for the experience of thc?e two months,
was at t’ e time 23 years of age.
1 relate this circumstance, as I believe if
the “cat” is beneficial in preventing men
from committing atrocious crimes, that
castigation might also be performed with
good results on the female prisoners by
some of tlie female warders.
BRIGANDS OF CUBA.
Bandits Who Iufes* the
Queen of the Antilles.
HOW THEIR CARING IS POSSIBLE.
Senor Ont-anova’s Kxperieuce — Mataga*,
the Itanillt Chief—A Strange State of
Things Within a Hny*s Journey
of the United States.
raised and sent by a trusted mtsseJT''
place agreed upon. Senor
produced, the money paid 0Ter
bandit who received it disappeared ^
detily as if tlie earth had swallowed J
Cassanova says that lie was not J u -
bad y during his short captivity L, -
me liis state of mind and sus^H
the days he was a captive 1” 1 e “ r,t
Another poor fellow a vear or
not fare as well. ■
him was more than Lis 1 friends, whf
poor, could raise, and so tlie bandit i ' 1
him in a peculiarly cruel and indet-'m
“Has no concerted action been , i
lsland’" d the6<! ban<1Us th Xft
From the New York World.
Cienfuegos, Cura, March 17.—“AA’hen
we reach port,” said Capt. Allen, of the
good steamship Santiago, which had borne
us swiftly and safely from Northern bliz
zards to tlie seas and ilkies of June, “I’ll
introduce you to a man who lias just re
turned from captivity among the bandits
to his home in Cienfuegos.”
This announcement was rather a start
ling one to a person who had only left New
York a week before, and who purposed
traveling across the island of Cuba, sup
posed to be ruled by a civilized govern
ment. and anticipations not altogether of a
pleasant kind were at once aroused A few
hours more and tlie steamer turned its
prow to the near shore, ran np a narrow
strait for a mile or so, and then steamed
across the bt-oad, blue and beautiful bay of
Cienfuegos, really a large inland lake, to
her wharf. Surrounded by a swarm of
agents bargaining for the shipment to New
York on tlie steamer oil her return trip of
more bags of sugar and hogsheads of mo-
lassesthan the Great Eastern could have
held, Capt. Allen forgot the bandits, and,
engrossed as we were in leavimr the good
ship and arranging for our rail ride to
Havana the next day of 100 miles at a cost
of $17.30, baggage extra, the afternoon
passed quickly by and the subject was not
recalled.
In the evening, at one of the clubs, a
gentleman who had volunteered to show us
the city said, pointing to an elderlv Cuban
sitting at a table near by: “There’s Senor
Casanova, who was ransomed lately for
“Kjyi-med! From whom?” I asked.
AA hy, from the bandits.” was the an
swer. “You know you’re m the bandits’
country now.”
A little questioning and in a few min
utes our guide was telling los etrangcros
Americanos a story that made his hearers
feel that they were thousands of miles
from home instead of in the country of the
Mr, Evnrts Upon Sliver.
From the Boston Herald.
Senator Evarts, it will be observed, still
lias ideas of his own on the subject of sil
ver in the currency. Ife said in the Sen
ate on Monday that “the capital error, the
stupendous blunder of European states
manship,’ had been the demonetization of
silver.” This was probably expressed in a
sentence of much greater length by Mr.
Evarts, hut such is the form in widen the
telegraph famishes it. Mr. Evarts was
formerly sent to Europe, it will be remem
bered, to represent our government upon
this subject, and he then made a study of
it. There was a report two or three years
ago that he would advocate greater liber
ality to silver in a speech in the Senate;
but the speech did not come, and he now
thinks we must wait for Europe to take
the lead in such action.
Eeguiul ot tlie Easter Egg.
As be merrily climbs on bis lather’s knee.
Why arc these cgs* that you seo me hold
Colored sojttne with blue and gold?
And what Is the wonderful bird that lays
Such beautiful e— on Easter days?
Tenderly shine the April skies
Like laughter and tears In my child’s blue eyes,
Aud every lace la the street so gay.
Why cloud my ilurliug by saying nay?
Bo 1 cudgel my brain for the tale he begs
And tell him the tale of the Easter Er gs.
You've heard, my boy, of the One who died
Crowned with keen thorns and crucifled,
And Joseph, the wealthy (whom Orel reward,)
Cared for the corpse of his martyred Lord,
And piously tombed it all alone,
party againkt it and are desperately afraid
W Ith pendulous leaves and hios.-oms blue.
Ado oeep m the green tree a snaoy nrcast
A beautiful sluglng blrd built Its not;
It was bordered with mosses like malachite
And held four em of au Ivory white.
Now, when the bird Irom her dim recess
Beheld the Lord In Ills burial dress
And looked on the heavenly face so pale,
And the dear feet pierced by the cruel uail,
ller Ucart mgn broke with a sudden pang,
And out of the depth of her sorrow she sang.
All night long, till the moon was up,
She sat and sang In her wreathed cup
A songof sorrow, as wild and shrill
As the homeless wind when It roams the hill'
Bo full of tears, so low aud long,
That the grief of the world seemed turned to
song;
But soon there came through the weeping night
A glittering angel clothed fu white,
Alfred II CnlnniH- n„.., t i Ana be roiled uie stone from the tomb away
. loiquitt, for Governor, John B. ll here the Lord of thr earth and the heavens
lay,
And Christ arose from the cavern's gloom
And u living lustreesme from the tomb.
monana and banana, and onlv 200 miles
from the United States,
In substance the story was as follows:
Tales of brigandage in Cuba durine the
past few years have reached New York
from time to time, but the true situation
is not Known save to louse who live on ihe
island itself, and it has become so familiar
to these as to have little noveltv. It is
largely the result of the present almost
bankrupt conditiou of the once proud and
wealthy Queen of the Antilles. Poverty is
almost now universal save among the
planters nnd merchants in the cities, and.
unable to obtain a livelihood save hy the
precarious and scarcely remunerative oc
cupations of cock fighting and
lottery ticket selling, which ap
pear to the tourist to ra
the main occupations of the Cubans, many
of the half-wild peasants of the interior
and roughs of tlie towns have taken to
brigandage. They are most numerous in
the central part of the Island, between
Matanzas on tlie north and Cienfuegos on
the south, making their lairs in the woods
and hills of the center of tlie island and
operating on the roads every place where
there is any chance of wealthy persons
passing.
The eastern end of the island has been
singularly free from bandits, and travel
through Its still virgin forests and lofty
volcanic mountains is comparatively safe.
The Guardia Civile, as the Spanish sol-
aiery is caiied, make periodical incursions
Irom Matanzas and other cities against the
bandits, hut as a rule these raids have little
result. It is more than hinted thnt there is
an understanding between the soldiers and
the bandits, and a story is told in Cienfuegos
of a gentleman whm from motives of curi
osity, followed the Guardia Civile in one of
their expeditions unknown to them, and
who,.some miles out in tlie country, as the
evening drew on heard a low whistle from
the chapparal that lined tlie road on either
side, saw the soldiers stop, and a moment
after a number of bandits came from the
chapparal. Then, so runs the story, sol
diers and bandits built a fire and sat
down to enjoy a mutual chat and a game
of cards.
them away or not. AVe’rc ail gZ-it'
poor however, that unless vourgS,
great Uncle Sam will pity an a a
the bandits will soon suppress IheS,!
for want of prey.
“One place, however, has rid itself nf
pest m this way. y ou know it i s ‘
rarely that a Cuban becomes snoSicl ;
tlie Spnnish army. The position is J. * 1
sidered worthy of ambition hy a
and wili not be as long as the two pS
dislike each other as they now do. R„
this place a son of a well-known oT
family was an officer in the Guardia CM
He pursued and caught a body of ban ,
Cubans like liimselt. Then lie read thl
a lecture in this wise:
“ ‘You know me and you know I un d.
stand your position. 1 sympathize ,
your poverty and know the wretched ml”
eminent has made your calling port; 1
but I do not sympathize with your lawk
ness. I’ll release you now only on voui
solemn oath that you’ll leave this dis'tric
at once. If I hear of any of yo U ) lel
again 111 show you no mercy.’ lie mea
what lie said, ami that district was troubl
no more.”
“IIow are these bandits armed?”
“Very poorly as a rule. Tliev have™
fashioned muskets and now and then
rifle. It is not their weapons, but the!
familiarity with the country and it
hiding places, and tlie fact that they hsvi
relatives and friends and sympathizers'
most of tlie villages, and even in t u
cities that make them at all formidabl
with the wretched soldiery we have
squad of United States cavalry
probably rid the island in two montl
time.”
“Does not their presence make it
safe for Americans to visit Cuba ?”
. “Kot in the least. These bandits do
interfere with the railroad trains,
which a squad of soldiers always travel
more as matter oi form than anvthii
else, and the bandits are not to bo'fean
on the beaten lines of travel. Besides]
they - ' do not lie in wait for
tourist. They generally learn or kuoi
all about' their man, his wealth, si
wliethcr his friends will or will not
likely to ransomjiim, before they prep:
to capture him. rxiiey would not he life
to attack a traveller simply on the Chau.
of securing a roll of bills and a watci
They have also, strange to say, a high re
gard for Americans. Like all Cuban
they look to the United States as a possi
ble protector and ruler some day, and per
haps,too,they’ve heard of six-shooter: :sd
Y'ankee-pluck. An American consuls
agent was caught by bandits some tlie
ago, and as soon as lie announced£his p>
Mtion they released him immediately IUi
apologized for what they said was ' “
take.”
And all this exists, we said to each
otiier after our friend had departed, under
the banner of Spain, and within a day'
journey of Uncle ,Sam’s dominions.
CAUTUItEI) AT LAST.
Now, the bird that aat in the heart ot the tree
Beheld the celestial mystery.
And its heart wax filled with sweetness delight.
And It poured a song on tin-throbbing night.
Notes climbing notes, till higher
They shot to heaven Lite sparks of Are.
When the white-robed angel heard
The sorrowing song of the grieving bird,
And beartl the following chant of mirth
1 hat said Christ bait risen again to earth.
He said: ".Sweet bird, be forever blest
Thyself, thy eggs and the moss-wreathed
And ever, my child, since that blessed night
When death bowed down to the Lord of light.
The eggs of that sweet bird changed their hue
And burn with re-1 ami gold and blue, ro
The Spanish government is alwavs be
hindhand in its payment of its Cuban sol
diers wages, and there is a general impres
sion, founded on such incidents as tlie fore
going, that the soldiers make up for de
ferred or unnaid wages, by a share in the
ransom paid by some wealthy planter for
his release from captivity. Not that the
Guardia Civile are always unfaithful.
-Some few months ago they caught and shot
Espinosa, a famous chief, and only a fort
night since they brought in a dozen ban
dits as prisoners to Matanzas. But on the
whole they have done so little to suppress
this brigandage, which any other civilized
government would have crushed out in a
month, that there is reason for the suspi
cion above mentioned.
“Matagas,” continued our informant, “is
who the bandit chief most teared. Ho is a
mulatto and rules his followers absolutely.
Espinosa was the chief who captured Senor
Casanova and Senor Torrientes. but Mala
gas is, if jpossible, more feared. He changes
his location constantly and has been rather
quiet of late, bnt we may hear of him at
any time. He has placed a price of $50,000
on the persons of the Messrs. Stewart, who
own the well knewn sugar nlantatinn, ‘T.a
Carolina,’ near this city]" ami these gentle
men have been obliged to use much caution
in going to and from their plantation on
their visits to the city.
“Tell us about Senor Casanova,” we
asked.
“Well, Senor Casanova was driving
through the hack country one afternoon in
a volante, over a rough and lonely road,
when the bandits suddenly appeared from
the chapparal. They surrounded the vo
lante so quickly that he could do nothing
but surrender at once. They ordered him
to mount a mule, and at his protestations
that he was suffering from a Idaddcr com
plaint, and that it would kill him to ride
Tlie Famous Iluzzard Which Has non
Flying Over the South Since the War.
From the Nashville American.
_ For the last twenty-four years peopli
living in different parts of the South hill
heard strange tinklings of a bell, frequently
in tlie most unaccountable places. A J
times the ringing seemed to lx> far off i:
space, and then, again, in an increliiH;
short time, it would seem to hover an
in the trees. Many were the explanation
offered at first for the presence of the Ml
as great fear had been excited among th<
superstitious and timid, who regarded it
ns an omen of some great danger or cs-
lamity.
Tlie real cause of the strange occurrenee
was discovered to be a buzzard of enor
moils size on whose neck a bell was fastened
and which, witli every flap of the wiup
? ;ave fourth a tinkling sound. After that
t continued to make its appearance in vs
rious parts of the South, and at times, no
only confining its visits to one State b«
making extended excursions over most a
the South, always returning to Team-*
where it had evidently been reand
and of whose history it become a part. H 4
bell buzzard is known iu all parts of t»
Stale, and the people spoke with pride ot
their feathery friend.
Last week, while Alex. Johnson,
I’eacher’s Mills neighborhood was M
on a hunting expedition, and was walki»|
through a dense woods, he came up*
what he first supposed to be a huge ear- 4
flapping and fluttering about on I*
ground. He raised his gun to his shoo*
er and fired, and the monster bird _M*
beating the ground fiercely with his wipp-
Johnson rushed lip to it just as its wisp
£ave_ the last trembling flutters, and W'-'
ing it up by the neck be saw to his gw* 1
est astonishment thnt a bell hung to it,
suspended by n small wire chain, of watt*
some of the links had been worn abiiostti
tlie thinness of paper. The bell attach®"”
from which tlie clapper was missmg7 rt
round, and about three inches in dtarcr
ter' ltonrintr this ilifterinlion. ovidotltly 1 '
with a knife, or some ‘sharp imtruuie»H
“C. IV. Moore, Alabama, 1863." , I
The absence of the clapper accounts -A
the buzzard not having been heard for '1
last two months, leading many to supp
that «h» bird had left our regions, or M»j
been killed hy some one. On reaching ao -'i
Johnson narrated liis story to_ his famik
who assisted him in measuring its
which was found to be five feet s«v
inches from tip to tip. The bird ** ss .
sent to an experienced taxidermist at
cinnati, who will mount it, after *hq>
will be presented to the Iliitorical SocLj
at Nashville, there to remain as one ot
greatest curiositiea of the State.
A Iteat Stingy Man.
From the Bookman Slate. , .
Stingy man, yes. Ife chewed t- . ,
dried hit chew, "hM ft, fare bis
ashes to brush her teeth with, » nl v),;i
piaini, anu mat it would kill him to ride U ° j ,. „ j"’., , fertl
they only laughed. They carried him off her *° c ar Vf 'P U on the garden :
to a little lint in tl.. . ter. buch a man might do to ,bott‘
to a little hut iu the mountains and kept
him there for a week. The oldgentlaiuau,
from the complaint described, could only
subsist on milk, and as the bandit* could
not furnish this he nearly died before he
was ransomed.”
“How dal they ransom him?"
The bandit had a note conveved se-
a Baa might — _
and sell as mucilage that will sties 1
thing (bat comes in his way, out “"
do for a husband.
llncklpn’* Arnlcn
The wire in the \\<>rl I f r • t
s...r-'v ’iirfr- -alt ri.fiiiM, f* \«*r 1
torn* sod* 1 ''Jo
chapped chilblain
. « ooic conyeycu se- sruMlohi. snd positively curespliw. ovfi |
cretcly to his friends demanding $8,000 for require,l. It to vnarant zf-e V.4
hi3 ransom within a week. This his friend* kewon or money refunded. Price ;
l/ox. For by Rankin At