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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION’. ATLANTA, GA., XU1SSDAY MARCH 2 1883
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HIRAM WARNER.
Chief Justice.* the Mate oftteorxta
I ban been troubled with llrer complaint, ktd.
ncy dhssac, andt«d Mood fora loottlmr. I ban
used Bin nront Ur.r Keen lame, and It baa* date
* mom rood then alt the tucdiclaa I ever took*
1 would uot be wttbuui IL
_ „ . _ . GEO. . PBRATT.
. 0.8 Dtputy. Collect." Sceond District, tieocft*.
I hate been ’nine Simmon* Llrer
Reriietor |.e HYKi-KPKtA. nod
would my i„ wlide.poptlee that I
have found n to rvllev.ine, when
*U othertrrs'im nl I H.l failed.
R. t MiiJintTON.y.p.,
Valdosta, Oa.
STORIES OF THE WAR.
M—a. JU. fel'.lu ,,,
JWJFW l.ranilae biuer stmraona Llrer Re».
J. LI.i)Y U.
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Condemned.
A SOUTH XBN holdier's trial before
OOl’ET-MAKTIAL.
I bad tha honor once, during the nbeenee of
the president, General Uraatly, to pruide
over a courtmnrtiaf. It ni nt Dalton in tha
winter of 1883-4. Among other caeca of
aerioua olfenae* wu that of Private Elbert T.
Child*, of company B, 34th regiment of Ala.
Lama volunteer,, charged with daaartlonln
the bee of the enemy. The apeclficatlon* re
cited that he, the aald Private Child*, did on
the morning of the Slat of September on
the battlefield of Chlekaaunga leave hi* com
mand, without permlaiion or order of hla eu
porior officer, and without farther nermlaaion
or order from hi* auperlor officer did abandon
tlia aervice and ratlra to hla homo in Chamber,
county, Alabama.
Captain P. S. Wood, of the 23th Alabama,
•luce a prominet Judge In that atate, wujndgo
advocate. The priaoner, closely guardod was
brought In, and to my aurprlao, ap,wared a
mere boy.
The charge* and apeclficat Ions won read and
the witnesses examined. The evidence wu
clur and nnlmpoachable that he did, on the
morning of the second day of the battle, f|uJt
hla plaee In line and disappear bom the field,
and tbit when next beard from ha wu at
home In Alabama, where he wu arreated by
the conscript officer and sent under guard hick
to his command. After the Judge-advocate
had introduced all hla evidence, f ukad tha
prisoner If he had any dafense to offer.
Whereupon ha presented a written coo-
fcnlon of guilt, nnd pathetic appeal to the
clemency of the court. It wu the product of
id Indiscreet friend, and would of Itself have
convicted him. The boy wu Illiterate, and
could not undentand the damaging nature of
the neper. I therefore re/Uaed to admit it u
evidence agalnat him, bnt touched by the
youth of the priaoner, hla frank, open, honest
bee, and the terrible position In which ho
stood, I questioned him myself:
“How old are you?"
“I was fifteen lut October."
“How came you in the aervice?"
"My father hired me to take the plaoe of
Mr. Robert Martin."
“ltow came that?"
“You see Mr. Martin wanted to go homo on
a fUtleuxh, and hla father gave papa one hun
dred dollara for me to comoanditey alxty days
In hie place.”
“When wu that?"
"I-aat aprlng."
“Well, when is Martin now?”
“At home. Yon aee when the alxty days
wu out old Mr. Martin gave papa thru hun
dred dollars to let me stay all the time and
let Robert go home. I didn’t want to do It
and begged Colonel Mitchell to let me go
home, hat the colonel uld my father had a
right to put mo In If ho wanted to, and I had
to stay.”
Tbia wu clearly an unlawful enlistment,
and should have auto acted Colonel Mitchell to
aeonrtmsrtial, but with that wo had nothing
to dOe
“Well, tell us now, how It came about that
you left the company on the morning of the
uattlil" 1 uked,
"Well, sir, I’ll tell you Juat how It happened.
You see, that morning we all wanted inter;
we bad sent our canteens hack to Bock spring*
the Friday before, and I hadn't had a drop to
drink since,for you know wodldn't take time to
drink u we crossed the crick the evening be
fore, so, while we were waiting In line, I aat
Captain Rich if I moughtn’t run back to the
erick and get a drink, and he aald yea, bat to
make haste back before we wen ordered for-
word. Captain Rich, you know, wu killed
that day,or be would tell you oo himself. Wall,
I run back as futu I oould, and got the water,
Imt when I started baek, the company had
started In the fight, and the provost guard
picked me up and nut me In n squad and
marched oa nhsad with a Louisiana regiment,
and we hadn't moral got Tn the
fight a fore I wu wounded on the leg. See.
here is the place”—rolling up hla panto and
showing an ugly ecar on the oalf of hla right
leg. "Well, they sent me hack to the field
hospital and tha doctor sect mo down to Ring,
gold, where they pat me an the train and unt
me down to Atlanta, and from than they unt
roe to Montgomery, and u the train to Mont
gomery passed through Notuulga I thought
I'd get off and go home. So I got off
and Mr. Miller unt mo oat home
In his buggy. It’s only taro
miles, I didn't ran nway, they all know I wu
home. Dr. Slaughter tended on me, and u
toon as J got well Mr. Martin told papa I had
better some hack, and ao I want to Montgom
ery and reported, and they give me transpor
tation baek. Here It la,” showing a transpor
tation ticket from the posUiturtermaster at
Montgomery. “I uked the colonel nt Mont
gomery If 1 moughtn't stop by home and get
my clothes, my mamma wu making m* a coat,
and ho uld yes. and so I cam# on to Notuulga
and went out home to git out my coot end ra
tion* my mama wu a fixing for rat, and that
very night the conscript cavalry came and ar
retted mo, and lent me to tha oonacript ctmp.
When I wu reported u n deserter and they
tied me and fbtehed me back here. And
that la all I hare to aay, only that If Captain
Rich had a lived I wouldn't a ’bln In this fix.
There wu b straightforward truth and aim
pit alncenty about the boy’s story that carried
conviction with it, hut by norutooof evldonoe
cculd hla statement be admitted.
I bad the lieutenant commanding hit com*
rany ailed, and he tutlficd to the uniform
good conduct of the priaoner, and also to hla
truth. I also knew, u did the other members
of the court, the truth of to much of his state
ment u related to the water. The canteeus of
the brigade bad been sent beck the Friday be
fore the battle to bo filled at Rocky spring, and
by tome blunder they never came up in time
to relievo the thirst before the fight
Bat all thla did not rellero the damning fact
of hla dluppcarence from the line of battle,
and hla subsequent arrest at home, without
authorised lave of absence, and the Judgu*
advocate, with the legal luatincta of a prose
cuting attorney, made the case to plainly
against tha unfortunate boy that I almost
groaned to contemplate It,
There wu no one to apeak for the prisoner,
and he wu carried heck to the guardhouse,
and, closing the doors, wo proceeded to pro-
nounre judgment.
The chargu wen voted upon aa a whole,
the question being, “What my you, la tha
prisoner guilty or not guilty?"
The Junior memben sf court voted first, aud
then Iho rut In order of rank until nil had
voted.
Tha verdict wu unanimous and the prisoner
found guilty. Now, the eeutenoo. A majority,
In consideration of the prisoner's youth,
the Illegal manner of hu
_ __ recommended i ball
and chain and woik on tha fortifications for
sixty days. Fooling In my ooul that the boy
wu innocent I resolved to try a desperate ex
pedient to uvs him, and to this end 1
argued the Inadequacy of the penalty
to ouch an nlfonu. If tha prisoner la guilty he
•hall bo shot, if innocent be shall go free. “I
therefore loaiat that he be aenteneed to ho
shot to death at such time and place as tiro
commanding general may deal gnat*." With
what little eloquence I wu muter of 1 urged
the metier and canted Iho point, and accord
ingly in due m of military law the boy wu
sentenced to bo shot. The judgment wu ao
indorsed upon the chargee to which 1 added:
“In view of the extreme youth of tbs prie-
oner, the maaifhet illegality ol hla eoliMmeut,
hla uniform good conduct u a soldier previous
to tbit offense, and Iho oiteuaetiog circorn.
stances surrounding tha eau 1 IWNesifoliy re
commend him to tha marry of tho command,
ing general, praying that the aenleuro ha dit.
approved and Iho prisoner remanded for ser
vice to his command.'' It wu auvioei days
and anxious nights until the action of tleu.
oral Johnston could bo known, but at lut it
The findings of the court are
dfupprov <1 and the prisoner is re.
heard amt will report to his rsmoiand."
I went myself to the guanlhouio to oa tee
first to tell the boy of hit raleaiB
The pmr A*'low had bad no intimation of
tha terrible doom that kid boon pronoun *.*1
■poo him, bnt ooverthehas it wat a Joy to a o
the gladness that ahone in his eye u ho wai
told to go. Had he been sentenced to a ball
and chain hla case would not have boon revised
by tho general, but in the serious matter of
life and death the cue ailed for a critical
review, and thus by tho severity of the un-
fence n really Innocent boy wu used from
tho ignominy of a disgraceful and degrading
punishment.
A Cnrlona Incident of the War.
Troutman, Knox county, Tenn., February
IS.—Editors Constitution: Swing you solicit
comapondeuee from soldiers in our late un-
pleaeanlncFa, will plvc you a short story that
may interest some of your reader*. I took
s.’dea with the rebels at the beginning of tho
war at the age of fiftwn. I was captured at
Kingston, East Tennessee, In November, 1883,
while on picket, and wu taken from there to
Rook Island, III., prison, and remained there
until March, 1883, and tho amount of dogs
that wu eaten there during that time I cannot
■ay, but ham awn u many u seventeen bides
nulls d to trees at one time. Tho dogs would
follow the draymen in when thovcomo to
clean out the nriaen, and ono wav nevor known
toutuin. Will uy nothing about tho suffering
from hanger and coId whllo on the island.
Ono evening in March, 188S, orders came to
thepiiaun forfive hundred Kentuckians and
Tonnemeeans, mostly Morgan’s cavalry, to got
ready to leave for Dixie on exchange. The
joy that filled tho bcarte of that squad no one
eon tell—longue nor pen cannot expreu it.
Tory noon wo arrived in Haiti more, wu
matched up to about the center of the city
waa halted and fronted for tha vut multitude
u! ciliteu* to take a peep at, the yankoe guards,
of about ore hundred strong, wu placed on
the sidewalk in our front and rear, prewntly
the good ladlw of tha city appeared with thair
trarketo filled with chotee eatablu for the
prisoners, and asked permission of the officer
m charge to feed us, but wu flatly denied
thnnph one old lady with courage
ordered herr aevant to throw a
basket, tn tho prisoners, which alto
Imagine how long it took i vt hungry
ertw to destroy thecontenta. T, re were
five leaves and two flahea in the bash, t. The
officer In charge of tho guard bring n rtbo
good old lady, struck her with hia a Sre.
Then imagine the fooling* of five hundred ai
nod Boldfen u any army could produce!
uat nt that time aomo ono in the prisoners'
rank gave the orders for the rear rank to
about faro forward march, which was as
promptly obeyed u a regiment on drill. The
officer of the guard ordered bis men to chargo
bayonets on us, but before they could got
tbclr muskets brought to bur, wo seised
them and held them at an anglo over our
head*, laving about every fourth prisoner
idle for anything elao that might come ap.
Very soon the guard wu doubled, coming in
double quick on each sidewalk, taking their
places uternately with tho former guards
uthey took their stand. Wo hadenongh
lusmen to manage them and place thorn
* same fix as their brethren. Strangs to
ny, there was not a gun find, and everything
seemed to be atlll u death, bnt vengeance
wu lurking within.
Very toon orders were given by some pris
oner In ranks to name our former paiitlons,
which waa u promptly obeyed os the first order
given.
It atoms nt that time, from some cause, there
u but few federal aoldlera lu Baltimore, or
the prisoners would have surely boon punished
for such a daring act; but without further
trouble we were marched quiotly to steamer
on tho Chcupeake and act nil for Richmond;
wu exchanged, bnt not early enough to take
any more part In tho war.
C. M, Andebjon.
Abb Wallace,
Among tho many hoy (oldiera of 1801, none
wu braver than “little” Abb Wallace, of com
pany L, Sixth Alabama regiment. lle wu the
only son of n wldowod lady, who with hor
family of five or six children lived near Au-
burn.Ala., at tho commencement of the srmr.
Abb wu of such an adventurous disposition
that, although only fifteen or sixteen years of
age, he wu among the first to offer hla service*
u n volunteer, causing thereby much anxiety
to hla mother, who aliaoet Idolised her mealy
bey, and during iho stirring timuofI882iu
Virginia, she wrote to General J.B. Gordon, at
that time colonel of tho Sixth Alabama, tell
ing him of her uneuineu on her
son’s account aud requutlng
that for her sake he would watch over hor
boy-soldier and lu tbs event of slckneu
gettlug wounded, that he might haro all at-
tlon pomlblo.
The gallant, ever • sympathetic Gordon
promptly replied to hla letter, and promised
the fund mother that he weald take bar boy
under hia especial supervision and would do
nil in hla power to ahlold him from haroi, aud
concluded the letter by uylng, “Should he
fall In battle, you will have the consolation of
knowing that he fell In a righteous cause.”
When thle letter wu received Mrs. Wallace
not being familiar with the writing of super-
•criptlon, hurriedly broke the seal nnd turned
to the signature, and u her eyes rested on the
name, “J. D. Gordon," aho also caught sight of
the closing sentence—“Yon will have the oon-
relation of knowinglhat he tell in n righteous
cause."
Naturally concluding from it that her be
loved son had bean alaln in battle, with a
wild, dotualring shriek she fell forsrard upon
Iho floor In a deal h-Ilto swoon. Her daugh
ters, from adjoining rooms, rushed In to find
their mother apparently lifelou.
Hoeing an opeu letter upon the floor, ono of
the number—while tho others were applying
restoratives—road It with the expectatloa of
finding a eolation of the mystery, lint there
wu nothing re very awful in It, In fact Its
contents had undoubtedly been tnteuded to
allay apprehensions of evil.
With tho first return of conarlouv
oeu tho mother excltimed: “ Abhie
is dead I Abble is dead!" In vain
they assured her that she was mistaken. In
vain did they read the letter to hor, eho re
fused to bellovo or be comforted until she
coaid with her own cyu read the letter from
to have a soothinx effect, came well nigh pro-
dneing convulsions. 8.0. II.
A Mmt In nn Ovrn*
From the Atntricus, (is., Kopublfcsn.
On Ihc return of the confederate army frj-ji
Gettysburg, and while canning near ItageU.
town, Md , a member of comnany A., Cutts's
artillery, who was nicknamed Kansy SnlflUs,
went Into that city, and called at the house of
a Dutch woman for something to eat Rho
pretended that she did not understand him,
only raying “nlcn.” Batur, “O, damn your
nine, ene will do me Bow, ,r aud walkod lata
the hock yard. In peering into a large Dutch
oren. he found that tho old woman hid run
all or her chickens in it to prevent the soldiers
from stealing them. Be slipped into the oven
and was catching the chickens, when tho old
lady slipped to the oven door and closed U on
him. lie tried hard to get out, heggod, threat
ened end tried to bribe tho old woman, but
she bad captured a livo rebel and intended to
hold her prise. Kansy was funoua, bat the
Dutchwoman was aa smiling as a Hay morn
ing. After an hour or two, another confed
erate dropped into the hack yard, peeped Into
the Dutch oven, and released Kansy, and the
cvuplu cairicd off the chickens while tho old
woman waa relating her achievement to friends
in the front of her house. Kansy is frequently
iu the city snd thinks ho owes that other uuu
a debt of gratitude to this day.
I.iick of Two Ban Francisco Men.
Mr. .tulius Gruon, proprietor of tha Louvrok
Ban Ftsmisca, GsL, suffered for a long time
from cough. Ono bottle of Red Star rough
by nip cutcd Urn, and ho hai had uo return of
the trouble. Majar Arnold, of the O.videnUl
Hots!, In the Mine city, wmcured of rheuoiv
luux by St. Jacob's Oil.
Dark chin tie* have pansy, row and honey-ruckle
dekigts*. .
VBA WINBLoVa SOOrni.'.tfgYftOP Mr Chil
dren teething, mftena the twa* mtoav laatxatna-
ttou, allays an pain and ouom »tnd colic. & cents
s bottle
Mflcedo iitfctn f> l:: all colon uith Japaneaiue
designs.
tudf wunkhmeiit U neglecting to u«e Dr.
IhiU'a lYirtb .'/nip. Trice ualy -a ooau.
A TRIP TO CUBA.
A Story of the 8ea—Cube's Groat Castle—
An Ancient City.
It has been but a few yean elnce a
trip to Cuba from Atlanta waa an undertaking
almost as vast in Jta conception and aa tiro
some in Its execution aa would bo n trip to
Europe at the present time.
Now, one ran Imre Atlanta Monday after
noon, for Instanre, and sloop in Havana the
Thursday night following, with a stop of a
half day In Jacksonville, ns long in Tamps,
and several honn In Key West, and the ac
commodations for every mile of the trip Is as
perfect aa can bo found on nit or water, in the
world.
It was with such a tonr In view that I left
Atlanta two week* ago, and Joining a pleasant
party of Georgians in Florida, we were soon
awaiting the raising of the "Maseotte's" an
chors sa she calmly rode the waters just with
out Tampa, preparatory to her plunge to Ha
vana,
As we approached it she appeared to sit a,
lightly on the rippling surface of tho water
aa a feather. It was in the afternoon and the
tun had almoet reached the horizon. The sky
was ’ cloudless and not a breath or wind
waa atining. A thousand sea gulls
loitered about the ship before us,
their white, outstretched wings dotting tho
black, irou hull of the steamer. One. more
venture, ome than the others, had perched it
self on the topmost round of tiro ladder to tho
mail, most, and seemed to view us curiously
from its high pesition as we neared, aud only
until tho “Margaret” reversed Its engines and
measured its breadth with the “Musette,” in
trsnrftrrlng Its cargo of human freight, did
the sentinel gull leave ftp post, when, with a
scream, It outspread Us milky wings, snd,
as if answering the summons, the
real of the brood followed lta dim outline, al
most buried in Its direct courre In the lighted
rays of the reclining un. The “Hascotto"
too, followed, sail the broad waters of tho gulf
reached, she seemed to poire for an Instant,
and raising her canvass wings, was fairly on
her course, marking her path by the drifting
■moke of her fires.
It wu n bountiful day and there wu not a
cloud In tho sky; there seemed to be a gentle
breeae playing over the water, aud through lta
rippling wares the stumor glided with an ai-
moat imperceptible motion.
Every passenger felt tn inward joy
at the delightful prospect for a smooth trip.
And indeed it wu amooth for aboat half the
distance.
TOR PPOXT OF THE SBA.
But It cams with a rush. The almost list*
Ins surfkce of the water suddenly transformed
Itself into waves of tumnltnou firry, which
dashed against the ahtp with an apparently
venomous impulse. They grew thicker, and
the nearengen grew sicker. The wave, were
beating nt In front, behind and from both
•Idee. It wu not a storm by any muni, bnt
merely what sailors term “a heavy sea."
Tho ship reeked and jumped and plunged
like a cork In the water, bdt never lessened
its speed of sixteen knots an hour. Those
who had seen more of tho water than I uld
Ihe but thing to do when the first dtuineas
began to attack the stomach wu to go below
and take it cully in yonr berth. It wu not
ten minutes after the first heavy plungo before
tho deck wu as clear u an Iceberg. Every-
bedy bsd gone to theircabins.
A Missourian oren pled the berth next to
mine. Ho had beard of the sea before, bnt he
had never soon It. Wo won on dock together
when tho water showed the lint symptoms of
growing angered, and we simultaneously went
below. 1 stopped in hie cabin, and while thore
he pointed to n neat little tin hex hooked at
the head of hla berth.
“What’e that?” said he.
“To put yonr jewelry and valuables In,” I
replied. And as I left him I noticed that hla
lips bad assumed a deep purple, and the color
wu fut fading from hla ebooks.
Ho had raised the lid of tho little
painted box, sod wu 'depositing his watch
therein a* I left him.
I wu far from comfortable myself, and
longed to get out of what teemed to be
an aquatic earthquake, bnt thore wu a grut
consolation in the (bet that there wore other*
on hoard much sicker than I. Ever and anon
the lugubrious wails of Missouri oould bo hoard.
It waa first “O! Lonly,” and then “O h h-b,”,
and the rattle of hla tin musketry would drown
what followed.
CUEA’a (I BEAT CASTLE.
Morro Castle la the Immense and almost lm-
pregnigable fort that guards the city and har
bor of Havana. Itlaaitnated on aoommand-
Imt promontory at the entrance of tho harbor,
and just aernu from the city, and in lta walla
andtbatoflta adjoining fort are sheltered
11,000 aoldlera.
For years it hubeen a custom that no vessel
he allowed to enter the harbor of Havana, after
the .flag hubeen lowered on Morro Cutle. It
make* no dlffbrenee how stormy without, nor
how dangerous the night, if a Teasel arrives
after the Spanish colon hare been taken down
for the day on tho rattle, that vessel must beat
about aa beat it can nnd bravo tho tumultuous
fury of the maddest waves nutil the next
morning,
AN ANCIkNT CITY.
The next morning early we were In Havana.
It la one of the quaintest cities of tho west-
rni continent. Surrounded with castles and
forte, and built compactly with structures of
the old Moorish architecture. It combines In
both appearance nnd customs the chief charac
teristics of the two ancient enemies, the Cas-
tilllans and the Moore.
The first thing that strikes a stranger
Is the unusual shallowness of the houses. There
is not a font story house In tha city, and bv
far the largest portion are only ona
story In helghth. Tho houses are all bollt of
concrete, with a cement finish, nnd nil have
tho same dingy yellow appearance. A house
erected two year* ago beside one that has
stood ono hundred years, looks almost as old
as Its more ancient neighbor. Thera Is a same-
mss in the architecture everywhere, and
characteristic of the custom of tho people, who
live as near alike aa poaaible their ancestors of
the middle age, there has been bnt little
change In the stylo of building since tho first
house waa erected In tbs city.
Tbs streets are narrow, very narrow, and
the sidewalks proportionately so. In tho busi
ness portion or the city there la aoarea enough
room for two vehicles to pass and on several
of the principal streets they are only allowed
to proceed In one direction, eonring baek In
the reverse direcUon on the next parallel
street. Acreee several of the streets awnings
rsach for blocks from one tide to another to
protect pedestrians from tho almost Intolerable
heat of the ssn, for which reason, also, tha
streets were built so narrow.
Havana Is a busy city. There is an air of bus
tle and stir shoot it that strikes an American
as being in strange contrast with the natural
Indolence of its people. The city, however, la
made to appear much more active than in re
ality, by its compactness, its narrow streets
and it* thousands of rsftllng vehicles continu
ously passing over its rocky pavements. It Is
essentially a clly of hones and carts. Almost
everybody rides and the bam of Its cabs la
heard from daylight nntll midnight. The
washerwoman ride* for her clothes, tha mar-
chant rides to hi* pi toe of business, and the
clerk, the soldier, the servant and the magis
trate summons passing coach to go * half dor-
euMcckr. There are thon«nda of these eahe In
the city, probably more than In any city of Its
site in the world,—Havana, by tho way, has a
population of about 330,000.
the cm An noBsn.
The Cuban Loisa la a curiosity and t> probe-
I,lv the hardest worked domestic animal
ou the glebe. Ho is alittlo fellow, scarce
ly the siio of s Texas mustang. Us Is the
initially animal iu the world and the most
indefatigable works? in existence. It aeeme
as If there are as many bones In Hanna as
people, and to view them in their dlffereut
capacities is an odd sight to an
unset uitomcd eye. The pack hone la the vet
eran of the race. They como from the suburbs
aid neighboring towns with prelum puked
setose their hacka tc snch an extent that only
tbr head, tail and four hoofs are left visible.
Tbc vendor of the goodaleads the Aral bene
which Is fidlowrd by eometinmeB half dona
re, the bridle of cock being attached to the
tall of the one In front. These trains piralo
the city In numbers, each animal with a
mountain of merchandise on Its back.
When s Cuban hone groin too feeblo to
work or is otherwise Incapacitated for duty,
It generally ends lta.exlatenca in the bull ring.
But when thla stage la reached the poor fellow
is generally ready to die, and eau only regret
the method employed In bringing au end to
hia hardships.
THE SPANISH BULL EIGHT.
Imagine yourself seated In alarge ampithe-
atre, the ring of which is about one hundred
and fifty foot In diameter. The encircling
■eats rise at an angle of about forty-five de
grees, and to the height of forty or fifty foot.
3 bis is the “Plaaade Toros” in which the an
cient sport it received with the fiery enthu
siasm which bss characterized its reception
for ages.
Three, four or five thonrand people
throng ila precipitously by inclined benche*,s(l
clamoring and yelling snd almost drowning
the notes of a croaking band, the music of
which Is an interlnde to the sport which is to
follow. Tho ring Is encircled srith a fanoo of
about five feet In height, having two gates; one
leading to tho ball pen, the other the opening
tbiongh which enters tho participants in the
fight. The music breaks out afresh, the latter
gr.tr Is openrd. SDd a score of men enter. They
are all gaudily attired, each wearing a close,
tight Jacket which fits him ltke a corset. Tea
or twelve of them carry huge, flaming cloaks
user their anna, and half aa many
are nn horseback, armed with lances nf about
ten feet in length. The former are the “hsn.
rlrrillerns," and tho latter tho “picadors.'' Tho
‘ matadors,” armed with cloak und sword, are
in the procession, the rear of which la brought
up by three mules abreast pulliug a bodyteu
tunguc, which la loopod to tho heads of the
boms or bulla aa they are killed, when they
aie pulled out of the ring.
AU retire from the ring bnt thebandorilieros,
aud too charging bull is turned in. Just aa
hr enters tho gate a well protected fighter
sticks lute hla hack a large rosette, from
which it reams ribbons of variegated colors.
It ia held in position by n fish-hook
barb, which iaweli directed in its throat. This
madden* the ball, and ho plunges at the near
est object. A banderUlero Daunts hia red cloak
into bis very foco nnd nimbly springs
as tho sngered beast darts toward him
lowered bend and distended nostrils. Again
snd again this operation is repeated, some
times the bull burling a lest sprightly torturer
into tha sir, nnd again tramping him under hif
hoofs in his mad rash across the ring.
When the hull is wrought to a high
pitch of excltcmont the picadors enter.
A cicak ia flaunted from behind one
of tho trembling hones, on which
it seated a lancer. The bull rushes madly and
is received by the ltnce of the piesdor, but,
anlieedlug it, plunges hit horns into the belly
of the horse, which darts forward with its on
trails protending, ream, falls and met. Another
and another horse is killed, sometimes aa many
aa twenty in a fight, and at the death stroke
of each tho depraved taste of thousands of
spectators gives vent to tumuitoosjoy by ring
ing shouts snd clamorous applause. Then comes
tho ambidextrous torturers who, by a most
clever movement, stands in front of the charg
ing animal and, reaching over his bended
head, thrusts in both sides of tho neck
barbed sticks of about two feet in length. As
the buU runs, thrse flap and cut and rendor
him desperate. Should be beditpoeod to give
up the fight, howerer, and show fear, as it sel
dom done,these sticks which are festooned with
colored paper, are fired and the brute is burn
ed to desperation.
Now comes tho matador who la to finish the
deed. All othen have retired, and the bleed'
ing but infuriated ball la left alone in tho ring
with the enemy who la to kill him. The cloak
is flaunted in hla face nnd he chargee.
The matador trips aside. Again
and anln this Is repeated, and when the ani
mal is vexed to furious exasperation, tho
matador carelessly points his sword to tho
ground, covers it with his cloak, which ho
shakes, and awaits the lsst chsmc. Every
voice is still aud every eye Is turned to the
bull. An oppressive silence prevails, which
Is suddenly broken by the bellowing of tho
hull as hc.paws the earth and with a furious
•hake of his head springs forward to' the at
tack. He rraehes|tlie matador, who stands per
fectly still, throws hit head down to gore him,
whrn suddenly tho cloak It thrown aside and
the sword is plunged to the hilt in its should
ers. If it Is a master stroke, that Is, if the
bull dies instantly, the matador is the object
of the wildest enthusiasm. Money, cigars, or
jewels are thrown him and ha it carried from
the riugalmoet In tho aruia of his excited ad-
Thus, this is repeated to tho end, until
probably a half dosen bulla are killod, and
generally each bull dispatches two or three
hones. As soon as the bull receives tho doath
stroke, the music aounds,
mules prance in nnd the dy
ing animal is palled out by
the horns. Before the next, bull bss fairly
•tatted his light, hla predecessor has been
thinned and quartered, and is ready for the
oven, for which purpose they are bought by
the gortrument for lta soldiers.
But the reader shall rest a week, and next
8onday, if he deelree, can accompany mo to
portions of tha island, SCO something of tho
manners and custom! of the people and talk
over their condition aud prospect. C. H,
A COWBOY PIANIST.
New York, February 25.—[8pecial corres
pondence.]—Tho moat extraordinary musical
event of tho peat week has been tho sudden
descent upon the town of n person calling him
self the “cowboy pianist.’’ I cannot remem
ber when I struck another such phenomenon.
He li the typical “guy hooter" lu spuoaranco.
Long, coarse black hair, bread hrimmod
slouched bat, and bine shirt with open collar,
showing his brawny neck. His name is
Babel, He is about twenty-three, and has
come here to challenge the world of plenlsta,
I.lkc ail the men about Fourteenth street
and Steinway hall, I regarded this strange ap
parition aa something of a guy. nntll I heard
him play. I went with a small party of must-
clans and critics to John Pattiaou’a rooms to
see the wild western youth macerate the mat
ters and enjoy tho pnlrlu school. But he at-
tonlahed us. In fidelity, fores, brilliancy and
rapidity of execution I confess that be amaasd
me.
This bey’s store, If true, and I bar* no reason
to donbt it, fdr I have encountered singular
things before, ia equally strange. He toM me
in a straight forward way that his Cither
bought an old Cblckering piano for twelra
bushels of com from a party of emigrants, “I
waa then,’’ aald he, “about sixteen yoan old.
My father did not know anything about pianos
bat he thought it would bo handy for mother
to iron on. It wu pat In n corner, and the old
woman used to cot oar clothes oo It, sod
when iho wmrn't using • It, It wu
revered with old humus and
potatoes. When I was twenty-one I started
one night to go to n round up. Yon know
what th* boys are out there. We had a ride
of sixty mile*, and wo stopped half way and
got drank. About 3 o’clock in the morning I
started to go on. My pony got hia foot in a
gopher hole and threw me, for I was pretty
foil, and I broke my arm in two places. They
had to take me back and go to Fort Sill, which
was sixty miles, for a surgeon. Well, I was
laid np for several months. On* day I had
a shock. I did not know what It
waa then, bnt I know now. It was
electricity. It tingled down to
tho ends of my Angola. I did not know what
wu the matter with me. I was'seared. I got
up cud I wanted to look in that old “planner."
1 took the hameu off and got It open. Than
I begin to play. I hope I msy die hors if I
know hew I did It, hut I played It It nudo
me so glad 1 howled. The oil woman thought
I bad gore mad. If I ever saw the inside nf
it before I hope I msy drop.
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NOT MUCH COFFEE.
THE BLOOD—ITS DISEASES —HOW-
CURED.
The most wonderfol blood poison remedy ever
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healing qualities of which are truly phenomenal.
Scientific research baa foiled ro for to produce lta
equal. There la no claim that the ingredients of
tbtg great remedy are new: on the oont^ry, its
component parts are all and favorably known to
the medical world in their separate uses, but the
combination of the*e Ingredients were nerer at
tempted until the formula of B.B. B. waa made.
For Scrofula, Blood PoUon, Rheumatism, Cstarrh,
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a great deal; that was before there were maty
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so he had to put up at night wherever nlghtoaugU
him. Consequently, touietimes he had to stop 4
place* where the accommodations were not of th)
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fee he would have; but, said he, tn a very solemn
tone, I have f'.metimes to drink a gallon of wafer
o net a taste of coffee. In sn ad page there is n»
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end have It well creamed. Give ns quality and not
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Wherever this remedy is known It takes the lead.
A Doctor*® Woes,
CBAwroBDTiLLt, Gs., June 11,1835.—For ten years
have been suffering with muscular rheumatism.
Patent medicines and physicians' prescriptions
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the use of B. B. B., and experienced partial relief
before using one bottle. I continued its uso and
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