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10 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION’. ATLANTA, GA., XU1SSDAY MARCH 2 1883 PUBLIC DEMAND ilfer loot exper- Imenu, o4 «*-UrAR!fER’*'fc« 8AFE YBA8T I which woraaranfee fo be.M far a* p-mlbfe, A PKRFECT YK A« r, Pur® and Wholesome I and Health Preserving. PRICE 10c. A IIOX, (IOCakm in a Box), Eaouch to raise 40 loam of bread. U jour grant doe mot keep U, send for It by mill to Warner*® Safe Yeast Oo., Rochester, N. Y Mention tbU paper.satwjy tcnrm —•SEDGWICK— STEEL WIRE FENCE I parti'*' Milonlm paper, 8I0GWICK BROS., Rlohmond, Ind. DR.W.J.TUCKER permanently located AT MO. 9 MARIETTA STREET, ATLANTA GA. ASSISTED try DR. T. J. HAILE. AH Chrenic Dfceaes of the Heait, Lun^s, Blood, Nerves, Skin, Bone*, and Genito-UrnU ary Organs scientifically and succcssfull) treated. OHMIC FEMALE TROUBLES . Readily yield* to tha doctor's aklllfttl ttut meat. . YOUNG, M1DDLE-A0CD AND OLD MEN Bufiferin, from the sllhetior Indlacntlon and cx- Mtt »uch M Involuntary cinlsalon*. ipermator- rhtra.and Impotency .acccurully treated and l'KR MAKTLYCIHED. Dr. Tucker h«* cured mot, css. of PILES AND FISTULA Than any physician tn the south. Pattern* treated auocsre fully thrnaxh the moll. Dr. Tucker ni for several yen professor nil dean of the faculty In on, of the oldest medical coUcfNufUMWUib, nndnlao hna been president of Use Bute Medlcnl nnd fbirtlctl Society. Omuulutlea personal or by mall, free and aa credly confidential. An hooeat opinion (Iren In every cure. Mentlnn Ihla paper. |nn»wby If enw n i Prof. Chs. Ludwig Von Seeger, Profrisor of Medicine at the Royal ITnlTtnlty Xnteht of lbs Royal Anatrlan Order of the Iron M oMMM&^Knixhf'Sf Ihe Iteyal' I’nmlsn ortha Rad Rads; UhavalkroCtn* Lcgloaor i. Ac., Ac., aaya: "LI MHO CO.’S COCA BEEF TONIC 3 not be confounded vl II tela no mom of un tbnrounhly with the horde of Ineby of the word a patent ily conrcreant with It, — jnow It to be not only a Meal product, bat aim iMcndatloaa u ha* received Mryliu pniwaeiiulae Spaalab Imperial Crown Inraiuahlc la all who am ran down, nervous, dyspeptic, Mlkma, malarlmn or adlctad with weak kidneys. Ilswnr. of Imitations. HER MUHTY S FAVORITE COSMETIC OLVCERIRE Deed by. Her Royal lllchueaa Ihe rriucen o Wales and Ihc nobility. For the akin, complexion, rrapOona, cbapptni, rouihure*. One Dollar. Of l iVlilO CO.’S Ornulne Syrup of Koruna. HUntonotanleed m the beet aanapnrtlln In Tim N. T. DEPOT IS Hl'ftlC.iV STItEKT. Mention tbta paper.fobM-eun wkylt Georgians Say! Olininona Urn RenUtor hu b .ake pleasure ju^reeounx ~ I bare need KamoaUm Raw ulatot for (MK8TIPATION. and elwnya with decided benadt. 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. »nayU—n ky lyp r m b » 2 ** lwo E‘rjf 1 ** »««D. IltGS 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. Do not derptlr of curing your sick hea lacbe when jcu ran so easily obtain Carter’s Little Liver rills. They will effect a prompt snd peimaurat euro. Thair action is mild and natural. .Vo Safer .Ursiu-U) tan be bad f.ir On-ieht snl folds, or any trouble of tbe throat, than -ilrovrs’s bronchial Trochea.” Pike 23 vta. Sold ouly In NOT MUCH COFFEE. THE BLOOD—ITS DISEASES —HOW- CURED. The most wonderfol blood poison remedy ever compounded Is B. I). B. (BoUnle Blood Balm,) tho 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, Sidney Troubles, Female complaints, etc.', it Is simply unapproachable, and as a true tonlo it ts un equaled. We do uot expect the reader to beUere all we say as to the unprecedented merits of this remedy, for there arc no many able, yet unsernpu* loua advertisers that it would not be safe to regard everything said In an advertisement as true. Seine of those column, double-column aud whole p*ge ad's remind us of a long-ago Mend who trarekd a great deal; that was before there were maty railroads; and aa all travelers thorn days had to d» 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) very best. lie was s great lover of coffee, and ooi 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» uslly about as much genuine troth as coffee in our friend's gallon of hot water. For our part we would take the grain of coffee In the small French cup end have It well creamed. Give ns quality and not quantity, and not ovcr*mnch sweetened, especially with sorghum syrup (the productions of a prolific, morbid brain). Who can find a needlo In a hay* stack? much less truth In some page ads I Won* dtrftil times these; broad acres of the Sahara with* or.: an oasis. Give us tho acre that will produce thiee bales, or a hundred and forty bnshels of wheat instead. Yet this does not prove that every remedy is not as represented. We only ask a trial before a doubting public, feeling confident that one bottle will establish its intrinsic value as a blood-purifier. 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