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i mm 'Sjr* ? api?. "4 , , v,vJ» Awl*. ¥ I * spahts nsHTmo mef. Types of the Soldiers Our Army of Invasion is Encountering. »:• I : m. .. 'l I'M .,5 K,. OMINALLY the army of Spain is divideil into these classes: A per* maneut army of 9315 officers and 70,829 men, an ac tive reserve of 184,- 972 men, and a second or seden tary reserve, which on January 1,1898, was estimated at 1,083,595 men. All Spaniards between the ages of nineteen and forty-five are numbered ! in the second reserve, and are liable to be called upon for active service at any time they may be needed. All of them are supposed to have served at least three' years in the first, or active reserve, which corresponds to our militia. Every boy, upon attaining the age of nineteen, mast enter either the permanent army or the first re serve, and servo throe years. About 190,000 come within the provisions of that law annually, so that there is a constant change from the permanent army to' the first reserve. Then, after six years, when the citizen has reached the ago of twenty-five, he goeh into the second reserve, and is subject to military duty only in'time of war and after conscription. It may be said, therefore, that 250,000 men are con stantly under arms in Hpain and its colonies. The first reserves are used for coast guards, customs inspectors, and for police duty in the rural dis tricts, and are likely to be detailed for service in the guarda civil, which cqp- responds to our city police and the gendarmes in France. • Voluntary setvice is accepted at eighteen years of age, but the pay is so small, only twenty cents a day, that very few Spaniards ever think of en listing until they are compelled to do so. Hy the payment of $300 any per son may purchase exemption from military duty. The 210,000 soldiers who have been which are the militia of Cuba, or a total of 148,000. Of these, when the last official reports were made, 28,000 were in the hospitals, leaving an ef fective fighting force on paper of 120,- 000 men. These statistics are made up from the official reports sent to the War Department in Madrid and published by the recognized organs of the Min ister of War, which correspond to the Army and Navy Journal and the Army and Navy Register of the promotion on seniority within the corps. The men (privates) must be sergeants of good character and the best qualifications. In other words, it is a battalion without a private sol dier in the ranks. The gronp of hussars at Madrid is a representative body. The Spanish cavalry includes two hussar regiments, designated as the Princess and the Pavia, which are regarded by their officers as the most distinguished of the monnted regiments. The cavalry officers enter through the college at Valladolid by competition, and after a coarse of three years ore appointed to their regiments as Second Lieuten ants. The artillery of the Spanish army, like that of the English royal artillery, includes the horse, field, mountain and garrison bronchos, and the gnn factories ami other establishments are in relation with it. It has charge of stores of guns, arms, ammnnition and "material,’'and is provided with field ranges, gunnery schools, a scientific and practical museum aud other nec- licable conditions in Cuba. kindred and relatives in tes are in the ranks of the lory forces, bat they seem by a ferocity that is as inexplicable. All the Cap- leral have depended upon icipally for support, and the ive returned their apprecia- r this confidence by their brn- and demoniac actions when* jpportunity occurred for mas- I d unjustifiable killing, are not well "set np,” do not the martial bearing of a Brit- Amerinan soldier and invite ampt of the Anglo-Haxon by sk of many military character- i Still, it docs not require much to pull a trigger, and by they may become as good jien as any habitant of a more latitude. FOB litt: w\ T D :-JT. CHV *E FOLKS. ARTICULAR IN- THEM. COLUMN OF PJ TEREST TC .merest the Jn- V/ 7 711 0O SPANISH COAST BATTEBY IN CUIIA FIRING ON THE AMERICAN FLEET. jSl 5^ OUTPOST CUBA. ypv. sent to Cuba during the last three years havo been drawn rnestly from the first reserve, although the per manent army has furnished the larger part of the skilled artillerists who have been handling the big guns upou the fortifications. While it is impossible to get accur- rato statistics, the military journals at Madrid have published statements showiug that ten Generals, 615 field and staff officers, 6222 regimental of ficers, and 180,435 soldiers have been sent to Cuba up to November 1, 1897. Since then reinforcements have been received twice, 12,000 at one time and 10,000 at another. Up Li March 1, 1896, 1 General, 7 field officers, 53 regimental officers and 1314 men had becu killed iu bat tle during the present insurrection, United States, and are accepted by General Miles aud Secretary Alger as official. The Spanish reports, however, arc not to be relied upon. Their army is largely mythical. Nobody knows how many poor fellows have died iu the field resisting insurgents, and the ravages of disease are still more diffi cult to ascertain; first, because Span ish statistics in all brauches of the Government are notoriously incom plete and inaccurate; and, second, because it is for the pecuniary inter est of the officers to conceal the mor tality of their men. There is no regu lar pay department. t The soldiers receive their miserable stipend of three or four silver dollars a mouth from ■“ 1 regimeptal officers. The col it sends in the pay roll ap long n« en the money comes he divides it among the oaptaius of com panies, aud the captains divide it among the men. It is one of the eas iest and most popular methods of robbing the Government for the offi cers to double the number of men on duty and divide the money that is forwarded for their pay. It is a fa vorite saying in Cuba that when an officer makes a report of a battle he represents that most of his troops have been shot while gallantly charg ing the enemy, but they all come alive again before be makes up his pay roll. It is well known that since the blockade began General Blanco has impressed in the army every able- bodied citizen within reach of his conscript office, and the insurgent sympathizers havo enlisted in great numbers with the expectation of being able to serve their cause more effec tively inside than outside of the trenches. This class of people, how ever, are not to be depended upon by either side. The abundance of the physical re sources of Spain and the soldierlike qualities of the men, even when they have received brief military training, have been a surprise to many. Fro-eminent are the Albarderos, who tata their name from the halberd, a picturesque old weapon they carry no lon{.wr of any fighting (offensive or essary adjuncts. The actual forma] tiou of the artillery is thirteen regi ments of the field branch, each of four six-gnn batteries, a regiment of horse artillery and three belonging to the mountain branch, all these having the same number of batteries and guns as the fieltl artillery. There are additionally ten battalions of garrison gunners and four companies of artificers. At the present time the Spanish army hao gnus of two kinds —the Krnpp and the placeucia, of bronze or steel, with 8.5 inch and 3.1 inch caliber. The officers of the force enter through the college at Segovia, the admission being by competitive exam ination between civilian candidates and young officers from other corps. The studigi^ijover a period of six INUMENT FOR LAFAYETTE. It on Foot to Erect h Memorial Over HU Grave In Faria. leserted corner of the ceme- tho Convent of Little Picpus, k, lie Uio remains of the French- |o was America’s best friend in >of her sorest need—Lafayette, re is decorated only by a plain id seems as deserted as was Hugo’s immortal hero, Jean when he fled into these with his little Cosette in his escape the persecutions of In* Javert. jvement is now on foot to erect ig monument to this brave kman who sacrificed his all for ; is purposed that it shall be M by the school children of the States, in contributions of | amounts and that it shall be an as the great event of United day in the Paris Exposition in leu first built the tomb was two ree feet above the ground; now mndatiou stones have crumbled re top has fallen almost to the Bain and time have dealt cru- nth it. Resident McKinley has consented the honorary chairman of the |mission in charge of the raising of Something that Will venile Members of Evcrj —Quaint Action* and Bright Sayir of Many Cate and Cunning Child Boy* in the Country. Country boys read with interest thesel words of Major General N“lson A." Miff's, the famous Indian fighter: “I lived as a farm boy the happiest years of my life. I think snch a life laid the foundation for my healthy constitu tion, its simplicity and parity having a great influence upon my after success, greater than anything eLse. It taught me habits of industry and economy, and its freedom and independence caus ed me to acquire the habit of self-reli ance.” pie, a boy whose be called Kiyoshi- to the kind speech boy shows that t new honors that ha nnr that he Is now n seif to the serious bi It used to l>e a great a samurai tsah-moor- Japan. The samurai scholars, and were enti , and above the ordinary could not engage In any could they marry into This has all been la hi. JJJ!, ^ nndet *w the corne th e es« of u} hila ' n ? ^ be h baby 0 ? 1 so,< w ac ;; ’ r,le - They ‘ u ‘ s », nor ano^er cl ass changed «Poe Ilf GBAVE OF LAFAYETTE is PARIS. funds, the construction ofjthe monu- Iht and its transportation and erec- resisted H * 004 “ alread nited States providing fl rary commission and an acting com ission to take charge of the work. Where the 014 Money Goes. In the United States Bureau of En graving and ITintlng at Washington hundreds of thousands of dollars in torn and soiled bills are destroyed each day. The money comes from banks In all parts of the country, is counted by in exi>ert. Is then cut In two, length wise, and each half is recounted by filfferent persons. The money is then reduced to a pulp by disintegrating rbemicals, the bills being thrown Into ji large revolving cylinder partially filled with tho ehemlcaLs. This process Is called maceration, and the pulp so obtained is pressed into sheets resem bling white cardboard and is then sold for about $40 per ton. In this manner the government pays the expense of maceration. The doors to the macera tion rooms are carefully guarded and can be entered only by three officials •who have keys. ■ — — Where Unit la Found. Pretty soon the boys will be digging for bait, and if they are not posted they may find their search fruitless, or, bait less, rather. Angle worms may be found In any moist, mucky soli, where sod or trees or bushes are growing, but you must dig around the roots, the banks of a (river or lake being, capital places for the search. Best to capture frogs, search for thorn In the marsh grass not far from grassy ponds; but hunt early In the morning or at dusk in tho evening, when the dew is heavy. You can usually find crayfish In clay soil that is moist, where they dig holes resembling suake holes, and can be tempted out by a chunk of raw meat, which you may tie to a long piece of string and drop into the hole. When you feel a tug at the string, slowly pull the meat out and the crab will follow. Fat white grubs, the best of all spring tlon of Plie'tWrnj ard compost pile which lies next to tho side of the barn. THE TBOCHA. Few Die of Old Age. It is estimated by competent foreign uthority that only 900 persons out of ,000,000 die from old age, while 200 euccumb to gout, 18,400 to >easles, 2700 to apoplexy, 7000 to (erysipelas, 7500 to consumption, 48,- 1000 to scarlet fever, 25,000 to whoop- png cough, 80,000 to typhoid aud [typhus, and 25,000 to rheumatism. The averages vary according to local ity, but these ore considered accurate fas regards the population of the globe os a whole. Ostrich’* Odd Trap. The oddest predicament in which an ostrich ever found itself lately befell one of the huge birds belonging to a South African farmer. This ostrich stole and bolted while steaming hot a big dumpling. The bird's regret was of their ednoational course these ar- J Onr Army’* Only Colored Officer, tillery cadets become second lieuten- Only three colored young men have auts and are promoted to the fall lieu- «y Q r graduated from the United States tenancy on appointment to the corps Military School at West Point—Lieu* at the close of their scholastic term at tenants Flipper, Alexander and Young. Segovia. The arrangements for the •—— training and maintenance of the efffee- tive condition of the artillery seem to! be excellent. That they know the art * ' of war there is no doubt; that they can; practice it successfully is a question for discussion. . The general impression of the men! both in the Spanish army and navy isj that they have good fighting qualities, though they are not capable ot any ex-| tended exertion and can never compare favorably with the Anglo-Saxon ele ment. But while the file has alwayt received commendation it is the con census of unprejudiced opinion that they are “badly officered.’’ Many plauations can be oftered, but there it much luxurious ease about the don’ii life, aud even in the army he will nofj forget the first consideration for personal benefit even if disciplini must suffer. The best soldiers, Ui flower of the Spanish army,have been! sent to the Philippines, those rushed scripts and rude youths taken from *1 . t _ A%- _ • * At- A LIEUTENANT CHARLES YOUNG. ’Lieutenant ^lesander died about two . years ago and Flipper is not now in the out to Cuba having largely been oon-1 8erT j 0da Charles Young graduated in 1894, and is now First Lieutenant of the farms to shattef thek health in t_h| ^Kinth United States Cavalry. ' He is a Kentuckian and a very large man. A Definition by a War Student. 1 _ , TAf Bind Outpost Dufjt ' finrty SKETCHES OF SPANISH SOLDIER LIFE IN CUBA. which began in April, 1895, and 1 General, 6 field officers, 55 regimental officers and 701 men nave died of wofmds received in battle, making casualties 2 Generals, 13 field officers, 108 regimental officers, and 2018 men. Upward of 40,000 men had returned to Spain. The same statistics showed that 318 officers and 13,390 meh have died of yellow fever and 127 officers and 4065 men of other diseases, making the total mortality on the Spanish side during the insurrection 56,688 officers and men. On March 1, 1898, there were sup posed to be 96,287 Spanish soldiers BJider arm% with 52,060 volunteers, defensive) value, but used as an arm of ceremony, composed largely of the aristocracy and including picked men from the whole army. This force is organized in two companies, with a total of forty officers and 250 men, as the personal guard of the King and for interior service in the palace. A Colonel is appointed as Captain, a Lieutenant-Colonel as First Lieuten ant, and so the grades continue, a First Lieutenant serving as “caporal.’’ All officers of the Spanish army are eligible for the Aibardero Corps, one- half of the vacancies being filled by candidates selected for their special qualifications and the remainder 'by fever laden districts of the “Evedj Faithful Isle.” T The peasant boys that Spain ha: driven across the Atlantic Ocean ari representatives of her most ignora: class, and their own utter lack knowledge of hygienic conditions help the lurking disease to find ready aul hapless victims. Some of them nat urally become imbued with the mil tary spirit and make passably effectns soldiers, but the majority have no lik ing for their enforoed profession of -arms, and, controlled by a home-sick feeling, ill olad and half paid, per haps not for months, they very fre quently welcome death as a relief to their desperate environment Tie home guard of Havana, called Quart a Civilen, native born and consequently inured to the climate, is the promi nent armed force of Cuba. They hare been thoroughly drilled, are vicious fighters aud thoroughly hated by the insurgents, who recognize them as the dreaded genuine enemies of ail liberty loving progress. In fact, the loyalty of the Guarda Civiles to the Spanish crown is Ohimmie—"Wot kind of a ting ii dia gorilla-warfare?” Billy—"Aw, dat’s de Spanish style where dey makes monkeys of dan- selves. ■Japanese revolution of iSffT- Pie are now divided Into t ^-the fieiiulu (ha-rneen), thf ‘ shizoku (shee-zo-k equal rlgh (depends upon use be makes may have. The first thing the sailural needed after he was put in'hls nursftxs arms was a sword. Rathdr a queer thing for a baby to have, but then this baby was a samurai! No matter if the tiny hand could not grasp the liandie, his nurse carried it for him; and when the obi became a part of his dress, the sword was fastened to it and hung by'1 it was a wooden A'**V» sword, but what of that? It was the badge of his ruuk, and must go wher ever he did all day long, and when he went to bed it was laid close by. “The sword Is the soul of the samurai” Is an old Japanese saying, and it was thus early fastened to his side that he might l)ccome used to grasping it from In fancy. When our young samurai reached the age of seven, it was a day of great re joicing. At the family festival two real metal swords were fastened to the obi, one on each skle. The edges, however, were blunt, and accidents were further guarded against by having the swords so fastened in their sheaths that the young swordsman could not draw them out. These were now his constant com panions until, at the age of fifteen weapons handed down in took place. Juvenile Jokes. Little Mamie was trying to write with a dull lead pencil that her mother had given her, but meeting with poor success si* exclaimed: “Oh, mamma, the wood has slipped down over the lead and the marks won't come out!” Eddie’s father was a jeweler and sometimes the little fellow got business mixed up with Indian stories and Sun day school lessons. One Sunday morn ing he surprised bis mother by asking: “Say, mamma, what tribe was it that made gold-plated calves—the Israelites or the Choctaws?” Harry, aged 5, had been to Sunday school, and upon his return home he tried to tell his mamma about the les son: “And you know, mamma,” said he, and when own business she got fresh and didn't mind, so God put her lu a sack of salt.” Dorothy had heard some one singine that classical production, the ••Little Alabama Coon,” on the street. Present ly she same to her mother and asked- “Mamma, what does ‘swat’ mean?” “What do you think that It means?” “Well, I don’t know, mamma; but I s'pose tlmt ‘swat’ Is colored for spank!” “Auntie” was writing to her son far away, and wanted to tell him about killing a turkey, but wasn’t sure how to spell the word. Bessie (the children were in the kitchen) was mixed up also and couldn’t tell her, but Preston, who can’t talk plain, came to the rescue by saying: “Auntie, just tell him ‘we tilled a doblcr,’ aud that will be all right.” the family immediate and visible. In his struggle to get rid of tho fiery thing within him Mr. Ostrich twisted his supple neck around one of his legs and succeeded In tying It iu a knot It required three men and half an hour’s time to extri cate the bird from its self-made trap. “Growing Up” in Japan. In St. Nicholas there is a paper on “The Little Japanese at Home,” by Ida Tigner Hodnett. Miss Hodnett says. In describing the “growing up” of a boy: When he is three years old, he begins to wear the obi, a girdle, three Inches wide, which confines the kimono, a loose sort of garment, and the main part of the Japaueso national dress, for both children and grown people. The putting on of tha obi is the occasion of another family feast; and a very im portant garment it Is, for it corresponds to pockets In an American boy's first trousers. The front part of the kimono, above the obi, is also used as a pocket; and the long, wide sleeves, sewed up at the lower end, make two very big* ones. . * When fifteen years old, the \y/ comes of age, and a third tival occurs. Another him, and his hair Is all all-over the head, like vlous to this time the h as to allow the hair spots or tufts, the p varying up to the age crown only Is shnvq celebrating friends him, ar still ad dr< qulrcd j of res; his ni | Uearci ways Black Art at the Dinner Table. Although the culinary art has in the last twenty years made rapid strides, still there is a certain sameness about dinner parties which, to the habitual diner-out, comes but little short of dull monotony, says the London Sun. Now and again, however, one comes across a hostess whose imagination, or eccen tricity, is the means of providing a meal for her guests upon lines other than those upon which the ordinary dinner is given. Such a one was a lady who lived in the neighborhood of Kensington, and who every year gave what she termed a memorial dinner, on the anniversary of her husband’s death. The room In which the dinner was given was draped for the occasion in mauve aud black, no other colors being visible. The tablecloth was likewise of mauve silk, while the only floralike- oratlons In use were violets. Tlybu^NM guests arrayed in either Mack or imuve dresses! the footmen were dressed in black plush breeches, mauve t!lk stockings and black coats. On dinipr being announced the hostess took tie head of the table, but on either side of her, seated upon two stools, two black poodle dogs, excellentlj after the approved French with mauy^oL^Atri 1 1 back the pink glow to pale cheek* sod iw -1 storing the fire of youth. It wuds off Insanity and Consumption. Ineist on hiving REVITO, bo fir msil, -itfe. It . ribhuTSSFot disease,but i and blood builder, bring other. It can be carried in vest pocket. SIAM) per package, or six lor S6.00, with*] tive written guar.tntee to eve or ffnM the money. Circular free. Address WULIEDICHE C069 Dearborn Si.caiCAflfl.BA. For sale by the PALACE DRUG STORE, F 1 r A hie ® i« a aon-poijonour remedy for Gonorrhoea, Whi tL 8 e r m * * 0 r r h ^ white*, unnatural dia! Charge*, or any inflamma- or ulcers tlon of m u c o a a mem ,theEu*sCh£IIIC»iCo. btane*. Non-aatriageat. Sold hy r or sent In bUIti ■