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M1F0IMWH) - .. I ? A List of the Killed and Wounded at Cienfuegos. AMERICANS CUT THE CABLE. Tlic City Was Fired by the ICxplosion of Shells'-Tlie Spanish Loss is Instituted at 400. Kan (U :_t \ ? J- a i - vj ii odv.?^aiiwiui. j??. uispaicu bout that bus just arrived brings the report that the secoud boinbntdment of Curdonas taken plaoe. The Yuukee shells burned tha town and destroyed the forts and masked batteries. One hundred and thirteen . dead Spaniards were found near the battories. Three hundrod Spaniards aro said to huvo perished in the ilaiues. The gunboat Window arrived on the l lth from Cienfuegos. It reports that the forts were razed and the city was ublnze when they left. j The Spumsll loss is estimated at four I hundred. Two more Ainoricaus woro killed. While cutting tho cuble Coininuuder Washburu uud Cieuteuunt Mayuurd of the Nushville, were slightly injured. Only u partial list ol the killed uud wounded ut Cienfuegos has been received here. The killed are Johu iteuguu, of the Murbleheud, uud two others. Wouuded: Johu Davis, of Now York; Johu J. Dornn, of Fall ltiver; ltobt. lloltz, of Carturet county, North Curoliuu; Truest Suut/.eunickle, Horluau \V. ilochmeister uud Hurry llendncLson. AM of these were severely wounded HIU113' others woro slightly injured. t he Yankeos were packed 011 four siuull boats when the masked batteries oponed lire on them. Yho iuvuders were powerless to reply. Tho Murbleheud, Nashville uud Windoiu shelled the bushes but the Kpuuiurds were uuloeuted us they were using smokeless powder. The Americans searched for thecublo under u frightful lire, uud succeeded iu cutting it. The Spaniards used machine suns. "11c American wus shot three times iu the chest uud licud. lie is still living. J.lent. Wiuslow, of the Nashville, lost three lingers. Holt/., of North Carolina, wus dying when tho Windoiu left, ulso lleudrickson. A shot struck Captain Muynard after passing through the shoulder of 1111 ou sign. Tho Spanish forts woro annihilated In* tho boniburdnient. A second bomhardinent of Cienfuegos resulted in the killing of one American and the wuriiudiug of six. All were of tho Murbleheud crow. COtU) NOT LAM) OX Cl'BA. Failure of the Attempt to lamri Arms and Supplies for I insurgents. A Key West special, dated tho loth, says the steamer (lussie, which left Tuinpa, Fla., on Muy 10th, with two companies of the First Infuntry on . hoard, in cliurge of 7,OUU rillos and 200,(ioo rounds of annnunition, intended for tho insurgents in tho province of i'innr del liio, remained off the coast of Culm Thursday, Friday and yesterdu3*, convoyed by tho uuxilltury gunboat Manning,.in 1. va:u ntieiupt to laud lior cargo. Captain .1. M. Dorst, of tho staff ot (iouerul Miles, and formerly- I'nitod States military attache at \'ieuna, headed the expedition, which returned hero this morning. Ho snys theOussio will go to Tompa, FI11. I'revious to leaviug Cuban waters, tho Dorst expeditionary force had a skirmish with Spanish cuvuiry near Cabanas, fifteen miles west of Havana, where an attempt was made to lund part of tho curgo. On Friday morning Cupt. Dorst abandoned the attempt ut that point and steamed eastward to Matauzas, where an arrangement had been made with tho insurgents to send supplies ashore at Foint Maya, a mile or so east of the entrauco of tho harbor. Tho (iussio and her convoy yestor day morning steamed until about two miles oil shore, when tho rattle of musketry from a considerable force of Spanish soldiers concealed behind underbrush ashore, warned them that 1 hey would receive 11 lively welcome if they landed. The Spanish troops seemed to have been furnished with information of the contemplated landing ut I Kit It \ it )1 It t ? After this second failure, Captain I ho st decided to abandon the attempt to laud t'ne arms and ammunition, and returned to Key West. A more disgusted looking lot <if tioops than those 1 aboard tlie (iussie this morning it would lie hard to find. Tlioy had received orders not to speak of their trip, ami sullenly lined the rail of the Gussie as the Associated I'rcss launch ran alongside of her. I>ut grunts were the only answers which could lie obtained i to the questions asked. Soon after the ( arrival of the (iussie, Captain Dorst i was rowed ashore, and reported the i failure of his expedition by cable to the | War i h pai t incut. ? The Spanish < nhliict Itesl^ns. Madrid, via Paris. (liyCablo.) All , the incinhcrs ol the Spanish cabinet have resigned. Senor Sa^usta will cuuiiniiiiieato tho situation to tlu>| < meon He^'ont. who will entrust him ( with tho task of forming a new minis* ( try. I ho new eahinet will prosecute , the war. I Ifu/./.nrris KoimI on ( orpsrs. Ma.j. l/imio. inspector of tho liorthoru const of tho Culm 11 iinuy uiulor (ten. Alexander itodi"iicz, who arrived at 1 Kcy West, Kh?... last week soys the up- I risinir in tho vicinity of Havana has v brought aliout fearful conditions ot ' starvation. lie adds that cartloads of i recoiicenl rados, have died from lack ol ' food are taken daily through tho Span ish line". The bodies are thrown tovtlicr m idles, without any form of ^ hui/al, for the buzzards to feed upon. v GOUTH CAROLINA CULUNGS. | jjVlew <>r Dispensary Decision. 'llio State oi tbe l'2th nays: Governor Ellorbe was in line spirits yesterday ovor tbe decision of tho United Stutes Supreme court in tbo dispensary case. Ho seems to think that theliuuor question in South Carolina lias at last been settled once and for ull, uud feels that Iho sotthuncnt will do much towards adjusting tbe hnudliug of tbo trailic in liquor iu other States. Governor Ellerbo said he bad received numerous telegrams of congratulation on tho vie tory for tho dispeusury system. Tho Governor said ho knew that tbe dispensary system was tho best soliftion of tb<f liquor problem and ho wishod "to congratulate not. only the peo pie of this State, but ulso tie people of America on th? i>p??l !?? ? in?.i ! ? ?- r> " "J ...... "**" been won for the cause of temperance. Tho Governor went on to sa3* that from this time forward be would undertake to see that the dispensary law was most rigidly enforced; there would be no exceptions as to tho holders of hotel privileges or any ono else, and ho wonted all prohibitionists, the temperance people, the (iood Templars, in short, all the good people of tho State to uidlum and his men in their eilorts to carry out tho law as it should bo carried out. Governor I'd lor bo made tho announcement that ho would give all originul puckago agencies m the State until Monday morning next to get thoir stocks out of tho State; this upplied of courso to all who had promptly closed their doors. He said that iie had arranged with tho commissioner for shipping certificates to be furnished ail ugouts who wished to ship their stocks out, and they could be hud upon application to tho commissioner. Ho said further that he considered that theso ugeuts had bcou actiug under what they, considered to bo tho law and no cases would bo brought ngaiust any for having run o. p. shops. This, of course, does not apply to cases already pending in the courts; those cases will bo pushed. Ashing I-or Tags. Stato "Liquor Commissioner Yaace, i as a result of tho announcement of tho governor that ho would allow o. p. agents to ship their stock out of tho State, is boiiitr crowded witl? ni.t-.li.>..- i tious for shipping tags. Tlio agents all suy they wish to give the State uu ' troublo. ? -* ?JI?n Arcrptnl ami It.'Juclcd. The following is uu a Hitional list of j tiie number oi men accepted uud ro- ! joetetl up to the 111h by I lielo Sam's medical examiners at Columbia, to be unlisted iu the auny to invade Cuba if necessary, which is most likely: Accepted, Itejected. straggling recruits . . . 52 IS Sumter l.i?ht Infantry . 5:1 22 Governor's Guards . . . 27 22 Palmetto (titles -15 25 Darlington Guards . . . 57 24 tin in Pert; Guards . . . . 40 22 The Abbeville and Newberry companies were tho lirst to be mustered into tho army for two years if not sooner discharged. Othors will follow assoon ns the reipiisite number of men are examined and found o. k. The most important piece of information to develop in military circles at .lie Cupital City j was the receipt of orders from the war department looking to tho sending of the first buttaliou of South Carolina troops that can be made ready direct to the point of embarkation for Cuba instead of putting tho men down at Chickamuuga park. ? I Will >lakt> a Fight 011 Lrp ('ouiity. It looks now as if thoro is going to be ft tight against Lee eouuty, which \v?? formed by the (-ienerul Assembly at its ! lust session. A petition has been tiled j with tho Mate Supremo Court alleging I irregularities in the formntion of this i county, ami upon the strength of that I netition the Chief Justice has signed at: J order requiring tho commissioners t! the now county to show cause at Colum 4 bia ou the JlOth iust. why they shall not bo enjoined from performing their du ties as commissioners. Tho meat of the 1 tight, it is understood, is on tho poin' < that the proceedings to establish Le? e county followed too soon the attempt \IPe form Salem countj', tho two coun'iJ" 1 embracing almost tho same torritorl as Tho act of tho (ioneral assembly will I^01 fought on this constitutional grounf;'*ft! ?? Toac To l'rotcet l'ort. Koyul. It\*e Tho monitor Nantucket, in tompa'f ! with tho naval tug Hercules, left \\) 11V< miugton, N. on tho 11th for I'' ^?J Hoyal. Sho carries a complement BU ninety-live ollicers and men. Lieut our ant II. T. .Mooro, of tho I'iC the States Navy, is in command. All' wei other ollicers and men are from' So North Carolina naval battalion, the" am jority from Wilmington. Hor a;* We uiont consists of two I A-inch ana1" but bore guns which will bo supplciuf'" all with rapid-tiro guns and Loo mag1!10 liar i dles at l'ort Hoyal. The ship has911 wei thoroughly overhauled and rei <?/. i !?1' deck and wood work entirely nev | by is in excellent condition. i wa: If Slie Wiuits More he! Iter Cr* | !'n If we get Cuba ami I'orto Hicoon? ' , with the Philippines in our po-81?" i s|(, what l iore do wo want ? There j '. lag in Spain wo desire hut lean ulu' ;>lives. 'J hesc can be had witlr r?" j lag there. What is the use or ?i. , llxillt lllVHllinif Si. ill, J ci olllrl' I 1 - r? ?* . liuru . I??#ea wo ;j0 to for hr1, 11 is not pntisficil |?v tlio 10 u ' ;nb all iter possossiousWliosr11'* ,s ' ' liavo wo not dono uiioii^0 ',, r f? if silo wants mole lot liur con m* ^ot 1 1 t. ThuStulo. ' * ' W'H! (lollisoii l-'.loof riolnns <iol'ncCs- ' u,,( Sovornl of tlio urmluntoH ,^l?nison ,u% olloyo liavo olitaincnl place oleotri- j xva' lans in the navy. Tim p,ron >s a" ftsJM iiipoitaut 0110, but tlioro Uiucli 1 sU?< utnro t o it. i wt" | l**iv ( lllloil to ;i m^li |Jlon. I ill< >110 of tlio most distiii;:#?^ |lt 11a who lias ovor oiatlii:i71ro1" ' nr t,H, nun I uivoraity lias ncrgP 11 stl" ]iei timelier position in tlioFun,,lo,wl' t j,t. vorlil. I >r. .lolm Sr. ,\|;/? aflor ] ? 1 ir((t outoil Milioitutlolls, Iuo to iio- | ~ ()| opt tlio profossorslnpo; ,l"" ' v,? luoayo t iiivcMty. | illanly now I \|.a lobla this position 111 lra ' ?>ver 1 | itv, tlio frroat I'.aptiKt ftttiition lo j .. *a I I'd at I'roviilonoo. |; I ?'>'l lio will | )t , 1V0 It up to } ,) to tilfltioayo I'm- t (. . orsity. wliit'll is also nfrt'st 111 >5|tu 1 tun. F m on ran. ^. Believes ifit Was Leftjie People We Would Hav&ce. CIVILIZATION COIGNS IT. Thinks Politics Is tbllusc of Our Present Attitude trrt Spain-Somc War Kxpcrb "And thou soroncst o that with such holy faco Looks down upon the4 asleep in night's etnbrace Dost tholi not know'.1 spot, some refuge for the blest. Where free fiom toilP?iu the weary soul may rest? [ f ISchiud a cloud she Irr fnco in woo Aud in n snd, swo<j?0? she whispered, 'no.' " Oue great ]>liiI<Cier declared tnat war was the staty nature. Auotber said that ponce ouly a breathing time that gives u leisure to contrive an ability to eve militury plans. Sir Edmund Jii^leniod this, and so did I. The grWajority of inunkind love pence uud nrnlly prefer it to war. xiurkc sfiat politics was the cause of war, ifcomebody else said war is boll, anfe see already that tho two groiirties ore quarreling about this war each is claiming the glg^y of Dew (Victory as u party triumph, but if voices of tho people? the men and women?could have boon heard, t. would have been no war. Tlio spjf the ago in which we live is against. Even duelling aud single coinbA? pnssod away under tbe influemvi higher Christian civilization. lido not light at school like they ujto. They have never heard of tlijjr boys who thought it smart to pump on tho hat and date anybody took it oil. In every school I over wonttlMro were one or more of those bwing, domineering boys, and they "wked sooner or later. The country pi^jflo not care to tight now- j adays. 'j/itre more peaceable aud loss agrctjK 1 remember when on muster *l?;Pre were a dozen lights in ono <4'?bt around the public square. TV'Als Howls. Nick Rawlins and Jim fifcon would bo stripped to tlio umftd walking nrouini and strutting.Wing and bragging, "I'm j tho best) A Piukneyvillo decs- ' ? ? ; i. HIM, Ub^?iciJ vtuimi tJU|Miaoi/.u it with a iuhp and a crow. Hut that has pa^eWay. We see no maimed eyes </r^8 or noses now. And yet Nick Ka'gs and Howies were really good L "t heart, and would have died iutfonso of a frieud. They j fought au^o it was the fashion in ! those ii? but their victories brought i no venr and no premiums, and their cliiidre-uew it. They are a better class ofizeus I met one of Nick's sons ijtome not long ago amoral, peaces Christian man whom the people 1 respect. Well, now, the orgun/ 's that if the sons are better ruorifhan their fathers were, then the irn t? better and less aggressive thnu AVas fifty years ago. Andrew Jack was a typo of that age, aud he rode*0 ihe presidency on his war rcC|Vbut ho couldn't do it now. He jj?;;.od Spain out of Florida, and wosauve bulldo/ed Fuglaud out of Cat4 if ho had lived up that way. jl was looking heavenward last n;.aud pondering on that beautiful nicthat is shining so peacefully upon u> this favored region, and J was j^r/tll that the war nor any of its s;. had reached us. Wo read of it in threat papers and cau't help but rej, in our naval victories. The great ,.es are crowded now with thrilling, 'ting news u:id we read so eagerly 7 even Old Aunt Lydia 1'inU hum's ,iicino is taken for a war dispateb is half rend beforo we know it. I gion it is good for fever -war fever? a^wouldcnt be dovetailed so closo (jtho war news. Hut uobody around seems to bo hankering after a light, i a good old veteran's widow told me t tho reason was because wo were ht in the heart of Sherman's belt and population hnsent changed any to ale of. "Wo can't forget the horrors ivur," she said. "J was living in wville when it was burned and I l't want to see any inoro war, and I ! nt niv children to keep out of it. A I peace is hotter than a good war if re ever was such a thiug. War is ? 'Texas mud on women It is r ul. Men ^et the glory and men aud children are tho greatest I'orors. When they burnt Cassvillo. husbands and sonft were most all in army, and those who were at homo 0 taken prisoners and Rent away, there was nobody left but women 1 children and no houses to live in. bunched up in some little shanties, thcv took our cows and drove them to Cartersvillo and we didn't have (II v anything to livo on. Five of nr. nt to I'artersville the next day to beg our cows and we did get them back signing some lovnlty papers which i a lie. One widow woman whose band was killed woudn't sign. She I four little children and she took in to the gravevard that night and :<t ou tho ground bv her husband's vo. In a day or two we goi a little n and I roue an old soro leg luaro nty-miles to the nearest mill, for v burnt ail tho mills inside the holt. a lew days we got a little 11101*0 II and three of us women rigI lip an old broken-wbeel wagon and a lame mule and an old mine and I; our corn to mill. It took 11s nearlireo days to make the trip, for the . 011 broke down right in the creek I wo had to wade 111 and get our 1; u ill ul llin wiifnr nixt mill ll.? roll out by hand. Wo patched it up in and wont o.i till we got to?? pretty P lull nnd the team stalled and lid 11 t pull nt all. Von ought to o heard us clucking and hollorin' at in. but it was 110 so. We shoulder* oilf Iittio sucks, for they wero mighty le, thank the liord, and about that 0 an old man cauio along and ho ped us all he could and we got to mill at last and dried our corn and back homo as thankful as possible, a would have died lau_'liing at lis if 1 bad seen us getting our corn out of t creek." wish that every jingo could hear s old veteran tell her war experience, s both patriotic and amusing. Mow v endured it we know not, but 0110 eg is certain, they will keep their children and grandchildren out of the next one if they can, and 1 reckon tho\* can. "Yes," said she. "the 3*aukees will have to go outside tho belt to git soldiers this time." Now, there is no sign of war in these parts yet. Thoro is plenty of patriot, ism, but it is not red hot. If 3*011 throw water on a Cartersvillo boy ho don't sizz. When Georciu is actually invaded I then watch them. But there is no oxcitoment of very deep conceon. When the old Cftsavilln woman *?? loPI <->f Dewey's great victory shone ;er smiled, but said, "Four hundred p >or fellows killed and most of them hap mothers and wives who loved them. I reckon a Spanish woman loves her children as dearly as we love ours, for a woman is a mother all the world over." -ltnt business goes on, and bo does baseball and billiards, and I find time and | inclination to work in my garden and kill the potato . bugs and to tie up the vines and roaebushes and frolic with the little chaps, who are so happy to get here and in whose sunshino I am happy, too. Yesterday my wife, Mrs. Arp, was sewing away on some baby garmont, end remarked in her serious w ay that the verandah floor needed a coat of' paint mighty bad. Well, I never said nothing. Then she remarked that the paint wouldent cost more than 50 or 75 cents. Well, I nover hruI nothing attain, in a little while she said that if I would buy the paint she would have it painted, and it shouldeut cost me auytliinc. fio 1 said "very well; I reckon 1 can afford the paint." f*!ho said that company was coming noxt week, and I had hotter get the paint right away so that it would have time to dry. This morning I got flia tim'nt bnil I U aov/1 <v??? *1 ? |'?wuv VUO Ul IUU KirifS ask her who she was going: to get to paiut the lloor, "Why, your pa, of course," she said. 'He can do it as well as anybody. He painted it the lust time; don't you remember?" And that is tho way 1 am inveigled into trouble. Hard, hard, indeed, is the oon1 test for freedom and the struggle for liberty at my house, btfc we have got the prettiest rosos in q(ll town except where they employ a gardener, and mv 1 wife fluttered all the-work out of me I just as easy.?Bill Arp in Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution. U'KKIiliY CKOI* itl'LbKTIK. Farm Work Made Itupid Progress During the Past Week. Tho Crop Bullotiu, as issued by J. W. Bauer, Section Director, is in part a; follows: Tho first portion of the week with its high temperature, light winds aud bright sunshine, was extremely favorable to crop growth uud made a noticeable improvement in the appearance of fluid crops generally. During this time farm work made lapid progress. The latter portion of tho week, however, was below the ue t.ve growing temperature for some of tho principal crops cultivated in this Stuto, for instuucecotton which will not grow or thrivo uudev 5.r> degrees. Corn lias improved geuerallv,although its coudition is extremely vuried aud m but few plucos eutiroly satisfactory. Stands in mauy places ?re very irregular owing to renlauting, und cut worms have destroyed stands iu many places. Burly corn on saudy lauds is doing fairly well. Iu the western counties a considerable area remains to bo plant odf while iu York county iields planted to cotton and which taiiod to coiuo up to satisfactory stands have been plowed over and planted to corn. Corn that is up lias received its lirst and second cultivation. '1 he cool weather reccutly lias given it a yellow cast. Cotton did fairly well daring the lirst of the week, especially on sandy soils, whore it is up to line stands and in the more easterly counties is beiuir eultij \aiod and chopped out. On still' lands I tiie surface is so crusted and baked that cotton cannot come up readily. The recent cool weather gave cotton a severe set-hack and a number of correspondents reported the plauta dying. Transplanting tobacco is being rushed to completion. The weather has, on the whole, been too cool for young plants to grow well, but this crop has received no serious set-back, although iu some places cut worms and grasshoppers damaged it more or less. ftweet potato Hets are being transplanted, hut not as yet to any great extout. Draws are not very plentiful. Irish potutoes appear to be doing liuoly, except in Charleston and Jteuufort counties, where they will not yield more than one-fourth of a crop. .Melons hnvo not shown much, if any, improvement and have not. made satisfactory growth, except in Williamsburg county, where the viues are growing nicely. Fruit prospects vary greatly throughout the tstute, being exceedingly promising in places, whilo in other places there will be none. Fours appear to he | dropping badly and doing poorly. Feaches give promise of a fair average crop generally, and in Greenwood ! county tbe trees are overloaded. The : winds of the week shook much fruit oil' i tho trees, although it is thought to the 1 advantage of the fruit remaining on tLe trees. The croo of wild hemes nroiu isos to ho quite plentiful, j (lindens are backward hut are lookI inj- well and yielding seasonable vege1 tallies in abundance. Largo shipments of garden truck and j hemes continue from tho Charleston, Williamsburg and Florence truck raising districts. Chinch bugs have made their appear ! once 011 all grains iu Chester and York ; counties in those sections where they did so much damage during IN'.i?. Insanity in I'riis-tn. There has been a good ileal of eo:n ..? Infn ,,....1. film I.. ? I.. j 111*111 w. i?r.r ill* III* I t'iiTM' UI ill siiulty in Kn^laud. li seems, from a 1 recent ollieial report, that a similar if j not a worse comlitioo of affairs esists in Prussia, where tlie lunatic asylums ' liiul dillietilty in providing aeeominodn| lions for tin* crowds j?f applicants for ! . admission. In IS7I the total numlier of lunatics in Prussia was titin isso i it had risen to (ib.klo, while in 1X!m; !? j had fionc up to x,J.s.">o. it is inleresiin^ io note also that, while the :.rowth of J insanity is jroticrnl. it is more marked I anions men than anions women. *>f 1 P.ii.oiiii Prussian males it seems L'Ts arc Sound insane; hut in a like number of women only l">. Prom lisiurcs jriven in the same return it appears that idiml ness is diminishing, while the number of deaf mutes is rather increasing. I lis m smIim { 9 The Spanish Loss Believed to Have 1 Been Heavy. THE AMERICANS LOSE TWO MEN. j ? Admiral Sinnpsuii Satisfied Willi the | Work?Says 11c Wuh After tlio Spanish Fleet, anil Not Sail Juan. [Copyright, 1808, by Associated Press. [ Oil Board the Flagship Iowo, OtVSan Juau do Porto Hieo, May 12, via St, in Thomas, Danish West Indies, May 1,1 13.?The forts of San Juan de Porto Rico were bombarded by part of Rear ^ Admiral Sampson's lleet this morning. The enemy's loss is believed to be n, heavy. The American loss is two men 1U killed and seven injured. After three a; iiours tiring the admiral witjidrew the al fleet actl heading for Key WeBt, said: ct "I aui satisfied with the moruiug'B work. 1 could liavo takon Suu Juan, .jj, but I huvo uo force to hold it. I only wanted to administer punishment. This has been done. 1 came for the Spanish fleet and not for San Juan." The killed are: Seaman Frank Widemark, of the New York: aud the gnunor's mate of the Ampkitrite. Tlio lat- ol ter died from the efl'ects of the extreme heav. ()f the injured men, three were it on board the Iowa and four on the New si York. The names of those slightly iu- si jured on the Iowa are: Seaman Mitek Ji; ell, Private Marine Merkle, Apprentice Hill. The injured on tho New Yurk ^ ore: Seaman Michuol .Murphy; two ' other enlisted men, slightly injured. All tho above named were injured by tho bursting of a shell 011 the New v York. This is a complete list of tho ei killed aud wounded. to Tho American ships were uninjured. Tho engagement begau at 5:15 a. ir.. aud ended al H:!5 a 111. Tho enemy s batteries were not silecced. The town in tho rear of thcfortifications probably suffered. ( The ships taking part in tho action were uie town, luiliiinu. New York, 11 Terror, Aiiipkurite,|i>etioit, .Mont^mu- " ery, Wuuiputuck uud Porter. The en - >'< can's tiring was heavy, but wild, ami 01 the Iowa ami New York were probably w tue only ships hit. They went right r< urnler the big guns in column, delivering broadsides uud then returned. The line passed thrice in front of the forts, P pouring tons of stco! on shore. It is impossible iu judge the amount D of damage done to the buildings and 01 forts. They appeared to bo riddled tc with shot, but the Spaniards were tl plucky. The after turret of the Amphi- 11 trito got out of order temporarily dur- .p iug the engagement, but, she bunged n] away with her forward guns, .viler the llrst passage before the forts tbo Detroit uud Montgomery retired, their guns being too Himill to do much dum- f. ugo. The Porter and Wnmputuck also , stayeit out of range. ' 1. T Admiral Sampson's Keport. V( \Vash:s^tou.?(Special.)? The Navy Department has received the following j, dispatch from Admiral Sampson. It is ' duted St. Thomas, .May 12: "A portion of the squadron under my command u reached San .Juan tin-, morning at day- M break. No urined vessels were found in the port. As soon as it was sutli- it cieutlv light 1 commenced an attack tl upon the batteries defending the city. Kl This attack lasted about three n Imurs, ami re?iil!.-i| in much dam 1 age 10 Wie Pa.nries and ltieiuen- ' tally to a portion of the city adjacent to the batteries. '1 lie batteries replied ''' to our tiro, but without material etleci. O110 lnuii wias killed 011 board tho New bi York and seven slightly wounded in t !?? squadron. .No serious damage to any ship resulted." li The Spanish Loss, It Madrid.?(By Cubic )?A dispatch K< lroin I'urto Rico to I,a Correspoudencia <>' do J'ispuna, says the loss duriug the U bombardment was ouooHicoruud three g soldiers killed; thirteen soldiers f( wouuded; one civilian killed and thirty wounded. _____ ei Surrendered to Sampson. ? (?( St. Thomas.?(Sun .hum and Porto . l)i Rico uuve surrendered to Sampson. M( Inhabitants Are Pinched. Nassau, X. 1'.?(By Cable.)? According to accounts recoived hero, the |, hlockude of Havana is pinching the t! inhabitants dreadfully. Nothing in tiio t<i shape of supplies is entering the city, pi and the residents are gloomy and de- to pressed. Orders have been issued bv (Jen oral Blanco prohibiting dealers u' from soiling moro than olio day's sup. n< plies to the same person at one time. w - () <'llli.Ua Iiiyas-oii Postponed. ^ Washington. -(Special. ) The arrival u ;>f t!ie Spanish (loot at Martinique has v caused the postponement of the invasion of Cuba indefinitely. This, according to a cabinet official. ' a American Ixxpedltlon Landed, Key West. (Special.) The tranr*.- ; !' port (lussie landed an important ; s American expedition at Cabanas on | the 12th after a lively engagement. ! N*. Nine Hundred Spaniards Killed, ^ London. (By Cable.)- A dispatch y from Havana via Kingston reports that .. nine hundred Spaniards were killed m c u battle with the insurgents, <> ! t'i Will In K c I roups. ]> Fred (). Summerford, mi American, '< who spent two months with (ionic/, '' does not think that Cuban co-opera. ! '' tion can bo very effective, and says '* that this country will have to send ! 1 about -10,1(00 troops to conquor lluvuuu. ' !l It is Now licnr Admiral Dewey. Tho President on the I Itli nominated Commodore Dewey to bo rear admiral rt. of tho navy. Tho Senate cor.firmed ^ Xi?\r Iileii In I'lirnlHiiiiif;. | n Thor.o who love tho flavor of new ' t own hay will he glad to learn of a ow idea i:i the furnishing of a connv home or summer cottage. The j uliuus of the North make a clumsy j j ut handsome matting of the Indian ! 1 endow grass, which is very aromatic i ' id keeps exhaling its odor for j s Ollths and even vjmivs It is ntotliml I 11 _? ? - _ -- --- "l-J?? I i a wninscotiug to a sit* ill's room ami ) 1 so as a carpet to the floor. The j ^ >lor is a cool and handsome sage ! reon and the perfume in damp ; 0 eather nyikes the house seem like a * lylield in midsummer.?New York ; [ail and Express. J To Stiffen I.ucen. j The best kind of starch to use for iToning laces, handkerchiefs, wnshig silks or any other thin fabric is tide with gum arahie. Put an ounce v I gum arabio into a bottle and pour ' ver it a cup of cold water and place c over the lire until tho gum is dis- n lived; then strain it through a line t eve or a piece of cheesecloth into s lot her bottle. When it is cold add v i it half a gill of alcohol and it will i e ready for nso when needed. For 1 ainly laces half a teaspoonful of tlie ? arch mixed with a half cupful of 1 ater will give ampld stiffness. Lnrg- 1 amounts should lie added according ] > the nature of tho different fabrics, a No f.otiRpr \\>ar Miiitln Caps. French inuvcs aro no longer worn- ( !? muslin caps witli long streamers f v.ido colored ribbons. That is | uite out of date in Paris. A 4,hon- , of or lace cap lined with pink or luo silk, and without trimmings, 1ms ^ jplaeed it. A wreath of ribbon with- t in ends ia seen on some line needle- j f ork caps, but the ribbons are nar- j ?wer than those formerly used. Uril- ( my cans are sofin in the 15ois and ! arks, and the Jiordohiiso is met oecn- p onullv. It is a silk hercliief eareful- c t.vistcd over the head. The Flor- j atine headdress always attracts at- F nit on, with its line golden pins run in ugh raven tresses. An Alsatian F ur.se is recognized by her big bow, . !i?. a Spanish nurse by her black lace t icutilla. I Iouis am) I'arnsoN I'or Itrlilcft. Fans and parasols arc as usual s ivorite gifts this yea", either for her A iends to bestow upon the bride or s je bride to present to liio attendants. 4 he fan, like the parasol, can coat * iry little or a great deal, and in both ' ics be dainty and pretty. Charm- " ig fans for bridesmaid gifts are of ' lk and gauze, with sticks of painted ouds, decorated with gold and silver ^ . on won;, or oi 1 outueni witli u cir0 of gau/.e lot iu the middle, showig u little Wutteuu scene painted f lorooii, or n monogram wrought in ' quiii:'. Parasols of light silks with 1 of or nionsseJino ovorslips and big in e: ><f iiki'.i:;: eline on tin u.id huutile, id ? for the wedding?a spray of nwcrs fastened on one side, are not cponsive, and charming souvenirs for ridos.inuids. Serving tiiv IIiiMi'hi First. Tho custom of serving the hostess rst at luncheons or dinners seems a ighly commendable one. There are > many little vagaries and novelties 1 service nowadays that it is difficult ? know them all. A lady who was a nest of honor at a recent dinner mud herself embarrassed by having j platter handed her holding, apparently, a whole turkey. Siio glauced over with quick npprbliousion and ( mid see no evidence of its having con curved. Thinking that frank- i ess was tlio host way out of the situaon, she appealed to her hostess for y ist ruction, which, of course, was mrtcously imparted. It was with | r >th chagrin and relief that she found io turkey was in a condition to yield > tlie touch of a fork inserted iu any ( irt of the fowl of which she wished ? partake. The list of table silver , rows every season. Many of the | tansils are passing fancies and are ; ji at heart! of, perhaps, outside of circles j iio constantly seek suc^i novelties, j j hvionsly, the hostess knows how she I i dies her guests served, a\*l her ex- . nple is often a relief and comfort.? ew York livening Post. A I'iitl For KmbiirciI OIs'U, It used to he the correct thing whon j young woman was engaged to he \ al l ied to hnveadouhle picture frame j i her boudoir, or he.l room, eontaiu- j ig a photograph of her liauee and her- j ;Sf. Twenty-live years ago it was the j 1 tshion to have your photograph taken I ith the young man you were engage*! f ?, ami that was placed on your dressig table. Now there is a new fad. . oil must not, of course, be photornphod with your liancc ? that is not , ousidered good lorm. Nor must you | ven have vonr picture i:i the same ' r.ame with his. The new fad is to ave a frame holding four cabinet size holographs, and in this you must put ] mr pictures of your ilaneo in four dif rent positions -olio full face, one side | lee, one three-quarters face and one rolile. It is rather mi interesting | 1 I n, as i; is astonishing how changed person's expression is with the face i diil 'rent positions. One of these 1 tits of photographs whs seen the other ay on a young girl's writing desk, nd it was hard to believe that the prole ami full face were of the same man. i 'his is eii'j of the latest fads for cu- j i V ' ;nged men as we'll ns girls.?Detroit 'roe Press. l.ln^s Alimit the Thront. Years, ns ibey increase, leave the rack of their wheels lirst on the liront. Sometimes a woiuau may mve a soft, smooth complexion, ami hnpely juvenilo figure, even whc:i idvanoed in middle a.ge, and she night pass for quite young were it not or those tell-tale, lines at her throat, tnd these are so successfully concealed by the rtitile that we need not vomit r at its long reign of favortism. llidddle-aged women, therefove, caulot bo too tlianUfnl to the rutlle, and hey cannot coax fashiou too much to Leep it in favor. French Ilninc-Conklng. "French homo-cooking," said ona vho has lived in n sniull city of France, "is not properly appreciated in this on 11 try. Most of our peoplo adopt ind enjoy that which is found at the jreat hotels and restaurants, and never leeni to realize that these represent tho veal thy classes of the large cities, and lot the cooking of the homes of the French people. This is probably more eientiiic and appetizing than tho lome cooking of any other conntry. 'ranee lias passed through many icriods ot great poverty and distress, nd has learned through the best of .11 teachers, necessity, how to Kivo m ipon the simplest and elieaygsf nTtlf^ ^ " erials. Their own, artistic nature has aided t > this both beauty and enjoyalility. Thus, for example, tho fnrains pot-a-feu is soup, made,'nilio times uit of ten, from vegetables alone, and et it is richer and more nutritions ban most home-made soups prepared rom meat and hones. "The bisque, which is nothing moro >r less in its simplest fbiMn than boiled uilk, into which lias been rubbed or pated some animal tissue, and tho reaui, which is boiled milk in which las been put grated vegetable tissue, ire other excellent illustrations. "Through this simple use of milk, soup can be made from a cold boiled lotato, two or three tomatoes, some sarrots, celery, lettuce and other farniiar food substances. . . "Another class of simple and whole iumo uisues consists ot tlio salads vhich nro served to perfection in toulliern Franco. The lettuce and hicory, the salsify, water* sress, boot O]), < he heart of a cabbage, the sprouts if beans, dandelions, sorrel, chives, ihalot, onion, lentils and nasturtium eaves and seeds, and other gamble onus of plant life, are employed for his purpose. In this conn try enongh * regotable resources of this sort are alowed to go to waste in the meadows tnd liehls and gardens to give h salad nice a week to every man, yroniaAwnrl liild.?Now* York Mail ant} " .1r ?"< IV.ililn'.i I'iuic'c*. \ ' Cheeked moire poplin. ' Foulards in small scrolls. tt Ties of heavy repped silk. h Scoop-brimmed liats again. a 1 Bordered foulards and pongees. ^ Neckties of plaided black gauze: Madras in plaids for sliirt waist*. Japanese kimonos or house gowns. Black skirts with bayadere stripesBlack mohair Sicilian for odd &ki*i^ *4 Plaid taffeta skirts with ribbon rills. Shepherdess hats loaded with flowers. Alsatian bow eQocts for tiny bonlots. Scarlet shirt waists of heavy repped iilk. Black taffeta skirts having pinked miles. Covert cloth top coats in black and -olors. 'j Cakhmere gowns braided with lace, ihirred. Plain and fancy crqpous in blaek md colors. Poplins having a velvety effect in lie finish. Straw hats trimmed with ruffles of ah'etn sill;. Light cloth blouses having a flat, "itted hi. pie. Band trimmings iu net anil cord ike lace work. ^ V. Light-weight tailor suitings in nonotono plaids. Turhans with a straw brim and soft sill; crown. Shoulder ecpes of lnco and monsselino lined with silk. Short cloth jackets with tnck,od . do eve tops and rovers. Negligees of striped and plaided 'aniwl mill iliintiollAffft Black givnadiuo with roman stripes .u bayadere effect. Tailored suits of heavy cottons, as piques, duck and madras. f Black double-faced satin aoshen to in four to eleven inches wide. Largo silk and velvet flowers in ilia inrnt orange iiues. , String tics, stocks and Ascot Lias >f bright plaid taffeta. . ** Tailored jacket suits of covert ana' icrgo for girls of eight to sixteen. Traverse stripes of every variety in voolen and silk goods.?Drygooda Economist. I