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THE BROOKLYN DA1XY EAGLE. 'KE YORK, SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1898. KEENE'S WATCH STOKE, 140 FULTON ST, NEW YORK. Vantines. Vantine s.

ESTOStE Mi When the Foot The brain and nerves are at rest and joy pervades the whole body. Why a They Must Go Quickly SO WE PLACE GO QUICKLY PRICES ON THEM. On the 4th floor we have about 10 ORIENTAL RUGS, in parpet sizes, which we must get rid of before the Summer season commences. We need the room they occupy for other goods, and we are willing to pay liberally for a quick clearance. W0 Ladies' Furnishings.

Shirt Waists. Pique, Linen, Gingham Shirt Waists. Silk Petticoats, Corsets. Fine Domestic Underwear. Dressing Sacques, Tea Gowns and Wrappers.

fitting shoes, when they can find abundance resttul and comfort giving footwear at our store and for every use that they can possibly put boots and shoes to, and not only so, but for less money than they have to pay at other stores. I he rugs are all in trie regulation uriental designs ana Here are sample sizes and the old and new prices: 6x9 feet were $40.00 now $27.00 Ladies' Fine Glace Button and top Patent Leather tip Button, Strictly Handsewed 60.00 8 10 9 12 10 14 81.00 105.00 Benchwork, $3.50 per pair. Great Wear, Big Comfort, Least Money Are three things worth getting when one buys iA 1 1 ft IIU 1 ilEIIll A fc H. JB shoes, whether for themselves or for their family. All these things are found in our Constantinople is the great rug market of the East.

The rugs are gathered there from all parts of Central Asia, often hundreds, and perhaps a thousand of miles journey by horse bk 'k, mule back, camel back, or some such primitive mode of conveyance. This means, of course, that one or more rugs in shoes, and also the best shapes, best finish. ALFRED J. 6th Cor. America's Largest Credit MONDAY, MAY 9th.

each bale are more or less travel Clothing Credit MISSES' SUIT DEPARTMENT, SECOND FLOOR. Suits of Cheviot Serge, in Blue or Black, braided blouse effect, La Ferrier Skirt; regular price, at $11.75 Suits of Serge, Three Button Cutaway, in Blue or Black, New Flounce Skirt Suit lined throughout with silk regular price, $19.75, at $14.75 A number of Misses' Bicycle Suits; sizes, 14 and 16 years, reduced to $13.75 Shirts of Serge; sizes, 14 and J6 years, $3.75 and $5.75 niittteeittl) Street and Sixth flwnue, new VorK. wear, no matter how carefully they are packed. It is the rule of the market in the East that each bale of rugs is to be bought just as it is none may be thrown out. The great rug selling constantly going on in our wholesale and retail establishment consequently leaves us with large quantities of these not up to the mark rugs.

Periodically we have special sales of them and to morrow we offer 600 SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT ORIENTAL RUGS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Some at half the prices they would be if perfect, and some at two thirds and some at three fourths. In the last lot are many Antique Rugs of great beauty and a quantity of Hall Strips. The sizes are 2 feet to 5 feet wide by 4 to 12A feet long. $6.00, $8.00, $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00, $24.00 and upwards.

The hurts are more in the prices than in the rugs as we want to close out this lot before the Summer business opens. ZOO DOZEN JAPANESE EMBROIDERED DOYLIES AT IOC. EACH. MARKED DOWN FROM SoC. 30C.

AND 40C. A scarcity of ready cash need not prevent you from buying clothing. Our no ex tra cliarge CREDIT system is intended, to meet just such Men's Suits and Overcoats, ready made, $10, $12, $15; made to order, $16, $20, $25; Youths', Boys' and Children's Clothing. Men's Hats and Shoes. WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PAYMENTS.

775 AND 777 BROADWAY, N. BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH STREETS. Open Mondays Until Saturdays. 10:30. A.

A. VANTINE Largest Japanese, Chinese and India House in the world. 877 and 879 Broadway, N. Y. Between i8th and 19th Sfs.

40.00 54.00 70.00 Til Ji fl ABS stained and the worse for notified, he appeared upon the scene In an opera bouffe costume. He pounded the floor of the custom house a little wooden buildiDg at the water's edge with his neavy cane, looked fierce, talked Spanish and with only a pretense of examining luggage, passed it. The majesty of the law was satisfied. To reach the was easy. Hundreds of small carriages built aifter the fashion of those used on the boulevards of Paris were obtainable, and 25 cents was enough to take one to any part of the city.

The first peculiarity that struck the visitor was the narrowness of the streets, the almost utter lack of sidewalks and the absence of any particular desire for privacy on the part of the inhabitants. The houses in the main are low, built of co chlna stone, a coral formation so soft that It is cut vith saws when first quarried, but which grows hard with age and exposure. Glass windows are not used. In place thereof the large openings filled in with iron bars. There the lover stands and talks with his fair one on the inside, while both mingle cigarette smoke with love talk.

Smoking on the part of women, like the use of rice powder on their faces, is quite general; and among the lower classes it is not unusual to see the women enjoying the large black cigars which are very generally used on the island. There is a park in Havana. It covers about a hlock, but it is called "La Grande." Everything in Spanish is le grande, even their navy, which Is being wiped out. It is this le grande sentiment t'hat makes the Spaniard feel he is superior to anything on earth, when he has become a mere thing of tassels and tinsel dominated by a cruel desire for blood, cultivated by bull fights, cock fights, and similar cruel sports in which the other fellow hasn't much of a show. In this park stood a bronze statue or Queen Isabella, which has been in the junk yard several times during the varied history or bpain, since us original erection and which may Tie there now.

There was also a statue of a bronze Indian, the only one with sufficient strength to withstand the cruelty of Spanish treatment. About this park Is located the hotels, with large, airy rooms, stone floors prevent the lodgment of fleas, the pest of warm countries, and beds built on the same principle. Here also are the opera houses, which provide the natlives with ample room to listen to best operas the world produces and to dance in. They all love to dance. Their money is used chiefly for dancing, lottery tickets, theater going, bull fighting and cock fighting.

The last named sport is enjoyed usually after church Sunday mornings. It is no unusual sight to see the owner of a game cock stroll into a hotel leading the bird with a string to its leg. It was easy to live in the land before the general destruction that came with the war. Beggars rode on horseback and smoked cigars. The tropical temperature brought forth everything in aibundanee and without labor, from a soil so rich that a thousands years' cultivation has not exhausted it.

thtragh no attempt is made to artificially enrich it. Clothing is not a necessity. Children of the poor do not wear it until quite advanced in years. One suit of linen for the man and two dresses for the woman are sufficient each year, while a house made of the cocoanut tree suffices for shelter. An sight was the washing of the car horses every morning.

One man on horseback led the bunch of animals, fastened to each other, hy halters connecting the head is at Ease delightful sense of comfort, and should people be tortured by ill Lace, also Cloth members of material, best workmanship and best CAfUlEYER, 20th N. Y. Clothiers and Tailors. Ladies' Cloaks, Suits, Wraps and Jackets. Tailor made Dresses to order, $15 to $40.

WRITE FOR TERMS AND CATALOGUE. pathetic note with all the skill ot an older and more experienced actor. This comedy will be followed by a farce entitled "The Baron's Victim," by Tudor Jenks and Duffleld Osborne, in wblch the typical five act tragedy is amus ingly burlesqued. Mr. J.

L. Salter, as Henry Fitztempieton, the baron's victim, plays the role of first gentleman with great ease. Mr. L. G.

Robinson in the character of Baron Von Snooka of Monte Carlo, Is very skillful in portraying the absurdities of a third rate baron. Mr. Charles Yallalee as Howard Mountjoy gets all the fun from a very funny love scene. Hawkshaw, the detective, in whose agency one act is laid, is performed by Mr. Laughaar with close attention to all details.

Mr. Edwin Dutcher, with commendable versatility, plays the two parts of Wllklns. second detective and Blenklnsop, butler. Miss Theodora Goldsmith plays the part of leading lady with all the grace of a more experienced professional actress; while Polly, the inevitable soubrette, played by Miss Winifred Appleton. starts tho fun from the rise of the curtain.

Tickets will be on sale in the bursar's office and library of tho college up to 3:15 P. M. every day during the school week. A UNIQUE RECEPTION. Fortnightly Literary Club' Receives in True Grecian Style.

The Fortnightly Literary Club, of which Miss Elizabeth Perry is president, held Its fifth annual reception last evening at the residence of Mrs. Dougherty on Noble street. The club has been studying "Greece" during the past season and the reception was Grecian throughout. Mrs. Dougherty.

Mrs. David Mains and Miss Perry received the guests in the drawing room, which was decorated with Grecian flags of light blue and white and flowers. A raised platform at one end of the room was arrayed as a wood scene. At 9 o'clock a chorus of Greek maidens appeared and enacted a little play specially written for the occasion by Miss Minna E. Ccnkllu.

It was The Nine Muses Celebrating the Holocaust." The poetry, music, and harmony of the whole was admirable and well rendered by the Mimes Barlow, Cook. Cramer. Dougherty, Francis, Jordan, Sproull and Mrs. Delavan Pierson. Miss Nell Perry was accompanist.

After t'he play the guests were escorted to a "Greek temple," where priestesses presided and an oracle told "fates." Miss M. Og den was the oracle and very original and Interesting. Supper was served in old Grecian banquet style. The muses served ambrosia and nectar. Miss Perry gave the toast of welcome.

Miss Ovington' recited one of Browning's beautiful poems and Mhs Wilson read selections from the "Iliad." A poetical contest was open to all present. Miss Alice Wnittemore and Mrs. Delavan Pierson alone responded, an.i their productions were both decided worthy of highest honor. Both received a crown of laurels. The poems were rich In witticisms and beautiful thoughts.

The Rev. Delavitn Pierson gave an In teres ting toast for the guests, which concluded the evening's programme. Each guest received a small piece of statuary as a souvenir. The committee of arrangements was as follows: Misses Whlttemore. frmklin, Dougherty.

Perry, Sproull and Mesdames P. Morris and .1. Boyd. the "SUMMONS OF HUMANITY." It Does Not Call to Foolhardy Action in Cuba. The I'ioneer Preys raises the jingo cry of "On to similar to tho foolish "On to Richmond." cry which preceded tho disastrous defeat, of Bull Hun.

and which precipitated a movement of the Union troops before we were ready. It says: "If it were not for the imporious summoius of humanity ami the necessity which it lays upon our government of relieving the starving reeoncentrados, would bo easy to force the capitulation of Havana and other fortified seaports by the slow strangulation "I a simple bloekade. But to starve the Spaniards inito HuhmlsHlon would 1m' to starve to death tens of thousands of destitute Cubans. This would be far more cruel than to the fortifications of Havana. Matanzas or Cienfunoes with shot ami shell, and under cover of our artillery to land an army al on seaports ftrong enough com unci nJii wiLh in I Oiruiz, oct 'Uiy island aii'l arr' to th f'u iri.s aii 1 br to the It was chiHly in he txxino humanky iho tva.s tir A nl human i I.

demands thai, no time lost in rarryinK forward th whk iiixhi our Jxxns "irnwTiaiJH sumnivTiH of humau'iiy" irnaj'I (.... .1, nf 1 n.lu 1. hv fever uni miasma in the ill adly (Julian climate, or to In. manglej by shot shell in the assault upon fortifications, which, as the I'ioneer lYcss acknowledges, could he force 1 i capitulation "by (he slow strangulation of a simple blor adi War is horrible an 1 rnjulres thv sac rillc.c of human life: bu: whin comes to a choice, between the sacrilici of lives of Cuban reconcen: radr. and a sacrifice of the live of the pink and flower of American youth the.

Tribune would a ivise the adoption if the strategy that wi.uld ave lie lives of the American yourh every The Brooklyn Kagie presenting some cogent reasons why should r.c: be in a hurrv to Invado Cuba right at the threshold of the sickly tsaton. "Our trxo are not ac to to we is is $28 WATCH, $9. WE HA Vis 2T, ot iliw tto: were mad or.U for the members of Uk oron i Cub ol tie re was s.mle mbunilcrs tAnding with the maker ami Ue vr e. ft on harxia; they are all cents' 14k tu.Ul fronts, brand new, ih yt he' r. e.irr:e,i a 'lay; Lli wtra iiua t' ti.n soi.i rncmhers t' 3 each; have the whole lot cluic out ir there a fancy casket t'hat goes w.th each one: cit sn must rme with u'A niali r.

hear in mild our ruaran tee ir with ere watch t' ars. K.RK.VK WAT Ml 1K. IV ST. NEW YO.HK. Ifxperr.

Watch Repairers. THE following watcher an! ilinni' nils are mostly Roods that have lieen left her. i I.e sold; pnin were taken in trifle: all must sl i hefure Saturday night at o'clock. May It. or the offer will be wltridnuvn: (me magnificent Titl'any diamond rintf.

cwt price horseman' watch, th finest we ev raised Kold work, cost jTice SIo; be ri ut'd only tiireo months; chain anl i harm Incluilv alyo one Ily t)ack chronograph wateli. nearly new. cost 50; price i2o on: linorte! Hk. oUl, the finest ever mailo. ICurope witliout 1 1 1 1 J'Jf price cent's oM filli waleis.

with seven jeweled movement, warrano 'l "'t a.lsci flllerl ehrUn and seal, the whole cosi prict; JS; will send to addrevs receipt of price onv lady's dianeiiol rinK. single diamond, cost price 32o one Kentlenian's Kenuln dlamrKl rlnt; ami suhI. the cost will sell for $5 each one lare diajnond stud, eusl pric $15 one ladv's stem wind Kold illled watch, heut American make, with new style hmK f. old (illeil chain tliat K'K aromul the neck; ateh alone cost the whole outilt for :1 haiti aioiv worth this amount one heavy gentleman's larKO dlamon.l rtntr. tli stone, full of lire, cost Shw: Irlce $10 on.

Kokl nnlshod "1'. S. Hartlett sradc of "Waltham" watch, cist SUS; l.rlce cash; heavy Koid lilleii chain and peal free with this S5 watch $45 lady's solid II karat (told stiffened American best srrade hui.tinK cas hand ehjrraved watch, 10 cash: there is a lady's hunt neck chain and plush watch caskei that cost coes with, this outfit fn one extra Iltiely adjusted K. How. aT(l fo.

dnble slock watch, with very hetivy seamless 11 karat Kold tiliel elutih kcjiI Lhat coMt $lirTi new; it is now In jierfect order and can ba bouR ht for (Z cash lady's lorw neck chain, seamless 14 karat pold fllicd. cost $1') last Christmas; will sell for cash; this Is called the rope pattern, as it looks ajid is wound like a rope; also hjis a slide set with preolous stones one hlh Krad Eltrln 14k. Kold lllled hnntinK ease watch, cost about $30; prliv $4 c.lsIi also one Hampden. Illinois, anl a few other finely Jewelled liitth K'rado American jrent's huntitiR that we uok in trade, that cost Slio to f.V new; wv will sell 54 cash, to come with all orders. one sent O.

15. at these prices. Any of these articles sent to any address if cash is sent with order, or can be seen at KBENE'S WATCH HTOKI2, 140 FULTON ST. XIETW YORK. joy jo CilAsmO; WJO CiTArJ0 IISJOJO.

Every of pluses or ov ryl''ly that ha trouble with thftlr oyes Hrmulu read this: have three of the lest o)ttcl. ins in this cuy.who are on duty at our establishment from A. M. to (1 P. M.

to make free examinations of the eye by a rtiticial liBhl; we charge you nuthinc f'r thin, whether you buy or not; shotilil you require slusse s. can furnish a verv fine pair of ruM spring Klased, sold by the trade ffenerally for $3. Mr oniy $1 Kive absolutely free with every pair a line rolletl gool chain and afetv hoolt. whieli is actually worth alone this offer is for a season: call at once. Open daturdav evenlnc until 0 o'clock KEENEV WATCH STOKE, HO FKI.TO.V ST.

N. Y. WATCHES INSURED FREE. Wo uinkeahd ltlil'A I It all kinds watches, put tintr them in perfect order as cheaply as jiossfblo. If the cost is o(K)or over VK WTU.

(' A RA NTKK to 'Keen It In perfect rnnnlliK order one year ITU OUT CUAHUK. whether yon drop It 1.11 a BRICK SIllEWALK or from lite IIUOUKLVS IJRIIMJK. Our policy PROTECTS Vol" aiiainst any further costsfnot exceeding for one year. A YI'Alt KEEPS YOt'K V.TIMI IN I'Eltl ECT lin'IMi OIlDKIt. ON1TKI) STATES DBSKItV ATOilY TIMKI1Y Sl'KOIAL.

WIUK. KEENE'S WATCH STORE. 140 I'll TON ST. SEW VOKK, If you need a got one that in made well and lnokn natural. We malic wins that lit perfectly ami when worn ilefy detection.

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14TH Next Door to Macy's, N. Y. Telephone No. loir, IHth sr. TO MOTHERS.

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING, SYRUP 1 has Tieon usi bv Millions of Mothers for their 1 rbllrlrHfi while 'thliiic ror ovr 1'iii i ears, It sootheK rnii cnim, suncnn mo k'hiim, aways all "rrs winci una in inu uiri 1 reill' 'iy inr TWKM V'Ulli a IIOITIJ custoimil to the climate. As. umhig that suf ficii n'L trained men of tie National Hoard vol umi or for H. rvloe, it.

will tal.e considerable time in eatnos of inst nu ion to li: llo for the field and harden them. The liv.s of Americans are precious and to send any force into Cuba, particularly when tin rainy season ia approaching, until such foi has I accustomed to the ordinary exposure of campaigning, would lxi to invite disastrous sacrifice of life. We ail knov. how tin Spanish armies have Ix cn depleted by sickness. Let u.s not court a similar experience.

Common sense would sit in to suggest that il might be wis ir to content ourselves with supplying the in surgeTitrt with arms ami ainmuni: ion so that I.hey could prevent the Spaniards in Havana, Matanzas and the oile ctiis from iving fixel from the interior, v. rile our ships cut them off from tit' sea and thus compel a surrender, than to attempt to fore a surrender by av.ack tht eigi: an army." If there is any "iin pe. jf ms summons 'if hu m.tt:.:y." is tnu' wc s.iv our arui.es from the iMTiis of the Ciiiian chmau rainy season and from tie ha.ardous mpr. to carry on military rations tie istainl whiie roads are From September to May, wear' roid, tie is fine and salubrious and the rua'ls. 1.

Why would not be 'netter fnr u.s wait until SepterrifH then go forward. vv )ji are er.timiy ready, in a ti assumed victory prnvpii il the Spaioards island are t. starvi ipi latir. for Oif ri a large po of thern can tvo iievt shout the of any American t.mops. Tit.

Spanish tidiers, is 'ini. are ilr.Vltlg tn OH' r.f the at the of tie i.a":i':. Let them scatter through fores: of Kaster.M Cuba, where they can lit: a 01: a of w.id fruit, vegetables and game. I' also le possi hie for to site, then, by smuggling fcxl into the island thri.ugh While tile Spanish had full i ontrol of coa.s: tho insurgents suc of a to un it ion w. Am p.

Amcfeaix Navy has full con I why would it not le easy i.ir.ii supplies fr tho reconoen: ratios at t.uu.i r.eis smaii pons in back of Havana? The he taken by insurgent bands, under protection of our gunboats, corned into trie interior and dis tributcU. Minneapolis Tr.bune and fertile a land as the sun ever shone on before the desolation of war crept over it. Here were the sugar cane fields covering square miles of land and having railroads to bring the cane to the mills that cost over half a million dollars to construct. Very interesting were these mills. Ingeniously contrived were they, so that the cane, after being crushed and having all the saccharine extracted, was carried to the furnaces to feed the fires to crunch other cane.

There is no coal an the island. It comes either from England or New Orleans and costs $14 a ton. Hence the economy of the substitute is necessary. Matanzas is at the end of this road. It is cut in two by the San Juan River, which in the wet season rises to a great height.

A dozen years or so ago it rose 22 feet in a single night, carrying away a massive bridge and drowning 3,000 inhabitants. The piers of the bridge still stand, but the bridge has never been rebuilt; the people using a flat boat ferry to get from one side to the other, rue town is at the head of Matanzas Bay, which is circular and surrounded by higlh hills really tall enough to be dignified with the name mountains. The place was once of more commercial importance than it is now, but ithas a sugar refinery and some tobacco establishments. Back of the town are numerous country residences, located on the road leading to the Cave of Belamor. Tbis cavern is 300 feet deep and unlike most caverns is very hot.

But it Is full of beautiful formations an'd'ln terestioe to see. The Spanish people about Matanzas were quite hospitable in prosperous days, Inviting every stranger 'to d'ine, but the one who declined was compelled to do so in language expressing "a thousand thanks," another evidence of the extravagance of Span is'h thought. The nearness of Matanzaa to Havana and its availabilrty as a distributing point being known, was 't'he reason 'the fleet prevented its being fortified more strongly. Ma tanzais 'Bay, however, is not a health resort in the wet season. Its terrors have been known of all men for many years.

In he days of sailing vessels its harbor has been filled with without a crew, t'ne fever having carried t'nem all off. This disease is due to t'he l'ick of sanitary conditions in Cuba. The Spaniards have no idea of what is necessary tor decent living from an American standpoint. If this government should cake charge of the island there fa no doubt yellow fever will cease to exist fe ere in a few years. The most significant fact illustrating utter lack of enterprise in the island 'is the absence of any macliine shops in L'Je cities.

When machinery breaks down or new machinery is desired, New York supplies i't, and most of the men in Cu'ba who have performed the work of erecting and caring for machinery are Americans. About nine ten As of ibe goods supplied in yeans past came from the United States and. therefore, when peace is restored. Cuba again becrcne a good customer. annexation is bought by many not a thing to be desired.

Its population 'is so absolutely different in thought, in habit, in deed and in fact in everything tha't goes to make up life. n.har. to apply the rules of government prevalent in an American city would almost certainly lead to riots. Pertiaps, however, in days to come, after peace is restored and enoURth residents of the United fr.ar.es have located in Cuba, to change the character of the population, annexation might be thought of. CATHOLIC CHURCH NEWS.

During tire past week a number of the local members of the Knights of Columbus have been actively bestirring themselves in the interest of their numerous brethren among the troops stationed at Camp Black, Hempstead, and have ben soliciting subscriptions and making arrangements for the erection of shelter tents on the ground, to be supplied with reading matter and writing material and so arranged as to be accesible to the men from p.ottv out the plan in a satisfactory manner. and a chance is thus afforded those who for various reasons are. debarred from taking act ive service in behalf of their country to show thsir patriotism by aiding the knights in pro rv. v. B.

Farrell, rector of the Church ot tthree parishes with which Father Mitchell was identified and that the names of all contributors should be preserved among the records of the diocese of Brooklyn, the Catholic University and the Catholic Historical Society. Several subscriptions were announced and it was decided that the next meeting be held on the evening of May 17 one month from the date of Father Mitcbell's death and that all societies will then be expected to report as to their method of work and amount of subscriptions. A requlfcn mass for Sie late Father Mitchell was celebrant at St. James' pro Cathedral yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, with tde Rev. W.

B. Farreil as celebrant, the Rev. Thomas O'Brien, deacon, and the Rev. J. Coan, sub deacon.

GRAND ARMY NEWS. Instead of holding memorial services at tfae Warren statue on the Prospect Park Plaza on Sunday, May 29, G. K. Warren Post No. 2S6 has postponed the ceremony until the first Sunday in June.

This is done because Memorial Day occurs on Monday. Park Commissioner Brower will preside. The Rev. Mark B. Taylor, past chaplaiD in chief, will lead the devotional exercises and addresses will be made by Past Department Commander Edward J.

Atkinson and Past Commander Noah Teb betts of U. S. Grant Post No. 327. Lieutenant Walter Jamieson, who used to be known professionally as Sam Collyer of the One Hundred and Thirtj ninth New York Volunteers, has received from the Secretary of War, General Alger, a Congress medal of honor for gallant and meritorious conduct in battle.

At the capture of Fort Harrison, in Virginia, he was the first man to scale the enemy's ramparts and place thereon the American flag. Comrade Jamieson is now an employe of the government in the Navy Yard machine shop. He was for some time chief of police at the Soldiers' Home at Bath, Steuben county. The state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held at Utica on Wednesday and Thursday, May 18 and 19. As the time is now short the friends of the different candidates for department commander are pushing the claims of their favorites.

Tho leading candidates continue to be Senior Vice Department Commander George Chap pell, commander of Vanderbilt Post No. 130; Manhattan; Past Commander Noah Te.bbetts of U. S. Grant Post No. 327, Brooklyn, and Past Commander A.

S. Wood of Kessler Post No. 55, Wayne County. Comrade Joseph W. Kay of Winchester Post, Brooklyn, is prominently mentioned for delegate at large to the national encampment to be held in Cincinnati on September 7.

Comrade Tebbetts is thought to have the best chance of being elected department commander. The second a.nnual entertainment and reception of Mansfield Women's Relief Corps No. 5 will be held at Knickerbocker Hall, Clymer street, near Bedford avenue, to morrow evening. A good programme has been provided. Dancing will follow the entertainment.

A notice has been issued to the members and associate members of George Ricard Post No. 3R2, that a': a regular encampment held at headquarters, 164 Clymer street, las; Thursday evening, it was unanimously decided to raise a company of men to be known as the George Ricard Post Volunteers, to take the place of one of 'the companies of the Forty seventh Regiment, N. G. N. which has gone to the front, and their co operation is asked for.

The circular says: "Any man of good moral character and sound physique, between the ages of 18 and 45 years, is eligible, and all such are requested to send their names, ages and addresses 'to Commander Patrick Hayes, GO South Sixth street; Senior Vice Commander Thcmas Sulvivan, 83 South Fourth street; Junior Vice Commander Le Grand Douglas, 73 Hendrix street: Quartermaster E. H. Dickey, 365 Bedford avenue; Adjutant W. J. Clough, 104 Havemeyer street, nr Chanlain Daniel L.

Yeomans. 214 Division avenue." Abou't fifteen names were handed In. and at this rate the company will be filled up before the next encampment. A circular appeal has been issued by G. 1 comrades who have died.

The post has al rendered much valuable service in recrultins Colonel Noah Cocheu's First Provisional rtegiment 01 uava.ry. uoionei cocneu has visited Washington and he now entertains; hopes that the regiment will be accepted by the government. bafayette Post No. 1 10, under direction of the commander. General Daniel Butterfield, starved out to raise a brigade of troops and more than accomplished its purposo.

manv enlisting in Brooklyn, a headquarters having been established here under the care of Co.o nP; Jones, one of the reeruitini? I There was no need of the ma. according 10 the decision of the President, and Secretary or I War. so l.onn the place the Twelfth ReK.ment of the Xatinnal Otiar.i ami I.Ouo of the Ninth. Two were allotted to Brooklyn. The recrii.tirtf headquarters of the post in New York iiav been turned over to the government, and I.ieu'tenaut E.

P. Mc Glachlin, Plfth United Artillery', will attend dally at Fourteenth and Fifth avenue, from 10 A. M. to 4 I'. i.

Yei'terday i CUBAN LIFEBEFORETHEWAR Characteristics of Two Cities Mow Blockaded by Our Fleet. A LAND OF SUNSHINE AND EASE. But for the Desolation That Follows the War for Independence the Island Would Be an Earthly Paradise Nature Has Produced Perfect Conditions for Man's Comfort, but He Has Converted It Into a Wilderness. The first glimmering signs of the outbreak of the present revolution in Cuba were discernible, the year previous to the outbreak to the visitor who, in the month of February, sought comfort to the land which from a natural standpoint is as near paradise as any epot on the round surface of the It oaine in the form of information that there "as trouble in the mountains, and it wasn't safe to venture outside of beaten paths. The residents of Havana simply shrugged their shoulders and said: "Brigands." But the Cubans smile significantly.

One of their icarlprs had inst reached the island on board the Panama, the ship captured the past week and one which the writer remembers witn at fection. She has long run between New York and Havana. She is long, wide and deep, and as steady in a heavy sea as a railroad train. Going around Hatteras in a terrific storm had as little effect on her as a storm on the Hudson has on a night boat. Her cap tain and crew were all Spanish.

Not one could talk English, but they were all good natured and interesting. Of course, the crew fight. The cold weather of the North shriveled them up and in the glorious Southern seas, where they thawed out and expanded like roses in early summer sun, they vitiated their strength by an incessant smoktag of cigarettes. It didn't seem as though they ever quit the paper rolled tobacco. "When scraping deck, when furling sails, when heaving coal in the furnaces, when sitting about the decks at night under the lustrous glow of the great stars that seemed so near they could almost be reached and which vied wi'lh the lumtaous phosphorus of the sea in dispelling the gloom of night under all circumstances and conditions the cigarette was ever As is the cigarette to the pipe' so is the Spanish sailor to the American.

And yet the eense of humor is not lacking to day anymore than it was in the days of Don Quixote. The everlasting, penetrating odor of garlic used in every form by the Spanish cook, permeated the whole ship when it was closed up during the Hatteras storm, and the writer, who has a pretty fair sea stomach and legs, preferred the upper deck and the storm to a dinner in the stifling cahin. The first mate strolled along and with a very suggestive motion of his hand toward his stomach said "Malo," to which a prompt reply of "Bueno" was whereupon the mate pointed down into the cabin, saying "Bueno," which indicated that if the person addressed was really feeling good, he would be down there eating the garlic seasoned dishes of Spain instead of sitting on a storm beaten deck watching the waves. To one accustomed to the life and push of New York, Havana in the peaceful days before the war was a delightful resort. It was a virtual transformation as striking as a scene in the "Black Crook" ballet girls and all.

It was a soldier ridden, tax oppressed community, and yet, in the matter of personal liberty, it was far beyond any American city. It was a unique town, beginning with its cochlna houses and ending with its inhabitants. At the port the steamer was met by a pilot brought out lu a rowboat. In a short time Morro Castle and the battery called The Twelve Apostles were passed, and the ship swunK at anchor docks not being 11Sert shins. Small boats with odd shaped: afternoon at 3:30 Lafayette Post went to Columbia College and presented a flag staff and bronze pedestal to the university.

There was a short address of presentation by General Daniel Bu'tterfield and a response by President Seth Low. The college band rendered music. THE SOUL TO THE BODY, AT THE PARTING OF THEIR WAYS. Farewell! my old friend, kind gaoler, and slave I leave you to rest now alone, in the grave. The earth ties, that bound us in years that have passed During life's journey here, are severed at last.

Your home is the Earth, and, in her dark breast, From labor and toil you can there find a rest; But it, in the future, you sigh for a change And wish, on the in sunlight to range, Arise! with the grasses, the lilies and flowers! Again live in 6unshine, or in shady bowers! If you futher aspire to embedy again The thoughts and the spirit of organized man, Nature's laws are in force; while the ox eats the grass To fatten his body, into It you may pass. A step farther on and you come to the goal, Where again you're the body, and man Is the soul. In this cycle you live, where you'll always be found, So long as this earth in its orbit goes round; For, whenever the spirit receives a new birth. The body alone finds a home in the earth. So a final farewell! Both now and forever! The earth ties no longer can hold us together; I go with kind spirits to mansions above.

The home of the soul, where the sunlight is love. And now just a word to the friends present here: When you look on the form as It. rests on that bier. Do not say: "He is dead!" It is only a birth! 'Tis my body alone that returns to the earth. But my spirit still lives and is present to day; I can see what you do, and hear what you say; For man Is but part of an Infinite whole.

Whose body is Nature, and God is the soul. Since now in His image we're made, it is said: Eternity mcasuresjthe pathway we tread. In life'6 journey here then let this be your aim, A constant increase of His likeness to gain. And if here in this world of change it be found Your long cherished creeds and beliefs are unsound, Both reason and conscience are given to you; Reject what is false and embrace what is true. "When we look in Uhe grand book of Nature, we find Both the wisdom and force of the Infinite Mind.

This God is your Father, and man is your brother; Be this then your motto: "Ive one another." Many thanks! my good friends, for your kindness to day; But loved ones are calling, I hasten away. And go with them gladly to bright homes above. In sweet Ueulah land, always radiant with iovc! B. M. L.UDDBN.

221 Gates avenue. May 4, 1SU8. THE ADELPHI PLAY. The Adelphi Dramatic Society will perform two plays in Adelphi Hall 011 Friday. av liO.

at P. M. The society undertakes to do what no other school dramatic club has attempted, namely, the production of legitimate drama and it confidently expects to any previous efforts. Under the aide direct inn of Mr. William Phelps Macrarlane it.

will present the pretty one act comedy. "Barbara." written by Jerome K. Jerome, in his happiest .1 i rw.e w.nrortvn the i in M(ii. who Klves her whole life to l.iiie. whom loves anil who is her rival for the affection.

of you ni; Cecil Norton. is very prettily played by Miss Ht len iss Florence Murphy portrays very he trilling, easing I. Hie. who though sin invc eejj or toa leads him a very try Inf. 'V.

atid finally awards him his well eirnel victory. Mr. "William W. 1'ell as tin iifnl Cecil Norton l'ives l.llie. but make up his miiv' il her so.

actually vex hi. lines and nlal. large hrari' old gentleman, Finnicum. who causes much xoiiement when ho announces ue fact that Cecil is found to have au inci of 300 a vi I mm tin: estate of his uni. Susan is in tin i hands of Genre.

Backhouse, who touches the of one wich the tall of his predecessor, down gjj regiments and to provide ample accom lnto the sea, where a number of men scrubbed lor them. But money is needed to n. a drove of cows about 'the streets and milking one of them each time a customer was served. The horse and the mule were the beasts of burden upon which goods of all descriptions were pi.ea nign, to oe sola to householders vidingforthecomiort ana weirare ot tnose wuo i k. Warren Post No.

2S6, the headquarters or in city and country. Jewelry stores were have volunteered for service in the United which are at Columbia Hall, 1.810 Fulton numerous, evincing the love of ornament of states Army. Contributions of periodicals street, to the churches, schools and patriotic the women. The warehouse district wherein weekly illustrated newspapers, religious ar i citizens of the vicinity, to assist the mem are located 'the tobacco factories and store I tides, books, stationery, stamps, tobacco, pipes bers in the ceremonies of Memorial Day, May houses was quite lively. The wagons used and money to make purchases of tho above 30, and also in the way of funds with which were heavy two wheeled vehicles, drawn by I mentioned articlt are earnestly requested.

to care for needy and distressed comrades, tandem teams of mules whose harness was i Such contributions may be sent in care of the 1 and for the widows and orphans of 'those Our Lady of Loretto. Hempstead, and chap ways been foremost in charitable work. It is lain of Christopher Council. also desirous of receiving contributions nf plants and flowers for the decoration of A meeting of the active and associate mem graves. R.

w. L'Hommedieu, 513 Van Buren bers of the Fenelon Reading Circle will be stTecU is chairman of the Memorial Day corn hold on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 clock at t0 whc.m contributions mav be the Pouch Gallery to take action with regard sen or to any meraber of the committee, to the circle subscription to the Father I Mitchell memorial. Comrades Edward Pipe and Edwin Ludlam, I both well known and arrive Grand Army men. gai.y decorated with Drass nails and tassels. Soldiers were as frequently met with as wooden cigar Indians in a Northern city, hut they were not picturesque.

The local guards were more fan leal attired than the Spanish soldiers and carried a greater variety of arms; but they didn't in those days interfere with the peaceful citizens. The theaters were producing plays that would have been shocking to a law and order society, and the "ten derloin characteristics of the town were known of all and were in no wise interfered with. The bars were things of beauty and in numerable. All sorts and kinds of thirst as suagers were on sale, but when one asked for au American cocktail and received a tumblerful ot liquid it was really shocking. u't it looked more than it was.

Drunkenness is not a Latin characteristic. They di tt. Tlie torts of Havana are more' formldnhle appearance than in fact. Morro Castle looks as though it would stand a hundred: yera. But it is all on the outside.

There! isn't a bit of doubt that the American fleet I could reduce fortifications to a dirt heap ani in ess than twenty four hours bo in pos session of tne city. Havana is connected wi with Matanzas bv a small railroad that has it Baldwin loco motives and cars similar to those in use in the early days of railroading in this land. It runs throusth tie valley of tire Yumrnl. as fair sails conveyed passengers and luggage ashore; in thls tashion wftn a of sveel. Carroll presided.

Tbe report of the execu for a consideration, ft added more to the 1, on ni 1 ive committee presented by E. J. Dooley St. tnapei ircie win meet Monday afternoon in the parish trail, on vaiiut i iuL iu miu liic uiiimw of tho subscription wlileh t'ae society make to the memorial. A meeting of the Memorial Fund Society was held on Friday evening in S't.

Chapel Hall, with many representatives tram various perishes in attendance. favoring t'he es tablis'hment of a purse in Rie Catholic Lmversuy at ai nington lor tne higher education cf the clergy of this dio coe was adopted. M. P. in be half of lhe cemi i ee appointed wuit up Bishop 'MoDonneu unu acquaint wl.n action of Hie committee, announced the Bishop gave nis raorough approval of the nlan and was rejdy to co operate with nlan and was rejdy to co operate i society in carrying ic out.

It wus decide! I that the money necessary should be raided through tSve efforts of the members of the 1 various societies and representatives of tSie revenues of the town to land passengers in; this manner. Still, with a gold dollar one could huy $1.50 worth of silver, wheh passed, for all things excepting government charges, 1 hotel bills and railroad fare. Paper money was at that time worth about three cents on a dollar. The customs officers were in evi uBnce me moment one lanueu; uuc uiey were net ready to do business. The high and mighty official who controlled the others was at home and luggage could not be moved without his consent.

This meant the payment of "a revenue. When he was "prouerly" I.