Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 July 1898 — Page 1

ON THE QUI VIVE.

At last the real cause of the war with pain has been discovered, this time by an &as from Sullivan county—where it was fairly worth a man's life during the war to be a Union man—who writes to the Gazette his belief that the war was precipitated by Mark Hanna's man, McKinley, troops sent to Santiago in order to protect the Carnegie* and Hannas in developing the iron mines there, at the expense of human lives, and without pay'ng any taxes to the United States or Spain or Cuba. This delicious sentiment sounds tike an editorial from the Gazette or the lockville Tribune during campaign times, when the Carnege-y. Marcus Aurelius Hanna, and Shoreham buffet, pronounced boofay, men have full swing. But the Mark A., whatever the A. stands for, Hanna man was out of the city, and his substitute answered the idiot in very good fashion. This war has made several things certain, among them an enlarged navy and standing army, the Nicaraugua •knal, etc., and one other thing should ome to pass by congressional enactment, nd that is the creation of an officer to be Jtrnown as the "fool-killer." The new jflicer when installed should begin work in Sullivan county, on this correspondent .n question, who bides behind the poorly lected name of "Christian."

•Christian" should have waited until he editor returned home before firing his •roadtiide of venom against Mark Hanna ind Carnegie. He would have received uch more respectful consideration at the bands of the editor, for the vicious reflections of "Christian" on the honesty and Patriotism of a few members of the opposing party are in line with what he has bu doing for the past few years. In their dislike for Carnegie and. Mark -fanna, and their manner of expressing it, ihe editor of the Gazette and "Christian" night to be boon companions.

The council is going to have trouble ver the petition of the saloon keepers for reduction in the city license. The pressnt license is $S50, which is the highest ,hat can be imposed, and the saloon eepers want it reduced very materially, 0 1100. If the council reduces the license $100 it will mean a reduction in the "venues of the city from $87,000 to $14,800, here being 148 licensed saloons in the city, fhls $22,900 will have to be raised by inreasing the taxation, a proposition which ill not meet with muoh favor from the kxpayers, whose taxes are as high now as hey should be. On the other hand, if the •eduction is refused it will arouse the inlignation of the saloon keepers, who laim thatfcheir business has fallen off roportionately with other'branches, and .heir expenses ought to be correspond ngly reduced. So the members of the ouncll find that it is a condition and not 1 theory that confronts them, and it isn't very pleasant condition to contemplate. Several attempts have been made heretofore to secure a reduotion In the license, •ut without avail. The party that cuts Off $32,900 of city revenues, raised in this aanner, and then increases the tax rate to nake up the deficiency, is likely to hear om the people in a most decided manner. i« therefore not probable that the cense will be reduced.

he patriotism of "01." Tichenor, puty revenue collector, got the best of this week, and he will resign his

Ition, which pays him $3,000 a year, to ome adjutant of the new Indiana regl»nt, the One Hundred Sixty-first, of iiieh W. T. DurHn is the colonel. The ition of adjutant carries with it the nk of first, lieutenant, and a salary of ,1100. His desire to get into the army is causes him to give up $500 a year in der to enlist-. The place was offered when the regiment was called, and he had St under consideration for some me. It not known when his resigna* will take effect or who will be his ccessor. ______

The police commissioners have raised salaries of the heads of the depart•nt, but those of the men have not been .sod. There was no public announcevnt of the raise, nor was it given out as rt of the proceedings of the board. The periutendenfs salary was raised from 0 to #100 per month, the captains' from to $75, the sergeants' from to $70 (I the detectives' from $70 to $75. The 1 rolrnen continue to draw $»\0per month, in possible that the officers' salaries re raised in order to enable them to pay rt of the expenses of their summer va tions. during which they draw full pay. hen the men go fishing for a day. or are ntpelled to lay off on account of sick- «. they are "docked." The commlsmers did not raise their own salaries, ich was real nice of them.

'here will be more strange faces In the churches to-morrow than have been there for many a day. The president's I for special thanksgiving services has 't a responsive chord in the breast of I rjr citiscn, and men who are not in the put of going to church will attend

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morrow to give expression to the love of God, which every man rls. Bishop Huntington, of New York,

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recent address gav« expression in the «t striking manner to the sentiment God waj* with ns in this fight for ivanity, and with Hi* aid we could not I. Even the doubter must admit that •h marvelotts victories as have been by our men since war began could have been accomplished without iott aid. To-morrow the people will be

given an opportunity to express their thanks for the success that has rested on our arms. The ministers of the city have arranged special services for the occasion, and the attendance promises to be large.

If the masses of the people had made the same display of interest in the war, and its prosecution, as is being shown by the express and telegraph companies in regard to the war tax on their business, the president would now be drafting soldiers instead of fighting off those who are crazy to enlist. Their conduct cannot be charged up to corporations generally, because the railroads and other corporations have accepted the terms of the law cheerfully and are complying with it. All rules fail, however, when they reach such peculiarly grasping corporations as the express and telegraph companies.

The council on Tuesday evening declared a vacancy in the office of sanitary inspector, putting Dr. Pote out of a job, and later elected Dr. C. V. Elliott to the position. The sanitary inspector was one of the fads of Dr. Young, in which he was as much interested as in the expensive crematory, which he originated. It is understood that be had the office created for the benefit of Dr. Pote, who is a relative of his. When the office was created, however, Dr. A. J. Thompson, of this city was elected to the position, greatly to the surprise and disgust of Dr. Young. At the next meeting of the council, he had his way and the office was abolished, thus getting rid of Dr. Thompson, the man who got the place, intended for his relative. At the next meeting the office was re-created, and Dr. Pote, who is claimed to be a Democrat, was elected to the position which he has since filled, and very acceptably, too. The present council, however, did not take so kindly to Dr. Young, and and thus Dr. Elliott secures a good job, which requires but little work, and has a good salary feature attached to it.

MODERN PHILOSOPHY

Barbers think nobody ought ever to be In a hurry. We cannot understand why corn bread is not made all crust.

Anybody or any object a woman hates, she calls a "thing." Most men feel too dressed up to work when wearing cuffB.

The man with the biggest head is not necessarily the smartest. Nobody gets as mad as a loafer when told that he doesn't work.

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The only time we dislike lace'shoes Is yhen we are in a big hnrry. We can't see the object in wearing two pairs of glasses at the saifie time.

If they only knew it, boys care nothing for the girls who chase after them. Everybody starting out in business tells how he Is doing better than he expected.

We wonder why office seekers all go to church so regularly about election time. A man who is always ready to suspect others is generally not any foo safe himself.

There Is only one thing a man doesn't want to buy on time, and that is a pocketbook.

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Generally, the people who talk loudest about locking the house have least to be stolen.

It is astonishing how many people there are who get no benefits from all their reading.

The men who say they will go to war if needed mean to be the judge of the need themselves.

The first thing a young doctor does is to carry his fever thermometer where everybody can see it.

If men would dig half as hard to raise corn as they do digging gold, there would be more rich men.

We wouldn't mind picking the bones out of fish if it were not for the smell it leaves on one's fingers.

One is always surprised if a workman who is always bragging about his work, is found to be doing it well.

Using the church for business purposes is all right with a good many people as long as it is their own church.

If any army were made up of those whom we think ought to go, it would be a good deal different from what it is.

If we were rich enough to subscribe for half the biography schemes that come around, we would go to congress some day.

An old bachelor may pretend he is glad he never married, but we notice they all have a lot of pictures of girls around them.

When folks want to tell how poor they started out, they say they had nothing to eat but corn bread, and there is nothing we like better. A i.kx. uxer.

Patriotic Service at St. Stephen's. In obedience to the president's proclamation there wilt be a special service of prayer and thanksgiving at St, Stephen's church Sunday, July 10th, at 11 a. m. Appropriate music will be rendered, including "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Sermon by Rev. William Mitchell, of St, Luke's chapel.

Here t* Fame.

New York Law Note*. Judge Joshua Jump is running for a judgeship on the Indiana superior court., He Is flippantly alluded to as "the runnlng Jump." „v

WHEN CUBA'S FREE.

WHAT AMERICAN ENTERPRISE CAN DO kg THERE.

Fruit Culture In Cuba, Once a Great Industry, Will be Revived Under American Management—A Visit to

Baracoa, the Home of the Pineapple and the Banana. Special Correspondence of The Mall.

Washington, D. C., July 6.—Among the things of which only pleasant memories remain to the Cubans is the fruit industry, which was once a thriving business on the island, but for years past has been good for nothing. While in the Trinidad valley this spring I meta New York produce merchant who had been a fruit grower in eastern Cuba until the loss of the trade'to the island compelled him to give it up. Being unable to understand how the Cubans came to lose so valuable an industry, for which the conditions of soil and climate are perfect, I interviewed him on the subject. And this is the sub stance of what he told me: "It was the Cubans' own fault, and they will be glad enough to get back even a remnant of their once prosperous fruit trade, as they may when Americans have taught them how to manage it. To call the Cubans lazy would be unfair the good old New England word 'shiftless' better describes their temperament. They always choose the easiest way of accomplishing an end and leave the rest to Providence. Asi Dios quire (as God wills) is forever on their tongues, applied to neglected crops as to everything else in life while Anglo-Saxons believe that Providence smiles in bountiful harvests upon the husband-men who put forth the proper effort, rather than upon those who leave it to Him entirely. Now oranges, pineapples, mangoes, aguacates and bananas require the most careful handling from the time they are picked until offered for sale in the markets. And that is just where the Cubans lost their trade. To get the fruit down, they shook the trees, or knocked it off with a long pole, as they would cocoanuts. It reached the ground battered by fall or bruised by the rap froifr the pole, and was thus handicapped in start for competition with the carefulfy picked fruit of the American planter. It must be remembered that the fruit has to make a journey of hundreds of miles before it reaches market, and the slightest bruise rapidly develops decay. When the fruit is off the tree, the next step was to transport it to the nearest town, to be packed for shipment. This was done by mules. The oranges or pines, or whatever It-was, were bundled hap-trSizard into paniers, and sway went the mule over the rough country roads, jolting the softer fruit into jam in the saddle-bags. When' the destination was reached, instead of carefully lifting the cargo from the mules' back, the driver dragged it off regardless and threw it down in the nearest corner of the store-house. $, "The next comer threw his consignment of fruit on top of tile other, and so it was piled up, with no thought of the consequences. Then in packing, I have seen Cubans stand several feet away from the barrels or hampers, and actually throw it In, hit or miss, of course adding to the bruises the poor fruit had already received. When the barrel or box Was filled, the lid was fitted on, by force if necessary, as one sits on an obstreperous trunk-top. Then instead getting it down carefully, it was rolled end over end and dropped into the hold, on top of whatever it might hit. Now this sort of thing won't do at all in America and most of it was wasted. Buyers would not stand that, even if Adam and Eve had gone into the fruit business in the Garden of Eden. So American planters decided that they could beat the Cubans at fruit growing, though under far less favorable conditions. "They tried it—and the Cubans quickly found that there was no longer any market for their rotting pines and eranges. But the fact remains that no country in the world is better adapted to fruit growing than Cuba: and under American management the Cuban fruit trade will soon become an important factor in the industrial life of the hemisphere."

Desiring to see for myself what used to be the greatest banana shipping port in the world—Baracoa, at the eastern end of Cuba—and the prospects for the investment of American capital there in fruit growing when the war is over, I made the trip from Trinidad. Not many weeks ago, until our blockade tied it up, a native steamship line sent small vessels at regular intervals to make the circuit of Cuba. There was not much to be said in favor of the steamers, except on the any-port-ina-storm principle, when one particularly wanted to go somewhere and there was no other way. The boats were absurdly small for ocean travel, extremely dirty, and always loaded to the guards with passengers, two-footed and four—not counting the variously-footed creeping and, crawling and wriggling things that infested every cranny. The fo^r footed voyagers invariably overfilled the place originally intended for them and were penned so far aft that their noses touched the shoulders of their two-footed traveling companions as they sat at table, amid odors which bear no comparison to those of Araby the Blest.

Sailing eastward from Trinidad, the first stopping-place of importance is Santiago, something over two hundred miles distant but we did not go ashore on this

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p, having visited the place a fortnight lore. From Santiago to Baracoa, on extreme northeast of Cuba, is a run -only seventeen hours, even by the slow lt|lle coasters. The trip is worth making, if**for nothing but the splendors of the tropical sunsets.

The greatest painter would find it an impossible task to depict the exact shadizqgis of sea and sky and mountains. If he ware a wise artist, as well as a great one, h£ would not attempt it, because the nearer he came to the vivid and glorious truth, the more he would be criticised for too-brilliant coloring. The shoreward view is not particularly interesting. At first an endless stretch of keys, all monotonously alike, covered with mangrove bushes.

Then the jumbled and ragged mountains which frown around Santiago, amid a" country which looks as if the angry gq^s had subjected it to the teeth of a harrow and the nearer sandy slopes, core red with chapparel—up which our soldiers stormed, under a broiling sun, a feW weeks later—the same which our bi*ve boys climbed that fateful morning, mKny of them to their death, singing The Star Spangled Banner "in the face of fearful odds. To all Americans, these bloodbaptised slopes will henceforth be sacred soil. Then the shoreward vision is bohnded by interminable gray cliffs, surrounded by screaming sea-birds and beaten by the restless Carribean backed byrhills that might be the Blue Ridges of Pdpnsylvania, if they were only a little higher and were there more of them. Their gentle slopes are bathed in the satte bide haze, and their flat tops, with white clouds floating over, look like Titian punch-bowls. Gradually the hills taper down until lost in the sai^dy mainland an indication that the eastern tip of the island is nearly refohed and Cape Maisi may soon be sighted. Rounding the island in this direction you are almost certain to encounter boisterous billows that cause the mqst hardened sea-goers to cast their bread upon the waters, hanging in limp bundles over the rail and when a crowd of passengers, decidedly mixed as to color and "previous condition," are all doing the same thing with more or less vehemence, mules braying and cattle bellowing in sympathy—even the historic interest of the region for the moment fails to charm. Just beyond is the island of Haiti, separated from Cuba by the swift andf narrow channel marked on the map as the "Windward Passage." It was at Point Maisi, you remember, that the word West Indies was first applied. When Columbus sighted it he believed it to be the.extreme eastern end of Asia—the AMfeftej* htid- of the' Grand IChacn whom jlarco Polo had so graphically described. Hence he named the cape, now known as Maisi, "Alpha and Omega," and going ashore dispatched an embassy to the imaginary potentate, with gifts and conciliatory messages. As we know, there was- no Grand Khan at all, nor any city of mighty proportions, such as that colossal liar, Polo, had described. But Columbus found some Indians at Maisi differing from any he had seen before. They had palm-leaf huts, built in pyramidal shape, and when first seen were smoking tobacco—a plant with which the

Spaniards were unfamiliar. Says

the historian, Los Casas, in his narrative called "El Primera Viaje de Colon." (The First Voyage of Columbus.) "He beheld several of the natives going about with fire-brands In their hands and certain dried herbs, which they rolled up in a leaf, and lighting one end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called 'tabac', a name since transferred to the plant of which the rolls were were made." Another historian says that the aboriginal method was to inhale smoke through two cane-stalks, forked and hollow, inserting the forked ends into the nostrils and applying the other end of the cane to the burning leaves, and he adds: "It Is a very evil and pernicious habit, producing insensibility." Near Maisi are some very extensive and curious caverns, which must have been much frequented by these old-time smokers, for petrified crania and many strange relics are found in their recesses.

Soon after rounding the cape you come to Baracoa, a tiny town on a little harbor whose entrance is extremely narrow and difficult of access. When once inside the land-locked bay, whose tranquil water mirrors the bluest skies and greenest hills and tallest palms imaginable, you no longer wonder at the glowing report which Columbus gave of it to his sovereign. Having named it Puerte Sante, he wrote this quaint description, which is as true to-day as then: "The amenity of the rivers, through which the sand at the bottom may be seen the multitude of palm trees of various forms, the highest and moat beautiful I have met with, and an infinity of other great and green trees the birds In rich plumage and the verdure of the fields, renders this country, Most Serene Prince, of such marvelous beauty that it surpasses all others in charms and graces, as day doth the night in luster. I have been so overwhelmed at the sight of so much beauty that I have not known how to relate it to your Gracious Majesty." The appreciative visitor of to-day finds himself similarly "overwhelmed," for in no part of the world can a lovelier view be found than that of Baracoa, whether seen from the sea or from the hills thpt rise behind it. Graceful palms fringe the shores and adorn the slopes, and mountains rise like islands in A sea of fores*, which seems

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its primeval freshness and majesty.

And this is the port which a few years ago was the greatest banana-ship-ping place in the world! There is no sign of such an industry now—and in their palmy days the banana plantations were not seen from the sea. They were back in the interior, beyond the three remarkable terraces which rise abruptly from the coast line to a height of two thousand feet, and then gradually ascend to the mountains, six thousand feet higher. In the old days of activity, the arrival of a fruit steamer in the port was announced by telephone to central points beyond the mountains. From these points, horse back riders conveyed the news to the banana plantations. Then the bananas were cut with all possible speed and transported in paniers on the backs of mules and cows to the edge of the plateau overlooking the coast. Thence they were run down by wire trolleys to the bank of the Yumlra river, where they were loaded upon small lighters. 'I*

Negroes poled the lighters out of the river and through the surf to the waiting fruiter—a dangerous and uncertain performance, in which the lighters were often upset and the cargoes lost. The mouth of the Yumiri river is eighteen miles from Baracoa. After getting her load, the fruit steamer had to return to the town for her clearance papers—which the accommodating American consul, though not obliged by the duties of his office to do so—always gave at once, at any hour of the day or night, so that the vessel might go on her way to New York, Philadelphia or Boston as quickly as possible. The planter received thirty cents a bunch for his bananas, and ten cents a bunch was paid to the trolley concern for bringing the merchandise to the river's edge. The fruit was stowed in the hold of the vessel, two bunches deep, stood on end, upon a false deck. A man stood at the hatchway to examine every bunch, and any that showed the slightest sign of ripening were thrown away or given to the darkeys. The laborers of this section, by the way, are all negroes, and apparently the happiest people on earth. They sang wild songs, brought by their ancestors from the heart of Africa, while passing the bananas, chain fashion, from the lighter to the deck. When the vessel was loaded the negroes were given a free ride to Baracoa. Every one of them possesses a pet animal or two, which he takes along wherever he goes and I am told that the collection of dogs, goats, pigs, parrots, chickens and monkeys which went on this frequent trip was a sight to behold.

In spite of all expedition in getting the cargo off to its destination, it is said that fully. Jlfteenr -per cent of it was lost tp transit—mostly due, however, to lack of ca^e on the part of planters. The least bruise on the skin of .a banana you know, rapidly develops into a black spot, which ruins its market value. Those that reach their destination in good order bring in the United States from $1 to $8 the bnnch.

In the palmy days of Cuban fruit trade, from eight thousand to eighteen thousand bunches of bananas were shipped from Baracoa every day, from April 1st to October. Under good Amerioan management there is no reason why the quantity should not be many times increased, as the possibilities of the region are unlimited. annie B. Wabd.

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AT SANTIAGO'S CATES.

The campaign at Santiago which reached its climax of interest on July 8d in the destruction of Cervera's squadron, forty-five days after it had entered the harbor, will go into history as one of its most thrilling and dramatic chapters. It will vie in importance with Farragut's capture of New Orleans, the siege of Vicksburg and the storming of Missionary Ridge and Lookout We can find no more interesting baUle picture than this in which we have seen the Spanish squadron darting around the Carribean sea, the American scouts and cruisers flying in pursuit, the flight to Santiago's bay, the sinking of the Merrimac, the closing in of our great war fleet, the sailing of the mighty fleet with Shafter's expedition, the fierce fight at Savila, the assault act El Caney, the storming of San Juan hill and the desperate fighting on the first two days of July in the hills and ravines around Santiago and on the third between the squadrons at sea. Spanish historians need not be ashamed to relate in full the defense and fall of Santiago after a hopeless resistance to a superior force. American history contains no records of more impetuous, dashing and stubborn valor, more well-timed and skillful attacks than shown by our army and navy in eastern Cuba. To the wonders of this campaign add the unusual suspension of nature's forces. The annual fatal storms of the tropics came not, and the customary pestilence from heat and exposure has spared the northern men. Seldom have attacking armies faced so hot afire with so small a loss and never have navies done so much with such trifling casualties. Most impressive and appropriate on a day of signal mercies, from a commander in an unselfish war, was the act of Capt. Philip, of the Texas, who, after the collapse of the Spanish squadron, called his men to the quarterdeck and with bared head said, "I want to public acknowledgment here, that I believe in God, the Father Almighty. I want all you officers and men to lift your hats and from your hearts offer silent thanks to the Almighty."

Miss Lena and Nettie Sachs and friends, Misses Anna and Rose Benner of East St. Louis, leave tonight for a few days' visit with Miss Tillie Miller, of Marshall

-CAMP ALGER.

Special Correspondence of The Mail. .. Camp Algkb, Va., July 6.—The one hundred and twenty-second anniversary of the nation's birth will no doubt long be remembered by the boys of Company B. Just after reveille came the inspiring, glorious news of Sampson's victory, and it stirred every soldier's heart. .'Word came from Sampson, word came from Shatter, and from Dewey, making it indeed a glorious Fourth of July. The wildest enthusiasm prevailed in the camp all day long. Regimental bands headed parades of soldiers, and it seemed that each regiment in Camp Alger tried to outdo the other in enthusiasm, ffhioh at times bordered on the frantic. "Oh, that we were only in the rifle pits before Santiago!" was heard many a time that day, and the earnestness with whichat was spoken only shows that when the time comes the boys of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth will "remember the Maine" with a vengeance. •A beautiful flag was presented to our regiment last Tuesday by Miss Ruby Faris, daughter of Congressman Faris, and old glory now floats proudly over the camp. The presentation speech was made by the Hon. Geo. W. Faris in his usual happy manner, and at the conclusion three hearty, rousing cheers were given for the patriotic little lady whose bright and charming personality is so well known to many of the members of Company B. It was a sweet and gracious remembrance from "The Banks of the Wabash." Long may it wave I

The hot weather here during the past week has been something t-errific. Commencing on Monday, and each day thereafter, the thermometer registered from 96 to 98, and on Saturday it climbed up to 102 in the shade. The heat was almost unbearable, and all drills wore discontinued Saturday morning.' Hirtafter, by orders from corps headquarter!, drills will be so arranged as to avoid the heat during midday. A number of prostrations have occurred, but so far none have proved fatal.

Early Sunday morning the Eighth Ohio and Sixth Massachusetts paoked up and left for New York, where they will take the steamer St. Paul for Porto Rico, and there was a wistful look on the faces: of our boys as they went marching proudly by. We are all waiting patiently and chatting at the unseeming delay which: hold us to the confines of this camp. In fact, we are fast becoming as restless as the army mules which are as thick around here as flies.

Speaking of army mules, it's an interesting sight, and at the same time an amusing one, to visit the fields where the are quartered, especially after their day's drudgery is finished. Mingled with the bray of the mule comes the stentorian^ voice of the drivers* and generally thai language used would not do for the drawing room.

The army mule is a creation of the mullne race that is a class by themselves. Just as soon as they are branded they become conscious of the fact that their only aim In life is to haul overloaded wagona containing hardtack, camp equipage, etc., to stand in the hot sun or rain all day, and be hammered and cursed at all day by the driver, and its no wonder when they have been tied up for the night and one approaches within hailing, or I might say kicking distance, they limber up, and when you see an army mule looking at you out of the corners of his eyes, in the language of the late Irish comedian, "Rollingmill", Kelley, that's your cue "to climb a tree." There may be good, docile army mules in this world, but we have none of them in the Second army corps.

Private Oscar Leek, who has been on the sick list ever since we established camp here, was taken to division hospital last week and on Sunday the doctors decided that it would be necessary to perform a delicate operation to restore him to good health. The result of the operation was highly satisfactory and I am happy to state that Mr. Leek will soon be out of the hospital and in good shape for the hard' campaign that we are all looking forward' to. ".

The sick llst'Is still on the increase, due in part to the excessive hot weather of the past week, and the death rate is correspondingly greater.

Orders were issued from corps headquarters permitting the men to enjoy the freedom of the entire camp on the Fourth of July, and for the first time since the One Hundred Fifty-ninth has been here could the boys leave the confines of our, lines and mingle freely with the men of other regiments. Our camp looked deserted all afternoon of the Fourth.

Aside from the martial aspect of the camp, a trip up and down the roads makes one think they are attending a country: fair. Innumerable stands for the sale of. ?t drinks, groceries, etc,, Ice cream and monade stands, shooting galleries, in ict, fakirs of all kinds meet you at every farn and they all seem to prosper.

Private Edward Bailey has been detailed^ as clerk in the brigade commissary department.

The One Hundred Fifty-ninth Indiana ii«« been brigaded with the First Rhode Island and the Third New York, and we are now in the First brigade, Second division, of Second army corps.

Robkrt L. Hatman.

The German Lutheran conference for this district met here this week, the sessions being held at the Lutheran church on Poplar street. The attendance was large. It was decided to hold the next conference at Columbus during Easter week,