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HOW THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH SOLDIERS ONCE BRAVELY STORMED AND TOOK THE FAMOUS MORRO CASTLE. MEDALS FOR DEWEY’S MEN. Honorable Decoration Which Means a Whole Lot to the Wearer. The medals of honor which Congress voted to give to the officers and men ' who fought under Dewey at Manila I are not especially - artistic. The medal Itself is not a thing of beauty, but It means a lot to the mat) who has the | right to wear It. The medal is a five pointed star, each point ending in a trefoil. On the star is a circle of thirty-four stars (there were only ' thirty-four States when, in 1862, the medal was design MF.DAL OF HONOR. ed! within which is ILLING little spa«? in the histories of England and Spain because of the u representation of America “habited magnitude of the interests involved elsewhere, almost forgotten by America as Minerva,” her left Kind on the fae in spite of the bearing of all its contemporary incidents upon the present war ces. her right hand bolding a shield in Cuba, the taking of Havana by the British and Colonial troops in 1762 remains and repelling discord. A trophy of two ! an almost unexploited episode in the annals of nations. Y’et it was an event of the cannons, one sword, several cannon first importance in its own day and contains lessons of the first moment. It shows balls and an eagle fastens the star to that English-speaking troops can take the field with success ngainst double their number of Spaniards, fuly provisioned and strongly entrenched. The utter inca a ribbon resembling the flag, which Anecdotes of Macready. pacity for straightforward, pertinacious fighting which both Napoleon and the Duke joins it to the clasp. of Wellington found in the Spanish army during the peninsular war was as con Mr. Sala charged Macready with hav This medal of honor corresponds to spicuous fifty years before, and may rightly he argued as perpetually inherent in the English Victoria cross and the Iron ing habitually used foul and blasphem the national character; for, though the annals of Spain are filled with instances of Cross of Germany and Prussia, but it ous language behind the scenes. An individual courage*of the first rank, demoralization sets in ns soon ns they come Is a fact that either of the latter is bet apologist hints that Mr. Sala may have together in numbers, their chief maneuver in the course of a century and a half ter known to Americans than the em been led astray by the fact that In the iteing plain running away. Yet the fight made by the Spaniards in Havana dur blem with which our own country rec last act of "Macbeth" Macready Inva ing the attack of the British and colonial forces in 1762 is the one notable in ognizes valor. Perhaps one reason for riably lashed himself Into a sort of stance of a prolonged struggle between men who speak English and men who speak Spanish, History may be- searched in vain, either in the old or new world, for a this Is that we are not In the habit of fever, which he aggravated by using all defense as able in point of generalship or as stubborn in resistance. paying much attention to medals and sorts of expressions. When Mr. Phelps decorations In this country. Another played Macduff to him for the first may be that we have sometimes ques time, he was not a little amazed during CAPTAIN WILDES’ COOLNESS. fur seal Is the most delightful of all tion«! the manner In which these med the fight at the close of the last act to Just five minutes later the Judge ap wild creatures. But although they live peared. to see how the work was go Ordered Coffee While on the Fighting at sea the seals, being heavily clothed als have been awarded in times past hear Macready call him a beast, a ing on. and he saw at on«' the state Occasionally there has been a suspicion scoundrel, a hell-born villain, a base- Bridge at Manila. In fat, skin, fur, and hair, find the tem of affairs. From the sentinel's posi If you want to say that any man is perate latitudes much too warm for of the presence of a political pull in born cur and a devil. Full of resent tion the Judge knew what duty the ment, Phelps burk'd back the epithets always cool, calm and collected, say comfort during the summer months. these awards. man had been expected to perform, and Yet In spite of the drawbacks to Its with energy, and heaped foul names that he Is as cool as Captain Wildes of Since they cannot shed their garments without waiting for any explanat’on, the cruiser Boston. He is one of the like ourselves, they migrate to a sub reputation which the delay In award upon Macready. At the close Macrea he proceeded to administer a sound officers with Dewey's fleet at Manila, arctic climate, gathering in Immense ing It and the way In which some of Its dy said: drubbing with his stick. “Thank yon, Mr. Phelps, thank you; and nil the world Is wondering at his multitudes where there are fisheries to I wearers have acquired it cause the When he had sufficiently ndmonlshed calmness. While the Boston slowly support them. Their ration Is fifty medal of honor is an honorable decora I’ve never been so well supported.” the sentinel, the old Judge let him go In another play, where it was neces steamed into the bay of Manila, while pounds of cod every day. which for a tion and has been won honorably by saying. "There, I guess that’ll learn two opposing storms of projectiles creature the size of a sheep Is consider most of those who have It. Most of sary to enter In a panting fury, full of you not to sleep on your post!" And them won It for such feats as capturing rage, exhibiting the gasping exhaustion swept the waters, while a man could able. without taking the least notice of the battleflags, though one soldier got it of mad passion. Macready used to have not bear himself think in the thunder When the little pups appear their other sleepers, the disciplinarian of the guns, Wildes stood on the Bos mothers go a-fishlng to feed them, and because tie was on the guard of honor a hired "sui>er” whom he would grai?- marched off, perfectly satisfied. ton's bridge watching, when the smoke likewise teach them to swim. The pups over Lincoln's coffin. The Twenty-sev ple and shake and curse at, off the raised, the deadly accuracy of his gun howl with fright when first thrown enth Maine Regiment received the med stage, so that he could enter naturally. UNIFORMS IN AFRICA ners. Wildes was as cool as a cucum- into the water. Now. outside the seal ; al as a whole. Its time was up, and One night the regular "super" sent a It volunteered to remain and take part substitute wbodkl not quite understand Tlie Natives Fbow a Love of Soldiers’ ber, but the weather was warm. So he ; city, with its regular streets and har .nst-off Garments. called for a big palm leaf fan. and, ems, assemble the young bachelors not in the battle of Gettysburg. For this the business. He resented Macready's “In the course of my travels in calm as a woman nt the opera, fanned and Its bravery at the fight every sur rough treatment, which delighted the yet grown enough for love or war. vivor received the medaL Routh Africa I have been greatly himself. comedian, who went at hfs man with Here man steps In, driving the poor struck by the fondm sb of the natives Increased vigor. The substitute pres So cool and calm was this Yankee bachelors away Inland to be clubbed for gaudy apparel, particularly uni fighter while the Spanish ships were PATRIOTIC REFRESHMENT. ently "let him have it,” and the pair forms. These are the cast-off uni sinking under the hall of Iron that he for their precious fur. fought savagely a good round. Ma Italian Vender Has a Cannon Loidcd forms of the various regiments that i remembered he had not had his break cready that night burst upon his audi How Pullman Was Nam'd. with Ice Cream. have ts'cn stationed in the country I fast. I': speaks well for Wildes that, ence In a splendid rage. out-Macready- The town of Pullman was not osten This Is how an Italian vender in ing Macready. When the substitute from time to time. Here at Durban under the circumstances, he bethought sibly named after the late Mr. Pull Southwark draws crowds and sells ice learned the true state of affairs, how one can see every day scores of na man himself. The story Is that W. W. cream. The cannon is made of wood ever, he bolted; but he was unearthed, tives dressed in most ludicrous fash Reman, the architect of the town, be ion, partially clothed In military ap for Macready came off after the first ing justly proud of his work, went to parel, the coats usually having all the scene, gasping: the proprietor and asked that it be buttons, stripes, and the like complete. "Hum, ha! Where is he? Hum, ha, named "Hernan.” You will see a ragged, unkempt Kaf bless me! A splendid fellow! Pay him Trn’m." said the magnate. "Fact fir leading a team of oxen, wearing double and let rue have him every is, I had thought of calling the place a much soiled scarlet tunic, or a dark night" ‘Pullman,’ from the man who built it blue tunic with tattered yellow braid and paid for it. However,” Mr. Pull Modern Longevity. or gold lace, and woefully dirty; or man added, as he observed a look of ' j In the seventeenth century the aver else a stable Jacket out at elbows, with disappointment on the architect’s face, age duration of life was only thirteen the yellow braid or gold wire "lines'* "I am not particular. Now, what do years; In the eighteenth, twenty; In the probably round tils waist—no shoes, you say to a compromise? Suppose present century It Is thirty-six. This stockings or head-gear, ami merely a we take the first syllable of my name, great Increase In the average length cloth round ills loins, or, at least, a ‘Pull,’ and the second syllable of your of human life is not however, an in ragged pair of breeches. name, ‘man.’ There you have it, dication of an increase In the vigor "The coolies, who are employed here ‘Pull,’ ‘man’—Pullman. You see that and vitality of the race, but it is rath so largely, are Just as great offenders. combines your Idea with mine.” er due to the fact that cholera, the All alsmt the place one sees shops Mr. Pullman's suggestion prevailed, black plague and otlier devastating with large quantities of uniforms dis nuil the name, it seems, was a com scourges which formerly overspread played for sale. It Is not very long promise, though it is not reported that whole countries at frequent intervals, ago that the authorities at home woke Architect Beman was greatly pleased sometimes several times during a cen up to the fact that it was derogatory thereby. tury, have been brought more and to the dignity of the cloth to allow Friendly Attention. more under control by Improved inil>- sandwich men and others to wear cast True friendship has a broadening in lic sanitation and quarantine. The off uniforms, and thus degrade the fluence, and takes small account of real test of the vitality of the race Is soldiers' garb. It was bad enough. In things which might serve to weaken CANNON LOADED WITH ICE CBEAM. not the average tength of human life, all conscience, to s«- the loafers In the charms of mere acquaintance. but the proportion of centenarians. England, wearing uniforms, but far “Are you habitually lame, or is your and contains a churn of cream. The The proportion of persons who have worse Is ft to see dirty niggers and limp caused by some tem[>orary trou merchant serves the cr<*am from ;w attain«! great age Is without doubt at loafing Indians strutting about the SI1TINO COFFEE UNDER FIRE. ble?" inquired the lawyer in a case of opening in the top. and pusin's the can the present time much less than ever ■streets partially dressed tn our gal assault and battery, addressing a wit non along by grasping the little knob before In the history of the world. lant soldiers' clothes. It is an Insult himself he was hungry. If a man has ness for the defendant. The man bore I at the end. to the whole British army, and a a good appetite he is in good health, and every indication on his face and per- War Was Preferable. strong representation should tie made If he's healthy he can fight. Feeling A Boy's Composition. M>n of having been in some recent ca “I have about decided.” said Dowl to the colony that the wearing of mili the cravings of his appetite, Wildes or tastrophe which the lawyer hoped to If a boy's composition. submitted by ing. “to go to Cuba and Join the Insur tary uniforms by civilians should be dered a cup of coffee to be served to prove was the particular affray then a pupil, is supposed to be a flight of the gent army.” discontinued, and made a punishable him on the bridge. One can easily im before the court. imagination based upon face then' Is “Oh. you take my breath away.” ex offense, as tn England.”—Correspond agine he hears Wildes 'order, punctuat “Oh, Oi’ll be all right In a day or no reason why the boy’s composition claimed Mrs. Dowling. “Going down ed by orders, thus: ence of the London Graphic. on Christopher Columbus does not meet there where you will have to sleep out “I'd thunk you for a cup of coffee— two," said the witness, cheerfully. “It the requirements. Dinah Might. on the ground and lie eaten up by Lieutenant, you’ve got the correct rnnge was jlst a friend of mine kicked me the "Columbus was a man wl>o could The Syracuse Post says that a girl -and not too much sugar. Another other evening, and Oi’m a bit stiff in make an egg stand on end without snakes and mosquitoes?’ baby was recently brought to a clergy smash like that and the Castella’s a the J'tnta, that’s all!" "Yes • breaking. One day the King of Spain man of the city to be baptized. The goner." “Don’t you know you are likely to Cheating the Government. said to him, “Can you discover Ameri latter nsked the name of the baby: starve to death?” Tills Is probably the first cup of coffee Sir Francis Cook, who married Ten- I ca?' And Columbus said: "Dinah M„" the father responded. ever served ami consumed on a fighting nessoe Claflin, Is reported to have Just "I do.” “But what does the ’M.' stand for?’ bridge during Kittle. "Cafe a la Wildes” divided $10,000,000 between his two | “ 'Yes, If you will give me a ship.’ “And take yellow fever or cholera?’ “ So the king gave him a ship, and he interrogat'd the minister. will be a popular drink in Uncle Sam’s sons I d order to cheat the chancellor “I know." started out and sailed and sailed. Some "Well, I do not know yet; tt all da navy. “Or may be captured or shot or some of the exchequer out of the succession of the men said they didn’t believe any pends upon bow site turns out” But Wildes was not the only hungry duty which would have to be paid If I thing?’ such story and didn ’ t believe there was “How she turns out? Why, 1 do not man in that fleet during the first part the money were left as an ordinary "I know that Marta, but they won’t any America, but pretty soon the pilot understand you," said the dominie. of the magnificent fight Dewey was legacy. British millionaires have said, T see land.’ and then Columbus bang on the piano after I have gone to “Oh, If she turns out nice and sweet hungry, and K'lng kind and thoughtful, never forgiven Lord Harcourt for in bed. nor make me get up after mid said. 'Well, then, tt is America.’ and handy nltout the house, like her he remembered that all his men and all creasing those duties to a point which ■ night to look after burglars.”—Atlanta “ Then they went ashore and saw a mother, I shall call her Dinah May. Ills officers mast be hungry, too. So made them an Important source of Constitution. But if she has n fiery temper and dis when breakfast time came Dewey drew public revenue. Several of them, and lot of black men running around. and v Munibus said. ‘Are you niggers? Yours as Ever. plays a bombshell disposition, like off hts fleet, and every Yankee on the among the number the Duke of West- | "They said. ‘Yes; you are Columbus, "What are you thinking about, mine, I shall call her Dinah Might.” fleet enjoyed Ills breakfast very much minster, have already divided the bulk 1 aren't you? Ethel r indeed. Having finish«! breakfast, •“Columbus said. *Yes. I am.' and Making-up HorOcs. they went back and finished the Span of their personal estate among their "I am wondering whether I should sons and daughters. Sir Francis Cook then they threw up their hands and sign myself ‘Yours ever' or ‘Thine Ladles have not got the art of mak iards. Is rvpnt«l to K> worth $20,000,000 ’ sold: ing up all to tliemselves. The silvery- only’ to a girl I detest"—Boston Bea HABITS OF THE FUR SEAL. even after endowing his sons. “ ‘Oh, dear. It’s no use! We've gone con. hued maw, tall ami forelock which and got discovered al last!1 ” contrast so beautifully with the coats Fea Animal That Has Many of the Artesian Wells in Australia. Too Slow. of dark colored horses are produced Trait» of Sheep. Artesian wells have proved success- [ “Your elopement didn’t come off?’ Inconvenient for Worshipers. by the use of |»Tox1de of hydrogen. It The fur seal is a land animal, of per ful In New South Wales, the area “No, the wretch asked me to fly with An amusing incident showing Mos is stated that a well-known fashion verted tastes, who. living at sea. has within which underground water is him. and then told me that he thought lem devotion Is told by George Kennan able New York Job master gets In a bad tils paws changed into flippers very found extending over (12,000 sqnare In a recent number of the Independent. a horse and buggy would lie more «?ni- five-gallon Jar of peroxide of hydro like the long black kid gloves of a miles. He was making a trip down the Volga fortable than a tandem."—Detroit Free gen every week. woman. His heart, liver, and kidneys Press. River on a small steamer: FYozen Butterflies. are exactly the same as those of a Town Without Doctors. Religious exercises of some kind are Mountain climbers frequently And He’ll Flay to Win. Five A pla«' for physicians to emigrate sheep, and just ns good to eat, but his butterflies frozen on the snow and M going on almost constantly. “Going to follow the races again this flesh, although Just like fat mutton to to is the City of Hamah, south of Ale(> brittle ttuit they break unless care times a day a mullah (mool-lahi. or year. Hoaxley?" po. Though It contains 60,600 Inhabit look at. Is rank and distasteful from fully handled. When thaw«! the but Mohammedan priest, used to climb np "Follow? Not if I can get ahead of his habit of eating flsh. The whole on the bridge of our steamer and call them." ants, among whom diseases of the terflies recover and fly away. the faithful to prayers. eye. In partlcvlar. are rampant. there package Is put up In a parcel of thick white fat to keep the Kdy warm, while In less than five minutes the whole Is not a single physician In the city. Lea« than Half Native Hom. "Young man. thts Is the third time from the skin grows a heavy crop of Of the 1.500X00 Inhabitants of New hurricane deck would be covered with this week you have come to take my Cure for Fresh Colds. beautiful brown fur, protected with York only 700.000 are of American the prostrate forms of praying Mos daughter slelghrtdlng. If you pay cash Nine cases out of ten of ordinary Urge flat oll-bearinjt hairs, making a lems, all lying with their heads toward for the horses and sleigh ft means birth. «■Ids can be cured In their early stage glossy surface which slides through the Mecca, the north pole of their religious either lunacy or bankruptcy, and If yon by a hot bath and drinking a glass of water without friction. l*erfectly fear Good deeds always speak for them- 1 faith. But the river at times was very don't It means that you are a dead hot lemonade Immediately before go less. overflowing with fun. a i>erfect selves when they call for Improve 1 real crooked. and the followers of the beat." “I own the livery stable, sir." little athlete, marvelously strong, the estate ing to tied. Prophet bad a good deal of difficulty tn “That's different."—Chicago Tribune. F THE STRATEGY BOARD. Ex-Fighting Men Who Direct the Mov -merits of Ships. Admirals Dewey and Sampson, with Commodores Schley and Watson, do the fighting, but there are four men In Washington who tell them wliat they shall do and when. These are the members of the Board of Strategy, who have charge of the conduct of the war on sea, and so far as possible direct the battles, leaving only the details to the fleet commanders. Each man on the board has seen a good deal of real service and can tight as well ns any man In the navy. Aside from this they are well skilled in the science of war and are able to plan battles with al most mathematical certainty. The members of the board are Bear Ad miral Montgomery Shard, Captains A. T. Mahan. A. S. Crowulnshleld and A. 8. Barker, all experts. Rear Admiral Slcard was Ixtrn In 1836. graduated from the Naval Acad emy In 1861 and was a first lieutenant during the war. lie fought In the IVest, at Forts Jackson and St. Philip anti Vicksburg. Like Dewey, he was nt l’ort Fisher. Since the war ho has had charge of Important stations, the last being tln> command of the North At lantic Squadron nt Key West, from which he was released In April owing to ill health, Sampson ts-lng placed in command. Capt. Mahan saw service during one year of the civil war. He is an expert in naval affairs and tins al ways held important land positions. Capt. Crownlnshleld is a native of New Y’ork, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1863, his first service lielng on the steam sloop Ticonderoga with the North Atlantic blockading squad roti. lie participated in both attacks on Fort Fisher. He reached his present grade of captain In 18JM and preceded Capt. Slgslse tu the command of the Maine. He Ims lately been a memtier of the Nava) Advisory Board. Capt. Barker was at the Naval Academy when the war broke out, but was or dered luto active service on the frigate Mississippi and took part In the cap ture of New Orleans and tin- tight at Port Hudson, wbeti the Mississippi was lost. He commanded the Enterprise In 1883-86,- when a line of deep sea sound ings was run across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans ami from New Zealand to the Straits of Magellan. He was the first man In America to use guns load ed with dyuamlto. iMilltary Jnstioe. Old Judge Ik»le. an early settler of Pike. In the county of Wyoming, New Y’ork, was a military man in his early days, having, to quote his own words, "fit the Britishers” in the war of 1812. And he carried his habits of military discipline luto the management of his farm. One hot summer day his hired men. five or six in number, decided to take a nap after their luncheon of doughnuts and pie. Instead of setting to work again st haymaking. They selected one of their number to act as sentinel and keep watch for the old Judge, and the rest of them stretched themselves at full length In the shade of a big tree. Unfortunately, or fortunately, the m-ntinel also yielded to the desire for tduinlier. and at the end of ten minutes was last asleep at bis post. keeping themselves accurately adjust ed with reference to the holy city. Every one of them would take off his hat. boots and weapons, get out his pocket coinpass, ascertain the direction of Mecca, spi'ead down bis prayer rug and then kneel, shut his eyes and be- gin to pray. In the meantime the steamer would go around a sharp bend in the river, awl the next time the worshiper open ed bls eyes he would find himself, to his horror and amazement. with his back to Mecca awl bls arms stretched out toward the steppes of Siberia. Of course, God could not be expected to pay the least attention to a prayer that was breathed out in a northeast erly direction when It ought to have I kmo headed southwest by south-half- south. So th«' disgusted Mohammedan, with a muttered curse m»on the crook ed rivers and the erratic steamers of the Russian infidel, would get up, con sult his pocket compass, turn around his rug. and begin again on a new tack, keeping one eye o[>en meanwhile, to see that the man nt the wheel did not take an unfair advantage of him, nnd scatter his prayer all over the Rus sian Empire.