T.ooking out I saw the dull, red glare of
fire almcst forming a ring around. So
heavy ami dense was the smoke ami nr* *-
Ing so low upon the fire, tiiat it look* d like
a molten bar of iron. Hurrying 1 p my
family wc hastened to make exit 1 • the
road. H« re an*! ther » Hie lire, runni.i • out
along some decayed w.-oi or vcg» ta ion,
burned under our feet. Several • : the
negroes, in trying to run across the fields
hud their feet almost burned »o crisps, so
hot was the ground. When 1 got out to an
epen place I found a dozen of my n* ighLers
who had been likewise driven from their
homes. It was terrible to witness the de
struction of rrop rty and to see the grief
of the women and the children, many of
whom thought that the judgment day had
come.”
Campos in the Lurch Again.
As the insurgents hud treated Puerto
Prim ip*’, so treated Santa Clara, only
in much shorter time, for the torch In two
or three days had done more than the slow
stoppage of supply carts had done in the
other citv in as many months. They
swung bv the city of Santa Clara ami be
fore De t’ampos was aware of it. almost,
were hurrying on their way to Matanzao.
’ ■ r. J. MORAN.
DR. TALMAGE MISREPRESENTED.
Maltes a Statement with Reference to
His Pastoral Work in Washington.
Washington, January 15.—The Rev. Dr.
