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Show ALL BEANS. litrt of u Itn4tun 1 rcuclimnn Sli!l Con lined In n I'rlion In t'ubii. Hlty-to daja. Threo meals a day. ' Ucmm for cscry meal. Tlml a thu icconl of I'lerre Itlcb-cIIcu'b Itlcb-cIIcu'b linpriKovmcnt by the Spanish nil-tliorltlcH nil-tliorltlcH at, Unuliiitfo do Cuba. If I'ierro svas n. imtiso llostoucfco ho sstmlil porbabfj base UUed nothing bettor, bet-tor, but he svas lxini In Frunce, and Is a nun of the pen stlthul, nnd that pro-rue pro-rue teil eilod of Mubbislcucci upon beaiiM Iiiim left rancor in his heart and utter demoralization In his interior (tonoiny. l'ierrw had taken out naturalization papers In ltostou prcsiouatorhdilngdils life, llbcrt iinddlgestlse maehlnery In Spanish territory. lie lioiwil fondly. Iml i i'iiI..', tliat thin ceremony ssould ren m Utm Iwan-proof. In hl- trnscls aliout thu world hit had heard of the nut use the Spaniards made of bennst. Up Is now "btcndiiifroff uml on" uhotit the eorrldoin of the United rHntcn H-trlet H-trlet court in lioiton, ssaltJiiR for tho mtlioritlea to tffaU. up hit "citizen pn-pers," pn-pers," and v 1.!l them n a liiiflla to fllo i $SO,ooo claim iirralnstUiPRoscrnmmt af tho doni for the destruction of his intentlnal equipment. l'ierre's complete name 1h I'lerre (lus-tase (lus-tase lijiDetlUehcllcii. Iurcbrinryof lM'l he found hiniEclf In l'ort nil Trluee, Ifnjtl. One day he BtnrUd out In a llttlrt lioat called tJie Yankee Doodle. Hid, with a coinpaiiloii named August Uoltou, ssent flshlng ulong the cout for tiirtle. A Htonii drose them out.of thclrriek-onlngr. thclrriek-onlngr. nnd on iv dark night the' svent nrhn're upon tho coast of Culm. No rooncr had the Mt. foot on tlio soil than n lotof slgllantEeiiorsthrustthem Into prlvon an insurgent sympathizer. I'lierc they remained 02 dajs. Nose, Spain fcedi her army and nasy principally upon leniis, and the Span-isli Span-isli enptxirs reafoncd that sshat ssaa good cnougli for the ssnrrloraof Castile s an certainly good enough for rebel bus- H't. So beans they got, and nothing-more. nothing-more. Thessenrj sseeksof coufliiemeiit and liean diet sscro punctuated svlth eliecrlng oiinounccment from time to time, that they might expect ( bo shot ssllhlnnda or two. "Well," says Itloh-elleu, Itloh-elleu, "(lies didn't dothat.butit'ijnbout the onls ttilnc they dldn'tdo. Wo hail nothing to cut but lienns." Whether II ss-ai really tlu1 beans or tho fiur of dentil that did it, ssithln iv fnw dnja both llw men ssTrero 111 they could scarcely Btund. Tlicy munageil nt loot to gain the notice of the American consul con-sul nnd ssere releinscal. There ssa no eiidi nco nfalnKt them They enmebnett to New York, slctims of beans nnd An-ilaliflan An-ilaliflan jierscmlty, and demanded that the 1'nlt'd Slates gos eminent obtain re-drerfi re-drerfi for them. liollnii'H Hiatus an a cltlen ssaa all light, and the Ameilcnn inliiUler nt Madrid ha bi-en ordercil topresuit bis claim for Ikuii damage. Hut poorl'L-rrc iins In no Mich luck. His papeis the flrct Fet taken nt Portland, Ore , In IR72. and the .. t Ji.d nt llooton.ln IbTS ssrre nil moKi out In the name of Oustav Inmet. 1 II stateiucnta about them haso all been serlflcd. Ills talo Is un-fjuestlonobly un-fjuestlonobly true, but he t.ay the pa-( pa-( t'Tr, sslilali he hud ssllh him sshen lw vmii seized In Cnbn, sscre taken from him niul kept b.s the Spaniard Not having them In his poicslon, and the fact that lie took them out In n false name, base sadly blocked his claim to ilaiuigm for the bean treatment. treat-ment. Hut he llsen In indigestion, nnd hopo that the whole muddle nhoutth" pnpciH sslll be straightened out sery soon, nnd Hint then h sslll (ret money eriugh from Spain to Hie on "plum duff" for the remainder of hti days. N. Y Journal |