The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-05
Fighting Men.

MtHs
0ne 81 the generals Of the "Lost Cause
relates the following ia the Boston Commsy-
cial BaHet;n:
There was little Frenchman in New Or
leans VINO applied to Southern official for
berth for his son, short time ago. Think
ng 20 curry favor with this party, who was
native and to the manner born" he said
my leetle boy Jagged 33) 10 we're smart
man, we're good man, good Southern man,
and brave Plus brave; yes, sare, he has
grande courage"
"Indeed,n said the official, 81 do pc.
seen to recall your name in the army Est
What actions was your son engaged in ,
" mere did he display such undAunted
courage $"
"Au Se time eat General Butlors rds
here he stay right stAl in Nep Orlevls under
his nose and aerJfe more"
IL is perhaps unnecessary to say that the
5fielsl could not appreciate the merits Of the
Child Of France" and monsieur retired sad
y disappointed
Another illustration Of this kind occurred
in the person Of a mate Of the Mississippi
boat, that we had converted into a cotton
clad for the attack on Fort Pillow. This
fellow was a big, double listed sample Of a
river bully, ''iull Of strange oa,hs," and al
ways enforcing his orders by knocking men
aoout the head. just before we went into
he light De came staggering up 10 me and
said
"Waal, gineral, suppose when one side
or t'other's licked, you bug men'll quit and
shake hands ~
"Yes Jim,' said | I; "when the fighting is
over expect every man to go no ne and at
tend to his business"
THAT amt mes" said jim, shifting his
eft palm with fist like a eledge hammer.
''fur eff ever ! ketch Yank sgin south OF
Cairo, I'm goin to mash him."
A ten-inch shell that came wbistlipS over
che boat interrupted any further remark just
| then, and shortly after we were buttIng Away
at the Federal boats, in and about as hot b
fire as | ever want TO see. l should think
there was hundred guns opened on us,
and we got one broads:de so near that the
fash Of their guns set our cotton bales on
fire. Our people fought well, but the other
side were TO strong for US, ana we had to
drop down the river. During the action,
boats sinking, shells shrieking and bursting
all around, and the air filed with fame and
smoke, l quite lost sight Of jim, out after We
had dropped down the river, out Of fire and
ali hands were busy repairing damages, thai
valiant hero crept out from behind . cotton
bale, and sneaking past me with q Gag Of
truce, said
"Gineral, amt 50 mad as was. Tbis
amt the kind Of ightin' Pm used to, anc
when them felers get ready to stop THROWN
them iron pots round, PH quit il they sciil
And sure enough, IN two weeks, he went in.
70 the lines and sook the oath.
Nh. CARxY LEA states that an ingeniou.
combination of the malt and albumen pro
cesses has been made made By putting th,
white Of an egg into a lumber Of ale (pre
viously beating it up and letting i: subsde
then 6ltering and using it as preservatiye
This method is affirmed to give exceedingly
soft pictures, and with the adequste expo
sure, certain absence of harshness Of con
trast.
NEw EVAPoRAFNG PROCESS e Parton
|. Of France, claims by his method to bripi
the liquid to be evaporated rapidly VI con
nection with the heating surfaces. Whel
evaporation takes place at the ordinary TEN
peratures he exposes TO the sun and win
the liquid in the finely divided state ofshowe
and spray. He prefers to use the waste hes
Of factories, but this plan cannot be apple
to chimneys with checking the necossar
draft.
4 A WOMAN Of So, named Schmitt, 10 Ii
Z last stage Of pregnacy, was run over BY
coal cart on the Boulevard de 10 Villett
Paris, the other day, and received such injt
: ries in the bead that she expired shortly att
at m spothecary's. where shs bad been col
: veyed. Drs. Tixier and Ssliath thea dste
! mined to saAe n possible the unborn chil,
: add By means Of The CmsaEfsn operakion d
/, livered fne healthy boy, who appeared
, no way to feel the effects Of the sccidel
which had been fatal to the mother
A MAN in Maine has invented maehiI
= for digging potatoes. Ii consists of . SEQ,
~ made Of boiler iron, which 10 driven und
NJ the potatoes and lifts them with the ear
i, upon hopper, on which the earth is shek
IN Of, and the potatoes thrown into the furr,
- behind the machine
Tns London Bssihzsr, In an article on I
possible exhaustion of the ooaI fields, q
% gests the employmspt Of ne tidal power
% the direct prodlpnon Of hsaks by cohpr
= sing air.