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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21

on the men are varied Get any naval.
seaman into laxative mood, saw 4,
Lieutenant over q bottle Of Wine.ar s
captain of the foretop over a boot-lee Of;
beer, and turn the conversation gently.
on the subject of punishment the.
man to tell what he has gone through,
with and seen. One of the first things
likely to be told by Jack is the way
landsmen are served who spit on. the
deck. The unfortunate offender against
cleanly habits is taken forward and
bit Of marline put about his neck, and
to this is slung a spit box-a miniature
tub a foot across and SIX inches deep.
Then he is compelled to march up and
down the port side Of the deck for per-
haps an hour, while the old salts with
devlish glee, come from all parts Of the
deck to spit in that kid.
Men who are to be punished by extra
watch are sometimes sent into the rig
ging Ito keep bright lookout fore the
equator. They must climb up on the
under side of the shrouds, and when
twelve or fifteen feet above the, deck
hang on until ordered down, unless they
drop first from sheer exhaustion, as
sometimes happens. Let the reader sup
port his weight on his hands by clasp
ing the top of door frame for instance,
and see how it feels; then he will be pre-
pared to better appreciate what it is to
be triced up.
Men are triced up in two ways. In
one line rove through block dashed
aloft somewhere is made fast to the
chain or bar uniting the handouts on
man wrists. Then the man is hoisted
up until his toes just touch the deck,
and his weight is brought on his wrists.
The other way is to lash mans thumbs
together with stout Irvine and then hoist
him up by his thumbs. No matter what
a mans pluck, he will scream with pain
in moment. It is the severest punish
ment now inflicted in the navy.
Men are sometimes dashed to gun or
a stanchion. Cases are known. where
they have been dashed to the cathead
when at sea so that icy spray dashed
over them till their teeth chartered.
No device for inf1icting torture on the
mind and body of seaman is unlawful
SO long as he is not logged nor marred,
provided the punishment is inflicted
after due trial by court martial. It need
scarcely be said, however, that senti-
ments of humanity commonly prevail,
and that cruel and unusual punishments
are seldom inflicted, even though law
full. Thus it is lawful to shave a mans
head and place him at the head of pro-
cession of seamen with band OF must
clans playing the Rogue's March to es-
| cort him ashore after he has been dis
| honorably dismissed from the service.
1t is lawful to make man do duty with
a ball and chain to his leg. A man
might even be keelhauled lawfully.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21
Carried Water in a Skull.

That is a terrible story coming from
North Queensland about a man who
was lost ii The bush. He used up all
his water and then drop ped his billy
in the agony Of his thirst. By and by,
fortunately, he came to a Water-holes
where he slaked his thirst and found
che road again. He had still some thiir-
ty miles to go, however, and he had
nothing whatever to carry water in.
Of course it would be madness to at
tempt to travel thirty miles on foot
under North Queensland sun without.
any water, so his ready invention came
to his aid. He had been mortified
short distance back by the skeleton Of
a man who had evidently been dead
several years. He went back and got
the skull, plugged up the eyeholes with
clay, and filed it with water. He then
tramped that thirty miles on the water
contained in the skull. Can any novel;
ist imagine a more CHASTITY and fright
full idea than this. for which we can
vouch Pail Mall Gazette.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21
Two Women and a Telegram

s. WO women GE4Q a Telegram
One was perhaps Is, the other a
little younger. They were pretty
and were stylishly dressed. A car
! riage stood at the.F ourteenth street
s entrance Of WillaBd's hotel awaiting
their pleasure. 1t could not be sup.
posed that they were in very distress
full financial straits.
they sat at a table in thereception
room of Willard s. devising, concoct-
ing and instituting telegraphic
message to send to some friend. The
elder one did the writing and scratch
ing and rewriting. which used up six
or seven WesternTUnion blanks. The
younger one leaned closely over the
scrivener and furnished suggestions
tjust the right time to make the
scriyener tear Ips blanks.
We will be there tomorrow
That is what they wanted to say.
That was what they did say, in the.
very first writing.
But, said the younger, eff we.
say we are coming home, we shall
both have to SIGN IT. ?
Carrie and. IWill be there to- nor
row.
That was thenresult of much men
tai effort spent in composing and
much physical eMeftion spent in eras-
ing.
Il guess that will do said the
younger, and the two seemed to
breathe with that freedom which
tells Of great responsibility unshonl-
dered.
SHold on, ':'ss5a the other at the
door.
sWhat2'' asked the other.
Carrie and Twill be there to.n1or
row. One, two, three, four, FIVE, six,
seven-only seven words
s'Well?''
Why, we haveto pay as much for
seven words as we do for ten =,
Herawas more difficulty. Ibwould
never do to pay for ten words and
send only seven. That would be a
reckless and a wicked waste. They
proposed many ways to leagthen it,
but each time they talked off a new
message on their fingers they found
they. had either too few osftoo many
words:
'>Pshawf" said the younger one,
why did ,nt I think of it before? I
have it,
'.Haveyou? Have your
why, OF course. Leave it Just as
1t is, and add Yours, very truly
If the. young lady had had an in
spiration she could not have looked
proudsr OF it; and as for the older.
one, she simply looked on the sweet
lace before her as that of a wonder
full being.
Carrie and Twill be there to-mop>
roW. Yours, very truly" was the
message that went through so1ne
operators hands>-Washington Crit-
ia
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21
In the Sick Room.

Nothing is gained, and much time
that is very valuable is wasted, by al
lowing ourselves to became nervous
and unable to be Of the slightest use in
the sick room.
Although we may consider person
too i'll to be aware Of what is taking
place about them, they are oftentimes
fully cognizant of the merest trifes,
and always more or less susceptible to
any and all things going on in the
sick room. For that reason, converse
ton about the condition of the patient
carried on in the room in whispers or
in any mysterious manner, should be
avoided and an air of quiet cheerful
ness always maintained.
Nothing is so annoying as to becon-
tinually asked if we do not wish the
pillows changed, the bed clothes
Strengthened, the blind closed or open
ed, some nourishment brought, OF any
small details attended too Better by
far. to see for ones SELF and do quiet
" without disturbing the patient. Par
ticularly if they are disposed to sleep,
Go not at once get a newspaper of the
kind that has the greatest possible
amount Of rattle in it, and set thyself
in a rocking chair regardless of the
possible effect it may have upon the
nervous condition Of thy friend.
When it is. time for nourishment, or
medicine, be prompt to give it, but al
ways without talking it over too much;
and if is the bitter cup that is to be
prescribed, have something agreeable
to follow, and a CHEEKY word. If it is
the food or broth, have it prepared out
side the sick room, and brought quiet
~ and above all, in an attractive form,
to the. patient, bearing in mind that a
little, daintily presented, will be much
more acceptable, and partaken of with
more benefit than a larger quantity.
An invalid is oftentimes better
nourished by partaEing of little sus-
tenance at shortinterYals, and the man
ner in which one is cared for, has much
to do with their improvement. Good
Housekeeping.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21

were logged had a handle made Of .
short rope, say six inches or so long.
and just thick enough for man to get
. good grip on it. TO this were dashed
nine thick cords, say two feet long,
with three knots in the end of each. In
the hands of brawny boatswain that
sort of q cat had claws Enthusiastically.
Flogging is past, but striking is not.
The apprentices in the navy are unques-
tionably cuffed about unwarrantably,
and, if the truth were known, they are
probably padded Numerically on the
training ships sometimes. The young
sters are trying lot for the officers to
deal with. and if an officer has any weak
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21
ARM.A AND Lee IRONS

Ex S,,&s IS /. s.#i & ARMAND LEG. IRONS. p
Worst of all he knows that he has been
unjustly treated and he rankles under it.
and lis ripe, likely enough, for deser-
ti61i.
Bad as is the disrating, the power of
the Captain may add to it solitary con-
flnement. This is. likely to be a favorite
method of Furnishing obstinate seamen
on the new war ships The bulls of
theseships are divided into an immense
number of small compartments. Some
OF these conn artments are in out of-the-
way parts of the ship. They are with
out light, and they depend for ventila-
ton on a pipe leading to fan. which
mayor may NOT be in operation Some
are near the boiler room and insuffera-
bly, hot while others are in remote parts
of the ship and 4are cold and damp. They
are ofsodd shapes, ard Of such sizes and
pitch sof floor that man can neither.
stand erect, nor sit down, nor lie down
in comfort. Men can and do remain in
utter darkness and solitude for hours,
where the minutes drag along like hours,
but the lawful punishment is not limited
eyenst9 solitary confinement for hours.
The man may, on the order of his Cap
tain. be, confined so for five days, during
which bread and water only will be
given him for food, while his arms and
legs are loaded with irons. There he
MUST lie on an iron plate, growing
weaker for want of proper food, tor
tured by his irons, and haunted by the
shapes with which his superstition peo-
pies the darkness And yet it is ali ac-
Scordi1g to law, and there is no redress,
event when unjustly confined, as some
times happens through n,isapprehen-
sion.
The extra duties which man NAV be
called on to perform may wear the life
out of him. Men have been kept on
lookout Until they have gone to sleep
standing up, and SO have tumbled over
.on deck. They are set to cleaning the
bright work, or worse, the closets, dur
ing the hours that should be devoted to
sleep. Il They are slung in q boatswain's
chair on, the sunny side of the ship on
hot day and compelled to paint or wash
the side while the sun beats down fit to
sbfoil them.
Tie unlawful punishments inflicted
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THUMB TRICING UP.

49,. THUMB TRICING UP.
must not be supposed that the Captain
has had any pleasanter time than his
men) will not have endured their misery
in vain. The punishments which a man
may lawfully incur in the navy are Sc
we're enough when Inflicted at the hands
of thoughtless and cruel officers, but
wheE to the lawful penalties others are
added the life Of the men becomes a
very hard one indeed. It may be thought
that unlaWfnls punishments could never
beiinflicted on an American war ship,
but as a matter of fact very many such
are inflicted
J When the facts are all made plain it
appears that the sailors suffer most
where there is lack of discipline in the
ship, and that there is lack of discip.
line where the Captain is OF. tickle or
changing disposition. AS the old sailors
say, some officers are one day roses and
pie; the next they are thorns and pepper
sauce. These men make life a burden
for all beneath them. With an invita-
ton on shore to dinner in his pocket the
. Captain isin cheerful mood. He lets
the routine of duty slide, and the men
smoke and skylark at will. AT the din
ner the Captain finds his lady love capri
scious; Or he is Tilted, or be. takes too
much wine, and the next morning he is
in state of mind The men having
been allowed undue freedom one day
are in no mood for restraint the next,
but they get restrained, and very likely
put at extra duty or drill without re.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn eAectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO, cal.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK, nv.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21

Keelhauling consists in dragging q
man under the keel of the ship. It was
a good old custom in the British and
Dutch navies. Stout blocks were rig
ged on the ends of the main yard. Then,
with lines properly rove off, the man
was hoisted up to the one end of the
yard and from there lowered rapidly in
to the water and hauled through under
the ship, to emerge half drowned on the
opposite side and be hoisted to the
other yardarm. He was weighted with
cannon balls fastened to his feet to
make sure that he sank far enough to
escape hitting the keel, for they did not
wish to quite kill him.
Since a summary court martial may
be convened by the Captain of a ship at
sea to try seamen for offences under his
influence, the officers of the court
would be directly under his infu-
ence. and would be swayed by fear
of offending him.. So man could read
lily get thirty days in double irons on
short rations and lose three months pay
for an offence which would be very
lightly punished in a ship commanded
by a reasonble officer
Men have had their heads shaved
when dismissed from the navy within
recent years, and that is probably the
most degrading punishment inflicted.
But in the old times desertion was pun
ished both by branding and tattooing.
The letter was burned into mans flesh
when he was recaptured, commonly on
the left hip, but sometimes on the hand.
One can find even now old sailors whose
hips have been tattooed in the most gor-
geous designs for the sole purpose Of
covering the hated mark.
The cat-o'-nine-tails with which men
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21

no will punish you il you tell a.
lie?" asked London police magistrate.
of q small child the, other day. To-.
body, " answered the little girl, con-
fdently.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21
William Brooker, the mar derer; is to be .
hanged June 81.

Gout IN mostcases first makes itself known
by an acute pam in the Joint of the great toe
This most excrueiating pain may be likened
to that produced by the driving of wedge
under the nail.t For govt. use Salvation lOiI :.
Price 25 cents q bottle
Drink. pretty creature. drink a little. at
time OF DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, and you
VIII relieve your cold, and not rack your
chest and lungs to pieces and keep every
body else in state of agitation. 7 rice TWEEN.
ty-fve cents.
Apache ind ans commit numerous mu riders
On the border between Arispna and Mexico,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21
Bucklen s Arnica Saiye

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum.s
Fever Sores, letter, chapped Hando. Il
Chlibiains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles. or no
pay required. It ig guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price Is cents per box. Sold ny @.
Z. Roos.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-21
ROUGH ON SAILORS.
.pUMlsHMENTs- THAT ARE LAWFUL
AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT.

no Device for 11[nhioting Torture Unlawful
So Long as he is Not Flogrea or
sIarred.
II the troubles on board the United
States war ship Enterprise, of which
full and graphic reports have been
printed, serve to draw public attention
to the actual conditions of life which
sometimes exist on board American
naval vessels, and if the publicity serve
to make that life more pleasant, then
the crew, officers and men alike for it
, 1890-02-07
tow TALK.
Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked Up
Throughout the City.


Feb. Is is the date of the next ''2l"
club hop.
E. E. Lonaburgh arrived from Lusk
yesterday.
Coal Mine Inspector Epperson is here
from the west.
The real estate big guns occupied apart
ments at the Inter Ocean.
The count board yesterday heard evi-
dence in a w-so. 4SG,a o---.
Geo. L. Beard, cashier OF the Cheyenne
National bank. has returned from Denver.
The Alerts are dong some tall L%ustling
to make their st. Valentine masquerade
a success.
j. NJ. Booth and A. Beeman. prom
inent citizens of Evanston. are Inter
Ocean guests.
Maggie Mitchell will have a big audi
ence mex Monday evening. The sale of
seats for Ray has been surprisingly large.
Chief Clerk Cramer, who is in charge
of railway postal service between Omaha
and Huntington, was in Cheyenne yes
terday.
The Central Pacific is now delivering
fast freight to the Union Pacific at Og-
den. Six cars of silk were received yes
terdsy.
1t is said that Tumble will be allowed
to plead guilty to murder in the second
degree, when arranged at Douglas this
month.
Jack Ballentine, who did the cutting
at the Western hotel Monday night, was
fined by Judge Lee for creating a dis
turbance.
Dentists Gardiner, of Laramie, and
Thode, of Rawlins, are in the capital
TO look after legislation affecting the
profession.
Amended articles of incorporation of
the Utah & Northern and Oregon Short
Line railways wero filed at Secretary
Meldrum's office.
Superintendent Green telegraphs that
he will have everything on time by next
Monday. There have been some wash
outs on the line.
Judge j. j. Hauphof. who is here
from the north. says he is not a candidate
for tho Wendover postmastership, but
wants an Office at his place.
Live birds were targets at Yesterdays
practice shoot OF Gun Club men and the
scores were not good. The boys now
realize that they must practice for the
match with Laramie.
Alderman McGregor, chairman of the
council building committee, said last
evening that he would get plans for the
new Alert hose house at once, and that
there would be no delay in construction of
the buil1ing.
, 1890-02-07
DEEP WATER HARBoR.
Territorial Council.


In the council Mr.. Reel introduced
council file No. 81. The bill grants cities
and towns authority to enact ordinances
to provide for lighting the public streets,
erecting lamp posts and for granting right
of ways through the streets to street car
companies, specifying the form of rails
they shall use and the streets they shall
occupy. 1t also authorizes cities and
towns to authorize and grant franchises
to gas companies to erect gas works and
give them exclusive right to furnish gas
for a period not exceeding ten years.
The bill also provides that none of the
franchises mentioned shall be granted,
unless the question Of granting them be
submitted to the vote of the people.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.
The committee on territorial affairs to
whom the report of the capitol building
commission WAS referred recommended to
the council that a bill be passed placing
the entire capitol fund in the treasury at
the disposal of the capitol building COM
mission, provided the commission meet
the present deficiency and reimburse the
contractor for losses by reason Of his pay
ments being made in non-interest bearing
warrants and that the balance Of the fund
be ex pended for furnishing and %equipping
and maintaining the running expenses OF
the capitol. The committee also recon-
mended The consolidating of the several
bond tax funds into a genersl Bond In
terest Fund"
BILLS PASSED.
Mr., Burdick's bill which amends Sec
ton 1870 of the Revised Statutes was
passed. The amended law now provides
that the probate courts of the territory
shall last provide and keep a seal and
shall be a court of record and the Judge
of the probate court shall be the clerk O.
of his own court and all processes Issued
shall be signed by the Judge and eI-ofbcic
clerk of said court and be sttested with
his seal.
Mr.. Burritt's bill ex-empting certain
fremen from jury duty was also passed.
DEEP HARBoR MEMORIAL.
The house Joint memorial to congress
respecting the establishment OF a deep
harbor on the Gulf of Mexico was re-
ceived and referred to the committee on
federal relations Of which Mr.. McGill is
, 1890-02-07
The Co. X Drill.

An exhibition drill by Co. K was wio-
messed by a big audience at Keefe hall
last evening. The young ladies'. com
maneed by Col. Sitter. fairly outdid
themselves and were applauded to the
echo. 1t was by long odds the best
drilling ever seen here.
Refreshments were served in the annex.
Co. K appears at Greeley this evening.
, 1890-02-07
READ
What a CHEYENNE Citizen has TO Say
of DIR. Vets.

Totchom 1t may concern: This is to GER
tity that l Am personally acquainted with
DR.. Vets; that he was my family physi.
clan before coming to his place and | can
truthtully say of him that both as a man
as well as a physician he is respected and
honored, by all who know him and that
he is fully worthy Of the title which his
name bears. His very presence at the
bedside Of the sick is always cheering and
and in the administration of his treat
ments for disease, displays wonderful
ability in not only giving immediate re-
lief but also in curing his patients quickly
Knowing what l do of him | most cheer.
fully recommend him to the afflicted and
| hope that he may receive patronage sui.
hcient to Justify him in locating perma-
nently in our city. w. F. LIVELY,
Operator U. p. Ry.
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb, 3, 1890.
, 1890-02-07

uey huu Ototts mcluucro VI lho Joins WILL
mittee to visit the insane asylum, peni-
Tertiary and university.
COUNTY DIVISION.
The county division question came up
at the afternoon session upon the report
of the committee to whom had been re,
ferred the Weston and Saratoga county
bills. The majority report of the COM
mittee was ] the form of a substitute bill
providing that the northern boundary Of
Weston county should be the north boun
dairy line of township No. 40 and that
tho proposed county of Saratoga be
named Babbitt county.
A minority of the committee in the
person of Councilman Muir ply did not
concur in the substitute. and favored the
twelfth parallel as the dividing Line be-
tween Crook and Weston counties.
The majority report was referred to
the committee of the whole.
On consideration of the measures be-
fore the committee of the whole, a mo-
ton was made to refer the bills 60 the
judiciary committee in order to determine
whether tho representation from the new
counties would be affected by county
division but was lost.
Mr.. Stotts moved to amend the sub
stitute bill relating to Weston county by
making the dividing boundary line the
18th parallel.
A lively speech was made BY Mr.. HuI-
ter opposing this and charging that the
Sundance people favored cutting up the
county but didn't like too much of their
own medicine. When the committee
arose it reported progress aud the council
adjourned.
, 1890-02-07
The Me

Twenty five members of the Manner
Choir called on Henry Dillman and bride
In evening, serenaded them and pre-.
sented as a wedding token a magnificent
silver fruit stand. A Jolly social session
followed.
, 1890-02-07
VISITING COMMITTEE.

The president appointed Messrs. Kin
ney and Stotts members of the JOINT com
mittee to visit the insane asylum, peni'
Tertiary and university.
, 1890-02-07

Pr1cal Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
, 1890-02-07
A Gallery Re-opened.

Having taken the Capitol avenue
photograph gallery | am prepared to u
out tirst-class Photographic work at very
low prices. Call at gallery and examine
work, Carl Either. TIT Capitol avenue.