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The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

The Hungarian government is try.
ing very interesting experiment in
vine culture. AS It has been found
that the phylloxera does dot attack
vines growing In sandy soil, II has
been decided TO plant with vines the
Delliblat sand region between Del
liblat and the Danube, and to establish
there 5000 families Of vine dressers.
Huts will be erected for these colon
lists at government expense, and each
family viii receive about $50 for a
year, until the vino products become
rcmunerative. A railway will be con-
structed from the vineyards to Yer
schitE, where the cellars Of the Dell
liblat wines are to be kept.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

Among other things the recruit was
given a bed, consisting Of hair mat
tress, double blanket, and hem
stitched hammock Of foar-ounce can
vas six feet long, four feet wide, and
with twelve eyelet holes in each end.
Along with the outfit came hank Of
clew stuif~-h heavy cord and a thirty
foot rope for lashing the hammock. 1t
was quite trick TO cut the cIew lines
and rig them in the eyelets and rings SO
that the hammock would hang tight
when slung to the hooks. Old Ward
was always ON the lookout for this Job,
for which he charged fifty cents. Some
times he would strike bull blended
lnbber who thought he was smart
enough to sling hammock himself. In
case OF this kind Ward would reason
kindly with the imaginary sailor, placing
particular stress on the ridiculously low
price for which he offered to do the Job
and the neatness with which it would
be done. II he gave in then oil was
we'll, and II be didn't Ward knew how
TO fix him.
Dropping OF to one side the crafty
old tar would wait until the hknd'me.
down sailor had slung his hammock.
Nine times out Of ten il was ,rickety,
bungling, lopsided Job that would make
sailors heart ache. In spite OF his
bigotery the lubber conld see that some
thing was wrong, but he didn't know
what it was. This was where Star
board Nose bore down on his victim.
Placing his grizzled paw affectionately
on the young mans shoulder he would
begin in o tremulous voice:
My lad, sixty-five years ago / was
bright and handsome boy like you,
but ] was raised pet, which made me
willful and headstrong. So | ran away
from my ma and shipped in the navy.
When l first went aboard the ship they
gave me hammock just like that, and
a kind-hearted sailor offered to sling it
for fifty cents. But l rudely repulsed
him and slung the hammock myself.
That night il broke down and-and-'
Here the old cuss would place his
finger alongside of his battered nose
and burst into tears. With one Wild
glance at that hideous beak the startled |
youngster would haul out fifty cents
and Ward would tackle the hammock"
is that the way he really hurt his
nose9" asked the lubber
Nav; got drunk and fell head first
into o shot locker"
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16
a nEvIsloM.

How frssn n ny nliud arc no scenes ofrny slri
AZ Keen roroilection prevents them 20 view
Tho kitchfn, she uoolsbed and Knots oi green
ana al lie hafd work bad then % &c through
Tho bread must knead out hnd donghnuts "
Tiieplss ~ tho thrssbors ami iown.foiks .
Tho eIoihss must rub out With poandsr and
Nash,tub.
The lenky old wash.tub. fe,nein,beFed 90 Wei
wash.tub
Tho baek.brssklug wasb-iub that sat on tho
well.
The cows must milk gro the breakfast waa
Tho beds must make ore the dinner begun,
The dishes 20 wash when Tho men folks wors
Sure MATS work on ceasoth, but womans
no or done
The floors must scrub hard ana bags must
Tho stgeIiag' to darn ali the tasks mono
How oft 10 NV dreams am doing big washing
With ieaky Old wash-tub remembered 80
Tho vasb.tub, tho wash-tub the iron.bound
wash.tub,
Tho baek.brsahins wash-tub that sat. on tho
well.
Tho old WORKOUT vessel, ] now think with
pleasure,
Has gone where It will never trouble me
moro,
view In its stead now with exquisite pleasure
Machines which prevent the old backachea of
yOfH
Although long removed from that hard situn-
ton.
Pow tears Of regret do intrusiyely swell
When fancy rcyortA 20 my fathers old farm.
house,
viii soit-soap -sirealed wash.tub way out on
Tho we'll,
Tho washtub, tho wash.tub, the iron.bound
wnHhtub,
The baek.brealing wash-tub that sat on the
veil
=. Christian M Work
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16
snys lhe Sd. Lonla

"Thc report showing lhat witt
comparatively short period As man
clerks have been killed. and 479 seri-
ously injured while in the execution
of duty, shows with what great risk
TO life and limb men In this branch Of
tho Government service earn their
small salaries. It Is gratifying to
learn that arrangements are being
made to insure the work being triflo
less hazardous
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

II told him / didn't want 10 make no
money on him o. his acts, so he said he
would turn flip-hop anyhow. Pulling
off his has and coat he backed up TO
the edge of the dock and made a."
Speaking about bunko-stearers al
ways reminds me OF q shipmate / once
had named Ward" remarked the cap'n,
who had turned up and quietly slid into
a seat next to Watkins.
An involuntary groan escaped Wat
kins as the shippers voice smote in his
ears. He was just warming up TO his
work, but when the interruption came
he lost all interest and muttered some
thing about some people he knew al
ways cutting in across another fellows
bows when he had the right Of way.
-I'm not kicking about anybody in
particular that know Of" said the
chp'n, looking hard at Watkins, -but it
does make me tired to be round where
one windy man wants to do all the talk
ing himself Still II a man wants 10
talk, why, for Gods sake. 90 ahead and
talk. That's all I've got to say And
the capn gazed modify into the water.
NNtAAuaa NNAuMAtutEu " NuiatlC y
nameless tune; the other sailors winked
al each other. and II looked as though
the party was going TO break up when
the lnbber came to the rescue with:
Il say. cap'n, what did you say
Wards first name wasf'
''He had no front name that anybody
ever heard Of. renliod the cap'n,
Frightening up. -All hands called him
'Stsrbosrd Nose or Old Ward He
was over so years old and had been q
sailor longer thar he could remember.
His beak was doubie The size q anv or
dinary nose and had been broken and
showed over till il laid dat against the
right side Of his face which was full Of
wrinkles and a. expressive as q bladder
fnli 81 putty. That's the way Be g1t
his name, 'Starboard Noee.'7
ard did he steer ihe bunko brat on
your ship asked the innocent lubbcr.
No. nv son. replied the skipper.
nLdiT. iLcle 5 10 sucl bsai atsa-j
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

The number Of heads struck of In
the Empire Of China for one cause or
another VIII average; believes the De-
troit Free Press, over thirty per day
tho year vound, but Il Is only In iso-
lated eases that anything like a crowd
turns out, or the papers make any
mention Of the circumstance.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

Premier John Robson Of British
Columbia, in conversation with Pa.
cihc slope reporter, said, ''As next.
door neighbOrs we want reciprocity,
bat no unrestricted reciprocity. w,
want Il as regards raw materials We
are opposed to unrestricted reciprocity
and commercial union. The latter
we believe would lead to political
union, which we emphatically oppose.
We believe we have material 10 build
up as great a country as yours, and
want friendly rivalry. II your Prcsi.
dent honors US with a visit we prom.
iso him sincere and hearty welcome.
/ see much n tho United states to al.
mire. but nothing 10 coveL You have
achieved nothing IN The way Of IA.
tionai greatness that We eannoi
achieve.p
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

The Brazilian Government recently
appointed a committee to examine into
the financial situation Of Brazil. It
has reported that there Is no danger,
so far as Brazil H. concerned, OF a
commercial or financial crisis. They
recommend the maintenance of tho
system requiring customs duties TO DO
paid In gold.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

A travelling photographer il New
York has a large monkey for al assist
ant. In fact. the animal does most 81
the work. Mounted on a forked STICK
stuck INTO the ground, he inspecis the
position of The person about to be pho.
tngraphea. burying his hairy head under
the cloth that covers tberenr part Of ths
instrument. Tkcn he stretches forward
his long arm and removes the cap. For.
perhaps. two seconds be holds il IN lis
hand. whi.e be frorninEiT starfs At fha
subject. Then he coftts ur the lens,
and tie FE1u-s is take1.-lI.trs1 Fr.s
rIfis.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16
A FIrst.Ulnss Advertising scheme.

sits mighty hard work getting any
free advertising out of you newspaper
people nowadays" sighed the advance
agent Of q mammoth allied circus as he
passed stack Of coin over the business
Office counter the other morning.
Somehow editors don't seem to bite az
they used to. Same on the Eastern
coast. too. 1 noticed it particularly re-
garding little scheme / worked. way
down at Galveston last fall"
slow was that2'
well. you see, was on my way to
that city by steamer in advance Of our
show, when struck a great scheme. l
bought two dozen empty pop bottles
and rs many steaks from the steward.
Then got bottle Of arsenic from the
medical stores and rubbed it into the
steaks Iput some Of our bills into the
bottles. tied steak round each and
dropped EN- overheard as we entered
the harbor. NV calculation was that
the sharks would swallow the meat be
poisoned. float ashore, would be cut
open, the bills found and the whole
thing be written up by the reporters in
great shape"
-How did Il work p
Like charm-my part oiit, Imean.
Nine sharks altogether stood in with
the show. but every time one came
ashore got . note from every editor in
the place proposing 70 write the thing
up, with a snap camera cut Of the shark.
a. The regular rates.
pretty mean. that
Aeani / should say 80 The onlv
paper that referred 10 II all was one we
gave sixty-iour free passes %. The dav
We leit town II remarked that our show
vas enough 20 Kill . blind uizrer-iet
alone shafks = Denrer Tribune.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

The Boston Transcript declares that
remark made by Count Won Moltke
ut ST. Cloud IN 1867 led Napoleon TO
overhaul the equipments Of the French
army and finally TO the adoption Of
the Chasscpot gun.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

The Swiss military authorities have
decided to furnIshthe defenders Of the
country with a new weapon. Each
soldier Of tho infantry Is bcnccforth
10 carry a pockcl-knife with four
bladea
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16
THE SENTINEL
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
HAzOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI.

Now that Won M0ltkc u gone. Cen.
Canrobert tells his couniryincn that
lhoy posses, the greatest Of living STRAIT
cglsis IN the person Of their own chief
Of stan. Gen. Alirabcl.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16
BUNKO ON SHIPB0ARD.
A Game often Played ON Raw Naval
Recruits.

ISTAKES Nv III
happen. A mum
Der Of sailors had
assembled at the
usual place ia Chi
cago, but h q
cap'n, for some un.
known reason, wns
absent. The lub-
Der was on deck,
however. As this
was a rare oppor-
tunity for some one
70 start and finish
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

At the present rate e legal ices none
but a wealthy man can -Aeep his ovn
coansel.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16

II yon think nobody cares for von.
Just stand up At The circns You viii
BE- surprised Ct iiudinG how many REQ
pie vii take an interest IN your upris-
i-E AID I, vufal
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-07-16
Nor angels can thelr JOY contain.
But knd.c with new fre,
The sinner ioet. a found. th1r sing.
And strike the sounding Tyre.

When Napoleon talked Of going into Italy.
they said. You can't get there. II YOU
knew what the Alps were vou wouldn't tall
about il or think 81 il. Yon can't get youl
animation WAGONS over tie Alps Iner
Nap,iesn ross ia his stirrurs and waving bis
hand tousri the i.iorntnIns he said. Their
shah ha no AIMS That wonderful pass va.
laid our which has been t1e wordermeut q
al the wears since-the wundsrme1t o. Al
en-,nesrs And YOU tell me thcre are Eict
ls5cln. a-rs 81 sin between Vour soul and God
thefs s 10 mercy Ihru / Sc C1rist waT
fur lis hard toward the mountains hear
Him Saw. Fl VIII come over the ucr-italrs q
ffsx A5r'r ana TIE hills az thr iniouify. I1ecl
strif ~ ~o frren ess. there shall be 10 Alps
I'D j nrfIce that this resolution q r1I
~-1rr han rf the text gas fcuntel IN SIT
isn & - a.s51havir 4 Nas not ner.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-23
Moving Trains Through a Flood,

The most remarkable feat in the his
tory Of railroading in floods was re-
Gently accomplished on the Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie railroad. 1t has never
been equaled before, and may not be
duplicated again fer years. Train No.
1, the through express, due i'll Pitts
lurgh at 40 one morning, was rushed
through six feet of water, and the pas
sengerS by placing their thumbs on
the outer sills of the car windows were
abe to reach the water with the ends
of their fingers The surface cf the
water was within three inches of the
car windows.
The tlain was lac, ard whom it
reached CHARTERS, four miles west Of
Pittsburgh, there wee four locomo-
Iiyes. fitted with tight fire boxea.
ready to bring it to Pittsburgh. The
doors oi The coaches were made water
tight ly the Hse of cakum. and the
lire, in the car stoves were put out. A
passenger coach Will feat eft it's trucks
if not secured. and 20 pre.ent this two
of the locomotives were coupled to the
rear of the train. Steam was up in
the boilers, and the gauge indicated 40
pounds in each cab when The signal to
start was given. The passengers were
warned Of what va, coming, and the
train was run at very low rate Of
sTeed until the deep wafer was reached.
Master Mechanic Turner was in the
cab Of the first locomotive, and at a
signal from him each engineer. in both
the front an,! rear, pulled the throttle
wide open and they all rushed into the
muddy water. Wien they reached the
South SIDE station only few inches Of
water was on the floor Of the cars. but
'he pas engers were conn ellie to stand
on the seats. When TIE leo, motive
arrived in Pittsburgh it was found that
only "a Iot,ntls cf steam was in the
hoi ers. Later in the day the Pitts
burgh and Lake Erie officials made ar
rangenents with the Panhandle to run
trains from CHARTERS to Pits brrgh and
from Homestead to Pittsburgh to con-
meet with the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
and the Pittsburgh, Mckecsport and
ioughiogheDy trains end bring their
pas gers to Pittsburgh. HttsJuJy|.
IA
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-23
"The 18th MiIeisei,pi -

"The 18th Mississippi"
We'll, OIL with your traps" l said.
Were ,>Jerseymen.
Good God!' lie exclaimed: not in
terror, but in astonishmen..
Away went his cowskin knarsack.
He threw down his gun and shook off
his accontrements.
You'd better keep your hayersack," :"
I said; you'll want that"
1t was made OF undressed cowskin. A
pair of Eew shoes were tied to it. He
expressed great anxiety concerning the
shoes he was afraid that some lank
would confiscate them.
At this moment we were called in
lie was my prisoner. | told linn to
stick close to me and / would protect
him. He said that he lived in Pontiac
Miss, and that he was printer Being
printer myself, this warmed me to-
ward him. Wien l reached the iiue
the regiment was moving off in the dark
ness. 1t moved back a mile or more
till it reached the eartIiworks near
Banks ford. They had been thrown
up by Wilcox and Jenkins Confederate
hligades some days before this. Below
them pontoon bridge was being laid
upon which we were to recross Tie Kan.
rahannock. Before we reached the
car:hworks the Confederate prisorer
had enlisted my sympatiics. His heart
was nearly broken. lie had fought with
the Army of Virginia III every battle
since its formation, He wa, anxiously
seeking promotion.
Il am the unluclieSt varmint in the
world" he said to me. Il never could
get shut of hly bad luck. Now, if
hadn't been catchel here tonight |
would have been made q cor, oral to-
morrow. The captain tod me that the
colonel was a-goin' to make me corp
oral, but my bad luck's turned up again
I've been to:ing it all my lie, and [
don't see nary chance of promotion
now"
His feelings were so deep and hi,
voice so broken that 1 fancied there
were tears in his eyes NV sympathies
overcame my sense of duty. had had
considerable bad luck myself. Itinally
turned to him as we were passing a dead
horse, and said: See here. lartne~.
you just slip out and lay down on the
other side of that horse Your com
rades will he along !ere inside of half
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-23

Fredericksburg anti marched toward
Characteristic, to ef'ec: q junction
with Hooker and the main army.
That night he struck the confelerates
in force at Salem church. The day
had been clear and sunny. Without
developing The position of the Confed
crate batteries il his front, Uncle john
drove into the woods, in an effort to
carry everything before him. The
fight lasted till long after o O'clock.
Next morning Sedgwick drew back n
little. He learned that tbs Crhlet1er
atos had swept around his left iian! and
recaptured Fredericksburg. 1t con
tained the soldiers wounded the day
before. Monday was still bright and
sunny. The 9th corps lay upon the
ridge along the Eaprahannoca above
Fredericksburg. About an hour le-
fore sundown we coul,i see that the
Confederates in our front had been re-
inforced from Lees main army. Stone
wall Jackson's coup at Charlottesville
had enabled Lee to spare them. They
were massing for a charge. They came
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-23

WE should give God the same place in
our hearts that he holds in the universe.
IoU cannot repent too soon, because
you do not know how soon it may be too
late.
Do ALI. that yOn can to stand. and then
fear lest you may fail, and by the grace
of God you are safe.
THE proverb ought to run, "A fool and
his words are soon parted; man of gen.
iuS and his money"
To REIoItE in the happiness of others
is to make il our own; to produce it is to
make it more than our own.
GooD breeding is brne> olcncc in trifles,
or the preference of others to ourselves
in the daily occurrence of life.
You had better send a son unarmed
and helpless into a wilderness of fero-
cious wild animals than into the world
without education.
THE thoroughly great men are those
who have done evcryth ng thoroughly.
and who have never dc spiSed anything,
however small, of Gods making.
If you want to be miserable think
about yourself-abont what you want.
what you like, what rcspe t people
ought to pay you, and what people think
of you.
PEOPLE do not care to give aims with
out some security for their money: and
a wooden leg or a withered arm is a sort
of draft upon heaven for those who
choose to have their money placed t.
account there.
IHATE to see a mans arm drop down
as if he was shot, before the clocks
fairly struck, just as if he'd never bit
o pride and delight in S work. The
very grindstone 'ull go on turning bit
after you loose it.
THE current Of tenderness wideDs as it
proceeds, and two men imperceptibly
find their hearts filled with good nature
for each other, when they are at first
only in pursuit of mirth or relaxation.
They that govern most make least
noise. You see when they row in a
barge, they that do drudgery work,
slash, and puff, and sweat: but he that
governs sits quietly at the stern and
scarcely Is seen to stir.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-23

down upon us five lines deep. The
26th New Jersey, of which l was SER
geant-major, lay in little depression
along ditch which had been dug by
some farmer to drain his land. A Yer
mont regiment was in the woods at o,ir
left. A New York regiment. l think,
was posted on our right. A regular
battery occupied slight elevation in
vanced I could hear the officer in charge
of the battery giving his commands.
"a second and a half" he shouted.
"Biim blim." roared the guns.
"A second and quarter" he cried.
"Blim. blim." was the response.
"A full second" he reared.
"Blim! blim. b.im!" answered the
guns.
"Three-quarters of! second" came
next
'Blim blim blim.'
The officer was gauginG his fuses by
the advance of the enemy. so that the
shells might do the greatest execution
Suddenly in tue roar Of artillery and
the screaming Of the shells there was n
flash all along the lines. The Conted-
crates had reached our front; they were
within forty yards of us. Half our men
were on their fee. and the other half on
their knees. Without order they kept
up an incessant FIRE. The Johnnes
were yelling at the top Of their voices,
and at least half Of them were swelling
the refrain with their muskets.
At this instant our Lieutenant Colonel,
q brother OF Gen. Martindale, who sat
on his horse in the rear of the regi-
ment, shouted: 'Ten-t-i-o-n!"
In an instant the regiment was upon
its feet, in line under fire The Colonel
again screamed: fright about iace,'
The regiment obey the order like vet
erans. Then came the most singular
command ever heard on q battlefield.
The Lieutenant Colonel roared: "Regi-
ment, left half WHEEL"
The left wing OF the New York regi-
ment on the right had swung back,
leaving gap Of about one hundre.l
fee. between its left and our right. 1t
had done this to take advantage of the
natural depression of the field. Onr
Lieutenant Colonel with queer mi i'itary
presciepce saw that by left haif-v heel
ing we could again cement the line.
But when the regiment made the at
tempt the result was ludicrous. Each
man looked at his neighbor in the smoke
Of the battle. and then all made break
from the line. Heltcr.skelter tnev
went. The brave men among them
stood firm for a minute, and then began
to swear and coolly walk after the fugi-
tives. l can see the Lieutenant of the
United States battery yet, standing as
straight as an arrow, with drawn sword
His horses dashed away with several of
his guns. They went at full gallon. I
never saw such an expression of aston
islment upon any mans face A second
before the regiment had been acting
like veterans. Now they we're running
over him like frightened deer. His
oaths were terrific. He called the
frightened men all the names in the
catalogue of defamation.
Would you leave my guns?" he
shouted; your only protection? Would
you let them have my pets?"
] conld hear the deep voice of Capt.
Peter H. Rogers of company H re-
proachfully crying: "Oh, what a shame
Why was ever born o Jerseymen is
this a footrace or fight? Come back
Come back!" Then waving. his sword,
he again screamed at the top of his
voice, Come back, come backl'
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-23
an hour Shake off your bad luck.
won't stand in the wav."

hh iiOlI. puahe Oh Your D;tu IuCh. L
won't stand in the way
AS he was about to take cover he ~
covered that somebody had cut the
shoes from his cowskin hayersack. He
felt their loss deeply. Bnt lie ran to
cover and We passed on. Next day
Charlie Mul!igan of Be!leville wore the
shoes.
That night we lay in trenches for
three hours. The Johunies had ascer-
taiued what was going on and were
shelling the pontoons and the earth
works. They we're using mortars, for
we cnul! seq the fuses making paraboias
i'll the air and dropping Lear Us. 1t was
) O'Clock in the morning when we de-
scended the bill and crossed on TIE
pontoons.
4 week aftcrwarl the Colonel sent in
the names for promotion. Among them
was the name OF an orderly sergeant be-
longing to one Of the companies at
tachel to tie regimcutal division over
which he had placed me i'll command.
1t was politics. There were plenty of
poll les in the army. The Governor
sent on the appointment on the Lien
tenant-rolonet Recommendation Nee
York san.