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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-09
CELEsT1ALs IN A PLIGHT.
One Member of the Firm Took All
the Money,

the Money.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec S.-Until six months
ago twelve Chinese were doing a grocery
business in this city under the firm name of
Quong Wing. Lee & Co. WI Yung, trusted
member of the firm, skipped out with 81 coo
belonging to his partners. Many of them
are destitute. but will not accept work in
any of the laundries. for fear of being de-
ported as they are in this country solely as
merchants Today the destitute Celestials
applied to United States Gray for papers per-
hitting them to remain and work for their
living but he declined to do SO,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-09

Not sirgle straight Republic an was
found in opposition, and Cannon ano
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
Fun IN The ARMY.
Gen. Horace Porter Tells of Romancing
Indian Fighter in the War.

Sens bOFAC0 EOELeT Aclb OF " INOulAuClnR
Indian Fighter In the War.
An old officer was passing by, an
acquaintance of the generals, now
stepped up to the group. He had re-
Gently been ordered in from the plains,
and his wild tales of red-handed
slaughter in the land of the savages had
already made him known in the army
as the ''Injun slayer" An aid remarked
to him: We'll, as you've been spelling
for fight ever since you Joined this
army, how did yesterdays set-to strike
you by way of skirmish?" Obi"
was the reply, you had large numbers
engaged and heavy losses; but it wasn't
the picturesque, desperate hand-to-
hand fighting that you see when you're
among the Injuns." NO; but we got
in some pretty neat work on the white
man." said the aid. Eyes; but it didn't
compare with the time the Nez Perces
and the Shoshonee tribes had their big
battle" continued the veteran why,
how was that?" cried all present in a
chorus.
"Well, you see," exclaimed the narra-
tor, first the Nez Perces set up yell
louder than blast of Gabriel's trumpet,
and charged straight across the valley;
but the Shoshonees stood their ground
without budging an inch, and pretty
soon they went for the Nez Perces and
drove 'em back again. AS soon as the
Nez Perces could catch their breath
they took another turn at the Sho-
shonees, and showed them back just
about where they started from. BY this
time the ground between 'em was so
covered by the killed and wounded that
you couldn't see as much as blade of
grass. But still they kept on charging
back and forth across THAT valley, and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06

man was given 80 rounds of cartridges,
and we were all ready for fight to the
last ditch, which was just outside the
fort. Our sllirmish line advanced till
they stirred up the confederates, and
then retreated inside the fort, followed
by a regimental line.
AS soon as our men were inside the
fort the order was given to fire. Such a
volley as that was. Some ran, but most
of them fell and lay down at one time
and one motion. That fort shook and
trembled and silence fell momentary.
Then the colonel sang out: Load and
shoot at will"
Just then little Dutchman just by
my side spoke up: we'll, kess we
keeled all of them" Just then they
opened up and we found lively lot of
corpses right there. The confederate
cannon began, and they shot two or
three holes in the dirt walls, but they
were filled up in one minute with sacks
of sand. The confederates were driven
back with the fire of small arms and
double-charged canister from the can
non.
y
and artillery fire continued. All at
once flag of truce showed up on the
confederate line and firing ceased. A
white handkerchief was put on bay
cnet and waved. When the carrier of the
dispatch came up it read: Not wish
ing to sacrifice any more lives, we ask
you to surrender, and we (the confed-
erates) will treat you fair"
The Seventy-third officers We're mad.
Our colonel jerked out his pencil and
wrote: ''The Seventy-third Indiana
will never surrender so long as there is
an officer left. You say no more sacr1-
flee of life. We have not had man
killed yet and are well supplied with
ammunition" He read it out loud, so
that every man inside the fort could
hear and sent it back.
AS soon as the order came to fire
everything that could be fired was
fired. The confederates fell back as
though dazed, and every time con-
federate cannon opened it's mouth it
was knocked, and in 80 minutes they
We're in full retreat, and we let them
go. with the Third Alabama cavalry
taking in the hindmost. The Third had
many men in the regiment who had
been in the confederate army. and were
then fighting for Uncle Sam.-A. q.
| Green, in National Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06

40 shots in those three days, or $500, 900
In the battle. Number OF shots required
to hit anybody, 1s9. To kill anyone,
1,o4e. Let the next man who writes on
battles get his statistics right. Let him
describe n charge like this:
"'The enemy's solid column was now
advancing up the slope. Waiting till
the serried ranks were within 100 yards,
the general gave the word and his
heroes poured in n tremendous volley.
So accurate was the fire that every 18th
man hit an opponent and every man in
BAT killed his victim.
"'The enemy, astounded by this
slaughter, deployed to the left, extended
their line and poured in a cross-flre.
This volley, aimed uphill and against
earthworks, had little effect. Only one
man in each 377 was successful and only
one marksman in each 2,115 killed his
foe. The general, seeing the enemy's
column waver, ordered another round
of bullets; the rifles belched forth their
deadly torrents and again the enemy
reeled before the blaze. This second
discharge decided the day, for one
siXty-seventh of the defenders brought
down their men and one brave in 2s9
killed when he fired. The shattered
enemy broke and fled-the day was
wonl'
''Now," concluded the veteran, with
a snort, there's about how modern bat
ties go, so far as mons getting hurt
is concerned, and that shows how much
lead is wasted to kill every martyr to
his country's flag"
And the old fellow stumped out with
an angry growl.-Chicago News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
TWO LlTTLE RoYs.


A little bad boy with a little cross face
Came slowly downstairs in the morning;
OF fun or good nature he showed not a
trace;
He fretted and cried without warning.
He'd not touch his breakfast, he'd not go
and play;
If you spoke he Just answered by snarl-
ing;
He teased his pet kitty; and nll the long
day
He really was ''nobody's darling"
little good boy, with little bright face
Came down in the morning-time singing.
And indoors and out, and all over the place,
Eis laughter and music went ringing
He ran grandpa's errands; his orange he
shared
With Sue; and he found mammals s
thimble;
To do what was asked he seemed always
prepared,
And in doing It equally nimble.
These two little boys, who are wholly un-
like,
Though they live in one house, are not
brothers;
That good little lad and that bad little tyke
Have not two kind fathers and mothers
But there are two tempers to only one boy,
And one is indeed such sad one
That when with the good one he brings us
all JOY.
We ask: 'Has he really bad one7'
F. X. Batchelder. in Outlook.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
The skipper Was a Rat.

The London Field tells this story:
"a rat was caught alive on board a
British nava; vessel in a trap, and the
beast was thrown from the trap into
the water without being killed. A large
gull that was following in the wake of
the ship top pick scraps of food thrown
overheard by the steward, stopped sew
eral times, endeavoring to pick the rat
up. Once the bird got too close to the
rats jaws and the beast grabbed it by
the neck. After short fight the rat
succeeded in killing the bird. When
the gull was dead the rat scrambled
upon the birds body, and, hoist
ing one wing as sail, and US
ing the other as a rudder, sue
ceeded in steering for the shore.
Whether the rat reached shore or not Is
question, since the ship soon got out
of sight of the skipper and it's craft"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
WAR "REMINISCENCES
FIGHTING All ATHENS.
Fun with tho JOhpnics In Alabama at
Close Quarters.

Fun with tho JOhnnics In Alabama at
Close Quarters.
A short time before the Seventy-third
Indiana reached Athens, Ala, it was
captured, with more men than we had
at the battle. The fort was surren-
dered.
We were attacked an hour and half
before dark. We retired at once inside
the fort, and the ball soon opened in
earnest, with music from all sides. The
colonel stood in an exposed place with
field glasses to his eyes, and directed
the fire both from the artillery and
men, and in two and half hours had
the confederates driven back to q re-
spectful distance. We then threw out
n line of men on all sides and the firing
ceased in the fort, but the picket-line
fred more or less all night.
The night wore away; the confeder-
ntes carried all their dead and wounded
off the field and sent them south. Each
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06

ous livelihood by looking for scraps OF
food accidentally left around.
1t happened that the men always
kept bottle of oil uncorked, and fas-
tened by wire to a certain part of the
machinery. twas in constantuse. One
evening the thoughtful rat betook him
sell to study of this bottle. 1t lay
open temptingly before him. It's con-
tents would make him fat and shiny,
and a social leader among his COM
panions.
Could he not get at the oil? He
scratched his head and thought hard
er. Then his thinking gave brilliant
result. He had a tail-what use was he
making of it? This tail was an oppor-
tunity, and he had been wasting it,
but now he could use it.
Immediately he inserted the long tail
as far as it would go into the narrow
neck of the bottle and soaked it thor
oughly in oil. Then he withdrew it and
licked the oil carefully from oil it. Aft
er that he repeated the same process as
often as he felt hungry. a little judi
ciously selected wood provided the
necessary solid element In this diet. He
became fat and sleek and leader
among rats.
Que day he was taking o copious meal
of oil, when he realized that he had for
gotten his hereditary caution, and that
man was watching him. The man
showed no sign of attacking him, but
rather pleased curiosity, and the rat
therefore stayed. The result of this
meeting was that in time the rat got
into the habit of taking his meals in
the presence of the workmen, and that
to have killed so clever a creature would
have been regarded as crime. He led
happy life, and died of oil and years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
CATS WITHOUT TAILS.
Their Home Is In the Isle of Man, Near
the English Coast.

Their Home Is In the Isle of Man, Near
the English Coast.
AT first glance you might cal it q rab-
bit or kangaroo's little cousin; but it
is really a cat, even if it hasn't any tail.
Its home is in the Isle of Man, south
of England, and for that reason it is
called Manx cat, a few of the kind
have been brought to this country, but
they do not thrive very well outside of
their native land.
To one accustomed to an ordinary
cat the ManX cat apears very unfinished
and incomplete, it's tail being mere
brush of hair hardly as large as a rab-
bits tail. 1t is much bigger and
stronger than the common pussy"
and it has a roundish head, with fuller,
iiercer eyes. Its hair also is coarser and
thicker, often a yellow or buff, and it's
hind legs are longer and of greater
strength than the others. And it's claws
one touch of them is enough, for they
are long and sharp, and when fighting
the Manx cat drives them deep into the
flesh of its enemy. 1t is astonishingly
swift in it's movement and like its Wild
er brother, the wildcat, it knows no
fear. For catching rats and mice, rab-
bits. birds and other small game no
animal equals it.
Although the Manx cat lives in and
around the homes of mankind, it is
not so gentle and easily tanned as an
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06

ordinary cat. Indeed, it is more like a
dog; for it will follow it's master any
where, hunt with him and fight for
him.
Scientists have been very much puz-
zled to know why the Manx cat is not
provided with tail, like others of its
kind, and a great many theories have
been advanced to account for it. The
general opinion now seems to be that
the first ManX cats, living hundreds of
years ago, sat down too much. That
sounds odd, doesn't it?
The soil of the Isle of Man is very
damp, and the air, also, is full of moist
ure, and the early cats in sitting on
their launches acquired some disease
of the tail, so scientists Think, and
gradually the tail disappeared entirely.
The Manx cat is not the only tailless
cat. In Siam and Burmah there is cat
with tail only half the ordinary length
and curled up in knot like pigs tail,
and in the Crimea there lives a race of
cats entirely without tails and having
the general appearance of Manx CATS
Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
THE NEz PERcEs SET UP A YELL

they moved so fast that when their lines
of battle passed me, the wind they made
was so strong that had to hold my
hat on with both hands, and once
came mighty near being blown clear off
my feet"
"Why, where were you all this time"
asked several voices.
"Oh," said he. II was standing ON q
little knoll in the middle of the valley,
looking on"
"Why," remarked an officer, 'I should
think they would have killed you in the
scrimmage."
Then the face of the veteran of the
plains assumed AN air of offended inno-
cence, and in a tone of voice which made
it painfully evident that he felt hurt,
he said: "What?-the Injuns! Lord,
they all knew mel" The general joined
in the smiles which followed this bit of
sadly mutilated truth. Similar Nun
chausenisms, indulged in from time to
time by this officer, demonstrated the
fact that he had become so skilled in
warping veracity that one of his lies
could make truth look mean alongside
of it, and he fnany grew SO uutrust
worthy that it was unsafe even to be-
lieve the contrary of what he said.-
Century.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
He Knew What She Nesde

One small boy, aged three, has sis.
ter, aged nearly two, who has propen,
sity for upsetting her mothers spool
basket. For this offense she has had
to he corrected several times, and her
brother has become aware of the enor.
nifty of the offense. Recently the
mother heard terrible uproar in her
room, where the children WIRE together,
and, going to see what was the matter,
found the little girl weeping, while the
boy, looking very conscious of virtue
and radiant with efficiency, said: ''Sha
tipped over the pool basket, mamma.
but she's all banked, boston Tram
script
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
Hanged and Then varnlshed.

An English custom of not so long
ago was to hang smugglers on gibbets
arranged along the coasts, and then
tar the bodies that they might be pre-
served long while, as warning to
other culprits. AS late as 1892 three
men thus vanished could have been
seen hanging from Dover castle. Some
times the process was extended to rob-
bers, assassins, incendiaries and other
criminals. John Painter, who fired the
dockyard at Portsmouth, was first
hanged and then tarred in 1776. From
time to time he was given fresh coat
Of varnish, and thus was made to last
nearly IA years. The weird custom did
aot stop smuggling or other crimes,
but no doubt it worked some influence
as preventive.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
FEW BULLETS FIND MARKS.
Veteran Tells How Battle Should BE
Written Up.

Written up.
II was just reading" said the war vet
eran, "a fiery and graphic account of a
battle. / will quote you a few of the
passages which describe the repulse of
On advancing line:
Every bullet found it's man. Not
a shot was wasted The unerring aim
of the marllsmen.' "A most telling vol
ley, each man picking his target and
so on, ad infinitum.
Say! That makes me tired. / wish
some writer on war and battles would
give report of fight and word it SO
as to express the actual way in which
soldiers hit or don't hit their enemies.
Do you know how such an account
would read? Well, I'll tell you after we
do bit of figuring. Let me see.
There were, if / have the figures
right, about 100000 men at Shiloh. Ac-
cording to the official reports, there
were 1,72S confederates and LISA fed
erals killed there. The wounded We're,
on both sides, 1920. Out of 100000
engaged, 19,9o2 mangaged to get hurt.
How many bullets did it take to accom-
plish this result? Well, how many do
you suppose that body of 100000 men
could have fired? Incessant firing, vol
ley after volley, for two days. should
say that every soldier must have fired
at least 80 shots. That's 100000 bull
let's. Number of bullets required to
hit man, about $50. Number required
to kill, about $50. And that doesn't
count in those killed by cannon shots,
by sabers or by bayonets.
AT Gettysburg the armies fought for
three days. There were about 10000
men in the battle. Approximately,
$500 of them were killed and 20,5OO
wounded. Every soldier probably fired
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
SAVAGE TELEGRAPHY.
A Mystery Which Has Never Been Solved
by White Travellers.


by White Travellers.
By what occult means do barbarians
transmit news with almost the rapid
ity of lightning? Again and again has
this puzzled the advance forces of civ
ilization. In the Soudan, where the
worlds interest centers now; with the
Indians, on the western frontiers of
the United States; among the Eski-
mos of Alaska-in fact, with savages
in nearly every quarter of the globe
the facility with which information is
spread far and wide is marvellous.
Only with the utmost difficulty mas
the intelligence department of the
British army learned of the movements
of the dervishes. The Egyptians and
other native allies of the English army
seem not to have been possessors of tho
deryishes' secret modes.
On the other hand, Mohammedans
everywhere were informed of the ad-
vance upon the Nile of the Anglo-Egyp-
tian army. No more pilgrims are going
to Mecca, but all are iocking to the
green standard of the khalifa.
Long before the tidings of the Gus
ter massacre reached Fort Abraham
Lincoln the Sioux had spread it among
their brethren of the northwest. The
scouts of Crooks column to the south
knew of it in day or two, and those
with Gibbons, further northwest, were
not long without the information. Ter
rvs Crow scouts told their chief the
next day, and the story was discredit-
ed. Two days later, when Terry reached
the battlefield, he found his scouts had
not exaggerated.
In Alaska several years ago naval
lieutenant on exploration ran short of
provisions. He pushed on toward a.
settlement, reducing rationsevery hour:
When he reached there he found the in
habitants had provided against his COM
ing and had bounteous store awaiting
him. The people in the village were of
different tribe from those through
whose domain he had passed, and so far
as he could learn were not in commu7
nication with them.-Golden Days. !
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
RAT OF RARE TASTE.
II Used Its Tail to securea n Daily sapply
of Dainty Food.

A story is told of a recently deceased
rat who obtained oil from narrow
necked bottle by dipping its tail there+
in. Then he licked the oil from his Eng
and well-oiled tail and waxcd fat. Inc
truth of the story is certified by rep
utable men, and is contained in "Stoi
ries of Animal sagacity," book pub
lisbed by S. w. Partridge & Co., of Lon-
don.
The rat had the misfortune to be
born ina machine shop, where only
metal was used, and there was, conse.
quently, little good food for his kind
He was brought up in penury by his
parents, and after he was old enough tc
look out for himself, gained precarb
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06
A Noted Cannon.

A famous old cannon was placed in
the capitol at Hartford, Conn, recently,
which went out in the civil war. Lut
never fred a shot. 1t is a 12-pounder,
smooth-bore cannon, presented to tho
state in 1862 by the United States min
lister to Belgium. When sent to the
front it was found that the government
had no ammunition which would fit it.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06

The people In Canada eat more but
ter and cheese per capita than those OF
any other country. The annual con.
sumption in the United States, per in
habitant, is 20 pounds, and in the United
Kingdom 10 pounds per capita.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-06

-Bayonets are now altogether ma
shine-made, a very simple, as well as
clever, contrivance stamping the steel
INTO proper shape.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-29
FOUR BADLY HURT.
Snew Plough and Freight Train
Collide Naar Rochester. N. V

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, jan %, 1897.-A
freight on the Buffalo, Rochester and
Pfttsburg Railroad, which left this city
at 7:S0 o'clock last night, was met in a
head-cn collision by a cnow plow at the
D. L. & w. junction near Leroy about 9
O'Clock and several persons were killed
and injured. Brakeman George Grams
ton was standing on the steps of the
snow plow 80 as to jump and turn the
switch when the fright train crashed into
the snow pillow. He was killed instantly
Henry Snyder, conductor of the snow
plow, was also killed. He lived at No.
lao Genesee street. this city.
James Kerrigan, fagman badly injured
about head and back: may die.
Robert Mclaughlin, brakeman on the
freight, injured about head and back and
foot crushed; may die
Conductor Harry A. Holman, of No. 30
Briggs place, escaped serious injury.
Engineer Harry Hamm, of the freight,
yelled to the fireman to Jump and at the
same time threw himself through the cab
window. He injured his head and face.
His fireman was uninjured.
Engineer Thomas Carey, of the snow
pfow,' who lives at No. 13 York street,
was lininjured. His fireman, r. R. Ryan.
had his leg hurt Both engines were COM
pletely wrecked and seven cars were de-
rallied. Traffic on the road is not inter-
fered with as the trains use switch
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-29
MURDER THROUGH JEALOUSY.
Coachnnan Shoots a Woman who
RepeIs His Overtures.

CHICAGO, Jan. 20, 1Ss7.-Albert Cum
ming, coachman shot and instantly killed
Mrs. Mary Benning at her home, No. 4,036
State street, this morning. He then at
tempted to shoot the woman's two boys
and falling, shot himself in the breast, in
fieting fatal wound. The police claim
that Cunning was Jealous of Mr. Benning,
but the latter, who is the proprietor of a
large livery stable, says that his wife was
afraid Of Cunning and that Cunning at
tempted to kill her some time ago.
Cummings home is said to be in Cincin-
natl, but little else is known of him. About
a year ago he roomed at the house of
Mrs. Benning, when she lived with her
husband at Thirty-ninth and Dearborn
streets. According to the police, Cunning
at that time had an undue liking for Mrs.
Benning, and she forced him to leave the
house. He then attempted to kill her,
wounding her in the arm and head. He
made his escape and was never captured.
1t is said Mrs. Benning had not seen him
from tnat time until he appeared at her
home this morning.