The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-29

n story concerning our troops in Manila
| is told by an English naval officer, who
was an eyewitness to the occurrence.
The CITY was quite crowded" he says,
| with both American and Spanish sol
diers, and they seemed 10 be on the
| friendicst terms. As | was crossing one
of the numerous bridges across the Pasig
River. | saw native Filipino spit in the
| face of Spanish officer. and then run TO
the American sentinel, who was guarding
the bridge. demanding his protection 1t
was some time before the Filipino could
| make himself understood, and the sentry
| took sometime to catch on to what had
| been done. but you can imagine my sur
prise when he handed his gun To the Span
| ish officer and caught the native by the
nape of the neck and the seat of his
| trousers and pitched him off the bridge
into the Pasig River. Then he calmly
! took his gun from the Spanish officer and
| began pacing the beat as il nothing had
| happened The American soldier may not
be so military as his brother of Europe,
but he is made of the right stuff.
| -
| A rather pretty incident is told by hos
p;.al doctor who has some sick soldier
bows in charge. There happened to be
| two men of the same name in the same
hospital-that is. their last names and
| their initials are alike. The other day the
sister OF one came to see him. but by mis-
| take was shown into the room of the 9th
er. a man whom she had never before
| seen. and of course. she was slightly em-
barrassed and departed as rapidly as pos
sible. But not before she had made a de-
| cided impression on the heart of the sol
dier boy. Being almost well, he cultivated
the acquaintance of his double, was in
time duly introduced TO the woman her
self. and now-wcll. the neighbors do say
that things are getting decidedly inter-
estjng, and neighbors can generally be
counted OH to know all that is to be known
on such subjects. But if things DO come
+, the desired ending, won't there be an
awful state of mix in that family when
there come TO be two men of the same
name in it:
1t was in the army. The boys had a
meal of beef that had been corned by a
hath in a salt-horsc barrel. They all
thought it Il treat until one of the party
remarked: a little mustard wouldn't
20 bad" That reminds me. said an
| other: you Just wait few minutes. n
quarter of all hour later he returned. and,
producing a screw of paper. he said: oh,
YES; here's that mustard. Nv here did
YOU get it," said the others. in chorus
TN at the surgeons. The >ick-call. you
remember. sounded as we We're talking
about the mustard. 1t occurred 10 me
that little mustard for my lame back
would be Just the thing. But YOU
haven't got any lame back. But
have got the mustard.
soldier who entered Santiago with
| General Shaftcr tells this story in the
New Orleans Times-Democrat: ~ few
| ,Iavs after the place was surrendered
went into small shop to get some to-
bacco. The proprietor was a fat chap
all bows and smiles. Got any 'baccy:
asked. .Si, senor.' he said; yes. sare: yer
fine tobac. Hot time in ze Of town to
night. scnor.' | took paper of tine-cut
and the fat rascal charged me one dollar
When made modest kick at such high
way robbery he bumped up his shoulders
and sprcad out HRS hands. We'll. senior.
/ he said. you mus remember thos
Maines.
, And now Boston man claims the cen
fer of the stage long enough to adyis
that. so far as the annexation of the Phil
ippines is concerned. '.celerity should b
| contempered with cunctation.