Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-09

War stories are all the go nowadays, and
a good many rusty ones are being brought
out and brushed up to while away the door
step hours after the evening paper with the
news from Cuba has been sufficiently dis
Cussed.
An old Albanian while reciting some of
his army experiences was asked the other
night to tell what he thought the most re-
markable thing he saw during the whole
war
We'll" he said. probably tie straagest
affair that came to my knowledge occurred
at Petersburg at the time of the assault on
the confederate works after blowing I'D the
mine under them in July of 1854. There
was in my regiment q young fellow from
Charleston a daredevil scamp. who was
out for Il good time if there was oae to be
had He spent his money freely and schem-
ed hard to keep himself supplied with the
sinews OF war. He tas as brave in battle
as he was reckless a cards, and in the hot
fight that day Of the assault, when the
Union forces We're repulsed, he was in the
front and took al the chances there were
of death Just il the very fercest of the
struggle h. heard some one, evidently
colored man. cail out his name: Massa
Cholly! Hassa Chollyi
Dangerous as it was he turned to see
there was his fathers old family butler.
James, stout black man of forty, wear
ing the Union uniform, and coming toward
Kim in the charge. James came straight Up
to the lieutenant and threw MS arms
around his neck and cried out: They
shan't hurt you, Cholly; I'll purtaet We
This made the lieutenant mad, and he
ordered James TO surrender and in d few
minutes had hustled him to the rear just
as his comrades in blue coats fell back out
OF the inTenchments defeated, with
heavy loss in killed and wounded.
Now here IS the singular part Of the
story, and it is not at all creditabie 10 the
lieutenant. Getting hard up in a Few days
he took Ifat colored butler out Of the pen
one night in the middle of a game and put
him in the jackpot That is, he had the
man brought in, and as he stood there CT
fred 10 bet him against fine horse,
good pair OF boots. suit of bToadcloth
clothes and several thousand dollars of
confederate money that had been already
put in by successive raises
1t a sight to remember-that ner-
yous, bronzed, young soldier, sitting there
gripping his cards as if his life was in
them; the other men looking first at their
cards and then at the negro; and the
negro standing straight as an arrow, with
a smile on his face, as if he didn't believe
1t quite true that his young master
would treat him so heartlessly.
The HeutenanLs hand was not quite
strong a he thought it was. An kansas
captain had a little better alisnD1 INT of
cards and James went cut of the room he
hind him Two days later he sold the
Tegro TO go 10 New Orleans, taking part of
his pay in 500 confederate money!
champagne dinner for his friends at the
game But James never got there, for he
succeeded in making his escape TO the
Union lines on the way, and in less than a
year thu war was over and he was forever
a free man He lives now in my state and
is better of than the lieutenant, who has
rever PrOsDered."
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stay" remarked an electrician to a Star re-
porter, "and though they are decidedly
pleasant to many during stufy and very
warm weather, there are some things about
them that are not thoroughly enjoyable as
far after effects ara concerned. My ex-
Perience is that persons should not sit for
any long time IN the direct draft of them.
Especially if they are sensitive to draughts.
II may not always feel so, but the fan is
just cooling if the wind produced by it
does not strike you directly. Better have it
strike You from either side, however, than
full in the face or back. and especially
avoid having It play on the back OF your
neck People who are suffering from neu-
Ialgia have found this out for themselves.
There is d popularity about electric fans.
and THAI is that persons sitting so the wind
plays on them directly in nine cases out
Of tea viii have slight attack of snecz-
ing the moment they go out in the open air.
The fans in the stores that paddle the
breeze over the head of the customers do
much less damage than the wheels that
shoot the air directly at you. If the cir
culati0n is above the head ii is better than
il it is on the level of your head"
The action Of the War Depar lnent in
refusing TO accept any horses for cavalry,
artillery, quartermaster or hospital sery-
Ice whose tails have been docked," observ-
ed d well-known veterinarian to Star re-
yorter, is thu first time that bob-tailed
horses have been officially passed upon.
II would be the greatest kind of cruelty TO
send bob-tailed horses into the war, for the
reason that ne could net protect himself
from flies and other pests. Besides that he
would whip himself hard IN his EFFORTS
10 rid himself from such annoyances day
and night that he would he so tired that
he could not be relied upon 10 10 any great
amount OF other work DoCked tails nave
been going out OF fashion steadily for the
Past twenty years, but somehow there has
been class of persons with more money
than sense or feeling who have insisted
on buying locked tails. just because they
Gould Go 50, regardless of anything else"
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The removal OF the old livery stable on
street to the rear and east of the ma
tonal Hotel, between IL and 9TH streets
northwest which is now going on" said an
OLD citizen 70 Star reporter recalls to
my memory when Walkers great southern
circus had It's winter Headquarters there
nifty years ago The performance was
Carried on for three months in the fall and
winter after IT came in from the road at
the Closing of the tenting season. and il
was regarded as very fashionable place
to go N those days. In an amusement wav
then. 1t bore about tie same relation to
the summer circus that an opera troupe
bears now TO the ordinary theatrical troupe
Nhlie to all inIents and purposes the per
forInahce was circus show, there were
other things added to make IL more attrac-
tive. IN the way OF stage performance.
Inc stage was folding affair. which could
be pushed out of the way when the time
came Tor The ring show. 1 remember see
ing Joseph Jefferson and his father and
mother playing in Walkers circus. as well
as many others who, in after years. reach
60 great prominence IN the theatrical world
MI JenersOnS mother besides MIA vip, a