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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
Bounty Jumping.

One of the results of the payment of big
bounties during the civil war was the COM
ing into existence of a clSSs known as
bounty jumpers" The vaf1ous bountfes
and gratuities, toward the end OF the war,
rarely aggregated less than $1,000 per re-
oruit, and a great many hard characters
took advantage of this national, state and
municipal hberality by enlisting, getting
the money and DESERVING at the first OPP
p~ortunity. Aug. 81, 1864, $50 recruits for
the First New Hampshire cavalry, under
command of Major Cummings and guard
ed by a company of the veteran reserve
corps, arrived In that city by special train
from Concord. They had all been paid
big bounties tho day before and were to
sail for Washington on the United States
transport teamer Constitution. Arriving
in the old Boston Inc Maine station at II
o'clock L the morning, they were taken
under convoy by a detachment OF troops
from the Beach street barracks and q de-
.sil Of police and started ON their march
to Battery wharf, where the Constitution
lay waiting to receive them. When they
reached Haymarket quare, scores OF the
recruits threw away their knapsacks.
blankets, coats, caps and canteens and
started ON the run in every direction. their
escape being covered by the toughs who
surrounded the guards n prevented
them from firing on the deserters. The
police pursued and caught q number OF
the fleeing men. whom they brought back
to the officer in command, but about 30
succeeded in getting away.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
The Fire of the Opal.

Whence ZONES the fire Of the opal?
There are numerous pretty legends for an
swer. But science tells us that it is the
water which gives to the jewel that shift
ing iridescent Game which has caused it to
be known as 1.-THE moonlightqueen." Tho
opal is composed Of 10 parts of water and
80 parts of silica. Why cannot we make
the precious jewels to order2 Echo an
swers, Whyg Ii we could only find that
simple secret out, our fortunes would be
made, since opals are worth a lot Of money.
There was one once for which Sl,00o,90 600
vsssoffered. 1t was not much larger than
an ordinary ha-olnut and was worn in the
ring of Ncmis, the Roman senator. Marc
Anthony saw it and wanted to give it to
Cleopatra, but Norris would not sell it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02


EUfENAN JOHN QulNBY.
bow at a fixed angle of IS degrees. h
guns arc 55 feet long, Is inches bore and
built rigidiy into the vessel. Lieutenant
John Gardner Quinby, who fired the dyna-
mite guns, is the senior lieutenant and
ordnance officer on the dynamite cruiser.
He is an expert in high explosives. FOR
three years be was in charge OF the gov
ernmcnt photographic office at Norfolk,
after which he took o course OF study IN
high explosives at the naval wal college
at Newport.
The Vesuvius can drop 500 pounds OF
nitrogelatin nearly two miles away with
accuracy. She can repeat this feat 10
times in ten minutes. That means 3M
tons OF high explosive thrown upon the
eneIny's ships or forts or whatever the OBJ
ject of attack may be. q
One Of her projectiles dropped in the
midst of q regiment would eliminate 1T
from the war. II any man in the regi-
ment was not torn to bits, he would not
be fit for lighting Against q ship the
Vesuyius would be deadly. One OF her
big shells dropping on the deck would
crush through the arinor, and, exploding
in d vital part, shatter the ship. If one of
these shells exDlodes in the Dir or in the
water within so feet of q ship OF war, it
would crush her side or bottom and sink
her. II n OF those shells should explode
within so yards Of a modern man-of-war,
it would render her useless for lighting,
for the defamation would throw the beat
ings Of heT engines out OF line, d~islocate
the shaft or jam the neatly fitted parts
In the last report OF the board OF ord
nance to the war department. suggestions
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02

horses is a row Of swords which project
downward from piyots or hinges, but are
kept ready for business by stiff springs. If
desired, the whole row can be drawn up
against the springs and kept out of action.
On q platform between the power wheels
there rises a mast which can be used both
as a flag pole and as a means of elevating
the front end Of the machine by means of
tackle suspended from it if desired. For
instance, in fighting cavalry, it would be
desirable to have the bayonets and swords
much higher in the air thar in opposing
infantry. Tho elevation of the formidable
fighting front of the machine can be easily
effected by means of the tackle rugged to
the mast and connected with the forward
end.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02

one of these cartridges and went ohliquely
through Major Guerin's body, coming out
above the hip joint on tho right side. Al
though it must have cut through the in
~testines, Major Guerin did not disnornt
and was not Inconvenience by the wound.
DIR. James Herbert Stevens, surgeon in
chief of tho Cuban hospital service in the
early days Of the war, collected a list of
six cases OF injury by Mauser bullets in
locations which with larger caliber bullets
would have been certainly fatal. RecoT-
cry was made in every case. In one case d
soldier, riding from action and leaning
far forward III his saddle to escape from
fire, was struck in the back by a Mauser
bullet. The bullet passed through the up
per portion OF the shoulder blade, through
the superficial neck muscles, beneath the
angle of the jaw and had its exit through
tho eye socket, carrying with it a portion
of the eye. The man made O perfect rocoy-
cry, suffering only the loss of his right eye.
1t has often been claimed that when d
Mauser bullet struck a cavity filled with
soft tissue, such as the abdomen, such in
tense vibration was set up that mutilation
resulted. DR.. Stevens contradicts this
from his records. He says that he remem-
bers the case of q soldier who at a range
Of 300 yards was struck by a Mauser bull
let almost in the center OF the abdomen.
The bullet passed directly through tho
body, ranging upward and to tho left. 1t
made it's exit considerably to tho left of
the spinal column. There was very little
hemorrhage and no pain. The man re-
ceiyed no treatment for four days other
than that afforded by some peasants, Who
swathcd his body in some very dirty
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
DASHlNG CUBAN CAVALRY.
General Rabi and His Hardy and Half
Naked Troopers.


The Cuban cavalry under General isapl
is as efficient as IT IS grotesque. fsapi pe7
lieyes in giving his horses as little nanal-
cap rs possible and thinks a small nan
can fight lust as well as o large man aha
stand hardship better, SO ne accepts no
heavyweights-
Tho MGR carry httio weight II sne way
of clothing They have nothing Wnicn re-
seiEbies q Uniform, ana fnoss q mem
hardly have clothing rough q any hlho
to cover their boulcs. Iiey al ave mus,
but below that there - q scarclSy. Soinc
have coats and some haSo none. ooihe
have shirts ana some nave SHOES. LucAy
Is the man who has botn. trousers Mhlcs
once reached to the leet nave pech cuc on
at the bottom to patcn tne Top nneii ehey
have become kn~ickefpockcrs hsch man
has q homemade pelo Win Z llacheec
hanging rom IL anu q nauser rihe Or q
carblne-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
Rewa~. a. tba N-anchinea, Tree.

DR.. J.. T. R%othrock, the state forestry
commissioner, who has travelled extensive
~ in South America and among the West
Indies, has prepared, at the direction of
Governor Hastings Of Pennsylvania, for
distribution among the camps Of Pennsyl-
yania soldiers, q four page pamphlet, en-
titled Beware of the M~anchineal Tree, =
with a description and illustration. The
pamphlet states that the tree grows along
the seashore in Cuba and the West India
Islands generally. 1t is from 40 to so feet
high, has oval, pointed, toothed, shining
leaves, which are from three to four inches
long. Tho fruit is ~yellowish green, fra
grant, and somewhat resembles NJ apple in
shape. If bitten into, it makes the mouth
very sore for a time, and may produce Sc
rious results. After handling any part Of
the tree, root, leaves or fruit rubbing the
eyes may cause them to become seriously
infiamed. It is said by many of the ma
tiycs to cause poisonous effects eyen if the
tree is not touched, but by simply being
In its ~neighborhood.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02

naa to 20. IL is /, $50 feet from the pot-
tom to the top. Indians get 2 cents a
pound for carrying supplies up. ! saw one
Indian carry 2s5 pounds to the top, but
he had q hard time Of it. l took 1875 mules
up there with me to carry supplies across,
but no mule in the world could climb it.
1t is so steep that no one walks back down.
There is q guido rope along the side. The
packer takes his load up, lays it down, re-
ceives his money, sits dowl in tho path,
grabs tho rope ard away he goes. You
just slide down.
"But, speaking OF mules, why, they arc
next to human beings. A little hard to
drive sometimes, but awful easy to lead.
They'll follow ono bell leader after a few
days training anywhere. All you have to
do is to show them You mean business.
Then they'll take their medicine. They
are like children to ne"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
N~ICARAGUA'S CANAL.
RENEWED INTEREST IN THE GREAT
lNTERoCEANIc WATERWAY.

Ups and Downs Of the Project In Differ
emit Forms Since the Middle of the Last
Century-work Already Done and What
Remains to 30 Accomplished.
Tho voyage of the battlcship Oregon
around Cape Horn has done more to in
fuse interest into the Nicaragua canal prof
ect thar all the speeches and plausible
prospectuses of the past ten years. The
route Of the Nicaragua canal IS SO plainly
feasible that the wonder is any othsr
should for o moment have been taken into
consideration. Even before tho middle Of
the last century there was talk Of q ship
canal, and tho Spanish government CON
sidered the propriety of authorizing a COM
pany to begin the work, but nothing was
done, and in 1890 calnc the revolution
which separated the American countries
forever from Spanish control. The u
tries Of Cel1tral America have made nu-
merous efforts to put through b some sort OF
scheme, but with no satisfactory result.
In 1897 the concession now held by the
Maritime Canal company of Nicarauga
was granted to the Nicaragua Canal asso-
citation. and the work of tinal survey was
commenced By the association without de-
lay. EARLY in 1888 a movement was made
to secure q charter from the United States
government. Bills were introduced in
the SENATE and house for the purpose.
That before the senate passed without de-
lay, and being Identical in form was per-
mitted TO take the place Of the house bill.
It finally passed the house, Feb. Z, 1889,
and became q law Feb. so, 1889. On May
4 IL HF.-.L{Z1c Crnnt ar.,t,so,tu xrroo forp,.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
BREAKING ARMY MULES.
Chief Packer Mooney Tells
How the Work Is
Done.
MULES ARE LIKE CHILDREN TO HIM
Star Kickers Fight Hours
Against Being Saddled, Then
Are Like Lambs.

The man who modestly bears the honor
Of being tho chief mule packer OF the
United States army is Thomas Mooney.
He weighs, stripped, 300 pounds, n
bears not an ounce of superfauous flesh.
Forty-dvc years old, 6 feet 2 in height.
blue eyes that laugh all the time, good
nature to throw away, q man with such a
big heart that nature had to build a 81
rantic fraIno to cover it-such a man is
Mooney. In looks Mooney does not appear
over 30. He is such a man, says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean, as Kipling could i'm
mortalizc. If he ever gets fame, some one
will lave to get it for him, for he is too
modest to force himself upon the world.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02

sives and is firmly convinced that they
will cut a prominent figure in modern
warfare. Like all artsllerists. he believes
the real value of dynamite in lombard
ment cannot be fully determined until q
suitable gun for its firing at long range
has been perfected.
Major Frank H. Phipps of the ordnance
department acts as o special committee of
tho board OF ordnance on all government
experiments with dynamite shells and
projectiIcs filed with high explosives.
These projectiles are nothing more than
aerial torpeloes, and when perfected will
be as effective on land rs the destructive
Whitehead is on seq. s
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02

me cly1llzeu WOr4u Was recently SHCchcu
by tho report that the bodies OF several
American marines killed in Cuba were
mutiiated by the Spaniards. Subsequent
investigation tended to show that the sup
posed mutilation was the result of Mausar
bullets, but there Is much evidence to
prove that the Spaniards used bullets that
were practically explosive, thereby yiolat-
ing every law ef humanity in civilized
warfare. Perhaps the most significant fact
connected with the reports Of Spanish saw
agery Is the fact that general credence is
given to any charges Of barbarity that
may be made against that degenerate peo-
pie. Centuries of murder and torture nave
branded Spain as the arch criminal among
nations, and it is natural to credit any
lack of inhumanity on her part to coward
ice or lack of opportunity.
The policy pursued by the Spaniards
during the present Cuban insurrection is
but a continuation of what has been done
since the days of Charles Y. It is charged
by Ricardo Delgalo, one of Maceo's trust
cd ~lieutenants, that every Cuban prisoner
who has fallen into tho hands Of the Span
iards has been shot down like a dog, 40
matter when or where captured. The sick,
the wounded on the battlefield or in the
hospitals have met the same fate. The
r,,han dead orc NOT even rasnected Their
1900 .nd f,rars orc ont AZ and their
had;as ,nntiIa4oJ 0f inpoce,t women and
aLilSaon 49, foeL,o IA rsar and r-o,sar
who nave fallen into the hands of the
Spanish soldiers perhaps from 10000 to
49, 49, 49, ~ their bossos ~ bv tbo
1900 ssa 49,. haJ;as la - 40 b;rds
- IN cna,iet, 49, ro,,r+od tbaso
- tts1s;,ia5 ~ b.ttI.
rLana = ar;sanoa - +ba oeoa,,l+;nr ord
,;,1;naof n,snu ro,nan M aren If To,,nr
1ials 20 IA ~ tbaea br,,tal b1ooatbirst1
Snaa;sh t,.aass Il shon1dn,+ tLev act
49, Ma ~ canas., yya,,ar sat 40 a.
80 an.inn 4ha ~, yaars, ySar hr taIin,
49, ~ 80 ~ +ba moods - tho district
- caaimara nror;nna ~ camagraz tha
$50 80 5a,,rbtars ~ mon belangsno -
a. bast fari1ias If c,,ha ana Alter he
and bic co,nnanions had co,nnellad them
- s;sno,,o Ia 5anca befora Anon, +hev
49, : ~
Ana,r +bo;r n,,nober woe q Mrs Palm
mhas, War1as fo,.ad - 1nao1 ond
Z also,,t ~ ali fonrs ,vbila 10 droya
~, sn,,rr ;nto bar eash % r. sba yyera .
800 mhaso !. 49, rrora ,fter,rard
ren - 49, aas,,aan sald;ars mho mal-
traatad thaa, 80 tbae many ~ them died
Not content with that, their bodies were
mutilated after death.
On or about Nov. 80, 1871, it was re-
ported in Havana that the glass on a
Spanish officials monument in the
terry outside OF Havana had been defaced
with a diamond ring by some student.
This act SO irritated the Spanish residents
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
C%ONQUERING A TIGER
How Bidel Made Himself
Famous by a Single
Act.
BRUTE FORCE ON EQUAL GROUNDS
An Indian Tiger Singled Out
and Killed a Victim in a
a Crowded Camp.
BRUTE FORCE ON EQUAL GROUNDS


When quite young, Bidel, the famous
animal tanner, supported himself by per-
forming the drudgery Of a provincial chr
Gus. The opportunity which proved the
turning peint in his career came n day
when the great tiger Of the circus escaped
from her cage and began providing about
the tents. The audience which had gath
cred in the main tent were terror stricken,
and the circus authorities were powerless.
In an instant the crowd was thrown into
a panic, and the shrieks Of the terrified
women and children rent the air. The
tiger was abe most dangerous one in the
menagerie, and every y was afraid o
her.
Tho GOODNESS and bravery Of the grea9
tanner, which rave since become celebrated,
did not for o moment desert him. He at
C realized that his chance had come.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
HORSEPOWER BAYONETs.
An Engine OF Destruction Which Cuts and
Slashes Automatically.

An ENGINE "a 0ebbFAttbbn w ktch Cheo LIN
Slashes Automatically.
A western genius has invented a war
chariot, which gives the enemy the choice
of being automatically ~bayoneted or slash
ed to death, but makes it certain that he
will be cut into sausage meat in any
eve1t. The essential idc@ is of a machine
which shall rest on wheels md be drawn
forward by horses which are hitched just
back of the front wheels. On the front
end of tho machine, several feet ahead Of
the horses, is a row Of at least II mobile
bayonets, which are regularly thrust for
ward and withdrawn by means of q chain
and sprockct wheel conveyance of power
generated by the turning of the heavy rear
wheels. A similar idea is embodied in the
turning of the broom cylinder of a street
sweeping machine or in the power that
works o hay tedder. Tho chain that con-
yeys the power to the machine by which
the bayonets are thrust in and out runs
the pole between the horses. Below this
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02

He is SO modest hat even the reporters
failsdt learn of his presence until now,
and vet he came farther to help the gov
erralncnt along in its fight with Spain
than probably any other living man
April a6 of this year Mooney was in
suyca, Alaska. He was sent there with the
g~6xcrarient relief expedition which left
Seattle, Wash, Feb. IL. Mooney had in
charge 125 mules destined for use in car
rving the government supplies to the sup
posed starving miners beyond Chilkoot
pass. But when tho expedition arrived at
Dyea it was found that there were nc
starving miners. All had sufficient food.
The supplies were auctioned off, and all
hands returned. Lucky it was for the gov
eminent. too, that such was the case, for
Mooney was needed elsewhere. Mooney
has been the chief mule tanner Of the army
for 16 years. He learned the business from
Thomas Moore. the first mar ever APP
pointed to the position.
To each mule sent ont there is an apare-
los. An aparejos consists of two pieces Of
leather seWed together. 90 to rs inches
wide and from 81 to SO inches long, divid-
ed through the side by a fold. This fold
fits across the back of the mule, allowing
the sides Of the mack saddle to fall around
the mI7lotC Sides To Il DOlNJ SU l0CQeS lTQm
tho center. of the mules back. The spaces
between the leather are lined with willow
sticks but for a square hole in the center
which IL left omen and filed with hay.
This ia TO allow ventilation. Back from
the center or main norton of the apareios
are two wide strips Of leather which Join
in the rear and form what is called the
cruuper. This passes under the mules
49,, - -
he carried from SHINING Onward. The
anareios ID simply an ingenious contriy-
ance "a n,YstecA fhe ,nr,le,s hack Under
meath the apareios two blankets are placed
and ali are held in nlaoe bv what is known
as a cinch The cinch consists Of a uirth
10 inches wide and from es tos74 inches
long. passing on the outside over blan-
kets. apareios and all. and fastening at the
side in the same manner as a saddle girth.
When all of this Is placed in a position
ON the mule. the pack or load is wrapped
in canvas strips in two bundles and bound
on the sides nv means OF a lash rope. But
one knot il fled in this rope. all the bind
inc being done by means of what is called
diamond knots and slipgs. A diamond
knot is formed by crossing the rope as you
cross your fingers and carrying the ends
in different directions. then returning and
crossing them again until the proper
number of twists have been given to hold
the pack in position SO as not in any way
to inilre the mrle-
Mules are broligbt nv the ouartermaster
and sent to the barracks. where Mooney
takes charge of them. AS soon as brought
In with bis aids. called nokers. Mooney
throws a blind over tha tnnle's ewes. The
mule generally commences to raise an OBJ
lection about this time. but # makes little
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
French savings Bank.

More thar half the depositors in
Frances savings banks are women. In
1896 the savings banks held $3.50. 000,0 600 be-
longing to their customers. who received
interest at the rate of three and a quar-
ter per cent. per annum on their balances.
Many of the banks have, within the last
three years, reduced the maximum indi-
vidual deposss from ESQ to $50. There
are more than 1900 banks in the Republic
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
DYNAMITE TN BATTLE
HAVOC WROUGHT BY THE vESUviu5
At SANTIAGO.

One of Her Huge Shells Would Anniiai-
late a Observation-Disclosures Experts Adj
vocate the Further Use of High Elk
ploaivas.
The war with Spain has demonstrated
The destructiveness Of dynamite. Tho
work Of the Nesuvius at Santiago was be-
yond the most sanguine expectations, and
it is acknowledged that tho deadly craft
did not haze half a chance to show her
merits. Ii took only three of her huge
shells to ruin the Notifications OF the IA
nous harbor. The Vesuvius has a battery
of three pneumatic guns, mounted in the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
MAxlM's AERIAL TORPEDO.

a New Instrument of Destruction oTsred
TO Uncle Sam.
Hudson Maxim, a brother Of the in
yentor of the famous gun, has offered to
the United States a new aerial torpedo
which promisas to add new terrors to mod
srn warfare.
Probably Hudson Maxim has as init
mate acquaintance with explosives as any
man living or dead. He made tho dyna-
mite cartridges that went on the Nicthe-
roy, the dynamite cruiser that took part
in the Brazilian war. He is the joint in
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
Apology.

ssWlly Freddie exclaimed the mother
of a precocious 5-year-old, aren't you
ashamed to cali your auntie stupied? Go
to her at once and tell her you are very
sorry, "Auntfe'' said the little fellow a
few moments later. I'm awful sorry you
are SO stupid.N-ChicaGo News.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
n steau, 50 tn. North Pole.

The project is discussed Of building .
railroad which vii lextend entirely across
Northern Sweden and Norway from the
northern end Of the gulf of Finland
northwest TO Ofoten on the Atlantic,
about 120 miles north of the Artie Cir
Gle. II vii connect through Finland with
the whole system Of Russian railroads.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
crust or SAIL q Foor thick.

A crust of crystallized Glauber salts a
foot thick has been found On the bottom
Of Karabougas Bay. the largest inlet on
the eastern side Of the Caspian Sea. The
bay is nearly opposite Batoun. whence
fuel can beSeasily obtained; and factories
for the production of sodium sl1lphate are
to be Established soon on q large scale.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
uoxv she Kucw.

He-"You saw you knew I was coming
tonight. How did you know it? Are you
gifted with second sigl1t?
She-"No. but j broke a mirror this
morning, and that's always q sign OF PAD
luck."-CIeveland Leader.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
What Egfs wife MA.

De Tanque-sI hear that when you
stayed late at the club the other night
your wife came for YOU. Old Soak
That not so: but she went for me
when I got home, Philadelphia Record
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02

IF YOU insist upon knowing. thear ale
two reasons for my refusing you. And
they arde2s stYourself n another man.