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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23

LANDING MDLES o ~sHAFTER'S ARMY.
carry. He washes the sore backs with cas-
tile soap and hot water and adjusts the
saddle SO that a sore back will cause as lit
tic pain as possible. The blacksmith ex-
alnines the hoofs of the mules and sees
that they are kept in good condition.
Contrary to general belief, an army
mule receives much better treatment than
most mules owned by civilians. The army
mule is looked after almost as carefully rs
are the men.
When hauling army wagons, mules are
used in teams OF six, and to drive q six
mule team is an art in which few men
ever become expert. The driver rides the
"near'' pole mule and guides the entire
six by means of q single leather rein, call
cd the Jerk line" This connects with
the NEAR" side of the mules brides, so
that he pulls steadily on it to guide the
team to tho left. Whom he wants it to go
to the right, he jerks the line. That
makes tho near mules push against the
"off'' ones, and they consequently turn
the other way.
This sounds simple enough, but in real
ity the skill required can come only from
long practice. The mules are well aware
when there is o novice at the Jerk line
and will do as they please, especially when
the long lash used by drivers of the six
mule team does not reach its destination
with the deadly aim of the old hand.
The whip is, in fact, about as important
as the Jerk line" There are times in
the mules life when his latent obstinacy
comes to the surface, and q hundred jerk
lines'' would be Of no effect. The sting
ing lash then comes into play. It is long,
round, pliablo and thick, made for bust
ness and used for it.
Even in its perfection mule driving is
an art in which something must be left to
fate. One of the best army mulo drivers
on the plains always shut his eyes tight
when he came to q dangerous pass and
kept them shut till a safer trail was reach
ed. He was considered the safest driver
in the service.
When q campaign has reached that point
where wagons, a~lnbulances and all in
cumbrances must be abandoned, the mules
arc embarrassed from the carts and packs
placed on their backs, ar equal amount
on either side of their steellike spinal coll
umns. 1t is wonderful how much a mule
will carry in this way.
The driving of tho pack mules is nearly
always simplicity itself. A gray mare
with a bell on its neck is led in front, and
tho mules follow. No explanation is given
for this except that mules are fond Of
horses, and d gray one is more easily seen.
In speaking of what mules will and will
not do, it is always safe to make reserya-
tions. For instance, pack mules may fol-
low the bell marc peacefully and steadily
for years, and then q day will como when
they will all stampede and disappear in a
cloud of dust. Drivers say that a mule
win wait for 20 years, living ~yirtuously,
for a chance to kick them
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
BIG WARS AMONG ANTS
Napoleons In Strategy and
Hobsons in OAR
ing.
COMPLETE ARMIES AND NAVIES
Will Attack Men and Beasts
Kingdoms Of Four Hun
dred Millions.
COMPLETE ARMIES AND NAVIES

Ants are adopts in military science
They know tho whole business, from a
guerrilla movement to the siego OF a forti-
fed city. Not all ants are warltke, 1t is
true, but many species are extremely SO,
and OF these the best example is furnished
by the eeitons.
The ecitons may be called exclusively
military, inasinuch as they havo no Per
manent homes, but spend nearly all their
time in warlike expeditions. Some spe-
cies of them arc found in Texas n else
whore in the United States, but they are
most numerous in Brazil. Their armies
often number millions and move in SER
ricd columns. Nothing living can sue
oessfully oppose them, and the largest and
fercest creatures Of the tropical forests fly
before them to escape being deyoured.
There are ten known species of these
ants in Brazil, says a writer in theB Boston
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23

The Gauchos or jewellers in the extern
siye plains of Argentina. are marvel-
lcusly dexterous with both hands and
feet. Many Of them have acquired
through long practice such skill in using
their toes as if they we're fingers that
n rnes can nm re iasso ana even PICK
Frenehman who was fishing in one CT the
rivers Of Argentina was warned to be on
his guard against the light-fngered ma
tives. He forthwith Kept a vigllant
watch on his companions. but neverthe-
less one a when his attention was
closely rivited on his float a willy Gaucho
drew near. and. delieately inserting his
fooot, extracted the ~Frenchman's hooks
and other valuables from his pocket
Boston Transcript.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
COOL CUBAN SCOUTS.
THEY RENDERED INVALUABLE AID TO
OUR ARMY AROUND SANTIAGO.

xxy..,, 49,. c ~ 500. Dill
ess they Passed through the Lines az
VIII and Kept shafter Posted How
Garcia Kept Track OF Blanco,s Plans.
1.-The finest scouts In the world are the
Cubans. This is the tribute which
American army officers pay to the ragged
veterans under Garcia. GENIAL Shafter
IN his advance on Santiago found them
invaluable from the Cuban SECS he
learned accurately and long in az wee Of
the movements OF the Spanish folees.
Ihe methods OF the Cuban scouts are
peculariy adapted to their W country.
knowing the forest and jungle as thor
oughly as the ordinary American knows
tho streets OF his native town, they slip
through the tangled 1nazes OF trees and
pusnes as silently and as swiftly as o
pan1ner. VI spanish picket lines they
nave the utmost contempt Ihey pass and
repass the dull wltted sentrles at will and
take up Ihelr posltlohs Wlthln the enemy s
lines- oohiesimes concealed IN tne pushy
Top OF a poyal palia' sometimes q IN
a 4 pusn, n squat lor hour With
our hg1h posltlon' ana Wnen they
haFe iearned Whap tney want 70 know they
steai qaAeeiy pack INTO camp ana report.
IA Inc OF paesie ehe CuDans nave not
mace prllllan5 showing. II mas peen
uiscofelca enaS ehey'eannoe sloo1 ilucn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
UNCLE SANS MULES.
TAEyFoRM AN IMPORTANT FEATURE
or HIS ARMY IN CUBA.

Some Virtues and Foibles of These Long
cared NiGhtingales"-H Horses May Be
Left Behind. but Mules Are Indispensa-
bic to a Moving Army.
Without the army mule the invasion OF
Cuba might have been O dismal failure
In force he comprises one of the most m
portant features of our army. When the
war broke out, Uncle Sam owned u o
few paltry hundred Of these "long cared
nightingales. To-day he possesses be-
tween 5000 and $4,000. and they are
worth something like 81, 500, 600.
Owing to tho lack Of transports, it was
decided to SEND tho first division of the IN
yading army to Cuba without horses
Colonel Roosevelt is reported to have
'.said things when he found his rough
riders d~isnlountcd, but nothing that he
could do changed the situation. Even
brigadier generals had to go along I'M
mounted. But the mules were not left Boz
hind. Tho tween decks of several trans
ports wero filled with them, for without
the mules the army could not have nd
vanced, because wherever the soldiers go
the commissary stores, the ammunition
wagons and tho field guns must go too.
AIQ lHutf AOui& phSJ NEW ~
without tho mules?
AS soon as the soldiers were landed at
Baiquiri the mules were SEN ashore. The
method adopted was d novel one. AS there
was no wharf at which the transports
could land. the steamers anchored o short
distance offshore. Then tho gangway
ports were opened and the mules pushed
into tho sea. Long ropes attached to their
balters were thrown to soldiers in boats,
and thus the mules were toged ashore
Only two or three out of several thousand
were drowned.
!. Each mule is branded with the letters
gu. s." on the left shoulder. Each mule
is given anulnbar, and when in line he
must stand in the place designated BY that
number. The number is branded in tho
bottom of tho left fore hoof. Each morn
ing and evening a long strip of canvas is
spread on tho ground and shellcd corn or
oats arc placed on tho canvas as the "a
tions for the mule train. The trained
mule must know his exact place in lin
before the canvas without any help from
the men. Then when tho men start to
place the saddles and packs on the mules
the animals are supposed to stand stock
still until ready for the march.
In the army service the pack mules are
divided into trains. each train having 6S
animals. With each train arc n boss
packer, one cargodore and IL packers,
making 10 mon in all. One train, there
fore, has 80 pack mules. Ono cook and
one blacksmith look after ench train. The
boss packer s~uperintends the packing in
general. The cargodore looks after the
physical condition Of the animals md ad-
frsts and eaualizes the loads they are to
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
RIDING THE SAWHORSE
Barbarous Punishment Re-
ported in an American
Camp.
RIDICULED BY COMRADES
What a Soldier is Said to
Have Suffered for Overstay-
ing His Leave of Absence.

W
If the court martial that sat on the case
of Private Cooper of the Dine Hundred and
Fifty-ninth Indiana were to have its way,
the code Of discipline for soldiers
would BIO modelled after the barbarities
of medieval days. For some time past
at Camp Alger, says the New York Jour
nal, the officers had been annoyed by the
frequence with which he men oysrstaid
their leaves of absence. and 1t was decided
that the ordinary punishment for such
~offenses was not severe enough. and the
court martial proceeded to devise some-
thing more effective. The tendency to in
fict pain and cause suffering must have
been strong, else the court martial would
never nave chosen a punishment SO cruel
and barbarous as it did.
The victim was Private g. f.. Cooper Of
Company A, who was charged with being
absent without leave for three days. In
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23

met him the other night, and her descrip-
ton tallies with that given by Miss Mag
gle O'Connor and Miss Lydia Fitzgerald,
to whom he also paid his respects.
This devil always s,oes to Sunnyside in
midsummer and remains for q couple Of
weeks or SO, dropping in OF the ladies in
an informal way and making himself gem
orally agreeable otter the custom in the
warm county he calls home.
Miss Wynne says she knows he is the
devil because he's got a cloven hoof. That
was thing about him she noticed par
ticularly. She always looks at the feet Of
gentlemen she meets for the first time
with a view of determining her course at
the next daEce both Of them might attend.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23

gan paid So, GOO for him, considered him
cheap and regarded the So, 500 figure which
low.
Recently Mr.. Morgan went off for q
sail on his yacht. His Nibs was sent out
On the lawn to play. Right in the middle
of the grass was a maltese cat innocently
rolling about. Only two DAYS before she
had been presented to Mrs. Tracy and did
not know the dangers lurking about the
Morgan lawn. His Nibs sighted the cat,
gave a glecful yelp and bolted for her.
Pussy jumped forward bumped her back,
dashed her tail and met him with a quick
swing. The blow ripped out his eye and
put His Nibs at her mercy on the spot.
The dog subsequently died from the effects
of his injuries.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23

Tronscr;nt Ono of these called sugees-
tizoIv nredator. nrefnrs the nhalanx forma-
tion ono Of rs nh~alanxes. on the march
oyer clear and smooth ground occupies a
snace of fo,r 10 six so,1are Yards. the in
sacts Io;ng donselv ,nassed While an
arrnv Of ocitons nrngresses in compaet or
ssor s11ir,nisbors are thrown ont. and here
.nh tbere q sn,au column leaves the main
boaSs of foraoe IF some very rich nlace
10 fond anywhere near the limo of march
Nfor cyanide 4 mass of rotten wood
abundant IN insect grubs-a halt is order
cd and a strong force is ~ncentra upon
81 Tho ants search every GRANNY and tear
i, n;peee all tbe largo pr1bs they drag to
Jigbt
An army of ecitons rs if moves for
ward elears the eround of all animal mat
fer dead or alive Every living creature
4bat can oet; ont of the way does SO. tt is
esneciallv the various tribes of wingless
insects that have ca,se To fear. sfch as
other tinds Of ants. heavy bodied sDiders.
,naorote catornillars etc IF "a man MAX
inn his wav tbro,,ob the tronical forest
baDnens to encounter q marching column
~ 4baso snts ho il Instantly attacked
Nrn,bors ~ tba foroc;o,a insects swarm
~ Ii Ta-~ ara yv.,a,avor they. find q hare
sro+ ,bov o+tect n oach ono driving IFS
~,1inebori;to ia,vs irta 20 Gin ara sting
~ r-;4h &c ta;1 Nth al ia n,;gbt
The ecito, st;nge lil-e > bae. heinr
s+ric,lv sb1,s;ness,, 1T hoth enris There
is notbinr for the man 70 do b,,t rim for
II and vvben be oets to = nlaee of safety
ba nroeeodc 10 nl,,cl. off tba insacts ono NV
ono Usually in the oneration tbev are
7,,lled in t1va;n leaving their heads and
isws eticaing IN the wounds These mill
farv ants ncyer LET on when once tbev have
grabbed anvfbing
Dr II " Pates in bis work entitled
"a Na4,,ralist on the Riyer Amazon nde-
ccr;bas m attack bv a col,,rnn Of ~ecitons
mon a fortrees-that ;s a GREAT mound
shsnod corom,,ra1 duelling ~ anotber
snoeioS ~ an+s Tho arn,r bocan ito &C.
sss,1+ nnon +ha uarts ~ sus+am.+;o
msnnar araaratinm sar;as 81 ,,inos
Oparat;ons ,varo 60 +boro,rhl orr.n;1od
tba4 sonon ~ +ba ossaiionts Ala tic lilo
zinc wills o.baro carriad ayrsy tbo era;Ss
Of Garth and others vet hrongbt ont the
la,yp IF vonng ants which yyero found in
tbn chambers Of the str,,ct,,re besiegod
As fast as tho la,-vse were bro,,gbt ont
thew wore torn 10 nieces. their weigbt be-
- 80 1900 for = sinaIo ociton 70 bear
TIE ecitons are very small ants. though
in so,na s,ecies the hir headed soldiers
arc ne much nc hale an inch long When
tbe font had becn comnletelv looted. the
column marched away laden with the
nangled remains Of tho victims. These
were doubtless conveyed to some conyen-
lent mace to he eaten at leisure.
Il Is not to he s1lnnosed that there was
no defense made by tho tribe of ants thus
ruthlessly attacked. On the contrary, the
resistance offered was very fierce. In ant
wars generally the greatest pugnacity and
courage are exhibited. the contest lasting
sometimes for days and the weaker party
ultimately su~ccUInbing from sheer exhaus-
ton and defamation. Fighting ants will
suffer themselves to be cut to pieces rather
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
SATAN AT SUNNYSlDE.
He Has Cloyen Hoofs. but Is Dressed Like
n Man.

He Has Cloyen Hoofs. but Is Dressed Like
a Man.
Sunnyside. N. Y, is possessed of the
devil. Several women of the village have
seen him. In fact, his satanic majesty
seems to be partial to the ladies, pretty
and unmarried ones especially. In this
respect he isn't different from any Of his
clan, but according to Miss Madge Wynne
the S~unnyside devil dresses in q fashion
peculiar to himself.
Unlike the red clothed Mephistonheles
of poetry and tradition, ho affects the reg
ulation evening dress Of mortals and
prowls about in black and patent feathers.
But he is the devil nevertheless, for
Miss Wynne vouches for his identity. She
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
rrIa. ,rarnaaora Earn.

The profession Of a toreador has its
risks. but the remuneration he receives
makes ii worth the while to undergo
them. During the last year n toreador
Mazzantini took part IN sixty-slS
bull-aghting exhibitions, killing is BUNS.
For this work he was paid 4l6,V0V. Re
verte. with s~eventy-one exhlbllons ana.
IN, huns 70 his credit, got ElI.500: while
{siIerritass earnings for the season figured
nut 10 eis.a9o for killing III in seventy
SIX exhibitions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
copying American Methods.

The English papers are copying Ameri-
can methods Of newspaper making. An
American living in London writes: You
need not send the New York newspapers
any longer. All the war news IS eabled
here, and / read about everything the
home papers print seven or eight days
before they reach me. Never befort
since rye read them, and that is twenty
eight wears. haze the London papers
printed -ne-hundaedth part the American
news they publish now"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
saxe,s Crave joke.

When John G. Sake was a young editor
at Burlington, VT, he attended a Roman
Catholic funeral in the capacity Of bear
er. High mass was sung, and the bearers
stood throughout the long service. Final
ly a companion whispered to the huznor-
list, Pretty long drawn out, isn't III,
lSaxefn Yes . was tho reply. They
will III it into the ground pretty soon.n
Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
WHY MORGAN MOuRNS.
His Favorite Bull Terrier Fatally Whipped
by q Maltese Cat.

]. P. Morgan, the banker and railroad
king, is spending the summer at High
land Falls, n. Y. His next door neighbor
is his si~ster-in-law, Mrs. Charles F. Tracy.
Mr.. Morgan is a dog fancier and detests
cats. Mrs. Tracy is a cat fancier and alb
hors dogs. MIR. Morgan has always had
the best of it, for just as surely as a Tracy
cat strayed upon the Morgan lawn a Nor
gan dog would eyolute the feline trespasser
into cat meat by tho hastiest process posi-
BILE.
His chief delight was His Nibs, a fine
bull terrier. the ablest cat killer in the
Morgan kennels. No cat had ever lasted a
minute in a bout with the dog. Mr.. Nor
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23
Fatality of

The highest death rate Of any city in
tho world from the use Of alcohol is found
in Stockholm, the number of deaths from
this cause belng 90 per LOCO.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-11
Biz silver Bowls.

In one of the windows of Dalkeitk
palace there Is large silver bowl,
dated 1902. over 1000 ounces in weight.
says the Pail Mall Magazine. The royal
arms are engraved upon It, as It was
the property of John, second duke of
Argyle, at one time ambassador to
Spain. He left It to his daughter. Lady
Mary Coke, sister to Lady Dalkeith.
Four similar bowls are known to exist
in Great Britain; they were formerly
used for washing plates. knives and
forks in the room during the course OF
a banquet. This bowl has since been
put to better use, as it was filed with
whisky toddy when the present duke
came of age, in 1852.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-11
CORRESPONDENTS.
AaAAroA SanDson's Tribute to the
ValoF Of American Newspapers
Men Under Fire.

One particular class of hero of tb.
late wor-the newspaper correspond
ent-hns been almost overlooked in
the blaze of glory that greeted the
homecoming of our victorious troops,
but Admiral Sampson has written the
following tribute of praise to the gen.
tlemen of the press. The valor of
the American newspaper man, rs en-
hibited in the late war, has rightly en-
cited universal comment. The old-time
war correspondent. who remained
with the commander in chief. miles be-
hind the firing line, has been conspicu-
Gus by his absence in the most recent
war. The chronicler of battle pre-
ferred TO march where the ficrcest of
hThtlng was in progress, risking his
lite for the sake OF duty as nubly and
rraCiiy as the soldiers. The world has
wondered almost as much at this hero
ism o. modern newspaper man as it
has at the reckless bravery Of the sol
oicrs and sailors who carried Old
Glory so imtrtuously to victory. Ad-
miral Sampson writes:
1t gives me great pleasure to re-
Ply 10 your question regarding the
"rhav'or Of newspaper men under fire.
II i@k" ii for granted that upwsra-
ger nCn are not more fond than other
."".A!s "i being under fire; bu: have
'""; =" see Cnr- who did not behave in
:" best manner possible. They seem
.''nri"d by Il sense of duty to OBJ
'@'n 81! the news without regard to
az personal exposure. ..
i know of many cases where thew
hay" sought to gather news first hand
""'rr circumstances which could be
explained in no other way. Yours very
iruly.-W. T. Sampson
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There was painful lack of variety
in our food. Men dying of thirst spend
their last hour in thinking of iced
champagne, sherry cobblers, cocktails
and draughts of beer, whiskies and
sodas, dead horses heads on whatever
their particular beverage may be. We
gastronomically fooled ourselves to
the top of our bent. 81 think" one
would say, when we get to the Hotel
de Paris tonight we'll have nice lit
tie French dinner of six courses, with
coffee and green chartreuse 10 wind
up with" "Well," another would re-
mark, 81 should be content with some
soup, little fish, a slice of beef and
some tart" Chops and tomato sauce
for me-" murmured a third, oblivious
of the fate that befell Mr.. Pickwick,
who had similar desire, says Travel.
Then we would reach Shiny, be-
grimed village, creep into smelling
hut and make our dinner of pork and
rice, or rice and pork when we de-
sired to vary the menu. But one night
ut a spot called Tseping-Pu, when we
culled for the perennial pork we were
Informed that we could not be sup
piled. "No pork!" we exclaimed; "no
pork in China? Why, Cinnamon are
three parts pork" Then we were told
we were in Mussulman village, where
swine were an abomination, but we
could have salt beef. We jumped joy
fully ut the salt beef, so called, though
We knew perfectly well It was nothing
else but stale, Improbable, sinewy.
wild goat.