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The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-30

Copyright 1900 by Robert Howard Russell.
One Day a hieh-priced Detective was
sitting in his Lair. trying 80 look Mys-
tcrlous. when there came TO him a gray
muzzled Old Business Man who had hia
Name In Gilt Letters along the Front Of
SIX Numbers. He was noted for his
Problty. his Kccnness and the fact that
he never Thawcd la the Commercial
Agencies he was Rated "A Plus Al. which
meant that he had IL in Bales and was
going 10 Freeze on 70 &.
Are you IN search Of fTain separa-
ton or shall we go in for fni-hlown
Divorce and slde-siep the Aiimony7'' ask
ed the bright superinteudcut Of the Blu
roau. surmlsine that 81 must be a Family
Breakup. because he had seen the Name
IN the Scandal Department OF the Weekly
Tnftlo-Tale.
"Aiy wife has lived IN Europe 10 long
that there Is no Chance OF our having
any Trouble OF that Sort" said the Great
Merchant. u wish 10 enlist your Ser
vices in a different Kind Of Case. A
Young Man who lately mas come into "a
1 World Of Money desires 90 be admitted
q
We are an Old and Reputable Concern.
ana before associatlug ourselves with this
Stripping We wish 20 know all about his
/ Character and Habits We want you 10
Camp on his Trail and give us a straight
Line on his Daily Life"
So the Main Detective called in a couple
/ OF Fcrrets who drew Twelve a Week and
they began 90 Shadow the Young Man at
s. a Day. THey puf on Gum Shoes and
4 covered their Faces with black NUNS
such a. are worn b. the Trnin Robbers NJ
"a Davis and ke0Eh Meielrama They
/ pecked over Trauaoms and Skinned up
I Flre-Escapcs and hid behind Bnl-Bonrds.
and every time the Young Man made a
Move they we're Next Al The end 81 q
Week tho Celebrated Detective made a
Report 10 the Ploua Patriach who had
employed him.
II regres TO tell you that the Young
Man who seeks n Connection with your
Weil-Known House "a q Sight-Hawk and
a Spender." said the Superintendent. "He
IL trying to Dim the Record Of Coal-Oii
Johnny. He opens Cool Nagnums for
the Merry-Merry almost every Midnight
and he - having Diamonds set into the
Teeth OF Nine OF tho Peroxide Sisters.
BY the zine thst he lands into his Happy
Clothes Of an Evening he IL fairly well
Corned and he sees the Dawn OF Morning
through a Purple Haze In the After
noon when he arises. he has Hang
over which - made the Foundation OF
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Here IS something % amusc you. real
wheel Of fortune upon which you can de-
ermne your fortune The wheel Is made
from two pieces Of stln cardboard. che
hart one piece. the charmed circle an
3'hor Force pin through tho circle ana
hiatt where they Join. Run string
through the hole thus made and knot a
lose to tho circle on one side and 90
he ehaft on the other This viii make
Kind OF axle on which the wheel may
turn.
what business win you pursue when
YOU grow to be- a mani Your wheel viii
determine this with as much certainty a.
ia Is foretold by counting the buttons on
your coat
suppose YOU wish 20 tell friends for
uno. First he must mentally select some
number in the magic ninety. "a number
not less than ten or more than one hun
dred Then lct him plac hts finger upon
one Of the numbered disks IN the straight
shaft You who are IN the secret win
Immediately know what future Is In store
FOR your friend. hue he may discover Il
for himself by turning the wheels a.
directed From the disk chosen uron the
straight shaft loi him count up or down,
as The case may be. toward tho rim Of the
circle Iron reaching the rim Of the cir
Gle be ulu turn the wheel 90 the left as
many disks az Ia addition 20 the ones
counted on the shaft will make up the
number chosen from the magic ninety
NOW turn the wheel IN the opposite direo-
ton. 90 che right. as many disks az the
nu number nrat selected. The disk at
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but behind a trench. or IN a well chosen
position she Russian viii stay until ne
Il ordered away. when our Marines start
ed with some Russians 10 relieve Iien
Tsin. IN the latter part Of June. and the
column met resistance which compelled
n 40 retire, twenty-five Russians were
fsngted on little rise OF ground 70 cover
The retirement % the Americans. They did
Il. but every man OF them was killed.
Their behavior % che railroad station IN
Tien Tsln was brave IN the extreme and
there q no doubt that they saved The
settlements from destruction by the Box
erH. In this willingness 10 stay where
thew are put the Russians are as good as.
n not better than the Jajanese. hut their
work IN the attacks on Ten Tsin city
showed them 70 be much slower thpa the
Japanese, more uncertain and less efec-
live. In attack the Japanese greatly ex-
called the Russians. although they de-
veloped . nkinR for direct frontal attack
on STRONGLY enfrenched positions which
IA hardly commendabie.
up 70 she time OF the relief OF pcxin
the Germans had no land forces In China,
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sre clrable OF becoming the finest sol
e..fs tho world can produce In
tE.tHar1.l1ry daring ana pluck
f.f rIanot De eNcellcd In cfH-
dr.y with their weapons Il r. doubtful
av le eQualed by any foroc. Far
beyond these Two fine qualities g. their
t0.u.r.ous detcrmlnauca. tbe will aud
tr nerve that some hnes carry them
through 10 results seemingly supcrhu-
y
Discipline aud Patriotism Of the
Japanese Soldiers.
ia These three things the Americans
l.aI. Hgt in two others which are prime
labs ot good soldering they were
ga TO yield the palm Ia China TO
t Japanese. These two are discipline
a.a Hufriousm. There is no doubt that
II. Americans take on discipline OF the
order They do IL 10 the navy
~ tHe time. But many Of the men in
i0 army to-day seem Ia think that they
i only 20 fight and IL they do that
N.i .lttc more can be expected OF them.
a2 fact thnt the real patriotism
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attack on Tien Tsin, the only time they
were under serious hre-thcy stood up
io their work crouitably. The FusileeFs
came TO China with a bad reputation
among the British. 10 WIS the custom
,uonf- the English correspondents. AMI
.p,orv the officers Of other British regi-
rrcnts 20 speak sliehungly 81 them, but
thev bore themselves as well as could be
desired and az Tien Tsin as well az IA
tho preliminary nghting' they faced
heavy firing unhinchingly. A. Nangtsun'
y hen they were under the destructive nrs
~ their own artillery In company with
come Indian troops and our own -Four
teenth. the Fusilcers stood their ground
Win the Americans when the Indians
fed.
AuuIo-Indtnn Troops Not Up TO the
Mark.
This aeht NJ Yangtsun was the only
chanro the Indians had 20 show the stun
IN which they were made. ana when y
-. o,cr the American officers. who had
49,, on the line with them. we're not
t,,,,,,osaed with the manner IN which they
Ma behaved But they had been placed
ln a very awkward position. ihe ioI
nation adopted by the hrltls"
for advance on the chinese pos
lion was a duincunN' 10
s....-,c,na who went In the line or Skin
,,,1shsra n seemed 20 be the formation
-, lp,elv 10 result IN large casualties.
y-hen the line was well advanced IN q
e.is ~ tall corn. where the men could NOT
80 ,besr officers well. 4 came unoer a
$50 ysae Are from the chinese. support
"a -, urb. artillery ~ the same tine
,he british i5spounders were sheh'ns nc
S.,'t,,ese noaislou over the heads OF our
men. Il was very difncuh situation 10
the advancing line, and rhs Indian tr0eps
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4E ALLIES IN CHlNA.'
am rRoOPs COMPARED WITH THE
roRCEs or OTHER NATIONS.

=, courage, Dash, Determination and
stratEht shooting the Americans
Are at the Head. hut the japanese
t-,cci Them in Discipline ana Pa
,-iott.m-EnEiand's Indian Troops
were disappointing hut the welsh
proved Themselves Fine soldiers
aud the Wei-Hat-wci Regiment OF
eblucre. Omcered by the British.
mid MclI-The Russians, brutal
and TSnavish on the Field. Are
sfnbbornly Brnve In Action,
though Heavy and slow.
,r.p,rirhtcd. 1900, by o. X Davls)
Sass York. Dec. 2s-When Il becums
,.-..a that tho various powers wouIl
.s-8 troops to China 10 back up the
,.,-i, of Sheir sailormen. many American
al ..s we're eager to go. not only as
MARI .nants IA tho prospective fighting.
l.,a also as observers OF the actions and
g., puert Of the lighting men OF other
ra.rns u was the greatest opportunity
H. compare men ana methods 50 actual
s-t..e that had occurred in generations.
-ef. nations landed bluciackets or ma
yin or both. and the majority Of them
rref1red 10 supplement these with strone
forces 90 regular land troops
American soldiers are accustomed 10
fzat we'll and the American people have
en-, 20 the habit OF thinking that no
r.fr- soldiers can face them successfully.
rsers can be no gainsaying that they
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settled tho Boxers. II Is but fair 20 say
that these troops We're not Of the regular
French army. but such as they were.
they made sorry showing.
Altogether the experience was very in-
strucuvc 20 the Americans. The hgnt
"a Tien Tsin developed the fact that We
are the only people who have no arrange
ment for sending water or ammunition
70 our men on the firing line. Tho march
20 peklu showed that We are the only
people who expect our soldiers 70 make
care horses OF themselves and pack on
their backs their tentage and entire field
equipment. That feet alone - responsible
Tor Our great percentage of loss from heat
exhaustion. Every other fellow had his
blanket and shelter tent carried FOR hiai
except the Russian. and he had only a
thin little strip Of cotton which served ~
one-sixth OF his dog tent. The experience
showed Also tlH folly 81 our present sys-
TEN. The Sixth Cavalry landed week
ohcad OF their horses. and the Fourteenth
Infantry sailed from Manila seven days
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and they sent no men Wlfh the rc'lef
column. Neither did rtc Italians or Aus
TRANS. though an three were represented
20 Tieu Tsiu by their saiormcn ana mae
rincs The French had e considerable
force Of their Tonquin troops az Ticn
rFin ana started about ~ Of them with
the column for pekin. Ry every consider
alton they We're the worst troops I'm the
whole movement. They were lawlcss ana
undiscipnued. brutal, savage. filthy AMI
cowardly. Their quarters were an 81
Tense 10 heaven and their conduct was
worse. on the night when the Boxers
made their last aud most determined az
tack ON the railroad station az Tien Tain
the French started 20 run back 20 thcir
quarters. bat AT the bridge over the river.
they found themselves exposed 10 the fire
OF the Chinese. and huidled behind
stone wall until the Japanese and British
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who so misconducted themselves But
in aud about their quarters the Ameri-
cans are the cleanest Of them all The
japanese are always washing their
clothes. and when on tho street their uni
forms are clean and their blouses but
toned up. They keep the inside OF their
quarters neat and clean. but over the door
SIN d. good enough for Them and they
do not police outside. In Tien Tsin their
headquarters in the British concession be-
came such an oncnso and actual menace
to public health that the local authori-
Ties wcre compelled TO ask THAI they lie
cleaned up.
il has always been said OF the Indian
troops OF the British army that they
were pre-cmtncutiy lighting men. Four
regiments Of them We're IN the first brig
ade sent 10 China. They were all recruit
ga among the sikhs. Pathans ana Pun
5iubis. the best fighting men OF the hill
tribes OF Northern India Besides these
regiments there WIS the Welsh Fusileers,
and the We.-Hai-Wei Regiment OF Chi
nese. The Wci-Hai-Wd men were very
smart aud noat in appearance. aud Ia the
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rnr NATURE OF nloopnouNos.
A. Likely 10 Rcnd aud Dcvour IN,
Fleeing victim a. l. ;ss- Average
Pug.

Pug.
From tho Omaha Bee
1T is peculiar TACT" said Defective
Frank u. Mitchell tho other day. "that
the general public has on entirely or
roneous idea az so the nature and char
acteristics OF the bloodhound. The pop
uiar opinion IS that he Is a beast uf giant
frame aud usually fcroeious. vita "a peo-
chan. for getting the criminal whom he
has brought 10 Bay Another common
error Is that he can follow "a scent ludcn-
n.tciy. through "a thousand sinuositi,
though d may Dc intersccted hy ans.
number OF other ttalh.
'"rnc average bloodhound is no more 90
De- dreadod 20 for as his fcrcrucss In con-
ctrncd tuan pug. lie is "a eaunt. raw
boncd creature. with "a head running 10 a
peak. sleepy eyes ana long. penduloua
ears A. TO disposition. be is lazy. Ills
usefulness lies chiefly ia the keeuness Of
his oifactory nerves. enabling him 90 fol-
low o fresh scent many miles. He SCI
dom touches his quarry when run 20
earth, however. and never does unieas
starved 20 q. The bloodhound differ
from tho English foxaound. Ia that ~
never gives tongue or bays while fol-
lowing "A scent
tracking criminals n clty. or where
there Is Comparatively dense population
as thcs numerous cross trails confuse
them. This was demonstrated last winter
when We were huntuE two negroes
ahmed VIII Tony ana sum Earuere The
people OF Benson had been complaining
o. chicken thieves Almost every nirht
some hcncoop in that suburb Of Omaha
would be looted and finally Detective
Dummy ard were detailed 10 work up
the case. We put IN several days on O.
withou; landing our man. and the AK
gravatiug part 81 it was that the ehefts
were golng rlghf on. cvem while We were
hunting for the criminals Wen. cycufu-
ably We dcc>ded TO adopt heroic measures.
We had "a consultation with several PRONE
iucut citizens q Benson. nnd the result
was We sent to Beatrice for a pack ~
bcodhourds
I'VE kept the dogs in hiding until there
was another fvTav S@ q heac1ss. aaA
then. bright and carly ono moraing. the
hounds were put on "a fresh trail They
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followed Sc about quarter OF mic ana
finally came ia a standstih on the from
,,,r.h Of a house ia the outskirts Of the
village.
''The family that lived IN this house
bore a good reputation. but We decided
10 20 IN anyhow and make an inveatisa-
ton. We searched everywhere. from cell
lar 20 garrett bus there was no sign OF
"A stolen chicken. Not even teath''
could be- found on the premises. Then We
took the dogs back to the starting i'iht
and mad them SO over the trail again ann
.oeain shey wound up on the front poroh
~ the same house. Try as We woula We
rsuLln't get the beasts 70 leave ina
place The irail seemed 70 end tn.io =.
the thieves had gone up IN hAli""" W
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fercd greatly the Indians lost y per cent
by heat exhaustion.
InconEruOus Behavior of the Rus
SLAMS.
OF all the troops in China THE greatest
contrast between conduct on the field and
on Il was shown by the Russians. on
the field they were a lawiess gang Of
maraudcrs They would loot from their
enemies. and they did not have the intel
lIgcnce 20 discriminate IN the quality
and class Of their loot They struggled
TO lug of huge but worthless things. and
lee small and valuable loot so for another
time They were brutal beyond belief
and would dash out The brains OF a lit
lie girl on the paving blocks as readily
as they would smoke cigarettes. But on
the field they were reckless Of their own
lives aud obedlens 20 orders. The Rus
SLAMS will hight They are heavy and
slow and clumsy In the open field the
quick. alert. shifty little japanese will
outmanoeuvre them almost every time,
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The Modern Fable of the New wrin-
HE on the New Years Vow.
once there was q Man who reioieed 20
think tina. he would not be influenced by
any such Zoo; Custom as Swearing or on
New Years. Day. In speaking Of this
Serious Topic he was almost as soornful
ana sarcaatlc az n Comic Paper.
Instead OF pie4giug himself % give up
Cigars ard Late Suppcra. he Elofied IN
the Resolve that he would Smoke when
ever he felt like It and Fat everything 10
cFayed.
ue haa heard that IN china al Debls
must ~ rquared on New Years Day ami
tbo Unfortunate who cannot Dig Up goes
out aud commits Han-karA thus passing
hls Troubles along 60 the Probate Con~l
This BAD Alan said the Chinese we're
greater Hoafhena than he had supposed.
he couldn't see himself stunning ON lust
because a lot 81 Creditors were pcssoniing
anxious. lie decided, with sleeful Malice
IN his Heart. that he would not pay any
Old Debts unless stood Up for them. and
he sincerely hoped that he would be aolo
10 Stalk some one In every Deal he IN
aert0ok. He resolved to look out for
Nurnber one aud let the Other Fellow
walk the Floor.
no further this very Human Pro-
gramme. he went out and bought lot
OF Finery on Tick, hoping that he woui1
be abe to dodge Payment Tor many Years
20 come. lie tapped his Prosperous Ac-
qualntancas Tor various Amounts and
started In the New Year by setting at De-
fance ali the Rules for Health. lie gor-
msndized until a. m.
Next Day he was folded up like pock-
ct Camera ana Dyspepsia Tablets would
not touch the spot The Doctor came ia
end pue him on perpetual Diet o. Hot
Water and Crackers. while he was nat
on his sBack, his creditors attached ali
movable Properly and divided Il up.
50 oil his Honest Debts were paid ara
during the Year he lived a Regular I.lfs
and had no Rad Habits.
Moral. Many People who don't thluM
suing Year. 4
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that polnt thcy couldn't have obliterated
their TRACKS more encctually. 80 tho
dogs were declared a failure ana we're
sent back 20 Beatrice
Later We succeeded In catching Tony
ard Rarnette red-handsd. with the evil
donco OF their gulh upon them. and they
confessed. I have never heen able 70 eN-
plain to my own satisfaction why tho
train left of 20 abruptly on tho porch OF
that particular house. There ia a tradi-
slon comes up from tho South. survivor
Of the antcbelium days that II fleeing
slave tied Sliced onions upon the soies OF
his feet the hounds could not track HIM
Perhaps that ~ what Harnctte ana Tony
aA on the piazza OF that houue-I dent
know"
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snis ltes as forfeit when he goes into the
"fnN.'to serve The term % his conscrip-
Ton. re iF naturally COURAGEOUS but
ms ias'liem makes MIN rccklessly brave.
ne mas an iuna,cly profound rpspect for
authority. which. coupled with hia patri-
o'lsm and his fatlism rfsbies him 10
take on discipline which wos tho mar
vel OF all The other lighting men IN china.
Ihis discipline covers Tho conduct 81 tbe
men on the tcid o. well as on 10. So n
Goes IN our army theoretically. but not In
practice a. with the Japanese.
No Looting where the Jap- Held
Control.
when rien Ts.n was taken q was the
order OF Gen. Fukushima that tbcre
should be 10 lootiug IS Ma mon ana
mere was none In the quarter % the
city controlled by the Japancse order was
restored in remarkably short time. and
ny" ana property protected. The rcgula-
Tons OF the United States army also for
nid lowing. ard 90 is not done openly hv
our men. but the sporadic cases' came
pie'ty near being general. both in Tian
isin and in FcMn % was not the aar-
rant work OF ihe Russian ana French, il
was quiet ana profitable. Very few q
tgH meu wasted their encgrlcs in Juggling
away SILK clothing and fur robes which
they could not carry with them or store.
or sell ln Tien Tsin they devoted them
selves 10 'sycec' and the records on the
banks VIII show how many drafts they
sent home.
Ia che matter - appearance and clean
lness ihe Americans ana japanese con.
trasted clr.ously. our fellows do not care
much for their personal appearance II
iett alone by their officers they viii GO
UP town or anywhere else iu their UNI
aetshlfis ana with torn trousers. In Tlen
ism ihey got drunk lee the streets. and
Il must DO said that with very Few ex-
captions. and these almost wholly among
me British they We're the only men OF
al the eisht nations represented there
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showed a decided tendency 90 get behind
the grave mounds which were very uu-
mcroIs in the field. and stay there Col
DagEett OF the Fourteenth United States
Infantry saw that the salvation of the
situation was q charge. ana iel Dis men
forward on the run Most OF the Indians
followed. but tho -'rasgicrs were nos "a
few. In general behavior. however. tho
Indians bore themselves well They We're
good natured, quiet. weli-behavcd lot
81 men. and &c is said OF them. as 10 can
not be o. any other troops IN the pckin
relief column, that they were almost MS
neat and clean IN Appearance or the last
day Of the march ms on the first Their
uniforms always seemed fresh Tho other
men thought that tho Indians would show
remarkable endurance IN the terrible hoot
but they did not excel very greatly. one
bllstering day when the entire column sur
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q 'he nation has not been touched by
'' 7mnish War and the events subse-
N@h Go o.. Many OF the men and off
"a the present army are there be-
o. restless spirit which simply
Sought diversion IN the excitement ana
i-.'. Afforded by campaigning IN the
Ilpires or because u was a better
"a condition financially. There is
l'' muoh talk IN our army about every
"'n hong a general ~ the emergency
Individuality IS good thing
Nmas but 70 IL too largely defei-
nmbng our troops. II cuitlvatcs a
in' scnctal and urgent desire 20 know
ei 1nout what Is going on. and the why
goa Whcrfore OF 81 all IL is this intel
Ak'nt individuality which renders Il 50
u.Nl iii "a weld our men into a solid for
.'a'Inn such as the japanese easily at
tain.
il's was the striking demonstration
uai' ny tie performance OF tho Mikado' 5
'oal Boo china. II Is not necessarily
implied that the Intelligence OF the jap
a',sr is Ola low order. but the individ-
.'l panole has not yet come 70 attach
tne impor.snce 10 his individuality with
winch The average American solaces him
SH' besides tho Jap Is patriotic IN
iiActical wa, and not IN theory, as moat
americans ae. lie holds himself 20 ne
y, i, iact one + the component parts or the
empire, and ne recognizes the Emperor
merely as tht persouidcation OF the En-
Pre-. Whnevnr the Empire demands
from him helgives cheerfuiiy. even II e
Is the sncTlnb OF his life. II Is bad for
ne Individual he says. but Il is the life
Z. ne empire and after all II u the eri-
IRE which nhkcs the Individual possi-
uie' ana 70 Il Il proper for the individual
mold himsef ready to die for H. The
Average jap IS also = fatalist, and counts
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ahead OF their transportation. There
never should be any excuse for such work.
The War Department and the public gem
orally. have got into che habit OF relying
on the development 81 some man on the
SPOT who viii take care OF the emergency.
lie usually does come up. but not only
- NJ not fair. q Is folly 20 make good
men work their hearts out simply 70
bolster up a foolish ana antiquated sys-
tom. oscar King Davis.
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MODERN FABLESS s " s. 'a a &: f "s o' Merchant
GEORGE AIDE. %~ ~%<

Down. and when ! get through with tho
chorus Girls Friend ne will be rrifumea
right"
Next Day the Young Man wnr Taken
IN. ana Is Months later the steady Ola
Partner with che snowy Locks had him
euchred down TO the Clothes on his Back.
Ills Fortune was permanently Invested
III an Old and Reliable Establishment and
be was on his upperH Tor fair.
Moral. ANY one who has the Qialihca-
TONS can get in with a First-class Firm.