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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-28
Norwegian saiiina Boat.

Ordinarily when a sailing boat is
out in a high wind the pressure Oh
the sail causes the boat to tip far over
in the water, sometimes running low
enough to bring the rail under the sur
face for a short interval if the sail
lis not loosened tC relieve the strain
Thomas Jensen of Arendal, Norway,
seeks TO overcome this tendency by a
new method of mounting the mast,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-28

so she married old Milyuns for
his money, didn't she?"
We'll, to tell the truth. that's about
all he has. He's lost his hair. his
teeth and almost everything else"
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SHOOTING GALLERIES

Of ways. and their fingers are loose on
the trigger.
Ever had an accident in a shooting
sallery in this city? Not that know Of
The places are too small for a man to do
much damage with one of the rifes-I
could grab it tefore he die any harm
Sometimes a drunken fellow will refuse
to pay the price for his shots. but | al
ways let it go-I loose only a few cents
for the cartridges
The time l made most rloney was last
inauguration. In three days | took in
$500; mostly. of course, from the soldiers
who were here at that event. Long before
| opened up shop, there was e crowd of
them waiting outside and all day. the
counter was lined several deep, all wait
ing to show their ability in handling q
rifle or pistol. Policemen come in here
cutie often. and let them use their own
heavy calibre revolverS, which is rather
rough on my targets. however. Try
shot yourself? No? Well. think some
of you newspaper men ought to know how
TO handle a gun; but il you won't, o
course. you won't. Good day. Call
again
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By COLONEL JOHN A. JOYCE.

the morning. 1 could see through The
cheerless, starless night, chunks of tim
ber. boxes. bales. benches, tables. chairs.
5pars. and pieces OF broken roof swept
away toward Memphis, with crying and
yelling mortals impIoring help from even
the winds and wazers.
/ Il saw a woman and her baby drifting
/ by me on big chicken coop, an officer and
/ two men holding on to the name and tail
/ CT frightened horse, swimming towards
some willows on the Memphis banks. The
roar Of the explosion was heard eight
miles away. and awakened the slumber
ing citizens of Memphis and it's struggling
suburbs.
An old negro and his boy caught up
with myself and Daniels and took US into
his battered skif. pushing through drift
wood. brush and snags to the steep banks
cf Tennessee. Although Indiana was my
birthplace I shall never forget the hospi-
tality OF Tennessee. and how its dry, firm
land gave me shelter en- that remarkable
April morning"
For days, weeks and months dead and
distorted bodies were picked up along the
Tennessee and Arkansas shores, even
down to the Vicksburg bluffs and bars.
whore the shifting sands. snags. trees and
driftwood held remnants of the mass OF
humanity hurled to the dark regions OF
eternity.
The loss of life was more Immediately
aad immense than that suffered in any
single days battle OF the civil war. by
either Confederate or Federal army
There are, no doubt, living today in Ohio,
Indiana. or perhaps in some CT the de-
partments in Washington. few sur
yfvcrs or their relatives of the Sultana
wreck. although thirty-six years have set
deeper wrinkles on their brows and
sprinided their hair, like my ewn. with
the SHOWS of many a cruel winter.
If George Wilson. of Indianapolis. is
still in the land Of the living. or his
comrade Bill Daniels, l should like to
hear from them and grasp the hand OF
the survivors of the greatest steamboat
wreck on record.
What impressed me much at the time
Was the fatality of the Sultana's explo-
sion and the fact that it might have
been" my own regiment, the Twenty
fourth Kentucky. that went up forever in
the smoke and fire of that doomed craft
1t was only a short time before that the
Su!;ana troop transport boat, took my
regiment on board at Nashville and
brought us around to Louisville, Ky. by
way of the Cumberland and Ohio Rivers.
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might not like to be mentioned in this
connection; but certainly he's bird.
And then the f Street fellows-they
come down here in the day. quite often
beginning about Il o'clock We have
quite call from the actor peoplc-Then
they can't make a hit on the stage, they
try 1t here, l suppose. The brokers take
time of very cften and come down here
require excitement. those fellows.
Some OF the best shots | ever saw
are a party from the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum Here are some records made
by a couple OF them last night" The
proprietor OF the shooting gallery took
from under his counter some c-umpled
bits OF paper, which proved TO be small
targets. but few inches IN diameter
Right across the bulls eye in each was
u straight rent
There are fifteen shots at fifteen
yards" said the pToprieTr. abiding to
one of the rents aforesaid. "Nou see.
that is the object in good shooting-to
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INDIANS IN WASHINGTON

IF the ways of the heather Chinee are
peculiar. those of the Indian when
4 surrounded by the environments OF
civilization in Washington are
scarcely less so. To be sure. the Indian
who comes from the wild and wooliy
to see the Great Father" usually ap-
pears. in the eyes of the multitude who
see hin, ON the street, quietly conducted
person.
He may sport bright red blanket down
to his heels; he may even go so far-or
light have before the. recent order to tine
contrary-as to wear paint On his face
and feathers on his head, and a variety
of gaudy ornaments about his person. But
his aspect. as he walks along the thor
oughfares of the Capital, is decorous and
dignifed.
Notwithstanding this customary staid-
ness of demeanor he has been seen to
express a considerable amount of surprise
and interest at the sight of an automobile.
party of Indians were recently observed
on the Avenue gathered about horseless
vehicle which was standing by the curb.
They regarded it with a kind of amused
contempt. and probably saw in it the
latest example of that civilization which
had first run over them rough-shod on
the locomotive, and hustled them further
and further away toward the home of the
setting sun
The Indians who come to Washington
are always accompanied by one or more
whites. who act for them in the capacity
of guide Interpreter. etc. These may be
takeE as fair samples of the class which
surrounds the Indian settlements and
trade and intermix with them to Il consid-
cradle extent They are usually of the
very lowest description; a kind OF horri-
BILE human yermin, that seem to have been
bred by the Indians in their condition of
degradation.
The featherless and beakless yultures
that infest battlefield by night and
prey upon the bodies of the dying and
the dead can alone be compared with
them. The Government with characteris-
tic thoughtfulness and propriety, gencr-
ally selects its agents from this class.
placing the task of initiating poor Lo into
the mysteries of civilization into such
gentle hands That civilization. under
these circumstances, has not been com
pletely successful in the case of the red
man can scarcely be wondered at.
As mentioned, however, there are ex-
ceptions in the case of Indian agents. The
writer knows of one very worthy man
who has The interests of the tribe 20
which he is appointed thoroughly at heart.
and who is implicitly trusted by these In
dians. But this is the exception that en-
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can be raised. you see you get quick
action for your money" said the pro-
prietor.
The mystery of the objects which are
kept going at the farther end Of the gal
lery is explained by 4 electric motor be-
hind the scenes. This also explained why
the gallery is called. en- the sign outside.
an electrical gallery" which inclined
the writer to believe at first that the term
was referable to the projecting force used
in the weapons.
The scenery at the back of the shop Is
not elaborate considered from Il purely
pictorial point of view. The material of
the whole is sheet metal, and of this are
constructed the wings, as well as the
moving targets. The latter are fashioned
after various animals and birds. and are
made to move In regular series of
gyrations, and with a greater or less de-
gree at the pleasure of the marksman.
The latter has an extensive category of
game to choose from.
He can aim for the rabbit, the dog, the
miniature horse with the man on his back
Gf he is sufficiently skillful, he can try
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EARLY'S RAID RECALLED

IL connection with the proposed monu-
ments to Generals Wallace and
Ricketts, at Monocacy TO commemo-
rate the delaying of the Confederate
forces at that place and the consequent
saving of Washington an old inhabitant
of this city descsntei recently on the feel
ing here at the time CT the expected raid
by Early.
We were all very much excited. as you
may well imagine said he. Grant, as
you know. was besieging Petersburg at
the time. and while a good many people
here believed that the movement on
Washington was undertaken to draw his
attention from his point of attack, others
held that the ConfedeTates were about 10
make a supreme effort to capture the
Federal Capital
Early had with him about twenty
Thousand men, although reports on the
strength OF his force differed greatly at
the time no one rightly knowing the
number further than it was very large.
The battle of Monocacy was fought on
July 10, 1864, and three days before that
there had been a considerable engage
ment at Frederick. Md. In the evening
oi the day on which the Monocacy battle
was fought a body OF rebels made dash
through Rockville and on Monday morn
ing there was i skirmish between them
and Colonel LowelTs cavalry force IN the
vicinity OF Rabbits Creek PcstoIice,
between Rock Creek and TenIeytown.
About noon on Monday, the rebels were
in the vicinity Of the Claggett farm. On
the Seventh Street Turnpike, and the resi-
dence of Ylr. Francis P. Blair. In con5e-
uucnce OF what appeared TO be 4 deter
minatio7 TO make an attack On the city,
the District Militia was called out on the
I1th for sixty days. by MAJOR General
George c. Thomas, TIE details OF their
organization being placed in the hands Of
Brigadier General Peter +. Bacon.
''On the 18th. the rebels destroyed com
munication by both rail and telegraph be-
tween Washington and Baltimore. II the
vicinity of Fort Stevens, formerly Fort
Massachusetts, out on Seventh Street.
there was a skirmish between the rebel
and Union forces. and some houses which
the former had used for protection in
firing upon the fort were destroyed BY
.he latter The houses thus burnt be
longed to Messrs. Richard Butts. ". Bell,
j. H. McChesney. Abner Shoemaker, and
w. u. Morrison.
"On Tuesday. the 12th, there was some
skirmishing between Fort Stevens and
Fort DeRussy, in the Widow Carberry's
woods, but on the 18th, the Michigan In
fantry threw few shells into the woods,
when the rebels work around to tile right,
making an attempt &c get in between Fort
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Stevens and Fort SIocum. The Confcfer-
ale forces in frcnt were these OF General
Rhoad. General RamseT. and General Cor
don. all under the command Of Gen. John
c. BreoFinriGge
Laurel Bridge was destroyed b. the
rebels. On account Of the near approach
; 10 Washington CT the enemy, and the ap-
parent danger. the Union Leagues Of the
! city tendercd their services to General
Halleck for its defence, and these we're
accepted. Major General Doubleday being
assigned 20 the command. The National
Riaes also offered their services On
Tuesday evening. General McCook deter
mined to dislodge the rebel sharpshootcrs
at the carberry place. and especially from
the house OF Mr.. Lay. on Rock Creek,
to the left of Fort Stevens.
"A shell was sent out from the fort
which exploded in the house. throwing
the brick and woodwork in all directions.
and setting fire to the house. causing the
rebels to retreat. 4 charge was then
made b. the Sixth Corps. and the rebels
retired mile or more the Union line
advancing beyond the house Of lIr. Blair.
Inc loss of the Union forces in this
charge was about 900 killed and wounded.
and the rebels left 100 wounded.
While the volunteers and militia Of the
District in considerable numbers were
mustered into the service on Wednesday.
the 18th, yet there were not enough Of
them 10 warrant the Government in ae-
cepting their services, but the clerks in
the various departments appeared in such
strength that they were taken into the
service, and the National Riaes were mus
tered in as an independent company.
The Union Leagues were represented
by several well-nllod companies and were
mustered in. The employees OF the navy
yard formed a regiment about 500 strong.
But Notwithstanding the readiness of
these forces to defend the city. they we're
all mustered out on Wednesday evening.
after. serving only one day, the enemy
having retired from the vicinity OF the
city. On their way out. however, they
burned the country seat OF Postmaster
General Blair and riGcd that OF his father.
Mr. Francis p. Blair
After the danger had passed and there
was time to reflect upon the conduct of
the citizens and OF the volunteers and mi
litia OF the District Maj. Gen. George c.
Thomas published a card thanking, for
their valiant defence of the Capital, Col
W. W. Daniels. OF louisiana and Mcssrs.
James c. yelling. 5. a. Pugh j. II.
Leavenworth. c. S. NOyes, Tyler Southall,
Charles H. Armes, Capt. John b. Tanner,
Mr.. Charles W. Morris. Mr.. H A. Colds
borough, Col. Lemucl Towers. Lieut. S s
Bach. Ar Charles W BoteIer. jr. Mr.
Seldcn Hctzel. Mr. Alpheus n Brown and
several officers OF the Seventy first New
York Volunteers"
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White River, sighting Helena, On to Mem
+ phis. until opposite Tagleman's Landing,
on the morning Of the 2T;h Of April 1859
George Wilson. CT the Fifteenth Indiana
Regiment, formerly Of Indianapolis and
one CT the survivors. told re few days
after the explosion the blowing thrilling
story CT the sultana's destruction.
My mess was located in the stern of
the boat On the boiler deck. near the
rudder and out en- the guards. The boys
had been playing seven-up until late in
the night. and with talk and songs. yarns
and horse play in anticipation of soon
meeting our friends at home, we did not
retire until after L o'clock. although the
watch officers threatened to put us in
irons, if We did rot dry up and go to
sleep. Taps had been sounded several
hours before. but our jolly set, hid IN
der a dog tent and blankets with smu1ge
lights, kept betting on the turn of cards
and exchanging the long green "hicn
had been given to Us by the payElaste-
at Vicksburg.
Finally. one by one, we stretched out
on the deck and tried to sleep amid the
rumble and rattle. OF the tiller ropes.
creakiEg Of the great rudier that swung
from side to side at the touch Of the
pilots wheel sixty feet above. The iut-
tering. impulsive. laboring side wheels
OF the boat groanod at every revolution
while the roar OF the tall escape steam
pipes, and huge tall chimney stacks yom-
iting out fame OF sparl; and cinders
through the midnight sky, impclled one
to believe that scr;c living leviathan
trom the lower regions was walking the
waters with majestic terror. \ thing OF
lurching, rushing life.
4 had scarcely dropped into a fifuI.
dreaming sleep. when Il roar. hiss. crash.
fash, and smash. interminglei with
grcans and fearful yells arose above the
burning beat, that was stretched prone.
shattered wreck on the muddy flood tide
Of the mammoth Mississippi.
Myself and comrades were blown into
the water as if We had been leaves in an
autumn whirlwind and the first moment
Of conscious thought that struck my brain,
found me struggling in the water among
n lot Of drifting wrcckage | grabbed at
the nearest planks or spars and finally
crawled en- to the long beam of the rud-
der attached to some of the bulkhead sid
ing. There must have been a dozen Of
US trying to climb on top of the pole. but
only q man named Bill Daniels and my
self succeeded ia holding on to that proyi-
Dental life preseryer.
It must have been about o'clock in
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phasizes the rule. The oYerseer OF slaves
on a Southern plantation before the war
could never exceed, In vulgar brutality.
the Indian agent of today.
Not but that Lo has often faults of his
own. He suffers from unjust coercion. on
the one hand, while lot of sickly senti-
mentality, in the event of his being ia
nous or good-looking is lavished on him
I by "short-haired women and long-hairei
men," as official of the Indian Bureau
expressed it. The latter form of atten-
tion tends to make him, in popular par
lance, "swelled-headed," and he becomes
impressed with the conviction that ,ll
palefaces were created for his especial
behoof, and TO minister unto him. This
state of feeling on the part of Lo some
times proves troublesome TO those who
are appointed to look after him.
Unlimited potations of '-frewater" con-
stitute another of Los pet weaknesses.
He usually reserves the night previous TO
his departure homeward for his little
"toot." Sometimes however. he trans
crosses on this rule. and is consistently
drunk for the whole period of his stay
in the National Capital. This is rare,
however, for he knows enough. and has
maintain his native dignity WI visiting
the various officials with whom he has
business.
The story of the Indian delegation Wis
iting Washington ON the matter of some
personal grievance, is one that is con-
stantly being repeated. The Indians
merely know that they have suffered
wrong. and they want redress They
come knocking at the doors of the Gov
ernment. They wait patiently in the an
techamber of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, to be told. perhaps that they can
not be seen that day.
They are accorded a short interview
with the Congressional committee which
has their case in charge, if it has been
referred to committee. and which has long
ago buried it. If it is before the courts
they have the satisfaction OF seeing it re-
jected, and of paying the fees of their
shark of lawyer that has had it in
charge. Perhaps they have the supreme
satisfaction of beholding the President It
is story with much of irony in it.
For many reasons it has been deemed
advisable to provide visiting Indians with
hotels to themselves. There is such an
establishment located on Third Street, a
little distance above Pennsylvania Ave-
nue.. The proprietor of this place, and
his wife. have, to a certain extent, ac-
customed themselves in the course OF
thirty years experience, to the idiosyn-
crasies of their guests.
They would be all right said the
landlady. ''if they would only let liquor
alone, but it sets them crazy and | do
object to being kept awake all night by
lot of drunken Indians. The older the
men are" she continued. 1.-The worse they
are. and the more noise they make" Upon
being introduced to famous chief the
visitor was greeted with deep. cultural
How which forms the usual English
salutation of the red man.
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advertises practice for ladies and gen
tlemen."
And we get right smart of ladies in
here every night said the proprietor.
And some Of EN- mighty good shots"
he continued. Why. there's a man and
his wife comes in here Almost every
night. and she beats him ali hollow. And
then the Chapel Sisters-I never saw
better shooting than they could do. Sent
the ball every time through the bulls eye
of this here little target, they did. and
the bulls eye is just big enough to let
the ball through; that's at distance of
fifteen yards. too Both the sisters are
married now. belicy,. and haven't seen
them since, though whether they've left
the stage or not. l cant say.
prominent people come here? Well,
should say they do. Why. there's a eel
ebrated man in Congress who spent eigh-
teen dollars in one evening, at three shots
for a nickel. couldn't tell you his name
not without his permission-for he
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to fetch the latter without disturbing
the noble quadruped at alb, or he can
go for the feathered denizens of the air.
and attempt to wing the sparrow, the
reed bird, or the wild duck. As soon as
any of these objects is hit. it falls over,
thus testifying, in an unequivocal man
ner, to the skill of the marksman.
Pistol practice is much less frequent
than rifle practice. according to the eX-
perience of the proprietor OF the estab
lshment in question. II appears, accord
ing to this authority. that owing to the
defective education of the people OF this
city, not 20 per cent can handle pistol
properly.
why. my life's been in danger from
the people who come in here thinking they
can shoot pistol" said he. I've had to
dodge under this counter so quick - gee,
whiz, Once bullet just grazed me; you
can see where the hair was took off. This
business has its drawbacks, l tell you.
Some of the ladies' who are persuaded
to try n shot for the first time are awfully
nervous. or pretend to be. And then, they
all want to hold the gun in pretty
fashion. which is dangerous again for me,
you understand, for they point it all sorts
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A MEMORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.

y looking through an old trunk
recently, I found tom diary
1 for the year 1865. with memo
randa of the assassination of Lincoln
on the 18th OF april, and his death cn the
morning of the 18th.
\ thrill OF horror swept over the nation
and wall Of grief arose from the loyal
hearts OF the Republic that found I re
sponsive echo in foreign lands. from the
Iowly cot OF the peasant to the palace
portals of the prince; and even the battle
field boys in gray" regretted the calam
ity. The echo of the funeral knell hi /
scarcely died away when the explosion Of
the great side-wheel steamer Suitana-
April p. with 2,1n soldiers and crew,
sent another pang OF terror through the
hearts of mankind.
The steamer had but recently left New
Orleans for the upper Mississippi, landing
at Vicksburg to take a large number OF
sick and wounded and late emaciated
prisoners fTem ARdcrsonville and Cahaba
prisons. When the Su!tana arriyel at
Virksburg, it was discovered by the en-
sinecr that the great boilers OF the boat
were leaking badly. and il was determined
to lay up at the wharf for few days.
draw the fires and patch up the boilers
and machinery before proceeding up the
river TO Memphis, Cairo, Evansville.
Louisville. and Cincinnati, where the
home-returning. discharged soldiers would
once more clasp to their hearts sweet
iaa ,pf,F f-.ta nd
friends.
The men belonged mostly to Indiana
and Ohio Regiments. and were cLeered
up in their deplorable condition by the
thought that in 4 very few days they
would again sit by the fires!de OF loved
ones at home and in the evening twilight
recount to schooImates and neiahbors the
fearful experience of war. with its
marches. skirmishes, battles, and hell
devised prison pens.
After the engineer and his assistants
had thoroughly repaired the steam ma
chinery Of the triple-decker SuItaua the
officers. thirty-fvc. and men OF the vari-
Gus regiments were pushed aboard Of the
great steamer and from hull, boiler deck
cabin deck. hurricane deck. Texas deck
and pilot house. the blue coats" were
wedged into every nook and corner. filing
the vessel with more than five times its
comfortable capacity.
The Sultana finally got under headway,
plowing and putting its tortuous course
up the murky and swollen waters of the
Mississippi. She passed along on her
mission TO the north beyond the mouth of