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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-06

"A man is middle aged at go"
AYERS Lord stratheona Think Of all
the infants that DR. 0sler wanted to
chloroform!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-06

Puck: In financial trouble2 What
ia it2a
"Oh promised to pay Brown so to-
day, and I've got IL. and he knows I've
got 1t, and he knows / know he knows
I've got itl''
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-06

A southern surgeon says that rail-
road wrecks make drug victims OF the
injured. Even that Is shade better
than being killed.
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with petit larceny.

with petit larceny.
Sullivan was arraigned yesterday
afternoon before Judge Hanson In the
county court. He entered a plea of
guilty to the charge and was sem
fenced to serve fifteen days in the
county jail
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-06

Why Does Queer Mary Hesitate9
pittsburg Gazette Times; Queen
nsarv of England. who ID 50 afraid Of
saasickness, might take pointer from
ITnele Joe Cannon. He says q sure
cure Is chewing tobacco
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
Oddities of Travel in Europe VIII Amaze

leave it To you If any one wouldn't have let
out n yell when he thought he was gong TO
be dashed to death"
Sometimes in European hotels the tourist
is taken solemnly to one side and told
that by paying a few francs or lire more
he can have the royal bedchamber. A
certain hotel I'm Sorrento. where a dozen
or more royal heads have lain in one sea-
son. IS even more generous, for If the
rooms are empty they make no extra
charge And the traveller loves to recount
wien he is hack on his native heath how
hts cheek pressed the same pillow that had
been used by the little Queen OF Holland
or the King of Saxony. But that is not
a purely European custom. for to this day
I'm a certain Boston hotel the sacred cham
her occupied by Prince Henry Of Prussia is
listed al about so a day more than any
other room in the house.
The traveller on his first tour wonders
why II takes so long 10 register his luggage
and rails at the price he has to pay Tor MS
one little trunk and two bags and ~ all
tho red tape incidental - weighing, paying
the government tax of one sou. tipping the
porter and the man who weighed hli Jug
gage and the hotel porter and, nnaliY' an
other porter who carried his hand luggage
IN the carriage But presently seated IN
his corner by the window. he sees a trunk
beinn carried by II is his trunk. He peers
ont expecting 70 see 1t dumped win
sickening thud. as at home. OF 10 see IT shot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

ness and he looks obviously at the enor-
nous Turkey-red cotton "couvre-pied OF
eiderdown which looks something ike
mountain: and he wonders how he is ever
going to bear all that extra weight on MS
person But when he has slipped between
the sheets and the grateful warmth COM
municates itself to his cold bones-if IL -
winter they are sure to be like icicles-he
discovers that II is deceptively light ana
deiciously comfortable.
In Switzerland the beds attain a little
more height. but It is in Germany that theY
become OF such an altitude as 10 necessi-
tate a pair Of steps to mount them one
tourist. finding that one leg of the step
ladder was broken. solved his difficulty by
going 10 the extreme end OF the room,
taking a running start and landing with
fving leap in the midst Of the turkey RED
eiderdown lie crawled in under the
crocheted Counterpart. and was soon fast
asleep. Some time in the night he became
sIeepIly aware of consuming thirst ana
started to get out of bed for a drink a
startled shrek. followed ny some swear
words that even the thick headed German
Waterman understood. penetrated to the
remotest chamber in the inn
Il was half awake" he explained after
ward. "and had been dreaming OF stand
ing on Table Rock, in the Yosemite.
started 10 get out of bed-and began to
fall Naturally | supposed I was plunging
e. the bottom Of that precipice, and III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

NE OF the most interesting features
Of an Americans frst European tour
~ &c the comparison OF transatlantic
customs in hotel and in railway with ,hose
Of the land Of the brave and home OF nc
free. Many things that 10 the seasoned
traveller have become commonplace ions
ago strike the tourist on his initial TRIP
as highly amusing.
Colonel Rrotherton. Of Kentucky. Tor IN
stance had been recommended TO quiet
Italian hotel. Returning late from Sah
Carlo. where almost every tourist goes on
his first night in Naples he was amazed
in passing along the corridor to see out
side nearly every door in addition 10 the
hoots on the floor sundry dress shlrts ana
trousers hung upon large. branching Dras9
hooLe garcon who was sitting IN the
corridor tried in broken English 10 explain
that II was the custom for travellers 10
leave the clothing they had worn during me
da,, outside their doors 10 he brushed. sui
the colonel was incredulous. Never sa"
ANYTHING like II in America" he SAID
"Ijkelv as not it's some sort Of skin game
and all those fools WIN wake mp in the
morning and find their clothes stolen' wv
7, III brush my own.
&C he turned IN, not even "diIHH :"
his boots out 10 be polished. so many stoIies
had he heard Of the dishonesty practiseo
abroad toward unsuspecting America"
Travellers. Awakening early IN the MORN
inc no peeked out cautiously fuiiy eA-
,.ao.ino ~ Gee a row of empty hooks. But
-. Garment was in its place. every
~ ., boots sbone with polish equalled
/ only bv the face Of small boy that "d'
/ been scrubbed with soap. very CAUTIOUSLY
to co, hts own boots outside and turner
hack for arother cat nap. But his trousers
1 e,iu adorned the straight backed chair'
81 have another pair OF boots. ne 'ho'sh'
/ ''but have only one pair OF H""'''"
took three days or more before the oo'O"'
dared TO trust his precious Jeans 10 '"o '"'
/ pcious hook. .s
Miss Clarissa Blythe. Of Vermont was
perfectlv astounded at having her chai"",
maid rush after her as she careluiS
posted the key of her room In her oe''''
reticule. and exclaim:
But. madame Please leave your N'y
beside the door I must have II 10 =" ~
and do your ROOM
BUT where is your pssskey%' she de-
handed
81 have none" the maid replied. see,
! she said pointing 10 the hook Al Inc s'"'
Of the door. the same hook dedica'e" ~
ekirts and trousers "you must hang you'
kew here when you go out
! Mics Clarissa cast upon the maid iooh
Of whitening scorn. Not II j know ~
She said II haint got much, but doh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

want TO be robbed of that little. That's a
pritty note. Might just's well leave your
door unlocked as fer's ] kin see. Anybody
can take the key and walk in. No stree.
You don't catch me that way and, re-
placing the key, she walked downstairs ana
sailed out through the office maJesucaliy'
When she came home TO luncheon her room
was not done UP. And not until she had
reported the poor maid TO the concierge
aid she really find that such was the Gus
tom of the European hotel
An Englishman who was sailing from
Boston not long ago. was reduced 10 one
rair of really comfortable boots. These ne
placed outside his door to he ponshed OF
the eve Of his departure. and he woke IN
the cold gray dawn to find his boots gone
and not a porter in the hotel who could
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

trace them. lie was forced 10 descend III
his sinners and buy new pair OF SUM-
uncomfortable boots to wear 10 the steamer
and 10 this day he has not ceased to curse
American hotels.
In Germany one OF the up-to-date hote's
1,es q little locker in every guest room ne
,,,.oen the bedroom and the corridor, WIN
- door ON either side. lie opens the door
r. his room puts in his trousers and hoo'S
ubstever clothing needs attention The
..iot masses along the corridor, opens efch
door with his own pass Key and removes
,ho clothing 10 brush II, returning II ana
,,,,,ng the door carefully upon 1t. ana
49,, ,,o owner awakes he has only 10 open
49,. u,,,e door. and there are his clothes all
ready for him. .,o IN
The European bed always strikes the IN,
'.,oa American traveller as huge
'",,a In France. they commence to I'M
g,oss him with their height and narrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
CONFEDERATE REJOICING.

The Confederate captains noted the turn
~ affairs and rallied their men. A cheer
went up. and with fresh energy they loaded
their guns and fired after the retreating
vessels. A ball lodged in the best rife.
Never mind. Get a Jog. boys. and We VII
ram IL home" No sooner said than done.
and Jumping 10 the parapet the missile
went home and the gun spoke again. Now
hovs." sang out another gunner, see ma
take a chimney" The chimney fell. The
repulse of the assault on the day previous
had been victory number one. This was
victory number two. The Confederate army
felt it's backbone stiffen. Its water bat
teries had just withstood rain OF fire Tor
an hour and half that had taken the
edge off the embrasures and scattered
halls as thick as hailstones. but they had
kent the passage open 10 Nashville.
That was bitter night for the troops
of both armies. for the men were obliged
10 lie on their arms prepared for any
emergency The weather was cold ana
the wind biting The lines were so close
that no fires could be lighted Perhaps the
Confederates were a little warmer, for
there was cheering news TO pass along the
lines and TO discuss as they lounged in
groups or got close TO each other for adj
al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

as from a gun into the baggage car. or
luggage van," as they call It over there
He is doomed to disappointment. Neither
happens. The trunk is not allowed to touch
the platform, but Is slid very carefully
into it's place in the van, as though il
were made Of glass.
Most American travellers on their first
trips are astounded when upon the day OF
their departure from a hotel they are pre-
scented with their bill by the head waiter
instead Of by the landlord or by his chief
clerk But it the CUSTOM and this impor-
tant individual is thus assured of his tip.
But they fret and fume inv ardly as they
| think OF all the other servants 10 be tipped
end usually end by giving each one about
three times what he expects. There are
two WAYS Of avoiding this worry, IL they
only knew. In small hotels and pensions
where an average Of 50 or 10 francs a day
is paid for pension. II ia proper to allow
one franc dav for each person for service.
and when going away divide II accordingly
among those who have served you. In
larger hotels more satisfactory way Is
t. take 10 per cent Of the hotel bill. what
ever II is. add It 10 the amount of the bill
and request the head waiter 10 divide It
among the servants Thus is the tipping
question very much simplifed.
The traveller thinks il a little strange
that coffee is always extra a luncheon and
dinner, but when he orders coffee. at an
| average Of five or six cents extra the cup,
II is freshly made expressly for him and is
not the coffee that has stood for hours in
tho pot Another thing that strikes him as
/ funny is the fact that there are eeva tors
t. go up. hut that he cannot use them Ia
GO down. one European sign in small
hotel reads: mo one allowed To descend
/ In the elevator but invalids and the aged -
! IN the larger hotels TIE lifts are used as
/ they are here. but so leisurely are they that
no usually prefers to run downstairs on
shank's mare. Economy in lights is an
other trait and where as usual. there are
two electric lights in a room. one over the
bed to read by and another I'm the ceiling
| one cannot he turned on without turning
eineer solved the difficulty by uncrewinr
the porcelain cap Of the switch and sticking
: In a hairpin to make connection. He haC
! two lights and no one was ever the wiser
And his conscience? It never troubled him
at all; II was one of those elastic ones yoi
read about.
II does not take long 10 remember. afte,
YOU once know, that il YOU want 10 buy
salt I'm Italy YOU must go tn p tobacco shoy
L. get IT, for both salt and tobacco ar,
government monopolles And II is a pleas
ure to learn that I'm France you can buy
stamps and postcards at tobacco shops
10,
| there as well. Also that I'm both countre,
| you can send kilograms at as low a rate q
II cents for ten words. and that special de
livery letters viii go for six cents in Pari,
| If YOU remember To write across your en-
velope "Pneumatique,' which means tina
the letter will he shunted through a pneu
matte tube in no time at all. and delivered
almost as soon as telegram.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
GRANTS REASONS FOR HASTE.

Grant was impatient TO get at Fort
Donelson as soon as possible, because he
thought that fifteen thousand men on Feb
ruary would be Of greater effectiveness
than fifty thousand a month later, when
re enemy would have had time to prepare
. meet him General Albert sydney john
sion, who al that time. was considered the
greatest military leader in the Confed-
escy, was in command Of all the Confed-
Hate forces west Of the Alleghenies. He
decided 10 defend Nashville at Fort Donel-
Nn, and divided his available forces with
uis end in view
u his thirty thousand troops he ordered
i9lreen thousand to watch General Buell.
Louisville and sixteen thousand 10 de-
isnd Donelson. For this latter duty ne
assigned Brigadier Generals John 3. FLOYD.
'leon J. Pillow and Simon Il. Buckner,
VIM rank IN the order given. The first
iid been Secretary Of War in President
hNhansn's administration He was forced
% save his Office under cloud. and had
Nsn Indicted az Washington for malver-
sanon and for completely in an embezzle-
hsni Of public funds These indictments
we sill hanging over him. Pillow, the
N'ond In command, had fought In the
@e1lcsn war. and was credited with being
Jealous nature. insubordinate, quarrel
F'ns and conceited and lacking in military
SgIessiyeness His personal Characters
pS Influenced Grant materially In his
Movements As will be seen. BucNner, the
PId IN command. was looked upon as the
ISL soldier Of the three
u Grant could have got away as he
ishhed, he would have found only six
thousand troops a. Fort Donelson Be
'@esn that date and February l3 the forces
ne fortifcation were augmented until
-y numbered perhaps eighteen thousand
"'n and Grant estimated the total AT
'tn'Y-one thousand. Grants army ~
ron Henry amounted 10 fifteen thousand
mn Some military authorities have said
n.'' NE proportion OF men required for the
Investment Of fortified work should be
''p'o1lmately FIVE 10 one.
BAD weather had kept Grant at Fort
army but this fact did not deter hin
'M taking immediate steps 10 be able II
e''n az moments rotice. on February
'ne DAY following the surrender Of Fort
''y' he SET ont with his staff and his
''hN part Of regiment. 10 make a
'onhoissance. The fact that there were
sshos Of men in the intrenchment'
'hp Donelson ala not disturb him. lie
'a'Sed 10 those around him that there
81, 10 Danger In approaching within gun
u the enemys works. for Pillow
never attempt 10 drive a force. NJ
80. now small, away from the front OF
& entertainments he was given TO hold
happened Grant. with his custom.
"a. "sriessness. rode along the front Of
-. me pits and learned the character OF
~. ""'Ks and the nature Of the country
r,s, We same reason he did not fear tC
to, an Inferior force in the face Of an in.
"ea position on this occasion
n. generals under Grant COMMANDING
81, NEE divisions which attacked Donel
Jon, u C. f. Smith. Lew Wallace anc
q :. neclernand The FIRST was an of5cer
H. eve, regular army. who was brave anl
e4lo,',y. sense soldier When accused o,
On one occasion his clear blu,
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3 Lew Wallace had been left with $500 men,
These were ordered forward and by noon
on the 18th they were on the ground. Cen
eral Wallace received command or the
Third Division, which was placed In the
centre between McClernand ana Smlth.
Thus the gap was filed The only way OF
escape was the river.
Beyond little skirmishing and the firing
OF the Carondeet. the first OF the gunooats
| to reach the scene. upon the water pat
| ferries by way Of diversion there was no
| fighting until the 18th. On this day, With
| out authority or orders, General McCler-
nand, thinking he had an opportunity 10
| take a particularly we'll located battery OPP
posite him, undertook to do what more
experienced officer would have hesitated to
attempt. The assault which followed
would have furnished material for Ten
nyson There's but to do and die" for
they certainly were ordered into the Jaws
of death. The troublesome battery occu-
pied an elevation which jutted out like
V from the Confederate lines. McClernapd
thought he had silenced It. The three
regiments selected TO rush It were
obliged to descend a hill entangled with
| underground for six hundred feet. climb
| another partly denuded OF trees and push
| their way through a portion Of the abatis
| in the face Of fire from three batteries.
| They were young recruits who were Will
| ing to put themselves at anything without
| giving thought as TO whether they were
| 70 be protected in their rear or were going
| against point to the protection OF when
| the enemy could draw his whole force II
need be Where a veteran might have hes
| itated they dashed in to do as they were
told
| The three regiments crashed down the
hill through the brush. BY the time they
reached the bottom two OF the batteries
were playing upon them. They hesitated
moment while the question OF command
was discussed and left without definite
answer. Then, without a head. the whole
line pushed up the hill. In the face OF a
terrific fire It rushed on. firing at the men
OF the battery sihouetted against the sky
above. 1t crept through the abatis and for
a moment victory seemed to hover over the
former. The line was within forty yards.
The shouts OF conquest was rising TO the
lips, when suddenly a line OF yellow-covered
logs turned into a line of flame. Five regi-
ments lay behind the cover. The Illinois
shop boys and farmer lads stopped. wav-
cred for moment, then planted their
feet and fired back into the cloud OF smoke,
blndly, but persistently. For fifteen min
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

rain, sleet and snow. The ground froze.
The men. however, were flushed with the
exalted spirit of patriotism and were ready
to endure hunger and cold. They per-
formed deeds with a devotion which. 1t has
been asserted, has rarely been excelled BY
soldiers Of any nation or epoch. The men
within the works were Of similar temper
Within the works General Buckner's d.
vision was placed on the right wing. where
II could protect the water batteries on the
northern end. Pillows command occupied
the southern end Of the intrenchments, and
therefore constituted the left wing Of the
enemy General Grant placed Smith oppo-
site Buckner and moved McClernand down
to a point opposite Pillow
General Grants opinion Of Pillow was
further justified by the inaction of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

raw recruits. anxious TO do service full OF
enthusiasm. but a large number Of them
were unaccustomed TO war. Grant also
was to have the cooperation of Foote's
ironclad floating batteries. which had done
such valiant service in taking Fort Henry,
and the aid Of Thayers brigade which
arrived at Fort Henry just as he was on
the point Of starting for Donelson. The
brigade he ordered to go around by water
with the gunboats. Altogether he would
have approximately twenty thousand men.
February Y, 1862, in the neighborhood of
Fort Henry and Donelson was springlike
and altogether prophetical of rapidly APP
preaching warm weather. One would have
expected the ground hog had he come
out on that day to give clear indications OF
rapid close of winter 1t continued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
ATTACK OF THE GUNB0ATS.

1t was General Grants purpose to bag
the whole force Enclosed within the works
Of the fort. In order TO do this II was es-
sential TO cut off retreat up the river.
This was work for the gunboats. At
o'clock on the morning of February IA
Captain Culbertson, in the upper Confeder-
ate water battery, observed the river be-
low the bend filled with vessels II was a
fleet of six gunboats and a number OF
transports Flag Officer Foote'S ironclads
and Thayer's reinforcement Of six regi-
ments had come. The fresh troops disem-
barked and were placed in the third divi-
sion under Wallace. BY noon Foote was
free TO undertake offensive operations.
The new type OF gunboats had done such
valiant work at Fort Henry that it was
decided that they should open operations.
while Grant held the lines in the rear.
Foote was In no hurry. The Confederates
in the water batteries on the bluffs thought
that the Unionists were timid, and kept
sending shot down the river toward the
boats lying a mile and a half away. The
clang OF the shot ar occasional one
struck the iron covering of the classmates
could be heard by the men in the batteries
That the delay in attacking was not due
the ironclads Louisville. St. Louis. Pitts
burg and Carodolet started up stream
toward the batteries. Guns flashed from
the bluff and from the ports Of the floating
Union batteries. The shells tore screaming
across the swollen waters of the Cumber-
land as the foes drew closer together. The
boats forged ahead into the teeth of the
storm Of iron hail. Now they We're only
800 yards away. Were the sunboats going
to attempt 10 pass the batteries? Perhaps
never before Fort Henry had vessels en-
gagged fortifcations at such close range.
Now they were only 400 yards from the
bluff, and cheers rose from the men on the
fleet Perhaps the capture OF Fort Henry
was TO be repeated. The fire from the Con-
federate works seemed to be slackenng.
and some of the men were fleeing from
their guns Still the vessels moved forward.
They were now only a thousand feet from
the bluff, with its spouting tongues of flame.
The fates were against the boats. A solid
shell plunged through the pilot house Of
the flagship and carried away the wheel.
Flag Officer Foote in the pilot house was
injured The tiller ropes OF the Louisville
| were disabled. The two vessels swung
! around in the ediying current and fioated
back down stream. The Pittsburg and the
Carondelet closed in and protected the dis
ahled boats, and slowly the hotilla drifted
| back down the river
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

utes the lads stood there in the face OF
the lines OF muskets. Then they went down
the hill, only to reform at the foot around
their flags and rush into the rain OF IRE
second time.
Once more they were forced back, but
still a third time they climbed upward.
The dry leaves in front Of the Confederate
works had been fred by the battery ana
they were obliged 10 fall back again. leav-
ing their wounded comrades shr1eking on
the ground as the flames swept around
them. II was a slow and sullen retreat.
forced only by the destroying element.
Almost one hundred and fifty men were
left on the side Of the ravine. It has been
said Of this needless assault that as "a
mere exhibition of courage 1t has seldom
heap eycelled