THE' LANCASTER bAIt,Y TWEIiLTOEtfOEll SATUBIJAY,'
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THE CITEEIC SOLDIERY.
NEW YORK STATE'S SPLENDID NA
TIONAL GUAMi.
am of tbe rameni Reft-tmeeU That Will
Take rart lu the areas Centennial Fa
rads Trouble Over the Uniforms te Be
Wern The Celebrated Seventh.
' Tlie centennial parade which la te take
plnce in New Yerk city en the 80th of
litis month will be the finest military
Bpectacle that has been afforded slnce
tlie foundation of the republic. It will
net Iw ee impressive, se suggestlvoef the
Etrife of the battle field as that historical
grand review of the army in Washington
in 1665, when 200,000 ragged, powder
blackened, weary soldiers, fresh from
the scenes of war, swept in solid col
umns, day and night, down the bread
avenues of the capital, their bullet
pierced banners fluttering te the brccze
nnd oveklng from the vast conceurso of
spectators en enthusiasm that was al
most savage hi its wild intensity.
The centennial parade will bear email
resemblance te such an epoch marking
Bpectacle as this; but as an exhibition of -the
marvelous tactical perfection which
can be attained by organized bodies of
armed men, and simply as a splendid
Bpectacle of thou-
Bands of uniform
cd men march
ing along with
the precision of
clockwork, like n
great brightly
painted machine,
this centennial
parade will prob
ably remain un
equaled en the
American conti
nent for many
years te ceme.
The procesbien
will be composed
entiiely of the
best regiments of
the militia of the
United States.
There will be GO,
000 men in line,
and it will take
seven hours fei
the parade te pass
by a given point.
With the excep
tion of New Yerk,
N. V. STATU MILITIA.
Pennsylvania will, be mero largely rep
icscnlcd than any ether state in the
Union. Nearly 8,000 men of the Penn
sylvania militia will be In line. In point
of numbers, the militia of Pennsylvania
blandd next te that of New Yerk.
The National Guard of New Yerk
state consists of 12,031 men. Of tliese
12,103 lank nnd file belong te the infant
ry and 118 te the nrtillcry. The largest,
luul undoubtedly the finest regiment in
the state, is the Sevcnlh of New Yerk
city, which consists of about 1,100 men.
Tliia famous regiment was organized in
1821, and with the old Albany Burgesses
cerpi, which was organized about the
6anie time, it formed the nucleus of the
present great militia system of New
Yeik. Tlie great services of this regi
ment te the nation, both in nctive service
during the war nnd iu quelling riots
during times of peace, nre matters of
hiotery. In the ranku of the Seventh
regiment wcre trained for the civil
war no less than COO efllccrs of tlie
nrmy and navy, among whom were
three major generals, nineteen brigadier
generals, twenty-nine colonels nnd forty
six lieutenant colonels. Theso whose
memory extends back te the days of the
civil war will recall the thrill of grati grati
tude which permeated the north with
the news of tlie arrival in AVnshingten
of the Seventh regiment of New Yerk,
together with the Sixth and Eighth Mas
sachusetts regiments, after the live days
of interruption of communication with
the Government nt that momentous crisis
ui tiui-ieunn, et uuiiate, wiucn
will take part in the parade, is probably
tlie finest regiment in the state eutside
of New Yerk city. It is unnecessary te
give here an account of each regiment,
although tlicre are many mero besidc3
thofe mentioned that ure well worthy of
notice.
tlicre has liecn considerable grumbling
among several regiments ever the order
issued by the commander-in-chief that
all of the regiments that liave accepted
the regular state eervice uniforms will
boebliged te wear them in the centennial
parade. The Seventh nnd the Twenty-
second are the only ones excepted in this '
order, ns they have never accepted the
state service uniform, and have distinct ,
uniforms of their own. Tlie uniform of
the Seventh la gray, nnd the men et the
Twenty-second wear whlte coats. Heth .
of these uniforms nre much handsomer
tlian the Etate eervice uniform, which, j
though by no means in" looking, is
net remarkably picturesque. Tlie regi- '
ments which, upon their erganiza- j
tien, accepted the state uniform i
are obliged te wear it en all '
state eccae' ms. Tlicre nre sevcral regi
ments in New Yerk and Brooklyn, espe
cially the Twenty-third of tlie .latter
city, that have distinct fancy uniforms
of their own, which they wear en dress
parade, and tliese
regiments think
that if the Sev
enth and the
Twenty-secend
nre permitted te ,
wear their fancy j
uniforms the i
privilcge should
also lw extended '
te them. But'
this is feibidden f
by law, and the J
regiments men
tiened nre only
oxemptcd lie
cause thoynevcr
accepted the state
service uniforms,
but chese ene te
their own liking.
Seme of the
regiments have
added ornaments
which have dis
tinguished them
somewhat from
the ether regi-
Twr.XTY-6i:ce.Ni ilea T. ments of the Na
tienal Guard. The Seventy-flrst, for in in
htance. ordinal ily wears whlte belts and
I rnvi fche.ildcr bcalea, which they will be
obliged te go without en the occasion of
tlie centennial parade. Miiomcnei mu
Sixty-ninth regiment, as a reminder of
their former nationality, have been in
the habit of wearing jiompens in their
whlte helmets, showing "the green
nbove the red." As they will wear the
black hplkcd helmets, iu this centennial
precession, tlicre will lx nothing in thcii
uniform te distinguish them from the
ether state troops. Ilcnce a great deal
of fruitless kicking.
Tlie fctiitocampef the New Yerk Na
tional Guard is nt Peekskill. Among
most of the regiments thobtricte6tef dis
cipline is observed when in camp, but
the men manage te have a pretty jelly
time of it for three or four days. This
was notably the case when the Eleventh
regiment was nt Peekskill last Bummer.
They went te excess, however, in their
hilarity and committed many indiscre
tions which wcie deplored by the better
rei cf the reainieafc
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TK dteefpaae rtatBteAea la t&e nMm
of try Bexcntn
during drill ba
strict as that et
the United States
army, and this
undoubtedly ac
counts for the
gonernl excel
lence of the regi
ment. At the In
auguration of
President Harri
son the Seventh
runde a magulfl magulfl
cent showing,
nnd wherever it
gees it invaria
bly carries the
honerB of the
day. It has an
armory that cost
$500,000.
There are many
ether splendid
regiments in New
Yerlt city, nota
bly the Twcnty-Bocend.thoSLxty-nlnth,
the Seventy-first
and the
Twelfth, all of WITH OVERCOAT,
which are ranked very high. Every ene
has heard of the Twenty-third, of Brook
lyn ene of the most aristocratic regi
ments of the national guard. Its ar
mory is ene of the finest in the United
Btates. Tlie Thirteenth regiment, of
Brooklyn, ie also evcry famous ene, and
its drill is classed as excellent.
Tne artillery et the National Guard,
although net en a very large Bcale, is re
markably cflkieat and the batteries are
constantly Improving. Tlicre nre two
batteries located hi New Yerk city,
which are provided with first class mo
dern rilled guns.
Tlie Twenty-second regiment of New
Yerk was ene of the first In the United
States te lnvcstigatothe6ubjectof.nlmlng
drill and target practice. This valuable
part of n Beldier's education was taken
up by the regiment in 1803 as part of its
courseof instrue
tien und training
several years be
fore the National
mile association
w n b organized,
and befere the
naine of Creed
moor was known
or originated.
Frequent practice
was engaged in
by the whole reg
iment, both in
and out of doers,
that nnd the fol
lowing year. In
lOTOnrifle tango
wau built by tlie
regiment in the
armory, and reg
ular rille practice
with ball cart
ridge thereafter
beenme part of
the recognized in-
8lrilCtIen Of the SEVENTH ItEOUIEKT.
command. In 1871 the regiment leased
a field at Cliften, N. J., for a. rifle rang,
nnd titled it up with Iren targets nnd the
nccctsary appliances for marking and
signaling the shots. It was ntthisrange
nnil by this regiment that the system of
rifle practice new followed at Crcedmoer
was first put In operation In the United
States. Tlie system, as well as the range
appurtenances, remains practically un
changed today.
The centennial parade will be under
the command of Maj. Gen. Scheficld of
tlie United Statc3 nrmy. The United
States troepj will head the column, fol
lowed by the militia of the btates in the
order of their admission into the Union.
This will leave the National Guard well
te the tear and glve them a splendid
chance for contracts.
Are AnhiuiN HnU'ntlllmit7
De nnimaUscoRhestH? Of course there
nre no ghosts, but that makes no difTer- ,
ence. Science and philosophy agree that
It Is net at nil improbable that nothing
really exists and that nothing Is, except
iei turUttinns of brain celte. Anything
that we may think wosce may net, after i
all, have any existence nt miy rate, it
does net exist nswe see it. De animals
knew about gliesis nnd de they think j
they see them? In his laU-nt lioek Sir
Jehn Lubbeck undertakes te tell hew the
world appears te animals, but lie doesn't
enter into the iiossibilitiesef superstitions
nmeng dogs and horses, for instance
Certainly, the wet Id does net uppenr the
bame te the tint that it doe te man; and
net quite tliosanietothodogorthchoie,
since the deg nnd the horse de net laugh.
If we take the conclusions of bcience 10
specting tlie development of tlie intelli
gence, we ought te lie able te believe that
the mero intelligent of the hmernninutls
have supcrbtitiens that correspond in
seme mcasiue te theso of the least intel
ligent human beings.
Thatinany animals reason, draw logical
Inferences beyond the operation of in
btinct, is pretty well bottled. When a
deg or a herse has exhausted nil its ex
perience in attempting te account for
certain phenomena, does It conclude that
the thing is supernatural or out of the
order of explicable phenomena? Nool Neol Noel
ists tell us about the amazing fear of
dogs and hen.es ordinarily fearless, when
placed under conditions that excite tlie
fear of superstitious pcrbens. Are there
facts te warrant this? If dogs und horses
bce ghosts they nuiFt 1k capable of tlie
Bhnplcst form of religieui emotion; tliat
is te bay, tlie fear of the inexplicable,
which in thosavage te regarded by Bcience
a3 the lieginuiiig of religion. Dogs have
u hat in science passes for moral sense.
They are conscious of wrong doing and
practice self restraint. Of courte it nil
grows out of the experience that the do
ing of ceitnln things Is attended with
mere pain than the momentary pleasure,
but this, bcience tells us, is the basis of
the moral bense. At all events, ficience
is bound te admit the potentiality of
6ii pei stit ions in animala. Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Tlie Cunsrccntleu femllcd.
A story that gees back te the mectin'
liouse in Wrentliam is ene of a worthy
man named lJnbbakuk P., resident of
the town nnd a faithful attendant uxn
worship, who had been blcbsed with four
wives, ene after another. Habbakuk
was rigidly orthodox, as hN name 6eemcd
te demand, and was alwi.ys in his pew
en the Sabbath. He sat there in his con
spicuous pew with Ne. -1 by his side en
the first Sunday after their marriage. It
was n balmy June day, nnd the zephyrs
from the open w iudew toyed playfully
with the bride's whlte satin bonnet rib
bons and the groom's silken locks. Tlicre
wa3 n stranger iu the pulpit who had
exchanged for the day with the vciicrable
Mr. F., the pastor of the church. After
reading a few bcripture passages tlie
btraugcr proceeded te i cad n netice which
ihe had found In the Bible, and which
ivas U3 follews:
"Mr. Habbakuk P desirc3 the pray
ers of the congregation that the death of
ills wlfe may be sanctified te him for his
sphitual geed."
Then, when the congregation was be
tween stupefaction and explosion, the
clergyman went en with the services at
a rapid rate. He was nt n leas te knew
TK Ue cgpjrregatlpn. peeniCil te i)fl
yAia;-a. --iaiAHit,.,
I'll
irjn
Jit
throughout tlie remainder et the service
en the point of laughter, but nt dinner
Mrs. F , the iKister's wife, explained
te him that Uabbaktik P sat three
rows from the front In the bread aisle
with his brand new wife, and he had
read en old notlce that Mr. F had
probably been using for a book mark
ever slnce the death of wlfe Ne. 0. Bos Bes Bos
eon Transcript
SIR CHARLES RUSSELL.
Be In the Central Figure In England New.
Ills Greet Speech far Mr. TerueM.
Sir Charles Russell Is new the central
figure In Great Britain, and if he docs'
net llve in immortal fauie it will only be
because there is no Macaulay te cele
brate his speech in the Parnell case as
that genius did the speech of Burke in
the impeachment of Warren Hastings.
All the crltice eay there nre but two ad
dresses in British eloquence tliat will
compnre with it that of Burke nbove
mentioned nnd that of Brougham in de de de
fensoef Queen Careline. And Russell,
llke Burke, la n native, of Ireland land
of poetry, wit and eloquence.
It is net easy for Americans, without
special study, te comprehend nil the
pointe nt issue, n9 there are really three
contests in progress that of the Halteur
government in Ireland against the ten
ants nnd the National league, that in
the liouse of commons between the To Te
ries, new in power, nnd the Gladstene
"Heme Rulers," mid that In the courts
lictwccnThe Londen Times nnd Mr. Tnr
ncll nnd his associates. The Inst two run
into each ether In a curiously compli
cated way, as marry of the parties fight
ever in the liouse tlie satne points con
tended ever in the court, nnd the "gov
ernment" has made itself ene in interest
with The Times; nt the same time a
heated practical contest is in progress .
ever the "by elections," and en the very (
night after Sir Charles Russell made his .
wonderful speech in court he nddressed
nn Immcnse Radical meeting nt Blrming- j
ham. Thcncarestnppreachln the United I
States te this peculiar mixture of issues
was early in 16C3, when the Impeach
ment trialef Andrew Jehnsen nnd the
heated discussion of reconstruction wcre
going en at the same time, nnd the coun
try entering en n fieiy presidential cam
paign. Calmness and judicial temper
cannot Ikj expected nt such a time.
Sir Clinrlcs Russell Is a man of striking
appearance, with n very marked rcscm rcscm
blance te Gcerge Washington. Ameri
cana familiar with him say that if the (
Gilbeit Stuart jwlrait of Washington (
were made a truie uiore callow, aim tne
cyca cot a little deeper, it would be nn
admirable portrait of Sir Charles in ro re
jhisc. Ills voice, tee, is mero American
than English; there is just enough of
Irish in the accent te give it piquancy,
Bin CIIAMXS nuSSELL.
his tenca nre wonderfully pure, his nr nr
ticulatien distinct nnd his veice flexible.
One ecrieua disadvantage he suffered:
hi3 sympathy with Parnell and the Irish
agitators wna be iuteiibe tliat his feelings
occasionally evercame him, in the per
oration teara ran down his cheeks nnd he
had te pause sevcral thnc3 te' repress a
sob.
Justice Ilanncn, who was presiding,
a3 profoundly affected, and nil the gen
tlemen of the bench nnd bar present
pronounced it the greatest Tpeecli they
ever heard. As itisnew considered proli preli proli
nble that the Glad&tenians will been be
injiewcr again, Sir CIiailc3 la destined
te be ene of the foremost men in Eng
land. He wai attorney general In the
last Liberal cabinet, and It la suggested
that the next ene make him a peer of
the realm and nnme him viceroy of Ire
land te carry out the Liberal policy.
C'lilleil tntra Senater from Ulindo Island.
Mr. Nathan Fellows Dixen, of West
erly, R. 1., who has been elected United
States senator from Ithode Island, te suc
ceed Mr. Jonathan Chace, was born in
Westerly, Aug. 23, 1&17. He was grad
uated nt Brown
university in
1P00, and at the
Albnny Law
Hchoel in 1871.
Yeung "Nnte"
early entered the
raoe for ofilce,
anil wa3 in the
town council be be be
eoeo be was out
of school. He be
came a lawyer
and established
quile n practice
In his own town.
SUXATOU DIXON.
Frem 1877 te 18S5 he was United Statc3
district attorney. He went into the low
er house, of congress in 1895-0, te suc
ceed Hen. Jonathan Chace. who ic
fcigncd te take tlie scat of Senater II.
B. Antheny, deceased. One year later
he was defeated in a close election by
Hen. Charles II. Page, a Democrat. He,
however, continued in ene or the ether
branches of the legislature.
Mr. Dixen ia the third of that name te
represent his Etate in the national con cen con
grtes. Fer tcveral years Mr. Dixen has
lieen the counsel for the New Yerk,
Previdence and Bosten railroad, and nd nd
visery counsel In several large corpora
tiens.
Tlie Alianrieueil Dnnmitrk.
TIIH HANMAUK.
The cut here given is of the steamship i
uanmiru, uguwu ua wiu jiuiiuuu umuu
dars age without passengers or crew,
A Kins VWu i:a( OIT Oeld.
In ene respect, nt least, King Humliert
of Italy surpasses In domestic magnifi
cence all the ether sevcreigui of liurejic.
According ten Paris letter he breakfasts,
lunches and dines off golden plate. Vic Vic
eoria has u spread of geld plate for the
tables of Buckingham palace, but it te
bi ought forth only en state occasions.
There te golden service In many of tlie
royal households of the continent, but it
te cither employed only at 6tate dinner,
as in England, or used only ut the prin
cipal family meal of the day. Humbert
nlone places a golden spoon In his mouth
en rising, and removed it only en retir
ing, and yet there are probably many
Iicople in Italy who are as liappy as their
ilng. New Yerk Star,
I'l1 ' 9m tit i ft i9' J W32x
GOOD MILS F0H SCRAPS.
NOVEL WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT
REDEMPTION BUREAU.
Marnier Wert In Which Meney tin tleen
Destroyed fire, the tlaby unit the Tet
Deg Among the Chief Acent of De
struction Xe Chance te Defraud.
When n small portion of a United States
nete Is returned te the treasury with
sufficient proof that the remainder of it
has geno out of existence, the treasury
will give the fullvalue of the original
note. Naturally tlie greatest destruction
of money la wrought by Ore, nnd bits of
bills with charred edges are constantly
coming In for redemption.
But several Instances have occurred
where men, in their desperation at their
less, have simply boxed up a let of ashes,
In which tbcre was net the slightest
trncoef the original material, and do de
mnnded hundreds and thousands of dol
lars for them. Such requests are, et
course, refused, and the senders are in
formed that their only, rccourse is te nsk
congress by special bet te indemnify
them.
mick wrrrt extensive nests.
Next te fire the young baby is put
down in the department as the most do de do
structlve ngent. Innumcrnble affidavits
are received in whict Jehn Jenes, or
whntecr his name may be, "being duly
sworn, deposes and says," that his In
fant son did chew up and swallow the
missing portions of certain $3 bills, nnd
that the Bald mlssiiuu portions were
thereby wholly dbsltecTTind nnfridw
no longer in existence.
The fashion of keeping small pet dogs
has nlse iiecn the cause of many solemn
affidavits being Bent te the department.
Your pug and your poedlo Bceni te tnke
especial delight in masticating the fruit
and reward of the many days of Bevere
toil of the head of the liouse.
The fancy of mlce for $10 bills ns lin
ing for luxurious nest a has been impress
ed upon the redemption bureau by along
series of examples. Only n few days
age 6evcrai hundred dollars' worth of
nest lining was redeemed for n southern
man who had for many years given up
all Idea of finding his missing treasure.
Tlicre was $700 of it In the first place,
notes of nhne3t the first issue made by
the government early In war times. It
had been hidden away in n place sup
posed te be tecure, nnd liad disappeared.
A quarter of n century later, in tepalr
ing the perch of the old house, the nest
of the wealthy meuse had been discov
ered, nnd enough of the fragments 10 10
eevercd te cccure mero than half of the
original deposit.
Alse from the south enme most of the
moldy, worm eaten bills which have
been hidden in bottles or burled In the
earth fet years. Tlicre are net be many
savings banks in the south as in thrifty
New England, and hiding places me
used.
But the habit of using the parlor or
kitchen r.tove ns a safety deposit vault Is
net confined te any ene section of the
country. Neither Is the custom of burn
ing up this treasure by seme ether mem
ber of the family who 13 all unaware of
ita value. Years age the clerks in the re
demption bureau ceased te declaim upon
the ctupldity of cucli people. It has be be bo
cemo a matter of courte with them, mid
Ihcy expect about be many letters every
week from peeple who have warmed two
pair of hands with $1,000 worth of silver
certificates. .
IKOJI TUB DEAD IXTTEIl OFFICE. I
Tlicre nre net many nttempts te do de
fraud the government through the re
demption bureau, nnd nene have been
successful. Tiieseuding of the two halves
of ii nole of large denomination by dif
ferent peeple, each ene swearing that
the ether half Is destroyed, und asking
for the full value of the note, frequently
loeku llke an attempt te defraud, but the
officials think that in most cases tlie
Benders belie ve they nre telling tlie truth.
Counterfeit money comes from every
part of tlie country, mutilated, probably
by design, with requests for lis redemp
tion. It la always Indelibly stain cd
"counterfeit" nnd returned te tlie bender.
The jedunptien bureau la net il geed
place for "shoving the queer," even in a
fragmentary condition.
There Is in the treasury vault n brown
wooden box eighteen inchc3 long, a feet
wlde nnd eight inches deep, which con
tains paper money of the nominal value
of several hundred thousand dollars. It
Li net worth n dollar. The queer thing
about it is the manner in which it was
collected. Every bitef it came from th5
dead letter ofilce of the postefllco depart- j
ment. Some portion of it is counterfeit, '
but the most of it was gcnuiiie meney
many years age. The banks which is
sued It nnd the officers who filgucd It
nre geno and forgotten. It was all tent
e cr te the treasury department boiue
years age, and Assistant Treasurer
Whclpley undertook te trace up the
various banks nnd get as much ns possl pessl possl
bie of it redeemed. Occasionally he
found descendants et these old bank of
ficials, thennlvc3 bankers, who wcre
willing te lcdccm seme of the notes for
the hake of the signatures of their
fathers, and In this way he bucccedcd In
getting ecveral hundred dollars' wertii of
it redeemed.
But of that remaining, net n bill can
be redeemed. A little of it Is Con
federate money, but most of it Is of
banks, blate nnd private, that went out
of cxistence many years age. The eldest
notes are dated back ns far as 1812. One
package contained $51,000 nnd another
t'J,000. The myUcry is hew be much
money could have been lest in the mall.
Neither tlie men who sent it nor the ones
te whom It was sent could be found by
the postefllco department, nor could Mr.
Whclpley flud nny trace of them or their
descendants. Tlie &9,000 package was
sent from Branden, Miss., te Jacksen,
Miss., In 1810, and the letter accompany
ing it bIiews that It was sent In consc censc consc
quenceof icpcatcd demands. The most
diligent searcii falls te dheever tlie
tlightest trace of any buch banking com
tinny us that nt Branden, Miss., which
united the notes, most of which ure of
the 1,000 denomination. The notes ure
haiidbetncly executed, as are n large ma
jority of theso Lu the box. Washington
Pest
Un Ne rr Mruck IIU Children.
"I have never struck my two chil
dren," said n young American father the
ether day, "though I have often lccn
tempted Btrengly te It, nnd 60iiictime
would net have blamed any patent for
doing se. Itut I was thrashed se much
by my own father, n geed enough man,
tee, that I nlways steed in fear of him,
seldom told him the truth if I could help
it, nnd never confided iu him. Often I
wa3 whipped for errors I had committed
with geed intentions, nnd I icmcmlicr
the wild spirit of hatred that used te
ceme ever me at such times, when,
6inurtlug under the blows I felt I did net
deserve, I would get away by myself
ami swear bilcnt but bitter oaths tliat
would have opened the old gentleman's
cjt te his felly, iierliaps, if he could
hae heard them from bojeuuga child.
Sel made ueT that I would necr
beat my own children. And new I feel
Eure that they de net stand iu physical
fear of me, I tun pretty certain they tell
me the truth, aud I knew they contide
in me 03 n friend. And though they de
net obey me nearly as duplicity us I did
my father, nnd make theuu.lvcs much
itiore of a iiuisan,cp te jhe Uiau 1 va te
mm, yet tney aent regard me as a bully,
and that is something." Ne w Yerk
Tribune,
Sharp Hetel Clerk.
A hotel room clerk must net only
knew every room in the house, even te
the kind of furniture, lights, air, etc.,
but he must be n quick, keen judge of
human nature te knew just where te as
sign n guest who has nevcr visited the
heuse before, Tlie skilled clerk rarely
makes n mistake, nnd in time becomes
such an adept that ha knows when a
guest is going te complain about the first
apartment te which lie Is assigned and
acts accordingly, giving hltn ene of the
worst rooms in the liouse, nnd the sec
ond time ene of the best, Tlie contrast
Is se gicat tliat the objector feels flat
tered and nlwnys comes a second time.
There nre few veteran hotel clerks who
have net run against the greatest object
or in the world, the opera singer Cam
paninl, who was nevcr known te take
the first, second or third room te which
ha was shown. That man invariably
wound up in the worst room of the let
Khewu him. St. Leuis Globe-Dcmocrot.
I
HARD HIT ON THE FIELD.
rernllar Sentatlen Which Mnnr
rtrave
Stan Hat Experienced.
We had been held In reserve for five
long hours whlle cannon thundered nnd
muskets crackled spitefully along the
front it mile nwny. A precession of dead
and wounded had filed past us until we
were sick with horror. Shet nnd shell
and bullet had fallen upon us behind the
weeds until the dry, dead grass bera
nmnyn stnln'ef bleed.'
"Attention I Forward gulde right
march!"
Ourbrlgnde was going in nt lest, nnd
theie wn3 n leek of relief en the fnce of
every officer and man ns we get tlie
word.
" Gulde right front ferwnnl
march!"
As we swung clearef the weeds a gust
of wind raised the smeke for n mlnute,
nnd I saw the plain in our front blue
with dead and wounded. Away beyond
them was n line of caithwerkB, nnd I
Imd oue Rwltt glimpse et n thin blue line
kneeling behind the cover.
"Stcadyl Bight dresal Deublo quick
uinrcli!"
The nlr 13 nllve with the ping of bul
lets nnd the whiz and shriek of shot
nnd shell. We bend our bends ns If
breasting n ficrce gale laden with Icy
pellets. Thci a is n wild cry a flhrlek
a groan ns men nre struck ami fnll te
the earth, but no ene heeds them no
ene hesitates. It is alnirricanoef death,
but we feel a wild exultation In breast
ing it. Men shout, curse, sing, swing
their liatu and checr.
We nre driving through the Biuoke
cloud when there is a Hash of fire in
front. I seem te rlse Inte the air and
float hither und thither, nnd the sensa
tion is se dreamy nnd full of rest tliat I
wish it could last forever. It Is sudden
ly bi elfcn by the sound of my own vetcc.
Is It my voice? It sounds strange and
nfar off te me. Why should I cheer nnd
curse by turns? What has happened?
Ah! new I ceme back te earth ngulni
AIkiye nnd around me is the smeke the
earth trembles under the nrtillcry men
nre lying ubeut und beside me. Where
Is the brigade? Why did I drop out? I
uni lying en my back, and I struggle te
sit up and leek nreund. I rlse te tnv
knees weave this way nnd that tepple
ever nnd struggle up ngaln. There is
red, fresh bleed en the grass en my j
hands en my face. I taste it en my
lips mi my parched tengue thrusts IUclf
out in search et moisture.
Who is groaning? Who te shrieking?
Who is cheering? And why should I
laugh and exult? Have we held the line
ngaiiibt u grand charge? Did we scatter
nnd declmate the legions hurled against
in? Ilue we wen n great victory te be
llaHhed ever the country and cause the
bclte te ring with glndne&s? Let me
think. Give me time te rcmcmlier
hew It nil happened. Strauge that my
thoughts should be se confused, nnd the
dinilre te sleep be be btreng upon rfte
when I should be up and doing. I will
shake it off. I will spring up nnd fellow
en after the brigade Here
"Hew de you fecli"
My eycj are wlde open and I nm lying
en n cot lu u large room. I bce peeple
walking about ether peeple lying en
cols lllie my own.
"1 feel till right. Why?"
"Yeu were hard hit In the fight four
days age, my ley."
"Se there was n battle?"
"Yes."
"And I was wounded?"
"Had your left arm shattered by n
piece of bhcll and wehad toamputateit."
Detroit Free Pres.
Cerp. Tuimcr Wilis u Het.
Ill thn ofilce of ene of the prominent
hotels ene evcnlng was overheard quite
nn amusing story of Cerp. Tanner nnl
his two artificial lege. It eecuis that the
coijier.il ia very fend of flne horses and
undertook te raise n few last year. IIe
had oue particularly fine horse, n thor
oughbred, find he would let no ene use
him but himself. One day whlle the
stableman was exercising him he acci
dentally Btepped Inte a mud liole und
sprained a leg be badly that the doctor
advised having the herse's hoof bathed
In het water three times u day.
One day, when the gallant corporal
was giving tlie herse the customary bath, I
a friend of his came along und told him
it was ciuelty te animals te bathe the
horse'a feet In such warm water, nnd I
asked him hew would he like it if he had
te put his feet In it. Te which the cer- j
peral leplicd that he would net mind it '
at all. His friend, thinking he saw a
chance te win bouie money, te't him n
hundred dollars that he would net keep
Ills feet in tlie water for five minutes. '
Tlie bet was no boener Bald than it was
accepted by the coriieral, who net only
put bis feet iu it, but put his w hob leg
iu and kept it there for five minutes.
Tlie friend paid the bet, but probably
has net te this day found out hew it nan
possible for the buppesed victim te keep
lite feet iu boiling water for flveininutca.
Washington Critic.
Count Multkc.
Count Meltke appeals in public only
v hen t!.e rcichstag is bitting, nnd until
quite lately he wa? ene of the mebt regu
lar meml)Cra of the house, where he takea
a front beat en the Conservative benches.
If a speech is mude iu which he te par
ticularly interested, he gets up, np np
preaches the bpeaker, and holds his hands
te his ear, In order te catch evcry word.
He himself speaks very rarely, and the
last time he baid a few words was last
year, when he moved a voteof thanks te
the president nt the conclusion of the
bcssien. Atlanta American.
Stcjillns the Mlrier.
At weddings nmeng Germans in the
southern colonies 150 years age, the
groomsmen attended in their beautifully
embroidered whlte aprons. Their duty
was te protect the brlde from liavlng her
kllpper stolen from her feet. If any ene
succeeded In capturing it the groomsman
lui.l a bettle of wlue for the less, as the
brlJc'd dancing deluded upon it.
UpOU 11.
Ihoel.ljnUigto.
ON TO OKLAHOMA.
The Stmt BtnitrndntM Rjild of llin Age
New HrElnt'lng.
Surrounding a big territory te a new
thing with Americans, hut they have nrA
parcntly accomplished It. Thousands,
tens of thousands of peeple have lined
the border nil around Oklahoma, nnd
when the trumpet sounds (April S3 nt
neon) there liegins such a rush, such a
ficrce contention about "claims" na has
nevcr occurred In nny civilized country.
Fer seme of the best quarter sections lu
the valleys there will be claimants sixteen
deep. Ilcnce conflict, hence wrath and
" U ?
AN OKUAtlOMA CABIN.
tho.gentlo pep of the revelver Iience a
struggle for cxistence nnd the "survival
et the fittest," Soen after you read this,
watch the dally dispatches for accounts
of fearful murders, riots nnd massacres.
Many thousand peeple have lived a
hand-te-mouth cxistence along the south
ern line of Kansas for years, waiting for
Oklahoma te be opened. Many have en
tered the Indian territory en evcry pro pre
tenso that could be deviscd in the last
twenty years, only te be expelled by tlie
United' Btates troops. On the Texas,
Missouri and Arkansas borders ether
armies nre waiting, nnd nt least 100,000
mero nre en their way by cars and wag
ons, ready te join in the grand rush. Of
course there will net le room for half of
them; of course Iho surplus will overflow
upon the Burreundlng Indian lands, nnd
in such numbers that the present troops
there cannot expel them, it they resist,
and then will ceme the supreme test as
te whether the United States means te
keep its faith with the civilized Indians.
The buzz en the border is ndmlrnbly
ilescrllied by n New Yerk World corro cerro corre
upondent, who, nfter traversing the
'adiole region, writes ns follews:
"Tlie railroads that heretofore had
ccarccly anything te de nre new over
crowded with business, end the officers
nre puzzled te knew hew te take enre et
the crowds of peeple and the mass of
freight that Is accumulating. Hotels
are overflowing, previsions nnd gro
ceries are in great demand, while
the sale et arms, ammunition,
SSflri'
Fzz&ZX&Z
IIOOMKIIS M'AITINO AT TWICEIX.
tcntn and outfits Is unprecedented.
The two great centers for boomers nre
Caldwell and Arkansas City en the north
nnd Purcellen the south. Caldwell is
the gateway te Kingfisher en the west
and Arkansas City te Guthrie en the east,
whlle Purccll must 1k passed in coming
from the south. Tlie number of peeple
te constantly Increasing. Each day south
bound trains are crowded with people,
whlle whlte covered wagons are rolling
en towards the border in nn almost un
broken stream. At Caldwell there nre
ever 0,000 people, whlle around Arkan
sas City nre deuble that number. Many
of tliese have been wnlting en the border
for years nnd ure in such destitute cir
cumstances that they de net scruple te
leg for something te cat. At l'urcell
there nte 0,000 people wnlting, and In the
Chleknsaw nation Cnpt. Couch places
the number ready te move at 00,000."
A few persons have broken in through
the troops and nre hiding in tlie timbered
valleys of the country. All the railroad
tracks are cleared nnd nil the cars made
teady te transport peeple nnd their goods
en the fateful day. Among the invaders
nremany wouien. pretty pionecre bohje
of them, dctcrmlnwl all of thcni. Single
ladies nnd widows, you observe, can
wiuewh, you
"take claims" as well na men. Among
the many, correspondents 01 the ground
describe n few noted ones. A Mrs. Dcn Dcn
nlsen, originally of Syracuse, N. Y.,
heads a small party who already have
their claims picked out in the Cameren
IIL'SIN'KSS ENTUurnifsrc.
valley, where they expect te start a
"chicken ranch." Geed business, tee.
Anether is Mrs. Pelly Yeung, n hnnd hnnd hnnd
some widow from Quincy, Ills, whose
husband was n Union soldier; she
has already speculated considerably
in western land, nnd te familiar
with tlie ways of the frontier, nnd
thinks she can "held down a claim" ns
well as the best man en the border.
Still mero noted te Mls3 Ncllie Bruce,
late a Kansas echoel teacher, whose
father 1 uilt a liouse in Oklahoma te re
ceive her, but was driven nwny by the
soldiers, his liouse being burnt. This
"raited her dander," and Bhe has geno
hi nnd located iu n "dugout," concealed
In the weeds. She has made up a party
cf cx-Bchoel ma'ams, all of whom ex
pect te bcctire 100 acres each. Most
noted of all Is the noted Nnnitta Davis,
of fbome fame as a newspaper writer in '
Louisville, ICy. On ene or tne finest
quarter sections In the Canadian valley
waves a flag with this inscriptien:
"Nanitta Davis Claim! Loek Out."
"Will you risk living there by your
belt?" she was asked.
"Oh, won't I though!" Bhe sweetly re
joined, laying en the table as 6he spoke
two lovely ivory handledrovelyers. .,
Tim Stroiberc Cathedral.
Since tlie war the cathedral at Stras
bunr. which buffered considerably from
the Iwmbardment of 1870, has undergene
extensive repairs.
In answer te many suggestions en the
biibject the building was subjected te a
very clese examination nt the end of last
year, the icsultef which ha3 been ex
tremely nlnrmlng. It was proved be
yond doubt that many portions were
threatened with cemplete ruin and that
no lime was te be lest. New Yerk Com Cem
incicl.il Advertiser.
Nutlru te City Olllcen.
The officials of the old city hall rarely
leek up at the Hag staff, en the cupola
which wa bhattercd by lightning two
years age, or nt the hands of the clock
which has indicated the hour 0:15 for
long years, ever blnce the clock stepped.
Uoth'ebjecta ure suggestlve te them and
euht te be stimulative, Symbolically
t!iev denotethut lichtnlugwlll etrlke uu-
uwarea the unrighteous, nnd that early
, .,... i.i i.t !. l.wnll mvl
J .iraRf p!,11iriouccrrres3.
r ' mrimmrvLwsxuww
f fifT v --ai -
tfBMMLiJlgk.
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MAKKSMENIN THE .ARMY
THE DISCIPLINE THAT MAKES OUM
SOLDIERS EXPERTS.
V?
The Country Tie Net Large
snliffSVj' '
force, htlt the Tiara In nine Am I
able for Their Facility In Handling tfc .
iue new AneyAre langmaaa ATMneab
The United States has a very extend ,j
territory, yet it has the smallest regular,';
army of nny civilized power of nearly '
emial territorial extent. StUL with ''
American Ideas and policy, the gallanlfe
iiuie lorce seems amply suiucieni te $-,$
guard the country. Pcace Is se much'!'"?
the policy of our nation that even th ,i
small army finds little te de. Tlie great
Indian tribes have been corralled within f
their reservations, nnd the llfe of the- -i
TTnftful fit rt ten Cfl1tn ! fwt maaanjl a
down te the stereotyped military coda. ;-,
Weary with the seme old ccrcraenlefJ
ftvirt. r-Anc in fnt rtrAntfenrl until ttAr fl
HUH J- "M B.-.w.ww.xe .... ?.irm
nnalnw f-nrrfa firn fihariif ilA V rwtrfjVt WM
iIiav imtn fiArnlnrwvl thn nrinnltvil ffar-
OIiut w ww v .w... .. .-...-..--. .-
rlsen duty, target sheeting, Intoasclenoe g
01 rcmarkauie accuracy, ine pleasure j
of the practice nnd the spirit of etnula- j
tien aroused comblne te make them th $j
most skilled marksmen In the world.
THE BKAT THE W0ni4.
The rifle used Is the ordinary Spring- SI
field service pattern, a breech leader, J.
carrying seventy grains of powder and J
dee grains or lead, common service Sigma j
that nevcr get out of order. , ,
Our lltlln nrmv mar "deficient Int'S
tnnnv U'uvn hut In thn 'innftpi of ritlA .-
sheeting te hit and with the object of ? 1
lilttlntt te kill (the business hi which tlte Vi
eeldfcr te presumed te be particularly v
efficient), it certnlnly 6tnnua urst in tne qi
worm. iuiumei' giuuv miwuii.iu, - -
tlieugh net n pleasant ene, nas iicen con- wf
tinueus nnu nnnesi evcnusung eiauene ha
en the rcmote frontier. Surrounded with 3
jarce and small game, what wonder that
men. whose business it Is te kill, nlways 4$
seized every opportunity for hunting? jAl
Te Ih perfectly fair, our mnrksmen are 3
se far In advance or tlie txsst liurepeans
...1,11tra flint anlfir na nTiv?ntInn In ratv-vi
llVlltlV.O, ....V, WV ... . --w..
cerncd. the latter would hnve no show 3J
iul,niiit.i. wlmn titHfvl nrntnftP. niirnwn
rcciliars. !',urepcnn armies, iiiuuku f j
. ... f .i .t. yiifl
armed with a longer range gun, yet lack J
practice nnd nccuracy. . ja
They me trained te volley sheeting In- M
stead of Individual nini, nnd the result U ti
that fully half of the men fire at random M
into tne air. uncie earns man una ve$-i
denend unen himself. European nation j
nurse their dlsllke of each ether nnd thelr.
military training partakes of it. They?!
pay mero attention te hatching up new"
Bchcincs te hurt cacii etner man miung.-,
the bull's eve, 'Iliey nre nble te plerce.ft
tliuea without number, n target intlieSl
shnpe of nn elllgy of a French seldlera
hut would miss at every snot nn Amen-,,
can tnriret. Neither the Irench, tler-5
mans, Ilelglans nor RiiBstnns have the
skill of tlie AmerieniiH lu sighting their.i
guns or in handling their pieces. il
llotitlne duty en the frontier te about
na follews: The soldier gets 813 perj
month straight pay, rations, cietuing, a
and a certain allowance which te paid
lit,.. .tt llm.lnlfinf Ilia flfbT'lllirfrn; an lnT
crcase for each year's service or re-ea
I. . .. -111.1 " I - .! . 'JJ
iiKlineni; nuiiiiiuimi luiiiuiiuiuiiuu i w-"'-i
meteu corjierai, scrgcum or aruuun.j
extra pay If worked ns a carpentery's
plasterer or mechanic, and lets of etliec :
nernulsltcs tee small te mention. Guard :
duty te the hardest in the service, ernl.i
te this the soldier la eligible about
day in six. s
BOUJIEIt UFE. "&-i
Three roll calls a day, reveille, retnattf
and tattoetlf a cavalryman, stabiea twienv
a day); drills Mondays or Fridays, drtnl !
tvimiln nvrrv evrnlnir. and tnnrct nr0-
tlce whenever weather permits. Eaebyi
company in the service te provided with ,
a nalr of breech leading shotguns, ftcer-'i
tain annual nllewancn of powder, het,',
.! i,n,1 nlif.ll nn.l llindi nrn nnmi aA '
nilll Ulllt P1IWI, ..,. "VW w.w Vr-W .,,
overvliodv for huntlnK purposes wheBia
nnt nmnlnvcd en ether dutv. The seldkr im
can then umuse himself knocking evw.J
jacK rnuuiis, oagginguage iicnauuinu-3
rie chickens, and missing as many uucksvj
.....-1 k-ll.l & m l,ik atrvtrntttn r '
nVii.wr. a ililnnlinl cmFta fltVl ITinMlV '
JUUIUUI llliut,in.u pvimwu uaw (vmwewj ..-t,
m f fc?J
( iimajwaya iw found, and what betterP
. t 1 ene u? 1toeUo7
picnics, l-nre gnme or seme uwu can , ;
undeniable fact about a hve years- term
In the United States army. AllBortsec
material ure caught for Beldicrs: thsbeet j
drinking Teuten, tne nun ueg jtaiguaiie
man. the fun loving Irishman, the IgneJ
rant darky, and, in fact, men of all nav?
tlenalltles and all cllmes. They ceme te
us as bright as meteors and as verdaiuV;
as cucumbers; but no matter-hew grtB
and unsophisticated the recruit may te
when he loins, he has dovcleped into a
flne marksman when he leaves thearmj
and with decidedly mero sense than M
was enlisted with. $
The bump of fun Is exceedingly Urn
In the nverace soldier of the line, Oeay,
crallv. as remarked, they are young
In the prime of manhood, of flne pbyskju
nnd nerfect In evcry way (clse thW
would net have been accepted by the re :
.. , . i.aa At. - - - "'
crultlng eincerj, wue ioek upon mu "
of enlistment as a sort of lark, and pre;
pese te get as mucii amusement ami iu
out of the llve years as posaieio. flaw,
telling as It may bmhji, jet it isnovcrth isnevcrth
la inm ili.it It ia no casv matter te en
list in the United States army. Ntncteea
jit of twenty applicants are rcjcc.Kar,
riuisc. nnd the twentieth man uuw b
up te the mark, or he Li liable tetravel'.,
thn rrvul of Ida nineteen nreucccssenri' j-a
After cidistment exnhxs a tnajerlty efj
the dlscliaru'cd Beldicrs. who ericlnallyJ
came from bouie of the states back east, j
tinrnr return te their former nemet,.
Civilization, with all its drawbacks, ha:y
le3t its charms far tncre, ene se inej
btlck te tlie west and grew up with tte,;
rnuntrv. Lene service and extensn
scouting ever tlie plains have cured theJ
of city lire and a struggle ler oxistenea,;
They either take up land claims soea
wimre. tiuv farms from the railroads OK.
drift te ranching or stock raising. Maa
of them prefer cowboy life, which a ten
of Bcrvice in the army, eaddle and ecemjk
lug work especially equips them .
New Yerk Btar. "" ;
no Settled It.
During the year 183-1 1 was located
St. Leuis, nnd en Beverai occasions
elscrvcd u fine St. licrnara aeg sta
with dlcnity up Chestnut street
was owned by a lawyer named Jacke,
Third street, who recularly sent him e'-!
errauds te his home. On one occasion l"-j
k.iiv liim cemtnir un the street wlthe.J
basket full of Bemcthlng, probably mee'3
and at his heels was n small "cur or low
degree," which was persistently BnappiagJI
at hp. e3 tr endeavoring te get mm wy
drop his charge, when the little deg ceuM
sail In for a division ei tne contents. x,j
large deg Bteppcd twice en the bloek,';':
turned round and looked at Ids tormenters
and resumed hte nace until he
me, when, looking up into my facjn
mi nvnrrcalnn tliat almost Said, "PI
mind Mils for u. moment," be laid
iMskct at my feet, turned and wiuV
iw...i.,i hid the cur br the neck, M
him most unmerclf ully. rolled him ia I
miltnrniul drODDOU IUIU. J 110 CUr
,.r little time in cetting out of i
net eieu stnining te shake hiuilf. Ji
m i ! mini ilicu nicked un Iih lw
IV nml uf' i
utetieii uir weut en his we
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