THE SIOUX COUNTY JOURNAL.
L S. IIMOIH Twm.
SABRISOX,
VEBBASKA.
The steadiest butter in the market is
the goat
Kentucky waa r is ted by a water
poor the other day. Hut bow did tbey
discover what it was?
Diamond Match jumped fourteen
points the other day. It Isn't every
day that such a bonanza can be struck.
The match trust la now having trou
ble of her own, though no one seems
to be able to throw much light upon the
subject
Eighteen Chicago cashiers have been
held up and robbed with the last few
weeks; the police have succeeded In ar-
resting one man for kissing his wife on
the street
Annie Seiner, a New York armless
woman, has been arrested for having
stolen a purse with ber teeth. It's no
use, boys, the new woman is bound to
win, hands down.
A Maryland man has lived to be'
eight-five years of age on frogs and
oysters. A lot of other people would
like to do that, but they can't find
money enough to pay for the frogs and
oysters.
a
Anarchist Turner has come from
England, as be says, "to take up the
thread dropped at the Hayrnarket in
1888." If he examines that thread care
fully he probably will discover a slip
noose In one end of It.
A St Louis man, out of work, tried
to commit suicide by running his head
against a buzz saw. He lost half a
pint of brains, but is recovering and
will soon le out of the hospital He is
now eminently fitted to earn his living
as a juror.
Official figures show that Paris con
sumes daily for food an average of sixty-three
horses and one donkey, and
one mule every ten days. There Is a
growing demand for horse meat in
Europe, and that a considerable quan
tity Is secretly marketed in the United
States is a fact pretty well established.
A wealthy Iowau with nine mother
less boys in his nursery at home has
Just added to his establishment by
adoption nine fatherless girls and their
mother, his brother's widow. The sec
ond aggregation was formally obtained
at Ellis Island, where It had arrived
from Europe. This conspicuous act of
philanthropy, it is reported, is to be fol
lowed by another ceremony, which will
give a mother to all the boys and a
father to all the glrta, and thus perfect
toe union of these two remarkable
household. -w
A Chicago paper informs its readers
that from the mysterious depths of Cut-
, Off Lake, Nebraska, a veracious fisher
recently pulled a member of the finny
tribe resembling the catfish about the
head and back and equipped with four
. legs, the ends of which are fitted out
with claw-like appendages resembling
human bunds. It is further learned
from the same valuable source of infor
mation that in the Missouri River is an
Island known to Nebraska tars as Oorey
Island, where a new species of mice
has recently been discovered. The ani
mals have a coat of golden brown and
white, with pink legs and black eyes.
Whetfter or not the mice are bora with
gold fillings In their teeth or the fish
supplied with a pouch in the region of
Its gills for the accommodation of a
manicure set the public is not Informed.
An incident In Chicago seems espe
cially preordained as a rebuke and a
reply to the attack on the use of bi
cycles by women, recently made by the
Women's Rescue League. The details
as given by a contemporary reveal lit
tle Jack Callahan playing muinbledy
peg, oblivious of the following admoni
tion from bis mother: "If you don't
come here this blessed minute I'll tan
your jacket so't you won't forget It for
a week." When this bad been repeated
with variations several times the irate
parent approached nearer to the scene
with a trunk strap, little Jack took to
his wheel, the Irate parent took to a
wheel of her own, and the chase was
on. The subsequent proceedings should
be a blow to the crusade of the Rescue
League. The reverberations of the
trunk strap and little Jack that follow
ed the conclusion of that chase show
how necessary to that woman In her
hour of need was her trusty wheel
With a wheel In the back yard mum-bledy-peg
and similar corruptions of
youth can have no terrors for such a
mother, and yet this solace would be
denied ber by the Rescue League. Per
haps If all the truth were known It
would be found some secret organiza
tion of small boys Is behind this league
crusade, and that little Jack la one of
the ringleaders.
Kow that the Czar's coronation is
ever, It la becoming quite evident that
lis empire la by no means at peace. In
St Petersburg (says the Independent)
MM twenty thousand bands have Jeft
wart, dsseatlaacd with their low rate
Ct wages and the long boors, and the
rOTssaent la extending to the central
rJ teathifa provinces as well. In
..tiracsw-Md number of other large
r'aeUtcUg tewns a spirit of anrest
t J i-trraatteo baa mtety been
f "Tj tesetf, and It It feared that
' rssa that wtt foBow the Bt
'rEJttumsi' ' " wkai Bwkea
rr3C If tte eUmttrea
L j me&rttoaary aaeremeat la
BuMia is in no sense dead. In St
Fetersnurg toe police have discovered
this, and have resorted to extremely
dmsrie measures to crush it. In Mom
cow, Lodz, Brlansk and other large
Industrial centers, the workmen have
been Incited by the agents of the Nihil
ist party. Heetographed sheers of sn
inflammatory nature are secretly cir
culating among them. The f-igbtful
catastrophe on the Holodynsky field is
alluded to In these writings as a proof
of the incapacity of the officials and of
their carelessness when the lives of
only the common people are at slake.
If the government does not succeed In
crushing the growing movement there
will ensue terrible outbreaks of vio
lence. From the law to the work bench, the
new woman has made good claim to
the ability to successfully enter all
trades and professions. Her faculty
as a breadwinner la no longer open to
question. But It would appear that her
i talent for affairs stops short here, that
! the brain power completely spends it-
self upon acquiring. For It is a de
plorable fact that when it comes to
hus1anding her resources, wise judg
ment is for the most part conspicuous
by its absence; and a snug little bank
account seems to be the very last thing
on earth that especially apiieals to her.
Tradition and education long ago in
stilled Into the minds of men that what
tbey achieve and acquire must be well
on Its way before they are 50. The ball
set rolling in early manhood may con
tinue to bring them in an ever-increas
ing income; but the average man
scarcely expects to embark in any
great and successful enterprises after
that period. With women the winning
time Is even shorter for they often do
not begin until late in life after the
hope of a settled establishment -has
died out and already at 50 the average
woman Is conscious of a certain loosen
ing of the grasp, a lack of spring and
elasticity and a generally lowered vi
tality. Then comes along the younger
woman, abreast with the times, with
fresh outlook, clean grip, new ideas,
and all the experience of the older one
Is naught against It Yet from the tyjie
writer at $10 a week to the singer at
ten times ten, from the maid In the
kitchen to the popular actress, women
wage-earners In America seem to live
in absolute forgetfulness of such con
ditions, and are smitten to the soul
with the mania for spending.
The news of the death of Charles
Dickens, Jr., awakens once more one's
keen sympathy for the uncomfortable
positions thrust upon the sons of fa
mous men. As a rule the divine fire
has all leen used up In the comjosltion
of the illustrious sire and the portion of
the son Is apt to be meager. The cal
cium light wlilebtiraed on the former,
brought out grand outlines and well
proportioned contours, brings out In the
latter all the commonplaceness and In
adequacy which a humble, unnoticed
lot might have concealed. So Charles
Dickens the younger was forever
thwarted in the enjoyment of the sim
ple lot of a simple human being of very
moderate attainments by the shade of
his father. For the sake of the latter
Baroness Burdett-Coutts took him up
and started him In various business en
terprises for which he was not at all
adapted, and at which he made so
many several failures. IHs father be
queathed him his magazine, Household
Words, which he conscientiously edited
to insigmneance. - tie was moreover
afflicted with an unsuccessful likeness
to bis father which further hampered
and haunted him by making It Impossi
ble for himself or any one else to for
get his origin. Had he been an un
known bank clerk there would have
been nothing Incongruous In his life'
and surroundings and final end. He
would have filled his Inconspicuous lot
with Inconspicuous completeness and
harmony. The son of a genius cau
never collect the debt the world owes
his father. There ought to be some pro
vision by which, if so minded, he could
go off and change his name and Iden
tity and strike out for himself. If he
does not want to forego entirely the ad
ventitious glory of a celebrated name
be might enjoy It once a week, or once
a month, when the world could accu
mulate its gratitude and pour It out for
him for a brief space, and then let biin
return to oblivion and Individualism.
The Police System of Cities.
The modem system of policing clt'es
was a growth rather than an organiza
tion On the continent of Europe and
In most cities of Great Britain the
householders of the various wards cr
political divisions of a city were held
responsible for the maintenance of or
der, and were sometimes fined or other
wise punished for not repressing riot
ous demonstration. In all cities aged
men, unable to do other work, were
employed as night watchmen, their
principal duties being to call the hour
and the state of the weather and look
out for fires. In London, A. D. 1223.
before the general Introduction of
clocks, a system of night-watchmen
was pnt In operation, each man being
provided with a halberd, a bell and a
lantern, this being the first formal In
stitution of the system, which contin
ued In operation until 1820, when a
regular force of able-bodied constabu
lary was put on duty in London. ' The
system was devised by Sir Robert Peel
and Arst pat In operation In Ireland,
where the police were nicknamed
"Peelera." Before that date the watch
had little to do with suppressing dis
orders, these being pat down by j
troops of the garrison. "Beating the
watch,'' a favorite amusement of
young bloods of the last two or three
centuries, was a piece of cowardly
cruelty, since, from hit age and Infir
mity, the poor old watchman could
offer little miataace.
' It It a Bilghty pleat farmer ho does
not verb ta Sands Oaring har'.
Tattle Platroe in Africa.
A terrible pestilence is raging In Af
rica, not only among domestic cattle,
but among certain species of wild cat
tle; and It attacks also the buffalo,
giraffe, wart-hog, eland and several
other species of antelope. Captain
Lugard, writing from Gaberones, in
Bechuanaland, says that near villages,
hundreds, even thousands of carcasses
lie about. Between Gaborone aud Bu
luwayo there are reorted to be four
thousand wagons stranded because
their oxen are dead.
Wind and Walking.
The Falkland Islands, and other re
gions in the South Temiwrate Zone,
are remarkable for the high and vio
lent winds that blow across them. A
recent visitor to the Falkland has
noted the fact that the Inhabitants of
those Islands. In consequence of being
habitually compelled to brace them
selves against the wind In walking,
have acquired a peculiar gait so re
markable that a native Falklander can
tie readily distinguished by his manner
of walking. On account of their gait
tbey are called "kelpers."
. Kdiaon'a New Lieht.
One of the results of Mr. Edison's ex
periments with the Invisible X-rays
discovered by Professor Roentgen is
the production of a new kind of lamp.
Like the ordinary Incandescent elec
tric lamp It consists of a glass bulb
exhausted of air. This bulb Is coated
on the Inside with a substance which
fluoresces brlllantly at the touch of
the X-rays. By means of wires seal
ed In the ends of the bulb, and furnish
ed with proper terminals Inside, an
electric current Is sent through, and
X-rays are thus produced within a flu
orescent shell. When the current flow:
the lamp shines with a mild, pleasing
light, and without perceptible heat
Horaelens CarriaKC.
The recent horseless carriage race
from New York City to the Ardsley
Country Club on the Hudson Is re
garded by those Interested as having
proved that such self-driven vehicles
are well adapted for use In cities.
There was a French carriage entered
In the contest but the prize was car
ried off by an American carriage. The
Scientific American says that the man
ner In which the horseless carriages
dodged back and forth In front of aud
around cable-cars and wagons "dem
onstrated beyond argument that the
horseless carriage Is much more cap
able of control than the ordinary horse
and carriage.
Camphor Krconing Scarcer.
Most of the world's supply of cam
phor comes from Japan and Formosa
Of late years the demand has begun
to exceed the supply, and the question
hag arisen how the latter can be main
tained. One of the reasons why cam
phor Is becoming scarcer aud dearer Is
said to be that It Is extensively used
in the manufacture of celluloid. At
present camphor Is mainly produced
from the so-called camphor-tree, which
attains a gigantic size In Japan, one
specimen recently measured being 113
feet tall, and having a trunk over HV4
feet in diameter. The tree is common
In China, but as yet the production of
camphor In that country Is very lim
ited. The caniphor-tree is a member
of the laurel family, and Is related In
genus to the clunamon-tree. It Is said
that camphor can be produced from
other species of trees. In Borneo a
very aromatic camphor Is obtained
from the natural deposits of gum on
the trunks of a species of tree Indi
genous to that Island and Sumatra.
Borneo camphor Is rare and very cost
ly-
A Terrific 'ea-Fieht
The Prince of Monaco has recently
announced his Intention to send his
yacht ou an expedition of discovery
among the haunts of the sperm-whale.
This leads Mr. Frank T. Bullen to re
late In Nature some of his experiences
with whales, and he tells a story of
a fight of sea-monsters In the strait of
Malacca which reads like a romance.
The fight occurred In a smooth sea
on a moonlight night and Mr. Bullen
watched It from the deck of a ship
with the aid or a night-glass. His at
tention was first attracted by a com
motion In the water, which he sup
posed might be caused by a volcanic
disturbance of the sea-bed. Examin
ation with the glass showed a very
large sperm-whale engaged in deadly
conflict with a monster squid, or devil
fish, whose tentacles encircled the
whale's body. "The livid whiteness of
those writhing - arms which enlaced
the cachalot (whale) like a nest of
mighty serpents stood out In bold re
lief against the black, boulder-like
head of the sgressor." The aggressor
was the whale, squids being a favorite
prey of sperm-whales. "Presently the
whale raised Itself half out of water
and we plainly saw the awful-looking
head of the gigantic mollusk. At our
distance, something under a mile, It
appeared about the size of one of our
largest oil-casks, which held 330 gal
lons. Like the rest of the squid visible
It was of a peculiar dead white, and
In It gleamed two eyes of Inky black
ness tboot a foot In diameter. To de
scribe, the wonderful contortions of
those two monsters la far beyond my
powers. All around the combatauts
were either smaller whales or immense j
sharks who were evidently assisting j
j In the destruction of the squid, and get
ting a full share of the feast. Mr. Mul
len says the encircling tentacles grad
ually slipped off the whale's body, and
the fight ended in an evident triumph
for the whale.
THE FATAL SHEARS
What Taey Did ia a Way of "Gettias
Kven. "
There was a hard look In John War
wick's eyes, but It was also a look ol
triumph. He bent over bis desk and
worked steadily for an hour without
saying a word to any of his associates.
Finally. one of the boys asked him
what had happened.
"Oh, It's only a little domestic flare
... ....
mi" lie said, "but I euess It will tutx
out all rljfbt"
l-pon being pressed to relate the na
ture of the trouble, Warwick said:
"My wife got a pair of bloomers last
week. Intending to go out to-day for
A rl-mile ride. Wiw I tmve slwjiv
declared that I would not iermit m lumn f""- Pu"!hed by Franc M.
wife to be seen in public with a rig ol PauL Thousands of copies were sent
that kind upon her person, and I pro I to y Tullahoma. Tenn.
ceeded early this morning to show that , ften ""P" w" Inadequate to
I was a man of my word. I got hole i tt ow!n to 'ne thM the
of those bloomer, and locked them iD.Pub "ner drT
my trunk. Here," he concluded, defi
antly slapping bis hip pocket "is th(
key.
Every man In the office congratulated
Warwick upon the stand he had taken
His employer, a crusty old fellow whe
seldom spoke to the young men In th
service, came around and told him. lc
an undertone, that his salary would
be raised at once, as It was evident that
he was a person of sterling worth.
When the day's work was 'ended John
Warwick went home with a light heart
The announcement of his prosperity
he reckoned, would patch up frlendlj
relations with his wife, and vlsiour
of future happiness flitted before him
But alas, the door was locked, and
the place seemed to be deserted, lit
sat down upon the porch anil waited
for an hour, but the woman be loved
dld not return. Then be thought hf
would nut on his old overalls and dls
around In his little garden. He fell
that he needed exercise.
jne Key to the kitchen door wat
under the mat and be was soon rum
maglng the clothes closet In search ol
bis overalls. They could not be found
At last he entered his wife's sewing
room, and there, upon the floor; laj
the southern extremities of the suit
that had In days gone by served hlit
so well aud faithfully. They had beer
cut off at the knees.
John Warwick burled his face lu lib
hands and wept In wild despair.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Identified In Advance.
Notwithstanding she was nut a danu
of high degree, she was a woman ol
character, and there was a peculiar ag
gresslveuess In the freckle on her nose
which made the police ullicers on dutj
at the station hou.se step around Ilvelj
when she called on a matter of bus!
es.L
"I understand," she said to the s-r
geant, "that there's the body of a man
waiting to' be Identified here."
ii is ar rue morgue, mnam, re
sponded the sergeant but with mor
suavity than Is common.
"Well niy husband hasn't been a:
home for three days, and I thought ii
might be him. Can you tell me wha!
he looks like?"
"Yes; but you could get a good dea'
more satisfaction by going to the
morgue yourself, ma'am."
"I suppose I could." she sighed a.'
if she felt sure she would not Identity
the remains as those of her husband
"Wa he killed V
"Oh, uo, ma'am," exclaimed the ser
geant. "He died suddenly. The pi
trolman saw him fall on the street"
"Died sudden, did hp?" she asket
with Interest.
"Yes, ma'am."
Her tone Indicated that she though'
the police were to blame in some way
'Well," she said, "there's no ue Ii
my going to the moivue If I hat's the
case. It ain't my husbind. He nevei
done anything sudden In his life. Hc'
the slowest man on earth. Oood-bye.
and she walked out of the station houK
as If she were sorry about something
The Army Rifle in Hunting.
Something for sportsmen to con
dlder seriously, If they Intend to gej
one of the new 30-callber army rifle
Is the great penetration of the bullets
One of the bullets would kill a mat,
through a 4-inch spruce tree, or a cow
a mile and more away. No ordlnarj
tree can be depended on to stop onr
of these bullets, and It might easllj
travel half a mile through dense woodi
and hit a man far out of sight wltt
deadly effect "Field and Stream''
says that the next Legislature of out
great game States should pass a law
prohibiting the use of a Jacketed bul
let because of the danger to humar
beings. Another argument It offers It
favor of such a law will have greai
influence on the men who do not wis!
to wound without killing the game
This class of bullets Is Useless foi
large game unless soft-poInted,"lt says
as It rarely kills Instantly, but allowi
the game to die from Internal bemor
rhage, and In terrible agony out ol
reach." W hen such a rifle is used
for big game a bullet that mushroomi
should be employed. The mushroom
Ing bullet will kill anything, as It goct
clear through an elk, moose or deer
and the force of the Impact woulc
knock a running grizzly down New
York Son.
Caltare or Beaaty.
Just a blossom or two, with somi
green leaves, will lighten the table won
derfully. Teach the children to brinj.
In clover blooms and blue grass, wltl
the graceful seed heads, If you have nrr
liner flowers. It will teach Uieni to set
beaaty In small things, and to rniiki
the moat f ,t heir umMindiogs-Wash
IngtoaStar.
THE BATTLE-FIELDS.
OtO SOLDIERS TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES.
Wtad'rinn of "The Rebel"
The story of The Rebel In Its wan
derings over the South Is one of in-
terest Survivors of the Army of Ten
nessee especially rememnerea tne nine
sheet that found Its way to the camps
t.n i t i . v. v. .. .i,k
iui"iru mj
i newel energy and hope for the cause
deemed the right Like the loved
and Inspiring "Dixie," The Rebel fired
the Southern heart by Its very name.
The Rebel first saw the light Aug. 1,
1W52, In Chattanooga. It was a fonr-
couia nor. print tnem last enougu.
Often the press was kept going all
day to supply the demand from the
army sutlers.
So popular did the Rebel become in a
few weeks that the publisher In Octo
ber, 152, engaged the young but ver
satile and rising journalist Henry
Watterson, to edit the paper. Sir. Paul
brought to the assistance of Mr. Wat
terson Mr. Albert Roberts, a vigorous
writer and trained journalist of Nash
ville. He was a humorous writer,
nslng the nom de plume of "John
Happly."
Watterson and Roberts kept the Reb
el at white heat and the paper grew
In Importance and size, after the pub
lication began.
Well does the writer, who gives this
i PC0" n t In the Boston Herald, remem-
Dlr eagerness of the army for the
uln,r I'riBf.j papers.
The boys In
camp could not rest until Its arrival
every morning on the train from Chat
tanooga. When General Bragg began his re
trograde movement In the spring of
'03 to Chattanooga, the Rebel wa sup
plied to the army with much difficulty.
When the army arrived there the pa
per was In still greater demand.
In the summer of that year, how
ever, It became evident that the Fed
erals were corning to Chattanooga for
the purpose of capturing that impor
tant point And then It was the Rebel
began Its meanderlngs over the South
The paper was removed to Marietta
Ga, Messrs. Watterson and Roln-rt
staying In Chattanooga for a few day
after the plant had been shipped. The
shelling of Chattanooga In that month
soon convinced the editors that they
too, must go If they would avoid cap
ture by the Federal army, aud they
left to joiu the paper.
Editor-in-Chief Watterson had been
sharply criticising General Bragg
while the paper was In Chattanooga
One evening he visited a gentleman's
house In that town, and It happened
that General Bragg was also a visitor.
The two gentlemen had never met, and
while waiting for the host to appear,
after being ushered Into the parlor by
a servant Watterson and Bragg be
gan a casual conversation, which soon
turned upon the war. Although h!
knew he was In the presence of an
fllcer of high rank. Watterson little
suspected It was the commander-in-
chief of the army. He Indulged in
some criticisms of General Bragg as he
had been doing In the Reliel. The gen
eral listened for a while In almost
speechless wonder, but controlled him
self till his fiery critic had abused him
for some minutes, when he arose, and,
addressing Mr. Watterson, asked:
"Do you know who I am. sir?"
The editor replied that he hml not
that honor.
"My name is Bragg, sir," said the
now fully aroused commander.
Of course, Watterson was somewhat
taken aback, but In his most courtly
and chivalrous manner assured General
Bragg that he had not meant to be of
fensive, but that his criticisms were
made In good faith and from motlvei
of sincere desire to promote the wel
fare of the Confederacy. Rut apologies
were not asked nor given.
General Bragg, however, never forgot
nor forgave his critic. After the battle
of Chlckamauga, while the paer was at
Marietta, Watterson continued his at
tacks on General Bragg who Informed
the publisher of the Rebel that uulesg
the Irate editor were discharged the
paper could not come Into his lines.
Mr. Watterson then realized that he
must seek other friends, for he was not
the man to retract a word nor to be
dictated to. As editor-ln-chlef he
would write his sentiment so he be
came one of the staff of Lieutenant
General Leonldas Polk. After serving
a short time In that capacity Watter
son resigned anil liecame editor of one
of the papers published in Atlanta.
After an uneventful existence In Grif
fin for a while, the approach of the Fed
eral army to Atlanta In July of that
year warned the publisher that he must
move on If he would keep the Relief
afloat and save his scalp, so it was
taken to Selnia, Ala., that fall.
Here It was that the eventful paper
came to an untimely end with the Con
federacy It had so long and faithfully
upheld. It was In the latter part of
April, 1S05, that Bel ma was taken by
General Wilson. The Federals knew of
the existence of the Rebel, and one of
the first things they did to appease
their wroth was to fire Its olJlee, which
was in a building beside the river and
built partly over It The Yankees print
od a small sheet in which they an
nounced their victory over the 'Tehs,"
and probably the general orders from
headquarters, announcing the surren
der of the armies of the Southern Con
federacy. Tbey then threw the ma-
fa mm aa It Ofay lasH-aM
a M lata War, mm a OahU aata
111 n i-Hag Sliaaar lafl at Cast.
aa4 SteaMa-Thrinia laaHaal
terials In the river aud burned all LLe
flies they could find.
Ftole a titeaaier.
There Is now before Congress a bill
appropriating f20,tJ to be paid ta
Robert Smalls, a negro politician of
Charleston, S. C. The money is to be
paid for the performance of one of the
most daring feats of the Civil War.
May 12, l.yi2, the Confederate steam
ship Planter, the special dispatch boat
of Gen. Ripley, the Confederate com
mander at Charleston, was lying at the
wharf in Charleston. The officers had
all gone ashore, leaving ou lsard a crew
of eight men, all negroes. Among them
was Rotiert Smalls, who was virtually
the pilot of the boat For some time
previous he had !een watching for an
opportunity to carry Into execution a
plan he had conceived to take the
Planter to the Federal fleet. This, he
saw, was about as good a chance as he
would ever have to do so. Consulting
with the balance of the crew Smalls
found that they were willing to co-operate
with hlrn, although two of them
afterward concluded to remain twhiud.
The design was hazardous In the ex
treme. The boat would have to pass
beneath the guns of the forts In the
heritor. Failure and detection would
have been certain death. Fearful was
the venture, but It was made. Wood
was taken aboard, steam was put on,
and with her valuable cargo of guns
and ammunition. Intended for Fort Rip
ley, a new fortlficarlon just construct
ed In the harlxir, about 2 o'clock In
the morning the Planter silently moved
off from her dock, steamed up to North
Atlantic wharf, where Smalls' wife
and children, together with four other
women arid one other child, and also
three men, were waiting to embark.
All these were taken on board, arid
then, at 3:25 a. m.. May 13. the Planter
started on her perilous adventure, car
rying nine men, Ave women and three
children. Passing Fort Johnson, the
Planter's whistle blew the usual sa
lute and she proceeded down the liay.
Approaching Fort Sumter, Smalls stinxl
In the pilot house leaning out of the
window, with his anus folded across
his breast, after the maimer of the
commander of the boat, and his upnd
covered with the huge straw hat which
the commander wore on such occasions.
The signal required to 1h given by
all steamers passing out was blown as
coolly as If (Jen. Ripley was on lxard,
going out on a tour of Inspection. Sum
ter answered by signal, "All right"
and the Planter headed toward Morris
Island, then occupied by Hatch's artil
lery, and passed beyond the range of
Sumter's guns Iwfore anybody suspect
ed anything was wrong. When at last
Planter was obviously going toward
the Federal fleet off the bar. Sumter
signaled toward Morris Island to stop
her. But it was too lute. As the Plain
er approached the Federal fleet a white
flag was displayed, but this was not at
first discovered, and the Federal
steamers, supposing the Confederate
rams were coming to attack them,
stood out to deep water. But the ship
Onward, ("apt. Nichols, which was not
a steamer, remained, opened her ports,
and was about to lire Into the Planter,
when she noticed the flag of truce. As
siKin as the vessels came within hailing
distance of each other, the Planter's er
rand was explained. Cs.pt Nichols
then Isuirded her. and Smalls delivered
the Planter to him.
Dutchman and Prisoner.
At the breaking out of the war,! en
listed with a Dutch neighbor and we
were soon put on picket duty together.
The officer of the guard finding ihe
Dutchman utterly Ignorant of the ordi
nary duties of a picket, concluded that
he would at least know enough to
watch a prisoner. So he placed rbe
Dutchman In charge of a prisoner with
Instructions to shoot him If lie attempt
ed to escape. The name of this Dutch
man was Hans, and he was inclined to
be of an obliging disposition, although
not over bright and having a llt:le too
much confidence In human nature. The
prisoner was tied with his linuds be
hind him to a tree, and soon was on
friendly terms with the Dutchman. He
managed In some way to loosen bis
hands aud then asked the Dutchman to
do him a favor by taking a handker
chief out of his pocket and wiping a
nose. Jians placed his gun against the
tree, and proceeded to do ax requested,
rmt suddenly the prisoner struck him
on the side of the head and knocked
him down, seized the gun, aud sklmu-d.
The Dutchman got up, rublied bin eyi s,
and said, "Jimlny Christmas, I d it dod
vas an elefand kick."
Then, looking around, he said. "Mine
prlsner vas gone, my goon vas gone,
rind l guess i pctter lo Imck bv de
camp out.
And thus he reported that his pris
oner had escaped.
line Kat InB.
Ed Trick, of Burlington, Yt. who
served In Company G, Second Vermont
Is the man who played the practical
joke on the officers of a New Jersey reg
iment, ine ermont regiment cap
tured some sheep one night killed
dressed, and hung them up. During
the night the servant of the New Jer
sey officer stole the sheep, and they
feasted. Trick had had a hand In get
ting and killing those sheen, and. of
course, felt ugly. In the Vermont regl-
mem was a large Newfoundland dos
One dark night Trick killed and dressed
tne aog, and hung It where the sheep
had hung. In the morning the dor waa
gone, and It was soon found that the
Jerseyltes had stolen the Newfound
land dog carcass, and enjoyed another
feast, pronouncing It the finest mutton
they had ever eaten. It did not take
long for the news to spread throughout
the corps, and whenever that regiment
made its appearance on the ma rah or
In a fight, or was passing by any other
regiment, their follow-seldlers cosaj
menced barking. Thick aaye It waa a
case of bog eat dog. He has never for.
given those Jersvyltas, ad says be
never will ,
