THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE : THUBSDAT , DECEMBER 1 , 1808.
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CAPT. DICK AND CAPT. JACKA.
Reported Talc of Two Frlgntcs und Two Luggers.
Uy A. T. QUILLER COUCH.
( Copyright , 1809 , by A. T. Qulllsr Couch. )
I dare say jou've never heard tell of my
wife's grandfather , Captain John Tacka-
blrd or Cap'n Jacka , as ho was always1
called. Ho was a remarkable man alto
gether and he died of a seizure In the
Waterloo year ; an earnest Mcthody all his
days and toward the end a highly respected
CMB ! leader. To tell you the truth , ha
wasn't much to look at , being bald as a coot
and blind of one eye , besides other defects.
Ills mother let him run too soon and that
made his legs bandy. And then a bee
stung him and all his hair came off. And
his eye he lost In a little Job with the pre
ventive men ; but his lid drooped so you'd
hardly know 'twas mUslng. llo'd a way ,
too , of talking to himself na ho went along ,
so that folks reckoned him silly. It was
queer hnw that maggot etuck In their heads ;
for In handling & privateer or a Guernsey
cargo alnk the crop or run It straight-
there wasn't his master In Polperro. The
very children could tell 'co.
I'm telling of the year 'flvo , when the
" 'twon't be 'air fellows to foot ball * while
he's In command. And I'vo seen htm handle
the Good Intent under Hockln. "
Mrs. Tackablrd nald nothing. She was busy
making saiuagcn and setting down a slut
of butter for her man's use on the voyage.
Dut he know she would be a disappointed
woman If ho didn't contrive In Some honest
way to turn the tables on the company and
their iiew pet. For days together ho went
about whistling "Though Troubles Assail , "
und 'therry night before sailing , as they
*
sat quiet , one each side of the hearth , he
made the eld voman jump by saying all ot
a sudden , "Coals o' fire ! "
"What d'eo mean by that ? " she asked ,
"Nothln * . I was thlnkln' to inycclf and
out It popped. "
"Well , 'tis Hko n providence. For , till you
natd 'that , I'd clean forgot the sifter for
your cuddy lire. Mustn't waste cinders now
that you're only a mate. "
Doing a woman , she couldn't forego that
llttlo dig , but Hho got up there and then
gave the old boy a kiss ,
I " 1JY SCVEN O'CLOCK HE WAS CLOSE. "
most , of the business In Polperrb free trade
and privateering was managed , as the
world known , by Mr. Zephanlah Job. This
Job , he came from St. Ann's by reason of
his having shied some person's child out ot
a window In a fit of temper and opened
echool at Polperro , where he taught rule ot
three and mensuration ; also navigation ,
though he only knew about It on paper. By
and by he bccamo accountant to all the free
trade companies and agent for the Guernsey
merchants ; and at last blossomed out and
opened a bank with 1 and 2 notes and
bigger ones which ho drew on Christopher
Smith , * alderman of London. In those days
gold' was EO scarce that the Jews were buy
ing guineas 'for 27 shillings apiece , collect
ing them , folks eald , for government to
eend to the armlee. You wouldn't see a gold
piece In Polperro not once In twelve months ,
Well , this Job was agent for a company
of adventurers called the "Pride 'o the
West" arid had ordered a new lugger to be
built for them down at Mevaglwcy. She
was ( called the Unity , 160 tons ( that would
bo' , about fifty as they measure now ) ,
mounting sixteen carriage guns and carry
ing sixty men , nice and comfortable. She
wakjylng on the ways , ready to launch and
MrTcJob proposed to 'Ca'S'nJJackiilo" '
oven , to Movaglssey and bavo a look at her.
Cap'n Jacka was pleased as Punch , 01
course. He'd quite made up bis mind he
was'to command her , seeing that , first and
last1'In ; the old Pride lugger , he had clearct
over 40 per cent ( or this very company. Be
they sailed over and took thorough etock o :
the new craft and Jacka praised this ant
suggested that and carried on quite as if he'c
got. . * captain's orders Inside his hat whlct
was where he usually carried them. Mr
Job looked sidelong down his nose he wai
a leggy old galllganter with sllverlsh graj
hair' and a Jawbone long enough to maki
Cap'n Jacka a new pair of shins and eaU
he. t'Whata do'ee think of her ? "
" Well , " said Jacka , "any fool can see she'l
run , and any fool can see she'fl reach ,
reckon she'll come about oa fast as th' olc
Pride and If she don't sit nlgher the wine
than the new revenue cutter it'll be youi
eallmaker's fault. "
"That's a flnt-clais report , " said Mr. Job
"I was thinking ot ottering you the post o
mat * in her. "
Cap'n Jacka telt poorly all ot a sudden
"Aw , " bo asked , "who's to be skipper
thenr
"The company waa thinking ot youn ,
Dick Hewitt. "
"Aw. " said Cap'n Jacka rgaln , and shu
his mouth tight. Young Dick Hewitt's fathe
had' shares In the company and money t
buy votes besides.
"What do'ee think ? " asked Mr. Job , stll
slanting his eye down his nose.
"I'll go home an' take my wife's opinion , '
aid Cap'n Jacka.
60 when he got homo ho told it all .to hi
tunny little wife that ho doted on like th
apple of his one eye. She was a small
round body , with beady eyes that made he
look like a doll on a penwiper ; and sh
said , ot course , that the company was
parcel ot rogues and tools together.
"Young Dick Hewitt Is every bit so goo
a seaman as I be , " said Cap'n Jacka.
"He's a boaster. "
"So he Is , but he's a smart seaman tc
all. "
"I declare If the world was to come t
an end you'd sit quiet an' never ray
word. "
"I d essay.I should. I'd leave you to spea
up tor me. "
"Balnt'eo goln' to say nothln' , then ? "
"las ; I'm going ( o lay it before th
Lord. "
So down 'pon their knees those old eoul
went upon their llraea h and asked fc
guidance , and Cap'n Jacka , after a whtli
stretched out his hand to the shelf for We :
ley's hymns. They always pitched a hym
together before going to bed. When he'
got the book In his band he saw that
wasn't Wesley at all , but another that r
never studied from the day bis wife gait \
it to him. because It was called the "Onl
Hymn Book , " and he said the name wi
as good a * a lie. Howa'ever , be opened
oow and came slap on the hymn : *
Tho1 troubles assail and dangers nffrlgh
It foes all should fall and foes all unit
Yet one thine assures us. whatever betid
I trust in all dangers the Lord will pr <
vide.
They sang It there and then to the tur
of " 0 , All that Pass By , " and the very nc ;
morning Cap'n Jacka walked down and tel
Mr. Job he was ready to go for mate undi
young Dick Hewitt.
More than once , the next week or tw
K he came near to repenting , for Cap'n Die
was very loud about his promotion , esp
claNy at the Three Pilchards , and whc
the Unity came 'round and was fitting vei
slow , too , by reason of delay with her le
ters of marque he ordered Cap'n Jact
back and forth like a stevedore's do
"There was to be no 'nigh enough * on th
lugger" th t 'was ' the sort of talk , and c
and rotten stone for the very gunawlvel
But Jacka knew the fellow and even a
mired the great figure and Us loud way
"He's a cap'n , anyhow , " be told his wlf
Probably "OIney.1
She wouldn't walk down to the quay
though , next day to sco him oft , being cer
tain , sh said , to lose her temper at the
sight of Captain Dick carrying on as big ai
bull's beef , not to mention the sneering
shareholders and their wives. So Captolt
Jacka took his congees at his own door and
turned halfway down the street and waved
a goodbye with the cinder sifter. She uaec
to say afterward that 'this ' was providence ,
too.
too.Tho Unity ran straight across until Bhi
made Ushant light , and , after cruising aboul
for a couple of days in moderate weathei
( It being the first week In April ) , Cap-
tula Dick laid her head east and began t <
nose up channel , keeping an easy little dts
tance oft the French coast. You sec , thi
channel was full ot our ships and neutrali
in those days , which mode tat work for th <
French privateers ; but the Frenchles' owi
vessels kept close over on their coast , am
oven so the best our boys could expect , nlm
times out ot 'ten when they'd crossed over
on this point of sailing shipped nothing
but what she look In through her enms ,
the worst of the mischief being forward ,
where her rtt-m had worked a bit loose
with ago and started the bends. Cap'n
Jacka , however , thought less of the sea
that was working up Into a nasty lop
than of the weather , which turned thick
and hazy as the wind veered a little to
west of south. But even this didn't trouble
him much. He had sausages tor breakfast
and sausages for dinner , and , as evening
drew on and ho knew he was well on the
right side ot the channel , lie knocked out
his pipe and began to think of sausages for
tea.
tea.Just then one of the hands forward
dropped pumping and snng out that there
wns a big sail on the starboard bow. "I
b'llevo 'tis a frl&ate. sir , " he said , spying
between his hands.
So It was. She had sprung on them out
ot the thick weather. But now Captain
Jacka could see the white line on her and
the ports quite plain and not two miles
away.
"What nation ? " lie bawled.
"I can't make out as she carries any
flag losh mel If there baln't another ! "
Sure aa I'm tell I' s you , another frigate
there was , like- ) standing down toward
them under easy , 'iiivas , on the same star
board tack , a mile astern , but well to
windward of the first.
"Whatever they be , " said Captain
Jacka , "they're bound to head us oft and
they're bound to hall us. I go get my
ten , " h * ald , "for If they're Frenchmen
'tis my last meal for months to come. "
So he fetched out his frying pan and
plenty sausages and fried away for dear lite
with butter , too , which was ruinous waste. .
Ho chared round the sausages , two to each
man , and kept the- Bean Pheasant to hei
course until the loading frigate fired a shol
across her bows , and ran up the rod , white
and blue ; and then , knowing the worst , he
rounded to as meek as a lamb.
The long and short of It was that Inside
the hour the dozen Frenchmen wore free
and Captain Jacka and his men In theli
place , Ironed hand and foot , and the Beat
Pheasant working back to France agalr
with a young gentleman of the French navj
aboard In command ot her.
But 'tis better be lucky born , they say
than a rich man's ton. By this time it wai
blowingpretty well half a gale from'sou'-
sou'-wcst , and before midnight a propel
gale. The Bean Pheasant being kept heac
to sea , took It smack-and-smack on thi
breastbone , which was her leakiest spot
and soon , being down by the head , mad <
shocking weather of It. 'Twa next door t <
Impossible to work the pumps forward
Towards 1 In the morning old Jacka wai
rolling about up to his waist as he sat , am
trying to comfort himself by singing "Tho
troubles assail , " when the young Frencl
gentleman came running with one ot hi :
Johnniesand , knocked the Irons rff the Eng
llsh boys and told them to bo brisk and hel |
work the pumps , or the lugger that wai
already hove to would go down undei
them.
"But where be you going ? " he sings ou
or French to that etfect. For Jacka wai
moving aft towards the cuddy there.
Jacka fetched up his beat smuggllnj
i French and answered : "This hero lugge ;
i Is going down. Any tool can see that , ai
you're handling her. And I'm going dowi
i on a full stomach. "
I With that he reached en arm Into thi
cuddy , where he'd stacked his provision !
that evening on top of the frying pan. Bu
; the laboring ot the chip had knocked every ,
thing there ot a heap and Instead ot thi
trying pan ha caught hold of his wlfe'i
cinder sifter.
/ * /
"A HEAP OP CINDERS CJOT ASWASH. SIR , " SAID JACKA.
waa to run against a ohasse-mareo dodging
between Cherbourg and St. Male or Mor-
lalx with naval store * or munitions ot war.
However , Captain Dick had very good luck.
One morning , about three leagues northwest
ot poscotf. what should be see but a French
privateering craft ot about fifty tons ( new
measurement ) with an English trader In tow
a London brig with a cargo of ell sorts ,
that had fallen behind her convoy and been
snapped up In mid-channel. Captain Dick
bad the weather gauge , as w ll as the l g
of the French chasse-maree. She was about
a league to leeward when the morning lifted
and be flrst spied her. By 7 o'clock be was
close and by 8 had made 'himself master ot
her and the prize , with the loss ot two men
only and four wounded , the Frenchman being
short-handed , by reason ot the crew he'd pot
Into the brig to work her into Morlatx.
This was first-rate business. To begin
with , the brig ( she was called the Martha
Edwards , ot London ) would yield a tidy little
sum for salvage. The wind being fair for
Plymouth , Captain Dick sent h r Into that
port her own captain and crew working
and thirty Frenchmen onboard
her of course ,
board * In Irons. And at Plymouth she arrived
without any mishap.
Then came the chaaso-marce. She was
called the Bean Pheasant. * an old craft and
powerful leaky ; but she mounted sixteen
guns , the same as the Unity , and ought to
have made a better run from her ; but first ,
she hadn't been able to make up her mind to
desert her prize pretty well within sight
nf port ; and In the second place , her men
had a fair job to keep her pumps going.
Captain Dick considered and then turned to
old Jacka.
"I'm thinking , " said he. "I'll have to put
you aboard with a prize crew to work her
back to Polperro. "
"The Lord will provide , " said Jacka ,
though be bad looked to see a little more ot
tbo fun.
So aboard bo went with all hU belongings ,
not forgetting his wife's sausages and the
stug ot butter and the cinder sifter. To
ward the end ot the action about fifteen ot
the Johnnies had got out the brig's large
boat and pulled her ashore , where , no doubt ,
they reached , eafe and sound. So Jacka
hadn't more than a dozen prisoners to look
after and prepared for a comfortable little
homeward trip.
"I'll Just cruise between this and Jersey , "
said Cap'n Dick ; "and at the week-end , If
there's nothing doing , we'll put back for
home and reshlp you. "
So they parted and by 10:30 : Cap'n Jacka
had laid the- Bean Pheasant's head north-
and-by-west and was reaching along nicely
tor borne , with a stiff breeze and nothing
to do but keep the pumpa going and attend
to hU eating and drinking between whiles.
The prize made a good deal of water ,
but was a woatherly craft for all that , and
ProUablv "Dlcnfalsant. "
At that moment the Frenchman ran
behind and caught him a kick. "Coi
out o' that , you old villain , and fall
at the after pump ! " said he.
"Aw , very well , " said Jack , turning
once for the cinder sitter had given h
a bright Idea and he went right aft to 1
comrades. By this time the Frenchm
were busy getting the first gun overbou :
They were eo long ; that Jacka's boys h
the After pump pretty well to themseh
and between spells one or two ran a
fetched buckets , making out 'twas for x1
baling , and all seemed to be working 11
niggers. But by and by they called c
all together with one woeful voice. "T
pump Is chucked. The pump Is chucked
At this the Frenchmen came runnli
the younger officer leading , and crying
know what was the matter.
"A heap of cinders got awash , air , " *
Jacka. "The pump's clogged wl' 'em o
won't work. "
"Then we're lost men ! " says the offlc
and he caught hold by the foremast a
leaned his face against U like a child.
This was Jacka's chance. " 'Lost , ' Is
tss , I reckon you be lost and inside o' i
minutes unless you hearken to rayson. H
you bo , not twenty mile from the Engl
coast , as I make It , and with a fair wl
Here YOU be , three times that distance s
more from any port o' your own , tbo wi
dead on her nose , and you ram-etramm
the weak spot of her at a sea that's knoi
Ing pie bows to Jericho. Now , Mossoo , j
put her about and run for Plymouth , i
may do It , Pitch over a couple of gi
forr'ad and quit messing with a ship :
don't understand , an' I'll warn she 1
do It. "
The young Frenchy was plucky as glne
"What ! Take her Into Plymouth and
made prisoner ? I'll sink first ! " says ho.
But , you see , bis crew weren't navy n
to listen to him , and they had wives i
families and knew that Captain Jacka's i
their only chance. In five minutes , for
the officer's stamping and morblewlng , tl
had the Bean Pheasant about and were r
nlog for the English coast
Now I've got to go back and tell you w
was happening to the Unity in all t
white. About 4 In the afternoon Capt
Dick , not liking the look ot the weather
all and knowing that , so long as rt lasted ,
might whistle for prizes , changed his m
and determined to run back to Polporro ,
as to reshlp Captain Jacka and the pi
crew almost as soon as they arrived. B
o'clock be was well on his way , the Ur
skipping along quite u it it enjoyed U , i
ran before the gale all that night.
Toward 3 in the morning the wind mod
ated and by 4:30 : the gale had blown Iti
out. Just about then the lookout came
Cap'n Dick , who had turned In for a up
and reported two chips' lights one on e
elde ot them. The chances against their 1
ing Frenchmen , out here In this part of the
channel , were about 5 to 2 } so Cap'n Dirk
cracked on ; and at daybreak about & :15 :
found himself right alap between the very
two frlgctes that had called Jacka to halt
the evening bfore.
One was fetching along on the port tack
and the other on the weather side of him ,
Just making teady to put about. They both
ran up the white cnalgn nt sight of htm ;
but this meant nothing. And , In a few min
utes the frigate to starboard fired a shot
across his bows and hoisted her French
flag.
flag.Cap'n Dick feigned to take the hint. Ho
shortened sail and rodnded at a nice cits-
lance under the lee of the enemy both
frigates now lying to' quite contentedly with
heir sails aback and lowering their boats.
But the first boat bad hardly dropped a
foot * from the davits when he sung out ,
'Wurroo , lads ! " nnd up again went the
Unity's great lug-sail in a jiffy. The
Frenchmen , llko their sails , wore all aback ,
and before they could fire a gun the Unity
was pinching up to windward of them , with
Cap'n Dick at the helm and all the rest of
the crow flat on their stomachs. Oft she
went from a rattling fire from the enemy's
bow-chasers and musketry and was out ot
range without a man hurt and with no
more damage than 3 hole or two In tbo
mlzzen-lug. The Frenchmen were a good
ten minutes trimming walls aud bracing tholr
yards for a chase , and by that time Cap'n
Dick had slanted up well on their weather
bow. Before breakfast time he was shaking
his Bides at tbo sight of 7CO odd Johnnies
vainly spreading and trimming more canvas
to catch up their lee-way ( for at first tbe
lazy dogs bad barely unreeted courses after
the gale , and still had their topgallant masts
housed. ) Likely enough they bad work on
band more Important than chasing a small
lugger all day , for at 7 o'clock they gave
up and stood away to the southeast and
left tbe Unity free to head back home
ward on her old course.
'Twas a surprising feat , to slip out ot
grasp in this way and past two broadsides ,
any gun of which could have sent him to
the bottom , and Cap'n Dick wasn't one to
miss boasting over It. Even during the
chase he couldn't help carrying on In hta
usual loud and cheeky way , waving goodbye
to the Mossoos , offering them a tow rope
and the like ; but now the deck wasn't big
enough to hold his swagger and In theli
joy of escaping a French prison the men en
couraged him , eo that to bear them talk
' you'd bavo thought he was Admiral Nelson
and Sir Sidney Smith rolled Into one.
, . By 9 o'clock they made out the Eddystom
* on their starboard bnw and a llttlo after
the morning being bright and clear with t
nice steady breeze -they saw a salt rlgnl
ahead of them , making in for Plymoutt
sound. And who should It be but the olc
Bean Pheasant , deep as a logl Cap'n Did
cracked along after her , and a picture ehi
was as ho drew up close ! Six of her gum
had gone , her men were baling In two gangi
and still she was down a bit by the heac
and her stern yowulng like a terrier's tal
when his head's in a rabbit hole. And then
at tbe tiller stood Cap'n Jaka , bis bald heac
shining llko a statue of fun and his one eyi
twinkling with blessed satisfaction as hi
cocked It every now and then for a glanci
over bis right shoulder.
"Hullo ! What's amiss ? " sang out Cap' :
Dick , as the Unity fetched with in hall.
"Aw , nothtn' , nothln' . 'Tho' troubles as
sail an' dangers stlddy there , you ol (
anglotwltch ! she's'a bit too fond o' smell
ing the wind , that's all. "
As a matter ot fact she'd taken more watei
over her quarters than Jacka cared ti
at think about , now that the danger was over
18 "But what brings 'ee here ? An * wha
cheer wl' you ? " he asked.
This waa Captain Dick's chance. "I've t
? run between two French frigates , " hi
ia ' boasted , "In broad day , an' given the slij
" °
I to both ! "
I "Dear , now ! " said Captain Jacka. "Si
, _ have I in broad day , too. They must ha
ja been the very same. What did 'ee take ou
of 'em ? "
r"Take ! They were two war frigates , ;
If tell 'eel"
to "Iss , Iss ; don't lose your temper. All :
11 , managed to take was this young Frencl
5h orclfer here ; but I thought , maybe , that yoi
shaving a handler cratt '
Jncka chuckled a bit ; but he wasn't one
to keep a Joke going for spite.
"Look-y-here , cap'n , " ho said , "I'll hear
your talc when we get Into dock and you
shall hear mine. What I want 'co to do
just now la to take this hero lugger again
and sail along Into Plymouth with her
as your prize. I wants , If possible , to Bpnro
the feclln's ot this young gentleman an1
mnku It look that ho was brought In by
force. For so he was , though not In the
common way. An' I like * the fellow , too , .
though he do kick tcrrlblo hard. "
* *
They do say that two days later , when
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Captain Jacka walked up to his own doi
he carried the cinder sifter under his ai
and that before ho ever kissed his wife
stepped fore and hitched It on a nail rig
In the middle of the waif over the chlinn
piece , between John Wesley and the wcatti
gloss. Q.
RUSSIAN SOLDIERY.
Their Treatment Snld to He Cruel ni
Their EHlclency Discredited.
A man who bos traveled much In Rusi
says in the New York Press that the cza :
pence proposals are unlikely to bo hea
of on the frontiers for several months
come , consequently the Russian army w
not be seriously affected. Of the army
says : "It Is better whipped than fi
The rations to each soldier are two poun
of suchary , a small quantity of salt and
pint of barley eoup , made without me
On national holidays , such as the blrthd :
of the emperor and empress , they ha
what they can 'high living , ' which consli
of potatoes , corned beef and pork. Th
are required to accompany their officers
the cathedral , but before Raving th gu :
house pass in line In front of a great I
of 'wodka , ' each with cup in hand. T
he fills to the brim , crying out as be sw
lows It , 'Long live our emperor and i
family. ' "
The term of service for a Russian s
dler varies with the department of I
empire in which he happens to be draft
The average Is twenty years and In t !
period he is drilled at least two-thirds
the time. Notwithstanding this aim
constant practice , he is a poor martcsm
not approaching a 10-year-old Amerli
boy. He simply raises the gun to his she
dor and discharges It. Saye the travel
"The health of these men Is ruined
strong and deleterious drinks , and tl
Joined to the punishment they recel
unfits them at an early age for the p
tormanco ot their duties. When any me
ber of the army becomes unfit for act
service , whether It bo by age , accident
war , he la cast oft by the government i
for the rest ot his life Is obliged to
for a livelihood. He must conceal the I
t of hU being a disabled soldier , or he <
I receive neither alms nor sympathy. D
Ing the first five years after dismissal
Is required to report at headquarters oc
I slonally , In order to ascertain if
aervlccs are again wanted. "
| This is a horrible state of affairs.
' makes our volunteers seem happy by ct
parlson. "Soldiers are constantly whip
j to death , " the traveler goes on , "yet s
a thing as an Investigation never was be
of. What Is one man more or less to n
slan Ignorance , poverty and despoil ;
There are 130,000,000 people In the emp
The only privileges a soldier earns by
long term of servitude are permission
travel without paying for a passport
exemption from taxes. Those that sun
the expiration of their first period are
worn down by privation and abuse t
they collapse as soon us the unnati
energy of fear and compulsion Is no Ion
the stimulus ot life. "
Every year Russia has about 875,000 yemen
men arriving at the age of 21 , there !
i ready for Impressment. Of these about 2' '
I 000 are taken Into the regular army , wl
( he rest go into the reserves , "From ev
town and village 7 per cent of the rr
population must be given up , " the travi
continues , "and at least 20 per cent Is tali
as only the healthiest are retained ,
wooden lock Is placed on the leg of each
emit to prevent escape from the gu
house. The relatives crowd around y
dismal cries and lamentations. On the I
lowing day the victims arc chained toget !
In fives and tcni and then packed by fifties
In hugo wagons to bo carried to the bar
racks , They are received one by one , cx-
nmltml by a doctor and It sound are passed
Into the hands of the military barber , who
shaves the top part of each one's head per
fectly smooth nnd crops his back hair very
close , almost to the skin.
"Thoso who happen to bo rejected by the
doctor are also delivered Into the hands ot
the barber , " continues the traveler , "who
treats them In the reverse order of th
others the back part of their heads being
shaven and the hair on the crown closely
cropped. These poor wretches are not al
lowed tlmo to dross , but are thrust out In
a state ot nudity , and their cluihps thrown
after them. They are kicked nnd cuffed by
soldiers disgusted by their physical dUa
blltty. But they smile as they run , qlad to bo
released from certain hell. Should anyone
bo seen with the back of his head shaven
ho Is safe from molcstatlou , but If 'any un
fortuuato creature with the upper part ot
his head smooth bo discovered abroa.il lip la
Immediately captured as a deserting recruit.
Any person harboring such n uno IB liable
to n loss of property , the male members ot
hla family will bo taken ns soldiers and the
residue , old mm and women , are doomed
to perpetual exile In the wlltls of Siberia.
"On account of their scanty allowance _
Russian soldiers will steal anything they I
can lay hands on. Their largo uniform coat |
offers peculiar facilities for this business.
It being very long and wide , with sloovcn
open at the wrist. They can oaally slip In
any article the size ot a fork , a spoon , knife ,
tumbler , or even pitcher , without fear or
detection. Such articles are readily disposed
of to the barkeeper of any public house ,
who will neve.1 fall to receive them In pay
for 'wodka , ' a kind of whisky. When they
enter a drinking place the foremost man
will call for a 'groch wodka' and while the
bartender Is pouring It out will dexterously
swlpo everything In sight into his aleevc.
He then passes the stolen articles to the
man behind , who passes them to the next
and so on till the last man is reached. It
the barteiidcr accuses the leader the latter
Immediately desires to bo searched and the
search proving futile the articles arc given
up as lost. Officers wink at these stealings
and divide spoils when the goods are ot
value. The Russian soldiers would cell their
souls for 'wodka. ' It Is their only friend ,
their consolation , their surcease of sorrow.
Their lives are a hell ; anything to quench
the fires of despair. Nicholas calls his army
his 'defense' ; ho U likely to find It his
nemesis. Its officers ? I believe they are the
best paid and most autocratic In tbo world , "
SncccHHor to Dr.
NEW YORK , Nov. 30. Rev. Dr. Thomas
Hall will not succeed hU father , the Into
Rov. Dr. John Hall , as pastor of tbo Fifth
Avemuo Presbyterian church , for he has ac
cepted the chair of Christian ethics In the
Unhn Theological seminary , which was
vacated by Dr. Charles Brlggs.
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