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TTTE BEE: OMATTA, RATT7RPAY, AriJTTi 1, 1011. SHERIDAN'S ARMY ON BORDER Hiitorlci Precedent for Present ' Mobilii&tion of Troops, emznia times on mo grajtoe TleklUk llraatloa mt Claa of Civil War a flaw It Waa Ilanl" Withdrawal of Fremck Troop. , Th mobilisation of thousands of mited Ft ate troops In Texas In not a novelty In the history of tbo War department. While It I said that the troops are In Texas merely for maneuvers, uch waa not the cane when General "Phil" Sheridan u sent Into that state ' with 60,000 veteran troops. Thla mora followed tha occupation of Mexico br tha French and the placing of Maximilian on the throne by Napoleon. When tha American civil war waa at Ita height, tha emperor of the French sent troopa to Mexico to antabllah a throne there, believing tha government of tha United Btatea too much occupied with war to attempt to enforce tha Monroe doctrine. Tha occupation of Mexico by tha French array wh tha most radical Infraction of that doctrine ever attempted. Not until after tha battle of Gettysburg and tha fall of Vlcksburg did Secretary Se ward deem It wise to notify the French that tha proceeding In Mexico were distasteful to the United States government, and not until after the war did Mr. Seward find tha time Hp to demand of Napoleon that the French armies bt withdrawn from Mexico. Fven befor tha grand review In Wash ington, prior to the dlsbandment of the armies of the union, in which ha longed to Match, General Sheridan was ordered to tha Texas frontier to put down the rebel lion In that quarter and alio to reinforce the demand of the United States govern ment that Maximilian and his European allies evacuate Mexico. herldaw Sent to Texas. The day after Sheridan arrived In Wanh lngton from Petersburg, ha received orders transferring him to a new oommand. The order directed him to restore Texas and that part of Louisiana held by the enemy to the union. He was told that he could have all the troops that could be spared by Major General Canby In Louisiana sbout 25,000 men of all arms the troops that were with Major General T. J. Rey nolds In Arkansas 12.000 the Fourth Army corps at Nashville and the Twenty-fifth Army corps In Virginia. Sheridan promptly called on General Grant to see if his orders were to be con sidered so pressing as ta preclude his re maining in Washington until after the grand review. General Grant told him that It was absolutely necessary to go at otjfc to force the surrender of tha confederates under KIrby Smith. At that Interview Gen eral Grant also told Sheridan that there was an additional Motive In sending him to the new command, a motive not ex plained In the written Instructions. Orant said that ha looked upon the In vasion of Mexico by Maximilian as a part of tha rebellion Itself, because of the en couragement that Invasion had received from the confederacy. Sheridan was told that It would ba necessary for him to act wtth great care, as Seward was opposed ' to tha us of United States troops along the border In any active way that would ba likely to involve the country In a war with European powers. Sheridan's written orders, signed by U. S. Grant, Heutsnant-gereral, concluded as i follows: "In eaa of an active campaign (a hostile one), I thick a heavy forca should ba put on tha Rio Grande as a first preliminary. Troops for this might ba started at once. The Twenty-fifth corps Is now available, and to it should be added a force of white troops, say those now under Major-Gen-eral Steels, "To be clear on this last point, I think the Rio Grande should ba strongly held, whether the fore In Texas -tun-wider or not, and that no time should be lost In getting troops there. If war Is to be made, , they should be In the right place; if Kirby Smith surrenders, they will be on the line which Is to be strongly garrisoned. "Should any force be necessary other than those designated, they can be had by calling for them on army headquarters." Cavalry Seat Across State, Sheridan left Washington without partici pating In the grand review. When he ar rived at his station, he decided to cross the state with two columns of cavalry, sending one to San Antonio under Major General Wesley Merritt. and the other to Houston under Major General George A. Custer. Several regiments of cavalry from the east bank of the Mississippi were added to the mounted forces. By the time the two columns were .ready to start for San Antonio anil Houston, General Frank Herron, with one division of tha Thirteenth corps, had occupied Gal veston, and another dlvlMun under General Fred Steele had gone to Brazos to hold Brownsville and the line of the Rio Grand. Th object was to keep the escaping confederate from Joining Maximilian. Sheridan soon asked for au Increase of his force, so that he could send troops elsewhere In Texas. He wanted to concen trate at available points In the state an army strong enough to move against the Invaders of Mexico, If conditions demanded. Tha Fourth and Twenty-fifth corps were then ordered to report ta him and he sent the former to Victoria and San Antonio, and tha bulk of the lutter to Brownsville. KYoru. Braxoa. Santiago. .Sheridan had to build a railroad to Ciarksvllle. about eight een miles. All this work was done by the soldiers. The railroad was needed to transport supplies for the forces at Brownsville and alone the ltl Grande. Id the latter part of June, lfi. General Sheridan went to BrownsvilW himself to impress the imperialists with the idea that tha United States meant businexs. He also sent General Steele to make demonstra tions all along the lower Bio Grande, and at the same time il.inanj.'il the return of certain munitions of war that hud ben turned over by ex-confedei atea to the Im EMBARRASSING SWEATY FEET KOW TO RELIEVE QUICKLY ------ - i ir.-wi i i.i.i r.iiTm ptwwpirau.iit it one of tha moat common of foot ailments, undressing and eiuhurraaaing to l !,.,. uite led as the odor produced Is repulsive lo ml with hom they coin In contact. Tuts trouble can be quickly atoppel ajut -virtually uverconie by using the following Hutment Bathe me reel in a oaain or urm water in which two tablepootif tils of Cal'Kiiie compound has lieen diK-oU e 1. Tina will l,r u., ' iniiruxiiaie relict, leaving tne feet cool, dry ana ivirenne.l. Il Klmu.,1 l,e lepeated for orverai nignta or until tht, persnli aiim, Is controlled. Calm-Me couifio.mil Is a re markable preparation fur all klmla of f-.i. ailments. It t no I. inner routined exclu sively lo the uca of t lie iiillcul profes sion, but ran t imn luiwl hy tne general public from any good druaglHt. jf I, a d.B not have It In Hi ik he will oulckly get it from tils wholesale houi. A puckaae that sells for twenty-five ceiita is suf rlcim uuantltv to Dut the wt rsi feel in lm. i ditloa. t'alofid has a w omiorf ullv unti k aciion tor me reiier ana euro , r oorua, bunions. Ingrowing nails and tender feel. I-Yauuenlly ooo or two appllcatlous will rasuli In a euro, Adv. perial general commanding at Matamnras. These demands, barked as they ere by such a show of force a force startling not only numerically, but because of Its com position of veterans of one of th stub bornest wars In hictory wer ths cause of demoralization among th Imperial troops, and measures looking to the abandonment of northern Mexico wer quickly adopted by thosn In authority. This policy would probably have reunited In the peedy evacuation of th entire country by Mexlmillan, had not th United States government weakened. His aggressive policy. General Sheridan always thought, s he later set forth in his meniolrs. would have brought about and the speedy evacuation of th entire the collapse of tha Maximilian government, country by the French, had Sheridan re ceived permission to cross th Rio Grand Into Mexico. For such a move. In hi opinion, there waa ample exouse, large bodies of Confed erates having orossed over with munitions of war, including cannon. croud Hostile Iemont ration. But Seward was not anxious to under take any such Invasion of a neighboring country In time of peace, and ho waa con tent when a few pieces of the contraband artillery were returned with the apologies of the Imperial novernivunt. In th latter part of September, 1KSS, Sheridan became Impatient of the slow work at Washington and decided to make another hostile demonstration. This time he selected the upper Rio Grande for the scene of action. Merrlt's cavalry and the Fourth corps were still at San Antonio, Sheridan went to that place and reviewed the troops. Because of his presence at San Antonio, the parade of the troops. and their open preparation for a campnlcn. the natives thought that the Americans were going to Invade Mexico. Escorted by u cavnlry regiment, Sheri dan went to Fort Duncan on the Rio Grande, opposite Pledraa Negras. He then deliberately opened communication with President Juarex. This gave rise to th belief that Sheridan was only awaiting tha arrival of United Stares troops, then under marching orders at San Antonio, to cross the Rio Grande and attack Maximil ian's troopa The Imperialists were so much alarmed by these reports and the open military demonstrations, that they withdrew tha French Jid Austrian soldiers from Mata- moraa, abandoning the whola of Mexico as far down as Monterery. Jusf when the American general thought that these demonstrations would caAise the rinal withdrawal of the foreigners from Mexico, ha was again called off by the United States government, as a result of the representations of the French minister at Washington. The latter wrote to Sec retary Seward that the United States gov ernment was not preserving the strictest neutrality. Sheridan waa then officially notified to preserve absolute neutrality. It waa often extremely difficult for Sher idan so he wrote in his memoirs to re strain officers and men from crossing th Rio Grand with hostile purposes. Raid of Filibusters. A filibustering band, In January, 186674 crossed Into Mexico from Texas and sacked Bagdag, carrying off the garrison. Thla band, wholly without connection with the United States troops, formed th nucleus of the fore which took Bagdag, and were retnforoed by a few negro soldiers. In th course of the sacking of the town French vessels wer fired upon by th In vaders, and the United States regular went across the line to stop them. The fact that an act like the aelxure of Bagdad could be perpetrated, that a forca from the American side of the river, could commit so flagrant a violation of neutrality, showed an extraordinary state of discipline. Sheridan rebuked the disorderly movement on the Mexican town, and the United 8tates government hastened to make amends by removing tha commandant at the American army post In Texas, and also punishing the participant In the attack. It waa that part of Texas that led Sheri dan to say that If be owned both place he would rent Texas and live In hell. At that time Texas was overrun with desperadoes and outlaws, land It was lmpos. stole to prevent soldiers and union men along the border from showing open sym pathy with the liberal cause In Mexico. Sheridan admitted that In the course of the winter and spring of 1846 the American armv rnvertlv aunnllAd arms anil nmmnnt. ! tlon to the liberals In Mexico, sending as many 'as 30,010 muskets from the armory at Baton Rogue alone. Fate of the ISmperor. By midsummer President Juares, having organized a fair-sized army, was In pos session of the whole line of the Rio Grande, and, in fact, of neiirly the whole of Mexico down to San Luis Potosl. Within two years Imperialism had received Its deathblow In Mexico. Sheridan said that he doubted whether such 'results could have been achieved without the presence of our American army on the Rio Grande. From the autumn of lSf.6 until February, lHii7, ,the French troops by degrees evacu ated Mexico. The significant movement of United States troops to the Mexican fron tier led Napoleon to withdraw his support of Maximilian. x After the withdrawal of the French from Mexico, Maximilian, though deserted, de termined to hold out until the last, and, with the aid of disloyal Mexicans, stuck to his cause until the spring. He was taken prisoner at Queretaro, tried, and executed on May 14. 1M7. Secretary Seward tried hard to save him. Sheridan took the secretary's plea for mercy to General Kscobedo at Queretaro, but the representations of the United States were without avail. They were re fused probably because little mercy had been shown to, certain liberal leaders who had fallen Into Maximilian's hands. New York Post. BRIEF CITY NEWS Kit Koot Print It, Eye Tested l"rse Ityan Jewelry Co. Oas, Electric rixturas, Bargssa-Oraaden. Times, Printing. Tot Wage Earners, tha monthly pay ment plan of the Neb. Savings & Loan Asa n. offers the Ideal plan for savings. Hoard of Trade Building. Make Late Complaint John Cavan ' augh of 2-t' X street. South Omaha, com plained to the police Thursday that two messenger boys robbed him of a gold watch and chain March 1!. Play at Turner Hall "The New Mag delene," an ethical play, will be the pro gram of the Dramatic club of the Bo hemian Turners Sunday nUl.t, ul Turner hull. The Dramatic cluh has been under the tutelage of Joe Mik all winter and some good talent has been developed. Wo Verdict In Damage Buit The case f Jacob DreheragainHt the street railway I company, w herein the plaintiff sued for damages to the amount of H.S.OCU for the Ioks of the lower 'art of a leg and a por tion of one loot cume to an end Friday morning with a hung jury. The members of the Jury were disviiarHed by Judge W. U. Sears. ' First Lieutenant Fred V. 8. Chamber .in. Second Infantry will report to Col- onel Aaron H. Ariel, medical corps, presl dent of the examining board at Fort. D. A. Russell, V)o., to determine his fit ness for promotion. LOOK, WHAT HAVE WE HERE! A Banch of the Kind of Funny Stories Englishmen Tell. LOCAL "COLOR" GETS THE LAUGH Standard Specimens of the Points Which Reach th Risibili ties) of J. Ball and III Family. For several years I did a column of hu morous matter for tha Brooklyn Time to offset Bob Burdette's efforts In the same line for the Eagle, and after years of de liberation It Is a question who worked off tha most chestnuts. Bob or myself. It was obvious to the cub reporter. One day ha pasted on my desk whtt I then con sidered an Insult, but later confessed tha truth of. It waa: "Chestnuts revamped." There Is nothing new under th sun. Fun, satire, wit and humor has livened up tha people of the earth so far In th past that history wots not Its beginning. Over 4.000 ysars ago a Chinaman came to a neighbor and requested th loan of a hempen rope. "I can not lend It to you, as I have some rice to tie up In It," was tha reply to th request. "But you cannot tie up rice In a rope," Insisted th borrower. "I can tie anything up In a rope, that I do not wish to lend." ' This story has been accredited to the Arabs also. It was an ancient Greek who cautioned his son not to go near the water until ha had learned to swim. According to George Ebers, the cele brated Egyptologist, the mother-in-law Joke antedates, the pyramids by a few hundred year. Of course, th hjmor of the ancients was somewhat Intermittent. They had no Doesticks. Dickens, Nasby, Billings or Twain. Nowadays there is not a country that does not have one or more humorous publications. Foreigners, as a rule, do not understand our wit and humor. Sir Alfred Harmsworth once remarked to me that American humor was coarse and sometimes brutal. Mark Twain and Peter Flniey Dunne are the only American humorists who are accepted by Englishmen. On the other hand, e do not appreciate the humor of Punch, the Englishman's delight. i What They Laagh At. I have seen an Englishman laugh heartily over a Joke In Punch that I couldn't, see any point to, until It was explained to me, and no doubt that gentleman considered me as dense as we consider them when we tell them a funny story and get a sort of pained look, rather mystifying to be sure. Instead of the laugh which was ex pected. It Is the local application of the Joke that counts the world over. The funniest thing I ever saw was the charge a year ling Hereford bull made at a barbed-wire fence in tha Texas panhandle. He struck tha fence full tilt and the rebound caused him to turn a complete back somersault. Ha landed on his hoofs all right, and ther he stood all straddled out with a look of astonishment on his face that was almost human. It was so ludicrous that I laid down In th meaqulte grass and rolled over In spasms of mirth. Then ha began to bawl Ilk a whipped child, turned tall and ran as from a banshee. I was at dinner In a Bradford club and told about It, expecting to get a laugh, but all I got was this from Hon. Smith Feather, mayor of that Yorkshire city. "By Jove! I didn't know those wire fences were so strong. It' a jolly good thing tha poor brute wasn't Injured." However much wa may deplore the fact that Englishmen can not see the point to our stories, I will say that I heard many a good story while In England. I was put up at tha Savaga olub, and there met many of the prominent men of London. One day I was Invited to Join a party at the round table and there I heard the fol lowing stories, which go to prove that an Englishman can tell a good story that we can appreciate. Good-Bye to the Sergeant. By Dr. Leander Jameson, who was re sponsible for tha Boer war: "A drill aergeant had an awkward squad out putting them through their paces. One in particular was aggravatlngly dense and the sergeant began to rag him. " "Ere, you red-'ead, 'old your 'ead hup 'Igher. There, you bally hum of a Tommy Atkins, 'old It there.' " 'Must I halways 'old It this way, ser sergeant?' asked the recruit " 'Yes, 'old It there, blyme you!' " 'Then good-by, sergeant; I'll never see you again.' " A Disgrace to the German Army. "That puts me In mind of a story I heard In Berlin, said Bram Stoker, celebrated as Henry Irving' man Friday. "This German drill sergeant had his awkward squad out. His eye lit on one tow-headed chap who bad just been torn frcm home and mother to serve his time. " 'Hey, you; your shoes are dirty!" " 'Yes, my lord." "'And your clothes are not brushed!' " 'No, my lord." " 'And your gun Is dirty!' " 'Yes, my lord.' " 'And your buckles are rusty!' " "Yes, my ord.' " 'And you are not shaved!' ' 'No, my lord.' " 'Well, thunder and lightning, what Is your name, anyway?' " 'My name is Si hmitt, my lord.' "'So your name is Schmltt is It? Gott In hlmmel, what won't you do next to disgrace the German army?" " Why the Hialiland Train Stopped. By YV. W. Jacoos, who looks Ilk the impresario of a comic opera compauy, but who writes charming longshore stories that have made blm famous: "Thnt doesn't remind me of anything, but I'll tell you a yarn that struck me as funny. I,ast month I was on my way to Inverness. About ten miles out tha train stopped, then went on a few feet, then vtopped again. This happened several times and finally we came to a dead stop. Thirty minutes paaed by. Finally I aaw one of the guards sitting on the embank ment and shouted to him: " 1 say, Sandy, what' the matter. Is there a wreck ahead?' " 'Na, na. sor; the water Iks jus' gone off the boll.' " The Neutchmaa Kaw the Joke. By Ixrd Mashein, who when a poor mm Invented appliance.' which now makes him one of the greatest pluali manufacturers in the world: "That reminds me of a Scotch story. and this time, aa usual, the laugh is on Sandy. It seems that an American and Scotchman were making a pedestrian tour of the land of mlt and oat cakes. They came to a little, town that prided itself on its local museum. It really was sn Inter esting place, as 1 believe they viud Bob ttruce's original spider web there After going the rounds they came to tha exit, upon which waa a card reading: " Thus who ran not read the Inscrip tion please apply to tha blacksmith across th road.' "Of course. It struck the Yankee that those who couldn't read the Inscription couldn't read tha card, and he La 4 a gol Come All Ye Plale Bipeds to Culp-Langvorthy Clothes Shop Vernal peeing Tomorrow Every man in this neck of the woods will he offered a liberal education in new fashions at this store tomorrow. Old Mother Earth is putting on her new clothes ARE YOU? , The grass is peeping out to see what's here ARE YOU? Our Crass is the new creations that cover men who live come in to morrow and see. Music and Flowers laugh over It. Brown explained It to Mac-Urc-Kyor, but the Scot never cracked a smile. "That night they put up at a pub. Brown was tired and went to bed early, sleeping the sleep of exhaustion. In the night fc'andy woke him up, gleefully shouting: " 'Wake up, mun! I sew It noo! I see It noo!' ' 'Well for heaven's sake, what Is it ou see? Hurry up and let me sleep.' " 'I see the Joke. Broon. "Ha a gran'' one. Ha! ha! TUe smithy might be oot.' ' What He t.ot fur Mlpeuce. By Bichard Kavanaugh. managing di rector of the Theater Koyal In Dublin: "That reminds ,ne. speaking of Scotch men, of the Bcots tireys. who were quar tered near Waterford. Ireland. Major Ab ernethy and several of hla Junior officers were riding through the country on pleas ure bent The day was hot and the roai dusty, ttoiue one apoke up and said a glavs of brandy and soda .cold wouldn t go bad. He got a chorus of assent, but mile after mile waa covered and no public house fell in sight. "At last they aw a chap coming who evidently, from his attempt lo walk on llilfit If iPpP fell - lw W CULP-LANGVORTHY CLOTHES SHOP Authority on Men's Wear ! Corner Store, The New City National Bank Bldg. How Omaha both sides of the road at once, knew where they could strike a pub. When they met him the major accosted him. " 'I say, Tat, la there a pub near here where we can get something to drink?' " 'Sure, yer anner; two turns to the right,' answered 1'at, touching his cap. " Do you keep good spirits there?" anain questioned Abernethy. " Ucod spirits, is ut? hhure, yer anner; the bust her. Jus' look at me for six pence.' " Pallia- 1 relit In Scotland. By Theodore Bchomburg, the great en gineer who settled the boundary line dis pute between Columbia and Veneiuela: "Speaking of Scotland puts me In mind of the old Scotch woman who came up to l-ondon lo visit her son. She was taken with a Jumping toothache and upon the advice ef her son viaited a dentist, wlio soon had the offend. ng molar f ylng In the air. With a sigh of relief the old lady climbed out of the chair and asked: " 'How mooch f " 'Ten shillings, mam,' replied the den tist. v " Ten shillings Is It. ye robber." -ream-il the wuuian. U by, I'll ba' know, Sanly to Avoid Street VIIIStanding Up WHEN compelled to stand, always hold to a strap or to the back of a seat, it the car has cross seats. The reason for this rule is that the rounding of a curve, or a sudden stop or col lision with another car, may throw you to the floor or against some other portion of the car with such free that a broken bone, dislocation of a joint, or a bad contusion may result. and Council Bluffs MacPherson 'ud haul me all aboot the smithy for saxpence." L,. B. Kinne in the St. liuis Ulobe Democrat. A Serious Breakdown results from chronic conxttpatlon. 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