Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1896 — PIE YING A MONGOL OF MIGHT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PIE YING A MONGOL OF MIGHT.

Chinaman Goes on the Warpath and Smites Many Men. Having thrashed a street car conductor and a motorman, hit a policeman a right-hander below the belt and made matters lively for four officers who arrested him, Pie Ying was satisfied to spend a night in the Harrison street station, says the Chicago Chronicle. Pie is a Mongol. He is small; there are not four good cuts in Pie. But be did mighty deeds of pugilism Wednesday evening. Pie was riding on a Clark street trolley car and told the motorman to stop at “Hallison sleet.” He •failed to slow up and grinned at the Celestial's frantic signals to let him off. He saw that Pie weighed less than his cue and looked insignificant He could not know that it was a rocky Pie with car-spring muscles and coupler knuckles. As the car slowed up at Polk street he motion-

ed to the Mongol to come through the front door to get off. Pie came forward, and his hand, which was closed, met the motorman’s nose. The nose went down and carried the owner with it. The conductor saw the collision and ran to help the motorman, but Pie hit him so hard that he hit the fare register at the back of the car and jostled four fares upon it Five police officers saw part of the trouble and hastened up. The foremost threw his stomach against the Chinaman’s fist and almost knocked him over. While the officer rested he saw Pie exercise his four brothers in acrobatic work. In five minutes the Mongol was subdued. “You ought to have been in the war with Japan,” said Justice Bradwell admiringly to Mr. Ying, when testimony as to the latter’s prowess was given him yesterday morning. “It would have helped your nation some. But don’t you know better than to hit a street car crew? It is their business to do the hitting.” Pie offered an apology for his mistake and was discharged. Hats were lifted to him as he passed out of the station. He had vindicated his race. Current Condensations. Hairpins are made by automatic and very complicated machines. Eighty of the towns in Great Britain supply the names of 100 towns in America.

Many of the Hindu sapphires and other gems are carved into amulets and idols.

A horse thief In Bloomsburg, Pa., was pursued and captured by policemen mounted on bicycles. The Southern Pacific Railroad, it is reported, has come to the conclusion that it is useless to attempt to prevent tramps from riding on freight trains, and has decided that hereafter they may ride free. Umbrella stealing Is said to be of frequent occurrence in St. Paul’s Cathedral In London. It has actually been found necessary to post up a notice warning people against v umbrella thieves and the presence of a detective in the cathedral has been found desirable.

Lope de Vega, the famous Spanish dramatist and poet, lived from 1562 to 1635. His literary work began when he was about 13 years old. and from that time until his death, a period of sixty years, he poured forth au enormous quantity of plays, dramatic compositions of all kinds, poems of every character, breathing every spirit, from the strictest asceticism to the most unbridled license. Over 1,800 plays are credited to him, and the published collection, comprising about 300, is contained in twenty-eight volumes. The sugar cane was introduced into the Madeira islands in 1425, and in 1498 the annual product exceeded 4,000,000 pounds. The introduction of sugar cane into the West Indies, however, destroyed the industry, and grape culture took the place of the sugar cane until 1852, when the phylloxera nearly swept all the vines out of existence. The sugar cane is again being cultivated and last year half a million pounds were made. The supply will always be limited, because the cane cannot be profitably cultivated at a higher elevation than 1,000 feet.

CHINESE “BAD MAN” ON CLARK STREET.