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Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1878-03-21
Huru Diet gar till i krig.

En- finsk officer, lojtnant Bj0rling,
som deltog striderna utanfor Plev-
ma och dar slutligen blef sarad, skill
drar pa foljande lifliga satt den strid,
som uppstod, da det galde att oppen
strid mota Osman pascha, mar han
br6t ut fran Plevna:
"Var befalhafvare underrattade ess
ON att turkarne i dagningen anfallit
Siberiska grenadierregementet, att
striden an.nu fortgick och att stunden
for oss var inne att skynda till de va
ras, undsattning. vi tillryggalade,
oaktadt gyttjan gick 'oss anda till kna-
ma, storre delen af strackan, som skill.
de oss fran fienderna, sprang, tagan-
de vagen langs venstra sidan at den
samma nara byn Dolni Mitropol, traf-
wade vidare uppfor holden h6ger ON
foden och befunno oss plotsligt tenn.
ligen andtrutne kulregnet. ~"
s.Bataljonerna befaldes genast att
rycka an kompanivis. Var befalhaf-
ware underrattade oss ON, hvad vi hade
att CORA f6ljande ord: Gossar fen
den har, tagit yart batteri och innehar
yara f0rskansningar. Tagen dem till
baka !'"5
SEEN mera valkommen befallning
hade han. sakert under hela slit lif ej
utdelat, och under etti danande hurra
stortade vi oss mot fienden. aa,....Y
=, ssElden var ursinnig. ALT emel-
lanai sjonk nagon ned for att ej delta
ga den blodiga leken. sarade 'yredo
sig i slit blod 6fyerallt, st6nande
och jemrande sig, och hareoch dar5la-
go doda, lugnt, utstrackta liksom hvi-
lande efter dagens modor. Storartadt
ljod de fiendtliga kulornas och grana-
ternas musk, mer och mer oafbrutet
smattrade gevaren och. ALT trotsigaFe
skallade yara grenadierers hurra yid
hyarje nytt anlopp. -. #.,--z ,.s..i Isl
Jag hade emellertid ej hunnit taga
manga steg, f6rran det vackraste fyr-
yerkeri jag nagonsin sett sprang upp
for nina ogon, hyaryid det kandes,
som ON man. skulle slagit mig ihuf-
vudet med ett lispunds vigt. Jag vet
81 hur det kom sig, men jag forlorade
6gonblicket balansen och ramlade
raklang ofveranda. ''De kanaljerna
ma val ej ha skjutit bort hela hufvu'
Diet var min forsta tanke. Jag un
dersokte yarsamt forha allandet och
fam, att annu en- klibbig massa sat1
qYar. Min andra underso kning galde
nasan, men hur jag s6kte, kun
de- jag ej "a reda pa den len
Efter 6gonens sokte Jag sedan, l1 mer
kunde eli "a reda pa dem heller. Att
Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1878-03-21
2:dras. Arg. No 10.
de maste hafya fyttat, slot jag daraf,
att sedan jag:blef traffad sag jag in
jgentino s&z $#is:fS r ~ - 't'<ysHt', T1''7

de maste hafya fyttat, slot jag daraf,
att sedan jag blef traffad sag jag in
genting. p %4&'''1 ''' '<'.:s1%.: z; IA, >, ~
1sEmellertid kandes jag, att sbloden
str6mmade 6fver mitt br6st och insag,
att det var radligast att lemna betrak-
telserna till en- AMMAN gang, och forfo.
ga mig till f6rbindningspunkt
Jag steg: darfor upp, tog med ledning
af stridsbullret #riktning for min ko-
sa .sa ,godt jag kunde och b0rjade min
vandring. Nagot besvarlig var den,
ty jag foil ALT emellanat omkull Diver
stupadei och sarade, demljag st6tte pa
under min fard, men jag steg ater- -uppI
och strafyade fortfarande framat.
Osakert ar likval, ON jag nagonsin pa
egen hand skulle hittat f6rbindnings.5
,punkten, ty for att komma dit maste.
jag tillryggalagga omkring 2 verstl
Zen femtedels sv. ,mil). En- soldat ha-
de emellertid varseblifvit mig, tog
mig under armen och forde mig till
ort och stale. Man tvattade mig rem
sa godt sig CORA lat i bradskan (dokto-
rerna hade fullt 5upp med arbete), och
jag skadade med f0rn0jelse ater days
ljuset, ehuru hogst sparsamt genom
en- liten glug a h0gra 0gat.
n. .'Under det en- lakare f6rband mig,
erholl jag af honom f0ljande gladjan.
de upplysningar: Jag hade 4blifvitl
traffad af en- gevarskula, icke af gra-
natskarfvor, sasom jag sjelf hittills
hade trott'; kulan hade slagit in &C.
nom ena kinden nara nasan och ut ge-
nom den andra nara orat. Hela an.
sigtet hade svullnat upp, och delta
afvensom det ymniga blodd0det var
orsaken till, att jag ej hade hittat re-
da pa nasan, som dock utuamdigt var
oskadad. Ogonen voro
nastan fastsvullna och det var darf6r
ej underligt, att jag imam de blefvo
rengjorda fran blodet, Ell sag nagon
ting. For resten trodde lakaren, att
jag, sa fort svullnaden gifvit sig, skull
le aterfa min syn. Efter att hafva
slutat f6rbindningen, rackte han mig
sin "pllnta'' och nagra minuter sena-
re kuskade jag sallskap med lnagra
andra, mer eller mindre tilltygade
saf till lasarettet, forlagdt i
Trostnik, norr ON Gorni Mitropol.
Nagra dagar senare afskickades hari-
fran en- del sarade, med hvilka afven
rs.'r- . 80
vi f0ljde. -
Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1878-03-21
Brief fran "FarbrOr"
INDIAN LAKE d. Is Mars 78.
Min kara GretG!
till hams ssNHECE.'' -

Du som dag ut och dag in sitter dar
den stora stadens qvalmiga atmosfer
och Ell vet af andra forstr0elser an de
eviga balerna, teatrarne och de s. k.
"privata picnics'' m. m. 'krims'
krams'' SAINT mojligen nagon gang
en- ssmanskenspromenad" med din lef-
nadsglada kusin, Rulle Block, du, sa-
ger jag, borde vara mig foljaktig pa
nina str6ftag har Western, sa skulle
du fa njuta af den rena och of6rpesta.
de landtluften med fulla drag, och
kama de uppfriskande prairie-vindar-
mes helsosamma inverkan pa din i
stadslifvet bortklemade stoft"hydda!'
ia, har skulle helt sakert de fiydda
rosorna smart atervanda pa dina for
bleknade kinder och blomstra med
f0rnyad fagring; ty har ar helsa, har
ar lif och har ar "luft luckan," ma
du tro! Har skul1e du ock ia Sc och
erfara manget och mycket af lifvets
allvarliga sidor, hvarom nj, dar i sta
derna, uppvuxna flicksnartor ej hafya
den ringarste aning-ja, jag skulle on
ska att du kunde slita dig los fran det
dar stadslifvets hvimmel och .komma
hit till denna vackra prairie och Sc
dessa karnfriska, gladlynta husmo-
drar, huru de bestalla ON slit hus och
pyssla med sina slna, frodiga 'kar-
lekspanter,' och slutligen, huru de
likval hafva It'd nog 6frig att bevista
de enkla n6jen som landtlifvet har att
bjuda pa.
Jag har harf6rinnan besokt manga
svenska settlement" olika delar af
Minnesota och afven andra slater,
men aldrig har jag annu traffat pa sa
ordningsfulla, hyggliga och gastvanli-
ga menniskor som i Indian Lake;
och aldrig hars jag heller sett. en- sa
vacker prairie som den, ihyara dessa
karnfriska och intelligenta soner. och
dottrar of det gamla ssSvea," slagit
ned sina bopalar. ., ssg..a .=@zg.s
Val har jag hitintills haft en- viss
afsky for ALT hvad prairie heter, och
Ell heller hafva dess aboeri allmanhet
fallit. mig synnerligen j smaken, men
under min vistelse har a denna prairie
har jag helt och. hallet kommit till
andra asigter, och Jag wore nu fardig
att, Eom vissa omstandigheter med
gafye, genast bosatta mig dar och blif-
I va farmare till sjal och hjerta. s!@i s
Afven du, min Greta, kunde, ON du
vore har och zlyckades tillvinna dig
nagon af dessa unga, raska laudtiun-
Ikare, hvaraf har fnnes plenty 2 yn-
nest och beyagenhet, blifva j tillfalle
att komma len langt nyttigare verk:
ningskrets och uppna det rata malet
sfo6ria1I FIR ia1Iyinnans ada bestammelse iverl-
den, stailet for att f6rspilla din he'll
sa och dit unga lif j det ande efattiga
stsdslifyets sssus och dus. 5,.a.,,.s
jag namnde nyss att denna prairie
az pmycket yackrare och trefigare an
nagon af dem jag sett fornt, och jag
will nn beratta dig hvad som g6rs skill
MAIDEN sa stor forhallande till andra
landstrack ckor: 10, ser du, de vanliga
Eprairierna hafva forefallit mig sasom
en- .sSahara-oken'' utan 1if och utan
1omYexling;; men denna ar dar'
emot sasom ett b6ljande haf med
EN- hop snla tacka saar, ON man nemli.
gen tanker sig saken Il omFand ord
Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1878-03-21
Menniskans VaFde.

ts.n-
En- fraga, som kanske mer an ala
andra blifvit och bhr missf0 rstadd,
ar denna hvaruti bestar en- menni.
ska sanna varde z I var It'd. som
mer . an etts afseende g0r
skal for namnet EFT materialismens
tidehvarf, 1trots sdess stora framaskri-
dande ALA riktningar, s0ker man ma
handa minst af ALT att CORA sig reda
for de grunder,. hvarpa en- menniskas
sanna varde Dor varal fotadt, for att
erhalla pragel af den, varaktighet,
som trotsar tiden och med of6ryansk'
lig CLANS trader fran ur .sjelfya graf
varnes matt. Deti har nemligen; blif-
Wit en- vana- att Sc ALT ur,, .jordisk syn.
7punkt och mata ALT efters de rent tim.
liga berakningarnes krassa mattstock,
men det ar ju en- sanning, som ingen
lar kunna bestrida, att det, som :skan
fortlefva bortom tiden, for att erlral-
la sin rata betydelse, Ell kan efter
jordisk mattstock beraknas. Och dock,
huru CORA vi Ell! Titan att pa ringa-
ste satt s6ka CORA ossreda for en- men,
niskas inre eller fasta oss vid hennes
tanke. och handlingssatt, aro vi t. OK.
genast fardige att tillmata henne det
hogsta menskiga varde, for sa vidt
hon pa EFT eller annat satt lyckats for.
varfva sig mera, af jordelifvets skat.
ter, an folk allmanhet, och vi ga
ofta sa langt var hlinda dyrkan af
den gyllene kalfven,. att vi med ,akt-
ming och v0rdnad blicka upp till en-
sadan menniska, hon ma for vinnan-
det af dessa skater, ha begagnat sig
af huru nsla medel som helst. Det
dagliga lifvet har, till mensklighetens
skam, att uppVisa mer an ett exempel
ha arpa.--Kommer So en- AMMAN, som at
naturen1 blifvit begafvad med stor
f6rmaga att till sin egen f6rdel fran.
halla det mangen gang lila pund af
vetande, hvarofver han har att f6rfo-.
ga, ser man genast honom, tack ware
den menskliga kortsyntheten, en- men,:
niska at stort varde, under Diet att den
sanna f6rtJensten, som offrat ar af slit
lif at forskandet Yisdomens outt0m-
liga skattkammare, pa grund af sin
blygsamhet far trada j bakgrunden
och traffas af den sorgliga lotten': att
glommas manga andra exempel att
f0rtiga. ! sas >.
Sadan ar verldens gang, men den
borde Ell vara sadan. Det ar ej alltid
sagdt, att en- menniskas sanna varde
trifves tillsammans med jordiska' for
delar; det h0r tvartom till undanta-
gen, ty ingenting eyer sadan f6rmaga
att f6rsl0a en- menniskas irneboende
andliga kraft som just hvad vi med ett
gemensamt MANN kunna kalla: pen.
ningen. En- menniskas varde ligger
nemligen Ell hennes yttre upptradan-
de, utan uppenbarar sig EFT ON dygd
och ada tankar vittnande landings
satt, som ytterst hamtar sin kraft ur
den eviga karlekens sk6te. Guds-
fruktan utan skrymteri och ytlighet,
rattskaffenshet utan strafvan efter
verldens pris darfor, och 0mmande
for likars nod aro kannetecknande
egenskaper for en- menniskas sanna
varde. A.-B.)
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-19
Eccentric Miss Thompson.

Says the Niagara Falls Gazette: Last
summer lady guest az the Cataract
House attracted no little attention, both
at the hotel and in the village, by her
whims and caprices, which were equal
ed only by her eccentricities. She new
err registered her name, although "Miss
Thompson" was ascertained to,be part
of it. She repealed all social advances,
paid all her bills promptly, and usually
with twenty-dollar gold pieces; would
leave the hotel without announcement
and be absent several days, and upon
returning would seek her room as
though she had been out for short
walk only, and in numberless other
ways she evidenced mind decidedly
peculiar. She had valuable mare,
which she was in the habit of riding,
usually with a groom on footllto lead the
animal by the bit. While occupying
apartments at the Cataract she left one
day as quietly as usual, and some days
afterward the proprietors received a dis
patch from Bristol, England, from their
eccentric guest, requesting special care
for the mare until her return. Weeks
after this the lady returned, Fand re-
manned short time, and again she took
her departure for Scotland, with her
mare and one of the porters at the no.
tel to take care of the animal on the
way. On her departure she distributed
$50 gold pieces among her hotel at
PENDANTS with as lavish hand as though
they were mere paltry quarters. She is
believed to be the same Miss Thompson
who receRtly had set of gold horse
shoes made for a mare in Edinburgh.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-19
Morning.
NY SUSAN COOLIDGE.

ID Bl SUSAN COOLiDoE'
Oh word and thing most beautiful
Our yesterday was hard and dull,
Gray mists obscured its no0ntide SUM-,
Its evening sobbcd and wept In rain;
But TO and fro In hiding night
Some healing angel swift has run, ,
And all Is fresh and fair again. .. ...,r
Oh word and thing most bcautifull
The hearts which were of cares so full,
The tired hands, the tired fcot,
So glad of night, are glad OF morn!
Where are the clouds Of yesterday!
The world is good, tho world Is sweet,
And life is new and hope reborn!
oh word and thing most beautiful!
Oh coward soul and sorrowiul,
Which signs to note the cbbing light
Give place to even ings shadowy gray!
What darkness heals the wrongs OF day,
And dawning clears all mists OF night?
4 Oh word and thing most beautiful!
The little sleep our pain to lull,
The long, soft dusk-then full sunrisc!
To walsen fresh and angel fair, u q q.
Life all renewed and griofs forgot,
Ready for Heavens glad surprise,
So Christ, who is our light, be there.
p, .,,. ,s....,.E Sunday afternoon.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-19
Lecturers.

The fees of prominent lecturers, &C.
cording to the American Literary Bu'
reau, are as follows: Cough, s25O;
Beecher, $500 to- 5000, Tilton, sl5Oi
Eli Perkins, 800; Phillips, 5000; Scott
(Siddons, $3.50; Bret Harte, S125; Bay
ard Taylor, 1925. Reductions are, how.
ever, made from these figures for small
towns. Beecher is worth $500 simply
because he will draw. that amount
Cough will draw 5000, Anna Dickinson
will draw 1925, Mark Twain will draw
$3.50, Eli Perkins will draw S125, anu
Mrs. Scott-Siddons is worth $3.50. Reaa.
ers are not worth as much as orlglnI
thinkers, simply because they are nO'
original. They are copies. They SIN,
plyread what the dramatist or humoris'
has written. Their material IS nO'
fresh. 1t is good, but old. The audience
have read it over and over again, anu
fun and pathos is so delicate that, ohO'
listened to, its force is gone fore'ei'
You can laugh at the same humor' "
cry at the same pathos but once. %
the original humorists like Nasty, W aru'
Perkins, and Tom Hood, have always
the advantage. Their platform huinU.
is sealed book, which no reader ca.
reproduce. The books of the humori',
are public, and the readers can read anu
re-read them before sleepy audiences
but they keep their best things for tnen
lectures. Their lectures they keep ".
of the magazines and newspapers 'ns
they may appear on the platform VIZ -.
fresh and original fun-delighting .N
ears of the audience with side-splittins
humor, or moistening their eyes VIE
heart-touching pathos.-E1ohd'nge'
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-19
HOW HE CONQUERED.

Paul Weimer was in love. Poor Paul !!
the object of his affections did not know
her own mind, and her parents despised
him. His beloved was the toll-keeper's
daughter and lived on the bridge which
spanned the broad river below his noun
tain home. Aida was naturally Co
quette, and her fathers position opened
way for the indulgence of this dis
position to an unlimited extent, so that
herlovers were numbered by the dozen,
and even Count Rudolph himself failed
not to cast an admiring glance upon the
fair girl in his frequent journeys across
the bridge. Still she was by no means
Indifferent to the manly charms of Paul
Weimer, and she declared to her mother
thasthere was not, in all the province,
as bright a pair of eyes as Paul's black
orbs. As it was impossible to deny
this, the mother merely said it was a
pity he did not employ them oftener in
searching out the insects that destroyed
his vines than in. sighting the chamois
upon the heights. "And his figure,
too," persisted the girl, who desired to
uphold Paul, now that another spoke
against him.
"Did you ever see more magniii-
Gently formed man, mother?"
"Oh, that is well enough, child, but
his form was developed by climbing
over crags and precipices in search Of
the wild goat, when he should have been
digging in his vineyard" q.
Aida knew this was true enough, so
she made no reply, yet, among all her
suitors, none occupied so many of her
secret thoughts as dark-eyed Paul, and
the day on which her father turned him
from their door and commanded him
never to enter il again was sad one for
her, although she would not acknowl-
edge that she loved him.
Young weimer was rendered des-
perate by this proceeding, and became
wilder in consequence. The poor
channels had reason to curse the toll
keepers cruelty, for Paul now hunted
them with relentless zeal, and more than
ever neglected his vineyard.
1.-The mills of the gods grind slowly"
but each ones turn comes at last, and
those who care not what others suffer
have personal sutferings thrust upon
hem.
The winter was passing and the toll
keeper had begun rejoicing at the pros.
pect of the return of spring. The river
was still frozen, but the south wind
blew warm and balmy, and there had
been warm rains upon the mountains,
so that the ice was soon expected TO
disappear. The family retired to rest as
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-19
Lines to Bess.

BrlA LAW STUDENT, d !
Believe me, Bess, when declare
A titlc-deed my heart,
And you the party of the first, Ctltir
And the second part.
To you I've given my whole love,
With no Remainder over; yrAg
II you betray that trust, will '~'f"
=. An. action bring-of trOver. 100 E
Now don't Dcmur when this you read,
G But own you feel conjunction, + 2
Or my suit will Prosecute, II N n
In spite of your Injunction.
My Casc-its one in Equity
I've Pleaded with precisiOn;
You know the Points; why will you, then,
So long Reserve Decision?
You owned to an Attachment once, H.<
When the question MOOted;
But now it seems to me you act .-.,y..
As if you were no,,-s,,ited g.
make no Dilatory Plea;
Pm driven to Distraction;
You know how long Pvc Courted you;
Come, in my case, Take Action.
If you resist n Civil Suit - ..,. ..l u
Pll bring ut Cupid's Session, '.far
And there, a Plaintiff lover, ask
For Judgment by Confession. ..
But, if, in spite of Judgment mine,
You will not hear me still,
I'll get an Order from the-Court
To administer your Will.
Don't fail to File an Answer Brief
To this, my Declarations,
Lest, losing patience, shall make rr
A Cross Examination. aolttt ..lat .r
-Neso York Puck.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-19

BY all means let the women share IN
the pleasures and profits OF these fes-
rivals. Society is only half cultured
when woman does not lend the aid OF
her presence to soften and polish, and
he is only half man who does not find
in his wife wise counselor as well as
warm friend. One of the most promis-
ing features of modern society, and
especially in this country, is the promi-
nence given to the coeducation of the
sexes, not only in our literary institu-
tons, but in all social life. President
Hayes takes his wife with him when he
goes to attend Centennial, or cattle
show, and herein he shows his good
sense. She can not only help him to
his cravat and sew on his buttons, but
she can pull his coat-tail when he makes
too long speech--which, by the way,
he never does-and she can give many a
kindly suggestion, such as nomaa and
no other woman would venture to make.
Christlieb, a German writer, who re-
Gently visited our country, denounces
American civilization as unchristian,
because our women do not jump up
when their lords come into the room,
am offer them the best chair, don't run
to get their slippers sand dressing-gowns,
and don't present their pipes filled and
lighted for smoking; but, on the con-
trary, act as though they were the
equals of men and are treated as such.
We have seldom seen such a compli-
ment to American society as this criti-
cism of Christlieb, and we hope it will
be long before American far
mers will keep their wives
in the background, in fact, make mere
servants of them, as is too much the
custom in Germany. So far as their
festivals are concerned women have as
much right in them as men, and are
Just as much benefited. In this respect
farmers are ahead of the lawyers, doc
tors, merchants, and even the ministers,
for it is not the common custom of these
professionals to take their wives with
them when they 60 to their professional
feasts. If the clergymen in their social
gatherings, to which we referred in the
commencement of this article, had had
their wives with them, we are sure some
of the coarse jokes which they uttered
would have been omitted. al go.
One word of caution to the managers
of farmers festivals. Never get pro-
fessional talker to make a long speech
on the occasion. After-dinner speeches
should be short, pat, and pithy, and the
more there are of these short talks the
better. Let the farmers do their own
talking. One object of the festival is
the culture of the speech-making power,
and if lawyer or Congressman is in
vited to make speech, he is sure to
make big talk, and either to crowd the
farmers into short space for talking or
to silence them by his presence.
Much of the enjoyment of the festival
depends upon the tact of the President.
If man of humor presides, he can in
fuse his spirit into the whole and make
every man and woman present pleased
with themselves and the company, can
even joke poor dinner so as to make
it atable.-Alenamder Hyde, IN NeV
York Times. ....... ..... .g.