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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-08
A Chat with the Quaker Bard - His
Friendly Letter,

My acquaintance with the poet Whittier
dates from lovely summer afternoon just
before my 18th birthday. Whittier, as is
we'll known, spends much of the summer
season near Asquam lake, in the billy coun-
try of New Hampshire. As my father then
was living only few miles from this sylvan
spot, he and drove over to see the Quaker
bard-known to us hitherto only through his
poems | shall not try to describe the tall,
noble figure and delicate yet commanding
features with whtoh we are all familiar. nor
attempt, either, to repeat the sparkling con-
versation which ensued.
One thing especially impressed me at the
time, and will never be forgotten. NJ.
Whittier said that his early ambition had
been to become a prominent politician, and
from this ideal he was persuaded only by the
earnest appeals Of his friends. Taking their
advice, he united with the prosecuted and OBJ
scure sect Of Abolitionists, and to this course,
he said, he attributed all his after success in
life Then, turning to me and laying his
hand on my head, he remarked in his gentle
voice: my lad, if thou wouldst win success,
join thyself to some unpopular but noble
cause"
My father CHANGED to mention, before
leaving, tnat L mad occasionally WrlCten
scraps Of poetry. Whittier kindly asked me
to send him some verses on my return, which
| readily promised, and, armed with his au-
tograph, l retreaeed to the carriage, happier,
dare say, than have ever been before or
SINCE
Some days afterward mailed to the poet
a few rhymes which had seen light in re-
ligious journal published in Boston. The
reply, as dear a treasure today as it was
then, spoke latteringly of my effort, and
closed with the following advice:
would not advise thee to publish much for
the present In two or three years much will
h." been E..iuAd by thee Study, experience,
49,. ,IserTatI3u of Ca:Erc. and patient brood
IN; thy wrse will DO great del for thee
wotII however, advise DO yc'lnS .nCH TO de
pend upon poetry. A profession or trade is
uesIeI; and brave work must be done in a world
Of need aud suffering. With kind remembrance
of Thy father, and with all good wishes for thy
self am truly thy fr'd,
JoHH G. WHITTIER
Would it be a bad idea to send a copy Of
this Letter to every aspiring young verse
writer il tho ,da-Ered. Lawrence knowles
in The Writer.
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Fashionable girls in New York are appar-
emily gone daft on the question of square
shoulders. Anything to equal the pose young
women now affect is difficult to imagine.
While they are on their feet they are beauti-
full to look upon, and beyond criticism or
cavil. 1t is when they are seated that the
great and garing flaw of the present artifi
cial and fashionable construction of the
American young girl becomes evident.
While they succeed In holdingstheir shoulders
back, it is impossible to keep the neck at the
same angle, when seated, unless their faces
ere held at the same level as the floor.
Hence, their heads necessarily droop for
ward, leaving long and noticeable distance
between tho neck and the back Of the high
collars 1t gives the effect Of cut throat suf-
fering. But 1t Is remedied when the girl
leans forward again, or rises to her feet.
Then everything fits in with the correct and
shapely beauty that is the second nature of
Americas most beautiful and famous pro-
duct-The Argonaut
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From a Jewish Standpoint.

Ask the Jewish housewife, the Jewish
mother, whether marriage is failure! She
will not understand you. She will stand be-
wildered in the face of snch question, and if
you explain to her what you mean she will
tell you that Jewish mother sees in mar
riage the acme Of happiness, because Of
wonanly duty; that all these newfangled
notions are simply the outcome of the brain
OF some man or woman vino missed the true
mark OF lie, ard whose life is failure She
will point TO her children, as Cornclia of old
did. She will extol her husband as the ideal
of her life. She may not have read as much
as the girl of the period, may not be as &C.
couplished, nor figure as a speaker in as
semblages for the advancement of woman
suffrage, but she will exemplify to you how a
true woman lives, how a true mother, de-
voted wife, arranges her life, and you will
find that true happiness is found in such a
family, and that marriage is the most sacred
bond in existence, which to question is 30 lay
q sacrilegious hand upon the rock upon which
society reSts.-Hebrew Standard.
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s,nce.=Dan Ames in Gfobe-pemo
A sleepy English Village.
GaIs

asked the young man the population Of
the parish. He told me 1000. And how
many newspapers had theyl Not one. "Not
onef' | echoed in amazement; "why, in one
OF our American towns of this size they
would have four, and one of them would be q
daily" Il know it," he replied, but old
England isn't America, don't you seel We
used TO have n weekly newspaper here, but it
died years ago, and now such of US as care
to read the newsstand there aren't many
have to depend upon the paper in Peterbor.
ough, eleven miles away. We have q little
printing Office here, managed by our Miss
Croft, the stationer, where we can get cards
and small handbills, but that is all" "Then
you don't ADVERTISED" "No-how can weP'
But suppose you had some bargains you
wanted to get before the people-how would
you do itg' why, we'd have to send around
the town crier with his bellr"
The town crier, by the way, found, is
quite All important parsonage in Whittlesea
He is an old man named Smith, born there
down in yon lane, sir, nine-and-sixty years
ago, and sound and 'earty yet, as you may
see" These were his own words, i'll an inter
view l had with him ON the street Every
Thursday they told me he dols his robe of
Office, takes his great bell, and marches
through the town. '"Ear yel ear yer he
cries-and then goes on to announce the
"lostS and founds," cattle for sale, houses to
rent, and the like. Thursday is the regular cry
day, but he can be induced for a shilling or
two to make the rounds at any time. Smith
is also the beadle and the grave digger, and
found him an encyclopedia of information
concerning the hundreds of people he has laid
away in the churchyard during his long SER
vice-William T. Tinsley in Lyons Republi-
ran
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OFF THE HEAD LIGHT.

Ii was a chin, foggy evening N Septem-
Der; che sea rolled in against the rocks in
great, sunen, gray waves, seething and hiss
rug over the seaweed; the light looked spec
trail and ghostiy. I turned out the lamp
Far in the east rosy tint crept into the mist
went on the iron balcony around the little
tower. While stood there thought of my
dreary lte-the only son OF poor fisherman
drowned off seguin light that fiickered in the
fog miles out to sea- grewup IN that small
village, went 10 school until I was Ia, then
began to fish with the mackerel catchers
Like other lads, had hopes and ambitions
for the future; but mother needed me, so
worked for her. Three years ago-1 was %
now-I was appointed lighthouse keeper on
this peak of land guarding the entrance from
the sea of the wide Sheepscot. l remem-
bered, with no pleasure, Kitty Robbins,
school teacher over at the bay. Mother
wanted me to marry her. well only
wished to please mother; but Kitty ought to
do better than marry poor light keeper.
Come dearie; breakfast is ready" moth
er's voice called, and | went down to the
house connected with the tower by long,
low shed. l look at mother; she is worth a
mans best years. A tiny, straight figure,
quaint and trim, black gown, neckerchief
as white as snow, white lace cap over her
snowy hair, pale rose tint on her SOFT
wrinkled cheek, and eyes as bright and blue
as the sea- Women age fast in our bleak
life of early toll, and she was 40 when l, the
last Of five children-all dead but me-was
born.
There's speck out there like boat"
said, stopping to kiss her. Before go to
bed I'll look again. There was a nasty sea
last night"
1.-THE Lgrd pity tie sailors at seal" qua
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The Argentine Republics Boom.

The British legation at Buenos Ayres re-
ports that there is great financial and COM
mercial boom in the Argentine Republic
Exports and imports are increasing rapidly,
the public debt-amounting to about $780,
900. coos being rapidly reduced and the
credit Of the country abroad was never bet
ter. The public, however, are filed with the
widest speculative ideas, their operations
varying from reckless plunging on the races
to transactions involving tracts of land as
big as empires An inflated paper currency
aids this spirit, and the British legation pre-
diets disastrous panic, but says that the
natural resources of the Argentine Republic
are 50 great, and the support it receives from
foreign immigration Of so much value, that
it is possible that speculation may return to L.
Ultimate channels without the shock of finan-
cial disaster New York Srn.
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mTtUed within their own district. The favor.
ice standby of the novelist and the play
wright, who comes anywhere straight from
Scotland Yard at the summons of tele-
gram, discovers everything at a glance and
sets matters in order for the last chapter or
the blue fire, is entirely creature of the
imagination. Any one who should telegraph
to Scotland Yard from anywhere outside of
London asking for detective would merely
get laughed at for his pains.-New York
Sun.
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BETTER THAN BLOODY BATTLES.

General Wheatcroft Nelson says.
"My experience in the English army
as we'll as in America, convinces me
that nothing so thoroughly purifies
the blood or adds to health, vigor aud
life as Acker's English Blood Elixir
This great Remedy is sold by
RAGLAND & Co.
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Those Big Offers,

Snap Actor-I have called, sir. to as.; vou
to insert line to the effect that | have Just
refused an offer of $500 week.
Accommodating Editor-With pleasure.
Is there anything else can do for you, siri
''That's all, unless you have a spare dime
about you. "-Philadelphia Record.
POET WhlTTlER'S ADVICE.
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Helpless, alone stand Give mo your hand;
Lead me across lifes turmoil and despair
Take me away to Loves sweet blossom hand,
Out Of this darkness into light and air.
Give me your hand, to wander through my hair,
10 pass across my forehead: let It touch
Ny lips, just once, that murmur you are fair
And tender Sweet do not ask for much:
Give me your handl
Midnight has closed me round Give me yom
eyes
That may wake TO see lffeNs loneliness,
And gaze into a mirrored paradise,
Where we may wander on. no less, no lessl
Give me your eyes, that may look you through,
Unfold your soul discover how your heart
Trembkes ~ loves awakening All, you
You will be mercffuL Ere depart.
Give mo your eyesI
Behold your supp4iantl Give me your heartl
AL that h Is IN h that Is very pure,
Your woman's sanettsy, the counterpart
OF gifts the angels stre you that endure:
Give me your heart, that may set It round
With pearls Of prayer. and rosaries recite
OF deep thanksgiving. Les me feed I've found
A way to peace ous q fifeS darksome night;
Give me your heartl
Clement Scott IN America
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DYSPEPSIA, DESPAIR, DEATH.

These are the actua- steps, which
follow Indigestion, Acker's English
Dyspepsia Tablets will both check
and cure thismOst fearful of diseases.
For sale by RAGLAND & Co 2
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After butterins the tin for a boiled pud-
ding, dust it with pounded bread crumbs;
baking pansscsn be treatsd with -four In the
same way and the cake WI never stick.
A LOVERS PRAYER.
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ghe 1ai1u Eight.
NoOo-o-oI~-~-~-~-~-~-~-O
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 8, 1888.
Republican Electors of Texas.

Electors at Large T. B. Hanna, Denison;
A. j. Evans, San Antonio.
First District-J. II. Stewart, Liberty.
Second Dstrict-C. c. Flanagan, Calvert
Third Distrlct-W. II. McCarver, Carthage.
Fourth Distrct-W. Z. Singleton. Marion.
Fifth District-W. II. Andrews, Mckinney.
Sixth District-Philp Altbayer, Terrell.
Seventh District D. NJ. COnnor, Retugio.
Eighth DistrIct-A L. Maynard, Lockhart
Ninth District John W. Mcdonald, waco
Tenth District-Herman Seele, New Braun
fels.
Eleventh District-George A. Knight, Pecos
City.
*The name of d. NJ. O'Connor, in the Sew
enth District, is substituted for that of c. G..
Brewster, by authority of the state Campaign
Committee. sir. Brewster having since his APP
pointment as elector accepted nomination to
Congress.
For Sale at a Bargain.
House of rooms, hail. galleries, (hard fin
ishedJ $50 Dbl. cistern, large stable. chicken
house, ETC., with % acres of land, all fenced,
large tank, fine chance for diary. Only 2I
miles from city. Apply at
PIP HAMBLETON, HADLEY & Co.
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lSOLTON, JNO. H.
= Auctioneer and Commission Merchant
Houston street, next to the bridge. Consgn-
.uents solicited.
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\ N'TARTiC REFRIGERATOR 90
~ D0lorOsa street, opp. Southern Hotel
Cells the best meat to be had in the city. Do
livery free Prices reasonable ri If
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Would it be a bad idea to send copy OF
this Letter to every aspiring young verse
writer il tho land Fred. Lawrence knowles
in The Writer.
, 1888-01-13
Liberty Cut Short.

JEFFERsoNvLLE, Jan. I2.-Macey
Warner, the convict murderer, sentenced
10 be hanged March 9 for killing Frank
Harris, a fellow convict in the peniten-
tiarY here, made a desperate and success
full attempt to escape from Jail this after
loon. Warner tried to starve himself to
death some weeks ago, but gave up after
nine days. His long fast, however left
him in a very debilitated condition, and
diseases of the lungs developed, turning
into consumption. He has been weak
for some time, and was allowed liberties
that another prisoner could not have had.
Jailer Hay went into the corridor where
Warner was late this evening, when he
was seized from behind by William Nc
Cain. Macy Warner came up in front
and took a pistol and So in money from
Hays pockets. The murderer also took
the keys of the outer gates, and with
these in one hand and his revolver in the
other walked out to liberty. An alarm
was at n given and detectives started
out. Warner was traced to the Louis.
vile side of the river, where he was ar.
rested and locked up late tonight. His
escape stirred up Jacksonville, as War
ner, though young, is known to be one OF
the most desperate men unhung.
, 1888-01-13
Hanged But Still Living.

GAINESVILLE, Ga, Jan. l2.-For a
week rumors have been coming into the
city that Tilman G. Justice, barring a
slight orene in the neck, was alive and
well in his mountain home. Yesterday
a gentleman arrived from Towns County
who gives positive assurance that the
hanging of Justice was a sham: that his
body was quickly cut down and rcsus-
ciated, and that a dozen men in Hiwas-
see have ~conversed with him since Nov.
10, when he was supposed to have been
hanged. Justice was an illicit distiller in
Towns County, who had for a neIghbor
John B. Goddard, a retired lawyer, aged
70. Goddard was suspected of giving the
revenue officials information concerning
the moonshiners, and for this reason he
was shot dead by Justice The murderer
was kept in the jail of this city awaiting
his hanging, and, when the date arrived,
was carried to that country. Towns
County is high up in the mountains, sixty
miles from the nearest railway station,
and is so cut off that its existence is not
known to most people. 1t is overrun by
m%oonshiners, and, therefore, it would be
a easy matter for friendly officers to save
a man. The editor of the Dallonega S,g-
nal is authority for the statement that
Justice was still breathing when he was
emf down
, 1888-01-13
SOME SHOCKS.
Will SiiOOhS.
North And South Carolina
Greatly Stirred up.
Strange Case of an Irish Girl
Who Wasn't a Girl.
Senator ingalls, Residence De-
stroyed by Fire.
Earthquake Shocks.

COLUMBUS, S. G. Jan. IA sharp
earthquake shock, the first in many
months, startled the citizens of Columbus
at 9:55 o'clock this morning. Buildings
were severely shaken, and doors, windows,
crockery and glassware ratified in II lively
manner. People sleeping were rudely
awakened and many rushed into the
streets. The direction of the wave seemed
to be from north to south. The vibra-
tons continued about ten seconds and
were accompanied by loud d~etonations.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 12.-There was an
earthquake shock at Summerville at 9:55
this morning. A disturbance was also
noticed by some persons here, though it
was so slight a. not to be felt by the ma
jority of the people. There was no dam
age and no alarm.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Jan. ia
sharp earthquake shock was felt here this
morning about 10 o'clock No damage
was done.
CHARLESTON. S. c., Jan. l2.-The
earthquake shock this morning was zen
orally felt throughout the coast country
and as lar west as Augusta. No damage
was done.
SAVANNAH, Jan. ia distinct
earthquake shock was felt here this morn
ing. Houses were shaken and many
people frightened, but no damage was
done.
RALEIGH, n. c., Jan. ia slight
shock of earthquake was felt here this
morning. Advices from Charlotte report
a shock there and the people greatly ex-
cited, fearing a repetition of the disaster
of 1886. There was also a strong shock
felt at Shelby and other points.
, 1888-01-13
A RAGING BLIZZARD.
Its Worst Effects Felt in Da-
kota and Minnesota.
All Traffic Stopped on the
Northern Pacific.
Riddleberger Will Vote to
Confirm Lamar.
A Fierce Blizzard.

ST. PAUL, Jan. PA fierce blizzard
prevails here to-day, and in consequence
of which the laying of the corner stone of
the ice palace has been postponed until
Saturday next.
Railroad men agree that the storm of
to-day is quite the worst ever known in
the Northwest for their business. 1t ex-
tends from the Rocky mountains to Lake
Michigan, but it's worst effects are felt in
Dakota and Minnesota. Everywhere it
has been accompanied by high winds,
which drifts the snow badly, and in
Northern'D Dakota, with the thermometer
below zero, it assumes the character of a
genuine blizzard.
The railroads had hardly finished clear
ing their tracks from the previous storm,
aud that of to-day has absolutely blocked
all small roads, though through lines are
battling bravely against the elements to
keep trains moving. All freights on the
Northern Pacific and Manitoba lines have
been abandoned and no passenger trains
we're sent out on these roads tonight.
, 1888-01-13
Born with Two Mouths.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 12.-In the southeast,
crn part of Crookston county lives An,
drew Nelson, a Norwegian farmer. An,
drew and his wife we're married about
two years ago, and on the 18th of Decem,
Der there was born to them a healthy
male child, having two separate and dis,
tinct mouths. One is situated in the
usual place, between the nose and chin,
while the other is located Immediately
under the chin, and is nothing more than
a hole about an inch and a half long, and
looks as though it had been cut into the
flesh with a knife. In crying the child
makes q noise resembling that made by
those toys with a balloon attachment,
known to Youngsters as sQuawkers. The
little fellow seems quite healthy and is
growing rapidly. Neighbors have been
trying TO induce Mr., and Mrs. Nelson tC
go to st. Paul or Minneapolis and put
their child on exhibition, but this they in,
d~ignantly decline to do.
, 1888-01-13
Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 12.-For the past
two or three weeks the city has been over.
run by tootpads and ~garroters. Every
morning a half dozen reports would be
made at police headquarters by people
who had been held up and robbed the
night previous. The police seemed pow,
erless to apprehend the ~marauders, though
over fifty special police in citizens attire
patrol the streets at night. To night Mr..
Hinson, a well known young business
man, living on the east side, was held up
at Tenth and Tracy, two populous streets,
by two footpads who demanded his money.
Mr.. Hinson being slow to comply, one of
the s%coundrels shot him in the stomach,
the ball passing through the body. The
police have no clue.
, 1888-01-13
Grave Charge Against a Chemist

WATERLOO, Ia, Jan. 1l.-Dr. Gustavus
Hinrichs has prepared an address charg-
ing i. w. Andrews, professor of chemis.
try at the Iowa state university, with
gross carelessness and ignorance, which he
says %endangers the lives and reputation of
the citizens of Iowa. Mr.. Van de Ven, a
druggist of Pella, Ia, is now under the
shadow of the gallows for poisoning his
wife last August, on the dictum of Prof.
Andrews that the stomach contained
%coniine, the active principle of spotted
hemlock. Prof. Hinrichs claims that
what Andrews took to be %coniine was the
alkaloid produced by putretaction, a blum
der pardonable, perhaps, twenty years
ago, but not to-day. Twelve of the thir-
teen doctors testified on the witness stand
during the trial that the deceased died Of
thermic fever, presenting all the symp-
toms OF sunstroke and zone of the symp-
toms of poisoning by coniine. Prof.
Hinrichs was dismissed three years ago
from the chair now occupied by Prof.
Andrews.
, 1888-01-13
Worked by Frauds.

Boston, Jan. 12.-The history con-
corning the disappearance of Nine. Ber-
ger, formerly Mrs. Labane, the million
aire daughter of Commodore Vanderbilt,
who went to that city from Illinois, shows
that she fell into the hands of faith medi.
ums and spiritualists who worked upon
her feelings so that it is said she often
gave away as much as 1000 at one sit
ting. Now she is gone, and they are
anxious to find her. DR.. Hodges, the
faith healer, claims to have cured her by
prayer. a young girl who worked for
Delaney. NJ. Young, another healer,
claims she frequently appeared at Mr..
Young rooms to Mrs. Berger as the lat.
ter's dead son Freddie; that she once told
Mrs. Berger, while %personating Freddie,
to give 81 900 to a man, describing Young.
This money was given.
, 1888-01-13
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

The Bank of England has reduced its
rate of discount from 4 to 81 per cent.
An unknown lady. the eleventh victim
OF the Bradford railway disaster, died
last night at Haverhill, Mass.
Emperor William slept well "Wednesday
night and was free of pain. ne was OUT
of bed for a short time Thursday.
John Swinton is lying in a critical con
dition at his residence. lie has been SUI
tering from erysipelas for a week.
Archbishop LamY, first Catholic bishop
of New Mexico, is lying very i'll at his
residence in Santa Fe. Very little hope
is entertained of his recovery.
1t is announced that the New York
stock exchange has com out boldly
against the bucket shops, and that a fund
of $4,000 has been raised to carry on the
warfare.
Ringgold Cooper, an American forger,
has been arrested in Paris on an extradi-
ton warrant, for forgery upon the London
and Westminster bank, by which he re-
allied 1900.
The president sent to the senate yester-
day the nomination of Edward S. Bragg
of Wisconsin to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to Mexico.
Crown Prince Frederick William walked
yesterday and afterwards went for a drive.
The swelling in his throat is fast disap-
pearing and hopes are entertained for his
complete recovery.
The fourteenth regiment armory at Col
umbus burned yesterday morning. All
the uniforms and equipments of the regi-
ment were destroyed, and 1000 pounds
of cartridges exploded.