Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-08
GORDON's POWER.
The Secret OF the Great General WA
His Eeariessuess.
Prom November Science.

Prom November Science
What was the secret OF his wonderful
powerT Much of IL Law in his foaTlessnoss,
much In his swiftnoss Of thought and action aud
much in what the Yankee would call his capa-
0liiiy IN all things. small as well rs great. He
could ride and shoot and tinker aud conduct
campaigns and negotiate treaties. all with un-
hesltating self-rehance. As matter OF course
sach man takes command. Gordon never
lacked opportunities TO show these qualities.
when sieamlng quietly up the Nile = mon
SeY WIN which he vas playing fell overheard
Ia twlnkiing GordIn was in tie water after
I'm. 10y good luck the crooodilos got neither
governor general nor monkey. When a mug
ger was beng hauled up the rapids some way
south OF Lado the cable got away from the
men on the tank and the vessel was swept on
t4le ROCKS. No one would volunteer 20 GO out
ana rlck up the cable and Gordon jumped into
SAih and went alone. To BE- sure tho skiff
upset, and the governor general sat some
hours dripping on rock, but his men had q
lesson.
On another occasion the garrison of one Of
the stations was thrown into much anxiety by
seeing Gordon alone. rowing across The river TO
the east bank. which an that recion was ocru-
pied by intensely hostile negroes. lie landed,
made ms boat fast and trie 4 by a display OF
pea1s and wlre 10 induce the savages to como
ana talk with him. They simply sat on the
hlppopotamus and paddlei bark. leaving the
oeacs on the shore aud fine feast of hippo
potamTs meat in the rusLes. Another man
would have been killed
was amused TO on his table al hhar-
toum handsome spoons and forks with hs crest
hall eIfaced by rough scratches. could fancy
uofdon, VeNCd by some unusual funmery,
seizlng raj; tail file and proceeding to nut out
OF his sight one more VANITY. Ii was not that
he was not proud CT his family On the con-
Y Rnnln m. ns.s.,
ment than to say. You are like a GORDON. d at
all the al rs ard signs of RANK sometimes oe-
csma intolerable to IA N.
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REDUCTION IN TINE TO ST. LOUIS AND CtScrN.
NATI.-At1c Fast Express 10 -, Louis dsd Css-
c0oadti rld Pennsylvania Railroad &C mmenc-
ng November 10, 1889 the rennsylv mia rail-
road company will add TO its presen. admirable
service OF trains new fast express, 20 be
known AZ the ~. Louis and Cincinnati express
1t Will leave Washington at $50 .. m and Balti-
more LBS pm. every day. ald wall run through
to Cincinnati and 81. LOUIS on a fast schedule,
arriving at the former city 1890 next morning
ana the latter at f:S0 next evening. This
tram viii mark a new departure in the means
OF travel between Washington and Baltimore
and ST. Louis and Cincinnati. Beside being
very fast, * VIII be equipped in the handsom-
est and most luxurious manner. as IL will carry
Pullman parlor car Washington to Harrisburg,
Pullman yestibule drawing room sleeping cars
from harrisburg to Cincinnati. Harrisburg to
81. Louis, dining car through 10 ~. Louis,
and a passenger coach WASHINGTON to HARRIS
burg TO Columbus. In it, equipment and
schedule ii will be excelled by no other rail-
way tram except the PENNSYLVANIA limited
Ihe average time per mile vail almost equal
that OF the limited. One may leave Washing
ton or Baltimore in the afternoon and reach St
Louis the next evening IN time for the theater
or social engagements. The travelling public
viii lind this tram. after the limited the most
inf md Ia. Il
means OF reaching all points in the west, SOUTH
west and northwest