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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-11-18
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-11-18

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@inl6ien Sorge ;u tragen.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-23
FoR THE ARKANsAw TRAvKLER.
 CONFIRMED TOLL.
BY CRATIC

I've toiled ngh onto sixty years, Soiournin in this vale of tears; TryIn to airn my bread an meat, And other things that we need to eat. An all the money have to spare Goes for taxes, an what VIC wear. I know sich Twin 10 rather tough An sometimes we haint quite enough But Him that spaTrer's fall can see I reckon is keepin' an eye on me. so for the mornin' I've no consarn. Bein' satisfied with what Airn. A thinkin' Providence has moot care For them that's try in to do their share. He gives us sunshine, Airth and rain, But it's best to plant fore we Ax for grain, For reckon the man Aint yet been born That by loahn' arou nd can make his corn. l haven't as much some I've found But there hain ( wealth enough to go all roundi Yet I'm passin' rich without one cent, Havin' Earned to take thtngs as they are sent, Not envy of richer folks see, But thinkin' how many wo'se on than me. | n some respects I've done my part. And held my own from the very start. We've sixteen boys an gals all told, An guess ven quit as I'm gettin' old The boys smart the average run, An the gals are passable, every one. So altogether I'm we'll content To live my life jest as it's sent, For layin' my common burdens down expect to lift golden crown; An it won't be long I'll have to wait Till strike a bee llne for the pearly gate, An when step on the shinin' shore I'll never remember that was poor.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-23
FOR THE ARKANsAw TRAvELER.
DaUYA. "
BY BURT ARNOLD.

"Here, Damyal Damya! Come here, Damya !" F"Are you addressing me, s1r?" indignantly ques- tioned puffy faced old gentleman of the young who had uttered the above queer sounding words
 "Not unless you named after my dog, in which case tender my sympathy and my apology for having mentioned you in your presence, sir," returned the younger with gleam of merriment in his eye.
 "Egad! you have extremely sharp and un- pleasant we'll as fippant tongue, young man. Be careful not to abuse your elders; it may cause you trouble when least expected"
 Things quite insignificant in themselves often turn the of lives into far different chan nels than those toward which we have endeavored to pilot ourselves, and occasionally dash high est ambitions to the ground almost at the moment they are apparently within our very grasp.
 When Edgar KnOwlton called his shaggy Rus sian terrier by it's very suggestive name, he little kne@ he was sewing the seeds from which would grow the most serious trouble that could his hitherto happy existence.
 Such was fact, although it was many years before he realized it.
 The advice of the little old gentleman was no sooner administered than 1t was forgotten by the fun-loviDg Knowlton, whose brain, for the time be- ing was on serious thoughts intent. His knit brow and absent sr contrary to his usual sunny mien, betrayed ehe fact to the most casual observer. When few minutes later he entered the quiet par lors of the Straggler club, he sought sequestered retreat in one of its shady hooks and selected magazine which he opened and placed saddle wise upon his knee; but it was quite evident he could not concentrate his thoughts on aught save the same object that was the cause of his pensiveness on the street
 "Why so sober, dear boy3" questioned a cheery voice behind him.
 "Ahl You here, Everette2" responded KnCwl- ton, without turning in his chair otherwise mov- ing to show his revere was in the slightest manner disturbed.
 "If you had made proper use of your eyes you would undoubtedly have seen me before you planked your broad form by that window and shut off my light. Good looking fabric, the back of your coat; but I'd rather see your face. Why SO sedate and why 30 abstracted?"
 "Pll tell you if you won't give me the laugh" said Knowiton slowly and somewhat hesitatingly, though he feared his friends ridcule of the fdence he was about to make.
 "I don't believe you tell me anything that won't make me laugh. Unless it was on 8 business topic on which will give you credit of being more than usually level headed, l don't believe you could utter a serious sentence if you tried"
 "Mr. Urban Everette, will disappoint you" Knowlton replaced the serial on the table and turned his chair that he might face his bosom com- panion, who lay lazly stretched at full length on three chairs and an easy.
 "Well, you do look worried-that's fact Mar ket hasn't gone wrong and the bottom dropped from beneath your millions, has it?"
 "No."
, 1889-09-19

"Tilis name says anewspaper writer,
sis n watchword among the people
throughout the length and breadth of
Russia If this be true, it is no wonder
the inhabitants of Russia are bloody
Nihilists. A people WHO will make u
watchword of n name like that would
be capable of anything.
The man who carries this formidable
name is called the father of Nihilism.
Twenty-Five years ago llo was u russian
noble and councillor of state. lie was
besides u popular poet and author and q
man of wealth. lie was 30 years old,
had been delicately reared and highly
educated, and was in the possession OF
all that makes life desirable.
One May morning at s o clock fischer
nischewski was pluced in the pillory in a
public square Of st. Petersburg and a
Sentence read banishing him To hard
labor in the salt mines of Siberia. He
had been advocating in burning, ringing
words the liberation of the serfs. 1t was
his efforts which started tho final move
mcnt which freed them. Then he went
further, and wrote pamphlets advocat.
ing the adjustment of private owner
ship in land, depriving the nobility of
their special privileges, disbanding the
army, and conforming on women MI the
legal and civil rights of men. F5r this
he was sent to Siberia. But in prison
he managed to w1tc two more books
secretly. One, entitled, "What Is to BE
DoneY" Is novel, and has been called
the gospel and encyclopedia of Nihilism.
For writing this book he was sentenced
to several additional years in Siberia.
Now, at the age of GO, broken in body
and mind, pcnniless and alone in the
world, lie has just been pardoned by
Car Alexander III.
, 1889-09-19
A STATUE OF GENERAL GRANT.
One Was Unveiled at Fort Lcaven-
worth. Kan. Yesiordax.

Fort LEAvES WORTH, Kan, Sept. H.
The statue of General Grant was unveiled
to-day. The ceremonies were impressive;
thousands of visitors came in on eNcur-
sions from Missouri and Nebraska At
l O'clock this afternoon, the troops from
Fort Leayenworth, under the command
of General A. McD. McCoom, arrived
for the part they were TO take in the
ceremonies. 1t consisted of five COM
panies of infantry, four troops ofcavalry
and ono battery of light artillery. lin
the city the procession formed ut the
same hour, composed of q. A. II. posts,
civic societies, city officials, etc., and
marched to the depot and went by train
to where they were joined by the troops
and marched TO the site of the monli-
ment Theceremony ofunveiling was per-
formed by General Wesley Merritt u. S.
A., commanding the department of the
Missouri. The statue is bronze and is u
military figure nine feet high upon u
polished granite pedestal ofequal height.
The left foot is slightly advanced and
the left hand holds n paper to which he
points with his right foreiinger. A
siouch hat covers his head. The figure
is draped in IA long military coat, the
cape thrown back over the shoulders.
Orations were delivered by Senator
ingalls, and others.
, 1889-09-19

all passenger cars have long been rooted
with tin, the only necessary outlay Is q
few cents for clips wherewiih to attach
the wire to the roof and to the truck.
IL has now been shown that Two mes
snges may simultaneously bc transmit
ted In opposite directions, and also that
two messages may simultaneously be
sent In the same direction. And by the
use OF the qtladruplex two messages
may bo sent In each direction by
placing at each end of the duplex two
transmitters and two receivers.
Tho reduction of the duplex to prac-
tical form, In 1879, marked thc'most i'm
pOrtant advance In the art of telegraphy
since 1874. For not only did II practi-
cally double the capacity of wire by
utilizing 1t for two simultaneous trans
missions--onc In each direction-but its
development led to a careful invcstiga-
ton and full understanding of the
phenomenon of static induction OH tcle-
graph lines.
Iii 1853 DIR. Wilhelm Gintl of Austria
invented u duplex system which, in the
following ycar, was ~ far improved by
Carl Friscleu of Hanover that 1t lacked
only one essential element-means To
balance the effect of static induction
upon the relays-to bring 1t to its pres
ent perfection. This important addition
was supplied by Joseph B. Stcarns of
Boston, Mass, in the early part of 1872,
ind by its application the duplex be-
came u successful means Of doubling tho
telcgraphic capacity of the longest cir
cults. From that moment messages
tween New York and Chicago, and may
now he transmitted between Spokane
Falls and st. Paul or Ogden or any other
distant point
, 1889-09-19

lFrom the Pnlouse Gnzetlc.

FROM tne thiOusc GuIcttC.l
The democracy Is noted for its gall.
but the speech OF the late Delegate Voor-
hecs at the Ellensburg convention. is
without II precedent. He not only gave
the democratic majority In congress full
credit for the admission of the territory,
hut claimed that had it not been delayed
by the republicans fighting for dual
statehood In Dakota, Washington might
have come In sooner. This Will do to .e-
cite To tue democrats. but every republl.
can knows that 1t was only after the late
presidential election, when u republican
majority In both houses of the next
congress, Il republican president and an
unprecedented gain in the republican
vote of the territories was upon them,
that the democrats grew alarmed and In
caucus determined that the wisest thing
to do would be to pass an enabling act.
IL was only when they saw the power
the republicans had gained, which would
enable them to call an extra session OF
congress for the sole purpose of doing
what thev should have done years be.
fore, namely, admit Dakota and Wash
ington, that they saw the handwriting
on the wall and were filed with terror.
In their utterly demoralized condition,
though IL WAS u bitter pill, they swal-
lowed II as an advisory measure, hoping
TO arrest the disease in its last stage but
1t was too late. The stigma is upon
them and the republican victory of last
fall is the legitimate parent OF the con-
gressional enabling act.
, 1889-09-19

noiselossly toward the light, as lie said
to himself, 81 knew | must ovcrtukc
him here
The dry grass waved and rustlcd in
ghostly manner as the mountain wind
came moaning across II. The man
started gently as some dry sunliowcr
leaves cracklcd loudly under his feet.
a night bird near swooped down with
its peculiar cry, as If of warning to tho
unconscious victim before him. Tho
pursuer waited, but the dark figure
stirred not.
The would-be thief had approached so
near he could plainly see the canvas bags
lying beforeIthe fire. lfany conjunction
of conscience had disturbed him before,
they vanished at that sight.
In moment the freight glittered on
the barrel of IL rifle which he held In his
hand lie raised his arms and sighted
carefully along the cold, dark steel, then
lowered them again.
Ali Wreth, has your heart softened?
Has thought of Mary and the babies
come to your You know OF them. How
often have you sat by tho camp tire and
listened to him as he told of them us
he planned what he would do after he
had struck it rich enough and could go
back home.
Have you thought of that? Or of tho
time when you, foOt-sore and weary,
approached his cabin craving the hospi-
tiulty which he so freely gave arc you
thinking of that, that you hesitatoH
No, his victim is moving, ho waits un-
I'll he Is motionless again.
The fire leaps up atresh, throwing the
dark figure ofthc miner into bold relief.
The assasins raises his rifle again. Oh
pititul angels can you not warn, for the
sake of the waiting wife and little onesP
Too late! There Is IL flash, Il loud re-
port that echoes back from hill to hill
and ut last dies away in faint rcverbcra-
tions. The dark figure before the fire
with an exclamation of "Aiary!" fell
back. His last thought of her, whom
in this world he would never see again.
A shallow grave was hastily dug, and
the man a moment ago so full of life and
happy hopes, as he thought of those
whom his heart held most dear, was
placed therein, u rough pile of stone his
only covering.
lin u few moments more the murderer
with his rich booty had ridden rapidly
away.
Tic freight crept curiously from stone
to stone of the rough heap beside II, but
soon that, too, died away and all was
darkness and silence, save for the night
wind rustling the dead grass ms it
moaned dreurily over the prairie,
freightod with its dark secret.
Through long following years woman
with tender gray eyes watched and
waited for the traveller who slept in the
lonely, grave by the old trail on White
Pine Prairie"
ELLA HAsKINs HOLLY.
Spokane Falls
, 1889-09-19
THE COLORED VOTERS.
Ral1ying All Along the Line for the
Republican Ticket.

A rousing. meeting Of the Frederick
Douglass club of Tacoma WINS held Thurs
day evening in the Alpha opera-houso.
The Globe of that city says;
"The speakers of the evening were
Hon, w. II. Smell, city attosney, Hon.
Charles T. Uhlman, James A. Ross, p.
e. Sullivan and Others. The club en-
dorsed the republican ticket from top to
bottom with Hon. Il. II. Upton, the
president of the club, in the chair. Mr..
Upton delivered very able and clo-
quent address. The address was listened
to with marked attention, frequently in
terrupted by cheers. The two latter gem
tlemcn have been appointed by the state
central committee to speak i'm the COM
ing campaign. They will speak at Ros-
lyn Thursday evening of this week."
4 telegram was received yesterday by
II. b. Scott of Spokane Falls, requesting
him to arrange fora meeting of colored
voters IL, this city next Friday evening,
which will be addressed by Messrs.
Smell, Rice and others. The arrange
ments will be made accordingly, and the
place of meeting will be announced in
the REVIEW hereafter.
, 1889-09-19

Colonel John Taylor, "the silver.
tongued orator of San Juan whose
long figure and clarion voice is familiar
in every court room i'll Denver says the
Rocky Mountain News, has just re-
turned from legal campaign In the
southern part of the state. He was try
ing case last week for the Denver d
Rio Grnde railroad before Mexican
jury, whose knowledge OF English was
limited to the simple affirmation and
ncgati0n.
The case rolled along smoothly under
the guidance of an interpreter until the
time came Tor closing argument. Colonel
Taylor is "a master in the art of ca
ressing and fondling jury, The idea
struck him tliat il would make tre-
mendous impression upon the national
sympathies of the jury il he addressed
them in their native tongue with those
sonorOus periods of his. The single inn
pcdimcnt, and that so trltling as to be
cxuspcrating, was that the lawyer, rack
his brain as Inc would could draw forth
but two mutilNted and disligurod Mexi-
can words lie resolved To try it, how
ever.
Brandishing his arms far above his
head lie screamed with forensic fury.
"Cabaoros luralja."
He would have been lost, but at that
moment the court descended to his re-
llef.
"Alr Taylor" tho court observed,
we cannot allow you to speak in any
thing but English"
A gleum of intense satisfaction at this
timely aid was succeeded by one of fine
and withcring sarcasm
what. sir2," tho coloneli asked, bit
terly, "Can ! not address this court in
their native tongue, the tongue of their
hearts and homes, the tongue i'm which
their infants lisp their prayers and the
aged parents there last sad adieus?"
The jury was his.
The court seemed 10th to deny apriv-
ilege so eloquently pleaded for, but re-
piled;
''No, sir. You cannot"
"Then sir" exclaimed the colonel,
leaping forward six feet at bound in Il
fine frenzy Of indignation, "thcn, sir, |
save un exception
His two Mexican words won h i'm the
case,
, 1889-09-19
Future of the American Stage.

Modjeska-Countess Dozcnta-beauti-
full Modieska, who overtiows with dra-
matte expression to her very finger tips,
has given some valuable points to Il
New York Times reporter The best
sign OF progress for the American stage
she finds In the tendency towards cont
bihations OF great artists on one stage
such combination as herself, Booth
and Barrett will bring before the public
this winter.
The real actor doss his best when lie
has IN the same play with him another
gifted artist TO inspire him. True art
knows no jealousy. Modjeska says the
hardest work she ever had was to play
with indifferent actors In her own COM
pany. A star necessarily suffers from
II and detcriorates. For this reason she
disapprovcs thoroughly of the star sys-
tenn, and hopes IL will be abandoned.
There ought to be in the United States
one model theater, where all the actors
arc great artists. Other actors the couu-
try over could initiate these, and the
whole stage would thus be elevated ar
tistically.
The model playhouse of the world is
the Theater t'rallcaise, in Paris, she says.
Such theater in this country would
cost Il mint Of money, and Nine.
Modjeska thinks IL should be
supported by government, like the
french one. But there she Is
mistaken. We ought to have such
AN institution, everybody knows. But
we have in the United States several
hundred nieu--liko those who have been
lately spending so much money ON
single entertainments that compared 10
them Cleopatra would feel very small
over her achievement of drinking oil
her best pearl dissolved in viucgar.
Our hundred millionaires--thesc are the
ones who should buiid and cndow our
model theatcr. Great wealth Is great
trust.
Modjeska says plainly that she never
saw a society woman who amounted TO
anything on the stage. She docs not
consider young Mrs. Blaine II society
woman. A woman who is to be II real
actress cannot begin with the conviction
that everything she does is charming.
The great artistic s9ys further:
Or course II "sJgiety lady" is helped
by every body, and everything goes
swcetly for her. but there is
nothing in ii. II she would begin in
soubretic parts, bc scolded and called II
fool u couple Of times, as many great
actress has been, and sent home crying
occasionally at the thought of how lit
tie She really knew, she couldn't stand
the trial But that kind of experience is
what makes an actre | don't believe
III anything that comes easy.
, 1889-09-19
some Advice TO Our Citize,s

The indications of cold weather, which
have been noticeable during the past
week, should and must convey lesson.
The great disaster which bcfell our city
on the 4th of August can only be fol.
lowed By time of trial, which must be
accompanied by economy. The labor
ers will, no doubt, be employed contnu-
ously, but we have a large residue made
up of clerks, bookkeepcrs, etc. who,
while not Injured to manual labor, are
not readily used in the present situation
of affairs.
Many of our young men, especially
those engaged in mercantile houses, had
nothing saved when the fire occurred,
and losing, in many cases, their little
all. will be lily provided for the winter.
No praise can be too great which Is
accorded TO the pluck and determine
iion which we sec evinced by all, but
pluck VIII not produce bacon and
beams which afford so much comfort
to the physical nature.
We, therefore, are following plain
duty when we offer our advice, which
all is included iii the wcrd Economy"
Our relief committee will doubtless af-
ford all the help in their power, but how
much greater the satisfaction which will
accompany self-support A large por-
ton of our inhabitants would suffer al
most anything rather than apply to the
board, and the writer has already noted
many cases where the actual deservings
were equal to the necessity, but in which
no application has been made for actual
needs
The city OF tents is being rapidly
built up in "a substantial manner, but
until next spring wecannot expect a full
volume of business, and our caution is
intended for immediate application.
The future of our city Is so well
assured that it needs no comment, and
we shall feel fully rewarded ii our re-
marks produce their desired effect for
the coming season. CITIZEN
Spokane Falls.
, 1889-09-19
CrlpnIed Confedcratcs.

There is something that appeals with
an infinite pathos to every humane per-
son in the thought of the thousands of
disabled and crippled confederate sol
diers who are left stranded wrecks upon
the shores OF the new South. For them
there are no soldiers homes and no PEN
sions, unless their own states provide
them. Undoubtedly private siibscrip-
ton North and South would aid largely
in establishing soldiers homes for con-
federate veterans. But 1t has been sug-
gcsted that individual states can do
easily what no other agency can
in the passing of state laws giving
pensions to crippled soldiers who
wore the gray uniform. Pros
perity has returned to the South in
greater measure than IL knew before tho
war. Wealth is pouring into 1t and new
life is regenerating It, An excellent
thing in the midst of this new found
prosperity would be to provide for the
Scared veterans who have no hope and
no future in this world.
, 1889-09-19

A romantic episode of the closing
scenes oil the war revived at Il reunion o.
of the Second Wisconsin cavalry, The
Second cavalry was attached to
Custer's command in July, 1865, and
was then at Alexandria, on the Red
river. The Second chad colonel whom
they warmly hated, and a request to
resign addressed to him was prepared
and generally signed. The only man
who had the nerve to present 1t was Len
Lancaster of Company J., who marched
boldly to the colonel's quarters and
gave him the document. The result was
II court-martial, and Lancaster was SEN
fenced to- he shot. Lancaster and an
Illinois deserter, one Wilson, also under
sentence, were hauled to the place of
execution, where a ''threc-hollow"
square of 10, 600 cavalry had been formed.
The two victims were seated on their cof-
fins with arms pinioned and caps drawn
over their eyes. The officer In charge
Ready" : "Aiin!" and ''Fire!" The
carbines came up, the hammers clicked,
the squad aimed, and, second before
the volley was discharged, the officer in
command seized Lancaster and jcrked
him out Of range, while Wilson, the
deserter, fell pierced with three balls.
Custer had reprieved Lancaster at the
last moment and sentenced him to three
years at Dry Tortugas. Lancaster was
handed over To Lieutenant Peck, by
him taken to New Orleans and sent to
Dry Tortugas, where he was kept four
months and then pardoned. Lancaster
Is now q st. Paul contractor. Peck Is q
Nebraskan. The two men met at the
reunion for the first time since the in
cident III 1855, and there mutual greeting
was such as only old soldiers know.