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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-07-02

the hope Of being reinstAted a. q satrap Of
the eonqueror. OF course he had tools at
work In Athens, and hence MiltiAdes BE-
hovod that what might be gained BY delay
in the field would be lost In giving time for
plottsFs TO get up Gre in the rear.
The ten generals were evenly divided, and
In such emsrgenoies the war ruler had the
deciding vote That once was filed by an
AtheniAn noble, CAllimaehus, who was list
ening gravely TO the discussion Of the gen.
erals. Miltiades appealed TO him with some
what blunt, but fOrciblo eloQuence, to vote
for an Offensive policy. sit now rests with
you, CAllimAehus," /" be said, ''either 10 en-
slave Athens. OF, BY assuring her freedom,
10 win for yourSelf immortality Of fame,
such - not even HaFmodius and AEisto-
esiton have acquired; for never since the
AtheniAns were people were they In such
danger - they are at this moment. II they
bow the knee 10 thee Modes they are 70 b
given up TO HipplAs, and you know what
they then will haVe 70 osuffer But q Athens
comes victorious out Of this contest she
he's Il in her 70 become the hrst city Of
0roecA Your vote Il 10 decide WhstheF We
are 10 Join battle or not II Wedo not bring
on . battle presently some fnctiow intrigue
viii disunite the Athenians and the city
win b betrayed 10 the Medes. But u We
aght before there q anything rotten in the
state Of Athens, ! believe that, provided
tie gods viii Rivs fair play and no favor,
We are able to get the best Of u in an en-
RaRlmenk"
CallimaehuS vas won, ana thoOther zen.
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erals elected Mfltiades chief for Tie cam.
paign and acted under his ordeRs.
The PersiAns meanwhile were dolna
nothing except to urge on HippiAs IN his
schemes Of fomentlng tFeaehegy behind the
backs Of the Greek SoldieFy. MlltiAdes
counted upon the superiority In organiza-
tion and armor Of his soldieFy and upon
their patriotic enthusiasm. The aituafiOn
demanded bold tactics. The custom Of his
time was TO advance the whole line Of bat
tie slowly and steadily in uniform phnlnnx.
But the field Of Marathon Wa % broad -
TO call for an extended line, and MlltlAdes
concentrated heavily on the WinRs and
weakened the center. The formation Of
the ground favored his movements Of
preparation, unohseryod By the enemy, IN
I'll all was ready. Then the tFumpst sound
Cd, hymns and exhortations were ehAnted,
and II 900 speaFmen rushed down the Glopo
upon the unsuspeeting AsiaticS The rapid
ity Of movement was also an innovation,
but the objections usually urged, that sol.
dieFs who 20 In on The run exhaust thar
wind before they get into action, would
not apply TO AtheniAns, who were trained
runners from youth. Pompey In his time
held TO this objection, but Cesar believed
that running excited the soldieFs' courage
and gave force to their blows.
The Persian army wnS composed Of many
mongrel hordes, nevertheless Il had Q sub
stantiL force Of disciplined men under able
leaden- The rush Of the Athenians took
all BY surprise, and the ifregulAEs, who
acted g mounted men, did not have time
TO get In line The Greeks were heavily
equipped, bearing speArs, helmeta, breast
plates, shields, RroaVes and short swords.
The PersiAns had no Armoe and only
wicker shields, with short lAnees and
cimeters for weapons. The shock Of the
first attack broke down the front line Of
Persians, but they rallied and set 70 work
to retrieve. individually and by weight Of
numbers, what they had lost In the sur
prise. The best Persian troops were In the
center. and they succeeded in not only ~
pulsing the Greek center, but in driving IL
back across the plain up valley that d.
vided the mountain side The Greek NingA,
however, had been successful, and had
routed everything opposed to them. This
was the turning point, and the faith Of
Miltiades in the organization Of his sol
diery was justified.
In ninety-nine cases out Of . hundred
victorious soldiers rush wildly in pursuit
and go too far. Such q mistake at Mara.
thon would have changed the history Of the
world But the Greeks In both tanks
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"Will any gentleman thread on the tail
~ me coatp Il derived from the legend-
probably apocFyphAl-Of old Donnybrook
Fair, describing the convsntionally pug
nAcious IrishmAn as with "cAubeen"
adorned with "dhudheen" stuck In the
band on his head, and In his shirt Glesves,
tWiTling . shillslagh with his right hand,
while his left tIailS bis denudod coat on
the 'AurS" Of tent after him, asssgting
bis dlsgust q tho apparently peaceful pro
elivitieS Of hi8 felloWs, and shouting the
valiant challenge "Past tin O'Clock, and
not blow ahtFuek yet. VIII any gentle.
man obllgo me by threading on The tau ~
ne eoatF
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ASS SAN ANEOAD ~ % NAN1AOg1s
the enemy. The fighting. II such IL could
be called, was all one sided, and in fifteen
minutes from the time the column struck
the breastworks the Mexicans were In Q
rout. The Texans pursued relentlessly
and drove their enemies into the swAmps
beyond their camp, cutting down men and
horses on the margin TO make bridges that
they might penetrate the morass and reach
the hapless fugislves mired in the interior.
Houston, painfully wounded, rode over
the field on his staggering horse and at
tempted to stay the appalling carnage.
but mems passions are not so volatile.
toe Texan was seen carrying two guns,
and when asked why, he answered, 'SThe
Mexicans killed my son and sonin-law In
the Alamo, and intend to kill two Of them
or be killed myself"
Two antagonists were seen to clineh on
the field and struggle for time, when the
Texan got his right arm free and, whipping
out . bowie knife, cut the Mexican's throat.
The attempt 10 stay the hand Of vengeance,
onoo the work had been commenced, was
like whistling down the wind. The Aggro-
gate Of the Texans engaged was 7eS, and
$50 Mexicans paid the penalty Of death,
probably q man apiece for every Texan
bOAulcE "uO COulu kcb uGhE GuOuku 70 10
execution. The wounded Mexicans num-
bered 2Oe, and $50 were made prisoners.
The Texans lost killed and 25 wounded.
The spoils Of the field were godsend to
the Texans. They consisted Of l 100 arms
Of various kinds, camp utensils and equi-
page, with Q quantity Of provisions and
$4,000 in silver.
The day after the battle Santa Anna waa
found hiding in the gArb Of q private sol.
der. On being brought to Houston, who
lay under an oak resting his wounded
limb, he said, General, you can afford to
Be generouA You are born 10 no common
destiny; you have conquered the Napoleon
Of the west"
After some parley Houston demanded
thatthe dictator order bis second In COM
mand to evacuate Texas at once, and dis
patch to that effect was sent to the several
commanders Of the Mexican columns that
same evening. April a. As the Mexican
forces in Texas numbered between 5000
and 600 men, Houston's daring stroke ct
San Jacinto with Q beggarly army Of les
than 800 militia was a masterpiece in tts
way.
A treaty was made on the I4th Of Nay,
three weeks after the battle, and recogni-
ton BY the powers followed naturally, and
Texas took her place - an independent
state GEORGE L KINHR
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massacre At the Alamo March O. 1888, and
the slaughter Of Col. J. W. Fannin and $50
Of his men near Goliad March 81. These
Affairs led 10 the abandonment Of the line
Of San Antonio river BY the Texan troops
Gen. Houston, who, after lapse had been
restored to the general command OF the
Texan army, had previously ordered this
course, but his plans had been frustrated.
When the news Of Col. Fannin'S surrender
reached him, on the 9th Of March, he was
on the east bank of the Colorado with
q force Of about 600 men. Santa Anna
had begun his march from the San An
tonic eastward in several columns, and
in person led a column that crossed the
Guadalupe at Gonzales and proceeded
eastward toward Houston's position.
Another Mexican division was moving
eastward on the south Of Santa Anna's
route, and another on the north. Houston
retired before Santa Anna to the Brazos
and then to the San Jacinto His object
was TO divide the Mexicans and whip the
columns In detail Fortunately the north
ern Mexican column got bewildered in the
forest, and assembled the Colorado instead
OF crossing 1t to overrun eastern Texas
The southern column was delayed BY high
water and did not cross the Brazos. This
left Houston but one army to cope with,
bnt tbat outnumbened him two TO ope
Besides. the whole country in front of the
Mexicans was in a state OF alarm, and the
inhabItants, fleeing eastward at the ap.
proach Of the invaders, terrified their fel
low CITIZENS, and men whom Houston want
ed In his ranks TO fight were engaged In
pilotinR their families To places Of safety.
Santa Anna crossed the Brazos at San
Feline on the 7th Of April, and Houston on
learning this ordered all Texan troops on
that river to join him at Harrisburg, on
the San Jacinto. Harrisburg had become
the seat of government Of Texas, and Santa
Anna marched upon Il and DESTROYED IL Be.
fore Houston's arrival From Harrisburg
the Mexicans moved southward toward
New WashinRton. and had entered re-
zion vhere at that season Of the wear there
va but one practicable route 10 move an
Srmy. In other words, Santa Anna must
press onward across the San JAcinto 70
eastern Texas or return and meet Houston,
Who was behind him. and between him and
the Brazos and his supporting columps
on the 10Th Of April Houston left Hnrris.
burg. intending by rapid march to reach
Lynch's ferry al the mouth Of the San ia
cinto ahead Of Santa Anna, and there give
battle He had picked up e-enforcements
that swelled his army to 600 men, and had
also received two six.pounders, called the
'STWin Sisters" that had been sent BY
some friendly people Of Cincinnati to aid
the Texan cause,
On the Goth Houston went into camp on
the rieht bank Of Buffalo BAYOU, one miIo
from the ferry that Santa Anna was aim
ing to reach. His position was screened
by . fringe Of timber parallel to the bank
Of the BAYOU. Reconnaissance soon de.
Veloped the fact that the Mexican army lay
encamped beyond the timber and was ORE.
pairing to cross nt the ferry. Some skir
mishinQ took place during the latter mart
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A BATTLE OF REVENGE
tiousToN's SLAUGHTER OF SANTA
ANNA's MINloNs At SAN JAcINTo.

Less Than Eight HundESd Tszaas Took
Part, bot Over sig Handrsd IEsxIoans
Were Killed. and Nearly . Thousand
Were wounded and Captured.
popgFighL lsDl. By American Pres AasoeiA-
tion. Book rights reserVeA.l
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OLD troopers,
bOotsd and spar-
rd, Fods On many
Wild nA 10 tko
southwest dihAg
the dVn war, and
many . Wild ride
In pursuit fur
nished adventure
TO the mounted
men on the ok1o
ing side The
hngof the Hiden
in that region Wa
Forrest the Con
fedeFatA he al
v Ays Aeeom-
plished hiS pur
pose, and though
taking risks that
fnirlH hnIIln thu
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EXAM vAlor won
the battle Of San
JAeinto in two
hours time and
the victory virtu-
ally gave inde.
pendence to the
Lone Star state
Santa Anna start
ed on hiscampaign
for the conquest
Of Texas with the
avowed policy Of
In alton,
and in the course
a
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A RUNNING FIGHT.
FORESTS PURSUIT AND CAPTURE
or sTREIoHT's UNION RAIDERS.

ma Two DayS' stAFt. bat Fer
rSSs RaAS Hard - Rass-RaEEisaAs
aAA AnbasA 80 BazaSd BEiASss Dld
Nee TAvAEt TIE Pussasa.
losOyEiSAG ~, hy AnaEioAn pFso Asuouia-
tn. Bnok Fightl ron1EVohl
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tlma8 the eomhatants wore not over .
hnndEOd let apaEt, and dspendsd upon Tie
Aa1hlng Of weapons for light 10 IRE By.
A. last the ConfsderAtss made . desperate
ehaEga, which strsiGht Fspulsod By ualng
uD I'll the ammunition 6sloaging 10 his
elptarod cannon. He spikea thass guns
BlountgVillA EOfregtB advances Surgued
boldly, bat ~ tlsleO Id into ambush AZ
10 O'Clock On the 1st oe Nay Strsight wAs
IN Hlountsvills, having accomplished half
kbmAreh and fought Two SsVSFo hattlas.
In order 70 tighten his holonginu ho
packed his ammunition upon mules and
hurnod the WAgonA, and afbsr Sathoring
leod supplies started for 0adsasn on the
ooosA fonost Was about an hour hshind,
and betWusn HlnuulEVillo and the east.
beanoh oe Tie Blaek WaErlcr TiNof, the
RIDDEN ambaIhsd thaiPpuuusn aglAn and
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forces. At noon the Texan colonies asked
for q council Of war, and IL was granted
Immediately. The majority favored wait
ing In position for Santa Anna to attack.
Il was held that the Mexican position was
well fortified and defended BY veterans,
and that an attack upon It across open
prairie with raw militia would bs extremely
haGardouG The feeling among the troops
Was favorable for attack, and Houston took
the responsibility Of ordering . battle at
once. An oflcer then PROPOSED that . float
ing bridge be constructed for use on the
bayou IN case Of disas''r In the fight On
learning that there ere no materials at
hand for the purpose without tearing down
. house, the general decided 10 ''poStpone"
building the bridge for awhilA Houston's
naxt act vas 10 send party 10 destroy the
hridgs acros1 Vinco's bayou, over which
both armies had marched 10 The ield. This
In but one way of escape for the van
quished In the coming hght-namely, the
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WHEN GREEK MET MEDE.
THE MARVELLOUS DEEDS OF ONE DAY
At MARATHON.

ne Men Of Athens Led on By HEIItiaAss
ouIokly Put . Persian HOSt 70 ROut
and Founded the GIOEy of GrOOOS-lEar-
athoa Saved EuFOPsan CIvIIIsAtIsn.
ICOVyTIght, ISo1, By American Pres AasoolA-
ton. Book Fighta rpaerySd.l
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AHATHON q
placed at the bead
Of the great de-
Ncisive battles Of
the world because
~ settled the qu0-
ton whether Eu.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-03
THE ALTO PARANA.
Some Wonderful Scenery in a Region Sell
dom Visited by TraveIers.

dom Visited by Travellers.
We leave Corrientes at 8 p. m, and at
distance of eighteen miles reach the
Tres Bocas, the confluence of the Para
quay and Parana rivers. In broad day
light it is curious to observe the two
streams atthe point where long sandy
spit marks their junction. The waters
of the Parana are Of adirty green color,
while those of the Paraguay are yellow
ish- brown, and for several miles the
two mighty streams flow parallel and
unmiXed, the meeting of the two being
marked by a long line of foam, forming,
as it were, white cord stretching down
the middle of the river, and separating
the green waters from the brown
waters. The Parana makes a sharp
turn eastward, and under the name of
Alto Parana may be followed on the
map up to about the nineteenth parallel
of latitude, where it is formed by the
confluence of the two rivers Paranahy ba
and Rio Grande. A few leagues lower
down, the course of the stream is inter-
rupted by the cataract of Urabupunga.
From this point it runs south-southwest
do 1uL tS IllC III p1l ctliCls
where it is again interrupted by the
cataract of Guayra. The region ira
versed thus far belongs to Brazil, and
was occupied by Jesuit reductions"
in the sixteenth century. Doubtless in
the more or less distant future, when
ways of communication have been Great
ed, all this fertile territory will once
more be occupied. At the cataract of
Guayra the frontier of Paraguay begins,
and the river runs from north to south,
bounding the republic, and then from
east to west, until it joins the Paraguay,
as above described. The few travellers
who have seen the cataract of Guayra
describe the falls as being as fine as
those of Niagara, but unfortunately they
are still in the midst of solitudes to
which access is difficult. The Salto de
Victoria, some twenty miles from the
confluence of the Y-Guazu and the
Parana, is also said to be very magnifi-
cent, and somewhat easier of access,
but as yet few travellers have seen it.
The navigation of the Alto Parana is
difficult, but practical up to a certain
point. The Platense Company runs a
passenger steamer three times month
from Corrientes to Posadas and the
intermediate ports Tomas, Santa
Isabel, Ituzaingo. Posadas, on the
Corrientes side, is two hundred and
twenty-five miles from the confluence
of the Parana and Paraguay rivers.
From PosadaS a smaller steamer of the
same company runs twice a month up
to Tacuru-Pucu, few miles above the
confluence of the Y-Guazu, and about
four hundred miles from Corrientes.
Beyond this point no screw or paddle
steamer has been able to conquer the
rapids, currents, and eddies The whole
of the banks of the Alto Parana, from
Villa Encarnacion up TO the Salto de
Guayra, are covered with forests of
yerba mate, or Paraguayan tea, and the
chief traffic is the transport of this
article. -Theodore Child, in Harpers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-03
GETTING SECOND SIGHT,
Crawtish's Eyes Are Replaced by Natur
After Amputation.

Crawtshs Eyes Are Replaced by Nature
After Amputation.
That the common crawfsh has the
power of reproducing an eye which it
may happen to lose, is fact quite IA
miliar to naturalists; but we are in
debted to NJ. 5. Chantrau, the eminent
scientist. for the discovery that this
power of reproduction varies with age.
M. Chantrau gives the results of his OBJ
servations in the Complies Rendus, from
which it appears that crawfsh one
year old quickly and effectually repairs
such injuries, while in animals two and
more years old reproduction is uncer-
tain in its operations and never perfect.
His first experiments were with num-
Der of one-year-old animals In Octo-
Der, 1881, after the close of their moult-
ing season, he clipped off their eyes.
Moulting commencing on May of the
year following, and in September, after
four months had elapsed their eyes had
beer perfectly reproduced
The next experiment was with collec-
ton of the creatures that were two years
old past. These he deprived of their
eyes, either Immediately before moult-
ing set in in the fall or during the win
ter months, between the two mouths
The result of these cases were various.
In some of the animals after three or
four months the eyes were reproduced
but the pupils were so disfgured as to
leave it extremely doubtful whether
they could serve for the purpose of WIS.,
ion; in others one pupil would be con-
siderably smaller than the one in the
other eye of the same animal.
Finally, in the case of full-grown ami
mails, which moult less frequeutly-the
females but once a year and the males
twice-the eXperimenter's results did
not show any reproduction of the eye,
but only the growth of eyebuds marked
with black point, and, in one place, of
Opaque bitid buds in place of eyes. De
troit Free Press.
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it. You'll need the grace OF God to
helpyou, but if you gossip less you will
have more time to pray. Iou may go
now"
! She went. But although hating Mar
garet thereafter, as it would be quite
| in keeping with human nature to sup
pose, She was both too proud and too
polite to allow her circle of friends to
know it, and, to keep up the delusion,
she made a large party, and send Miss
| Dale an invitation. Margaret dressed
herself with the greatest care and
adornment.
Il only came for the sake of my very
dear friend, Mrs. Sampson, who knew
would feel SO badly if L did not come, -
she said in reply to some comments
from the ladies of that Thursday after
noon sewing circle.
They appreciated the sarcasm, and
possibly protited by it. Margaret re-
manned at the party for an hour and
then left. Her acquaintance with
Mrs. Sampson thereafter consisted in
conventional bowling when they hap
pened to meet.
A year or two later DR.. McCroud died.
1t was custom with Margaret to carry
flowers on certain days to place on the
graves of friends in the cemetery, a
mile from the town. On one of these
occasions it occurred to her that the
good old doctors widow-vixen that
she wa.;-might like to visit his grave;
so stopping at her gate she invited
her to take seat in the carriage and
ride out with her, which the widow
did. When they had arrived at the
doctors grave the widow said, alb
ruptly:
Miss Dale, 1 have an apology to
make to you"
''oh, l think not said Margaret.
won't you take some of these flowers;
and arrange them YOURSELF"
He never liked me- she went on,
but thought he did you, more than
he ought, with his grown up sons and
daughters every day as old as you
''Oh, but you wronged him, my good
woman," Margaret exclaimed.
''Oh, l know it now, Miss Dale,
hhoN IOs anu WHY 1
ought to apologize. But he was awful
trying. And here's his grave. l s'pose
] ought to get over all those old hateful
feelings now. l remember one time that
going of sudden into his room, l
found him abusing before the glass.
He was vain as peacock, audit made
me mad to see it, SO l sung ost.---R on
may prink and prink, but you've got to
die And sure enough he has. All,
well. aotW put some of those flowers
over him. Do you know Mrs. Samp-
son? Not much? Well, think twas
she who first limited that the old man
was overland to you. But it's been d
long, long time since I've heard her
speak against anyone. She seems to
have been converted from gossiping.
That's good kind of religion for folks
to get, don't you think SOP"
Excellent" said Margaret, with
smile.-Mary A. E. Wagner, in n.
Waalylu