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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-17
John HOPKINS Athletes.

BALTIMORE, March II. John Hopkins
University gives its annual indoor athlet-
ic games today. The Sparring events
promise to be of especial interest.
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Still Going Down.

NEW ORLEANS, March 17.-There
was a general decline in cotton
futures this a. m. Futures for May
opened six points down and lost
four additional selling at 500.
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Off for the Southern Tennis Tourna-
nlent.

JACKSONVILLE, March IT, Valentine
G. Hal, Clarence Hobart, Frederick
Hovey and S. II. Chase. the most famous
tennis players In the United States, will
leave today for Tampa Bay, Fla, where
they will take part in the National Lawn
TenniS tournament on March 81.
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Building Permits.

The following building permits have
been issued since last report:
Ed Knowles, lumber dwelling, Virgil
MIA street Seventh ward; $40.
Thomas LOngOrO, lumber kitchen,
Buena Vista street, Second ward; $50.
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Prominent Man Seriously Charged


GUANAJUATO, Mex, March H.
A sensation has been caused by
the arrest and imprisonment of
Felipes Osante, a prominent and
wealthy merchant of this city, on
the charge of being connected with
the recent defalcation in the Gu
anaiuato Branch of the National
Bank of Mexico. The shortage was
first discovered several days
ago, and experts were at once
placed at work upon the books of
the bank. The amount of shortage
is now placed at 100000. There
are a number of prominent people
implicated in the systematic rob-
berry, and all are now under sur
VIGILANCE. They will be arrested
when the proper time arrives.
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BARGAIN FoR PAINTERS.

For Sale: 500 lbs. of Brewer Roman,
AIR condition, abundance of sorts, at
Is and 20 cents q pound. Address,
IL 81 tf Il. B. JOHNSON, LIGHT Office.
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TELEGRAPH
Crisp News of This Day Concerning
important Occurrences.
Sent Special to The Light by the
Associated Press and South
ern Afternoon Press Assn.

The Princess Visits Mrs. Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, March T.-Prin-
cess Kailuni, of Hawaii, with her
chaperon, paid a social call on Mrs.
Cleveland today.
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all HEADs LErTeR HEADS,

Cards, envelopes, and all kinds Of com
nercIal - nting don3 q the LIGHT Office
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emily when he informed ncr mat the
horses were ut the door
But she WOULD ride, oh yes, she loved
riding on horse back so much. and
would he wait until she douned her
habit, and with an arch coquetry
which was q custom of the times, she
kissed her dainty finger tips to him as
she ran lightly from the room.
When she came back she was ravish-
inglv bewitching in her habit of scar
let cloth, with its frogs of gold lace,
and the high hat with its dropping
veil.
When they had mounted they rode
off in fine style, and as they dashed
over the hills, for George was q good
rider, she asked him how it happened
that he had done her this honor.
The young man had been fast losing
his head. 1t was the only time on rec
| ord that he did so, and he blurted out
as he extended mammoth hand to
her:
Look at that hand, dear Mistress
Lydia. 1t yours"
Her answer was merry peal of
laughter.
"Why, what in the world Master
Washington, would do with that
hand? l have two hands of my own"
That hand, which afterwards threw
stone across the Rappahannock,
doubled itself into a formidable fist,
then slowly relaxed and dropped at
the side of the young rider with de-
cisive motion.
IL want to marry you, dear Mistress
Lydia" he said; "do you not think well
enough of me to choose me for a hus-
band? l am young, l know, but / will
soon be older, and | have heard my
mother say that oftimes the happiest
marriages were those where the lady
was few years the eldest"
Mistress Lydia did not laugh now.
She looked grave.
Master Washington, what would
Maj. Trenholm say if he knew his be-
trothed wife were listening to an
avowal of love from another man"
Say you so, Mistress Lydia? Then
am too late, much to my sorrow Par
don me, fair lady, / will not offend
again"
The tears were in his blue eyes, his
lips quivered, and Mistress Lydia
asked him if he recalled the time when
his father took him out to the garden,
and showed him the name George
Washington" grown in flowers, and
which the boy believed to be a scroll
from Heaven.
II was big girl then, and my mother
said it was sign and token that you
would be great man. But now you
are only o sentimental boy"
81 will be seventeen come February
twenty-second, Mistress Lydia. Think
you that is a boys age?"
The pretty young woman threw back
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"They SAINT set fire to the house with
the water falling like this replied.
you have a stout shutter at the win
dow, and they can only attack by way
Of the door, If at all. They can't
shoulder it in with two bars across IL,
and if they bring up battering ram
you want to fire on them through the
lower panels
What was to be the last message
came about ten minutes later.
"They brought up a beam," tele-
graphed the little woman, land gave
them the buckshot through the lower
panels. | think l hit three or four.
Some of them are now firing into the
house, while others are bringing up
fire ebrands to burn me out"
"Coming-don't give up" l ratified
off to her, and thirty seconds later the
engine was moving away with our
crowd. We had wet track but clear
run, and after the first two miles we
simply flew. We had some fear that
the fellows might have turned the
switch or pushed n freight car down on
the main track, but no such idea had
occurred to them. We went through
two miles of snow shedding like n
rocket shooting along tube, and when
we popped out of the eastern end we
were among the tramps, The first two
cars were blazing away and fire had
just been started in third. Eirebrands
were piled up against the house
three different places, and three or -four
fellows with revolvers ware blazing
away at the door and window.
Before the engine had come to STOP
we dropped off and began shooting tc
kill and IN five minutes we had
cleaned out the gang Perhaps you
remember the way that certain news
papers pitched into US about that af,
fair, calling it a massacre and bowling
for our arrest There were four killed
and seven wounded. Three men were
hurt when the little woman fired
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-18
AN HISTORICAL INCIDENT.
Scene at the Parting of Gen. Washington
with the Officers of His Army.

Scene at the Parting of Gen. Washington
with the Officers of His Army.
Irving's story of the scene at the part.
ing of Washington with the officers of
his army at the close of the revolution
may be familiar to the reader, but it
will do no harm to repeat it on the day
set apart for honoring the memory
of the father of his country. 1t
of few days Washington pre-
pared to depart for Annapolis where
congress was assembling, with the in
teution of asking leave to resign his
command. A barge was in waiting
about noon on the 4th of December at
Whitehall ferry to convey him across
the Hudson to Paulus Hook. The
principal officers of the army assem-.
bled at Fraunces' tavern in the neigh.
borhood of the ferry to take final
leave of him. On entering the room
and finding himself surrounded by his
old companions in arms who had
shared with him so many scenes OF
hardship, difficulty and danger, his
agitated feelings overcame his usual
self-command. Filling glass of wine
and turning upon them his benignant
but saddened countenance. With
a heart full of love and graft.
tude, said he, 4 now take leave
of you, most devoutly wishing
that your latter days may be as
happy and prosperous as your former
ones have been glorious and honora
ble.' Having drunk this farewell bene.
diction he added with emotion: 4 can
not come to each of you to take my
leave, but shall be obliged if each OF
you will come and take me by The
hand Gen. Knox, who was nearest,
was the first to advance. Washington,
affected even to tears, grasped his
hand and gave him brothers. en-
brace. In the same affectionate man
ner he took leave severally of the rest
Not word was spoken. The deep
feeling and manly tenderness of these
veterans in the parting moment could
not find utterance in words. Silent
and solemn they followed their loved
commander as he left the room, passed
through corps of light infantry and
proceeded on foot to Whitehall ferry.
Having entered the barge, he turned
to them took off his hat and waved q
silent adieu. They replied in the same
manner and, having watched the barge
until the intervening point of the bat.
terry shut it from sight, returned still
solemn and silent to the place where
they had assembled"
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posed at every step, that Rev. Samuel
Davis said of him from the pulpit, in
appreciation of his great service,
these memorable words:
THAT heroic youth, Col. Washington
whom | cannot but hope Providence
has hitherto preserved in so signal a
manner for some important service to
his country"
He was at this time in the prime of
young manhood, over six feet in height
of a heroic cast of countenance and
weighing two hundred and twenty
pounds. His noble and magnanimous
spirit made him the idol of the men,
while the opposite sex looked upon
him with the greatest admiration. But
it is not recorded that he ever had an
+ other love affair. His marriage in
1858 to Mrs. Martha Curtis had made
good his pledge that he never would
wed a maiden. 1t was friendly union
rather than an affair of the heart,
albeit the pair lived happily and were
well mated But it never claimed to
be love match of the sentimental
sort.
CORVALLIS had surrendered, and the
war of the rebellion was over. Gen.
Washington, by his valor, perseverance
and eminent services, had established
The freedom and independence of his
country. The capture of CORVALLIS
ended the struggle, and the surrender
ing army became prisoners of war. The
articles of capitulation were signed on
October 10, 1881, but it was the 5th of
November before Gen. Washington left
Yorktown. Before that time, and, in
deed, almost coincident with the clos
ing struggle, the final scene in the one
romance of the great commanders life
was enacted, and then the curtain fell
never to rise again.
He had lain down in his full regimen
tails one midday for little much-need-
ed rest, when an orderly announced a
lady who wished to see Gen. Washing
ton.
"She comes under the escort of our
troops, and prays for private au-
diencc," said the orderly, saluting.
"Shaw the lady in" said Washing
ton, rlsing from the hard couch on
which he had thrown himself, and,
drawing his noble figure to its maj tic
height, he awaited the coming of his
visitor.
A slender form wrapped in a cloak,
the hood of which concealed her fea-
lures, stepped within. At look from
his superior officer, the orderly retired,
closing the door. A tall Lad of some
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-18

ten years OF age accom- panied the lady.
| He had proud, handsome face. The
visitor dropped her hood, aud bean
tiful woman stood suppliant before the
| great commander
"Do you, sir, remember this?' she
asked, humbly handing him small
folded handkerchief.
AYE! as well as you may remembeI
this" answered Gen. Washington,
drawing from his breast pocket
gauntlet glove.
"Sir!"
"Madam"
The two stood looking hungrily into
each others eyes; the years that had
been between them had vanished--she
was now younger than he.
"You have message?" He was him,
self again.
"a request, your excellcncy. My
husband, and my boys father, is a
prisoner. He was loyalist-he fought
against-you."
'He fought against his country"
said Washington, in the tones that his
men feared; "he was and is traitor!"
"Methinks all is fair in love and
war;" said Mistress Lydia Trenholm,
with a hint of rising anger in her voice.
"Be chivalrous to fallen foe. Give
him to me-"
Gen. Washington looked long at the
beautiful woman, who as fearlessly re-
turned his gaze, but without boldness.
He read her as an open book; twas a
sad chapter.
aye, Mistress Lydia, the war is
over. Tomorrow your husband shall
be free. The Bonetta sails for New
York then. and though she came as a
man-of-war returns to England as
man-of-peace. Some families will sail
with her. Be advised and go aboard un-
Til you can make of your husband
loyal American. Fare you WELL Mis-
tress Lydia"
lie held out that massive hand that
had done such goodly service for his
country, and, before he could prevent
it, Mistress Trenholm had dropped on
one knee and pressed her lips to it ten
derby, but as no other woman ever had
done, as no other woman ever would
do.
Then she turned to her boy, who was
BdhluB dDOuJ Ilt IOOul db blc
MALTA of arms, and said:
Look well at him, my son, for never
will you see his like again"
"A fine lad" said Washington, scan.
ming wistfully the handsome face
of the boy; may 1 ask his name,
madame"
George Washington Trenholm" an
swered the boy, proudly.
"He was born on the 22d of Februs
ary," said his mother, wave of lovely
color sweeping over her fair face.
"A strange coincidence, madam"
answered Gen. Washington in low
voice, and a shadow for moment
dwelt on the spirit of the man who
was to be known to future ages as the
father of his country, yet had never
child of his own flesh and blood
Mistress Trenholm passed out bowling
low from the presence of her erstwhile
boy lover as from the presence of roy
atty, and fastened to her imprisoned
husband with news of the executive
clemency. But of that little episode Of
the heart of which we wot she said
never word. Mrs. M. l.. RAYNE.
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one hundred pounds and she looked
more like girl of sixteen than a wom-
AN Of twenty-six. | got a chance to
run mp and see her one afternoon in the
month and found her nicely settled.
She had been more or less annoyed by
roughs, but there had been no occa-
sion to test her nerve as yet found
her double e-barreled shotgun loaded
with buckshot and her navy revolver
ready for business, and she assured me
That she should not hesitate to fire upon
any man who menaced her safety.
went home much relieved in mind.
Outside of the fraternal feeling so
strong among the brotherhood of the
key, there was something in the
thought of that little woman being
perched up there alone among the grim
hills and wild forests calculated to keep
man awake when he should have been
sound asleep on his cot. The first
alarm came one night early in July.
In the forenoon of that day Two very
rough-loolsing men had come up the
track from the west. They halted at
my station, sized me up, and then de-
manded something TO eat. | might
have given them bite had they re-
quested instead of demanded; but when
I saw THAI they meant TO pick IA quar-.
rel and have an excuse for assaulting
aud robbing me, / brought out my shot
gun and obliged them to walk on. As
soon as they were out of sight l noti-
fed the little woman at Lone Pine to
look out for them. She replied that
she would, and up to ten o'clock at
right heard from her every hour, but
the tramps had not put in an appear
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-18
1T NEVER FAILS.


an Illustration ot Mans Natural lmit!F-
tiveness.
''Do you see that gentleman sittirg
opposite?" said one man in cable crr
to his next neighbor.
"Ycs."
Il can make him pull his watch out
of his pocket and consult the time
without saying "A word to him."
You know him, perhaps, and hav
it arranged that he shall do SO on a
certain signal from YOU"
mo, never saw him before in nv
life"
"Well, then, l don't believe you can
do it,
81 have five dollars to say can"
Il have five to say you can't"
cts bet, is it?'
at is
The other man waited a few mo.
ments, until the glance of the man re.
ferred to fell on him, and then, with
much deliberation, he drew forth his
watch and looked at it.
The man across the aisle saw the
movement and instantly lifted his own
watch from his vest pocket.
The man who had bet he wouldn't
handed his fve-dollar bill over without
a word, and as the other took it he re.
remarked:
"It never fails. Look at your own
watch and it is as catching as yawn-
ing. Try it yourself on somebody. "
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-18
her head and laughed, showing row of pos
near1 yhita taa+b no,

her head and laughed, showing row of
pearl white teeth.
"Foolish lad, l am one-and-twenty
years, good four years older by time,
and many more years older by token
of my experience in this vale of tears.
Give that love you would bestow on
me to pretty Salone Holland, who will
some day be a fitting mate for Master
Washington"
81 am indeed honored by having a
ladylove chosen for me-" said the
youthful cavalier, in the high flown
phraseology of the day. NAY, Mis-
tress Lydia, since you will not give me
the great guerdon of your love, no
other maiden shall. l will neither love
nor wed with one"
After this they rode along the banks
of the Potomac and watched the vel
low autumn moon rising behind the
trees, but they spalle no more of love
or marriage.
"Do we part friendsp" asked the
young woman in a low tone, as they
drew rein at her fathers door.
"Do you doubt it?" asked the youth,
sadly.
Give me some souvenir to remem-
ber this hour by, and you shall have
this glove, and to no other man on
earth would l give such souvenir"
said Mistress Lydia, with a touch of
real sentiment.
Take this" said the youth, handing
her his silver-handled riding whip; lit
belonged to that princely bishop of
Durham who was my ancestor. 1t has
his seal, knight on horseback bran
dlshing "a sword"
mo, no; | will not take that, it were
far too valuable and | would have you
obey its dictates, and become, like him
and his followers, knight of honor.
Hast aught else for a souvenir?"
Aye, mistress, here is silk hand
kerchicf brought me from the West
Indies by my brother Lawrence; it has
my name worked in hair by my
mothers own hand give it to you
gladly, since it is more honor for the
paltry bit of silk than / could ever
have expected"
AS he rode away in the splendor of
the moonlight with his prancing horses,
Mistress Lydia looked after him with a
little sigh.
He is gallant youth, and sits his
horse like knight, straight of limb,
and of lofty bearing. Alack! One
cannot marry all The suitors who come
a-wooing, but l wish, my noble George,
you were us advanced in years as in
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through the door. 1 know what be.
came of the killed for l helped to bury
them, but the wounded were taken east
that afternoon.
When the little woman opened the
door to us she had her revolver in her
left hand, because one of the stray bul.
lets had passed through the palm OF
her right. She had also been grazed on
the shoulder, and two bullets had
passed through her clothing. She had
fired both barrels of the shotgun and
eleven bullets from the revolver anC
was doing bravely well when we
turned the scales And did she con.
tinue at Lone Pine? Oh, no. A divi.
sion superintendent fell in love with
her, rcaroused the tender passion in
her breast, and away she went to seq
tie down on the Pacific slope and be-
come nobody-that 10, she couldn't
be a heroine any more. - Chicago
Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-18
An Honest Customer.

There is an old merchant in thriv.
ing little town near Minneapolis who
scorns a paper ledger, and insists on
keeping a pine board account with his
customers. He planes this board off
every five months and starts a new ac.
count. The other day a man came
into the old merchants store to pay a
balance of forty cents ~ guess you
don't owe me anything" replied the
old trader to question about tho
debt. The customer protested that he
did owe the debt; IN fact, lie remem.
bered buying the goods some six
months ago. "Oh, we'll, FIVE months
alters the case" said the weigher OF
sugar and coffee. You may owe me
forty cents for all know. You see
I've up and started new board since
you got your goods, and don't remem,
ber your debt. You may pay me If
you want to, but if you don't it's all
o. X, rs I've shaved your account out -
The trader got his forty cents.-Golden
DAYS.
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burden for all train conductors, and
the small stations were entirely at
their mercy. There were plenty of
telegraph operators out of a lob who
. could not be induced to take lone sta
tion at any salary, and sometimes the
company had to send three men to a
station where there was little or moth
ing for one to do.
Lone Pine station was up in the
mountains, just at the east end of "a
long stretch of snowshedS 1t was
thirteen miles from Bad Creek to the
west and eleven from Big Rock to the
east The names of these stations, to-
gcther with dozens of others, have
Since been changed. At the date |
write of a man named Clark had the
Big Rock station l had Bad Creek and
new agent and operator had Just
taken possession of Lone Pine. That
station had been vacant for a week.
1t had been held by young man
named Reed for about three months,
but one night he was found dead and
robbed-the work of the lawless ele-
mcnt then overrunning the west. The
first news l got from the new agent
came from herself over the wire one
afternoon, and this is what she said
Allow me to introduce myself as
Mrs. Hadley, the new agent at Lone
Pine. l am just out from Chicago.
Charming place this, and know shall
like it. Hope to become better ac-
Quainted."
found out later on that she was
widow, about twenty-six years old,
good looking, well educated, and pos
seSscd plenty of courage and common
sense. Just why she didn't do as most
other young widows do was no ones
business but her own. Finding that
she must earn her own living, she
learned telegraphy and came down the
road in search of place. They didn't
want to give her the station at Lone
Pine, but she was so persistent that
She was finally installed. AS at many
other stations, she had to gather her
own tirewood and cook her own pro-
visions, and there were many an.
noHances to be encountered.
Clark and l were both knocked ont
10 lind that Il woman had been sent to
Lone Pine. Had it been man we
should have expected him to take care
~ himself, but as it was we couldn't |
help but worry. There was hardly
day that we didn't have to drive some
tough out of our houses at the muzzle !
OF a shotgun, and both of us had twice
been held up and cleaned out by gangs.
Her station was even more isolated, !
and though her sex might be respected
br some there We're men abroad as