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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-11-01

CTKAytD OR NIOLEN-from 1874
y Franklin street one dark brown mich
COW, branded ON right hip and road brand
X on right side liberal reward for return
to j. Il W. Fe'ds, Room Co. proydeni
building @ Stf-d Nv
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NOR RENT At the General Harrison Old
II place, No sl9 south Fourth street, yol
viii Gnd large pleasant room. furnished or I'M
furnished. lovely grounds and splendid table
board. just the place Tor the old or young
married or single to call home Terms very
Come and zee before eettlin,
elsewhere for the winter. Mrs NJ. ii Davis.
l0-2l-ll.4
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eminent clerk would support: but Mrs Viii
GOV * NOT wholly denendent on her salary
of ST 600.
/ asked her could she remember any in
cidcnts that had been told to her that were
connected with the time Of her birth. She
said she could not. but [ remember"
She said. "a story nv mother used to tell
mo connected with the trip of the nresiden-
tial party to Washington for .jackson's
first inauguration. All along the route the
crowds had been very large and enthusiasts
tic. But at Wheeling thew We're unusually
large and General Jackson shook
hands So many times that the newt dav be
had TO have his arm in Il sling. When the
marty was within n short distance of the
ritv If was met nv large crowd IF, citi-
zpns; who had COME ont to escort # into
tn1yn If there was an inauonraI ha,l
President jackson did not attend If hecause
h., i,"f in.r Lis VIA tho ,Ti,,tnr 1"forl, tho
;nono,ro tion II was abont .nar q ftnr
th ;7,1,,,ra t;or Of pros;Jon+ Iosl,sa +hot
w vas hGrn NJ motber ocrmno1 40 ronn,
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of the common soldiers? On these women
fell the burden of deprivation unheard or.
In silence they sowed and reaped the land;
clothed and tended their children, buried
them when they sank under want ana eA-
posure or themselves laid down III solitude
and died.
1t was the exception when the men III the
field knew the trials to which tHer wives
were subjected. The women were vocal IN
hope silent in despair. The wives OF the
common soldiers labored and sorroWed WIN
out the expectation of earthly honor OF
eclat For if the men of their house
hold persisted in battle ii as only collective
glory" acquired for the army, for their
cause, not for themselves; a nameleSS grave
their share
When the last sad days of the struggle
drew nigh and every heart was cast Gown,
the women We're the most cheerful.
When the young aud old non-combatants
were summoned to man the trenches there
were no tears and replnlngS. Such prepar-
atoms as were practicable for the comfort
of the aged and intrm citizen guards were
quietly made and the men were dispatched
with as much cheer as trembling lips could
summon.
At last. when General Lees half-staryed
army must be withdrawn from before the
overwhelming force of the enemy, he sent
an officer to inform Mr.. Davis of TIL" fact.
The message was delivered in St. Pauls
church during morning service, where the
president had gone to pray for his people.
The congregation OWNED the purport of
the dispatch. and though they expected,
as the outcome of it, that their homes
would be burned and the city laid waste,
there was no public plea for protection;
The women gathered about Mr. Davis and
said: Leave us to our fate II you can save
the country Perhaps sometime You may
win Richmond back. but if not. we know
you have done your best, and you must not
grieve over us
In this spirit our women met defeat. star
Walton and lobar humiliation and all the
heart-repding conditions Of "reconstruc-
ton.
The placid, gray-haired matrons of to-
day have covered with decorous pride the
scars of that hard struggle, but they are
no less veteran conquerors in a mortal con-
f1ict in which every noble aspiration and
human effort was called forth, and answer
ed with a cheerful lad sum-"
V. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Beauvoir House, Miss.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-04-25
A WHITE HOUSE BABY.
THE FIRST GIFTS KIND NOW HOE
IHGIN WASHINGYON.
Mrs. Wilcox, Born in Jackson's Time, LIS In
tho observation-disclosures Remembers
PLAYING in Lafayette Square.

Washington, Apr Elf Baby Ruth
should be blessed with q little brother or
sister while she was in the white house, and
Mrs CleveIands friends have been hop
ing for the development of this possibility
in the first year of the Cleveland admin
istration-AIrs. Cleveland could not ind a
more appropriate godmother Tor the latest
white house baby than the first white house
baby who is now living i'll Washington.
She is a clerk in the sixth auditors Office
a bureau Of the treasury department., ous
really part of the system OF the postollce
department. Mrs. Wilcox is her name
now; Donelson, the name which she IN
herited from her father and mother. She IS
a pleasant faced woman of fifty-seven years.
If she had the almost invarlable feminine
hesitancy about disclosing her age, Mrs.
Wilcox would have to escape from the EN-
barrassments of her place III white house
history; for the date of her birth Is a mat
ter of record and she is so thoroughly lden-
titled with the Jackson administration that
it would need only IL brief computation for
the most ignorant to number her years.
But though Mrs. Wilcox did say IN pleas
antry that she thought it very lndellcate
for anyone to discuss her age, she has no
serious wish to ignore the records OF Father
Time.
| called on Mrs. Wilcox recently at her
pleasant home on o street in the fashionable
northwest section of the city.
Il have been interviewed dozens of
tines" she said when / asked her at the
department to tell me what she remem-
bered of her childhood. Il heStatcd, for
getting that Mrs. Wilcox has been the first
white house baby for more than half a cen
fury. But when she spoke of an inter
view of fifteen years ago as one OF the
most recent of her newspaper experiences,
| breathed more freely One could hard
ly expect to be the Columbus OF a white
house baby-and especially the first white
house baby; but one would not want to
tread too closely on the heels of the last
CiSc0Verer
Mrs. Wilcox lives with her daughter in
a comfortable three-story house very
near Dupont circle. 1t is much more com
Portable than the simple salary of any gov
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Few sauces were invented to add ZeSt to
our poor fare and some of these have been
accepted by the world of gourrnets. Wine
was made of clderberries, bitter oranges or
wild cherries.
Dur Coffee and Tea.
In order that the wounded might have
tea and coffee, "substitutes" were made
for home use of sassafras leaves. balm or
sage, and even orange leaves were STEPPED
in hot water, sweetened with sorghum
mOlasscs.
For coffee parchcd sweet potato shavings,
parched corn or wheat and parcheC carrots
were used.
All the coffee tea, white or brown sugar
and every other scarce luxury was sent to
the soldiers. Real coffee and sure enough
tea were for the sick and wounded
not for people i'll health.
Reading Matter aud starvation Parties.
The strong tension upon the nerves or the
women was not relieved by pleasant new
books or magazines. The newspapers were
ANIMALS of ardent endeavor, some triumphs,
but also of sorrow, wounds and death.
During the war the first volume of u 1es
Mserabl was Struggled into the confed-
eracy. The educated women eagerly read
it between stitches. The more ignorant
men and women read the title and one at
least said, Now | wonder who has took to
>
they want comfortable, but what's the use
of tellin' it everywherer'
All work and no play began to tell upon
our nervouSly organized women. Some or
them turned for relief, when any of the
soldiers were home, to reunions called, from
the absence Of any refreshment save cold
water, starvation parties.
Our Hospital Nurses.
The hospital nurses were largely women,
and mostly ladies'
What they did, is recorded in the "book of
life," but mortal pen would fail to depict
their loving service amidst the horrors of
military hospitals near the battlcfelds. The
food was generally prepared by private
families; delicate breads strong brothS,
or ounces of precious real tea and Coffee
were daily taken in baskets, and the sooth-
ing voices of the nurses could be heard
whispering hopes of victory at home, or
murmuring comforting texts from the script
ure, while the sufferers were fed. or cooling
lotions poured upon the dressing of their
wounds.
| wish it were possible to give the names
of these devoted women who miniStercd
to the wounded s0othed the dying and re-
ceived the little tokens and last messages
for their absent families. The list would be
too long here, but their names are household
words in every southern homeland, when
shall their glory fade?'
How Defea Was Bourn.
How can justice be rendered to the wives
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out OF reach. invested, so that there was lit
tie whereWlth to buy from the neighbOring
towns or cities: and as the prosperity of
mi use centers we're dependcne upon the grain
'end cotton sent in from the plantations,
want come upon all.
The very poor suffered in the absence of
their breadwnners. Necessarily those bet
ter provided for gave of their surplus, and
when they became sorcly pressed themselves
they shared whatever could be spared by
their families. as the poorer classes express
ed it, they had IA divide"
How the Women Faced tho situation.
When this pcine forte ct durc began to af
hlct the women, their powers of endurance
were at once demonstrated to the world.
The harbors were closed 10y the blockade.
No supplies of clothing could be imported.
The time came when the stock of CLOTH
shoes, medicines, mahinery indeed of al
most everything necessary to civilized pco-
ple-was nearly exhausted. The south had
proved agriculture to be the most profitable
employment, and bad never fostercd manu-
facturtH besides, her operative CLASSES were
not suited to the care of machinery.
Now the people found themselves CON
tronted with new problems which they must
learn to solve. All these needs must be
supplied by the women
The store each family possessed them
selves. of quinine and such other drugs as
were ncedful for the diseases of n warm
climate, WAS gradually rclinqushed for the
use of the soldiers. ReplcniShment was I'M
possible. Quinine had been proclaimed by
the blockadcrs "contrabrand of war
The women turned undauntcd to the in
dlr"Nnn@ M0t"rla l""'!!c:I. DccnctibrS Of
willow bark, of dewberry root, orange flow
c'S a"d leaves. r'dncnpcr tn. ana other
'tsanes' took the place of the drugs.
One heart-brokcn woman wrote to her
husband: Twenty grains Of quinne would
have saved our two children; they were too
nauseated to drink the bitter willow tea
and they are now at rest and I have no
one TO work for but you. Do You think of
coming. | am well and strong and am not
diSmayed. ] think day and night of your
sorrow. have their little graves near me-"
How Clothing Wa. t'ontrved.
The sheep were SHARED; the wool was
cleaned, carded and spun in the house
SmaN 'ooms Wer" set up and the warn
adjusted under the eye of the practical
y-.'a,.sr--tii< being tho mistress generally:
all the clothes for the plantation, as well
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SOUTHERN WOMEN IN WAR TIME.
Old Household Memories Of the COnfederaCy.
By Mrs. Jefferson Davis.

Copyright, 1898. by " Jefferson Davis.)
with corn and the cotton blossoms became
n tangle of vines and bushes, ''unprotit-
ably gay with the blue flowers of the de-
structive morning glory, the execrated tic
vine"
Moreover, all large balances Of cash lay
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-04-25
For The Constitution.

For The Constitution.
1t often seems. owing to changing condi-
tons, and circumstances, that if the story
Of our generation is TO be saved from obliv-
ion. the only way is to ''perpetuate testi-
mony," as lawyers do in great cases where
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-04-25

as some clothes to exchange for other con-
moditieS were woven for the winter use.
In winter the cotton clothes were made
for summer. Pretty homespun checks
brown, black, blue or red and white We're
manufactured for the ladies' and children's
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-04-25

READY standing on the TIRES
- before they fall 81
of their
say i
-, colon,' r, i -
II duec testimony IS offered
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Robespierre Can't Deny 1t Now.

Robespierre Can't Deny 1t Now.
From The Independent
The story is told of Robespierre that at one
time when at the height Of his power q lady
called upon him, heseechng him to spare her
husbands life. He scornfully refused. As
she turned. away she happened to tread upon
Madam have you no humanityY'
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Few sauces were invented to add zest to
our poor fare and some of these have been
accepted by the world of gourlnets. Wine
wild cherries.
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out of reach. invested, so that there was lit
tie whereWlth TO buy from the neighbOring
towns or cities: and as the prosperity of
oeind cotton sent in from the plantations,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-04-05
SPARKS AND WIND.
The Combination Cause . Serious Fire
In Pennsyivauia.

The Combination Cause . Serious Fire
In Pennsyivania.
PIrTsBuRG, Pa., April A fire broke
out shortly after 2:30 this afternoon In tho
warehouse OF the Godfrey q Clark Paper
company on South Canal street, Allc-
eheny. Owing 70 high gallo which was
blowing, the flames communicated rap
idly to the malt house Of the Eberhart &
Ober Brewing company. Pittsburg was
appealed to for aid but, Notwithstanding
tho additional force, the largo giant ele-
vator Of Eberhart q Ober was soon on fire.
Sparks started blazes i'm Cupp d Frcck-
ley's lumber yards and in Keink Brothers.
The fircmen bent all their energies 10 pre-
venting tho spreading Of tho fire, aud
shortly after o'clock tho flames wcro
undor control. The Godfrey & Clark and
Eberi,art & Ober companies losses, how
ever, arc total. The formers loss is $780,
600, on which there IL 90 insurance.
The brewing company lost on their build
ings aud stock. 500, ,O00, with an insurance
Of 10000. Other losses are: Cupp &
Frockley, 5000. no insurance; tho Hoins
Pickle company $500, insured; and
some dwellings. 5000, partly insured.
Two PittsburR fircmen wero injured by
falling walls, but neither seriously.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-04-05
STATE APPOINTMENTS
ovERHAULlNG THEIR CLERKS
Gresham ana Hoke Smith Ignore
Preoedsnts-vest Opposes the
Seating OF Mantle
OF Gold.
Special Dispatch to the standard.

Special Dispatch 10 ths Standard.
WASHINGTON, April t.--Assistaut Post.
master General Maxwell 10 not disposed
to hurry about making Appointments to
offices In Montana, but he has made . bo.
ginning to-day, selecting E. T. Broad.
water to succeed w. Conner, removed, at
Havre, and w. O. hutchins ct East Hell
ena, to succeed n. Candy, removed.
These changes were effected after Q con.
sultation with several Montana democrats
In Washington. and Il Il believed that
they will be satisfactory to the party. At
all events. the selections do not provoke
any criticism.
Paris Gibson Is interested In securing
tho appointment of Mr.. Donovan Of Great
Falls for United States attorney. II be-
gins to look as though the other places
would not be immediately filed. Mr..
Gibson expects to return to Great Falls
directly upon leaving Washington.
At tho Yale Giee club concert last night,
one Of the boxes was occupied by Attor-
ney General Olncy, Mrs. John G. Carlisle.
Mrs. Charles Gibson and Mr.. and Mrs. W.
w. Dixon.
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THEIR HORSES CAPTURED.
The Mccarthy Breshsrs Are Nov Travel
ing on f0ot

888 S4GSo1tay ssaVs1VHv NsS Wv k18v08~
Ing ON Foot.
BAKER CITY, Ore. April A posss 70
In hot pursuit Of Thomas and William
Mccarthy, the alleged Roslyn bank
robbers. who escaped from tho officers
last night near here. The officers have
captured their horses and the men arc
now travelling on foot. II IL said that the
McCarthys have not only robbed ths
Roslyn bank but the Summerville, Oreeoo,
bank, the Enterprise, and various othsr
banks in Oregon and Nevada. They were
also the principals in tho robbery of the
Denver bank two years ago. Information
10 said to havo been received through .
woman who Is now at North Yakima,
Washington, accompanied by Chief OF
Poiico Farley Of Denver, that the No
Carthys had planned and wcre about 30
mako Q raid on tho National bank a
watcrvills and the First National bank of
walla walla. They are known to b
desperate men and their capture will not
be an easy matter. A reward Of u, 30 b
offered for their capture.
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Talking Foo1ishnssa.

BELFAST, April A.-Ths enthusiasm Il
the days demonstrations culmin-
ated in the reception to Mr.. Bal
four. when he appeared before tho
mass meeting. When be rose to spsak he
stood for i've INMATES waiting for the
uproar to cease. After touching on ths
history of Ulster and praisine tho loyalty,
tenaciiy aud bravery Of tho mon Of Ulster,
he analysed tho home rule bill. He de-
voted considerable attention to the proha-
have upon Protestast Ireland. He prayed
TO God that the Irish loyalists would not
be compelled to fght for their rights. He
believed that such Q calamity would b
avertsd, yet the tyranny OF maioritiss
might be found as bad ~ the tyranny a .
king.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-04-05
TWO BRUrES.
They Deserve To Iss Hung ~ High %
Hamnn.

GALL,rIS, Tenn, April 4.-Nows Of o
most dinbolical and revolving crime ut
Alexander has reached here. George and
John Evans went TO tho house Of Jerry
Shelton and at the point Of q pistol forced
him to leave home. Both men then as
saultcd his l7-year-old wife.
Shelton gave tho alarm and the entire
community was soon on the hunt. The
woman Il In such q plight that she cannot
give any account Of the terrible affair. Her
reason Is dcthroned and she talks wildly
and hysterically. This added to the al
ready infiamed condition OF the commun-
ity and made IL certain that tho Evans
brothers. II captured alive, will be given o
swift and sure death.
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SAINTS IN ZION.
salt Lake 10 rhresgsd with Pilgrims end
TOupistA

SALT LAKE CITY, April l.-The semi
annual conference Of the Mormon church
began to-day. Tho dedication ceremonies
Of tho temple will begin April 9. and will
run to April 1s, inclusive. The programme
10 to admit about 2.l50 daily. that being
tho seating capacity Of the main room of
the temple. Tho presidency has issued o
public notice Of this, tho notice desiguat-
ing the stakes Of Mormondon, wherefrom
saints will bo admitted from day to day.
Thus, April 9. In tho afternoon. II 10 an-
nounced. Is will be admitted from Alberta
stakes, British Columbia; Is from Snow
Flake. Arizona; 20 from ST. Johns, Ari-
Eona; - from Maricopa. Arizona; $50 from
Bannock; 20 from Panguitich, Utah;
2i0 from Emery, Utah; 100 from Pa
rowin. Utah; la0 from Beaver. Utah;
17s from Cintah; 375 from Malad,
Idaho, and from tho Salt Lake
city choir, 80; q total Of 3.iA6. AL Of these
places arc applied for. and admission will
be strictly on tickets supplied on recon-.
mendation Of the bishops Of tho stakes.
stating tho applicant TO bc In good stand
ing. to have paid all tthine accounts, etc.
The gates through which all may pass are
specified. Tho above list 10 but sample
OF the allotment for the forenoon and
afternoon OF tho Is days. All stakes arc
gone through In like manner, in tho big
ger stakes larger numbers being allowed.
Thus, Salt Lake gets In II days. to the
number. In all, OF 1880. The total num-
bor to pass IN all Il days Is 50.656. Ii is
supposed that tho ceremonies from squad
TO squad will he semi-tlaily repetition. SO
that all can SEQ tho satno things and hear
the Same songs and discourses.
~ l.
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MAYOR M'LAUoHLiN.


The Missoula Democrats Select Good
Man 70 Head Their Ticket
Special Dispatch to the standard.
MIssoULA, April A large and enthu-
siastic crowd attended tho democratic
convention ut the court house tonight.
The convention was called to order by
Frank Mcconnell, chairman Of the CEN
tral committee, and proceeded to elect =
chairman, Judge w. ]. Stephens, who was
escorted to the chair amid grent ap-
plausc, and ms secretary, Kenneth NJ. MIC
oles. After the reports Of various COM
mittees had boon received the convention
adjourned to caucus for nominees for
mayor and aldermen. For over an hour.
tho delegates struggled with the propo-
sition of selecting q suitable candidate
for mayor. Frank Higgins declined tho
nomination and all efforts to induce Judge
Stephens to accept the candidacy were
likewise Of NO avail. The caucus
eventually agreed to present the nsme Of
H. w. Mclaughlin and the convention
was again called to order. The nominar
tion WAS presented by Judge J. N. Evans
In an eulogistic speech, predicting that Nc
Laughlin would not only pull the entire
strength Of tho democratic party, but
would also draw largely from the ranks
Of other parties. The nomination Was
made unanimous.
The convention then proceeded to the
nomination of candidates for aldermen Of
the various wards with the following re-
suit:
First ward, d. J. Heyfron; Second ward.
A. ]. Urlin; Third ward. &. A. Green !;
Fourth ward, ]. w. Houtchins.
Tho nominee for mayor has been res
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SAN Francisco, April 4.--The track was
fast and attendance large.
Six furlones Bronco. first; Topgallant,
second; Inkcrman. third. Time. :iik.
Four and one-haK furiongs. 2-yoar-olds--
Bonnie Jean colt. first; Atticus, second
Abra fllly. third. Time. 0:55t.
Seven furlonRs-St. Croix. first; Rev.
eller, second; Motto, third. Time, 1 :2sL.
Ono mile-Sir Walter, first; Martinez.
second; Quarterstaff, third. Time,
l:t2X.
Six furlongs-Currcncy first; Morton,
second; Regal. third. Time, i:i6.
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CLERKS MUST WORK.
The State and Interior Department
Forces Being Examined.

The state and Interior Department.
Forces Being Examined.
WASHINGTON, April A.--The assistant
secretaries OF state have boen directed by
Secretary Gresham to examine moro thor
oughly than has been tho custom into the
personnel Of tho state department with q
view. il is understood, Of determining tho
fitness of employees for the positions held
by them. II 10 reported, and ON good ou-
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NO DISCRIMINATION.
The President wiiI Discentiaus the /
cInroclfY Plan With Houth Amaricn

The President will Discontinus the Re-
ciprocity PIaa with south America.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The president
and the secretary Of state have had sew
eral conferences In regard to the state of
commerce with the South American coun-
tries, resulting from the reciprocity policy
of the last administration and have prac-
tically concluded to discontinue the dis
eliminating duties imposed on coffee and
sugar produced in Venezuela, Hayti aud
the United States Of Columbia, the only
three countries Of South America which
enter into satisfactory reciprocity arrange
ments under the Mckinley law. 1t is said
that the president 10 opposed to discrimi-
nation against the countries named, and
has revoked tho proclamation issued by
President Harrison. Action In the mat
ter. however, may bo delayed several
weeks.