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the Indians rode to her aid. They said
she must come back to Nogales, in the
state of Sonora, where she had always
lived The great attack on Nogales was
made at precisely the hour when Teresa
had her awakening.
1t is thought now that the many re-
cent attacks of the Asqui have been
headed by her. The Mexicans tell of
seeing a girish figure astride a horse,
riding at the head of wild7eyed Mexi-
cans, with scouts running ahead. Her
mountain rides, made lat night, are now
supposed to be for the purpose of or
ganizing troops.
,Teresa's personal manner is so remind
full of Joan Of Arc that she is likened to
the Maid of Orleans by every student OF
the present outbreak She is petite and
soft-spoken Her greatest weapon is her
smile. This is wonderfully sweet Her
ripe lips part over rows of milk-white
teeth. while her rich Spanish skin fusnes
deep red when she speaks. She seldom
addresses a crowd, but when she does II
is as still as death to heed her words.
Rebellion and war are never heard. Her
talk is all of cures and faith and divine
Inspiration. If melted by ambition to her
attacks, she is as clever a diplomat as
any that ever upset nation. If saint led,
as her followers believe, she Is at least
good sincere woman.
The Asqui hope to take Mexico or a
portion of 1t, for themselves. Inc opJect
of their raid was to seize the ammunition
in the Nogales custom house. with TINS
they could advance further into MEXICO
Santa Teresa is their watchword, and her
face is engraved upon their hearts ana
printed upon their banners.
For a long time the Indians sought her
hand in marriage, hoping to cement her
to them. They offered her the hand OF
Asduos. the noblest young brave Of the
tribe But she declined. The father OF AS
quos, the richest of all warriors next
sought her with the same result. Now they
would think 1t sacrilege to ask Tor the
hand of Santa Teresa.
The hut in the mountains where the
modern. Joan Of Arc lives is bare one
of the poorest kind, a bed of boughs IS
the only furnitpre. Outside Santa Teresa
prepares her simple meals, which CONSIST
mostly Of fruits and nuts and the dellca-
cies brought her by the Indians. AT the
door is her altar, where she can be seen py
the reveTential Indians - prayer all nlBh'
and part of the day. 5000
The plan Of the Mexieans is to over
! throw the Asqui outbreak By imprisoninR
the supposed leader. Teresa Urea Is to
4 be brought out from her mountain fast-
ness and tried She will be placed In prison
, for a suitable time and then banished,
Nothing but imprisonment for life VIII rlo
the country Of her influence, they say. foi
! Il is as strong as the lives of the Indians
! and banishment would mean nothing but
her return at the head Of troops. made des-
psrate by the treatment of their saint.
The recent raids are beirE made with
out Santa Teresa. as The Indians fear
her capture With their present inability
TO defend her Her habitat IN the
mountaius, too IS kcut a secret for
fear Of ri raid upon her while they arc
away. She was hidden SO securely q
| few days ago thar one Of the tribes Of
' the Asqu!, failins 10 ind her. determined
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lions that felt the need of a postal service.
When the Standards invaded South Amer
lea they found a. regular system of posts
in operation SO that the news of their
landing was carried to the Inca with in
credible swiftness, the postmen being run
ners. who carried around their waists
knotted cords, a code of signals or sign
writing.
Coming down to our own country, sup
pose we take a peep at the mail methods
in vogue in Its earlier days. Let us take
as a type the postal service between Bos-
ton and New York where, in 1862, post
was established "to go monthly Post
riders. starting at the same hour from
each end of the route, carried the mails.
Leaving on Monday morning they met
and exchanged bags at Saybrook, Conn,
on the following Saturday. Then each
man returned TO his starting point which,
of course. took nearly another week.
It was BENJAMIN Franklin that, in 1775,
suggested the plan for postal service on
which our present system is founded. In
the early days of this system rates were
charged that seem outrageous to US of
the present day--Between Boston and
New York. 1881 cents, and % cents for
points beyond. OF course, this led to
swindling the government and the SNUG
Cling of letters. Private parties carried
mail secretly at lower rates, and In 1899
Harnden's express entered the, field, car
ryfng letters concealed in bundles and
other packages at less than legal rates.
But as soon as the government lowered
it's charges ali these smugglers dropped
out of the race. There was no money in
il then
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the safe surface, and he shows his graf
itude by standing up like horse again
In warm weather she bathes a fallen horse
with ice-water. | once knew her to take
can of choice tutu-frutti from an ice
cream wagon for a horses head She gives
him GOODNESS and a little sniff OF ammo
MIA. And, II it is very hot, she ties a
spong on hts head.
Last summer l saw a horse angel go-
ing around with tiny japanese umbrel-
las, which she tied upon the head harness.
There is banana peel angel, too. This
woman picks up all the fallen banana
skins and feeds them to the horses. They
make delicious mouthful for the horse
and they are removed from the walks and
from the tracks of bicyolists.
Il wish | could tell you about all the
angels there are In town. You know
about the cat-destroying society that goes
around picking up stray cats and killing
them. There Is one now for dogs. A
homeless cur is watched to see il any
one will claim it, As the day rolls on the
poor bow-wow is enteed into a basket
and borne away to suffer one last sniff
of chloroform.
I'VE have not as pnuch patience with
these angels as we have with the human
angels l heard the other day about a
richly dressed girl who comes down on
the Bowery every morning at O'Clock
She has with her big basket of little
square parcels. These she hands out one
by one to the passing women with a nod
and - smile They are little box lunch
cons. and the women know her and look
for them.
THE Bowery man angel who lends
umbrellas to shop girls on deluge nights
you may have heard of. but have you
heard of the Cherry street Samaritan
who lends out rubbers. She charges a
cent as she lends them, but gives the
cent back when the rubbers come back.
Have we angels in the Volunteer
Army? Yes indeed. If we are sent for, we
go and do all the good we can. We work
all the time. We may not be allowed the
pleasure of a hobby for our work Is a
must do. But we have those whose duty
1t is to minister to others all the time
"Our organization approves very highly
of all angels of whatever kind for,
though you may smile at them and their
ways, take away the angels and the
world would roll around one great ball
of miseryl'
And the little Volunteer gathered up
her traps and slipped away.
Helen Ward.
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FAR WEST RATTLEsNAKEs.
They Bear More Variety of Color
Than the New England Sort.
From the San Francisco Gail.

From the San Francisco Call.
A few days ago a Mexican was exhibit
ing on the streets of Pomona rattle
snake that he had captured in one of the
neighboring canyons He was leading
the snake around by a cord of horsehair
fastened about its neck and tied to the
end of a sharp rod of walkng-stick
Some Mexicans are experts at catching
rattlers. They always take them alive If
they can, and they seldom fail, for il is
a lively snake that can escape them when
they are armed for the fray. II they
cannot sell their captive alive they kill II
and sell the skin at a good price for a
hatband or a belt The snake in ques-
tion was a rare specimen. 1t was about
three feet long, plump and sleek and al
most as black as coal. Nobody had ever
seen a black rattler before. One man
declared that 1t was no rattlesnake be-
cause 1t was black.
One of the interested spectators, who
had been looking the snake over carefully.
but had said nothing was Jacob Morency,
an old mining prospector who has Travelled
over nearly all Of the mineral regions Of
Southern California and Mexico. The
man who secuted the idea of rattle
snake being black turned to Morency and
said: What do you think about it Jake?"
We'll" said the latter, you'd better
not let him bite you, unless you're ready
to pay your debts, say your prayers and
die for he's a RATHER all right enough. A
rattlesnake is not like a chameleon ex-
actiy-they can't change their color in the
twinkling of an eye--but they are of a
greater variety of colors than cows are.
i have seen them Of every color imagin-
able and always of the same color as the
soil or rocks In which they are found, and
the acknowledged spots on their sides
and back are sometimes lighter and some
times darker than the rest. I once saw a
rattlesnake, Caught In n canyon IN Lower
California, neat San Fernando, that was
almost as black as jet, and the diamond
spots were lined with white. Two years
ago killed a rattler in Paria valley in
Northern Arizona, that was three and a
half feet long and OF a deep red color
with diamonds of Jet black. / think Il
was the handsomest snake / ever saw. /
have his skin yet. In another valley not
moro than forty miles from there / saw
rattlesnakes as yellow as ochre, with red
dish diamonds. Brown rattlesnakes. with
dark spots are the most common. But
the aueerest looking RATHER ever saw a
friend of mine and ] caught in Lower
California five or six years ago we
were riding along the western coast OF the
peninsula about opposite Guadalupe when
milk. with faint black lines outlining the
diamond spots. II was the only white
one ever aw, though / have seen many
very light cOlored II had sinlplv taken
on the color of the white rocks and sands
where Il lived We captured II alive and
took IL 10 San Diego and sold Il for S2s
to q man named King who was gathering
rare specimens OF reptiles and insects FOR
some eastern institutions"
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ways in readiness to relieve a weary
brother and carry on the dispatches with
uniform speed. These stations were called
posts" from the Latin word postum,
fixed or placed-whence comes the name
of our modern postal system
In the Old Testament are frequent refer
ences to the posts. In the Second Chron-
icles you will find: $50 the posts went
with the letters" and so the posts pass
ed from city to city" In Esther, also, and
in Job and jeremiah you will find other
illusions to the posts But they were
never for the use of the common people.
The Roman Emperor Augustus was the
first to establish a system of posts, sug-
geStive of the present system. You have
heard the saying, "All roads lead to
Rome" This was the origin of it: From
Rome as a center post roads were built
called royal highways" extending all
over Europe. After the decline of the Ro-
man empire these post roads were aban-
doned by degrees, and during the Dark
Ages they almost entirely disappeared
In the thirteenth and fourteenth centu-
ries however. their need began to be so
strongly felt that posts between the differ
ent parts of the same country were estab-
lished and soon these were extended into
other countries. These posts were carried
first by foot-runners and then little la
ter by men on horseback.
privilege was extended, and it was found
impossible for horseback riders to carry
the increasing mail, so wheeled convey
ances were provided and the next step was
for these conveyances to carry passengers
as well as the mail
And thus from the post was evolved the
mail coach. What this meant TO our hither-
to shut-in ancestors it is hard for us Of
the present day to realize even family.
Tp4.N fe q 20. hot fI,e
the public post and the mail coach did
more than any other one thing to hasten
the march of civilization.
In the reign Of the Emperor Frederick
III, Francis Won Laxis whose GRANDPA
Their Is said to have established a postal
service across the Tyrol and Syria. en-
tered the service of the house of Hans
burg and became the founder Of the mod
ern postal system. Through Won Laxis
the emperor established regular posts
throughout h s kingdom, between the Years
lii0 and 1893. and at the beginning OF the
sixteenth century the Austrian post be-
came the international post OF the Haps-
burg dynasty.
In France the University OF Paris or.
ganized a postal service in the thirteenth
century, which hourished until 17i0. In
some parts Of Europe there were brother
hoods and mercantile guilds, which estab
lishod posts and postoffices subject to the
government.
In England, IN 1858, Rowland Hill started
q private post. but Cromwell's heavy hand
came down on the enterprise, and the men
who carried the letters were frampled
Gown and killed by his soldiers. Later on
Mr. Hin came 20 the front again, lnsti-
tuted many reforms in the service and AT
last gave 70 England a real and effective
posfal service. Louis xI Of France
I founded "A postal system IN 1864. which
/ was greatly improved by Charles TX in
Z 1866
! But It was not alone the Christian ma
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POSTAL EVOLUTION.
The Strange story OF the Develop
mcnt of the Nail Service.
From the Philadelphia Times

From the Philadelphia Times.
1t seems almost Incredible, in view Of
the wonderful labyrinth of postal routes
all over the world to-day that there ever
could have been time when there were
no postotices, no letter carriers. no mail
facilities at all
But, of course, there had to be some
means of communication, even in the
earliest ages, though these were confined
for centuries to emperors and kings and
other great rulers. The emperors of
Egypt, of Persia, of Assyria and of Rome
held many lesser kings and satraps as
their yassals. With these 1t was neces-
sary to communicate with certainty and
regularity, and, therefore, couriers were
employed TO carry dispatches and reports
to and from the more distant provinces.
OF course, no one man or one horse
could traverse the whole route, so sta
tions We're established along the roads at
certain intervals where courier was al
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rules; but of her further plans she will
say nothing. The extent to which she has
thus far succeeded is shown by the pre-
partitions which the Mexicans are making
10 resist her and the uneasy feeling of
uprising that pervades the country.
In the relations of the United States to
the Urea revolution there would come
up a repetition of the Cuban trouble. The
Asqui want to be acknowledged as a
peIigerent power, This Teresa Urea has
hed them back from asking, as she is
clever and knows its futihty.
Her own method is to go in and fight.
Take what you need" she shouted at
the braves in the last uprising near No
eaes' She asks for no acknowledgements
and seeks no aid. She will get her own
ammunition and manage her own cam
Pdlgn The position sine takes towards the
DIteu states is one of great friendliness
one considers us the friend of the oppress-
ca The position which the United States
must take towards this woman leader Of
uoops is one of neutrality, unless she
UIlhgs her forces over into Arizona, as
she threatens to do and makes that the
headquarters of her infant principality.
..d ne history of this modern Joan of Arc
santa Sonora" as she is called-is in
.eIestlhg because it begins so very much
IKE that Of the Joan of 400 years ago.
teresa was born a little Mexican girl,
On the Palo Parade ranch, north of Con
[dIes' IN the state of Sonora where her
Iather and mother still live. Teresa was
a blg-eyed, slender girl of dreamy dispo-
'uoh' and possessed of a strange power
over animals. She could call birds and
tecAon to insects. Among her little com
lannon's she was not popular, because Of
ner strange ways, but her parents at
uiGuted all to strain of Spanish blood
Nmch runs through her veins. A touch
Vi indian, far back in the family, was
supposed to have reappeared In her.
me little Teresa was romantic girl
ana quilt up an ideal in her own mind.
This found fulalment in a Mexican, a
worthless young fellow, with big, bold
yes and daredevil manner. Teresa
HouBht him the embodiment Of a saint
ana bethrothed herself to him. He con
sented to have her and the wedding day
was set But the daredevil Mexican
gli1ently thought the intense Teresa
"pqld make an unSongenial wife. And
men the wedding day came he was MISS
Teresa was then lG years old and in
,NN hrst full force Of her powers The
.alent passions of her nature struggled
Usether and overcame her slender body.
a Yer one hysterlc outburst she fell 10
'lr moor IN catalcptic spell which lasted
week. Her mother, the neighbors and
Ne MeNiean doctors and priests Sat ny
uef bedside trying TO awaken her, but un.
ayailmgly.
%. one morning at daSn, about 2i30. o'clock.
''Iesa rubbed her eyes and sat up and
sn'ied II am glad TO be back with YOU
ng SAD. II have been talking with God
a ,ii INC blessed virgin. and can cure you
'll % sickness.f' tti.
The neighbcrs ran out Of the bedeham-
oef scared out Of their wits. white Te-
''sa dressed herself and walked out Of
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Copyright, 1896

the door perfectly we'll. A crowd collect
ed around her. with many sick among
them. She looked at them with her big,
dark eyes and prayed over them, and
they went away We'll hundred Asoui
Indians visited her the next day and she
cured them all. The following day she
cured fifty. From that time her work
has gone on. For six years she has visit
ed the sick. She is called Santa Teresa ;,
Santa Cabora," and Santa Sonora /"
By the name Saint she is known
throughout Mexico
The present uprising began solely on
her account. The Mexican authorities
grew tired of the crowds that thronged
to see her, and she was threatened with
arrest. She fled to the mountains and
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New York, Sept. cit is highly probable
+bst the Secretary of War will be forced
ir,o dealings with woman. This woman
Teresa Urea, is at the head of 5000 ASqui
1ndians and can muster out an indefinite
number more. She is new Joan Of Arc;
ord worthy or unworthy her cause, she is
making the Mexican government more
trouble than it has had since the Mexican
war.
Teresa Urrea's avowed purpose is to
overthrow Mexico and GUST President
Diaz. She would establish another and
better form of government with new
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to make a small attack upon Nogales;
sure that she was within the city.
The border jewellers of Arizona. New
Mexico, Texas and Lower California are
in constant terror of a raid led by the
mysterious Teresa Urea. but this they
need not fear If the Indian advices are
correct, which say that Santa Teresa re-
CARDS the Unitel States as the country
that will help deliver Mexico into her
hands Albert Cameron.
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There are New York synagogues. says
the Sun. In which the rabbi breaches in
the English language; others in which no
prcaces in German. and yet more In which
he breaches In the Yiddish speech.
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The machete. about which we read SO
much in the Cuban dispatches, is the tool
with which the Cuban works when he Is
not lighting. II Is used In the sugar
fields to cut the cane, and Is a combina-
ton Of a knife and Ratchet. II inflicts
a sever and mutlating wound. Every one
In Cuba owns machete. which Is as nee
essary to the Cuban as an AK TO the
New Englander.
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SANTA TERESA, The =.
MODERN JOAN OF ARC.
The Beautiful Young Mexican Girl Who Is
at the Head of the Asqui Indians.

in
Had in
tile ing taineers
Gentle in speec She o over
thro
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tscncuaie IN erect Jan. 6, 1857
An trains arrive and leave at Ppnnsyiyar
MIA passenger station.
"a. m.-Daily, local for DanvilIe connects
Sunday. and at at Lynesburss Lessbs With the ASeRs Sop
folk and Western, daily. and with the Chez
epeake and Ohio, daily for the Natural
Bridge and Clifton Forge.
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FAST NAIL. carries Pullman Buffet Sleep
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Sleeper for Augusta, also Pullman Sleeper
New ork to New Orleans, via Montgomery,
connecting at Atlanta with Pullman Sleep.
4Ol r. M Local for Front Royal, River.
eo2 anq sras6aIE, daily dII ,G1 except sInday
FLORiDA SHORT LINZ LIMlTED, % PniI
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1913 p; m:mDaiIy, WASHINGTON AND
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Pullman sleepefs New York to IshcviIie
and Hot Springs, N. C., and New York 10
New Orleans via Atlanta and Moni gomery.
vesabuled day coach. Washington TO At
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aud 800 T.. m. daily. from Round Hin ana
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$40 .. M. daily, from Charlottesville.
Tickets. sleeping car reservation and ~
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Rennsyfvania avenue. and at Penpsylva0ia
Railroad Passenger Station.
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PUBLIC SALE of valuable real il es.
tate and personal property. BY virtue
OF authority Invested In US We VIII sell az
public sale. without reserve. on the prem
ises. on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. 1895,
at O'Clock p. M, tf fair. II not 'nc next
fair day.) the Following real estate. TO wit:
That famous tract OF land called fvet-
dale Farm owned by Captain j. HaE
located partly in the Fourth District OF
Anne Arundel and partly In Vansviiie Dis'
trict or Prince Georges county, mile from
Miseitoe Station. on d. x o. K. r., and -
miles from Conlee's Station on said rail
road; l-2 miles from the Maryland Co.
lumbia Railway aud 5 niles from wash
IngtOn city admirably adapted TO TIE graz
ing and aising OF stock and IL Offers es
pecial induceucnt 10 investors 1t contt ips
$50 acres. more or less, and is IN proved by
sheds. blacksmith shop. a windiEili supply
ing good water to house md stable, also
fine lot OF timber and cord wocd. This
property Will be sold US a whole or in lots
into which IL has been subdiylded. P!at
shown on day OF sale.
post of 5000 required on day of sale. bal
ancc in g, IL and 19 months; if sold In
lots a deposit OF $500 required on each lot.
Directly after the a bOye sale the follow
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fine brood work mares, 1 fine farm wagon.
l two-horse top wagon. l one-horse top
wagon. l fine andau, formerly owned by
Gen. U. IS. Grant; farming implements. etc
Terms OF sale. All SUITS or and under
$2O- cash. above that amount credit or
80 days will be given. Vehicles Will meet
buyers at Miseltoe and Contee's Stations on
arrival OF trains leaving Washington at
$50 and 1915 and Baltimore S:36 and
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