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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-02-06

With that queer look Of gazing into
space,
An not the first idea Of danger near,
Or shadow of anxiety or fear,
But just as if his thoughts were far
away
To where his mother bowed her head
to pray.
Il couldn't stand it, so took my gun,
An stepping over comrades, one by
one,
l hurried to the outposts silently,
Anxious to find him once again an see
II all Went well, an if it did, why, then
I'd jest turn in an try to sleep again.
Il reached spot close underneath the
hill,
When at sound my very heart stood
STILL
\ scuffie! then cry! an oath-an' then
l saw the forms OF half hundred men
| Between me an the twinkling stars
dim light,
That. Jest outlined their figures on the
height.
1T want no time to think. l raised my
arm.
The good old musket rung out the
alarm!
A dozen answering shots the rebels
| sent,
oil iny
| went
81 scrambled up the hill, an awful
! dread
Choking my breath! the boy! he must
| be dead.
An others came, an soon we found his
form
Stretched out upon the ground, but
moist an warm;
A blow upon the head that stunned,
that's all,
His gun all right, with powder, cap,
an ball,
| An when 1 saw it--wall. felt smart
That hurt more'n if the wound was
in his heart.
ASLEEP upon his post. He turned to
| An put his arm around me lovingly;
| I couldn't help it, dad he said, an
then
| He smiled that boyish smile OF his
again.
Jest saying. as he turned once more,
You see
I've had my chance to strike for lib
erty!
Don't tell the folks at home, beg and
pray
An then between the guards he
marched away.
ct want no use. l begged, plead; l
swOre
That Billy wasn't like himself no more
But there he was before us, well as ever.
He'd never been so bright, l reckon,
never.
Maybe it was the shock; but, anyhow,
He stood before the court, his boyish
brow
Hall ulu ny CuAAS, oh Ae''
when
The sentence came than all the rest the
men.
No matter, when heard the verdict
read,
1 wished with all ms heart that was
dead.
GLOW could ever nerve my heart to go
And tell his mother, who had loved him
so?
Il didn't know jest what to say or do.
They gave me leave of absence, an l
drew
NV scanty pay, an started, whittier |
bent
I didn't try to realize-jest intent
On getting aid somewhere; letters l |
bore
To the commanding general OF the
corps,
To senator's and governors, an one
Addressed to 'Abram Lincoln, Wash
ington.
with fainting heart sought each man
whose name
~
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-02-06


with grizzled
beard and hair,
And something of
the soldier in
his air,
He told to us, in
simple phrase,
this story
About himself, the
army, and "Old
Glory"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
snner.,l,lnn, Among Animals.

Many authors have alluded to the SUI
perstitlon about the porcupine. that It
possesses the ability TO shoot Iie quilts
TO a considerable distance and thus to
wound those who anger H. In proof OF
the notion the fact that dogs are often
found with porouplre quilts sticking IN
their mouths and threats Is sometimes
cited. The quilts do not get there. how
ever, by being thrown from the porcu-
pine. but on account Of the eagerness
Of the dog attempting to seize the ami
NAL and so fixing the quilts In his own
flesh. Pliny says that among the Ro-
mans OF his time there was a belief that
etags could. by their breath. draw SER
penis from their holes In the ground.
and after getting them out would then
irample them TO death. Tho early hunt
ers OF this country relate many incl
dents concerning the enmity between
deer and ferpents OF all kinds Il Is
well known that stays would often,
without hesitation. attack raitlesnakos.
and by jumping high IN the air and de-
fcending upon the serpent with the fore
hoofs drawn closely together would cut
the snake to pieces. The country peo-
pie Of England. as well as several other
countries. have an idea that the red OF
the robins breast was caused by the
drop Of blood which fell upon q at the
crucinxlon. According TO the story the
robin. commiserating the condition OF
Christ, tried to pluck the crown OF
thorns from his brow and. In doing so.
got It's breast wet with the blood ilow-
Ing from the wounds The color became
permanent, being transmitted from gen
Grafton to generation, and thus. accord
iag TO the legend, the robin Is q perpet-
ual reminder Of the suiforlngs Of Christ.
Exchange
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
ILLUMINATE THEIR NESTS
Saraclou. nirds' Method 81 Protecting
Their Young from the HATS.

Sagaclous nirds' Method 81 Protecting
Their Young from the HATS.
From the New York Journal The
rocky head OF Cape Comorin. az the
southern extremity Of India. seems to
hang out over the water like q pro-
jecting roof. and under the caves OF
this roof the esculent swallows build
their nests. These meets Of the saga
clous little birds. who are sometimes
called japanese nuns or African
iinches." are not safe from the depre-
dations OF man even IN this seclusion.
though the mode Of collecting them is
attended with great danger. The nests
are formed In the shape Of watch peck
cts. but authorities differ as to their
substance. Some claim they are
formed Of tiny sea plants; others OF
some moluscous animal. and still others
say that they are made Of inspissated
sea foam. or fishes spawn. The nests
are cemented by gluilnous secretion
possessed by the swallow, and consist
OF two rooms. they form a much priced
article Of food In China. where they are
shipped in large quantities from India
and the neighborinE islands They are
white and clean. and when boiled 10 a
jelly have a glutinous taste which is
rather lnsipid 10 one who has not o
Chinese palate.
~ night the hundreds Of paudulouf
nests under the head Of Cape Comorm
prescn, a strange sight Sometimes
each nest Is illuminated by four OF i've
lights, which the wise birds procure TO
protect their youag from the raids OF
the murderous BATE They consist OF
bits Of sticky clay. which the birds fas-
ten to the top OF their nests. and then
place them on the clay This arrange
mcnt does not contribute 90 the COM
fort Of the 6rciliog. but the Ugh; which
they give forth dazzles the eyes OF the
thieylng bats. and 20 preserves the lives
Of the young birds
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
VICTORIA BURIED WITH HoNoRs
New Jersey's Smallest Dog Had Fun
erai Worthy OF a Prince.

New Jersey's Smallest Dog Had Fun
erai Worthy OF a Prince.
From the Buffalo Express. Probably
the most novel funeral ever seen in
New Jersey occurred IN Railway OF
Sunday afternoon. The corpse was tina:
Of dog. said to be the smallest OF its
kind In America. II not Ia the world.
Victoria was a pure black -and-tan ter
rier. Her history Is interesting. About
fifteen years ago the late Mrs. Carbon
ETH OF Railway. who was at that time
performer In Barnums circus, was en-
gagged In a tour Of England with the
show. She was exceptionally clever In
handling horses. and she frequently re-
oeived presents from her admirers. One
day In Manchester a man sent his com
pliments TO the fair rider. accompanied
by basket, which contained the small
est mite OF canlnlty she had ever beheld.
The dog accompanied her on her travels
all over the world, and though It never
grew TO robust size Il was always
healthy. and she became sincerely at
taehed TO her pet. In due course Of time
hrs Garbonetti left the sawdust ring
and settled down In Railway. Last sum-
mer she was thrown from buggy and
Killed. and her husband. who In a farm
er near Railway. presented the dog TO
Miss Mary McCann. who was With Mrs
Garbonettl when she met with the ac-
cident. Victoria was about six inches
long and her head was less than four
inches from the ground. She weighed
about eighteen ounces when In good
condition. She was not capable OF
learning many tricks. but after years
Of patient training her mistress sue
ceeded In teaching her TO sit up on her
launches and sneeze. This latter &c,
oomplishment. It is said. was RESPONSE
bic for her death, as she sneezed so
much that asthma set In. and after an
illness Of less than an hour she died
As a mark OF regard for the departed
canine Miss Mccain had a New York
firm manufacture a miniature coffin,
which was covered with embossed white
plush. The coffin was nine inches long.
five wide and four high. and the body OF
Victoria was arranged In II as II she
was taking her daily nap behind the
stove. Before the body was committed
20 the grave an amateur photographer
was called In and several pictures were
taken Of the animal. The dog was
buried In Miss McCann's garden. and
the bereayed woman says a monument
viii some day mark the resting place
of her departed friend.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
The Minister. nlunden

The New Workers are telling one am
other Of good joke on Rev. John WCs-
ley Brown. rector OF ST Thomas
church. previously rector Of St. Pauls
In this city. His part In the corcmon-
lal OF the Paget-Whitney wedding vas
to read the service. Either he had
marked the wrong place In the prayer
book or the singing disconnected him;
at any rate the wedding party was
amazed to hear his rich. full voice utter
the words Il am the resurrection and
the utc! Heaven and earth" eja,u-
lated Bishop Potter In a whisper behind
him. The rector at once awoke to the
fact that he was reading the burial ser
vice. and. after one breathless second,
he proceeded with the proper ritual.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

ually bends. the bones ache. while do
crcpitudc and heiplesaress prena-
turcly take possession Of the body.
Under THE treatment. Il u but a short
step from vigor and health 20 a pair
Of crutchos. With this wreck OF tho
system often comes falling Of the hair
and eyebrows. loss Of finger nailas
aud decay Of the bones-a opnditioa
most horrible. This il no overdrawn
picture, for the world to-day IL fun os
these hohbling mcrcuriai wrecks.
Contagious blood Poison Il the uost
horrible OF all diseases, and has been
appropriately called the curse of man
kind. Until the discovery Of :. =. -,
IL was incurable. II has always BAT.
fled the doctors, and II u in thia dis.
ease that the evils Of mercury ano
potash are most common, because
these drugs arc given la such large
doses Ia an effort 20 cOuntcract the
poison. While they succeed In bottiing
up the poison IN the system, Il alwaye
breaks forth again, attacking som9
delicate organ. frequently the mouth
and throat. filling them with eating
sores. =. :. ). is the only known cure
for this terrible disense.
II IS the same in other diseases -
the blood. Scrofuia, Eczema. Cancer,
rheumatism. all arc given the same
treatment by the physicians-mercnry
and potash. and the result rs above ST
forth h always the same.
We offer a remedy purely vegetable
powerful in its effect, yet harmless ID
every way. For fifty years $. s. &
has been curing blood diseases. from
the most violent 10 the mildest case,
after all other treatment failed. II 10
guaranteed purely vegetable, and Que
thousand dollars reward b offered tor
proof to the contrary, Il IA a real
blood remedy for real blood troubles.
and never fails 90 cure Contagious
Blood Poison, Scrofuia. Eczema, Rhcu.
matism, Cancer, or any other disease
Of the blood. II You have blood dis
ease, take a remedy which will not
injure you. Bewarcof mercury don't
do violence to your sySiem. Don't get
bottled upl
Our books on blood and akin dis.
eases, will be mailed free 20 any al
dress. Swift, Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
WISDOM BOILED DOWN.

People feel dirty three or four days
after a dust storm.
After all. love does not appeal 10 a
woman's heart like cut glass.
II Is pity that girls do not practice
patience moro. and the piano less.
Every boy wonders why girls hair
doesn't become hopelessly tangled.
II there IL any sham IN a woman. Il
comes out when she has company.
Investigate a popular woman and you
viii find she has no violent opinions.
Every one discovers some day that
when he asks for simple justice he is
asking too much
Mincemeat isn't made right unless
you have a headache within two hours
after eating the pie.
When two people love each other
they finally get 10 abusing each other
for being such fools
Nearly every man eats too much
meat which Is responsible for one Of
his very worst habits.
The lion and the lamb lie down to-
gothor In the same way that dentists
pull teeth without pain.
Compel a man to loaf who has always
been busy and he is as uncomfortable
as a loaier compelled to work.
As people grow older their allegiance
to town Is founded upon their interest
In a grave In its cemetery.
No white man Is as big feeling" as
the negro who belongs to minstrel
show and appears in the street parade.
-Atchison Globe.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

4 physician Of Pocahontas county.
Virginia. tells a story OF a patient who
one night recently swallowed two ~
caliber cartridges In mistake for two
nve.graln capsules OF medicine. The
doctor left the capsules with the in
structlons that the sick man should
take them during the night The man
awakened, reached for the capsules. but
romehow got hold Of the cartridges and
did not discover his mistake until he
had swallowed them. No serious harm
resulted. though the patient had an anH-
lous time for some hours.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
DANGER OF HAVING A DOUBLE.
Narrow Escape Of an Innocent Man from
Conviction for FelosY.


From the Washington Star: II O.
sometimes very unpleasant ana even
dangerous to look like another person.
A friend Of mine who was engaged in
the practice Of law told me Of singular
instance where too strange a resem-
blanse got client into trouble. A
young man was arrested. charged With
burglary. lie had been surprised while
In the sleeping room OF the head OF the
family. and had escaped by jumping
through a window. lie was pursued
but got away. Two hours later my
friends client. stranger In the town
was arrested. The man and his wife
who saw him. positively Identified the
young man. as did those who Joined In
the pursuit To his attorney he per-
sisted In protesting his innocence. but
could not account for himself at the
time the ofense was committed. ox-
cept by saying he took a long walk TO
see the city. The attorney who at first
believed his client to be guilty. looked
up his record and became convinced
that the young man was innocent. but
his conviction seemed a foregone con-
clusion. One day the lawyer met a man
on the street whom he mis,ook for his
client
why. how did you obtain bond7" he
asked.
You are evidently taking me Tor
someone else" was the answer.
A bright idea struck the lawyer. The
stranger looked as though he was IN
hard luck. and proposition to SIT In
the court room during the trial was nc
cepted. The lawyer concealed the dou'
BILE until the case was called. then he
had the real prisoner sit behind him
where he could not be seen. the accused
being small and my friend quite large.
Tho double was seated In the prisoners
dock. Every man Identified the man
most positively. and the prose
cutting attorney looked most cnt-
ished until the supposed pris-
oner was placed upon the stand
and II was shown that he was not the
defendant Subsequently a convicted
burglar made confession. and among
the crimes was the one with which ny
friends client had been charged.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

ihB 10 the PARTISAN papers charging US
with possessing an aristocracy already
more powerful than any European no
biliiy. and ailegi-g that We are tend
ing. throughout the whole fabric OF our
society, more aud more toward feudal-
ism"
The almost spontaneous appearance
OF the millionaire class. which. says our
critic. had no existence twenty years
ago. he regards US assurcdly one OF the
most interesting phenomena OF the
economic and social evolution that is
taking place In the United States. One
quarter OF the national wealth Il to-
day In the hands Of 1900 persons less
than one-thirty-thOusandth OF our en-
lire population. This result Is some
what surprising. NJ de Graucey says.
when We realize that the American con-
unent was colonized by people who left
Europe because they wished TO protest
against the inequality OF social oondi-
tions there. and who did their best 10
even up things financially and socially
in their new home.
Our Puritan ancestors turned their
backs on the old aristocracy, and be-
hold a new one so rolling In wealth
that to-day II Is supplying the efiete
European nobility with heiresses. In
stead OF tending more and more toward
strict democracy. as the wlseacrcs
thought We were doing half a century
ago. we have turned around and gone
In the opposite direction.
In fact. inciplent foudallsm seems 10
spring up from the ground wherever
our French critic turns. II confronts
him even In the wild west. where
among the ranches he finds people llv-
ing under a regime that seems to him
exactly that OF Europe In the tenth
century. The country is held by great
landowners. surrounded by COWBOYS
armed TO the teeth. who are always
fighting with the inhabitants OF the
towns. as the medieval barons fought
with the medieval communes.
Bourget also treated the great land
owners and employers as feudal seign-
surs. having an influence that arises
from natural causes. but he says that
his influence Is not political. The later
French critic says that the dis,in-
.uished author OF "Outre Mer" Is mis-.
taken for men OF this class have much
greater political power than that In the
hands Of any European aristocracy
whatever surely much greater than
The French nobility ever had.
Directing his attention next 10 Amer
lean women he says that many OF them.
al least, are precisely like those that
graced the courts OF the Caesars "Thoy
are true Romans Of the dccadonce."
These decadent females actually 90
crazy over mere physical strength. they
go TO hear celebrated athletes deliver
private lectures on the subject o. ,hsir
own marvellous powers, illustrated by
an exhibition OF the great mems nude
tors0s.
Having thus proved that the men IN
America are medieval barons ond
serfs. and the women Roman ma'roas
OF doubtful morals N. Graucey cx-
hausts his resources aud steps aside TO
make room for the next Gallic critic
whoever fate may have In store Tor us
to add his quota 10 the gaiety OF na-
lions.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
War. wou,Iast Long.

Captain James, In an address before
he Royal United Service institution In
London. declared that modern military
development would inevitably shorten
the period OF war Moreover he as
serted, while at the actual point Of bat
tie. the destruction would be vastly
increased. the aggregate loss Of men
In an entire war would be really re-
duced by the improved means Of treat
ina me wounded.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
Mhrr. M..hlnr,nn mani.

General Daniel Butterheld. whose
country home is at Cold Spring. n. Y.
has offered ne a gift. through the Vii
lage Improvement association OF that
place. a handsome tablet. to bear the
following inscription: Gen. wash
lngton. In frequent visits to the Ameri-
can troops enoamped near by during the
war OF the revolution, drank al this
spring aud gave It It's name-Cold
cpring"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

Tho strength Of the common house
ant Is something phenomenal Sir John
Lubbock has estimated that one o. these
can sustain a weight 5000 times greater
than Us own. This Is equivalent TO a
man holding 2lO tons by his teeth.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

RE WE RAISING
an aristocracy, and
Is It even now
something m ore
than a green shoot
In fact. quite a
bud just bursting
into bloom2 That
Is what a French
man named Man
dat-Graucey thinks.
lie has been writ
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

Indiana physicians are mad because
one OF their number has taken to ad
vertising. and II Is said that, out Of re
vonge. and disgust, al Of them mn
take to advertising. Thus. In the mo
mysterious ways. impelled by the mo
contrary motives. does the great eau
Of human civilization make its a
yances.-Grand Forks ~. ID Hera
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

BlMELECH Is a
name maladorous
Ia Bible history
and yet full Of prof
liable suggestion.
Buoys are black
and uncomely but
they tell where the
rocks are. The
snakes rattle Is
hideOus. but T.
gives timely warn
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

The longest wagon bridge In d
world Is situated at Galveston. Tex.
Is more than three miles long. a
spans the Galveston bay from north
anuth
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
Bottled Up!

Il certainly Is disheartcning % pN-
icut 10 find that the treatment lac 10
riven for a disease Is more dinastr0us
han the disease itself. Such Is tho
case, however, with tie usual treat
ncnt given fo- diseases II the blood.
Notwithstanding ,he great yrogrcka.
made In many branches Of medicine,
the doctors have failed absolutely to.
lind "A successful treatment for blood
poison, and the many diseases having
their origin In the blood. They give
out one kind Of medicine, they know
out one treatment, and whether In
the form Of powder, pill or liquid, the
ioctor's prescription Is always the
same-potash or mercury.
Too much cannot be said Of the harm
iui and disastrouse effects Of these drugs.
The doctors are unable TO rid the sya-
tenn of the poison, and direct their
Efforts toward covering up the symp-
toms from view. There IL but one cf-
feet TO be obtained from potash and
mercury-they bottle UP the poison
and dry Il up in the system, but Il
must be remembered that they dry up
the marrow in the boncs al the same
lime, gradually consuming the vital
lty. Those disfguring copper-coiorcd
Ipiotches are but indications Of worse
results TO follow. No sooner has the
Iystem taken on the full effects OF thia
powerful drug than that supplenesh
and elasticity Of the joints gives way
10 a stiffness, followed by the raeEing
pains Of rheumatism. The form grad
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

Almost the only monument Of the
Roman dominion In Egypt. the fortress
o. Babylon, at Old Cairo, is being torn
down to make way for modern build,
lnCR.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE POWER OF EXAMPLE" LAST
SUNDAYS THEME.

Golden TeSti Aud Abimeiech Took an
A1e In lils Hand aud cut Down
Bough from the Trees and Laid Il ON
His ~ oniders''-Jud. "a, ~
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

The university press az oxford has
appliances for printing 100 dineren.
languages
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02
FEUDALISM Is HERE.
REMARKABLE OBSERVATIONS
OF a FRENCHMAN.

we Are serfs OF the Millionaire our
Women. Too. Are Decadenis. aud our
Fighting Cowboys Are Like the
Medieval Barons. a
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-02

A bird which builds hanging mes,
never selects a dead or Insecure ,wig.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
San FRANCISCO "cALL."

BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco CALL.
10 Market street, open until II clock ever
night in the year.
BRANCH oFFICES-6SO Montgomery street
corner Clay; open until $3.50 O'Clock.
3S9 Hayes street. open until $3.50 o'clock
7l3 Larkin street, open until $3.50 o'clock.
SW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets, opes
until o'clock.
261s Mission street, open until O'Clock.
116 Ninth street, open until $50 O'Clock.