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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-05

Strawberries and cream at sos
West Commerce street, Tuesday
and Wednesday. Benefit of "Free
Reading Room" 1t
Door AND WINDOW SCREENS
AtsED. STEvEs & Sons LUMBER
YARDS. 3-21-30t
TURF EXCHANGE, 209 Alamo
Plaza. Commissions executed on
IA racing events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
THE LOVERS, srRArAsEM.
But They Both Tried the Same Ne.
vice, With Amuainn ResuIt.

But They Both Tried the Same De.
vice, With Amusing Results.
Know that fellow in there?" asked a
young man OF The Star writer, nodding his
head toward the soda water clerk In q cor
ner drug store
No. the writer didn't know him. but had
patronized the soda fountain a number of
times during the summer. WHO is he?'
well. 1 don't remember his name, but
ne Is hanger-on from HangerviIle / had
an invitation to visit girl that 1 am dead
In love with out in Mount Pleasant. and I
went out there last Sunday night: and
while sitting on the porch with the young
iaay this fellow came up. was intro
eaten the name; the only thing that inter-
ested me was the probable length of his
stay there, and was very anxious on that
subject. But he didn't seem tn ha IN anw
hurry. '
Finally. in desperation, I remarked that
II was getting late-it was only 0 o'clock
ana had better be getting home He said he
was Just thinking the same thing. and he
came down the 18th street line. and I inst
ached to see that cuSs get off. so I could
get back on the hill with the girl again.
~. In street he turned to me and asked:
HOW. far do you go?
To the end Of the line; live near the
Capitol / answered
AT the end of the route he got of and
went over toward the depot while 1 started
toward the Capitol. determined to slip back
III rev mlnutes-when he was out of sight
ana go out 14th street again; and within
ten minutes l was on the cars going to-
ware Mount Pleasant once more
When the cars got to the corner near
the girls house I jumped off and started
up the walk I could see there were two
sitting on the porch. male and female,
but 1t was too dark to recognize the male
until 1 reached the foot of the steps.
II was that burned soda squirter-'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12

three s;ris The efset boy is sixteen the
The girls s,s are to1syoung to be Of much
manages to run Rer boat without outside
Its FUN capacity o. 100 tons Of coal. In
person Mrs; stephs4s Is small. weighing
must have been good looking. but care
though 1t does not appear to have soured
hes aosa sy one who Who
spected by every boatman on the canal.
TO representative '0f The Star she said:
AM my home no me is, Is in 4sspherdstowns W. Va
ovs ron THIS
We were making : tfip.
~! didn't know What to do. as 1 had six
niue ne cniiarsn: and my husband. although
money However, I managed to take the
boat through. and acting on the advice Of
friends hired help and took my husband 8
place. 1t was q he I'd tussle. as my chill
dren were too small to help me. and hired
help IS generally unreliable.
in"se were hard times for me. but l
cSm ms see no other way to provide Tor my
cnlioren, 80 1 persevered until they grew
large enough to help me, ard could dis
pense with hired labor
Now we run the boat ourselves, and run
Right and day, too. One of my girls can
now take turn at steering when the boat
Ia light. but Of course when loaded that
work falls on me and my eldest son, as the
other children are not strong enough.
raising my family far more comfortably
than could anywhere else. as could not
pay rent and support these six children in
any other way.
"Oh. yes. 1 hope to be able to leave the
canal as soon as my children are large
enough to find employment elsewhere. but
In the meantime it is the best We can do"
With all the hard work. Mrs. Stephens
boat Is neat and clean, and her children
show q mothers careful attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
A MOUNTAIN DOG FIGHT.
When They Came Back They Would
Fight to u Finish.

When They Came Back They Would
Fight to n Finish.
II was out in the mountains this sum-
mer." said a departmental clerk to Star
reporter. "At the house where 1 boarded
there we're twenty or thirty Washington
people. One day a mountaineer came up
to the porch where we were all seated.
dragging dog that seemed very loath to
move. A short distance behind him was
another man. also pulling dog along.
Gentlemsn,' said the first man to ar
rive. these hyar dawgs air tn fighteness
dawgs in tn mounting. We uns hev a bet
On EN- an we're gwine ter hev tn fight
In tn stable yander. It'll be tn derndest
bout 20. all ever seed. Only two bits ter
look at it.
I'VE al went to the stable. in which
there were a door and a window. A ring
was made and the dogs thrown into 1t.
One uttered yelp and Jumped through
the window. the other made a break for
the door,.
Thar they co. shouted one of the men;
roller 'em. gentlemen. eff yo want ter see
the purtiest race yo' ever looked at.
They're Jest takin' run fer exercise. an
when they git back the foutll come Off
Wen go an bring EN- back when they git
enough warmed up Then they left; and 1
guess the dogs are still running. as the
fight has not come Off"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
DYNAMlTING THE DOG.
A Remarkable Fish Story in Which
No Fish ADpear

A Remarkable Fish Story In Which
No Fish Appear.
AS Star reporter was browsing around
one of the downtown hotels the clerk point
ed out to him tall. gangling boy Of eight
cen or nineteen, lolling all over a chair in
front OF window commanding a view of
the avenue and apparently having first
rate time to be SO far away from home.
Inc clerk took the reporter over to the
boy after minute or two and introduced
MN with the remark that the reporter
wanted to know about that fish story.
Well smiled the youngster, 1T wasn't
so much of fish story as 1t was a dog
story, and 1t wasn't so much a dog story
after 1t was all over as it was when we
nrst took the dog out with US. You see. 1t
was this way: Four or five of rs youno
feilers about two or three weeks ago took
notion we'd go a-fshin', and we took a
dog along He was a nice little dog. that
was so fond OF water that people swore
he'd never been raised in Kentucky. hut
he was He was my dog, and ought to
know We was fshin' in a pond, and after
about three hours of 1t we didn't git a
smell. much less bite, and somebody come
aions and said the way to fish a pond was
with dynamite.
All we had to do was to sling a cartridge
In, let her blow up and we'd have fish to
carry home on q freight train. The cuss
that told Us was a railroad hand and was
working down the road about mile. and r.
we'd go down there we could get for half a
dollar enough to shoot all the fish in the
county. Me and another Teller went along
with him and they fixed up a cartridge
tied to f1oater, and all we had to do wa
to light the fuse. sling 1t In the pond and
run like the devil. The dynamite would do
the rest. We forked over the half dollar
course. they bought whisky with tt-and
went back to the pond, where the others
vas waitin'.
Then we follered directions, but we for
fridge and the float, the dog he give a vein
of Joy. and bang! he went in after It. He
got 1t. too. and started for shore with 1t.
though we fired rocks at him and howled
our lungs out to make him let 1t TO- That's
the kind Of a dog he was; he never did
know what to let go was. Well we seen
we couldn't stay around there and we went
a-whoopfn'. and the dog came after us.
dragging the dynamite, for 1t wasn't heavy
and catching up with us at forty miles an
hour. ~
He was friskin' his tail and yelp,n.
pleased most to death, and we was getting
scar cder. for we knew that stuff was 1oine
on pretty soon and when it did there was
going to be heavy thunder. I don't know
what would have happened II II hadn't
a-been for fence that we got over Tho
dog couldn't get the float through the
cracks. and while he was dragging at n
and barkin' fit to kill, that cartridge went
on right by his nose, and when we got on
our feet again at the foot Of the hill We
couldn't see anything Of dog nor noater nor
together. and we felt SO thankful when We
picked ourselves up that we Organized a
prayer meeting right there and sung a
hymn" :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
FOOLED THE JUDGE,
A Successful Ruse to Save q C,
demncd Murderer Neck.

A Successful Ruse to Save q Con-
demncd Murderers' Neck.
Some years ago 1 was on the bench in
a Nebraska circuit" said Judge A. r..
Simmons Of Omaha to a Star reporter.
"A murder was committed under rather
peculiar circumstances. A man named
Bill Chadwick and a man named Tom
Plummer were enemies, and had been for
some time, each having threatened the life
of the other. A reconciliation was effected
and one day the two men went hunting
together. Pfummer returned alone ard
said he had bought Chadwick's horse, and
the latter had gone to Kansas.
Considerable suspicion existed, but
Chadwick had no relatives and there was
no way Of disproving the story. Several
months later the bones Of a man were
found where 1t was known Chadwick and
Piummer had been together on the day
the former disappeared. By means Of the
boots and popularity of the teeth the
remains were Identified as these Of Chad
wick. Plummer was arrested, tried con-
victed and sentenced to be hanged
Three or four days before the time fixed
for the execution q man entered my Office
and saluted me:
'Howdy. judge
do for your"
81 reckoned you'd know me- he said.
I'm Bill Chadwick. The Teller Tom Plum
mer was convicted OF kllin'.
II was naturally greatly surprised, and
somewhat doubtful as to the truth Of his
story. But he stuck to 1t under The most
rigid cross-examination.
CT don't like Tom none too WE'LL he
said. but sold him the boss all right and
I went to Kansas. 1 didn't hear about the
trial It'll after 1t was over, so when / did
hear. thought it would be a shame to LET
Tom hang. and 1 come back
II took the man to the prosecuting At
torney. who had known Chadwick slightly.
and he identified the man as the one sun
posed to be murdered. We took the first
train to Lincoln, reaching there Just in
time to secure a pardon for Plummer,
Both Plummer and Chadwick disan-
peared as soon as the former was relea sed
and had ceased to think about the strange
affair when 1 changed circuits with an
other Judge, and while sitting in the hotel
saw Chadwick pass. I called the land
lords attention to him, and asked IL Chad
wick lived there.
:" Bill Chadwick? No. he don't live any,
where. He's dead. That mans name is
Plummer. He does look enough like Chad
wick to pass for him. His brother was the
man who killed Chadwick, and then got
pardoned some way or other. 1 don't know
how And l did not tell him"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
Case of Mild Envy.

I like to see a large man." said Fell
aire-1ocmeriy Rusty Rufus -regarding with
interest the athletic vagabond who had
stopped him on the street to ask for a
dime. Il like to see a big. husky man
even II he isn't worth enough powder 70
blow him up. For instance, I wish 7 had
your six-foot frame wish had a foo,
as big as yours 0'
DO yer said the gratifed hobo.
Yes. pleasantly rejoined Fellaire, eff 7
mad l would Kick you all over town, you
hung about this town till everybody knows
you: II you had a particle of pride In your
calling you'd be half way to San Francisco
by this time and living on the fat of the
land. Here's half a dollar, and If von're
not out OF town in two hours I'll turn Won
over to the police as a nuisance. Light out. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
FARE ONE DOLLAR.


He Was Quiet-Lookfng Man, but He
Knew How to shoot.
Written for The Evening Star by NJ. Quad.
The ticket agent at Big Bend was not
the man for the place, and he realized II
as we'll as many Others He was a nice
man and knew his business but he lacked
sand. The fare from Big Bend to Black
Hill was dollar. but when any Of the
crowd wanted to go down they handed in
two or three quarters. as the case might
De. poked five or six inches Of q revolver
through the window. and called out:
Ticket fur Black Hill. and don't waste
too much time over it!'
The agent always handed out a ticket and
pretended that things were all right, and
the boys played II on him till he had to
throw mp his Job. One day the old man
went and the new one took his place, and
four or five Of the gang went down to the
depot to size the latter up When they re-
turned to camp there was a majority and
a minority report. Bill Thompson was
spokesman for the majority. and he said:
Hes the softest thing in these yere
parts. I'm not goin' to buy any more tick
cts. but I'll scare 'em outer him. The
sight OF gun will make his ha'r curl"
Bob Williams was spokesman for the
minority. and was also the minority as
Well He looked very serious as he said:
He's pale-faced, humble-lo crit
ter. but don't make no mistake on him.
he carries his forefinger kinder curled up,
as II pullin' trigger, and the first man who
shoves gun in on him is goin' to git hot
lead in return"
The camp was divided on the question.
and after much talk Bill Thompson offered
to make the test and settle the problem
In a day or two a score OF US went down to
witness the performance. We were lounp-
ing about the waiting room when in walk
ed Bill with whoop. and advancing to
the ticket window he gruffiy inquired the
fare to Black Hill.
zone dollar" was the reply
"A dollar fur me-Bin Thompson
Yes. sir. for you or anybody else"
And you won't take a half?"
mo, SIR"
You won't take Ii with this thing be-
hind it?'' continued Bill as he showed the
coin along with the muzzle of his gun.
No. sir. and And there was a pop!
pop! pop! and six bullets were chasing each
other into Williams anatomy. He lost a
finger, had an ear split. an eyebrow shot
on, got rake across the chin and another
across the scalp. and he didn't have time
to fall until all was over. Then the agent
over and said:
Il didn't shoot to kill, and he isn't hurt
much. The fare to Black Hill Is one dollar
exactly one dollar. Any one else want to
get to Black Hill for a quarter"
Without a word in reply we picked Bill
silent man. We had got him all bandaRed
up and put to bed before he was ready to
talk. and then he simply inquired:
Boys. who did all that shootin'r'
Why. the Teller you said you could
bluff,' answered one Of the bows.
=! but thought l did, he growled
as he turned his face to the wall and shed
tears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
lD.E;| I ;,' t;:S;:;$:;S$EEG25S99e

paid and the collateral was returned. Now,
the strange part OF the transaction was the
TACT that the insurance company advanced
the money on the statement of the borrow
er that the bonds were In the box. The
box was never opened. and yet confidence
IN the borrower was go strong that during
the year the unopened box was used as
collateral In at least three financial trans
actions 1t Is this confidence that all should
encourage. for without it. as said before
only per cent Of the value Of business Of
this country could be performed. The
amount OF money In circulation plays but q
little part IN transactions. except in paying
wages and daily expenses. Maybe 1 should
add that the man who secured the loan
was the late Senator Leland Stanford Of
California. This is by no means q rare
case. Tor there are hundreds of similar
cases In New York and other large cities
every day. though the loans NAV be NOT
80 large. The financial world deals In the
statements mel OF those who borrow rather
collateral 1t knows that without conf.
oence business cannot be transacted"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
LIKE A hoy.
He Had Two Fights Ahend Of Him
and Was Afraid of Them.

He Had Two Fights Ahead OF Him
and Was Afraid of Them.
The son OF DOWN town merchant was
found crying whens his father returned
home last night. as that gentleman told a
Star reporter this morning.
What's the matter. Tommy" asked the
merchant. al
Il had fight with Charlie" was the
fearful reply. u
well. you ought not to fight 1t served
you RICH. to get whipped. 1 guess" said
the father. ~
But didn't get Kicked. 1 licked him."
sobbed the boy. d; e.
We'll. what areyou crying about, thenr'
why. If 1 had let him lick me he
couldn't hurt. And I never thought about
that. so now 1 have to fight his big brother,
about my size. and can lick him, and I'm
going to, because I'm mad at him; then
I've got to fight the biggest brother, and
he's three sizes bigger than me- and won't
l catch It." And Tommy refused to be
comforted. - ....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12

ar other opening not over thirty feet away
How long 1t would have taken me- ,or
whether could have accomplished the feat
at al. I VIII not say. for something hap
pened to take all the work of my hands
As the sun went down q thunder storm
came up. and as the rain fell II poured into
Inc shaft In perfect cascade. I think
would have been drowned but for that hole,
v nich not only drained the pit. but was so
enlarged by the action Of the water that
at about 10 O'Clock 1 had little trouble in
crawling out.
Monroe and the woman had murdered
sent the other servants away and laid ali
TIER plans They got safely away with
about $l,OOO in money and a lot Of plate and
1ewelry. and though their absence was
known. no one had the slightest suspicion
OF them until escaped from the pit. The
body was found in the tool house, and then
the pursuit was taken up. 1t was a month
before the fugitives were run down, but
they were brought safely back and put on
trial.
Each accused the other Of instigating the
crime. and Of striking the fatal blow and
In their desperation they swore that I was
an accessory, and had lured the old man
from his bed and out doors. Their scheme
didn't work. however. and being found
guilty Of a cold-blocded murder. they were
sentenced to be hanged on the same gal
lows.
When their lawyer had exhausted every
resource and there was no longer any hope.
the woman committed suicide in her cell
Monroe was either too brave or too coward
~ TO follow her example. IL the chance was
given him. and on the appointed day the
sentences OF the Jaw was carried out On
the gallows he made a speech to the assem-
bled crowd. and with his last breath de-
c!ared his innocence of the crime. He was
guilty beyond Question--far more guilty
than the woman-and yet there are many
people today who shake their heads at the
mention OF his name and declare that the
law made a terrible mistake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
A RAILWAY NAIL STORY.


How q Newly Transferred Clerk WINS
Duly Initiated.
'In The Star a few evenings since I saw
an item to the effect that railway postal
clerks were required to report to their su-
perintendents all Irregularities on the part
OF their associate clerks, particularly in the
matter Of the use Of liquor remarked a
middle-aged gentleman to the writer on F
street one day last week
Il presume the rule was made for the
purpose Of promoting the efficiency Of the
SERVICE" was the answer. Safety Of the
mails and quick delivery depend very
much on the sobriety and alertness of the
postal clerks"
II know that" smiled the first speaker.
The item reminds me Of an incident that
happened when I was a head clerk-they
call 1t clerk in charge now-in the rail-
way mail service in the west and Can't
White was superintendent of the division
The captain is the best executive officer
the service ever had. and while he was in
charge Of that division he had a smooth
and persuasive way of getting the greatest
possible amount Of work out of the men
without any kicking. But that has nothing
to do with my story.
AT the terminal Of my line the BOYS had
a funny way of initiating any newcomer
who happened to be transferred to the
crew from some other route; several men
from different crews would take him out to
see the town at night, and the almost in
variable result was that the new fellow
would be too full to take his run in the
morning, and the train would 20 out with
out him. Such a result was ALWAYS ex-
pected. and the balance Of the crew would
come to their labor the next day prepared
to do the new mans work for him on thai
trip. OF course this was not known at
headquarters.
"A young man. a slight, frail fellow. was
transferred from run in northern Michi-
gan to our line, and when he reported to
me for duty the rest Of the crew put their
heads together. and the result was the reg
ular initiation. I was informed a couple of
days later by one Of my crew named Tom.
a man whose capacity for fluids was sup
posed to be unlimited. that four of the
boys were going to take Jim out that night
and show him the town.
about the first one to show I'D for DUTY
at the car the next morning was Jim. in
good working trim and fresh as daisy.
was much surprised. but said nothing: and
as the train pulled out Of the depot we
were short one tran-Tom.
turning to the screw: Have any Of YOU
seen him?
".Well, I saw ,him as late as 1 O'Clock
this morning. replied Jim. as he threw a
bag Of paper mail on his table,
Where was her was my inquiry.
He and three other fellows were laid
out under a table In saloon on East
Water street!"b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
SUPPORTS SIX CHILDREN.

A Mother Who IL the Captain of d
Canal Boat.
There Is at present running into Wash
ington little woman who has for the
past three years been captain Of a canal
boat. and makes as good time as any of
the men. Mrs. Eugene Stephens Is captain
OF canal boat No. 124. running on the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal between this
city and Cumberland, a distance of 1874
miles.
The round trip generally takes about
twelve days. and Mrs. Stephens is always
on time. doing all the work herself, with
the help of her six children. three boys and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12

4 y
THE campaign orators, in speaking Of
the use and want Of money" said broker,
get things beautifully mixed. for the rea-
son that they have no practical knowledge
Of the question. There Is a great deal Of
talk heard of the scarcity Of money in do
ing the volume of business. Now. the fact
Is. that money only performs per cent Of
the business of the country. Ninety-five
per cent Of 1t Is done with negotiable paper.
notes. bonds and other Instruments. Be-
hind them all Is confidence, and 1t Is re-
markable how much confidence does in the
transactions. A remarkable Illustration Of
this confidence came under my observa-
ton several years ago. and as it tells by
itRelf more than a long speech, give it to
you as Ii actually occurred: A prominent
financial man wanted to make loan He
had collateral one million dollars In
guaranteed railroad bonds. They were In
denominations Of one thousand dollars
each. and there were one thousand of them
In the box. Five hundred thousand dollars
was the amount needed on them. and one
OF the big life insurance companies Of New
York took the loan and advanced the
money. One year afterward the loan was