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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

system, were unusually strong, but in so
far an;iquated that they had not been
provided with advanced forts, and, conse-
quently, could not withstand the modern
rifled ordnance for any length of time.
Won Werder had commenced TO bonn bard
the town, but received orders from head
quarters to go over to a regular attack at
once. so that no time might be lost TO
bring his army corps to other points
where it was urgently needed. Strassbarg
was. splendidly defended by tue COM
maEder of the fortress. General Ulrich,
and 1000 men. including 5000 National
Guards, and by 1900 pieces of heavy ord
nance, which latter, however. proved no
match to the far superior siege guns of
the Germans. September % and % the
Germans succeeded in taking two in
portant points of the Notifications by
storm, and September "a General Wer-
der's artillery on the entire front Of that
part of the fortress selected for storming
poured an all-desIroying hail of steel and
iron out of lac rifed siege guns and SO
mortars on the doomed city. Septem her
81 General UIrich and his subordinate
generals were convinced that the fortress
could not be held another day, and when
he saw that the Germans prepared for a
storm he had the white flag hoisted on
the walls, and surrendered with his army
the next morning, and StrassburG, which
had been ls9 years in the possession of
France, opened her gates TO the Germans.
The city as well as the inhabitants had
suffered severely by the siege, which had
lasted forty-six days.
We come now to the second great catas-
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which had never been taken before, sur
rendered to the Germans.
Marshal BaZaine has always been Sc
vereiy criticized tor surrendering with such
large army, has been accused of treason,
tried by court martial found guilty and
sentenced to be shot. This sentence was
commuted to imprisonment for life, but
the marshal managed to escape and after
ward lived in seciusion at Madrid. There
can be no doubt that the finding of the
court-martiai was largely due 10 the
pressure of public opinion, for the French
nation was resolved to blame somebody
for her defeat. 1t is not the intention of
the writer TO enter into discussion of
this subject and the military authorities
have always held that Bazaine might have
used more energy in his attempts to force
his way through the German lines, and
it is also possible that Bazaine tried
to save his army. SO that in case peace
had been concluded before the surrender
Bazaine, as its commando, would be en-
abled to restore order and. at al events,
TO exercise a predominant influence on
Frances internal policy. Be that as it
may, nobody who saw the French
troops marching out of Metz after the
capitulation will say that they were in
condition TO hold out any longer.
The German general staff had foreseeu
the surrender, and had calculated that it
would take place almost on the very day
it did. The large army of Prince Fred
erick Charles was now free to follow the
others into the interior of France, where
the Germans before Paris were beginning
to be seriously menacedI by the advanc-
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

In 1873 general convention of Uui.
versalisis was held in Washington. DR..
Brooks. secretary of this convention, had
by means of mission meetings gathered q
nucleus for church, and the convention
strongly urged its esta bishment, voting
to raise 500. 900 for q memorial Guiding.
DR.. Cnnpin, pastor of the Church of the
Divine Fraternity of New York City, and
a rival OF Beecler on the lecture platform,
was one of the speakers urging this end.
However, while the convention was sit
ting "Black Friday" swept away the
fortunes of many who were pledged to
give assistance, and the work was post
poned. Meetings continued in public
halls under the direction OF ministers
sent by the denomination at large. In
1877 DR.. Alexander Kent came, and three
years later began the erection OF church,
appealing to the church throughout the
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
A thousand Yards Throuoh FIR


IL is not an uncommon experience for
people driving in the mountains 10 fnd
their passage cut off by burning forestry
or underbrush, but very recently two men
OF santa Cruz encountered it under most
peculiar circumstances involving extreme
peril Thev were l.. II. Wessendorf ard
GEORGE Staffier. A man had died up at
Skyiand, above Santa Cruz and they had
oeen sent up to bring the body back.
1hey made the start early in the morning,
and arrived at the destination safely.
On the way to Skyland, however,
they ob erved a fire burning briskly in
the woods not far from the Hotel de Red
wood. So far as they could judge at the
time there was no i'm mediate danger Of
the flames spreading to the road upon
which they were travelling. But subse-
quent events proved their error.
On the return journey with the dead
body in the wagon Wessendorf ana Stat
fer were within about half mile of the
Hotel de Redwood when they discovered
with CONSERVATION that the FIRE seen in
the morning had made its way down to
the county road and was burning tiercelv
all ar, end it.
The Situation was peculiar for them.
Had they been alone the natural course
of action would have been to turn back.
but with the corpse In the wagon that
seemed out of the question. Had there
been another road 10 Santa Cruz thew
might have driven around to it.
A sharp lash of the whip overcame wha
scruples the horse might have had. and
for the next ten minutes the two men. the
corpse and the horse and WAGON wera lost
in the heart OF flaming wood. The heat
was scorchinS and the smoke suffocatingi I
but they drew their blankets up over their
mouths and kept plying the whip gener-
ously 10 the horse. 1t was thrilling
dash. covering fully thousand yards be-
fore they emerged.
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After peace had been established i.
baldi was elected mem ber of Parliament
from Bordeaux, but was treated so badly
by the other members, who made fun OF
the inability he had displayed during the
war, that he resigned and returned to
Italy.
The progress OF the siege of Paris ana
other interesting events of the war will be
narrated in next Sundays CALL.
WILLIAM LoDTMANN.
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years, ranks high among literary and
scientihc men. Born in Maine, he re-
ceived his collegiate and theological train
ing q Bowdoin College, as well as IN
several German universities. lie has filed
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
Wanted Time to Tell.

Many years ago, when printed music
was dearer than it is now, a quiet old
MAJ, evidently from the country. went
into music shop and asked to see a.
certain book of tunes. The assistant
laid before him an oblong volume with
two tunes on a page-a book familiar
to old-time choir singers. The old
man drew out of his coattail pocket an
ancient yellow fife, and opening the
book at the first page began to play
softly, turning the leaf with careful
fingers as each page was finished. The
assistants, very much amused at first.
grew weary of the droning noise after
a time, and one of Them. waiting till
a tune was ended, ventured to say.
politely, eDo you think you will take
the book. sir? Does it seem to suit
your The fife was lowered, and the
player, looking over it at the youth in
surprise, said gently: ''I cannot tell:
I have played only half the tunes. !,
And he placidly turned another leaf
Weekly Telegraph.
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
COMING KING AFTER LEARNING

Prince Eui Wha. Heir to the Throne of
Corea. Is In America.
Prince Eui Wha, who will probably
succeed to the throne of Corea on the
death of his father, the reigning king,
arrived at San Francisco the other day.
The young man, who is only 20 years
of age, has come to America to finish
his education, and is accompanied by
two Coreans of noble birth-Pak
Yonk Kiu and Sin Sang Koo. The
first named, who was charge d'affaires
of the Corean legation at Washington
for three years, has been commission
ed by the King of Corea to escort the
price to America and see him COM
fortably established in some eastern
institution of learning, where he can
take three years course in English
branches. Prince Eui Wha is not the
heir apparent to the Corean throne.
He is the second son of the king, but is
expected to succeed, since it is gener-
ally understood that the crown prince
is an imbecile.
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
War Quot of the Sikhs.

In India, until quite recently, this
Sikhs used a weapon which was fear
fully effective at close quarters-the
var quot. It was the national weap-
on of that tribe, and is almost as old
as the sword and spear. Even to the
present day one of the crack Sikh regi--
ments wears the QUOT in the turban
as part of the uniform In size and
shape these weapons were precisely
similar to those with which the game
is played in our part of the world,
only they were somewhat lighter, sell
dom weighing above twelve or four
teen ounces. Made of the finest steel
the east could produce, the war quoits:
had their peripheries sharpened up to.
an edge as keen as that of razor,
and wee occasionally beauti6ed by
being inlaid with gold, ivory, and
even with. precious stones. When he
vent into battle the Sikh used to car
=ry eight or ten of these missiles upon
his left arm, their sharp outer edges
being protected by a kind of cas-
ing made of plated grass. To throw
it he first took off the protecting
sheath, and, whirling the quot round
his forefnger for little while, threw
it. Legends of the Sikh war say that
men were decapitated by these flying
quoits. This may, or may not be trne,.
but when it is considered what a nasty
cut an ordinary light razor will make
it must be admitted thai
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04

is interesting indeed to novice. They
come in big, lum mbering farm wagons
drawn by two Indian ponies, the one
spring seat occupied by my lord, the
head Of the family, while the women
sit on the floor of the wagon and bear
the jolting Of the rough roads uncom-
plainingly; nay, with faces absolutely
jolly with smiles. Behind the wagon
follow the 1.-THE young colts, any num-
ber from two or three to eight or ten,
some of them SO graceful, slender and
beautiful in every way we long to pet
them, but they are too shy.
Everybody is jolly on issue day.
There will be a feast in every home
when it is over and having enough
to eat the Indian is care-free and
happy" 2.
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I'm close contact, forming "a straight
line and making q sort of wall twenty
feet high, showing only the thin edges
sof the coin as they lie fiat upon each
sother Imagine two such walls, rum
ming parallel to each other and form
ing, as it we're, a long street. Keep
aon extending these walls for miles
Hundreds Of miles-and still the accu-
Emulation will be far short OF the num-
Sber we want to reach In fact, it is
mot until this imaginary street is ex-
tended to distance of two thousand
three hundred and eighty-six and a
half miles that we shall have presented
#for inspection the one billion coins:
To get an idea of height in reference
ito a billion take a much smaller unit
sas measuring rod-the sheets Of pa
per on which this newspaper is print
ssed. Pile them vertically upwards, by
degrees, reaching to the height of our
sstallest spire. Passing these, the pile
Snlust still grow higher, topping the
Alps and Andes and the highest peaks
6sof the Himalayas, and shooting up
from thence through the feecy clouds,
passing beyond the confines of our
Egattenuated atmosphere, and leaping up
E'sinto the blue ether with which the uni
verse is filled, and standing proudly
up, far beyond the reach of all terres-
trial trial things. Still pile on thousands
sand millions of thin leaves, for this is
|soniy a beginning of the rearing of
mighty mass. Add millions on millions
of sheets, and thousands of miles on
these, and still the number will fall
short of the amount Pause to look
at the next cloud edges of the book
The thin plates of paper lie close to-
sgether. The altitude of this great pile
OF paper, representing one billion of
Essheets,, is 47348 miles.
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
THE KIND OF MAN FOR SPAIN
How the New Minister Chained a,
Mississippi Crowd.

How the New Minister Chained a
-. Mississippi Crowd.
"a man who can stand turning down
for the cabinet as well as he did ought
to make, good minister to Madrid
the president is reported to have said
to a friend shortly before he sent to-
the. senate the nomination of Stewart
L. Woodford. Placidity of temper.
coupled with strong resolution.
recommended the. New Yorker as fit.
for the difficulties of the Madrid mis-
sion. Perhaps the president did not.
recall the bearing of Gen. Woodfordi
upon certain very trying occasion
long before the cabinet incident. II
that had come to his mind he might.
have felt additional force in his esti-
mate Many years ago, says the
Washington correspondent Of the St
Louis Globe Democrat, there was a
sensational political homicide in KEN
per county, Miss. Judge Chisholm was.
the victim. His case became of ma.
tional interest. The general govern
ment took up with vigor the. punish
ment of the crime. Stewart L. Wood
ford, of New York, was selected to go
to Mississippi to assist in the prosecu--.
ton. The action of the government
was resented. Threats were made that
the Yankee lawyer would not see his
home. again if he made himself too Of
fensive.s. On the day that GEN Wood
ford walked into the court room he,
looked into an array sof forbidding
faces and observed that there seemed
sto.be an average ofsones.shotguns oseach
Mississip ppian present He put down
the law books on the table, slowly sur
veyed the crowd, and in a tone indicat-
ing perfect composure, said:
''There seems to be a good deal of
display of arms here. Personally I
don't know that it is Objectionable
have had some experience in looking
down the barrels of pieces of larger
caliber. Still, if this case is to be tried
with shotguns, it may be well to have:
an understanding to that effect before
we begin" .-- "a. ~
The possessors of the shotguns
dropped out of the court room one by
one, and when they came back they
were not armed.
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
STORYETTES.

When the war broke out the late
Gen. Francis A. Walker. who had
graduated year before from an east
ern college, went to the front He OBJ
tanned leave of absence to go home
to Massachusetts, and arrived there
without having notified his mother
that he was coming. When he ap-
preached the house it was evening
He peered through a window and saw
his mother sitting alone, knitting.
Then he stepped softly into the room
and standing before her said, sudden
: ly =: Mother!"s Mrs. Walker started and
looked Su up at her son, but did not rise;
Francis she said, severely, have
you left the army?" @'No, mother only
on leave. I'm going back next week"
Then" Gen. Walker used to say, "she
jumped from her chair and came and
kissed me. have always wondered
what she would have done if 1 had left
the army
countryman strayed into an art
store the other day and seemed most
struck with picture representing
lion stalking in solitary majesty
through the ruins of an ancient tenn
pie. He inquired the name of it. "a
Lion, after Gerome," answered the
proprietor; "you seem to be pleased
with the picture?" "Yes,' the old gen
tleman replied, II do sort of like it.
That's a powerful ugly lookin' beast
thar, and I swan I don't know as I
blame Gerome very much for gittin'
out of the way"
The professor of mechanics at an
English college once gave a lecture up
on the locomotive and was particularly
struck by the absorption of one juve-
nile listener. He spoke to the student
after the lecture and asked him: 'eWell,
l suppose you understand all about the
locomotive now?" "Yes," was the re-
ply, "all but one thing" "And what
is that?' said the professor, kindly.
Il can't make out what makes the To-
ccmotive move without horses
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
A Pacific Settlement.

z An unsettled boundary question has
for some years disturbed the relations
of Peru and l Bolivia; and the question
assumed a threatening aspect a few
months ago. when Bolivia occupied by
force territory which Peru claims.
as her own. Wiser counsels have pre-
vailed, however, and the, two republics
have submitted their dispute to the ar
bitration Of the Queen Regent Of Spain.
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
VASTNESS OF So ACE
WHICH MIND 81 CAN
2A.:: HARDLY REALIZE.
4 Billion as q Measure Of Time The
Pace at which Light Travels The
Immensitys Of the Sun counting g
Billion, ~ M lzss:s z

80
= + co course, u Sc, one can
get a grand idea. ! ca
Of the mightinesass5 s.
Of the Great or Of
the earth b and the.
heavens by view
ing His works an. and !
thinking Of the;
vastness of t he b g.
great dome above
us, but the s simple II
human mind fails
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04

up oIH tne character and achievements
Eot Napoleon III, which conveys a close
estimate of that remarkable man:
s sWhatever judgment posterity may
pass upon the second emperor, it is an
in0ontestible fact that for nearly %
years he was the most conspicuous per-
sonageS in all the world. No figure in
1.-The latter half of the nineteenth cen
|tury he's so obtruded itself into his
Etory. : e
+ One Of the most singular characters
hatIhass ever been examined is certain
of of SO HE:
vanquished Of Sedan; more cosmopo1i-
tan than French, at once dreamer
and man of action, by turns and even
sometimes simultaneously democrat
and autocrat, tormented now by the
prejudices of the past, and now by new
ideas, the representative of Caesarism
| and at the end of his reign the cham
pion for popular liberties, taking for
counsellors men thoroughly antipodal
their antecedents and their doc
trines, looking like sphinx and not
always able to guess his own riddle,
! active beneath an indolent appearance
impassioned despite an imperturbable
indifference, energetic yet with an air
| of extreme moderation, loving human
ity while contemning it, kind to the
humble and compassionate to the poor,
very seriously occupied with the idea
of bettering the material and spiritual
condition of the majority, victim of the
faults of others still more than of his
own, and better than his destiny.
The republic will always. reproach
the second emperor with having made
the coup d'etat and interfered with lib
erty. The frightful disasters which
concluded his reign cannot be forgot
ten. A grudge is borne him for not
remaining true to his Bordeaux pro-
gram-"The empire is peace"-a truly
fecund program which would have per-
mitted him to realize his dream of ex-
tinguishing pauperism.
| But on the other hand people remem-
| ber that he-took part in every great
| affair in all quarters of the globe, that
| he broached all problems, raised all
questions, that his eagles scared victo-
| rious from Pekin to Mexico, that he
| strengthened universal suffrage, pro-
claimed the principle of national SOW
ereignty and the principle of national
| tiles, realized in Italy, perhaps,
alas! to the detriment of France the
dream of Dante and of Machivelli,
emancipated the petty nations of the
Balkan peninsula, inaugurated the sys-
TEN of commercial liberty, sought ev-
cry means which might bring together
and unite peoples, and borrowed more
| ism. zsS = @1. : E5 j. =."=s5 Is rE.
It is remembered in fine that he de-
clared nations should be the arbiters
Of their own destinies, and that he
tried to substitute for the ancient sys-
tenn Of conquests the maxim, Right be-
for night The ideas of this mod
ern and revolutionary sovereign, this
fore might The ideas of this mod
archy and the republic, were developed
in an imperfect manner only, and for
tune, whose fayorite he had been Sc
long, ended by being pitiless in his re-
gard. But his work, though inter.
rupted, had a certain grandeur. 9th.
ers will perhaps accomplish what he.
vainly dreamed, and democracy may
some day do that wherein a Caesa1i
failed. s. 8
rs Already nine-tenths of the trade Of
Bangkok is in English hands.
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
SAID OF NAPOLEON III.

: M. Saint-Amand, the eminent French
historian, gives the following summing
up OF the character; and achievements
of Napoleon III, which conveys a close
estimate of that remarkable man:
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
TWO ALLY 3 IN GRA Y ES
put IN a COFFIN SIX FEET
hi 4. UNDER GROUND.
Practical Demonstration OF the Old
I Hindoo Custom Of Burying Alive-No
Bad Effects Follow, Although the
Subjects Experience Horror.

HE horrors of be-
j n 6 b uri ed alive
have furnished a
fruitful n theme hi: n for
writers from time
immemor orial. The
$ u pposed feelings
of t b e p ersons,
however, has rest
ed r wholly in It the l
imagination Of the
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04

. sWhatever judgment posterity may
pass upon the second emperor, it is an
inoontestible fact that for nearly %
years he was the most conspicuous per-
sonages in all the world. No figure in
the latter half of the nineteenth cen
.tury h:s so obtruded itself into his
tory. 5=ss:tts.s.: ; =. !, 4
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04
TEACH THEM TO COOK.
INDIAN WOMEN GOOD NATURED
n AND: READY TO SMILE
1oath to Confess Ignorance-Rose
q gMedicIne-Bird's Experience With the
Scrubbing Brusl1-Scenes on Issue Day
Learning Culinary Art.

TANDING on eth
er side of the long
table, wat C hi n g
with attentive eyes
that help the un-
derstanding of the
unfamiliar la n
guage, they show
themselves ready
pupils, using the
strange cook i n g
utensils with an
The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04

Already nine-tenths Of the trade s
Bangkok is in English hands.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-10-02
h. llGlIIib Win III uuIIOOX.
santa /: OF sails Illk ArDut Ih.ir New
NcNIIU lrip.

l,ruNrr sept 49, \ party uI "llIrlhl-
o' IL" santa ~ road, run~l .tlng w ten.
ruu Manager j. i. Frey, ',"nrral lHil,c
Manager ". Is lAddl". urIl"ta trrlgh
went r I. ,aN, l'Ni-l"n ~ui~rIrl"rd
At Charles l,rf iLN" stock \g"ul l.. H.
l,urh. ant ATTORNEY &. Ita-,. arrived IA
the rlt> GA "a ttIp uNrt "a" system ~N
"rl ui the ,I-ltut- left Tor lMragu last
night aud others viii remain ~ l"w
IN- ~ the state. The ulrlhl- part ~
irI"nily call upon Mayor MrNurra> ~
the iutrupuu. aud batter ~ the dnN ~.
-Irci"i IL" terminal property OF the
company,
~" are un the return HON" from u
ulp ~ NhuqurWu", said MI I'lilI".
' Ice territorial ihlr WA ~ pf"gI"s>, ald
Thee display wn- one ul Ia" finest, r~pr.
r,ll, ~ to the rAinhIt ot fruit, that
haN"rNrt -rru | wa4 formerly resi-
lent ul N"W Mexico, and | Wa greatly
-uiIrl-ri at tho niN ancru"nt whlrh ha-
ho"n milr IA Ilai, directions IA the ter
r,uN Within Ia" past ir1 lrar-. \rw
N"Nlro l. lo"klng ny, Hud ali along the
llur "l the santa fr there has been an
awakening 81 hu~iu"-- activity The
lnrmrr- atii trult thl~"f- afr feeling bet
lrf than tot wars, AMI the increasing
trailr uN"I the system Indicates that cnIl.
buttons Atr lmpfuNl'g with surprising
rapidiiN.
Mr, uul, general freight agent Of the
santa -, Wa With the party on the NJ"
M"SIran TIP, anh "a- delighted with the
increase ~ IrulI raising and ia" remark
arlr PROMISE III New MrNlro ~ trrnt
rArlng region. The management of the
road viii extend -Irrml Ia'ur- tu ~
industry, ~ II l-ul tnI reaching import.
nurr,
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-10-02
mo,lI,I n>,Iw,, L,rI,i,riu>

Ifr-I'rrt EIpbn 10! the saint. t.r.r,
WaN rumptu,. IN a.. rr,mfi To- tho l..s
hulrr- tie u,hrt la,. makn- u.s.. -..u..
can, Statement,
lhr phtlui..u o.. ..u.parN o. D..
q. mp,,llur- AMI tln rn.iu, rate CO...
t,uou- areas good a, cam bee rNp..r.I
uulwr ,hr law, WhJr' foster a.. .N...t
unrestricted rnulnluruu ant nfrl' ,nr
formation ~ trn-onai 'r agreements