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came a signal for all the Mississippi and
Louisiana partisans to take up the quarrel.
1t ended in IL terrible slaughter. Bowie
fell covered with wounds, but thanks to u
vigorous constitution he survived.
"Another story, wilder than the first, is
TO the effect that once in Il battle with the
Mexicans Bowie broke his word off close
to the hilt and found the weapon in that
shape SO effective that it gave him the IDEA
of the bowie knife, which, as he used it in
the days of his glory, was simply short
sword or cutlasS.
"My idea of the origin of the bowie
knife is this. and it accords with Bowle's
character: Bowie was not cutthroat, as
might be supposed from many OF the
stories told about him. While q yonng
man, he was u frequent claimant and
agent under the old Spanish laws for land
purchased on the Mississippi. Many
bloody feuds arose, and IN those WIG
times man who stood out for law and
order or even for his personal rights, In
CURED the ani,ncsity of desperate men.
In order to be prepared for sudden attacks
upor his person, Bowie designed II knife,
and had one made for him by Il black
smith, This he carried and used for some
years until he heard of Spaniard down
in New Orleans who made knives that
could be driven through a silver dollar
without turning the edge. Bowie sent 10
of blade and 6 inches of handle Ihis
identical knife Bowie used in 10 encoun-
tiers, and that knife it was from which the
drawing was made that has been used III
ali pictorial illustrations of the terrible
weapon from that time to this. That KNIFE
1t was which was taken from the stiffened
hand of Jim Bowie in the slaughter pen at
Alamo, where the hero lay with six dead
Mexicans around him, mute witnesses &c
the effectiveness of the weapon.
"Bowie never handled his knife as an
assassin does a dagger. He grasped it 10y
the hilt as soldier does sword and struch
for the jugular of his antagonist. He was
a slight man, never weighing over li'
pounds, but he had enormous strength
litheness and any amount of grit. In 1ac6
Bowie was a terror to eVlldoers, buG no1 u.
any means an outlaw himself. Bowie dlct
like soldier fighting in the defense OF III
; adopted country, the republic of Texas, ah'
in him the cutthroat Mexicans OF SAINT
Anna had their match. A t the time OF III
} death in the Alamo massacre, March I
1886, he had n border record second t
) none He had left the Mississippi seSer;'
wears before. In the meantime his advcn
: lures had been various, but always credi'
u able For Il time he was q scout ara al
, TO Lieutenant Long, the Rocky mountai
| exulorer He married the daughter OF til
s 6eputv governor of the =. Xicun state {
: Coahuila and joined tho Texans hen the
4 struck for freedom and brought on N
+ fierce contest between western Saxons an
z Latins which ended so gloriously Tor OF
Q arms 90 years ago. He was not quarre
9 sorne. hut fsyorite with those whom
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cans and killed so of them with the Joss
of wounded and l captured. He met |
his doom at the Alamo as might have Dcen |
expected. He was FRUSTRATED upon sick
bed, bat when the Mexicans broke into the
mission building he seized his pistols and
fought with them until tho barrels were
empty. Then he drew his knife and strug-
eled with it until he was overpowered and
pinned to the earth with bayonets
"Sure, Jim Bowie was no saint, but he
was no desperado,' said the judge Us our
smoking party broke up when the steamer
ncared the landing.
''Why, the Methodists hero in the south
west remember him in their prayers, and
here's one story you will often hear told at
their conferences: At one of their annual
meetings in Natchez during Bowie's time
the gatherings We're frequently disturbed
by Mississippi f1atboat toughs. The mat
ter was noised abroad and came to the ears
Of Bowie. That same night just after the
reading Of the second hymn a tough arose
and gave the Choctaw warwhoop. in IL
second Il small, wiry man arose IN the con
gregation, caught the fellow by the throat
and shouted, If you make the slightest
noise, will drive this knife through you
| from ear to earl The bully trembled like
leaf, and Jim Bowie-for he was the
peacemaker-qujetly put his knife out OF
sight and joined heartily in the singing or
the bymn.'
Another story of Bowie's gallantry was
among the favorite "reminiscences of Henry
Clay. 1t was in the days of stagecoaches,
and Clay was making n long journey with
three other passengers, all strangers to one
another. q pretty girl, a big rough looking
customer from the backwoods and limp
little figure in u greatcoat. Clay was con-
graduating himself that he was not the
limp little figure bundled off in tho corner
when he heard the girl begging the rough
country man to put out a pipe he was smok-
ing for the tobacco fumes made her Ill.
With an oath the fellow retorted that he
had paid his fare and would do as he liked.
~ was trying to screw my courage up TO
the point of rebuking the country giant,
said Mr. Clay, when the limp little figure
undoubled itself like magic and, with a
quick movement reached down it's collar,
hauled out u knife that to me in the excite
ment of the moment looked a yard long,
and with another catlike movement seized
; the fellow by the throat. Throw that
pipe out of the window, Or, by G., IH-
said a soft voice in resolute tones, and the
) sentence was finished with u sweep of the
blade that sent the pipe whirling out or
, the ground Then the knife disappeared
down the capacious collar, and the limp Zig
IRE resumed it's vertebralcss condition
!, while spent the rest OF the journey wish
Il ing was the little man in the greatcoat
o for I know he could he none other thai
Q Jim Bowic-Bowie of the famous knife"
Il When the defenders of the Alamo saw
y that resistance was useless, the command
c or. Major Travis, called the survivors int
q line and made IL stirring address, urgin
r mis- men to kill, kill, kill the Dlexicans ga
l. long as one of us remains alive" He thai
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Texas Mud.


Did YOU ever see Texas mud? Why.
down there lots of times man has 20
take the load out of his wagon and leave
the wagon stuck in the mud III the mid
die of the streets. If woman puts her
foot down, you would think the impres-
sion was made by a COW. If q man steps
there-one of these men with liberal
feet-you would think that some one
had been taking up sod.-Rev Dr..
Wharton, Evangelist, Kansas City.
Lies Westward Windows.
There arc times when the question as
to the certainty of future life doe,
not see m to be very pressing or vital
one. The present life perhaps too COM
pletely fills the entire horizon. Yet
deaths shadow menaces youth even,
and though man be in the morn OF
yipor and of duty he cannot help re-
Numbering at least now and then he
must soon begin to look out of LIES
westward windows. - Rev. Wayland
Hoyt, Baptist, Philadelphia
What Is = church,
want to say few words about the
usapes and misusages of the English
language. In my boyhood days what is
now called the church was known as
the meeting house; now it's called en-
tirely a church I do not think this
good change of usage. I think church
is a body of Gods people, and not
building in which to meet. have strug-
pled against the change, but have been
unable to resist -. I grieve that we
have surrendered to such innovations.
Rev. w. H. Whitsitt, Baptist, At
lanta.
Europe's Secular Sunday.
The history Of European nations
shows that the secularizing of Sunday
is a long step toward the enslaving OF
the laborer With the open museums
theaters and galleries will come the
omen stores and shops. 1t was but q
short time since I saw in one OF our
great dailies the following statement
from it's Paris correspondent: Sunday
brings no respite here. On the contrary,
it is the day when they work the hard
est. On no other day are the theaters SO
crowded, on no other day are the
butchers stalls frequented by more Gus
toners. 1t is not day OF rest In farls'
it is a day of activity. REV. w. r.
Richardson. First Christian Church,
Kansas City.
lconoclasm Of the Times.
If the sense of reverence and awe TO
the GreaSuTcS VI HboiAuAey SAioAssSVSA .A'S'
our fathers, their children are the chill
dren of irreverence and vandalism. TIL
fret and fever of modern life seem t.
have consumed all reverence out o
mans heart, as the hot sun burns tn
dew upon the morning grass. Our ger
Grafton has become generation OF de
stroyers. Nothing is too sacred 10
mans vulgar and profane touch. KEY
DIR. Hills, Central Music Hall.
Where Civil Service Fails.
There is no substitute for morality
There is no machinery that can max
an honest government when there ar
only dishonest men to run it. Civil serv
ice is good, but even an absolute mer
it system, in which every official, up Q
and including the president OF the Unit
ed States. should be chosen by examina
ton, would not insure purity in polltlc
| zz ro-u ~, 1,ocf ,peaIkh nnitS wish Z
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I'M BOWIE -four
ished and quit the
range before l
laid aside my Hnr-
ward gown to
chase after the
star Of empire
said the Pike
county jud G e.
We were sitting
on the deck of the
Mississippi steam
CT City Of New
Orr ans as she
passed the historic
town of Natchez
on her upward
trip. All of the
New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
IRISH LULLABY.

BY NORA HOPPER
yfusho. h,sho! Winds are wild IN tme essnverv w bird
Birds are warm In their dowhy
K,nrs children wake and toss on silken fron the
You have but a broken roof u NeeP wv
dew--husho.
r1usho. husho, Rain falls cold In the CITY:
ra Husnv. 20 n ' fails kindly warm sleeping eyes,
Husho husho! even clouds take pity ,or sxi.s-
On my vourneen deelish. ana iea'e W" '''>
husho!
TJusho hushoi Silver skies, to san IN.
In a boat of amber warm as any nest 'u In
All but can my cushla find no place 10 wat ,nat her
But the warmest place on earu' ""
mothers breast?
Husho, husho!
New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
THE OBEDTENT DOLL.

From The American Kitchen Magazine 1T
whose arm had come or exposing the sawu, sa,.,
s,ufing: You dear. good. obedient dolly. t,dn't
7 had told you to chew your food 1ne. ou, . ''
th,nk YOU would chew II so fine as tha'
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
KEEPING WARM.
Various Queer contrvaness In Oriental
Countries,


A common error is that Orientals in
habit lands OF eternal summer and
dress the year through in flowing silks
and wondrous muslins. Many OF them
do enjoy this kind Of existence. Those
for example, in southern China and on
the great plain Of Hindustan, but at
least hundred millions live in q ter
ritory rs cold as this city. and at least
fifty millions in q land whose condl-
tons are similar TO those OF Canada.
Centuries OF civilization have taught
them numberless expedients for secur-
ing comfort and pleasure, in spite Of
the snow and ice which surround them
in the winter season. Many OF these
are known and utilized by the western
world, but the most are unknown, or,
II known, are viewed as freaks or
laughable oddities
Thus. for example. the Japanese and
northern Chinese employ what are
known as pocket stoves. These con-
sist Of shells OF metal In iron, brass,
bronze, silver, and for the very
wealthy gold. Charcoal or perfumed
charcoal is put into the shell and ig-
nited. The shell itself 1t inserted In a
special belt or cloth, and worn about
the waist. or is fastened to the inside
OF a woman's skirt. A cold individual
may wear as many as n half dozen OF
these little stoves, while warm
blooded person Is satisfied with one.
There are beautiful little foot
warmers, which can be taken into bed,
and in which a slowly smoldering fire
safely secured inside OF a metal box,
emits warmth the night long, and
makes the coolest bed as delightful as
a hammock in summer weather. Then
there are portable stoves, which burn
perfumed charcoal and can be carried
from room to room. There are pa
jamas which are lined with fur; kimo-
nos, whose interior is as soft as fleece
or the silkiest goat hair; cloaks and
peignoirs, which are really furs with
the warm side In. There are fur-lined
slippers, and most delightful OF all for
those who dwell in chilly rooms, or like
to sleep with the windows open In
midwinter, fur-lined socks or short
stockings, which can be drawn on
in a second, and which make the cold
est floor agreeable to the foot.-New
York Mail and Express.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
The Center OF Our Population,

The center of population is the cen.
ter OF gravity Of the inhabitants Of the
country. If the United States were
considered rs plane, with all its peo-
pie as of equal weight, the center Of
population would be the point where
the whole plane might be balanced
and remain steady through equili.
brium. II expresses the net resultant
of the movements of population from
decade to decade. This point, accord.
ing to the census Of 1890, is located at
80 degrees 11.9 minutes north latitude
and S5 degrees 1919 minutes west
longitude, about twenty miles east Of
Columbus, Ind 1t moves westward
about four miles a year.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
A single female frog will produce
thousand eggs at a time.

A single female frog will produce .
thousand eggs at time.
On the Liverpool electric railway
the motors run on an average, 40, 600
miles without requiring repair To
repair one costs Sl25.
II has been calulated that fluent
speaker utters between 1000 and 1000
words in the course of IN hours un'
interrupted speech. That means about
l25 words minute.
A new German method to protect
wood from water and fire is to paint it
over with sodium waterglass % parts
water, 20 parts; zinc white, part /;
ground foldspar, 20 parts.
Professor Wiesner Of Vienna has
undertaken during the past summer,
says Nature, IA journey to Spitzbergen
To complete his observations, pre-
yiously made in the tropics, IA to the
effect of light and other external con-
ditions on the growth OF plants.
1t has been computed that if the
sea were emptied of its waters and all
the rivers of the earth were to pour
their present floods into the vacant
space, allowing nothing for evapora-
ton, 40, 600 years would he required
TO bring the water of the ocean up to
its present level
Professor Slaby, assisted by the
military balloon corps, and expert
menting with MarconNs system OF
wireless telegraphy, succeeded at
Berlin recently, in spite of adverse
atmospherical conditions, in eychang-
ing messages without wires ut uis-
lance of twenty-one kilometres.
A refugee hut on the Zugspite, the
highest mountain in Germany 10000
feet, near Garmisch, in the centre of
the Bavarian Highlands, has been
opened. 1t stands on the Graf be-
tween the east and west peaks, affords
accommodation for twenty-twogucsts,
and has been erected ut cost Of
( $4,000.
London is in n continual state of
! vibration. To demonstrate this, n
mirror was. recently suspended 10y II
fine thread, 50 rs to throw point of
light upon screen, the moyings of
which showed the extent to which the
building was effected by the traffic
taking place within radius of two or
three miles.
Paving blocks made of meadow grass
are now manufactured. Their inyen-
tor was a clergyman, and the meadow
grass, impregnated with oil, tar and
resin, il pressed into blocks and finally
bound with iron straps. The adyan.
tages claimed for these blocks are that
they are noiseless and elastic, resist
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
a Hallway Train In Miniature.

A "Tom Thumb" train, so called
because it is supposed to he the small
est in the world, il TO be exhibited mt
the Trans. Mississippi exposition at
Omaha. IL was constructed by a
young man, who, without any tech
nical training, made all the patterns,
did oil the casting, and put together
the whols train with his own hands.
The engine weighs 400 pounds. Its
length, with tender, is feet 7 IL
inches the size of the cylinder is
i l-2 by 2 l-2 inches. The driving
wheels are inches in diameter, aud
yet the locomotive hauls six observa-
ton cars, in each of which two chill
dren can be comfortably seated These
cars are Al inches long and il inches
wide, and covered after the fashion OF
the ordinary observation car. The
entire train, consisting of engine, ten.
der, four observation cars, one box
car and a caboose, is but 20 feet in
length. Six gallons of water in the
tender tank and five in the boiler will
steam to propel il for two
hours. Coal is hauled and shovelled
out OF the tender in the orthodox man
ner. In fact, the little engine is COM
plete in miniature in every detail. In
stead of using oil in the headlight, an
electric battery in the engine under
he cab seat furnishes an incandescent
light. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
A Definition.

A woman was being examined at the
Old Bailey as witness, when, TO a
question put by the barristcr, Mr..
C, she replied: Don't think to
humbug me-"
"Answer the question directly, wo.
man, or I'll commit you, interrupted
the recorder.
"Aye," said Mr.. C, and tell us
what you mean by humbug."
"Why," replied the woman, "if l
was to tell you, Mr.. C, that the
recorder was q gentleman, that would
be humbugging you, and the court,
too. English Exchange.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
Identity Well Established.

Gentleman (who has engaged color
ed hackman to drive him from the sta
tion to the hotel Say, uncle,
what's your name?" Driver--"My
name, sab, is George Washinton,
Gentleman - George Washington!
Why, that name seems familiar. :"
Driver-"Well, / should t'ink it ought
to. Here l been drivin' to this station
TO bout twenty years, sab. "-Ston.
ington Bulletin.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
Not An Encore.

Uncle George: "How do you get
along with your studies, Johnny? l
hope you learn your lessons properly
Johnny: THAT'S all right, Uncle
George. You know how they do at
the theater when one Of the singers
does first rate. They make her do it
oil over again. Well, that's the way
they often do with me at school. -
Boston Transcript.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
Would Make Fly Look I. Mile. Long

would Make n Fly Look I" Miles Long.
Professor Elmer Gates Of Washing.
ton says he ha, worked out process
by which objects can DO magnifed to
a size 300 times greater than by any
Of the microscopes now in use. His
invention, he claims, will revolution.
ize microscopy and will advance sci
ence to a point hitherto undreamed
OF. His discovery, he says, will be Of
special value in bacteriology and the
study OF the cellular tissues. The
professor declares that he has suc-
ceeded-where all other scientists have
failed-in discovering a way by which
the magnified image projected on
tense can be ma2nitied by second as
If it were the original object. TO do
this has been the aim OF scientific pho.
tographers and microscopists for many
years. Professor Gates does not take
the public into his confidence suffi.
GENTLY to divulgethe details of his in.
vention, but he says lie will be ready
10 give il TO the world in few weeks.
The power of the new instrument is
as 100000 diameters.-
Indianapolis Journal.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
Excavations at Pompslj.

Formerly excavations in Pompeil
were made solely with a view to the
discovery OF art and archaeological
treasures, no effort being made to pre-
serve the houses. The present method
Is very different, and one OF the latest
excavations is a house in which all
the interior arrangements, furniture.
wall decoration, etc, have been pre-
served or restored.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Cstarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
- L CHxSEy g. Co, Props, Toledo, O.
~ - -haSs y 1a1la y ! ~
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able TO carry out any oblga-
tlon made by their firm.
WEST a. TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo Ohio.
wALDING, KINNAN & MARvW. Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, 15c. per bottle Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Fits permanently cured. No Ats or nervous.
pess after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorcr s2trial bottle md trca tise free
DR. X. H. KLINE, Ltd, 08l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Piso's Cure for Consumption Ia an No.
Asthma medicine.-N. X. WILLIAMS, Antioch,
Ills, April IL, 1891.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
Moss for Cold Storage.

The use of peat moss as substi.
tute for cold storage-a plan copied
from Germany-is said to have given
surprising results in certain shipments
of perishable fruits made in England
lately from points in Ontario It's
tremendous absorbent qualities render
it a great antidote.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
Misery by the Wholesale,

Is what chronic inactivity Of the liver gives
rise TO- Bile gets into the blood and impsrts
q yellow tint, tho tongue fouls, and so does the
breath, sick headac hes, pain beneath the right
ribs and shoulder blade are felt, the bowels
become constipatsd and the stomach disor-
OF evils IL Hostotter's stomach Bitters. q
medicine long and professionally recon-
mended, and sove reign also for chills and ie-
YER nervousness and rheumatism.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10

The New York superintendent OF
insurance has been appealed to to give
his opinion upon the legality Of estab-
fishing an insurance company to in
sure against twins or triplets.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
settlers In Manitoba.

Reports from the west are TO tn
effect that homestead entries in Mamie
toba and the northwestern territories
are 80 per cent in advance of what
they were in 1896. In 1896 there We're
1857 homcstcads taken up, and this
season the number To the end of Sep
TENDER was over $500.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
ftne sta1.

For many months Tabor has been
on the ragged edge Of fortune. and has
tried to recoup himself by entering tho
prospecting field. He staked a promis-
ing mining claim, but could not get
funds for developing 1t. Then he
thought OF Stratton and applied to him
for a loan.
Stratton had never before seen Ia
Dor. but was familiar with his history.
He promised to take the matter under
adyisement, and five minutes later sent
a package containing the currency.
with letter requesting Tabor to ac-
cept the money as giit.-New York
Herald.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
WHY He Objected.

Adolphus Burlington (pleadinglyl ;
Don't be cruel and hard'hearted,
Colonel. Give me your daughter
and promise she shall never be sep
arated from her family" Colonel
Bluntly: CHATS precisely why ! OBJ
ject to the marriage. detroit Free
Press.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10
A Milllonaira's CAnerosity.

WILDER Scott Stratton, the newly
made millionaire king. came to the re-
lief Of II. A. w. Tabor, former United
States senator, and Colorado's first
millionaire miner, last week with a
purse Of $4,000, which he begged Ia
Dor to accept as a testimonial for what
he had done to develop the resources
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-10

Wins 10 q certain cure for Il, but In tho
majority of such cases the trouble arisos
from some form of gastric difficulty. Tho
stomach, distendod with food and gases,
while indigestion with Its many variations
~ responsible Tor very many so called heart
troubles. The digestive organs need 10 DO
stimulated by the use ofDr. 81. a. olnimops
Liver Medicine, when the general health
will improve and the heart renew its soEmal
aCuon.