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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05
GIDEON WELLS SPIRIT.
Wrath of Linccln's Secretary of the
NAVY as Prophet.

Wrath of Linccln's Secretary of the
Navy as a Prophet.
Maybe it was a idence. an acct
dent or fOrtuity; maybe lt-was man
Hesitation of spiritualism: maybe it was
thesophical demonstration.
No matter what it was, it is very
hard tt believe in the faC e of the evil
dence that it didn't happen.
William Burrows lives and runs q
grocery store at 2O12 Olive street, says
the Globe Democrat. He appears to
be about 65 years old, and well b ilanc-
ed, and better preserved Than the aver
age man of his age. Persons who
know him say he could not be induced
to state that which he does not believe
to be true.
His clerk is George c. Darlirg. for
merly of Chicago. Mr.. Burrows and
his family and Mr.. Darling live up
stai's over the grocery store Mr..
Oar ing is a spiritualist. Mr.. Burrows
his dipped into spiritualism ard into
theosophy. and believes the e are good :,
and truth in both, widely separat@d
though they be, or seem to be, to the
casual Inquirer.
Neither of these men believed in the
efficacy of the latest paraphernalia sup
posed to attract the powers of the other
world. But when one of the women
IOlKS Drought GDe InlhS nome Guey
gave it trial. 1t is a good deal like
the old blanche tie board. There is a
needle, which makes the circuit of the
alphabet. the numerals, and corners
where Eyes" and mo" are emilia
zoned. Any young person who takes an
interest in such things can tell you how
to spell the things name, but the proof
reader doesn't know, and is apt to be
irascible if you shove conundrums at
him, so let's call it The Board.
When the board was introduced into
the Burrows circle it was in an eccen-
trio mood. The needle, or indicator,
swung around as though insane, and
for long time pointed to nothing. and
refused to point at all. Finally, after
several Intellectual trials and every body
bad his or her hands properly placed
on the board the needle swung to the
second letter of the alphabet and
struck.
"Do you mean B?' said Mr.. Bur-
rows.
The needle swung back to eyes"
go ahead then," said Mr.. Burrows.
The needle swung to A. Then it in
dicatei T twice; then L, then E, then
S, then 81, then I, then 2. There it
stopped
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05

XVI, George Ill, by proxy in America,
and many another account!
Now, this is the account of the affair,
as 1 remember it, that began in the
street of the Capuchins, Warsaw:
The king had been to his summer
palace that day of Sept 3, 1771, and his
coach was returning along the street of
the Capuchins; how it was 9 O'Clock
of a rainy night as the leader of the
kings guard of some II dragons was
astounded when suddenly a man leaped
before his horse with the loud COM
mand, "Halt!'' The lieutenant strug
gled to bring his saber down ON the fell
lows head. His horse careened, stop
ping indeed the whole company and the
coach, whence the kings head suddenly
projected.
AT the moment a shot from a window
of supposedly deserted house grazed
the kings face. instantly killing the
servant who was with him in the coach.
1.-The king is assassinatedr' The cry
was raised from guards and passers.
Ellis majesty is deadP'
Stanislaus, who ever was considerable
of his interiors, shouted at this:
ut is Felix, the heyduo, who is shot!
Quick, catch the assassin"
Suddenly down the street came the
sounds of horses and cries:
Down with Stanislaus, the creature
of the Russiansp'
! At the same instant men rushed out
of the house whence the shot into the
coach had come, swearing, shouting
, and firing. One of the kings guards
cried:
| "A plot! An ambush! There are
I thousandr'
! Instantly the panic became general.
| The lieutenant of the guards, who had
succeeded in running through the fellow
at his bride rein, now found himself
confronted by the horsemen. Turning,
he led the flight, and the king was left
almost alone in his coach hugging the
dead body of his poor servant and OBJ
livious to everything else. The horses
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05

OF the coach, rearing ana pIuDgIng, re-
quired all the attention Of the postil-
ions, who themselves were frightened
out of whatever wit they may have had.
By this time the leader of the attack
ing horsemen was dismounted by the
coach door.
"Out, Stanislaus!'' he cried. "You
are to come with me-
The king, perceiving this to be Count
Kolinski, cried out to him:
''Kolinski, traitor, am your king!"
For an instant Kolinski hesitated.
The sight of the king, placed as he was
with the dead servant in his arms, and
yet still the king, with that dignity
Stanislaus always possessed-that scene,
shown dimly by the lantern of the
coach-shook for moment the con-
spirator's resolution.
But the others were behind him, des-
perate and knowing that if the issue of
the adventure were not successful death
was certain.
Pull him outP'
Then Stanislaus looked up from the
dead heyduc i'll his lap, the dark. hand
some man he always was, now with no
fear, but with a mastering anger at the
indignity.
"You shall hang for this!'
All, they knew that danger too we'll
They could not hesitate if pity for a
moment had weakened their purpose.
Roughly they dragged the king from
the coach, he struggling aud crying and
elinging to the dead and the sides of
the coach.
can imagine nothing more horrible
than that scene-the king now outside
in the mud, the dead body of the serv-
ant dangling from the coach step, the
Positions struggling with their horses,
the conspiratOrs, sOmr on foot and some
mounted, surrounding the king, one
bringing the fiat of saber against his
head, and the crowd of townspeople
who suddenly had gathered
And then Cry went up:
"The guards are returningp'
Kol1nski was on his horse now, and
he caught the king, who, between the
struggle and horror at his dead servant,
was i'll half dazed state. Another
seized Stanislaus' other shoulder.
/ 1.-The guards!' rang out the cry
again. 1.-The guards!'
Kolinski dashed his horse, dragging
the nearly lifeIess king On they tore,
Kolinski again and again having to
slacken his horses speed lest the king
should be killed. So much more slow ly
was the progress made by those who
were dragging the king that the others,
now seized with manic. ran as thav
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05

In 1875 our representatives declared
in the enthusiasm of the moment the
paradox, "all men born free and
equal" Twas a neat enough statement
for paper, but some in America believed
it not. Was there an equal for General
Washington? Did we not cringe a bit
to rank when a French marquis-albeit
a tall, red haired boy-came among us?
A title caught even then many a good
appointment, and I doubt much some
times if Alexander of New Jersey would
have been so much esteemed if he had
not had claim to the Scottish earldom
of Stirling. I am sure many inefficient
foreign Adventures had service with
us because they had titles. Two of these
gentlemen proved conclusively great
natural abilities-one, of course, M.
Lafayette, who, a boy of 90, came SO
cleverly out of the affair of Barren
Hill, and the other, Casimir Pulaski,
the Pole, whom saw fall with a wound
in the thigh during the charge ON Sa-
vannah. Taken on the brig Wasp, he
died as she was putting to sea, esteemed
a good friend, a gallant captain.
1t was only the night before that he
told me the truth of that affair at War
saw which led to his service in America.
He was not, the Count Pulaski assured
me, himself a partner in this matter,
although he was indeed a member Of
that confederation of boyars sworn to
fight for Polish freedom to the very
end. But circumstantial evidence led
to his Punishment, as it had to that of
so many others. Despairing Of Poland
and eager for career, he came to
America.
Yet, although my friend was not
himself in this affair, the story he told
of it appears to me new. The picture
of the king and his assassin walking
side by side reasoning together of the
rainy night in the wood of Bilany has
had more than passing effect. The story
proves that our revolt against king
was not the first. All, history is full Of
these instapces-King John, Charles
Stuart Stanislaus of Poland. Louis
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05
A "Reminiscences.

This afternoon by chance l shook
A faded blossom from n book
And crumbied with my clumsy feet
The thing that was so fair and sweet
Some twenty Junes ago.
One summer evening by the sea
My little swcc. heart walked with me
And from Il bending brier vine
Broke off this blossom as sign,
Some twenty Junes ago.
Sweet were the fields in fading light,
With roses closing for the night,
And sweet the promise made to me
That summer evening by the sea
Some twenty Junes ago.
All, WE'LL Alone go my way,
Content and stout and getting gray
The light o love for me died down,
The rose o. love for me turned brown,
Some twenty Junes ago.
"And did she die?' All, no, not shell
She married Jones and Tilted me.
She's loud and fat and sin the SWIM"
And Jones-poor dog, pity him.
He leads n life, you know.
-Antoinette A. Bassett in Four O'Clock
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05
THE GUANAJU TO CATACOMBS.
The Only Bu,ia Place of the Kind in
America.

Knowing what you expect to see
here, it is only natural for you to enter
the cemetery with some little nervous
ness a1d trepidation. But you are re-
assured when you do enter the big
gate, for there is nothing uncanny or
*'trist.,'' yet to be seen. On the con-
trary. this Mexican God 8 Acre" is all
tranquil aud bright and beautiful-and
you do not think even of the square,
black-letter d spaces, that are honey
combed, ons above the other, all the
way around the great all of the Pan
teen These square. space S, five rows
of them, contain q vau each, and that
is where interment is made.
1t is an enor nous place, this GENE
terry. And we'll that it is so, for, during
the great typhus epic emic in 1898, it
received $50 people say) about third
of the then population of Guiana uato.
For a time, the city council kept some
sort of tally on the deaths, but as, later
on, the council itself, and most of the
physicians, succumbed to the fatal dis
ease, no count was kept, and iuterm Mt
was made in a great trench dug in the
centre of the Psnteon, one c.. fin, with a
spring in the bottom, serving for all,
when the ceremony OF coffin was used
At all.
However, waving the matter of cpl
denies, in Guanajuato, when person
dies, the family at once arrange to rent
one of the box-like spa ces in this Pan
teon, rent 81 per month, payable in
advance. Then the ''deader'' las
Sentimental Tommy" has it) is put
away in one of these vaults-not to
await the last Trump, but to await the
next Psn;eon pay day. When that day
comes, if the family can't raise the
S12 for the next fiscal year, the CITY
council have the vault unsealed, the
coffin taken out, and the "dead-
err transferred to the huge passages
below the Panteop, in the "Catacum-
bas."
The "Catacumbas" comprise epor-
nous underground passages that run
all the way around the Panteon.
Tue Panteon man pushes back aibig,
fiat stone, over in corner of the ceme-
terry, and invites you to step toto a
small dark hole. which admits only one
person at q time, and contains small,
winding stone stair, built pretty much
on the corkscrew plan.
Some goddess person, with. more sense
of humOr than grace, has placed the
tallest, ugliest, and uncanniest (if there
is such word) of all the mummies,
at the very bottom of the last step, so
arranged that as you descend the crook
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05

could, ana when the bitches beyond the
city were reached only seven remained.
Here Kolinski paused, uncertain about
the path i'll the darkness, made denser
by the rain. They were outside the city
with their captive, but whittier should
they take him? Kolinski cursed. The
king braced himself without a word
against the dripping horse. Stanislaus
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05

1.-Two brothers living near Harods-
burg look SO much alike that they
can't be told apart" rays the Lexing-
ton, (Ky.) Argonaut. zone of them
joined the Baptist church. and when
about to be immersed found that he
had no clothes suitable, and gave his
brother 10 cents to be baptized in his
place.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05

Bridget, you've broken as much
china this morning as your wages
amount to. Now, how can we prevent
this occurring again?''
''Oi don't know, mum, unless ye
raise me Wages.o
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05
veracity seems to be

putation for veracity seems to be
good.
''Maybe Gideon Wells spirit made
| a mistake as to the time,' said Mr..
Burrows, "but I am firmly convinced
that he told us of the impending
destruction of the Maine. Let us wait
! and see if the rest of his prophecy
comes true"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05

Freddie had been watching his faith
er whistle, when suddenly he exclaim.
ed: "Papa make q hole in my mouth
SO that can whistle"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05

little girl on going to the window
one cold morning,) Oh mamma,
come ere, dere is man smoking wifout
any cigar" b. 81. B.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05

On July the one hundred and twen-
tv-third year of American indepen-
dence will begin.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-05
O.. A. r

Fire Department.
Board of Fire Directors meets every seccn
Wedneedav General department meeting
seoond Wedneed az IN March. juno. 6eptem.
ber and Decev,ha- F Edwards. President
II Holland, Chief; 7 b Springer, Asst;
w Il Kitchens, &c.
, 1898-12-07
The AVIS
Chcistiaasted, ut. 0e0jx,
Wednesday, 18th December 1898.

The use and abIse of alcohol is o matter
of such great 'mportaHte, and is so closely
connected with the daily life. that it may he
considered AS justjfable to refer to the sub
iect from time to time in this paper.
My attention has recently been called to
rom" statistics said to have been published
i'll the " Daily Telegraph, :" Hy which it is
made to appear that even " decidedly int,m-
perate drinkers, have on the average rather
longer lives than total ~aRstainers. Can this
POSSIBLY be true ? To melt seems not only =
TO be grossly unique, but also to be most
dangerous teaching to circulate; for it sGothes
and ~lustifcs where, on The CONTRARY, we
ought to try to a,oree shame and
alarm. 1t is Il saddening and most
painful sight to see any young mnn
going along that slippery path that leads
first of all to the loss Of The respect of others
and, what is of far more consequence, to
The loss of his own respect for himself;
then to the loss of health; the loss, it may
be, Of employment; The loss Of all that
makes life beautiful, that makes life worth
living; finally the loss, if indeed it can then
he called u loss, of the poor shattered life
itself. 1t is not uncommon TO hear of such
- case with a shrug Of the shoulders, a
careless remark. Or perhaps even with o
smile. Yes with a smile! a smile whore
there ought to be a sense of the heart break
ing honor of the thing; "a smile, where
there ought rather to be- tears of pity.
Many Of us do not seee how serious The
matteH is; or perhaps we say it 10 mot our
concern, every man must look after himself.
There is too much selfshneSs' in this kind
of slipping out Of duty, aud we are all Of us
more or.ess guilty of it; we must say with
Shakespeare Doctor i'll Macbeth, God for
give US ALL"
But to return to the statistics. What Is
true, / believe, is this, that insurance statls.
tics shew that strictly moderate drinkers
live rather longer on the average than totft
abstainers. This, however, does not prove
any advantage in the use of alcohol. We must
remember that many total abStainers are
persons who:formerly drank to excess, and per-
hars naveinjured their copstit -tions thereby.
Il is not their water drinking that thortens
their lives, but their preUious. alcohol
drinking. This. at least, is q probable
explanation. DIR. Keith in his interest"
ing and valuable book, GA Plea for a
simpler life," states that the Insnrance Com-
panies had found tL3 moderate drinkers
among the HighlandeTs better lives than the
total abstainets, and this he admits with re-
luctance, for he is of opinion that it is better
20 abstain from alcohol altogether. Beyond
some such conclusion as this, however, l
doubt whether any honest statistics or obser-
walton will t-rry us.
It would throw light on the matter if
some kind reader having reliable statistics
at hand would send them to this Office for
publication i'll an early number. Such a con
Iribution would be very welcome.
= z-
line of rain was measured in Christian
sted on Monday morning. -
- - --
, 1898-12-07
PASSENGERS.
CRAFTSMANSHIP.

Nov. 29th-per sohnr. "Yigilant" from St.
Thom"s-Conrad Kruss, Con.uelo thinner
Dec. lst-p per schnr. "VigiIant' for St.
Thomas-Christine Francis, II. Baker.
Dec. 3rd.-per scLnr. ''Vigilant" from St.
, Thomas Adelaide Victoria Daily, Patrick
Patrick, Henriette Petersen, John Bache,
Pastor Rietvelt.
Dec. 5th-pers ."Xenia" from Copephag-n
-PolitiasSisGen Langkj@r and wife. Undeu-
dommerfuIdmwgtig AIbtechsen 4 wife.
Dec. 5th-p"r schnr. ''Vigils4t" for 81.
ThomaS-Patrick Patrick, Lawyer Brun,
Observation-Disclosures Albrechsen and
wife.
, 1898-12-07
was taken there from st. Thomas by Captain
Lewis Ci the Dan. slOOp o"Diana".

was taken there from st. Thomas by Captain
Lewis Gi the Dan. slOOp "Diana'.
The Dan. steamer"Xenia," 1916 tons, Capt.
Erickson, 20 days from Copenhagen, arrived
OH Monday morning at 8 o'clock with
another portion of machinery for the Cen
trail Factory, a part of it having al.
ready been brought by the Dan. auxiliary
steamer "Mars". She brought also the
newly appointed Judges Clerk, Albrech-
sell, for st. Thomas, and Police Assistant,
Langkjer, for Frederiksted, and their wives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albrechren left at 4 o'clock
for St. Thomas on Monday afternoon per
Government Packet schr. "Vigilant."
The Dan. sohnr. "Atlantio' cleared on Mon
day for Frederiksted.
The Eng. sloop "Lady Jane, Capt. Brown,
left on Monday for st. Thomas with her cargo
Of live stock, having done very little bust
. ness here with them.
The Dan. sloop "Victory". Capt. Testamark,
arrived Monday night at half psst eight O'clock
from st. John will, live stock and charcoal
for sale. .
The Dan. sloop "StelIa,' Captain Host, ar
rived on Monday night at 94 O'clock from S..
Thomas. She left West End on Saturday
with sugar and letters for St. Thomas and
limestone for the st. Croix Central Sugar
Factory.
The Government Packet schnr, "vigilant"
d. arrived this morning at about 4 o'clock with
local nails and European goods Tor A. g.
'Bough. M. A. %lIetto, =. c. Canegata and
other merchants.
, 1898-12-07
AnguiIIa, % Nov. 1898.
Dear Sir,

Dear OIL
l have received the twenty-one
dollars and sixty eighty cents as we'll as the
clothes which the people of St. Croix have
been charitable enough TO send to the
AngGiIlianS. a
I?thank you al who contributed towards
thiso gift, not only for myself but in the
name of this community, for your generous
action and for the kindly feelings which
prompted it. SOUR conduct in this matter
deserves the greatest gratitude OH the part
of the sufferers in Anguil.a and seems to me
WORTHY Of tho. highest praise when com
pared with the apathy of the larger and
Weather British islands in our immediate
neighbourhood. g
thank you and your fellow writer for the
good wishes whioL accompanied the gilt.
Truly yrs.
j. NUMA RAT.
No. 46.
, 1898-12-07
No. &C..
ST. Vincent, W. I.
HURRICANE RELIEF FUND.
Government Office, st. Vincent,
LIST November 1888.

Government Office, st. Vincent,
LIST November 1888.
Gentlemen
have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of the contribution as stated
below in aid of the sufferers by the recent
Hurricane which devastated the Island OF the
18th September 1898, and to convey to you
the thanks of the Government and people Of
St. Vincent for your generous contribution.
Ihave the honour to be
Gentlemen
Your obedient Servant.
PENRY THOMPSON.
&26. 0. 10.
Rev. r. DE NJ. Dodsworth,
Kevd. w. c. Watson
and others.
ST. CIoix, D. W. !. :"
, 1898-12-07
SHIPPING.

Major Moore i inform EIa9t Us that at he 5, $
morning at . o'clock on her wax to. New
York. She will call at st. ThomaF'
-
German mail was brought upon Sunday
mont pg at 10 Q CLOCK frou West Fad wnicn
, 1898-12-07
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
.Ans8tteIser
Entl.edigeIser.

;FEN Uhrmager JOSEPH NILES
w under 3Ote September d.A. med
delte midlertidiye Beskikkelse som
ForligelseskommiSSHr i Christian
steds Jurisdiction er under 6te d. M
igen oph@vet, og 'er Forligelses-
kommisser K0bmand Fl. DE CHA
BERT after indtraadt i Forligelses-
commissioner.
, 1898-12-07

The Dan. sohnr. atlantic cleared on Mon
day for Frederiksted.
, 1898-12-07
SPECIAL.

London, Decbr. 3rd.-The subscriptions
the Mansion House Relief Fund up to Frida
night amounted to forty-three thousaI
eight hundred pounds.
London, Dec. 3rd.-The West India Con
mittee state that Sir Thomas Upton is senC
Ing al engineer to Barbados to repo t on II
prospects of establishing central f"c'or'
in that island, with the "pproval Of the Col
NAL Office, and that if he is satisfied with ii
report he is prepared to find The ~neceSsaF
capital for their erection.
New York. Dec. 5tn.-LOndon news al
nOu"ces that PeL!iament will meet on IL
9TH Feb dary next.
1t is reported that the eldest son OF >
William Harcourt is engaged to he marie
to Miss Ethel, daughter of the late NJ
Waller Burns e New YorIl
Shipping news reportS\that the 1team1'
"Clan Drummond" Of Liv rpoOl, POI hd Il
the Cape, has been wrecked i'll tte pay
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-12-27
CHRISTMAS TREES.

There was a Christmas ladder at the
Methodist church on Beretania street
last night. This was put up by the
Sunday school and was engineered
most successfully. The presents were
hung upon the ladder and distributed
from there. There were exercises and
some excellent music. On Sunday ev-
ening Christmas services were carried
out by the Epworth League in the
church. The room was beautifully
decorated with palms. MALE. etc, for
the occasion.
There was regular tree at the
Christian church last evening. At that
place, too, fine literary and musical
program was carried out Every
child in the house received sometime
ana most of them had many presents.
AZ PaIama chapel and the japanese
Methodist church presents were dis
tributed Sunday morning.
The tree exercises at the Portuguese
Protestant Mission on Miller street on
saturday evening were quite extern
SIve and much enioved by LARGE
house of children. w. \. Bowen had
charge of the program.
All OF the churches were mapnif
Gently decorated for the service on
sunday. This was especially true of
the Catholic cathedral. ST. Andrews
ana central Union. Grand Christmas
music was presented at each place. AT
central Union there was double
choir. The Portuguese band pIaved
Tor the services at the Catholic church.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-12-27

(From the Scientific American.)
"Many assumed bicycle manufacture
ers simply buy parts and do their own
assembling. But for the production
of the absolutely high grade Ameri-
can bicycle, a factory is required
which will turn out practically all of
the parts of the wheel manufactured,
for unless such is done one concern
cannot be answerable for the perfec-
ton ot the whole machine.
eve select as the representative of