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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13

From the Mexican Evening Telegram.
Gov. Hogg of Texas. who is much inter-
ested in dress reform, has just given n
party which was attended by something
like 200 of the state capitals best society.
Ladies were informed in the invitation that
calico dresses would be correct form, and
the men were expected to come in similar
simple attire. Many society devotees APP
peared la Maud Muller, but the majority
came in the usual swell costume. The gov
ernor wore 81 suit, and personally super
Intended everything. The refreshments in
cluded 500 watermelons.
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accustomed to hardshps. to sudden caiis
20 duty. and to long stretches in the sad.
Ole without food or rest His Szd Is the
ground. under the rain or stars. as may
happen; his simple fare is much the same
as that of the army soldier. His home IA
the saddle. and he is usually a good shot
VINO can manage his firearms handiiy from
the back OF horse. His standard OF honor
and duty, as he sees them. IL high. and no
thinks that nothing Is so disgraceful as
cowardica In his personal quarrels and
In defending his life and his employer
property against Indians and white rob
bers he has in many cases had already
his baptism OF fire. He Is resourceful and
accustomed 10 depend on himself In emer-
gency, and, n valuable quality IN "a cav
airyman, he has an Indian instinct OF To-
cality, and can find his way through
strange and difficult country. Moreover,
he Is an ultra-loyal American. aggressive
ly patriotic and ready at all times to fight
10: his country's honor at the drop OF the
hat"
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wolf from the depths of the forest until a
yeipInS chorus rang on the frosty air Quin
realized that the situation was serious
1t is early in the season for the wolves
to turn out and hunt" he exclaimed but
the bitter weather must have famished
them They are collecting in pack and
they Will soon be in hot pursuit of us
They are all behind, so we dare not turn
back Forward, Ivan. Drive like the wind.
1t Will go hard with us. unless we beat the
raVenous brutes or find shelter
ivan needed no urging. He piled the whip,
ana as the lash played on the backs of the
horses they broke into a swift Ealop. The
siedge. swaying from side to side, ploughed
through the drifting snow and bounded
over rough places in the road. Quin and
Serge We're armed with six-chambered re-
HolEers; they made sure that the weapons
were loaded. and each stuffed convenient
pocket with cartridges.
In few minutes, when more than a mile
mad been covered it became evident that
firearms must soon be brought into use.
The clamor of the wolves had increased;
tkeir howls were deafening. Flaming eyes
were seen in the thichetS by the edge of the
road, and presently dark forms darted out.
Then the number rapidly sweIled, until the
whole pack bounded into the OPEN Two
score of the savage brutes, embroidered by
munger and rage, came leaping over the
snow, in desperate chase of the fugitives
ON and on through the wintry night
Above the tumult the bells jingled mer-
rily and mockingly. The bear either alarm
ed or enraged by the approach of the scav-
cnsers Of the forest. growled and snarled
while ii made desperate attempts to break
cut of its cage. The snorting and terrified
horses eallOped as madly as ever the whip
cracked necessarily. and Ivan uttered shout
after shout But the savage pack gained
steadily from behind, and in front was no
prospect of shelter, only the desolate road
fading into the snowy mist, and the dark
! forest right and left.
BE ready" Quin cried to Serge. 1--WE
must try to check the brutesr'
The two men swung around on the seat
with their backs to Ivan, who had all he
could do to manage the horses. They watch
ed and waited, revolvers in hand. The fore
most of the pack made a squirt and the
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call to arms, those Wild riders, the cow
boys Of the western plains have naturally
come first to mind.
The Cowboy.
The cowboy, as he is known today, has
como into being in the last twenty-five
years. In the decade following the civil
war the building of transcont1nentaI rail-
ways. the destruction of the buffalo and
the general restriction Of the predatory In
dams to the limits of reservations left the
vast plains regions available to the occu-
pancy of white settlers, and the era of cat
tie raising began. Throughout Western
Nebraska, Kansas and Texas. and all the
territories. wherever the water facilities
permitted, men took up ranches and
stocked them with cattle. The herds Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13

THAT hailstorm was the first calamity
of the kind we have had for several
"A calamity? My dear sir, you are talk
ing to a glazier-who hates English spar
rows.'-Chicago Tribune.
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it, and in harassing the retreat of an
enemy; and, dismounted, it may render
effective service in infantry firing Be-
yond this is still the contingency always
that at desperate stage in battle the
cavalry of an army may be called to hurl
itself against the enemy's front, although
almost certain to be shattered and sac
rificed in the effort.
A Model Recruit.
For all of these services it would be diff
cult to find anywhere recruits better fitted
In character and training than the cowboy
Of the plains. In everything but military
discipline he is a proved soldier through
his mode of life. He is hardy, enduring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
Cavalry in Warfare.

Let Us consider what part the cavalry
service is supposed to play in the military
campaigns of today, when the crossing of
saLers and bayonets seems TO be a thing
Of the past. 1t is an era Of missile war
fare, conducted with long-range, rapid-fir
ing artillery and small arms, in which an
army might be annihilated before 1t could
come to close quarters with the enemy.
In the last four great European wars the
cavalry on both sides, barring one or two
noteworthy occasions, played an inconssd-
cradle part in the brunt Of the heavy fight
ing. In the American civil war the result
of no important battle turned upon cav
airy charge. The principal effectiveness
of cavalry in warfare between civilized
powers today is in scouting, foraging and
escort duty, in cutting of an enemy's sup
ply trains, in Selling, through its celebrity
of movement, some important point of van
tage and holding it until a force of in
fantry or artillery can come up to utilize
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13
The Modern School.

like the British mounted regiments in In
dia, the French in Algiers and those SPLEEN
did riders, the United States cavalry, sea-
soned by scouting service and Indian cam
paigns on the plans-cavairymen of the
modern school who fight either in the sad
die or dismounted, and through constant
frontier warfare against savage horsemen
have become admirably effective troopers.
Whatever other qualifications he may have
one is indispensable in the cavalryman-
that he shall ride well, which implies both
natural aptitude and long training. Hence
in our country for a quarter of century
past. in considering the men available for
cavalry recruits in the event of sudden
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In modern warfare the story has been
the same. The Mamelukes who carried the
Turkish sovereignty across northern AT
RIGA; the Sikhs, the striking cavalry arm
in the extension of British dominion over
India: the Arabs of the Soudan, whose
charges pierced again and again the Brit
ish hollow square which had stood unbrok-
en- against the onslaughts of Napoleon's
squadrons, and the CosSackS. who have
carried the Russian arms and dominion
eastward and southwark through Asia to
the Japan sea and the gates of India-all
were born to the back of a horse, and their
life and action have been inseparably
bound with that of their fleet and docile
war steeds.
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civilized and fewer of the hon!cidal traits
than his lawless, picturesque predecessor
He was bred upon the ranches or came as
q young man from the States" attracted
by the adventurous life of the plains. and
inspired by the hope of making his fortune
in cattle raising, many men did In
the beginning. Usually the newcomer was
a passable rider before he came west. AZ
terWard. by experience more or less pain
full, he learned the idiosyncracies of bron-
cho nature, how to keep his saddle in a
pitching sea- with his pony jumping stiff
legged beneath him, and to handle cattle
in all their moods in all weathers.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

Shrill sounds the trumpet; its blast
rends the sky.
o fearful are tt e groanings, the sorrows
of the doomed.
Tartarean chaotic depths the gaping
earth reveals.
Earth's Wanted monarchs shall stand
before their lord.
Rivers of sulphur roll along aud flames
descend the sky.
In the sign first given in the illustra-
tion only the initiated would be likely
to recognize the we'll known sign which
stands for Pisces in the ZODIAC, the
sign which marks the completion of
the winter solstice and the beginning
of the vernal equinox. Fewer still are
aware that both are variants or con-
ventionallzsd descendants from q re-
markable Christian symbol, include e
three fishes formed into triangle,
and having engraved on it the words
as shown in the second Illustration.
What is very likely the origin of this
peculiar sign occurs in talisman
which is said to be in the possession
of Lady Peterborough, of England.
II is of the third or fourth century, and
is known as ''Messianic" amulet. 1t
il green stone, of a pentagonal
form, having engraved at the bottom
q fish, above it Solomon's seal, and still
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

higher the Chaldaic letters, Job, He,
Vau, He, forming the name of the
Deity, and commonly translated
jehovah" but running from below
upward, so as to form the Egyptian
Tau.
But there are other fish traditions
that lend peculiar interest to the
Christ EN- blem. In several OF the San
skirt books the story is told of how the
god Vischnu assumed the form of fish
during the deluge, in order to save the
Vedas, or sacred writiugr, from de-
struction; it was also Vischnu who en-
abled the Indian Noah to escape by the
construction of an ark, and he also
taught those who survived the deluge
the lost arts" so to speak, of house
building, agriculture, etc. And to
round out this legendary series we have
the story of Oannes, the Baby lonian
fish god, who appeared after the deluge
and did precisely the same things as
the Phoenician Dagon, with the
addition that he rose from the sea
every morning and returned to it
every night, practically a ''sun
myth.'o
Now, the fish god, or fish man, re-
appears in the New Testament, in the
person of Joshua, the son of Num-"
who succeeded Moses in the command
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
THE PICTORIAL STORY OF THE FISH.

Choked with thorny hedges lies waste
this weary world;
Ruined are their idol gods; they scorn
their heaps of gold.
Even land ana sea and sky shall raging
fire consume
Its penetrating flames shall burst the
gales of hell.
Shining in light behold the saints i'm
mortal.
Turn to the guilty, burning in endless
flames.
Ger hidden deeds of darkness no veil
shall be spread.
Sinners to their God will reveal their
secret thoughts.
There will be bitter wailing, there
they gnash with their teeth.
EbOn clouds veil the sun; the stars
their chorus cease;
Ger our heads the heavens roll not
the lunar splendors fade.
Underneath the mountains lie; the val
leys touch the sky.
Unknown the heights or depths of man
since all shall postrate lie.
In the oc ans dark gulf sink the noun
tains and the plains.
Order casts away her empire; creation
ends in chaos.
Swollen rivers and leaping fountains
are consumed in flames.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

of the Israelites, for "nun" is the He
brew word for "fish."
Abrabanel was an eminent and
scholarly Jewish rabbi, who lived in
Lisbon in the middle of the fifteenth
century, and was driven into Spain
with the rest of the Jews by King
John in 1892. He was celebrated for
his wisdom, as we'll as his crudition,
and he explained the ichthyic mystery
with regard to the Savior by stating
that 1.-The sig n of the coming of the
Messiah is the conjunction of Saturn
and Jupiter in the sign Pisces" In
this connection it may be remarked
tina. poem by Jeanne Morrison, called
"The Magi," begins with the follow
ing lines, supposed to be spoken by the
aged Melchior:
Saturn and Jupiter in Pisces joined
In watery trigon; to them added Mars
In fre;-is it not so, Balthasar mine?
Seven hundred years, and ninety-four,
four months,
Twelve days, since that conjunction
last; and then
1t shone to tell great Babyloniau's
Somewhat it now portends; I wot not
what"
And he turns the matter over to Cas-
par, and the ''three wise men" consult
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
THE MONOGRAM OF CHRIST.
Pictures That Throw Light ON ''QuO
VadjS,n

With "Quo Vadis' still stirring the
world, the story of the Christian en-
blem or monogram, as developed by
the most recent researches, becomes q
subject of unusual interest. The ac-
tual use of the words whose initial let
tiers form the Greek word for fish
Gchthus) were first used, it is asserted,
in '83, B. c., when the Cumaean Sibyl
in the temple of Jupiter at Rome pre-
dicted the coming of one "Jesous
Chreistos Theou UiOs Soter," or freely
translated, "Jesus Christ, son of God
and Savior of men," This famous sy-
billine oracle has been put into acros-
tic form as follows:
Judgment impends. Id! the earth reeks
with sweat;
He, the destined king of future ages,
comes:
Soon he descends-the Judge in human
form;
On speeds the God-his friends and
foes behind him.
Vengeance he wears, enthroned with
his holy ones.
See how the dead assume their ancient
forms.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

upon that journey, which eventually
led them, GIFTED by the star of Beth.
lehem," to the Ii tie Judaeian town,
the stable, the managerial the
Christ.
On certain ancient monuments in
Mexico there has been found a curious
symbol Illustrating this subject, and
while the TOltecs had tradition t. at
descended from people, evidently the
Israelltes, Lord Kiugsborough oiscov-
cred in the Aztec language a very re-
markable similarity to the Hebrew.
Eu PEASANT, it may be remarked tina,
the Mexicans have their own flood
legends, the counterpart of those OF
Genesis, and of Berosus, the Chaldee
narrator, and numbers four or five
show their religious emblem.
With regard to the conjunction OF
Jupiter and Saturn in Pisces, it will
come very near happening in 1904,
hence there are those who predict for
that year either the second coming OF
Christ or the worlds destruction
Picayune.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
VIRTUE ALONE ABIDES.

Be thine stately house, a sumptuous
board, what then?
Be thine the CLEAN of gold, the slyaN
hoard, what then? - e.
Be thine beauteous bride of noble
race, what then? E;5E!
Be children thine, be lordly lands thy
lot, what then? -" s
Be valor thine, be lovely face be
wealth, what then?
Be thine the gift to teach in every art,
what then?
Be thine an endless train of servitors,
what then?
Be thine the worlds sweet smile and
prosperous days, what then?
Be prior abbot, duke, be even pope,
what them?
Be happy in that reign a thousand
years, what then?
Be thou by fortunes wheel uplifted
high, what then?
Swiftly-oh, sadly swift!-all this is
gone, and then?
Virtue alone abides. In her We'll
triumph then.
So follow God alone. From him comes
blessing then.
Home and Time.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
Reform Called for.

Rev. William Swenson created a SEN
sation at a minister's meeting in Chi
cago recently by severely criticlsing
Sunday schools. "Many "a Time" he
said, "instead OF teaching the lesson,
the Sunday school teacher amuses her
pupils by telling what q nice time she
had at the theater the night before.
In large number of Sunday schools
more than one half of the teachers are
unconverted men and women"
Sunday school picnics and entertain
ments then came in for denunciatlon,
as we'll as other affairs of frivolous
and social nature He declared that the
Sunday school had become more OF a
social Organization than school OF
religious thought. Oftentimes, the
Sunday school teacher is chosen more
on account of social standing than 10y
atty to Christ and the church. This
accounts for the astounding irreverence
which characterizes the PrOtestan
youth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
...i.JIEwsANDMBsIoNs.
Reasons Why the Jewish Church At
tennis no Prosecuting.

Reasons why the jewish CHuFCu Az
temp:s no PROSECUTING.
III I3feN,Jasxtsh church stands almost
Elyhs iiiaHRUkg religious bodies IN the
world in never making any attsmpts
at prpsel ySiag ins any land OFF ANON q
any people. bS the employ me nt OF 81
siona rlss. However, strong and active
| is this church may be in other direc-
tions, it devotes none of its time, means
or energies in an endeavOr to gain con-
verts to it's faith either in heather or
civilized lauds. Some of the reasons
why the Jews do not employ mission
aries are given in an article which
Rabbi Weiss contrib utes to the Heb
rev Standard. One reason is that the
Jews are liberal and broad in their al
tltude toward other faiths, not proceed
| ing on the principle that every one will
| be lost who does not accept Jewish
doctrine. They do not believe tba
any sect has "a patent right to the
kingdom of heaven" but that it Is
cleft to every intelligent man and wo-
| man to discern good from evil, and
they can do it very we'll according 10
their own religion, unless they are
stepped in blind prejudice.' 1t is de-
clared that neither Moses nor to the
prophets was given in charge to send
missionaries to convert others of a
different faith, and they gave no such
commission to the Jewish people. And
then, again, it is said that the best
way to propagate any religion is to
show its surprising excellences in
daily walk and conduct, and this is
what the Jewish people are doing,
| They are content to allow their rell-
| gion to speak for itself. AS to other
points for consideration, Rabbi Weiss
says:
| "Jews are stiff necked and stubborn
yes, they are, in their adherence to
their religion; yet here and there some
yield to the temptation of getting mon
ey without work-there are lazy Jews.
as there are lazy Christians. How
| would that be with the overwhelming
masses if we have missionaries to con.
vert in that way? The number would
run into millions, who, for the smallest
amount of money, without needing
| to work for it would become Jews, and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

What kind spf JeNsk init such kind
Dis Jews are wheA they fcome Chris
tians, who hthePrsshyAArian do not
want in their midst Oh, heaven, for
fend. Let them stay hesthens. We will
mot dfsturb-snybedy's religion, just as
Eve do not like to be disturbed in our
9 aeaen canno,zsee ss AMI feature in the
Emissian syst9ms thatcould possibly com,
mend tito SufI ,sdoptfoa: We would
! think it al Insult to an enlightened
people if wei lowered the banner of
their creed and permitted ours to float
high above it, and as a rule an unen-
| lightened people makes an undesirable
eligion anyway.
1T were far better if our Jealous
Christian friends would spend the
shekels which they lavish on foreign
missionaries on the poor at home: In
heather in foreign lands, to save the
| hungry, starving body of the Christian
at home. If the state of affairs were
such that poverty would be unknown
at home, if there were no widows
| weeping and no orphans, no needy,
distressed fellow-men bent down in
grief and no adversity-stricken fam1'
| lies furnishing, no well-filled jsils, nc
| Haunting vice, neither crime nor cor
| rupGIOu, LQcu we WOuIO h0NO liz LIZ IA
to find fault with the churches If they
chose to send missionaries to foreign
climes and zones, and there support
their messengers of the gospel in any
style they desired. But as it is we
must mildly suggest, when they ap-
proach us with missionary questions,
first to ameliorate need and suffering
at home, and that, with bread first
with religion next. then formulate
your questions; but-those who live IL
glass houses must throw no stones.
Literary Digest.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
Church Directory

EIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Il Myrtle Street. Henry w. Moore,
Pastor. Residence, 907 North Stanton
Street.
HOURS FOR SERVICE.
IL q. M, morning worship.
1880 p. M, evening worship.
9:45 a. M, Sunday school.
Clio p. NJ, Sen. Christian Endeavor
400 p. M, Jr. Christian Eadeavor.
400 p. m, Monday Intermeoiate En-
deavor.
1880 p. M, Wednesday, prayer meet
ing.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets at the
church the first Tuesday of each month
at p. m.
The Session meets in the PASTORS stu
dy the first Tuesday evening of each
month.
BAPTIST CHURCH, CORNER SAN
~ Antonio ST. and Magoffin Ave. w.
o. Millican, Pastor. Residence -
Magotfin Ave.
HOURS FOR WORSHIP.
9:45 q. M, Sunday school.
II q. M, morning worship.
3p. m. Junior Union.
4 p. m. Senior Union.
1880 p. M, evening worship.
1880 p. m. Wednesday,, prayer meet
ing.
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE I'M.
~ maculate Conception, Myrtle Ave.
and Campbell St. Father Cahill, Rec
tor. Residence North Oregon ST.
HOURS FOR WORSHIP.
Catechism at $50 a. m.
High mass sermon 10 q. m.
GERMAN LIZ THERAN CHURCH.
" Rev. HeubOeten, Pastor
HOURS FOR WORSHIP.
Services held every Sunday at $3.50 d.
m. in the First M. E. church on Myr-
tie Ave.
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCO-
pal church, South. Corner Texas
and Stanton SITS. Rev. j. T, French.
Pastor Residence,71 2 North Campbell
street.
HOURS FOR woRsH1R.
IL a. NJ, morning worship.
1870 p. M, evening worship.
$3.50 q. NJ, Sunday school
and p m, EpwOrth League
ing. "'e'N
FIRST METHODIST EP1scop.1
church, Myrtle Avenue. Rev
". aaii' sstor. Parsonage back of
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
Children's Chivalry.

The Childreu's Order of Chivalry,
organized in Englaud three years ago,
has now over IL 900 little ones enrolled
as members. The children are encOur-
aged to take some poorer sister or
child of wealthy parents becomes q
sort of Santa Claus to some destitute
child and prepares gifts for him, espe-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

cially at Christmas time-a practical
and pretty idea. At q recent meeting
of the order, Lord Winchelsea, in
speaking. on the need of class thus
meeting class on the common ground
of good will and humanity, remai ked
that the only advantage he saw in
owner of the necessity of working for
himself, andsenabled him to work for
others. elf