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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-21
FROM THEORi'!IIE|:Nl,IT'....
Corporal Bauers Writes Of Soldier
Life in the Islands-Plenty Of
Fighting-Tired Of Warning.

Corporal Bauers Writes Of Soldier
Life in the Islands-Plenty Of
Fighting-Tired Of Warning.
The following letter was recently re-
ceived by the parents of Corporal
Bauers, who enlisted in the volunteer
service from Martins Ferry, and who Is
now serving with his regiment in the
Philippines: sSt5
SAN LUIS p. /,
November 10, 1900.
DEAR FATHER AND MOTH ER:-I
received your package and letter of
September II, and was very glad TO
hear from home again. I was very
much pleased with the knives you sent
me. received them at the nearest
posto!Ice at San Fernando, ltwenty-two
miles from here. The boats do not run
very regular and It took me o week to
get there and back. Z, \,
had n three days pass, the most
time of ! could get. but oyer-ran
that / sent TO the first sergeant
that / could not get, back and he sent
word back to me to stay as long as I
wanted, to. / did not do a thing but
NlDlt gil liC aGuIlpllleSa WIFI
waiting for the boat. z. v
The Fillpinos are kind of sore over
the way the election terminated. Bryan
promised them II he was elected he
would turn the Islands over to them to
run as they liked. There was not very
much talk of. the election here In the
company. rs the boys are nearly oil
Republicans, and what Democrats there.
are, kept their mouths shut. For my
part, L hope the good times will keep
up. Our time is fast drawing to Q: close.
We expect to start home in about
three or four months. will be glad
when can say am free from the
army. We, are having quite a good deal
of lighting to do. We have been In five
fights In mud and water in the last two
weeks. There is report coming in.
every day Of the Ladrones in small
towns a few miles away, stealing and
killing the peaceful natives.
OF course we start after them, but
return empty handed, they taking to
the mountains. Nearly every day, they
attack boat going up the river. Not
long ago boat going up with two
barges loaded with supplies for the
Twenty-fourth Infantry, just from the
states, was supturned and the cargo
went floating down the river. We found
a good many OF these boxes. but they
were nearly all chopped open and what
the insurgents could not carry away
they tried to destroy. g
We have eighteen "niggers' in the
guard house and four white prisoners;
the whites for getting drunk on bineo
"a native wlne), Of which few drinks
VIII set a man crazy. l. have never
tasted It: the actions of the men that
do Is enough for me.
This is all ] have time to5write now,
as 1t Is 10 o'clock and taps will blow in
o few minutes. and I will go to bed.
From your loving son.
CORP. HARRY L. BAUERS.
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At tho Cnpitnl.

Special Dispatch to tho Intelligcnccr.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. 90
Among West Vlrglnlans In the city To-
day are Mr.. James hurley and Mr.
Knight, OF Moundsyillc. and Mr.. WILL
lam \. Ravcnscroft, OF Fairmont.
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MUSICAL INSTRUCTION.
Mrs. w. S. Hutchins

4. will Glvn Instruction on tho Plano to
limited number OF pupils 1T her
residence. No no Main street, COM
( n,enclns the first week IN September.
II Arrangements can he mndo by call
Ing or through tho mall, beginning
Monday September g. ~ ~ q, 81, n
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
BIOGRAPHY.

him. then, lincoln directed shafts of satire
and ridcuie. He was then paving court TO
Mary Todd. for the second time. and she
and her friend. Miss Julia Jayne, were In
his confidence. They offered TO aid him in
his plan TO make Shields ridiculous.
THE REBECCA LETTER.
1.-THE thing took shape in an article pub
Hshed in the Journal" writes Mr.. Hern-
don, 'purporting to have come from a poor
widow. who. with her pockets full of State
Bank paper. was still unable to obtain the
coveted receipt for her taxes 1t was writ
ten by Lincoln" and dated Lost Town
ships. August y, 1872"
within u week another epistie from
Aunt Rebscca appeared records Mr. Herh-
don. "in which. among other things. she
one was written by Miss Todd and Miss
jayne Poetry was also directed against
the State Auditor.
General Shields felt that his integrity had
been assailed. Through his friend. General
John ID. Whiteside. demanded of the editor
OF the Journal the name of the author. The
latter hunted up Lincoln. who directed him
to give his name and say nothing about the
ladies.
General Whiteside gave an account Of tho
affair 10 the Journal. which was published
at the time and which Mr.. Herndon gives.
together with the correspondence In relation
TO the proposed duel. General Wh!teside
writes:
Mr.. Shields addressed a note to Mr.. Lin
colin. informing him that he was given up
as the author Of some articles that appeared
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James Shields, Who Challenged Lincoln to
Fight a Duel. ~ * ~ ~ y ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Eastern States In ls5s was often asked
for an account Of the so-called duel: so
often. in fact. that on my return home l
tcld Mr.. Lincoln of 1t. If all the good
things / have ever done he said, regretfui-
ly. are remembered as long and well my
scrape with Shields, It IS plain shall not
soon be forgotten"
General Shields was bachelor. and, as
he was quite a ladies' man. he was prnmi-
nent IN a social way. lie was pronounced
Democrat, and outspoken In support of his
party's actions. Prominent socially and po-
ltically-he was Auditor of the State Treas
ury at this time-hs became a target for all
the bitterness and ridicule which the Wings
could heap upon him.
1T happened that the financial resources
OF the State owing 10 the collapse of the
exceedingly limited. and people were grow
Ing restless under what they deemed excess
sive taxation" writes Mr.. Herndon. The
State officers were all Democrats, and dur
ing the summer they issued an order decIin-
Ing 10 receive any more State bank notes
or bills in payment Of taxes This made
the taxpayers burdens heavier than ever,
as much of this paper remained outstand-
ing in the hands of the people. The order
met with opposition from every quarter
the Wings losing no opportunity TO make
IT odious possible
Lincoln Joined In the abuse of the men in
Office and as the columns of the Spring
field Journal were open TO his undtsputed
use. he planned 20 encourage the opposi-
ton by the use of his pen. The Auditor OF
the State was conspicuous figure AT
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Something About the Man Who Served as
United States Senator From Three States. ~

. United States In the war with Mexico ana
was in command OF a brigade Of Hnnols
| troops. He served under Generals Taylor.
Scott and John Z. Wool and was wound
ed at Cerro Gordo and Chaputepec. re-
ceiving the brevet Of Major General Tor
meritorfous services.
In Eis he was appointed territorial Gov
ernor OF Oregon by President Polk. He re-
signed this position upon his election 10
the United States Senate from Illinois In
ls49. After his term in the Senate, he took
up his abode in Minnesota, and. upon its
admission to statehood in 1857. was again
made United States Senator. At the begin
ming of the Civil War he was commits
stoned Bricadier General OF Volunteers and
had numerous engagements. He was de-
feated by Stonewail Jackson at Fort Re-
public. Va, June g. 1852
After the war, he settled in Carr0'iton,
Mo-. and the Missouri legislature made him
United States Senator for the third time.
1t Is an interesting bit Of Missouri his
tory, the story Of the senatorship in Is53
The same Legislature that elected Mr. Vest
20 the Senate elected General Shields TO
take the place of David Armstrong. who
bad been elected TO Ill the unexpred term
Of Lewis V. Begy. deceased. Mr.. Arm
strong voted to confirm one Of President
Hayes's appointments. that OF McSeal
prominent in the Palmyra massacre. This
outraged the feelings of MiSSourians, and
Armstrong was removed from Office and
General Shields elected 10 serve term Of
about six weeks.
General Shields died al Ottunwa. Ia, in
1879.
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about to be brought to the point Of fight
ing. are given by Mr.. Herndon:
IN case Whitesioe shall signify a wish
to adjust this affair withou, further Diff
Guilty, let him know that, II the present
papers be withdrawn. and a note from Mr..
Shields asking to know II am the author
of the articles OF which he COMPLAINS and
asking that shall mske him Kentlemanly
satisfaction II I an the author, and this
without menace or 6ictafion as to what
that satisfaction shall be. pledge is made
that the following answer shall be given:
Il did write the Lost Township letter
which appeared in the Journal of the I'd
inst. but had no participation in any form
In any other article alluding to you. l
wrote that wholly for political effect. l
bsd no intention OF injur!ng your personal
or private character or standing as man
or gentleman. and / did not then think.
and do not now think. that that article
could produce, or has produced, that effect
against you. and had anticipated such an
effect. i would have forborne to write II.
And i will add. that your conduct toward
me. as far as I knew. had always been
gentiemanly. and that I had no personal
piqhe against you. and no cause for any
IL this should be done. i leave 1t with
you TO manage what shall and what shall
not be published.
If nothing like this Is done. the pre-
lirninaries of the fight are to be:
i Weapons-Cayalry broadswords Of
the largest size. precisely equal in all re-
spects, and such as are used by the cavalry
company at Jacksonville
z. Position: plank ten feet long and from
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ONE Of the unique characters Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley was James Shields. who
fought in two wars IN America. was Ter
ritorfal Governor of Oregon. who served as
Senator from three States. and who cliai-
lenged Abraham Lincoln to fight duel
Shields was born in Dungannon County.
Tyrone, Ireland. December Z. islO. 10 was
about Is when he came TO the United
States. where he finished his education. He
began the practice of law at kaskaskia,
Illinois. in 1SS2
It was In the course OF his career as a
lawyer and public man in Illinois that tho
proposed Lincoln duel vas discussed In
Herndon's Life of Lincoln the affair Is
described at length
There were two things Mr.. Lincoln al
ways seemed willing 10 forget" writes Mr..
Herndon- zone was his supplementary
escape with Joseph Gillespie from the Leg
islature by jumping through the church
window, in 1859 and the other was the dif-
dculty with James Shields. or. as he ex-
pressed It IN a letter to Speed. the duel
with Shields Other Incidents IN his ca
reer he frequently called up in conversa-
ton with friends. but In after years he
seldom If ever referred TO the affair with
Shields. People IN Illinois did gradually
forget, or at least, cease mention of il, but
In more remote quarters. where Mr.. Lin
coin was less extensively known, the thing.
much 10 his regret, kept rising TO the SIR
face. During a visit which 1 made ID the
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nine to twelve inches broad. to be firmly
between us. which neither is to pass his
foot over upon forfeit of bis life Next, a
line drawn on the ground on either side Of
said plank and parallel with II, each at the
distance Of the whole length of the sword
and three feet additional from the plank;
and tho passing Of his own such line by
either party during the fight shall be deemed
q surrender Of the contest.
;. Time: On Thursday evening at 6 o'clock
II you can get II so: but In no case to be at
greater distance Of time than Friday
evening at 8 O'Clock
4. Place: Within three miles Of Alton, on
the opposite side Of the river. the particu-
lar spot to be agreed on by you"
Such was the choice Of weapons-cavalry
brodswords. This duel would have been a
one-sided affair. for Mr.. Lincoln with his
great height and long arms, could have re-
tained the required position and cut down
Mr. Shields. while the latter. short of fg-
ure. could not have touched his opponent
Mr.. Herndon calls It sefio-comic affair.
Mr.. Lincoln did not like TO talk Of IL. II
only remember" says Mr. Herndon, "of
hearing him say this " reference 10 the
duel: I did not intend TO hurt Shields un-
less did so clearly IN self defense. If it
had been necessary I could have split him
from the crown Of his head to the end of
his backbone
The principals and their seconds met on
Missouri soil. across the river from Alton,
but the affair was amicably adjusted.
IN THE SENATE.
MI Shields entered the service OF the
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! IN the Sangamon Journal Zone more over the
the signature having made its appearance at
this tfme), and requested him to retraet the
offensive illusions contained In said ar
ticIes IN relation to his private CHARACTER
MIR. Shields handed this note to me 10 de-
liver TO Mr.. Lincoln. and directed me at the
time not to enter into any verbal communi-
cation or be the bearer OF any verbal ex-
PLANTATION. as such was always liable 10 mis-
apprehension. This note was delivered ny
me to Mr.. Lincoln. stating, at the same
time. that I would call at his convenience
for an answer. Mr. Lincoln. In the even
ing OF the same day. handed me letter ad-
dressed to Mr. Shields In this he gave or
offered no explanation. but stated therein
that he could not submit 20 answer further,
on the ground that Mr.. Shtelds's note con-
tained an assumption Of facts. also a men
ace. Mr. Shields then addressed him another
note, in which he disavowed all intention
20 menace, and requested to know whether
he chr. Lincoln) was the author OF either
of the articles which appeared in the Jour-
nal. headed Lost Township. and signed
Rebecca': and. II so, he repeated his re-
guest for retract!on of the offensive mat
ter in relation to his private character: if
not. his denial would be held sufficient. This
letter was returned TO Mr.. Shields I'M
answered. with a verbal statement that
there could be no further negotiation be-
tween them until the first note vas with
drawn"
CHOICE OF BROADSWORDS.
Mr. Lncoin's instructions to his second.
MIR. Merryman, when the affair seemed
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KIP FAMOUS P0EMS SELECTIONS FROM THE BEST OF ACCEPTED LITERATURE >

Bearing such pack-horse weary loads. what
could q woman be?
What could she be7 o shamei I blush 10
think what she has been
The most unseilsh of all wives to the sell
fishest OF men.
Yes. plain and homeiy now she IS. she's ig-
norant. It's true;
resent the two.
Well. suppose that L might do es other
men have done
First break her heart with cold neglect,
then shove her out alone.
The world would say twas well, and more,
would give great praise to me
For having borne with such q Wife SO I'M
complainingly.
And shall II MOI The contract 'twixt
Hannah. God and me.
Was not for one or twenty years. but for
eternity.
No matter what the world may think; !
know down IN my heart.
That II either. I'm delinquent She has
brave!y Gone her part
There's another world beyond this. and on
the final day.
VIII intellect and learning 'gainst such de-
votion weigh?
When the great one made Of Us two IS torn
apart again.
I'll fare the worst, for God Is tus.. and He
knows Hannah Jane.
d. r. Locke.
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The beauty rare, that more than hid that
great defect. is gone.
by psrreuu relations now derids my home
~ wife.
And pity me that am tied to such ciod
for life.
can't forget-Just at this point another
form appears
The wife l welded as she was before my
prosperous years;
I travel DER the dreary road We Travelled
side by side.
And wonder what my share would be II
Justice should divide!
She had four hundred dollars left her from
the old estate;
On that We married. and, thus poorly ar
mored. faced our fate.
wresried with my books: her task was
harder far than mime
Twas TO make two hundred dollars do the
work Of nine.
was her altar. and her love the sacrifcial
fame;
Obi with what pure devotion she to that
And fearful flung thereon-alas. I did not
know 1t then
All that she was. and more than that. all
that she might have been;
AT last 1 won success. All! then our lives
were wider parted:
I was far up the rising road; she, poor grill
where we started.
I had tried my speed and mettle, and gained
strength in every race:
I was far up the heights OF life-she drudg-
ing at the base.
At twenty-eight the Statehouss on the
bench at thirty-three;
At forty every gate in life was opened wide
to me.
nursed my powers, and grew. ana made
my point in life; but She
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
THE FOOLS PRAYER.

THE royal feast was done: thu King
Sought some new sport TO Danish care
And to his jester cried: Sir Fool.
hneei. now. and make for us = prayer"
The Jester dotted his cap and bells.
And stood the hooking court before:
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head and bent his knes
Upon the monarch's sflken stool;
HIS pleading voice arose: 20 Lord,
Be merciful to me. fooli
No pity, Lord. could change the heart
From red with wrong to white a. wool !.
The rod must heal the sin; but, LORD
Be merctful to me. . foolI
ITS not by guilt the onward sweep
OF truth and right. o Lord, We stav.
IT'S by our foiiies that % long
We hold the earth from heaven avav.
these clumsy feet still in the miro.
Go crushing blossoms without end:
These hard. wel-meaning hands We thr ist
Among the hsart-strings Of a friend.
THE iil-timed truth We might have kent
VINO knows how sharp it pierced and
stung?
The word we had not sense to say.
Who knows how grandly 1t had runsf
"Our faults no tenderness should ask.
The Christening stripes must clean.
them all:
But for our blunders-oh! in shame
Before the eyes OF heaven We fall.
Earth has no balsam for mistakes:
Men crown the knave and scourxe Tia
tool
That did his will: but thou. Lord.
Be mercifu 70 me. fool!'
The room was hushed: In alencs rosa
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REQUESTS FOR POEMS.


READ your selections Of famous poems
with interest and have wished for some
time to write TO you concerning the author
snip and full form of two or three very
beautiful poems. Perhaps some Of your
readers can supply them. one begins:
On the bosom Of river.
Where the sun Embossed his CULVER;
On that sunlit stream forever.
Sailed q vessel light and Gree.
Another has these lines occurring in TT
And through my tears. across the years. on an
upland farm 1 see,
Guiding his line Of lowing kline the laddis that
once was
And still another:
Life is before you from the fa.ed road
You cannot turn, then take y.,Y tip the Trad,
Not yours TO turn or leave the unknown way.
You must go DER It meet you %nat you may.
If you could publish one or all of the
poems i mention you would greatly oblise
a daily reader.
MRS. LUCY PErTIGREw.
Charleston. Ark.
To the Editor of The Republic.
VIII you please publish the poem begin
ming:
An old man sat on a rock
And loudly bewaIled him OF Fatsf
By Fitz Hugh Ludlow. / think.
Costello. Kas. !. n. ARGO.
To the Editor Of Tho Republic.
Salvador Won" In your Sunday Republicf
do not remember the authors name.
A SUBSCRIBER
To the Editor Of Tho Republic.
L am a daily reader of your great paper
and am much interested in your poem page
VIII you kindly publish the poem. THE
Angels Whisper?
FLORENTINE ORTIZ.
Wichita Falls, Tex.
To the Editor of The Republic.
We have been reading your paper for
about i've years, and 1 notice that you
publish famous poems and patriotic songs.
l have often wished for the song entitled
Jackson's Victory" but have never been
able to obtain II. I would be very much
pleased Of you could fnd iD to see It pub
iished in The Republic. I'll write a verse
OF 1t. think it Is the first verse:
JACKSON'S VICTORY
Come all ye Western heroes who love your
country's cause,
Who will not bow to tyranny or British martial
laws
Ny song shall tell the victory Of eighteen hun
dred and fifteen.
That was won By Jackson's volunteers at the
battle OF New Orleans.
Penn. Mich. EDNA DE coU.
TO the Editor Of The Republic.
a friend In New York sent this poem,
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'twasn't likely as herd rest
With her bonny head forever on a 'ostler's
ragged vest.
1T was kind O. her to bear me all this long
and happy time.
| So for my sake please to bless her. though
you count her deed crime.
II go be don't pray proper, Lord. forgive
me: for you see,
l can talk all right to 'osses, but I'm
nervous Ike with thee
Never a line came to the cottage from the
woman who had flown.
Joe. tie baby. died that winter. and the
| man was left alone.
Ne'er bitter word he uttered. but in
silence kissed the rod.
Saving what he told the horses, saving
what he told his God.
For away in mighty London rose the wom-
an into fame.
For her beauty won mems homage and she
prospered in her shame;
Quick from lord to lord she fitted higher
still each prize she won.
And her rivals paIed beside her as the stars
beside the sun.
Next she mads the stage her market, and
she dragged Arts temple down
To the level Of Z show place for the out
casts of the town
And the kisses she had given to poor 'Ost-
Ter Joe for nought
With their gold and costly Jewels rich and
titled lovers bought.
Went the years with flying footsteps while
the star was at its height;
Then the darkness came on swiftly. and
the cleaning turned to night.
Shattered strength and faded beauty tore
the isurels from her brow:
OF the thousands who had worshiped never
one cana near her now.
Broken down In health and fortune. men
forgot her very name.
Til the news that she Was dying woke the
echoes Of her fame:
And the papers in their gossip mentioned
how an actress" lay
Sick TO death in humble lodgings. growing
weaker every day.
One there was who read the story In q far
on country place,
And that night the dying woman woke and
looked upon his face.
Once again the strong arms ciasped her that
had ciasped her long ago.
And the weary head lay piliowed on tho
breast OF 'Ostler Joe.
All the past he had forgiven. all the sorrow
and the shame:
He had found her sick and lonely. and his
wife he now could claim.
Since the grand folks who had known her
one and all had skunk away,
He could clasp his ions-lost darling. and
no man would say him nay.
In his arms death found her lying. in his
arms her spirit fed;
And his tears came down in torrents as he
knelt beside her. dead
Never once his love had ialtered through
her base. unhallowed life;
And the stone above her ashes bears the
honored name of wife.
e
That's the blossom I fan would pluck to-
day from the garden above her dust:
Not the langourous lily of soulless sin or
the blood-red rose of lust;
But q sweet white blossom of holy love that
grew in the one green spot
In the arid desert Of Phryne's life where ALI
was parched and hot.
George R. Sima