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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
By Count Ferdinand Zeppelin.

SAILED from Liv-
e rpo oil April 30,
1863, on the Gu
nard Line steam
ship Asia. .M...
The city Of Wash
ington made no
special impression
on me; in those
days it had little
that was worth
Seeing. Its streets
were dusty and I'M
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paved: the sidewalks were of pIanks.
Most of the houses were low and built
out of wood Among the few stone build
ings was the well known White House,
where the President lived, which stood in
4 garden close to the street. 1t bore no
resemhlance to a palace however. The
apitol- to be sure, impressed me as a
reat and beautiful piece of architecture.
ut II suffered much from the fact that
II stood in a neighborhood which still re-
sembled a desert rather than a built up
city,
On the streets many uniformed soldiers
moved to and fro. They wore very short
trousers, light shoes and felt or straw
hats. On the other hand, very few wor1-
were visible.
had lodgings at Wizards Hotel at
The end of a long avenue, on which the
White House also stood. AS I had an
nounced my coming beforehand l re-
ceived large corner room on the first
floor, from the window of which 1 could
gaze upon the gay life of the streets.
Most of the higher army officers made
their headquarters at the hotel, and or
derlies were going in and out of it at all
hours of the day.
Immediately after my arrival | looked
up the envoy of the Hanseatie Towns,
Herr Won Schleiden. to whom l had letters
OF introduction. Throughout my stay he
proved himself a well informed and in
fuential friend. He had lived in Wash
ington for number of years. and was
thoroughly acquainted with people and
conditions there.
First of all, he took me to the Prus-
sian ambassador, Baron Gerold, on the
occasion of an evening reception at the
latter's home.
Through the good offices of the Prus-
sian ambassador L was able soon TO OBJ
tain AN audience with President Lincoln
/ solemnly donned my frock coat and
high hat. but found no special ponlp at
taching to the ceremony.
Al the White House | was taken into
the room where the President worked.
From behind the writing table a very
tall, lean form arose, with d large head.
long. unkenpt hair and beard and
strikingiy projecting cheekbones, but
talk with the President his private secre-
tary Reed. sat on the writing table,
swinging his feet rhythmcally to and
fro-they stuck far out of his trouser legs
and were incased in a pair of shoes re-
sembling moccasins
=
President Lincoln expressed himself as
much pleased at my coming and my
plans, and wished me success in the
studies which I proposed to make.
Before the audience mad been granted
the President had instituted inquiries
concerning me. Through the kindness
of Herr Won Sch! II l am the possessor
of a valuable -sograph communion
ton from Lincoln to the Secretary of
State and to Secretary of War Stanton,
asking whether the inquiries set on foot
with regard to me justified my receiving
4 pass to the army. Later l received this
pass. which extended to me complete
freedom OF movement within the Lines of
the Union armies. During the whole
course of the war only three men besides
myself obtained such pass-the Duke Of
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the Confederate troops were marching
toward the north.
We came up with the enemy very soon,
and the cavalry of both opponents de-
ployed under the protection of the IRE
from their batteries of artillery.
And now the fighting broke loose!
Regiments from each side advancing AT
the trot. amid deafenins yells, suddenly
broke into a gallon when within oai,s
short distance of each other by digging
their horses with the spurs which they
wore on the left boot. and charged. ut
orally, into each others midst. Ihey
laid about them with their saoers LOT a
while and then ia ling back in squads
and finding themselves not pursued, they
reformed and charged again. Inc many
saber wounds received by the men espe.
cially across their heads, were PROOF OF
the bravery with which they fought anu
the close quarters to which they came.
l took part in the attacks on the eA-
IRENE right. In one of them l rode TOO
far into the enemy's lines and was pur-
sued by whole squad of hostile morse
men, before whom l naturally turned
tail Fortunately my horse was quicker
than any of theirs, SO that not even tte
revolver bullets. which they sent wiizz-
ing after me, caught up with me. ot
this / was duly thankful since, IN spile
of my desire to sojourn VIII with the
southerners and make my observations
among them also, l thought II prooapic
that my pursuers. if they captured me.
would shoot me on the spot or strlis me
up to a tree. in spite of the fact that l
had not drawn my saber against thefh'
and carried secretly in my pocket Il COR
dial letter of Introduction to zen; Lee
from his charming niece, whom had
met in Philadelphia.
The lively attacking game was played
over again and again, until the Conted-
crates made general retreat TO an ~
trenched position across a smali river
Artillery and infantry occupied this IN
large numbers and opened fire on US from
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land overlooking that valley are st Bar
nabas' Church and the ruin of Barnaby
House, hence the confusion of names.
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Gen. Pleasonton, with his staff. rooe
out to a depression parallel TO the posi-
ton in question In order to reconhoitcr
and pick out good place for fording me
river. He had sent away some OF his OIL
ficers with various messages and now.
when he wished to send another down the
river in order to find a ford, those re-
naming by his side were keeping them
selves somewhat in the background NO
ticing his predicament. | took 1t upon my
self to carry out his wish. This was an
other instance of my unfortunate lack OIL
control over my lust for adventure ana
the military ardor which had been a"ah-
ened in me by my experiences Whiie WIN
the Federal Army VI course, nay ;,, ~
right as a mere spectator TO serve either
side But Gen. Pleasonton was SO Pleased
with my active help that ne urged me
directly and Indirectly through various
persons to enter the service Oh the oilioh
and become his ad1utant
After the fording of the river the re-
treating army was hotly pursued we
advanced northward past Middleburs TO
Ashbys gap. But, after nine hours OF
fighting we were unable to force our way
When the troops had encamped I rode
back alone over the battleneld toward
Aide AS / had not had bite to eat
since leaving Fairfax Court House. was
so utterly exhausted that when man
left for dead by the hospital people called
out to me from where he lay IN the roau
| kept on in a duh stupor for short
distance before / realized that the man
had spoken Then collected myself SUI
ticiently to ride back and promise the
poor fellow to send him help.
I got TO Aide at dusk and found the
cavalry escort still there. Together We
returned to Fairfax Court House next
day. Foraging parties had stripped
Aldie SO bare that all | was able TO get :
there before my departure was one glass
of milk.
something to eat-pancakes, cooked by
negro. l do not remember ever haVlns
aaten ANYTHING SO voraciously as l ate
those pancakes AS fast as each one
came hot from the pan / gulped it down,
scarcely stopping to chew 1t, and filled
the waits between by busily devourins
bread. :
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House. where the 18th Division. COM
liberator of Gottfried Kinkel, was sta
toned.
There was something theatrical about
SchurZs whole appearance. He liked to
drape himself in his cloak and was quite
obviously engaged in trying to give him
self a very soldierly look. This effort
may have sprung from an uneasy feeling
inside, since his military ability and
knowledge hardly measured up to his
martial exterior.
The German officers under Schurz
seemed to have no very high opinion of
their commanders military genius. The
following little occurrence gave me
good idea of the cheerful attitude OF mind
prevalent in the division:
Schurz received me very well and in
vited me to dine with him and the Of
ficers of his staff When the talk turned
to the military operations being under
taken at the time he began to give his
opinion of how the northern army ought
to act during the next few days. Some
distance away from Gen. Schurz an officer
named Dilger was seated, who had for
merly been in the army of the Grand
Duchy of Baden-there, unless l am mis-
taken, he had never been anything higher
than standard bearer, but under SchurZ
he was the commander of a battery AS
such he had often distinguished himself,
and on account of his steadfastness in
remaining under fire mounted on white
horse, he had received the nickname of
white Horse Harry" Owing to this he
had big reputation as hero and did
not hesitate to avail himself of it, even
to the extent of critfcising his super1ors.
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Therefore, when Gen. Schurz had fin
ished his eloquent outburst, Dilger dryly
called out from his seat far down the
table:
But, general, surely you will do moth
ing so stupid
Everybody laughed at this sally and
Schurz was good-tempered enough to
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We did not leave until toward evening.
Darkness soon overlook US. AS we
threaded our way through the dense
forest along a scarcely perceptible trail,
We could not even see our hands before
our eyes. We were obliged to leave our
horses to pick way through the black
ness. and it was not long before We
realized that they were perfectly well
able to do 1t.
After riding a short distance We came
to a very difficult place. Twigs slapped
US In the face, we went stumbling along
over trunks torn up by the roots, and it
was only with the greatest difficulty that
our horses could keep going.
When we returned the same way two
days later We found out what had been
the matter. In the darkness we had
come upon a barricade thrown squarely
across the road by the enemy. So elab-
crate was it that had we run against it
in the daytime we should never have
deemed it possible to scramble through 1t
on horseback In fact, when We came
upon it on our return we rode around it.
At about 8 o'clock in the morning we
reached Aldie, which was strongly occu-
pied by the forces of Gen. Pleasonton.
The officer who was bringing over the
order to that general could not find an
adjutant for several hours. At last he
found one lying asleep, booted ana
spurred, on a bed with another officer.
Both then went to the general. and I
threw myself down on the bed where the
adjutant had lain and slept until about
o. clock, when Pleasonton's troops. which
had been aroused Immediately after the
receipt of the order, started off.
l found Gen. Pleasanton delfshtruliy
refreshing character and leader OF ad-
mirable training He also had gone
through West Point but his outward ap-
pearance was by no means military. be-
cause at the outbreak of the war. two
years before, he had sworn not to have
his hair cut until the 'rebs' mad peen
ing in long locks down over his collar
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He informed me that, he was in touch
with the enemy's cavalry unoer the coHi-
mand of Gen Stuart, formerly in the
service of Austria, who had become Ia
nous for his long and periious raios.
Stuart. 1 learned, was occupying Ashoy
gap, and Pleasanton added that ne meant
to attack the southern leader IN oroer 10
obtain, if possible, a glimpse into the
Shenandoah valley. which lay In Stuarts
rear, and in which, Pleasonton surmised.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30

la polieia ha recrudeeido su campa
60 eonirs Ia g.nte lue iuega 4 10 pro
hblAo. e.ta e.. ana neiida QUE mercc'
Il APPLAUSE general ~ neeeslta acabal
eon ,anto vie.o como infesta Ponce
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30
COLEGIO DE SAN ILDEFUNSO
PARA SENORITAS
HERMANAS DE LA CARLOAD
. lgido per lis

En este plantel Sc cursan as aSigila
taras proplas de la prmclo cn~eilanla
dal Ieceiones de lngles, Frances y
Mlsica GLASSES DE ADORNO. a.
b0jo, pntura, taquigrafia, maqulnim y
onfeccion de hores-CLASES DE. La
BOREs:- Costura tapicerla, encajp
hordados en- orc, litografia, sedas, etc
etc.
Adenas de las asignaturas mencio
nadas Sc instruye a las alumnas, con
gran esmero, en- el gobierno interior De
ma casa y Sc les ensena toda clase Il,
'ficios domesticos.
sos cnrsos empiezan 81 To- dc Sep
omhr~ Sc admitcn alumnas lnternas
ext fras
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30
La moda y los artistas

Los artistas que dedican su vida es-
tudiar la manera de reaIizar los encan-
toS del bello seXo, supongamos que ami
mados del meior deseo, aunque algunas
veceS parezca 10 contrario. yienen ms
pirandose desdc hace alg(n tempo en-
las obras de los grandes uaestros. En-
pezando por Ncrones y siguiendo por
Cranach hasta Iegar 4 Meissonier. no
hay uno solo de estos artiStas que no les
sugiera alguna idea applicable i nuestra
toilette FL colordo Ia Inca. los
uniformes, todos Is digno de quedar inn
preso en- eI archivo de la imagination.
FL retrato del capitan Hey of spirit.
pintado por Roethen, ofrece a los dibu-
iantes de fgurines un precioso efecto,
con aquelIa faia que cubre parte del
chaleco Van Dyck presenta otra esti-
10: las casacas de raso y tercopclo dc
suS grandeS senores cuando no llevan la
centelleante coraza, Y en- Il portrait
dun incounu :, que eSta en- 81 Mllseo del
Louvre, Sc We la chorrera blanca. apare-
ciendo por la coraza cntreabicrta. que
tanto eXito alcanz6 hace mn par de amos.
Del retrato de Rubens que hay en-
Munich han tornado las casacas rayadas
con cuelIo de encaje que Sc Ilevara este
yeran0 s0bre falda de hilo blanco
FL chaleco medic desabrochado es co.
pia del retato de lord Archibald Hami-
ton. hecho por GainSborough. y segura-
mente constituira una nota De color su.
mamente elegante
Los que recuerden los trajes de mu-
selma blanca, inmortalizados por Rom
ney y Reynolds en- los retratos pinta-
dos por ambos maestros. reconoceran
que los modelos que hoy nos ofrecen CO.
mo originates algunos modistos de Pa
ris SON sencillamente una copia de aque-
Hos retratos famosisimos.
Esto, leios de mercer censua. es
acreedor al mayor elogio. puesto que re-
vefa I'm genlo artista que sabe buscar las
bellezas del pasado y modifcarlas para
que Sc adapten d las necesidades de la
vida moderna sin la vanidad de Greer
que las originalidades extravagantes
puedan superar nunca al yerdadero ar
te.
En- los tempos pasados habia, como
hoy personas de malo buen gusto; es-
to es indudable pero por regla general.
Sc respetaba la armonia del coniunto.
huyendo de los contrastes violentos que
caracterizaran la moda de nuestro 6po-
"a. y euando sea juzgada por las genera
clones del porvenir no merecera el me-
nor elogio, nj podran decir que las mu.
jeres principales de principles del ST.
glo Xxx, al vestirse, pensaban en- enbe.
llecerse.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30
A A|OsSuscTiptoTes vApentes

Para la buena marcha de esta admi-
hstracion no admitimos Atlas dc
uscripciones 4 este diario sino desde
4 primero de cada mes. Las BAJAS
avisaran los dias 30 81, advir
lendose que las que dieron con pos.
eriorldad no Sc tomaran en- caenta nj
nrtiran efecto en- la contabiidad hasta
Il dla dltimo del mes siguientc al Ell
rante
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30

81 Dr. Molina de st. Remy, Ocu,ta
Especialista para las enfermedIes
del dido, nariz y garganta, avisa au
'lientela Y al publico, el traslado de,l
PoLIcLINIcA y residencia, d la Gle
1e San Francisco No. 70 (salvar
brau), lado Norte de la Plaza Colo
Consultas de 10 IL de Q as
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30

fn peuDiir. .ocal a3oga porqc s.
f.euea .ofo por quiru ,ponda "a la
fr.eurne.a con llie aqm So yenen dan
aa r,candalo> ralirlcro~ lle acnsmn un
lameniabIt airaso cn .a euliura disci
r.na ~,-ial,, o. ue ianto debe euidar
.e un pueblo dr bacna, costumbres
NerdaiefaHeuie que las recommended
n, hrrhas rn r-f. seniido SON dc una
oforfnniiad sraude y es dc espera
qae la d-creia adtertenria del pcri6di-
ai.o alu.lido sirka dr akiso y de leve
corrective 4menr. .e eupenan en que
'onc, mantenga iunio il algunas cosas
dlsuas de elpgio. muchas que son mere
ealuras de censufas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30
La profecia de Lola

I4d oplnloH Ue once, puOllcd utl
pintoresco trabajo periodistico que vi6
la luz On el Boston Herald autorizado
con la frma dc Walter Walker.
Como veran nucstroS lectores, Cuba
que segun el verso de Lola Tio. recbe
flores y balaS sobre el mismo coraz0n
4. Puerto Rico. ha recibido tambien. co
mo noSotros en m1ltiples ocasiones,
unaS cuantaS coceS de I'm tnrista anne
ricano Lola no habl5 dc coces. sno
he flores y balaS pero es que la popular
poetiSa no pudo prever que nos visitara
con tai asiduidad. cierta gente
Nea el lector
La impression mas fuerte que senti
durnnte mi eStancia en Cuba, fu6 ell OBJ
Scrvar el profundo odio que demueStran
los cubanoS contra America y los ameri-
amos \ cada momento me tenia
ic Ia agitaci6n que notaba on las ca
Hes cn eontra nucStra terminara con
n hvantamcnto General en- armas para
matar amcricanoS
"Durantc mai e>tanria ali. hubo cons
ante guerra civil FL inico medic por
j cual cI Pre>id,nte pudo mantener
,ci, amos lc paz. fut hacienda numero-
SOS aS.sinatoS clanlestinoS Este hom-
brc cmplcaba toda case de cstratagemaS
para dc~hacerse de- su, ,enemigos . po-
nerIo> baio Su poder
Los successes que s. desarrolIaban IN
Il palacio Presidon-ial cran lignos de
a, rortcs de los Boreias Agunas veces
j Presidcntc mvitaba los iefes d. los
srapos quc no cssaban do a.uer1o con
a. una comida para tratar amigabIe-
mcnte dc las cuestiones que tenian pen
ientes
Cuando la romida terminaba. con mu-
ina calma. cl pre-, dcntc decia a sus in
yitado> que iban morir porque la co
mida eStaba envencnada
Otras veccs y yalitndose dc enga-
nos. hacia 4 Sus victimas cavar su pro
,ia scputura MentraS las personas
uayorcs trataban de rontener Sls senti-
nicnlos contra los americanoS. los nj
los y muchaehos no vacilaban en- de
uostrarnoS su olio.
Mi sonora y aigunoS amigos mien-
traS cStaban de compras por las tiendas
mvieron en- mas de una OCCASION a punto
le ser fusilados 8 matadoS Il tiros sin
embargo. no escapaban de ser apedrea-
dos { nsutados con los mas viles cali
fcativos cuando andaban por las ca
Hes
"Vivir en- Cuba. es muy POGO salts
factoro. bajo cierto punto de vista. No
hay hielo. y 81 Sc encuentra. es muy al
to precio la mantequilla es importada
he Dnamarca y muy mala: los cocine-
ros nativos son imposibles Los mejores
son los chinos. que cocinan regular y
pueden hacer las compras en- el merca-
do
Algunas cubanas son muy bonitas
y los cubanos Ell general son una mezcla
curiosa dc tres razas la Espanola, IN
dia Africana Algunas mujeres son
muy blancas. otras morenas Y otras ne
gras.
La mayor ambici6n de los cubanos
es tener m baul que puedan cerrar con
Have. Cuando logran tener este teso-
ro. Sc ponen tan gozosoS que 10 Sacan
4 la calle para ensenarselo los vecinos
y amigos. "
Los soldados cubanos son pagados
todos los dias. pero los demas emplea.
dos 4 veces tardan hasta seis meses pa.
IA cobrar su sueldo. -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30
Ponce al dia

En 81 iardn dr la clegantc morada
ID. lo, e~po-o, Nan Lcrnhoff. elemcntoS
aut li>iiuguiao, la hucna socicdad
ronr,aa ~ ha -elrhralo en noehes pa
IS ls. una asradahl, fiesta para feSieJar
el n.sn->o b. su encauia iora hija Rene
uus a.ala 81, lleesr dc Norlcamfrica
3 ua represent. '6u de lo, hucnoS cie-
nrufos a., Ponce dio eta cn Il pottl-
ea.paie. la. hpra> lnr aili 81 paSa-
nsn hl.rou Irli-Iosas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30

Ia sehora madre politisa de y. Tomas
Garla. .0eio De- IL casa Sncres dc Juan
Cahrer esia enferma de mucho cuida-
a. de.sle haee mos dias IIacemos vo-
"a por Is .alud a. Ia distinguida enfer-
ma
El lOresponsal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30
"A ABEJA DoMESTTCA.
Su cria Y productos.

Obra de gran utilidad para Ia l
ie la AbeJa la industria de mitj
cera.
A $l.35 con franqueo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-06-30

En vi T,afro Drlria> 81 e,trrnard Fl
l1ur, un aparat" rinemaioeratico Pa
fbe me.l,lo lel5 Is ic c>perar que
r pdhh-o acilda d trr ,>ia ultima move.
Haa .ln nrHafogf Ira.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-05-01
No Dry City Went Wet


In the city and village elections hed on the zlst
the drys got decidedly the better OF the argument
They captured between twenty and thirty wet cities
and did not lose the enemy In addition to drv-
ing out a hundred Saloons dry boards were
elected in many cities where the people had already
ruled against the saloon, thus guaranteeing talr
chance for the dry policy.
Bond county put into the dry column OF coun-
ties by the vote in Pocahontas, which village the
only wet spot in the county. There are now htty-one
dry counties in the The drys in Danville made
splendid fight and lost the day by the small majority
of ISI in total vote of 1920.
Complete returns have not been received from all
the places which voted the the saloon ques
ton and it is impossible to give an accurate list
An earnest effort is being made to secure COM
plete returns from every township and village where
the license question issue in the elections OF
April and If full report of the election in your
town has appeared in the Issue, suggest to the
chairman of the campaign committee who conducted
the fight against the saloon to send the report IN at
once to the Anti-Saloon League headquarters.
new map showing the wet and dry territory OF
the state is under preparation and it is imperative that
we have report from every township and city
if the map is to be In reporting give separ
ately the vote of men and
Wet Cities Voting Dry
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-05-01
Liquor Man Admits Business to be
Insecure

correspondent submits the following want AID"
which appears in the April Issue of System with the
comment that it is very significant indeed that man
smart enough to be drawing such salary should ex-
press himself the effect that the liquor business
will not do to tie to any longer.
Mail Order Manager who has built up mail order liquor
business approximately 100000 year. wishes to con-
meet with responsible firm in secure line of
business advertising general manager; salary $780,
Address,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-05-01

Representative Barthodt, of Missouri made speech be-
fore society of kind in Washington and spoke out
heartily against suffrage He said ct full of peril
to the naton OF the has the
result of the Illinois election the saoonsGreen-
up Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-13
Quick Way to Make
Ugly Hairs Vanish
Che Modern Beauty

Here is a quick and very effective treat
ment for banishing objectionable hairs
or fuzz; Mix stiff paste with a little
powdered delatone and water. and apply
to the hairy surface for about or 3
minutes, then rub off and with it will
come every trace of hair. Washing the
skin to remove the remaining paste
leaves it firm and free from blemish
Rarely is more than one application re
when the delatone is purchased in an
original package. (Adv.)