The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 3, 1900 Page: 8 of 8
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OLD ASSOCIATES.
I *nrd to r«*rall «it* night ffr I'd r^H
Of ftiAtiV i()|9|NIRlOM IImp ofii'k I lined —
Hid SintUtttl Ilu Hm.nf, Aiaddin, *ho* lamp
ttrou*;lii f^rtuiu. an.i HlurU Ar«l. tht wmbl«
u trii|i
W* ruirr ilnriml me or ofl. hHl nic lurtti.
liut if il u> divaum wli a Unnful t hum.
There's a 10m f>r Ahitii f#« i «-uunl#
Miner ! U« ir * fartv.il! u mj Uir> book fi t* it<i
TWy wrrr tall* n<l llionghlli-w liul brttpr, |wr
h«|«.
Tbmi Kimr of f lunr !m t!hiir and |-lati«il l* *
Wh«< offer inc it>Mk* or a tip on the rtce
Or tell what they'll «!«' I* elei te«l t« | l*er.
'Tit Imkwd a *a<! il*} when a yc>utitf*<<'r hrf-akt
l(HHC
friMM Ja< k and the lt« aiiKtalk ami kind Mother
Thv < n< lianimmt it o'er and (he curtain deu'enda
When you lid a farewell to jri-ur fair* Iniok
friiuda.
- Ua«)>mtfton Htir
A C liarui That Snvr«l A Sohllrr'a Life
lu tt*« Zulu \Vi r.
BY JOHN STOCKHOLM.
'Now, then, Casemate, lot'# hear
from you," snlil the major.
The gunnery lieutenant flunnery
Ja«*U lit1 was lied n flout roused IiIuj-
Hclf with a st 1. "I l '« your par-
don, chaps," In- -;i i enn think of
nothing l>ut that broki u "il spring
of my 4.7. It's hard lines to i>e hung
up like thin Just when you're wantr 1."
"Never mind, old man." said the nd-
jutant. "You've made a hit If she nev-
er tires another shot Your meu's
shooting has been an eye opener."
"My old (runner's mate said when 1
complimented him on a good shot,
•Well, sir, with a fixed target and us at
anchor, too, when once we get the
range something's got to shift.' If
we'd had a few l>lg guns lu the Zulu
turnout, we should have tlnlahed that
Job a bit quicker."
"Were you In that swim, too?" said
the major.
"Yea," said the lieutenant; "1 was a
yoittiir sub then—one of old Dicky
Bradshaw's boys from the Sliah.
South Africa runs in our family. My
old dad was out here, too, In the KatHr
affair.
"I got that from him," he added, pro-
ducing from his tobacco pouch a rather
dirty looking object like a small eye-
bolt i.r a clock key with a hole in it.
It was extremely heavy and hard and
as far as could be dlscove:od through
Its outer coating of tobacco ash and
dust was of some metallic atone."
"What Is It," said the war corre-
spondent, "a baccy stopper?"
"That's what I use It for," said the
lieutenant, "but by rights It's a chart*]
for saving life."
"I know a man myself." said the
major, "who carries a potato In his
pocket to keep off the rheumatism."
"This might save you from hang-
ing," said the adjutant, "but it j
wouldn't help you much If you were |
drowning. It's extraordinarily heavy
for its size."
"It saved my life once," said the lieu
tenant quietly.
We'd done four years on the Pacific
tin.I w re homeward ImiuiuI, with
I'lruMirc at the helm, wtieu we were
brought up at St. Ili-lcuii by the news
uf (Mtudhlnana. old Dicky Itradshaw
brought us back here ou Ids own. aud
three weeks luiei we were landed aud
winking our way up to Kshowe.
"There's been some talk lately about
first class lighting men.' We've tackled
l several sorts of them iu our time, but
for sheer pluck the Zulu was seeou.l
u> none. In my opinion. Some of them
would actually throw themselves ou
our bayonets so flint others eould get
through. If that Isn't the real thing,
I should like to kuow what is. Itm
they don't smell nice In a seutile.
"We used to try a few unvy dodges
mi theui when we were In laager. We
pretended to abandon a g u once and
when tliev gathered round, looking
down the muzzle, let her go with a
! long lanyard. The tricks didn't al-
ways come oiT, though, our Guuncry
■la.'k planned a grand coup once- he's
a captain now, lucky beggar."
"How was It you never got shoved
up over It, old man?" said the major.
"Do you get shoved up In the army
for doing your bit without shouting?"
-said Casemate. "My guv'nor wou't let
uie go up. If lie knows a Johnny who
could give me a shove, he'll ask him as
a fn\<ir ni'i to do it, because it might
smell unfair. Hut I'm satisfied. A
man that likes his mates is better off
In a wardroom 111:11■ perked tip in a
captain's cabin, alone with his nohlli-
f 1 don't want ihe money, I like
ui.\ .lub, and when I'm tired of it I'll
go ashore aud catch butterflies.
"However, to get back to Gunnery
Jack's coup. We used to be worried
a good deal by night attacks. The
beggar* used to try to rush us on dark
nights, ami even single fellows sneak-
ed their way Into the camp sometimes.
"Jack laid out some mines at one
place we pitched at to welcome them
with. One middle watch the word was
passed that they were coming, and we
all turned out to receive them.
"There was some loos.? scrub a little
distance off which had led Jack to ex
pect attack from that side and to lay
the mines there accordingly. We could
see dark forms moving about in the
scrub and edging toward us, though
rather slowly, and after a rather tire-
some wait Jack at length shouted,
'Heave her!' and touched the key.
"The whole earth seemed to rise up
In front of us, and then a shower of
earth and stones fell all around. A
thing that rather surprised Jack was
the hind leg of a mule which came
flying through the air and bowled him
over like a rabbit. He said it was the
lirst time he had ever been, kicked by
a leg with no mule on it.
"Isi the morning we found tho re
mains of no less than six of the camp
mules scattered about. They hail got
out somehow through a soft place in
! the laager and nibbled their wav rout'd
Jack didn't do any inure
"A yarn, a yarn!" said the major. .
"Order, please, for the yarn of the ■ ^l,<[ '' t'ofrespoudeut.
mystic charm that keeps you from
harm aud alarm. Pegs round lirst.
to the scrub.
mining."
-tfi'hnt reminds me," said the major,
"of the mining battalion at t'hathum.
I They Mew up a bridge they'd crossed
| a trench by and couldn't get back
I again."
I "Hut what about Moses' charm?"
Where does
that come lu?'
That wau another afl'-ilr," said Case-
Now. then. Gunnery John, unfold your ma,t' gravely. 1 <1 almost for
curly tale."
"I must begin with the dad," said
Casemate. "He was out In the Katilr
affair, as I said, in 1852. He was iu
command of the old Forty-fourth."
"Hegad! I thought you'd got an
army back on you," said the major.
"Why did you leave us, Jeretulah?"
"You've heard c-f an old chief nam-
ed Moshesh?" resumed Casemate.
gotten. We used to get single niggers
I lu at night, as i said, lu spite <«i the
sharpest lookout. You can't see a
1 black mau far in the dark, you know.
One night I woke nnJ saw a hi;;, fellow
j trying to uuliood my gun from the tent
i pole. He was a gigantic chap, and,
j standing between me and the tent
j door, lie loomed like n house. I felt
i cautiously for my revolver, but he el-
! thcr si.-- me or heard me, for his arm
"Yes, but he was farther north,.
wasn't he?" said the major. "You w",u " • J,,8t l,,r1 il j,1,01im'"| l"M
mean Moses?" assagai stood across the light like a
"This was a descendant of his. 1 i bor' i,",1 t,,en 11 cai"°
lie was boss of the show
at me."
expect. wv .. ..„ .
among the niggers here In the early [
days. He was the original early bird
about these parts. Well, a descendant
of this old Johnny was captured by
the Forty-fourth, .and. owing to some
bit of dirty work he'd been mixed up
with, our men wanted to chop him up.
"Hut the guv'nor said, 'No, discipline have a Mark II
ind a chief's a chief, al 1 ra" K'M';
"Hut the good old charm checked it
in midair," said the major.
"Not quite iu midair," said the lieu- |
tenant. "I felt a bang that I thought
had staved my chest In. and then he
was on me. We scufUcd a bit, but 1
got hold of the revolver and let him
Just as our fellows
ar had hit tin.' bnoe.v
« l"'1
r "mi
pouch In my breast pocket—of <fnirsc
I was lying down all rigged—ami it
la discipline and
though, like the poor Indian of un-
tutored mind, he clothes him before
and goes bare behind.' He gave him wns brought P against the stopper,
a tent to himself and a Hlble to read '' s I rc tt> hard, but he unfile n bit of
and used to explain It to him In the • mark on It. you aee. 1 he mater s got
evenings after fighting hours. j !lt home n«\> with the point
"Curious chap the guv'nor was. I've ,urn,K' UP ''k'"11 bent pin.
heard him say that some of the chief's
'The drawback to your charm
questions used to keep him awake all ''"ll 0,1"'">n " s i|J 'he line of
night trying to think of the answers. "rL'' s"''' ln!,J',r- Still it was a
"However, they got so thick that. 1,11 « 1'1 mnn- «"«' 1 congratulate
when they parted, the chief, who was! y°u aml ourselves, too, that you're
going down to the Cape for trial, gave i l>ero to 8l''n y*rn.
him this bit of stuff. He said It was
the most precious thing lie could give
him. It had belonged to Moshesh and
hud been kept In the chief's family
since the time of llam, 1 think. It was
"And so say all of us!" sang the oth-
ers.—Navy aud Army Illustrated.
A Child's tCaanr on Sml>.
After giving the natural history of
a safe cure for ague and would Kimrd the animals, a little girl drew her
the wearer against any form of violent moral. "It Is very cruel." said she. "to
death. seals just because we want to wear
"The gur'nor said that as the result their skins ourselves, but it is rather
of the trial was so uncertain the chief fortunate for them, as It shows that
had better keep It himself. Hut the they were created f r some good pur-
old man said he would rather die than pose."
anything should happen to the guv'nor Taught to trace "good In every-
aud forced It on him." thing," the pucr.led child had done her
"Rummy chaps, these niggers." said to explain the slaughter of vast
the adjutant, "where they take. You colonies of harmless animals for the j
can fetch 'em with music too. A fid- ""ike °r the skins which had been ,
dler can lead 'em anywhere, they say." given them by a loving Creator and
"Yes. they'll follow him — with Hn<) come to the conclusion that It was !
tirlcks," said the lieutenant. "1 was in f°r the seals good that, Instead of, as
a ship once on the west coast that oar "he said In her essay, "walloping about
rleil a band, and the m ed. e boys asked on the ice," they should be skinned f..r
that all Ihe Instruments might lie stop- j the benefit of man.
ped except tlx drum. A tasb for niu- 0,1 'Toss examination It. proved that
sic Is natural to them, like curly hair. M'IC' l"*' "°t really believe lhal It did
"However, to get back to the charm, the senls any good and that all her
The poor old mater, who firmly be- sympathy was with them, but her edu-
Ilevos iii ttie thing, made me promise, cation had already taught her to try
to carry It. So I've kept It in the to persuade herself that "everything
pouch ami used It as a pipe stopper for the best" and to understand that
f. ,f If our reason cannot reconcile facts
ivmemb'r how the Shah got' with theories It la our reason that Is at
ii. , . ,e Zulu scramble, of com^e. fault.—Contemporary Itevlcw.
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Tli« (ireut iiinl (Jenuino Attraction for Bastrop and Bastrop County
iiring the year 11)00. is tlio People's Favorite.
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fipoedily B-.id iwiitiue-ii 'irlilni; lu.
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llctt, ►. ni| ll im. I ami ull Nkln
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THE CHEAT PILE CURE.
iipmlek'g KctPnm Curo uHrn Inatant rolk-f aud
wlttcuri' Hny i-iine uf |i K'
Tle« ( lire linn Inkithp tilnrr ,,f t|,„ imrjW,„,',
loint' miw belk'Vi'il t • t • tti* ,<ti!y n.ro f.ir |iik>
NO CUBE, WO PAY.
I'ri, ftj iviu per Ikix.
ii ivim >n.i>i« im: <•«.,
No. WJt Olivu Htreet. ST. f.Ol'ih, Mo.
For s;do by W. J. Miley and C. I^r-
hard & Son.
A«VERTI8ER'8 AGENTS.
Guse's Restaurant and Bakery
which is known far and wide lor its SQl AUK I)KAI,IX(JS with its patrons
all over Bastrop County, During the year 1000, we intend making the
(it SK KESTAl KANT AND BAKKItV a Greater Attraction than ever.
Call and price our (roods and the low prices will astonish vou.
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General Ajjeni—,1. H. Gillaspy.
Paige—J. T. Kollum.
McDaile—George Milton and \V.
S. Purler.
Elgin—Misa F. Sheashy.
Ceilur Creek—J. 1). Alexander.
Red Uock—Gus Jung, Joe Probs1
■ n:i P. W. Harris.
\N attcrson—C. C. Watterson and
1*. W. Harris.
Smithville—Geo. M. Gentry.
HASTKOP CHAPrKR, SO. 5,
k. a. m,,
Regular meeting on
the First Saturday
Night In each month
T. C. Cain,
M. K. 11. P.
T. VV. Cain.
seo'ty.
Dry Goods and Groeeries
We pride oar.-sokes up.m the eleg-int DBV GOODS and GliOCEIt-
IES carried l y our house, and when it conies to QUALITY and
PRICE, wo invite the closest inspection, believing fair, honest,
square dealings will win gulden opinions from the trading public.
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We are also Agents for the celebrated ....
ANHUESER BUSCH BEER
And receive regularly Pure and Solid lee ....
BY THE CAR LOAD.
Which we will be pleased to deliver to the residence and business part of the town.
—ICK HOOKS Ft'KNISHKI) ON APPLICATION—C.ive us a call.
Case's Bestauram and Mery.
BA8TKOH LOIH4K, NO. 113,
KNIGHTS UK 1'VTHIAS,
Hi'gular meeting
Frlday night of ea>'l.
week.
w. i> COI'K.
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K. of K. A S
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Regular meet-
ing. 4th Saturday j
night In each
mo jOi
C. R. 11 avm i;, |
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S. S. Say Kits,
Sect'y. |
BASTROP CAMP, NO. 7li,
A. T. mokkis, C. C.
J. R. Lkstkk, Clerk.
OLD
TRAVELERS
llwiji use the Luiunout Servic* «f th«
Qt K 'ciiaiuic rexcitf Ignite
through sleeper
Shreveport to Chattanooga
PULLMAN BUFFET 81 EE Ptr8
New Orleans to New York and Cincinnati
dining A NO observation oar
Chattanooga to (Cincinnati.
T. M. HUNT, OEO H.SMITH,
t*av ma a* AO*., OtN'i. f*|a. AOT,v
P«LL 8, TtX. NtW OHLIANI, I.A.
Snow Banks
Hobnob
. . WITH . .
Summer Flowers
and th day# nee ulwiv- in l'"lo-
rado. No «uch combination of e*t r-i-
live reaortn eatt jnt«.*ihlv b'* found :i^ in
cool and coinlortable Colorado
Maniton,
Colorado Springs,
Buffalo Purk, Kiowa Lodge,
Eouifttitic Platte (Jauou,
Shawnee Lodge,
South Park.
Observation Sleeper Sin Antonio to
(Colorado Spuing-, Pullman Palace
Sl"eper ' ialve«lon to llenvea.
Vtir DON' T IIAVK T<> AP<>r.l lil/K
FOR HIM\U ON "'I'll K OKNV'KU
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t.'ll A Itl.KH I„ III 1,1.. I P A.
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FORT WOKTII, . TKYAS.
p S.—Hav l-Vver can not thrive in the
inereaced ileep ami pure breathing of
the uiicontamlnated air from nno\v-
capped mountain j>eak- in Colorado.
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l «'-l Lui'iilioii in tln« City. IIt'inli|uartfj'H fur Truvolihl? Men
and I'nlitii'iaiis.
Offn'K: <'oiniiiert'iiil Clul , llill, St'cretarv.
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the gunsmith,
Is just in receipt of a lur^e and complete line of
san anxqnlq, rifle, shot and target guns, pistols.
AVe luive all sizes and makes of amunition. All kinds J
of fishing tackle. In fact, everything carried in the
sporting line. Call and inspect stock. "
J. THIELEMANN.
WACO. 8. A. A A. P. and SOU. PAC.,
and to
Austin,
VIA ELGIN AND H. A. T. C.
Through Tourist Sleepers
to
california,
Via SAN ANTONIO and SOU. PAC.
rv.4<rv «ss irfc-icjwn
Quickest and Best Lino to
mexico.
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patent lawyers,
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all trains have
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himI with illspiitcli,
\ Wood Shop ii* coniiooted with tny outablUh-
tji ment wlinrtt nil kind* of ('nrrlii){« nnd Wagon
Special Attention given to (i Work 1 ill nc under Strict Guarantee.
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