El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. TENTH YEAR, No. 281, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 26, 1890 Page: 5 of 8
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Conflict—Heeent Im«micm of Women In
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/Whenever woman achieves success
outside the domestic: circle for some un-
explained reason she obtains a notoriety
greater than that of a man who haa been
equally fortunate in butfgess, literature,
art or management. To many people
it seems an ever recurring wonder that
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called, are able to undertake enterprises
beyond those limitations which range in
degree from that of servant girl to that
•f society leader.
Within certain bounds woman is an
acknowledged queen, but when she over-
steps them and proves her power to cope
with in his own field of enterprise
and activity the feat is thought worthy
of particular and favorable comment
Yet about this there is nothing phenom-
enal, for in all ages and under all condi-
tions the female has been found able to
hold her own if environment or emer-
gency demanded. Even as far.back as
the days of Solomon she occupied a com-
manding position; for it is a matter of
record that Israel's greatest king was
glad to meet on equal terms the haughty
and beautiful queen of Sheba.
Indeed the world's history teems with
examples of woman's intelligence and
ability- There, for example, was Ze-
nobia, the gifted and unfortunate ruler
of Palmyra, who reigned over a great
and powerful nation; who had for her
chief counselor the wise Longinus, and
who swayed the destinies of Asa until
she came in collision with the stern
majesty of Rome. Her power and king-
dom melted away before the resistless
charge of Aurelian's legions; but she
met misfortune with dignity and spent
in honored retirement the last days of a
glorious life.
Catherine of Russia is another name
which illumines the chronicles of time.
She was cruel, immoral and capricious,
bat she showed capacity unequaled by
any of her line save Peter the Great.
Elizabeth of England also swayed with
firmness and wisdom the vast affairs
of an imperiled realm, and dying
left behind her the fragrant mem-1
ory of stupendous undertakings mag-
nificently accomplished, The story
<of her reign is the story of Brit-
. ain's greatness. She had Burleigh for
her adviser; Raleigh and Essex were
among her soldiers, and Drake com-
manded her fleets when the Armada was
swept away, and the fierce menace of
Spanish dominance received its death
blow.
Such were some of the women who
have ruled. It may be urged that all of
them save Catherine were born to the
purple, and that they found circum-
stance and opportunity ready to their
hand; but it is not alone as sovereigns
that women have achieved success.
That they make good soldiers under
certain conditions is amply shown by
the recent contest in Dahomey, where
Hie army of France barely held its own
against the Amazons of a barbarian
king. That they have business ability
» demonstrated by the manner in which
the Baroness Burdett-Coutts has con-
ducted the great banking business which
she inherited, and by the way in which
the noted American woman, Mrs. Hetty
Green, has triumphed for years in finan-
cial contests with the shrewdest capital-
ists of the New World; and in the do-
main of litigation no male suitor can be
named who lias made a more plnckj
fight against apparently insurmountable
obstacles than Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines.
To these examples of woman's ability
to reach the front rank outside the limits
| ticity and
| tion. Mrs. H. E.
| Palls, in the state
ned fame of late
. -_jin the manipnh
While her husband, who is a lawyer, has
busied himself with politics and office
getting she has devoted her time to
money making. Three years ago she
made her original investment of $100.
The modest speculation proved a fort-
unate one. and she continued her
"deals" with almost unvarying success,
until now she is said to be worth half a
million dollars. Wealth has not come
to her through luck, but because of her
energy, enterprise and foresight. Wher-
ever a town showed promise of a "boom,"
er wherever it seemed ^probable that
some railway might extend its line, Mrs.
Houghton was to be found taking ad-
vantage of the situation, and as a result
she has now the reputation of being the
! wealthiest woman in the state, although
not yet 30 years of age.
It is not as a financier that Mrs. C. H.
| Poss has renown, but as a ritage driver
she is said to be uneqaal<*l on the Pacific
coast. She is an old woman now and
lives at Calistoga, Cal. Despite her age
she retains the ability to manage the
most spirited six horse team that ever
pulled a coach down a mountain side.
Her husband was famous in the old days
as a "king of the box," and she is the
mother and mother-in-law of. the most
expert drivers in the west.
Not long ago Mrs. Foes, who is now 70
years of age, had an experience on what
is known as the "Hog's Back road" to
the geysers which added to her already
well earned renown. She was guiding a
pair of fiery horses, and had reached
point on her journey where the road
seamed hardly wide enough, to the ordi-
nary eye, for a single carriage to pass in
safety. On one hand towers a cliff, and
on ti e other is a precipice extending to
the valley, 500 feet below. At a sharp
torn, and while going at! full speed, she
encountered her son Charley Foss com-
ing up the grade in charge of a four
horse stage. There was no chance to
stop, no opportunity to turn around, and
but one thing to do—the vehicles had to
pass each oth.gr.
The stage hugged the cliff, the wagon
shivered on the edge of the precipice,
and the hub* of the two conveyances
clicked against each other, but the peril-
ous passage was made, and made in
safety.
While proud of her own ability as a
horsewoman and of the title by which
Bhe is known, "The» Mother of Stage
Drivers," Mrs. Poss delights more than
anything else in dwelling on the achieve-
ments of her deceased husband. She
tells, among other things, of how on one
occasion he came tearing into a town
holding the lines over eight horses, which
were going at breakneck speed. One of
the leaders suddenly succumbed to the
blind staggers. Foss swerved the other
animate sharply to the left, threw the
lines holding the leaders from his hands,
broke the link by the shock, left them
standing in the street and with un-
slackened gallop dashed up to the hofceL
What is written above has had to do
with the successes of women. It is only
proper to add the story of a misfortune,
for sex is no bar to disaster, and not
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ENGLAND.
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opined with
startling telegram
other day in partia
great flurry in stocks
caused an almost
Street, New York. The
bankers and negotiators of j
for various nations for nearly four gen-
erations. John Baring, a German from
Bremen, located in Exeter about 1720,
and his sons John and Francis estab-
lished the house of Baring Bros, in 1770.
Their success was so wonderfal and
their aid during the Napoleonic wars so
valuable that Sir Francis was made a
was the
radon t
ion of the
which
. in Wall
have bepn
folic funds
THK BANK Of SWOLANK
baron in 1798, and two of his wms re-
ceived the same title, while hi« grandson
became Lord Northbrook. The family
baa been represented in many parlia-
ments and has held almost every office
below that of prime minister. When it
was learned that they were "overloaded
with stockg not immediately available"
the Bank of England came to their res-
cue with nearly $4,000,000, artd other
parties have followed so rapidly that the
guarantee fund has reached $50,000,000.
The explanation is after all very sim-
ple, and the inquirer who Would fully
understand it should read the Hon. David
A Wells on "Recent Economic Changes,"
and the articles of Mr. John W. Book-
waiter on England's new sources of trade
and grain supply. It might V summed
up thus: Civilization has advanced too
rapidly for old investors. England has
poured hundreds of millions into Aus-
tralia, India, Africa and the Argentine
Republic, while the United States has
suddenly brought 100,000 square miles
of the finest wheat land within easy
reach of railroads.
Two great results have followed.
Stocks in old lines have declined to an
extent that must be estimated by thou-
sands of millions. The new develop-
ments called for enormous sums at the
same time. The Barings Were loaded
with investments in the Argentine Re-
public—that country took a sudden
pause in its rapid progress; immigration
ceased; dividends gave place to assess-
ments, and the republic wanted a new
loan even when it confessed to great
doubt of paying interest on the old ones.
The extent of the crash can hence be
conjectured. The Barings claim, how-
ever, that they need but a year to "turn
themselves in."
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from El Paso
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MBS. ANGEL!!}!! ELIZABETH CONRAD.
every female, nor every male either, for
that matter, who seeks wealth finds it.
It was no fault of her own that the il
hick of Mrs. Angelino Elizabeth Conrat
was minimized by the vigilance of the
police She is a resident of Bracken
county, Ky., and the widow of a soldier.
By hard work and the hoarding of her
pension money she accumulated $350 in
cash. This sum she recently took with
I her to New York city, intending to in-
vest it in what is known to the crimina
classes and the credulous people upon
whom they prey as '-green goods." She
had been offered $3,000 of this commod-
ity in exchange for her savings, and un-
der the direction and guidance of a man
familiar to the police as "Big Walter"
was about to make the exchange when
detectives stepped in and saved her from
financial ruin. They sent the widow
back to her southern homo repentan;
and rejoicing. She gained large experi-
ence at small cost, for she lost nothing
save her railway fare and a big revolver,
which the authorities confiscated.
So it will be seen that woman's activity
extends to almost every field in which
man is conspicuous. She governs Na-
tions, she fights battles, she wins her
way in the business world, and is even
thought worthy the attention of the
most artistic sort of modern swindler.
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MBS. C. H-
Best passenger service in Texas
Pullman Palace Buffet bleeping Car
of the latest design are attached to al
trains of this line for
San Antonio. Galveston
Houston, New Orleans,
and all points east.
Passengers for all point! north an-
east make direct and close connection at
New Orleans, with only one change oi
cars (in day-light) saving from four to
ten hours in time between El Paso and
New York.
Close connection is made in El Paso
from all points on the Mexican Central
Railway, and passengers can be trans
ferred from that line to our train, leav-
ing El PaBO at 8:10 a. m. (city time) thus
saving from six to ten hours in tice.
Arrangements have been made with the
U S. Customs officials for the prompt
examination of baggage of passengers
from Mextoo.
Secure your -tickets, and travel by
this popular route.
City ticket office Grand Central Hotel
building. Or depot ticket office, South
era Pacific depot, east of the "Plaza"
W. C. WATSON,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
New Orleans, La.
H. D. PLATT,
Ticket Agent El Paeo Texas,
C. W. HOLS,
Cemmereiail Agent, 11 Paso Tsxas.
Mm rati Co SANTA ¥E ROUTE.
"The Favorite Line to all Points
and WEST jjj
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Eleeant Vestibule Trains
Between Chicago and Pacific Coast and all"points lo
Illinois Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado,
iNew Mexico, Arizona, Texas and
California
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Pullmann Sleeping Cars Run Dally Between
El Paso, St Louis, Kansas City & Chicago
Without Change
And Semi-Dally between Albuquerque and all Points H
North and West
Eating Houses
Unsurpassed In the East or West. Give us,' a trial and be
convinced .
See that your tickets read via the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway. For any Information regarding rates,
| connections, etc., call on or address
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El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. TENTH YEAR, No. 281, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 26, 1890, newspaper, November 26, 1890; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth460781/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.