The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 124, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 6, 1899 Page: 11 of 16
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Questions of per
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M not bo answered No
lll nl addresses will be glvtn
SifJ inould be addressed to The
l lSHou ton Post Owing to the
VfeaSl questions received answers
b riiromplIy
of
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the name com
ill Sib forces at Manila I
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is
of teachors who are here
trio
Vmlntng board were heard In
uffe conversation to call it
lS Jfi r CHtNi with the o short
nV rth 0eQue rr
° y wlln ° B
un48rte < > taw
V r50 A
w i ssll II > 4 on 0 what < 5oubt
PES to bava been thB Invention of
doUbt Uow
Thtre B no
sroa la
dITin apparatus waa In usa la
fl that l n effective mnchlno f ° r
ttjwork beneath the water was
Ciwi
lathi pKimce of Emperor Charles
7ZkamoMBM ot lhe dvlDg bel1 bow
LTilir m6e objectionable and
< r <
5 4 l worthless for practical pur
iittrlr t6 an al > uitc dre w
Pqj to eaibl men to walk about and
Ti surface of the water There
tb
the
Slvjitih lr The dress consisting of
fSf i a sort of plate armor was x
ITtwlnriomi nd not until the pres
ttof tu It l ° Improved aa to enable
ti ver t0 bo rcally Drnctlcai
SZjtii ait im years fflany ma i
HiU hire tun Introducod In the bel
JbJ jtiw articles of diving dress and
imr li n bci1 t0 descend to a
m fcttreea 100 and SCO feet At grcator
SjHiathli the pressure of the water Is
Snbli sad wen at 1 fcet the dlves
The occupation
rfK put laconvenlence
sulteeJ very unhealthy and men who
IlVi seldom long lived
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BtCf Inform ns as to tho government of
ftTftumil tt climate ot the country
XwnHllcf religion and the principal ln
to the gold fields
i 13 fieldsMarab
fttltmnnint which Is entirely under the
awlcf Hi Dutch Boers Is exercised
jklpvllsmentof two chambers Burgh
ailiEitots tor or sit In tbeso two cham
Ci lCIU nder who are mainly Eng
fA tor forced to content themselves as
triiin with lolhlng to say n tho dlrec
j U lit rovemment or lta mnkeup The
feiJ li generally healthy In some parts
cote than ordinarily bracing There
lVl Illng religion Tho Boers them
1 ire said to bo divided sharply Into
itril JItMods ot the Dutch Reformed
tei Otherwlee all Christian religions aud
iia lit Jl wllh tad Mohammedau faiths have
titrCtitf The sold fields are of course the
sit Tiluble sources of wealth to tbo com
citj bat the silver copper lead Iron
BltlcoUlt are almost equally rich The
mUT li also remarkable tor Its flno coru
tlutoteUnd sod the luxuriance of Us
tf u rlee plantations
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Eti sjur italrals have thcro been In the
Wei States navy and what were their
a = l TAS
riiiclriiln rank and pay Is to the navy
siitthe general is to the army the vice ad
siil is univalent to the lieutenant general
us rtar atajral to the major general The
rutjttatsikar hadinit fwo admirals The
V of admiral was established by act of
tatma approved July 25 i860 and on this
laJlciAtlnlral Dartd Glasgow Farragut
tMioaalsiloned admiral On the death ot
jtamt ntustli 1S70 Vice Admiral David
ftlWirwu the next day commissioned ad
Mlf
have at present no vice admiral
w
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JwU tie name of that new vehicle Uiu
wiie pronounced
ABK
fiewtl his btea used occasionally in the
tMi by scientific writers to describe
that Is
selfmoving as automobile
When to used It should bo pro
Ii MrtomoMI with accent on tho
wpsble When however it Is employed
JiOTi to Indicate Ot0 now motor carriage
Proper pronunciation ls awto
vtth the Inst syllable accented In
jnlaTithe Ensllsh sound of tho letters
Stteljeoih accentuation
e e Plan the distinguishing
tjiuffi cruBe monitors battle
ZT1 B of war BMO
e fleet
wellarmed men of war
i Protected with
armor and might
° W
tbi cavalry oj tho Battle
navy
t bewlly armed and armored ships
Ptat strength of the navy Moul
armod nd
U f Lis f
bttUeshlps and Intended primarily
= for harbors but
are seagoing and
Want forts on land
lain
m et
ps lhe world does tho allspice
LTof the tree
pmcnt °
ih
Wrut b AMlca ana 1 ° tho West
S1r Jamaica
fa It ls an ever
TtS srow to a height of
JKJ teet Tho bole are
°
Ueaanea wabut befor th < y Pen
They are called allspice
uppoaed to units the flavor
Itbtaa ii
ta
l7 i and cinnamon
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iri v
think it
ram
exprea <
hi tin v 1 ° flT ATK
fr ° m a ° J50
to ta M
jrtMed u TUci almoa ls th <
wbj eh I 7 a pece ° f American
ikis Me or a almon river
CT1 P cod la a largo
ftM7 fai Tb cookei1 Partaken
Inevitable dlcom
m oDTUlnmentaVrUo
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n Irishman
or a Scotch
r a carti JJt
SMuS 5T t0 tb0 nativity of
wbwAT04 n h ConM
> JTabe b ° rn la the SO of
Smt
L think
J X k near aa K0W In Scot
wa Boulogne in
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B tri Jtonat debt of tha fol
Wot us RVV
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l M Te bo divided If tho
r5H b7 5ftTuelf nto
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Hl4tl B ot Oreaur New
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The matter Tltl
of purchasing Puerto
uTunVodBUtcV 0rma
h wbwl anther
fro doe It com
whA ae bCfH i la a fraerani ecrfllloa aubstance ot tba wm
lb8fJSm I1 1
fJSm Proposes but God
roret from the Bible SUW dlt
nlf r0m ttat old b0 > V Imltatli
by Thomas a Kempls
EARLY TXEAS HISTORY
and wo Tho fac simile
our op the aiouTiis op hades
Mamma said little Bessie who was just
learning to make figures can vou make thir-
teen Certainly my dear answered the
mothor Then I wish youd show me bow
continued tho Ilttlo student I can make the
thlrt all right but cant get the teen
Now boys said the Sundav school teach
er our lesson today teaches us that If we
are good while here on earth when we dlo
wo will to to a place of everlasting bliss
But suppose we aro bad then what will be
come of usT Well go to a place of everlasl
Inc blister replied the small boy at tbu
foot of the class
Mamma said small Charlie I think Ill
bo a preacher when I grow up Verv well
my son replied the fond mother but what
put the Idea Into your head Well re
plied tho little fellow I sposo Ive got to go
to church nil inv fo anyway and Its a beau
more fun to walk around and talk than It la
to sit still
Nice little boys are always the subject of
friendly Interest but one never kuows what
kind of an answer to expect from them when
questioned
Vou aro a nice Ilttlo boy said a kindly
old gentleman to a bright voungster of 5
Have you any little brothers
No sir replied the boy Im rathei
short on brothers but Ivo got sisters to
burn
Little 3yoaroId Clara was very fond of
practicing on tho piano Her mother not
wishing to bare her music subjected to little
Claras vigorous treatment removed It one
day and place a railway guide upon tho plapo
rack Tbo infant prodigy soon discovered the
difference however and throwing it to the
floor she exclaimed Mamma me Uni
sing out of rati zev aint no sing in It
Till GOI1MV LAUGH
When I behold bow meu and women grind
placa of pomp and
And grovel for soma
To ibInosnd circle thro a crumbling hour
Forgettinr the large mansions of the mind
Thni are tbo rtit aud shelter of mankind
And when I see them como with wearied
lal Sami powerless to enjoy their gains
I wm to Star a oblln laugh unwind
14 nwl memory sends uoon lta billow
TTious ta ofa alnsef wl M W >
Win took life aa a lUbtsome holiday
his arm a pillow
make
him
Oft hav j I seen
DlDk Vrom hi band and with a pipe of
Biow wid T uu < 4Lk dU
p
method o publishing the soJrce 0 ory
cotybut Wbever l
bu it iT p °
tin m ° atl8fac y for the res
son that It
comes nearest to
presenting the
document In their original form The menu
scrip so given In this ease is of especial In
Uiest because It I one of the mesttaaortant
nf VW coateBJPoraneous with the begin
nlngs
of Spanish Texas and relative thereto
8 If1 ls accomPanlcd by a trans
atlon
that brings the story In
almost IU na
ve simplicity reach of the
reader who
does not understand tho
Spanish The notes
of the trutUtpr Miss L M Cub
now ad
° ° f Bpanlsn ln the Diversity
or Jfxa aro ° t ereat assistance ln enabling
naive tor of the padre
with It
frequent confusing digressions
Three of the four expeditions
of which
Padre llanzanet tells
were undertaken by or
°
lCet J i0 M1C0 0r bft UW
of finding tho French
settlement
which LaTh
eSUbllbea ° D the La Vaca n
Th tW0 8eein t0 have despaired of find
ing the
settlement
or perhaps they grew
weary of seeking It At
any rate they w rc
f u tless The third reached It aid found
im erCd b > th ° Frcncb Th0 ourth
expedition wa undertaken
for the purpose or
orestallng further efforts nt coIonlraUon on
the part of tho
French
by
occupying the
the Msslon San Francisco do los Tejas tho
fir t planted by tho Spanish within the pre
ent limits of tho State
° f
0Ur ejtPe < were led by
r i
Captain
Alonso
de Leon Padre Manzanet
accompanied the third and fourth In the
third hi main purpose seems to havo been
to spy out tho land In order to ascertain
what might bo done to Christianize tho
In
dlans but ho went on tho fourth with a com
mission to set ud an establishment for that
purpose and thus he was In a sense one
of the leaders of tho expedition Ho appears
to havo boon conscious that he was not
without authorltv In the premises and no
and then ho ventures to give do Leon a
Bleco of his mind as to the conduct of the
expedition
Of the last two expeditions there are two
original accounts one tho report of do Loon
on which Bancroft bases his roiume North
Mexican States and Texas vol 1 393402
tho other that of Padre Mnazanct whlchjs
Riven In the April number of the Quarterly
Thcro Is no coov erf de Leons report In Texas
but it will probably be obtained from tho
archives In Mexico by and by The Man
znnet manuscript as Is shown by the In-
troductory note preceding the fac simile in
tho Quarterly belongs to the Agricultural
and Mechanical college of Texas having been
purchased by President James from Bernard
Quarltch jn U3t It h not auoted by Ban
croft and was prouoMy not used by him
at all The Interest and value ot this manu
script to tho historian must be apparent It
Is one of the two main original narratives of
tho earliest effort of tho Spanish to establish
a mission In what lt now Texas and It elves
Important Informatlpn as to the Illfated
French settlement o Fort St Louis San
Francisco do los Tojas was soon abandoned
and It was a ouarter of a century later be-
fore tbo mission settlements of the Spanish
became permanent but the Spanish colonizing
movemont so far as It can properly bu thus
designated begins with tbo work ot Padre
Manzanet and from that time the name
Texas of wblcb by tho way wa have the
explanation In this story comes into view
t
around the room and punched his wife ln the
short ribs and then let out at the too of his
voice
ViiL iaSuf llla name at 2l ° n
here herol
Run a track as cold as Iron
ere Rattler here herol
H H ° 1Va 0 tterha2r d e C her f 1l l Ma >
Then he Jumped as high as over he could
IT1 ° rack hU htps l0R lh
< thros
r
toes before hitting tho Boor but he only
mado It twice and called this pretty good for
an old man
Wo wcro all glad to see thfso cheerful
demonstrations He has been 0 gloomy alneo
berries failed that any change would havo
been hailed with delight but hcn we saw
him so hilarious we know that something
big was up and all were anxious to hear
Well have a shucking said he-
At the fair said I
A regular oldtime shucking said ho
and then ho cut the pigeon wing again and
capered round the room
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All our hopes went tin llko a skyrocket
and a most magnificent castle was scon la
course of erection n struck i8 all at once
that Browns Idea was a Rood one Thcro
could bo no better thing Iniuguratcd or tlia
fair than a cood oldtimo corn shucking and
no better man on earth could bo found to
manago It than Brown Ho had a Jobdont
you see a good job a paying job AH we
had to do was to go to Atlanta And tho man
agers of tho fair and tell them about It and
Brown would be In It If ono is In it
wo aro all In It This was tho castlo
mngnlflcont Brown could Uear tho money
Jingling In his pockets and I could fel my
self facing un to tho lemonade stands and
calling for a drink with a flourish Tho
women folks were In It too They began at
onco to talk about which dress thoy would
wear and how they wouldrcnoiato fho old
bonnets These castles are elorlous things
even If they do tumble sometimes and very
nearly crush us all In their fall
Ab to be expected Brown at onco thought
of the Jug Ho says that he did net but
we noticed that unconsciously he began sing
Ing as he capered around the room
If I had a cow that give Buch milk
Id dross her In the finest silk
I d feed her on tho best of hay
And milk her twenty times a day
Ah ha ha you and mo
Llttlo brown Jug how I lovo thee
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This brought on more talk and wo bad a-
right smart of a todo over tho matter The
women folks accused Brown of having ln
his mind tho notion of drink right now The
old man sworn ho didnt and matters wera
compromised by on agreement that I should
hold tho Jug at tho shucking and never was
Brown to havo a nlo from It without my
consent and I was to do all the pouring Ills
folks know him Thoy know how It used to
be with him at tbo oldtlmo shucking and
how ho worked tricks to get iccro than bit
share of tho tanglo foot1 on theso oc-
casions In tlioso davs a man was cntltloj
to sample the Jue every tlmo ho fAund a roi
ejr of corn Brown always managed to find
more red ears than cny other ten men and
bis wife tells us now how ho done it She
was a lone time finding It out but it was
so strange to her that Brown was always
drunk befora the rest of the sbuckers hardly
got started that sho went to watching to sm
bow ho found so many red cars Tho truth
soon developed Brown carried tho red ears
io tho sbucMngs All tho year and at gath-
ering tlmo he kept his eyes skinned for rd
cars and laid them away till the shuckingu
began then ho would hldo them In his
clothes and at the shucking bo would find
tbcm Just as ho pleased My old frlond Is
mighty sharp on tricks and no doubt It
would be dangerous for the managers of the
fair to allow blm to havo control at tho
shucking It I was not along to handle this
Jug tbls solves the matter I will keep him
straight and all aro happy putting beautiful
frills upon our castle
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Of course matters very different from Jugs
came to my mind as we talked and thought
about theso oldtime sbucklngs Sweet mem
orles cluster around these old corn plies with
me and never a drink Is ln my thoughts I
had mucb rather think of other things 1
think of tho crowds as they were gathering
Watch the torch lights flittering from across
the fields and alone tbo paths and nearcuts
and the generations to come will never feast
upon such znuslo as came from tbeso crowds
along tho way Away from tho north per-
haps would come ln mournful plaint
Oh Emma dear dear Emms
From the Mississippi valoj
ln all this wldo world over
There i none like Emma Dale
Or from the east perhaps would come la
livelier strain
Ob my dearest May
Youre lovelier than the day
Your eyes to Bright
They shlno at night
Wben tho moon has gone away
Or perhaps you would bear tho chain lunv
ber upon the floor of tho ferry boat on the
river end as the ferryman shoved away
from shore twentv negroes would Join their
voices la touch with the oars and alng
Row away rowl
Oer tho waters so blue
Llko a feather well float
T
In our gumtree canoe
But all tbls Is dreaming These are
castles castles in tho air and who Is aa
mean as would begrudge hem to such as me
and Brown All our lives we bare built them
and one by one have seen them fall but
we were happy In the building and that is
about the pleasure we have bad In life 8o
let us build they will barm none other
Sarge Plunkett
JVOT THE FIKM1
unareEarnera Are Advised < o Avoid
the IMililpplnna
Freedom a paper published at Manila Isl
apd of Luzon contains tha following In It
June issue
This paper is In almost daily receipt of let-
ters from soldiers here and from all parts or
tht United States making Inquiry regarding
tht outlook for wageearners In tbls part of
I tht world In reply we want to discourage
I those who Intend coming hare and who have
v Ha
V
nothing more to depend on than their own
LV1 1 muee Tn iihlPPln s la not
and will not be for
a great many years a
dealrabla field for the laboring class of
America and it would bo naught but folly
for sueh to com here with the Idea of bet
tering their condition The market Is over
neoded with cheap labor and white men can
nut compete with It
ln almost every branch of Industry native
and Chinese help can be had by the week tor
what It would cost to employ whlta labor br
the day and while Jthe white labor Is much
the better the difference Is not nearly enough
to offset matters Fancy New York sending
coal to Newcastle or Mexico shipping Ice to
Klondike For while each ot the propoal
tlons Is absurd neither Is more so than that
of sending labor to Manila The Chinese
ccolles of whom thero are thousands hcrr
can do more work In this ctlmat than white
men and are generally satisfied with a tenth
of the remuneration white men wbuld re
autre An artlMn may as well think of going
tJ China to prnetlcn his trade aa ot coming
to Lvion at the conditions are one and lhe
ramc and he would meet with as much suc-
cess ln ono rlace as In the other
Many of our friends at home stem to look
upon the Held hero In tht rauio Jlght that
cur fathers looked upon the West before it
became a part of the world which Is entirely
itong for while tho Philippines are new
couutry to the Americans they are onlr
across the road from the continent ot Asia
and have for long centuries been subject to
Asiatic Influences until now as far as tbo
dclly conditions of life go they are tn tan
ssma rut
People with professions and some capital
and with proper Ideas regarding thrift ami
economy with enough sand In their composi
tion to enable them to forge ahead In the
very teeth ot difficulties can come to Manila
and find a delightful field for operatlous
Tncro will be room hero for a limited num
bcr of overseers and superintendents In the
various Industrial walks of life but eucti
positions aro Indeed limited and It wont bt
long now that the volunteers are being dis-
charged before they will all bo filled There-
fore In answer to everybody interested we
av this ls no field for white labor
QUAINf EPITAPHS
It Is pot necessary to go to tho old church-
yards of England to find quaint epitaphs A
friend of mine ln Boston wroto mo recently
that n man named Church lost four wives
woo were hurled In the same lot in tho old
cemetery at Abol Mass In course ot time
It tecamo necessary to remove the remains
to another cemetery The bereaved husband
undertook the Job himself put In conveying
the sainted dead In a furniture wagon the
botes unfortunately got mixed and when
ready for reinterment ho was unablo to toll
which was Emily and which was Hannah otc
being a very conscientious man he feared It
would be wrong to uso the old headstones
so ho procured new ones which were Inscribed
as follows Here lies Hannah Church and
probably a portion of Emily who was born
etc On another stone ns follows Sacred
to the memory ot Emily Church who seems
to be mixed with Matilda who was born
etc Then followed theso Hues
fltiaugcr pauso and drop a tear
For Emily Church ties buried here
Mixed In some perplexing manner
With Mary Matilda and probably Hannah
A headstone In tbosame old cemetery bear-
ing date of January 21 1702 has the following
Inscription
With graceful and engaging mien
She trod tho carpet nnd tho groen
With such refulgent virtues deckt
As gained her wide and warm respect
Prim health sat blooming on her cheeks
Till rortuno played her cruel freaks
Her limbs inxortrlng pains confined
That wrecked her Joints tho not her mind
By faith and patience fortified
Tho rudest tempests to abide
Bovo which sho soared to realms of bliss
Where Jesus hailed her with a kiss
la a cometery at Bound Brook N J may ba
found the following
Joseph Blackford died 1801 41th year ot
his age
ageHo lies the patron of hla tlmoj
Blackford expired In his prime
When three years short of fortyseven
Was found full ripe and fit for heaven
But for our loss weret In my power
Id weep an overlastlng shower
Tho way In which fortyfour Is here made
to rhvhn wltn heaven is a beautiful exotnplo
ot poetic license nnd elasticity
In an old cemetery at Greenfield Mass Is
a gray marblo monument with tbls singular
Inscription for which I havo never beon able
to obtain an explanation
John 2d apparently drowned
August 1811 but rescued by
Capt Anderson of Newbury
Vermont
William E Curtis
California Froc Ilancbee
Colliers Weekly
In California there Is said to be more
women who aro encaged in masculine oc-
cupational than In anv other section of the
United States
It is at Stege a little station about twentv
mlle from San Francisco tbst a frog ranch
Is located named after the first owner of tbo
land roundabout The Stege ranch extends
from the bar shore up to the ridge of the
coast range of mountains which encloses
both shores of San Francisco bay In tbo
lower portions of the ranch a great number
of norlngs gush out of the soil in copious
volumes It was tho springs that determined
the first location of the ranch The site
overlooking an expanslre view of tho beauti-
ful bay was capable of vast Improvement
A dozen acres encloalnc the springs were
surrounded with a hedge of cypress Tho
grounds were laid out with tsete and soon
presented the rare beautr Incident to the
profuse vegetation ot a semitropical climate
Three ponds wero formed by conllnlng the
water of tho flowing springs some acres In
extent and stocked with froaa A fence
high enough to prevent the escsne of tho
Inmates surrounded each and the ponds
were filled with aauatlc plants and mosses
Then hundreds of frogs were placed Jn tht
conds and from the original stock the In-
crease baa been so great that thousb thous-
ands ara sent to market yearly the wltb
drswals have no sensible effect upon tbs vast
numbers remaining Frog ranching Is noi
unlike cattle raising Tbrre aro 1 J 3 or
4yearolds though the successful frog raiser
will always keep the vouna ones ssparate
and apart from the full grown which are
cannibals of tbe first rank and cat all whtrli
are not able to protect tbcmeelyei The <
yearolds are considered rloe for the market
though the gourmand in frors prefers tbosa
that are a year or two younger A froaa
life la twelve years There are some of that
age at Stege Tber are of monstrous growth
being fourteenn Inches in lenatD and weigh
lug aa much as four pounds
In California as In colder climates froge
hibernate in winter and jn the soring emerge
after their lone sletn emaciated to the st
degree Then they are fed with a mixture
of oat meal and blood and again at th
spawning season but only for a short time
Tber arc most of the time sslfsustslnlng
feeding upon the Insect which tbty elertrlv
catch I
Li56W V
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HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY
MOBMING AUGUST 5 1399
SARGE PLUNKETTS LETTER
Atlanta ConsUtutl6n
B ro h
bea n l > oasy
> > U
ln lhal lBckb
r lca were a failure
° Ur ll now Ma has commeacoJ
lions of
the erection of catlescatle In tho
Ju ralJlnB bout tb0 o ° ° ° be
neia n Atlanta and I saw a twinkle begin to
VmL f f14 MtaiB w I read a
d POn nla face whtcb broadened
HM ii
hriir mche < 1 from ear to car and nt last
oroKe out In a flood of wild cnthuslasm
lEn ° chterfulQM ln > berries
faMcd
We will so he said
Vcs tiia i
We will be one of em
Yes said I
Well net in tho swltn
The April Quarterly of the Texas Historical Ve ValcTl
len eh
latorrt Jilen muc0 a cut the cUeon wlnK capered
n J with early Texas hi
1 lmlle of the letter ot Padre
Man
CaroIa de Slguenz y oonora
Riving an account of four expedition
made
by
he Spanish Into tho Texas country btwecn
the
year 1685
A COUNTRY EDITORS PAPER
Weshlngten Post
The country editor Is a much lnlsundei stood
rertcn among residents ot hrao cltlm at
least To tirbanltes accustomed to grant
dallies in wbtch the events of the world are
rectrded almost aa soon as they occur tho
fllraiv llttl fourpsae weekly with lta pat-
ent liUflts local gossip and torfowed edi-
torials too ridiculous for any use exctp
lug rosalblv to wren uo a package In Th <
country editor Is commonly sunposed to be a
person too lasv or worthless to work for a
living who ekes out a precarious existence
by losflng s couple of Job printers and super
intending with stlssora and saw the weeklr
production ot his paoer lis borrowa hit edi
torials vholcsale from the dnttlea of the
nearest large cltyv which be tectlve In re-
turn for periodically cuffing thsaa In his
columns Original matter la usually con
nued to announcement that Miss Posey
Smith Is rWtihg friends In IIeksklllett
Jftko SJunk is putting a new roof on M
plg lyHcn Ragle 80ld a voke 0f stcero last
week etc together with the locnl political
Posslp and small ads from which the o Bcr
derives Its principal revenue
But once In a while one runs scrota a
country editor with a highly original streak
who net only gets uo his local gossip In
Hrrtr style but also contributes something
worth reading to current literature His famo
frequently extends bevond the limits of his
own couuly and rival editors of larcenous
tendencies look eagerly for nla paper every
k as the easiest method of getting out a
rcadahlo editorial page M Quads editor of
tho Arizona Kicker Is not an overdrawn pic
ture of some of the far Western Journalists
who are alwats jcady to back Uelr vitupera
tive opinions with the ready slxshooter and
even as far cast as Ohio ond Indiana exam
oles of rouutry editors of hlghlv orlelnal and
frconndfssy stripe are to bn met with Tho
Individuality of such an editor stands out
dearly uudrmenth the editorial vie and he
Is n power In fcls community as a real moldcr
of oullle otlnton
Surh a nan I the editor of the Jackson
Sun which shines for all ln the rough-
est rorklest county of Southern Ohio In
tho mldtt of the coal mlns furnaces an
farms Is tbo town ot Jackson consisting of
about JWQ Itiinbltaiitj but the cenlor of n
donnelyponulatrt tctntv Thit town supports
Hires papers rno cf thorn trlwscklv but the
brightest of tho lot Is doubtlrsa the Sun
This fnrt ie due almost rotlrclv Io tho per
tonality of Its editor who bears tho tame
nnmo aa tho famous Irish bardTom Moore
The American Tom Mooro Is n slender blark
eyed young fellow for ho haB not yet reached
tho 40niark and ho talks with n drawl that
rivals Mark Twains Whether this is an In
duction or n concomitant of Humor miv be n
matter ftr conjecture but certainly the editor
of the Sun shews In his weaklv dinartrjent
of Chords rn d Discords whin occuplrs
most of the front nago of his r Pr plcntv
of humor cf the roughandready American
order Hla nrnes toofor lie follows his dl
tlngulshed camrsslie In the ooole tine range
from grnvo to gay with n Drnnendermro In
favor of the latter His writing furthermore
show him to be widely rend both In th
rlnsslcs nnd standard English literature In
fnct thin particular country editor Is college
bred after the fashion of he hero of Tho
Gentleman from Indiana now running as n
set In n McCluroR Magazine
Furthermore Moore la a country editor
from choice His writings havo brought him
ninny offtrs of good position op city papers
as humorist and editorial writer nl very en
tering rslaries but his health being delicate
and rearing that he could not stand lhe strain
of H y nswrponer work he Is content to stick
to his native town writing ns often and as
much km c pleases and taking life may
after tho fanlilon of his fellow cltlrens After
nil Its better tr be a big frog In a small
nuddlo than b small rod In the ocean Such
l the motto of Editor Monro and ho lives up
to It literally
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Some selections from Ms r per will servo
Io show lie fr esndcasv style of this coun-
try editor In dealing with the topics of thn
day Folltlcs In a small town Is always
personal and frcouently very healed so that
tho editors of rival party papers frequently
refer to each other In terms that would bo
ronsldered libelous by persons not In tho
craft It mov be stated In explanation of
tho following hat Hlnklo Is the editor of tho
rival demons tic paper the Jackson Herald
It will ho superfluous to nxplnln that Mooro
a a refhot ropubllcan Heres thn way In
which lm sums up a recent democratic county
convention
The awful efferrcsccnco of the recont
democratic county convention still continues
with unnbaUd nctlvltv and t a popping Is
euBccrtlve of the natural flzzlnc of Innum
erable bcttle of extra dry Cllcouot Suchn
pother lias not been known In the democratic
hyena cage for a term or roars Tho recent
ghoulish gymnastics have simply set the crea
turr wild and In some Instances at least
the cilerlc has been of a cbnrarter to cause
certain well known local laughers to we
nigh Isave disagreeable evidences of a highly
nervous temneramnnt In their ususl resorts
But what could one expect from a democratlo
convention When did such an aggregation
ever In county State or National history do
any otber than emulate tho Jackass ln his
preempted role of hldobound stupidity as-
inine obstlnscy snd bsdevlled treachery
Jevels look not well In a sows ear and
corimon sense and Intelligence are not ls > kcd
for In a democratlo convention Tho party
Itself is an accidental survival ot what Is
antique and remote In the domoin of politics
Its development from the Jeffersonlan and
Jackeonlan type has produced an hybrid
hermaphrodite that has no excuse for present
existence or hone of perpetuity Its elements
are lhe froth snd form of political turbulence
aid are as evanescent
Tbe following uncomplimentary allusion to
bis condemned contemporary might be pro-
ductive of some gunplay west of the Missis-
sippi but In tbe Buckeye Stato It would only
provoke a retort In kind
Simon Ventiduct Hlnklo the rusty old
blow pipe at lhe Herald office Is lhe avenue
ibrovgli which all the foul and nauatatlnK
gates and surplus wind find their escape from
that Institution during all political campaigns
McCIune can thrust a knife Into a political
enemy without the least compunction but thn
nasty work that Is expected of the Herald In
each political campaign Is too dirty for Jim
so he tuins the old machine oyer to Hlnkle
and that feebleminded old potwalloper Imag-
ines he Is doing the proper thing In tending
out a sheet beslobbered from one end to tbe
other with divers unclean streaks such as
Characterizes that class of newspapers whose
editorial pages are presided over by forked
toncued gentlemen in human toira
Mooro is fond of telling Joku on bis fellow
townsmen and the following Is a sample
which may have a foundation In fact or may-
be entirely fiction
Quick apprehension in an imercency and
a remedy knowledge of what It needed gi
such a time are aualltles not to be despised
A recent story for which Dr William li
authority a fact bat should determine any
auestlor as to its truth establishes the fact
that Warden James Is entitled to claim theae
axieltent aualltlea tot hla rtrr own
The doctor < Usa had at very otrttau
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raae requiring Immediate surgical attention
Seme one had rot sawed up at the mill and
the warden waa among those who brought the
suffervr to the doctors office Unfortunately
the man ot meat tawa and ohytlo waa without
antHfotlo bandages and ho called for aome
one to a6 In haste and get the ntxt bast
thing some eheweeloth Charlie at once of
fered his asrelces and departed He waa gono
such an unpardonable long time that tha doc-
tor waxed wroth and started some oua to
find him but about the time Patience was
spreading her wings for an Indefinite depar-
ture Charlie returned The doctor caught
the bandages from Charleya hand and glow
ering at him wanted to know the reason tor
his delay Whereupon the warden stattd
that they couldnt get It skinned any quicker
Skinned jelled the doctor What do
you meant
Why the cheese of course Bald Charlie
whllo his erea wcro full ot wondtr at a
question so apparently superfluous
Well Dr WHIIaru sense of humor ls of
the rapidfire reaoontlro suratorxplodo va
rtety and while the victim of the accident
lay dying In Alglera or rather sufterlng lu
the doctora office the man who nlaya with
severed arteries and dlsgruhtlcd Hvcrs laughed
aud laughed and laugbod until Charlie ot
mad and demanded to know the reason tor
such unseemly hilarity And he doctor told
him
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Aa has been said before Moere occasionally
wooa the muse and the followlug Is a sample
of hit verse which cornea perilously near
btdns pootrr 3o distinguish hit productions
from those ot the mora celebrated Tom Moore
he usually dates them
WOOD DREAMS
A dream of vanished summers otters fills tuy
heart with loy
hen on lifes morning hills I roamed a hap
py uomad boy
And lcututxl tho bliss of Hying to philosophies
unknown
The glory that transfigures where the winds
of youth hava blown
The rosobanks showered beauty oa my btu
tyaecklng ore
Whero babbling brooks bltw kisses to a
tender wooing sky
And I knew untight of evil ot the great
worlds endless d li
For Cod wa In thn woodland and its music
In my soul
No wIuk swept down the ether but I marked
It for mv own
And royal mojjv cuuehes were reserved foi
mo slouc
Where neath the uoble arching of a fragrant
duskv shade
1 heard old ran go flouting down some fern
embroidered glade
Ah splendid wore those palace embowered ln
tho wood
And 1 tho Jrlnce Imoorlal of all tho soli
tude
Sir Soulrrel was the Seneschal who led our
regal train
But lrlnen and wilding creature followed Qod
our Suzerain
Farfaded ore those holy days of youthful
Inuoccnco
And vear of knowledge pride or power af
ford no recompense
The soul ciav dream of woodland spells amid
tho citys din
But human hearts urow hard and cold In
hnbttmlra of sin
Tom Moore June IT 1S09
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The following bit of homespun philosophy
Is also characteristic of this countrv editor
Wo heard a ninn siy tho other dnv that
thero no such virtue an gratitude Wo did
not contradict him for ho seemed to havo
tbe law and lhe evidence on his side Dio
genes once sought an honest man with a
lantern Wo doubt if ho had been any mors
aucccssful had ho used a modem electric
light plant but t Is said that explorers in
Bearch for grateful mon have met with the
same experience which rewarded the efforts
of the Greek gentleman who csrrieid tho lap
torn At any into It la coming to be gen-
erally believed that the legs of Tnnso who oru
properly trateful aro not blocklnjr uo tho
windows of heaven or congress
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No country noper would be complete without
a periodical appeal to subscribers to como In
and nav up their debts Moore innnagea to
handle the Import subject in his usunl hu
Ituorous stvle ns follows
I Now honest are you a subscriber to the
Sun or Just a taker Your label may assist
you to delermlno Unit auostlon Examine It
If It Indicates that vou are from six to fen
venrs In arrears that Is an evldcnco that tho
label Is wrong or that vou ore not oavlnir
your rent If the latter Is tho case wo will
bo glad to see vou at your early convenience
if the former Is tho caso wo will only bo too
glad to correct tho error Ono thing bow
over ls certain We expect to clcau houso
during the next thlrt dnys That Is to say
wo Intend to reviso our subscription list Wo
glvo this notice to all those friends who owe
us 12 and upwards Any time during tho
next thirty dnvH nil persons owing us on
subscription will bo exprcted to call In n
body individually In a hock or otherwise
A failure to arrlvo in tho proper proportion
will bo token by us to moan you do not owe
us that you cant pay or that you dont
Intend to if you can help It We will find
out which when wo call on you In tbe
meantime wo will endeavor to make you
Ilka the paper so well that you will not do
without It oven If vou have to silo orer to
your neighbors and borrow It
Just think of It If every man that owes
us a dollar would remember enough Scrip-
ture to come In and pay us we could give a
Burgoo celebration that would surpass that
of Colonel Joubert manyfold Wed d It
too But wo are not thinking of giving tbo
celebration this summer Perhaps our de
linquents may force us to abandon cur ordl
nary trldally sumotuous bsnaucts Thirty
dnys will tell Now dont tell us that we
never notified you of vour Indebtedness and
dont cus us for IRllna It get so large for
vou have had tht nsper and ws hope you
have enioyed It Wa also hope for your
take that vou will not get mad for the Uni
ted States Brotherhood of American Editors
with branch offices In all tho Important cities
of the world has agreed and Incorporated In
Its bylaws that It will never print the obltuatv
of any man who Is mean enouifh to get mad
when asked for newspaper subscriptions
Therefore If vou want to die and louse the
world In absolute Ignorance of the treat
Just get mad
A great many people Imagine that a news-
paper man Is llko a punchlngbag or Mahom
eta tomb a something suspended between
earth and hear on for tbe purpose ot serving
as a sort of harmless amusemtut for tbe
general public It It not true A news
paper man has hopes fears loves debts just
like the sinner who netjects to r for bis
paper The minister ought to correct tbls
erroneous notion In regard to newspaper men
It any delinquent friend hat read this far
and It etlll unwilling to poor up bis case is
bopelcesc and we feel satisfied that be will
depart this life without benefit Of clergy
Vtse Slleuco of Iove
I hold tbat wo are wrong to seek
To put In words our deepest thought
The purer tblngs by Nature taught
Art turned to coarstr wben we speak
Thn flower whose perfume charms tbe ssbn
Grows bard and common to tbe touch
And love thats wordy overmuch
Is marred by Us experience
For Jovellka sympathy hath bands
More strong in silence than In speech
And hearts speak loudest each to ettch
Through meeting lips and clasp of handis
Nor could I hope for fitting word
To form tn speech tbe thoughts that start
Tbe loner core of orsry heart
Hath yearnings that are never bsard
Hisaistea SruMswael
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IMPRESSIONS IF
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If V
ton o JuiiV UjjTnm Lenfcn hiHoneY
too 1 alon dltUBoeb Jt aifstwt ciafipatf
It In an Instant aridia spirit I aaa with yoiiV
The sweetest ballad ever written or sung
at I heard It sung by the e eryuthfm
pnttl
theothtr afternooni Home 8weetJ ome
and to a thoutands of miles away from It
those words have a aacred significance which
la entirely lost when we bear ft murdered
by street nlanos ror London In all Its
wealth and England la all Its gtory does not
obliterate from mr mind my toved America
my people and my borne Soma on recently
asked tne what I most liked about England
and I replied The fact that It makes me
appreciate America more Kverr day I spend
tn England I become a better American
and this to an Englishman I
Three months in London seams not more
than so many weeks there la such a wealth
ot things to see so much of historical In
terest so much to grasp all at one sight
It overwhelms ever the bravest One thing I
ace now aa I look out of my window In tha
Cecil Israln At they ear In tht comld
opera Lets talk about the weatherV but
here It Is really too bad to talk about Lon
doners pay very llttl regard to Jupiter Plu
vlus they think nothing ot sitting on the
too of a penny bus or walking to the theater
In evening dree In the rain Us Americans
marret at It but they do not seem to get
wet And sneaking of penny butsea sitting
on tha too of one gives one the very best
tdea of Londonand the cheapest One has
quite a different feeling whan tucked away
In a corner of a shilling cab although eab
fare aro so Inexpensive hero that It quite
spoils us and when we return to America It
will be rather a comedown to ride Ih trams
beg pardon I mean cable cars
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In the hansoms here you wilt always sea a
horseshoe doubtless meaning good luck but
tt has been mv observntlon that you are tn
good luck If you leave the hansom without
being robbed The London cabby Is a person
to conjure with if you band him his fare
with an Indifferent look Just aa If you wero
used to It hell tin his weather worn tllo
and drive on hut If he detects your nation-
ality hoU arguo with you until you become
so confused that you glvo him n half soy
erolgn 1260 for a sixpence SO cents
Cheaper pot to nrgue Tho cabby Is always
thirsty and so Is the orso and by tho time
you havo bought them both a drink and paid
your fare you havo enough left to buy an
evening paper to find out when the next ship
sails for home And the English serrantsl
They swarm around you llko bees when you
ar0 tearing tho hotel The lipping system
Is tho most pernicious ono hero In flcrmany
you are supposed to fee tho street ear con-
ductor for letting you rldo In his car Every-
thing goes by feeing In Europe
At homo we read a groat deal about tho
glorious Thames which can not compare
with our Hudson but Its tbo Thames How
ever It has one phaeo of life on It of which
wo know nothing I havo spent several de
llghtful Sundaj8 on the river In houeo
boats and they are enchanting A house on
the river where one entertains lavishly
luxuries but they must have them Next
week will be tho great regatta at Honley
which I expect to see English country life
is beautiful the stability of the English home
Is admirable and thoy know how to enter-
tain
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lUtlroafl travel bare can not be compared
with ours It s not always comfortablo or
soothing to bo locked In ft compartment with
nfrangers ono of whom may be suffering from
temporary abcrrotlpn of the mind another
insist upon reading aloud to tbe children
and another elng ballads from Tho Bollo of
Now York when you want to sleep Our
system Ih much tbo beet but you can not
convince them
Several Sundays ogo I went to service In
Westminster Abbey and It was most Im-
pressive It beggars description walking
through those vast aisles filled with memorial
statues to the great men of tbo world stand
ing on the slab which covers such men as
Dickens Gladstone and Tennyson it fills
one with sacred awe aud Is a sight never to
be forgotten
One Sunday I spent at Oxford going
through several of the famous college build
logs Thins are twentytwo distinct colleges
Tho atmosphere was freighted with learning
tbe building so old tbo cbapols built lu
early 1C0O filled with Intorestlng antiques
Anybody who could not study at Oxford
could not study anywhere for everything Is
conducive to thought and research
+
Lost Sunday a party of us drove to Hamp
dor court which it tho summer residence ot
tbo Prtnco ond Princess ot Wales and such
Eioundsl Again lauguage falls And the pat
ace which Is open to the public with lis
magnificent art galleries and curios was a
revelation There we saw tbs royal bed-
chambers of the kings and queens ths audi-
ence rooms the ohlldreng rooms and a thou
sand old paintings of masters of Inestimable
value Tbe queans castle at Windsor ls open
now for visitors ond we are to ase that too
Hyde Park is tbe swell drive In the after-
noons and suob display ot equipage and
drees I One sees many Americans there all
tbe celebrities from Hon Chauncty Depew to
CoDsuelo Vanderbnt Duchess of Marlborough
Jtotten Bow tbe famous riding path ls
crowded with equestrians and whan tbe prince
or any gentleman of title rides the park will
be filled with eager sightseers It Is all very
wonderful to strangers this obeisance to roy-
alty
Engtsnd Just now feels very kindly disposed
to America and Its people This la demon-
strated in a particularly strong manner by
tbe way tn which they receive American plays
and actors In London They aro honest and
unhlastd In their criticism and they are not
governed by the prejudice that a good man or-
an artist Is a question of geography Art la
art and taltnt It talent from whatever land
tber emanate Tbe divine Sarah Bernhardt
who has been playing < HamUt here made
an assertion ot tbat type when aba aaid that
tbe English people thought Shakespeare en-
tirely their own while the believed Shakes
pears belonged to any country and every
tongue And tbe la right Wo are proaa tu-
be ttlflsb with genius and limit It to oat abid-
ing place or one language but this la narrow
ntas and all narrowness ot Idea should be
crushed In tho eager search for the bjgteat
andbroadest knowledge
But I am soliloquising sad moralising aad
this will not do I am digressingbut my to
tbustastn will ruattirar with meoccasionally
Our play Why Smith U Hosae has
bttn very cordially recelvtd here and the
Engllth actors and critics all comment upou
our excellence of metbod sU workingfor Jh e
piece not for Individual succee gBilttwsy
feel yary well compensated foe httvlas left bis
American home tor London r cot ltt ii but
hell return to It wtthbU rathtjr t MseoW
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