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ED THE ALAMO.
of liberty. Already famous were the
pioneer scouts and warriors who en­
trenched themselves in that redoubt,
and yet more, famous and glorious be­
TEXAS STRONGHOLD came their memory after the sanguin­
ary and unequal fight. Men were they,
FROM DESTRUCTION
heroes and intrepid characters, sur­
A’ A WOMAN.
rounded by a vast horde of savage
Mexicans, with many an old score to
^■i Drlscol Prevents Caras* settle; yet not one thought of surren­
^Btlamo Was the Scene of der apparently entered their souls. The
terrific fight of Earl)
last of them was killed by Mexican
Betas.
bullets; but not until they had made
die command of a consider a fearful accounting among the swarm­
money a Texas woman has ing hosts of the enemy. The tragic
■jled to save to her native story of the Alamo will go down in
■ to i ho United States oue of history as one of the greatest of
■ noted relies of Texan and battles, and Texas and the Nation
■ War times. The historical owes a lasting debt of gratitude to the
■ old fort, originally a mon I woman who has saved its crumbling
■bl the scene of one of the | walls and turrets.
Billing Incidents of the Mex-
■, was about to be sold, and
JJ77I See Snakes.
■bl utilized in tbe erection of
Serpent rings, broaches, bangles and
■ hotel.
necklaces are to be the fashion in the
■son taught by the handful of big
cities this season, dealers having
■ s who held the Alamo rather already
many orders for
■render, appealed so strongly jewelry of received
a "snaky” description.
K Clara Drlscol, a successful One lady is having made a belt in
Kf magazine stories, that she the form of a gold rattlesnake and at a
E offer of sixty thousand dol- recent New York ball one of the guests
I
property and it was ac- wore a coronet composed of jeweled
I In speaking of this purchase snakes.
■scol said that if the Alamo, a
It is intirnateo that the new fashion
li.i to the heroism of Texan will develop and that ladles will study
[ had been destroyed it would the art of snake charming, deserting
hde it impossible for her to live their toy dogs for pet reptiles.
It ate. devoted as she is to it Al-
kimedlately after the historical
kne into her hands tbe people Plan For Salvation of Louisville.
is woke up to the situation A
Some days ago the postmaster at
b passed by the state legislature Louisville, Kentucky, received a com­
Izlng the purchase of the prop- munication from a man in Rutland,
ber and at the same time Vermont, who, having learned, he said,
her honorary custodian of of the wickedness in Louisville, and
desiring to do missionary work there,
some time Miss Drlscol has wanted a list ot the unsaved men and
short stories concerning women of that town. Postmaster Bak­
and Mexico life, her first book er, it Is stated, forwarded a city di­
-
When you Want
Butter Paper,
WE HAVE IN STOCK THE PURE
PARCHMENT.
Seetion,—Tillamook, Oregon. April
lanfi.
ON THE OKLAWAHA.
I er by from 200 to 300 feet, and will be
about 40 feet higher than tbe Wash­
ington monument. It is to be built at
the north-west corner of Broadway and MOST PICTURESQUE OF AMERI­
ULOW ABOUT TO FALL UPON Liberty street, with a tower of 40
CAS RIVERS—PALMS AND
stories, which will rise to the height
VETERES MES OF THE GOV-
ORANGE GROVES.
of
594
feet.
The
tower
will
be
65
feet
ERMENT DEPARTMENTS.
square for 36 stories, and will be sur­
mounted by a dome containing four ad­ Further Descriptions of a Delightful
Congress Preparing to Cutl Salaries ditional stories, above which will ba a
Trip From St. Augustine Through
OLD CLERKS REDUCED.
Employees
and Discharge Older “
-------------
Who Have Spent Best Years of
Life in Serving Uncle Sam..
The Lake Region of Florida-flang­
ing Spanish Moss
the beach. I never saw such sand, so
fine and white. An old sea captain
from Nassau had just landed his
schooner at the wharf so we paid him
a visit, bought some pretty pieces of
coral, and were treated to Cuban ba­
nanas and my husband to black cigars
as well. The Cap'ain had some superb
tortoise shells. While he is on his
trips, his young wife keeps a little shop
and sells the treasures of the sea, with
which he keeps her richly supplied.
Good-Bye To Old St. Auggistine,
A word more before I leave the beau­ The next morning, after four days
The blow,
____ which the older govem-
tiful city of St. Augustine in Sunny visit,
we had to say good-bye to this
ment clerks at Washington have for
Florida, although the whole of our
old city. It contains so
sometime feared, is about to fail, and
visit was not made as a matter of fact fascinating
it the House ot Representatives follows
in sunshine. We went into the old much—the superb hotels with their
wealth of beauty and luxuriant courts
its apparent intention, the clerks of
Cathedral with its three bells “all in a filled
with tropical vegetation, the
65 years old and over, will have their
row,” and one smaller bell banging churches,
fort, the quaint old
pay cut from 25 to 50 percent
above, one of these being the oldest bell streets, the the
shops, the bay, the sea, the
The investigation carried on by the
in the United States. We also visited beautiful blue
of sky and ocean, the
Appropriation Committee, shows that
three of the principal churches in the sunshine—ah me,
i picture I
over *2,000,000 is annually paid to
city—the pretty Episcopal, the unique shall never forget, it a makes
clerks over 65 years ot age, and that
Methodist, and the beautiful Presby­ last been realized. drear, that has at
if the plan proposed is carried out, over
terian church, the last a memorial built The next morning we rode by train
75 percent of these will be reduced.
by Mr. Flagler for his only daughter. for an hour through the pine woods
This will mean that many faithful em­
Foit Marlon, one of the sights of St.
Palatka, there boarding the little
ployees of the government, who have
Augustine is an old Spanish fort, de­ to
Osceola—which was to take us
grown old in the service of their coun­
serted, but kept in repair for visitors. steamer
miles through the St. John's River
try, will suddenly find their incomes
We climbed the famous stairway to the 25
and 101 miles up the Oklawaha—the
ramparts where the view of bay, har­
cut nearly in half.
name for "Crooked Water.”
bor, town and ocean Is so fine. 1 stood Indian
It is often stated that the average
a funny little tub is the Osceola.
in the sentinel towers on the four Such
government job is an easy one, with
feet long by 22 feet wide.
corners of the Fort and almost imag­ It is about 50 we
short hours and good pay, so that there
had telegraphed for
ined I could see the enemy approaching. Fortunately
is something of a disinclination
state
rooms,
as
the boat was so crowd­
To me the quaint old streets of the ed that many passengers
throughout the country to feel or ex­
to hang
town where most fascinating; there are on hooks. Our room was had
press much sympathy for the govern­
on the top
no sidewalks, and one has to hug the deck, and so spacious that only
ment clerk who is reduced, or per­
one of
walls in order not to be run over; us could get Into it at a time.
chance, dismissed for any reason. As a
matter of fact, however, these posi­
second story verandas are not uncom­
The Fascinating Oklawaha.
mon and one can easily shake hands
tions in Washington, are most trying
with his neighbor on the opposite ver­ The St. John's is quiet and monoto­
and unprofitable (unless we except a
anda or balcony. One ot the very oldest, nous, but the beauty of the Oklawaha
few cases, in which the work is tech­
houses is built of cochina; a natural is extremely fascinating—a narrow
nical, with the possibility of leading
shell conglomerate, and has a gaoie river without banks, constantly turn­
to better things outside in the com­
roof covered with moss, from which ing at right angles with itself, the
mercial world), and after^a few years
has sprung a growth of bright green, great tall cypress trees full of waving
of service, leave the incumbent with­
ten inches high.
out the capability of making his way
gray moss, growing directly out ot tne
At night it is an interesting sight to water, which is of inky blackness. Now
in business, if suddenly thrown upon
saunter through these narrow pictures­ and then, but rarely, the river being
his own resources.
que streets, lined on each side with very crooked, there is a short vista
Most of the government bureaus are
shops, where the curiosity seeker could through these weird looking trees, with
large offices, where a clerk may be en­
find alligators stuffed in every size, their branches reaching out toward
gaged for years in a single line of
from the little ones, just coming out Heaven, and the Spanish moss swaying
work, his knowledge and experience,
of their shells, to the great big fellows gracefully back and forth in the breeze.
although narrow anti circumscribed,
thus becoming valuable to the govern-j
that made you shudder, they looked so The surface of the water was covered
life-like. Hundreds of pretty things in with lily pads, “bonnets" the captain
ment. In the meantime, his salary has '
palmetto, shells, etc. were also exhibit­ called them, but it was too early in the
been barely commensurate with his lfv-|
ed. All of this we saw in the rain and season for the lilies.
ing expenses, and although some of the
mist—some of the time under an um­ I Now and then the steamer stopped
government employees with thrifty
brella, at other
too Interested to I I at a lonely wharf to take on wood, and
wives may have been able to buy a
.. . times
..
remember that it rained.
modest home, the proportion of these
on the upper deck at dusk, pine torches
TIMES BUILDING.
•
”4.
were lighted which burned all night,
is not large.
Deep Blue Skies-
The Highest Structure in New York,
Then, after twenty years of confining
faintly illuminating each side of the
On
the
last
day
which
we
spent
in
and uninspiring labor, comes his dis­ cupola and—if that isn't high enough
river, and creating most fantastic
St.
Augustine,
the
sun
came
out,
the
air
charge, and he finds himself complete­ —a flagstaff.
shapes and shadows. About 8 o’clock in
was
warm
and
balmy,
the
sky
azure
ly out of touch with all former busi­ The highest buildng in New York to­
the evening, we heard the whistle ot
ness knowledge and relations, unable day is the Times Building, including blue without a cloud, and I had my the down boat, and the pilot moored
heart
’
s
desire
of
seeing
St.
Augustine
to earn as much in a new line of life the three stories which are below New bathed in winter sun shine. Carriages us in a part of the river wide enough
as could his recently graduated son. York's pavement.
her to pass. It was a beautiful
were being driven everywhere, side­ for
This would mean that the man who has
as we watched her lights, while
walks were crowded, the hotel courts sight
entered government service in middle­
she
twisted
curved her way toward
Restore Life After Death,
and the plaza, and even the hotels us, passing and
life, and through meritorious effort and
within a few inches of
themselves
looked
so
beautiful
I
wished
faithful endeavor has worked up to a
the Osceola, the flame of her pine knots
salary of *1600 or *1800, would in his Claim That Victims o Electric Chair 1 might be a part of it all for a month. casting weird shadows about us and
Can
Be
Brought
Back
to
Life.
We
sat
In
the
Casino,
watching
the
ripe years and experience, be thrown
the darkles on board singing as with
out on the world, like an old horse, who To be able to restore life after elec­ bathers in the large marble swimming cheers and hurrahs she slipped out of
pool,
and
listening
to
the
music
by
the
trocution
is
the
claim
of
J.
M.
Berger,
has served his master faithfully but
sight.
__
has lost the vigorous step and stylish an expert electrician, who states that Marine Band. The scene was gay with
J Weird Southern Melodies.
flags
and
banners
of
all
nations
while
by
his
method
a
person
electrocuted
at
action of a younger animal. Had this
man been connected with a big com­ one of our prisons, and pronounced the crowd kept coming and going like As we glided on through this strange
mercial house for those twenty years, dead by the attending physicians, may a kaleldiscope picture. After dinner we scene, our own darkies •«tug their
his business associates would delight be restored to life. His only require­
to honor him with the increased salary ments are that he be allowed to take
due to his experience and wisdom, the body within fifteen minutes after
The Steamer
which had done so much toward build­ life is pronounced extinct and that the
ing up the structure of their w’orldly brains be not baked or the lungs car- j " Os eola
Loading
bonated.
interests.
Some
Oranges
Mr.
Berger
states
that
he,
himself,
[
The sentiment has been freely ex­
pressed upon the floor of the House, received more volts than are supposed
on the
however, that it Is not believed that a to be necessary to kill a man and that
Oklawaha.
he
knows
of
cases
where
as
high
as
any
majority of its members will favor
drastic measure of cutting down the 3000 and 4000 volts have gone through
income of faithful clerks. One plan dis- men's bodies and they have been re­
cussed by the House Committee, em- stored to life ¡»nd health.
—____ a ____________
. em­ He cilei as an illustration, the case
braces
provision that when any
ployee shall have reached the age of 70 of Joseph Averell, a Baltimore line­
yenrs, he shall be immediately dismissed man, who was caught in an alternating
MISS CLARA DR1SCOL.
While *1,000 might appeartobea rea­ current of 3000 voltage and thrown
WHOSE ENERGY AND MONEY HAVE SAVED THE ALAMO.
sonable living in the smaller towns, In from a pole to the middle of the street.
He was removed at once to the city
a letter, saying that the Washington, where expenses are so hospital and emergency treatment was
“The Girl of La Gloria" being placed (1 rectory with
heavy,
it
is
a
small
sum
for
a
man
of
----------------
,
.
and
contained 250,000 names,
quickly applied. Both of his hands
on the market within the past year.
1 directory
he was certain that this plan would family. Old and honored government were burned to a crisp and his skull
A Mexican Opera.
afford everybory in Louisville a employees, from the administration of was almost fractured by tile fall to
Partly on account of her intense in- ! “square deal.” It has been remarked Washington down, have resigned or
died In the nation's service, but Con­ the street, but he recovered.
terest in the Texas country and its ¡ that if the soul saver desires a more gress
in its wisdom, in these days of un­ Mr. Berger’s method is very simple
A Picturesque
field to work in he might wonted
people and partly because this is a extensive
,
national prosperity, seems to and one that he claims may be followed
procure
a
copy
of
the
New
York
City
subject heretofore untouched in either
by any person who is cool-headed and
Landing Point of
he
pursuing
extraordinary
methods
to
literature or drama she conceived the directory containing a million and a increase the efficiency of the service not likely to become excited. He lays
the Oklawaha
idea of writing an opera in which j half names, and possibly Chicago and and to reduce the federal expenditures! the victim of electrocution on his back
there should be only Mexican scenes , a few other of the large towns might
Trip.
with a rolled coat or blanket under his
Anent
the
subject,
the
Washington
make application.
and characters.
Post says: What a kind and benefi­ shoulders so that the head is allowed to
Through the co-operation of men
cent government It would be that fall backwards. The operator should
well versed in methods of producing
A Short Road to Wealth.
would cut 11 faithful servimi, who had kneel behind the head of the patient,
facing him, grasp the elbows and draw
operas, the whole story was put into Here Is a plan for gaining wealth.
served it for years.nnd who is as effi­ them
over the head, so as to bring
shape. Miss Drlscol had collected a Better tnan trading or Ion««-«.
cient a clerk now as he was ten years them well
together above and hold
number of Mexican songs and dances Take a bank-note and fold It acroaa
ago, because he has reached the age of them almost
And
observe
your
money
In
cresses.
there for two or three seconds.
and folk lore music, all of tbe greatest This wonderful plan without dan-er •t sixty-five! What an Inducement to
He should then carry the elbows down I (oo){
nttle ferry boat across the weird melodies, and it hardly seemed
value in the arrangement of a suitable
lota:
faithful service! What a splendid ex­
musical setting. Inspired by these the Keep your cash In your hand and don't ample of the “merit system.” But to the sides and front of the chest, I i,ay to Anastatlalslandand then thenars as If we were living in this twentieth
«
—1„ compressing it it hv
the lighthouse and South Beach, century. At one o'clock in the morning
It,
flrmly
by throwing
throwing his
his I
musical composer of the opera was en­ And spend
yen'll find that each time you fold it it probably serves a man right for
where we sat on the sand watching the we passed through the narrowest part
weight upon the elbows.
abled to gain the best results so that
aero«»
reaching the age of sixty-five, ami be­ After two or three seconds, the arms Atlantic waves as they rolled up on
(Continued on next page.)
the actual character of the music as Yen'll double ronr roll: never lend it.
ing still vigorous and faithful and capa­ should be carried above the head and
well as the costumes and scenery
ble In the public service.
the same manoeuversshould be repeated
makes the play typically American.
LIKES FINE CHINA PIECES.
The Speaker of the House, the honor at the rate of fifteen or sixteen times
The first night "Mexicana” was pro-1 Under Mrs. Roosevelt's supervision
duced one of the principals, a woman, |
able Joseph G Cannon, who will be a minute. The operators must remem­
carried out the time-honored associa-| one>of the most valuable collections In ! seventy years old on the 7th of ber that the manipulation must be con.
country has been placed on exhi­ May next, should see to It that his ducted with methodical deliberation.
tion of señoritas, sombreros and ciga­ this
in the basement of the White friends on the Appropriation Com­ Just as described, and never hurriedly
rettes by appearing on the stage smok­ bition
House, and it is a proud day when she mittee take a hack track on this Osler- or half heartedly. In addition to this,
ing one of these tiny rolla Miss Drls- can
add something of historic worth ! itish proposition. If the provision the tongue must be drawn out to free
col Immediately sought the stage to the treasures. The exhibit is made
the throat A cloth should be used in
manager and remonstrated stating that up entirely of remnants of the dinner sltould not lie stricken out ¡»the House holding
tongue so it will not slip,
the better class of Mexican women do sets which formerly served the Presi­ Ì the twenty-six Senators who are over it must the
drawn out when the arms
not smoke, contrary to the general lm dential families. It begins with some sixty-five, and the three others who are held be
above the head and allowed to
preseipn that all women in tropical rare gold-trlmmed plates and cups and will be sixty-five tiefore this year is I recede when
the chest is compressed.
out
ought
to
be
able
to
give
It
a
tvu^Brles indulge in the habit; there- saucers, which were the pride of
nt
Brer this seemingly necessary adjunct Martha Washington’s heart, and tbe 1 quietus in the Senate.
In the seventeenth century button
^vas removed from the opera.
contributions continue down to the era
holes were a matter of ornament more
Miss Drlscol has travelled exten­ of Mrs. McKinley.
than
of use. They were careftdly cut, Latest Copyrighted Imperial 8lze Portraits of the President’s
Various are the reasons given for
sively visiting almost every country
the placing of the two buttons on the and "laid around” with gay colors, em­
on the globe. When the Spanish- Amer­
Daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth (nee Alice Roosevelt).
back of a man s coat. One is that broidered with silver and gold thread,
Helen Gould's Charity.
ican War broke out she was in Spain
A Magnificent Souvenir of the Greatest of White House Wedding».
bound with kid and velvet.
and while most of her American asso­ In the name of her father and moth­ they are a survival of bnttons which
Pnbllshrd by authority nt Mi«n 1P k >«« vki . t .
ciates made haste to leave, as a matter er Helen Gould, with the assistance ot were used on the eighteenth century
These exclusive photographs have bc< n reproduced in copper engravings mxl
In the latter part of the eighteenth
riding coat. The coat tails were thus
of safety, she stayed for six months
breeches were worn Ala tight. printed in sepia on special tinted paper, suitable for framing.
longer, assuming a Spanish name and Elizabeth Altman, annually distributes buttoned up when the rider was on century
Arranged in large panels as shown in accompanying illustrations.
A gentleman ordering a pair is said
in charity. Probably Miss horse-back.
living as a Spanish woman. That this *500,000
supports directly and indirectly
to have told his tailor— "if I can get
5 poses in Ball Dress, size 12x36 inches,
was possible for her to accomplish is Gould
charities than any other one per­
5 ¡«»ses in Street Dress, size 12x34 inches.
Into them I wont pay for them.”
due to her brunette complexion, her more
Now selling in New York City for *1.00 each. Our special offer (edition limited*.
son living. Her donations annually
Tallest Skyscraper Yet.
black hair and her brilliant black eyes. i reach 500 or more beneficiaries. Her
The English, Irish and Scotch ship
Either panel 35c., or both panels 40c., postage prepaid.
She might easily pass as a daughter of total disbursements during the last
Tt is announced that the Singer Man
yards last year built a tonnage of new
nfacturing
company
has
filed
plans
for
any one of the Latin countries.
AAdreu
NATIONAL PHOTO-SOUVENIR CO.,
efeht years—and they are all made
ships of 1,744,402 tons, or double the
The history of the Alamo Is one I with business judgment and through a a stmeture which will be higher than entire
Lock Bos 61, WASHINGTON, D. C.
American ocean tonnage.
any existing New York city akyscrap-
which
must
fire
the
Imagination
and
|
WH
11
unBiucTo
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patriotism of every son and daughter | perfect system—reach *4,000,000.
THE NATION’S BRIDE.’
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