Weekly times enterprise and South Georgia progress. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1905-????, March 30, 1906, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Text1)0 mo stride Mutes MAGAZINE SECTION. THOMASVILLE. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, 'MARCH 30, 1906. PAGES 1 TO i RESCUED THE ALAMO. FAMOUS TEXAN STRONGHOLD SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION BY A WOMAN. Miss Clara Drlscol Prevents Catas trophe-Alamo Was tbe Scene of the Most Terrific Fight of Early Days of Texas. — Through the command of a consider- able sum of money a Texas woman has been enabled to save to her native state and to the United States one of the meet noted relics of Texan and Mexican War times. The historical Alamo, an old fort, originally a mon astery, and the seeae of one of the most thrilling Incidents of the Mex ican War, was about to be sold, and the ground utilized In the erection of a modern hotel. The lesson taught by the handful of Americans who held the Alamo rather of liberty. Already famous were the pioneer scouts and warriors who en trenched themselves In that redoubt, and yet more, famous and glorious be came their memory after the sanguin ary and unequal fight Men were they, heroes and Intrepid characters, sur rounded by a vast horde of savage Mexicans, with many an old score settle; yet not one thought of surren der apparently entered thelr-soula The last of them was killed by Mexican bullets; but not until they had made a fearful accounting among the swarm ing hosts of the enemy. The tragle story of the Alamo will go down In history as. end of the greatest of battles, and Texas and the Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to the woman who bas saved its crumbling walls and than surrender, appealed so strongly Drlscol, a Miss Clara Drlscol, a successful author of magazine stories, that she made an offer of sixty thousand dol lars for the property and it was ac cepted. In speaking of this purchase Miss Drlscol said that if the Alamo, a monument to the heroism of Texan soldiers, had been destroyed It would have made It Impossible for her to live In the state, devoted as she Is to It Al most Immediately after the historical fort came Into her hands tbe people of Texas woke up to the situation. A bill was passed by the state legislature authorizing the purchase of the prop erty from her and at the same time appointing her honorary custodian of the Alamo. For some time Miss Drlscol bas been writing short stories concerning Thxas and Mexloo llfa her first book. Will See Snakes. Serpent rings, broaches, bangles and necklaces are to be the fashion In the big cities this sfeason, dealers having already received many orders for Jewelry of a “snaky" description. One lady Is haring made a belt In the form of a gold rattlesnake and at recent New Tork ball one of the guesi wore a coronet composed of Jeweled snakes. It Is Intimated that the new fashion will develop and that ladles will study the art of snake charming, deserting their toy dogs for pet reptiles. Plan For Salvation of Louisville. Borne days ago the postmaster Louisville, Kentucky, received a com munication from a man In Rutland, Vermont, who, having learned, he said, of the wickedness In Louisville, and desiring to do missionary work there, wanted a list qf the unsaved men and women of that town. Postmaster Bak er, It is stated, forwarded a city dl- uaiuuu/ij wuMumu «wv»vvv nwiitn, buu he was certain that this plan would afford everybory In Louisville a "square deal.” It has been remarked that If the soul saver desires a more extensive field to work In he might procure a copy of the New Tork City directory containing a million and a half names, and possibly Chicago and a few other of the Igrge towns might make application. and folk lore music, all of the greatest [ •editable value in the arrangement of 1 musical .petting. Inspired by these the ra was musical composer of the opera was en abled to gain the best results so that the actual character of the mqllo as well as the eostumeo and scenery makes the play typically American. The first night “Mexicans" was pro duced one of the principals, a woman, carried out the tlmehoaored associa tion of senqrltsa, sombreros and ciga rettes by appearing on tbs stage smok ing ono of these tiny rolls. Miss Drls col Immediately sought the stage manager and remonstrated stating that the better class of Mexican women do not smoko, contrary to the general Im pression that all women in tropical countries Indulge In the habit; there after this seemingly necessary adjunct was removed from the opera. Mias Drlscol has travelled exten sively vlsltlngjJmoet every ^o on the globe, Whim the __ lean War broke out she was In Spain and while most of her American aae» elites made baste to leave, as a matter of safety, she stayed for six months longer, assuming a Spanish name and living a* a Spanish woman. That this was possible for her to accomplish Is dne toher brunette complexion, her blxck hair and her brilliant Made eyed She might easily pam as a daughter Of any one of the Latin countries. The history of the Alamo Is m ne mast fire tbe imagination and of ever* •» rectory with a letter, saying directory contained 250,000 ns CLARA DRISCOL. BGY AND MONEY HAVE SAVED THE ALAMO. 'The Girl of La Gloria" being, placed an tbe market within the past year. ,, A Mexican Opera. Partly on account of her Intense In terest In the Texas country and Its people and parUy because this Is subject heretofore untouched In either literature or drama she conceived the Idea of writing an opera In which there shonld he only Mexican scenes * And characters. Through the cooperation of men well verse" In "methods of producing operas, the whole story was put Into Bhapb. Miss Drttcol had collected a number of Mexican songs and dances that the A Short Road to Wealth. Bmv It t pita for talslae* wealth,' Keep year cash to sear hand and don't ind jrm-n tod that each tins' you fold U SWlTdoobla sour roBi never lend It LIKE S FOB CHINA PIECES. Under Mrs, Roosevelt's supervision one of the most valuable collections in this country has bean placed on exhi bition In the bai basement of tho Whits Bouse,-and it la a proud day when aha can add something of historic worth to the treasures The exhibit Is made up entirely of remnants of the dinner sets which formerly served the Presi dential families It begins with soma rare gold-trimmed plates and cups and saucers. Which were the pride of MSrtha Washington’s heart, and thq contributions tonttan* ‘ Of Mrs McKinley. 1 down to the era Helen Gould’s Charity. In the name of her father and moth er Helen Gould, with the assistance of Elizabeth Altman, annually distributes $600,000 in charity. Probably Mias GouM supports directly and Indirectly charities f more charities than any other oce per son living. Her donations annually reach 500 or mote beneficiaries Her total disbursements during the last eighty year*—and they are aU made business Judgment and through • perfect system—reach $1,000,000. . ( OLD cmn REDUCED. BLOW ABOUT TO FALL UPON VETEREN MEN OF TBE GOV- ERMENT DEPARTMENTS. Congress Preparing to Cutl Salaries and Discharge Older Employees Who Have Spent Beat Years of Life In Serving Uncle SamJ The blow, which the older govern ment clerks at Washington have for sometime feared, Is about to fall, and If the House of Representatives follows Its apparent Intention, the clerks of 65 years old and over, will have their pay cut from 25 to 60 percent , The investigation carried on by the Appropriation Committee, shows that over $2,000,000 Is annually paid to Clerks over 65 years of age, and that If the plan proposed is carried out, over 76 percent of these will be reduced. This will mean that many faithful em ployees of the government, who have grotto old In the service of their coun try, will suddenly find their Incomes cut nearly In half. It la often stated that the average government Job Is an easy one, with short hours and good pay, so that there Is something of a disinclination throughout the country to feel or .ex press much sympathy for tbe govern ment clerk who Is reduced, or per chance; dismissed for any reason. As a matter of fact, however, these posi tions In Washington, are moat trying and unprofitable .(unless we except a few cases, In which the work is tech nical, with the possibility of leading to better things outside In tbe com mercial world), and after a few years of service; leave the Incumbent with out the capability of making bis way In business, If suddenly thrown upon hla own resources. Most of tbe government bureaus are large offices, wbere a clerk may be en gaged for years In a single line of work, bis knowledge and experience, although, narrow and circumscribed, thus becoming valuable to the govern ment. In tbe meantime, his salary has been barely commensurate with bis liv ing expenses, and although some of tbe government employees with thrifty wives may have been able to buy a modest home, the proportion of these Is not large. Tben, after twenty years of confining and uninspiring labor, comes bis dis charge, and be finds himself complete ly out Of touch with all former busi ness knowledge and relations, unable to cam as much In a now lino of life at could his recently graduated son. This would mean that the man wbo hss entered government service in middle- life, and through meritorious effort and faithful endeavor has worked up to a salary of $1600 or $1800, would in bis ripe years and experience, be thrown out on the world, llks an old bone, wbo bas served bis master faithfully but baa lost the vigorous step and stylish action of a younger animal.. Had this man been connected with a big com mercial house for those twenty years, his business associates would delight 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 Liberty street, with a tower of 40 stories; which will rise to the height of 594 feet. The tower wjll be 65 feet square for 36 stories, and will be sur mounted bya dome containing four ad ditional stories, above which will be ON THE OKL&WAHA. MOST PICTURESQUE OF AMERI CAN RIVERS—PALMS AND ORANGE GROVES. _ , to honor him with the Increased salary loin, due to his experience and wlsdi which had dSne so much toward build ing np the structure of their worldly Interests. The sentiment has been freely ex- leased upon the floor of the House, iwaver, that It Is cel Believed that a majority of its members will favor any drastic measure of cutting down tbe Income of falthfnl clerks. One plan dis cussed by the House Committee, em- ' a provision that when any em- shall have reached the age of 70 years, beshallbelmmedlatelydlsmlssed While $1,000 might appeartobea rea sonable living In the smaller towns, In Washington, wbere expenses are so heavy. It Is a small sum for a man of family. Old and honored government employees, from the administration of Washington down, have resigned or “ " In the nation’s service, but Con- In its wisdom, In these days of un wonted national prdkperity, seems to be pursuing extraordinary methods to Increase the efficiency of the service and to rednee the federal expenditures! Ancnt the subject, tbe Washington Pott says:'What a kind and benefi cent government It would be that would cut a faithful servant, who had served It for yenrs,ond who Is as effi cient a clerk now as be was ten years ago; because he has reached tbe age of slxty-flvet What an Inducement to falthfnl service! What a splendid ex ample of the “merit system.” But It probably serves a man right for reaching tbe age of sixty-five, and be ing still vigorous and falthfnl and capa ble In tbe pnbllc service.' The Speaker of tbe House, the honor able Joseph G Cannon,- wbo will bo seaenty years old on tbe 7th of May next shonld see to It that bis Mends on tbe Appropriation Com mittee take a back track on this Osier- ltlsb proposition. If tbe provision should not be stricken out In tbe House tbe twenty-tlx Senators wbo are over sixty-five, and the three others wbo will be sixty-five before this year Is out ought to he able to give It a quietus in the Senate. • Farther Descriptions of a Delightful Trip From St. Augustine Through The Lake Region of Florida—Hang* log Spanish Moss. • A word more before I leave tho beau tiful city of St. Augustine In Sunny Florida, although the Whole of our visit was not made as a matter of fact in sunshine. We went into tho old Cathedral with its three bells "all In a row," and one smaller bell hanging above, one of these being the oldest bell In the United States. We also visited three of tbe principal churches in the city—tbe pretty Episcopal, the ^unique TIMES BuIlDINGT The Highest Structure In New York.' cupola and—If that Isn’t high enough —a flagstaff. (The highest bulldng In New Tork to- dan la the Times Building, Including the three stories which are below New Tork’e pavement. Restore Lite After Death. Claim That Victims of Electric Chair Can Be Brought Back to Life. A To. be able to restore life after elec trocution la tbe claim of J. M. Berger, an expert electrician, wbo states that by hla method a person electrocuted at one of our prisons, and pronounced dead by tbe attending physicians, may be restored to life. His only require- ments are that be be allowed to take the body within fifteen minutes after life la pronounced extinct and that the brains be not baked or tbe lungs car bonated. Mr. Berger states that he, himself, received more volts than are supposed to bo necessary to kill a man and that bp known of cases wbere as high as 3000 and 4000 volts have gone through men’s bodies and they hare been r» ■IavsA +a Ufa finA knelik stored to life and health. He cites as an Illustration, tbs cast of Joseph Averell, a Baltimore line man, whewas caught In an alternating current of 3000 voltage and thrown from a pole to the middle of the street He was removed at once to the city hospital and emergency treatment was quickly applied. Both of hla bands were burned to a crisp and his skull almost fractured by tbe fall to tbe street but he recovered. '. Berger's method Is very simple Mr. Various are the reasons given for tire buttons on tbe lie placing of the lack of a man’s coat Ons Is that they are a survival of bnttona which were used on the eighteenth century riding coat "The coat tails were thus buttoned op when IBs rider was on Tallest Skyscraper Vet. ItteamMuneedtoatthe Stagsr Kt» nfactnrtng company has filed plans tor a structure wbfch will ha higher than any existing New Tort; city ikyaerso- •*» « and one that be claims may be followed by any person wbo Is cool-headed and not likely to become excited. He lays tbe victim of electrocution on his back with a rolled coot or blanket under hla shoulders so that the head Is allowed to fall backwards The operator should kneel behind the head of the patient facing him, grasp the elbows and draw them well over tbe head, so as to bring them almost together above and hold them there for two or three seconds He should then carry the elbows down to the aides and front of the chest firmly Compressing It by throwing hla weight upon the elbows After two or three seconds the arms should be carried above the head and thq same manoeuversshould be repeated aCtoe rate of fifteen or sixteen times a mlnnta The operators must remem ber that the manipulation must be con. ducted with methodical deliberation, Jost as described, and never hurriedly or half beartedly. In.addition to this the tongue most be'drawn ont to tree the throat -A doth shonld be used In bolding the tongue so It will not slip, ft must be drawn out when the arms are held above the head and allowed to recede when the cheat Is compressed. Methodist, and the beautiful terlan church, tbe last a memorial built by Mr. Flagler for his only daughter. Fort Marlon, one of the sights of St Augustine Is an old Spanish fort, de serted, but kept In repair for visitors. We climbed tho famous stairway to tbe ramparts where the view of bay, har bor, town and ocean Is so fine. I stood In the sentinel towers on tbo four corners of tbe Fort and almost Imag ined I could see tbe enemy approaching. To me the quaint old streets of the town where most fascinating; there are no sidewalks, and one bas to bug the walls In order not to be run over; second story verandas are not uncom mon and one can easily shake bands with his neighbor on the opposite ver anda or bdlcony. One of the very oldest houses Is built of cochlna; a natural shell conglomerate, and baa a game roof covered with moss, from which has sprung a growth of bright green, ten inches high. At night It la an interesting sight to 8auntor.through these narrow pictures que streets, lined on eacb side with shops, where tbe curiosity seeker could find alligators stuffed in every size, from the little ones. Just coming out of their shells, to the great big fellows that made you shudder, they looked so life-like. Hundreds of pretty things In palmetto, shells, etc. were also exhibit- ed. All of this we saw In the rain and mist—some of the time under an um brella, at other times too interested to remember that it rained. tbe beach. I- never saw such sand, so fine and white. As old sea captaU from Nassau had Just landed his schooner «t the wharf so we paid him a visit, bought soma pretty pieces Si coral, and were treated to Caban ha- nanas and my husband to black cigars as well The Captain had some superb tortoise shells. While he Is on hla trips, his young wife keeps a little Shop aad sells the treasures of theses, with which he keeps her richly suppled. Good-Bye To Old St. AugosHne, The next morning; after four days visit, we had to say good-bye to this fascinating old city. It contains IS much—tbe superb hotels with that! wealth of beauty and luxuriant 00 filled with tropical vegetation. x <m churches, ths fort, the quaint old streets, the shops, the bay, the sea, tin beautiful blue of sky and ocean, the sunshine—ah me. It makers picture I shall never forget, s dream that has at last been realized. The next morning we rode by train for an hour through the pine woods to Palatka, there boarding the little steamer Osceola—which was to n 25 miles through the 8t. John’s Rlvsr and 101 miles np the Oklawaha—4b* Indian name for “Crooked Water.” Such a funny little tub is the Osceola, It Is about 60 feet l#ng by 8$ feet wide. Fortunately we had telegraphed tor state rooms, as the boot was so crowd ed that many passengers had to hang An TlAAlra Am* AS.. A.’ on hooka Our room was on tte^O deck, and so spacious that only < us could get into It at a tlma Tho Fascinating Oklawaha. ' The St. John’s Is quiet and monoto nous, but ths beauty of the Oklawaha la extremely fascinating—a narrow river without banks, constantly tarn- — M ' Itself, “ Deep BlaoSUea ' On the lost day which we spent In St Augustine, the sun came ont, the air was warm and balmy, the sky azure blue without a cloud, and I bad my heart’s desire t»f seeing St Augustine bathed In winter sun shine. Carriages were being driven everywhere, side walks were crowded, the hotel courts and the plaza, and even the hotels themselves looked so beautiful I wtsbed I might be a part'of It all for a month. We sat In the Casino, watching the bathers In the large marble swimming pool, and listening to the music by the Marine Band. Tbe scene was gay with flags and banners of all nations while ths crowd kept coming and going like a kaleldlscope picture. After dinner we lug at right angles with Itself, the great tall cypress trees full of waving gray moss, growing directly ont of the water, which Is of Inky blackness. Now and then, but rarely, the river being very crooked, there Is a short vista through these weird looking tress, with their branches reaching out toward Heaven, and the Spanish moss swaying gracefully back and forth In the breeze. Tbe surface of tbe water was covered with lily pods; "bonnets" the captain called them, but It was too tarty in ths season for the lilies, < .Now and then the steamsr stopped at a lonely wharf to take on wood, *"* on the upper deck at dusk, pine torches were lighted which burned all night; faintly Illuminating aacb aids of the river, and! creating most shapes and shadows. About • o’clock In tot evening, wt heard ths whlstls of tot down boat, and tbs pilot moored os In a part of tot river wide enough • beautiful for her to pass. It was sight as ws watched her lights, while ■he twisted and curved her war toward us, passing .within‘n few Inches et tot Osceola, toe flame of hsr pins knots casting weird shadows about us and tot darkles on board staging as with cheers and hurrahs the slipped out of sight. ^ 1 Weird Southern Melodics. As wo glided on, through fata strange scant, sun own darkles thrir . The Steamer Osceola. Loading Some Oranges on the Oklawaha. In toe seventeenth century button holes were s matter of ornament more than of use. They were carefully cut, and "laid around" with gay colors, em broidered with silver and grid thread, bound with kid and velvet In toe latter part of toe eighteenth century breeches were .worn skin tight A gentleman ordering a pair la said to have told hla tailor—"If I can get Into them ( wont pay for them.” ■Tho English, Irish and Scotch ship yards last year built a tonnage of new r i ll mill I double toe ■I court nobles, and was; tort toe little ferry beat across toe bay to Anastatla Island andthen toe cars to ton. lighthouse and South Beach, where ws sat on too sand watching too Atlantio waves a* they rolled up on weird melodies; sad * Hardly seemed SS If WS ewTllTtaS In tote twentieth century. At one O'clock in too morning we pawed through toe narrowest (Oyttpuedcq next page.) ijfffi • «r i. # isp mm THE NATION’S BRIDE. 8jrt Copyrighted Imperial 8lze Portraits of tho President's Daughter! Mrs. Nicholas Longurorth Dies Alice looseveit). Daughter, Mrs. I Nicholas Longworth Owe Alice SnintO^ A Magnificent Souvenir of the Greatest of White Home Weddings. _ , I PabUtort by authority of Ml* Booemu*. b *P?re a ?» d j* copper enpsviags and Arrangel la lgrgo panels ns ihown In accompanying ^iluatrnUona. S pom to B*H Press, size 13x86 Inches. „ „ • eposes fa Street Dress, size 12x84 Inches. Now sailing In New York City for $1.00 each. Our special offer (edition IfariML Either panel ajc., or both panels 40c., Poatage prapj^T—Tw.s. A rets 3C "~'~ ujj w«t*rtw»Ui FiT.'**

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Weekly times enterprise and South Georgia progress. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1905-????, March 30, 1906, Image 9