The Enid Democrat. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 8, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. III.
The Enid Democrat.
KM IK OKLAHOMA TLKIMTOK Y. SA'IT KI)A V. FEHRIAKY
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NO. 20.
fight3 '° Sta,t * Wlnnin^ ! °n>> "ord. that showed no heart
biii,. , I « s moved—
1 ^rr,,f ,he—- • -
He trad relieved me, strange enough
to say. ... ^ . ,
An' 1 had charged him. as I came awav 1 s;"d' '* 1
TO keep hi. wit. about him an' hi. i Cod ha. forsaken u. an' „„„, I fear.
w, . open, or he'd meet with a am- "Tin" *"* g''°W,"K *ray *" !
■rise. ..
I m going to try to sec the President
; -I dja,, HUe hi. looks; he turned from lUd tue,' K Z £T*£ L !
die.'
A" lesslv ° S'a8PCd "|S mUSkftt °a,'e- "They wo,,ld" t >« "" in. although I
tolc! |
bear aW*y UP°n h'9 dan«eroua ^;8,Oryt0,h««':menaremlghtyeoldl
WUhdreamy look an' kind o' dragging , VlVtn™ "" ,h"y *Cr°
j All all sought favors of the tongue o '
| "I rolled up la my blanket, but some- j BuM waa watching, an' one pleasant |
I couldn't sleep; before me, plain as j 1 sawYhe Unco.n carriage drive awav 1
l w7,;ir -rto' --■—! £ i-
mo ia' t v v.r^ - | gate
^''Ipaer31 '"'POr ,0°k °' SaZlUS 1,1,0 X
! ,hp "rst Idea of danger near. " ^0^ "P '° ",e entl'"nc6 j
Or shadow of anxiety or fear.
i Kut just as if his thoughts were far
away
To where his mother bowed her liead
to pray.
I couldn't stand it, so I took my gun,
An stopping over comrades, one by
one,
1 I hurried to the outposts silently,
j Anxious to find him once again an' see
' If all went well, an' if It did, why, then
1 d jest turn in an' try to sleep again.
An' he stepped out, his eyes upon th« j
floor;
His lips were moving as If in his mind j
Some question ho debated, but his kind !
An gentle face wall! it invited me, 1
An 1 was starting forward eagerly, .
V\ hen jest as I had almost reached hie 1
side
1 hey roughly called to me to stand ;
aside.
late news notes
Houston, Texas, is flooded.
German navy is to be doubled.
I'.nimel Coiner, railway conductor
committed suicide at Gallatin, No. '
• 'old Inis been found near Blue
Mounds, Wis,, and .hero is g"oat e
citcnient.
.nan'is">l 'i |UO"," htts decided that a
day y Pr,!0e<linfi: Lis birth-
f.riarf and stripes will hereafter float
fiom the, Nevada. Mo., school imihl-
11 i. a penitentiary offense to re-
™?riVry.,WnSl"PC°r""rin th° I,"ii"n
U'"1 fo"r trainp.
burg, Ind m * W, U, K -
"Ul,t'!r divorce ease
ti.,,- i tl,e ,lo,;to'' get
ting a decree.
'■■P'seopa! bishops have
p titioned Cleveland to prevent a rep-
etition ot Armenian atrocities.
"'c,h.ara J- ^t.iuipir, well known
SInH' ma" was shot and killed b,-
William ,I. KeilaratSt. Joseph.
Arthur Schneider, a double murderer
, J®1,1 ,at New Orleans, says lit
?,2wnJr UODmn to death in
i oiest park, St. Louis, in A\
He glanced once at the ofllcer so grim, :
While I looked up beseechingly at him. I
"I reached a spot close underneath the 1 "^o'uld'h ""m'? What 1
bin would he do?
I when at a sound my very heart stood j ^'fer^e^'''' *M "**• '"fWr "" "" |
A scuffle! then a cry! an oath-an' then ' PerlUng^hU^to ^"hT """"nR,y-
1 saw the forms of half a hundred men I only i soldier' \i ! " i ' .
Between me an' the twinkline stars' L- ^i , , Marching near an far,
dim light inkling eta,. | Hghtlng ihe battles of this awful war! !
That iest outline,! ,h i- « >. 1 °"le my man! Thank God, to
height figure, on the speak to me
You need no other name or pedigree.' '
• ti ,^n "1Pn 'le lpd me in au' up the stair.
H want no time to think! I raised my While Ministers and General, waited
aim. there.
Ihe good old musket rung out the I
A dtT answering shots the rebe]s [ ''^ hlm'with l"e sob. half choking
Then. turned au' run, a yelling as they , ills facetsHad^n'f fun'o"'.',7with a
"fill. I Cflre
... I ,lhut 1 had "ever seen a mortal wear:
scrambled up the hill, an awful ' K"" '1C listened, an' be bowed his
dread bead
Choking my breath! the boy! he must I Sometimes at what I felt or what 1 said. I
be dead! He looked my papers over carefully j
An others came, an' soon we found his 'hen turned an,' smiling, gently sain' i
form I to me:
Stretched out upon the ground, but ! The>' say we must be stern if we would I
I moist an' warm; j win;
j A blow upon the head that stunned ! That Pardons are the death of discin-
| that's all, ' i line;
I His gun all right, with powder, cap, i ^ul st'" * think the country would stir- I
I an' ball, j vivo I
An when 1 saw it -wall! t felt a smart ! ^ "lal boy loose an' running round
That hurt more'n If the wound was aIive-
in his heart.
| So far's our men's concerned, why.
• ■■■ August, 1 HIM.
kill e?1\v,ii*i'^itr :u"' John Tea-man
'•led William (.ilhans and dan erons
ly wounded his broteer Charles in a
farmer a.1" S'' ''°uis A" :"-
tolEf-^ b'" K'ivi"8' "''gilt of way
to the Kansas City, l'lttsburg & Huff
railway thro.,Kl, the Indian territory
gress, e" ljy ,K,th bouses of Con-
Judge Canty, Minnesota Supreme
court, has ruled that where a banker
marked (° il « «tomer
ma iked no funds," where there are
funds on deposit in tlie bank, l,e is
liable to the customer for slander and
substantial damages.
The mints at, Philadelphia, San
r,i^"n!SU"' f"1 New 0l-leans have be-
n, ,. f c.°Lnu^e "r silver dollars at
the a ti; of 1,50U,000 per montli.
New York theatrical managers are
up ill arms against the legislature In
which there has been introduced a bill
to pie™,,the wearing of tights on
the stage in any but Sbakesperean
plays or other of the legitimate class.
lieutenant tVimmanJcr Ttobert K
town 0i the n!tV'7 is,,<'a<l in ('0,>rge-
Mayor I'ingrec of Detroit says be is
for Keed for president.
A vessel supposed to bo the Nineveh
?as sighted off Cape Flattery on tire
Forests of Montana counties were
denuded of valuable t imber by Cana-
dians v
Many Chicago and Southwestern
Ind TI. W6re at lebanon.
Jnd. company's oflicials
strikers did it^
say
( >
KBUAIUM 1/IXCOfvN.
:
A Sulcitrr'. story of Ihe M iir.
BV COL. GILBERT A. PIERCE.
<j TALL, gaunt man,
iii jl! with grizzled
■ 91 -l|l^ beard and hair
&.
bis air,
/ He told to us, In
simple phrase,
this story
About himself, the
army, and "Old
Glory."
Ill And something of
*1 the soldier In
wiian,
/ ojjtcll us who yo
(, Anan.'
they're talkii;' nowadays," said he,
M, "right smart
bout the great Napoleon Bonaparte,
n' t'other day the boys says, 'Uncle
'.Ban
i you think the greatest
don't know, boys,' I says; 'there's
■Washington,
a''Alexander, an' Napoleon,
a' lots of others," but my way o'
thinkin'
fl|fe's none of 'em come up to Old
Abe Lincoln'—
orjgreiitness isn't jest a bcin' stern,
i' iDlemn-like, an' carln' not a dern
ritnybody on the top of eaTth
fVt yourself, an' thinkin' no one
/worth
^ powder 'n lead to blow him out o'
sight,
less he bets on 70U as jes' 'bout
r'stit.
oif, Uncle Abraham could hoe his
Pbe
h'auy of 'em argyin', you know,
.thi n, some wTiy, he kind o' had the
iwl^g
hem old prophets, when he come to
illng
"Asleep upon his post! He turned to I heaven willing,
me ! We'll let the other fellows do the kill- !
An' put his arm around me lovingly; i iuK-
i couldn't help It, dad,' he said, an i Vo" tc" Illm, though, i count 011 hiic 1
!nen ( to tight,
He smiled that boyish smile of his j P''ove that they were wrong and I ,
again, ! was right;
Jest saying, as he turned once more, To bravely serve, to die, too. if need be,
You see i For God's great boon of human liberty.' j
t His Pnaiici,■ • T 1 V0 had my c'iance to strike for lib- An' lhcn hp wrote: This sentence dis- I
His English, an I guess, take him all | -Just then I never thought the time erty! , approved!'
' '"""t"' Don't tell the folks at home, I beg and 1 while 1 sat there an' hardly breathed '
stay at An,prt7'' ,
home. An then between the guards he
But thinning ranks require new bone marched away.
an muscle, j j — — • •* wwiiau/. i^mcom.
An' so recruiting officers must hustle; 11 wa'n't no use! I begged, 1 plead; 1 j ...
An' w hen two years had passed I heard ! swore J Jcst there was where I lost my grip
one Tiight That Billy wasn't like himself no more, i , m>!
that Billy had enlisted for the fight. ! l3ut tllere be was before us, well as ever! | co"'d t say tho first derned thing— j
! He'd never been so bright, 1 reckon, . ,leB' cry.
never. i " """ing his hand an' tremble like the i
round, ,,
.1 . . . would come
gmunS.6 KT'St man °n ,CP ■ °' I Whtn BiHy couldn't fairly ,t
^ ou see, at first, 1, bcin' a reglar 'crat,
Was thinkin' that the savage little spat
Betwixt ihe North an'. South was all a
owin'
To what them Abolitionists was doin'.
But gosh! 1 soon got crazy as the rest
An' carried coal oil lamps, an' yelled
my best.
An' pretty quick 1 got to howlin' round
Bout John Brown s body moldering in
the ground.
So when Steve Douglas said, right Tair
and square,
or moved;
An' then i saw him add, my old eyes!
bllnkln',
I 'Restored to his company. A. Lincoln.'
Southwest Missouri load and ^.ine
producers are fee ing tho influence „f
the smelter combine.
l'hiiadelphia was visited by a *2,000,-
(100 e, destroying several large build-
ings and a large and valuable collec-
tion of paintings, books and curios.
The Cuban war causes tremendous
losses to merchants in sugar.
dead" 'ilaml D"chessof Oldenburg is
Justin McCarthy will resign as
pal'tv' " 'C Jr'Sh I'lrliamentary
fan of;l',Te i8l,afo t l" compass the
fall ol Chancellor Von Hoheniohe of
the (lerruun empire.
I'nele Sum )ias demanded an in-
d^mnityof ;00.0„D fr,„,, Turkey for
the destruction of American missions
in Armenia.
It is announced that Spain, backed
by hurope would resent an interfer-
ence with Cuban affairs by tho United
"God! how 1 watched that bojV Some-
times with pride.
Then fearful as he kept step by my
side
Into the battle up the mountain
height.
I rying to keep his boyish form in sight,
never.
Maybe It was the shock; but, anyhow. ,
He stood before the court, his boyish lnBtPad of making, so to speak, a brief
brow ! oration.
Half hid by curls, an' less affected l'lallkil,6 bini an promising to
when 1 s,an<1^
The sentence came than all the rest the 1 !!?"' me a" "" "lr blessed land
men. | ^as sayed. No, sir; 1 lost my head.
No matter, when I heard the verdict ' Anally, 1 mustered up an'said
read, ' ^nought that God would take good
I wished with all my heart that I was ',ale 0 hl"''
dead. ! Whatever might become of discipline.
An w all! I l ad to go w iihout a savin'
..ti , , , ; 'be things that filled nn- henrt
How eou d I ever nerve my heart to go but prayln " !
And Ml his mother, who had loved him Heaven ,0 treat bin, kind an' tenderly *
An' with the mere.) he had shown to ;
1 me.
I didn't know jest what to say or do
That this was treason lurking in the |
. • i maybe,
' ''""'"f "fK up; an' 1 "«> ^ Mys I, When he exposed himself too careless-
« jinks! like old man Adams, Live or I lv areiess
die i '
_ . . . i l'or boys, somehow, with twice the
• vhe or perish, you can count on me | cause to live
AS tor the Vnlon an' for liberty.' j Seen, twice a reckless when a life's to
ii 1 k • j sive.
An so Ik Billy!' says my wife—our !
Bill,
jest barely turned fifteen but who ' 'At v!cksJ>nrf ,n the charge, the ras-
could fill cal Ka'nfd . ..
^!.P'ace of Mler of his size i Thc^^' but fe" back' cruahed an' I The^^e me leaVe of ab80nt^ « ' 1 ! "I« Hx months Billy stood upon the !
. - My ,FCa.nt>' p"y' a,i' 8t«rted. whither j Promoted up to second corporal
Jestfby the spot where gallant Nevis , ^u.y rwalM_Jegt ^ An'^then. by changes thai we'under-
I On getting aid somewhere; letters I Was color bearer of tbe regiment
•1 tookWm in my arms and bore him To the commanding general 0, the Wc ZTlbTsT °e",'Ria- <'0m"Jer" '
Down under shelter, where the fire waa To .Xators and eove, „„,0 . 1 Bearing the dear old flag triumphantly I
Though some 'ay in„.,v , , ., slack- Ilillll?, ,' ., , ' one An' there, with mild shot and canister
a dern. ' ',,nt ^orth Then called a surgeon, while I cried ' ' > ' . } 1 m Linco,n Wash- We faced tho guns of Fort McAllister
But anyhow, there ain't no u-e nt ! nn" BWOre
ln'. or pray- And dashed myself aaalnst the fort . j "When loving hands arrayed tho boy I
T1 ■ " Hfr 01 ills size
ever walked beneath Ohio's skie, j Before the sweeping fire of that red hell
0t8tay"Se' ' !<"5 S' 'bui B1"y he must
1 an'"hay," """ "" IT1"ke ,he corn
Urn" "" "Kh"" member o' this
a dern.
t. thrrn ath'i ..
pray-
1 go and you and Hilly (lo H(nyin.,
"An' then, although somehow the i..
would start, l"° t",rB
I marched away to try and do ay
With little Billy erj In' af„r Vm
•I want a chance to strike tor liberty.'
And dashed myself against the fort , , , ,
once more. fainting heart 1 sought eftth man i that nlaht
whose name u,_ „
* * ' * Was said to make or mar a hero's fame- f., J uniform, with buttons'
One night twaa In the midst of that They kindly spoke told mo to waif' ! Thev fnn a hi , I
campaign they sent | found hi. treasures, an' umong |
When^kirmlshe. were dally, an' the My paper., to those near the President; A pl'tuiTof Old Abe upon his breast; |
An' written on tho ha/ v ni,« ' '
... Jllm Ullt one by one they all came buck no
or Sherman an' of Hood was, day and sign
i Of hope to me In any cruel line;
An' written on the back, like prophecy!
'I've fought, great friend, and died fo,
liberty!' "
SiPi<1,'," b?. Ifeater proba-
biii ,v ol favorable action by Congress
in the matter of tho I'aeille roads in-
debtedness than there has been for
many years.
Cashier George Barnard of the Stan-
wi.\, j\. V. National bank, committed
su:enie. aud the bank i.s closed nend
ing an investigation.
General Marin has left Havana with
a large force to try to capture Gomez
| «uid JMucco, the insurgent leaders, vvbo
i are now in I'inur del Kio.
! John Hays Hammon.: has cabled
! hen;,lor Jones to have the United
Stales warn the Transvaal govern-
j nient against maltreatment of Ameri-
cans.
Lconoiny is the watchword on the
I Santa l e railway since the new man-
agement took charge of tho system.
In all departments the expenses are
ESfcr """ " •
A Democrat was elected to succeed
the late Ilepresintatlvc Wilson of
Kentucky. and Blackburn thereby
gained a vote.
eivii8S|(i'iTia. drunk corro-
M e sublimate, mistaking it for bro-
mule, and died in awful agony itt
Lafayette, Ind. J
Linperor William, despite the objec-
tions ol some of hi minister.-,, is'de-
termined to double the German navy.
It was reported to the Reichstag
that bacteria had been found in im-
ported rve. American cereals were
sum! to be the least affected.
The London papers agree that Salis-
bury confessed lailuro in bis speech ou
Armenia.
liiu/ilian troops liavo occupied the
disputed territory on the border of
trench Guiana.
Germany is determined to coileol
nor claim against Venezuela. A naval
demonstration may be made.
A passenger and freight train were
ni JmS,ou on Wabash at Oakley,
ill. ihe. freight conductor nas fled.
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Hensley, Frank. The Enid Democrat. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 8, 1896, newspaper, February 8, 1896; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc157033/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.