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The Moral Force of Europe.
“Tolstoi,” said Herr Stadling,
a Swedish gentleman who acted
in Russia as almoner of the
funds subscribed by Sweden and
this country for the famine-
stricken peasants, to a represen-
tative of the London “Chroni-
cle,” is a Russian nobleman,hav-
ing large estates at Zasnaja Pol-
jana, in the Province of Tula. I
suppose these estates would be
of the value of 300,000 roubles.
They are his ancestral estates,
Put he has others at Samara, on
the borders of Siberia. He be-
longs to one of the oldest fami-
lies in Russia. He succeeded to
the estates in his 17th year when
he was at the Unirersitv ofKan-
san, which he left soon after, as
he did not agree with the curric-
ulum laid down. During the
early part of his life he held most
of the ides which are common
among Russian aristocracy, but
even then the bent of his mind
vras shown in his efforts to im-
prove his estates and the people
living upon them. For instance,
he built new houses for the peas-
ants, and new schools for their
children, in which he endeavored
to carry out educational ideas
very similar to those of Arnold
of Rugby.”
“But to what are we to at-
tribute Tolstoi’s conversion to
his present views?” I asked.
“I don’t know,” replied Herr
Stalding, “that there is any par-
ticular person or thing responsi-
ble for this. All through his
earlier writings you detect the
germs of ideas which have since
made his name so famous. They
are only crude, but they are the
embryos of his later philosophy.
What we may call ‘Christian
anarchism’ as a creed was caused
by his witnessing an execution
in Paris by the guillotine. What
he saw then led him to investi-
gate the whole science and theo-
ry of government and its relation
to religion. He gradually came
to believe that the whole of our
modern government and the
whole of modern law was in
direct opposition to the teach-
ings of Christ. For Tolstoi is a
devout believer in evangelical
Christianity, and is a member of
the Stundists.”
“These are Russian Dissenters,
I suppose?”
“Yes; they form a sect which
believes in non-resistance. Thev
are opposed to war, to the tak-
ing of oaths, and they believe
that the whole of the rules nec-
essary for conduct are to be
found in the Sermon on the
Mount. As you are aware, there
is no freedom of worship in Rus-
sia. Immediately a man becomes
an ‘apostate’—in other words
immediately he leaves the ortho-
dox Greek Church—he comes un-
der the care of the high procura-
tor of the holy synod. His chil-
dren are taken out of his keeping,
his property is confiscated, and,
if he refuses to recant, he is sent
to prison, and, possibly, to Sibe-
ria or into banishment.”
“How is it that Tolstoi es-
caped this fate?”
“I believe the czar interfered
on his behalf, on the intercession
of the countess. But he carried
his ideas into practice by hand-
ing over his Samara estates to
the peasants living upon them,
and he would have followed the
same course at Zasnaja Poljana
had not the Countess Tolstoi in-
terfered and appealed to the au-
thorities, who took charge of
them in trust for his family.’’
“Where did you first come
across Tolstoi?”
“At the village ofRojosan,just
on the edge of the famine dis-
tricts. In company with Tolstoi
and his three sons I succeeded in
establishing 400 eating rooms,
besides several depots, at which
20,000 persons were fed daily.
While engaged on this work I
was brought into close contact
with Tolstoi. I found him a
most charming companion. He
is simple and unaffected in his
manners. He lives in the plain-
est style it is possible to imagine.
A wooden chair, a small camp
bed, and such like simple furni-
ture are the only things he uses
He is a stern and strict vegeta-
rian and abstainer. I remember
once sitting at dinner with him
when a chicken was placed on
the table. ‘Will you eat some of
this cadaver?’he asked with a
laugh. He dresses habitually in
the garb of a Russian Moujik,
which consists of felt boots,
coarse woolen socks and a
sheepskin coat and breeches. In
order to carry out his ideas as
to the dignity of labor he has
learned shoemaking, and devotes
so much time daily to this pur-
suit as circumstances will allow.”
“And what do you think,” I
asked,“is his influence on thought
in Russia?”
“Very much greater than the
Russians themselves believe, or
at any rate, are prepared to al-
low. I know that great num-
bers of the nihilists, who were
formerly terrorists, have come
round to Tolstoi’s views. In
fact, he is to-day the greatest
moral force in Russia, and the
secret of that force is his burning
indignation against all that is
immoral or unjust. His whole
life is a protest against the im-
morality, or rather unmorality,
of the present day. He holds up
the teaching of the Sermon on
the Mount as forming an ideal
life, and he holds that true relig-
ious life can only be lived by car-
rying out its teachings literally.
He believes that the kingdom of
God will never come on earth
until this is done by every man
and woman.
“I should say that Tolstoi is
one of the most profound schol-
ars in Europe at the present day.
He has not only a complete
knowledge of European litera-
ture, both ancient and modern,
but he has as equally complete a
knowledge of Asiatic. He is a
voracious reader, and after he
was 50 years of age he learned
Hebrew in order to be able to
study the old testament more
fully. His favorite English auth-
or is Matthew Arnold. He is a
man of the very widest culture
and attainments, but he is anx-
ious to share his knowledge with
other people. He has been en-
gaged for the past ten years on
a work which he calls the‘Libra-
ry of the People.’ In this he is
endeavoring to gather together
the finest thoughts of the best
thinkers of all ages and coun-
tries. To carry this out he has
been going through the litera-
tures of all countries—Chinese,
Sanscrit, Hindoo, Greek, Roman
and modern. His only hope is
to live until this great work is
finished.
“I am afraid, however, that
some people will be disappoint-
ed with it when it appears,” con-
tinued Herr Stadling. “Tolstoi
has his own ideas about the val-
ue of different authors, and many
of those who the world holds in
high esteem will not find a place
in the ‘Library of the People.’ ”
“But how are his writings cir-
culated in Russia?”
“Well, of course there are great
difficulties, but such is the desire
of the people to get hold of them
that the authorities are beaten
in their endeavor to keep them
from readers. Thousands of his
books are circulated in manu-
script, and are passed from hand
to hand. His commentaries on
the New Testament are still in
manuscript, but they have a
wide circulation for all that.
Just lately two young ladies oc-
cupying a high station in St.
Petersburg became converted to
his views, and they havethrown
up everything, and now live in
a small village near the Caspin,
where they are occupied in copy-
ing Tolstoi’s works. In a word
I consider Tolstoi is the greatest
force in Europe at the present
time. His ideas may seem ab-
surd when measured by present-
day ideals, but when you come
to measure them by the high
ideal which Tolstoi has set be-
fore the world they do not seem
so absure.”—Boston Herald.
Private Infirmary.
For tlie treatment of diseases
of women. Apply to
Dr. F. E. YOUNG,
Arthur Building, San Antonio, Texas.
Why River Beds Rise.
A hydraulic problem over which
engineers have always agreed to
disagree is whether the confining
of a sedimentary river between
its banks by means of levees has
a tendency to raise its bed. A
recent writer on this subject says:
“Theoretically and even without
any reference to experience,, is
should be seen that building
dikes along the shore of frequent-
ly swollen rivers must result in
raising the bed over which the
water flows.” This statements
denied by an engineer, George E.
Wisner, who has had a large
practice in river training m this
country. He says that the equal-
ization of the river forces and the
resistances overcome makes such
a result an impossibility. If by
any means the slope of the river
could be increased for any given
stage of water, the flow would,
of course, be increased, and the
capacity to scour corresponding-
ly so. All rivers flowing into the
sea have the level of the water
surfaces at their mouths fixedbv
the sea level, consequently any
raising of the river bed in the up-
per portions of the river must
proportionally increase the slope
between that point and the
mouth. But increased slope
means an increase of the force to
erode the bottom, and, therefore,
to assume that levees have a ten-
dency to raise the beds of rivers
forces us to the anomalous con-
clusion that an increasing scour-
ing force produces a decreasing
effect. But there is no doubt
that the beds of sediment-bear-
ing streams do rise, whether the
banks have levees or not, but
there is no evidence that the
building of dikes has ever in any
case increased such action. The
slope of the Mississippi river at
Cairo, for instance, is about 6
inches per mile, and gradually
diminishes to 1 inch a t the mouth.
The average advance of the Mis-
sissippi river delta into the gulf,
previous to the improvement of
the South Pass, was about four
miles in a century; and, as the
average slope from Cairo to the
gulf is about 4 inches per mile, it
is evident that a silting up of the
river bed of over 1 foot must
have occurred during this period
in order to maintain the natural
slope. In other words, the in-
creasing length of the river, due
to the advance of the delta into
the gulf, is the only apparent
permanent cause for any raising
of the bed. This is said by Air.
Wisner to be equally true of the
Po and of the Yellow rivers, so
often mentioned as examples of
the disastrous effects of the rising
of river beds; the only difference
being that these rivers, having-
greater slopes than the Missis-
sippi, have a greater rise in the
bed in proportion to the advance
of the delta.—Ex.
BAINBRIDGE & GORER.
BOOKSELLERS,
STATIONERS, and
ENGRAVERS.
ESTABLISHED 1885.
Sole agents for Wright and Ditson’s
Athletic Goods. The best made.
Send for Catalogue.
Opera House Building, Alamo Plaza
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
C. Johnston,
-DEALER IN-
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES
Eagle pass, teyas.
Keeps constantly on hand all kinds
of Canned Goods, Country Produce
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, etc.
Buys for cash and cannot fairly be
undersold. Try him and be convinced
Sunset Route,
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio R'y,
Texas and New Orleans R, R,
Southern Pacific Company,
Morgan's Steamship Line,
TWO
New Orlear
DAILY
Sheriff and Collector...................r. w. Dowe
Attorney....................................W. L. Evans
klerk.......................................... W. Hartup
Surveyor....................................F. H. Dillon.
Assessor.......................................Louis Dolch
Treasurer ..............................A. J. Bibolet
Hides and Ammallnspector..W,\V .Townsend
Commissioners:
County Judge...............Ex Officio Chairman
Precinct No 1............................L. Ladner
,, ” 2..................Cbas. Hielscher
^.............................josWipff
„ . . 4..........................Griff Stone
Commissioners’Court meets on the second
Mondays in February, May, August and
November.
County Court meets on the second Mondays
m January, April, Tuly and October.
Precinct No 1—Third Monday of each month:
H. P. Yarrington, Justice; S. Mata, Constable.
Precinct No 2—Fourth Monday of each
month,J. Ehrhardt, constable.
Precinct No 3—Second Monday of each
month; F. Ximenes, Justice.
Road Overseers of the Various Precincts.
No. 1—Herman Klemann. No. 2—John Van
No. 3—John Towns and P. W. Thompson
No. 4—Geo. Anderson.
ELECTION OFFICERS AND THEIR VOTING
PLACES.
PrecinctNo. 1.Ed. Schmidt, at the court house
” 2. H. Klappenbach ” schoolhouse.
” ” 3. Theo. Rieber, at Upson.
, ” 5. J. J.. Burke, at Davis’ Ranch
”6. Wm.Neglev at Airs. Stones’
Board of Trustees oi the City Schools.
W. A Bonnet, Dr. Evans.
Wm. Hollis, L. F. Dolch,
T. San Miguel.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mexican Consulate
F. de P. Villasana....................... Consul
F. Alegria.........................................Canciller
American consulate, Piedras Negras_
Jesse W. Sparks, consul.
U. S. Consular Agent—S. M. Simmons.
Ciudad Forfirio Diaz.
German vice consul at Ciudad Porfirio
Diaz, John Cram.
U. S. MILITARY POST, FT. DUNCAN.
Troop B, Fifth Cavalry
C. H.[Watts.................Captain Commanding
L. W. Cornish.......Lieut. Act. Quartermaster
Lieutenant Ten Eyck................Post Surgeon
MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL R. R.
General Offices, C. Porfirio Diaz.
General Manager....................L. M. Johnson.
Gen’l. Frt. and Pas. Ag’t ........C. K. Dunlap
Auditor...................................J. E. Dennison.
Material Agent.......................William Hollis
Cashier.........................................C. R. Smith
Civil Engineer......................C. H. Patterson
Supt.JMechanical Department ...W. Jennings
Superintendent of Roadway.....C T Norton
Superintends of Transportation. J. F, Dickev
Train Master......................C. A. Hutchinson
ASent...................................T. W. Anderson
Eagle Pass Brass Band.
J. A. Bonnet, president; P. DeBona, music-
al director; R. C. DeBona, leader; Jos. De-
Bona, secretary and treasurer; Theo. Hiel-
scher, jr., librarian; F. A. Bonnet, property
man. Beginning with the 1st of Mav the
band will give an open air concert at the
court-house every Tuesday except the first
and third Tuesday of every month. Concert
o’clock p. m.
DAILY THROUGH TRAINS Be-
tween San Antonio and New Or-
leans, with Pullman Buffet Sleep-
ers; also between Galveston and
New Orleans.
THROUGH TRAINS between
New Orleans, California and
Oregon points, with Pullman
Buffet and Tourist Sleepers.
“Sunset Limited”
Vestibuled Train, lighted with Pintseh
Gas and equipped with the latest
conveniences and with Dining Car.
Leaves New Orleans and San Fran-
cisco every Thursday. Time between
New Orleans and Los Angeles 214
days, and San Francisco 3% days.
Through Bills of Lading Yia “Sunset
Route” and organ Line of Steamers
to and from New York, All Points East
and West.
For information call on local agents,
or address
H. A. Jones, G. F. A., Houston, Texas.
L. J. Parks, A. G. P. & T. A., Houston.
C. W. Bein, T. M., Houston, Texas.
DIRECTORY.
FORTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Court meets as follows
Jeff Davis County.—On second Monday
before first Monday in March and Septem-
ber; sits two weeks.
Brewster County. — First Monday in
March and September; sits two weeks.
Pecos County—Second Monday after first
Monday in March and September; sits one
week,
Val Verde County. — Third Monday
after first Monday in March and September •
sits two weeks.
Kinney County.—Fifth Monday after first
in March and September; sits two weeks.
Edwards County.—Seventh Monday after
first Monday in March and September; sits
two weeks.
Maverick County.—Ninth Monday after
first Monday in March and September; sits
till business is disposed of.
[Bnchel and Foley counties attached to
Brewster.]
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
Eastbound, leave Eagle Pass........ 8:30 a.m
- “ ,aHive ......... 8:15 a.m!
Southbound, leave “ “ . 5 00 p m
arrive “ “ 4ffi0 p.m!
SOUTHERN PACIFIC R. R OFFICE.
T. G. George Agent. J. H. Haile, Chief Clerk.
EAGLE PASS POST OFFICE
Mails arrive............from Mexico 10:00a.m
. . ‘‘ . “ — ......other points..5:30 p.m
Mails depart.......for Mexico......... 9:00 a m
‘‘ .......for other points.. 7:10a. m
Lette r delivery on weekdays from 8:00 a.
m. to 6:00 p. m ; on Sundays from 5:00 p m
to 6:00 p. m.
Money order office open from 8:00 a. m.
to 6:00 p. m. daily except Sunday.
B. Pridgen, P. M.
STATE OFFICERS.
Governor.........................Chas. A. Culberson
Lieut. Governor......................Geo. T. Jester
Comptroller...............................r. w. Finley
Com. General Land Office.............A. ]. Bnker
Treasurer..............................W. B. Wortham
Attornerv General ....................M. M. Crane
Sup’t public Instruction.........J. M. Carlisle
Congressman Ninth District—T. M. Paschal
State Senator Twenty-seventh District—
J. M. Dean.
Representatives Eighty-first distr -I. L.
Martin, W W. Turney.
DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
District Judge............................Walter Gillis
” Attorney......................C. C. Thomas
” Clerk...........................C.W. Hartup
County Judge............................J. M. Goggin
to begin at 9:00
MAVERICK COUNTY CEMETERY.
W. L. Lyman, Sexton.
STATE HEALTH OFFICER.
Dr. M. K. Lott.
Health Officer.
Cd. Porfirio Diaz.
Dr. L. Cantu.
Custom House.
Collector.............................. \V A Fitch
Deputy Collector............W. W. McCa'mpbell
SJeJk'"\..................................B. D. Lindsey
L. S. Assayer..................Dr. Chas. Tarver
Railway Inspector...................... j Marks
Mounted 1^^-—.A WaU.ee
Inspector. Jesse Sumpter
Don \\ . Price, Emmet Roundtree
Bonded warehouse keeper...............i. Marks
Mexican Custom-house (Aduana) in Ciudad
Porfirio Diaz.
Juan A Munoz......................Administrador
Juan Montana................................Contador
Santiago E. Meza................Oficial Primero
Manuei W. Carrillo...............Oficial fcegundo
Fernando Rangel.....................Oficial tercero
Octavio Tripp.
Gabriel Moren..............
Ignacio J. Vasconcelos.
Francisco Enriqt
Diego de la Pena.
Higinio de la Fuente...........................Alcaide
Valerian o Valdez.......Comdte del Reseuardo
Guillermo Ainslie.................................“. Cabo
Manuel Mascarenas.............................”"cahn
Gendarmeria Fiscal.
Jesus G. Orozco...................Jefe de la seccion
Eagle Pass Board of Trade.
A-Fitck......................................President
F- Blesse.....................................Treasurer
Jos. Metcalfe....................................Secretary
Directors—P. H. Hartz, E H. Cooper
W. A. Fitch, H. Klappenbach M. L. Oppen’
heimer, T. G. George, R. L. Bowman, and
C. R. Prouty.
EAGLE PASS RIFLES.
Capt. Backus...Lieuts. Simpson and Bonnet.
SOCIETIES.
The Young Peoples’ Society of Chris-
tian Endeavor.—Meets on Monday nights
at the Presbyterian church. It is non sect-
arian.
SOCIEDAD MUTUALISTA MeXICANA_
„ . . , . „ -- -------Oficial cuarto
Gabriel Moreno........................Oficial quinto
Ignacio J. Vasconcelos...........................Vista
Francisco Enriquez...............................Vista
..Cajero
aide
Trini-
— - Stewart,
treasurer.
International Club.—Jos.Metcalfe pres-
ident; R.W. Carrington, vice-presidenfE M
■Frink, treasurer; W. A Thurston, secretary'
L. M. Johnson, J. E. Dennison, W. Tennimrs
sr-, J. F. Dickey, L. N. Claggett. directofl-
W. I. Merrill, E. W. Winston, G. k. HacMev
mitteeFeary’ F' ^ DarileI1’ governing com!
Mesquite Club.—Wm. Hollis, president,
S. M. teimmons, vice-president; M. L. Oppen-
heitner, tre~=--~- • ^ T ^
coope, Coi cT'
H. I. Thomas, directors.
xpEJg£,?ass^odgre No- 626 A- F- and A. M
F H. Dillon, W. M.; H. I. Thomas, S. W.; R
Klemsmitb, J. W.; W. A. Bonnet, Treas.- E
E. Minot, Sec’y ; E. G. Myners, S. P.; W
iirpLDciii£.%,ts: "***1
Frontier Lodge No. 2883. K. of H. M ets
every second and fourth Tuesday. Offic<rS-
Bovd Anderson,Diet.; Jacob Ehrhardt, V. 1 :
Henry Zeigler, Asst. D.; Henry Whittle Re-
porter; Ed Schmidt. F. R.; L. F. Dolch,
Treas.; Hy. Klappenbach, Guide Louis Lad-
Chaplain; Geo. Breg, C.
ner, Lnapiain; Geo. Breg, C
A.O.U.W.—Twin City Lodge No. 119
Henry Jackson, P. M. W.; S. M. Walker, M.
W.; J. M. Goggin, Foreman; B. F. Heekel-
mann, O.; C. W. Hartup, Recorder; H G
Krausse, Financier; W. L. Lyman, Receiver
Wm. McIntosh, G.; J. E. Zeigler, I. W.; Geo'.
W. Rohleder, O. W. Meets 1st and 3rd
Saturday evenings of each month. All mem-
bers of the order in good standing cordially
invited to attend.
Maverick Lodge
Wm. Irving,
’io. 85 K. of P.—R.
Kiemsmirn, ivi. w .; Thomas Watson, C C •
Wm. Zwick, V. C.; H. A. Carpenter, Prelate^
C. L. Habron, K. of R. and S.; L. F. Dolch’
M. of F.; L. DeBona, M. of E.; Wm. Irving’
M. at A. Meeting 2nd and 4th Wednesdays
evenings of each month. Visiting Knights
respectfully invited.
I. O. O. F. Eagle Pass Lodge No. 295 —
A. L. Boubel, N. G.; L. F. Dolch, V. G •
E. W. Owen. S.; J. A. Bonnet, T.; F. I. Rod-
gers, R. S. to N. G.; Ed. Pingenot, L. S. to
N. G.; J. C. Baylor, W.; B. Anderson, C.-
W. A. Bonnet, R. S. to V. S.; R. H. Williams
L. S. to V. G.; K. Mihlenthal, O. G.; v’
DcPalmo, I. G.
I. O. O. F. Porfirio Diaz Lodge, No. 5.
—S. M. Walker, P. G.; R. Taylor, N. G.; L. l!
Woodhouse, V. G.; J. Maynard, Secretary;
W. Northway, treasurer; T. Watson, Warden;
D Donohue, I. G.; James Griffin, O. G.; w!
Maynard, R. S. to N. G.; D. N. "Williams, L.
St. to N. G. Meets every Saturday at 8 p ra-
dially in riled.
Visiting brothers core
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