El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1894 Page: 3 of 8
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AN HISTORICAL SPOT.
A TABLET TO SHOW WHERE THE
BALTIMORE CONGRESS MET.
How Coii|[r<‘iiN Uni ('oiiipolloil In I.oNVo
riilluili l|ililii In | 7 7(1 mill Titko |!|» Tom-
|iiirury Qimrlrn. In lliv Old Fill) Tuvorii
In tin* Muiiuiiiviilnl <((>.
Baltimore is a city rich in historinil
lamliimrku, and another very interesting
event in American history is noon to bn
recalled by the < rection tiiere of a tablet
where the continental congress met on
the 20th of Dec •mber, 1770. Tim |ilace,
on Baltimore reet, lietween Sharp and
Lilierty, was u three story brick tavern
without architectural pretension*. Its
owner in timer daya was one Jacoli Fite.
The interior of the house was burned in
1WU), and a few years ago the restored
building fell before the innreh of im-
provements.
The Maryland Society of tin* Sons of
the American Revolution did not be-
lieve In allowing such »n important spot
to remain unmarked, and «n Feb. 22 the
tablet the society has prepared will he
planted near where the old Fite tavern
Htood. The tablet will he of bronze, l
feet high and 31 feet broad. In the cen-
ter will he a plate hearing a relief pic-
ture of the tavern and the following in-
script ion:
Here si (Mill tin* liimt-e nf .lucoli Fite, known
afterward as ( naan ■“* hall, In which theeon-
tlnental eonuress met Dei . tin, 1770. ami on Dec.
«7, 1 • Til. conferred on flencral Wii-liiii«t<>n i v-
traunlmai ) jmwers for the rniidtik’ of triKips
and tin* conduct of the ituviiluliutiiiry w ar.
Above the plate containing the picture
and inscriplions will he an ornamental
cornice, with an eagle with outstretched
JML
I i ■ a mini x
<vx* * n * (• » b
nP n tr f I
®3£b“ j ■ id
W
^fo-
ot attempting its meditated attack on
Philadelphia, was slowly retreating to-
ward New York; Philadelphia was no
longer threatened, and congress joyfully
returned to the old quarters in the state-
house in Philadelphia.
Tie* spot selected for the memorial
tablet is at the Sharp street crossing in
Baltimore been use the evidence of
(leorge It. Granger, a descendant of .Ja-
cob File, tin* owner of the old building,
shows that the room in which the conti-
nental congress met—which room Ihih
been accurately described by John Ad-
ams—was located at the Sharp street **ud
of t he house.
THE CHEAT PACIFIC.
TIi«* A'lvii.iti ’i'll! ( Jrflt* Stilling on tin A rt*n
« » »\ UllT So \ .ml.
Ths Pacific is (lie great ocean of our
planet. In comparison with it tin*
north Athu tic is u mere strait and the
Indian ocean nothing more than tlm sub-
merged bet h of n congeries of drowni'd
islands. . .long the line of 70 degrees
south lilti' lu the width of the Paci lie is
llln degre i»l longitude, over one-third
of the circumference of the globe. Be-
tween it and tin* south polar continent
nothing intervenes. Its northern ex-
tremity was probably at one time round-
ed olf by the country which is now di-
vided In tween Alaska and Siberia.
When tlm glacial masses moved to the
pole, the polar current clove its way
through Behring straits and interposed
B* bring sea between the Pacific and
the po’,i|- ocean.
it ):n cut.-, every form of ocean geog-
raphy. At the two extremities it isslial-
low. There js a bench running along
the Aleutian islands into the gull of
AI ask a w hicli comes within I nil fathoms
of the surface, with occasional holes so
dei p that no apparatus can find the bot-
tom ami he recovered without breaking
the wire, and
l.em h in the
BRIDGE Or SIGHS AT VENICE.
Tlio l ai.iieiM A i i !nriiv A round'Which Ito-
em ii l hii t.l v ( Iin.tern.
Ini', b V, nice, between the
mngnilieent palace of the doges and the
grim walls of the old prison, How the
dark waters of the Rio del Palazzo and
n'Toss tlm i vml stretches the Bridge of
Sighs -connecting link between tlio
splendors of it palace and the terrors of
tin* dungeon, the torture chamber and
the heading block. One of the most tn»-
ticonlde points about this bridge is the
fact that it is closed in, thus proving
all stories of suicides committed from
it to lie fabulous.
IF YOU FEEL DROWSY,
(ItlH, inexpressibly
I iretl or debilitated,
havo loss of appe-
tite, furred tongue,
frequent headache#
with or without
d i zzi ness, chilly
sensations, and oo-
coxioiml nunsea
then you ure bil-
ious. Your liver
need* the gently
Dimulnting mul
powerfully invigor-
ating effects of Dr. Pierre's Pleasant Pellets.
These little things will put you in complete
order.
They follow Nature’s own way. Tbey’ro
the smallest, the easiest to take, and the liest.
| They absolutely and |s*rinniient|y nor Hil-
Mmui
TP
El Paso Route.
T'liis (act robs tlio Bridge of Sighs of | ........................ Dizrfne*,
Hour Htomach, Hick nr bilious Headaches,
Indigestion, and consequent stiqior or drow-
siness.
They’re guaranteed to give satisfaction, in
ever
is re
olio of its most romantic associations —
of its pretty legends of grief laden mor-
tals heaving their last sigh upon its
parapet and ending their sorrowing
lives iii tlm black waters beneath it.
From without the bridge, with itsiireh-
likcform, its ornamental stonework, its
grotesquely carved heads and its small
square windows tilled in with iron trac-
ery, presents a rather fine appearance,
but the interior is strictly devoid of or-
nament and has not the slightest pre-
tensions to beauty.
During our visit to V* nice of course
we included the doges’ palace and llm
dungeons in our programme. After
wandering for some time through the
vast halls and beautiful saloona of the
old Venetian palace we passed over the
Bridge of Sighs on our way to the
gloomy cell-. The bridge seemed to lie
little liauc than a min< w passage i.e-
tween two thick walls of stone, und tm-
you step]i< d up onto the slightly
Im and Pacific.
get
'V If ” ’ ’ Pi’ ’ v M,,wt **•
ry way and in every ense, or your money
Bturnod. You jsiy only for the good you
Nothing else urged by a tricky dealer, can
b* “ just us good ’’ for you U> hug.
The great popular route
between the
FAITHFUL TO HENRY CLAY.
East and West.
Why .Imlgc Ndrlou Itenialned I'linhoru l ur
Fifty-seven Wars.
The r(*c(*nt death of a man of pictur-
esque and unique individuality brings to
mind the men who guided the destinies
of this nation a general ion ago ami re
calls the stirring scenes prior lo and con-
sequent to tile breaking out of tin* civil
war. Judge Anthony Bartrug Norton
was horn in Ohio in 1M7 an 1 Ii id as P I
low students at K* nvon eoilcno Rather-
BttOltr LINE TO
St.
It SS
New Orleans, Kansas City,
Louis, New York and
Washington.
Favorite line to the North, East
and Southeast.
Pullman buffet sleeping cars
and solid trains from K1 Paso to
Dallas, Ft. Worth, New Orleans,
Memphis ami St. Louis.
raised stouew.nl, which lmiu along be-
neath the tiny window.'! mi cither side
and caught a glimpse of the canal with-
out. you might easily take it for an ordi-
nary passage within the palace. At the
there is a corresponding | far end of tlm bridge our progress wsa
■ uthwest portion of tlm j barred by ngiiin looking oaken door—
FAST TIME
--AND
11AI.1. «*!-• ( ONulUtKH, ll.M.TIMOKK, 177(1.
wings at each corner, and a shield with
supporting scrollwork m the middle,
The sides of the tablet will he rounded
and about eight, incites deep. On one of
these rounded corners will he the names
of seven of tin* original states—Mary
land, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Del-
aware, New York. Rhode Island and
Connecticut—with a star between each.
The other six—New Hampshire. New
Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia—are to he on tin
other side.
On Oct. 7, 170.7, the first colonial con-
gress, which was the prototype of the
congress of today, met in New Yolk to
take action on the objectionable stamp
act and adopted a declaration of rights
announcing that American colonists
would not consent to be taxed except
by their own representatives. The stamp
act was repealed, and the excitement
died down, but other oppressive acts on
the part of the mother country caused
the assemblage of the second colonial
congress in Philadelphia in September,
1774. This congress voted to back Mas-
sachusetts in her warlike opposition to
British oppression tiud adjourned to meet,
again May 10, 1 777. It, reassembled on
that day—six hours after gallant Ethan
Alhnand his handful of followers hail
captured Ticonderoga — and placed
George Washington in command of the
colonial armies. Congress met repeated-
ly in Philadelphia as the rebellion pro-
gressed. and finally the Declaration of
Independence was adopted there July 4.
177(1, and the old hell in the statehouse
sounded the note of freedom throughout
the city and country.
Congress continued to meet in Phila-
delphia until the British, who had driv-
en Washington out of New York, were
about, to descend upon the Quaker City.
Tlie body on Dec. It1, 177(1, moved to
Baltimore, engaged the old Fite tavern
because it was the largest structure in
the city, and held a very important ses-
sion tlrnre. Washington was given ex-
traordinary powers and was practically
made dictator of America. He was
given authority to raise and officer addi-
tional forces, displace and appoint, all
officers under the rank of brigadier gen-
eral and seize all necessaries for his army
at appraised values. This authority
made him complete master of the situa-
tion, and in tlie six months that ho en-
joyed it lie made great reforms in his
army and increased its efficiency in a
wonderful degree.
During tlie same session in Baltimore
congress also gave its commissioners in
France authority to borrow $10,000,000
«t 6 per cent for 10 years, issued $5,000,-
000 in currency “on the faith of the Unit-
ed States” and prescribed that vigorous
punishments should lit*inflicted upon all
persons who should refuse* to receive the
money. From Dec. ”0. 177(1, until Feb.
27, 1777, congress continued in session in
Baltimore and then returned to Phila-
delphia f or the reason that in the mean-
time General Washington, with his usu-
al daring, had struck the enemy a disas-
trous blow.
The battle of Trenton had tilled the
continental forces with new hope; the
militia from neighboring provinces
flocked to Washington's standard; Rob-
ert Morris, the great financier of Phila-
delphia, at once devoted his entire for-
tune to the cause of liberty; Washington
had trounced the British forces in liis
sudden und unexpected attack on them
at Princeton: Cornwallis' armv. instead
sou west ol tlio meridian of tsq degrees
when* too fathoms is also tin* average.
Between tins last bench and the latitude
of Js di giei s in.2;!i tin re is a range ol
submarine lucky i.ioiintaius with steep
cliff's and sharp descents. Three or four
distinct mountain ridges with from two
to three mi It s of water he', ween them
have been i minted between the Ha-
waiian Islands and Australia.
On the Pacific can be found every va-
riety of temperature ami meteorology.
Out ot Behring sea pours the icy cur-
rent which cools our shore in summer;
from the equator flow summer currents
warmer Ilian tlx* Atlantic gulf stream,
while the current which sweeps around
tin* south cape of Tasmania hears on its
bosom the longest icebergs ever seen.
As its name indicates, it is a pacific
ocean, swept by gentle trade winds, hut
tile most terrilde typhoons described in
meteorological records tiave varied the
chronicles of its placid surface.
On a sea of such extentciredo sailing
must become a matter of moment. The
Canadian steamers, sailing from Yoko-
hama in 33 degrees to Victoria m 40 de-
grees, cross the meridian of 100 degrees
in 32 degrees, having covered 4,200
miles on the voyage, while the Pacific
Mail steamers, sailing by what appears
on the map to be the straight line, have
to cover 4,700 miles between San Fran-
cisco and Yokohama. Assuming the
vessels to hoequai in speed and to steam
at the usual rate of seagoing steamers
on the Pacific, the Canadian line enjoys
an advantage of about 3(1 hours over
the American lilies. This is reduced al-
most to nothing when our ships puruse
tlm noi them course ami take the advan-
tage of circle sailing. —San Francisco
Call.
nail sliidd'd. age blaekein d and of lin-
lnens' thickness guarding the entrance
to tin* dungeons. Our guides came to a
halt. Then- w as a jit.^'ii.g < f keys, a
lighting i f torni's; th.ii the great doer
swung slowly heck, and we passed into
the darkness In yt nil. When next wo
passed the ancient door and crossed tlie
Bridge of Sighs, it was with the memory
of those terrible cells, those fearful dun-
geons when* the hapless prisoners en-
dured the most horrible tortures that
tyranny could devise or brutality in-
flict.
1 remember strolling, on the last
evening of our holiday in Venice, along
Sure Connection.
H.
jtnni. a. n. v ’i:t<
ford B. Haves, David Davis, Edwin M.
Stanton, General McCook and others
who afterward achieved national fame.
From boyhood lie had been an ardent
Whig, and on one occasion, when but 20
See that your tickets read
via Texas and Pacific railway.
For maps, time tables, tickets,
rates and all required informa-
tion, call on or address any of
the ticket agents, or
B.
the Piazza San Marco and making my j years of age, he was told by a political
way to the Ponte della Puglia to lake a opponent “that until his heard were
farewell look at tlie Bridge of Sighs. It ! grown he would better remain in Jeri-
was a summer evening, hot and sultry, j cho.” He vowed that his hair should never
while the fast gathering clouds, dense ( be shorn nor his beard shaven until
and inky, betokened an approaching Henry Clay should he president of the
storm. I had just reached the Ponte United States. Though the vow was the
della Paglia and was gazing at the hasty impulse of sensitive youth, it was
Bridge of Sighs when a tremendous ever faithfully kept.
peal of thunder rent the heavens, seem-
ing to shake the city to its very founda-
tions with its violence.
Suddenly a blinding flash of lightning
lit lip the palace, bridge and dungeons
with its lurid Hare. For an instant the
luidge stood out with dazzling distinct-
ness, while the lightning played on its
ttaceried windows; then all seemed
dark. And this was the last I saw of
the Bridge of Sighs.—Newcastle Chron-
icle.
Tie* “Dens" of Fammifi Authors.
A French chriaiiclet has collcctid
some very curious statistics on a subject
that has inti rest even outside Palis, lie
was anxious to know how several select-
ed great men furnished what we should
call their dens, what he calls their
workrooms. To gain access to all the
rooms was not easy, hut fortunately
many of them were photographed, and
so the evidence was complete. The
chronicler’s leaning was evidently to-
ward men of letters, and his results are,
on the whole, surprising. Daudet s
V
study was seven* in its simplicity, the
furniture the scantiest and the plainest.
That of Dumas had a few pictures on
the wall, small panel pictures, and on
his table a sphinx in bronze. Oop-
pee, the poet, has his hooks in ex-
traordinary disorder, and his appliances
for tobacco abundant and well tilled.
Pierre Loti has his workshop fitted up
like an eastern bazaar; Do Gonconrt’s
is lich in curious books and bindings;
Sardon's is absolutely plain and very
untidy; Zola’s crammed with bric-a-
brac; Massenet's austere and empty—a
notebook, a thermomete’* and a water
bottle; MeiIliac’s crowded with books,
reviews and journals, and by the hearth
rug two armchairs, one for the master
of the house, the other for his friend
anil collaborator, Halevy, both of a size
and impartially comfortable.—West-
minster Gazette.
A Postman'll I irst Atli-nipt.
A route is given to you. and just
about this time it begins to dawn upon
you that perhaps you could not cover
the route in half the time the regular
man did, and before you got half a block
away you got mixed up because you
couldn't work your papi rs in with your
letteis, to sav nothing of several small
packages in your bag. You found your-
self chasing up and down the street,
and in order to make up the time you
were losing yon began to plunge, and
the more you plunged the more you got
mixed up and the hotter yen got, and
once, when you stood still looking fora
number, a little hoy asked you whom
you were looking for. Dreadful, wasn't
it?
And when you got back an hour or so
behind the regular man's time you
were sure it was the heaviest route in
the office, and von felt like fainting
when you were told that it was the
easiest. And owing to your inability to
make time you had to double up with
your partner, so that you worked all
day long, from before sunrise until long
alter sunset. Yon got no lunch except a
few mouthfuls you grabbed in passing
from a free lunch counter, and when
you got home you were so tired, so hun-
gry and so disgusted with your fr.rt
day at the business that you would In. ve
resigned forthwith, hut, aye! there was
the rub.—Postal Record.
During this period of his career Judge
Norton enjoyed the personal friendships
of such men as Henry Clay, Horace
Greeley, Millard Fillmore. Winfield
Scott, Reverdy Johnson, W. H. Harrison
and Tom Corwin. Prior to the war he
edited newspapers at Austin and Fort
Worth, Tex. Throughout his life Judge
Norton remained a steadfast Union man,
and when it became evident that war
was inevitable Ids position in Texas had
become so unpleasant that he returned
to Ohio and remained there until hostili-
ties were ended. Subsequently, under
the provisional government of Texas, lie
accepted the post of judge of the district
embracing Dallas and surrounding coun-
ties, which position he filled with hot,or
to himself and satisfaction of all. Judge
Norton was a delegate from Texas to
every Republican national convention
since the war and was vice pro. ident of
the conventions of 1S72 and 1*7(1. He
was appointed postmaster of Dallas by
President Grant and reappointed by
President Iiayi-s and held that position
until he was made United States mar-
shal of the district of north Texas by the
latter.
F. DARBYSHIRE,
lien. Aj;f*iit, El Paso. Tax.
or
GASTON MESLIER, L-S. THORNE,
Gen. P. A T. Ant. lire! V. P. Jfc (J. Supt.
Dullu*. Tpx»b.
Sunset Route.
Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio railwav
Texas & New Orleans Ry.
New York,Texas and Mex-
ican railway.
Gulf, Weste n Texas and
Pacific railway.
THE PEOPLE'S FAVORITE
LINE FROM EL PASO
Valuable Love L«tl«rH.
An urgent Kentucky suitor, finding
his addresses lejected, demanded the
return of his letters. His peremptory
command not being at once complied
with, lie sent a second and a third. The
young woman in the case took her own
time and revenge. She expressed the
missives and put u valuation of $300 on
them. The excited and discomfited
swain had to pay $3. HO expiess charges.
— Louisville Courier-Journal.
In a Fix.
Footman—Herr and Fran C.unmerzicn-
rath send llieir compliment* and requeiS
the pleasure of your company on the 12th
inst.
Baron—Teufel! I have already two
invitations for the 12; h. I have not yet
decided which to accept. Do yon hap-
pen to have the menu about you?—Dorf-
bar bier.
A Horrible l.vaiuple.
Mother—Little Willie Mugg's nose
turns up terribly.
Little Johnny—He's been taking cod
liver oil a got ,i deal longer than 1 have.
—Good News.
TO ALL POINTS
North, East & West
Superb Equipment,
Smooth Rond bed,
IVtest Time.
BEST PASSENGER SERVICE
IN THE WEST.
Overjoyed.
Tommy—I wish you would come every
evening to call on aunty.
Mr. Loftley—Do you think she would
be glad to see me?
Tommy—I don't know, hut she give'
me a quarter every time she sees you
coming if I’ll go down and say she's mil.
—Chicago Record.
lVh/ Take the Wabash.
For St. Louis?
Because it is the shortest line. The
best •'quipped line. Rune free o air
oars, Buffet Pullmans and gives you
ample time In Kansas City for supper.
For Toledo or Detroit?
Beoause it is the shortest line.
Avoids transfer aoross the city in cRse
you are going further east, and makes
close connections with all Trunk
Lines.
For New York or Boston?
Because it has solid through service
from both Chioago and 8t. Louts via
Niagar* FaBs. Gives forty minutes
stop at the Falls At reasonable time in
the morning.
For all other eastern points?
Because its service is uniformly good
and yon oan make no mistake in ask-
iogfor tickets via the Wabash.
C. M. Hampson,
Com’l Agent 1224 17th St.
Denver, Colorado.
Monthem Lumber Manufacturer*’ Am’o.
For the above occasion to be held at
Memphis, Tenn., February 21st and
22nd, the T. & P. R’y will sell ronnd
trip tickets February 19th and 20th,
good returning until February 28th, at
one first olass fare for the round trip.
For further information oall on or ad-
dress B. F. Darbyshike,
E D Phillips, General Agent.
Depot Agent.
Pullman palace buffet sleep-
ing ca’scf the larest designs
are attached to all trains of
this line for
S;
n Antonio,Houston,
Galveston, Texas, and
New Orleans, La, Leav-
ing 1:1 Paso Daily at
2:39 p. m.
Passengers
o
north and
for all points
east make direct
and c ose connection at New
Orleans with only one change
of cars (in day light) saving
from four to ten hours in time
between El Paso and New
York. Secure your tickets and
travel by th s popular route.
City ticket office, Sheldon
block, or depot ticket office,
Southern Pacific depot, east of
the plaza,
0. W. BEIN,
Traffic Manager, Houston, Texas
H. D. PLATT,
Commercial Agent, Bl Pass.
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