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Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
Artisans Dwellings in France.

In connection with the strikes in France,
and the general movement among the
working classes which they may portend,
it is interesting to note some recent
efforts to improve worl1ingmen's dwell
ings. At Rouen a society has been
formed, with capital of e20,0 which
has erected six blocks in the center of the
town, capable of accommodating ninety
families. At Lyons a similar society has
built five blocks, accommodating sixty
families The rents are fixed at about
the average rate of the several districts,
but the tenants have complete sanitary
arrangements and good water supply
into the bargain. In each case a direc-
tor of the company visits every tene-
ment once a week with view of receiving
complaints and entering into kindly re-
lations with the tenants. The com
panies have succeeded so far in paying
per cent. on the capital invested
A feature Of the scheme at Lyons is
that q portion of the capital was provided
by the local savings bank, and it is hoped
to induce similar banks at Marseilles and
elsewhere to do likewise. But even SO it
will be a long time before Franco can vie
with England in provision Of sanitary
dwellings for the working classes.-Paris
Journal des Debats.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
Some PeeuliaritIes of Indians

If an Indian is killed in a quarrel his
relatives are usually Rppeased by pay
ment. / remember once an Overbearing
young Assinaboine buck came into the
Milk River agency and bent his bow and
arrow on the agents pet dog. The agent
warned him if he shot the dog he would
kill the Indian. The young buck shot his
arrow; the agent killed him. We ex-
pected to have some trouble. but the grief
stricken father came forward on behalf
of the relatives, and claimed that, in con-
sideration that the young man, being
such a good buffalo runner, the agent
must pay for the loss of such person
red blanket, a Riece of calico and four
pounds of sugar. He complied with their
demands, but the vengeful relatives
thereafter adopted him as their banker.
The mother and other relatives of the
slain young man scarcely ever met the
agent without embracing him and with
endearing epithets begging for something
more in remembrance of the good buffalo
runner.
No gifted funeral orator can equal or
convey the impression Of the mournful
tenderness, the exulting pride or the
gloomy despair expressed by the untaught
savage in this mere act of formality An
Indian, man or woman, will be laughing
and dancing; in a moment the merry
circle viii be left. and the next moment
the same person will lift up his voice in
heart breaking accents, the plaintive
notes will weep tears Of mournful tender
ness, again startling defiance and war
will breathe with fierce energy the deeds
of the silent Dead then as the sorrowful
reconections, inspired by the fate of the
fallen relative, the high pean sinks to
such supplicating despair as suggests a
lost spirit lamenting its dismal fate. And
all this is a mere formality, for the next
moment the weeper may be the merriest
Of the laughing throng and
Stream.
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after number OF desperate pIunges, 70
gains his grip ON the limp but unbrolEen
neck.
"Take the AK and cut its head off
! John" suggests his wife, who has been
an interested but silent spectator of the
attempted slaughter John acts upon the
advice with a promptness that proves
that he knows a good thing. The ak is
procured, and again the wriggling bird is
imprisoned. John carries il in triumph over
to block Of wood, lays it's neck out as
evenly as the muscular eOntorti0ns of its
body and legs will permit, and then raises
the keen blade for the fatal blow 1t de-
scends with unerIfng aim, and the severed
head rolls off the block. But before John
has time to congratulate himself on the
success Of his expedient the head gives
one hutter that is its last, and tiny
stream Of blood hardly bigger than darn
ing needle spurts from the gaping wound
| like geyser, and stains his white shirt
front deep red. Then he VOWS in Ian
guage that viii hardly bear reproduction
that he has killed his last chicken. If
the victim is an aged and tough hen with
a steel spring neck and extraordinary
vitality the work Of slaughter is even
more difficult. This is the way man
kills chicken intended for his own table.
Down in South Water street there are
fourteen chicken slaughter houses that
turn out an average of about thirty
thousand dead birds every twenty-four
hours. The process is simpler and more
rapid. There is an institution near the
corner of Clark street which alone is
ready to kill off the feathered tribe at the
rate of 10000 a day if the consumption of
OH rl~ Ill. L.
slaughter. The chickens are brought to
the place by thousands and turned loose
in immense coOps that occupy whole
floors, and there they crow and cluck and
eat corn until the remorseless hand Of the
professional butcher closes on their neclIs.
When this happens there is no time for
another crow. The needle-like point of
the keen knife that the butcher. carries in
his right hand is deftly inserted behind
the victims ear, and the next instant its
ifeless body is shooting through spout
that leads to the floor where the plump
ing" room is located. II is all done in the
briefest part Of a second, as viii be more
readily understood when it is stated that
this butcher, single handed and alone,
can stab 10000 chickens in a day of ten
hours. It does not make any difference Z
to him whether the victim is a spring 4
chicken or full fiedged hen. One falls I.
as easily before the plunge of his knife as
the other
But it is in the ''plumping" room that /
the hen has a chance to exhibit its vitality. /
In one corner Of this apartment, which is
always half filled with wet feathers, is a
big iron tank full Of boiling water. Into
this the bodies of the birds are thrown as
fast as they fall from the butchers spout,
and after they have been there half a
minute they are hauled out by the legs
and stripped of their feathers. This pro
cess requires but two sweeps of q ham
like hand, and the bird, denuded, is
flung into a cooling box From there
they 60 downstairs to another cooler, and
then they are packed for shipment
Chicago Herald
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
A Pronheov About Books.

Second hand book stores are increas
ing" said a gentleman the other day,
"and several gentlemen are making col.
lections Of old books. Some buy any
books, just so they are old, and others
make special selections. New books are
almost as cheap as old ones. Neither arc
in great demand; the newspapers of today
publish all that is valuable, past, present
and future, Quarterlies crowded out
books; magazines made way with the
quarterlies, and now the newspapers have
almost filed the place of the magazines,
there not being as many Of these as there
were before the war, a quarter of a cen
tury ago. As soon as capable press and
ink are invented to print at high speed
the fine lines of an engraver, then the fine
illustrations Of the magazines will appear
in the dailies and the former will fade
away.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
oalveston,s Arteslan Wen.

The contractor who undertook to bore a
series of artesian wells to supply the Calves
ton water works, for which he is to receive
SsO,OOO if successful, recently struck his first
well at a depth of 747 feet. Boring was at
once suspended, and preparations are in
progress to sink ten inch strainer the entire
length Of the water bearing strata of sand.
1t is given out that when this is done, and
the well thoroughly developed, it will prob
ably yield from 100000 to 100000 gallons
daily.-Chicago Herald.
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SLAUGHTER OF FOWLS.

A Difference Between Amateur and Pro-
sessional Wori-The Chicago Way.
Killing chicken is a feat that few men
care to undertake q second time. It is
not half so easy as 1t looks. A man with
out experience may approach his victim
confidently, seize It by the neck with a
vise-lilze grip and swing it round his head
and shoulders until he is tired or until
poor sschick" ceases to flop her wings or
wriggle her feet, and the chances are that
the half strangled bird will go cavorting
all over the back yard the instant it is
laid on the ground. It's slayer, tired and
swedty and covered with dust and feath-
ers, chases # around q circle, and finally,
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Better Than ninrnnn.,s

A poor man and his wife emigrated to the
Cape Of Good Hope, and arrived there with
little money and no prospects. The husband
knew how to make aerated waters, and he
spent all his money in getting some material
for that purpose. Then he left his wife with
friends and started for the diamond fields,
encountering great hardships, but getting
there at last with his stock. He built him
self little shanty and began making and
selling the water, succeeding so well that
after four months he hereturned to his wife with
800 gold sovereigns hidden in belt under his
shirt. He has made large fortune in the
business since.-New York Sun.
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10 Rebuild a ,Tananeso TemnIo

A correspondent writing from Nara, Ja-
pan, says; "The priests of the Dai Butsu
temple are trying to raise money to rebuild
1t, and by small contributions they hope to
gather fund in time Foreign visitors are
handed book, on the fly leaf of which is
written; This temple has broken very much,
therefore we have the plan to beg all our
friends sociable minds to repair it. We
wish all our friends will cast some money.'n
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nIanufacture of Zinc Stationery.

The manufacture Of fine stationery for la
dies use has become a fine art Both in color
and design the papers now used are more
tasteful and pretty than ever before. The
preference, Of course, is for fine grades of
heavy white or slightly tinted papers. The
address Of the writer is frequently printed in
blue or gilt across the top or near the right
hand upper corner Of the sheet.-Chicago
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21

"An@sthetic revelation" is the name
which, according to Mr.. Xenos Clark, has
been applied to the sensation of recovery
from the an9sthetic effects of sulphuric
ether. For one brief instant, just before
the complete return of consciousness, the
subject invariably has an intense percep-
tiOn Of what seems to him at the time the
true explanation of the universe. e.-Arkan-
saw Traveller.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
The BIgness of Tsras.

Texas can produce within its own bor-
ders food amply sufficient for the support
Of 250, 100000 people. It has a climate
adapted not only to the productions of the
temperate zone, but to those of semi
tropical character aswel. It has timber
as we'll as coal, silver, copper and other
minerals in almost exhaustless Gbund-
ance. Houston Post.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
baltimore & OHIO RAILROAD.
n Schedule in effect Nov 20 1887,
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVENUE DEPOT
EAST BOUND
lphia accommodation, daily, Sun

Chicago Limited, daily. ly............ 74Oa.m
Arrives Chicago II 10 next, morning
Baltimore accommodation daily except
sundays. -:-...-.-.. :............-.. s.15 a. m.
Cincinnati, Limited, day............ lf25a- ma
Arrives Cincinnati 7.35 a. m. 81 Loais 6. 40 D.
m, next day.
Baltimore accommodation, daily. q IS D. IN.
Chicago and st. Louis express, daily. $40 p. m
SnserlY accommodation, daily. ......7.8O D. m, ,
and l23O, a m. except Sunday
FOR LANDENBERG, o Is a. m. Sundays oElv.
lO.5 4. m. and 245 p, M, except on Sundays, at
5. 40 D. m. daily.
TRAINS LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION.
For Philadelphia, 2.3A y. M, daily except Snu-
day, For Baltimore, 1880 a. m, daily. except on
sundays and $50 p. m. daily. For Landenberg
$50 1850 and 35p m, daily except SUNDAYS
.. 10 a, m Sundays only,and 8 30 p M daily
Trains fer Wilmingtou-LeaVe Philadeiphia st
7.15, a. m, 1900 noon @4.16 and lI3Op, m. dailv
except sundays; 100, sis, $50, 5000. a. m
l45, 800, i3O. $500 $50. G.3O, 10 and III 90 D. M
daily Express Trains
C. X. LORD, WIN. CI.E1IFNTs'
Gen'l Pass Agt. MANAGER
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There RnsIness Rn0mlnr.

Probably no one thing has caused such a
general revival Of trade at CIV. Marshalls Dng
Store as their giving away to their customers Of
SO many free triad hoiilcs Of Or. Kings Ncw
Discovery for Consumption. Their trade is
simply enormous in this very valuable article
from the fact that it always cures and never
disapponts. Coughs Colds, Asthma. Bronehits,
Group, and all throat and lung diseases quickly
cured. You can test it before buying by getting
a trial bottle free, large size 81. Every bottle
warranted
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For over Three Months

my son suffered night and day with rheunia.
tism; SO much so that he was unable to feed
himself. Your Sulphur Bitters cured him,
and I am truly thankful to say they are an
honest medicine. Mrs. W. H. Carleton, wife
of Deacon Carleton, FIRST Baptist Church,
Winchester, Mass.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
syrup of gigs.

Is Natures own true laxative, 1t is tae mos
easily taken, and the most effective remedy
known to Cleanse the System when Bilious OIL
Costve; to dispel Headaches, Colds, and Fevers
to Cure Habitual Constipation, Indigestion,
Piles, etc. Manufactured only by the Califor.
MIA Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.-
-4f 1fa,shalps Drug Store.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
BuskIen's Arnlsa saIve.

The best salve in the world ior cuts, Bruises
soies, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
eruDtions. and positively cures Piles. or no pay
required. Il is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction. or money refunded. Price % cts, per
box. For sale bY G. W. MARSHALL, Druggist.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21

Hack leaves Smyrna about u hour before the
Boat starts. Fare to Philadelphia, as Cts.
Fare for Round Trip, Si.25. No charge for con
veyance to and from ROthwelrs Landing.
Freight received at Philadelpha on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays
PHlLA. & SMYRNA TRANSPORTATION co
A Z. JARD1NE, sEo'y & TREAsURER
Ofiices.-42 s. Del. Ave. Phila, and SMYRNA, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21

There are thirty-seven tunnels of more
than 1000 yards in length in England,
the longest being that of the Severn,
1904 yards.
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from Franklin City
I9flh n Eead down. GOING s0nth Eo..d Up

A-Stops to take or leave passengers on giYiug
notice to Conductors or Agents. or ticket be sold
for such station B-Connects at Georgetown for
all stations OH Delaware Railroad.
OHAs. 4. PueH, General Manager,
H. +. kEEEKY, General Superintendent,
l. N. MILLS, Superintendent,
GRooM. Assistant Superintendent.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21

pHbFiipr cure guaranteed by DR. Mayer ssi
hbt sAh Arch street phila Pa Ease at once No
operation or business delay Thousands cured send
for circulars. gI1y
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21

NEW VNo IN hgT7J-I IUIIN Nun TIfNTNN,-
Leave Wilmington at 600 a. N. and 2.55 D. m
Leave New Castle at 6.35 a. m. and 3s5 p. m.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA BRANCH
TRAINS Leave Harrington for Lewes II O5 a.
m, a. p. m; returning leave Lewes at 6.35a
m. and 2.45 p. M; for Franklin and way stations
HOS q. m. Returning train leaves at 500 a. IN.
For Rehoboth, leaves Harrington .05, a. n,
week days.
Express tram leaving Harrington at z so a m
and arriving at ; "A m, runs through solid, TO
and from Baltimore, via Porters and Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
BRANCH ROADS

QUEEN ANNE & KENT r. R--Leavo Townsend
for Centreville and way stations $50 a. IN. and
IA p. m. weekdays.
DEL. & CHESAPEAKE R. R-Leave CLAYTON for
Oxford and way stations at 1905 a. m. and 5,li
m, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE & sEAFoRD r. R.-Leave seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations at II. so
a. N. week. days.
CONNECTIONS "A Porter. with Newark &
Delaware City Railroad At Townsend with
Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad. At CLAYTON. with
Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore
& Delaware Bay Railroad At Harrington with
Delaware, Maryland & Virginia Railroad. Al sea-
ford, with Cambridge & Seaiord Railroad AT
Delmar, with New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk,
Wicomico d PocomOke, and Peninsula Railroads
CHAS. E. PUGH, General Manaaer.
j. r. WOO3. General Passenger Agent
Milford chronicle., 1888-09-21
DISEASES o. MEN oNLN

Blood Poison Diseases OF Kdneys Baddarand otheror.
gans, Meaknesses Nervous De Iliy Lost Manhood
suits OF Errors IN A0uth poodiy and permanently
cured Consu tion and troatse tsealed free by mail
Address DR.. GRINDLE, III W. 18th St., New York.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81 1888.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
AUSTIN, Oct. %, 1888.


Daily LIGHT: 3.
Letters must necessarily be short
while am out OH this business trip.
Austin is great city. She seems to
have seven Sundays in the week and
makes the most of them. San An
tonic may we'll envy her her broad
streets and her public buildings but
outside of that the Alamo city has the
bulge on her thousand per cent.
Took drive over the city and mount
ed the 1897 steps leading to the pin
nacle of the temple but had no devil
at my elbow tempting me to cast my
self down; the outlook is magnificent.
The broken surface of the country on
both sides of the Colorado renders the
site most eligible one for beautlful
residences and no doubt in time the
city will take on beauty as garment.
She lacks the one thing needful,
business. Congress avenue, which by
the way, should have been Capitol
nue., offers a most beautiful view, seen
from either extremity, the state house,
or deaf and dumb asylum. In quar-
ter of century from now ii will be the
There is a simnolence in the air and
a quietude about the streets and an
easy leisurely way among the
people that impresses the stranger
with the idea that business does
not rush the season in the city. The
people here are all alive about local
politics and the San Antonio Interna-
tional state fair. The prospects for
good attendance from this city are
very hattering. Have met and spent
some hours in the company of Mayor
Male and Major Breckenridge and
Judge Recto, and Col. DeGress, and
from conversations with them am
quite certain that the fair will be well
patronized from this quarter of the
state.
1t rained here like a water spout
yesterday morning for two hours be-
fore daylight and for hours afterward
heavy showers were frequent.
Col. Belknap came down from Dali
las yesterday and leaves the city after
today to see some of his friends in the
adjoining counties. There is meeting
to be held here tonight, and after
that in BastrOp. He speaks most en-
couragingly of our fair prospects and
thinks that the running horses which
enter for our races will be very likely
to winter in San Antonio. The Col.
has matters all arranged for the
races, and there will be no hitch. He
was obliged to read the riot act to
the kickers at Dallas, who were
pretty dissatisfied at some Of the
racing features of the Dallas state
fair. He says the fair is an immense
affair, and will put the State Fair as
ISOLATION, who were $3.50, 900 in debt
when they commenced business four
years ago., squarely upon the feet,
as they will probably net from $50, 900
to SIS, 900 over expenses this year.
Expect to return to the old LIGHT
Office in few days. Hear nothing
but words of good cheer from Mills
district, and from eastern politics, and
hope to find our local canvass in good
condition on return. NJ.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
The Chinese Contention.

TACOMA, Wis, Oct. 23.-Twenty
more Cinnamon came down from
Alaska on the steamer Aucon on her
last trip. They had gone there from
Astoria to work in canneries there.
The Aucon, coming down. went
straight to Port Townsend, and touch
ing at Victoria as usual, to
avoid any trouble in regard
to their landing here. Collector
of Customs Brooks, however, refused
to allow them to land, because they
had passed through British waters in
reaching here. A writ of habeas cor
pus was issued out here, and while it
was pending, the steamer Mexico ar
rived from San Francisco, with six
Cinnamon. The steamer having
stopped en- route at Victoria, B. c..
she too WAS stopped, and lawyer
from Townsend fastened to join In
the hsbeas corpus proceedings. An
argument took place yesterday, and
United States being represented by
Assistant District Attorney Judge
Allyn, decided the case was such as
contemplated by the Chinese restric-
ton, that under tho law which de-
crees passengers on American ships to
be under the jurisdiction of the Uni
ted States; these Cinnamon, bound
from one American port to another
American port, not having left
the ship at any time, had not been
out Of the United States, even though
the ship had touched at q foreign
port. Tho Cinnamon were allowed to
land.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
Let 1t be a Warning.

PITssBURG, October 23.-The coron-
er's jury in the case of the recent dis
aster at Washington, Pa, rendered a
verdict at a late hour last night, plac-
ing the responsibility for the accident
on Conductor Heck, of the shifting en-
CINE, and charging him with invol-
untary manslaughter in causing the
deaths of Engineer Noonan and Fire
man McAuliff. The testimony showed
that he ordered the switch opened and
then failed to see that it had been
closed. Edward Boone, the new
switch hand who opened the switch,
was condemned for gross negligence.
The coroner has issued a warrant for
Heck's arrest. The passengers in
jured in the wreck, who are here, are
all doing well.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
Fat and Leaa Kline.

Yes, these timely rains are pleasant
and profitable to Texas for tho grass
is luxuriant and the water holes are
all full. This means hne fat cattle
and consequently prosperity to the
ranchman and farmer and prosperity
to the state; but it is not always that
nature is so boun tfful to her children.
and as of old the lean kline follow the
fat kline. Science, however, Is now to
hand shows that 1t can rectify the ap-
parent failings Of nature. II water
fails to fall in gentle showers on the
earth, it runs in big rivulets under the
earth and only remains to be utilised.
The F. F. Collins manufacturing on
Huston street have the means of Be-
curing water from 1.-THE bowels of the
EARTH" and by the Eclipse wind mill
can raise it for practical every day
use. Thus the wise can always have
water and fat kline, while the foolish
neighbors sorrow over lean kline.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-23
STATE NEWS.

Julian Diaz, aged 100 years, dies at
MatamOras.
Corpus has had cold norther with
drilling rain.
Austin cotton shipments to date are
5000 bales.
Senator Coke has returned to Waco
from Washington.
The Baptist association convenes in
Beeville on Friday.
The Laredo bank opeued it's doors
for business on Monday morning.
The northwestern members of the
interstate deep water committee
reached Rockport Sunday night.
The heavy rains in Austin have
demonstrated afresh the leakiuess of
the capitol roof.
Birdwell and Hays general mer-
chandise business is closed by attach
ment at Big Sandy.
Julian Flores, a painter of Corpus
Christi, placed pistol to his head.
and blew his brains Out;family trouble
is said to be the cause.
Editor Cara, of Rio Graude, who
was reported so much better, is much
worse. and is not now expected to
live.
Lytle is fast improving. There are
in course OF erection one of the finest
gin houses and grist mills in west
Texas.
The "Santa Fe day" at the Dallas
fair was complimentary to the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa re railroad. The
Pueblo Indians are an attraction at
the fair.
DR.. Rutherford has returned from
Bryan, whittier he went at the request
of the mayor and health physician of
that town to examine into the truth
that several cases of spotted fever eX-
listed there. He declares it is nothing
more than malarial fever.
The question ofincreasing the police
force in Houston causes lively dis
cussion. The city marshal was au-
thorized to employ two mounted po-
lice in addition to the present force,
which numbers twelve men includ-
ing the city marshal and the day and
night police clerks. The police pro-
lection of the city is insufficient and
burglars are of almost nightly occur
renee