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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-05
FIRE OK THE MOUNTATNs.

Almost every section Of the Allegheny
mountains has been subject to terrible fires
at various times, as have those of the far
west, especially the pine hills Of Utah. The
sight is sublime, but to the people of the far
west it is like the destruction of gold, for
timber is there the most valuable of all
growths, and the destruction of mountain
forests means less snow binding, more ava
lancheS and more uncertainty about the sum
merS water supply for irrigation. In the
Mississippi valley, on the other hand, very
dry season ami destructive fires are to some
extent compensated for by the destruction Of
malarial germs and insects hurtI' = t,,2rOps.
With average rainfall the next season is gen
orally a very fruitful one. Of the older states
it appears that Michigan has suffered most of
recent years by forest fires, and as they have
begun unusually early this year it would
seem that something in the growth of her
forests renders her peculiarly liable to this
danger
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-05

the bark Potomac,
and was inspired,
shortly aft er his
con ersion, to
preach the Gospel.
This preaching he
commenced on his
own vessel, convert
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-05
Children Cry for 1t

A milk shake-Weaning the baby.-Lynn
Item.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
Chinese Rush Goods.

The city of Ningpo is the center of the
large internal and foreign trade in rush
goods, such as hats mating, ETC. The
magnitude of the trade may be estimated
from the fact that last year I4,250, 600
hats, l, ,250,000 mats and about 5000 rolls
of mating were exported. The Commits
sioner of Customs in his last report from
Ningpo describes the method of cultiva-
ton. The roots of the plants are pulled I'D
from last years field, divided into small
portions, and replanted in flooded field
at intervals of about foot. This is dore
in September and October The fields
must be plentifully manured, and abund-
ant water supply is necessary, and weeds
must be cleared away. The rushes are
harvested in June and July il is essential
that this should be done in fine weather.
so that they may dry within three days of
cutting. If they dry too slowly they are
apt to change color, while if they remain
too long in the sun they get scorched and
bent. Rain, when they are only partially
dry, spoils them altogether. An average
worker can make four hats, of good quail
ity, 12-iuoh, three braid, day; working
carelessly and weaving loosely, the guam
tity can be doubled. But in the rush trade.
as in the straw braid trade of Northern
China, fraudulent practices have crept in
and greatly injured it. The work is hast
lily and loosely done, and the home market
is flooded with inferior, and, in some cases,
unstable goods. At present every hat in
every bale has TO be examined, and every
yard in every roll of mating, greatly to
the injury Of the trade.-Sc5entifc American.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
An American Girl.

Just before the 1-o'clock train started
from the Grand Central Station yesterday
yacht girl drove up, alighted, and
strolled through the waiting room. She
wore blue yachting gown, a small white
sailor cap, such as men affect in the Royal
Yacht Club in England. On the sleeves
of her dress were emblazoned an anchor,
marine glasses, and emblems of the same
club, and the skirt of her gown was decor
ated with elaborate embroideries, anchors,
and endless stretches of rope figure. In
tiny gold letters on the front of her cap
was the name of famous yacht, though
why the yacht club was worn in coniunc-
tion with it is mystery. Her face was
sunburned and she had the swing of an old
sea dog as she passed through the throng
of staring people. She had the manner of
a society veteran of fifty years, though not
over seventeen years had passed over her
curly head. Her serenity of manner was
due to the fact that she is an American
girl.-Ne1D York Sun.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
LIFE IN PERSIA.
The Terrible Degradation of q Priest
Ridden People.

Ridden People.
The Shah himself is not Persian, but
Turk, the hereditary chief of 3 Turco-
man tribe; the language of his private
and domestic life is not Persian, but Turk
lsh. With the instruments of oppression
ready to his hand, he is all-powerful for
evil, provided he is content with the lions
share of plundered province or the
wealth of a subject convicted of being too
rich. He is powerless for good or for a
single reform so long as the Mujtahids, the
prlestly order in Persia, with their enor-
NOUS influence over superstitious people,
dread and dislike "infdel" and Western
innovations likely to weaken their own
power. The great mass of the people are
as apathetic in political matters as they
are fanatical in religion. As for their ca
pacity to rouse themselves to the hope or
conception of better things in store for
their unhappy country, those who indulge
the dream must take them as thev are.
and not be led astray by analogies of free
and Christian populations that have no
bearing on the question. Superstition and
vice have debased and enfeebled the ma
tional life of Persia to an extent that the
ordinary English mind finds difficult to
conceive. The incredible toll and squalid
misery of the ordinary peasants life is
endured with one object, which is to emass
sufficient savings to enable him to 90 on
pilgrimage to the Shah shrines once in
his life at least, which done, he becomes a
beggar again.
The shameless ayowals of Sun poets find
their counterpart in the daily lives of
thousands and thousands of the better
classes, who give themselves openly to the
worst forms of sensual excitement. Opium
and arrack are the daily stimulants to the
jaded senses of thousands of Shah Mos
lens, to whom they have ceased to be
even forbidden delights. The decaying
populations of the larger towns, like Shi-
raz and Ispahan, driven to desperation by
oppression or hunger, break out at inter-
walls into sullen and sudden revolt las on a
recent occasion, when the courage and
presence of mind of the staff of English
| telegraph officials at Shirez saved the
town from being sacked and the helpless
and terrific Persian officials from massacre),
and are cajoled or coerced again into a
| dull and hopeless submission. The miser-
cradle Jewish population is the sport and
| byword of senseless Moslem intolerance,
and the Armenians, with more cunning
and equal unscrupulousness, prosper in
pandering to the vices of the dominant
class Of Persians. There is no exaggera.
ton in the picture. The rose-bedecked
valleys and bulbul haunted groves of the
odes of Hafz present just as true an idea
of the wasted, desolate plains and valleys
of Iran as the great Shah-an-Shah, be-
deeked with diamonds and sitting al
sumptuous feasts, presents to the ordinary
untraveled English mind of the wealth
or social prosperity of his much-enduring
subjects.-1He Spectator.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
A Two-Headed Snake.

A boy in coming to Aukland, Md,
August 3lst, found small snake, supposed
to be garter snake, having two perfectly
developed heads. The snake is about six
inches long, and the heads are joined to
the body about three-quarters of an inch
back on its neck. Each head is perfectly
developed. Upon teasing it with pen
Gil or stick it will strike viciously, some
times with both heads and sometimes with
only one. 1t seems to have perfect control
of both heads and moves them independ-
emily of each other. 1t has been i'm cap
tivity now about week, and is appar-
emily as lively as when captured. 1t is a
rare freak of nature-ForeSt and Stream
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
BALL CONTESTS.
shreve Knocked Out of the Box in the
Second Inning.

Shreve Knocked Out of the Box in the
Second Inning.
INDIANAPOLIS, September 27th.-Wild
pitching and poor fielding was the cause of
the Hoosiers defeat to-day. Shreve was
knocked out of the box in the first and
second inning. Daily retired from the
game after the third inning by consent.
Indianapolis ....-......0 5 0 8 0 l. s
Boston .....................5 2 o s-15
Base hits-Indianspolis, Ia; Boston, IA. Errors
Indianapolis, s; Boston. 6. Batteries-Indisn-
spelis, Fee and Shreve, Daily; Boston, Clarkson
and Bennett Umpire -McQuade.
PITTsBURG, September 27th.-To-dav's
game was g pitchers contest Staley win.
ming by scratch. The visitors did their
utmost to win in the ninth when a single,
two bases on balls, three stolen bases and
passed ball yielded but one run, as Staley
struck out two men and lucky fly ended
the game.
Pittsburg g................., o 0 o o o.
Philadelphia..........-. 0 0 0 0 Is
Base hits-Pittsburg, S; Philadelphia, s. En-
Pittsburg, Staley and Carroll; Philadelphia,
Sanders and Shreyer. Umpire-Knight
CHICAGO, September 27th.-The Giants
pounded Tener sill over the field to-day.
hitting him for three home runs in the
ninth inning. Keefe was very effective for
New York Both teams fielded loosely.
Attendance 1900. Score:
Chicago. 0 0 0 O. 6
New York.. / 2 0 2 o IS
Base hits Chicago, 7; New York, 20. Errors
Chicago, G; New York. 6 Batteries-Chicago,
Tener and Darling; New York, Xeefe and
Murphy. Umpire-Powers.
CLEVELAND, September 27th.-Cleveland
had rather an easy thing with Washington
to-day Haddock was wild and was hit
hard when he did get the ball over the
plate. 0'Brien was taken violently sick
and compelled TO retire from the game.
Score:
Cleveland. 0 S 2 o o1 s-11
Washington. 0 5 IL
Base hits-Cleveland. 49, Washington, u. Er.
rors-Cleveland. !; Washington, S. Batteries
Cleveland, o Brien and thinner; Washington.
Hsddock and Daily. Umpire-Lynch Game
called on account OF darkness.
BROOKLYN, September 27th.-Baltimore
0; Brooklyn. 2
KANSAS Cry, September 27th.-Kansas
City s; Cincinnati, IL.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
Mixed Fruits for Canning.

There are some fruits too acid to be
canned alone, that are very much i'm
proved by mixing others with them.
Blackberries put up with red plums or
blue plums are better than either of these
fruits canned separately. Plums are too
tart and blackberries are quite often in
sipid, if of the smaller varieties or if the
season be wet one. A very perceptible
difference is shown in the amount of sugar
necessary to sweeten them when canned
together. The fruit can be taken half and
halt or in the proportion of one-third of
the sour fruit Cherries and raspberries
together make very good sauce, stewed; ;
also raspberries and currants, but currant
seeds are very Objectionable to many peo-
pie. Thejmces of the two make excellent
jelly. Raspberry or blackberry jam can
be made from the following recipe: To
twelve pounds of berries take six pounds
of tart apples, red Astrachan, peeled and
quartered; cook the fruit together with
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
"In Time of Peace Etc.

The defenses of the rivers Thames and
Medway against naval attack are to be
strengthened by the construction of a new
earthwork fort at Scarp's Gate, near Sheer
ness. The site of the present rifle butts,
which is about forty yards from the sea-
wall, has been selected for the proposed
fort, which will, therefore, Immediately
face the More light vessel, and will COM
mand the entrances to both the Thames
and the Medway, while long range will
also be secured over the channels leading
from the North Sea and the Downs. The
sides of the rifle butts will sunnly large
quantity of the material required for the
fort. The armament of the proposed
stronghold will consist of two ten-inch
thirty-ton steel breech-loading guns, and
as Garrison Point fort and the batteries at
Sheerness are at present chiefly only armed
with muzzle-loaders, except a few small
breech-loaders for practice purposes, the
fort will, it is considered, be a valuable
addition to the defenses of the Thames and
Midway.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
SUNDAY RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Services in First Baptist Church, Sab
bath, at l0:45 A. NJ. and $50 P. NJ, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. ]. c. II. Read, D. D. Fore
noon subject: Little Preachers and Big Ser
mons" Evening subject: "vashti Divorced !"
the first OF a series of sermons upon the book of
Esther.
Westminster Presbyterian Church. cor
ner Sixth and L streets.-Pastor, Rev. ] Z.
Wheeler, Preaching l0:45 A. NJ. and 7:30 p M
Sunday school, at 12:30 P. NJ. Young peoples
meeting at $50 P. NJ. Every one welcome.
United Brethren, corner Fourteenth and
< streets-Preaching by Rev. J. W. Baumgard-
ner at II A. NJ. Subject: The VIII of God, y
Evening services 7:30 P. N. Sunday school Gas
A. NJ. Come with us, every one who will.
Calvary Baptist Church, L street, be
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth-Rev. A c. Her
lick, pastor, will preach at IL A. M, on "wit-
messing Power" Praise service, 7:So. Evening
subject: Neglected Gifts and Lost OpportIi-
mites" Washington Mission, $3.50. Welcome
to every one.
Central NJ. Il. Church, Eleventh street,
between H and Services of welcome to The
pastor, Rev. c. II. Beechgood. Morning service,
with sermon. at l045 A. M Evening at 7.30
Services of Praise by choir and congregation
Young Peoples meeting at 6:l5 P. NJ. All are
welcome to these services.
Nj. Il. Church South, Seventh street,
between and K-Rey. A. G. Bafie the pastor,
Telegraph ONCE" At745 P. N. subject! Sac.
ramento for God" Sunday school 12:15 P. M.
Young peoples meeting at els p M.
st. PauPs Church, Eighth street, be.
tween and J. Rev. John F. Won Herrlich, rector.
'St. Michael and All Angels" Services at IL
A N. and 7:S0 P NJ. Sunday school at $50 A. M. =
Fourteenth-street Presbyterian Church,
between Oand P-Preaching by Rev. G. p Tin
dali, tomorrow at IL A. NJ. and 7:30 P. NJ Sun
dsy school at 1890 p NJ.
Union Hall, corner Twentieth and q
streets-fraise service at t7:15P. NJ Preaching at
$50 P. N. by Rev, John T. Gromer Subject:
'Wine Drinking Condemned
Sixth-street NJ. f. Church, between X
and L streets Rev. Arnold T. Needham, pastor
The pastor having returned will preach at lO:45
A. N. and 7:SO P. NJ. Morning subject: christian
Consolation for the Bereaved." Evening sub
ject: Business Duty and Religious Obligation" :"
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. M
Emanuel Baptist Church, Twenty-fifth
and streets-Preaching at II and 7:30 Sunday
school at 1915. Seats free.
Congregational Church, Sixth street,
between / and 1.-THE pastor, Rev. W. C. Mer-
rill, will preach tomorrow at 1915. Sunday
school, 12l5 Mission, Twenty-third and K
$50 p N. Christian Endeavor in lec,ure-room
at g. All welcome. No evening service
Rev. f. u. Liljegren will preach his
farewell sermon, in Swedish at the Y M c.
A. Hall, Sixth street, between K and l., to-mor-
row Sunday at 1045 A NJ. and 7S0 NJ. All
scandinavians are cordially invited.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
STARTLING EVIDENCE
OF the Cure of Skin Diseases when all
Other Methods Fail.

Psoriasis 5 years, covering face, head, and
itchy, and bleeding. Hair all gone.
incurable. Cured by Cuticura Remedies
My disease (psoriasis) FIRST broke out on my
left cheek, spreading across my nose and
almost covering my face. 1t ran into my eyes,
and the physician was afraid would lose my
eyesight altogether. II spread ali over my head
and my hair all fell out, until / was entirely
bald-headed; it then broke out on my arms and
shoulders, until my arms were just one sore
II covered my entire body, my face, head and
shoulders being the worst. The white scabs
fell constantly from my head, shoulders and
arms the skin would thieken and be red and
very itchy, and would crack and bleed if
scratched. After spending many hundreds of
dollars, was pronounced inourable. / heard
of the CUTICURA REMEDIES, and after using two
bottles of CuTICURA REsoLvENT / could see a
change; and after had taken four bottles was
almost cured and when had used six bottles
of CUrlCURA RssoLVENT and one box of CUrI-
CURA and one cake of CUTICURA SOAP was
cured of the dreadful disease from which had
suffered for five years / thought the disease
would leave very deep scar but the CuTiCURA
REMEDIES cured 1t without any sears | can
not express with a pen what I suffered before
using the CUTIcuRA REMEDIES They saved nv
life, and eel Ii my duty to recommend them.
My hair is restored as good as ever and so Is my
eyeSight. l know of a number of different per
sons who have used the CUTIcURA REMEDIES
aud all have received great benefit from their
use. MRS ROSA KEILY
Rockwell City, Calhoun Co. Iowa
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28


He is one of the best informed men in
Western political affairs, and has been
making careful observation of the affairs
in the new States. He says he does not
think the Democrats have any chance to
get anything out of the October elections
except in Montana. There, he thinks. they
will elect the Governor, and if there is per
feet harmony in the party they will get
the Legislature, but he has no doubt that
the Repub, i-ans will elect the Repre-
seatatives While there is an appearance
of great harmony among the Democratic
leaders, he hints that he sees where there
is liable to be a split over the question of
Senatorship. If such a split occurs, the
Republicans will get the Legislature, other
wise, he thinks the Democrats will get the
Senators. The Democrats, he says, think
they are going to get the Legislature in
Washington Territory, but he does not
think they are
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
IS IT A FAILURE /?
Oroville Miners Claim That the Big Bend
Tunnel is a Success.
loroYille Mercury, September 10Th.

loroyille Mercury, September 26th.l
The dispatch from Buffalo which we pub
lish to-day, has caused a great deal of COM
ment and speculation in 0roville. Our
citizens do not believe that the Big Bend
mine is failure, because there is nothing
upon which to base such belief. In the
first place, the river channel has merely
been prospected in spots and there are
twelve miles of this channel. The bed
rock or bottom of the channel ha1 been
uncovered in spots, and unless there has
been some able bodied Misrepresentation
those spots were rich with free gold.
A year ago a very costly attempt was
made to remove the powders and water
from the channel by means OF electric
motive power, and that proved an expen-
slve failure, but did not prove the value of
the mine.
As the dispatch states, the channel is
filled will gravel and huge bowldeIs in
many places, and it will cost great deal
on this account, but after expending over a
million dollars on the two miles and half
tunnel through a mountain of rock, the
miners should not object to spending few
more thousands in clearing the channel.
And we do not believe that they will object.
Ii that dispatch was prompted in Buffalo,
there is very likely a gentleman of the
mine so to speak.
Not more than ten days ago Superintend-
ent Beatson of the Big Bend mine brought
an amount of gold to 0roville from that
mine. We then learned on unquestionable
authority that the twenty men, then work
ing in very inexpensive manner at the
Big Bend, were clearing for the company
81 so per day to the man. This is $3.50 a
day, or 81 800 month, clear money, which
doesn't look very much like failure. 1t
is entirely probable that larger number of
men at work would take out the same
! amount ner man. Facts do not bear out
the sensational dispatoa ..ccifri f.cifri n.ffalo; and
we shall have to await further develop
ments before we can possibly believe that
. Big Bend is a failure. Then, when we are
convinced. if ever, that the mine is fail
ure, We shall reiterate what we have said
before, that the water right at that mine is
a fortune to its owners.
Old California miners will not be fright
ened Or fooled by dispatch concerning a
great mining enterprise.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28

just sufficient water in the beginning to
keep the apples from scorching. Boil
hard for two hours. Then add twelve pounds
of white sugar and boil twenty minutes
An extra stovelid on top of the one next
to the fire will prevent the fruit from
burning. Iron rings can be purchased at
the tin shop for a few cents, which are
very convenient for standing the kettle
on while doing slow cooking; an old pie
pan inverted will prevent the contents of
small kettle from burning. Jams need
thorough cooking in order to insure their
keeping without mold if put away un-
sealed.-Good Housekeeping
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
EASTERN TURF EVENTS.
The Track at Gravesend Very Heav.
Contests in Kentucky,

The Track at Gravesend Very Heavy
Contests in Kentucky.
GRAvEsEND September 27th.-The at
tendance was fair, but the track was heavy.
The three-fourths of a mile Mute won,
Pericles second, King Idle third. Time,
1:20
Handicap sweepstakes, mile and an
eighth, Now or Never won, Huntress Sec
ond, ]. A. B. third. Time, 2;01.
The mile and sixteenth, two starters,
Golden Peel and Swift ran a dead heat
Time, 1:52s. In the run off Swift won.
Time, 1:52.
The sweepstakes, seven eighths of mile,
Ben Harrison won, Oregon second, The
Forum third. Time, 1:32.
IN KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, September 26th.-The fall
meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club
closed to-day, with fair weather. The at
tendance was good.
The event of the day was thegreat Amer
ican Stallion stakes.
The three-fourths of a mile Buckler won,
Consignee second, Bon Air third. Time,
1:173.
The handicap, one mile, Nevada won,
Somerset second, Quindaro Belle third.
Time, 1:434.
The iVe.eighths of a mile Oracle NJ. won,
Lottle S. second, Pilgrim third. Time l:034
The great American Stallion stakes, mile
and three-quarters, Outbound won, Long
Danes second, Metal third Time, 3:1I.
The mile and an eighth Spectator won
by length. Spectator fouled Ten Like
almost under the wire, and was disqualified
Ten Like was placed first, Antonio second,
Plunder third. Time, 1:59.
TRoTTINe IN MISSOURI.
KANSAS CITY, September 9th. = The
weather is pleasant and the track in fail
condition.
In the 2:19 class, trotting, Guarantee
stakes, 81 600 Diminished from Yesterday
Frank Middleton first, Black Diamond sec.
ond, Illinois Egbert third, Nellie V. fourth.
Best time, 2:24.
ln the 2:4o class, pacing. purse, $500 (un-
finished from yesterday, Wilkemont first,
Letta Howe second, Cora McBregar third,
Nun fourth. Best time, 2:28.
In the 2:3o class, pacing. purse, 5000,
Annie Dickinson first, John second, Pres
ident Wilkes thirG; others drawn and
distanced. Best time, 2:2l.
In the 2:l7 class, pacing, purse, $500,
Fred. W. first, Kitty Co second, Turk
Franklin third, Minnie Po fourth Best
time, 2:1SI.
BOSTON TRoTTERs.
BosToN, September 27th.-AtM Mystic Park
to day, in the two-year-old stake, Nom
inator was first, Celia F. and Guy Kohl dis
tanced. Best time, 2:45l.
In the 2:25 class ]. B. shedd was first,
Gratz second, Kensett third. Best time,
2:22i.
The track was not IN condition for Mel
son to trot against his record. He made an
exhibition mile in 2:20. Alcryon was sent
around the track in 2:163.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28

Ex-Postmaster General Thomas L
james declares that the railway mail serv-
ice is twenty years behind the times and
ought to be very greatly improved; that
small offices near to one another ought to
be consolidated under one management, so
as to save expense; and that ocean postage
ought greatly to be cheapened.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
CntIcnra Remedles

Cure every species of agonizing, humiliating.
itching, bleeding. burning, scaly, blotchy and
pimply diseases of the skin, scalp aud blood,
with loss of hair, from pimples to scrofuia ex-
cept possibly ichthyosis.
Sold everywhere. Price, CUTIcURA, 5Oc,;
SOAP 25c.; REsoLvEST. 81. Prepared by the PoT-
TER DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION Boston.
<s-Send tor " How to Cure skin Diseases" j" a
pages. so illustrations, and Jog testimonials.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28

The first Arbor day was observed in Ne
braska seventeen years ago, when 12,000,-
900 trees were planted. There are now
growing in the State 600,000,000 trees.
In other States many millions of trees
have been planted.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28
yaluabIe BuiIdInc Rn,n.,,

PrITsBuRe, September 27th.-Tbe large
building OF the Westinghouse Electric
Company, situated almost in the heart of
the city. was partially burned tonight, en-.
failing the loss of 100000.