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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-30


Quite a sensation has been caused in
military and official circles at Sebastopol
by the discovery Of a systematic robbery
Of bombs from the artillery magazines
in that city. From the extent Of the dis
coveries now made by the police it would
appear that the abstraction of bombs and
shells has been going on for a number of
years. The prosperity which during the
last few years appeared to follow the
operations of a certain mechanical engi-
neer who ten years ago was a working
journeyman, and the display which this
individual has recently made, primarily
led to the extraordinary discovery. He
erected large factory, acquired hand
some private residence, and latterly drove
about the city in well appointed car
riage.
This sudden and unaccountable pros
perity attracted the notice Of the police,
who made raid on the factory, when
large hidden stores of bombs were dis
covered bearing the government mark.
The arrest of the engineer led to the
further discovery that an organized band
of artillerists and others were implicated
in the robberies. The police are of Opin-
ioEA thet tho hnrning of one of the artil-
lery magazines in Sebastopol last year
was the work of the band now under ar
rest, who presumably fired the magazine
to prevent the discovery of an unusually
large theft of bombs. To the same
hands is attributed the mysterious muir
der about the same time Of an artillery
driver. The mystery which chiefly ex-
ercises the authorities for the moment
is how the bombs were disposed of to
such an extent as to enrich so largely
the organizer of the robberies and his
confederates. News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-30

The train which recently carried the
emperor of Japan to Nagoya made, it is
said, the best record ever reported over
a japanese road. 1t traversed the dis
lance of 226 miles between Tokyo and
Nagoya in nine and half hours, includ'
ing stoppages.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-30
Remarkable.

There is a remarkable case of heredity in
San Francisco. The daughter of policeman
there frequently sleeps twelve days at a
stretch.- Minneapolis Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-30
A Bad ScTape.

Barber to customer)-Have you heard Of
the bad scrape young Brown has got intoF'
Customer-Why, no; when did you shave
him lastF-The Epoch
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-30

William D. Howells recently re-
marked to friend that he considered
foreign travel detrimental to the career
of an American novelist
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-30
Sudden Change of Terms.

A.. Snukes an embezzler? What was
"e extent of his operations?"
only about twenty dollar"
is that all? The miserable theft"
.-Chicago Tribune.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1890-09-10
@atb fit Mattes!

Dor iiber so Sabren idon tuurbe
Mrs. Winslop's SOOTHING Sprup bon
Miittern beim 3abner Der Rinber atiges
nen6et. Wirit 9u i'm S6Iafe bur1
bas G9reien zines 2inbes gef6rt. bas
i'm 3abnen 1T unb Dor @1mer3en
peint9 Weun 70, laHe iofort cine
Jlai6e bon rMfrs. WinsIom's Soothing
Syrup" bolen. Sein Wertb 1T unbes
sabIbar. IS tpirb benz tleinen 2eiben.
ben iofOrt 2inoerung berI1aFen. Ser.
labt gu9 barauf Mtiiier, es lit tein
3weifel baraber. SIS beilt 9pienterp
unb Siarrboe, regulirt ben Maseu unb
tie Wieren, beieitiet Winb Rolit, ers
pei9t ben @aumen, perbinbert gntstins
oung unb ftdrft bas gan3e Spftem.
sWers. Winslops Soothing Syrup
fiir 3abnsnbe 2inber LIT angenebm In
8ei6mad unb bas &e3ept ftammt bon
einem Der 5eiten peibli9en Merste in
ben Der. Staaten. gs 1T BET allen
Sruggiifen in Der ganaen Welt sa Boz
ben. preis Is @ts. per Ilofde.
2auft ni9ts anberes aIs Mrs. Wins.
Ions Soothing Syrup.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1890-09-10

IpSIttVU uClIelUCu leBulllls
Sci es bur9 ben Gtabtratb Der
Stabt San Mntonio b~erorbnet:
@eftion l. 9aB Der Orbinan3, mel.
DE ben @rab Der Mil6 feffeut unb
ben 8ertauf un6 bic Snipettiou oerfelz
ben regulirt, cine Settior bin3ugefiigt
tuerben foQ, mel9e ME foIgt, Iautet:
@ettion 5. SaB ber Mapor bierz
bur9 autoriFrt ieiu fol- unb pirb, Ell
men Sbierar3t als uSt ''settor bon
Wil0faben" gu ernenaen, tpeI9e Gtbe
bon SertduFetu benubt tperben, bic Be-
tDobner bet 5tabt San Mntonio nit
Wttlb a1 berfeben.
SaB alen perIonen, tpeI9e ben Be,
Dobnern ber Staot San Mntonio MiI@
Oetfaufen ooer gum 8etfauf anbieten,
bic Gabe, tpel@e ben WiI9Dorratb lie.
fern, einmal tnnerbalb ieber brei Mfo.
note bon benz tpie ober ertpdbnt au er.
nennenben ifdotif6en Snipettor unters
iu9en lafen miiKen.
SaB bic Mpplifatiot fir cine ioI9e
unterfu6ung in Der Office beg Snipets
tors genla6t unb cine Gebibr bon 10
Gents fur iebe gu unteriu9enSe Sub
binterlegt perben muB.
Na@ erfoIgter Mnpiitation uab Sin.
terlegung Der borber beHimmten @ebibr
lou es bic pfi9t bes beiagten Snlpefs
tors fein, bic &tbe 5ofort au unterfus
den unb einen 8eri9t barti6er Dem
Snipestor fur MaBe unb @emidte Elm.
aurei6en. limb Der beiasteS nipettDr Der
Nil6fdbe foI benz Gtabtfolettor ole
iber bic Summe bon ginbunbert Dol
lars per Monat foIettitten @ebiibren
einbdnbisen unb oartiber benz 5tabt.
ratb einen monatli9en 8eri6t einreihen.
Srgenb cine perion, wel9e Bic MiI9
irgenb elmer Sub ober BON Riben bsrs
tauft ober gum 8ertauf anbietet, tpel9e
ni9t, mie porgei9tieben, untstfu9t
wuroe ober tpurben, foa zines Gerge=
bens f6ulbig befunben unb nod erfolgz
ter 8erurtbeil bpr benz &eforber 3ur
3abIung elmer 8clbfrafe bon nidt tues
niger als 3ebn Dollars unb ni9t mebr
als ginbunbert Dollars fir ieoen Ser.
fauf ODER far ie6es 8srtaufsarsebot,
b%erurtbeilt merben.
pailirt un0 angenommen am /.
September 1890.
SrDan @aIIagbau II,
Mttetlrt: MaDDr,
6. g. @iaubou, Stabtsg lert.
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Wir tperoen uns INNER freuet, tpentl
Sic urs beiu9en.
Weroeu Sic bag tpirfIi6, Ir6uleiu
S9medpib, unb tpentt i9 aue Nbenbe
tonn1e, Souife2 rief Seilberg immsr
feuriger.
Souife tuurbe mod r6tber ;-aepiB
mar He beletoi9t, benin es NOR bod uns
erb6rt, tie BEL ibrem gornamen au men.
ren,-aber lie %anttportete feline 6ilbe.
Wolen sic mir ni6t basu bos @t6t
gehen? rief Seilberg ieBt gars ermuz
tbiet.
Sa miKen Sic papa fraaeu, anti
tportete 2ouife nit einern tleiner, gans
fleinen Nnfug ppn G9sImerei.
unb Sic erlauben, baB i'd i'm fraee,
liebe, liebe 2ouiies
Sa, fiiterte He Iei5e.
Wm ad6fen Morgen ibersab 6err
6eilberg ieinem getreuen Nugu1t einen
pro6tbolen 9trauB fur Grdulein 2oui=
fe S6medmib.
9as babe i'd mir Held ieoa9t, dig
Id fit Sic mietbete, 9err 9eiIberg, lag.
tie bic ebrIi6e alte 6aut, aber mid tpabr,
es is mon bas erite MaI, bob n 0ausz
6iener ieinen 6errn be~rbeiratbet sat.
Hebrigens ba bat mir eben Der 8riefz
TRIGGER nod men grief bDr Sbnen ieie.
ben, es itebt pribatim barauf.
Neugierig 6fnete 9eilberg ben Brief.
st entbielt einen SbeateraetteI:
Sommertbeater in 2udenpaIbe.
9ie &duber.
Mmalie: Jrdulein 2aura Rarpen,
fiel als Debut.
Dabei lag Elm StrduB6en 8ersiB.
meinni9t.
Sn bemielben Nugenblid bate Der
papierforb 3ettel uie 8ergiBmeinnidt
aufgenpmmen.
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gaitfprmtas@etue.

Weinliebbaber finben Elm sroBes Sos
ger BON feinen California Meinen Bel
9errn S. s. Meper am Mlamo
plaaa. 9err Sleeper fu@t bic Weine
an Ort un6 STEELE aus ul.h fauft brett
aus benz Seller ter Wein3i9ter. Mls
eutem 2enner gelingt es inn tets, bic
feffen Sorten a~usaumdblen. ct fann
feline Runben uro Gamilien init einent
guten Sropfen berieben. &otbs unb
WeiBweine in por3isli@er QuaIitdt
BON iebt ab $1.00 per @alone : frei
ing 6aus seliefert.
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u @tnng.

IS pirb bierbur9 Notia geeeben,
oaB elm limitirter 8etrag in Nttien ber
alamo Geuer 8erf9erunss @eiels
f9aft" nod ge3ei6net tperben fam llnb
ieBt CUR Subitription fir Sol9e, tpel9e
ibr @elo portbeilbaft an3ulegen wiin=
i9en, fur bei9rdntte 3eit offen liegt.
Wegen @in3elbeiten nenbe man fG
on ben @etretdr, Hr. 222 Weit Cons
mereetraBe (DtrIer's @ebdube), Sun
antonio, Seras.
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~ @enn Semanb fem unb su an.
neDmborsm preiie ipeiien mill, 70 gete
e. gum Wifionss@arten. Die
perrer Nbeiner & @aml, 8eFber bies
ies embellishments, bolten barauf, lire
Wdlte tets poutomnieu auFrieben au Fels
len. Mae iaiionmdBigen 9eIitGteiien.
aultern. @iIb, Slide, @eHaaeI &c. inb
bort IN Der oelifatefien 3ubereituna ale
3eit gu baben. Mabiaeiten uerben oui
Wunf@ IN bic Wobnungen Der Runben
geIanbt. Mu@ bietet Der nit ber
6peifetpirtbi@aft perbunbene Bar.
+ o m bic beffen Getrdnte. tets frii@es
Bier unb feline Giqu6re unb Meine.
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G&abe 80 Gppttpreifem.

500 paar Rinberf6ube su 81. So.
ffenpreis $3.50 unb $40. Sameu=
slippers su IS @ts. uub $1-uertb
$1-1.25.
Spiteubefebte Morsenf9ube far So.
men aler arten, Spe3iaIitdt. GroBe
@ebuttioul $1.75 Damen. Rn6pfi6ube
fir $3.50. Sulibans $500 @Iaceez
Ieber Rn6pfiGube III ber bette ber @eIt.
6uuiDars talbleberner S9ub fir Mdns
ner 81 $500 1T unibertreffi9. Mdn.
nerf6ube fir $500, tpertb $3.50.
acknowledgement In allen anberet
Mrtiteln, uoDon in ben feinften unb
ntittleren Sorteu nlr bas bette gefubrt
iDirb. Die ausgef@nittenen Rdngurubs
Ieberz6 9ube fit Mdnner, trageu fd
gut unb finb comfortable, belonbers su
etapfebIen. Tarbige S9ube in @lacee
3a acceptableH Breifen.
q. 81. SuIItDan,
gde Commerce & 81. Warp's Str.
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SER 6. S. Mauer in Der Wef

Serr 6. s.. Miler in Der Wef.
Commerce : StraBe bdlt tets bas bols
tommenife Eager in 3ei9enmateria-
lien, $apeten, Garben, @las, Spiegel.
sIas, 8iloerrabmen, GirniRea unb allen
3ei6uen' unb WaIersu tenflien. Rlnff'
lerii9 atsgefabrte 8ilber uno 6tatlet'
ten &c. inb in einet febenswertben 8als
lerie our NnR6t uab gum 9ertauf auss
gefelt. Sn Sapeten unb 3immerbefos
ratiouen 1T bas 8ei9maduolfe une
WeueHe bort 3u finben.
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4nrergleifhlithe Attraktina
w neber cine WliDion pertheilt
3onifama gtaats=eotterie:@ fieIIidiaft

Soilttana staafss9otteries@ tielIi@aft.
Sneorpor;rt bon Der 2esisIafnr fir grsie.
hunss. unb &nhltbdtigteitespeGe unb tuurbe ibr
Greibrief gu eine1n Sbeile Der eesenpdrtiaen
Staats . aonfitutioa, in 1879, burd elm iiber-
toaltisenbes 8oltssotum sema6t
Der bts gum L. Sanmar 1895 In Rraft
6u bieibet babe.
Sbre sroSen aubergen01nIi1e en-
5tebungen fnben balbidbrIi9 fat, (Suni
nno Se5ember) unb ibre groeen gin;eI Sum.
lner : ~3'ebnngen fnoen in iebem ber anberen
ase9n Mtonate i'm Sabre fat, unb merben ale
9Gnsntitd) tn Der aeaSem9 Of Mufic, Stem Or.
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gde Commerce & 81. Warn's Str,
Der Cinderella ed,mb .eture.

Der Cinderella Gd3mb sGture,
Ode Dfs6ouftontraBe unb Qperue c.,
bieier beliebts 2aben Der @tabt, bal
ieineH reren 8Orrntb bon CONNER r.
f@uben fit Serren, Damer uno
Rinber erbalten uub bat cine unbers
glei9li@e Nuspahl aler Sorten unb
Qunlitdten. Der Cinderella : G9ubs
Store fibrt nur bic Gabritate Der bejten
Gabriten ur0 ~iberbietet MGes, tpas i'm
biefgeu Martt gu baben 1T. Specia.
Iitdt fiir 6erren: Der &offrrb.S 9ub,
tut 80. gs Derlobnt f@ BET Miibe, i'm
CINDERELLA 6tpre porsufpre9en,
ebe man anbersuo fault.
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Serii6mt leit 3wanSis Sabrem

tbrer @e9tli5feit unb prompte @epinn . Gus.
aaDlan9 toesen, nie folgt befdeinist:
xBir befatisen 5iermit, bab Dit Die Ob.r.
aufltdt aber bic arrangements fir aIfe momat.
tiden uno balbiabrliaen 8iebunsen Der
eOuiiiana Staats : 9otterie geiea19att ba6en
nab perfonIid Die 3iebuusen leiten unb beauf.
Fdtisen nno sab ~6iefelben ebrIi@, geredt unS
IN naparteiif9er 8eiie alien BetbeiIistea &c.
geniiber bor ft9 seben unb mir autorifiren Bic
geieufdoft, siefes 8ensniB, berfeben NIT BEN
Gaeft'n'le %unferer l%lnterfdriiten, in ibreu Yin.
Aeiaen Al aebrnud,enA
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paS- q. u. Galatuat1, Der betannte
Photograph unb & Il tier, bat
fein Ntelier nod INNER am alien BlaBe,
Alb OF 9oufonfraBe, obenauf urb
liefert bic beften 8ilber nit ben rieues
fen uno bor3tgIi9ften Snffrumsnten.
Seine preiie inb mdBis. 8ilber ut.s
bergdngli9. 28,7,tuw1t
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Ner9eGet ni6t, 1 .as,a s,s rs aa:.

TD
lider @epinne bon Bier @afionaL
8anfen bon geu DrIeans sarantirt
nirb, unb bic 2oofe bon BEN Hralibeatsu ii.
nee Snifitutes, beren berliebene @s9te bon ben
cberiten @eriften anerlaunt uerben, unter3ei9.
net; bebbaIb bitet gnd Dor alien Galfdunseu
aoet aacn1men Ylduen.
Seoemfct, bas Der sestnpdrtise Greibrief
Der 2ouifiana Staats- 2otterie. Company, mel.
den bic Snpreme Guurt Der ger. Gtaas
ten als &ontratt nit Dem Staate 2ouitana
nnb She'll Der gonRitution bes States ent.
f6ieben bat, ttd1t nDr BEN I. Snntar
1895 ablduft. Die 2esislatar Ton 2pui.
iana, Die f@ am 10. SuIi b. 8. bertagte, bat
elm ENHANCEMENT sur Contribution hes Staa-
ties e%rlafen, es BEN 8oIte BEL einer Babl tn
1892 anbeimaufelen, OBJ Der Greibrief Der
4pmtfiana Stant8 &utterte GpmVam9
bic gum Sabre Neun3ebm 9mnbert mmo
nemnsebtt in Sraft bleiben fol-.
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RaNase ma9 europa.

Die Mgenturen 6es berrl Is. :.
YDung, SO. 1 Commerce : StraBe,
San Antonio, unb SO. SOB Mains
StraBe, Dallas, Dertreteu nur bic
anertanut beiieu europdii9en Dampfers
2inieu. 6err 0oung 1T i'm Gtanbe bic
btIIigfen Raten gu geben, ers
tbeilt bereitwiaig iebe 9etphnf9te Nuss
fuuft unb beiOr9t febr prompt aQe ibm
iibergebenet Nuftrdge. Wer nod Gu.
ropa gu reifen tuinf9t, ober 0erpanote
beriibertommeil lofen min, tpenbe fi@
an irseHb eiae ber genaunten Agenturen.
a. Wabertds Bant be3abIt A
Bgoaenf 9inien FIR GeifsG ebD7fen.
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~ Wenn Sbr sutes trodenes BOT.
Dat grennbola brauat, ipre9t Dor ober
beiteut per SeIepbon bel Der Sunset
Wood Company; He bat fiets bas Bette
i'm Wsarfte. SeIepbon 81.
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aHEa
r. linz Club. Raten unb ndbere Musfuaft
fhreibst IeierItd an llnier3eiane,en, NIT Seut.
lider ansabe Gurer Bcbnuns, Staat. gountbt
StraSe uno Hummer. S9neIere Yofbefor.
Oeruns piro 0nourd aeft4ert, peun Str eia
goubert nit oolllidnbi9er MorelIe einleat.
@idtt8!
Abreifret ~. u. 4atpbia,
ODER: Stem Orleans, Ga
W. u. 9anpbin, BaibinStcn, .. g.
Sn seD09nliAea Br,efen, Money Order ent.
baltenS, iuelde bon ierer Express Company
arsgegeben perben. Sem gorfer Exchanges,
Draft ober Postal Note.
abreiHre regiftrirte griefe nit @eIb
at New Orleans National Bank,
STEIN Orleans, Ca.
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WroBe MOuatlide 3iebnua
in cer aeaSemb of Mufie, Stem Orleans,
Sienfag ben Ia. October 1890.
@anptgstpsnn $500. 600
10O, 600 gcrie ~ 3pansis Dollar ieess.
5aIbe $40. w;ettd SIS, 3ebnter So,
3Das3i8ftel 81.
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Eine Nr0iudns

I'm Settion 5 elmer Orbinans bim3u3u.
figert, tDel9e ben @rab Der Mil9
fetHeat uab ben 8ertauf unb bic Sms
ipettion ~5erielben regulirt.
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Yi1te Der a 10 / nne.
Msenteu b~erlanst.

.s,ls4 sepinne i'm sttraas BON sl,os4,soc
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-23
Dragon Trees.

The vegetable and plant life on the Ca
nary Islands has not so luxurious growth
as that which is found on the Madeiras.
Nevertheless there is great variety of in
teresting plants which well repay the at
tention of bOtanists, and some parts of the
islands are like beautiful gardens.
OF all the botanical wonders which can
be seen there the one which is perhaps
most worthy of special mention is the
dragon tree (dracRna draco). Alexander
Won Humboldt was the first one to direct
attention to this gigantic tree.
The example of this kind of tree which
was measured by him was in the garden
region of Orotava, on the northern coast of
the island of Tenerifle, and had a trunk
circumference of seventy-nine feet. Hum
boldt reckoned its age to be ten thousand
years, but the latest critical researches
prove that he placed the age much too high.
The next largest tree of this species which
is known today is the dragon tree of ICOd
de los BinOs, on the western coast of Ten
eriffe.
This tree was carefully measured in 1857,
and again in 1884 The first time the cir
conference of the trunk, at the height of
a little less than three meters from the
ground, was found to be nine and One-half
meters; twenty-seven years later it was
eleven meters, seventy centimeters, more
than thirty eight feet The tree, therefore,
has been proved to increase in size much
more rapidly than Humboldt supposed.
The top of this tree is of thick clusters of
sword shaped leaves on rather soft, pliable
branches, and spreads out in a very pict-
uresque manner-YOuth' s Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-23

HiIn with sdCn UuUN al MS Idn6, ana
doubtless expressed my sUrpr.." - my
look. "EI&!ha." he exclaimed, as he caught
my eye, tits great scheme, my boy" He
opened his book and saw that it was
copy of Baedeker's Central Italy" you
see" he continued, 1.-THE red covered Bae-
dekcr is an advertisement to the guides
and hotel people and shopkeepers all over
Europe that its holder is tourist, and
consequently the fellow who carries it
around with Kim is annoyed at every step.
had this cover-which can apply to any
volume of Baedeker-made for me- the last
time l was abroad, and it saved me a lot Of
annoyance. With it ! have walked into
scores of churches as a legitimate wor-
shipper where, otherwise, | should have
been beset by guides, beggars and door
openers =, 49, step. New York StH~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-23

Have you ever inquired how it is that
cats can combine with their proverbial
idleness such great agility? Muscular in
action leads just as much in other kinds of
animals as in the human species to obesity;
the dog which does not hunt, the horse
kept in the stable becomes fat and sluggish
Wild animals even, if kept in cage, where
they are forced into the repose of domestic
life, very rapidly lose their slenderness of
figure and their ease of movement.
Why does the cat escape the ordinary
law. and why, in spite of the fact that it
rarely moves, does it seldom become fat as
does dog or horse under similar circum-
stances? 1t is because its immObility is
not that of inaction, and its nerves are
working while its muscles seem at rest
Like the fencer waiting the moment to at
tack, the cat is constantly ready to spring
1t is always watching something; a rat, a
fly, or joint of meat.
A drawing room cat only makes three or
each OF them has been preceded by two or
three hours of latent work. When we be-
lieve that the animal is engaged in a
happy dream it is meditating a capture,
calculating the distance of its spring and
holding its muscles in readiness for any
thing that may happen. Hence it is never
taken by surprise. Ii a little bird escapes
from its cage it is caught and eaten in
three seconds. The cat has been watching
it for week When it seemed asleep it
was lying in wait.-Lagrange's Physiology.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-23
Drew a Long Breath and Cheered.

A throng of spectators witnessed a
thrilling rescue at a railroad crossing in
Jersey City one Wednesday evening. A
train was running at a lively rate when a
woman with baby carriage attempted to
cross the track in advance of it. A young
girl who was with her tripped and fell be-
meath the tracks over which the train was
approaching. Henry Bleigauf and War
rem Kennedy sprang to her rescue. Flei-
gauf reached her first, and, as he lifted
her, he slipped and fell against Kennedy
The latter. however. seized the girl and
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ASBESTOS AND ITS USES.
A Queer Mineral That Serves Not a Few
Vegetable Uses.


"Hsre is a towel that is never washed and
yet is always kept clean," said chemist to
a reporter, handing to him at the same
time what appeared to the eye and touch
to be nothing more nor less than an ordin-
AIRY piece of coarse cotton toweling.
"What sort of laundry do you send it
to-" was the natural query.
This kind" replied the man of science,
going over to the corner of his laboratory
and stuffing the towel into a small stove
that was burning brightly therefor chem
zeal purposes.
Il understand" said the visitor. you
never use such a towel more than once"
You are very much mistaken there, d" re-
sponded the chemist. II use such towels
almost forever and they almost never wear
out"
With that he lifted off the lid of the
stove again and took out the towel with
the tongs, dipping it in cold water, and
then handing it once more to the news
paper man.
Why" exclaimed the latter, "it is not
even injured! What is it made Off"
1T is made of rock" answered the chem
list; but very peculiar kind of rOck-so
peculiar, indeed, that the ancients supposed
the stuff of which this towel is woven to
be of vegetable nature. They used to
wrap bodies that were to be burned in
cloths made of the same flax like sub
stance in order TO keep the ashes from be-
ing lost among the charred wood of the
funeral pyre."
but what is it called?"
"You have often heard of it under the
name of Asbestos though very few people
apparently have any notion as to what it
really is. Enormous deposits of it exist in
Canada and elsewhere. 1t is form of a
very hard rock called hornblende, and is
found in strata of a fibrous consistency
readily divsible into silky strands resem-
bling fax. This likeness has given it the
name of earth fax You can see for your
self from this towel how much it looks like
a vegetable fabric when woven. An ashes
tos towel may be used for pretty nearly the
same purposes as an ordinary towel, and,
when it is dirty, all you have to do is to
throw it into the fire and rake it out after
a little while perfectly clean"
us asbestos used for any other purposes
in these days"
"Oh, yes. 1t is employed for roofing ma
terial, boiler felting, paper stock and in
the mixing of fireproof paints for stage
scenery. Also clothes for firemen and
gloves to handle red hotiron with are made
of it, Sometimes the mineral is found in
thin sheets of interlaced fibers, known as
mountain leather Elsewhere it is not in
frequently procured in thick sheets, and in
that condition is called mountain cork"
Washington Star.
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He Eats Ice.

The son of a rich German-American
banker constantly carries about with him
little tin box which many believe con-
tains candy, but which really contains
cracked ice. The young man eats ice all
the year round and always attracts more
or less attention when he whips out the
box in the cars or at the theatre or wher-
ever he happens to be. He has some
stomachic trouble. This liking of ice has
come to be a passion, which, being a
banker, he is able to gratify.-New York
World