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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-19


Nov, have no personal interest in Il in
any, way, shape or manner, except to place
the mstter before the Senate in fair lish.
and very few words, - it was placed before
u.s. He claimed, and presume 1t is true,
although have not Investigated the mat
ter, that very many Of the schools in the
State, and especially those following this
| course Of teaching at the present time. and
that some States in the Union. 1 think he
mentioned Massachusetts and some other
states, had Law upon their books similar
to the one we have here, and and - we
viewed the matter In cur committee. we
unanimously came to the conclusion,
as least thought i. could do no
harm to the children. vh3 we're re-
ceiving Instructions IN the school to
be taught each weein WITH reference to
the treatment which they should give to
ariuaale; srd We are well aware, Mr.. Pfes-
iiert, that cruelty 10 displayed on all sides
| by older people and even children, ard =
few moments devoted to instruction. few
words from the teachers in our schools with
reference to the duty which children and
older people owe to dumb animals may
divert some boy or some girl even from .
course Of cruelty or unkindness TO course
Of kirdness aSd sympathy. and il this be
20. certainly nothing can Be Lest II nothing
/ 10 gained. Il seems to me that this re-
quest coming from people Who most GER
tzinly are doing good work in the State
and whose work is recognized. and that no
harm can come from giving il the force Of
lsv and placing it upon our statute books.
/ Mr.. Waitoa-I viii say thk&I an heartily
| In favor Of the provisions Of this bill bat,
/ on accouns Of some Legislation ti,at We may
be called upoa to consider. desire 10 cAli
The attention Of the ms8bers Of the Senass
i! particularly and especially to the provisions
/ Of this bill Isss thss il vas 6 ying through
/ ~ bills frequently do. and - sometimes
think they ought not 70 20. without proper
l consideration. ard I desired every memb-,
/ to understand how be vas voting 90 thI,
question. I N heartily in favef II fts
/ provisions Of tlfs bIl. We dnn'f want d
raise sry more xtsse Ponere1s in ssis c,un.
Ery. Ibelfsve b il one Of - best thisel
4 Ia the vcriA to 4 aioes in - 5sustfsl mind
!, tte idea Of me1 /. otfsdnsss to the bruss
creation, beeaz sh1e 5Uhsss the idss Q.
\ scraeify fsst d fns1e9 bsys Who are frs
i sxuelto ssimal1 ID asIignfi IN to.tarins then
| finally arrive sllhas condition where they
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-19

lEr. xhskcAsf-This hin has been psinspa
eaes and . i y an anendness which has
been AGREED upcn by Ill parties iztefested.
l would sssxess sAas shafe 10 No nsed Of
printing IL sssin: and nsvs hat Il taks
IL sevsfsi feadinsp q he psesens rime-
Mr.. Libby % Andfoseossia-I do NOT
understand that the bill il il nav dfsfs
has been printed What ne asr.enenn
Ase an nse informed. although I have
hssn fs4sssesd % loek sfsR ths massss
semevhas is ihs istsfea Of The PARTIES q .
naatsr Of aeeomnedaAion.
Af. Thatcher. I viii vishdrsv my
nosion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
Tl1e Daily Eight.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER %, '9l.

the water power on MS estate for light
ing by electricity, but also grinds his
corn, cuts his horse fodder, pumps his
water and does a variety of other work
by means of electric motors. On many
manors which are adjacent to streams OF
water the farmers are beginning to real
ize the great possibilities which are close
at hand for the more economical work
ing of their farms and are installing
electrical plants which can be worked at
a cost unapproached by any other means.
There are tens of thousands of portable
and other steam engines owned by agri-
culturists in this country which could
be utilized in a variety of ways in con-
nection with electricity. The mere saw
ing in insurance alone would in number
less cases justify a farmer in driving his
thrashing, ch&ff cutting and grinding
machinery by an electric motor instead
of being obliged to bring his engine, as
now, right into his farm buildings
New York Telegram.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
Mhnt EngIishmcn Want.

An American woman who had married
an Englishman of high rank returned
home for a visit after q couple of years ex-
perience in her adopted country. How
very odd" said one Of her acquaintance,
that Lady c. has not become Angli-
cized in the least; she is more American
than ever" The remark repeated to the
newly made peeress WAS received with
an appreciative smile.
Il am so glad" she exclaimed. Il am
naturally initiative, You know, and
was so afraid | might lose what | con-
slider my distinction. You people don't
understand over here" she went on.
You make a great mistake in copying
English people when you go to London;
they have enough Of their own kind over
there: they want something new and
original, net copy Of themselves" =
New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
Two Quick for Him.

The only man who ever was too quick
for Joe Dye, the bad man of Ventura
was Petroleum Scott, the old Ventura
oil man, a tall, wiry, nervous chap, who
would be the terror of stenographers if
he were a public speaker. Phillips
Brooks is leisurely drawler compared
to Scott. Scott and Dye had legal con.
test over an oil claim on the SeSpe, and,
while the case was pending, Scott pru-
IDENTIFY avoided discussing it with Joe,
whose temper and trigger finger were
VIGOROUSLY quick and apt to act in con
cert.
One day Scott ard Dye met in Santa
Paula and, sitting down at table to
gether. chatted about Things in general
Scott carefully abstained from talking
about oil claims, but Joe finally preached
the subject and made some statement
about the records that was not correct
THIS is the WY Scott tells the story
without thinking. said. Joe, you're a
liar. and as soon as the words were out
of my mouth he yanked his revolver and
stuck it under my nose. But | was too
Quick for him took it al back before
he could shoot San Francisco Argo,
Daut
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
VARIETIES.

In place of the hot food and cold
drinks in which we indulge at oul
dinners and luncheons, the Japanese
favor cold food and hot drinks.
The discoveries made by Stanley
show that the Nile is the longest
river In the world, being at least A, 100
miles in length.
The Chinese use painted and var
nished fish-skins as ornament ted lam
terms. In Japan wax is made from
the skins and intesines of fish.
In Norway the paddock is called
st. Peters paddock, and the marks Oh
each side of the mouth are supposed
to be the marks left by his finger
and thumb when he took the piece
of money out of it's mouth.
Although whales grow to enormous
sizs sometimes eighty and even
min ETY. feet long, the throat is 80 small
that the animal cannot swallow a
bite as large as q tea-biscuit. This
applies to the common whale; the
spermaceti has mouth large enough
to swallow a man.
The early Greeks held many super
stious notions connected with the
ounce, amongst which and prevailed
which caused it to be much cherished
by them-Damely, that it was effica-
cious in driving away from it's po-
ssessor all evil influences. Hence
they carefully placed it in their
cham bers, keeping it there both by
day and by night.
In the early part of the century the
postmas ter general received suggest
ions of several methods for convey
ing the mails beside steam locomo-
tives. Among others was one made
by an engineer, who advised that
the mails should be enclosed in shells
and fired from one stage to another.
A good bombardier, he said, would
be able to drop shell within few
feet of q mortar or cannon, which
would be required to pass it on to the
next stage.
La some savage courts it is the rule
to do whatever the king does. If he
stands everyone stands; if he sits
everyone sits. When he falls off his
horse all who are with him must
fall of their horses; if he chooses to
battle, all the passers-by must go
into the water with the clothes good
or bad, which they happen to have
on. Such is the custom in Celebes.
In Darfur it is worse, for there, If
the sultan loses tooth, all his sub
jects are obliged to have tooth
knocked out.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

THAT is Il remarkable Story about
.Lrs. john 4 Logan" r.ta.v.a,l gen.
t!e!nan to p..rJ% Of rIemls the Other
evening. y few months BEFORE her
husbapd'> death ST.. had lepn with
him to New Gr::lcr for his health. and
when they had returned 10 Chicago IL
young girl Of twenty, who mad been Il
favorite with General Logan since her
childhood, came in to see them in the
evening. and he joliiu5Iy asked her what
she had learned since he saw her lust
She said she had been studying palm
istry, and he held ont his hand and
laughingly told her to read his fortune.
Her face became serious at the first
glance and she told him that death
was marked in it, ard that unless he
changed his met -, IF GYir- ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
Piner ieoenhS.

The Wends. who, We believe, are the
ancestors of the modern Prussians, are
thc center Of many legends The Pied
Piper Of HHmelin was a Wend; so also
was the piper Of the Hartz mountains,
who appeared so many days year and
played unearthly tunes, and whatsoever
heard at once fell into frenzy, from
which there was no escaping. Al these
pied and weird pipers assembled once a
year at the Erocken, where there was I,
general carnival the Arch Fiend lead
i - The concert or violin witches roll
- around and fiddling on the skulls o.
h"rs"s. and the niperS adding the con
cert of their Unhoiy Instruments. Cham
Urr's journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
The Cow Was Raised.

a man in jefferson county, who had
a sick cow, wanted to get her up. Not
being able to do so with his strength he
fixed a blanket under her, attached his
hay carrier and hitched on the old horse,
which had not forgotten the distance he
had to go to deliver the hay and didn't
propose to stop short. He drew the COW
up to the top Of the barn, where the
track carried her over an empty NOW,
when the blanket gave way and dropped
her on the empty logs, breaking every
bone in her body.-Tyrone On. " Her
aid
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
4 Curious Palm of South America.

One Of the most curious palms in the
world is called the "lta." and is very
abundant on the banks Of the Amazon
Rio Negro and Orinoco rivers. In the
delta Of the latter it occupies swampy
tracks. which are at times completely
Inundated and present the appearance OF
forests rising ont of the water The
swamps are inhabited by il tribe of In
dams called GGarHnes. who subsIst al
most entirely upon the produce of the
tree. During IT," annual foods they sus
peEd their houses from tops of the tai
stems Of the palms The outer skin Of
the yOUrg leaves is made into cords for
h"mnackS, and the soft inner bark yields
a nutritious farinaceoUs suHstance.-In,
tcryiew in Washington Star
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

working and got rest he would G55 in his
grave speedily.
Mrs. Logan, who stood by, observed
that this revelation had disturbing eff
feet on her husband, and with some re-
assuring remark and a laugh held out
her hand and told the young lady to
read her hand. The girl took it, looked
at the lines an Instant, and burst out
crying. You will be widow within
six months, sobbed the young palmist,
dropping the hand, And in less time
than that the nation was mourning the
loss of Senator Logan and Mrs. Logan
was a widow. New York Truth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
NOW is THE TIME
To Make Money IN Blu y
ing Property.

The following list is only small por-
ton of the many fine bargains now be-
ing offered by JNo. T. HAMBLEToN & Co
Real Estate Agents; Office at No. 4 East
Commerce street
Three very large lots on Government
hill, one-half block from car line.
Three room cottage on Austin street;
lot 81 I-2xI45 feet.
Five acres OH San Antonio river suita-
bic for subdivision, convenient to street
car line.
Seven room house on Elmira street,
Stable, Water Works, etc.
Two houses on, Blum Street, renting
for $40. per month.
House of six ROOMS with bath. 10
52xI6o on Monterey Street, house almost
new.
New House of six rooms on Chestnut
Street. Lot 66XI4o feet.
Fine piece of improved property Oh
NOrIn FlOIGS OlISSl. I-Ot l<oAlOO lSStJ
this is bargain.
desirable piece OF property on Avenue
z, can be bought cheap.
A fine corner on Avenue c near Hous-
ton Street.
Two Lots on Buena Vista Street, con-
yeuieut m Street Car
Fine Block of II Lots on Tobin Hill.
Large lot So72x34o feet, on ditch and
Rock Quarry road.
Elegant two story house, 10 rooms with
all modern improvements, first
ueigh' orhood and centrally located
Five room house, stable, lot x
I5o,fe t 3. few steps from car line.
40 acres fine land II miles from San
Antonio, on Goliad road; 70 acres in cul-
tivation, good house, a rooms, 200 bear
| ing peach trees.
422 Acres farming land in Hays and
Comal counties, 10 miles from San Mar
cos; d room house, never failing spring
40 yards from house, school and post
Office half mile from place.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

The c!eauest and most perfectly pol
ished fooYs have no water used on them
They are simply rubbed oil every morn
inS with large flannel cloth which is
soaked in kerosene once in two weeks
Take the cloth and with scrubhing brush
or stubby broom 90 rapidly and down
not across. the boards. After few rub,
bi".,S the f;"or viii have a polished 3p
p"Irmcn. Chicago Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

When pins We're scarce and dear they
formed very acceptable gifts to the fair
sex. aHd Us now and then money was be
slowed to the v;lre Of pins in lieu there
Of. not a few phrase hunters believe that
the term pin money originated from that
pTuvc!cg
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
THE. STANDARD WAREso

Have just received the largest and finest
car load of vehicles ever shipped to this
city, ladies phaetons, speeding phaetOns,
buggies, carriages etc. We have the
highest surveys in the world; also six car
loads of hacks, carts, express wagons etc.
Agents for Racine Wagon Co. Old
vehicles taken in exchange for new ones,
"a West Nueva street. 9-19-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
Many Orders Ahead.

Mr.. Slowpay tairily)-l wish to get
measured for suit of clothes, but it
will be about three weeks before can
pay for them, as our pay day comes only
once month now How soon can you
have them done?
Tailor-I'm-let me see. In about
three weeks.-GOod News
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

1t is well known fact that paper can
be compressed until it will be so hard
that diamond will hardly touch it, but
no known mechanism Of the present or
the past has such power to compress and
work marvels with wood
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

10 form an idea of the experiments
that take pi;ca abroad in the way Of
testing new devices in warfare, the sta
tion at LIege, Belgium. consumes nearly
100000 cartridges and forty tons of
powder IL year IN testing firearms.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

Nearly two bushels Of unio pearls were
dug out of an ancient indian mound in
the Little Miami valley half j dozen
years ago. They were all so much de-
cayed, however, as to be of no CONNER
cial value
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

Robert Boyle, the great philosopher of
the Seventeenth century, mentions an
English soldier who could eat stones
and another who could eat glass.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED
BY not buying TEA at Hollands.

DON'T DIE IN THEHOUSE. Rough
on Rats" Clears out rats, mice, flies
reaches and bed bugs
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23
The Worth ofUYour Money.

Go to Piggott's and get the worth of
your money in wagons, or carriages.
Horse shooting and painting a speciality.
Cor. r aston and SOledad streets. S 3m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

1t is thoroughly Independent and does not
owe allegiance to any clique, corporation. or
combination of office holders" rings.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-23

1t is Live paper, containing all the letest
Telegraphic, State specialsSs..and San Antonio
Local News
Crawford avalanche., 1891-04-23
GraInsnfG Gold.

WE should give God the same place in
our hearts that he holds in the universe.
You cannot repent too soon, because
you do not know how soon IL may be too
late.
Do ALL that you can to stand, and then
fear lest you may fall, and by the grace
Of God you are safe.
THE proverb ought to run, "A fool and
his words are soon parted; man of gen.
ius and his money"
To REJOICE in the happiness OF others
Is to make IL our own; to produce Il is to
make IL more than our own.
GoOD breeding Is benevolence I'm triHes.
or the preference of others to ourselves
in the daily occurrence Of life.
You had better send a son unarmed
and helpless into wilderness OF fero-
cious wild animals than into the world
without education.
THE current OF tenderness wIdens as Il
proceeds, and two men imperceptibly
find their hearts filled with good nature
for each other, when they are at first
only In pursuit OF mirth or relaxation.
THE thoroughly great men are those
who have done everything thoroughly,
and who have never despised anything,
however small, OF Gods making.
THEY that govern most make least
noise. You see when they row in a
barge, they that do drudgery work,
slash, and puff, and sweat; but he that
governs sits quietly at the stern and
scarcely is seen TO stir
Crawford avalanche., 1891-04-23

flames. A stampede followed. In the
fierce fight for life eight women were
knocked down and trampled under
foot. Several men jumped from win
dows, and one of these, Alexander Grant,
painter employed on the place, leaped
from the third story and struck a sign
in his descent He fell TO the ground
senseless, his skull fractured, and one
leg broken. When all those who were
able to get out had left the building
Officers Welbaskey and Pat Sheedy en-
tered the burning building and went as
far as the flames would permit They
pulled out several women who had faint
ed from fright or been crushed in the
stampede.
Across the street in the Haymarket
Theater similar panic was averted
only by the GOODNESS OF George Fair, the
treasurer. When IL became apparent
that the theater was in danger Mr.. Fair
called the ushers into his private office,
and instructing them to stand at the
fire-escape and to by no means permit
crowding, he quietly went around from
one gallery to another and told the
spectators that there was fire across
the street, but that there was no imme-
diate danger. They were then led to
the fire-escapcs and made their way
easily.
AS in the case Of the great fire, this
last confagration was started by lamp
explosion. While the audience In the
museum theater was watching with in
terest juggler balancing a lighted
lamp on a wand, at the same time walk
ing tight-rope, the juggler slipped, the
lamp fell. there was an explosion, and
a flame darted up the scenery of the
stage. The stage curtains took fire, and
before the panic-stricken men and
women could make their exit the entire
stage was a mass OF flames.
John M. Smyth is the heaviest loser
The Kohl a. Middleton edifice, as well as
the building occupied by himself was
his property. His loss on buildings is
S400, 600, and on stock 5000, COO. He carried
an insurance of S175, 900 on the buildings.
Kohl & Middleton lose their entire
equipment, valued at $50, 900.
The fve-story buildings 147-149 West
Madison street were owned by James
Casey and were destroyed. They were
valued at $4,000 Alfred Peats occu-
pied the entire building with a large
stock Of wall paper. His loss is SIS, 900.
The next building, occupied by Louis
Laberge, was six stories, entirely de-
stroyed, and owned by Col. Thompson.
Loss on building S4O,O0 stock aud fix
lures $4,000.
Joseph STEMS shoe store was at 153
Madison street His loss on stock is
$50, 900. .-...-~
Other losers are: Adam Gerhardt, barber
shop at 155 West Madison street. SO, 600;
Baer Bro. e hat store and Eureka laun-
dry at 157, $4,000; M. j. Irrmin, cigars,
So, 900; Neely Bros, boots and shoes,
S20,oOO l.. Kaempfer, jewelry, loss un-
known; Lawyer Payne Fittz, $4,000.
Two persons were fatally injured and
six others seriously hurt
Crawford avalanche., 1891-04-23
This and Tina.

THE disappearance of dyspepsia as a
national disease proves that Americans
have improved in their cooking.
THE Washington Advertiser says: ~Our
climate beats the world" In some
respects IL does-say along in August
"WHAT is your salary, DIR. Stiggins?"
"My salary" said the clergyman, slowly,
ais $4,000 But my pay is about 81, 200.
LITE.
BRowN-Why, how pale you look;
have you been III? Dobson-Worse than
that; tackled passion novel last even
ing.-Btnghdmpton Republican.
AT recent game of football at Cor
nell University six students were laid up
with ~broken bones and bad spraiLs. I"
There is heap OF fun in football.
A LIVE horse in New York stepped on
live wire and was dead before his
driver could wink. And yet experts are
afraid electricity won't kill suddenly
enough to supplant the rope.
Mr.. GUzzLEroN III p. m IL wish
you'd give me my dry clothes. Maria,
I'm soaked through. Mrs. G. with deep
meaning)-Ah, yes; your breath shows
you're not as dry as when you started
Tepds Sttings.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-04-23
TGg MICHIGAN. THURSDAY APRIL 2s. 1891.
THEY WILL RISE AGAIN.
GREAT DESTRUCTION BY FIRE
IN CHICAGO.

Loss Occasionsd by the Flames Amounts to
q Million Dollars-Bungling Work OF q
Juggier Doing Tricks with y Lighted
Lamp-Miraculous Escape or the Au.
dience In the Museum and Of Occupants
OF Other Structures.
Once more has Chicago received Q
costly visit from the fire king. Not
since the little Chicago fire which swept
everything from Twelfth and Clark
streets north to Van Buren, In 1874 has
this latest call ever been eclipsed In its
damaging work. The other afternoon
fire started under the stage in Kohl e.
Middleton's West Side Dime Museum on
Madison street, and before 1t was taken
In control by the fire department IL had
destroyed the immense furniture estab-
lishment OF John M. Smyth, Kohl &c
Middleton's Museum, and five other
five-story business blocks, and damaged
several Of the adjacent structures A
low estimate to place on the loss is ST.
ESQ, 900.
Aside from its terrible effects, says a
Chicago dispatch, the fire was a grand
sight TO behold. Fierce and furious
were the flames, eating all before them.
The sky, at first blackened by the huge
volumes of smoke that poured forth from
the seething flames, soon took on rose
ate hue as the tongues of fire darted
through the black mass. Great fire.
brands sailed through the air, and fall
ing started blazes which threatened
with destruction the surrounding edi-
fees.
1t appeared as though the western
part of the city was doomed. The high
wind carried the frebrands here, there,
and everywhere. People ran about de-
moralized. Thousands of persons were
in peril of their lives. Kohl e. Middle
toms museum was jammed with amuse-
ment seekers, who in an instant had
thoiT pleasure tuIIIOd fnuO grOoUoSS SoE-
ror. So fast did the fire burn that it
was hardly moment flom the time it
broke out until the entire place was in