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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-21

delivered in forcible and impressive
manner.
The paper remarked that the chair
man stated the truth when he called
Greeley easily the first OF journalists.
1t than dawned upon the lady that
her Facily Princes was really the
editor of The Tribune.-Youth's Com
DaniOn
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-21
ESE -
ParadOXlcal.

Clive-'In some respects a nail manu-
facturer is like a man who fails in order to
make money"
Mr.. Maui don't see it."
Clive-"Why, if he is successful his
goods are likely to go under the hammer"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-21
ES3,75O WILL BUY

A handsome cottage residence, of 7 rooms
with bath, stable, carriage, house, chick
en- house, wood house, etc. Hydranl
water, large lot, with fine shade trees and
shrubbery. New, neat and clean, about
four blocks from Military plaza. Will
snt ess = at $4,000 month.
- JEo OF. HAMBLETON & Co
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-21
A HOME?

KAN ANTONIO offers unparalleled advantages to tbs
~ home seekers.
location of surprising loneliness; climate unequaled
for purity and heahfuness warm open winters and COOL
delightful summer water such very few cities in the world
blessed with the most complete system OF electric sree
railway of any city of its size world spenddy paved
streets and beautiful suburban and drives excellent
public schools and churches of every denominations all com
bnne to make San Antonio the inviting place, for
permanent home on the continent
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-21

A CHANCE FOR BUILDERS. =
For Sale:,,, Thirty four shares paid
up stock in the International Build
ing and Loan Association.
9-4-tf T. B. JOHNSON.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-21
PA TIE N T S,

Caveats and Trade marks obtained. and a
Patent business conducted for MODER-
ATE FEES.
Our Office Opposite u. s. Patent Office,
and we can secure patent in less time and
at less cost than those remote from Wash.
ingtOn. Eb&" Eaansss
Send model, drawing or photo, with des-
cription. We advise. if patentable or not,
free of charge. Orr fee not due till patent
is secured. A little book, 'HOw to Obtain
Patents" with names of actual clients in
your state, county OF town sent free.
Address,
G. A. SNOW & co.
p.Pattent' Office .Washington,D.C
, 1891-08-19
s r. CRoIx WIS

for this nnrnose the steamers plymouth Castle
and Dunrt Castle were chartered. These
vaseale huiIt for the Worldfamed Cape Line
of Sir Donald Currie, are of course replete
with ovorv convenience, and to such Of US
az have had the pleasure of inspecting them,
thew fully bear out the reputation OF the
" Castle Line" OF 1,l79 tons register, GER
tilted to carry 40 frst-class passengers. and
steamioo under normal conditions II nautl'
cal miles an hour, they offer every accomoda-
ton for the comfort of passengers, and large,
roomy and we'll ventilated holds ensure a
safe transit for live and dead stock and goods
perishabIe and unperishable. The Line, as
we have STATED. was inaugurated under the
auspices of the Canadian Government, who
have shown anxiety to foster trade and to
encourage closer relations with the West
Indies by heavily substituting those steamers,
and the least we can do IS TO show our
appreciation Of their efforts. Having done
everything to merit the confidence and sup
port of the islands, those interested can only
await the result and, as no concern " can
long be continued without hearty support,
we hope that support which we have lndlca-
ted may be literally extended. The other
islands on the route outside OF this Colony
have, we understand, responded most salts
f~actorily, and prospects for next season are
gratifying. Of course our small island cannot
compete with its larger nelghbours-such
as Barbados, Trinidad, and Demerara-but
every little helps as the proverb tells US,
and it is to be hoped that st. Kits will not
be b~ehindhand in taking advantage OF the
benefits so literally offered by our fellowship
jects in the Dominion.
, 1891-08-19
A NEW NATION.

The Contemporary Review, for July. con-
tains a very interesting article on the Union
of the Australias, from the pen of the
. veteran statesman Sir Henry Parkes, Pre-
mier of New South Wales. Sir Henry tells
his readers that the coast line OF the vast
island of Australia is $3.50 miles long, and
that the sea coast Ofthe different colonies
is as follows: New South Wales, $50 miles;
Victoria, 60Omiles; South Australia, inclusive
of the northern territory, 1900 miles; West
ern Australia, 3,OO0 miles, and Queensland,
1850 miles. Tasmania makes the sixth
state OF the new commonwealth. These
figures will give the reader some idea Of the
great extent of these a%ntipodean colonies,
but not of their population and wealth. Their
population may be said to be almost in the
inverse ratio of their length Of coast line.
The population of the whole of Australia is
in round numbers 3,226,0o0. New South
Wales is the most populous, it contains
$4,000 inhabitants. Next comes victo-
ria, which has a population of 'f,13S,846.
, 1891-08-19
Arms AND AMMUNITION SHIPPED TO CH111.

-HE17 u ED To VT11T'
Chicago, July 2s.-A despatch from San
Francisco says; Large quantities of arms and
ammunition have been shipped to the Chilian
insurgents, concealed in bales of hay. 1t has
been discovered that three large truckfuls of
cartridges were packed in this city and shipped
on the Hounslow, which sailed on July s for
Iquique. The leading dealers in firearms and
cartridges say that sales in their lines have
been large during the last few months, but it
was not their business to inquire as 10 the uses
to which the goods were to be put. 1t is est
mated that at least 500 stands Of arms and
100000 rounds Of ammunition have been
shipped.-N. Y. Tribune.
, 1891-08-19
THE DANGEROUS GLASS.
From the Victoria Colonist.)

The visit of the Emperor of Germany to
England has, We see, been an anxious time
for the police of London. We ventu,c TO
say that the men who caused the police
anxiety were almost, to "A man, foreigners.
a British crowd is generally good humoTed,
and, when it diSlikes a public man, or dis
approves of his acts, 1t may make unplea-
SAINT noises and say coarse and uncivil things,
but it seldom, on a gala day, resorts to vlO-
lence. The rOughs, for instance, who here
and there greeted the Prince of Wales with
boots and uncivil phrases, gave the police
some annoyance, nOdOubt, but caused them
no alarm whatever. They knew that he was
as safe i'll his progress through the streets of
London as he would be in his drawing room
in Sandringham. The man, even among the
unciVil rOughs, who would raise a hand to
hurt the Heir Apparent would be torn to
pieces by those who surrounded him. Eng
liSh men are accustomed to liberty and they
know how to use it.
AS far as the Emperor of Germany was
concerned, he had nothing to fear-not
even incivility-from the subjects of Queen
Victoria. he was the nations guest, and
they all felt that he should be Hospitality
treated. We venture to say that the En-
perOr while he was in England did not hear
an unpleasant word from "a Bri iSh subject.
The men who caused the police and thHSCOt-
land Yard authorities to feel anxious and
nervous were foreigners, anarchists of con
t~inental nations, aul Cranks who believed
it to be heroic and patriotic to insult and to
injure the German Emperor. There are
many among them HhO consider killing Il
King no murder. The dynamiters, and be-
levers in assassination generally, are nu-
merous among them. aud the fear that one
holder than his fellows, and having a better
opportunity to do harm, might c0mmir some
act OF violence, or cause some disturbance.
must have made the period OF the Emperor's
stay a time OF great anxiety to the %dutlori-
ties. Great Britain is the asylum for Euro
pean political agitatorS, and they do not
always make a good use of her hospitality.
1t is the same on this continent. Men
who have been TepresSed at home do not
know how to exercise the privileges If free
men which they enjoy in the United States.
They retain the anarchist principles which
they imbibed in their own country, but
when they try to put them in practice they
find the people themselves more severe aud
more prompt to punish han were the mon
arChial governments Of their own country.
This vas the experience of the Chicago an-
archistS and the Italian asSassins.
, 1891-08-19

CLAUDIO N1CUNA PRESIDEN OF CHILLI
Constitutional Aspects Of The Recent Flee
tion-Where Foreign Sympathy Lies.
London, July 28.-A dispatch received here
from Santiago, Chill, dated Saturday last, says
that Claudio Vicuna has been elected President
of Chilli. He Will assume the duties of his
Office on September Is.
The dispatch adds THE election is regarded
as a pledge that honor, energy and patriotism
will mark the future conduct of the Govern
ment, the Government has $4,000 troops be-
tween here and Valparaiso and Conception. 1t
can effect a junction between these troops in a
single day and can give battle to the rebels.
Numbers of deserters are arriving here. They
say that the rebels are e~nlisting men by force"
The election Of Senior Vicuna, already report
ed here some time ago, is again confirmed, and
it throws a CLEAN Of hope upon the pre-
sent trouble in Chilli. That election is some
what vitiated from a constitutional point Of
view, since the northern provinces Of the
country, which have sided with the COnstitu-
tionalists, did not participate in it. Moreover.
it was carried in the southern provinces under
the despotic rules imposed by Dictator Bal
maeeda. Still, he did not dare to force the
election of his tool, Senior Sanfuentes and,
although Senior Vicuna is also a friend Of Bal
maeeda, it is expected that he may not be will
ing to prolong the civil war. The question, how
ever, remains open whether the present Dlcta-
tor will allow him to assume the supreme power
on the day fixed by the Constitution, September
10 of this year. At the last moment, if Bal
maceda has not been overthrown before that
time by the Constitutionalists, he may perpet-
uate himself in power, under the pretext that
the country is in danger. But this is not pro-
bable, for he must feel that his cause is waning,
and he will seize the opportunity to withdraw
from an unlawful contest, brought about by
his own determination not to respect the con-
stitutional law of Chilli.
Balmaceda may say what he pleases in his
bulletins regarding his alleged military success
ses over the Constituencies, and although
such reports of victories have been repeatedly
proved to be false, nobody outside of Chill can
tell exactly what the situation is there. But
there is q fact known to everybody, and not
ignored by the Dictator himself it is that al
though no foreign nation, Bolivia excepted, has
yet been disposed to recognize the Constitu-
tionalists as belligerents, the latter have prac.
ti"ally obtained the sympathies of foreign
countries. France has prohibited the embark.
ing of men and ammunition on board the Chilli
an cruisers in En- land the latter could not
enlist even fremen and the cruiser Presidente
Errazuriz is about to leave the Portuguese port
of Lisbon with only q part Of the necessary
Grew. In Peru the Government ordered a
piece of the machinery to be taken out from the.
steamer Mapocho, in order to prevent that
vessel from Joining the Dictator's feet,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
SWEPT BY STORM.
Further Particulars From the Hur-
ricane Of Martinique.
It's the Worst visitation Since the Year
I817-Ninety Fatalities Arc Known
OF, and Every Hour Adds
to the Horror.

Official advices received Thursday,
state that the calamity which has
visited Martinique is the most severe
since the year 1917 So far as can bo
learned, there have been ninety deaths
as the result of the hurricanes visita-
ton; but it will be some time before
the full extent of the disaster Is
known. Port DeFrance alone had
twelve deaths. At st. Pierre five peo-
pie are known to have been killed, but
it is feared that this number does
not represent the entire loss of life in
the capital. AS the reports from the
various sections reach st. Pierre, it be-
comes evident that the extent of the
hurricanes devastations has not been
much exaggerated. Destruction of
property and loss of life are reported
from all parts of the coast. The latest
reports received at St Pierre from
Lamentine show that the hurricane
counts ten victims in that place alone,
in addition to large number injured
At Francois there have been siXe
teen people killed and large
number injured, and at Rivieri
L llObO bllClS hdNC DSSh bNO Vi AllOA U
deaths, and so on from all parts of the
island comes the tale of woe and desc
lation. La Trinite sends in list of
its dead at ten, and numbers of more or
less seriously injured. The damage
done to shipping and property may
safely be classed as stupendous. About
two-fifths of the island was under cul-
tivation, and the mountain slopes were
covered with forests; all the cultivation
and all the forest in the path of the
hurricane appear to have been swept
away. The numerous sugar, coffee,
cotton and cocoa plantations, which
have felt the force of the tornado, seem
to have been utterly destroyed. Houses
and barns, store-houses and stables,
have been crushed out of existence, and
a considerable period must elapse be-
fore the island RECEIVERS from its terri
BILE visitation. Every hour adds to the
list of horrors already long enough to
startle any body. Some. of the poorer
classes of people have lost their all, and
the same may be said of number Of
the richer planters.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
THE RArN-MAKpRs.

Science Triumphs over Natare's Laws
The Government Rain Producing Experi-
ments Successful.
A Cincinnati Commercial Gazette cor
respondent reached Midland, Tex,
Wednesday, after driving twenty-five
miles through mud and water from the
Morris ranch, where the government
rainfall expedition is located. Gen.
Dyrenforth and his party have again
achieved success in their efforts to
produce rainfall by artificial means,
and all that region is rejoicing
in heavy and widespread rain
storm, which insures winter grass,
and averts the distress which
few weeks of dry weather would have
brought This is the second heavy rain
on the Morris ranch which has fallen
inside of eight days, besides several
light showers, and there seems to be no
reasonable doubt but that the rain
makers deserve much of the credit,
especially for the copiousness of the
fall. Ten days ago the expert
menters began operations, and they
have kept up continual "sl1irmish."
Since that time some of the most pow
erful apparatus has not been used to q
great extent, bu6 large quantities of
rackaroclS mixture, giant powder, dyn-
amite and hydrogen gas have been ex-
ploded on the ground, from kites and
in balloons The readings of the in
strument which Prof. Curtis of the
Smithsonian brought from the wealth.
er bureau at Washington, clearly show
that the operations have had marked
effect upon meteorological conditions,
and have produced definite and practi-
cal results. The continued series of
explosions during last week resulted
Monday night in an unsettled condition
of the atmosphere. Light broken
clouds hoated overhead, and the noon
light shone brightly between them. A
heavy charge of rackarock was then
fred before more than fifty spec
tators, and in forty seconds after
the explosion drenching show
er was falling. The observers
were treated to the rare sight of a
beautiful lunar rainbow. This opera
tion was repeated four times during the
evening, when a light cloud came di-
rectly overhead, and in every case the
rain fell in from twelve to forty Sec
onds The firing was redoubled Tues
day, and the clouds gathered and
formed steadily all day, until, at 6 p.
m, the rain began to fall. Before 10
o'clock that whole region was drenched
and soaked
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
pamngad hy cloud Burst.

A fearful cloud-burst broke over
Pottsville, Pa, Sunday afternoon, and
the water poured down in torrents for
an hour. The thunder and lightning
were awful The culverts were unable
to carry all the water, some burst, and
portions of the town were flooded.
Fully 400 families were driven to the up
per stories of their homes, and their cell
lars and kitchens were filled with water
and Shiny mud. Cellars of stores are
filled with water. Railroad tracks and
streets were turned into rivers three
and four feet Deep and the raging tor
rents carried all sorts of goods and
debris down to the Schuylkill river.
Cars on the Reading and Pennsylvania
railroad were moved by the food
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
Shot hY Rohhars.

A band of armed negroes entered the
grocery store of Henry Joel, four miles
east of Memphis, Tenn, as he was
about to close Saturday night, and
after robbing him of all the money he
-SSO-told him to open the safe, at
the same time holding pistols to his
head. Joel tried to open it, but
in his excitement could not remem ber
the combination. The negroes cursed
and threatened him, but the safo
door refused to yield. This enraged the
robbers, and they shot Joel twice The
first shot passed through the left arm,
entered his side and lodged in his back
Another shot was fred, and the ball en-
tered JoePs left side, making wound
which the doctors pronounced fatal
There is no clew to the perpetrators of
the deed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
THREE ROAD-AGENTS


Get in Their Work on Georgia Express
Train, Securing Two Thousand Five Hum
dred Dollars.
The express train, due at Atlanta,
Ga, at IL p. m. Thursday from Savan-
nah, was held up by road-agents at 9
o'clock near Forsythe. The train had
stopped at Collins Station to let off a
passenger. Three men boarded the
train, and as soon as it started covered
Express Messenger Byne with their re.
volvers. They were thoroughly masked.
He quickly opened the safe, SO thor
oughly scared was he, and the men,
helping themselves to the money pack
ages, containing $4,000, pulled the bell
rope, alighted and escaped before Con.
ductor Reid knew what was the mat.
ter. Dogs are now being taken out To
the scene.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
SELLING CHILDREN
To Keep Themselves From Dying
Of Starvation.
The Unspealtablo Turk Takes Advantage
of Russian Parents Misery.

The stories of misery received from
Russia are almost incredible. In Bes-
sarabia parents are actually offering
their children for sale in order to buy
food, and dealers ut Constantinople, hear
ing of this, have purchased through their
agents in the Russian villages consid-
cradle number of female children.
Many deaths have been caused
through famine, and families may
be found actually perishing from
hunger, and huddling together in
their misery. The government author
tiles being now aroused, are exerting
themselves with energy, and the distri-
button of relief Is going on as rapidly
us possible. When a quantity of grain
reached Marinpol, in the province of
Yekaterlnoslav, on Tuesday last, tho
people were so weak with want they
were hardly able to come and get their
portions. They gathered near the place
of distribution, presenting pitiful
spectacle with their wan faces and
wasted forms A force of police was
present to preserve order, but, instead,
the police had, in several instances, to
keep the applicants from falling through
sheer hunger and weakness. Nor is tho
misery confined to the lowest class.
Among the applicants at Marinpol were
noblemen and tradesmen, the latter
ruined in business through the loss of
custom on account of the famine. The
peasantry, frenzied by hunger, have
broken out in insurrection in Kherson,
and mutterings ot similar outbreaks are
heard in Kiev and Taurida, the latter
in ordinary years one of the most pros
porous districts of the empire. Troops
have already fastened to the scene
of trouble at Kherson, and the
stamping out of the uprising can
be matter of but few days.
The half-starved peasantry, with their
rude weapons, are no match for regular
troops. Besides, they are not disloyal
at heart; they are only maddened by
their sufferings. The troops, on the
other hand, are well fed, for the gov
crnment has kept its military granaries
replenished. whatever might become of
all else. The armed mob will be scat
tereo, n few peasants will be hanged
by summary court martial, a few more
sent to Siberia, and the rest permitted
to go back to their wretched homes.
All this tends to make Russia less
anxious for war.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
CHINESE PRINTING OFFICE.
The Type Is Stuck Into Clay and Held by 1t
Until tho Work Is Done.

The Type Is Stuck Into Clay and Held by 1t
Until the Work Is Done.
One of the most interesting places in
Pel1in is Chinese printing office, con-
Quoted just as it was centuries before
the barbarous world outside of the
fiowery empire had dreamed of the art
of Typography, The Office contained a
score of plain square tables. on which
the cases of type were spread out,
much after the English method only
taking up much more room, One man
was engaged in setting up type; another
was printing. The former stood before
table on which was what may be
called the Chinese cease" 1t was a
solid block of hard wood about twenty
two inches long by fifteen inches broad,
and perhaps three inches deep. The
inside was followed out to depth of
about quarter of an inch, this depres-
sion being still further followed out
into grooves about three-quarters of an
inch deep. The block had twenty-nine
of these grooves, each filed to depth
OF quarter of an inch with ordinary
stiff clay.
With his copy before him, armed with
small pair of iron pincers, the COM
positor began his work; character after
character was transferred from the case
and firmly pressed into the clay. When
the form" was complete fiat board
was placed on the top and the charac-
ters pressed perfectly even and level
with the surface, and the wooden edge
was cut to form the border found round
every Chinese page.
The printer now received the form
and carefully brushed the ink over the.
type. Taking a sheet of paper, he
pressed it down all over the form so
it might be brought into contact with
every character He then removed the
sheet and examined each character,
carefully adjusting those which were
not quite straight with the pincers, ant
apparently never touching the type
with his fingers. After sufficient copies
had been struck off the type was dis
tributed, each character being returned
to its particular box. The type in the
form was of three sizes, each character
being kept in place entirely by the clay
in which it stood They were cut out
of some hard wood and were perfectly
seuare.-N. Y Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29
ppArrs spR1Na LooK


Ambushcd in an Old Chest--Thrce Chm
drcn Fastened Down and smothersd "a
Death.
Geo Hamilton and wife, colored, went to
camp-meeting near Ironton, o., Friday,
and left their three children, aged !, 4
and years, at home by themselves.
Some time while the parents were gone
the three children, while playing,
climbed into large chest, when
the lid was closed, shutting and lock-
ing in the three children. When the
parents came home at night
search was made, and the old chest
happened to be noticed, and when
opened the three young and innocent
children were found dead, having been
smothered to death. The parents are
crazed with grief. 1t is not known how
long the children were locked in the
chamber of death, but it is probable
that it was several hours.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-29

Three distinct shocks of earthquake
were felt in St Louis Thursday night
So far as can be learned the disturbance
was noticed in only the western part of
the city. The shocks were preceded by
thunder and lightning, but no rain fell
The mercury feel some fifteen degrees
just before the shocks, the first of
which was severe enough to rock houses
and break croclsery and windows This
was followed by two more shocks. The
time of the disturbance was s:45 o'clock.