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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-12
A Glorious Sight.

Scribner's Magazine.
If there was no other diversion on
Mount Washington, watching the in
termittent extinction and generation
of the clouds affords sufficient inter
est to occupy much of the time. There
are "best days" for this, however. as
well as for the other sights The
summit OF the mountain must be
clear, and the sun should shine
brightly. Then, if snow storm
forms, say a mile below, one of the
most enchanting of all natural con-
vulsions delights the observer.
The unsubstantial formations rival
in grandeur the solid mountains
themselves. Disturbed by the warm
air below them, and chilled by the
cold blasts above, the great seas of
vapor begin to roll and tumble and
pitch, until regular tempest
forms and sways them all. The
pillows form great swells and
depressions. They break angrily
against the rocky mountain and their
snowy spray flies high in the air.
Rising and falling, twisting and tang
ling, they tell of the falling fakes and
grinding snow dust With which the
earth is being visited. The more the
commotion the more active is the fall
going on below. How they toss and
and tumble, and how magnificent are
the changes of light and shade!
/ witnessed the finest show ever
saw of this nature, one afternoon
about half an hour before sunset. The
great orb seemed to sink into sea of
saffron; yet it shone with almost
painful brilliancy. Suddenly, upon
the cloud surface i'm front of my
standpoint, mile below my feet, a
great mass Of shining light appeared.
1t was as brilliant as the sun, and of
abou the same color. TWAS q sun-dog
the image of the sun reflected on
the white bosom of the snow storm.
1t remained in sight for some time,
and was caught by the camera. The
snow storm continued, and the sun
departed amid an attendance of
cloudsfequal in glory to any summer
sunset ever saw. The coloring upon
the upper surface of that raging snow
storm was beyond the gift of the
painter to counterfeit.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-12
A LITTLE GiRLS'S EXPERIENCE IN
LIGHT HOUSE..

MIR. and Mrs. Loren Prescott are keep,
.rs of the government lighthouse at Sand
Beach, Mich, and are blessed with
daughter, four years old. Last april she
was taken down with measles, followed
with dreadful cough and turning into
fever. Doctors at home aud at Detroit
treated her, but in vain, she grew worse
rapidly, until she was mere handful OF
bones Then she tried DIR. Kings New
discovery and after the use of two and a
half bottles, was completely cured. They
say Dr. Kings New Discovery is worth
its weight in gold, yet you may get trial
bottle free at Dreiss, Thompson & Co.'s
drug store. 3-ll-1m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-12
THE MooUI SNAKE DANCE.
Ghost Dancing Is Sedateness itself In
Comparison with 1t.

Ghost Dancing Is Sedsteness Itself Ii
Comparison with II.
Benjamin Brink, Moqui, Ariz.," wa
written on the register at the Palmer Hous'
| by a robust looking man of 90, somewhat
| stoop shouldered.
"From what have heard Of the ghost
| dance" said Mr.. Brink, "Icannot see why
| it should stir up such row. Inc shahe
| dance | believe, is ten times more eACi'-
| ing, and the Xuni, Navajo ana Moqui IN
| dians on the reservation near my NOME
work themselves into perfect frenzy uur
| ing its progress, but never think OF nholesG
ing the whites.
ut is part of their religion, though, and
If any attempt were made to stop II De
Iieve there would be bloodshed. The dance
takes place once in two years. Prepare
lions were made several weeks before it
came off, and | was as anxious to be
spectator as they were. A stranger or
wilder ceremony | never saw. | hope
shall never see it again. The dance took
place just before shutdown, and got up on
a high ledge where could get n good view.
The space allowed for the dancers was not
large, and was inclosed. Fifteen fine look
ing Indians began to walk rather slowly ut
first around huge stone in the center of
the Enclosure. They were almost naked,
9nd every part of their bodies, even to their
feet, was smeared with a red and green
paint. Each man had foX's scalp dang
ling from his waist, and i'll each hand car
ried a rattle made of a gOurd. HOofs of
deer were tied around their ankles and
wrists, and at each step and movement of
the arm noise enough was made to wake
the dead.
"The snakes to be used in the dance had
been caught several days before the fete,
and Just before the dance had been placed
il a cluster OF trees beneath where ! stood.
After the men had yelled till they were
hoarse, and had made themselves tired
with stamping on the grofnd, fifty more
painted redskins came rushing down hill,
filed into the inclosure, and then began
such tUmult Us | never want to hear
a gain. At given signal the siXty-five now
thoroughly frantic men made a rush for
the grove where the snakes were hidden
Each man came rushing back with a wrig-
Cling and sqUirning snake, its neck be-
tween his teeth 50 it could not bite him, re
entered the ring, and began il slow walk
around the center stone. The reptiles
Missed and dashed their tails and bodies
around the necks of the apparently mad
red men. Several of them Were bitten by
,he snakes, which were the most venomOus
n the country. 1t is wonder all of tie
performers were not bitten. Two OF them
lied 4 day or two after the dance, the herbs
applied not being sufficient to draw out the
poison.
after the ceremony each man snatched
lis snake from his mouth, ran down into
he valley Lrlow, and there the reptiles
we're set free The Indians were thorough
y exhausted after their violent exercise,
Ind could scarcely crawl back up the hill.
From what could learn such ceremonies
Is the snake dance have been held for
centuries. "-Chcago Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-12
shakesnenre md RnciIIIs.

Would that they were bacillis to strike
thee deadP' wonder if that was what
Shakespeare wrote, lie was so far seeing.
and knew everything, and those Elizabeth.
an proof readers, OF course, were not all
they ought TO have been. You see, basil.
isks" Were fables creatures. Shakespeare,
of course, knew that, and how could a
basilisk that did not exist strike anybody
dead? But bacillis-ahl Divine William,
you anticipated good deal of human nat.
ure in these enlightened times, and why
not Professor Koch's discovery
Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-12
How Some Propose.

~ am q crank said the club man,
ION the subject of proposals. Iwould
rather hear a story of how man
asked the woman he loved to marry
him than to take trip to Europe. /
don't know wbyI take so strong an
interest in this, unless it is that had
such hard time to get my wife to
accept me. / had been in love with
her for years. / had proposed TO her
seven times and she refused me every
time. Finally 1 went to her in de-
spair and said: We'll, Mollie, I've
asked yOv to merry me seven times,
and you have declined my name I'm
going to ask you once more, and If you
don't mario me L shall go out West
and stay there"
"Well, Jack she said, IF you teel
that way about it, I'll marry YOU
To this day she cannot tell me why
| she refused so often to marry me at
| ter all.
"There's my friend, Congressman
Y. He was poor young man,
and one day he went to young
woman whom he had known for o
long time.
"'Nell,' he said, Il have been
waiting till / had enough money to
get married. My salary was raised
yesterday. Will you marry me next
week?'
"'Wait until next mouth she
said.
"'No next week and they were
married next week.
| Brown, the lawyer, was o careless
young fellow. The woman whom he
loved would not marry him.
"'You are the most reckless man in
the world she said, about money
affairs. When you get $4,000 In the
bank 1 may marry you If you still
| want me-
"He went away and saved $1,000.
She married him and today he's .
rich man. He learned economy while
winning his wife.
"My friend Col. H-enlisted at the
outbreak of the war.
"'Joe,' he said to the girl he want
ed to marry, Il am going down south
to fight. Will you marry me now, or
wait till l come backp
Right now, Sam she said, and
that afternoon he marched away.
"My brother proposed In a cool
way. He hadn't been able to make
up his mind what he was going to do
in life, and one day the woman who is
his wife now, said:
"'Charley (they were second cous-
ins), what in the world are you going
to make out of yourself"
"'Just whatever you make out of
me,'n he said. "'Youv'e got lots
more sense than have, Name
Has any one here any stories to
tell about proposals." con tinued the
story-teller. II don't know of q sim
gle case where a man went down on
his knees. No one will tell one, chi
Well, I'm sorry. like to hear about
proposals. New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-12
STATE LEGISLATURE.

Senate convened at the usual hour.
Bills were introduced to encourage deep
water harbor constructions; and TO COM
pei railway companies to pay their en-
lOyes in the places where they are en-
plOyed.
The committee of visitation to the
Rsrth Texas lunatic asylum reported
commencing its management and recon-
nending the erection OF some building as
hospital for the sick, and an increased
water supply.
Senator Burney's bill providing for the
collection of interests and sinking fund on
certain state bonds came up under sus-
pension of the rules land wa passed.
The Commission bill as pending BUSH
ness came up, the question before the
senate being the amendment by which
the commission is made elective instead
of appointive.
Carter led off for the appointment, Ty-
Ter followed for the election, and Pages
amendment being withdrawn the pre-
yiOus question was ordered on Townsend'S
substitute which provides for an elective
commission. The vote resulted in favor
of an elective commission, and was as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Atlee, Clark, Crawford, Garwood,
Glasscock Harrison, johnson, kearby,
Lubbock, Mott, Page, Pope, Potter, Scale,
Townsend, Tyler-16.
Nays Burney, Carter, Clemens, Crane,
Finch, Frank, Kimbrough, Maetze, Nc
Kinney, Simkins, Whatley-11.
Crawford offered an amendment that
the commissioner be not eligible to any
other state Office within two years after
the expiration of their Office as commits
siOnerS. johnson amended the amend
ment by inserting that nothing herein
shall prevent the reelection of the com
nissiOners. The amendment was adopted.
Sections one and two were then
adopted.
After adjournment the third clause oil
the bill came up and was amended so as
TO materially reduce and modify the pow
ers Of the commission and in that shape
il passed.
Section four passed without controver.
sy and senate went into executive session
and confirmed the appointments sent IN
by the governor in the morning session
viz, John Temple, inspector of hides and
ANIMALS for Hanley county; Vas Stick
ley, for Hemphill county; Sam f. Dunn
for Potter: MeSsrs. II. T. Fillmore, s. X
Marley, j. B. Davis, j. p. Hart and w
II. TObin, as board Of directors for the
Blind Asylum.
House met and debated over adjourn
Rient as previously fixed, but refused Il
reconsider the previous order to adjourn
on the 23rd of March
The lien law substitute was passed
after being largely amended.
The speaker appointed Rogers, of An
derson, Truitt, of Shelby, and Robson, o
Morris, a special committee to invest
gate the state printing as far as done a
She deaf and dumb institute.
House concurred in scnate'S amend
mentS to chattel mortgage law, and re
organizing certain districts; but refuse,
to concur in the amendments to the prize
fighting regulations.
Joint resolution for constitutions
amendment to the suffrage law was de
feated, IS to &c.
Petition from 900 ladies, asking that tn
age of special protection for girls be raise
10 I6 years, was laid before the house,
grist of new bills was introduced, an
house adjourned.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-12
SOCIETY NOTES.

BurIeson Chapter No. 81, r. A. NJ, will
m Ut tonight.
Elk Lodge, X. p, will meet tonight.
The Uniform Rank will drill tonight.
A Knights of Pythias lodge has just
beqn organized with 60 charter members,
In the City of Mexico. The initiation fee
will be put at 800 for the three ranks.
Six thousand dollars will be dlsbursed
at Dallas on entertaining the X. p. Uni
form Rank
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-12
A Tobacco Trust.

NEW YORK, March 12.-The forma-
ton of tobacco trust, embracing the
cigarette and plug tobacco manufac-
turers, has created much feeling of
uneasiness among dealers of this city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-12

-Wanted-Two thorough machin
lists: none other need apply. F. f
Collins Mtg. Co. 3-lz u.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06
They Worship the Drum

Among the Samoiedes and the tribes
Of northern Asiatic Russia the drum
passes almost to an idol. They address
it, erect it in their hut, and the priests
Of the superstition by the aid of the di-
Vine instrument effect that magical
disappearance" which has puzzled all
travellers from Sir Hugh Willoughby
downward to account for, and has given
rise to as much guesswork at its eluci-
dation rs the feats of the Indian Jug
glers. The Samoiede, after beating his
drum and working up the senses of his
spectators to a pitch of great excite
ment, mysteriously vanishes into thin
air before the eyes of all. Civilized
travellers naturally hold that it is a
trick. The Samoiedes themselves de-
clare that the power resides in the drum
idol. The peculiar thing is that neither
one party nor the other has been able to
explain how the vanishing occurs
Chambers Journal
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06
Man Is Monument building Creature.

Ban Is a Monument Building Creature.
Mr.. James Ricalton, writing of the
wonderful old ruins Of monuments and
shrines at Anuradhapura, the City of
the Sacred Bo-Tree in Ceylon, says:
"From the days of the mound builders
down to the Eiffel tower man has shown
himself to be monument erecting be-
ing; the Christians have their cathe-
drals, the Mohammedans have their
mosques and the Buddhists have their
shrine tombs, designated differently in
different countries as pagoda, tope and
dagoba.
"IThe pagodas Of China are entirely
dissinilar to those of Burmah, and the
dagobas of Ceylon are quite unlike those
in either country; yet all serve the one
purpose of relic sepulture. They are not
altogether thing of the past; they are
still erected near the temples, but those
of modern construction are small and
unimportant when compared with those
that have withstood biennial lnonsoons
for 1000 years; even their half buried
ruins are stupendous."
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE.

~ Cobb and Seymour & johnson Company Ia
corporation), defendants.
SherifPs sale, No. 1882.
Order of sale and decree of foreclosure and
sale
Under and by virtue of an order of sale and
decree of foreclosure and sale, issued out of
the superior court of the county of Los Angeles.
of the State of California. on the 26th day of
September, AID. 1891, in the above entitled &C
ton, wherein Della W. Chase the above
named plaintiff, obtained a Judgment and decree
of foreclosure and sale against A.. J. Cobb
ct al. defendants, on the 21st day of septem-
gold coin of the United States, which
said decree was on the 23d day of Septem-
Der, A. D. 1891, recorded in Judgment book
handed to sell ali that Certain lot, piece, or
parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the
said county of Los Angeles, State of California,
and bounded and described as follows
Being lot four az of Ball 4 Hanley's subdi-
vision of lots eleven (11), twelve (12) and thir-
teen (13) of block eleven (11) OF the Wooden
said subdivision in book %, at page ID, Of mis-
cellaneous records, Los Angeles county. this
being the same property conveyed to said Cobb
by Il. Ball and James Hanley, August 20,
1888, and recorded August 30 1883, in book
4S6 of deeds, at page z, Los Angeles county
records.
Together with all and singular the tene-
ments, Entertainments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertain-
ing.
day, the 21st day of October, AID 1891, at IL
o'clock M of that day, in front of the Court
house door of the county of Los Angeles, Broad
way entrance, / WILL in obedience to said order
of sale and decreeof foreclosure and SALE sell the
above described property, or so much there
of as may be necessary to satisfy said Judgment,
with interest and costs, etc, to the highest and
best bidder, for cash, gold coin.
Dated this 28th day OF Septem Der, 1891.
K. d. GIBSON,
Sheriff of Los Angeles County.
BY +. G.. HARMON, Deputy Sheriff.
Chas. w. Chase, attorney for plaintiff.
9-29 tues 4t
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06
Proposals for the Purchase of Los
Angeles County Court House Bonds.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT SEALED
~ proposals will be received by the under
signed up to the oath day of October. 1871. al
2o'clock pm. of that day, for the purchase of
one hundred and twenty (120), or anv portion
thereof. Los Angeles county court house bonds
numbered consecutively from forty-one f4ll to
one hundred and sixty 1850. both numbers in
cluded, OF the denomination of one thousand
dollars $4,000 each, and payable on the first
day OF January, d. 1910, or at any time be-
fore that date, at the pleasure of said county,
IN gold coin Of the United States with interest
thereon at the rateof five (5) per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annually on the first day of
January and on the first day of July of each
year, bonds and interest payable at the office Of
the county treasurer of said Los Angeles
county.
Said bonds having been issued in conformity
Supervisors of said Los Angeles county, dated
April 2Sth, A. d. 1890, and under authority
conferred upon said board by the provisions OF
an act OF the legislature OF the State of Cali
forn1a, entitled, IAN Act to Establish q Uniform
System of County aud Township Government
approved March 18th, A. d. 1883.
None OF said bonds will be sold for less than
lace value and accrued interest, nor shall any
sale thereof be final or valid until approved by
the said Boerd of Supervisors, and the right il
hereby expressly reserved to reject any or all
aforesaid proposals
Mark envelopes: proposals for the Pur-
chase of Court House Bonds
By order of the Board of Supervisors of Los
Angeles county, California.
Dated September 10th, 1891.
]. BANBURY,
9-1S BOT Treasurer of Los Angeles County, Cal.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06
NOTICE.

RIO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
i Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, T. B. Burnett will make application TO
the board Of supervisors of the county Of Los
Angeles, state of California, at the rooms Of
said board, in the new courthouse, in the city
of Los Angeles. in said county, on the 18th day
OF October, A d. 1891, at the hour OF 10 O'Clock
am. of said day, or as soon thereafter as said
application can be heard, for grant of author
ity to construct wharf on the easterly side Of
San Pedro harbor, in the township Of Whining
ton, in said county OF Los Angeles, the size and
location wnereot are more particularly de-
scrfbed as follows
Commencing at a point in the easterly har-
Dor line OF s. PEDRO harbor designated on
the surveys by the U. 8. engineers as "YHff-
mington harbor, , established and approved BY
the secretary Of war on the 28th of July, 1891,
which point of commencement Is distant two
thousand 10000 feet, measured on said harbor
line, soutnerly from its most northerly point,and
two hundred and twenty-three l22Sl feet dis
tant in a westerly direction, upon = line drawn
at right angles with said harbor line, from the
single WORK Dieakwater constructed by the
United states government; thence running
southerly and southeasterly &rbng the said
harbor line, as it curves, one thousand (10OO)
feet TO point which is distant, upon line
drawn at right angles with said harbor line
one hundred and ninety-eig 1881 fee south
westerly from the said single work breakwaters
thence northeasterly and at right angles with
said harbor line seventy five (75) feet; thence
northwesterly and northerly and parallel with
said harbor line and at a uniform distance of
seventy five (75) feet therefrom to point in
the aforesaid line drawn from the point of be-
ginning at right angles with said harbor line:
thence westerly along said last mentioned line
10 the point OF beginning; together with the
rights of way and all necessary use for the pur-
pose OF said wharf of the tide lands belonging
to the state adjacent thereto, which will be
more particularly described in petition to be
hereafter filed; and also right of way over
such tide lands lying between said wharf and
high and dry land fifty 800 feet in Z Width i
Dated at Los Angeles, California, September
IL, A. d. 1891. 9-12 to 1913
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06
Notice of Sale of Pledged Property.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON
~ Wednesday, October 7th 1891, at 10
o'clock M of that day, at the Office of sheldon
Borden, attorney at law, No. 12l Temple street,
Room a, in the city of Los Angeles, Will cause
to be sold at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash in gold coin of the United
States, the following described personal prop
erty, pledged to me by ID. Mcfarland, Esq, as
collateral security for the payment of the
principal and interest mentioned in his certain
promissory note for $4,000. dated May 10th.
$780, bearing interest at ten per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annually, to-wit:
L. Certificate No. rs, for fifty (50) shares OF
the capital stock of the National BanA Of Cali
fornia, of Los Angeles.
2. Certificate No. 90, for ten (10) shares OF
the capital stock of the National Bank of Cali
fornia, at Los Angeles.
Said sale will be made pursuant to an express
power of sale contained in the written instru-
ment whereby said property was pledged as
security for the payment of said note and
interest
Dated Los Angeles, September 30th, 1891
MRS. MARY G. NEVILLE,
BY SHELDON BORDEN,
1913 st Her Attorney.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06
When Woods Decay.

Tests have been made to determine the
variations in the length of time that is
required to produce decay in different
kinds of woods when buried under the
surface of the ground. The birch and
aspen were both found to decay in three
years, the willow and the buckeye in
four years, the maple and the red beech
in five years, elm and ash in seven, while
the larch, juniper and arbor vita were
uninjured at the expiration of eight
years.-St. Louis Republic.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06
ADruegist surnrised.

J. G. Bone, druggist at Dunmore,
Pa, says he has never sold medicine
that gave such universal satisfaction as
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rh@a Remedy, and that the large de-
mand for it has been great surprise to
him. 1t is sold here by @. F. Heinze-
man, 222 North Main, Druggist.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06
The Market Dull.

De Broker-Why is it that the stock
market is so fearfully dull2
De Curbb-- UNI believe most of the
bank officials, city treasurers and conf
DENTAL clerks who have been speculat-
ing in stocks are locked up.-New York
Weekly.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06

st. Patrick's Pills are carefully pre-
pared from the best material and ac-
cording to the most approved formula,
liver pin that can be produced. We sell
them. G. f. Heinzeman, 222 North
Main, Druggist.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-06

Local and through tickets sold, baggage
checked Pullman sleeping car reservations
made, and general information given upon APP
plication to ]. M. CRAWLEY, Asst. G. Pas. Agt.,
No. 200 8. Spring st., cor. Second. CHARLES
sEYLER, Agent at Depots.
tSundays only.
Sundays excepted.
RTCH'D GRAY, Gen. Traflc Mgr.
T. II. GOODMAN,
ii Gen1 Passenger Agt.