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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
Drainage OF the Zuyder Zee,


The commercial and technical So
cieties of Holland have petitioned the
government to advance the work up.
on the draining of the Zuyder.Zse as
fast as possible. The estimated cost
of the work is 1000, 900. 1t requires
the erection of q dixie 26 feet high and
rs miles long, and involves the re-
moval and reconstruction of the coast
defenses. The plan to drain the Zuy-
der Zee Is not new. 1t was proposed
by Engineer Van Diggelen in lS49.
before the great work of draining the
HARLEM Zee was completed. It was
then rejected as impracticable, but it
was again proposed In 1865. and plans
tor the work made by Mr.. Beyerinch,
who had conducted the drainage of
the HARLEM Zes. The result was sat-
isfactory and the plans seemed prac-
ticsble. In 1873 the Minister of the
Interior appointed committee of ex-
perts to examine the feast bility of the
plan. This committee declared 1t not
only possible but desirable. In 1875
the Dutch Chamber voted the equiv
alent Of SAT 900 900 for the work, but
nothing was then done. A solid,
broad foundation has now been laid,
extending from the mol tn point OF
North Holland across to the island of
Wieringen, and thence strsl chit A.
cross the Zee to the nearest point of
the opposite coast of Friesland, a
distance of Is miles only. 1t has been
found that as the work advances,
hn itonlf i.ta hxy n L.
large quantities of sand and silt st
every tide, on both the outside and
inside of the dam, which lie being
gradually, simultaneously, raised a.
long its whole length.
When the project for draining the
Zee took place 40 years ago, the first
idea was to join by dams the great
islands of the Texel, Vlieland, Ter.
schelling, and Ameland to each other
and to the mainland at each end. The
total length OF dams required for this
would have been only the same as
that from Wieridgen to the Friesland
coast, and it would reclaim from the
sea about half as much again as the
present plan: but the tide going in
and out through these openings four
times daily, with tremendous
strength and in enormous volume,
could not be COPIED with. 1t had hol.
lowed out deep channels between the
Islands, from which 1t was consider
ed vain to attempt to dislodge 1t. 1t
Is well established by history thar
the Zuyder Zee was once dry land,
and that the sea broke over 1t about
1882. The water in many places is
shallow, only and feet deep. tbs
practically an inland sea, which at
one time covered an area of 1000 so.
miles, but about 400 square miles Of
this have been reclaimed, and the
work projected antici pstes retaining
the remainder. The drainage of the
HARLEM Zae, begun in 1929 and com.
pleted in 1858, reclaimed 20 So miles,
and this BOW sustains ovea 1000 per-
sons.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
IGOOD LOOKS.

Good looks are more than Skin deep, de-
pending upon healthy condition of AL
tive, you have a Bilious Look: if your
Stomach be disordered you have a Dys-
peptic Look. and if your Kidneys be af
fected you have Punched Look Secure
good health and you will have good looks
Electric Bitters is the great Alternative
and Tonic, acts directly on these vital or
gans. Cures Pimples, Blotches, BoilS and
gives good complexion. Sold at Adolph
Dreiss' and DreiSs, Thompson & Co.'S. so
cents a bottle. 81 4
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
Miners Wages In Hungary

The daily wage Of q regular hand
at the Hungarian mines is only 32
cents to 40 cents, and of q temporary
hand 2S cents. Boys are paid from
II cents to "a cents. In the coal mines
the wages are rather higher; men are
paid from As cents to IS cents a day,
boys 20 cents to 2S cents, and women
Is cents to 20 cents. The wages in
the iron mines are lower than those
in coal mines, because the iron
mines are all situated In DO.
pulous districts where living is cheap.
In all small mines tools and blasting
materials are given free to the men,
but in large mines the men have to
pay the cost price of the blasting ma
terisls and lights. The low rate of
wages is astounding to the American
mind, but when the cost of living is
taken into account, the lot of the
Hungarian miners is by no means so
bad as appears at first sight. For In
stance, a very comfortable house can
be obtained for 81 q month. Three
rooms, such as could be obtained in
tenement house here at IS to SO q
month. cost go cents month there,
and an attic can be obtained there at
20 cents q month. Wood and coal
can be had on easy terms and in
many cases gratuitOusly. Food and
supplies are exceedingly cheap. and
many mine owners sell their hands
food at next to cost price. In. many
of the State mines deduction from
the wages of Ia per cent is made for
music fund. All Hungsrisns are
natural musicians, and Hungary is
the home of true and unaffected mu-
sic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
DO you WANT NICE HOME

the finest boulevard in the city and street
cars passing the door. House has six
rooms, servants room, kitchen and bath
good stable and on two large corner lots.
This is one Of. the handsomeSt places in,the
city. Inquire of JNo. L. HAMBLEToN&
Co at LIGHT Office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
S3,75OoWJLI Buy

A handsome cottage residence, of Z rooms,
with bath, stable, carriage house, chicken
house, wood house, etc. Hydrant water
arge lot, with fine shade trees and shrub
berry. New, neat and clean, about four
blocks from Military plaza. Viii rent
easily at $1,000 a month.
JNO. 7. HAMBLETON & Co
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
Bargains for Home.Seekerso Spectators

We have lands great many counties in Texas prices
s125 upwards We sell good lands ad,
toinng San Antonio, IA city of $4,000 nhabans
fhere is in any the Union, and which you will pay
Understand will sell you 1000 farm all fenced
good house and barn Is in cultivation running
all the year. good TIMBER located only miles from the city
limits price per and easy terms, think of it this is
only sample We have fenced good house and
barn. 500 irgabe for S. per think of it.
We will sell you lot at from ten five thousand dollars
house and lot from three hundred thirty thousand dol
All bargains
We make Specially Of Bodies Large Landfor Colonies
save have lands any quantity suitable for colonies at mro
h. so So per all fine land and well watered. We
have 1000 with fine water power with fine buildings
the place suitable for manufacturing purposes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
DR.. S. BURG,

Late Physician Imp. Hospital Vienna.
Office Re ter Building, Alamo Plaza.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
AFTER THE BATTLE.
MILWAUKEE PLUcKlLY BEGINS
REBUILDING.
Devastation More Terrible than at First
Reported Acres Of Smoldering Heaps
Where Once Was Prosperous Activity
Relief of the Sufferers.
Tho Fire as 1t WAS.

Milwaukee correspondence.
No one had a real not'o Of the havoc
created by our terrific fire till the fol-
lowing Sunday morning. The wind had
died down and the day broke under a
clear sky. Miles away tho billows Of
smoke could be seen rising above the
city. and while they did not sweep the
business streets, they gave to distant
view the appearance OF a heavy fog,
rolling under the wind and streaking
out in long, thin tanners from the
heart of the city. Near the Northwest
ern depot the extensive destruction
worked by the fire became seriously
prominent. From the railway tracks as
far as the eye could see through the
smoke almost the entire warehouse part
Of the town was mass Of ashes and
broken brick and stone, with here and
there the skeleton of wall or chim-
ney rising dimly out of 1t through the
clouds. The lake was rolling viciously,
and the line of scorched breakwater
showed where the fire had bitten down
to the edge of the water. For n while
during the fire even the piling of this
breakwatcr was afiame.
From the railroad tracks for blocks a
prosperous part OF the town lay smok-
ing. AL the llmltS OF lne nre.SWepC dis.
trict thousands of people had gathered
and were kept from crowding in by the
policemen and four companies of mill
tiamen armed with rifles. Inside this
line the tired firemcn were still working.
Some of them had been fighting the fire
for day and half. They were grimy
from the smoke, and their rubber coats
were cased in cinders. A few of them
were sitting on piles of brick with the
nozzlcs of the hose in their blackened
hands. Many of them were so worn
out by the work of the night that they
slept beside the engines while men who
owned Offices in the district and boys
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11

roundabout towns, from Oshkosh and
Madison and GAINESVILLE and Racine, all
Of which are tributary for Milwaukee,
business. These little towns all offered
to help as far as they could. A telegram
came in srom Mayor Washburne, Of
Chicago. The Mayor evidently thought
Milwaukee had teen shovelcd clean off
the earth, for he telegraphed in good
hearted way about Chicago rising from
its ashes and hoping Milwaukee would
rise from Milwaukee ashes. These tell
egrams and letters were taken thank.
fully but Milwaukee went about help-
ing its own people with its own hands.
Milwaukee Raixes 13i 900.
Hundreds Of business men poured into
the chamber Of commerce building and
almost before President Bacon could
make talk $31, 1881 had been subscribed.
It was headed by whaling big check
for $1,000 sent in by the Democratic
candidates for county offices, who are
not rich men; Phil Armour gave ST. .00O
and said he would give a lot more for
his old home; the Brewers Association
subscribed 5000; Henry c. Payne,
the Republican committeeman, hand
ed in $1,000, and the same
amount was contributed by Cap.
ttiIi TIeu L dDsU, ING WISCONSIN, EiIo uuu
Marine Insurance Bank, John L. Mitch-
ell, Banker Ilsley, Cudahy Bros,
August Uihlcin, E. P. Bacon and Mr..
Rosseanu. long after the meeting
money was rolling in and at 5 O'Clock
the fund was estimated ut near $5O, 900.
1t continued to grow until the $100,O0G
mark was passed. That's not enough tc
build up one of the ruined warehouses,
but twill make comfortable hundreds OF
homeless Third Ward people. None of
these was permitted to undergo hard.
ship. Every bulned-out family was
taken care of somewhere and by some-
body. Probably no town was ever SO
badly cut by a fire to como out so
cheerful and happy as Milwaukee.
Tho real estate board, which raised n
considerable sum in addition to its first
do nation of $1,000, turned tho entire
amount over to the relief committee.
concluding not to distribute the money
on its own account. One of the most
substantial contributions for the relief
of the poor came from Frank A. Lappen
IL Co. The firm had sold furniture on
the installment plan TO many of those
who We're burned out and had over
| S., 500 still due and secured by notes.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
Money Value in Jokes.

Originally gotten OFF" for the purc
fun of the thing, jokes have now be-
como u regular article of merchandise,
and the professional joker sells these
products of his brain at prices ranging
from SO cents to S2.5O apiece, and u joso
which is easily illustrated often brings
as high rs S.. The magazines and pa
pers which pay for their jokes
have regular prices. Professional
iokers send supply of from ten to
ilfty jokes to tho papers paying best.
and the editor of that department.
chooses thosc which suit him and
sends back tho rest. These are then
sent to thencSt best paying publication.
and 80 on, until they reach the papers
that pay but so cents. Such as arc
then returned the oker considers use-
,ess. A professional joker can make
about 100 jokes week, and as joke
making must soon become habit, per-
hars the brain is not too greatly taxed
in their manufacture
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11

In spite of the fact that he was heavy
loser by the fire, having had u quantity
of furniture burned i'll Bub n kipp's
factory, Mr.. Iappen announced that he
would give receipts i'll full to those of
the sufferers who still owed him any
thing.
The work of searching for the safes of
the various firms was commenced early.
In nearly every case the papers, which
alone would enable the losers to esti-
mate correctly the amount of their loss,
were in the burning buildings. To get
Mt these force of several hundred
workmen armed with pickaxcs and
shovels was turned loose. Several
safes were found, but it was impossible
to open them. as the locks had become
SO warped and twisted that the bolts
could not be turned.
Rebuilding the Trcighthouses.
The enterprise shown by the big suf-
ferers is eSemplified by the work of tho
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
Both the outgoing and incoming freight
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11

houses were burned. Nothing but the
bare walls were standing, while inside
Of them was mass Of smoldering
wreckage which occasionally broke out
into bright flames. By night Of Monday
the buildings were nearly all roO.ed.
At one time they were forced to quit,
owing to blaze which broke out in the
south end OF one of the buildings while
they were putting roof on the north
end. An engine was called and tho
blaze was soon extinguished.
Insurance men are doing their best
to settle the trouble for the poorer Of
the sufferers. They arc anxious that
all small losses be adjusted as soon as
possible and accordingly special com.
mittee will have such claims in charge.
One incident which has received no at
tention owing to the excitement caused
by the big fire was the burning OF seven
cottages in the southwestern part Of the
city Friday evening. The people who
were burned out lost everything they
possessed, and they will be included ip
the liet Of those to be given relief.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
no sun t2e,nr 0,t.

Itseems that the sun has already die.
'slpated about four-iiftlls Of the, energy
with which it may havo originally been
endowed, says on exchange. At all
events, 1t seems that, radiating energy
at its present rate, the sun muy pos
silly hold out for 10000 years or
& 1000 years. but not 10, ,O0O, ,OJ0 years.
dere, then, we discern In the remote
future limit to the duration Of life on
this globe. 1t does not seem possible for
any other source Of heat to be available
for replcnishing the waning stores Of
the luminary.
1t may be that tho heat was originally
impaired to the sun as the result Of Q
great collision between two bodies
which were both dark before the col.
liston tsok place, SO that. in fact, the
two dark masses coalesced into vast
nebula, from which the whole of our
system has been evolved.
OF course. it is always conceivable
that the sun may be reinvigorated by
the repetition OF the same startling
process. It is, however. hardly neces-
sary to observe that SO terrible con-
vulsion would be fatal TO life in the solar
system.
Neither from the heavens above nor
from the earth beneath does it seem
possible to discover. any rescue for the
human race from the inevitable end.
The race is as mortal Us the individual,
and, SO far as we know, its span cannot
under any circumstances be run out
beyond certain number Of millions o.
years, which can certainly be told on
the fingers of both hands, and probably
on the fingers of one.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
scared by y Paraxol.

Fierce and cruel as the tiger is 1t may
be easily scared. An instance is re-
corded of how man-eating tiger was
cheated out of meal by a lady near
Bengal, India. A party of Europeans
on the banks of a river when the laiy
discovered the tiger preparing for its
fatal spring. With rare presence Of
mind She bounded to her feet. and
quickly unfurled a parasol in the tigers
face. The animal was confounded by
the sudden apparition and fed terrified.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
In Ol.len Times.

People overlooked the Importance of per-
Alanemtly beneficial effects and were s;ltis-
led with tr;.ncient action, but now that 1T
u generally known that Syrup of Figs will
permanently cure habitual constipation.
wcll-informed people will not buy other
k.Natives. which act for time, but finally
mi i,rn tl,s, cvStnn,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11

Old Aye.
DIR. Theodore Cuyler says this was36
is so good place that he Is IN ND
hurry to so ava; from it, even to epsss
q better country. He adds, sthas as
long as the greatest British states.nans
is in full force at 81 and Ame1c2as
greatest poet has just died at 81, DsA
no man think of retiring from hasiDezs
at three score and ten" We arc only
as old as we feel" says Oliver Wen1ez
Holmes. These are golden words aDI.
should be cherished by everyone. NFesa
old people suffer from bronclair.as
troubles, from asthma, from whae2-
ing dry hard cough which robs them
of their sleep at nights. Ii they wlg
get a bottle of RE1p's GERMAN CoupE
and KIDNEY CURE, they will find tbaa
this great remedy is at once % stiun-
lent and II tonic and it wild cnre ths7r
of all these unpleasant symptoms
This great remedy may be bonght 40
any dealer. Small sizc % CENTS,
large size SO cents.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co.,
Peoria. Illinois.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
queen vlctor,a,. Dutch po,,,.

The Queen has lately had sent to
Osborne House large collection OF
Dutch dolls which she had dressed her.
self when she was little girl in tho
costumes Of all the nationalities o. tho
world. They were accidentally found
by Sir Henry Ponsonby at Buckingham
Palace, and on his communicating tho
fact to her Majesty she at once COM
manded that they should be sent to
Osborne. Since the arrival of the pup
pets they have been photographed,
seated on chairs and sofas. in a spe-
cially arranged room. An illustrated
article, with a letterpress description of
them and revised by an illustrlous per.
sonage, will appear in the coming NUM-
ber OF one OF the magazines. The
Queen 's'acquaintance a with the various
costumes exemplified will make the rec
ord most interesting.-London Globe.
A Canal Reopened.
Health is largely dependent upon regular
habit of body. The bowels act as an impor.
tant canal for the carrying of waste matter Of
the system. They, together with the kidneys
and pores, are outlets for debris whose pres-
encc is fatal to the body's wcll-bclng. Hostct-
ter's Stomach Bitters is no violent purgative.
but gentle laxative admirably adapted to the
wants of the constipated. 1t never gripes and
wrenches the intestines as all drastic cathar-
tics do, but produces an action akin to that Of
an effort of nature. Biliousness, indigestion,
with their associate manifestation costivc-
ness, are speedily and completely remcdied by
this fine corrective, which also conQuers mala-
ria, sick headache, kidney and rheumatic
trouble. and checks premature decay.
Stub Ends Of Thought.
The flowers are Gods thought in
eolors.
Cupid has no brains.
Few know fame when they SEQ 1t.
Ambition outgrows its possessor.
A woman can lie with her eyes.
Ideas are often choketl up with words.
Lack of air and lack of thought keep
mans mouth open.
Most old maids are heroines.
Friendship is more reliable than love.
Poverty may be useful, but it is not
ornamental
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
Anti.Col,ision Apnnra,us,

Two Indian gentlemen have invented
an anti-collision apparatus. 1t is
worked sy electricity, the eprinciplc being
that when one train gets on the samo
pair of metals as another train within a.
certain distance, the current SO acts as
to bring them to a standstill.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
who volunteered for the fun of the thing
played on the embers.
sights Among the Ruins.

pluyCu OIl luo CuDCrS.
sights Among the Ruins.
At every corner fattened mass of
half burned wood and brick was pointed
out as the site of big warehouse.
Nothing except the brick corners OF
A lot of galvanized iron sheets and u
big hill of malt and grain was a monu-
ment to Hansen's s malthouse. The folk
Hho saw that building burn thought it
was finer than fireworks. For moment
the windows fared like the isinglass
front of a parlor stove. Then the fire
died out there and Il ring of green gas
eous flame ran around the building. In
another minute the elevator walls parted
and the mass of flaming grain tumbled
iown in tremendous cataract.
The Wetscl ~ Vilter machine shop,
where u falling wall killed two of the
ffremen, was only lot of brick and
plaster. and Bubb & Kip's factory. which
gave the second start to the fire, had
been absolutely sAelled. At the gas
works the ruins OF one end of the hold
ers was still blazing in spite of the fioud
of water poured in by the firemen, and
the machinery was tangled and broken
beyond repair. In nearly every mass
of ruins men were cropping for valuable
papers and books and at every corner
employees could be seen pouring water
on smoking safe.
On the skirts of the burned district
the scenes are sometimes pathetic.
Little unprotected piles Of bed clothing,
pictures, and small household be-
longings had been left by fleeing thou
sands. Once in while a shivering boy
was seen standing beside the wreckage
nj n 1,r0 hoft
image. bag of tableware and some
poor clothing. In the middle Of Buffalo
street q deserted truck stood loaded
with one trunk and little rocking
chair decorated with a neat tidy. :"
These things were the wreckage of
small homes burned out in the Third
Ward, where hundreds of cottages of
workingmen were swept away by the
fire,
The Distressing Feature.
The burning of these poor houses was
the distressing feature Of the fire. Mill
waukee can stand we'll enough the de-
struction of big warehouses, for there are
many big warehouses III re and many
rich men able to put up buildings in the
place of those ruined. The cottages
destroyed belonged to the poor laboring
men. Some Of these men squatted along
tho lake shore years ago. and nearly all
the houses represent hard snving and
long work. Tney went like tallow
before the fire and left no monamcnt-
al ruins to mark their site. Family
after family applied to the relief
organizations or crowded into st. John q
Cathedral and the Northwestern depot.
Prompt relief was given to them as
soon as the excitement OF the night was
settled, and there was as little suffer-
ing as ever followed big fire. The
hotels fed hundreds OF hungry men.
Pabst's Hotel loaded up the Chicago
fircmen with coffee and steaks, and with
the other houses sent patrol wagon
load of food down to the smoke-stained
men who were slugging the fire near
the lake.
The people of Milwaukee had hardly
turned out of bed to see the fog Of the
fire rising before men were hustlinq
around 10 raise money for the unfortu-
nate folks. Telegranls came in from
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11
August :
Flower >

Eight doctors treated me Enr Hesss
Disease and one fox Rheumatism,
but did me no good. / could nesf
speak aloud. Everything that I took
into the Stomrch distressed ne. Z
could not sleep. I had taken ala
kinds of medicines. Through =
neighbor I got one of your hooks
procured a bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. I am today
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
saved mylife and gave me my health
Mrs. Sarah ] Cox, Defiance. O. =
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-11

Mrs. Nancy wirts, 1901 Caroline ST.. Ball
t!more. Md. thus gives her experiences: I:
I'VE have used DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup and
have never found its equal for cur chill
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