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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-25
CURTAINS

Lace Curtains-3 1-2, yes long, re-
dWced from 1926 and s2I8 to
81 s. a pai7.
Iurcoman CurtaIns-3:yds long
in several rich colors, reduced
from $500 to 1925 a pair.
Turcoman Curtains-in all pop
ular eolors and 3 yds long, re.
duced from $500 and 1915 to
S3.0Ga pair.
Chenille Portieres-extra heavy
with deep fringe and itch Persian
borders, reduced from $3.50 to
81 50 pair.
Two,Toned Terry Tides in rich
color ngs and with knotted fringe
reduced from 25c to 15c each.
Two Toned Terry Tides with
noted fringe and extra size, re.
duced from 30e, 10 Zoe each.
Two Toned Terry Tidies-Vsry
Large, with noted fringe, reduc.
ed FROM 45c to Soc or 3 for ST..
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xMILLINERY%

While we have for some time,
done the Millinery business of
the city it still increases, as we
are constantly receiving new
goods in hew styles. Our stock
is always complete and our prices
always moderate.
All of our Sl.25, $3.50, Six75 and
$500 straw shapes, in all colors,
reduced to Csc.
All.wire hat frames reduced
from SOC to Zoe.
All.wire TOque Frames reduc.
ed from Zoe to zoe.
All work in the way of chang
ing or trimming hats is done free
Of charge.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-25
Mortgages and Releases.

B F. Overman to w. s. Temple,
trustee for r H. Humphres, deed OF
trust on lots and 5, of original block
4, now block B, 81 900.
l.. A. Frankel, agent, and E. j.
Hutchinson, trustee, to Clara Har-
nish and Josephine Bser, release of
dee d of trust on 25 feet fro mt on West
Commerce street, S..
Lena and Adolph F. Schwarz to
Sophie Schwarz, deed of ratification.
II. E. Snodgrass to William Cade,
bill of sale on cut off saw, band saw,
machinery, etc, $500.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-25
Building Permits.

Mic. Peters, lumber addition TO
g ore, corner of Leona and Zavalla
streets. ward 8, $40.
Christina Saiter. lumber dwelling,
south side of Quincy street, ward 4,
$400.
N Msckey, brick offices, north side
of Houston street, ward ). $500.
N. Msckey, brick carriage building,
north side OF Houston street, ward 5,
$500.
Jacob Rips, lumber and metal root
addition TO dwelling, east side of San
Saba street, ward 8; no cost given.
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Not the Case.

DIR Frasch, the city assessor, has
been accused by some of the city ad-
ministration, of having furnished the
information, relative to some of the
delinquent tax payers not having
been published in recent issue OF
the News. This lie a mistake; the in
formation was received by the re-
porter for the LIGHT from the city
collectors Office and not MIR. Frasch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-25
Mr.. Praeger Dies.

Mr.. Herman Prseger, the well
known East Commerce street hard
ware man, died this morning abont
10 O'Clock from his sudden malsdy,
paralysis. Deceased was 81 years of
age, and was one, of the oldest resi-
dents of our city, very much respected
and beloved. He leaves a family of
wife, two sons and a daughter. The
funeral occurs tomorrow afternoon at
D O'Clock. Relatives are expected from
adjacent towns.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-25
NOW THE TIME TO BUY,

Property is when people are anxious to
sell. You can secure some genuine bar
gains in ranch or city property, improved
and unimproved, by calling on JnO. T.
Hambleton & Co. No. 4 East Commerce
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Pfeifer - Out,

The case of Henry Sellinger vs s
Koenigsberg, was tried tefore
justice Adam and iudgneDtrendered
for SeIlinger for SIS and costs. KoeI-
igsberg gave bond. Last week, Mr..
Charles Pfeiffer, bondsmsn, had the
debt and costs to pay, S85 80. This
was for cloth used in making the
BelkDap uniforms.
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Local Weather.

Barometer, 5000; temperature, 20.
Forecast for SO hours ending tomor-
row night, showers and cooler
weather.
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A runaway occurred on Houston
street this morning in which little
boy named Dodic was injured, but not
seriously.
The brother of Harry WATSON die d
this morning on Dignowity hill, from
fever. The funeral occurs tomorrow
afternoon at $50.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-25

Tom Baldwin shoots Jim Jett, who
had gone cunning for him, near
Farmersville.
Second corn planting about Cotulla
is being plowed, and grass seed shows
spears 80 inches high, "a day after
sowing.
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The Accusation Arrives.

Following the item in yesterdays
LIGHT in regard to the mysterious
Trio" from Moore station. an aft
davit arrived by mail from Devine
station yesterday afternoon and the
man Cox was arrested at the house of
woman named Bolins, on Washing.
IN Square where they were roomed
as man and wife. The charge is ab-
duction. The girl is but fourteen
years of age. Her father, VIM. F.
Allen, arrived today from Moore
station.
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JOB PRINTING

In all its branches done with neatneSS
and dispatch at the San Antonio LIGHT
job office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-25
DIS. RuRG.

Late Physician Imp Hospital Vienna
Office Re ter Building, Alamo Plaza.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-25
| WOLF 0 n,
Begin Early to Prepare for Fall
Changes! ...

that ali Rousekeepers have make
additional purchases, have made prices on
goods low tha it will pay you o buy new.
For Instance our bargains in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08
wild Goose story.

Last winter ID. w. Little, one OF
the adobe farmers on the west or
town, shot into band Of geese. A
white gander was struck and had
one wing broken. Mr.. Little took
the goose home and gave him to his
boys, who doctored his wing and he
soon became so tame as to follow the
boys wherever they went, eat from
their hands and even poke his head
into their pockets for corn and
wheat.
A few days ago band Of wild
geese flying over the premises and
making their usual clatter attracted
the attention of the domesticated
gander, which gave an outlandish dis
play of quacking and shrill yells in
goose language that had a most
startling effect with the band flying
past. A fine white goose was seen to
leave the band and shoot down until
it landed in the yard at the side OF
the pet, and the meeting was demon
strative to an exciting degree. Their
cabling, Quacking and amusing an
tics afforded as much fun for the boys
who witnessed the meeting as they
could have found at circus. The
new arrival, which Is probably
mate OF the now tame goose, refuses
to leave, but will fly over the fence
when the two are approached by thu
BOYS, and then fly back to the mate
when the boys step aside.-Briggs
| (Cal.) Argus.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08
The Bufalo's Cup.

A traveller describes strange for
nation in Mitchell County, Texas,
which, in our time at least, will be a
reminder of the days when the buff
falo roamed the plains Of the great
West. AT the junction Of two
creeks" he writes, ais bed of friable
gray sandstone mixed with coarse
gravel. Water passing over the
edge has worn away a part of it, and
has created a fall of thirty feet. The
loose gravel carried round and round
in the eddies has gradually bored
holes in the sandstone. These holes
are from three to six feet wide, cir
cular and from fifty to a hundred
feet deep. There are from fifteen to
twenty of them, all filed with fresh
water. BY the long-continued churn-
ing Of the gravel they have been
made jug-shaped or cistern-like, and
in some instances the wall dividing
the two wells has been cut through.
This must have been favorite
watering place with the buffalo. In
the solid rock is cut a deep trail
down to the water. And where the
descent Is steepest the footmarks are
over six inches deep, showing that
every animal passing there put it,
foot exactly in the spot occupied b!
those which had preceded It,"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08

which falls upon the leaves OF the
tamarisk and other trees.
The Persians gather a kind OF
mamma from leguminous plant by
shaking its branches, or by picking
the leaves and gently beating them
over cloth when dry. Throughout
Persia and Afghanistan naturally
produced mama Is harvested from
different trees and shrubs 1t Is
eaten by the people as sweetmeat,
and is exported TO India.
In Australia sweet substance Is
obtained. by the natives from the
sandalwood. 1t is favorlte article
of food with them and with the
colonists. The mamma gathered from
the leaves of the eucalyptus Is rather
a product of insects. The exudatior
OF the sap is due to their puncturlng
of the leaves, and the same Is sup
posed to be the origin Of the mama
which is collected from the twigs o.
certain species OF oak.
The notion OF the Arabs that the
mamma was dew deposited upon the
leaves OF shrubs reminds us that W.
have the phenomenon of honey-dev
on leaves of the elm in this country
1t is to be observed on hot and DIR,
days in August. The upper surface
of the leaves becomes vanished will
a soluble sweet gum, much resortet
to, by insects in the morning. l
hardens in the hot sun. This ap
pears to be true natural exudatior
of sap from the leaves, caused by ex
cessive heat. There is no indication
of the leaves, caused by excessive
heat. There is no indication OF tn
leaves being punctured; the visits O
the insects are result, not a cause
Youths Companion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08
ROYAL Insignla.

In a guarded room or the great
gray castle which overlooks the royal
city of Edinburgh are preserved the
ancient regalia Of Scotland, the in
sigma of the sovereignty of the king
dom before it was united to England.
Perhaps there is nothing dearer to
the Scotchman's heart than these old
symbols of the old-time glory of his
country.
There is the crown Of Robert the
Bruce, which he wore as simple cir
clet of gold at the battle Of Bannock-
burn. 1t was afterward so incrusted
with rubies, diamonds, and emeralds
that it rested with the weight Of five
pounds upon the uneasy head Of the
king who wore IL.
The scepter with which the gallant
King James V. first ruled over his
subjects is a slight rod Of silver lit
tie more than three feet in length,
ornamented with three figures Of the
Virgin and the patron saints Of Scot
land when Scotland believed in saints.
The handle is crowned with large
crystal beryl, an ancient Stone of
Power in which the Druids OWNED
the future.
Beside these there are the sword of
state and decorations and orders be-
longing to Scottish kings.
These treasures have a strange his
tory. When Charles ]. was beheaded
they were in the keeping of Ogilvy,
Governor OF Castle Dunnottar. To
protect them from Cromwell's sol
diers they were given to Mrs. Gran
ger, wife of the minister OF a little
| church near Dunnottar. She and her
husband dug a hole before the pulpit
atsnight. and then buried them.
Dunnottar Castle was taken by the
Puritans, and the governor, the min
lister, and their wives were put to
the torture TO force them to reveal
where the resalia were hidden. One
of the women, it is said, died on the
rack, but they all kept the secret I'M
til Charles III. was restored.
At the time OF the legislative unior
between England and Scotland, IL
1907 the jealous Scots again hid the
regalia, this time in huge oak ches
i'm room Of the,ca There the,
remained unknown fora hundred anC
eleven years, when the dungeons were
searched and the chest opened by
commission, of which Sir Waite
Scott was the chief. and the royal in
sigma were found whole and un
harmed.
1t is said that almighty shout wen
up from Edinburgh that day, and tha'
old men and children wept for JOY
Since then the regalia are cherishet
by Scotland as the emblems of he
days of freedom and power.
Americans have no visible sign o
the strength and character OF thei
country but the flag. No cruel o
brutal king can besmirch its fair fold
in the eyes of the world, but ever
boy who reads these linesean do it.
Just as he shall make the name O
an American respected and honore
among men he will add to its respec
and honor. Companion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08

favorite seat in the pew. Who occu-
pies the pew now? Nobody regularly.
1t is reserved for strangers. A great
many visitors come there, you know,
and so the pew has some occupant
every Sunday"
The old church is full Of interest TO
the visitor. 1t is practically what IL
was over hundred years ago when
George Washington was member OF
its yestry. The building was COM
pleted in February, 1913, and on the
9th of that month Washington pur-
chased pew No. 5, paying a hand
some sum, and also agreeing to pay
an annual rental of five pounds ster-
ling. For years he occupied the pew
regularly, and it has since always
been designated by his name,
In those days all the box-like pews
were double or nearly square, but
since then partitions have been put
in and two single pews made out o.
each double one. The Washington
pew, however, remains as at first
The pulpit and reading desk are o.
later make, but are patterned aftel
/ those in use in Washington's day
and even a part of the present pulpit
| is a relic of the original.
The illustration gives a correc
idea of the appearance of the church
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08
Burning Smoke.

Nearly all of our large cities are
more or less afflicted with a smoke
nuisance and committees in Pitts
burg, st. Louis, Chicago and other
places have made reports on the sub
iect and endeavored with more or
less success to abate the trouble.
Naturally there is a demand for an
efficient means Of preventing smoke
and among the latest devices for the
purpose is one invented by the emf
nent English naval engineer, a. IL.
Sennett. Mr.. Sennett's investiga-
tions on the cause OF smoke led him
to place great reliance on the pres
ence OF hydrogen, steam or aqueous
yapor in the furnace. From expert
ments he carried out in the injection
of air, first by jets Of steam and Sec
ond by jets of compressed air, he
found that the volume OF air re-
ouired for combustion when injected
by steam was very considerably less
than the volume required when in
iected by means of compressed air,
results confirmed by other investiga-
tors. The points brought out by his
experiments are summed up as fol-
lows: Q) An adequate volume OF all
must always be injected above the
fuel; (2) the gases from the coal and
the introduced air must be thorough
ly agitated; (3) the gases from the
coal, after admiXture with the air,
should be depressed and distributed
In contact with the incandescent
mass OF fuel; (4) contact between the
gas from the coal and the boiler plates
should be prevented as much as pos
sible until after admixture with the
injected air; (5) adequate space
should be provided for the expansion
of the gases; (6) when average coal
is used the volume OF air Injected
upon the top of the fuel should bt
equal to at least one-half Of the vol
ume admitted through the bars; e.
considerably more steam should e'
present in the furnace than can bC
obtained from the hydrogen of The
coal. In order to obtain these re
suits Mr.. Sennett has devised an In
strument which he calls transform
er. Steam from the boiler Is frs
superheated, and then passes to thu
injector. The steam and air pas
from this injector to a DETECTING
plate Just inside the flre-door, and IL
this way the current Is distributed
over the surface of the fuel. Th'
trouble about understanding O
moke-preventing arrangements i
generally that they increase the con
sumption of fuel. This does not ap
pear to be the case with the apparatu
under not ICE, however, for Prof
Kennedy finds as the result OF test
that there was saving of 10 pc
cent. due to its use in addition to tn
fact that it entirely abolished smoke
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08
That Altered tho Case.
V do Won see that girl9"

"Say, do you see that girl?"
-!u"Why, yes; she's beauty, too"
swell, you can just bet she Is. j
was engaged to her once"
Then there was silence for the
space OF two minutes, as the two men
drew near and passed the pretty
young woman. Then the young man
in the box coat remarked:
"You didn't speak to each other.
How's that?"
well, you see," explained the gen.
tleman with the black mustache and
gray hair, "it's romance, but It's
true, every word of 1T. met her
two years ago down at Long Branch.
She was the daughter of an old Rus
sian count, who was reputed to be
worth at least a half million.
fell dead in love with her, and
she seemed. to be very much at
tached to me. Well, you know
Thompson? / invited him down to
stay with me for week or two. lie
came, of course. Never knew Thomp-
son to refuse an invitation. He met
the counts daughter. They fell In
love with each other at first sight.
He proposed after he'd known her
three days, and she accepted him.
swell, it made me mad. knew
the fellow only wanted the girl:
money, so / put up job on him.
told him that the count had failed,
and that he wasn't worth copper
AS l expected, the BLACKBOARD went
back to New York that night, ano
the next day he wrote the girl let
ter saying that he had been mistaken
and asked to be released. The CIR
waxed indignant and sent him flying
and then l went to work and pro
posed myself. She accepted lie.
Well, all went smoothly for a week
when"
What happened then? Did yol
marry the girl?" asked the box-coatcC
gentleman.
( moo. You see, at the end OF thu
week the old count died, and wheI
his accounts we're looked up it wa
discovered that instead Of having
half million to his credit he was il
debt to the tune Of $500, 000 o
course, you see, after that l eouldn'
marry the girl very well, you know
Much as l can do TO support my
| self"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08

this field to make surveys and Dullo
the canal. He located the route, as
narrated, secured the right or way
after encountering many difficulties,
some of which were only settled In
the courts, and staked out the line of
the canal. He had with him several
competent, hard working young en-
Rineers as assistants, and much was
accomplished by way Of preliminary
Test pits, to show the nature OF the
substrata, were sunk all over the line
Of the canal. Engineers and con-
tractors knew before they touched
the work what sort OF excavation
they would have at every point, Rock
River was sounded in thousands OF
places; its volume, velocity, and huc-
tuations of stage were recorded, and
its levels accurately ascertained. Com
plete maps, showing every detail OF
surface and formation, were prepared.
The contractors had no chance to
bid in the dark. AS actual prelim-
mary work the line OF the canal trunk
was cleared OF trees and brush and
Enclosed with miles OF pig-tight wire
fence; a stone quarry was opened, q
macadum road built so that cement
and other supplies might be hauled
An spite OF bad weather. and houses
for storing material and quarterihl
men were erected There was a tire
mendous amount of detail to all this
F.. but nothing was omitted. Ground
was broken on the first contract JUL
IL, 1892. This was done at tn
mouth OF Rock River, south side, ant
on the spot where the excavation TO
lock n is to be. The contractor q
Commodore Andrew J: Whitney, o
Rock Island, ILL.,, and his accepte'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08
Mamma.

The mamma Of commerce comes
chiefly from Sicily. IL, Is IA sweet
substance, obtained from a small
tree which is known as the mamma
ASH This tree can be grown as far
north as England, but in that coun-
try il yields no mamma, and Is culti-
waited for ornament only. The mamma
Is formed from the sap. The trees
are ready to be tapped at the age OF
eight years, when the stems have a
diameter OF about three inches. The
tapping is done by making cuts
through the bark to the wood, the
lncisions being one or two inches
long, and about an inch apart.
The first cut is made at the lower
part of the trunk. The next year
the untouched part Of the stem Is
operated upon in the same way, and
the practice is continued in success
i've years till the tree is exhausted.
The finest mamma is that which is
incrusted around pieces OF stick OF
straws placed in the incisions. Flake
mamma is that which has hardened
on the trunk. The inferior quality
is from the lower incision. After Its
removal from the tree the mama i;
dried on shelves.
There are other plants that yield
similar product. The tamarisk o.
Arabia exudes from its branches
substance that becomes solid in the
cool of the morning. This is knowT
as tamarisk honey. The exudatior
is assisted by the puncture OF small
insect. 1t. is said that this honey Il
J described by native writers as dev
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08
"A to Betting.

Lay no wagers. - King Charles
Twelve Good Rules.
I'll toss you for it II you'll stake
me.-Sterne's "Tristram Shandy."
Therei is nosympathy for the busted
better. Mark Twain.
The kuss that has no brains ken still
stick his money up.-Josh Billings.
I'll bet you anything-even that the
sun does not rise tomorrow. Charles
Levers knight Of Gwynne.
Quoth she, I've heard old cunning
stagers say fools for arguments use
wagers. Buffers "Hudibras."
For most men till by losing rem
dered sager) will back their own opln-
ion by a wager.-Byron's "Beppo. "
The man who bets with gamester
is fool. The man who wagers with
a friend is a fraud. -Bulwer's what
viii He Do with It9"
/ do not want your money, man.
I've cast the stake OF life on this
Think you few piasters would con
sole the end?-"Old Play" (ScottC
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-08

900 first appropriated will cover che
cost OF construction OF this lower sec
tion. which has been above described,
including the guard lock and the
dams across Rock river. Upon the
completion of this section the water
Will be backed up by these dams 80
that at low water the Rock river Will
be nayigable seven-foot stage to
Green river, and at high water to
Penny's slough, twenty-seven miles
from the Mississippi. In all 81, 000,-
900 is available, however, and the
work will advance far enough In an
other summer TO make a great show
ing OF the utility and importance Of
the canal. Its friends hope 1T Will
command additional money as it may
be needed.
The workmen employed by the en-
pineers and the contractors are
mostly transients-men who follow
the various pieces of government
work about the country. There are
also a number OF residents in these
employees and most of the teams be-
long to men who live in the vicinity.
Romantic Associations.
The region is not without its ro-
mantle associations. Just sixty years
ago Abraham Lincoln and other Hi
nois lads were in camp here, quaran-
tined because they had the cholera.
They came here to finish up the Black
Hawk war, and the disease broke out
among them. Not long ago the exca-
yatols turned out two skeletons. No
one living here knows anything about
how they came there. They may
have been Indians, but they are
guessed again to have been the VIC
Tins of the plague.
On the north shore Of Rock River
rises steep, rocky bluff. 1t has
been known as Black Hawks watch
tower for years. While he was among
the whites here that famous chief
made mention of it as an outlook OF
his, and the name seems to have been
honestly given. A year or so ago ID.
II. Louderback, of Chicago, Presi'
dent of the Tri-city Street Railway
Company of Davenport, Rock Island,
and Moline, purchased this property
He transformed the shabby old house
on the summit into graceful half
Moresque summer hotel, which he
calls the Black Hawk Inn, and re
vamped the dummy trains into ar
electric car service. Now the pride
and the fashion of the three cite:
and surrounding country flock here
in thousands through long season
to gaze upon the outspread beauties
of Rock River, eat, drink, dance ano
make merry.