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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-26
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-26
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-26
NOVELTIES,

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-26
CLOVES.

GLOVES.
Now is the time to buy your gloves;
of the best makes we handle Fisk'e,
Clark & Flags, Deuts' and other good
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
SPARKS FROM ENGINES
Often Responsible for Some OF the Big Cot
fau Eir,s In

Often Responsible for Some OF the Big Cot
ton Fires In the South.
G. A Egley, commercial agent Of the
Queen and Crescent road at Cincinnati, reg
istered at the Duquesne yesterday. With
other railroad men he wonders how long
the present depression in business will con-
tinue About the only thing shipped from
the South these days is garden truck, and
the vegetables have been coming since JAN
uarv. The great cotton crop is unmoved,
and in spite of the recent fire in New Or
leans where s., 900 bales were destroyed, q
surplus of 2, ,OOO, 900 bales remains in the
Crescent City. Mr.. Egley thinks the COT
ton men made some money out Of the fire,
as the insurance was more than 1t would
have sold for It was supposed that the
confagration started from cigarette thrown
into bale of cotton by a passing dude.
Cotton fires, however, are always mystic
rious and hard to fathom. Fire has been
known to smolder in bale for weeks, and
then without the slightest warning break
into flames. Mr.. Egley says frequently
during the busy season cotton is stored on
platforms and on fat cars without any tar
paulin to cover the bales. It happens
sometimes that sparks from the engines fall
on them, and the tiny bits of fire work
their way deep into the bales, only to make
terrific blaze in few weeks. 1t is rather
hazardous business handling cotton, As the
stuff is often burning and it is not known.
The recent fire in New Orleans did not af
feet the market in the least. There is still
plenty of cotton at very low prices
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
War Thought to Be Imminent Be-
tween the Pennsy and Reading.
BEGUN BY TIE CUT OF TUESDAY.
The Very First Damage Suit Ever Entered
Against Uncle Sam.
FIRES. FAILURES AND RAILWAY NEWS

NEW YORK, April 20-A war Is immi-
nent, and the Reading deal, instead of
causing an increase in prices, bids fair to
bring about contrary result A director
of ono Of the railroad companies, speaking
to-day of the increase in the price of coal by
the Reading and the almost simultaneous an
nouncement by the Pennsylvania of a re-
duction in carrying tolls, said it was only what
was to be expected as the natural result of
the Reading Railroad Company's attempt to
control the anthracite coal trade without
reference to the Pennsylvania Company.
Said he:
The latter company - the most powerful
and best-manaeed corporation In the coun-
try, and 1t gave the Reading company fair
notice Of what IL might expect n # carried
bill by the Governor Of New Jersey plainly
showed the master hand OF the Pennsyl-
vania Company, and the light has now un.
questionably begun.
It is said In the coal trade that the 80
per cent contracts made by the Pennsyl-
vania Coal Company and the Reading Coal
and Iron Company are about as favorable
rate of freight on coal now put In force by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and
the tonnage affected thereby is insignificant
in amount; that the bulk of the tonnage Of
the individual operators has been bought at
the breaker by the various coal companies,
so that there ID very little anthracite coal
to be shipped under this or any other new
tariff that might BIZ made
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
action relates to Eastern business. The
coal companies pay tho individual operator
at the breaker go per ocnt Of the price OBJ
tanned for the coal at tidswater. The Read
ing Company's management, while pub
fishing q 81 Is rate, has been practically
naming 81 A per ton for some time past,
and the Pennsylvania Railroad has. in ef-
feet, met the Reading rate. Should tho
Western anthracite sales agents at to-mor-
rows meeting recommend an advance in
prices for their markets, it is believed the
Pennsylvania Railroad will concur in the
Is cent per ton advance in coal freights Or
dered by the other carrying companies on
Friday of last week
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
ALWAYS A TOUGH LOT.

This Is Drummer's Opinion OF the In
veterate Cigarette Smoker.
81 have always noticed" remarked q
drummer at the Schlosser yesterday, ''that
an inveterate cigarette smoker is a very
tough individual. Whether young or old,
my observation has been the came. I am
not speaking of your dude who puffs a cigar
ette occasionally. Such fellows have no
character and wouldn't harm a baby, but
you have often seen the boys mean. They
are the bloods of the town, as wild as Me1i-
can mustangs on prairie They take very
kindly to the cigarette, and the more they
smoke the tougher they become.
"The old cigarette smoker, as rule, is q
crafty, collected chap. He stands around
in public places with ssllow complexion
due to the nicotine in his body, and coolly
smokes the morsel of tobacco and white
paper. Generally he is gambler, and
slick one in handling the cards I don't
know what connection exists between cigar
cites and toughness, but the fellows of this
class like to smoke them. They certainly
don't quiet tbe nerves, for used excessively
they will soon wreck any constitution. The
wild boys don't live very long, and have
seen a number of them after death. Their
bodies had turned black; indeed, they had
been smoked like hams before they died"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21

the ground that no definite arrangement for
marriage had been entered into. OF
the engagement feast on March 20 he
said he understood 1t to be simply wine
supper He had never told Georgine he
was worth $3.50, 0o0 He was not worth
more than $4,000 then, and was
not now worth more than S140,-
900. He denied that Georgine had
read Katie Doors letter aloud, and said her
sisters did not see it. There was nothing In
the letter about his having. betrayed the
ened to leave the city.
Advised to Get Married Quietly.
Mrs. wolters had advised him to get rid
of Katie Door. She said: "You take my
daughter this afternoon, get married on the
sly and skip" He refused to do this. he
denied that Miss Wolters had reconstructed
after the alleged date sst
for the wedding, because he
had failed to appear. He managed to con-
tradict, in one way or other, nearly all the
testimony of Miss Georgine, her parents,
her two sisters, and other witnesses for the
plaintiff On cross-examination he
became confused repeatedly, and
he spoke of ''the engagement"
frequently, only to correct himself with the
assertion that he did not mean that, for
there never was any engagement He
was fippant in his remarks about the
plaintiff, and was sure she and
the family had set out to marry
him at all hazards. The publication
of an engagement notice by Mrs. Wolters
was, he said, trap. Georgine wanted him
to put a promise to marry her in black and
white. He would not tell why he had con-
tinued to visit her almost daily after all
these things, except they wanted ''to give
doubt was he could not explain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
THE RULES FOR BATHING.
Never Put Baby Into tho Bath When III
Cold Nor When Its Stomach Is Full,

Never Put Baby Into the Bath When It's
Cold Nor When Its Stomach Is Full.
A little baby must be bathed in one way,
and big baby in another, and growing
child'' in another. The first rule in regard
to bathing should be that golden one which
a well-known water-cure physician had in
scribed over every door in his establish
ment: ''Go not cold into any bath" The
child must be warm, or harm may come in
stead of good.
Another rule is that no bath should be
taken soon after eating. The rule tor older
persons is two hours after a full meal, but q
little baby's meals are 50 quickly digested
that the time may be somewhat shortened,
never, however, to be less than one hour:
The room should also be warm, about 6S de-
grees, and there should, nay, there must be
no draughts.
When baby is big enough the nurse
pours water into large basin and lays the
baby in it, supporting his head and back
carefully; and probably she will tell the
young mother afterward how he stretched
out his arms and1egs and enjoyed the bath
iust like a real person, bless his little
heart" The basin bath is generally given
for a week or more, but before the mother
takes care of the baby herself he should be
we'll accustomed to the full bath in the
nursery tub. The tub may be of tin, porce-
lain or india rubber (this last material is
very convenient for people who are liable to
move or travel about good deaD, and
should be long enough for the child to lie at
full length.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
RAILWAY INTERESTS.

THE Supreme Court of Georgia has affirm ed
the constitutionality of the law making the
property of railroads amenable to county
taxation.
THE old directors of the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad Company and of
the West Shore Railroad Company were re-
elected yesterday.
The plan to refund the funded debt of the
Ontario and Western has been adopted. The
issue of $40, 0c0, coo in four per cent bonds was
also decided upon.
LAKE and rail rates have gone to pieces,
and 1t is now believed to be only u question
of n few days when all the rail rates between
Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard must
take o tumble.
The Board of Directors of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, at their meet
ing yesterday, declared N cash dividend
on the common stock for the three months
ended December 3, 1891.
The Oregon and Washington Territory
Railroad was sold yesterday at public sale
by the master in chancery at Portland, Ore,
to satisfy a decree of the United States Cir
cult Court in favor OF the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company, Of New York. The road
was bid in by c. B. Wright, Of Philadelphia,
for 81, $50 900.
GxoRaE H. HEATToRr. General Passenger
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
ROUGH ON THE SNAKES.

Hories of Blacksnakes Along the Cheat
Knocked Out by the Cold Weather.
Snake stories are always in order in the
spring, and the latest one comes from an in
terror town in Ohio, where the heat from
the stove awakened the reptiles and they
commenced to fall to the floor from holes in
the ceiling John Thompson, who lives in
the Cheat river country, was in the city
yesterday buying provisions for . lumber
camp. He tells tale that is not unreasona-
BILE, and one can readily believe it.
The mountains along the Cheat are famous
for their blacksnakes, and they can be seen
at any time during the day in the summer
summing themselves on the rocks Mr..
Thompson says when the weather suddenly
broke up about April 1, and led number
of people to throw off their underclothes,
the blacksnakes awoke with start, rubbed
their eyes and crawled ont on the rocks to
stretch themselves. The sun was so warm
that many of them ventured far away from
their winter homes, and when it suddenly
got cold again, the snakes couldn't get back.
Mr.. Thompson claims he got tired killing
blacksnakes who were SO stiff that they
couldn't move. They were stretched out on
the stones, and were at the mercy Of the
lumbermen, who amused themselves making
the fiat heads of the snakes more fat This
is true story.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
IF YOU LIKE TO READ LIES,
You VIII Search Long Time Before Find
Ing the Equal of This One.

You Will Search Long Time Before Find
Ing the Equal of This One.
Fire and water.l
In Central Dakota on the missouri
bottoms" there exists one of natures 3
strangest freaks. The settlers term 1t the
"pump snake" How it came there and
where 1t came from is yet unknown. 1t first
made its appearance in Emmons
county in the springtime of
1885. A full grown pump snake
measures about 16 feet in length and about
8 inches in diameter. They are Of gre
garious habits, roaming the prairies In large
herds, as many as 300 having been counted
these reptiles there is found tube. which
extends from the root of the jaw
to the extremity Of the tail, and
terminating in an opening. This
tube Is about two inches in diameter and
lined with tough yielding substance SINH
lar to rubber. The pump snake is easily
trained to answer the call of man. The
inhabitants of this section trap them in
large numbers
A farmer on Cat Tail creek has flock of
20 pump snakes trained to remarkable de-
gree of proficiency. At the blast Of q
whistle the snakes assemble on the banks
of the creek. The leader (there is always q
leader to q herd of these snakes, who Is
elected by a two-thirds majority dashes into
the water of the creek, leaving only the ex-
snake Immediately grasps the end of the
leaders tail in his jaws, third snake takes
hold of the second snakes tail in sim
liar manner. and so on, extending
to the water troughs In the cattle yards, 800
feet away. The leading snake begins to
swallow or pump the water of the creek,
which passes through the long line of
snakes as it would through hose, and falls
in heavy stream into the trough.
The agriculturist told of an extraordinary
circumstance which occurred a short time
ago. While working in the field near his
home he observed flames issuing from the
roof of his barn. Wild with excitement
he hurried to- the burning build
ing, only to see that it was
a hopeless task for himself alone to
pair he gazed on the destruction; suddenly
he heard a loud rustling in the tall grass,
whence issued his herd of pump snakes on
the run. The leader hurled himself into
the creek, the rest instantly adjusting them
selves heads and tails from the creek to the
burning building. The last snake, stand
ing on Its head, waved its long and fexi-
BILE body, from the tail of which issued a
stream of water that was thrown with ter
rifle force on the burning building. Back
and forth dashed the tail end of the living
hose, squirting the water where it
would do the most good, while the
loud pumping of the leader could be heard
above the roar of the confagration. Within
Is minutes the last spark was out Then,
and not until then, did the pump snakes
quit work. They were completely ex-
hausted, the leader having tainted dead
away. The main part of the building and
its contents were saved, thanks to the pres
ence of mind of these wonderful snakes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21

Agent of the Chicago. Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railroad, has invited the representa-
tives of other Western roads to meet at his
Chicago office Friday afternoon and discuss
the question of abolishing sstop-over privfl.
eyes Passenger men generally approve OF
the proposition. .
AT the annual meeting in Cleveland Of the
Valley Railroad Company yesterday, L. v.
Bockous, j. E. French and Charles F. Mayer
were elected Directors to serve for three
years. The new Board Of Directors re-
Organized and reelected Thomas. NJ. King
President. The gross earnings for 1881 show
a decrease of s2l, ,S26 "a as compared with
1890. and the expenses an increase Of s24,-
604 81.
PRESIDENT SIDNEY DILLON win be retired at
the annual election Of the Union Pacific
Railway Company, and unless obstacles pre-
sent themselves Captain Richard somers
Hays will be elected in his stead. Jay Gould
and Russell Sage will be dropped from the
Board Of Directors and Mr.. Dillon retained
only as a concession to his long service to
the company. It fs possible that Mr.. ClArk's
connection with the company Will be con.
tfnued upon condition that he resigns his
position as general manager OF the Missouri
Pacific Railway.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
Pittsburgers In New York.

NEW YORK, April 2o.-[Special. 1.-The follow
ing Pittsburgers are registered at New York
hotels: 8. Buhl, Jr., Holland; H. D. Denny,
Holland: E. A. Ford, Gflsey House; j. Fran
neheimer. Imperial; w. G. Haslay, Morton
House; D: c. Macwalters, Gilsey House;
D. W. McNaughton. Gilsey House; Mrs.
Morrison, Holland House: W. Norwood,
Gilsey; G. s. Orth, Grand; J. B. Riley, Gisey;
J. F. Robe. Hotel Imperial; c. Spring, Metro
politan; s. A. Sutton, Earle's Hotel;
5. U. Trent Grand Hotel; E. p.
James Hotel; H. 6. Fownes, Westminster;
J. c. Hoffman, Gedney: NJ. S. Humphreys, st.
James: G. w. johnson, Earle's; p. b. Lauf-
Union; w. J. Ray, sweeney's Hotel: F. P.
Renner, Sweeney's; F. L. Slocum, Holland
House; F. L. Slocum, Grand Hotel; j. H. Nc
Kehon, Fifth Avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
TRUE AS GOSPEL.
This Time 1t Is Minister Who Describes
Interesting Facts.

This Time 1t Is Minister Who Describes
Interesting Facts.
Rev. DR.. j. F. reynolds. the welI-known
preacher. pastor of the United Brethren Church
at NIanville. ILL.,, says the Chicago Herald has had
q wonderful experience recently.
For two months he scarcely slept ewing to
neuralgia in the face and head, while for three
days pains in the small of the back have been SO
severe that he could not stand erect.
Overwork and la grippe had completely shat
tered his physical powers. He noticed mention
of the discovery by yarmouth professor of cure
for neuralgia and nervous disorders. He procured
some. used it. and says that now he goes to bed
early. sleeps soundly all night, and has not felt
neuralgia ache since using this Paines celery COM
pound, the name by which Prof. Phelps dis
covery is known. This remedy Is not patent
medicine. 1t is as much superior to the ordinary
sarsaparilla nervne bitters the diamond Is to
cheap glass. .'r.. it''
Acting upon the nervous system, 1t cures disease.
purlfes the blood, and gives strength to the mus
cles. '
Rev. DR.. Reynolds experience is that Of thou
sands. Paine's celery compound is better than
any spring medicines say physicians, giving the
strength SO much neededst this time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
THE FIRE RECORD.

North wirdham, Conn.-Forest dres are
burning in the vicinity. Tho damage to
farmers will be very heavy.
Sioux City, Ia.-About $1,000 worth OF fur.
niture belonging to the Omaha 1nstallment
Company; insurance, $4,000. George Leoh.
who accidentally started the fire, inhaled
some smoke and Is fatally injured.
Braddock-A large stable in the brtckyard
of william Dunn. In the stable there were
five horses, bur three Of them were saved.
the other two being cremated. The fire
originated from the sparks OF q "dinkey" on
the narrow gauge. Loss, q, 900; no insurance.
Ludwick, Westmoreland county-The He
brew synagogue, q handsome structure,
built by Contributions from surrounding
towns; also A. Brodai's store and dwelling.
Brodai's loss, s. 500; insurance, 81 400; loss to
the church, $500; insurance, 81, SEQ. The fire
originated in the storeroom. probably
through an overpressure Of natural gas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
BUSINESS BREVITIES.

SPRING farm work in the West is in full
blast. ...
The Boston and Colorado Smelling Com.
pany will sell out to Colorado corporation
EDWARD M. BENJAMIN, a New York silk
commission merchant, has assigned without
preference. ....
CLEARING HOUSE MANAGER CAMP, of New
York, was retired yesterday ON an annual
pension of 500.
THE assets of the assigned St. Paul Fire In
surance Company do not exceed $780, OOO
The assignee's bond is twice that sum.
EDWARD NJ. BENJAMIN, New York, foreign
and domestic commission merchant and silk
dealer, has assigned without preferences.
The Mexican Telephone Company, owned
by New York capitalists, will purchase the
Northern and Western Telephone Company.
DETROIT journeymen bakers have sub
mitted their demands to the bosses who de-
clare they will not submit and strike seems
inevitable.
PIERRE WIBAux, a Montana cattleman,
has won q $54,5l5 suit against Chicago's
millionaire packer, Nelson Morris. A new
trial Is asked for.
A Mr.. ALIARD, of Lewis, Que, has, after 20
years of labor, discovered a method of tenn
pering red copper and has sold his secret to
an American capitalist.
AT mass meeting of miners and mine
laborers at Spring Valley, ILL.,, Tuesday, the
proposition of tho general manager of the
Spring Valley Coal Company fixing the scale
for the coming year was accepted.
THERE is now in store in Duluth elevators
more wheat. with one exception, than has
ever been collected in one market at one
time in the history of the American grain
trade. The total is about ID, e65, QUO bushels.
RUMoRED that deal is pending, looking to
the consolidation of the properties of the
Cahaba Coal Mining Company. Excelsior
Company, Pioneer Mining and Manufactpr-
ing Company and Woodward Iron Company
with the Tennessee Iron Company and the
DeBardeleben Coal and Iron Company,
Of all these big corporations, whose capital
stock aggregates nearly $4,000, are now in
New York at conference, but when the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
A TOUGH TEXAS IWIsTER.

Only the sparseness of the Population Pro-
vents Big Loss of Life.
LoNGvIEw, TEX, April 20.-A tornado
of fearful velocity struck near Gladwater,
IL miles west of here on the Texas Pacific
Railway, at $50 P. NJ, and demoralized
everything in its path. Fortunately the
country over which it swept is sparsely set
tied, and the loss of life is small, although
forest trees were blown down by thousands
The most damage was to lumber shed at
Gladwater, which took down the telegraph
poles with it. Several dwellings were de-
molished
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
THE TYPEwR1TING RECORD.

Salt Lake City Man Holds 1t With
1e4 LIZ Words Per Minute.
The fastest typewriter in the world is de-
clared to be Frank E. McGurrin, of Salt
Lake City. His recored is 124H words q
minute, exclusive of error, from dictation.
On a single memorized sentence he wrote at
the rate of 156 words minute. The fastest
woman typewriter, Miss Orr, of New York,
was defeated by McGurrin bv three words
Miss Orr's best record was SO As words
minute.
On later test McGurrin wrote 104 words
in one minute blindtolded and 13l words
from dictation in SO seconds. This last per-
formance, at Portland, Ore, was not official.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
Tho Dubois Story Denied,

PH1LADELPH1A, April 2O.-The sensational
rumor from Dubois, Pa, yesterday, that GER
tain stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company would purchase the immense
estate of the late John Du Bois, is emphat-
ically denied by officials of the Pennsylya.
mia company. Second Vice President Du
Barry, in speaking of the matter, said:
''There is not a word OF truth in the rumor
1t was never even considered. nor has any
OF our stockholders been authorized to ne
g0iate the purchase"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
Tho Reading Case at wiuIamsport

WuLIAMsPoRT. PA. April 2o.-Judge Metz.
ger to-day appointed Hon. W. W. Hart,
examiner and master in the case Of Matthias
h. Arnol against the Philadelphia and Read
ing combine. The plea OF the Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Coal Company and the demur-
rers of tho Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company, and the Lehigh Valley
Coal Company were also referred to him.
The examiner was directed to proceed in the
usual course of equity practice to pass upon
all the questions raised by the bill.