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The morning call., 1892-12-18

/ met man recently who knew more
about horses than any one else l ever saw.
AT least he told me more that he said he
knew than any one else has ever DONE
Among other valuable Information that he
impaired with reckless prodigality he stated
that the trot is the natural gait of the horse
~ GU never" he said, "see horse start TO
run of his own accord. When he wants to
go anywhere he starts off on a trot. 1t is
his natural gait. Running aud pacing are
artificial gaits."
L hasten to give this long hidden knowl-
edge to the world in order that those fool
tsh and misguided horsemen who build
large and expensive kndergartens in which
TO train colts to trot may learn how unneces-
sary Is all this waste of money and effort.
My well-pOSted informant also told me that
the American trotting horse is the thorough
bred in his natural state, not having been
taught to run, as they are in England.
ala not contradict or question anything he
said, Tor he is professor" of horSeman-
ship, and when man knows as much as he
dlyulged 1t is never wise to attempt to teach
him any more-there Is limit beyond
which the human brain cannot safely be
expanded.
But / repeated his remarks to an intelli-
gent man, the owner of good horse, who
said. by way of comment: "Why, | always
supposed the trotting horses were thorough
breds." Then, few days later, glanciug
through story by a well-knOwn writer in
one of our high-class periodicals, [ read
how the hero of the tale, man of wealth
with hOrsey proclivities, having completed
to his satisfaction a business transaction,
touched up his Thoroughbred trotter and
drove rapidly home"
l then began to think that the ignorance
regarding the particular class of horses
known as thoroughbreds is quite wide
spread in this country.
Briefly, the thoroughbred horse is a run
ner. He is rarely more than a very ordi-
nary trOtter. No thoroughbred horse ever
entered the list'-that is, trOtted mile
In 2:30. The Palo Alto FLY Rowena, by
AZmooF, who is half-thoroughbred, out of the
thoroughbred mare Emma Robson, has trot-
ted in 2:1S. but her quarter Of trotting blood
IS the very strongest of its kind, and Mr..
Stanford, whose hobby is to breed the COM
ing trotter oy the Infusion of thoroughbred
blood in trottlng stock, has been working
The morning call., 1892-12-18
The Migratory Waiter.
New York Sun.

Many of the walters in the first-class res
taurants OF the city have short hours. aud
are therefore able TO work I'm several places.
For instance. an ambitious waiter. who Is
employed only for breakfasts and luncheons
In one restaurant, can easily enough serve
the dinner in another. The walters in some
restaurants, where the dinners are served
early, are even able 10 work in others where
wright recently suggests some ludicrous
possibilities. He had been in the habit OF
dining at Delmonico's. and was always
served by the same waiter. A few weeks
ago he decided TO try some OF the odd res
he went TO a cheap tabled hote at an unusu-
ally late hour. To his great surprise he
found the Delmonicn waiter carving meats
at this place also. The waiter was equally
astanishad
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They are not, however, entitled to all the
credit of having produced the racer. just as
the thoroughbreds imported 10 this country
and mated to the colder-blood American
mares, have produced something better than
either-the American trotter. so the union of
the small but game and fiery Arabians with
the English bred mares, principally Cleve-
land bays. produced an animal superior to
either of these-the racer. Training. deyel-
oplng and breeding on" have given the
world the matchless thoroughbred of mod
ern times. Technically speaking, an Eng
lish thorougbbre is horse or mare whose
pedigree is registered In the studbo0k kept
by the agents of the Jockey Club. Through
few great sons of each they all trace back
to these three great imported sires We
have the blood of the barley Arabian
through his greatest producers, Snap, Shut
tie, Waxy and Orville, called the stoutest
racing blood on the turf. The two speed
producing strains that have perpetuated the
blood oft the Byerly Turk are through Buzz
card and Sir Peter, while Soreerer has been
the greatest producing descendant of the
Godolphin Arabian, or Barb, whose blood,
however, Is becoming scarce and manifest
ing a tendency to die out.
The Thoroughbred horse is usually very
beautiful animal. aristocratic TO his ear TIPS
and the mbodiment of activity and grace.
The most successful racers are about 15h
hands high IA hand Is four inchesl They
have small, honey heads. we'll set on, long
necks, wide. muscular and light, clean
throats, and the chest should not be too
wide, a quality somewhat interfering with
speed. but should be deep enough to insure
good heart aud lung room. and the muscles
well developed. They are usually strong
IN the l0ins, and are noted for graceful
carriage OF the tail, which Is set high, the
Group continuing in straight line to the
tail. instead of dropping. as is often seen In
the coarsely bred horse, to a low-sst closely
carried tail. They have thin, delicate skins,
the tenderness Of which makes them FESTIVE
with harsh treatment in grooming
they soon become vicious and hard
to handle In the stall. The hair
OF the coat Is very soft and silky and that Of
the name and tail fine, soft and straight.
The morning call., 1892-12-18
HEADQUARTERS.
Bloody Experiences in Bor-
neO.
STURDEE'S THRILLING TALE.
The Government Troops Break Into
the Original Customs of
the Natives.

''Does head-hunting still continue In Bor
neo? Well, should say it did," said Gen
eral Sturdee emphatically. to a CALL re-
porter at the Palace Hotel.
The general is enjoying well-earned va
cation, after three years service as Harbor-
master and Postmaster General in the Brit
ish North Borneo Company's service In that
wild section of the world
ut will be many years before European
domination will succeed in putting an end
TO the head hunting mania which is in
grained in the very system of the Dyak
races. Let ME give you a remarkable illus
tration in point:
North Borneo is infested with colonies
of Sulu pirates. who for centuries have
carried out the lawless practices of their
race.
1.-The company has wide field to operate
in, and it Will be many years before 1t will
The morning call., 1892-12-18


Before engaging in battle she issued
orders to the soldiers which. when we re-
member the times, were marvels of wisdom
and justice tempered with mercy:
DespIse not few enemies, nor fear a number.
No footing
For the stubborn no quarter but mercy for
For deseiters punishment. but for the valiant
reward.
The Empress won rich reward for her
courage and undaunted energy and Korea
became tributary TO Japan.
Immediately upon her return a child was
born to the Empress, who, when he grew
up, became great warrior and is now wor-
SHIPPED under the name Of Hachiman. god of
war. In later times II became the fashion
t. attribute the Korean victory to the in
huence OF this unborn child.
All over Japan there are temples erected
In honor both of Haehiman and Jingu, and
as late as 1874, when the japanese troops
left for Formosa, many If them prayed for
the suecial protection Of Hachiman, god of
soldiers.
In the twelfth century a memorable naval
battle took place, in which both sides lost
hundreds of adherents aud the sea was
crimson with the life blood of the OLDEST in
Japan.
1t occurred during one of those fierce civil
wars that almost rent Japan in twain.
The two great houses of Taira and Nina
motto were striving for the supremacy, and
the latter had driven their rivals back to the
seacOast.
The Minameto had 700 junks, the Tara
only 400, sand moreover the latter were
heavily encountered. for they had all their
families. their women. children and old men
on board.
The battle waged fercely and the Tara
clan was almost exterminated, while the
Minamoto lost heavily.
So fearful slaugh ter left an indelihle
Impression upon the whole nation, and TO
this day the fishermen of Chosui declare
that oil a stormy night thousands upon
thousands of the dead may be seen baling
out the sea with bottomless clippers, a futile
labor imposed as penance for the staining
and detling of the ocean by the blood that
was spilled that bright May morning in 1885.
The morning call., 1892-12-18
THE VALUE OF INVENTION.
Progress of the Human Race Since the
Introduction of rlachinery.


One OF the astonishing facts to he discoy-
cred in the field of industry is the marvel ous
power of machinery operated by the hand
CT man. In the cotton trade in 1850 the
averages product of every employee was
something less than 500, while thirty years
latter ne was able to produce a value OF
$500. In the wooden factory the change
was much the same. the hand of each work.
er being able as long ago as 1850 TO make
over $1,000 of product. and in 1880 about
$500. the proportion of material consumed
by improved machinery being about the
same.
How much the world is indebted to ln-
vention cannot be stated in tangible form,
but with the strength of man remaining the
same aud the skill of the present artisan,
though showing some advances, still not
distancing that of the ancient Egyptian,
the vast increase in human resources is due
mainly to the influence Of invention in dis
covering ways in which machines can do
the work of men.
The competition is no longer competition
In skill of labor, but that of invention, and
In America we are far in advance of any
other nation in this respect. man who
fifty years ago could turn out value equal
to a scant wage. now at fairly good wages
is able to bring into being four or five or six
tunes the value,
The morning call., 1892-12-18
Lofty Mountain Lakes.


The most loftily situated lakes are found
among the Himalaya Mountains in Tibet.
Their attitudes do not. however, seem to
have been very accurately gagged, for diff
fereDt authorities give widely different
figures regarding them. According to some
Lake ManasarOvara, one of the sacred lakes
OF Tibet. is between 49, 600 and &c, Zoo feet
above the level OF the sea, and ii this Is so
it is undoubtedly the Hottest lake in the
world.
Two other Thibetan lakes those of Chat
amoo and Surakol. are stated to be 1900
and IL. 400 feet in altitude respectively. For
q long time 1t was supposed that Lake 2ati-
caca, in South America, was the Hottest In
the world. 1t covers about $500 square
miles. is 924 feet in its greatest depth, and
Is Il, 600 feet above the sea. In spite Of in
exaetitude with regard to the measurements
of the elevation of the Thibetan lakes, they
are no doubt considerably higher than this
or any others.
The morning call., 1892-12-18

telling the story of Uncle Toms arrival az
his new home Immediately after his pur-
chase by Legree from the St. Claire estate,
the residents Of that vicinity have put
''two and two" together and hit upon
a verdict that the old McAlpiu plan
tation is none other than the Le-
gree plantation of her story, and that
certain log Goblin on it was Uncle Toms.
Legree died before the war and the planta-
ton fell into the hands of Mr.. s. Chopin,
the present wealthy owner, who has re-
ligiously guarded this cabin as a treasure,
and for years has employed a man for the
simple purpose of guarding IL from the van
dalism OF rellc-seekers. It Is 90 the line OF
the Texas and Pacific Railway, and is gen.
orally pointed out as Uncle Toms cabin
The morning call., 1892-12-18
The Lawyers Fatal EIoquence.

A peculiar case Of client deserving an
attorney at the last moment occurred yes
terday In Judge. Cornish's court, and the
case had TO be dismissed after the Jury was
impaneled. Otto l.. Haese was the attorney
for the plaintiff. and after jury had been
selected he began bis opening address.
Bertha HoIaj was the complainant, and
while her attorney was making his opening
speech, he painted the character OF the de-
PENDANT In such vivid colors, and set forth
the wrongs Of his client so strikingly, that
the girl left the courtroom I'm tears and
could not be induced 10 return and give her
testimony. The girl was domestic In the
home of Theodore II. Durgin. and demanded
$1,000 damages from him.
The morning call., 1892-12-18
UNCLE TOTS CABIN.
The Alleged Original to Be Shown at
the Worlds Fair.

Now \ OFK PTesS.
With history based wholly on tradition
little log structure now standing on Red
River plantation in Louisiana is about to be-
removed TO Chicago and placed on exhibit
ton as Uncle Toms Cabin"
The tradition that tells the story of the
cabin that is coming to Chicago says that in
1850 there lived on an old plantation at Nat
chitochees, on the Red River, planter
named Robert McAlpin, said TO have been
an exceedingly incorporate person and bru-
tai to his slaves.
Because McAlpin lived in a residence with
double row of China trees in froOt of ii,
with wide double yeranda around it. and
for the reason that Mrs. Stowe describes Lee
gree's house as one of this kind when she 10
The morning call., 1892-12-18
A PRETTY EXPERIMENT.
Ii May Be Made to Furnish Amusement
for an Evening Party.
st. Louis Po5tDispatch.

St. Louis PosLDispatch
To find the position in " hich knife must
be held that pear, suspended high up near to
the ceiling. shall on the severing of the
thread to which it is attached so fall as 10
cut itself in half Upon the blade, there is
no necessity for the line or plummet One
need only dip the suspended pear in glass
The morning call., 1892-12-18
The Smallest Lock and Kew.

Philadelphia Record.
one grain was the weight of a lock and KEY
made by London blacksmith, Mark SGaliot,
IN the twentieth year of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. The lock contained eleven
The morning call., 1892-12-18

put to any practical use. But they shall
never have any of my own personal blood
To spill around over a barren waste Of
ground with white lines painted on il.
The morning call., 1892-12-18
A MODERN MIRACLE.
4 nepeless Case. abandoned by
Physicians. Rescued from
Deaths Door.

On. DAVID KENNEDY, Rondout, N. 7.
My Dear Sir-It is my pleasure and
absolute duty towards those who are strug-
Cling for very l.fs against the deadly a
DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS !
to add my testimony to the tccsdsJai
egcccy of DIR. KENNEDY'S FAVOR.
TIE REMEDY. My wife's was hope
less case, abandoned by the physicians.
DIR. David KENNEDY'S FAV0RiTE
REMEDY was resorted to; not because
any hope was placed in it. but, because
nothing else remained. The effect was
little short of miracle. At the second
bottle she had recoUered strength and cor.
tianiug the treatment has fully recopersd.
JAY SWEET, Albany, N. Y.
~ Il %
The morning call., 1892-12-18
THE BLESSED DAMozEL

The blessed dsmozei leaned out
From the gold bar OF heaven;
Her eyes were deeper than the depth
OF waters stiiIed at even:
She bad three lilies ia her hand.
And tie stars In her hair were seven.
Her robe. ungirt from clasp to hem,
No wrought flowers did sdorn,
But white rose of Mary's gift,
For service meetIy worn:
Her hair that lay along her back
Wasyeilow Ike ripe corn.
1t seemed she scarce had been a day
One OF GODS ehoristers;
The wonder was not yet quite gone
From that still look OF hers:
Albeit. 70 tn she eft, her day
Had counted as ten years.
ITO one, II is ten years OF years.
Ye; now, and IN this place,
Fell 81 about my face.
Nothine: the autumn fall OF leaves.
The whole year sets apace.)
"Iwish that he were come to me,
For he will come" she said.
Have not prayed IN heaven 2-on earth,
Lord. LORD. has he not prayed
Are rot two prayers perfect strength
And shall feel afraid?
when round his head the aureole clings,
And he 10 clothed in white,
HI take bis baud and go with him
TO the deep wells OF light:
AZ unto stream we will step down.
And battle there In Gods sight.
ave two will stand beside that shrine,
Occult, withheld. untrod,
Whose lamps are stirred continually
With prayer sent up TO God:
And see our old prayers, granted. melt
Each like a little cloud.
Z" We two will lie Il the shadow OF
That living mystic tree
Within whose secret growth the Dove
Is sometimes felt TO be,
While every leaf that his piumes touch
Saith his name audlby.
/" And myself will reach TO him,
myself, lying so,
The songs sing here; which his voice
Shall pause in. bushed aud slow,
And find some knowledge at each pause,
Or some new thing to know"
She gazed and listened and then said,
Less sad or speech than mild
All this is when he comes" She ceased.
The light thrilled toward her, FLIED
With angels In strong level flight.
Her eyes prayed. and she sn,Er4
The morning call., 1892-12-18
RACING BLOOD.
The Thoroughbred Horse
and His FOrebears.
HE IS A BRITISH PRODUCT.
Other Countries Furnished the Raw
Material, but England Made Him
the Racer He Is.

Written for THE MORNING CALL.
The morning call., 1892-12-18

out this theory for good many years. and
has made sufficient failures, of which we
have not heard. to Offset pretty effeetually
the few successes that have crowned his
The Globe-republican., 1892-12-09
Let EN- kick!

If there ever,was a time in the mercan
til history of Dodge City that merchants
should have kept from abusing us, now is
tie time, especially regarding cid stock,
as they have laid themselves in the hole
dug for us. Nothing mere pleases us
than to discuss qualities or values, as we
challenge ths m all to show a cleaner,
prett:er. or fresher stock OF mere nand;se
than I'VE show, even today, when our
stock is broken
Now we propose 10 keep this issue
alive to finish. Their kicking will not
inf1uence Us any to advance prices, but
will continue to slaughter iirst-class goods
until every stitch OF our goods be cleaned
..Out and r a2lnved.
The Globe-republican., 1892-12-09
Let EN- Kick!

We are told it pays to be honest. Peo-
pie in this country have learned hund
red years ago that honesty pays, and our
present bona tde retiring sale tells the
tale. In the past six weeks our compel
to rshaye had to satisfy themselves with
the trade of those whom we could not az.
commOdate for the want OF clerks. and
for the want of stqnding room in our
house at times, in other words, they were
satisfied to get the overflow of the New
York Store trade, while we shoveled
them out in wagon loads, cart loads, and
every way. $4,000 worth Of merchan-
disc has been sold by us in six weeks, and
many a thousand dollars were saved by
our patrons
The Globe-republican., 1892-12-09
N e x 7 :!

Our other wouldbe competitors who boast OF mo Job
lots or shop goods aim to throw the bomb in the
wrong corner the last here in the mer-
camille business and consequently the
freshest and most desirable in the city, and as the public
well know carried stock over from season to
season to others have hence there are anv
shop goods in business house the city, it is for
the authors of this old chestnut state whether or not
they overloaded with job lots and shop worn goods
as they are the Oldest house here hence Oldest
can be found there, old sandbys We venture to say
II there was a premiom old merchandise as on old
coins, they would certainly realize fortune for their
stock and congress should provide same as an
at the Worlds Fair
The Globe-republican., 1892-12-09
NOW IT'S OUR TURN.

We got our former competitors kicking; an indica-
Tor OF our splendid progress in great retiring SALE
We notice the socalled competitors who know of some
firms that satisfied with slow progress for thew
want to get rich too quick feel though their corns
so, beg pardon, did not know there was anyone in
our way At the outset of great we gave them
one and all warning that sale would be one of the
matchless of the unexceed the greatest and
toulest murder sales in the west and it did matter
where the spinters fell who got hurt and after pro-
per warning, our competitors got in the way and got
hurt, not responsible We again warn them to
stand aside and make room for the Chiefs
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-17

THE city fathers are respectfully
requested to cast their optics over the
condition of South Alamo street, be-
tween Commerce and Goliad, and
then determine the necessity of an
immediate pavement of that section
of that much travelled street. After
every rain it is In condition pecu-
liarly its own; too much Of canal
for carriages and too much of street
for boats. 1t could be navigated by
mud scows If there was any motiv Q
power for propelling them, but there
is none. Pave it!
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-17

turned around so that it's back will
be toward the hall and the face to-
ward the city. A petition to have
this done is being circulated in
Brooklyn.
The original of the Goodies of Liber-
ty on the silver dollar is Mise Anna
Willess Williams, of Philadelphia.
She posed to Mr.. Geo. Morgan, the
draughtsman and engraver who de.
signed the coin. For some time after
the issue of the dollar the models
identity was kept secret.
The young men and women stu
dents of the Chicago university have
organized q dining association, with
sslaried auditor in charge, to see
that the affairs of the dining hall are
conducted with economy and pre-
cision. The number of courses is to
be limited to three, with no long waits
between.
Ida Lewis, the lighthouse heroine,
still cares for the Lime Rock Light
House, off Newport, r l., where she
lives alone, with gray cat and the
sound of the waves for company She
has saved eighteen or twenty lives.
Mrs. Martha White, of Copalis, in the
state of Washington, has gained q
similar name for courage. She went
into the surf on q cold night in jan
uary and saved the lives of three
sailors.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-17

SOUTH ALAMO street to Goliad from
Commerce seds paving worse than
any other section of the city. The
street is exceptionally narrow, has an
immense traffic, is traversed by cleo
trio cars and should be put in the
best possible condition. At present
it is a mud hole whenever it rains
and is a nuisance to every pssser,
either ON foot, on horseback, or In
carriage, and to the rider on the car
1t is q constant terror. The cost OF
paving 1t would not be great, while
he comfort of these who are obliged
to traverse 1t would be an infinite
quantity.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-17
SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1892
HE LIGHT HOLIDAY EDITION

Will be issued this year, about Decem-
Der Goth. The edition will be "a pages
with handsome illustrations, made a
considerable expense, specially for III
LIGHT: its general appearance and use
fulness will far surpass any edition of the
kind heretofore printed, and it will be
such a paper as our citizens will feel
proud to send off to their friends abroad
There will be a large number of extra
copies printed, sufficient for every one
who desires to get a copy. ThisG issue
will bea aluable medium for the adver-
tiser. TIE patronage OF our bushes men
is solicited.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-17
AMERICAN CHOLERA.

From Daily Reveille, Whatcom, Wash.
1T. G. Burnett, the democratic candi-
date for sheriff, was taken violently i'll at
Clearbrook. He had all the symptoms OF
Asiatic cholera, and for an hour or two it
was feared he would die. They finally
gave him dose of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrh9a Remedy, which
revived him until a physician arrived -
That is precisely what the manufactu-
rers of that medicine recommend for chol-
era. Send for physician but give their
medicine until physician arrives. . II
cholera becomes prevalent in this country
next summer this preparation will be In
depended upon. For sale by f. Kaiteyer
& Son; Bowling & Flood: A. Dreiss; H.
Schuchard; r. Cohn & Co.; j. T. Harri-
son; and Kalteyer & Schuchard, drug
gists.