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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02
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bod 6arfte aus benz bargeleatett aud
benz eaierl, Der MUIR einige BeSrtffe bon
Wsfantt bat, bic WtSsli9fsit zines fol-
den EburmeS THAR fem.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02

Die mertudrniee ahee eiaes 9hisaaoe

Die 1terfuurnige Jnee etaeS Gbitagners.
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02
0eiteuanfdt Der Qofomotipe.

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fur 1T aber bic anla9e uno l1ntsrbals
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3andle umitdnolid, fompli3irt uno fofts
ipielig ; aud pirog Der 3ontaft baufis
burd gerunreinigung unb fliinatii6e
Ginflafie beeiutrdhtigt.
2. Der acknowledgements. Sci,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02
.VINUN RUBIDUH PASTEURlEESB.
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nil aber biefe bor3I sIi@en nobL
sepfegten Wetnean4 gum td8Ib
den Gebran4, empfebIen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02
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funben 9uffanbe Der tnperen Srenne as. Sf BITE 9eber
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aus, fnb bic NtereH ansesrtfen, bann fett man
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funbtetts banr wtrf Dn ssut ansieben". electric
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iusIeiG Musf9ldSe, @eiMphre, GleGten unb f~onfttse
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Geiut. 8u tdbeu tn Der Npcttefe bon Nbolpb Dreib,
Tbrmpfcn q Go. 30 gents bic 8laiae.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-05-02

Der Greibrief Der Staot Nsap Dort
teftorin bon Columbus, HieBt tn leineu
Moern. Inter benz se9enpdrtiscu Fres
ilierminiiter Sasafta bat er fdon eth
Yortefeuile 9ebabt. St lit enorl1 reid
nnS betpobnt einen Der fdOnften Ydldfte
In Mu6ri6.
, 1893-08-12
N~ApOLEON'S PIN MAP.

When Napoleon was First Consul of France,
BouIrienne Que day, just before the Eastern
campaign. came into the Cabinet at the Tull-
lerles, and found a large MAJ unlolled upon
the carpet, and Napoleon stretched upon 1t,
moving pins about that We're tipped with red
and black sealing wax.
Bourrienne very soon saw that the red
represented he French and the black The
Austrian forces he watched the progress of
the pin campaign in silence, but with the
deepest interest.
Having conducted the manouyres to g
successful termination, Napoleon looked up at
his secretary and said DO you think | shall
beat Melas?"
why, how can l tell ?" replied Bourrienne.
Tell you simpleton, look here. Melas is
at Alexandria, and will remain there until
Genoa surrenders. His magazines, hospitals,
artillery, and reserves are in Alexandra.
Passing the Alps here he said, sticking a
pin into the Great ST. Brenard, Il fall upon
his rear, cut off communication with Austria,
and meet him in the valley here
So saying, he stuck a red pin into the
plain Of Mlrengo. Bourrienne looked upon
The moving Of he pins as mere p~astime, and
VAS so incredu lous that Napoleon rolled up the
map, exclaiming sob, you ninny and goose
Ten weeks later, Bourlienne found himself
writing up the battle of Marengo at
NapoIeon's d%lctation, on the very spot where
he had placed the pin, and recalled the
circumstance with wonder at his commanders
foresight that bordered on reverence.
, 1893-08-12
Demeraro Arg0Sy, July 22nd.

Here is a romantic inc lent for the use Of
the West Indian novelist, or any other -
This mail brought me a letter from one of
the Islands from a correspondent who not SO
very long ago lived in Demerara and who
expected to have been in it to-day. He says
the fortnightly post had brought him his
Ar9osy and when lie opened it the first news
MS eye lighted upon was the marriage of the
lady to whom he had made up his mind to
propose HIS crop was finished, things were
all right on the estate, the memory Of an
amiable young lady had been stirring up his
he ut for some weeks previously, AMI he had
decided to take the next mail to Demerara
with the sole purpose of Offering her his hand
when ,-he suddenly discovered that he had
waited too long. He says, II am not going
to Demerara now. OF course l am glad she
has a real good fellow for a husband" Now,
as it is only natural that every young lady
who reads this will be axious to know who
the islander is and who the lady who escaped
his proposal, I might as we'll say here that /
, 1893-08-12
ORDER OF DAY
for the Colonial Councils Ordinary
Meeting, Monday l4th August 1893
II O'Clock noon.

/. Examination Of patents Of Nomination
for LIST, 8rd, and 9th Crown Members
(Quin, Brun, Dahl.l
2. Proposal from Government in Letter
Of Goth July 1898, No. SCI, that Nj
Thomas Hewitt shall act temporarily as
Member for Princes Quarter OF the Road
Commission during the absence Of Mr.. }
Wilson.
3. Question Of furthering and eventually
putting an Interpolation (by LIST Mela-
Der for Ghr~istiansted' Country District
Hagemann) concerning a Pension recent
" granted from the Runfund to Cover.
nor Arendrup's former hoasekeeper, and
the rules regulating the granting OF pea
sions from the Rumfund
2nd Discussion on Draft Of Budget with
Money Bills for lS93-94 with Amend
ments to these latter and Notifications
to the Budget.
Colonial Council, ST Croix 9TH August
1898
A. T. STAKEMANN,
Chairman.
, 1893-08-12
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cannot disclose names but l shall most
gladly forward proposals.
Too Much So.

Parson And the children; are they
behaving themselves nicely?
Mother Yes, pretty good, all except John,
and he always fighting. Only this morning
he pelted a rock and cut Peters head to de
bone. The boy is far too f~acetious.
, 1893-08-12
ekjendtgiorelse

r Ell brkiendtgjores herved, at I'd
u kast til Repartitionen j Boet efter
afgangne Fr6ken EUGENIA ELEO-
NORA IWERSEN vii blive frem-
1aet i en- Skiftesamling, som afholdes
her paa Kontorct ONSDAG den
23de August d. A Eftermiddag
XII. 3, hvorefter Boet f~orventrs
siuttet.
Christiansfeds Shifteret, St Croix, den 4de
August 1898,
MAXEN.
, 1893-08-12

Unclaimed Letters in Christians ed's
Post Office.
Paid.
johanna { h%ristian, George David. Elizabeth
James. j Robert, Elisabeth Simmond.
Unpaid.
Ancy Batse, Annie Birch, Ernest Richard
L6fler, Bastian Johannes Marcus, VIM.
Magee, Isabella Miller, Joseph Adolphus
Newton Est. Concordia, T. Thomson,
Filleasher Thomas.
Christian ted's Post Office, 3lst July
1898.
PETE LEMMING.
, 1893-08-12

Examination of patents Of Nomination
for LIST, 3rd, and 9th Crown Members
(Quin, Brun, Dahl.l
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09
A Pressure of a Million Pounds.

Some interesting experiments have
been made at Washington University,
st. Louis, with the largest hydraulic
testing machine in the world: It
can exert a pressure Of 1000, 00O
pounds. Timbers such as are used for
pillars in large commercial buildings
we're crushed, not broken, lengthwise.
A piece of timber capable of sustaining
5000 persons was crushed like an ege
shell when placed in the machine. The
best brick piers two feet square,
columns of granite q foot square and
sandstone three feet square are ground
to powder with the greatest ease. The
machine was designed for the purpose
of pursuing Investigations being made
by the Government of the strength o.
commercial woods grown in the United
States .-New York Telegram.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09
Electric Light In Fishing.

The C which attended the use
of the electric light in fishing off the
California coast last year hasled to the
devising of various improved sppar-
atus for that purpose. One of these
consists of a large iron frame inter-
laced with netting, which can be opened
and closed at theswill of the operator.
An electric light incased in a lantern
is lowered into the net, the electricity
being furnished by a motor in the bow
of the boat. AS the boat owe along
the network is thrown open and the
bright light of the lamp, which is seen
at a great distance in the clear water,
arouses the curiosity of the fish, which
readily swim into the trap. This is
the modern variant of the old method
of destroying fish from a canoe by
borchlight. Chicago Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet~
ter titan others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas"
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; ehectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and levers
and permanently curing constipation:
L has given satisfaction to millions N
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the KID"
news, Liver and Bowels without weak"
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by. all drug"
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being well informed, you, will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09
A State Camp OF Valley Forge.

The Governor of Pennsylvania
signed the bill passed by the Legisla-
ture appropriating $3.50 900 for the
acquisition by the State Of certain
property on the hills about Old VAL
lev Forge. It is proposed topurehase
this land and convert it into a public
park and camp ground for the State
militia.
The country around the Valley Forge
not a valley forge simply, for at the
time of it's erection it was the only
forge in all the %Schuylkill Valley
above Philadelphia, and was then
known, and properly so now, as ''the'
Valley Forge-is a terra incognita to
the hundreds of visitors who annually
pay q devout and patriotic pilgrimage
to that shrine of the Nations hopes
and prayers in the desperate winter OF
1777-78.
A visit to the Potts mansion, which
then was the headquarters of Wash
ington, a stroll up the road to the
Washington Inn, and the pilgrimage
is completed. The Washington head
quarters will not be the sole attraction
that will bring visitors to the little
station perched Oh the high river
bank. There is a road that leads of
the right past the Washington Inn. 1t
is q not much frequented thorough
fare, because it is ill-kept and goes
winding up hill and down dale in a
sinuous way and over rocks in places
which are a menace to axles and other
running gear, no matter how stout.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09

seen at the Fair, which is fully the
equal of any of the American type.
The chief feature of the Armstrong
rapid-fre is its calibre, its lightness,
and the rapidity with which it can be
handled. It has a six inch bore,
weighs six and one-half tons, throws q
1OO-pound ~projectile with seventeen
pounds of smokeless powder, and is
fired by electricity. The best trials of
this gun show a speed of five aimed
shots in ffty-fve seconds, four of
them striking the target at a range OF
900 yards. The powder used with this
our is known as cordite. It Is a high
power explosive. This, therefore, may
be regarded as the very highest type
of modern rapid-fire ordnance. The
Americans are improving the Hotch-
kiss, SO that soon that gun will equal
the British.
In the French exhibit is shown the
Canet rapid-fire gun. The largest gun
of that type is five and a half inches in
caliber and II, 900 pounds in weight.
1t uses twenty-four pounds of smoke
less powder and throws a seventy
pound shell. In rapidity of fire the
French are ahead of bf11h British and
Americans, for at a trie IF one OF these
guns at exhibitions two yeetrs ago seven
unnamed shots we're fred in ffty-fou1
seconds, and at another trial of a small
er one of the same type five unnamed
shots were fired in t~wenty-four seconds.
The Russian naval authorities have
adopted the Canet type of rapid-fre
gun for their service.
Then there are other types OF such
ordnance on display in their depart
ment by the different nationalities
There is a Danish gun known as the
Finspong and a Dutch gun known al
the Gericke, the invention of Captain
Gericke of the Dutch navy. Their
there is the Gruson, which isrthe in
vention of a Prussian officer. TrB guI
is lighter than either the British OF
American type, but it fires an average
of thirteen shots in thirty seconds
Then there is the Krupp rapid-fse gu1
on exhibition in the Krupp pavilion
This is a heavier gun than any excep'
the Armstrong, but it is not SO rapid
The largest type earliest seventeen
pounds of powder and a seventy-sl1
pound shell, but its highest speed i
seven aimed shots a minute.
In the Transportation Building ar
several rapid-fre guns manufactured
by private English firms. In this same
exhibit is perhaps to befound the mos
effective machine gun of any of tn
smaller calibers. It is known as tn
Maxim automatic gun. There are tw'
of these guns on exhibition. One o
them, which weighs only fifty pounds
has attained arate of600 shots aminute
The other is a larger piece, weighs 81
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09

esting and varied an exhibition IN
modern artillery as is now on view
in jackson Park. The very latest in
ventiom in the way of ordnance, heavy
and light, in all the Nations of the
earth are there to be seen and what
makes the display more interesting is
that each new invention or improve
ment is accompanied by it's antelope
of many years ago. For instance, in
the British display, contiguous to some
ripe old smooth bores of the days OF
King George-guns taken from Mel
sons flagship Victory-appears the first
attempt in rifed artillery. The Whit
worth breech loading rife was a crea-
ton ofthe Crimean War. 1t was effec-
tive while it lasted, and for some uses
was O valuable accession to field and
naval ordnance. But with the advent
of steel armor plates and the intro
duction of heavier and powerful ord
nance the old Whitworth rife ceased
to be manufactured in England. Near
this obsolete specimen are several types
of the Armstrong steel high power guh
Of to-day. The English government
has ceased to manufacture any larger
gun than what is known as the 65-ton
Armstrong, but no gun as large as that
is on exhibit. The largest is a Bottom
gun which corresponds in type with
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09

pounds, has a powder charge of three
ounces and throws a little baby shell
weighing one pound, but it throws
them at the rate Of $50 a minute. Then
there is a gun shown as the Skoda
rapid-fire gun, which is to be seen in
the Austrian exhibit. The details OF
this guns capabilities are not at hand,
but it is in most respects similar to
those already described.
When it comes to the display of pro-
j~ectiles the mind becomes dazed. The
proiectiles range in size from n
pound to 1900 pounds. The latter is
the ~proiectile for the big Krupp gun.
1t is as big as a barrel and as tall as
the average man. The average ser.
vice ~projectile, however, weighs from
100 to $50 pounds. The biggest
American shell on exhibit weighs 100
pounds. and is for the big twelve-inch
gun on exhibit in the War Department.
The ancient and obsolete projectiles
are also displayed in great number.
They include everything from what is
known as the old ssbar shot" and
sschain shot" down to the ingenious
explosive %proiectiles invented during
the war by the C-onfederates, some Of
which are very novel. The ''bar shot"
was made by splitting q cannon ball in
two and connecting the two halves by
an iron bar; their purpose was to cut
| rigging and ship spars. The chain
shot was on a similar principle, except
that two cannon balls were connected
by a long heavy chain. This was for
the same purpose. When Farragut
attacked the forts below New Orleans,
these things were fired from the guns
of the enemy in great numbers, and
the horrible noise that they made was
well calculated to wake the dead OF
turn a strong mems hair gray. They
came through the air like shriekine
demons. and anybody who eve heard
one will cheerfully forego a repetition
Of the sensation. Another curious ex
hibit is an old-fashioned furnace for
heating shot to. fire al ships. These
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09
Metalizing Cloth.

An interesting announcement is
made in the French papers of the dis
eovery of a process for metallzlng
textile fabrics, by which, it is claimed,
the latter are rendered proof against
the attack of insects. The materials,
such as wool, flannel, calico, ETC., are
for this purpose immersed in q boiling
bath composed of 81 pounds Of sui
phate of copper, one pound Of sui
phuric acid and sixty-two gallons Of
water, the fabric being calendered ano
dried after its removal from the fluid
The finish obtained by this process
will, it is said, bear two or three wash
ings before it is again necessary te
subject the cloth to a repetition OF the
H~fration.-Detroit Free Press.