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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

only under the watchful eye of the
omnipresent chaperone, then we real
ize what it really means.
Then there are the quieter places
like the placid blue waters of Sorren-
to, away down under the high walls of
rock, where one may float and gaze up
at the beautiful villas and fragrant
orange gardens, And Capri, where the
wonderful Blue Grotto is free to all
who can swim there, while the hurried
traveller inevitably falls victim to
the merciless boatmen who shake their
hands in ones face and demand ia
tarltfa." which never fails to exceed
the fee regularly established.
Yes the sea is blessing to the Ital-
lans, open 10 all and appreciated as
well by poor as by rich. Indeed one
hnds himself wondering what would
become of the lower classes, the Nea-
politans for instance, if it were not for
the wise provision of nature. They are
said to be constitutio nally opposed to
the use of water in winter on the
grounds that it means certain death
W colu' DuI IN summer Cney Idlrly i've
In the summer they fairly live in the
sea, and the little street urchins frolic
about and dive for the pennies of the
"forestieri" without even the ipcum-
brance of bathing costume.
80 much for baths, past and present,
the one frequented perhaps too much,
the other of necessity too little. Now
ms oil - Anl
ment already set on foot in Chicago to
establish baths within the reach of all,
thereby lettering the conditions of all
Spd removing one of the chief causes
of disease. Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
EARTH WORMS S.
Their Agency In Making the Soil Produce



The worms know well that rapid
heaying of the soil which betokens the
approach of mole to their innocent
burrows, and the moment they feel it
rush wildly to the surface. prepared
rather to face the worst that lark or
black bird may bring upon them than
to await the onslaught of their most
ruthless and bloodthirsty enemy. II
you dig pointed stick into the ground
and shake the earth little by moving
it from side to side you will find citi-
zens of worms hurry up to the surface
at once, under the mistaken impress
sion that the petty earthquake is some
mole's doing. For the senses of earth
worms are extremely keen and their
perception Of danger most acute and
vivid.
A person unaccustomed to the ways
of worms might wonder that enough
of them can be found in the compare
lively small tract of land which earth
mole ia boos or occupies as his own to
satisfy the needs Of 50 voracious a crea-
ture. But, as matter Of fact, the
worm population of England is some
thing incredibly high, to be numbered,
no doubt by millions of millions.
Every field on our downs is far more
thickly populated underground than
London is on the surface; every mea-
dow is as dense with teeming thou
sands Of worms as Lancashire is with
men or an anthill with emmets. The
soil swarms with life.
Vinegar kills worms, and where a
barrel of vinegar has been accidentally
spilled upon the ground the surface is
sometimes positively covered before
long by a thick layer of wriggling
creatures which have come up to die,
as is the wont of their species. The
abundance and ubiquity OF the game
explains the numbers and frequency OF
the hunters. Every mole eats daily
many pounds Of worms, and yet every
field supports a whole villageful Of
them.
1t is the entire drama of nature on a
small scale underground-remo
self-centred. unfeeling as ever. Worms
exist. and exist in thousands, because
there are myriads and rnyriads Of dead
leaves for them 10 live upon. Almost
every dead leaf that falls from tree or
shrub or weed or herb, except in au-
tumn Cwhen the supply all at once inn
mensely outruns the demand), they
carry underground and bury or devour
with ceaseless industry, In doing 50
they create and keep up the layer Of
vegetab bic mold on the surface Of the
earth which alone makes plant life,
and especially cultivation. possible.
Cultivated areas are, therefore. those
where worms are most abundant SO
far as tney themselves are coucs.raed,
however, the worms eat only for their
own appetite's sake and never suspect
they are the friends Of lordlv man,
whose fields and c-ofts they thus I'M"
consciously fertiIiLe. -Cornhill Maga
zine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
Steady Nerves.

At recent shooting match of En-
glish expert soldiers, one of the London
papers had an interview with the
champion, from which we make the
following extracts: The champion said;
SIT is not easy to hit the bulls eye at
distance of nine hundred yards, but
go in for long-distance shooting and
am glad to have succeeded" you
seem to take matters easily enough"
said the reporter, abiding to his style
of shooting Yes, replied the cham
pion, "As soon as find the bulls eye
am all right" ''To what do you owe
your success?" asked the reporter, and
the answer which all those who covet
NERVES of steel should heed, is this:
''To quiet, regular habits of living.
have been a teetotaller for twenty
years; drinking breaks the nerves and
| keep clear of it.'-W. c. T. U. Bull
letin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
EVILS OF THE DRINK HABIT.
Crime and Iawlessness in England Ee-
sulting from Drunkenness.

Crime and Lawlessncss in England Re.
sulting from Drunkenness.
In the Humanitarian, a London
periodical. Archdeacon Farrar gives
some appalling facts regarding the
prevalence and the effect of drunken
mass in England. His statistics show
that the number of arrests of drunk
ard disorderly" persons in that coun-
try for the past twenty-five years
reached the enormous total of 4, 300, OPP.
When one recalls that there is not one
drunken man in twenty arrested, the
Tremendous prevalence of this vice in
England becomes LUMINOSITY apparent.
Another important fact is the intiu-
e.zc of drunkenness upon pauperism.
The latter has been enormously ex
tended in England during. the period
under consideration, yet the venera BILE
a~ahdeacOn brings the testimony Of
the chairman of the Coventry board OF
worllhouse guardians. and those of fif-
teen other boards, that they have never
known person who did not drink APP
piv at the workhouse for relief. II
needs nothing further to show the in
Auence Of the drink habit in promoting
poverty and pauperism among common
people.
As ia the effect of this vice in the
promotion Of crime, Lord Chief Justice
Colerid%e. of England, is quoted as
stating !hat nine jails in every ten in
Eug!and would be shut except for
drink" while Justice Fitzgerald states
that drunkenness is the crime which
leads 20 nineteen-twentieths Of the
other crimes committed in that coun-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26
=. The .reAS.acon has quoted high

try. The arcEIeacon has quoted high
authority on this point, for none are in
a position to know better the relation
of the drink habit to crime than judges
of long experience upon the bench.
Further than this, he brings in
evidence the Black Record, a pc
riodical published by the United
Kingdom Temperance alliance, made
up entirely of cuttings from the news
paper press. From the clippings of re-
ports of the common courts, it is shown
that within single fortnight 400 cases
of crime arising from drink were dealt
with.
AS to the mental diseases arising from
habitual intoxication, Archdeacon Far
rar quotes Mr.. Mulhall, one of the high
est authorities in that country, who
states that 4s per cent of all the idiocy
in England arises from the drunken
ness of parents, and that one-third of
all the cases of insanity is caused by
the drink habit. Furthermore, Mr..
Mulhall states that rs out of every 100
divorces are brought about by drink.
The archdeacon complains that this
infamous wholesale ruin of humanity
is practically without any check; that
scarcely one effective measure has been
esta blished for the protection OF So
ciety, for the assistance of the weak
and defenceless, and for 1.-The curtail-
ment of the sources of decentralization
which may be brought under the con-
troll of law And he scores the Chris
tian church for not rousing itself on
this subject, aud working for unity of
effort ito anAul the mtolera BILE
and interminable evil, which is
the root of crime and the cor
ruption of soul. and which, as Mr..
Gladstone said, has inflicted greater
calamities than the great historical
scourges, war, pestilence and famine,
combined AS a corporate body, the
church has never done that which she
could have done, and what she ought
to have DONE
The archdeacon also discusses the
various methods of non-legislative
action, and chief among these he puts
the spread of education among the peO-
pie, especially in relation to the dam
gers, bodily mental and moral, from
indulgence in intoxicants-a point on
which the Blade has insisted for years
as the line of effort which will certain
ly produce the greatest results with the
least opposition. He does not suggest
any specific Legislative action, except
that he contends the government has
the same right to control the sale of
alcohol that it has to control the sale
of choral, opium, and other poisonous
drugs. He does not discuss the ques-
ton of legal prohibition, apparently
feeling that in England the time has
not yet come when it can be made ef-
fective. And it is true that nowhere
can it be made effectual until the peo-
pie are educated on this topic up to the
point that there is an intelligent ma
jority in favor of the movement to
pulverize the rum power. Toledo
Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-26

Men are moro liable than women
10 insanity, but die sooner after be-
coming insane.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-21
NO BLANKS IN THIS COMPETITION.

This is competition of rather an unusua
nature. Ii is common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan,
all the con petitors risking the loss of their
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount of the prize. But the
Press Claims Companys offer is something
entirely different, Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is to be
rewarded for doing it. The prize Is only q
stimulus to do something that would be
well worth doing without it. The architect
whose competitive plan for a club house on q
certain corner is not accepted has not spent
his labor on something of very little use to
him. But the person who patent a simple and
useful device in the Press Claims Company s
competition, need not worry If he fail to Sc
cure the prize. He has substantial result to
show for his work-one that will command its
value in the market at any time.
The plain man who uses any article In his
daily work ought to know better how to I'M
prove 1t than the mechanical expert who
studies IL only from the theoretical point OF
view. Get rid of the idea that an improve
ment can be too simple to be worth pstenting
The simpler the better. The person who best
succeeds In combining simplicity and popu'
larIty, will get the Press Claims Company
twenty-five hundred dollars.
The respon sibility of this company may be
dyed from the fact that it's stock is held by
bout three hundred of the leading news
apers of the United States.
Address The Press Claims Company, JOhI
Wedderburn, managing attorney, lS6 Fstreet
N. W., Washington, d C.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-21
NOT so HARD As IT SEEMS,

A patent strikes most people as an appall
fngly formidable thing. The idea is that an
inventor must be a natural genius, like Edi
son or Bell; that he must devote years to
delving in complicated mechanical problems
and that he must spent fortune on delicate
experiments before he can get new device to
patentable degree of perfection. This delu-
sion the company desires to dispel. 1t desires
to get into the head of the public clear COM
prehension of the fact that it is not the great,
complex, and expensive inventions that bring
the best returns to their authors, but the lit
tie, simple, and cheap ones-the things that
seem so absurdly trivial thst the average citi-
zen would feel somewhat ashamed of bringing
them to the attention of the Patent Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents. on all his marvellous inven-
tons have not been sufficient to pay the cost
of his experiments. But the man who con-
ceived the idea of fastning bit of rubber
cord to a childs ball, 80 that it would come
back TO the hand when thrown, made fortune
out of his scheme. The modern sewing-ma-
chine is a miracle of ngenuity-the product of
the toll of hundreds of busy brains through
hundred and fiftyryears, but the whole bril-
liant result rests upon the simple device of
putting the eye of the needle at the point in.
stead of at the other end.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-21
The Daily Eight.
MONDAY, AUGUST p, 1898.
A Snake-Skin Suit.

The Oil City Derrick.
Rattlesnake Pete's suit of clothes
which have been the subject OF
more newspaper comment than
any suit of mems wearing apparel
since Oscar Wilde and his knickcr-
bockers were flashed upon the pub
lie, were finished by a c. Fleisch-
man Wednesday evening; and
formed a part of Pete3s wardrobe
that left with him on the morning
train "Wednesday for Rochester,
w, where Pete will locate per-
manently. The suit as completed
consists of dOuble-brGzfsted sack
coat and trousers made of
rattlesnake skins so arranged
that the yellow and black
stripes natural to the skin OF
the snake form a peculiar and at
the same time pleasing effect. 1t
took the Gwner of the suit four
years to gather the skins of the
right color and texture, and over
400 feet of snake skins We're requlr-
ed. One hundred and twenty-five
snakes, not one of them less than 4
feet long, gave up their lives to
form the suit. In selecting the
skins Pete took only the most
healthy and brilliant specimens,
killed them by severing the back
bone close to the head, and skinned
the reptile in the same manner as
an eel is skinned. The skins were
tanned with water and alum, and
were finished with linseed oil,
making them as pliable as kid, re-
tanning the natural brilliancy of
the skin and making the garment
perfectly waterproof. The buttons
of the coat are eight in number,
and are rattlesnake heads, with a
filling of plaster of paris, fitted
with artificial eyes and mounted in
gold. The tailor has been working
on the suit since last NoVemb Der;
the length of time required was on
account of the delay in securing
skins of the proper color for the
sleeves to match the remainder of
the coat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-21
Arranging Wedding Gifts.
From the New York Times. ]

FROM the New I Ork lines.
81 never realized until last week
that the display of wedding gifts
called for or even admitted of any
especial skill being employed. |
saw my mistake, however, in adj
miring the presents at wedding
| attended few days ago. They
were shown in large upper room
and were so arranged that casual
survey, as one passed around the
room once, really took in intelli-
gently the whole collection, which
was large and splendid.
"On the walls hung the pictures.
well arranged to let each stand
out, and at odd places between the
pictures and pinned to the window
draperies were rugs and pieces of
brocade and tapestries. A slow
sweeping high glance impressed
them all quite clearly upon ones
memory.
"Other gifts We're spread upon
tables, all of which were first COW
cred with white cloths. Against
this each piece stood out, particu-
larly as care was taken that one
gift should not OvershadOw its fell
low.
"One small table bore only a
large case of exquisite royal WOr-
cester cOtfees; they looked like a
box of flowers. On another round
table was arranged, in a large
wheel, lot of small silver, the big
dinner forks forming the outer cir
Gle of spOkes, entree forks fitting
between, with dessert, and tea
spoons radiating from the actual
center. The effect was very pretty.
"On an oblOng table was set out
a lot Of the small, flat things, ORES.
den and silver trays, low bowls and
the like, each given space enough
to display itself, and over the
whole the light from a lovely sill
yer bOudOir lamp softly fell.
"AnOther table had jewelry, sew
eral handsome rings, bracelet, a
watch and other pieces, and on an.
other was cut glass, with one OF
two tall pieces Of porcelain to re
lieve the glitter. Instead of the
heterogeneous tumble that is thu
usual impression | carry away o
such displays, | have still a dis
tinct picture of that array, though
L could not have been in the room
three minutes"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-21

to have succeeded admirably in
London. Mr.. Stead is 53 years of
age. He left school at ID to take
the place of an office boy in a mer-
camille establishment. In 1862 he
began his journalistic career as
assistant editor of a half-penny
daily. He rapidly advanced from
one position to another, working
on various newspapers until along
about 1883, he became editor of the
Pail Mall Gazette, which under
him, soon became one of the great
est newspapers in London. The
Review of Reviews, founded by
him a short time ago, is one of the
greatest magazines of the world.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-21
Citation by Publication.
FRANK SINNANG,
No 61SS.1 VS..

FRANK SINMANG.
no 61SS. VS..
RICHARD LENTZ.
In the District Court of Bexar County, 37th
judicial District of Texas.
The State of Texas to the Sheriff or any Con.
stable of Bexar County Greeting:
You are hereby commanded, that by making
publication of this Citation in some newspa-
per published in the county of Bexar, once
each week for four consecutive weeks, pre-.
viOus to the return day hereof you summon
Richard Lentz. whose residence is unknown,
to be and appear at the next regular term of
the District Court of the 37th judicial Dis.
trict of Texas held in and for Bexar county,
to be holden at the Court House thereof, in
the City of San Antonio, on the first Monday
in October, A. ID. 1893. the same being he End
day of October, 1893, then and there to an
swer a petition filed in said court on the 10Th
day Of July, 1898, in suit numbered on the
Simmang is plaintiff ard Richard Lentz is
defendant, wherein plaintiff alleg es as follows,
to wit: That he resides in Bexar county, State
of Texas, and that the residence of defendant
is unknown. That heretofore, viz: on the
goth day eff September, 1887. the defenda ut
executed and delivered to plaintiff his certain
promissory note for the sum of S534.00 pay
able two wears after date pay able to the order
of plaintiff. and bearing six per cent interest
per annum, value received. That said sum of
money is long since due and defendant though
often requested, has refused and still refuses
to pay the same or any psrt thereof to plain
tiff's damage 1884 90. Wherefore plaintiff
prays that he have judgment for his said debt,
interest and costs OF suit.
Herein fail not, but have you before said
court on the said first day of next term there.
of this writ with your return thereon, sho W
ing now you have executed the same.
Witness. Henry Cmscheid, Clerk of the Dis-
trict Court of BeXar County.
Given under my hand and seal Of
of said Court at office in the City
ISeal1 of San Antonio, this the Goth day of
July, A. d. 1898.
HENRY TTNSCUEJD
Clerk District Court Bexar County.
By GEO. W. HUNTRESS, Deputy.
Issued July 10Th, 1898.
HENRY UMSCHEID,
Clerk District Court Bexar County.
By GEO w. HUNTRESS, Deputy.
Came to hand July Goth, A. d. 1893, at 1918
o'clock a. m, and publication of the above
Citation ordered made in the San Antonio
DAILY LIGHT.
JOHN p. CAMPBELL,
Sheriff of BeXar County, Texas,
By JAMES NJ. VAN RIPPER, Deputy. 73l-4w
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-21
note, which Mr.. Grant opened. l

note, which Mr.. Grant opened. 1t
ran as follows:
."NIrs. Bradley-Martin presents
her compliments to Mr.. George de
Forest Grant, and begs To know
whether he would surrender his
first-tloor apartments for the use of
her niece"
Mr.. Grant was so amazed that
he at once became very wide
awake. He proceeded to jndite
the following reply
."NIr. George de Forest Grant pre-
SENS his compliments ia Mrs.
Bradley Martin, and desires to
know whether her niece drinks"
1t did not take long for this re-
marGlable misSive to bring an an
swer, which ran as follows:
"Mfs. Bradley Martha is muchSur-
Drised at the extraordinary qaes-
tion put her by Mr.. George de For
est Grant, but sDegs to assure him
most emphatieally that her niece
does not drink"
The correspondence tken came 40
sndden ending through the fol-
lowing note from Mr.. Grant:
"Mr. George de Forest Grant very
much regrets thaG he cannot give
up his first-fioor apartments to
Mrs. Bradley-Martin's niece, for he
is convinced that as that young
lady does not drink, it is very much
easier for her to get up st airs than
il is for Mr.. Grant,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-21
SHERIFF'S SALE.

The STATE OF TEXAS,
County of BeXar.
BY virtue of an order of sale is
sued out Of the Honorable District Court
of BeXar county, 45th Judicial district Of
Texas. on the 18th day of July. A. ID. 1893,
by the clerk thereof, in the case of NJ. A.
Harrigan VS.. JacobMuller, No. 1862, and to
me- as Sheriff. directed and delivered.
will proceed to sell, within the hours pre-
scribed by law for Sheriff's Sales, on the
first Tuesday in September A. D. 1898, it
being the fifth day of said month, before
the Court House door of said Bexar coun-
ty. In the city of San Antonio, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
Lot No. II, in original city lot No. 20, in
city of San Antonio, Texas, on the east
side of the San Antonio river, fronting
As 29-lOO feet on Dashiell avenue and run
ming back between parallel lines 81 25-lOO
feet. according to the subdivision OF said
original city lot No. 20 made for NJ, A.
Harrigan, levied upon as the property OF
Jacob Muller on the 18th day of July,
1898, to satisfy a judgment amounting
to s. in favor Of NJ. A. Harrigan and
cost Of suit.
Given under my hand, this 14th day OF
August, 1898.
j. p. CAMPBELL,
Sheriff BeXar County.
By w. G. NJ. SAMUEL, Deputy. IA 3w