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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-12

abandon place altogether rather than
live in its neighborhood.
AS it suddenly appears at dusk NOV
ing noiselessly about, showing its
queer face amid the leaves of some
tree and peering down upon an intrud-
er with its immense, staring, yellow
eyes, it is a most unearthly looking an
imal, reminding one more of the gnomes
and imps of fable than of any creature
of flesh and blood. 1t makes a snug little
home under the roots of the giant bam-
hoo canes of Java, where the husband
and wife, who are never far apart,
bring up their queer little families.
They are yery dainty animals and
always make sure that their food is
fresh and good by killing it themselves.
They will touch nothing that has been
partly eaten. They live upon small
lizards, of which they are very fond,
but will eat shrimps and insects if
nothing better is to be had. They
never drink a second time from the
same water. The tarsius seldom makes
any noise, but sometimes gives single
sharp, shrill cry, which it does not re-
peat. During the day it is always fast
asleep, but at night appears quite live
ly, springing about and climbing every
where. 1t is easily tanned and is very
gentle, loves to be caressed and petted
and in return ticks the hands and face
and creeps about the person of its
owner.
! When stranger draws near its cage
1t tries at first to stare him out of
countenance by fixing its great owl
like eyes upon his, and never winking
or moving them away. If this does
not answer, and the intruder continues
to draw near, the tarsius will draw up
its lips and show a set of beautiful,
regular, sharp teeth, but it never bites.
1t laps water like a dog or cat, but
much more slowly, and it eats a grea.
0eaI IUr 50 small auIIIl~4. -----
great aversion to light, and loves the
darkest corner, where it will sit up
like squirrel and hold its food long
time in its forepaws before eating it.
Some animals have swiftness, some
have strength, some cunning and
others are clad in coats of bony mail
to protect them from their enemies,
but the only defense with which the
tarsius is endowed, and it seems to be
effectual, is its strange, weird appear
ance and staring eyes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-12

the fortunate owner of the smallest
dog in the world. 1t can play about
upon a human hand and is of the silk
haired terrier breed 1t formerly be-
longed to Mrs. Waldmann, keeper of a
cafe in Vienna. The miniature crea-
ture is thirteen centimetres high, sew
enteen long and weighs about a
pound.
Mrs. Waldmann thought the tiny
thing so charming that only a royal
child should possess such a rarity. She
accordingly applied to the crown
princess for permission to present it to
the little archduchess as a Christmas
gift. Frau Waldmann took the dog
with her to the court and showed it to
the royal mother. All were at once
taken with the terRer's droll ways and
its fine little head. and a few DAYS
afterwards the dog found its way in a
small basket to the castle On Christ
mas evening the dog was presented to
the child from its mother and grand
parents, who had deposited it in a
basket under the archduchess' Christ
mas tree.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-12

''do not realize what they owe to Miss
Susan b. Anthony. When she began
to work for their advancement those
were days when the usual newspapers
would describe her addresses and meet
ings under some such headlines as
'Cackling Hens The tears were in
her eyes as she talked about it. Now,
if it had not been for what she and a
few other women did couldn't enjoy
my particular desire of earning money
and having it for my very own under
all circumstances"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-12
WHAT FAD PARTIES ARE.
Each Guest Must Illustrate His Hobby and
Tell About 1t.


suppose you have heard about fad
parties, asks the New York Herald.
They are positively the latest dissipa-
ton of those who like to kill time.
The people who are invited to fad
party are eXpec ted to bring some obs
ject which represents their pet fad, and
each must talk about that fad, tell the
reason of its existence and everything
of interest about it. l went to fad
party the other evening. There were
eight people -four men and four
women.
1t was droll sight. One man sat
gingerly holding a scarfpin, another
brandished a Malay kreese, still an
other fourished a photograph of a
famous actress, and the fourth man
toyed with dainty snuff box.
The first had mania for collecting
scarfpins, and described some of his
experiences in picking them up. He
had travelled the world over, and many
of his stories were hairlifting.
The next man had a wonderful col
lection of weapons, and his talk upon
them was decidedly entertaining and
instructive.
Then the youth who has passion for
the famous actress, and who has three
hundred photographs of the lady, spoke
sadly of his hopeless infatuation, and
the man with the snuff box took us
back to the days of powdered heads
and rustling brocades.
The women's fadsswere quite as In
teresting. One exhibited bit of rare
old china, and described the plates
and teacups which line her drawing
room, telling many amusing stories OF
her experiences in farmhouses and
dingy little shops.
Another discoursed upon fans, fut.
terng meanwhile a priceless trife Of
! lacekand paint and fluff.
The third'brought one of her scrap
books and treasure house NuroveG
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-12

to be. For years she has been collect
ing pictures of famous people-not pho
tographs, but prints, wood cuts, litho-
graphs and the like.
Perhaps the most amusing fad was
that of a very clever and sedate young
woman, who sat gravely listening to
these various disclosures, holding a
huge japanese doll in her lap.
"Knowing!" said his owner. "Why,
Dihbuutz knows more than the aver
age human. Indeed, am not alto
gether sure he is not human. Look
at his new kimino. Imade him beau
tiful red silk one not long since and
when put it on him he CRASHED his
teeth and darted look of rage at me.
He plainly did not like the color.
well, not long after, | came in
from a walk one day and picked him
up from his nest of cushions on the
divan, and what do you think? His
kiminO was rent in twain, slit from
top to bottom in the back. You see,
he was determined not to wear any
thing SO unbecoming to his STYLE.
A REMARKABLE DIAMOND.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-12
THE TERROR or JAVA
A Gentle Little Animal with Awe-Insplr.
| ing Eyes.

| Ing Eyes.
The animal most dreaded in Java il
neither the wildcat nor the black
leopard, nor even the rhinoceros nor the
royal tiger, all of which are to be found
there, but, strange as it may appear, a
harmless little creature no larger than
a common squirrel, which is called by
the natives malmag and by English.
speaking people the tarsius. 1t is in
deed a weird, strange animal, and is
regarded with so much dread by the
superstitious Jayanese that they viii
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-12
Two and a Quarter Inches Long an
Worth Two Thousand Pounds.


A large diamond was recently found
in the De Beers Consolidated miners at
Kimberly, South Africa, by a native,
says the jewelers. Weekly. 1t was in
two pieces, one weighing nineteen and
a half and the other twenty-five and a
half carats. The remarkable feature
of the stone is its shape, as, with the
two pieces jointed, it measures two
and a fourth inches long, one inch
broad and three-fourths of an inch
thick.
1t is crystallized more in the form OF
ordinary quartz, except that, instead
of being sexagonal, it is of the prismatiO
form, having only three sides. At one
end-the base-it has a fat cleavage
plane on the slant, and there is no
doubt that, to make itaperfect crystal,
there is another piece about three
quarters of an inch long that should be
added to it, and which may yet be
found in the sorting.
At the other end, or top it comes to
a blunt point, and it is this piece that
was broken off. It's of light-brown
color. To'anyone not thoroughly ac-
quainted with rough diamonds it would
appear piece of brown quartz, as the
cleavedo or broker. end NATURAL
the base of the quartz formation, as
If it, had grown, on the rocks. The
coating iss more like that ofsthe river
eia1pndsF 1t is valued at two thou
->-S1ho.-nd~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-12
FINEST OF TERRIERS.

Little Archduchess Elizabeth OF Austria
Is Its Happy Mistress.
The little Archduchess Elizabeth,
daughter of the widowed Crown
Princess Stephanie of Austria, and the
pet of the Austrian imperial family, is
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-12

wOmen's Debt to Miss Anthony.
American women" says Miss Maude
Banks, Gen. n. p Banks daughter,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-26
A QUESTION OF TASTE

Should Ministers vote on their
own salaries?
We do not believe there is one
man in twenty who would answer
this question in the affirmative.
That Ministers have u direct finan-
cial interest in the matter is too
plain to be argued. The rule of
the Councils bearing on the issue
is as follows:
"22. No member shall be per-
mitted to vote on any question
where his private right, distinct
from public interest, is immedi-
ately concerned"
1t is just possible that there is
some ambiguity in this rule. Vice
President Wilder seems to have
found none, for he ruled that Min
listers could vote, on the ground
that the question of salary was one
of public interest.
That the amount of salary is a
matter of public interest is indis-
putable. It is, however, a matter
of private interest as well. The
reason for abstaining from voting
is not the absence of public, but
the presence of a private, interest.
The officer who votes in favor of an
increase, or against a reduction of
his own salary, votes money into
his own pocket. That is very
plain and sufficient reason why he
should not vote at all, whether
there is any written law on the
subject or not.
We do not, of course, for one
moment impugn the motives of
those Ministers who take a differ
ent view of this question.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-26

JUDGE ROBERTSON does not like
the friendly advice which the AD-
VERTIsER has given him. He calls
it ''taffy-coated," and evidently
has no taste for sweets. He ad-
mlts that Government officials
should not sit in the Convention,
but be says he is in the hands of
his friends, and if he is elected it
is their fault, not his. If Govern
ment officials are not disqualified
by law from sitting, their running
is "a mere matter of taste" If
his friends do not care to cultivate
taste why should he? He will not
pretend to know more about what
BELTS a judge than the great peo-
pie" who have nominated him, and
who are endowed by heaven with
the divine right of doing anything
they like.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-26
POOR ECONOMY.

Just after the Civil War In the
United States, the negroes got con-
troll of the Legislature of South
Carolina One day member pro-
posed that the Executive mansion
be furnished with a desk, costing
SIS, for the use of the Governors
secretary. A monkey-faced negro
member from the swamps arose SOL
EMMY and objected. "N1r. Spec
kahl Pse Objects to dis obstrava-
gance. De hole funi'tah ob my
house doant cost ODER five dollahs.
1 Objects l''
The objections of Messrs. En-
meluth and Ena in the Advisory
Council, to the item for pay OF the
Secretary of Legation, in Washing
ton. shows that there are econo-
mists here as well as in South
Carolina.
Our Legation in Washington is
on a miserable, insufficient and dis
graceful footing, so far as its fnan-
cial maintenance is concerned.
Even the little republics of South
America, with no interests at Wash
ington, expend twice and thrice as
much as we do for their Legations
at Washington. The expenses
there are governed by custom, and
are beyond individual control. A
respectable private family in that
CITY. keeping in touch with pub
lie life. is forced to spend $4,000
q year or more.
The late Minister to Washington,
Mr.. Carter, in order to maintain
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-26

=, 1894

-zpYiI =, 1864
The Dramatic Company now
visiting Honolulu is perhaps
the best that has been here
for ages, and the interval be-
tween the visits of theatrical
companies being SO long,
makes the appreciation
greater in the present
instance. The fact that
the second performance
was as great a financial sue
cess as the first is evidence
enough that the members of
the Daley Company have &C
quilted themselves to the sat
isfaction of their audiences.
The demand for seats, how
ever, has been so great that
only the early callers have
been enabled to get good pos
itlons. To those who are I'M
fortunate in this respect we
beg leave to call attention to
our very fine Opera Glasses.
We haven't a very large stock
but what are in our show
cases are of very fine make,
the lenses being superior to
the average run of such
things. We call attention es-
pecially to these because it is
an opportunity that you may
not have again. We have
them In smoked pearl and
fancy leather. If you enjoy
the performance you can add
much to your pleasure by
taking a pair of these glasses
to the theatre with you.
The Lanai Lamp we are
is larger than an ordi-
nary Rochester and smaller
than a. Mammoth. We have
never seen lamp better
to the purpose than
this one. You can get plenty
of lamps that look all right
but when you buy lamp for
service you want one that
will give a good light-our
Lanai Lamp does the business.
The HAWAIIAN HARDWARE Co.,
3O7
Fort STREET. Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-26

Tweed, as a cloth name, arose
from a mistake. 1t was twill, but
in blotted invoice sent to Lon
don merchant the word looked like
tweed, and so it came into use.
The sweet potato is supposed to
be an American plant, but is now
cultivated all over the tropical
world. It is a leading article of
diet in the center of the Dark
Continent.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-26
FOR SALE.
Residence on Judd Street !

The undersigned offers for sale, the
Residence IL. F. Glade, Esq. on Judd
street.
The main ground has a frontage on
Judd street of 1875 feet and depJh of
about 81 feet.
On this is situated the 2-story Dwell
ing House, containing on the ground
floor large Drawing Room, Dining RoUm,
Bath, Pantry and Kitchen. The second
floor contains Bath Room, Hallway and
Enclosed Balcony. Rooms, Verandas and
Railways tend to make this one of the
most comfortable House in the City.
Adjacent to the residence is a magni-
ficent residence site.
The whole property containing an area
of IS 100 acres.
E~ For further particulars, apply to
JAS. f. MORGAN N.
3663-6t
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-18
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 20
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 10 its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant 10 the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, 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
gigts in SOC and 81 bottles, but It is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name ID printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well Informed, you viii not
accept any substitute If offered.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-18
srocKsr.AGER's NOMINATION..
II Il We'll Received Ia washiugton-
Ills Record.
BUREAU or THE SENTINEL.

BUREAU or THE SENTINEL.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., July 13
The old soldiers in Washington are
pleased over the nomination OF eX-Rerre-
sentative stockslager FOR congress 10y the
Third district democrats. Stockslagef
was very young man and raised com.
pany I'm Harrison and orange counties.
He was first lieutenant then captain OF
an Indiana cavalry company and came
out with a flhe fighting record. lie was
a member Of the Forty-seventh and For
ty-eighth congresses. he was chairman OF
tho committee on public buildings and
I'm that position aided an securing for
several Indiana cities poatofice buildings.
The one al New Albany was secured sole
~ through his effort lie was one OF the
most active members on the floor and
seldom missed q roll-call. His record ls
beyond reproach AZ his votes recorded in
the house Journal VIII attest a.. Being
an old soldier himself be naturally did
all ne could for them.
soon after Mr.. Cleveland WAS inuuRur-
atod nine years ago, Stockslagcr WAS
appointed assistant commlsal0ncf ~ the
general land office. bat was soon proc
NOTED 20 the head OF the great bureau
He made "a splendid record In that de-
partment and so well did he perform his
duties that ne was the last democratic
bureau officer 10 be- relieved hy a rcpub-
lican under The Harrison administration.
lie left the Office without "a breath ~
scandal although the snme cannot he
said OF many who have filled that office,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-18
Minister Dcnby Coming Home.
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL,
WASHINGTON. -. c.. July H.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July II.
Minister to China Charles DENLY has
reached this city on route 10 his old home,
Evansville. lie was appointed minister to
China nine years ago, remaining In office
under the Harrison administration. Min
lister Denby's long residence In China has
caused him to assume Aslatc exclusive
ness. bordering on the ridiculous. num-
Der OF newspaper men attempted TO see
him at his hotel today but DENLY had his
Chinese wall with him and the reply sent
back through the bell boys indicated that
he had an AK, also. 10 use a Ia Chinaman
on any correspondent who should dare
invade his presence. The fact Is that
DENLY Is much out OF humor. notwith-
standing that denials have been made
that he was not coming for good II is
learned through an official Of the state
department that DENLY will never see
China again. at least not in the capacity
Of American minister. The president, IL
. Is understood. has selected another man
for the place He Is not an Indiana man
either. but a New Englander we'll known
I'm congressional circles. Minister DENLY
IS not sorry 10 leave China. The climate
there mas rendered him almost a physical
wreck and II Is said for some time he has
been endeavoring 10 get transfer to ST.
Petersburg, but the president does not at
this time contemplate a change.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-18
AN UNJUST ATTACK.
Labor Leaders Now Realize Their
Mistake.
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 13.
Leading labor leaders now in Wash
ington frankly admit that the premature
denunciation of President Cleveland as
an enemy Of working men was great
mistake as we'll as an injustice to the
president In view OF the action of the lat
ter on the question Of arbitration The
very men who denounced the president
three days ago are now praising him and
many say that after all Grover Cleveland
was proven 20 be the best friend OF labor.
The presidents action I'm this arbitration
question is commended by nearly every
body in congress. The sentiment in con-
gress is Overwhelmingly in favor of some
sort of arbitration. but this Is not new
question In congress. Two years ago
Representative Bynum In the minority
report prepared by him as a member of
the Homestead investigating committee
upon the subject Of an arbitration law
said: The great obstacle seems 10 be in
the settled conviction that Il Is not only
not right, but that there Is no legal power
TO enact and enforce any measure which
would take from the citizen In the least
degree the right TO control and operate
his private property in any manner and
upon such terms as he may choose. IL
must be conceded. however. that the peo-
pie In their combined sovereignty when
ever new dangers which threaten the de-
struction Of the peace and good order
Of society shall spring up have right TO
provide effective remedies even to the
extent Of curtailing individual rights and
personal liberties. The right of man to
earn his bread by the sweat of his brow
Is a national one and the progressive
spirit and thought OF the present age, Ii
is hoped. Will devise some means for the
settlement Of labor disputes and an
equitable division OF the profits between
employees and employers.
Some misunders landing has arisen con-
corning the commission which the presi-
dent will appoint under the authority
given him by the so-called arbitration
act Of 1883. The commission, AZ was
stated at the white house tonight, Will
have no authority TO arbitrate between
the parties to the recent disturbance at
Chicago and elsewhere. IL can merely
investigate the labor troubles and re-
port recommending legislation. etc The
commission Is purely advisory and has
no executive or mandatory power what
ever. but can only compel the attendance
OF the witnesses. The commission will
not, moreover, Investigate the differences
between Pullman and his employees. ex-
cept In so far as this difference will be
involved i'm the Investigation of the
causes which led TO the disturbance OF
interstate commerce.
The Pullman shops are under purely
local authority and no law. IL Is stated.
could empower the United States to send
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-18
DOCTORS USE PE-RU-NA.
This Great Remedy Was Once the
Private Prescription of Re
nowned Physician.

The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing
ompany-Gentlemen I am so well
pleased with the work of Pe-ru-na in the
numerous cases / have been using II
during the past two years that / cannot
refrain from informing you Of the good
results obtained. / deem ii useless to de-
tail every case oor they are many) in
which l have used and prescribed this
remedy. but will say | have never yet
been disappointed I'm results. have
used, not dozens. but hundreds Of bottles,
and as ] am physician Of ffty-eight
years constant practice, am always Will
ing to recommend anything Of service
to the suffering humanity Pe-ru-na
stands first and foremost in my estna-
ton Of all prOpriety medicines. Wishing
you every success, | remain yours.
l.. l.. NIEHART. NJ. D..
Nebraska city. Neb.
DR. Niehart is a physician of great
experience and reputation, whose opinion
IS authority in medical circles. Every
one beginning the use n Pe-ru-na as a
household remedy should send for the
"Ills OF Life" which contains "a complete
description OF the uses OF Pe-ru-na m all
chronic ailments. Sent free 10y the Pc
ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co. of Column
bus. Ohio.