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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-01
T. FUNCTIONS.

DOUBLE Y's.
1919 pieces Of 6 inch and 6 inch
Y's.
SLANTS.
721 pieces Of 6 inch slants.
GALVANIZED IRON PIPE.
$1,000 feet OF inch pipe.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
RECENT REPORT ON THE "GRIP. q"
rhs Disease Acquired by Inhaiing the
Breath of Victims.

II is about four years since the cpl
denie Influenza began its ravages In
this country. having been originally
imported from Europe: and, having
become domiciled, IL has now entered
upon its fifth season OF mischief in
the United States, although. fortu-
nately not with the same severity
that has characterized its previous
prevalence.
An official report on this malady
by medical officials connected with
the Local Government board OF Great
Britain has recently made its appear
ance. Therein the existence or an
influenza bacillus is reaiiirmed. DR..
Klein says that this microbe 'is al
ways abundantly present in the
bronchial secretions Of patients" and
diminish in number as the disease
Is abated" The germs are dissent
mated. according TO DR.. Parsons by
bringing the affected and healthy to-
gether, as In public vehicles and
places Of meeting, and especially by
the poison being present in confined
and vitiated air. DR.. Caldwell Smith
says: "An individual is affected by
breathing at once the expired air
from a person suffering from the dis
ease, and / believe this TO be the only
method OF Infection. Numerous
stories are told TO show how the NAL
ad 1s carried from place TO place. A
music teacher visited two relatives
who were victims Of it, and three
days later was himself attacked.
However, he made round OF his
pupils before succumbing, and two
days afterward ten OF them also de-
velOped the disease. The ordinary
intercourse Of household or business
Office, letters written and sealed by
sufferers lingering account books
whose leaves have been turned with
molstened finger tips by affected per-
sons, and riding in close and crowded
railway cars, are among the most
common methods or propagation.
Isolation OF patients, disinfection
OF rooms, and ample ventilation are
strongly urged as preventive meas
ures. At Brighton the inmates OF
the borough sanatarium were pro-
tected eifcctually by such precautions
As these for two successive seasons,
and during third season the only
case Was that Of a servant returning
from distant place where the dis
ease was prevalent When she fell
i'll she was promptly isolated, and
thus no one else was affected.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
Anecdotes Of Judges.

Grim humor has often played
conspicuous part in criminal ira Is,
says the Newcastle eng Chronicle,
and OF the notorious lr sh hang ng
judge, Lord Norbury, some curious
stories are told. A man was once
tried before him for the awful offense
OF putt ng out his tongue at a con-
stable. His lordsh ordered him
TO be whipped on three success We DAYS
from the ia TO the market house.
When his lordsh p had concluded
the prisoner exclaimed: The devil
thank you; that's all you can dol"
Whereuron his lordship, resumI ng,
said: Hold your tongue, r; how
dare you interrupt the Judgment OF
the court" and significantly added,
land back aga n"
Or the same Judge it was sad he
had never been known TO shed tear
but once, and that was during the re-
presentations Of the "Beggar's
Opera, "1when Macbeath got rep
eve. 1t is also related Of him that
he once asked an eminent spec al
pleader, at the nner table, whether
the dish near h IN was hung beef, be-
cause, If so, he would tryit "1f you
try 1t, my lord" was the tier reply,
sit is sure TO be hung"
Lord Il axtield, Scotch Judge, once
said to an elo uent culprit at the bar:
"You're Nara clever ch ell, mon, but
Pm tn nix ng ye wad be none the
waur o. hangin'."
ITncnDcp nnclv tt1pnv Uuc tho ris H.
man who, on being placed at the bar,
felt quite uneasy when arranged, and
complained betterly that he should
be in such an awkward position, so
far from friends and home. The
Judge felt kindly toward him and
sa d: "Be calm young man. You
may rest assured that, although
among strangers, full Justice will be
done you" "Be me soul, yer honor"
groaned Fat, 'and It's the fear OF
that same that trubbles me. :"
But funn er still, in its uncon-
scious honor, $ the following: Lord
Chief Justice Holt, when young, was
very extravaganza and belonged TO a
club OF wild fellows, most OF whom
took an Infamous course OF fe.
When his lordship was engaged at
the Old Ba ley man wa tried and
cow cted of robbery on the highway
whom the Judge remembered TO have
been one OF his old companions
Moved by that cur osity which is
natural on a retrospect on OF past
life, Holt think ng the fellow did not
know him, asked what had become OF
such and such OF his old assoc ates
"Ah, my lord" sa d the cluprit
making a low bow "they! are all
hanged but your lordship and me-"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

NEW YoRk's trade with China and
Japan has not entirely departed.
Tied up at East River piers recently
were the British steamer Hankow,
the American ships, ST. Paul, George
X. Skolfield. Indiana, and Luzon,
the British ships Ancalos and Creed
NOR, barks Freeman (American),
Assyria (British) FoOhng Suey
(Hawaiian), and Iron Duke Germany
eleven vessels, averaging 1900 tons
each, all from ports on the far side
OF the Pacific Ocean. At the same
time there were four American ships,
averaging over 1000 tons each, at
East River piers loading for San
Francisco.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
Vulgarizing a Necessary Rite.

Comparatively few people know
how TO eat gracefully. Enter any
place when eating is in progress and
see how many faces are distorted in
the endeavor to do Justice TO the daily
bread in hand. "Never call girl
pretty unril you have seen her eat"
said Byron, and the esthetic side Of
this subject should appeal strongly
TO women. a light, graceful action
OF the jaws and the sensitive mus
cles about the mouth induces pretti-
ness and plumpness, while the heavy
facial gymnastics OF the vulgar eater
coarsen both features and expression.
The real secret Of vulgar eating lies
in taking too large mouthfuls. If
the edible be bread. biscuit or the
like, let it be first broken with the
fingers, after which a sufficiently
small portion may be bitten off and
eaten. The fork sutiices for all other
foods, only a small portion Of each
being put into the mouth at time.
II this process is not continued in too
quick succession, there need be no
difficulty about an easy and graceful
disposition Of ones dinner. And then
small bites beside their identifying
properties, take big bites off the doc
tors bill. "You ask me, what is the
main cause of dyspepsia" once said
a famous physician. Largely, not
chewing" 1t is physical impossi-
bilIty to chew a large mouthful so
thoroughly as small one. Il never
see your boltin' equal, Pip remarks
Joe to the hero OF "Great Expecta-
tions," at which Mrs. Joe, it may be
remem bered, summarily doses the
little victim with tar water" as
combined corrective and precautiOn.
If necessary. let us administer tar
water" or anything else, to bring
about nicer appreciation Of the art
Of eating.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

OUT in Trigg County, Ky, where
everybody loves a good horse, there is
n strong local feeling against the in
creasing importation OF ponies and
broncos from the far West These
little creatures are esteemed by Ken
tuckians degenerate stock, bred, in
deed, by the accident OF birth and by
hard conditions 10 a certain remark
able endurance, and capacity TO go
long without food and water. but
nevertheless not specially fitted for
the needs Of Kentucky, and especi-
ally undesirable in region where
horse breeding is high science.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
ERyptian Pos es.

The first thing that Western OBJ
server remarks in the pose OF Egyp-
tain drawings OF the human tigure ls
that IL is an impossible combination
according TO our ideas. We see the
face in profile, the eye full length,
chest in front view and the legs SIDE
wise But before we condemn this
as contrary TO nature IL is well, as
Prof. w. NJ. Flanders Petrie sug-
gests, 10 see what the attitude OF a
modern Egyptian is, and how far our
notions are correct
To avoid all ideas OF posing for the
subject ne selects the figure OF a boy
from large group that was photo.
graphed without any spec al aim by
Cairo dealer. In the kueeling
figure are seen the profile OF the face,
the eye full, the chest in front view.
and the legs sidewise. Everything
that we have heard condemned as
unnatural and impossible in the an
Gent sculpture is seen In the modern
native, without any constraint, when
simply taking an easy position. -
Popular Science Monthly.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

fate which befalls those who com.
mence shouting before they are out
OF the wood finally befell US. / had
fully $4,000 worth OF gold dust
which had acquired chiefly in trad
ing, and il was so awkward TO carry
that concealment was impossible.
Finally an accident concealed my
treasure In a very peculiar manner.
DismountiDg from the coach slipped
and fell backward. getting CON-
pletely knocked out in the process.
THE stage was seven or eight
hours late. and as the driver had TO
make another town before dark, he
refused to wait while / was revived,
and in the crowded condition of the
coach 1t would have been almost i'm
possible TO have carried me as l was.
The people at the log house at which
we changed horses would have made
the heart OF Diogenes glad could he
have found them. They could have
stolen every dollar / had easily, but /
did not lose cent, and when, fin >
ally 1 was able TO get away by
another stage, l had difficulty in per-
suading them TO accept a handsome
reward for their services The
coach that was In so much Of hurry
was held up. and at least 500, 900 in
gold taken from the passengers.
St Louis Globe emocrat.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

The question OF substituting scales
or weigh bridges" at English live
stock markets for the guessing pro-
cess OF reaching an animals weight
has been agitating the stockmen and
farmers over there for number OF
years. The butchers and traders pre-
fer the guessing system, while the
owners. seeing that they steadily get
the worst OF it, are working for the
weighing system. 1t is really absurd
in this dap OF enlightened methods,
10 have country like England guess
ing of the weights OF its live stoS.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
A NARROW EsCape.

"Miners in Montana during the
first rushes for yold had a hard time
getting the yellow metal back TO re-
gions Of .vilization," said Albert
Roe, OF Denver, who was at the Lin
dell yesterday. There was practic-
ally choice OF two routes, and
whichever man took he was almost
sure 10 wish he had taken the other.
II he went across country IN stage
coach he was almost certain TO be
held up and robbed on the way and
IL he came down the Missouri River
in a boat he was lucky IL he had q
whole scalp left when he struck the
nearest railroad town. tried both
routes, and have never been able TO
determine which Of the two was the
least satisfactory.
when 1 came by stage the passen-
gers congratulated themselves at
each stopping place that We had got
through unmolested, and the usual
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
Chinese MinstreIsY.

When l had finished eating my
evening meal, the beggars son told
me that his father was noted min
strel and wished to regale me with
one of his songs Having received
leave, he tuned dilapidated banjo,
and broke out in wild screech, &C
companied by many gruntS, much
smiling. and the most horrible grim
aces, rolling his sghtleSs eyes about.
In nearly unintelligible jargon he
told of the life and exploits Of great,
good, and honest otiicial--a mythical
parsonage OF whom one often hears
in China 1t was long, very long,
and very painful to listen TO. When
he had finally brought his song TO an
end, and the good Official had re-
ceived from the emperor coral but
ton of Office, a yellow riding jacket,
and a patent OF nobility with retro
active effect, ennobling his parents
and his grandparents to the third and
fourth generations, he asked leave to
sing another ditty: but / bri5ed him
TO desist. and he went TO another
hovel, and charmed the inmates with
his songs far into the night. The
Century.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
Costly.

A year ago, a violet giant was pro-
duced in a California nursery-the
outcome of years Of patient hybri-
dizing. 1t was four times larger
than the rdinary flower and grew on
stem from twelve 20 fifteen inches
long. The plant on which these re-
markable blossoms grew sprang up
from one of the seeds resulting from
a long series OF hybridizing. 1t was
subdivided, and now there are thirty
two plants. These were recently
purchased by florist, for 50, 900 dol
lars. An iron-bound contract pre-
vents the propagation from giving
away, selling or keeping a single root
let. A nursery will be started in a
neighborIng county, to be devoted TO
multiplying the peculiar plant. None
OF the pants or blossoms will be sold
for two years, by which time the
thirty-two roots will have grown to
four or five millions.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

CULTURE, In opposition alike to
egoism and egotism, quickens and ex-
tends both intelligence and sensibil-
ity, and thus yields a refinement
which carefully subordinates all
merely personal attributes, sectarian
preJudices, or partisan considerations
to publicinterests, Gveral principles
the acknowledged Standards OF the
company in which one finds himself.
This Is what distinguishes the uni
versal code OF roliteness from the in
dividual code Of vulgarity.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
IRON ORE AND TIMBER.


terror ot Labrador.
The interior Of Labrador is not the
barren good for nothing place people
have always taken it 10 be- A. r.
Low, OF the Canadian Geographical
Survey STAFF, who left Quebec on
June q last TO explore the country,
and who wintered with his party at
Rigclet Inlet Hudson Bay post on
Hamilton Inlet on the north shore
OF Labrador, in a report tells story
that will open the eyes Of the scien.
ti6c world, this being the first known
exploration into the districts ira
versed. He Is quoted by the Mon
treal Gazette as saying that the vast
interior between the north OF Lake
St John and Ungaya Bay is thickly
wooded with spruce trees mixed
here and there with poplar. There
are thousands and thousands OF
square miles OF spruce, sufficient
TO last FOR years after local
forests are done out. The majori
OF the spruce trees would make tim
Der eighteen inches square. Here
and there over the country are indi-
cations Of vast deposits OF the rich
est OF iron ore. The whole of the
route traversed was revelation TO
him.
Mr.. Low made very extensive
and arduous trip From Lake St
John TO his winter quarters, follow
ing the various streams in canoes,
with part overland journeys, he and
his party Travelled close on 900 miles.
The ascent OF the River Ashona-
pononchonan, which flows into Lake
st. John, was very difficult The
party carried with them six canoes
The country proved very rough and
the rivers dangerous, so that the trip
on the whole was no picnic Mr..
Low expected to le We his quarters
early this spring and be nome during
the fall. He will try and make the
return trip overland through the
southern part Of Labrador, Just
above the Quebec boundary.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
A Preachers Strange Stories.

In a public address delivered in
Pittsburgh few days ago the Rev.
DR.. SheldraKe OF Kentucky, related
these singular stories: There was
a member or the Kentucky Presby-
terry. whom / knew very we'll, who
frequently went into a sort OF wax
ing sleep While in this condition
he would preach most eloquent SER
Mons but when he came out he could
not remember word that he had
said. On one occasion a copy OF the
French Testament was handed to
him to conduct family worship at
the house OF well known citizen OF
Frankfort. Although utterly ienor
anu of the French language he read a
chapter and then commented thereon
at length in English. On another
occasion, while in this condition, he
remarked to his friends that certain
minister IN Nebraska was in trouble
and that he had just written let
ter to Kentucky detailing the cir
cumstances He then proceeded to
give the contents Of the letter, and
his words were taken down by some
one present Two days later the let
ter arrived from Nebraska, and it
was identical, word for word, with
the one The minister had dictated
while in the waking sleep" The
speaker cited these instances TO show
the life of the soul independent OF
the body, and argued therefrom the
Immortality OF the former
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
Needs of n Modern Editor.

The mossback and halcyon days Of
editing a newspaper are dead and in
tered in the same moss-covered
grave with the ig-headed old fogy OF
ancient times. To serve the alert
and wideawake public man has TO
be constructed on high plane and a
catchy blsis 1t takes a sort or lu-
minous ana electrical journalist TO
write In this advanced aye OF civiliza-
ton lie has TO be able To write bright
things and keep IL up or he is soon
relegated TO the rear as typical has
been. The people Of the world are
enveloped in an intellectual storm and
their brain throbs and throbs-in-
ssaptly-for braiuy fash shots, and
the newspaper man whosis not erected
upon this hypothetical hypothesis is
an oblivlous nobody. Lubricity OF
thought and the ambidextrous hand
ling OF the v,ncil is what counts In
running a ncwsapaper.-Red Lodge
New Idea
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

The Russian Minister of Finance
has decided that American life-insur-
ance companies doing businessin Rus
sio must declare annual dividends to
Russian policy-holders desiring that
mode of settlement. Prince Cantacu-
zene, the Russian minister at Wash
ington, said that Americans doing
business in Russia must conform to
the laws of that country, aud if they
felt hampered must seek relief there,
as the matter would hardly result in
diplomatic correspondence.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

A SENSATIONAL mystery which
threatened evil consequences to two
men has Just been happily explained
in New Hampshire. A French wood
chopper had disappeared from the
neigbborhood OF Concord, and two
men who had been seen with him
were charged with his murder. HUI
man blood was found on the shoes Of
one and check In the woodchoppcr's
name on the other. The State had a
strong circumstantial case, and the
probabilities OF conviction were great.
The missing man has Just been found
at a town in a neighboring county,
and the discharge OF the suspected
parties has been ordered.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
How Pride Assuagcd Grief

Many OF the old-country immigrants
do not wish TO give up their castle
servility when they reach this demo.
cratic country, says the New York
Times. The young wife of man
who has extensive coal interests In
Pennsylvania told some friends the
other day OF recent experience In
this regard. Soon after she reached
her new home among her husbands
mines the child OF French digger"
died. Her husband, as was his GUS
tom, sent for the bereaved parent to
offer any assistance under the sad
circumstances There is nothing l
want" said the man, 'only," and he
fumbled his hat, that milady should
come to the funeral. II this will
happen, the grief which 1 have to
lose my child will be lightened in the
honor which / shall have to write to
my parents in France that milady
was there" Such touching defer
ence, of course, was recognized, and
'mllady" went down to the little
cottage on the day OF the bur al.
When she went in, the father sat
with bowed head at the head OF the
coffin. His eyes, however, were fur
lively watching the door, and the in
slant she appeared he stood up. A
look OF pride that he could not con-
ceal spreadiover his face. With great
respect he conducted her TO his own
place and she sat there, the man
standing motionless at her side
through the services.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
THERE are numerous ways in which

THERE are numerous ways in which
business must be watched. One must
love the business one Is engaged in,
and seek TO make it all that 1t should
be. The mark of excellence cannot
be placed too high. Reward for his
labor is sure to come to the diligent
man, and that was well known in the
time of Solomon, who said, "Seest
thou a man diligent In business? He
shall stand before Kings; he shall not
stand before mean men,"
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

Miss FRANCES WILLARD and ninety
nine other women, whose mission Is
to make comparatively wicked warld
as good as themselves, are about TO
charter vessel and girdle the earth
with tracts and kindred insignia Of
righteousness. 1t Is feared that the
women will not fully accomplish their
designs, but If they do not have
picnic II VIII lie their own fault
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

Arthur Balfour, Mt recent meeting
of the Psychical Research Society at
Westminster Town Hall, London,
spoke for an hour from only the brief
est notes, and is said to have made n
profound impression. HIS chief
topic was animal magnetism, and he
said that Mt dinner he had often sat
next to ladies who proved to him that
they were able, by the exercise of will
power, to make any person ut n dis
tance turn toward them involuntarily.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

The official view of the textile in
dustries of the country is given in a
census monograph just made public.
Since 1850 it is shown the capital en-
ployed in the textile industry has in
creased almost seven times and the
value of products nearly six times.
The number of employees has increased
from 1865 to 511,S97 The in
crease in the annual amount of wages
since 1860 has been nearly four and q
half. The total number of establish
ments in 1890 was ALA, with an ag.
gregate capital of s739, 973, ,66l. Tn,
cost of materials used was s421, 1898,
1876, and the value of products, 721,
$40, 262.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28
WE learn from the California Fruit

WE learn from the California Fruit
Grower that the California Fruit
Union has retired from the field as
fruit-shipping organization. This
Union has been an important factor
in introducing California fruits TO
Eastern markets. Much OF its work
has been done In the face OF bitter
opposition and the lack OF earnest
support from fruit growers who
should De most interested In its sue
cess. An era Of Generalization OF
markets is freely predicted, and IL
will tax individual enterprise TO the
utmost TO do the work the coming
year that the Union has done.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-28

The discovery of very rich gold dig
gings near the historic old camp of
Ballarat in Australia shows TO the San
Francisco Chronicle that much of the
ground that has been gone over hast
lily by early prospectors will pay more
careful working. If u revival of placer
and drift mining could be started in
Australia by the governments of the
different colonies it would furnish
work for hundreds of the unemployed
and would pay the projectors.