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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-07

Republicans, and five of eight con-
gressmen. Attorney General Little
comedies Kansas to the Republi-
cans.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 7.--3 p. m.
Today's figures reached 10000 Re-
publican plurality in the state and
end not yet seems to have come,
but meagre returns have been re-
ceived from congressional districts,
but all Republican candidates
seem to have won.
CHICAGO, Nov. with 6 pre-
cincts to hear from Congressman
McGann, Democrat, is 80 votes be-
hind Belknap, Republican, and the
official count will be necessary to
decide the result.
CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-Toughs tried
to steal ballot box, resulted in
murder of Judge Gus Calender.
Burt, Populist, is elected.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1T
looks like only one Democratic
congressman has been elected in
this state.
WHEELING, w. Va, Nov. 6.---
Returns indicate Wilson is surely
beaten by 5000.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Nov. 7.-Returns
for Congress in 15S districts, indi-
cate Marsh, Republican, is elected.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 7.-Returns
from sugar districts, LIST, I'd and
Sd, leave no doubt Of the election
of Buck, Meyer and Price, all DEM
ocrats. The Republicans will con-
test the returns from the 4th dis
trict. The 5th and 9th show re-
turn of Dem ccrats.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov. T.
Republicans claim Dayton's ma
iority will not be less then 10000.
Returns from counties in Wilson's
district show Republicans did not
cast much more than usual votes,
but Democratic vote falls short.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.--Demo.
cratic headquarters have no further
dispatches from Wilson's district,
West Virginia.
MIDDLEsBORO, Ky, Nov. -
| Colson, Republican, undoubtedly
elected to Congress.
DETROIT, ov.7.--Michigan given
| a majority of $4,000 for the Repub-
licans, who elect all II Congress.
men. Legislature which elects z
United States Senators, overwhelm-
ingly Republican.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 7, 3p. M
Only a third Of the state heard
from. Figures received indicate
| the election of Holcomb, Populist
Democrat, for governor. The Re-
publicans elected five Of the six
| congressman, with the sixth still
in doubt. Outside Of governor the
Republican state ticket is elected
and the Legislature is Republican
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-07
A Rich Discovery.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-Serious
competition for our Southern phos-
phate producers is predicted by
Consul Greers, at Algiers, in the
phosphate deposits Of Algeria. He
describes it as marvellous in extent
and richness, amounting In one
bed to 100000 tons. The output
this year of one field alone is three
million tons.
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$4,000 In Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 9.--Latest
returns from Indiana says the Re-
publican majority on the state
ticket will not fall below $4,000,
and the Republicans elect congress
men in the LIST, I'd, 9TH, 9th, Sth,
9th, 10th, 18th, 18th and 18th dis
tricts. The Sd district is doubtful,
and claimed by both parties; the
4th district is close.
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More Votes for Noonan.

Special to the LIGHT:
MEDINA CITY, Texas, Nov. l.
The vote in this precinct is as fol-
lows: Noonan 40, Houston %,
Gates 80; Lawrence As, Burney so /;
Storms "a, Parks 20; vote has been
we'll cast.
Very warm today; heavy frost
last night; no rain.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-07
Clean Sweep in Illinois.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-Returns to-
day shows every one on the Re-
publican County ticket elected.
The State legislature will be Re-
publican insuring Republican sue
cessor to Cullom, and ex-congress-
men Lawler, Independent In
fourth Is badly beaten, and Con-
gresham Goldsier is apparently
lost.
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The New Gear Active.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1.-THE
Gar is showing great activity in
answering many kilograms OF con-
dolence and impression.
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Savers Not Yet Safe.

Special to the LIGHT:
AUSTIN, Texvs, Nov. 7.-.-Though
few official returns have come in
up to noon, it ,is'generally conced-
that Joe Sayers, Dem, carries this,
the ninth district, over Hutchinson,
Populist, by a very small MAORI
tV
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Good For Medina.

CAsTRovILLE, Tex, Nov. -
Special. --Returns received so far
guarantee Noonan at least 300
more votes than Houston.
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Hill Wont Talk

ALBANY, Nov. 7.-Senator Hill
today refused to make any state
ments of his views upon the result
of the election.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-07

IL. K. Pawly, we'll known
printer of this city, died this morn
ing. The funeral occurs tomorrow
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-07
NO sHopDY HERE

All new goods. Shoe sale Friday
and Saturday, Wolff & Marx.
IL 72t
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CARTER g. MULLALY, omnibus and
baggage transfer, calls attended TO. 81 tt
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An Even Break.

WASHINGTON, Del, Nov. =
Delaware complete returns: Sem
ate, Is Democrats; 1 Republicans.
House 4 Democrat Is Republicans
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-07

~For additional Late Tele-
graphic News soc 4th and 9th page.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-09-13
DIVISION OF THE YEAR
The Egyptians Devised the Present
Method Ages Ago.

The Egyptians Devised the Presen.
Method Ages Ago.
The divisions of the year into 1865 IL
days comes to us from the Egyptians.
So far as history reaches back into the
darkness of the early ages we are led
to believe that the dusky brown peo-
pie by the banks of the Nile were the
first to study the motions Of the sun
and stars and make them the measure
Of time. And some recent discoveries
in Egypt by careful students seem to
show the way in which the early as
tronomers were enabled to count the
days in the solar year. The great tenn
pies on the Nile were built with long
entrance Of columns leading from the
river to the interior shrine a kind Of
tunnel; sometimes it was lined with
sphinxes or huge granite figures. It's
mouth was turned toward a certain
part of the heavens where the light Of
the setting sun could enter it only once
a year. It was either at the summer
solstice, Wher the sun was farthest in
the north. or at some other periodic
position Of sun or star
We imagine the Egyptian astrono-
mer watching in the inner shrine for
the opeiEg of the new year The long
line of columns served as. a telescope
by which he could caotch the first beam
Of the setting sun. Suddenly the real
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Burmese Firebug.
light would flash through

light would flash through the tunnel
up to the Holy Of Holes. The mo-
ment it reached the shrine the philoso-.
pher would mark the hour, and knew
that another year had begun From
that point in time he could count day
after day until, when the 365 days had
passed, once more the red beam Of
light streamed into the ,2r,rel and
another year had passed away In this
way it seems probable that our days
We're first counted and divided. Other
nations, and even the Greeks and Ro-
mans, used the moon as their guide,
and divided the year into lunar months.
But it was found as the time passed on
that great irregularities crept in; the
months no logger correspondent to tie
seasons; April became June, and the
autumn months winter The Egyptian
sun year was then generally adopted
But even this was disordered and al
tered by the ignorance of the Roman
priests; and at last julius Caesar, who
was fond Of astronomy, resolved to
correct the calender; it is his year that
we now use, and to his friend, the
Egyptian Sosigenes, we owe our di-
vision Of time.
Astronomy was afavorite study with
the cultivated Romans, and from
Egyptian Alexandria, the scientific cen
ter Of the time, they drew their chief
masters and books of the stars. Gaze
sar fixed January 1 as the beginning Of
the year--a season Of feasting and JOY.
with the Egyptians and all modern so
ciety.- Harpers Weekly.
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ricide and punished according to the
custom Of the ancient Romans.
what was that custom? ~ asked the
tquailing tyrant. 'They will scourgea
you to death, Z answered his legal adj
wiser, and the old despot at once cut
his own throat
Arrows That Always XIII.
With the Introduction Of European
rifles and ammunition the employment
of poisoned bullets has probably gone
out of fashion; but the Negritos, or
highland aborigines Of the Philippine
Islands still owe their independence to
their skill in the use Of poisoned ar
rows. The slightest scratch inflicted
by these missiles results in death un-
der horrid fortunes, and the Spanish
colonists who would not hesitate to
charge mob Of riflc-armed rebels,
dread the consequences of q cam
paign in the Sierras, and content them
selves with keeping the savages cut
Of the valley settlements. The wou-
rali-thrul Of the Amazon Valley does
not grow in the Philippines, and the
source Of the arrow poison is trade
secret of it's manufa cturers, but ex-
perience has proved its effects to be in
durable after the smallest quantity
has once entered the circulation, and
De la Geroniere mentions several
cases of Spanish frontier guards who
implored their comrades to save their
lives by chopping off a wounded arm
or leg. To face shower of such ar
rows must, indeed, require more pluck
than the storming of a battery of Cat
ling guns; for, judging by the statis-
tics Of the last Franco-Prussian war,
only about one out Of twenty-five gun
shots proves fatal in summer, and on
~ one out Of twenty-eight n cool
weather, when there is less risk of
galgrene.
Those advantages Of poisoned mis-
siles were fully appreciated by the
Mongol man-hunters who deluged
Western Asia under Timur and Geng-
his-Kahn, but the chivalrous instincts
of their leaders prevailed and on
more than one occasion prompted them
to forego even the prestige Of their
enormous numerical superiority. On
| the declaration Of war against Khor-
stan, Genghis-Khan's son Huey cross
cd the border with 100000 horsemen,
but on learning that his opponents
could muster only $4,000, he attacked
him with exactly an equal number OF
| picked veterans, and restricted the
balance of his force to garrison duty
In the conduct Of their sieges those
valiant barbarians were less scrupu
lous. Timur used to challange a for
tilted city thrice, on three successive
days, then, instead Of scaling the fori
fications and giving the defenders 6
| ghost Of a chance for their lives, hi
would set his hordes to work in deeI
intrenchments, undermine the walls
all around and fire the temporary sup
! ports. The simultaneous collapse 0:
the masonary naturally threw the
garrison into wild confusion, ant
before they could recover from theil
panic the besiegers had charged
thrCrgh the breaches in overwhelming
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numbers and began their work OF in
iSeriminate SLAUGHTER
A Modern Instance.

A Modern Instance.
The massacre following the storm
ing Of Ismael is the only modern in
stance Of a similar barbarity, but SUI
waroff could plead the excuse of ex-
reme provocation, while the Tartar
King acted on the principle that the
annihils tion of one city would open
the gates of ten others.
Napoleon l., who had earned his
epaulets as an artillery officer, held
that it was shame to send soldier
where a cannon ball could be made to
do the same work, and many Asiatic
potentates practiced similar economy
by heading their armies with a force
Of trained four-footers. Queen Semi
ramis attempted to astonish the ma
tives of Hindostan with her squadron
of fighting camels, but was in turn
surprised by the charge Of an elephant
brigade, and the gaunt dogs of the
Nepaulese Highlanders nave decided
more than one border skirlnish by
their reckless courage. The dromi-
daries Of Yemen fought in the ranks
Of the Wahalies, biting like bulldogs
or endeavoring to pull hostile riders
from their saddles, and in the battle Of
the Pyramids the French ranks came
near being broken by the unexpected
tactics Of the Mamelukes, who back
ed their chargers into the serried
files Of infantry, and smashed gun
stocks and skull bones by a continu-
GUS storm Of kicks.
The combativeness Of those four
footed desperadoes is said to have been
stmplated with diet Of garlic leaves
while their riders availed themselves
Of the fact that the Koran contains no
special interdict Of tonic brandy.
Hashish, too, has been used as mar
tial simulant both before and after
tho time Of the Sheikh-ul-J ebel, the
Old Man Of the Mountain, who made
his drugged swashbucllers perform
the most Incredible acts of daring and
self sacrifice.
In that respect the effects Of the
most baneful Of all vegetable stimu-
lants resemble those Of alcohol rath-
er than those Of opium. The victim Of
poppy juice may sink into a t0rpor
that makes them sublimely Indifferent
to the chances Of life, and death, but
rarely become aggressive, while the
hashisheen ('assassin'') IS prompted
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-09-13
For the Trouble.ome Cinder.

+ = Az x y. g.
When travelling you should always
carry a tiny box Of faxseed for posi-
bic cinders. The instant that you feel
a foreign substance in the eye throw
your head back and drop two or three
flaxseed on the ball Of the eye, and
Lift the upper lid and draw it down
over them so as to hold them in. Then
go about your business There is alb
solutely no disagreeable sensation az
tached to putting the seed in, and the
relief will come instantly. The theory
is that the moisture Of the eye damp
ems the seed and it gives out a mucous
substance which spreads over the eye
and covers the grit. After awhile the
seeds will begin to work out, and will
bring the offending particle with them.
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by all sorts of queer devices, some Of
them as fantastic as the stratagems of
wizards in the Arabian Nights enter
tainments, writes f. L.. Oswald In the
Globe-Democrat. During the battle Of
the Peiho Capt. Baxter, Of II. M. S.
Thetis, ran his forcastle into the ribs
of big war-junk and prepared to
board, when pigtailman with a fam
ing fuse rushed to the front, and amidst
the exultant shouts of his comrades,
'blazed off a sort Of big pin wheel, which
he evidently expected would brighten
the Western barbarians out Of their
wits Realizing the failure Of that ex-
pedient, the junkers set up q simultan-
eous yell, and snatching up sabers and
handspikes, swashed them to and fro
like school boys trying to stand off the
rush of a bully, but the next minute
leaped head-over-heels into the sanctu-
airy Of the cockpit, where they eventual
" surrendered without a squeak OF re-
sistance.
In the same battle, as well as during
the blockade of Shanghai, the children
of the FIowery Kingdom made a law
ish use of the astonishing contrivance
known as stench-pots, or "pole-cat
be mbs." An improved variety of that
characteristic; apparatus consisted of
an explosive shell, filled with sub
stances which in a state Of combustion
emitted an almost sufocating and GER
tainly distressing smoke, but the prim-
tive and more frequent form was that
of common stoneware jug, loaded
with fluid compounds Of which the
contents of antiquated eggs were often
the most refreshing ingredients.
Professional Well-Po1sOners.
In the war against the Northwestern
insurgents the leader of the Chinese
Loyalists employed professional we'll
| prisoners, and on one occasion captured
a siege train in pitfall concealed with
a skill that would have done credit to
an Abyssinian rhinoceros trapper. The
guerrillaS Of the rebels retaliated by
| shooting their enemies from ambush
and hamstringing their horses under
cover of darkness. They also set their
! camps afire after drcnching them with
| spirits of naphtha; but Caucasian
! chroniclers have no right to imp each
| Gen. Hannu-K iang for smoking de-
! tachment of fugitive soldiers out of a
| cave temple, since a French marshal
| employed similar method to compel
| tho surrender of the Algerian Kabyles.
| Han-nu-Kiang had an abiding faith In
| the efficacy of brides and twice sue
ceeded in procuring the assassination
of hostile commander who had failed
to observe the proper precaution in
the enlistment Of volunteers.
The prisoners taken on both sides in
| the course of that civil war We're gen
| orally beheaded. The government Of
F.; ticials would, indeed, have resorted
| to severe measures, if the Viceroy Of
| Ho-Nan had not prevented the pro-
! posed change by noteworthy argu.
| ment: The rebels he reasoned, We're
mostly desperadoes, who would not
! hesitate to commit suicide in order
| to anticipate the risk of an auto-da-fe,
and thus deprive the loyal populace
Of the edyfying spectacle IF a public
! execution
The logic of that objection was H.
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BY a frantic impulse to avenge inlagln-

by frantic impulse to- avenge inagln-
airy wrongs on mankind in general,
and rushes forth, stabbing and slash
ing like an Arizona Apache crazed
by surfeit Of brandy and bull-beef
A mob Of such maniacs can, of
course, not be made to charge in close
military order, but the impetus Of
their first onset is said to be almost ir-
resistable, unless checkmated by such
maneuvers as those Of Col. Ringer in
the campaign against Acheen (Suma-
tra) where he made his men deliver
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-09-13
An Oriental Won MoItk@.

An Oriental Won MoItks.
Illustrated by the result OF Sultan's Bal
ezet's plan to cruelty the captured
Tartars, and Suetonius informs us that
the coward Nero would have been TAX
en- alive IL one Of his attendants had
not warned him that he would proba-
bly, be impeached for arson and mat
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A Tartar Chief

volley at point blank, then open then
rear, after permitting them to pass
the lines in the rush Of their blind
fury.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-09-13
ORIENTAL WARE ARE.
QUEER METHODS PRACTICED IN
THE EAST.
Terrors of the PIN Wheel-Poisoncd
Arrows of the NegritOs of the Phil
lipine Islanda-FOur-FOOt Aids.

The recent torpedo duel Of Chinese
and Japanese cruisers m lrks new era
in the history Of oriental warfare. Up
to the very end Of the eighteenth cen
tury all the principal empires Of the
far East stuck to the hope Of solving
the problem Of survival by isolation,
and, that plan failing, they tried for
half a hundred years to offset the
martial superiority Of Western nations
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21

neighboring town about sixty miles
distant a natural gas well has recently
been sunk $50 feet which produces an
immense flow of fine quality of gas. This
same company are going down ], eco feet,
with every Indication of soon producing
flowing oil well. The same conditions
exist on this side of the mountain. Places
can be found where the earth will burn;
particles Of oil can be found at the waters
edge of some streams, and it needs but
the drilling machine to bring it to the
surface.
The system of irrigation of Delta coun-
ty as yet is not complete, but is we'll
advanced and in short time will be
perfected. The opportunities for irriga-
tion are good, and within a short time all
will be supplied. The natural facilities
are such that it makes it comparatively
easy to convey water up to and over the
most elevated portions CT the mesas. This
is true of California Garnet and Rogers
mesas.
Along the valleys of the Uncompahgre,
Gunnison, North Fork, Smiths Fork,
Muddy, LIE Roux, Tongue and Surface
creeks, there is an abundance OF water
for all purposes. In addition to this, a
complete system of reservoirs have been
established along The Grand Mesa, which
afford sufficient water for purposes re-
quired along the valleys or table lands
bordering thereon. The advantages to
be derived from the facilities for procur-
ing abundance Of water throughout the
county is of incalculable value, and one
that should be taken into consideration
as upon this depends largely the success
Of the toiler
One of tho latest markets which the
valleys west Of the range must supply is
the Goose Creek gold camp, where the
new town Dubois has been started, and
which will doubtless surpass Cripple
Creek. All these mining camps do bust
ness on cash basis at fabulous prices.
Old fruit growers claim they can make
money raising fruit at one cent per pound,
and when from four to eight cents per
pound is realized an idea OF the profits
can be realized.
In the consideration of Delta's markets
much credit is due to G. L. Wright, the
leading commission man and his force OF
"hustling" employees. He has brought
Delta county to the front as a garden
spot where the thousandss Of thrifty
miners send for fruits and vegetables.
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21

Ten years ago when fruit trees were
first introduced into the valleys Of the
Gunnison and Uncompahgre it was
somewhat of and open question whether
they would bring forth reward for the
labor. But it is no longer a question.
From the time the first trees came into
bearing there has never been crop
failure, and every year has broughtfort
an abundant harvest of the very choicest
fruits which have commanded the high
est prices on every market where they
have been introduced.
Thousands upon thousands OF trees and
vines are bearing every year producing
over 100000 pounds of choice fruit an
nually and this is but commencement.
AS nearly as the number can be comput-
ed by freight receipts, and the output of
home nurseries Delta county fruit-grow-
ers in 1893 planted over 100000 fruit trees
not counting the many small fruits plant
ed. The planting for 1894 promises to
exceed 100000 trees; one firm alone hav-
ing contracted for 100000 trees. When
all these trees come to bearing the output
of fruit will be beyond tho grasp of
imagination.
There is no fruit grown in the temper
ate zone which does not flourish in these
valleys. Among those in bearing are
apples, pears, peaches, grapes, quinces
apricots, plums nectarines, gooseberries,
currants, blackberries, raspberries, null
berries, Strawberries, and all OF finest
flavor.
The natural resources which help the
fruit-grower are an abundance OF sun
shine; plenty of water; no insects; no
tornadoes; no hailstorms, and winters so
mild no trees are killed by cold weather.
While the growth of fruit is the parti-
cular industry in which Delta county
excels yet there are other industries in
which it ranks well with other commun.
tiles. There will probably never be
silver mine located in Delta county.
There is not known to be any gold mines
at present in operation in the county
except one or two placer diggings, but
as the head Of the Gunnison valley CON
tains large amount OF float and gold
specimens no doubt leads will yet be
struck in the eastern portion Of the coun-
ty.
The area of coal lands is not computed
by the acre, but by the mile, and the
entire side of the Grand Mesa for over
40 miles abounds in coal Of the best
quality. But three mines are in opera
ton at present supplying local demand
but additional railroad facilities will
bring a wonderful output.
Recent developments have made it
evident that oil and oatural gas can he
obtairei by boring. Al Grand Junction
The Delta independent., 1894-03-21

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by the Burlington's vestibuled flyer. leav.
ing Denver daily at 8 p. m. reaching
Chicago at $50 a. m. and st. Louis at
7:20 q. m, the second morning, making
close connections with all fast trains for
the East and South. All meals en- route
served in the famous Burlington dining
cars.
For full information apply to local
ticket agents, or address G. w. Vlllery
General Agent, 1893 street, Denver