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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-18
CHIEF JUSTICE RUSSELL.
The Talented Successor to the
Late Lord Coleridge.
A Master OF Legal Tactics and One OF the
Most SkilIful Cross-Examiners In
EngIand-He VIII Do Credit
to His ONCE.

The official announcement made re-
Gently that Lord Russell-Killowen, bet
ter known as Sir Charles Russell, had
been appointed lord chief justice in
succession to the late Baron Coleridge,
did not cause any surprise. When the
fatal nature of Justice Coleridge's ILL
ness was first made known, 1t was rec
ognized that Lord Russell was his
legitimate heir; and the only circum-
stance putting the succession at all in
doubt was the question whether the
liberal ministry would still be in power
when the chief justice died.
Charles Arthur RusSell-he laid aside
the Arthur" long ago-is an Irishman.
He was born in Newry in 1893, studied
at Trinity college, Dublin, practiced as
a solicitor in Belfast, was admitted to
Lincoln's Inn in 1856, was called to the
bar in 1859, became a queens counsel
in 1872, represented Dundalk as
liberal member of parliament from 1880
to 1885, and South Hackney in 1856;
and had served in the last two liberal
cabinets as attorney general. That is
summary of the new lord chief Justices
professional career.
Lord Russell is not a specialist in his
profession, not an orator, not master
of style and not statesman or even
great politician, and his life has not
been by any means an unbrolen series
of successes. On the other hand, he
has a wide general knowledge of law,
coupled with the ability to turn it into
special knowledge at any time, as a
critic writing of him in the Green Bag
has expressed it. He is a good parlia-
mentary debater, an effective speaker,
a cogent reasoner and an excellent
jury lawyer. He chiefly owes his sue
cess, however, to the fact that he is a
master of legal tactics and the greatest
living cross-eXaminer-at least in Great
Britain. 1t is these two qualifications
which have made him prominent in al
most every case of note in the last
twenty years. Other lawyers may have !
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-18
Government Balloons.

An interesting description is given in
a contemporary of the government bal
loon establishment, near Farnham,
which is under the direction of Col.
Templar. Balloons are made there of
several thicknesses of goldbeaters'
skin, and are charged with hydrogen
instead of the customary coal gas. The
hydrogen is obtained either by the
reaction of zinc and sulphuric acid, or
by the electrolysis of water, and costs
about shillings per 1000 cubic feet.
For transport it is compressed into iron
cylinders to a tension of about 100 at
mospheres. A properly and. systemat-
ically-made and mounted balloon is
said to gyrate comparatively little, and
it goes without saying that such in
creased steadiness renders balloon pho
Biography easier and much more accu-
rate.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-18
VIEW OF CREEDMoOR.

and not let the hammer strike them
again when the guns kicked.
But now all these interesting events
will take place in the hospital, per-
manent wooden building put up this
spring and finished only a couple of
weeks ago. A broad veranda encircles
the hospital; on one side is a door
broad enough to let a stretcher and
bearers through; the other three sides
are all windows, or, rather, may be
made all windows, as wooden shutters
of various sizes are hung so that aper-
lures of all needed dimensions may be
obtained.
A clerestory, with open blinds is
above the hospital, and besides the cot
in the hospital is broad table for in
struments and restoratives. The hos
pital is painted within a soft gray; out
side it is just off white, and its roof is
green. 1t stands about 400 yards from
the new set of targets, and about 600
yards from the older set, alongside of
the maple-shaded avenue that divides
the range, in a very accessible and
well-chosen spot. Above its roof. con-
trasting prettily with the green of the
naples, flies the hospital hag-white,
with Geneva cross upon it; and the
targets, the grass, the daisies, the red
flag in the distance, the blue-clad men,
and the puffs of white smoke floating
away from different parts of the field,
make a scene which a lover of Creed
moor will think hard to equal any
where.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-18
CREEDMOOR IMPROVED.
Changes Made in the Targets and
the Club House.
The Famous New York Rendezvous OF the
Worlds Great Sharpshooters VIII
Look Like New When the Next
Meet Takes Place.

Ever since Creedmoor was opened,
some score of years ago, the appliances
at the firing line have been most crude.
AT the target end improvements have
been the order of the day; disappear
ing paper targets have been placed at
each range, and the old iron targets,
shots ION" which could be heard at
500 and 600 yards, have given way to the
paper screens. You can't hear your
shot strike the new target as you could
sometimes hear it on the old iron
plates; but the targets are handled
much more rapidly, and as fewer
markers gettheir hands cut by splashes
of lead. fewer occasions need be noted
when a marker closes his target for
twenty minutes for repairs" keeping
a dozen men waiting while his hands
are bandaged.
But this year Gen. Whitlock is look
ing after the firing line as well as the
targets. The old ramshackle club
house." which has stood since the days
of Creedmoor's glory, and has seen the
best marksmen of the United States,
Canada and Great Britain within its
doors, is replaced by a new house, a
hundred yards further back from the
targets, but containing conveniences
that the old house never dreamed of
having.
Then, too, the hospital corps of the
national guard, having been organized
in great shape, is honored by having a
special house for itself at Creedmoor.
Heretofore tent has been pitched
sometimes only fy-and to that have
brought the men overcome by the heat,
and those others-always young at
rife practice-who reported to the sur
geons that their cartridges had ex-
ploded backward and narrowly missed |
blowing their heads off. And the sur
geons in the tent would put sticking
plaster on the cuts, always just above
the right eyes, and would tell the suf- J
ferers to hold on tighter to the guns,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-18
RESPECT FOR WOMEN.
Mans True Character Shown by This
More Than by His Religion.

More Than by His Religion.
When a man habitually speaks slight
ingly of any woman, or of women as a
class, he betrays himself in attempting
to injure woman. 1t is related, saws
the New York Advertiser, that at
public dinner recently, at which no,
women were present, man of this ilk
was called upon to respond to the toast:
Woman" He dwelt almost entirely
upon the weakness of the sex, claiming
that the best among them were little
better than the worst, the difference
being in their surroundings. At the
conclusion of his speech one of the
guests rose and said: 81 trust that the
gentleman in the application of his re-
marks referred to his own mother and
sisters and not to ours" This answer.
turned his weapon against himself
with vengeance. A celebrated au--
thor says: THE criterion of a mans
character is not his creed, moral, in
tellectual or religious; it is the degree
of respect that he has for women" An
eminent clergyman pays this noble
tribute: II am more grateful to God
tor the sense that came to me through
my mother and sisters of the substan-
tial integrity, purity and nobility of
womanhood than for almost ANYTHING
else in the world" Such golden mem
cries color the book of life with the.
beauty of God.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-18
BELIEVES IN MAGIC.
The Indian Has Some Curious Notions
About Plants and Animals


Very reluctantly do civilized Indians
give up their ideas of magic The idea
of worshiping growing objects is quite
a settled one among the tribes, and
some of the stories which connect corn
and flowers with benefcent deities are
very pleasing and attractive. Animals,
too, says the st. Louis Globe Democrat,
are spoken of in a very singular and
superstitious manner, and the different
sizes of beasts which are hunted is ac-
counted for in a story of the creation
which is even more realistic and prac-
teal than the one told in the first chap
ter of Genesis. This story, which is
frequently repeated with variations, is
that at the time of the creation all the
beasts of the field and forests clamored
for priority in size. Each was vain
glorious and dictatorial, and one after
another was being humbled by being
made smaller than hated enemy, the
idea being that everything human and
otherwise that was born had a prior
existence and came into the world with
the benefit of experience thus derived.
The doctrine of the transmigration of
souls is so general among Indians of
various tribes that there was nothing
at all peculiar about this, land it is very
probable that some of the early writer's
on this subject got their ideas from ex-
ceptionally intelligent opponents of In
dian Buddhism, or something very SINH
lar to it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-18
Australian Natives Dying.

The aborigineAof Australia are stead
lily dying out, although the colonial
government spendSNa considerable sum
on their support. Victoria and New
south Wales have ver few blacks left
year.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08

the character OF the goods take'i iron this
state, especially with he lay AMI grain.
The timothy hay sells we', down In e
is in good demand, which tAiuh will!
continue. intend IuImai..- one boat
and possibly two, on that route, and am
at present negotiating ior Il bark OF larger
dimensions than the Oakland. and viii
have her alongside my dock loaded and
ready to sail in at least 80 DAYS
\ large trade can certainly be built up
with the islands, and l think some en-
couragcment should be given by the
home merchants. who could have their
rice, salt. bananas and other tropical pro
ducts brought down direct. instead OF
having them shipping via San Francisco.
We can ship hay and grain cheaper to
the islands than they can from California,
and there is no reason why Washington
should not be the chief exporter to that
country"
Mr.. Wiley stated that he met men in
Honolulu who were looking up coffee
culture, and heard it whispered that it
would shortly be tried on a grand scale
Trade Register.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08
IN CHEHALIS COUNTY.

IL THIS county the returns show very
independent manner OF voting, no two
precincts showing exactly the same rela-
tive vote. nearly all OF the candidates
receiving complimentary votes in their
own homes. While the Populists are
the second party in the field, they have
made no gains, neither do the Republi-
cans cast a larger percentage OF the vote
than two years ago, but by their cry Of
the fear OF Populism they have held
many dissatisfied Republicans in the
ranks, secured some Democrats who were
also afraid OF the Populists, and also the
vote which jumps away from the party
in power during hard times, thus making
up for the dtsaffected who went over to
the Prohibitionists. They have appar.
emily elected everything except county
clerk, James F.. Lyons, Democrat, being
reelected to that office by large plural
ity, which is Il fitting acknowledgment OF
worthy official.
In the state the Republicans have but
little more than held their own, gaining
but three or four in the legislature, the
state ticket having about the same plu-
ralitv as two years ago.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08

The ever pressing problem. How can
reforms be effected IN the government OF
American cities? is ably considered by
Mr. II. c. Merwin in the November At
lantic Monthly. in a paper entitled Tam
many Points the Wav,' wherein he
urges that the same agcncies-etiicient
organization and leader>hil-which have
assisted Tammany to 10 evil, might be
equally helpful in a good cause. Mr..
George Brkbeck Hill. the editor OF the
Lite Of Johnson. reviews, in a very read
able fashion. some Of "Boswell's Proof
Sheets" which are now in the lnriv1led
collection OF JohnsoMana, belonging TO
Mr.. II. L. Adam, OF Buffalo. "Regnald
Pole" by H. W. Preston and Louise
Dodge, is an exceedingly interesting
study OF one Of the mos, notable person
ages OF the England oi Henry VIII. Mr..
William Everett discusses "lIal.iAn :
O lie to his Soul" and offers new trans
lation. Mr.. I.aicadio lIearn shows some
curious phases OF japanese lie in pas
sa-c- "Fsom my japanese Diary and
Mr.. J. ". Ludlow speaks from an Eng
lish standpoint OF the The Growth d
American Influence over Finland"
Hong h;on, Mttlin x Co.. Boston.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08

The Delineator in November which is
called the Thank giving number, is the
first Of the three great water is-ue-, and
presents table oi contents that is most
varied and interesting. Tie fashions Il I
the month appear even mote attractive
than usual, and with such becoming
styles womankind should appear at her
best during the winter at hand. y timely
illustrated paper On Eyenil. and Dinner
Dresses supplements the regular articles,
and appropriate contributions for the sea-
son are the Thanksgiving Dinner, 4
Thanksgiving in New England, Table
Decorations, and How to Serve Apples
and Pears. The initial pape: OF Two new
series appearsin this number: one treats
OF The House. its location, etc the other
oil the Relations between Motht rand son.
What to DO in Illness contains good adj
vice for the mother OF Il family, and there
are also the popular Tea-Table talks. the
description OF China Wedding, and
special papers on Crocheting, Knitting.
Netting, Tatting and Lace Making. ii e
subscription price OF the Delineator is
only one dollar year Single copies, fiji
teen cents each.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08

ELECTION NOTES.

The Empire State was swept by the
greatest Republican tidal wave in its his.
tory, and the Hon. Levi 2. Morton has
been elected governor by plurality Of
10000. New York city gave Hill but
$500 plurality.
In Virginia the Republicans made a
concentrated effort on VIM. L. Wilson,
author OF the Wilson bill, and the indca-
tons are that he is defeated, although
the Democrats do not yet concede it.
The fusion Of Republicans and Popu.
lists in Alabama presented a serious oppo.
sition to the Democrats. Five Democrats
are certainly elected to congress, .wo
Populists probably, and two districts in
doubt.
The Republicans have been successful
in California, with the exception OF gov.
ernor; Budd, the Democratic nominee
being probably elected.
In Colorado the Republicans have de.
ieated Waite pop by several thousand
plurality.
In Illinois enough Democrats have
voted with the Populists to throw every.
thing to the Republicans. Even Spring.
er is probably defeated,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08
SOME EDITORIAL OPINIONS.

The New York World of the 18th says:
The result in New York and throughout
the country yesterday showed that the
government was never more in the hands
Of the people than it is in America now.
The defeat yesteday was as truly the work
OF democrats as the landslides against
HARRISON We're the work Of republicans
There is no doubt that Yesterdays results
are due to democrats who wish to disci-
pline the party leaders.
The New York Times Of Nov. eth saws:
"To the support OF uniting and trusted
Democratic candidate for governor the in
dependent Democratic voters OF New
York would have come in victorious
numbers. There was nothing to attract
them either in the Republican cause or
in Morton's candidacy, but David B. Hill
repealed them. That the means will be
effective and that reform and reorganiza.
ton will be the fortunate consequence OF
defeat we confidently believe. There will
be new framework OF the party, new
methods, new men, uniting leadership
and solid front to the enemy in 1896.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08
4 Thanksgiving Magazine.

When a woman is at her best, mentally
and physically, is question which re-
ceives adequate answer at the hands oi
such representative women as Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe. Mary +. Wilkins, Mrs.
Amelia f. Barr, Mrs. Burton Harrison
OCTAVE Thanet," "Gail Hamilton, -
Mary Mapes Dodge, and others in the
November Ladies' Home Journal. Good
fiction is tonic, and the serial story, a
Minister Of the World" by Caroline At
water Mason, for which William 7.
SmedIey has prepared some charming
illustrations, will prove one OF the best.
Mrs. \. D. 7. Whitney contributes an
other interesting "Friendly Letter to Girl
Friends" and Mrs. Burton kingsland
writes OF the social laws which govern
the "Introduction OF Girl to Society. =
The twelfth installment OF Mr.. William
Dean Howells' "My Literary Passions" is
full OF interest and charm, and Mrs. Lv-
man Abbott, in Hooking toward Wife, -
defines the wisest position for parents in
the love affairs OF their sons. Rose
Hawthorne Lathrop contributes Il dainty
poem, and Mary Cahoon Thanksgiving
story, "Thc 'Sociable' at Barnes Cor
nerS." The Christmas anthem by Bruno
Oscar Klein, which won the prize in the
Journals Musical Series, is given. The
Journal is published BY The Curtis Pub
fishing Company, OF Philadelphia, for
ten cents per number and one dollar per
year
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08
TRADE WITH HONOLULU,

George ]. Wiley proprietor OF the Cen.
trail wharf, has returned from Honolulu,
whittier his chartered bark Oakland took
large cargo from Seattle. Mr.. Wiley
has made arrangements for larger yes
sci which he will run regularly. He
brought back large orders and says an
immense trade can be built up between
this port and the Hawaiian islands. The
Oakland is on the way back to Seattle
with 50 tons OF salt, o25 sacks OF rice and
$50 punches Of bananas, leaving Honolu-
lu Oct. Is. Mr.. Wiley in an interview
said:
brought back orders for l 800 tons OF
hay, grain, mill feed, -four and general
merchandise. The merchants and PEG.
pie generally are very much pleased with
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08

The past year has been pretty hard
one for most folks; but, with it all. every
one, if he will think the matter over
calmly, has some one thing ii no more, to
be truly thankful for this Thanksgiving,
be it only that things are not worse.
Those who have not yet made up their
minds what they have to be thankful il r
should read the symposium in Demorest :
magazine for Move mber, in when a num-
ber OF well-known people give their ans
wers to the question 'What have we to
give thanks ior?" The answers are char
acteristic, and will set every reader
"a-thinkin."
And this is truly specially interesting
number. The article on "The Queen Ct
Korea" gives Us glimpse Of many unique
things beyond the scenes in the palaces
OF 'the hermit kingdom" and the numer-
GUS illustrations, many OF them from
drawings by Korean artists, bring the far
away little kingdom very near to Us.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08

According to the recently announced
results Of measurements and calcula-
tions mado by the United State; geolog-
ical survey. Delaware is the lowest state,
its elevation above sea level averaging
only 60 feet Colorado is the highest, av-
eraging 6, 500 feet above the sea, while
Wyoming Is a close second, only 100
feet lower than Colorado. In minimum
elevation Florida and Louisiana dispute
for second place after Delaware, their
average elevation being for each, 100
feet. Taking the United States as a
whole. our country Is slightly above
the average elevation q the land of the
globe. Youth Companion
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08
SHE SHOPS, BUT PAYS NO BILLS.
Case of Brooklyn Woman Who INDUCES
Her Mania to Others Embarrassment.

Case of q Brooklyn Woman Who INDUCES
Her Mania to Others Embarrassment.
A curious mania has come to light
recently in Brooklyn through the con.
tinued suffering Of its indirect victims.
A woman living in one of the pleasant
residence portions Of the city has been
annoyed now for nearly three years by
the persistent appearance at her house
Of delivery clerks from the we'll known
shops with c. O. D. parcels for her
number, but not her name. The pack.
ages are always addressed to Mrs. Hor.
ton, with the street and number Of the
woman who is not and never was Mrs.
Horton, nor has any one Of that name
ever lived at the address indicated.
The parcels are always c. O. D. and
are Of various merchandise. One after
noon last week large basket of crock.
cry, packed in excelsior, was unpacked
In her basement area while the maid
brought up to her mistress the c. O. D.
bill. Notice has been given to different
stores OF the transaction. and shopkeep-
ers have been requested not to forward
that combination Of name, address and
c. o. D. element, but at irregular inter
walls they continue to come, eluding the
watchfulness of the delivery depart
ment. Late at night and early in the
morning these mysterious packages ap-
pear, and, though they are always
promptly returned, there seems no way
to stop them. The only plausible supro-
sition is that the mythical Mrs. Hor-
ton" has mania for shopping that her
purse does not afford means to satisfy,
but which is thus relieved at the cx-
pcnse only Of time and trouble to other
persons. New York Times.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-08
THE ELECTIONS.

The result OF the elections on Tuesday
was a general landslide away from De-
mocracy. \ complete reversal by the
element which tumbled over itself two
years ago in order TO express its indigna'
ton at the Republicans on account Of
the Mckinley bill and the hard times
that were following. This element is Yet
more unreasonable in its demands upon
the Democracy, as it evidently expected
that By one stroke Of legislation they
could remedy what the others had been
years in doing. This is not so much to
be wondered at when it is considered that
the Republicans have for thirty years
been preaching that good or bad times
could be legislated into or out OF exist
ence by simple acts OF congress. The
trusts, too, have aided in the contests by
going on a strike themselves, in order to
prove the truth OF the theory OF protec-
ton, and thereby gain advantage for
themselves.
There is, however, two years in which
the working OF the Democratic tariff may
be tested and while the Republicans
may have gained possession OF congress,
there is no more certainty that they will
retain it two years from now than there
was two years ago certainty OF the DEM
ocrats retaining possession at this time.
There is one thing certain, however, and
that is that the Republican calamity
howlers will now, per force, be compelled
to acknowledge not only the present
Indications Of improvement, but also
as the improvement continues. Two
years hence the public can then dispas-
sionately Judge whether that is due to
the presence OF Republicans in congress,
or to the Dem ocratic tariff measure.
The result in New York is meritori-
Gus rebuke to Tammany and corruption,
which will purge the Democracy OF that
state and prepare it for the fight in 1896.
The south, less affected than the north by
tariff legislation, remains practically UNI
disturbed, with the exception Of the
sugar planters, who had their plum taken
away by the Wilson bill.