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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-23
INDIAN TERRITORY PROBLEMS.
Where the Conditions OF Society Are In
Pressing Need If Reformation.

Probably nowhere else in the world
since the time of the fcudal baronS has
there been a condition of society de-
manding reformation equal to that now
demanded in Indian territory. As might
be expected. the Indian citizen land
holders control the Indian governments
absolutely, and no law can be passed
in Indian legislatures interfering with
their greed. and any law which they de-
sire enacted for their benefit is secured
either by appeals To prejudice, by
threats. or by open bribery. The land
holder has thus acquired his holding
without cost to himself and is as secure
in it's possession under the present
regime as if he had a patent from the
United States. The full-blOOd Indian,
as a rule, is poor. shiftlcSS and ignorant,
without ambition and without OppOr
tunity. He cannot acquire any land
beyond a miserable holding of an acre
or two in the mountainous country
The opportunities for further develop
mrnt and civilization are absolutely
denied to him. while his patrmonv is.
absorbed by the rapacious white In.
dian or half-hrced. says writer in
North American Review. In every par
ticuar tar progress of the full-bood In
dian I,GS been arrested. lie is not adj.
vancing. he is rctrograding. Modern
observation and thought have reached
the conclusion that allotment of land
in scveralty and citizenship are the in
dispensablc conditions of Indian prog
ress. Neither one is possible while
the present Indian governments con-
tinue. The share of the common In
dian has been as stolen from him as if
he had been driven off the land by
white men. There will never he
division until congress shall take the
matter in hand and compel it. and the
longer this is delayed the greater is the
probability that justice will never be
done the Indian.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-23
DATES AND DATE TREES.
Something About the Delicious Fruit Of
the Desert OF sahara.

Something About the Delicious Fruit Of
the Desert of sahara.
The oasis in the Ourd RiS consists
mainly of palm trees shrItrring other
trees. There are more than six hun
drcd and sixty thousand palm trees
and about one hundred thousand fruit
trees. The date palm is the great
nutritivc product and feeding medium
of the Sahara; without it the plains
would be everywhere desert. Forum
ately it requires for its perfect matur-
ity and the prim" quality of its fruit
those conditions that the Sahara pos
scSseS-torrid heat in summer and in
tense drynrSS of the air.
1t thrivcs in the most arid soil hut it.
most have water and plenty of it at
the roots. And it is. says the New
York Ledger. the siugularity of the
Sahara. APPLY called the land of thirst,
that it cOncCalS treasures of irrigation,
and that it is only on those spots
where the treasure may be easily OBJ
tanned that the clusters of palms are,
found.
The delicate transparent date, known
as "neglet nous" is the choice fruit,
fetching the highest price. 1t is at all
times the rarest, changing its nature
from one regions to another, and be-
ing, more than any other, dependent
upon the character of the soil and the
climate where it grows. The remaining
varieties. although numerous, may be
divided into two classes: The soft dates.
which are compressed between goat
skins and sold in the Arab markets, and
are consumed by the poorer classes,
and the dry dates, of which the no.
MAIDS slip a few dozen in the folds of
their ''bournous" for their daily con-
sumption.
The cheaper kinds are almos: en-.
tirely disposedEof in the country, and
are not considered worth exporting.
Like other ,harvests, the date gathering
Is subject to vicissitudes and fuctua-
lions and prices vary accordingly
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-23

always prc~idcr at the burial When
the funeral is over. but one thing more
remains to be done. and that is TO put
the good spirit in its last resting place.
For this purpose an ornamental box *
urn is prepared. into which the good
spirit submissivcly enters, and then the
urn. which thus contains all that was
good IN the spiritual part Of the dead
Corran, is placed among the souls OF
his ancestors in the mortuary chamber
Of the family.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-23
TEMPERATURE OF SEA DEPTHS.
A Theory Accounting for the Goodness Of
the Bottom of Oceans.

The photographers tell us that the
law which is constant for the landed
portion of the earth's surface must be
inverted for the oceans. The further
we descend into the earth's surface
crust, says the st. Louis Republic, the
higher is the temperatures; on the other
hand, the deeper we descend below the
natural habitat of the rwhite,cap waves,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-23

Women freely travel about in Corca I'M
til midnight. writer on the Corcans
says, while the men are required to be
in the house at eight p. IN. Only the
married men are permitted to wear
hats, and the inference is that their
wives are watchful how the wcarcrs use
thcm for conversational DnrDOseS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-23
HOUSES ON Stills.
Built So in Ecuador to AVoic
Dangerous Reptiles.
A Residents description OF Some OF the
Undesirable NeiEhbors lie Has
in the Equatorial Wis
Big EOas.

big Eoas.
Among recent arrivals in San Fran.
cisco was Frederick Cook, of PLAYA de
Orc, in the wildS of Ecuador. seven
hundred miles south of Panama. Mr..
Cook has been engaged in mining for
gold and battling with boa constructors,
vampire bats Ecuador tigers, and other
queer products of that strange land of
dense tropical growth>. lie has
brought lot of skins of mammoth
hOaS with him. as well aS rare woods.
heavy as iron. hides of the tiger, and
other things without number.
Some of the big snakes he killed him
self, and were from twelve to seven
teen long. The skins are dried and he
will now have them tanned. One of
thch' is more than two feet wide. They
are notified in a strange way appropri-
ate to that part of the tropics. He said
to a san Francisco Examiner reporter
that he is going to have them made
into purses, ladies' belts and slippers
and then present them To his friends.
An impression prevails" he said, re-
Gently. that these boa constructors are
a SAVAGE snake that lies in woit in =
tree and sprinrs upon and wraps itself
about the unyyarv. In two wears that
I was there | never knew 4 ease of this
sort In fact tbcv are rather slurrisb
and won't attack If Won LET them alone
Nevertheless, they are not very
pleasant thiprs to have in the house.
and they will get into your house if
You are not very careful. All the
houses down there are built upon
stills. rs we'll to avoid dampncss as the
snakes StiIItbis wont keen them ont
| was living in such house down
there when boa came in after a
rooster. was talking with rarppn-
fer. and he struck at il with a shovel,
It cscaprd through hole. and went
around and hit it with shovel and
finally killed il with macbctr. the
bic knife with 4 hIadr over two feet
LONG, used in that country.
"Annthrr boa killed with a heavy
ironwood cane. TIL" reptiI" was twelve
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costly haul over the mountains is accom-
plished. This of course is another relief
from the dead-weight haul, and corre-
spondingly reduces the transportation
cost. The next proposition is to dispense
with the commission bonus per car of
from SIS to $40 on each carload lot.
These propositions are not mere offers,
they are realities, and the new schedule
has already gone into effect. Under it
the basis for carload is $4,000 pounds,
but any greater weight that can be loaded
is not to be charged extra. So that the
fruit-shipper will save under the new ar
rangement from $35 to 500 carload be-
tween Sacramento and Eastern delivery
poi nls.
The new firm, Armour d Co., declares
that it has come into the business to stay.
1t has limitless capital at its back: it sees
its way to a fair and decent profit without
maintaining the old charges. It says that
it has 400 cars of the new type ready for
use, and is prepared to turn out as many
more as are needed.
The record-union., 1895-04-05

The saddling of tax upon cities and
counties to support charity funds of Ex-
empt Fireman's Associations is bad
True, the city may contribute so small
an amount as 81, but the law now COM
pels them to carry into the tax levy some
sum not in excess of $4,000 each year,
and of course the Exempt Associations
will lobby with Trustees and worry them
until they compromise on say $500 or
$1,000. But whatever it may be, it will
be little less than the result of coercion.
Everybody wishes the Exempts well,
but it was not the right thing to do to en-
force charity in this matter upon munich
palities, compelling them to carry the
Exempt relief fund into every regular
tax levy. 1t was grievous mistake and
taxpayers will assuredly resent it.
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aHord1ng an opportunity for depositing
the matter held in suspension. There is
no deep water in San Pablo Bay into
which the reduent tide will carry this
detritus. The mouth of the Napa River
at Vallejo is already shoal, and the shoal
near the west entrance of Carquinez
Strait is the equivalent of bar.
Ii hydraulic mining. as it was prose-
cuted when the remedy of injunction
was applied, had continued to the present
time, seventy-five per cent. of the value
OF all the property in Sacramento, Yuba.
Sutter. Yolo and Solano Counties would
have been destroyed. The rapidity with
which the channels of rivers were being
hlled sent the Feather River across the
low lying country from short distance
below Oroville to the Sacramento River.
Since the cessation of hydraulic mining
the channels of the rivers have been
gradually eroded, their deltas have cut
down the bars which constituted dams,
and general improvement of the situa-
ton has been observable.
We are now confronted with practical
revival of unlimited hydraulic mining,
and the consequences will not be far to
seek. This is a case where prediction
need not long wait complete fulfillment.
One hundred and twelve hydraulic
mines are now plying their nefarious
business of destroying property valued
at millions. One acre of rich land is
worth more to the human race than a
thousand acres of gold mines. Pope Leo
NH. in his late encyclical letter presents
this so forcibly as to carry full con-
Viction OF it's truth. He shows the
perpetuation of the human race is depen-
dent wholly on the fertility of the soil
and its capacity to produce food. The
destruction of one acre Of rich alluvial
land that some mine-owner may own the
gold which he extracts in the process of
destroying the country is crime against
all mankind. But it is not of the destruc-
ton of a few acres we are speaking. A re-
glon of country is menaced which is occu-
pied to-day by nearly one hundred thou
sand inhabitants. 1t is capable of sup
porting one million of people in comfort
and happiness. That it's existence as a
fertile, cultivable region is menaced, and
by virtue of Congressional enactment,
reads like romance of barbarism. That
this menace exists is due wholly to the
stupidity of Congressman, the greed OF
merchants, the cowardice of politicians,
and the lack of courageous cooperation
on the part of the people upon whom this
great wrong is to be inflicted. The fig
ures We have in preparation are Of the
most startling character. The danger
which threatens this portion of the State
with utter destruction will be made ap-
parent. The question of the hour will
be, How can it be averted?
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THE NEW FRUIT TRANSPORTA-
TION SCHEDULE.

TION SCHEDULE.
All along it has been complained that
fruit rates for carriage TO the East are too
high. For years the rates have gone
down steadily, until the railroad people
at last replied to appeals for still further
reductions that the minimum had been
reached. and that, in fact, the roads are
now carrying fruit East at rate lower
than is afforded for like service any
where in the world; that the trouble is
not with the rail-carriers, but with the
middlemen, who undertake to keep the
fruit in good condition and sell it for the
growers.
But. unfortunately, many growers have
refused to believe this. Some few have
realized the truth and confessed it. But
in the main the railroad, being large
target, has come in for all the complaints
laid, and on this basis demagogues have
built their fabrics and appealed to preju-
dice and self-interest, and done their ut
most 10 make the raii-carrlers suffer.
Now comes the vindication of the rail-
roads. Here is a powerful capitalized
business concern that comes forward with
the offer to carry the fruit of California
East in refrigerator and ventiLator cars at
a cost of from 500 TO $50 a carload of a, 900
pounds, as the refrigeration aud ventila-
ton charge. The new firm proposes to
reduce the weight of the cars from 40, 600
and $4,000 pounds to $1,000 and 1000
pounds, thus knocking off so much of
deadweight that told heavily against the
rail-carriers, and made the wear and tear
of the road a very considerable item Of
cost in fruit transportation.
The next thing proposed is to carry the
fruit over "the hill'' without the dead
weight of ice, putting in the ice after the
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
REWARD!
San Francisco, Oct. Z, 1904.
TO UNITED STATES MARSHALS,
SHERIFFS. CONSTABLES, POLICE
AND OTHER OFFICERS.

At or about $50 on the evening OF
october 11th the overland mail and
express train No. 8 was stopred by
robbers, about five miles west of Sac
ranento, in Yolo County, California,
The express ear was robbed of about
$50, 900 (hftY thousand doIIarsl in
gold coin. The train men and express
messenger were shot at several mes
TO accomplish the robbery The fol-
lowing is brief desert ption Of the
robbers, as near as known at present
One about SIX feet high, weighing
about 200 pounds, the other a bout five
feet nine inches, weighing about 40
pounds. Each wore linen busters and
masks and had their faces vvhitened.
The Southern Pacific Company and
Wells, Fargo & Company will pay a
reward of two thousand five hundred
dollars (S2, 300 for the arrest and con-
vlctlon of each Of the robbers. and
five thousand (S5, ,OOO) dollars for tn
recovery of the money stolen or a
proportionate amount for any sum
recovered.
This offer of reward sure rsedes anv
and all others. Further inforraatlon
may be obtained from the under
signed, or of Mr.. j. B. Wright, Division
superintendent, Sacramento. or Of
Mr. A. D. Wilder, Division Superip
tendent, Oakland Pier, or OF Mr.. H
Cooper. Manager Wells Fardo's Fx
press, San Francisco.
A. N. TOwNE,
Second Vice-President and Genr Manager
j. J. VALENTINE,
PRESIDENT Wells-Ear9o Il Co
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The declaration of the Manitoban au-
thorities that they will not aceede to the
demand of the Dominion Government
and restore the parochial schools to their
former political standing is no meaning
less threat. These sturdy men of the
Northwest mean precisely what they say
If the Dominion powers attempt to coerce
them we will be witness in this year TO
one Of the most senseless and cruel wars
of all time. 1t will not be conducted on
large scale, but it will not be the less
bitter and woful. There can be no oues-
ton whatever that the Manitobans now
occupy position toward the Dominion
resembling that held by the Colonies
toward England just preceding the Amer
lean Revolution. The cause of the fric-
ton is not the same, but the principle in
volved is.
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This paper is for sale at the following places:
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low spirits, follow the arrangements, irreg-
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The record-union., 1895-04-05

The REcoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers on the Coast,
outside of San Francisco, that re-
ceiUe the JttH Associated Press Dis
patches from all parts of the aUorld. Out
side Of Sa, Francisco, they haze no COM
petitors, either in influence or home aud
general circulation throughout the State,
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Ladies Walking Gloves.

Ladies Derby Walking Gloves with four
large pearl buttons. They are made of
high-grade dogskin with pique seams.
They are a splendid glove for
service and very attractive in ap-
pearance. COlOrs, black, white,
pearl grays, browns, tans and Eng
lish reds. Owing to a very slight
impertection in the cut we secured a
large lot from leading French
maker at a great reduction. This
quality never before sold under 81
the pair. Sale price, 69c a pair.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Proposals for Sewer Work.

CEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
= the Office of the undersigned until MON
DAY, April ! 3, 1895, at o'clock P. NJ, tor
the construction OF a sixteeu-inch vitriIied
ironstone pipe sewer from the center of N
street to the alley between Q ana r, on
Twenty second street, with two manholes-
Each bid must be accompanied by a certi-
fled check, payable to the City Clerk, for 10
per cent. of the amount OF the bid.
Specifications tor work can be seen at this
Office.
ap4-lOt o. S. FLINT, City Clerk.
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A pamphlet, containing vast number of
of those cured and giving full name and
address of each, will be mailed to any ad
dress free ; or, DR.. Pierce's large Treatise
tIo8 pages) profusely illustrated with wood
engravings and colored plates mailed post
paid on receipt of 10 cents in stamps Ad
dress, Worlds Dispensary Medical Associ-
alton, Buffalo, Ny.
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DISEASE OF WOMB.

Mrs. CORA s. WILSON, of
Carlisle, .SRHfgan Co., Ind,
writes f: II cannot say too
much for DR.. Pierce's Fa-
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that ii is the best medicine
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/ cannot praise it too high
ly for the good it did me.
If any one doubts this, give
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The record-union., 1895-04-05

AN interior exchange says that the true
policy for the newspaper is perfect hon
esty with the people of its locality. Well,
what reason is there that it should not be
perfectly honest with all others, as well
as of its immediate locality?
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A NEW MAN.

George S. Scally of 70 Nassau street, New
1oIK, says: "For years / have been troubled
WIN rheumatism and dyspepsia and l came
" the conclusion to try your pills. imme-
enlateiy found great relief from their use I
ieel ike new man since commenced taking
Manen, ana would not now be without them,
Inc orowsy, sleepy feeling used to have has
sntlrely disappeared. The dyspepsia has left
ing ano my rheumatism is gone entirely l
am satlsned If anyone so afflicted will give
hadWays Pills a trial they will surely cure
them, Tor believe it all comes from the sys-
tenn being out of order-the liver not doing its
work"
"July 26 1892
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Composition Books
Ladies Wrappers.

Ladies Wrappers of good quality
fannelette, made with vatican back,
full front and large sleeves. A value
that regularly retails at 81 Is. Sale
price, 75c each.
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Weather Forecasr.

Northern California-Fair; slightly warmer
in the northern portion; probably brisk
northerIy winds, diminishing in force.
Hight of river, 21 feet l inch.
The record-union., 1895-04-05

MRS. WINsLOw'S SOOTHING SYRUP
nas peen used over nifty years by millions of
mothers for their children while teethino viii
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays pain, cures wind collie, regu-
iates the bowels, and is the best remedy Tor
olarrhea, whether arising from teething on
other causes. For sale by druggists In e9ery
part OF the world. Be sure and ask for Mira
Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five cents
O bottle.
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SpeciaI Agencies.

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Hs- These publications are sent either by
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scrtbers with charges prepaid. All Postmast
GTs are agents.
1ne best advertising mediums on the Pacific
Coast
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fcnyered at the Postof1ice at Sacramento "a
matter.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

ASHER, Photographed, has removed to II 8
j street, between Seventh and Eighth.
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WOMAN

who takes the surest
way to gain a beautiful
color and a wholesome
skin will not take the
cosmetics, paints and
powders which soon
injure the skin. Sal
low or wrinkled face,
dull eyes and hollow
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lot 0. S. FLINT, City Clerk.
Proposals for Police Patrol Wagon.

CEALED PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING
= police patrol wagon will be received at
the Office OF the undersigned until MONDAY,
April l B. 1895, at O'Clock P. NJ.
Plans and specifications for the wagon can
be seen at this office.
Each bid must be accompanied by a Certi.
fed check, payable to the City Clerk, for 0
per cent. OF the amount of the bid.
ap4-1Ot O. >. FLINT, City Clerk.
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SACRAMENTO SCHOOL OF SHORT
hand has removed to Us j street. un stairs
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THE WEEKLY UNION

aE the cheapest and most desirable Home,
News and Literary Journal published on the
Sscihc Coast.
xhe WEEKLY UNION per year..............S1 so
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Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Balm Farm
and Header Wagons. Wholesale Hardware
Send for Catalogue
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OverallS

For children and boys, engineer or
bib style; sizes IS to 80 leg. Special
price, 25c a pair.
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Swiss Trimmings.
Children's Hose.

At 1870 a pair, special. The best
value at the price iu the market
They are fast black and good weight,
in fact a superior school hose.
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County Hospital.

DR.. G. a. White, Superintendent of the
County Hospital, reports as follows to the
Board OF Supervisors for the month of
March:
Number of patients in the hospital
March lst, 239; admitted during the
month, III; born. 0; died, 4; discharged,
ll3; remaining, 239.
Mortality report - Z. i. Parker, 81
years, Massachusetts. tuberculosis; John
Crowley, 90 years, Ireland, phthisis: Dan
Cokely, % years, Massachusetts, suicide
AdoIph Demont, IS years, Switzerland,
abscess OF kidneys.
The current expenses have been: SaIa-
ries, $40; subsistence, 81, $50 30; total,
S2.4O6 30.