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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-28
That River Cleaning.

The river cleaning contract Sc
cured by Mr.. J. NJ. Carr is about
finished, but there seems to be a
little difficulty in the work being
accepted by the city. 1t is claimed
the work has not been done thor
oughly, but it is conceded that the
river is now more thoroughly
cleaned than it has ever been be-
forp
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-28
Lady Parachutist's Adventure.

Moscow, July ga lamentable
demonstration has occurred at
lula. A young lady parachutist,
named Olga Bobrovska, was an
nounced to make descent from a
balloon on the Kremlin square. An
immense crowd had assembled to
witness performance never be-
fore seen in that city. At the last
moment some accident occurred to
the attachments OF the parachute,
and the balloon assembled without
the aeronaut. With a savage yell
the exasperated crowd broke into
the ring, raving like wild beasts
for vengeance upon the paracnu-
fist, who, had she fallen into their
hands, would undoubtedly have
been mangled to death. 1t was
only by the combined and most
strenuous efforts of the police. and
gek.aREsneEae .4iezlzliasu = sss;siS 4 and
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-28
To Remember Him.

GLASGOW, July 24.-Mr. Mac
Craig, Of Oban, proposes to erect
o monumental tower on the
Battery Hill, overlooking the
town Of Oban. The tower will rise
in the centre of a platform which
is to be twenty-five feet high and
100 feet in diameter and will be 50
feet high-the combined height Of
platform and tower being l20 feet.
At the top there will be a platform,
to which visitors will be allowed to
ascend. AS this platform will be
about 500 feet above the level of
the town, it will afford an extensive
prospect Of the surrounding coun-
try. The tower, which s4-t,s 81
built of granite, is 8
coat ah0uk f5 000EI;x, &ho 49, Al
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-28
She Liked Roast Husband.

LONDON, July 27.-The members
Of the Metropolitan fire brigade
were called out early on Saturday
morning to extinguish a fire at a
house in Southwark. The wife OF
the occupant subsequently went to
the fire station and said she set
the house alight to burn her hus-
band to death, and was surprised
that she had not succeeded. The
woman, whose name is Twyman,
was arrested and subsequently re-
manded, charged with arson.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-28

See our showwindows, they
will entice you into our store where
we can convince you of our low
prices on sporting goods.
z 70 sc. VICTOR HI. CoRTINFs.
Mrs. George ID. Mills will leave
tomorrow for San Diego, Caiifor-
MIA, on a few months VISIT "a
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-28

Architects, contractors and
those expecting to build, should
see tn line of fine front doors at
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
Klcntnnnnnln.

To believe French writer, there are no fewer than four thousand women caught every year in stealing during their shopping expeditions, habit eu- phoniously styled isleptomania The number of titled ladies seized with this strange malady while examining the fashions of Paris, he tells us, is incred- ible. Among the most recent culprits were Russian duchess, French countess, an English duchess and the daughter of a reigning sovereign. As rule these distinguished offenders arc let of on the payment of round sum for the relief of the poor; when the shoplifter is known to be rich, the sum extracted rises Co as much as ten thousand francs. The police authori- ties consent to this sort of conformation.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
svAgRHoLT KLusBgN.
4 Wonderful North2rn CIn Containing
 Three Thousand Guls' Nests.

A Wonderful Northarn Cun Containing
 Three Thousand GuiIs' Nests.
 Within the arctic circle are the great bird colonies The largest and most remarkable is that of Svaerholt Klub- ben, says the FOrtuightly Review
 Every inch of this wonderful cliff, which rises about one thousand feet from the waters edge and k of consid erably greater breadth, may he said 10 be used by the birds The dischurge of a small cannon in the immediate ncighborhood will ,larlSon thc air with millions of birds, but even then a licld- glass will reveal the inuumcrablcl lcdgcs white with other uudisturbcd millions These consist almost entirely oi the snall gull l4issa tridactyla), and they are a source of considerable income to the owner of the colony. who lives at the little fishing station close by.
 About the middle of May every year by means of long ladder placed against the foot of the cliff, heprooecds Co collect the eggs. 0f these there arc at most three to each nest, and the nun ber taken averages from five thousand to ten thousand annually or the produce Of, say three thousand pairs of birds Ropes are not used for this purpose at SYaerhult as they are in tbc Farce isles 50 that the highest of the above figures represent only a very small percentage of the yearly pro duction of the colony, as far the great CT portion of the cliff face, where tho nests are packed as closely as they can be, remains absolutely untouched.
 The food of these muldtudes of birds during the summer months consists for tho most part of fish spawn lmore par ticularly that Of the codfsh, which is abundant in these northern watersI and of the small crustacca which arc driven to and fro by the currents along the const in immense masses. To the latter belong the tiny organisms Calanus Finmarchicus and Euphausia incrmis, the favorite food respectively of the whales, Balacnoptera borealis and E. Sibbaldii. when these giants ap- proach the mouths of the great fjords in July and August In winter the famous cliff is completely deserted. By the end of August the young gulls are able to take care Of themselves and all take their departure, to return no more until thc following year in the month of March.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
mond.n nnns fnr . r1orldn nnnn.

The citizens of Avon Park and Haines City, Fla, forty miles distant, have de- cided, according to correspondent of the Manufacturers Record, to build railroad with wood rails, which are large enough to be laid SO that they will be half-imbedded in the sand, without other ballast. They are to be held in position by wooden pins two inches in diameter and eighteen inches long, while the ends are connected by plank couplcrs placed underneath and held by pins. Not a pound of metal will be used in construction of the tracks. Most of the rails will be fur nished gratis by property owners along the right of way. The company be- lieves that in q few years the fruit, vegetable and passenger business over the route will pay for regular steel rails, when the others will be used for ties A small steam dummy will fur nish power for the road.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
Head and Hoart.

The views of the elevator boy on the new woman are worth repeating. Said he: "They talk about the new woman; I don't know what she is exactly, but if she ain't like the old kind we don't want her" For this and other doubt ing Thomases the assurance is given that she is like the old kind, only she is using her brains as well as her heart.
 A citizen of Montreal lately on visit to Ottawa, says Life, while passing down the hotel corridor to his room at a late hour, happened to hear violeut groans and sobs issuing rooms. As the doc
 tered and rcoo~
 trec'
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
REVERSED BY A COLLISION.
An Old Brakeman Tolls of oueer Rail.
 road Accidenf in tho West.

road Accident in the West.
 ''Tbe most remarkable wreck 1 was ever i'm said an old brakeman to Louisville Courier-Journal man, hap pencd on the Short line between Pewee and Beard's some years ago. It was a freight wreck l had charge of the La Grange accommodation and was bound in to Louisville. We were following hard upon the trail of train No g, also bound for Louisville. Train No, 14 was coming in our direction. It had been delayed some minutes at Pewee, but expected to make up the time and sidetrack between Pewee and Boards on schedule time, so that train No. g would have the right of way.
 The delay was what caused the trouble. The sidetrack l am telling you about was just behind and under hill. Train No. 14 had just backed on to the sidetraclS, and before the switch man could shift the switch train No. 32 came dashing around the hill The engineer saw the danger He turned down the throttle with a hard shove and whistled down brakes His ef- forts were of no use, however Train No. 82 turned in on the sidetrack and went crashing into No. H. All the cars of the train, fourteen, were stripped off the track as clean as if they had been peas in q pod. The shock of the two trains meeting was, of course, terrific. The whole of train No. S2, including the locomotive, top pied off the track. Remarkable as it may seem, only the cars of No IA were thrown off the track.
 When the two trains struck the en Finecr of No. Ii had his hand on the throttle, about to stop his train. The shock threw him out of the cab and the wrench threw open the throttle again and reversed the engine When the cars had been stripped off the track the locomotive went wild down the track toward La Grange. We of the La Grange accommodation had by this time neared the curve. l was at the head of the train as lookout l heard the sound of a locomotive approaching and signalcd the engineer of our train to reverse his engine. He had hardly time to jump to the throttle when the wild locomotive crashed into us. was thrown, l reckon, fifty feet, and came out of it with two broken legs No one else was hart, but the La Grange ac- conmodation was a day late No, don't railroad any more"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
AN oMINous BRIDGE.
A Spot Rt Which Expectations WeddIr
 Parties All Turn Back.

e was A Shot nt Which snnerstitious Wedding " ms Parties All Turn Back
 whose A bridge which is carefully avoided hrteen by wedding couples because of the orig traditions which surround it spans 'as the stream called the goldbrool, in the star parish of lIoxne, near Eye, in the couns I The ty of Suffolk, England Standing in the center cf an open field at Hoxne is T obelisll to the memory of Edmund,
 'g of the East Angles, who was
 ed by the Danes in s7O, On the site
 he monument stood an oak tree, in
 branches of which the king took
 from his foes. At nightfall he
 rged from his leafy hiding place and secreted himself under the above a mentioned bridge. A wedding party ..,.,at passing over the bridge at night obs ' adIa served the kings gold spurs glittering s sS in the moonlight, and in this way he a;., q was betrayed to his enemies, who took 'tstsr tte. him back to the oak tree and shot him with arrows. Local tradition has it that many years ago the existing in 9ptionSgf the event was followod h
 woy" .sed be the
 .ves this br'
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
cRoss-ExAMlNlNe A WOMAN.
Not an Ensy Job When tho Lawyer Tries
 to Trip His Witness.

Not an Ensy Job When tho Lawyer Tries
 to Trip His Witness.
 A dialogue about Heaven took place between member of the Baltimore county bar and lady .eighty-two years old, who was under examination in an equity case, says the Baltimore Sun. The lawyer to test the lady's faith in the hereafter, asked her if she thought they would know each other in Heaven. She replied by asking him another question as to where Heaven was His reply was not satisfactory to the old lady, and she told the lawyer that if he wanted to question her about any place he must locate it. Then she added: "Of course we will know each other in Heaven, for our bodies will be the same there, except that we will not have any blood in us.n The lawyer next asked her if she thought people would have teeth in Heaven She said she could not answer that definitely, but she thought they would "one thing was certain she added, ''people would have teeth in the place allotted to the wicked, and she could prove it by Scripture" How can you prove it?' said the lawyer, Why" she re- piled, ''the Scripture says the wicked shall be turned into utter darkness, where there shall be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, and how could they gnash their teeth if they did not have any?" The attorney did not pro- ceed any further on that line of exam. nation.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
SHILOH'S SS -T G0NSU M PTT0 N
 CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure 8. without parallel in the history of medicine, All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos Rive guara ntee, attest that no other cure cars successfully stand. That t may b~some, known, the Proprietors, 2s an enes1usus- er- pence, arc placing sample Botsse Free into every home in the Unltsd States sud canada.s If you have Cough. Sore 1'hroat, or Bren , chitis, use it, for t yfsi-eare yeu. If you,t child has the Croxe 5s whoorlr z o~--h. rset it promptly. and re' 's -''re. that insidious di-
 As rour Drug
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
Fast Locomotives.

It has been claimed that the cele- brated Empire worlds fair express made 1l2 miles an hour, but the state mcnt fails entirely of standardization. The figure of lo2,7 miles per hour for short distances appears to be nearer the mark, and even if there were an error of a second the rate would still have been 100 miles an hour Between, Jersey City and Philadelphia it is q common occurrence for the engines hauling the Blue Line trains to reach o0miles an hour. Speeds of over S4 miles an hour arc often made by the Ph;la- dclphia & Reading and Central New Jersey flyers. Tn England Great Northern train asmadc s4.1 miles m hour; while Midland train between London and Scotland has run up to the ear-c speed The London & North
 rn has gone up tos1s The con
 Europe docs not appear to If
 examples at all approximat-J
 riean and English rccordsS
 alie ta1 1he eonservatid@
 sernment officials
 .tlasn. t0 artas
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
A Millionaire Anarchist.

There was millionaire among the anarchists recently expelled by the federal council of Switzerland He was an Italian, named Borghetti, and temporary resident at Lugano, the great anarchist center of Europe. Borghetti is only twenty-five yearr old He dresses very simply. but kept ol
 house for his fellow w-revolutionists, wn, frequently had recourse also to his purse. Borghetti's father, who did not share the anti-patriotic and anarchistic ieeas of his son, used to hoist the Italian national occasions, but young
 AAyitt
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
RESEARCHES IN THE AIR.
Tests which Reveal the Number of
 Particles.

AN1AH hAlNh ANtNtAA tAAo ENhI1bCN UT
 Particles.
 The,air of meeting room, tested in different places, and at different times, says the Gentleman's Magazine, showed numbers of micro-organisms varying from i35. 900 to 8 3,5DO, ,O00 The air near the ground contained fewer than the air near the ceiling. For example, the air some four feet from the ground con tained 27O, 900 before the meeting, and at the end of the meeting 4Oo, 1000; while near the ceiling the amount at he beginning of the meeting was B. and at the end of the meeting cen increased to g, 8,5OO, ,OO0.
 aing jet of gas showed
 ell Thus. in the
 Q Bunsen flame,
 Of S0.OO0, 900 was
 Itimeter, or 4s9, ,OOO,-
 In Mir Atkins own
 eem strange that there
 dust particles in one air of Q room at night is burning as there are in Great Britain; and that abic inches of gases from a lame there are as many parti- shere are inhabitants of the tests on the air of smoking i'd reveal still greater mum Aitkens has not yet tested 1t he found that cigarette ids 4,OOO, ,OO0, 900 particles, ss, into the air with every .tyeg
Arizona silver belt., 1895-05-25
Aecount of .he starry Flag.

n periodical has the follow the origin of the Stars
 idea originated with Marker He was born st. Croix, of the Danish where his father and mad lived. In l775 he left island and proceeded to ia. He was among the first company of volunteers for an liberty and independence. alor shown at oriskany he was ! captain, and to show his ie he designed flag, in whose rner he applied the thirteen 'enatie of the thirteen orig
 ion This was the
 the star
 'ad The
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-28
JOHN BROWNS FARM.
Kate Fields Desire to Prove That There Is Poetic Justice In the Nineteenth Century.

Kate Fields Desire to Prove That There Is
 Poetic Justice In the Nineteenth Century.
 The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind. The time had come to carry out the dream of my girlhood, when, through Mr. Isaac H. Bailey, appealed to the present owners of John Browns farm to help me save it from auction. Owing to the generous response of one woman and IS men, the farm of 240 acres was bought, good tenant se- cured, and when visited the Adiron- daoks ill 1899 our property had trebled in value. The house was in good repair, and John Browns grave was the Mecca of tourists.
 The subscribers to the John Brown fund were Mrs. R. c. Watterson, Boston, and Messrs. Isaac H. Bailey, John E. Williams William H. Lee, George A. Robbins, George Cabot Ward, Henry Clews, D. Randolph Martin, Le Grand B. Cannon, Charles s. Smith, s. B. Chittenden, Isaac Sherman, Jackson s. Schultz, Elliott c. Cowdin, Thomas Murphy, Charles c. Judson, Salem H. Wales, Sinclair Tousey and H. B. Claf- lin, all of New York city.
 Of our 20 subscribers nine have al- ready joined John Brown in his march of eternity. The last to go was Jackson s. Schultz, with whom I had serious talks about the disposition of the farm a few months before his death. Sinclair Tousey, long our faithful secretary, wrote letters of warning when he felt the angel of death approaching. Both friends realized the necessity of putting this historic farm in such condition le- gally as to fulfill the original intention Being the first subscriber, had de- fined idea of what 1 wanted My desire was that tho farm should be held as sacred ground, to prove that even in the nineteenth century there is poetic jus tiee. wanted it to be the center of great state park. Nature made tho Adj rondaeks tho sanitarium of New York no less than tho storehouse of it's waters.
 With more faith than ever in the ul- innate destiny of the north woods, am more anxious than ever that John Browns farm should be given to the state, to be held forever as park for bua peOples eNerY GaT3 U51uS baheu bO preserve the house intact I know that MT. Schultz, Mir Tousey, Mir. Chitten- den and Mir. Gowdin would advocate immediate action could they speak from beyond the tomb. Mrs Watterson has assigned to me her interest in the prop erty. MT. Bailey, MT. Charles Stewart Smith. our secretary, Mir. Salem H. Wales and Colonel Le Grand B. Cannon cordially indorse the proposition of state ownership, the last named subscriber suggesting that & tablet be placed near the grave of John Brown to bear the names of the purchasers of the farm and the donors to the state of New York.
 MT. Henry CleWs. who as trustee holds tho deed of the estate, is ready to do our bidding. therefore ask my col leagues or their representatives to give him the authority needed to accomplish the purpose for which John Browns farm was saved from auction. Kate Fjo1d
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-28
RED TAPE IN FRANCE.
While Officials Are Tied Up With It the
 Statue of Puget Is Minus a Nose.

While Officials Are Tied Up With It the
 Statue of Puget Is Minus a Nose.
 British red tapeism is bad to beat, but the record just now is with Paris There the front of the Eeole des Beaux Arts is adorned with a statue of Puget, the once famous tenor. Four years ago passerby made the discovery that the statueis nose had come off He called the attention of the policeman on duty to the fact. Tho policeman reported to his brigadier, who reported to the com missary of the quarter, who reported to the prefecture of police The prefecture of police decided that the nose had drop ped off the statue and had not been malieiously knocked off The matter therefore concerned the prefecture of the Seine. It was then August. 1891. Ill October committee of three was ap- pointed to decide which department had to put the nose on again. The com mittee inspected the statue ill January, 1892, and reported ill December that they were unable to report
 In February, 1893, this report reach ed the departments of public works. The head of a room found it ill June and made tho lives of his subordinates so many burdens to them with it. Some how or other it got into print that but for this jealous official there would be hardly a statue i'll France and i'll Ma varre with it's nose on. In July he was decorated for special services Somebody else took up the report. Between Jan uary and December, 1894, it had got into parliament. On Feb. D, 1895. the house sat upon it, and MIMI Jaures and Carnaud got off some virulent attacks upon the government for its want of public spirit The next day the same passerby who had reported absence of the nose happened to pass by again He discovered that the nose hadnot been re- placed. He reported to the epolieeman on duty, who. etc. The nose of Puget is in for another round.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-28
An After Election Correspondenee.

SfThe shortest correspondence on rec ord, said Congressman Covert of New York yesterday, passed between Amos Cummings ard mo a few months ago. Shortly after tho November election, when Amos was defeated for congress, he was appointed subway commissioner of New York at salary of 1000 q year. When II heard of it, sent Amos this letter:
 'afDear Amos Then drew q pic ture of a human hand and wrote in red letters across the palm the word 'Shakel Yours, Covert.
 1.-Two days later received arepE. It read thus:
 .etDear Jim Underneath was a human hand stretched in the opposite direction from that drawn i'll my letter and bearing on the palm the word Thanks. In the corner of the page was an excellent delineation of Q champagne glass half filled with wine, and under it the words With pleasure. Yours, Amos.
 But I always believed that Amos reply was not genuine. You ask me why? Because I never saw him with half filled glass. Itwas either brimming over or empty. Washington Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-28
A Costly Campaign.

In consequence of M. lDreyfus trea- son in supplying Germany with the SO. erets of tho French plans of mobiliza- tion, says q Paris correspondent. the government has just spent more than $4O0,noo i'll changing all the essential features of the schemes for placing troops in case of war It has been found that fully 3 per cent of the men drafted for the Madagascar expedition are phys ically unfit for the arduous service, and their places arc being filled. Already it is apparent that the campaign will cost S2h, 900, 900 instead of SIS, 900, 900.