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DUNcANsoN BROS, AUcTIoNEERs.


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
nEAI. ESTATE, NO. 413 STREET NORTH
By virtue Of q certain deed OF trust to u.s. dated
April Is. 1892. and duly recorded in Liber No.
the District of Columbia, and at the request Of
the party secured thereby, We. the undersigned
rremise on til TURsbAY The u Day
OF MARCH, AID. 1896. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM.
the following described @ land and promises sit.
Columbia, and designated and being all Of lot
No. 45, in square sl2, together with the improve
Terms Of sale: One-thIrd Of the purchase money
to be paid In cash, and the balance in two equal
interest at six 90 per centnm per annurn, payable
semi annually, from day OF SALE secured by deed
Of Of trust upon the property sold, or all cash, at
will he required of the pure hoser at the time Of
sale: All eopveyancine. crding and notarial fees
complied with within ten days from day of sale,
Otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell
the property at the risk and cost Of the defaultins
Htp atbIs koS ). hkdMSE AsaEShD'
1e26-d&ds Trustees.
0MI3 ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED TO
AAhf-rASr -FOUR oolSsk axEIes 81 ASHFORD,
- ALDls B. BROWNE,
UTHE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED. ON Ac.
TWENTY TIL IRD, 1896. at HALF-PAST FOUR
,,..., zhbis Hhbisos ;. sskzaESRD' skaEsa,
mh19&21 Trustees.
DTIIE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED, ON AC-
count Of the weather, until WEDNESDAY. MARCH
TWENTY-FHTH, 1896, same lcur and place
ALDIs B. BROWNE
It Trustees.
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NJ. B. LATIMER & CO., AUCTIONEERS.
1920 and 1921 G st.

1Z2J and 1lS1 G st.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF FEW CHOICE
PERS0NAL' Ss3 EFFECIS, EMBRACING FAMILY
FRENCH FIRE GILT STANDS, ORNAMENIS'
Etc. BELONGING TO A DECEASED NAVAL
OFFICER.
To be sold at the auction rooms Of NJ b. Latiner
Co.. 1920 and 1921 G street. WEDNESDAY
MARCH TWENTY-FI FIFTH. Mt TEN O'Clock
I'll cir regular sale day).
WALTER D. DAvIDGE. IT..
CHAPLN BROWN,
nh10-5t Administrators
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TRUSTEES SALE OF NO. 303 MASSACIll SETS
AVENUE NORTHEAST.


By virtue Of n certain deed OF trust, dated Feb
ruary l. 1893, snd recorded in 1ibcr No. III. folio
34G ct seq, Of the land records OF the -. k,t
Of Columbia, and at the request Of the hold. Of
auction in front Of the premises, ON FRirAY.
MARCH IWENTf-SEVENTH, 1886. at HALF
nrDbtred q in Daniel Birtwells subdivision OF
lots IN square 1s2, being No. 30S Massachusetts
avenue northeast.
Terms: 900 cash, balance. over and above
trust Of $500, to be paid in six and twelve
ouths, With interest ut the rate OF per Der
nnnum. deposit Of 500 required at time OF sale.
Terms of sale 10 be complied With in ten days from
date Of sale, the trustees reserve the right 10
resell at the risk and of defaultfng Iurcbaser
All couveyancing and recording at pufhaser's cost.
DAVID ID. STONE
CHAS. w. FAI3FAN,
mhlS-tf TruskseA
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIaPRoNEr
PROPERTY on SOUTH CAPITOL STREET
RETWEEN In

RADCLIFFE. SUTTON & CO.. AUcrIoNEERS.
(Srccessors to Itatcliffe, Darr a. Coz
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Elegant Household Effects,
consisting of Parlor,
Chamber, Library and
Dining Room Furniture,
Carpets, Silverware, &c.,
purchased regardless of
cost and will be sold at
public auction ON MON-
DAY, MARCH THRIFT
ETH, H,commencing at TEN
O'CLOCK A. M, at resi-.
dence No. H2S G street
MORT fhwesf-
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS & Co. AUCTIoYEFRl

J. J. JOHNSON. Trustee.
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c. G. SLOAN AGO.. .AUcr1oNEERs 14o7 NV.

Office, 47O La ave NV
tsCHARLES s. BUNDY Trustee,
mh19-d&ds Ofice 31T Az at NV
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., AUc
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C. G. SLOAN & CO.. AUcTIoNEERs.
TMpRnvEn
OSCAR NAUCK.
EDWIN NACCK.

EDWIN NACCk,
mh21-d 1926 9TH St NV. Trustees
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
OUGHT TO BE AMENDED.

The existing law touching assign
ments made by debtors in failing cir
cumstances is exceedingly vicious in
this, that it allows the debtor to pre-
fer one or more of his creditors to the
others and to direct that these favor
ed creditors shall be paid in full, even
though it should consume all his as
sets. The Texas legislature should
so amend this law as to divest debtors
of the right to prefer one or more
creditors, and enact that all assign
ments conveying substantially all the
debtors property shall inure to the
benefit of all the creditors and be dis
tributed among them pro rata, as in
the case of an insolvent estate in the
county court. Such is the law in
nearly all the states of the Union.
and it accords with the principles Of
equity. In all such cases equality
among creditors is equity. The right
of preferring is grossly abused and
ought never to be vested in debtors.
The right of preferring one or more
creditors by failing debtors is grossly
abused i'm nine-tenths of the assign
ments made in Texas, and is mani
testify unjust, as it tempts debtors to
save their relatives and rfriends from
harm at the expense Of their remote
creditors, whose claims may be much
more ENTHUSIASTICALLY Lantern.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28

the piles, from 81 feet TO 90 feet long,
were shod with chilled cast-iron points,
held on by straps spiked to the pile.
The hammer used in driving weighs
$500 pounds, and the greatest number
of blows was $50. There was no diff
Guilty whatever in driving the piles, and
there were no failures. In the discus
sion following the reading of the paper
several other gentlemen gave particu-
lars of pile driving through loose rock.
The shoe used in the work of the New
York department is conical, the angle
of the cone being about 60 degrees.
The base of the cone is fat, and it is Sc
cured to the cone by pin cast as part
of the shoe and let into the end of the
pile. This type of shoe is said to have
proved very satisfactory in practice.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
STOPPING a TRAIN.
Important Discovery That Has just Been
Made in Europe.

Important Discovery That Has just Been
Made in Europe.
Some important discoveries have just
been made in Europe, says the New
York Herald.
How to stop train when an accident
is impending has long been a problem.
Many plans have been suggested, but
almost all have been considered faulty
for the reason that they call for quick
stoppage. In such case the shock
would be SO great that the carriages
between the engine and the rear of
the train would be smashed to atoms
and their occupants crushed to death.
Evidently, therefore, gradual stop
page is imperative.
An admirable plan, which enables a
train to slow down gradually, has re-
Gently been tested at the railroad sta
ton in Dresden. 1t is extremely sim
pie and has been found to work well.
No intricate machinery is required, and
the cost must be small. A track is laid,
the rails of which sink or slope grad
ually into bed of sand. AS the train
passes over this sand its wheels meet
with an ever-increasing resistance,
which soon becomes so great that they
are obliged to stop. The stoppage, how
ever, is so gradual that there is no
rough shock. The greater the swiftness
of the train and the heavier the load
the more immediate is the stoppage.
No damage then is possible either as
regards the train or the passengers.
An experiment which was recently tried
with a freight train showed clearly the
usefulness of this very practical and
simple plan.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
WAYS OF THE ANT.
Members of His Tribe Made to Do Duty
as Honey Pots.

1t has long been recognized that the
ant is a very intelligent insect and
leads a very complicated social life.
There are classes among them-pluto-
Gratis, laborers and criminals.
The author of recent work ON en-
tomology notes the curious habit of
one species of ant of turning some
Of their fellows into animated honey
pots"
Instead of placing honey in comb,
as the bees do, the ants select GER
tain number of workers and disgorge
the honey obtained from the Eucalypti
ION which it is deposited by coccidae
and other insects) into the threats Of
their victims. The process, being con-
tinually repeated, causes the stomachs
of these workers to be distended to an
enormous size.
This extraordinary habit was first
discovered in the case of certain ants
in Mexico, and subsequently shown to
prevail in Colorado. 1t has been found
to exist in Australia also, and Mr.. Frog
CART describes and figures three ants
of the genus camponotus that pursue
this remarkable practice. The ants con-
tanning honey are favorite food with
the natives.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
pETRIFIED BRONCHO.
Joined the Great Majority While 1t Was
Asleep.

Joined the Great Majority While 1t Was
Asleep.
II. Clay Emmett, a young cowboy
from Bolton, Tex, reports singular
find made by him during a cattle-hunt-
ing roundup in the Panhandle coun-
try recently, says the Denver Field and
Farm. The find was nothing more or
less than petrified pony, standing
erect and complete in all its parts. En-.
NETT says that he and his partner, B. c.
Woodville, were riding across the prai-
RE late one afternoon when their tired
ponies neighed and whinnied as ii they
were aware of the presence of another
animal. Looking around, they discov-
cred what they thought was broncho
tethered to mesquite which crowned
the summit of little knoll to the north
ward.
They rode UP to the spot and found
that the horse was fastened by q
chain, but stood so rigidly and seemed
altogether so mysterious that their own
horses reared and plunged as if in
fright. Finally they dismounted and
found that the pony was petrified, not
q hair or hoof amiss. Emmett says
that some ranchman years ago must
have chained the poor horse there, leav-
ing it to starve upon the plains. Asthe
ribs of the animal We're plainly visible
in the petrifaction and it seemed to
have been otherwise much emaciated,
this is probably the case. Emmett will
arrange to have the strange find ex-
hibited in some museum. 1t frequently
happens that horses fall into the habit
of going to sleep while standing, and it
must have been under these circum-
stances that the Panhandle broncho
departed this life to join the great ma
jority.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
Usefu, Member OF a Family.

The Portuguese say that no man can
be good husband who does not eat a
good breakfast, which leads the Water
bury American to say that this is a
mean way of throwing upon the wife all
the responsibility for the husbands
goodness, for without good wife there
can be no good breakfast for him to
eat. That may be right in theory, but
it is wrong in practice. We know a man
who has cooked breakfast the greater
part of the time for the past Is years
for his family. And we violate no con-
fidence when we say it is a good break
fast, too. He is man who loves good
living, and he knows how to prepare a
meal with the best of women. Yet he
is wor<ingman who puts in from ten
to fifteen hours a day of hard work,
and the kind of work that is exhaust
ing.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
Baseball Meeting.a

A meeting will be held in the
old courthouse, on Soledad street,
tonight at s o'clock by the San
Antonio Baseball association for
the purpose of arranging for a
team to represent San Antonio in
the Texas league next season. All
the leading cities Of the state are
taking active interest in the game,
and it is believed that San Antonio
will bel :. line. 1t is expected that
all the rooters Of the city will be
present at the meeting.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
SUN AS a HAIR DYE.

Sailors Have Light Locks and Luxuriant
The latest use to which the sun has
been put is to make it dye human hair,
and on the head &f the pretty bathing
girl at that, says the New York Journal.
This fashion began last summer. A
fashionable physician recommended
bright sunshine and sea ozone as the
best means of making the hair light
colored, healthy and strong. The
young person for whom this prescrip-
ton was given found it very efficacious.
The end of the resort season has by
no means caused a subsistence of the
fad. Never before were there in New
York so many young women whose
golden hair hangs down their backs
once every day-that is, every sun
shiny day. A queer fact, too, is that
the idea, simple as it is, seems to have
the result of producing the desired eff
feet. IL is certainly much more
harmless way of bleaching the hair
than that which requires the use of
chemicals.
1T seems to be a very intelligent
idea," said physician, when ques-
toned regarding it. "All sailors will
tell you how rapidly the hair grows
when on board ship in the tropics. l
have had some opportunity to observe
the color, or rather the average color,
of sailors hair. have found that
their dark-haired shipmates by two or
their fair-haired shipmates by two or
three to one. | suppose the sun has
something of bleaching power, as
well as forcing the growth of the hair,
by causing an increased circulation Of
its sap In this respect it stands to
reason that each individual hair must
be somewhat like plant in its nature"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
DIED YESTERDAY.

John Gray, a railroad contractor and
prominent member of the Catholic
knights of America Of st. Charles,
Mo-, died on st. Mary's street yester-
day Of consumption, aged SO years.
The remains were shipped to st.
Charles last night,accompanied by de-
ceased's wife. The following men,
bers of the Catholic Knights of Amer
lea of this city escorted the remains
to the depot: William Campbell, Ed.
Braden, Pat Muldoon, A. A. Zizik and
J. A. Mccormick.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
QUEER MUNICH HOTEL.
Run by Duke Theodore of Bavaria on
Plan Peculiarly His Own.

/ A thousand years ago Benedictine
monks discovered small sulphur
spring on a mountain near Munich.
They built hospital there that was
used by their order until 90 years ago,
when it was bought by King Maxi
milan, of Bavaria, who filled it with
poor sick folk, says the London Mail.
When the king died his grandson.
Duke Theodore, found that he had not
money enough to keep up his charity.
After long and anxious consultation
with his brothers the honest, kindly
prince erected new buildings and
opened the house every year for three
months as a hotel. 1t was patronized
by many of the royal and noble families
of Europe, though it is free to every
conner who will conduct himself re-
specially and pay for his accommoda-
tons.
Duke Theodore provides the food
from his own farm, which he oversees,
while his brother, Prince Ludwig, acts
as host of the hotel. All guests are re.
quested to leave on the last day Of Au-
gust. The house is then filled with
scores of poor teachers, artists and au-
thors, invalid soldiers and poorly paid
clergymen, whom the royal brothers
have formally invited to honor them
with visit. The money made during
the summer is devoted to their enter.
tainment. The duke and prince remain
in the house, lavishing kindness and
courtesy upon their guests.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
TIE Daily tiqGt
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1896.
THE REPUBLICAN THANKS
GIVING.

THE REPUBLICAN THANKS
GIVING.
Hank to the Thanksgiving turkey.
While the Hannaites throng the hail,
And the Democrat weather looks
murky,
And we dine Motive dine not AT all.
They gObbled,
Gobbled,
Gobbled ALL"
See how they throng to the table,
And squeeze and crowd to the wall;
While out in the night that is sable
The turkey-like mOnotOnes fall;
"They gobbled,
Gobbled,
GObbled air
Call down n blessing, Br'er Hanna
For you have the chair and the call;
And wave your Republican banner,
As you gobble the turkeys and all!
"Just gobble.
Gobble,
Gobble air.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28

wanted, and he concluded to try an ex-
pertinent and see if they could be grown
in this country.
He dumped about a bushel in the
sound, and, to his surprise and pleas.
ure, they seemed to thrive as well there
as in their native English waters. They
multiplied rapidly, and he not only
found it unnecessary to import any
more but had more than he could pos
sibly use. So he has placed them OIL
sale and is deriving considerable rev
enue from them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
FUNNY ADVERTISEMENTS.

Wanted, a room for two gentlemen
about 80 feet long and 20 feet broad"
For sale-A piano, the property Of
musician with carved legs
"Mr. Brown, furrier begs to an
nounce that he will make up gowns,
capes, etc, for ladies out of their own
SKINS
Bulldog for sale; will eat anything;
very fond of children"
"Wanted-An Organist and a boy to
blow the same"
"Widow in comfortable circumstan-
ces wishes to marry two sons"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
FALL OF A MONOLITH.
Maui Rock, q Striking West virginia
Curiosity, Is No More.

Maui Rock, Striking West virginia
Curiosity, Is No More.
Until a few days ago there stood
about two miles south of Hamlin, in
Lincoln county, w. Va, on high, rocky
point oyerhanging vast expanse OF
rugged country, one of the most strik-
ing curiosities in the land, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer. Maui rock has
been known as long as the country has
been inhabited. The peculiar formation
of the vast monolith gave it the name Of
Maui rock, the column supporting the
capstone resembling the handle of q
primitive maui. The height had never
been measured, but must have been 100
feet. Some Is feet from the top the col
umn widened uniformly, making the
circumference some 60 or 70 feet. The
handle, or shaft, was probably so feet
in circumference. 1t was almost round.
The rock is of sandstone of the usual
hardness.
Near the base there were perceptible
crumbling and indications of decay,
and this disintegration has been going
on for ages, until finally it weakened
so that the strain could be borne no
longer and it fell.
Thousands of visitors from Ohio, Ken
lucky, Virginia and West Virginia cities
have been attracted thither, and picnic
and outing parties have been held there
almost daily during the summer months
under the shadow of the giant rock and
the foliage of the great oaks. A limb of
one of these monarchs overhung the
apex of the stone, and those who were
venturesome have frequently assembled
and passed to the top of the rock, which
was fat and afforded ample room for 20
or more persons.
An druggists sen Dr. Miles' Nerve Plasters
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
MAKING MEN BEGGARS.
Women In London Crowding Out tn
Steruer Sex.

Women In London Crowding Out the
Sterner Sex.
81 have before me-" says Walter Be-
SAINT in a recent issue of the London
Queen, ''the thirty-seventh annual re-
port of the Society for Promoting the
Employment of Women. am sorry to
learn from this report that the demand
for women clerks and bookkeepers is
ON the increase.
"At the same time l am informed in
other quarters that thousands OF men
clerks are tramping the streets of Lon
don, wearing out shoe leather in going
up and downstairs in the weary work
of trying to find places.
'They find, instead, women doing the
work which should keep them and their
wives, for half the pay. One has no
objection to women doing mems work
If they get mems pay. They may even
keep the men in idleness, if they please,
like the laundresses.
"How shall we make these promoters
understand the cut-throat policy of
pushing women in everywhere, at half
or quarter the pay and driving the men
abroad? However, there are other and
more satisfactory features about this
report.
'In the lower walks something has
been done by the society in getting
places for women as hairdressers-
will they ever become such admirable
artists in this walk as the men?-in find
ing cooks and mattresses and in getting
temporary work of all kinds for wom-
en-.
But the numbers and figures given
demonstrate that the work of the So
ciety is but a drop in the ocean. We
have 100000 Of people, with 100000
of women and girls, and all who are
past the age of IS, with an insignificant
minority of about 100000, are clamoring
for work"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
Pointed with Pride.

The bankruptcy court can boast some
delightfully."- naive rejoinders. "How,
sir, is it possible" angrily demanded
the opposing counsel of the bankrupt,
"to live in the luxurious style you have
affected on 5000 . year," The witness
replied, with an air of justifiable pride,
that that "was problem to which he
had devoted considerable time in the
interests of social economy, and the re-
suits of his humble efforts were now
before the court"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
FUNERAL OF JACOB wEITzEI

The funeral of the late Jacob Welt
gel, ST., was largely attended yestr-
day. Services were conducted by
Father Fuhrwerk, of st. Joseph's
church. The following societies at
tended in a body: The Liederkranz,
Krankenkassen Verein, Arbeiter We
rein and st. Joseph's Verein. The
Liderkranz rendered song at the
grave. The pail bearers We're as fol-
lows: L. VIM. Menger, Peter Schif-
fers, Sr.. J. G. Dielmann, Peter Eiser-
loh. F. l. Meyer, Peter Jud.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
ST. PAUL's CHURCH WORK
To the LIGHT.

To the LIGHT. "
Dear Sir-As tomorrow's service
will finish up my years work L
feel it due the mem bers Of st. Paul
M. E. church and our constituents
to put in public print synopsis Of
our financial report.
The following amounts have
been raised and expended, viz:
Ministerial support $3.50. 1874 81
Fuel, sick, sexton, etc. ..... 3l5 30
Benevolent collections. 80. 132 70
Improving.church property 40 20
Old debts paid ..,.......... ~ W
Total .................$l,3 09 81
The final results of a financial
rally is not included in the above.
(Will finish tomorrow
The West Texas annual confer
ence convenes at Cuero, December
2, Bishop Ninde will preside.
MY burden has been lightened
by a generous people, who have
greatly assisted us In our struggles
to uplift humanity.
The Sunday school will be re-
ported subsequently,.
Yours truly,
MCHENsON, Pastor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
A RUSSIAN EXILE.

San Francisco, Nov. 2S.-John Ellis
Olsen. who says he is the only Ameri-
can prisoner ever consigned at that
most dreaded Russian prison, Saghail-
iel island, off the Siberian coast, and
who made his escape from that place
of confinement about year ago, af-
ter encountering many adventures
and vicissitudes, is once more back in
his home in this city, which he left
in '91.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
PERIWiNKlE FAD.
Ceckney shellfish Dclicacy Grown In the
Waite Rs of the Sound.

Waite r. of the Sound.
One of the chief dishes in the cock
ney bill of fare in England is the peri
Wrinkle, shellfish resembling in shape
the small snail, says the New York Jour-
nal. 1t has hitherto been practically
unknown to American epicures and is
said to be greatly inferior to the
species of shellfish eaten in this coun-
try.
OF late periwinkles have been offered
for sale in number of stores patron
lied by the New York colony of cock
neys. 1t is said that all Of the peri
wrinkles sold in New York come from
New Rochelle. An Englishman living
there was in the habit of importing
them for his own use. One consignment
Yas much larger than he expected or
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-28
MAKING MONEY.

The most profitable concern in the
city today appears to be the commits
sary store of the sewer contractors.
No less than 81 200 a month. it is stat
ed, constitute the profits of the con-
Germ. And this while the corner gro
Ger is patiently waiting for a cash
customer, and deeply engrossed in
trying to solve the problem of how to
meet his sewer taxes.-Weekly Ian
form