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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-20
TAILORS IN TROUBLE.
SOCIALISTS GAIN CONTROL OF
EXECUTIVE BOARD.

Schoenfeld is 0ut-He Was the Best
Organizer the TailOrs Had-SOcialists
Forcing Socialism in the shOps-A Gen
eral Lockout Threatened The Social
lists Have Violated Agreement.
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The herald., 1896-12-20
AUTUMN DAYS.

Who calls 'em melancholy days, the sad
dest Of the year?"
Why, land o. sakes, the Autumn's full an
runnin' o'er with cheer!
The garnered crops air in the barn. the
apples in the bin,
An like the "lilies of the field," we neither
toll nor spin.
Bring out the old corn-popper,
Put apples on the table;
Well dance an sing an eat our fill
Take comfort while we're able.
Throw fuel on the roarn' blaze, beside It's
ruddy glow
Well listen to entrancin' tales of magic
long ago."
Put nuts to roastin' on the hearth, invite
the nabers in,
Take down the fiddle, strike the tune an
let the fun begin.
Shake UP the old corn-popper
An keep the corn a-toastin'.
Rake out the Goals upon the hearth
An put the nuts to roastin,.
The turkeys in the roastin pan, the
chickens in the pot;
The sparerib's in the oven, an when the
Ia like Ike, to find feller sharp enough to
o. sad or melancholy days a-hangin' round
my place.
Jes' pass the meat an taters.
Eat hearty an be jolly,
With friends to greet an lots to eat,
Who cares for melancholy?
Arthur ]. Burdick in the Buffalo Courier,
The herald., 1896-12-20
GREEN ROOM GOSSIP.

The Bostonians are rehearsing new
opera by Victor Herbert and Harry b.
Smith, called The Queen of the Buc-
cancers. 1t will be produced in Wash
ington next month.
A human skull ''as large as bushel
basket" is reported as having been found
in Sicily. "It is almost certain" re-
marks Wright Huntington, the light
comedian of Mr.. Lightfoot," that it
belonged to a very good leading man of a
theatrical company who was jealous OF
the leading lady and wanted to be the
star of the troupe"
Although the entire success of Herr
mans entertainments lies in Hermann
the Great the brilliant color dance Of
Adelaide Hermann has added a new
charm to it. Though there are fewer
people on the stage than in comic opera
it requires almost as many to give the
entertainment. Fourteen people, in
cluding seven expert electricians, are
required for the production of the light
effects in Mrs. Herrmann's dances.
After this season Fanny Davenport
will say farewell to the Sardou plays
Her next season will be devoted to an
American drama which was written
especially for her. She states that it is
in every way equal to anything Sardou
ever wrote, and she will give it as elab-
crate production as she did Gismonda.
Not even the name of the author is
known by Miss Davenport's most inti-
mate friends. She guards her secret most
jealously.
Jessie Bartlett Davis started out her
stage career determined to appear in
nothing but grand opera, but she has
gradually become converted. Her IA
vorite role is in In Mexico. 1t is a
very trying part, but the character is
full of moods so intense and dramatic
that she has faily fallen in love with it.
"One might think it savored a little of
Carmen or Santuzza," says Miss Davis,
but it is even more flexible than these
parts. Then, again, love it because 1
am so tired of silken hose and doublets" "
Maud Adams starring tour, under the
management of Charles Frohman, will
begin about the middle of next Septem-
ber, and she will appear here about the
middle of October either at the Empire
or the Garrick theater. She will open in
a new play, which is yet to be written,
but Mr.. Frohman proposes before the
season ends having her appear in a
Shakespearian character. J. M. Barrie,
who saw her here, declared that she was
the best actress on the American stage
and expressed a desire to write a play
for her, to be presented both in this
country and England
Nine. Modjeska, it has often been ru-
mored had assisted Paderewski in his
early and struggling days, but the cele-
brated actress husband, Count Bozenta.
has put the matter right. THE truth
of the story" he says, zig that we, in
common with half dozen others, did
persuade Paderewski to give up his pro-
fessorship at the Conservatoire and go
to study under Leschetizky, but that is
all. AS for pecuniary aid, it is true that
Nine. Modjeska gave a recitation with
that end in view, but there We're other
helpers, although madame was prob
ably the first to prophesy with great in
sistence the famous future that lay be-
fore the young Pole"
The herald., 1896-12-20

the tropics, has all the fire of the Latin
race. They are veritable Valentine
and Orson. The Viking ships cross the
seas, the brothers migrate, and, terrible
to say, fall in love with the same wo-
man, and it is not until afi1iction and
exile find them toiling in the dread sui
phur mine that they meet. There the
younger is, by order of the dictator. con-
demned to fearful punishment-cru-
cifixion by the hand. The cruelty touch
cs the heart of the barbaric northman,
and he succors the man he has sworn to
kill. Recognition follows and they are
chained together.
Later the tribunal of Althing assem-
bles at the historical Mount of Laws
under the midnight SUM- The complaints
of the people are heard by the priests
and judges; but the laws which deal
mercy to the natives are not compe-
tent to help the alien. The dictator
demands life, and the elder brother
sacrifices himself for his kinsman.
Aside from the story. of which this is
weak scenario, it will be seen that the
characters are mostly types of race of
people we know little of except by ira
dition, a race semi barbaric, stalwart
and picturesque.
Manager Pearson has resolved to give
a complete presentation of all plays pro-
duced by him, and when the curtain rolls
down on The Land of the Midnight Sun
it will be responded to with sigh of sat-
isfaction by the audience present. The
sale of seats opens Monday, December
q. All of Mr.. Barbour's plays will be
produced under his supervision and
stage management. The prices have
been reduced the orchestra remaining
a. so cents, the entire dress circle is 25
cents, the gallery 10 cents
The herald., 1896-12-20
ANGELES MORNINGS DEcENBER 90

with US only such little while and then
they pass away. The summer blossoms
multiply and stand thick over all the
ground, and they seem strong with their
deep, rich coloring; and yet even they
droop and wither and pass away. The
autumn fruits cluster on the tree
branches and grow big and win their
soft, rich bloom of ripeness but they
too, are plucked in due season and pass
away. The gay dress of varied LEAKAGE
is soon stripped off by the winds; one or
two trembling leaves may cling long to
the outmost boughs but by and by even
they fall and pass away. Down every
channel of the hllsides is borne the
crumblings of the everlasting mountains
las we call them), that, nevertheless, are
fast passing away. The hard rocks that
hold in the wintry sea are being worn
down by the ceaseless chatting and are
passing away The coast lines are chang
ing. the river beds are sitting up;
mighty Niagara is retreating backward
Robert Tuck
The herald., 1896-12-20
A CENTURY OF VACCINATION.

AS briefly summed up by recent num-
Der of the British Medical Journal, the
results of vaccination during the century
OF its practice are very striking. 1t was
on May IA, 1896, that Jenner performed
his first successful vaccination. The
average mortality from smallpox in Eu-
rope during the century preceding vac
cinatiOn was, in the cities alone, 5000
per 10000 inhabitants; including the
country parts, it was somewhat over
2000 per 100000 inhabitants. Owing to
frequent epidemics of smallpox the NOR
tality rose occasionally to between 5000
and 5000 per 100000 inhabitants. In
the century since vaccination, the NOR
tality from smallpox has not been one
tenth OF that figure, as we shall see by
taking statistics from individual coun-
tries
In England the mortality rate was over
1000 per 100000 in the last century;
during permissive vaccination the rate
fell to Alt per 100000, and during COM
pulsory vaccination from 1871, the mean
rate has fallen to So. The distance from
a mean ante-vaccination mortality rate
of 1000 to mean compulsory vaccina-
tion rate of SO is a long distance
In Sweden the quarter century preced-
ing vaccination the mean mortality rate
from smallpox was 2045 per 1000, 900 in
habitants. During the fifteen years
1S02-16 of permissive vaccination, the
rate fell to 4SO; and during seventy-sev-
en- years GS17-9G of compulsory vacc-
nation it fell to 1856. This is not as good
a result as in England; but still it is
material tumble from the ante-vacci-
nation death rate of 2045 per 100000 in
habitants to the compulsory vaccination
death rate of 155.
Prussia furnishes the finest example
of immunity from smallpox through rig
orous vaccination. Her ante-vaccination
mean death rate from cmallpox was
over 1000; during the permissive period
it fell to 300; and during the compulsory
period since 1874, the mean rate has been
only Is per 100000 inhabitants. Italy
during the permissive period had
mean death rate from smallpox of 440;
during the later compulsory period the
rate has fallen to 110. Austria and Bel
gium practice vaccination, not by COM
pulsion, and in the former the mean
rate is $780, and in the latter AL. Spain
does not practice vaccination generally
and her death rate from smallpox in the
single year 1889 was, in these provinces:
Almeria, 30S0; Murcia, 2670; Corunna
1890; Malaga, 1910; Cadiz, 1880; Cordova,
1400. In Germany that same year the
death rate from smallpox was 4.
The herald., 1896-12-20
FLEETING LIFE

"All flesh is grass and all of the glory
of man as the flower of grass" All ma
ture seems to re-echo the message of the
grass. The winter snow falls lightly and
lies in it's glistening purity--mystlc,
wonderful--over all the land; but so soon
it soils and browns and sinks and passes
away. The spring flowers that come, re-
sponsive to the low sunshine and the
gentle breath, are so fragile-they stay
The herald., 1896-12-20
MASTERY.

A mighty wrestler, walking through a
wood.
Proud of his wondrous strength and Prov
ess, spoke:
Quick could hurl were but in the mood,
To the four winds yon century rooted oaki
"a sorry figure in my hold'twould cut.
Although defiant in the cyclones track
His heel then came in contact with a nut
That quickly turned and stretched him
on his back
New York Journal.
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poles into the sand, and soon had the
four sides of my hut In place over
this skeleton l tackled strips of canvas.
covering them with the palm leaves.
Above them i placed a layer of the
great spathes of the mountain palm.
some of which were from six TO eight
feet long and two feet broad; they were
curved like Spanish tiles. and formed
excellent roofing material I connected
the poles by crosspieces. and covered
the sides with leaves; and i'm less than
half day | had "A shelter sufficient for
protection from the night air. and from
the sun by day. out or some rough
boards which ! found on the beach |
made floor. Into one corner OF hut |
then rolled a barrel of beef, into an
other one of pork. while the biscuit and
ammunition boxes formed good sub
stitutes for chairs and tables Bracing
the corner posts of two ends OF the hut
with stakes, / swung my hammock
from the caves; and there l was. pre-
pared for any fortune that might come
Crusoe himself had no better, for he
says, in his Journal: Now | lay no
more for while in a bed, but I'm a
hamak." When l awoke II was day
break. At first l gazed bewildered at
the brown thatch above me; thus, as a
slender green and golden lizard rustled
the dry palm leaves close to my face.
itSdiieu the queer events OF the DAY
before and realized that 1 was no long
er passenger on slow-sailing
schooner, but lonely dweller in a hut
of poles and palm leaves. / leaped
out of the hammock, drew aside the
blanket that served as a door. and
stepped out into open air. The little
bay was all alight with the glories of
approaching morn. The wall OF woods
behind me hid the raising sun; I'm truth
its rays did not reach this spot till
late. so that the beach still lay in cool.
sweet shadow.
Nearly week ] lived here quietly,
gathering my strength and measuring
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and IT would only serve him right. &"
Almost Immediately he was ashamed
of himself for harboring such a thought
and the better nature of the sturdy
Irish lad came to the top.
Faith, I'll get even with him an
other way" he thought, land do me
duty, too. I'm the only one that can
save the colonel from a robbery now,
and I'll do it," 1t occurred to him to
mount his bicycle and ride for assist
ance, but he remembered that the near
est police station was nealy two miles
distant and unless he should meet some
struggling patrolman the burglars
would have time to get away before
help arrived. While debating this mat
ter his eye fell upon his bicycle lamp
which was making broad streak OF
light on the driveway. He quickly
rolled the wheel aside and hid il be-
hind the shrubbery, turning out the
light
Then Larry resolved on a bold step:
he would go into the house by the way
the burglars had entered. He felt sure
the marauders were upstairs in the vi
entity of that light and Larry had an
idea which, if it could be successfully
carried out, would furnish the quickest
means of obtaining assistance The
lower window sash was raised to its
full height, the burglars having cut a
piece from the upper pane to enable
them to get at the window fastener.
Larry silently climbed through the
open window and dropped noiselessly
into the library. Then he removed his
shoes and stole out into the hall walk
ing without noise in his stocking feet
At the foot of the stairway he PAUSED
hearing voices in the room abnve. The
door of the room was evidently open.
as a broad bar of light shone into the
hail.
With his heart beating so loud that
ne imagined he could hear it, Larry
crept up the stairs, clinging close TO
the wall and avoiding the bannisters
Tor rear OF making noise. lie stopped
on the landing, and applying his ear
close to the open door, could plainly
near the conversation in The room. Ap-
parently there were three men and they
were discussing the advisability Of
blowing open a small safe which stood
in the room. evidently the receptacle of
the silver and other vaiuable3 of the
household. One of the men was for
trying to pick the combination lock
as the noise of the explosion, he feared.
might awaken the servants in the rear
OF the mansion. The frs; burglar in
sisted that the colonel could ,.ot no
home that night AMI they might as
well take their time To make a good
Job OF il.
Having heard this much and being
satisfied Of the intentions ri the intrud.
ers. Larry quietly descended the stairs
and returned to the library to pLt his
idea into execution. lie first closed the
door leading into the hall. and then
CROPPED his way i'm the darkness Of n
corner of the room, where he knew "A
telephone instrument was located.
Larry had often sat in this room wait
ing for the colonel to answer MESA
ges he had brought from the city sta
ton and was familiar with the apart
ment.
He knew that this telephone had a
patented arrangement attached 10 the
transmitter To enable one 10 speak In
a lower tone Of voice. BY the aid Of this
instrument one could almost speak in
a whisper and yet be distinctly under
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was a deep pond, filled with fish. The
nsh were fair and tempting, but had
with me no hook or line SO / care
ruby cut away some OF the branches
with their shining leaves and cast them
into the pool. Soon up came a small
fish. gasping for breath: then another
larger, and another, until the surface
was covered, and had only to wade
into the water and throw them out on
the sand. Although the fish seem to be
poisoned their flesh is not injured as
the sole effect OF the manchineei seems
10 be To deprive the water temporarily
OF Its oxygen, causing the denizens
therein To come to the surface To
breathe. They must be quickly taken.
or they viii soon recover and again
dive below the surface.
The fun OF fishing. as any boy will
understand, consists I'm being able to
catch the ashland plenty OF them
without running any risk yourself. But
when the fish turn the tables and un-
dertake TO hunt the fisher-that is al
together another matter yet that Is
what they did to me on one occasion:
and the recollection OF the adventure
makes me shudder whenever / think
of II.
1t was my custom, every morning.
to run down from my hut over the
smooth sand into the water and there
paddle about for half an hour or more
In perfect ecstacy. / had become so
accustomed to looking upon this little
harbor as my own peculiar property.
perfectly safe and secluded from the
world. that / no more thought of TAX
ing any precautions than would have
done I'm bath tub. But danger is al
ways lurking In our paths, ready TO
take US unawares, especially in a
strange country. This particular dam
ger was the result of my own careless
ness, too; | had nobody but myself to
blame. That is one OF my worst phases
Of a solitary life; you don't have any
one else to blame for your misfortunes.
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the difficulties before me when I should
invade the forest There was no neces-
sity for hurry. as II was then but the
beginning of the dry season. which
lasted through the winter well into
May and June BY the time the rainy
season should arrive. | hoped 10 have
a better habitation. and TO be prepared
for a long period Of seclusion.
While my hut was in the shadow and
the air was cold. I resolved 90 go about
with as little clothing as possible. and
stripped myself Of nearly everything:
but when the sun had crept over the
trees and showeTed me with his scOrch-
ing rays. | was glad enough 10 put on
my clothes again. IL may be- remem-
bered that Crusoe had "A similar eXpe-
rience in playing savage. Tor after hav-
Ing tried the same experiment he says
quite piaintively. Il could not bear
the heat Of the sun So well when quite
naked as with some cloathss on. nay
the very heat frequently blistered my
skin But / did not further follow his
example. and make myself garments
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Of goat skin; that would have been a
most ridiculous and unnecessary Ia
Dor.
| hope ! was not such an arrant cow
ard as Crusoe. who though he recov-
cred great store" Of arms and ammu-
milton from the wreck, never felt quite
at ease. but always took his walks
abroad loaded down with guns and pis-
tolls. For said he: II was afraid to lie
down on the ground. not knowing but
some wild beast might devour me; tho.
as l afterwards found, there was really
no need for those fears.
found no ravenous beast, no furious
wolves or tigers TO threaten my life;
no venomous creatures: nor poisons
which 1 might feed on to my hurt: no
salvages to murther and devour me-"
Neither was there anything of the
sort to bother me: and / had this ad-
vantage over poor Crusoe, that knew.
In general way, what were the re-
sources OF my island. But one day I
think IL was the second Of my stay. in
wandering over my beach. / found a
clump OF trees that made me pause a
moment. and reflect upon the possible
dangers of hunting through these
woods alone. They had smooth and
shining stems. green and glossy leaves.
and threw most inviting shade over
the snowy sand. which was strewn
with yellow apples. fallen from the
boughs above. Fortunately for me. I
did not seek to recline beneath the
shade OF these trees. nor try TO eat any
of the tempting apples: for these were
the dreaded Manchineels-the West In
dian upas trees. which have poisoned
many a shipwrecked sailor who has
been deceived by their fine appearance
They should especially be avoided
when the dew or rain is falling. as a
ARn Of H.. Ia
the skin 10 blister: the fruit is a deadly
poison. But they served me well. just
the same. knowing them as / did: and
this is how: over behind the sandbank
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ON CRUSOE'S ISLAND
bow | Built a Hut and Caught Fish
Without Hook or Line.
THE SHARKS FISHED FOR NE
Man-Eaters Worse Than crusoe's
Cannibals-Narrow Escape From
An Awful Fate-How Took
My Revenge.

Copyrighted. 1896. by Bachelor. johnson
a Bacheller)
have elsewhere related how il
chanced that / made a voyage to Cru
soes island-Tobago. not Juan Fernan-
dez, as was clearly shown from Defoe's
own words-and caused myself to be
lett alone on the beach. My supplies
Were sufficient for a stay of some du-
ration; | intended to explore the place
thoroughly, and verify by experience
the details of poor Robinson's soil
tary life as described in the book |
loved
After the ship had disappeared be-
hlnd the point, IL was a long while be-
fore l could collect my thoughts and
prepare for action. But as | had no
shelter for the coming night, / had no
tlme 10 lose If l did not wish TO sleep
exposed upon the sands. Material for
shelter was close at hand; for / found
lot of straight poles. cast up by the
waves, and these served as uprights
Tor the support of a thatch OF palm
ieaves' with which the beach was
strewl
selecting a spot beneath the palms.
on the bank of the stream, drove the
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beach. He followed me right into the
surf, and with a snap Of his great Jaws.
thick set with rows Of pointed teeth
gathered in a mouthful of the fish Z
had left there for my birds I did not
walt 10 expostulate. but ran to the hut.
seized my gun, slipped in a charge OF
large shot. hurried back and fired the
load into his side before ne could get
away. IL was in vain that ne splashed
about and gnashed his cruel teeth, I
soon had him out Of the water and his
head cut or. and IT was not long before
my gulls and terms were feasting on his
carcass
There must be another. I knew for
these man-eaters always swim in pairs;
so Kept my eyes open for it's mate 1t
old not come that morning. nor the
next: and / was regaining my feeling
or careless security. when II was sud
denly dispelled by the second intruder.
j had not discontinued my baths: but
took big stick into the water with
me. and swan very near the surf. AT
last the old she shark came in. but for
tunately / saw her before she reached
me. She SHE'D off 10 deep water as
ran for my gun, returning later and
sweeping up near the fish bait. gave
her a shot in the back. which only in
furiated her; but another in a vital
part quieted her forever. SO I killed
my enemies; that Is. the first ones. and
/ found this one to be nearly nine feet
in length-siX inches shorter than her
mate. This was the last shark / killed
there though the bay contained many
smaller ones. as well as the dreaded
barracostas, which are swifter in the
water and really more dangerous
My peaceful life had now been Invad-
ed by real terrors; at the end rof my
beach grew the odious manchineels; in
front OF IL swan the man-eaters. Only
the day before had found an immense
centipede in my hammock. which had
dropped from the thatch while | was
absent: but IL might as easily have
fallen on my face while I lay asleep
So, altogether. l was restless and not
so satisfied with my lot as might have
been. i resolved 20 leave the sea side
and explore the great forest. where.
perchance, | might find a retreat less
liable to invasion. Fred A ODER.