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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26

From the New Orleans Picayune.
For the last year, or even longer,
there has been an effort on foot in Tex
as and in other cotton-bearing states
10 secure a uniform bale Of cotton. The
advantages Of having all the cotton of
the South pressed into uniform-sized
bales are many and railroad people
have long sought TO bring some kind
of influence to bear that would secure
the desired result. But on account Of
a large percentage OF the press owners
being put To more or less expense in
Changing their presses. no great head
way has been made up To the begin
ming Of last season. But since last sea-
son there has been a great deal Of mis-
sion work done i'm this direction and the
outlook now Is very favorable for the
next seasons bales proving of a more
uniform size
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26

ness. guided by the intrepid Dixon with
all their prisoners and the small arms
they had taken, they had started for
Sacketts harbor
The reception they met when they
arrived there at daybreak can well be
imagined and Commodore Chauncey
found that for few days his men had
another topic Of conversation beside his
DELAYED start for Yeo's fleet.
News must have travelled slowly in
those days. for il was only after -
years had elapsed that congress seems
10 have heard Of the sinking 81 the
Black Snake: but AT last. on May 4,
1894. an act was passed awarding
Gregory and his men $1,000 for this ser
vice.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26
Protue,ton OF Aluminium

Some very striking statistics arr given
TO show how rapidly the production OF
aluminium has increased in the United
States since ISIS in which year II uld NOT
not exceed 50 pounds. In l>>' the proauS-
tson had increased TO S.o00 pounds, in 1879
10 - AS pounds. in 1891 TO l5o.eo0 pounds
ana in lS9s TO SS9 Ge9 pounds. while i'm 1928
the total was 55o.o0o pounds. The Iron Age
puts the production for lS' Al S'e.e
hounds and estimates that this year IL
win not fan short OF 500 pounds per
diem.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26
as large as that of a swan, being held
in a perfect incubating pounch.

On Marion island the explorers found
the great king penguin-a bird which
stands half as high as a man, with its
bill pointing directly upward instead
of out, as with other birds. As they
landed and approached the singular
creatures, which had been standing
about, they hoped away slowly, but
not an egg could be found, a set of
which was the object of the visit.
The birds had a peculiar movement;
instead of walking and moving one
foot after the other, or alternately
they held them closely together and
hoped. This excited the laughter of
the men, who finally toppled a bird
over. whereupon the much desired egg
rolled out upon the sand
The king penguin was also an egg
carrier, not only holding 1t while stand
ing STILL but carrying the big egg about
with IL by placing it in a pouch for
the purpose, holding 1t in with the
broad webbed feet that are kept closely
together. This explained the curious
hopping motion of the birds, as they
could not move their feet without drop
ping the egg; but the moment one was
forced to give up the prize 1t ran away,
using both feet after the manner or
ordinary birds
bird carries it's egg with it as it moves
about In these instances the birds
rarely transport the egg to a great DIS
lance If undisturbed, they probably
remain about a certain localityi out
there are birds which have been known
to transport their eggs from one place
to another, literally flying away with
them. When Audubon first heard TINS
story of the nighthawk called Chuch-
Wills Widow, he thought it story of
the negroes. Some insisted that the
bird carried the egg away under It's
wing; others that il rolled the egg over
the ground TO determine the truth,
Audubon concealed himself in the
woods near q nest, having first handled
the eggs, and waited TO see Wnal the
old bird would do. The first bird 10 ar
rive appeared very detected at the dis
covery that the secret home had been
found. rufIiing up it's feathers and ut
tering a moaning cry just audible To
the listener Then the mate arrived,
and. after various movements lhdlca-
tive OF alarm, each bird took an egg III
its capacious mouth ana new sol'iS
away.
I.e valiant. the French naturalist
observed the collared goatsucker OF the
Cane of Good Hope carrying OF It's eggs
in the same manner-a comparatively
easy feat. as the mouth OF All lhSS'
birds Is very capacious; a veritapit
t,.an when the laws are opened for tbs
various insects upon which they feed
in the dusk. between day and night.
MANY birds carry their young shor
! distances as the wodcock. which ha;
! been seen bearing off little one be
+ tween its claws, while il Is well known
/ that the wood duck carries its youni
/ down from the nest in trees TO tins
T-atar using her bill for the purpose.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26
BIRDS CARRY EGGS
Hunters HAYS a Hard Time Getting
Specimens From the AlbatrOSS.
THEY PROTECT THEIR NESTS
Do Not Scare t asily and VIII Fight
Even With a Man 1 heir Wonder
full Powers i'm the Air. ollow
chip for .undreds of Miles.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Some time ago a small party of eX-
plorers landed on one of the apparent
ly barren islands just on the borders
of the Antarctic regions and found ii
inhabited by a remarkable colony of
birds that range from large Mother
Carey-like birds to penguins of all
kinds and degrees. The island was fair
ly covered with the feathereu inhabi-
tants; and as the boat ran on to
rock that apparently afforded a landing
the birds, instead of moving away,
seemed determined to resent the intru-
sion and stood their ground, viciously
attacking the men who, though they
knocked the birds aside with clubs and
oars, made no appreciable inroad upon
their numbers.
The party then formed a compact
body and. armed with boat-hooks ~
push the snrieking throng aside, moved
up what was apparently street, here
and there dotted with singular stool
like objects about three feet in width,
larger at the top. These were the nests
of the albatross, and as the men were
especially DESTROYS of obtaining a set
of the eggs. they observed the nests
very carefully; but in every instance
the bird. when approached. sAuiiied
clumsily away, and no eggs were
found, though the birds were supposed
Finally a nest was found containing
an egg. but just as the men drew near
the bird ahghted and took her place
upon il. cycling them with suspicion.
ard uttering a curious half-hissing
sound. They watched her for few
moments. then forced her from the
nest. when, to their amaZement, the
egg had disappeared as completely as
though il had been swallowed up. The
nest was examined closely and finally
torn apart, the men thinking that pos
sibly the egg might have slipped into
il in some mysterious way, but with
out success. Finally one of the party
attempted TO catch an albatross'' ana
while he was following the bird in
ludicrous chase over the stubole an
! e,ysr suddenly appeared. dropped by the
/ cunning bird which had all the time
baen carrying il. not under her wing
| a. ne is supposed to do al sea by SUI
Derstltious sailors. but in peculiar
/ 81 i'm the skin provided by nature for
I this very purpose.
/ The albatross is famed for its pow
/ ers Of flight, following vessels hundreds
| - miles: yet when resting II appar-
! sptlx forgets that IL has wings, as II
can be handled and pushed about IN
! - nest making no attempt TO fly OF
/ r,ox,a unless driven away by blows
/ rTl,is may be due TO the fact thar tht
/ ee.~ is held in the curious sack ana tht
| hird instinctively knows that II cannon
/ Nv OFT with il. - resists.
| This sly bird is called the hloiiy
! ,,a1k and its cousin, the great anna
| tross has a. similar habit the egg
! which is five inches in length ainlos'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26

Sufferers from Coughs. Sore Throat
ETC.. should be constantly supplied with
Browns bronchial Troenes." Avoid imi-
tations.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

If the country cOult not trust
the Democratic party when all
of its wisdom was united in
Cleveland, Whitney, Hill, Bynum,
Palmer and the hosts of sound
money Democrats. combined
with whatever wisdom was dis
coverable under the skirts of the
free silver wing of the party,
what is the prospect of a greater
trust under any one wing of this
party of failure? If the united
wisdom brought the party to
grief is their any assurance that
the divided wisdom will be less
dangerous? The country is in
no humor to farther experiment
with the industries and finances
of the nation, but will commit
their direction to tried and true
hands with whom these interests
in the past have been safe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

1t is not the harangue, in which
the classes are arrayed against
the masses and one portion of the
people against another, that is
going to make votes, but the sol
id information as to the real con-
ditions underlying the whole
controversy and the probable out
come of the situation in this case
or that, This information in
books and pamphlets and news,
papers in controlling this fight
today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08
Sound Money, Protection and Pros
putty
pIlily

Secretary Frewen, of the BIZ
metallic league of England, is here
to whoop it up for the free coin
age of silver, which he says would
open the minis of England at
once to silver coinage, but he al,
so SAYS, "of course it would Gre
ate a panic at first in this cOun'
try." England is not going to be
gratified with a panic in the
United States for the benefit OF
John Bulls minis.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE.

Being satisfied that at each recur-
ring election the people are more and
more outspoken in favor of a non-par-
ti2an judiciary, and that the judicial
officers should not come in contact
with the strife and contention Of polit-
ical parties, we hereby submit our
name to the voters OF Bexar county,
Texas, irrespective Of party nomina-
lions and make our announcement as a
candidate for the Office of county judge
at the ensuing November election.
JOHN T. LEWIS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

There is a difference of opinion
as to the meaning of the letters
f. S. d. Some contend that they
mean free silver Democrats; 9th
er some that they mean for spoil
Democrats; others that it means
fresh skinned Democrats, while
there are those who think it
means fly syndicate Democrats,
but there is no doubt that what
ever it means now it will mean
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

The national Republican COM
mittee can put dead loads of
money into Texas and put it into
Il hole, and they can put good
money into half Il dozen congress
sional districts to splendid ad-
vantage but they must under
stand the situation intelligently
in order not to make a blunder in
putting it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08
AUDITORS CORRECTION.
In your issue of Oct. 9th Won

In your issue of Oct. 9th yOn
make the following statement:
"AlthOugh the city collector
deposited over $4,000 in the
treasury Saturday last, the pow
ers that be, when asked yester-
day when the city employees
would be paid, replied that they
did not know"
The facts are that the collec-
tor deposited on Saturday, Oct.
Bird the sum of S6,S71.72, out of
which the general fund received
81, 599.S7 and the remainder was
applied to the sinking and school
funds. The city officers and en-
plOyes were paid their salaries
and wages for July on Septem-
Der 18th, and there not being suf-
ticient money in the general fund
Mr.. Ferd. Herff, the city treasur-
er, advanced the amount neces-
sary to pay off. After deduct
ing this advance from the 1859
81 deposited on Saturday there
remains very little in the general
fund.
The total general fund collect,
ed by the collector during Sep,
TENDER amounted to 81, 1854
and the amount paid out for sala,
ries and wages on September 10
amounted to $14,054.64.
ALBERT MEYER,
City Auditor
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

The experiment that was made
with asphalt pavement in this
city was prominently success
full, and it is in order when this
cruel disturbance of trade is over
to consider the propriety of do
ing some paving with that ma
terial that will not menace
health and require renewal every
year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08
FOR ASSESSOR.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
OUR MANUFACTURERS.
And Home Industries-Where to Find
Them.

And Home Industries-Where to Find
Them.
Below will be found a complete d.
rectory of our manufacturers and
wher to find them. For a more partic-
ular description Of what they manu-
facture, our readers will please con-
suit their respective lads. Read, re-
fleet and patronize them.
Price Booker & Co., Baking Powder,
Flavoring Extracts, Vinegar and Fruit
Cider, E. Nueva.
E. Nueva.
G. A. Duerler Manufacturing Co.,
Pure Candies, Soda Water and Cakes.
222 w. Commerce street.
A. c. Heinrich, Jewelry to order. PIG
w. Commerce street.
Alamo Trunk Factory, Trunks and
Valises to order. 2O2 w. Commerce st.
]. Lobert Tailoring Co., Suits and
Pants to order. 1O4 w Commerce st.
Bell Steam Laundry, Laundry work
with improved methods. 315 E Hous-
ton street.
F. F. Collins Manufacturing Co.,
Foundry work and Machinery, Boilers
and Engines. Houston street bridge.
Alamo Cement Co., Home Cement,
as good as any in the world. 207-209
Main avenue.
Alamo Iron Works, Foundry work
and Machinery. E Commerce street,
Sunset track.
Mackey Brick and Tile Company, our
white brick and tiling. 2S9 w Com
merce street.
]. Dean & Son, Home made tinware.
better than imported, 105 to 100 n.
Flores street.
c. H. Guenther Milling Co., Flour and
Meal, equal to any in the world. Mills
I. & G. N. and Guenther and Washing
ton streets.
l.. Frank & Co., manufacturers of
saddlery and harness; Main plaza.
Max Schultze. Stove pipe galvanized
we'll casing, tinware, etc. los w. Com
merce street. ..nt
Rosy Brothers, Cigars and Purros,
equal to any imported article. 252 w.
Commerce street.
A. Pancoast Sons, Merchant Tail
oring in all it's branches. 136-13S w.
Commerce street.
Lone Star and City ,Breweries. have
no equal Grand avenue and River av-
enue. Y
E. Y. White. steam dying and clean
ing works. 207 w. Commerce street.
San Antonio Soap WorksS E. Men
ger, Proprietor. N. Laredo Sstreet.
Kendall & Rips. upholstsring and
mattress making 225 e. Commerce st.
]. Dietrich & Co., toilet an b laundry
soaps, S. Laredo street., S. ~. & A. p.
track.
Edward Jenner, Home made fancy
candies, 416 Labor street.
A. Grona, mattresses and pillows, E.
Commerce and Olive streets.
401 E. Houston street.
San Antonio Electro Plating Works
122T-1231 Burnett street!
J. c. Dielman, E. Commerce street.
/, The Dechman Coffee and Spice Mills
, 500 E. Houston street.
The San Antonio Daily Light the
Republican paper Of the South. Read
it; advertise in it, Our mill grinds out
news every day at 1O4 E. Commerce st
. near bridge.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08
AUCTION AUCTION,,

Auction sale of fine furniture,
consisting of good upright piano,
parlOr suit, bed suits, wardrobe,
cooks stove. etc. at 315 Crockett
street, Friday, Oct. 9th, at 10
o'clock.
BURT ASHFORD, AuctiOnecr.
10 Z ct
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08
NEw>YoRK FIGURES TALK.

NEW>YORK FIGURES TALK.
The Palmer and Buckner man
ayers in New York estimate the
vote for this electoral ticket, bas-
ed upon the report OF twenty-sev-
en- state committeeman, at 250,-
600. Take the Democratic vote
of four years ago, add to it the
Populist vote at that time, then
deduct this estimated 100000 and
YOU have Il vote for Bryan aggre-
eating 421, 397. Put the Repub-
lican vote at the same figures
that were returned then, 600, $50,
and the Republican majority
over Bryan will be 1888. But
it will be remembered that this
was a tidal wave of Democratic
infOwing, and that under exist
ing circumstances cannot be APP
preached by the Democratic par
tv of the free silver wing i'll this
campaign. Not only so, the
Republican vote of that year was
way below its average showing
a wonderful falling off from the
estimates as well as from pre-
vious years. This is apparent
when the returns of the election
for governor in 1894 are taken as
the basis of comparison. Instead
of 609,350 votes as in 1892, the
Republican vote in 1894 was 613,
SIS. while the Democratic vote
was only 517,710. Add to this
vote the POpulist vote of that
year and there is an aggregate
vote of 52S,759. Deduct from this
number the 100000 Democrats
who will not vote for Bryan this
year and the remainder is only
vote of that year, which as seen
was 673,S1S. This gives the Re
publican majority over the
Bryanites at 395,059. Is it any
wonder that in this view of the
case that the betting men in that
state are putting even money on
New York city, and even offering
odds? Does it not afford reason
for the prediction, backed by
money. that the state will 90
more than 100000 for Mckinley?
There is no disputing the returns
of former years. There is of
course only the estimate of the
Palmer and Buckner men to base
this conclusion upon. But in
any event there is the fact that
the Republican plurality in New
York state election in 1894 was
1856 los and that the Democratic
plurality in 1892 was only 40
SIS. The slump of 1894 was
111,000 worse for the Democrats
than the slump of 1892 was for
the Republicans. Take this fact
into consideration and place the
Palmer and Buckner vote at any
sum in reason and it demon
strates an actual impossibility
politically speaking, for the New
York Bryanites to carry the
state. The size of that sound
money Democratic vote in the
great Democratic centers is go,
ing to paralyza the free silver
wing of the party when the re-
turns are in. 1t is this fact that
is going to count for so much in
setting the plurality of Mckin
ley the highest since 1872.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

Those who declare in set terms
1.-THE skilled labor of the country
and the professional men and the
dwellerS in the cities will vote
for Mckinley, but the farmer and
the laborer will vote forBryan,'
are not paying compliment to
the intelligence and knOwl-
edge Of the farming classes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

Florida in not Republican
meat, Notwithstanding anything
that the betters in New York
may offer. a state that put no
Republican electoral ticket in the
field four years ago is not going
Republican now.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

The east and eastern middle
states are safe for William We
kinley. The fight will now be
until the end of the campaign in
the states of the Missouri and
Mississippi valleys. Good fight
inc ground.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

The divide and fall policy is
doing its deadly work in some
of the congressional districts of
this state, but it will not be for
many more years that the people
will suffer this treachery.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

1t will not do for the national
Republican committee to bank
on carrying the electoral vote of
Texas in any proportion for Nc
Kinley. If it is done they can
take it as so much pelOne.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.

The Light is authorized to announce
VIM. BOERNER as an indie
pendent candidate for tax collector of
Bexar county at the election Novem-
Der 3rd; he solicits the support of all
citizens opposed to ring combinations.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

Politics has killed business. If
the discussion of free silver and
the danger of its possibility
knocks the bottom out of trade
what destruction to all business
is going to follow the actual cleo
ton of irresponsible, free coin
age silvpr-syndicate, candidates?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

There are more good Democrats
of the wigwam of Tammany
than Bourke Cochran, who are
not coming to aid Sachem Shee
han in rowing the craft up salt
river. Ex-Mayor GilrOy is one
of them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

When this election is over and
the country settles down to four
years of prosperity and Mckinley
is in the white house, it will be
in order to notify John Bull to
keep off the grass in Alaska.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

The last three weeks of this
campaign will see the great
northwestern states flooded with
Republican speakers and litera-
ture in a way to food out the last
vestige of hope for the Bryanites.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

Bryan continues to make his
circus draw, but it will be seen
on the counting of the tickets on
the third of November that the
crowds who throng his assem-
dies generally voted for Mckin-
ley
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

has killed business. The bust
ness men of this country are hot
thereat and have sworn to be
the death of such agitation.
They will slaughter it at the polls
in November, don't you forget it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

There is no one of any one dOz-
en- of the POpulist managers in
Texas can tell'today how the
rank and file of the party are 60
ing to vote on the third of No
vember. This is the bed rock
truth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

Hilton found out that he could
not manage a dead milliOnaire's
property as we'll as the man who
created it. He has raised half
a million to pay the debts of that
big dry goods house.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

There is no agreement among
the POpulists of Texas as to flu
sion with the Republicans, Meth
er is there any certainty as to
how the bulk Of them will vote
on the election of president.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-08

There is not a question that flu,
sion with the sound money Dem
ocrats, Republicans and a major
ity of the Populists would secure
the defeat of Culberson in Texas,
but it is not certain that they
will fuse.