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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

Fenlnsula from Jacksonville yesterday
bringing the Jacksonville fire department
to Brunswick broke the road record. The
run between Yulee and Kingsland, Is
miles, was made in exactly 10 minutes
Engine IS, with Engineer Sam Scott in
charge, did the work.
President Adam Strain Of the Darien
and Western railroad stated yesterday
that the road has paid every cent it
owes. and has ample funds 10 pay inter-
est on the bonds and some to put away
besides. Mr.. Strain, at the request of
northern bondholders, took charge of the
road about two months ago. At that time
II was accommodating debt steadily; now it
is not only self-sustaining, but is in a
condition to make good earnings Cen
eral Manager Mcfarland is ably aiding
President Strain in his efforts to make
the Darien and Western flourish.
The Georgia Midland railroad has been
recognized by the committee to which it
was recently sold at auction. The road
has been capitalized under the new char
ter for 100000. The officers recently
elected are: r. o. Lancaster, president;
5. Howard, treasurer, and w. d.
Lancaster secretary.
Philadelphia manufacturers recently
shipped sixteen locomotives to Russia for
use on the Great Siberian railroad.
Il. .. WaSnDurn VIII be the probable
successor Of President Nettleton of the
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham
railroad, who died last Friday.
The ruling of the United States supreme
court on the Social Circle, short haul
clause, has occasioned much discussion
among railroad men, who claim that it
Will hurt the revenues of transporta-
ton lines, and that established business
and industrial enterprises will lose trade
at distributing points.
Parsons & Edwards the new purchasers
Of the Macon and Birmingham railroad,
have appointed Julian r. Lane general
manager. Mr.. Lane assumes control at
once, and Is one of the youngest railroad
managers in the country He graduated
from the University of Georgia in the
course OF civil engineering, and entered at
once the Georgia Southern railroad shops
as an apprentice boy. After finishing his
apprenticeship he began firing an engine
and was in a short while promoted to the
position of engineer. He was subsequently,
made superintendent of the Macon and
birmingham last year by Receiver Sparks
President Spencer of the Southern rail-
road sailed for Europe yesterday.
A special rate of 1ls fare has been grant
ed by the Southern States Passenger As
sociaton on the occasion of the meeting
of the Sons Of the Revolution in Savannah
on April 20.
Edgar A. Ross has been appointed re-
ceiver of the Macon and Northern railroad
Ross, who was prevented by sickness from
discharging his duties
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

The special over the Florida Central and
Peninsular from Jacksonville yesterday
bringing the Jacksonville fire department
to Brunswick broke the road record. The
run between Yulee and KingsIand, Is
miles, was made in exactly 10 minutes
Engine IS. with Engineer Sam Scott in
charge, did the work.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

probabilities for Friday: Confirms.
fair and cold; northwesterIy winds i,,'-'il 81
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

A special rate of 11s fare has been grant
ed by the Southern States Passenger As
ISOLATION on the occasion of the meeting
of the Sons of the Revolution in Savannah
on April 20.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

President Spencer of the Southern rail-
road sailed for Europe yesterday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

Philadelphia manufacturers recently
shipped sixteen locomotives to Russia for
use on the Great Siberian railroad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

Edgar A. Ross has been appointed re-
,eiver of the Macon and Northern railroad
by Judge Speer in place of William H.
Ross, who was prevented by sickness from
1ischarging his duties
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03

e. s. Washburn will be the probable
successor Of President Nettleton of the
Kansas City. Memphis and Birmingham
railroad, who died last Friday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03
Workman

With mind for ECONOMY, Neatness
and Comfort should equip himself with
our famous CARHART OVERALLS and
PANTS. The ONLY successful garment
made and for sale only HERE Wear
them once-wear them always. Scarcely
higher than the common sort.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
MHEEL REPAIR STAND.

rails. One of the claims of the inventor
is that the device not only holds the
wheel in q convenient position and
height for work, but believes the tires
from pressure when they are repaired.
A novel feature of the invention is its
introduction in cycling road-houses and
at cycling resorts. Every wheelman
has had unpleasant experience of the
absence of a simple kit of tools for
emergency repairs. A number of the
boulevard inns and other rendezvous
for cyclists have purchased the little
bench, equipped it with tools, and
placed it at the service of their patrons
within a week or two. The idea of
repair kit in an emergency is attractive
enough to commend its originator to
the good grsces of wheelmen.-Chicago
Tribune
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
STUDYING THE FORESTS.
Work of Investigation of the Ma
tional Forestry Commission.
Party just Reached San FrancIsco-Ex-
press Astonishment at wanton De-
struction of Trees-Seek Means of
Preventing Forest Fires.

c. S. Sargent, of Brookline, Mass,
chairman of the United States com.
mission to examine and report on the
timber regions Of the west, the nation
al parks and reservations, arrived in
San Francisco the other day after a
long tour through what is left of the
American wilderness.
He is accompanied by Prof. William
H. Brewer, of Yale; Gen. w. II. Abbott,
of the engineer corps of the United
States army; Arnold Hague, of the
United States geological survey, and
John Minor, of the commission.
81 do not know that can give you
any startling details regarding our trip
or our purpose" said Mr.. Sargent, "but
what 1 have is at your disposal. This
commission was appointed by the Ma
tional academy, at the request of the
secretary of the interior. 1t is the ma
tional forestry commission as general
ly known.
Eve have been out since July and
have travelled nearly 1000 miles by
wagon and made long distances on
horseback over Elk trails and in all
kinds of country. We have been in the
Yellowstone park, in the wild timber
regions of northern Montana and
northern Idaho, assembled Mount Hood
and Mount Tacoma, visited Crater lake
and also went to the wild Olympic
mountains in western Washington and
Oregon. Our trip finally ended by n
trip through Del Norte county and a
portion of Humboldt.
at is now our intention to visit the
Sierras, San Jacinto, San Gabriel and
other places. Prof Agassiz, who is one
of the commissioners, has not been able
to be with us. Prof Gofford Pinchot,
of New York, whose life speciality has
been forestry, is also one of the commits
sioners. He is in the Yosemite now,
where he has been for some time. he
will probably visit Kings river reserva-
ton and join us little later.
"When we have finished our inspec-
ton we will make full report. The
forest fires of the northwest are so
widespread and the smoke so dense
that there has been but one time when
we could get an extended view of the
country about us. Thii was when we
were in the Olympic mountains"
Prof. William H. Brewer, of Yale, said
that the prime obiectof the commission
was to devise means to preserve the
forests from fires, thefts and other dep
relations. He says there are about 49,
100000 acres of timber in the west.
81 have been consta ltly surprised"
during this trip" said he, "to notice
the wanton destruction of the great
forests. I also noticed the inroads
among the red woods, those great for
est giants that ought to be preserved as
heritage for future generations"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
ADJUTANT GEN'L's ORDERS.

The following order was issued
from the adjutant generals de-
partment;
A board of inspection is hereby
appointed to meet at MeXia, Tex,
on the 25th inst, or as soon there
after as practicable, to pass up
on and recommend the DISPOSE
ton to be made of
Thirty forage caps.
Thirty blOuses, army standard.
Thirty pairs trousers, army
standard.
Nine pairs chevrOns, one pair
first sergeant; four sergeant and
four corporal.
Nine pairs stripes, five sergeant
and four corporal.
For which Capt. J. :. Clark is
responsible and in possession Of
the Mexia Minute Men.
Detail of the board
Capt. p. G. Townsend, Clarity
Rifles.
Capt. f. X. Jones, Roberts
Rifles.
The proceedings of the board
will be made out and signed in
triplicate.
Another order was also issued
granting a leave of absence for
fifteen days, with permission to
go beyond the limits of the
state, to Capt. JAS. Lawler, of the
Emmett Rifles.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
DIVER TELLS OF BIG FISH.

One Nearly Knocked Him Down at the
Bottom of Lake Quassapaug.
Up in the Woodbury. mountains is
Lake Quassapaug, which is known to
sportsmen as one of the best bass ponds
in Connecticut. Its clear waters are so
deep in many places that no fisherman
has ever seen the bottom, even on
the stillest summer day, and it has be-
come a tradition that the water is so
deep that fish cannot live at the bottom
of the lake. So for years no one has
angled for fish at the bottom of Quassa-
paug, or if some fisherman made the ex-
pertinent he had so little success that
lie said nothing about it.
One day recently the little steamboat
which plies up and down the lake lost
it's propeller, and the fresh water sail
ors were unable to find it, A diver was
summoned from Bridgeport. The story
that he told when he came up from the
bottom of the lake set the fish cranlCs
wild. He found the propeller in AZ feet
of water, and all about it were innumer-
able fish of great size. He judged from
their appearance that they We're carp
and bass, although among them were
some species which he did not recog-
nize. They shot in and out about his
legs while he was at work, and hindered
him seriously. One big fish struck him
with such force that it nearly knocked
him from his feet. His diving armor
prevented him from catching one of
the fish with his hands. ''...
The diver asserts that the rocks ut
the bottom of the lake are covered with
fresh water clans, and that the fish feed
upon these. This, of course, leads to
the inference that clans are good bait
for these giants of Quassapaug. Fresh
water clans are hard to find, and fish
ermen who have cast 50-foot lines bait
ed with salt water clans have not had
a nibble. Several Danbury anglers are
going to Quassapaug for try at some
of the big fish.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN.
Young Irish Woman becomes q Citizen
Though Not Twenty-One.

Young Irish Woman becomes q Citizen
Though Not Twenty One.
A conflict of opinion'arose the other
day between the civil service commits
sion at Washington and the district SUI
preme court over the naturalization of
a young lady who desires to take civil
service examination. Seven years ago
Miss Della A. Mealy arrived in this
country from Ireland. She was but
10 years of age, and two years ago took
out her first papers.
Several days ago she applied to Judge
Cox for her final papers. They were
granted, although she was not 81 years
of age. She fled the papers with the
civil service commission to prove her
citizenship, but they were refused and
Endorsed on the back that the law pro-
hibited any foreigner not 81 years of
age from receiving citizenship papers.
She returned to court with the in
dorsement and Clerk Young, after con-
sultation with several lawyers, wrote
on the back that Judge Cox had de-
cided to admit her.
The law in the. case puts an age quail
ification on man, but makes no pro-
vision for a woman. The civil service
commission has accepted the papers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
FACE STARVATION.
Fate In Store for Alaska Miners Unless
Brought Back to This Country.

Fate In Store for Alaska Miners Unless
Brought Back to This Country.
Information has reached the treasury
department that 1000 prospectors who
are now in the mining region of Alaska
are in destitute condition, and il they
are not brought down this fall to the
states by the United States war vessels
they run the risk of starving during
the coming winter.
The men are represented as without
means with which to pay their way on
the vessels of the North American Com
mercial company and Alaska CONNER
cial company.
Every spriag there is an exodus of this
class of adventurous citizens to the min
ing regions of Alaska, and as many Of
them are thriftless, they place the gov
ernment in the alternative of permit
ting them to starve or of bringing them
back to the United States in one of the
vessels of the Behring sea feet.
Last year notice was given that the
vessels that took them up would be re-
quired to bring them back to the United
States, bra even then some were left
and were rescued by war vessels of the
United States. This year the entire
Behring sea feet is composed of rev.
enue cutters, and it is said that their ut
most capacity would not accommodate
more than $50 persons.
The treasury is in a dilemma over
the situation of the 1000 INDECENT
miners in Alaska and hardly knows
what to do.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
MERGENTHALER PATENTS LOST
w. s. Scudder Has Priority Claim on Es-
genital Parts of LinotYpe.

w. s. Scudder Has Priority Claim on Es-
sential Parts OF Linotype.
There has been pending in the patent
Office for about three years a conten-
ton between W. S. Scudder and Ottmar
Mergenthaler, as to priority of inven-
ton in line casting machinery IN re-
gard to-frst, the matrix bar having
q series Of type matrices on its edge
independently disable; second, compos-
ing mechanism for assembling the type
matrices in line, and series of stops
to arrest the matrix at its proper place
in the line; third, mechanism for Sc
Letting and conducting the matrices to
place Of assemblage and adjusting
them individually in order into a COM
mon line.
The commissioner of patents finds all
these issues, covering also a few minor
points, in favor of Scudder, and closes
a long opinion and decision as follows:
"And I find not only that Scudder
conceived the invention as an organized
product of the intellect as early as May,
1890, but that he proceeded thence, I'M
der all the circumstances of the case,
with reasonable diligence to the con-
struction of his complicated, costly,
but entirely successful second machine
in October, 1892, and, therefore, prior
ity Of invention is awarded to Scudder,
and the decision of the examiners in
CHEF is reversed"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14

meeting of executive committee
in Dallas on the 18th.
Paruvian deputies will not le-
galize Protestant marriages.
Drake, renegade Republican
Of Fort Worth, takes the stump
Dallas fair records the largest
attendance yesterday of any this
year.
Congressman NoOnan speaks
to a good assembly at Hondo
city.
Stump Ashby addresses a
crowd of Democrats and Repub-
Leans at New BraunfelS.
The crowds continue to come
TO Canton in undiminished mum
bers.
Irrigation fair is in full swing
at North Platte, Neb.
Ecuador is about to come in
out of the wet and adopt the gold
standard.
Reports unverifed represent
Harcourt as DESTROYS of resign
ing the Liberal leadership.
Rebellion exists in MadagaS-
car, French residents are muir
dered in open day, and trade is
suspended.
French authorities decide that
there is no conclusive evidence
against lyman.
ColOred Baptist convention is
in session at Fort Worth.
Lawyer Alexander at Waco of
fers to fight the judge on the
bench and is fined $50 for con-
tempt.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
Ride Rainbow Hued Wheels.

Although nearly all theleading manu-,
facturers of bicycles endeavor to main
tain standard color in the wheels they
manufacture, there seems to be craze
for colored wheels, which is frequent
cause Of delay in the delivery Of ma
chimes ordered. Black is the favorite,
and is likely to remain so for long
time, but the shades of green, maroon,
blue, and bronzes are now popular, and
especially in the cheaper grades of
wheels any color desired is furnished.
The wheel is now often bought to
match the costume of the rider, and
causes the manufacturer endless trouble
in making the two match.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
CHURCH EXCURSION.

There will be an excursion to
Van Raub next Sunday, the 18th
inst, by st. Johns Lutheran
congregation. Trains will leave
the Arkansas Pass depot at $50
a. m. and 100 p. m. Returning
at 500 and 8 p. m. Fare for the
round trip % cents. Refresh
ments on the grounds. Every
body invited. Tickets for sale
by Henry Stucke, Charles Zeller,
Frank Teich, III. G. Pfeiffer and
Rev. A. G. Ulrich. 10-12-6t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
over-InduIgence Is Dangerous.

1t is possible for wheelmen to injure
themselves physically by an overin-
dlugence in wheeling, in taking to the
exercise ravenously at the start of their
cycling careers. AS soon as a person
buys a wheel the first thought is for a
spin over the country roads. Consid-
cradle discretion should be exercised in
this respect. Begin by taking short
rides, and increase them in proportion
to the strength developed. By follow
ing this method it will relieve the rider
of many strains and stiff joints that al
ways ensue when wheelmen exhaust
themselves by riding too much at the
outset.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
A BIG SAND WAVE.
1t Is Creeping Slowly Over Woods and
Farms In Northern New York.

1t Is Creeping Slowly Over Woods and
Farms In Northern New York.
Between Carthage and Stislingville,
in Jefferson county, N. Y, there is
stretch of country where the sand drifts
like snow, making great banks and
binding the eyes of those who look up
wind. It is a desolate, barren region,
where the soil IS only as deep as the
roots of the grass.
Some time or other cattle turned loose
to pasture on the southwest side of q
high hill there made a trail along the
face of it. Their hoofs wore through
the thin sod and the wind caught up the
particles of sand and sent them spin
ming up the hillside. Tracks of this old
trail may still be seen down in the hol-
low, but most of it has been blown
away. The whole hill became a wave of
sand, and now it is rolling down grade
toward the house of one of three shanty
settlers along the road. 1t is certain to
bury the house some day under wave
of sand from 25 to 80 feet high.
The old Alexandria road is covered in
one place with the sand to depth of
three feet The wagon that passes over
the road in the morning leaves a deep
Tut where the wheels sank in. The
tread of the horses is heavy. But at
night the sand has sifted in and there
remains scarcely sign of travel.
The great wave of sand kills every
thing before it, buries the fences and
covers the stumps and bushes. Some
roots and sticks show through, telling
where the bushes have been. A patch
of woods beyond the reach of the main
wave has a fence along its southern
face over hill that slopes down among
the trees. A fairly level stretch leads
from the foot of the hill to the south.
On this level sandy spots show. Be-
hind the fence is bank of sand, the
smother from the sand patches down on
the level. The woods, the hollow in
which they lie, and the spring will be
buried before long by the hill.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
IN@EI|DBDon.
AMERICAN WHEELS.
They Are in Growing Demand in All
Parts of the World.

They Are in Growing Demand in All
Parts of the World.
During the ten months between July,
1895, and April, 1896, the value of BIZ
cycles furnished by the United States
to Europe land the rest of mankind"
has exceeded $1,OOO,OOO. Prior to July,
1895, the expectation of American
wheels was too trifing for considera-
ton. 1t is the American tourist that
has been the missionary of the Amer
lean cycle manufacturer. Young Amer
lea went abroad and took his wheel
with hipl-her wheel also. Along the
shady lanes of England, ON the smooth
causeways of Ireland, along the banks
of the Rhine on the prado of Madrid, on
the boulevards of Paris, in Vienna, and
in st. Petersburg, the American wheel
was seen, and its lightness and strength
admired. And so foreign markets were
opened to American makers.
The foreign trade is but in its infan-
cy. The returns for May show that
from New York alone wheels of the
value of $22O,176 were exported. This
is AT the rate of more than s., 100000 a
year. The shipments for May are
classified thus by the New York Com
,,,aro.o1 Du1Ia+;,.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-14
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intrinsic value of 0uHc
Hoods Sarsaparilla. \ - ! NO

Merit in medicine means the power to
cure. Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses actual
and unequalled curative power and there
fore it has true merit. When you buy
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and take it according
to directions, to purify your blood, or
cure any Of the many blood diseases, you
are morally certain to receive benefit.
The power to cure is there. You are not
trying an experiment. 1t will make your
blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus
drive out the germs of disease, strengthen
the nerves and build up the whole system.
Severe Case Of Dyspepsia
az suffered from dyspepsia 20 years.
had feeling as though there was lump
in my stomach. / did not dare to eat
meat or warm bread, very few vegetables,
for fear OF the great distress food caused
me. experienced relief right after COM
mencing to take Hoods Sarsaparilla. Ny
appetite increased, gained in general
health and strength. can eat almost any
thing now without discomfort. Although
/ had been an invalid for twenty years, L
can truthfully say that 1 am better than
for long time. Inever weighed so much
In my life." MRS. EMILY F. BUMP, 45
Portland Street, Middleboro, Mass.