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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-17
NoRDICA's Two HUSBANDS.

W.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Lillian Nordica has married again
after all. 1t was reported as long ms
four years ago that she was engaged
to Herr Zoltan Doeme, a young Hun
garian a%ristocrat, who left the Aus
trian cavalry to sing Lohengrin and
Tannheuser and Tristan, but the en-
gagement was not announced until
1894. Then il was certain that they
would be married, for it was a ques-
ton whether the prima donna's first
husband was dead. Indeed, just at
the time of the announcing of her en-
gagement to Herr Doeme 1t was an
nounced that Mr.. Cover had just
been seen very much alive in London.
This was in July, 1894, and it was
supposed that he had been lost in a
balloon catastrophe nine years before.
Had he really appeared i'm the flesh
his celestial Wanderings would have
broken all records in aerial annals. 1t
was on July IS, 1885, that he vanish
ed into space in a balloon in Havre,
France, and naught had been heard
of him by the world at large until his
announcement of his appearance in
London. 1t is true that there We're
some so skeptical as to doubt whether
he really ever came down again, for
the fact was developed in looking in
to his effects after his ascension that
most of his property, which was val
ued in it's entirety at S3,000,000, had
gone up with him. Despite this mys-
terry, he was mourned as departed by
his friends, and had been dead in the
eye of the law for two years.
Nine. Nordica sued for a separate
maintenance, but never for a divorce.
While the suit was in progress Cover
suddenly left for Paris, where he had
been deeply engaged in studying out
an invention to employ magnetism in
the direction and control of balloons.
This he considered the greatest in
ventiOn of the age, both for military
and commercial purposes. To test the
efficiency of some of his plans he I'M
dertook in a balloon. alone, to cross
the Straits of Dover on July IS, 1885.
He was not reported as having come
down alive again, and as traces of
him and his balloon We're never seen,
he was supposed to have been drown
ed in the channel.
Iht plOCCthihSS lOI dllIliOuI "tIc
naturally interrupted. Nine. Nordica
then took steps to gain her interests
in the property as a widow. George
Lewis Cover, of Providence, brother
of Frederick, opposed this on the
ground that it had not been estab-
lished that he was dead. As time went
by, however, he made overtures to
her, offering her a small share of the
estate; but this she would not listen
to. She heard of the property that
George Lewis Cover had in Tacoma,
and laid claim to it as part of her hus-
bands estate, asserting that it had
been bought with $1,000 belonging to
her husband, and that G. l.. Cover
was, in fact, only IN agent. In the
Superior court at Tacoma the case
was postponed from time to time I'M
til the property increased immensely
in value. Finally Nine. Nordica set |
tied the case for a consideration of
$4,000 in October, 1890. 1t is esti- |
mated that in the United States and
in England some thirty or forty at
tOrneys were enlisted in the ease from
first to last.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-17
M~ARKMANSHIP OF THE BOERs
They Are Said To Be The Best
ROugh-and-Ready Shots In
The World

lheS Are Sdlu 10 BE Inc Best
ROugh-and-Ready Shots In
The World
The Beers are probably the most
expert rough-and-ready marksmen in
the world. Why they are so is ex-
planned by their environment, which
necessitates n good deal of hunting
for meat. Shooting constantly at ran
ges unknown by Otner than eye meas
urements has got these men to a state
Of perfection that astonishes those
who have e them shoot.
De Villiers, a welt Boer, and Jacob
Cloefe, a Cape Colony Africander,
were taking a party of hunters from
Kimberly, in the diamond fields, out
for a weeks hunt. Toward evening,
after a hot day, when the air was
dancing yer the plain, a bunch of
hartebeast antelopes were sighted.
Jacob and De Villiers dismounted for
a long range shot with their Snider-
Enfields.
what have you got, Jake?" asked
De Villiers.
Eight hundred, and I'll draw fine
on the right-hand one"
That's me, but I'll aim a trife
high for the next, for he's a little be.
yond."
From the knee rest, after a deliber-
ate aim, both fired almost together.
De Villier's buck merely kicked a few
times, and the other one ran but a few
jumps. The first II was shot through
the shoulders, and the other through
the liver, a foot too far back.
1t is not stated whether it was
yards or meters that 800 meant,
but it does not matter-at 800 feet il
would have been n mighty hard shot
to make through heated air at a $50
pound animal.
1t is stated that any given number
of welt Beers (those from the prai'
ries) picked at random can defeat any
given number of men picked from the
experts of any other land in a contest
at unknown long ranges, since they
are marvellous judges Of distance. >
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-17
SAVE MONEY EVERY TIME

BY buying your lumber and build
ing material from Ed. Stoves &
Sons. Yards: East Commerce
street and /. & G. N. depot. 61tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-17
BETTER THAN NEW.

The secondhand Upright Pianos
that we are offering at $3.50 to 5000
are fully warranted, and are better
than the cheap shoddy new Stencil
Pianos that are being put on the mar
ket. THOS. GOGGAN e BROS.
cliff.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-17
TRUSTEE,S SALE.

Notice is hereby given that l will
sell the furniture and stock of liquors
and cigars of William Brothers, Com
mercial saloon, at No. - w. Com
merce street, at auction on Saturday,
June 81, at IL o'clock a. m.
THOMAS MANSFIELD,
6-16-St Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-17
DISSOLUTION SALE.

Great reduction in prices ON surries
phaetOns and buggies on account OF
dissolution of partnership.
6-9-tf WOODWARD & BRIGGS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-17

There are medicines which
change the action Of organs
and tissues. When a part
does not properly perform its
work, they restore it to health.
Such remedies are called al
teratives."
Scott S Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil, with Hypophos-
phites, is one Of these rem
edies. This is largely be-
cause Of certain drugs which
naturally exist in the oil, as
iodine and bromine. If you
are neither hard sick nor real
well; if you feel below your
usual standard, these altera-
tives will change your con-
dition and bring back your
health and strength.
SCOTS EMULSION has been srdO,seS BY ID.
;sse,''l J fssff 6 s,.J 5Ss tst : st yss,,' ~ ye.5 Sos,
~asyoym-aiwsy, ~eoufahni hs pEItH Tor1cesiSa
Cod-LiVer Oil and HypopboIpbaeJ.
Put up IN so cent ard SI.oo sizes. The small sir,
may Be eHOHsh TO cure JOH~ cough or belt jour bak,.
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30
Jewels Are Dying Out.

Jewels seem to be worn less and less
every year. With day toilettes they
are scarcely seen at all, and the fact
was authoritatively illustrated the
other day at the marriage of the
daughter of the Count d'Hanssonville,
which brought together all that is re-
lated to the royalty in France. Scarce
ly Il jewel was to be seen in this ele-
CANT assembly. The bride wore not a
single gem.
The festive earring is so nearly out
of date that it is hardly found ex-
cept OF the elderly. l should guess
that not n woman in ten under
thirty to-day has her ear pierced. AS
for the breastpin, which in other days
was a necessary finish to the dress,
fashion at present has crowded it out
of use. The collar band being fastened
behind, its effect is only marred by
placing a jewel in front. Also a brooch
that fastens nothing being superfiuous,
it is out of date. In England, where
white linen cuffs are worn with day
gowns, sleeve buttons are part of q
dress, but French fashion does not
tolerate linen cuffs, and 30 sleeve hut
tons, al q rule, are not seen. Bracelets
cannot be worn with long sleeves, and
thus there is very little left but finger
rings and the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Times.
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30
The yitascope.

Edison's vitascope was exhibited for
the first time at Roster & Bial's last
night, and was received with great ap-
plause. 1t is a development Of the
kaleidoscope, the pictures being colored
and thrown on a white screen on the
stage. Several views were shown, the
best being the surf, an umbrella dance,
serpentine dance and a scene from a
recent farce comedy. The most sue
cessful Of all was the surf scene. It
represents a long pier extending out
into the ocean, with the waves beating
against it and dashing on the sand. In
the distance the breakers, covered with
white caps, came rolling in toward the
land; as they nea the shore the mass
of green water rises high, combs with
sparkling green and white, and pounds
upon the single; the white foam and
spray fly into the air, the water rushes
up the beach to recede and meet the
next wave. while one instinctively list
ems for the roar of the sea beach. It
was a remarkable exhibition, indica-
tive Of the great possibilities Of the
y%itascope. The dances were pretty,
and it seemed as If the dancers were
actually upon the stage.-New York
Post.
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30
Cut Worms.

An Ohio correspondent of the Rural
New Yorker reports that for some
thirty years past he has successfully
used carbonate Of ammonia as a pro-
lection against cut worms in corn. He
dissolves the ammonia In q small guam
tity of warm water, and aims to use
a full ounce of the carbonate to each
bushel of seed corn. When the am
monia has been dissolved he adds wa
ter, quite hot, in a sufficient quantity
to cover the corn in 8, tub. In soak
ing a bushel at a time the water may
be applied quite hot If added slowly,
stirring in the corn so that 1t will be
about as hot as one can bear the hand
in. The seed is left to soak in the
water for twenty-four hours, during
which time it is stirred occasionally.
1t should be kept In q warm room,
and at the end Of the day is drained.
Under favorable conditions corn so
treated will sprout in about thirty-six
hours, and should be planted as soon
correspondent says that II the grain
from q week to ten days earlier than
if planted dry, so that cultivation may
commence sooner and the weeds do
not get a start. He says that during
thirty years use of this treatment he
has never had cut worms trouble the
sand. If this should prove true 1t will
be a very decided improvement upon
| the tar treatment, which is about the
! only protection thought to have any
value against cut worms in large areas
and even II 1t 10 not considered very
tmcient.
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30
An IMPRESSIVE SERVICE
Last of . Noted Soldier F.nera
Service Over the Body of Ges
r.

Lest Of . Noted Soldier Fsaeral
Falrchild.
Madison. Wis, May 2S.-Gen. Lucius
K. Fairchild lies in his hast resting
place in Forest Hill. His burial was
impressive, and was marked with all
the honor that could be accorded a
soldier and statesman. 1t was with
out doubt, the grandest funeral ever
known in Wisconsin. The exercises
began at 1870 o'clock with n private
service at the Fairchild home. on
Monona avenue This was led by Rev.
Fayette Durlin, OF tie Episcopal
clurcn, and the attendance was lin
tied to the pail bearers and the init
mate friends and relatives. While tho.
services were in progress the process
sion vas forming outside Of the house.
Tho advance guard. consisting Of COIh-
pany \, FIRST cavalry, w. n. e.. and
Company A. First light artillery. aud
eight infantry companies. with the Il.
II. Il. post in tile place VI :lOMOr. The
task.t was horne to the capitol. where
1t was placed OIL a platform which lad
been built over the steps leading to
tho entrance at the east wing. Here
after it had been placed upon pedestals
the SPEAKERS took their stand and de-
liverp.l addresses hetitting the occasion.
Tie speakers were Rev. Joseph Sa'n-
d"rson. chaplain of the Loyal Legion:
DR.. A. \ i;utlcr, on ex-profeSsor Of tn.
university and for.ncr pastor If the
FIRST Congregational Church of Madi.
son: and Charles X. Adams, president
Of the University. The addresses were
iH'"rspcrscd With patriotic hymns. At
the conclusion Of the .ervices the ,,ro-
crssiOn marched to the cemetery.
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30
CLIFF RUINS.

4 Great Future Field % the Ex-
plorer and S~cientist.
The cliff ruins of the San Juan and
the Mancos have been the center Of
attraction, have been viewed from all
sides and their wonders have been
told and retold to the world time and
time again. Scientific men have visi-
ted the region, have penetrated South
western Colorado and have consid-
cred that section a place of especial
interest, because the cliff and cave
dwellings are probably the oldest in
this strange land, being the first built
In that mysterious journey southwark
Of a great but unknown people. For
twenty years the prOspectOr has fol-
lowed the San Juan River and gazed
with careless uncOncern on the rough
and broken walls. so full of interest
to the archaeologist. d
But the mind of the prospector has
no room for curios, and he has no time
for archaeological investigation. He
sees only the glitter of the gold in the
sand, and thinks only of the time
when he shall have made his stake.
In November of 1892 hundreds of gold
hunters rushed madly into the canyon
north of the Navajo Mountain, travel
ed 800 miles over bleak, desert table
lands, suffered terribly from cold, hun
ger and the long, wearisome journey.
In n few days they had staked off all
the available land for fifty miles up
and down the river, and then returned
home without having obtained so
much as Il color Of gold, and to-day
have nothing to show for it but the
stakes.
1t is one of the most wildly pictur.
esque and beautiful regions in the
world. The bleak old Navajo Noun
tain rises abruptly and towers like a
grim sentinel owe the surrounding
mesas, while in a canyon gorge. more
than 5000 feet below its base, the
Rio San Juan appears like a silver
thread. The canyon is several miles
wide. and a descent a be made to
the river only by a PERCEPTIONS trail
but as the river approaches the great
Colorado the canyon becomes more
narrow and the wall NOR perpendic.
ular. and when it merges into the
| grand canyon it Is scarcely more than
a deep, dark channel.
\ few miles from the Colorado
| River, where the canyon is not more
than 500 or 1000 feet from wall t,
wall ard where tie walls are per
peI.d'ca!ar aud smooth. on the light
wall arc the pictures of even war
riors with bows drawn to the las
notch. while across the river on the
opposite side are the pictures of sever
antelope, apparently in full run tt
escape the hunters. These pictures
are we'll executed and are in the mos
inaccessible places. Evidently the ar
fist was lowered from a ledge. hun
dreds of feet above the picture, ant
held suspended while he performed
his tedious task. There are man!
places in the mystic Southwest wher,
such paintings are to be found.-Den
yer Field and Farm.
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30
A Seventeen Thousand.DOllar Time

A Seventeen Thousand-Dollar Time
Piece.
"Wbile in Geneva, some months
months ago." said Col. ]. r. Reynolds,
81 visited the principal watch works
there, and as a matter Of curiosity,
asked the manager what was the high
est-priced watch that vas made in
Geneva. He said that the most ex-
pensive watch turned out in Switzer-
land was worth 500. This watch had
a split second hand and struck the
hours if needed. 1t also had in it q
tiny music-box, which played three
distinct tunes. This watch, he said,
was the finest that could be made, but
that ornaments, diamonds, etc., could
be worked into the cases, which would
run the price up into as many thou
sands as the purchaser desired. He
said there had been one watch made
in his establishment the cases Of
which had been studded with dia-
monds. and which had cost $4,000,
but, as far as the watch itself was
concerned, it was a $500 watch."-
Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30

hear the story told by Mrs. Frank Murray,
as follows:
Mrs. Frank Murray, who resides near
Ogtensburg, n. ", says: /" am 46 years Of
Prescott, Ont. We moved over here some
time ago and have worked this farm since.
1t is what is known as the Ferguson Farm
and is about six miles out from the city. My
husband is now working in Ogdensburg at
his trade, that of a stone mason, while my
children and myself carry on the farm.
81 nave been q great sufferer from sick
headache, which would generally come on
clnnt. evening, a.aa would be complete,
help myself in any way. These spells would
last for about "a hours, and would leave mt
in SO weakened a condition that for a few
days l could scarcely drag about the house.
Periodically the spells would rome on ME.
! have also had considerable spinal trouble,
the sharp, darting tongues Of pain being
most severe, following. along my spine and
to the back of my head.
"IIave dOctOred much, but without the
desired result. l heard of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and also later
heard Of the cures they had effected in q
number Of persons personally known to me,
and it was their published stories that de.
cided me to try them.
81 got some of the pills, and after I had
!aken tne hrst DGx l iiaa no ~ more 1eadaches
!oI seve1ai months III hasI iana tne neaaaG hns
n returned. Urn ni,l no% %eH an ana honn 1 TOOK 20 .a ano liner G mot
since been bothered.
This summer my nead began 10 nave
heavy feeling, ana at times l. was quite
drowsy, put no pans aceonllah1ea u. l.
only a few l feel well again.
"l dont think any person could stand y
Il great WINE 10 DC trounicd as was ana
stand the amount OF PAM; l know that
rink lllls are Il goou meaicihe ana July
r recon- aSrs d. them isnat to some % Of N" my ! friends ends
with benei'cial results. on, my yes! Ihey
nave zone wonders Ior me. Ho aii my
own houseW1rk on .he ilrmc we nave .
aairy OF WE'VE COWS, anu o!ten when the
haxe milked all the cowS alone"
Dr. "ail'ams. rink Ills ior rae d, REQ 1;o
PIE are IN unIaliihg remedy lor all us
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30

Laetst Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Live stock Centers.
Chicago, May %. - Wheat May,
So 5-Sc: June. IS 3-4c; July. 10 1-2c;;
September. 60 lac. Corn-May. p 5-Sc;
July. % Sic; September, 283-4c. Oats
July, 10 1-4c; September, 12 5-Sc.
Pork-May, $500 IL; July. 81; Septem-
her. $7.15. Lard-July. $4.15a4.17 1-2;
September, S4.33O. Ribs-May, 81. 20;
September. 1892 1-2. Flax-Cash, N.
W.. Sic; September, 50 1-2c. Timothy
seed-Cash. $3.50; May, $3.50. Rye
Cash and May, "a 1-2c; July, Sic; Au-
gust, 36c; September, 36 1-2c. Barley
Cash. No. 8. 25a35c.
Chicago, May 2S.--Hogs-Market is
fairly active; heavy hogs weak; 9TH
ers steady to &c higher; light, $ 33.3Oa
3.GO; mixed, 49, 5a3.45; heavy, $2.S5a
3.35; rough. $2.S5a3.O5. Cattle-Steers
barely steady; cows firm; Texas steers
weak; beeves, $3.45a4.35 ; cows and
heifers, $1.75a4.O5; Texans, $2.S5a4. 10;
stockers and feeders, $2.9Oa:3.8 55.
Minneapolis, May 28.-Wheat - May
closed at 81 3-4c; July opened at So 14c
and closed Mt 81 34c; September
opened at soc and closed at SO 1-2c.
On track-No. 1 hard, Soc; No. 1 North
ern. 5Sc; No. 2 Northern, 81 1-4c.
Milwaukee, May 2S.-Flour is steady.
Wheat dull and weak; No. 2 spring,
SO 7-Sc; No. 1 Northern, 63c; July,
50 3-8c. Corn steady; No. 3, CSC. Oats
in fair supply; No. 2 white, 1850;
No. 3 white. 10 Halo 3-4c. Barley dull
and weak; No. 2, 31a31 34c; sample,
% 1-2a32c. Rye nominal; No. 1, 35 IL
a3Gc. Provisions lower.
South st. Paul, May 28.-Hogs are
steady; quality fair; sales at 50. z
$500. Cattle steady and active; not
enough butcher stuff to supply de-
mand; sales at $2a3.75.
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30
!tff5t.1
AUESl@l4l@
ERRORS IN SUMMER FALLoWINa.

0Ae Authority Who CLAIMS 1t IL Not
q Deneht to the Soil.
1t is generally believed that the soil
10 kept in q fertile condition by q sim
pie summer fallow. l differ from a
large majority of farmers on this sub
ject, and claim that summer following
as generally practiced is not a benefit
to the soil. 1t will give more bushels
per acre for a few years, but in a short
time the soil will fail to respond to
the treatment. A large percentage Of
Western farmers have an idea that
prairie soil, il summer fallowed every
few years, can he exhausted.
This is a fallacy which ought to he
corrected, and the sooner the better;
for it could he said with equal pro-
priety that q lake would never become
dry were its waters continuously
drawn out, there being no stream or
spring to replace that which was re-
moved. Every crop that is harvested
has taken q portion Of the fertility
from the land, and to keep this up
something must be returned. 1t Is q
well known fact that there is q con-
tinuous wasting in O mans body, and
that nourishing food Is required daily
to supply this waste. The harder he
works the greater must be the supply
Of food. Our present method of sum.
mer following is TOT much like feeding
o labOring man with cruel and bran.
There is a method of summer fallOw-
ing, however, which will enrich the soil
and produce good crops for an indefi-
mite length of time. If there is any
manure available, spread it on the land
to be summer fallOwed and pillow 1t un-
der. Some object to this because no
benefit is derived from the fertilizer
until the following year. 1t is of more
use, however, when plowed under in
this name than If permitted to lie
about the barn and yards. If no ma
nure is available, SOW b%uckwheat, oats,
Oh rye as early in spring as possible,
and after 1t has made considerable
growth pillow it under. This requires
considerable labor, but If n expects
to farm without doing much hard work
he had better quit. One of the best
plans of keeping up and restoring fer
tility is to seed to clover. The roots
penetrate deep into the subsOil and
form innumerable channels, which per-
mits tho dissolved salts in the ground
| water 10 Ue CuITleu W Uuc 0uIluCe, uuu
there deposited as plant food. The
subsoil contains a large amount of fer
tilizing material, which has been wash
ed down into it, and the clover roots
act as a subsoil pillow, to loosen up the
soil and bring back its richness to the
plant roots. One of the most import
ant elements in all vegetable and ami
NAL life is nitrogen, and clover takes
this from the air and deposits it in the
soil. The three mineral essentials to
plant life are potash, p%hosphoric acid
and nitrogen. If these are exhausted
from the soil, and the few weeds and
old stubble that we pillow under in sum-
mer following do not contain sufficient
Of these to keep up the fertility, I { car
see no lasting benefit from this prac-
tice. We will find it to our advantage
to keep more stock, cultivate fewer
acres and apply all the manure avail
abel. B. Smith in Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Dickinson press., 1896-05-30

Keep the farm work well up and give
the boys Saturday afternoon for recre.
alton.
The great secret Of easy cultivation
Of corn is to have ground mellow, and
to get the start of the weeds.
Interest the boys in the crop by Civ.
Ing them a partnership in the profits 40
well as the work.
Don't allow the plant food to be lock.
ed up in the clods. Make 1t available
by having the ground finely pulverized.
The troublesome ants easily succumb
to the effects produced by pouring q
small quantity of fuma bisulphide Of
carbon into their mounds.
The alfalfa growers Of the Arkansas
valley are going to observe more syD.
tenn in their business hereafter and
will produce hay and seed by dividing
their fields, thus making success
doubly sure.