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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
LUCKY PICKUP AT SEA.
Abandoned Vessel with q Valuable Cargo
lowed to Port-Plenty of Prize Money.

Abandoned Vessel with a Valuable Cargo
Towed to Port-Plenty of Prize Money.
A valuable prize in the shape of an
abandoned vessel, in which the cargo
alone was valued at $4,000, was towed
into ST. Thomas by the British steam
ship Anerley, which has just arrived
at that port from Santiago de Cuba.
While outward bound from Philadelphia
she sighted British vessel entirely dis
masted to the eastward of Bermuda.
The crew had abandoned her and there
was no sign of life on board.
Aprize crewwas sent to the abandoned
vessel, which was found to be the Brit
ish bark Janet Court, from Valparaiso
to New York with a cargo of nitrate
Of soda The craftw taken in tow and
was dragged along for $50 miles in
boisterous weather before st. Thomas
was reached. The cargo was intact and
unchanged. The vessel is an iron craft
owned in Glasgow. With the exception
of her upper works she appears to be all
right.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
STAG HOUNDS TO KILL WOLVES.
South Dakota Stockmen VIII Try q New
Way to Get Rid of the Pests.

way 70 Uet INiu VI INC cstss
Two Scotch stag hounds have been
received at Pierre, S. D., to be sent out
to the ranch of j. B. Binder, in the
Little Bend country. Mr.. Binder has
been breeding his stock up to grade
shorthorns, and the past winter has
lost several head of valuable cattle
from the depredations of gray wolves.
He has been unsuccessfully attempt
ing to rid his range of these pests, and
will now try these hounds, working
them with pack of greyhounds, which
are able to catch and worry the wolves
until the stag hounds reach them, when
the wolf is soon settled for. Stockmen
on the range place the loss from the
wolves the past winter at greater per
cent. than losses from all other sources.
The wolves do not confine their depre-
dations to young stock alone, but pull
down full-grown steers and horses.
About the only effective way yet dis
covered is to secure hounds which are
able to get away with the wolves in a
fight, as they are very suspicious and
wary and will not touch a poisoned car
cass, but pull down fresh quarry when
they are hungry.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
BANK CLERK BUNCOED.
Gave Two Dollars to Be Accused of
Bicycle Stealing.

A rather clever trick was played on a
bank clerk the other day in Paris. a
cyclist accosted him outside q store
and begged him to look after his BIZ
cycle while he went in to buy some
thing. The clerk consented, and the
stranger was about TO go in when he
hesitated and said that as the other
was a stranger to him he thought it
would be well if he gave him ten francs
as a guarantee of his honesty. The
unsuspecting clerk handed him the
sum at once, and the stranger, after
promising to stand him a drink when
he returned, left him. After the clerl;
had waited about half an hour another
cyclist came up, and, Selling him by
the throat, cafEd him a thief. Both
were arrested, and at the station it was
learned that the second cyclist was the
real owner of the machine, which had
been stolen from him few moments
before it had been intrusted to the
clerk.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
TREES AND MORALITY.
The Park System as Related to the Higher
City Life.

The Park System as Related to the Higher
City Life.
The city of the future will not be
treeless and shadeless. When a city
has practically all outdoors to lay its
new streets on, these should be wide
enough to allow row or more of trees
in the middle, with green grass and COM
Portable seats, with open spaces where
roots can find air and receive water,
says DR.. Rothrock, the forestry COM
missioner. When we come to city trees
as related to city morals, we open
wide subject. We have denounced the
saloon none too hard, but just here let
us halt moment. Are all those who
frequent the saloon so inherently bad
and besotted that they go there bc-
cause they prefer it to anything else 1t
is possible to offer them? do not be-
lieve it. If man has no other resting
place when weary than crowded, over
heated, untidy home on the one hand,
or an open, more comfortable saloon
on the other hand, is it strange he takes
the latter? l do not justify the ten
dency. But I do suggest that more open
air parks in your cities would save
many a man and woman who is not al
ready depraved. Those who bring
about betterment of tenement-houses
and those who secure small parks within
q desert of brick walls deserve and will
receive the gratitude of their fellow
men. Don't put a premium on vice and
intemperance by any lack of public
comfort. A distinguished philoso-
pher once said that "a nature which
had lost its fondness for the woods has
lost it's manhood"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
A King at Golf.

Khama, the South African monarch,
who has been visiting his friends at the
British court attempted little game
of golf. 1t was near London, and when
the "driyer" was handed to the dusky
chief he remarked that it would make
nicish knobkerrie. Suiting his action
to his words he seized the ''driver" and
whirled it round his head, just failing to
brain a caddie, who was fool enough to
stand near. After knocking up lot Of
turf Khama drove the golf ball at least
II yards into bunker. He did the IS
holes in 257.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
A IernsaIem Landlord.

The landlord of the Jerusalem hotel
at Jaffa is named Hardegg. He is a
German, who tinges everything con-
nected with his establishment with a
sacred hue. The two wings of his hotel
are respectively designated the Old
Testament and the New Testament,
while the 70 rooms in each correspond
ingly bear the names Of the IL tribes
of Israel and the 10 apostles. Before
leaving Mr.. Hardegg presents each
tourist with little book Of his own
composing, styled "Bible Pills." and
carrying on its covers the injunction:
"One to be taken every night and morn
ing to assist your spiritual digestion"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
OUELLS A RIOT.
New Use to which a Searchlight Was Re
Gently Put.

The electric searchhght was used re-
Gently to put down a riot in Lancashire,
England. A manufacturer, whose men
had struck, was determined to keep his
mill going, and he promptly secured
new hands and set them to work. At
the same time he fixed a searchlight
on the factory building, to prevent the
strikers from setting fire to the sheds
erected for the new hands. During
the continuance of the strike this light
was used nightly, in conjunction with
the police established in the works, to
scour the country and to illuminate the
parts where pickets were placed. 1t
was found so effective that large num-
Der of temporary police were dispensed
with
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
FAITHFULNESS OF A DOG.
Saved the Life of Seriously Wounded
Oficer.

Saved the Life of n Seriously w ounded
Oficer.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, in her
story of "The Guard" body of young
men who followed "The Pathfinder"
into the civil war and made brilliant
record for their courage and gallantry,
tells pathetic story of dumb beast
who also was loyal and courageous:
While the guard-a body of cavalry
was drilling one day near ST. Louis,
little fox-terrier followed one of the
men, Herr Visa, Hungarian officer.
going with him to camp. He could not
be driven away.
The men all made pet of him, and
named him "the corpOral;" but though
he was affable to them all, he made the
Hungarian soldier his companion and
friend, sleeping at his feet at night,
and following him by day.
When the guard made their memoir
able charge at Springfield, Mo-, the
Corporal charged with them, keeping
beside his masters horse throughout
the battle. Herr Visa was wounded,
and fell, apparently dead, in thicket.
The corps swept past, his horse fed,
wild with terror, but the little Corporal
nestled close beside him, licking his
face and trying to rouse him.
There the dog remained through the
bitter cold night. When morning came
he ran to the distant road, and by his
frantic barks and cries induced pass
er-by to enter the thicket.
The man, seeing only a cold, stiff
body, supposed the soldier to be dead,
and would have hurried on; but the
Corporal furiously drove him back, and
would not be silenced until he saw his
master move and speak, when he
crouched, dumb and contented, at his
feet.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
BAD FOR THE NERVES.
Life in Sky scrapers Responsible for
Peculiar Disease.


A nervous condition, bordering on
prostration, to which the doctors have
not as yet given a name, has lately been
observed to affect persons who work
many hours day high up in the mod.
ern sky scrapers. The ailment, says the
New York Journal, resembles nervous
prostration, except in the principal
symptom, which is a condition of in
tense restlessness, and, as one of the
victims 10 the new complaint expressed
it, "a singular desire to scream or to
get down to the earth quickly"
A sensation of relief is noticeable
when the patient is taken to grass, so
to speak, which leads some physicians
to the belief that the change in the
rarity of the air, slight as it is, has a
peculiar effect upon certain very sensi-
tive organizations. Others think that
the constant trips in the elevators cause
n slight disarrangement of the nerve
centers, which brings on the condition
referred to. In any case there is no
doubt that a new ailment has come
among us with the advent of the sky
scraper.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
TOO MUCH SLANG.
A German Uses an Unfortunate Idiom in
His English.

Ills english
A countryman of Goethe gives an in
stance of the difficulty a foreigner has
with the English language. He was in
vited out to dinner soon after his ar
rival in England and was DESTROYS of
saying something in a very pleasant
way, and made use of the following eX-
preston: will you have the blooming
kindness to-" etc. He used it in the
sense that the word blooming" is used
in German as being something very
charming and beautiful, little knowing
what havoc slang has played with the
word in England. He was absolutely
at loss to understand why everybody
was so utterly Mortified at what he
thought was an extremely nice ex'
DraSsiOn
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
with.
A Queer Deposit.

julius Howe has a peculiar deposit
on his farm in East Brookfield, Mass.
1t covers about ten acres and lies at the
bottom of ravine in bog. 1t is about
~ feet thick and is 10 inches below the
surface. It has been analysed and
found to consist of the petrifed shells
or bodies of minute flies or beetles.
Upon being burned it crumbles into a
white powder, valuable for securing
metal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
Secondhand Sermons.

A brisk trade, so it is stated by a
church contemporary, is driven in the
supply of secondhand sermons to
young clerics. Should these clerics de-
cline to deal further with the vendors,
the latter threaten to bring the matter
before their superiors. Because of
these threats, it is alleged that many
clergymen prefer to pay any sum that
may be demanded from them in a man
Ter which practically amounts to black
mailing. 1t seems that the usual
clerical name for these purchased dis
courses is "cat's-meat sermons" they
are sent in carefully concealed envel-
opes, and they are suited to all tastes
and occasions. First" sermons and
farewell ones are equally kept in
stock. The writer, who warns the
clergy against these cat's-meat produc-
tions, says that congregations find
you out in a month. "-Pearson's Week
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
dumas vanity,

Dumas the elder had good deal of
the African in his appearance, and he
had to 10 small degree the love of show
common to that race. Referring to
the latter trait Alexander Dumas fills
made the remark: my father is so
vain and so fond of display that he
would ride behind his own coach to
make people believe that he keeps
colored footman."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05
Old English Coins.

Gold coins, says the Chicago Chron-
icle, were introduced in England by Ed
ward III. in six-shilling pieces, nearly
equal in size to the modern sovereign.
Mobiles followed at six shillings eight
pence, and thence the lawyers fee;
afterward there were quarter and half
mobiles. Edward ". coined angels, with
a figure of Michael and the dragon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05

sword that rose from out the bosom
of the lake." Caesars sword was called
"Crocca Mors;" Charlemagne's "Joye-
use" played no small part in the set
ting up of the great Frankish empire;
many q bold captain went down be-
fore eel Tizona," welded by the re-
lentless hands of the Cid.-Mary Stuart
Mckinney, in st. Nicholas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05

the same woman might see her husband
on the down-grade to disease and death
without seeing the seriousness of it. One
sixth of all the people who die, die OF
consumption. Consumption doesn't come
all at once. 1t is insidious. The seeds
of it are seemingly insignificant. Most
people do not know how it starts. Thou
sands of people are on the road to con-
sumption and don't know 1t. When
ever there is loss of paleness -
wasting away-look out. Consumption
easily finds a foot hold in a weakened
body. Low vitality, impure or poor
blood, imperfect digestion, nervousness,
sleeplessness-all these lead to consump-
ton.
Taken in time, DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will prevent the de-
velopment of the disease. Taken accord,
ing to directions, it will positively and
perfectly cure ninety-eight per cent. OF
all cases of consumption, whether in
ripient or fully developed. Consumption
Is disease Of the blood. The Golden
Medical Discovery" is a cure for all blood
diseases, no matter in what part or how
they manifest themselves.
If YOU want to know all about 1t, and
what it has done for other people, send
twenty lone (2I) one-cent stamps to cover
the cost of mailing only for FREE COPY
of DIR. Pierce's great 1908 page work,
Common Sense Medical Adviser"
Every family should have a copy OF this
book for ready reference. Worlds Dlspen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05

A mans life may
be saved in many
ways. A man may
commit suicide in a
great many ways.
Shooting himself
through the head
is quicker, but it
is no more certain
than neglecting his
health. If a woman
saw her husband
with a pistol to his
head, She would
take prompt and
vigorous measures
to save him ; but
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05

j. c. BERRY, Notary Public and Commits
West Commerce street. next to bridge. limo
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-05

Don't fail to see those fine
paintings at the Silver King. 29tt
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-07-16
To the Pacific Coast.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Undoubt-
eddy many comrades who will 20 to ST. Paul
will desire to 90 10 and from the North Pa
cific Coast-Puget Sound-withn the 30
days limit, and naturally corresponding with
the Trans-Continental routes 10 this end.
meeting with replies tending to encourage
them that one-half rates will be made either
on the Northern Pacific, Great Northern. or
the Canadian Pacific Roads. Private adj
vices received by me through proper chan
nels assures me that the roads are slowly
coming to a sort of conflict on Trans-conti-
mental rates for this occasion, and / write
this line to you asking THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE to aid the matter of low rates il
you deem il practicable TO do SO.
You are aware that ii is possible for those
who will attend the Encampment to visit,
also, Pugent Sound and the Pacific Coast
staying there a couple of weeks, and get
back TO St. Paul in time 10 use their tickets
eastward. Many of the boys who read THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE might be kept
booked" in the matter.-JAMEs w. KEs-
LER, Adjutant, Honesdale, Pa.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-07-16
DEPARTMENT NEWS,
MASSACHUSETTS,

MASSACHUSETTS,
The members Of Robert A. Bell Post, l34, Of
Boston, celebrated the 26th anniversary of that
organization in its hall on joy street. the other
evening. This Post is composed entirely of
colored men, and is the oldest Post of colored
comrades in the country. Chaplain Cornish
was chairman Of the committee that had the
matter in charge. Commander Burrill pre-
sided and introduced Junior Vice Department
Commander John E. Gilman, who made an
able address. He was followed by James H.
Wolf, Junior Vice Commander of Post 90 of
Brighton, who gave another excellent address.
Then came collation., followed by short
speeches by Representative William l.. Reed,
: e1-R Representative Robert 7. Teamoh, Charles
4. Harris, Councilmen Nelson l. Soulhwick
Stanley Rufiin, Rev. w. II. Scott; Past Com.
manders of Robert A. Bell Post 1874: Joseph
u. Smith. Isaac S. Mullen, William Hopk ms.
Comrades Trssk, of Charlestown, Mark f. Lon
don and James Carroll, and Chaplain Cornish,
Of Post l34.
NEW YORK.
Department Commander James S. Graham
was born in Scotland in 1886, and has been
resident Of Rochester SIS years. lie Joined the
army as private In Co. A, 18th n. Y, April
%, 1861. After serving eight months IN the
ranks he was promoted to be a Second Lieutcp-
ant in the 25ih N. Y, two years regiment. as
was also the 18Th. The 25tb's commander was
Col Z. a. johnson, OF Utica, a gallant officer
When the regiment was mustered out at the
end OF It's enlistment Comrade Graham helped
raise the 2lst n. Y. Cav, which was known az
Troy regiment. With the 2lst Cav. he served
until the close Of the war lie was promoted
to Captain, and later brevctted Major for gal
liant services on the field. His friends called
him Colonel, as many times during his service
as a cavalryman be acted as Colonel His regi-
meHt belonged to the Fifth Corps, aud be was
So n Al, A ~
regiment expired few days before the battle
OF Gettysburg. While in tile Shenandoah Val
icy he was la % engagements. The 2lst Cav.
was known as hosby fighters Department
Commander Graham Joined the Grand Army
IN 1863, AID has been present at every Encamp-
ment since. Eleven years ago be was Deputy
inspector on Department Commander Ira 81
Bedgess staff. For the las, three terms he has
been member Of the Department Council of
Administration.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-07-16
To Aid Cuba.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The writer
has presented valuable Holland Bible,
nearly 300 years old, as gift to be turned
into money TO aid the sick and wounded in
the Cuban patriot army.
We desire to interest college circles and
the public in general with view to get
votes on the relic for the most popular col
lege in the United States.
The project offers a splendid opportunity
for Cuban sympathizers througout our States
to aid the patriots, and friends Of Cuba are
cordially invited 10 take part IN the contest
Viii you be so gracious as TO encourage IL e
work with notice of the same in your Jour
nal, as we are anxious 10 reach all the peo-
PIE we can in favor of the scheme.
Hoping that handsome amount NAV be
realized for the relic, and with devoted
thanks for any interest in the cause, most
sincerely-ERHEsT L. ZELTNER, Hobokep,
n. j.
BY permission of Allan S. Williams. Sec
rotary OF Press Committee, Cuban Army
Sanitary Corps, 81 New street, New York
City.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-07-16

Among the number, a comrade we'll known
to many readers OF THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
John Ii. Cook. of New York. has recently
been elected President and General Manager
of the famous publishing house of the G. w.
Dillingham; Co., New York. His service of
three years in the civil war was meritorious.
Enlisting in the 18th Ill. in 1862, he served
with distinction until the close of the war, and
was awarded the medal of honor for bravery at
the battle of Pleasant Hill, La.
His ardent and jealous work in the @. A. r.
has made him many friends in his city and
State, and at many of our National Encamp-
ments lie is a Past Vice Commander of Lsfay-
cite Post, New York, was an Abide Camp on
the stats of Gems. Fsirchild, John p. Rea, VIM.
Warner. r. A. Alger, and Thomas q. Lawler.
and is Past Vice Commander OF the Medal Of
Honor Legion, which organization he has been
most active in bringing to public recognition.
His honorable career, in war and in peace, he
attributes to the principles inculcated in him
by his father aud mother
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-07-16
HuII'a Victory.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have the
honor to inclose herewith copy of the old
song called "HulPs Victory" I have re-
ceived letters from comrades in the States OF
Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio contain
ing the verses according to their recollection,
all referring to my request in The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, which shows me that your paper
has wide circulation, which I am glad to
know, as I think that of all the soldier
papers published in the United States THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE is far ahead of them
all-THos. B. BRIGGS, First Lieutenant,
.. S. Army, Delavan, Ill.
it oft-times has been told how the British sailors
bold
Could fog the tars Of France neat and handy, o.
But they never found their match iii the Yankees
did them catch,
othese Yankee lars for fighting are the dandy. o.
The Guerrero. q frigate bold, on the foaming
ocean rolled,
Commanded by proud Dacres. the Grandee, o.
With choice of British crew a rammer ever drew
They could beat the Frenchmen two to one so
handy. o.
When our frgate hove In view, says proud Dacres
to his crew,
"Come clear your ship for action. and be handy
To the weather guage, boys, get herr" and to
make his men fight better,
Gave them to drink gunpowder mixed with
brandy. o.
Then Dacres loudly cries. make the Yankee ship
your prize.
You in thirty minutes neat and handy. o.
Twenty fye's enough, Pm sure, but il you do it In
score
II II n
Then the British shot few hot. which the Yankees
answered not
It'll they got within distance they called handy
Now says Hull unto his crew. Boys let's see what
can dol
1--we beat those Boosting Brisons we're the dandy
o."
The first broadside poured carried their main
mast by the board,
Which made this lofty frgate look abandoned, o.
Then Dacres shook his head and to his officers he
said,
Lord. did not think those Yankees were so
handy, o."
Our second told so we'll that their fore and mizzen
fell,
Which doused the Royal Ensign neat and handy,
by Jing." says he. were done," and then he
fred II lee gun,
While the Yankees struck up Yankee Doodle
Dandy, o.
When Dacres came on board to deliver up his
sword,
Loath was he to part with tit was so handy, o.
20, keep your sword" says Hull, "for it only
makes me dull;
Come cheer up, and let's pass around the brandy,
o."
Now fill your glasses full and wen drink to Capt.
Hull.
So merriiy well push about the brandy, o;
Johnny Bull may toast his fill and let the world
say what they will,
But the Yankee boys for fighting the dandy