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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-16
OFFICIAL CALL
For the First District Republican Con-
uressionaI Conyenfion.

The Republican voter; OF the First Con-
gressiori District are hereby Notified that
a Convention for the purpose OF nomI-
District In the Congress offthc United
States, and to choose Presidential Flee
tor for the district. will be held nt Clnrks-
burg. W. Va, Tuesday. July Il. 1896. Begin
ming atli o'clock a. m. ~
The basis OF representation will be ono
vote for every one hundred votes cast for
Congressman Doyener in 1895! and one for
every fraction OF one hundrOa1 over fifty.
vide for the selection OF delegates 10 said
Convention.
H, c, RICHARDS. Chairman
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-16
TIE "pROIllBS."

Their state Convention 10 be Held sainr.
'lay--tinptnin' hurt spoken or for the
Gnhtrintorial Nomination.
q Thu Prohibition state convention will
meet IN connection With tho prohlbl-
tlon Assembly at Alpunl8villc ,satur-
day. Thc'vqrlous Counties ori,lSG state
have not selected delegates to tho con-
ventlon, which will bo open TO all Pro.
hlbItlonista who care TO attend. a full
mot "full') state ticket VIII DO named,
and Prohibition presidential electors
clnSen. Not much has been heard re-
gardlng the personality OF tho state
ticket, but 1t Is said that m effort viii
be made to have Captain Frank Burt,
OF Warrington, owner Of the Corner
stone, published In this city, accent tho
gubcriatorial nomination. Eight years
ago he was the candidate OF his party
for governor and made quite n spirited
canvass. .l. ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
THE 6ENEFICENT CROW.
What He Does for the Farmer Despite
Ills Reputation.


If farmers would make q study OF
natural history and it's bearings on
their property-the relation of hawks
70 their hen coops, for instanee-there
would be better paying crops.
The Year Book of the department of
agriculture tells about cow black
birds and what they eat. About 1890
of their stomachs have been examined,
and of these 2,25S contained food. The
birds were killed in &c states. Forty
eight per cent. of the food was animal,
4S per cent. vegetable and four per cent.
was mineral. The blackbird has a
variety of things it eats.
"Thei animal food" says the report,
consisted of insects, spiders, myria-
pods Thousand legs), crawfish, earth
worms, sowbugs, hair snakes, snails,
fishes, tree toads, salamanders (newts),
lizards, snakes, birds eggs and mice"
To these might have been added young
birds, fish cast up by the tide, minnows
caught while swimming in shallow
water, and probably meat and carrion
of various kinds. Most of the animal
food is, of course, insects. These con-
stitute 46 per cent. of the total, the
other two per cent. beingnthe larger
things, like mice. The animal food is
taken mostly in the summer. In win
ter the food is mostly vegetable matter.
The insects the bird kills more than
make up the damage he does, especially
as his nest robbing appears to be only
an accidental habit not often INDUCED
in. A large flock of the birds would Of
course destroy a lot of grain. Some
$4,000 would eat about 5000 pounds a
day, but they would consume as many
insects, which would more than de.
stroy the amount the birds do.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
AN ORDINANCE

Prescribing manner in which all doors,
blinds and gates, built on property
abutting on any of the sidewalks,
plazas or squares of this city, shall
open or swing, and allowing 60 days
in which to make any change requir-
ed to make buildings conform to this
ordinance, and prescribing a penalty
for the violation thereof.
Be it ordained by the city council of
the city of San Antonio as follows:
1. That hereafter it shall be unlav-
full for any person or persons, corpora
ton or associations of persons owning
property which ADULTS on any of the
streets, plazas or squares of this city,
to build or cause to be built any gates,
doors or blinds on said property which
swing or open toward the street and
across the sidewalk or any portion of
the sidewalk, excepting public build
ings, such as churches, theaters and
concert halls, which shall be required
to open outward.
2. All persons, corporations or asso-
Citations of persons owning property
upon which any of the gates, doors or
blinds swing or open outward across
the sidewalk, or any portion of it, shall
have 60 days after the passage of this
ordinance to change them so as to
comply with section 1 of this ordi-
nance.
3. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction thereof before the recorder,
be fined any sum not less than five
($5) dollars, nor more than fifty $3.50
dollars.
Passed and approved May 25, 1896.
(Signed) HENRY ELMENDORF,
Mayor.
Attest:
(signed) E. R. NORTON,
City Clerk.
7-5-l0t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
AN ORDINANCE.
7-5-10t

Extending the Pound Limits of the
City on the Northern Boundary
thereof.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of San Antonio:
That the pound limits of the City of
San Antonio as adopted May 25th,
1896, be and the same are hereby eX-
tended on the northern boundary of
said pound limits of said City so as to
include that district lying between
San Pedro and Mccullough Avenues,
and extending northward to Magnolia
Avenue.
Passed and approved June list, 1896.
(Signed) HENRY ELMENDORF,
Mayor.
Attest:
(Signed) E. r. NORTON,
7-5-10D City Clerk.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
FIVE MAMMALS.
Wild Animals That Inhabited England In
Former Times.

EOrmer Times.
The beaver is one of the five mann.
malian animals that have inhabited
England in former times, and have be-
come extinct within historic record ,ac-
cording to Notes and Queries.
They are the true brown bear, (Ursus
arctos), the beaver, Castor fiber), the
reindeer, (Tarandus rangifer), the wild
boar, (Sus scrofa), and the wolf, (Canis
lupus). The bear was abundant in the
north of England and in Scotland when
this country was in the hands of the
Romans, and many Caledonian bears
were imported into Rome. They dis
appeared altogether in about $50.
The beaver was numerous in some
localities in the north of Wales in $40
and again in 11SS. There are records of
them much later in Scotland.
Reindeer were abundant in Scotland,
and were hunted in Caithness in the
year 1859.
Wild boars were numerous when
large tracts of wood gave them harbor.
They were hunted by the Tudors. They
certainly existed in the year 1917, and
probably much later.
The wolf in England disappeared
about 1890.
In Scotland wolves were numerous in
1877. According to Pennant, they be-
came extinct in 1850.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
WATER UPSIDE DOWN. =
Very Pretty Scientific Experiment for
Young People.


A pretty bit of scientific recreation
which comes in handy after dinner is
sometimes dignified with the classical
title of"The Revenge of the Danaides"
in allusion to the daughters if Danaus,
who, as punishment to their crimes,
were condemned to forever draw water
with leaky vessels.
Fill completely two glasses of exactly
the same size and shape, one with wa
ter, the other with wine. Stretch over
the mouth of the glass containing the
water circular covering of tulle, some
what larger than the glass and pre-
viously moistened.
Now smooth the tapping over the
tulle as closely to the glass as possible,
and, applying the palm of the right
hand squarely to the mouth of this
glass, seize the stem with the left and
turn it quickly upside down, avoiding
the entrance of the air.
Next, slide the right hand softly
away from underneath, and, much to
your establishment, the tulle will re-
main adherent to the glass, while not a
drop of water will fall out through that
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
STILL USING FLINTLOCKS.
A New Brunswick storekeeper Says His
Patrons Must Have Them.

A New Brunswick Storekeeper Says His
Patrons Must Have Them.
Some regions are rather slow to adapt
themselves to modern game-killing
implements. A Forest and Stream cor
respondent got letter from New
Brunswick the other day which said
that flintlock guns were still in use un
in that country. The letter was from
a store keeper, who said that the store
had. carried a supply of gun fints ever
since 1t had been started by his grand
father, away back in 1886. Probably
he would lose trade if he did not have
them in stock. 1t is not improbable
that Indians in the North Woods OF
Canada still use fiintlock guns, but to
use them SO near New York as is New
Brunswick is curious.
A flintlock gun, beside modern
hammerless gun, makes contrast APT
to be remembered. IT has been pro
posed more than once that sportsmen
instead of using such deadly weapon;
as modern guns, take up the old bow and
arrow, or some other primitive weapon
The sportsmen that had killed modern
deer with that ancient weapon could
say that he was as good a hunter al
anybody. There are few or none tina
can boast of such kill.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
COULDN'T LEARN TO WRITE.
Peculiar Signature of This Strange Man 10
Attached to Many Valuable Papers.


Peculiar signature of This Strange Man 10
Attached to Many Valuable Papers.
Wolf Bluestine, who died at Hot
Springs on the 21st and was buried
ut Houston, Tex, the other morning,
came to Orange a very poor man in
1876, says the Galveston Daily News.
He began merchandising, and while
here acquired capital estimated at
between $4,000 and $4,000. He could
neither read nor write, yet he was q
marvel in mental arithmetic. Frac-
tions nor interest had any hard places
IN them for him. He offered the princi-
pal of the city schools at this place 500
II he would teach him to write his
own name within year. The pro-
fessor undertook the job and worked
with great energy, but discovered that
on each Monday morning every trace
of the previous weeks work had entire
ly faded from the mind of his pupil,
and after five months of close attention
to his undertaking, abandoned it as a
hopeless case. A peculiarly construct
ed "BXX" was the nearest approach
he ever made to penmanship, but that
signature is attached to many valuable
documents now of record in this coun-
". and has for several years passed cur
rent at the banks in New York, Calves
ton and Orange, often for large sums
OF money. 1t was quite as difficult to
counterfeit the characters as affixed by
him as 1t would be to successfully imi-
tate the signature.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
AN ORDINANCE.


An Ordinance Amending Section 3 OF
Chapter / Of the Revised Crimina
Ordinances of the City of San An
tonic.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of San Antonio:
That section ), of chapter /, of the
Revised Criminal Ordinances be
amended to hereafter read as follows
! Section 3. This ordinance shall be
| restricted in its application to the fol
lowing limits, to-wit:
Beginning at bridge over river al
| Grand Avenue, thence north with
river to Josephine street; thence east
| ON north line of Josephine street to
| east side of Pine street; thence south
ON east side of Pine street to north
line of Grayson street; thence east on
north line of Grayson street to west
side of New Braunfels Avenue; thence
north on west line of said avenue to
north line of Government reservation;
thence west on north line of said re-
SeryatiOn to Pine street; thence south
of Pine street to intersection of Jose
phine street.
Also the following, tO-wit: Com
mencing at Pine street, thence south
to East Commerce street, thence west
to Walnut street, thence along Wal
nut street and along the G.. II. & S.
A. Ry. track to South Flores street,
thence north to Cevallos street, thence
west to South Laredo street, thence
north to it's intersection with San Luis
street, thence west on San Luis street
to east line of San Marcos street,
north on San Marcos street to the in
tersection of Ruiz street, thence east
on Ruiz street to Medina street, thence
north to San Pedro creek, thence
north within said creek to southern
boundary line of San Pedro Springs
reservation, thence west to the west
ern boundary thereof, thence east to
San Pedro Avenue, thence south to
Park Avenue, thence east to it's in
tersection with the Upper Labor
ditch, THENCE south to Jones Avenue,
thence within said avenue to and
across the bridge to Grand Avenue.
Provided further that it shall be
unlawful for the owner, agent or per-
sons, having in charge any bull, over
one year of age, to permit such bull
to run at large in any portion of the
city limits. Any such owner, agent
or person in charge violating any of
the provisions of this section, shall
be deemed guilty of an offense, and
upon conviction thereof before the re-
corder, shall be fined in any sum not
less than five $500 dollars nor more
than two hundred 5000 dollars.
Passed and approved May 25th,
1896.
(Signed) HENRY ELMENDORF,
Mayor.
Attest:
(Signed) E. R. NORTON,
7-5-10O City Clerk.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
Lbe Daily Light.
STORY OF A SToRK.
How 1t Carried Letter to Africa and
Brought One Back.

Brought One Back.
A story that comes from Germany is
rs quaint as it is true, says Our Animal
Friends. Some children living in the
northern provinces discovered that a
stork had made its nest upon their roof.
Being orthodox little Teutons they
hailed the newcomer with favor, as
storks are supposed to bring luck to a
house. All the summer they shared
their tidbits with their long-legged
friend, which became very tame and
companionable.
At the first signs of approaching cold
weather the storlI prepared 10 fit to
warmer chimes. The children were sad
at the thought of losing their pet, but
their parents consoled them with the
assurance that the bird would surely
return the next spring. The children,
still uneasy at the idea of the stork not
being cared for through the long
winter, consulted together and evolved
brilliant idea, which they immediate
~ proceeded to put into execution.
They wrote a note in their best German
= y
dear to them and begged the good peo-
pie in whose country it might spend the
winter to be kind to their pet, and send
it back to them in the spring.
They sealed the note, fastened it to
a ribbon, tied it around the birds neck
and tucked it under its wing. The next
day they sadly watched the stork wing
its Gay toward milder skies. The snow
andice came; Christmas time brought
the children gifts and fresh amuse-
ments, but their summer pet was not
forgotten. When the Spring came
round again their little feet used to
climb to the roof day by day, looking
and longing for the stork's return; and
behold! One fine morning there it was,
tame and gentle as ever.
Great was the children's delight, but
what was their surprise to discover
round it's neck and under it's wing an
other bright band with note attached,
addressed to "the children who wrote
the letter the stork brought" The
ribbon was quickly united and the
missive opened. Itwas from a mission
airy in Africa, stating that he had read
the children's note and had cared for
the stork, and thought that children
whose hearts had prompted them to
provide for the comfort of bird
through the winter would be willing to
help clothe and feed the little destitute
children of his mission. 4 full name
and address followed,
The children were full of sympathy,
and the missionary's note won a golden
answer from the family. Other letters
came and went by post between them
until by and by the children learned to
know the missionary and his little black
waits almost as well as they knew the
beloved stork that had proved so trusty
a MESSENGER
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06

exceedingly leaky tissue. You will
very soon succeed in this experiment.
Hereon follows the second part:
Place your full, but not dripping, glass
OF water, thus turned upside down, but
not inside out, over the full glass of
wine, and you will soon see little Jets
OF ruby penetrating the tulle in every
direction. 1t is the wine, progressively
mounting the superior glass, which in
the same proportion yields water to the
lower glass in the opposite direction.
AT the end of about quarter of an
hour the exchange will be complete,
and you will see the lower glass filled
with pure TRANSPARENT water. while the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
Cycle Express.

An enterprising cycleman at Paris
proposes to establish a "cycle express
company" there. Packages intrusted
to this company will be delivered Inn.
mediately per cycle, instead of lying
for hours in the Office, as often happens
il the ordinary express service.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
upper one VIM be cnoes fun OF good. red
A Kentucky Tramn,s Ruse.

A tramp visited all the houses of a
small town near Louisville, Ky, and
begged from every kind lady he met
postage stamp, with which to write a
letter to his sick mother. He got the
stamp, or its equivalent, every time,
and went out of town with nearly five
dollars in his pockets as the result of
his successful ruse.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
Clever Boys Can Do This.

John Whalen, who is serving years
sentence in the Cook county Jail, Illi-
pois, has made a handsome and unique
picture frame from cigar boxes. The
frame is 20x24 inches in size, and con-
tains nearly 1900 pieces of wood, beau
tifully carved. A common pocket
knife and small Whalen's
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
Modernixing the Castle.

Lifts, telephones and electrophones
have within the last month or two rev.
olutionized the interior of Windsor
castle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-06
Sl.oO Cure Your Oatarrh For ST. 90.

If you suffer with catarrh or colds
in the head one bottle of DR.. Thur
mond's Catarrh Cure is guaranteed
to cure you. Sold by f. Kalteyer &
Son and ]. NJ. Pettey.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-12-11
A Hand g va 2 HLstorr.

When the visitor to the home Of Con-
ductor William speer gets out of his
carriage he steps upon something that
has a history. He steps upon a step Of
steel or iron, and if he looks at it will
notice this inscription in boldface let
tiers: "Relic Of Quantrell's Massacre at
Lawrence, Kan, August 81, 1853"
This step is the bed of the hand press
that was used by John Speer in print
ing the Kansas Tribune, one of the
most aggressive papers in the pioneer
history of bleeding Kansas. 1t was
bought by Mr.. Speer from the state
historian, Daniel Webster Wilder, who
was then publishing the Conservative.
Its place in that Office was supplied by
the first power press that was brought
to Kansas.
Col. Murdoch, editor of the Eagle,
was the last man to use the press whose
bed now repOses in front of the resid-
ence of Mr.. Speer. He was working in
the Kansas Tribune office the night be-
fore the massacre. The following
morning he was Using the press for
some purpose when the flends of Guam
trelI raided the little city and with gun
and saber and torch turned the city
into graveyard and an ash pile. The
Office of the Tribune was attacked.
Col. Murdoch ran out the back door
aud slid down into we'll, John Speer's
son was killed and the building re-
duced to cinder5. In due time Mr..
SpeeF took the bed of the old press
from the ashes and ruins and has kept
it since as a souvenir of the most ter
rible act in the drama of Kansas his
tory.-Wicbita Eagle.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-12-11
DAYS WILL SOON BE LONGER.

The most notable astronomical event
for December is the arrival of the sun,
in its apparent journer around the
earth, at the extreme southerly point
Of its course. For over five months
past, or since June 20, the sun has been
sweeping in a southerly direction, ris-
ing, eliminating, and setting further
and further to the southwark each day,
the half circle tFaYersed above the hori-
zon gradually shortening, while the
daylight hours have been steadily de-
creasing in duration. On September
% the sun CROSSED the line" at the su-
tumnRl equinox, and, on December q.
dashing around its southeTly solsticial
point, or standing place. it starts out
on its half-yesrly journey to the north
ward. At the time when the sun
reaches the southern sOlstice, the days
all over the northerly half Of the globe
are at their shortest and the nights at
their longest, and in the southern half
the opposite conditions prevail, while
astronomical winter" in the north
temperate zone begins,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-12-11
RAILROAD NEWS.

Engineer Sam Crooks was on the
sick list Wednesday.
Engineer Greenman will move his
family here from Denver
Engineer Billy Gamble drew a gold
watch in a rattle Tuesday, The lucky
number vas ID.
Jim Adams, brother Of Fireman
Henry Adams, is now round house.
foreman at Roswell.
Fireman Dryden has moved his fami.
" here from Horton and they occupy
the A, 4. Adams residence.
Bridgeman George Dilling has been
quite sick the past week at fl. H. ABer's
place, but is now cOnValesoent.
Business on the road is falling of
and a few extra freight crews will prob
ably be laid off IN a few days.
Engine 491, Engineer BFOssO, return.
ed 10 the Limon- Denver run Saturday,
after having some repairing done.
Agent Gillespie. the life insurance
man, was in town Friday looking after
his business with the railroad boys.
Billy Jacobs, q helper ia the back
shops, had his finger mashed Tuesday,
and he went home for a few days az
Brewster.
The tsX-paying agent Of the Rock
Island, Mr.. Kline, was here Wednesday
getting a statement Of the amount the
company owes.
The Rock Island and the Burlington
we're the only two roads in Kansas
that paid dividends IN the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1896.
H. w. Daub Of Topeka, superintend-
ent Of water service west Of the Mis-
souri, river, is here to see MS son
Horace, who is sick with the measles.
Machinist Nick Scallion has been APP
pointed round house foreman here.
Nick has been at Roswell at work all
summer. He took charge Of bis new
position Monday,
G. E. Kinkead, a Rock Island brake
man out of Horton, was caught be-
tween the draWbars of two freight cars
at Mcfarland Friday evening sud suti-
cred the loss Of a hand. There is q saE
on the United States statute books
compelling all railroads 10 have their
cars equipped with automatic cOupl-
ings, air brakes aud TO have them the
same height by 1898, but the roads hre
working TO have the time extended.
This should not be allowed. There has
been too many men crippled and killed
By railroads already, and the congress.
man who votes for an extension should
be marked with the disappr0yal Of
every man who puts greater value on
life than 81 dollars.