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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-11
Labor Matters Union Proposed.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Her
aid this morning says: A long
step towards a permanent union
between the American Federation
of Labor and the Knights of Labor,
which together control about q
100000 OF organized labor was
taken at last nights meeting
of the Central Labor Union,
which is a purely local body, I'M
attached to either but containing
unions which owe allegiance to
both. A letter was received by
Samuel Gompers, president of the
Federation, asking the Central
Labor union to sink all differences
and join the federation. When
the letter was read, Charles w.
Hoadley, Of the Electrical Workers
union, a Knight Of Labor, warmly
Endorsed it. The only, opponen to
Mr.. Gompers' proposition was
Joley, delegate of the Brewers
union, a Knight of Labor who had
a grievance because the federation
once opposed a boycott Of the
knights Of Labor on a brewery in
Washington.
A motion by James G. Edward, a
third Knight of Labor, to refer
President Gomper's request to the
affiliated unions for vote was car
ried by large majority. A letter
was received from district assem-
bly, No. 80, X. of L., which controls
the street railway men of Brook
Ign, alleging that President G. Ros-
sitter, of the Brooklyn Heights
Trolley road, had violated agree
ments entered into with it by dis
eliminating against union men.
The district assembly explains that
it did not wish to Inconvenience
the public by any strike and asked
that members of the Central Labor
union patronize rival cars.
Peter Mcclure, vice president OF
the American Federation of Labor,
wrote to warn the Central Labor
union against j. McLuckie, form
erly burgess of Homestead, Pa,
who is conducting a fight against
the Carnegie Iron and Steel com.
pany, and collecting money from
labor unions, the members of
which are under the impression
that he is connected with the
Amalgamated Association Of Iron
and Steel Workers. MCGUIRE en-
closed letter from NJ. NJ. Garland,
OF the Amalgsmated association
declaring that McLuckio is not a
member,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-11

Workers. A parade, headed by a
brass band, took place in the morn
ing and proceeded to the garden,
where the festivities were opened.
In the afternoon pole and
rope climbing contest and a
baseball game took place. A
thick forty-foot pole had been
erected in the rear of the
garden and gold watch offered as
prize to the one climbing the pole
with a pair Of spurs in the shortest
time. There were sixteen contest
ants and the prize was won by
Joseph Village, who did it in
IA seconds. Charles West won
the rope climbing contest in which
there were ten contestants. The
ball game was played between the
electrical workers and the harness
makers and was won by the former
by to 3. AT night a bail took
place, which was largely attended.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-11
Stock Exchange Election.

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE elec-
ton of officers and governors OF
the Stock Exchange will be held
today. President Francis l.,
Eames is again nominated, after
serving for two years, making the
first instance in the history Of the
Exchange Of a nomination of the
president for a third term. Score
tsry Ely, Treasurer Gilley and
Chairman Mitchell have also been
renominated. Four new names
are proposed for governors to
serve four years: F. T. Adams
Daniel Chauncey, George r. SHIELD
on and A. Wolf to fill vacancies.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-11
WEATHER BULLETIN.

Weather forecast for San Antonio
and vicinity for the twenty-four
hours ending at s pm. May y, 1896:
Tonight and Tuesday, fair.
WEATHER NOTES,
There is a low of considerable
energy over the central Rocky
mountain slope this morning that
is causing high winds over Colora-
do and Western Kansas.
Cloudy weather with general
light rains prevails in advance Of
the storm center. The weather is
also cloudy over South and East
Texas, while clear skies prevail
over the Mississippi valley and
West Texas.
The following stations report
rain during the past "A hours:
Palestine, Vicksburg, Oklahoma,
Amarillo, Omaha and Denver.
S. b. PFANNER, Observer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-11
The Electrical Workers, Picnic.

Large crowds went out to Linn
burgers garden yesterday after
noon and last night to attend the
picnic given by the Electrical
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-11
37S West Commerce Street.

st. Louis has a $4,000 blaze a
800 Olive street, In which severa
persons are injured.
Heavy fires are raging in the
lumber district OF Alger Co.
Michigan, some camps have been
burning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-11

Horses at your own price, to-
morrow morning.
8 IL II WOODWARD & BRIGGS.
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28
OUTGROWN FRIENDSHIPS.
Sad Changes in the Sunny Fields of Com
radeship.

Sad Changes in the Sunny Fields of Com
radeship.
Is there anything more distressing
in life than friendship outgrown?
This doesn't mean one that has been
broken off through some difference of
opinion, some misunderstanding that
a few words could have set right, OF
an estrangement the result of hasty.
temper that prompted ugly words and
untruthful, bitter sentiments; no,
friendship outgrown is the unhappy
product of too much worldliness on
one side or the other. Perhaps educa
tion would be the better word, or a
knowledge of the world a more comely
phrase, but whichever pleases most the
outcome of the same never varies.
Take two girls at school, says the
Philadelphia Times, chums they have
been through all the years of study
and fun they have passed together,
they separate at graduation swearing
eternal friendship, letters fly back and
forth for time, and then one pays the
other visit. All, how many illusions
have been dispelled in that reunion?
Life has changed one, perhaps, from
the girl of a year ago into woman,
while it has left the other where she
was. After the first good talk over old
times they cannot help seeing that
there is something different in the at
mosphere that was once so thorough
1y congenial. The visit over, a few more
letters, then silence and another friend
ship lost in that great labyrinth Of
change that has grown up on the sunny
fields of cOmradeShip.
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28
SCENE AT THE HOSPITAL.
Experience OF Man Who Said Doct ors
Were Heartless.

Experience OF a Man Who Said Doct ors
We're Heartless.
An opinion was expressed by a pro-
feassional man the other day that doc
tors were a heartless lot of people, and
the man who expressed it backed it
up, says the New York Sun, with an in
cident he had witnessed in a hospital.
A patient was suffering from hy-
drophobia, and the professional man,
who was looking at the sufferer,
asked the doctor:
"Does the sight of water throw him
into a spasm?"
"You can see for yourself" replied
the doctor, and he produced a glass of
water, the sight of which brought on
spasm horrible to witness.
Some time later, when the ward
where the sufferer was lying was Wis
tied by two physicians, one of them
asked the attending doctor:
'sWhat is his condition? Has he got
any chance of getting well?"
"He is very low," was the reply.
'He's likely to die any minute. You'll
be at the autopsy tomorrow, won't
you?"
''That shocked me-" said the profess
sional man. cit was all right, know.
The patient didn't understand, but the
idea was shocking. 1t was cold-blood7
ed. 1t doesn't seem to me that a hu-
man being should ever permit himself
to become so callous. But they do.
l want to say right now that if l am
ever sick J. shall protest against going
10 a hospital SO long as there is breath
in my body. I'll die at home or in the
street, but no hospital ever gets me,
remember that"
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28
THE PARIS CABBY.
For Ways That Are Dark He Has Very
Few Equals.

For Ways That Are Dark He Has Very
Few Equals.
Should an accident befall the vehicle
Of Paris cabman during your occu-
pancy, he will abandon himself to
paroxysm of grief, compute the loss,
and tell in moving accents of his wife
and children, whose bread will be
taken from their mouths by the mis-
hap.
But if your fingers thereupon make
instinctively for your pocket, restrain
them; he is insured. He pays small
monthly premium to a cab insurance
company; and in the case of a smash
up, only the company suffers. A play
full intimation that you are aware of
this circumstance will do wonders to
console him. There was, in days gone
by, a cabman who made such good
thing out of accidents that he ended by
adopting them as speciality.
He confined his labors to those quar-
ters of the town chiefly affected by the,
English, and his system was to pick
up benevolent English tourist (by
preference a LADY, and break shaft.
He knew method Of turning a corner
which no shaft could resist.
Then he would beat his beast, and
shake his fist at heaven; call upon the;
universe to witness that he was poor:
man, who would be ruined by the sum
it must cost to get his cab repaired,
bring in his wife and children, though
the unprincipled creature was a bache-
Ior-and what could benevolent-look-
ing English tourist do but help him
out?
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28
AN UNDERGROUND CITY.
russians Discover a Town Hid in the
Bowels of the Earth.

Russians Discover Town Hid in the
Bowels of the Earth.
The Russians have made singular
discovery in Central Asia. In Turkes-
an, on the right bank of the Amou
Daria, is a chain of rocky hills near the
Bokharan town of Karki, and a number
Of large caves, which upon examination
we're found to lead to an underground
city, built apparently long before the
Christian era. In Popular Science
News we find the following description
of this singular city:
According to effigies, inscriptions and
designs upon the gold and silver money
unearthed from among the ruins, the
existence of the town dates back to
some two centuries before the birth of
Christ.
The underground Bokharan city is a
little over mile long, and is composed
of an enormous labyrinth of corridors,
streets and squares, surrounded by
houses and other buildings two or three
stories high. The edifces contain all
kinds of domestic utensils, pots, urns,
vases and the like. In some of the
streets falls of earth and rock have OBJ
structed the passages, but generally the
visitor can walk about without SO much
as lowering his head.
The high degree of civilization at
tanned by the inhabitants of the city is
shown by the fact that they built in
several stories, by the symmetry of the
streets, and squares, and by the beauty
of the baked clay and metal utensils,
and of the ornaments and coins which
have been found.
1t is supposed that long centuries ago
this city, SO carefully concealed in the
bowels of the earth, provided an entire
population with a refuge from the in
eur' of nomadic savages and rob-.
bers.
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28

ladies that the gentleman in the dirk,
the sporran and the tartan accessories
was perfectly harmless.
"You don't run the shadow of a
risk, mesdames," insisted the station
master in his blardest tones; ''the gem
tleman comes from the country where
the men wear petticoats and do not
use trousers"
Despite everything, however, which
was said in order to calm their appre
tensions, the over-timid lady travellers
had to be placed in a carriage at safe
distance from where the Caledonian,
stern and wild, was seated.
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28
HIGHLANDER COSTUME.
Caused CONSERVATION in French Rail-
way Coach.

Caused CONSERVATION in French Rail-
way Coach.
Aperson arrayed infull Highland cos
tune caused a terrible commotion in a
railway carriage in the Perrache sta
ton, near Lyons, recently.
Two ladies who were in the carriage
shrieked as they saw the awful specta-
Gle presented by the entry into their
compartment of a man without trous-
ers.
The Highlander, who was on his way
to Nice, nevertheless took his seat
with Caledonian GOODNESS, whereupon
the ladies screamed the louder. 1t was
in vain that the apparition in the garb
of the Odd Gaul apologized and ex-
planned the situation in bad French,
and equally futile were the efforts OF
the station master. who assured the
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28
THE MARINE BAND.
Formerly Made More Noise Than Music
The Hoom-Pah Horn.

Formerly Made More Noise Than Music
The Hoom-Pah Horn.
''The Marine band, now the pride of
the nations capital" said an old mu-
sician to the Star writer, chad but few
brass instruments except bugles when
it was organized. Indeed, there were
but few brass instruments in use in
those days, for cornets, alto horns and
tubas are comparatively new. / re-
member to have seen the Marine band
marching through the streets of this
city, led by six violinists, with two or
three violas, fiddle in size between
the ordinary violin and the violoncello.
Nearly all the other instruments were
reed, fageolets and clarionets, with an
occasional French horn. The big at
traction of the band for street parades
was chime of bells, which were carried
on big stick above the players head.
He shook them as the band marched
along, and made great deal of noise
if not music. Cymbals, drums, bass
and snares, were more in evidence as
features than they are now. The Ma
rine band had the honor and credit of
inventing what was called the hoom-
pah horn. 1t was horn of immense
size. 1t was not intended so much for
musical purposes as it was to carry
off plunder. Whenever the band Off
ciated at receptions, banquets and the
like the bandsmen packed it full of
good things for the children at home" )"
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28
sss1ssst --rs1,'rs-
Rescue Two of Their Kind That Were in
Distress.


Distress.
One of the most peculiar incidents
in the annals of animal instinct oc
CURED in Rutlandshire recently, the
facts of which, says Pearson's, are as
follows: Squire x is one of the
best known characters in that part of
the country. A few days ago he missed
two of his best sporting dogs. and his
general supposition was that they had
been stolen. Recently, however. he
was surprised to see one of his pets
walk into the house. followed a min
ute later by the other, both wearing
the appearance of utter destitution.
Investigation revealed the following
facts: While out shooting a neighbor
came across IL broken bank on his es-
state, and two of his, dogs showed un-
easiness at a hole in the ground. Moth
ing he could do would induce the dogs
to leave the spot, and he finally Sc
cured q spade and began digging for
the cause of the trouble. Eight feet
of earth was dug away before the truth
was out Then he discovered the two
dogs, evidently buried from their own
exertions in endeavoring to chase a
rabbit.
They had been there for IS days and
were nearly faInished. On their re-
turn to the squire's house they were
followed by the animals who had res
cued them, and prompt treatment
saved the lives of both.
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28
Do You Want Some?

If any more of our friends want
any of that Pure maple sugar and
syrup which has been ordered from
the sugar camp up in Sullivan
county, they must not delay plac-
ing their order. The sap is just
beginning to run, and the delicious
product of the sugar maple will be
here as soon as the process of
evaporating is completed. AS yet
this,year no maple sugar, owing to
the continued cold weather, has
been made in New York or con-
tiguous States.
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28
Matters Briefly Mentioned.

MuCIVAu DAAVAJ moutAVuVui
The mud is fast disappearing.
Easter-one week from to-mo
row.
The City Council will not meet
until April 6.
Who WHO will be the new Councilman
in theAThird Ward.
Let the Spring come quickly
Everybody is ready for it.
If we are to have a councilman
at-large let us have ohm Slater.
The election of directors for the
Y. NJ G. A. occurred last evening.
April 5th is Good Friday-the
morning when all who can eat hot
cross buns.
Rev. Father Sheppard is ex-
pected back from California in time
for Easter.
The body of an unknown man
was found in the river Thursday,
badly decomposed.
Theatre parties are all the go.
Advertising even theatres in the
Passaic papers pay.
The event at the Club House
week after next will be the Fair of
the Gun Detachment.
Are the saloons stronger than
the churches? Shall this be de-
>clared to our shame?
Few men ever believe they are
over rated in the community until
the assessor puts up LIBERALIZATION.
Ouartermaster Sergeant Robert
Shearman has resigned from the
Passaic High School Cadet Corps.
The Linden Hose Notes have
become popular feature of the
Rec oRD-a veritable drawing card,
as 'twere.
The Erie Cycle Co, of Paterson,
have opened branch at 224 Wash
ington Place, in charge OF Mr.. Ed.
"A. Browne.
The Flremen's Relief Associa-
ton held public meeting last
evening. The report of the treas
urer was read.
A sure sign of Spring-Editor
Mahony on his bicycle. The
lREcoRDMAN will be justified in
getting his out now.
cit looks as though a number of
the members of Linden Hose Co.
are gentlemen living on their
means" said an old citizen yester-
day.
With view to increasing our
subscription list we offer the REC
so2D to all new subscribers, from
now until January 1st,. 1897, for
so cents.
The Annual meeting of the
PRESBYTERIAN church will occur
next Wednesday evening, and of
the Congregation the following
"Wednesday.
szHe Cadet for April is out, and in
the matter of interesting and ap
propriate reading is ahead of all
previous issues. Five cents is the
price of copy.
DeVoe predicts that on the 29th
there will be a cyclone along our
Atlantic coast, causing floods south
of New Jersey and snow blockakes
over the New England States.
The month will close with winter
weather along the Atlantic coast
The Passaic Lighting Co. which
is the old Electric Plant on Harri-
son street and the Passaic Gas Co.
: com bined, are arranging plant on
their property, corner Passaic street
and Columbia avenue which will
possess all the modern improve
mentS.
Passaic City record., 1896-03-28

Are you a Heptasoph ?
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-08
Arbitration Enforced.

Sometimes trade guilds, in early
days, quarreled with each other, and
when such "contumelious words" arose,
the aldermen, we read in est. Paul's
Cathedral and Old City Life, stepped in
to arbitrate, day Of love being APP
pointed at St. Paul's on which the dis
putants might treat of peace and con-
cord. John Bridd, baker, was at one
time the cause of much trouble This
same John "did skillfully and artfully
cause certain hole to be made upon
table of his called molding borde,
pertaining to his bakehouse, after the
manner of mousetrap, there being
certain wicket warily provided for clos
ing and opening such hole. And, when
his neighbors and others who were wont
to bake their bread at his oven came
with their dough or material for baking
bread, the said John used to put such
dough or other material upon the said
table, and over the hole before men.
toned.
Said Johns crime consisted in plac-
ing confederate underneath the hole,
who used to levy a considerable contri-
button from each lot of dough, "to the
scandal and disgrace of the whole city. "
The case was fully proved, for Bridd,
though he asserted his innocence, was
held not to be able to give a satisfactory
account of the mousetrap hole, and said
John was put in the pillory, along with
others who were found to be guilty Of
like fraud They were kept in the pill
lory with pieces Of dough hung round
their necks, by way of trade sign, until
vespers at st. Paul's were ended. The
tables wherewith they comprised their
cheat were destroyed, "for it is neither
consonant with right nor pleasing to
God that such falsehood, deceit and
malice shall 20 unpublished.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-08
Tie African Parrot.

Our parrot was The present of kind
friend il the su;lmer of 1877, having
been brought fron, Erica only few
months previously. Hcr plumase is tho
same in color rs were her predecessors.
She was, when size first came, evidently
a young bird and has grown since we
have had her. In spite Of her IS years
there is no sign of age about her. She
sings, dances, climbs and whistles with
all tho yigor of youth, and though per-
haps smaller in size than the other two
birds is quite as noisy. In many ways
she is, however, very different from
them, being, for instance, much more
shy in the presence of strangers, before
whom she will very rarely talk at all,
and is more curious in her habits, tax
ing great fancies to some people and de-
cided dislikes to others.
Sho has an unpleasant habit of some
times wishing visitors goodby when she
does not approve of them. She also, if
she cannot get what she wants, gives
angry whacks and double knocks upon
the tin floor of her cage. Nothing ap-
pears to delight her more than mischief.
She positively revels in it, and to get
hold of anything she ought not to have
is unmixed joy. Evidently the bird has
been at some time very cruelty treated.
For many months she was terrified at
the sight Of :. man Or boy, and for years
a broomstic.. was an object of horror to
her. Since getting over this fear she has
shown a decided liking for the sweep and
the coal man, and the latter has left the
house with the bird wishing him pleas
antly goodby and affectionately request
ing him to kiss her, which gives rise to
the question whether she may have had
in her African past kind negro friend.
Any one who has ever had opportunities
of studying the parrot tribe must have
been struck with their extraordinary
gift of memory. so long ago observed by
Plutarch. Chambers Journal.
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Kittens differ as much as children in
their capacity for amusing themselves
and in their demands for amusement.
One of Princess kittens, the White
Souall, so named from his practice of
standing on the stairs aud bowling when
left alone, was SO dependent Oh others
and so exacting that he became pest.
His mother did not care for him par
ticularly, aud none Of his seniors took a
fancy to him. He then fell back upon
human beings and made my life bur-
den by yelling on the stairs when he
could not find me and tormenting me to
play with him when he did. No ball,
bell or string and spool was of tLo least
value to him unless somebody played
with it for him.
He would climb into my lap, scram-
BILE across my book or portfolio, twitch
the pen out of my hands, lay himself
fiat on the keys of the piano, pull the
piece of sewing I was at'work on, claw
nv hair down, bite my fingers, worry at
my dress and tear it, crawl up my an
kles-in short, bother me out of my
life. At the same time he was so gentle
and affectionate and 80 beautiful, with
deep blue eyes and superhuman ex-
preston of innocence, that could not
give him away. He needed lively
child of 10 to keep up with him, but not
having one at hand I brought one of the
stable kittens-there were always in
ferior white ones thereto the house
for playmate. She was few months
Younger than him elf, and at first l
thought he would kill her in his violent
sport, but finding her unfit for rough
ness he moderated it until they played
on even terms. Temple Bar.
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rTNhere has never been time in the
history of man when goods were
as low as they are to-day, and we
have bought very largely this season,
much more so than usual, direct from
the manufacturers in the West, for
spot cash in order to meet the wants
or the trade at rock bottom prices
for all kinds of