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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29

The POpocratic party, of which
Bryan is the chief bugleman is all
smiles to the Populist until he puts
in a requisition for pie, then the smiles
are contorted into frowns, and there
is no more room at the provision ia
BILE. There is usually a hereafter to
this kind of play.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29

The "crown Of thorns pressed on the
brow Of labor by the gold standard re-
suited in an advance of wages Of 60 per
cent from 1870 to 1S90.-Pittsburg
Dispatch
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29
AN ORDINANCE

Creating the Office of Inspector OF
Plumbing and House Drainage, es-
tablishing Rules and Regulations
For the Government Of the Office
and Prescribing Fees for Inspection.
Be it ordained by the City Council
/ of the City of San Antonio:
Section /. The Office Of Inspector of
, Plumbing and House Drainage is
hereby created, and shall be attached
to and under the control and direction
of the Department of Public Health,
and shall consist of one person who
shall perform the duty of examining
all plumbing and house drainage
upon and in all buildings, public and
private, and see that all work is done
in thorough and workmanlike man.
ner and that all necessary safeguards
are taken to prevent the leakage of
sewer gas from drain pipes, under
such regulations as may be from time
to time adopted by the City Council,
and said Inspector of Plumbing and
House Drainage shall be a skillful
and competent plumber of five years
experience and shall thoroughly I'M
derstand house sewerage and drain
age.
Section 2. Any person wishing to do
plumbing work must execute and de-
post with the department a bond ap-
proved by the Mayor in the sum of
that he will comply with any exist
ing city ordinance and pay all fees
and any fines that may be assessed
against him. 1t is understood that he
shall be liable for any accident that
may happen to person or property by
reason of his neglect of any laws, or
dinances or rules relating to the work.
Section 3. Every plumber before do
ing any plumbing in the City Of San
Antonio, must notify the Plumbing
Inspector in writing, giving a COM
plete description of the plumbing fix
lures to be placed in the building and
location of the same, name of the
owner and street, and house number,
also give the name of the architect
if any.
Section 4. Plumbing fixtures are de-
fined to mean any appliance requir-
ing a trap as described in the City
Rules and Regulations for the gov
eminent Of Plumbers, adopted by the
City Council of the City of San An
tonic, November Sth, 1892.
Section 8. The fees for inspection
shall be: For drain and any one fixture
two $4,000 dollars, and for every
other additional fixture up to ten in
the building, the sum of fifty 600
cents each; all additional fixtures
above ten, twenty five (20 cents each.
Inspection fees must be paid when
the permit is issued. If any plumber
fails to have his work ready for in
spection, as provided for in the City
Ordinance governing plumbing, after
notifying the inspector, for every ad-
ditional Inspection the plumber must
pay one-half % the original fees.
Section 6. The Plumbing Inspector
shall not be interested in any plumb
ing shop, establishment or business
during the time he is employed as In
spector by the City.
Section Z. The maximum salary of
the Inspector shall not exceed the
sum of one hundred and fifty dollars
$3.50 per month.
Passed and approved August 18th,
1896.
(Signed) HENRY ELMENDORF,
Mayor.
Attest:
(Signe0 E. r. NORTON,
S-20-1OO City Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29

The Republicans of Texas are going
to put a foot in it next week. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether it will be
right foot or a left one. If it is the
right they will not be left.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29

1t does not suit the stomach Of the
Houston Post that Mr.. Mckinley re-
fuses to be governed by Bryanite
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29
PROBATE NOTICE.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, |
County of BeXar. !

The STATE OF TEXAS,
County Of BeXar.
County Court in Matters of Probate to
September term. 1896.
The State of Texas, to all persons in
terested in the administration Of the
estate Of Anna Junghaeuel, deceased:
j. Belohlavek. administrator OF the es-
tate OF Anna Junghaenel, deceased, has
filed his final account In the County Court
Of Bexar County, which will be acted on
at the September term, A. ID. 1896, OF said
Court, at the Court House thereof, In the
City OF San Antonio, after this notice
shall have been duly published for twenty
(20) days In some newspaper printed In
Bexar County, Texas; at which time all
persons interested In said estate may ap-
pear and make objections thereto, IL they
Witness, Thad. w. Smith. Clerk Of the
County Court Of Bexar County,
49,, and seal OF said Court, at my
SEAL. office in San Antonio, this
49, Twenty fourth day Of August,
A. ID. 1896.
THAD. w. SMITH,
Clerk County Court Bexar County.
BY r. c. SYMINGToN, Deputy.
Issued same day.
Came to hand, August Gath, 1896, at s
o'clock p. m, and publication OF the
above citation ordered made in the San
Antonio Daily LIGHT.
JNo p. CAMPBELL,
Sheriff Bexsr County
By JAMES M. VAN RIPER, deputy.
0' SEC. 2Ot
ssoo rnaer1nu W. Dr. NJ ~-I1 PIIA
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29
AN ORDINANCE


Declaring the Upper Labor Ditch
From Mccullough Avenue to San
Pedro Greek a Public Nuisance, and
Ordering the Same Closed.
. Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of San Antonio:
That the Upper Labor Ditch, from
Mccullough Avenue to its intersec-
ton with San Pedro Greek, be and
the, same is hereby declared public
nuisance, and that said ditch between
the said points be and the same is
hereby ordered closed.
Passed and approved August 18th,
1896.
(Signed) HENRY ELMENDoRF,
Mayor.
Attest:
(signe0 E. R. NORTON,
S-20-1Ot City Clerk.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29

Wages fall quickly, but rise slowly;
prices Of commodities both rise and fall
quickly. Wages seldom advance oftener
than once year; prices often advance
several times day. Unless wages rise
as fast as prices, under free coinage,
will not laborers lose by it? Certainly.
All history and all statistics declare
that the wage Garner has always gotten
left because of the high prices which
always result from cheap money expert
ments.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29

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good faith on the part Of the writer. Write on
one side Of the paper, In plain hand. Anony-
nous communications Will not be noticed.
The LIGHT will not be responsible for the
statements OF Its correspondents.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-29

Free silver will not give an idle man
. days work. On the contrary, it will
,lose mills and factories and force into
dleness men who are now employed.
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TO CONFERENCE.-THE.

1An contracts or bills must be approved
By the Secretary or Manager.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1896.
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non sufer1nn Trs d.. NJ $3.50 PIIA
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10

to supply the length cut out. This be-
ing in turn spliced to the end, tests are
made as to whether communication is
restored once more. When the captain
ascertains that it Is he steams back to
shore again.
Gable messages are transmitted by
means Of what Is known as the ''siphon
recorder" a most delicate and ingen-
ious instrument, invented by Lord
Kelvin. 1t consists of rectant e.ar
coil containing many turns Of extreme
ly fine silk-covered wire, suspended be-
tween the poles Of powerful magnet
and of fine glass tube Of about the
thickness of coarse hair, bent into
the form of siphon, and so attached
to a fine stretched wire that it may
be free to move backward and forward
as directed by the movements of the
rectangular coil above mentioned, to
which it is attached by an almost in
visible fiber of raw silk. The higher
leg of the siphon dips into small
trough Of specially prepared ink, whilst
past its lower end Is drawn. by n suita-
BILE motor, a continuous tape OF white
paper, along the middle Of which, when
the siphon Is at rest, thus is traced
fine, clear ink line. In order to avoid
friction between the end of the siphon
and the paper tape, which would i'm
pede the movements of the delicately
suspended coil, the siphon Is vibrated
rapidly to and from the paper by an
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10
What He Was Waiting For

One of the best applause" stories is
related of n singer who was exceed
ingly self-conscious-not to say intol-
erably conceited-who, at a concert at
which she was to vocalize, handed to
the German gentleman who was accom-
panying her at the pianoforte copy OF
her song marked in several places,
wait for the applause" At the end
of one verse there came a dead silence
among the audience. The accompanies
laid not finger on key. but blinked pla-
cidly through his spectacles at the lady.
what are you waiting for?" she ask
ed in an exasperated undertone. II
am. valtin' for de abblause." replied
the pianist. geand he nod gom YETI
London Times. 49,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10
A MONSTER SNAKE.
1t Has Been in the Neirhborhood o.
Gorin Four Years.

1t Has Been in the Neighborhood Of
Gorin Four Years.
A snake that measures from twelve
to fifteen feet has for four years past
been more Qys less of nuisance to the
people Of Gdtin. Noe People whose
veracity could not be doubted lJAxe told
wonderful stories of this marvellous
snake. Every spring some one runs
across 1t. A year ago Mr.. Rodney
Lease crept up to it's den and watched
for an opportunity to shoot 1t. but be-
came so fascinated with the sight Of his
snakeship that he forgot to shoot until
1t had crept back into the dense un-
dergrowth.
Every person who has ever seen the
snake gives the same description of it.
1t Is black hooded head, at least fifteen
feet In length, and as big round as a
telegraph pole. Recently, as Mr.. Will
liam Gilmore came along the track to-
wards CORN, he met 1t stretched out its
length on the bridge: he thought to get
close to 1t and either kill it or ut least
get accurate measurements of 1t by
counting the ties it was lying on. but
as soon as his presence became known
to the monster it quickly coiled itself,
and the sight so frightened Mr.. GIL.
more that he sprang backward down
the embankment and lost no time In
getting to town. The dimensions he
gave Of it are too large to report; how
ever, his word is as good as gold and
party is being made up in town to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10
What the Vatican Contains,

On the whole, the Vatican may be d.
vided intosseven portions. These are
the pontifical residence, the Sistine
and Pauline Chapels, the picture gal
leries, the library, the museums OF
sculpture and archaeology, the out
buildings, including the barracks of the
Swiss Guards, and. lastly, the gardens
with the Pope's Casino. or these the
Sistine Chapel, the galleries and mu
seums. and the library are incompar
ably the most important.
The name "Sistine" is derived from
Sixtus w., as has been said. The library
was founded by Nicholas ", whose
love of books was almost equal to his
passion for building. The galleries are
representative Of Raphaers work
which predominates to such an extent
that the paintings Of almost all other
artists are of secondary Importance
precisely as Michael Angelo filed ths
Sistine Chapel with himself. AS for tbs
museums. the objects they cor>sair
have been accumulated by many popes
but their existence ought, perhaps, tc
be chiefly attributed to- Julius III. and
Leo X, the principal representatives
of the Revere and Medfci families
Century. r
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10

to keep the change. He must have kent
this up fully a week and reaped boun-
tiful harvest. At.last one young wo-
man who tired Of the same story and
who became rather skeptical on the
subject OF birthdays" stopped the
young genius and remarked In tones
clear enough to be heard some little dis
lance, "See here, little boy, what did
you say about your birthday"
lady, please buy a paper; dis is my
birfday, and Amt sold but one paper
to-day" whined the young rascal.
"Now, little boy. to my certain knowl.
edge you have had a birthday every day
this week. Aren't you ashamed to tell
such storiesT
He was cornered for minute and
stood with head cast down and every
! appearance of remorse. At last he
looked up with n most innocent express
sion and said: "Well you see, lady, you
en- me we're different. / aln't old, en-
l though I'd have lot of birthdays to
onct, en- den could quit havin' 'em like
you. Sect"
She concluded he was past reforming
and, slipping dim, in his hand, moved
on signing over the wickedness of the
generation, while the young sinner exc.
cuted pas seul of his invention.-Chi.
cago Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10
GORDON AND IL HUNG CHANG.

Their Disagreement Over the Pun
ishment OF the TAPPING Rebels.
Ex-Secretary John w. Foster saw
much of Ii Hung Chang while he was
acting as confidential adviser to the
Emperor of China in the peace negotia-
tons with Japan. He has written a
sketch Of the Chinese Viceroy, which
appears In the century. OF the Tai
ping rebellion Mr.. Foster says:
Ii Hung Chang came out Of these
campaigns with high reputation for
military skill, great administrative ca
pacity, and devoted loyalty to the reign
ing dynasty, and was thenceforward
the most famous man Of his nation.
But just ut the close of the war an in
cident occurred which, in the estimation
of most foreigners, has remained as a
blight upon his fair name. In the final
great battle, which resulted in the cap
ture Of the most prominent of the lead
ers of the rebellion Gordon, who was
instrumental In their actual capture,
promised to spare their lives, but i'm
mediately after being sent to headQuar-
tiers they were beheaded. Gordon, who
was of an impetuous temperament, de-
nounced this act as breach Of faith,
and, 1t is said, threatened to take the
mand. But he did neither.
Ii claimed that the refractory con-
duct Of the rebel princes after their
surrender made the punishment a ne
cessity; and such cool-headed and
experienced man as Sir Robert Hart,
with full knowledge of the facts, held
that Colonel Gordon was not justified
in his conduct, and induced him to re-
consider his action and judgment. Cor
don continued In command for some
time, and up to the day Of his death at
Khartum maintained most friendly re-
lations with the viceroy.
Notwithstanding these facts English
writer's generally insist that Ii was
guilty of had faith and of bloody and
inhuman conduct. But 1t should be
borne in mind that theTaiping rebellion
was most desolating and relentless
war; that 1t had destroyed many popu-
lous cities; had laid waste nearly one
half Of the empire; had sacrificed an
enormous number of lives, estimated as
high as twenty millionss and that the
leaders who were beheaded had been
guilty of horrid crueltles., Under such
circumstances 1t would not have been
strange IL even the most civilized and
Christian commander, in tie flush of
victory, should have ordered the execu.
ton Of the authors of such untold
horrors and bloodshed. The sepoy
mutiny Of India synchronizes with the
TAPPING rebellion. If the heather
Chinese" should wish to retort upon his
foreign critics, he might not find II
difficult to parallel his own conduct
with that Of his civilized neighbors,
the rulers OF India. n
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10
CABLE ALPHABET.
IThe perpendicular show the division characters

electrical machine, or vibrator, result
ing in its tracing a dotted instead OF
an absolutely continuous line. BY
glancing at the cable alphabet, which
Is given herewith, the method of trans
mission will be understood more read.
lily. The letters of the alphabet are
formed by prearranged combinations
of right and left movements, the letter
"a" consisting of one movement to the
left and one to the right, the letter "b'
of one to the right and three to the left.
and so on. On the paper tape these
signals appear as being above or below
the line, which, when the siphon is at
rest, it traces along the center of the
tape. ~
There are now in existence 1910 dis
tinct sections of cable, aggregating In
length 1854 nautical miles. or these.
S26 sections, with a length of 1911
miles. are under the control of various
governments. France takes the lead
with 4,053 miles, India follows with
1,9T4, Germany. 1,761; Great Britain
and Ireland, 1,759; Spain. 1905; Italy,
1,60S. The remaining 1853 sections. with
total length of 141 SOB miles, are the
property Of private telegraph compan-
les.
An idea Of the amount Of work nec-
essary to lay and keep these cables in
repair may be judged by the fact that
thirty-eight specially constructed and
equipped ships, with an aggregate ton
mage Of 59,292 tons, are employed in
laying and keeping in repair the tele-
graph cables of the world.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10

man about broken or otherwise dam
aged cable Is, "How do they find out
where the damage is along the thou
sands of miles," The conductor OF the
cable, after a break has occurred or
fault" has been developed, offers
certain amount Of obstruction or resist
ance to the passage Of the electrical
current, which indicates that there Is
damage. An apparatus has been de-
vised for measuring the amount Of this
resistance. The scientific explanation
of this Is as follows: THE unit Of re-
sistance Is called an Ohm, after the
great German physicist who discover
ed and expounded the laws of the cleo
trio 'currsnt, Thelexact resistance per
nautical mile of the conductor of any
given cable is known to the electricians
in charge. Resistance practically ceases
at the point where the conductpr makes
considerable contact with the water;
therefore, supposing the known resist
ance per mile to be two Ohms, and the
measuring apparatus indicates total
resistance of 800 ohms. the position
Of the break will be 400 miles from
Shore"
With this determined the rest is an
easy matter. The captain of the repair
ing steamer examines his charts and
indicates thereon the point by finding
the latitude and logitude the cable Is in
400 miles out. To this point the ship
sails. The captain. satisfying himself
by examination Of everything which
can furnish clew, decides where the
trouble is, when Mt the spot he drops
overheard and anchors mark buoy,
which is conical. fiatlbottomed. hol-
low vessel, built of quarter-ineh or
three-eighths-inch steel. The ship then
steams away to convenient distance
from the buoy at right angles In the line
of the cable and grapples for the cable.
AS soon as the cable IS caught,the ship
is stopped and the hadApg-ib mAchin-
cry is set in motioif. witlifhe result that
in due season tie grapnHlI holdihg the
cable appears. Men are tSwefsh to it,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10

Education the Only Means by Whit
He Can BE Improved.
Any government capable OF annually
asslmilating half a million foreigners.
many Of whom have come from the
dregs OF European countries, should
in the course Of a few years digest &c.,
600 Indians. What prevents? We an
swer, methods; nothing but methods.
Use the Indian method Of isolation and
segregation with the immigrant, and
the American nation will be destroyed
In decade. Use the immigrant meth
cd of distribution, association and OPP
portunity'with the Indian, and decade
need not pass until they become a real
part Of our country's life blood.
The Indian has the capacity to meet
the issues Of civilized life at once. All
Indian youth may readily be prepared
to enter the common schools Of the
country by two or three years course
In government schools established for
the special purpose of bringing them to
this condition Of fitness, and, having
once entered the public schools. the
way Is open for them to remain and 90
up head. Such schools and all our
higher schools are now and always
have been open to the Indians. Har'
ward and Dartmouth colleges were
started In the interests Of Indian educa.
ton. ~
The door of education has never been
closed to the Indian. The whole 10000
or $4,000 Indian youth may now, II
they will, distribute themselves among
the schools Of the country. There need
not be another school house built fol
exclusive Indian education. Pennsyl
vania has about $4,000 schools, and
there are about 100000 schools in the
United States. II all the Indian youth
In tho. country were distributed among
the schools of Pennsylvania there
would not be two Indian pupils FOL
each school. If distributed among the
schools Of the country there would not
be an Indian for each six schools. In
either case the process would accom-
plish the civilization or the Indian q
hundred times faster than government,
or mission schools, or both, for the rea
son that he is trained by daily contact
with the very conditionand individual
that later. as man, he will have t.
compete with. We do the Indian NJ
Kindness by holding him away from
this competition, for 1t is this very ex
perience thatis to develop him. With
out 1t we shall never accomplish tho
emancipation Of the Indian.-Chautau
guam.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10

Euglish Painter Clothed with Full
Honors OF the Royal academy.

Euglish Painter Clothed with Full
Honors OF the Royal Academy.
Ernest Crofts, the English painter,
who has recently been clothed with the
full honors of the Royal Academy. Is
the only artist In England who Is just
now prominent as painter OF military
subjects. He was born mt Leeds about
fifty years ago and studied at Rugby
and subsequently. Mt Berlin. He took
a course in drawing at London and then
entered the studio of Herr Emil Hun
ten Of Dusseldorf. who enjoyed the
patronage of the German court. Huns
ten painted pictures of war and Crofts
adopted the same branch OF the art.
He selected British subjects for his
pictures, and has Illustrated the history
OF the wars of the roundheads and cav
alters, Cromwell and Prince Rupert,
Wallenstein and William Ill. and Blu
cher and Wellington. 1t was, however,
by his pictures of more modern and
Immediate Interest that Mr.. Crofts at
tracted most attention. Episodes ofithc
Franco-German war brought him into
notice, and one Of his earliest works,
'The Retreat" exhibited in 1874, was
purchased for the royal gallery Mt Koc-
nlgsburg to show that feats Of arms
stimulate alove of art, and that among
a military people military subjects are
popular. The recognitioh of Mr.. Croft's
ability and genius has come rather late,
but 1t Is something to know that the
English academy has not altogether
forgotten the fact that soldier Is not
yet the most despised person in the
kingdom. Perhaps IL Is to encourage