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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07
TRY ME-TEL. Alb.
f. w. McALLISTER,
Fire and
TORNADO INSURANCE.

-belOTe SOlHS elSeWueTe Cdh anu
examine our photos, and get prices.
We guarantee to please the most fas-
tidious. ROTHWELL'S GALLERY,
No. 107 w. Commerce st. 7-21-lm
Ride out to San Pedro Springs and
spend an hour in viewing the splendid
collection of animals, monkeys, birds,
and reptiles. Take the children and
make them happy. 7-S1-lm
The Mckinley club met last
night in Scholz's hall and adj
journed subject to the call of the
chairman for a report OF the COM
mittees.
st. Louis and Texas Fire Brick
and Fire Clay, lowest prices, at Hen
ry Pauly's. Telephone SO. 7-21-1m
Superior work with the least wear
and tear to the laundry shall be our
endeavor. BELL LAUNDRY co.
Next Mackey Bldg.
-306 East Commerce street is the
place to buy your building materials,
brick, lime, cement, plaster paris,
plastering hair, sand, roofing paper,
roofing felt, roofing pitch, coal tar,
asphalt, paints, oils, etc. Get my pri-
ces before buying elsewhere. ]. c.
Dielmann, 306 East Commerce street.
Telephone 40. 1921 mo.
-EDGEWOOD AND PAXTON'S
private stock at the Crystal Saloon,
4O7 Main Plaza. Scott.
-Ten-year-oId Bourbon whisky I'm
perial Saloon. S-1-3t
The Imperial bar for10 year old
Whisky, two stamp goods" Clifford
block. S-6-3t
The nut came of an axle OF a
wagon on Austin street yesterday
afternoon and the valuable as
sistaEce of the dog pound wagon
driver, big sullivan, was required
to hold up the wagon while the
wheel was being replaced.
Henry Pauly sells Cement, Sand,
Plaster Paris, Hair and all other
building materials at bottom prices.
Telephone 53. Z p I'm
Henry Pauly's is the place where
you can buy fresh lime at all times.
Telephone 80. 7-21-1m
-Herweck's best Liquid Paint,
guaranteed, at $l.25 per gallon.
59tf
COOL BEER always on tap at the
Crystal saloon. 6-2O-tf
ED-SOLICITORS for cam
paign book, Bryan, Sewall and Free
Silver" authorized by Bryan, written
by r. L. Metcalf, editor Omaha World
Herald, appointed author by Bryan.
Contains speeches and platform. A
bonanza for agents, a free silver
| mine for workers. Only $l.5O. The
only authorized book. 80 per cent.
Credit given. Freight paid. Outfit
free. Begin now with choice of ter
ritory. Permanent, profitable work
for'96. Address The National Book
Concern, Star Building, Chicago.
7-31-21t
Summer night concerts by Fifth
Cavalry band at Muth's Garden,
Thursday night, August 6. S-4-St
All kinds of building paper at
Henry Pauly's. Telephone SO. G-21-1m
The patronage of the Bell laundry
has doubled itself in one months
time. MOral:"Quality of work will tell
in the long run" S-6-2t.
Mr.. John Gender, salesman for
H. Morris q Bro, and Miss Katie
West, formerly ssleslady for Mr.. l..
Wolfson, were married Wednesday
night at the brides house aud are
now in Galveston on their honey
moon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07
ATTENTION Il. 7.

To members endowment rank, sec
ton 632:"Your regular monthly asses
ment and dues are due on the first of
each month, and must be paid on or
before the 10th" r. B. JOHNSON,
Secretary Sec $50.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07

floor at easy stepping distance apart
and the freshly starched, glossy bosoms
were walked on with determined and
dirty tread.
The thieves gathered up a lot of solid
Extraordinarily silver - consisting
of spoons and forks. This they put on
a couch and carefully covered it up,
and then left 1t behind them, while with
rare discrimination they took several
stick-pins, which we're plated. They
took several gold rings and left behind
two new 500 bicycles, a flute OF great
value and costly camera, besides new
clothing Of ell kinds. A pair of gold
bowed spectacles was taken, the thieves
removing the glasses and placing them
ON the kitchen stove.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07
GONE TO HIS REST.

New Orleans, La, Aug. News has
been received in this city of the
death of Mr.. r. II. Snyder, Sr., at
Cooper's well. Mr.. Snyder was faith
er of Lieutenant Governor r H. Sny-
der, Jr. and Hon. JEFF B. Snyder, ma
val officer of this port
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07
NOTICE.

The Greenville Construction Co.
furnishes all tools for their men and
have none for sale. Our tools are
branded and stamped G. G. c., and
any one buying them does so knowing
them to be stolen.
7-15-1m w. j. IRWIN, Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07
ATTENTION 4

Contractors, Carpenters and Consum
ers Of lumber. Get prices from VIM
Cameron & Co. before buying.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07
No GRIPPE

When you take Hoods Pills. The big, old-fash
Ioned, sugar-coated pills. which tear you all to
pieces, are not in 1t with Hoods. Easy to take
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07

and easy to operate, is true
Of Hoods Pills, which are nsh
up to date in every respect HS
Safe, certain and sure. All

druggists. 25c. c. l. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
The only Pills to take with Hoods SarSaparilla.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07

ne DR.. Miles, NERVE PL.AsTERs for sPINAi
WEAKNESS All druggists sell EN- for 2sn
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07

Mr.. John Gender, salesman for
H. Morris q Bro, and Miss Katie
West, formerly ssleslady for Mr.. l..
Wolfson, were married Wednesday
night at the brides house aud are
now in Galveston on their honey
moon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-07

Recommended for Appointment:
County Doctor-G. ]. Starnes.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02

fortnight's visit by some of the royal family.
 The Earl of Lonsda1e has recently passed through this experience. At his famous country seat, Lowther Castle, in the north of England, he has just been honored by a ten days visit by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. When the prince was younger and more of bos- terous young fellow than he is today it was not such difficult task to please him. He honored many houses by the royal presence and did not hold out for all the intricate niceties which he now in sists upon. But of late years he has vis- tied comparatively few country houses, so it has become the rarest kind of an honor to entertain his royal hghness.
 Signs of Failure.
 How Lonsdale succeeded Is a matter of prince the big. red-headed, raw-boned earl attended a fox hunt From the first of the meet he was in an ugly humor. He got into two or three arguments with titled members of the meet and finally when one presentations rider smashed into bunch of the earTs favorite hounds, wounding several, Lonsdale cursed that rider with the heartiness and venom of hack driver. The gentleman so generously cursed happened to be a titled man of importance and now he has brought suit for slander against the earl.
 The latter Is ordinarily good-natured enough, but he had just passed through a trial which would have tested the nerves and patience of a saint. Since the
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LOWTHER CASTLE.

many hands it reached the prince. Some times he changed 1t completely and at others elaborated or cut it down. If the vintage of certain wines did not strike his fancy he named those which did, and no matter how rare they were they were expected to be served.
 The Guest Problem.
 But if Lonsdale were fortunate enough to please the prince in the hunting field and in the dining room, still more del icate task was to please him in the mat ter ofguests. Of course the prince dom mates the list of invitations. The Count ess of Lonsdale, following the usual custom would prepare list of her titled neighbors whom she expected to invite to dinner and the prince would edit it. Certain names would be cut and others added
 After this it would seem that the re- sponsibility of the host and hostess the reverse Is the case. Theysare respon- sibie for the guests all the time they are in the royal presence. and at country house, where everything is of family nature, the behavior of the guests is most delicate task to govern so that of- fense will be given to neither side.
 The general rule is that the guests are to be as much at home. talk. laugh and make themselves amusing, just as if roy atty were not there, and to treat the prince with just sufficient intimacy to gratify his desire for complete ease and freedom from constraint, without once infringing on the respect due to the heir
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hunting episode the ble informs us that Londoners have argued that something must have gone wrong during the princes stay, for had everything passed. off smoothly Lonsda1e would have ex- hibited a seraphic demeanor for months to come.
 There are certain rules which must be followed by all those who aspire to enter tain the prince, and a glance at them will show what Lonsdale had to contend with. The earl is no novice at work of this kind, for only few months ago he entertained the most cranky and difficult member of royalty the world over, name ly, the Emperor William. Lonsdale spent f40, 900, or $200, 900, to give Germany's kali ser a weeks hunting. Perhaps the earl did not spend quite as much on the prince, which, in the present condition tions, would of itself be sufficient to cause annoyance.
 Shooting Preparations.
 The prince visited Lowther. castle for the purpose of enjoying the fine shoot all well stocked with many kinds of game, and the place is admirably man. aged. It ranks as the finest shooting es- tate in England, and the prince expected to make some record breaking bags. In his lighter days Wales fancied fox-hunt- ing, but for the past two or three years he has seldom. followed the hounds and has confined himself to the less bolster ous sport of shooting.
 Lonsdale knew that the prince expect ed to do great execution among the birds. For that reason extraordinary arrange ments were made weeks in Advance. The
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CRAVE OF 100 GOO BUFFALoEs.

Over a Precipice They Rushed to Be Buried
 in Sand and Snow. Denver Field and Farm.
 Near Cheyenne Wells Is long stretch of level prairie, which suddenly termi- mates in a precipice, making perpendc- .ular descent of perhaps 50 feet to another plain below. In the winter of 1858 great blizzard ragged for several days. The snow was driven at a terrific rate before a hurricane of wind and the buffalo were obliged in self-preservation to turn their backs and run with the wind. The result was that vast numbers of the buffalo were carried over the precipice and their dead bodies were covered with 20 or 30 feet of snow. For many years people vis- ited the spot to look at the bones, which lay in piles 10 and 15 feet high as far as the eye could reach along the precl- pice, and it was commonly estimated that 100,000 buffaloes found grave on that fa- tai spot.
 Sand storms in those days were so de- structive that 1t was not unusual for freighters to lose their entire outfit. Dur ing the prevalence of storm no attempt was made to move forward, and drivers cleared the sand out of the nostrls of the horses and oxen, as otherwise the animals were threatened With death from suffocation. A sand storm usually lasted only two or three hours, but it's effects were felt for days by men and an- imals exposed to the fury of the dread full blast. A curious phenomenon mo- ticed in different places on the plains was the immense excavating power of the wind in a sand storm. There were areas of three or four acres where the wind scooped out the sand 40 or 30 feet deep and whirled 1t away in the air. It seemed as if the work began at central spot no larger than could be covered with mans hat. In an incredibly short time round hole would be excavated. The wind then took hold in real earnest and the proba bilities were that an entire sand hill would be leveled down in the next thirty minutes.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02
A KINGDOM OF GOLD What England's Conquest of Ashantee Really Means. PREMPEH'S GOLDEN HORDE If He Were Financier the Savage Monarch Could Be the Richest Man on
 Earth.

King Prempeh, with his 3333 wives, his old plug hat, his state umbrella and royal chair of solid gold, to say nothing of millions of subjects and thousands of square miles of land, are all now the property of her majesty. Queen Victoria. Ashantee has fallen almost without a struggle, and vast territory believed to be reeking with gold will soon be gobbled up by commercial England
 The riches of the land in the Trans vaal. which the sturdy Boers have kept under their supervision to the aggrava- tion of the English, will, 1t is thought, be discounted by the gold of Ashantee If King Prempeh's country pans out as expected England can well afford to stop her intrigues for the domination of the Transvaal and concentrate her atten- tion upon developing the newest acqui- sition.
 There are S.O00,0O0 subjects of King Prempeh in the Ashantee country, and the poorest of them wear ornaments of the purest gold. The lowliest Ashantee woman, whose wardrobe begins and ends with a small strip of reed grass worn about the hips, has gold bands on her ankles, gold chains around her neck gold bracelets on her arms. gold rings on
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falls the diamond dust. Later on this dust is used on the steel wheel in grind ing.
 After the sharp points have been re- moved the diamond is sunk in metal, which is heated to a sufficient degree to hold the gem. The metal is in the form of sphere and is held in a cup-shaped tool. This is held in a wise over the swift ly revolving steel wheel, and the diamond dust does the cutting. The old-fashioned way was to use q peculiar kind of sand, but the labor was enormous and the re- suits comparatively poor.
 It is a peculiar fact that some dla- monds are harder than others. Hence it is impossible to grind some diamonds with the dust of others Only their own dust can be used on these tough gems. The black diamonds of Borneo, for in- stance, cannot be ground except when their own dust is used on the grinding stone.
 The Grindstone Test
 Apropos of this the safest way to deter mine the genuineness of diamond is to test its hardness. The simplest test is to hold the stone firmly against a wet. rap idly revolving grindstone for from five to ten minutes. If the least mark ap- pears upon the piece 1t is not diamond, for if it were diamond, so far from any mark being produced on it, 1t would be likely on the other hand, to make d deep impression on the grindstone. The same test may be made with emery paper, or an emery wheel, neither of which, all though harder than a grndstone, will make any impression upon a diamond.
 This is a good thing for prospective buyers to remember In these days of manufactured diamonds. The paste ar ticle is made with such care that 1t some times tests the skill of the expert to dis tinguish the genuine from the bogus, but if the grindstone is brought into play there can be no room for doubt Some people think that If they rub a stone against glass and it makes deep inn precision 1t Is diamond. Some paste ar ticles will scratch glass, and the imita- tons of sapph!res, ruhes and emeralds will do the same
 garding the hardness of diamonds, ti.u expert at Tiffany's said: Tn 1886 I made an experiment. The stone here was q jund piece of Brazilian bort, with radiated internal structure. It was kept on a polishing wheel made of hard iron with diameter of 1 foot, for seven and one-half hours a day for nine months, the wheel turning at the rate of 2500 to 5000 revolutions per minute and giving feet of travelling surface to the stone. The total distance traversed was ITO, 900 miles, or about seven times the circumference of the globe, but the result
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grounds were not shot over, and the birds were allowed to become quiet. The earl purchased over 1000 extra birds from London dealers and set them free on the estate to increase the number of targets.
 Skilled gamekeepers were drilled every day in the work of driving the birds to- ward a spot which had been carefully se- lected for the prince, and three men were detailed to reload his guns and do every thing but sight the weapon and pull the trigger. With these elaborate prepara- tions 1t was hoped that the prince would make some famous bags, but as nothing has been said about them in the London papers 1t is quite safe to assume that he only met with moderate success. If such were the case it is quite easy to under stand why Lonsdale was in an ugly hu- nor. as for less cause than this the royal displeasure has more than once been vis- ited upon some unfortunate.
 Directs the Cuisine.
 But there were many other avenues open for a possible cause of annoyance. Whenever the prince makes visit it is understood that the cuisine is absolutely under his direction, and if the chef be so unfortunate as to be unable to meet any demand upon him the results are dis astrous. This necessitates the laying in of an, endless variety of edibles. The prince expects to have everything served to him exactly as directed, no matter what rare delicacy he may fancy, and the prince is no mean epicure. If there be the faintest fault in the cookery he recognizes 1t in an instant.
 Every day the chef prepared an elabo- rate menu, and after passing through
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her fingers and 'gold in her ears. If she knew enough she could clothe herself from head to foot in gold, and do the same with her numerous progeny.
 No one knows how much of the pre- cious metal there is in Ashantee. Iron and copper also abound there, but these have been practically cast into the shade by the golden glamor permeating the decessor of Prempeh, reigned in Ashan- tee when Viscount Wolseley, now com mander-in-chief of the British army, made his memorable war against the savage monarch in 1873. In Koffee's pal ace were found several rudely made hogsheads heaping full of gold dust. It is hard to estimate the value of a barrel of solid gold, but it runs way into the millions.
 Prempeh inherited all of these barrels of gold and he has added to them. When ever any of his S,000000 subjects collect any gold they have to turn over the best
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02

will the English do, fortified by science, skill and mechanical appliances? surely a golden vista Is opened up, which is daz- zling to contemplate
 And England won all this with scarcely struggle. But it will be struggle to maintain it. To combat the customs Of a people who have lived in savage free dom for thousands of years, and who en- joy strength and vigor amid the deadly miasma which kills the European like 0 shot, is no mean task.
 Besides, the Ashantee is a fighter He is tall muscular and knows how to use the modern rifle. Prempeh in his deal ings with traders, saw that civilization might be copied with advantage in few things. The white man who burdened himself with clothes he regarded as an imbeeile. The white man who contented himself with a single wife he looked at with contempt. The white man who could not see the glory of human sacri- flee he deemed heather. But the white man and his magazine rifle he looked up to with respect. How many pounds Of gold he gave for the fine rifles and ammu- nition with which his army of 15,000 men are equipped no one knows.
 But the rifles availed him nothing. The handful of Englishmen who a few days ago penetrated to Coomassie, the capital of Ashantee, dismayed and overwhelmed the royal forces by shooting skyrockets and harmless pyrotechnics in the night time. If 1,000000 devils were loosened amid Prempeh's warriors greater con- sterna tion would not have been caused. They were literally frightened to the verge of death.
 Royalty in Battle.
 The English are now in command at Coomassie. Col. Sir Francis Scott, soldier of experience in African warfare is at the head of the English forces and will exact many promises from Prempeh He is accompanied by Prince Christian of Schleswig-H who was famous at Oxford as football and cricket player and general good fellow. He joined the Ashantee expedition to win military glory and has been successful
 Coomasse is a queer place and the stories which the English soldiers will bring back will be worth reading. It has 10000 inhabitants and the huts are irreg- ularly laid out in avenues. One avenue
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part of it to the king. No one knows how much Prempeh is worth, least of all him. self It may not be rash statement to say that he is the richest monarch in the world, for all his wealth is in gold. He may be worth $500, ,000, 900. and he is cer- tainly not worth less than s100, ,000, 900.
 If he were financier and knew how to dispose of his holdings to commercial concerns he could probably sell out for more than $2,OOO, ,000,00 He sits on a chair or stool of solid gold. which four muscular blacks can just carry. The weight of this stool is about 800 pounds. A pound of gold is worth $S20 and 800 pounds means s16OoOO Therefore Prem peh owns the most valuable stool in the world.
 How much he will have of all this a year from now, when the ravenous hands of the English have been delwfng into his treasures 1t is quite easy to- conjec- ture. In the expressive language of to- day it will probably be Init. '
 A Golden Vista.
 If the Ashantee savage, without an atom of tufored intelligence. blankly fg- norant of the rudiments of gold mining. can accumulate all this treasure. what
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02
MAN LOSTi
To Keep From Speculating This Man Took
 to Crossing Sweeping.

A city merchant once caused his friends much sorrow by disappearing in strange fashion. He was last heard of at his bankers, where he deposited nearly f2000 to his bank account. His subse- quent whereabouts were enveloped in mystery, and years elapsed without any explanation being forthcoming. Ten years later his wife was driving through a West End district when she recognized in the figure of a crossing sweeper some semblance of that of her husband. She Immediately stopped her carriage and found that the sweeper was indeed her missing husband. He was inclined to resent her persuasions to return to his home, but eventually succumbed. He afterwards explained that he had amassed sufficient money to keep his family in comfort, and, tormented by the fear that he might be induced to specu- late and lose the whole, he determined to disappear and leave them to it's enjoy ment. He had lived in common lodging houses and was content in his adopted business of crossing sweeper. Often he had seen his wife pass him and he had received many coppers and small pieces of silver from his family
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02
The Armenian Question 800 Years Ago.

Not even the Armenian question is new. Apparently Edward HI had to deal with it, though in the greatly modified form of three monks. In the year 1860 these ref ugees came to the king at Reading and made complaint that the Musselmen were trying to exterminate their people. Hence they had fled and now asked leave to I've in England and collect subscriptions for their fellow sufferers The king granted this petition and took the Armenians un- der his protection, but only as long as the protected should do nothing injurious to the king and realm and should bear themselves in true faith and honesty" The incident is very curious. From that time to this-635 years--the persecution of the Armenians has seldom ceased Yet the Armenians have survived and have kept their faith. Surely there must be 8 good deal in people with such a his- tory as this.-London Spectator.