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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
THE UP-TO-DATE BURGLAR.
works by Means OF Machinery. Saves
Time and Gets Money.

works by Means of Machinery, Saves
Time and Gets Money.
The modern burglar is adopting mod
ern appliances. The jimmy bids fair
10 become a relic of the past before
long. A recent burglary in France H.
lustrates this fact. A gang Of ingenious
craftsmen entered n bankers office
armed with a steel saw of the newest
construction, and a handy little gas en-
gine. There was NJ need for the ex-
ercise OF muscle, nor was there any
necessity for a good strong wrist at the
saw, as there was at one time in the
annals OF famous robberies. The little
engine was started, the saw put in the
proper place, and the connections made.
Seating themselves serenely upon n
couple OF chairs near at hand, these
modern burglars watched the true and
rapid work of their appliances. The
big safe might have resisted for hours
the force OF human hands, but the saw.
impelled by the engine, 1t could not
stand against. 1t promptly yielded I'D
its contents of over 81, 900 of gold and
bonds, and In a quarter OF the time IL
would have taken to have committed
the robbery under the old conditions,
the burglars were well out of the build.
ing with their booty.
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Long RSigns In France.

While the reign OF Victoria has been
longer than that OF any of her pre-
iecessors on the English throne, there
have been monarchs who have sur
passed even her phenomenal record.
Louis XIV, Of France reigned for sew
enty-two years and Louis XIV, his sue
cessor and grandson, held the throne
for fifty-nine years. Thus two success
sive monarchs reigned for the extraor-
binary period Of l3l years
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Rugby ut a time when Rugby was the
great public school. In 1860 he was
royal chaplain. sided with Gladstone in
the disestablishment of the Irish
church, was fellow of Ballot. was Gre
ated bishop of Exeter. hampton lee
turer for Oxford, and, in 1885, bishop OF
London. The highest step has just
been taken.
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Rapid Steamships of the r,,,r.

Mr.. ]. II. Byles, the designer of
steamships Paris and New York, pre-
diets that steamships with a capacity
Of thirty knots an hour will be realiz-
ed ere long. The gain in speed will
be due to improved machinery and the
use Of concentrated and easily stowable
coal. With such ships the Atlantic
could be crossed In between three and
four days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04

VINO pledged their lives, their fortunes
ana their sacred honor for the support
OF the American cause.
Charles Carroll's grandfather and
hameSake. the first of the name in
america, came to America from Ire
iahd IN 1858, after the d"cthronempnt
d James II. of England destroyed the
hopes OF the Catholic party in Great
britain. He was appointed Lord Bal
1imore's chief agent in the colony and
received from the lord proprietor Of
Maryland grants Of land amounting to
oo'ooo acres. He died in 1920. leaving
Two sons. Charles, the elder brother.
inherited most of the family estate.
Charles Carroll, the third and most
INDUSTRIOUS of his name, was born at
Annapolis in 1877. At the age of eight
ne was sent to Europe to be educated.
ana after nineteen years spent in the
colleges OF France and England he
returned home in 1894, when the col
onies were in a condition OF growing
lScOntent under the eXactiOns of the
nome government. His long absence
~" hol l'oStltl llS 1--WE 1OT
his native land and he threw himself
neart and soul into the arena to fight
Tor American rights. In the war OF
pamphlets that preceded the Declara-
ton of Independence Charles Carroll
TOOK a leading part and was recog-
ni2ed as one of the ablest writer's on
the patriot side. Although he had
more at stake than any other man in
Maryland, or perhaps in the whole
country he advocated the boldest meas
ures. II was he who advised the burn
ing OF the Peggy Stewart. in broad
daylight, in Annapolis harbor. when
that vessel arrived there with "A cargo
OF the obnoxious tea. Ii was owing
to his interchangeable eXertions that the
Maryland delegates in Congress we've
instructed Ia vote for Independence. |
soon after his arrived in this country
his father gave him Carollton manor
in Ann Arundel county and from that
time he was known as Charles Carroll
of Carrollton. He was among the
trst to sign the famous document
which John Quincy Adams described
as unparalleled in the annals of man
kind" John Hancock, in conversation
with the Maryland delegate. asked him
II he was prepared to put his name
10 the bold declaration. Most willing
ly,' was the reply, and Mr.. Carroll
took up the pen and signed ii there
ana then. There 90 a few Millions"
said a bystander. and all were agreed
that I'm point of fortune none had more
to risk. For twenty-five years after
the Declaration of Independ-
the life of Charles Carroll was one
of entire devotion to his state and
His public career may thus
be summed up: Member of the first
of observation, twice in the
convention of Maryland, twice a dele
gate to Congress, once chosen United
senator and four times a state
In 1717 he built the country
seat, Doughoregan manor, which to-
lay remains in the hands of his de-
'cendant. In 1882 he died in the nine
:y-sixth year of his age.
or his children his eldest daughter.
married an Englishman, Robert
Cation, who had settled In Baltimore.
She had four daughters and the story
,f these Is not a little romantic.
The eldest, Mary, married Robert Pat
the brother of Elizabeth
DQtfQrsnn Wbn n,arrial N.anoloo,',
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brother, Jerome. After her marriage
She went to England with her nus
band and was accompanied by two of
her sisters. These three sisters be-
came known as the American graces."
Louisa, the youngest Of the "graces,"
was the first to marry abroad, her hus-
band being Col. Sir FELTON, Bathurst
Hervey, who was the duke of Yelling
toms aide-de-camp at Waterloo. He
died in 1919 and three years later Mr..
Patterson died. A few years later Mrs.
Patterson married the marquis OF
Wellesley, then lord lieutenant of Ire
land, and thus 1t happened that an
American became the sovereign lady
of Ireland. A year later, on the ami
versary Of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, a banquet was rendered Charles
Carroll, of Carrollton, at which the fol-
lowing toast was proposed by Bishop
England, Charles Carroll, of Carroll
ton--in the land from which his grand
father fed in terror his granddaughter
now reigns a Queen"
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lGliT Rev. FrCdcr-
ick Temple. the
new archbishop of
Canterbury. h i
reached the summit
OF the ambition of
all %churchmen in
England very late
in life. The new
primatc is - years
old. His path TO
the maintain TON
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04

'i"no Player tn Look After u hull.
In a Sydney newspaper lately there
was this advertisement: Wanted. a
man able to teach French and tho
piano, and to look after a bull"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
WEES LONG WATT.
FOR TWO WEARS HAS HOPED
FOR HUSBANDS RETURN.
=" REASON for Ills strange Di.npur,r.
nnc" IN Assistant ~I't,mns,rr IN the
NhN '" Investigation ur search
LNrr Made.
AMES BRADY. AN

NMisS BRADY. al
assistant paymas-
ter in the United
states navy. disap-
pcarcd from his
home IN rrouhll
one night in No
voinhcr, 1894. and
since that time
nothing mas ever
been seen or hear |
of him by his wirn
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MARY FRENCH FIELD.

The Daughter of the children. p,et
Makes Her Debut M n Reader.
Miss Mary French Field, daughter OF
Eugene Field. made her debut as a
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04

Ten dozen eggs a year is the average
estimate given as the production of
the hen.
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THE RT. REV. TrMpLJ.
*EW ARCHBISHOP OF CANTrE-
BURY.

His Position In the Church 90 tnuInnd
Equivalent Ia That of Leo Mi. in
the Church Of Rome 4 Liberal
Thinker.
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UaldmCle letter.

+ the 80 signers Of
the Declaration of
| n d e d g nee.
Charles Carroll. Of
Carrollton Is not
ID as having been
the W%ealthiost man.
only Catholic
and the last sur
or OF the immortal
band of patriots
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
NEW BICYCLE INVENTION.

fating, as at every rise of the piston,
like a bicycle pump, it fills with air,
and the valve closes when it descends.
There are eleven cubic inches of air,
and it is estimated that $50 pounds pres
sure is required to compress the col
umn to half an inch.
The arrangement can also be used as
a bicycle pump without detaching it
from the wheel. At the lower end of
the chamber is a screw, stopping pas
sage. At this place there should be a
hole through the frame of the bicycle
so that the screw can be removed. Then
tube long enough to reach from there
to either wheel is inserted, and by
pumping the saddle up and down the
tire is inflated. The chamber should
not be moved up and down in the frame
when once adjusted, but all temporary
changes of the height of the saddle
should be made by the strap arrange.
ment ON the piston. Then the hole in
the frame tube will always be in the
correct position for removing the screw
and attaching the tube.
The same device, says the Chicago
Tribune, can also be applied to the
handle-bars. The bar is attached di.
rectly to the piston shaft in the same
way as the seat. In this way all vibra'
ton and Earring are overcome.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
CARRIED TO EXCESS.
Mania for Light Wheels Needs the APP.
plication of a Cure.

No reason can be advanced why .
wheelman should wish risking life and
limb and take the chance of running
his wheel for the sake of appearances.
His objection to a brake cannot be
founded on its cost or weight, because
1t costs nothing, and the weight is SO
small as not to be noticed except by a
rider with plant imagination.
The matter of weight is very much
overdone, and riders make too much
fuss over an ounce added here or there.
AS matter of fact, pound or so one
way or the other makes very little If
any difference to the ordinary road
rider. He doesn't feel it, and generally
his wheel is a great deal better for the
extra weight in it. In track work the
weight will make a difference, of course,
but racing wheel can be cut down in
weight to the very last notch.
Up to the point where the rigidity of
the wheel is maintained it is perfectly
safe to reduce the weight. But the rae
ing wheel is used on a smooth track,
where the conditions are perfect. Such
q wheel would never do for road work
of any kind, though they are frequent
ly used for that purpose. That the
wheels stand the strain to which they
are subjected is more matter of good
luck than anything else.
Whether on level roads or on hills or
anywhere else, every rider should have
his wheel equipped with a brake Of
some kind. Those who object to the
hand brake should use one of the foot
brakes recently introduced, which are
very neat and answer every purpose I'M
der the foot Of skillful rider.-Chica-
go Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
LATEST INVENTION.
1t Is q Combination of Pneumatic Sad
die Post and Pump.

A combined pneumatic, or air-cush-
ion, saddlepost and pump is the latest
invention in the field of the bicycle. 1t
consists of q pneumatic cylinder with
piston to be set into the tube of the
bicycle frame. The piston forms the
seat-post, and rests on an air-cushion,
which does away with all vibration.
The inventor claims>the device from
his experience makes a saddle incom-
parable for comfort. No matter how
hard and unyielding the saddle is, this
air-cushion relieves the strain, and
makes the riders position easy and
yielding to the inequality of the road.
There will also be less wear and tear
to the parts when the riders weight
Is not jolting heavily on the frame. The
saddlepost is prevented from rising too
Tar out of the pneumatic chamber by
a strap, which gives it a regulated
amount of play. The device is self-in-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
Women Try to Do Too Much.

Many women have gone daft over
wheeling. They go into all sorts of ex-
cesses, scorning the advice Of the ex
perienced. They seem to think the day
of reckoning, which is inevitable, win
never come to them. Many women
seem to think they have as much
strength and endurance as their hus,
bands and brothers and can Withstand
the same physical strains. They par
ticipate in club runs, for which they
are in nowise fitted. Every woman who
rides wheel should understand that
she can do so in moderation only, and
that if she attempts more she will pay
for it dearly. The penalties may not
be inflicted this year or next, but they
are bound to come. Then, not only her
desire for bicycle riding will be gone,
but her health as well.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13

will try to unsettle Indiana and
Illinois.
Jones advises the Mississip-
pi Democrats to fuse with the
POpulists.
Bryan's partner says that he
has not bOlted. He is Il Repub-
lican.
Altgeld is going to fire the
heart of the anarchists in New
York.
National Prohibition candi-
date in Illinois resigns and will
support Bryan.
Illinois "Independent Gold
Standard Democracy" get their
names on the ticket.
Lillian Russell plays as usual
at the theater while her father
lies dead at his home.
Fire destroys part of the bus
mess section of Great Barring
ton. Mass. Loss SS5, 800.
Quay places McKinley's vote at
the electoral college at go; Bry-
ans at 40; doubtful 81.
Foraker places Kansas and Ne
braska in the Mckinley column.
Gen, Harrison will make 30
speeches in Indiana in 4 days.
Missouri court decides that
railways must carry bikes with
out extra charge for transpOrta-
tatiOn above owners ticket.
Max Goldman. of Austin. fails
for $24,750. w. Moses 4 Son,
same town. do likewise.
WalscOtt knocks Quinn Olt in
II terrible rounds at Maspeth,
l.. |.
San Francisco sports offers
$4,000 for a go between Sharkey
and COrbett.
National Live Stock Exchange
is holding sessions in Fort
Worth.
Fat stock show at Fort Worth
draws 10000 people to the stock
yards.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
BLIND SISTERS IN BUSINESS.
Two Unfortunate California Girls Run
ming q Notion Store.

There are two blind girls in Oakland,
Cal, who do not believe that the state
owes them living, and will not accept
anything in the shape of charity. They
prefer to be independent ana earn their
own livelihood. Miss Frances Raleigh
and her sister Grace, both entirely
blind, have gone into business and will
endeavor to make their way through
life on their own responsibility. These
two girls who are orphans, have opened
a general notion store at S13 San Pablo
avenue. They wait on their customers
and can pick out any article in the store
without the slightest inconvenience.
Sometimes the blind girls are imposed
upon, but it is not often. When it comes
to selling yard of cloth, a pound of
candy or package of gum they never
make mistake. The sisters have been
blind from birth. Early in life their
father died, and their mother struggled
along for years to make living for her
self and children. Some two months
ago Mrs. Raleigh died, leaving the two
blind girls to shift for themselves. Thus
far they have made a success of their
venture. The sisters SCENE to have q
horror of becoming charges upon the
state or inmates of any public institu-
ton. They say that so long as they can
run their business they will never ask
odds of ANYBODY.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
FIERCE FIGHT WITH A CATFISH.
Three Persons Injured While Attempting
to Remove One at Omaha.

Three Persons Injured While Attempting
to Remove One at Omaha
The 110-pound blue channel catfish
that has been one of the many attrac-
tions in the fisheries building of the
state fair at Omaha, Neb., was removed
against his vigorous protest to the
hatcheries, and John Meredith, of the
hatchery, has three broken ribs, State
Commissioner Lew May carries several
bruises, and Superintendent O'Brien q
study in moonlight coloring under his
left eye. The ponderous fish has been
confined in a narrow tank at the exhib-
it. He is wicked fellow, and this is
pretty we'll known, so a cloth was fold
ed about his head before an attempt
was made to remove him from his tank
In lifting him out he struggled loose,
and then began an exciting three-round
fight. The fisheries men labored with
the big fish and the big fish labored
with the fisheries men. The men and
the fish rolled over on tho floor, and
every now and then the monster would
swing his tail with the viciousness Of
a Corbett right. Whenever he "land-
ed" one of the men went down.
He also used his mouth. Meredith
was struck by the tail and crushed
against the side of the building, break
ing three ribs, and was removed to
town for medical attention. O'Brien got
a corner of the tail in the face, while
the others were more or less bruised In
the struggle. The fish was finally con-
quered and rolled into his tank and
sent to the fisheries. This is the first
time the fish has ever given any serious
trouble, although he is always more or
less difficult to handle. The fish was
caught some years ago off Plattsmouth
in a net and landed with difficulty. He
is always handled with blankets be-
cause of his size and fighting propensi-
ties,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
Pearsall Pointers.

Pesrsall, Tex, Oct. 12.-John
Sanders, Of Pearsall, was brought
into town severely wounded early
yesterday morning. He was shot
through the neck by the accidental
discharge Of a 40 calibre pistol.
The accident happened while he
and several other boys were camp
ed on the Frio river. Doctors were
telegraphed for from San Antonio
and today they report his recovery
exceedingly doubtful. 1t Is said
that there was just one chance in
a thousand that the wound did not
prove fatal instantly, as the ball
entered a little to the left of the
windpipe and came out to the right
of the neckbOne.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
ROADS OF STEEL.

If recent suggestion of New Jer'
sey's commissioner of public roads
should be carried into effect, we
might before long find ourselves driv,
ing on steel roads as well as inhabi,
tating steel buildings. The proposed
plan is to lay broad steel rails with a
slight, sloping rib on each side. to
carry the wheels of all sorts of We
hicles. Such a road, it is said, could
be constructed more cheaply than a
macadamized road, which, according
TO one estomate, costs $1,000 a mile.
1t is said that a steel track road can
be constructed for $4,000 a mile.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13

Y RAYS EXPERIMENT SIMPLIFIED.
By means of the Horoscope the shad-
ows of the bones of the hands and feet,
also of the limbs, may be seen, when
they are placed between the instrument
and the lamp.
1t has been found in this experiment
that when a blue fog appears in the
lamp, the vacuum is too low for the
best results. By placing the lamp in the
house circuit for Is or so minutes the
high vacuum is restored by the heat
and will remain good for about Is min
utes.
The coil is capable of giving three
inch spark, and the Y ray produced by
this simple and inexpensive apparatus
is sufficient for making autographs
Scientific American.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
BENDIx IN A POUT.
Head vIolinist In Thomas Orchestra Feels
Sighted and VIII Quilt.

Max Bendix, principal violinist in
Theodore Thomas Chicago orchestra,
has announced his intention of with
drawing from the organization, with
which he has been connected for ten
years. Mr.. Bendix once rendered his
resignation, just after the close of the
worlds fair, because of friction be-
tween himself and Conductor Thomas,
but was induced to remain. Since the
announcement six weeks ago, however,
that Arthur Mees, of New York, had
been engaged as assistant conductor, u
position to which Mr.. Bendix, as con-
certmeister, thought himself entitled,
he has determined to resign.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
CHANGING SILVER INTO GOLD

Prof. EmmOnS, one of the most
skilled metallurgists in the country,
claims that in the reduction of silver
the molecules are so Subdivided as to
differ so materially from that metal
that they can no longer be regarded
as the same substance, but a new one
and apparently the parent, of both
gold and silver, or the raw material
out of which, by a different arrange
melt ON molecules, either gold or sill
yer are constructed. Working on this
theory he finds that this new metallic
substance can be aggregated into mol
eculeS of greater density than silver
and precisely corresponding with gold
in color, in weight, so as to answer to
every test of the United States mint
as gold. In fact, he says it is gold,
though manufactured from silver, of
as much purity and value as that ever
obtained in any other way. With
further experiments on a large scale,
he expects that the process of manu-
featuring gold from silver will be
very materially cheapened. At pres
ent he gets about four ounces of gold
from six of silver. This would seem
to indicate that the present number
of elements as well as our chemistry
of metals would have to be revised,
if Prof. Emmons is not mistaken in
his experiments.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
PunIshment for scorchers.

"Scorchers" are taken very seriously
in Philadelphia, Magistrate Jermon, of
that city, having recently stated in the
case of two such offenders brought be-
fore him: 'It is perhaps unfortunate
that no person was injured or property
destroyed as a result of their careless
riding, or they would have been subject
to the act of March 81, 1860, against
furious racing and driving, the pen
atty for which is fine not exceeding
$500 and Imprisonment not exceeding
five years" The men were held In $500
bail for trial.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-13
x-RAY EXPERIMENTS.
Apparatus Recently Devised
by New York Man.

inexpensive Apparatus Recently Devised
by n New York Man.
The expense of special Crookes tubes,
powerful coils and batteries has de-
tered many from entering this inter-
esting field of experiment; but Mr.. Il.
Mcneil, of New York, has recently de-
vised an apparatus in which an ordinary
incandescent lamp is substituted for
the Crookes tube, and an induction coil
of common form is made to supply
electricity of sufficiently high poten-
tial to produce the X-ray phenomena.
The lamp, which is a 52-yolt and 16-
candle power Sawyer-Mnn lamp, is
made of German or lime glass. For
convenience it is mounted in an in
sulating standard. The top of the lamp
is covered with aluminium foil, which
is connected with one terminal of the
secondary of the induction coil, and the
bottom is connected with the other
terminal of the secondary, as shown
The X-ray proceeds from the cathode.