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CHAPTER V.

In the morning Will awoke with a strange sense of something This feel ing of something is not uncommon with young gentlemen who go to bed about s. He got up and dressed. A cup of tea made him remember but imperfectly what had happened 'I must have had too much whisky" he murmured. I saw myself-actually myself-hard at work. |" Here his eyes fell upon the table.
 There were the books-books on politi- cal economy-with notebook and ev- cry indication of work. More-he knew,
 he remembered, the contents of these books. He sat down bewildered. Then it seemed as if there was a struggle within him as of two who strove for mastery. "WorkP' cried one. I won'tp' said the other. ''You shalli"
 "I won'tp' A most ignoble quarrel,
 yet it pulled him this way and that to- ward the table or back ill the long easy chair. Finally the struggle ended He fell back. He closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the room was cleared of the breakfast things, and he saw
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Remarkable Water Force.

The effect of the hydraulic motor, which is now being used for the pur- pose of removing masses of earth, well nigh passes belief. A stream of water issuing from pipe six inches in diame- ter, with a fall behind 1t of 375 feet, will carry away a solid rock weighing ton or more to distance of 50 or 100 feet.
 The velocity of the stream is terrific and the column of water projected is so solid that if a crowbar or other heavy object be thrust against 1t the impinging object will be hurled con- siderable distance. By this stream of water a man would be instantly killed If he came in contact with it, even at a distance of 200 feet.
 At POO feet from the nozzle siX-inch stream with 375 feet fall, projected momentarlly against the trunk of a tree, will in a second denude 1t of the heaviest bark as cleanly as If it had been cut with an axe.
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The 1Trea of Life"

The Guaraunos are to be found all over the delta of the Orinoco. They eat little, and wear less. Many authori- ties claim that they subsist on the moriche palm-tree alone. Whether this be true or not, the tree in ques- tion Is without doubt an indispensable factor in the problem of life. Not only does it furnish safe elevation for home, but gives a nutritious sago, or meat, rom which bread Is made, tree fifteen years old yielding six hundred pounds of this meal. In addition, the juice furnishes a kind of wine, and out of the fiber is made cord, rope, ham, mocks, and a rude species of cloth. This tree, owing to the many and vari ous purposes it serves, was called by the early missionaries the "tree of life."-Century.
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coRsIcANs KEEP THEIR WORD.
Death Will Not Deter Them From
 Redeeming Pledge,

Redeemin& Pledge.
 A writer tells the following pathetic story of a sequel to the story of Bonel- Ii, who secured the price put on the head of well-known brigand by mur- dering an old pilgrim and palming off the body as that of the brigand. Casa nova (the brigand), commonly called Cappa, was already dead when Bonelli was beheaded. The story of his death Is picturesque and it breathes the an cient faithfulness and honor of the Corsican character. Cappa was horri- fled by the conduct of Bonelli, and, none the less, much affected by the news of the murderer's arrest. Cappa felt hemmed in an all sides and fled to the mountains of Prunelli-di-Si1m- Orbo. This district has long been fa- nous for the courage and hardness of its sons. Ia Louis XVIII.'s reign a few of its hillmen kept 5000 soldiers at bay. Here Cappa withdrew and hid himself in a lonely valley, watch ed over by shepherd friends, and here the hunted outlaw fell sick. The mountaineers tended him as we'll as they were able. An old priest also ministered to his comfort, and. while succoring the needy body, tried as well to play the ''soul friend" to the bandit. He influenced Cappa sufficiently to make him promise never again to use gun or knife in killing a fellow man.
 Cappa was still i'll when the annual fiesta of distant village came round. The shepherds had no fears for their guest. They did not know that spies were set to watch him. The men of the valley were seen leaving the place and information was sens to the near est gendarmie. The sick man hal with him only few children. some of whom kept lookout.
 The police, who were not in strong force, Ventured with gave misgivings into the dangerous, scarcely known re- gion. On perceiving theln the young sterS gave the alarm and the weak and a:ling bandit seized his gun, making down narrow path for wall, be- yond which was the Magnis-'he out laws asylum, "the heather of the Scottish royalists, otherwise dear life, safetyl When he had all but gained the wall he saw single gendarme close to him.
 Cappa was a dead shot. Tn an in- stant he had covered his enemy. But he remembered his solemn promise to the old priest. He dropped his weap on and let the gendarme go free. The police are under orders to shoot down bandits as a keeper shoots down yer min. This fellow, of course. fired. Cappa was hard hit, but he dragged himself across the fence and into the thick covert-far he could not go On his knees, clasping his gun with one arm and with the other clasping a tree hole, his pursuerS found him some hours afterward, stark and cold, quite Gazette.
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A Famous Book Is sosstan.n

In his book on "The Study of Celtic Literature '' Arnold showed that one of the qualities which the English people admire most in some of their great poets is the very quality which above all oth- CTS is the distinguishing characteristic of the Celtic bards, and that OSsian in particular is saturated and pervaded with the quintessence of this trait. To denote the characteristic trait of Celtic poetry Arnold used tho word Titanism. No one has defined Titanism, but it has been caricatured in the saying, "The Celtic mind seems always sailing no where under full sail''
 Those who wished to know the full meaning of the word were recommended to discover it by devout study of Byron and Keats. ''And where did they get it?' asks Arnold. 'The Celts,'' he an swers, ''are the prime authors of this vein of piercing regret and passion, of this Titanism ill poetry. A famous book, Macpherson's 'Ossian, carried in the last century this vein like flood of lava through Europe. Make the part of what Is forged, modern, tawdry, spuri- ous, in the book as large as you like, there will still be left residue of the very soul of the Celtic genius in it, and which has the proud distinction of hay ing brought this soul of the Celtic gen. jus into contact with the genius of the nations of modern Europe and enriched all our poetry by it. Woody Morven and echoing Lora and Selma with its silent halls. we all owe them debt of grati tude, and when we are unjust enough to forget it, may the muse forget us. ''- Macmillan's Magazine,
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Deenenfns the Hudkon.

The deepening of the Hudson river to twelve feet as far as the state dam, seven miles above Albany, will prob ably be completed within the next two years. The Improvements being car ried out by the national government call for a channel 12 feet deep and 400 feet wide to Broadway, in Troy, and a channel of the same depth, but only 300 feet wide to the state dam, at the head of navigation. The contracts for this work, let in 1893, cover the re- moval of 4,62O, 900 cubic yards of earth and 10O,OO0 tons of earth and the build ing of eight miles of dikes. The es- timated cost is S2,5OO,000.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-29

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together and until the last few years was supposed to be tn- curable. For a great many years doctors pro- nounce it local disease, and prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it tncurable Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment Halls Catsrrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon fuI. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure Send for circulars and testimonials. Address,
 F. J. CHENEY 6 CO, Toledo, O. GR-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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ONE IND TWO.
CHAPTER LII
By WALTER BEsANT.

OIAI J Lh ILL
 Itwas at the beginning of the Michael mas term that the very remarkable oc- currences or series of occurrences began which are the cause and origin of this history. Many men have failed, and many men have succeeded Will Chal- lice is perhaps the only man who has ever done both, and in the same line, and at the same time The thing came upon him quite suddenly and quite un- expectedly. It was at ? in the morning He had spent the evening quietly in the society of three men and two packs of cards His own rooms, he observed, as
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A Mystery of Vision.

The ancient naturalists, anatomists and opticians had great deal of trou- ble in explaining why it was that only a single image resulted from double vision. In fact, 1t was not until the stereoscope was invented that the phe- nomenon was generally understood. Even Spurzheim attempted to explain 1t by declaring that only one eye was active at & time.
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The Size of the Moon.

The moon Is comparatively small world; yet, although three of Jupiter's and one of Saturn's moons are much larger, it is, in proportion to Its pri- mary, the largest satellite of the solar system. It's diameter is twenty-one hundred and sixty miles, which means that 1t would take forty-nine moons to make a globe the size of the earth.- Ladies' Home Journal.
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A VEIL OF MIST

Rising at morning or evening from some low lands often carries in it folds the seeds of ma laria Where malarial fever prevail no one is safe, unless protected by some efficient medi- cnal safeguard. HOstetters Stomach Bitters is both protection and remedy. No person who inhabits, or sOj0urns in miasmatic region or country, should omit to procure this furtifying agent, which is also the finest known remedy for dyspepsia, constipation, kidney trouble and rheumatism.
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Sarcasm.

q want to pay this bill," he said to the hotel clerk. But think you have made slight error here in my favor I've been reading over the extras, and I cannot find that you have charged me anything for telling me you thought 1t might rain."-Emporium Echo.
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SIERRA INSTITUTE, Auburn, California.

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 W. H. DEBELL. A. M.,
 Principal.
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Rants Windlasses.

Kant, the German metaphysician, was a singular being. The English writer Thomas De Quincey made close observation of Rants personal peculiar ities, and frequently dwelt upon one of them with intense amusement.
 Kant, among other studies in the art of taking care of himself, avoided ordi- nary garters. He permitted no ligature to be placed on any, part of his body, fearing to hinder in the slightest degree the circulation of the blood.
 He found it necessary at the same time to keep up his stockings. Accord ingly he had. loops attached to them, and outside each hip he wore contriv- ance which may be called box wind lass. These affairs somewhat resembled an anglers reel, with a spring which secured the line at any given point.
 Behold Kant then expounding his philosophy to select circle of disciples. Like the famous counsel who could not state his arguments without twisting a bit of twine, Kant worked the wind lasses as he talked
 The idea of this grotesque fancy so tickled De Quincey that he often lin gered on the odd sight it must have been to observe the master "paying out the cable" or hauling in ''the slack" by aid of this curious machinery!.
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My doctor said l would die, but Piso's Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos KeIner, Cherry Valley, Ills, Nov. B, '95.
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(To BE CoNTINUED.l

Dr. A. s. Parker of Fallbook, worshipful master of it's Masonic lodge, has had the unusual experience of con- ducting his own father. Dr. P J. Parker, into the Master Mason degree. This occurred at San Diego, the son being invited to act by Worshipful Master Daney.
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Mame-I hope you didn't let that MT. Huggins put his arms about you! Mabel-Why? Is there anything the matter with his arms?
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Russian Methods.

Georg Brandes, the Danish critic, re- lates an amusing incident of his recent travels through Russia in his ''Indtryk Fra Pollen" Impressions In Poland'O, published at Copenhagen. Passing the German frontier, he relates, the first thing which attracted the attention of the Muscovite custom house officer was two numbers of the Paris Nouvelle Revue What is this?" asked the official ill German. "A French monthly" :" "What arc it's contents?" ''It's impossible to give them ill minute '' Every well, then, it will go to the censor general at Warsaw. ''Is this review prohibited?" Prohibited is everything that do not understand. replied the Russian, and all Danish books of Herr Brandes, even his Chinese French dictionary, were consequently cOnfiscated
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His Lip Gone.

M. M. Nicholson, who lives at the corner of Curran and Anderson Sts., At lanta, Ga, had a cancer for years. It first appeared on his lip and resem- bled fever blister, but spread rapidly and soon began to destroy the flesh. His father and uncle had died from Cancer, and he sought the best medical aid i'll different cities, but it seemed inn possible to check the disease. Several operations were performed but the can- cer always returned. This continued for years until the partition in his nose
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cd checked. I persevered in its use, and remarkable as it may seem, am completely cured, and feel like 1 have new life. S.S.S. is the most re- markable remedy in the world, and everyone will agree that the cure was a wonderful one"
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and his entire up per lip were eaten away. All treat ment having proved futile, lie looked upon death as the only relief.
 "Sonle one re- commended s. S. S." h e says, "a nd "a few bottles afford led some relief; thus encouraged I con tinued it, aud it was not long be- fore the progress of the disease seem-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23
EMERSON & CO.,
Brokers and jewelers.
122 SOledad Street

There is no kick coming from
the American missionaries of any
class against the actions of min
lister to Turkey, Terrell, on their
behalf. No minister that was
ever in that country in so troubl-
GUS time has more faithfully pro.
tected American life and property ,
and never before has the task
been more difficult. The lives of all
American citizens in that country
have been safe under the protec-
tion of the flag of the embassy.
This is more than can be truth
fully said of any other nation rep
resented at Constsntinople. Ter
rell is a democrat, but he has don e
his duty nobly in upholding the
sacredness Of American citizen
ship and it is not in order to as
sail him unjustly. The mission.
aries are the last ones who would
attempt it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23
E Brown, Prop.
Proposals For Forage.
MAYORS OFFICE,

MAYORS OFFICE,
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May II, 1896. (
Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk and opened by the
undersigned at II M, May %, 1896,
for furnishing the following sup
plies to the City OF San Antonio
during the fiscal year commencing
June LIST, 1896, and ending May 3lst,
1897.
Two hundred thousand GOO, 600
pounds best quality prairie hay, in
bales, more or less.
One hundred and twelve thou
sand (112,000) pounds clean mer-
charitable oats, more or less.
Twenty thousand 100000 pounds
wheat bran, more or less.
Quality Of supplies must be sat
isfactory to the Mayor and subject
to inspection by him, or such per-
son as he shall appoint and must
be weighed on city scales if 80
ordered by him.
Such proposals must be accom-
panied with deposit of five hun
dred ($50O) dollars or a certified
check, payable to the order OF the
Mayor, as guarantee that the bid
der will enter into contract and
give required bond, should the con-
tract be awarded to him or them.
Bond will be fixed by the Mayor
and approved by him.
The City Of San Antonio reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
(Signed) HENRY ELMENDoRF,
Attest: Mayor.
f. II. NORTON,
5 IA lot City Clerk,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

The populists OF the Ninth dis
trict had chance of winning in
that congressional district with
Glasscock as their standard bearer.
The divisional wedge is being
driven into the ranks now, and the
maui will fall until it is sunk to
the head. There is a golden repub.
lican opportunity in that district
right now, and if Makemson
should enter the field he would
very likely win.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

Chamberlain processes to be as
tonished that South Africa is not
more easily pacified. He will be
more astonished before the game
is played out. All that South
African country is in very much
the same condition that the Ameri-
can colonies were before the great
revolution, with this advantage,
South Africa has the example Of
unlimited republics to pattern af-
ter, and one OF the sturdiest of all
to rally round. That whole coun-
try will be federation OF republics
in a few years.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23
CITY CIRCULATION NOTICE.

Mr.. DAN. G. BITTER, from date,
has been given entire charge of the
City Circulation OF the DAILY AND
SUNDAY LIGHT, and will deliver
papers to subscribers and collect
for same. All complaints for non
delivery, and changes can be given
to him or telephoneed to the office.
Mr.. JOSEPH BALL has been en-
gagged as his assistant and is. au-
thorized to receive subscribers and
collect for same.
T. B. JOHNSON,
Manager S. A. LIGHT.
San Antonio, Texas, May 9, 1896.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

Spain will try and not let Wey-
Ter interfere too seriously with the
American right to smoke Havana
cigars, but the captain general Of
Cuba has matters pretty much his
own way.
II the populists OF the state do
not split as the democracy has
done, but hang together as OF old,
they will cut a wide swath in Texas
politics this fall.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

1t is true that the Texas repub-
licans have kicked themselves over
the fence for this campaign, but
as nothing better was expected of
them and as they can do nothing
il the way of national victory it
is not so much matter. About all
that is left is to hold the forlorn
hope in the old Twelfth district
In order to do this it will be neces-
sary to close the ranks and work
early and late. There is no walk
over in sight for Judge Noonan.
Work early and late.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23
NOTICE!

To all holders of Bexar county, Texas,
bonds 1886, $50, called for redemption May
%, 1886.
T. c. FROST & CO., Bankers, San An
tonic, Tex, will forward for redemption
to their CORES Dondents, the NATIONAL
PARK BANK, Of New York City, any of
the above CALLED BONDS.
As interest ceases on 25th OF May. the
holders OF said bonds should promptly de-
post them for redemption.
ED. FROB0ESE, County Treasurer,
5 16 II Bexar Co., Tex.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

That Pacific harbor bill is not
tending to make matters any more
pacific between the California Sem
ators and those who are attempt
to put the Huntington harbor
through at any cost. California
has some rights in the premises
that even the United States senate
must respect.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

All that can be said in favor Of
the immigration bill that has just
passed the house, is that it is an
improvementupon the old one now
on the books. Its provisions by
which the cheaper labor Of Cana
da is prevented from crossing the
borders and running back again to
spend its wages and curse the
United States, is move in the
right direction, as also the require
ment of an educational test and
small percapits tax on all immi-
grants. That fifty cents should at
least have been ten dollars. What
is wanted is a law as nearly pro-
hibitive as is possible, and this
one does not fill the bill.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

Cuban affairs are as unsettled
today as they were when the first
gun was fred in that bloody is.
land. The Spaniards are no nearer
the end by conquest now than
then, the insurgents are no nearer
recognition by the United States
now than six months ago, and the
end is not anywhere in sight. The
governments OF Spain and the
United States are not so touchy
now as at the.first, and that is the
only change that seems to have
come over the spirit OF their
dream. In the meantime the work
of depopulating Cuba and killing
of the flower OF the Spanish army
goes on, while fire and pillsge
mark a broad swath through the
length and breath of Cuba, with
famine and pestilence just in the
rear.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

Joe Sayers has his usual luck in
the ninth district. The gods Of
discord in the populist camp are
better allies for the Bastrop states.
man than the organized efforts Of
his own camp followers.
The religious assemblies of the
country are in full blast. Their
proceedings show very great
similitude to those Of the polite.
ians in all that concerns human
place and power and ambitions.
Dan Stuart is in a state of mind,
but what his mind is, he neglects
to state. Dan has told too much
Of his mind heretofore, and now he
has no intention OF being little
previous in his Ginning.
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rear

Matt Quay has not gone to see
Governor Mckinley merely to en-
quire after his health and ascer-
tain what are the financial views
of the coming nominee at St.
Louis. AS to the first, he could
ascertain that by a friendly tele-
gram, and McKinley's speeches
are sufficient evide nee OF the lat.
ter. Quay has more important
business in hand at Canton and
Plat would give his seat in the
United states republican conven-
ton to be behind the door and
hear the substance of that CONVEX
sstion. If Quay makes his peace
with Mckinley, Platt is dead. No
greater blessing could crown the
head OF the republican party in
New York than this.