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The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
a SPANISH FETE.
One No Longer Hears the Guitar and
 the Castanets.

One No Longer Hears the Guitar and
 the Castanets.
 Another time we went down to a fete In the Plaza Nueva, the square in front of the governor generals palace at the l foot of the hill. It was held after dark, which was an inducement for us to go. The walters, from whom we got all the gossip we ever heard, said that 1t had something to do with Columbus; it might be the little affair of the egg, the discovery of America, or his own death, or anything else, for all they knew or cared. The celebration itself did not help to explain matters. Lan- terms hung from every tree in the plaza. There was a crowd of water-carriers, and donkeys, and women, and priests, and children, and soldiers, and men selling big round cakes that looked like ing inside. Rockets were let off at rare intervals, and a band, all drums and cymbals, played with just such brazen, barbarous beating and clashing as the MOors must have made as they marched past to one of their periodical musters in the Vivarrambla. That was all, so that the connection with COlum- bus was not very obvious.
 But the prettieSt part of the pageant was on our way back, when at the top of the Calle de los GOmeres, we saw a group of girls in the gateway, a white barricade against the darkness of the wood. They broke away, danc- ing as We came, and We followed them up the steepest of the three parting roads in pursuit of a distant sound of music. The scene held out promise of the traditional Spanish night attuned to the click of castanets and the thrum- ming of guitars. But within the AL hambra's inclosure we found nothing more romantic than a man with an ac- cordiOn, and a few couples waltZing under the trees. For the national dance and song the stranger must go to the show held by guides and gypsies some where on the Albaycin; 1t is supposed to be improper, though it is at the most Ouly SlupIuI anu IOE lHIS yOu MuSL pay in peSetas.
 But never once in Granada's open streets and courts, or in those of any other Andalusian town, did we hear the castanets and guitars that play so seductively through the Andalusia of romance and Murray. That they should still be expected really shows how hard tradition dies. "Am I, then, come in- to Spain to hear humstrums and hurdy gurdieS" Rockford asked indignantly a hundred years ago. But every new traveller goes to the country, sure that for him. at least. there will be the sweet strumming and mad fandango all the long Southern night under the stars Century.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
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Grant Allen, 1t Is said, invariably looks as if he were just recovering from a severe illness
 William Black, the novel writer, is also a portrait painter, an enthusiastic bOtanist, and an all-round sportsman.
 The present owner of Judy, which, next to Punch, is the oldest comic paper in England, is Miss Gillian Debenham, who purchased 1t recently and intends to make a number of changes and im- prOvements in it.
 Mr. Oishi, managing editor of the leading Japanese newspaper of Tokio, arrived at San Francisco recently from Yokohama. He will make a tour of the world MT. Oishi in his youth spent eight years in the United States.
 Miss Eva Blantyre Simpson, the only surviving daughter of the late Sir James Simpson, intends to mark the ap- preaching jubilee of her fathers dis coyery of the application of chlorofOrm for anesthetic purposes by the issue of HIS UlOSIdpHy.
 Stanley J. Weyman, whose "Red Cockade" has been one of the most successful of recent novels, has given up his intention of taking a long rest, and is at work upon a new historical romance Weyman is a very careful workman, and frequently spends week in constructing and writing a chapter.
 Col. Charles King, the military novel, ist, with his half pay salary, and his revenues from his books, Is very com fortably fixed in life. He Is hansome, soldierly man of about 50, with gray hair and mustache and bronzed com plexion that life as a civilian has not bleached. Col. King lives in Milwau- kee, and is now adjutant general of the State of Wisconsin.
 The prominence of Gen. Lew Wallace in the St Louis convention adds inter- est to the rumor that he has begun new piece of literary work on the lines of his Ben Hur' and his Prince of India" But as Gen. Wallace is a slow and painstaking worker and very close mouthed regarding his unfinished writ ings, it will probably be some time be- fore the public knows even the field in which he has laid his new plot.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
Freaks of Photography.

have read, with the comments there on, the account of the spirit photograph ing of a child's foot upon a window glass. have something equally strange to offer My father-in-law, Emanuel Ryder, lives a trifle over two miles north and east of here. He and hiS family are stanch spiritualists. In the fall of 1879 they had valuable horse called Nellie, which was quite favor ite. It took sick with collie, think, and just before it died sat upon its haunch- es with the fOrelegs hanging down, then dropped over dead. Although the day was clear the sun did not shine on that (the vest side of the house, few rods from which, in front of a window, the horse died.
 About five months afterward the low CT right-hand pane of glass in the lower sash of that window began to look smoky, and when the sun shOne direct on the glass the correct picture of the horse was depicted in the sitting pos ture mentioned. This remained so for ten years. In the fall of 1889 the glass
 
 became clear and the picture faded away, and in place were five diagonal lines, which remained about six months and disappeared. The glass began to look cloudy or smoky again, and the profile of the horse appeared as before, and is there to this day. It does not look like a flaw in the glass, but as If pictured in the glass. When the sun does shine in direct line on the glass the image cannot be seen, but in the night, if a light is held against the win dow, it can be seen by person on the outside, and vice versa. This picture has been seen by hundreds and Is ap- parently mystery to everybody. The fact of this phenomenon remains Just the same, but the query Is open for an- swer: How, why and by what was the picture of that dying horse photograph ed on that window pane1Nye, Ore, letter to the Progressive Thinker.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05

says Pierce, "I saw what looked like good quartz and l took home several pieces of the rock and horned 1t out l went back and got more rock and took 1t into Tombstone the next day and an assay showed me that 1 had found a rich mine. The ledge where picked up the rock was not over 400 feet from a road that had been tray eled for years. It was just luck found It."
 Pierce had no money himself, so he had to do all the developing work on small scale. He managed to take out several tons of ore and ship 1t away. The result from this shipment was over $3,0OO. With this amount of mon ey he sunk a shaft and opened his claim so that it was possible to aScer tain the extent of the ledge. After this work had been accomplished some parties from Silver City, N. M., came along and bonded the property for $250,OO0 on years time. Before the year had expired they sold the bond to the English syndicate for an ad- vance of $1OO,OO0 and when the year was up, which occurred last week, Mr. Pierce got a draft on San Francisco and he at once came to the city to get his coin.
 Prior to two years ago Pierce was a broken-down miner, a man who had never had to exceed $10 at one time, and who was having a hard struggle to make both ends meet. Now he has $250O00, all in gold coin, and, like most men In similar circumstances, does not know how to spend his mon- ey. His wife, before he made the strike had to go to Tombstone and help out the family exchequer by do- Ing such odd jobs of house cleaning as she could find, while the son, young man, now 20, herded cattle on the ranges. Besides one son, he has a daughter, who was given the advan- tage of the public schools of Tomb Sfnnp
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
GREAT LUCK OF A MINER.
For Years He Was Poor as a PauperI
 Now He Is Rich as Prince.

Now He Is Rich as Prince.
 John Pierce Is a Tombstone, Ari., miner who, up to a year and hal1 ago, had difficult work to provide the necesSaries of life for himself and fam fly. He is now in San Francisco with $25O,00O in gold coin to his credit. It is another story of a lucky find of rich gold and silver bearing quartz.
 Pierce is the name of the new camp, just coming into prominence, about thirty miles northeast of Tombstone. It is made more conspicuous because, in addition to it's great ore richness, it is about the only gold camp in the territory. Already there are 800 peo- pie there, and empty houses from Tombstone are being taken there bod fly. An English syndicate has secured the Pierce ledge, and has organized with S1,5OO,OOO, and it is said that there is prospect of the new camp rivaling Cripple Creek in Colorado.
 Pierce about four years ago took up a claim about thirty miles northeast of Tombstone There was water hole in the mountains, and he took the place in order to get the water so he could raise few head of stock. One day. about eighteen months ago, he picked up a piece of stone to throw at one of the cows when he noticed how heavy 1t was. "Upon closer examination, !"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
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In 1854 Polish nobleman became ob- noXious to the laws of the country. He fled to Sweden, whereupon John Cassi- mir, King of Poland, wrote to Charles Gustavus, King of Sweden, demanding the eXtraditiOn of the criminal.
 The King of Sweden, on reading the dispatch, noticed that his own name and title were followed by only two et- ceteras, while the name of the King of Poland was followed by three.
 The missing etcetra so enraged the King of Sweden that he at once de- clared war against Poland. This war was carried on with great bitterness until 1860, when a peace treaty was signed at Oliva, near DantZig.
 In article of the treaty it was ex- plicitly laid down that the custom of shortening titles by 'etceteration" should still hold good, but that for the future each of the two parties should give the other three etceteras.-Odds and Ends.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
Loneliness of Arctic Ice Fields.

On these island hunting trips an om- inous silence reigned. We were then having alternate day and night, and the spirit of the approaching months of darkness seemed to hold the day in thrall. The weird desolation and lone Illness of the great peaks; the intermina- ble ice-caps, lustrous and cold under the gray waste of cloud; the wide, messy stretches, thick-set with irregu- lar boulders of many hueS, and thickly starred with white, pink, purple and yellow flowers; the absence of life; the windleSs hush-all these wove a web of awe about ones mental perceptions, and made the world in which We walk ed seem a part of strange dreams CnntllrV
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
Valuable Dog.

Some tribes of American Indians are said to be highly expert at feats of jugglery. Other tribes seem to be al- most unacquainted with such tricks, if we are to credit story, said to have been told by military officer at Fort Sill, and reported by the Buffalo Elk press.
 Professor McAllister, the magician, once visited camp of River Crows on the Yellowstone, and after extracting various packs of cards and other ar ticles from the ears, necks, noses and garments of the astonished Indians, was invited to big feast of roast dog and other delicacies.
 Chief Two Belly was so impressed by the great medicine powers of the pro- lessor that he took him to his wiSwam, introduced him to his daughter, Miss Wicista- -Neeta (meaning wfldcat, and offered her to him for a wife at the low price of two ponies.
 The feast and daughter were both de- clined, but as McAllister was leaving the tepee he spied lean, yellow cur. He asked Chief Two Belly how much he would take for the dog, at the same time stroking the brute down the back and each time taking a handful of money from the end of his tail
 Him very valuable dog" said Me Allister picking a coin out of the dogs eye and another out of his nose. 1.-Two ponies for him, chief
 The Indians, with eyes as big as saucers, stood in awe and astonish- ment, and shook their heads After McAllister had gone they carried the poor dog down to the river side and cut him open, but the goose had no golden egg, and they went slowly back to camp, as completely dumbfounded and as solemn as human beings can possi- bly be-
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
Copying-Ink Formula.

A writer in a recent French scientific paper gives the following formula for manufacturing copying ink, by means of which a number of copies can be Ob- tained without the aid of a copying press: Logwood extract, .twenty-eight grammes; soda crystals, three and one half grammes; chromate of lead (neu- traD, one gramme; gum acacia, three and one-half grammes; glycerine, twen- ty-eight grammeS; and a sufficient quantity of distilled water. The log wood extract, in the powdered form, is to be put into a porcelain vessel with the soda; then add two hundred and thirty grammes lone thousand grammes equals one kilogramme) of water, and boil until the extract is dissolved and the solution has a reddish tint Then take off the fire, add the glycerine, then the chromate and the gum, which must be dissolved in a little water.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
Why Southern Towns Do Not Flourish

"Southern towns do not flourish, in a great many instances, merely on ac- count of a selfish and old-fashioned government" says the West Point Forum, and it contends that city off cers should comprise the most vigorous ly progressive business men of town men who realize that anything that is a public benefit is readily appreciated by an investor, consequently enhancing the value of all properties in the entire community. Many Southern towns are ten years behind what they should be, merely because officials try to be econ- Omizing, and are not of sufficient brain capacity to realize that a few hundred or thousand dollars spent would be a most economical measure.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
MAKE YOUR OWN ICE.
Chemicals Are Used, a Crank II
 Turned for Fifteen Minutes.

Turned for Fifteen Minutes.
 The invention of a miniature ice machine has caused the kings of con gealed water to tremble in their boots. MT. J. P. O'Brien is the inventor, and the Ice machines are to be put on the market in the very near future. The affair consists of a box about the size and shape of an ordinary ice box. Down the center of the box runs cyl inder for the water that is fH be turned to ice, and around this cylinder are cells, in which are placed the chem icalS whose action freezes the water On the top of the box Is crank like the handle of street piano. This han de Is connected with shaft on which are fastened fan blades. Do you want ice for the day? Just fill up the cylin- der with water, says the inventor of the new style ice box, turn the crank for fifteen minutes, giving yourself just enough exercise to make the blood cir culate and to sharpen an appetite for
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
TOBACCO PRODUCTION.
Annual Output of the States withou
 Regard to Merit.

Annual Output of the States without
 Regard to Merit.
 Whatever the cigarmakers or the ci- gar seller might have thought of Wey. ler's prohibition, one class of Amefi. can citizens viewed 1t with undisguised delight. At first they could not be lieve 1t true; then when they saw it was really a fact their joy broke out unrestrained. In many parts of the country mass-meetings were held and universal rejoicing proclaimed.
 The people who have so benefited by the edict were the farmers. For years these honest men have been raising tobacco and offering it in the tobacco markets. Their quality was superior, their curing perfect, their leaves uni- form in size, and their leaf without blemish. But they could get little. The magic word Havana" forbade the native industry from being appreci- ated as 1t should have been. Tobacco manufacturers themselves knew the superiority of the native tobacco, but they could not convince the man who smokes. And so the farmer, after his toll and care had to take medium prices.
 But all this Is changed now. Weyler allows the made-up cigar to come into this country, but there is a slight mis- understanding about the tobacco leaf, and this is the farmers rejoicing.
 The annual production of tobacco in the United States has been growing greater and greater for several years
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
Omciates at Royal Weddings,

The Most Reverend Edward White Benson, ninety-third archbishop of Canterbury, has officiated at the great est number of royal marriages. Arch bishop Benson officiated at the three following royal weddings, namely: Her royal highness Princess Beatrice to the late Prince Henry Maurice, of Batten- berg, on the 23d of July, 1885, at Wip- bingham Church, in the Isle of Wight; her royal highness Princess Louise, eldest daughter of the Prince of Wales, to the Duke of Fife, at the Chapel Royal, St. James, London, July 22, 1889, and his royal highness George Frederick, Duke of York, to Princess Victoria May of Teck, at the same chapel July 6, 1893. He will in all prob ability officiate at fourth royal we'd ding July p neXt-that of Princess Maud, of Wales, to Prince Charles, of Denmark.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05

breakfast. The fan acts on the chem icals, the chemicals act on the water, At the end of the prescribed time talk, out your cylinder, and, presto! there you have round block of glistenin. Ice.
 The cost of ice produced by this process, it Is claimed, will be S1.4O a year This Is the amount the company to be formed for the sale of the boxes will charge for chemicals sufficient tc
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
A Proiected RaiIwav-

The survey of the volcano Popocate- petl, Mexico, for the purpose of deter mining the best location for an aerial cable railway to the summit, has just been completed. This new railway will be great attraction to the tourists, who will now be able to make the as- cent to the summit, 18,0O0 feet above the sea, and also descend to the crater, where the process of extracting sulphur is being carried out.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05

last year There is to be no other ex. pense. The freezer will contain com. partments for the storage of household supplies that are us ually kept in the ice box. The freezers are to be made to sell, at the household size, for $15 each and will last for ten years, by renew. ing the chemicals once a year. These chemicals will be furnished by the freezer company only. The company will keep the freezers in order and the chemicals in good condition.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05

past. It has never been known as a tObacco-grOwing country, because it has not produced all the leaf 1t wanted. But all who know our agricultural pos abilities say there Is no reason why a leaf of the imported tobacco should ever be asked for here again.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05
He Felt Secure.

Miss Dyna Mite called at the office the other day and hurled invectives at me for over an hOur."
 And frightened you out of your wits?'
 Not at all. I knew she couldn't hit me."-Washington Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05

The women do not admire a woman who works, but the men do.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05

AS q rule a good husband is a satls- fled husband.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-05

The glorious Fourth has passed away, The day dawns bright with cheer; The small boys chances to survive
 Are good for one more year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-30
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-30

Henry George is more ready to
curse what he is pleased to call the
"sham republic" than to take himself
to other lands and enjoy the greater
realities that lie before him there. If
every one who curses the United
States was forced to seek a residence
abroad there would be a sudden fall
in off in the number of the blatant
fellows who think they show their
manhood by railing at a country too
good for them, one whose privileges
they are not wise enough to appreci-
ate. These gentry would leave their
country for their country's good did
they remove.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-30
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1896.

So long as the ports of this country
are open to the low priced labor of
other lands so long will the American
workmen of every class be compelled
to take such wages as these new arri-
walls permit them. With thousands and
hundreds of thousands of foreign Ia
borers making for this country every
year, the wages paid here are just
such as these foreigners are willing
to take. What they are ready to work
for is what will be paid in this coun-
try. The intelligence of the nation
must see this. The only remedy is
to bar out these foreign applicants
for the places of American working.
men, at fifty cents on the dollar. That
is about their price.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-30

1t is no doubt gratifying to note
that Republicans cheer the mention
of Grover Cleveland's name and that
Democrats shout at the name OF Nc
Kinley, but all this avails not so long
as prominent freetrade journals in
sist that prosperity must come in at
breakfast time of the Mckinley adj
or it will be written down
a failure. This country has been
doing the down hill act for four years
and it cannot recover itself in twenty
four hours. Give it time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-30

The experiment that Cleveland made
in putting Gresham into his cabinet
will by no means commend itself to
Mr.. Mckinley. Gresham was not a
success, and it was not in the nature
of things that a life long Republican
would feel at home in a Democratic
cabinet Mr. Mckinley will put no
sound money Democrat in such an I'M
natural position. Such recognition is
not needed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-30

When Memphis joins the ranks Of
those who call aloud for a pure bal
lot and an honest count there is some
hope in the fullness of time the Re-
publican vote of Tennessee will be
counted for the candidate for whom
it is cast. Then will there be a Re-
publican governor in that state, but
not until then. For this consumma-
ton honest people wait and wise peo-
pie work.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-30

The meetings Of the Live Stock as
ISOLATION and the Cattlemen's pro-
tective association, to be held in this
city in the spring will call together
goodly number Of the best posted
and most progressive of the stock
growers OF the state. San Antonio
will have then one more opportunity
of showing her appreciation of the
industry that has done so much to
build her up.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-30

Prince Iturbide has learned that he
cannot SANDER the character of the
young American lady to whom he
was at one time under matrimonial
engagement. His expulsion from the
Metropolitan club OF Washington, and
the refusal of the courts to reinstate
him, is that young lady's verdict OF
acquital. When the censors Of the
club heard his admission that he had
been engaged to the young lady in
question they promptly closed inves
tigation and expelled him.