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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

Aston. Mrs Potter Elmer. Miss Leary. Mrs.
stuyvesant Fish and NJ. and Mrs Thomas Hitch,
cock, dance on Angus "A by Mrs. David King OF
Kings Cote. for Miss King and dances by Mrs.
Aston. Mr. Van Aen, AID Mrs. Burden.
The land and water ftes on Wednesday were at
tended with every eiment of success. and the
parade. the regattas and the Nominations fully
realized the expectations OF the projectors So
cety entered largely nto the sports and the cot
tagers Illuminated ther houses and lawns, and din
ner. supper and fireworks parties were the order Of
the night. which clos'd in blaze Of glory. Large
parties were given OF shore on Wednesday evening
by Mr. and Mrs. Lorllard Spencer whose cottage,
Sans Souci. Outlined from top to bottom in red
white and blue electric lights After the harbor
fete elaborate super was served at small tables
arranged the pizza. Mr. and Mrs Spencer's
guests included Mr.. and Mrs Robert GoeIet Mr.
and Mrs. William e. Schermerhorn Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Tuckerman. General and Mrs j. Frederic
Person Miss Bl,gh' Mr., and Mrs Charles Russell
Rl,chie, Mr.. and Ms George |. Rves. Eserton L.
party was given b! Mr. and Mrs William F. Bur
Cen at their villa. Beech Bound. After the lumi-
nation and water parade there was a dance and
T. T. Belmont, Nj. and Mrs James f. b. Laner
MIS- MIS- s. Van ReIsselaer Cruger Mr. and Mrs
Mrs Calvin S. Brke, Miss Brice Mr. and Mrs Hol,
ns Honeywell. Mr. and Mrs. l. Townsend Burden
%rs Stanley Mer,mer. Mr.. and Mrs Richard T.
Evelyn Burden. Mss Elsie Clews, Mr. and Mrs H.
mortimer Brooks Miss Josephine. Brooks Mrs
iJhomas Hitchcock, sr, Miss Hoffman. Mr. and
X Trayers and lanes J. Van Allen Still another
thafKe party on the same evening was entertained
Hasdon which was one Of The most P'a eabo
ssstey ILLUMINATED spots along the bay. The water
iete was enjoyed by most Of the guests from the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04

Orleans in this frail craft is doubtful,
for the gulf is not always pacific. Tony's
enthusiasm for his trip has excited
many other young men in the towns
along the Mississippi, and they long for
an opportunity to make their way to
"the ever faithful isle" there to fight
for the independence of Cuba. Indeed,
a Cuban recruiting officer could secure
hundreds of eligible young men in the
middle west and the south. Times are
not too good, and the chance for adven-
ture, coupled with an opportunity to
achieve fame on the field of battle, has
aroused a martial spirit all through the
west. Schlosser's voyage, if it is not
ended by disaster, will attract as much
attention as did the trip down the Ohio
and Mississippi in a rubber suit made
years ago by the swimmer, Paul Boy
ton.
The crowds that Boyton drew on his
extraordinary voyage were immense
but if Schlosser's spirit guides do not
"beach" him before he reaches New Or.
leans he will not be lonely on his trip.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
PERSONAL MENTION.

Jos. Courand, a merchant of Castro
vile, is in the city.
Judge Onion went over to Austin
yesterday on business.
E. E. Blake, a stockman of FL Reno,
I. T., is at the Maverick.
Mrs. and Miss Macarthur, social lea
ders of New Orleans. are in the city
for a visit.
]. A. Roach has returned from his
maiden trip as a commercial tourist in
the bicycle line.
Hiram NJ. Stiehel, special agent of
the Anheuser-BuschB Brewing associa-
ton, is in the city from st. Louis.
Judge c. A. Keller, c. L. Sauer and
D. Ludlow returned from the meeting
of the Texas Grand lodge, Odd Fellows,
at Dallas, last night.
P. ]. OFT, auditor of the Wells Far
go Express company, passed through
here from the west last night en- route
to headquarters at Houston.
Mrs. NJ. Herndon and her son, Eu-
gene Herndon, returned last night
from Dallas, where they have been
visiting DR.. II. z. Howard.
Eugene Nolte and wife, Mrs. ]. T..
Holmer, 7. M. Humphreys, of Seguin,
and Mrs. G. c. Walker and d. Gregg
and son, of Luling, came in yesterday
| to see Sol Smith Russell and returned
this morning.
II. H. Lyons, who recently had B.
+. Taylor arrested on a charge of
swindling, is now suing Taylor for
damages in the Thirty-seventh Dis
trict court. The trouble grew out of
real estate deal.
Messrs. r. E. Woodbridge and r. L.
Hutchinson, members Of the United
States. Mexican boundary survey corps,
were in the city yesterday and were
the guests of their old comrade and
friend, VIM. Campbell. They have
been resting up out in Uvalde coun-
| ty.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
REFORMS FOR CUBA.
SPANS queen Regent Signs The Pla

SPANS Queen Regent Signs The Plan
To Pacify The Rebel Island.
Madrid, Feb. 4.-Copyright, Associat-
ed Press.-The queen regent today
signed the plan for reforms in the is
land of Cuba. The text of the docu-
ment will be published Saturday. The
scheme includes numerous and elab-
pages of the official gazette. 1t IS I'm
crate DEGREES and will occupy several
derstood the reforms consist chiefly in
the creation of an assembly to be call
ed the council of administration, COM
posed of thirty-five members, of whom
twenty-one are to be elected by the
people and six by different corpora
tons. The remainder will be one
magistrate, one university professor.
one archbishop and five of the former
senators or deputies. The council of
administration is empowered firstly, to
prepare the budget; secondly, to eX-
anime into the fitness of officials ap-
pointed thirdly, to make the tariff sub
ject to the condition of Spanish i'm
ports, having advantages over the gen.
eral tariff. The governor general will
represent the home government and
will have the right to nominate officials,
who should be Cubans or Spaniards
who have resided two years in Cuba.
Nevertheless he may freely nominate
high funHionaries such as magis-
trates, projects, etc.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
Made a Fool OF Himself.

United States officers of Salem and
Portland, in Oregon, did not relish a
recent duty they were called upon TO
perform, involving the arrest of a young
woman of Salem who had sent out a
man dressed in woman's clothes to
meet a man who had written to her
mother asking the mother to meet
him. The daughter had instructed her
emissary to thrash the fellow who was
trying to get her mother to meet him
and the thrashing was done. The man
who was beaten entered complaint
against the girl. The opinion of the
officers as men was that he should have
"taken his medicine"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
ONE HOT DECEMBER DAY.
Its Memory Made Imperishable by the
Death of John Brown.

Its Memory Made Imperishable by the
Death of John Brown.
This is the anniversary of the hot
test day ever knew in winter" said the
old meteorological member, as the club
men came in, blowing their cold fingers
and stamping their chilled feet, says the
Utica Observer.
I'm what year?" asked young mem
Der.
in the year 1859. The morning
opened cloudy and it looked like rain.
Then at about noon it cleared off and
the thermometer, which had indicated
temperature of 20 degrees, suddenly
rose to about so degrees, at which it
remained all the rest Of the day. Even
the night failed to bring relief, and dur
ing the evening it was curious to note
the citizens of Utica sitting by their
open windows. vainly striving for
breath of fresh air."
"But how do you remember so ex-
actly what took place so long agoP'
"By connecting it with an event OF
historical interest which is not likely
ever to pass from my mind"
"And what was itT'
"The. hanging of old John Brown
which took place at Charlestown, Va. III
is now Charlestown, W. Va.), on the
I'd day of December, 1882"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
BEGIN TOMORROW NIGHT.

The inimitable Liliputians will be
in San Antonio on tomorrow night,
when they will open their three nights
engagement at the Grand Opera
house, presenting their latest and
greatest success Merry Tramps."
with which they scored such a ire
mendous hit in New York and other
cites. These interesting little folks,
who are great favOrites with the the
atre-goers of this city. give their new
play in way that is entirely their
own. They are as full of fun, as clever
and as bright as ever. The parts OF
the three merry tramDs-JOe. Jim and
BOb-are taken by Miss Selma Goer
ner, Mr.. Adolf link and Mr.. Franz
Ebert Their humor will keep the
audience in constant laughter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04

-Chicora, Pa, Herald" Richard
Vensel reports One Minute Cough Cure
the greatest success Of medical science.
He told us that it cured his whole fam
lily of terrible coughs and colds. after
all other so-called cures had failed en-
tirely. Mr.. Vensel said 1t assisted his
children through very bad siege Of
measles. One Minute Cough Cure
makes expectoration very easy and
rapid. E. Reuss, City Drug store, 1O4
z. Commerce street
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04

wings, and a finger be placed before its
eyes and moved back and forth, fol-
lowing the motion of the head, SO that
the eyes must continually notice 1t, the
bird will soon become quiet, and will
not fly away when the hand is removed.
If frogs forelegs are tied together and
the sides of the animal carefully stroked
with the finger, it will. when laid upon
its back, remain perfectly quiet, and
only regain its activity when the cord
is removed, while q frog that is free
cannot be made to lie upon its back
Chicago Inter Ocean.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
HAS GONE TO AID CUBA.
Queer Freak of q Cairo m.) Man
Whom Spirits Guide.
Tony schlosser Has Built a Funny-Look-
ing Boat and Started for the Gem
of the Antilles by Way of
the Mississippi.

Cairo, ILL.,, has one citizen less than it
could boast of a few weeks ago, and If
all goes well Cairo's loss will mean one
more enemy to Gen. Weyler in Cuba.
Tony Schlosser, a modest stonecutter
of Cairo, is the cause of this state of af-
fairs, according to the New York
World Schlosser has been afflicted
with spirits for a year past, and some
time ago they directed that he leave the
stonecutting business, build boat, and
start out by himself for Cuba down the
Mississippi river via New Orleans. The
accompanying picture of Schlosser's
strange craft was made from descrip-
ton. 1t is only Is feet long and is
propelled by paddle-wheels which the
mariner works by foot-power while
seated in the stern and facing the bow.
In the bow are cooking utensils. Aft
is a long, narrow box, in which he sleeps
at night, covered snugly with tarpau-
lin.
The mariner is 40 years old and came
to this country from Westphalia when
10. At Detroit, from which city Tony
went to Cairo four months ago, he
built a similar boat, in which he man
aged to KEEP right side up on the Detroit
river.
Tony's faith in the spirits that guide
him is so unquestioning that the voy-
eye to Cuba may be prolonged indefi-
nitely, since Tony is likely to tie up any
number of times if he thinks the spir-
its prefer that to pedaling. Yet Tony's
martial ardor is afame for Cuba libre.
The voyage in a small craft down the
Mississippi is not without its perils, for
the great yellow stream is frequently
swept by storms that pile the water up
into waves that make even the big stern
wheeled steamers, with their immense
freeboard, tie up in a sheltered nook
along the shore. That Tony Schlosser
could cross the gulf stream from New
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
A PIN TRICK.

not as you hold it in your hand, but
through the perforation on the other
side of the card. 1t will be found nee
essary, unless you have exceptionally
fine nerves, to rest the hand holding the
pin against the cheekbone, for the diff
ficulty is to get the pinhead directly be-
tween your eye and the perforation in
the card and to hold it there without
wavering. must confess inability to
satisfactorily explain this illusion, nor
have I met with any explanation that
seemed to meet the case fully and at
every point. If small peforation be
made in thimble such as, indeed, often
occurs from long and constant use of
that Indispensable household article,
everything seen through it, the letters
on this column, for example, if the
thimble is slowly moved over it, will ap-
pear greatly magnified.
A very curious optical illusion may be
made to occur with the help of the ac-
companying illustration. Let a white
card about the size of an ordinary bust
ness card, or smaller, according to the
focus of the persons eyes who tries the
experiment, be placed along the dotted
line between the bird and the cage, on
its edge likewise. 1t must be turned to
the light so that the card throws no
shadow. Let the middle of the end OF
the nose be placed on the upper edge of
the card, and after few moments
steady looking the bird will be seen to
enter the cage.
Place pea between the first and sec
ond fingers of the right hand in their
natural position and you will feel the
pea as one. Cross two fingers, bring
ing the second over the first, and place
the pea in the fork between them SO as
to feel the left side of the pea with the
right side of the second finger and the
right with the left of the first. The
impression will then be that you have
two peas touching the fingers, especial
ly if the eyes are shut and the fingers
placed in position by another person.
The illusion will be equally strong
if the two forefingers of both hands are
crossed, and the pea placed between
them. If chicken in a sitting position
on table be gently pressed with one
hand upon the supporting surface, the
head and bill pressed down with the
other hand, the fowl will remain per-
fectly powerless in the position given
| it for some time after all restraint has
been removed; or if thread be sus-
pended over the comb of a chicken so
| that the ends hang down over its ewes
the fowl will remain in q cataleptic con-
dition, and finally pass into somnolence
so deep that it will permit all possible
movements without giving any signs OF
life; or II a pigeon be pressed gently
upon a table so that it cannot use its
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
WEIRD PLAINS OF LA MANcHA
Melancholy Ruins In This Land of the
Dead.

Starting from the Argamasilla be-
fore daylight our little mule had
trudged during eight long hours the de-
nuded inhospitable plain of La Mancha
where the unchecked cold blasts from
the Sierras held wild riot in the winter,
and which was now lying PROSTATE I'M
der the furious caresses of the sun,
says a writer in Scribner's; her parched
soil bursting now and anon with dull
sounds like the means of q creature in
pain. When we became aware of the
proximity of the highway we were
looking for, it was by some ruins, in
evitable concomitants of this land of
the dead. Before these silent, melan-
choly remains and in the absence of the
living, one can feel the presence of the
dead. IT'S as if the past centuries were
walking by the side of the traveller,
keeping him company and little inn
agination is needed TO people again
this great artery of human communi-
cations thrown across the undefiled
country by the Romans with Iberians,
Goths and Moors, with Spaniards of the
time when Spain was the most power
full country of the civilized world-and
see Isabella, Charles ", the somber
Philip, speeding on in all the splendid
paraphernalia of royalty, and with their
retinue of naughty Castilians. What
sense of the swing of history one has
in such places, and before the eternity
of nature how ephemeral and incense
quential human life seems!
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
JAPAN'S EARTHQUAKES.
Volcanic Upheavals In the Depths OF
Ocean.

Volcanic Upheavals In the Depths of
Ocean.
The northeast coast of Hondo, the
largest of the Japanese islands, extends
nearer than any other land to the
tremendous submarine hole in the
earth's crust known as the Tuscarora
Deeps, says Scribner's. This is the deep
est part of the ocean so far as men know
of; it is almost as deep as the topmost
peak of the Himalayas is high.
Throughout its hundreds of miles of
width and breadth there are submarine
volcanoes. The seismic philosophers
think that through some volcanic up
heayal in these depths earthquake vi
brations were transmitted along the
ocean bottom to the shore, and a sudden
rise of the waters level sent the tidal
wave on its errand of destruction. The
earthquake shocks, which travel at a
rate of speed varying from two to twen-
ty miles a second, reached the shore
first. They were mild for quaky ia
pan, and it was not until $3.50 o'clock
in the evening, an hour and a half later,
were announced by portentous BOOM
ing sounds. Only four miles away from
the coast fishermen were unaware of
the presence of any extraordinary wave.
But when the on-moving volume of
water reached the steep sides of the
sea bottom and mounted up to the shall
low places, the wave grew to height of
20 to so feet and hurled itself into the
inlets and bays of the hapless land,
overwhelming, with contemptuous ease,
the feeble bikes which the Japanese
fishermen and rice-planters had built
TO defend their low-lying homes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
Raises Worms for Bait.

In Hancock county, Me-, there's a
man who earns lot of spare cash by
the culture Of worms-plain, everyday
angleworms. He has q plat of land
fixed up for the purpose, and he plants
the crop, and waters 1t, and looks after
1t as one would potatoes or parsnips.
The most Of his worms go TO the fish
hatcheries at Green Lake, where they
heartily appreciated as edibles by the
trout and salmon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04

tory explanation has been furnished.
If a card perforated by q pinhole be
placed close to the face resting against
the nose, as shown In the illustration,
and pin be held by its point in such a
way that its head comes between the
eye and the pinhole in the card, the pin
being held quite close to the eye, the
pin, strange to say, will appear on the
other side of the pinhole, reversed and
magnifled. You see the pin, in fact,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
Fortune with a String to 1t.

Gustav johnson, of st. Mary's, Potta-
watomie county, Kan, left his wife, by
will, the choice of accepting a half in
terest in his estate and freedom to do as
she chose as TO her future state, or the
whole of his property should she be
willing to promise not to marry again.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
BARGAIN IN TYPE.

For Sale: 500 pounds Bourgeoise;
300 pounds Minion; 200 pounds Non
pareil Roman type, in good condition,
Also so fonts of display letter-Job
faces. Apply to T. B. Johnson, Man.
ager, s. A. Light. 12-19-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
EnrIi.huoman i. Honored.

A young woman has received the un-
usual honor Of the freedom of a Lon
don guild. She is daughter OF Lord
Amherst of Hackney, and having writ,
ten History Of Gardening in Eng
land" has just been thus honored by
the -worshipful Company of Gardeners.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
ANOTHER SEWER ESTIMATE

Estimate No I, on the sewer con-
struction, inside system, has been
completed by the city engineers as
sistants and is ready for the council
meeting this afternoon. The present
estimate calls for $13,047.45. Total
on work done to date $114,990.65.
Amount retained ST. ,24S.59.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED.

Austin, Texas, Feb. 4.-Special.-The
Senate this morning postponed for one
week consideration of the fellow SER
want bill.
In the House the Brigance-Bennett
contest case, from Grimes county, has
occupied the entire morning without
final action.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
Changes of Name in Marriage.

Some very curious changes of names
have taken place in foreign marriages.
For instance, McBacon was once
married to Miss Beans; Miss Pane
married a Mr.. Glass; a Mr.. Tree
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
GRAND RALLY OF

All cOlOred supporters of Elmendorf
and the Independent ticket at Con-
vention hall tonight. Be sure and at
tend. All the ward clubs are called
to meet there tonight. 1t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
RANK FAITTRE

Washington, Feb. 4.-The comptrol-
Ter of the currency has received a tel
egram from Griswold. Iowa, announc-
ing the failure of the First National
bank of that place.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04

united himself to Miss Kettle; MT.
Fish married Miss Hook; and a gentle
man named Gait had the fortune to
marry a Miss New.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
A DYING SENATOR

Washington, Feb. 4-SenatOr Har-
ris, Of Tennessee. who has been i'll Mt
his residence in this city for the past
week today is worse.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
MIN, Rurps Twelve Years,

\ coal mine at New Straitsville, o.,
was set afire by strikers IL years ego,
and was afterwards abandoned. II is
still burning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
Fill as a Brakeman.

A Fiji islander named Knaf Sevorg is
employed as passenger brakeman by
the Rio Grande Western railroad.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04
PRETTY EXPERIMENTS.
Some Curious Illusions of the Senses In
Mon and Animals.

Among the many curious optical IL
lusions produced by contrasting lines
and forms some of a very astonishing
character occur for which no satisfae-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04

TO CURE \ COLD IN ONE DAY
Take laxative BromO Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. 25c. 10-5-1J6t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-04

d. B. Mcdonald, the st. Louis hard,
ware man, is at the Maverick.