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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27
HER TREASURE.
A Georgia Woman Who Has a Sock
Full of Gold.

Mary Odom, sexagenarian, residing
somewhere in the neighborhood of Au-
raria, is the happy owner of sockful
of gold, says southern exchange.
Wien a girl of 16 she adopted a profess
sion, gold-panning about in the branch
es during her leisure hours, and she be-
came so well acquainted and infatuated
with the king metal that she finally
adopted the panning business altogeth-
er, and has kept it up ever since, always
being as assiduous to business as
Judge of the supreme court. When she
made gold panning a profession she
found the lovely metal wherever she
scooped her shovel under the gravel OF
the branches. At times innumerable
this woman has made four and five pen
nyweights per week, making it a rule in
every instance to hoard away one-half
the amount of gold made. For instance
when she panned out so cents worth OF
gold and needed 81 in goods from the
store, she would pay the merchant rs
cents and have the balance entered upon
his books against her until she struck a
richer streak. By this method of doing
business the woman has kept out OF
debt, made good support, and now has
q sockful of shining gold to dream over
at night. And now, after the age of 60,
she stills pans about in the branches,
and saves half the gold she makes for
her heirs to scramble over after she has
crossed in her batteau the wide river on
the other side. There has been great
deal of mining in this country and arti-
eles not herSin numbered written on the
subject, but Mary Odom's historical ca
seer in the gold mining business sur
passes anything we have ever become
aware of in this line.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27
AN ORDINANCE.

An ordinance compelling steam rail-
way companies to provide lights at
points where their tracks cross the
streets of the city.
Be it ordained by the city council of
the City of San Antonio:
Section 1. That hereafter it shall be
the duty of each and every steam rail-
way company, corporation, or associa-
ton operating a line of steam railway
in the City of San Antonio, to provide
arc lights at the crossings of their
respective railways, with the streets
of the City of San Antonio when noti-
fled to do so as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. The notice of steam rail-
way companies, corporations, or asso-
Citations to provide lights at the eros
sings of their respective railways with
the streets of the city, shall be by a
resolution ofthe city council, duly pass
ed by that body, and served on the
agent or representative of such COM
pany corporation or association. Such
resolution shall state the place or pla-
ces, crossing or crossings, to be lighted
and the time such lights shall burn.
And a copy of such resolution certified
to by the city clerk, snail De served Non
such company, corporation or associa-
ton by the city marshal.
Section 8. That any steam railway
company, corporation or association
that shall fail to provide such lights re-
quired, at the place or places, crossing
or crossings designated. within ten
days after the service upon it of the
resolution provided for in the proceed
ing section, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall upon convic-
ton thereof be fined not less than ten
$4,000 dollars nor more than fifty
($50.00) dollars. Each day that such
company, corporation or association
shall violate the terms of this ordi-
anance shall be deemed a separate Of
fence.
Section 4. Whenever complaint shall
be made and filed in the Recorders
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27
STOCK LAW ELECTION.

This day came to be heard the writ
ten petition of Antonio Seguin and
twenty-six others, freeholders and
qualified voters of election precinct No.
AZ, asking this court to order an cleo
ton to be held in said election precinct
for the purpose of enabling the free
holders of said election precinct No.
AZ to determine whether hogs, sheep
or goats shall be permitted to run at
large in said precinct. And the same
having been duly considered by the
court it is ordered that an election be
held for the purpose of enabling the
freeholders of said election precinct
No. AZ to determine whether hogs,
sheep or goats shall be permitted to
run at large within the following boun-
daries, to-wit: Commencing at a
point on the Medina river at the north
east corner of Mackey tract, thence
| following east line of Mancel Luna
tract, and continuing the same course
| to the south line of the Francisco
Tarias survey, thence in a southeast
direction along the south line of the
| said survey to southeast corner there
| of, thence northeast to northwest cor
ner of state survey No. 4, thence south
along east line of said survey to south
west corner Mariana Seguin grant
thence along south line of said grant
to Wilson county line, thence up the
county line to San Antonio river,
thence up the centre of San Antonio
river to Medina river, thence up the
centre of Medina river to place of be-
ginning; that said election be held on
Saturday, June goth, A. D., 1897, at j.
Tarvin's on San Antonio river, Paso
Borrego, and that Antonio Seguin be
appointed as the presiding officer and
Santiago Sosa and Joaquin Tarin asthe
judges of said election pursuant to the
above order passed by the Honorable
County Commissioners Court of Bexar
County, Texas, on the 18th day Of
May, A. D., 1897, notice is hereby given
that an election will be held in cleo
ton precinct No. AZ, at ]. Tarin's on
the San Antonio river, Paso Borrego,
on Saturday, June goth, A. D. 1897, for
the freeholders and qualified taxpay-
ing voters of said precinct to determine
whether hogs, sheep and goats shall
be permitted to run at large in said
precinct.
Voters desiring to prevent the ami
mails mentioned in the order from run
ming at large shall place upon their
ballots the words, For the Stock
Law" and those in favor of allowing
such animals to run at large shall
place upon their ballots the words,
AGAINST the Stock Law"
Given under my hand at office in
IL. 81 San Antonio, Texas, this 18th
day of May, A. D., 1897.
PETER JONAS,
County Judge, Bexar County, Texas.
Attest:
THAD. w. SMITH,
Co. Crk, Bexar Co., Tex. 5-2o-30t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27
SHE NEVER KISSED.
The Old Man Was Certain About His
Daughter.

ne O1u uan w u8 ScEtuIh AUOut HE
Daughter.
81 reckon if wus to ketch my daugh-
ter kissin' of man I'd just natchelly
cut him into mincemeat ground fine,"
said the old man from the swamps of
the Bracken hills, according to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
'"Then your daughter won't kiss the
boys?" ventured Dover youth with
spectacles.
"Yell, / reckon not, young man." and
the old man gave him look that daz-
zled his specs.
"But-ah, you know, some girls
who are engaged--you know-some-
times kiss OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
know-and-it's right and proper
and
The old man looked at him real hard,
and, after watching the youth wilt like
a tobacco leaf in an August sun, thun-
dered out: well, my daughter never
kissed livin' man, not even her pap
ner a poodle dog, ner cat, ner nothin'."
"But there's no haTm-and why-er
-why-er?" stammered the brave
youth.
"Well, reckon the most principalest
reason why my daughter never kissed
nothin' is that never had any daugh-
ter"
And the thoughtful silence of the
young man was so dense that you could
hear the price of farm lands drop
quietly, drop by drop, while the farm
products hanging in the tobacco shed
tier by tier.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27
HUGE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
Harp Made In an Open LOt-Why II
Was Constructed.

-
- Was Constructed.
The most gigantic harp ever con-
structed, as far as the record goes, was
that made by Veritan, the provost of
Burkli, near Basel, Switzerland, in 1857,
says the st. Louis Republic. That was
a long while ago, but the fame of Nj.
Veritan's gigantic harp was such that
it is still occasionally mentioned by
writer's ON the rare and the wonderful,
just as the sea serpent, bloody rain,
live mastodon, etc, are. M. Veritan's
colossal musical instrument was 800
feet in length, and, on that account,
was constructed in an open lot instead
of in q harp factory. TWAS most sim
pie in construction, consisting of Is
wires strung tightly between two poles.
These wires were of different sizes, the
largest being one-sixth of an inch in
diameter and the smallest one-twelfth
of an inch. They were stretched north
and south and inclined in such man.
ner as to form an angle of from 20 to
80 degrees with the horizon. This queer
instrument was not intended as an ex-
aggerated toy, but was constructed for
the express purpose of foretelling
changes in the weather, which were
calculated by Prof. Veritan according
to the different tones the instrument
made when the wind was blowing
through it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27
SOMETHING TO DEPEND UPON

Mr.. James Jones, of the drug firm
of Jones & Son, Cowden, ILL.,, in speak
ink of DR.. Kings New Discovery, says
that last winter his wife was attacked
with la grippe, and her case grew so
serious that physicians at Cowden
and Pena could do nothing for her. 1t
seemed to develop into Hasty Con-
sumption. Having DR.. Kings New
Discovery in store, and selling lots of
it, he took bottle home, and to the
surprise of all she began to get better
from first dose, and half dozen dollar
bottles cured her sound and well. DR..
Kings New Discovery for COnsump-
ton, Coughs and Colds is guaranteed
to dc this good work. Try it. Free
trial bottles at F. Kalteyer & Sons
Drug Store.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27

oiuci W get ISSt anu
sleep, the grave is not
4 far distant. The time to
take care of health is
before it is utterly and
irretrievably gone. The
man who works on and
on, utterly needless of
health and too busy to
occasionally take a little
necessary medicine, is
committing suicide as
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27
,BARGAIN IN TYPE.

For Sale: 500 pounds Bourgeoise;
300 pounds Minion; 200 pounds Non
pareil Roman type, in good condition,
Also 80 fonts Of display. letter-Job
faces Apply to 7. B. Johnson, Man
ager, g A. Light. 12-19-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27

surely as If he turned pistol on his heart.
Such man dies by little degrees. First a
little indigestion and little neglect. Then
loss of appetite. The bowels get clogged
and the blood receives poisons instead of
healthy nutrirnent. Old, inert tissues in
flesh, muscle, nerve and brain are not re-
placed by new. The whole body gets stale.
The very sleeping-room of man in this
condition is filled in the morning with un-
wholesome odors as if it had been occupied
by decomposing corpse. 1t has been &C.
cupied by a man half-dead. The poisoned
brain refuses to sleep and hates to work.
Then comes the resort to the hypodermic
injection of morphine and-speedy death.
All this may be prevented by the use of
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. 1t
corrects all disorders of the digestion,
makes assimilation perfect, fills the blood
with the vital elements that make new it's
sue, builds healthy flesh, firm muscles,
strong nerves and active brain cells. 1t
drives out impurities and disease. Thou
sands of men in all walks of life have testi-
fed to its wonderful merits.
It's an insult to your intelligence for a dealer
to attempt to palm off upon you substitute for
this world famed medicine. You knoa0 what you
want. It's his business to meet that Ydnf. When
he urges some substitute he's thinking of the
larger profit he'll nake-not of your welfare.
Shun all such dishonest dealers.
The man or woman who is regular as clock
work is seldom troubled with disease or
mental or bodily lassitude. DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are safe, sure, speedy and
permanent cure for constipation. One little
Pellet" is gentle laxative, and two milo
cathartic. They never grippe. You will have
reason to regret it if you let dishonest
druggists induce you to take substitute.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27
Just Received

All the late and popular mu-
sic for piano, violin, mandolin,
guitar, banjo, etc. Also
strings for all small instru-
ments. Cheap, cheaper, cheap
est at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-06

Is no room for doubt that these men are strlciy
Anarchists. What they want is the supremacy
of the mob. Wherever and whenever franuc
mob Of men get together TO act IN defiance OF
law they are 10 be held "the people or the
United States" and their decisions, according
TO Debs and his associates, are to have force 10
repeal any law or abolish any court that stands
IN their way In order TO make m0bs effective
they are warned 10 arm themselves. so that, IN
the words of Sovereign. they can meet with
guns any Injunction.
This is not the spirit Of the great body or
wageearne in this country. The straight
truth Is that labor organizations have been able
TO enlist the support Of less than quarter Of
the whole body OF wage-earnrrS, in large de
gree because such organizations have 50 often
been plunged by unwise or reckless leaders into
hostility to law. The purpose of more than
nine-tenthS of the workers is TO obey and mp
hold the law. because they well know that the
rights of the individual who has neither power
nor wealth can in no other way be protected.
The courts are their buwarks. Government OF
the people, 10y the people and for the people Is
the only one under which the rights ana III
terests of labor have been or can be Defended.
as millions of wage.carncrs confess when the!
abandon their native lands 10 find refuge III
these United States. The time will never come
when the great body Of laborers can be wheedled
or driven into warfare against the Government
which is their own. and the only protection they
can have Even of the minority VINO nave
Joined various labor organizations. whether Inc
number he five million or less, large proper
ton will utterly refuse to counenance the revo-
lutionary proposals of the ST. Louis Anarchists
and will withdraw their support from any or
canization whether that which Sovereign now
unfortunately msreprcsents or any other. when
follows or tolerates such leading. Men who mean
10 be loyal citizens will take their stand without
undue delay on the side Of government by law
and not by mob
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-06

cause the bakers have the matter IN their y" II
hands. There is no competition among theh'
at least in Paris. They are all ieagued tose'he'
under an agreement not TO cut prices against
each other. They have determined 10 lahe
advantage of the present furry III "hea
prices TO make big profits for a few weeks ana
they would continue 10 do 80 even II III" 'hA
were altogether removed; unless, indeed 'n'
Government should 60 10 the in'is'lal extreme
If regulating the price of bread by law. REQ
pie in this country remember how ShopkeeperS
arbitrarily marked up the prices OF goods the
moment thr Mckinley tariff went into erect
giving 'the new tariff AZ their excuse al
though the goods in question had D'eh III
ported under the old tariff, or wer" not al
fected by the new one. or were actually on the
free list. But that dodge did not work long
Exactly the same thing is being done ny the
French bakers and II. too. Will not last L,iig.
The Government will keep its ground. new ana
abundant supplies Of wheat Will come IN. ana
prices will soon resume their former level
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-06
PERSONAL.

cov.rnor Wolcott OF Massachusetts, who mas
boen spcndng a part Of his vacation at Northeas Il
Uarbor Me reached his home in Milton YESTERDAY
lie will review the Labor Day parade anu w al
hi. desk at the State House again to-day
The Society Of Art of Stuttgart has had me-
mortal tablet placed upon the house In that city
which Rubinsteln occupied In the early part OF MS
career and where many OF his compositions were
written The tablet bears a bronze medahIoH poI-
trait of Rubnste!n in his youth.
sister Isidore Kenny. who for the last thirty
three years has been Sister superior OF St vincent
Hospital Norfolk. Va. has retired to Einmi'sours'
Md whore she will spend the rest OF her He III
rest and quetude Sister Isdore has three listers In
tho Order OF the Sisters Of Charity She was born In
ireland and came to America when young IN
ia, Al the time OF tNc yellow fever scouTse IN
Norfolk she was OF the Sisters sent 10 inc
Naval Hospital 10 nurse those sTl'K'h WIN 'he
dread disease
The new Bishop OF Bristol. England. is news
manor man by profession. He regular con-
trlbutor 10 THE Pail Mall Gazette under MI
Greenwood and also wrote for the magazine.
Lawrence Washington. OF Alexandria, Va, has
haen oppoint.d an assistant in the Congressional
Library at Washington. lie Is to be IN charge OF
tho George Washington Department. Mr. Washing
ton IS "A great -grandnephew Of the hrst PRESIDENT
Mrs Elizabeth Phoebe Key Howard. tho only sur
vivng daughter OF Francis Scott Key. author Of
THE Star Spnnged Banner" Is seriously I'll at her
summer home In Oakland. Md MIS- HoWard Is
nearly ninety four years old.
Miss Ludie Steele OF Barbourvie. Ky, has been
appointed a member Of tho Kentucky State Board
~ School Examiners She Is the first woman In the
state TO occupy such Il place. Miss Steele Is only
twenty-five years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-06
ANARCHISTS, Not LABORERS.

The mob at ST. Louis. falsely called a Labor
Convention. went wild when Mr.. Sovereign
shouted These injunctons of the Federal
courts must be violated. BY the gods,
'',he people will abolish yOur court and reor-
"ganiza this Government. Behind the
"jniuncIions stand the rifles, the Calling guns
'and all the murderers money can buy Let us
meet them with guns" This same person Is at
the head Of the Knights of Labor, and does not
commend the organization for which he stands
TO worklngmcn who mean To he loyal cltl-
Zens. Mr. Debs, the criminal who has been
punished already for breaking the laws. was
not more dlsOyal in talk, but spoke in the same
temper. The resolutions adopted set apart the
wages OF all union workers on September for
the support of the strike nstigated by mine
operators TO break down the business OF al
operator who favors fair treatment OF work
ers propose another convention on september
20 AZ Chicago if the strike is not by that time
settled. demand the public ownership of rail-
roads and ,elcgraphs. protest against govern
ment by Injunction. and then add
Resolved That no nation in which the people
are totally disarmed can long remain lree ma
ton. and therefore we urge upon al nDelE
loving citizens to remember and obey Article III
of the Constitution of the United States. which
reads as follows: THE right OF the people 10
1t is blessing that these Anarchists have
been led to avow their disposition so plainly.
The dividing line between the labor leaders who
mean 10 defy the law and those who mean to
obcv II cannot be drawn too soon 1t is said
that there are five million members OF the vari-
ous labor organizations In this country, but II
is significant that Mr.. Gompers the head of the
most numerous and influential of Them does
not appear to have been present at this rcvolu-
tiouary gathering, nor did the heads Of other
organizations appear. which, if less numerous.
have an enormous influence because OF their
MARI in the TRANSPORTATION Of goods, mails pas
o,,ors and the transmission Of dispatches, nor
were other large bodies represented at all. On
,ro f,ce of things n considerable share OF the
orcanzed workers were sagacious and loyal
oro,ob 70 keen clear of body likely to be led
nv nersons like Sovereign and Debs. But the
deliberate purpose Of such men to drag the
,a,,or organizations into a war against civillZed
society and government by law had not theh
heen formally declared. The ST. Louis outbreak
will enable the men who labor TO see where
,hav stand and TO decide whether they VIII
continue ia support organizations which make
dsloyalty their avowed aim
Thc denuncIation OF government by lnJnnc
,,o, mich, have some meaning and appeal with
some force 10 loyal citizens If IT pointed OUT III!
aeao;tc abuse of power by courts or sousht
only the remedy of an abuse by peaceini III"
,ov,.,,, means. II is evident that the revolt
,,onists are careful not to define anything De,
.ausa they want to kindle hostility against HI
Government by law, and mean IN the words
OF Sovereign, 10 "ab9lish your courts. aheie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-06
SMOOTH PAYMENTS.

If more evidence of the benefits Of honest,
non-partisan municipal government TO the
average citizen than that furnished by the clean
streets of Ncw-York were needed the great al
vance made IN the matter Of smooth pavemcnts
in the last three years would furnish convinc-
ing proof The Tribune yesterday published Two
maps of particular significance. One showed
the smooth roadways as they existed when
Tammany went out Of office The other showed
the asphalt that has been laid under Mayor
StronCs administration. The black lines OF ID"
second map are more extensive than those which
illustrate all that had been done in the way OF
smooth paving in all the years that Tammany
ruled.
Threc wears ago the metropolis Of the United
States was quarter of century behihd DINER
cities in this respect II had asphaitcd Str'e'S'
but they always laid where they Wouid
do tho most good" in the peculiar sense in which
the Tammany politician used that term. Up III
Harlem. where some of the bosses lived. little
blocks Of asphalt We're 10 be found. when l'd
nowhere. but served to make home pleasant for
these persons and appreciate the value OF 'h'Ir
rea, estate But for all that Grant or Gilroy
ever did. the city was waste OF uneven stone
so far as going from place to place IN comfort
was concerned. Netncr the Dl'HC'' HI' '''
riape nor the ambulance could make its way
from one section Of the city TO another without
ioltnp over almost uncomfortable pavements.
Now. though our system of smooth pavemeh'S
Is by no means complete, it Is possible 10 make
iournevs over long distances and reach almost
any pont in the city without running of from
smooth roads except to reach destination IN
some side street.
The benefit from this improvement comes
home to everybody. Ncw-fork. has suffered TOT
wears under the iriiction of exOrbtant can rates
and when one wanted to take cab ne was dis-
courared bv the torture he endured in IT, Now
II is possible to ride in comfort. Consequently
there Is a demand for cabs and response 10
the demand in the form of cheap rates winch
promise TO make their use general.
OF the benefit TO the wheclmen there Is no
mood 70 sneak. Their name Is legion, and they
know the boon that has been conferred upon
them. And so do the people who dwell III inc
crowded East Side in the region OF tenement
houses where the dirt used TO gather In the I'M
oven navements and breed disease. The de
creased death rate shows what they have gained
And all this has been done without flourish OF
,rumpets The politicians have sometimes won
dorad what were the fruits Of REFORM but the
neon,o whose comfort In it'll, things has been
ao,s,dorod tnow what il means and how well
worth having II is The time IS approaching
when these people have 10 decide whether the!
want this work continued, or VIII go back 10 the
old DAYS when Journey over NeW-> orK S'rce'S
meant torture