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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-08

The clerical and general work of
the legislature is chic fly inspected
by the Department of State. Mr..
w. P. Bachelor, a strong Democrat,
has been chief clerk of that Depart
ment for fourteen years, aud the
work of inspection has practically
devolved on him for. all that time.
He was engaged to continue this
work during the last legislature by
reason of his experience, and after
he inspecte it he wrote the follow
ing letter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12

DR.. Radcliffe Hall makes the follow.
ing interesting calculation ON the
amount Of air human being of the av.
erage size and proportions will consume
in the space of one minute when in re
pose, and also when in the different de.
grees OF activity. When at rest we con-
sumo 500 cubic inches Of air per minute;
Il we walk at the rate of one mile an
hour we use 800; two miles, 1000; three
miles an hour, 1000; four miles an hour,
1900. If we start out and run six miles
In an hour we will consume 5000 cubic
inches of air during every minute of
that time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
QUEEN OF THE ROAD.
Young and Graceful But a Most
Determined Bandit.
A Daring Female Dick Turpin Holds
Up and Terrifies the People of
Brussels and other Cities
in Belgium.

Belgium has gang of bandits theat-
rical enough in their methods and make
up to warrant their appearance on the
stage in melodrama without so much
as adding feather to their hats or a
daub of grease paint to their cheeks.
To begin with, the leader is woman,
and the woman is apparently young and
Draceful, as well as relentless and de-
termansd in operations. She always
wears q mask when she is out conduct
ing business enterprise, so her face
has never been seen BY any of the nu-
merous victims. But the assumption is
that she is beautiful. AS for the gang,
which she seems to rule with rod of
iron, it is made up of as Interestingly
villainous an assortment of scoundrels
as the heart could desire. To add to
their natural piratical cut they wear
slouched hats and are masked like their
leader.
The gang has been operating of late
in the vicinity of Brussels and Antwerp,
and, in addition to a great number of
petty robberies in farmhouses and farm
yards, they have waylaid and pillaged
belated travellers on the highways.
One of their last exploits was near
the village of Thisselt. 1t was late at
night, and two men, who live in the vii
lage were returning home. Their road
lay along the border of the Willebroeck
canal, and at place where great trees
grow so close together that they cast a
deep shadow, even though it was win
ter and they were stripped of their
leaves.
At this point four duslzy figures sud-
denly doomed up before them, and they
had just time to notice that one of them
was masked woman when they were
seized, thrown violently to the ground
and gagged. The woman herself shared
in the attack, leaping on one of the
men like a panther and bearing him
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
STOCK LAW ELECTION.

This day came on to be heard the
written petition Of Chas. H. Smith and
twenty-one others, freeholders and
qualified voters Of election precinct No.
so, 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.
so 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 1t is ordered that an election be
held for the purpose of enabling the
freeholders of said election precinct
No so to determine whether hogs, sheep
or goats shall be permitted to run at
large within the following boundaries,
to-wit:
Commencing on the Bexar county
line at the southeast corner of Bexar
county, thence in a northeast direc-
ton with said county line to the Ma
riana Seguin grant, thence along the
south line of said survey to the south
west corner Of the same. thence north
along the western line of said survey
u IOTlH6dSl COTIltT VI Sldlc survey
No. 4, thence with the north line of
said state survey In a westerly direc-
ton until it intersects the line Of the
Francisco Farias survey, thence in a
southerly direction with said line to
the southeast corner of said Farias
survey, thence with the south line of
said survey until it intersects the cas-
tern line Of voting precinct No. 40,
thence south along said division line to
it's intersection with the county line,
thence with said county line to place
of beginning.
That said election be held on Satur-
day, March Goth, A. D., 1897, at the Po-
sitos school house, and that B. F.
Shields be appointed as the presiding
officer, and w. Nuckolls and w. B.
Hooker as the judges of said election.
Pursuant to the above order passed
by the Honorable County Commission
ers' court of Bexar county, Texas, on
notice is hereby given that an election
will be held in election precinct No.50,
at the Positos school house, on Satur-
day, March goth, 1897, for the freehol-
ders and qualified tax-paying voters of
said precinct to determine whether
hogs, sheep or goats shall be permitted
to run at large in said precinct.
Voters desiring to prevent the ami
mails designated 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 San
Antonio, Texas, this 18th day of Febru-
airy, A. D., 1897.
BRYAN CALLAGHAN.
County Judge, Bexar County, Texas
2-:S-3Gt,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
SOME CHOICE BARGAINS.

Now is the Time to Make Investments
Seven room house, all modern i'm
provement; lot S0x1S712 feet; wood
house, laundry, stable, situated on
Dignowity Hill. Price, $1,000.
Six room cottage on Fourth street,
centrally located; bargain at $1,000.
| Two-story ten room house South
Presa street, large lot, only $4,000.
Six room cottage ON Matamoras
street, first class in every particular,
and a bargain at $1,000.
| Two story frame house on River av-
enue, good location; $500.
Eight room, two-story house, all fur
nished; stable and outhOuses, one acre
of ground, two street car lines also
horse and buggy, $4,000.
Fine brick house, large lot, stable;
situated on North street, $1,000; a
beautiful home.
Fine building consisting of store
room and saloon, rooms in second
story, with gallery, warehouse, sta
BILE and hay barn, 2 large lots, on
South PreSa street; $1,000.
Two story brick house, 10 rooms,
with bath on both floors. servants
room and stable, large lot, on Presa
street; $500.
Three lots on Crockett street, suit
able for store or saloon, close in, room
for four houses; $4,000.
Six room cottage on Government
Hill, large lot; $1,000.
Large 10 room house. with all mod
ern improvements, in South Heights, a
beautiful home; $4,000.
Two story frame house on Prospect
hill. two large lots; $4,000.
Five room cottage at Midway, near
West End; $1,000.
Three twO-story houses, large lots,
on Chestnut street, at very reasonable
figures.
We have bargains in lots on Govern
ment Hill, Dignowity Hill, Laurel
Heights, South Heights, TObin Hill,
West End, as we'll as in most any
part of the city, at very reasonable
prices.
We can also fit you up in farms,
and ranches ranging from 100 acres
to 10000 acres. We particularly call
your attention to 1000 acres on the
coast near RockpOrt, with frontage of
about four miles on the bay, suitable
for fruit. grapes, vegetables, etc; $40
per acre. This is dirt cheap.
$50 acres near Floresville.
2.4OO acres on the LlanO river.
36O acres near Elmendorf.
$500 acres in FEio county.
1900 acres in Gonzales county.
The above is only a partial list Of
the property we have for sale: We
think before purchasing it will pay
yon to call in and see JOHN T. HAM
BLETON & CO., Daily Light Build
ing. No. 104 East Commerce street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
NOTICE OF FILING FINAL AC-
COUNTS.

NOI1CE Ot FILLING FINAL AC-
COUNTS.
Estate of Mary ]. Gable, Deceased.
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Bexar.
County Court in Matters of Probate.
To March term, A. D., 1897.
The state of Texas to all persons in
terested in the Administration of the
estate of Mary ]. Gable, deceased.
Ben T. Gable, executor, and Lucie
Gable Castleman, executrix of the es-
tate of Mary ]. Gable, deceased, have
filed their final account in the County
Court of Bexar County, which will be
acted on at the March term, A. D.,
1897, of said court, at the Court House
thereof, in the City of San Antonio, af-
ter this notice shall have been duly
published for at least twenty (20) days
in some newspaper printed in Bexar
County, Texas, at which time all per-
sons interested in said estate may ap-
pear and make objections thereto, If
they see proper.
Witness, Thad. w. Smith, Clerk Of the
County Court of Bexar County,
IL. 81 and Seal of said Court, at my
office in San Antonio, this 23d
day Of February, A. D. 1897.
THAD. w. SMITH,
Clerk County Court, Bexar County.
By r. c. SYMINGTON, Deputy.
Issued same day.
No. 2235.
Came to hand February 23d, 1897 at
II o'clock, a. M, and publication of
this notice ordered made in the Daily
Light.
JOHN P. CAMPBELL,
Sheriff Bexar County.
By NJ. F. CAMPBELL, Deputy.
2-23-20t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12

down with strength and suddenness
that seemed incredible. When the men
were beyond the power to move or make
an outcTy the woman stood aloof, while
the rest of the gang did the pillaging.
When this was accomplished the wom-
an Joined her subordinates in giving the
unhappy burghers such apounding and
kicking as left them barely able to
move. Then the gang got into boat
that was moored to the bank of the
canal near by and, with muffled oars,
disappeared in the darkness. The
whole transaction did not take more
than five minutes, but it was an hour
before the battered and bruised vic
tins got into the village and told their
tale.
The gendarmes turned out in force,
and the whole country for miles about
was ransacked, but not trace OF the
robbers was found. 1t was as though
the night mist lowering over the canal
had swallowed them up and they had
melted away with it when the sun came
in the morning.
The result of this and a number of
similar robberies which have occurred
and are still occurring is that there is a
sort of reign of terror existing among
the people who live in the infested dis
trict. Women are afraid to leave their
houses after nightfall, and even many
will not venture after dark along the
country unless in sufficient numbera to
be safe from attack.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
VISITING STOCKMEN

Contemplating the purchase of pi-
anO, organ or anything in the music
line have an opportunity to make a
choice selection this coming week.
TEN different makes of pianos in
different style woods TO select from.
The largest stock of pianos Of any
house in the south, ranging in prices
from $1,000 to 100000. Easiest
terms and smallest payments without
notes, 3-7-tf.
THoS. GOGGAN & BROS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
OPENING FOR FARMER.

$50 acres, II miles from city, all
fenced, good water never failing, 2
gins adjoining this farm, mile from
school house, good house, post oak
and mesquite timber, this insures
moisture, water can be had few feet
from surface. This is good invest
ment for German farmer. We will
sell this place y cash and balance on
long time.
Call and see JOHN T. HANDLE
TON & CO., Daily Light Building.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
FOR SALE.

5000 old newspapers, clean and
whole, low rates. Apply at Light
office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12

Woman is never in
so great and SO real
danger as she Is when
she neglects to take
proper care of herself
and take the right
precautions durin &
the period preceding
motherhood. If she
is sufe rim g from
weakness and disease
of the organs dis
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
Iucougruity.

The Mississippi river flows up hill.
Its mouth is higher than its source
that Is, farther from the center of the
earth, on account Of the bulge Of the
Garth toward the eqOator.-Pittsburgk
Dfspytch,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
NOW is YOUR TIME.

We have a fine farm situated on the
containing 275 acres; 145 acres in cot
ton and corn, $50 fruit trees, 2 houses
and barn. This is a sure bargain, and
will be sold on reasonable terms.
JOHN T. HAMBLETON & co. 3 3 If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12

tinctly feminine, and neglects to take the
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possibly the loss of her own life. This is a
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ing the proper precautions during the ex.
pectant period, she may avoid the usual dis
comforts, and make it certain that the
coming of baby will be safe and easy with.
out danger either to the mother or child.
The best of all medicines at this critical
time is DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
1t cures all forms of weakness and disease
peculiar to women. 1t does away with the
nausea of the period preceding motherhood.
1t makes parturition easy, painless, and free
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store. If you want to know more about it,
write to DR.. r. V. Pierce, chief consulting
physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo. n. Y.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-12
For SALE.

A actual horse power, gasoline
engine, high speed, brand new; guar
anteed, one of the best manufactured.
Cost less to run than steam or cleo
tricity. A bargain if you want it.
Apply to T. B. JOHNSON, at Light
Office. Is If
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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-01-14
Don't Write When Angry.

Never write a letter to man, won.
an or child when you are angry with
the person in question, or perhaps,
had better qualify my advice by beg
ging you, one and all, never 10 send an
angry letter for As hours aftcryou have
written ii, and then would suggest
reading it carefully, and as the Irish
man snid, "burning itbefore sending it,
We have many OF us exhausted all our
rage in the fire Of the ietter.writing
and have felt all the delights Of battle
won by the prowess of our pens without
the hnckneycd formality OF posting the
epistle. Who is there who has moi
written hisanger out in this wholesome
way! DO not, | pray, send a cruel let
ter to anyone you have eyerl loved. You
will but live to regret the act, and pos.
sibly with the pallid silence Of death
between you and the wounded one. II
mortals were, in these prossic days,
gifted with invisible powers, | would
wish to be that spirit endowed with a
force which would arrest every angry
word at the tip OF each sharp pointed,
htart-breaking pen.--St Loui, Repub.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-01-14
A POLITE SHERIFF.
A Hanging That Was Conducted Under
Rules of Society.

"The most polite man l ever knew"
said j. D. Evans, of Mississippi, to a
Star writer, was O colored man down
in my county. He belonged before the
war to Col. White, one Of the most cul.
tured and polished gentlemen in the
south. During reconstruction daysTom
was elected sheriff, and the first year he
held the office white man was SEN
fenced to be hanged, I knew the
doomed prisoner, and at his request
was with him for several hours day
for the last week Of his life.
"The sheriff came in the first time l
was there, and addressing the prisoner,
said: Scuse me, Marster Bob. / Jess
cum fur jess little advice. Yo see, we
ain neither OBJ us as used ter ceremoni-
Gus occasion OBJ dis kin, an | Jess
wants ter know how yo' would like ter
hab de gallows, facin' de sun, Or de oder
way?'
THE prisoner told him to have his
Ihce away from the sun.
THANK yo', Mars Bob. ] done hab
it dat way. We don wan to make no
exposition OBJ ourscfs by not doin' what
is propah on sich events
upon the next occasion the sheriff
came in:
MARS Bob, 'scuse me one moment.
gem'man. l jes wants ter hab 70 show
me once mo- how you done tie DAT knot
Mos curiousest knot eber seed
Upon the morning of the fatal day,
as went in, the sheriff had the doomed
mans foot thrown over chair and was
blacking his boot, the other one hay
ing already been polished. Mawnin',
sah,' he said to me. Mars Bob les
gittin ready. Idone borrered suit an
necktie from de cunnel an jess sliclin'
i'm up. Den gifts inter my own dress
suit dat had made puppus, an Mars
Bob an me, we gWine ter be de bes
dressed oh anybody
"Arrayed in full evening dress, the
convicted man and the sheriff mounted
the scaffold when the time came. All
right now, Mars Bob said the sheriff,
as he adjusted the cap. 'scuse me, sui,
jess a minute, and he touched the fa
tai spring. Washington Star
--spiced Apples Eight pounds Of
apples pared and quartered four
pounds Of sugar, one quart Of vinegar
one ounce Of thick cinnamon, one.hal
ounce cloves; boil the vinegar. suec
and spice together; put in the appl
while boilinganl let them remainnnt,
tender (about twenty minutes); thei
put the apples in jar, boil down. tllt
sirup until thick aad pour over them
---Earmers' Voice.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-01-14

One Of the best known men about the In
dianapolis Board of Trade is Carlos F. Shep-
ard, who for several years has been con-
nected with the house of Il. E, Kinney, grain
broker. Mr.. Shepard is bluff, hearty, old
gentleman of medium height, gray.headed
and with mustache like French veteran.
He is man of very decided views on all
subjects and is especially orthodox in poll
tics and medicine. Notwithstanding his firm
ness in his convictions and the yigor with
which he maintains them he is aman Of many
friends for manly men, even though some
times obstinate in their opinions, have the
force Of character that win admiration and
friendship.
So few months ago when the news came
to his old associates on the Board Of Trade
that Mr.. Shepard had received stroke Of
paralysis and that the probabilities were that
his days of usefulness were over, and that
perhaps, his hours were numbered, the deep
est sympathy went out to the lmitten man
and his family. Ii seemed to all his friends
always so wholesomely hearty and cheerful,
always q picture Of heslth for
HIS CHEEKS WERE LIKE TIE RosZ
III THE eNcY;
could have heen 90 suddenly Lid low. Bus
ii was irue aaG many veess pqssed before
his well.khewn sern and kirily fscs re.
turned to lis fe-mgf uVEipesE haVn'7. Hi
re-appea7hee #Ss 4lsde ihe Goet'n OF 6
hearty wc ogs and the sksEJ o. SIS illres;
and recovery L. well wartb the cling,
a was tsleR rick" sgid ~ Shred
''on the iiih e Anse.t, ts2t. Aa Ind al
along baen 81 TIE G4snier Eat H1s mr9e o.
iron, you may we'll nelisv. .sst twas hard
for me to entrtain Ina tllcsghs shas ! Was to
be laid up ilf more than day 81 t'-o. \
am 81 years old, and sor 20 Tssrn nr h
the time Of ihis attack, I hSd act haa . dtyt
sickness. The doctors vl.e ais-gosT n
case saw at once that It was senaeihi1g 1s'-
Gus. They at frs. said thss Z vas ls-,bqT
then sciatc rheuma.ssfE. h5y RniI-
came to the conclusion they cid ncs yrov'
what was the matter with r.s. I eyyari'
enced no pain my head tFcs clsar, r'y r.
petite good, but lost she Use Of myself ffon
my hips down. This wa {, hsrd, etToFs
to an active man who has always h'G AZ
tftey HDiii5 pull VI ASfot ny bA-eLA -A-tArlttss
who is physician, came from negfbor.
ing city to see me. He pronounced nv sf,
Fiction to be locomotor a+axil. 7 ar @ tna
opinion that he diagnosed the case correctly
for was absolutely pa1alyzsa frrl th9
hips down.
Before he came, however, g dey Of ac re
fore had begun taking DR.. Eyiliisnlo' PINK
Pills for Pale People. That was on tho 2Oth
day of last October. read an artiale in the
Indianapolis Mems and ssv testimonials de.
scribing cases cured that were similar to
mine. 1t struck me tha4 the rerns3y could
not do me any harm and ! begs' to take the
pills
Before began taking then Z could net
stir peg, but ar TO ne carried RON place
to place. had not got fa- in5o the jrst box
when | felt that deiiveranes from my en-.
forced inaction had come. Before finished
the second box ] was able to walk alone
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-01-14

took his completed plan OF the tables
and seats to printer in order to have
the usual diagrams ready for the guild
ence of the diners in taking their places.
When the hour of $3.50, which had
been fixed for dinner, had arrived the
800 hundred guests were assembled in
the reception-room. Stanleyw was there,
and SO was Consul General John c.
New, who was to preside, and so were
some of the most distinguished men in
England. But there was no diagrams
oil the dining-room, and the reception
c9mmitte were anSiously waiting for
fr. Welcome to arrive with them. AT
s35 o'clock Mr.. Welcome flew in, in his
business clothes, with smudge of
printers ink on his nose and more on
his hands. agonizinly informed the
reception committee that the printers
had pied the type or the diagrams of the
tables at the last moment, and thut
tney would be compelled to do without
them.
1t may seem on easy matter for 300
men to find their places at tables, when
their names are at their plates, but it
brought about SO much confusion that
everybody was turned from the dining
room back to the reception-room and
brilliant scheme was suggested, There
was the original list of the names Of the
diners, with their respective places
that Mr., Welcome had rescued from
the printer, in the possession OF the re-
ception committee. The toastmaster
was stationed ON chair at the door of
the dining-room and instructed to read
the list of names, each man to pass out
and take his place at the table when
his name was called. The toastmaster
was fine, big Englishman, with
stentorian voice. He did as he was told.
"New-Consul General John c." he
shouted, and Mr. New went through
the door. "Stanley-Henry NJ" bel-
lowed the toastmaster next. There
was roar of laughter and that scheme
for seating the guests was dropped.
Finally everybody went in again and
searched for his place and found it or
otherwise, as hest he might. Several
of the guests designed for the principal
table were rescued from inferior posi-
tions below, and some ambitious ones
were degraded from the table Of rank;
but the dinner went on merrily and
ended similarly, though itheganan hour
later than the time il had been set for,
and all because OF the accident to the
diagrams,-N. Y. Telegram.