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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24

~cheese regions OF Switzerland. In
that portion of the Alpine country,
when a pair join Ia weGlock, it is the
fashion for their intimate friends to
buy a register cheese" for the young
couple. This is presented 10 the newly
welded people on the evening of the
weddingday, audit is ever after retained
by them and used as family register.
On these heirloom cheeses the whole
history of the family is carved, such as
births, marriages, deaths, and other in
cidents which it may be desired to
make matters Of record. Some of these
old Swiss family cheese records are said
20 date back TO the middle of the seven
tenth century.
AT the agricultural fair annually held
at Gessenay a great many cheese regis
tors have been exhibited which were
known to- be from $50 to 200 years old.
The Oldest that has yet been displayed
belongs TO country squire living near
Gessenay, who shows his family record
carved on n cheese made in 1660.-N. Y.
Weekly,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
AN ENGLISH BOOM,
How the Town of Barry Grew In
Ten Years.

How the Town of Barry Grew In
Ten Years.
The new world is not the only place
where mushroom towns spring up. In
England several considerable cities have
been created by new railroads. Of these
Crewe is perhaps the most notable, says
an exchange. Fifty years ago it was an
insignificant and unprogressive village
with about couple of hundred in
habitants. To-day it is an important
and thriving town with q population of
some $4,000. What may be fairly called
its creation was entirely due to a rail-
way company, whose works cover about
30 acres and employ from 1000 to 5000
artisans. Another remarkable instance
is that of Barry, in Glamorganshire. AS
late as 1856 it was the habitation of a
few fisher families numbering some so
souls. The construction of a railway
and dock was then commenced for the
purpose of the conveyance and shipment
of coal from the Rhoudda valley. Barry
is now town of Is, 900 inhabitants, with
municipal gas and waterworks and all
modern improvements.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24

An exceedingly handsome ana costa
Iy diamond badge has been made by
Roehm G. Son, jewellers of Detroit, to be
presented by Postmaster-Gen Will
son to President-elect Mckinley on the
evening of March 3, on behalf of the
Sigma Alpa Epsilon fraternity, of which
Mr.. Mckinley is an active member. 1t
is the regulation badge of the fraternity
surrounded by 16 specially selected
large blue white diamonds. The con-
vention of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity which was held in st. Louis
Christmas week, decided to present Mr..
Mckinley with the fraternity badge,
and special committee was appointed
to look after the matter. A delegation
of the fraternity win attend the inaugu-
ration when President Mckinley will
wear the gift of the fraternity.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
HIS WITS SAVED HIM.
A Divers Terrible Adventure Under
the Sen.


A Divers Terrible Adventure Under
the Sen.
Some years ago, upon the coast of
France, there occurred one of those TO
mantle episodes that seem to belong
to the realm of fiction. A vessel had
foundered within sight of port-gone
down with all her cargo. Two divers
were sent to report upon the cause OF
the disaster and the prospect of raising
the goods. One of these represented
the insurance brokers, who had insti-
tuted the investigation, and the other
the captain and owners of the vessel.
The brokers' man touched bottom
first, and found himself on a bed of
white sand. He was fortunate enough
almost Immediately to discover the
wreck, and at once climbed the crags
upon which the vessel rested. Investi-
CATION showed him that there had been
foul play, for an augerhole was plainly
visible in the hull of the ship.
He had turned to point out his dis
covery to the other diver, who was now
by his side, when he felt himself sud-
denly clutched by the waist and dragged
down upon the sand. Here his assail-
ant murderously attempted to break
the glass of his helmet, but the assailed
man fought desperately for his life.
He firmly believed himself to be in
the clutch of a mailman, and for few
minutes the water was thick with sand
that few up around the combatants. In
the end the first diver was worsted, and
his assailant forced him to loose his
hold upon his line.
Death seemed imminent, but the
divers wits did not forsake him. Find
ing that he was no match for his adver-
sary, he fell back and apparently
swooned, and in this condition the other
man prepared to leave him, cut off from
communication with the upper world
He gave the signal to be drawn up, but
as he began to ascend the apparently
swooning man sprang to his feet and
clutched the rising mans legs with a
firm grip, and the two were hauled to
the surface together.
Then, indeed, the ready-witted diver
tainted in earnest, and before he re.
gained consciousness his enemy had es-
capped to land, and when captured was
attempting to leave the country. AT
the trial he explained the reason of his
conduct.
1t was the old story of greed leading
to unlawful deed, and of the resulting
danger melting to fresh crime; an over.
insured cargo, a scuttled ship, and then
a frantic effort on the part of the ship
owners to avoid disgrace and punish
ment by offering to the diver q share OF
the profits on condition that the dis
covery, sure to be made by his rival,
should never be heard of above the sur
face.-Youth's Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The princess of Wales has now held
her title just over SO yea-s-a period
which has been exceeded by only one
of her predecessors. Augusta, the
daughter-in-law of George H., who was
for over IS years princess of Wales.
Joseph Briggs, of New Orleans, who
has been totally blind for seven years,
heard the movements of a burglar in
his room and fired three shots in the di-
rection whence the sounds seemed to
come. Every shot took effect and the
burglar was captured.
The contradictory reports in the
newspapers concerning the Cuban in
surrection have sent one poor fellow to
the insane asylum at Topeka, He be-
lieves that he is Maceo. and that the
Spaniards have slain him four times
every month for the past year.
"A well.knewn physician says that
Stanley, the explorer, owes the fact that
he has survived the most dangerous of
his African trips 70 bis having sub.
mitted five times to transmission of
african blood into his veins, which is
believed in Africa to be great aid to
acclimatization. - sssSetT:
-Surplus.-An ordinary man can
say everything that any occasion calls
for with a vocabulary of 1000 words.
Of these he generally uses only 400 or
500, using the remainder when an idea
outof the usual line of thought occurs to
him. Most of us, being only ordinary
men, seldom draw upon the surplus 500
words,
"A Curious Postponement.-They do
things somewhat curiously in the
courts of the Isle of Man. On the con-
clusion recently of a days hearing in
right-of-way case, one of the jurors
announced that ne had purchased a
ticket for America, and would not re-
turn for some months. The further
hearing of the case was postponed until
his return.
The present area of New York, in
Guiding the recently annexed territory
of West Chester, East Chester and Pei
ham, is SS.S5 square miles. The area of
Greater London metropolitan police
DISTRICT is 6Ss.31 square miles; Paris,
q little over 80 square miles; Chicago,
1902 square miles; Philadelphia, 1898
square miles. The Greater New York
will contain 359.75 square miles.
The finished portion of the new
congressional library at Washington
has about A miles of shelving, which
will accommodate over 100000 vol
umes. The ultimate capacity of the
building for books will be upward of
4,5o0, 900 volumes, or nearly 100 miles of
shelving. In gratifying contrast to the
usual result in the case of public build
ings construction is that the total cost
of the work will be less by s14o,0o than
the limit fixed by congress.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
WHITE HOUSE STATE DINNERS.
Table Appointments Truly Elegant
on Such Occasions.

Table Appointments Truly Elegant
on Such Occasions.
The cost of state dinner at the white
house runs from $500 to 81 900, accord
ing to the price of wines furnished, says
the St. Louis Republic. a. sess.---
State dinners, as rule, are uninter-
e5ting, aside from their picturesque
ness. The scene, however, is one of
beauty and sumptuousness in effect.
The walls Of the large dining room are
banked with tropical flowers and
plants.
The table is gorgeous with gold and
silver plate.
The center of the table, which accom-
modates IS persons, is adorned by a
large mirror, representing a miniature
lake, which is surrounded by bank of
flowers.
The mirror has golden frame, and
was purchased by Dolly Madison.
At either end of the board are golden
candelabra.
With additions, the table accommo-
dates 60 persons.
The presidents place is at the center
of the north side, the length of which
extends from east to west. ....
The wife of the chief executive of the
nation is seated opposite to her hus-
band, upon these occasions.
The wives of recent presidents have
obtained large grants from congress
for the purchase of costly table furnish
ings.
The spoons and the forks are of pure
gold, and some of the china is almost
priceless.
The cups, for instance, could not be
duplicated for $100 each.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
( #E HIsIE a1Fy
JfIa Vested M the CrowS fn Enss
land.

The copyright in the Holy Scriptures
is vested in the crown, and in England
there are only three authorized print
ers, says Chambers Journal. Oxford
and Cambridge have, by royal charter,
the right of printing the Bible and the
queens printers are licensed to print
the sacred books during her majesty's
pleasure, license which may at any
time be withdrawn by an order-in-coun-
Gil. In Scotland anybody is at liberty
to print Bibles, but no edition may be
lawfully published unless it has been
read and licensed for publication.
All this, however, refers only to the
authorized" version of the Scriptures
The expenses attending the recent re-
vision of the sacred books were very
heavy-something like 100000, and the
queens printers, who were invited tc
contribute share, preferred not to do
so. The two great universities alone.
therefore, have proprietary rights in the
revised edition of the Bible, and all
editions of it emanate from Oxford and
Cambridge presses. 1t is remarkable
fact that, although the revised Scrip.
lures have now been before the public
for Is years, the old or authorized yer
sion is still the one in general use. The
revised Bible was produced at i'm
mense cost and by the highest scholar
ship of the day and no competent Judge
is likely to dispute that it is more &C.
curate and, upon the whole, better
translation than the authorized edition.
Yet the Oxford press still annually
prints at least five times as many of the
old version as of the new, and Cambridge
does practically the same.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
QUEER INSECT PET.
Praying Mantis Trained by n FARM
er's Bright Daughter.

Praying Mantis Trained by n FARM
er's Bright Daughter.
The praying mantis is a very odd and
interesting pet for the farmers daugh-
ter, and she may without much trouble,
capture one. have had several, but
will only tell you of one. Her name
was Judy. caught her on an old
marker in the garden. With the aid of
a loop of grass soon had her safe in
the house in an empty glass fruit jar.
It is not best to attempt to capture one
with the fingers, for you might injure
it. Some people think they are poison
GUS, but never had one offer to bite
me, though have handled many.
At first Judy was very shy. I put a
branch of honeysuckle in the jar and
tied a small piece of mosquito netting
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24

.''
over the top. She hung head down.
ward near the top of the jar, and at first
would dart under the leaves when any
one approached. could easily lift the
cover and slip live fly into the jar.
Then Judy would sit perfectly still
while the unsuspecting fly would be-
gin to crawl round and round the jar;
her forelegs were drawn tense; nearer
and nearer circles the fy-then, justine
moment he is in the right spot, you see
a fash, and Judy, in the same position,
has the poor fly held fast in pair of
arms edged with row of tiny, sharp
points. Not step has she moved
just one grab with those powerful arms.
She never misses. Now that the fly is
caught, she proceeds to eat it, bite at
time, very much as a squirrel eats.
She will take one bite and leisurely
chew it while she looks at you in very
saucy manner, with her two big Cog
giles.
At last she became SO tame that we
could push her around with our fingers
and she would not mind it. Then took
her out and tied thread loosely around
her body between her forelegs and the
next pair, and "larieted" her out on a
begonia that sat in window. She
would crawl the length of her string
all over the window and plants, CATCH
ing flies and bugs. She would now take
live flies out of our fingers. Sometimes
If she was not hungry she would strike
our fingers, but altogether she was very
sweet tempered"
She would perch OH my finger and
hook at me, turning her head on the
side In a very cute way, and was also
very neat and clean, as she always
washed her "hands" thoroughly after
her meals.
One evening 1 caught male mantis.
I thought he would make a nice
Punch" as put him in the jar with
Judy. What was my disgust in the
morning, to find that Judy was a can
nibal. There she sat, looking very
well fed, and all that remained of Mr..
Mantis was his wings in the bottom of
the jar.
I kept Judy all one summer and grew
quite fond of her. All agreed that she
was quite the ugliest, cutest, oldest
pet they had ever seen, and most of
them stood back ready to run if she
proved dangerous.
At last one night Judy was perched
on the bottom of the upper sash in
the window, when some one let the sash
down little way. Foolish Judy chung
to it although her string was nearly
pulling her in two. There she staid all
night, and in the morning found her
dead L was very sorry, but winter
was coming on and she would have died
The praying nantis is very useful
friend to the farmer, as it eats all sorts
Of other harmful insects. 1t belongs |
to the locust or grasshopper family, and |
gets its name from the religious" or
praying position of its front legs. 1t
s. quite common in tropical climates,
and in some sections of temperate re-
Agriculturist.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
HE PEELS THE POTATOES.
Man Who Wishes to Become a Chef
Must Begin mt the Bottom.

There are probably $50 schools for
cooking in Germany and Austria, the
best of which are at Vienna, Berlin and
Leipsic. A man who wishes to become
a chef must begin at the very bottom of
the ladder-at peeling potatoes-and
work up, round by round, to the top,
says the New York World. A course of
schooling as strict as that of any poly
'technic school in this country must be
followed for four years before the
student can get diploma. Every year
competitive exhibitions are given in
which as many as 200 chefs take part.
The chef who was employed at the white
house by Grover Cleveland, and who, it
is rumored, may be again, has a gold
medal which was presented to him by
Empress Frederick for excellence in
cooking, silver medal given by the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24

pert specialist, DIR. Hathaway u Co. Have
made those delicate, especially blood diseases
peculiar to men and women, a life study They
will give you their time and attention free of
charge IL you will call on them for q consults-
ton at Office or by mail
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Syphilis, Specific Blood Poisoning, Nervous
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Catarrh and Diseases OF Women. Address or
call on DR. HATHAWAY & CO., 209 Alamo
Plaza, San Antonio, Texas, over the Globe.
Mail treatment given by sending for symp-
No. for Skin Diseases; No. for Catarrh.
OFFICE HoURs-9 to u, to and ] to 9. sun
days-l0 to
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24

hing OF saxony diploma from tins queen
of Austria and numerous other marks
of appreciation and honor won in COM
petitive contests in cooking. 1t is not
to be wondered at that European cooks
command extraordinary salaries in this
country.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
To Connect Two Sens.

A project for connecting the Baltic
and Black seas by waterway extend
ing from Riga along the rivers Dwina,
Berezina and Dnieper to Kherson has
for some time been occupying the att
tention of the Russian press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
The PLACE TO SAVE MONEY.
miners for this Week.

a Few Runners for this Week.
dozen Pearl Dress buttons. ....3c
japanese covered baskets ..........Sc
Side combs, cent each.
japanese folding fans l, 8 and. .....5c
Hoyt's genuine 25c cologne. ........1 Oc
/ dozen Bachelor buttons. .4c
Linen finished handkerchief. ..... Sc
l20 sheets note paper. .."......7c
Buggy whips 5, 8. 10, 10 and..... Csc
Shell back combs, the 25c kind Sc
log collars. .......,....' 49,. 1850. co
200 yards spool cotton, equal to Coats
or Clark's, 2 spools. ...............Sc
Wells. the soc quality. ...............5c
Fine quality childrens' socks. .4c
Ladies' black hose, 6 pair. ........25c
Best bicycle or machine OIL. &c
Picnic baskets. &c
Good luck dime banks. .............hc
Fine trimming lace, dozen yards. loo
Come early to avoid the big rush.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
Birds I'm storms.
country

Among birds, swallows and rocks, in
stead of flying about, remain at home
when a storm is brewing and robins
hide in bushes or sheek the shelter of
chimneys. A bee is never caught in
the rain, and ants, wasps and spiders
will be found to prepare their nests
against the coming of storm many
hours in advance.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24

ofthe human body.
A small fire is easi-
ly trodden out,
which, when left to
itself, rivers can
not quench. Look
to your physical
health, for q sound
mind can onl y
dwell in a sound
body. There is no
one so able to re-
store your natural
faculties, as the eN-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
Too Poor to Go to College.

The latest figures show that the gain
in the number of students at Harvard
university this year over last has been
~. This is the smallest gain noted
since 1883, and the university authori-
ties attribute it to the financial depres-
sion
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
OLD RELIABLE NICKEL STORE

And buy more goods for dollar, than
you can from other concerns who
claim to sell goods at cost. After
nearly five years of honest merchan-
dising we have undoubtedly proved
that at our store is
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24

A large shipment of c. F. &c
CARTS Celebrated Brands Of GER
MAN WINES has been received by
SCHOLZ'S PALM GARDEN. 5-6eod
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
Female Merchants in Paris.

There are in Paris 5000 women who
a. heads of mercantile houses.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
REPRESENTATION
lis THE
THIEF OF TIVE.

Don't procrastinate but do something for
yourself at once Your delay is not only cost
ing you time. but money also Disease is a
hard taskmaster when once IL gains possession
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
CARVED IN CHEESE.
Queer Bridal Custom Obtaining in
Some Parts of Switzerland.

One of the most peculiar bridal or mar
rage custom known is one that has pre-
7ailed for centuries in what is called the
a~ EH
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
Stamping Spoons.

Spoons are stamped by piece of ma
chinery which takes the sheet of sill
yer and in one stroke cuts out The spoon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24

Don't forget wolfson's embroidery
sale tomorrow.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-24
RAIN OR SHINE.

1t matters not which, you can come
to the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-25

(The Chum and Colleague Of Senator Quay
of our people caught carrying supplies
to the Cubans can be captured, tried and
sent to prison for violating the neu-
trality laws. That is the difference"
"What do you think congress will
do?"
ut will depend largely upon Tom
Reed; and what he does will be in &C.
cord with the desires of President Nc
Kinley. Under the rules of the present
congress no legislation can be enacted
without the consent of Speaker Reed.
I don't believe that the rules are con-
stitutional, but they exist, and we must
work under them. AS it is now, Tom
Reed is the house of tives,
and we little congressman creep about,
begging crumbs from his table. If Tom
Reed says that Cuba shall be free a
resolution granting belligerent rights
will be passed without delay, and that
will settle matters in favor of the Cuban
patriots" -.
That ended the interviewing for to-
day. 1t will show you fair sample
of how newspaper men in Washington
rub up against the party and national
leaders and how they get their informa-
ton, ION the fly" as it were.
b. SMITH D. FRY,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-25

and French expedition under Adj
miral d'Urville, in 1910, materially add
ed to our knowledge of the country,
which was still further increased by
an English expedition under Sir James
Clark Ross who, in 1871, discovered Vic
toria Land and then penetrated as far
south as rs degrees II minutes. when
an ice wall 70 feet in height rendered
further progress impossible.
Capt. Adrian de Gerlache, commander
of the Belgian expedition which is now
in the Southern ocean, is comparative.
ly young man. He is graduate of the
engineering department of the Univer-
sity of Brussels, and since 1885 has been
navigator. He has visited every part
of the globe and spent two years in
Arctic countries. In 1894 he conceived
the idea of organizing South Polar
expedition, stimulated probably by the
success of Bochgreyink and Capt. Chris
Jensen, who had managed to penetrate
the mysterious country as far south