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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-10
IRE NJ san Antoniu.

spcups,,s a0 Texas, May 9.-Whiie the
1t thu,rh A'eS Vargas residence were
q The lo,,, eH' lamp exploded and
S's. on fire. fra a.. q stone and lumber strnc.
= keoO II S x damaged it to the extern,
.slaitare. xor,s ss insured for $1,000. rhe
's'rOyed. "'n $500, and uninsured. Vas
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Mckinney. Texas. May s.-scyeral err
loads of hogs and beef cattle have been
shipped from Mckinney during tho past
six days to the markets. The movement
is becoming unusually brisk among the
Incnl dpalers
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Cattl. shipments.

Georgetown, Texas, May GO. 7. lis
dale shipped special train Of fat cattle
to 81. Louis Friday night via Iongviow.
and the Iron Mountain. They scheduled TO
arrive in St Louis Sunday night in time
for Mondays market.
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,ss 1AwLoR-RATES $3.50 AND $500
'pFR DAY. JAMES l.AWLOR, PRO-

4 B Hicks Shreveport; Leon Rocs.
cndrnati: Cora g. larnhle, Fort Scott.
iss Louisville. George Meyer. ST. Louis :
M Hrz, Galveston. W. l.. Buck. San
laiano, H. n. E,Ssell. lIrle. IA: j. S.
Ccion. Beaumcnt; j. j. Nathan. Beau
nmt. hi Stedinan. city: G. T.. Selvage.
Galveston; II. Bullmau. Dallas; i w.
iNcson. city; II. l.. Kahn, san Francisco:
aas Aarors. Texas; Wharton Rates, Bra
iosh: ]. Hornsby Fort Worth; II. L.
Benn.tt Port Arthur
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San Frarcisco, MAY o.--The offc,aI. o,

san Francisco. May a.--T'he officials o,
the League Of American Whc,n"n have
determined to punish all persons identified
with the California Associated Cycling
clubs. whether as racing uvu, officials or
Members. From information rec vcd
from Henry Goodman of Portland. ore.
representing tho league on ;his coast. 1t
Vas learned that the l,cnlNy to he put on
n riders was SUSPENSION for term or
enc yclr from May IL. and suspension
from all rriNilegcs Of The l,oEur.
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FRISCO CYCLE RACES.
Good Attendance hut the sport WINS
Very roOr.

san Frunclsco, May e,--The bicycle races
at tho Velodromc today were well attend
cd hut the sport was rather tame and.
with the exception of the two-thirds of a.
mile professional. failed to arouse en-
thusiasm or the part Of the spectators.
The final of this event resulted In ii spir-
tied contest. Zegler was the first to
catch the paccmakcr, closely followed hy
Jones and Davis. The latter two bv
clever uaueuvcrii x, succeeded In disloig-
ing the Little Damon" from the coveted
latter could strajgh,en hmsel; Tor the
final squirt Jones aNd his team mate were
a dozen yards in advance of him. Jones
won by Two lengths. white Davis lasted
Tho TWO miles post race, professional
was II farce
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Control of Immigrant Traffic..

Chicago. May 9--Rcpresentatives OF tho
Western lines met here TO consider what
" tho best thing TO do In relation 10 the
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200 Boys odds and ends. Single and
Double breasted Knee Pants Suits, made
OF All Wool. fancy mixed Choviots light,
dark and medium colors, sizes 8 to H.
These are regular $3.50 and $500 value.
for
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TO Impress upon yo,sr mind the Importance
of Is street cnforcemcns. II ia also
EQUALLY Important that Your ruling should
I've uniform. The patrons of baseball en-
JOY base running, and the many Violations
Of this rule must be stopped.
The pitcher should be permitted to step
out TO throw to any base. providing he
first steps out directly toward the base 10
which he intends 10 throw and makes no
forward deceptive action whatever with
either arm or of the body to deceive the
base runner. Any motion which does not
In fact. deceve the base runner, whether
intentional or not Is a balk. The rule Is
clearly made for tho base runners pro,ec-
ton and TO protect and Improve one Of
the hest and most enjoyable features OF
the game"
At Chicago II. II, Il.
Chicago .........l 01e0loo O. II
Cincinnati ........0 o0p0e-2
Kittredgc and Ehret. Griffin
and Miller.
At Louisville H. IL. ",
I ,o,iisyllle ..,,....oI101l00o II 1
ST. Louis ....,..l 5000 OIL %
Ba,teries-Htll and Wilson: Esper and
Mcfarland.
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llUTCHINS +: {:
: ; : HOUSE,.

W. T. and J. 7.
Boyle. proprie.ors.
Rates. SEQ and
$50 per day.
r. =. a. head
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Special 10, Doys' Odds and Ends In Blue
Serge and Chcvlot Sailor Suits, some made
with large Sailor Collars aud como made
plain. sizes to I. These suits wcro mado
10 sell for S5.ooi they are yours while they
asst for
X2.44
The Press., 1897-05-06
May 3. 1se7.


 The Congregational society has just added $500 to the salary of Rev. Mir. Ide, making it $1OOO.
 A Coleman, late of the firm of F. A. Harwood & Co.,, of this village, has com menced the manufacture of shaker hoods at Foxville.
 Since the stoppage of the mills at staffordville, up to April 27th, one hun dred and fifty eight persons have removed from that village, and the migration still continues.
 The patent road scraper of IF. Brooks of Stafford is finding it's way into use in various towns in this and the adiourning states.
 The superior court at its last session appointed Chauncey Paul. of Union, Ira Johnson of Wilmington and Henry Bfssell of Windsor, commissioners to take evil dence and decide in relation to the new road petitioned for, from point near the tannery of Rowland $ Dennis, in the village, to intersect the road near the house of A. D. West. A hearing will be held sometime In August.
 BoRN.- Stafford Springs, April 18th, 1867, daughter Mary F) to Ephraim K Taft.
 MARRIED. Westford, April 18th, 1867, by Rev. J. s. Whiton, James H. Burrill and Mary B. Buxton, both of Westford.
The Press., 1897-05-06
Theories of the Jaok-o.-1anterns.

The scientists have put forward theo- ries to account for the appearance of the will-o'- -the-wisp, or jack-o' lantern lights One of these is that they are due to phosphureted hydrogen gas, which possesses the peculiar power of sponta- neous ignition on coming in contact with dry atmospheric air. This gas could be easily generated by the decomposition of animal matter in marshy soil, and it would be especially liable to cause the appearance of phantom lights if it should become mixed with the gas from deoaying roots, etc. Jaok-o'-lan- terms of this variety generally recede on being approached, and travel with great rapidity.
 The second theory is that such lights are due to light carbureted hydrogen gas, such as might arise from decaying grass, leaves, etc.
 While these theories have been ad- vanced they have never been proved to be correct; neither has the moving away phenomenon when approached or that of their spontaneous ignition ever been explained. The chemist and ex- perimenters in general are unanimous in the conclusior that jaoko'- Lanterns cannot be artifcially produced. Other names for this light are friar's lantern, grave light and fools f1re.-St. Louis RenuhIic. ........
The Press., 1897-05-06
Chicago Tribune.) HUSTLETY'S NEW DIGNITY.

When Hustlety came down to his place of business the other morning he was laboring under 8 higher pressure of SUD- pressed excitement. "Can't be with you today" he promptly announced to his partner. Got to get right back home. Tell Ward that we can close that deal of ours later''
 But it's very important. Delay may mean loss"
 No matter. There are some duties stronger than that of making money You know my married son lives next door to me, right in the same yard. There is sickness in the house."
 Nothing serious, I hope"
 None too serious to suit me-" and Hustlety, with his thumbs under his sus- penders and armpits, strutted about the office, airy as a bird-cage. "Got two nurses, two doctors, my wife, and old aunt, and delegation of women from the neighborhood i" "Then they can get along without you"
 Well I should say not It is an occasion that requires a general right on the spot. tell the nurse what 10 do, make the old aunt go into the back yard when she wants to weep, keep the other women from holding hen-cackling mati- nee in the house, let the doctors know Pm watching every move they mako, and keep the hired help in line. When the cat started upstairs this morning threw it into a tree-top and it's there yet When the dog parked threw him clear through the premises into the alley. When the delivery boy from the grocery went whist ling around the house told him to shut up until further orders or 1 would crush every bone in his body. When the ice man came with that weird and fiendish yell of his served like notice on him, and 1 have been paying regular procession on hand-organs to move on. Oh, I'm on guard, and when I hear little, piping noise from upstairs and there is too much confusion, feel just like keeping order with shotgun"
 ''Ah! I sec It's baby"
 "A baby" scornfully tits twins man." and the new grandpa swelled uI like toad swimming against the wind.
The Press., 1897-05-06
Number 6.
Beauty of the Creole Women.

''As you sec his face, " writes Ruth MoEnery Stuart in an article on the creoles, "A People Who Live Amid Ro- manee," in The Ladies' Home Journal, ''you will know that he--the creole husband or father-realizes that no flower upon the lily covered altar is half so fair or so fit for the temples perfect adorning as his blooming wife and budding daughters, who sit in line beside him. If he does not think these things, he is a dulIard-or, maybe, only half creole. Perhaps his mother was an American or Scotch. And then? Per haps he would not think them because they might not be true. They would be other things, other things just as fine and good no doubt-they might even have rare beauty of a different type but the creole woman is q flower. She is a magnolia or jasmine-occasiona ly a oamellia, or, especially when there is a good warm drop of Spanish blood i'll her veins, she is red, red rose "a rose too sweet to pass untouched but for her perfect dignity and piquant hauteur that is as protective as any thorn upon a roses stem.
 Properly speaking, or, rather, mar rowly speaking, the creole is an Amer ican, born of French or Spanish parents or of both, and strictly both parents should themselves be foreign born, but the creole is often only the great-great- grandson of a creole, and some of their families of purest blood could not reach the mother country without going back through three or four American born generations. '"
The Press., 1897-05-06
DistributIng tne AlalI.

Any one who has known what it is to wait day after day ill some out of the world nook for letters which were all the time safely reposing in some neg lected corner of a sleepy postoffice can appreciate the story that is told of Lord Wolseley by MT. Nourse, who was with her majesty forces through the Sudan campaign.
 At Korti, Nourse went into the post office to look for somc letters The post master was a native and not much used to handwriting. He made superficial examination of big pile ef letters and papers and said there was nothing for the applicant. Nourse asked to see the pile of letters, and while he was look ing them over a man with nothing to designate his rank came into the office He took ill the situation at glance
 "Let's clear this thing out, y he said
 They jumped on the counter and pro oeeded to "clear it out" by first bum Hing out the postmaster. Then they be- gan careful examination of the post office and found it congested with mail for the army. They searched every nook and cranny, throwing the letters for each regiment into different pile and heaping up all the newspapers ill the center of the room. Then they went through each pile and separated it into companies Before night every letter was i'll camp and distributed, and the next day the papers were out.
 Nourse did not know the name of his companion in the benevolent deed, and when he asked the answer was, "They call me Charlie. 1"
 Some time after Nourse found it necessary to see the commandant, and, sitting near the tent to which he had been directed, he saw his companion of the postoffice.
 Hello, Charliel'' he said. "I'm looking for the commandant. Where shall I find him?''
 "Well, '" said Charlie, "you won t have to look far. I'm the commandant. Come inside and have bit to eat and drink y
 It was Lord Wolseley. Youths Com nani0n
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The English Soldier.

Tommy Atkins knows of many ways by which he may add to his regulation pay of shilling day. He is shrewd in dividual, and knows his worth, and fre- quently realizes quite nice little sum by "doing bit outside.
 Smoking concerts in public houses are of almost daily occurrence in garrison towns. On these occasions pianist and a chairman are indispensable, and the landlord finds it well worth his while to induce soldier to attend, for the presence of a red coat is usually popular among civilians.
 At theaters and music halls, too, Tommy finds himself appreciated. He can take a hand in the orchestra, while a man who can act the soldier to the life, and will bring his own uniform with him, will find ready wage await ing him. .-...
 Many hotel proprietors employ sol diers as walters and find that as smart serving men they are thoroughly appre- ciated. In fact, Tommy Atkins can turn his hand to anything, even to helping bootmakers make boots, - Pearson s Weekly.
The Press., 1897-05-06
(Scienttf1c American.) TIDAL AND SEISMIC WAVES.

Alluding to the disastrous storm on the Atlantic coast some time ago, the New York Tribune remarks, in relation to what are termed tidal waves in connection with these storms, that they were merely very high and stormy tides, swollen to un- usual height and fury by the wind. They inundated low-lying coast towns and swept away some buildings. They differ ed in no respect save degree from the ordinary tides that daily flow and ebb. Strictly speaking, every flowing tide is a tidal wave, and mighty wave it is too, as it is seen in such places as the Bay of Fundy, or, still more notably, in the bore that rushes up the Amazon, the Ioogly and other rivers.
 The same name has sometimes been applied, with less propriety, to the most dreadful of all ocean phenomena, namely, the waves caused by earthquakes or sub marine eruptions. Such was that at Lis bon, in 1855, which rolled up the Tagus forty feet high, and that on the coast of Peru in 1868, which carried the United States warship Wateree a mile and a half inland and left her there, stranded high and dry, and that on the coast of Java and Sumatra in 1883, when the Krakatoa eruption turned day into night and reddened sunsets all over the world for weeks and months. Such a wave has this year ragged upon the coast of Japan with devastating fury compar- ed with which the 'tidal wave'' on the Florida coast seems but a gentle summer surf
 According to the official report of the Japanese government, there was no warn ing of this catastrophe. The barometer gave no indication of trouble. The wealth CT was fair, the sea was calm. A slight earthquake shock was felt, a common enough thing in that part of the world. Then booming noise was heard little distance out at sea, swiftly increasing un- til it was like the roar of dozen batteries of artillery Then, in moment, three waves rolled in, each from thirty to fifty feet high, one close behind tn other. Within two minutes all was ov - The coast was ravaged for more than 0miles. A score of ships were stranded inland; as many towns and villages " e wholly swept away, 12,OO0 buildings were de stroyed, and 10000 lives were lost. Scientists cali that seismic wave, as it truly was, having absolutely nothing to do with the tides, and being caused di- rectly and entirely by seismic distu1 bance of the ocean bed. From such our coasts are, happily, exempt.
The Press., 1897-05-06

ELECTRIC BITTERs. Electric Bitters is medicine suited for any season, but per haps more generally needed when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of tonic and alternative is felt A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious levers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache Tn- digestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. soc. and $1.0O per bottle, at B. K. Taft's Drug Store.
The Press., 1897-05-06
How's This :!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F. J.. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, o.
 We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all his business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm.
 WEST & TRAUx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.. WALDING,. KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
 gistS, Toledo, o. {
 Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
The Press., 1897-05-06

When levers and other epidemics are around, safety lies in fortifying the sys- tenn with Ayers Sarsaparilla. A person having thin and impure blood, is, in the most favorable condition to "catch :" whatever disease may be floating in the air. Be wise in time
The Press., 1897-05-06
w. C. T. U,

Miss Willard wrote Bishop Newman concerning a tablet upon which General Grant expressed his sentiments in regard to alcoholic stimulants. The following is the bishops kind reply
 Dear Friend The tablet which Gen. eral Grant wrote is in New York, but l can recall it with sufficient accuracy. One day, while on Mount McGregor, he was more depressed than usual, consequent on the terrible disease which brought him to his grave. Mrs. Grant suggested that perhaps little wine would relieve him. He was then voiceless, and all his communications to us were on a small tablet, which was ever at hand, and he wrote this kind and emphatic reply:
 ''Alcoholic stimulants produce tempo rary relief, but leave me worse when the effect has passed away. decline to take it.-U. s. Grant"
 At my request he signed the answer, and have preserved the precious tenn perance memorial. Your friend,
 JOHN P. NEWMAN
The Press., 1897-05-06

In some of the cities of Europe the cost of putting out fire is made charge up- on the property of the person for whose benefit the fire department is called out.
The Press., 1897-05-06

Easter is always the first Sunday after the full moon, which happens upon, or next after March, 21, which date is the beginning of the ecclesiastical year.
The Press., 1897-05-06
l8a7 CARRIAGES l8a7

I shall show after March list the largest stock of Single Carri- ages, Surreys, COncords, and Light Vehicles of every descrip- tiOn, have ever carried, and at lower prices. Carriages from $45 to S15O- -Surreys form $7O to $175- -ConcOrds from $40 to 800. The work is built to my orr der, sold under my guarantee, and will be just as represented. Having sold from 60 to 200 jobs per year for the last 20 years, I will meet any ones prices. am also prepared to do repairing in all it's branches and at lowest rates.
 JOHN G. WIGHTMAN.
 Stafford Hollow, Feb. 25, 1897.
The Press., 1897-05-06
The wav off It.

Arthur-I would marry that girl but for one thing
 Chester-Afraid to pop the question: Arthur-No. Afraid to question the pop Brooklyn Life.
The Press., 1897-05-06
From Sire to Son.

As family medicine, Bacon's Celery King for the Nerves passes from sire to son as legacy. If you Kidney, Liver or Blood disorder, Constipation, Headache, E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs; w. F. Full Ter, Somers; Odell & Jones, Staffordville, are sole agents, and are distributing sam pies free. Large packages soc and 25c.
The Press., 1897-05-06
Found One at Last.

Thompson--I had a great surprise last evening.
 DaTrow-How was that2
 Thompson-My wife introduced me to fellow who never was one of her old beaus. Cleveland Leader
The Press., 1897-05-06

The bite of the mosquito would scarcely be noticed were it not for the fact that the insect injects into the wound an acEid juice, which causes the itching and painful sensation.
The Press., 1897-05-06
FROM THE STAFFORD
 NEWS LETTER.

from week to week. items Of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
The Press., 1897-05-06
One K1nd of Isuslness.

Bystander- Wasn't that pretty stiff price you asked that man for those shoes?
 storekeeper = Yes; that's business. They're not good for anything, so of course he won't come again. Therefore we might as well get as much as we can out of him. Boston Transcript.
The Press., 1897-05-06

. Of the 10000 carloads of oranges that will be marketed in California next sea- son fully 5000 will be navels.
The Press., 1897-05-06

Moscow, the ancient capital of the csars, is 4. 466 miles from Washington.
The Press., 1897-05-06
HOW IS THIS?

Just received, a lot of Haxall Flour, W hich will sell for Five Dollars 8 Barrel.
 Also Molasses at 25c, 35c and 45c. 2illsbury Flour, $5.45 St. Louis ' Diadem, 5.25
 Coffee, 2Oc., 95c., SOc., 35c., 4Oc. ID.
 Tea, black, SOc., 4Oc., 5Oc., 6Oc. !"
 green, 3Oc., 4Oc., soc, 6Oc. '' Grandma's Pancake Flour (3p'k'gs), 25c. Pork, per lb., Sc. Tomato Catsup, pint bottles, 1sc. Pickles, per gal, 23c. Can Tomatoes, 3 for 25c. ]" Corn, 8" 25c. Cookies, your choice per lb., 9c. Quaker Oats, 8 lbs. for 25c.
 GEO. BAILEY.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-11
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-
diaries, to-wit: Commencing at
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 he held on
Saturday, June 10Th, 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