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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-20

DETER than cure is prevention.
= By taking Hoods SarsapsriIla you
may keep well, with pure blood, strong
nerves and good APPETITE.
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show what they can do, and they are
not fast under any circumstances. Their
hoofS clattcr ominouSly upon the Slip
perry pavement, and accidents are not
infrequent. Not seldom horse is
"pocketed' and loses the race before it
is half finished. Each horse with it's
rider represents one Of the guilds or
sections into which the city is divided
and the successful jockey is the idol of
his guid-untl his defeat next time by
some one else. The prize given to the
winner is a banner, and after the race
a parade is given in which each guild
exhibits the banners it has won in the
past. This is an opportunity. also, for
young women ambitious to dress up in
slashed tunics and striped tights after
the old masculine Tuscan fashion. The
city standard wagon is guarded by two
stout men in semi mediaeval costume,
each carrying a banner. In the middle
is the standard of Siena with the She
wolf and twin babies which are the
arms of the city, and grouped about it
are other banners of historic interest.
The rivalry between the factions is
very keen in Sena and many and seri-
Gus are the ARRAYS growing out of the
races. But they constitute the chief
festivals of the year and are too much
cherished by the people to be given up
for many year yet to come.
Copyright, 1897, by Bacheler Syndicate.
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themselves and bound with wire. There
are other bales of cotton and linen rags,
of newspapers. of manila paper, OF
pasteboard rubbish and broken boxes,
all ready to be sold to the best ad-
vantage.
The bottles so into big hin by them
selves and there are always carloads
of them being taken away To be sold, the
Doctor of Bottles having classified them
by size and character for greater con-
venience in selling. The shoes repose
by thousands in another bin, and they
have their use in the world probably to
cover the feet of poorer wearers. The
tin cans occupy another commodious
bin. Their purchasers subject them
first to heat To melt off the valuable
solder, which is cast into cakes and re-
sold. The tin plate left is made into
sash weights or other low grade metal
articles. There must be considerable
profit in melting the solder off old cans
in quantities because the same process
has long furnished IL poor living at the
dumps to more than one queer char
acter who did his melting and casting
with the rudest of appliances.
OF course the paper waste goes back
to the mill to be turned again into mer-
chantabe paper. the wrapping and
printing papers being kept separate
throughout the process. What becomes
of the cotton waste do not know. The
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10 o'clock when this clerk was particu-
larly busy with figures a small black
mustached man, quiet and diffident in
manner entered, said Good morning."
walked on tiptoe to the corner and eXer-
cised for quarter of an hour 1t be-
came bore to the clerk, who at last,
one day, remarked, with considerable
heat, to the stranger
How do you expect me to do my
work properly while you are fooling
with that blasted machine? I'm getting
tired of it. Why don't you put it where
it won't worry a person to death?"
Il am very sorry it annoys you," said
the stranger, flushing, Il will have it re-
moved at once"
A porter took it away within an
hour. A few days later the clerk was
sent for by Mr.. Flagler whom he found
in earnest conversation with the small.
black mustached man. The latter smiled
at seeing him, gave Flagler some in
structions and left the room.
Will you tell me who that gentleman
lis?" the young man asked a light be-
ginning to break upon him.
That was Mr.. Rockefeller" was the
reply
1t was the clerks first acquaintance
with the head of the great corporation
by which he was employed.
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1t Is a Great Popular Event and Run on a
Kite Shaped Course in the Public
Streets OF the Old City.

while giving free passage to people on
foot. Traffic would not be overwhelm-
ing in any case. for Siena has now
about 10000 people housed in a magnifi-
cent city which once held nearly four
times that number.
On the day of the "palio," the plaza
is a brilliant, semi -mediaeval scene
The barrier posts are wreathed with
decorations. every window on the
square is full of lookers-on and in front
of the town hall, or 'palazzo pubblico"
as it is locally known, large grand
stand is erected. and here are the start
ing and finishing lines of the races
Other smaller stands are erected about
the square, in front of the buildings
overlooking it, and considerably mar
rowing the space where the horses run.
From 20 to so cents are paid for seats
on these stands or in the house baIco-
nieS above, and these are pretty high
prices for Italy In the plaza itself be-
tween the barriers is space enough for
all who cannot afford to pay for seats.
and here. besides. are set up booths for
the sale of all sorts of dainties. for for
tune telling and for puppet shows, of
which the Italians are very fond. 1t is
a very picturesque crowd which gath
ers here. the townsfolk in their staid,
ordinary garb being reinforced for the
day by thousands of stout countrymen
in gay Jackets and by country girls in
these wide, iaring hats of white straw
which seem to be worn nowhere else
except in Tuscany.
The racing is not very good, after the
more progressive standards of Ameri-
can courses. The little ponies which
compete have scarcely room, even, to
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THE DERBY OF SENA THAT CELEBRATES GREAT VICTORY

To celebrate a great victory by means
of horse race may seem a strange pro-
ceeding; but Italy is a country of sim
gular survivalS, and to their credit it
must be said that few of the modern
, inhabitants of Siena, Italy, probably
know that their annual horse races
called 'il palio" have any reference to
the bloodiest battle ever fought be-
tween the Guelph and Ghibeline fac
tions in Tuscany. Even the date is diff
ferent. 1t was Sept. 4, 1860, when the
Sienese aided by Farnata degli Uberti
and other Ghibelline refugees from
Florence, administered a signal defeat
to the Guelphs of the latter city. The
"palio" races are now held on July 2
and August 16 but in the parade that
follows them a conspicuous object is the
standard wagon containing the battle
flags wrested from Florence 637 years
ago at Monte Aperto. l was the Tus-
can custom of those days to carry the
standards of an army to the battle field
in a wagon, and to capture the enemys
wagon naturally meant a crushing vic
tory.
The Palio horse races are held in the
"Piazza del Campo or public square,
of Siena. A more unfit place could
paved, the grade is quite steep and,
though it is large for a square, it is
small race course. Considered in its
normal aspect as breathing place it
is the second finest in all Italy, only st.
Marks in Venice surpasssing it in
beauty and interest. 1t is amphithe-
atrical in shape, sloping rapidly down
from it's rounded northern side to the
town hall which forms the southern
boundary and. with its beautiful tall
tower, seems like a splendid stage
scene. The theatrical appearance of the
whole is enhanced on ordinary occa-
si0ns by the lines in the pavement, in
which rows of white flag stones ray
out from point in front of the town
hall, in every direction like the aisles of
theatre. Around the place runs
line OF barrier posts intended to prevent
wagons from driving across the square,
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An Easy Going Chinese Prince.

The famous German traveller, Otto
Ehlers. tells about a singular Chinese
potentate whom he visited in Laos
States, While on his way from Siam to
Tonquin. The Prince leaves the cares
of affairs chiefly to his wife. He has had
his throne placed in the palace kitchen
so that he can receive visitors and
watch the preparation of his meals at
the same time. The subjects seem to be
content with his manner Of adminis-
tration, and admire the democratic spir-
it manifested in his choice of a throne
room. The dynasty. however, prom
ises to become extinct as the prince S
son and heir is a confirmed drunkard
and at last reports unmarried.
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An Accidental Gold Find.

Apropos of the recently reported rich
gold finds in Alaska the accidental
strike on the Payette river in Idaho,
seventy five miles from Boise city, may
Bell and Dick Fraser were grub stalk
ed to so out on prospecting tour.
They sliirmished around for some time
without striking anything. One day
Fraser went out hunting and chased
bear and "A cub up a mountain side
through heavy brush. The game es-
capped and Fraser sat down to enjoy
brief siesta before returning to camp.
He pushed the brush aside and was dig
ging thoughtfully in the dirt with his
fingers when he picked up piece of
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board fit for kindlings, boilers lamp
bodies, broom handles, broken bicycle
fittings; an omnium gatherum of the
most diverse things Most of these have
their uses, for rubbish is, after all, only
another name for articles which some
one else would appreciate more than the
present owner.
Contractors still compete for the priv
ilege of trimming the city's ashes, but
the pickings are not what they We're
when the ash barrels hospitality was
more generous. In the old days, which
are not yet past. though passing, whole
families of pickers lived i'll the fetid
atmosphere under and about the
wharves where the refuse was sorted.
At each wharf a scow lay with its stink
ing contents exposed to the sun until
enough carloads had been dumped in
it to send it out full laden to sea. The
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THE LONG ROAD
TO THE KLONDIKE
How the Gold Hunters Will
Make Their Way to the
New GOlcOnda.
SAILING OYER SEAS OF SNOW.
A Land Where Horses Are Unknown
and Dogs Are Worth as
Much as $500.

The late f. J. Glave, who first used
pack horses in Alaska so recently as
1891, would be considerably astonished
if he could see the development his
bright idea has led up to in seven years.
Every vessel which has gone to Juneau
with supplies for the great Klondike
mining region has carried pack horses
for use on the famous Chilkoot pass.
Probably there are now not less than
two or three hundred pack animals on
the pass, where in 1890 the appearance
of these. unknown equine big dogs
filled the native breast with appre-
hension. Other feelings than appre-
hension now fill the breast of the noble
red man at sight of the horses. In the
old days, supplies went on Indians
backs in summer. About so or 80 pounds
made a load and the carrier himself ate
three or four pounds of food per day.
Obviously, under such conditions, time
was up in about thirty days at the
most. Or, if the Chilkoot were passed
and the Indians sent back, the stock of
food was considerably diminished and
the cost of the remainder almost pro-
hibitiVe; for the Indians demanded 81
a day and upward for their services.
During the present season horses have
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process might take two or three days,
and meanwhile the noses of the neigh
bors grew retrousse from never ended
aspiration after purer air. It's different
now. AT the 18th street dock adjoining
the stable of the street cleaning De-
partment, which is near the sorting
plant, stands huge structure of iron
and steel whose sole function is to load
the scows. The carts dump their con-
tents at the foot of a steep slope up
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which travels an endless chain bearing
d succession of iron buckets. Along the
top are rows of compartments like coal
pockets into which the refuse falls,
there to lie secluded until there is a
boatlOad on hand. The loading is done
by gravity. A half dozen pockets can
be chuted at once into the scow. She
is then moved along te receive the con-
tents of the rest, and in an hour may
be bounding out to sea, like a thing of
life and beauty, gently guided and as
sisted by Il pug-nosed tug.
And what is most remarkable is that
all this is so easy and natural and OBJ
vious that one can't help wondering
why it was not all done twenty years
ago. But it takes genius to think of
the obvious things.
JOHN LANGDON HEATON.
Copyright 1897 by Bacheller Syndicate
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rich float. He did not know what 1t
was. but it was a nice specimen OF
something, and he put it in his pocket.
He stuck his pick into the ground and
encountered an obstruction in the shape
of a lead. Going to camp he showed the
piece of quartz to Bell. and further in
vestigation showed the latter that it
was worth looking into. A small guam
tity of rock was taken out and brought
to Boise to be assayed. 1t went $1SS a
ton gold.
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on the upper Lous river and row down
the stream upon it, fighting off the
fierce swarms of mosquitoes and avoid
ing constant danger from rough water
on the inland lakes, where stiff breeze
can blow up white caps at ten minutes
notice. Lake Lindermann, Lake Ben
nett, Tagish and Mud lakes, and partic-
ularly Lake Labarge are noted for
rough water. During the last half of
the journey the banks Of river and
lakes are low and monotonous. and
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been used to pack dry groceries over
the pass, while sheep and oxen have
been driven over, to be slaughtered on
the other side, after the point of en-
barkation down the Yukon was reach
ed. The difference between an Indian,
who eats the food he carries, and
sheep, which lives on the grass of the
short Arctic summer while surefootedly
scaling the rocks, and afterward be-
comes meat itself, is considerable-in
favor of the sheep! Dry groceries. but
not live animals, owing to the prohib-
tive freights, can also be taken into
interior Alaska by way of the Yukon
river but this route is slow and uncer-
tain. After the middle of July. when
the rush for the Klondike began, it was
useless to go to the Yukon's mouth and
then, too late in the season, begin the
weary 1850 miles of up-current naviga-
ton in shallow water. Indeed, those
who attempted it will probably get only
as far as st. Michaels in the lower riv-
er this fall and must complete the jour-
ney in early spring-early, that is, for
Alaska; say along in May and June. If
the ice forms in the Yukon late this
year and the journey of those who set
out is completed, it will occupy 35 or 40
days or probably more.
The best time to go into the interior
of Alaska by the Juneau route is early
spring, before the ice has left the river
and lakes, or the snow has melted from
the pass, and after the worst of the
winter is over But the gold hunters
who are now streaming over the pass
have no notion of waiting until spring.
The summer methO of travel after
passing Chilkoot with the aid of the
packhorses, is to build or buy clumsy,
flatbottomed batteau at the saw mill
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SORTING AND SELLING THE RUBBISH OF A GREAT CITY,

woolen rags are made into shoddy, a
substance probably abused beyond it's
deserts.
There are left host of miscellaneous
items-battered tea kettles. bits of
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A Story About Rockefeller.

A newly engaged clerk in the employ
of the Standard Oil Company was sent
to work in a room that contained a
health lift. Every morning at about
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According to his own statement made
to newspaper man Prof. Bell inventor
of the telephone, doesn't enjoy being re-
garded as a millionaire.
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he began to speak. But the speech OF
speeches on Bob Ingersolls list, the
one in which James G.. Blaine received
the honorary title of 1.-THE Plumed
Knight" was delivered without any
preliminary fright whatever.
Copyright. 1897. by Bachelor Syndicate.
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thoroughly consumed that no black
smoke escapes from the tall iron smoke
stack. All around are commercial CHM
neys belching thick smoke, but above
Colonel Warnings chimney hovers only
a thin, tleecy film, nearly white.
Besides the sorting belts, the engine
runs a baling machine similar to a
cotton or hay press. In this the woolen
rags are baed in great obong bales by
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-10-29
The
Cruel Knife!

The alarming increase in the number
of deaths which occur as the result of a
surgical operation is attracting general
attention, and a strong sentiment
against such methods of treatment is
fast developing among the most intelli-
gent classes. It seems that in almost
every case for which the doctors treat
ment is unsuccessful, the learned physi-
clans decide at once that an operation
must be performed, and the keen blade
OF the surgeon is recklessly resorted to.
Doctors are human, and of course are
liable to make mistakes, but their mis-
takes are too fatal to be INDUCED in
promiscuously, and as so many lives are
sacrificed in this manner, it is but natural
for the public to believe that half the
operations are unnecessary, besides be-
ing fearful risk to human life, even if
successful.
1t is positive fact, however, that all
operations are not necessary, and that a
majority of them are absolutely under
taken without the slightest chance of
success. The doctors have never been
able to cure blood disease, and a sur
gical operation is their only method of
treating deep-seated cases, such as can
Ger and scrofulous affections. Aside
from the great danger, an operation
never did and never will cure cancer, as
the disease never fails to return. Can
Ger is in the blood, and common sense
teaches anyone that no disease can be
cut from the blood.
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and have therefore a special appro-
priateness as either the lining or
trimming of an evening wrap.
Chinchilla, with its soft, dainty
tones of gray, will occupy a promi-
nent place among fashionable furs
this winter, both alone and in COM
binatiOn with sealskin. 1t will be
used for evening mantles too.
The shapes in fur garments are al
most without number. There is "a
wide choice of lengths and styles in
wraps, some of which end at the
waist; others fall below the knees.
The Russian coat is prime favorite
in fur and fur-trimmed garments,
just the same as it is in all cloth gar
ments. The regular Russian blouse
is seen made of Persian lamb. Many
of the newest sealskin coats are made
in the full pouched shape, both back
and front, to which our eyes have
been accustomed for some time past
in bodices of various descriptions,
and which will prevail no doubt even
in cloth and fur all through the win
ter months.
The fox furs, both silver and white,
are in demand among those who can
afford them, but are too costly and
perishable for the average buyer. An
excellent substitute for silver fox
when made up into capes and muffs
is badger fur. The white fox is used
as a lining for expensive evening
cloaks, while silver fox is an ideal
trimming for a winter gown.
Fur capes are of various lengths,
some being quite short. Fur cloaks
are long.
The sudden popularity of the fur
has caused an advance in the price
of coonskins; but for those unattract-
ed by the novelty sealskin, mink
and broadtail will be as desirable as
ever. Once more lace is used to con-
trast its codweddy loneliness with
the warm depths of fur, while
jeweled belts will zone the waist of
all those whose tastes-and purses
allow them to accept this pleasant
edict of Dame Fashion.
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In this age of hurry and furry and
intense activity, along all lines of oc-
cupation as people, we oftentimes
are untrue to ourselves and fOrgetful
OfOur God by neglecting to be cheer
full and friendly one toward another.
Nothing tends to promote happiness
in all departments of life more than
a kind and friendly spirit. Too Of
ten persons beginning in life to make
a name and reputation in the world
make a sad mistake by being so en-
crossed with the affairs of their bust
ness and their self-interests that
they become cherries, cold and in
different to everything and every
body about them. And while such
persons are ofttimes successful in
life, as a rule their lives are miser-
able failures. Who does not admire
the hearty, friendly hand clasp of
another; who will resent the sweet
smile Of friendliness of neighbor;
who will regret the cheerfulness
of his own actions? Cheerfulness
means kindness, for we can be cheer
ful Oaiy when we are kind.
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LAND SALE.

L. o. Marshall, VS.. Martin Van Buren,.
SIN Chancery Court at Columbia, Ten
nessee.
In obedience to q decree of the Chan.
Gerry Court at Columbia, made at the
August special term, 1897, at page oil,
in the above-styled casesI will, on
Saturday, the 3Oth Day of Oct, 1897,
in front of the courthouse door in Co
lumbia, Tennessee, sell to the highest
and best bidder, the property in said
decree described, lying and being in the
Ninth Civil District of Marry County
Tennessee, being lots Nos. and 3 in the
South Side addition to the town of Co
lumbia, bounded on the west by Pulas-
XII turnpike 100 feet; on the north by
lot of Miss Nettie Dew 200 feet; on the
east by alley 100 feet; on the south 200
feet by street, being 100 feet south of the
Fair Grounds.
TERMS OF SALE.-Said sale will be
made on credit of 6 and II months,
and in bar Of the equity of redemption,
Notes drawing interest from day of sale
with good personal security, will be re-
quired of the purchaser, and lien re-
tanned on the property sold, as further
security.
This sth day of October, 1897.
A. n. AKIN, Clerk and Com'r.
James A. Smiser. Solicitor occtS 1T
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PERFECT KINGDOM.

A man can build a mansion
And furnish it throughout,
A man can build a palace
With lofty walls and stout;
A man can build temple
With high and spacious dome,
But no man in the world can build
That precious thing called-Home.
No, tits our happy faculty,
o women, far and wide,
TO turn cot or palace
Into something else beside:
Where brothers, sous and husbands
tired,
With willing footsteps come;
A place of rest, where love abOunds-
A perfect ingdom-Home.
SELECTED.
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"When papa was little hoy
You really couldn't find
In all the State Of Washington
A child so quick to mind.
His mother never called but once,
And pa was always there;
He never made the baby cry,
Or pulled his sisters hair,
"He never slid down banisters,
Or made the slightest noise;
And never In his life was known
To fight with other boys.
He always studied hard at school,
And got his lessons right;
And chopping wood and milking cows
Were papa's chief delight.
Gle always rose at six o'clock
And went TO bed at eight,
And never lay abed till noon
And never sat up late.
He finished Latin, French and Greek
When he was ten years old,
And knew the Spanish alphabet
As soon as he was told.
"He never grum bled when he had
To do the evening chores,
And meier in all his life forgot
To shut the stable doOrsl
He never, never thought of play
Until his work was done, M
He labored hard from break Of day
Until the set of sun.
"He never scraped his muddy shoes
Upon the parlor floor,
And never answered back his ma,
And never banged the door.
But truly, could never see,"
Said little Dick Malloy,
Chow he could never do these things,
And really be a boy"
GEoRGINA BILLINGS.
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THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF BLUE

She gave him her book to write in
Her autograph book of blue
And she said: "Write it straight, now
Tommy,
And something nice and true"
Stitfiy and squarely he wrote line
For his queen with the eyes of blue
Proudly, and signed 1t, Tommy
"Maggie, love you true"
A youth came from college
A student grave and wise
He looked at the little old autograph
book;
He looked at her true blue eyes.
And he scrawled, with cynical smiling,
In the old, old book of blue,
OF the folly of love, and signed it,
"Thomas Reginald Hugh"
A man came from his labors,
Learned in the school OF years;
Gazed at the little blue book, and
dreamed,
And gazed, as he dreamed, through
tears. ..
Then he looked and saw her smiling
With tears in her eyes of blue.
And he wrote and signed it, "Tom
N.Y.
maggie, love you true."-
H. w. Jakeway in October Ladies
Home Journal.