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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-11
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. 25c. 10-5-156t.
The herald., 1897-10-24
MAG1CIAN'S BURGLAR STORY

A. +. Hartz, manager of the Euclid
the most skillful prestidigitateurs in
America, and for several years he
travelled, as Keller does now, and as
Hermann Gid until he died not long
ago. While he was OF, the road Mr..
Hartz bad many adventures some of
them amusing, some ridiculous andIsome
rather exciting. One story that he
seldom tells Gleals with an experience he
lad in the far west. He had given a
performance before a large crowd made
up of frontier characters, and carried
a whole sachelful of money back to the
hotel after the show He noticed that
big, rougf7-looking fellow was paying
pretty close attention to him wher- he
made his settlement at the box office,
but thought little of it.
81 did a trick with heavy iron links"
said Mr.. Hartz, in telling of his expert
ences, "and 1 always carried them with
me to my hotel, as didn't care to have
theater attaches damage them in, trying
to find out how put them together and
took them apart. These links I carried
in a sachel similar to the one in which
1 had put my money, ac'd owing to the
fact that the hotel safe had been shut
up for the night before my performance
The herald., 1897-10-24

was over, took both sachels to my
room.
Il had been asleep quite awhile, Wien
I suddenly felt hand placed across my
mouth. The first thing I saw when
looked up was revolver, and 1 heard
head blown off if I made a noise of any
kind I was then. ordered to get up and
deliver what mogsey 1 had in the room
II was as cool as I had ever been in
my life, and, sitting up on the edge of
the bed, 1 told the fellow, who was
masked, that if he would, just lower his
gun I would look about and see what
I could find for him. I knew, by the
way, that he was the same man who
had watched me make my settlement
at the box office. Then l got out the
sachel containing the links and asked
him what he thought was ID, it.
"'Several hundred dollars said he,
and I want it quick
eff you can find anything in there
but lot of irop' I replied, you can have
it,
IT then made a few passes over the
sachel, muttered a little gibberish for
the purpose of arousing his superstiti-
ton, and, finally with suddenness
that he was not looking for, threw pla
of rafting links at his feet. He jumped
as if he had been shot and his chin be-
gan to quiver. I made a few more
passes over the links, which had been
separated when thrown out, grabbed
The herald., 1897-10-24
A FIGHT WITH A LEOPARD

When I came nearly to the bottom of
the ravine I suddenly saw close to me
the wounded leopard in a thick, wild
plantain cluster. He did not run away
this time, but crouched down and spat
at me like spiteful cat, laying his ears
back and showing his teeth. I fired
straight at him and must have hit him,
but he still did not move for about an
instant Then with a bound he came
close to me, and just as L was about to
draw knife, sprang on me, at the same
time seizing the arm with which tried
to keep him off and fixing his claws in
my shoulders The pressure wasso great
that shrieked out, but there was no one
within five miles to help me, and knew
that must fight the battle myself for my
life My clothing being of thick woolen
texture, saved me from serious lacera-
ton, and my right arm being free, L
plunged my long knife into the brute's
stomach and ripped him up to the chest,
giving him one or two digs behind the
shoulder, which must have found his
heart, as he suddenly relaxed his hold
The herald., 1897-10-24

them up and threw them together in the
form of an immense chain, which flung
around his neck.
NOW said 1, I could choke you In
half minute if I wanted to, but I'm not
quite ready. See If you can free your
self
"He raised his hands to take hold OF
the chain and I took advantage of an
opportunity to fasten his wrists to-
gether above his head. By that time he
was the most fright tened man ever saw.
Sweat was standing out all over his face,
and he was shivering like person with
chill.
after I had kept him standing in that
way for awhile I gave the links tap
with one of my fingers, and they fell
away, setting him free.
Now said I. I'm going to take your
head from your body and put it in that
wash bowl over there. If there is the
least bit of water in the bowl it will be
impossible to put you together again,
but if the bowl is perfectly dry, I can
connect your head and neck all right.
Please look at the bowl and see If it is in
the proper condition.
HE walked over to the waShstand,
took up the bowl, appeared to be exam
lining it very carefully, and then turning
with surprising suddenness, he hurled it
at my head"
"Well what happened then?"
'Then 1 woke up" said Mr.. Hartz.
winking at the rest of his hearers =
Cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1897-10-24

strarlge disease. 1t attacks large pro-
portion, sometimes three-fourths, of the
Inhabitants of the invaded districts.
In this and in various respects dengue
resembles gripi or epidemic influenza.
The onset of the attack is sudden, fire.
qucntly at night, and marked by pains
and feeling Of stiffness in the muscles,
joints, back and loins, and even the
bones. 1t was this latter symptom that
gave 1t the early name of "breakbone
fever" 1t resembles in this respect ar
acute attack Of rheumatism. A patient
may arise in the morning apparently
as well as usual and be.l.n to caMss,
but become SO prostrated by pain
fever that further exertion is imposa.
BILE, and he win have TO crawl back to
bed. Slight chilliness may ensue ths
eyes become injected and the skin dry
and congested, SO as to create a slight
rash. Headaches set in and the tenn
perature rises in severe cases to 103 de-
grees, 105 degrees or 106 degrees Fahren-
heit. Various other symptoms accom-
pany the salient features mentioned.
The attack is short, sharp and decisive;
the incubation period is from one td
three days, and the average duration of
the illness three to six days. Relapses
may occur and even third attacks have
been recorded in the same epidemic, but
usually susceptibility ceases after one
attack.
Yellow fever occurring in the midst
of an outbreak of dengue may take on
some of the chara cteristics of the lat
ter epidemic and hence confusion arises
as to the nature of given case. The
diagnosis is especially difficult when
the well-known symptoms of "black
vomit" occur in a case of dergue. The
two diseases are alike in that they
flourish in hot countries, and that the
The herald., 1897-10-24
YELLOW FEVER AND DENGUE

Out of about 1000 cases of the prevail
ing fever at Ocean Springs. there have
been about ten deaths, and of these
probably not more than half were due to
yellow fever The coexistence of this
dangerous disease with a widespread
epidemic of densue, an affection charac
terized by violent symptoms but a very
low mortality, naturally gives rise TO
a great deal Of confusion, and, as in the
present Instance, makes the differential
diagnosis rather difficult matter.
Dengue has been described under the
name of "breakbone fever" and "bilious
renting fever" and was so designated
by DR.. Benjamin Rush, who furnished
us with the first account we have of the
disease, which, strange to say, invaded
Philadelphia in 1880, appearing almost
simultaneously in India, in Cairo, in
Egypt and in Spain. 1t appeared in Lima
in 1878, in Suez in 1926, and again in the
United States at Charleston and Angus
ia in 1S50-54. Within ten years it was
epidemic in Syria, Asia Minor and in
seaports of Greece and Turkey The
vicinity of New Orleans has twice before
been infected. namely, in 1873 and in
1880.
Dengue is an infectious fever, of a
distinct r'ature, and peculiar to warm
climates, usually appearing late in the
summer or early autumn. 1t isprobably
dependent IIDOn some germ q Is, vet unde-
monstrated; bacteria have been de-
scribed in cases which have been exam
ined and the present cases will be rigid
ly searched by our government experts
for the essential cause or germ of this
The herald., 1897-10-24

and fell from me. My clothing was badly
torn, but the flesh on my thigh and arm
was not so badly treated.
The struggle was all over in few sec
onds, but / had been knocked down. torn
and lost plenty of blood during the time.
1 tried to get up but felt giddy and queer,
and fell back insensible. When 1 came to
myself it was quite dark. 1 was in great
agony, as the pain of the wounds became
eXcruciating and felt dreadfully thirsty,
and though l could hear the rippling Of
water a few yards distant, I could not
move as l was benumbed.
The only chance of anyone coming to
my aid seemed to be that the guides
would go home, andb thinking something
was wrong by my absence, would hunt
me up with my servants to where lay.
l had several times tried. to move, but
the attempt caused me great pain, and
I couldn't stir an inch. Once or twice 1
thought I felt against my shoulder a
movement as of something crawling.
A long time seemed to pass before the
daylight came.
I lay almost fainting and stupid from
pain and cold but at last determined to
try and load my gun. turned my head
The herald., 1897-10-24
IMITATION OYSTERS I'm PARIS

is s cents each, or so cents a dozen. and
sometimes in the second-class restau-
rants, they are to be had for 2 cents
each, though they are not apt to be very
fresh at that price You order plate on
the half shell, and when the waiter
brings them to you they look as Cice as
the real oyster that you get in the best
New York oyster house. If you are not
a good judge of oysters you will eat
them with your wine and go away with
out asking any questions.
THE only really genuine thing about
them is the shells. The manufacturers,
! was told, buy second-hayid shells from
the restaurant keepers at a small ex-
pense, and, with harmless and taste
less paste fasten tive spurious oyster in
The herald., 1897-10-24

"The most singular thing l saw while
In Paris" said gentleman who has
lust returned from Europe, twas arti-
fetal oysters. I don't near what are
up in a patty or a potpie.-but the real
bivalve intended to serve raw. And
as far as looks go, you would say at
glance that they were genuine American
oysters, but when you came TO eat one
the difference would be perceptible at
once. How they are made ard what
materials are used in their manufacture
is a mystery which l did not solve, but
it is certain that "a great Gteal of motiay
is made by the producers. The usual
price paid for these artificial oysters
The herald., 1897-10-24

occurrence Of frost instantly puts an
end to them. Probably dengue Is more
susceptible to the advent of cold
weather. But the two diseases are vastly
different in their mortality. The high
mortality of yellow fever Is we'll known; !;
deaths from dengue are very rare, but
they occur occasionally in the case OF
children or when complications with
other diseases arise.
The germ of yellow fever is attract
ing a great deal of attention in the
medical world at present Eighteen
years ago DR.. Sternberg, now surgeon
general U. S. A., commences his bacter-
iologic investigations in this field. They
,'ere carries on in Havana, Rio de Jam
70, Vera Cruz and in Decatur. Ala. He
found a bacillus which he called bacil-
lus x, but as this bacillus could be DEM
onstrated in only one half of the un-
doubted cases Of yellow fever which he
had, examined, he deemed it prudent not
to assert positive discovery of the yell
low fever germ. Very recently, how
ever, DR.. ]. Sanarelli, the superintepd-
ent Of the Institute of Experimental Hy-
giene at MonteviGieo, has announced that
he has succeeded in isolatirg bacillus
from the blood and internal tissues OF
yellow fever patients. He states that
he has thus reproduced the disease in
animals and also ls1 the human subject.
The government of Uruguay appears -
have been so Convinced of the value Of
the discovery that, If we may believe the
accounts, he has already been awarded
premium of $4,000 for his research.
Meantime Surgeon General Sternberg
proposes Immediately to resume his in
vesriga tiorls and ascertain whether or
raot the bacillus described by Sanarelli
is identified with the bacillus X.-Ph.l-
a6elpha Public Ledger
The herald., 1897-10-24

with difficulty and looked down for
my weapon and powder horn. As I
looked at my wounded arm 1 saw a
great brown looking thing lying over it
it was a hideous puff adder that haG
crept to me for the sake of the warmth,
and had been my companion for hours.
1 kept my eyes on him, and could see
q slight muscular motion in his body
every now and then like breathing. The
idea came across me that he had al
ready bitten me and was drinking my
blood. At last the joyful sound of voices
came upon my ear, but dared not ans
wer lest the movement made in doing so
might enrage the adder. AS the FOOT
steps and voices approached, however,
the reptile raised his broad head to
listen, and then dropped off and glided
away in the cluster, and the party, con-
sisting of my Lascars, the two guides
and the Patal, coming up I was re-
leased from my perilous position and
carried to camp on a litter of boughs.
The leopard was big male beast seven
feet nine inches long. His mate was de-
stroyed in trap a week after, and the
village has thus been rid of two de-
structive leopards.-Madras Times.
The herald., 1897-10-24

its place. Only one-half shell Is used
for the purpose. and in that shape the
fraud oysters are packed in tiers in
boxes and baskets, which are displayed
in windows, on counters, or on shelves.
Others. to be served without the shells,
are put up in cans, or in glass jars, con-
tair,ing from twenty-five to 100. The
limitations are consumed in such large
quantities that the dealers in real oys-
ters are urging the restaurant and hotel
keepers to break up their shells as fast
as their contents are eaten, and even
pay the cooks and walters literally to
pound them to pieces, so that the maxi
ers of tbs artificial article will have a
limited supply of shells. shington
Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-10-24

EW YORK. Editor Herald)
vi There
III E
The objects the American Society advancement
in the method of instruction.
rect and remedy existing
should
Grated in the position which certain class
This the ectation
the positions waltz and the twostep
his left especially this
position It is the hand with
his bendd fingers should also be
aim
and resting
he nesting
position
its
n
position,
which his
of the without turning, which
tendency degeneration waltz
the American society resolved battle shall stand
Tepchoe the language Of Ella Wheeler Wilcox still applied
They down the ha ltogsth
Like of that mighty
The strains of the Danube
M. D GILBERT,
Society of of Dancing.
The herald., 1897-10-24

Gated by the writer, stated that
they gravely doubted il they
should make the change desired,
because they saw nothing in it
that was disagreeab BILE, that the
majority of persons had learned
to dance that way, that it was
an extremely difficult task to
eliminate any such method, and
that they thought it would be d
long time before anything in the
nature of the suggested changa
would take place.
Still, Dame Fashion bows to
the dancing master and to GER
tain extent she rules the world.
Therefore, it is quite likely that
Prof. Gilbert'S attack means
the change that he says must
take place in the waltz before i.
is really good form. Since the
days when the dance came to us
from Bohemia, early in the pres
ent. century, there has been no
such attack upon the methods
generally prevalent as that Of
Prof. Gilbert. There is no change
in the principle of the dance,
and it will still be the rule for
the gentleman to have his right
arm around his pretty partners
waist and to wheel rapidly
around on an axis of their own
and advance at the same time
around the room.
Those of us who dance the
waltz will be able to be strictly
fashionable by adhering to the
old principle of music in three
quarter time. 1t used to be that
the waltz a deux temps ruled us,
but this was not so graceful
as the original because. it did not
correspond so we'll to the rythm
of the music. Perhaps, to be
strictly correct, we should say
that the form now considered
the best is that known as the
waltz a trois temps.
1t is very pleasant to know,
however, that we can still waltz.
For no one who danced, and few
people do not, will attempt to
deny that when once the de-
parture is made from the square
dance there is nothing more de-
lightful than to waltz with a
partner of grace and skill.
The herald., 1897-10-24

This is in reality the first gun
Of the opening Of one Of the
most remarkable campaigns
ever undertaken in the United
States. The dancing masters
of the country, who, to a great
extent, control what is known
as the fashion, have always
been considered the interpre-
ters of the waltz as the public
wanted it. Now it will be seen
that they have set standard of
their own and propose to -four
ish or fail with it.
The position of the hand to
which Prof. Gilbert refers is
perhaps the most popular in any
dance of the day, 1t extends
back many years, and while the
two-step may have added ex-
tensively to the evil. it has not
brought 1t about altogether by
any means. Therefore, in at
tacking this position, Prof. Gill
bert has slashed at the root Of
what urban and suburban
dancers have considered the best
Of taste for a very long time.
1t is singular, indeed, that the
two-step, which obtained popu-
larity almost in a night and was
advocated by dancing masters
everywhere, should now be pill
loried as the real cause of the
Objectionable methods and posi-
ton of the waltz as it exists to-
day. 1t shows that in point of
popularity the waltz is like all
things human. In the most
fashionable dancing schools in
New York, where the future
bellies Of the Four Hundred are
taught, the very position which
Prof. Gilbert, speaking for his
brethren Of the dance, so BIT
terly attacks, is considered
strictly au fait. Therefore, this
decision of the dancing masters
Is likely to create no end of
trouble, because the debutantes
of last season, for instance, are
now practically informed that
they are dancing in an ill-man-
nered way.
Several of them to whom Prof.
Gilbert's ideas were communi-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
DOMESTIC.

Twenty women are going to preach
In Baltimore Sunday,
One dead, one dying and ton injured
as the result OF boiler explosion at
Detroit.
Cabinet meeting at Washington, at
which Secretary Gage suggests
change in the design of United States
paper money.
Tribune's London correspondent says
Wolcott's mission has served to rally
French and English bimctallists: also
thinks IL likely United States and
France viii now drop negotiations, as
both are in better position to await
developments than Great Britain.
General Miles highly commends tho
efficiency of the regular army.
Princeton celebrated it's 15lst birth
day.
A man in the Klondike region writes
home that there have been six suicides,
three hangings. eleven killings and a
number OF deaths from exposure
Alger has Instructed that reindeer
and natives be used in transporting
food TO and sufferers from the Klon-
dixie region.
Captain Lovering's defense of his
brutality was that 1t has not injured
Private Hammond.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
MUIR 1an ~. sr,sstT.


Biloxi, Miss, October q. Interest in the
progress Of the fever IN Biloxi was swal-
lowed UP In the contemplation and excite
,nent OF most horrible murder and arson
committed upon most estinable couple
of elderly people living out Oh Back bay,
about three or four miles from this city
Word was brought to this city about 4
o'clock this morning that the Parkhurst
property had been burned and Mr.. J. L.
Parkhurst and his wife had been consumed
in the flames, A man named Gibson, his
wife and one Volks are under arrest and
an inquest has been iu progress all day
behind closed doors The remains were
brought to this city this morning and car
ried to the residence OF DIR. j. A. Aldrich,
a brother law OF Mr.. Parkhurst, where
hundreds have gone TO view them The
AUTOPSY held today showed that the agei
couple had been murdered, AMI evidence
was elected that they had been Killed be-
fors they retired last night kumors and
threats of lynching are rife q
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
SPANISH CABINET MEETING.
Reply to the United states Agreed
ON. hut Not Published.

Reply to the United states Agreed
on, but Not Published.
Madrid, October 22.--Senor Sagasta, the
premier, presided at the cabinet council
today. The draft of the proposed reply TO
the note of the United States, presented
through General Woodford, the American
minister, shortly after his arrival here,
was under consideration and was unan-
imously approved. It's full text has not yet
been published
The reply explains that General Weyler
has been replaced for political reasons and
includes statement OF the governments
reason to refuse to grant autonomy TO
Cuba.
The council approved upanlmousl ythe
proposal to grant amnesty to political pris-
oners in Cuba and Porto Rico.
An official note published after the cabi-
net council met intimates that Senior Gull
lon read Senior De LoE's dispatches Il
the cabinet and described the measures
which the foreign office had taken at
Senior De Lome's request on the subject
OF filibustering. The ministers expressed
their regretful establishment at the pas
sion displayed in Havana dispatches pub.
lished In New York.
The council approved the instructions
given to Marshal Blanco as regards HE
political policy, which are IN accord witt
the terms of the reply to the Woodfort
note.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
FIVE SURVIVE HUNGER AND FEVER.
They Mere Cooped Up IN One Small
Village b. Neyler.
A COMMON SIGHT in HAVANA
In to See Ten or Twelve Poor Devils
Lying Dead ON tho Piaxas, yic-
Tins of Spanish Rule.

New York, October 22.--A dispatch
to the Herald from Havana says,
local newspaper publishes the
following,
"At Chascnpnbn, in the district of
San Julian, belonging to the mu-
nicipnlity of MeIenn del sur, there
were concentrated $500 persons.
These rcconcentrados were the on
Iy inhabitants Of the place. Now
there are only Ave survivors, the
rest died Of hunger and fever.
sIn Havana city 1t IL no unusual
sight to see ten or twelve dead on
one plnEn early In the morning.
rrhe authorities employ regular
roundsmen to remove the bodies
from the parks"
There is no abatement in the activity
OF the rebels in the western provinces.
The Spanish regiment verga on lis way
to the Ruby hills in Pinar del Rio Stun
bled across dynamite bomb and lost ten
men killed and forty-one wounded. Fur
ther on they came across another, but 1t
failed to explode. The soldiers became
terrified and refused to proceed.
In Havana province 100 rebels of Aranr
go's command entered and raided town.
They carried away quantity of clothns
and provisions without shot being fired
by the garrison. Near Artemisa, Havana
province, band of insurgents under Acea
attacked and macheted the Spanish gueril~
la force stationed ON the Neptune estate.
In a railroad collision between Artemisa
and Mangas several soldiers were killed.
Inhabitants of Guanabacoa, a suburb OF
Havana, report hearing firing Just OUT
side that town last night. lne aflng ton
tinued for several hours and this morn
ing some wounded troops were brought In.
No details of the fight have yet been OBJ
tanned.