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Evening star., 1897-03-04

Schedule In effect February 8, 1897:
WASHINGTON AND OLD POINT SPECIAL,
4:21 pm. Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays.
Solid vestibuled. electric-liGhted. steam heat ted
train, with combination coach. parlor car. dining
car. and observation car-through without change.
Arrives Richmond. 7:45 p.m-Old Point. $50 p m.
Washington to Richmond, and Richmond to Old
Point. Arrive Richmond. PAS pm; Old Point,
$50 y. Transfer at Richmond.
Tickets and reservations at offices Pennsy lvania
II. r.. 18th and G SITS, and at station. Full in
formation at C. & .. ticket offices.
fet I'm II. W. FULLER. General Passenger Agt.
Evening star., 1897-03-04

Munyon's statie-clectric apparatus swollar
and sin joints. ralyss, pains In the back. an,
part OF the body. Rheumatic gout, neuralgia and
female troubles relieved in few moments.
suffers from prosratinntbe brain weary
the broken down-all find the electric In
fIence powerful help.
Evening star., 1897-03-04
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
SOHMER PIANO

- - WARE RtNJMS, I2I ITI1 ST. NV.
One Mahogany Veneered Upright good as new.
$115 cash, One good sound Grand upright, S1S5
81 per month payments. Pianos for rent, hauled
and packed
fe2t-sd HUGO woRCH. aol 7th St NV
GREAT CASH BARGAINS IN HIGH AND ME-
dum grade pianos. 1909 G. G. II. KUHN. Est
.lSl2. Formerly foreman in prominent piano fac
tory. Tuner with Steinway & Sous. Expert tuning,
e3 r.
Evening star., 1897-03-04

MT. VERNON SEMINARY,
CORNER AND ELEVENTH STREETS.
English and French Boarding and Day School for
Girls.
Reopens after the Christmas vacation January
EiAtu.
Mrs. ELIZABETH ]. SOMERS. Principal
Mrs. ADEIIA GATES HENSiEY. Associate Irin-
Srl6-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
SOMETHING GOOD.

Stuart Robson and Mad. Janauschek
are the attraction for Wednesday
night. Mrs. Ponderbury's Past"
founded on Madam Mongodin" by
Chas. Burand, of the London Punch
will be produced. Madam Mongo-
din for three successive years delight
ed the gay Parisians and Mr.. Bur
nard's version is now delighting Lon
don theatre goers. and the foreign sue
cesses were duplicated at the Garrick
theatre, Now York. where Mr.. Rob-
son played for four weeks to the ca
pacity of the theatre. The American
production promises to be superior to
France, as Mr.. Robson has provided
magnificent scenery and an excellent
cast
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11

of an apple. The expulsion or Une seeus
may be witnessed by placing branch
with the ripened fruit on a table in
room. As the case dries n Strain results,
and that causes a slight opening at the
apex. The rupture of the ease goes on
very slowly for a number of hours or
days, when the strain suddenly over
comes the remaining resistance, com.
pleting the opening with a sharp snap
ping sound and sending the seeds
bounding about the room. The case
splits nearly to the base. and its APP
pearance afterward is said to suggest
much the wide-opened mouth of a ser
pent about TO strike-Popular Science
News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
POLITICAL POINTS.


The Light will bet the Halter gets
more than II votes.
There's lots of chance to throw mud,
and glass houses are in danger.
Clear the track boys; Bryan's COM
ing down the middle of the road.
The General" will no doubt move in
to town before he votes in February.
Fifty to ten that the Lights selec-
ton will not be fourth in the race.
Four candidates on the track; what
newspaper will play Jonah this time?
Chancellor ,Deutschmann is proving
himself great organizer, with a big
G.
The Red Prince is hot stuff, and is a
warrior that's not afraid of the big
chief.
After the convention the Light will
pick out a few winners for the boys to
bet on.
The fine canary hand of Don Jose
and TadeO, begins to loom up in the
present contest.
Tom b. Johnson, whose name graces
the mammoth petition published in the
papers yesterday is not Col. Snappers
T. B. Johnson, of the Light.
-
Col. Snappers wants to bet a mess
of Tom Jordan's flap jacks that he can
pick out more winners than the Cos
siper of the Express. in the coming
scrub races.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
BART SHOWS A LEAK.

Street Commissioner Crowther says
the Light did not tell all he said on the
subject of the work of the city pris-
oners on the streets, and did not report
him fully. He says he told the mayor
that if the prisoners could simply be
allowed to lay out their fines in Jail
without being required to work out on
the streets, and if he could be given
three more laborers in his department,
he would guarantee that three men
would do more work and better than
fifteen prisoners. And he figures 1t
out that it would also be cheaper for
the city. To work the prisoners
wagon and team OF horses is required
daily to haul the gang back and forth
to the work. This costs $3.50 a day,
or SIS a week. The salary of Jalier
Hardy is at the rate of SIS per week
and it requires also the assistant jailer
at So per week, a total of $40 per week.
The prisoners are worked very short
hours and not much work is accom-
plished; not as much as their expense
amounts to.
Three laborers at $3.50 per day would
only cost the city $27 per week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
THE WITCH HAZEL.
Last Plant of the Year to Put Forth Its
Blossoms.

This peculiar plant, which, amidst
the reigning desolation of winter puts
forth its yellow blossoms" thrives on
the sand hills along the eastern shore
of Lake Michigan. In this locality it ap-
pears to be the last 10 furnish reminders
of summer before the face of advancing
winter. In September, while the leaves
are still green, some of the bushes
may be found putting forth flowers;
late in October, when entirely bare OF
leaves, other bushes appear in the flush
or bloom, the branches dressed in yell
low from end to end by the crowded
flowers; a month still later frequent
specimens still persist in flower, and
by the right combination of circum-
stances one may ride in the gliding
sleigh past bushes with lingering
glimmer of yellow. On last Thanksgiv-
ing day waded through snow knee
deep to collect some Towering branches.
In some of the flowers the stamens ap-
peared to be immature, but the petals
had passed their brightest day. About
IS inches of snow had fallen previously
during the month, and the lowest re-
corded temperature in the vicinity was
IA degrees Fahrenheit. In woods
Class Book of Botany" the Towering
season stated is November to January.
That may be its season in lower lati-
tudes, but in this region its time is
September to November. The embryo
fruit remains apparently unchanged
through the winter and until the follow
ing spring is well advanced, ripening in
the autumn, when the earliest flowers
are appearing.
The witch hazel scatters its. seeds
in a peculiar way. The fruit consists
of an oblong woody case about half
an inch in length, inclosing two hard
uutlets somewhat resembling the seeds
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
CHILE'S RAILWAY FIGURES

Valparaiso, Chile, Jan. 1.-THE gov
eminent has issued volume of rail
way statistics.
The government lines now working
are in extent 1,734 kilOmeters. The
approximate value is 72,0O0,00O pesos.
On these lines 234 engines, $50 passen-
gers and 3.027 freight cars are used.
The yearly consumption of coal is
100000 tons.
The private lines amount to LOST
kilometres. They are nearly all north
of Valparaiso. principally in the Nj
trate region. a comparison between
the exports of Chile and Argentina for
the last year shows that those of
Chile were valued at 153.S40,950 pc
sos: Argentina's exports were val
ued at 319,3SO.321 pesos. The miner
al exports of Chile were valued at
903, 726.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money II II
fails to cure. DC. 10-5-158t.
RAILROAD MOVEMENTS.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 11.-Theo. c.
Batse, of Worcester, Mass, president
of a local corporation known as the
Kansas City and Atlantic railroad has
sold % miles of railroad, extending
from Harlem, a suburb of this city, on
the opposite bank of the Missouri riv-
er, to Pattonsburg, Clay county, the
purchaser being the Kansas City and
Northern connecting railway company
which is the northern extension of the
Kansas City, Pitssburg, and Gulf rail-
road. The purchase price is $225,O0O.
By this purchase the Pittsburg and
Gulf road takes another step toward
a completion of it's through line from
Omaha to the gulf. The line thus aC
quired connects with a short line, for
the building of which contracts have
been let, which will give a through line
from Omaha to Kansas City, an ar
rangement having previously been
made with the Omaha and st. Louis
road, a property controlled by DreXel
Morgan & Co., of Philadelphia. 1t is
also said to be the object of the Pitts
burg and Gulf to build another short
line from Pattonsburg to Trenton, Mo-,
to connect with the Quincy, Omaha
and Kansas City railroad to Quincy,
Ill. This line is controlled by Gilman
Sons & Co., of New York, who are
said to have formed an. agreement
with the Pittsburg and. Gulf people.
AS soon as these several northern
lines can be Joined, the Gulf road will
be in a position to run trains into Kan
sas City from Omaha and Quincy, a
contract having been made with the
Milwaukee road to enter the city over
it's bridge over the Missouri.
The plan, however, is for a new
union depot in Kansas City and a new
bridge Mr.. Bates, of Worcester, has
a controlling interest in the Winner
bridge property, including the ap-
proaches on both sides of the river.
He has announced his plan of COM
pleting the bridge, building a new
union depot and thus affording an en-
trance to the city for several railroads
that have long been DESTROYS of COM
ing in from the north and east.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
SKillFUL MATADORES.
Dramatic Scenes and Horrors of the Bull
Ring.

Ring.
Of the skill of matadores one can
not say too much in praise. The hero
on this occasion was Espartero. The
two others, quite as skillful perhaps,
were Guerrita and Bombita- All three
were the foremost men in their pro-
fesSion. Their nerve and their skill
were as perfect as their dress, their
bearing and their grace. Guerrita was
rather my favorite. He is a slender,
well-made, perfectly proportional man
of IS or 40, agile as a deer, and with
deliberate grace of movement that
seems to redeem the bloody work he
does from some of its horrors. His
features are regular, his expression
thoughtful, his face clean shaver like
priests. One scarcely knows whether
to admire him most when vaultipg over
a bull in mid-career, or planting to n
hair s-breadth the hidden knife in the
furious creatures spine, or standing
with his CORA de torera in his hand.
calmly bowling to the vOciferous and
excited multitude crowding to look
uOWn on nflll-
One of the dramatic moments at a
bullfght is when the matadore
pledges" the bull to the chief person
present. On the first day OF the fair
the parsonage was Comtesse de Paris,
and to her Espartero pledged" the
three bulls which came to his share
to slaughter. He killed them all, a
merveille. with one stab, and there was
great acclaim. 1t was said the COM
teSse would undoubtedly send him
something very handsome" l hope
she did, and that his family have ii now
to console themselves with, for in less
than five weeks from that day he was
instantly killed in the Madrid ring.
People had assured me the whole thing
was reduced to such science that there
vas literally no danger; that the Cour-
age of the matadores was laughable
fiction; that man was in about as
much danger from bull as a telegraph
operator is from the electric current
he works with. This is a very comfort
able thought as you watch bulltight,
hut il is about as near to truth as a
good many other thoughts with which
we solace ourselves. That Espartero,
the great master of his craft, died well
tering in his blood in the ring where
he had had so many triumphs, proves
the fallacy of such a theory. Your bull
is an unknown quantity. You take your
chance. One brute differs from another
brute in fury. The wild creatures of
the mountains cannot be trained to
suit your game. You have to take them
as they come. Some time ago picador
was gored to death by a bull who went
for him, instead of the horse, the body
of which always seems his objective
point. 1t was found that the beast
had some defect of vision which caused
him TO plant his horns a foot, or two
higher than he meant to do. Therefore
the matadTe takes his chance, and 1t
no doubt adds subtly TO the pleasure
OF the crowd to know it is so grave a
ope.-Miriam Coles Harris, in Atlantic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
ADJUSTMENTS

Tonight the Baldwin Melville COM
pany will open an engagement of five
nights and four matinees at the Grand
opera house. A change of bill will be
given each performance during the
week. THE Devils Web a great COM
edy, will be the opening bill tonight.
Night prices will be 10, 90 and so cents
Matinees on Tuesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. Matinee prices:
Admission 10 cents, reserved seats 10
cents extra.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
HAD THEM IN A TRANCE.
Prof. Laska Gave an Exhibition at
Beethoven Hall Last Night.

Prof. LaSka Gave an ENnlDltloH Ut
Beethoven Hall Last Night.
Prof. LaSka. who claims TO be pos
sessed of hypnotic powers. gave an
exhibition at Beethoven hall last
night. A fair sized audience witness
ed il. Some went to witness an eX-
hibition of this scientific art. while
others went to see how people can be
humbugged. The professors power
in putting a man into n trance and
keeping him in such n. state for ~
hours has created talk among the
common people the past few days.
and the apparent ease with which the
professor awoke his subject last night
astOunded them.
There is no doubt but that the peO-
fessor has a good thing, but he ought
to break it easy, Some of his feats
last night were wonderful. The laugh
was on the professor when he pierced
one of the boys ears with needle.
The boy was supposed to be hypnotic
ed, but the pain was too great, and
when the professor saw the boy
squirming his face he promptly dis
missed him. At any rate
Prof. Laska furnished n great deal of
amusement for the audience accord
ing to the Outburst of laughter pro-
vOked by some Of his featS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
CHEWED BY A MAN.

The police are on the lookout for
Lon Neal, who is wanted for commit
ting a savage assault on Frank Hatha-
way, foreman of the local shoe foctory,
while in T. E. Corners saloon in Bean
vile yesterday afternoon. Hathaway
was terribly bitten with Meals teeth,
on the face. neck and hand, and was
brought to the city and his injuries at
tended to. A search was made for
Neal, but he disappeared.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11

Do you know the quickest way to
cure a sprain or bruise. a burn or
scald? Such injuries are very COM
mon and cured quickly if properly
treated. Mr.. J. NJ. Amerman, of
Forks P. O., Colubia County, Pa, says:
81 have never found anything to CON-
pare with Chamberlain's Pain Balm
for sprains, bruises and burns. We
have used it in our family for several
years and feel that we cannot do with
out it." For sale at 25 and 80 cents
per bottle by all druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
THE PEOPLES CANDIDATE.

Although preferring to be candi-
date as the nominee of a Republican
delegate convention, MR.. JAMES p.
NEWCOMB requests the Light to an
nounce that he is still candidate, be-
fore the people, convention or no con-
vention and solicits the support of all
good citizens who are opposed to in
competency and extravaganza of per-
sonal politics in our local government.
l-11-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
REJOICING IN MARYLAND.

Annapolis, Md, Jan. 11.-For the first
time in thirty-two years the electoral
vote of Maryland has been cast for
Republican nominees for the offices of
president and vice president of the
United States. This ceremony took
place at noon today in the ancient cap
itol in this city, and was made the oc-
casion of a great love feast by Repub-
IiCans from all over the state.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
NEW IRON AND STEEL PLANT.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. IA gigantic
project is to be carried out by a joint
stock company of Western Pennsylva-
mia mill workers. 1t is the building of
a great iron and steel plant at Port
Angles on Puget Sound, northwest of
Seattle, Wash. The plant will cover
so acres and cost about $1,5OO,OOO to
So. 900 900.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
BIT BY A DOG.

f. o. Mesch was before the recorder
this morning on the charge of keeping
three vicious dogs. A collector, while
taking a short cut through the prem
ises of Mesch out in the Fifth ward,
west of River avenue, was set upon
by the dogs. and one, white one, bit
the collector. The recorder ordered
that the dog be removed from the city
within six hours or killed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
THE OLD STYLE OF TRAVEL

Santa Ana, Cal. Jan. ia family
consisting of father, mother, sister and
seven children, have just arrived here
from Oklahoma in a wagon
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
TIE Daify tiqGt
MONDAY, JANUARY II, 1897.
THE CANDIDATES.

HENRY ELMENDORF.
AUGUSTUS LEVY.
BRYAN CALLAGHAN.
JAMES P. NEWCOMB.
You pays your money and takes
your choice. Our old friend Denver Isl
still on ice.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
Just Received

All the late and popular mu-
sic fer piano, violin, mandolin,
guitar, banjo, etc. Also
strings for all small instru-
ments. Cheap, cheaper, cheap
est at
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
GRAND
Removal Sale
OF THE
Moke Millinery Co.,

Commencing Monday and will continue
Is days. We are Offering our entiLe stock
at greatly reduced prices in preference
to moving it. Our entire line of hand
some Hats, Toques and BonnetS, etc.,
l 900 assorted felt shapes, go for l5c, 25c,
SOC and 75c. All our Flowers, Feathers,
Tips, Ostrich Boas, Ostrich Collars, Silk,
Nelvets, Crepes, Ribbons, Laces, EN-
broiderieS. Our magnificent line of In
fants wear, Ladies and Children's I'm
derwear, Hosiery, Ladies Capes, Child
ren's Dresses. Our Ladies' Tailor Made
Suits, ranging from $50 to $50, your
choice $l2 so. Ladies Tailor Made
Suits, ranging from $l2 to SIS, your
choice $3.50. Ladies House Wrappers,
Tea Gowns. 1000 pairs assorted Kid
Gloves, black or tan, hook or button,
regular price 81. 25, $l.5O, Sl.75 all go for
80 cents pair. Ladies remember this
is no advertising sch me, for after Feb
ruary LIST we will be found at the store
now occupied by Paul Wagner Do not
miss this opportunity and secure some
of the many bargains offered at
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14

Of course I am not speaking Of rep
resentative women-of Eve, who ruined
the race by one fruit picking; of Jael,
who drove a spike through the head of
Sisera, the warrior; of Esther, who
overcame royalty; of Abigail, who stop
ped host by her own beautiful Prov
ess; of Mary, who nursed the world S
Saviour; of Grandmother Lois, immor-
talized in her grandson Timothy; of
Charlotte Corday, who drove the dag
ger through the heart of the assassin of
her lover, or of Marie Antoinette. who
by one look from the balcony of her
castle quieted mob, her own scaffold
the throne of forgiveness and womanly
courage. I speak not of these extraor-
binary persons, but of those who, IMAM
bilious for political power, as wives
and mothers and sisters and daughters,
attend to the thousand sweet Offices of
home.
When at last we come to calculate
the forces that decided the destiny of
nations, it will be found that the
mightiest and grandest influence came
from home. where the wife cheered up
dependency and fatigue and sorrow by
her own sympathy, and the mother
trained her child for heaven, starting
the little feet on the path to the celes-
tial city, and the sisters by their gen
tleness refined the manners of the broth
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
"Symbolical' Punishment.

Elementary schoolteaohers who are at
a loss as to the proper means of re-
straining their disorderly pupils will be
interested to hear of the charge of as
saulting a child brought at q Norfolk
police court the other day against a
schoolmistress. The child had COM
planned to its parents of an unpleasant
taste of soap in it's mouth, and upon in
quiry it was found that the teacher had
established a new punishment for the
use of foul language-the formal wash
ing out of the offenders mouth in pres
ence of the class as Il symbol of the dirt
mess of the expression used. The taste
Of soap is not pleasant one, but the
school managers came forward and ex-
pressed their strong approval Of the sys-
tenn. They felt that they could not sug-
gest anything better, and the magis-
trates dismissed the case. In effective
ness we should say that it beats any of
Mr.. Gilbert's we'll known list of "pun-
ishments that fit the crime. West
minister Gazette
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
Testing Cement.

The Boston School of Technology is
becoming noted for it's valuable re-
searches in the line of testing the ten
sile strength of various articles. One of
the latest tests is that of cement, which
is performed by machine constructed
expressly for this purpose. The cement
which undergoes the test is prepared
and put into molds which give a cast
ing one inch square. The ends of this
casting are so arranged that they fit in
to sockets, the attachments being fixed
to gearing and screws, by means of
which the pull is made. Time and
strength have much to do with the
breakage. The power is supplied grad
ually, and at the rate of 400 pounds per
minute. The pull or weight is applied
by a wheel, which runs along the
weighing beam and is connected to a
small slide running along an upper
beam, which is fixed. The scale of
weights ON this beam shows the amount
of power which is brought TO bear. One
of the features of this machine is the
smoothness and ease with which it is
controlled. The weight can be shifted
without any perceptible jar of the ma
chinery. New York Ledger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
Mrs. Mckinley on Marriage.

At an informal reception at the White
House recently the question turned upon
the subject of matrimony. Mrs McKin-
ley talked SO brightly and enthusiastic
ally upon the subject that Miss Gary,
daughter of the postmaster general, who
is soon to enter the welded state,
laughingly remarked that Mrs. McKin-
ley might open a select school for the
instruction of future husbands. Miss
Gary's suggestion met with general ia
vor, and the discussion was kept up at
a lively rate during the remainder of
the hour.
If there is one topic more than an
other upon which Mrs. Mckinley wakes
eloquent, it is marriage. Above every
thing she extols the devotion of her hus-
band as an example to young men. She
nnhesitatingly asserts that marriage is
woman's highest mission when coupled
with the mutual respect which begets
perfect confidence. In the discharge of
her domestic duties she believes that a
wife and mother finds her truest happi-
ness and reward. -Pittsburg Dispatch.