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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
GAMBLING WITH HIS MA.

young man! They make it a pursuit,
lose honesty, principle, and all regard
for family; in fact, card playing has
been carried on in Leavenworth to such
an extent that is damnable."
If the rector had contented himself
with the mere statement that the nov
ice "lost everything she had" his con-
gregation might have thought merely
the familiar thought that in poker some
body has to lose, and that the novice
must have known that she took her
chances when she was dealt hand.
But the additional information fol-
lowed that it was part of the game to
cheat and stack cards and put them
under the table. This may have been a
revelation to some of the congregation,
but it was nothing new to the old crowd
in Leavenworth who in the early days
played poker in that way.
While Rev. DR.. Thomas was thus
laundering, Rev. DR.. Bright, of the
Methodist church, was giving this YER
sion of the scandal:
There is among the women of this
ClGy pOhCl S1uDy IL lOb IL II
reported that the members meet
regularly and sit. long at the tables.
There is a story which has been told to
me, but cannot vouch for its truthful
ness. 1t is of a young lady who came
upon visit to friends in this city, and
who had with her $500. Through an in
vitation she had been inveigled into one
of these games and lost every cent of
her money. She did not wish to have
her father know anything of her loss,
and so wrote an elder sister for money
with which to return home. 1t seems
this sister was adept at stacking cards,
and resolved to come to this city and
win back the money, of which she felt
her sister had been robbed. This she
did, and she had not been here long be-
fore she was induced to go into "a little
game The playing grew faster and
faster, and finally one of the members
drew a phenomenal hand. The betting
grew so high that all dropped outof the
game but this member and the visitor
They wagered everything they had in
front of them, until the member put in
n check, when the cards were shown.
The Leavenworth woman held four
kings and the stranger four aces. The
loser accused her opponent of cheating,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
LOCATING A BREAK.
Clever Work Done by Philadelphia
Pneumatic Tube Experts.

In Philadelphia, probably more eX-
tensively than in any other city, under
ground tubes are used for the convey
ance of letters, kilograms and small
parcels. A few days ago one of the
cylindrical rubber carriers employed
in this service stopped somewhere
along the route. Air pressure and sue
ton in turn failed to drive or recall it.
It was found necessary to dig down
and open the pipe and remove the box.
But the problem was to determine
whether the box was ten feet or two
thousand feet from the starting point.
1t was not considered desirable to dig
up a half mile of pipe to remove this
obstruction. Other means of locating 1T
having failed, the following plan was
adopted: A pistol was fired near the
end of the tube, and the time required
for the sound to travel and echo to re-
turn measured. Thus the distance of
the object was estimated. Sound trav-
els LOO feet second. AS the velocity
would be affected by the temperature
proper allowance was made. The
chromograph improvised consisted OF
metal drum ten inches in diameter, re-
volving slowly, and moving endwise in
rotation. The polished surface was
coated with smoke. A pin was attached
to one prong of a tuning fork, giving the
note C, and therefore vibrating 512
times per second. Consequently SIP
waves were impaired to the trace. A
pendulum of a clock beating half sec
onds electrically caused another dis
turbance of the pin-point in its tracing
on the drum. Provision was made for
automatically recording the instant of
the shot and arrival of the echo. Five
trials gave 2,973 seconds as time re-
ouired for sound to travel both ways.
A velocity of 1903 feet was assumed
for temperature of 80 degrees, and a
correction of 1.12 feet per second for
each degree above that standard. Tho
observed temperature was 80 degrees III
the ground. Computed velocity was
1910 feet, and distance both ways 3,075.
Dividing by two, the explorers made
distance of box 1887 feet. Upon dig
ging down the workmen found the OBJ
struction within a foot or two of the
designated place.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
FEDERAL GRAND JURY.
A BATCH OF INDICTMENTS RE-
PORTED THIS MORNING.
O. L. Bass And A. D. Radzinski Indicted
For Using The Mails For Fraudulent
Purposes-0ther Indictments,

The Federal grand jury reported
eighteen bills of indictment this morn
ing
Among them was one against c: L.
Bass and two against Arthur d. Rad
zinski, charged with using the mails
for fraudulent purposes in connection
with the Spanish American Legal as
ISOLATION.
Indictments against George Dixon,
Sam Stevens, ]. w. Farmer anf Geo.
Dun, charged with having counterfeit
money in their possession, were also
reported.
A bill was reported against Thomas
D. Howard charged with theft from
the United States mails by extract
ing a money order for 81. from let
ter in the Beeville postoffice, the letter
being addressed to "J.W. West, Brown
sville, Texas, March IL, 1897" with re-
turn address of r. Z. Simpson, of Re-
fugio. The accused is the son of the
late postmaster of Beeville.
Eight bills were reported against
Cinnamon for uttering forged certiti-
Gates of residence and one against
Gregorio Cara, for bringing Chinese
into the United States from Mexico.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
EFFECT OF TOXINS.
1t Can De COmbated by Employing
the starvation Treatment"

II Can De COmbated by Employing
the starvation Treatment"
In a report made to the Paris Acad-
envy of Sciences it was shown that the
recent experiments of Teissier and
Guinard give some justification to the
old saw about starving fever" that
starvation treatment is ef1icacious in
combating the effect of toxins. Pneu-
monia and diphtheria bacili were EN-
ployed. Twenty-Five dogs were sub
jected, while in starving condition, to
injections of toxin in amounts which in
variably killed the control-animals.
Four recovered, and in those which died
the intestinal LESSONS were less marked
in the starving animals than in those
which had received food. If the starva-
ton diet had only continued for five
or six days, and if, owing to surplus fat,
the animal was able to resist starvation,
he fell victim as readily as an animal
receiving food.
One hypothesis in explanation pre-
supposes that the starved cellular ele-
ments are ready TO seize and assimilate
whatever is presented to them and de-
stroy the toxins before they have time
to act. According to another hypothe-
sis, which seems to many investigators
the better explanation, the toxins act
slowly or not at all, because the starv-
ing organism does not supply elements
whose presence is essential for the pro-
duction of active poisons.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
FEMALE POKER SHARPS.
Leavenworth, CKan.) Society Finds
Euchre Too Tame.
The Clergy of the City Turn Pulpit
Lights on the Wicked Game
Grave Charges of Cheating
and Stacking Cards.

With draw poker as the chief attrac-
ton in the thimble parties of society
and pulpit philippines threatening the
las lowered about Leavenworth, Kan,
since Col. d. r. Anthony ceased gun
ming in the streets has been disturbed.
How long the game might have gone
on in the social circles of Leavenworth
if the guest at one of the gatherings had
not been feeced no one can guess.
There is no evidence, writes CORE
spondent of the New York Sun, that the
clergy of the city, who have taken a
hand in the exposure, ever thought
there was much SHINING going on until
the stranger within the gates squealed
Nor did the clergy even then take d
hand until the strangers kin came into
the game and recaptured the pot which
the stranger lost. Then there was a
protest. Two of the clergy, on the same
morning, opened up on the game, tell
ing all about some of the tricks.
One of the ministers, the son of
bishop of the Episcopal church, Rev. DR..
Thomas, startled his congregation in
this wise:
II was told this morning of one young
woman who came on avisit to this city.
She had been given $500 by her father,
and expected to stay only little while,
when she was invited to one of these
'euchre' parties. 1t seems euchre was
too mild for this circle, and from euchre
the game was changed to poker. The
young lady was a novice in this game,
and the finale of the story is that she
lost everything. Not content with the
mere pleasure of playing, these women
go into the game like fiends. I have
heard that it is not at all uncommon
for them to cheat, to stack cards and
put them under the table. Another
story is that of a son who played in
game with his mother and won $25 from
her. The lad is not 81 years old. Isn't
this a fine example? What can we ex.
pect of the moral character of this
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
Trolley Cars I'm Sewers.

The largest sewer through which n
visitor travels in Paris is that under
the Boulevard Sebastopol des Male
sherbes. The next largest is beneath
the Rue de Rivol. The first is IS feet
AZ inches wide and 10 feet high. The
conduit is 3iS feet deep and feet 10
inches wide. In these large sewer boats
are used. The others employ trolley
cars. Twenty persons are allowed to
ride in one car. These cars travel in
trains of five each. The average speed
is AZ miles an hour. When boats are
used the same number are attached one
to another. Most persons prefer the lat
ter, as there is no jar.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
THE CAMPHOR TREE.
Sometimes 1t Attains n Circumfer-
ence of Forty Feet.

Sometimes 1t Attains n Circumfer-
ence of Forty Feet.
Camphor is product of Japan. The
tree thrites only in certain localities,
usually within reach of the sea atmos-
phere. They must face south, and have
an average yearly temperature of Is
degrees C. The tree grows about ~
inches year. 1t sometimes attains a
circumference of 40 feet. When tree
is about 40 years old its yield per cho
(21s acres) is equal to $4,000 (silver)
a year. The trees have been felled SO
indiscriminately that there are prac-
tically none available, and the price of
the product has greatly advanced.
Chips of stumps and roots of trees cut
down decades ago are used by the Jap
anese farmers in winter for making
crude camphor. The process is so
wasteful that it is estimated that only
2 per cent. of the camphor is obtained
from the chips. 1t is expected that the
of improved apparatus
will increase the yield manifold. Crude
camphor contains on an average 10 to
is per cent. of camphOr oil, which
ri9lds. in turn. so per cent. of camphor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15

COUCH MADE OF SUGAR BARRELS.
the cretonne, denim or other goods for
the covering, and tack it fast all around
to the edge of the platform.
Make flounce of the required lcngth
and gather it on stout cord; allow full
ness enough and tack it fast 10 the
same edge over the top covering. The
edge may be trimmed with gimp and
nails. The pals should be driven quite
close together, SO the drapery may not
be dragged away, as the continual &c.
ton and use would soon make it look
untidy if it'were not properly fas-
tened.
With the addition of a pretty couch
cover, some sofa pillows and COW
erlet that can be drawn over ore
when reclining, this couch Will present
a comfortable appearance, and among
the various pieces of furniture in a sit
ting-room this will be one of the most
welcome.-N. Y. Journal. 4 /
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15

1t is said that musicians who play
entirely upon the piano preserve, ii
they do not acquire, luXuriant growth
of hair. On the other hand, wind instru-
nents, especially the cornet and the
trombone, are fatal TO hirsute adorn-
ment. The violoncello ard the harp are
favorable to the preservation of the
hair, but the flute cannot be depended
on after the fiftieth year. Paderewski
is cited as an example of what the vibra-
tons of a piano will do in this direction.
1t has been admitted for long time
that music possesses u certain thera-
peutic worth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
THIS is QUITE NEW.
How to Use Old Barrels to Make n
Comfortable Couch.

Comfortable Couch.
OF three barrels, some boards, few
screws and tacks, some draping mate
rial and an old mattress, a comfortable
and good-looliing couch can be made.
To make it obtain three good, strong
sugar barrels, and arrange them at reg
ular distance apart, the heads and
bottoms should be fastened secure
" in place with nails, and to them at
tach two side runners or rails three or
four inches wide and six feet long. Use
stout screws for the purpose, and drive
six or eight through the strip and into
the head of each barrel.
The two end barrels should be joined
first and afterward the middle one. This
precaution is to give an even bearing on
the floor.
Two more strips, each one inch and n
half square, are to be fastened to the I'M
der sides of the barrels at the ends near
the heads and bottoms. This rail will
rest on the floor and prevent the couch
from tipping like a cradle, as the bulged
sides of the barrel would cause it TO do
if it. were not for these strips.
To the top of the barrel platform is
to be attached. This is 80 inches wide
and six feet six inches long; it is made
of matched board and fastened together
with several battens arranged across
the under side. Rails similar to those
placed along the floor are fastened to
the top of the barrels along either side,
to prevent the platform tipping on the
tops of the barrels. At one end an in
cline is made similar to the effect shown
in the figure, and when the construc-
tional part is thus far completed the
framework is ready to be upholstered.
Obtain an old hair mattress not more
than 30 inches wide-a single bed mat
tress is the right size-and tie it fast to
the top Of the platform. Over this draw
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
School nreSses for Girls.

The head of well-known school for
girls in speaking of appropriate school
dresses advised the use of lightweight
materials. Light garments of serge
or cashmere should be worn," she said,
"and clothes of extra warmth for out
doors. Children dressed too warmly
complain of the heat of the schoolroom
and ask to have windows opened, which
is impossible. White aprons for little
girls keep them always fresh anddainty.
II it be inculcated thata soiled apron or
hair ribbon shows 4 lack of refinement,
they soon acquire habits of daintiness
in the care of their clothes. One thing
1 should like to emphasize is that it is
unfortunate that children are obliged to
wear out clothes which were made for
best in the schoolroom. 1t would
seem to be much better to give them
away to poorer relatives and keep al
ways simple gowns for everyday wear"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
Severe Steel Plate Test.

A six-inch Harveyized steel plate
measuring feet by has stood severe
test in England. Five 1OO-pound
Hotter projectiles were fired at it from
a distance of 30 feet with n velocity of
1850 feet n second, and were shattered
without perforating it, only slight sur
face cracks being found. The backing
of the plate was merely bruised behind
each impact.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
SUICIDED WITH GAS.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 15.-Siegmund
Kahn, aged 80 years, a well-to-do real
estate man, was found dead in his Of
flee today, having been asphyXiated.
He had been drinking heavily for the
past week and evidently turned on the
gas with suicidal intent. Kahn leaves
a wife and two childrenr
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
70 CAUSED THE HOLOCAUST.
CiIIematograph Operator Responsible
for the Awful Paris Fire.

for the Awful Paris Fire.
Paris, May 15.-The origin of the fire
May last at the Charity bazaar on
the Rue Jean Goujon seems to have
been established. Man named Bellac
employed in the cinematograph booth
has confessed to having accidentally
caused the conflagration. Bellac ex-
planned that finding his lamp burning
badly, he tried to fill it with ether. In
order to be able to see better he struck
a match, when the vapors ignited and
instantly spread to the hangings
around the apparatus. Bellac and his
assistant have been allowed their lib
erty Professionally. The inquiry into
the cause of the disaster is now closed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15

Merchants and retiners are now look
ing to Formosa, where n considerable
extent of camphor forests is found, for
further supply.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
ST. Marks SUNDAY SCHOOL PIC
MIC.

At Landa's Park, New Braunfels,
Saturday, May 18th, 1897. Tickets:
Adults rs cents, Children Is cents; for
sale at Silverthorn e Wagner's, Mic
Tengg and st. Marks rectory. Come
with baskets to 1. & G. n. depot at 9
a. m. All friends invited to join us.
5-12-St
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15

Commercial job printing, both Ger
man and English done on short notice
at reasonable prices at the Light JOB
Office. i,aE9atu
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
REPRESENTATION

Don't procrastinate but do something for
yourself at once. Your delay is not only cost
ing you time, but money also Disease is a
hard taskmaster when once Ii gains possession
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-06-08

students to meet the increasing ex-
penses of new modes of living. Great
regret was expressed that the Kane
hameha students did not do more to
help on the work of the Hawaiian
churches, while the statement was ex-
plicitely made that the desire of the
teachers that such Christian work
should be done by the students, and
they were trained expressly for it in
the religious meetings maintained at
tho school,
Mrs. Emerson invited the association
to reception at her house Monday aft
ernoon, and Mr.. Richards also invited
the association to visit the Kameha-
meha Manual School.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-06-08
GeInll Lloyd HlTile Insurance CO.
OF BERLIN.
Fortuna General Insurance C0npGHI
nE D=DTfNT
OF BERLIN.

The above Insurance Companies have
established a General Agency here, ard tht
undersigned, General Agents, are author
lied to take risks against the dangers u
the seas at the most reasonable rates and
on the most favorable terms.
F. A. SCHAEFER & CO., Gni. Agt&
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-06-08
H0HNgIG Bremen Fire Insurance ca.

The undersigned having been appointed
agents Of the above company are prepared
10 insure risks against ire on Stone ard
Brick Buildings and on Merchany
disc stored therein on the most favorable
terms. For particulars apply at the efbl
of F. A. SCHASFER & CO., AgtntS.
General Iasurasee Company for Sea. River a.
Land Transport Of Dresden.
Having established an ageRcy at Hone4
lulu and the Hawaiian Islands the undeTi
signed General Agents are authorized N
take risks against the dangers Of the SGD
at the most reasonable rates and on II
most favorable terms.
F. A. SCHAEFER & CO.,
Agents fols he Hawaiian IsiaDd@
The herald., 1897-02-28
Not Sure Of Their Victory

The gold contractionists do not feel
secure in their victory. They recognize
that the numbers of those opposing
themselves to all schemes of currency
monopoly are more numerous than ever,
and they fear that those whom they
defeated in the last campaign will turn
the tables on them in the next. This Is
made apparent by the steps they are
taking to continue the campaign for
gold. They have set cut under Mr.. Han
mas guidance to get control Of the press
of the country. or the metropolitan
papers there are few that are not con-
trolled by the currency monopolists. It
is the great raft of smaller papers that
Mr.. Hanna aims to reach and control.
And how is he going about It? What
inducement is he holding out to the
country papers to advocate the gold
standard, and anything else Mr.. Hanna
sees fit? Mr.. Hanna's reported offer,
as chairman of the Republican national
committee, Is to pay half the cost of
publication of all OF the country papers
that will aSrAe to serve him. His prop
osition Is not to pay them in money, but
to furnish them with sheets printed on
one side, so that all they will have to
do in getting out their papers will be
to set up the local matter ard print It
on the other side
In other words, half the composition
and half the presswork will be furnished
them. These printed sheets, or patent
1nsides," as they are called, will con-
tain from one to three columns of gold
matter" and the other columns will be
filled with various timely topics of in
formation and, perhaps. story or two,
such as will attract the general reader.
These patent insides' are to be fur
nished, as we are told, to thousands Of
weekly and daily papers, the purpose
being to keep it up during the coming
four years.
Thus, by practically assuming half
the cost of printing such country pa
pers as will lend themselves to the cur
rency monopolists. it is hoped to solidity
them in advocacy of the schemes of the
moneyed interests. The outlay required
will be enormous, but the task of driv-
ing country where universal suffrage
must be counted with into the taking
up of a monetary system that aims
through grinding producers down to
poverty, to build up moneyed oligar-
chy on the enslavement of the many,
is no child's play. The outlay must be
made or the game will be lost. The peo-
pie must be deprived of their organs,
otherwise the purposes of the moneyed
interests will be pointed out and the
great producing classes will rise with
irresistible power and overthrow the
Vaccinations of the growing oligarchy.
Philadelphia American.