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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
Te|egI0l|S B|ie|ed

Can't Diaz, son of the Mexican pres
ident, returns after a two years for
eign residence as an engineer student.
Taylor has received about 600 bales
Of cotton to date this season.
Spain shows no disposition to invoke
Austrian Intervention in her trouble
with United States.
Madrid press is unusually bitter
against Woodford and his government.
Right of bishops in Wisconsin to re-
move priests is upheld by the court.
Yellow fever conditions are improved
everywhere.
That second cattle dipping test at
Fort Worth is in progress today.
Mass meeting at Athens calls for a
renewal of war with Turkey.
Count Badendi, Austrian premier
wounded in a duel with DR.. Wolfe.
The duel that the Austrian premier
fought with Dr.Wolf,of the opposition,
was with the approval of the emperor
Headquarters of the Mullah have
been destroyed by the British.
Burns, British labor leader, allows
the superiority of the American work
and workmen.
Attempts are made in Prussia to win
Bismarck over to support heavy ma
val outlays.
Fire on the Russian vessel at Ufa
causes a panic and scores jump over
board.
The opposition to the reelection of
DIR. Iglesis as president of Costa RIGA
grows pronounced.
:. Negro just out of jail assaults a IA
year-old white girl and is lynched in
broad daylight in Hawksville, Ky,
where four churches were holding SER
vice.
The gold find in Washington is pro-
nounced the richest yet found on the
Pacific coast.
Arthur Yeti, of LlanO, killed in a
house of IN fame in that place.
Citizens Union and Republicans in
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27

jack rabbits, and in the vicinity of
Dodge City sportsmen are preparing for
several grand roundups. Frequently
the people of western Kansas have sur
rounded a large section of country,
driven the rabbits to the center and
slaughtered them by the thousand. The
only disposition made of the pests was
to ship them to Chicago and New York
for food for the poor. They did not
realize that rabbit hair entered largely
into the manufacture of the finest hats.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
MYSTERIOUS sWoRDFIsH.
Never Appear Until They Have At
tanned Their Full Growth.

Never Appear Until They Have At
tanned Their Full Growth.
The swordfish come to American
waters grown up. OF course, they vary
in size, but no young are ever seen here.
This fact has been clearly set out by
a government report on the subject,
reports the Hartford Courant. The
young are found chiefly in the Mediter-
ranean. After they are able TO go 1t
alone more or less of them strike for the
North American coast-most of these
gathering about Block island. There
they lie and sun themselves on the top
of the water, the prey all summer of the
fishermen and their spears. What in
stinct brings these fish across 5000
miles of water to spend season and re-
turn?
The swordfish is favorite sea food
here in New England. Boston is it's
chief market, but it sells well all about
here. 1t is solid meat, with distinct
flavor, and very edible. New York, how
ever, doesn't buy it. New Workers, who
hunt the markets of the world for new
things. will not eat it.
How long these queer fish will last
is problem. They are hunted not
only for the market, but for pleasure.
If the rich New Workers, who are too
fastidious to eat them, should estab-
lish the fad of killing the fish and col
lecting the swords, they would prob
ably soon exterminate the creatures,
kill off all the old swordfish, and who
would guide hither those that were
about to make their first trip?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
SHOT HIS SWEETHEART.

Baltimore. Nd, Sept. 27.-Miehael
Simmonds, a railroad brakeman, aged
SO years, shot and tried to kill his
sweetheart, Miss Jennie Long, aged
10 last night and committed suicide
this morning, when he heard the police
trying to effect an entrance to his hid
ing place. The girl. who was shot
four times, has a chance of recovery
Simmonds has been attentive to the
girl for several months. but she APP
peared inclined to repulse him and he
shot her.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
KITTEN AND The LION.
Pathetic story of Love I'm Animal
Life Mt the Zoo.

Life ut the Zoo.
The other night little, purring kit
ten rubbed herself in friendly fashion
against the great iron bars of the den
of Old Paul, the zoos famed lion, of
whom extreme age has made a pitiable
show these many weeks, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer 1t was the kittens
way of coaxing Paul to come to say
goodnight to her. for Paul and kittie
were the best of friends. She was the
only bit of outside life that Paul was
ever friendly with Every night for
weeks kttie has crept shyly up in
front of the bars of her old lion lovers
home, and when she mewed to him he
came forward and put his great shaggy
head as close to her as he could. and
they caressed each other.
The other night when kittie came,
and, rubbing anNiously against the
bars, mewed all softly to her jungle
lover to came and say goodnight, Paul
just lay still. his head between his
paws and didn't notice her at all. Tired
of coaxing him, the faithful kittie
stopped and just looked and looked
at the noble, great fellow. Finally a
keeper saw her do something that in
stinct never let her do before. She
shyly crept through the big. black iron
bars, and, going in. caressed the great
bowed head in her most loving way.
But there was no response. Then kit
tie slowly went away and Paul slept
on--the sleep that knows no waking.
Scores of people who had known the
old lion for nearly 20 years had just
been visiting him, and hosts of tiny
children had tossed him kisses just as
death twas coming on. He died exactly'as
Superintendent Stephan in the En-
quirer a month ago said he would. las
if asleep. with his head between his
paws"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
WHY IT is IDLE.

The superintendent of the San An
tonic Street Car system this morning
received a communication from the
mayor asking why the railway street
sprinkler has not lately been operated.
Mr.. Willis, the superintendent, says
all his operators are ill and as soon
as possible the sprinkler will again be
put on. 1t requires skilled men to OPP
crate this sprinkler and he will not
trust it to others.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
JACK RABBITS DOOM.
To He Rounded Up for Their Fur,
Used in Making Fine Hats.

Used in Making Fine Hats.
The days of the Kansas jack rabbit
are numbered, says the st. Louis Re-
public. New York parties have adver-
tisements in many western Kansas
newspapers offering three cents each
for cured jack ribbit skins, culls and
pieces three cents pound and common
cottontail skins 5h cents per pound.
The New York parties want the fur
with which to make hats, and, as they
represent European hat makers, it is
stated that the traffic in rabbit furs has
been transferred from Australia to the
United States.
Skilled rabbit hunters in western
Kansas can make good wages killing
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Estate of Louis and Joseph Layer
to william Layer, part of lot IL, range
1, district 8, between the Upper Labor
ditch and the Rock Quarry street;
$3.50.
j. r. Risdon and wife to A. V. Ken
nedy, lot 3, block IA, o. c. |. 164, on
Buena Vista street; $500.
A. c. Jones to W. N. Harmon, lot
2. block 2. city block 1884; lot II, block
4; 5000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
TWO KILLED.

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept 27.-Engineer
E. Bennett Mitchell was killed and
Fireman John r. Cawley seriously in
jured this morning by the explosion of
a locomotive on the Northern Central
railway at Georgetown. few miles
north of Harrisburg.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
COMMISSIONERS COURT.

The county commissioners are exam
lining the report of the late EGw. Fro
boese, county treasurer, for the quar-
ter ending July 81, which he complet-
ed about a week before his death.
The court allowed $500 for the con-
tract of West & Gutzeit for making
water connections from the courthouse
artesian well to the county jail.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
A DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.

The residence of man named
Harms, on New Braunfels avenue
Government hill, was robbed in day
light last Friday and SO in cash, two
rings and a breastpin were stolen.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
SOUVENIRS FREE.

To children only from to p. m.
at Joske Bros fall opening, Thursday
September SOth, 1897. e-26-5t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
DOWN TOWN OFFICE.

DR.. J. ]. McKanna has opened DIS
mess office in rooms and in the
Clifford building. S-1G-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
Come see our styles.
9-27-St~ TEXAS MILLINERY CO.

9-27-3t% TEXAS MILLINERY co.
The Mistletoe Social club will give
a dance next Saturday night, October
2, at Muth's garden. 9-27-6t'
solicitor wanted to take orders fer
gentlemen's clothing. Liberal commits
sion to right party. PHOENIX TAI
LOR SHOP, 209 n. Presa street.
9-27-lt'
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.
MAX SUTOR.
CITY COLLECTOR.
FOR A STYLISH

Perfect Fitting Suit, go to "Lentz"
Tailor. 80 West Commerce street. A
complete stock of Foreign and Domes-
tic Woolens always on hand. Cliff
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
Solid Food for Infants.

In France it is punishable offense
for anyone to give infants under one
year any form of solid foods unless such
be ordered by written prescription
signed by legally qualified medical
man.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27
Born in a Railway Car.

The italian actress Eleonora Duse
cannot positively give the name Of her
place of birth, for she first saw the
light in railway carriage between
Padua and Venice.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-27

why the colored People Were Ordered
to Leave.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-21

Last summer one of our grand
children was sick with severe bowel
trouble" says Mrs E. G. Gregory. of
FrederickStown, Mo. ''Our doctors
remedy had failed, then we triee
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy, which gave very
speedy relief. For sale by Jones &
Gibson.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-21
OUR NEW TARIFF.

Law which has just been signed by
the President, may be appropriately
considered an Industrial Declaration
of Independence. An official text of
the law has just been published by
the American Protective Tariff
League. and should be carefully ex-
amined by every citizen. Protection
lists ought to have few copies of this
law for distribution. Five copies will
be sent to any address for ten cents.
Ask for document No. 80 and
Address,
w. F. WAKEMAN, Genl Sec.
135 West 23d ST.. N Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-21

John Griffin, of GAINESVILLE, o., says:
81 never lived a day for thirty years
without suffering agony, until box
of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured
my piles" For piles and rectal troub-
les, cuts, bruises, sprains, eczema and
all skin troubles DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is unequalled. Jones &
Gibson
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-21
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
REAL ESTATE IN TRfGO COUNTY, KANSAS FOR THE YEAR 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given County Treasurer
sell at public auction at his oce in the City Of
much of each of land and lot described
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-21
COllyer Town.

Given under my hand this 10th day of
July, 1897. 7. r. MOORE,
County Treasurer.
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The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13
WIDOWS NOT AVAILABLE.
Marrying One Meant Punishment IL
the Old Times,

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Marrying One Meant Punishment in
the Old Times. .
He had to be a bold man who married
a widow, for a few rude jokes and a
Gathering serenade were not the only
punishments awarded him, says Lip
p%incott's. He was deprived of benefit
Of clergy. Benefit of clergy was the
privilege claimed by priests to be tried
before the ecclesiastical courts, in
which offenders were nearly always
sure of acquittal. Laymen also en-
joyed the privilege ii they possessed
the extremely small amount of knowl-
edge requisite for ordination. Read
ing and writing were at a premium
and a man under sentence Of death
who could read a psalm might plead
his clergy and escape the penalty Of
having his height shortened by q
head" In the ages when the custom
originated learning was too rare and
precious to be destroyed. A man
might be a murderer, but II he were
the only man in town who could read
1t was not expedient to kill him. BY
the abuse of this privilege, however, it
came to be that a man in England
could commit murder. rapine or theft
and be absolved from punishment by
glibly reading a few words. This pre-
ctous privilege, which was a license to
crime, was taken away from a man
who committed btgamy. A man who
had taken a widow to wife could no
longer kill or steal with impunity; he
had 10 longer benefit of clergy. The
unfortunate fact that his wife had had
another spouse rendered the living
husband amenable to the civil law.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13
Pneamat,o Tires and Ordinary Wheels,

Pnedmatic Tircs and Ordinary Wheels.
In a paper presented lately by A. j.
Michelin to the French Society of Civil
Engineers, the author gives a sugges-
tive account Of his experiments with
the pneumatic tire and the ordinary
wheels. The first experiment was
made on three days, that is, when the
ground was covered with two inches of
snow, also when the snow was melting.
and then when the ground was muddy.
The results showed that when tho
empty carriage moved at a walk
through the snow the draft or pull re-
quired to move it was 35.9 pounds with
iron wheels, and only 25.2 pounds with
pneumatic wheels; while moving at a
trot, with a load Of $50 pounds, the pull
was 6S.6 pounds and 1915 pounds re-
spectively; in the mud, under the same
conditions of load and speed, the pulls
were 35.2 and 50.7 pounds for the iron
wheel, and 23.1 and 21.2 for the e
matte tire. Other tests consisted of
pulls Of varying speeds over macadam,
paved and ordinary roads, in all Of
these the pneumatic tire showing a
saving IN pulling power of from thirty
to nearly fifty per cent. The main
feature of interest in Michelin's ex-
periments consisted, of course, in the
fact that the actual amount Of power
required to pull a carriage equipped
with pneumatic tires was so much less
than when the ordinary wheels were
used,
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13
A Political Tragedy,

In July. 1895, Stefan Stambulo1. ex-
premier Of Bulgaria, was murdered on
the streets in Sofia by three a~ssassins.
who stopped his carriage and attack
ed him with knives. Three men &C.
cused Of the crime, n Of whom was
Stambuloff's coachman, were tried by
a military tribunal at Sofia last month.
and two who were convicted were
sentenced to three years imprisonment.
A dramatic incident Of the trial was the
charge made In open court by Madame
StambuloR. widow OF the murdered
statesman, that the mea. on trial were
merely tools, and that the real muir
derers Of her husband were the pres
ent government Of Bulgaria.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13
A VANISHED CIVILIZATION.
Work Done by the Jesuits In South
America.

Work Done by the Jespits In South
America.
The pioneers of civilization in South
America were the Jesuits, says Lippin-
colts. Although their influence in
many respects may not always have
been what was most conducive to the
prosperity of the new settlement. yet
their mode of treating the natives was
more humane and their plan for the
development and progress of the coun-
try more advanced than any other at
tempts of that period. They sought to
establish a permanent home for their
sect with a wealth and splendor that
would equal that of the old world and
their work was characterized by pru-
dence, industry and wisdom. Other
settlers came only as fortune-huntine
adventurers to enslave the natives, pill
lage the country and then return to
their own land with ill-gotten gains.
Monuments of the Jesuits still remain
in churches, a%Queducts, cities in ruins
and the history Of 100 prosperous. mis-.
sions; from the Amazon to Brazirs
southern borders we see their signs.
The %aqueducts of Rio de Janeiro, the
hundred churches of Bahia, the stone
water dams on the rivers of Goyax.
the crumbling ruins Of almost every
state of Brazil tell of the Jesuit occu-
patton. Other settlers of that period
left almost nothing behind them; their
mission was to destroy, tear down and
drive out the only element of good the
country had. that they might establish
the reign of terror, slavery and rapine
that cursed the country SO long.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13
b KIN, Ch.,en.

Defenders of tobacco smoking fail to
make use of the most powerful argu-
ments in Its favor. Hitherto the most
that has been claimed in favor of
smoking was certain subtle. beneficial
effect OF the digestion and a soothing.
effect on the nerves. 1t has been learn
ed recently from the report of inyesti-
cations Of the effects of tobacco during
the epidemic Of cholera at Hamburg
that cholera microbes could not exist
In the mouths Of smokers. There we're
no living bacteria after twenty-four
hours in cigars made up with water
containing 100000 cholera germs to
the cubic inch. There were no traces
of microbes to be found in any cigars
manufactured in Hamburg at the time
OF the epidemic. The microbes die
in a half or two hours exposure
to smoke in Brazil. Sumatra or Ha-
vana tobacco. The smoke of any cigar
kills the microbes. Experiments show
that In five minutes after beginning to
smoke the microbes in the mouth are
killed. Another fact established ia that
none of the persons employed In tn,
tobacco factories at Hamburg con,
tracted cholera.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13
A CURIOUS O MINE.
Tho Workmen Use Their Feet to Find
the Ore.

The WoFkInen Use Their Feet to Find
the Ore.
Lake ores are abundant in northern
Europe. but, 30 far as the writer's
knowledge extends, Lac a la Tortue and
a neighborins lake are the only in
stances of the kind in North America,
says Popular Science Monthly. The ore
is extracted from our lake mine by
hand and by power. The shallow mar
gin Is divided into sections and allotted
to suitable parties who may desire to
work them and who are paid at a spe-
Gifted rate per ton of ore raised. Two
men generally work in company. Their
implements are a shovel, a strong cir
cular sieve and a rough hand barrow.
When work Is to be begun the workmen
remove shoes and stockings and use
their feet in searching for ore which
lies imbedded in the soft sand, nothing
coarser than sand, except ore cakes,
being found in the lake. Guided by
their feet the workmen put down their
shovels and bring to the surface a
quantity Of ore and sand, which they
throw into their circular sieve. This Is
then held below the surface Of the wa
ter and made to rotate to and fro until
the soft sand is washed away from the
ore, which is then thrown on a SEQ
provided for the purpose or carried to
shore. When a sufficient quantity has
been collected 1t is carted to the rail-
way near at hand and loaded on cars,
From the deeper parts of the lake the
ore is raised by means of a steam
dredge. The captain of the dredge
moves over the lake and. putting down
a pole and working 1t about on the bot.
tom, can easily learn where there is a
body of ore suitable for dredging. The
dredge is then moved to the desired
spot and work 10 begun. The ore and
sand are brought up In buckets on an
endless chain and thrown into a i: ng,
revolving screen, adjusted and inclined
so as to deliver 1t upon scows moored
to the dredge. In Its course down the
screen the mixture Of ore and mud is
acted upon by water which is thrown
upon 1t with considerable force. BY
this means the mud and sand are
washed out Of the screen and the clean
ore Is deposited ON the scows.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13
MUD BATHS OF NEW MEXICO.

Qf the Same Chemical Composition as
Those Of Carlsbad.
"The Hot Springs of Mexico" said
a gentleman from Las Vegas to a Den
yer Republican representative, "are six
miles from Las Vegas and they are sit
uated in a basin about thirty acres In
extent, surrounded IN all sides by hills
rising to a height Of from 800 to 400
feet. shielding the place from wind
and sand storms. The mud baths,
which are famous for their curative eff
fects, are to be had only in two places
In the world, here and at Carlsbad,
Germany, and it has been shown that
the mud found at the hot springs in
New Mexico and which is used in CIV
ing the baths is of the same chemical
composition as that Of Carlsbad. 1t
is very interesting to note the forma-
ton of this mud or peat. 1t is formed
by the vegetation which has been
washed down from the hills probably
a century ago and which, settling
among the rocks, has become decom-
posed and formed into q substance
which is practically carbon impreg-
mated with salts, magnesia, soda, lithia
and various other ingredients. This
peat is gathered from the rocks, dried
and put through a fine sieve in order
to remove the silicates and after this
treatment it is as soft as -four. It ie
then taken to the mixing room, where
1t is put In large tubs and the water
from the hot springs mixed with 1t
until it is about the consistency of
mush. The mud is now ready for use
and it is taken into the bathing room,
where the patient is placed in a tub
and covered, with the exception of his
head, and allowed to remain in the
mud for from ten to thirty-fve min
utes. The application of the mud has
an effect similar to a mild poultice
and draws the impurities from the
body through the pores of the skin.
The patient is then removed from the
bath, placed upon a slab and submit
ted to a vigorous rubbing, the chemical
composition of the mud being such
that it can be rubbed from the body
with a dry towel, leaving the flesh in
q clean condition.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13
Eject Of Light an p,.n..


The attention Of botanists has late.
ly been recalled to experiments made
at Juvisy, near Paris. by Monsieur
Flammarion on the effect of exposing
the seedlings of sensitive plants to
lights of different colora. Having
placed four pairs of mimosa seedlings
in four separate pots in q dollhouse.
he covered one pair with a bell Of blue
glass, another with q bell of green
glass, a third with a bell of red glass.
while the fourth was left exposed to
ordinary white light. At the end of
two months the plants subjected to
blue light were only one inch hish.
having hardly grown at all. Those
exposed to white light were -four.
inches high, those that had grown in
green light were five inches high. Will.
those whose light had been red were
no less than sixteen inches high. ny
periments with other kinds d uion.s-
gave various results, but in every
stance blue light impeded growth and
development.