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

Paper shoes are being fitted on the
German cavalry horses, as they are
lighter and more durable than the or
binary horseshoes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
His Motto.

A cab owner had the word excel
sior" painted on the door panel of all
his vehicles. He explained that his mot
to was "hire. "-Tit-Bits.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
The Very wav-

Mrs. Churoh-Did you ever catch
your husband flirting?
Mrs. GothaEa-That's the way 1 did
catch him. -Yonkers Statesman.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
Anxious.

She-Sad is my lot.
He-It isn't-er-mortgaged, is it'll
up to Date.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
Wolf Farming.

A large number of countirs were awarded their wolf bonnties from the state. The total amount paid was larger than it will ever be again. un. less the new law passed last winter is repealed. and wolf farming is en- outraged. Acting under the authority given by this law. the county coln- niissioners of Otter Tail aad Cotton wood counties have announced that they will pay no more bounties. and other countirs are preparing to follow suit. Tue expense of these bounIies under The old law was divided between the county sud the state. and it was beginning to be sn expensive matter. Strangely enough, to the uuinitiated. some of the older counties, notably Hnustau and Wabash, come in for much larger portion of the bounty than any of the newer counties. where wolves would naturally beexpected to abound. Houston county. for instance, comes in for more than four times the amount called for by Aitkin. and at least three times AS much as any other county in the northeastern part of the sia,e. Otter Tail county comes in for over t5UO, and heads the list in amount. No charges have been made that ,h-r. is anything wrong with the norLh-rn counties, but it is said the amount of h'umties paid proves clear case of wolf farming in the older southeastern counties like Houston aud Wabashe. Three or four of the counties will receive no money from this apportionment. as the claims are paid in the order tbey have been sent il,, and these counties did not present. their claims until after the fund had been exhausted. The total amount allotted is t5.530. A.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
The odd and Curious.

The Mississippi river, at the point where it flows out of Lake Itaska, Is len feet wide and eighteen inches deep.
 The loftiest inhabited place in the world is the Buddhist monastery of hriue. in Thibet. It is about 17,0n0 feet above the sea.
 On the summit of Ben Lomond may be seen he smallest tree that grows in Great Britian; it is known as the dwarf willow. and is. when mat ure, only about two inches in height.
 The sea has no hrrbivorous inbabi- tant. Its popula,ion live on each other. and the whole of this immense expanse of water is one great slaught- CT house. where the strong forever prey upon the weak.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
Grains ef Gold.

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man.
 Poverty and hunger have many learned disciples. ] Whatever makes mon good Chris. ti i,ns makes them good citizens. As you go forward in life. never sx. prct too much, never hope for toO little.
 The protection of God cannot, with oit sacrilege, be invoked but In behalf of justice aud right.
 Show us the man who never makes . mistake and we will show man who never makes anything.
 Men are 80 constituted that every mdy undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether hs has aptitude for 1t or not.
 The world is looking out for the hest things, aud what we want is tO show that the religion of Christ is the b-st in the world.
 Every great man exhibits the talent of organization, of construction. whether it be in a poem, a phllOsOphi- cal system. a policy ora strategy. Aud without method there is no or lanizatiOn nor construction.
 The people of tn. United States read and support Hs many newspapers as England, France and Germany com- bined.
 An appropriation for teaching Latin and Greek in the public schools of Detroit has been refused. French and German srs to be taught.
 The br.,nzs statue of the late Con- modore Vanderbilt, the founder of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, T-np., will be unveiled in the pxrth.- non at the Centennial Exposition. on May p, the anniversary "f his bi, tn. Mr. Drpew will deliver the ora,ion.
 Frederick H. Rindge. long resident of California, and who has given his native town of Cambridge, Msss.. . city hall. a public library building and . manual training school at an expense of more than $l,000, 900, has derihed to return to Cambridge to live aud to educate his children.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13


 The greatest fortress in the world is Gibralter. The height of the rock is l,4O0 feet. and this stuppndous precipice is pirrcsd by miles of gaI- lerirs in the solid stone port holes for cannon being pIscs'i at frequent inter- vals. The rocks is perfectly impreg- nable to the shot of an enemy, and by means of the great elevation. a plung- ing fire can Ds directed from an rnor nous height upon hostile fleet. From the water batteries to . distance of two thirds up tho rock one tier after an0ther of cannon is presented to the enemy. A garrison of from 5.0J0 to 10000 is maintained. with prpvis- ions and ammunition for six months siege lasted three years. The fortress was successfully defended by 1000 British and attacked by an army of over 10000 men. with 1000 pieces of artillery, 47 sails of the line. 10 great batteries. and great numbers of smaller boats. For months over 5000 shells day were thrown into the tower.-Ex.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
"whsn . Woman win. She will.'

"whsn . Woman win. She Will"
 Etc.
 And when she won't she won't and that is the truth. I'hs Detrnit Free Frees some years ago gave very fun ny account of . case of she will and she won't.
 ..And what is your age, madsmP" was the aitorney's question.
 ..My ownw she answered promptly. ..I understand that, madam. but how old are youp"
 Fl am not old, sir" with indigna- tion.
 q beg your pardon madam; I mean how many years have you passedP" ..None, the years have passed me. '" "How many of them have passed youp"
 .AlI. never heard of any of them stopping"
 ..Madam, you must answer my question. I want to know your age" ..I don't know that the acquaint- ance is desirsd on the other side" ..I don't see why you insist upon re. fusing to answer my question" said the attorney coaxingly. Il am sure
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
AsroR ~ILL WIN HIS BET.
4 Block ef Redwood Big Enough for
 Table of Forty.


 Table of Forty. San Francisca-A big slab of red- wood. . cross section est from log IA feet 1 inches in diameter. with the bark peeled o6. was lowered yesterday into the hold of the German ship Maria, Hsck6eld tt Long Bridge, bound for London.
 Tho big blnck of wood is consigned to William Waldorf Astor and ia in- tended to decide wager. Ala recon, dinner party given in London to se- lect circle, some stories were told that favored with byperbole. Astor was responsible for one in which the big trees of California figured. A young English blood doubted the existence of such trees. There were just forty guests at the dinner and Astor, to prove his assertion, offered to wager that a table big enough to accOmmo- date forty at dinner could be made from a cross-section of one of CaIifor- nia's trees. The wager was accepted and the shipment on the Maria Hack field is the result.
 The piece of redwood was cut from one of the many giant trees of Hun boldt county. There is not x knot or bIrm,sh in the whole piece. Heavy wire cables were bound around its outer rim and heavy plAnks protected it from heinz split. I, is about three feet thick aud weighs ab"ut nineteen tons. It was brought from the lumber woods on the steamer National City, and the ships hatchway just gave the slab play of ono inch ss it wss be- ing lowered into the hold.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
Electric Bitters.

Electric Bitters is medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed when the languid. exhausted feeling prevails. when the liver is torpid and sluggish and tho need of a touic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious levers. No medicine will act more surely in counterscting and freeing the system from the mslarisl poison. Headache. indigestion, con slipation, dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50c and $l per bottle at D. J. Brannen's drug store.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
Released for Her Little s0n's sake.

Released for Her Little S0h's sake.
 ..Wh-rp's me muddrrp" earnestly ou-ri-d a small urchin in the police court, Newark, N. J., Tuesday.
 Il d"n't know, my son. sad Judge Eggprs kindly. peering over his desk at the m"rsrI of humanity. "DD you think she's heree"
 ..Youse knows she's here," was the reply. Then the boy went back of the desk and talked contid-ntially for few moments with the magistrate. Tn. latter gave MI order, snd a bed raupipd woman WAS led into court. She had been sentenced for drunken ness earlier in ,hs day. ..Y"ur son has pleaded for you" :" said the judge. "and I am determined ,n lei ,"u go for his sake, if you will ,r, tn do hrtirr."
 ..ru take the pledge. I w,ll!' cried ,h. woman with tears. .Pll never drink again."
 She signed the pledge, handed it to .Jud.- Eggrrs and then. hand in hand with her son. started for the door.
 .Thank yer. judge" called out the litl,. fellow.
 .Y"n brave, noble little boy replied the magistrate rather irrever' entIy. Then he wip.d his glasses and called the next case.--New York Journal.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
Honor to Grant. NEW YORK-As | tribute to the

memory of General Grant. Yang Yu, former mi6ister from China la the United States, today planted tree in the ground under whicn the clskrt of General Grant lay for twelve years. The tree is called giuk gubilo-ba by Chinese botauisls, and is sad to grow to a height of about one hundred feet:
 Colonel Fred Grant. Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Julia Grant were present, and after a brief speech by Samuel Me- MiIlin. president of the park board, the minister took a spake, threw a little earth around the root of the tree and then read his speech.
 This tree is planted" he said. at the side of the tomb of Ulysses 5. Grant, -x-presidsnt of the United States of America, to cOmmr,noral. his greatness bv Li Hung Chalg g. guardian of the prince, grand s-creta- " of state, earl of the first order.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13

1 would tell you how old I was if I were asked"
 .'But nobody would ask you for everybody knows you are old enough to know better than to be asking woman her age"
 The attorney passed on to the next question.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
Secret, ' N mton's circul,r sittin z

oPcFets V "tON'N cirCu'fr StttNy apart tke native pens at Fort Worth, Tex opens up new route for ArizI- pa cattle tO the Pan Handle of Texas, Oklahoma, Texas, Southern KtnSas aud parts of Cobra 10. This is s smooth rouCe. Thin cattle can be shipped over this route in the spring and very late in She fall without danger of loss from cold weather. as there are no mountains to cross by this line. Mir. c. C. French. joint agent of the T. & k. and c. R I & F., is visiting every important ship ping stations along the 5. P. and ex- plaining the merits of his route to the cattle people. He thinks Tucson should have population of 50. 900 in- habitants and would have if the eastern iuvslids knew the truth about the wonderful climate of Arizona. and that when the people of the east cease to get their information from Puck and Judge. about Alkali Ike and Arizona Pete. bnth countries will be better of.-Tucson Star.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13

France has more money in circula-
 tion in proportion to i,s population than any other country.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
The Largest Department Store in Arizona.

Mqm ni and hay" the finest and brstc ton of Blankets. Baskets. P Indian
 Jewery Relies rn the West
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13

They carry ano stock of staple and fancy
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13
0offip Bros..

Are now in their new quarters and they are in position to fill orders for the most fatidious customer.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13

They carry hnc stocK or stNp1e ahu r&hcy GROCERIES. PRODUCE, XeCeTEBLeS, cENDIeS. And all the FRESH FRUITS
 in their season.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-13

eB- Send them your order by telephone. let ter. or any way most convenient. asd we will do the rest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-15
VICTORIA AND THE SENTRY
Her ThoughtfuIness for a Man Whose
Mother Was Dying.

Her Thoughtfulness for a Man Whose
Mother Was Dying.
The mother of one of the sentries at
Windsor castle was seriously Him
deed in a dying condition-yet the son
was required by his superior officer to
be on duty as usual. Her majesty
knew of the woman's illness, as indeed
she knows about everything relating
to the family life of her servants; moth
ing is too trivial for her notice. AS
suming that permission would of
course have been given to the young
sentry to go to his mothers dying bed,
the queen issued no special order to
that effect herself. In the afternoon,
when returning from her usual after.
luncheon drive, she noticed that the
sentry was in his usual place at the
castle entrance
Instantly her majesty ordered her
carriage to be stopped and, leaning
out to where the young fellow stood,
she said with terrible emphasis:
''What, you HEREOF The sentry, my
informant relates, not understanding
the drift of the royal inquiry, was
ready to drop with fright and possibly
expected to be sent to the Tower
straightaway. Needless to say, he
was too alarmed to speak. Soon, how.
ever, he learned that the queens in
dignation was not against him, but
against those who had kept him at his
post when a beloved mother was dying.
Her majesty told him to hasten home
without delay and afterward caused
special inquiries to be made as to
whether he was in time to see his
mother alive. which happily was the
caSe.-Woman at Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-15

another man whom Hillmon had muir
dered for the purpose of palming it
off on the insurance companies as his
own. Browns full confession had
been introduced on all the trials eX-
cept the last. His deposition, taken
by the Hillmon attorneys, was not
used in the last two trials 1t is said
the lawyers hold the policies and are
the parties in interest, but the vivid
ow" even of the murderer is often in
fuential with jury, and Mrs Hill
mon appears as the plaintiff John III.
Brown and Alva Baldwin have never
been brought into court witnesses
by the Hillmon lawyers, for the posi-
BILE reason, as suggested, that they fear
cross examination.
On the 18th of September, 1879, Mrs
Hillmon signed full release of all her
interest in the policies. She went to
her lawyers Office and demanded the
policies. He said he had a lien on the
policies for SO, 900 and refused to give
them up. From that day to this the
parties demanding the payment of the
policies, it is said, have been the law
yerS and not Mrs. Hillmon, the alleged
beneficiary.
The body at Lawrence remained uni
Identified until the father of E. A.
Walters, through the masonic lodges
at Fort Madison and at Wichita, OBJ
tanned intelligence of the tragedy ana
copy of the photograph of the alleged
dead ''Hillmon." 1t was the lost son,
Walters. When this CHASTITY photo
graph was shown to the aged mother
she exclaimed, so God, it is my SOB"
and tainted.
More than twenty witnesses from
Fort Madison identified the photo
graph. The Odd Fellows lodge, of
which Walters was a member, con-
WINGED of his murder, paid his life
insurance. A monument has been
erected to the memory of this victim
of assassins.
All of the relatives of Hillmon, in
Guiding his brothers and sisters, swear
that the body is not that of Hillmon.
AT the last trial all of the jurymen
except one were on the side of the in
surance companies, although they are
corporations and the supposed plant tiff
is widow. Sympathy for widow
and hatred of corporations have kept a
case in court II years that, had both
parties been citizens, would have been
decided on the first trial.
In view of the facts here stated, the
action of the state superintendent of
interested from doing business in Kan
sas on account of their con testing this
Hillmon claim, is perhaps naturally
considered by them as both arbitrary
and unjust.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-15
Some Big Women.

Some years ago there was exhibited
in Piccadilly a young Swiss lady named
Catherine Boebner. At the age of %
she measured six feet five inches, and
came to this country after a tour in
Europe, during which she was pre-
sented at the courts of Russia and Ger
many, creating quite sensation by
her beauty, which was greatly en-
HANGED by the picturesque costume in
which she appeared. Another lady,
described as 1.-The astonishing French
giantess," was exhibited in st. James
street about the year 1925. This
Frenchwoman was six feet four inches
in height. About Il years ago a very
remarkable spectacular performance,
called ''Babil and Bijou," drew enor-
nous audiences to the old Alhambra,
in Leicester square, then under the
management of 1.-The peoples caterer -
the late William Holland. Mas, the
celebrated singer, made his reputation
in the piece, but the chief attraction
was the Amazon queen, impersonated
by young German girl called Marian,
whose gigantic proportions put all
former tall ladies completely in the
shade. She measured eight feet two
inches, and presented a gorgeous APP
pearance as she strobe on to the stage
with the limelight shining upon her
comely face and proportional
hmbs.-New Illustrated Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-15
KANSAS COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS

Some Very Interesting Statistics Compiled
Many Counties Owe Nothing.
TOPEKA. Kan, May 10.-State SUI
perintendent of Schools Stryker has
prepared a statement showing the
true valuation, assessed valuation, the
Indebtedness and the per cent. of the
bonded Indebtedness of the various
counties in the state. The indebted
ness does not include anything eX-
cept the amount the county organ
ization owes. 1t does not take
in the debt of the cities or the
school districts in the counties
The statement shows that the
counties of Butler, Jefferson. Nemaha,
Neosho, Pottawatomie, Woodson, Har-
vey, Cove, Crawford and Labette do
not owe single cent. The per cent.
of indebtedness of the counties in
which are located the six frst-class
cities, as compared to the assessed val
uations, follows: Atchison. 5. s per cent. :;
Bourbon, 3; Shawnee, B; Wyandotte. 4;
SedgwicS, 4; Leavenworth, II. Linn
and Smith counties each have an in
debtedness of one-half of one per cent.
Those counties only having one per
cent. are: Brown, Chase, Cheyenne,
Elk. Ellsworth, Finney. Washington,
Logan, Mitchell, Phillips, Republic.
Here is a list whose Indebtedness
amounts to 20 per cent. or over: Grant,
23; Meade, "a; Scott, 20; Seward, 20;
Stevens, 25; Wichita, 20.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-15
MANY NEW LAWS.

Several Important Kansas Measures Be
Came Effective on Their Publication.
TOPEKA, Kan, May 10.-The laws
passed by the recent legislature and
made effective upon publication in the
statutes became effective Saturday.
Among the Important laws now in
force are: To prevent discriminate ton
against members of labor organiza-
tions; to give medical colleges the
bodies of inmates of state charita BILE
and penal institutions: to prohibit
blacl1listing of employees; to pro-
vide jury trials in contempt cases; to
require street railway companies to
vestibu1e their cars; to amend the
Australian ballot law; making train
wrecking capital offense where death
results to any passenger; to compel
farmers to trim hedge fences; to pro-
hibit the importation of detectives in
case of trouble.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-15
is THE STOCK Waterloo
Kansas City Stock Yards Investigators Get
an Admission from Col. Morse.

Kansas City Stock Yards Investigators Get
Admission from Col. Morse.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 10.-The
stock yards inquiry Saturday morning
brought out some interesting facts
about salaries of stock yard officials and
developed the fact that the company's
failure to pay more than 81 per cent.
yearly dividend was due to the invest
ment of $1,000, 900 of the profits
in improvements. The Kansas lawyers
feel satisfied that their investigation
into the stock yards company's prac-
tees has developed the presence of at
least So, 500, 900 of watered stock in the
cOmpanV'S capital.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-15
KANSAS AND FREIGHT RATES.
Gov. Leedy Voices the Sunfio,ser States De-
mands at the Kansas City Commercial

Gov Leedy Voices the Sunflo,ger States De-
mands at the Kansas City Commercial
Congress.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 7.-When
Chairman Lapham announced to the
members of the South and West Com
mercia1 congress yesterday afternoon
that Gov. Leedy, of Kansas, would
speak, some of the delegates expected
to see man with a marvellous growth
of wls;skers, his trousers in his boots
and probably a little hay hanging from
his long hair. Instead of this they
looked upon a quiet, unassuming
man, dressed in a neat cutaway suit
of gray; short, well-kept chin whis-
kers and hair: the little there was of
it was faultlessly combed. The gov
errors address was a fine effort. His
subject was western Products and
Transportation Rates" He apparently
tn ought that enough had been said
about the western products, SO he con-
fined himself to the rate question.
He put the responsibility of