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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
Dickinson sunday school Workers.

Herington. Kas., April 16.-(Special) The
thirteenth annual county Sunday school
convention of Dickinson county opened here
this morning. President r. NJ. White pre-
siding. State Secretary j. II. Engle is
present and made the opening address on
why These Conventions? Prominent
of Herington: Mrs. r. A. Preuzner of
Lawrence. and Judge +. w. Cunningham,
of Emporia president of the state associa-
tion, who lectured tonight TO large aud
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
Texas, Corporation Tax LAW.

Austin, Tex, April 16.-The house to-day
took up and rushed through the senate bill
taxing sleeping and dining car companies
10 cents per 100 miles of travel. and life in
surarce companies per cent. and fire and
fidelity companies / per cent on their gross
premium receipts. The bill only needs the
signature of the governor to become a law.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
Old Man Run Down by n Train.

Sedalia. Mo-. April 16.-(Special) Charles
Schlauffer. a feeble old man of rs years was
run down by a Missouri Pacific freight
train in the West end yards this afternoon
and received injuries about the head and
body, which will probably result fatally,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
WINS II the work of Farmerss

st. Joseph. Mo, April 16.-(Special) 1t is
rumored that the break on the B. & NJ.
line. near Fortescue. Mo-, by reason of
which all trains to-day are being run
around via Atchison. was the work of
farmers in that vicinity. who used dyna-
mite TO destroy a big fiji that was backing
I'D Hood water until il covered their farms
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
British Naval Demonstration.

Durham. Natal April 1.-the British
FcbSgarY IL under sealed orders. arrived
here unexpectedly during the night with
six OF the British warshps. Two more war
vessels of the British fleet are expected
here tonight. The object of this naval
demonstration Is not known here,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
Chinese to he Admitted.

Washington. April 16.-Secretary Gage has
instructed the customs officers at Pembina,
NJ d.. to admit 1I9 Chinese who are en-
route from China to the Nashville EXPOSE
ton. This action Is taken on the statement
of the director general that their admission
is necessary under concessions made to ex-
hibitCrs and others.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
Work for FIFTY Men.

St. Joseph, No., April 16.-(Special) The
st. Joseph Bar and Axle Company mas been
reorganized and the plant on South Fourth
street, closed since July 10 last. will be re-
opened within few days. Fifty men will
be employed in the manufacture of wagon
and buggy tires and similar material.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
Abilene Is Gaining.

Abilene, Kas., April 16.-tSpecial.) The
city assessor has nearly completed his work
and announces that Abilene will show a
gain of about 200 in population during the
Sast year, making the total about $500.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
.wntchdog, Holman I. Better

Washington. April 16.-The condition of
Representative Holman, of Indiana, was
encouraging to-day. and two physicians in
attendance said he was making satisfactory
progress toward TsSSyeNr
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
uny O.d Js She Now.

Judge-"Pardon me, madam. what is your
age
Iady-"Oh let me see. When I was first
married | was Is: then lost my husband,
and now more than five years have passed
since married again.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17
PostoGice Receipts.

Washington, April 16.-(Special9 The
postoffice receipts at St Louis and Kansas
CITY for the quarter ending March 81 were
as follows:
ST I,ouis .....S .SiO91I6 $780, s21 5S5
Kansas City ......... 133. .402 135, ,6SS 2236
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-17

Union Pacific shops did not get high enough
to stop work. The other threatened plants
are all beyond danger, unless another rise
comes
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
THE LESTER TRIAL.
Twd Of the Lawyers Fined SIS
Each by the Court.

Martinsville, Va. July i5.-lspecial -
II! the case of the common wealth against
Wade Lester for the alleged poisuhlnr Of
Willie Davis, all testimony. was taken nv
III o'clock this morning.
The instructions to the jnry are varr
much tho same as those of the firm ~
trial and are considered favorable tn tho
prisoner. az - rs rs-: Wv, ~.
Mr.. VIM. .Peytoii made the onenin ,.ss
speech for che prosecution and was fol.
lowed by Messrs. P. H. Billiard AND w
II. Graveley for the defense and for sbe
commonwealth by Wythe NJ. Peyton,
The argument will be concluded IN.
morrow by Judge N. Fl. Hairston and
John w. Carter for the defense and
George l.. billiard, attorney for the state
The most exciting phase of the trial
was difficulty between John w. Carter
and VIM. M. Peyton, when Peyton insin.
mated that Carter had illegally gotten tes.
smony, whereupon Carter pronounced it
false. A personal encounter was immi-
nent when the officials and friends inter
terea AM prevented it. The LAWYERS were
The trial has drawn large crowds from
the Immediate vicinity and surrounding
towns.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16

tne United Mine Workers. arrived in
F9tsspui 9 today and tendered his SER
vices 10 che local officials. He will prob.
aply go into the West Virginia field "a An
o. 9anizer. Mr.. Miller said the conditions
wee more favorable for success than az
any tine during the last general suspen
sions This men, he said, acted with more
unanflnity this time in re spending to the
strike Order The last strike was inau-
tgnrated on April 81, and IL was late in
the month OF May >befo.-e the suspension
was as general as it is now. This time
sne meh came out Voluntarily, where be-
lore some had to be. persuaded TO come
guy. Iney are mora determined than at
any time before in the history ctt the
miners organization, and am confident
snae Gne movement will be "a success.,. Z
nave just come from Columbus. When
left President Ratchford he sa,d there
was no doubt but that the miners would
WIN. Reports from all mining States
received at national headquarters are Of
most encouraging aature.n
columbus, O., July 15.--When the
Schicks mines closed TO- day Eastern Ohio
was closed. Miners headquarters have
been notified that the men at Amora. w.
Va, have quit work. In jackson county.
this State, operators of ten companies
have posted notices that they will now
pay the scale asked by the miners. The
fear of the coal shortage is over and a
famine is not expected. There is IN
abundance of coal in the market. Cleve.
land operators say the fate of the strike
depends on the course of the men in De
Armitt's mines. Until the strikers sue
coed i'll inducing these men to come ont
there can be no coal famine, and failure to
close these mines means loss of supre-
macy in districts which the strikers now
control.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
COURT OF APPEALS.
Long List of Opinions Handed
Down Yesterday.

Wytheville, Va, July 15.-(Special.) y
The following decisions were handed
down in the court of appeals to. day:
BY Judge James Keith, presiding
Little ct ais VS.. Slemp; from the cir
cult court of Russell county. Affirmed.
Carper's administrator vs.. the Norfolk
and Western Railroad Company; from
Pulaski county. Affirmed.
BY Judge John w. Riley
Fulkerson, commissioner, vs. the treas-
urer of the city OF Bristol; from Bristol.
Reversed in part.
BY Judge r. H. Cardwell-
Hurt ct ais, VIZ. Miller, fer etc; from
Russell county, Affirmed.
Martin VS.. Martin; from Giles county.
Affirmed.
BY Judge John A Buchanan
Combs vs. Gambler and others; from
Bristol. Reversed
Ia :ter's administrators vs.. Wilson, adj
ministrator; from Wythe county. Decree
reversed.
BY Judge George NJ. Harrison
Thomas vs.. Jones; from the city of Bril-
stol Reversed.
Hull VS.. Watts administrator; from
Tazewell county. Amended and affirmed.
Osborne VS.. the Pulaski Light and Wa.
ter Company: from Pulaski county.
Affirmed.
Hasker Marcus Manufacturing Com.
pnny vs.. Mandent; from Richmond. Writ
of error and supersedeas
Burdis VS.. Burdis; from Stafford comn
ty. Appeal and supersedeas
| Grocer Iron Company vs.. Warden's ad-
ministrator; from Pulaski county. Writ
of error refused.
Richardson VS.. Houff; from Augusts
county. Appeal refused.
Phillips vs.. Commonwealth; from Rock
ingham county. Writ of error refused
Reynolds VS.. Davis ct ais; from Alto
CHAN. county. Appeal refused
Greaver ps, Higgs and Others; from
staunton. Appeal refused.
Crescent Horseshoe Company rs. Einon
Argument was conclu0ed.
Cox VS., Cox was e.1gued and submitted
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
HAIL AT PETERSBURG

Petersburg, July 15.-This city wa.
visited this afternoon by one of the Sc.
verest hailstorms ever known in Peters.
burg. Almost anywhere the hailstones
which were of unusual size, could be
scooped up by the handful. a number
of window glasses in the large factory Of
5. w. Venable Tobacco Company were
shattered by the hail. and vegetation in
the gardens was badly cut to pieces. In
one hour there was q fall of fifteen de
grees i'll the temperature.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
80 ha. -:
F. TC pfPOsE THE BEt,f,

Eagerstown;, Md. july 15.-R j Hios.
lett, OF Norfolk, Va, representing tha
Seaboard Telephone Company, ID Il, FL.
gsrstown arranging Ito establish here 4
1900 telephone system to be operate5
In composition with the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company, which has
mad quite monopoly for years. The new
company has conferred with Mayor M.
l.. keedy concerning "a gratuitous fran,
s 81 Sc from the city, and has the support
Association, which is fighting the old
company for refusing to etit r1tes Tha
rev. company agrees to putin phones for
s24 year Iii 5ttsiness places and Sis in
dwelling hohses.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
The Attorney General and the
Chicago Platform.
DENIAL OF A CAMPAIGN CHARGE.
MIsoUoTED BY A BALTIMoR
sun CORRESPONDENT, WHO
NOW ADMITS THAT HE pRoBA-
BLY, MIsINTERPRETED MAJOR
sCoTT's REMARKs-R CARTER
SCOTT PUBLISHES A DENTAL OF
THE INTERVIEW.

NarreuCOny VAR July 10. The Hir-
ginian will tomorrow print detailed
and specific denial OF the ckarae. now
being widely circulated in the Virginia
campaign and referred to in the Rich
nond correspondence OF the WASHINGTON
Post on Monday last, THAI Attorney GEN
erai IL. f. Scott, through the Baltimore
Sun, on August 2, 1885, while accepting
Bryan as the nominee, condemned she
Chicago platform as being utterly at
variance with Democratic principles and
most incend'ary attack upon our inati-
utions.h There has been no. question of
Major Scott's loyal and cordial support
OF Bryan, but the alleged decentralization of
the platform has been used against him
| on the theory thar he could not, if noun
mated, consistently stand upon similav
platform, which is ceytain to be adopted
by the Rownoke convention.
| Attorney General Scott is now seri-
ously Ill with typhoid fever at his, home
here, but his son.. Mr. r.. CARTER SCOTT,
who, with Mr.. John A. G. Keith, was
I present when the Baltimore Sun csrre-
| spondent, Nr. Raphea5 8. Payne talked
| with Maj, Scott about the Chicago plat
form, makes this statements:
1.-THE conversation basween Major Scott
and Mr. Payne was, Ascending. 10 the DIS
tfnct recollection of Maj Scott. Mr.: Keith
and myself,. in substance as fonows: Mr.
Payne stased that the opinion of the BAL
timore people and the sun VAS than the
Chicago platform was revolutionary, an
archisticr and PopuSstic, ana that the
people of Maryland would not Support IL.
Maj. Scoet TUNED In, his chair and said
whether it be revolusionary, anarchistic,
Populistic or any sosher 'istio, it is, the
pna.,otin Oh Inc DeMosratic party and
e .na,fsu True s xeeg,naM ineeres nd In the
| wise than piy-g IL hiS hpartu ourporh and
w "'9o ..an ga ~ us nearSy supgors, anu
nor 80" -. tI ~no, vo'lnet III nisousreu
nm the tinans;p p nnaa.,an sAe ,t parry WAS
would rive s. his hanrtu ,,n Sl' "a Sss W.
| thouuhb II was ,,p~;sa for the ,.onnSs n nf
Viruinia to, do yln.t MarvanS, sad dona
and turn their STATE over no, tho Rannhe
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
ENGLEBY BRO. & co.
A BAND CONCERT.

The Park Street Band will give u free
open air concert tonight, commencing Mt
S:3O O'Clock, ut the corner of rhird ave.
nue. and Eighth street n. w, at which the
following programme will be rendered !:
March, Gel Captain sousa; overture.
"Cross of Honor" BIGGER; reverie. 'sS,ar
of the Sea, !" Kennedy; two step. 'veni,
Nidi, Vici." Hall: Spanish bolero. "a
Fete in Madrld.o Abbiate; values,
-siTrinity College," Missud; march ,"Tenth
Regiment, Hall. Leader r. B. Swartz
will conduct the concert.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
GoRED TO DEATH ~ A R1rr1
l'lorea Mans Brave Defense of His Fin,
pSoyer of No Avail

Norfolk, July l5.-Mr. II. w. CLAY 81
prominent cftizep of Norfolk county mat
horrible death ribs evening at his home
ON the Eastern BraHcB OS Elizabeth river
he was gored by an inf9ssssed bull and
died shortly afterwatf.
"A colored farm hand rraahed 90 his ne.
sistauce,. and with a club beFabored the
herce animal until he diverted his atten-
lion from his horribly mutiIatetf yietim.
Although he risked his own life in at
tempting to save Mr. Clay's the man was
too late. vas
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
BALD WON AGAIN,

Erie, Pa, July 15.-At the second dav,s
racing of the Erie Cycle Association here
this afternoon, Eddie Bald won the mile
open in the largest. field of the wear
Thirteen started on perfect track.
There were two pace makers on singles
The time was 200 2-5.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
THE WEATHER.

Forecast for virSini{it Fair Friday a, a
Saturday; warmer; southSr1y Winds.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
PLoYE ARRESTED. =

TRUSTED EMPLoYE ARRESTED =
- Tampico. Mexico, July 15.-J. II. Bor.
goies, the agent here of the Wells. Fargo
Express Company, was arrested TODAY
for stealing from the company. Two
other employees in his Office were.also mr..
rested for completely.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
MIR. CRAWFORD ACOUJTTED

Richmond, July -l5.-.Mr. George E.
Crawford, the real estate agent, who was
on triai for embezzling $4,000 from Mrs.
feyrounet, client, was to-day acquitted
oy jury In the hust;ngs court. The
Jury was out but few minutes before
Z they brought in this verdict.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
Something New
in NeGiigees!

fills liUT WEATHER IS BRING
ING OUT PRETTY PATTERNS IN
SOFT, COOL NEGLIGEES. THIS
WEEK WE HAVE SOME ESfrggLY
NEW CoLoRs WITHOUT COLL Ans
AND SOFT MADRAS CLOTH.
PRICE 81.
GlLKESON & TAYLOR.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
HOT ENOUGH FOR YO1Jp

have hot weather shoes for everybody.
Keep your feet nice and cool ana you can
stand the hot weather. have complete
stocks in two stores-Salem avenue md
Jefferson street a. BACHRACH.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-16
TO ENJOY
% YOUR VACATION

~ thoroughly take along Camera
So TO record the many incidents
gS ana scenes that please the eye.
III Pocket kodaks, So; No 9
Z Bulls Eye. 50; No. Bullet,
Slo ROANOKE CYCLE CO..
los Salem Ave. S. w.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-06

Mr.. Charles H. Wetzel, Of Sunbury,
Pa, was so much pleased with a
remedy which cured him of rheuma-
tism that he made affidavit to the fact
for publication as follows: This is to
certify that on May 18th 1 walked into
Melick's drug store on pair Of crutch-
es, bought a bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm for infiammatory rheuma-
tism which had crippled me up. After
using three bottles / am completely
cured. / can cheerfully recommend
il. CHARLES H. WETZEL."
Sworn and subscribed to before me
on Aug. 10, 1894. Walter Shipman, ].
P. Pain Balm is for sale at rs and
so cents per bottle by all druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-06
WANT WOMEN IN CHARGE.

Denver, Col, May 6.-The Denver
Teachers club is taking steps to place
the executive control of the National
Educational association at the next
annual meeting in the hands of the
women. The manifesto will be issued
shortly to teachers of the United States
setting forth that while ninety per
cent of teachers of the United States
are women who labor industriously to
educate the young, the majority of this
great Teachers association, the Ma
tional Educational association has been
and is almost exclusively in the hands
of certain men who have had little or
no natural experience in work of train
ing the minds of this ninety per cent
of our future citizens"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-06
PLAY BALL!
O'Connor and Weber Now own the
BronchO Herd.


O'Connor & Weber is now the firm
| name and STYLE of the owners of the
San Antonio Baseball club. The deal
deal was consummated this morning
in consideration of note of $3.50 to the
directors of the association, consisting
of L. NJ. WeltOn, Geo. r. Hines, Geo.
c. Eichlitz and r. b. Green.
Messrs. O'Connor & Weber will have
all the affairs of the club in their
acre, while O'COnnor will also have
charge of the players on the field. 1t
is a we'll known fact that O'Connor has
worked hard to give San Antonio a
good baseball team, and he has be-
come a prime favorite with the fans.
His popularity was evinced by the roar
that went uD when 1t became known
that he had been released by the local
association, and not until he was REIN
stated were the fans at all satisfied.
Now that everything has been ar
ranged satisfactory to all, and that Big
Mike is once more the king of the field,
it is hoped that the patrons will con-
tinue in their support of the team.
The carriage gate" which has been
a bone of contention with all owners Of
vehicles, will be opened, and the BrOn-
chos will continue the fight for the
pennant and the silver cup until the
last man is out. May they meet with
success is the wish Of every roOter of
San Antonio.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-06
EVIDENT SUICIDE.

New Bedford, Mass, May 6.-The
body of VIM. Rowland, treasurer of
the Rowland mill. New Bedford Manu-
featuring Co., and Roch Spinning COM
pany has been found at the dock at
the foot of North street. The place
where it was found is not far from
where he was last seen alive The cor
pOrations with which Mr.. Rowland
was connected are now in the hands of
receivers as the result of the discovery
of unsupported financial enlightenment
recently by the stockholders.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-06
BEAUTIFUL CONCERT.
A Pleasant Evening in the Beethoven
Temple of Music.

A Pleasant Evening in the Beethoven
Temple of Music.
A very large audience was in atten-
dance at Beethoven hall last night to
enjoy the benefit concert rendered Miss
Emma Lipps by her musical friends
who kindly assisted her In presenting
program of exceptional merit and in
terest, some of San Antonios best tall
ent being enlisted in the enterprise.
The program rendered was as fol-
lows:
Solo, Stella, ..................J. Faure,
Miss Emma Lipps.
Solo, Papa 81 My Best Beau. ........
..............M Miss Bessie b. Andrews.
Double quartette, Waltz song .......
Messrs. ]. McAllister. Nose Frank. Fred
Robinson, William Schuwrith, Wilson
Baker. c. A. Coughlin, Otto Ottensen,
Gilbert Schramm.
Sol, The outlaw Song, Victor Herbert
Gilbert Schramm.
Recitation, kissing Cup, Fred Stone.
Solo, The Swavian Maid Pracht
Mrs. Hugo Griesenbeck.
Stolen Kisses .......... Mrs. HirSchDerg
Violin duetto, Larghetto Spohr. ......
.......... 1rOI. II. Inlel, GuS AlDerS.
Solo, selected. ~. Mrs. Frank Bushick
Piano accompaniment.
Sextette from the opera, Lucia de Lam
mermoor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Donizetti
Mrs. Griesenbeck, Mrs. Bushick, Joe
McAllister, Fred Robinson, Wilson
Baker, Gilbert Schramm.
Solo, selected, Mrs. Bessie Bell Andrews
Solo, The Daisy, ..............L l.. Arditti
Miss Emma Lips.
A pleasing departure for a summer
evening concert was the omission of
all encores by the artists, although
many were called for persistently. Es-
pecially so was this in the case of Mr..
Fred Stone, Mrs. Hirschberg, Mrs. Bes-
sic Bell Andrews, Mrs. GrieSenbeck,
Mrs. Bushick and Mr.. Schramm and
Miss Lips.
A tender compliment was paid lit
tie Miss Andrews after her solo, Papa
Is My Best Beau" by giving prolong-
ed and hearty encore, to which the lit
tie Miss responded in her dainty way
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-06

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-06
THIEVES WHO STOLE MILLIONS.
VastDefnIcatiOns and EN- bezElements
Recorded in the Year 1906.

Vast Declarations and EmbezElements
Recorded In the Year 1906.
The aggregate .stealings of men who
violate public and private trusts, by
defalcation and embezzlement, are
probably much greater every year than
those of the burglars and highway
men put together. says the Cleveland
Leader.
The record of such stealings during
1895, as compiled by the insurance COM
panies which guarantee employers
against the dishonesty of their en-
ployes, and the public against the dis
honesty of officials, shows that the sum
of S9,465,921 was obtained. The cases
Of embezzlement reported numbered
24O. OF these IA stole more than $780,,
900. $50 more than 100000, one more
than $500, 600, and one more than ST.
100000.
City and county officials stole 1885,
975, banks lost 5000, $40, agents en-
bezzled $1,O45,s75, forgers obtained
S341,5OO, building and loan associations
S497, 57S, postmasters stole S32,s15, and
the miscellaneous defalcations amount
ed to S2,175,7S2. New York leads, with
defalcations amounting to S2,3ss,s16,
while the stealings of that sort in Del
aware were the smallest, amounting
oplv to S1.10O.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-06
WONDERFUL LAMP SNAKE.
Emits n Dazzling Light That Can Be
Seen Two Miles.


The natives of Natal. South Africa,
have an implicit faith in the existence
of the lamp snake, which they call
"umningi." This reptile is supposed to
frequent swamps or lakes and is of
size so vast that on an occasion when
one of the species was attacked and
killed by a Boer hunting party its
carcass filled couple of wagons. In
fact, the umningi's proportions are al
most unlimited. The light emitted by
this monster is bright and dazzling in
the extreme, and can be easily dis
cerned from a distance of a couple
of miles or more. Naturally this radi-
ance is visible by night only. Many ma
tives call the lamp snake ivimbela, but
usually this name is applied to a ser
pent whose dwelling is in the sea, and
whose powers, though great and mar
velous, are not displayed in rivers or
frauPht with magic light. A native
says he has often seen the lamp snake in
the pools of the Umvoti river, where it
passes through thorn country. He says
il is not uncommon and in color is very
pale, almost white, with brown patches
about it; it is rather a large snake.
On a dark night it makes" light in
the pool, which shines so brightly that
when one first sees it ones eyes blink.