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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-30
THE PLEA OF THE INDIAN.

Imagine yourself in the midst of half
a dozen youths and maidens on the
verge of manhood and womanhood, en-.
downed with a high degree OF natural
intellect and physical ability, and see
ing them totally destitute of educa-
tional advantages and knowledge of
mechanical arts. That is what 1 saw.
Some may ask, why are they not as
signed to some distant Indian school?"
The answer. as 1 learned, is that these
untutored children are held even more
dear to the hearts of their parents than
many children of the whites, and it is
deemed one of the greatest blessings
to have their offspring where they can
at all times be in communion with
them. While they are DESTROYS of hav-
ing their boys and girls secure an edu-
cation, they earnestly oppose having
them so far from their lonely fire.
sides as to be unable to occasionally
see their faces.
During our observation, White Bull
said, Il am poor man. / am willing
to work and earn something; but there
is no work here for me. / want to be
and act like the white man; / want
my children to learn to read and write,
and grow up like white children; but
we have no boarding schools. There
is but one day-school on the entire
reservation. What can we do? Our
agent can only give us what the Great
Father sends to him-that is but little.
Why can't your friends in the East ask
the Great Father to help us? 1 could
tell you many things of how badly we
are treated, but they would not help
us. All 1 want for my people is that
we get what is due us."-From
Among the Cheyennes." by Frances
Drake, in Godey's Magazine for Nov
ember. >trr
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-30

These conditions are due to disorders OF
the digestion or torpidity of the liver
These cause impurity of the blood, and one
cannot continually pump impure blood
into every organ of the body without max
ing those organs sick Pump impure blood
into the brain and there is soon sick brain
1t will show in headaches, dizziness, drows-
mess, dull eyes, frightful dreams and loss
of sleep. Pump bad blood into the lungs
and the result is consumption, bronchitis
asthma, weak lungs, splitting of blood OF
throat or nasal troubles. Feed the nerves
and brain cells upon the poisons of an i'm
pure blood and the consequence is nervous
exhaustion and nervous prostration DR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures
these diseases and cures the conditions that
cause them. 1t restores the appetite, makes
digestion and assimilation perfect, the liver
steady. 1t is the great blood and
esh-builder 1t cures oS per cent of all
cases of consumption 1t is the best REM
edy for blood and skin diseases Druggists
sell it.
Wis, writes: " I wish to say that Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is the best medicine
for the Grip that have ever tried. was cured
twice with it when could not get any other
relief"
"A stitch in time saves nine" Doctor
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
tells the mother how to take one little
home stitch that saves nine costly visits
from the doctor. For paper-covered copy
send 81 one-cent stamps, to cover cost of
mailing only, to the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N Y. Cloth
binding 10 cents additional.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-30
D RoPosALs FOR FRESH BEEF

ID ROPOSALS FOR FRESH BEEF
and Mutton. Office Chief Commits
sary, San Antonio, Tex, Nov. 1, 1897.
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will be
received here, or at offices of Commits
saries at following posts until IL a. M,
Dec. l, 1897, and then opened, for fur
nishing the fresh beef and mutton in
bulk, for issue, required during six
months, commencing January 1, 1898
by Commissaries at Forts Bliss $4,000
fbs.), Brown (1S,OOO fbs), Clark $4,000
fbs), Mcintosh 1S,50O fbs), Ringgold
l24,5OO fbs), and Sam Houston QOl, SOC
fbs), and Camp Eagle Pass, Tex, Co.
200 fbs). Quantity here given for each
post is stated approximately only.
Fresh beef shall be good in quality and
condition, fit for immediate use, and
from fore and hind quarter meats pro-
portionally, including all best cuts
thereof. Fresh mutton shall be Of
good, fat and marketable quality from
wethers over one and under three
years old. Bef and mutton to he
dressed and trimmed and delivered as
prescribed in instructions on back Of
proposals. Proposals will also be re-
ceived stating price at which bidder
will deliver fresh beef or mutton of
character above stated, and to be de-
livered of temperature not greater than
so degrees Fahrenheit" Preference
given to articles of domestic production,
cost and quality being equal Govern
ment reserves right to reject any or all
bids, or parts thereof, and to waive any
therein. Instructions fur
nished on application to Commissaries
Of above named posts, or to EDWARD
E. DRAVO, Capt, Chief COMFY.
11-3 to 6 & 1890
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-30
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES.

From and to all points on Southern
Pacific, Dec. %, "a, and %, 80, and 81,
and January l, good for return Janu-
uary 8. 1898, at rate of one and one
half fare for the round trip.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-30
THE PEARL OF AFRICA.
Flight of Mwanga from His King
| dom of UgandR.

dom of UgandE.
The brief announcement was recently
made that Mwanga, the king of Uganda,
had fled from his capital and surren-
dered himself to the authorities of
German East Africa. No further de-
tails were given, but the bare fact was
full of interest. For that scapegrace
king is one of the best-known charac-
tiers in all the Dark Continent, and
| Uganda, the "Pearl of Africa" is
country upon which the attention of
the world has been much centered. 1t
is region Of geographical interest and
of great political Importance, and it
has been the scene of some of the
most romantic adventures and most
earnest missionary efforts i'm all the
Dark Continent The full story of
Mwanga's abdication and flight and the
subsequent development of affairs will,
4 therefore, be awaited with peculiar
eagerness in America, as well as in the
three countries which have for years
been contending for the possession of
that equatorial kingdom.
The immediate predecessor of
/ Mwanga was Mtesa, who will be re-
membered as a gentle savage" who
was most hospitable to the explorer
Stanley and under whose benign sway
Uganda was first brought to the at
tention of the civilized world. There
was once hope that Mwanga would fol-
low in his footsteps, but it has never
been Appropriated in realization. He
has, on the contrary, proved to be one
of the worst specimens of African bar
barism.
In religion he has been pagan, Roman
Catholic and Protestant by turns, with
interludes of unique deviltry. He was
tbe murderer of Bishop Harrington
md the fomenter of strife between the
French Roman Catholic and British
Protestant missionaries. He has played
fast and loose with Great Britain, with
France and with Germany, and indeed
has shown himself consistent only in
weakness, cowardice, treachery and
cruelty. Uganda is well rid of him.
and if the Germans will keep him from
ever returning they will promote the
! cause VI
Uganda is now recognized as a part
of the British empire. twill, however,
still have king of its own. The Brit
ish will put Mwanga's son upon the
throne, with a council of regency. Thus
stable government will be assured
apd the work of civilization will go on,
For Uganda is really becoming civ.
ilized country. Its people are indolent
and unambitious, but they are docile
and intelligent, and take readily to civ.
ilized ways. Agriculture and manufac.
J lures have made much progress among
them. The gospel of good roads has
been preached. and bicycles are moi
unknown. Huts are being abandoned
for houses. European furniture and
clothing are used, and there is talk OF
u trolley line. When the steam rail
{ road from the coast is finished, as il
soon will be, there will be more rapid
progress, and the Pearl of Africa" will
: doubtless become the seat of genuine
and by no means rudimentary civiliza.
tion, to which end Mwanga, by his
timely departure, has materially con.
tributed.-'iN. Z. Tribune.
| A Scientist Says They First Came
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10
DIvERTING UNCLE SANS REEVE
NUE..

Opinions differ as to whether the re-
troactive amendment to the tariff bill IS
ex post facto. Its effect, at all events,
has been to discourage importers who
had arranged to divert Uncle Sam 5
revenue into their own pockets. and
persuade the senate to be as slow as
possible.
So says the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. Opinions do differ as TO the le-
gality of retroactive laws, but there
is very little difference of opinion as
to the injustice and inadvisability of
the policy of such legislation. If 1T is
within the power of congress to en-
act a tariff law that shall become oper-
alive a month or two before 1t is
passed, it is equally within the power
of congress to enact a tariff law that
shall be operative for one or two or
twenty or a hundred years back. Such
being the case would it not be wise"
to make it go back far enough so that
sufficient revenue could be raised from
past importations to put the govern
ment on a firm financial basis and to
pay off the national debt?
How had the importers arranged to
enue can be Uncle Sans until he gets
it and he can't get it, so far as deriv-
ing it from duties on importations is
concerned, until the importers bring
in the goods. 1t is rather amusing to
have the Globe-Democrat talk about
diverting Uncle Sans revenue to the
pockets of the importers. How about
those who are enabled to divert por-
ton, and generally a very large por-
ton, of the peoples earnings to their
own pockets through the government
prostituting its taxing power for their
benefit? Whenever the government
imposes a duty upon any article and
the domestic producer of an article of
the same kind is thereby enabled to
raise the price on his article the
amount of the duty, it simply enables
the producer to take that amount out
of the consumers pocket.
On this question of retroactive law
it is not at all certain that such legis-
lation on a subject upon which there
is an existing law is valid. The tariff
of 1894 has not been repealed and Will
not be until the new tariff is passed.
How can its operation be suspended
until it is repealed? The retroactionists
seem to have overlooked this point.
This new tariff proves the old saying
that those whom the gods would de-
stroy they first make mad. And there
never was anything madden than this
proposed retroactive legislation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10
When the Winds Met.

Once the East Wind met the West Wind
By an unexpected chance.
And said: My dear, m glad you're here,
Wilt join me in a dance?"
Yes" the West Wind Shyly answered,
And the two began TO waltz,
When suddenly everything in the imme-
date neighborhOod, including houses,
fences. straw stacks, hencoOps, loose
boards. household and kitchen furni-
ture. corn fodder, agricultural imple-
ments. books. old boots, trees, coal
sheds, musical instruments, family
waShingss hats, caps, papers, trunks,
bendboXes, stove wood, and other
miscellaneous articles not fastened
down, jumped up and joined in the
giddy whirl, to the great scandal of
the entire countryside, the loss of
many thousands of good dollars, and
the utter destruction of promising
poem that started out in an orderly
way. and wasn't expecting any SUCH
overwhelming calamity as this.
Chicago Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10
PROGRESSIVE" CRIME IN KEN.
lucky.

There is no doubt in the world that
the anti-silver papers can trace the
fall of man directly to the Democratic
campaign of last year when such a
gallant fight for free silver was made.
The. Louisville Courier-Journal accom-
plishes a feat very similar to this in
accounting for progressive crime in
/ Kentucky.
1t declares that the toll-gate raiders
who have been such a disgrace to the
state for so many months are progress
sive in their operations. These same
citizens having destroyed all the toll
gates in Gerard county, they have now
I turned their attention to their neigh
/ bors' affairs, and it is reported, says
! the Courier-Journal, they have posted
up notices that no more tobacco must
be grown by rich farmers. They have
also informed a well known miller of
the county that he must sell no more
flour above four dollars a barrel
Gerard county may be described as
a crack" county. The Courier-Jour-
nal says that it is one of the better
class of Kentucky counties, and that
it is the home of Governor Bradley If
any further evidence were needed to
prove that it is crack" county it
is furnished by the fact that it cast its
vote for Mckinley. When the turn
pike raids began in this county so great
was the Indignation of the best citi-
Zens of the county and so determined
were they to punish the perpetrators
that rewards aggregating $4,000 were
offered. What has been the result of
the offer of these rewards? THE offer
has done no good whatever and the
masked rioters have turned their at
tention from public to private prop
erty," says the Courier-J Journal. And it
also says that these raiders are shielded
by at least a fair share of public opin-
ion in Gerard and elsewhere it would
be idle TO deny. 1t would so seem. And
what is the explanation for all this?
Here it is:
1t is easy to see the encouragement
to these acts of lawlessness that was
furnished by the anarchistic political
campaign in which the silverites in
dulged last year, but it is not easy to
decide when and where they will stop.
People cannot be taught that the pos
session of property constitutes a legit-
innate reason for attack without suffer-
ing. Civilization begins when possess
sions and life are made secure, it
wanes when these are disregarded. The
condemnation of the president for put
ting a stop to the Chicago riots and
the denunciation of the supreme court
for interfering to save the property of
the railroads may not have started the
turnpike and "whitecap" movements,
but it added a vast quantity of fuel to
the flames. Kentucky repudiated law
lessness at the polls, but the poison
had obtained too deep a hold to be held
in check. The only remedy now is to
be found in arousing a new spirit of
obedience to the law. The good citizens
of Gerard and the other counties in
which these depredations have taken
place should set about this work at
once
That is as sorry rot as was ever
written. 1t would be just as sensible
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10
STATE BOARD OF HORTICUL-
TURE.

The state board of horticulture has
adopted rules and regulations for the
disinfection of orchards and has set
forth the formulate for spraying mix
lures All this is good and proper,
and if all the orchards throughout the
state are sprayed as they should be,
it will be but a few years before Utah
will have whole and wholesome fruit
and one of her greatest sources of
wealth put in a proper condition. But
whether all this will be done remains
to be seen. There has been a spraying
law in the state for several years past
but it's enforcement was very lax in
decd. Where a person had few trees
and was doing all in his power to keep
them in a healthy and thriving con-
dition there appeared to be great
deal of zeal displayed to see that such
person complied as strictly as posi-
BILE with the spraying law, while in
lots that were full of old fruit trees
and of which the owners took no care
whatever lots that were breeding
grounds for all the pests known to
orchardists, were, seemingly, allowed
to go unsprayed. There is no use of
spraying part of the fruit trees and
letting others that are covered with
pests go unsprayed. From that one
diseased spot the disease will event
ually spread to all the healthy ones
But the people will look for better
things from the state board of horti-
culture.
This year of jubilee should mark a
new era in Utah fruit raising. Once
Utah was famous for her fruits, and
deservedly so for there were none bet
ter raised anywhere. She produced
apples and peaches, pears and plums
that were without rival. Her grapes
and small fruits were in every respect
as good as her larger fruits, but today
practically all of these things are i'm
ported from California and they are
far from being the equal of what can
be produced in our Utah valleys. Our
orchardists and fruit raisers have
grown negligent and permitted
orchards and gardens to run wild, and
in so doing they have neglected a GER
tain and profitable source of revenue.
The people of Utah surely should raise
their own fruit if nothing else not. to
do so is to neglect to take advantage
of the abundant gifts of nature. Let
the horticultural interests of Utah
have "a new birth in this year of grace
1897
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10
TALES OF THE DAY.
Why They Do Not Vote.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: The women
of Ohio will never vote so long as that in
famous clause requiring US to state our
ages to brace OF hardened registrars IS
enforced
You are right. my dear. Such a tyran-
nical requirement is not to be borne. Look
at the case of poor Mrs. Shreeker. There
isn't woman in all Ohio who has done
more for the cause of universal suffrage
than she. Surprising she is a little sensi-
tive about her age. What of that? And
yet when she took her daughter with her
TO the voting place and naughtily in
formed the registrar that her age was y,
do you know what happened?'
No"
why. they actually told her that her
dauenler might as well go home again
because she wasn't old enough to vote"
Dear. dear. and her daughters % if
she's a day"
Yes; ana there's Mrs. Hawley-did you
hear about her? No? Well, she's al
most broken hearted. She didn't know
when she went 10 register that the rec
ords were open to the public, ana so she
unthinkingly gave them the age she hap
pened to call herself that year, and DO
You know, they got hold of it at the club,
and now, you see. she's obliged to be a
year older every i months. Amt it
dreadful?'
well, 1 shall never vote again
Neither shall i.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

A correspondent of the st. Louis Re-
public telling of his experiences in the
flooded districts along the Mississippi
says: "On the Casteel plantation the
waters imprisoned a family of seven in
a one-story cabin. AS the water rose
and the danger became momentarily
greater, the head of the family got
into his dug-out and took in four
precious hounds and padded a half
mile to the levee, where he landed
them safely. Then he went back for
his wife and five children. He found
them nearly drowned, and it was only
by desperate efforts that he succeeded
in saving them. When the family were
seen by your correspondent they were
on the levee and there seemed to be
no question in the mind of the woman
as to the propriety of her husbands
mode of procedure The dogs may
have been worth saving but the man
certainly was not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

Yesterday morning a contemporary
published a picture of an old ferry
across the Missouri, from print, per-
mission of Cannon & Sons, publishers .
1t is most gratifying to see our con-
temporary getting permission from
Cannon & Sons to reproduce a picture
that was the work of Fred Piercy. and
was first published by Franklin D.
Richards. Sc. Islington, Liverpool, Eng
land, in 1855. Then the picture is a.
steel engraving, and the correct title is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10
Did YOu Ever

Try Electric Bitters. as a remedy for
your troubles? If not, get a bottle
now and get relief This medicine has
been found to be peculiarly adapted to
the relief and cure of all female COM
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fiuence in giving strength and tone to
the organs. If you have loss OF appe-
tite, constipation, headache, fainting
spells, or are nervous. sleepless, excit-
able, melancholy or troubled with dizzy
spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine
you need. Health and strength are
guaranteed by it's use. Fifty cents
and S1.00 at z. c. NJ. l. drug dept.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

to say that, all the feuds and lawless
killings that have disgraced Kentucky
for years are the result of the free
silver propaganda. How will the Cour-
ier-Journal explain the very severe and
adverse criticisms of the supreme court
because of it's anti-pooling decision? 1t
makes one blush to think that the
Courier-J Journal, with it's great fame.
should offer such an explanation of
progressive crime in Kentucky.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

''The united Democracy of Chicago
has wo,e a sweeping victory over the
divided Republican party. 1t is the old,
old story. house divided against itself
cannot stand. That immutable law ap-
plies in politics as in everything else, .
says the Inter-Ocean. There is also an
old, old saying that when thieves fall
out Just men get their dues.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

Chauncey NJ. Depew is merely suffer
ing from over work. 1t is pleasant to
know this, as some may have thought
he was suffering from disappointment
over Colonel Hays appointment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

There is evidently a miscue some
where when Lieutenant-General Scho-
neld is placed on the retired list be-
cause Of age and after he is retired he
is compelled to sit Up nights nursing
an heir
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

Elizabeth Cady Stanton says that
Phoebe Cousins was petted too much.
That is very evident, for she has gone
off in pet. 1t is also possible that
those letters with "a thousand kisses
had their effect upon her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

when did the Democratic party ever
demonstrate that it knows enough
about the tariff to give it the right to
criticise Republican action on that
question: asks the Cincinnati Tribune
wen, in 1890, in 1892, and it will again
IN 1903
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

Abbot Kinney writing in the Los
Angeles Herald, says: I'm Utah when
1 first went there taxes were paid in
products and not in money" We fancy
this will be news to the people of Utah
who have been here since 1S47. But
Mr.. Kinney may refer TO time prior
thereto.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

If Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt should ever get real lone
some and pine for the excitement of
3 New York police commission meeting,
Fighting Bob" Evans might accom-
nodate him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

Ships Of England and France will
participate in the Grant memorial pa
rade That stout and tight little En-
glish ship, the Alabama, owing to an
Unforeseen accident off Cherbourg, will
not Re in the procession.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

The Democratic victories in Chicago,
Cincinnati. Detroit and elsewhere are
easily explained. The spring has been
so cold and backward that the Repub-
licans were simply showed under.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

Every little while a whispering is
heard that the senate viii very mater
tally modify the Dingley bill And
these whisperings cause Uncle Nielsen
to pass bad nights, for the ghost Of
his emergency revenue measure then
stalks forth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10

Success is the reward of merit" not
of assumption. Popular appreciation is
what tells in the long run. For so years
people have been using Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla, and today it is the blood-purifier
most in favor with the public. Ayers
Sarsaparilla cures.