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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
CASE OF WONG KIM ARK.
Chinaman Claims Citizenship Be-
cause Born in This Country.
Question of Great Importance to All
Children of Alien Parents Ar
gued Before the Supreme
Court.

The case of the United States VS..
Wong Kim Ark, from the circuit court
for the northern district of California,
has just been argued in the supreme
court of the United States. The ques-
ton at issue in the proceeding is Of
great Importance, not only to Chinese
residents of the country, but also to
the children Of all alien residents-a
question affecting the right of citizen
ship. Wong Kim Ark was born in the
United States, the son of Chinese
parents. He grew to mans estate and
some months ago made a journey to
China, not intending to remain there.
Upon his return to the United States he
was denied admission to the port of
San Francisco by the collector, on the
ground that, Notwithstanding his ma
tionality, the Chinese exclusion act for
babe his entering the country. He sued
for his release from custody, setting up
his birth here as establishing his citi-
zenship and relieving him of liability
under the statute.
The judge below ordered his dis
charge and the governments law Off
Gals had the case brought to the su-
preme court of the United States to de-
termine whether or not a native
American of Chinese descent was sub
ject to the exclusion act in case he
temporarily left the country.
Arguments were made for the United
States by Solicitor General Conrad
and for Wong Kim Ark by Mr.. Maxwell
Evarts, of New York, and Mr.. ]. II. Ash
ton, of Washington. 1t was pointed
out that if the right of citizenship was
denied the son of Chinese resident
born in this country, by the same rea-
soning it could not be conferred upon
the son of any unnaturalized alien born
on the soil of the United States.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
Ostrich PIumes.

Ostrich plumes owe most of their
beauty to the skill of the dyer. There
are some varieties of the bird which
produce plumes of pure white, others
have feathers closely approXimating a
black, but the natural plumes are often
est of grayish color, not very decided
in hue. The dyeing of ostrich feathers
is very extensive business, requiring
great tact and skill, for the material is
so delicate that the least mistake in
manipulation may ruin the value of the
plumes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
SELLS HER HOUSE.
Husband of Mrs. belmont Soon to
Build Magnificent Home.


Mrs. Oliver II. P. Belmont has sold her
town house at the southwest corner of
Madison avenue and Seventy-second
street to w. Bayard Cutting for $500, 900
cash.
Mrs. Belmont bought the house about
IS months ago from Mrs. Bruce Browne,
who built it. for S25O,OOO. The pur-
chase was just before the marriage Of
her daughter, Consuelo, now the Ouch.
ess of Marlborough. Mrs. Belmont
spent $4,000 in furnishing the house,
and $4,000 for an extension in the rear
for servants quarters.
Mr.. Belmont is now negotiating for
site for a new residence he intends
building, which, it is said, will be the
finest residence in New York. The new
house will be located in the most fash
ionable portion of Fifth avenue, and will
be finished by January next, when the
duke and duchess CT Marlborough will
visit this country and be entertained
upon grand scale.
Mr.. Belmont has also had plans drawn
for magnificent house on his recently
purchased country place, the Barnard
farm, at East Meadow, Hampstead, L. l.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
EATS FIFTY QUAILS.
Texas Woman Stops Only Because the
supply Gives Out.

supply Gives Out.
Mrs. Mollie Peel finished eating her
Rftieth quail at McGregor, Tex, the
other day, having eaten one each day for
the last so days, and only terminated
the experiment now because of the bird
law, which prevents her from procur-
ing them.
Mrs. Peel says she has experienced no
distaste or unpleasant results; on the
contrary, she has cultivated taste for
quail and regrets that she cannot con-
tinue longer.
Mrs. Peel is 81 years old; height, five
feet four inches; weight, IT'S pounds.
She was born in Illinois and has been in
Texas seven years. She has superin,
tended the culinary department of no.
tells and eating houses almost continU-
ously for nine years.
She has been married IA years and is
the mother of two children. She is con-
stitutionally vigorous, having had no
serious sickness in her life. She is very
industrious and sees personally to the
selection and preparation of every dish
that goes on her tables.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
ITS ICE POSSIBILITIES.
Harvest Lake Michigan Would
Yield If Frozen Over.
Ice Companies Would Have Enough
and Even the Poor Would
Have the Frozen Wa
ter to Burn.

What the ice companies of Chicago
really need is weather cold enough to
freeze Lake Michigan one foot thick
from end to end and from side to side.
Then they would have enough ice to
last day or two and even the poor
would have ice to burn.
The ice companies have not been do
ing very well for some years. The maxi
ing of artificial ice is still attended with
so much expense that it leaves but a
small margin. The sale of the natural
product is still profitable. But cold
snaps are so few and last such short
time in Chicago that the lakes and
ponds adjacent to the city give but
a scanty yield each year.
Suppose Lake Michigan should freeze
foot thick. If that product could all
be cut and stored the figures are start
ling. The lake is about 400 miles long
and rs miles wide, which is 10000 square
miles That is a pretty fair ice field
to begin operations upon. After few
hours or ngurlng 1t Will be found, says
the Chicago Tribune, that it would con-
tain S36,352, 100000 cubic feet of ice.
That is a pretty fair stock to start the
summer with. If it were piled up with
a base of mile square it would make
a glittering parallelopipedon 10000 feet
high. That field would give every resi-
dent of Chicago an opportunity to cut
some ice
If cubic foot of ice weighs ten
pounds this Michigan ice field would
weigh $685., 100000, COO pounds. Allow
ing family 25 pounds d day it would
supply 1000, $50, 100000 families in one
day, or one family 1000, $50, 200, 900 days.
Just as soon as the lake freezes over
some family should come to the front
and lay in ice for few thousand years
ahead.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
!. &G. N. RAILROAD.

North bound trains leave for Aus
tin at 900 a. M, and 500 p. M; and
arrives from Laredo at 7:30 D. m.
South bound trains arrive AT 8 y. H..
7:15 p. m, and leave for Laredo at
9:45 a. m.
NJ. K. &. L. FROM L. & G. N DEPOT
Trains leave for Waco, st. Louis
and Kansas City at 500 p. M; and
arrive at 900 a. m.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
East bound trains arrive from Mex
leo and Eagle Pass at 11:5O a. M;
and leave at 1910 p. m. and $50 D. m.
Cor Houston, Galveston and New Or
'-sns.
West bound trains arrive from New
orleans, Houston and Galveston at
rs a. m. and 4:25 p. H.; and leave
- Eagle Pass and Mexico at As p.
u.
st. Louis Limited leaves for Waco,
Fort Worth, Dallas, Kansas City and
st. Louis at $40 p. m.
Arrives from st. Louis, Kansas
City, Dallas, Fort Worth and Waco
at S:45 a. m.
=, A. x A. EMISSION ROUTE.
Trains leave daily for Cuero, Waco,
Houston and Galveston at $50 a. m. ;
for Beeville. Corpus Christi and Rock
port at 1:50 p. M; and arrive daily
from the former places at 6:35 p. m. ;
and from the latter at 100 p. m.
Kerrville Branch.-Train leaves San
Antonio daily except Sunday at 2:45
p. M; leaves San Antonio Sundays on
ly at $50 a. IN. Train daily ex-
cept Sunday arrives at San Antonio
at 10:45 a. m; on Sundays arrives at
San antonio at $50 p. m.
.. S. A. &.GULF SHORE.
Train leaves San Antonio for Mar
tineZ, Sanders, Atkins, Lavernia and
Sutherland Springs at s a. IN. daily
Except Sunday.
Arrives at San Antonio at $50 p. m.
tally except Sunday,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09

o. RIEBE & FRITZ STEINER.
Undertakers and embalmers. 223
East Commerce street. Tel. 341.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
EXPLOSION ScARES STUDENTS.
University of Chicago Disturbed by
Bursting of a Glass Bottle.

Eighty or more students and profess
sors, busy in Kent hall at the University
of Chicago, were almost thrown into a
panic the other morning by q terrific
explosion of chemicals on the first floor
of the building. The report of the eX-
plosion penetrated every nook and
Granny of the structure, and was dis
tinctly audible at points in the campus
a half block away. Little damage re-
suited beyond trifing injuries to ap-
paratus and woodwork.
The room in which the explosion took
place was almost free of students, the
only one within it being C. V. Bachelee,
the bicyclist. 1t so happened that he
was in an opposite corner of the room,
and therefore suffered no i'll fortune.
A moment after the report occurred,
however, young men and young women,
easily locating the scene of the disturb
ance, hurried thither from all parts of
the building.
1t was found that large bottle, con-
tanning a chemical liquid of complex
nature and securely corked, had been
carelessly placed by some unknown
student dangerously near flame of
burning gas. The liquid became over
heated and the explosion ensued. The
glass of the bottle was shattered into
fragments and was hurled into every
corner of the laboratory room.
Members of the early morning gym
nasium class at work in the nearby,
brick building, hearing the sudden
noise and believing that catastrophe
had taken place, rushed pellmell 10
ward Kent hall. An excited freshman
gave an alarm of fire.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
TEN COMMANDMENTS IN A BILL.
Unique Legislation Proposed by n
Kansas Representative.

Unique Legislation Proposed by n
Kansas Representative.
C. r. Waters, democrat, of Labette
county, Kan, has introduced bill in
the house entitled: "An act to give
statutory force to the ten command
ments." 1t begins as follows:
Whereas, The men of the present
generation have become doubters and
scoffers; and,
Whereas, They have strayed from
the religion of their fathers; and,
Whereas, They no longer live in the
fear of God; and,
Whereas, Having no fear of punish
ment beyond the grave, the wanton-
ly violate the law given to the world
from Mount Sinai; therefore,
BE it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Kansas" etc.
Here follow the ten commandments
in full, each commandment being
separate section of the act.
Section IL. Any man who shall vio-
late any of the provisions of this act
shall be punished as follows:
For violating section 1, $1,000 fine;
for violating section 2, $1,000 fine and
one year in the penitentiary; for vio-
lating section or section 4, $500 fine;
for violating section S, $500 fine and six
months in the penitentiary; for violat-
ing section 6, hanged by the neck until
dead; for. violating section 7, peniten-
tiary for life; for violating section
S, fine or Imprisonment, in the discre-
ton of the court; for violating section
9, Imprisonment, in the discretion of
the court; for violating section 10, fine
and Imprisonment, in the discretion of
the court"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
JOHN .. RULLMANN

Formerly assistant county surveyo
and assistant city engineer, h a
now opened his Abstract, Rea
Estate, Surveyor and Notary Pub
lies Office. He is prepared to
make abstracts of titles, maps and
blue prints and survey land in the
city and country. For real estate
placed in his hands to sell he will
charge nothing if he cannot effect a
sale. His Office is at III Soledad
street, opposite the old county
court house. 3-I6-mI
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
RARGAIN IN TYPE.

For Sale: 800 pounds BOurgeoise;
BOO pounds Minion; 200 pounds Non
|pareil Roman type, in good condition
ALSO so fonts Of display letter-JOb
faces. Apply to T. B. Johnson, Man
lager, s. A. Light. 12-19-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
e. BROWN, 45 5Sg EssE ST

All of our Spring and Summer Goods
have arrived. We offer the LARG-
EST and BEST line of MEMS and
BOYS Clothing, Neckwear, Negligee
shirts, and Underwear of all descrip-
tons at prices that can't be beat
Come and be convinced. With every
pair of OVERALLS you buy from us
we give you a nice Cap FREE of cost.
Our
HAMILTON BROWN SHOES
are the best and we can give you bar
gains in ladies' mems and childrens'
shoes. We offer also n new line of
mems and boys felt and straw hats
for SPRING and SUMMER wear.
e. BROWN, 45 5Ss E5SE ST
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
j. 9. 3 z r r y,
NOTARY PUBLIC
And

COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
And all other instruments of writing
for Record in the States of Louisiana
Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and
otbers. Office l02 W. Commerce ST..
next to bridge: Lock Box S67. SAN
ANTONIO, TEXAS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09
DON'T WALK.

|Rut call on Fred. Small for the incest
turnout in the city when you wish
10 take a drive. He is with D. :.
Woodward. Main Ave. Tel. 800.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09


the organs that make it possible. This is
wrong and need not be. If woman will
but study the physiology of the organs dis
tinctly feminine, and learn to take the prop
er care of her health to take the proper
remedy for weakness and disease peculiar
TO her sex, motherhood will become an ur-
alleged pleasure, where now it is dreaded
and avoided for its pains and dangers.
The best medicine for a woman to take
during the period preceding motherhood is
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t is the
only medicine for this purpose invented by
a regularly graduated, skilled and expert
specialist in the treatment of the peculiar
diseases of women. 1t cures all weakness
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the race. 1t makes them strong and vigor-
Gus. 1t rlds the eXpectant period of its
usual discomforts. 1t insures baby's health
and makes its coming easy and almost pain
less. 1t is the discovery of DR.. r. V. Pierce,
chief consulting physician of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
N. Y. Women who wish to know more of the
Favorite Prescription " should write him.
Frederick Frederick of No TIA S. Second ST..
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cialist, whose treatment only made her more sick
and miserable. Then she used the 'Favorite
Prescription and was cured.'
Pleasure. 1t is a matter of health alone.
Nothing else. A healthy man can't be un-
happy if he wants to. Much sickness is
caused by constipation. DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets cure constipation.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-09

A Maine lawyer has become dis
aeartened in his task of settling up the
estate of an absent-minded grocer in
one of the little manufacturing towns
of that state. The cause is a series OF
accounts in which are charges for goods
delivered to "the red-headed lady with
Mrs. -" another to 1.-The slim man
from Campobello," and yet another to
''the cross-eyed man who works in
IS factory"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-15

afternoon services, so his voice was in
good shape for the evening. He and
party left for the west this afternoon,
we'll pleased with his stop over in Ell
PaSO.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-15
Strong Again New IT, liz ss@ WI S'E ssFS"'
THE ANAPHRODISTIC!

From PROF. DIR. RECORD of Paris is the only
remedy FOR restoring strength under guaran-
tee and will bring back your lost powers and
stop for ever the dangerous Grains on your
system. They act quickly, create a healthy
digestion pure rich blood firm muscles, rug
ged strer 9Th steady nerves and clear brain
Imported direct from Paris Price per box
dir ctiOns inclosed, 81. 90. For sale by all re-
spectacle druggists. Mail orders from any
person shall receive prompt attention Dr.
400 Quincy 8ibg., Chicago, III. For sale only
by Fred Schaefer, FL Paso Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-15
Our NaighhOrS.

The White Oaks Eagle says: Our
former townsman, VIM. H. futile, now
of Ell Paso, has recently adjusted his
business affairs and opened again as
the "Tuttle Paint and Glass Co.
Mr.. G. w. Wood. 1--WE are warned not
to call him ''Col'0 came in Monday
night and spent Tuesday on business in
White Oaks.
The Brunswick correspondent of the
Rio Grande Republican says: Mr.. M.
Sullivan and wife left for Ell Paso on
medical advice in his case, which has of
late become quite serious. Mr..
O. K. Snow is eudeavoring to find a
range for the undisposed of tremnant of
bunch of fine mares. o. K. Snow says
the alfalfa hay is worth more in bales
than in horse flesh.
The Alpine Avalanche says: The
! prairie fire seven miles north of Mara
| thon last week came near burning the
Shepard ranch house, and doubtless
would had not L. l.. Hess, Fred Clark,
Jim Roberts, Louis Hartman and j. G.
| Mckinney gone out there and eXtin-
guished the flames. They had IA
hours hard fight of it, but finally
worked the fire up to high bluff and
controlled it. w. G. Nations has
returned from a cattle buying trip. He
| bought good Ounch OF cattle winch
he crossed at Preside on the 18th. We
might tell you more about Uncle Cal.
but Uncle Hick had his auger into
him so deep regarding the coming
meeting of the old confederate vete-
rams, the Avalanche sman had to jar
loose. And then, too, Uncle Cal was
very enthusiastic on the subject and
was making it about "hoss and boss"
with Uncle Hick."
Something to remember, if you re a
weak and ailing woman-that there's
only one medicine so sure to help you
that it was for years sold under a
positive guarantee. It's DR.. Pierce's
F'avorite Prescription. In building up
overworked, feeble delicate women, or
in any female complaint" or weakness,
it never fails to benefit or cure. It's an
invigorating restorative tonic, a
soothing and strengthening nervine.
or nerve food, and a safe and certain
remedy for woman's ills and ailments.
1t regulates and promotes all proper
functions, improves digestion. enrich
es the blood, dispels aches and pains,
brings refreshing sleep, and restores
health and strength.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-15

Mining Location Blanks for Sale a
This Office.
The advocate., 1897-10-20
Science Utiliaes ALI the Ok.

In an article on the wonders Of the
Worlds Waste" William George Jordan,
in the October Ladies' Home Journal,
details how science at the present day
utilizes the OK. "Not many years ago."
he says, when an OK was slaughtered
40 per cent. of the animal was wasted;
at the present time nothing is lost but
it's dying breath AS but one-third Of
the animal consists of products that can
be eaten, the question Of utilizing the
waste is a serious one The blood is
used in refining sugar and in sizing
paper, or manufactured into door knobs
and buttons. The hide goes to the tan
ner; horns and hoofs are transformed
into combs and buttons; thigh bones,
worth $50 per ton, are cut into handles
for clothes brushes; fore-leg bones sell
for $50 per ton for collar buttons, para
sol handles and jewelry; the water in
which the bones are boiled is reduced to
glue; the dust from saving the bones Is
food for cattle and poultry; the smallest
bones are made into bOneblack Each
foot yields quarter OF pint OF meats
The advocate., 1897-10-20

town they marched, each beast in les
place, in no way disconnected by the
populace or BY the screaming children,
who Joined in singing their nursery
rhymes at each turn Of the road. They
think that Guneshin, the god of wisdom,
has his existence in an elephants body,
and so they venerate the colossal beast
immensely. Their little voices, pitched
at the highest, sang out the couplet:
Elephant, o elephant, give us a hair of your
Or, instead thereof, sword OF gold!
"It was a quaint, queer sight! The
old town with its mosques and min
arets; the sacred stairs of Vishnu,' lead
ing down to the blue waters edge; the
priests on the steps in gay sulphur-col-
ored garments, feeding the sacred fish,
while the sacred monkeys were swarm
ing everywhere, swinging from branch
to branch of the trees, feeding on the
hOusetops, screaming and playing. Be-
low marched undisturbed the imposing
procession of elephants, all bent on obe-
dience, and vending their way, regard
less Of all distractions"
The advocate., 1897-10-20
The Bells.

Bells were we'll known to the Egyp-
tians before the time of the Jewish ex-
odus. In the description Of Aaron's
sacerdotal robe mention is made Of the
fact that upon the hem of the garment
there were bells of gold, alternating with
pomegranates Of blue, OF purple and OF
scarlet. "A golden bell and a pome-
granate upon the hem of the robe round
about. And 1t shall be upon Aaron to
minister and his sound shall be heard
when he goeth in unto the holy place
before the Lord, and when he cometh
out, that he die not"
Hand bells were in common use all
over the ancient world. The earliest use
of bells in churches was for the pur-
pose of frightening away the evil spirits
which were believed to infest the earth
and air, and the earliest Curfew was
rung at nightfall to rid the neighborhood
or the village or town and church Of
demons.
Most old churches of Europe have
small door on the north side, and at GER
tain points in the service this door was
opened and bell was rung to give no
tice to the devil, IL he Chanced to be
present, that he might make his exit
before the elevation. BY the command
of Pope John TX church bells were rung
as a protection against thunder and
lightning. The monument Of Porsena,
the Etrurian king, was decorated with
pinnacles, each surmounted with bell,
which tinkled in the breeze. The army
Of Clothaire raised the siege Of Sens
on account of panic occasioned among
the men by sudden chime from the
bells of st. Stephens church.
The largest bell In the world is the
Kremlln at Moscow. It's weight is $50
tons, and the value Of the bell metal
alone, not counting the gold and silver
ornaments which were thrown into the
pots as votive offerings, is estimated at
G66,565, or about $685., ,S25.-Farm and
Fireside.