San Antonio Sunday Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 129, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 28, 1899 Page: 11 of 12
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JOSEPH G. CANNON.
Illinolx* Veterm Brprexrntntlve An*
nuuuceo Hlmnelf a C« n did nte
for the Hour* Sprakvrship.
JosephO.Cannon was born at Greens-
boro N. C. in 1836. but when he was
yet a child of four his parents moved
north and settled on a farm in Pike
county Ind. There he passed his boy-
hood and he grew up a hard-working
tiller of the soil. When he was 14 years
old his father died lie remained on the
farm until he was 23 attending school
at intervals and studying hard to ob-
tain an education. As he was ambitious
to be a lawyer he quit agricultural pur-
suits and entered the Cincinnati law
school. After graduating there he went
JOSEPH O. CANNON.
(Congressman from the Twelfth Illinois
District.)
to Terre Haute Ind. and studied law-
in the office of UsherA Patterson.
In 1850 Mr. Cannon moved across the
line into Illinois hung out his shingle
at Tuscola a small town in Douglas
county and there commenced the prac-
tice of law. He was elected to congress
first from the old Fourteenth district
in 1872 and has been a member of every
congress since then except the Fifty-
second.
In 1876 he gave up his residence at
Tuscola and moved to Danville. The
numberof his district has been changed
twice by reason of apportionment. For
a long time it was the Fifteenth and it
is now the Twelfth.
In the Forty-third congress when
James G. Blaine was speaker Mr. Can-
non was appointed a member of the
committee on post offices and post
roads. He was made chairman of the
subcommittee which virtually revised
the postal code. A prominent feature
of that revision was the fixing of a rate
of one cent a pound on seeond-class
mail matter. He served on the im-
portant committee in the Forty-third
Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth con-
gresses and helped to make many
needed improvements in the postal
service.
In the Forty-sixth congress Mr. Can-
non was made a member of the commit-
tee on appropriations where’he has
served the country constantly ever
since. He is now and for several years
has been the chairman of that commit-
tee a position that gives him fully as
much prominence as any man in the
lower house of tbe national legislature
except the speaker. Through all his
public career Mr. Cannon has been a
power in the republican party in Illi-
nois. He frequently has been advocated
for governor and also for United States
senator.
GENUINE MADSTONE.
Offered at Auction and Bought by a
Virglaia Doctor at an Keer-
moui Price.
In the quiet little town of Leesburg
which nestles among the fertile hills of
Loudoun county Va. a few miles south
of the Potomac perhaps the most cele-
brated madstone in the world was sold
at public auction by order of Judge C.
E. Nicol of the circuit court. The sale
had been duly advertised and there
were numerous bidders some of whom
A VIRGINIA MADSTONE.
(Recently Sold at Auction for the Sum of
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had come from a distance. Many per-
sons prompted by curiosity and at-
tracted by the fame of the stone looked
on with Intense interest as the voice of
the auctioneer resounded through the
courtyard: “Going at 5001 Who'll
make it six? Five hundred and fifty
I'm offered! Going at $550! Make!t6oo
even!”
A man known far and wide thnAlgh-
out that section stepped forward and
advanced the bid. He was at once rec-
ognized by many present as Dr. C. F.
Turner of Snlckersville a prominent
practicing physician. He was familiar
with the stories about the stone and its
strange cures and more than one of his
patients had sought relief from it. Dr.
Turner ran the bid up by degrees and
the stone was knocked down to him for
the sum of $682.50.
This madstone is believed to have
come from England though it is said
it was originally found in some other
part of Europe. It is about the size of
a silver half dollar and has the appear-
ance of a sandstone but is smoother
and somewhat porous. The stone is
oval-shaped and of a dark-brown color.
Labor Auricle Capital.
Watertown Pa. has an example of
the proper spirit l>etween employers
and employes. Several weeks ago the
main building of the planing mill com-
pany at that place was destroyed by fire
and the workmen met and resolved to
assist the firm to the extent of $1400.
RAZOR-BACK MUSICIAN.
A I’cnnaylvania Fl* Thal Playa Ail*
Sorts of Popular Songs oa
a Set of Bells.
There used to be a genius in Pennsyl-
vania by the name of Baker who held
that a pig had more sense than a man.
But he was generous enough to admit
that it took considerably more time to
proveit. Mr. Baker even set out to prove
it himself and among other pigs he se-
cured one which he called the “Missing
Link.” This particular razor back
helped the Baker theory along con-
siderably and finally went to London
with his master where he astonished
the Britous by playing the popular
“MISSING LINK ”
(The Musical Razor track Playing a Popu-
ular Ballad.)
songs on bells which he rung with his
snout. Since that time the “Missing
Link” has caught on. His trainer tells
in his own words just how intelligent
the porker from Pennsylvania Is. He
says in the New York Journal:
"I arrange his instrument in front of
him with an attachment connected
with the bells or keys as the case may
be so that by pulling the attachment
it causes a vibration and produces the
note desired. I then attach a number
to each note from one to eight and
when I want him to play any desired
air I call the numbers that produce it.
For instance numbers 12 38 76
5. 31 23 2 1 play the first bars of
“The Last Rose of Summer" and thus
any ordinary air can be performed in
the same way. What has surprised me
most is his wonderful memory and dis-
tinguishing power. If I change a bell
in the scale he recognizes it as quickly
as I do. If he is running up the scale
with a misplaced note in it he will stop
when he comes to it and try it over
again.”
Other instances could be given of his
remarkable powers. The proprietor of
this wonderful pig has studied and
taught animals for 40 years.
Pigs as a rule can be taught to do
tricks as easily as a dog. They are not
quite so companionable it is true. But
they are much more productive as
money makers. They seldom if ever
show any affection for their masters
and go through their acts in a sort of
mechanical way. In Mexico they are
used as guardians for children and it
is a dangerous pastime to annoy them
under these circumstances.
SHAW’S ROLLER BOAT.
It* Inventor Hopr« That It Will
EvenVunlly Revolntlonlne Mn-
riae Arcblteetare.
If. R. Shaw of Rasseau Canada has
recently been awarded a patent for the
roller boat designed by him his Be-
vice having passed the various examina-
tions and been pronounced entirely new
and novel in every respect. His claim
for this craft is that it will have great
speed with greater personal comfort
and while this boat will work its way
through the water at a speed hitherto
unknown in sea-going craft passengers
will not be as much subjected to the dis-
comforts of seasickness as those trav-
eling on the slower boats. His design
SHAW’S ROLLER BOAT.
(It* Inventor Think* It Will Revolutionise
Shipbuilding )
consists of two cylindrical shells one
within the other. The cylinders are
tapering toward each end where they
■re fastened to the stem and stern
which form part of the keel of the boat.
The Inner shell is held stationary to
these parts while the outer one is re-
volved by the ship’s engines the pro-
gression through the water being ac-
complished by means of two convolute
flanges extending from the bow to the
Stern. A bridge or promenade extends
the whole length of the boat over fho
cylinder hull which is reached from the
interior by means of passageways built
iu the upright stem and stern.
The inventor hopes to make this style
of craft popular for all the purposes of
ordinary marine travel but his patent
is worded also to cover life-saving boats
of this class for which the shape seems
to be favorably adapted for a boat of
this kind would in all probability be
easily launched in the heaviest sea and
easily controlled when it had reached
deeper water.
Greatest Alcohol Drinkers.
A learned professor at Geneva
Switzerland states that France drinks
more alcohol annually than any other
nation in Europe. His calculation is
bused on the percentage of alcoholic
liquors consumed. According to this
<•; ndard. each person in France drinks
. tsofalcoholinmany more quarts
. < x. etc. in the course of a
ONLY A LIMITED SPACE.
Plana for the American Art Exhibit
nt the Part* Kxpoaitien
In 1»OO.
John B. Cauldwell director of fine
arts. United States commission to tbe
Paris exposition has issued a circular
describing the plans for the American
art exhibit at the exposition. The line
assigned to the United States fine art
section aggregates about 550 feet. This
space will permit hanging of only about
200 to 250 oil paintings and a limited
number of water colors and drawings.
The space allotted is smaller than was
assigned at the Paris exposition of 1889
although the work of American artists
to-day is much better known. It has
been decided to form an advisory com-
mittee of men identified with Ameri-
can art interests who will represent
the various art sections of the United
States and who will have general over-
sight of the interests of the depart-
ment in their respective sections. At a
later date juries of selection will be
created to pass upon all exhibits. There
will probably be two of these juries
in the United States an eastern and
a western jury to be convened respect-
ively in New York and Chicago A
similar jury will be created in Paris.
The Paris jury will have representa-
tives from London and probably from
other art centers. There will be two
juries for sculpture one in the United
States and another in Paris. .
KLONDIKE OUTPUT.
Ha* Bren More Than Doabted This
Year—Katlmated at Nearly
>30.000000.
The largest estimates of the Klon-
dike gold yield this season ranges from
$12000000 to $20000000. The Klondike
Nugget says:
"The output has not been more than
doubled so that it is not probable that
the royalty will this year be paid on
more than $8000000. Exemptions and
evasions will give about double that
amount as tbe production of the terri-
tory for the year ending in the summer
of 1899. The primitive methods used in
working the claims make it very unlike-
ly that the wash-up will give more than
from $12000000 to $15000000 on the
outside.”
As compiled by the Midnight Sun this
season's yield will be $20000000 dis-
tributed among the various creeks in-
cluding branches as follows:
Eldorado $5500000; Bonanza $5000-
000; Hunker $3000000; Dominion $3-
500000; Gold Run $300000; Sulphur
$500000; Quartzs2soooo; Eureka $250-
000; all other creeks including Stew-
ard river $1000000.
MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
Work of the Home Ml**loa Board of
the Koathera Baptlat Coa-
venttoa.
The home mission board of the South-
ern Baptist convention has just finished
its annual report preparatory for sub-
mission to the convention which meets
at Louisville. Its field of operation is
the southern states western frontier
and Cuba. The board closes one of the
most successful year's work in its his-
tory with a deficit of less than $3O. Its
cash receipts have exceeded those of the
previous year by $7000. It reports for
the year the employment of 650 mis-
sionaries; 6500 baptisms and 12900
total additions to churches. Three
houndred and thirty-nine houses of
worship have been built or improved
at an expenditure of $69827; the board
has organized 512 Sunday schools with
14768 teachers and pupils. It goes to
the convention practically free from
debt.
FASTEST BOAT IN THE WORLD.
Yacht How Lader Construction That
I* Intended to Make Forty-
Five Mlle* an Hour.
What is expected to be the fastest
craft in the world is under construction
nt College Point L. 1. It is a yacht 75
feet Jong and designed to run 40 knots
or over 45 miles an hour. The fastest
vessel now afloat is the English torped®
boat Turbinia with a 35-knot record.
In the new flyer reliance for speed is
placed upon a 1000-horsc power carbon-
ic gas motor the engine having three
cylinders with a working pressure of
2000 pounds to the square inch. The
weight of the machinery will be 6ft
tons or less than a tenth that of steam
machinery of the same power. But' a
single screw two-bladed will be used.
Fuel for carbonic acid gas is stowed
away in pipes. Ita weight is one-fifth
that of coal.
AN HISTORICAL SPOT.
Tablet Marklaff Place Where Waab-
lagtea Lived la New York Lily
I* Levelled.
.The ceremony of unveiling a tablet
at I CLerry street. New York marking
the site of the first presidential resi-
dence of George Washington took place
at two o’clock the other afternoon. The
memorial was presented to the city by
the Mary W’ashington Colonial Chap-
ter of the Daughters of the Revolution.
Miss Mary Van Buren-Vanderpoel re-
gent of that society made the presenta-
tion and President of the Council Gug-
genheimer made a brief address accept-
ing the gift in behalf of the city. Maj.
Asa Bird Gardiner also spoke. The
programme included a chaurch service
at St. Paul's chapel Broadway and
Vesey street.
The Seta.
In a Mexican home the sofa is the
seat of honor and the guest does not
take a seat upon it until requested to
do so.
Erin Ahead.
The first electric railway in the world
was built in Ireland from Bushmills
to Giants' Causeway.
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SOLID TRAINS OF
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FREE RECLINING
tin CHUI CARS
——TO
ST. LO UIS
CHICAGO
KANSAS CITY
CLOSE CONNECTIONS
TO ALL POINTS
EAST NORTHMWEST.
First Class Meals
AT OUR OWN
DINING STATIONS
60 Cents.
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Dallas Texas.
B. R. MORTON.
City Pass. Agent.
BY ALL ODDS
QUICKEST TIME
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North
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TRAVELERS
•Iway * ate tbe 4*<ariea* Service of tbe
Queen & Crescent Route
the Short Um to tbe EAST AND
NOR TH.
through glccpcr*.
Shreveport to Chattanooga.
PULLMAN aurrCT SLEEPERS
New Orleans to New York
Cincinnati and St. Louis.
T. M HUNT. GEO H. SMITH
TRAV PAR* •«▼.. OtN'IMM ART .
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SUMMER OF '99
Can be Spent
Very Pleasantly
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THE OZARKS'
OF ARKANSAS.
...THE CRESCENT HOTEL .
At Eureka Springs
Was opened for the season on Feb-
ruary 23 and excursion tickets
may be purchased via the
Santa Fa Route.
Write tor particulars.
W. S. KEENAN.
General PassengerJAgent
i-£6-2w Galveston. Tkx.
SAN ANTONIO BROKERAGE CO
BREEN A CO. Proprietor*.
Cotton Grain Provision and Stock
Brokers. Exclusive wires.
Tel. 663. No. 333 West Commerce St
Mr. John Peterson of Patoutville
La. was very agreeably surprised not
long ago. For eighteen months he had
been troubled with dysentery and had
tried three of the best doctors in New
Orleans besides half a dozen or more
patent medicines but received very lit-
tle relief. Chamberlain’s Colic Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy having been
recommended to him. he gave It a trial
and to his great surprise three doses
of that remedy affected a permanent
cure. Mr. Wm. McNamara a well
known merchant of the same place is
well acquainted with Mr. Peterson and
attests to the truth of this statement.
This remedy is for sale by all dru<-
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