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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05

In furniture there is no end to our con-
,tant carload arrivals. A poor nan can fur
7ish his house and We can satisfy the medium
class and the wealthy. Prices will be no draw
Jack as our buyer, constantly on the market,
viii satisfy our patrols that competition will
,e laid aside and satisfaction 81 ven or the
money refunded. Come early and examine
,ur stock before going elsewhere.
Sa-ht L. WOLFSON.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05

Genuine Poneee silk and seersucker coat.
ana vests at Pancoast & Son. II
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05

One of the largest stocks of hats to select
from at A. Pancoa It 4 Son. 4-I9
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05
SHEEP FOR SALE.

CHABOT, MOSS & co.
WOOL CON MISSION HOJSE
We are prepared to receive Wool on Consignment
making Liberal Advancements On the same.
CHABOT, MOSS 4 CO,
I-rIH SAN ANTONIO Texas.
Pay your subscription and spread the
LIGHT.
MONEY TO LOAN,-B Bryan Callaghan, Of
flee cor. Houston and Soledad street. Nv.
in all cases I Fiux, Co'ic Oh, lera Morbus or
other mplalnts of the Bowels, take Norley's Uni
versal Blackberry Balls m25. cents, at + kaiteyer
& Son
One IF the largest stocks of hats to select
from at A. Pancoa It 4 Son. 4-I9
Genuine Poneee silk and seersucker coats
and vests at Pancoast & Son.
San Pedro Springs.
An open air concert every evening from
o'clock to 10 p. m, at San Pedro Springs.
The public cordially invited. S-I2d
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05

money Refunded. ONE carly anu cAailille
,ur stock before going elsewhere:
S-a-At L. WoLFsoN.
Emerson loans money on his own opera
,.lasscs when he don't know it. 1t
Emerson loans money on everything but
uture prospects. o-2-t
When they tell y>u how sorry they are
because they can't d. it, g. to your old and
ried friend Emerson. s 2-u
$50 cars lumber in one month at Ed. Stoves
Ind sons. o-l-im
Call on Ed. Stoves & Sons for estimates on
lumber, etc. Oil
Ed. Stoves x Sons have the most COM
ple,e stock of lumber, shingles, &c. in the
,tate-fact. 6.I-Im
300 fOx-s Of lemons
jus. received, and must be sold. by l.. De
Bona & Co., corner Of Soledad and Com
lnerce streets. 5i-Im.
When you have any houses to rent, ad,
ver,ise in the LIGHT, and you are sure 10 hnd
tenant
Don't have your printing bo,ched by
cheap printers, but call on the LIGHT where
you can get hrst-class work.
Important Notice.
The Alamo Lime and Cement company
have transferred their retail depot to the store
of Messrs. Beekman Brothers, No. FL Wes,
Side, Military plaza, San Antonio, Texas All
orders left there will receive prompt and care
full attention. 7-I2Im
French Millinery.
Mrs V. Feille has opened millinay store
at No. 22I Main street, opposite Mic Tengg's,
with fine assortment Of the latest styles OF
hats trimmings. and all goods pertaining to til.
business, notions, etc. She spli,its a Continu
alton of the patronage Of all her old friends,
and trial from the ladies' generally. Salisfac
ton guaranteed 7-27-Im
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05

Emerson loans money on his own oper
.lassrs when he don't know it. 1t
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05

Emerson loans money on everything bu
uture prospects. o-2-u
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05

MONEY TO LoAN,-B Bryan Callaghan, Of
fee cor. Houston and Soedad street. Nv.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-05

other mplants Of the Bowels, take Norey's Uni
versal Blackberry Balls mas. cents, at kalteyer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12
Changing The Bearing Year.


A New Hampshire correspondent Of
the NeU England Farmer, writing in
reference to the changing of the bearing
year Of the apple tree, says: ST believe
it can be done by heavy pruning and
heavy manuring in the even year,
provided the tree be not allowed to
bear fruit that year. Among my own
recollectio 8 of the long-ago past. is
one of q man, who was a pioneer in
fruit raising, standing BY his overloaded
trees and whipping off the fruit. He
asserted that in this way he was able to
secure fair crop of apples the next
year. He always had fruit every year,
remember. A few years ago, it SO
happened that I manured two apple
trees rather heavily, in the even year ;
the next year they bore heavy crop
and have continued to do so every year
since. Another tree, that stood near
the wall, was manured only on one
side, and that side at once took to bear
ing on the odd year, while the other
side continued its old-established habit
Of even year bearing. These trees all
produce fall fruit. 1t may not be SO
easy to change the habit Of a Baldwin
or other tree that natures its fruit
later, but I have no doubt it could be
done in few years by this means"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12

In Mr.. Books account of life among
the Dayaks (the Head Hunters Of
Borneo), the great national custom of
head hunting" has, Of course, large
place. In spite Of the efforts of the
Dutch to put it down, it goes on still 50
briskIy outside their borders that many
tribes are on the way to mutual
determination in order to get one
another's skulls to wrap In banana
leaves, and hang up to decorate the
houses. The boys initiation into man
hood is to 60 on an attack upon
neighboring tribe, for he cannot marry
until he has head to show as proof
Of bravery. Nor does the bloodthirsty
business stop here, for the young war
rior's wedding, such public events as
the naming of a Raiah's newborn son,
and, above all, Raiah's death, with
its demand for heads of enemies to be
taken in order that their souls may go
as his servants in the next world--these
and other reasons are always forthcom-
ing to make war everlasting between
tribe and tribe. Yet our traveller con-
firms the contrast, SO usual among
barbarians, between this ferocity to
aliens and the kindly home-life. The
Dayaks much desired his European
knick -knacks, and begged for them
pertinaciously, but would lever take
the smallest thing without leave; they
would hesitate if they conld not give
satisfactory answer, but they would
not lie. The women have, Of course, to
work like beasts OF burden, but the
men behave gently to them everybody
is kind to the children. and the sick are
nursed and looked after by their
friends with ready sympathy. Accord
ing to the European standard OF ethics
the head-hunters at home compare IN
some ways favorably not only with the
more civilized Malays, but even, we may
think, with some folks nearer our own
doors. The most ferocious tribe met
with by the explorer was the Things,
who are not only head-hunters, but
cannibals, eating the bodies Of the
enemies whose heads they take. In
most Dayak villages there are posts set
up which commemorate head hunting
exploits while others have to do with
the yet more ghastly sacrifice Of debt
slaves. It was a relief to meet with
tribe, the Orange Bukkit, whose partly
Malay descent accounted for head-hunt-
ing not being their custom. Nor, in
deed, did they hsve the Dayak practice
called ponaali, the secluding Of people,
or prohibiting access to fields orhouses,
by setting up some such sign as q
bundle OF leaves on stick. This is
done in order to get good crops, or to
shut off evil Influences in sickness or
mourning and its often-noticed re-
semblarce to the tapu Of Polynesia gives
interest to Mr.. Bock's careful descrip-
ton Of it. It would have been still
better if he had given picture Of the
pomali-stick itself-London Academy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12
How Silver ThimbIes Are Made.

The manufacture of silver thimbles is
very simple, but singularly interesting.
Coin silver is mostly used, and is OBJ
tanned by purchasing coin dollars. The
first operation strikes novice as almost
wicked, for it is nothing else than
putting lot Of bright silver dollars
fresh from the mint into dirty crucibles,
and melting them up into solid ingots.
These are rolled into the required thick
ness, and cut by stamp into circular
pieces of the required size. A solid
metal bar of the size Of the inside of
the intended thimble, moved by pow
erful machinery up and down in q
bottomless mold OF the outside Of the
thimble, bends the circular disks into
the thimble shape as fast as they can be
placed under the descending bar. Once
in shape, the work Of Frightening,
polishing and decorating is done upon
lathe. First, the blank firm is fitted
with rapidly revolving rod. A slight
touch of sharp chisel takes thin
shaving from the end. another does the
same on the side. and the third rounds
of the rim. A round steel rod. dipped
in oil and pressed upon the surface,
gives it lustrous polish Then little
revolving steel wheel, whose edge is a
raised ornament, held against the re-
volving blank, prints that ornament just
outside the rim A second wheel prints
different ornament around the center,
while third wheel with sharp points
makes the 1ndentations on the lower
half and end Of the thimble. The in
side is frightened and polished in a
similar way, the thimble being held on
revolving mold. All that remains to
be done is to boil the completed
thimbles in soap suds to remove the
oil, brush them up, and pack them for
the trade.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12
The Weeping Willow.

There is no doubt now about its being
o native Of China and Japan. Repre-
sentations Of it are frequent on ell
Chinese porcelain. The form under
culture is a female cne, and they have
all been propagated from one indivi'-- Il
tree. 1t is somewhat different from
the male form. In Japan it Is known as
"Yanagi," as I learned from the Japanese
commissioners during the centennial,
and not "Angaki," as stated by Thun-
berg. How did it first get to Europe ?
CasEar Bauhin, who wrote book about
plants in 1871, refers to it as ''Salix
Arabica, with leaves like chenopo-
dium," and gives Rauwolf as the one
who made him acquainted with it. The
Dutch were for long time the only
Europeans allowed to trade with China
1t is highly probable that the Dutch
brought it to Europe, and, with the
intimate relations with Holland which
sprang up with the advent of the Prince
Of Orange to England, the weeping
willow made its way to the royal palace
at Hampton court. At any rate. this
was the first willow known in Europe,
and nothing is yet positively known az
to how that plant came there The
name Babylonian willow is q poetical
fiction. and came from mistranslation
Of the Bible version. The willow is
wholly native Of arctic or temperate
climates. There were never any willows
in Babylon Of any kind, and harps
could not be hung on them. The
nearest ally to the willow there is q
poplar but it is extremely improbable
that harps were hung on even these.
Those the most familiar with the fora
of ancient Babylon seem to have settled
down to this, that our common oleander,
Of which they used large quantities in
their gardens, was this tree Of the
Babylonians on which their harps were
hung. But those who know Of the
deadly poisonous juices Of this plant
will be slow to believe that there was
much handling indulged in, either by
hanging harps on the branches ol
otherwise. II we take the phrase as .
hgurative or poetical one, expressive of
the sorrow that was involved BY con.
tinued captivity, and the oleander as
the expression Of Joy and happiness,
we may find some ray Of explanation,
AT any rate, the translation ''willow" is
an unfortunate. one, as it leads to much
misconception Of the surroundings OF
the Jew in those ancient times. PEild-
delphid Ledger.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12

Napoleon was not the first person to
declare preference for men with big
noses. A century before his birth the
author Of Nug@ Venales,' y IA response
to his own question, pronounced "ths
biggest nose the best nose, instanoing
the cases OF uthe Roman emperors.
Numa's nose was half foot long. and
earned for him the honorable surname
of Pompilius. According to Plutarch,
Lycufgus and Solan ran to nose, and 80
did all the Roman kings except Tar
quinlus Superbus and he was dethroned.
Homer's nose was seven inches long.
Big noses," says vigneul MarYilEe.
''are held in honor everywhere in The
world, except among the Chinese and
the Tartars." Titus, Liyius, Ovid,
Camons and st. Charles Borromeo NAV
be enumerated among men OF enviahIe
nasal development Henri III. 4 brother,
Francis, duke of Alencon, had his nose
fairly cleft in two by the ravages
of smallpox; fact which inspired the
epigram, when in 1853 he made 4 Der
fidious attempt on the friendly city Of
Antwerp, concerning two noses betting
a double face. Cyrano de Bergerac had
SO huge nose that he went about per-
petually with his hand On bis sword
prepared to punish those who stared at
him Nine. de CENTS had model
nose-at least she thought it to besuch,
judging from her frequent aIlusions to
it in her memoirs" and from the
scolding she gave the artist who repre-
sented it as aquiline. IT'S THAT" she
said, the title nes retrousse celebrated
in prose and verse?y and she went Oh to
describe it in detail az most delicate,
the prettiest nose in the world, with
plump on it, like most noses Or the sort.
She thus anticipated Tennyson's
heroine with her nose tiptiIted Like TIE
petals OF a flower.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12
trailing.

One of the most remarkable features
OF unciviized life is the power savages
show of tracking men and beasts over
immense distances. Many travellers
nave spoken Of this as something almost
miraculous, yet it is only the result of
careful observation OF certain we'll
known signs and we have here before
us collection of very common-sense
hints on the subject. In countries like
ours every trace of footprint or wheel
track on roads or paths is soon obliter-
ated or hopelessly confused but it is
otherwise in the wilderness, whsre
neither man nor beast can conceal his
track. In CaffreIand, when cattle are
stolen, il their footprints are traced to
a village, the head man is responsible
for them, unless he can show the same
track going out. A wagon track in
new country is practically indelible.
''More especially" say the authors Of
nShifts and Expedients Of Camp Life, /"
sis this the case if q fire sweeps over
the plain immediately after, or if
wagon passes during or after prairie
fire. We have known fellow traveller
recognize in this manner the tracks his
wagon had made seven years before
the lines Of charred stumps crushed
short down remaining to indicate the
passage Of the wheels, though all other
impressions had been obliterated by the
rank annual growth Of grass fully twelve
eet high. Sometimes the original soil
bein disturbed, new vegetation will
spring up along the wagon track, and
thus mark out the road for miles.
Even on hard rock a mans bare foot
will leave the dust caked together by
perspiration, SO that q practiced eye
will see it; and even if there is nu
track, stone will be disturbed here
and there, the side of the pebble which
has long laid next to the ground being
turned up. If it is still damp, the man
or beast that turned it has passed very
recently. If a shower Of rain had fallen,
the track will tell whether it was made
before, during or after the shower
similar indications can be obtained from
the dew; a1d another indication Of the
time that has elapsed since a man
passed by is furnished by the state Of
the crushed grass, which will be more
or less withered as the time is longer
or shorter. Other indications are drawn
from the direction in which the grass
lies; this tells how the wind was blow
ing at the time the grass was crushed !;
and by noting previous to the wind, one
learns the time at which each part of
the track was made.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12
Feeding Corn stalks.

A farmer says: Farmers justly set q
high value on well-cured cornstalks,
but some find difficulty IN getting
their stock to eat them as cleanly as
they wish. 1 have overcome this diff
Guilty this winter by sprinkling them
with hot brine. I withheld dry salt
from the stock for a while, also husks,
and made brine by putting salt into a
watering pot and pouring on hot water,
gave the husks bountiful sprinkling 6,
and fed them the last thing at night
instead of feeding them in the morning,
as formerly. I think if 7 had tried this
plan years ago I should have saved a
great amount of fodder that was thrown
out and trodden under foot"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12
Recipes.


Corn BREAD.-One pint Of butter
milk, two eggs, one pint of Indian meal,
two tablespoonfuls melted butter, 9
little salt and one teaspoonful soda.
INDIAN LoAF.-One pint corn meal,
one pint -four, one pint buttermilk, one
tea cup molasses, one teasponnful soda,
one teaspoonful salt; bake slowly just
two hours.
CoRN BREAD, No 2 Two eggs well
beaten, one cup sugar, half cup butter,
one cup sweet milk, half cup wheat
-four, one and a-half cups corn meal,
two tablespoonfuls Of any good baking
powder.
WHIPPED CREAM SAUCE Mix plate
full of whipped cream (favored with
vanilla), the beaten whites Of TWO eggs
and pnlverized sugar to taste all
together pile bank Of this mixture in
the center Of a platter and form q circle
of little fruit puddings (steamed in
cups) around it, or it is nice for corn
starch, blanc manges, etc.
PUMPKIN PE.-A cupful stewed and
sifted pumpkin, three-fourths cupfnl
sugar, two cupfuls milk, two beaten
eggs, half teaspoonful ginger, half
teaspoonful each of cinnamon, Glove
and allspice, good teaspoon butter,
little salt. Line very deep plate with
rich crust, pour in the mixture well
beaten together and bake. This makes
rich and delicious pie.
BEEF OME1Er. is good for
breakfast or tea. Take one pound Of
chopped beef, two well-beaten eggs,
three soda crackers rolled fine, three or
four tablespoonfuls Of milk or cream /;
season to your taste with pepper, salt
and sage. Make this IN roll, cover it
loosely with well-but.ered cloth, and
bake half an hour in basin, with little
water in it. When cold cut in thin
Slices
APPLE WITH R1cE.--Peel the apples,
core them, cut them in half, and place
them in flat stewpan with half pint
Of water, four ounces Of lump sugar. a
few cloves ana little cinnamon. Let
them boil gently till they become quite
soft, then remove them, and let the
syrup boil away till reduced to couple
Of tablespoonfuls, when you strain it
over the apples. Put into q stewpan
half pound Of rice and a quart Of
water; leaveit on the fire till it boils.
Drain off the water, and add one pint Of
milk, four ounces of white sugar and
the thin rind Of lemon. When the
rice is thoroughly cooked remove the
lemon rind and work into it the yoIks
Of three eggs then put it in heap on
the dish in which it is to be served I;
place the apples on the top, and cover
the whole thoroughly with the whites
Of the eggs beaten up into stiff froth
with one tablespoonful Of lump sugar.
Sprinkle powdered sugar over and bake
half al hour In cool oven.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12
An Accomplished Cat.

Mrs. A. w. Brooks, Of East Eliot,
Me-. has a cat thirteen years old, for
which she has been vainly offered $50.
This learned pussy will stand up at
the word of command, bow slowly or
quickly as directed, walk around the
room OIL her hind legs only. dance, turn
somersaults, go through the motions Of
holding Jew's-harp to her mouth with
one paw and and playing on it with the
other, new when ordered to speak,
kiss her paw to visitors, hold faucer
of milk Oh her forelegs and lap the
milk, aud stand on her hind feet and
with her forepaws catch bits of bread
or meat thrown to her, like baseball
player. Her kitten, year old, will
turn somersaults. The same lady has
hen which always wipes her feet on
the mat on entering the house, and if
asked, How do you get your living,
Biddy p will scratch on the floor, look
to see If she has scratched out any
thing, and then look at the questioner
to see if the answer is correct. This
hen despises the wooden, chalk and
porcelain cheats which some people
palm off on hens for nest eggs, tum-
bling them out OF her nest as often as
they are put in.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12

81 daresay We shall find telegram
when We get home," said the elderly
gentleman, 'sbut We must ask the
station master to take care Of Mary's
box until she comes to claim it.
Mr.. Gloam had glanced at the box,
beside which the girl stood, and be saw
on it card with the name "Miss Mary
Aviss." The miserable man shrank as
the father, mother and sister Of the poor
girl with whom he had travelled passed
him. Then he helped the PORTER to lift
his portmanseau, and walked with him
to cab. He had six miles drive
before he could reach his parish OF Ror-
leigh, which was on the outskirts Of
Birmingham. However, the drive. was
accomplished in safety, and that night
was spent by Mr.. Gloam, sleepless, in
his new parsonage.
The body of Miss Aviss was found
dead on the line early on the following
day; and afterwards her travelling bag
was discovered twenty miles further
down the line. But for this discovery
of the bag the poor girls death wonld
have been attributed to accident as it
was, when it became demonstrated that
somebody must have had share in her
death, nobody accused the Rev. jude
Gloam. Nor was anybody else accused.
The porter who had put Mr.. Gloam into
the carriage at Oxford had not noticed
that there was young lady in the COM
partment, and simply owing to this
slight fact of non observan ce the story
Of Mary Aviss's death was fated to re-
main mystery.
1t became known in time, however, to
one man, to whom Mr.. Gloam commu-
nicated the facts in writing some five
years after they had happened. He,
the Rector OF Rorleigh, ended his letter
by saying: 81 have lived in a purga-
tory of remorse and sorrow ever since
that awful night, and am thankful to
think I shall soon be rid of my load"
He was dying when he wrote this Of
decline, brought on by overwork in his
parish; and he left behind him the
reputation of being the most earnest,
jealous, kindest and also the saddest
rector whom the people of Rorleigh had
ever seen.-LOndo,a Truth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-12
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Care Of stocf.

Regularity in feeding and watering
stock Of all kinds is indispensable to
economy and success. Animals worry
when the time passes at which they
should have been attended to. "At
what hours do you feed2" once asked
farmer who had a fine flock Of fat
sheep nearly ready for the market.
Give in the morning, ten, three in the
afternoon and eight in the evening and
I have not missed meal at these hours
one day this winter, = he replied. And
his fine sheep showed that his attention
had been well rewarded. .-Raral Nesc
Yorker.