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| plain the durable, substantial quality of the
| quantities of linen which constitute one OF the
| neces>aries of life in London. The national
food, also responds to the conditions of comfort.
| for in the uniformly cool, moist year there IS
safety in consuming daily chops ana steaks;
and tea ds by no means so hurtful as in our
electrical atmosphere. True, the American ac-
custOmed to our summer luxuriance Of peaches
and tomatoes and our winter breakfasts of hot
cakes, finds the London chOp-and-muflin break
fast mOnotOnous; but the national good diges-
tiOn proves the habit good one. Even the ale
drinking habit which is the brutalizing in1u-
ence, par excellence, of the unfortunate English
workingman's life, arises from the temporary
comfort of the draught.
AN UNPLEASANT REMINDER
The presence of the military is a surprise to
the American newcomer, who is apt to feel a
trlie nervous at running against tail man
IN magnificent uniform shOulderiug his gun on
the threshold of wretched sentry y-bOx when
ever, III the fog, the said American may stray
too near St James Palace or Buckingham
Palace; and it Is an odd accompaniment to
ones peaceful breakfast in quiet COtfee-rOOm
IN Piccadily when squad of soldiers march
under the window, followed by the Cold Stream
Band. returning from its twenty minutes
morning practice during guard mount at the
Queens residence. st. James Palace. Then,
too, it is common thing to see a load of hay
Vii TO way " liIC hON dl News IJHt queen )
stables, one of the horses mounted by soldier
in uniform and the whole egupage preceded
and followed by a couple of cavarymen To
the English eye this is merely the decent and
orderly manner of conveying the royal hay
To the American mind, on the contrary this
single sight brings up the whole ugly question
of standing armies for protecting foreign COM
mtrce; of the low wages and high taxes Of the
native workingmen who support the standing
army, and Of the loss of industrial power that
must come from the idleHess of thousands OF
men in the very prime of life. But the spec
tacle IS not without certain agreeable side,
since it throws into bold relief the wisdom Of
that American policy which minimizes the
standing army, encourages the militia, and
votes $5G,090,000 in pensions to the families Of
soldiers whose courage and skill made free
worhmen of four million slaves, and whose
prompt return to the industries of peace con-
tribuied i'll no small degree to the present un-
PARALLEL prosperity of America. FIX.
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A Faro Kings Winnings.
Ernn q philnlleInhin pnncr |

1t is said that Dimk' Davis Philadelphia
s0ort!mg man who is wcll-known in rittShurg
Chclgo anl The West, recently wen $60O 900 at
ft!o in New York Davis went to New York a
month ago an after losing $1,000 in Barclay
street gambling house began TO win He played
wildly at iirst and won rapidly, but rs soon rs he
saw that fortune favored him he PLAYED with
some canton. He played in nearly all the
large gambling places in Sew York. Joe Lowell,
al intiluat, friend OF Davis, said tonight ::
"Dink's hig winnings were made on case carIs,
bettng them the other way. This means ttat
if tire" l0urs were drawn from the box and the
third four lost, he would bet that the last one
would win; if the third card won he would bel
that The fourth would lose"
What is he going to do with the money!"
was asked.
Well, there is the funny part of it. One
story is that he sent Sl5000tn his father in the
country, and fixed il so that he couldn't get it
again. Then understand he .iavcsted $4,000
in Government bonds, and h6 says that he is
going right on to play with the remaining
Ss1OGO."
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4 Iligiily-suiturei Do-.
TCorrespondencc Chicnno Times.

Everybody in Midway, Ky, knows Old
:" Ned the children's dog. He formerly be-
iongGd to the late Mrs. Margaret Ruford. hut rs
there were no children at her house. he came
10 town and took up his abode at Mr.. s. y
Rogers. He goes to school with the children
every morning and remains there all day
When they go out to play he goes too. and is
quite expert ut catching ball; indeed. in n
game. he takes the place ofa child. When the
bell rings he is the first to run into the school
house and when the classes are called up 10
rociye he takes his place in line at the foot
After the child next above him has rerited. he
answers the next question by an intelligent
bark and bow of the head. Should question
b. missed by the child at the foot OF the class
and passed TO the next by the teacher, " Ned 3"
will answer it in his peculiar way. Spelling
seems to be his favorite branch Of study, his
answers in that being exceedingly quick and
vigorous. Although he turns the children
down, after his fashion, he never goes above
them. He viii fight for any of the pupils, as
we'll rs teachers, and could not be induced to
stay where there are no children.
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Wind-Made SDowhaIIS.
[From the Hartford CONN., Times. Feb. 81

lifolH Ett ftdFIJVFu ttOitt.} fiHtS. REQ. Il.
curious and very rare if not unprecedent-
ed, natural phenomenon was observed this
morning by the passengers who came up to
Hartford by the Valley road and by people
coming iii from towns to the eastward. From
Hartford TO Saybrook, a distance of nearly 30
miles, they saw large snOw-b balls all along the
line of the road. all shaped like lady's muf
and iii general about that size. Bat the size
varied from the dimensions of q mcdium-Sized
Water-ptcher to the bulk of a biz pumpkin,
and they were everywhere and not II rod apart.
There were thousands on thousands of them
all through the Connecticut River Valley, and
our Windsor Locks correspondent says they
are equally plenty from Hartford no to MaSsa-
ciusc,ts. curious feature of these mun-
shaped snowballs was the circumstance that,
like a muf they were all or nearly all, hollow.
The explanation seems to be this: Last night
from o'clock till near midnight, there was a
high and very damp south wind. An inch or
more of damp snow fell. This was caught, in
every spot where the icy surface on which it
rested permitted its movement, by the wind
and rolled as it was driven on, gaining bulk
with every foot ofprogress. The sudden shift
ing Of the wind, which changed TO the west
and increased, may perhaps explain the hole
extending through the snowy cylndcr-or it
may not. for this may have formed naturally
by the rolling process. The plain sight of the
tracks made by the rolling snow left no doubt
rs to the cause OF the phenomenon. At Mr.
Julius Stecle's on Park street, West Hartford
the balls were all sizes, up TO foot and half
in circumference and. what is more strange
some of them had rolled up hill.
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President Lincoln in Jef's Chair

[WdshiRgtoR correspondence Of the Boston TrdreUer
After Richmond had fallen into the hands of
the Federal forces the Cabinet-rOOm of the Cap
itOl was kept in exactly the same condition as
when occupied by jeff Davis. President Lin
coin, it will be remembered, arrived the day
after the surrender and while walking through
the building, inspecting the headquarters of
the ConfedeTacy, came to this room. Godfrey
Weitzell, who was in charge, said: Mr.. Presi-
dent, this is the chair occupied by President
Davis" and mOtiOned the President to sit
down. 1t was a trying moment, and those
present expected 10 see look of triumph in
his face as he performed the act which signal
lied the complete downfall of the rebellion.
Mr.. Lincoln approached YEARLY, sat down
without word, and as his great head fell into
his broad hands there was an oppressive silence.
His mind seemed to be wandering back through
the dark years of blOOdshed and carnage. He
saw visions of death, broken family circles, loss
of treasure and the little mounds that dot the
South under which sleep the Northern dead.
He did not utter word, but heaved a deep
sigh, and even to this day the warriors who
stood in his presence at that time tell the story
with tears in their eyes.
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Measher's Irish Brigade at Dinner.


About fifty members of Meagher's Irish bri-
gade of the celebrated Second Corps of the
Army of the Potomac enjoyed dinner last
evening at the WestmOreland Hotel which
marked their sixth anniversary reunion
Among those present were DR.. John Dwyer,
DR.. &. J. McGuire, Edward CrOnin, John Muir
phy, DIR. O'Neaghcr General Dennis f. Burke
Colonel Cavanlgh, Major Horgan. the Rev Dr.
Moriarty. General kerwin, Gen. T. W. Sweeny
and Major ID. =. Conyngham. General Burke
opened with an address upon the services of
the brigade in the war of the rebellion. He
spoke of the gallant conduct during the seven
days retreat and at Fredericksburg. Who
can read the history of the war;" said General
Burke. that does not appreciate the gallant
services of the Irish brigade. Whether we see
them at Chanccllorsvfll.s or facing the batteries
at fredericksburg, or AT SpOttsylvania, there is
the same herOsm. The Irish brigade was the
first to enter the war and the last to leave it.
The Americans are the most charitable and
hOspitable people God ever made, and this is
the only country in which the Irish people can
find a home.f The toast TO the memory of
Washington was replied to by Major Horgan;
The United States" by General Kerwin;
The Army" by General Sweeny; " The Gal
lant Old Sixty-ninth" " by Colonel Cavanagh
"Our MOther!and" by the Rev. J. J. MOriarty;
"Our Dead Comrades by DR.. O'Meagher.
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kitty'S Prayers.
| by 1oriHne Gal&mih.l |

II3V tVfFHHt Tfrk|DlITN.
Sweet little darling runs into nay room,
Red if4s parted and cheeks aglow;
Fresh and rare as the applc-h!oom,
Brighter far than The roses blow.
Oh sister. come aid see ~ she cries
As she smooth from her brow the tang ed hairs
While wnnd = rc.,Ss through her violet eyes
a." Ny little kitty is saying her prayers!
Come and look thro the nursery door!
y g wont frghtcn her where she lies
In ihc streak nf sunlight OH the floor.
Folding her white paws over her eyes.
Il wonder, '-treading with light football,
And daintiiy lifting the fTocl. she wears,
As sine truts before across the hail.
. / wonder if God hears kitty praycrS?"
ST Nich0ias for March.
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Saved by C!atching Horses Tail.
[ F,nnn Mc SrN LIKE Yfihsne.l !

Albert roughcrty, of the drivers between
Green River and Big Sandy, who was caught in
the Storm on Wednesday evening and lay out
the Ice and snow iorty-cis sht hours brought III
tonight by private conveyance. DOughcrty
unable to mount tue horse after abandoning the
stage and the way he succeeded in travelling was
follows: lie took hold of the ea.acious animals
tail and Jet il drag him. Whenever his hands be-
came so bcnumbcI that he could no longer retain
his grasp the horses tail tc animal would stop
and come up Ia linn aud patiently wait until
DOUghcIty would as;Jiu cEtwine hi- hands in the
tail when the horse would resume the journey.
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now He Must Have Loved HIS wife.

Levi FarnsWorth of Jonesboro', who left Ma
chias, November l. 1919, in the brig Agate. for
the Pacific coast. arrived home January 9, aitcI
an absence Of thirty-thTee years. He stopped
- the home Of his son, Nh J. f. FarnswCith
where his wife and children assembled in less
thap two hours after hjs arrival. There were
twenty friends at tea-his wife, children, and
some Of his grandchildren aud Mrs. Ii. &. Hall.
a sister Of Mrs. FaTnswurth- and they had IA
very pleasant meeting. The old gentleman
said, This is the happiest hour Of my life"
Mr.. Fan:sworth is we'll known in Vancouver,
Washington Territory, ElIisburg and many
other towns on the Pacific coast, and is re-
sDected wherever known. He has had many
The National tribune., 1883-03-01

DIR. Pierce's " Favorite Prescription" per-
fectly and permanently cures those diseases
peculiar 10 females. 1t is tonic and nervine,
efiectually allaying and curing those sckening G
sensations that affect the stomach and heart
through reflex action. The back-ache and
dragging down" sensations all disapper under
the strengthening effects Of this great restor-
ative. By druggists.
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prominent positions in Vancouver; has been
mayor of the city; also sheriff several years.
He was elected several times member of the
Territorial Legislature. He is seventy eight
years of age. The journey home was about
5000 miles, yet he was but little fatigued, and
is looking younger and smarter than his friends
expected.
When Mr.. Farnsworth left home he parted
with wife and six children. On his return all
were alive TO greet him but one daughter who
died about twenty years ago.
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Enna Never to Refnrn.

GARDINER, ME.-Mr Daniel Gray, promi-
nent lumber merchant writes that his wife had
severe rheumatic pains, SO severe as to render
her unable to sleep. From the first application
of the famous German Remedy, st. Jacobs Oil,
she experienced unspeakable relief, and in two
hours the pain had entirely gone.
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SONGS OF The CAMP.
On the Shores Of Tennessee.

Un the SHofcS Oh tennessee.
"Move my armchair, faithful Pompey,
In the sunshine bright and strong,
For this world Is fading, POmpey-
MasSa won't be with you long;
And fain would hear the south wind
Bring once more the sound to me
OF the waveletS softly breaking
On the shores of Tennessee.
"Mournful though the ripples murmn
As they still the story tell,
How no vessels float the banner
That I've loved so long and well
shall listen to their music,
Dreaming that again | see
Stars and Stripes on sloop and shallop,
Sailing up the Tennessee.
"And, Pompey, while old Massa's waiting
For deaths last dispatch to come
If that eXiled starry banner
Should come proudly sailing home,
You shall greet 1t, slave TO longer
Voice and band shall both DC free
That shout and point to Union colOrS,
On the waves OF Tennessee
"Massa's berry kind to PonIpey;
But ole darkyS happy here,
Where he's tended corn and cotton,
For 'ese many lOng-gone year.
Over yonder MiSsis' sleCpiu=-
No one tends her grave Ike me;
Mebble she would miss the flowers
She used to love in Tennessee.
"'Pears like she was watching Massa-
If POmpey should beside him stay,
Mebbie she'd remember better
How for him she used TO pray;
Telling him that way mp yoa,icr
White as snow his soul would be,
If he served the Lord of heaven
While he lived in Tennessee"
Silently the tears were rolling
Down the poor old dusl>y face,
As he st pped behind his master,
In his long-acCuStOmed place.
Then "A silence fell around them,
As they gazed ON rock and tree
Pictured i'll the placid waters
OF the rolling Tennessee
Master dreaming of the battle
Where he fought by AIariou's side.
When he bid the naughty Faritoa
StOop his lOrdly cTe-t of pride.
Man, remembering how yon sleeper
Once he held upon his knee.
Ere she loved the gallant soldier,
Ralph Neryalr OF Tennessee.
Still the south wind foully fingers
Mid the veteran i VI ry hIsr;
Still the bOndman close beside him
Stands behind the Old armchair.
With his dark-hued hand upiiited.
Shading eyes he bends to see
Where the woodland boldly jutt:ng
Turns aside the Tennessee.
Thus he watches cluad-born shadows
Glide from tree t. moUutIin crest
Softly creeping, aye aui ever,
To the f.ver yielding breast.
Hal above the foliage yoI,dcr
Something flutters wild and free;
"MusSa' MassaI HallcIuj&hl
The flags come back To Tennessee"
"Pompey, hold me on your shoulder,
Help me stand on foot once more,
That may salute the cplOrs
As they pass my cabin door.
Here's the paper signed that frees you,
Give n freeman's shout with me-
God and Union! be our watchwOrd
Everinore in Tennessee"
Then the trembling voice grew fainter.
And the limbs refused to stand:
One prayer 10 Jesus-aHd the soldier
Glided to that better land.
When the flag went down the river
Man and master both were free
Whlie the III g-dOves note was mingled
With the ripping Tennessee.
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A quaint old minister was once asked what
he thought of his two sons, who were both
preachers. 'Well," he replied, George has a
better show in his shop window than John, but
John has larger stock in his warehouse"
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The Yay Of Life.
BY John Idnce Cheneg.l

By Joh, Tance Cheney1
The warrior frowned and pressed his temples
gray;
Enough" ne cried, away with love-away!"
A boy from play by fondest kiss he guiled,
Mother, I'll love thee ever! spakc the child.
a maiden gazed into the night sky wide
oh, / viii love him when he comes!' - she
sighed.
These three moved on along the way of life:
A fair face lured the soldier from his strife,
Upon IA tomb was carved the sweet child 5 name,
The lover To the maiden never came.
-Mdrch Century,
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The Smallest Man in Missouri.

The smallest ll9n IN the Southeast lives in
New Madrid county. He is iorty-faur inches
tail and is thirty-iour wears Old. He says he
Sropp"d growing when he was eleven years o d.
lie has several brothers and sisters who are Of
ordinary size
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For weak lungs, splitting of blood, weak
stomach, night-sweats, and the early stages OF
consumption, Golden Medical Discovery" in
specific. By druggists.
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Cause of Ifailmre.

Want Of confidence accounts for half of the
business failures of to-day &. SchasSP, A.
DRESS and l.. OTynski, druggists, are not liable
10 fail for the want of confidence in DR.. BOstn-
kos Cough and Lung Syrup, for they give
away bottle leee to all who are suffering with
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Consumption and all
affections of the Throat and Lungs.
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FOR SALE

Davis.
The residence of the late Ex-Governor Davis
at Austin, Texas, is for sale. The house is
large and rOOmy; the grounds are highly i'm
proved and every modern convenience has
been studied to make the premises COmtOrta-
bic. About seven acres of ground is included
i'm the property. The site is one of the finest in
the State. Mrs. T.. J. DAVIS,
If Austin, Texas.
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ciatiOn) are prepared to furnish daily tele-
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tiers, containing special news of San Antonio
and district, Mexico and Great Britain at terms
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prietor, II. Ryder-TaylOr, EVENING LIGHT of
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THE abolition of funeral sermons as neces-
sites is possibility of the future. Eulogiz-
ing the dead for the sole reason that it is pol
itic to do SO is something of which no person
should be guilty.
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IT IS the prevailing sentiment in New
Jersey that root beer is better drink than
lager or any other hop drink, and beats malt
all to pieces. But no such price current Cir
culates in San Antonio. Root beer can't
froth worth cent, while malt froths like
Congressman rising to a question Of privilege.
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sustaining closer commercial relations and OF
comforting mutual benefit by establishing just
commercial and social regulations. Mexico
may in time become part of the United
States but that time has not yet arrived and
the United States is surely not the country
which should keep prominent any schemes to
hasten its arrival
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Saturday, March 10, PrOximo,

for the election of an Alderman TO fill the I'M
expired term of Alderman Minter, resigned
The polls will bc open from s o'clock a. m 10
O'Clock p. M, at the Alamo building, ia said
ward. Presiding officer. Sam Maverick
The election will be held and returns made in
accordance with An Ordinance GOyeruing
Elections"
In testimony whereof ] hcreuDto
- sign my name and have caused fine
l.. :. seal of the city TO be affixed this
'-0~-' 18th day of February, 1888.
j. III. FRENCH, Mayor
BY f. p. ClaudOn, City Clerk,
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THE irrepressible Dion Bouccicault has
furnished an interviewer with his idea of how
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. 1t is a wonder
he doesn't write Hamlet himself
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SHERIFF MCCALL's offer to close the
gambling hells should receive attention.
Clothe him with the requisite authority and
give him an opportunity to show his ability.
If he fail, as he probably will, the city will
have at least the satisfaction of knowing that
it had not refused to adopt means offered for
blotting out one of the most disgraceful feat
ures of San Antonio life.
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THURSDAY. MARCH 8, 1888.

LOCAL Democracy is making bid for votes
of the colored people. Three colored mer
are now on the police force.
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IMBRCILES who control the English Society
for the Suppression of Blasphemous Litera-
ture have given an impetus to philosophic en-
quiry by proposing system of persecution OF
which the principal feature is legal prosecu-
ton of Professors Huxley, Tyndall, Herbert
Spencer and the publishers Of John Stuart
Milrs works. Their alleged ground for action
is that the persons named shave Sown wide
spread unbelief and in some cases rank
atheism" Had they spent years in looking
for means most appropriate for stimulating
the increasing desire for knowledge of the
opinions Ct Tyndal, Huxley and others they
could not have found one better than that
which in their blind bigotry and intolerance
they hit upon as best suited to their purpose.
1t has been part of the history OF every pub
lie and private undertaking that the more the
promoters of either the one or the other are
prosecuted the more rapidly are additions
made to the number of their followers and
supporters. And this will probably be the
principal effect of the proposed exhibition of
inanity by the English association with the
sesquipedalian title.
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THE British Premier has returned from
Cannes under pressure of Irish State affairs.
Let Mr.. Gladstone now consider England
right to demand the extradition of alleged Of
tenders in her present attitude of carrying on
a prosecution with the testimony of felons, or
those who lack only the judicial records of
felons. The discounting of veracity at so
damaging a rate as England is now doing
invites the apprehension of all nations.
England should not be permitted, in the face
of Christendom, to erect an oath fallen far be.
low the plain of impeachment to a place above
it. A witness that cannot be impeached upon
his own record of infamy is proof against all
other, and justice is strangled by the very odor
of his presence. To presents demand for ex-
tradition supported thus is perhaps not in con-
temptation of International treaties, and the
consideration of that question is the first duty
in which the English minister should engage.
English faith demands it, for foreign nations
will not heed her demands for extradtion
tempered with the bitterness of partizan zeal
and made in reckless disregard OF the very
sanctity of truth.
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63I HOUSTON STREET.

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