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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25
SELECT SIFTINGS.

The ancient Egyptian name for the cat
was ''maow."
The greatest known depth of the At
lantic ocean is five miles.
The ancient Britons used to infict
death by drowning in quagmire.
Near Salt Lake has been discovered a
limestone that produces flash of light
blue light-with every stroke of the ham
mer. 1t is called hell fire rock.
Ewing Isbell, of Warren county, Ken
lucky, was born on Washing tons birth
day, his wife was born on the Fourth of
July, and their only child was born on
Christmas.
In Guatemala one species of pine tree
is grown with needles fifteen inches long,
and another that furnishes fat pine for
the candles of half the republic. Trees
eight feet in diameter are not uncommon
The battering-ram, with other military
implements, is said to have been invented
by Artemon, Lacademoniau and en-
ployed by Pericles, about AL B. G. Sir
Christopher Wren used a battering ram
in demoishing the walls of old st. Paul's
Cathedral 1875.
Deer and moose antlers are Just now
very fashionable for decoration Prop
erly mounted they range in price at fash
ionable retail stores all the way from So
for a very small pair of deer horns, to $40
for magnificent set of moose antlers.
Mounted head and all the latter will cost
about $50.
Among the records of the town of Wor.
ces er Mass, is an account of six-year-
old boy who in 1879 had his ear bitten of
| by a horse. The manner in which the
injury was received was carefully re.
corded by the selectmen, so that the loss
of the ear should not be prejudiced to
the boy when he grew to mans estate.
The Introduction of the modern slang
word dandy" as applied, half in admir-.
alton and half in derison, to fop, dates
from 1916. John Bee ("Slang Diction.
ary" 1929 says that Lord Petersham was
the founder of the sect, and gives the
peculiarities as French gait, lispings
wrinkled foreheads, killing kings Eng
lish, wearing immense plated pantaloons
coat cut away, small walstcoat, cravat
and chitterlings immense, hat small, hail
frizzled and protruding."
The old Britons wore, according t.
Meyrick, shoes made of raw cowhide
with the hair turned outwards, and com
ing up to the ankles. They much re
sembled the brog, which is still used il
remote parts of Ireland. In Roman time.
the chiefs and mobiles of Britain adopted
in addition to the sandals, the costl,
side-laced shoes of their conquerors. Tht
Anglo Saxon shoes were open at the
instep, and secured by a thong. Princes
and high ecclesiastical dignitaries wor'
them Of gold stuff, with lattice -patterr
embroidery and pointed toes. This fash
ion of pointed shoes lasted from the tim'
of Rufus to that of Henry VII.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25
On Stills.

The chief external characteristic of the
French Basques is the extraordinary skill
with which they walk on stills. This
hereditary accomplishment has been
forced upon them, so to speak, by the
nature of the country they inhabit-a
waste Of shifting sands. interseCted by
runlets of water that produce admirable
pasturage, but in places occasion very
dangerous morasses. The Basques, used
from infancy to make their way through
drift and quagmire, seem sometimes to
be actually unaware that they are perched
up aloft, like so many storks or herons,
as they tend their sheep or carry home
their oat-sheaves. And the women are,
perhaps, still DIETER on their stills than
are the men, who invariably cast off their
wooden props when cudgel play, or a
bargain claims attention, who are, also,
little uneasy in the presence of strangers.
1t is in nlarshy districts, where struggling
lambs and half-wild calves have to be
sought for, or in deep, loose sand, that the
stills find their main employment and
best exhibit the dexterity of the wearers,
who, with the help of an iron-shod pole,
can knit the woolen stockings and night
caps which both sexes are clever in max
ing, practice the flute and the binion, and
even, it is said 60 to sleep for hours.
Nothing more amuses the people of
Landes than when troop of strolling
mountebanks, with its two or three dam
sells in spangled muslin, and mounted on
stills, ventures into Basqueland. To see
the saltimbanques in gay apparel pain
fully trying to do, for money, what the
spectators have done with practiced ease
since childhood, evokes Homeric bursts
of laughter, usually followed by shower
Of sous. 1t sometimes happens, in rural
life, that the stills act as safeguards.
For the fondrieres. as the French call
them 'funda" is the Spanish word en-
ployed by the small, dark people of the
land-are quicksands as perilous to pass
as any between Avranches and St.
Nichael's Mount, and the sinking over
deep of the ashen prop is warning that
has saved many herdsman's life, when
an incautious foot would have been held
forever in the grip of the tenacious mire
below. The list of annual victims by
such accidents is almost wholly made up
of travelling thinkers, chapmen, knife
grinders, and especially glaciers, OF
plumbers in quest of a job. -AH The Year
Round
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25
VOL. XII.
wErIs THAT NEVER FREEZE.

NATURES wells are deep below,
Deep below the line of frost and snow;
They are clear and sparkling, cool and eel,
Clear and sparkling underneath our feet
Cool through all the summers heat,
Free through winters frost and snow
For. the wells that Nature dig
Are below the line of change,
Deep, deep below.
Natures wells are never dry,
When the August sun is blazing high
They are deep and cool, they are cool and deep,
And in rocky cisterns moisture keep
For the tiniest seeds that sleeT
For the roots of mighty trees,
For the thirsty lips that know.
Natures wells are far below
The line of chang
Ny life's wells lie far below,
Far below the line of frost and snow;
Safely hid within my home thoy lie,
Deep and still and sweet beneath Loves sky.
Frost and heat and wind pass by;
Life has drought and frost outside
But the household wells still flow
Clear and sweet and far below
The line of change
For homes wells are never ury.
Outside oft the conflict wakes high
And bitter drought is on the strif
Or frost ties fast the hopes of life;
Then, at home, by side of child and wife,
Are the wells that never fail,
Are the household wells that flow
Sweet and deep and clear, below
The line of change
-Haper'S Weekly
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25

mad seen three years or more Of border
warfare with Indians, was quite exhile-
rated by the excitement. He gave them
challenge by walking alone several hun
dred yards away on one side. They
charged, but retreated when he kneeled
and fired.
Arriving at the camp after an hours
ride and running fight, we found the es-
cort thoroughly alarmed, and Just starting
out to pick up our dead bodies, for they
had seen so many Indians about that they
made sure we were all killed. 1t was a
scene of mutual rejoicing and congratu-
lation, as we had feared they had met an
untimely fate. A hasty council of war
was held as to what was to be done.
We were unanimous in the opinion that
it was folly TO continue work
without larger escort and personal
body-guard, beside it was necessary that
my wound should be dressed. Conse-
quently it was decided to turn our faces
in the direction of 9heridan, which we
did, arriving there late IN the afternoon,
the Indians following us all the way seek
ing an opportunity to attack us again.
| w lJll ll1Ctli ~ tlltbu DtOOIllC q FOl
revenge, as they had lost heavily, while
we had escaped entirely.
The horse that carried Howard so nobly
through this fight ultimately recovered.
Three of the five bullets were extracted.
l afterward took him home to Burlin-
game, where he was carefully fed and
pampered for some years till he died.
] recovered from my wound very
quickly, and within six weeks rejoined
the party, receiving promotion to the
first place in the corps-that of transit
man-which l occupied until the road
was completed.
Our miraculous escape was long the
subject of wonder on the frontier, where
it was, regarded as the most marvellous
on record, as we fought against such
fearful odds. hope the narrative as
have written it will be intelligible. 1
fear I have not made it as clear as could
verbally. 1t always excites me to think
or tell of it.-Neao York Ecening Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25
PARTING.

Weep not that we must part:
Dartings are short; eternity is long;
Life is but one brief stage,
And they that say love ends with life are
wrong.
List to thine own hearts cry
Love cannot die.
What though so far away
Thy thoughts are still with me, and with thee
mine,
And absence has no power
To lessen what by nature is divine.
List to thine own hearts cry
Love canpo+ di
Then gIIeve no more, my love,
ieving but shows thy trust in me is small.
Faith is by calmness proved
For know this truth-thou canst not love at
Unless thine own heart cry
Love cannot die.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25
THE VOYAGER.

High DER dark Earth, red in the sunset
glo
Hangs bright bubble, strangely poised In
air
And now its silken bulk with motion slow -
Through the broad west the solemn night
winds bear
The dusk draws on. strain my eyes to
meet
On purple skies that fragile snip afloat;
Brief guest that gliding steers, ghostlike and
9eet,
Past the great mountains upheaved rim re-
mote
Who, silent, far, sails the high seas abovef
What lure seeks earth born man in either
waste
Unpiloted, through baseless night to rove
With life upon the empty spaces cast2
Ahl vagrant sailor of the upper air,
l. too, my little all have set adrift!
We know our guest; but how our barks shall
far
Who knows? or on what skies our morning
Gft2
Mrs. d. II. r. GooddIe, in Good Cheer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25
CredulOus Cashiers.

An enterprising individual, realizing
that a confident air and plausible story
arc in most instances the only requisite
necessary to insure a profitable return,
has devised scheme by which he has
managed to secure considerable sum of
money from a number of well-regulated
banking establishments scattered here
and there throughout the country. Rep
resentlng himself as an agent of the
United States treasury department
sent out for the purpose of ascertaining
the amount of counterfeit money in
circulation, this self-delegated pro-
tector and purifier of the national cur
rency presents himself at bank and
with document highly and graphically
ornamented with sealing wax, which he
cGnspicuously and ostentatiously exhibits
as his warrant of authority, whispers
into the ear of the awed bank cashier
that it has come to the knowledge of the
government that the banking house of
which the aforesaid cashier is a brilliant
ornament is engaged, perhaps unknow-
ingly, in the circulation of counterfeit
money, and that it has become necessary,
in order to protect the government, that
the funds now on hand in the bank
vaults be examined. By this time the
feelings of the bank cashier can be more
easily imagined than described. Thun-
dcrstruck and almost paralyzed, the
cashier in many instances has not only
given this bare-faced swindler access to
the vaults, but on more than one occa-
sion, as is reported, permitted him to
carry away a no inconsiderable sum OF
currency, on the pretext that more
critical examination was necessary in
oSder to determine its genuineness. II
is needless to add that in an instance oi
this kind the currency is never returned.
The gentleman is still at large, and there
is no telling where h, may next turn up
-OlecolanG Lsader.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25
Work and Rest.

M. Bouchardat, professor of hygiene at
the Paris faculty of medicine, protests
against the oft-rcpeated adage that old
age is the age of rest, and says that the
regular general exercise of the organs of
nutrition and locomotion is necessary in
all ages. The fact that mental activity is
conducive to longevity is illustrated by
the long list of members of the French
academy of science of men who are over
eighty years of agc,--Dr, Foote'S Health
Monthly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25
Something Around Her.

'"Ihere Frances, you've caught another
cold, and I'll warrant you you caught it
when you were out walking with Joe last
night"
''Oh no, motherl l couldn't have
caught it then, cause we didn't go fast
enough to catch anything, in fact, we
just set down on the stile and studied
astronomy"
"And did you have anything arouno
you, my dear2'
ooh, yes, indeed l did Joe's always
particular about that; he won't allow
me to sit down anywhere in the evening
air without putting something around
ne. - Yoakers Gazette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25

The mines of the Black Hills, in Dako-
ia, have mined and milled, 1,5t2, 031
tons of good ore, yielding $40, ,434, 116,
an average of only $5.7s per ton, max
ing profit and paying in dividend:
$3, ,142.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25

The United States raises double til
number Of slocp ann Ialiy that it di>
twenty years ago.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25

In Montana the law prohibits a woman
from marrying until she is eighteen year.
old, and man cannot marry until he
twenty-one.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-25
D D
Evansville Argus.

Way down in despair's black abyss,
Sank the heart of the youth, when hiss
From the parent so grim,
Sent the dog after him,
And the place the brute bit was like this;
F.! ! F!
Carl PretzCl
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25
RAYS OF LIGHT.
Gathered by Reporters on Their
Tours Through Town.

The Sunset train was late In getting
In the city this morning.
Tomorrow is the last day for SER
vice In the District court. Court opens
Monday. September LIST.
The Flores street riding club now
takes daily exercise by the pale light Of
the new moon.
- MIR. A. Michel. who took a dose OF
paris green In mistake for bitters is still
sun, ring greatly from the effects OF the
poison.
The Plumed Knight Of last Satur-
day was especially bright and vivacious,
and held out the Bexar Democracy to
cutting ridicule.
"A. Loeb having satisfied his credl-
tors. has had his property restored to
him by J. ii. Copeland, the assignee OF
the bankrupt estate.
A building permit has been issued
TO Louis Rummel, for an addition TO his
dwelling on the west side ofPecos street,
First ward, to cost $500.
Regular meeting of the City Council
this afternoon. The report Of the I'M
provement committee on the Scholz
Opera House is anxlously looked for.
--Messrs. Labatt. Smith & Robards
were out hunting Saturday night and
yesterday nine miles north Of the city
and bagged between them over one hun
dred birds.
There was family row on Quinta
street this morning about 10 o'clock
The gentleman got the best Of II, knock
ing out the woman In the first round,
while the child ran for the police.
The game Of ten-plns between the
Turner and Casino clubs, to decide the
championship of the city, occurred at
the Casino alley last Saturday night and
resulted in favor Of the Casino club by n
close majority.
During the absence Of Mr.. Charley
Smith and family, one night last week,
his residence on Water street was en-
tered by u burglar, but owing to a sud-
den fright the burglar decamped with
Al. N III. ii
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25
Fort Duncan for Rent.

This property was selected by the
United States government for its altitude
and healthy locality. 1t commands a
view of Eagle Pass, Pledras Negras, the
Rio Grande and surrounding country.
There are about 10 houses which are
built In systematic order. They are all
substantial, OF brick, rock and adobe.
The walls are of extraordinary thick
ness, which are so well adapted for heat
and cold. The ventilation Is perfect in
each building, and large cisterns are
connected with few of them. The
stables are large and convenient and en-
closed. The arrangement and capacity
OF some of the houses render them suit
able for boarding and sanitary purposes.
The soil is sandy: the walks and avenues
are graveled and well erased. These
are situated In the limits, and just far
enough fro N the bustling, busy portion
Of Eagle Pass, which is well known as
an enterprlsing and progressive town.
Health seekers, and particularly those
afflicted with pulmonary diseases, would
do well to look for homes like these,
where the pure dry air Is so invigorating
and the pleasant nights and quiet days
are so necessary to the invalid. The
houses can be rented separately at rea-
sonable, low and satisfactory prices, or
the whole property may be leased.
Apply to IT. l.. OGLEsBY,
Eagle Pass, Texas.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25
Base Ball Notes.

The Sunset base ball club has been
unable to secure dates for exhibition
games OF ball with the Corsicana club,
owing to that club disbanding.
The Sunsets leave on Thursday morn
ing next at 7;l5 for Dallas, to play the
league games In that city.
Manager Elwood has claimed the
league games between the Sunsets and
Fort Worth, 10 have come off this past
week, but which did not, owing to the
disbandpent OF Fort Worth, for the Sun
sets, by default, but the question now
arises, to be decided by the league,
whether snch games can be awarded to
the Sunsets, ms they We're not on the
grounds, and whether the claim Of de-
fault can be sustained.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25
Special Notices.

Every smoker should try "Little Joker"
Go to NJ. Castanola q Son, Acequia
street, for new, good, cheap goods.
Pickles plain and mixed, by the pound,
key or barrel. Good butter, cream
cheese, fine syrups and large variety
Of teas.
Call on your way home and get q
drink of soda with plain or fancy syrups,
unexcelled, cool and delightful, at
Rice Bros. 4 Co.'s drug store, Soledad
block. s.2.lm
wonderful Eight speedily cures collie.
cholera morbus, cramps, lux, diarrhona. ETC.,
and IL the best pain killer and ready relief
ever sold. Price 80 cents. at kalteyers.
Novelties In wall pockets, clocks,
shelves, center tables, hat and towel
racks, etc. Il. RErrBERG u Co.,
S-15-1m PA Commerce street.
--Pepsaline, lime juice, coffee, choco-
late, and all the fancy soda drinks to be
had only at Rice Bros. q Co.'S drug
store, Soledad block. s.2.1m
On account OF removal will sell Off at
great sacrifice this week.
+. SHEETS,
2l7 Alamo plaza.
Call for Plants Flour, guaranteed su-
perior to any other. The only pure old
wheat flour In San Antonio.
S-1G-2w CALHOUN a MEEK.
One cotton beam scale for sale low ut
NJ. Castanola Il Sons.
Young ladies. your lovers would think your
smiles more sweet aud winning II you would
keep your teeth clean and breath fragrant by
using Oridonto, only 10 cents n boz, liquid and
powder, at kalteyer's.
Rice Bros. 4 Co., Soledad block, sell
the finest soda water In town. Give 1t a
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25
PERSONAL POINTS.
Collected From Hotel Corridors
and Elsewhere.


I'D. Fly, of Gonzales, is guest of the
Central.
J. +. Erskine, n Seguin merchant, il at
the Central.
p. COIN, u New Laredo merchant, Is
Mt the Menger.
d. W. Helborn, sheepman Of Pena,
is ut the Southern.
c. II. Schuyler and wife, of Houston,
are at the Southern.
II. Strong of Prairie Lea, is stopping
at the st. Leonard.
IL. =. Earl, of st. Hedwig. is sojourn-
ing at the st. Leonard.
w. b. Jacobs, stockman Of Frio
county, stops at the Central.
J. II. Whtworth, of Georgetown, is
registered at the st. Leonard.
Captain f. Van Welt, United States
army, from New York, is at the Menger.
J. +. Tubbs and wife, and Miss s. Il.
Ellis, of Franklin, rexas, are at the
Southern.
George ii. Joans and T.. Melville, of
Hillsbore, North Carolina, are at the st.
Leonard.
A. b. Close, accompanied by his
charming daughter. Miss Ina, are guests
of the st. Leonard.
Mr.. G. Vesper and bride, OF Peauall,
came In this morning, and are visiting
the family of MIR. c. Speiser, on Mil
street.
Nat Sulzbacher left to-day for his new
home at Eagle Pass. All of the boys and
many of the fair sex are sorry TO see
Nat go.
W. Scott, brother of Messrs. Scott
brothers. of our city, and railway
auditor, from Cairo. Illinois, Is at the
Southern.
Messrs. G.. Lamers and ii. Oliver
Croskey, two English gentlemen, are at
the Menger. They are here 10 make in
vestments.
Fred II. Russell, Joseph Cattock and
VIII Lacy, all OF Gallagher's ranch,
came In this morning, and are at the st
Leonard.
Mr.. VIM. Eckenroth has returned from
Los Angeles, California, where he has
been engaged In business for the past
year or more.
Mrs. j. Rice, very gifted lady with
the banjo and piano, is in the city from
Demlng, New Mexico. She expects to
remain In San Antonio.
Miss Susie Pfeuiler, of New Braunfels,
is visiting the city from Houston on her
way home, and is stopping with the
family of Mr.. Denman, on San Pedro
avenue.
Mr.. Eugene Holmgreen, of Holm
green's foundry, leaves to-day for Pitts
burg, Pa, to purchase wrought iron for
the new Maverick building. on the cor
ner OF Honston street and Alamo plaza.
While absent he expects to visit Chi
cago, Louisville and other cities.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25
Death of Henry AnseiI.

The sad news of the death of Mr..
Henry Ansell, of this city, falls heavily
on the many friends of the deceased in
this city. lie was an old citizen of San
Antonio, and well known more for his
virtues than his faults. For many years
faithful attache Of the Vaudeville
theater, he enjoyed almost the reputa-
tion OF public man, and numbered his
friends by legion. He was n native of
England, and had arrived at the very
ripe age Of 60 years, and 1t was only a
very mild form Of consumption which
carried him of. His funeral occurs this
afternoon from Santa Rosa hospital.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25

The best blood purifier and system
regulator ever placed within the reach
of suffering humanity truly is Electric
Bitters. Inactivity ofthe Liver, Bilious
ness, Jaundice, Constipation, Weak Kid
reys, or any disease Of the urinary or
gans, or whoever requires an appetizer,
tonic or mild stimulant, win always find
Electric Bitters the best and only certain
cure known. They act surely and quick
ly, every bottle guaranteed to give entire
satisfaction or money refunded. Sold AT
10 cents a bottle by Rice Bros. q Co.,
Soledad block, San Antonio.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25
Newspaper Libel Suit.

August Schwartz, grocery man on
North Flores street, has sued the Daily
Times, of this city, for $4,000 damages
for libel, and has filed his original petit
tion In the District court. The alleged
libellous matter was published on the
18th instant, in relation to the loss Of
some furniture by certain secondhand
goods store, and which the Times pub
lication alleged was n swindling game
between Schwartz and Miller.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25

A boy, as general rule, is the hard
est kind of customer to fit in the way
of clothes, but Messrs. Joske Il Sons
have just opened bright, new, and par
ticularly stylish stock of boys and
youths suits, which they confidently be-
lieve Is not equalled In the city, and
which they will sell way down on bed
rock prices. An examination of the
goods will prove satisfactory.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-25

All Republicans residing in the North
eastern portion of the Third ward, CON-
mencing at the river on the North side
Of Fifth, East line of Elm, and North
side of Nolan streets, to city line, are re-
spectfully requested to meet at Som
mer's Garden, Thursday evening at 8
O'Clock, to select delegates to the Coun-
ty Republican convention, to be held in
this city the Both inst. Attend the Pri-
maries and select your delegates.
S-25-14 JouN III. Bolton, Chairman.