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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19

Two REPORTS have been presented to
the City Council, touching the action Of
Street Commissioner Russi in employ
ing large force Of men on the street
work Just before the election. The
majority report shows that there were
large force employed. And that the
City Engineer pronounces the work
done as being satisfactory on general
average, but at the same time, 1t could
have been easily postponed few days
longer without manifest detriment to
the city. Mr.. Story made minority
report condeming the Street Commits
sioner, claiming that he had exceeded
his powers, and should be placed under
arrest for mafeasance. This is the sub
stance Of the two reports; the former
being adopted by the Council. And
while the whole committee did not find
anything positively, showing that the
Street Commissioner was using his posi-
| tlon for the benefit Of candidates, they
give him the benefit Of the doubt as TO
the color OF law under which he acted,
| iShoihb MS wen .Nho"h pai'isuh icci-
ing. But Mr.. Story makes very good
point on the showing Of the 6S extra
men, and their employment only three
or four days before the election. and
that while this partisan purpose was
not maintained, yet such was the
apparent intention. This is where the
Street Commissioner should be censured
on general principles, and where Mr..
Story is justified in his efforts to correct
the very bad practice Of minor officers
using their positions in an indirect way
to aid their friends who are expected to
be candidates before the people. The
investigation showed that Mayor French
did not order the work, nor did he APP
prove oft, after 1t had been commenced
or Of the force of men employed at the
time.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19

A CINCINNATI Judge gives it as his
opinion that II a Judge had authority to
fine and also send a man to jail for carry
ing concealed weapons, the practice
could be soon stopped. 1t is quite evil
dent that simply filming an offender
won't do II.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

Entercd at Postofhcc at San Antonio, Toxins,
a. second class matter.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19
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Business Manager.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19

The coming city election will not be
very tame affair judging from the sur
face indications, and it is as well to OBJ
serve that at no time was there a greater
need Of live, wide-awake men at the
head Of affairs.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19

A BENEVOLENT society called "A
Mouthful Of Bread" has been started in
Paris. Its object is to render tempo
rary assistance to those who are out of
work. A lump Of bread and glass OF
water favored with vinegar are given
TO all who ask for relief. The vinegar
is put in the water to kill the microbes
which swarm in the foul Seine water,
and the concoction doesn't taste much
different from the sour wine ordinarily
used by Parlsians.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19

"THosE newspapers and politicians
observes the philosophic Waco Day,
"who constitute themselves whippers-in
Of every man who is inclined to kick in
the party traces should remember that
the Democratic President-elect owes his
success to the independent voters Of the
United States. The American people
are gradually learning to think and act
for themselves, and when they have
reached the point Of absolute independ-
ence no party can force obnoxious men
or measures on the country"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19

troll over the public affairs In despite Of
the real wishes OF the people-in this
case the efforts were futile and II is q
clear gain for popular selection"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19
"Wednesday. November 10. 1884.

The most popular newspaper item in
the Texas papers just now seems to be
"Iron," which greets one at every turn.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19

The work of the committee of one
hundred in the late election, regarding
the future Of Bexar county, will prove
? Of more lasting benefit than the situa-
tion warranted when they took upon
themselves to represent the people, and
among the many who see good in the
result is the Bandera Bugle, which says:
"The results In the San Antonio election
ought to be gratifying to more than
merely San Antonians, because while
there 10 much In the construction Of
parties which favor the attempt Of a
small body OF men working diligently
together, not only to pass themselves of
a. the ruler, but to gain practical con-
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19
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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19

Mr.. EDWARD MCPHERSON, Secretary Of
the Congressional committee, has made
n revision Of his estimate as to how the
next House Of Representatives will
stand. He now estimates that there will
be 14l Republicans, in the next House
and 1888 Democrats, with one Green
hacker, Brumm, ofPennsylvania, who is
also In the present House. This is a
loss of IS to the Democrats and gain Of
~ to the Republicans Weaver is
counted as Democrat, The Independ-
ents-Lyman, Ochiltree, Chalmers and
York-have disappeared in the political
uebrie
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-19

New Time Card In Erect october 12. 1884,
4. a q. N. Railroad.
DEPARTURES;
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For 81. Louie, via ]. NJ. route ..... IL % a m
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ARRIVALS.
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From st. Louis, via Iron Mountain $50 p IN.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29

| Syracuse Herald.
President-elect Cleveland will attend in Wash
Church, of which Rev. William Alvin Bartlett
is pastor A question of social Importance to
sundry interests i'll the federal capital may thus
be considered settled The son of Presbyterian
minister Mr. Cleveland has always attended a
church of that faith. The last Democratic
President attended the same church in Wash
ington that Mr.. Cleveland will attend, and Abra
ham Lincoln did the same. When the last Dem
ocratic and first Republican President wor-
shipped there, the pastor was Rev. Dr. Gurley,
who was a classmate of Governor Clevelands
father at Princeton.
The present pastor, Rev. William Alvin Bart
lett, was a classmate of the President elect,
and has been personal friend of the Cover
nor for long time He was pastor of the Elm
place Congregational Church in Brooklyn dur.
ing the war. He then became pastor of Ply
mouth Church, Congregational, in Chicago;
| afterward he went to Indianapolis and thence to
Washington. In Indianapolis he succeeded
Rev. Dr. Withrow, now of Park street, Boston.
and in Washington he succeeded Rev. s. s..
Mitchell, who went to Brooklyn, and who is now
in Buffalo.
Both Dr. Withrow and DR.. Mitchell were earn
est iieutenants of Rev. DR.. Ball in the recent
campaign. and Dr. Bartlett was their earnest
opponent in that respect. Consequence is at
tached in Washington to what church a Presi-
dent attends President Garfelds attendance
raised the Church of the Disciples out of perjury.
President Grants attendance led the trustees of
the Metropolitan Methodist Church to OUTLAWS
which brought bankruptcy. President Hayes
went to the Foundry NJ e. Church, and did it
neither harm nor good President Arthur has
changed the center of Episcopal fashion from the
Church of the Epiphany to st. Johns. Presi-
dent johnson used to tell people that he went to
Rev DR.. Nemo's church" and many of them
never found out where it was.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29
The Vanderbilt Crest.

New York Letter in Philadelphia Record.
When an American gets rich the first thing he
does is to hunt up coat-of-arms. If he can't
find that there was ever such thing in his fam
lily he takes the one belonging to similar name
of his own, which he hunts up in Burke's Peer
age or Landed Gentry. If he doesn't find his
own name there he takes whatever device strikes
him as being the neatest Now, 1 can't imagine
that there was ever coat-ofarms in the Van
derbilt family. but they do sport one, and their
crest is worked on the four corners of their ia
ble-cloths. 1t seems to me that this crest is a
little too suggestive to be pleasant, and l should
think that it would so strike anyone who hap
pened to sit near the corner of the table. 1t is a
heart with dagger run through it, and drops of
blood, worked in red cotton, oozing from it. / can
imagine the feelings of some unhappy victim of
Vanderblt's stock operations, who might, by
some chance, be invited to dine at his house, if
this corner of the table-cloth swept across his
knees l can see him start at the appropriate
ness of the design. But / don't suppose that
Vanderbilt ever thinks that he has made great
deal of money out of hearts blood, and he has
not made as much in this way as Jay Gould; but
he has made enough, 1 should think, to disturb
his slumbers. Where the Vanderbilts got their
Device goodness only knows l know an old
Scotch family to whom it belongs but am sure
there is none of their blood in the Vanderbilt
veins. Vanderhilts state table-cioth. by the
way, is forty five feet long 1t must take larger
yard than belongs to the average city house to
dry this CLOTH and l should think that it would
need whole army Of washerwomen to hang it
on the line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29
FASHION NOTES.

Vests are quite as much worn as during the
summer but the loose bouffant fronts are fast
disappearing
Black orocade velvet basques are worn with
skirts of any color. These basoues are trimmed
with two or three rows of lace around the skirt
but are otherwise plain.
Wide stripes grow in favor for lower skirts
or as the apron front on plain wool or silk
dresses. These stripes are lengthwise for short
figures, and across for those who are tall
Plain worsted goods have often a single mar
row plating at the bottom of the skirt and full
round skirt above with tucks two or three inches
VIDE and about the same distance apart.
Choice sprays of shaded velvet flowers appear
upon some of the most elegant little opera bon
neCs from Parls. Exquisitely tinted roses, with
thorns, stems and foliage, are favorite blooms.
Pretty tea aprons now made of the white
and cream-tinted canvas which cut on the bias
and pleated or puffed is now uSsd for neck frill-
ings' These aprons should bI dottc1 with color
to match the neck bands.
To test whether or not color will be becom-
ing, modistes lay the hand of the wearer on the
colored fabric, and if the hand looks fairer or
at least does not look more sallow than before,
1t is safe choice, and may be worn near the
face.
Economists will be glad to know that the fash
ion of having the basque different from the skirt
is now not confined to materials only but ex-
tends to colors well; thus a red velvet basque
is worn with black silk skirts, and blue basque
with red skirts.
Tapestry embroidery done in old-fashioned
cross stitches in dull soft colors is the newest
trimming for black velvet jackets that form part
OF elegant house toilettes This embroidery is
not in borders but in detached pieces applied ir-
regularly on the jacket.
Black dresses with red skirts and vests arc
liked by young ladies' These are made q ash
mere or Henrietta cloth, and the red il also
WOOL giving pretty variation to the cloth cos
tunes, which most suitable for the street,
while the cashmeres are for the house.
Very stylish is a bonnet of brown velvet, with
crown in cream felt, worked over with a large
spray of flowers and leaves in gold spangles,
brown silks and gold beads The brm is of vel
vet, arranged in loose folds and raised high in
front to a. point 1t is trimmed with three duck
feathers, and has small gray birds placed near
the hair.
Among new millinery goods are French felt
dotted with chenille and trimmed around the
brims with puffngs of velvet to correspond. Felt
bonnets are pretty and comfortable for general
winter wear and the new close prineesse shapes
are very becoming to most faces. The return to
comparative simplicity in hat and bonnet
shapes is to be hailed with the greatest salts
faction
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29

feeling here that the matter can be arranged to
accommodate all the statesmen. There is also a
belief that while Mr.. Blaine may go back into
public life for few years. he will not permit
His ambition seems 20 be simply to take part in,
the movements which are to rebuild his party,
and at the same time demonstrate TO the country
that he is great enough to be beaten for the
presidency without its breaking his spirit, des-
troying his temper, or, indeed, making the re-
naming years of his life burden to him. This
is credible ambition. He is only ifty-four
years old, and there is plenty of time for the
greatest politician of his age, and in many re-
hind him recollections of busy life that will
make his countrymen forget all the bitterness
that this political battle has bred.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29
The New Anesthetic.
Druggist in Evansville journal.

Druggist in Evansville Journal.
In to-day's issue you publish clipping refer
ring to the new anasthetic cocaine" which
think is deserving Of notice. The statement
that the cost of the article is Sc 900 per pound is
true, but the statement that this enormously
high price is due to a corner made by the manu-
facturers is not true There is no corner either
on the alkaloid or on the crude material from
which il is manufactured The price is due to
other causes, which it may not be uninteresting
to enumerate. Cocaine is by no means new
discovery. 1t was discovered in 1855, and named
''erythroxylne,F and after more thorough ex-
animation, was in 1862 named cocaine" Its
use as an anesthetic in ophthalmic operations is
of recent origin and it has been employed with
such phenomenal success that it is destined to
come into general use, Notwithstanding its ex-
pensiveness.
The source from which this precious article is
derived is the leaf of a South American shrub
called Coca. Each pound of leaves yields about
three-quarters of grain of Cocaine, and this
amount can only he separated by careful and
tedious manipulation, and by the employment of
expensive chemicals. During the last three
years the price of the Coca leaves has ranged, in
this country. from 60 cents to SLIGO per pound
and at the present time is lin New York; about
60 cents. AS the avoirdupois pound contains
5000 grains, it will require about 5000 pounds
of leaves to produce one pound Of Cocaine,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29
Women on Horseback.
De Bussegay's Handbook.


A woman should sit on a horse thus. The
head straight, easy turning upon the shoulders
in any direction without involving a movement
of the body The eyes fixed straight to the
front, looking between the horses ears, and al
ways the direction in which he is going. The
upper part of the body easy, flexible and straight
The lower part of the body firm, without stiff
ness. The shoulders well back and on the same
line. The arms falling naturally. The forearm
bent The wrists level with the elbows
The reins held in each hand. The fingers firmly
closed. facing each other with the thumbs ex-
tended on the ends of the lines The right foot
falling naturally on the pommel of the saddle,
the left foot in the stirrup without leaning it
The part Of the right leg between the knee and
and the hip joint should be turned on its outer
or right side, and should press throughout its
length on the saddle. The knees should, in their
respective positions, be continually in contact
without an exception. The lower or movable
part of the leg plays upon the immovable at the
knee joint, the sole exception being when the
rider rises to the trot, at which time the upper
part of the leg leaves the saddle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29
Unique Ceremony.
DR.. Buckley's st. Petersburg Letter.

Dr. Buckley's st. Petersburg Letter.
l saw most extraordinary ceremony while in
st. Petersburg. A procession of Greek priests
from st. Isaacs Church went down to the Neva
which, in some way to me unintelligible, they
proceeded TO bless. 1t IS not the regular day
for the great ceremony of blessing the Neva, but
they have so many peculiar rites that it was
difficult to ascertain what this meant. An i'm
mense crowd, numbering perhaps 80, 900 people,
assembled. The great bells rang, services were
held in the church for more than an hour Men
preceded the priests, sprinkling sand and ashes
upon the street; then came the various choirs
with trained and surpliced boys, who sang exquis-
itely. Then came the priests themselves, arrayed
in gorgeous robes, and finally came an immense
multitude. The platform had been erected in
the river, to which the priests repaired. The
crowd reverently took off their hats. To see
what would happen kept mine on But some
thing happened in a very short space of time,
for the Russians around me began to howl with
rage, and powerful fellow advanced upon
me- making signs that if he did not take off my
hat he would knock it off. l observed from the
stupendous size of his fist that if he struck any
portion of the hat whatsoever the probability
was that the head under the hat would know it
by some other sense that that of sight Having
satisfied myself as to what would happen, took
off my hat before anything further happened.
Afterward | succeeded in getting upon a small
steamboat and witnessing the scene.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29
AN OLD MASTER.
In Louisville They Turn Up What Is Allege,
To BE a Rembrandt.
ably small

10 lie a Rembrandt
Louisville Courier-Jo urnaI.
Mr.. Hermann Lnde, of New York. the we'll
known Shakspearean reader is now in the city,
and claims TO have discovered picture which is
worth 100000
His statement is that on last Wednesday he
was told there was a remarkable painting in the
Polytechnic Art Gallery, and was asked to go and
inspect it. He did so and found the painting
hung In corner of the room and so covered
with dust as to be almost unrecognizable He
brushed it off carefully, and to his establishment
he discovered that it was Rembrandts "Slaugh-
ter of the Innocents," painting celebrated in
history, and which the connoisseur's have
been searching after for years. He was told
that the painting belonged TO Mr. Robert
Magness, and he at once went to the gentleman's
house. He offered him 800 for the picture, and
his offer was finally accepted. Mr.. Linde says
he will at once forward it to New York, and cable
the news of the discovery to Europe. He says
there can be no doubt about the identity of the
painting, as no one but Rembrandt could produce
such masterpiece.
He was seen by reporter last night and said
that the painting had been exhibited in this
country years ago, but in some way all trace of
twas lost He exhibited an old handful dated
New Orleans, 1881, which announced that the
great painting, the slaughter of the Innocents
by Theodore Rombouts. of Antwerp, would be
placed on exhibition. He stated that the name
of Rombouts was evidently mistake, the
painting was produced by Rembrandt's brush
DR.. e. A. Grant was seen BY a reporter and
stated that he and several other gentlemen had
examined the painting closely, and he was of the
opinion that it was worthless daub. He laughed
at the idea of its being a genuine Rembrandt.
Mr.. Linde says that the picture is somewhat
similar to the one by Rembrandt in the gallery
at Antwerp, but is a more elaborate creation.
Mr. Harry Weidenbach, the man who sold
1000 acres of valuable mineral land in Georgia
to the lamented Mr. McPhun, late of India,
claims TO be the original discoverer of the paint
ing, but as all his funds were invested in his
gigantic mining enterprises he could not produce
sufficient to purchase it, so he made known his
secret to Mr.. Linde. twill be remembered that
he sold the land for 800, 600 and a third of the
stock in a company to be organized to work the
mines. He also contracted to sell more lands
for $25, 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29
A Handsome Chair Scarf.
Massachusetts, PlowmaD.

MAsshcnusttlB FIOWHlHD.
Take three strips of broad, handsomely shaded
or figured ribbon-the center ribbon of differ
ent shade from the others. The outer strips
can be of shaded satin ribbon in dead leaf, and
the center ribbon of rich crimson or blue otto
man. Turn the ends back at each end, sew
down neatly, and put on a tassel or ball Then
haste the ribbon upon lining of silk or silk
finished silesia; work the edges together with
the fancy stitches much used in crazy patch
work. and add gold thread over the herring bone
stitches. These chair scarfs are very quickly
made, and are highly ornamental Table scarfs
for small tables can be arranged in the same
manner, and plain ribbons can be painted with
sprigs or vines Of flowers, and cats and dogs
heads can be introduced among them The
center ribbon only needs to be painted or en-
broidered the sides are as well left plain.