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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

The ratification meetings of the Re-
publican ticket have all been as enthusi-
astic as the nomination was, and every
indication goes to show that the cam
paign will be more than vigorous and
aggressive.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

POWELL CLAYTON is making the most
OH little boom for notoriety. lie was
rendered an ovation by the Republicans
OF Little Rock on Saturday night, for the
course he pursued at the Chicago con-
vention.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

IS THE case Of the lawyer, Campbell,
who was tried last week at Cincinnati
for attempting to bride juror in the
Berner case, the jury disagreed.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

The tax on dogs in the city is rdicu-
lous, being only so cents. 1t should be
about $50, and then possibly there would
be fewer OF them to run the chances of
hydrophobia during these very sum-
merry DAYS.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16
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Home advertisements payable n first OF each
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vance. Only metal cuts printed.
All contracts must be approved by the PUSH
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receiving their paper will please make com
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warned not TO pay their subscription except
upon presentation Of a properly reccip;cd bill
from this Office.
THOMAS n. JOHNSON,
Business Manager.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
MAYORS OFFICE.
CRY or SAN ANTONIO. Tex.

MN 1bh . bIIlits
CITY or SAN ANTONIO, TEX.
June 2, 1884.
In accordance with a resolution adopted by
the City Council Mt the meeting held on the
18th day of May, 1881, sealed proposals will be
received Mt this Office until july 3. 1884, IL NJ,
from date, for paving Commerce street, from
Main plaza to bridge, over San Antonio river,
with mesquite, or other wooden bio ks, on
concrete foundation.
All bidders shall deposit with the City Clerk
at the time OF filing proposals, not less than
tve hundred $500 dollars, rs n forfeit, In case
they or he fail to commence work within
thirty days from date of awarding contract
should their proposals be accepted.
The successful bidder shall be required to
enter into a good and sufficient bond, with
sureties, for. the faithful performance of the
work; the bond to be equal to two thirds Of
the amount OF contract.
PUBLICATIONS may be seen ut tho Office of
city Engineer. Contractors can also hid fur
nishinR their plans and specifications. The ci y
reserves right to reject any and all bids.
j. II. FRENCH,
by Il. p. CLAUDoN, Mayor.
City clerk. 0-i-26t
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

GOVERNOR IRELAND has issued pro-
clamation of quarantine against the city
of Matamoros, Mexico.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

Gard Press.for Sale.
One Ruggles card press, in irst-class
order, for sale; $50 cash. Address, Il. b.
johnson, LIGHT office. 6-G-tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16
Notice to Contractors !
MAYORS OFFICE. /
san ANTONIO. June IL, 1851. {

MAYORS OFFICE.
SAY ANTONIO. June IL, 1881
IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RESOLUTION
l adopted by the City Council. June o. 1884,
sealed proposals for tho construction of
dad streets 10 San Antonio river will be re-
ceived at this Office until IL O'Clock, noon,
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1884.
Plans and specifications cnn be seen at onico
OF City Engineer. Each bidder Is required to
deposit the sum of nifty dollars in the hands of
the City Clerk with his proposal, TO DO held as a
forfeit In case party to whom the contrs ct is
awarded does not begin work within thirty
days from the letting OF the work.
The right IL reserved TO reject any and all
bids. j H. FRENCH
by Il. p. CLAUDoS, Mayer.
City Clerk. 0-lO-td
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

SIT WOULD SEEM" says the Brennan
Banner, "that the opposition to Walsh,
the present efficient Land Commissioner
is, because he knows his duty and dares
perform 1t, although 1t conflicts with the
individual interest of those who would
have more plant man in his position"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

A CRUSADE has sensibly been COM
menced against the custom of newspa-
pers to speak of society events, of re-
cording the attendance of young ladies
by giving their ''pet" names of daisy"
Mamie" etc.. on the ground that it is
a familiarity that really breeds con-
tempt.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

IT Is fact that ticket is always the
weakest when it is first nominated, in
the eyes of the opposition, and the fact
that the general expression has been
that Blaine and Logan would be hard to
beat is not without its meaning, and is
quite signltcant that il is SO.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16
NO I ICE!
CITY COLLECTORS OFFICE. /
SAN ANTONIO, June IL, 1884. (

OwNEiS OF DOGS ARE HEREBY NOTI-
" filed TO come forward on or before the
?bth day Of June next and pay the license due
thereon go cents for each dog). in accordance
with the ordinance AS amended June ., 1871.
Dogs without license tar, of the year 1885,,
after the above date, will be dealt with as
provided by law. II. q. HAUEIsEN,
O-l2 III CITY COLLECTOR.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

The best smoking tobacco is "Little
Joker"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

ONE Of our most valued exchanges is
the SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, a nice, newsy,
clean, daily paper, that gives the cream
OF the news. Any person wishing to
subscribe for paper from that part of
the State should send for the LIGHT. 1t
is seven-column sheet, and costs but
SO year. El Paso Lone Star.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

The Longview Democrat, in answer to
the objection of contemporary that
Barnett Gibbs was too young, had no
bottom, was too light, and was not old
enough to make the race for Lieutenant
Governor, says: Gibbs is dark and
weighs about $50 pounds, is over six feet
high, certainly three objections are dis
posed OF there. As for the first he will
out grow that, If he lives"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

THERE was an election held at San
Marcos last week upon the question Of
local option, and the proposition
was defeated by about 100 majority.
Inc Free Press Of that place, through
Its editor, 1. ii. Julian, advocated local
option quite strongly, and in jolliflca-
tion over the event afterwards by the
whiskey party he was hung in effigy.
The LIGHT looks upon this act as a COM
pliment TO Mr.. Julian, and most I'M
seemly and dlsgraceful exhibition upon
the part Of the men who countenanced
1t. About the only difference between
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16

A GREAT number Of Democrats and
papers are very much averse to giving
up MIR. Tilden as a candidate, and advo-
cate that he should be urged to accept
the nomination any way. If Blaine and
Logan Is weak ticket and can be easily
defeated, the grand old Democratic party
should not be long in search of leader,
but should trot out the first man named
and get away with the Presidential
prize. While Mr.. Blaine may take the
cake as the tatooed man, yet it will be
no walk-oyer for the man who runs
against him.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16
MO. n COMMERCE STREET.

WILLbe paid 10 any one who will find
w particle OF Mercury, Potash, Arsenic or
any poisonous substance In
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22
Great Webster's Great Snake.
From Thoreau's %"Summer.n

FROM 1horeau
B. NJ. W tells me that he learns
from pretty good authority that Web
ster once saw the sea serpent. It
seems it was first seen in the bay be-
tween Manomet and Plymouth beach
by a perfectly reliable witness (many
years ago., who was accustomed to look
out on the sea every morning the first
thing, as regular as he ate his break
fast. One morning he saw this mon
ster, with a head something like a
horses, raised some six feet above the
water, and his body the size OF a cask,
a trailing behind. He was careering
V the bay, chasing the mackerei,
which q ashore in their fright, and
were washed up and died in great num-
bers.
The story is that Webster had ap-
pointed to meet some Plymouth gentle
men at Manomet and spend the day
fishing with them. After the fishing
was owe he set out to return to Dux-
bury in his sail boat with Peterson, as
he had come, and on the way they saw
the sea serpent, which answered to th>
common account Of this creature. 1t
passed directly across the bows only
six or seven rods off and then disap.
peared. On the sail homeward, Web
ster, having had time to reflect on what
had occurred, at length said to Peter
son: For Coda sake, never say a word
about this to any one: for if it should
be know that I have seen the sea SER
pent l s%houldneyer hear the last of it,
sea serpent wherever 1 went I should
have to tell the story to every one I
met" So it has not leaked out till
now.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22
Queer Ideas About the Dead.
rom the Boston Courier.

Here are two instances, both strictly
true, which occurred in a town oniv n
few miles from Boston, and serve to
give us a peculiar phrase Of the life
to which we are not and hope never to
be accustomed. A man who was yery
poor had the misfortune to loose his
wife, whom he was compelled to bury
without a wake" that luxurious tribute
being entirely beyond his means. After
twelve years had passed, his prospects
having materially frightened, he had
his wife dug up, and gave her a wake
commensurate with his means, his affee-
ton and her worth. In the same town
the mother of twins, who had lived only
long enough to breathe the breath Of
mortal life, regretted so deeply tile loss
Of her children that, as soon as her
health permitted, she had the little
bodies taken mp, and herself carried
them to q photographer, stood the
caskets up and had them photographed.
What to the mother was a delightful
memento was to others but a hideous
spectacle.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22
EYEGLASSES

Inotlce eyeglasses seem ,ndispensa-
bic to every young person in the East
ern towns, while I have never teen an
eye-glass, I think, in the West on any
young person. How isit to be account
ed for? It cannot be great study, be-
cause the Western men read their
newspapers all through in little type
and ought to have no eyes at all. 1t
cannot be the mutations of the weather,
for the average Western man is always
full either of chills or quinine, and he
is up in the morning trying to find his
cattle in the fog and frequently is drunk
at night trying to find his way home.
Others drink SO much cold water in
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22
The Pipe Coming Into Favor
From the Albany Argus.

From the Albany Argus.
I understand that a large number of
American gentlemen will adopt the
English fashion of smoking u pipe rath-
er than cigars. To be in good form
the pipe must be handsome, and the to-
bacco of the very best quality. This is
a very sensible innovation, ard I am
heart and soul with the movement. No
true lover Of the weed but prefers an
old "dudeen" to the best cigar ever
rolled. Dudes and exquisites, perhaps,
are not equal to a pipe, but they have
no business to touch anything stronger
than cigarettes. A pipe gives the true
flavor of the tobacco, and it keeps the
weed from coming in contact with the
very delicate membrane lining
the mouth. Not the least reason why
pipes are desirable is their comparative
cheapness. The day Of lavish expen-
diture has gone by, and no young man
is ashamed to show economy in his lab
its. There is a great deal of prejudice
against smoking pipes in the street, and
this is all very we'll, but should also ex-
tend to cigars. No man should smoke
on o public thorough-fare in the day
time, but if he does, a natty pipe looks
just as well as an imported Henry
Clay" The odor of a pipe is thought
disagreeable but this is simply because
it is associated with rank tobacco. The
mild grades "long cut" have a very rich
fragrance, and contain, l believe no de-
leterious essences.
Pipes have been sung by the poets,
but where no cigars figure in song? All
of omanc and sentiment circles up
ward in the thick, yellow clouds pulled
from the bowl Of q pipe, and not in
the thin blue haze Of the overrated
cigarl
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22
wosmn,

- EaEtLHa H-.Ur rNNgHA IrL-
Though We we're parted, as though he had die
She said, I could bear the worst,
II he had only loved me at the last
As he loved me ut the first
But woe is me! said the hapless maiden,
That ever . lover came,
since be who lit In my heart the fire
Has failed to Tend the flame.
Ah!why did he pour in my life's poor cup
A nectar so divine,
II he had no heart to fill it mp
With q draught 30 pure and fine?
Oh! IL he were either true or false.
My torment might have end;
&c has, been for q lover, too unkind-
Too loving for q friend.
And there is not q soul in all the world
So wretched as mine must be;
For l cannot live on his love, she said,
Nor die Of his cruelty.
Boston Transcript
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22

harem means SIMPLY smoking cigarettes
and pipes and the most trivial amuse-
Ments. Instead OF the sparkling con-
~versation and pleasant music with which
the SEXES reciprocally entertain each
other among Western people, horrible
screenings, the monotonous noise Of
drums and the clang Of tambourines
are hero the solace Of women in her
hours Of ease. The boosted luxury Of
the palace offers in its isolation
no attraction to . refined nature.
This life makes people pr%ematurely
old q man Of so is wrinkied and super
anuated, and . wornan Of 80 has passed
her meridian. No one works unless
compelled to it, as tranquility Of mind
and person best pleases the Oriental
taste. They ignore the passage of time,
which never disturbs them with the cry
OF bukrah (to-morrow) yet people write
to the f~acinations of Eastern life. It
may be climate. with its sunny sky and
quickening air of the desert, or possibly
the stagnation of existence which de-
ludes them. 1t cannot be the effort Of
thinking Or Of feeling that awakens
pleasing impressions, for there is moth
ing here that does not clash with every
sentiment, habit and custom of intel
~lectual life.
Society is the issolation Of q prison,
though the captiyes are surrounded by
. number of people. The philosopher
residing in the east is forced to mediate
bitterly upon the waste OF humanity
around him. Only an anchorite, whose
religious duty consists in counting beads,
could be charmed with such m~onotony
and silence. The man of energy and
thought wouldthink itcruel punishment
to be forced to undergo the ordeal OF
intellectual stagnation amid a people
whose ignorance and Incidence fill their
minds with egotism, obstinacy and self
Importance. 1t is a coLimon thing for
Egyptians who have been educated by
order Of the government in the best col
leges in Europe to come back to East
ern life and Immediately throw away
their books, abandon intercourse with
intelligent foreigners, shut themselves
IN Q harem among Ignorant women, and
there end their existence. This is prob
ably what they mean when they say that
In their education of mind they do not
neglect the heart An Eastern mar
will sit for hours inhaling the perfume
of 9 sweet flower and enjoyingthe music
OF afountain (murmuring ut the time q
chapter in the Koran, without stopping
to understand its meaning) and the
beautiful object. Of nature which Allah
has spread before him. He enjoys. to-
day, but never thinks Of preserving OBJ.
jects which please him in sculpture OF
4 49, 49, ~ ~
sake of the pleasure they might give il
the future. This their writer's call q life
rich in sensations"
Gen. Loring speaks If the extreme
cleanliness of the Egyptian women, part
OF whose religion it is to bathe and per.
fume themselves every day.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22

DROP B1scur.-stir together one
pint OF rich sour milk and one we'll
peaten egg, a little salt, a piece of but-
yer, the size Of a hens egg, (melted).
ana one even t%easpoonful Of soda, dis
solved IN a little hot water. Beat all
wen together and put in -four enough
70 make It q little sitter than paaGake
y as'er. Drop into patty-pans andbake
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22

order to establish their stability on the
temperance question that their eyes
have an aqueous and filmy nature |
have about come to the conclusion tnat
the young man from the East wears
an eye-glass because he is . fool. 1t
seems that the latest agony is to wear
only one eye-glass and look through it
with both eyes; this is supposed to give
precision to the mind. By the time
the West gets properly civilized q large
part of the East will have become bar-
barous through its observation-disclosures
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22

The fishing nets that have been boxed.
for 80 long awake from their Rip Van
Wrinkle slumbers to find themselves
serving as portieres and are quite as
tonished at their effectiveness IN the way
of decoration. The color needed is Sc
cured by tassels or worsteds Of different
tints onthe edge. The fall Of netting at
the top may be the ground work for gay
ornnmentation.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22
A Partisan Bird cnarmer.

The London Pail Mall Gazette thus
states the singular powers Of a Partisan
bird-charmer:
Paris has found q new sensation in
bird-charmer who has been astonishing
the boulevardiers with his powers. A
bet was made between him and q III.
Loizey, Q gentleman who was very
skeptical in such matters. The condi.
tions were that NJ. Loizey should furnish
q dozen birds, which were to be at the
disposal Of the charmer for fifteen min.
utes. At the end Of that time M. PICARD
was to open the cage which contained
them and each bird was to alight upon
o certain arbutus, brought upon the
ground by him and placed at a distance
of 100 metres from the point where they
were liberated. For each bird which
did not obey the charm within aquartel
Of an hour M. Picard was to pay M.
Loizey fifty francs, and for each bird
which did NJ. Loizey was to pay M.
Picard the same sum When the time
for the test arrived so large and so curl
Gus q crowd had gathered on the
Champs de Mars that it was impossible
to maintain the needful space Of 100
metres around the spot where the cage
was placed. Forty metres was all the
distance that could be secured. The
results, therefore, were not accepted as
determining the bet, and another trial
will be made. The birds, however
released under these conditions-few,
one by one, to the arbutus and perched
on its branches, to the great astonish-
ment Of the spectators. NJ. Picard's
charm consists, it is belieYed, in I'M
pregnating these branches with a color
less and mysterious liquid, the secret Of
which is 8 yet his own.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22
Real Live Yankees Abroad.

Rossfelt Letter in the Baltimore Sun.
The Germans here and everywhere ]
haye5Jesibeen are evidently very fond OF
Americans. They brighten up when
ever America is mentioned and at the in
terror hotels Of Southern Germany they
say at first to us; "English?" mo"
we say american" Zach ia: sehr gut,
America sehr schon," and they trot ont
all the walters or servants who can
speak q little English and they want to
hear about America. I suppose we
could load a vessel with all the different
ones who have asked us if we didn't
want some one $50 willing to work for
us in America. The city of Heidelberg
is SO delightful we hated to leave it. We
met an American gentleman there whose
Q is q student at the university. He
said he had known eighteen American
girls who had married German barons
or counts and all were now divorced or
separated but three.
Where we are now, at Rossfelt, the
people have seldom, many of them new
er, cen an American. While we we're
on the Burgeberg mountain, at the
house Of the jaeger master, some of the
foresters came in and stared at us with
great interest. One ofthem said it was
SO strange to see q real born American
They sang a song for us and drank our
healths and the health Of America; and
one who was quite good looking asked
leave to shake hands-"it would Be such
an honor" The honor was gracefully
accorded. We solemnly shook hands,
and we trust that the friendship between
America and the wild jagers of the
Black Forest is eternallY cemented.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-22

Payne must go out Of the Indian Territory or
be kicked out by. Gen. Hatch. His improve
ments are to be destroyed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-29
AnOtherIron bridge.

The Richmond and Danyille Railroad
Company are building two spans OF iron
bridge IN lieu OF two spans Of the old
covered bridge nearest Richmond. across
the james. These spans are quite long,
being 1870 feet each, but will be OF ample
strength to bcsr any load that may be put
upon them, their capacity being sufficient
TO bear five times the weight OF train
made up Of the largest engines of the pre-
sent day. The span nearest Richmond
will differ from most bridges. The end
resting on the Richmond abutment will be
wide enough for a double track, and will
taper back to the width Of a single track at
the first pier.
The object in having the bridge so con.
structed is to make the new freight depot
on the site Of MayO's warehouse easier OF
access by the loaded trains and shifting
cars. The bridge will be OF ample height
for any car or locomotive, 1t being nineteen
feet clear from top Of rail. The material
for this bridge was made at the Atlanta
Bridge and Iron-Works, Atlanta, Ga.
The engines, boilers. &C., made hers,
compare fayOrably with those made any
where else, aud il seems that u our IRON
workers were 10 undertake this kind Of
work they might succeed as well s others.
These two spans will be completed in about
ten days. This is considered the most un-
safe part OF the bridge, as there ia so much
running on 1t with the "shiitcr."
The other part OF the bridge is in o per-
fectly safe condition, and will not bs inter-
rupted for the present. When completed
this will be a noble and imposing structure,
as well az = strong and durable one. The
plan Of this structure is very simple, and,
1t will be observed readily, its construction
is such that the greater the pressure the
more solid and steady the bridge Will be.
After the completion Of this bridge the
force will be carried to Lynchburg, whsre
they will raise another iron bridge over the
James river for the Virginia Midland road.