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1885,


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No. 1870 JAMES MuaPHY We. A. l.. sTEBBIss
Receiver.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of liexar
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-14

diction Of all such misdcmeanors. when COM
mitted in the corporate limits of the city OF
San Antonio.
Sc. 100. The City Council shall have the
power to pass, publifh, amend or repeal all or
dinances, rules a. police regulations not con-
trary TO the constitution OF the State, and nee
essary Tor the order or so d government OF
the city, or the tfnde, commerce and health
thereof, or that may be necessary and proper
TO carry into feet the powers hers In vest d In
the corporation or any OF Its Ulcers; TO enforce
the Observance OF all such ordinances, ru cs
and police regulations and to punish viola
tons thereof by hnts and imp isonment, or
either or both. or by work on the sire, Is or
other public works. as may be provided by
ordinance ard required by the judgmento OF the
court; provided that no fine shall exceed $500.
and no period OF Imprisonment th III exceed 90
days in the county or city Jail, except as herein
otherwise provided, and for any fine. penalty
and costs imposed by the Recorder In the trial
Of any cause or complaint before hiu, execu-
tions may issue TO collect such fines and costs
to be levied and executed In the same manner
that executions are from courts OF Justices Of
the Peace. The same shall be issued by the
recorder to the Marshal, who. In levying on
property and selling, shall have like power nd
authority as the sheriff OF the county In exc
ouiions issued from the District or County
courts. and the laws of the State, so far as APP
plicable, shall apply TO aud he in full force and
effect as to the execution issued from the Re-
oorder's court, and any person upon whom
any fine or penalty Is imposed. may be COM
mitted until payment OF same, with costs, and
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19

"Well, no, thanks replied one Of the
Oxonians; ITS awfully good of you, we
know; but say, the fact is, books are DO TX.
all the world over, and pictures are pictures;
and as for minerals, l can't say We under
stand them; not in our line you KNOW
Would you like to walk through the bo-
tanical garien," asked the professor, think.
ing he would try them with something oui
of doors
Don't you think it's rather hot for s
walk said one visitor, adding, Besides tt
tell the truth, one garden is very much like
another" The abashei but persevering pro.
fesSor mentioned sever,A other sights which
they might like to see, but was invariably
met with the same polite refusal. As they
took up their hats to say goodbye, he feel
ing vexed that he could do nothing more
than to ask them to dine, said:
Are you quite sure there is nothing / car
do for you"
"Do you know any one, asked the younger
Oxonian, blushing, "who has got u lawn.
tennis court! We would awfully like to
have a game,' The professor introduced
them to some of the college students, and
the two young men during their fortnights
stay, played tennis twice day, except
Sundays The day before they left for
Japan the professor waxed enthusiastic over
the delights in store for them in that land.
"Well, yeS,' said the elder We've go
several introductions; and / hear there are
lots of English in Toxic, so that we are sure
to get plenty of tennis"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19

But it is al-o well known that at night
these influences are more potent and nox-
ious. The air is charged with greater bu-
midity; miaSmatic and malarial poisons rise
to higher levels and extend with greater
rapidity; the chill Of the damp night air is
penetrating and dangerous; the emanations
from organic decay are more percsptible.
Against these the sleeper is less prot ,cted
than in the daytime. He has dive.ted him
self OF his woolen external clothing to put
on cotton or linen and lies between sheets of
the same material, between which, at the
tops and sides of the bed, the air gains ready
access to his unprotected surface. If he is
restless, he renders such access vet more
easy.
A greater risk awaits him. A sudden fall
in temperature at night is no unusual occur
renee. In summer a thunder gust, in winter
a shift of the wind to the nor,h, often re-
duceS the temperature ten to twenty de-
grees. The sleeper is unaware Of this. He
remains exposed to is with no further protec-
ton than he found agreeable at the higher
temperature until he awakes chillei and
stiff, perhaps, with the seeds of a serious
Hines already sown.
These are such positive and unavoidable
risks that we should counsel delicate per-
son to be exceedingly cautious how he ven
tured on the plan of open windows at night,
however much has been said in its favor by
popular hygienists.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
BILL ARP ON FARMING.
A Place for Freedom, Latitude and .
High Grade of Happiness

High Grade of Happiness
ATLANTA Constitution.l
It's wonder to me that everyboiy y don't
go to farming Lawyers and doctors have
to set about town and play checkers, and
talk politics and wait for somebody to quar-
rel or fight, or get sick; clerks and book
keepers figure and multiply and count until
they set to counting stars, and the flies on
the ceiling. and the peas in the dish, and the
flowers on the papering; the jeweler sits by
his window all the year round, working on
little wheels and the mechanic strikes the
same kind of lick every day. These peo-
pie do not belong to themselves; they are
all penned up like convicts in a chaingang;
they can't take a day nor an hour for recre-
alton, for they are the servants of their en-
ployerS There is no profession that gives
man such freedom, such latitude. and such
a variety of employment as farming.
There's no monotony upon the farm.
There's something new every day, and the
changing work brings into action every
muscle in the human frame. We plow and
hoe, and harrow and sow, and gather it in
at harvest time We look after the horses
and cows, the pigs and sows, and the rams
and the lambs and the chi kens and the
turkeys and geese. We cut our own wood,
and raise our own bread and meat, and don't
have to be stingy of it like city folks A
FRIEND who visited US not long ago, wrote
back from the town that his crate don't
seem bigger than tho crown of his hat since
he sat by our great big friendly Fireplace.
may be mistaken, but it seems to me a
little higher grade of happiness to look out
upon the green fields of wheat and the leaf
ing trees and blue mountains in the distance
ami hear the dove cooling to her mate, and
the whippoorwlll sing a welcome to the
night, and hunt flowers and hubby blossoms
with the children, and make whistles for 'em
and hear 'em blow, and see 'em get after
jumpin frog or garter snake, and hunt
hens nests, and paddle in the branch and
get dirty and wet all over, and wa ,ch their
penitent and subdued expression when they
go home, as Mrs. Arp looks at 'em
with amusement and exclaims:
Mercy on me; did ever poor mother have
such set! VIII l ever get done making
clothes: Put these on right clean is morn
ing, and not another clean rag in the housel
20 get me switch, right straight. go! l
will not stand it!" But she will stand 1t, and
they know it-especially if l remark. "Yes,
they ought to be whipped" That saves 'em,
and by the time the switch comes the
tempest is over, and some dry clothes are
found, and if there is any cake in the house
.hey get it. Blessed mother! fortunate
children! What would they do without herl
Why her very scolding is music in their
tender ears. Pm thankful that there are
some things that corner in the domestic
circle that Wall street cannot buy nor money
kings depress.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
Superior Excellence.

The reasons for PERUNA'S superior ex.
ceilence in all diseases, and its mo1ns ot-
eranai, are fully explained in DIR. Hart.
mans lecture, reported in his book on the
" His OF Life and How to Cure Them"
from page to page 10 though the whole
book should be read and studied to get the
full value of this Par excellent remedy.
These bCoAs can be had at all the drug
stores gratis.
w. ID. Williams, U. S. Pension Agent
and Notary Public, New Vienna, Clinton
County, Ohio, writes: al take great
pleasure in testifying to your medicines.
have used about one bottle and half,
and can say l am almost q new man.
Have had the catarrh about twenty years.
Before l knew what it was, had settled on
the lungs and breast, but can now say am
almost well. Was in the army; could get
no medicine there that would relieve me-"
Col. E. Finger, Ashland, Ohio, writes:
l am happy to say 1 have used several
bottles of your medicine called PERUNA,
and my health has been greatly improved
by it. cheerfully recommend PERUNA
to all who suffer with heart trouble, as
being an invaluable medicine"
Rev. ]. NJ. Ingling, Altamont, ILL.,
writes: my fatherin-law, who resides
with me has been using your PERUNA
for kidney disease, which has afflicted him
for forty years and could get no relief un-
til he saw your medicine. induced him
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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19

Inter Gvean-,


DR.. Charles II. Purdy, of Chicago, who
returned from a four months trip to
France, was seen by a reporter, and the
status of the cholera now existing in France
was learned. The doctor also made some
predictions concerning the proba bility Of
that terrible epidemic being made mani
fest in this country the coming summer. He
said the cholera began to exist in France
last s. MINER. Last autumn the mortality
from the disease was about eighty deaths Q
week.
In Paris, from Jan to Jan. 20, this year,
when he was there, there were from four to
eight deaths a week. People as a general
thing would deny that cholera existed in the
city, but DR.. Purdy says he took particular
pains to investigate, and the official records
conclusively proved that the mortality was
as above stated. During the month of JAN
uary the weather was very cold; there was
snow every day, and when he LETT there was
foot of snow on the ground "If," says DR..
Purdy, such weather cannot 8 lamp out
cholera, who can say what form the disease
its ravages when warm weather comesi"
The doctor thought cholera would rage in
France this summer and 60 north to Eng
land, and as this was the third year Of the
epidemic it would very likely cross the
Atlantic and prevail in American cities un-
less sharp quarantine regulations were en-
forced. He thought it well for the profess
sion in American to be on its guar1, and to
take every precaution to keep the disease
ONT
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
A Writer of War Ballads.
cincinnati Enquirer.

The writer par excellence Of war ballads
was Henry Clay Work, who died in June,
1884. To enumerate and comment on his
pieces only would make an ordinary news
paper article The titles alone would cover
those that are most familiar, l. O.: After
naming Marching Through Georgia"
"Kingdom Coming" Babylon Is Fallen"
and "Wake, Nicodemus,' let the reader pro-
pose to himself from other equally popular
pieces during the war. Work himself wrote
besides Corporal Schnapps," "Brave Boys
Are They" Little Major" Song Of Thou
sand Years." Our Last Grand Camping
Ground" and many others less known.
CT all these Marching Through Georgia"
stands without peer. 1t is the only one
that has stood the test Of years, and it is as
readily recognized to-day as yankee
Doodle" More than 100000 copies of the
song were sold by the publishers. 1t has
been sung in every state in the Union No
Grand Army campfire is duly opened till
the boys have fairly raised the roof with
its resounding melody. l once saw Gen.
Sherman himself attempt to sing the words
with over 1900 school children gathered to
do him honor; but the magnitude Of the
scene, the impresSiveness of the children's
reverence, overcame him; his voice faltered,
and with Redeemed eyes he passed through
the crowded lines, grasping as many as he
could of the eagerly outstretched hands.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
At the Hotchkiss Gun Works.

lidriS IpT. boston Journal
These works at St Denis were curious, not
only because of the wonderful nature of the
guns made there, but because they were in
some sort cosmopolitan manufactory
There the different governments of Europe
and South America had their advisory
boards. and one saw little offices out of which
paeped Russian, Gillian, Chinese, or other
officers, sometimes reSplendent in their uni
forms, at others in simple citizens dress A
visit to the firing trenches was severe
test to ones nerves, and to stand
behind one of the larger Hotchkiss guns
when it was firing sixty to eighty shots
minute seemed at first impossible.
1t was as if ones head were 10 fly off under
the influence Of the incessant and rapid con-
cussions. But as the human system can
bear almost anything with little practice,
the visitor found that he could stand even
the sound of the Hotchkiss gun. but Won
dered with all his might what would happen
when this gun in some great war was
brought into tie same practice now ac-
corded to light artillery.
The workman employed were mostly
French, although there were among them q
sprindling of Swiss, Italians, and Alsatians.
The cartridge and fuse work is done chiefly
by corps of fifty women. All the foremen
are French, and it is an affecting sight to see
them to-day in the galleries of the chapel
crying as if their hearts would break.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
TorSwearing NIince Pie.

NAY, nay, Andromsda, bessech me not
for |, in Heaven, have registered an oath
that not one slab of that same pie shall e'er
find haven in me victual reservoir
But, sweet, this pas ry. though it be OF
nincs, is fabricate from pattern hande 1
down from days of culinary innocence;
when grandma woei the fruity mesh with
waxen hand AMI meath the dainty cap that
crowned her head no hair looked out to ca It
suspicion / the molding mass"
AYE, girl, grant it so, but wist thee not
that sith thy grandma's days the gods have
and commerce doth the need SO supply that
neither pastry cook nor pie is bald
But thine assertion is, if thou dost
say this pie hath aught of mystery in its
hold
1T may be true, thou coaxing caterer.
that this enticing dainty guiltless is of COM
ponent that epicures condemn, but to me
eye that porous upper crust hath hint
therein of capillary ducts and, be me hall
dome, believe 'twere true that if thoud'sl
let the bauble stand week razor'd be the
fitteSt thing for it"
"Go to, thou scurvy skeptic thop, go to-!
This pie is void of questionabl ble thin S, as is
this mind abounding with the same"
Condemn me, an thou wilt. Androme la,
but yet I'll profit by me fellows ills. 'Tis IN
the breed of this same pie to be malicious.
bark, thee, dame, and that which holds
within Its heart OF hearts griddle greaser
bearing suet', guise, is oft receiving vault for
insectivHra, and quivereth when one a
whistle sounds, is not a comforting affair to
take within the stomach's sacred confidence
Twill not be long, I'll furthermore maintain,
ere this same fabric of the pastry cook will
chosen be vehicle for dynamite, and fore
know the coming of that day when l in
fragments quit the festal board, I'll here for
swear all such induigences."
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
Longfellow in Switzerland.



A few years ago at Interlaken, in Swtzer
land, dropped into a shop where books
and pictures were sold, and where was alsc
circulating library. The good woman
who presided over the little establishment
was chatty body and fell into converse.
ton with her. She told ME among othel
things of an incident that had happened il
her shop some time before. Two gentlemen
came in one day; the one fine looking man
with white hair and beard, the other
younger. The elder asked her which of all
the books in her library she c1uld best rec.
om,nend to him. She brought him Long
fellows "Hyperion," which she told him he
would he sure to like, for it was book that
delighted everybody. After they had gone
out the younger came back and said: DO
you know to whom you were recommending
that book! 1t was Lonsfellow himself"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19

Flamaton has two hotels, six houses and
about 200 razorback pigs Iwillnot attempt
to give the exact population Of the pig
family l approximate; that's ALL These
pigs are weary Of life. They court death
every day in a thousand ways When the
engine or a train starts up anywhere in the
yard a score of these pigs will dash recklessly
up to and under the wheels. Sonnet times
they get run over, but they never find it out
They are ferocious-looking beasts. The big
gest part Of the Flamaton pig is that which
runs from his high intellectual brow out to
the tip Of his nose. If he would stand on his
hind legs he would be very tall As for
thickness he has none. You could seal one
up in an envelope and in stamping it the
postmaster would never discover that it con-
tanned anything thicker than a sheet OF
brown paper l thought Of mailing you one
for an ornament, but l learn that brio a-brac
Is no longer fashionable.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
Worthy Of Thought.

N. Muller, whose name is q household
word, has thus truthfully and beautifully
written in regard to the training of the man.
child: To-day he is at your feet; to-day
you can make him laugh, you can make him
cry, you can make his eyes fill and his bosom
swell with recitals of good and noble deeds;
in short, you can mould him if you will take
the trouble. But look ahead some years,
when that little voice shall ring in deep bass
tones; when the small form shall have a
mans weight and tramp; when a rough
beard shall cover that little round chin, and
the willful strength Of manhood fill out that
little form. Then you would give worlds
for the key to his heart, but if you lose it
now when he is little, you may search for it
carefully some day with tears and never
find it"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
Underneath Paris.

A boulevard paper gives a graphic sketch
of the manner in which nearly one-hah Of
Paris was built upon the FOLLOW ground
beneath. The catacombs are old quarrries,
some Of which had ceiling solid enough to
build upon. But iu many other cases the
top ground had to bf blown down before the
work Of uilding cot Id be begun, ard it was
necessary also to fill in or bank up the soil
In other case the houses were reared on ths
tops cf veritable piles, like those Of
Amsterdam.
The use to which these hollow tunnels
have been put include not only the storage
of dead mems bones and mummies, snd the
accommodation of sewers, bit also the
storage of wines and the grow tn Of mush.
rooms. 1t is not. perhaps, generally known
that the thing which the people were most
afraid of in Paris during the last days Of
the commune was the fact, whether real or
supposed, that the leaders of that desperate
insurrection had filed the catacombs with
gunpowier and dynamite and could at any
moment, if provoked to extreme measures,
produce the effect of an earthquake upon
both banks of the Seine.