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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05
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though from ,hc. bouehs to which they've
long been cllnRing,
The Autumn leaves are dropping one by
one.
Yet from their dust, new forms Of beauty
Shall smile again in Summer. gentle sun.
Though one by ono the pcarly drops Of morn
ing.
From dropping flowers, on vicwlcss pinions
rier,
Wen see them yet the gorgeous clouds adorn-
inQ
with glowing arches Of celestial dyes.
Though one by one tho stars are fading slowly
That all night long kept vigil IN the sky,
The distant mountain peaks. like prophets
Proclaim that morning light aud song are
h'sn' z1sssss,7l- cs''
Though with slow step goes forth the sower
weeping,
And on carihs lap his precious treasure
leaves.
Yet comes the harvest, with Its Joyous reap
when shall be gathered home the ripencd
Though one by one the friends we fondly
Withdraw from ours, the cold and trembling
hand,
And leave us sorrowful. they do not perish
They yet shall greet us In faircr land.
Yes, from all clImes, where e'cr the faithful
elumbcr.
Meath scorching suns, or arctic snow and
frost,
Stainless they'll rise. In myriuds without num-
All, all shall mect-therc shall not one be
lost.
Chambers Journal.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

GERS nring out their trunks anu boxes.
The darkeys came rushing over In all
sorts OF dress and undress, bare-hcad-
ed, sliirt-sloeved, suspcnders hanging
down. the most astonislicd crowd You
ever saw. Before they had time to
think we had them marched up. TO the
desk and paid off-my partner had
every mans money ready for him IN a
little envelope with his name on it.
and they were hustled out Of the door,
down to the wharf. into the boat, and
their trunks and other plumber chucked
on after them before they knew what
had happened. Rig Dan alone seemed
to understand and appreciate the situa-
ton. He called out 10 me; 'You'se dom
Jest right mistah @. II sarycs dem
niggcrs Jest r ght It's Jest what dey
wants. didn't hab muffin 10 do wild
de row.
81 wasn't in any mood for cxcusing
anybody just then, so Big Dan had TO
sail away with the rest. As soon rs
the boat started released my new re-
cruits. and when the people came
down TO dinner. there, behind c-ci
chair, where there had stood In The
morning shining darkey, was now n
clean-shaven, neat-looking white wait
or, quite ut home and ready to take
your order for anything ON the bin or
OH IT, The guests were rather pa a.
lyzed, j think, and one lady marched
up TO ne and said That she didn't like
such things Mt all. She seemed to
think that she ought to have been con.
suited before such an important change
was made. said to her:
Madam, IL you ont like white
walters | am sorry, as it is th' only
kind that we have here. However, II
you will kindly order your dinner and
report 10 INC IL yon have anything to
complain Of will try TO make every
thing satisfactory. That wa the last
heard OF her
MY season went on swimmngly.
My new walters perhaps rot drunk
more and stayed drunk longer than the
'coons, but they didn't do one-tenth
the stealing, and II | found 1t necessary
TO discharge one or give him gentle
blowing up, or put him In Jail FOR a
season Of reflection and repentance, |
did 1t without n riot
mot long ago, my friend W,
who. rs you know, runs one Of the big
gest hotels and restaurants in the coun-
try, and always has colored walters,
said to me:
"'My dear fellow, am under great
obligations to you for putting that thing
through as you did down at the beach
last summer. The way you turne the
tables on those fellows, and showed
your independence of them. and the
lesson they got by II and by their be-
ing out of job for the rest of the sum
mer, has been a benefit to every hotel
man in Now England, and we thank
you for it,
The toast girl! Oh! she came
around all right. was always sorry
that had to let tho scoundrel who
struck her go UNPUBLISHED. And one
thing more you may DO interested to
know--the evening after the row we
picked up about thirty razors from the
floor of the basement hall. "--Boston
Courier.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05
Steel Plates for the Forth Bridge.

1t is pretty sight to see ship-plates
or plates for bridges rolled. Let us
look for an instant at the "three-high"
rolls engaged in rolling plate for the
Forth bridge. A little detachment Of
men is laid on to deal with plate
weighing some two tons and two hun
bred weight. The great mass OF steel
is being raised TO the heat necessary
for rolling in furnace in the immense
building devoted at Landore to rolling
and hammering purposes. At the
proper moment the furnace is opened
and the luminous mass is dragged from
its burning bed onto light, but suiii-
GENTLY strong, truck, aud pushed quick
ly toward the rolling-mills. An ingot
or "bloomn of the great weight speci-
fed is not easy to move, aud 1t is anus
ing to see the skill with which 1t is
dealt with. Wheeled ut a white heat
up to the ''rolls,h the mass is at first as
it were reluctantly accepted, and pass
es into their jaws with some. difficulty.
Then 1t becomes by degrees Halter and
flatter until it seems that it may become
a plate. Backward and forward, squirt
ing out flames as the jaws Of the roll
ing mill close upon 1t, the great mass
Of incandescent steel is kneaded as If 1t
were dough, and flattenec out to the re-
auired size. As the fiery sheet pours
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

An amusing story reaches us from
Paris. On Friday last lady, having
paid her hotel bill. sent away her boxes
on cab, and sailed forth on foot. No
sooner had she departed than the land
lord discovered that the clock had dis
appeared from the mantel-piece OF the
room which his late lodger had been
occupying, though he remembered to
have seen II there subsequent TO her
trunks having been dispatched. Con-
WINGED that she must be the thief he
rushed out in hot pursuit, and over
taking her he charged her with the rob
berry, and gave her into custody, the
lady meanwhile protesting loudly
against the indignity offered ter. and
vowing vengeance against the tradncer.
She was, however, taken before the
Juge d'Instruction, to whom she re-
sumed her torrent Of indignant denial,
with the extraordinary volubility pc
culiar to the daughters of Gaul. Her
indignation was at its height when lol
II O'Clock rang forth in clear tones
from the region OF Madame's dress i'm
proven. The expression of consterna-
ton depicted upon the fair pilfcrer's
countenance, together with the appo-
siteness of the quaint phenomenon,
were too much for the gravity of the
officials, who burst into fit OF uncon-
trollablo laughter. Five minutes later
a female wardor returned the telltale
timepiece to its owner, WIN Mr.. Oscar
Wilde still insist upon the cutter use
lessness of that hideous monstros ty- .
the bustlep' Pal NAL Gazette.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

ont OF the rolls boys run beside It with
brooma soaked in water TO wash OF the
oNidized skin OF the metal, and thus
leave n clean surface. While this Is go
ing on at one set Of rolls. others aro
turning out plates and girders. angles
and rods. and the iron floor on which
we stand becomes so hot that we are
glad to move into pool OF water to
cool our burning solcs. One by one the
great plates are rolled and laid out on
the floor. In the course Of rolling they
have become stretched little at tho
sides, 80 that they have the look, as
they lie red-hot on the ground, of tho
skins Of mighty beasts recently torn
from them and flung down by the hunt
crs. Scarlet and crimson in every
shade, they are allowed to cool to n
deep grey before they are cut by n ma
chine, which makes nothing Of their
weight and thickness. into the exact
parallelograms re- ,uircd for the Forth
bridge and for ship building purposes,
after which they are stacked in heap
ready for delivery. English THusir
ed MAGAZINE.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

'My frens,' said Brother Gardner,
as he stood mp in n new swallow-ta led
coat and exhibited a shirt-'ront over
which q Chinese washcrman had strug-
gled for about two DAYS, de ole var
am fadin' fast away an II few mo days
will see the las Of 1881 While we stan
heah in the rcd blush OF health, some
of our number hcv bin token away wild
cholera morbus, fallin' OF dc wood
shed, Lam varus oder vindictite diseases.
We has much to be thankful fur. Give
adam Jones has lost most of his fur
cher on a chattcl mortgage held by
white man, but il might hey bin wuss.
Sposein' he had lost de wife who very
nearly supports dc hull family by wash
in an maxim rag carpeisl Whalebone
Howker walked out wild lis wife when
dc peach trees bloomed, an de juno
breezes sighed around der cars. Whar'
am she now? lie am heah wild us to-
night, but months ago she scootcd wild
a man who has n complexun dc color
OF a new bootleg. 1t might hev bin
wuss. She might hev sold dc furnicher
an coaxed away his TO dogs. Las
April Judge Cadaver had $50 in cash
in dc bank, an n home aroun' which
de robins an blue-birds sung der little
souls away. Whar' am he now? A
buck-saw which belonged to white
man was foun' in his yard one NOR
min, IN it took all his money to salts
fly de Judge dat he was an innocent
man. De landlord put in claim fur
three months back rent, an de robins
an blue birds an Judge had to move
into n cabin wild 1876 air-holcs in de
roof. But 1t might hev bin wuss. Some
Of de chil'en might hev oiod, or de
Judge bin bit by mad dog, or n com.
ct hev fallen an crushed de house an
family.
LET us not only be thankful for what
we hev, but thankful some mo- dat il
am as good rs it ar. While we might
all be better olive could all be mopped
aroun' an stepped on, an male to
feel dat life was an ole pastur' full o
thistles TO feet high. We will now adj
dress ourselves to de eXigencics Of dc
occashun. ~ Detroit Free Press.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05
Great Men aud Gastronomy.

DR.. fordyco, the distinguished Eng
lish surgeon. ate but ono meal day.
DIR. Parr confessed his love for hot
boiled Holsters with pro'u.ion o.
shrimp sauce.
Pope says;
One loves tire phcastnts We. and one the
The vulgar bo.l, the lcarne roaft m egg.
Dryden said that chine OF honest
bacon pleased his appetite more than
NIL the marrow pudding.
Sir Isaac Newton. when writing his
"Priucipia,' lived on sclnty allow
ance Of bread and water. and a vogc,a-
bic diet.
DIR. johnson was partial to new hon
ey and cloutcl cream and al his life
time had n voracious attachment for n
leg Of mutton.
Dr. Palcy, hivings been out fishing
for n whole day. was asked on his rc-
turn i he had mot with good sport,
"Oh, yes he answered, II have
caught no fish, but have made a ser
mon
Beau Brummel, speaking Of man
and wishing TO convey his maximum Of
contcmptuous feeling about him. said;
ale is a fellow. now, that would send
his plate up twice for soup"
Pcpys. Of Charles HIS reign. having
company at breakfast. mentions. Il
had for them barrel OF oysters, dish
OF meats tongues, and dish of an
chovios, with wine Of NIL sorts and
ale"
Franklin Mt one time contemplated
practicing abstinence from animal food,
but having seen cod opened which
contained some small fish, said to him
self; "lf you cat one another see no
reason why we may not cat you" lie
accordingly dincd on the cod with no
small degree Of pleasure. - Boston Bud
act
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

Pedestrians and teams,ers at the
North turn to the right at meeting.
Drivers in England invariably iurn TO
the left. In France and Switzerland
they turn to the right, In the Southern
States they have no well settled Gus
tom, but now crusade has been be-
gun by the newspapers there to Tx the
habit Of turning to the right. One OF
them remarks that preachers should
talk it from the pulpits, teachers ould
inculcntc Il upon the minds their pu-
pills, and parents should tea h it TO their
children.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

On Avenue G. No. 1909, fronting on east
Milan square. Has 10 rooms, bath room;
stables and carriage room; all the mod
ern conveniences; double parlors, water
and gas. A special bargain can be had
by applying at once, as the owner has
left the city and wants to SELL
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05
BARGAIN COLUMN.
Parties Wishing 10 Buy. Rent or
Sell Should Consult this
Column.
A PINE FARM OF 100 ACRES, FOR sAl.E.

A FINE FARM OF IIUO AcRKs, fOR sAI.K.
Fine tract OF land of LOO acres, In
Harris county, six miles from Houston,
on Buffalo Bayou, railroad running by
same. Plenty Of water, grass and tim
Der. Some improvements, and part
under cultivation. Four hundred tons
Of hay cut from same last season. win be
sold cheap and on easy terms, Mt bar
gain. Address, II. b. johnson, this
office, or j. w. Bradley, Real Estate
Agent, San Antonio. 5-5-tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

A i've room cottage, house and lot, on
Mckinney street. Fine brick oistern,
fruit and shade trees and flowers. A
cheap piece OF property at Sl200. Ad-
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

Frame house, closets In every room, and
all the modern improvements; located
on Avenue G. To be bought for $1,000.
A bargain. 7-3-tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

Four (I) lots aud two outhouses, of
three rooms each. on Crockett street
for $ll00. Terms easy.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

Six fine building lots on Alazan creek,
near krisch property.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05
sIxry-rIvE THOUSAND ACRES.

Solid body Of land, well grassed. 10 miles
fronting on the Rio Grande; 900 Sheep,
5000 Goats and 100 head Of Horses.
Price Of ranch and live stock and also
all equipments inclusive, quick sale,
$4,000. Address J. w. Bradley or Y. b.
johnson, San Antonio, Texas.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

A four room cottage, two galleries,
hall, stable, carriage house, well water
and irrigable land, for sale, $1,000
young fruit trees, shrubbery and shade
on place.
A five room cottage, stable, carriage
room, plenty OF shade. and hydrant
water. Price $500.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

Best smoking tobacco ia Little Joker.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-28
How Carp is Fisi,ed in France,

The carp culture in the highlands of
central France is form of industry which
merits good deal more attention than il
has hitherto obtained. On that hie III plateau
there are ponds of all sizes. many of them
large enough to be dignifed by the more
grandiloquent name of lakes, bat TO the
country people they are one and all
etangs and nothing more. These ponds
are one of the chief sources of wealth of
the country, which is mostly but poor soil
for cultivation, as great part Of it has only
recently been reclaimed from moorland
aud heather. These ponds are stocked with
carp, and once every three years a great
fishing takes place. All the able-bodied
men of the countryside are engaged for a
certain day in October to meet at one of the
ponds; that on the highest level being
taken at first. The sluices of the pond are
opened three days previously, and the
water allowed to run gradually Oft. leaving
the bed of deep mud which seems to be one
of the necessaries of carp existence. When
there is only d thin rill of water left
trickling down the center of the
erstwhiie pond, the fishing begins. On
all sides the carp lie laundering, painting,
gasping on the ezpanse of mud; in some
places the fish are two or three deep on
top of one another. The number of carp
in these ponds is something quite extraor-
binary they do not seem 10 suffer indi-
vidually from their great numbers, for the
FISH are remarkably fine and heavy. The
men wade through the mud, catching the
carp by the gills, and ilinging them on the
bank There they are weighed by men
who have come with carts from the nearest
town to buy the fish, and after the weigh
ing the carp are packed among straw in the
carts as tightly as possible. When the carts
are full they return to the town and the
carp are then placed in tanks. carp
takes a good deal OF killing, and though
being tightly packed in straw for a whole
day and jolted down hill for perhaps four
hours, may strike him as novel expert
ence, it does not do him the very least
harm; and as soon as he is released from
duTance vile and placed in the tanks he re-
sumes the even tenor of his way, probably
till the following Lent, when, as carpe au
bieu. carpe en- matelote, y earpe au win
blanc, and in many other still more saw
DRY DISCUSSES, he helps the faithful Catholic
through his forty days trial. Saturday
Review.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-28
The G-and Aims of Lie

Are utilities to the chronic invalid What
to him are the rewards OF ambition, the ac-
emulation of fortune. or the fruition OF
domestic happiness? The zest of life is
gone, its aims are dead. Well for him if
ali this is not irretrievable-if his malady
is not of the deep seated organic sort which
forbids hope of cure. For many of the ills
to which flesh is heir, formerly supposed to
be incurable Hostetters Stomach Bitters is
a sovereign remedy. Among them are dys-
pepsia, chronic constipation, rheumatism,
debility and nervousness. These are re-
medal with the grand restorative, which
does the work thoroughly, striking at the
root OF the evils to the removal of which
1t IS adapted. BY insuring activity and
purity of the circulation, inducing a healthy
flow of the bile, and promoting a regular
habit Of body, it fortifies the system against
malaria. 1t is also useful as diuretic.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-28
ONLY FRIENDS.

Summers freshness fell around us,
Nature dreamed its sweetest dream
Every balmy evening found us
By the meadow or the stream,
With our hearts as free from sadness
As the sunshine heaven sends;
Youths bright garden bloomed IN gladnCss
Where we wandered-only friends.
Not q word of love was spoken,
No hot bushes flushed in red;
Loves first sleep was left unbroken,
Bitter tears were never shed.
We were young and merry hearted
Dreaming not of future ends,
And without a sigh we parted;
Fate had made us only friends.
But little germ of sorrow
Weakened in my heart recess,
When l wandered on the morrow
By our haunts of happiness
And this germ found deeper roofing
As the weary days wore on,
Till felt blossom shooting
In loves garden all alone.
No kind fate threw us together.
We had missed the lucky tide:
Golden-giided summer weather
Not forever doth abide.
But for me, though vainly signing
For love time never sends,
Still is LEFT this thought undying,
We, alas were only friends
Chambers Journal
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-28
DRESS OF SAN FRANCISCO LADIES.

l am, unfortunately perhaps, not pos
sessed OF the faculty some men are, of ac-
curateiy and infinitely describing female
fashions. | can scarcely judge whether a
gown is made up of silk or satin, or cash
mere or brocade, etc; yet anu bold enough
to assert that there are few who can more
readily deceit at 8 moments glance the
fitness or unfitness of female attire. From
cursory observation l have concluded that
the latter is the predominant feature
here l may be ungallant, but
candor constrains me to confess
that | have seen but comparatively few
well-dressed ladies on the streets of San.
Francisco. The loud materials they cast
upon themselves, regardless of harmony of
color, are as offensive to the eye as false
notes dropping from the lips of diva are
grating to the cultivated ear. Blondes
wear what would be just the thing for
brunettes, and rice versa The matron of two
score and five, weighing 200 pounds. wears
the jaunty suit becoming to slight-figured
girl of twenty, and so on to the end of the
chapter. Every woman wears something
yellow, either in her gown, hat or parasol
and it seems that only in rare instances are
CARDS intended TO match compilations.
have seen hundreds of costumes fit for
carriage wear only, draggled through the
mud and slush in our streets during the
past week. As a veracious chronicler
can not say much in favor of San Francisco
ladies from a standpoint of tastefulness of
JracS
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-28
BENEFIcIAgIEs OF MR. SHARON.

ACQUISITION that just now appears to alb
sorb the curious mind of San Franciscans
is, What private provisions did the late
MIR. Sharon make in his will? 1t is not
generally credited that his immediate
family will inherit the full estate, except
ing the 500, 900 bequeathed for special pur-
poses. There are about three or four
persons familiar with the exact conditions
of the testament, and it is said one of the
number has leaked" According to his
version, Count Smith, chief clerk of the
Palace Hotel, is to get $4,000; detective
Davis. $4,000; All Ki, $4,000; and
smaller requests to others who found
it expedient to prove faithful
to the late Senator in sort of passive
way. Furthermore, his private Secretary,
one Dobinson, who, prior to having been
appointed to that position. had been a
tutor IN the Sharon household, is to receive
$4,000: The above l give you for what it
is worth, although the report emanates from
pretty reliable source
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-28
A PECULIAR STAGE ROBBERY.

Suddenly a tall, fine-looking man passed
by-One well-known here-upon whom the
old man glanced with q look of surprise.
Inviting my attention to him, he again
took up the thread of his brief biographies.
There is aQueer story connected with
that man" said he. Y ears ago, when was
mining at Cherry creek, White Pine county,
that man was partner of mine, but not
fSndin the prospects to suit him he left, to
try his luck on the Comstock. Two days
after his departure the mail stage drove
into camp, the driver Stain that he had
been stopped on the road and relieved of
Wells. Fargo e. Co.'S treasure-box, con-
tainin' $4,000. A posse at once went out
and secured the country for miles
around without findin' any,
thin but the smashed treasure
box and the robbery was kept shrouded in
mystery for many years. A year or two
after this event the stage driver was let out
and he went to Missouri. About eight
years ago, upon his death-bed he confessed
what is even now believed to be the true
version of the robbery He related that
while driving into Cherry Creek that
ger aboard, he was halted by the man Just
passed, who called the driver by name, and
cried out:
NAM pONN IAE EABkESS BUN
The two well knowing each other the
driver regarded the demand as joke and
stopped his coach for moments chat.
But when my old pard mounted the box
and stuck good-sized six-shooter under
the drivers nose the latter thought he
meant business, and the treasure was
handed over. How much is there in
this boxr asked the robber. If
you'll be decent, we'll divide the pot
To cut a long story short, the interview
resulted in the division of the spoils, and
the driver secreted his share some distance
from the main road, taking it with him
upon his migration to Missouri. His asso-
ciate IN the crime was at that period en-
gagged in an extensive upholstery business
on = street, in this city, After the dri-
vers death the other was taken into custody
and conveyed to Cherry Creek, where, after
preliminary examination, be was
liberated, owing to the facts that the ante
mortem declaration of the dead man was
not drawn up in due form, and because his
alleged partieeps criminis proved an abb.
He since made large fortune, and lives
here under an assumed name"
Just then my entertainer was solicited by
an old chum to take something" and we
parted company.