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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

w. w. Reed, druggist of Winchester,
Ind, writes: Zone OF my customers,
Mrs. Louisa Pike, BartoDio, Randolph,
County. Ind, was long sufferer with
Consumption, and was given up to die
by her physicians. She heard of Dr..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
and began buying 1t Of me. In six
months time she walked to this city, a
much improved she has quit using 1t.
She feels she owes her life to il. Free
trial bottles at A. Dreiss' Drug Store. 9
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teethlng. 1t sooths the child, softens
the gums, alleys all pain, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for diar-
rhea. 20 cents bottle. 7-22-1yr.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

The LIGHT Will pay $40 for the most
acceptable carrier boys address, to con-
sist of no more than Ga lines, and should
be received not later than the goth in
slant
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

"A two-story, eight-room house. and
a five-room cottage adjoining, situated
or the corner OF Avenue b and Ninth
street, the former with all modern con-
veniences, VIII be sold cheap OF rented
In meantime. Inquire of 4. W. Carrico,
at No. 0l2 Avenue G. 1l-24-lm
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

About the same pains are taken not to
let anybody get hold Of the Presidents
message before 1t Is delivered that are
taken In getting 1t into peoples hands
after II Is dellvered.-[ Lowell Courier.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

Malaria Is the bane OF the South. 1t
poisons the blood, deranges the liver,
enlarges the spleen and infests the sys-
tenn with poison. 1t makes life q
burden. Browns Iron Tonic acts like
the choicest oil on the finest machinery.
1t makes every organ move with Its
wonted vigor, and thus assists nature In
her struggle to gain the mastery over
disease. Price 81 per bottle. For sale
by A. Dreiss and Ragland & Co. s
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

Every flrst-class dealer sells Opera
Pulls cigarettes. Avoid Injurious imi-
tations. #4-7-lyS5
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

An elegant and complete line of
0ver-coats will be sold at New YORK
prices for the next 80 days by l.. Eisner,
corner Of Military plaza and Commerce
street. 1l-26-lm
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09
A.Oenerous Proposition.

The old picnic grounds below the First
Mission is a pleasant resort; the only
difficulty is that 1t is too far oil to be
reached quickly. This objection, how
ever can not be easily remedied. If
some enterpris.ng caterer will erect a
pavilion there, the Arkansas Pass Rail
road Directory is willing to run spur
to that point, and erect platform and
station for the accommodation Of travel
ers. This would be pleasant change
from the San Pedro Springs, and could
be reached In very short time by rail.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

HUSBAND, II you have IA Weak, Nervous,
Debilitated wife, do not scold or become
angry with her. Give her gind. loving words
with MORLEY'S T-X-S TONIC CORDIAL,
the Great System Renoyator, and our word
for II she will soon bless you. For sale by L,
Kaltayer a. SON.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

Cigarette smokers prefer Opera Pufis
they do not stick to the lips. 4-7-ly
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09

Sey~For everything needed in the lum-
Der line, call on +. J. Bethel, at Inter
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-09
Mlraaulons Esoane.

Every description Of book and job
printing done at the LIGHT Office. If
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29
Way to Enjoy the Watermelon.

If you don't care how you get a
watermelon, and want it to taste as a
melon should taste-a as nature intended
it should taste-you don't want to fill it
full of ice and claret. A watermelon, to
taste right, must be brought from a
neighbours melon patch IN the dead OF
night, while the old man and his shot
gun are sound asleep, In selecting one,
take half dozen, and don't be too
particular about the yellowish spot
which hugs mother earth. Take them
to the nearest woods and serve with an
axe, if you have been out 'cooning."
There are thousands of boys from the
cornfelds of Michigan to the melon
patches of Georgia who will stand by us
in our style of servingthe watermelon
Hotel World.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29
Evolution and Development.

Johnny and his father had been hay
ing difficulty in the woodshed, owing
some disrespectful remarks made by
Johnny respecting his sire.
'Now, sir" said the father, hanging
the strap up, ''has your opinion of your
father changedP"
eyes, it has, sobbed Johnny.
ssWell, sir, what is it now?"
"Wy-wy-I think any man that'1
Jump on a fellow so much hitler than
he is is coward and dasn't take it up.
Why don't you tackle somebody nearer
your sizeP"
The old man grabbed for the strap,
but the boy slipped out, and this summer
he is candidate for the Legislature.
Merchant Traveller.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29
THE 7RAMp's COMPLAINT
How He Beat the Manager of a PennsyI'
vania Powder House.

How He Beat the Manager of a Pennsyl"
vania Powder House.
''They tried the gum-game on me
down in Pennsylvania, said the old
tramp as he got fresh brace on the
fence for his back, ''but I came out
ahead, considerably ahead. -
"How was it?''
"Well, struck the town of York one
day, and I didn't look bit like gen.
tleman- My buds were old, my COM
plexion ruined, and 1 was all run down
at the heel. Ever in York;"
"No,''
swell, the people there neither send
money to the heather in Africa nor
waste sympathy on the tramps of Amer
lea. | struck thirteen houses in success
sion and didn't get a bite; and was
looking around for scrap-iron to stay my
stomach, when along comes an officer
and gives me the collar. He was TAX
ing me to the cooler when a wagon
drives up, and the chap on the front
seat calls out that he will give me a
steady job at dollar day"
''What at?''
''You wait minute. didn't banker
for work, mind you, but l didn't care
for the jug, and so, as the officer was
willing, climbed into the wagon and
away we went. That job was in the
powder houses which blew up the other
day. The manager thought he had a
big joke on me, and thought | didn't
like the idea of working over a volcano,
I turned to and put in three days be-
fore quit
''Why did you quit?"
''Well, on the third day, as / was
carrying powder to the storehouse, the
manager came into the building. There
was busted keg on the floor, and was
smoking my pipe. He didn't notice
this until he got past me and had him
cut off. Then sits down by the busted
key, pulls away at my pipe and says l:
"'4Mr. Manager, if we gets there at the
same moment you must give me fair
show
'W-where?' says he, his face whittier
than snow.
"'At Heavens gate!' answers.
'"With that he wanted to know if
hadn't rather take thirty dollars in cash
all the money he had with him-and
go West and run for office and become
a great man, and | didn't know but [
would. He tossed me his wallet, re-
marking that the train started in five
minutes, and picked it up and walked
of. reckoned on being pursued, but
he didn't even yell after me. The last
saw of him his legs were giving out at
the knees, and snow landscape was
no comparison to his complexion. He
may have picked up another tramp
since, but I guess mott guess not
Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29
JAPAN.
The Cause of the Financial Distress in the
Country of the Mikado.

The Cause of the Financial Distress in the
Country of the NIikado.
There is undoubtedly much misery
throughout Japan at the present time.
The newspapers continually report ex-
treme cases of it, people in some prov
inces being obliged to live in caverns,
while others are dying for want of food
With poverty, lawlessness increases,
and the iails are filed with offenders,
many Of whom are more desperate than
criminal, and go there for the sake Of
the prison fare Riots occur frequently,
and the tax-gatherer is often resisted
with violence. When it is considered
how patient and peaceable the Japa-
nese people generally are; with how
little family of the lower class may be
supported; how deferential they habitu.
ally are toward the law. and how
wretched their condition must be when
they arm to resist it, or court prison fare
for subsistence, it must be admitted that
the existing state of things is not only
deplorable, but ominous. Since the
opening of this country to foreign inter-
course nothing like it has been wit
messed.
tt in the character of the japanese
to spend all they have in hand, taking
little thought for the morrow. This
trait has probably much to do with the
pleasing impressions they make on most
foreign observers, and we are far from
wishing them to become heavy-hearted
and penurious. Philosophers outside
of Japan have called economy ''a ques-
tionable virtue, and it may no doubt
be carried too far. Still, when one
comes to deal with economical ques-
tons. the frugal or lavish disposition of
people becomes an important consid-
Grafton; and, in these modern days
when capital is power, even more than
knowledge used to be, frugality and in
dustry, which are the roots of capital,
are practically indispensable to the ma
tional welfare. For INDECENT and ex-
travagant communities have no chance
in the race with those who gather and
honor wealth. But the japanese, as we
have said, made little provision in their
prosperity for possible adversely, and
the consequence of this want of fore
sight became apparent and troublesome
when the Government decided at last
to call in the paper money. Prices
then began to fall, and debtors to feel
the pressure, and when poor crops came,
and the value of japanese products in
foreign countries also declined, the effect
proved very severe. This. 100, is trace
able in the statistics Of foreign tradc. -
.11pan Nail.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29
The POOR FARMER.
American Farmers Enjoying a Reasonable
Degree of Prosperity.

American Farmers Enjoying Reasonable
Degree of Prosperity.
A correspondent in late number OF
the New York Herald expatiated at con-
siderable length and in most pathetic
strain on the wretched, poverty stricken
condition of the American farmer, and
his letter is triumphantly quoted by a
leading paper in Belgium, as an indica-
ton that American agriculture is in
poor way, and that it ky no means offers
to the struggling farmers and peasantry
of Europe the dangerous competition
deplored so frequently by European
statesmen, and concludes by challeng
ing them to produce, in the face of SO
competent an authority as the New York
paper above quoted, the wonderful sta
tistics upon which they base their jere-
miads.
We have no desire to discourage the
European farmers, or that the prosper
ity of the American farmer should be
won at the expense of his European
brothers, but we must utterly condemn
the assumption by any European jour-
nal that the paper quoted is an infallible
authority, especially on matters agri-
cultural. Moreover, the sad picture OF
the American farmers misery is drawn
by a correspondent, whose statements
need not necessarily be supported by the
paper in which his communication APP
pears. The truth is, that in spite of hard
work and, in many cases, a great lack
of wealth, sometimes even poverty, the
American farmers, as a class, are well
off. As a class, it must also be admit
ted, the farmers are given to publishing
their straits and bemoaning their hard
work somewhat loudly; they are, indeed,
apt to imagine themselves worse off than
they really are, and the passion for city
life which is constantly growing in this
country, furnishes, in the frequent cases
of abandonment of farm life by young
people in the country, an argument to
prove the miserable condition of the
farmers. As rule, we contend the
farmer is fully as well off as any other
class of people in America, according to
his industry and intelligence, and better
off than q great many. 1t is easy to
find poor farmers, of course, many OF
them being persons who have under
taken the business without capital or
special fitness for the work; many of
these are foreigners, who, had they re-
manned in their own country, would
never have owned rood Of ground,
and would have lived their life in the
service of others, and who, having ac-
qUired land in America, make up by
hard work and the most rigid economy
for their want Of capital and skill.
Moreover. even among better class Of
farmers, the greed Of land proves to be
frequently an effectual bar to anything
like luxury, or even to what many peo-
pie would regard as comfort, while
others, as we have frequently pointed
out, depriving themselves Of many com
forts, to improve their property, are apt
to entirely underestimate their yearly
revenue, through emitting to properly
charge this capitalization Of their in
come No, the American farmeris well
off,. Weekly LiVe Stock Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29
FRANK AUCKLAND.
"Reminiscences of the Late Distinguished
Naturalist.

NaUuEa1lSGP
At Winchester s.Fat Buckland,' after
attaining the dignity of ''rod-maker"
and ''basin cleaner" was permitted to
settle down to his chosen aVocations.
He made plum-puddings in his neck
cloth and ate them; kept ferrets in his
cupboard, and sometimes added snake,
mouse, a guinea-pig or a hedgehog to
his domestic establishment. His rat
suppers were the despair of the masters
and the delight of the Chambers, and
his maceration pots at Amen Corner,
with heads of hares, rabbits and cats
being reduced to skulls, something to
be avoided. At Oxford it was the
same. His rooms had ian oder Of
physical science about them" They
swarmed with living creatures, and his
breakfast. table was alive with adders,
dormice, tortoises and other disagree
able things. His pockets were filled
with slow-Worms, and, as likely as not,
harmless snake would be produced
from the same quarter Tiglath Pile
ser, his bear in cap and gown, grew to
be such a scandal that when the ques-
ton came to be whether he or his mas
ter should go down." Tiglath was
sent to Islip, with an eagle and a monkey
which had also been rusticated, after
soaring several tutors half out OF
their wits, and committing INSIDE
meanors which no Don could
overlook But the marmots still hiber-
mated in the cellar, and at Buckland' s
wine parties, q chameleon, which used
to stand upon an inverted glass, with
his tail round the stem, conYulsed the
undergraduates, especially whenit con-
| cluded his performance by tumbling
head foremost into the preserved ginger.
At Giessen, to which this hayward I'M
dergraduate went in the Long Vacation,
he studied chemistry with vigor, but
was always, as he was everywhere,
buying snakes, or frogs; or fishes,
or storks, raising the wrath of the
"Philistines" by letting his frogs croak
in railway carriages, or by unwittingly
allowing the red slugs which he was
conveying to England to escape and
crawl over the bald heads of the hapless
sleepers in the same post-wagon. In
London the ruling passion was never
asleep, for whether as student, or
Guardsman, or Fishery Inspector,
Buckland was as eager as ever in the
study of nature. Nothing came amiss
to him. His sympathies were I'M
bounded, whether it was for an owl
with broken leg, salmon who could
not getgover a weir, birds in their mi
grations, fish poisoned by factory re.
fuse, Holsters suffering under ruthless
herodiad, oysters over-dredged, or a
weakened giant who had to be taken
out Of caravan and put in better
way Of business. He was never weary
Of experimenting, casting and dissect-
ing. Where's the surgeonp" de-
manded the Colonel of his regiment
one day. ''Inside your charger, your
honor. /" was the sentry's prompt reply,
and the ready laugh told that the sur
geon was a privileged person. The
charger had in fact died, and the sur
geon was dissecting him. = London
Standard.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29
The Matter.

"Why, what is the matter, Mr.. Slim
mieP" said belle to spiritual looking
Evansville dude.
''Mattah, Miss Bellah! I'm sure We
knaw there's nawthing the mattah with
me. But why do you awskP"
81 thought maybe you was in
trouble"
..Ah, no. There's nawthing troubles
me, We knaw. Do look troubled"
'tWell, I don't know, but you look SO
down about the mouth.
stDownP'
eyes, down. Feel and see. "-Evans.
Vile Argus.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29

A resident of Long Island possesses
quaint gold watch which. it is claimed,
once belonged to Marie Antoinette. 1t
is almost the size of a trade dollar, and
is open-faced. On the back is her de-
vice. Cupid on a cloud wrought IN
gold and silver. The disk is surrounded
BY wreaths of Grecian and Roman gold.
The hours on the dial are marked in
Arabic numbers. The silver hands,
black with age, are studded with dia-
monds. The porcelain shows small
cracks at the edges. It is itself q Curl
osity, and its pedigree, it is said, is
clearly traced.-N. + Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29
CHEAP MEASL-.
The Profit the Vendors of Tnditgerent
Spreads Realize.

The Profit the Vendors of Indifferent
Spreads Realize.
yes said the proprietor as the
newspaper man complimented the meal
in the hope of getting cigar in recipro-
cation, Il call that good spread for
the money, and Iallow it's good thing
for fellows that hain't got much stuff
left. When they's get hungry and they
has only twelve or fifteen cents left the
first thing they do is to go into free
lunch place and buy beer. They's get
little something to eat, but it hain't
enough for man to live on, and lack
of nourishment breaks 'enl down an
mikes EN- take to drink all the stronger.
Yes, call that - good spread for twelve
cents. Some days has bit of vegeta-
bles an drops the pie. Don't see how
/ kin make money on itP Well, that
soup costs me next to nothin', of course,
though it's-good. The bread and butter
is less than a cent. The coffee and
sugar costs me about cent. You had
about one-third of pound of beef that
cost six and one-half cents pound.
The piece of pie costs cent and a
quarter Put in the potato and figure
it up. and you'll see the whole thing
didn't cost me five cents for raw mate.
rails, leaving me seven cents for rent,
fuel, help and general expenses. / tell
you it's surprising how much to eat can
be bought for five cents when you don't
have to pay twenty cents for style and
ten cents for food, and all | want is
plenty of customers at fifteen cents a
dinner. Will you smoke with me?
Don't mention it. Call again. Nash
VitLe TENN Union.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29

"A Chicago hotel-keeper had man
recently arrested for stealing cake Of
soap. The man pleaded, in extenuation
OF his offense, that he wanted it for his
collection Of curiosities, it being the
first cake Of soap he had ever discover
ca ID 4 Chicago hotel. -St. Louis Post,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29

On investigation the alleged finding
of bird in the middle of boiled
potato by asIady at the Highlands, turns
out to be something like the old story
of the Three Black Grows. y The lady
who was named as the finder was called
upon by journal reporter, to whom
she said that the substance found in the
potato was not bird, but was in form
very like one. There were no eyes or
feathers, but the general outline of q
bird was reproduced in such o way as to
make an object so strange in itself as
to need no exaggeration to make it in
teresting. - Boston Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29

A Southern physician has studied
the subject of the difference between the
compilations of Northerners and South,
erners, In tropical countries the COM
plexion of the people is that of conva-
escing from fever, and indicates that the
conditions of the blood are no longer
susceptible to febrile influences. The
number of red corpuscles in the north
ern blood rapidly disappear in tropical
regions subjected to malaria. : Chicago
Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-29

The mansion at sayre, Pa, occupied
Turing the latter part of his life by Colo
nel Robert A. Packer, once President
Of the Lehigh Valley Railway, was ded-
icated as hospital recently. The din
ing room, which is to be used as the
male ward, cost $50, 900, and the man
sion about 100000. = Philadelphia
Press.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-02
EOR RENr.

E0R RENT-aoUSE OF SEVEN ROOMS
II on Sycamore street; good stable, cistern
and hydrant water Apply at l2i6 Main st, II
LOR RENT-THE FINE BUSINESs LO-
II cation at $40 Elm street. For particu-
lars, apply TO Fine, Very Fines Auction
Rooms. may2tf
EOR RBNT-A FURNISHES House,
Il very cheap; can be had for s or 4 months;
references required. Address c., Herald Of.
hce. may2 p
DOR RENT-A NICkLY FURNISHED
Il front room on frst floor; southern ex-
pOsure, with or without board; near business
centor-No. 90. corner Bryan and Masten SITS.
EOR RENT-COTrAGE WITH Z ROOMS,
II No. 1906 Commerce street; also house
No 1898 Main street. Inquire at 1911 Main
street. aprb-tt
EOR AENT-COTrAGE, THREE GOOD
IT rooms, besides hall, kitchen, servants
room, stable, yard l2OXlSS feet, shade trees ON
line street lal way, being 1908 san JacintO
street; $40 per month LINDsLEY & BRAD
FoRD, lS5 Main street upstairs. mchSltt
NOR RENT--NO. rs MAIN srREET-A
Il suite OF : rooms, fitted with gas, water,
ETC.; very comfortable and especially suited
for professional gentleman VITA family. APP
ply city National Bank marbl
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-02
FOR SALE.


ITOR SALg-A GREAT BARGAIN-GILT
IT edge property for sale for 70 per cent. OF
Its real value For Information, apply to
1913 Griffin street, opposite Eureka Soap
" orkss aprl4u
NOR SALE-A GOOD HOTEL FOR SALE
II on the I. q p. II. r., ltO miles west of
Fort Worth, doing sood business; "a rooms,
well furnished. Inquire OF Q. j. MIL Err,
Baird, Texas. mayl-lm
IGOR RENT-A SUIT OF THREE ROOMS;
IL two of them are large south rooms. APP
ply corner Pearl and Ross avenue. apl29 At
NOR RENI-TWO HOUSES ON PEA RI
II street; good wei and cistern water APP
ply to ED. s. ALsToN. spl29 u
NOR SA LEA LOT 85X200 FGET, ON THE
II north side of Elm street, so feet west OF
Ervay; this property is now renting for $40
per month and win be sold cheap and on easy
terms. Apply 20 U Z. SHORT. mch28-tt
EOR SALE-PLY MOTH. ROCKS, WHITE
IT Leghorns, White Coohlns, Pens; No. !,
SO; No. Q, Sl.60 per l8; Toulouse Geese, eggs
$50; eggs, $3.50. Correspondence pleas
ure; visitors welcome. Best stock In the state
q. NJ. 0vEgLEEsE, Dallas. janlS-tf