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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16

One of the finest establishments that San An
tonic, II not Texas, can boast of is the Art
Gallery of Q. II. Mueller, at a6 Commerce
street. Here can be had artists and draught
mems materials. of both domestic and i'm
ported kinds Engravings, chromos and
paintings are on hand I'm an endless variety.
Picture frames, mouldings and materials for
fresco and sign painting In large varieties
China decorations and material for wax How
ers in a large assortment. Mr.. Mueller re-
ceives direct from factories large shipments OF
paints oils and other material in that line as
well as window glass and fine domestic, and I'M
ported decorative wall paper are specialties In
his establishment. El1ly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
No More Boarder,s Wanted

A young clerk of this city, who lives
Il gool ways out on South Laredo street,
was somewhat astonished few nights
ago, when, as he as leaving his girl at
the house, after having kept her out
later than usual, her mother, who Is a
German woman living in the First ward,
near an Luis street, appeared before
the mOOnstruCk young man with a
heavy piece of board, which she began
applying to the young mans back and
shoulders, while the young lady, very
valorously(?) but wisely, flew indoors
and to bed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
More Force To the Front.

In desire to catch up with the ar
rearage Of work, Street Commissioner
Cavanaugh, by authority OF the mayor
pro TEN, has engaged seven extra men,
and they commence work to-day. In
addition to the work reported yesterday
now being actively pressed forward.
Salinas street is being graveled and the
Binz- Engleman road Is being overhauled
to make easy Of travel.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
They Got Them.

Mr.. X. ii. Lockhart, the genial drug
gist who has opened drug store at the
junction of Acequia and San Pedro ave-
nue., is victim Of misplaced confidence.
He left the back door of his store open,
and, whilst he was engaged in the front
some sneak thief entered and adroitly
removed two shirts and coat. A great
many petty rObberies of this kind are
now going on and parties will do we'll
to keep an eye on their open doors and
windows,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
Bargain Week at Wolff g. Marx.

This being the time for our annual
stock-taking, we shall offer very big
bargains in all of our departments dur
ing this week. We prefer to count the
money instead Of the goods. Parties in
need of dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, etc., will find a saving Of 20 per
cent. on regular prices. 1t will pay to
buy such goods as are always wanted In
family, even II there is no immediate
use for them. Call on Wolff & Marx
and you will certainly be pleased. 13G
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
Interesting Experiences.

Hiram Cameron, furniture dealer of Column
bus, Ga, tells his experience, thus: "For
three years have tried every remedy on the
market for Stomach and Kidney Disorders,
but got no relief until used Electric Bitters.
Took five bottles and am now cured, and think
Electric Bitters the Best Blood Purifier in the
world" Major A. b. Reed, of West Liberty,
Ky, used Electric Bitters for an old standing
Kidney affection and says: Nothing has ever
done me so much good as Electric Bitters."
Sold at 80 cents a bottle by A. Dreiss. 4
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
a serious run of whoopin,

During a serious run Of whoopine
cough at Saltwater. N. Y, the physi-
clans found that Acker's English REM
edy was a positive cure, and prescribed
it freely. We therefore guarantee 1t to
cure all coughs Especially chronic
cases), Group, asthma and consump.
ton. This splendid remedy can be had
Of Ragland & Co., and Fl. L. Fowler,
our agents for San Antonio. 2
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
Deaths.

July lbs. Hays,qged 80 years, died in
the First ward from typhoid fever.
July l5.-F. FrieschOp, aged two years
died in ward number three, from natural
causes.
July lG.-Paullne Meisel, aged % years
died In ward number four, from portion
tits following dysentery.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
Stolen Coat.

Jack Labatt hung his coat on nail in
his warehouse Wednesday morning, and
when he started for dinner the coat was
gone. He stopped in at Emerson's on
his way to dinner described the coat and
it was produced. A little negro boy
pawDed IL there for one dollar.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
Pythian Work.

Elk Lodge No. So, Knights of Pythias,
held large and interesting meeting
last night. One Page was promoted to
the rank Of Esquire, and there were four
Esquires advanced, and duly instructed
In the rank Of Knight. The beautiful
amplified third was worked In.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16
A Tragedy at a Camp Meeting.

Louisville, Ky, July ll.-William
HaZelip asked to escort Miss Mary Lace
field to camp-meeting at FlatwOod
camp ground, in Butler county, and was
refused. Seeking her to-day during the
progress Of the meeting, he fatally stab
bed her and then cut his own throat and
will die.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16

In one of his recent letters from Eng
land Colonel Henry WattersOn tells his
Louisville COurier-J Ournal: London
looks no more like Paris than look like
the Venus de Medici." We are unable
to appreciate the comparison for the
simple reason that we have never met
the lady in question. But we will ven-
ture the assertion that, II she approaches
Colonel WattersOn either in respect to
personal charms or in regard to intel
lectual graces, she is indeed a daisy.
-GChicagO News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-16

The London Times, referring TO Rus
sia's action inclosing the port OF Batoum,
says England must rely on her own
strength, and no longer put faith In Rus
sla's engagements.
Tyler has had an elopemept and mar
riage. The lady In the case Is the l6-
year-old daughter OF Mrs. Emma Ben
son. and the mother has ordered the
groom's arrest for abduction.
The Fort Worth and New Orleans
road is completed, and big excursion
Is now on the rails.
Fort Worth has secured eight roads in
ten years by paying subsidies. II has
paid to pay.
4 poor hardworking Denison barber
has drawn $1,000 in the Louisiana lot
terry.
Tom Mace, the wounded Fort Worth
striker, has obtained writ OF habeas
corpus, and trial is ordered Tor to-day.
1t is now thought that J. De Rivera
Il Co., the sugar merchants who failed
Wednesday will resume business and pay
in full. c. II. De Rivera is believed to
have gone to Canada, though there ap-
pears to be no reason in the failure why
he should have done so.
A train carrying 500 Orangemen from
Kingston, Ontario, on the Grand Trunk
Line, after passing Cumberland this
morning. ran into an obstruction OF ties
and stones placed on the track, on a
sharp curve, on an embHnkment eighty
five feet high, with the river at the bot
tom. The engineer discovered the OBJ
structlOn in time to avoid der ailing the
train.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02

There is nothing like it to be
found-no, not if you search the
world through. ] want every posi-
bic amusement to keep the boys at
home evenings. Never mind If
they do scatter books and pictures,
coats, hats, and boots. Never
mind il they do make a noise
around with their whistling and
hurrahing. We would stand aghast
if we could have a vision Of the
young men going to utter destrnc'
ton for the very reason that, hay-
ing cold, disagreeable, dull, stiff
firesides at home, they sought
amusement elsewhere. Don't let
them wander beyond the reach Of
mothers influence yet awhile. The
time will come, before you think,
when you would give the world
to have your house tumbled by the
dear hands of those very boys;
when your hearts shall long for
their noisy steps in the hall, and
their rnddy cheeks laid up to yours;
when you would rather have their
Jolly whistle than the music OF all
the operas; when you woul
gladly have dirty carpets-aJJ live
without carpets at all, but to have
their bright strcrr forms beside
you once more. Then play with
and pet them. Praise Johny's
drawing, Bctiy's music, and baby's
first attempt at writing his name.
Encourage Tom to chop or his
stick of wood, and Dick to perse-
we're in making his hen-coop. Ii
one shows a talent for figures, tell
him he is your famous mathema-
tician; and if another loves geeg
raphy, tell him he will be sure to
make a great traveller or a foreign
minister. Become interested in
their pets, be they rabbits, pigeons
or dogs. Let them help You in
home decorations send them to
gather mosses, grasses and bright
autumn leaves to decorate their
rooms when the snow is all over
the earth. And you will keep
yourself young and fresh by enter
ing into their Joys, and keep those
joys innocent by your knowledge
of them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02
Badly lsft-H,.d.d.

Two friends were alta musical
concert. One of them remarked:
"The vioIinist see is left-hand.
ed.D .i 1IflY.
"Yes, see, but not very badly,
| should think"
"Badly' Why, you don't mean
to say that there. are degrees In
left.handedness.
"Of course do.v
81 didn't know that"
ats fact, nevertheless. This
fiddler seems to get along very
well, at least, he acts all right.
Tell you what's fact, | knew a
man once who was so badly left.
handed that he couldn't eat with
his right hand" "
"What ~ ..''
"It's fact. He used his left.
hand for everything. Why, he
couldn't sleep with his right band"
"You are foolish"
"No, Pm stating a fact.'
''Couldn't eat nor sleep with his
right hand ~
"That's what | said.'
"WhyT
"Didn't have a right hand"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02
Shurtness Of Time In Dreams,

One of the most remarkable phe.
nomena connected with dreams is
the shortpess of time needed for
their consdmmation. Lord Broug-
ham says that in debating a man
may frequently fall asleep after ut
tering few words, and be awak-
ened by the amanuensis repeating
the last word to show that he has
written the whole; but though five
or six seconds only have elapsed
between the delivery of the sentence
and its transfer to paper, the sleep
er may have passed through adream
extending through half a lifetime.
Lord Holland and Mr.. Babbage
both confirm this theory. The one
was listening to friend reading
aloud, and slept from the beginning
of the sentence to the latter part of
the sentence Immediately succeed.
ing; yet, during this time he had a
dream, the particulars of which
wonld have taken more than a qnar'
ter OF an hour to write. Mr.. Bah
bage dreamed a succession ofevents
and woke in time to hear the con-
Guiding words Of a friends answer
to question he had just put to
him. One man was liable to feel
ings of snffocation, accompanied by
n dream OF q skeleton grasplng his
throat whenever he slept in lying
posture, and had an attendant to
wake him the moment no sank
down. But, though awakened the
moment he began to sink, that time
snnlced for n long struggle with the
skeleton. Another man dreamed
that he crossed the Atlantic, spent
n fortnight in America, and fell
overheard when embarking to re-
turn yet his sleep had not lasted
more than ten minutes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02
COMPELLED TO TERMS

Widower Smith rode up one
IN orning to Widow Jones's door,
and gave the usual country signal
that be wanted to see somebody in
the house, by dropping The reius
and sitting double, with his elbows
on his knees.
Ont tripped the widow, lively as
a cricket, with a tremendous black
ribbon on her ow-white cap.
"Good.morning" was soon said Oh
both sides, and the widow waited
for what was further to be said:
"Well, Ma'am Jones, perhaps
you don't want TO sell one Of yo'r
cows, nohow, for nothing any way,
do you n hb
"Well, there, Mr.. Smith, 'yop
couldn't have spoken my mind
better. A poor, lone woman like
me, doesn't know what t. do with
so many creatures, and should be
glad to part with one II wes can
come to terms.S
SO they adjourned to the meadow;
Farmer Smith looked at Roam,
then at the widow, at Brindle,then
at the widow again, and 80 Though
the whole forty. The same call
was made every day for a week,
but Farmer Smith could not decide
which COW he wanted. At length,
on Saturday, when the Widow
Jones was in hurry TO get through
with her baking for Sunday, Rndi
had sever so much to do in the
house, as al farmers wives and
widows have on Saturday, she was
little impatient-Farmer Smith
was as irresolute as ever, rr
"That ere Alderney COW is O.
pretty fair creature but he stop
ped to glance at the widows face,
and then walked round her-not
the widow, but the COW. "That
ere short.horn Durham is not a
bad-lookiDg beast, but l don't
know another look at the widow. |
"The Alderney COW knew before
the late Mr.. Jones bought her,
Here he sighed at the alIusion to
the late Mr.. Jones ; she sighed,
and both looked at each other. 1t
was a highly interesting moment.
"Old Roam is an old milch, and so
is BrindIe, but | have known
better" A long stare followed this
speech, and the pause was getting
awkward, and at last Mrs. Jones
broke ont.
"Lor, Mr. Smith, if I'm the one
you want, do say so.'
The intentions of Widower Smith |
and Widow Jones were duly pub.
lished the next day in church for
the first time ; and as soon as they
were published three times, they
were married.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02
s#ENaNpoAH HERALD
HeW6eOsRspHY.


OF what is the surface Of tho
earth comprised? &C.,
OfcornrrIots, mighty poor roa &,
railroad llrscI,s. baseba grounds,
riclitt hel'!s'andiskating rinks.
pWist bnr'ipn of the globe is wa.
teri
AbOTt threcfourths. Sometimes
they add sdittle gin and nutmeg to
| it. ...
What is a town.
A town is a considerable collec.
ton ofhouses and Inhabitants, with
four or 1--WE men who run the party
and loan money at IS per cent in.
thr8st q , if.f01 Z
Wha. il d cityY
A cityis an Incorporated town,
with Mayor, who believes the
whole world shakes when ne hap.
pens TO fail fiat on across walk.
What is commercef
/ Borrowing s5jor day or two,
and dodging the lender for a year
or Two. ffI ys.t
iDName the different races f?
Horse race, boat race, bicycle
race and racing around to find q
man TO endorse ypur note.
Into how many classes is man.
kind divided
SiITbeing enlightened, civilized,
halfcivilized, savage, too utter, not
worth q ,ce9t, and Indian agents.
n'What nations are called enlight'
eaedEa ~ J,.a, IL
I Those who have, the most wars
and the worst laws, and produce
the worst animals. -
How, many nations has the earth :
That's according to how you mix
yonr drinksand which way you 20
horA hlG 81 ! lsl'.If I +
whatlis the earth's a1isi
The lines passing between New
York and San Francisco. -
What causes day and nIght'
Day iscaused by night getting
tired out. Night . is caused by
everybody taking the street cars
and going home to supper.
What is map?
: A map is a drawing to show the
jury where Smith stood when Jones
gave him a lift under the eye.
! What is a mariners eompsssi
jag holding four gallons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02
WlIIIng 10 PAY for His Job.

A great many curious people
come within the notice ofthe Civil
Service Commission, which, by the
way, is q sort of curiosity itself. A
candidate was recently examined
who fell 30 far below the standard
of 65 per cent. that he only receiv-
ed q percentage of 90. His papers
we're returned to him with the per-
centage marked on them In redink.
The candidate, supposing that
the return Of the papers signified
that he had been placed upon the
list of eligibles, misinterpreted the
meaning Of the endorsement in red
ink. A few days later the CON-
missioners received registered
letter, with an accompanying note,
which stated: 81 didn't know it
cost anything to be examined, but
enclosed find twenty cents TO pay
charges marked on paper. When
do | get my Job ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02
Wanted.

WANTRD-A wife who can handlsa broom,
Tc brush down the cobwebs and sweep up
the room;
To make decent bread that a fellow can
eat
Not the horrible compound you every
where meet;
Who knows how to broil, to fry, and to
roast,
Make a cup Of good tea and platter Of
toast
A woman who washes, cooks, irons, and
stitches,
And sews up the rips in a fellows old
breeches;
And makes her own garments-an item
that grows
Quite highly expensive, as every one
knows;
A common-senso creature, and still with 8
mind
To teach and to guide-exalted, refined !
A sort ofan angel and household combined.
wANTED-A husband who thinks of his
wife
As the help, and the pride, and the joy Of
his life;
Who is thoughtful to put all bis garments
away,
Who hangs mp his slippers, brush and
comb every day;
Who will bring in the water, the coal and
wood,
Nor grumble about it, and speak harsh
and rude;
Who coming to supper, as he does often,
late,
Blames not the tired wife because be bad
to wait;
Who thinks of her numberless steps here
and there,
And paying no help, grudges naught she
may wear.
If a man Of these qualities, blessed with a
mind
That knows true from false-wants a wife
he will find
There are still few left-wife and help
meet combined.
Unidentified
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02

did not awake till about sun
rise, when the alarm was all over.
Tho family which we supposed had
been killed, had come into the fort
about daybIeak. Instead of the
house being. burnt, it was only a
large old log, on fire, near the
house, which had been seen by our
expresses. If they had seen any
thing like fire between that and
the fort, it must have been fox
fire. Such is the creative power of
imagination, when nnder the in
fluence Of fear.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02
Executions Ia Old France.

when executions were tolerably
frequent and the bodies were left
suspended IN chains till they fell to
pieces a small range of gallows did
not suffice. NJ. Violet le Due, in
his Dictionary of French Architec-
ture," devotes an article TO the
FOurches patibulsires, and gives
several engravings Of that of Mont
fancon restored. The place of the
gsllows formed quadrangular plat.
form about A feet square. This
platform was raised about ak feet
above the level OF the soil, aud was
built over vault to contain the
bones as they fell from the gallows.
Sometimes in addition to this vault
it contained a chapel. On three
sides of the platform were piers ris-
ing to the height of 30 feet, united
beams of solid oak at the top and
in two heights below, so as to form
three ranges or stories of gallows.--
OF these stone piers there were six
on each side. One side of the quad.
rangle was left free for the stairs
and for the block for executions
with the sword. Thus, on the
Montfaucon Fourches 40 men could
hang simultaneously-or rather 90,
as each opening was made to &C.
commodate two persons. In the
middle of the area was stone with
an iron ring in it, which could be
raised to allow OF the bones being
pushed through the hole into the
vault below. Access to this vault
was also obtainable through door
at the bottom.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02

some distance from the two In-
dians, who were looking attentive.
ly at a scarlet jacket which they
had taken some time before. On a
sudden they dropped the jacket,
and turned their eyes towards the
men, who supposing they were dis
covered, Immediately discharged
several guns, and rushed upon
them, at full speed, with an In
dian yell. One OF the Indians, it
was supposed, was wounded tho
first fire, as he fell and dropped
his gun and shot pouch. After
running about one hundred
yards, i second slot was fired after
him, by Major M'Guire, which
brought him to his hands and
knees but there was no time for
pursuit, as the Indians had in
TO. med Mrs. Brown that there was
another encampmeDt close by.
They therefore returned home with
all speed, and reached the Beach
bottom fort that night.
The other Indian, at the first
fire, ran a little distance beyond
Mrs. Brown, SO that she was in
right line between him and the
white men. Here he halted for a
little to put on bis shot pouch,
which Mr.. Glass, for the moment,
mistook for an attempt to kill his
wife with tomahawk.
This artful maneuver no doubt
saved the life of the savage, as his
pursuers durst not shoot ut him
without risking the life of Mrs.
Brown.
fxO - OoaTfWWM,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02
VOL. &c.
THE GIRL WHO PASSED NE BY.
ny J0EL DENTON,

/.
used to meet her daily, and l liked her
pensive ways,
Her quiet, modest manner, and her very
winning face;
Bnt | was somew hat bashful, and she was
meek and ehy,
And so We met, week after week, and pass
ed each other by.
l knew loved her somehow, as l never
loved before;
| saw her at the waysids church and met
her at the store;
We often came together, and to speak !
fain would try, %
But something filed my throat mp, and !
let her pass me by.
She was a widows daughter, in our little
country place;
1 knew that she was dntiful, without a
single trace
OF helplessness or haughtiness; but, then,
was so shy
We never came together but she bowed
and passed me by.
".
One day got my courage up, or, got a
piece Of news
About "another fellow" that gave my
heart the blues;
And. in a fit Of recklessness with tumultin
my eye,
We met-and then asked her why she
always passed me by.
V.
"why, bless you,7 said the maiden, "what
else was there TO do
With our families acquainted, all the rest
was left to you
Then told her all my feelings, and look
ed in her bright, blue eye,
And-well-w meet quite often now; she
does not pass me by
VI.
There was no "other fellow and our
thoughts were just the same, +
Ard, for losing half a summer had myself
10 blame;
So, learn from this, faint-hearted ones, If
you will only try,
You'll find some girl quite good enough,
who will not pass yOu by.
-Ner York Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02

WANTED AN EMBLEM.-Unclc
Abraham, over on Chatham street,
was speaking to an acquaintance
the other LAY about putting an
emblem over the door Of his store.
"I'd put a beehive" suggested
the man.
"vot does pee-hife shtand for =
"For industry"
"Oh, dot yhas all nonsens. Dot
doan't show people dot l sell Sl4
suit for SS.'
81 know, but the bee is 0 worker
ayes, but dot doau't do. Esfery-
body vhas aworker. Industry yhss
all right, bat IL somebody comes
back NIT a pair of pants dot shrink
oop eighteen inches, dot pee-hifo
doan' explain dot dis vhas a singu-
lar climate ou pants.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02
AnEnd 10 Bone Scraping.

Edward Shepherd, williamsburg,
Ill.,. says i"HaviDgj received so
much benefit from Electric Bitters,
| feel it my duty to let suffering
humanity know It. Have had a
running sore on my leg for eight
wears my doctors told me would
have to have the bone scraped or
leg amputated. l used. instead,
three bottles OF Electric Bitters and
seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve
and my leg is now sound and we'll"
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty
cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnic
Salye at 95c, per bOxby B. schmitt
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-02

Somebody says in London pa
per that the highest velocity yet i'm
parted to a cannon ball is 1926 feet
per second, equal to a mile in 3.2
seconds. The velocity Of the earth
at the equator, due to rotation on
its axis, is 1000 miles per hour or a
mile in 3.6 seconds; thus, II a can
non ball were fred due west and
could maintain its initial velocity,it
would beat the sun in its apparent
Journey around the earth.