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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-08
The Cigar Makers.

New YORK, February eff the Pro
gresSive cigar makers agree to the terms
proposed by the manufacturers and &C
sept the schedule of wages on the aver
age price paid by all shops last year,
about 1000 people will be relieved from
the suffering which is beginning to be
severely felt in many of the trades more
or lees ireCtly connected with the cigar
making industry. The strike has pro-
duCed stagnatiOn, and the constant dis
charge OF working people who. not being
members of the Cigar Makers Union, are
not entitled to relief from these bodies.
Box makers label printers, etc, are out
of work in consequence of the strike,
and do not know where to turn for re-
lief The Central Labor Union has too
many demands on its treasury at present
to put these people on its rolls, and
much suffering results. II is doubtful II
the international Union, which bitterly
denOunces the conferences between the
Progressive members and manufac-
turers, will be able to hold out long after
their rivals return to work, for they do
not want members of the Progressive
Union to get employment in shops
which the International Union has here
tofOre controlled. About 800 cigar
makers, including women, have left for
san Francisco since the strike began,
and are expected to contribute some
thing to the support of their suffering
comrades in the city when they get
there. 1t will be some time, however,
when the heavy expense of the trip can
be paid out of the earnings on the Pacific
coast and Il surplus sent to New \ Ork.
Convict Fish Enjoying Himself.
New YORK, February G.-The Grant
and Ward scandal has been revived
again by the appearance of James d.
Fish in New York. He comes as wit
ness in several Marine bank suits, which
are occupying the attention OF the courts
just now. This is the second time he
has been here in like capacity since he
went to prison. These suits are so num-
erous and so important that Mr.. Fish is
likelyto spend a good deal OF time for
the next year or two in this city. He is
quartered at the Murray Hill hotel and
lives on the fat of the land at the expense
of the receiver Of the bank of which he
uscu ~ DC III
he can give more or less important tes-
timony. During his stays here he en-
joys himself. Besides living in good
shapes at the hotel, he drives in the park
and receives the visits OF such friends as
he cares to see. Some OF his family are
about him most of the time and nearly
the only discomfort he has is the con-
slant attendance of the officers of the
law. Taking it all in all, he is not hav
ing such very hard time of it, and the
more frequently he testities in these
cases the more the feeling grows that
the old man has suffered enough already.
1t begins to look as though he would be
pardOned long before his term expires.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-08
II Makes No Difference.

A good little boy had been brought up
to believe that lottery ticket purchased
on Sunday would not prove lucky, and
he denied himself. A bad little boy did
not believe in such scruples. He went
boldly to a cigar store and bought Il
ticket on Sunday. The result is to be
told. Neither OF the boys drew cent.
Moral: Ii makes no difference.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-08

$D~An early call will convince the most skeptica
that the above prices have never been touched be-
70 re. No samples cut during this sale.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-08
-Ragland a Co. and II. l.. Fow

-Ragland d Co., and II. l.. Fowler
tell of a remarkable cure effected by
Acker's Blood Elixir: A gentleman
was literally covered with sores, brought
on by Heglecting his system; ulcers or
boils came ont all over him, but
thorough course OF Acker's Blood Elixir
cured him. They also say that they
Will warrant this as being the best blood
medicine that can be bought. 1t is al
ways certain to cure Syphilis in its
worst form. 1t is positively guaranteed.4
The only cigarettes which 10 not
stick TO the lips are Opera Puff.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-08

22ls Main street, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
~ Agents Wanted. 2J-lm
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
what's n EndYl

The definition of simple idea SAYS the
Saturday Review, is the great difficulty of
photographers and Others. To judge from
dictionaries and other treatises on ethics, it
is almost or, according to some, quite inn
possible. But some very complicated ideas
are almost equally incal a lle of exact defi-
milton. Five hundred years ago Nine.
Barnes of Sopwell Priory, or the writer of
the Boke of st. Adams. whoever
she was, endeavored with singu-
lar want of success. to tell
'how gentlemen should be known from un-
gentlemen" The virtues of chivalry are
enumerated without giving US very dis
tinct idea of knighthoOd, and then we
come to the nine articles of gentleness,
which are these: That a gentleman should
be lordly of countenance, treatable in Ian
guage, wise in his answer. perfect in gov
ernance, cheerful to faithfulneSS; that he
should use few oaths in swearing, be
'boXom to Goddis bydding," knowing his
own birth and bearing and dreadng to Of
fend his sovereign. No doubt these are all
marks of ''gentleness," but most in
Quirers will want little more. Dr. John
son is not more explicit. According to
him, breeding is the chief thing. A gentle
man. he says, is "a man of birth. man of
extraction. though not NOBLE; but be allows
as secondary meaning, "a man raised
above the vulgar bv his character or post"
Dame Julians avoids any attempt to tell us
what is lady," although in her PRO
cess of Hawking" she teaches us that
there is merlyon, and that hawk is for a
lady," and informs US. moreover, that
gentlemen and honest persons have great
delight IN hawking" johnson says lady
is "a woman of high rank"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
I'm q Cedar Hammock.

Atlanta constitution.
In the twilight gloom of the hammock
the stiffness was oppressive. The climb
ing yellow jasmine covered with patches of
interlacing boughs, floating its clusters of
golden bloom in the waking Zephyrs that
came laden with an overpowering perfume,
as they breathed out their satisfied signs
through the sOmbre woods.
Nodding plupes of variegated honey
suckle mingled%heir delicate odors with the
fragrant wild rose and the sweet magnolia
blossom. Festoons of the purple blooms
of the poison ivy shone in royal vividness
down the deep green vistas of the forest.
and ever and anon a brlght-eyed brown
squirrel sprang from leaning branch. sent
a shower of dew drops upon our heads. then
chung head downwards from a messy live
oak, as he coughed and scolded at us for
disturbing him ere he had finished his break
fast of juicy and aromatic sweetgum buds.
The whole world was mass of wild and
bewildering beauty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
PROFEssIONAL LIARS.
An Apt illustration OF the Devils
ResOrIed To by Dead heads.


ResOrIed To by Dead heads.
Jacksonville Fla Herald.
The following story leaked out this
morning on a prominent railroad man. who
lives on the south side of Bay street in the
L'Engle block.
Last evening this railroad ticket agent
was standing in front of the Park theater,
looking with longing eyes at the people go
ing into the show.
Suddenly one of the st. James Hotel
musicians passed him on the steps. and the
railroad man heard the musician say to the
doorkeeper: Professions" WHAT" re-
piled the doorkeeper; st James Band;"
Pass, replied the doorkeeper.
All this The railroad man took in, when
suddenly the ider struck him that he too
might get pass.
Pulling down his vest and clearing his
throat the railroad man ''waltzed" up to the
doorkeeper, and putting on a "Ko-Ko-Iike'
expression, winked at the ticket man. and
Indifferent fashion drawled out. Profess
iOn." "What?' This was stagger, as
the railroader had not thought of what kind
OF show he should have said he belonged
to. We'll, -ah-ah-" suffered the rail-
road man, Il am a professional liar" at
length he blurted ont in desperation. Pass
the gentleman in" yelled the doorkeeper.
and in he went
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28

basis Of four out Of five of them. Don't
poison your baby by the use Of any Of these
things.
There Is nothing more important than
the daily bath In bringing n baby along sue
cdssfullY. Many little ailment the warm
bath promptly cures. For the frst month
or two give the baby warm bath daily.
with the water at temperature of 9S at
first, and later at 90 , or 9So. The even
ing. just before putting to bed. Is the best
time 10 give il. After bathing the child
should be carefully and gently rubbed with
soft napkins. being held In a new, clean
and dry receiver. Complete immersion up
70 the neck Is the best way 10 give the bath.
Rub the entire surface Of the skin, while In
the bath. with soft sponge. Be particu-
lar as to the temperature of the bath Test
the temperature of the bath with Their
mometer. and be sure 1t Is not below the
figures above given.
LAS to exercise, for the first six months
az least, nothing more than carrying the
baby around on the arm, in n slightly re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28

strong light IS, there o-Aoi'
fore. very imprudent thing to do. And
when you lay il down TO sleep see to II that
the light is properly shut out. / knew one
child whose sight was partially DESTROYED
by being left sleeping Oh a bed on which
the summer sun fell full and fierce.
For giving an infant its airing select the
warmeSt part of fine, sunny mornings. say
from about 10 to ~ o'clock, noon. and until
Ii is six months old never carry it in a sit
ting posture; its head is too heavy for it to
support in an upright position under that
age In lifting young child always put
one hand on each side Of the chest inmedi-
ately below the armplts and never Law hold
of il by the arms and lift it. for that is dan
gerous. Do not bangle, or swing. or Jolt,
or indulge in any rough play with baby.
Though sometimes done In fun, and with
kind intentions, il Is always cruel and often
does great harm.
las to walking. be very careful not to
force the baby to walk before it is well able
to do so. BOw-legged children are usually
the result of this forcing business. About
the nth or sixth month vigorous baby
will begin to kick at its long clothes and
show many signs of a desire to use its
limbs. Shorten its dress at that stage of
its growth, and put ii on the carpet in
sitting position. 1t will then begin to
spread its arms and learn the motions of
crawling. Put few toys around it and
leave ii 10 its own pleasure. Don't be
alarmed if It should fall over once
or twice on its side. Only in that
way can 1t learn the use of its
limbs. 1t will not hurt. itself
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
FORTUNES IN PRINTERS INK.

You can't eat enough In a week to last n
year. and you can't advertise on that plan
either.
A thing worth doing is worth doing well.
thing worth advertising is worth adyer-
Using well.
The enterprising advertiser proves that
he understands how to buy. because in adj
vertising he knows how to sell.
II you can arouse curiosity by an adyer-
tisement, it is great point gained. The
fair sex don't hold all the curiosity in the
world.
People who advertise only once i'm three
months forget that most folks cannot re-
member anything longer than about seven
days.
Quitting advertising In dull times Is Ike
tearing out dam because the water Is low.
Either plan viii prevent good times from
coming.
A constant dropping will wear a rock.
Keep dropping YOUR advertisements on the
public and they will soon melt under il like
rock SALT
Enterprising people are beginning to
learn the value Of advertising the year
round. The persistence OF those who are
not intidimated by the cry of ''dull times. {"
but keep their names ever before the public.
will surely place them on the right side in
the end.
A mans sign offers mute invitation to
those only who pass his place of business;
his circulars can only reach those to whom
personal attention Is given; but his an
nouncement in the newspaper goes into the
highways and byways, finding customers
and compelling them to consider his argu-
ments.
1t is mistaken notion that fine store in
an eligible location. surrounded by attract
i've signs, is a superior advertisement; for
the experience Of most enterprising mer-
chants is that it pays better to spend less In
rent and more on advertising.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
THE CROSS RARY.

baby, then comes the question. What should
the baby's artificial food be? New and pure
cows milk. mixed with water aud sugar.
one-third milk and two-thirds water, and
enough loaf sugar to sweeIen. The water
should be boiling when it is mixed with the
milk, but the mixture should be allowed to
cool down to the temperature of breast
milk before being given to the baby. For
the first month the baby will thrive best If
il is given no other kind of food than this
simple mixture, and an even quantity of
that every day. About one ounce of milk
thus mixed with water and trifle or sugar
every three hours is the right allowance.
After the first month the standard prepare
tiOns of infants food may be used with adj
vantage.
Fright here would caution young
mothers against the common mistake of
thinking that every time young baby cries
IL needs food. Many women who nurse
their own babes offer them the breast the
moment they make the least outcry, and il
thew don't they rush for the bottle. their
notion being to quiet them with food. Their
only way Of expressing discomfort of any
kind is by crying. Feed them regularly.
at stated intervals, and with a sufficient
quantity of food. but don't try to stop every
cry they make with more food. Ii Is a
positively dangerous thing to do. and often
brings on serious trouble by oyercrowding
the baby's stomach.
For the first month feed your baby
through the night as well as the day at reg
ular times-once in three hours. Never
wake il up. however TO feed Ii. At the
end of the first month drop the night feed
ing altogether and accustom IL to sleep
right through till morning, after being fed
at about or 10 o'clock at night
Where mother has nursed her baby at
her own breast the weaving is an important
thing. The baby should be weaned about
the end of the ninth or tenth month. Do
not wean the child all at once, but very
gradually. Day by day increase the length
of the intervals between sucking ii. and
increase little by little the supplementary
food.
These last two rules must not be taken
too literally. Babies vary greatly in regard
to their growth and rate of progress. The
first teeth sometimes appear on the seventh
month. and sometimes not until the end OF
wear. knew one case In which they did
not come until the baby was eighteen
months old. Where the baby is backward
with his teeth its weaving should also be
delayed. and the change Of Its food (if it Is
bottle-fed baoy) should be also deferred
to suit its particular case.
If. however. the mothers milk gives out
or runs thin before the regulation time for
the weaving arrives, it Is better for both
mother and child that the weaving should
be proceeded with even before the first
teeth show any signs Of coming. Between
two evils choose the least always.
s'Give as little medicine to a baby as pos
sIble. Avoid cordials, paregoric and every
sort of sleepinR mixtures. Opium In the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
A Blind Singer.

Portland orr News,
Recently a milkman. while making his
early morning rounds, found canary bird
ON street. 1t was blind, red hot iron
having been drawn across its eyes. The
feathers near the eyes were scorched. The
bird was presented to a customer who con-
sumes three quarts day. and was placed
in a cage. 1t is beautiful singer, and
MARBLES all the time when not asleep.
OFTEN in the wee sma' hours of night it
awakes and sings, light and shadow being
one and the same to it. The practice of
binding canary birds is said to be very
common in this city. 1t Is said to make
better singers of them. IL is a horrible
cruelty which should be stopped, however.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28

says to the mother --atching over her little
darling: LOOK outl' Anu the mother
does the best she knows.
lit seems" said a doctor, ''as though
nature were determined that only those
children should live who are able to pass
through all manner of torture First. they
must suffer, before their little minds know
what anything but suffering is, the pangS
OF wind collie. which comes upon them
without warning day or night. and gripes
their little stomaehs until verify believe
they would gladly give up life if they could
realize what life meant.
Then. as soon as their little systems get
strong enough TO resist the attacks of the
collie, the teeth begin to put their blood in
fuss and make their gums swell and ache
What the little creatures suffer during this
trying time. which often lasts for months.
can be imagined by the older ones who
have to bear the pains of toothache But
IL is not only the pain in the mouth that
troubles them, for the indigestion is put out
of order and all the nerves of the body irri-
tated. If they pass through this period
safely-I say if. because more than half of
them do nOt-there are all manner of COLI
tagious diseases waiting for them"
For over twenty years." saws one
woman, Il have been nurse, and in that
time have had the care of five or six score
OF infants. and have naturally found out
some things about their troubles and how
to treat them. which many young mothers
and young nurses, too, may find ii useful
to know. First, as to the baby's food
Every, mother who is able TO do so should
suckle her own child. That is natures
food for the baby, and / believe a great
many women nowadays suffer from breast
troubles who would escape them if they
nursed their own babies instead of bringing
them up on the bottle. Delicate women
are always likely to become stronger BY
nursing. if they are not too delicate to
undertake it. So. repeat, feed the baby
from the breast with its own mothers milk
if possible.
Now, if it is not possible. and of course
there are many cases where il would be
simply suicide for the mother to nurse the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
Cutting Their TonSiis.

Chicago Herald.
''Do you think they will change the names
of the streets?" asked Wells street con-
ductor of an alderman who handed out his
book.
''Some of them"
do you think they will change the name
Of Goethe street?n the conductor asked
81 don't think So"
''Then I've got to look for another fob. {"
said the conductor, as he rung off another
fare
"Why?-
"Well. there's been good deal of kickin'
about that name. No two conductors on
the road get it the same way. and people
who are to get off at that street are juzt as
apt TO get off somewhere else. Well, this
kick finally reached the company, and Jake
Rehm said that by cutting out the tonsils Of
every conductor OH the road the word Goethe
could be called plain enough SOS people
could understand Ii. I've had the measles
and the smallpox both and was shot in the
leg 10 the army and had my throat burnt
out once with caustic and 'aint goin' to
lose my tonsils, you can bet your sweet life
on that"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
A Disastrous Royal Wedding.

AOuuOu
Farmers and other people round Osborne
who hired fields and erected stands on the
day of Princess Beatrice's wedding, were
disappointed in the interest the public dis
played on the occasion. and they are all
heavy losers by their speculations. At Win.
chester Assizes last week farmer at East
Cowes brought an action against the chair
man of the Isle of Wight Steam Packet
company to recover $3.50 for the use of
land abutting on the road leading to Whip
bingham church. 1t was a sort of partner
ship affair. The spectators erected stands
to accommodate several hundred persons,
and anticipated clear profit of $500.
These sanguine expectations were griev-
ously disappointed. for the stands were not
one twentieth filled, and the result was a
heavy loss, so that the wedding instead of
being benefit to the people about, was
actually a disaster and has produced no end
of wranglings.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28

=
II the carpeting be OF good thickness. By
crawling on all-fours its little bones will
harden and become firm enough to bear the
weight OF the body, and the walking comes
naturally.
LAS tar as possible train a baby from the
hrSt 10 be regular in its sleeping habits.
Darkness and sleep should come and go to-
gether. In addition 10 this a midday sleep
OF one or even two hours is very helpful to
an infant and for nervous, delicate children il
IS well TO keep uD this midday habit until
they are or 5 years old. Carefully ex-
clude light and noise from all infants sleep
ing room. Even when a child sleeps i'm a
strong light and with noises going on all
round IL its sleep does il much less good.
and tends 10 make it nervous and irritable
during its waking ours. Avoid rocking
babies to sleep as much as possible. They
Will go TO sleep just as well, nine times out
of ten, without it.
las TO teething. prefer to advise young
and inexperienced mothers who have trouble
with their babies at the teething period to
call in good doctor unless the trouble is
very tritiing. Where the baby goes into
commissions / should say it is always seri-
Gus enough case to call in physician, I'M
less you have had large experience in such
cases with other infants. and feel sure of
your ground A CONFUSION is a very start
ling thing to mother with her first baby,
who has never seen anything of the kind be-
fore. For the benefit of such let me say that
CONFUSION is worse to look at than il
really is. Many child has had dozens of
them and grown up to be strong man or
woman. Whenever your first experience of
a convulsed infant comes, remember these
directions: Loosen the chiId's dress at all
points to avoid choking. and lay it down on
a bed or lounge, and give Its limbs freedom:
hurry up large bowl or small tub of hot
water mot too hOt) and put its feet i'm, and
apply cold water iced is betterl TO the head
with cloths. Then send for the doctor, and
he will find it necessary in most cases to use
his lance on the child's gums"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
VEST f RDAY.

What makes the king unhappy?
HIS queen is young and fair,
His children climb around hun,
With waving yellow hair.
His realm is broed and peaceful,
He fears no fore On foe;
And health to his veins comes leaping
In all the winds that blow.
What makes the king unhappy
Alasl little thing,
That money cannot purchase,
Or fleets and armies bring.
And yesterday he had it,
With yesterday IL went,
And yesterday il persisted,
With all the kings content.
For this he sits lamenting,
And signs, "Alacki slacki
I'd give one-half my kinRdom,
Gould yesterday come backP'
-Texaz siftsns.