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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-12
WONDERFUL Cures

W. ID. HOyt & Co., Wholesale and Refill
Druggists of Rome, Ca, says: We have ben
selling DR.. Kings New Discovery, Electric
Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica SalVe for two
years. Have never handled remedies that o. }
SO well or give such universal satisfaction.
There have been some wonderful cures eff
fected by these medicines In this city. Several
cases of pronounced consumption have been
entirely cured by the use OF a few bottles of
Dr.. Kings New Discovery, taken in connec-
ton with Electric Bitters. We guarantee
them slways. Sold by A. Dreiss.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-12
MinStrels.

The greatest ten cent show on earth.
Matinees Thursday and Friday at 2:30
p. m. Two matinees on Saturday at
and 3 p. IN. Children 10 cents. Grand
ball with Pslmer's Minstrels and Circus
Co., Sunday night, at Krisch's hall, at
p.m ll-lO-3t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-12
Paint Your Roofs.

BY having your roof painted well they vii
last three times AS lOi 2, aud stops up all the
flaws and small holes, thereby preventing
LEAFS during the storm ana rains OF the com.
ing winter months. Orders left with me at
the corner Of avenue T. and Houston street
all kinds of house, sign and carriage painting
Best material useG. Charges reasonable
S-2i-2m i. PASCHE.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-12
City Finances.

City Collector Haueisen makes the
folio wing report for the month of Octo-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-12
Only SIS a Year

We have made special
We actually
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-12
Livery Stables & Hacks Connected

aacks No. 1911, ~, 10, IA, 10. Undertakes
Ohce, ~ Blum street, and Stables opposite
Senger Hotel. B"dies embGlmed and shipped
ali points In thu Union. Only White Hearss
the City. Open Day and Night. Tel. 100.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-12


mes suits Tor boys children or be pd win look
DIS of goods usually kept in this department.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

There was once a king who heard that
there was an enormous giant in far
country, and he declared that he should
never rest till he got hair of the giants
head. So he sent his fleet, and they
sailed and they sailed and they sailed for
weeks and weeks and weeks, and at last
one day in the afternoon it became sud-
denly dark, and they stuck fast, and
could get neither forward nor backward.
Now the fact was that they had got in
side a hole in sort of carrot, the small.
est vegetable in the giants kingdom.
And behold the next morning the giants
children went out to fish, and as they
pickcdup two Or three elephants on their
way for bait, but they were only able to
catch a few Of the very smallest fishes in
the couutry-something equivalent to
your minnows (said the narmtor.) And
as they were going back they saw tho
carrot growing by the waters edge and
pulled it up to put it into the curry, and
inside it was the whole fleet. After they
got home the giant threw the fish and
the carrot into the pot in order to boil
them, when the fleet rose out of the root
to the top of the water with all the men
in 1t. "What are those curious insects?n
said the giant, pcering down into the
pot. The men tried to shout to the
giant and tell him what it was they
wanted, but their voices were too weak,
and he could not hear n word they said.
AT length he lifted them up to his ear in
his hand, and a whole boats crew
march in at the hole, and went ever such
a long way up inside, and then they all
shouted together and told him they had
come from their king to ask him for
hair of his head. So at last he was able
to hear what even then seemed to him
only a whisper. Unlike his kind the
giant was apparently as good natured as
he was big-hc gave them the hair, lifted
them back to tile sea, where the hair,
when put on board the fleet, nearly sank
it, after which he puffed out his checks.
and gave tremendous blow, which car
ricd the fleet straight home, hundreds of
miles at one 60 Go92 Words
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

Everybody must notice how large pro-
portion of men die nowadays from
kidney troubles. 1t has been said that
nearly half Of all the diseases of civiliza-
ton come directly or indirectly from such
cause. And yet it was not even suspcc-
ted, physicians say, that the kidneys
were ever affected until DR.. Richard
Bright, himself a sufferer Che died in 1853
in his Goth ycar(, published his "Origi-
nal Researches into the Pathology of
Diseases Of the Kidneys" lie was the first
to describe the affection of the kidneys
since associated with his name. The issue
of his important work wrought great
change in medical treatment. 1t ex-
planned many Inconsistencies and mystcr-
les to professional mind, previously as
cribcd to dropsy and heart disease,
which really proceeded directly from the
kidneys. For centuries mankind has
been afflicted with various affections of
the kidneys, although until forty or fifty
years ago the most skilful and learned
doctors had no conception of the fact.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12
WHOLE NO. 1850.
Carp Cullure'

A letter to the Chicago Inter- Ocean
from D. N Kern of Shimersvlle, Penn,
says: A carp pond should be so mad1
that all the water can be drawn Off. Carp
are very hard to catch if a pond cannot
be made dry. The ponds of the Princes
of Schwarzcnberg,in in Austria, is probably
thcmosteXtcnsivc Of the kind in the world,
comprising an area OF no less than 90 900
acres. When the catching season comes,
it takes several weeks to drain them.
One of the mosl important essentials in
the successful breeding of carp is that no
other fish should be allowed to occupy
the same waters with them. In large
ponds where there is plenty of natural
food, feeding will not be found ncccssa-
ry. From 500 to 1, 900 yearling carp will
stock an acre and thrive without artificial
feeding. IfmOre than this number occu.
py that area they will have to be fed by
artificial means. One acre Of pond stock.
cd with German carp will produce more
food than three acres stocked with beet
cattle. The flesh of the carp is excellent
from October to May, when other fish are
scarce in the market. 1t requires a vast
amount OF care and labor to procure the
quantity of feed which live stock need
during the winter months; the carp, so
to speak, sleeps during all this time, re-
quiring neither food nor attention. The
Rev. j. W. Brcr, in Tennessee, finds that
1000 carp will live and grow finely upon
what one hog will; in both cases, from
birth to two years old; at this age the
carp will weigh 4, 900 pounds the average
lot, while the porkcr will weigh 2jO
pounds. The fish would bring in any
market $500, and the hog not more than
SIG. Carp live to great agc-75 to 100
years, and one is recorded in Europe 14Q
years old.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12
How He Found q Mine.

Some Of the best mines known have
been discovered as before remarked,
merely by accident. while Others again
the result of years of toll and labor.
Then others again have been run across
when the lucky in ividual whom fortune
favored was thinking of anything but
falling into gold mine. John Quincy
Adams, namcsakc of the great John O.,
struck rich mine somewhere down in
w-Mcxico in this way:
While prospecting he found his havcr-
sack on fire, his prospector's glass having
focused the suns rays upon it. As the
haversack contained about a dozen
pounds of powder he dropped it and got
out of the way in a hurry. 1t fell into a
crcvicc and large mass of rock was
thrown up. Adams returned mournfuly
to gather up what might be left of his
effects, and an exceedingly rich vein of
ore which the explosion had exposed
to view. He sold third-ntcrcst in his
find for $4,000, and very consistently
named the mine "Thc Nick of time. ~.
Globe Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12
The EtGie and its Prey,

In hunting for their pray the eagle and
his mat mutually assist each other. 1t
may here be mentioned that the eagles
are all homogeneous, keeping themselves
to single mate and living together in
the most perfect harmony through their
lives. Should, however, one of them die
or be killed, the survivor is not lone left
in state of widowhood but vanishcs
from the spot for few days and then
returns with new mate. 1t is rather
remarkable fact that whereas the vuIturcs
feed their young by disgorging the food
which they have taken into their crops,
the eagles carry their prey to their nests
and there tear it to pieces and feed the
eaglcts with the morscls. When in pur.
suit OF its prey it is a most aulacious
bird, having been seen to carry off a hare
from before the noses of the hounds It
is a keen fisherman, catching anl sccur.
ing salmon and various sea fish with sin.
gular skill. Sometimes it has met with
more than its match, and has seized up.
on fish that was too heavy for his pow.
ers, thus falling victim to its sporting
propensitics. Mr.. Lloyd mentions s,v-
cral instances where eagles have been
drowned by pouncing upon large pike,
which carried their assalants under
water and fairly drowned them. In more
than one instance the feet of an eagle
have been seen firmly clinchcd in the
pixies back, the body Of the bird having
dccaycd and fallen away.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

People do not generally realize how
many Washingtons there are in the
United States. The "Ofllcial Postal
Guide" shows one each in Arizona, Arkan-
sas, California, Connecticut, Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, New Hampshire, New jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pcnnsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, Tennessee Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
-twcnty-cight out of the thirty-cight
states and two territories; and this is ex
elusive of the Washington Bars, WASH
ington Centres, Washington !iarbors,
and 50 on, sprinklcd around equally
promiscuonsly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

1t seems that in certain far-awav terri.
tories called New Mexico and Arizona,
there are great tracts Of dcsolatc desert
lands, where the very hills seem destitute
of life and beauty, and where the earth
is shrivcIcd from centuries of terrible
heat. And in these desert t-tracts grow a
curious, misshapcn, grotcsQuc and twist.
ed plant that seems more like a goblin
tree than real ono.
OF all the trees in the world, you would
imagine this to be the most outcast and
worthlcss-so mcagcr living does it OBJ.
tain from the waste of sand and gravel in
which it grows. And yet this goblin tree
is now being sought after and utilized in
one of the worlds greatest industrics-an
industry that affects the daily needs Of
civilization.
Those wise folks, the botanists, call
our goblin tree by its odd Indian name
Of the Yucca palm.
This plant of the desert was for a long
time considered valueless. But not long
ago it was discovered that the fibre of the
Yucca could be made into an excellent
paper. And now one of the great Eng.
lish dailies, the London Telegraph, is
printed upon paper made from this COB,
lin tree. Indeed, the Telegraph has pur.
chased a large plantation in Arizona only
for the purpose of cultivating this tree
and manufacturing paper from it. 50,
you see, the Yucca is now q newspapc,
plant. Nicholas.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

Mr.. Charles Lanman, in his "IIaphaz-
ard Personalities" finds occasion to
speak of many incidents in American
history which are no less important and
interesting than they are novel In
writing Of that remarkable collection
which I, ter Force made Of posters, hand,
bills and broadsidcs, printed in this
country in the time Of the Revolution,
Mr.. Lanman says:
In looking over these old papers, one
fact came to the knowledge Of the writer
which is of special interest at the present
day. When the news Of the repeal of
the Stamp Act arrived in New York, in
their great joy the people dismantlcd a
ship and planted her largest mast on a
conspicuous plot of ground, and at
the top Of this mast they affixed wood
en- bust of the King and of Pitt, and be-
tween the two liberty cap,
1t was not long before the cfigics OF
the two Englishmcn were taken down,
while the emblem of the goddess was
left alone in its glory. And this was the
origin of that truly American institution
--thc liberty pole.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

1t is said that the use of natural gas at
Pittsburg Penn, for manufacturing pur-
poses, is so general as to remove from the
city its dirty and smoky appearance. In
stead of smoke pouring forth in clouds,
the sky is clear. The gas costs 90 per
cent. less than coal. The profits of the
business are immense. Oac company has
Il capital of S., 900, 900 invested, and its
revenue is 81, 100000 year, afrording
dividends of 1 per cent. per month,
while great surplus is being hcaped up.
Some wells have been yielding gas from
fifteen to twenty-five years, and are still
supplying all that is required OF them,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

On ole occasion some Boston friends
sent Webster as present an enormous
sized plough to use on his place. Web
stcr gave out word that on II certain day
it would be christened. The day arrived,
and the surrounding farmers for miles
came in to witness the event. A dozen
teams with aristocratic occupants came
from Boston. 1t was expected by every
one that Webster would make great
speech on the occasion, reviewing the his
tory of farming from the time when Gin ..
cinnatuS abdicatcd the most mighty
throne in the world to cultivate turnips
and cabbagcs in his Roman garden. The
plough was brought out and ten yoke of
of splendid oxen hitched in front. More
than 200 people stood around on the tip
toe of expectation. Soon Webster made
his appearance. He had been calling
spirits from the vastly deep, and his gait
was somewhat unsteady. Selling the
plough handles and spreading his feet, he
yelled out to the driver in his deep, bass
voice:
"Arc you all ready, Mr.. Wrightr
"All ready, Mr., Webster" was the re-
ply, meaning, of course, for his speech.
Webster Strengthened himself up by q
mighty effort, and shouted:
"Then let her rip"
The whole crowd roarcd with laughter,
while Webster, with his big plough pro-
cccdcd to rip up the soil,-BeJast (M.D
Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12
Two weeks from that evening, Rich.

| Two weeks from that evening, Rich
mond Grey came home with tiny little
bouq ct of hot-house flowers in his hand
and new book under his arm. 1t wa,
the birthday of his wife.
"Wc are not happy" said Grey, "but
perhaps it is partly my fault. If l 90
back TO the manners and customs of old
counting days, perhaps the old charm will
return. At all events, it is worth trying
| for"
As he opened the door and entered his
wifc's boudoir, n curious sense of vacan-
cy and dcsolation smote upon him. No
one was there; but upon the table lay a
small note addressed to him. Mcchani-
cally, he opened it.
"Whcn you read this" were the words
that salutcd his eyes, 81 shall have left
the protection of your roof forever
feel that we cannot make each other
happy, and it is useless longer to keep up
the farce of social happiness and mutual
esteem. 1shall return to my uncle and
aunt. You are free to select your own
path in life. AGNEs.n
Richmond Grey dropped the cruel bill
let as if an arrow had smitten him to the
heart.
agnes" he gospcd. "Agnes, my
wife, my darling!"
For never until this moment, in which
he learned that she was gone, did ho
comprehend how dearly he loved her,
how necessary she was to his happiness.
He sank pale and half paralyzcd with
horror, into his seat, covering his face
with his hands.
"Agncs! Agncs~ he gaspcd, 81 cam
not live without YOU"
"Richmond ~
He started up with a low cry. Before
him, dressed in black serge, like q palc
and lovely nun, stood his lost wife.
81 could not go, Richmond" she
sobbcd. 81 could not leave you when
the moment for my final decision came.
/ did not know how deeply rooted was a
wifc's love for her husband. And l be-
gan to realize that had been naughty,
cold and capricious-that | had not al.
ways treated you as l should. Will you
forgive me, Richmond' Will you let us
begin our married life over again?"
"NIy darling Agnes!" was all that he
could say, but the tears that glttcrcd in
his eyes spoke more cloqucntly than any
words.
That was the night of their new be-
trothal, the end of all their married mis-
cries. And the key to all the mystery
was very simple-to bear and to forbcar.
81 thought it would all come right in
time" said Miss Tilly Handlcy, triumph
,antly. ..-NeW York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

Since the death of Col. Edward Rich.
ardson of Mississippi Mr.. c. NJ. Neil OF
Pine Bluff, Ark, is, perhaps, the largest
cotton planter in the South. lie was born
in Alabama and is only thirty-cight years
of age. In 1860 he went to Arkansas
pcnnilcss and went to work on farm.
He snow president of the First National
Bank of Pine Bluff and has 1900 acres
of cotton in cultivation. lie owns three
large stores and a railroad twenty-six
miles in length, all of which runs through
one of his plantations He is now build
ing another road forty-two miles in length
through his plantations. Mr. Ncil's
wealth is estimated at $1,000 900. Re-
Gently he advanced to one person 500, OOO
The moment he heard of the Hot Springs
fire he forwarded 800 barrels of -four 600
barrels of cornmcal, 10000 pounds of
beef, besides clothing, &C., for the bcuc.
fit of the sufferers. Baltimore Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12
Northern nnd Southern Names Of Bat
lies.

tCSs
From General D. II. Hills paper in
the Century, "Thc Battle Of South
Mountain, or Boonsboro'," we quote as
follows: "rhc conflict of the 14th of
September, 1862, is called the battle of
South Mountain at the North and the
battle of Boonsboro' at the South. So
many battle fields of the civil war bear
double names that we cannot believe tho
duplication has been accidental. 1t is
the unusual which impresscs. The troops
of the North came mainly from cities,
towns and villages and were, therefore,
impressed by some natural object near
the scene Of the conflict and named the
battle from it. The soldiers from the
South were chiefly from the country, and
were therefore impressed by some artif-
cial object near the field of action. In
one section the naming has been after the
handiwork of God; in the other section
it has been after the handiwork of man.
Thus the first passage of arms is called
the battle of Bull Run, at the North,
the name Of a little stream. At the
South it takes the name of Manassas,
from railroad station. The second bat
tie on the same ground is called the Sec
ond Bull Run by the North, and the Sec
ond Manassas by the South. Stones de.
feat is the battle of Balls Bluff with tho
Fcderals, and the battle of Lccsburs
with the Confcdcratcs. The battle called
by General Grant Pittsburg Landing, a
natural object, was named Shiloh, after
church, by his antagonist. Rosccy.ns
called his first great fight with Bragg the
battle of Stone River, while Bragg nam
ed it after Murfreesboro', a village. So
McClcllans battle of the Chickahominy,
4 little river, was with Lee the battle of
Cold 1larbor, tavern. The Fed erals
speak of the battle of Pea Ridge, of the
Ozark range of Mountains, and the Con-
(cdcrates call it after Elk Horn, q coun-
try inn. The Union soldiers called the
bloody battle three days after South
Mountain from the little stream, Antic-
tam, and the Southern troops named it
after the village of Sharpsburg. Many
instances might be given of this double
naming by the opposing forces. Accord
ing to the same law of the unusual, the
war songs of people have always been
written by non-combatants. The bards
who followed the banners of the fcudal
lords, sang of their exploits, and stimu-
lated them and their rctaincrs to deeds
of high emprisc, wore no armor and car
red no swords. So, too, the impassion-
ed orators who reused our ancestors in
1176, with the thrilling cry, Liberty or
Death, never once put themselves in the
way of death by lead or steel, by mus
kct ball or bayonct stab. The noisy
speakers of,1s61, who fred the Northern
heart and who fired the Southern
heart, never did any other kind of firing.
One of the most prominent of them
frankly admitted that he preferred hor
izontal to vertical dcath.n
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12
The Small Boy and the Chief Justice,

Among other traditions of the Govern
mcnt Printing Office at Washington is
story told about boy sent with some
proof slips of an important decision to
Chief Justice Tancy. He appeared at
the office of the Chief Justice and asked
him:
as Tancy in'"
81 presume, was the dignifcd reply,
"you wish to sec the Chief Justice of the
United States"
II don't care a cuss about him; I've
got some proofs for Tancy."
81 am the Hon. Roger B. Taney."
"You'rc Taney, aren't you:"
81 am not, fellow; | am the Hon.
Roger b. Tancy."
"Thcn the proofs arc not for you" "
And the unccrcmonious messenger would
have gone off with them if the Judge had
not admitted himself to be 1aney simply.
--BoSton Budget.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12
Retreats Of the Moonshiners.

A Chicago Herald correspondent, writ
ing from the Kentucky mountain regions,
says: There are thirty-fve to forty ILL
cit stills in Perry and Lctcher counties.
No man believes the government has a
right to tax the product of their own la
bor. An army of men could not discov-
cr all these stills, hidden away as they
arc in the most inaccessible mountain
caves and businesses. The tales of the
Arabian nights are not more labyrinthinc
than the hidden ways to these whisky
tubs. And the big, loose. jointcd noun
tainccrs living in the Cumberland range
just where Kentucky and Tennessee and
Virginia meet, are as splendidly armed
as any men in America. The finest re-
pcatng Winchester rifles arc common
household ornaments. Living chcaply,
with nothing to lose at home they can
hide away for months at q time in the
mountain rcccsscs absolutely imprcgnablc.
Why do not the authorities send the
militia up here to see justice mctcd out1
That has been tried over and over again.
Breathitt County had a court trial few
years ago that took band of soldiers two
campaigns to finish. The mountainecrs
have no quarrel with the military or any
other authorities. All they ask is to be
let alone, to live as they please and to
settle their private fcuds without outside
interference. And it looks as if they
would do this for years and years yet to
come.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

A gentleman who was engaged foi
years in searching Chinese steamers
states that he often saw Chinaman
land at the dock, in San Francisco, with
nothing in the world in the shape of
capital, except fishing net. In about
a month the same Chinaman would ap-
pear as a shipper of from three to ten
tons of fish. lie had associated himself
with four or five others; they had secured
second hand boat and gone to work.
In few months he was not only ship
per, but an importer, receiving large lots
Of rice, sugar, dried fowls, and other
articles Of Chinese food, as well as cloth
inT
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-12

There is a new pest for western far
Imers to fight in tho shape of yellow
worm which develops into a black fly
about the eighth of an inch in length.
1t is very thrifty in some parts of the
Willamette Valley, Oregon. The insect
is known to entomologists as the "whcat
isosoma." 1t has appeared in Kentucky,
Illinois and Missouri. There is only ono
hrnnl a vpnr