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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-28
Breadmaking Prehistoric Art-Egyp-
tians as Bakers and Their Skill.

breaumak1nS frenlstOrlc arp-ESyp-
tians as Bakers and Their Skill.
The origin of baking precedes the period of
history and is involved in the obscurity of
the early ages of the human race. Excava-
lions made in Switzerland gave evidence that
the art of making bread was practiced by
our prehistoric ancestors as early as the stone
period From the shape of loaves it is
thought that no ovens were used at that
time, but the dough was rolled into small,
round cakes and laid on hot stones, being
covered with glowing ashes. Bread is men
toned in the book of Genesis, where Abra-
ham, wishing to entertain three angels, Of
Tered to fetch a morsel of bread" Baking
is again referred to where Sarah has instruc-.
tions to make ready quickly three measures
of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon
the hearth" Lot entertained two angels by
giving them unleavened bread. The mere
mention of unleavened bread shows that
there were two kinds of bread made even at
that time.
The art of baking was carried to a high
perfection among the Egyptians, who are
said to have baked cakes in many fantastic
shapes, using several kinds of -four. The
Romans took up the art of baking and public
bakeries were numerous on the streets Of
Rome. In England the business of the baker
was considered TO be one so closely affecting
the interests of the public that N 1866 an act
of parliament was passed regulating the price
to be charged for bread. This regulation con-
tinued in operation until 1922 in London, and
until 1876 in the rest of the country. The
art Of making bread has not yet reached
some countries in Europe and Asia In the
rural parts of Sweden no bread is made but
rye cakes that are baked twice a year and are
as hard as flint 1t is less than century ago
that bread was used in Scotland the Scotch
people Of every class living on barley ban
cocks and oaten cakes
Owing to the fact that bread is sold very
cheaply in Great Britain, the bakers of that
country are poorly paid class of laborers.
For years the employers made use of child
labor to such an extent that parliament in
1868 passed a law making it a criminal Of
Tense to employ q young person under the
age of Is years to work in a bakehouse be-
tween the hours OF 9 o'clock p. m. and 5
o'clock a. m. AS most of the work done by
bakers is in the night, this statutory law in
Great Britain virtually prohibits child labor
in bake houses. In all countries of the world
wheat flour is the principal material for max
ing bread, although rye is used largely among
the peasantry in some parts of Europe. The
price of bread has always followed the mar
ket price of wheat very closely, and a recent
rise in wheat advanced the price of pound
loaf in Chicago % per cent-Chicago News
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-28
Mrs. shaw. the whistler.

In conversation with friend of Mrs. Shaw
the reporter learned that an observation Of
the lady's palate discloses long. narrow,
! tube like vault, a popularity shared by all
prominent vocalists. Her naturally long,
slender waist developing into bust, chest
and shoulders of charming symmetry affords
exceptional capacity for sustained and easy
breathing. She has quick ear for the in
tricacies of sound and reads readily at sight,
and finds that what is once learned she never
forgets.
She experienced at first that difficulty so
troublesome to the player upon brass instru-
ments-the labby embouchure. Her chest
from bust to throat and shoulder to shoulder
has become wonderfully developed, and is
unusually firm to the touch. She cannot
whistle on an empty stomach nor bear the
least construction about the waist, yet with
out corset she could not whistle at all.
Her throat must be loosely dressed, and she
finds considerable increase in the fullness of
neck. One advantage Mrs. Shaw shares with
no whistler, amateur or professional, is that
of looking at her very best while she whistles.
Her face remains absolutely free from con-
tortion, grimace or wrinkles. She says she
has a sensation as Of "grasping the notes"
when she takes them on her lips She needs
fresh cool air to do her best, and only be-
comes weared in close heated rooms.-Phila-
delphia Press.
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torical ep5UdvIsplcc-reG or Course these
engravings are emblematic of some victory
They are not figurative or NEUROLOGICAL like
the Greek engravings. The earliest coins Of
Rome were of bronze. They were very large
and massive. The largest weighs pound
and was called 'aes' This was about 500 B.
G. They gradually diminished in weight,
but their nominal value was retained.
"The Roman gold coins were, as a rule,
small, like the silver ones. Some, however,
were quite large. They are known as me-
dallions and is'e exceedingly rare. Now,
here are some samples of the small gold and
silver coins. The former are called the
Roman aureus This one was struck dur
ing the reign Of Augustus Caesar; the en-
craving is perfect likeness of the emperor
There is gold piece of the time of Tiberius,
and another coined while Claudius was EN-
peror. The portraits are excellent New
York Star
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-28
Opium Drinkers of Assam.

The Assamese dearly loves opium; to him
it is life. What matters it if his awakenings
are unpleasant, or that his vitality is weak
ened, or that he is on the path to premature
senility, wretchedness and early death2
Nothing "Hoi-yoi-oi" shrieks the opium
seller, and presently from the rice fields and
villages the ''hoi-yoi-oi" is taken I'D and
anon, one by one, the opium drinkers flock
to the opium sellers bamboo hut 1t is even
ing i'll Assam, and about the flooded rice
fields thick vapor is rising impregnating
the air with its warm malaria laden mois-
ture. Enervating indeed is this same climate
of Assam, and the wretched ASsamese, with
his inveterate love for the poppy juice, adds
but too surely to its baneful influence. Down
by the opium sellers hut squat the opium
drinkers, while their eyes roll strangely and
their parched tongues loll out in very uneasy
fashion indeed. This far they have managed
to drag their debilitated forms, and no
farther can they go until the soul reviving
elixir has been drunk of.
The opium seller weighs out the drug, eager
hands clutch at it, and presently it is dis
solved in a brass vessel of water. Excited.
eager looks greet those who are tardily-oh,
how tardily 1T seems to the opium drinkersI-
preparing the mass. When ready it is Of a
dark brown color, Of the consistency and ap-
pearance Of English porter. LET me have
itP "Mel" mel" Yell the now thoroughly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-28

excited mob. Rapidiy IL passes from hanc
to mouth, and smiling CHASTITY smiling faces,
show how satisfied they all are 1t is the
Assamese opium drinkers escape from pur.
gatory-from weak, spiritleSs and enervated
existence TO the seventh heaven of bliss. As
the drug takes effect the victim dozes OFF into
kind of reverie. Surrounding objects as
sumo weird aspect-bamboo forests, banana
bushes, rice fields and villages; the whole
panorama of landscape before them is no
longera miserable reality, the scene Of their
daily toll, but an ever changing kaleidoscope,
the beauty of which is beyond the compre-
hension of sober mind. Such, at least. is a
description given me by one of the opium
drinkers.-St. James Budget.
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Making Artificial Diamonds.

A member of the Royal Society of Eng
lard claims to have produced diamond dust
artificially from carbon by powerful COM
preston through the agency of electricity
Nearly quarter of a century ago resident
of Sacramento named Underwood claimed to
have produced diamonds artifcially from
carbon in experimenting on a small scale.
He succeeded in getting the capital subscribed
for the construction of a powerful steel cylin-
der or retort to compress carbon into dense
form. The experiment was made in an open
field near that city in presence of parties in
terested in it. The pressure brought to bear
on the great cylinder or retort was too pow
erful, and it exploded, the flying fragments
killing Underwood and another man and seri-
ously wounding several others-Virginia
City Chronicle.
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all. IN the words or 7-arIoh Hafiand: "As
you are your husbands standard of wifely
sidelity, be also his criterion of purity Of
thought and language Elevate, not COM
monte, his standard of womanhood In be-
s1ning your mate in the nearest and tender
est relation of the human species, he should
be more, not less, the gentleman than when,
as a gallant, he was the pink of courtesy"
which is in accord with this maxim of Dinah
Mulocll Craii, "Be not too Ignorant nor too
cowardly to exact from men the same stand
ard that men expect of them, rave, and a
higher, too!-Good Housekeeping
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yXyAsHINGTON THEATRE
A Sensational Discovery.

wD Shit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind, testi-
faS. can recommend Electric BitterS as
the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has
giyen relief i'm every case. One man took
Six bottles. and was cured of Rheumatism of
10 years standing" Abraham Hare,
Druggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: The
best selling medicine l have ever handlea IN
Bitters." Thousands of others have added
their testimony, so that the verdict is
unanimous that Electric Btters do cure all
diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood.
Only a half dollar a bottle at all drug stores.
Dreiss, Thompson IL Co.'S wholesale.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-28

init the mediterranean and the Dead sea can
both be seen. The Greeks and Armenians
are also busy builders, but they provide.for
the bodily rather than the religious demands
of the pilgrims. The former build cafes.and
bazars, and the latter set up shops.-New
York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-28
Chronic Coughs and Colds.

Chronic Coughs and Colds.
And all diseases of the Throat and Lungs, can
ha cured nv the use OF SCOTT's EMULSION. as
~ oontains the healing virtues of Cod Liver
on and Hypophos ohites in their fullest form;
Ia a beautiful creamy Emulsion, palataole as
milk, easily digested, and can be taken Dy tte
Emulsion the remedy parexcellence in Tuoer-
cuious and S'rumous Affections, to say noun
ing of ordinary colds and throat troubles.
w. H. o. 0oNN' - I2-i2 I'm.
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Has Its Advantages.

A man may get tired of Jr. tagged to his
name, but it has its advantages. If pater-
familias lives out of his allotted span, the
Jr. will be known, though a man of affairs,
gray hairs, and family cares, as the young
Mr.. Thus and So. boston Commonwealth.
THE ANTIQUITY OF BAKING.
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The Wrong Baby.

The infant of the household was in its even
ing cradle. Tho head Of the house was at
home, peevish and fault finding. at length
he became uncomfortable.
you've done nothing but mako mistakes
tonight" he growled.
EYES," she answered, meekly; 81 began BY
putting the wrong baby to bed"-Utica Oh
saryar
The Washington critic., 1888-08-21
UNEvENTFUL DAYS.

Scorn not these uneyentful days, whose sun
Low In the West sees no great victory WOni
Long ere the battle RACES,
A host of men, In armories afar.
Are shaping gltttering implements OF war.
Unmarked are history's pages.
In some still place the hardy veteran
Drills awkward troops, and tries their hearts to
fan
TO strength by brilliant story
OF how, upon some long disputed field,
The bleeding heroes stood, and would not
yield;
Thence came their crown Of glory.
In mansion and in lowliest rude built cot
The women toll and brayely do their lot,
Preparing for the battle;
Around them now there Is of war no sound
And all unchecked the happy children bound
with never ceaslng pratte.
So through tho land, long ere is known the field,
Each day doth some small preparation yield,
Long ere the battle RACES,
Long ere the day OF warfare wild draws near,
Each hand, until the deadly foe appear,
In neediul work engages.
Thus, In these uneyentful days we scoln,
Unconsciousy some budding thought ls Doth
70 bloom In coming story
So soorn not uneYentlul days whose sun,
Low In the West Soes no great victory Won
Give them their need of glory
--[Boston Transcript
The Washington critic., 1888-08-21
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

IHE EXPOSITION at Columbus, Ohio, win
open ON the 4th Of September. Mrs. Foraker,
the GoYcrnors wife, will touch the button.
THE WEDDING OF Joseph Anderson, Mary
Anderson's brother, and Gertrude, youngest
daughter of Lawrence Barrett, is sot for the
second week in November.
Mr.. WILLIAM MCKINLEY Of Ohio is enliven-
ing tho Piedmont Chatauqua down in
Georgia to-day with discourse on the "rax-
ing Power of the Government
GOVERNOR GoRDoN Of Georgia is to deliver
the dedicatory address at the opening OF the
grounds of the Belknap County Fair Associa-
ton, at Laconia, N. H.. September 5.
G. Q. MATLocR, whom the Democrats Of the
Thirteenth Missouri district have nominated
for Congress, is farmer, miner and merchant
at Marionvllle, Lawrence County, 50 years Of
age and native Of Indiana
A SCHEME is on foot to start Republican
newspaper at Columbia, S. c. j. Hendrix
Mclane OF Boston, an cx-carpet bagger and
former candidate for Governor Of South Car
olina, is the prime mover in tho project.
SENATOR SAWYER says that Senator Evarts'
crabs lobster salad, ice-creOm and champagne
made him think for one while there that they
could get up a Senate Tariff bill But the
TnmTEEN THOUSAND boxes gone astray,
1900 umbrellas left in railway carriages
G7,000 different items of property lost on the
railways Of the United Kingdom during the
siugle month of August London Daily
News.
A HARVARD professor who is passing the
summer on Canobie Lake, N. H., has cot
tage built on u raft made of fifty-three empty
nd la ipc ic nj no
lake whenever the owner wants change Of
scenery.
The NEW OFFICE OF the New York Sun, It
| is supposed, will exceed in size and cost any
building of the kind in America Mr.. Dana
will probably wait TO see what Pulitzer OF the
World and Jones of the Times are going to do,
and then see them both several stories higher
and several hundred thousand dollars bettor.
A PARIS CORRESPONDENT of the Phiadel-
phia Telegraph says of absinthe, which is
usually accounted n deadly poison, that when
drank as most Frenchmen drink IL, only once
n day and just before the heaviest meal, 1t is
not only wholesome appetizer but has dis
tinct tendency toward the maintenance of
temperance.
THE Constitution of Atlanta has ascertained
from veracious informant that the first shell
fired into that city during the late war ex-
ploded at the intersection Of East Ellis and
Ivy streets and killed child. This was July
20, 1864, and two other shells--omnous warn
ings of the visitation to come-were dropped
into town the same afternoon.
SHEPARD BARCLAY, the Democratic candi
date for Governor of Missouri, is a native oi
st. Louis and only Al years Of age He grad
uated from the University of Virginia in 1862
and finished his studies at Berlin In 1872 he
was admitted to the bar, and in 1882 was
made circuit judge. His professional sue
cess is something remarkable for man of his
years.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-21
The "American Soldiers" Monument.


EDITOR CRITIC: The proposed memorial
building in honor of the American soldier
from Washington to Sheridan, the private as
well as tho general-as suggested in your
issue of the 18th Instant appears to be practl-
cable.
AS Colonel Mills we'll says, IL is "a matter
of impossblity to erect suitable personal
monuments to all the great men who have
gone, and remember the living when they
have passed away"
l like the proposition that the erection of
such building be undertaken by ''the men
who twenty-five years ago were engaged in
battle" and heartily indorsc your editorial
suggestion that ''the first and best step TO take
in the premises would be to form an associa-
tion Of eX-veterans.n
Our children for all generations should be
so educated as to forever insure the Nation
from the peris Of another civil war from any
cause and what better educator could there
be than an association of ex-Union aud Con
federate soldes, into which all the sons Of the
veteran members might be admitted upon
| becoming Of age? Generals Grant, Lee and
| Sheridan would have been glad to have been
members of such q society
Such an accomplishment is possible, but
only by the hearty cooperation and effort of
men who were leaders in war and are leaders
| in peace. CAVALRY CORPS.
Baltimore, Aug. 20, 1885.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-21
w. B. WEBB,
= n NNFIIIN M
5 y. WHEATLEY,
CHAS. w. RAYMOND,
Cnmmisqipupra ID O.


DR0POSALS FOR FUEL.-CLERK'S OFFICE,
L House of Representatives, Washington,
August 10, 1888. Sealed Proposals will be re-
ceved at this Office until 10 O'CLOCK MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 10. 1885, for the delivery of one
mace coal tscreened) more or less; also fifty 800
cords of the best spruce pine, and one hundred
O00l cords of the best oak wood, moro or less,
as may be needed at tho House of Representa-
tives during the present fiscal year, said wood
and coal to be delivered and stored in the vaults
at the South wing of the Capitol, at such times
and in such quantities as desired by the Clerk
of the House of Representatives The coal
must weigh 2,210 pounds to the ton and the
oak wood be cut in three (3) pieces. The wood
must measure 1913 cubic feet TO the cord and be
corded measured and cut at the Capitol. The
right TO reweigh the coal at the Capitol, and the
right to reject any and all bids is reserved. The
bids TO be indorsed proposals for coal and
wood" and addressed to JOHN b. CLARK,
Clerk of House of Representatives, U. S.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
NRAsD TOURNAMENT AND LAWN PARTY
viii be given at the

GRAND TOURNAMENT AND LAWN PARTY
VIII be given at the
HIGHLANDS, ON THE b. AND o. r. r., NEAR
BLADENSBURG
ON THURSDAY, AUGUST %, 1888,
For the benefit Of the Eastern Dlspensary, Capi-
tol Hill.
Clay-Pigcon Shooting at y. M, conducted by
the Capital City Gun Club, open TO all compet-
itors.
Prizes ION exhibition at Galt's): 1st Silver
Water Pitcher and Goblet.
I'd, Silver Champagne Cooler.
Sd, Leather Medal.
Athletic Sports by members of the Columbia
Athletic Club.
Bicycling by the Washington City Bcyle Club
Lawn Tennis, Bowling Billiards, Target
Shooting and other amusoments, ending with
Grand Ball
Tournament Riding will begin at 3 pm
Prizes ION exhibition at Becker's): LIST, I'M
ported English Saddle.
I'd, Handsome Doube-Ren Bride.
Sd, Doube-Mounted Buggy Whip.
ORATORS.
Hon. n. e. TARsNEY of Michigan, charge to
the Knights.
Hon. CHARLES E. HOOKER of Mississippi,
Coronation address.
Marshal, Mr. VIM. L. BURFoRD.
EIBNER'S BRASS AND STRING BAND,
Refreshments ON the grounds.
Admission to grounds, soc.
Children, 25c.
1910, $3.50, 1886, $50 and 045 p. m. Round
trip tickets, 2Oo,
The Washington critic., 1888-08-21

ONE OF THE numerous sufferers by
''no quorum" in the House, and one of
the most deserving, is Mrs. Burnett,
widow of the late General Ward B.
Burnett. The Senate on the 31st of
March last, passed a bill granting her
an increase of pension from $50 to 500
per month, and the bill has since been
reported on favorably in the House.
Is it not something for Congress to be a
little ashamed of--its extravagant was te
of time on frivolous points Of order to
the neglect of meritorious measures to
which grateful government should in
the name of justice give precedence
The Washington critic., 1888-08-21
Governor CrIttenden,s Protection suit.

Ex-Governor Crittenden, always handsome
looked doubly SO in a nicely-ftting but odd
looking suit Of clothes yesterday. A friend
inspected him carefully, took hold OF his coat
sleeve, felt the goods, then gave up the conun-
drum.
"What the deuce is thatn he finally asked
Sin wearing this suit of clothes i am simply
carrying out my ideas Of protection to home
industries the Governor replied. SIT is tow
linen and the flax was raised in Kentucky the
fabric was woven in Kentucky, the buttons
were made in Kentucky, the suit was made in
Kentucky and the taiors were native born
Kentuckians, | think. It's cheap, too."-
Kansas City Times.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-21


The WORD of the Senate is out for it
the word Of the whole country, in
fact--that the Centennial of the Consti-
tuition of the United States is to be APP
propriately celebrated at the National
Capital in the spring of 1889, considera-
bly, less than year from this time. Yet
there is danger that the House, involved
in points of order, and handicapped by
rules that were presumably intended to
facilitate business, but have SO far sadly
failed of their intention, will neglect to
adopt the necessary legislation for car
rying the Centennial programme into
effect, thereby deferring three or four
months longer the important prelimina-
ries that should already have been well
under way. If we are to have u cele-
bration worthy Of the great anniversary
of Constitutional government in the
United States--a celebration to which
we can welcome with becoming pride and
enthusiasm the several governments OF
the Western Continent that have pat
termed their free institutions from our
own, it is high time that the arrange
ments for such a memorable occasion
We're in progress. 1t is question thai
nccessitatcs no long debate, much less
controversy, and were the House so dis
posed it could dispose Of it in half an
hour. What can be done TO arouse
Members to a proper sense of duty in thC
premises? Why should there be delay
or contention over so plain and patriotic
proposition2
The Washington critic., 1888-08-21

THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN Is a man Of frugal
habits. He gets $1,000 year and boards him.
self. He has not been accused Of extravaganza
during his present term OF Office. Any man who
is willing 20 run two large peninsulas full Of
peaches and lumber for the stipend of S2,75 per
day is patriot Chicago News
What is true Of Governor Luce must
also have been true of his predecessor,
Ex-Governor Alger. The latter was Of
such frugal habits that he saved money
enough out of his thousand-dollar salary
to run big section Of the Chicago Con
YentiOn.