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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30

close together and the streets so narrow, that
peddlers would have a poor chance. Still
there are great many of them who sell
fruit These men carry trays of fruit on
their heads When they find good place to
stop, they set down the tray upon high
STOOL take their scales from their shoulders
and are ready for business. They sell almost
everything by weight and are usually care
full, though the scales may be very rude. l
have seen them made simply Of two wooden
saucers, suspended by strings from straight
stick The bar was held by another string
fastened in the middle, and the eye must
Judge when the two scales balanced. The
weights may be bits of iron or even broken
pieces of stone or brick. On the tray these
peddars have large, luscious grapes, and will
give you all you can eat for a cent or two.
There are fresh green figs which do not look
much like the dried ones that come to us in
boxes. The ounces are large and the people
cook them with meat The chestnuts are
larger than ours, though not quite so sweet.
They are roasted, taken from the shell and
cooked with meat and potatoes in a very nice
stew.
Other men carry tanks Of water or lemon
ade on their backs, and jingle cups in their
hands to attract attention. The funniest
way to carry water and wine is in the skins
of hogs or buffaloes. When full these look
almost like the animal from which the skin
has been taken. Thus you may often meet a
man with what looks like one or two hogs on
his back. The men who carry these wine
skins, as we'll as other burdens have queer
saddles fastened to their backs, and put the
load on these.
In the eating rooms you may see little
stoves with soup cooking on them. or bits OF
meat roasting on spit over the Goals. The
odors are inviting; but you may go hungry,
unless you can talk their strange language.
In Constantinople almost every language OF
the world is used.-Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30

New England was already posted, and only
had to take down my notes and refresh my
memory. II he had tried to make a speech
to fit my notes he could not have hit it bet
ter. No man is inspired-I never was"
Probably men of the Webster type never
are inspired in better way than to make
good preparation. To make a good editor
one must begin at the bottom and climb.
Dickens said of novel writing: 81 do not be-
lieve it possible that any natural or improved
ability can claim immunity from the COM
partnership of the steady, plain, hard work.
ing qualities / never put one hand only to
my work, but my whole self, and never de-
preciate the work" have an acquaintance
of some genius who considers it essential to
assert that he throws off his work spontane-
ously, without severe labor. His boasting is
silly; but, fortunately for him, he does work
assiduously, and his work is to the point
NJ. Maurice, II. D., in Globe-Democrat
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Old Persian Vino Jars.

I arrived in Persia in the middle Of the
grape season, and shortly after reaching Te-
heran became an interested spectator of the
process of making wine there The house in
which l spent the winter belonged to Mr..
N, a member of the Persian telegraph
department. It was q native built house,
with square court yard In the center. One
Of the first things that awakened my curios-
ity was three huge earthenware jars standing
in row on one side of the compound They
were jars that stood as high as O mans
shoulder, and bellied out much in the shape
| Of slender barrels Each vessel held about
thirty-fve gallons.
''What are they for-to hold rain waterg'
was the natural query that suggested itself
TO me-
NO." said NJ, they are wine jars, reg
1000 years ago."
"But not these same jars-2,000 yearsT'
"No, not exactly; but those three jars have
probably had wine ferInented in them every
season for the last 100 years" He then went
on to explain further about the jars.
The Persians believe that these wine jars
improve with age, just as the wine itself
does, and that better vino can be made in
Olu jars tnan III new ones "A Wlna jar IUU
years old is worth several times more than a
new one, not because of any value attached
to its antiquity in the abstract, but because
it is thoroughly seasoned vessel Good
wine, they say, cannot be made in new jars;
the older the jars the better the wine.
The Mohammedan injunction against the
making and drinking of intoxicants has had
the effect of making sad hypocrites Of three
fourths of the upper GLASS Of Persians. Even
tho mollahs and seyuds get drunk in secret,
but openly they not ONLY do no. indulge, but
they profess to regard those who do so with
abhorrence. When the wine making season
arrives there is IS much wire pulling and
diplomacy employed among the PerSians to
make wine on the quiet, without mourning a
scandal, as there is here in political CAM
paigr.-Thonas Stevens in New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30

ooh, George!" cried young Mrs. Merry,
running to meet her husband at the door.
1--WE something the best to tell you"
Nor said George, "what is itF'
"Why, don't you think-the baby can talk
Yes, sir, actually talk. He's said ever and
ever so many things. Come right into the
nursery and hear him"
George went in.
Now, baby" said mamma, persuasively,
talk some for papa Say How do you do,
p>paf"
Goo, goo, goo, goo,7 says baby.
"Hear him!" shrieks mamma, ecstatically.
Wasn't that just as plain as plain can bel"
George says it is, and tries to think it is,
too.
''Now say, I'm glad TO see you, papa"
"D&, Ga, boo, bee, boo"
Did you eyer!' cries mamma Gle can
jus: say ererythingl Now you precious,
lis-lo, honey, bunny boy, say, Are YOU well,
ps?Ar"
"Eso, ba, goo, GOO
There it ia said mamma. did you sver
know u skid of his age who could really talk
as bS dSs.l lie can just say anything be
waz~ to; can't you, you own dear, little,
aarI!ng precious, your
''Goo, goo, dee, dec, di, goo"
''Haar that, Be says, OF course can,
tnt AZ plainly as anybody could say it, Oh,
George, is really worries me to have him SC
phsnomepally bright These very brilliant
babies nearly always die young."-Won>an.
AN thHFpEAnENT CAREER
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30
Different Kinds of Tigers.

The statements is confirmed that, though
the tiger Of tho hills differs from the tiger Of
the plains in such particulars as color, length
of stripes and rings on the tail, the species,
for practical purposes, Is one and the same
But this is subject to the explanation that
the prey Of the tiger differs according to the
locality which it frequents. In heavy tree
jungle it lives on deer and hogs. In large
plains where bulrush and high grass alternate
with open pasture and cultivation thu animal
becomes "a cattle killer" Last and most
dreaded is the man eater, who may 30 found
wherever portly Brahmin goes to the tank
or river to baths, aud the sound OF the Ratchet
betrays tho whereabouts Of the woodcutte-
Tho accounts Of tigers that measure IL or IS
feet from the nose TO tAs tip Of the tail Srs
very properly secuted. TSsy may DO clsSssd
with wonderful elephants of L feet in height
Tho average length OF the tiEor IS about "a
feet, aud a leopard about 7.-Saturday Re-
yiaw.
IN THE SHAAgEAcFD IAND
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30
IN THE sHAMgFAcEo LAND.

CoreaaG the shyest Nation on Earth-se-
OIusion OF the Fair Sex.
Tho Coresns are rhs shyest nation CD the
face of the earth Until quite lately they
have abstainsd as much as possible from all
intercourse with strangers, holding studiously
aloof not only from EuroDeah~ 49, -
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30
AN INDEPENDENT CAREER.
Ono Secret of Power-Webster on ~II
sn:ration''4.aw of Success,


Every one, in beginning his independent
career, las to consult two things: O. his
natural ambition; q his ability. Now, he
may have considerable taste in some direo-
ton, but be unable 10 get tho drill and prac-
tee necessary to eminence in that line. 81
should like myself to write for the press, I"
wrote a gentleman TO me- 81 inclose a sam
pie" said to him to succeed in becoming q
versatile writer, able to tell tersely what you
have to say, and then te have enough to say
that people care to read, requires daily prac-
tice in composition from the time one is II
years old, and it nesds at least twenty years
of keen, careful study in the way Of mind
furnishing.
It is often said that Roscoe Conklngs
power over a crowd of listeners is incompre-
hsnsibls. know that he was incomprshen-
sibls to me until watched and found the
secret Of his power. He is naturally gifted
10 sway the multitude; bat this is not all.
He h@s, through all his career, seduously
pFasiced self restraint Nothing will induce
him TO waste his power on the scuffle Of de-
bate. He never speaks until he is prepared,
and then be swings the hammer Of Thor.
Webster followed the same course, and was
never debater unprepared. Some one said
that his great speech against Hayne was an
instance Of unssudisd power. ct IS not 80,
said Webster. II prepared that speech in
the main years before for another occasion.
It 80 happened that debate never took place.
had my notef in pigeon hole, and when
HaYna made III attach ur,on ma and ,,r,o,,
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= rompssone,s inscription.

with the following inscription: "Here lies
the body of =, who for many years con-
Quoted highly respectable general business
in an adjoining village, which is now con-
tinued by hts widow n. B-No trust
given New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30

1t is better % take 3 little liver medicine
than to grumble and feel blue, and the man
who has had fruits during the winter viii
not need the medicine
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30

Eyes, SIR" said PoPinjaI, emphatically,
''Graban is a man Of limited means, but un
limited rneannsss, r-Burlngtou Free Press
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30

PHELPS, C. N.
I San Antonio, Mattress Factory, manufac-
Wholesale and retail.
Office and Factory No. 244 and 24S Austin st.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30

7 c. LUM,
-. First class Carriage Painting, corner
East Houston and Nacogdoches ST reets. Ref
erences: Carter & Mutually, Bergstrom
Gray. and Wells. Fargo 4 Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30
TERRIBLE FoREwARNINGS.

Cough in the morning, hurried or
difficult breathing, raising phlegm,
tightness in the chest, quickened
pulse, chilliness in the evening or
sweats at night, all or any of these
things are the first stages of consump-
ton. Acker's English Cough Remedy
will cure these fearful symptoms, and
is sold by RAGLAND & Co. (lO)
SC>>.o the Children. They are es-
oOSSS pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantees Acker's English
Remedy. positive cure. It saves
hours OF snIious wat ;hing. Sold by
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NXTOLFSON, L.
w Dealer in DRY GOODS, CLOTHING
Furniture, Notions. etc. Cor. AceQuia street
and Main plaza San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-30

YJAMBLETON, HADLEYsSS co.
Dealers and Agents in Real Estate.
No 4 Commerce street, San Antonio, Texas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20
FOUR SUNBEAMS.

-Four little sunbeams came earthward one day,
Shining and dancing on their way.
Resolved that their course should be blest,
s.Let US try" they all whispered, "some kind
ness to do.
Not seek our own pleasure all the day through,
Then meet in the eve in the west"
One sunbeam ran in at a low cottage door.
And played hide and seek with o child on the
floor,
Till the baby laughed loud in his glee.
And chased in delight his strange playmate SO
bright,
The little hands grasping in vain for the light
That ever before them would fee.
One crept to the couch where an invalid lay.
And brought him dream OF the sweet summer
day.
Its bird song and beauty. and bloom.
Till pain was forgotten, and weary unrest,
And in fancy he roamed through the scenes he
loved best,
Far away from the dim darkened room.
One stole in the heart OF a flower that was sad,
And loved and caressed her until she was
glad
And lifted her white face again:
For love brings content 10 the lowliest lot.
And finds something sweet in the dreariest
spot,
And ligh,ens all labor and pain.
And one, where little blind girl sat alone.
Not sharing the mirth OF her playfellows, shone
On hands that were folded and pale.
And kissed the poor eyes that had never known
sight,
r'hat never would gaze on the beautiful light
Till the angels had lifted the veil
Atlast when the shadows of evening were fall
ing
And the sun. their father, his children were
calling.
-Four sunbeams passed into the west
All said: I'VE have found in seeking the pleas
OF Others we find to the full our own meas
ure''
Then softly they sank to their rest.
-Woman's Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20

I'VE tod her, but she didn't seem to
have no feelin' for the tip Of his ear.
she was that mad with him and us.
She marched him home and put him to
bed. and there she kept him for week
just to spite him. Pa and ma came
home the next day, and when they
heard the story. they thought they'd
better ship us off to school before we
made finish of somebody. So that's
the way came here, and Ben he's at
s. University.
so you see. Ned. that's why hate
pirates so. despise 'em all root and
branch. and if 1 get to be one hundred
years old. I'll never forget that
piratical cruise. never!"-I0uth's Com
pdni0n
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20
HORRIBLE CRUELTY.
A CHASTITY Execution Performed In 1857 In
the Paris 1Bastile.

A CHASTITY Execution Performed In 1857 In
the Paris Bastile.
One Of the most CHASTITY scenes which
was ever witnessed in this house of
horrors occurred in January, 1857.
when poor mad Damiens attempted to
stab Louis XIV. with very small PEN
knife. M. de Machault had him
lied and Immediately tortured. His
legs were burned with red-hot iron. "
Still Damiens would not confess to an
attempted murder. He had only in
tended giving the King a salutary les
son. The fearful question of the
boot" was applied to the miserable
man, and ''there were twenty other ex-
ecutioncrs present from various places
in the provinces The CHASTITY finale
of the tale is told at great length. and
a horrible picture it is which Colonel
Bingham gives of the execution of less
than century and half ago at the
metropolis of culture. The leerinS
twenty executioncrs. the silent
priests. the heartless brutes who APP
piled the question:" the spell-bound
multitude, and the center of interest.
the victim. with agony and undaunt-
ed courage mingled in his drawn fea-
lures.
The boiling fluid has been poured in
to the wounds which a strong. stout
executioner has had great difficulty in
inficting by tearing away with his
pinchers pieces of flesh. and then
The horses. each held by All excu-
toner. now gave pull. and the same
ceremony was repeated quarter of an
hour afterward. then again and again
without success. Damiens raised his
head and looked around. 1t was found
necessary to add two more horses tc
those harnessed to the thighs. which
made six horses. but this did not sue
coed. At last Samson. the executioner.
seeing there was no hope of making a
finish of it. sent to ask the gentlemen
of Parliament if they would not like
him to cut Dalniens to pieces. Orders.
however. were given to make fresh
efforts; but the horses turned FESTIVE.
and one of those harnessed to the
thighs fell. After several more at.
tempts and an application of the knife
the details are too CHASTITY for trans.
lation-the terrible tragedy wa.
brought to close by the trunk of the
victim being burned The hideous
spectacle lasted sixteen hours-Pal.
Mol Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20
MISTRESS OF A MINE.

The Only Woman Manager OF valuable
Mining Property.
Even in the risky field of mining
speculation women have not only as
pired but have succeeded. for there is
Il profitable Colorado mine, the Sylph.
which is owned and managed entirely
by women. Mrs. Fanny A. Kerr. of
Denver. is president of the company.
and fifty other women. chiefly in St.
Louis, but including several in other
parts of the country, are the stock
holders. She was present recently at
conference of representative West
ern miners with the Kansas City
Mining Exchange. and took part in the
proceedings just as Il m IN would have
done. She says she purchased her
mine several years ago without any
idea of working it herself. but before
she b I'd owned it long somebody offered
her for it double what she had paid.
This set her to thinking. and she con.
cluded that if it were worth SO much to
others it was just as valuable for her.
Two other women. who were interested
with her in the mine. weakened. but
she thought she knew what she was
about, and bought them out Then she
set to work to get up company in
which only women should own stock.
and about year ago she organized it
and WAS elected president
The NINE is located on Battle Noun
tain, near Red Cliff. Col, on the line
of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad.
The capital is $500. 900. fully paid up.
and none is for sale. Mrs Kerr en-
ployed a good engineer and superin-
tendent. and they have already " orked
Il tunnel 600 feet into the mountain.
and are taking out ore right along.
The general run assays high. and four
pockets have yielded 81. 600 ton. The
necessary cars. tracks and other equip
ments are all in and big profits right
in sight. For the Iron Moss mine. in
the same neighborhood. 81. ZOO. 900 has
just been offered and refused. and Pres
ident Kerrdon't see why her mine isn't
worth as much or more.
Mrs. Kerr is large. fine-looking
woman. with dark hair, large brown
eyes and regular features. She doesn't
bother with politics or women's rights.
but devOtes her entire attention to
mining. She already owns another
mine. the Pocahontas. which is not
developed. but which she says she is
going to begin on as soon as the Slyph
proves permanent success. She is
an enthusiast on the subject of women
in mining. She says many Denver
women are interested in mines. and
one GunnisOn woman lives ut q mine
she owns and boards the men. but she
herself does not manage it. Mrs. Kerr
is sure she is the only woman mine
manager in the country.-M y Sun
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20

u Any person who takes the paper reyula
~ from the post-oflce. whether directed 10 L..
responsible for the pay
Tie courts have decide that refusing to take
newspapers from the i,ost-oi..c-. or ren.ovin.
and lcaviry them unc:'lcd for. is pri,na facis
evidence g. TS- ESrIOSAI. r. AN
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20

"A schooner went ashore of Sar
Buenaventura, Cal. the other day. an6
the crew were in danger Of being lost
They owe their safety largely to a fine
red Irish setter. who swan out through
the breakers. seized stake that haG
been thrown overheard with a rope at
tached, and succeeded in carrying ii
to the shore.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20

"A novel case was taken before s
New York police justice the other day.
A red-headed girl sued the daughter
of neighbor. charging that the latter
shouted white horse" every time the
complainant went out Of the house
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20
A GREAT VICE.
Dr.. Talmage on the Evil OF Cursing
and Swearing.

Tho Alarming Prevalence OF Blasphemy-
Fathers Set the BAD Example tn Their
Chlldren-Swearing In High Life
Tho Only Remedy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20

we cord. hopsg some one might hear
us. brit by that time the storm burst
upon "a. and we had to lie down fat in
the b. les. the wind was so high. The
rain "ured till wo thought that we'd
be r"sned. but we wrapped Susy up
in MI cashmere dress. and kept some
of the water from her.
THE storm didn't last long, and
when it stopped little we saw Aunt
Dora runnin' to the shore and howlin'
like a wild Injun. Nathan he runs
down. and hollcrs NANNY, mammyr
and claps his hands till we thought he
was ravin' mad. Ben. he called out
and told her the boat had got away,
and send one of the men with it direct
ly. But it was some time before we
got back to the shore. and / tell you
we were a nice. draggled set of pirates
As for Aunt Dora. after she had Rugged
and cried over Susy. and abused US till
she was weak. she suddenly spied her
red skirt on Nathan's head.
"'You awdacious limb she shouted,
'wot you doin' wild my new pettycut
on your head? Wet rs a rag. too, and
sp'i lied foreber.'
Before we had time to speak she
gave him box on the very car that
had been wounded. and he dropped
like a log. howlin' at the top of his
voice.
"'He's shot in the ear Ben cried.
and you've started it to bleedin' again.
you cruel woman
Poor Aunt Dora, she looked just
stunned. but she asked sharply: Who
shot h;m?'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-20

Leave our WOrlu OclOro INC ooWu Oi tu0
morning. The light shall gid the city spire
and strike the forests Of Maine and tho
masts OF Mobile, and all between. And
one end resting on the Atlantic coast and
the other resting on the Pacific beach, Gid
will bring great rainbow arch Of peace in
token Of everlasting covenant that the
world shall never more zee . deluge OF
crime.
But" says some one, preaching against
the evils Of society will accomplish moth
ing. Do you not see that the evils 70 right
onrn answer that we are not at all dis
couraged. It seemed Insignificant for
Moses to stretch his hand over tho Red
sea. What power could that have over the
waters4 But the east wind blew all nigh;
the waters gathered into two glittering
palisades on either side. The pillows
reared ~ Gods hand pulled back
upon their crystal bits. Wheel into
llue, D Israel! march, March! Pearls
crash under the feet The shout Of hosts
mounting the beach answers tk> shout Of
hosts md-sea; until, As the last itse Of tho
Israe.ites have gained the beach. the
shields clang and the cymbals clap; and a.
the waters whelm the pursuing foe tho
swift fingered winds Of the white KEYS OF
the foam play the grand march Of Israel
delivered and the awful dirge Of Egyptian
overthrow. So we so forth, and stretch
out the hand OF prayer and Christian
effort over these dark, boiling waters
of crime and sin. 'Aha! Aha!' says
the deriding world. But wait. Tho
winds of divine help will begin 70
blow; the way will clear for the great
army Of Christian phllanshropists; tho
elittering treasures Of tho worlds beneti-
cence wall line the path OF our feet; and to
the othea shore we will be greeted with
the clash OF all Heavens symbals; while
those who resist and deride and pursue ~
will fall under the sen, and there will -
nothing left OF them but hero aud there.
cast high and dry upon the beach, the
splintered wheel Of . chariot, and, thrust
ont from the surf, the breathleas n0atEl u
q rideyless charger.