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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13

From its depths she produced bundle OF
photographs of herself. tied and knotted
into ali manner OF curious folds
That Is the business of bender. The
body is thrown into score Of unnatural!
pastures. which appear to the audience to
be achieved by dislocating every joint In
the human frame. and to be effected at
great risk to limb and life. Artists are
generally enthusiastic about their callings
and must say that Miss vonare declared
she would rather be bender than a
queen or something to that effect. She be
gan at 4. at 81 she was before the public.
and remains a bender still My father
saw q contortionist one night on the stage
and he asked himself why he should not
teach me. aged T. was put into train
ing at once, and enjoyed the fun. as a
child win enjoy anything new Was ]
beateni was starved, No seemed to
take to 1t like a little duck takes to
water. You see. we were family Of
athletes. and. besides. was q daughter
and not an apprentice, II the father is
the trainer be may not spare the rod, but
he Is cruel only to be kind My expert
ence is that less rod and more kindness Is
the best plan Father used to bribe Us
into doing the different tricks To be sue.
cessful means years Of hard work, prac
tice and performance | am 10 now, and
my performance keeps me in capital train
ing.
In the business of contortion the first
lesson Is the backward bend, first with
the arms. and then without. You stand
on q long mattress. so that there Is no
danger. and at first your teacher controls
your movements with belt. II Is much
the same with other forms of acrobatic
work, and the cruelty often takes the form
of taking away the mattress. which
creates sort Of panic In the pupils mind
If he has really tried his best and failed.
he Is so terrified that he Is almost certain
to fail unless he has great deal Of pluck.
If he has only been sulking. it may bring
him to his bearings OF course, children
are often stubborn, and try the patience
of the teacher to its utmost limit.
THE art of contortion. continued Miss
Vonare. lis learned by degrees First the
backward bend, then the dislocation.'
then the splits, and SO on What we
call 'closeness distinguishes the best
bending To the audience bending seems
most difficult. experience no discomfort
or Inconvenience. was puny child
You see me now" The lady bender was
certainly most healthy and cheerful, stout
in body and ruddy In complexion and she
strongly maintains that all women would
be greatly benefited If they took to bend
ing 1T Is quite mistake to think that
we put our limbs out of joint. or that we
suffer from the curious nature Of our per,
Torrance OF course, after one or more
difficult positions one may suffer q little
pain, but it goes in no time In some at
titudes | can only remain for twenty sec
onds. as the breathing becomes difficult.
But these are trifing Inconvenience.
practice few minutes every day to keep
myself loose here in my room. and that is
about all need do Pail Mall Gazette
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A "eENoeR'sr CONFESSIONS.
A Fair English Contortioniss Of Nineteen
Tells OF Her Profession

The other day l called on bender. a
lady. not a gentleman, who Is well known
as most serpentine contortionist.
wished to ask Mile Vonare q few ques-
tions about her art, with q view Of throw,
ing some light on the training Of little
boys and girls for the profession The
lady was sitting before the FIRE with her
sister, who has abandoned bending her
self. and exhibits troupe Of highly edu
Gated poodles. A huge wicker basket con
tainad ho- A--+ - 49,. -k->-> $500
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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)
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So~o the Children. They are es-
SONSO pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Remedy o positive cure. It saves
hours Of anxious watching. Sold by
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The marks of premature age may be
effectually obllterated by using Bucking-
hams Dye for the whiskers. 1t colors uni.
formly, and always gives satisfaction. 4-3O-tt
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HR. G. w. PHILLIPS, Dentist.
- No. 266, West Commerce Street, over
Jesse Bells Jewelry Store
All work guaranteed to be the best 6-2-lm
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NX/OLFSON, L.
w Dealer in DRY GOODS, CLOTHING
Furniture, Notions, etc. Cor. Aceauia street
and Main plaza, San Antonio, Texas.
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YLLIG & BRO, W. j,
/ Fresh Groceries and Country Produce
No 345 Dolorosa street, near San Pedro creek.
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DHELPS, c. N.
T San Antonio, Mattress Factory, manufac-
lures all kinds of Mattresses and Spring Beds.
Wholesale and retail.
Office and Factory No. pa and 24S Austin st.
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BOLTON, JNO. H.
. Auctioneer and Commission Merchant
Houston street, next to the bridge. Consign-
ments solicited.
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X RTISTIC PRINTING
~ In all it's Branches,
At the LIGHT Job Office. No E. Commerce st.
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Z Does thesBest Dyeing
Securing of Mems Clothing in the city, at No
40 North Flores street. Call on him. 6m
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7 c. LUM,
-. First-class Carnage Painting, corner
East Houston and Nacogdoches str acts. Ref
erences: Carter g. Mutually, Bergstrom &
Gray, and Wells, Fargo Il Co.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-26

T. In these days of monopolies, trusts
and like detrimental combinations, fos-
tered by unprincipled characters and
patronized by hypocritical adherents,
it is a source of comfort to witness the
gradual awakening of a sentiment con-
trary to these existing evils, and por-
traying the wish of an oppressed people.
Political revelations accuse both the
republican and democratic party as in
sympathy with the dominant doodle
aristocracy, and while protective tar
if is being falsely represented as not
protecting the general public, the poor.
er and more dependent class, but a few
favorites, it has been demonstrated that
the doctrines of democracy are advoca-
ted by the most gigantic of trusts, those
in oil and sugar.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-26

capacity. II he can snatch q farmer
bald or manipulate a mechanic, or LAM
pooh la5orer; if he can grab and gof-
BILE up their productions little quick
er and little slicker than his fellow
boodlers, he becomes distinguished
character and can be elected TO a high
Office. Let every good boodler remem-
Der this and govern himself accordingly.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-26

The following, handed us by friend,
IS an exact copy of the resolutions
adopted by the Boodlers' Convention,
recently in session in the East. It will
doubtless interest our readers, and
should it fall in the hands OF any politi.
clan, who has mortgage on his party,
why we suppose that he will henceforth
cooperate with his fellow. boodlers and
sanction the platform, which reads as
follows:
We, the Universal Brotherhood of
United Boodlers of America, in mass
meeting assembled, do hereby declare
and set forth the preamble, constitution
and bylaws of our most ancient and
honorable fraternity:
We hold these truths to be self-evi-
dent: That all men are born either
debtors or creditors: that they are en-
dowed by their Creator with certain
divine rights, among which are those
Of the debtor to produce everything and
the creditors to absorb everything; that
to secure these rights, governments
are instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of
their creditors. We hold that all bood-
lers are creditors; that they have a d.
vine right to live by their wits: that any
man has q right to be boodler if he
has necessary wits, or, if, in the absence
of wits, he has a sufficient amount of
:'spondulix. We hold that the debtors
have no rights that the boodling credi-
tors are bound to respect. We hold
any man who was d fool enough to
be born debtor, should be contented
to remain SO and continue to produce as
long as he has hair on his head or q
breath in his body, unless by some for
tunate circumstance he becomes
wealthy without work: in all such cases
he can become an honorable member of
orr order. Sharp practice, .'spondu-
lix' and "spockology' being the only
qualifications necessary to a good hood.
Ter, our doors are always open, or if
not open, the latch-string hangs out, to
81 bankers. bondholders, bummers.
bulldozers, black-legs, black-guards,
lawyers, quack doctors, whiskey slim.
gers, gamblers, stock swindlers, specu-
lators, potentates, pontifs, plutocrats,
pap-suckers, dudes, handles, and dead.
beats, in short, we welcome to our
sanctuary the whole swarm of social
parasites who propose to go through
the world by going through the produ.
GERS pockets. We hold that we are
shining lights of society, and, in fact
we are the everlasting bonfire light Of
human progress; therefore be it or
dained, enacted or decreed by the Uni
Versal Brotherhood of United Boodlers.
IN convention assembled, that the pc
Wersand prerogatives of our order shall
be distributed among the following de-
partments or heads of our order; Syn.
dieates, pools, trusts, rings, juntos and
cabals. The duties of these various de-
partments shall be to stand guard over
the farmers, mechanics and laborers.
and grab everything produced as soon
as it comes in sight; they are to see that
the producers are kept to their work
and don't liyetoo high. It's important
that every boodler should constantly
bear in mind that his standing in the
order depends largely on his grabbing
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-26
Eczema, Itchy, Sc0ly, Skin Tor
f2y2soc

The simple application Of ..SwAYNE,s
OINTMENT. without any internal medi-
cine, will cure any case of letter. Salt
Rheum, RlngWorm, Piles, Itch, Sores.
Pimples, Eczema, all Scaly, Itchy Skin
Eruptions, no matter how obstinate or
long standing. It is potent, effective.
and costs but a trifle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13
Scenes In q Japanese City On u Helidag q
Some Importance.

Scenes In q Japanese City On y Holiday q
Some Importance.
Presently we arrived at q small Shintc
temple Passing under the sacred arch. q
long flight % steps led up to the building
On each side of this fight large bamboo
stands had been erected, which, as well as
the steps, We're denselv crowded. AT the
foot Of the steps YVES . cleared space, aDj
here. on our arrival. y company Of youthful.
wrestlers were perforr.ing. A space was
marked out by four bamboo poles. one at
each corner, with a broad strip Of cloth
running frcm one to another: round it sal
some twenty nearly naked lads from ten t..
twelve years old, forming a circle round
large Elat strcwn with earth. The centes
Was for the moment occupied by lad r:rii
IL attircd il the coetuU Of an ancient
samurai. with two swords projecting from
hi, girilc and in his hands the somewhat
heart shaped emblem Of the wrestling fra
tcrnity After making some remarks in
clear. sirill voice he retired, and then about
Il dozen lads occupied the arena and went
through a sort of pos:urc-dancc. This over.
two wrestlers stepped into the ring and
prepared for the encounter. They crouched
down. facing each other and slapping their
-.
other over, but. failing, each rose and
walked round the ring, making gestures
and stopping occasionally to take 4 drink OF
water. Then they again crouchcd down
and then suddenly sprang 1t each other.
One was dcxtcrously thrown; and the par
retired. to he followed by another. Each
cndcavorcd to throw his antagonist or to
push him out of the ring, the audience look
ing on with great interest Presently the
wrcstlers took up their gear, shouldered
their poles. and started OF to perambu!a:e
the town. Their place was taken by large
party OF men, each OF whom had . huge
carp dep;s;ed on his gown. dragging or
pushing along fuli-sizcd model OF nsh-
iag-bcat runnin" on wheels. The boat was
occupied by about ten youngsters, some OF
whom were bclabOrng u huge drum, others
smaller ones. The men pushed the boat
backward and forward. and then twirled 1t
around on u vertical axis, till 1t seemed that
its occupants must suffer worse agOnles
than those OF sc;i-siciiness. but they did not
appear to be distressed. The boat was then
wheeled away and its place occupied by
rapidly put-togcthcr stage. with three very
simple and yet wcll-designcd and we'll
painted drop-scenes. Haif dozen juvenile
actors arraycd in huge wigs and gorgeous
dresses of silk and embroidery disembarked
from the boa; and took their places on the
stage. Several comic scenes were repre-
sented, giving great amusement to the au-
diencc. ASI could not understand them
began to study the spectators. Overhead
was cloudlcss blue sky, and the whole lively
scene was flooded with brilliant sunshine,
the predominant color Of the crowd was
blue, relieved by the white uniforms Of some
police officers and by .hc brilliant dresses
Of few Chinamen.-Sf. ydnsy' 6aSstte.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13

saw tho people from all quarters swarm
ing into the main street of the town
then smart cavalcs-le. with Bishop Farley
and DR.. Dubettc in Il carriage 1t its front,
set out across the valley. and meeting the
incoming party escorted them in. Enoch
Arsen, the bishops clerk. when his master
aid party had departed. formed by in
struction a human lane of maidens reaching
from one triumphal arch To the other. all
standing with barred heads and with flowers
il their hands and hair.
Presently the Prophets train rolled
slowly up the street. The whole populace
Of the vale. seemed swarming there. and
down the lane from the house Elchard SAW
Trean's father fastening, his bent form
seeming more erect than Its wont. and his
face Lit up with joyful anticipation; yes,
gladly Fastening to meet the man whose
greed and falsehood had broken him. had
lain his wife in lonely grave among
the mountains, and left in his child's blood
living bitterness
As the Prophets carriage, the finest in
the Territory and drawn by four white
horses, entered the throng the people
parted and stood with uncovered heads
The c0nc0urse was . weather beaten, sun
burnt one, familiar with the soil, servility,
and paying tithes. Here WAS the man
among them into whose ear God whispered
the secrets Of the heavens and the earth,
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13
DON'T FORGET THE BRAKE
TIE engineer on level n,ain

The engineer on level plain
VIII give his engine steam.
and turn the wheels at rapid rate
To the whistles piercing scream.
But aheat his eyes are peering
For every cut and I'LL.
And neeT forgcts to set the brake
When going down the hill.
This world OF ours is free TO al.
Its pleasures and its pain:
II has its up and downward graz
Its sunshine and its rain
BE careful or the speed you make,
and deep these words inst,ll:
Don't e'er forget to set the brake
When going down the hill
Xeu, who in word and act proclaim
The world for yOl WAS made,
Are rushing on 1T sickenin. speed.
Approaching dangerous grade.
For fear yolr death the world II Ight shroud.
AMI AL Industries chill ~,
Ce wise fo- once and Set the brake,
You're gong down the hill.
Temptations all around US lie
To snare our willing feet:
OFT that for which we paid the rrice
Is but 4 shameful cheat.
In life's dark hours be no; rash,
BE manly. show your skill.
And don't forget TO set the brake
When going down the hill
With wrecks :he rail OF life is strewn,
We pass them every day.
With broken hearts and deaden'u brains.
And joys they flung away.
They swiftly passed. nc'er looked ahead,
Knew nauyht but pleasures thrill;
Alas. they'd failed to set the brake
When going down the hill
Marshall ken-ie !Sierrood
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13

He is gone who loved me only, gone %
wear q robe Of white and I'm sitting, sad
and lonely, by my cottage door tonight. In
the wind his voice il calling, in the stars
his eyes see, and the dewdrops sofsly fall.
ing, bring word from him TO me. O, that
fatal night Of anguish, when ssw him
cold and dead; like flower droop and Ian
guish, signing for the dying tread. O, thss
night, 50 bleak and chserless, can IT. nem-
ory never psss-whsn my lover, bold ana
earless, in his room blew onS tho -.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13

"FoE MAN OF con. so- TAKE 1T PRETTY
sMAAsY."
Arsen put up pla,s,rm there. thinkin'
they'd expect some seSAkin' this after
noon"
"Yes. that's right
s.Yes, ard I've ranged r. have a ball in
the school-hOusc tonight for the brethren
Took all the seats out and had 'er garlanded
up in style. The angels al be there. turn
me loose! whOopc-e"' and the Bishop
brayed again.
The Prophet laughed in q restraining
way '.Bc careful. Parley," he said, IRE
member your calling"
well. that liquor o. your'n. President, is
the slambanSdeSt, mos satisfyinist goods
I've tasted lately. Shake! Say" he went
on, in husky whisper, laying his finger on
the Prophets knee, ''there's the finest CIR
up the road a piece here We ever saw: q
handsome. tall sort Of young 'Ooman, bnl
sober and stately like. that I've been aimin
to have sealed to ms for some time, but
she ruther turns me tue cold shoulder. I'd
like to get you to help me a bit with her
Brother Young"
''Is she strong in ths faith"
"Ruthcr weak -knee.l, I'm 'fraid."
'Well. I'm going to preach tomorrow
and I'll lay down the doctrine for 'em 90
several points. You can tell her I've sees
III special revelation that she's an unusual
bright star in Zion, ard that it's her duty
to b. scaled to you. as one having authority
to exa,t her to u high place in the world t<
cOEc."
fro ~. Continued
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13
Food and Morality.

Prof. F. :. Miles. of the faculty 81
the University of Maryland. delivered
lecture to large audience of young
men recently. on Food and Diges-
ton" In the course of his lecture
Prof. Miles. in speaking of the effects
of an insufficient quantity of food.
said: "The fat disappears first. then
the muscles waste away, and finally
the bones come through the skin. The
brain. the spinal cord and the nerves
are nourished to the last Like a king
in beleaguered city to whom his loyal
subjects give up their food. the nobler
organs are longest nourished. In
starvation there is not simple hunger
of the stomach. but hunger Of the
whole body. 1t is not strange that
when hunger presses on people they
will do strange things 1t produces
insanity. and they have been driven to
eating what has been called strange
flesh;' that is to cannibalism. There
are millions of people who have not
enough to cat. 1t is at the bottom OF
anarchy. The police may give them a
loaf of bread. but the whole body is ILL
nOurished. and q restless feeling re-
suits. Not much can be done with the
grown-up people of the criminal
classes, but the child criminal comes
first. The crimina: classes are called
dirty, lazy and ugly. OF course they
are. They are dirty because they have
no spare heat to let go; lasy, because
the muscles are weak and nature tells
them to keep still whel hungry.
You would be astonished to know how
much Of the beauty of the fairest
women is made up of fat. The crim-
inal classes are ugly becauge they have
no fat. How could child whose mus
cles and nervous system have been
partly starved be expected to have all
the sympathies and instincts of a high
er class of society? An everyday Sab
bath-schOol with q breakfast before the
lesson would be q capital thing for
poor children. Some say the poor
themselves are to blame for their con-
dition by living too luxuriously. One
Of the most intense cravings of Ahe
Greedy Arctic party was for sweet
meats Tea and coffee do more. good
than harm. They stimulate not only the
brain. but the activities of the whole
body. There will be great mission
to the poor some day to see that they
get enough good food. baltimore Sun
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13

vaded him all the day long like a tender
music, sorrowful. haunting, but bringing q
holy pleasure. When he lifted his eyes to
hers The spirit Of this was in them, and hers
would flicker down and seem TO swim in
light as she turned away. Once he heard
her break into song When out among tho
nowers that was So mellow and sweet it
thrilled him to the heart: then it fell a.-ay
so plaintiyely his eyes were believed ard
ON with pity. But she did not sing again,
as day after day he lay watching the san
shine sleeping in soft fakes about the
threshold, or trembling into little heaps of
untinEling coin as the vinc-leaycs stirred.
She KEEP, herself apart, yet were they none
the less together.
Her father remained much among his tiny
fields. turning on the clear irrigating water
and fecbly hOcing the sandy loan about his
vegetables. He still brought the sick man
his dainty meals religiously. but seemed de-
pressed and talked but little. Dr. Dube.tc
came frequently. talked much and turned
his small hard eyes about. but Trcan re-
manned to them invisible. Once O-son Beam
came too. inquired of the sick man his
health. delivered 4 message from the mines,
and went his way. Then news came in by
neighbOr that on the morrow. a Saturday,
President Young would visit the settlement,
and expectation rose on tiptOc.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13
A Famous indian, and a Still More
Famous Indian Fighter.

We give below a picture of KIT CAR
SON, the famous scout and Indian
fighter. whose thrilling exploits sur
passed in interest and adventure those
Of all other frontier heroes. KRIS
portrait shows that he was a very lion
in courage and stern determination.
and also 4 man of fine intellect. He
was. in truth. the ideal American hero
of the wild Western border.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13
'.For man of God you take to it pretty

''For a man Of God you take to il pretty
sriartly. don't you, ParleyI' he laughed
Like suckin' calf, b'goshr' SAID the
Bishop, bringing his big frcckled fist down
On the table with a crash. '.hOw is it with
the head of the Church: whoop-e-e!' and he
bored his fingers into the Prophets ribs and
braved with laughter.
''Have you got them window curtains
fixed so 70 one can see in here:" asked
the Prophet, looking round.
''Ycs: Oh. yes. tended to them when we
come in,'' said Farley. Don't get skcert,
Brother Young; just wade in if you feel
dry"
well, one glass more will do" said tho
Prophet. Il don't never let the stuff get
the bes; OF NE, Farley; l aim to keep on :op.
I'm 'fraid you are getting a little too free
with it. ail't you. Must look out and not get
US into trouble. my man."
''Don't you fret. don't you fret, Brother
Young! 1 never let i: get me down. Acorse
Ike i: well cnOugh.but I'm keerful, Broth
er Young. I'm ,lecrful.''
whats that!" asked Young, in a listen
ing attitude" Farley hiccoughed and bark
ened.
''Oh. yes: Lees preachin' to the people
over IN the meeting house park! l had
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13
COLONEL KIT CARSON.

KRIS last great contest with the
Indians occurred in 1867. the year be-
fore his death. when RED KNIFE. q
perfect Indian fiend. suddenly attacked
the defenseless settlers of the remote
frontiers. A most graphic. spirited
and thrilling account of that most des-
perate struggle is now being published
IN the New York Ledger. under the
title of '.RED KNIFE: OR KIT CARSON 8
LAST TRAIL" RED KNIFE. as will be
seen by the picture of him which We
give below,