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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05
GRAPHIC PICTURE OF AN ODD TYPE
OF HUMANITY.

The Abode of a Blue Ridge Mountaineer
OF Average Means and Thrift-Primitive
Furniture and Household Conveniences.
Hospitality and simplicity.
The house stands in clearing of some ten
or fifteen or twenty acres, comprising mar
row strip of bottom land on the banks Of
little stream or branch, while the rest of the
cultivated ground gently slopes upon the
mountain side The house is built of logs,
the cracks either stopped with mortar made
of clay or by split boards nailed over them.
There are generally two rooms in the house,
and the one am about to describe had q
rude porch in front, used as a storage place
for agricultural implements, as also saddle
and bride winding path of about fifty
yards carries you to a cold spring, from
which the family bring their water for
domestic purposes.
You summon the lord of this manor at the
gate by loud "halloa-" He is generally
found in the house or around the premises
attending to some minor duties. The stranger
is kindly rgSsir-.. Cd seldom refused shsl-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05
Three Villages Which Have Becom
Cities In Sixe-A Prophecy.

Chicago has a physical popularity that
radically affects its social condition, and pre-
vents its becoming homogeneous. 1t has one
business center and three distinct residence
parts, divided by the branching river. Com
munication between the residence sections
has to be made through the business city,
and is further hindered by the bridge cross
ings, which cause irritating delays the
greater part Of the year, The result is that
three villages grew up, now become cities In
- and each Kith . peculiar character.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05
BETTER THAN BLOODY BATTLES.

General Wheatcroft Nelson says.
"My experience in the English army
Is well as in America, convinces me
that nothing so thoroughly purifies
the blood or adds to health, vigor aud
life as Acker's English Blood Elixir.
This, great Remedy is sold by
RAGLAND q Co.
REBear in mind that Frank J. Bel
tel Keeps builders hardware and lum-
Der, at the International and Great
Northern depot. 9-l1-1y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05
BE on time, Monday, Deem

BE on time, Monday, December 8,
1888, when we will sell all orr hand
some hats, bonnets, pluraes and
fancy feathers that we had displayed
at the international exhibition, and
by which we secured the first prize as
the best display of millinery. No
such goods can be shown elsewhere:
Prices will be no object, for we will
close them out. It. u. FRANK.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05
New Way to Kill Wolves.

Out in Douglas county, Kansas, they have
hit upon new way of destroying wolves
A large piece of beef is placed where the
wolves will easily find it, and in the fight re-
sulting for its possession experience has
shown that one or more of them are sure to
be killed. Brooklyn Eagle
CHiCAGC'S PHYSICAL REGULARITY.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05
Special Bargains in Cheap Houses

4.room rock and frame house, large corner
lot, city water, only three blocks from post Of
fice price, $1,000, 4 cash. lOl-3
4room house, large lot, fine shade, city wa
ter, beautiful location on South street; only
$l,05O. llo-f
Two Groom frame houses and one large lot,
fOx228 feet, FIVE blocks from post office; 81 200,
u cash. lOl.f
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05
CRIMSON WITH CHAGRIN.

Just as she neared the corner of Bridge
street the ''masher" appeared. Those famil-
lar with Brooklyn affairs would readily
recognize him as a we'll known club man who
is largely engaged in the wholesale import
ing trade. He is handsome, wealthy and
well connected. His personal friends num-
Der small army. His reputation has been
above reproach in the elevated social circles
in which he moves, and he enjoys the de-
lights of a refined home and a large and
interesting family Bounding along at roll
licking pace, be approached the belle of the
promenade In a moment he was walking
rapidly beside her She looked neither to
the right nor left He bent upon her face
gaze of ardent appreciation Onward she
marched without recognizing his proximity.
They moved forward side by side for per-
haps hundred feet.
The "masher" turned crimson with cha
grin. The lady was as cool and collected as
if she had been within the sacred precincts
Of her boudoir Suddenly the interloper
whispered swiftly in her ear and switched
into side street in order to note the effect
of his words. What he said elected not so
much as the responsive elevation of an eye
brow. The lady proceeded calmly and with
much dignity on her way When she reached
Macomber square she gracefully tripped
across the car tracks and entered a mercan-
tile palace in the neighborhood. Her pursuer,
very much crestfallen, skunk into conve-
nient inn and proceeded to drown his dis
comfture in copious Ibaions Had he
learned a lesson that would prevent q repeti
ton of his Observation-Disclosures Eagle
Rambler"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05

Three room frame house on Nevada street;
CITY water etc.: Sl2 per month. (235)
Five room frame house, on Hidalgo street,
city water; Sl2 per month. C2lW
Apply at sc
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05
DYSPEPSIA. DESPAIR, DEATH.

These are the actual steps, which
follow indigestion, Acker's English
Dyspepsia Tablets will both check
and cure this most fearful of diseases.
For sale by RAGLAND d 20 2
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05
THE VILLAIN PURSUED.
A "MASHER" DISCOUNTED By A
LADYs SELF POSSESSION.
An Incident Which Took Place
Brooklyn Promensde-A Self Conceited
Club Man Brought to entertainments
BILE feminine Dignity.

Club Man Brought to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BILE feminine Dignity.
Ordinarily the women of Brooklyn are ex-
empt from insult on the street. That uni
versal nuisance, the "masber," is not often
seen in this city. An incident that passed
under the Rambler's observation, however,
shows that there are exceptions to the rule, and
that some of our bowling swells occasionally
transcend the proprieties of gentiemanly be-
havior in their treatment of the fair sex. The
incident occurred on bright Saturday after
noon. Fulton street, in the fashionable mer-
camille quarter above the city hall was
crowded Robust dowagers, blooming ma
irons and radiant maidens frightened the
thoroughfare on both sides The swish of
satins and silks was almost audible above the
tinkling car bells Rich perfumes, exhaled
from dainty handkerchiefs, permeated the
air. Wonders in millinery foated about like
so many miniature flower gardens The
scene was brilliant enlivening and pictur-
esque.
Suddenly a woman more beautiful than
any on the promenade appeared in the
throng. She sailed along like the Puritan,
the Mayf1ower or Volunteer amid squadron
of inferior yachts She was a beauty, and
no mistake Her figure, of about medium
height, was admirably proportioned and SUI
perbly developed Her skin, as smooth as
ivory or alabaster, mingled the hues of
the lily and the rose Her rich brown hair,
brushed straight back from the temples, re-
vealed perfect forehead From beneath her
pretty bonnet her luminous gray eyes, deli
cately shaded by sweeping lashes, looked
forth in candid confidence upon the surround
ings From the tip of the plume in the bon
net to the little feet that battered on the
pavement this dainty lady was dressed in ex-
quisite taste Her costume, a dream in old
gold and rich brown, admirably became her
charming person. Nothing could have been
more modest than her deineanor, and yet, by
her superior charms, she attracted general at
tention. Men, and women too, stopped to
look after her in admiration Quite unaware
of the sensation she created, she continued
quietly on her way. But the william still pur-
sued her.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05

r.,OLTON, JNO. H..
Is Auctioneer and Commission Merchant
Houston street, next to the bridge. Conslgn-
,uents solicited.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05

~ In all its Branches,
A, the LIGHT Job Office No &. Commerce st.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05

NTARTIC REFRIGERATOR co.
Dolorosa street, opp. Southern Hotel
Cells the best meat to be had in the city. De-
livery free Prices reasonable. 5-l u
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05

Is For everything needed In
LUMBER or BUILDING MATERIAL
Yaras at the international Railroad depot.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-05

NXIOLFSON,, L. ~ n, ou,o
Furniture, Notions. etc. Cor. Aceauia street
md Main plaza, San Antonio. Texas.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
lays rarely happened to regular nswspa-

lays rarely happened to regular nawspa-
pers.
The proprietors of the Farmer called at
the postoffice and complained that their
subscribers were not receiving their papers
promptly, and when told that the office
wss doing all that it could to get every.
thing of, offered to pay any extra man
the Office would employ to throw of their
papers on the day it was mailed.
The assistant postmaster thanked the pro-
prietors of the Farmer, and told them Elf
it became necessary to employ an extra
man at their expense, he would notify
them. No such notice has been given, and
no man has been employed at the expense
of the Farmer or any other paper; but, by
hard work and extra hours, the office has
been able to keep itself clear.
Now, as to the Indiana Farmer and the
cause of complaints by its subscribers.
The Farmer is brought into the Office in
small lots from Tuesday to Saturday; as
all are dated Tuesday, those mailed on Sat-
urdry must appear stale to their patrons.
Bnt besides this delay, arising from their
own fault, there are from one hundred
to one hundred and fifty papers every
week without direction or INSTRUCTED,
which are returned. Many of these being
single papers without directions, it is i'm
possible to tell for whom they were in
tended, and these subscribers get no papers
for that week; hence complaints, which
are charged to the postoffice. The post
Office people say they would not be so par
ticular to expose the shortcomings OF the
Farmer If they had not Immediately upon
having secured what they asked for as a
favor, rushed to the News Office With the
information and set them % growing at
the postofice.
The News loves to bark at the Indianap
oils pOstoffice. and the Journal, not to be
outdone by any small dog of the press
Joins in the howl and asserts that the SIN.
diana Farmer is already assisting in the
work of the government at Its own ex.
pense."
A postoffice man suggests that the pro
prietor of the Farmer expend the money
he intended for the postofice in paying 8
competent clerk to direct his papers
Possess your souls in patience, gentlemen
of the Republican press. The growth Of the
country has been so rapid, and the increase
of prosperity and business so great under
Democratic rule, that the appropriations
OF Congress have not been large enough to
meet the demands. But experience will
remedy all this; appropriations will be in
creased, more help will be furnished the
postoffices of the country the soreheads
will get accustomed to the situation, and
everything will he lovely.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Mothers Slipper.
'The Gretna Green of Kentucky love

It's mighty GURUS so it is, how these here
pOeTs try
To bring sympathetic tear to some poor fell
ler's eyes;
A-rhymin and a-singin' of mothers love and
An toucbin on her faded gown, or stout, old
fashioned chair.
But none OF EN-, I've noticed, an I've won
Has sung about the slipper that my good old
mother wore.
Irecollect as well as If twas only yesterday
stead o play
With other little youngsters who were hookin'
OFF from school
An goin' to the swimminn hole. so shady
deep an cool,
An many time I'd missed ny chance through
learnins heights to soar,
Fl 'twerDt for the slipper that my good old
mother wore.
An latter when the female sex began to inter.
est
An other fellers called on gals all dressed up
in their best,
She knowed that though 1 couldn't keep my
self to save my life
That like as not Ia undertake the supportin'
of wife;
Butt waited for mature years and her whom
All OWN to the slipper that my good old moth.
erwore.
She's settin' in her armchair now smilin'
all benign,
A-talkin' to our neighbors bout that grown
up son of mine "
An she tells of ali the time she felt Obliged my
selfto whale,
To keep me out of prison, or at very least from
jail;
An she alters makes me own that I'd been there
long before,
IF it wasn't for the slipper that my good old
mother wore,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Husband and Heather

Yankee Blade.
Ger the men OF Ethiopia she would pour her
And shower wealth and plenty on the people of
Send down Jelly, cake and candies to the In-
dams of the Andes,
And a cargo OF plum pudding to the men of
HinGOOstan;
And she said she loved 'em So
Bushmsn, Finn, ana Eskimo,
III she had the wings. OF eagles to their succor
she would fly,
Loaded down with jam and Jelly,
Succotash and vermfceli,
Prunes, pOmegTanates. pIums, and pudding,
peaches, pineapple and pie.
She would fly with speedy succor to the natives
OF Molucca,
With whole loads OF qusiland salmon, and with
tons OF fricassee,
And give cakes in fullest measure
To the men OF Australasia
And al the Archipelagoes that dot the South.
And the Anthropophagi,
All their lives deprived of pie.
She would satiate ana satisfy with custard,
cream, and mince;
And those miserable Australians,
And the Observation-Disclosures
She would gorge with choicest Jelly, raspberry,
eurrant, grape, and ounce.
But, like old war time hard tackers, her poor
husband lived on crackers
Bought at wholesale from a baker, eaten from
the mantel shelf;
If the men of Madagascar,
Ar the natives of Alaska,
Had enough to safe their hunger, let him look
out for himself
And his coat had but one tail,
AND he used q shin gle nail
To i2sten up his gaIlus when he went out to
mis- work;
And she used to spend his money
To buy sugar pluZs and homer
For the Terra del Fuegian and the Turcoman
and Turk.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08

The Chicago Times, referring to a re.
mark of London correspondent touching
the memory of Lord Byron, intimating
that the British mstron and the clergy are
still shocked at the poets social sins and
his Don Juan, says: ''These plants at
what is termed neglect Of Byron's memory
are about as proper az they would be if
applied to Aristophanes or Sappho or Plau-
fus or Horace. Each has erected monu-
ment more enduring than brass, " and the
social sins of none OF them can tarnish 1t,
nor, in fact, erase the lines thereon. Plac-
Ing an authors bust in any poets corner"
Is ridiculous aud feeble effort to tamper
with the unerring verdict of time" When
Byron had written the last stanZa OF
ChiIde Harold's Pilgrimage, nothing more
was required to establish the poets mem
DRY. After that there was no necessity fol-
busts, statues and monuments. The
present is an age Of monument building
Aside from the fact that it gives employ
ment to skillful stone-cutters, and makes
the bronze and brass market somewhat
more active, there Is little or nothing in
the monument building business.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
PONDS EXTRACT CO., rs 5th Ave-. New Ycrs

What is the prospect OF the Republic
Cans in New York;"
81 don't believe they can carry It. The
Prohibition vote will surely increase th ere I,
and believe we shall poll $4,000 votes"
"Where will the ProhIbitionists put in
their work."
They will concentrate their efforts in
New York, for there they believe their la
bors will be the most effective. They will
also do something in Ohio"
Shall you take the stump"
81 have been engaged to speak in West
eTn New York in August, and shall also
appear on the stump in the western portion
of that state. shall also make several
speeches in Name"
who will be your Presidential standard
bearer"
General Fisk, OF New Jersey, undoubt.
eddy. He seems to be the most available
man. / do not believe he would accept the
candidacy, however, bat from sense OF
duty"
"Wbat particular argument will the pro-
hibi' ion speakers press?"
I'VE shall lay great emphasis upon the
collision of the Republican party with 80
LIQUOR traffic and endeavor to draw atten-
IiOn of voters TO this in all parts Of the
country
What have you TO say in regard to EIr.
Blaine?' was the last query.
"Mr Blaine is personally q temperance
man and a Prohibitionist. I voted for
him in 1884, thinking that if he were
elected the Republican party would re-
cover the confidence and respect OF the
country. 1 shall not vote for him in the
coming election. 1t is no longer a question
of candidates, for the reason that prohi-
bition cannot win in the life time OF tns
Republican partv.n
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Log Rolling in Congress.

NEW York, February The tendency
to the old style Of ''log rolling" for sp-
propriations is commented on as follows
by the Sun: ION Tuesday the House
passed four bills, each appropriating $780,
900 for new Federal buildings in four small
towns. GreenYille gets 800 600. Green
vile Is a city in South Carolina, with a
total population, at the time Of the last
census, of 6 l60 souls. In other words, it
is about as big as Bloomfield, in New Jer-
sey, or Flushing village, on Long Island.
Asheville, in the North Carolina noun
tains. gets 500 600. AshevIlle is the capi-
toll of Buncomb be County. AT the time OF
the last census the town had 2,6l6 inhsbit-
ants 1t may have grown some since then
Springfield, in Missouri, gets SlOO0 900.
Springfield's population was 522. The
town already contains q cotton mill which
cost 800 600, but that was a private enter
prise. Monroe, in Oaachita County, Lou
isisna, gets Sl00, 900. The census reports
the lopn lation of Monroe at . 070. Fifty
dollars per capita on the entire population
ought 10 give them pretty fine postofice
building. This is merely the first STIR in
the stsgnsnt atmosphere forerunning and
presssging the mighty hurricane that Is
close upon its heels. Similar bills, aggre-
eating about 500. 600 600, are waiting their
day, and the House has already set i've days,
from February Goth to 25th inclusive, for
their consideration. The surplus well
may tremble. We were under the i'm
preston that Hon. William Steele holman
had been reelected to the FiftietA Con-
eressn
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08

OLD MAN SINGER made sewing machines,
and he made money at the business. He died
worth $2O,0O0,Oo0. He had a daughter
named Isabella Blanche, who received
81, 5000 900 as her share of The $40, OOO, 900,
and now Isabella Blanche has married
Jean Els Octave Louis Lever AmanieW
Duo Decazes and de Glucksburg, who be-
longs to an old family of Bourbon royalists.
Isabella Blanche's fortune is now S., O0O,-
600 or is, 900, 600 francs, which she pays for
the privilege of being Duchesse Decazes,
which isn't worth fifteen cents. Due
Decazes will now have a good time of it
while the Il, OOO. 900 francs last. Ordinarily,
the sum might suffice for a life time, but
will doubtless go to support the bankrupt
sristocracy of France, who live in the hope
that some time in the future a kingdom
will take the place OF the Republic, when
ali the odds and ends of the French aris-
tOcrscy will run the machine again.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
PROHIBITION POLITICS
The Policy the Third Party Will Pursu
In the Coming Campaign.

The Policy the Third Party Will Pursue
In the Coming Campaign.
PORTLAND, Me-, February General
Neal J ow, the father of temperance, and
one of the leaders of the P-oNih''i' party,
was seen yesterday, and talked decidedly
concerning the third party and its in
huence in politics in the coming campaign.
"What do you think of the attitude ut
the Republican leaders to wards prohibi-
ton IN this State?" was asked.
II know" replied the General, that
the LIQUOR dealers of the West sent notice
to the Republican bosses in Maine, three or
four years ago, that any injury inflicted
upon the LIQUOR traffic in the State would
be revenged by them upon the ublican
party in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Min
nesota, and that is the oaly way va can ac-
count for the failure OF the Republicans to
do anything here to materially cripple
the grog shops"
General Dew said he thought the Re.
publican party everywhere was as thor
| oughly committed to the liquor interests
| as the Democratic. He thought Cleve-
| lands message has given the Republicans
a chance for success, for it affords them an
| opportunity to argue that protection OF
home industry will really be an issue in
| the Presidential campaign and in that way
| n jslead great many temperance men.
"What will be the strength OF the Prohi'
bjtion vote In the country at the next
| election2"
| "It will be much increased, ~ our MEM
ters have been increasing very rapidly"
a ---vNA
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Choking Catarrh.

Have you awakened from a disturbed sleep
with sill the horrible sensations of assassin
clutching your throat and Pressing the life
breath from your frightened chest! Have you
noticed the langAor and debility that succeed
the effort to clear your threat and head Of this
catarrhal matter What depressing influence
1t exerts upon the mind, clOuding the memory
and filling the head with pains and strange
noises How difficult II is to rio the ERsal pas
Ssges. throat and lungs CT this poisonous mucus
eli can test, y who are afflicted with cstsrrh-
How difi crit TO protect the system ag ainst its
further pr greSS towards the lungs liver and
kidDeyS, 81 phYSiCiansWll admit Ii Is terri
bic disease and cries out Tor relief and cure.
The rem rkable curative powers, when all
cti er r, -aCJ es utterly fail, OF SASFOBDs RADI-
CAL CURE, a. attessed by thousands VINO grate
fully recon mend il to fell0W-suferers No
statement il made regarding IL that canRot be
substsntisted by the most res ectable and re-
liable reiert' cek
Each pack contains one bottle OF the RADI
CAL CURE. OF = box of CATARRHAL SOLVENT. aud
an IMPRovEI INHALER, with treatise and direc-
lions, and l. lid by all druggists for ST.
POTTER DE- &c AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08

ONE thing is very certain, there is alto
gether too much gushy talk about Mrs.
Grover Cleveland. It Is becoming abso-
lutely nauseating. But it were useless to
complain. The Niagara flow of twaddle
will go on, and we shall continue to
hear about the first lady of the land"
until her husband goes back to the ranks
OF private citizens. Mrs. Cleveland is
doubtless good looking and woman Of
more than an average share of common
sense, and is to be commended for acting
her part prudeutly as mistress of the
White House for the time being, but the
ceasless glorifcation of the lady smscks of
Goldfish, piebald effort to transfer the old
White House into palace and its inmstes
into sort of royalty, totally out of place
in Republic and under q Government
which ignores titles and the entire brood
of shams prevailing in the courts Of the
decaylng monsrchies OF the world. 1t is
not to be said that Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
are fond of such things, and it ought to
be understood that they regard the TOM
Soolery wi tn prudent disgust.