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Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14
hood, and he was invited to be present

hood, and he was invited to be present
at the great event. He was introduced
to the bridegroom while that supremely
happy Individual was being dressed for
the occasion by his mother-in-law in
prospective. She had adorned his ebony
body and arms with profusion of
'sTshibbu'' strings, and then proceeded
to plaster him with pntty-like paste
made from tOla, he meanwhile holding
in one hand and contemplating with a
steadfast gaze a kidney,shaped piece of
yam, in which was stuck red feather.
1t is Ferdinandian belief that person
is never in such peril from evil infiu-
ences as when he is on the eve of taking
a wife, and the feather surmounted yam
is supposed to have counteracting infu-
ence. His toilet completed he was led
out to meet his bride. Her bridal attire
consisted-frst, of fine coating of
white cement that covered her face and
the upper part of her body, and then a
veil of little shells strung together was
thrown over her head, covering her face
to the chin. Over this again, by way
of a wedding bonnet adorned with or
ange blossoms, was helmet made OF
cowhide, and SO arrayed she stood in the
open, under a blazing sun, in tho
presence of friends and rel
atives, and half dozen
bridesmaids, while two ''nepees," or
singing women, spent half an hour
chanting her praises. After this, the
mothers of the respective contracting
parties officiating as priests, the mar
riage ceremony commenced. Five
bridemaids having punches of parrots
feathers on their heads and wands in
their hands ranged themselves in line
with the bride and bridegroom, who
stood each with an arm around ths
others waist. the mothers standing be-
hine them and chanting a certain
formula that constituted the marriage
service. Then string of beads was tied
round both arms of the bridegroom
while his mother gave him some grave
advice as to his duties as husband
and then the string was loosed, and the
brides arms were confined while hey
mother acted the part of wise counselo,
to her. Afterwards goblet of wine
was handed round, out of which ali the
parties concerned slipped, and the cera
mony was concluded. No wholesals
guzzling and empting of calabashes 81
wine dipped out of a boat ensued, az
with the Towkans. All that followed
was dance. Every one was plasteres
with tola putty, and they danced ans
danced until this began to crack ans
peel off, when the merry-making broke
up and the Princess of Issapoo walkei
homo soberly with her husband
London IeIe0raDh
Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14
BARBARIAN BRIDES.
How Some Sweethearts Are Won
and Welded.
Presentations in South Africa--The Part
Played by the Old Folks--Respects
Due the Mother-in-Law---
Marriage Feast.

There are barbarian regions where
wives no doubt have hard times,
but as rule they have not much to
complain of in South Africa. DR.. Liv-
ingstone bears testimony to this.
Among the MakalOlos, for example,
should young man have a liking for
a young woman he can not marry her
without the consent of her parents, and
that granted he may not take his wife
to his own home. He must reside with
in the jurisdiction of his mother-in-law,
to whom he is bound to pay more re-
spect even than to his wife, inasmuch
as when he comes into her presence
che is expected to sit with his knees in
bent position, as putting out his feet
toward the old lady would give her
great offense." Should he, after awhile,
grow tired of this state of vassalage,
and wish to return to his own people,
he is not at liberty to take his children
with him. His wife's parents have on
them claim that can be set aside only
by his making them compensating
present OF goats and oxen.
As was shown in the case that came
for settlement before an English tribu-
nal, horned cattle play conspicuous
part in the South African marriage
rites. Among the Kaffirs it is the
swain's father who in the first instance
negotiates for daughter-in-law, and if
his overtures on his sons behalf are
favorably received an OK is killed and
partaken of in common, after which the
marriage arrangements may proceed.
More cattle appear on the scene, not,
however, as the BRIDES dowry, but as
compensation to her father and mother
for the pains and trouble they have
been put to in bringing her up and
in making her the delightful young
creature she is, as well as for their
loss of her services, now that she
has grown to be strong and useful.
The marriage day appointed, there
is gathering of friends on either side
and the presentation oxen ere paraded,
and, as rule, after much haggling, ac-
cepted. BY the brides father, that is.
The mother, who is not present, has o
little business to do on her En account.
Her husbands demands satisfied, she is
seen approaching with a few matronly
cropies, attired in rags, and she comes
Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14
UNCLE Mates FUNERAL

Twas not at all like those you see OF ordinary
men:
'Twas such as never could occur, excepting
now and then;
For Uncle Nate had studied hard upon it, night
and day,
And planned it all-while yet alive-in his pecu-
liar way.
tive managed other mems remains, he said,
with quiet tone,
''And now I'll make first-class try to regulate
my own
And so. a month before his death, he wrote the
details down,
For friends 10 print, when he was dead, ana
mail throughout the town.
The paper said: "rve figured close, and done
the best knew,
To have good large funeral, when this short
life was through;
I've thought about it night and day, I've brood
ed DER the same,
Until it almost seemed task to wait until it
came
Especially as my good wife has wandered on
ahead
And all the children we possessed have many
years been dead;
And now I'll tell you what want my friends and
foes to do
I'm sorry that can't be here to push tn ar
rangement through:
81 do not want to hire a hearse, with Grape
around it thrown:
I'm social like, and am not used to riding round
alone.
Bring nv old wagon, into which the children
used to climb,
Until I've taken on drive full twenty at q
time:
We've loafed along the country roads for many
pleasant hours,
And they have scampered far and near, and
picked the freshest flowers:
And would like to have them come upon my
burial day,
And ride with me, and talk to me, and sing along
the way.
"I want my friend the minister-the best Of
preacherfolks,
With whom I've argued, prayed and wept and
swapped thousand jokes
To talk a sermon to the friends, and make it
sweet, but strong;
And recollect don't believe in speeches over
long.
And tell him, Notwithstanding all his eloquence
and worth,
'Twon't be the first time have slept when he
was holding forth.
I'd like two texts, and one shall be by Bible
covers pressed,
And one from outside, that shall read, He did
his level best
sand any one I've given help-to comfort or to
save
Just bring flower, or sprig of green, and throw
it in the grave.
Please have q pleasant, social time round the
subscribers bier,
And no one but my enemies must shed single
tear.
You simply say: Old Uncle Nate, whatever
may befall,
Is having probably to-day the best time of US
all,
He's shaking hands, two at a time, with several
hundred friends,
And giving US who stay behind good gilt-edged
recommendsv'
Nate laid down;
When he was dead they came to him from every
house in town.
The children did their best to sing but could
not quite be heard;
The parson had sermon there, but did not
speak word.
OF course they buried him in flowers, and kissed
him as he lay,
For not soul in all that town but he had helped
some way;
But when they tried to mold his mound without
the tears sweet leaven,
There rose loud sobs that Uncle Nate could al
most hear in Heaven.
Viii Carleton, in HaTper's Week!g
Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14

Judge Lanlbright, of Brunswick.
Ga, has an eleven-year-old deg .snich,
ten years ago, he repeatedly whipped
for following him to church. Since then
the dog will follow him or week days
and Sunday afternoons, but no kind OF
coaxing can induce him to follow this
Judge Sunday mornings. How thu
animal knows when it is Sunday is :;
conundrum, but he does. and has re,
fused to follow the Judge on S1nda
mornings for ten years.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14
LIVING A CENTURY,.
The Best Means That Can Be Adopted
for Reaching Great Age.

for Reaching Great Age.
1t was once usual among men OF
science to doubt if the age of one hum
dred years has really been attained iD
modern times, and the number of cases
in which that age was said to have beck
passed, that turned out, upon strict in
quiry, to be unsupported, gave them
some ground for their incredulity.
There have now, however, been SC
many well authenticated cases of peo.
pie passing their hundredth year that
the possibility is no longer denied.
Under the census Of France, taken in
May, 1886, there were reported in that
Republic one hundred and ninety per-
sons who were living at the age of one
hundred years or more, and fifteen
thousand one hundred and tifty-three
who were more than ninety years old.
So much curiosity has been aroused on
the subject Of living to great age by the
case of NJ. de Chevreul, professor o.
chemistry at the Natural History
Museum, and member French Academy,
who is now one hundred and two, that
exact records are being made of other
cases, so that we are likely to know
more of the philosophy of long life
than we have heretofore known, as the
result of the comparison OF the infor-
nation thus obtained.
As ID is, there is certainly no agree.
ment among the centenarians as to the
means by which they have managed to
reach their hundred years. One OF
them, a farmer of the village of Rouil-
lac, in France, attributed his great age
to his having acquired, in his youth, a
habit of taking two cold baths every
week, winter and summer; but other
people have died as the result of taking
untimely cold baths. M. Chevreul,
when asked to account for his long life,
said: SAT fifty | shut the door on all
my pleasures. He has lived for more
than half century an extremely SIM
pie and regular life, working actively
all the time.
1t is certain that work alone does not
kill. Several centenarians besides M.
Chevreul have been very busy men. NJ.
Veron, who died at one hundred years,
had been mayor of Montmartre, a part
of Paris, fifty years. Count Waldeck,
who died in Paris at one hundred, had
been an active man nearly all his life.
Baron de Posant, who died at one hun
dred and two, had been a Project, OF
local Governor. M. de Mirvault, who
died at one hundred and one-half years.
had fought on this continent with La
fayette.
Certainly no secret has yet been found
for living to be a hundred years old.
Regularity, simplicity and sobriety OF
life are the best means that can be
adopted for reaching great age, as well
as preserving health in youth and mid
die life. Youths COMPANION.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14
From the Ex-President of the New
York State Senate.
STATE OF NEW YORK, SENATE CHAMBER,

STATE OF NEW YORK, SENATE CHAMBER,
ALBANY, March II, 1886
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with weak and lame backs, and they have
invariably afforded certain and speedy re-
relief. They can not be too highly COM
mended. EDMUND L. PITTS.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14
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Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14

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Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS was no painter,
but all the same he was the first landseer
of America.-RocaeSteT PGSt-ErpreSS.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14

TINE flies and stays for no man. The
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Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14

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Huntsville gazette., 1888-07-14

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TRIIITY HiLL B0lRDTIG SCH00L 0T TIIs

Der 49, Testimonials as to character Rt EeT.
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Il. U. Dudley, ID. D., box 81, LoulsFLI9' N--
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-05
Love Laughs at Old Age.

From the Chicago News.
"Great heavens ~ gasped Marriage
License Clerk Salmonson this morn
ing, in a state of the most profound
surprise.
Then he cooled down long enough
to take second look at an old gentle
man, heavy with the weight of years
and the frost of many winters upon
his hair and beard. The ancient gen.
tleman had said that he had come to
get marriage license.
"For your son, presume" said the
affa BILE Mr.. Salmonson."
"For myself" replied the old man,
coOlly.
"What is your name, please?"
civilian Edgell."
Chow old are you, Mr.. Edgell 2?
"Seventy-three years"
"This is what caused Mr.. Salmon
son to utter the exclamation of sur
prise.
"What is the age of the LADY,"
asked the clerk, in suppressed tones.
seventy -OHe.
1t was too much. Mr.. SalmonsOn
fell off his chair upon the floor. When
he revived he asked in faint voice if
there was any mystery connected
with the case. He was informed that
this precedented union was the re-
suit and outcome of a youthful attach
ment, but the nature of this could not
be elected from the OLD gentleman.
eve are going to be married by the
Rev. Mr.. Brushingham," volunteered
the la tier.
Mr.. Salmonson again looked faint
at this fresh surprise.
Good day." and the frisky bride
groom of 70 summers walked off leav-
fdg Clerk Salmonson paralyzed at his
desk.
"This is the oldest marriage on
record" said he. Nothing like ii
ever happened BEFORE"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-05
Badly SCalded.

On Monday serious accident oc-
Cured to a Southern Pacific freight
train near Painted Cave. 1t was 60
ing at the rate of II miles an hour
when the engine jumped the track
and turned on its side, and the
cars came on the top of it. Engineer
Brown. Fireman Edgar of San Anto-
Mo, and another man were badly
shaken, and scalded, but extricated
themselves from the wreck with much
d fficulty, and are now in the city
having due attention. Their injuries,
though very painful, are not thought
to be of very serious nature. The
damage to rolling stock is consider
able.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-05
The License Returned.

Herman Bolbruegge and Eliza Rull-
mans license to marry, issued some
time ago by the county clerk, was re-
turned by Justice Barnes today with
out being executed. The endorsement
of the justice sets forth that the lady
changed her mind and refused to al
low the ceremony to proceed. This is
what the LIGHT published at the
time. The lady refused because she
thought the proposed husbands sal
airy of So per week was insufficient for
their support.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-05
PROTECTION. THE WATCH-WoRD.

AIR-"THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS"
Let protection be the watch-word!
And every man that's wise,
Will see it at single glance,
Unless he's got no eyes;
That the present administration
Whether AZtecs, Turks or Poles,
Care little for the workingman
For you know they have no souls.
CHORUS
For your home without protection
Will be of little worth to you,
Unless YOU vote for Harrison,
The descendant of "Tippacanoo."
DE CAPo.
To keep you in your little home,
And protect it while you can,
This should be the duty,
Ofevery working man,
To watch with diligence and care
The children whom you prize,
And never let them pull the wool,
Completely DER your eyes.
CHORUS
For there will be no protection
For the gentle or the Jew,
Unless we vote for Harrison,
The descendant of "Tippacanoo."
DE CAPO.
Let protection be the watch-word,
And as sure as you're alive!
Well bid goodbye to Cleveland,
And his Democratic hive,
For We'll vote no more for any man
That had not got his wife;
For fear we'd get free-tarift,
All the balance of our life.
CHORUS
For there will be no protection
For the Irishman-or you,
Unless we vote for Harrison,
The descendant of '"Tippacanoo."
De CAPO.
-OBSCUREO.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-05
PERSONAL.

Mr.. S. Mayer has gone to New
York.
Mrs. J. R. Harris left today for a
visit to Boston.
John A. White, of the BALCONIES
ranch, is at the Southern hotel.
J. p. Long, of Twohig, is at the
Southern hotel.
Col. J. f. McMullen, of Floresville.
is at the ST. Leonard.
Ben Muncey has returned from
Kerrville.
Misses Pauline and Rebecca Wolf,
of Marion, are at the Mahncke.
John Duke, NJ. D., from Alvarado,
is at the Menger.
A. J. Woodruff and wife, of Utica,
New York, are registered at the Nav
erick.
Mrs. Geo. Kalteyer and children re-
turned this morning from Boerne. All
are very much improved in health.
Capt. A. f. Selig, representing the
Mon0tuck Pocket Book Co., of New
York, is at the Menger. The gentle
man was for six years captain of the
23rd regiment, New York State
Guards, and is the biggest yarn spin
ner about his Mexican travels, on the
road.
NJ. Benavides and family, of Pleas
anton, are at the st. Leonard on their
way to Corpus Christi to spend the
summer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-05
CITY NEWS.
YOU busted I?

Are you busted?
Does your head hurt today?
But didn't you all have fun on the
glorious fourth!
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Berliner now
occupy rooms at the Maverick hotel.
"A petition for the pardon of Dick
Brannon is being circu lated.
The police only arrested 4th of
July DRINKS yesterday.
All city employees, except teach
ers, will be paid on Saturday.
The Turner Rolling club will
have watermelon festival tonight.
There will be very pleasant pri-
vate hop at Muth's on Saturday
night.
The opera house is being renova-
ted and put in first-class shape for
next season.
-Mr.:Wilson Morrison,died Tuesday
afternoon at his late residence on
LOsoya street.
The Arkansas Pass railway to
Rockport was to have arrived in that
little town today.
Mrs. Bessie Bell Brown made
quite hit in Laredo by her exquisite
singing.
The city was very quiet yesterday
and few arrests were made by the
police.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hewitt, who
have been visiting friends in Califor-
mia, have returned home.
The S. A. P. road from Wallis to
Houston, As miles, will be ready for
operation on September Ist, next.
MIR. Farquhar Lambert was we'd
ded to Miss Adelaide Cummins, Tues
day, and the bride and groom left to-
day for Galveston.
The Lone Star Gun Club held a
private live bird shoot at their grounds
Yesterday, near the brewery.
H. S. Garfield has been appointed
the San Antonio correspondent of the
Galveston News.
Mrs. Chas. Heuermann celebrated
her birthday on Saturday and many
of the Lustigs and Katfee Klatch were
present to do hOnOre to the occasion.
Don't you wish you had stayed at
home and let the old lady take out the
babies and get them WELL like you
were when you got home.
Pacific Express Messengers in st.
Louis, who have been on the Texas
staff had keg of Lone Star beer sem
them to celebrate the fourth.
Died. July list, 1888, at San An
geIo, Tom Green county, Texas
Charles ProbandJ, Jr., infant son OF
Mary DpphanHt
The tall sycamore of the San Pc
dro STACKED up" hugely yesterday
and many said he was the finest look
ing man III the procession.
Bowie. or somebody, serenaded the
ladies near the Arkansas Pass depot
the other night, for which they ex
press prOfuse thanks.
Where was the new hook and lad
der truck yesterday that was prom
ised the boys would be here positively
by the Fourth?
"A good many citizens went &c
Corpus Christi to attend the celebra'
ton there yesterday and quite party
also went TO New Braunfels.
Blind Bob Perry is on trial to-day
before Justice McAllister for shooting
RiIla Lovett, the colOred woman, on
Acequia street.
"A very enjoyable picnic was held
at Berg's Mills groves yesterday by a
number of the Belknap Rifles and
their lady friends.
"A party was giveniat Mrs. Leroux's
residence Tuesday night to rehearse
the Marseillaise for the French cele-
bration.
"A eonsumptive gentleman named
Sam Pryor. who was brought FROM
Rerrvilfe this morning in a dying
condition, died in the hack on the
way with his brother from the depot
to the Menger hotel. Justice Barnes
held an inquest on the remains.