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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-13
FLAMING FIRE IN THE VEINS.

We hold positive proof that Acker's
English Blood Elixir cures all blood
pOisons where cheap sarsaparillas
and so-called purifiers fail. For sale
by RAGLAND & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-13

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American federation Of labor. says he
expects that nearly 10000 Of work
ingmen will be represented at the
convention in st. Louis in December.
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For Sale.

Six acres of irr-ab.e land; southern portion
or the city; Il beautiful tract, and yer!
chatn l00-l
HAMBLETON, HADLEY X Co.
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Bargain in Type.

Bargain in Type.
Six hundred pounds of Brewer Ro-
man type, in cases, at 2Oc and 25c per
pound. Inquire at LIGHT Office. tt
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Wood andCOal,

"OOU dTIUCOdI'
Best dry post-oak wood. sawed and
split, anthracite and bituminous Goals,
Cumberland smithing Goals.
Telephone No. 4oo
J. J. OLSEN & SUN,
1T 40 East Houston St.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-13

Seven years experience in Paten: Matters
in London, England; Procures L. 5. AID
Foreign Patents.
San Antonio and Texas ".t""+s vii! I'D = %
their advantage TO ansact their business by
personal communication, instead to write to Il
Washington Attorney.
Consultation and advice in Patent Matters
without any charge.
Patent Office Drawings a Speciality, but
other Drawings for Manufacturing or MeChan.
iCal Works and Plans of any kind executed
with accuracy ana dispatch.
office: No, West Houston Street,
9-3-lm san Antonio, Texas.
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1000 LADIES' HATS AT 10 CENTS EACH.
Turkish and Vapor Baths,

At Zilian's, corner Commerce and
Alamo streets. 3-17-tf
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
a. Gypsy Band from Russia.

One result of Lord Raldnlph's visit to Rus
STA, may he the advent in this country of the
famous gypsy band which is known hv the
name of its leader AMI conductor, Nikolai
Stlishkin. This Bohemian band has long been
one of the chief musical sensations of the st.
Petersburg season, and Lord Randolph had
several chances of hearing it play during his
visit. He first heard it at the French umlas-
sador's ball, and was so struck 10y the unique
character of both performers and music that
his curiosity was aroused. He sought and
gained an introduction to Nikulai Slri>lkin
himself. and took subsequently the greatest
interest in him and his band. Thcmo>t curl
Gus <aaturr of this gypsy band isthc presence
i'll it of n number of female gyl'sics, some of
whom are typical beauties. The more hand
some of these musical gypsy damsels make
excellent neutrality-suspicious. Figaro.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Effect of Glare Upon Eyesight.

1t appears that Professor Plateau, of the
University of Client, while tryingto observe
the effects of the irritation of the retina
gazcl steadily at the sun for twenty seconds,
the result being that chronic irido- choroiditis
developed, ending eventually in total blind
ness. A lumber Of cases are known in which
choroiditis and retinitis occurred in persons
who had observed an eclipse of the sum-. The
single flash of a SUN reflector has been known
to cause retinitis, and other temporary visual
disturbances of q functional character have
been frequently noted.
NJ. Reich has described a curious epidemic
of snow blindness, which occurred among a
body of laborers engaged in cleaning a way
through the masses of snow which INSTRUCTED
the road between Passanaur and Mteti, in the
Caucasus; the rays of the sun reflected from
the vast stretches of snow on every side, pro-
duced an intense glare of light, which the
unaccustomed eye could not support without
the protection of dark glasses. A few of the
sturdiest among the laborers We're able to
work with impunity, but the majority suf-
fercd so much that among seventy strongly
marked cases, thirty were so severe that the
men were absolutely unable to continue
work or to find their way home, and lay
prone on their faces. striving to hide their
faces from the light and crying out from
pain. Recovery was gradual but complete.
New York Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
The Romans Not nancers

1t is I'LL erroneous impression that is in
vogue i'll certain quarters that the Romans
We're dancers OF encouraged dancing. That
was one feature of the Grecian civilization
that the Romans did not adopt. In fact,
dancing was always in disreputo among tho
Romans, who were too practical a people to
indulge in such fantastic recreation. ARo-
man historian refers to this fact in connec-
ton with the trial of Claudius, who was
charged with having fraudulently got HIM
self elected to the tribune. 1t was also
charged as Il further allegation of Claudius'
bad character aud unworthiness that he had
been guilty of dancing. This charge, how
ever, is refuted by Clandius' counsel in all
address to the tribune, who stated that his
client had too much sense to be guilty of such
fo%olishness as hopping around on one foot
and then Oh another. Father John N. Pc.
land i'll Globc-D Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
An Extraordinary Offer to all Wanting
Employment.

We want live, energetic, agents in every county
in the United States and Canada to sell a patent
article of great merit on ITS MERITS. An article
having Il large sale paying over 100 per cent.
profit, ha:ing no competition, and on which the
agent is protected iii the exclusive sale by n deed
gi.en for each and every county he may secure
from us. With all these advantages to our agents,
and the fact that it is All article that Gun b: sold
10 every house owner, it might not be necessary
to make SAN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER" to secure
good agents at once, but we have concluded to
make it to show, not only our confidence in the
any agent that will handle it with energy. Our
agents now at work are making from $3.50 to $500
amonth clear. and this fact makes it safe for rs
to make our offer to all who are ont of employ
mcnt. Any agent that will give our business Il
thrifty days trial and fail TO clear at least 500 in
this time. ABOVE ALI. EXPENSES, can return all
goods unsold 10 us and We will refund the money
paid for them. No such employer of agents ever
dared 10 make such offers, nor would wei we did
not know that We have agents now making more
than double this amount. Our large descriptive
circulars explain our offer fully. and there we
wish to send to every one out of employment who
will send us three one-ccnt stamps for postage.
Send ut once and secure the agency in time for
the boom. and go to work on the terms named in
our extraordinary offer. Address nj once,
NATIONAL NOVELTY Co..
apr al-sm. 5l4 Smithaield ST., Pittsbusg, Pa.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Scene at the Market.

at one of the stalls Il family group were
c~ongregated, the head of the household anx-
ious to make a purchase, but finding it Il hard
matter to reconcile the conflicting conditions
of a slim purse and jnoriiuate needs. The
salesman was growing impatient, for other.
customers were waiting to be served; never
,hcless the group m%onorolized his attention,
and finally, after consuming considerable
time. invested the vcricst tritie. The sales
MAJ was thoroughly Disguised, and sharply
rchuked the customer for taking up his time
so unlrotitably, whereupon the purchaser
rather sadly answered: We'll, sir, ii you had
SO many to feed and only that bit of money
to do it with, you'd be as much bothered as
l was to know what to do" TIL salesman's
features relaxed before such conclusive req
soning, and, as though to atone for his APP
parent harshness, he slipped several pieces OF
beef into the others basket, a gratuitous
Offering, and turned away. That act was
worth a dozen apologies. Boston Budget
''Saunt.rer."
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Natural Gas and Eat Chickens,

Somewhere in the book of Job the Har-
monites found authority to drill into the
earth for fuel, and, acting upon such author
ity, discovered a reservoir of natural gas
1880 feet underneath their hearthstones. 1t
has been piped through the village, and
serves for both fuel and light in every home.
Coal, wood and oil are no longer used. At
every street corner are elevated pipes where
flames burn night and day, winter and sum-
mer. They are never extinguislied. Econ
omy is certainly the best lighted village in
America; one can read fine print in almost
any of the streets at midnight.
"Do you like natural gas, August" we ask.
"Goot! goot! 1t makes my shickens fat!'
"Makes your chickens fat!' We can only
look our surprise.
IVA, so fat like pegs. Bugs come at night,
big bugs, little bugs, tausends! Dey fly i'll
dc gas blazes, ind drop down. Hens ketch
'em, like dis"
August opens his mouth and closes it, with
Il mighty smack of the lips. We are thus lei
into the mystery of how natural gas cal
fatten chickens,-H. D. Mason i'll American
Magazine,
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

+A"' NibS
1t is not often that circus "artistcs" find
their way into the realms of Il South African
chief: hut when they do it would seem that
their reception is likely TO he very cnthusias-
tic. y strong man from Il Cape Town cir
Gus. recently journeycd to the far Off regions
of Anna Swaziland, and there gave Il display
of his skill md POWER before Thief Umhan-
DIM at his great place" So pleased was
Cmbandini at the performance that he forth
with dictated a testimonial gratis. Here it
is: 1--WE GLADLY certify that you have per-
formed ut our Royal kraal, Swaziland, on
rings, poles, chairs and sticks; that You have
also played with an iron tree. and also car
ricd Il large cannon on your back, and fired
1t oft Your back in our presence. We were
astoniShed and gratitied at the wonderful acts
that you and Your little son performed. We
do not believe that you will ever die. Given
at our Royal kraal this 9th day of Dcccm-
her, 1857. Cmbandini this = mark), King
of Swaziland. st. James Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
AsToR LlBRARYs "euARD."
Watching for Petty Thieves-somo Yer
Strict RulaS-Tl,o v,,,Lnna.%

watching for Petty Thieves-Somc Very
Strict Rules-The Dishonest.
whats the matter with you! Are you
bilious.'
III l am, you can't cure me.'
This was the only reply that u fashionalAy
dressed man could draw from the tall, slen-
der, white whiskered guard in the entrance
hall of the Aston Library yesterday, who had
silently taken the mans cane away from him
and given him a check in return. The
guards name is Morse. He is r%eticent, Sc
we're and strictly polite, especially to women.
80 much petty thieving in former years was
gong on the trustees We're obliged to create
the guards position, and the present incum-
bent has many curious experiences. Sitting
IN the classic atmosphere of the marble corri-
dor, beneath the gaze of marble busts of
Socrates, Aristophanes, Senacu and the
Caesars, he daily watches the modern world
with a sharp eye. No one is permitted to
carry a satchel, r%eticule, lunch box. shopping
bag, book or bundle Of any kind, cane or UNI
brella up stairs; and in cases already detected
it has been proven that it would be an I'M
portant additional protection to the library
if overcoats We're laid aside also before ell
tering the dignified portals Of the upper
rooms, where the priceless collection of
books is open to public perusal.
This indispensable functionary down stairs
who enferces the rules must be IN expert,
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

But we cannot afford to initiate England
i'll the matter of education. We have no
leisure class. Everybody works. And boys
rush through school and the higher schools
which we, by courtesy, call collegcs-to
plunge into invoice books. to make briefs of
titles, to gulf down as much law us they can
before beginning the practice of what they
will learn 10y their experience and that of
their clients. As to the law-whicll ought
to be a learned professional long and sound
preparation i'll the classics is almost a; ncccs-
sity. Few young lawyers and few young
doctors have the time for it. But forthe
aspirants for success in the various forms of
business one or two modern languages are
absolutely nccessary.-Ncw York Frcenlan's
journal.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Cremation Making Headway.

Cremation is making more Roadway on the
continent and in. this country than in Eng
land. Italy for ten years has had an aver
age of sevcnty-tive incinerntions, Germany
an average of fifty annually for the same
time; but England has only had ten per an
num-. The expense is not so much in the
way, the cost being but ten g%uineas; but
English sentiment is bluishly conservative.
People don't like the idea of being put in the
fire, even when dead. Very many nave an
idea that it will some way hinder the resur-
rection of the body, which to the masses is u
literal affair. But as q matter of health the
advantages of cremation are certainly very
great. 1t also does away with the vulgar
parade of an ordinary funeral, and that, un.
fortunately, is precisely what is not desired
by the classes most to be benefited by
economy.-Globe-Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Something in a Name.

knew a man who spent years and a for
tune in getting up n new detection of bit
ters. AT last he had it in shape to sell it He
made about a million bottles of it, and had it
advertised under u beautiful Greek name,
which he had made up out of the dictionary
specially to attract attention. And when he
advertised it it sounded so like some chemi-
cal poison that he couldn't get ANYBODY to
believe it was a simple 'bitter>." He failed.
\ name is all u patent medicine wants. A
patent medicine never makes itself popular
from its merits. You've got to persuade
people it will cure them before they take it,
and then it does. The name is everything
practically. Everybody knows that lie has
stood ut street windows and locked at some
thing he has no use for unl longed TO buy it
49, lc-.v i has ~ o..ractiva nama.-Sau
Grcaei.sa EA.S. ..:ei. MI-.sx
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
WAGES OF FAMOUS COOKS.
Prices Which Rich New Workers Fay fo
Culinary SkiIl-Iiow Chefs Dine.


Previous I" ", X. Namlcrhilt'< culinary
extravaganza III hiring IL SlU,EU cook tulue-
liu> WAS SUI posed to have til" mos, expensive
IN" in town. rnN my Fred Hrmmrrl,, his
chef. > y, n Iun ~. II! is:n,l ii salary paid
by any private family in New York. Mis-,
Lan.trv is not ST. far behind. She pay>.l'un-
slant Migirarl, who gets up her meals nd
travels with her, $lW a month. Ogden
Gmlrt gave Naltat 500, but Judge Water
bury bid Il little higher and has him now.
John Jacob .A>tur has IL F%rcnchnlan, Joseph
PacteaIi, who gets ;;lOO Il month and who has
littl" to d" this winter. the family being too
deeply in m"llrniny for even the smallest
dining. Eliot Shepard. another Vanderbilt
S"n-in law, is fond of good cooking, and pays
a good price tn Mathirs, n MAJ who used to
hc assistant cook in the Jockey rlul,. of Paris.
Whitelaw Reid is the only newspaper man
wh" can afford Il famous chef as caterer to
his appetite. hut he pays a good, round sum
to nave his meals prepared 10y tiaillet. His
rich fatlmr-in law, ID. O. Mills, pays no more
to Mcnicr, who lrcSidcs ovcr his dinner par
ties. August Belmont imported his cook
himself, having found him in rather an OH
scnre Partisan restaurant. and has never had
reason to he dissatisfied with his discovery.
w 4. .hSl'I tlnlIcNS NtStilNt itliut, til''l
pays him :;l225 n month. The Marshall o.
ltobertscs and Bradley Martins have English
cooks, being strictly Anglican in all their ap-
lointincnt>.
When these chefs have a night off they
never dine in their Owl place. but seem to
take great delight in sampling the food of
their rivals. | have seen Fred Hcnmerle i'll
Delm"niro'> with all the head walters tluttcr-
ing nnxiol>'y about him while he critically
examined the menu, and no millionaire was
az carefully served as he. Delmonico's head
cook goes up TO the st. Cloud and to the res
taurant of tn" Hotel Normandic when he has
an evening away from duty, and while he is
dining it's very nearly impossible to get
waited on, for the walters all get nervous and
forget Your order while they hang about the
famous cook and wait to see upon what food
doth this our Caesar feed and then rush off to
the kitchen to see that his orders come up hot
and in perfect shape. l was told on one of
these occasions by n historical waiter, whom
| corralcd with a half a dollar and induced
to give NE some attention, that these great
cooks order the simplest sort of food. They
themselves ad.jure most of the sauces and
gravies with which they stimulate the iaded
palates of the public and, looking carefully
over the bill, pick out just those dishes which
require, through their simplicity. perfect
cooking to make them palatable. Brooklyn
Eagle,
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Not IL Small Man.

There is u fallacious notion abroad that
Lord Randolph Churchill is a very small
man. Tho humorous papers of London, in.
nllusion of his youth, as well i'll politics as i'll
age. have dubbed him Little Randy" The
Boy" and such epithets lave so constantly
been bestowed upon him that most people
who have not seen him suppose him to be il:
reality little. In good sooth, he stands about
five feet eleven inches i'll his boots. He is
spare and not very upright, being of u very
delicate constitution.-New York Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Water Proof Book Binding,

A composition has been produced which
may prove valuable to book binders, having
for its purpose the rendering water proof of
leather, cloth. paper. etc. 1t is IL mixture of
water, silirate of soda, resin, alum, potash,
fish glue, ~sulphate of zinc and sulphatc of
copper in various proportions. The applica-
ton is said to render the material impcrvious
to the influence of oil or water. and, if II
variety of ingredients increase practical
utility, should be very valuable.-Chicago
Times.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Hard on Autograph ricnds.

Young ladies with a passion for autographs
will not relish the arrangement which IL
number of the poets md authors and other
celebrities of this and other countries have
adopted of using a typewriter for all corre-
.spondencc, except in the most important and
private letters. A lady who lately wrote an
ingenious note to the poet T%cnnyson, asking
an expression of opinion on n matter that
could not fail to command his attention,
was deeply chagrined to receive an answer
wholly typewriter, including the sigma
ture. If this is to he kept up it is quite clear
that the autograph hunters occupation is
gone.-Philadelphia Times.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
An Incompetent Railroad Engineer.

The danger of running OH an engine ham
died by an incompetent engineer or u nan
who has remained at some other business
long enough to get rusty is not fully under
stood by the travelling world. had an ex-
pcricncc of that kind that drove me off the
road and INTO more pleasant lines of labor.
The lowa legislature passed a law in 1871
holding all railroads responsible i'll heavy
amounts for loss Of life or injuries incurred
in their service, and to offset the liability the
railroad addressed a circular to all employees
asking them to relinquish their claims. One
morning l had fired up as usual, and run the
engine around to await the freight which wc
were to take west from Burlington. Before
the hour an ngent stepped up and asked the
engineer to sign the agreement. He refused
and was discharged III the spot. A new man
was put in the cab. Hc had an engineers
license, and everything looked straight, so
fur as papers went. During the talk my fires
had run down. 50 | filled in coal until steam
was lf-,lng cut of The safety valve. aud then
| oig>!icl the furnace door.
Having taken our train. an hour later we
were spinning along nicely when l turned To
feed the fire. Throwing open the door / OBJ
served the crown sheet and rivets showing
~ 'A0' ShS ~ ~ oANA tIbnN' vi ob lllS
gauge only to find that we We're running with
u dry boiler. yelled to my partner, and he
started out OH the running board with Il
hammer III one hand. The pump had stopped
working. The new man struck tile metal
gently TO loosen the plunger. That's all |
saw. | started over the coal in the tender,
aud, climbing up on the side of the first car,
was not long i'll putting twelvenr fifteen cars
between me and that engine. Reaching the
caboosc and sitting on the cupola, l waited
for the explosion. If that fool with his ham,
mer had succeeded in starting that pump Ii,
would have gone into eternity the next
second, for the boiler was at IL white heat.
wasn't in n suicidal frame of mind, and that
why lit out. But the old adage about fool:
and children proved true, for that enginee,
had to stop, draw the fire and wait for /,
relief engine. We had only run fifteen miles
but the damage i'll half an hour took tire,
months to repair.-Globe- Democrat Inter
view.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Preservation of r.nrests.

The preservation of forests from the deprc-
dations of insects and aphides is largely de-
pendent upon the spiders that inhabit them,
more effective work of this kind being per-
formed by them than by tho inscct-eating
birds. Examinations Of the visccra of the
spiders kept i'll captivity show them to be vo-
racious dcstroyers of these crcaturcrs, and as
they prefer dark spots i'll the forests, which
IRE the places most infested by vermin, the
results of their labor are very beneficial
Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
Horscshoes for Bad Roads.

The Germans have invented horseshoes for
bad roads. This is how they do it. The
blacksmith, when finishing a horses shoe,
punches a hole i'll the two ends. When the
shoe is cold he taps in a screw thread and
screws into the shoe, when on the horse'sfoot,
n sharp pointed stud of an inch in length.
With shoes thus fitted the horse travels Sc
curcly over the worst possible roads. When
the horse comes to the stable the groom UNI
screws the pointed stud and screws in Il but
ton, so that no damage can happen to the
horse, and the screw holes are prevented
from tilling.-Home Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

A profitable market has been found fo,. the
poor, despised American red oak, that has
been considered of no value at all. .Ameri-
can dealers are buying up all they can get
hold of and shipping it TO Liverpool. There
the lumber is manufactured into fancy fur
niture and shipped back to New York. where
it is sold to wealthy people as the real Eng
lish oak. and at pretty stiff prices, too.-Chi-
coro Herald
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
FAITHS VISTA.

When from the vaultcd wonder of the sky
The curtain of the light is drawn aside,
And ! behold the stars in all their wide
Significance and glorious mystery.
Assured that those more distant orbS are suns
Round which inumncrable worlds revolve.-
My faith grows strong, my day born doubts dis.
solve.
And death. that dread annulmcnt which life shmns,
Or fam would Slun. becomes To life the way.
It. th''rm,Shtarc to greater worlds on high.
iii.' bridge from star tn star. Seek how we NAY,
There is no other road across the sky;
And. looking M. l hear star voices say:
"lou could not reach us if you did not die"
Henry Abbey in American Magazine.