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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-15
THE MAN BEFORE EDISON.
The Original Inventor of the Electric
Light-A Lost idea.

The Original Inventor of the Electric
Light-A Lost idea.
Anybody that chooses and knows how can
make incandescent electric lights now. The
only person who had any right to prevent
them has been asleep for good many years
at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. Most
people think Edison invented these lights, and
so he did, but lie was not the first. Some years
ago, a young man in advance of his age, by
the name OF Starr came TO Mr.. George Pea
body with a new invention, asking advice
and assistance. Mr.. Pea5odJ was not only
philanthropiSt but shrewl man of bust
ness. He saw at once the possibilities of the
electric light, and gladly furnished Starr
with the means to go to England and take
out patent, after consulting experts and
scientists there In those days every new
discovery had to have the stamp Of EngAnd's
scientific approval to make its way elsewhere.
Mr.. Starr, like many genius before and
since, was by no means an experienced and
cautious business man, so Mr.. Peacody en-
gagged man named King to go with him as
his business agent and to conduct the nego-
tiationS
The two men set sail for England, had a
prosperous voyage, and met with a fiattering
reception. The invention was exhibited to
the first authorities in the kingdom, was care
fully scrutinized by them, and was unani-
mously pronounced to be brilliant and sue
cessful one. The two men remained for some
time in England, and received nothing but
consideration and encouragement A patent
for the invention was obtained, but by a
usage allowed by English patent law, was is
sued in the name of the solicitor, Mr.. King,
instead Of that of the inventor, Mr. Starr.
The unsuspecting inventor does not appear
to have observed this, or made any objec-
ton, or at least there is no record that he
did So
The two men started on their return to
America They had been at sea but a very
few days when Mr.. Starr was found one
morning In his berth dead, from some mystic
rious and unexplained cause. His body was
buried at sea, and his companion continued
his journey. and presented himself to Mr.
Peabody with his report. That gentleman
listened attentively to his account of the
journey, with its various business transac-
lions and its tragic finale On concluding
his narrative Mr. King asked the millionaire
Il he would continue to back up the inven-
tion with his money and influence. Mr..
Peabodys reply was to rise, open the door of
his private Office where the interview had
taken place, and sternly point toward it.
The discounted attorney, without a word,
went out through the door into Oblivion.
And that is the .r-fGG gRg Es4iispn Nad-to
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-15

= Auctioneer and Commission Merchant
Houston street, next to the bridge. Consign-
,uents solicited.
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THE ONLY FOE.

Wild, threatening sky. white, raging sea,
Fierce wind that rends the rifted cloud,
Sets the new moons sharp glitter free,
And thtnders eastward, roaring loudl
A fury rides the autumn blast,
The hoary brine is torn and tossed;
Great nature through her spaces vast
Casts her keen javelins Of the frost.
Her hand that In the summer days
Sooshed rs with tender touch Of joy,
Deals death upon her wintry ways;
Whom she caressed she would destroy.
Life shrlnks and hides; all creatures cover
While her tremendous bolts are hurled
That strike with blind, insensate power
The mighty shoulder of the world.
Be still, my soul, thou hast no part
In her black moods Of hate and fear;
Lifted above her wrath thou art,
On thy still heights, serene and clear.
Remember this-pot all the wild.
Huge, untamed elements have force
To reach thee, though the seas were piled
In weItering mountains on thy course.
Only thy>eh thyself can harm.
Forget it not! And full Of peace.
As if the south wind whispered warm.
Wait thou till storm and tumult cease.
Celia Thaxter in The Century
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though he had been the kindest of husbands

though he had been the kindest of husbands
20 her.
Her pitiful sebbing aroused the syInpathies
of the rough crowd, and they began to look
cngriiy at the victor. One man pointed sig
nificantly TO a cell Of rope lying on the
counter, but the rest looked at the revolver
stall grasped in the fallen mans hand, and
they shook their heads.
Dick johnson saw and understood, and he
quietly backed up against toe wall, drew
another six shooter, and proceeded to make
his defense. He told the story of the bill of
sale. You see, boys, he swindled ME. Now,
you know, u man amt a-goin' II be cheated
like that, an not try to git revenge for it, l
give him fair varnin', he had his chance at
me; done it all up reg Tar, an there haunt
no cali fer hard feelin's asin' me. Tn sorry
fer her, but you know it amt my fault be-
cause her man wuz a scamp, an Deedsd
KILN" His revolvers helped him to make
his peace These men were not towards, but
they knew they could not take him alive
armed il that way, and, besiies, they
thought his conduct quite proper, 50 ne was
promptly acquitted by this informal jury,
and he Went quietly home.
Thus was rude justice done. Thus, too,
was it that Caddie d.i not marry Il bishop,
but became Dan Williams bride.-L. z.
Whittier in The ArSonauG
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invent the electricrght al over again. The
invention lay in stale mate, as it were. Il
was credited to King, and he alone could de-
velop it, but he had disappeared It was not
known till 1876 that Starr was the real in.
ventor, and even then, as he was dead, and
the patent issued TO another man, nothing
could he done. Finally Edison went to work
on his own hook, and thought out his scheme;
but the highest English courts have just do
cided that the King patent anticipated his
and makes them invalid. And as the earlier
patent has lapsed, the idea, under this do
cision, is common property.-Once Week
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a ~ In all its Branches,
A,ths I,oHr lob Office. No E. Commerce st.
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THE JUGGERNAUT MYTH.
MONCURE D. CONWAY PLAYS iCONo.
CLAST TO THE BLOODY CAR.

The Custom of Self Immolation Under
Had an Existence-How the Story Might
Have Originated.
There is no horror more widespread than
that Of the car of JugGernaut. No church
or chapel or Sunday school room is I'M
familiar with the vision of idolators throwing
themselves beneath the blood stained wheels.
There are few American girls-boys even
who have not shed tears and dimes for the
victims of that cruel idol. The dreadful self
immolating has added a proverbial similibude
to pulpit and platform eloquence. Grim Jug
gernaut has got into cyclop9dias. But the
chariot of truth is passing through the world;
many cherished fallacie must be cast beneath
| its remorSelesS wheels; among them must be
crushed this world wide notion about Jug
gernaut 1t is a delusion. Hard as it is to
lose ones pet horror. this one must be given
up The supposed custom of immolation
under the wheel of Juggernaut does not pre-
vail-never did prevail On the contrary,
Juggernaut is the most humane of all oriental
deitieS, and his cult the most civilized.
| could fill column with official and I'M
questionable proofs of this paradox, but re-
serve the space for some facts Of more inter-
est to the reader. 1t will be sufficient to sub
stantiate the point by few competent au-
thorities whose testimony has not been dis
puted.
GAZETTEER GENERALS REPORT.
Dr. ". w. Hunter, gazetteer general Of
India, says in his Orissa QS72l:
I'm a closely packed, eager throng Of l00,-
900 men and women, many of them unaccus-
IL
them Juggling and straining to the utmost
under the blazing tropical sun, deaths must
occasionally occur. There have, doubtless,
been instances of pilgrims throwing them
selves under the wheels ina frenzy Of relig-
ious excitement. But such Instances have
been rare and are now unkno wn. At one
time several unhappy people we're killed or
injured every year; but they were almost in
variably cases of accidental trampling. The
few suicides that did occur wern, for the most
part, cases of diseased and miserable objects.
The official returns now place this beyond
doubt. Indeed, nothing could be more OPP
posed to the spirit Of Vishnu worship than
self immolation Accidental death within
the temple renders the whole place unclean.
The ritual suddenly stops and the polluted
offerings are hurried away from the sight Of
the offended god. According to Chaltanya,
the apostle of Jaganath, the destruction of
the least of Gods creatures was a sin against
the Creator. Self immolation he would have
regarded with horror. The copious religious
literature of~his sect frequently describes the
car festival, but makes no mention of self
sacrifice, nor does it coDGain any passage that
could be twisted int3a sanction of it Abul
Fazul, the MussuFman observer, is equally
silent, although from the context it is almost
certain that, bad he heard of the practice, be
would have mentioned it. So far from en-.
courasinSJSoIf- jrH-,S2ls-1.aS-t sa- gentle doc-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-15
The Age of Aluminium.

Experiments have been under way at
Cleveland for some months which promise to
provide a process that will produce alumni
mum at a cost that will finally bring that
wonderful metal into all the arts When
this is done the next century will be as en-
practically the age Of aluminium as this is the
age of steel. Ships, locomotives, railroads,
great guns, flying machines, houses,
churches, steeples, knives, forks, razorS, sew
ing machines, type. printing presses, and
every other sort of structure or tool in which
iron or steel is now used will be made Of
aluminium as soon as that substance is pro-
duced cheaply and plentifu!ly.
1t is only a question of time now when
that result will be reached. 1t is the most
plentiful metal in the world, as it occurs in
common clay, and the trouble has been, and
is, to isolate it cheaply. 1t is light, tough
and strong, easily worked, and better
adapted to the needs of civilization than any
other similar material When it can TO
made for the same price as iron you will see
all the iron foundries close up or so to work
ing it-and within a decade that result VIII
be reached. You may be certain that the
skeleton of coming civilization will be made
of aluminium. Chicago News.
THE ONLY FOE.
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MEXICAN Triple.
DISTILLED FROM THE MAGuEY on
CENTURY PLANT

PuIque. the National Drink OF the HexI-
can-How It Is Sold in the Capital
of Our Sister Repubuo-singuIar Gus
toms.
Pulque, the national drink of Mexico, is dis
titled FROM the. IEE=lsZ plant. 4pronounced
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-15

Girls are employed as single packers in
the mills at Bay City, Mich
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-15

The wise man keeps diary. There is NO
telling when the most obscure person may
become suddenly famous, and such one viii
find his "reminiscences worth their weight in
silver certificates -Harper's BaZar
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-19
WOHaN'S WEAR.

Walls now drop below the chin, and art
/ oftenest 81 plain Malines
What are known as 'rosca parasols hav,
handles of extreme length.
\ n0velty in underwear is the skirt OF
striped white lawn woven to initiate drawn
work.
Briliiant.ne, n spotted, opaque muslin, i;
used for the foundation skirts Of white
dresses.
Ombre ribbon. shading from deep yellow tc
| cream color. are much liked with white
dres.es
Small maniles with lace hoods are worn at
! outdoor entertainments this season when the
weather is cool
Dresses Of French zephyr ginghams have
foundation skirts Of white sateen, in which
the reeds are inserted.
The.sill. fabrics now being manufactured
are called royale, and are IN iue birds eye
patti rms, similar to armure.
Scarlet Jerseys, with skirts Of clear white
or red and white striped wool make very
effective costumes for mountain wear.
Pretty midsummer costumes are made of
French zephyrs, in alternate stripes of white
with shaded Sray, pale rose, lavender or old
blue
Odd effects appear in the newest watored
silks, many Of which have wayy blotches or
ovals just thought darker than their ground
tone.
Black armure grenadine i favored for sum-
mer dresses. Lace founcas and Il profusion
Of narrow MORE ribbons are the accepted
garntGres.
Some OF the prettiest costumes Of India
silk are Of pale green, sprinkled with Tiny
white blossoms, and trimmed prolusely with
white ribbons
Tailor made gowns of white serge are
trimmed with white pasemerterie, or when
this Is not sufficiently dreSsy, metallic gal
Icons are used
Whit wool dresses are favored again this
season ior mountain wear Twilled flannel,
serge, canvas cloth and nuns yelling are the
chosen materials.
The bow at tue top Of your parasol cannot
H. too lamboyant for fashion, and the richer
and costlier the ribbon composing it, the
better the style.
What are known as capelines are wide
brimmcd hats Of straw or tulle, which often
project capriciously in front, and have inside
trimmings Of flowers or ribbons.
As the word suede, describing n color.
seems - many 20 BE- somewhat indefinite, it
may be well 10 say that it is tan brown Of
any shade seen in the Swedish Undressed kid
gloves.
Green trimmings are favored upon black
hats, and are not confined to ribbon, hut ap-
pear as foliage clusters, grasses and vines,
short ostrich tips and clusters Of cocks
pumes.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-19
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

TI--ljy-foyr young women have graduated
as lawyers IN Michigan this summer.
Tbe sultan of Turkey has ordered several
tyrourters f0r the ladies OF his harem.
T-eque.a dowa-er and regent Of Spain
has just celebrated hcr 30th birthday amir
versary.
Harriet Beecher Stowe continues TO receive
q 800 year from royalties on Uncle Toms
Cabin"
Mrs. sarah Il. Mabry derives an income Of
more than 5000 year from fifty-acre
farm near Atlanta Ga
Lady Jane Henrietta Swiuburnc has en-
tered her Goth year. She is the mother of
the poet and critic, Mr.. Algernon Charles
Swinburne.
A Mrs Pratt in Louisville is making quite
little fortune out OF beaten biscuit such as
she used to regaie her gu-s..- o. - -@Gre pros
porous days
Mrs. Mary Carleton, granddaughter Of
kentuckyS third governor and daughter of
revolutionary soldier, is now, at the age of
-, an inmate Of LOuisvllle's almsbousc.
Mr.. Marcus Miner, whom the DOWaSer
Duchess Of Montrose has just married tor her
third husband is but "a years Of age. The
duchess is over 20 She has spent her three
honeymoons in the same house.
The marriage Of Miss Perkins, of Boston,
who is well known TO fashionable New York
crs, to Capt Beaumont, of the British navy,
VIII not take place until next year, when the
captain will become an admiral.
Mrs. Gladstone recently appeared on a spe-
cial day at the Irish exhibition in London
with q white Irish lace shawl thrown over
her black dress, and a couple OF little grand
SONS clothed in fancy Irish costume.
Lady Playfair, who was formerly Miss
Russell, a daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
H. RaSsell, Of Boston. will soon return to
this country, and viii pass several weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs Russell at Nahant
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-19
Ises Of Hnnana Iihcr.

Among the valuable products of the
soil uow largely suffered 10 20 TO waste.
according ID the United States consul at
San Salvador Is the fiber Of the banana.
This fiber which may be divided into
threads Of slken fnene,s, extends the
length of the body Of the tree, which
grows without a branch from ten TO
fifteen high, and has a circumfer-
ence at the base of two and half to
three feet. In Central America the fiber.
with no preparation except drying. Is
used for shoe strings lariats and cords
for all purposes.
In its twelve months of existence the
banana tree bears only one bunch OF
fruit. but from two TO four or ten trees
spring from the roots of the one that
has fallen. At home the bunch OF
bananas is worth fifteen cents and the
dead tree nothing, though, if the supply
were not inexhaustible. the latter would
be worth ten times the value Of the fruit
to a cordage factory, paper mill or coffee
sack maker. The banana leaf, with
stems Of the toughest and finest threads,
is FROM two and a half to three feet wide
and ten to fifteen feet long, and serves
the native women If San Salvador rs an
umbrella IN the rainy season, a carpet on
winch 10 sit and bed on which to rest.
-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-19
WHAT I8EY WEAR.

Hair wreaths Of the very biggest flowers
are chosen for wear upon directoire hats.
They have no foliage, but are crushed
against windmill bows OF dark ribbon or vel
vet. and the effect en- n1asse is simply appal-
ling.
Fringes Of twisted silk are again in fashion.
as well IS guipure lace Of heavy pattern and
"chicory" ruching pinked out In petal
shapes. while jet, we are told, has a new
lease Of life. though only in the finest quail
ties.
a peculiarly why serge, that comes in
moderate even stripes. makes the least cling
ing OF this years bathing suits, and red OF
brown and white are fGvorite patterns,
which are finished with stockings, sash and
cap Of solid color.
Tic very last sweet thing in bonnets is tor
toise shell, which is wrought into comb and
coronet that tangle about in lot OF lace,
tulle flowers and things and are supposed TO
make sufficient head covering, though the
effect is startlingly bareheaded.
For travelling there are dust cloaks Of gray
glace silk that are the acme of elegant quiet
ing garments Of bright red bengaline trim
med with hots Of black lace. or else green.
bedizened with yards of white ribbon.
Quite the feature of directoire gowns are
the big buttons OF gold or silver figree. or
else OF china. hand painted with flowers
bDgj or landscapes, ana as they cost n small
fortune it is lucky for intending wearers
that six-threo each side below the rcvers-
suffice Cor gown
In stockings black is always well worn, but
many Of the best dressers now favor tho
cream and ecru baioricgans, and for wear
with the tan shoes 50 often seen, it is impcra-
tive 70 have stockings Of quite the same
shade. For evening toilet the stocking OK
actly matches the gowns.
Gauzy cream blonde combined with moiro
or brocade and lightly trimmed with gold or
silver is much Worn by youthful matrons for
watering place for full dress, while the maids
choose China Grape or India gauze, made up
in empire fashion and worn with the suspi-
cion of "a tOurnure.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-19
ONE HOUR AGO.

An hour ago had not known
That Hfc could hide such whirls OF woe
That ON lis surface lightly thrown
The clrchng pool, hid depths below.
one hour how short as time Is said
To compass thro' the days and years
\ moment swift Tor JOY TO tread,
But slow for disappointment tears.
Twas morning time in life and day,
Ny lord came riding up the lane
IN n | no thllli w sOng,ter gay
'MOng happy birds knew less of pain.
Nor sun, nor love. a change tOrctOld;
An me the skies were clOudleSS thrO-
bright, bright. as ribbons new unrOifd,
And like fOrget-mc-nOts their blue,
but dark the mondays sun has grown.
Aud faded shades rest on my heart
This hour my wOcful fate has shown
That / aud bcauty's spell must part.
saw my love 20 down the lane
one hour for JOY 10 ny upon II
gle mutior'd no. when IN hopes VEN
asked him for my summer bonnet
-luda Barton Hays in Puck.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-19
SOME CURIOUS ANTIPATHIES.
Peculiar Physica, ard Mental Weakness of
Great Ncn-Probiems for PLY biologists.

Great Ncn-PrObiems Tor fhy sioIo.ist-.
The vanity Of King james | never
overcame his weakness Of being unable
to look on a naked sword. Nladislaus,
king of Poland, could not bear to see
apples Pennant, the eminent Traveller.
had q great aversion to wigs The duke
of Sch0mbere. soldier as ne was, could
not sit il the same room with n cat. Ii
will hardly be credited that though the
valorOus letcr the Great built fleet. ne
yet ircm hi- 9th to his 14th year could
not bel t.a sight Of either still or run
Mtg water, especially if ne was alone.
La Mothe dc Nayer could MOI endure any
musical instrument, although be de-
lighted in thunder Gretry, the com
poser. and Anne OF Austria were ideuti-
cal in their dislike Of the smell Of roses.
The learned DR.. Beattie tells us Of
healthy strong men who were always I'M
easy on touching velvet, or on seeing
another person handle a cork; thinner
mann. the naturalist. of lady whocould
not bear to touch silk or satin, and shud-
dered when feeling the velvety skin of
peach. One Of the earls Of Barrymore
considered the pan'y an determination,
and the unfortunate Princess Lambaile
looked uron the violet as a thing of hor-
ror. ger turned pale at the sight OF
water es and neither he nor Peter
Abouo id ever drink milk, II is said
OF CarJap that he was disguised at the
sight Of eggs. Chesne, secretary to
Francis !. always bled at the nose on see
ing apples, q gent. in the court Of
the Emperor Ferdinand had the same IN
disposition on hearing a cat new. John
Pechmann, a learned divine. never heard
the floor swept without being immcdl-
ately uneasy, and feeling as though ne
were sullocated.
In Ilorac's Table Book Is an account
Of a gentleman in Alcantara. named
John Roll who would swOon Oh hearing
the word ANA, wool. although his cloak
was mad Of that material. Again, IN
The Universal Magazine, we read OF
vouag woman Of Namur who tainted
whenever she heard a bell ring. The
medicll pioneer. Hippocrate-, mentions
one Nicanor. who swoOned whenever he
heard flute. Amatus Lusilanus relates
the ca.e Of monk who tainted when he
behcld u rose, and never quilted bis cell
when that flower was in bloom. ocalieer
mentions one Of his relations who cXpe-
ricncel % similar horror on seeing iiy.
The DuEc d'Epernon swO0ncd on behold
ing a lcycfet. though hare had no effect
upon him Tycho Brahe, the superstl-
tious astronomer. was similarly affected
on seeing fox. and Marshal d'Albert at
the sigh, Of a pig. We hear Of "a French
lady WHO swooned on seeing boiled lob-
siors: while Ambrose Pare. celebrated
French urreon. mentions o gentleman
afflicted with the same weakness when
ho s1v IN eel. VI. Nauchoim. % great
hwu in Hanover, felt dizzy and
E.mo'. or. if he had time, DC would ran
away rucn he saw a roasted p.g.-Ncw
York Commercial Advertiser.