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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-09
BOTTOMS BARGAINS.

Two carloads bedroom suits just
received, of excellent quality and ex-
ceedingly cheap.
New buggy harnesses at. give-away
prices.
One grand square Wagner piano.
$125.
Magnificent oil paintings.
Two iron safes, metal cheap.
Large variety of clocks and notions;
Latest styles ladies and gents reed
chairs.
A fine lot of flexible wire door mats.
Upholstering goods from 70 cents
per yard.
Kitchen and dining-room furniture.
Beautiful upholstered lounges, 81 to
SOS.
Two billiard and pool tables COM
plete.
Stoves, new and secondhand, from
So to $50.
Stereoscopian cases with so views,
So
Baby buggies, new and second
hand, So to So.
Furniture repaired, packed and
shipped on short notice.
Mattresses of all kinds made at my
own factory. :,
Seven new fire proof iron safes and
one burglar proof steel chest, ditto, at
prices to defy competition.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-09
The Daily Eight.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER. 9, 1888,

quietly informess s.1I.iil Of the helpless conGl-
ton of the city, and briefly surrendered it
upon the condition that life, liberty and
private property should be protected.
Then the general looked up again, and in
a curt, business like way said that he would
grant the conditions requested. He said that
the civil authorities had taken the proper
course in seeking him, and expressed the
hope that their relations would be pleasant
and satisfactory.
"But this is war, you know" he said in
his abrupt way, Eyes, - - it, this IS
war, and must place your town under mar
tial law. That won't hurt good citizens, but
it will play the devil with the bad ones"
TAKING POSSESSION.
Snow that we have surrendered" re-
marked one of the citizens, you will proba-
bly, come in at oncef'
The general darted quick glance at him.
Come in!" he answered, 81 think some of
my men are already there-they are march
ing in that direction as fast as they can
walk"
With few words of parting the commit
tee started to return.
Zone word more" said Sherman. ~ sup
pose it is understood that none of your people
will fire upon my soldiers"
He was assured that nothing Of the kind
would occur, and the mayor and the others
then rode back to the city, entering it with
the advance guard of the Federals only few
hundred yards behind them.
4. Shortly after midday the streets were blue
With companies and regiments of Federals.
All night the wagons and troops were NOV
ing into the city, and the next day the place
was crowded. There were billiard 70 los
and drinking saloons over some of the stores,
and bills were out advertising a minstrel
show for that night on Decatur street
A dozen generals occupied the best houses,
in some cases compelling the original occu-
pants to move into other quarters. Gen.
Sherman established himself very comfort
ably in the present high school building on
the corner of Mitchell and Washington
streets, and engaged for houseSeeper an old
lady who two days before had been denounc-
ing him as a savage for whom even the worst
fate was too good. The two got along very
agreeably, and in less than.a Wees the house
keeper told her friends that the general was
the incest man in the world, AID had been
shamefully slandered. Atlanta Constitution
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-09
The Senator Saw the Point.

Reporters are not the worst fellows in the
world, after all. as the following story Will
show. 1t was during the last session OF the
legislature, ard one of the members had
sent message to his home, which message
the young lady operator had failed to read
correctly. Her mistake had occasioned the
senator good deal at annoyance and some
loss, and to avenge himself ON the operator
he had her discharged. The poor girl was
seen by reporter as she was leaving the tel
egraph Office, her eyes fieG with tears, and
he was not long in finding out what occa-
stoned them He conso!e4 tae girl as best
he could and at once I-aGe . break for tie
E"~ator.
.see n..-e. senator" he said running up
against that gentleman in the hote! CORR,
dor; that young girl ~ i"'iea oo 10 ieI1 y
your message correctly has BEEN ns'N'i - So
u know it, and good job it is, too. W.
right had she to make my message i will be
home tonight read I will be home to
fight'F'
o. "Oh, well, senator, mistakes will happen,
You know, and want you to withdraw Your
complaint and have her reinstated"
"I will not"
"Oh, yes, you will"
"But say won't"
:. But know you will You are going to
SIGN a telegram / will write to the superin-
tendert OF the company asking for her re1 rem
statement"
81 tell you am not" -..-..-<..
Then hereafter, senator, every speech you
make / will report verbatim, and If you
thipk you can afford to send home to your
constituents the records containing SUCH
"Say no more" broke in the senator;
"write the message: ri sign it"
And he did.-New York Mail and Express.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-09
Do Not SUFFER ANY LONGER.

FOB PRINTING-Of every description, done
J at the LIGHT office. satisfaction gwen
yerY tine, or money Refunded.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-09
PARENTS CRIMINALLY LIABLE.

More than half of all deaths occur
before six years of age. An army of in
nocent, lovely children are swept
needlessly away each year. Parents
are criminally responsible for this.
The death rate of children in England
is less than half this. Acker's English
Baby Soother has done more to bring
this about than all other causes COM
bined. You cannot afford to be with
out it. For sale by RAGLAND & Co.'S
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-09
Anton HanniCh,

Anton Hannich,
Carriage painter, informss,the pub
lie, customers and friends, that
he is now prepared to do salts
factory work embracing every
thing in his line at reasonable prices.
Country orders promptly attended to.
shops at 2lO Elm street, between No
Ian and Dawson streets, San Antonio
Texas. 6-12-6m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-09
SHADOWS.

A dusky calm has drifted down,
All strife is hushed in holy sleep
Below where looms the quiet town
Tranquil the river IS, and deep.
Perchancs down twixt yon sacred stars
This peace Sits with vague prophecy;
Are We so near that through the bars
FAN shadows from the world TO be'
Charles Henry Phelps in Home Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-09
BETTER THAN SUICIDE.

Professor Arnold says: "An incur
.ble dyspeptic is justified in commit
ting suicide" We will guarantee to
cure any dyspeptic within three
months by Acker's English Dyspepsia
Tablets For sale by RAGIAND & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-09
Looking for an Easy Job.

Citizen-No, can give you no money. l
don't like to encourage idleness. Why don't
you 60 to work!
Tramp-lt's easy to say that, but it isn't
10 easy to get job Pve been trying to get
work all the year.
Citizen-What kind of a jo6 have you
looked fort
Tramp-Winding an eight day clock.-Ns-
hraska Journal
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20
How TO Cure Hides.

There is a right and a wrong way to
prepare and cure hides and the Lsather
Recjs,7 claims that the following is the
right manner of operating:
In taking off hide or caIfskin ever
cut the throat crosswise in the least
Slit the SKIN from the brisket to the tall
and from the brisket to the jaw; then
cut around each leg to the hoof. Slit
the hind leg from the hoof up directly
over the gambreI and the forward legs
i'll front, directly over the knee, to the
top of the brisket bone. This leaves the
hide or skin then in the proper shape for
finishing. Skin the head and legs care
fully to avoid cutting them; then,
commencing at the head, draw off
the skin without any further use
of the knife, thereby avoid
ing the holes and cuts that spoil so many
calfskins. Some farmers use windlas5
to draw off the dairy skins and Others
use a horse, but one or two men can do
it a great deal more quickly and easily.
When taken off lay the hide or skin fit
on the floor in a cool place where the
sun cannot shine upon it, and cover it
with salt, rather fine salt being better
than too coarse salt, D. not roll it up,
but let it remain in the salt until you
take off another; then place that one
upon the other, sailing freely as before,
and so on until you get enough to make
quite pile in the same manner. Do not
be afraid to use salt freely; what the
skins do not require will shake off and
can be used again.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

A Minneapolis man ate 500 oysters IN
two hours recently for bet OF 500.
In Europe, thrifty trees and good
crops of peaches have been secured from
CRAFTS on the hawthorn.
The word tea-caddy is derived from
the Chinese, where catty means guam
tity of tea weighing little more than
pound.
The name Sick Man, by which Tur-
key is often referred to, was applied to
that country by the Gar Nicholas, Jan.
Il, 1854,
The speaking trumpet used by ships
at sea is a very early invention, one Of
them being used by Alexander it is
said, in $50 B. c.
At least /, 200, 900, 900 pounds of to-
bacco are annually produced to supply
the demand of the 900, 900, 900 of the
earth's population addicted to its use.
The first literary work produced in
America was a translation of Ovid's
'Metamorphoses," by George Sandys,
treasurer of Virginia in 1924, and printed
in1728
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
dates its origin to March ID, 1638-39,
when it was formed under its first name
of the military Company of the Massa-
chusetts."
The first agricultural society IN the
United States was formed by South
Carolina planters in 1884, and is yet in
existence The Philadelphia society
followed in 1891, and the Massachusetts,
in 1892
A lady of Winnipeg had her photo
graph taken not long ago and her face
appeared in the negative covered with
spots. On the following day she was
prostrated with a severe attack of vario-
loid
Easebio Francesca Kino, a Jesuit,
founded the first settlement in Arizona
and California, exploring the former as
early as 1853 He founded the first set
Element in Arizona on the ella river in
1870, and in 1897 founded the first in
California.
A remarkable case of Substitution"
was recently found in Georgia iron
mine. Workmen digging came upon a
pine stump, or what had been a pine
stump, now converted into brown iron
ore. The stump showed all the fibres
and bark of the original pine tree and
resin streaks were plainly seen in places.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20
COrmOrant Fishing.

In China tame cormOrants are trained
to fish for their masters Rev. Justis
Doolittle thus describes the process of
CORN GRANT fishing:
1.-The fisherman who has charge of
the cormog ants stands upon a raft of
bamboo poles, very light, and propelled
by paddle. A basket is placed on it
to contain the fish. Each raft has three
or four cormorants connected with it.
When not fishing, they crouch down
stupidity on the raft.
"The fisherman, when he wishes to
make a cormorant fish, pushes or throws
it off the raft into the water. If it is
not disposed at once to dive and seek
for fish, he sometimes strikes it, so that
it is glad to dive, and get out of his
reach.
"When it has caught fish, it rises to
the surface, holding it in its mouth,
and apparently striving to swallow it. A
string tied loosely around its neck, or a
metallic ring, effectually prevents swal-
lowing, except, perhaps, in the case of
very small fish. 'It usually swims di-
rectly for the raft The fisherman,
when near enough, dexterousIy passes a
net-like bag, fastened to the end of
pole, over the two, and draws them
both on the raft. He then forces the
fish from the grasp of the bird, and, as
if to reward the latter for its success,
gives it mouthful of fool, which it is
enabled to swallow, on his raising t he
ring from the lower part of its neck.
The bird, if apparently tired out, is al
lowed to rest awhile on the raft, and
then it is pushed off again INTO the
water, and made to dive and hunt for
fish as before.
"Sometimes one bird will hasten to
the assistance of another which has
caught large fish which he may be I'M
able to master; the bird will help his
comrade to carry his prize to the raft,
and then fly back and resume It's own
labOrs"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Not q Table Fruit

As the ounce is not table trult, Dat
is wholly used for preserves and similar
purposes, its tendency to early decay IS
not of so much consequence as 1t might
otherwise be- 1t thrives in majority
of the States, and although moist and
rich soil suits it best, no one need fear
to pant it on ground where corn and
potatoes succeed. From the quotations
observed in different places there does
not seem to ever have been a general
over-suppply, and the excellence Of the
fruit for its special purposes gives an
assurance Of a good demand and good
prices in the future. It has some insect
enemies, but not to such an extent as
need deter any one from its cultivation.
The ends of twigs affected with knots
should be cut off and burned, and a
lime wash impregnated with sulphur IS
recommended for the trunks and largest
branches. = New York World.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20
High Peaks Left for Climbers.

Although Dr.. Meyer has succeeded in
making the ascent of Kibo, the highest
peak on the Kilima-Njlro range, there
is no occasion for any motel Alpine
climber to sit down and weep because
there are no other mountains to CONQUER.
The Alps, the Andes, Mount Cook in
New Zealand, and Kilima-N jaro are all
giants, certainly, but they are dwarfed
by some of the TibetaH Mountains. Mr.
Graham assembled one or two of these a
few years ago, but he failed to reach
the top of the Kinchinjunga, which is
5000 feet higher than kibo, and Mount
Everest, the highest peak in the world.
is still virgin soil In the Himalavar
range there are more than fifty peaks
that rise to a greater altitude thar
kilima-Njaro, which Dr. Meyer est,
mates at close upon 20, 900 feet. The
Alpine Clubs should establish branche!
in central Asia. - St James Gazette.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20

A Chicago Man Goes to sleep Under
One-Rescued by Policemen.
From the Chicago Triame.l

From the Chicago Trituue.i
4 remarkable adventure witha folding
bed occurred few nights ago toa young
man connected with a leading dry goods
house Of the city. The young man re-
ferred 10 lives on the North Side, and
manifests occasionally much cOnyiviall-
" Of disposition. He had been mani
testing such quality che evening, week
before last, and when he went home WAS
III balmy and beaming mood. he hit
the keyhOle somehow, and went up
stairs to his room His folding bed he
recognized as the place n which he was
accustomed to sleep, and he recolIecteI
that something had 20 be done with the
article to make it ready for occupancy.
He grappled with f. The next morn
ing the chambermaid entering the room
was surprised to see that the folding
bed had not been occupied. though 1t
had been pulled down. She did the
usual sweeping and busting, and then
seized the bed to lift it back to its place,
Then she dropped it and began a series
of blood -curdling screams, which assem-
bled the household She said there was
body under the bed It was lifted, and
the body was there, sure enough. 1t
was the body Of Mr.. --, and he was
sleeping like lamb. He had pulled
the bed down on himself, and had gone
to sleep perfectly satisfied, the legs Of
the article of furniture holding it at
sufficient height to prevent his suffOca-
ton. In his dazed condition he had
discovered the easiest way OF going TO
bed ever yet hit upon.
Still another story in which the fold
ing bed figured is reported from Ellis
avenue. This particular folding bed IS
owned by lady on the above named
thoroughfare. One memorable night in
her life no sooner had she fairly i'm
planted her head on the dOwny pillows
than the pesky continuance began to
close in upon her. Faster and faster it
moved, and all the stories she had ever
read of people being buried alive flashed
through her mind. 1t was a moment
of supreme horror. But as the average
woman at sight Of i mouse will summon
to her aid q wOman's only weapOn-tO
wit, her tongue-so did the fair Ellis
avenue sufferer bethin1 her of that use
full ut oft unruIy member, and right
Justify did she employ it, too, as her
neighbors can well and truly testify, and
as her husband might also, but for the
1aCt IuHb IL WIS Io49G uISht, dLIu Ills
presence had been demanded down
town. Hearing Il succession of I'M
earthly shrieks, tina more yentures0me
of the aforesaid neighbors attempted to
get into the house, but not being pro-
fessional house breakers their efforts
were signally unsuccessful. Meanwhile
the screams and shrieks continued with
redoubled vehemence, and it was not
until one of the neighbors had called
the police patrol, and two of Chicago's
preservers Of the peace had broken open
the door and invaded the premises, and
discovered the cause Of so unseemly an
outbreak in q most respectable, quiet
neighborhood, that the poor woman was
released from her folding prison, and
peace gradually settled down upon the
scene.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20
The Only One.

Did any of your family get cut to
pieces with a moving machine this
Year, he asked Of a farmer on the mar
kct yesterday.
mo, sir"
Any legs taken off by the reaper?"
Not a leg"
ANY one fall off haystacIl and run
ptchfork into him p
mo, sir"
ANY one get wound up in the tumb-
ling rod of the thrashing machine 2
No, sir"
''Any one killed by the explosion of
portable boiler 2"
No"
''None of the women burned to death
by kerosene?"
''No."
"Well, you ought to be thankful"
yes, l suppose so. The only acct
dent we had in our neighbolhood oc-
CURED to chap who came out from the
city to stay a day or two with me. He
fell asleep in the orchard and calf
chewed all the hair off his head ~
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20
Inherent Fertility of the Soil.

John J. Willis superintendent of
Lawes and Gilberts experimental farm,
Rothamsted, England, IN summarizing
the results of the renowned experiments
of Lawes and Gilbert, writes in the
American Agricuiturist for November:
No soil is so rich that it cannot be
made poor, if not almost barren; for,
with every crop removed there IS neces-
sariIy certain quantity Of inorganic
matter, as we'll as nitrogen, taken from
the land. And if this goes on year after
year, without restoring to the soil some
thing of what has been taken out of it,
the land becomes poorer and poorer, and
at last is capable of growing only the
most meagre crops. Every acre of land
growing a crop of thirty bushels of
wheat removes about 100 pounds of
mineral plant-foo1 and 45 pounds Of nj
troeen. Land may also be cx-
hausted by feeding stock. Il
what is grown be consumed on the
land so that all the solid and liquid eek
creta" produced be restored to the soil,
the fertility of the surface soil would be
slightly improved, but the soil as a
whole would not be sufficiently enriched
to produce a correspondingIy large crop
as that eaten of, because sonnet hing
would have been assimjlated by the
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20

rest. this creates an unnatural appetite
m the mart OF tho animal which Will
eventually result in a diseased condition
If the stomach. No farmer would think
of keeping an animal continually at
labor. nor is there any good reason why
such animal should, when not at labor,
be all the time eating. 1t is much
better to have regular hours for feeding,
and then only with a view TO the actual
requirements Of the animal; if the feed
Is likely to he insufficient for want OF
time to cat in the case Of working
animals. il should be sufficiently
concentrated in character to
meet all the wants Of the case.
There is 10 difficulty in the case OF
COWS or young stock that perform 10 la
Dor and with them feeding regularly
nirht and morning, by which method
they learn to be quiet at all other times,
proves to be much better than to create
a continual uncasincss, resulting from
feeding a little every time the barn IS
visited. Experience has taught tAat by
the practice Of regularity IN feeding, AMI
mails will actually d. better upon less
quantity of feed Neat stock are better
calculated to take considerable quantl-
ties Of coarse food than horses, because
Of the character of the stomach, com
pri,ing, as it does, different compart
ments, and Of much larger size.
The stomach of the horse is not large;
it is estimated to contain only about
fifteen or sixteen quarts; so it is clear to
be seen that the food must be considera-
blv concentrated. Another peculiarly
OF the stomach Of the horse is that if
food is taken when the stomach Is full
the effect is to force its contents into
the intestincs, and thence without de-
irving the benefit which ought TO come
from the same Feeding Is very prop
erly becoming more and more study,
and the greater the degree of knowi-
edge in this direction the greater the de-
gree of economy that can be practiced.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20

Keep hens warm.
Never milk in a dirty stable.
Don't waste soft corn; feed it out.
Winter dairying has many advocates.
Send off fruit in clean, new packages.
Protect trees from being girdlcd by
mice
Distribute manure on the fields as
evenly as possible.
Dispose of all rubbish in the compost
heap or by burning.
Colonel Curtis considers the plow an
enemy to the orchard.
Fresh, clean apple pomacc is valuable
food for farm animals.
Lice in the pouItry-yard should be
vigiIantly guarded against.
In time of plenty wormy pears should
go to the hogs, says J. B. Oicutt
Sec that the cellar is we'll cleaned out
before filling with winter supplies.
Give the COW clean bed every night,
keepjno filth from the udder and teats.
o4hon +bin., hoi,r oo,,o1 +bo+ f.rr,
inc, ,o,-s hast which oroducos tho most
o,,,ro
Soo' oo'N,US wv u VIZ GO 'i"ie' L"
WYNN - oov'0' -0' P''''''' ''-"i u 'l'5 ~
0"i'y "e''in6'
Many good COW becomes ''kicker'
from being roughly MIXED when her
'''''9 d I s0i T.
Get IN 8ood supply OF dry leaves.
FIRST they make Inc bedding Tor AMI
mails, then the best OF manure,
4 markctmau claims that he can tell
by the taste Of watcrmcIons when they
have been raised near pumpkins.
An anhorism ano3o Western farmers
is that the steer is snra mono, tbo mic,
quick money. and the colt bio money.
D,-,+ oxnoot t1,o4 +ho ,,o,l+u,, l,,,.;
.,.;n ..n,,, ;.,.If,
.1...1,,,-... -..:.,y..l.'-.
~ ''--'-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-20
Feeding AnirnafS,

w, IL. Teomans says in the Observer:
Every farmer desires to prosper N all
that he undertake; if such thing Is
possible To secure tn best results re-
quires the exercise of cool judgment in
every operation that is undertaken.
Very much depends upon the care of
animals in winter and especially in the
matter of feeding; AID is not always
the quantity that is fed that determines
the condition of an animal but the man -
ner of feeding. Economy may DC prac-
tised in the feeding Of ANIMALS and they
still maintain good, healthy, thrifty
condition, With animals, as with the
human race, overlooking may produ ce
disease and an emaciated condition.
1t should be remem bered that the
stomach of an animal is simply machine
for the conversion of food into those
substances that are easily assimilated to
the frame of the animal, and of which
only certain amount is required. The
design of this machine is simply to per-
form the work required Of it, and no
more than that ought to be expected of
1t any more than a moving machine
should be expected to be able to cut the
product of an alder swamp. To gorge
an animal with food only serves to over
work the stomach IN the attempt to di-
gest more than it is really able
to, and as a result much is voided bv
the animal and goes to waste Another
error is to feed so frequently as to
prevent the stomach from taking any