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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
A Canal in Crimea.

Another internal improvement scheme
of great Importance, and involving some
mastery engineering methods and plans,
has for some time been in contemplation
by the Russian government, and, in view
Of its political and commercial bearings
on the interests of that country, its &C.
complishment, in due course of time, is no
longer matter Of doubt. This work is
the Perecop canal in the Crimea, which
will establish direct route between the
Don, the Black sea, and the Sea of Azof,
and three lines of rail, namely, the Knos-
noff Verouej, the Kursk Charkoff, Azof
Don or Maripol line, and the Losoff Sebas.
topol. Charkoff Niolaieff line will be
brought into junction with it. Besides
other considerations, such canal will
enable the Russians TO bring the coal and
coke of the Don collieries to the Black sea
ports. -New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
How the Air Brake Works.


Said railroad man to me today: 'I'n
bet not one in hundred Of the people
who travel on railroad trains understand
how the pressure of air is used to apply
the brakes 70 train. When the air
brake was first invented the air was
turned into the cylinder under each car
when the car was to be stopped, and the
pressure was exerted to force the brakes
UP against the wheels. But at the pres
ent day the brakes are held against the
wheels by springs, and the air is turned
into the cylinders to push the brakes
away from the wheels as long as the train
is in motion. When it Is desired 10 stop
the train the air is let out, and then the
springs apply the brakes and stop the
train. This last method Of using air
pressure has great advantages over the
old way ON the score of safety.
whenever an accident happens to a
train one of the first effects it is apt to
have is to rupture the air pipes leading
from the engine to the cylinders under the
cars; and that Of itself stops the train in
stantly. 1t is very important for every
body to understand this matter, because q
child years old can stop train in thirty
seconds from any car in the train il he
simply understands how. You will see,
II you look for it, that there is sort Of
rope projecting from the toilet room Of
every car That connects with the air
pipes under the train. II you catch hold
Of it and give it a little jerk it will stop
the train before it has gone 200 yards. ~
Chicago Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27

''There is one bore that ! wish you
newspaper paragraphists would pitch
into,n says Mr.. NJ. B. Husson. you
have pretty nearly succeeded with your
jibes and filings in putting stop TO the
fellow who used to carry his cane and his
umbrella under his arm or over his
shoulder and prod people with It, Now,
l should like to see you take hold Of the
fellow with the low, mumbling voice, who
talks to people in the cars. / have some
acquaintance whom shrink from meet
ing on the cars simply because cannot
hear more than half they say, and then
have TO strain my ears so that it makes
my head ache. don't like to keep ask
ing them over and over again what they
have said, so frequently pretend TO hear
them when don't, and sometimes make
distressing blunders in my answers. Only
last week one of these acquaintance told
Inc that his brothers boy had died the
night before. only caught the words
my brother boy and last night, and,
concluding that boy had been born TO
his brother, | said, pleasantly: is that
so? Well, we must make him set up the
cigars on that Now, fancy how | felt
when learned the next day that the boy
was dead. | wish you would 90 for these
numbers, who humble in the cars or in
other noisy places. Chicago Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
The Counting Machine in Russia.

have been in four or five of the largest
hanks in Russia and many of the most ex-
tensive commercial and railroad houses,
and nowhere have seen figuring done by
pen or pencil, like they do in America and
England The Chinese counting machine,
seen occasionally in the hands of John
and Jap in the United States, is every
where. If you buy pair of socks for
fifty kopecks and handkerchief for
seventy five kopecks, the shopkeeper, even
the brightest and oldest and most expe-
rienced, has to go to his machine to learn
the result-one rouble, twenty-five ko-
pecks. l venture that there are not
dozen bankers in Russia who would at
tempt TO discount any draft, or issue a
letter of credit, or change ten rouble
note into kopecks, without pushing back
and forward for some time the strings of
colored buttons in his machine, indicating
numerals. But it is wonderful how adept
some of them are in the use Of the count
ing machine. You may buy a bill Of
goods ever so large. The salesman keeps
the machine beside him, pushing out the
numerals as the purchases are made, and
the instant you call for your bill se re-
peats the total. The Russians were taught
most of their business knowledge by the
Chinese and Turks, and these counting
machines are yet indispensable in all
Oriental places Of business. Cor.
New Orleans Times Democrat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27

mowers We cali 'everidstihgs, ami when
are the longest TO defy the nippings OF the
coming winter weather, are mostly tinted
like the northern SHOWS and yellow
northern lights.
IL is in the depths OF old ocean that we
find some of the largest expressions Of
plant life in the polar zone Here, within
a short distance Of shore, are colossal
kelps and other life that grow throughout
the year; of course, yegetating the most
in the short summer months Land
plants, as already said, are pigmies COM
pared with those OF the sea, or even the
corresponding class in lower ATTITUDES,
and this dwarfed condition, a naturalist
tells US, Is not due so much 20 the intense
cold in the arctic winter as to the fact
they do not get enough warmth in sum-
mer 10 develop them perfectly. DIR. Joseph
Hooker mentions it as a rare property Of
one Of the graminee the grasses, Trise-
tum Subspicatum, that IL is the only polar
species known which is equally an inhab-
itanb OF the arctic and antarctic regions.
Frederick Schwatka in Woman.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
The Seal. Domestic Discipline.

Travellers have often said that there
seemed to be something human about the
seal, and one story told here seems to give
1t confirmation. 1t is about the breeding
rookery, where the seal pups are in the
nursery, go to speak, at Is certain" says
Tingle, "that half the pups are born
mates, and that pups equal to 90 per cent.
OF cows on the rookeries go into the water
that is, exclusive of the young cows
which come upon the rookeries for the
first time to meet the males. The estimate
loss of 10 per cent. is caused by bulls in
preserving rigid discipline and administer
ing necessary correction in the manage
ment of their domestic affairs. Their idea
of females duty does not admit of any
little indiscretions, and at the slightest
sign of deviation, regardless of conse-
quences, they quickly pounce upon the
offending female and shake her by the
neck. A number of pups are also lost by
being washed off the rocks by the surf
and drowned, before they have learned to
swim. Fully one-half the pups which go
TO sea in the fall return as yearlings the
following spring, the absent ones having
furnished food for their natural enemies
In the water.-Boston Advertiser.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
Old yycy and Modern,

A great many young lawyers come out
Of the law schools every year who find il
difficult for many months to make enough
to live on in their profession. 1t is hard
to get money Tor Office rent, hard to keep
the ball rolling or to follow the social cue.
In former days, IN the days when all law
yers took their term Of training in some
old lawyers Office, young men were glad
to pay small sum yearly for desk room
and for a chance to serve under q wise
head. A legal friend Of The Athenian de-
clares that nowadays it is impossible to
find young man willing TO serve an ap-
premiership such as he served, even for
pay. He said he would be glad to give
office room and a reasonable salary to any
young tiedgling who could make himself
useful while gaining years and wisdom.
But, strange to say, 1t is not possible to
find young lawyer willing to take the
training and money. Boston Advertiser
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
Lincoln Never Read a Novel.

While Edwin Forrest was playing an
engagement at Ford's theatre, Mr.. Car
penter spoke to the president one day of
the actors fine Interpretation of the char
witness the performance. The CONVEX
sation occurred in the presence of Senator
playi' asked the president Of Mr.. Car
penter. "Bulwer," was the reply.
"Ahr' he rejoined, "well, knew Bull
wer wrote novels, but l did net know he
was play writer also. 1t may seem
somewhat strange to say" he continued,
''but never read an entire novel in my
life" Said Judge Harris, SIS it posi-
bleg'' Eyes" returned the president,
sit is a fact. once commenced Ivan
hoe, but never finished it."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27

A clock licked merrily among the pas
sengers on Cass avenue car the other
day, and one passenger after another
looked up cheerfully and said:
THAT sounds good Where is the
tickeri"
No one seemed to know. One little
woman with her arms full of packages
fidgeted and looked uncomfortable
THAT isn't clock you hear" said a
distraught, wild looking man who sat near
the door; tits my heart you hear beat
ing, gentlemenr'
Everybody looked at him sympathetic
cally, when man in the corner who had
been reading a paper suddenly jumped
up.
whats that drip, drip, over there9 Be
keerful, ma'am, that lamps leakin'i
kin smell kerosenen
AT this moment the alarm in the clock
went off, and the man who had heart dis
ease rushed out of the car and was seen
running wildly down the sidewalk, while
the little woman with the clock rang the
bell and carried off the cause of the dis
tuTbance. --Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
The Bucket shops Advantage.

"The odds are all with the bucket shops.
l would not lay my money in any Of
Them" said a veteran gambler. "The bet
you make is against the shop. You lay
your money that certain stock will 20
down. The shop bets it won't.
"That seems even, doesn't IT. But it
isn't, for the shop keeps portion If your
wager whether you win OF lOse--commis-
sion, it is called. say it Is odds. Ten
dollars is your bet on seven shares against
$3.50 if the commission is one quarter:
and / think a man is fool To he con-
stantly laying money against a smaller
sum. 1t will break him sure. You will
seldom find an experienced gombleI who
can be induced To have anything 20 do
with these concerns. New York Tele
gram
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
The Truly Gsntlemanlr Laugh.

''There is always one sure sign by which
you may know well bred man." says
cosmopolitan who is just now in Phila-
delphis.
"And, pray, what is that sign'', he was
asked.
ut is his laugh. The butcher and the
baker and the candlestick maker, not to
speak of the tailor, may do good deal for
man. But only thorough refinement can
make him laugh like gentleman"
"And, now, what is that laugh like?'
LAS with the quality we call style it
cannot be defined; but, just the same,
there is no mistaking the laugh of gen.
tleman. Listen and note the next time
you go to reception or dinner parity
Philadelphia Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
Business Chances,

nice business with good will and fixtures,
business suitable for lady or invalid, one OF
the best locations in the city. The rent of
house only $40 per month. Price 800. C42)
The best business of the kind in the state of
Tey as can be bought for $4,000. $1,000 cash,
with good security. Do not ask about this un.
less you mean business. H2)
good paying, neat little business, good
well, stock and fixtures; for 500.
For Rent-A beer saloon. with fixtures and
furniture-new room house and good Local
ton. Only Sl3 per month. ~
Grocery and Sundrles store, on railroad, II
miles from city, doing good bushes; post
ONCE and express eau be had IL desired; for
sale cheap; owner going to Europe. Ask for
particu 76
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
A Queens Bravery.

The queen Of Portugal wears the Paris
life savers, medal because, in 1874, while
bathing at Cascase with her sons, Charles
and Alfonso, IL and 9 respectively, she
swan out to save her children from
drowning. A large wave suddenly swept
the children of their feet, and their
mother, in trying to save them, came near
drowning also, but they were seen by the
lighthouse keeper, who dashed in and sue
ceeded in getting them safely to land.
Chicago Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
When men begin to glory in wickedness
their punishment is not far off.
Flowers of the Arctic Regions.

The polar flowers seldom have any per.
fume, and the few that exhibit this de-
lightful quality, however feeble are,
think, from that class that have crept over
the cold border marked by the Arctic
circle; or, in short, none of the fifty men
tioned-Eskimo flowers, we might call
them in popular way-have any appre-
ciable odor. The color of these boreal
blossoms are generally of the cold tints,
as if in harmony with the chilly sur
roundings, instead OF the warm hues that
would break in upon the desolation with
double effect by sheer contrast where so
few cheering sights are TO be seen. White
and light yellow predominant, and these
colors seem associated with frosts and
cold weather for IL appears that these
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27

A vesselin use in the upper Thames
owes its motive power 10 the explosive
force of petroleum. The boat is started
by lighting a lamp, and the lamp must be
extinguished TO stop the engine The fuel
costs less than coal, while the omission of
the boiler saves much space and the ex-
peuse of fireman and working engineer.
The craft is of American origin. Frank
Leslie's.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27

SO>>o the Children. They are es-
SNSS pocially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Remedy a positive cure. Il saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
For sale by Ragland & Kennedy. IL
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
For Sale.

For Sale.
Lots on Government Hill.
Lots on Dignowity Hill.
Lots on Prospect Hill.
Lots on Tobin Hill.
Lots near Arkansas Pass depot.I
Lots near Sunset depot.
Lots near International depot. 9-l2-tf
HAMBLEroN HADLEY & co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27

NEW THREE ROOM HOUSE, nicely finished,
In large lot aud In good location, half block
IRON street care line. Price $3.50. (3iJ-2
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27
FOR SALE:

A FRAME HOUSE of seven rooms, hearty
"A new, fine yard with bydrant and cistern
water, half block from street ear line and only
five minutes walk from Main plaza, fine hot
house complete. ali included at $1,000: one
half cash. CsIl-2
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27

1900 acres, on Nueces river, in Zavalla cOun
", all fenced with 4-barbed wires, house OF
rooms, stock pens, corralls, ETC., i1ne river bot
tom with plenty OF pecan trees, river AWAY
has running water, nearly miles river front
Easy access to water for stock; II OF the lanC
can be cultivated; title perfect and the place /
bargain. Price 50 per acre ian
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-27

A desirable building lot near I. sc. N. rail
road DEPOT cheap i54l
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-15
Na.1han.,,a Aeainst aamnlers.


In 1840 that famous magician, Robert
Houdin, was requested by thexjudge Of
instruction of the tribunal of the Seine
toexamine and verify the genuineness Of
150 packs of cards which had been seized
in the possession of q man who enjoyed
anything but savory reputation. A
popularity Of the'cards was that they
were perfectly white, and 1t was impo5-
sible to detect the least proof of their
having been tempered with or to find the
slightest marx upon them. Over his
work Houdin spent fortnight, now in
specting them with the unaided eye,
again by means of superior lens. Every
individual card Of the 100 packs was in
spected again and again. He was giving
up his work in despair, when, of sud-
den, close to the corner of one Of them,
he perceived dullish spot. Looking at
it closer the spot disappeared, but holding
it at distance from him the spot re-
appeared. Following up this 'clew, he
ascertained that on every card there ex-
listed spot which, according to its posi-
ton on the card, indicated the suit and
the value Of the card.
He pursued the subject further, for
the purpose of ascertaining whether a
person who plays for amusement only
has the slightest chance of winning with
person who plays only to live. The
conclusion he arrived at was that there
is no such supposed favorable chance,
and that the amount of the non-profes-
SIGNALS losses is limited only by the mag
nanimity of the professional.-Boston
Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-15

I am not certain whether 1t pays or
not to go up on the Rigf. When the
weather is clear you can see three noun
tain ranges all snow capped, 10 or IL
lakes, II towns and cities, 40 villages, go
odd glaciers, and this in a circumference
of about 800 miles. Glorious, admit,
but obi the discomfort of the descent
againi It takes longer to come down
than it does to 60 up, and passengers are
ierked, jerked, je-ked from apex to base
SO rudaly that life is no longer pleasure
ere we have reached Vitzuau again. Out
on such cogwheel contrivances for hui
man torture, say I; the old fashioned dill
LICENCES may have been slow and cruel,
but they were Pullmans alongside OF
these new tangled cars.
Four years ago I climbed the Rigi,
mere child's play after doing Pilatus, and
I have not grown much older since said
I would climb 1t again and ! did SO day
before yesterday. 1t was warm after
noon. Not breath of air, and the sun
shining full on me for half the distance.
By haff-past O'Clock had reached the
kuhn or highest point, and there threw
myself on the earth and saw the sun &c
down. Then / had my feet and LEGS
well rubbed with liniment, meanwhile
eating dinner, and then I went to bed to
be called early enough to see that same
sun rise again. The Rigi Kuhn is the
best place know of to observe the splen
did rudy glow that comes over the grea1
Alpine peaks at the rising and setting o.
| the sun. Unfortunately these effects O
| light do not last long, but they are mar
velously beautiful. Night before last @
the sun went down it became first yel
low, then dark red and in an instan
everything touched by its dying rays as
summed the same ruddy tint. This lastet
for couple of minutes after the sun hat
entirely disappeared, and then sudderil.
everything turned black and lol th
stars were shining. Henry Haynie il
New Orleans Picayune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-15
RS. IGod's truth"

GOuS Jrutn!
'And your son Bill didn't pizen
him cause l beat him chopin wood /!
He never did! Bill wasn't like it
Bill would hev cut his hand off fust.
"And he wa-n mad cause Lbeat
him?''
'Hoo an! Why, Bill cum home
to say We vas the pest man with the
ak on Bald Mountain
s.And seven murders heve been
done through thisr' 1 said, as /
looked at Pap Carter.
"God forgive mei' he exclaimed
as he knelt down and flung up bis
hands. "Why q ont we cum ovel
to me, Ahra'm N, and dun tell me how
it all wasr'
How could /, Reubin, when you
'nns was pepperin' we'uns will
huckshotl Fo' the Lord, bat wha
wicked critters we hev bin!'
"Abra'm!'
"Reuben.'
And then the young men ais
reached out fer each others hands
and I'm not going to deny it was
womanish time all around for th
next ten minutes. When we wen
up to Bibbs' cabin there was NOR
of it and the two old men knel
I<ight down side by side, arms q
round each other and their whit
hands close together, and they wer
and prayed like child rem lost in th
darkness and storm. Thirty year
of hate'and blood we're. wiped ava.
in an hour.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-15
Forty Years Ago.
There was time to live

There was time to live.
Men slept yet in their beds.
The epoch Of haste had not come
The saddle was tho emblem of speed
Brawn and brains went hand in hand
A days journey was a serious mater
We were still nation Of handwo: kers
The highways were dusty and popu
lous.
No house contained a sewing ma
chic.
The canvas covered wagon was the
ar tof trade.
The turnpike was still the grea
artery of trade.
There was not mower or har
vester in existence.
The land was lighted with candle
after nightfall.
Butter was unmarketable Loo
miles from the dairy.
Truth is the most powerful thing
in the world, since fiction can onl,
please by its resem blance 20 it.
The steamsaw-mill had Just be
gun to devour the forest.
The lord Of 1000 acres sat will
his harvesters at dinner.
The day began with Sthe dawl
and not with trains arrival.
The spinning-wheel and shuttle
sounded in every farmers house.
He who counted his possession
by the square mile kept open hous
for the wayfarer.
The rich were lavish in an abun
! dance which WINS not coveted b,
the keen eye of commerce, -Por
Deposit Md. )Call-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-15
THE DOCTORS PANAgEA.
Marry and You'll Know Whether It Is &
Failure or Not,


"Doctor, feel miserable in mind
and body, what shall I take?" asked
au old bachelor patient of physi-
clan. 'Take a wife," answered the
doctor gruffly. Many are the men
who have profited by taking this
prescription. Before marriage they
were worth little after it worth
much.
Man never appreciates his in
feriority to woman SO thoroughly as
when he stands before the altar in
the presence of an audience of
friends, and hears the clergyman
made him husband. Nine out of
ten men in such position tremble
as if they were about to be arrested
for murder, while nine out of ten
women go through the ceremony as
gracefully as if it were an every day
occurrence Aud it is this timorous
creature in dress suit that prom
Uses 70 protect the calm and placid
angel whose orange bic ssoms are
her aureole. What delicious sar-
casm thsre is in the thought.
And in after life, when the hus
band gets torn up by care, and
when a little trouble comes to steal
away his peace Of mind, how is il
then? The woman whom he prom
ised to protect becomes his protect
or. She sees sunshine through the
cloud. She smooths out the wrin.
killed. brow of care. She props up
his tagging spirits: she put new
life into his bosom new hope into
his soul, and he goes forth in the
morning with new strength and new
zeal to wrestle with life and it's res
possibilities.
Woman may be the weaker vesse
but she isn't broken up and doesn'r
go to pieces as soon as man.-Kan
sas City Times.