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Only SIS a Year.

invention, but the machine is Its own
recommendation, because all that 10
claimed for II can be readily done at any
time or In any place. Call and examine
IL for yourself and you win be convinced
that IL Ia really an honest and useful
machine, .the pride OF the house and
the Joy OF the home"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-10
All Showed Under.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 10.-A James
town (Ds.) special says that the snow
there is 20 inches deep on level and
drifts are enormous. A telegraph mes
senger, carrying q death notice to q
family living twenty miles distant, left
here Saturday and has not been heard Of.
Teams plunged into drifts up to their
necks and have to be dug out with
shovels. However there 10 much re-
joicing over the prospect for heavy
crops next year. which the hesvv SHOWS
insures.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-10
A Observation-Disclosures.

z. Baiubridge Munday, ESQ.,. County Atty,
Clay county Texas, says: Have used Elec-
trie Bitters with most happy results. Ny
brother also was very low with malarial fever
aud Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of
this medicine. Am satisfied Electric Bitters
saved his life.
Mr.. ID. /. wilcoxson, OF Horse Cave, Ky,
adds like testimony, saying He positively
believes he would have died, had 1t not been
for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy win ward OF, as well as
cure dengue and all malaria diseases, and for
all kidney, liver and stomach disorders stands
unequalled. Price SOC. and 81, at
l6El04ly A. DREfss.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-10
Wool Growers Protest.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 10.-The Utah
wool growers, representing over q mil
lion sheep, met in convention Ia this
city yesterday. A permanent orgsnizs-
tion was effected and a strong resolution
passed, protesting against any reduction
Of the tariff on wool.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-10

Prof. II. Cooke, manager Of the auto
matte City OF Jerusalem, is in the city
arranging to place his work on exhi-
bition for two weeks, commencing next
week. He will probably occupy rooms
next to the opera house entrance. Due
notice will be given Of the opening.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-10
Notice..

The annual meeting OF the stockhold-
ers Of the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
railway company, will be held at the
company in the Maverick building, San
Antonio, on Tuesday, January Path,
1888, at eleven O'Clock q. m.
B, r. NOAKUM, Secretary.
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For Sale.

fOT 9ale.
Eighteen or twenty fine graded dairy
horses, one two-horse wagon, one good
milk cart, and good established dairy
route for sale at bargain.
II HAMBLEToN, HADLEY d Co:
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LATEST TELEGRAPHICNEWS
Associated Press Dispatches and
Specials Up to the Hour of
Going to Press.
Weather Prognostics.

WUdVIItT FTOkTIOSIIOS'
WAsHINGToN. January For Texas:
slightly colder; followed by warmer fair
weather; light to fresh variable winds
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-10

Small rock house, near corner Of Commerce
and South Alamo streets. Two good hreplaces,
wood shed or stable. $50. No. ITO.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-10

The celebrated Stollwerek confec-
lions and DIR. KOoh's meat peptone and
bullion can be purchased from John U.
BOdenmann, sole agent for Texas, 533
Austin street. Telephone 81. EFT
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An Elegant Substitute

For Oils. Salta, Pulls and ali kinds OF bitter ana
nauseous Liver Medicines and Cathart;cs 10
the very agreeable liquid fruit remedy. Syrup
OF Figs. Its advantages are evident-lt Ia
more easily taken, more acceptable 70 the
stomach, more pleasantly effective, and more
truly beneficial TO the system than any other
remedy. Recommended By leading physL
clans, and for sale In 70 cent and u bottles by
.. KAtsysr 3 Son.
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A Train Worth Riding On.

There is one train on the Central road,
however, which, though his heart has yearned
to ride on, has never taken Chauncey NJ.
Depew. That Is a mysterious train. Its
coming and going no man knows except the
superintendent. Ii fits hither and thither
like specter. One day it is In Buffalo and
the next in the remote and desolate corner of
the state where Chatham lies. You will see
It moving mysteriously out of the yard in the
dawn and at noon the telegraph reports it at
Niagara Falls. All trains on the road give
it precedence, it picks its way in and out
between other trains during the day and at
night flashes here and there like FREELY of
summer evening. 1t goes as if the speed of
thought were in its limbs, and its mysterious
passengers dart thus about in no sportive
humor, but with great cares upon their shout
ders, great pistols in their pockets, and the
keys to steel safes in their possession.
This mysterious train Is the pay car of the
great Central system. 1t has had more mar
row escapes than any train on the road. 1t
makes it own time table, and it goes between
stations sometimes with rapdity which the
old Commodore never experienced. The
engineer has the brain Of a mathematician,
and the mysteries of a thousand local time
tables are as clear to him as logarithrns to
Professor Newcomb. The payInasters keep
one ear open for the dire footing of the signal
of danger, and when it comes they brace
their feet against anything which will steady
them and await a Shock, and sometimes they
get it. Once it threw the CLERKS TIE whole
length OF the car, as though they had been
shot from a cannon, and tGey wondered if
they Wee alive. there ar. suggest ons Of
robbers Of nerve aid brains eve" T,:,a!.t, and
the CLERKS az :'sa:.: e.: t--.i ! ,.."y come.
To prevent l-e possibly lousy
tampering with tha track - ) Id so
ing Of the train is SCR; \. .-, .'e~. II Iuan
save one has tie key.
Now, til, i, 80 :.,:..a IT,: - :...,.r de-
sires il Ii, Eea.; 20 Ed : - =; =. lay
upon. As lie o..s $50 b. = Wit! 1T
would be al cLps.'.=..2e u 49, 49,, hat
would make lie worth the !.v."s. New
York Evening Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10
Red Tape in Italy.

The italian official is never in hurry, and
there is a vast multitude Of public servants,
a dozen being appointed to do the work
which two or three could easily accomplish
did they display any activity. The most
triiing affair is made to pass through so
many hands, and each change is attended by
so much delay and confusion, that a person
is obliged to sacrifice an endless amount Of
time to rectify an official blunder. He is
sent from one place to another, holds long
conferences with innumerable dignitaries,
each of whom makes out formidable state
document covered with seals, signatures and
stamps, for which the luckless person is re-
quested to pay liberal commission, and at
last the chances are greatly against the re-
covery Of the lost letter, telegraph dispatch,
baggage, or whatever he may be searching
for. Upon asking advice respecting a lost
letter of Importance sent from Rome to
Florence, the American bank authorities said
it would be well to report the case simply to
keep the subject agitated, but not to enter
tain the slightest hope of its recovery. This
same delay and confusion is carried into
every branch Of the public service and is
particularly glaring in the justice courtsI-
Florence Cor. Chicago Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10

Individual hands and foufishes, it wM be
perceived that a person cannot read with
facility without more practice than the state
of literature and knowledge encourages any
considerable number of students to seek or
enables them to obtain. A stranger is very
liable TO be deceived in estimating the COM
potency of Mohammedan to read A very
large part Of a common education consists in
learning by heart very considerable portion
Of the current literature, particularly of the
Koran. He is, therefore, able to repeat by
rote the most striking passages of almost any
of the very limited number Of books which
are likely to be placed before him. He will
turn over its leaves until he can find some
passage with which he is acquainted, and
will repeat 10 correctly as if from the book;
but, if suddenly interrupted, he is afterward
quite unable to indicate the part Of the page
at which the interruption took place.-Lon-
don Standard.
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Lincoln to Morton In 1851.

Your letter by the hand of Mr. Prunk was
received yesterday. write this letter be-
cause 1 wish you to believe of us las we GER
tainly believe of YOU that we are doing the
very best we can You do not receive arms
from us as fast as you need them, but it is
because we have not near enough to meet all
the pressing demands, and We are obliged to
share around what we have, sending the larg-
est share TO the points which appear to need
them most We have great hope that our
own supply will be ample before long, so
that you and all others can have as many as
you need. see an article in an Indianapolis
newspaper denouncing me for not answering
your letter sent by special messenger two
or three weeks a,-o. ID MAJ - I
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10
Tenants of Russian Tenements.

In the cities the Russians live almost en-
tirely in apartment houses There are 1000
tenants, it is said, in one house in ST. Peters
burg. The houses are nearly always of brick,
and the government buildings are all stuc-
coed and painted red. Each house has a
dvornik, who is the agent of the owner and
of the police, and a porter who wears the
uniform of colonel in the army and is the
janitor OF agent of the tenants. The dvornik
inspects the passport of every new tenant and
even temporary tenant or visitor, and re-
ports it to the police station, where 1t is re-
corded A like notification is made Of every
change of residence. The dvornik sits at the
back gate of the house, clad generally in
sheepskin. He knows everything that goes
on and is responsible to the police. In this
way the perfection of the Russian police sys-
tenn is maintained New York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10

thought the best answer I could t31l,lf1st-
ter. As remember, it asked for ten heavy
guns to be distributed with some troops at
Lawrenceburg, Madison, New Albany
and Evansville, and ordered the
guns and directed you to send the
troops If you had them As to Kentucky,
you do not estimate that state as more i'm
portant than l do; but l am compelled to
watch all points. While write this am if
not in range at least In hearing of cannon
shot, from an army Of enemies more than a
hundred thousand strong I do not expect
them to capture this city; but l know they
would if were to send the men and arms
from here to defend Louisville, of which
there is not single hostile armed soldier
within forty miles, nor any force known to
be moving upon it from any distance 1t Is
true the army in our front may make q half
circle around southwark and move on Louis
vile; but when they do we will make a half
circle around northward and meet them;
and in the meantime we will get up what
forces we can from other sources to also meet
them.
hope Zollicoffer has left Cumberland Gap
Though fear he has not, because, if he has,
I rather infer he did it because of his dread
of Camp Dick Robinson, REINFORCED from
Cincinnati, moving on him, than because of
his intention to move on Louisville. But if
he does go round and reinforce Buckner, let
Dick Robinson come around and REINFORCE
Sherman, and the thing is substantially as it
was when Zollicoffer left Cumberland Gap.
/ state this as an illustration; for, i'll fact, l
think if the gap is left open to us Dick Rob-
inson should take it and hold it; while In
diana and the vicinity of Louisville in Ken
lucky can REINFORCE Sherman faster than
Zollicoffer can Buckner-The Century
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A very Remarkable Story.

This remarkable tale comes from Francs
and no affidavit goes with it: In the forest Of
while their infant child, aged months, lay
In q cradle in front Of their cottage within
sight Suddenly an enormous eagle swooped
down, seized the babe and dew Oh. Ths "a
thor rushed into the hut, picked up his gum
and returning, fired at the bird, which
dropped to the earth dead, while the father
holding out his hands, caught the infant Il
it fell and returned it to the cradle without
q scratch --Ns- York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10
american Lamps In Paris.

When people pirate of novelties found only
in Paris, confound them by stating that the!
tall lamps which decorate fashionable draw
ing rooms are unknown to the conservative
Partisan households Two Of these ''piano|
lamps" as they are sometimes called, wers
carried over as gifts in June and set up in
one Of the most elegant apartments in Paris.
where they instantly created a sensation
French taste has been forced to admit that
American taste is to the front in the matter
Of lamps at least. New Orleans Times Demo
crat
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He Was Too Funny.

Charlie dejectedly1-Say, Tom, I've lost
my best girl
Tom-No' How did it happeni
CharGe-Aw, was altogether too funny
for her.
Tom-Too funnyi What do you meant
Charlie-Well, you see, she was crazy to
have pet dog, so gave her pug, and told
her I selected that kind because iS matched
her nose so perfectly. Seel Confound q
funny man, anyhow.-Washihgton Critic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10
He Had Become Wise.

Haven't you got garden Of your ownY'
asked Central Market butcher Of colorsd
man
mo, sab"
"But you've got place for one"
eyes, sab"
"Rather lazy, aren't your
"No, sab. T1s simply got e1perisnce."
"Howr
"Not to attempt to raise any garden truck
in Detroit dat can't bring into house an
lock up at ght.n-Dstroit Free Press
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MISTAKES THAT ARE REPEATED
FOR MANY GENERATIONS.

AOooS uAAonot N WHICH ASfsne nv ~
plisA-what L . Gopherf-The Prairie
Dog Fiction-Bugs and Werms-Ths
"Herss Hair snaks"-sycanors.
A volume could BE- written on popular
errors on scientific subjecta So few people
observe for themselves, and 20 many accept
what they hear from others, or what they
read, that it is q wonder there are not more
errors fixed in the popular mind on such sub
jecta One hardly knows where to begin on
the list, but attention is first called to the
loose manner in which terms, especially
names, ara applied. Take the common
gopher as an example. The true gopher Is Of
a gray color, and is about the size Of a large
rat He has large pouches on each side Of
his mouth in which he carries dirt when
making his burrows in the ground. His front
teeth stand out the most prominently in any
Of the great family Of gnawers-rodentia-
His tail Is short and looks very much like
that Of a rat. In some parts Of the country
a gray ground squirrel is called a gopher.
In other parts a striped squirrel or prairie
chipmunk is called by that name, while in
Kansas, Nebraska and many parts Of the
west, small marmot which is closely allied
marmots are quite common in the country
around this city. In most parts Of the south
west skunk is called polecat and a polecat
is called q mink-for the western so called
mink is nothing but q polecat. 1t took 200
years for the popular belief to be given up
that beavers use their tails for trowels. In
that teach such nonsense.
THE PRAIRIE DOG FICTION.
Another popular fiction is thatif one shoots
a prairie dog his mates will rush out and
carry him into one Of their dens before it is
possible to get possession Of him. 1t is true
that such things have actually occurred.
Rats have been known to do the same thing,
but the instances are rare. Usually coun-
try that is inhabited by prairie dogs, or more
properly by prairie marmots, has dry, thin
atmosphere This condition deceives the
hunter and causes him to shoot so far at the
little creatures that in the larger number of
cases he misses entirely. In the second place,
these animals never stop when danger is near
until they are at the mouth Of hole. Then
they will stop and sit upon their launches in
such manner that if they are shot they are
nearly sure to fall inside the hole. The
prairie marmots, mentioned above, that one
sees in the country around this city, have the
same habit-that of stopping at the mouth of
their holes and sitting upon their Launches
to look around Another error is the calling
of nearly every insect a bug. Potato beetles,
June beetles, May beetles, etc., are all called
bugs, when they are beetles. The bed bug
and the chinch bug are true bugs, but nearly
everything else usually called by that name
belongs to the great family Of beetles, A
beetle opens his mouth sidewise, while the bug
opens his perpendiculafly as we open ours
Worms are all REGARDED as worms WHISTLER
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Money to loan and vendors lein
notes bought. Sums from 81 900 to 3d.
900 to, loan at s and 10 per cent.
HAMBLEToN, HADLEY & Co.
FIRST SYMPTOMS OF DEATH.

Tired feeling, dull headache, pains
in various parts of the body, sinking
at the pit of the stomach, loss of APP
petite, feverishness, pi1nples or sores,
are all positive evidence of poisoned
blood. No matter how it became
poisoned it must be purified to avoid
death. Acker's English Blood Elixir
has never failed to remove scrofulous or
syphilitic poisons. For sale by
RAGLAND & Co. 6
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10
A Good Suggestion

In pulling out sheet of paper from theI
middle of pile, give it quick jerk, and theI
chances are that the papers above and below
will not be much disturbed-"R l." in The
Writer
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s-id ace bed hangings, then she will know
what to do with the ballot when she gets it.
And then the millennium may be expected.
-Helen NJ. Winslow in Boston Globe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10
or for the Springs.

Wife-John, dear, why do they call the
place spar
Husband-Simply because it is where they
relieve you Of all your spa cash. -Pittsburg
Bulletin
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A First Class Table.

Man docking for boardI-You set a good
table, s'pose, msdami
Lsndlady-Yes, sir; only last week my
fourth hoor back dad OF gout.-The Epoch.
POPULAR ERRORS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10

OF all the twenty-six barons who signed the
Magma Charta, only three could write their
own names.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10

Old Lady ito street gamin)-You don't
chew tobacco, do you, little boyl
Little Boy-No-m; but l kin give yer
cigarette New York Sun.
WOODS FOR FURNITURE.
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Ito b catiHuSa.i
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-10

4 NTARTIC REFRIGERATOR co.
a Dolorosa street, opp. Southern Hotel
Cells the best meat to be had in the city. De-
livery free Prices reasonable. 81 If
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-19
HEARD ON THE MOTOR.
What a Pair of Ears Caught During q Short

What q Pair Of Ears Caught During q Short
Ride.
The following snatches Of conversation
we're overheard coming in on the Elm
Grove motor last evening:
No; l didn't lose very much-two hats
and suit Of tlothes-Oh, l haven't the
least doubtof Fleming's election.-Yes they
say she's to be married soon to a well.
known travelling mani do not believe
that story about he ard his wife having
trCuble-I did understand that be got
a little tight over the result of the
election My dog had a horrid at
tack of sickness the other day
Well l did think Of taking him DR.. Refer
that dog of his is Eeiutiful-Oh, that
was a horrid dress she had on-such
q ccmbination-she did look awful gaudy
-Iudeed / have discarded a bustls alto
g,thcr and use nothing but reeds-I should
say she il too thin to do without a hustle
Well maybe so-Ye', we had TO take
Jim home the other night after the parade
Indeed these tOrses were the cutest
things l ever saw-The only bet l made
was with CHARLEY and | won the most per-
fec,ly love pair OF garters you ever saw
Ill show them TO you some time-Yes, he
is real handsome and such pretty
brown ejes-Isn't it horrid we
have {, transfer here?- Muddy, well,
should say so-No, a person really doesn't
want to wear auy thing bot black stock
ings 10 muddy weather. eh, he lost his
girl. She was citing over in the corner
and he didn't see her-i tell you !
shouldn't like 20 live ont in the country,
especially in weather like this-Ihe neon
ia beautiful, but it lasa't bad half a
chance-I do wish the weather would let
up q little.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-19
THE CHANGE OF TINE.
Some Further reformation About the New
b. 4 Timetable.

Some Further reformation About the New
b. Timetable.
The REGISTER, yesterday morning, called
attention 10 the new time table Of the B.
& o. Compsny, which went into effect
Sunday morning, and noted some of its
very unsatisfactory features for our
shippers and business man generally, as
we'll 8 the delay resulting to travel Of
all kinds. Yesterday there was q good
deL of comment among interested parties
at the arrangement for the departure Of
trains, and there was q very general hope
thst the Company would soon realize the
great injustice which had been done and
revise the time table. A city thu SIZE
of Wheeling, and which snnuslly con-
tributes probably n million DO lars to
the gross revenues of the B. o. Company,
is certainly entitled to the convenience Of
an early fsss msil, express and passenger
train.
Uuder the operations of the new sched-
ule passenger trains for the east will leave
Wheeling at the following hours: Cum
BE- rand accommodation, S:l0s m through
express, S:55 q. m; evening p'sssrger,
$40 p NJ. II will thus be seen tie limited
leaves only IS minutes after the accom-
mediation, and psse' the Litter st Grafton.
If the accommodation Could leave two
hours earlier, it would be 9 great improve
Reut.
The trains for MO-gantown lelve Fair-
mont at Z q. m. and 2::2) :. NJ arriving at
Morgantown at 10 a. m. aud 4 p. m. Re-
farming leave Mcrgantpwn at 10 .. m. and
4 p. N, s%rrivirg at FaiImont at ll:20 a.
m. and $50 p. m.