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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-18
What Are They Proud OF?

A chronic grumbler caught the Rambler's
ear recently, and this is what he had to say:
IAN aristocracy i'll republic is a pestilent
anomaly, and yet that is precisely what is
growing up. A self made man who has
worked for his wealth with unfagging indus
Ty and keen Intelligence, retains his democ-
racy, but not so his wife and daughters, who
cave done nothing but cultivate expensive
tastes. They elevate their noses at less pre-
tentious neighborhoods and lament that
their parent has no dignity whatever. They
manage to tolerate him because he keeps
their lily white hands from the necessity of
toll, but they make him feel his immeasur-
able inferiGity when any social question
turns up. What are they proud of9 They
are proud of doing nothing and of being no
earthly use to anybody or even to themselves.
Usefulness of any kind is horribly vulgar.
They call themselves good society," and
what with holding their heads very high and
keeping everybody except their own partic
ular set at distance, they have managed to
persuade great many that they really are
superior in some mysterious fashion to other
citizens"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-18
MOSS.

Strange tapestry by Nature spun
On viewless looms aloof from sun,
And spread through lonely hooks and grots
Where shadows reign, and leafy rest
o moss, OF all your dwelling spots,
In which one are you loyeliestl
Is It when near grim roots that coil
Their snaky black through humid soill
Or when you wrap in woodland glooms,
The great prone pine trunks, rotted redf
Or when you dim, on somber tombs,
The "requiescats" of the deadS
Or is 1t when your lot is cast
In some quaint gaFden of the past,
On some gray, crumbled basins brim,
With conches that widowed tritons blow
While yonder, through the poplars prim,
Looms up the turreted chateauS
Nay, loveliest are you when time weaves
Your emerald films on low, dark caves,
Above where pink porch roses peer,
And woodbines break in fragrant foam,
And children laugh-and you can hear
The beatings of the heart of home.
Edgar Fawcett in American Garden.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-18

A woman with every charm of an ancient
or modern Venus ceases to be beautiful if,
when she speaks, her breath is hot and fever
ish, or worse still, absolutely tainted Nat
urally she does not know this, and it is only
proper that somebody belonging to her
should tell her. If it comes from her teeth
it is something very quickly remedied. If it
comes from her digestion then it is her doc
tors business to get her in good order, but
very often in this country of invalid women
it comes from the use of very strong medi-
cines. DR.. Wilson advises for this the use of
lemons, claiming That they aEe the most puri-
flying of all fruits, and tho aromatic odor
produced by lemons rubbed on the teeth,
gums or lips Lasts longer than any other.
For feveriSh breath that results from the
stomach few drops Of lime water used as a
gargle, or better still, half tesspoonfur of
btcarbonste of soda in little water will
have the desired effect-"Bsb" in Philadsl.
phia Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-18
MY WOLVES.

Three gaunt, grim wolves that hunt for me,
Three gaunt, grim wolves there be
And one Is Hunger and one is Sin
And one is Misery
| sit and think till my heart Is sore,
While the wolf or the wind Keeps shaking the
door.
Or peers at bis prey through the window pane
Till his ravenous eyes burn into my brain.
And cry TO myself, IF the wolf be Sin,
He shall not come in-he shall not come In;
But If the wolf be Hunger or Woe,
He will come to all men. whether or mol"
For out in the twilight, stern and grim,
A destiny weaves mans life for him
As the spider weaves his web for flies;
And the three grim wolves, Sim Hunger and Woe
man must fight them, whether or no,
Though oft in the struggle the fighter dies.
Tonight cry TO God for bread,
Tomorrow night shall be dead
For the fancies are strange and scarcely sane
That fit like specters through my brain;
And dream of the times long. long ago,
When | knew not Sin. and Hunger, and Woe.
There are three wolves that hunt for men,
And | have met the three,
And one is Hunger, and one is Sin.
And one is Misery;
Three pairs of eyes at the window pane
Are burned and branded into my brain
Like signal lights at sea.
Francis Gerry Fairchild.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-18

Three gaunt, grim wolves that hunt for me,
Three gaunt, grim wolves there be
And one Is Hunger and one is Sin
And one is Misery.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-18

c.3OLTON, JNO. II.
- Auctioneer and Commission Merchant
Houston street, next to the bridge. Consign-
iuents solicited.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-18

ILLIG & BRO, ". J,
l Fresh Groceries and Country Produce
NO 345 Dolorosa street, near San Pedro creek.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-18

RETrEL, +. J.
= For everything needed in
LUMBER or BUILDING MATERIAL
Yaras at the International Railroad depot
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
superstltious Ladies of Gotham.

A New York woman, remarkable for her
unique literary gifts and her social charms,
carefully preserves a square chunk OF the
great Chinese wall, which she is firmly con-
WINGED is imbued with some special occult
power Why or wherefore she could not tell
you to save her soul Another, when she
rises in the morning and before she begins
her toilet, tells her fortune with pack of
cards, and in accordance with their cabalis-
tic significance she is guided in her actions
throughout the day. She has unfailingly
kept up this habit for years, and believes
firmly in its Importance. An odd fetch is
kept by well known young married woman.
1t is japanese porcelain, representing an
idol of remarkable anatomical proportions
The face is of repulsive ugliness, tie expires
sion at once sensual and diabolicaL Yet such
is the veneration in which tits monstrOsity is
held that it's owner never Egdertakes final
step of any kind withOu. q Dsely studying the
features of the image, IN whose leering eyes
she thinks TO read enccUra cement or d.ssau
sion. Clara LAMA in Philadelphia Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
Reading the Death List.

The daily death list published in the news
papers is anxiously consulted by more people
than those who have an idle curiosity to know
who is dead. During O campaign, candidates
for Office are anxious to attend funerals that
are liable to congregate men of influence. A
certain class of lawyers are on the lookout
for damage suits, Tombstone dealers take
notes with view to business In the future
Insurance agents make a memorandum to
call upon the surviving relatives in due time
The keepers of the beer houses out near the
cemeteries gauge their orders according to
the outlook for the day. The class who want
free carriage rides scan the column atoell-
lively, and do2ans OF other classes read tie
dreary list with more or less selhsAness.-Un
dertaker in Globe Democrat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
Dudes and TMriI Cnurs.

The silver knobs on dudo caves are grow
ing bigger and bigger every week. a poor
little imitation cockney was seen the other
day trying to patronize the universe through
half a pair of eyeglasses and to extract
nourishment from the bend "f o cane that be
could hardly get bctHe'a his teeth, and the
attempt gave him tie appeam1ra of Icing in
state of strangulajion 4 f." canes have
appeared with oxid'2eI silver ucG.s that, if
solid, must weigh fvc noands al Least, and
the impossibility OF rur~lay from them must
fill the soul of the du,e With misery They do
say it is becoming tie >' -r.2i Thing TO have
an imported valet to TOT ? 1aS tae streets be
hind the dude and carry his cane for him,
the physical powers Of that choice mortal
being too severely taxed by the weight to
allow him to carry it himself Bun sup.
pose The dude can neither aTorl vu!et uor
suck his cane; what will poo@ uuIie a., then,
poor rhingt-8rookIyn Eag' "t@wher."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
Small Boy at $ ,...,...

There is a greater bore in tbs world than
a man who has just fallen in igye, aad that
is small child who has Lately entered a new
class at school. my teachtr seems to have
said something on every to-jc that can Le
imagined, and he has no idea o. l2oyiug her
wisdom to himself, but repeats it to every
body at all hours. He even rises earlier,
because my teacher said the other day
when fellow was late that boy who could
not get up early would never make great
man." and he goes to bed without murlnur
because "my teacher says that sleep is ne
cessary to make us grow" And in a month
he will call her ''old Ma'am Smith" because
he will have found out that she, like all his
other teachers, insists that he shall learn,
whereas be knows that he was sent to school
to have tun.-Boston Transcript
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
Fits OF washington's Possessions.

Robert E. Lee, president Of Washington
and Lee University, at Lexington, V!r. inia
and son of the Confederate General, when be
gives pa sic':lariy important dinner party,
spreads his ts.ole with linen cloth, in the
corner of which are worked the initials "G
W." and they stand for the true and only
&c w., having formerly belonged to George
Washington, from whose august possession
they have descended to their present owner,
WHO IS a direct descendant from Martha
Washington The Lees own other bits OF
Washingtous Possessions in the way of sil, er
and china, tut nothing brings taat venerated
family nearer to our own time than taIs we'll
dalued table Huen-Harper's Ba2as.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
WERE | A BIRD.

Were ! a bird, oh, where my set wings, whittier
Would ye be soaring to find some shelter bestt
Far from these scenes that keep our lodgings
hither
Filled with the shadow Of an infinite unrest
Would there no pain be mixed with every pleas
ure?
ANY scented sweet with savage thorn astTew!
Joy know no tear, soace shed her treasure,
In that distant somewhere that ye would watt
us tor
Hope tries her wings and lifts her vaulting pin
IONS
Eager through this vex to be away-away;
Strong in the faith that in those far dominions
There viii be the finding Of some sweet ideal
day.
Margaret G. Bisiand in New Orleans Times
Democrat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13

A farmer i'm Vermillon County, ILL.,,
and his eight sons were stricken with
diphtheria recently. At last accounts
two of the sons had died.
The Chesapeake & Ohio is having
built 900 cars, 500 coal and 200 plat
form, at the indianapolis Car and
Manufacturing COmpany's Work.
Michael Jordan; a Lawrence County
Pa farmer, who has just died, left
$50, 900 to the First Presbyterian
Church of Plain Grove, established
in 1879.
By the failure of the Baltimore q
| Ohio to declare its customary divi-
dend John Hopkins University at
! Baltimore has Se50,0O0 taken from its
income. BY The decision of the New
York court of appeals Cornell is shut
out of the 100000 bequest of Mrs.
McGraw and contemplated improve
ments are stopped.
The Minnesota Iron company will
ship this year by rail and lake, fully
A., 900 tons of iron ore. The Chandler
mine in Minnesota will also ship be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 tons.
SOlOTaUO DluS ldlE W rival L SuISyl-
vania as an oil state. In the valley
of the Arkansas, near Pueblo, about
twenty wells have been bored, and
the yield is one thousand barrels a
day.
A new process has been brought out
in Vienna of turning out copper coat
ed steel wire for electrical purposes.
The old method was galvanic, while,
according to the one now proposed,
the steel wire will be coated by spiral
ly winding around it very thin copper
bands.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works, it
is said, will turn out this year 700
locomotives, equal to at least two
locomotives every working day. Last
week the works received a contract
from the Argentine Republic for the
construction Ofthirty freight, passen-
ger and shifting locomotives, to be de-
livered early next year.
John NJ. Goring, of Wappinger's
Falls, n. Y, has a sage palm with
quite a history. It's age is $50 years.
The palm was originally grown at
Mount Vernon, and was owned by
George Washington. 1t was brought
from there by Mr.. Van Rensselaer,
and planted in Niblo's garden, New
York, at the time that resort was
first constructed. The plant stands
ten feet high and weighs nearly SEQ
pounds.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13

Pennsylvania Coal,
Buy your Pennsylvania nut and
egg coal from the San Antonio and
Indian Territory Fuel company. 3m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
Hard Lines for Both.

WinEs-Say, Jinks, what on earth ails youl
You've looked as blue as indigo for months.
Jinks-The fact is. my old friend, made
a terrible mistake | married for money.
But see here saw you On J.re dock last
night acting as If you were waiting for a
chance to jump in and drown yourself,
What's the matter with youf
Winks-I married for love- -Phila0elphi
u saa.s.I
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
me TuIl NIoon,s Li..;lt.

Some fellow of a mathematical turn Of
mind has Dec: to the trouble to calculate
that the Ii, ht Of the full moo. + equal to that
of $4,000 0OU coo ,OOO,OO0 canI.as. and that
within one or two Of that number Of candles
could be yet Up on end on one-h half the sur
face Of the moon. This information will
enable any one to figure up how much every
full moon is worth to us, putting candles at,
say, fifteen cents a dozen.-Chicago Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
nMany People Refuse to Take CodS;

Liver Oil on account of it's unpleasant taste.
This difficulty has been overcome in Scott s
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with HypoPh9s'
phites. 1t being as palatabie as milk, and the
most valuable remedy known for the treat
ment of Consumption, Scrofula and Bronchl.
tbs, General Debility, Wasting Diseases, OF
Children, Chronic Coughs and Colds, has
use il. Physicians report our little patients
take it with pleasure. Try Scotts Emulsion
and be convinced. u-Slm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
TERRIBLE.

TwO-thirds of all deaths in New
York City are from consumption or
pneumonia. The same proportion
holds for most other cities, Delays
are dangerous. DR.. Acker's English
Remedy for Consumption will always
relieve, and may save your life.
a RAGLAND Il Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
DYSPEPSIA, DESPAIR, DEATH.

These are the actual steps, which
follow indigestion, Acker's English
Dyspepsia Tablets will both check
and cure this most fearful OF diseases.
For sale by RAGLAND d co
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
\ san STORY.

The child coughed. The mother
ran. No remedy was near. Before
morning the poor little sufferer was
dead. Moral: Always keep Dr..
Acker's English Remedy at hand.
(5 RAGLAND d Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13
For Rent.

Rock house of six rooms, large stable, one
acre of ground; SIS per month. 253
HAMBLETON, HADLEY Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-13

Money to loan and vendors lein
notes bought. Sums from 81 900 to SlO,-
900 to loan at s and 10 per cent.
HAMILTON, HADLEY IL Co.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21
There's no Place Like Home.


4,It takes all kinds Of people to
make up a world" is q saying that
receives fresh illustration from the
description which Frederick G. Sch
watka, the Article explorer, gives in
The American Magazine for August
of the Eskimo and their ice-bound
haunts. To one IN a temperate zone
it seems almost incredible thata PEG
pie should choose s1ch surroundings
and prefer them TO any other. But it
is a pleasure to know that the love OF
home is firmly implanted even among
the chilly blasts aud icebergs of the
polar regions.
'Why human beings have been
found living in this lone land o desc
latiOn has given rise to no little the
Orislng and speculation, the bulk Of
which seems to be that they are cruel
~ forced to abide here by the sup
posed. greater strength Of the say
ages to the south Of them My own
ideas are with the respectable min
GRITTY, which believes that they are
found in these regions for the same
--'-''--l CA-e-L We ----N4 LCl-LNLCCLq JIG
musk-Ox, and the walrus; that is, it
suits their peculiar temperament and
disposition better than Ony other
climate or condition possibly could,
and they are no more forced into the
trigid zone by other savages than
animals named are held there by the
antelope, buffalo, or caribou of lower
ATTITUDES. When they are taken from
their HyperbOrean home they are as
restless to return as the getaways in
their own land are to get back to
civilization, and singular enough, de-
spite all their desOIate surroundings,
they are the most happy and con
tented race, savage or civilized, in
the four corners OF the earth, al
though it IS the coolest corner. The
tale told by Captain Hall Of the deep
longing Of the sick and sinking Eski-
mo, KudlagO, to see his land OF ice
and snow before ne died, and his Joy
on being carried to the deck
Of the arctic-bOund ship when
the first iceberg was sighted, is as
pathetic as any ever told Of the re-
turn Of Arctic refugees to their land
of flowers and forests, and clearly
shows that patriotism and love of
home is circumscribed by no paraI
lels OF latitude nor Influenced by eli
matte cOnditiOns.'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21
1.Iniun No Understan,. :,

A good story is told in one of our
exchanges Of a major Of artillery.
who had command Of a fort in the
far West. He was frequentlyIam
ing that his right arm could not be
more often used against the Indians.
Finally one day he took one of the
small hOWitzers, which defended the
fort, and had it securely strapped to
the back OF an army mule with the
muZZIe projecting over the animals
tail. With the novel gun carriage he
in high feather with the captain and
q sergeant to a bluff on the bank Of
the Missouri, near which was en-
camped a band of friendly Indians.
Thegun was duly loaded and primed,
the fuse inserted, and the mule
backed to the edge of the bluff The
major remarked something about
the moral effect the exhibition was
likely to produce upon the Indian al
lies, and stepped gayly forward and
applied the match
The curiosity of the mule was
aroused. He ierked his head around
to see whatwus fixing away there on
his neck, and the next second mis- feet
were all punched together, and max
inc forty revolutions a minute, While
the gun was threatening everything
under the canopy within q radius Of
ten miles with instant destruction.
The captain Skinned up the only
available tree. The sergeant threw
himself fat on the ground, and tried
to dig a hole with his bayOnet to
crawl into, while the fat major rolled
over and over in agony, alternately
invoking the protection of PrOVi-
dence, and cursinG the mule.
Finally the explosion came. the ball
going through the roof of the fort.
The recOiI Of the gun and the wild
leap Of the terrified mule carried
both over the bluff to Il safe anchor
age at the bottom Of the river. The
discounted party returned sadly TO
the fort.
Shortly after the chief Of the In
dams appeared, and announced
briefly; "Iniun go home"
Questioned as to why, he thus eX-
planned: "Iniun YER brave, help
white man. Iniun use gun, use bow
arrow, use knife; but when white man
fire off whole iackass, Iniun no IN
derstanl, no think right. Injun no
lelp UNI fight that way"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21
A String Made Of Salt.

Suspend from the ceiling q thread
which has previously been soaked in
very salt water, and then dried. To
this fasten n light ring. and announce
that you are about 10 burn the thread
without making the ring fall. The
thread VII burn if is true. but the
ashes it leaves are composed of crystals
of salt, and their cohesion is strong
enough to sustain the light weight Of
the object attached to the thread
Another form of the same expert
ment is to make n little hammock of
muslin to be susp pended by four threads.
and after having soaked this in shifted
water and dried it. rs before directed.
10 place 1t In an empty shell. Set the
hammock on fire; the musling viii be
consumed and the flames reach the
threads which hold if, without the egg
falling from its frail support
With great care you may even sue
coed in performing the experiment
with a full egg ia place Of an empty
shell. taking the precautiOn, however,
to have it previously hard boiled. that
you may escape an Omelet in case of
failure. II Illustration.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21
Oscillations Of Continents.

As the continents sink down into
or rise above the level OF the sea, in
their ceaseless oscillations, each
movement is attended by a great
variation in the energy with which
she streams act upon their surface
If our continent should rise q hun
1red feet IL its southern parts, the
Mississippi river would Immediately
Oegin-tO flow with greater sWiftness,
and so too all the streams which are
tributary to it would have their
energy. enhanced up to the foot of
their mountain torrents. On the
other hand, if the continent sank
down a hundred feet, all these streams
would at once become less effective
agents OferOsiOn and Transportation.
We thus see that all the erOsive work
Of the land is to q greGo5er or less ex-
cent determined by what is called the
principle, first distinctly suggested
by j. W. Powell. has been amplifed
by other american biologists. AID
has served to bring into clear light
the peculiar sensitiveness of our
streams to the position Of the sea or
Of hard layers in the rocks which con
troll the inclination OF their stream
beds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21
He Was Cautions.

Would you ike to 20 with me to
call on a Young lady Tomorrow"
asked Sam Sample Of Billy Bliven-
''Does the girl lispP"
Ell don't think she does, What has
that got to do with itP'
''WeH. I don't know. You see I
had some experience with n ] sping girl
yesterday evening. and I wQ'lldn't ike
TO 90 through it AGAIN.
''What was the trOuble?'
I'VE were talking about some music
that had been performed ia the concert
that we had attended. and / remarked
that there was a good deal of theme
about it
..And what did she sayg''
she said. Yes, il themsd so. -
Merchant ITGUeter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21

''Phat's thim?'' said Afulcahey,
pointing to the Hfe-preservers
''ThOse are Iife-preservers, said
the officer ooh, Hfe-preservers, are
they? Thin why don't yez sent
thin to ther hospitals, where there's
plintY dying, an dying all the tonne,
bedad?" Ocean.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21

Epoch: Old Lady Ito grocer's boy)
Your store, boy, seems to be very
full Of flies. BOy-Yes' m; 1 guess it's
that lot Of fly paper the boss Jest
bought that draws 'em in here. Do
you want some of IT.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21

AMER Exchanging a Grip of yVarmgh win
His Beloved Congrs CATION tbs Renowned
Talmage EZDounds Passages that are
Drank IN With the U most E'5g rness by
His Attentive Listenzrs-F'5s a Text the
DIVINE Takes the Ave Inspiring Vsrss; As
the Hart Pantsth Af5er the Water Brooks,
So Pantsth LEv Sou After Thee. o Grodr'