San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-16
Wine from Rose Leaves.

Wine from Rose Leaves.
Says a lady of this city, who Is good
housekeeper: 81 visited friend recently,
and she gave me a glass Of wine 1t was OF
q pale amber tint, and had all the sparkle
and delicacy Of favor Of champagne, and
when opened popped loudly. 1t was effect
i've, though mild as a stimulant, and thought
it very fine l asked what variety Of grape it
was made from, and my friend told me that
it was made of rose leaves Take the freshly
picked leaves' she said, and put into jar
alternately layer Of leaves and sugar, and
pour over all little cold water. In four
DAYS strain, let stand Q week and then bottle
for use' The wine il . delightful beverage"
Atlanta Journal
Tobacco . Vur. .vr Group.
Although DR.. 8. Leavitt, professor OF
Hahnemann college, does not use tobacco in
any form, be is never without small pack
age Of fine cut in his pocket, and the reason
Of 1t is this: A gentleman Of the doctors
acquaintance told him how be had saved his
child's life after all the doctors had given her
up. She had membraneous Group, and while
the mother, from sheer exhaustion, had lain
down for few moments rest, the father sat
by the child. The hard, difficult breathing
of the little one, growing fainter and fainter
as the throat clogged up, was torture to the
father. Everything in the way Of emetics
had been used, but without effect, but sud-
denly an idea struck the nearly distracted
father. He remembered how deathly sick
be was the first time he chewed tobacco, and
having q cud in his mouth, without thinking
twice he opened the childs mouth and placed
the tobacco in.
The father knew 1t was q desperate act,
and he waited in terrible suspense for the re-
suit. 1t came, and quicker than he could
have hoped There was sudden convulsive
movement and the poor little thing was
nearly doubled for an instant, and seemed to
writhe in agony when, throwing herself for
ward, there shot from her throat a chunk OF
almost solid phlegm at least two inches long
and having through it a passage no larger
than a small lead pencil After few min
jutes of retching the little one lay quietly
back and slept calmly and sweetly, and the
next day was playing around the house with
all her wonted vim. DR.. Leavitt remarked
that it was tough remedy, but said he
would always carry tobacco hereafter, and
he does.-Chicago Herald
TN INC ucs. ruInt Cemerery.
Most famous people inferred in the West
Point cemetery have well marked graves, and
not few have elaborate memorials Gen.
Winfield Scott lies here His monument is a
rough granite cenotaph that lies fat upon
the ground and is surrounded by an iron rail
ing that ought to be removed, or, better yet,
ought never to have been placed here. The
inscription covers the entire north side of the
huge cenotaph, and recOunts the services of
the old warrior, concluding with the observa-
ton that laudatory inscription is unneces-
sary, because the deeds of Scott are engraven
upon the memories of mankind.
Beneath a cenotaph almost exactly like
that of Gen. SCOTS lie the remains of Col
Anderson, who commanded at Fort Sumter
when it was first fred upon. Col. Anderson
lived until some years after the close Of the
war, dying at last in Italy, from whence his
remains were brought to West Point for in
terment The cenotaph is just across the
walk from that over Gen. Scott.
Nearly in the center of the plot is inferred
the body of George A Custer. His monu-
ment is a huge block of rough granite a
dozen or SO feet in height The top is per-
fectly plain, but upon the SIDES are four
bronze medalnons, circular il shape, and
bearing appropriate inscriptions. Two Of
them recount his family history and the
tragic manner of Clusters death in the battle
Of Little Big Horn, and the other two are
symbolic, buffalo heads, Indian arrows and
maize being prominent.
Other famous soldiers inferred here are
Gen. Audenreid, Gen. Judson Fitzpatrick and
Col Thayer, the latter the father of the
academy, as he is afectionately referred to,
and whose life size statue stands at the south
east corner Of the infantry plain and imne-
iiately in front of cadet barracks. 1t is the
custom to bury cadets when they die in the
institution in the pretty cemetery here and
to give them full military honors. This is
invariably done unless the family of the de-
ceased cadet requests otherwise. The latter
5 rare, and as a consequence a large part Of
- cemetery is given up to students. These
raves are generally marked IA a modest
manner by small stones erected by class
mates of the dead cadet. 1t is said here that,
following the custom set by Gen. Winfield
Scott, who asked to be inferred here, future
generals OF the army are to lie here.-West
Point Cor. Philadelphia Times.
The Real st. Bernard Dog.