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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-02-18
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Mardi Gras-State and National Pol
tics Discussed.
New ORLEANS, Feb. II, 1888.

Mardi GraS-State and national pol
tics Discussed.
New ORLEANS, Feb. II, 1888.
Editor LiGHT:
This day Of festivity and fun Is bright
and pleasant, and as warm as day In
the early part Of October. This year st.
Valentines day and Shrove Tuesday,
the closing day Of carnival, fall together
and should be doubly joyful and happy
to the young and the gay. The city Is
In gala dress, and maskers crowd the
streets. Most Of the costumes and masks
are grotesque and cemiosl, many OF them
are ludicrous In the extreme. The
Cyprians are out In male attire, In cabs.
and on the.streets, and infest the saloons,
where they indulge freely In
all sorts Of rotations. This lie one OF the
abuses Of Mardi Gras, which the police
vainly endeavor to suppress. The day
procession has just set forth on Its
march, and is fully equal in its extent
and tout ensemble to the celebrations of
past years. or course, the grotesQue
and ludicrous largely predominste.
There is reunion OF the Confederate
Cavalrymen in the city. Gen. W. Ii.
Jackson, OF Nashville, Tenn, Gems.
Writ Adams, Stephen d. Lee, James X.
Chambers and Furgerson, OF Mississippi,
are in attendance. Texas Is not repre-
sented by any Of her brigadiers. The
speeches made were free from sectional
bitterness.
Since the date Of my last letter to the
LIGHT, the letter Of acceptance OF Fl. e.
Wsrmoth, the republican nominee for
governor, has made its appearance In
print. He Is for white supremacy and
says that intellect and experience should
hold the reins Of government. War
moth stands fair chance OF being cleo
ted, as Louisiana is q republican state.
THE LETTER OF Mr.. BLAINE,
dec iniug the presidential nomination, is
quite an able document, and will bear
excellent fruit. 10 my judgement, Mr..
Blaine displayed sound judgment, pat
riotism in writing such letter-he leaves
the party free to select it's standard
bearer without reference to him, and
ahould he be selected, and be defeated
again, his skirts will be free from all
blame Your correspondent, for over
twelve months, has been warmly In
favor of the nomination of Robert Il.
Lincoln. and 10 still Of the same convio-
ton. He will unite all eliques and fac
lions in the republican party and re-
ceive its solid and enthusiastic support,
and In consequence will be elected.
That Is the sort Of man needed for stan
dard bearer In 1888. PETER PAMBY.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-02-18
The Opera House.

Another good house greeted the
Marionette performance at the opera
house last night. The gold watch prize
was won by little boy, Adolph Jansen,
the silver watch by Mrs. Irwin, and s,
Turner, oolOred, won the chamber set.
At the matinee today any number of
dolls, for school children are being given
away, and tonight S25 10 money will be
the chief prize.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-02-18
ESTABLISHED IN 1875.

The Oldest Paint and Art Store In
San Antonio.
C. hromos, oil paintings, engravings, etch
ings, etc.
II .ouse, carriage and fresco painters mate
rails.
Mouldings, picture frames and wall paper.
Utensils for engineers and draughtsmen.
English and domestic varnishes.
Lettering. stripping. artists and paint brushes
Linseed oil, turpentine, shelac, stains.
Enameled, window glass and mirrow plates.
Ready mixed paints (Hammar's) and Masury's
railroad colors. l-l3-tf
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The Prescription pharmacy.

Near the corner of Alamo and Com
merce street, stands the well known
pharmacy OF Messrs. Ragland 81 Ken
nedy, popularity known as the City Drug
store. Particular attention 10 given to
physicians prescriptions, as is shown by
their large and rapidly increasing files
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The Popular Approval

OF the efforts of the California Fig Syrup
Company, TO present TO the public an agree
able and effective substitute for the bitter
nauseous liver medicines aud carthRrtics for
merly in use, is as gratifying to the company
as IL is creditable TO the good taste of the pub
lie. The large and rapidly increasing sale OF
Syrup Of Figs, and the promptly beneficial
effects of single dose are convincing proofs
that IL is the most easily taken and the most
pleasantly effective remedy known. For sale
by n. Kaltsyer 8 Son. ~
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Good Board

And lodging can be had at the Alamo
Boarding house, corner Of Crockett
street and Alamo plaza. Meals at all
hours. Good yard for accommodation
OF horses and carriages connected.
2 10.6t CHAs. w. BERRING.
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LATEST TELEGRAPHICNEW
Associated Press Dispatches and
Specials Up to the Hour of
Going to Press.
Italy Getting Ready.

VENICE, Feb. lS.-The iron-clads, An
coma and Maria Via are arming with all
speed. A commission of state officers
from Rome are making an inventory OF
the stores at San Georgia arsenal. All
arsensls are working day and night.
General Mattel Is inspecting the for
tresses toward the French frontier.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-02-18

N oAroolo Blood Elixir is the only
NCSSS . Blood Remedy guaran.
teed. 1t is a positive cure for Ulcers, Erup-
lions or Syphilitic Poisoning. ltpurifies the
whole system, and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgia pains. We guarantee it.
Ragland q Kennedy.
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F'ASHION THEATRE.
Syrup Of Figs,

Manufactured only by the California Fig
,yrup Co., San Francisco. CAL. is Natures
)wn True Laxative. II 10 the most easily
taken and most pleasantly effective remedy
costive; 70 dispei headaches, colds and feyers;
20 cure habitual constipation, Indigestion, etc.
Fer sale in 80 cents and 81 bottles By =. Kah
layer Son. tkly
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rhe Ranles CIV ror Il

And the old folks laugh when they find that
the pleasant California liquid fruit remedy,
Syrup OF Figs, Is more easily taken and moro
beneficial In its action than bitter. nauseoua
mediclnes. 1t is q most valuable remedy 20
act on the bowels, to cleanse the system, and
to dispel colds, headaches and fevors. Manu-
San Francisco, Cal. For sale b. =. Baltsyer 4
Sen.
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Nature,s own rrue I.axat,ve.

The delicious favor and healthy properties
OF sound, ripe fruit are well known, and See
Ing the need of an agreeable and elective lar
alive the California Fig Syrup O.. commenced
a few years ago to manufacture . eonosn-
trated Syrup Of Figs, which has xfvon suoh
general satisfaction that Il = rapidly supsr-
sedipg the bitter drastic liver medicines onA
cathartios hitherto In use. II sostivs or hfli-
GU: try it: For se,e IN 70 esaae aad u hss9ss
By II. Ka:tsyer Son. y
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Ed. FROBoEsE,
County Treasurer.
San Antonio, Teas, February 10, 1853.
Examined and approved:
G. l.. WUrZBACH,
County Judge.
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NoN>> of the good things of this
NNNNSl life are sorrowfully let
alone on account of Dyspepsia. Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 20 and 80 cents, by
For sale " Ragland & Kennedy. ly
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An Elegant substittus

For Oils. Sats. Pills and all kinds of bitter and
nauseous Liver Medicines and Cathartios 10
OF Figs. Its advantages are evident-it IL
more easily taken, more acceptable 70 the
stomach. more pleasantly effective. and more
romedy. Recommended By Leading physi-
clans, and for sale In 70 cent and q botfla6 b.
y. Kaltsysr , Son. - 8
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County Treasures Report.

De allied statement Of m0levl discussed by
County Treasurer Ed. ErJnO sc from No.
vember !, 1887, to January -, 1855;
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HUMAN GENIUS.

How Itie Success lIy Employed in
the Case of the .:o"al ria
rione. .es at the Opera
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

ment of knowledge of Irish literature
and affairs in this community, and the
propagation of national sentiment. All
men of Irish birth or descent. twenty
one years of age and of good reputation,
who believe in the fundamental princi-
pie of the club, are eligible to member
Ship, and American citizens who are not
of Irish birth or extraction may become
members if they subscribe to the prin-
ciple referred to.
The initiation fee is $50 and the dues
S. per quarter. Candidates for men,
bership are proposed at a regular meet
ing of the club. Their names are re-
corded by the secretary and acted upon
by the executive committee. If the re-
port of the executive committee is IA
vorable they are voted for at the next
regular meeting following. Five black
balls is deemed sufficient for the rejec-
ton of any candidate, but the propOser
has the privilege of withdrawing the
name at any time before the candidate
is balloted for.
The articles of the bylaws relate
principally to the duties of the club
officers. In them also provision is made
for nonresident and honorary members.
The former are elected in the same man.
ner prescribed for the election of resi-
dent members; the latter may be
elected by the unanimous vote of the
AA-ecutiVe committee, and are exempt
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
FOR SONS OF OLD ERIN
A Club Which Has Recently
Been Organized in the
SANITY City.
It Is Called the Irish-Ameri-
can Club and Has Start
ed Out Well.
A Social Organization That Is
Endorsed by the Best
Citizens.
In It's Membership are Lead
ing Legal and Political
Luminaries.

In an article which appeared in last
Sundays Pioneer Press the various
clubs of the city, social and otherwise,
were touched upon at greater or less
length according to their Importance.
For some reason OF other one of the
clubs, which, though recently formed,
will compare more than favorably with
like organizations, both in point of
numbers and social standing, was not
even so much as mentioned. The organ
ization referred to is the Irish-Ameri-
can Club of st. Paul.
= Although the idea of forming club
composed chiefly of Irish-Americansh had
been talked of for many years, nothing
definite was accomplished in this direc-
ton until the fall of 1887. On the even
ing of Nov. %, of that year, a meeting
looking to the formation of such club
was called at the Office Of Kavanagh q
Dawson, Ryan hotel. There were pres
ent Oh this occasion G. ID. O'Brien,
Thomas Brennan, j. G. Donnelly, j. j..
Egan, John DoWlan, M. j. O'COnnor,
John G. HOrrigan, P. M. Hennessey, b.
A. Cox. Il. A. Prendergast, John C..
Caulfield, Patrick Keigher, James King,
j. c. Prendergast, Timothy Reardon,
Terrence Kenny, p. j. BOwlln, Frank
Keogh and John Kerwin.
G. d. O'Brien was appointed temper
airy chairman and John G. CaulfieId, sec
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.

A fight between woman and hem
hawk occurred near Warm Springs, Ga,
The woman came off victorious, for she
seized stone and laid the bird out life
less,
Seven years ago Mrs. Riley, of Brook
lyn, stepped on a needle, the point OF
which broke Off and entered her heel.
Last week she saw small tester on her
thumb, opened it and took out the
needle point.
1t is reported from Oregon that dur
ing recent storm at the mouth Of the
Columbia river waves dashed over the
top of the lighthouse, 100 feet above sea
level, and put out the light. When they
tell yarn in Oregon they tell it for all
they are worth.
A poor German woman in Saginaw,
Mich, not along ago prepaid express
charges amounting to Sc on package OF
medicine which she sent to the crown
prince of Germany, fondly and Loyalty
hoping that it might cure his diseased
throat.
The Duke of Westminster is reputed
to have larger income than any other
subject of Great Britain. He owns row
upon row of tenement houses and pos
sesseS many square miles of farming
land. He receives $50 a minute the year
round, or $4,000 an hour, or $72, 900 a day.
There is an eccentric mule in Milton,
Ga. When hitched to wagon the sever
est whipping or clubbing will not make
it bulge foot; but handful of sand or
cottOn-Seed thrown at it starts the beast
Off fast. The owner carries bag of
sand nthe wagon when he drives this
mule.
A mouse jumped out of lady's lunch
basket in the depot at TaylOrville, Ind.
She and her two companions pursued it
holly, but it mySteriouSly and suddenly
disappeared. That night, when the lady
came to diSrObe, the cute mouse jumped
out of safe hiding-place in her hustle.
A cougar crossed the ice to Sauvie's
Island, near Portland, Oregon, and is
now living there, monarch of all he sur
veys. Several hunters have tried to get
shot at him without success. The
cougar is not likely to get off the island
till carried off, as these animals, like all
the cat family, do not take readily to the
water.
Mr.. Fl. F. Gardner, of Orange, CAL,
would not take good round sum for the
rose bush that grows by his front door.
1t is the climber of the Lamarque var
iety. The main stem is fifty-six leet
long, and in one place nineteen and a
half inches in diameter, and the bush
covers the entire front of the house, a
surface of S74 square feet.
A new fashion in book-binding is to
have large sets bound in leather of diff
ferent colors. A Boston man has just
had Dickens bound in sixteen differant
cOlors, among them red brown, orange,
light and dark blue, lemon, fawn, mar
DON and black. Each novel was bound
in individual hue, the only duplication
occurring when a story came in two
volumes.
At Monnt Pleasant, Texas, hog APP
peared as witness in court the other
day. A case of hog theft was being
tried before jury, and the court de-
cided that the marks on the sow under
dispute were not made plain to the jury
and ordered the hog brought into court.
The plaintiff, with the assistance of an
ather, dragged the unwilling porker
from its pen and took it to the court:
room. followed by large and interested
crowd.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

the GLOBE building; Thomas Sharp,
who is connected with a big wholesale
house in this city; John n. Jackson,
one of the tellers of the. Merchants
National bank; and Edward Ho-
vey, appointment young busl-
ness man of this city. All these
young men are making rapid strides III
boxing, and to them it is as much an &C
complishment as lesson on a piano OF
violin would be to some one who fancled
music. They are not actuated by any
bad motives, or the desire to become
fighters, but simply to be proficient In
using the weapons that nature gave
them to protect themselves with in case
of an attack.
George B. Clason has the reputation
of knowing how to put up his hands a.!
very cleverly. 1t doesn't do to hit him
below the belt.
Jim Ahern is very clever with his
dukes" He is one of the old time
lovers of sport in st. Paul, and, of
course, the gloves come in for fair
share of his attention.
1t is not known that Mayor Smith
ever puts on the gloves, but there are
rumOrS that when he was young man
he used to enjoy witnessing friendly
Set-tO between two men who had on
eight-ounce gloves.
Dick Warner is something of boxer
in quiet way, though he has little to
say about it.
w. II. Dixon is one of the cleverest
men with the gloves in ST. Paul. He is
good for three rounds without any pre-
liminary practice, and when in training
ten round set-to doesn't wind him
very much.
John Ford, of the Merchants, is a
great admirer of the manly art, and for
featherweight is one of the best in the
city.
Will Adams is in for all kinds of sport,
from base ball to curling. and in his
time has punched the leather bag an
hour at stretch for practice. He has
ght-from-the-sh blow that
is very effective.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
VOung or old. and

HE KNEW THE PRINCE. age does not cut
any figure in his market. He talks of
cricket as volubly as he does of base
ball, although it may be that he never
saw wicket bOwled, while his knowl-
edge of football antedates the history of
the famous games at Rugby. He tells
how Oxford lost to Cambridge by a bare
length through the mistake of the
stroke, and as to boating contests on the
Tyne and in this country cannot be con-
tradicted. He has attended all the great
meetings in his day between celebrated
pugilists: to hear him tell it has no SUI
perior as a handler at cooking main
and has done more than to bet his money
on skirmish in the rat pit.
There is mol INIT to his knowledge of
sporting events in America. Here he is
at home. AS an evidence of his knowl-
edge of American horses, whether they
be trotters or runners, he makes his
headquarters where pools are sold on
races. He usually has plenty of money,
(which he spends literally and loses
gracefully. AS with horse-racing and
tippling so with everything else. Moth
ing is too deep for him and his plunges
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

rotary. On motion of James King, a
committee of five was appointed by the
chair to name a set of officers for the
proposed club. The following officers
were SO named: President. G.. ID.
O'Brien; vice president,C. /. Mccarthy;
recording secretary, John c. Caulfeld;
financial secretary, T. A. Prendergast;
Treasurer, P. T. Kavanagh; executive
committee, Thomas Brennan, P. M.
Hennessey, Frank Keogh, P. j. Bowlin
and Patrick Keigher. (The- officers of
the club are also members of the exec
utiye committed !) J. G: Don Don
appointed to name the club reported to
call it 1.-THE Irish-American Club of st.
Paul" This report was adopted. A
committee on constitution was appoint
ed to make report at the next meeting.
The second meeting was held at the
builders exchange, Ryan hotel, Nov.
80, there being about 100 present who
had responded to invitations already
sent out. G. d. O'Brien was chairman
of the meeting. 1t was then signed by
nearly all present, those affiXing their
names and paying their initiation fee
becoming charter members of the club.
THE CLUB HOUSE.
The committee on the selection of
club headquarters reported that a lease
of the building on the southwest corner
of Minnesota and Ninth streets could
be had at reasonable rental. The 10
cation being desirable and the terms
satisfactory, the club secured years
lease and purchased the interior fur
nishings.
+ In the meantime, the executive COM
mittee appointed house committee:
Joseph Mcclellan, Stephen Burns and
John G. Horrigan.
Assordag tG to tine constitution co ba r6 the
immutable belief in Ireland's right to
be governed by and for her own people
as an independent nation.
The club is organized for social, liter
airy, artistic and national purposes, and
has for its special object the advance
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
SHE TRIED HARD.
The Editors Helpmate Was De-
termined to Help Him, But She

The Editors Helpmate Was De-
termined to Help Him, But She
Didn't.
Troy Standard.
6. Baker HanscOm is editor and pro-
prietor of a bright little weekly news
paper in the rural districts of the West.
He was lately married to a pretty little
woman who is filled with a laudable de-
sire to help Baker along all she can.
"Typesetting looks so easy" she
cooed the other day. ~ know 1 could
do it just as well as anything. Let me
help"
Although Hanscom is his own COM
position, he didn't accept this offer at
once. His wife had "learned the cases.
as she called it, and that, she thought,
was the graduation degree in the type
setting profession. She was in the Office
alone the other day, when a wedding
notice was brought in.
this up and slip it in the form, and won't
Baker be surprised when he sees it in
print?''
1t therefore appeared as follows in
the next issue of the paper:
MARRIED: at Tue ReSpencE Of Ihc Brides
Pa9entsrs ON Wenday eveng Sep $50 1881
Mr.! Jnho Jacknos to mis- ka " naRtu? the
Cersm Gy-was Setfrom by Revy; MR. Deeen
Inn the resence OF a large number Of
joyful Occasino. Mr. and mrss will Be at
Hoem to their iris at S74 bath Staftr octo
100:
OF course Baker was surprised. So
were John Jackson and his wife, who
didn't think they had received a full
equivalent for the S. they had paid for
ga good send-off.'
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A Narrow Escape.

New York Sun.
1t was at wedding. The guests fill ed
slowly through the room where the pres
ents were displayed, and each gazed in
wonder and admiration at the one that
lay above them all.
'How good of him!" was echoed.
80 father! how could you?" said the
bride as she saw it, and fell blushing OH
his chest.
"Never mind" he said, in choked ac-
cents, ''yOu deserve it."
Three hours later, when all was still
and the room deserted, he stole in in his
slippers, drawing short, quick breaths
as he approached the wonder-causing
gift. Then he clutched it, crumpled it
in his eager, nervous grasp, and threw
HSavedW he gasped. "Saved from
beggary and ruin" And he went back to
bed.
1t was an order for ton of coal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
He Is All Things to All Men
When a Drink Is
Coming.
Beer With the German, Wine
With the Frenchman Is
His Choice.
A Tippler Who Is More Than
That Word Co mmOnly
Means.

TIL ere is in ST. Paul type of charac-
ter, at once unique and as distinct
as that of the Gotham street gamin. 1t
is numerous enough to be familiar here.
limitations of it may be found in almost
all large cities, especially in those of
the West, but the most casual observer
will have no difficulty in distinguishing
the genuine from the spurious article.
The st. Paul species can not be dupli-
Gated anywhere. This city is his nat
ural abiding place. A change in resi-
dence, which must of necessity mean a
change in his surroundings, will result
in a diminutiOn of the questionable
glory he has here, and he knows it.
Knowing that a man can rarely-get too
much of good thing, he is content to
remain and thrive.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
Monkeys and Telegraph Lines.

Two RepuDIcS.
The monkeys which inhabit the jun
giles and chapparals of Tabasco, in
Mexico, are formidable antagonists to
the construction Of telegraph lines.
They are very numerous, and their
favorite diversion is to climb the tele-
graph poles and go through gymnastic
exercises on the wires. Linemen assert
that often 100 able-bodied monkeys may
be seen swinging on the wire,
festooned, monkey fashion, by
looping their tails. The continuous
vibrations of these forest gymnasts start
the iron nails used on the cross-arms,
and these often came down, bringing
the wire with them. And it is not a
safe matter to undertake to dispense
these robust monkeys who play the
dickens with the telegraph lines in the
sparsely inhabited state of Tabascof
Linemen have found that on shooting a
monkey swinging on the wire they have
been pursued by whole regiment of
the annoying little beasts.