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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16
Renews Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley. Peterson, Clay County,
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story, the
truth Of which is vouched for by the residents
troubled with kidney complaint and lameness
for many years; could not dress myself with
out help. Now l am free from all pain and
soreness. and am able to do all my own house
work. owe my thanks to Electric Bittere for
having renewed my youth, and removed com
pletely all disease and pain" Try bottle, SOC
and 81 at A. Dreiss' Drug Store. 4afy
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16
M. A. kelley'S Thirty Thousand
Dollars.

Much interest has been shown in
various ways i'm the tax receiver of
Pittston, Mr.. NJ. A. Kelley's fortunate
investments and it has been deemed
of public interest to find out what he
thinks about it. Learning that Mr..
Kelley had received $4,000 through
the Miners Savings Bank, a reporter
interviewed him. He said he simply
bought one-fifth of ticket No. 55,3l5
which drew the Capital Prize of $50,
600 in the May Drawing of the Louisi-
ana State Lottery, for which he paid
81, just as he would have put up a
margin on stock, and he was surprised
to learn that there were men in town
who knew the value of the ticket a
week before he was advised.-Pittston
Pa Gazette, Mayss26.
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Bucklen'S Arnica Saiye.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores letter. Chspped Hands, Chilblains,
Corn. and all Skin Eruptions, positively cures
Piles or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per oOx. TNr sale by
(9-ly) A. DREIss .
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J. II. MAROUART.

Crescent City Boot and Shoe Fac
tory.
Has the largest and most complete stock In
the city, and defes competition with all com.
petitors. The following IS partial list:
Gents calf boots from "a upward; boys
boots and shoes Of all descriptions, IN calf.
grain, button and lace.
A full line of heavy boots, the best in the
market; price $500. Come and examine them.
J. H. MS. $3.50 and $500 shoes, in button, lace
and gaiter. are the best in the state; every
pair guaranteed.
A complete stock of gents fine button, lace
and gaiter shoes. They are the finest in the
city.
In addition TO my stock of boots and shoes,
carry all kinds of shoe polish for ladies aud
children's shoes, and the celebrated 'T. NJ"
blacking.
Orders for any styles Of boots and shoes will
De promptly executed. A nice 1T and general
satisfaction guaranteed.
Repairing of gents and ladies' shoes and
boots a speciality, and attended to with dis
patch and care.
HIS sPECrALTIBs.
English lace hunting boots.
The riding boot.
The brewers boot.
The stockman's boot.
The boys boot.
And also slippers of every description.
Call and see him, at No. II Soledad street,
opposite the courthouse.
10l3te SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS.
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DANGEROUSLY ILL AT CAMDEN, n. J.

News from his OBSCURE retreat at
Camden, n. j., is distressing to the
many friends of Walt Whitman, on
both sides of the Atlantic. OF late
his occasional ontributions-seem-
ingly representing his passing moods
and thoughts-to the New York Her
aid have kept alive in the mind of the
general public an interest in the au-
thor of such picturesque etfusiOns.
The select spirits who claim his
friendship, and whose consideration
of his wants have solaced bis declin-
ing wears, have maintained CORES
pOndence with the genial hermit, Of
which occasional letters have found
their way into print. Now his work
for the public and his cherished epis-
tolary intercourse have ceased; the
good, gray poet" is dying.
The aged poet possesses physique
and character of marked originality,
and is therefore supremely interest
ing man. He was born at West Hills,
Long Island, New York, 1919. After
receiving an elementary education in
public schools at New York and
Brooklyn, he learned the mystery OF
printing. Later he worked. as a
journeyman printer in summer and
taught school during the winter
months. In 1S47-4S he travelled ex-
tensively in the United States and
Canada, collecting a rich fund of in
formation as he wandered, after the
manner of many jOurneymen printers,
setting type at a place as long as he
willed and employment held good,
and then tramping off to another.
Down at New Orleans he essayed
editing, and did the same after his
return north, being employed on a
leading paper in Brooklyn. Then he
worked at the carpenters bench in
the same city. In 1926 he was
nurse at the federal military hospitals,
and from the second of the dates until
1874, clerk in one of the Depart
ments at Washington. He made
Camden, New Jersey, his place of re-
tirem ent, after a busy life.
"Leaves of Grass was written be-
fore the war, and was the work of be-
tween six and seven years. The au-
thor put the greater part of the book
in type himself. A complete edition
of Walt Whitman's works was pre-
duced in 1876, including a revised YER
sion of his leading production, "Leaves
of Grass" with democratic Vistas,"
1.-THE Two Rivulets," and "Drum
Taps" Leaves of Grass" has been
republished since that time.
Walt Whitman's works are not gen.
orally read in this country, and prob
ably have more admirers in England
than here. Judgments differ widely
as the poles asunder as to the merits
of Walt Whitman's poetry, which his
detractors claim is not poetry at all,
but which some of his English adj
mirers-men of eminence in scholar
ship and authorship tOO-say is the
representative poetry of this varied,
vast and wonderful republic. TT ese
opposite opinions have one thing in
common-they are alike a tribute to
the power of the writer. Nobody de
spises Walt Whitman's great work,
while many find in it gross irregulari-
ties of method, want of system, and
matter offensive to their conception of
what is pure and clean.
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FOR SHERIFF..

Having served as deputy for the past seven
wears / fee qualified to I'LL the Office of
Sherifr-so hereby announce myself as can
didate for the same, subject TO the will OF the
voters of Bexar county -
Respectfully, X. Is. ALEAaNDEh.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16
SATURDAY. JUNE is. '89

New YORK and New Jersey are non
committal. The delegates from these
states will not confess knowledge, but
claim to know nothing of the situation,
having come to Chicago for more light.
Reporters find interviewing slow bust
ness. Phelps says the situation is eX-
tremely complicated, and that is about
the size of it, California is for Blaine
with a whoop and cares not who
knows it. New York will cast its first
vote nearly solid for Depew, after that
no one knows to whom it will 90.
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All contracts or bills must be approved By
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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be accompanied by the name Of the author.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16

ENTERED At PosrOrFICE AT SAN ANTONIO
TEXAS, AS sECoND-CLAss MATTER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16

THE Republican National committee
are hard at work. Mrs. Isabella
Beecher Hooker, advocate of woman's
suffrage, was most cordially:.received
by the committee and granted ten
minutes in which to present the views
she represented and state her posi-
ton. The plank she offered will be
laid before the committee on platform.
Mrs. Hooker promised in case it was
accepted to guarantee 100 women
speakers for the campaign who would
sweep the democratic party out OF
power.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16

THE state delegations will meet
Monday to elect each chairman, vice
president and one member for COM
mittees on credentials, on permanent
organizations, on rules and order of
business, on platform and resolutions,
and for the national republican COM
mittee. This will leave the conven-
ton in good shape for business as
soon as it is organized. John NJ.
Thurston, of Nebroske, will probably
be temporary chairman, although
New York favors Warner Miller.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16

PARTICULARS are meagre concern
ing the immediate causes of the Ger
man emperOr's death. 1t would seem
that at least ten hours before his
death he had premonitiOns that all
was not right, as he asked his physi-
clan writing on a slip of paper is my
pulse all right ? DIR. Mackenzie in
formed the empress on Wednesday
that he could not prOlong the en-
peror's life. The new emperor ascends
the throne by the title of William II.
THE interesting railway articles
now being published in Scribner's,
show that there are about 10000
miles of railway in the world, nearly
one-half of which is within the Unit
ed States; that these roads cost about
$4,000, 0O0, 900; that they employ more
than 100000 people; that the fastest
time ever made was 81 miles in %
minutes, one mile being run in AS
seconds, on the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad; that the price of an
eight-wheel passenger engine is about
SIS, $500; that the A. T. and s. Fe sys-
tenn, with its 5000 miles of track, is
the longest mileage operated by a
single company; that the cost of a
palace sleeper is from $500 to ST.
900: that the cantilever span in the
Poughkeepsie bridge, 248 feet, is the
longest railway bridge span in the
United States; that the Denver and
Rio Grande, which passes Marshall
Pass at height of 1882 feet, is the
highest railway in this country; and
the shortest time between New York
and San Francisco was made by
special, June, 1886, in three days, seven
hours, 80 minutes Snd Is seconds.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16

DALLAS is becoming a hot favorite
for the position so late held by San
Antonio at the tail end of the Texas
League. There is strong talk of re-Or-
ganizing the team.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16

THE Times man feels little sore in
the ribs these days from the punching
that was given him by the long horns
of the Texas StOckman and Farmer
1t seems to have tossed no little of the
free trade fOOlishness out of the Sole
dad street exponent of democracy as
construed II Grover Cleveland.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-16

FREE trade and protection are des-
tined to be the campaign cries of this
presidential contest. No subterfuges
or falslties can change the cold facts
of platform declarations. The staunch
democratic journals in the Atlantic
states candidly acknowledge the facts
and many Of them are respondent
over the outlook. None of them, how
ever, seem to visit the sins and short
comings of that platform upon Grover.
They all accept him as a candidate
with thanks while condemning the
platform he built for them. 1t is a
queer tbing-this repudiating the
work of creation while lauding the
creator
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SPECIAL rates given on larger space and long
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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-29

bredtho the noxiuus atmosphere of
Ignorance and stupidy, or become the
source of a moral corruption worso
than plague, of famine, ur wm2
While l would suggest these changes
in the school law, and while 1 believe
that many of them are essential to the
eeqY9fpplkethSsksaaa efficiency of our sys.
tenn, beg leave to say in the language
Of Mr.. ,Wiekersham, of Pennsylvania,
that, with all it's defects the public
school system is the most potent; |
agency by all odds at work among us
to-day to root upvice, to lessen crime,
t. hftnp the people to q ahigher plane of
civilization and to save the sacred
principles ofRepublicanism our faith
ers planted on American soil and babe
us cclh}!eriyslh ii with our lives, our fortunes
and our sacred honor"
.'. e. THE END
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The Weakest Parf.

1t is n general principle that local dis
ease attacks the weakest part of the nm
fortunate victim at the time he may be
exposed to the attack. This may be
more sFP55isfgctorS to the theorist than to
tire "ff6r6f' The latter has often asked
"But why should that part be weaker
t ian any other?" That is wise romedv
that tends to strengthen all the weaker
parts, aYd thus enable them not only to
Gust Oft the disease, but guard thom from
the encrcachments ofother diseases.
For thihs purpose the Compound OK
ygen has 80 equal. If you wiah to
know more of this Treatment. you can be
easily grGtitted by addressing Drs. Star,
key Il Paten, 1920 Arch street, PEilnJeI. |
Dhia, Pas, fsE theip Brochure, nm inter |
eatnmg book Of 200 pages, and it will be |
sent o yod free: -" ''.' =" ~"
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Can't We Work TOccthcrY

Anderson is going to work III ear.
nest to attract her share of the ex-
pected rush of immigration from the
Northwest. In union thereis strength
Can not Anderson, Greenville. and
Spartanburg, Laurcns, Pickcns and
Oconee go in together, and by chip
ping in $4nO OF $500 apiece get an
advertising scheme which will toll
and bring us number of good peo-
pie to settle the lands, develop the
water powers and improve the mag
mificient vineyard sites we all have?
Can not we do more together with a
scheme for dividing the results fairly,
tlan we ean do each county for is l.?
Let our neighbors answer Lui'v
Ne,cs.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-29
n sBlG 'SpUd'.-1'he Monster
Potato Found by "a CmIifOr-
miN Farmer.

Here is story from the Albina, Or.
cgon, beside which all accounts of bio
steers, pumpkins, etc, at county fairs
pale into insignifcance. The story
appears under the head ga Big
Spud," and reads rs follows: "Tbere
is big potato on exhibition down at
the continental hotel bar that is prol .
ably the most immense Vegetable ever
grown in this country or anv othor
1t was raised by A. Lapellc ten miles
north of this city, and measures II
feet in length, 3iS feet in diameter.
and 81 feet III circumference. md
when weighed on a pair of hav scales
was fou-d to tip the beam at S3S
pounds. When Mr.. Impellc was dir.
gmS his potatoes last fall camo across
Tins monster he Thought at first he
had struck root of the giant wanna.
hetus, a tree of the eucalyptus order.
now extinct. Further Investigation
however, proved it to be potato. It
took three men and pairof horses n
aav and half to dig this potato out
OF the ground. 1t was then swung
upon big logging truck and brought
to town. Though it may seem curl
ouS, this potato is fine grained rs its
smaller brethren. and when sliced up
and fried cannot be distinguished from
an al, ordinary potato of good quality.
Inc above figures may not be exact,
as the editor has lost his notes on the
subject, and is compelled to RELY on
memory. but they are near enough for
all practical purposes, and offer a
we1Ghty argument in favor of the pro-
ductlveness of our Pacific soil"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-29
'E1Rc- Tornado.

There was considerable alarm in
the town and county on the night Of
the 2Oth inst. caused by the fierce
"lnd' thunder and lightning. Little
or no damage was done in the vicini
" OF Plckens, except prostrating many
dead trees on fresh land. Mrs
Alpha Barton on Big Eastatoe suffer
ed considerable damage. Every build
ing on the place, including the dwell
ing was unroofed, but no persons was
hurt' The neighbors gathered in
tho next day to assist in repairing.
The dwelling house of Mr.. Cureton
at Easley was unroofed and rail fen
en- IN the comfy sactered about.
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a good shot,

DEAR SENTINEL: - Master West Child
q son of Mr.. Robert r.. Child who ;a
just eleven years old killed two trkevs
at one shot how does that for mn ex.
pert?
have 10 doubts about the fac4orv's
being built on the river now and there
rs room for a half dozen or mora
Several parties have been writino
for information concerning mineral
water power and soforth. One firm
writing from Denver Colorado Sol
reckon, by THAT, the SENTINEL rs
powerful broad circulation.
j. 7. Stephens knows how to Inv
off q row to plant cotton seed in for n |
fact.
We have opened ont the new public
Dad by this Place to Central and the
ill up this aide 0. Mr.. Chas. s. Rob.
nson's is on tolerably fair grade.
, Bon JONES.
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Wont .BRl,gIe.

1t will be remembered that it W as
Dem5cratie Mills of Texos who snid
during tho Amendment campaign,
Let us scourse the preachers back
into their pulpits" That leading
Democratic paper, the Atlanta Con,
stit"tion, paid it's respects the other
; lay to Mr.. Mills in the following ap-
p"eciative way: "The: Hon. Roger
Quixote Mills of Texas is the most
gittering ass that ever graced the
halls OF Congress" We were going
to use that opinion of the Constifution
for a "Jangling Voice." but there is
so much truth in it that it wouldn't
jangle.-IHe (N. W Voice.
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F@y rs YOu Go.

The Courier of last week sora..
"for the first time in the history Of
Oconee county the grand and petit in.
rors and State witnesses were no;l
their per diem and mileage bv Conn
" treasurer Holleman on prcscnta-
tlon OF their pay certificates Tha
treasurer informs us he has still
plenty of money left to meet tho
.oourt expenses during the summer
and fall terms. We have always con-
tended that the county should have
money on hand to meet the expenses
Oh Court, and we are glad that tbo
county has funds sufficient for tbie
purpose. 1t is unreasonable md nm
Just to expect jurors and State wit.
nesses to attend upon court and whit
Tor thelr money year or more"
we expect in another year or two
10 say the same for Pickens County
II 1t cost as n tax of thirty mills to
accomplish the feat, it would be n
positive saving TO the county. Pay
ing time prices for supplies is as bad
on county as it is on an individ,o,
AZ ls worse when it comes to lett;no
out bridges. This is one thing we
1aVe made up our mind to do the
nrst time we are elected County Com
missioner.
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Bridge to Let.

If You have lost your pockctbook,
you will liston to any one who can
tell You how to get it back. If YOU
have lost yOnr health, which is more
prccious,,-listcn to us.
Medicines can do nothing but
check diseases; they act negatively
not positively. They cannot build ND
your health, or bring back your
strength, or renew your vitality.
Why do you hesitate to ioin the
large army who are using COM
POUND OXYGEN when YOU know
two things: First, By no possibility
con it harm you. Second, In nine
cases out of ten it must benefit YOU.
The quality of our curative agent
IS proved by the success in our bust.
ness during the last eighteen wears.
Investigate, and you will not hest
tate moment. We will send free
some Of our books on the subject of
HEALTH, if you will send your adj
1ress.
DRs. STARKEY & PALEN,
1929 Arch St, Philadelphia, Penn. !
march % '9S-e o w-4t
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NSsh"SH SOIlIOQUy.
10 pay on not to pay, that is the question
- whether It's better for me to refuse
TO take local paper nnd deprive
My family from reading all the news,
Or ply up promptly what the printer
asks.
And, by such payment, cheer himf No
pay, no puper-
Then no more shall 1 be posted on the
And local haps throughout tho town,
AMI divers topics-'tls consummation
That / have long feared. TO pay or
stop!
70 stop! porchanco to lose -ay, there's the
rub;
For III that stop no interest do take
In amy of the affairs that move the town.
And such .shuilling otrof all that's good
Must make me pause There's the re-
spect
Which ovory editor maintains for those
Who come down with the cash and ne'or
delay
10 settle up "that little BILL" For who
would bear
The pointed squibs and pungcnt para
graph
Which far too oft reflect upon the man
who fails to settle his subscription bill7
III haste mo now unto the editor,
And, with my purse plethoric in nv
hand,
will settle up in full, one year from date,
By paying to him from my ready casl.
The sum which is his due.
Uontr'Shire Co. Jo0uaL
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-29

It is said that the mother.in-Tnw of
Gen. Black, who is Pension Commits
sloner at salary of $4,000, failed to
pass the civil service examination bnt
he had her appointed "laborer" in
the patent Office where she has been
rapidly promoted to salary of 81 200.
Brave General! Charming mother,in.
law!
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-29

We had the pleasure of meetins,
Rev. Sam p. Jones in Greenville Inst
week. The crowds to hear him Ice.
ture III the opera house Thursday
night and preach in the Methodist
Church Friday were immense. Tn
all he talked to Greenvillo people a.
bonttour hours, He lcctured at Spar.
taabTg Friday evening.
Sam Jones impressed us ns being
! an honest white man, with good com.
m'n sense, the courage of his convic
'ons' and an extraordinary capacity.
u make himself we'll understood
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-29

HARMONY GRovE, Ga, March 16
The news roaceed here this morn.
ing OF a horrible parlicidal shooting
scrape at Maysville, GA. Last night
about nine o'clock, Mr.. A. G.. Shelcr
was shot in the abdomen, lust above
the second rib, with n thirty.two cal
ibre ball by his son, Ed. SheIor: Mr.
Shefor died this evening about s
o'clock. Ed. shelor claims that he
was compelled to shoot his father to'
keep him from killing his mother
He stood his oommittal trial this cye
nng and was released on bond md
has skipped for parts unknown --lIT
1'st1 CO testitntion. -
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-29

Rowan county, Ky, the scene of L, .
cent social foudes and tragedies is a.
bout to be abolished by the legisla,
ture' and its territory remanded to
Bath and Fleming counties whence it
came. These counties are protest
ing. Poor, miserable Rowan. So
much for it's rowing.
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Eve LouisIann Gn,,,oa

Keno and the Republican party hovo
been revived in Louisiana. Keno 10 .
game in which everybody loses brt tbe
ownor Of he game. The Repubjicon
PEf@ Of ijp,6siaua'is @e2io r. 9,Iinb
only Democrats ,win.-LiUIc Poch