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The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05

"A New York woman, who lost her
scalp by being struck by q railroad
train. sued the company for damages.
The case was tried four times. In the
first trial the case was dismissed. in
the second trial sho was awarded
s13 500 damages. in tho third trial the
Jury gave her $40 000 AMI finally a
verdict for SO, O0J was reached.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05

The average weight of mems
hearts. says the Medical. Ne,o', is II
ounces each. and of women's only
ounces. Thus when they give and
take. or exchange hearts, man is tho
loser, quality being equal. Man ,
average brain weighs 49l ounces and
woman A. The average weight OF
both lungs is for men 45 ounces ana
lor women 32 ounces. Garfield rlghE
lung weighed 80 and the left 27 ou"oes,
making SO ounces Of lungs, or IA
ounces in excess Of the average.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05

There is something peculiar about
Erayity--in the earth it attracts, while
in man it repels. BinaAamton LeadcT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
Hints Conoerninc Cleanline,s.


The cure for sallowness is open air, coarse
bread and sunshine. For coarseness, it is the
bread and wheat, with plenty OF bathing
scrubbing with soap and hot water twice
week at the very least, and underwear
changed throughout as often as one bathes-
Much is to be said about this changing of
body wear, which is next to bathing in i'm
portance. have seen dainty women toss
aside cambria and Lace soiled with once wear
ing in street dust, while they wore the same
body suit of cashmere or cotton by night and
day the week through, saturated with insen-
sible wastes of the skin. If they bathed mid
week the same vest went on again, to return
its odors and fluids to the clean, open skin.
A clean man OF woman should air the person
and the inner wear every evening and morn
ing if the room is warm as it ought to be- or
else change under vest and drawers twice or
thrice week. This change and two baths
week are better than daily bathing without
it. Perhaps no change IN living shows sooner
in the improvement of the complexion. The
rough, red, pimply face of the youth yields
at ONCE to coarse diet, hot soap and water
baths and frequent clean undershirts. -Shir-
ley Dare in Boston Globe
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
An Outdoor Cooking Outfit,

Purchase an alcohol lamp with attach
ments, four and a half inches diameter by
two inches deep
Get made six tin cups. with wire rim, to
fit outside the spirit lamp one upon another,
viz: TN nests to six and half inches by
two inches Have the seventh tin cup say
three inches deep, so as to hold four to six tin
plates nested on top of the cups.
Fit cover into it tight; this is to be used as
a teapot, with a sieve strainer and wire fold
ing handle, around the side of the teapot
Fit two tins made of light copper, timed,
over the bottom and top of number seven,
meeting in the middle, each one and one-half
inches deep inside, and no solder used on bot
tom, to be used as a dish, or frying pan,
with folding handle Inclose all in a can
vas bag, with pocket for knives, spoons,
and an alcohol bottle
You will then have mess outfit complete,
taking up little space, by which good meal
for four persons can be prepared on a camp
table in the tent, free from wind and rain
g. W. Pueblo in Detroit Free Press
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
Fashionable Boarding House Life.

The life is contenptible There is nothing
real and earnest, nothing manly or womanly
in it 1t is full of the idleness which invites
the satanic whisper Its perfumed breath Is
fetid Its glitter is a sham Transplanted
by thoughtless husband to the environment
which murders the maternal instinct, a
young woman lapsing into idleness finds oc-
cupatlon in gossip, relief in admiration, joy
in the pique of envious sisters, a dash of ex
element in the knowledge that she has made
her husband suspicious and jealous, She
taxes his purse that she may outshine the
other genteel loafers OF the establishment and
better equip herself for the enjoyments of
airtations She becomes the incarnation Of
selfshness, She loses her own and respect for
her husband and thinks willingly of the
sweetness of stolen waters.-Chicago Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
SOM

Would might see one rift in heaven on high
Or in the twilight of the horizons rim
Hear echoes Of some alleuia hymn,
That sight or sound could tell, If far or nigh
Dwell those from earth so lately called to fly
To realms enshadowed in the distance dim,
Where leaves Of healing wave on every limb
In groves that echo not with mortal sighI
The goal OF life beyond 80 might view,
More brave, the woods to pierce, the tide to
breast
Etherealized, / would escape the clay,
And, winged by hope, my soul would speed anew
Her outbound journey TO the regions blest,
Lit by the pure, pearl portals Of the day.
Julia Noyes Stickney In Boston Transcript.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

1t would be curiously interesting to inquire
what has modified the ''evils" of our grand
mothers toilets into the tolerably sensible
apparel worn by women in this year Of 1855.
Perhaps the intermina5le crusade of newspa-
per andscience journal essayists, Imagination
staggers at the effort to picture the direful
dearth of topics that would afiict these
wordy philanthropiSts were the whole race
of American women to put into practical
operation their suggested dress reforms
II we were simultaneously and dutifully to
adopt divided skirts, broad, beelless shoes,
combination garments of sanitary flannel,
loose waists with never an artificial bone or
brace beneath them, short s!.zirGs, few in mum
Der, hung from the shoulders, and wide brim
med hats; if were to eschew wells, gloves
jet trimmings and crepe, do all things
which our censors enjoin, and leave undons
all they condemn, the occupation of hundreds
of excellent bread winners and paragraph
makers would be generalization Harland In
PhiiadelDhI& Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
MYsteries Of the Toilet.

I had always thought that Spanish women
were coquettes, but they don't begin to com
pare with the French women in this respect
The French woman makes a toilet for the
oed as naturally as she does for the day time
and that Is where she is very wise The nor
over with some toilet mess is a condition so
dreadful that it should be reserved for the
dressing room in the day time with locked
doors A woman in curl papers is an abom
nation in the sight of heaven and earth If
were man should consider curl papers
cause for divorce, and as for crimping pins
they are step further in the career of vice.
although their use is usually short when any
thing masculine is about, as they have a
horrId fashion of getting into his eyes,
Bah" in New York Star
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

tlona6le,' does more injury to society than
thousand essays can tell; and even a woman
who has no particular vice, but only an Idle
love of pleasure, with this desire for a Co.
lebrity which is at best questionable, is one
of the evil forces which are undermining the
social reputation of American women at
home and abroad The presence of bad man
ners, loud, unconventional behavior, is attrib
uted TO bad morality, when it is simply a
carelessness Of outward appearances.
Now. If there were beginning Of home
influences, home amusements and home cult
ure, much of this might be obviatsd. Mrs
John Sherwood in American Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
A Safe Investment.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring you
satisfactory results, or in case of failure re-
turn of purchase price. On this safe plan you
can bny from our advertised druggist bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for COnSump-
ton: 1t Is guaranteed to bring relief in every
case, when used for any affection of Throat,
Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption, lntam-
nation of Lungs, Bronchitis. Asthma WhOOp-
ing Cough, Group, etc, etc. 1t is pleasant and
agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can al
ways be depended upon. Trial bottles free at
Dreiss, Thompson & CO.. drugstore
No l-ll-lOdlY.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
Merit Wins

We desire to say to our citizens, that for
yeats we have been selling Or. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, DR. Kings New
Life PITS Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled remidies that
sell as well, or that have given such universal
satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time. and we stand ready to re-
fund hepurchase price, if satisfactory results
do cot follow their use. These remedies have
won Their great popularity purely on their
merits. Dreiss, Thompson & Co. G!)-ll-lO-lT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
BETTER THAN BLOODY BATTLES.

General Wheatcroft Nelson says
any experience in the English army
as well as in America, convinces me
that nothing so thoroughly purifies
the blood or adds to health, vigor aud
life as Acker's English Blood Elixir.
This great Remedy is sold by
RAGLAND & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
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 q Co 2
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

Do you use eggs for frosting1 Don't do
it, Take five tablespoonful of milk, one cup
of granulated sugar, flavor nicely with lemon
or vanilla, then boil five minutes Beat it
hard until it is cool enough to spread on the
cake The beauty of the frosting is that it is
ready to cut as soon as thoroughly cold 1t
is very nice with cocoenut or grated chocolate
stirred IN 1t When eggs are high it is quite
a saving.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

To remove mildew, rub common yellow
soap on the article, then sift starch on that,
rub well and place in the sunshine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

We all know how soon cheese dries up and
is unfit for the table. but this same waste
cheese can be made us good as new, and very
nice looking, by grating it fine on horse
radish crater Prepare only as much as is
needed for immediate use, and you will find
it good for anybody
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

To extract ink from wood, scour with sand
wet with water and ammonia, then rinse
with strong saleratus water
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
Bargain in Type.

Six hundred pounds of Brewer RO-
man type, in cases, at zoe and 25c per
pound. Inquire at LIGHT Office. tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

A few drops of ammonia In cup of warm
rain water, carefully applied with wet
sponge, will remove the spots from paintings
and chromOs
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

When lamp burns poorly boil the metal
burner in soda and water The gummy &C
emulation from the oil will be removed and
the light will burn brilliantly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

The wings of turkeys, geese and CHECKER
are good to clean windows, as they leave u
dust.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

Paint on windows can, it is said, be re-
moved by melting some soda in very hot
water and washing them with it, using a
soft flannel
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

Put tea and coffee away in alright re
ceptacles as soon as they are brought to the
house. They lose much of their flavor by
standing uncovered
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

Toremove ink spots, dip the article in pure
melted tallow then wash.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

DaJUer maze or nour ana tepIu wafer, anu a.
lowed TO remain long enough to scour.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

A half cupful of ammonia to a pail Of
water will cleanse hard finished walls nicely
Change the water when it becomes foul
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

Rub the bottom of the sauce pan with
little butter to prevent the milk from sricl
ing.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

A smoky ceiling can be cleaned with soda
and water.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

A good substitute for buttermiIk is thin
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

Use newspapers to polish window glass and
mirrors.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

Exposure to the sun will remove scorch
rrnarl-S
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15
Dire Results of Dress Reform.

Wash the butter stamp in cold salt waite
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

r.SOLTON. JNO. II.
- Auctioneer and Commission Merchant
Houston street, next to the bridge. Consign-
;uents solicited.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-15

~ In all its Branches,
Al the LIGHT Job Office. No E. Commerce st
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-31
How to Live Well.

To live well, economy is necessary.
No matter if persons are rich or have
large incomes, they should be econo-
mical for to waste is wicked. Many
people would be economical, if they
knew how, but the practice of econo-
my is an art. Many people use ex-
pensive articles of food and dress
when cheaper ones would be in every
way better and more serviceable. Es-
pecially in regulating table-expenses
is there great want of economy. A
little useful information concerning
the qualities of food, the amount of
nutritive matter they contain, the
wants of the human system, and the
best way ofcooking, would often save
fully one-third, and, in many instan-
ces, half the expense. A wise econo-
my in table-expenses is favorable to
health, and thus prevents DOCTORS
bills, and cenduces to strength and
happiness. fH s. I W8 w
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-31
"Sit," and "Set."

Exchange.
Many of the agricultural journals
are sorely troubled to know whether
a hen sits or sets. If some editor of
dignity would set hen OR a nest, and
the editor would let her sit, it would
be well for the world. Now, a man,
or woman either, can set a hen, al
though they could not sit her, neither
can they set on her, although the old
hen might sit on them by the hour, if
they would allow it. A man can not
set on a wash-bench but he could set
the basin on it, and neither the basin
or grammarian could object. He
could sit on a dogs tail if the dog
were willing, or he might set his foot
omit But If he should set on the
aforesaid tail, or sit his foot there, the
grammarian, as well as the dog,
would howl. And yet, strange as it
may seem, the man mightset thetail
aside aud then sit down, and not be
assailed by either the dog or telegram
marian. 'N
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-31
THE LADY OF LYONS.
A New and veracious version Of An Old
Fashioned Story.

A New and veracious Version OF an Old,
Fashioned story.
An impression prevails among some
people that the Lady of Lyons was
circus woman who went into the lions
cage and performed them. Such was
not the case. She was wealthy young
lady OF Lyons N. Y. who moved in
the first circles. She was strolling in
the garden one day when the gardeners
son, who was wedding an onion bed,
saw her and Immediately fell in love
with her. He thought there never was
such woman as Pauline, though he
couldn't make his pa lean that way.
nor his ma. Hearing of the young
mans infatuation, couple OF Pauline's
discarded lovers put up job on her.
They dressed Claude in fine clothes and
introduced him to her as Count. He
was of no count as a simple gardener,
but as q supposed titled man he rose in
the social scale very greatly. He pict-
ured to her in glowing colors his home
by the Lake of Como, with its fruits of
gold, nickel-plated bananas, ETC., and
She expected to be conveyed to it in q
palace car, four sections to themselves.
Judge, then, of her vexation and dis
gust on being conveyed in bob-tailed
horse-car and landed at his mothers
humble lodgings on the sixth floor of a
cheap tenement building. She there
upon denounced Claude and his decep-
tons, and he went off and enlisted to
fight Indians. He got an appointment
as an Indian Agent, amassed hand
some fortune in short time and came
back to claim his bride. Every thing
was explained, except how he came to
get so much money, and Claude and
Pauline were reunited TEXAS Slit
isQS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-31
Fortune in the Teacup.

Here are a few sold women's signs"
for you, girls: If single persons hap
pen to have too spoons in their cup,
it is sign that they will figure prom
inentlyat wedding before the year
is out. If you put milk or cream in
your tea before the sugar, it will
"cross your love-" If tea-stalk
floats in the cup, it is called "a beau"
Unmarried ladies, when this hap
pens, should stir their tea round
briskly, and then plant thespoon up
rightly in the cup, holding it quiet
still with the fingers. If the "beau"
in its gyrations is attracted to the
spoon, and clings to it, the "beau"
will be certain to come that evening.
1.-THE sides of the cup attract, the
"beau" will not come. You may
observe that it depends upon state of
the atmosphere whether the tea-stalk
is attracted to the middle or the sides
of the cup. tits sign of fair wealth
or if the cluster Of small air bubbles,
which usually arise after the sugar
has been put in, collect themselves
and remain in the centre of the cup.
The contrary when they straggle to
the sides-it will certainly rain in a
few hours. .tNiIt flf.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-31
THE BLIND MATCHMAKER.
A Clever WORKMAN Who Did Not Let AZ
hiction Discourage Him.

A Clever Workman Who Did Not Let AZ
fiction Discourage Him.
Many years ago tlire lived in the
town of Holbeach. England. blind
matchmaker named William Rippin.
whose delicacy of touch and marvellous
skill in repairing watches were famous
throughout all the neighboring coun-
try. He was not born blind. either, so
that his singular faculty can not be ex-
planned as congenital. After learning
his trade in regular fashion he COM
menced business at Holbeach; but three
or four years afterwards caught Sc
we're cold in his eyes. which resulted in
amaurosis, and although under the
treatment Of the leading oculists of the
day, he became totally and hopelessly
blind at twenty-eight years Of age. In
stead of being crushed by his misfor-
tune, he, by great and untiring energy
and perseverance, became one of the
most clever of blind men. His abil-
ity to clean and repair clocks, watches,
musical instruments and every article
connected with the business was truly
marvellous. 1rW'rar isaH 'r.I 'l0
He was able to work as well as be-
fore his affection. He could do any re-
pairs required, even turning in verges,
etc. The only aid he required in TAX
ing to pieces and putting together a
watch was in unpinning and pinning
the hair spring, which was impossible
for blind man to do, which was done
by his wife, whom he taught to work
at the business after his loss of sight.
He generally had one hundred watches
in the shop for repairs, some Of them
being brought from distance of one
hundred to two hundred miles. Every
watch he knew by the touch, and every
customer by his voice. Having been q
tirst-class cricketer previously, even
after his loss of sight he played two
single-wicket matches, both Of which he
won. He could play cards, dominoes,
bagatelle, was a good musician and
leader of the Holbeach brass band. He
was an intelligent man, nearly six feet
high, and many who saw and con-
versed with him were unaware that he
was blind. He died early in conse-
quence of the severe treatment of his
eyes, but the prosperous business he
left at Holbeach was carried on sue
cessfully by his wife and daughter until
about tive years ago. -7jewelerS' 20
visW .H
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-31
Answering the Question.
Review and Textile Reporter.

Review and Textile Reporter.
The South certainly has advantages
which will enable it for a long time
to come to revel in new enterprises.
1t will be encouraged by successes to
still greater effort. The advantages
have been pretty thoroughly inves-
tigated by careful capitalists, experts
and others who have experience to
use and money to loan, and it is not
going too far to say that the upward
tendency in textile interests will con-
tinue until the production is many
times multiplied. Southerners are
asking why it is necessary to send
cotton to the four corners of the earth
to be spun, when all elements of
production are so cheap in their own
section. They are proceeding to an
swer this question in way which is
creditable to themselves.