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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

THE new ball-pointed pen will be used by all reporters of the national game next season. -BlsrLt1tqtOn Eree Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

WHAT is the difference between a tube and foolish Dutchman? One is a hollow cylinder and the other is a silly HollandeE
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17
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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-17

WHEN WHITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEAaA stste tAss ISa Saw the Advertisement Ia tAs SsRss.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21

Unere Is little difference in the Time re-
quired for production, as the processes
are, to a great extent, identical, though it
is worthy of remark that we do do not
find, as a rule, that the workman who is
skilled in handling one substance, the
clay, for instance, can with equal ability
work the other. There is difference in
the manipulation that is difficult to de-
fine.
"No man, as the making of pottery Is
now carried on, makes all of an article.
One makes the camise by rolling it out, as
a cook would his pie crust, or by spinning
it on a wheel, according to the use for
which it is intended. Another fits the
clay to the mold and trims it, Others
attach to it the several parts required for
its completion, others decorate it, and so
it passes from hand to hand until it
reaches the kiln. 1t is in the decoration
that the great cost is added. Awhile por-
celain set of forty-four pieces, that may
not be worth more than from $40 to $15,
can be decorated so that each piece may
be made an almost priceless treasure of
art. In practice we do not make, for ordi-
nary commercial demand, sets of that size
costing more than $75, but we have made
and can make them worth 5000 very
easily. Decoration that would increase
that value would have to be by some
great artist, ranking in the world of art
far above the professional porcelain decor
ators, the best of whom in France do not
get over 5000 francs a year, say 5 900.
The man who is paid at that rate will
spend day. or perhaps two days some
times in painting single plate. That
being taken into consideration, together
with the high duties, it is wonderful that
the exquisite porcelain imported is sold
here so cheaply. New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
A New Standard of Length.

Scientists have long sought for fixed
and invariable standard of length. The
measures in common use are mere arbi-
trary lengths, and, # the original stand
ards should be destroyed, could not be ac-
curately replaced. The French meter is
supposed to be a ten-millionth part of the
quadrant of the earth; but the accuracy
Of the original measurements has been
seriously called in question. The so called
wave lengths of light have been suggested
as furnishing an invariable numerical
magnitude, but their excessive minute
ness and the difficulty of accurately meas
uring them have heretofore been an in
superable objection to their use.
Messrs. Nicholson and Morley have now
devised a method of measuring these
wave lengths, which they claim is prob
ably accurate to one ten-mAlionth part
When it is considered that wave length
of sodium yellow light is only about one
forty thousandth of an inch, the delicacy
of this method becomes apparent. What
ever theory may be held as to the nature
of light the numerical values called for
convenience ''wave lengths are actual
and invariable magnitudes ot something;
and, if the new method of measurement
proves reliable, there will be no difficulty
in obtaining a fixed standard of length
which can be reproduced at any time or
place.-POpular Science News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
AstroIogy Challenged in India.

Like prize fighting in England, Indian
astrology has lately achieved a sort Of
spurious renaissance, especially among
the educated classes 1t was never quite
dead, of course, any more than palmistry
among ourselves, but it had fallen into a
moribuId condition, and was relegated to
Jupiter and Saturn by the more enlight-
ened natives. Now, however, they have
taken up the ancient imposture as quite O
new thing, and their papers TEEN with
yarns relating the exact fulfilment of
astrological prophecies.
There are, nevertheless, a few skeptics
left in the land of Ind, who obstinately
refuse to believe that the stars control the
careers of men, and from one of these
proceeds a suggestion which we hope to
see acted upon. 1t is that two distin-
guished astrolOgers should be appointed
to name the dates on which the 600 dele
gates to the Madras congress will shuttle
off their mortal coils, the whole prophecy
to be at once published and kept in hand
for reference. That would certainly settle
the question one way or the other, past all
controversy. But we doubt whether
distinguished astrologers" will take up
the challenge Their wisdom generally
comes out after the event; if by some
lucky chance a prediction is verified, there
is no end to their Boosting, but should the
contrary happen they very prudently keep
silence. -London Globe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
One Mans Morning Hour.

1 rise between 7 and a. m usually,
and at once spread the bedclothes over
the foot of the bed to let fresh air sweeten
the sheets and destroy all effluvia.
then throw off my night dress, go to the
washing bowl, wash my hands with soap,
and then swill my face, ears and neck
with water only. 1 rarely use soap to
my face. Since leaving it off find that
my face is less covered with scurf. l
then dip my hands in the water and rub
my arms, chest, body and limbs with the
wet hands. While still wet / dry my
face, ears and neck, and then give my
body a vigorous rubbing with the towel,
and so get into glow.
My head gets washed only every three
weeks, as L find too much soap causes
scurf in the head, bleaches the hair, and
makes it brittle. l use metal comb and
brush, and use them just enough to make
the hair assume a civilized form, as too
much brushing pulls out the hair and
weakens the scalp. Occasionally go in
for little mild exercise before dressing,
such as throwing my arms about, or
STOPPING in various ways to exercise the
muscles. When dressed, l go out for
half an hours walk before breakfast, no
matter how cold, wet or foggy. 1 come
in warm, hungry and bright. take no
food nor drink before going QUIT. r.
Allison in London Times and Echo.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
How the Chinese Keep Warm.

The evening is chilly, and everybody is
swollen out to ridiculous proportions by
the numerous thick quilted garments they
are wearing All present, whether male
or female are likewise distinguished by
abnOrmally protruding stomachs. Being
Manchus and therefore the accredited
warriors of the country, it occurs to me
that perhaps the fashionable fad among
them is to pad out their stomachs in token
of the possession of extraordinary courage,
the stomach being regarded by the Chi
nese as the seat of both courage and in
telligence. In the absence of large
stomachs provided by nature, perhaps
these proud Manchus come to the correc-
ton of niggardly nature with wadding,
as do various hollow chested people in
the ''regions of mist and snow" the
dreary, sunless land whence cometh the
genus Fankwae
But are the females also ambitious to
be regarded as warriors, Amazonian SOL
diers, full of courage and warlike aspira-
tions? AS though in direct reply to my
mental queries, a woman standing by
solves the problem for me at once by pro-
ducing from beneath her garments
wicker basket, containing a jar Of hot
ashes; stirring the deadened Goals up
little she replaces it, evidently attaching
1t to her garments underneath by little
hook. Thomas Stevens in Outing.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
The Club as a Weapon.

From the earliest times, the club was a
favOrite military weapon, its primitive
form being simply of a straight stick,
much heavier at one end than at the
other, and adapted for use either by one or
both hands. With improvements in
other styles or weapons, however, came
the mace. The mace is shafted
weapon, consisting of wooden handle
fitted into an iron head, the latter
being of many different styles. Some
maces have phalanges on the sides; others
are round like an orange, and furnished
with sharp projecting points; while others
again are in the shape of two imperial
crowns placed base to base.
The mace was a hOrseman's weapon,
usually fastened to his saddle during the
march, and, in an action, suspended by
cord round his wrist. 1t was a favorite
weapon for fighting ecclestiastics, of
whom there were many during the mid
die ages. Priests, by a canon of the
church, being forbidden to use the sword,
the mace, the lance, the halberd and sew
eral other weapons of this description,
were allowed to take the place of that
weapon, which, in all ages, has been typ
ical of war. A modification of the mace
was plain hammer or maui, frequently
carried by long bowmen. 1t was simple
mallet of wood or of iron, with handle
or feet long, used as an offensive
weapon at close quarters. Globe Demo-
Graf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
Popularity of Army Officers.

In few matters has fashion changed
more radically than in the esteem in which
the army is held. Thirty years ago, Henri
de Pene, whom they have just laid in his
last resting place, lampooned the Subs"
numerically. He got some bad sword
thrusts, it is true, for his reward, but the
public took his part pretty generally. No
one cared to have young officers in their
houses, and even if they did not tear the
ladies' dresses with their spurs, as he
said, and eat more ice and drink more
champagne than ought to have fallen to
their share, they were not welcome guests
the uniform was discredited. Now, it
is the open sesame to the most exclusive
salon in the capital. All the young
heiressess and daughters of the nobility
are snapped up by the lieutenants and
sub-leutenants. A wedding without a
good show of uniforms is a poor affair,
and bridegroom in black coat looks
half ashamed of himself. 1t is their turn
now.-Paris Cor. Argonaut.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
Paris Matrimonial Agencies.

The police divide the matrimonial agen-
cies into three classes. The first category
has for ordinary clients the nobleman
without fortune and the high government
functionary who has been retired on a
pension. The feminine element is gener-
ally recruited among the foreign colony,
orphans with dowry and rich widows
who bore themselves to death in the prov
inces. The second class agents negotiate
with lower grade functionaries, retired
officers and middle class folk, who are
poor but honest" In the third class is
comprised all the agencies that accept no
matter who, provided they can extort a
good commission for their services. This
classification is doubtless an arbitrary
one, but it is commodious for police re-
quirements. In the best of these agen-
cies, little if any advance payment is
required, but the applicant signs an
agreement to give or more per cent. on
the dowry within certain length Of
time. 1 hardly need add that the widest
agents manage to ''touch" commission
from both parties.-Francis Leland in
The Epoch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21

ne Is ueau." her agitation was in
tense, but it was no time for private sor-
row. The prompter's bell rang, the cur
tain went up, and the comedienne skipped
into view of the audience as merry of as
pect as before. The message had dropped
from her nerveless hand at the wings, and
fellow actor had picked it up. When
the girl came off the scene he restored it
to her.
isn't it dreadful" she asked.
'Lamentable, indeed" the man re-
piled, sympathetically. "Who is it'''
my pet pug dog, Adele" And during
the rest of the play the poor actress
masked her grief, and had not even the
sympathy of that actor to sustain her
until the final fall of the curtain.-New
York Sun,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21

AS we proceed down the street my ap-
pearance seems to stir the population up
to a pitch of wild excitement. Merchants
dart in and out of their shops, people in
rags, people in tags and people in gorgeous
apparel, buzz all about me and fit hither
and thither like nest of stirred up
wasps. II curiosity has seemed to be
rampant in other cities it passes all the
limits of Occidental imagination in
Ki-ngan-foo. Upon seeing me, every
body gives utterance to a peculiar spon-
taneous squeak of surprise, reminding me
very much of the monkeys notes of alarm
in the tree tops along the Grand Trunk
road, India.
By the time we are half way along the
street the whole city seems in wild tumult.
Men rush ahead, peer into my face, de-
liver themselves of the above mentioned
peculiar squeak and run hastily down
some cOvergent alley way. Stall keepers
hastily gather up their wares and shop
keepers frantically snatch their goods in
side as they hear the tumult and see the
mob coming down the street. The ex-
element grows apace, and the same wan
ton cries of "Fankwae! Fankwaer' that
followed me through Kan-tchou-fOo are
here repeated with wild whoCQs and ex-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
Leap Year q Fraud.

Leap year is a great fraud. No girl be-
lieves in that mystic four any longer, so
far as any benefit accrues to her matri-
monially, although she continues to talk
about it and heap contumely on the heads
of backward SWANS. The dear creature
who pines for mate is well aware she
can no more ask him to-day than she
could six months ago to accept her hand
and heart, and therefore all the silly chat
ter is only worthy of St. Valentine and
ought to be buried in oblivion.
Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
remedy TO proceed to the station TO nave

remedy TO proceed to the station TO nave
it examined. Red placards were placed
upon the bill boards. Extras were
thrown about the city with sensational
headings-''A Life Endangered" "A
Case of Poison" and the like, until the
whole town was excited, and the majority
of the inhabitants seemed hunting the
woman with the popular remedy" The
station was overcrowded with people and
invalids of all kinds who had come to
have their medicines examined. There
was moaning and gnashing Of teeth, and
hysterical women declaring, despite ruddy
cheeks, that they were at the point Of
death; others ready to take farewell to
their dear ones; in all, a'scene like mild
pandemonium, frightening the poor police
men out of their senses. But though the
firm paid over 1000 marks in advertising,
the investigation proved unavailing The
unfortunate woman did not appear
New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
Depravity of Tenement Houses.

DR.. Daniels calls attention to the de-
pressing and depraving effect Of tenement
houses, and their effect in increasing in
temperance. This is no new question.
Dugdale has given US the whole subject in
a nutshell. 1.-The first need" says the
commission appointed to investigate the
condition of the poor in New York city,
sis to improve the homes of the poor. 1t
is impossible for people to rise on the
average much above their surroundings"
A Chicago writer says that ''by law every
block should have its free bath of the
Emeline model" already introduced in
few cases. The prime need is for a sup
ply of sunshine, of pure water and pure
air for each person. 1t is hardly possible
that great advance will be made until
electric appliances scatter the manufact-
uring centers by distributing power more
widely, instead of concentrating it's use
Globe Democrat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
Grief of an Actress.

Speaking of actresses, the public only
gets faint and occasional ideas of the per-
sOnal griefs which are often masked by
the mimic jollity of the stage. An actress
at city theatre was engaged the other
night in the performance of a soubrette
role. The part called for unceasing gayety
Of manner and frequent laughter. The
job was half done for the night, and the
recess between acts was nearly over, when
telegram was handed to her. She
opened it, and read the simple words;
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
Contagiousness Of Human Emotions.

Every days experience may supply
fresh illustrations of the immense intiu-
ence of contagion in the development of
all human emotions. Nor is it by any
means to be set down as a weakness peCul-
lar to or characteristic of feeble mind,
to be blindly susceptible of such con-
tagiOn. Even the strongest wills are bent
and warped by the winds of other mems
passions, persistently blowing in given
directions. Original minds, gifted with
what the French call l'esprit prime
sautier, are perhaps, indeed, affected
rather more than less than commonplace
people by the emotions of those around
them, because their larger natures are
more open to the sympathetic shock. Like
ships with every sail set, they are caught
by every breeze. 1t is a question of de-
gree how much each man receives of in
duence from his neighbors.
Moreover be it carefully noted, it is
only by cOntagion, and not by any kind of
authority or command, that emotions can
be communicated. 1t is matter of COM
mon observation that any effort to direct
the emotions to order has a tendency to
produce the opposite effect to the one in
tended To challenge man to be brave
is to make him nervous; to bid him adj
mire a person or work of art is to sug-
gest to him to be critical; to command
young man or woman to love the elect of
their parents is to chill any nascent in
clination in the desired direction, and to
make it duty for Montagus to hate
Capulets is to start the loves of Romeo
and Juliet. We must give the feeling we
desire. We cannot possibly impose it.
Fortnightly Review.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
Petroleum in the Caucasus.

The fact that small springs of petroleum,
together with certain gases, have been
met with in the course of boring the
Suram tunnel have given rise at Baku to
the opinion that large supplies of petrO-
leum probably exist in the interior of the
Caucasus. A large petroleum field has
been opened on the shores of the Black
Sea, in the government of Kutaisk, on the
estate of Prince Gouriei. 1t has been
taken up by some large capitalists. The
great petroleum fountain at Baku has at
last ceased to spout, although the oil in
the we'll is still agitated. Opinion.
Laziness of the Cuban Montero.
The Cuban mOntero's indolency grows
rather out of overproductiOn than inner
ent laziness. He does not require and
grab and wear his life to shreds to set
great store by. No condition he ever
knew required that. He has no love for
luxury Hence he is in nOwise distressed
or distracted. He has no envious longing
for broad acres, for one acre will suffice.
If he owns half dozen, his unnecessary
wealth rests heavily upon him. He needs
no fuel to warm him, for a loving sun al
ways does that. He needs but little
clothing to protect him, for he lives in
eDtleSS summer. he requires no barns
and great stOrehOuses, for all the world
he knows is an endless storehOuse with the
bin-end at his very door. He needs no
grand house, for the whole flower bios
somed island is an odorOus bed chamber
eternally. He may herd CATTLE or work
on the sugar plantations for few months
of the year; but, if he does, a negro or
guajiro is his slave for the rest.
The whole active, prompting element
of need is eliminated from the montero's
life. You must know this before you can
know him. Getting little closer to his
home life and thought, he may be said to
exist in perennial serenity. He marries
because his father did. He rears children
because they come. They are welcome to
come, to stay, to go. The wife attends to
her few duties happily; she has no mis-
sion" to become frenzied over; and the
yams come on the table at the right time.
So in the montero's, there is better light
than in some of our pretentious American
Unconstitutional L. Wakeman.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-21
To All Whom it May Concern.

To All Whom It May Concern.
SAN ANTONIO, March 30, 1888.
This is to certify that after having suf-
fered from sore leg for eight years,
and having been treated by several ply
sicians, at great expense without obtain
ng relief, 1 applied to Mr.. A. Sohiers-
man at No. 604 West Commerce street.
Mr.. Schiersman undertook the treatment
and after two weeks treatment cured
me completely, and it gives me the ut
most pleasure to attest this fact.
GEORGE ZwALLY,
Saledo. Bexar County, Tex.