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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-10
TRUTH IN DEATH.
But he Regretted 1t, and Added a False
hood at Last,

nOOO at Last
We had a man named Burrows in our min
ing camp, and he was without doubt the most
notorious liar Nevada will ever shelter. His
fame as q liar spread for hundred miles
around, and men used to stop at our camp to
get look at him. He wasn't a wicked man,
and he had no malice about him, but he was
natural born liar. He lied about his father,
his mother, his wife, brothers, sisters, and
everybody else, and for every hour in the day
he had a new falsehood. He had claim of
his own and was fairly Industrious and so we
had no excuse to drive him out, although his
lies were continually kicking up i'll feeling
among the men. One day lot of earth and
rock caved in on him and inflicted fatal inju-
ries, and number of us knocked off work to
be with him in his last moments You would
have thought the shadow of death would have
brought change of sentiment, but it did not.
Lying there with only an hour of life left to
him, he told us that he had been a pirate
on the Pacific and where he had buried large
amount of plumber. Veal knew that he was
from Ohio and had never seen any ocean, but
he stuck to it, One of the men finally felt it
his duty to say:
Burrows, you have only a short time to
live. You had best spend that in preparing
for eternity"
"rve allus been good" he quietly replied
Eyes, but you are an awful liar, you
know
"Yes, suppose so. I've told a million of
them, haven't Ir'
mo doubt of it."
land every one has been laid up agin mer
Very likely"
''And my chance is rather SLIM
Rather"
well, boys, it's my way, and l can't
change at this late day. Just as that cave in
came struck a nugget as big as my head.
1t would value up clean $4,000 If you'll
Ne kind enough to pull it out and sell it and
send the cash to my wife I'll die feeling better"
He went off soon after that, and we said to
each other that he had given us the greatest
yarn of all No one took his claim, which
was accounted a poor one and it lay for
three months before one of the boys dug into
it one day for the pickax buried and for
gotten. He hadn't got the pick when he
came across a lump of gold which balanced
$13,2S0 in coin, and every shilling of the
money was sent ON to the widow, as directed.
1t got there to find that there was no widow,
but six months later went to sister. In his
dying hour Burrows told the truth about his
find, but, alasl he repented of it, and lied
about having a wife.-New York Sun
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Doing Another's Duty.

Unconscious self betrayal is the most pow
erful of witnesses in determining social ra.k.
The true lady shows her training in every
word and gesture, but the pretender is too
often found mapping A little girl, shopping
with her mother one day, was sitting content
edly on a counter stool, and watching the
people as they came and went.
Presently she saw lady elegantly dressed,
who stopped at their counter and handed a
waterproof and umbrella to the young girl ir
charge.
Take care of these things till l call for
them" she said, in an autocratic tone, and
sailed away.
The bright eyes of the child followed her
The little face wore a look of distress.
"Why, mamma, she whispered, ''she didn't
even say please"
Sooner than she had expected, the lady re-
turned.
81 will take my things" she said.
There was some little delay in finding them.
II hope you haven't lost or misplaced
them," she said to the young girl, in a severe
tone
Neither misfortune had happened; the ar
ticles were found, and taking them without
a word the lady walked away. This was
more than the child could bear. Leaning
over so that her sweet face came close to that
of the clerk, she said, graciously, Thank
youln-Detroit Free Press.
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Why Oil Stills the Waves

The pouring of oil upon rough water to So
cure the safe passage Of vessels was practiced
by the ancients. as Plutarch and Pliny re-
fer to it, but it is only within the last six
years that our sea going people have given it
much serious attention. Benjamin Franklin
made study Of the subject, and he has left
on record the result of his experiments. This
is how he explains the action of the oil:
The molecules of water move with free
dom, and the friction of air in motion pro-
duces waves or undulations. These increase
i'll size, according to the depth of water, and
other conditions They are often the precur-
sors of storms, and sometimes reach height
of forty feet. Yet boat or ship can ride
them in safety. If, however, a sudden gale
comes up, the swell becomes raging sea.
The friction of the wind, rapidly moving
upon the exposed slope of the swell, produces
little irregularities on the surface These
wavelets are then driven up the rear slope of
the swell to its summit, while the forward
slope has more and more protection from the
wind, and becomes sleeper and sleeper. As
the wind continues to blow the crest of the
storm wave constantly sharpens, until it is
finally thrown over with irresistible force
A ship cannot rise up its abrupt front, and
the water falls on the deck, sweeps every
thing before it, and often engulfs the vessel
itself.
Now, the oil changes the storm wave into
the heavy swell. 1t floats on the surface,
spreads rapidly. and forms film like an ex-
tremely thin rubber blanket over the water
The friction of the wind cannot tear the film
and send those wavelets up the slope of the
swell, and the ship is enabled to ride it in
safety.
So it is seen that the effect is purely me-
chanical change il the form of the wave;
there is no apparent chemical change.-PhG-
adelphia Times,
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HAIR DYE AND WAGE FARMERS.
Mature Workingmen Driven to Use 1t I'm
Enormous Quantities.


There is now going on mighty struggle
which is almost essentially question of age.
Yet it is one which affects thousands and
thousands of men and women, who are toilers
and bread winners
On all sides preference Is given by employ
ers to youth over more advanced years.
Absalom, in the vigor Of his juvenility, is
content to receive 90 to 80 per cent. less
money than his more mature rival In
wholesale warehouses, in public companies
in retail establishments, in the street, on the
road and the rail, men and women who are
still hale and hearty in mind and body have
been set adrift to make room for the younger
and cheaper-generation. They are willing
to work for the same wages, but the masters
will have none of them.
In their distress they turn to a comforter
not to the workhouse, if they can avoid so
doing; not to the charitable institutions, not
to the trades unions, but to the Figaro him
self, the perruquier, the hairdresser, the bar
Der. The amount of hair dye used by artisans
and laborers of all sorts is not only enormous,
but increases day by day. 1t is not vanity
which impels them to the practice; it is life,
for which it is well worth dyeing.
The testimony on the subject is undeniable
A knight of the razor in the,gorth of London
testifes that he is doing tremendous trade
in hair dye with workingmen for the reasons
given above. "They take it home" he said
land get their wives to lay it on. In many
cases it is an absolute necessity with female
employees Proprietors of big millinery estab-
lishments won't have women with gray hair
on the premises.
you've no idea what misery I've been
aware of in families from gray hair. knew
man, father of six children. All of sud-
den, from illness, think, his hair whitened,
and his employer took the earliest opportu-
nifty of giving him the sack, and getting a
younger man in his place He couldn't obtain
another situation anywhere, and the more
trouble he had the older he looked At last
when he was at his wits end, some one told
him to get his hair dyed, and, what's more,
lent him the money to have it done Well,
he's got another place. It's less money; but
you'd hardly know him again. I've seen
scores like him. Your young folk may sheer
at dye and crack jokes on the subject, but as
true as I'm not Dutchman it's been the sal
walton of many hard working men and wom-
en-" A lady dealing in human hair near st.
Pancras, when sounded on the subject ad-
mitted the practice, and allowed that she
dealt very largely in dye, nearly all vended
to those earning their living in large COM
mercial establishments.
The same tale was repeated by one who did
a good deal Of traffic in this wav Nth laliAs
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or sne theatrical persuasion. "Lor' bless
your be exclaimed, without hair dye some
would you say, IL you was a manager, if a
girl with gray locks came to you and wanted
an engagement Iexpect you'd show her the
door pretty quickly. I'm not talking of those
vain young females who turn black to gold
or red to brown. l mean the chorister of 35
to 40, still good looking, but who is beginning
to show the powder puff on her head There
isn't one, there isn't twenty, there isn't a
hundred but I'd bet there's thousand or
more in the United Kingdom. Their great
grandmothers had to wear wigs; their de
scendants are deal more comfortable with
a little harmless coloring matter on their own
hair" And so the story runs ad infinitum.
London Telegraph
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A Quarter of "a Century.

What great changes aquarter Of a century
brings about. Nearly twenty-five years ago
the waters of Mobile bay were the scene of
one of the fiercest naval encounters of mod
ern times, and the city itself was shut OFF by
strong defenses from the approach of vessels
bearing the United States flag. Today we
welcome officers wearing the uniform Of the
United States as friends and brothers, and it
Is one of our dearest hopes that Uncle Sans
war vessels will often steam past our wharves
or anchor in front of our city, and that a
navy yard for the construction and repair Of
such vessels will be located at Mount Vernon.
Twenty-Five years ago the flag of the
United States was the ensign Of an enemy;
today it is the flag we love-the emblem to US
of defense and protection, of development of
our resources and improvement Of our natu-
raj advantages When its silken folds are
spread to the breeze it tells US of restored
end indissoluble Union Of indestructible
states. 1t is our flag, it is our navy, just as
much as they belong to other portions Of our
country.
Over the waters of Hampton roads, where
once the Merrimac and Monitor waged ter
rife conflict that revolutionized modern naval
warfare, United States war vessels now
steam on their way to the navy yard at Nor
folk. Their presence there is not only q sign
of national power, but also of national benefi-
cence We trust that the same may be the
case in Mobile bay, where tie waves chant a
monody to the memory Of Farragut and Blu
chanan, and each glowing sunset is a refec-
ton of their glory. For the renown Of the
brave men of our civil war, Federal and Con-
federate, is the common property Of re-
united people, and the peace and prosperity
we now enjoy the result of restored Union.
Mobile (Ala.) Register.
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Loss of Life of Negro Slaves.

1t was my lot once to be with DR.. Living
stone in the vicinity of Lake Nyassa, and at
a time when for the SLAYER it was an exceed
ingly happy hunting ground. Asa consequence
of what we saw Livingstone reckoned that for
every slave that got to his or her destination
ten lives were lost. Inasmuch as the ground
is now so cleared of slaves near the coast
that is to say, for the normal mode of col
lecting) that the Zanzibar Arabs have to pro-
cure them more than half way across Africa,
as shown recently by Mr. Aruot, tho calcu-
lation of ten lives per slave may probably
now be under the mark. The Arab slave
dealers appearance on the scene means raids;
Qualrels fomented between strong and weak
chiefs; a neglected sowing season in the pre-
vaiIing disturbance; famine, and then the
p.stilence which follows on starvation.
A vast proportion of the slaves perish on
their journey to the coast, and finally the
mortality is great at sea in overcrowded and
unseaworthy dhows; for, with the possibility
9f capture before his eyes, the slave shipper
particularly if he is bound for Pemhn-
charters any old cranky craft which will hold
together for the trip. Mr.. Philip J. Stop
ford, midsLipman of the Garnet (who seems
to be, by the admiralty accounts, a very cor
morant for swapping up slavers), chased q
dhow of Pemba. The man at the helm lost
his head, the dhow was capsized, and 50 out
Of ll2 slaves and slaverS were drowned. The
Few. Horace Walters in The Contemporary
Review
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4 Dog Story.

\ week or two ago the porter of the Bristol
Royal inlirmary was disturbed one morning
about ESQ by the bowling of dog outside
lie building. Finding that it continued, he
went out and tried to drive it away; but it
returned and continued to howl so piteously
that he was obliged to go out to it again
This time he observed that one of its paws
was injured. He, therefore, brought it in
and sent for two nurses, who at once dressed
the paw, and were rewarded by every canine
sign Of gratitude, including much licking of
their hands The patient was retained" for
two days, during which time he received
every attention from those inEidA the hoa'aA
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-10

o, in the depths Of midnight,
What fancies haunt the brain,
When even the sigh of the sleeper
Sounds like sob of pain,
A sense Of awe and Of wonder
may never well define,
For the thoughts that come In the shadows
Never come In the shine.
The old clock down In the parlor
Like q sleepless mourner grieves,
And the seconds drip In the silence
As the rain drips from the caves.
And think Of the hands that signal
The hours there in the gloom,
And ! wonder what angel watchers
Wait In the darkened room
And ] think Of the smiling faces
That used to watch and wait
Till the click Of the clock was answered
By the click Of the opening gate.
They are not there now In the evening
Morning or noon-not there;
Yet know that they keep their vigil
And wait for me somewhere
james Whitcomb Riley
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She Lives in q Box.

railroad stations was attracted by an ''ossi-
fed" woman who arrived on the afternoon
train from Fort Edward. She was on her
way home to Holland Patent. The woman
cannot move limb or twist her head, her
joints having turned to bone, it is said, by
the use of medicines. An apparatus. for NOV.
ing her about was almost as much of Curl
osity as the woman herself. 1t consisted of a
box, in which she reposed, with ropes and
pulleys for twisting it about and putting it in
a vertical or horizontal position. She makes
her living by selling her photographs, and
she has composed book of poems. She for
nlerly taught schcol.-Albany Journal
Pr M6RiDE & CO.
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..ssa TsvIn Iue nelgnDors outside, who quickly
heard of the case. As no one appeared to
claim the dog, be was sent to the Home for
Lost Dogs in the city, where so interesting an
animal was, of course, not long in finding a
purchaser. The dog was one of those called
"lurchersn
infirmary for confirmation Of the story, and
am assured by him of its truth. How did an
apparently friendless dog know where to 60
for surgical add The case differs from that
of the dog which took its friend for treat
ment to Kings College hospital, In London,
for l understand that the Kings College dog
had previously been taken to the hospital for
treatment itself; but in this case there is NJ
such clew.-Londou Spectator
IN THE DARK.
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A Woman's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has been
MADE and that too 10y a lady in this county.
Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for
seven years she withstoOd its Severest tests.
but her vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three months
she cOughed necessarily and could not sleep.
She bought of us a bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption and was so much
relieved on taking first dose thar she slept all
night and with one bottle has been miracu-
lousy cured. Her name il Mrs. Luther LutZ."
Thus write w. c. Hamrick Il Co., of Shelby,
n. C.-Get free trial bottle at Dress, ThOmp-
son Co.'S. GIBBS If
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a SpeciaI Bargain,

FOR SALE: An eight room rock
house with eight lots; fronting 100
varas on one of the principal streets
in San Antonio, convenient to street
car line Price $4,000; terms easy. This
is rare bargain and must be sold
quick, as the owner will not keep this
property on the market long.
If HANBLETON, HADLEY & Co.
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FACTS CONCERNING THIS SLNGU-
LAR AILMENT AND ITS CAUSE.

Flowers and Grasses Bring on Fits of
Sneezing in Some Persons - The Cat
Asthma and the Troubles Caused by
Other Animals.
The popular term hay fever gives but an
inadequate idea of a curious complaint, the
very existence of which was not fully recog-
nized till the beginning Of the present CEN
fury, when DIR. John BoStock published an
account of his own symptoms and sufferings
At that time it was dimly regarded as a sort
of fanciful hypochondriacal affection, of
which those who had little or nothing to do
became the subject; but cases have of late
years been frequently recorded which prove
the disorder to be one of great interest on
account of the mystery attaching to its early
history; its prevalence in all climates and
countries, and the palnrl pertinacity with
which it clings to its victims
IN THE MERRY HAVING TINE.
1t is called. in Germany fruhsommer Ka-
earrh, or early summer catarrh; and among
ourselves, hay fever or hay asthma, since
the more usual kind begins and ends with
the hay season, varying in the time of year
during which it appears according as the
hay season is early or late. AS long as the
grass is in flower it persists; with that, it
ceases
The complaint is, however, by no means
limited to the flowers of the field. The same
symptoms may be produced by very differ
emit causes; by sunlight, by violent exercise,
by the dust of rooms; and so capricious are
its ways that it is sometimes difficult to as
sign sufficient cause for its appearance.
Rose fever and rose catarrh are well
known in the United States, where the rose
is largely cultivated Peach cold is an affec-
ton of similar nature. In India the bios
s1In Of the MANGO is said to produce IL 49,
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Stretching away on ev'ry side


A fair domain you see;
A part belongs to Pat Mcbride,
A part belongs to me.
own the golden light of morn,
With all its tints that play
Upon the springing grass and corn;
Pat owns the corn and hay.
Pat rises when the morn is new
And so, sometimes, do L;
l see he has enough to do
AS / am passing by.
His muscles seem to be of Steel
While mine sometimes, relax;
But he so sturdy seems to feel
let him pay the tax
No man has wealth enough to buy
My part in this domain;
would not sell my clouds and sky
My shadows on the plain;
would not sell this golden light
The tales these breezes tell;
Gold has no power to buy my right;
For money. Pat might sell
gaze at ease, on ev'ry hand.
At our possessions fair;
Pat plows and sows and reaps the land
And keeps it in repair.
So Pat does me world Of good,
While do Pat no harm:
And on these terms, well understood,
We both enjoy the farm.
%. F. Pearre
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lVUh al lnC0GI TERMS EASY.

For Sale: a nearly new 10 room frame
house and two acres of irrigable land lOca-
ted on street car Iiue, and in one of the
healthiest parts of city, Price only S4,OO;5
one half cash.
Cotton Gin and Engine for sale: A new 20
horse power engine and boiler with one new
8 saw gin and one second hand so saw gin
4 in Reynolds press, independent steam p1mp,
go feet l l-2 inch suction pine, saw table, in
fact everything cOnNlete. Price, only 1900.
Address box 2, care Light.
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Fish Killed by Hailstones.

A severe hail storm, followed by heavy
fall of rain, is reported from Murray county.
The falling bail, by cold and force, be-
numbed the fish in Sugar creek. The fol-
lowing rain washed the helpless fish out of
the creek, leaving thousands Of them high
and dry. Citizens of surrounding country
gathered hundreds of pounds each of the
fish for table usa-Atlanta Journal.
ALL ABOUT HAY FEVER.
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IT'S Excellent Qualities

Commend to public approval the Cali
fornla liquid fruit remedy Syrup of
Figs. 1t is pleasing to the eye, and to
the taste and by gently acting on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, it cleanses
the system effectually, thereby pro-
noting the health and comfort of all
who use it. QD
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" sCHUCHARD, DRUGGIST,
I San Pedro and Acequia Streets
Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines, Toilet Articles
Soaps, Chamois Skins, Sponges, Brushes Per
fumery, etc. Physicians prescriptions care
fully compounded. 488
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-05
THE MARKETS.
Total RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE
Par North River. Vessels and Railroads.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

BUILDING MATERIAL-The brick trade has Zee. Desaa
moderate az OF prices Other HAtsIt "a on
moderstey HsveFstraw Hard Bnos osStssa sEtsSkIIs
CO., y SO MsF F q ssk.
Phiadephia Front s27as2S Trenton fronS ~ 40 IN
dale Sahent ssc9s 10 per bS Ap S ReSand Common
HSS so g csF 3d. Spd DO SSngRSS s
Lime &c. Tishng q 2G St. JSaSS n s SaSSei
Lahs s2 Is per 1000. GOas' HAf' Z'1S'0 O'' OO'DsI
oatclaa NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. heR ssvs and unshAegod we
sssss 81, a'iSS EnS:i dS'S' casks and
s.S$ * . sss' Ssi9s:e ~ ;:s:: i,f &
ICtooYER1GE sTooK-A Light amount Of sto Sst
E EsSS, q, Soas2 gHs shook sSa .
SsI sRch q B. 9G scinSS 81 sSssf S
Rum ppes Is Sodse Empty HSsShssd, 81 26 Hoops
Il fseS S2Ss$so Y feet f2eG AZ ,IsA. inquiry for
MID grades Arm aud IN fSir request Sales dSoV PsS
Es. 1a from December sac Rsrs .Sd ,rS sIng SS
tosai copoefnE Opening sales Indicated DECLINE o. 1SS
30 points but toward he close there Ssi ana
TSS "a s'a Si| R HSvF Suo ssili1ss a4 saar
500 fS ssdp ;sSoHSa Sas s 8:
Oag 6So S S SS,lAOfsS santos tSt rsssp
sSGS o Beg s.us ssrne time 1855 coo bags lime
iSs7 1898 6OO bags Receipts a. santos July 70 June
B. 1889 2iss ooo bags same time 1883 Ao'oV'o oAs''
sang Eog; s S1 i2 2Ss0O IaSss from B, Europe
$50 600 bags; SroS from East and Java for Europe
so 900 bags Sales here, s0,76o bags; ..,..