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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-06
OFFICE EXECUTIVE Committee VA. STATE J
SUSDAY-SCHooL USIoB, Richmond, Va,
January, 1889

OFFICE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VA. STATE
SUNDAY-SCHooL UEIoB, Richmond, Va, }
January, 1889.
To all Suuday-School Workers in the State of
VirginiG
Brethren-The Virginia State Sunday
School Union all Denominations" will hold
grand Convention OF Sunday-School workers of
all denominations in the city of Richmond, on
the 18th, Goth, and Dist Of March, 1889 Provi
deDce permitting The exercises will be very
interesting and have for their object the ad-
vancement and promotion of the Sunday School
cause in our beloved State Brother VIM
Reynolds, President Of the International Sun
day School Association of the United States and
Canada Brother B f. Jacob, Chairman Exc
cutve Committee of the international Sunday
School Union, and other prominent speakers
and workers from 9th er States, are expected, and
Will add great interest to the occasion.
Let your prayers ascend for the success Of the
Convention and the extension of Cots King
dom on earth through this blessed instrumental
ity.
The proceedings Of the Convention will be
published in all the UNCONVENTIONAL papers.
Respectfully and fraternally,
Rev. T G. DAsHIELL President.
Chas. ?. Rady, Corresponding Secretary
VIM. Ellyson, Recording Secretary.
Executive Committee
John p. Cary Christian Church.
VIM. + Fox Christian Church
VIM. A. Bowles Christian Church.
Thos. H. Elicit. Baptist Church.
Bobt w Powers Baptist Church.
A. J.. West. Methodist Church.
@. w. Hunter, Methodist Church
Rev r p Kerr Presbyterian Church
j D. K Slelght Presbyterian Church.
NJ NJ Gillian, Presbyterian Church
Rev. j. B. Funston Episcopal ]hurch.
Rev. T G. Dashiell Episcopal Church
r. Traylor, Lutheran Church.
J. r. Crenshaw, Friends Church.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-06
Recent Publications.

Our prompt acknowledgment every week of
the books sent to us we consider as ordinarily a
sufficient compensation for the same We re-
serve to ourselves the privilege OF giving more
or less extended notice of the same, which is for
the benefit of our readers. 1t would be impos-
sible for us to examine all the books sent to as,
and especially the iunumerable little volumes
written for children.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-06

The HUGUENoT LOVERS, Tale OF the Old Do
minion ia a pleasantly written story, by G.
P. E. Burgwyn. Published in this city. 1889.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-06

THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW for February has
been received and has the following table of
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
Freaks of Instinct.

Henry Gilbert, of Westville, L. l.,
is the possessor of pet hen which
has been sitting for the past three
weeks on three kittens.
A New Jersey bird dog went into
a room where parrot was at
liberty, when he stopped and poin t.
ed. The bird approached, looked the
dog square in the eye, and said:
you're a rascal" The dog was SO
surprised at hearing a bird speak
that he dropped his tail, wheeled and
ran away, and from that day to this
he has never been known to point a
bird.
They tell of a cat in Lee county,
Ga, which actually committed sui
eide. Her kittens were drowned and
she went about for hours in grief;
then, climbing up on the corn crib,
she stuck her head through a crack,
and moving along until she came to
a narrow place in the crack, let go
with her claws, and hanging, slowly
choked to death without a struggle
or any effort to save herself.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
FROM WAY DOWN EAST.

The Maiden Minor of Maiden,
Mass, comes to the LIGHT office this
morning with very readable article
on Rockport and Arkansas Pass which
is quite laudatory in its tone. Among
its editorial utterances is the follow
ing under the head of "a Republican
Admins tration-:"
"The United States is once more
living under republican administra-
ton. President Harrison, inaugur-
ated on Monday, cheers the people OF
the country with his words of
strength and wisdom. None the less
so does he inspire confidence by his
cabinet. Mr.. Blaine's splendid abili-
ty and craftsmanship find a proper
place in the state department.; and
no man in America longer doubts
that we shall have an administration
American to the back bone. Mr.. Win
dom, the new secretary of the treas
ury, believes in dollar that is dol
lar. John Wanamaker is a man who
needs no introduction to the country.
His marvellous organizing ability,
benevolence and wealth have made
him famous already. He seems just
the man to handle such great ma
chine as the postOf1ice department..
Redfield Proctor, of Vermont, is noted
for shrewd Yankee sense and genial
disposition, that will be as likely to
win him friends at the capital as they
have in New England. w. H.
H. Miller, the presidents late law
partner, and Gen. Noble, of Missouri,
res Deetiyely selected for thesattOrneV-
generalship and interior department,
Gen. Harrison knows as men tested
by long years of friendship and close
contact. The attachments of Gen.
Tracy of Brooklyn, who will be re-
membered as one of the most brilliant
men in the legal group represented at
the great Beecher trial, will have
chance to be shown in the building of
a new navy; while honest old Jerry
Rusk of Wisconsin, who has been
heart and hand with the farmers
since boyhood, is given the new chair,
portfolio of agriculture.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
AGENTS FOR THE LIGHT.
FRIDAY, MARCH. IS, 1899.
IF NOT WHY NOT?

The attempt so sagaciOusly and
cunningly made to block the wheels
of nomination for republican candi-
dates, by making civil rules in the
last days of the CIevelandic admins
tration apply to cases and conditions
not heretofore existent, and practical
ly terminating on March -, 1882 the
entrance of rel publican competitors for
civil service examinations, has not
been as successful as the very wise
trainers of that late bill of the retiring
president deemed certain. In fact
it would seem that these men have
been hurt by their own petard. Mr..
HarrisOn's inaugural very quickly
gave the country to understand that
the civil service rules would become
operative when the equilibrium was
restored. He did not propose the i'm
mediate enforcement Of the civil
service rules after four years of fla
grant violation of those rules by the
democratic executive, without giving
time for republican applicants to get
before the senate and the department.
heads. He has accordingly post
pOned for three months that very
clever artifice which would make the
civil service rules so specially
and specifically applicable to the pos
tai service as to prevent any new APP
plications, outside the ranks, after
March 18th, and only permit the dem
Ocratic clerks now in position to enter
the competitive examinations.
Not only so, the animus of the
whole later movement of the outgoing
administration has been so apparent
in this matter of slraining every point
to continue democrats in Office, that
there are signs of a great reaction in
the presiden tial mind, and it is not
impossible that those very unusual
acts of the retiring democracy will be
met by some counter action on the
part of the incoming republicans.
President Harrison will be governed
by the rules of the civil service, but
he will not enter upon an enforce
ment of rules that will practically ex-
clude republicans from office, and
will con tinue to remove obnoxious
democrats and those who are not OBJ
noxious, if necessary, until the statu
quo is restored. The morning dis
patches say that the demand for the
action of the senate in the matter of
appointments is so imperative that
the special session of the senate will
not terminate as SEQ as was expected
and that while thus waiting the will
OF President Harrison and the cal met
heads in the matter of appointments,
they will take up the election out
RACES in the southern states and push
their inquiries into those abuses of
the election laws which in so many
instances have defeated the intent of
the law and made the idea of popu-
lar election a farce.
Senator Coke's speech, denying the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
Benefits of Factories.

The following clipping from the
Waco Day should be noted by some
of our San Antonio capitalists:
"a mOdestly wOrded advertise
ment in the want columns of the Day
this morning announces that fifty adj
ditional white girls or women can find
steady employment at the Slayden-
Kirksey wooden mills, attending to
sewing machines, which are run by
steam. This is the kind Of enterprise
thot will make Waco boom. Three
hundred men, women and boys are
already employed, steadily, at the
Slayden-Kirksey mills - wage-earn-
ers, all. Fifty more are want
ed, right now. Every fifty
thus added ia the wage-earn-
ing population means increasing pros
perity for Waco. Assume, for argu-
ment's sake, that the fifty for whom
there is work ready now, earn not
more than a weekly average of $3.50
each per week which is safe esti-
mate. That is 1925 week or SIT. 900 a
year-the whole sum to be spent in
Waco by those who earn it. May the
wooden mills flourish, and speed the
day when they will want "a thousand
operatives. Speed the day, too, when
we shall have many other manufac-
turing industries in Waco to help
men, women and girls in the battle of
lifeu
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15

allegations made by the committee
concerning election abuses, will prob
ably be answered and the apologist
of political crimes for political gain
will not be suffered to spread his false
arguments and falser rhetoric before
the people of this nation unmet by
the irresistible logic of facts which
the committee will present. Once
more hope dawns upon the watchers
who wait for government Of the peo-
pie, for the people, by the people
and not for section of the people, by
q section only, at the hands of a Sec
ton
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Legal advertisements 81 90 per inch first in
sertion 70 cents per inch each subsequent nser-
ton Trustees sales 81 90 per inch first inser-
tian % cents each insertion afterwards.
Reading matter, editorial page, IS cents per
line each insertion. Local columns 20 cents first
Insertion; 10 cents irst week, ) cents after first
week. Special rates on 80 and 100 lines running
for month.
Home advertisements payable on the first of
each month. Transient advertising payable
advance Only metal cuts printed
Special rates given on larger space and long
time advertisements. Discount given for cash.
Announcements for State and County officers
Ten Dollars in advance.
l5-All contracts or bills must be approved by
the Secretary and Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
George T. Davis, of Detroit. / S an Heir.

George T. Davis, of Detroit, Is an Heir.
IA. Dickerson, telegrapher, and
George T. Davis, of Detroit, Michigan,
each drew $4,000 on one-twentieth
tickets of No. 1852, which drew in
January, 1SS9 drawing of the Louis
lana State Lottery, the prize of $780,
OGO. Mr.. Davis received $4,000 by
the Southwestern Express company.
He is fifty-two years of age, and is
transfer foreman of the Wabash road.
This was his third dollar investment
in the lottery, and he feels much
elated. Three relatives died during
the past year, leaving him an agree
ment of Sl4 900, so that now he is rich.
Detroit Mich Sunday Sun, Febru-
ary 3.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
Beautiful Africa.

H. n job aston, in the FOrtnightly Review.
HippOpOtami are abundant in the
rivers and lakes, and their hides,
when properly prepared, (Which is
done by cutting the skin in to long
thin strips and drying in the sum,
will fetch E5 apiece in South Africa,
and are even of conSiderabl BILE value in
England for making walking sticks,
which have a beautiful, transparent,
amber like appearance. But the
great wealth of this country lies
in its ivory, which is prefer
red to any other in the Zanzibar
market The elephant abOunds in
the ghborhood of Kilima-niara and
Kenia to the extent of many thOus-
ands. He here becomes quite a
mountaineer, and ranges through the
magnificent forests that clOthe the
upper slopes of these giants among
African peaks. The natives waylay
his forest tracks with artfully devised
pitfalls and traps, preferring this
more cOwardly way of procuring
their ivory to facing the elephant in
the chase. Other tribes to the north
and west of Kilima-njaro kill the
elephant with poisoned arrows or
javelins or sharp swords. Indeed,
there is one district on the northern
borders of Masai-land, where, accord
ing to Mr.. Joseph Thomson "ele-
plants are said to swarm unmOlested
and their ivory to rot untouched, for
the people of the surrounding region
have no trading relations with any,
one, and Go not know the value of
the precious article. A tusk worn
Gl5O in England may be picked up
for nothing or bought from
any native fer pennywOrth
of heads" However, this may be,
whether the elephants are slain
for their ivory, or whether, as in the
tales of ''Sinbad, the Sailor" there
are districts in which the tusks may
be simply gathered from among the
bones of elephants who, tor cen INJURIES,
have died, and died untouched, in
these untraveled wilds, ivory is pro-
Cured somehow and in such quanti-
ties-even with the absurdly made
quate existing means of exploitation
and porterage that there is ALWAYS
more than enough to supply the
many native caravans led by Moslem
traders from the coast which annual
ly traverse this country between the
Victoria Nyanza and the Indian
ocean. Another item of trade should
not be forgotten, namely, the valuable
and handsome wild beast skins when
may either be procured in the chase
or very cheaply purchased from the
natives. A leOpard's skin may be
bought for about Is or IS worth of
goods, and will sell on the coast for IS
or 9s. Lions skins are less easy to OBJ
tain from the natives, as that animal
is rarely killed by them, but the COM
pany's sportsmen might shoot him to
considerable extent, as he is both
common and bold. Monkey skins of
the handsome variety of bushy, white
tailed colObus, which is only found in
this region, are valuable, and fetch a
good price on the coast.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
a Pleasing Sense

OF health and strength renewed and
of ease and comfort follows the use of
Syrup of Figs, as it acts in harmony
with nature to effectually cleanse the
system when cOstive or bilious. For
sale in SOC and Sl00 bottles by all
leading druggists. 3-1l-lm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15

2-25-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
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pents, should be addressed "To the Editor Of
5he LIGHT"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
SPECIAL BARGAINS.

Neat new rock cottage of five rooms, two
galleries, and cellar, large corner lot, located
north of Arkansas Pass railroad depot. Price,
3,j0J; One-half cash. l45
Rock house of seven rooms, two blocks from
opera house. Price, $4,000; one half cash, bal
anCe two years, at S per cent interest. l46
HAMBLETON. HADLEY 4 Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
ENTITLED TO THE REST

All are entitled to the best that
their money will buy, 80 every family
should have, at once, a bottle Of the
best family remedy, Syrup of Figs, to
cleanse the system when costive or
bilious. For sale in so cents and 81
bottles by all leading druggists. ly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

Confirm our statement when we say that Ack-
erS Eng iSn Remedy is in every way superior
IN any and all other preparations for the
Throat and Lungs. la WhOOping Cough and
Group it is magic and relieves at once. We of
fer you sample bottle free. Remember this
Remedy is sold by
"a RAGLAND & SHACKNER
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
To the Public.

1 have opened a blacksmith and
wheelwright shop at 249 East Com
merce street, and solicit the patronage
of all my friends.
WIN. SCHLICHENMAYER,
Late with p. Schiffers, on Austin ST..
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
PIMPLES ON THE FACE

Denote an impure state of the blood and are
looked upon by many with suspicion. Acker'E
Blood Elixir will remove all impurities and
leave the complexion HOOth and clear. There
is nothing that will so thoroughly build up the
constitution, purify and strengthen the whole
system. Sold by RAGLAND Il SHACKNER. ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
$4,000 VIII Buy

A fine block of II lots on Prospect Hill,
near street car, and has water wor ks
pipes laid to same. 2-25-tf
II. B. JOHNSON,
2-25-tf At the LIGHT office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-15
AT a Bargain.

Two fine building lots near West
End on AlaZan creek. Size 10 X 10
feet. Price $400 for the two.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13

and looking up in the air he falls over a
croquet set and Injuries himself. His wife
says: Henry, you ought to put on that
mosQuIto-bar arrangement made for you
the other day. They are real cross this
morning, and they will certainly sting yo1
II you don t.
aGit out with your pesky nonsense, he
straightWay doth reply. Il never put
naWthing on me before and won't do il
now.
But. Henry, they are so feverish to-day,
and you have got your other clothes on, so
they won't know you. Do try it this time.
So he wraps up his head in a green mos
quito net and puts on a pair of cOWhide
mittens. The bees alight on tall elm tree,
and he gets a ladder up there against it.
Then he slowly ascends the tree with bee
hive under his arm. Just before he put on
the mosquito net he took large chew of
tobacco. He now wishes that he had not.
People begin to go by on their way to meet
ing, and see him up in the tree with large
green bead on him and hot leather mittens.
They speak to him, but he cannot reply be-
cause his mouth is full of tobacco. It is
very hot indeed. The sun pOurs down
through the hot leaves and the breeze is
taking mueh-needed rest. He gets up in
the top Of the tree and looks like a new
style Of lizard. Sabbath school boys,
wearing chip hats faced with ginghams
pause on their way to the house Of worship
and watch him. He reaches out to scoop
in handful Of the brown fuzzy insects, but
the leather mitJsIsmeu strangely to them.
They do not recognize the proprietor by his
paws and his OdOr. Three or four bees fall
down inside those mittens, and, feeling that
they must defend themselves, made a hot
highway across the back of his hand. Then
Henry yells and drops the hive on the
Bible class Some bees. get under his
green veil and his hair, and, finding that
they cannot get out, they sink on him with
their little heated hypOdermics, and he
says things which bring the blush to the
features OF his sad wife.
For days afterWard they sit opposite each
other at the table and do not say anything.
He looks at her saYagely with one eye, the
other being closed by its creditors. It is
three days before he will even ask her to
pass the butter, he is so mad.
Bees are very industrious, but fool them
selves by accommodating more than they
need, forgetting that they will soon die and
leave their substance for those who did not
earn it. We should learn a lesson from the
bee and not run the matter of industry into
the ground. We should not strive to accu-
mulate so much that it will prevent our en-
joyment during our lifetime and only en-
ich the idle after our death. Bees should
remember that their shrOuds will not hold
honey. The bee could learn much from
man, think, in this way.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13

Tor honey They Fly with great force and
as straight as q bullet Sometimes they
try 50 60 through a man on their way to
the hive but only get part way. A bee
likes to have tender young man with linen
trousers sit down on It.
From the time the egg is deposited until q
perfect bee IS turned out requires about
three weeks A queen gets her growth in
sixteen days and begins to reign.
Moths get into the beehives frequently
during the winter season and destroy Ghef
insects. For this reason bees should be.
packed In SNUFF or fine cut tobacco in the,
falL This nauseates the moth and discour-
ages him. Great care should be taken not
TO let the bees out too early in the spring. A
good writer says that frozen fruit viii still
remain on the trees in the spring; while it
contains certain amount of sweet, it is
liable to ferment and cause widespread
colo In the hive. followed by cholera in
fantum and coma.
Linn6eUs says that nOthingi is more pitiful
than the picture of fifteen or sixteen thou
sand colicky bees suddenly called forth in
the dead or night, running hithsr and
thither, looking for hot cloths and Jamaica
ginger. after eating too heartily of frozen
apple juice.
Bees swarm about 10 a. m. or 8 D. m, and
enjoy doing so on Sunday if possible. Se-
Iectlng hot Sabbath and waiting patiently
until the farmer has shaved one side Of his
face and lathered the other. the bees de-
eide that they viii swarm. The farmers
wife notices it while she is in the garden geti
ting sprlg Of caraWay to take to meeting.
She calls Henry and tells him the bees are
sWarming. He starts out with a new hive.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13
False Alarm.

A Cambridge gentleman was asked
to buy a ticket to the fremen's ball,
and good naturally complied. The
next question was what to do with it.
One of his two men-servants would
probably be glad to use it, but he did
not wish to show favoritism. Then it
occurred to him that he might buy an
other ticket, and give both his servants
a pleasure.
Not knowing just how to proceed, he
inquired of a policeman where the tick
cts were to be had.
"Why don't you go down to the en-
CINE house? ?" said the officer. "The
men all know you"
So the old gentleman went to the en-
CINE house, but when he entered there
was no one in sight. He had never been
in such a place before, but was perfectly
familiar with the use of electric sig
nails On the side Of the room was a
button, evidently connected with a
bell, and, naturally enough, after wait
ing a minute or two, he put his thumb
upon 1t.
The effect was electrical In every
sense of the word. From the air over
head-so, at least, it seemed to the old
gentleman IN his bewiIderment-me
toilets as they fell. The horses rushed
out of their stalls, and, in a word, all
the machinery Of a modern engine
house was instantly in motion.
Amid all this turmoil stood the mild
hammered and innocent old gentleman.
who. even now, did not suspect that he
had touched the fire alarm. The men
rushed upon him for Information as to
the whereabouts Of the fire, but when
he opened his mouth it was only to say,
IN the miIdest accents:
81 should like to buy another ticket
to the ball, if you please.
The situation was so ludicrOus that
no one could be angry, not even the
men whose nap had been broken into,
and the old gentleman bought his tick
ct and departed in peace. jdencs
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