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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-30
She Got "a Room.

The proprietor of a fashionable West End
hotel does not receive young ladies who are
maccompanied by chaperones, even though
they hail from the United States. The other
day a s1ucy young damsel from Boston went
bowling along Piccadilly in high spirits and
a spick-and-span new hanson. The fetch
ing combination pulled up at the - hotel.
She bounced in and asked if she could have a
room for the night. Before the clerk could
twist a smile with which to decorate his re-
gretS that every apartment in the house was
engaged, the young lady snapped out: MY
mamma will be here tonight from Liver
pool I've telegraphed for her."
"Oh, very well; in that case you can, per-
haps. be accommodated" gently suggested
the clerk. The new arrival went on, in a
voice tremulous with irritation, perhaps
you'd like me to send for my father, too, and
my sister, and my cousins, my aunts and a
grandfather OF two.n mamma will answer
the purpose nicely" the clerk replied with
serenity. "Oh, I'm glad to know that" re-
piled the Boston lassie with a toss of the
head. Because, if it will appease your sus-
picions as to who am, can show you my
visiting card, a certificate of my birth, the
pedigree of my family for three generations
back, and the vaccination mark on my right
arm" The clerk bowed humbly, and the
young lady trQtted off to her apartment.-
London Exchange.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-30
Industrial Family Names.

Our Bakers may be readily traced back to
their houry handed ancestors, but the Bax-
tiers must be followed for generations before
we find that they were Of the same family,
being the descendants of the Bagsters, who
were the offspring of the Bagesters, who ac-
knowledged that they were the children of
the Bakesters, who were feminine bakers Of
the bread making tribe were also the Bread
ers and the Whitbreads, the latter perhaps
once priding themselves on the color of their
stock in trade, while nearly related to them
were the Mills the Milers and the Mealers
The large and respectable family of the Bou-
hangers came from the French bakers, who
carried on their trade in England during the
ages when family names were growing, while
Mr.. Lowe suggests that the Bollingers and
the Bulliners are of the same origin.
Few points in Great Britain are more than
a hundred miles from the sea, and in all ages
fish has formed one of the staple articles of
British diet. Catching the fish was therefore
an important industry, and Fish, Fisher and
Fisherman doubtless had their origin in the
occupation of the men who first assumed
these names, of which fact there is abundant
record 1t is quite possible, also, as Max
Muller suggests, that men may have made a
speciality of taking or of selling particular
kind of fish, and thus Salmon from Robert lie
Salmoner, Herring from John re Heringer
and Trouter from Roger lie Trowter may
have arisen without violence to the laws of
philology -Professor D. R. McAnally in
Popular Science Monthly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-30
Choosing Wives.

Among the lower classes women are moi
priced for their beauty. 1t is for their
strength. A lady of our party asked a Rus
sian guide if his wife was pretty.
No." he answered, ''she is very strong and
very good, but she is not pretty. She isvery
ugly" We all laughed, but must comics:
that admired him for his candor Parent:
choose the wives for their Sous, and they have
an eye to the useful as well as the agreeable
If the woman is healthy and strong she i:
quite an addition to the working force of the
family of which she becomes a member
The bishops choose the wives for the priests
and they generally select the girls of the
older priests who are burdened with the larg.
est families, which is a very practical way Of
looking at the question.-Dr Barrett in At
lanta Constitution.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-30
A Story of s. s. Cox.

The lamented S. S. Cox used TO tell many
a good story on himse f. He thus related an
incident of his jaunt in the Yellowstone
National park:
When Mrs. Cox and were at an inn in the park
they told us of a big bear that came down every
evening just before sunset to eat the swi that
was thrown out to the hogs. The hog pen was
about mile back of the house, in the woods, and
this bear would come down every day to eat Swil
and would go away content without eating any OF
the little pigs As he did not leave much food
for them, perhaps they never got fat enough fol-
his taste. While we were at dinner they told us
that the girl who was waiting on table had met
the bear in the path near the pen. She was car.
rying a basket of clothes from the wash and had
the clothes on her head She said she was not
afraid, but suppose she was modest girl, fol-
she dropped her clothes and ran.
Mrs. Cox and l had suspicion that they were
foong us, but if there was a bear we wanted
to see it. So my wife and l went out by the hog
pen to see the bear. Sure enough, we met him in
the woods-a great, big fellow. He gave side
glance at us and shufled off as if he were about
to run away. We were about twenty yards away
from him and glIickened our pace to advance on
him He suddenly changed his mind about run
ming and we changed our minds also He turned
toward us and growled ! remarked to Mrs. Cox
that as she was getting fat and could not walk as
fast as formerly it would be just well if she'd
turn back towards the hotel Then | modestly
followed She walked much faster than thought
she could
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-30
Value of "A Life.

Before our civil war the money value
placed upon the working force in a slave, q
young negro field hand, was $1,000 and up
ward, and upon a skilled mechanic over
5000 DR.. Farr and Edward Chadwick
both eminent sanitarians, practically con,
firm these estimates DR.. Farr says that in
England an agricultural laborer at the age
of % years is worth over and above what il
costs to maintain him $l,l9, and that the
average value of every man, woman and
child is $17l. Edward Chadwick says that
each individual of the English working
classes is worth $500, and at 40 years of age
81, 7S0 Our values in this country are much
greater. Take the probabilities of our length
of life from the insurance tables and put our
labor on the market for that length of years
and you will find what we are worth to the
community. Classics
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-30
A Russian Joke.

Elderly Gentleman-I can manage this
matter for you, young man, but it will cost
you a hundred rubles.
Young Officer-An right; here's the half
of hundred ruble bill for you, and as soon
as you get the thing done you shall have the
other half
Elderly Gentleman (shocked)-Good bsav-
en-! so young, and yet so artful!-HaTpGs
Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-30
DRESS GOODS.

In this prominent branch Foreign
and Domestic textures. Foremost of
the Novelties Partisan Dress Robes,
$l2, $l4, SIC and SIS pattern, shades,
Garnet, Peacock, Brown Blue, Gray,
Green.
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23
ROCKETS IN STORMS.
Dlstribntlng OH Over Large Stretches Of
Troubled Water.

Dlstribntlng Oh Over Large Stretches OF
Troubled Water
The patent for an improved method
OF distributing oil on a stormy sea, in
vented in Germany. has been purchased
by the Norddeutsche Lloyd Steamship
Company.
A rocket, to which Is attached q
cylinder filled with oil, comprises the
main part Of the patent.
When heavy storm arises on the
ocean, and the ship is in danger from
the waves, the rocket, it is said, can
be fred so that the oil in the cylinder
can be distributed at any point the
navigators wish.
Several very interesting experiments
have been lately made by the captains
OF the Nord-deutsche Lloyd steamships
during storms on the Atlantic. They
go to show that the rockets can be so
fred that the oil can be distributed
over from 1000 to 5000 square feet Of
troubled water, fsH
On one occasion recently a rocket
was fred a distance Of over 1000 feet.
Again. when In nor'wester, another
rocket was fred in the teeth Of a gale
distance Of 800 feet. BY the explosion
Of five rockets at a distance OF l,2OO, TO
1900 feet from one Of the Nord-
deutsche feet, space Of 1000 to 5000
square feet Of water was covered with
the oil, and tho heavy motion Of the
sea calmed,
Experiments are being made with an
eye 10 the Improvement Of even this
patent
THE Importance Of this invention
to ocean sailors" said one Of the firm
Of Louis Contanseau. Of the Bordeaux
Steamship Line, consists in the GER
tainty OF explosion Of the rocket at q
sufficient distance from the ship 70
leave the vessel in calm wafer during
gale.
aBy meansof the rocket, " continued
he, - very small ship can 60 safely
through the hercest Of Atlantic
| storms Cor. Chicago Times.
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

"A man with mind shattered SCENE
most anxious to give piece OF It to
friends IN. 0. Picayune.
Teacher I'm what part Of the hu-
man frame is the liverP" Boy
Fright in the middle the bacon Is on
the other side.n
THAT boy Of ours is getting to be
a terrible story-teller." said Mr.. Cher
TRY. Yes assented his wife; .'he
tells fibs on the slightest preyariea-
tion. PUCK.
-Jinkins Cat the opera )''What's
that?" De Music--"The score.
Jinkins--..Hellol Didn't know scor
could be kept on game like this.
Which side Is ahead. the tiddlers o..
singersg" Philadelphia Record.
Master OF the house (slapplng his
clothes vigorously Bridget, why
didn't you dust my study chairp
Bridget-"Shure, sorr, Oh knew yez
would be sittin' down in II presently,
and Oh thought 1t wasn't NECESSARY.
Our hostess Is noted for her
sang iroid," remarked McCorkle at
the De Bullion dinner. trying 70 open
a conversation with the Chicago girl
who sat next him. "Yes," replied
the fair maid, sand her roasts are no
sIouch, either. brakes Magazine,
His intentions were good Your
husband is dead, / believe. Mrs. Jim
sonp" "Yes; poor man. he persisted
Of cold on the prairie last winter"
"Sad, very sad, Mrs. Jimson; but you
have the sweet consolation OF knowing
that he is now where cold Is never
known, ~ Nebraska State Journal.
"What's the good Of eye teethF''
.sked the new bad boy at the foot Of
the class, ''you can't see with thempe
well, said the teacher. who had been
new bad boy herself. whats the use
OF sharp eyesP You can't bite with
them" And the n. b. b. settled down
to AIs multiplication table like an ele
vator boy over a dime novel; Bur
dette.
I'm the Museum Of Art. 0'Rourks
(walking delegate) Am who did VI
say painted this picthur, Teddy r
McGrogan-s'It do say IN the cattylof
that It was Dootchman named Rim
brandt!'' O'Rourke-"R "Rlmbrandtl Be
COB, there's no wan ~ that name i
the Painters' Unionl Ifthey don'tta
down this 'scab' wor-r-rk, 0ill havl
the place boycottedln r Puck.
-Encroaching on Another'a Domali
Come. dear" he pleaded at til
front door, as he was bidding he
good night, eeEve me one little kiss
just one little kiss. and II you won't le
me kiss you for your own sake lei nl
kiss you for your mother Y I'm q
tend 10 that. young man, erowlfa d
1 old gentleman from the floor above
and the young man waited q herr =
mora -Epnnh
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23
PERsoNAL ANp IMPERsoNAL.


Every member Of an Atlanta fam'
lly Of seven wears eyeglasses.
Captain WiIlihm s. Adams, q
Kingston, who died not long ago, vas :
good friend Of his calling. for he LEFT
el25, 900 TO the Boston Marine Society
and 100000 to the Boston Pilot Society
President-elect Harrison u de.
scribed BY the Figaro. Of Paris, % an
accomplished hand-shaker, descend
ant Of Pocahontas and the husband Of
4 woman who is fond ol afternoon
teas.
"A London editor refused TO 50 70
bed when taken III, saying that Il was
his rule to retire at q certain hour,
and he did not propose to deyiate
from the custom. So he died In bis
chair.
Among the private philanthrcpies
established by Joseph W Drexel. the
| late millionaire banker Of New York,
was D large farm in Maryland, which
he divided into lots and gave TO deserv-
ing immigrants.
Whats in an executive naineF
The Governor Of Illinois Is Fifer; Of
California, Waterman; Of Arkansas,
al Eagle; Of Colorado, Cooper, and
| New Jersey has q Green executive. A
| Fowle caclxles over North Carolina,
and 4 Beaver works for Pennsylvania.
IN. Y. Graphic.
President Legitime, Of Hayti, 4
described by correspondent who re-
Gently interviewed him as "black at
the ace Of spades. He Is tall, finely
formed man about forty-fve years old
His face Is covered with o heavy black
beard and mustache. His manners
are those OF q refined and courteous
| gentleman. He was not dressed II
military uniform at the interview, bu
wore a loose and ill-ftting suit Q
black broadcloth, His whole bearing
was easy and distinguished,
I'm Louisville lives an old negri
named Andrew Ferguson, who befcr'
the war "belonged'' to Rev. Andrew
Todd, Of Kentucky. After emancipa
tion he started barber shop in Louis
Vile, saved money and bought piec'
Of ground. This he loaned to Knol
Presbyterian Church for ten years
The time expired and the church wa
unable to pay, SO Andrew generoust
decided the property TO the PresDyter,
and went on shaving for living. Th
value Of the ex-slave's gift Is $4,000
Mrs. August Belmont has the fines
collection Of sapphires in this country
though Mrs. William Astor is credite
with possessing the finest single one
When one Of the younger Astors wa
, married dainty present was given b
J her uncle. It was her wedding sliE
> pers; they were Of white satin elaboi
ately seeded with pearls, put In q whit
satin box, on the inside Of which !
, pale colors were ''lady slippers" an
/ on the outside china asters. The SCI
timent really was very pretty and tn
/ work was most artistically done.
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23
THE OLD SLATE.
This aged slate with shattered frame,
Through whose full length there yawnB .

i .
This aged slate. with shattered frame,
Through whose full length there yawnB .
crack
Whose face Is furrowed Ger with scars,
Like veterans from the wars come back
Were 1t to gossip, Isvspect,
Might yield vivid retrospect At
OF scenes both lively and severe,
Scattered along each schootboy year.
This darlzened surface once contained
Monsters unknown on sea or land.
While here suspicious human forms
Were penciled by the youthful hand;
But lest the mind might puzzled be
TO Ak their right identity,
Beneath ca one the artist wrote:
'aThis is manw "This Is goat"
Here once convened Divisions court
Addition kept official count, 1
Subtraction dwindled and reduced,
And clamored for the right amount.
Their victim tried, with mind intent
The figured fiends to circumvent,
And bending back and aching pate
Lent misery to the school-boy's fate.
When this SCARED face was glossy black,
And firm and strong the splintered frame,
10 Margaret Webb, across the aisle,
oOhb oOA4AC AAhOos uhAu DbhON MY AAesAAAot
/ only scribbled what is true
That knives can't cut true love in two;
But she wrote back "You silly goose,
Please put your brains to better usel''
Behind this slate were dark intriguas a
And plots and schemes Of mischief laid,
While jokes were cracked and apples ate
Secure behind the ambuscade-
Provided that my chum andI,
In doing this upon the sly,
Took care the teachers glance had seel
No ''goings on behind the screen.
Exiled unto the garret's gloom,
This battered and decrepit slate
Now spends its days in different scenes,
Mid things dull and inanimate.
No more 1t dwells where life and youth
Were busy seeking Learning's truth,
But like the veteran, old and gray
| Has played its part and had its day
-P. G. Fossett, In Golden Days.
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23
THE pEvIu.woRsHIPERs.
rhe Most Degraded Of All Of the sultan
degraded Subjects.

rhe Arost Degraded OF All Of the sultan's
Degraded Subjects.
The Yezidees will not serve in the
Turkish army, because their religion
forbids them to mingle with the hated
Mussulmans, but escape by paying a
good round Communication fee yearly,
The people are at the lowest stage Of
civilization, with no hope Of rising so
long as Sheik Adi's rules are in force.
Under the influence Of their conditions
and Of the preiudices Of their neigh
bors against them. they have become
sinister, malicious. treacherous peo-
ple. The rite OF hospitality, 90 sacred
among the Bedouins, is unknown
among them. No one can feel safe
among them. They attach no value to
human life. To these ordinary dangers
are added those arising from the em-
barrassing etiquette Of conversati onal
intercourse with them; for II any one
Inadvertently lets escape the word
devil, Satan. or any thing sounding
like 1t, be commits q mortal offense;
and TO cut of his head is a God-pleas-
ing act and a sacred duty Of the Yezi-
dee, the fulfllment Of which will in.
sure him a place ID paradise. Several
letters are In like manner banished
.from the language chiefly those which
| contain the sound Of q 'shun''; also
the Arabic word nalles, Thou ari
| damned 2 which was spoken hy God Il
tho fallen angel when he pitched hin
into hell. Therefore ell words CON
taining similar SQUADS are set aside
and other combinations not Belonging
to any language are used in theil
| stead. DIR l. 4 Hrnwski, Ia RopulAl
Science Monthly.
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23
THE EAST AND WEST.
A Very Nice and Delicate Question -
Ethical Geography.

A very Nice and Delicate question a
Ethical biography.
II there Is, as legend says there is,
such thing, seen through Western
eyes, as an ''effete East, = what are Its
precise territorial limitsP IN other
words, where does such an East really
end and the West beginp Or, to state
1t still differently, at what point on the
map may one, II so disposed, put ones
finger confidently down and says
Here is the spot where the effeteness
Of the arrogant East abruptly ends,
and in its stead is the unexpended
fecnndity Of a liberal, untrammeled
WestP" While the matter is not one
that will, apparently. in the imme-
date future give rise to serious in
ternational complication, It is, never
theless, Of no little domestic moment,
and may. at some distant day, even
call for State interference and adjudi-
cation at the hands Of a boundary
commission. to be chosen from the im-
partial outlying districts In the ex-
treme North and South.
In reality, the problem Of geograph-
ical separation would be one extremely
difficult to solve to the complete salts
faction Of all concerned. 1t is, for in
stance. not merely broad question
between Maine and Oregon, between
Eastport and Portland, or even, pos
sibly, between New York and San
Francisco. On general grounds, II
might be admitted that somewhere In
the intervening space the line would
certainly fall. On somewhat closer
examination, however, 1t will be found
that facts other and more minute than
mere latitude and longitude must be
seriously taken into consideration. Il
may even be not unfairly assumed that
the fundamental idea Of East and West
itself is only relative. and can not be
thus recklessly applied. Schenectady
where Daisy Miller lived, is west o.
Jersey City; and we all know that Osh
kosh lies far to the westward Of Kala
mazoo. If, in the inquiry thus set OF
foot, the reasons for the necessary
distinction were still more closely in
squired into. it might even be show
that they who have thoughtlessly useI
the epithet in question themselye
may fall under its ban.
| When the division is finally made
it must be wholly irrespective Of an.
mere sectional prejudice, to which !
should rise superior. The West,
may be supposed, will accept the judg
ment ioyfully; while the East, frcn
the very nature Of the case, will b
sure, wherever the line is drawn, +
regard 1t with Its accustomed equa
nimity. Only those who, in possibl
redistribution, may now for the frs
time be included under the teri
East" will become even little NOR
intolerant than they who have longe
borne the name. For purely practici
reasons, apart from mere sentiment
the distinction here suggested ough
soon to be made. It was on the islam
OF Grand Manan. down In the Bay {
Fundy, last summer, that CONNER
was made upon the scarcity in tn
community Of young people Of bot
sexes. How is it." we asked, "ths
we see go few young men and wome
hereP" "Well,p the captain replied
"a great many have married and gon
west" '.Westp" we said. ITO whs
part OF the Westp" WELL" said tn
captain, ''mostly to Boston" A
, lantic.
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23

ADyERTTsEMESTsi
ons square, laEst insertion) ....... "a y
Due square, leach subsequent iuse' tioh) ~
Quarterly, half yearly and yearly ad-
Vsrtisements contracted for at lower rates
Professional cards not exceeding ten
5nss, for one year, $40.
Announcing candidates, rof State u
District Offices, SIS; for county Offices, $40
Tor Supervisors districts, So. in advance.
Marriages and deaths pub lIshod as nevA
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23

ltie aetension to pay attention to
adult story Binshsmt0n Republican.
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23
TIE SOUTHERN HERALD.


One year lin advsnce).... ..........s q
Blk moRths .......-...... e
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23

I'm one Of the Sunday schools re-
Gently the subject OF the creation Of
man was under discussion. A bright
boy who had cavilled at nothing which
had preceded. when the story Of the
production Of Eve was reached de-
clared that he didn't believe a word Of
it. For said he, 'there was any
quantity Of the same material that
Adam was made Of lying around loose,
and / don't believe God would have
ripped up Adam. whom be he'd just
finished. just to get E rib TO make Eve
With. Lowell Courier.
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23

Fire Company No Il q claa.a
nai|. owns deg which |a seIa e Aaze
saved she lives Of sef6fnI '|EzmHH'
Tho euimai is dascf6lta a
handsome loand|ah9 tH7 'Iz7
|lSa wIIh 6s'He ahl6 e 1|'Na ''z|
fhfes stories high
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23

AN Eastern savant has discovered
that the human body contains more
bones on Friday than On any other day
Of the week. Rochester strEzpTess
The Southern herald., 1889-03-23

IA certain California millionaire
wrote his own Will 50 carefully and
clearly that none Of his relatives
could break IL He was not lawyer