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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
.FFIcE OF PURCHASING AND DEPOT

oFFICE OF PURCHASING AND DEPOT
&c s., San Antonio. Tex. May A, 1889.
Sealed proposals, H. duplicate, subject TO the
usual conditions. will be received at this Office
until IL o'clock noon, on May IA 1879, for fur
nishng. at San Antonio, Tex, on May g. 1889,
the following Subsistence Supplies, viz:
2,1o6 pounds Corn Meal, in new seamless
sacks.
$4,000 pounds coarse Salt. in 200 pound sacks
500 pounds Onions, In barrels.
30Ou pounds Onions in sacks.
l2.0O0 pounds new Potatoes, in barrels.
5000 pounds new Potatoes, in sacks.
Bidders must stats the place of production
or manufacture, and preference will be given
TO articles of domestic product on or manu-
facture. conditions of QUALITY and PRICE be-
ing equal. Blank proposals and further infor-
nation can be had on application to this office.
SAML. T. CUSHING.
Purchasing and Depot c. 5.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
Carter & Mullaly
TRANSFER LINE,
Livery, Sale and Feed Stables.
UNDERTAKES, FUNERAL DIRECTORS
42and A Alamo Plaza.

Orders entrusted to US will receive prompt
attention. Special attention given to for
warding bodies to any part of the United
States. Telephone connection. Calls attended
day and night. 2S-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
THE VALUE OF A CROP.


As fast as the feathers are pulled, and this
is done very quickly, they are handed over
the fence TO man standing close by with a
box.
Meanwhile the two wings have been plucked
and the tail, which produces feathers shorter
than the best wing plumes, but much wider
such as are used for the best tips. Then the
sack is removed, and the board which incloses
the party having been swung back, the bird
is set loose, a queer, curtailed looking mon.
STE" shorn of his glory, but probably in q
day or two much more comfortable-in hot
weather at any rate-for being freed from
the burden of his great, heavy plumes. Care
has to be taken again, as the sack is removed
that he does not reward his tormentors witt
kick, which, if well delivered, would easily
break a bone, but his inability to kick any
way except straight in front of him makes il
no difficult matter
Then the chase is renewed, and the rOya
consort is, in her turn, Inundated by having
her proud head enveloped in the sack, and s.
the game goes on till all the birds whic> ar
ready for plucking have been dealt with.
1t is very hard work on a hot day as no
only have great agility and considerable
courage and perseverance to be displayed il
catching the birds but even holding them /,
the corner while the plucking is going on in
wolves an. almost continuous struggle, NOR
or less severe The operation takes perhap
about twenty minutes fsf each bird after /
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

ANDY HUGHES. who at one time was connected with TIE CLARION has launched the Outlook" to be published at San Pedro, New Mexico. into the troubled and turbulent waters of the journalistic sea- Comment is no. necessary after reading the follow ing extract from his prospectus. We sincerely hope. Andy. that you may meet with full measure of success:
 The paper will be conducted on the broad-gauge-liberal- American princi- pie, and will not be manipulated as an organ if it has crank attach ment.
 The editor believes in non-secta- risn public schools, and plenty of them; the eternal separation of church and state; i'll equal taxation, and in fact in any and everything which will be conducive to good order and gov ernment."
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28
A High Compliment.
$. R. DELoNG.

For number of years past the en- terprising firm of Johnson $ Field manufacturers of Tanning Mills and Dustless Grain Separators, have been shipping their goods to Casablanca, Morocco. That they have given satis- faction, the following extract from their correspondent will show:
 ''Mr. II. who is British Vice Consul here, and at the head of Il large firm, and who has used your mills before, requests me to send you the enclosed order, and said to me to-day, that he was highly pleased with the result Of rap alongside of the American ma chimes. You see" said he the others are always getting out of order, and when they do work. they clean only about halfas much as these American mills. The small farm mill 1 got from you through my correspondents in New York, some six years ago, the first cost of which was SEQ sold last week after six years use, for $40. If your establishment was handy like London, you would get more orders. The people here never think of buy ing anything until they are in want of t. Then when they find it takes so long to get it from you they can't af- ford to wait and send of to England or France for machines" "-Racine Daily Times. November 2S, 1888.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28
A Pungent Letter Replete with Common
 Sense.
FoRT BOWIE, Aug. 2l.lSS9.

FORT BOWIE Aug. 1,lS99.
 EDITOR FPITAPH: What is the mat ter with our friends who are opposed to bringing in Arizona as a State. or to the holding of convention for the purpose of framing constitution and asking for admission into the galaxy of States? l do not like to accuse anyone of a desire to put off sworn public duty, but from the movements of 'claquers' it would look as though dust was being kicked up for some thing. The Citizen of the 18th in- stant produces q letter from Reavis, of doubtful authenticity, probably writ ten in the Citizen office. or rather. to put on the aristocratic touch. "dictat- ed' but of little import at best, only for the reason that Reavis is deemed unpopular. An opinion (unasked) is also given of the Attorney General of the United States, who, if he gave it. put in his oar where it has no business. If an act of our legislature is not dis approved by the Federal Congress it is q law and must govern our execu- tive in his official acts. in spite of the opinion of the Attorney of the United States or interested federal iudgea to the contrary.
 repeat, what is the matter? Are those in petty positions now afraid oflosing their standing should the peo- pie get a chance to vote for their own official servants: It sounds strange to hear people crying about "expense" who never hesitated to take all they could get when it was for them. and to take what they knew to be illegal and therefore robbery, talk about too heavy taxation. Why, if it went into their pockets the old church tithe. or one-tenth of the gross receipts would be light. Do your duty all, and not attempt to hide in smoke, or. if you have not the sand resign, to those that have, is my advice to all officials.
 Yours truly,
 $. R. DELoNG.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

You fellows who have been calling the editor of the Tucson Star Pin Head" would do well to read what the Nogalcs Herald says he done in one day at Yuma, where the ther- mometer stands 130 degrees in an ice box. Here is what the Herald says:
 Editor Hughes, of the Tucson Star, is business all over He went to Yuma the other day, kicked the stuffing out of a guard at the penitentiary. swept the principal street crossings with lawyer, took boat ride on the river, beat the ear of Capt. Polhemus playing old sledgc, told Sam Gillespie funny stories enough to last that good ratured boniface six months. secured a few new subscribers. collected six teen bad bills and broke John Dor riDgton. of the Sentinel, shaking dice for the drinks, all in one day. Lew is rns,lcr and would be an ornament to the profession if he could learn to distinguish the difference between jack pot and q clothes horse.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

A CORPORATION that has been toler- ated as a certain one has in this vicin- ity. in the way of infringing on the peoples rights, even to the stage of ex- ercising that of the eminent domain, and refuses to support the local paper when there are no reasons assigned for doing so other than the chest nut. so often heard, that it does no good" or "we can get along without advertising" It behoves the balance of the community that does believe in progress and a healthy competition and are endeavoring according to their means to sustain medium by which the outside world may know of the advantages in their midst, which would never be generally known but for such medium, to keep an eye on such. And right here we will say that the columns of thIs paper gre open to any one for comment or statement of facts where the public welfare is affected.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

IT Is virtue to be discreet. Addi- son wrote the following On it, "There are many shining qualities ill the mind of man: bul none so useful as discre- ton. It is this, indeed, which gives a value 10 all the rest, and seJs them at work i'll their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their posess- or. Without it. learning is pedantry; wit. impertinencc; and virtue itself looks like weakness. and the best parts only qualify a man to be more spright- ly in errors and active 10 his own pre- judice."
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28
CLIFTON CLARION.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, 1889.

THERE will be an election held in November for the election Of delegates f, constitutional convention unoer the authority of the law.
 Ii behooves the citizens oi this county, irrespectivee ofpolitieS' to see |, itthat our delegation in the conVeh- tion will be men of intelligence c"P'- bi,itv and who are possessed with a thorough knowledge of what VIII Vt ,o .be best interests of Arizona
 If should be remembered that poll lies cuts no figure, or rather shou'u cut no figure, in the framing o' "A yanic law.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

CONSIDERABLE snee,ing has been indulged i'll by sceptics as to value of the Brown-Sequard elixir. Probate Judge Holman, of Grant county, N. M., is pioneer well known to old timers, and the following from the Silver City Enterprise will be read with interest by all who know him:
 Judge Holman is taking the Brown Sequard treatment under Dr. Stephens care. The elixir is prepared from a young billy goat. The first treatment was given on Wednesday, and the judges improvement is quite notice able to his friends. His left arm which has been paralyzed for so many years, and drawn up to his side, now hangs down almost full length, while his left leg which was also badly para lyscd as to be almost useless, has been greatly improved. The Judge says that it is ten pounds lighter. and he can now stand on that foot, something which he has not been able to do for years. Of course it is as yet too early in tLe treatmeu; to determine if tha cure will be a permanent one, but there is no doubt that it has already accomplished a great deal
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

MINING is the principal industry of this section and like every other line of business should be extensively advertised: and to do so tits necessary to have the news-data. In this con- nection TIE CLARION will take pleas ure in publishing straightforward, Il, reliable mining news from any quarter of the county; and in order to do so those whom it may concern should see to it that the data be furnished. We cannot afford to send out q reporter.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

IlI1 Rsp-uican Board of Prison Conn,ssioa.r, have notified the Den- o,ra-ir ,;..ard .... they want their of fees. Il Iow .sIn:ns 10 De seen whether ihe Democrats composing the board are as hungry aS the balance ot the ravenous gang.-Epitaph.
 They are only hungry so far as to hold and maintain their rights. Mr. Epi-taiiy.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

have used s. s. s. for debility re- sulting from chills and fever, and have found It to be the best tonic and ap- petizer that l ever took. It also pre- vented the return of the chills. A. J. Anylin, Eureka Springs, Ark.
 Dick Hornbooker is respected and well-to-do colored citizen of Spring field. Mo. He says that one bottle of Swift's Specific cured both himself and wife of troublesome eruption of the skin.
 Mir. c. W. White is engineer on a boat on the Arkansas river, and his address is Little Rock. He says that s. s. $. has relieved him of blood poi son, which was the result of malaria and that it prevents chills and fever by toning up the system. He takes it in the spring and summer months to prevent sickness from the malaria of the swamps OF the river.
 MT. L. NJ. Geulla, of Nicksburg, Miss. says that his system was poisoned with nicotine from the excersivc use of tobacco ill smoking cigarettes. He could not sleep, his appetite was gone, and be was in bad fix generally He took s. $. S., which drove out the poison and made new man of him.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

IT seems that honors never come alone. Don: kedZie. ot the Liberal. has dubbed an attache of this office a "Col." The attache objects to the title as he was only high private in the rear rank during the war; and be- lieves the only persons who are en- titled to such distinguished prefix to their names are the gentlemen who can tell the history ofevery battle that either of the armies had including that 0 : thr Salvation, during th' war.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

TIE exclusion of Mexican lead ores means the shutting down ot the re- duction works at Fl Paso. It natural lv fellows that if ores are shipped rom here I tribute must be paid to the railroads and higher price sustained for treatment of ores. This character of protection; is protection with a vengeance.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

TIE Engineering and Mining Jour nal of N. Y., says, "Undoubtcdly the miners of dry ores, especially fin New Mexico. Texas and Arizona. will be greatly injured by the shutting out of Mexican fluxing ores"
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

A FUNNY thing is told on Rev. !. DoW;tt Taimage. It seems he lectur- nd on .ireat Blunders." and the ieN' day took train going the way he did mt want to go. Bob Ingersell will not thunder as to the way he is going
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28
GENERAL MALONE WAS nominated

GENERAL MALONE WAS nominated bv exclamation by the Republican state convention of Virginia. for Gov ernor. It is said that vixen he stepped on the platform to call the convention to order the band struck np Dixie and th, applause was uproarous. A rebel veil would have been it accom- pariment.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

THE CLARION acknowledges the re- ceipt of the Circular and Catalogue of the Arizona Territorial Normal School" It gives list of officers; course of study; graduation require ments and list of pupils attending last term. Graham county had one, viz: Fred Webb.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

It seems that water has been crea'- ;,,, siderable trouble amongst the citizens ofthe Valley. according to 'he pr,lotin Not so here, whisky pro notes it amongst the gool na'ureo a' this place.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

TIE material whereby the elixir of life can be had is ill our midst. All that is required is a good, young, healthy goat, or any animal in the same condition. The elements taken from such. after 2 certain degree of preparation, is injected hypodermic- ally.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

IF the papers of the territory would give cne-fourth as much attention to the resources of their respective local ities as they do to politics they would be compelled to leave headlines stand inc Arrival of lmmi- 0rants, etc"
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

Tho sensation ot the day in Chicago is the elopement of Mrs. Mike Mci'On- .Id who recently eloped with priest ..,,s yves the wife of Mike McDonaid' ,hn millionaire gambler and politician. Mop.1. Don't have q priest founo your house.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

,orrcAaE of si6H,000.ooo' has been placed on the Northern r"etnr en,. pp This is chceertnl uews TOT sar local capitalists
The Clifton clarion., 1889-08-28

THE Democratic party in Nlrsihi" nominated Phi W. Mckinney for u0'- arror aud J. Hoge Tyler for l-ine'en- ont Governor by exclamation
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
The ufdeoua Dsril Eish

The devil fish of tropical seas is one
of the most hideous of sea monsters.
One caught by party of New York
gentlemen in Florida within the last
four weeks weighed 1000 pounds. lie
was nine feet long, his body being five
feet wide, and fifteen fee. when the fins
were ouispread. The eyes of this
monster arc in the shoulders, and his
head and mouth slopod inward with o
curve. Otherwise he was like an enor.
nous bat, having, however, q tail like 6
whip lash. Drawn up on the beach,
and his mouth fastened open, fine
view was hal Of his internal digestive
arrangements. His stomach was n ho.-
low, like that of many a more deserving
creature, and there were two or three
rows of what looked like teeth, Jagged
like saws, and through which the food
probably passed, being ground on it:
way Commercial Adusrtiser.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

baby grew worse, and ono morning there
were several doctors called in consults-
ton. One Of them came and told the
baby's mother that the little ono was
going to die. The baby's sister Nellie
heard tho words.
Nellie had been like second mother
to the dear little brother. A hundred
times when she wished to go and play
she had rocked and tended Johnny.
She had kissed him to sleep at night,
and mcndcd his broken toys with bits OF
string, and sung to him and loved him
till her heart was Johnny's, and now he
was going to die. 1t was more than she
could bear. She went softly away to
her own room, shut tho door, and knelt
down beside her bed to cry.
Whiic she was sobbing there all alone
her father came for her. He sat down
and took his little daughter up in his
arms, and she cried with her face against
his, and still she was not comforted.
Some one came for him. Tho baby
was dying. He asked Nellie if she
would come, but she shook her head.
She could not see Johnny die. AL
though she had never seen death, Nellie
was certain that it would be death for
her, too, if she must watch JOHNNY 90.
ing out of life.
Her father went away, and loft her
alone again. She sat helpless and
wrctchcd in the big chair where he left
her, when all at once she heard a loud,
terrible cry. 1t was her mothers voice.
1t seemed TO Nellie, when the dreadful
sound Of sorrow camc second time
through the house, as if her mother had
called her to come to her.
Nellie rose, trembling from head to
foot, and could scarcely walk through
the hall to her mothers room.
AS soon as she crossed the threshold
she knew why she was wanted, for
every body thought the baby was dead,
and they were all crying, with thcii
faces hidden; but as if he had been
brought back from death by his mothers
cry, when she put him down OH his little
bed after his last breath and threw her.
self into her husbands arms, the baby
lay there quiet and peaceful. The look
OF suffering was gone from his poor, pale
face
Nellie rushed TO him and bent over
him with her arms out, us if to take him
to her heart. And everybody looked up
in wonder, for he lived and knew his
sister, and he had not known any of
them for days before this last sad morn
ing. He smiled, and put his thin little
fingers upon NcIlic's check and pattcd
her. Then he smiled again, very
family
All at once look of surprise passed
over his face. lie began to coo softly,
as he always did when Nellie sang him
to sleep. 1t was only for a moment;
then the little brother was gone, rs
quietly ms if 10 drcamland. - outh's
C0mpani ion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
Stormy Parts of the Ocean.

The most violent hurricanes origin tie
in tho tropical attitudes; in the Atlantic
Ocean, to the north or east of the West
Indian Islands, and in the Pacific, in
the China Seas and the neighbo rhood of
tho Philippine Islands. AS the West
Indian cyclones follow the course of the
Gulf Stream, so the typhoons OF the
Pacific follow the course of the great
oceanic current which passes around he
East Indian Archipelago, the shores of
China and the Japanese Islands. Amore
continuously rough and stormy part of
the ocean does not, perhaps, exist than
that in tho ne;ghborhood of the Shet
land Isles at the north of Scotland,
whore the German and Atlantic Oceans
meet and where the currents are both
rapid and dangerous. Tho most varia-
bio weather is. however, e1pericnc ed Of
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. -Me,O Yorl
zsls0ram.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
MERMAIn'S LACE.

The following story is related about
the origin OF Mermaid's lace: "A branch
OF the pretty scawccd wns brought TO n
young Italian girl, worker in Venetian
point or fiat point lace, by her sailor
lover, upon his return from n cruise in
the Southern Sea. The delicate coral.
line attracted the girls attention Mt once
on account of Its exquisite beauty of
outline, and she seemed greatly pleased
with the gift.
"You have bought me new pattern
for my lace work" she said, "thc most
graceful have ever known" SO, with
her needle and the finest flax thread. she
sat down TO her pleasant task of imiia-
ting the coalinc. The result was n
more perfect success than she had an
tcipatcd, ard the "Mcrmaid's lace" us
1t was called, became eagerly sought for
and had regular furorc of popularity
about the middle of the seventeenth
century.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
TIE ENGAGEMENT RING.

"rhats my engagement ring" said
Miss Phillips, the pretty telegraph oper-
ator.
1t was hardly necessary for her to tell
it, for man with half AN &C could
have guessed us much.
But il WAS also plain to see that the
young lady had not worn the ring
very long. She was constantly gazing
Mt 1t, twisting it on her finger and
changing it from one hand to another.
Once she placed it on the wrong fin ger,
aEd then she b!ushci on seeing her mis-.
fake and rapidly put it back in its
proper place.
a frequent kiss is always administered
to the shining band and gii;tcring
gem" by the inexperienced wcarcrs.
She falls into frequent day dreams, dozcs
oil, and then, with start, she awakes
clutching the fingers with wise like
grip.
Many young ladies having been pre-
sented with their first engagement ring
are very secret about it. They don't
like TO wear it, for fear of inquisitive.
ness on part of their friends. The re-
rult is, they only wear it when alone.
When in company they clutch it in some
pocket.
Gradually it assumes its place in her
daily life, and her bushes grow less vic
lent. Finally it become, part of her
self. Without it she would die. st.
Louis Star-jSayings.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

One Of the most remarkable uses to
which silk and other fabrics are being
put Of late is the ven ccring Of fancy
furniture. This latest wrinkle hns not
rs yet gone into general use, but the cx-
tent to which the idea can he utilized
appears well! nigh unlimited. The Phila-
dclphia Record in this connection SAYS:
In the parlor of house on West
Walnut street, which il tenantcd by
wealthy merchant, there is n very beauti-
ful display of veneering in slll and
crctonnc. The walls of the large room
arc done in raised panels of plain
wood, and over each of these panels
piece of silk, upon which is painted by
hand beautiful design of flowers is
stretched and tackled OH the back of the
panel, so that there is not crease to
indicate the prcacncc of so forcipn n
substance. Each alternate panel is GOV
cred with satin, and the sheen is simply
beautiful under mellow gas light The
idea has even besn carried to the fragile
little table that stands in the centre of
the room. That is covered with satin.
on which pretty baby face is painted
by hand, and the substance las been
treated with numerous coats Of trans
parent vnrnishcs which completely fill
up the intcrsticcs in the fabric until it
'an scarcey be distinguished from
highly polished wood. This System of
decoration has been found to be quite
rs cheap ns the wood venccring, and in
r chncss OF appearance the silk vcneers
appear fully equal to the finest effects in
woodwork.