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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29
Building Paper.

In 1864 hot headed French inventor
offered to contract for churches and ca
thedrals, including peal of bells, to be
constructed entirely Of paper. From
chimes to cannOnS was but one step, and
the Gallo inventor announced his readi-
ness to supply train of artillery of any
given caliber, made of the same ma
terial. Building paper is enjoying per
feet boom just now, and is proving a fine
material in the hands of architects and
builders for several uses, inside and out
The advantages, briefly stated, are: Con
tinuity of surface, or its adaptability for
making into rolls of almost any width
and length and fexibility; or by gluing
several layers together it may be made
stiff, and will stop the passage of air be-
cause of the absence of joints; unlike
wood, it has no grain, and will not split;
it is unaffected by change of tempera-
ture, and thus has an advantage over
sheet metal for roofing materials; though
in it's natural condition it is affected by
moisture, it can be rendered waterproof
by saturating with asphalt or by various
other methods; being q non-resonant
body, it is well fitted to prevent the pas
sage of sound; it is a nOn-conductOr of
heat, and can also be made of incom-
bustible material, like asbestos, or rem
dered resistant to fire by chemical treat
ment.-Paper Makers Circular.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29

Trees nearly always develop best-in
other words, make most wood-in the
full enjoyment of light; but their capa-
city of developing under shade varies
greatly. The yew will thrive in the
densest shade, while a few years over
topping kills the larch; the beech will
grow with considerable energy under
partial shade, where the oak would only
just keep alive and the birch would die.
When planted in moist places, all spe-
cies are less sensitive to the withdrawal
of light In the open, NAPLES, elms,
sycamores and others grow well and
make good shade trees; in dense for
est they thin out and have but scanty
foliage. ConC, rs, such us spruces and
frs, which preserve the foliage of years,
have perhaps the greatest capacity of
growing under shade and preserving
their foliage in spite of the withdrawal
of light.-Once Week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29
CITY WARD BOUNDARIES.

FIRST WARD-Is bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street east by San An
tonic river. south and west by center of 5.
Laredo street and AIaZam and San Pedro
creeks.
SECOND WARD-IS bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by center OF
S. Laredo street and AlaZan and San Pedro
creeks, south and west by city limits.
THIRD WARD-Is bounded on the east by
San Pedro creek, north by Fredericksburg
road and city limits, west by city limits
and south by W. Commerce street.
FOURTH WARD-IS bounded on the north
by city limits, south by w. Commerce street,
east by San Antonio river, west by San
Pedro creek and Fredericksburg road.
FIFTH WARD-IS bounded on the west
and north by the San Antonio river, east by
Alamo and Madre bitches and south by w.
Commerce street.
SIXTH Wards bounded on the west
by Alamo and Madre bitches and San An
tonic river, south by E. Commerce street,
north and east by city limits.
SEVENTH WARD-I In bounded on the
north by +. Commerce street, east and south
by city limits, west by center of Water and
Mill streets and San Antonio river.
EIGHTH Wards bounded on the north
by +. Commerce street, west by San AntO-
Mo river, east by center of Water and Mill
streets.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29

There is a kind of Freemasonry be-
tween smokers in the United States that
have never seen in my own country"
said a Canadian visitor to reporter.
land the first time it came under my OBJ
servation it annoyed me. was sitting
on Central park bench smoking cigar
when man approached me and said
Have you got fire thereT Il don't I'M
derstand you,' replied. Will you give
me Light he said. y don't think /
have match left | answered, feeling
in my pocket. 4 don't want a match,
he said, your ,weed'll do, reaching out
his hand for my cigar. l felt rather an
noyed at what | thought his imperti-
hence in trying to form my acquaint-
ance, and replied: 1 have not the pleas
ure of knowing you, sir, and don't care
to have you handle the cigar l have in
my mouth, anyway He seemed sur
prised at my refusal, but said nothing.
"Since then | find everybody does it
here. Men acost an entire stranger, use
his weed to light their OWN, say thank
you,' and pass on without the least in
W oICtlI a vi any
thing like that. have seen the news
boy borrow light from merchant and
negro do so from a swell, and it has
even come to be point of etiquette for
the lender first to give strong puff
on his cigar to make it burn brightly,
and then knock the ashes off before pre-
senting it. There is no reasonable OBJ
lection to it, suppose, as the part Of the
cigar that is put between the lips is not
touched, but | never saw it at home that
[ remember, probably because we look
upon cigars there as rather eXtravagant
luxury, anyway nearly all smokers habit
ually using the pipe. 1t surprised me at
first in this city to see everybody smoking
cigars, from the millionaire down to the
car driver New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29
A Model CITY.

Only one city in the world has ever
undertaken by legal supervision to put
every house under positive and absolute
sanitary control, and that city is Buenos
Ayres. The purpose is within three
years to have this accomplished By no
other means can city be rendered safe
for residence. and in no other way can
the law that city residence rapidly de-
generates the population be reversed.
The matter of sanitation cannot in any
phase of it be left to individuals; it must
be public provision, rigidly enforced
Now that two-ninths of all our people
live in cities, the subject is one that can,
not be deferred.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
Graf
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1t Was q Wet Day.

John Barnes, the baseball manager,
while over in Ireland looking after the
fortune that had been left him there,
was, of course, in Dublin part of the
time. 1t was damp, drizzly day when
he arrived there, but he was bound to
take look over the city, even if it was
necessary to undergo drenching in the
attempt. So the st. Paul manager
stepped into a jaunting car, or some
other sort of Irish conveyance, for a
drive about the town. Passing through
Phoenix park he noticed three great
statues, presumably the counterfeits in
bronze of national heroes. What are
those?" John asked of his fine Celtic dri-
yer. ''Thim"-was the confident re-
ply-'thim's the twelve apostles"
"Twelve" exclaimed the great baseball
manager; "why, man, there are only
three of them" True yez are, sor;
true yez are; but yez can't expect the
whole twelve 10 come out on wet day
like this-ha Ito the horse), go lang, ye
brute" This may be an old Joke on the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29
Old Books.

An antiquarian searching in the Con-
necticut State library has discovered
several books of very ancient date.
There is a black letter Latin dictionary
printed in l477, soon after the discovery
Of printing with movable types and
fifteen years before Columbus sailed for
America. There is a Melancthon book
of 1901 and a notable one on logic,
queer old book which belonged to Samuel
Paris, the Salem minister, in whose
house the witch phenomena broke out
and who himself led the persecution. 1t
bears his signature. The book was
printed in 1862 at Leyden.-New York
Home Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29

In 1885 one of the we'll known lights
of English modern surgery began max
ing experiments, looking to the ultimate
invention of a splint that would hold the
head in an upright position when the
neck could no longer be used for that
purpose on account of fracture. In the
course of his experiments he tried pow
dered egg shells and plaster of Paris in
equal parts. The great diversity in the
sizes of the human neck rendered this
apparatus almost useless.
A few years later, probably about
1912, an eminent New York surgeon
tried the virtues of closely woven cloth
bandages which had been previously
dipped in a solution of plaster of Paris
and whites of eggs.
He must have cried Eureka" upon
the first application of his newly discov-
cred and curiously treated bandages, for
they worked like a charm; the albumen
of the egg supplied the necessary adhesive
component; the plaster of Paris caused
it to set firm and hold the parts immov-
able. The plaster cast splint was soon
superseded by the light and airy albumo
plaster bandages.
Broken neck is placed on the list of the
modern surgeon as one of the durable
accidents incident to humanity, provided
the spinal cord has not been lacerated
by the broken bones or drawn out too
far to admit of it being reduced to its
normal state by the head being pressed
downwards, backwards or sidewise at
the time of the accident. There is one
case on record where the patient recov-
cred after the cord had been drawn out
two inches by the head being pressed
down upon the breast at the time of the
accident. john w. Wright in St. Louis
Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29
Electric Mountain Railroad.

One of the most interesting achieve
ments in modern engineering is the cleo
trio mountain railway recently opened
to the public at Burgenstock, near Lu
cerne. The rails describe one grand
curve formed upon an angle of 112 de-
grees, and the system is such that the
Journey is made as steadily and smoothly
as upon any of the straight furnicular
lines The Burgenstock is almost per-
pendicular-fromt the shore of Lake Lu-
cerne to the Burgenstock is 1880 feet,
and il is 2,S60 feet above the level of the
sea. The total length of the line is 93S
metres, and it commences with a gradi-
ent of 80 per cent, which is increased to
4S per cent. after the first 400 metres,
this being maintained for the rest of the
journey. A single pair of rails is used
throughout, and the motive power (elec-
uicity) is generated by two dynamos,
each of twenty-five horse power, which
are worked by water wheel of nominal
ly l25 horse power erected upon the
river Aar at its mouth at Buochs, three
miles away, the electric current being
conducted by means of insulated copper
wires. The loss in transmission is esti-
mated at % per ceuL-New York Tele-
gram.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29
I AM COMMENTED.

The soldier said as he was cailed to die:
II am coutented;
But tell my mother In the village,
My sweetheart in the cottage,
To pray for me with folded hands"
The soldiers dead; his mother and his sweetheart
They pray for him with folded hands
They dug his grave upon the battlefield.
And all the earth was red
Wherein they laid him.
The sun beheld him thus. and said:
Il am contented"
And flowers clustered en- his grave
And were contented there to bloom.
And when the wind would roar
Among the trees
Then asked the soldier from his deep, dark grave;
WAS it the flag that flHtteredT'
"Nayl" said the wind, my gallant hero,
Nay; thou hast died in battle, but the flag
Hath won the day. Thy comrades
Have carried IL away full happily"
Then said the soldier from his deep, dark graves:
Il am contented."
And then he hearkened to the wandering
OF herds and shepherds, and he asked:
rs that the din of battler"
"NayI" they said; may, my gallant hero;
For thou art dead; the war is over;
Thy fatherland is free and happy"
Then said the soldier from his deep, dark graves:
Il am contented."
And then he hearkened to the lovers laughter;
And thus the soldier asked:
Are these the peoples voices, who remember
meS'
'Nayw spake the lovers; may, my gallant hero.
For We are they who never do remember;
For spring hath come, and all the earth is smiling;
We must forget the dead"
Then said the soldier from his, dark grave;
Il am contented,"
Carmen Silva in Independent
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29
The Modern Mamma.

Mamma--Now, remember Bertram,
yuo mustn't run too hard, or you'll per-
spire and spoil your Fauntleroy shirt.
Rertse-Yes, dearest
Mamma-And yeu mustn't wipe yom
nose on your Fauntleroy sash, or mamma
will have to whip you.
Bertie-No, dearest.
lEamma-Above all things, remember,
under no circumstances take your hat
OF, because your Fauntleroy curls are
sewed in the brim. -..Asbury Park Jour.
nal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29
ANTIQUITY OF THE GLOVE.
An Emblem OF Power and of Purity, of
Defiance and Subsection.

Defiance and Subsection.
No article of attire has more of inter
est in its associations and history than
gloves; for while the interest attaching
to most other garments has been mainly
that of utility, to gloves has been at
tached a varied and widespread symbol
ism, giving them an exalted place and
linking them with many curious observ-
ances, regal, ecclesiastical, military and
social.
The glove has been the emblem Of
power and of purity, of defiance and
subsection. Lands and personal proper
ty were once conveyed by the delivery
Of a glove; the authority of kings over
provinces was attested by presenting
glove; kings invested barons with de-
minion by bestowing on the favorite one
of the kingly gloves; and many ecclesi-
astical and legal ceremonies could only
be performed with white gloves, the EN-
blems of purity.
The antiquity of gloves is very great;
they doubtless antedate history, for the
earliest literature alludes to them, and
they have been known and worn from
the earliest ages of which we have any
knowledge. Homer, in the Odyssey"
describes Laertes, the farmer king, the
father of Ulysses, in his retirement:
"While gloves secured his hands to shield
them from the thorns." Xenophon jeers
at the Persians for wearing gloves as a
protection from the cold; not only did
they have umbrellas borne over them in
summer, not being content with the
shade of the trees and rocks, but in the
winter it is not sufficient for them to
clothe their heads, and their bodies, and
of hair for their hands and their fingers.
In their earlier days the Greeks and the
Romans scorned such effeminacy, but at
later day, in the time of Pliny, the
uncle of that lively historian is described
as travelling with an amanuensis ''who
wore gloves upon his hands in winter
lest the severity of the weather should
make him lose any time" in writing.
From time immeEorial the glove has
had legal significance in oriental coun-
tries in the transfer of property, just as
the Goods penny" was formerly used to
"bind bargain" in the west. A disputed
passage in the Old Testament-Ruth iv,
7 and S-reads: "Now this was the man.
ner in former time in Israel, concerning
redeeming and concerning changing, for
to confirm all things; man plucked off
his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor, and
this was a testimony in Israel" 1t is
now commonly agreed by scholars that
the word shoe should be rendered glove,
for in the ChaldaiC paraphrase the word
is rendered 1.-THE case or covering of the
right hand" and accepting this view, it
appears that among the Israelites the
passing of a glove was the method of
transferring property.
Later the glove, as pledge or emblem
of conveyance came into use among the
Romans, whose ancient law held prop
erty to have passed with its literal trans
fer, or part of it, into the hand Of the
purchaser; and the glove, doubtless as
matter of convenience, took the place of
and symboized this actual transfer
Haberdasher.
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sun Baths Better Than shade Trees.

There is such thing as having toe
much of good thing" remarked Cass
avenue man to a friend. Il like trees,
but l don't like to live in the woods.
Every glimpse get of the heavens or
the earth from my windows in summer
is caught on the fly, as it were, between
the branches of trees
"Why don't you cut them down." in
quired his friend.
Il would cheerfully, if they were my
own, but unfortunately my landlord
owns them and compels me to live in
their shade. There are hundreds Of
houses in Detroit that never have a CLINT
Of sunshine from May to November, and
the people in them are as bilious as East
Indians. The average Detroiter is afraid
to trim his trees SO that they shall pre-
sent respectable appearance, and you
can walk up any of the avenues and
count hundreds of lopsided, awkward
looking trees that have run all to
branches. The result is damp houses,
malaria and typhoid fever"
Il haven't any trees" said the friend.
IF l had | would go home and burn
them, after such picture as that"
sit is the truth. We live too much in
the shade. Sun baths are better than
shade trees of forest growth. 1t is well
enough to shade the streets, but not the
houses. Facts are facts, sir. detroit
Free Press.
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PATENTS

Caveats and Reissues secured, Trademark
registered. and all other patent causes in the
Patent Office and before the Courts promptly
and carefully prosecuted.
Upon receipt of model or sketch of inven-
ii n, make careful examination, and advise
as to patentability free of charge.
With my Offices directly across from
the Patent Office, and being in personal at
tendance there, it is apparent that have SUI
peri IT facilities for making prompt prelimi-
nary searches, for the more vigorous and sue
cesstul prosecution OF applications for patent
and for attending to all business entrusted to
my care, in the shortest possible time.
Fees Moderate, and exclusive attention
given 10 patent buSiTesS. Information, adj
vice and special references sent on request.
j. r. IIITELL,
solicitor and AttCrnov iU Patent Causes
Washington, ID. c.,
Mention this paperl Op's'te U, 5. Pint Ofice
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29

A young Englishman, on visit to Ire
land during the shooting season isays
Americal, asked his host if there were
many of the neiShboring land holders
then at home.
'Divil one, faith was the answer,
"the country is schwarming with alb
sentees. San Francisco Argonaut
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29

owner side, out as the genial manager
took pains to bring it across the ocean il
is cheerfully awarded space in this col
umn.-The Casual Listener in st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF MAILS

SAN ANTONIO & ARKANSAS PASS RAILWAY:
Departs for Galveston, Cuero and Houston
at 5 80 a. IA; arrives at $50 p. m;
Departs for Corpus Christi ana fockport
at | 40 =. m; arrives at 2:l5 p. IN,
Departs for Kerrville at $3.50 p. M; arrives
at l. 80 p. NJ.
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DR.. PIERCE'S PELLETS
Purely Vegetable
Perfectly Harmless !

UNEQUALED AS A LIVER PILL.
Smallest, Cheapest, Easiest 20 take.
One tiny, SuEar-COated Pellet dose. Cures
Sick Headache, Bilious Headache Constipa-
ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all de-
judgements of the Stomach and Bowels.
% cents vial, by druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-29

INTERNATIONAL & GREAT NORTHERN RI.
Departs north at 7:15, a. M, and 20 p:
m. arrives from the north at II: and S:45
p. III. - 80 o,5
arrive at 7:30 a. NJ.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Departs east at 700 a. IN. and 1:4O p. M;
departs west at 2:OOp. IN.
Arrives from the east at 100 p. IN and 7:45
n m. arrives from the west at 200 p. IN.
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STOCKDALE STAGE LINE.
DEPARTS at S 90 a. III. arrives at : 80 p. NJ.
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PLEASANTON STAGE LINE
Departs at 80 a. III. ;arriveS 400 p. M.
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The 1ai1u Eight.
THURSDAY AUGUST 29, 1899. a..
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
6. A g. A. p. Railroad.

S. A. g. A. P. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.
Train for CuerO, Houston, Galveston
leaves San Antonio ........... = a. III
Trains for Beeville, ROckpOrt and
Corpus Christi 80. ..........2:i2 p III
Train for kerryille. ........... ....f:oO p Ill
ARRIVALS.
From Galveston, Cuero & Houston ! 30 p. m
From Corpus Christi, Beeville and
q ROckpOrt .....,.............. 80 =. III
From kerrVllle. ................'..IS 'lo d Ill
TRAIN For KERRvILLe leaves at pm Sat-
urdaSs: Arrives from Kerrville at III a. IN. on
Mondays.
/. & G. n. R. r.
DEPARTURES.
For St. Louis, via l. q &. n. and
NJ X. and T ..:..:-::.;;....,'.' @:oo Ill
For st. Louis, via l. IL q. n and o.oo
|. NJ. ......~ ..........'..'.'''S.0 ~ ~ d III III
For Laredo. .......-- -...''..''''''' % ID" y LII
ARRIVALS.
From ST. Louis, via NJ. X. & T.
From ahS St t. Louis i III i. via via /. NJ. and /.
ca G. N.................'.. ..o:io p III
From Laredo. .................. CIV d Ill
SOUTHERN PACIFIC r, r.
East bound train leaves. ...........7:3O a. m
East bound train leaves. I'D p. III
West bound train arrives ......... H:2o a. III
West bound train leaves. ......:. .l2:5O p. III
West bound train arrives. ......f:4o p. III
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A DUTY TO YOURSELF.

n DO ~ IOOIbocLr.
1t is surprising that people will use a com
mon, ordinary pill when they can secure
valuable English one for the same money. DIR.
Ackers English pills are a positive cure for
Sck-hesdache and all liver troubles. They are
small, sweet easily taken and do not grippe
For sale by Ragland i Shachner. 3l2ly
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TlrIu Ct m A YEAR WEEKLY LIGHT
UlilJ OlIUU By mail-Postage Free.
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A. zIEMONTECK SHOEMAKER,

| 10 SOledad street, opposite the courthouse
| Easy wearing shoes adapted to corns, bum
| ions, ETC., a speciality. 81 I'm
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EQEE VISITING CARDS. How TO GET THEM
! I'LL Address, FRED SMALL, San Antonio
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TRAIN For KERRvGLLe leaves at pm. SAT
urdays: Arrives from kerrville at III D. H. on
Mondays.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It was AS quiet in New Haven yesterday as if Law and Order had not been overthrown Monday.