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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

Up to this time we had not seen any
Prussians beyond few skirmishers in
the plain, though our battery of Gatlings
had kept blazing away at nothing in par
ticular all the while; but now an oppor
tunity of it's being in use occurred. A
column of troops appeared in the valley
below US, coming from the right-a mere
dark streak upon the white snow, but no
one in the battery could tell whether they
were friends or foes, and the commander
hesitated about opening fire. But now an
aide-de camp came dashing down the hill
with orders to pound them at once-a
French journalist, it seems, having dis
covered them to be enemies, when the
general and all his staff were as puzzled
as ourselves Rr-rr-a go our Gatlings, the
deadly hail of bullets brushes into the
thick of them, and slowly back into the
woods the dark mass retires, leaving,
however, trace of black dots upon the
white snow behind it, This, their famous
and o'clock effort and its failure, has de-
cided the day That one discharge was
enough.-London Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17
Lie of the Loco Weed.

No other plant in the fora of Texas has
exjoyed a greater notoriety than the ia
nous loco" or crazy weed" Popular
superstition has accredited it with most
remarkable property, and that is, the
power of producing insanity in man and
beast. Botanically, the plant is known
as Astragalus molissimus. The extrava-
CANT stories that have been told about it
recently led Mr. James Kennedy to inves-
tigate its properties and determine what
physiological phenomena result from its
action.
AS the result Of his investigations and
his experiments upon animals feeding in
pastures, Mr.. Kennedy finds conclusively
that the plant is non toxic and innocu
Gus and possesses none of the properties
long ascribed to it by popular supersti
ton. He thinks that the immense de
struction of stock with which it has beer
charged may have been caused By some
poisonous plant heretofore unsupported
or if the lent really has produced death,
u~EkSas done so by reason of the tough,
fibrous and indigestible character of the
plant acting as an irritant, and not as a
poison.-Scientifc American.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

BY recent law passed in New York
it is forbidden to use stoves for heating
passenger cars. Steam or hot water is
10 he used
. -The-remains CT a Dakota desperate
who died few years ago were ex-
humed last week ny relatives from the
East and found to have turned to stone.
1t was then remembered that for sew
eral months prior to his decease he
had complained of feeling rocky
Chicago Tribune.
Every male child in the land"
says an exchange, islands chance OF
becoming President. Exactly. And
it is true that every male child born
stands chance of becoming base
ball pitcher or First Assistant Post
master General This is great coun-
Minneapolis Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17
Next Fourth of July.

A man who was making great efforts
not to betray the fact that he was great
deal the worse for liquor halted a pedes
trian on Monroe avenue and asked:
Shay can | ask you a few queshuns?'
Eyes, sir"
''Shee anything wrong wiz me, eh?"
You? You appear to have imbibed too
freely"
DO II Wouz you notice it if 1 was
walkin' long?"
Il think would"
DO talk like it?"
Yes"
Much 'bleeged. Wouz you try an
talk politics, few were mel"
"a would not"
Get candidates all mixed up, wouldn't
n"
"You probably would"
might holler FIR Cleveland an Harrison,
eh2"
you might"
''much 'bleeged. You's true friend
of mine. Do jess you say bout it.
Doan' want to give myself way, you
know. MAIDS up my mind I'd shee how
zhrunk | was I'm too zhrunk to talk
politics, to go home or to shtay on er
shtreet. therefore I'll sit down on er
stairs. Goo by, ole fel-shee you Fo'th
Zhuly"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17
THE SURPRISE.

Joy me; Sorrow in place
Where the branches interlace,
Very secret, still and sweet,
Safe from all profanng feet.
why arr herel'' JOY startled, cried.
"Why art hereS' gray Sorrow sighed
u came here TO weep" said Joy.
Tears are ever my employ"
Murmured Sorrow Yet see
Tears as grateful were to thee,
Come, young novice and OF taught
How tC ease thy heart o'erfraught."
Joy sat down at Sorrows feet,
And was taught a lesson sweet.
Fain would he make kind return:
Sorrow. art too old 10 ieaiat
Nay? Then tarry yet while,
Till have taught thee how TO smile
Since that hour the two have been
Bound as by mysterious kin;
Since that hour they so exchange
Tears and smiles, It's nothing strange
If sometimes puzzled heart
Scarce can tell the twain apart
Edith Thomas in Boston Transcript,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17
Rernars. hut No Soan.

Beggary is an epidemic of fearful extent
in Spain, but is most noticeable in CASTLE.
where the soil, once so fertile, yields a
bare subsistence and where there are no
commercial enterprises to employ the
idle.
We had heard so much OF CASTLE soap
that an ardent desire possessed us to in
vest in large supply upon it's native
spot, but the most persistent demands for
CASTLE soap failed to produce any, nor
could we hear of factory in Burgess
Cor Home Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

--Ed '1heHorist's bill, ma am. !"
Mrs. de Short-''Tell him I'm not at
home, Parker" Butler-"I did,
ma'am" Mrs. de Short-''What did
he say?" Butler-'He said | was a
liar. ma am He smelt the hybrid rose
In your hair. ma'am, an he says it's
tn only one in tn city.'-Judge.
First Poet-"Ah. Arthur, glad to
see You again. Still turning out SON.
nets for the magazinesP" Arthur
(sadly)-''No. Charley, not now.
After sticking to that until had to
change my boarding house nine times
| took to peddling clans. Almost
everybody respects me now. "-Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
An Important Feature. Politician
-"What sort of watch is that?"
Jeweler-"It is repeater, sir" Pol
itician-"Ill take it." While counting
his money the customer starts, stops
short, turns pale and anxiously in
quires: Say, mister, is she Repub-
lican or DemocraticP" = jewelers.
Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

A Mormon proselyter recently returned
from Europe says that 900 converts will
Join the saints in Utah from Europe this
summer One ship has already brought
1872. The elder said at present the breth
ren were receiving more men than wo-
men converts. This is reversing the usual
DrOnOrtion
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

Though Mr.. Murat Halstead did not
get the Berlin mission, his fellow coun-
trymen have by no means ceased to
talk about him. One day it is announced
that he is going to make the next Re
publican race for governor OF Ohio; an
other day we hear Oh alleged good
authority that he will be a candidate for
United States senator in Mr.. Payne's
rnlnnn
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

A Congregationalist woman IN Cam
bridge. Mass. organized a Monday class
for moral and religious instruction to
boys and girls of the public schools Her
class now numbers 800 in regular at
tendance
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17
How to Cure the Gapes.

When large number of chicks have
gapes it is a difficult task to handle
each one separately so as to force a
feather tip, or horse hair into the
windpipe in order to pull out the
thread-like cape worms, though such
is the usual practice, as cures are not
always reliable without physical aid
The best remedy is to give each chick
a drop of spirits of turpentine on a
bread crumb If the chicks are nu-
merous, mix teaspOonful of spirits Of
turpentine with a quart of corn meal,
make into stiff dough and feed to the
chicks A wholesale method of curing
gapes is to put the chicks in a box
with a wire partition; on one side OF
the partition the chicks are to be
placed, and on the other side of the
wire hot brick or stone. Pour a
little carholie acid on the hot brick.
shut the lid of the box and compel the
chicks to breathe the fumes of the
oarholic acid. 1t will cure the gapes
OF once, but care must be taken not to
suffocate the chicks. This remedy is
also excellent for roup, or where adult
fowls are suffocating with the we'll
known difficult breathing. Once or
twice at practice will enable you to
handle the chicks just as it should be.
To prevent gapes, keep the chicks on
clean, board floors. Farm and Fire
side.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

What is termed "a startling departure
in the line of horse trading" is reported
from Fall River. where citizen who has
a mare for sale states frankly that her
disposition is so sour that she hates her
self, and that he would recommend the
creature to nobody unaccustomed 70
horses.-Brooklyn Earle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

The different forms to which pride
besets its victims afford an amusing
study. Girls who work in shops carry
school books or a music roll to and
from their place of business so that
they may be mistaken for school girls,
though their hours are certainly not
those OF the average pupil Perhaps
they hope to be taken for special stu
dents. The librarian of the Mercan-
tile library tells me that 1t is COM
mon thing for ladies to tear the pa
per covers off the books they take
from the library the moment they are
outside the door. These silly Great
ures think it looks finer to carry an
uncovered book than one that is COW
cred, and they would rather seem to
own a volume than to have taken 1t
IRON a library, Critic.
-@s -
Three men In Biddeford. Me-, have
peculiar claims to distinction. Cor
nelius Wilson claims to have run the
first steam engine ever started in this
country. Joseph Holmes drove tho
first stage over the old Portsmouth
and Portland line. and Eben Emerson
rode in the coach with General La
layette when that distinguished OIL
ser made his trip down East.
There are seven ex-speakers Of
The National House OF Representatives
living. They are! Robert c. Win
throp, Nathaniel P. Banks, Galusha
A. Grow, james G. Blaine. Samuel j.
Randall. J. Warren Keller and John
g. Carlisle.
There is bootblack in the New
York City Hall who is quite a curiosi-
ty. He has one arm off below the
elbow and wears a wooden limb
strapped tightly to the stump. 10
this wood IN arm is fastened a brush.
and he u s it as ardently as the one
held in tt hand he has remaining.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

-Inthe soup-well, that's the cooks
secret. Puck
A young actor, aged twenty. nance
Norman Cooks. wrote this letter to his
sister before committing suicide by
shooting himself: DEAR HET:-I
have gone-no, that is very Irish
am going to that bourne whence no
traveller returneth. and have just taken
my last cup OF tea with bitter zest.
| have colored the town to such a de-
gree that there is now no paint left in
the locker. So commend myself to
Davy Jones. You will not remember
my good qualities. for never had any
and my bad ones l will ask you to for
get With much love. am your about.
to-be-kilt-entirely NORMAN"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17
Palace Hotel

at PULLMAN, are so happy. 10 them
life is really worth the living. The Cui-
sine is par excellence, and the tables are
always supplied with the best obtain
able III the market.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17
THE TRUE" IDEA

Of making person happy is to supply
him, or her. with all they can ear.
This is why the guests and boarders at
the weil-known
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

connected with this House will furnish
turnouts at reasonable rates, and guar
Rntee that for
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-08
ON THE BRAZOS.
Mr.. G. w. Angle Tells Whats Being
Done for Deep Water There.

Mr.. @. W. Angle Tells WHAT'S Being
Done for Deep Water There.
Mr.. q. w. Angle has returned to
the city having been down to the
BraZos in the interest of the Brazos
River Dock and Channel company and
seems delighted and enthused over
the prospects of the company. From
that gentlemen the LIGHT learns that
the contract has been let to Gus.
Wilkie, who built the capitol, and In
a very short time they expect to have
500 and 600 men at work. They have
ample capital for operation and
expect in twelve months to have
25 feet of water without fed
eral or state aid. The site of opera
ton is on the BraZos river having
an average width of 1000 feet
and depth Of $3.50 feet of water, and
this runs over ten miles up the river,
which is owned by the company on
both sides. This gives the company
20 miles of river front for dockage
without considering slips that may
be built as necessity demands. The
company has 10000 acres of land
which they expect will form the site
of the greatest seaport in the state.
This land is entirely above overflow,
is situated on the mainland, and not,
like Galveston, cut off by bay or other
inlets.
When Mr.. Angle was at the site OF
operation few days since, he found
all actively and he thus describes it:
"People are going there from all
parts of the country and by every
frn fn
there, noticed three flat boats of fam"
lilies coming in, that l learned after
ward came from the interior of the
state. Lumber and material to be
used in deepening the channel are
still arriving in large quantities. The
machinery 10 be used in eXcavating
and removing the dirt from the chan
mel is reaching them as fast as the
means of transportation can move.
Work on temporary docks has been
begun, and already material is being
stored upon such as are finished.
The permanent docks will be begun
in short time Lumber is not ar
irving as fast as expected, but extra
efforts are now being made to have
the supply adequate to the necessi-
ties of the hour. There are something
over one hundred men at work now
at the mouth and the number will
be increased as the material
arrives. Many houses are in
course of erection, mostly for
temporary purposes to meet
the wants of men who will be en-.
gagged in the work. Beach lots about
Quintana are being sold at high
prices, but parties connected with the
project are not selling lands bordering
upon the wharves or along the banks
of the mouth that will constitute a
part Of the harbor. Large quantities
of brush are being cut and piled along
the river banks to be hauled down
when needed in the construction OF
the jetties. Arrangements have been
completed for a steamboat to run in
connection with tho trains from here
to Columbia. The trains reach Co
lumbia Monday evening and the
steamboat goes down the next morn
ing, taking passengers distance of
forty miles to the mouth. The boat
goes down each day following the ar
rival of the trains-that is, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday-and returns,
bringing passengers to make the
same connection on their return"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-08
Boys Letter to His Father.
SEEDLEBURG, n. n, Feb. 10, 'S9.

SEEDLEBURG, n. n, Feb. 10, 'S9.
MI DEER FATHER: You're las Letter
calm all rite. Will you send me ball
and bat and top am awfell loan
some hear but if you send me ball
and a bat L shall feal better how is
mama and the baby, please pick out a
good bat and how is aunt Lucy. don't
let the store man sell you one of them
cheap base balls on you as they amt
no good and some of the bats are
cracked be sure and take a good look
at elm. You wanted to know how /
am gettin on with my books. /
am learnin geography and spelling
and rithmetick and and base ball. Say
pa Pm on the third base and I'm the
best left fielder III the hull school.
Tom Grimes sey he is but honest pa it
amt no such thing. 1 like rithalick
real well now don't forget the top get
one with sharp point and hard fell
Ter, case the fellers takes terrible
straight aim and brakes us little tel
Iers tops to pieces how. is uncle John
which had the newrallgy 1 hope he is
feelin as we'll as usual. did uncle John
stand eny show here on our he to slow
IL Il UOIu wy DIS oil opClS Uuty
might try him as empire, he'd soon
have the neurallgy knocked Outen
him. am going to study awful hard
to pass Examination and when our nine
wins, / shall be at the head of the class.
/ wrote composition on the whale
and l sed the whale never hunted
prairie chickens or climbed trees on
land, cause he had no legs and the
fellers all lated and the professor he
grinned some too, that was mi first
composition and / will beat it bad
some day. Give my love to my sisters
and send the ball by express, kiss the
babie for me and don't forget the bat.
Yure atfectionate son. L came near
forgettin' the top. l say pap get
good hard one with steel point hard
er the better. L think if you go to J.
NJ. Emerson & Co., on Soledad street,
the place where you soaked MANS
W itch last July and bought me the
Waterbury, you can get the things,
don't forget 'em. Base ball, base ball,
but full size and top tip top top.
Now don't forget your loving son,
DANIEL MALCOME BROTHERS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-08
SOUND SUGGESTIVE SENTENCES

Passers-by observe skilled mechanics busily en-.
gagged in remOdeing the ALAMO STREET FRONT
of JOSKES-signs that precede Improvement, made
necessary by desire to give their large and ncreas
ing trade EVERY FACILITY that modern architect
suggest
With these alterations finished any part of the
store can be easily reached with COMFORT; con-
venient STAIRWAY on the Alamo street side leads
directly up to the SECOND FLOOR, where display
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-08
Menger Hotel.
II. D. KAMPMANN, W. BROWDER
PRGPRIETOR. CLERK.
The LEADING HOTEL In The
SOUTHWEST.
ALAMO PLAZA, SAN ANTONIO.

Saye Money.
Electric light going up, but the
price of oil remains the same. Save
money by using Ursoleum, the perfect
safety oil, at 80 cents a gallon; Wash
ing oil at 25 cents per gallon, deliver
ed. Fire wood $3.50 per cord; IL cord
$3.50, delivered.
M. BAsTIAN, Agent.
Protection Oil Company, zoe w.
Houston street, telephone $40. If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-08
CI0thinQ, Hat8,
Trunks and V0li888,

second to in the State, greets the visitor.
We are already exhibiting SPRING DRESS FAB
RIGS SATEENS EMBROIDERIES and GING.
HAMS in a bewilderng variety truly astonishing.
We beg to remind PEOPLE living at distance,
who have heretofore sent to the NORTH and
EAST for Dry Goods, that we can accommodate them
here at HOME in manner every way satisfactory,
saving EXPRESS CHARGES and the occasional dis
appointment incident to ordering by sample from
GREATER DISTANCE.
SAMPLES cheerfuly sent and PRICES furnish
ed for the asking.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-08
DR.. C. w. PHILLIP

DR.. G. w. Philips
OF San Antonio has no partner. His
Office is at 266 West Commerce street
over Jess NJ. Rell's jewelry store. If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-08

"HiN IO woman, in every vicinity,
Profitable business. Liberal pay. All time not
necessary. Give references. Address r. H.
WOODWARD & Co., Baltimore, Md 225-tf
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

In consequence of the rain the garden
party which was to have been given at
Washington Inn this afternoon, for the
benefit of the Homeopathic Hospital,
has been postponed until tomorrow.
Omnibuses will run from Dupont Circle
at 4:15, 500, $3.50 and 6:35; returning at
$50 and II.
Senor and Senorita Mathien of the
Chilian Legation sail for Paris the lat
Ter part of the month.
Miss Ada M. Morgan and DR.. Richard
II. Hill will be married at st. Aloysius
Church on Wednesday, the 10th in
slant. Mrs. Dolph has returned from
Annapolis. Mr.. John W. Thompson
and Miss Thompson sail for Europe on
the 26th instant on the City of New
York They will spend the summer
abroad The marriage of Mr.. Will
liam Endicott, jr. and Miss Thorn
will take place at Lennox in the
autumn. Minister Romero is in New
York.-The Count and Countess de
Spenneck sailed from New York yes
terday for home. Mrs. Thomas Riggs
is at the Capon Spring g.--This even
ing Miss Evelena Heap and Lieutenant
Gleaves, U. s. N, will be married at
st. Johns Church.
Miss Susan Ellen Rosenbaum and
Mr.. Joseph Bucklin Adams were mar
ried last night at the residence of the
brides parents, 240 Tenth street south
east.
A social event of interest in Frederick
yesterday was the marriage of Miss
Sophia K. Schultz, daughter of the late
Theodore Schultz, to William B. Brace,
n well known druggist of Georgetown.
The ceremony took place In the Re-
formed Church, and was performed by
Rev. DIR. L. II. Eschbach in the presence
| of large congregation. The ushers
| were Messrs. w. M. Dougall and Fred.
erick G. Moffat of Washington, George
Nj, Kinks of Baltimore and G. T..
Kemp of Frederick.
Mrs. Shepherd, the wife Of ex.Gov-
ernor Shepherd, has returned from
Mexico and is at her country residence,
Bleak House.
Seldom has there been gathered
within the walls of st. Peters Church,
nj Niagara Falls, so brilliant an assem-
blage as that of last evening to witness
the marriage of Miss Bessie Rochester
Porter, daughte, of Mrs. Augustus
| Porter, to Lieutenant Clarence r. Ed
wards of the United States Army. The
bridesmaids were Miss Natalie Berry
of Washington. Miss Jeffery of Lexing-
ton, Ky, Miss Daisy Prun Of Albany
Miss Daisy Hamilton of New York and
Miss Lucia Ransom Edwards of Cleve,
land.
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12
VISITORS TO THE DEPARTMENTS.

Secretaries Blaine, Proctor and Tracy
have issued the following order for the re-
ception Of visitors;
Reception of Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress from 10 to IL o'clock.
Reception of all persons not connected
with the Departments, at l2 o'clock, except
Tuesdays and Fridays, which are Cabinet
days; and Thursdays In the Department Of
State, when the members Of the Diplo-
matte Corps are exclusively received.
Persons will not be admitted to the build
ing after 2 o'clock each day, unless by card,
which will be sent by the captain of the
watch to the chief clerk or to the head OF
the bureau for which the visit is intended.
This rule will not apply to Senators, Rep
rosentatives or heads Of Executive Depart
menis.
The Secretary of the Treasury receives
Senators and Representatives from 10 to
1l:30 a. IN and other persons from ll:30
until p. m, except Tuesdays and Fridays,
cabinet days.
The Postmaster-General receives persons
having business with him from 10 a. m.
until p. M, except on Tuesdays aud
Fridays, Cabinet days.
Personal calls upon the Secretary of the
Interior must be made between 10 a. IN.
and 12 O'Clock noon.