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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-21

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-21
To Young and Middle Aged Men,
SURE CURE.

The awful effect of early vice, which brings
organic weakness, destroying both mind and
body with its direful ills,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
An Oid-Fashioned Girl.

"I've been watching an 'old-fashion-
ed girl for quite a long time says a
writer in the Fitchburg Sentinel, " and
l want to tell you something about
her."
modern style; but, bless you'll she was
so old-fashioned that she arose in the
morning when her mother did, helped
set the table neatly, and cooked one or
two dishes daintily, her town self"
She had graduated" yet she did
not think that because of that fact
that the kitchen was net good enough
for her, D, mol She was so much be-
hind the times that she actually wash
ed the dishes, made her bed, busted,
and then began preparations for the
pudding for dinner. Now, wasn't she
absurd. when she following the ac-
customed ruO should have been lying
on the parlor sofa with the latest novel
in her hand and her pug dog beside
herr When her little brother came in
crying because his kite was broken in
stead of calling him "horrid boy" as
is the fashion to do in some homes.
she helped with her own hands to
mend 1t. now could she be In such
small business?
After dinner had been cleared away
she proceeded to mend the family
stockings. Shocking! After her task
was completed she accompanied her
mother on a shopping expedition, and.
although she met many fine-looking
gentlemen, she did not iirt with any
of them, for. don't you know, she was
SO antiquated she would have been
shocked at the idea. AS if it wasn't
elevating to the intellect to be on the
watch for some masculine person to
fascinate!
The girl of whom | am telling YOU
was pretty looking. with bright,
fresh color in her face, brought on by
plenty of exercise in the open air and
in the kitchen. But / can't begin to
tell you half this queer girl did, for you
know she was so old-fashioned that she
did whatever good deeds came into her
heart to do; and her heart was such an
antique affair that only pure, noble
thoughts entered it. Her home was
made bright and sunny by her pres
ence, and yet she was not so perfect
that she ''died young" o, no! She
lives to-day a girl who has mo secrets"
from her mOtheri
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
The Vanderbilt Marriages.

A quiet citizen, worth his half mill.
ion or more, said to me recently: 81
always had some respect for the late
William Vanderbilt and his wife when
l saw how Indifferent they were in
the marriage of their children to money
consideration. In most cases they
let their children marry persons of re-
specta bility and good parentage, but
without fortunes. That has been al
most uniformly the case. William K.
Vanderbilt, who built the 100000
house, married Virginia woman who
could hardly keep her wardrobe, l
have understood, from going to sale.
And yet" said he, sin nearly every
case they appear to be happy folks who
20 together. How much better it is
han this everlasting greed to make
love itself minister to avarice. "-Neao
York Cor.
The Sanitarian gives the following re-
cipe for a powder which, sifted into
the shoes, will cure or prevent lame
ness of the feet caused by too much
walking: Eighty-seven parts of pull
verified soapstone, ten parts of starch
and three parts of salicylic acid. 1t
keeps the feet dry, prevents chatting
and heals sore spots. 1t is used in the
German army, and is especially recon-
mended to letter-carriers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
Ready For the Question.

81 wouldn't be bit surprised if Mr..
Comeoften proposed tonight" she
said as she stood before her mirror.
"He's been coming here every other
night for a month, and if that don't
mean a proposal I'm greatly mistaken.
He's decidedly eligible in every respect,
and if do get him won't the other
girls rave?"
And when he did propose at about
eleven o'clock that night, she said:
"Why, Mr.. Comeoften; l am so sur
prised. l really-I-I--don't know
what to say. This is all so entirely
unexpected. l had not the least idea
that you-you-your intentions were
serious, and-I-I-and you really and
truly love me?"
OF course he said he did, and she,
after renewed and charming exclama-
tons of surprise, accepted him ON the
spot-Detr0it Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24

nor bag of coin, siIver-tea-pot or
precious spoons, and at the bottom Law
this little note:
81 want to tell you the truth for
once, for I've lied all my life. I never
heard whispering voice in my life.
ALI things | told 1 found out some
natural way.
You'll never catch me. I've kept
up a knowledge of my mothers tribe
all along, and generally saw some of
themson Sundays.
1.-THE silver will be in the melting
pot and the money changed by the
time you read this. Gipsies make
things safe for themselves. Thank you.
I'm better off than you'd think work
house folks could get to be, and l
say you were good to me. Goodbye.
Selma"
And that was the last Mrs. Patterson
or any other there ever heard of the
gifted one who listened to spirit
voices, or of the stolen property.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24

Bliss?' Mrs. B. Eyes, she's the
President. They've finished Tanning
of the Wild Shrew,' and now they are
reading Much About Doing Nothing
That's one comfort, as my dear father
used to say of Us. The children are
certainly we'll educated" = Detroit
Free Press.
In 1888: Prosecuting attorney-I
am afraid we cannot get verdict
against young Jimley the murderer;
he's too handsome. Able lawyer-How
many women are on the jury? Prose-
cutting attorney-Six. Able lawyer
That is pretty tough. I think l can
fix him, though. Have his mustache
shaved off the last day of the trial.
Ierre Haatte Express.
"You see that well-dressed man just
passing?n "The one to whom everv-
body bows?n yes" "WeI, what
of him?" .Why, thirteen years ago
that man hadn't enough money co pay
his board; to-day he is worth two mill
ions of dollars" How did he make
it?' He didn't make it; he stole it;
but he's got it just the some" Intro
duce me- "-B urdette
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
SteeI-PIated Ships.

Accounts from the United States
steamer Dolphin, flagship of Rear Adj
miral Kimberl Y, commanding the Pa
citic squadron, and at present under
going repairs at the Mare Island navy
yard, would seem to indicate, says a
Washington letter to the New York
of salt water on the bottoms of steel
vessels tends toward rendering them
unserviceable for sea duty in much
shorter space of time than was calcu-
lated upon. The rust and galvanic ac-
ton combined have already made little
indents in her plating to a depth of
three-sixteenths of an inch, which in
plates originally only seven-sixteenths
of an inch shows that considera BILE
care will have to be taken with the
vessels of the new steel navy that are
destined to cruise for a considerable
length of time in the waters along the
South American coast, without having
an occasional docking and repainting.
The Dolphin is by no means the first
vessel that has suffered from this
cause of the waters of the Pacific,
which seem particularly bad in their
effect on steel or iron craft. All the
steamers of the Pacific Steam Naviga-
ton company trading on that coast,
as we'll as the Pacific Steamship COM
pany's vessels, have to be locked and
painted at least three times a year.
! The CHILEAN men-of-war are likewise
great sufferers in this particular, and
are locked every four months, at each
of which times four coats of anti-foul-
ing paint are applied. The result in
the case of the Dolphin will probably
be the replacing of her water-line
plates by thicker metal, or the cover
ing of the present armor by a belt of
plates extending space somewhat
above and also below the water-line.
1.-The pitting," as it is called, extends
along the vessels water line, being
worst amidships and tapering toward
the ends, and all this Notwithstanding
the fact that the vessel was heeled
over and painted wherever practicable
during her stay in the different ports
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
The ExiIes' Begging Song.

George KEENAN, in the Century writes
of life on the great Siberian road, and
describes the following incident: 81
shall never forget the emotions reused
in me by this song when | heard it for
the first time. We were sitting, one
cold, raw, autumnal day, in dirty
post station on the great Siberian
road, waiting for horses. Suddenly
my attention was attracted by pc
culiar, low-pitched, quavering sound
which came to US from distance, and
which, although made apparently by
human voices, did not resemble any
thing that / had ever before heard.
1t was not singing, nor chanting, nor
wailing for the dead, but strange
blending of all three. 1t suggested
vaguely the confused and commingled
sobs, means, and entreaties of human
beings who were being subjected to
torture, but whose sufferings were not
acute enough to seek expression In
shrieks or high-pitched cries. AS the
sound came nearer we went out into
the street in front of the station-house
and saw approaching a chained party Of
about hundred bare-headed conyicts,
VINO, SURROUNDED Dy coruoH VI SUI
diers, were marching slowly through
the settlement, singing the exiles' beg
ging song No attempt was made by
the singers to pitch their voices in
harmoy, or to pronounce the words in
unison, there were no pauses or rests
at the ends of the lines; and | could
not make out any distinctly marked
rhythm. The singers seemed to be
constantly breaking in upon one an
other with slightly modulated varia-
tons of the same slow, melancholy
air, and the effect produced was that
of a rude fugue, or of funeral chant,
80 arranged as to be sung like round
or catch by a hundred male voiceA
each independent of the others in time
and melody, but all following Ger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
A Stroke Of Genius.

"It doesn't matter how shrewd
man may be in business, sooner or
later he is sure to meet some one who
is more than his match" This was
the automatic remark that prefaced a
story told the reporter the other day.
1t seemed that self-made young busi-
ness man, who had recently blossomed
out on large scale had taken cor
ner stand, thought he could reduce his
expenditure at the expense of his land
lord. The store being on the corner
of busy thoroughfare, the front OF
the building was frst-rate site for
advertisements, and the young bust
ness man asked and obtained the con-
sent of his landlord to put up sign
above the caves of the roof. A few
DAYS later the landlord was dumfound-
ed to see an eight-foot fence running
all around the top of his building.
While he considered this rather
cheeky performance, the landlord
thought it better not to complain, as
his tenant was always punctual with
his rent. In the course of a few days
several painters put in their appear
ance. They divided the big fence into
spaces and painted number of patent
medicine advertisements in all the
colors of the rainbow. The landlord
was hopping wild to have his building
thus disfigured, and when he heard
that the tenant was Boosting among
his friends that he derived enough in
come from the signs to pay his rent
his rage rose to white heat. As no
lease had been signed. the landlord
soon saw that he could make his ten
ant laugh on the other side of his face.
When the next rent day came around
the landlord went to the tenant and
told him it wasn't right that he should
have all the good things to himself,
and that thenceforth the rent would be
doubled.-Neao York BUeni,sg San.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
tain scheme of vocalization, and taking
up by turns the same dreary, wailing
theme. The words were as follows:

tain scheme of vocalization, and taking
up by turns the same dreary, wailing
theme. The words were as follows:
Have pity on us, our fathersl
Don't forget the unwilling travellers
Don't forget the long-imprisoned.
Feed US, o our fathers-help usl
Feed and help the poor and needyl
Have compassion. D our fathersI
Have compassion. o our mothersl
For the sake of Christ, have mercy
On the prisoners-the shut-up onesl
Behind walls of stone and gratings
Behind oaken doors and padlocks,
Behind bars and locks of iron, Z
We are held in close confinement.
We have parted from our fathers,
From our mothers;
We from all our kin have parted,
We are prisoners:
Pity US, o our fathersl
''If you can imagine these words,
half sung, half chanted, slowly, in
broken time and on low key, by
hundred voices, to an accompaniment
made by the jingling and clashing of
chains, You will have faint idea of
the .Miloserdnaya,' or eXiles' begging
song. Rude, artless, and inharmoni-
Gus as the appeal for pity was, l had
never in my life heard anything so
mournful and depressing. 1t seemed
to be the half-articulate expression of
all the grief, the misery, and the
despair that had been felt by genera
tons of human beings in the etapes,
the forwarding prisons, and mines.
''As the party marched slowly along
the muddy street between the lines Of
gray log houses, children and peasant
women appeared at the doors with
their hands full of bread, meat, eggs,
or other articles of food, which they
put into the caps or bags of the three
or four shaven-headed convicts who
acted as alms-collectors. The jingling
of chains and the wailing voices of the
exiles grew gradually fainter and
fainter as the party passed up the
street, and when the sounds finally
died away in the distance and we
turned to reenter the post station, ]
felt a strange sense of detection, as il
the day had suddenly grown colder,
darker, and more dreary, and the cares
and sorrows of life more burdensome
and oppressive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-24
ThankfuineSS.

Old Polydore, one of the patriarchs
of South Carolina plantation, had
great many aches and pains, but when
asked how he was invariably an
swered: Use chock full O misery,
massa, tank de Lord!' Somebody
asked him one day what he thanked
the Lord for and he replied: Case
you been so 5leegin' as to ask about
it. massa. "-Springffetd Union.
At last accounts there were no fewer
than 1.64S newspapers and periodicals
published in Paris. Of this number
Freemasonry claimed "a.
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-10
TERMS: $l.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.


A State street grip train, crowded with
passengers, reached Sixteenth street about
o'clock Saturday evening, when very tough
looking citizen ran out from the sidewalk
and jumped upon the platform Of one Of the
cars, landing heavily upon the foot Of an in
offensive young man who stood up against
the box Of the car. "Look out, thereT
yelled the young man, as his pet corn gave
him a twinge. "Wais de matter wild your
demanded the bad man, as he turned to size
up his victim "You jumped on my foot"
said the little fellow, bravely. "Wen. you
soy much more, an III smash you up in de
mout', - snarled the big fellow as he advanced
threateningly. mo you WON'T said the
small man, and he whipped from his over
coat pocket something which he thrust under
the nose of the bully The latter jumped
backward from the platform, rolled over in
the street and then arose and took TO his
heels. The passengers on the platform re-
garded the young man doubtfully, and the
conductor ventured to say; There was no
need Of your pulling gun on the man. "
Then the young man exhibited his weapon
It was a meerschaum pipe case, and it did
look like a ''gun. Chicago Herald
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-10

In 1861 an effort was made to remove the
state capital from Augusta to Portland, and
on a certain day in February the members Of
the legislature were invited to visit that city.
At that time it was the rule Of the legislature
to invite the different clergymen of Augusta,
Hallowen and Gardiner 70 ofiiciate in rota-
ton as chaplains at the senate and house, in
accordance with a printed schedule made out
at the first of the session, for which they were
to receive $3.50 for each days service. On
the day referred to it was Bishop Burgess
turn to oficiate, and he duly arrived at the
capitol to find it empty.
"What does this meant" he asked the jani-
tor.
Didn't you know the legislature had gone
to Portland to see about the new state
houseN
"Why, no. knew nothing about it; and
| have come from Gardiner this bitter cold
morning to ofiiciate at the opening of the
house. and was nearly frozen when 1 reached
here
"Oh, well, youth get your pay Just the
same" was the comforting response Lewis
ton Journal
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-10


An old farmer in one Of the New England
states had a son whose actions sometimes in
dicated a lack Of common sense; but, with
natural parental love and consideration, the
old gentleman excused all his shortcomings
by saying: "He does the best he can, Jimmy
does" which was perhaps true.
When Jimmy was % or % years Of age he
went to work for a farmer living in a neigh
boring county
Three months after his departure he sur
prised his parents by writing to them that he
had been married and would visit them the
following week.
Preparations for receiving the young couple
in a manner BETTING bride and bridegroom
were at once begun, and when they arrived
they found all the groOm's relatives gathered
to receive them.
The bride was a dull looking and by no
means handsome young woman, and for a
moment the father-in-law seemed disappoint-
ed; then, his better nature asserting itself, he
greeted her warmly, and turning to his son
said, with his old time optimistic eheerfulness;
"Welcome home, Jimmy; welcome, my
boy; ye did the best We cOull, n"c ooubt;
welcome, my daughter. youths Compan-
ion.
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-10
600 Reward. 500.

The readers of the CHRONICLE will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been able
to cure in all its stages, and that is eatarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation Of the
disease, and giving the patient strength, by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have 50 much faith in its curative powers,
that they offer one hundred dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. Address,
~. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
ES-Sold by druggists, 75c.
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-10
A Woman Architect.

Philadelphia has an architect in Mrs. Mi
nerva Parker, who demonstrates that women
may fit themselves for that profession She
has familiarized herself not only with her
profession, but with every detail Of the build
ing trade; she can judge Of the material
which is to so into the house and the way in
which the work is carried out as well as any
master builder In the country She says that
one of the most important parts Of an archi-
tect's knowledge consists in knowing how to
direct the mechanics, and this she herself
does with great skill Buffalo also has a
woman architect, who is her husbands part
ner and ono Of the vice presidents Of the
Western Association Of Architects, and
she is the only woman member Of
the American Institute Of Architecture,
which has been in existence over thirty
years. She was one Of the designers of the
new model schoolhouse which the city Of
Buffalo has been building, aud these have
been so much admired that the plans are to
be sent to the Paris exposition as part Of the
educational exhibit She has made this her
life work. and as her husband seems emil
nently satisfied, it Is to be inferred that her
work as an architect does not interfere with
her duties as a wife.-New York Telegram
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-10
baltimore 3 OHIO RAILROAD.
h gshaduie in effect Dec 0 1883


EAST BOUND
Express trains
Philadelphia. week day. 3.eO.6.10, 700. 755, $50,
90, 10 Al, II 49, q. m; II 40, 100, co. So, 90.
%, 6 10, 6 46, Z O5, 8 So p. m
Philadelphia Sundays, 20, 90, Z So. 0 o. 10 Al,
II is. m; 70 40. 90, 90, So 20. 25. Q 10,
40, g 80 p. m.
Chester, week days, 20. 6l0. Z 90, Z 81. s 50,
10, z 05, so p. m.
Chester, Sundays. 30. 90, 55, O5 II IS, a,
IA; 19 40. co. 90. 55, 20, 25, TO- 8 so p. m.
WEST BOUND.
Baltimore and Washington 90. II 81 a. m;
45, Z 40 p. m; IL 40 night All daily. 2 80 a. m.
daily except Sunday,
Chicago and Pitsburg, is 46 night, 3 % p. m;
both daily.
Cincinnati and St. Louis, Il 81, a m, and : 20,
p IN: both daily.
sngery accommodation, Z 20 and Il Top. m,
daily,
q, m; As aud 2s p. m; Sundays, 9 30 a. m, and
5 2S p. m.
TRAINS LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION;
For Philadelphia. 81 p, m. daily, except Sun.
day. For Baltimore, IS a. m. AND 10 p; m
daily, 2.S5 p. m, daily, except Sunday. For Lam
denberg, so a M, 10 So a. m, and IS p. m
daily, except Sunday; 25 a. m. on Sunday only;
5 10 p. m. daily.
Pittsburg and Chicago express daily, 8 Is, p. m.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR WILMINGTON.
Daily, u O5 a. m. 80. 10 90, II 90. a m u 90,
nooE; 40, 10, 30, so, 3d. z 90, 10, 10 10,
II 30, p, m
Daily except Sunday, 80 and Z s5 a. NJ, %
and 3 30 p. m.
Sunday only, 81 a. m.
Telephone, No. 1893.
Rates to Western points lower than via any
other line,
c. o. sCULL, WIN. CLEMENTS,
Gen'l Pass. Aet. Manager
Milford chronicle., 1889-05-10

It is said that the tricycle. is growing in
popularity among the ladies of this country;
certainly it ought to do so, as one Of the best
means of cure for nervous debility, neural
gia, constipation, sleeplessness and number
less ills to which they are peculiarly liable
Dr. Jennings, in his book, lays down law OF
moderation. He plainly insists that none but
professionals, thoroughly trained, should en-
gage in races. He also finds that the over
trained athlete does not last long, and quotes
Hippocrates, who said; The good condition
of the body in athletes is dangerous, leading
to the highest degree Of plenitude, and as it
cannot remain there or increase, 1t must de-
crease" So it is the best not to train. All
who use the tricycle. for health are warned to
resist the tendency to squirt and race. The
beginner must 60 slowly the moment the
heart beats fast or he perspires Six miles an
hour is recommended as q good rate Of travel.
An essential Of first Importance to the cyclist
is that he be dressed properly and completely
In flannels. No cotton whatever is to be al
lowed.-Boston Herald.