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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
Fishing With OIL.


New York Correspondence Oil City Derrick.
Down the bay the other day an old
fisherman was telling Of o new use
for petroleum. He said wherever
there was founder fishing in the
sounds oil was used by the fishermen
to still the water so that the fish may
be seen. There is no use to wait for
founder to bite, and they are
speared. Ifthe water happens to be
a little ruffied, and it usually is, the
founder is difficult to see, as ne lies
fiat on the bottom. Oil is now
sprinkled to leeward of the boat, and
in few minutes the water is calm
for a considerable area, and if there
is a founder within reach he can be
seen and picked up by the fisherman's
spear. This old fisherman was Sol
ONION Babbett, who said he had been
fishing along the coast for. thirty
years. He and two sons own
half a dozen fishing smacks and do
a considerable business. The first
he had seen the oil used TO- this
purpose was in the sounds around
Beaufort, SC, but it has now become
popular with fishermen generally all
along the coast. He said it was pos
sibls to take hundreds Of fish by the
use of the oil that could not be seen
without it. This will no doubt sug-
gest to oil country fishermen the idea
of putting a bottle of oil in their
peck cts when they go out to "whip
the complaining brooks"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
a Wonlan's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery hes been
made and thai TOO hy lady in his county.
Disease fastened its CLUTCHES upon her and
tor seven years sire wItnstuUd its srycr,st
ests, nut her vital organs were undermined
and death sermed immirent For three
months she Cuughcd inCrssantlv and could
mOJ sbeep. She bought Of us bottle OF Dr.
Kings New Discover for Consumption ard
was so much relieved on tax ny FIRST dose TINT
she slept I'LL night and with one bottle has
rren InlracUIoutly cured. Her name is MS
Luther LHtz." Thus write W G. 8smr.cL 4
o. OF Shelby, N. C.-Get a free trial b tile at
all drug stores. B.Iltf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15

In the matter of the county COM
missioners' court and contractor Bra
den in controversy over the bridges
recently built by him, the LIGHT sees
no ground for criticising the action of
the commissioners. The engineer en-
ployed by the county says that all the
work with the exception of the north
approach was better than required in
specifications. After deducting the
amount required to make the APP
proach good the payment of the re-
mainder was in order. 1t is to En-
gineer Smiths remark that the con-
tract was let at too low price for the
work required that the LIGHT calls
attention. 1t Is about time that both
in city and country work some ac-
count Of price be taken. Work bid
for at price so VIGOROUSLY low as TO
carry on the face of it loss to the con-
tractor, or inferior work, or extras to
make up deficiencies, such bids
should be rejected. This constant &C
ceptance of bids for work so notor-
ously low demoralizes the whole
builders contracting business and
keeps men out of the field who would
do good work at fair prices.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
For Immediate Sale

1000 acres black sandy loan prairie land adj
jO ming limits Of Mineral City, fourteen miles
from Beevllle and six miles from Pettus City,
on the :. A & A p. railway. Fenced with
suitable fencing for farming, four room resi-
dence, out-houses, underground cistern.
church. daily mail public and music schools
Price IS per acre. Little over one half cash,
balance two years time. Best bargain in
famous Beeville region. Land just suited for
colony of farmers or gems country seat.
Apply at LIGHT Office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
ALF GRAND, M. D.

De PAcadamie de Medicine Dosi-
metric de Paris, France.
Treatment sure, plain and easy of
all diseases, acute and chronic. re-
puted as incurable. Guarantee TO
cure chill and fever in twenty-four
hours. Office 224 Soledad street
Hours, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Con-
sUltatiOn free.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

Confirm our statement when we say that Ack-
er's English Remedy is In every way superior
Throat and Lungs. In Whooping Cough and
Group it is agic and relieves at once. We Of
fer you a sample bottle free. Remember this
Remedy is sold by
a. RAGLAHD & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
THURSDAY, AUGUST IS. 1889.

So FAR as any expression of opinion
from Governor Lowry is concerned it
seems that he is more anxious to
crowd the railway company and the
fellows who put up the money than
he is Sullivan and Kilrain. Renaud,
Duffy and that crowd will get all that
the governor can give them. The
grand jury is composed of farmers,
specially appointed by the sheriff.
The Judge says if the grand jury does
not indict to suit him he will dis
charge them and the sheriff shall i'm
pannel a grand jury that will, or re
will fine the sheriff 81 900. The Judge
is on his muscle and Lowry OH his
mettle, he will make the bruise
hustle, and come to terms and settle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
a Pleasing Sense

OF health and strength renewed and
of ease and comfort follows the use of
Syrup of Figs, as it acts in harmony
with nature to effectually cleanse the
system when costive or bilious. For
Sale in SOC and $l.00 bottles BY all
leading druggists. 3-11-1m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
OF WHOM WE READ.

Miss Harriet HOsmer will spend
some time at Bar Harbor this sum-
mer.
Prof. Sir Richard Owen has entered
his eighty-sixth year in excellent
health.
Ex-Secrstary and Mrs. William C..
Whitney are at Newport, the guest
of Mrs. Paran Stevens.
John Grass is among the weigh test
| counsellors Of the Sioux He is good
man, weighing over 200 pounds.
Mrs. Cushman has been elected to
the office of district clerk and Miss
Cushman to that of tax collector in
Lockport, n. Y.
Hon. Don Cameron, ofPennsylvania,
has rented Henro Adams cottage at
Beverly Farms, Mass, and will Occu-
py it August 90.
The name of the young star, Miss
Gallatine, who has been widely para
graphed as granddaughter of Albert
Gallatine, is Jenkins.
The primative of Hungary, Cardinal
Arch bishop Reit, of Grau, gets a sal
airy of $500 year, and would, Of
course, rather be Reit than president.
Mrs. Coppinger, daughter of James
G. Blaine, is visiting Mrs. Gould. of
Troy, N. Y. Mrs. Coppinger says her
father is in excellent health.
A man went into a Photographic es-
Enlistment at Akron the other day.
Ihey showed him samples of various
styles, but nothing suited. At last |
he exclaimed, pointing at full length |
plcture: want a photograph of me
entire system-like that"
Suit for 81, 800 damages has been
brought against Samuel Wertheimer.
a dealer in gentlemen's furnishing
goods, by William ckhardt, of Phil
adelphia, who claims that he was
made sick by wearing Undertaking
bought from Wertheimer as medi-
Gated flannel.
Canada has l24, $50 Indians, of
whom 81, 944 are in British Columbia,
rs, 1858 in Manitoba and the north
western territory, L. in Ontario,
IL, 465 in Quebec, 5000 i'm Atha baska.
I 900 in the Mackenzie district, 4,OE6
in Eastern Rupert's Land, and 1900
On the arctic coast.
About $50, 900 persons have gone to
the top of the Washington monument
since October of last year when it was
opened to the public. In this number
we're relic fiends, who stole number
IF brass letters in the block presented
oy the Swiss Confederation. The rest
IF the letters have been removed and
The inscription cut in stone.
A year ago Ira Marsaw's house,
near Caro-, Mich, was struck by
lightning and somewhat damaged.
Since that time Mrs. Warsaw has re-
fused to live in the house, and she
persuaded the family to move out.
Last week the deserted house was
again struck, and in such manner
rs to make it probable that if it had
been occupied, somebody would
nave been hurt.
The sea serpent is no more. Capt.
w. f. Smith, of the bark Nautilus,
md his mate killed the monster re-
Gently with bomb guns. He was
about eight feet long, body ridged on
pack, and about size of barrel, head
ike snakes with saucer-like ewes
n word, the identity is complete.
The next story about live sea-ser-
Dent will have to be file out with
extra affidavits.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
A DUTY TO YOURSELF.

i is surprising that people will use com
mOa, ordinary pill when they can secure u
valuable English one for the same money. DR..
ACKer's English pills are b positive cure for
siUk-hendaChe and ali liver troubles. They are
small, swee'. easily taken and do not grippe
For sale by Ragland & Shachner. 3l2-ly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15

THE hostility of the city council to
San Antonio has had its legitimate
and expected fruit in depriving this
city of the benefits that would natur-
ally and necessarily accrue from hold
ing an International fair and expo
sition this fall. The only sensible
thing to do was to do just what the
fair directors have done. The pres
ent accommodations cannot transport
more than five hundred persons per
hour, and with bad streets not nearly
so many. Gentlemen with means,
and ready to execute bond in any rea-
sonable amount that they would car
ry out their stipulated agreements,
have been begging the council for
franchise permitting them to build
and equip a rapid transit line to the
fair ground ever since last February
and they have begged in vain. To
such base endings do we come at last.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
CAUTION TO MOTHERS.

Every mother is cautioned against giving
her child laudanumsor pasegorc; 1t creates an
unnatural craving for stiIculants which kills
the mind or the child. Acaer's Baby Soother
is specially prepared to benefit children and
cure their pains. 1t is harmless and contains
no Opium or Morphine. Sold by Ragiand J.
Co., 49,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15

225-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
Is LEE w lRTH ILvINGa

Not If you go through the wor a dyspcr-
tc. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are positive
cure Tor tn worst forms of DYSPEPSIA indi-
gestiOn. Flatulency and Constipation. Sold
by Ragland 81 to. 81
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-15
$4,000 VIII Buy

$4,000 VIII Buy
A fine block of y lots on Prospect Hill,
near street car, and has water works
pipes laid to same. 2-25-tf
II. B. JOHNSON,
225-tf At the LIGHT office.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-02
VERY DISCOURAGlNG.


How Garrulous Ps-sengar Was Persuaded
to shut Up.
"Do you remember as fur back as
tn siege of Petersburg. friend?"
/ sized the questiOner up. got a good
grip on my pocket-book and cautiously
answered: IL do, but l was very
young at the time"
Wasn't there yerself, then?"
NO"
"It's a great pity. I didn't know
but what l might talk over old times
with yer"
perhaps we can find a congenial
subject" / observed, as / let my knee
drop so that his hand could slide off,
and moved over as close as l could to
the car window.
"P'raps we kim" he said; "ever been
ter Maddygasker?"
NO"
Ever seen a South American
dugong?"
mo"
whats yer opinion on tn subiec'
of tn sid-eral astronomatics?
Il don't know any thing about
them"
"Sho! Got any chewin' terbacker
about yer?'
mo"
''Say, friend, where you from?"
"KOrgiyackker."
"Where?"
''Korgiyackker."
where's that?"
fright across the Yuggernock river
from Yorstiveriski."
"Rushy?"
mo; New York State"
'.How fur is it from Yonkers?"
about ten ohms."
He was beginning to wilt a little,
and i followed up my advantage.
1--WE read some thing about Peters
burg" j said. Ibid you fight in
Charlemagne's division?"
"Whose?"
"Charlemagne's."
ats so long ago most forgit, butts
near as kin remember my Gineral was
named Smith
"Was he monocotyledonously in
clined, or did he favor anthropological
eseterotism in his manner OF conduct
ing the campaign"
Look here, stranger, one or tn
other of us is a nat'ral fool" he broke
out, IAN I'm puffectly willin' ter take
tn benefit of the doubt an shut uD,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-02
The BEST and the CHEAPEST.
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Benton II. Ingram and Maria
Ingram, his wife, by their certain deed Of
trust dated the first day of September 1887,
and recorded in the recorders office of
Pettis county, at deed book SO, pages SOS
10 sos, conveyed to the undersigned, James
q. Thompson, all their right, title, interest
and estate, in and to the. following de-
scribed real estate, situated in the county
of Pettis, state of Missouri, viz:
Block number two (2) of In
grams addition to the city of Sedalia
which said conveyance was made In trust
to secure the payment of a certain promis-
sorry note anu the interest to accrue there
on which was made payable semi-annually
and evidenceG by coupons or interest notes
in said deed describe1, and whereas two of
said interest notes have become due, and
are unpaid, and it is provided in said deed
of trust that il default be made in the pay
ment of said interest notes or any of them
as the sane become due and payable.
then the whole of the principal note should
at the option of the holder thereof become at
once due and payable and the holder Of
said note having declared said principal
note due, now therefore, in accordance
with provisions of said deed of trust and
at the request of the legal holder of said
note, shall proceed to sell the above de-
scribed real estate at the court hours door
in the city of Sedslia, in the county of
Pettis, state aforesaid, to the highest bid
der for cash, at public auction on
WEDNESDAY THE 10TH DAY OF
JULY, 1879,
between the hours of 9 in the forenoon
and 5 in the afternoon of that
day to satisfy said note together with
tn cost and ex pense of executing this trust.
6-1Sw4t j. c. THOMPSON, Trustee.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-02
Health is Wealth t!

DR. E. C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT, guaranteed specific for Hysteria
Dizziness, Convulsons, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia
Headache, Nervous Prostitution caused by the use
II alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness. Mental De-
preston SOftening of the Brain resulting In insan
ity and leading to mis- ~, decay and death, Pre-
mature O'd age Barrenness. Loss and Sperma,-
OrrhOea caused by Over-exertion OF the BRAIN self
abuse or over indulgence. Each box contains one
months treatment. Sl.09 box, or six boxes 70
s. 0O, sent by mail prepaid IN receipt of prices.
GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any ease. With each order received byt.
for six boxes, accompanied with s. 90, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re-
fund the mOrey II the treatment does not effect q
cure. Guarantees issued only by Otis W. Smith
Druggist OLE East Third 81. Sedalia no.
I27ikYlF
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-02
NEW BRAIN DISEASE.
An Affection Which Requires Old-Fash-
Toned, Heroic Treatment.

An Affection Which Requires Old-Fash-
Toned, Heroic Treatment.
The New York newspapers have dis
covered a new disease, in advance of
the doctors. This disease, which has
not yet been given a distinctive name,
may be explained as the effect of
official bribery on the memory. 1t has
been discovered that when an Official
has been bribed, not only does his
memory suddenly fell, but that of the
person who has bribed him fails at the
same time. The mental weakness
thus caused is not only total, so far as
the recalling of a particular event
goes, but is usually permanent. Per-
sons so affected have been put upon
the witness stand, and, though found
to be in other respects in possession of
all their faculties, could not recollect
any thing concerning the particular in
cident upon which light was most de-
sired. Cases of this sort have null
tiplied until the disease has been rec.
ognized as one by itself and will doubt
less soon be classified.
What particular form of treatment
is best adapted to the disease here re-
ferred to is yet in dispute, but there is
something like a consensus of opinion
that it should at least be allopathic.
Large doses and heroic treatment
generally is what is recommended.
Solitary confinement of the patient for
an extended length of time is one of the
essentials. Old-fashioned methods
have, in the few cases thoroughly
studied, been found the best.-Wash-
ington Critic.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-02
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

In Ecuador it is understood that
the employer shall board the cooks
family. The case is similar in Amer
lea. only the employer doesn't UNDER
stand it.-Drake's Magazine.
The last words of great men are
all recorded in the books, but the last
words of women. great and small,
have always been too much for the
Northumberland OF Education.
-Rescuer Ito man he has just cut
DOWN 1.-THE boys lynched yer. and
left yer fur dead, did they? Well, how
do yer feel now?" Half-hanged man
"Quite unstrung. Boston Beacon.
-Dullard-'.Now this is outrageous.
Here's Casket has charged the widow
Jones $500 for her husbands funeral"
Brightly-''Well. you must always ex-
pect stiff bill from an undertaken. -
Lowell Citizen.
Family meatman-"I understand,
Mr.. Smith, that your eldest daughter
was married yesterday. Permit me to
tender my congratulations" Smith
Thanks; if you would do the same by
your meat, however, it would be more
gratifying. "-Burlingt Free Press.
The coal man he whistled a melody gay,
As he fixed up the scales in a fanciful way,
And he nodded and smiled while ne caroled
this lay:
GAS we journey through life, let US live by the
weigh"
Merchant Traveller.
Mrs. Temperton-"Henry, father
wrote me yesterday that he wants to
get a typewriter. What is the best
kind. do you think?" Temperton Gm-
mersed in stock questions)-.I like
'em about twenty-four with dark blue
eyes."-Munsey's Weekly.
Stranger - How are baseball
prospects in Terre Haute?n Terre
Haute citizen-"Bad. All gone to the
dogs. so to speak" Stranger-'.Ah.
that accounts for the sight OF so many
CANNES with catchers' masks on, /
suppose. "-Terre Haute Express.
"A gentleman meeting a friend on
the street stopped him TO condole with
him on his emaciated appearance, and
inquired anxiously as to the cause.
"Alas.' said the friend, Il have suf-
fered for years with walking in my
sleep. have walked out of the door
at night, have been saved when about
to ste p from an upper window, and am
now go in dread of fatal results that I
fear to sleep at all" IAN easy matter
to cure" replied the first gentleman.
take car fare to bed with you and
you won't walk. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-02
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

Miss Fannie Macaulay, who died a
few days ago at Brighton. England. a,
the age of eighty, was the last sur
viving sister of Thomas Darlington
Macaulay.
One of Murat's daughters. Luisa
Nkarchesa Rasponi. is said to be still
living. at the age of ninety-two, in
Ravenna, Italy. She was. therefore,
nineteen in 1915. when Napoleon ]. was
dethroned and her father shot.
Assistant Doorheeper Bassett has
been in the employ of the United
States Senate for fifty-eight years. He
recently celebrated his golden we'd
ding, and was then made the recipient
of handsome present from the Sem
ators.
e. B. Ball, the nearest living
relative of George Washington, oc-
cupies stall in the south corridor of
the Pension Building at Washington,
where he sells cigars and fruit to the
clerks He is nearly eighty years old,
and bears striking resemblance TO
the Father of his Country.
Philip Armour, the Chicago meat
king. ascribes much of his success to
good memory. He is said to carry the
details of his enormous business in his
head, can remember dates as we'll as
transactions, and never forgets a
mans face or name. The gift is nat
ural but has been sedulously Guilt
waited.
John Wanamaker's country place
at Jenkin town is said to absorb his at
tention as completely when out oftown
as business does at the store in Phil
adelphia. He is a liberal entertainer.
and his hail-fellow freedom and jollity
are contagious. He has a splendid
collection of roses and orchids, and his
rhododendrons are famous in the
neighborhood.
Mrs. Stanley Brown. formerly Miss
Mollie Garfield, daughter of the dead
President, is described rs singularly
beautiful woman, with a slender but
almost faultless form. The impressive
effect of her beauty is said to be height
ened by .'undisguisable suggestions of
Sadness" which have fingered about
her eyes and mouth ever since the dark
days of 81, when she lost the father
she idolized.
Miss Breckenridge, daughter Of
the Kentucky Congressman, said to a
Washington writer, recently: I'VE
once lived at the same hotel with Gen.
eral and Mrs. Harrison. She is one of
the sweetest women in the world, and
will be very popular. She takes sim
cere pleasure in doing good and max
ing everybody happy. WeyOung girls
were all in love with her. She used
to give us a great deal of pleasure, and
/ do not suppose that she was ever
conscious of it."
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-02

What Constitutes LONELINESS i'm Some Out
of-the-Way Countries.

Various are the opinions held by a
wide diversity of races regarding their
beauties, though il is often difficult for
people bred under another sky to share
their enthusiasm. The Circassian
women, who have n sort OF conven-
tional reputation for loneliness, are
affirmed by those who know them best
to be far from worthy of their celeb.
rity. Short legs, glaring red hair,
faces so long and narrow that their
heads seem to have been squeezed be-
tween two boards and hattened, noses
out of proportion to the rest of the
features, and complexion of a dull,
lead-like hue, scarcely constitute
beauty according to our standard.
The Moors and the Tunisian Jews re-
gard corpulence as absolutely essen
tial to beauty, and the inmates of rich
mems harems are stuffed with nutri-
tious food, like Strasbourg geese, for
the market. The Chinese poets sing
of deformed feet as golden lilies" and
the rocking of their women in attempt
ing to walk as the waving of a will
low" Other races have equally odd
ideas of what constitute loneliness,
for they Improve" their persons by
fattening their foreheads, tattooing
their skins, cutting off their fingers,
filling their teeth or dyeing them
black, blue or tartan. painting
their bodies, Sitting their ears,
COMPRISING their waists, putting
stones, bone or metal through their
lips, cheeks or ears, and in a dozen
other ways trying to enhance the poor
prentice work of nature. a Falatah
lady dyes her hands and feet NTH
hennah, stains her teeth alternately
blue. yellow and purple, one here and
there being left its natural color. PEN
ellis her eyebrows with sulphuret of
antimony and dyes her locks with in
digo. The Hydah woman inserts a
plug of wood or ivory through her
lower lip until it presents the hideous
appearance of a fieshy shelf over her
chin. A Chinese or Il Siamese lady
cultivates long nails. A HOttentot
belle can not get her nose fiat enough
or a Persian beauty hers high enough.
On the northwest coast of America do
reproach is more bitter than for one
Indian girl TO tell another that Your
mother was too lazy to fatten your
head" TattoOing is almost universal
among half-civilized or savage races;
in New Zealand the Maori women, be-
fore they began to imbibe European
prejudices, even tattooed their lips
lest they should have the reproach of
being red. Some races slit their ears
until they hang in loops on their
shoulders. Others insert huge rings
and other ornaments through the car
tilage of their noses. The Louislade
Islanders regard the lid of a sardine
box as a particularly neat piece of
iewelry, and even European women
have not yet ceased TO suspend bits of
stone and metals through the lObes of
their ears. There is in truth no pos
sibility of arriving at any standard of
beautV.-N y GraDkic.