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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-03

A curious monstrosity, lately exhibited
to the Royal horticultural society, Is an
Alpine strawberry in which all the parts
of the flower are more or less represented
by leaves. The plant was described by
old botanists, but had come to be regarded
as o myth until its temperance In recent
years.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-03

He "a new arrival at country hotel, to
unknown ladyl-Aw-haye you been long
3 captive in this-er-menagerie9
She-You can hardly call me 3 captive;
perhaps keeper would be better; for am
the wife Of the Snowman, and have to
help feed the animals. - -Harper's Bazaar.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-03

Take another woman who is living and
shall be nameless. She Is accomplished,
thoughtful, studious, clever beyond doubt
both In talk and with the pen. She has
written successful books; her name is.
known; az she enters room people who,
have not seen her before look round. She.
Is the intellectual superior Of many Of the,
women Of the world whom she meetss
and they are her superiors in every quality
essential to success In society. They have.
the note, and phe has not. II am In q.
panic If l am asked to take her I'm to din.
ner." said q man. himself cultured and
clever. II know shall have to talk On.
solemnities all through dinner, and din.
ner is not the time for solemnities. "--a.
w. Smalley IA New York Tribune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-03
A Rnhhit,a Nerrn.

A professor in the University Of Vienna,
long sufferer through poison In the eye.
was completely cured by having rabbits
nerve attached ito the old nerve. DR..
Gersuny, the assistant to the great sur
geon Of the world, Dr.. Bilroth, performed
the operation. Boston Budget.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-03

We will Insert IN this column advertise
mSnks 0f Wants. For Rent, For Sale, Lost.
Found, &e.s not exceeding four lines. ONn
WEEK. or aesa. for rs Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-03

Among tho criticisms On American girls ID
Eng'ls papers NJ should be fisiied With
the remarks q The London Queen: Amsri-
can girls are bright. Intelligent. good mana.
gers. tasteful dregz. kind. warm hearfed
friends. end aGectionate wives aud naofhsts. y
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-03

Love Is not altogether de1irium, yet II
has many points in common herewith. /
call Il rather discerning Of the infinite
iYethe 6nite~0f Che fded1 made real
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-03

There Is . widely prevalent impression
yet false one-that the peach and the
nsctarine are two distinct fraits. They
both have one and the same parent,
Amygdalus Pcrsica, and their identity Is
proven By the fact that, though the ono
has smooth and the other downy skin,
both have been frequently produced, not
only from the same tree but the self same
branch, and more than this. peach has
been known to grow and mature with one
Of its sides smooth, like the nectarino.
and the other covered with the ordinary
fuzz or down. Between the peach and
the nectarine the French make no other
distinction than 10 call the latter the
smooth and the former the downy peach.
Table Talk
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
4 Battle RetMeen Trout.

At the foot of the Brush mountain, near
Bellwood, in the famous Logan spring of
David Hershey, while performing their
rounds of Sunday work, Mrs. John Hershey
and several others of the family were eye
witnesses of a fight which may sound like a
fish story; nevertheless it is true.
At the head of this large fountain they no.
ticed an unusual disturbance in the water
Going nearer they observed a number of
beautiful trout swimming to and fro, making
great commotion. While getting a good
view of the encounter all except two dis
persed, which were about one foot in length,
and whose spotted sides glistened in the pure,
clear water.
In an instant the larger but less active one
bounced upon the smaller, Selling it by the
back and clinging to it like bloodhound
The next moment the smaller one, whiSking
and twirling itself almost out of the water,
secured its freedom, when in turn it grappled
the large one. Biting each other in the side,
head, back and tail, the fight continued for
twenty minutes, causing the blood to flow
freely from their wounds, so as to darken the
water.
Mrs. Hershey, seeing that death would be
the result, ran for a hay rake and, securing
one, she parted them. But to her great sur
prise they rushed together again. Another
heavy blow from the rake, striking both
seemingly dead, ended the fight-Somerset
Democrat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
English Deserters.

Pure and simple dislike to the service
seems to be the common cause for desertion,
but it is interesting to note the reasons given
by deserters themselves for the extreme
course they have adopted. The chaplain OF
a London prison some time ago made an at
tempt to find out from the GIG men confined
there for descrtion the causes which had in
duced them to abandon the colors. Of this
number lGl informed him that they had left
the army because they fervently hated the
life which they found themselves obliged to
lead; III confessed that drink had been the
cause of their misbehavior; 100 that they
had deserted Ito better themselves;n ~
urged that they had allowed them
selves to be influenced by the persuasions
of bad companions; fifty-one had gone on the
spree, had overstayed their leave, and had
not been able to pluck up courage to return to
their regiments, through fear of the con-
sequences of their indiscretion; forty-eight
had been so badgered by their comrades, or
had found the treatment of the non-commis-
stoned officers so harsh, that they had been
driven TO seek a refuge in flight; forty-one
had abSeuted themselves for some cause or
other, and disciaimed any real intention of
deserving; debt had driven sixteen to take
the fatal step; a dozen had run away because
leave had been refused them; and, finally,
one had absconded because he had been foolish
enough to get married without leave-Au
The Year Round
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
Powerful Drugs.

A score Of years ago drugs were given in
quite crude forms. The pills then used were
large enough to excite apprehension of sUf-
location in patients obliged to take them
Until quite recently all medicines have con-
tanned more or less extraneous matter, which
added bulk but not virtue to them Gradually
the chemist eliminated such unnecessary mat
ter, until at last drugs were furnished physi-
Clans in nearly, if not quite, pure form. But
he did not stop there. He next applied him
self to extracting the active principles of
medicinal agents, and now nearly all the
powerful remedies are used in what we might
term highly concentrated form. Aconite fur
nishes US with a ready illustration of this
great change. The powdered leaves were
once given in two grain doses, and the ex-
tract of the same in one-kalf grain doses.
At the present time we have aconitina, the
real virtue of aconite in highly concentrated
form, and the dose of that is from l-400ths to
. 1-200ths of grain. OF course, pill of aconi-
tina containing a full dose might be made ex-
ceedingly minute, and as matter of fact it
is put up in very small granules. The infer
ence to be drawn is that, in taking medicine,
one must be exceedingly careful to follow the
physicians directions ito the letter" Be-
cause the pills are small, one must not assume
that they can be taken recklessly. A man not
long ago deceived himself in that way with
most disastrous results. His physician or
dered some ten granules, scarcely larger than
pin heads, which contained very powerful
drug. He was cautioned to take only one,
three times day; but, thinking to expedite
matters, he took all of them at one dose and
joined the silent majority. Boston Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
$500 Acres in Bee County,

Only four miles from Beeyille, one of the
most thriving towns in Texas. This beauti-
full square tract OF land is bounded on one
side by q railroad and on the other by beau
tIful stream of water; the soil is most y dark
sandy loan, lies gently rolling and is especial
" adopted for the raising of corn, cotton,
oats vegetables, etc, but would be dOubly
valuable for the growing of fruits ana grapes,
it is all wrll fenced. sufficient timber for use
aud plenty ~ good grasses; 100 acres in culti-
walton, one good seven room house and one
three room house. with all the necessary out
hulldiDgs. We know of no tract of land in
Texas so well adopted to subdivide into small
farms for colonies as this. Good prices and
ready sale for all products. Price only So per
ecre one-third cash, balance in two and one
half and five years at eight per interest.
HAuBLETON HADLEY & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
IN AN OLD cHURCHYARD.

IL one Of England's sweetest spots,
A itSe old gray church found:
Around it lies-dear reStful ground
Gods garden with its sacred plots,
With myriad arms the ivy holds
Its time worn walls in close embrace;
So memory sometimes keeps a face
Half yelled in tender misty folds
With sleepy twitter and with song
The tower, bird haunted, is alive;
In leafy seas they dip and dive,
Those tiny waTblers, all day long.
Like sentinels grown hoar with eye,
The crumbling headstOnes guard the graves
That softly swell-gTeen voiceless waves
That will not break though tempest rage
Concerning them that are asleep"
In this sweet hamlet of the dead
In broken sentences read
The record those old tablets keep.
Zach told its tale, for hath not Grief
a voice whose echoes never de?
Adowu the ages Rachel's cry
Still rings DER some God garnered sheaf.
Mine eyes, ne'er prodigal Of tears,
Did ill with such as seemed to rise
And drown the glory Of the skies,
Ger those who slept two hundred years.
Chambers Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
4 Famous Tower.

Pisa, Italy, has the most famous bell tower
in the world Reference is made to the justly
celebrated leaning campanlle, better known
as 1.-The leaning tower Of Pisa" 1t is l72 feet
high, or as another authority gives it, l7G
feet and leans Is feet from the perpendicular.
Its erection was begun in the year ll74 by
Bonanus OF Pisa and William of Innspruck.
1t is made of pure marble, is divided into
eight stories, each having an outside gallery
projecting II feet The summit is reached
by $50 steps. There are seven bells on the
top so placed as to counterbalance the lean.
ing Of the tower, the heaviest of which
weighs 1900 pounds.-St. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
THE NAME AMERICA.
The Popular Idea That 1t Was Derived
from Amerigo yespucci Disputed.

The Popular Idea That 1t Was Derived
from Amerigo yespucci Disputed.
The bulletin of the Paris Geographical So
eiety, which has just been issued, contains an
account by NJ. Jules Maroon of certain fur
Their researches which he has made into the
origin of the name America" AS far back
as 1875 he published a paper on the same
topic which attracted much attention at the
time, and he has since devoted much labor to
an investigation of early historical docu-
ments in which the New World is named.
The popular notion that America was so
called from the Christian name of Amerigo
Vespucci is, he says, wholly unfounded, and
he sums up his conclusions in this way; l.
Amerique is the Indian name of the noun
tains between Juigalpa and Libertad in the
Province of Chontales, which separate Lake
Nicaragua from the Mosquito coast. The
word iG the Maya language signifies ''the
windy country" or 1.-The country where the
wind blows always" 2. The Christian name
of Vespucci was Alberico in Italian and Span
ish, Albericus in Latin. This particular
| name is subject to an enormous number of
variations, as the nomenclature and calen-
dars of Italian and Spanish saints of the
| period show; but nowhere is there any such
variation of Americas, Amerrigo, Amerigo,
| Almerigo, ETC.. and none of these is either a
diminutive of a variation in use in Italy,
| Spain or France, for Alberico or Albert. l.
Before 1907, when Jean Basin of Saint Die
| published the name, it is not to be found In
| any printed document, nor even in any man.
| uscript of recognized and incontestable au-
| thority.
NJ Maroon claims that his theory of a
native origin for the name America has been
accepted in Spain, Spanish America, aid,
with some exceptions, in the United States;
in France, Germany and Italy it has excited
doubt and surprise, but in the last named he
| has the support of the eminent Turin geogra-
| pher NJ. Guido Core. There is no doubt that
| Columbus and Vespucci went along the Mos
| quito coast at the feet of the Sierra Amer
| rique, and that the name was reported by
| the officers and men of these expeditions, and
| Schooner, the geographer, declared in 1915
that the name was already popular in Eu-
| rope.
1t is beyond question that one edition of
| Vespucci's letter on his third voyage has the
name Amerigo In the place of the Christian
name. Nineteen editions had Albericus, and
| subsequent Italian editions had Alberico. The
one with Amerigo on the title page was pub
liShed in 1906, but NJ Maroon suggests that
| this was never intended to be variation of
| Alberico, but rather an adaptation of Amer
| rique, name already known and applied to
| the New World, to Vespuccis name to distin-
| guish him, as we now say "Chinese Gordon"
| to distinguish the particular Gordon by sug-
| costing one Of his greatest feats.-London
| Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
Riders in Mexico.

In the days when l was cowboy in Old
Mexico the vaqueros knew how to ride.
Those fellows who go around with Wild West
shows can't ride little bit See one of them
lean out of his saddle to pick up something
ON the ground He hooks his foot behind his
saddle and can hardly reach his hat on the
ground as the horse lopes by. The vaqueros
l used to ride with could pick up pin on the
ground with the horse at full gallop. The
rider would hitch the spur on one foot in the
sinch Of the horse. and the little bells on the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
A W oman's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has been
MADE ana that TOO 10y a lady in this county.
Disease fastened its clutches upon her and Tor
seven years she wirhstuOd us SCYereSt tests,
but her vita organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three months
she COughed necessarily and could not sleep.
She bought of us d bottle of DIR. King 5 New
Discovery tor Consumption and WAS so much
relieved ON taking first dose that she slept all
night and with one bottle has been miTacu-
lousy cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther LutZ.'
Thus write ". c. Hamrick u Co., of Shelby,
n. C.-GeU a free trial bottle at DreisR. ThOmp-
son & Co.'S (2)-3.lS.tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08

is a type of thousands of young girls who
are emerging from the chrysalis stage of their
existence, as they enter upon their teens"
Nervous, excitable, irritable, stirred by
strange, unknOwable forces within them,
each a mystery unto herself, our girls need
the tenderest care, the most loving, patient
oversight, and the aid of DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, to safely carry them through
this critical period, during which, in too
many lives, alas, are sown the seeds of dis
tressing forms of diseases peculiar to the
female sex. But this boon to womankind
will prevent all such diseases, or cure them
If they have already seized a victim. Woman
owes it TO herself, to her family, and to her
social station, TO be well and strong. Let
her then not neglect the sure means of cure.
"FavOrite Prescription - is a legitimate medi-
cine. carefully compounded by an experienced
and skillful physician and adapted to woman's
delicate organization. 1t is purely vegetable
in its composition and perfectly harmless
IN its effects in any condition of the system
Sold by druggists; Sl.OO, or six bottles for
$500.
Copyright, 1888, by WORLDS DIS. MED. Assn.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08

heel, falling INTO tine rowels OF the spur,
would hold tie foot as firmly to the sinch as
if it had been tied there. Then the rider
could throw his whole body out of the sad
die and could reach the very smallest object
on the ground Nowadays the cowboys don't
seem to understand that trick. In fact, one
of them told me once that the only use of
the little bells ON the spurs was to jingle and
add to the dashing appearance of the horse
man.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
Weight OF Women,s Clothes.

Some girls know of tsve been weighing
their clothes, and the result is startling. No
body would suppose to look at the delicate
little flowers that they could trot around
under such burden. A fur trimmed cloak
came to SIX .poundsa reception dress, trim.
med in. jet, mounted to eight and one-half
pounds; and little snip of dolman that
did not keep its owner warm anywhere
weighed three and one-half pounds and COS,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
Latter Day Shopping.

First Lady lin front of the big dry goods
store Wednesday afternoon)-Why, my dear,
this isn't the theatre.
Second LADY, know it. need a spool
of thread and will just run in here and buy
it. Then we can go on to the theatre and
drop in again when the play is over. They
will probably have the spool wrapped up and
the change ready by that time.-New York
Weekly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
An Easy Census Method.

Kansas Rustler-Anyb body kin be rich if he
exercises q. little ingenuity. Wy, in rs l
took the census of the state at regular rates
an made barrel of money-took just day
to county.
New Comer-impossble! You could not
Not at all, podner. I'd hit town bout
shutdown looking as much as l could like a
Boston capitalist, an jest fore goin' to bed
I'd ask the price of corner lots. By mornin'
every man, woman and child in the county
would be waitin' for me, and all had to do
was to look out of one of the hotel windows
az count Il e heads. Time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08

Hence It's use FOR call ana door bells, FOR rre
and clock alarms, for musical and sleigh
chimes, toys, etc The smallest gong made
for actual use is three-cuarters Of an inch in
diameter and the largest is twenty-four
nches.-Boston Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
A Special Bargain.

For SALE: An eight room rock
house with eight lots; fronting $50
varas on one of the principal streets
in San Antonio, convenient to street
car line. Price $4,000; terms easy. This
is rare bargain and must be sold
quick, as the owner will not keep this
property on the market long.
If HAMBLETON, HADLEY & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08

-Masury's liquid paints will cover
more surface, last longer, and fade
less than any paints on the market.
Especially adapted to this climate.
S-27-ly b. G. RELY Il Co., Ag'ts.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08

James Whitcomb Riley, who is a self taught
actor and reader, is sarcastic in referring to
the average artificial reader and reciter. He
speaks Of this class as ''the smart aleckution-
istn
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08
Or. PIERCE'S PELLETS

regulate and cleanse the liver. stomach ana
bowels. They are purely vegetable and per-
fecty harmless One a Dose. Sold by
druggists. 25 cents vial.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08

En nnpfr A MONTH-THE DAILY LIGHT
W e6HlO Cheapest daily paper In Texas
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-08
LEiTiiERVUUD HUUSE.
A Romance of the Early Days
 iu Hoosierdom.
RI IT. w. TAYLOR.
CHAPTER I1l.

CHAPTER I1l.
 PURIFY DANCE.
 The bar-room of Bogusses was fully twenty-six feet square in :ho clear, sayc fer the small corner cut out for "the bar" and another small corncr for the ''wasll-bench" and its appurtcnanccs. A hard, slick oak floor made d capital surface for jig-dancing; and Mir. Mar tin was at tho moment of our entrance availing himself of all it's facilities. He had just finished "round," and with the concluding capcr half dozen loud invitations to "tako somcthin'" re- sounded on all sides. From the med- ley of invitations MT. Martin elected to drink with Judgc Barker. who was one of the most enthusiastic of ap- plaudcrs, and was so carried away that a general invitation to drink with the judge was alleged to be extended, and, at all events, was promptly accepted by threc-fourths of the crowd.
 During the twenty minutes interval, in which babel of loud voices kept everybody looking from one to another of the crowd round tho bar. the fiddler,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-08
AT EXPRESS SPEED.
How It Fools to Ride at 8 Record Paco O, the HOmestrotch.

How It Feels to Rido at a Record Paco on
 the Homestrotch.
 William Hayward is the oldest jockey on the turf. His experiences would fill a book "How does it feel to ride at a record pace?" repeated he to a question asked him by a reporter of the Denver (Col.) Horse. "Well, if you know how to ride, it's very exhilarat- ing; but if you don't know how, 1t is any thing but pleasant If you ride with your head down, that is to say, bent slightly, SO that the wind does not beat right on your face, you can breathe easily, but you hold your mouth wide open and let the air beat light in your face, and then you will have great difficulty in breathing, and if the race is long one you will become exhausted by the end of the ride. A mile race on good horse is run in about one minute and forty seconds-that is the record made in race. prepared track. A mile in 40 is at the rate of 36 miles an hour; so, you see, race horse travels at express speed. If you want to see how it feels to go through the air at race-horse speed, just hang your head out of railroad carriage window, turning your face toward the way the train is travel ing. At the same time imagine that you are sitting in a saddle and have to hold on to your horse and guide him on to victory, if possible, keeping him from being run down or interfered with. 1t is no easy task to ride horse in a race. The jockey must have bis wits about him. He does not have much time to thirSs how he feels. When riding in 8 neck-and-ueck race down the homestretch l forget every thing except that must strain every nerve to pass the other horses; no thought IS then given to the rlaudits from the grand stand"