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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-08

If lovers are disposed to wed,
And would wise thing know,
Tell them to get house furnishings
From Wagner & Chabot.
The finest bric-a-brac In town
That now is all the 60,
You will get cheap and tasty,
From Wagner & Chabot.
Visitors, do not fail to see the ele
giant show rooms of Wagner & Cha
BOTS general house furnishing estab'
lishment.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-08
DkTT'C For Fine Drinks.
s. O. BALL. g Main Plaza
Menger Hotel.
I'D KAMPNANN, H. W. BROWDER
PROPRIETOR. CLERK.
The LEADING HOTEL IN
THE SOUTHWEST.
ALAMO PLAZA. SAN ANTONIO.

Psyink been thoroughly oyerhauled and
renovated throughout, Is now the largest and
most complete Hotel in the Southwest. Fine
billiard and bar rooms attached. Hot and
cold baths. Large sample rooms for CON-
mercial men. Patronage of the travelling
public solicited. lO-5-6n
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-08
CITY LOCAL NEWS.

Wanted - Housekeeper; $40 per
month. Address 3D." this office.
Harness repaired and oiled at
Cameron's, 9 Acequia street. lO-lO-lm
Cut flowers, No. 52l North Flores
street. 1O-l9-lm
Buggy tops, dashes, etc. mended
at Cameron's. 10-19-1m
Repairing solicited at Cameron's,
No. 8 Acequia street. 1O-l9-lm
Mission Hose company wants an
other horse. They need one.
Week of Prayer will be observed
next week by the Y. M. q. A.
Jolly Twelve bowling club held a
meeting last night.
-Drs. M. K. and F. M. Taylor, Of
ice 402 Houston street. Tel.363 11-6-ly
Deposit with the Maverick bank
and draw interest 6-27-6m
Painters and artists supplies.
3-27-tf B. C.. RELY IL Co.
Have your clothing made by Pan
coast & Son. 11:2:lm
The progress" saloon is decor
ated
Wedding outfits and fine dress
suits, go to Pancoast u Son. 1l:2:lm
San Antonio Deutscher Maenner-
Choir held a rehearsal last night.
Georgia Minstrels play at Turner
hall tonight.
"A force of men are flushing and
scraping Houston street.
Would you desire any finer
weather for the fair.
Fourteen cases were before the
Recorder this morning.
The police committee will meet
tomorrow afternoon.
-George, a driver for H. E. Tuttle,
has heed arrested for assault and bat
terry on ]. f. Hernandez.
Mary Erwin has filed suit for di-
vOrce from her husband, Robert Err
win, before Judge Noonan.
The art exhibition at the Catholic
fair was arranged by Misses Dolan,
Withers, DeHarn and Miller.
George SIMPSONS overcOat was
stolen at Lang's last night while he
was eating supper.
There will be q ball at Krisch
udll NOV. ny hulgubS anu
Ladies of the Golden Rule.
Madison Square Presbyterian
church sociable tonight at Mrs. Reeds
residence, Augusta street.
There will be grand ball at Tay-
lor on Thanksgiving night, and Artzt's
band, of this city, has been engaged.
Employees of 10 Ike Brothers took
in the Fair on their own account this
afternoon, the store being closed.
-Rouff & Hewitt, he "Boss" fur
niture house; get their prices; II and
q SOledad street.
Eighteen dollars" for bed
room, suit at Rouff & Hewitt's, 12and
q Soledad street.
Just in, elegant line of gents
neckwear to suit everybody. H.
Harms, opera house furnishing store.
Just received, new line of cele-
brated Miller hats. Latest styles. HI.
Harms, Opera house furnishing store.
John X. Beretta & Co.'s, Main
Plaza, is the place to buy comIorters,
blankets, etc. 1871 If
"A. Heusinger keeps the best as
sortment in Agate and Granite iron
ware. 10-4tf
Large lot of Carriages, Buggies,
and Spring Wagons at a bargain.
Hicks, w. Nueva street. 1l:2:lm
City Sanitary Company-Sim-
mang Bros. Office, COG West Com
merce Street. Telephone IL. 1919 m
Wall paper decoration, latest
style and largest assortment in the
southwest. B. G Reilly & Co. 8 27-tt
The latest novelties in Jewelry,
Silver and Plated Ware at Jess NJ.
Bells and at bottom prices. 1l-6-tf.
Diamonds, Watches and JeweIry
at Jess M. BELLS, 286 Commerce
street. LIFT.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12
A sister's Rfxht.

she-George, dear, don't quite like the
way you 60 on with Ethel White. Aud
she is as familiar as sister would be.
He-Yes, darling, that relationship was
established last June at Ssrstogs. New
York Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12

DIR. Thomas Featherstonhaugh, grandson
OF the famous pioneer geologist, returned
from visit to Florida, and brought back an
interesting collection of aboriginal remains.
He thoroughly examined mound of damp
sand on the shore of Lake Apopka, about the
geographical center Of the state, and farther
south than any previous researches of the
kind, The mound was fifty feet in diameter
and fourteen feet high, and was covered with
dense growth of palmetto and other trees
1t was found to be full of fragmentary bones
and pottery, SO numerous that Dr. Feather
stonhaugh estimates that there could have
been no less than 400 bodies deposited there.
A few Venetian beads near the top indicated
intrusive burials, but below four feet there
were no evidences of any intercourse with
whites. -Four shapely batchets were recov-
cred, also charm stone, and numerous
specimens Of decorated pottery. The whole
find was presented to Maj. Powell, and by
him turned over to the museum. Science.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12

Wauwecus hill farmer has cat that has
developed the same interest in clothes pins
that an ordinary cat takes In mouse catch
ing, and she parades with her captures with
Just as much pride. She has long devoted
herself TO collecting lost clothes pins, and not
few pins that were not lost Strange to
say, she never touches the clothes pins belong
ing TO her owner, but is death on clothes pins
which belong to the neighbors, In the past
hree months she has brought home over
twenty-eight dozen clothes pins, and inquiry
shows that the cat keeps her eye on the place
where the clothes pins are kept One neigh
Dor kept basket full of pins on tin roof,
and the cat had to pass over two or three
roofs to get them, but she succeeded In taking
three dozen from the basket before she was
discovered. Norwich Bulletin.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12

The most powerful King Oh earth is wor-
king; the LATEST, shir-hng; very doubtful
king, smoking; the most commonplace king.
Joking; the leanest one, thinking; the thirst
TEST one, drinking; the slyest, win-king; and
the most garrulous one, talking
n hunters Curious MIshap.
Luellen Haley, Of Ocala, a lover Of
hunting, was taking his favorite recrea-
ton in the fields northeast of Ocala and
filling his game bag with quail, when an
accident happened to him that came
within hairs breadth of ending his ex-
istence. His dog had set a quail and he
shot 1t, and was in the act of drawing
the trigger on another when strange
dog came rushing towards him from the
rear, ran under his legs and upset the
young sportsman, while his gun was
hurled from his grasp. The butt hit u
stump, causing the weapon to discharge,
and the charge struck Haley in the left
side, tearing away every particle of
clothing and blackening his flesh. .--Sa-
Vannah News
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12

man in Ansona, Conn, owns and lives
in house that overlooks large clock. I'm
fortunately, however, the man thinks he can
hot see the clock from his chamber window,
As brick chimney intervenes. To obviate
this and have the pleasure Of looking to see
the time of day or night while in bed for the
clock has an illuminated diaD he one dav
bored hole through the walls Of his bed.
reom, close to the head OF his bed, inserted
piece Of two inch gas pipe with glass in the
outer eiit!, al, so'" "l be has 10 do Is 10 place
his eye at the inner opening and he has a
focus upon the clock without leaving his bed.
His friends asked him when this was com
pletsd Why he did not have clock in his room
instead OF going to SO much trouble. And for
the first time it dawned upon him that it
would have been as well Chicago Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12

WARNER's Log Cabin Remedies
old fashioned. SIMPLE compounds, used
in the days Of our hardy ioreiaihe rs
are "old timers" but " old reliable.
They comprise
Warmers LOG CABIN SARsAPARILLA
"Hops and Buchu Remedy" "Cough
and Consumption Remedy" "Hair
Tonic" Extract" " for External and 10
ternal Use, "Plasters," "Rose Cream,
for Cauarrh, aud 'Liver Pills They
are put up by H.. II. Warner d Co.,
proprletors of Warmers Safe Remedies,
and promise to equal the standard
value OF those great preparations Az
druggists keep them,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12

I sprane to nv feet and stood against the
side Of the building next the track, and by
putting my ear against the boards could
hear the distant rumble of the train, now
fast nearing the station. tried to imagine
where the roughs had placed themselves.
Probably around the corner of the building,
ready TO rush out, revolvers in hand.
The train was now quite near, and pres
emily It drew up TO the station with rumble
and roar and Kissing of air brakes. Almost
instantly l heard the shouted command,
Hands upr' followed by the reports of four
or five revolvers and the sound Of scuffling
on the planks, which, however, was soon
ended, and then veritable babel of voices
and the noise of many feet on the platform.
dashed out through the waiting room to
see how things had gone and soon found the
conductor.
Halo, Leith, is that youl We have pre-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12

The mistress of the tent, placing large
kettle on the fire, wiped it carefully with a
horses tail, filed 1t with water, and threw in
some coarse tea and little salt. When this
was near the point Of boiling she tossed the
tea about with brass ladle until the liquor
became very brown, and then it was poured
off into another vessel. Cleansing the kettle
as before, the woman set it again on the fire
in order to fry paste Of meal and fresh but
ter. Upon this the tea and some thick cream
was then poured, the ladle put in requisition
again, and after time the whole taken off
the fire and set aside to cool. Half pint
wooden mugs were handed around and the
tea ladled into them, this tea forming meat
and drink and satisfying both hunger and
thirst. However made tea is a blessed in.
vention for the weary traveller
Travels
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12

SAID Uncle will be wise
And thus the Indian cvIzc Twill change their day 10y day,
Instead guns that kill mie
Tobacco lead and liquor vile They'll their
Instead of serving a meal, hachets sods
Or sending Agents o stea In increase
I'll domestic eacb And smoke the pipe peace
cake of IVORY SOAP to each ignorance
Before flies the guilty stan With SOAP"
A WORD OF WARNING.
There white each represented be just good the
Ivory !" they ARE NOT but like all ounefets lack peculiar and remark
able qualities Of the genuine Ask for Ivory" Soap and insist getting
Copyright yrrocer& & Gamble
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12
Brights Disease Lost its Victim

Under date of July 18th, Mrs. Laura
Kempton, of West Rutland, Vermont,
writes; "We are certain that only for
DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
Of Rondout, N. Y, our little ten year
old daughter would have been dead
from Brights Disease. We had tried
IN vain Other mears, but the Favorite
Remedy came just in time to save her
HE. mar 20 At
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12

Surgeon General Hamilton has had one of
his expert assistants, Surgeon Kinyoun, carry
on series of experiments as to the effective
ness of new disinfectants. Phosphorus was the
one taken for the chemical tests, with litinus
paper and micro organisms, and the conclu-
sions arrived at were, First, that phosphoric
pentoxide is disinfectant TO surfaces only;
second, it has no penetrating power, and is
altogether unfit for fumigation of anything
where penetration of the agent is desirable. "
. So perishes the hope that the fumes of phos-
phoric pentoxide would be useful in extir-
pating the bacteria Of disesse.-Science.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12
significant Figures,

Speaking of western farm mortgages, an
lnquiring mind has developed the following
from the town and county records of Phelps
county, Neb.: l. That the number of farms
in the county at the beginning of the present
year was l ,459, and the number Of mortgages
in force Dec. / was 2,05l. q That the as
sessed value of the land was 1896, $40, and the
amount of mortgages was $l,o91 ,9s9 Were
ever figures so significant as Maine
Industrial Journal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-12
Gas in Bedrooms.

Sanitation has proved that its use in bed
hoors !s un~isa, es it esGs:mes by far too
much oxygen; II, therefore, it is lighted be.
fore the occupants retire, they will find the
atmosphere yitiated when they retire. 1t Is
great mistake 10 believ ethat the amount Of
yitiatioa is Of no consequence because the
hane is small, perhaps barely visible, until
Wautai
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-26
the Argentine Republic, Paraguay, Uru-

the Argentine Republic, Paraguay, oru-
quay, Brazil, Chill, Bolivia, etc.
Strong efforts are being made to
open a trade with it in Europe, especially
in France, where shops advertise and
recommend it. Whether this will succeed
remains to be seen, looking at the IN
creased production of tea and the enor-
nous increase in its sale in Europe.
Approaching in its chemical composition
to coffee and tea, it is asserted that 1t
does not cause w~akefulness or prevent
sleep. In the rural districts. as well as
in the smaller towns, TIL beverage 10
considered a regular form OF dlet' anu
not, like tea, a mere accompaniment OF
the breakfast table. 1t is sweetened
with sugar until it almost becomes a
syrup. 1t is sold at I'd. to 4d' per
mound, and one pound will produce
about twenty quarts of infusion. 1t is
sometimes favored with cinnamon, orange
peel, or lemon juice.-Gordeners' enron
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-26
lsaEas III lhfAraat Ahant Writers.

The novelists, Charles Reade and Vic
tor Hugo, preferred immense sheets Of
paper and the coarsest Of pens.
BARLEY Campbell scribbled off his fa-
mous play, my Partner" on common
wrapping paper, with a blunt leadpencil.
Both William Black and r. d. Black
moro i dainty sheets Of note paper
with their almost microscopic chirogra-
ply.
Lew Wallace writes his first draft upon
q slate and finishes upon large sheets Of
white unruled paper, in a most faultless
Chisography.
0uida covers large sheets Of blue paper
with On almost undecipherable chirogra-
ply, written in an excessively bold and
masculine hand.
Wilkie Collins writes on very large
shesks o. paper, and his copy j. said TO
abound iii alterations, excisions and scraps
Of pasted manuscript.
Hiss Bradden is stated to have pepned
soma Of her most thrilling passages on
tcsn envelopes OF any other bit Of paper
That came 20 hand.
Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell VA &C
custoned to write her editorials for the
Reaaan's Journal on the backs Of circu-
lars aud similar scraps Of waste paper.
III. shorthouse, the author Of ssJohn
mglasants ! I II reported to have violated
Ill us canons Of the printing Office by
sending "a the copy for that once popu-
Air noVel written on both sides Of paper
III Hasious sizes.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-26
a Horse swan Eight Mica.

A horse belonging to a ferryman was
On the boat recently at Irvine and was in
the act of drinking, when he p~lungedfor-
ward from some cause and fell into the
water up to his nose. With remarkable
instinct he turned round and swan to the
boat, and made several efforts to crawl
back into il, but it only served to push it
further away. By this time he had drifted
below the ferry, and he then made efforts
TO get out upon either bank. I'm this he
also failed, as the bank was too steep.
He then turned aside and swan down
the middle Of the river. The ferryman,
Mr.. White, made vain efforts to rescue
his horse, and, watching him until he
wal out Of sight, gave up all hopes of
ever seeing him again. Next morning
THE passengers on the Irvine stage were
amused at the manner in whichthe ferry
man was fondly caressing a horse which
had just arrived, and later learned that
the steamboat from Ford had picked up
the swimming animal eight miles below.
When dragged upon the boat he sank
down, too completely exhausted to stand.
When this became known the sympathiz-
ing passengers joined viih MI. White in
his exuberance over the recosery of his
aoble steed.--Richmond Ky Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-26
Al Over-Faithful Guard.

An amusing incident occurred at
Edison's laboratory at Llewellyn Park,
N. j., some days ago. A young man
was engaged as doorkeeper for MIR. Edi-
sons sanctum sanctorum-the den, as he
calls it-with instructions to admit no
one without first sending in his card.
The young man had never seen Mr.. Edi-
son, and when a slouchy-looking, shah.
billy dressed man tried to walk in, he OPP
posed him with a request for his card.
"Oh, that's all right" was the response.
"But it isn't all right. You can't
come in here without a card"
"Oh, yes, / cam" was the reply, and
the man tried to brush by, but the
jealous young doorkeeper took him by
the shoulder, and was proceeding to eject
him, when one of the clerks, who had
been an amused witness of the scene
called out in a half whisper: "You fool,
that's Mr.. Edison" whereat the young
man collapsed. Mr.. Edison had greatly
enjoyed the occurrence, and patted tn,
young fellow on the back, saying: g
guess it's my turn to say that's al
right. Mem York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-26
A Pneumatic Carver.

A pneumatic carver has been invented
by a Rhode Islander which cuts a swath
half an inch deep and wide through the
hardest granted an incredibly short time.
An air cylinder, run by steam, discharges
into a receiver keeping up a constant
pressure Of from forty to fifty pounds on
the square inch. By a number of flexible
tubes the air is fed into the carving room
of the pneumatic carver" The tool
consists Of a cylinder in which isa piston
with a transverse angular valve in it.
The valve regulates the pressure and from
Is, 900 to 16, 900 strokes a minute can be
made by the little machine, the tool cut
ting the stone with great rapidity.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-26
A Snake Steals a Boat.

CAPTAIN A. B. Couldwell had an inter
esting and unusual experience for this
latitude with a snake at Wigton's Point
the other day. He was fishing in the
creek, and had occasion to go ashore, and,
after tying his small string of perch to
the stern of the boat, the Nellie c., nc
pulled her upon the beach. Half an hour
lat& he returned, but just in time to see
his prized boat moving slowly toward the
center of the stream. Without a second
thought he rushed into the water, through
the wild rice, and leaped into the boat.
The mystery which had shrouded the
affair was dissolved when he discovered
that a monstrous snake had swallowed
one of the perch and had towed the boat
out. Couldwell got q little excited. tic
seized an unwieldy punt pole, and, with
a well-directed aim, struck the snake
across the back, which had the effect OF
breaking the stringer but enraged the
snake. SIT whirled and started for the
occupants of the boat with an open
mouth" said @lldwell, ''that would TAX
in a forty-fve-cent watermelon"
The other occupant of the boat, hi:
Young daughter, became frightened, and
thought of all the wonderful pictures seer
in show bills where oxen are represented
as being devoured by these enormQ rep
tiles. Couldwell took to the oaRs; thu:
gave the snake new courage, and he was
soon alongside and forced an anchorage
Couldwells good nature vanished, and
with the strength of a Hercules he struck
the snake upon the head, following W
this advantage with well-aimed blows
until he beheld his adversary slain before
him. 1t measured seven and a half feet
and was of a swamp species; a dark
narrow streak down the back from heac
to tail, and yellow and red stripes aroune
the body. This species is seldom seen il
this climate.-Tozedo (Ohio) Commercial
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-26
Oriental Ninor.

There has just died ct Milan Mir on old
Mussulman woman named Bhuerie, who,
says the Lahore paper, is credited with
having reached the advanced age of $50
years. She was brought from near Mont
gomery lately by road to the house of her
grandson at Milan Mir, and this person is
IN old man of some eighty years, with
married grown-up children and grand
children.
Padang, says the Straits Times, can
boast something out of the way in the
shape of a Mas woman, who, by two
husbands, has had no less than thirty-tWo
children, all girls. The number Of her
grandchildren is SO great OFT she cannot
tell how many they muster. She is still
active, strong and in good health.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-26
The Homeless Poor Of Berlin.

One of the most noteworthy institu-
t;ons of Berlin is that known as the
uCitv Shelter" the like of which is to
he found in no other capital IN the
world. 1t stands just outside Berlin, was
opened in October, 1887, and IS IN
tended for the accommodation not only
of homeless individuals, but Of home
less families as well. 1t consists (as we
learn from an account of it given In
the Wustrirte ZejtunO of one large
three-story building, and, in the rear,
twenty one-story barracks, each of which
is capable of accommodating from SIXTY
to eighty persons. The main building Is
intended chiefly for poor families. kentS
are excessively high in Berlin, and 1t
| often happens that an artisan or a laborcr
| gets into arrears with his payments, and
| finds himself elected with his family into
the street, having no money III his
nocket with which to hire fresh rooms.
| His resource on such an occasion IS the
"City Shelter" whittier he goes with his
wife and children and whatever house
hold effects he still possesses. On their
arrival the clothing they wear and the
furnitare they have brought with them
is thoroughly disinfected, and the MEM
bers of the family are sent to different
parts of the establishment, according to
sex or age. The husband is located in
the mems department; the wife, the
| eldest daughters andthe smallest children
are sent to that for women, while the
BOYS over six years of age are cared for
in rooms specially set apart for them.
The entire family are allowed to remain
in the shelter for eight days, and are not
only lodged, but are provided also with
good wholesome food by the city, not a
penny being asked for from them in re-
turn, The women, however, are eX,
pected to assist in the laundry and in
, keeping the establishment scrupulously
clean; the men are allowed certain hours
of absence, during which they may go in
search of work, should they be out of
employment, while the boys get regular
instruction in the school-rooms. Should
it be found that the husband or father
! has honestly striven to obtain work dur.
ing the eight days, but has failed, the
family are allowed to remain for still
another such period. Even then, if he
should have obtained an engagement
which is not sufficiently remunerative to
enable him to set up a fresh home at once,
the wife and children may remain still
longer in the shelter, andhe may 60 there
to sleep at night. Even with all this the
kindness of the city does not end, fol
when at last the family leave they may
be presented with from fifteen to twenty
shillings toward their preliminary house.
hold expenses.