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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-26
Personal Notes.

T. J Lawson, a merchant of Go
lad, is at the St. Leonard.
Victor Berger, clerk for A. Kahn d
Co., is taking his vacation.
Mr.. Louis Further has gone 20 Cor
pus Christi to see his wife, who is
summering there.
H. F. Jonas, son of Peter Jonas. of
Austin street, who is draughtsman in
Superintendent COlborn's office, Hous-
ton, is at home for few days.
Rev. w. w. Pinson and family
have returned from the Georgetown
Chautauqua.
Mrs. H. NJ. Aubry left yesterday
for Marshall Texas for a months Wis
it among relatives.
DR.. Neil of the First Presbyterian
Church is in Rockport with his fami-
ly taking a needed vacation.
George D. Hodges, the popular
proprietor of the eating houses OF
the Mexican National railway, is
paying San Antonio flying visit.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-26
New Departure in Calicoes.

To-day we put on sale an entirely
new article in American made cali
Goes. These are exquisite printed
designs copied from the richest India
and China silk effects, also from the
latest styles in French summer silks.
The superior texture of the cloth,
foulard silk finish, firm cOlOrs and
choice designs, are sufficient guar
antee of speedy sale at our regular
selling figure, l-2c. This line we
shall offer at S l-2c per yard.
l.. WOLFSON.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-26
Missionary Church.

The congregation of the African
Methodist church, under the direction
Of Rev. T. G. Denham, have purchased
a lot on Crockett street, near the
ditch, and propose to erect thereon
a mission chapel. The pastor OF tile
congregation Will distribute a mum
Der Of the collection boxes In the city
and will feel grateful for any and all
contributions, whether big or small,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-26
Recorders Court.
,eIey drunk. s..

Nat Medley, drunk, s..
Isabel Castillo, insulting language,
S..
John Darragh, violating sanitary
ordinance, continued.
John Robb, digging trenches in paw
ing, continued.
John Robb, leaving mule alone, dis
missed.
Albert Washington, disorderly $40.
Emma Washington, dlsordery, dis
missed.
John Schertz, disorderly, dismissed
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-26
Menger Hotel.
lid KAMPNANN,, H. W. BROwDER
PROPRIETOR, CLERK.
sTHB LEADING HOTEL IN THE
SOUTH. WEST.
ALAMO PLAZA, SAN ANTONIO.

Having 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 COM
mercial men. Patronage of the travelling
public solicited. 10-5-6m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-26

At 224 East Houston street. Sum-
mer being here, you want to pro-
vide yourself with one of those gaso-
line stoves that have no superior nor
equal.
We sell the "Twin Burner" and
guarantee them simpler consequently
better than any other yet produced !;
guarantee quicker baking oven than
any other in this market; guarantee
no smell nor taste of gasoline in pastry
or meats baked in our ovens. We have
the best, come and see twill bake and
cook for you to convince every one.
n. SCHULTZE, JR., 224 f. Houston.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-26

City Sanitary Works clean vaults
and cesspools. TELEPHONE No. IL, I'm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
The Snake swallowed the Man.

From a Gainesville (Texl Dispatch.
A strange dlscOverv-one that is caus-
ing the thoughtful to ponder over the
unwrltten past-was made yesterday by
French citizen in the northwestern
district Of this county. Having occasion
to sink we'll, Mr.. Sommes, the French
man IN question, selected spot in val
ley near a ravine of great length, and
which, during heavy rains, is trans
formed into raging torrent. depositing
in the valley limestone, gravel, mud and
other debris. After reaching depth Of
four feet, and while in formation OF
limestone gravel that had continued al
most uninterruptedlv from the surface
down, Mr.. Sommes came upon the YER
tebrae and ribs of an animal. The ribs
were about the size Of small pigs, and
rapidly tapered. Carefully unearthing
the bones toward the tapering end, Mr..
Somes came % the rattles, which, when
counted. numbered seventeen, the
largest measuring six inches across.
Attracted by the strange find the neigh
bors gathered in and the work Of un-
earthing the monster was prosecuted
with vigor, After laying bare nineteen
feet of the remains of the monster of
olden time. imagine their CONSERVATION
at finding the entire skeleton of man
of tremendous stature in the stomach of
the skeleton of the snake The remains
OF the man and serpent as far as the SER
pent has been exhumed, are as perfect
as when benuded OF flesh, and were
doubtless covered by lime and gravel
soon after death. Near the bones Of the
mans right hand is rude stone Ratchet,
which local geologist of some repute
reports to be similar to the handiWork
of paleolithic man.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
FRIENDSHIP.
BY FANNIE BOLTON

Sweet friendship tenderest bloom of human
heart,
What lightest touch can make they petals part,
Make thy sweet beauty pale and fade away,
Turn thy rare leaves to darkness and decay,
Until all suddenly we miss thy bloom.
And find where once thou vast mounded tomb
Oh, friendship, thou rare music of the soul;
Alas that thy sweet notes should turn to dole;
Alas that subtle discords touch and mar,
And though thy glorious heaven-like phrases
jar,
Oil that thy perfect note might still prolong
And fill our hearts with satisfying song
Oh /! friendship tears can never make thee live
Having once lost thee what have we to give?
Thy subtle atmosphere once fed. we find
No medium through which mind speaks to
mind
Alone beside the ones we love, we move
And know tbs vain to tell them that we love.
And yet, fair friendship tender spirit true
We look beyond, beyond the depths of blue,
There where sweet flowers shall bloom. and songs
renew,
Shall we not walk forevermore with you?
Yes; In that land no more we'll move alone,
But know and love, and be beloved and known.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Deep Flowing for Potatoes.

1t is generally conceded by potato
growers that this crop needs deeper
blowing than for corn. For one reason
the seed requires much deeper cover
ing. Even the very earliest planted
should be two or three inches below the
surface, and after the ground is warmed
the depth Of planting may be increased
to form an even five inches. This will
insure a deeper setting of the trbers,
and decrease the liability of their ex-
posure to sun which will green and
spoil them before they are gathered.
Now it is evident that some depth of
soil below the sod must be turned up to
make this deep seed bed. Besides, the
potato, unlike corn, likes cool, moist
soil. If the subsoll is loosened by a
subsoil pillow it will be a great help to
potatoes in time CT drought. AS lack of
moisture is the greatest bugbear of the
potato grower, this method of guarding
against it is worth trying.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Clean Milk.
From the American Anatvco.

From the American AnatycO.
When we look upon the beautiful
wilderness of milk we are led to believe
that it is absolutely clean. 1t seems so
natural to believe that anything 80 white
and pure-looking must be clean. When
we remember, however, that water that
seems perfectly clear and sparkling to
the naked eye may contain the worst
impurities, we are prepared to hear
and understand that apparently clean
white milk may be impure. We recent
ly had exhibited to us the resi-
dunn cleaned out of apparently
pure milk by an ingenious system
of centrifugal cleansing employed
by one of our condensed milk COM
panies. This residuum consists of
blood, putrescent matter, hair, dust
and other impurities taken from the
bottom of one of these centrifugal clean
ers. The question suggests itself. may
not the continued use of milk contain
ing such impurities be the source of
typhoid and other fevers just as much
as impure water? And if this is so,
why should not the same prophvlactic
care he exercised in cleansing milk as
in distilling water? Here is fresh OPP
portunity for microscopical and pacteri-
gicalinvestigation, to which we shall
again refer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
A Few Facts About Ourselves.
From the Medical Record


The average weight of male adults is
13G pounds; of women about ITO pounds.
The average hight of American receipts
is about five feet nine inches; the aver
age hight of well-bnilt men is five feet
nine inches; of women, five feet four
inches. One inch of hight should add
two pounds of weight. The specific
gravity of the body ranges from $3.50 to
1,030. The heart weighs 260 grammes
in women and $50 grammes (1O4 ounces)
in men; the average weight is 292
grammes. The period of its maximum
weight is between so and 80. The
amount of blood in the body is one
thirteenth the weight of the body, or
five or six quarts, or eleven or twelve
pounds.
A man dies when he has lost fifth of
his blood. The heart with each con-
traction elects six ounces of blood from
each ventricle, at pressure in the left
ventricle of one-fourth of an atmo-
sphere. The heart sends all the blood
around the body twice every minute, or
in about thirtv-fve contractions. A
deadly poison injected into vein kills
in about Is seconds on the average; in
jected urder the skin, in ABOUT four
minutes. A cubic millimeter of the
blood contains 100000 blood cells IN
men, 100000 in women. There are
800 red cells to every one white blood
cell. The red cells have an average
diameter of 1920 inch, the white cells
1-25000 inch. The specific gravity of
the blood is 1855. The frequency of
the pulse in the born is $50; in in
fants Of l year, no; at to IA years, So;
in adult man, 72; woman, so. The res
pirations are one-fourth as rapid as the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Effects of Close Shaving.

''Do you know what close shave
means % asks writer in an exchange.
81 never did TIL looked through mi
croscope the other day at face which
had been treated to this luxurious pro-
cess. Why, the entire face resembled a
piece of raw beef. To make the face
perfectly smooth requires not only the
removal of the hair, but also portion
Of the cuticie; and close shave means
the removal of layer of skin all
around. The blood vessels thus exposed
are not visible to the eye, but under the
microscope each little quivering mouth
holding minute blood drop protests
against such treatment. The nerve tips
are also uncovered and the pores are
left unprotected, which makes the skin
tender and unhealthy. This sudden ex-
posure Of the inner layer of the skin
renders person liable to have colds,
hoarseness and sore throat"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26

good Of the whole creation. II was
now known, chiefly through the labors
OF one Of the brightest Of the younger
race of scientists-Dr. Ande1s, of this
clty-that one of the great fireworks
OF flowers was the production of
ozone, that great purifier of the atmo-
sphere, strong form OF oxygen by
which mankind babe defiance to the
bacterial germs in the atmosphere or
the microcobic atomics in water. It
was very important that natures ozone
factories-the fowers-should be con-
tinually in operation. 1t was wise,
therefore, to provide not only that
there should be spring flowers and fall
flowers, but that during every hour of
the day and night some should be open
ing and closing. The direct cause of
vegetable sleepiness was connected
with Transportation, and the difference
between Transportation and evaporation
was explained PhiIadeZpha LEDGER,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Fruit-Tree Peddlers.

A writer in the Elmira Husbandman
notices the unfair and indiscriminate
denunciation bestowed on nursery
agents and fruit-tree peddlers, mostly
by writer's who have taken very SUI
perficial view of the subject. There are
genuine dealers and unprincipled i'm
posters in nearly all kinds of business.
We have always taken the ground that
the existence of counterfeit does not
prove that the bank is worthless. On
the contrary there are no counterfeits
on worthless bank. The writer above
referred to says that newspapers all over
the country ''are emptying their walls of
wrath" on the tree agents; and then,
enumerating the various modes adopt
ed by them, asks: "Why not condemn
every merchant because a few rascals
among them mix sand with sugar. ard
others make butter out of lard ?" Many
deserving young man hasfgained a
foothold in lite by spending his vacation
canvassing rural districts in the inter-
est of some nursery. But they labor
under two disadvantages. It requires
years for the trees to bear, and to show
purchasers that they have been dealing
with honest men; and many purchas-
ers never inform themselves on the
value and characteristics of the best
fruits, and in this way invite imposters
to take the place of honest men, and
drive them out.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
FARM AND HOME,
Weary the Waiting.

here an end to all toilng some day,
But It's weary the waiting-weary
bay,
Where the sails will be fllrled and the ship will
lay
AT anchcr-somewhere, in the far away
But It's weary the waiting-weary
There's an end to the troubles of souls op
pressed
But it's weary the waiting-weary
Some time in the future when God thinks best
He ii lay us down tenderly TO rest,
And roses III grow from the thorns In the
breast-
But it's weary the waitlng-weary.
There's an end to the world with it's stormy
frOWn-
But It's weary the waiting-weary
There's light somewhere that no dark can
drown,
And where life's sad burdens are all laid down
crOwn-thank God-for each cross crown =
But it's weary the waiting-weary
IF L. Stanton
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
What Is Hel1ebOre?

According to Prof. Cassidy, of Color
ado, white hellebore is vegetable pois
on, obtained from the leaves and flow
ers Of Veratrum album. It is less dan
gerous as poison than Paris green, but
will, without doubt, cause death if in
hailed in quantity. 1t is a specific
against the currant worm when prompt
lv applied, but is much less effective
against other insects, and is best used in
the dry, undiluted form. It should be
kept in a closed vessel, and be applied
with bellows, thus bringing it in con-
tact with all portions of the plant.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
bacco water thoroughly applied by us.
ing syringe. dgricuZturist
Poultry Pickin gs.


A mess of cooked meat. cbopned 10
an excellent food for the hens, in order
to promote laying.
To secure good layers in winter hatch
the pullets early. Begin as soon as the
severity OF the winter shall be over, and
the puliets will then have plenty of
time to develop. They will not lay we'll
until fully matured.
The refuse bones from the family
table should all be saved and broken
into small pieces for the fowls. They
eat them greedily, and, when not
supplied with bones, it is good policy
to buy them ground and ready tor
use.
When an intelligent farmer ia once
convinced that poultry can be made
paying branch of his business he is usual
ly not slow to take steps towards i'm
proving his flock, and providing good
quarters for them.
Keep your fowls free from lice.
Chickens whose systems are enfeebled
by the ravages of lice are fit subjects for
the cholera or any other chicken all
ment that happens to come along.
The seed Of sorghum cane should be
more extensively used. Tt may be
ground or fed whole, if we'll cleaned.
For poultry it is excellent, and as the
v VI
five bushels per acre, it is really a very
valuable portion of the crop.
Any one who has few acres of land,
whether used as truck patch or fruit
farm, ought to keep few dozen fowls,
not only for the direct income they will
bring, but also for the large amount of
valuable fertilizer they will furnish
him.
Says the New England Farmer: "a
farmer will spend day in carting some
fertilizer for which he has to pay good
price, when for the same time spent he
might have had something just as valu-
able by carefully collecting the drop
pings from under the roosting fowls.''
More meat, and better meat, and in
shorter space of time can be produced
from poultry than from any other
source, and the supply from poultry
equals that of any other class of live
stock. 1t gives 81 opportunity to those
of limited means. and the profits are
always large in proportion to capital in
vested.
A crossed fowl will always sit, and if
non-sitters be desired fori next season
they must be bred from pure breeds
only.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Kerosene EN- ulsion.

Gardeners will soon be looking for
directions for making kerosene emul-
sion. The best we have found is to add
two parts Of kerosene to one part of
solution made by dissolving half-pound
of hard soap in one gallon of boiling
water, and churning the mixture
through a force pump with a rather
small nozzle, until the whole forms a
creamy mass which will thicken into a
jelly-like substance on cooling. The
soap solution should be hot when the
kerosene is added, but of course must
not be near a fire. The emulsion thus
made is to be diluted before using, with
nine parts of cold water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Remedy for Plant Lice.

Tobacco water is an old and useful
application tor the "green fly" and all
other "plant lice" or aphides, upon
house plants or upon those in the open
ground. Tobacco stems, or any other
kind of tobacco. may be covered with
water in key or other convenient YES
sci, and allowed to steep Tor some days.
This will make an infusion much
too strong for delicate plants, and
should be diluted with water until the
color of strong tea. The early, tender
growth of some fruit trees is often be-
set by dark-colored aphides in such
numbers that the shoots look black.
Young trees may have the branches
bent down, and their ends immersed in
tobacco water. Those that cannot be
treated in this way should have the to-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Planting Corn.

A writer in the Agriculturist urges
that in all cases when the ground is dry,
corn requires heavier and frmer COW
ering. 1t is sometimes said that the
later the planting the heavier and firm
er should be the covering; but this is
true only so far as 1t holds good that the
later In the season the drier the ground.
Sometimes the ground contains more
moisture in May than in April; then
the May covering should be the lighter
and looser. Generally, however.
toward the close of the planting
season the ground has lost SO
much moisture that not only should the
covering be heavy, but it may well be
compacted by stroke with the hoe or
even by tramplng upon it. II the
planting is done with two-horse
planter, the runners are properly set to
the wheels is not disturbed. In fact, if
the ground is unusually dry, it is advis-
able to go over the field with a
heavy roller two days after the
corn is planted. termination has
not yet reached the stage where the
displacement of the earth by the
roller will prove injurious to the corn,
while this displacement will kill myriads
of weeds that have just started near
the surface. If used early enough a
roller is good weed destroyer. If, on
the other hand, the ground is damp, as
it is most likely to be early in the sea-
son, less covering is required, and the
covering should not be compacted with
the hoe or foot. If the planting is done
with two-horse planter, the harrow
should follow close after, to loosen
the covering compacted by the
wheels. The amount and density of
the covering should also be modi-
fed by the character of the soil. A
light, loose soll-therefore one that
dries out rapidly-may we'll be COM
pacted above the seed when a heavy,
clayey soil should be kept loose; and
the covering of the former should be
heavier than that of the latter. The
general principle is that the covering
should be sufficient to keep moisture
about the seed, but not of a character to
retain an excess of moisture or to shut
out the warmth of the sun; and the
shallowest covering that will secure the
essential conditions of termination is
the best.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
The Doilie Mothers all Went Down.
From the Plttsburg commercial

From the Pittsburg Commercial
Two dOllles were recovered from the
wreck at Johnstown near where the
body Of little girl had been found. 1t
is sad story of a frightened little moth
er grabbing up her pets and fleeing for
her life, but only to be overtaken by the
flood, that they would relate if they
could only talk. Poor dolly mother.
she shared the fate of most of the chill
dren Of Johnstown. The grown folks
had many chances for their lives, but
the little folks we're easily overtakan by
the waters and drowned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Manuring Young Trees.

1t is common mistake to put too
much manure around young trees. If
the ground is reasonably rich none is
needed the first season, and for several
years after this potash will answer every
requirement, especially if the soil be
sandy. Through their leaves, trees Sc
cure from the air the carbon which
makes the bulk of the wood growth.
All that passes off by bearing is carbon.
will not hurt it. Before that time it
will only cause too great growth OF
wood for the tree to properly ripen.
Too much manuring is the reason why
many trees succumb to severe cold
when they otherwise need not. The
heterogeneous manures from well-fed
animals are more apt to stimulate ex-
cessiye growth, making wood rather
than fruit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
The Champion Runner.
From the Jewelers. Catalogue

A slab-sided, undiscovered granger
entered Broadway clock store about
dusk the other evening, and with be.
wildered look, asked:
Mister, is this where man kin git 6
clock?'
eyes, SIR" said the clerk.
"Wall, said the granger, "what be
that ticker worth ?" pointing to an or.
nate and intricate piece of time record
ing mechanism on the SHELF
THAT, sir,' said the clerk, sis won.
derful time piece. It is worth 5000, and
Will run three years without winding. y
"Great Scott p gasped the granger
three years without winding. Say
mister, how long would the blamed
thing run if she was wound up?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26

SEVERAL years ago five men purchased
1900 acres of land in Howell County,
Missouri, for the purpose OF establish
ing fruit farm. - They hey now have aag 6l,-
600 peach trees, $4,000 apple, 200 pear
and 600 cherry trees, all bearing, and
forty acres in small fruit. The peach
crop from the farm this year is estimat-
ed at l00,0 900 crates.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26
Smut in Corn.

Prof. Henry says: 81 have planted
corn with a handful of corn-smut in
each hill, also with the corn moistened
and rolled in the smut, to ascertain if
the fungus could be increased by such
treatment, with no results either wav.
have planted corn which had been
soaked in carbolic acid and copper phos-
phate solutions of varying degrees OF
strength, some Of them so strong as to
kill part of the seed-corn, and found no
benefits whatever from such treatment.
Since the spores can be propagated in
moist manure, as / have already de-
scribed, no doubt corn planted on fresh
ly MANFRED land may be more affected
by the fungus than without such appli-
cation of manure, but it seems hardly
practical to stop manuring in order to
check the fungus.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-06-26

strange how the little thing and th.
great thing-that which is forgotten as
soon as ended and that which is never
iorgotten-to our lives end hang to-
gether."