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The subject OF poisonous paper hang
fngs has lately been discussed, In the
light Of some new facts, by the Boston
Society for Medical Improvement.
Some of the imported papers still con
tain arsenic in quite dangerous amounts,
and even American manufacturers,
though they use less arsenic than for
merly, are not yet wholly within the linn
Its Of safety. 1t Is found that one-third
of grain to q square yard is decidedly
deleterious; but papers are In use that
analysis shows to contain ten. fifteen.
and even twenty grains!
The following are important facts In
the case:
l. The harm varies, as would natur
ally be supposed, inversely with the In
dividual's power of elimination. This
power may be fully adequate In some
persons, and quite inadequate in others.
Q. The symptoms Of two persons inju-
riously affected by the same exposure
and the results may be quite different
Inflammation of the kidneys, for in
stance, may be induced in the one, and
not at all In the other.
8. Arsenic may not give rise to the
ordinary symptoms Of arsenical poison
ing, but may stir up and strengthen
dormant morbid tendencies, and thus
divert attention from the true disturb
ing cause.
d. While onc-third of q grain to q
square yard is likely to harm an adult
a young child may be injured by q mere
trace, aud the cause of the trouble may
DO wholly unsupported.
5. While arsenic is not a cumulative
poison, like lead, yet it Is very slowly
eliminated from the body. 1t requires
weeks, and sometimes even months, to
effect its complete expulsion after re
moval from an arsenious atmosphere.
Hence inhaling it constantly. perhaps
day and night, may cause very danger.
GUS accumulation of the poison in the
system. This accumulation will be very
rapid If the organs of elimination, one
or more of them, are feeble.
6. A new and conclusive method of de
tecting the presence of arsenic In the
lsystem has been discovered, which leaves
no room for doubt. This test has been
applied In many cases. and has led to the
removal Of the paper from the wall. OF
OF the patient from the room, followed
by relief, and, In due time, by full cure.
2. The covering Of arsenical paper by
non-arsenical Is not sufficient to remove
danger, for though this expedient may
prevent the arsenical dust from impreg-
Mating the air, yet 1t is surmised that
moisture develops volatile arsenioue
compound, which readily finds its way
into the air of the ROOM Youths Com
VAnto51
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Vegetable Flannel.

AS the old lad, said, when she heard
that astronomers had weighed the sun,
"What won't they do nexta" Vegetable
flannel is textile material now L.iilg
largely manufactured in Germany oui
of pine leaves The fiber is spun, knit
ted and woven into undergraduates
and clothing of various kinds.
In the hospitals, penitentiaries and
barracks of Vienna and Breslau,
blankets made of this material are ex-
clusively used One Of the chief ad
vantages is thats.no vermin will lodge
i'll them. The material is also used as
stuffing. closely resembling horsehair,
and is only one-third the cost.
When spun and woven, the thread
resembles that of hemp, and is made
into jackets, spencers. drawers ond
stockings, flannel and twill for shirts.
coverlets, body and chest warmers and
knitting yarn. They keep the body
warm without heating, and are very
durable The factories are lighted witt:
gas made from the refuse Of these
manufactures. London Letter.
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An Arizono In,l,an Co., ~,

The hair of both sexes il worn long.
reaching nearly to the waist, and is cut
squarely across. Do the dusky childra~
Of the desert profane their ebon locks
with brush or comb? Not to any great
extent. They follow a device at once
economical, unique and effective. They
make thick paste of the adobe soil and
water, and, having wound the hair
closely around their heads, they smear IL
from brow to occiput with sticky gray
mud and let IL dry. When thorouehlr7
dry it is cracked off ard tho hair energies
therefrom clean, smooth and glossy as
the proverbial ravens wing. Compared
to this the shampoo of civilization II
One on "Siegfried's" pragen
Tommy was taken the other evening
by his father, I'm ardcnt Wagnerite, to
see "Siegfried." All went well till the
appearance of the dragon. which. as it
grotesquely balanced from side to side on
his squatty forelegs, appealed strongly to
Tommy's powerful sense of humor De
was finally Gained down by his indig-
nant father without creating II public
scene, and 1t was then that Tommy was
struck with his usual great idea
Papa. he whispered why didn't
they why didn't they -
"Why didn't they whaty"
"Why didn't they have it a hydra. ard
then they couil have had it sing a
chorus; boston Transcript.
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A Pathetic Tale on. Australia.

The other day leading Sydney sollcI-
tor received instructions from London to
hunt up young man who had quilted
London ten years previously, and draft
for $500 was inclosed to pay his passage
home. After a course of advertising q
member Of charitable society called In
and directed the solicitor to a certain
howell In lower Alexandria, Sydney. The
solicitor, knowing the ''lay" of the
country, judiciously sent his clerk down
to catch the fever instead of doing it Ia
person.
That well dressed young man explored
the barbarous region, lodging through
back lanes and over mud pies and among
broken fences that hung YEARLY and
lopsidedly amid abysses of mud, and at
last he arrived at hut which toasted
Lox and pile of rags and straw for its
sole furniture. A weary woman, who
had once been handsome, and who under
happier auspices would be handsome
again, begged that they should not be
turned out of their dismal abode until
her husband was better, and hollow
eyed invalid stretched on a pile of rags
in the corner echoed the petition. And
these two were the heirs to fortune OF
$50. 900. -Sydnc- -.lustraliaN Bulletin
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Automatic Machine for Perfumery.

One of the latest projects for catching
the pennies Of the public is an automatic
machine foi perfumery, a number Of
which have been set up in the approaches
Of ferries and other public places. By
dropping penny into slot, in the same
manner in which nckels are dropped
into the patent weighing machines, an
automatic fountain is made to send out a
spray Of perfume for the handkerchief.
The crowds Of people who go down to
the sea from Thirty-fourth street ferry
take up SO much of this perfume that the
oAor has become disseminated through
the cars of the Long Island railroad, ana
In some measure acted as public bene-
ct in offsetting the horrible smells Of
Hunters Point.-New York Tribune.
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The Real Lord Fauntycroy,

The popularity Of the book and play
which hinge upon the namc of an
imaginary Lord Fauntleroy is such
that memories of an actual Lord
Fauntleroy are revived, and The
Pail Mall Gazette gives an inter
esting account Of the man of that
name who convulsed London over 3
century ago with a series of forge:iea
unheard of before that time and
scarcely equaled since. Altogether
the titled forger stole something like
$500, 000-the equivalent of f2, 500. 600
today. He was at the head of bank,
and carried on his operations in the
boldest manner. His gains were
squandered In riotous living, and he
went to the scaffold in a halo Of
'glory" of the sort most dearly priced
by scoundrels of high and low degree.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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Perpetual Motion.

Tho man with pc, nctial motiou una
shine has at last got Il iricnd at court in
the person Of Chief Clerk Lipscomb, of
the patent office. He says:
Perpetual notica i';.n assured fact.
We have models now :; M,rk that will
keep at work continuaLy uiuil The wear
and tear Of the machirttry ,tpps them
Tho 11achinc9eo Tar l4;lSuluilici, nj power
to RIM themselves from now I'LL doopls
day, but they have not the surplus power
that could be used on other machinery,
This is the point now that the perpetual
motion man will have to work CIR. Some
day machine will come here that win
have the required power to keep otheI
machinery going, and it may come at any
time. Washington Cor. New York
Herald.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-11-16

When Professor Morse was IN Wash.
ington, preparing to test the telegraph
line which had been erected at govern.
ment expense between Washington and
Baltimore, he was attended by several
gentlemen friends, among whom wns
Congressman John P. Wetherill, OF
Maryland. Professor Morse rang up the
Baltimore Office, then located in room
over the postofiice at Fayetto and North
streets, and having received an answer.
ing signal he announced that he was
ready to transmit message to Balti
more. At this iuncture Congressman
Wetherill suggested that as communica
ton by electricity was q great event in
the worlds history, the honor of sending
the first message should be bestowed upon
some one identified with the nations
progress. This suggestion met with ap
prevail, but none could think Of persoy
whom this honor would conspicuously
befit. Suddenly Wetherill cried out: II
havo It'll Mrs Madison Is In Washing.
ton, and she is just the person"
That distinguished lady was sent for,
and in half an hour she arrived, duly
excited, but with the heavenly, obliging
smile she always wore. Professor Morse
asked her to write out brief message te
some friend in Baltimore, and-Mrs. Mad
ison accordingly wrote line to the wifi,
of the congressman, simply the words.
Mrs. James Madison's compliments tc
Mrs. Wetherill." This first message was
licked off and shortly thereafter reached
Mrs. Wetherill at her country home in
the suburbs of Baltimore, having been
dispatched from the Baltimore office by
courier ON horseback.
Several other preliminary messages,
such as "How are your" etc, were sent,
and then came the formal communica
ton; what hath God wrought" Thest
facts were narrated to me by Congress,
man Wetherill in 1847.-Chicago News
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A Sea of Fire

A sea Of phosphorescent fire, extend
ing Us far as the eye could reach, was
passed 1876 miles east by north of Caps
Henlopen by the Allan line steamer Man
itoban from Glasgow. Capt. Dunlop
master of the Manitoban, said:
early on Tuesday night the heaven
suddenly became overcast and intensels
dark, and left the bridge temporarily
leaving Second Officer johnson ii
charge. had hardly reached the chart
room when the cry of fire was announces
on the starboard bow, and rushed 90
the bridge and found the sea to be like
mass Of fame, presenting a scene OF cub
lime grandeur.
whenever a sea broke over the bow
Of the vessel the drops of fire spread
over the rigging and decks like the fly
ing embers Of o genuine oonflagration,
where sparks were driven by strong
wind Everywhere on the decks were
found tiny sparkling phosphorescent
beads, which did not disappear until the
next morning. For two hours the ship
was steaming through this sea of fire
causing considerable alarm to many Of
the superstitious sailors and passengers.
In tho distance the sea appeared to be
breaking on strand, but dip Of the
log without finding bottom indicated
that shoal water was not near at hand. -
Philadelphia Record.
A Soldiers Life Saved by Dream.
A man of the name OF Joe Williams
had told a dream to his fellow soldiers.
some of whom related 1t to me months
previous to the occurrence which l re-
late. He dreamed that he crossed
river, marched over mountain and
camped near church located in "a wood,
near which a terrible battle ensued, and
in charge just MS he crossed a ravine
he was shot in the heart. On the ever
memorable 18th of December, 1861 (battle
of Prairie Grove, northern Arkansas, as
~e moved a double quick to take our
place in the line of battle, then already
hotly engaged, we passed a church, a
small frame building. was riding in
the flank of the command opposite to
Williams, us we came in view of the
house. That is the church | saw In Iny
dream, said he | made no reply, and
never thought of the matter until even
ing,
We had broken the enemy's lines and
were in full pursuit, when we came to
dry ravine in the wood, and Williams
said: "Just ON the other side Of this ra-
vine ! was shot in my dream, and I'll
stick my hat under my shirt. Suitin6
she action to the word he doubled up his
sat as he ran along and cramined it into
his bosom. Scarcely had he adjusted il
When mimic bah knocked him out of
line; jumping up quickly he pulled out
his hat waved it over his head vhouting;
sI'm all right" The Ielll raise a black
spot about the size Of II mans ana jug
svcr the heart and dropped in his ehas
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-11-16

You may talk about nickel PLATED
railroads" said vice president L. 7.
Stanley Of Walnut street, but what
go you think of a solid silver wagon
roada The Horseshoe mine, in Colo
RADIO, has one, although when it was
built they didn't know it would pan
out that way They had to have a
road from their mine, distance OF
three miles, over which heavy loads
were TO be drawn. They took the rocl
that had been taken from the shafts
they were sinking, and which lay
around in the way, and macadamizcG
the road all tho way through The
wagons passing over the road GROUND
the rock down. One day they he'd u
reavy rainstorm, and when things
got dry again after the rain wind blow
the dust Off the road, and all through
tho road bed, every which way, they
could SEQ big strcalls of silver Wei,
maybe they didn't collar on 20 the
rest of that loose rock that lay around
those shafts They sent away lot of
it to DO assaycd, and when tho report
came back they found that their road
bed was worth 5000 ton 1t was q
little expensive to drive over, but they
had to have tho road, and they've got
it yet, if their mines have heln out. "
t6Ladelphia Press.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-11-16

A school never ought to depend for ia
character on the exceptional excellence
or success Of few of its masters. If II
does, these few regulations may become
cloaks for vast amount of poor work,
and the character of the school, as q
school, Is sham, without any clement
Of fixity In it. The ordinary arrange
ments should have q strong tendency, at
least, to insure sound work. from the
lowest to the highest class George r
Parkin In The Century.
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Not "A Fad Precedent.

An English court has rendered "a de-
cision which would not be a bad prece
dent here. II seems that the engineer
OF dummy engine, which ran by the
side of public highway, caused the
by frightening horse and causing a
runaway and smash up. The owner
of the horse sued the railroad company
and recovered full damages. The judge
held that the right to run the engine
along the highway did not carry with
it the right to cause runaways by
means which could be prevented. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-11-16

A gentleman in Columbus, Ca, has a
razor which has beer. in constant use f0i
years. 1t bears u close resemblance to a
broadax. but does good service yet, and
may cut many whisker before it is
finally laid away among the relics of
bYgone day.
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Menry George snstnIne,l.

Miss Culture What do you thinl,
of Henry Georges single tax idcaa
Miss Gushington Well, | see no
--eason why he should not tax single
men, but don't think he ought to tax
single women il isa't our fault. =
New York Weekly.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-11-16

Great is the slaughter of CLANS nitug
the coast in Knox and Lincoln counties
Men dig them for bait to sell to fishing
vessels and for the canning factories at a
rate which one would think would soon
exhaust che beds AT Friendship they
sell the oivalves by the hundred barrels.
Employment is furnished to a large
number of men and boys, who are paid
twenty-five cents bushel. Lewiston
Journal
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Poets, Wives.

Wordsworth had most congenial and
loving wife, who was phantom of de-
light" to him. Thomas Haynes Bayly
had a wife who bestowed complete
happiness upon the poet, and to whom
he wrote a sonnet ON her birthday every
year. Barry Cornwall had a most con-
genial wife. 1t was said of him that he
was willing to shut out the whole world,
if he could have her beside him. Lamar
Blanchard's wife was so necessary to his
happiness that he would not live with
out her, and killed himself. Both La
MARITIME and John Stuart Mill had wives
s T men men we're P fortynabs n their chuica
The Writer.
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nlark Train's story.


q few years ago the Band of Wors
RS, or some other church society,
gave an entertainment in Hartford,
md Mark was requested to tell q
story. He consented and large audi
ence was the result When he mount
q tho platform h5 insisted that the
gas be turned down low. Up OH the
stage stood Mr.. Clemens, with q
strong light from reflector shining
full in his face, while all the rest was
darkness. lie presented weird spec
acle. with his hair standing up all
over his head In deep, sepulchral
voice he began and said he would tell
the tale of The Golden Arm" This
tale tells how young girl had an ar
titicial arm made of gold; she died and
was buried, and her father finally
thought he would exhume her body
and take the arm that he might sell it
Accordingly one dark. stormy night,
he set out on his mission. All this
while Marks voice kept growing deep
er and more sepulchral. The father
dug up the body, obtained possession of
the coveted arm, and started back
home
The wind was bowling, the road was
dark and gloomy, and the guilty pa
rent nervous and very much brighten
ed. Suddenly, above the mournful
.ry of the soughing wind. came low.
dismal wall, saying: Where's my
golden arm2 Where's my golden
armf" and glancing over his shoulder
the terrified father saw the ghost Of
his daughter, her good arm gesticulat
ing wildly, pursuing him. He ran on
home, and all the while came the wall
of the child, saying: Where's my
golden arm2' Upstairs he went this
cry still ringing in his ears He un-
dressed and timidly crept into bed.
Out on the stairs, nearer. ever nearer,
he heard the wall, and in terror lis
tened to the patter of advancing foot
steps. Suddenly the door was opened
and the ghostly figure of his daughter
advanced to his bedside, crying,
Where's my golden arma" The ia
ther, frightened almost to insensi-
hility, covered up his head i'll the
blankets, and the spook placed her
hand on the coverlets and cried
Where's my golden arml' Just at
this moment Mark gave a jump,
spread out his arms wildly, and in a
voice that could have been heard in
Massachusetts shrieked, I'm hook, by
lingo" At meeting of the Band of
Workers held short time afterwards
was unanimously voted not to ask
@ark Twain to tell any more stories
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Pals Galore.

The packing Of goods in bucket pals
has grown to such enormous proper
tons that it would be next TO impos-
sible 10 get any idea of the number of
buckets turned out for such purposes.
With candy in pals. spices in pals.
tobacco in pals, and what not in pals,
,lie country has been perfectly flooded
with them, SO much SO that whereas
they could formerly be disposed o: by
;he dealer for from fifteen to twenty
live cents each, they now go begging
slmost at any prices, and are getting
- be little less than a drug. ST lIouis
lobe Democrat
Tho Vanity of Mea-
n man cares more about hiu shape
han woman" said corset maker,
and will resort to more stringent and
uncomfortable measures to improve hin
hgure A stout woman will walk a mile
Tor two or three days and stop eating
candy for whole week to reduce her
flesh, but man will submit to the most
wearisome processes for the same pur.
pose and keep up his effort for as many
months as his trainer recommends
Place glass at the left of any public
stairway, and four men to one woman
will turn to look in it. and from these
premises may be drawn the double con
cluSion that men are more vain than wo
men. and that were the stigma Of femi-
1inity removed from corset wearing and
the custom adopted by fashion leaders
men would fall in line very readily.
There is no more reason why they
shouldn't suffer in them than that Wo
men should Ike laced into them. simply
because they look more trim and shape
ly. In 1888 and 1910 corscts were worn
by men, and the fashion might he re-
vived if few leaders us courageous as
the apostles of dress suit reform would
Introduce the practice" New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-07
CITY WARD BOUND ARIES.

FIRST Wards bounded on the north
by W. Commerce street. east by San An
tonic river south and west by center of ).
Laredo street and Alazan and San Pedro
creeks.
SECOND WARD-IS bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by center of
S. Laredo street and AlaZan and San Pedro
creeks, south and west by city limits.
THIRD WARD-Is bounded on the east by
San Pedro creek, north by Fredericksburg
road and city limits, west by city limits
and south by W. Commerce street.
FOURTH Wards bounded on the north
by city limits, south by W. Commerce street
east by San Antonio river, west by San
Pedro creek and Fredericksburg road.
FIFTH Wards bounded on the west
and north by the San Antonio river, east by
Alamo and Madre bitches and south by w.
Commerce street.
SIXTH WARD-IS bounded on the west
by Alamo and Madre bitches and San An
tonic river. south by f. Commerce street.
north and east by city limits.
SEVENTH WARD-In bounded on the
north by f. Commerce street, east and south
by city limits, west by center of Water and
Mill streets and San Antonio river.
EIGHTH WARD-IS bounded on the north
by +. Commerce street, west by San AntO-
Mo river, east by center OF Water and Mill
streets.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-07
A BACHELORS PIPE.

SIT an alone with my pipe by the fire,
ne'er knew the Benedict's yoke;
worship fairy like, fanciful form,
4 That goes up the chimney In smoke.
SIT In my dressing gowned slipperful ease,
With no wife nor kids to provoke,
And puff at my pipe, while my hopes and my
fears
An go up the chimney In smoke.
Yet sometimes think that bachelors life,
Tho it's jolly, is but poor joke;
And envy the man whose good wife and BARNS
Don't go up the chimney In smoke
sit with my pipe, and my hearts lonesome caro-
Itry, but all vainly, to choke.
All, mel but find that the fame that Love lights
Won't go up the chimney In smoke
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-07

is eagerly sought for, read with pleasure or dis
appointment, is then tossed aside and forgot
ten. But ladies who read of DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription, read it again, for they dis
cover in it something to priZe-a messenger of
joy to those suffering from functional derange-
ments or from any of the painful disorders or
weaknesses peculiar to their sex. Periodical
pains, internal inflammation and liberation,
leucOrrhea and kindred ailments readily Weld
to its wonderful curative and healing powers
1t is the only medicine for women, sold nv
druggists, under a positive guarantee
from the manufacturers, that it will give salts
faction in every case, or money will be re-.
funded. This guarantee has been printed on
the bottle-wrappers, and faithfully carried out
for many years. $lOO by druggists, or six
bottles tor $500.
Copyright, 1888, by WORLDS DIS. MED. ASSN.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-07

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Departs east at 200 a. IN. and 40 p. H.;
departs west at coop. III.
Arrives from the east at 100 p. m and 10
%. M: arrives from the west at 200 p. Ill.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-07

INTERNATIONAL & GREAT NORTHERN R'Y.
Departs north at T:15, a. M, and 2;2O p.
M: arrives from the north at II: and S:45
Mails leave for Laredo at =: p. m, and
arrive at 80 a. N.