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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20
Bitumen in Texas.

The need of material for serviceable pave
ments is one very widely felt In many cities
asphaltum brought from the famous pitch
lake of Trinidad has been used, being mixed
with a certain amount of calcareous matter
and heated to such a point that it would
harden on cooling. The natural mixture of
limestone and bitumen found in the deposit
of Val-de-Travers, of which the French have
so freely and successfully availed themselves
in the construction of their pavements, is
thus initiated The result is a pavement that
ressts the action of air and water for a con-
siderable length of time. a very important
discovery has been made in Texas. In Col
J. l.. Tait's trip to the southwest of that
state he picked up small piece of dark blue
limestone which, on examination, was found
to be impregnated with bitumen in almost
exactly the same proportion as the Val
de-Travers product, and it was further
found that the quantity available was equal
to any demand that may arise. In addition
to this, many deposits of bituminous sands OF
shales occur which yield 10 per cent, and
sometimes a larger amount, OF bitumen.-
New York Commercial Advertiser.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20
Relief of CONSTIPATION.

For the immediate relief of constipation
soapsuds have until recently been the main
dependence in the way of injections. Some
years ago it was discovered that glycerine
acted exceedingly well when used in that
way, and now it is rapidly displacing the
old standby. The quantity of glycerine
needed by adults to accomplish the desired
purpose is only teaspoonful, and the most
convenient instrument to apply it with is a
small glass or rubber syringe holding about
that quantity. One-haf a teaspoonful is
usually quite enough for very young chill
dren. 1t has been recommended that in
stead of using it with the syringe, the glyce-
rine be made into one drachm suppositories
with hard CASTLE soap, in proportion of 30
per cent of the former to 10 per cent. of
the latter. just how glycerine acts with
such good effect has never been determined.
Many theories have been advanced, but moth
ing definite is known. The remedy is a per-
fectly safe one, and all needing something of
this sort are advised to try it.-BOston Her
aid.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20
$500 Acres in Bee County,

Only tour miles from Beevlle, one of the
most thriving towns in Texas. This beaut-
full square tract of land is bounded on one
side by a railroad and on the other by beau
tIful stream of water; the soil is mostly dark
sandy loam 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 and grapes,
1t is all well fenced, sufficient timber for use
and plenty of good grasses; 100 acres in Guilt
walton. one good seven room house ana one
three room house. with all the necessary out
BUILDINGS We know of no tract of land in
Texas so well adopted to subdivide into small
farms for colonies MS this. Good prices and
ready sale for all products. Price only So per
acre Ore-third cash, balance in two and one
half and five years at eight per interest.
HAMBLETON HADLEY Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20

in They first gathered up Gil the hafpoons
and then pulled out all the spears. As each
spear was withdrawn a blow pipe was pushed
into the wound and the men blew into it,
after which the opening was tied up. When
every wound had been treated in this manner
the whale resembled a great windbag and
foated high in the water. 1t was thus easily
towed around opposite the village
ION our way back the natives were very
quiet, as they said: If other whales are about
and we make a noise they will hear US and go
back TO the deep water. Whales hear we'll >"
San Francisco Daily Report.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20

prepared for the post-marital tortures OF
January billsl In short, are they prepared
to assume the responsibility of maintaining
a familyi
or course they are not. And until they are
it is not only breach Of good taste, but
cheap farce for any of the feminine half OF.
creation to talk of actual out and out viva
voce proposing.
Meantime the good old fashion of courtship
will undoubtedly go on, and women viii have
as they generally have had-just about as
much to do with it as anybody.-Mary n.
Bradford in Boston Globe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20
A Woman,s Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too 10y a lady in this county.
Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for
seven years she withstCOd its severest tests,
but her vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three months
she cUughed necessarily and could not sleep
She bought OF us II bottle of DR.. 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 mr acu-
IOusly cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther LutZ."
Thus write W. G.. Hanrick y Co., of Shelby,
n. C.-Get free trial bottle at Dress. ThOmp-
son & Co.'S. 2)-3-lS II
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20
DEPARTURES.


is 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 mystery unto herself, our girls need
the tenderest care, the most loving, patient
oversight, and the aid of DR.. 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 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 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: $lOO, or six bottles for
$500.
Copyright, 1888, by WORLDS DIS. MED ASSN.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20

a Polish writer of stories has lately re-
ceived an envelope containing $4,000 from
an admiring reader"
WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20
A Special Bargain.

For SALE: An eight room rock
house with eight lots; fronting l6O
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 HANIBLETON, HADLEY d Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20

-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-27-1y B. G. RELY & Co., Ag'ts.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20

I'm nonEo A MONTH-THE DAILY LIGHT
u u6lIlS Cheapest daily paper in Texas
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-20

Constable Ike Smith, of Birmingham, Ala,
has cat which has developed maternal af-
lection for a litter of orphaned puppies.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21
The Divers Armament.

If any one has seen diver in his sub
marine suit, bobbing up from the water
with his glisteninS, immense, round, cop
per helmet, with his square, clumsy, man.
tish-like canvass suit, usually stained by
use, iron rust and sea water to brOwnish,
yellowish, gray something the color of =
ievilfish, he may ut first have been some
what startled by the apparition. The being
who thus rises from the sea is not 4 mis-
chievous creature, but, on the contrary, =
very useful member of society, when his
services are required and brought in re-
luisition. A full description of his dress
is something like this: From the helmet
projects coil OF snake like rubber hose,
4 sort OF antenna, which passes down
ander his left arm and Up through the
water, connecting with al air pump On a
1Oat stage or in 4 boat. The pump is
manipulated by two men, and furnishes
compressed air Tor breathing when under
water, which eXhausts into the water by a
galve into the helmet, enabling him to
breathe continually fresh air, while,
when he comes to the surface, the win
lows of his helmet can be opened and he
- breathe without the assistance Of the
air pump. When he goes down into the
water he he's two means OF communities
ting with those above, the hose and the
life tne. By the latter he also descends
and comes up when necessary. By each
Of these he gives and receives signals
mutually understood, three sharp pulls
On the life line indicating that he Is ready
20 ascend. In order to overcome the natu-
:al buOyancy of his body and make ats
specific gravity such that he can walk
bout on the bottom of the sea he wears
shoes with soles heavily ballasted OF
weighted with lead. The upper part oil
lis body is protected, as is also his lowei
lalf, by heavy canvas covering, consist
ng of jacket with sleeves, and panta:
oons. with Examinations which fit closely
With elastic bands clinsing to his flesh
.he jacket fitted closely to the helmet
with metallic bands boited together, with
rubber gasket between. No water OF
air can get to him, excert the latter by
the hose, unless he opens the glass win
1ows Of his helmet, which he l: not
likely to do unless occasion requires. AID
3itional weight is placed at his chest ano
back-sometimcs breast plate and
shoulder plate of lead, sometimes belt
heavily weighted. which can be throwI
On or off the shoulders and hang down
in front and behind when IL use.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21
To Cut Through Florida.

The great project of cutting ship
canal across the peninsula of Florida is
revived by the incorporation OF COM
pany for that purposc. with proposed
capital of $50, 900, 900. 1t is claimed
that this passage, if opened, would save
from 500 to 900 miles in the voyage be-
tween New Orleans and New York, and
nearly as much to European ports, and
great stress is laid on the safety of the
route compared with the dangerous nav
ication around the Keys Of Florida,
where statistics show that the losses for
eleven years prior to 1872, amounted to
S22, 900, 0OO,-Rail,cay Age.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21

cable companies, and they have a stand
ing offer to indemnify any vessel for
the loss of an anchor, and they pay out
large sums of money every year on this
score. 1t will be seen that there is no
possibility of verifying such claims, and
the consequence is that false claims for
damages have undoubtedly been put in
and INSCRIPTIONS captains have col
lected money for anchors which were
never lost.
Another source of trouble to the
cables are the icebcrgs. These icebergs
floating down from tho arctic seas fire.
qucntly extend beneath the surface of
the ocean for many hundreds of faith
oms, and the base of the passing ice-
berg catching the cable bears it onward
and finally snaps it in two. The bot
tom OF the ocean varies in depth in a
very marvellous way, right in the path
these icebe.gs usually take. Of
the banks of Newfoundland the
bottom is reached sometimes at
so inconsidcrablc depth as as to 100
lathoms. What this distance is may
be estimated when it is stated that,
roughly speaking, there are 1000
fathoms to the mile. But from the
point where the depth is 100 fathoms
the ocean bottom goes down the side of
mountain to $500 fathoms, or two miles
and half, within very short distance.
Perhaps the bottom rises up again and
the cable hangs between the two SUBJ
merged mountain tops, and this iceberg
coming along quietly picks up the loop
thus formed and carries it onward until
the strain results in an absolute rupture.
-NeU York. World.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21

To clea Sc the stomach. liver and system
use DR.. Pierce's Pellets. 70 cents.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21
Not so Many as He Thought.

The captain of one of the lake steam
ers has a hare-lip and an impetuous
manner of speech. On his last trip he
had a consignment of one sow and a
litter of six pigs for Manitawoc. As he
was in a hurry to leave port he started
for the agent as soon as the boat drew
alongside the dock. 500 SOW an six
pigs to unload, hurry up!' The agent
shouted back all right and disappeared
uptown to engage force of men and
enough lumber to build pens for a
thousand pigs. In half an hour he re.
turned with his lumber and men to find
the steamer had left the dock and the
'sow and six pigs were corraled on
the pier. The agent is now saving all
the hare-lip stories he hears to tell that
captain when he returns to Manitowoc.
He is going to get even somehow
Chicago Herald.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21
An Interesting lmprOmptu.

This rare bit of inspiration, says Rdr-
per's Drawer" was written at Bellows
Falls, Vermont, in the summer of 1852,
by the then well-known poet John G.
SAKE. A beautiful young lady asked him
for line in his autograph for remem.
brance' sake, when, tearing off the blank
half of note he had Just read, ht
wrote:
MY dearest Sarah,
Sometimes tax
Your sack OF thoughts
With thoughts Of
SAXRr
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21
STATE OF ONO. City OF TOLEDO, } 90

1@lCAN 1OINJ1.
FRAME j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm of +. j. CHENEY &
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said hrm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case Of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use of HALLS CATAKRH CURE
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in ny
presence, this 9th day Of December. a. d., 1850
ll A. W. GLEASON.
|sEAL Notary Public
1871
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send for testimonials
tree.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druggists. 7ac.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21
Treatment Of Pneumonia BY Ice.

DIR. Ficandt, writing in Duodecim, a
Finnish medical journal, states that he
has now. treated no less than LOG cases of
pneumonia with ice, and with the best re-
suits. Though ten Of the cases were of
double pneumonia, only three out of the
whole number succumbed, notwithstand-
ing that the epidemic was oy no means a
slight one. The method adopted was to
apply over the affected lung an India
rubber bag containing ice continuously
for from twelve to twenty-four hours
after the crisis. In addition to the local
treatment the patients were given such
medicines as are usually employed, that
is to say, opium, ipecacuanta, digitalis,
brandy, etc. The method has, we may
remark, received of late some attention
in this country london Lancet.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21
Medical Virtues of Onions.

One day / was taken with chills and
headache, signs that my old enemy, ma
laria, was on hand. My quinine box
was empty, and l was looking forward
to restless, sleepless night. In des-
peration peeled raw onion and ate
it, and then went to bed, with warm
feet and an extra comforter, when,
presto! l was asleep in five min utes, and
awaked in the morning free from ma
laria and ready for the days duties.
Our homely but strong friend will be
appreciated in time as a medicine, and
if agrculturists woul turn their atten.
ton to raising model onion, with the
strong scent taken out that taints the
breath so unpleasantly, families will be
putting their "pills" in the cellar by the
barrel, and the doctors would take to
onion farming. The onion acts as a
carthatic and diuretic, and may help to
break up a cold or lessen the bad symp-
toms. Said doctor: ~ always store
barrel of onions in my cellar during
tho fall. We have them cooked twic,
n week, and whoever of the family is
threatened with cold eats some onion
raw. If this vegetable were generally
eaten, there would be nc diphtheria,
rheumatism, govt, kidney or stomach
trouble.
''But bless you! the young men and
women are afraid to eat them. One
young man went so far as to say to me:
If my wife ate onions 1 would get a
bill of divorce "-Amsrican Garden.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21

A pocket cigar case free TO smokers of
''Tansill's Punch" DC cigar.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21

&" o to be dead and done with trouble
That Hills each day with dreary pain"
This is the moan OF many a woman
Who thinks she can never be well again.
" II were better for me and better for others
If were dead" and their tears fall fast.
Not so. not so, o wives and mothers.
There's bow of hope in the sky at last,
and il tells you that the storm of disease which
has spread Its shadow over You wall give way
To the sunshine of renew ed health, IL you are
wise, and try DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. 1t can ard will effcctually cure all fe-
male weakness = and arrangements, and ne
woman who has net tried it need despair, for
q trial will convince her thai il Is the very
thing she needs to restore her 20 the health
she Tears forever lost.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21
Drc:oI, tine Paradise of Farmers.

NJ d equable climate, certain and abund-
al crops Best fruit, grain, grass and stock
country in the world. Full information free,
AdreeSs Oregon Imigrat'n Board, Portland.
Ore.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-21
$1,000 for m Wife.

One of the greatest stories founded on faco
ever d. blishcd. commences In the December
N-mas) number OF GoDEY's LADYs BOOK,
published at Philadelphia. Every woman
Should read it. Ready Nov. Is. All Newsdealers-
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-01-25
nc or M.tthews Prayer nook.

When the late Rev. DR.. Ingersoll died
in 1888, the present writer was called on
to report the funeral services. In writ.
ing up the account afterward occasion
arose to make a direct quotation from
the Book of Common Prayer, and, not
finding the volume on the book shelves
of the editorial room, the quest was pur
sued in Mr.. Matthews private office.
Haven't You q prayer book of your
own" he asked. "Here, waltz TAX.
ing a morocco bound copy from. his desk
he wrote on it's fly leaf a line of presenta.
lion, and Gin memory of DR., Ingersoll's
funeral added the date and his own
name, and, handing it to the reporter,
said: There's present for
you, Mr., and let me say this. "If YOU
don't care to read i. for the moral lessons
1t contains. study it for the sake of its
pure English. There's nc better use OF
the language to be found than in that
book. 1 know that's sa," he added, with
a thoroughly characteristic touch of self
appreciation, because that is an edition
rf the prayer book that l read every
word of the proof on it myselfH' The
grateful recipient has studied that cher.
ished book, from what motives, no mat
ter. save this: he has searched its pages
for typographical OF textual errors and
hasn't found one! A closer proof reader,
a better printer than Mr.. Matthews never
lived, Buffalo Express.
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Casper weaver.

Casper Weaver is a German. He was
born in Hessen, Germany, in 1882. landed
at New York in 1856, lived in Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey five years. From
thence he moved to Georgetown. KY,
where he subsequently, Joined
the Confederate army, and be.
came a tried and true soldier of
that famous chieftaip, Gen. John Nor.
gan, serving through that distinguished
revolution which put at rest the question
of secession. After the close of hostili.
ties he am with other friends to Wa.
verify, Lafayette county. Missouri, U. S.
A., where he still resides, q peaceful,
law abiding citizen and good neighhor.
A few weeks since he was induced by
the solicitation of his friends TO
join them in pooling chances in the
November drawing of the Louisiana
State lottery, by which he has as one of
four in the club, come in possession of
one.fonrth of one.twentieth of the cap.
ital prize of $500, 0OO, being the comfort
able s, m of So, $50. Three others have
also received Their money which
'was collected by the Middleton bank
of Waverly. Mo. Their names are
Albert Goodwin, William Israel and
a colored man named Robert
Stewart, all of whom live in this city,
and are all we'll known to our people.
They will doubtless in the future as they
have in the past continue to be warm
friends Of that institution which has 80
wonderfully surprised them all. For the
average man. though hopeful, is generally
disappointed il successful.-Wayer
(Mo.) Time, Dec. G..
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Newspaper Men and Their Pay.

VI
am glad to learn by the Mail and Ok.
press, in q very interesting article on
writers, that Joseph Pulitzer makes
$4,000 a day, and is no longer a working
journalist; tina, Col. Cockerill has a sal
AIRY of $4,000 a year and an interest in
the World newspaper, and that Charles
A. pana's income is $3.50, 900 a year, bat
l must say l was surprised to note that
Blakely Hall, Julian Ralph, and some
thirty or forty Others" known, it seems,
to the members of the press club, earn
from $50 to $3.50 per week. My own I'M
preston is that those announcements are
very wide of the fact. Mr.. Pulitzer,
from the World and his st. Louis paper,
is reputed to have an income much nearer
$1,000, GOO a year than So, 600 a day would
make it. 1t would be interesting to him
TO know that he is no longer consid-
cred q working Journalist. l doubt if
there is a man in journalism who
does more work, or does it better
than Joseph Pulitzer. l hope Cock
erills salary is S15, 900 a year, but l have
no idea that he has any interest in the
World, or that any other person has, out
side Of Mr.. Pulitzer, Mrs. Pulitzer and
Mrs. Pulitzer's brother. And l would be
willing TO wager considerably more
money than the writer of that article
probably made in the last year, that it is
a very cold week when Blakely Halls
income falls to $50, and not particularly
interesting week when it simply touches
$3.50. This class of articles reminds me
invariably of articles on fashion, on
finance, on social observance, written, as
a rule, by men who have no finance, who
are not in society, and to whomthe world
of fashion is a glittering something, way
OIL, somewhere, about which they are
permitted to imagine, at the rate Of $40
or S12 a week.-Joe Howard in the New
York Press.