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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
THE >. AND Q. PUSHING on 70 NEW yoRk:

philadelphia, March tspecaV. fres.a -
Lord, Of tho Baltimore and Ohio, saad ncas 1.ne
ns,s,,ore ard Ohio contemplates building road eothe
North And East, which WIN provo rival to the oia
systsm. AS yet the schedule has not been ARRANGED
~, !, a. our aim TO attain speed Of nifty miles an
sorr AZ present the trains win run around BY tho
49, a, park Junction 30 west Falls, thence TO wayne
Junction: but, charter having been obtained fos
cutoff from Park Junction to wsyaa !uncuon. Ma'
connection Win 30 made before long, thereby a.
,s,,- .hortennr the time The completion OF the
,rs over the Kan Won KUN, six miles In icnetn'
soscbsr with the already completed bridge over Arthur
KIN win leave tho Baltimore and Ohio sut sixteen
miles Of road to build to relieve It from Mnsy
npon the Now-Jersey Central Tor an ehracs h, road
York: and fhe terms Of the eon,flct Win IAs' 'S~
ar oss such a. To- allow the gap to be bndgod'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

xtrscFII ANGUS RAILWAY lNTisi-LiSr-SNH'
philadelphia, March, (speciaD.-Presdent .hafio'
r Never ~ the baltimore and Ohio Railroad. was
m pbiladclphla yesterday, and during ms stay n~
+. long talk with Vice President A. A hcLeoo ana
George DOB. Keim. of the Reading In renoneo ~
,ne arrangements for running passenger trans 70
York over the Ncw-Jersey Central fnd heaa'ss'
which nlan goes into effect next Sunday. was aso
arranged that the now service between inc oou'n
"a rat shonid be IN effect at the same time.
Tho Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Is having
a number OF It's passenger coaches rcmoao'iua 'nso
so.,n,na,on emcrsnt and smoking cars. inns rs -
y. cm mod ate principally the many hungarans sh h
poies WHO have been occupying sn'""s -
disgust Of American passeheoiS'
c.,..go March "A meeting OF the represeneuscs
ds ,,bch are In tho territory OK tho central Irano
.,,,on hu. are not members thersof. wa heio a.
cn.,,,n,r p,ancbard,s Office yesterdJ The object OF
49,. ,s,enes was 70 prevail upon the independent lines
- .usa unon course Of action tnat would pus stop 70
- ..,a,,on Of through rates at such junction points
' nao,,s 81 Louis etc. AL the roads represented
s ~ TIN establishment OF inspection bureaus a. vafi
an, no,ns and 70 submit 70 the examination Oh tneir
,,. nv tho authorized inspectors oil the association
r's 1ns,.n. Im,nois and Iowa wanos represented
ira ,rsetne Of the Northwestern Division Of the
WAS. F,eieht Association the Chicago. Burlington ami
Noths road gave notice OF It's intention 70 reduce the
t an our nom Minneapolis and ST. Pani TO Chicago 70
an sants hundred pounds The present rate Is IL IL
s,,s The reason given for this action Is that the
"qoo nv its eu, rate is securing all tho nour ane nom
Indianapolis 10 the seahoard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
GLOVES.

20 doxsn Mems Foster Hook Gloves ~ Ghes I'D 6uedD
Colors, Opera and Black, 74e worth y 81
Tans and Browns. with very slight impsFfk%
tons. see. worth u 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
TOIIET ARTICLES
STATIONERY.

lima Of hand painted dinner ana guest eardA 19
isc. 1c d5c and 2le These are on sale q our ss'd
engraving department. upsa!sk
Moorish Linen Paper with envelopes zoe. Der ouiis
worth 35c.
ponesa Iuen Paper made expressly for u zec Per Qu
with envelopes worth 6oe
This paper 10 especially recommended Eve ICY ~ -
French ouadrille Paper In boxes containing qwf1 Va
enyelopes. 1oc. per box worth Soc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
FLANNEL SHIRTS
Gray all wool shirts laced butoned ont in ell ass<
80 Al al f9'; sold elsewhere - 81 -. :. -
Fancy Flannel Shirts, In all New f"sens' = 49,

L. ~
900 4essns xsek ssasfs ~; ~ se6 sesa, H.
Al e,essns new me Of Pun gesnn Nswsst rstssfn -
,ur ana s "a; E Tsea s sos ass ,ww.
Handsome ss'sssnsn, s 4 SsS rsa ss.sf' q 'sss
FISK, CLARK &, FLAGG'S
Neckwear ct lower prices tAan elss~hcrs
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
50 pieces Leaf Design. inches wide. ~se.; worth q
200 pieces Leaf Design. Inches wide. ssc worth q -
90 pieces hs4 81 50 4 y&d
20 pieces Cut Jet Passement,rie fnnec, mches 90
e1 20 yard worth ~ 90 -
so pieces Cut Jet Passenenp,ne Fringe; II inches oeR
" 81 90; worth IS yard.
100 pieces Plain Psssementere. 4oc worth q yard
Plain Passemcnterie Fringe inches Deep ~ 3D. worm
IS yard. -.
200 pieces Embroidered Persian Bsnds 20 worth ~
Coiored sun Gimp with Tfnsel and Persian o6eets uaS
worth Csc. yard 81
Cut Steel Ealoon a3c.; worth &C. yard
Gut Steel Gslloon. &c; worth gSe Ca 2 yssd1
Cut Steel Gsiloon, 81 90; worth sa Is yard.
G Sas s ssssi w wsss Sea- ss z worth s
Colafettes In Steel and Bronze, 81 81. - WI worm
TOILET ARTICLES.
Old Brown Windsor Soap. &c: per packsge Of csHsS
100 dozen solid back ENGLISH Hair Brushss o. ~
Ar-s. - -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

eress bargain from our own hesey Lsdiss .s s Z
initiated Hsndisrehieis ice aad ics xSrn oos
Ladief Colored Border Hemsvscn 1890 81 souS y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08
Origin of n Popular Song,

The popular ballad Listen to the Mock
ing Bird, was written and first published in
1855, by Septimus Winner, of Philadelphia,
under the nom de plume Of Alice Haw-
thorne," his mothers maiden name. 1t was
suggested incidentally by listening to a col
ored man, Dick Milburn, known as whist
ling Dick" who wandered about the city
whistling in imitation of a hooking bird, at
the same time stunning an accompaniment
upon the guitar Struck by his remarkable
performance as a warbler Mr.. w. said to
him one day, half in jest, "Dick, I'll write
you a song for your hooking bird" The
compass Of the colored mans voice was
hardly an octave, and, as will be observed,
the melody was made very simple, so as not
to be beyond his reach. The words, Listen
to the Mocking Bird" which ran higher,
we're to be spoken by him, not sung, except
where they came within his compass, fol-
lowed by the whistler's marvellous imitation
of the bird.
The man was a very good natured fellow,
but of so little intellectual capacity that
though he came to Mr. Winners music store
night after night to learn the words of the
song, he was never able to master more than
one verse of it. Such, however, was his
sense of the comic and such his facility IN i'm
browsing lines to the music, suggesting ridi-
culous fanciesS to attract the crowd, that his
"Mocking Bird" soon added greatly to Dicks
local reputation. The song was published in
ballad form, and at once became very popular,
and such is its hold upon the public fancy that
although it has been sung and whistled and
played the country over for an average life
time it still retains its place as a song Of ma
tional reputation. Philadelphia Record.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08
A Good Club.

The Working Girls club, of 401 Shawmut
avenue, three years ago numbered eighteen
girls and now there are 40 connected with
it There is no fund, no annual subscribers
nor honorary members The girls pay 81 a
year and this entities them to all the class
work. There has just been opened school
to teach girls to read. In this work the girls
of the club help and large number of girls
and women, principally Of the servant classes,
gladly avail themselves Of the opportunity
The club girls can all read. They join the
cooking dressmaking, millinery or singing
classes, and help in all the charity work; for
although most Of the club girls are in the fac
tories and are poorly paid, they realizs there
is work to be done for the Door children.
Once in two weeks twenty Of the very poor
children come to the club rooms for candy
pulls, popcorn parties and games. the club
girls entertaining them.-Woman's Journal,
Boston
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08

Stances are Is ~T,ge rs smrsruouse, were
carried on floating icebergs during the mys-
terious era known as the glacial period. OF
the rocking stones he has discovered but one
new example in addition to that already
known. This is at Noank, on the farm of
Caleb Haley, New York fish dealer.
This stone is estimated to weigh twenty-five
tons 1t has a rocking scope Of six inches
and can be readily moved by the hand Only
one other stone is known of In New England
that Lanesborough, Mass. A photograph has
been taken of Mohegan Rock, also known as
Shehagau, in the town of Montville This
rock was used as fortress and watch tower
by the Mohegan Indians 1t Is now known
to be the largest specimen of erratic bowlder
in this country thus far discovered 1t Is
forty-fve feet high and seventy feet long,
and is calculated by scientists to weigh 10000
tons, an enormous load for a foe Of ice to
carry. 1t is evidenced by the large flakes Of
the stone which the insinuating frost and
storms Of centuries have Clipped from it
One of these fragments is sixty feet long and
twelve feet thick, and its estimated weight is
1900 tons.-New London Telegraph.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08
Preparing French Criminals for the Fall
of the Guillotine's Knife.

Preparing French Criminals for the Fall
of the Guillotine's Knife.
Toward 4 or o'clock, when everything is
ready outside, the warden Of the prison, ac
companied by several officials, goes to the
condemned mans cell, and, shaking him by
the shoulder, announces that his demand TOR
a pardon has been rejected, says a Paris leu
ter AS soon as the prisoner has dressed him
self he Is, if he so desires, left alone with the
chaplain for few moments; afterward he Is
led to the toilet room First, his shirt collar
is cut away sufficiently to allow the guillotine
knife to fall upon his bare neck; then he Is
fastened with cord starting from the shout
ders and connecting with another cord that
binds the two wrists; a third cord goes from
the wrist to the knees, where it is Joined to
another cord already passed around the legs
Thus strapped the culprit is obliged to
march as straight as an l, with his head
thrown back. When the preparations are
ended the procession starts for the gulllo-
tine, the prisoner being supported by two OF
the headsman's aids and accompanied by the
executioner the chaplain and the other Off
Gals The huge prison doors are thrown
open and the first object the condemned man
sees is the black trapeziform knife, which,
contrary to the general impression, is not
concealed from his gaze. The distance from
the door to the guillotine Is scarcely twenty
steps, and as soon as the criminal reaches the
swinging board the chaplain quits him, the
executioner seizes him and pushes him on to
the bascule PanI PanI click and thud;
the fall Of the knife, the heavy sound OF
the body falling into the brand box The
movements are almost simultaneous. The
knife falls The criminal disappears.
AS soon as the ceremony is over the body Is
placed in a wagon and conveyed to Ivey
cemetery, where it is buried In the turnip
field When the parents reclaim the body
and it is inferred in another part Of the GENE
terry no name is ever put upon the headstone,
in order not to excite public curiosity. When
the body is not reclaimed the project OF
police authorizes the faculty of medicine to
take it. Strictly speaking, the corpse ought
not to be delivered to the faculty until after
twenty-four hours, this delay being accorded
to the family to make its demand; but the
custom is to give up the body Immediately
after a simulated burial when the authorities
are certain that it will not be reclaimed.
During the whole of this lugubrious cere-
mony the chief executioner never touches the
victim. The toilet and all the operations
that require contact with his person are per
formed by the aids.-Paris Letter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08

A boiler maker named Howe astonished the
epicures at Scheffer & Kerlinger's restaurant,
Baltimore, by offering to bet S. that he could
eat, without intermission, five dozen raw
eggs, shells and all A doubling Thomas &C
copied the offer, and the freshest chicken
fruit obtainable was placed before the boiler
maker. The latter, a hale and lusty mechanic,
unbuttoned his vest and prepared for bust
ness. The first two dozen disappeared within
half an hour, the eater apparently enjoying
his meal He was not so fresh getting away
with the third dozen, and took more time
still swallowing the fourth He kept at work,
however, and finally succeeded in dispatch
ing the last twelve, though not without an
effort.
His method was a peculiar one. He took
up one egg after the other, and, after sucking
it dry, tossed the shell into his mouth, and,
after crunching 1t into powder, swallowed
that also When he had finished his job he
drew from his pocket beer bottle filed with
alcohol, used In a spirit lamp, and drank
down the fluid. Turning to the astonished
spectators, he offered to eat seven dozen more
without the SHE'LL but no one took him up
baltimore DiSrafch
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08
THE MUTE OPERATOR
STORY IN THE LIFE OF A DEAF
AND DUMB TELEGRAPHER.
He Learned to Receive Messages Through
the Sense of Touch-Wsylaid and
Robbed of $1,000. which Was After.
wards Recovered by q Twin Brother.

ibid you ever hear of deaf and dumb
telegraph operator9 Don't believe it7 Why,
man, | taught deaf and dumb boy his first
dots Believe it' Come, let me give you the
facts and little story with it, off hand like
and you can work it over to suit yourself and
readers"
Thereupon this foyer with lightning reeled
off the following warn: 1.-THE deaf and dumb
operator was my twin brother, so alike in
form and feature, and indeed all save the one
great distinguishing mark Of speech, as to be
often mistaken for myself At IL years of
age, bright, noble boy, that great scourge
of childhood, scarlet fever, robbed him Of
those two most precious faculties, speech and
hearing. When had secured the position of
messenger at our local telegraph Office with
the promise Of opportunity to perfect myself
in the art telegraphic, it was he who pro
posed and carried out his purpose to
commence the study at the same time
and so diligently did he pursue his
labor that, MANNED as he was he &C
quired by constant practice what would seem
an impossibility. He read the fast recurring
clicks Of the Morse Instruments, not by sound
as is the rule with telegraphers, but from the
sense of touch as he placed his fingers lightly
upon the moving armature His had been
all home practice from lessons delivered by
myself after other duties were over.
81 applied for and secured the management
Of the office at c., goodly town on the
Kennebec. Here the summer found US, my
brother and |, busily employed with office
duties. The deaf and dumb operator at
tended strictly to this branch of the business,
sitting with fingers lightly resting upon the
instruments, intent upon calls, or copying
with pen the words as they flowed from the
quick puLSations Of the little brass armature
beneath his sensitive touch.
1T was well along into the ice harvest Of
winter that one day Col Tracy, agent in the
town for one of the larger ice companies, the
chief industry of the town, entered the office
and after CHEEKY greeting, announced the
fact that 81 900 in greenbacks was expected
on the evening express, to be used by him in
paying the hands on the morrow. And
boys he added, as suppose you don't care
to keep that amount over night, perhaps
you'd better deliver it to me at the house;
then I'll lock it in my safe and be ready with
the pay roll in the morning, for the men will
be anxious for their scrip We were willing
to please the colonel, and readily consented
to do as he wished. During that afternoon
furious storm of snow set in. Trains were
delayed, and, in consequence, it was after
in the evening when the express parcels, and
among them the precious bundle Of cash, ar
rived at the office. Ours was a small office,
supporting no delivery team, and as one
of US must act as passenger, TE brother
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08
Stones for Each Month.

If you were ushered into this world at the
beginning of the year, in January, then you
should wear a garnet, because that will make
your husband true to you and will make you
a good mother.
If you selected February to make your bow,
then you must have an amethyst, for that
makes you truthful, it will protect you from
SANDER, and will make you reverent and god
serving.
If the winds of March waited you thither,
take sapphire; then you will be preserved
from guarrels and will be faithful
For April, changing every hour, put on
your finger diamond and you will be kept
free from evil and pure your life long
In May you take an emerald for good health
and long life.
An agate for June will protect from spooks
and keep your husband faithful.
July, warm and sunshiny, causes a ruby to
glow for you and fills the heart Of the man
you love with passion and alteration.
For August choose the sardonyx and you
Will be happy mother, but you will have to
look out for your husband.
September endows you with a moonstone-
you will be lucky in games of chance and
have many loves.
October makes a good housewife, for the
carbuncle promotes love of home
November gives a turquoise and many
friends; their faithfulness is shown by the
stone retaining its color.
In December to you and to all the world of
big and little people wish the turquoise, be-
cause in that month there came to us a friend,
a little child. For unto us this day is born
a king. "-Philadelphia Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08
PAULINE CUSHMAN.
HOW THE FEMALE CONFEDERATE
SPY REPAID A FAVOR DONE HER. ,

One of Geo. Rosecrans' staff Officers Tells |
How He Saved an Indiscreet Actress,
and of Her Return of the Compliment
at q Serious Moment.
Said Capt Henry Bush, the well knownI
artist who was a typographical engineer on
the staff Of Gen Rosecrans in the Army Of
the Cumberland to a reporter:
''It was in the autumn of 1861" continued
the old typographical engineer lat Louisville
where | first saw the woman who was after
ward to come into my life in the most unex-
pected way | was then an officer in the
First Ohio cavalry, and the colonel of the
regiment, the adjutant and myself one night
attended the theatre in which Pauline Cush-
man was playing an engagement. During
the performance and near the close the actress
came down to the footlights and drank a
toast to JEFF Davis The act was foolhardy
one, but eminently characteristic of Cush-
man. The result was just about what
might have been expected, considering that
the house was more than half full of soldiers.
1.-THE insult was instantly resented and
tremendous uproar and row followed More
than a score of men made rush for the
stage, and the entire audience was up and
yelling. Our party were in box and took
in the situation at a glance. The soldiers
were furious, and the sex of the actress would
not have saved her from violence had VT
not jumped upon the stage to her rescue |
While the colonel and adjutant were endeav
oring to quiet the angry, surging mob with
speeches, threw a cloak over Miss Cushman
and hurrying to the stage door, bundled hei
into a waiting hack and had her safe in the
Louisville hotel before the crowd knew sht
was out of the theatre. OF course the woman
was pretty badly scared, and after it was all
over realized keenIy the peril her foolish act
brought her. She was profuse in her thanks
for the service rendered her, and promised. as
long as | would listen, that she would repay
the obligation it mattered not when or where
the opportunity offered.
The next morning we were ordered to the
'front.'. and L Jaw. uOtLi2g more Of Pauline
To % Continually
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08

.rr,s. -. 1aLay--Orrys. ,cr.en Z next looked In
his direction he had brought up to the chan
eel steps gentleman well stricken in years
and dressed In a sleeved waistcoat The
bride was a broad, comely woman, whose
turned up sleeves left bare two monstrous
crimson arms. Oppressed by an uncomfort-
able suspicion | hurried to the vestry, and
there found the young people, Jones and
Smith, just paying the fees.
as your father hereP said ! to the bride
groom.
Eyes, sir"
sis your mother herer'-to the bride
Eyes, sir"
Now" said to Jones the younger, "look
through this door and tell me II that Is your
father being married there"
"Well sir" returned Jones, after a leis-
urely inspection, hes having it read over to
him."
"Is your mother alive7"
"Shes in church"
It was the work Of an instant to rush
around and stop the service. But when the
people were dragged asunder, Jones, the
elder, in reply to aP indignant inquiry as to
what he meant by it, coolly replied: "Well,
he," Indicating the penitent clerk with jerk
of his grimy thumb "he told US to come
this way" That couple had been charged by
mention Of 1.-THE dreadful day of judgment,
when the secrets of all hearts shall be dis
closed" to say whether they knew any i'm
pediment why they might not lawfully be
Joined together in matrimony; and they
heard it silence. So did the wife of the one
and the husband of the other. | have often
wondered how far they would have gone
without ramonStronce PerhaDs the demand
for ring would have precipitated the crisis
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08
Something NAV Give Way.

A Pittsburg natural gas expert has made
the calculation that each day 6OO,0OO,O0O
cubic feet of natural gasare drawn from the
earth for use In that city. This amount
weighs over 100000 pounds, Of which 8,
OOO, 900 pounds are carbon. He is Of the
opinion that, with the withdrawal of so much
material, something will give way. Already
since the development of natural gas in
western Pennsylvania there havs bean several
"shakea"
tAueR TO BE JOURNALISTS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08

ceeueo N ,tsvVrIng 'yss7 barnes, OF rev
York." before the public they would hesitate
If they could go into any newspaper office
and see how long and how hard men work
for small salaries, they would hesitate some
more. And if they could go into some other
places and see some of the wrecks that the
tides of the years have cast up on the shores
Of journalism, they would go into some other
business York Mail and Express.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08
A Remarkable Rock.

Professor Henry Beals, fellow Of the
Royal Society of London, has been making a
special search for rocking stones" His
journeyings have been very successful. His
search for rocking stones" has been made in
conjunction with biologists on the Continent,
who are seeking to establish beyond contrO-
versy the theory that these great rocks and
curiously h!alanced stoGess, which in many in
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08
EuDeDSV,

This is what you ought TO have, in fact you
must have it, to fully enjoy life Thousands
are searching for it daily, and mourning be-
sands of dollars are spent annually by our
people in the hope that they may attain this
boon And yet it may be had by all. We
yuarantee that Electric Bitters, if used &C
COrding to directions and the use persisted in,
will bring you Good Digestion and Gust the
demon Dyspepsia and install instead Eupepsy.
We recommend Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia
and ali diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kid
news Sold at SOC, and 800 per bottle by
Dreiss, Thompson & Co., Druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08

Gen. Boulanger's one idol in life is said to
be his mother He spends every Sunday
afternoon and evening with her, and If away
always sends her telegram.
THE TOILET OF DEATH.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-27
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Will be made as low =. Is consistent with
sound business principles. Apply ut tho Of
ace for terms.