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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-21
THEATRE kNO ACADEMY.
The Attractions to Appear at Our Play
Houses.


The booking season viii open at the
Theatre tomorrow night with "A DARK
Secret" This famous tank-drama, which
Ia one Of the great successes, wilt be pre-
scented Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
night, and "Wednesday matinee. Messrs.
jefferson and Taylor have hod the play
entirely rewritten since last season, and in
the present shape u is a most remarkable
sensational play. The great lake and river
scenes, which wero such features Of tie
drama, have been greatly improved, and
the tank Will now be no inconvenience 10
the setting of the other scenes OF the piay.
1t will be remembered that much Of the
action of the piece took place IN very
limited space, as a huge tank which con-
tanned many thousands Of gallons of water
was permanent fixture during the en-
gagement. As now played the water Will
be covered over in such manner that u
will not conflict with the setting of the
stage III those scenes where the river Is not
needed. Instead of showing and utilizing
the real water IA twoacts only. as was done
originally, tho tank VIII be made 10 do ex-
cellent service IN three acts
Many specialties, including the Herbert
Brothers, "a trio of trained athletes Will
enliven the scene preceding the regatta.
The plot Of the piece has been strength
ened and much that Is 9musu. and ENJOY
LIGHTS AID SHADOWS.
This melodrama Will be the attraction at
The Theatre the last of the week. The en-
eaeement is for Friday aud Saturday nights
and Saturday matinee. The peice deals
with the oft-told story OF wronged wo-
man. her terrible revenge, and the final
delivery from misery and woe of all con-
cerned, The mechanical effects are skill
fully contriyed The scene in Mother
Megs's cellar, where the water from the
river rushes in. ~ very exciting. All the
scenery. ETC.. for this production Is ear
ried by the company. The sale of seats
commences Thursday, September 18th.
THE LITTLE TYCOON.
The Mazart Academy of Music will soon
present the ever-popuiar comic opera en-
titled The Little Tycoon The dates Of
Ats presentation are October lst, ID, Sd.
snd 4th. This charming work has not
been given in Richmond IN over year,
but II is this season better than ever. The
company Is greatly strengthened in num-
hers and much improved IN quality. Many
pew and attractive musical members have
been added. and all the rich and elaborate
scenery and costumes used are but newly
constructed for this season.
A large and capable orchestra will inter
pref the musical score. Tickets VIII be
placed on sale Monday, September 10Th.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-21
Chesapeake and Ohio Land Compan,

The Chesapeake aud Ohio Land and In
proyeneDt Company was chartered in the
Nty Circuit Court yesterday by Judge Il.
u. Wexford.
The minimum stock Of the company is
70 be SIS. 900. with authority 10 the stock
holders 10 increase ii not exceeding S50. 900.
The following arc the directors of tho
company for the first wear: ID. Axtell. II.
u. Wickham, q. u. Wexford, +. o. Barbour,
William II. Palmer n. W. Bowe. George p.
Hsw, Il. +. Sullivan, and q. W. Stevens.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-21
Special sale
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September I'D.
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Briggs Homc-Mado Bread.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
reached them.-London Tit Bits.
A Natural Turkish Bath.

While some men were at work near the
Crystal Lime company's kilns, three miles
south of Salida, Colo. digging a well, they
ran into something nusual When down
about sixty feet it became quite warm and
they dug little more when.an opening ap-
peared.
Upon investigation it proved TO be a cave,
with apartments similar to the rooms in q
house The first cave is about twenty feet
long and ten feet wide and the ceiling about
ten feet high.
The men had been in the cave only few
moments when they became uncomfortably
warm, the sweat rolling OFF them in drops.
The place where the well is being dug is the
same gulch down which the veins to the Wells
vile hot springs run, and the intense heat in
the cave is accounted for on the ground that
it is in close proximity to the veins Of tn.
springs The walls and ceiling are said To be
smooth as if some one had made them. Den
yer Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
Woman's Indifference.

There is a class Of noble workers who labor
increasingly for the uplifting of their unfor-
tunate sister women; but there is still
larger class who do nothing of the kind. 1t
is true these may live so far removed, ION
the high table land OF circumstance and OPP
portunity," that the cries which hourly go up
TO God from the oppressed never reach their
ears; but we doubt it. In all the world there
is no blindness or deafness like the blindness
and deafness of indifference 1t is to this
class which never sees the pitiful sights,
though pitiful sights are everywhere, and
that never hears the plaiutive means, though
meanings fill tho air. that Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe addresses herself in the following mas
terful appeal:
IL will not say how far women attain or
come short of the divine grace, charity; but
| will say that without it they must always
lack the crown and glory OF l, ne womanhood.
will say, too, that in the present day the
especial and providential subject of this char
ity is their own sex. How does our record
stand in this PARTICULAR We are held to be
the depository of personal purity; but we give
up frightrul proportion Of our sex to recog-
nized pollution and degradation. Some Of us
live and move on a high table land Of circum-
stance and opportunity. All about us are the
deep wales Of misery and privation. The wall
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
CITY WARD BOUNDARIES.

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 Wards 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 Wards 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 WARD Is bounded on the west
and north by the San Antonio river, east by
Alamo and Madre bitches and south by w.
Commerce street.
SIXTH Wards bounded on the west
by Alamo and Madre bitches and San An
tonic river, south by K. Commerce street,
north and east by city limits.
SEVENTH WARD-In bounded on the
north by.E. Commerce street. east and south
by city limits, west by center of Water and
Mill streets and San Antonio river.
EIGHTH Wards bounded on the north
by e. 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, 1890-02-28
Awkward.

In volume of "reminiscences recently pub
lished, the writer, an English Clergyman,
narrates an amusing dialogue between him
self and DR.. TAFT, then bishop of London,
and afterward archbishop of Canterbury, tn
whom he had applied for holy orders. He
was charmed with tho bishop, lie says, So
grave, kindly and courteous; but neither the
Young candidates reverence for the office.
nor his respect for the man, restrained him
from asking one embarrassing question
The bishop gave me private examina
ton, as was his won't in all such cases.
81 PROPOSE" he said, ito have little talk
with you about the lessons for today"
bowed, and waited for the talk to begin
What arc the lessons for the dayr said
the bishop.
felt nonplused, but thought best to be
quito candid.
II don't know what they are, my lord. In
day"
You mover read the lessons for the dayr'
exclaimed tho bishop, in a rather Mortified
manRer. What do you read, thenF
81 find it moro convenient, my lord, in
stoad Of following the selection of the lessons,
to tAko up some book of the Bible and work
through it."
The bishop looked relieved. And a very
good plan, too" said he. However, on the
present occasion rather wish to speak about
me lessons What are they''
win you allow mo to remind you that |
have just said that | did not know themW
and thea, retorting the question upon him.
self, said: What are they, my lord!"
The good bishop broke into a gentle laugh.
vantage of me. l don't know them myself
Youths Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28

The old German verse story, illustrating
tho law Of ths strongest, makes beetle,
sparrow, hawk, and an eagle in turn the
hunter and the hunted, until a sportsman
ends the whole business with a gunshot. In
a story of adventure in ST. Nicholas some
Young observers 500 substantially the same
process of violence on,our southern seashore.
In fact, the process is going on continually in
nature, for among dumb creatures every
where might makes right.
While they were stopping TO overhaul a
huge pile Of seaweed, their attention was at
tracted by comical, asthmatic cries for food
from some young pelicaus from their nests of
driitwood in the nangrove trees The old
birds were hard at work diving for fish in
the lagoon The boys watched one, which
was quite near them, with considerable Curl
osity.
II would futter an instant over the water,
plunge down. and then, having caught its
prey, would rest its open. dip net bill on the
water while adjusting the catch in the capa-
cious pouch beneath. In one of these expo
dtions gull, with trained and eager eye,
lowering near, settled down on Papa Peli-
cans broad head, and as the fish was tossed
about so as to drop into the pelican's pouch,
the thievish gull adroitly snapped it up and
sailed away with decisive "Ha! haT while
the pelican, as if accustomed to this sort of
pocket picking, simply tapped heavily up
again to renew its search for food.
But the gull, as the boys speedily saw, had
laughed too soon, for down upon it from the
neighboring shore swooped strong winged
fish hawk With a shrill cry of alarm the
gull darted now this way, now that, in zigzag
lines, striving with all its power to escape.
Fear and fatigue prevailing, he let his choice
stolen morsel slip from his gr.~p. Then the
hawk, with a lower swoop, cluehed the fall
ing fish, and bore it away to the nearest rock
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
Mystic Turkey Tracks.

There is clinginG to some of the early set
tiers Of Hendricks and Morgan counties an
impression that buried beneath q huge stone
somewhere in tho fertile valley of Whits
Lick crock there are valuable treasures. The
story is that when ths Della ware Indians were
foresd to vacats their hunting grounds along
the creek they believed tkoy were to be sent
iron their lands tom psrariiy, and rather
than risk carrying their wealth into strange
country thoy buried it under a huge rock
uutl they returned The rock was marked
with a turkeys foot carved in the stone pro.
jecting above the earth.
Early settlers along the stream say that
several wears after the tribe had vacated this
iauds a lsns Indian came through the ceun.
try in search Of a treasure which he said had
been hs,isa usder a stone. He disappeared
rs nsyscsricuslJ a. hc came, bat he left be-
hfnd hin that tradition that remains vita
some Psspls to this day
Following ths disappearance of the Indians
the ssbti~s besaa a search for the treasure
Tben It was feuad that there were plenty OF
huge ssc1ss MARKED with turkey tracks" it
Seemingly havirs been fayotits pastime of
the red man to carve out he mpriat of tur
keys fest upon all the great stones along the
stream. Nst-itksanding this obstacls, many
.arrneTs oIcsvatsd beneath huge stones, and
wers disappsintcd At not being rewarded for
their lasur. 1t il doubtful if there is a great
Stoss within three miles Of tbs creek that has
not hesa narrowed under in search of the
troasars. As lsto as ten years ago the story
T tie treasure was revived along the stream
nd rocks that had never been disturbed were
narrowed under. News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
The Cairo Women.

Some one turns his head and looks. A
hundred heads follow suit. 1t is a couple OF
Egyptian women in baggy trousers and yelled
to the eyes that hurry by, their multitude.
nous bangles, bracelets and necklaces glisten.
ing and juggling.
In a cool corner, under a gayly striped
awning, you halt few minutes and drink a
tiny glass of fiery rah or dainty eggshell
cup of Turkish cafe noir. A bench invites
you to rest a moment. The busy world
buzzes about you. A fat old lady from the
provinces has just brought a bar of candy
from that old bearded Moslem in the scarlet
fez and green striped robe.
Once between her teeth, it will neither bite
nor break off, but CLUES her mouth and hand,
together. Her bucohc son, in a big felt hat
and high water pantaloons, is so busy laugh
ing at her that he stumbles into a Partisan
beauty who approaches, and receives in re
turn a whitening scowl from her escort.
On the right stretches vista of cool ar
cades, and through the horseshoe pointed
arches the shops are seen. Their tempting
arrays of all manner Of eastern merchandise
are surrounded by crowds OF onlookers and
purchasers.-Cor. Boston Globe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
They Always Win In the End.

Said gentle Lucy Stone at the Edward.
breakfast, looking about over the array OF
notable men and women who were grouped
about the tables, gathered TO do honor to a
woman famed in literature and science:
at would be hard to believe when one
sees the homage done to the woman of attain.
ment, that fifty years ago women were
barred out from taking an active part in the
worlds affairs, and thst press and pulpit
united in the dictum which forbade her rails
ing her voice in public. shall never forget
one day in midwizter VIXEN was to speak in
a New England town; it was bitterly cold.
In the evening, as was speaking, the win.
dows Of the hall were opened from the out.
side, and ! was deluged with water from
head to foot
But even that vigorous and brutal manner
of expressing disappro7al did not close the
mouth of the devoted woman who had a mes
sage to bring, and she insisted upon speaking
until for very shane's sake they stopped and
listened, and were glad of the message that
brought it. Bravery and real courage al.
ways win in the end. 1t commands respect
and attention.-Boston Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
Acs.aintnnc.s and Friends.

A yssn. man, who was holding forth in a
New York club room recently, declared that
it was moro difficult for a stranger TO make
friends in New York than in any other city
in the civilized world. 81 don't mean," he
said, that it is hard to make acquaintance.
That is very easy. You may even get very
chunmy with some IN IN, but there is always
q certain barrier which you can't overcome.
You won't bs asked D meet your friends
relatives OF his intimate visiting friends
have even known where men have lived to
Gether for several years, lent each other
money, helped each her in business, and
yet each had his own line of friends whom he
visited, and neither knew the others sister or
parents. 1t wasn't because they had not
similar tastes or because they did not
thoroughly appreciate each other S character
| warrant there are thousands of such in
stances i'll this city now, and | will guarantee,
too, that such peculiar conditions exist no
where else. San Francisco Argonaut.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28

A Thirteen club mo connection with the
Eighty-one, has been started in London for
the eradication Of superstition According
to The Illustrated News they dine together,
aud it is forbidden to any member to die
within the year. When the number Of guests
fall short, they have undesirable" fellows
who come to make them up, as quatorziemes
in Paris are hired to prevent party being
thirteen. They cross their knives, spill the
salt, and talk of the devil. They walk under
ladders seek meetings with (singe) magpies,
pas pigs on the road instead of riding round
them, laugh at screech owls, encourage death
watches, and, in a word, defy all omens
Half century ago ship owner. fired by
tho same ambition, determined to put stop
to the ridiculous prejudice entertained by
sailors against Fridays. He caused the keel
of fine vessel to be laid on that day,
launched her on that day, named her The
Friday, and sailed in licr himself to Juan
Fernandez because, you know, Friday lived
thereD. She was never heard of again by
anybody
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
Winters Growing Warmer.

I'VE have n sure proof that the average
cold of the winter is not so great nor extend
ed over so long a period as it was twenty
years ago." remarked hardware dealer who
has been in business since 1850 ut is that
wa do not sell half as many pairs of skates as
in my earlier years. 1t won't do to attribute
the decrease to the fashion of roller skating,
nor to say that young people and adults have
given up the notion of gliding over the ice.
lf wa had the ice, this generation would be
as quick to take to it as their predecessors
were Carry your mind back twenty years
and you will recall that there were a dozen
100 Kinks in and about the city, the largest
aud best of which was that in old East wick
park. Men rented the grounds flooded
tbam, put up restaurants and dressing rooms,
and then made money, because there was
rarely winter when the ice was not good
for week after week Climatic conditions
hsvs changed 50 that the man who should go
into it now would be bankrupted. Freezing
weather doesn't last long enough to insure
any profit for the venture. We hardly sell
one pair of skates in the holiday season now
where we sold a dozen in the old days of fro
zen streams and ponds. "-Philadelphia In
0uirer
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28

liar OF that necessary essence that cannot
destroy itself, and the highest strain Of ON
niposeney to be so powerfully constituted as
not " suffer even from the power OF itself
all others have a dependent being, and with
in The reach Of destruction. But the sutfi-
cheney Of Christian Immortality illustrates
all srthly glory, and the quality Of either
state after death makes alioIly OF postum
nous memory. God, who can only destroy
our souls, and hath assumed our resurrec-
ton, either of our bodies or names, hath di
recty promised no duration. But man y "
noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompo"s
in the grave, solemnizing natiyities and
deaths with equal luster, nor emitting cere-
monies of bravery in the infancy of his ma
Sir Thomas Browne
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28

sainSo-a..
The Lady victorias own costumes are Of
the simplest, and her bonnets of Anticipated
fashion, while, must admit iti-her indoor
boots retain the broad, almost forgotten
shape Of bygone shines, and are made of
paranstta, with elastic sides.
Not lo,g ago, 10 my knowledge, a pretty
httls Maid of 3 summers, the child of one of
her farorits young friends, was summoned
TO Windsor to take tea with her majesty's
grandchildren. The proud mother had dressed
her tiny daughter in a sashless but picturesque
Kate Greenaway frock-a new tangled attire
which did not seem TO find pleasure with her
majesty, for she remarked to the nurse on
parting with her: Maggie is a nice little
girl, but the next time she comes to see me
she must wear q sash."-Londoa Letter in
San Francisco Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
City BngsioS.

Most Of the buEgies and carriages in town
are now looking little stained and the worst
for Wosr. That is because OF a custom that
,sss grown up in st. Louis among the owners
n vehicles. 1t is the fashion to have them
tainted o1ly twice a year, whether they need
It OF not-once in the spring and again in the
all. Between October and March carriages
md bu.sies have great deal of hard wear
and really need constant looking after, but
they doa't get as much as they deserve, or
account of this custom | think that the
fashion had its origin years ago, when there
was a great deal Of driving over very rough
streets to be done, and it would have been
necessary to paint a vehicle half a dozen
times during the three winter months to keep
It looking well But now, with our granite
and asphalt streets and street sweeping sys
EN-, buggy or carriage can be kept shining
md pretty with one winter painting, about
the middle of January, for instance.-Inter
view in ST. Louis Globe Democrat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
Breathe Properly.

If mothers and all the dear girls who may
become mothers would breathe, dress and
exercise properly the dawn of healthier,
happier era would be at hand. Consumption,
rightly called lung starvation" would be
well nigh impossible if right breathing vert
always prsctieed.
Thousands Of people who seek health in
Florida and elsewhere might get well al
homo il they were willing and perseverine
enough TO make right use of their lungs II
pure air could be sold by the bottle or pound
it might, perhaps, DO mors properly regard
ed; but it is 50 cheap and 50 abundant-to be
bad, like salvation, simply for the taking
that its curative powers are greatly under
estimated.
Taks needed rest and recreation, take ride.
and walks and frequent baths-but whatever
else you do or fail to do, whatever you are
or however you feel, be sure that you breathe
breathe, breNthe.-Rural New Yorker.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-28
Lightning at Sea.

Provided that the proper precautions are
taken, ships at sea are in no danger whatever
OF being destroyed by lightning. OF all the
dangers that beset the seaman, lightning is
the only one that he can guard against with
perfect thoroughnesS. Permanent conduc-
tors properly arranged, offer the most COM
plete protection from the electric fluid. Be
fore this fact was we understood lightning
was very frequent cause of damage to ship
ping. In the last quarter of the last century
and the first of this there were three hundred
cases Of damage to ships of the British navy
from lightning. In the years 1909 to 1915 no
fewer than seventy vessels of our navy were
entirely crippled by being struck. 1t was no
uncommon thing for vessels to be set on fire
50 completely by lightning as to defy extinc-
ton, with the result that those on board who
we're not killed by the electric discharge
probably lost their lives through being un-
able to let down the boats before the fire