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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-19
Dolls Ewes.

According to an English journal two minor
branches Of the doll industry form distinct
trades-the making of shoes and eyes. The
shoes are made from the waste material of
childrcns ornamental shoes and boots; but
this branch is a smaller one than that of eye
making, as many dolls are sent out with
merely painted boots, while all OF nearly all
have proper eyes Dolls eyes are of two
sorts, known technically as common and nat
ural. The common are simply colored hol-
low glass spheres Of white enamel, black and
blue being the only Colors used. The natural
eyes are of similar composition, but have the
pupil and iris correctly represented. Consid-
cradle quantities are exported, especially to
French dollmakers. The black ewes are used
for dolls exported to South America, and
blue eyes for those used at home, children
naturally preferring their dolls to have eyes
of a similar hue to those most common among
themselves
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-19
Shaking Hands with a Lion.

An English writer tells how he shook hands
with a lion when he was a boy:
The mcnagerie was especially famous for
its lions. They were indeed noble beasts, but
crowded together in travelling vans, where
their discomfort was not likely to improve
their tempers All round the vans ran a rope
chain to keep everybody at a reasonable dis
lance from the claws and beaks of the wild
inmates. managed to smuggle myself I'M
der this rope undetected by the keepers.
\ magnificent old lion lay stretched at full
length, with one paw outside his den. A sud-
den thought struck me that it would be a fine
thing to shake hands with that lion It was
by DO means tie sort of thing to be done every
day. 1t would place me in proud position
among the boys If the town
In a moment l laid my hand on the top OK
the Outstretchcd paw. 1t was smooth and
somewhat velvety, and the lion lay perfectly
still appearing not to mind ME in the least.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-19

II Is not UNLIKELY that might have gone
on to complete the operation of handshaking,
but all at once felt the cut of a whip across
my face.
| started back with the pain and looked
round. At that instant the keeper came up
and spoke to me very civilly. He was very
sorry to have hurt me, he SAID, but in all
probability the lion would have torn my
hand off. and this his only way of making
me start back.
did not feel so grateful to the man at that
moment as | have done ever since.-Phila-
delphia Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-19

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He'd Scoop q Little.

About the time that Daniel Drew began his
Wall street career he was up in the country
one time to visit some friends, and two farm
ers called upon him to decide a case One
had sold the other five bushels of wheat, and
proposed to measure it i'll a half bushel and
sweep the top Of tine measure with a stick.
The other objected, and Uncle Daniel was
asked to decide.
well, legally speaking, bushel is only a
busheI," he answered.
And can the measure be swept OFF,
Il think it can
What with.'
"Well, if was selling wheat should prob
ably use half the head of flour barrel"
(which edge of it,"
Gentlemen, that is point cannot now
decide on" sighed the old man. If l was
selling to a widow or preacher l am certain
that l should sweep the measure with the
straight edge, but if | was selling to man
who pastures his cows in the road and his pigs
in his neighbours corn, I'm afraid | should
use the circular side, and scoop a little to
boot. Wall Street News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-19
LIFE ON THE BIG SANDY.
THE WILD ONES WHO HELD FORTH
THERE FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Raftsmen Would Seize IA steamer and Turn
and the Ethics which Protected the
COunterfeitrrs.
The mountaineers who live along the Big
Sandy river, which forms the dividing line
between West Virginia and Kentucky, and
their neighbOTS Of northeastern Kentucky,
who have been 50 prominent for many years
in feuds, vendettas and bloody battles, are
most peculiar people, with a history running
back into the sos, HOS and sos and genera
tions preceding, which, if published, would
throw into the shade the best efforts of the
Texas frontier in the days of its greatest no.
tOriety. The Big SandianS proper, the men
who compose the corps of the HattieldS and
McCOys, owe their peculiar characteristics,
their vengrful disposition and their I'M
damted bravery to an ancestry dating back
to the time when the foothills of the Cum
berland mountains and streams and valleys
tributary to the Sandy were first settled by
a race of intrepid Indian hunters and trap
pers, followers of Boone, Kenton, Arbuckle
and other leading spirits.
MANY Of these men married Indian Squaws
captured i'll raids, or purchased from the diff
fercnt warlike tribes which then inhabited
this region, and the blood of these feminine
branches Of the kinglieSt Indians for tradi-
ton and documents still i'll existence show
that the white hunter of that day was still
something Of an aristocrat, and seldom con
descended to mate with commOner members
of the tribes is at this late day plainly APP
parent III TN" tall. straight forms. the keen
eyes and long. black hair of many of the
older families TO this fact is also attributed
many Of tn" prculiaritieS Of temperament
and disposition 50 anomalous in this age of
intelligence. Around these people as IA nu-
cleus, back in the '&Os and '40s of the present
generation, all the wild spirits of this part of
the country, who We're either driven from
the large centers of the population by vio-
lence of some statute or by choice, seem to
have been attracted by some occult magnet
ism until the Big Sandy country became
known throughout the country as the home
and hiding place of hundreds of the widest
characters
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Death Traps to Engine Drivers.

Note is being taken of the fact that while
fast express trains are most accommodate
ing and serviceable to the passenger in
a hurry to be at the end of his jour
ney, they are ruthless death traps TO engine
drivers, unless there be sufficient covered pro-
lection. Every engine driver and stOker on
an express train, if unprotected, has the wind
rushing past him at the rate of from forty to
sixty miles an hour-a force sufficient to flex
moderate surface Of iron plating an eighth
of an inch thick-New York Telegram.
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there was a code OF ethics among the inhab-
itants which granted every one the privilege
of using his raw material as he saw fit
Chicago Times Parkersburg CIV. Va Letter.
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Give me a list of the names Of the men in
any city or town i'll thi, country, and ever
without having seen or heard Of them, | viii.
tell you half their ages, said a prominent cti.
zen yesterday
How can you DO that" asked an incredu.
lous bystander
Simply by the initials Of their names. H.
the first place YOU must remember that about
half of the male population of this country
have been named after presidents of the
United States or candidates for president
and all You have to do is to know when these
presidential candidates were at the zenith OF
their popularity. OF course, exceptions must
be made of George Washington and Andrew
Jackson, for people have not quit naming
their boys after these illustriOus men to this
day.
For instance. here is the name of W. H.
Johnson-William Henry Harrison wa.
elected president i'll 1896, consequently Mr.
Johnson is about So years old. Here is W.
Scott Smth-Winfied Scott ran for presi.
dent i'll 1852. Smith is therefore about 81
years old. The next name on the list is 4.
L. NOrth-Abraham Lincoln was elected
president in 1850 Mr. North is therefore
about % years of age. Now take the next
NJ. F. SmatherS. Willard Fillmore was a
candidate for president in 1856. NJ. f.
Smathers Is therefore, in all probability,
about So years Old. And so on. By study.
ing the Christian names of men you can fig.
ure out the ages of many of them very
closely. "-PuuXSutawney Spirit.
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Habits of OstriCheS.

There are certain old traditions about the
ostrich which, have been told by the owner
of the California ranch, are fallacious. He
says that the ostrich does not bury his head
in the sand and imagine he is unObseryed by
his enemies On the contrary he is a very
pugnaciOus bird and always ready for fight.
Nor does the female ostrich lay her eggs in
the sand for the sun to hatch them. To do
them justice, they are quite domestic and de-
serve a better reputation. Nor is the ostrich
ever used for riding, as he has an exception
ally weak back; any person might break it
with blow from an ordinary cane.
His strength lies in his great breast and his
feet. He has one great claw and a very small
one and with a terrible precision he can bring
down the large claw with cruel force that
will tear open anything not made of sheet
iron
Savage birds at best, they are dangerously
50 during breeding time. The twenty-five
birds brought to our California ranch trusted
to their instinct and laid their eggs during
the California winter, which correspondent to
their summer south of the equator. 1t being
the rainy season, their nests were filled with
water and the eggs were chilled; so the first
Sea>Oa of their American sOiourn was a
failure
The ostrich make, its nest by rolling in the
sand AMI scooping out hole some six feet in
diameter, and, excepting an incubator house.
the California ranch requires no building;
for the Use Of the birds, though the land Is
divided Off int pens, fenced in, each about
an acre in extent, for the Use of the breeding
birds, every pair occupying one such in.
closure
The Ostrirhe, live uDOu alfalra and corn
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Did Not Wish to Spread the Disease.

Can you do anything with my account to-
day, sir asked Il collector
I'D like to pay it," replied Gazzam, "but
the fact is | haven't any gold coin, and the
doctor says that paper money carries the in
fluenza microbe about. Can't be too careful,
you know, and wouldn't pay you with paper
money for all the world. Epoch.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

1. Il q. n. L. K.
INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER -, 1889.
LV. For St. Louis. ..,...............5:t5 a m
Fer st. Louis, ........ ......3:4O III
For Laredo. t:O5 IN
AR. From st. Louis, ..............10:55 M
From st. Louis. .lO;l5 p III
From Laredo. $3.50 p IN
SOUTHERN PACIFIC r, X.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leave For New Orleans, Houston and Gal
weston $50 a. III. and S:l5 p. III.
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Houston and
tGalvestOn, 100 and 40 p. MI
THROUGH WEST.
Leave for San Francisco, Ell PaSO and Eagle
Pass 40 p. IN.
Arrive from San Francisco, FL PaSO and
Eagle Pass 500 a. III.
S.A. g. A. P. r. Remission Route.
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
For CuerO, Houston, Galveston. .S.45 a. IN
Beevlle, Corpus Christi and
ROCkpOrt ....................l:45 p. m
Train for Kerrville............ 80. 4 20 p. IN
AR. From Cuero, Houston and
and Galveston, ............ 6:45 D. M.
From Corpus Christi, Rock
port and B9eville........ Id p. m
From Kerrville -. .........12. Oh. m
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The Italian millionaire, tn" Marche>e Carlo
Guigononi. has bought the world famed little
Mediterranean Island Of Monte CriNto. 1t is
said that he Is going to try To reconstruct the
scene of old Al 'yau.ire Dumas great novel
and 10 evolve the treasure chambers discov-
cred by the Mar>eiieS fisherman, who after
ward hlos,omod out through their agency
into the Count Of Monte CrstO Alexandra
Dumas named his pretty villa near Paris
Monte Cri,to, and it is to this day one of the
sights pointed out to the stranger driving to
SAINT German along the wooded banks Of
the Seine. Fall Mall Gazette.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-19

Raftsmen Would Seize steamer and Turn
Things Loose The Big Sandy Dollar"
and the Ethics which Protected the
COunterTeiters.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
Merriam Has Repented.

st. Paul, March IA red-hot es-
say on tariff reform was read BY
Gov. Merriam Wednesday before the
Farmers alliance and it made q
marked impression on the hardy
tillers of the soil. It was diametri-
cally opposite to the speeches deliv
cred by him during his campaign
two years ago, and is far above any
effort hitherto made by Gov. Merri-
am.
It has been received with triumph
by the democrats and disgust by the
republicans, as it means the Mime
sofa republicans will be compelled
to turn a complete somersault or be
left in the shade.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
HOnOring the HarrisOns

A bill has been introduced in the
house at Washington to appropriate
S25,OOO for monument over the
remains of William Henry Harrison,
grandfather of the president, at
North Bend, 0. This proposition is
doubtless made in the belief that tho
nation Is a debter in its running ac-
count to the Harrisons. There is
no foundation for such belief. The
audit will show that the country has
done hundred fold more for the
Harrisons than they have ever done
for the country.-Philadelphia Press.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
Now, Give Attention

To the purification of your blood,
for at no season is the body so sus
ceptible to the benefits to be deriv-
ed from good medicine, as in
March, April and May. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the peoples favorite
spring medicine. It stands unequal
led for purifying the blood, curing
scrofula, salt rheum, etc, regulating
the kidneys and liver, repairing
nerve tissues, strengthening and
invigorating the whole body, as we'll
as checking the progress of acute
and chronic disease, and restoring
the afflicted parts to a natural,
healthy condition. If you have never
tried Hoods Sarsaparilla for your
''spring medicine" do so this sea-
son.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
Cured by Cuticura

Ny disease tpsoriasis) first broke out on my
left cheek, spreading across my nose and al
most NOS go covering my face. It ran into my eyes.
eyesight altogether. 1t spread all over my
head, and my hair all fell out, until was en-
tirely sald-headed; it then broke ont on my
arms and shoulders, until my arms were just
head, and shoulders being the worst. The
white scabs fell constantly from my head,
shoulders and arms; the skin would thicken
and be very red and itchy, and would crack
and bleed if scratched. After spending many
hundreds of dollars, l was pronounced incura-
BILE heard of the Cuticura Remedies, and
after using two bottles OF Cutlcura Resolvent,
=. could see change; and after 1 had taken
four bottles. was almost cured; and when /
had used six bottles of Cuticura Resolvent and
one box of Cuticura, and one cake of Cuticura
soap, Twas cured of that dreadful disease from
which had suffered for five years. l thought
the disease would leave a very deep scar, but
the Cnticura Remedies cured it without any
scars. | cannot express with pen what suf-
fered before using the Cutcura Remedies
They saved my life, and / felt it my duty to
recommend them. My hair is restored as good
as ever. and so is my eyesight know of 9th
ers who have received great benefit from their
use. Mrs Rosa Kelly
Rockwell City, Iowa
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12

ness. We plead guilty to the charge
that we were never a school teacher,
and we make the assertion that a
vast horde of individuals have play
ed at school teaching who never un-
derstood the first rudiments of the
science. 4 teacher must adapt himself
to the temperament of his scholars
and their environments. For in
stance moral suasion can be success
fully practiced in one school, while
in another, nothing short of the rod
we'll applied can rule. In case OF
that kind how is the supervisor to
make his rules SO that all can con-
form thereto.
We could with propriety suggest
that the adherents of this PROPOSE
ton, 80 far materialized, have come
from aspiring young teachers who
may have their judgments in this
matter clouded by the laudable am
bition that they may in time rise to
the distinction of Lord High Execu-
toner.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
BUTLER MISSOURI.
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 1. 1890
THE OITY NOMINATION.

The editor of the TIMES is dem.
ocrat, the TINES is democratic pa.
per. We believe there is just as
good, ife, progressive men in the
democratic party as there is out OF
it. We do not believe in spewing
hot and cold with the same breath.
We believe the party organization
should be kept up in the city and
township, as well as in the county
and state. It is incomprehensible
to us how weekly paper can be
democratic, made up in whole from
an independent daily. A citizens
board is not amenable to any par
ty, sect or creed for it's actions.
There is just as much wransling and
discord when two citizens tickets
are run as when the old party lines
are drawn taut.
The TINES is not attempting to
dictate any policy in this matter.
We are giving our views and what
We believe to be for the best in
terests OF the party in the county.
Let the chairman of the city democ-
racy call a meeting. Then let full
and fair discussion of this matter be
had and decide what is best to be
done. We do not believe that any
half dozen democrats have d right
to hold secret caucus and decide
not to nominate ticket. Such q
course would be usurping the pow
or which belongs to the party. If a
meeting of the representative demo-
Gratis of the city decide that it is
best for the party and city not to
make a nomination, we'll and good;
on the other hand if they decide to
nominate straight ticket we believe
it is the duty of every democrat to
lay aside personal preference in the
matter and work hard for the sue
cess of such ticket.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
The Atlanta Constitution gener-

Inc AClanto OOnStltutIOQ gener-
ously invited the republican league,
while at Nashville, to make sort of
intinery OF the south, taking in the
one night towns and tarrying longer
in the centers of population. But
what the Constitution proposed to
show the league is just what the
league dosen't want to see. 1t was
this: They would have an oppor-
tunity of beholding state of things
that are not set forth in the north
ern newspaper-the two races living
happily and contented together, and
working side by side and no one
fretting except the pestiferous re.
publican politicians who desire to
stir up race hatred in order that the
republican party may profit by the
confusion and trouble that would
ensue if the Chandler programme
could be carried out.-K. C. Times
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
Cuticura Resolvent

The new blood and akin purifier and purest
a1.. ana pest OF Humor Remedies. internally, and
Cutieura. the great Skin Cure, and Cuticura
soap, an exquisite skin beautiier, externally
have cured thousands of cases where the she'd
ing o' scales measured quart daily, the skin
cracked, bleeding. burning and itching almost
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The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12

Baltimore, Md, March The
Sun says that Jacob Rosenthal, who
recently returned from London,
where he placed the City of Balti-
more breweries, limited is perfect
ing plans of large English syndi-
cate to obtain controlling interest
IN the canning and packing houses
of Baltimore. Nearly 95 per cent of
the oyster and fruit packing houses
OF Baltimore are to be included in
the syndicate. The present annual
output of between 16 and 20 MIL
lion dollars.
Competition in this business has
caused serious shrinkage of profits
during the last FIVE years.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12

A tariff reform club has been or
ganized at Holden. It is governed
by constitution and bylaws. The
officers consist of a president and
three vice-presidents, secretary,
treasurer. collector and executive
committee of three members. All
the towns and cities around here
are awaking to the necessity of or
ganized action in this matter
Pleasant Hill Local.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12

The republicans feel called upon
to do something to allay the grow
ing dissatisfaction among the far
mers' and to make them feel a kind
OF personal interest in the beautiful
theory of protection" According.
~ the treasury department has in.
structed custom house officials to
collect duty of ten per cent. ad
valorem on all rabbit skins imported
into this country,
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
THAT SUPERVISION QUESTION.

In another column we publish q
communication from T. C. Robinson,
OF Rich Hill, on county school super.
vision. We give space to Mr.. Rob.
lnson's article because we believe if
is the duty of a newspaper to give
all parties to controversy an equal
showing, and especially is this so in
matter of so much Importance to
the people of Bates county as the
one now under discussion. Mr.
Robinson thinks we treat the matter
too lightly, considering its import
ance. We outlined what we consid-
ed would be the practical workings
OF the law, and we have since been
informed by gentleman OF undoubt.
ed integrity, now resident of Bates
county, who lived in county in
Kansas, that had adopted similar
law to this, that our diagnosis of the
case was exact so far as we went.
but was not complete enough. Mr..
Il. contends that only one reason has
been gwen against the law, and that
Is the expense attached. There has
been to our mind goodly number
of very substantial reasons advanced,
chief among which is that the law
does not specify the qualifications
fhe snbersnfenaent shall possess.
That is man with ordinary ability
and with no fitness whatever for
the Office is eligible, provided he is
popular with the boys and can con-
troll the requisite number of votes.
The argument that city schools are
better because of having a superin-
tendent, is true but is not analogous,
because the superintendent of a city
school visits the different school
rooms once or twice a day during
the term, instead of once or twice
during the year. The commissioner
ship Of this county has been for
years used as stepping stone to
something higher by aspiring young
politicians, in spite of the small com.
pensation, and there is no reason to
believe that increasing the salary
would decrease the desire OF this class
OF aspiring and ambitious young
gentlemen. We contend that the
adoption of this law would be worse
than a ridiculous farce, until the
present law governing the same is
changed to make mans eligibility
to the office his qualifications and fit-