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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21
FoOlirg a Balky Horse.

A horse car nag baked in front of the
Universalist church at $50 one evening
and declined 70 60 further in the direction
of GreenviHe The driver after striking
the bell TO go ahead, tried several times to
coax the animal forward without avail.
Finding he could not have his way he
concluded to let the horse have his; so
turning the horses round he attached
them TO the other end of the car and start
ed toward Franklin square, an eighth of a
mile away. The horses made good time to
that terminus Of the road in front of the
Wauregan house. They were then taken
to the Greenvilie end of the car and given
another start. They were given free rein,
and passed the Universalist church at Il
rate of speed which promised to make up
for the delay caused by the drivers man
euver That driver had evidently argued
with the horse before, and knew just how
to calm him down and make him do his
best.-NOrwich Comm Bulletin.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21

A Massachusetts avenue lady wanted
a coachman, and one was recommended
whom she interviewed
Iwant avery safe and careful driver"
she said
That's me, num-" responded the ap-
plicant, confidently.
I'm nervous about horses and don't
want to drive fast. andl don't want to
go round the corners with whirl."
Il know, mum, jest what you wants.
Them was my orders before, num-"
Where We're you engaged last?"
"Drivin' a hrarse, mum"
He got the place and is giving excel
lent Observation-Disclosures Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21

People who have taste for ice cream,
and liking for this dish is not altogether
limited to women, should try the fad of
eating Boston brown bread with their
cream. 1t is combination that will de-
light any lover of good living. The other
night three young men dined at quite
popular restaurant down town, and when
it came time for them to have some dessert
one proposed that they should try this
novelty. Unfortunately, the restaurant did
not have an excellent quality of ice cream
and had no brown bread at all, so the
young men went to another restaurant
near by where both are obtainable. There
is sold there a most excellent ice cream
which is called Italian, though it might
just as we'll be called Russian or French, or
anything else. 1t is rich and yellow and
favored with the vanilla bean, which is
ground up and sprinkled through the
cream, so that it looks very much as if pep
per had been thrown in it. A spoonful of
this ice cream placed upon the edge of a
slice of Boston brown bread is a mouthful
to linger over and remember with pleas
ure This combination is far better than
the more common one of Boston brown
bread ice cream, which is really nothing
more than ice cream frozen, with the
crumbs of brown bread mingled in it.
New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21
Gcpuine 8.aine Rumor.

"Ea'sa i -. ;5?-::'atch, a;l won't d. 70
sech a thIng!'' exclaimed al old laQy y
had just come ont of the Aroostook and
who was riding along the Maine Central
road, bound for Durham station. She
was asked the trouble, and then she said
she Never did see sech a sacy Teller as the
brakeman who cad opened the door and
cried out: Durham, Burnham, change
for Unity, Thorndile, Knox, Brooks and
Belfast. Do not leave your packages nor
umbrellas in the car-Burn-um, Burn
umn She said she had some twisted
doughnutS, a homemade cheese, some
homemade socks and a patchwork quilt
which she was bringing down 20 her darter
Nancy, and she shouldn't burn UNI for
nobody nor nothing. "-Lewiston Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21
Sercn&G!E. an Absent Couple.

A most Gisgusted crowd in Saco, the
other evening. was one that, after max
ing itself hoa-se and tired by an
hour and a half spent in serenading
newly married couple and in vainly try
ing to get the groom to respond, was at
last thanked for its music by the bride
groom's father, who volunteered the fur
ther information that his son and wife
were i'll neighboring village.
ton Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21
Illitccacy OF Nations.

The census Of the illiterates in the vari-
Gus countries places the three Sclavic
states of Roumania, Russia and Servia at
the head of the list, with about so per cent.
of the population unable to read or write.
OF the Latin speaking races Spain heads
the list with IS per cent, France and Bel
GUM having about Is per cent The litter
ates in Hungary number IS per cent, in
Austria 80 per cent. and in Ireland 2l. In
England we find 10 per cent; Holland, 10
per cent; Calsed States twhite population,
PEI cent, and Scotland, per cent. I'M
able to read or write. When we come to the
purely Tcutoniu states we find marked
reduction in the percentage Of iliiterates.
The highest is in Switzerland, %; in the
whole German empire it is but l per cent.
In Sweden. Denmark, B&vartl, Baden and
WurtembuvE there is not a single person
over 10 Years OF arc unable to read and
writa.-St Louis EcnU5lc.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21
knew He Was Right,

There is an old story of a man who was
so determined to prove himself in the right
that he was always declaring, II told you
So" One day his son, anxious to teach
him lesson, rushed into the house, crying,
Father, did you know the COW had eat up
the grindstone?" There, told you sol"
exclaimed the old gentleman You
shouldn't ha' left it in the yardw-Youth's
Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21
TROLL IrlUuue.
Flowers Every Day.

For fifteen years Portland business man
has received from the florists every other
morning fresh bunch of fowers-roses,
heliotrope, forget-me-nots and the like,
and placed it directly in front of him upon
his desk. The bouquets have sweetened
his life and who doubts that they have
helped on his osperity?-Lewiston Jour
nal,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21

The appliance of hydraulic power to the
manufacture of steel seamless boats is one
of the latest things in England. These
boats are thought to be in every particular
superior to those made of wood and can be
made at about the same cost
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21
An Honest Man.

Bronson-I suppose l may as well charge
up that S25 you owe me to profit and loss.
Brokeley-My dear sir, | am man of
honor. will pay you that money Sir, if
have to steal it.-Munsey's Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21

Neighbor Jones is growing poor because
the street car fare upon his daily route has
been reduced Formerly he saved six cents
by walking to his work; now he saves only
five
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILRoa

THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leave for New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston. 900 p. mi and 9:25 a. m.
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Hous-
ton and Galveston 6:40a. m. and 4:lO p. m.
THROUGH WEST.
Leave for San Francisco, Ell
Paso and Eagle Pass. 4:4Olp. m.
Arrive from San Francisco Ell
Paso and Eagle Pass. ........ 9:25 a. m
THE s. A. & A. p. r. REMISSION
ROUTE.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for KerrvlIIe, daily, eX-
cept Sunday, at............ 500 p. m
Leaves for Galveston, Houston
and Cuero, daily, except
at. ........... 1890. s:45 a. m
Leaves for CorpusChristi,R Rock
port and Beeville daily, eX-
cept Sunday, at.............. las p. m
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, daily, except
Sunday, at.................... $3.50 a. m
From Corpus Christi Rockport
and Beeville, daily, except
Sunday, at. ............... l:45 p. ml
From Galveston, Houston and
Cuero, daily.
MALLORY STEAMSHIP LINE.
Steamers sail and arrive at Galveston
every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
!. d G. N. RAILROAD.
DEPARTURES.

DEPARTURES.
For st. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or NJ, X. & T.......... -5:45 a. m
For st. Louis, via Iron Noun
tain route. .................. $3.50 p. m
For Laredo. ............ lilo a. m.
ARRIVALS.
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and M, X. & T.............10;5 5 a. m
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and NJ, K. & 7. routes. ....1 1000 p. m.
From Laredo. Observation-Disclosures. 3:35 p. m.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-21


To Be Continued. ..
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-10
Concerning Memory.

Memory is found in all healthy states
of the brain, and consists of a revival
in the mind of past condition or act,
says the New York Ledger. 1t is not
enough that the original impression be
renewed on thelbrain and comprehended; /;
it must be registered, so as to produce
permanent modification of brain
structure or action, otherwise it passes
from the mind and can only be vaguely
recalled. A good memory depends on
various considerations one is healthy
brain structure, another is nutrition,
and third is training and culture. The
young remember more easily
than the old. Their brains
are active, and there is an
enormous amount of new healthy blood
coursing through them at rapid rate,
and nutrition is active. Fatigue is fatal
to good memory-it is then that nutri-
tion languishes; but rest restores a
healthful condition, and then the power
OF memory comes back again. As old
age comes on nutrition is less perfect,
and the cells of the brain in which
memory takes place become filled up
with debris of decay, become yellow,
and actually lose their organized struct-
ure, and are no longer capable of &C,
tior
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-10

"Few people are thoroughly at ease
about the disposition of their hands in
company" said teacher of the art of
gesture And yet there is a very
simple thing that may be done to get
rid of that disagreeable consciousness
of the members which give rise to the
difficulty. You see, the hands are far
more highly educated in this age of me-
chanical civilization than they have
ever been before. 1t may also be said
that the brain has found its way to the,
end of the tingers-that these extremi-
ties have come to possess an inherent
intelligence. For this reason the at
tention is so fixed by habit upon the
hands that they feel awkward, just as
any other part of the body will do if
you think particularly about it.
In order to be graceful in the dis
posal OF your hands, it is only neces-
sary to get rid of consciousness about
them, and you may accomplish this to
surprising extent by very simple
gymnastic process. Let them hang
Imply and wiring them as violently as
possible for five minutes, say. This
will render them unconscious to great
extent, so that you will not be dis
turbed for some time after by excess of
feeling in them. Consequently, while
the effect lasts, you will lind yourself
at ease about your hands and will
have no trouble about their manage
ment.
"You will be astonished, if you try it,
to find out how admirably it works. 1
have recommended it to hundreds of
people, and they have uniformly found
it successful. Do it once every day for
a month, and you will discover that by
mere practice of the habit, your en-
barrassment in this regard has been
greatly diminished. The time to per-
form the operation, obviously, is just
before you enter room full of COM
pany, though it will not do very well to
be found wringing your hands in the
vestibule of house to which you have
been invited, or engaged in what may
appear to be frantic exhibition of grief
in the reception room,"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-10

Every day brings news of the adj
vancement of women, say the Boston
TraUeler. Slowly but surely they are
working their way into the various pro-
fessions and trades and approaching that
ideal Of equity in work with men which
the progressive woman has always per-
sistently cherished. The appointment
of Miss Belle Smith-who, by the way
is said to be only 23 years old-as resi-
dent physician of the Woman's Prison
at Sherborn, position of great respon-
sibility, is another evidence of the fact
that in this country women are advanc-
ing, and advancing rapidly. In this
connection it is interesting to note the
increasing number of women who are
adopting the profession of medicine.
Not many years ago the feeling pre-.
vailed among the unthinking people that
women had no right to act as physicians
that by so doing they were guilty, not
only of impertinent intrusion upon the
exclusive province of the male prac.
titioners, but of indelicacy and unwo-
manliness as well. 1t seems strange
that this prejudice should have been
entertained, for from time immemorial
women have been regarded as ideal
nurses. Is it sign of the advance
ment or of the retrogression of men that
while women are entering the mascu-
line profession of medicine men are
adopting the feminine work of nursing =?
And the difference between the func-
tions of nurse and physician is by no
means vast one, the physicians duties
being, on the whole, rather more deli
cate than those of the nurse.
Another consideration which favors
the admission of women to medical
practice, and which, it would seem,
ought to have outweighed all consides,
tions against it, is the fact that they are
peculiarly fitted to treat in certain cases
the members of their own sex, and that
they are gifted with a certain feminine
intuition Ga quality, strange as it may
seem, used by Mr.. Grant Allen as al
argument against the higher education
of women) which would be invaluable
to them in their diagnoses of those ner
yous diseases which are rapidly increas
ing with the advance of our civiliza
ton, the pressure OF the competition fol
existence, and the ever-growing de
mands which are made upon the facul
| ties of the mind. There is no doubl
that in few years women. instead Z
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-10

His Picture KiIIeu Him,

One day man came over to our
mine, which was about seven miles
from Virginia City, and told us that
photographer had just opened up in
town, says an old miner. Next day
being Saturday, lot of us knocked
off at noon and went up to have our
tintypes taken. Among the crowd
was old Bill Lawson, who was the
homeliest man you ever set eyes on.
He was not only lop-shouldered and
hump-backed, but a bear had clawed
his face and fighter had bitten his
nose and blinded him in one eye. 1t
was matter of remark that his looks
would scare panther, and we had
known of men coming six miles to
look at him; but, as the old man would
never look into glass, he couldn't
realize how homely he really was He
might never have realized it had he
not concluded to sit for a great big
tintype-the largest the artist could
make. When finished picture was
handed him he stared at it in blank
surprise; then he scratched his head
and rubbed his good eye, and looked
again. Then he came over to lis and
dSheu Ill IL ldllerluB voice.
"Pards, who is this chap in the pic
tur'?'
"That's you, Bill"
"Looks like me?"
Exactly"
Cant be no one else9"
"No."
I'm as homely as that, am II"
"Worse, if anything"
"You don't sayl Look a-hyar, boys,
how long hev you known this ?"
"Two years.
"And never let on! Well, that was
white of you and no mistake. Can't
be any other feller, can it?"
"No."
"That's my mug-my blinker, my
nose, my mouth and chimp"
Eyes"
"That's enuff. Goodby, boys"
"But where are you going?"
Back to camp. See you later"
But he never did. He started for
camp alone, and at the halfway spot
he sat down on rock and suicided by
putting bullet into his head. On a
hat stone lay the tintype, and with a
piece ofclay he had written on the
stone:
"Gone to get decent-looking mug
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-10
Horse Meat for Eating.

Physically it may be distinguished
from beef or mutton by its appearance,
says the Nineteenth Century. 1t is
coarser in the grain than beef. In
this respect it resembles bull beef more
than any other. 1t is darker in color
and looks more moist than beef 1t
has a peculiar smell and peculiar
sweetness of taste. It's flavor is gener-
ally considered to be half way between
the favors of beef and game. 1t is
something like the flavor of hare. One
reason why horse flesh is, as rule,
darker in color than beef, is that horses
which are poleaxed or which have died
from injury, disease or old age are not
properly bled and dressed by the
slaughterer. 1t is, however, by its fat
that horse flesh is most easily distin-
guished. The fat of horse flesh is not
generally mixed with the lean. 1t is
yellow in color. 1t looks more moist
than the fat of beef 1t soon melts and
soon becomes rancid. Consequently,
unless a rapid sale is effected or the
fat removed, an advance price must be
charged in order to secure the butcher
from loss on unsold meat.
Lastly, horse flesh can be distin.
guished from beef by its chemical
characteristics, and it is in this way
that it may be recognized when mixed
with other substances. Who can tell
except the chemist, what are the com
ponent parts of sausage, polony Oh
saveloy? Or who can tell by taste
what these parts are? We do moi
Judge by taste, we judge by flavor, and
in the making of favor-to use Sam
Weller's phrase the seasoning as
| 'doac IL
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-10
The Woman of the Future.

Combination among skilled women
workers, says the English Illustrated
Magazine, is increasing every day,
though slowly, for women are naturally
conservative, and they do not readily
accept the principle of unionism. They
have, many of them, suffered sorely
from the effect of strikes, and though
they realize that prolonged combina-
tion, If carried out consistently, must
improve their position and in the long
run raise their wages, never lose sight
OF the long period during which their
employment must cease till their ulti-
mate demands are conceded. Added to
which they do not forget the bitter
feelings aroused-the breach between
employer and servant, and above all,
that in a struggle such as long strike
must always be, it is only the strong
who win; the weak ones go to the wall.
All these things make women shy and
slow to join trade union, while the
introduction of foreign labor in Eng
land and the increasing demand on ac-
count of their cheapness, for foreign
goods have made much deeper i'm
preston on their minds than is gener-
ally admitted The skilled woman
worker has, however, the security of
knowing that she can take up her stand
with greater chance of success, for
with the best women workers, as with
the men, the supply is scarcely in ex-
cess of the demand. And were tech
nical instruction given to women a good
deal of the better class work they can
not do would be carried out in England
instead of being executed by French
women who are trained for it in many
technical schools which exist for women
in France.
In Scotland the question has been
warmly espoused by the women who
work In Glasgow and Dundee, and the
prospect of combining for the unskilled
as we'll as the skilled workers is very
much more promising than in England.
Scotch women are more independent
and self-reliant, added to which, though
the pay is bad, their surroundings are
less deteriorating than those of the
London women. and their dwellings,
are better and rents are lower.
The rapid increase of the population
and the influx of people from the coun-
try to the large towns makes the prob
lem of how to deal with unskilled fe-
male labor every year more difficult.
The education hitherto given to women
in England is purely intellectual, and
when girl has passed the standard
she at once goes into the ranks of the
unskilled. If she can give time she
may be apprenticed and learn trade,
but the number of girls who can afford
to do that are getting fewer every day.
The few shillings girl can earn at
once is too important an addition to the
family income to be rejected, and as the
majority of them marry while prac
tically children, neither the necessity
of being apprenticed nor of joining q
union appeals to them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-10
Rules for a Clear Skin.

You want to keep your skin nice all
summer? Well, then, here are some
rules for you.
Don't bathe in hard water, soften it
with few drops OF ammonia, OF little
borax.
Don't bathe your face while it is very
warm, and never use very cold water
for it.
Don't wash your face when you are
travelling, unless it is with a little
alcohol and water, or little vaseline
Don't try to remove dust with cold
water; give your face hot bath, using
plenty of good soap, then give it a
thorough rinsing with water that has
had the chill taken off of it.
Don't rub your face with a coarse
towel; just remember it is not made of
cast-iron, and treat it as you would the
finest porcelain-gently and delicately.
Don't use o sponge, or linen rag
for your face; choose instead flannel
one.
Don't believe You can get rid of
wrinkles by filling in the crevices with
powder. Instead give your face a
Russian bath every night; that is, to
bathe it with water SO hot that you
wonder how you can stand it, and then,
o minute after, with cold water that will
make it glow with warmth; dry it with
a soft towel and go to bed, and you
ought to sleep like baby while your
skin is growing tirmer and coming from
out of the wrinkles, and you are rest
| ing.-LddieS' Home Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-10
Inartistic Women.

"Women make strange mistakes in
the artistics-to coin word-of dress"
says an artist, "but one of the strangest
is the way in which they treat their
necks when wearing low corsage. Near
ly every woman believes that black
velvet band heightens the beauty of
her neck. Especially if it be long and
slender, does she insist upon putting
black velvet about it. And thus she
makes it look even longer and slenderer.
The effect of black close up to the
neck and face is always to make them
look thin. A very stout woman, with a
neck too plump, may employ the black
band with advantage, but the thin
woman should wear light ribbon,
white or blue, or string of pearls or
of gold beads, if she wants to produce
the pleasantest effect"