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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10
Prescription Latin Must Go.

One of our intelligent citizens who, like
the rest of us, is not up in doctors Latin,
received prescription from his physician
which wound up with the following mon
grel injunction: "Sig. teaspoonful t. i. d. |"
"T. i. d.-what's that2" queried the pa
tient-"ah, | see; till die. No, doctor, you
can keep your prescription-I want some
thing to take t. i. &. will l get we'll"
The physician righted things by explain
ing that ct. i. d." was short for ter in
dien-which means three times a day
Springfield Union.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10
An Historical Oak.

From the Providence Journal
Relics from Southern battle-tields
are still finding their way to the
North, and they excite q good deal of
interest among the veterans. AT the
office of Frederick E. Hovey there ar
rived Tuesday section OF an oak tree
about 1-2 feet long ard II inches
through. 1t was purchased as relic
from farmer at Chickamauga for IS,
and he secured another dollar for
carrying it to the railroad, nine miles
away. 1t was shipped July 10, and
should have arrived here weeks ago,
hut the car was side tracked during
the strikes and did not arrive here
until this month. This piece OF oak
Ia deeply i'm bedded with rebel shells.
There are two whole shells partly
visible and fourteen small pieces.
The cap on one of these shells is three
inches in diameter, and few letters
can be deciphered Oh it which might
tell its make. The pieces have grown
in and are partly covered by the
gnarled oak. This tree stood very
close to the headquarters of Gen.
Thomas on September 10, 1863, at the
battle of Cbickamauga.
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w. Scrivner, dwelling, ward 4 500.
BuTkhOlder d Bennett, 3 dwellings,
ward :, $1,000.
Jose MaChavez, addition, ward 2,
5000.
Mrs. c. D. Pearson, dwelling, ward
3, $4,000.
F, Carpenter, dwelling, ward 3,
5000.
r. p. Finucane, dwelling, ward g.,
$1,000.
NJ. de r. D. CARA, addition, ward 2,
$l75.
Eli Armand, shop, ward 2, $500.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10

1t Is Not Prison Either-Immense Sue
cess of the Civil Service Supply Associ-
alton of Great Britain After Twenty
FIVE Years Test.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10

Barnum, the perennial, is over 80 years
of age. But he sees no reason why he
should not work as hard as ever, and make
as much more money as he can. He is
now occupied with real estate speculations
in Colorado, which he follows. with per
sonal attention, and which reward him by
iustifving his foresight and courage.
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1 Lowing Menage.

Mr.. Urusus Bullion Jagged 75}-I notice,
Erelina, that you have been lately calling
me dearest swan" It's a very pretty
term, what is the allegory?
Mrs. CrU'sus Bullion (aged 70. one year
married. You know swan lives 100
years, and it seems rs though you might
live to that agr, doesn't it?-Jewclers' Cir
Cular
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ButcLc@--What can send you up today,
Mrs StyI 49,
Mrs. S,ylcs-Scnd me up aleg of mutton,
and be sure it is from black sheep.
Iulcisr-A black sheep
Mis-. Styles-Yes: we are in mourning,
you kuuw-Chatter.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-11-08

People fail in many ways. In busi-
ness. in morality, in religion, in hap
piness. and in health. A weak heart
d often an unsupported cause offail-
ure In life. If the blood does not
circulate properly in the lungs, there
is shortness Of breath, asthma, etc.;
in the brain, dizziness, headache, etc;
in the stomach, wind, pain, indiges-
ton, faint spells, etc; in the liver,
torpidity, congestion, etc. Pain 10
the left side, shoulder and stomach Is
caused by heart strain. For al these
maladies DR.. Miles New Cure for
the heart and lungs Is the best reme-
DIV. Sold, guaranteed and recon-
mended by A. M. Gilbert. Treatise
free.
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Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plain6eld,
ILL.,, makes the statement that she
caught cold, which settled on her
lungs; she was treated for month
by her family physician, but grew
worse. He told her she was q hope
less Uictins of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption /; b
bought bottle and to her delight
found herself benefited from first
dose. She continued its use and
after taking ten bottles, found her
self sound and well, now does her
own homework and is as well as she
ever was. Free trial bottles Of this
Great Discovery at E. G. Williams,
Jr. & Co.'S. Drug Store, large bottles
SO cts. and $l.00
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Smut on Corr.

Smut on the corn originates in
light spores that are carried about in
the atmosphere. It is said to enter
the stem when the plant is young,
and throughout its whole growth the
fungus is growing within it, but pro-
duces but little appearing. The smut
forms oftenest on the ear. but is
also found on other parts of the
stalk. Corn seems to be the only
crop in which smut appears long
enough before maturity to admit of
any treatment. The smut should be
cut out as soon as the swelling is OBJ
served and before any Of the spores
have burst through. At the time Of
harvesting all smutty ears and stalks
that have been overlooked should be
kept separate and destroyed and not
be fed to stock to perpetuate the dis
ease. The spores adhering to seed
corn may be destroyed BY soaking
few minutes in solution Of blue Wit
riol, but this will not protect against
smut spores in the manure or smut
ty stalks left in the field.
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ture, and now there are $l1 900 ,0OO,-
600. There were then 1000, 900
farms now there are between 4,0O0,-
600 and 100000.
Put milk in a bottle, filing it.
bring it to boiling heat and then
plug the bottle with cotton that has
just been plunged into boiling water,
and the milk keep sweet and sound
for an indefinite time.
Some one suggests as means of
keeping rats and squirrels out of the
corn-crib, to line it with sufficiently
fine woven wire. This, while pro-
tecting the grain, viii not prevent
the access of light and air.
If you want to know all about the
sugar-beet industry. send to w. ii.
Wiley, chemist, Washington, D. c.,
and get copy of bulletin No. 81, on
the culture of the sugar-beet and
manufacture of beet-sugar.
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Wit and Wisdom.

He who laughs at himself will not
laugh alone.-Ram's Horn.
Hay fever may be likened to "tie
VOTE as athe eyes and nose both
appear to have it."
A close reader-one who always
borrows his neighbours paper, being
to close to buy one.-Texas Siftings.
'.Go to work, you lazy thing"
"'Tain't TO use. Work won't do
nothing for me since struck him.
Harper's Bazaar.
The way to emancipate man is
to make him so large that you can't
afford to furnish iron enough to
make fetter.-Beecher.
An empty pocket book is a mans
most constant friend. Others may
grow cold, but he will find no change
in the purse.-Great Darlington
News.
The man who is small in statue
never regets the fact so much as
when he is holding an umbrella over
pretty girl who is about fourteen
inches taller than he.-Boston
Herald.
Mrs. De Fashion.-What Did
your daughter mary for lover Mrs.
Oldtime-Indeed she did. Would
you like to see her? "Well, yes,
unless she is exhibiting herself at
some dime museum.-Good News.
A mans ears arc placed in such o
way that he may catch the things
that are said in front of him. A
merciful Providence never intended
that lie should hear what is said
behind his back.-Atchison Globe.
/ believe in holiness, truth, beauty;
I believe in the redemption of the
soul by faith in forgiveness; believe
in love, devotion, honor; | believe In
duty and moral conscience; | believe
in prayer; I believe that our higher
nature is our Only true nature
Amiel's Journal.
Somebody says that a healthy
infant, cooling in cradle, is sight
that makes angels lean over the
battlements of Heaven and gaze
longingly toward earth. The icea
is poetic, but the cold facts in tile
case are that life is full of bowling
discord to the inexperienced father
of colicky twins.-Ram's Horn.
Great Editor (new daily paper)-
"Haye you finished that double
loaded leader on our marvellous in
crease of circulation and our phe'
nomenal success Assistant-Yes
sir. Just got through. did you
refer to the paper as the most won.
derful journalistic triumph since the
days of Franklin ?n "Those were
almost my very words" Good
Quick as the edition is on the street
I'll hustle around and see if / car
borrow enough to pay your salary
IN. 7. Weekly.
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JOB WORK
Curing Pork.

!. For every 100 pounds Of pork
take eight pounds of salt, Ave pounds
OF sugar, four ounces Of salt petre,
and one ounce Of rcd pepper, and
make pickle strong enough to float
an egg, pour it on the pork when
cold. The hams should be at the
bottom, shoulders next, and the sides
on top. This will pickle il we'll if
left in it for six weeks, when 1t should
be lifted, and every part where the
bones protrude upon the feshy side
lightly covered with red pepper.
Hang up carefully in the smoke
house, not too close, so that the
smoke can freely circulate and reach
every part of each piece.
9. Salt down the pork FOR about
two weeks, take up and resalt, with
one teaspoonful of saltpetre to each
ham and three pounds of brown
sugar to each hundred pounds
pack down for two weeks more
take up and wash hams in warm wa
ter and put them in clean sacks of
course, white cloth, which have been
stepped in solution Of lime hang
and smoke for about three weeks,
and they can then be left hanging
the entire season. No insects will
modest them If thus prepared.
8. After the hams are perfectly
cool, the animal heat being entirely
out of them, put them down in salt
for few days, after which lift and
drain off all the bloody water. Make
the following pickle sufficient to
cover them Nine pounds of salt,
three ounces of saltpetre, one ounce
of saleratrs, four pounds of brown
sugar, and six gallons of water. AT.
ter lying in the pickle for month,
hang and smoke as in No. /.
The famous Westphalia hams are
cured as follows: They are first rub
bed with dry salt and left to drain
for twenty-four hours. -Four quarts
of salt, three pounds of brown
sugar, one pound of saltpetre, four
ounces of sulprunella, and four oun.
ces of juniper berries are bruised
and we'll mixed together and boiled
six quarts of wat er, The brine is
then cooled and SKINNED. The hams
are taken from the salt and are
wiped dry, and the cold pickle ia
poured over them and we'll rubbed
into the meat. There is enough
brine to cover the meat. The hams
are turned every second day for 8
weeks, after which they are taken
out, wiped dry, and o mixture OF
pepper, salt, and bran be thoroughly
well rubbed into the meat. They
are then smoked little every for
three months, or even more, until
completely dry, when they will keep
sound and improve in flavor for
years.
Hams shrink in smoking about ten
per cent. in weight, whilst picked or
sailed pork gains about ten per cent.
SO say the curcrs.-American Guilt
| Gator.
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Druggists everywhere report that
The sales Of the Restorative Nervine
a nerve food and medicine-are as.
tonishing; exceeding anything they
ever had, while it gives universal
satisfaction in headache, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, sexual debility,
backache, poor memory, flts, dizzl-
ness, etc. Taylor Bros, OF Bryan,
o.; Ambery Il Murphy, of Battle
Creek, Mich. G. B. Woodwork q
Co., of Fort Wayne, Ind, and hun
dreds of others state that they never
handled any medicine which sold so
rapidly, or gave such satisfaction.
Trial bottles of this great medicine
and book on Nervous Diseases, free
at A. M. Gilbert's who guarantees
and recommends it.
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VIM. Timmons, Postmaster of
IdavilIe, Ind, writes: !" Electric
Bitters has done more for me than
all other medicines combined, for
that bad feeling arising from Kidney
and Liver trouble" JOHN Leslie,
farmer and stockman, of same place,
says: " Find Electric Bitters to be
the best Kidney and Liver medicine,
made me feel like new man." J..
w. Gardner, hardware merchant,
same town, says: Electric Bitters
is just the thing for man who is all
run down and don't care whether he
lives or die; he found new strength,
good appetite and felt just like he
had . new lease on life. Only soc.
q bottle, at E. G. Williams, Jr. &
Cos. Drug Store.
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD
~ TIME TABLE,
TAKES EFFECT SUNDAY, MAY IL, 1890
WEST ROTND

WEST bOUNU.
No leaves Philadelphia ii % D m, Har-
risburg 4.35 M, Mechanicsburg So m,
Carlisle 5l4 m, MELVILLE 5.35 m, Ship.
pensburg 5.55 m, Chambersburg 6 20 a m,
Greencastle GAL q N, Hagerstown 7.2O m,
Martinsburg s 06, a NJ, Tablers 1926 M,
Darkesville 8.3l m, Gerard!s 35, Bunker
Hill $40, Clearbrook s.54, arrives at VIM
chester 80 an.
No. 9 leaves Phila 30 m, Harrisburg
7.45, Mechaniceburg 8.09, Carlisle 8 35,
MELVILLE 800, Shippensburg s.22, Cham.
bersburg 9 Al, Greencastle 1910, Hagers-
town l0.40, Martinsburg lI.25, Tablers IL.
40, Darkesville ll.45, Gerard l1.49, Bum
ker Hill ll.54, Clearbrook 1903 p m, ar.
rives at Winchester l2.25 p On.
No. / leaves Philadelphia IL 40 a M. Har
risburg 400 N, Mechanicsburg 4. %. Car
Isle 4.49, MELVILLE STA, Shippensburg 81,
Chambersburg sos, Greencastle 6.27, Ha.
gerstown 6.b5, Martinsburg Z SO, Tablers
7.50, Darkesville 7.55, Gerard So. Bunker
Hill 500, Clearbrook s.l5, arrives at Win.
chester $50 p m.
EAST BOUND.
No. IA leaves Winchester 100 a m. Clear
brook l6, Bunker Hlli 80, Gerard 7.34.
Darkesville 73s, Tablers s.4a, Martinsburg
500, Hagerstown $40, Greencastle els,
Chambersburg $40, Shippensburg 1901,
MELVILLE 1928, Carlisle 10 SO Mechanics
burg 1920, Harrisburg ll.4o, arrives at
Philadelphia 3.lap
No. leaves Winchester 2.l5 m, Clear
brook q al, Bunker Hill 2.44, Gerard z. 4s.
Darkssville 2.52, Tablers 1851, Ma-tinsburg
$40, Hagsrstown 400, Greencastle 4. rs,
Chambersburg 800, Shippensburg 524,
MELVILLE 5.45, Carlisle clio, Mechanicsburg
6.3s, Harrisburg 100, arrives at Philadel-
phia 10. 30 pm.
No. 10 leaves Winchester I 90 m, Clear
brook TIC, Bunker Hill 7 80, Gerard 7 35,
Darkesyille 7.3A Tablers 7.45, Martinsburg
S.l0, Hagerstown 900, Greencastle 9.38,
Chambersburg 1910. Shippensburg 10. 81,
MELVILLE 1887 p m, Carlisle IL 30, Mechap-
icsburg ll.4l, Harrisburg so, arrives at
Philadelphia 4.25 am.
]. F.BOYD, Saperintendert
d, A RIDDLE, Genr. Passens er Agent,
wa. GARD,
Agent at Martipsbu' g
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Old Stoner heard the news . few
days later. Within an hour he had
retired from business The camp
was broken up, the hunters disap-
peared, mysterious lights flashed At
intervals all night from the points Of
the Cliff and the next day old Stoncr
himself disappeared, leaving his
family, the ranch, and the livestock.
1t was said that he made the best OF
his way to Mexico, and finally to
South America. The world is large
as yet, and men who have money
can ramble over . good deal Of it
without finding past they wish to
escape from. But Tessa lives in her
San Luis, 'Obispo, cottage, with
orange trees over it, and La marque
roses on the poarch, and she thinks
herself the happiest woman in cali
fornia.-Belf ord's Magazine.
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He came in the BARRIERS in such
dreadful state OF nervousness that
the barber locked up the razor.
"What's the matter?" he inquired
holding a milestone behind him in
case of any outbreak.
.Wby," he answered in an agitat-
ed whisper, II have just noticed my
hair turning gray.
aOb, that's nothing"
aYee, not much to you, perhaps,
but I feel that bad about it I'm ready
to dye
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He comes out ct the front door,
bright-faced and happy. He comes
out for no particular reason, save
that he wants to be moving about.
He is full of physical action and
must get some OF it out of him before
bed time or he wont be fit to sleep.
He doesn't know with his head, but
his body knows it; for after all the
body does a good deal of its own
thinking, independent Of what we
call consciousness. He stands on the
step and looks up and down the
street. He doesn't know what he is
looking for. Indeed he is not look
ing for anything. He just looks with
sort Of underlined hope that he will
see something suggestive to him of
what to do. He jumps down the
steps and goes to the gate, hangs on
it moment, makes O few sounds
with his voice, such as nobody bat a
boy can make, and no person else
would make If he could. The sounds
don't mean anything. He makes them
because-well, because he is boy.
As if he had suddenly thought of
something to do, he bangs the gate
open and rushes down the middle OF
the street, yelling like q young Indi
an. But he has not thought of some.
thing to do. He has simply done
that because he couldn't think of any
thing to do and must do something
Whe he picks up stone and fires it
at a dog, and cringes and feels sorry
if it hits the mark, he doesn't want
to hit the dog. He throws the stone
because he and the dog and the stone
are there, and 1t is handy to do SO.
For q few seconds he stands and
looks up into the tree at nothing.
Then he breaks into a run again and
suddenly sits down on . curbstone
as If he bad accomplished something
and was content.
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Johnny's Own Way.

Johnny wanted very much to
"help" his mother bake pies one
morning. So she gave him piece
Of dough, the cover of q starch box
for pastry board, and q clothes
peg for q rolling pin. When he had
rolled so hard that his face was very
red, he put his little pie on the stove
hearth to bake, and then he saw the
pretty, soft steam putting ont of the
kettle. He tried to catch it in his
hand, but it few away. Then he
put his finger near the nose of the
kettle. His mother saw him and
cried.
Job, Johnny, take care, or you'll
burn your fingers, my dear |"
"Steam can't burnp cried wise
Johnny: "only FIRE burns"
"You must not try .it. Believe
me, it will burn you. Do stop,
Johnny |"
"Oh. DEAR" cried Johnny, "why
can't have my own way sometimes
| do like my own wayi When I'm
a big man / mean to stand and
poke my forefnger.in the teakettle
all day, sometimes, and have my
own way, and"
Poor Johnny did not wait till he
was man to do this; a scream OF
pain told that he had had his own
way already.
The dear, little white fingers were
sadly burned, and for hours Johnny
screa med and jumped about so that
his mother could hold him on her
lap.
"Oh ! OIL oh what shall I dol
Oh, dear mamma, I'll never have
my own way as long as livel When
I'm great man Til never put my
fingers In the ter-kettle. Oh, dear,
dear 70
Take care, little folks, how you
take your own way; there are worse
foes in the world than Johnny q
steam. Your parents are wiser than
you, and they love you too well 10
deny you any harmless pleasure
Words of Life.
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Mrs. smith-so your daughter has

Mrs. Smith-So your daughter has
graduated with honcrs.
Mre. Jones-Yes; she understands
painting, and astronomy, and piano
playing, and Lord knows what all
aYou ought to be very proud"
II suppose so. expect she Will
be very happy in her married life i
she finds husband who knows how
to cook, sew on buttons and dress
children"
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II haven't heard Of you for some
time.p wrote and ArkaDsaw father TO
h;s son. aand fear that you are
dead"
aNo, I an not Dead" be replied,
s.but / am sentenced TO be hung next
week. If you can spare the time,
come over. There will be quite >
crowd, and you may meet some q
your old ffiends,n
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Maud-What do Won meap 10 :.

Maud-What do you mean By re-
ciprocity?
Claude-Now, il were to kiss you
and you should kiss me In return
that would be reciprocity.
Maud-Why, it's nice, isn't It? I
thought it VAS something bad.
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J. Fl. BRIST0R
REAL ESTATE AGENT

OVER EMMERT l. FIRERY'S STORE.
MARTINSBURG, WEST VA
WILL attend to the Real Estate business
w in all its branches. Will buy and sell
lands on commission. Persons having Land
or Town Property to sell, will consult theis
interests by placing them in our hanes
once for advertisement.
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"H~@S NA~ y
"Here, Tessa don't come too
near"
But the mountain girl knew the
danger. Creeping down stairs for
drink of water she had heard her
fathers words to Warren, had thrown
a shawl about her shoulders and run
to the pasture. Then she caught her
pet horse, sprang upon his unsaddled
back, seized RATA as she passed the
stable, and galloped at the utmost
speed down the ravine, hoping
against hope, for many minutes had
necessarily elapsed since Warren
started.
She sprang to the ground and tos-
sed the lawhide rope to the one arm
he held above the sand. She folded
her shawl and put it over her hor-
SEES shoulders, and tied the RATA
around like collar. Then she led
him slowly away from the quick
sands, and Warren thought his arm
would break; but slowly, reluctant
~, painfully, the sand gave up its
prey.
"Your father told me to take this
road, Tessa," said the young sheriff.
@Yes, I know that, and heard
one of the men tell him today that
the bar was swept out"
There was a long silence between
them.
''Tessa, go with me to San Luis,
said Warren, land let Us be mar
Tied.n
The Press., 1890-03-20
COVENTRY.
SOUTH COVENTRY.


 A. 8. PARKER Local Editor and Business Manager
 of Coventry Local Register.
 A concert by members of the Congre. gational and M. B. Sunday schools will be given at the Congregational church next Sunday evening.
 We have held an infant in our arms and wrote news items at the same time. Wonder if Brother T. of the Journal can not do the same, for the Coventry section has latterly been rather brief, presumably because he has been SO many years out oi practice.
 Rev. John Pearse expects to leave town this spring.
 -Wm. Wallen is continued as whip car rier for the coming season, the other road bought, SO that when the highway settles down to a proper state work can be con- menced, and we really hope that the ditches on the Bunker Hill road will show that scraper has been used on them be fore the season is over as was not the case last year. Mrs Rose Kenney, frst-rate butter maker, is to take care of the dairy on Hon. Chauncey Towards farm the coming sea- son. &- IN. A. Watts, who recently bought the cottage of the estate of the missing J. J. Franklin, is raising the roof of the l., which will be an improvement to the bulld- ing.
 From time to time we sec reports con- corning J. J. Franklin. Where such re, ports originate we do not know, but we do know that from time to time we have been solicited to write about Mir. F., once for the Sunday edition of newspaper, with this directlon-no matter whether you know anything about MT. F. or not, give us a good article for our next issue.
 There will be a union meeting in the Congregational church next Sunday even- ing, 23d, conducted by the W. c. T. U. A temperance concert, 'The Round Table, '' by young people and children, will be a part of the program.