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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
AND STATE SPECIALS.
UP TO THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS
Cholera Knocks OFF

Cholera Knocks OF.
MADRID, August 1.-The cholera
epidemic is diminishing. From 10 to
Is cases are reported daily, of which
but one. half prove fatal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01

Great reductions In gents light
weight clothing in order to close out
the line. One of the prettiest stocks
in the city at q sacrifice.
7-S-tt JOHN X. BERETTA Il Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
SPECIAL NOTICES.
the LARGEST ASSORTMENT

of fine diamonds, watches and jewelry Ill
Texas can be seen at Rouvants DIAMOND
Palace
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
DR.. STARNES.

After July Sth, will be corner Hous-
ton and Navarro streets, up, stairs.
7-5-1m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
Some For HOgg

And some for Cook, but the popular YER
dict is that the place to buy fine diamonds,
watches and jewelry is the Diamond Pal,
Won will also be convinced.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
YOU CAN SECURE THE BEST

of everything in the line OF tine diamonds
watches and jewelry at l.. Rouvant's
Diamond Palace. Prices reasonable.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-13
cANAL-BoAT LIFE.
Babyhood on the Queer, Ugly Barges
That Float Through Locks.

Babyhood on the Queer, Ugly Barges
That Float Through Locks.
One of the curiosities of life displayed
along the waterfront of this city is the
way children are reared in absolute safe
ty aboard canal-boats. Any person who
takes the trouble to visit Coenties slip
or the neighboring docks where canal
boats lay up can witness every day the
common sight of group of toddling
children playing on the open decks of
the low bulwarked boats, but he never
hears of one falling overheard
On one eanal-beat, the Betsey Ann,
of Whitehall, that lay in Coenties slip
the other day, was noticed a novel ar
rangement for keeping the little ones
within the bounds of safety. On the
after-deck regular playground had
been fenced off for the youngsters by
building high picket-fence, oyer which
they could not climb. This had a
swinging gate secured by hasp, staple
and paddock. Inside of this Enclosure
were four children, who made the air
ring with their shouts, telling Of their
unalloyed happiness and contentment
with the arrangement On another
boat, little way distant in the same
slip, was another queer arrangement to
keep the little tots from falling over
board. In the center of the deck was
fastened stout ring-bolt, to which were
fastened three stout but small ropes At
the end of each rope was a stout leather
belt buckled about the waist of rug
ged, sun-burned youngster The ropes
were just long enough to prevent the
children reaching thesedge of the deck,
but were not too short TO allow them,
ample room to play in. The children
seemed happy, too, and were not dis
sturbed q. particle byztheir tether.
On nearly all the boats the children
are allowed to roam about the deck at
will, both while coming down the river
in tow and while tied up-to the dock.
Many OF them are born aboard the boats.
There they grow up and in many cases
marry, selecting their mates from
aboard other boats, and Immediately
taking up the. life followed by their
parents. IN. Y. Times.
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a. WORD ON LETTERS.


The Many Discourtesies That should Ise
Assiduously Avoided.
Mr. James Russell Lowell has Just
given such positive lesson in grammar
that every school-boy and girl should
see it. A pupil in school in Pennsyl-
vania wrote asking Mr.. Lowell for his
autograph, in this form: II would be
very much obliged for your autograph. =
She received this reply:
pray do not say hereafter 1 would he
obliged II you would be obliged be Obliged
and he done with IL. Say Il should be obliged.
and oblige Yours truly
JAMS RUSSELL. LOWELL.
This gives an opportunity to speak Of
some of the mistakes,if notdiscourtesics,
our young readers, who have the benefit
OF associating with careful. well-traincd
parents, that these remarks are ,lnncces-
sary, but II you should sit looking over
an editors shoulder you would lie sur.
prised at the errors OF taste, the ignorant
mistakes, made by people who should
know better. Never begin lcttcI
..Mr. Jones'" II is as ill-bred as to call
Mr.. Jones John" when you have but
slight, IL any, acquaintance with him.
A shade worse is TO sign yourself.
.sYoars truly, Mr.. James Brown"
Did you ever hear the story Of the
man who had such high respect for
himself that he always removed his hal
when he used his own name, or referred
to himself? The man who signs his
name with the prefix ''Mr."' must be
that mans brother; and tho woman who
signs herself Mrs" or Miss must be
his sister. The word dear" prefxing
the name "sir" or madam at the be-
ginning OF letter is mere form; 1t IL
equivalent to the bow with which we
acknowledge an introduction or accom-
pany a greeting when meeting an &C.
quaintanccs and should never be
omitted
Writo your own name and address
lcgibly on letter. You would be as.
tonished IL you could see the number Of
letters that are written in clear, legible
characters until The signature ii
reached; that will be tumble oil
strokea il this jumble Of strokes ose
Cured in any word In the letter II would
mt be 50 serious, for there would bc
words clearly written that would y .
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A Post-omce Anecdote.

/ have the following post-otfice story
vouched for by the name and address Of
a trustworthy informant, or / should
have refused all credence to it, gem
tleman went into London post-office to
dispatch a message partly in German.
The message. as written contained the
word ''damit." The Intelligent clerk
behind the counter took the suggestive
but innocuous Teutonic adverb for n
"swear word, and declined TO transmit
the message until another word was
substituted. 1t is very gratifying to see
90 plainly the influence Of the sound
religious principles which prevail in
Nigh places at the post-office; but | am
afraid that If such religious zeal is not
tempered with an elementary knowledge
Acknowledgements, the moral telegraph
clerk may be treated to .damit' in,plain
English. l should like to know, too.
since when restrictions have been in
force as to the character OF the language
which may be used in telegraph form.
T have never wanted to curse any one
by telegraph; but if wished to relieve
my mind in this way | do not see why
should not-of course, on paying my
sixpence for twelve words. London
Truth.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-13
THE cEYLoN BUFFALO.
A Oueer-Looking Animal That Likes to
WallOw In Mud.

The horns of the Ceylon buffalo are
very capricious in their development.
In some they are short and stubby, curry
ing back at considerable angle; in
others they extend back with only a
slight curve, running almost parallel
with the neck. Others again extend
from the head at right angles, curve
gracefully upward and grow to enormous
proportions of length and thickness, fire.
quently measuring six feet from tip to
tip, with circumference of fifteen
inches at the base.
+ In other varieties they fall below the
neck in crumpled loops, as though they
had undergone repeated dislocations be-
tween calfhood and buffalohood. This
is noticeably the character OF the horns
of those seen in Bombay, where, even
in the public squares of the city, herds
of domesticated milch buffaloes may be
seen taking shelter from the monday
sun under the wide-spreading branches
of the banyan tree. The soft mud of the
paddy -feld is his favorite wallow, and
his service in the cultivation OF these
fields is almost Indispensable as when
the ordinary draught-bullock (Bos Indi-
cus) would be smothered in mud the
buffalo is in all the exhilaration OF his
favorite bath, even when drawing the
rude wooden pillow and half submerged in
liquid soil. Leslie's Popular Monthly.
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CARRYING THEIR YOUNG.
How Woodcocks Garry Their Offspring
from One Place to Another.

How WoodcOcks Carry Their Offspring
from One Place to Another.
One of the most interesting traits
about the woodcock is the fact of it's oc-
casionally conveying Its young through
the air, which is done by only one or
two other birds. This is no recent dis
covery. The fact was known as early as
the middle of last century, though Gill
bert White rightly surmised that those
observers were mistaken who fancied
the young were conveyed either by or
in the bill. 1t is just as erroneous,
however, to substitute the claws, as
some have done. The truth is that,
when the parent bird wishes to convey
her young one from a place Of danger
to one of safety, the tiny thing is gently
pressed between the feet and against
the breast, the aid of the bill being re-
sorted to only when the burden has been
hastily takenup. In this way the whole
of the brood is sometimes removed from
one part of wood to another when the
birds have been much disturbed. On
this subject there IS an interesting note
in Lays of the Deer Forest" by the
brothers Stuart: zone morning sitting
on gray stone, saw dark eye which
was fixed upon mine from the bed of
leaves before me, when suddenly the
little brown head of a young woodcock
peeped out from the feathers of the old
ones breast uttering that plaintive cry
for which language has no sign. There
were two more young woodcocks, and to
relieve the anxiety of the mddre, / left
her. Near the place where i found her
there was soft, green strip, such as
woodcocks love- 1 had no doubt that
the family would be there next day; and
as passed near turned aside to see
what they were doing. Upon dry bank
half way down the brae, | almost STUN
bled over bird, which rose at my feet;
and as it darted Through the trees / saw
that it had something in it's claws, and
at the same time heard the plaintive
cry of young woodcocks just under my
feet. looked down-there were two;
and thought a hawk had carried off
the third, and perhaps killed the mother.
This, however, found on following the
bird. was the old woodcock, which, being
flushed again suddenly, alters low flight
OF only few yards dropped what it was
carrying own young woodcock. !"
This trait may be confirmed by any one
who will look out the bird in it's
haunts, and is all the more interesting
as it seems to be an acquired one. The
bird is in no way adapted to transport
its young through the air.-The Gertle-
mans Magazine.
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SLICK CONFIDENCE GAME.
How \ Chicago Horseman Played 1t Fine
an disappearing Party.

How . Chicago Horseman Played 1t Fine
ON an Unsuspecting Party.
II live to b. q thousand years old
shall never forgot how stranger took
five Of us in one day at Syracuse in a
manner so slick that he walked off with
our cash before we had q suspicion. 1t
was a rainy, dismal afternoon. and a
dozen agents, drumhers, drovers
and etherszswere7s sitting about the office
Some one read newspaper clipping
about a bigamist who had seven wives,
and pretty soon each one had an opinion
to advance. Finally a well-dressed,
good-looking man yentured' the obser-
walton:
women on an hours notice. It's all in
the first impression created.
Some >greed and some differed, and
the discussion began to assume more
vigorous tone. BY and by the same man
again observed:
s'You may think me csnceited, gentle
men, but I'm only telling you what
know can do. I've always had extra
ordinary luck with women. fl-renture
to say that can go down to the depot
pick out the best-looking woman in the
waiting-room, and if she is not already
married, that ! can take her to the par
sons inside of an hour.
There was a grand laugh at this, but
he looked very serious as he continued
perhaps this crowd has some cash tc
lose on-that2 If se,=let's talk business2'
A 10 nJor ay,J
ing. Five Of us we're to chip in 500
each against $500 Of his money. We
were to go to the New York Central
depot, select female, and If she proved
to be unmarried, be was to persuade hel
into marriage inside of one hour OF
forfeit his money. We could have raised
thousand dollars as we'll as half that
sum, but he could not cover il.
Nine of us went down to the depot
Among the waiting passengers were
seventeen females, but on looking them
over our choice was limited to three
We finally selected woman we be-
lieved to be widow. She was fairly
handsome, well-dressed and had two
or three parcels on the seat beside her
We got seats near by, and then oul
masher approached. He asked whai
train she was going out on, spoke abou
the weather, and to our surprise was no
rebuffed. Within ten minutes he hac
asked if she was widow, and she hat
scarcely answered in the affirmative
when he-began to-pfead his case.E
was only forty minutes the watch
when he came over to us and said:
Gentlemen, I'd like two or three o
you to accompany that LADY and myself
to the parsons as witnesses to our mar
rage"
We went and they were duly married
and the stakes passed over. The lady
acted as coy and shy and embarrassed as
you please, and confessed that it was 8
case of love at first sight They took
train two hours later, and when they
were fairly off we learned that he was a
horseman from Chicago, and that the
woman had been his lawful wife for the
past fifteen years. Y. Sun.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-13
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

First Moth--'tAre you there, neigh.
bor?" Second Moth-"Yes; how do. /
look in this new dress suit?"-Yonkers
Statesman.
One of the sublimest sights in
nature is Niagara d uring the business
hours of the cranks who are engaged in
going over the falls. Chicago News.
-'sCan you forgive me and love mo
still, said the new-made bride, "when
confess that my teeth are-artificial?-
'Thank God" cried the groom, as 1ha
snatched off his periwig, now Lean
cool my headp-Texas Siftings.
DE Cranque-'.Here's suggestion
for the Worlds Fair which, IL it could
be carried out, would" Editor
James, just carry this suggestion out,
will you? And while you are about ii
carry the suggestor out, too. PUCK.
Dresden Professor travelling in car,
where the contents of a bottle in his
neighbours valise are dropping on him
from the rack over his head)-" beg
your pardon, but would you kindly jus I
put the cork into that bottle till can
get time to open my umbrella?'-Flie-
gende Blaetter.
The following was overheard be.
tween a Columbia student and his best
girl.-"0h, Will, what lovely flowers.
They look as If they had just been
gathered. Why, there is little dew
upon them" Win Slightly emhar-
rassed)-"Not cent, assure you; not
cent. Mail and Expire S..
According to my fathers rules, Mr..
Chapkins, we always adjourn here at
twelve. 1t is now one minute Of" "Ah,
indeedl Well, in accordance with legis-
lative custom, Miss Barrows, there being
some unfinished business before the
house l win turn back the clock. .
Engagement announced next day
Elmira Echoes
Touched tender chord. Tramp
'sKind lady, will you give me some
thing to eat?" Lady--"We have some
chops left over from breakfast. You
can have those" Tramp with q scorn-
full look III Excuse me; they are little
too suggestive of the wood pile. /
couldn't take any comfort eating EN-
-Kearney Enterprise.
"A young man who wants to succeed
in life should let cards alone said the
old gentleman to his son. Eyes, sir;
but suppose Jack pot opened for five
dollars, and you had Jack high, what
would you do2' "Um,n said tho veneer
able sire, as he scratched his. ear, 81
would still let cards alone. I'd stand
pat and bet the limit. - Merchant Trav-
II
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THE MARITAL RELATION.
Associate Justice Bradley's Ideas Con
corning tho Divorce Question.

Associate Justice Bradley,s Ideas Con-
corning tho Divorce Question.
AS marriage and the family lnstltu-
ton constitute the foundation and chief
cornerstone OF civil society, 1T IS OF the
greatest moment that the marriage tie
should never be dissolved save for the
most urgent reason. | can not assent,
however, to the doctrine that it should
never be dissolved at all. Mere separa-
ton, though legalized, would often be
an inadequate and unjust remedy to
the injured party, who would thus be
subjected to an enforced cel1bacy=4 This
mlght.sult the notions OF those who re-
gard celibacy as virtue, but would fail
to approve itself to those who take
wider and more charitable view OF
human nature. The Divine law which
says; .What God hath joined together
let hoffman put asundef, fmmedlately
adds an exception showing-what the
law of nature dictates-that the case is
not governed by any iron rule OF uni
-yersal application The law Thou
shalt not KILL has its necessary excep-
tons, disregard OF which would render
1T mischievous in high degree. l
know no other law on the subject but
the moral law, which does not consist
in arbitrary enactments and DEGREES,
but is adapted to our condition as human
beings. This is so, whether 1T Is con-
ceived OF as the will OF an All-Wise
Creator, or t:as the voice OF humanity
speaking from its experience, its neces-
stiles and its higher instincts. And that
law surely does not demand that the
injured party to the marriage bond
should be forever tied to one who dis
regards and violates every obligation
which 1t imposes; to one with whom it
is impossible to cohabit; to one whose
touch is contamination. Nor does it
demand that. such injured party, If le-
gally free, should be forever debarred
from forming other ties through which
the lost hopes of happiness for life may
be restored. 1t is not reason, and it can
not be Law, Divine or moral, that UNI
faithfulness or willful and obstinate
desertion, or persistent cruelty Of the
stronger party, should afford no ground
for relief The most rigid creeds to
the contrary have found methods OF
dispensation from the theoi etical rule.
And if no redress be legalized, the law
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


"A pupil OF western bcuOOl recently
beat schoolmaster for misbehaving.
More than 1T0, 900 miles OF telephone
wire are in operation in the United
States; over these i,oe5,o0O messages
are sent daily.
Americans are bright, smart, in
telligent people, says an observant
Swedish lads, .but they care nothing
for health. They lavish it, and when II
is gone they lavish money for pills"
I'm discussing lager beer German
critic insists that there is in the German
vocabulary no such word al lager, which
he believes to be purely viennese ex-
preston. There is also very little lager
abont a great deal of beer that is put
ovt
The striking fever spread to school
Toys away of in New Zealand. They,
however, had only one strike. Then the
ringleaders were given birching, and
all hands returned to their studies, will.
ing to put up with the long hours and
do home work.
"A few scientific men in England are
alarmed at the boring for oil and gas
that the exhaustion of so much of the
earth's infiammable and gaseous con-
tents will cause collapse or shrinkage
that will put an end to the planet.
Lemons weighing pound each are
common in Florida, and along the banks
of the Caloosahatchie there is single
tree which bears five thousand lemons,
many of which weigh pound each. But,
except for show, such large lemons are
Of little value, as they are coarse grained
and p,lpy.
Quite complication of felationship
results from recent wedding in Le-
| high County, Pa. The stepmother= Of
! the bride is the sister of the, groom, SO
his sister has become his mother-fn-1aw,
and his brother-in-law his father-in-law,
and his wife his niece. The bride mar
ried her uncle, and her stepmother be-
came er=sister-in-law
A father sued an English school
| master for assault, because he had caned
| his boy on the hand. The magistrate
| before whom it was first tried thought
| that the father was right, for the reason
that Gaming on the hand was attended
| by risk of injury, and there were
methods of corporal punishment quite
as available, efficacious and not neces.
sarily attended by any risk. which tho
i defendant might have used. ..-ssfAhe
higher court, though, decided that it was
not actionable.
Norwich, Conn, has still a quaint
custom nowhere else observed. perhaps.
The festivities of Thanksgiving Day al.
ways have wound up with barrel bon
fires all over the town. A lofty pole being
erected, barrels are strung upon it and
arranged around it ina pyramidal form.
with single tarred barrel at the top.
These barrels are filed with straw,
making them as prime conductors Of fire
as the shaft of modern hotel elevator.
At dark the fires are lighted and the
barrels, which the town boys have
| begged or stolen, are soon consumed.
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THE RIGHT KIND. OF A DOG.
One That is True to His Master and WI
Stand by Him In Trouble.

One That is True to HIS Master and WIN
stand by Him In Trouble.
Bert and Tommy had boon reading
stories about intelligent dogs. Then.
they began to talk and guess which
would be the best sort TO have. They
could not agree, so they thought they
would ask their grandfathers opinion.
They ran to him, both asking the same
question:: (which Is the best kind o.
dog, grandpaY
He put his newspaper down and took
his glasses of, and answered. slowly;
That kind that will be true to q master
and stand by him no matter what hap
pens" Then he said: "Ihave read and
heard of many dogs doing wonderful
things, but neyerreally knew but one.
that would make the hero OF . stofy.7
He was q homely yellow cur that nobody
would have paid cent for"
'.0h, do tell us about himI said Bert
and Tommy together.
So their grandfather folded his paper
and went onstalking slowly; Once
was travelling on road In country full
OF hills and hollows. 1t was snowy
day in winter, with high wind. ! was
hurrying along to get out OF the storm.
when little dog jumped up In front Of
me, barking with all his might
II tried to drive him of, but no
howled and hung on to my coat In such
a way that began to think he was beg
ging me to help him. So stopped. and
then he ran back few steps and stood
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-13
OUR YOUNG READERS.
THESE KNIGHTS or OURS.


In days OF old brave knights there were,
In FURNISHED steel armed cap a.piet
And sworn to drnw their trus,y swords
Against all wrong and tyranny;
About the land they fearless rode,
Ready for pc or and weak to fight g
with nashing shields aud waving flags,
Their battle cry. God for the Right
Such knights rs those are known no more.
But we have thousands, growing tall
And strong. TO form n gallant band
Before which many foes must fall:
Clad in no armor save their youth.
Vowed to uphold all noble powers,
Their standards blessed by Hope and Truth
These knights Of ours these knights Of onrs
Against whxt'er is false and cruel --ssss
Against what'er is low and mean,
Against all evil they will fight
with steadfast hearts and weapons keen.
And II they ever turn TO flee.
Thinking that they have lost the day,
Some ringing voice will rally them
With Comrades face the other wayt"
IT'S joy to know they bide with us,
And that they prize, far, far above
AllatheEs things upon. The earth,
mothers and a sisters love;
And We will praise and honor them.
And crown them with the sweetest flowers,
Each tmc q yictoy they win
ThesGknights OF ours. these knights OF ours
-MargaTct Eyting, in Wide Awake.