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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-29
Story Of Il Pictured Rock.

Story Of 4 Pictured Rock.
There has recently been discovered
near Dona Ana. Y. ~. on the banks
OF the Rio Gr&ndc, a stone bearing the
record, IL 4 series Of pictures, of an
/ Indian fight bctWcC two tribes. The
p,c;mes, winch arc painted in bright
red on the face OF the rock, which il
nearly fiat, show them to be the work
Of Il more skilfUl hand than was COM
mon among the Indians, and betray
even slight perception of perspective,
which is entirely unique. The lasting
qualities of the paint manufactured by
the Indians, the secret of which has
never been discovered, are well known,
weather and time producing no pcrcep-
t!ble effect upon it, but actually SEEM
ing to deepen and intensity it. The
exact date of the inscription is, of
| course, not to be arrived at, but from
the half-buried condition of the stone,
and other marks, it is safe TO suppose
that it is at least three hundred years
! old, if not of much more remote an
tiquity.
The first picture represents the figure
of an Indian brave, decorated with
feathers and armed with tomahawk,
bow and culver. Beneath the warrior
are five hundred minute strokes, which
tell the number of fighting men in tho
tribe. The second picture is that of a
bird flying ward The setting sun.
This shows that their journey was to
the westward. In smaller figures are
the new moon and a buck, which gives
the time as beingin the first quarter Of
the buck moon, answering to July.
The third picture consists of seven suns
and as many stars, which indicate that
they were seven days and nights on the
way. The next picture is that of the
sun rising over a number of wigwams
and hand pointing with three fingers
TO a crouching panther.
This signifies that they arrived at the
habitations of their enemies at sunrise
and then lay in wait three days. The
fifth picture shows where their enc
mics, numbering eight hundred, were
surprised while asleep. This is told
by the Wigwams, near which lies q
man sleeping and beneath him that
number of strokes. They killed with
the tomahawk two hundred of the foe
and took prisoner fifty. The sixth
picture shows this by Il head clovcn by
a tomahaWk with two hundred lines
beneath, and man with his hands and
feet bou:d, and fifty lines. That their
own loss was liz is represented in the
seventh picture by head Sonumbcrcd
ami an ,l,,-,I -, q how which yy-Is tho
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-29
He Finds Plenty,

George Francis Train won't associate
with person who does not eat with
knife and wipe his mouth on the
table-clOth, and he says he finds plenty
of such in the first circles Of New York
life. He thinks the day will come
when gentlemen may blow their nose,
- sol,la
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-29
How He BEAT THE DEVIL.

AS he sat with his head bowed upon
his desk that evening he made up his
mind that his lifo had been a failure.
ii have labOred long and diligently"
said he to himself. land although I am
known throughout the city as an in
dustriou5 md shrcwd business man l
am stiIl poor man and shall probably
continue SO to the end Of my days -
unless--n
Here Daniel stopped and shivered.
For a week or more he had been brood
ing over his unhappy lot. There
seemed to be but one way out Of his
trouble, yet his soul revolted from k
ing that step. That was why he
stopped and shivered.
But he argued, 81 must do some
thing! My nino children are growing
up into big boys and girls. They must
have those advantages which my
limited means win not admit Of! All
my life 50 far has been pure, circum-
spect, and rigid; poverty has at last
broken my spirit give up the fight
1 am ready to sell my soul to the
devil!"
Tho determination is wise one."
said voice at Daniels elbow. Daniel
looked up and beheld Il grim viSaged
stranger in the chair beside him. The
stranger was arrayed all in black, and
he exhaled distant odor Of sulphur.
Gam | to understand asked the
stranger, that you are prepared to
enter into lie. que with the dcvil?"
Yes said Daniel, firmly; and he
set his teeth together after the fashion
OF man who is not to be moved from
his purpose
Then | am ready to treat with you,"
said the stranger
Are you tho dcvil'" asked Daniel,
cying the stranger critically.
No, but am authorized to enter
into contracts for him." explained the
stranger. My name is Bcelzcbub
ard | am my masters most trusted
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-29
have been a business man long enough

y
faithful execution Of your part of this
business.
That is something have never
done BEFORE" suggested the devil
81 shall insist upon it," said Daniel,
firmly. This is no affair of sentiment,
it is strictly and coIdly business you
are to do certain service and arc to re-
ceive certain reward therefor-'
Eyes, your soul!" cried the devil,
gleefully rubbing his calIous hands to-
gether." Your soul in twcnty-four
years."
Yes" said Daniel. NOW, no con-
tract is good unless there is quid pro
quo"
That's So" said the devil, so let's
get lawyer to draw up a paper for
me TO sign"
why lawyer queried Daniel. "a
contract is simple instrument; l, as a
business man, can form one sufficient
ly binding"
"But | prefer having lawyer do it. :"
urged the devil.
And prefer to do it myself" said
Daniel.
When business man once gets his
mind set, not even an archemedian
lever could stir it. SO Daniel drew up
the bond for the devil TO sign, and this
bond specified that in case the devil
failed at any time during tho next
twenty-iour years to do whatso Daniel
commanded him, then should the bond
which tho devil held against Daniel be-
come null and void, and upon that same
day should thousand and one souls
be released forever from tho devils
dominion. The devil WINGED; he hated
TO sign this grccmcnt, bat he had to.
An awful clap OF thunder ratified the
abOminablc treaty, and every black cat
whiting Il radius of 100 leagues straight
way fell to rrothing and TO yowiing
grotcsquely.
Presently Daniel began to prosper
the devil was faithful slave, and hc
served D,niel so artfully that no poison
"' cary" S"7I"''5'' ''''' i'e'.'''.. I''I
Io'1 "c" AK o''~ " Il o'''' '''.'l''l ia"
C''' i"'.91 "o'''e Ill '''1 rl.|' ms "Hc
dressed ma2niticontIy, and his children
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an t"' III" O!''rG - i" IT, gu 20
p""''" "'""9 Al inc sumo o." F"' "ItA
never 'u'P'cl"" 'h"1 20" na'o 1t IN
your power 10 ENJOY every pleasure o'
hunan HE why uOh you OrcaN
a".y from inc Ola RESTRAINTS why
uoN ! y ." avail Sour'cai ol 'n9 "u'ah'
'asGS at your comlh"nu'
Nnow what you re DRIVING at
said Daniel. shrewdly. ''POlitics"
"No, not at all. demonstrated the
devil ''Whas l mean Is fun-gayety.
W by not have good time, Daniei?'
but am having good time, said
Daniel. My business Is going all
right. am rich. I've got a lovely
home, my wife IL happy, my children
are healthy and contented. am re-
GnnCtaH what could odlr .
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-29

blue fire issued from his ears and nos
trils He was the maddest devil ever
s9en on earth.
Il won't do it!n reared the devil.
"Do you suppose I'm going to spend
my time building churches and stulti-
Tying myself Just for the sake OF graft
flying your idle whlms? won't do 1t
never
men tho oo"u gave Is null anu
'oiu, 7aIu DaiIel'
axe your u" O"nu' salo lhe devil
PeIu.ahIIy'
nuO inc po"u you gave 10 opera
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INC 'llo"9""u al" o'i' S""'' w." 1--WE He
"il"n you Io'uSo 10 ooey INC
On' DanloI' "IlIinPereu inc oeEiI,
no" can you treat lle so' maven /
Always oeen Eoou W your maven Z l
given you 'lcneS anu proSperlVy' Does
no Se"Vlihen' Vi irIe"usnlp
iiusr' S"to D""iei' i"'erruptln9
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iOImr.b Alis- l.. ,,mpbeiIl,
EouEIoN AND p6NTSriC MALE
AND FEMALE M PLON MEM
Bt RIAi.
All references strictly investigated.
SsfNaat, Di,a.lne e.. ;1f'mtn WI uo
d.su.i4.,l ffoiu oaioe and lori /, all claim
to fcc paid. .,.,.,.,.
y. Il. so BRANCH OFFICE.
6s MrSl 22D-Sl.
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,Oork iOante0.

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an good city references. SO w. 44th'ss'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-17
The Power of HaSheeSh.

A Cairo Egypt correspondent of
the Pittsburg Leader thus describes
his first experience as hasheesh eater:
Seeing my companion conveying a
piece of this sugar eagerly to his mouth,
l was encouraged to do likewise. 1t
was an aromatic somewhat bitter-tast-
ing pastile, dissolving quickly like soft
peppermint on the tongue, and leaving
likewise a slight burning sensation,
which, however, passed away after a.
few putfs from a cigarette.
Suddenly the smoking cigarette fell
out of lips. felt myself impelled to
talk-to reveal myself to my neighbor
tell him that was no longer a COM
mon, groveling human being, who had
to wander through life on this hard
earth with wretchedly slow legs, but
that could fy-soar like the eagle
through ethereal space.
$50, you see, this is the way do it, "
l remember calculating.
The ineffable eXhiarating sensations
thrilled my inmost self. | felt myself
liberated of all earthly trammels, I'M
burdened of all carnal weight-free to
range intinity's vast fields. Some
strange, quickening power pulsated
through my every vein.
My whole being seemed etherized.
Encircled with the fragrance of Para
disc, [ was borne aloft on buoyant pin
ions through. immeasurable space. On
and on | was waited unto an elysium of
bliss and loneliness. There was neither
beginning nor end to my aerial flight.
All was boundless as eternity.
| inclined my head backward and
imbibed in torrents the balmy, regen-
Grating air and the glorious, roseate
light which was shed around me. All
these momentary sensations l remem-
Der imparting to my English friend at
the time. | felt that l wished him to
share my ethereal enjoyment. |
wished to take him along on this soar
ing ascension into celestial solitude.
But my spiritual trance was now
nearing it's end. Consciousness was
gradually returning to me. | exper-
fenced peculiar rushing sensation in
my ears. My mouth felt very dry and
parched. Before my eyes rose big
glow is fading away, and in place of it
rises greyish fog, through which l
dimly see some of the people in the
room. Slightly startled, l come quite
to, and find myself leaning far back
ward in an armchair.
The evening glow at the window has
not quite disappeared yet. / look at my
watch and am astounded-the gigantic
air voyage has lasted only twelve min
MES
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-17

door.
lis Miss Dane in?n
''She is in her chamber, still up, ]
| believe"
s'Can see her?'
"Tll see. What name?"
The woman in black hesitated, but
presently answered.: Say one who
knew her long ago, and and that l
| must see her tonight y
The servant disappeared, and few
moments later the visitor was ushered
into Ethers boudoir
The beautiful woman sat at a writing
table. partly en- dishabille. She looked
up at the visitor, and then started to
her feet.
'Georgina Grenvile, is it youPn
Yes"
Half an hour after the black-robed
woman was let out by the same servant
who was summoned to Ethers room.
q am now dealing with sworn testi-
mony, given at the Coroners inquest.)
She found her mistress apparently
calm. Ethel placed a paper in her
hand, and babe her take it to particu-
lar chemist whose shop was always
kept open very late, She did so, and
received a small vial containing a pink
| ish liquid. This she delivered to Ethel,
who dismissed her after requesting her
to wake her at seven the next morn
ing.
The ''next morning" Ethel Dane
never saw.
1t was her wedding day; but she
lay on her couch dead; and her icy fin
gers, resting on small table, touched
bottle quite empty, labeled "Hydrate
of Choral" Why had she taken her
own life? Her betrothed could not
tell; to her aunt, even, the motive was
enveloped in mystery, and detectives
were put on the track of the woman in
black.
The shrewdest of the lot caught her
at Boyleston.
This part of her confession may in
terest the reader:
Il was on the Boyleston side of the
cliffs that night. ] saw him descend, |
saw Ethel Dane stoop over the rope
with a knife. Then the cloud came
over the moon. But heard the sever
ing of the cord, and his cry. | knew
that she had sent him to his death. 1
wanted to see her happiness again
complete. l longed for her wedding
eve. 1t came. l went to her house
and told her what l had witnessed
She could not deny it. Thus l made
her too miserable for this life. When
l left her she said that l had blighted
her life, and death she sought in
the poison's sting. l loved Frank
Hazel. He was to have married me on
his twenty-first birthday"
The detective released her.
In a pleasant village in Cumberland,
mother looks with love upon bright
eyed boy. Her face is familiar. Geor-
gina Grenville is rich farmers wife,
and the boys name is Frank Hazel
Chartney.
Her husband does not claim all of her
love. Some of it is buried in grave.
|-EUeni320 WOyZd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-17

room. When he visits New York he
always stops at certain hotel, and re-
qulres the same apartment because il
has been furnished with such a por.
trait by himself. In the great Leland
mansion at San Francisco half dozen
portraits of the dead boy hang from
the walls in as many different rooms
and there are a profusion of similar
Hkenesses in the Senator's Washington
place of residence.
Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, the last
love of Edgar A. Poe. was woman of
exquisite beauty, whose face was a
poem and whose life was a romance
She mourned her poet lover for more
than thirty years after his early death,
and defended him from first to last
with all a woman's deep faith and
undying love. His friends were her
friends, his enemies her enemies. He
was an idol, enshrined in her heart of
hearts, to be worshiped there for ever
more. In her latter years she always
dressed in white, with a veil of the
same color thrown over the back of her
head, and she sat in a room lighted by
alabaster lamps, whose shades were
lined with rose color.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-17
Partners.

you have got fine hand he said to her,
As she fingered over her cards.
Perhaps, she replied with a soft little purr,
While humming a strain of Millards.
You could play it alone, suppose?' he said
AS he looked in her radent eyes,
Perhaps she repeated. tossing her head,
Without any wherefors or why's.
" ou re awfully aggravating my dear"
Yes, that's one of woman's rights
We can take without being unsexed and queer
Or getting society's sights
will you take this dear, and go it alone?"
He said, as he offered a card.
But why, she replied, with a piQue in her
tone.
when 1 make them all with a pard?'
"Then you have good hand? Oh, yes! see,"
He said, as he held aloft
The disengaged one in her piQuant glee,
Which was ringleSS, white. and soft.
IF you won't take card, may be you'll take
this
And the air was still Millards:
And the ring on the finger fair of the Miss
Changed the game in a trice. mo cards.
Bari Marble in the Colorado Graphic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-17
Two Instances of Luck.

Speaking of luck" said Senator
will tell you story to which another
man in this company can bear witness.
One day, while 1 was in Richmond as
a member of the Confederate Congress,
/ lost roll of money, my pay for the
month, somewhere in the street on my
way from the War Office to the hotel.
l called a few fellows together and
went on what seemed to be a hopeless
quest through the dimly-lighted and
snow-covered streets. The chances
were thousand to one against sue
cess; but we hadn't been out fifteen
minutes before young Lieutenant who
who was in our party stopped down
and pick up the money. We all talked
about our friends good luck-but see
how quickly fortune can turn another
face. l was in high glee and wanted
to treat. The searching party now
went in search of place of refresh.
ment, but it was after midnight and it
was a good while before we found
place open. At length, however, we
were piloted to a saloon to which,
pending some repairs access was mad
from the street only by a ladder OF
about dozen rungs. We all climbed
up, considering it lark q was good
deal younger in those days., and after
having some refreshment climbed out
again. Would you believe it? The
lucky fellow who had found my money
missed his footing, fell. and in that fall
of ten or twelve feet broke his neck
and was instantly killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-17
The Milestone.

Men and women, a shifting crowd, we hasten
by;
Less changeful moves summer cloud across
the sky.
But firmly by the broad highway
Is set the milestone worn and gray.
Let him who will its legend read,
Or idly glance, scOrn to heed;
Yet it whispers to every one,
just so much of the journey done.
Just SO much of the journey done ere falls the
night:
Tired feet their way have hither won, and foot
steps light,
Here troop the children warm with play,
Here fOndly dreaming lovers stray.
Fair as young hope do buds of spring
About the ancient milestone cling;
Still it marks in the morning sun
just so much of the journey done.
Soft and slow like mourner's tears there falls
the rain:
Through misty. halfforgotten years love looks
in vain,
Grief-laden showers, ye may not raise
The withered flowers of other days;
Yours will it rather be to shrine
The bow whose promise is divine,
When at last the setting sun
The milestone tells the journey done.
-Argosy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-17
How to Catch Turtles.

81 want a small shotgun that don't
use up much ammunition" said a mid
dle-aged man to Kearny street dealer
in firearms.
''Jaybirds bothering your orchard?''
inquired the dealer as he was display.
ing his wares.
mo. / am turtle hunter. Get
turtles and terrapins for the market,
you know"
Shoot turtles with a shotgun" ex-
claimed the astonished dealer. dropping
a fowling-piece on his pet corn, which
brought forth a howl of pain.
No, not exactly" answered the tur-
tie hunter. Its just this way: I've
hunted the shell-backs for many years,
and have got little wrinkle of my
own that everybody don't know of.
used to go for 'em with a scoop-net, like
city folks catch butterflies with. but
now I use set-net. Of course [ have
to bait it. My net is shaped like Q
wing-dam on the fly-trap principle.
bait it with jaybirds, robins. sparrows
and such small birds. The turtles
crawl up the wings of the net to feed
and when they start to crawl out
they're catched, see? The Frenchmer
in the restaurants in Sacramento,
Stockton and this city pay me gooc
prices for the critters. | ship 'em-the
turtles, mean-ir crates. I've caught
turtles in all of the rivers in the coun
try, and travelled some, too. I've
fshed for turtles in the Yuba all the
way from its mouth to Siskiyou coun
try. I'll take this gun. So long.
San Francisco Examiner.