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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-28
Will Move July 1,

My butcher shop, formerly on, Alamo
Plaza, will be moved to No. AIS East Com
merce street, where we will be pleased to
have our friends call, and be served with
the best beef,mutton, pork and sausage.
6-2471m .5., Be-. C.. SPEIsER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-28

$4,000 will buy a nice two
ed grocery business. : centrally located.
JNo. T. HAMBLEToN & Co. .E..
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LITTLE OF EVERYTHING

Free Visiting Cards. How to
get them inquire of Fred. Small, city sub
scription agent, of the DAILY LIGHT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-28

Daily San Antonio Light is the.
cheapest and best afternoon paper in
Texas. Delivered by mail or carrier free.
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AGENTS. WANTED,

fr...r AGENIS WAN lIbruL,E n
gY For CLUB RATES, or further informa,
ton desired, write leeiblyto the undersigned
clearly stating your residence, with state,
turn mail delivery will De assured by your en-
closing an Envelope bearing yo1r fun address
IMPORTANT.
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WANTED--Ioo,o 900 Live Yank-
do eeS 10 t zone 10 Iexas Wd, lsb ba zen cid mnS -
backs out. :. t-.r
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-29
son.nti,inr About Decorations.

Everybody knows that decorations
are coul,noner abroad than in England,
and that it was of the English repre-
sentative at the congress of Vienna
that Taleyrand said he was the only
plenipotentiary who had Tho distinc-
ton of not being decorated but a
writer in Temple Bar has been pro-
voked by some French observations on
English love of titles to go into details
about this matter. Accordingly, ne
has ascertained that if the satives OF
India be omitted from the ejaculation,
the queen only rewards by decorations
one out of every $1,000 of her subjects,
whereas in France there is one decore
for every 675 citizens. The same pains
taking writer puts together the availa-
BILE details of the Legion of Honor, and
holds them up to admiration or the TO-
verse as paid body. Chevaliers have
SALARY" of s10 year, On officer $40,
commander Gao, and grand officer
ESQ, while the reward of q grand croix
Is 212O per annum. The oath is as fol,
lows. III swear fidelity to the president
OF the republic, to honor and to my
native land; I swear to devote myself
entirely to the welfare of the state and
totuIhll the duties of q brave and loyal
kutehhof the Legion of Honor. "-P aris
oNnondon Telegraph.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-29
Why Flowers Sleep.

That flowers sleep is evident to the
most casual observer The daisy opens
at sunrise and closes at sunset, hence
its namc-'day's eye" The morning
glory opens with the day, but never
lives to sec another sunrise. The
'John-go-to-bed- at-noon" awakes at i
o'clock in the morning, but closes its
eyes during the middle of the day.
the dandelion is in full bloom only
during strong light. This habit OF
some flowers is certainly very curious,
and furnishes one Of the many III
stances which prove the singular adaa;p-
liability of everything in nature. The
reason is found in the method by
which this class of flowers is fortified.
It is obvious that flowers fertilized by
night flying insects would derive no
advantage by being open during the
day; and, on the other hand, that
those which are fertilized by bees
would gain nothing by remaining
open at night. Why may we not sup
pose, then, that tho closing of flowers
may have reference to the habits of in
scctsl In support of this theory we
observe that wind fcrtilized flowers
uever sleep. Louis Roplblic
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-29
Wood That Sinks in Water.

There aro ll3 species Of trees found
within tho limits of the United States
and territories, Is Of which, when per
tectly seasoned, will sink in water. The
heaviest of these is tho black ironwood
iCondalia ferrca), found only in Soatl-
ern Florida, which is more than 80 per
cent. heavier than water. or the other
10, the best known Is the lignuln vit,a
iGuaiacum s,mcrum) ana the man
grove (rhizophora manglc). Texas nid
New Mexico, lands full of queer creep
ing, crawling, walking and inaninatc
things, are the homes of species OF
oak (quercus grisea) which is about one
and fourth times heavier than water,
and which, when green, will sink al.
most as quick us bar of iron. Ii
grows only in mountain regions and
has been found westward rs far rs the
Colorado desert, where it grows al an
elevation of 10000 feet. All the spc-
rics heavier than water belong to tropi
sal Florida or in the arid west ana
southwest. st. Louis Republic,
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NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES.
III. Former Offer Superior Advantage'
TO tho Young Writer.

III. Former Offer Superior Advantages
TO tho Young Writer.
Where the newspaper offers to the
young writer an advantage over the
magazine is in its wider field and its
larger capacity. Publishing thirty
tunes against the single issue OF q maya
zinc, the newspaper naturally absorbs
more material, and writer's chances
are correSponG,ngly better. Then, too,
subjects which arc out of the range OF
The magazine fall directly within the
scope of the newspaper. This is spe-
cially true Of timely articles.
The magazines of today with thei
large Calculations, and the necessary
slower process of printing, are prepared
80 far in advance as to make it impos'
siblc for them to get close enough to
timely happenings to make their dis
cussion OF them fresh and interesting,
With the newspaper this Is, of course,
different. and it IS precisely in its ability
to treat Of what is latest and freshest
wherein lies lis strength, and in these
respects the field is necessarily broad
ened to the writer.
But, bear in mind, this advantage u
only one of greater capacity, not of less
requirement. Disappointment can be
no 1nurc certain thun when a manu-
script is sent to newspaper editor with
the belief that he is less critical, or thai
his constituency is less e1acting than Il
the case of the monthly magazine
Edward W. Box in Ladies' Home Jour
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The Crisia.

Santa Anna, after silently escaping
with lis army from Mexico, besie=ed
Puebla for twenty-eight days. Col
Childs was in command. There WIS
rather an amusing encounter between
Col. Childs and Capt. III. l.. kendrick
Col. Clilds wished him to open fire
with his artillery for moral effect. Ken
drick desired TO save his ammunition
for real cifect--he had mono TO waste.
Col. Childs insisted Capt. kendricii.
you must fire. It's crisis. sire crisis. "
Capt. kendrick said: Sergeant, load
number one" Number one was load
I'd. The command Fire was given
with emphasis The sergeant raid,
touching his cap: What shall ! lire ut
sir2" Fire ct the crisis There was
o general laugh, Col. Childs joining in.
and no ammunition vas wasted. -San
Francisco Argonaut
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ninrrencn In Etinnoiic.

An American would never think
of removing his hat prior to speak
ing to any man on the street.
In Holland. before speaking TO
the most humble individual out
Of doors man uncovers. In lol-
land, too, men and women rarely pur-
chase at tho same stores, but in cases
where they do, if woman discovers
that men are assembled inside she re-
treats until they leave ~ live Amer
lean storekccper would probably soon
change this feature of Dutch eti-
quctte. The Americans, English, Ger
mans and Russians shake hands with
man in bidding him welcome. An
Arabs greeting is to rub his check
against that OF the person he salutes
and kiss him. 4 Frcnchman wei
comes friend by embracing md kiss
ing him, though by slow degrees this
custom is being sllpersedcd.-Philadcl-
phia Press
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Why ,.oys renye the Farsn.

Farmers have themselves often to
blame for the dislike their sons take to
a business in which they find only the
rough and hard side of lie. Farm
work is not so hard and disagreeable as
it used to be before the introduction Of
much labor saving machinery that now
lig!ltcns it. Still, though less disagree
able, the boys do not like to have its
toughest and worst features put on
them Nor will it make it any better
fort: father, who now shirks whatever
h. d. likes, to tell his sons how much
harder he had TO work than they when
he was a boy. Farm work is easier
than it used TO be, and the boys should
be tie first ones on the farm to find
this out practically. Then fewer OF
them would be led from the farm by
tho attractions of city life.
So ar us possible boys ought to have
d personal and pccuniary interest in
everything they do, and the girls also
for that matter. Their labor legally
belongs TO the parent until they become
of age. but lie is indeed a strange fathe
WHO keeps his sons or daughters at work
without pay merely to save the wages
OF hired help. This working without
pecu:l;ary interest in what one is doing
is too much like slavery. Just rs soon
as the pressure is removed, and the
child becomes legally its own master,
all restraint is thrown aside Every
young person should have some chance
to work for himself on some corner OF
the farm, and whatever he thus earns
si!olll be his, to be saved or spent I'M
der parental supervision.
In aLiS way the habit of earning
money, and the knowledge of what it
costs TO procure it, as well as the best
mems of using it, may be learned. The
farm has undoubtedly greater opportu-
mites for teaching both boys and girls
this practical knowledge of money
and its value than any other business
tn the city can possibly enjoy. y great
part of the advantage of living in the
country for bringing up a family OF
children will be lost unless this oppor-
t,..ity is utilized Is much as possible.
Ararican Cultivator
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-29
woman,s WIZ TO tho nosouo.

A last and pleasanter instance. OF
the ready wit Of woman, moro instant
and efficient than all the wisdom Of
two philosophers, is the one told with
great enjoyment by-was it Edw1rd or
Charles Emerseal concerning the diff
ilculties into which Ralph Waldo Fin
crson and himself found themselves led
by q frisky calf and the solution Of
these difficulties by the ready wit OF
their Irish maid
a young calf had got out into the
barn yard, and the philosopher and his
brother were called upon to drive it
back into the barn. They pulled gently
ut the rope about its neck, but It
wouldn't lead Then they pulled hard
so did the calf. The impelling forca
was then applied from behind The
calf lazy down Tho two wise men then
drew to one side for Il few moments
and applied their deepest philosophy 20
.l!o solution Of the problems.
The ro.,llt w;r' that they settled upon
the "shooins" process tliat is the favor
Ito amusement between women and
hens This went on .ur sone timo,
botl: rien sc-.l.l?crhlg lIltless and
Lrca:h!,.s about the farm yard, the
eIatr cali bon:uli.:s and running in the
..iioiest manner, ana leading in every
direction bat toward tho barn door.
Ti,cn the irish maid to the rescue.
With Il sniff Of unconccalcd contempt
she staltel boio?c the outwitted sagce
up to the calf thrust ttyo OF her fingers
into i:s mouth anI led it, eager and
doo;l.', into the barn. New York Even,
inr SIN
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Observation-Disclosures.

Read Ike following: Mr. G. II. Nor
ris. Newark, Ark says: What down
with atscess of lungs, and friends
and physicians pronounced me
an .iucIrable consumptive. Began
talking DR. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, am now on third bottle,
and able to oversee the work on my
farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever
made.
Jessie Mildlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
SAYS: Had it not been for DR.. King ;
New Discovery for consumption |
would have died of lung troubles.
Was given ~, by doctors. Am now in
best of health" Try sample bottles
free at Budwell, Christian u barbec'S
drug store. may25-tf.
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a TRIP TO THE CLOUDS.

stay, fairy nbouds now floating DER.
Dntil your mysteries explore:
In fancy's light balloon haste.
Swift thro' tho blue airs tracklesS wasta
"Iio, fairy cloud ship! where away
Whence hast thou come since break Of dayT
The fairy sailors, pecping out.
Answer olr hail with merry shout:
I've come from distant lands, they sing.
Aud siil by order Of our king;
We travel fast, and travel far.
1er compass set by sun or star.
''For 1t was only yeSternisht
We chased the seaguls in their flight:
And from tho oceans misty spray
We illlcd our cups and flew away.
"wc iii our fairy craft anew
Each morn with gitterIng drops Of dow
That gold winged f,lirics bring with caro-
Safe UP the s,inbca;n's shining stair
.Then. with each snow whito sail spread wtae
Around the earth our ships wc guide;
On fruit and flower. on field and plain,
Descend In GcItle showers OF rain.
"When in the distant horizon
We moor our barks when day il done.
And In our sails the sunlight hold
Until they shine like FURNISHED gold.
"Our banners free are all unfurleI
Flaming above your lower world;
How nio:;aii turn admirIng eyes
Where fairy ships float thro' tho Skies"
"Gond-by, oh, fairy boat and crew,
My trip Is o'er. Adicu, Ad!snt
My light balloon slnks slowly do@E
Once moro touch tho solid ground"
-ChlcGso .dGey
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-29
The Vampire Hat.

y great many Mulatton yarns have
been told by travellers about tho ter
rible blood3uclug vampires. y Tho
reader OF South american travel is oil
ways treated to IL dish of this kind OF
stuff. Which. If half were facts, would
make II fellows lair stand on end to
think Of being compelled to sleep in
open mir IN any part Of northern South
America. The facts seem to be that
there is II species of bat, phyllostomn
spectrum, inhabting the Central Amer
lean republics and South America us
far south rs the yakadn, which il
pressed fQr food will fnsten itself on
animals and the exposed parts Of the
human body for the purpose OF sucking
blood
That sleeping persons ore not nwak'
encd 10y the bat, and that tho incislons
through which the blood is drawn
readily heal, should be taken as proof
positive that the vampire bat stories,
like the human vampire stories of Hun
gary, IRE but fabrications of diseased
imaginations The little vampire is an
insect eater, perfectly harmless, and not
at nll feared by the natives of tho re-
gion which it infcsts.
y recent Traveller Clarke, 1SSS) says:
II hive slept out in tine open air in the
Singu country in all kinds of weather,
have seen hundreds, yes. thousands, OF
vampire bats, but have always found
them perfectly harmless, us much SO as
.he native black bat of Pennsylvania
aud York state. st. Louis Republic
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anurtca I1osel Rao,a.

Yes, q man Who commits suicide IN
hotel causes u vast deal of trouble"
said an old hotel clerk IF the NUM-
Der of the room in which the decd was
committed gets out we always have to
renuInber the room before we can get
anybody to occupy it. l recall an in
cident of few years ago that is inter.
esting. A well known Richmond man
had committed suicide in one of tho
Indianapolis hotels About the time
the corpse was removed some of the
electric wires in the building got crossed.
'That afternoon travelling man was
occupying room several doors from
the one in which the suicide had oc-
CURED Every time he would call for q
boy the register on the clerks desk
would point to the number of the room
In which the suicide had occurred and
from which the corpse had been re-
moved only few hours before. y bell
bow answered the first call and came
back white us Il sheet, with the IN
uounccment that no one was in the
room. 'Ting-a-ling-a-ling' went tho
call bell again, and once more the regis
ter pointed to the room in which the
suicide had occurred \ second bell boy
was sent to tho room, and he came
back vs. badly scared us the first, witE
the statement that no one was in thu
rOo:n
lit is the dead mans ghost, said a
guest who had become interested in the
proceedings.
Again the bell rang, and for the
third time the register pointed to tho
suicides room. l ordered third bell
boy to % up and make sure that there
was 10 one in the room. Not much;
he wouldn't go. Said wasn't going
tostecthim in among spooks. lscrowed
up ny own courage and started up
stairs 10 make an investigation myself
My breath was beginning to come short
when met the travelling man on his
way downstairs, Tuning because his
calls had not been answered. 1t oc-
Cured to me IN Il moment that tho
wires had become crossed. "-lndianap-
oils News.
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The LITTLE ROSE or s-ANE.
Isaw n little rose bud

saw n little roge bud
AS wen. down the l:nc
Not yet abloom. I sail III walt
Till / como b:ck again.
Tomorrow, or perhaps some day.
The sunshine and the rain
May cpcn cut the bud 'i.rcamicd.
And will cali my are
The rose, white rose Of NIL the world.
The little rose OF shane
Tomorrow went back tho why
And needed not the rain
That s!.inmercl in the white, white sun
ASl.tnt. nthwGrt the lane.
II WIS the Goltcst. sweetest sun
The Sweetest, soltest min,
Yet but heard the whisIcrlngs.
That came akin 10 pain,
From up the Ilchc where had lcfs
Tie little rose Of Shane
There was millwhccl by the way;
asked the miicr's swain
If he might tel! nc anght TINT mapped
Since came down the lane
I did but hear his answer
I'm tho Iuillw!Ircl's sad refrain,
In tho dripping Of tho water
As II helped 10 Ill tho main
Something akin TO tears
III their ecstasy Of pain
'Ah mo-" SONS one had taen away
Tho little rose Of Shane.
William Page Carter.
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WORSE ts:a9 GQ.4iHG OIL.
r. Awful i:c.cn::o which IA Sew Yori
Nnrlnn Indicted Cuon her Enemy.

IT. Awful i:c.cn::o y;h!ah Sew YorL
uornnn inflicted Upon ;.cr Enemy.
Two fasionaily attil4d women en-
tered an elevated train and began talk
ing about q third person, who was cv!-
IDENTIFY rather obnoxious To them both.
The conversation, which was conduct.
ell in tones loud enough 10 be heard
some distance away. discovered spe-
cics of rcvcngc which no ono bat 6
woman could think OF, much less put
into practice.
shes a hateful thing" quoth she
of the shiny black hat.
Very, oSsca;cd the one i'll the new
spriAg bonnet Il never could I'M
derst:lnd how you ever asked her to
your house.
Il had an Object in doing so, you
NAV be sure YoL remember those
lovely poriicrcs uiy uncle brought me
from Persia: Well, she fell dead In
love with them at FIRST sight. | knew
she would, because, Of coarse, she
never owned anythin. half so nice. |
knew then that mymomcnt OF revenge
was Mt hand. pretended that i didn't
care very much for the porticres. ex,,
cept because they were present, and
l asked her if she would take care OF
them until | needed them, which !
probably never should. st tirstsshe
wouldn't listen - s,icil It proposition,
although | Saw she was Just tlckled TO
death with the idea, bat when | con.
WINGED her that shc would be doing
me the greatest favor i'll the world sine
ct.Ascnted.
They were hung i'll iicr drawing
room, and We're us pretty Il pair as the
CITY could boast. All her friends from
far and near were invited to sec them,
and everybody went into raptures over
them. saw my plans were working
fnmously, but l waited and bldcd my
time, knowing we'll that | should be
fully repaid foa' my patience. After a
while, from hearing the portieres prals
ed by every tongue. she began fairly
to idblze them. Even her love tol
her children began to wane, and she
would sit for hours in mute admiration
Of the swaying folds. My time for ac
ton had come. 1t was awfully cruel
know, but 1 had intended to do 1t al
along, so my conscience didn't trouble
me very much at the critical moment
II sent my servants to take the por
there's away from her. She never salc
word to inc when we met, but l shall
never forget the look of repoach in
her eyes until my dying day. That:
month ago, and she has been frcttlne
so much over her loss that she has be
come perfect fright New YORK
Evening Sun.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-29
Ins,rrin- tho Babies.

One of the industries OF New York
is the insurance of babies. The sum
paid usually is five cents week ON
each child. The system is productive
O: good in so far that it assures very
poor people against being put to ex-
tromes in the event OF 4 death IN the
family. On the other hand, the pos
sible and even probable abuses are OBJ
vious, for ii gives heartless parents 9
direct personal interest in the death OF
one who is entirely at their mercy
Chicago Herald.
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A Safe Investment

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case OF
failure IL return Of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our
advertised Druggist Il bottle OF DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump.
ton. 1t is guaranteed to bring rellei
in every case, when used forany atfec-
ton of the throat, lungs or chest,
such as consumption, Inflammation
of lungs, bronchitis, asthma, whoop'
ing cough, Group, etc, cct. 1t Is
pleasant and agreeable to taste, per
fectly safe, and can always be de,
pended upon. Trial bottles free at
Bndwell e Christians drug store
mv25 If.
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4 Dukes Reverence.

Iii Russia it is customary for all lay
men, the emperor himself included, to
show their outward respect for the
church by kissing the hands OF its
ministers. On one occasion it is re-
lated that a village priest. receiving a
grand duke at his church door, and
having no experience of such exalted
personages, hesitatcd to offer him his
hand; tie grand duke, getting impa-
tent. exclaimed: Stretch out your
paw, you fool!"-San Francisco Argo-
maui
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-29
som. Use. of Artificial Cold.

1t seems yer; probable that the day
Is not far distant when brine, cooled
below the freezing point OF water, will
be carried under the streets iupipes. as
steam is now, supplying from central
stations a very convenient substitute
for ice in the domestic household. BY
freezing in our own houses water
which has been previously boiled, 1t
will then be possible for us to avoid
contagion from diseased germs con-
tanned in ice gathered from impure
sources. The maintenance OF dwell
mgs at 70 dcgs Fahrenheit throughout
she summer will tllcn be us much a
matter of course as the warming OF a
modern house now is i'll winter
Professor Edward L. Nichols in Chau-
SauQllGu
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WE CAN AM DO

Guarantee DR.. Acker's Blood Elixir,
for il has been fully demonstrated to
the people of this country that it issu
perior to all other preparations for
blood Diseases 1t is Il positive cure
for .yphiltic poisoning, Ulcers. Erup,
tions and Fimples 1t parties the
whole system and thoroughly builds
up the constitution. Sold by Bud,
well Christian 4 Barbee.
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Children'k Fool.

1t never seems to occur to an Indian
that there is anything that we should
regard as children's food. Little chill
dren are seen to cat pieces of meat be,
fore they have teeth. Some live ana
some die, but the mortality is large
Philadelphia Ledger.
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IT Vas Generous.

A9-year boy at Kingston, N. Y,
stoned railroad train from running
into landslide and was presented
with a toy drum and So suit OF
clothes. Railroad corporations are
never small about these shings, al
ways ready to fall back on Providence
If an accident occurs.-Detrolt Free