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RESIDENCE SaoUNo.

Three good lots on Dawson street
and four lots on Starr street still un-
sold. Prices to suit purchasers with
the cash.
9-5 If REAGAN HOUSTON, Assignee.
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Their Ban0uet,

The Belknap Rifles turned out IS
men to attend their annual banquet
last night. The menu was splendid,
the boys all in good humor and toasts
flowed freely as the wine that was
washed down and evolved them.
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TO PARENTS.

We are overstocked with SCHOOL
SUPPLIES. Great bargains to every
body. School bags at cost. 40 w.
Commerce st. Moss & REANs.
8-3l-Im
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REAL ESTATE.
Deals and the Prices They Bring.

+. Uravasto to f. b. ID. Hamel, lots
II, Is and 10, block As, Elmendorf 8
A. A. Maher to ID. w. and c. II.
Gregory, lots and ~, in original
city lot l, range Z, district 7,SOm-
erset road. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
+. NJ. Edwards to BeXar county,
land for county road and of sur
Vey 50, section Observation-Disclosures.
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Presbyterian Synod.

The Texas Synod of the Cum
berlsnd Presbyterian church meets at
the church on Soledad street tomor-
row morning at II o'clock. Rev. Dr.
r. NJ. Tinnon of Fort Worth. will
preach the opening sermon. There
are over 100 delegates expected, many
of whom are now arriving.
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Nuns Serge.

B. Priestley, the English manufac-
turer's latest. Judges of fine black
materials all unite in giving it the
palm, out of the many this famed de-
signer has originated. Also Priest
ley's Grays, shown for the first time.
9.l4.3t JOSKE BROTHERS.
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The petition of Sheriff Mccall to
esns county coart, to be allowed to
ssCayloy regularly the five guards at
aSlss county jail was granted today.
Tie county commissioners this
yl1.yru.ng deferred paying the bill for
the painting and repairing of the
courthouse. Some of the work will
Je inspected before payment.
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'First-cIass Dress Making.

Joske Bros. reopen this department.
Tuesday the 18th, Mrs. G. Katz in
charge. With her knowledge of the
New Fashions she guarantees her
usual satisfaction.
9l4St JoSKE BROTHEAS.
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QUICK NJ & Al

Stove wood, any amount you want
Cor. San Fernando and Medina SITS
Telephone 456. w. b. TAYLOR
s q Inn
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A Great Exhibit

OF novelty pocket books, wallets,
oard-cases, satchels, handbags, etc,
on Joske Bros. bargain counter this
week. Don't miss seeing them ladies!
Nothing to approach them ever
shown before. Ola 3t
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BUSINESS LOTS.

Summer prices will hold good
through September. The best prop
critics are still unsold.
9-5 tt REAGAN HOUSTON, Assignee
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Read This.

Gentlemen's smoking jackets of
choicest materials and best make are
just in and on sale at specially low
prices. l.. WOLFSoN.
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OLD. DRY.

Post oak and mesquite cord and stove
wood, corner San Fernando and
Medina. Telephone 1885,
8-2T I'm w. r. TAYLOR.
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twill continue to sell through Sef-
TENDER, at summer prices, any prop
erty of the Sam Maverick estate.
Ss5, If REAGAN H0USTOGS, Assignee
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v. LORRA, THE TAILOR,

Announces to his friends and customers
that he has received shipment of 500
patterns of paats goods and 800 patterns
suitings. Fine panJs will be sold for So to
Sl2. Fine dress suits and black diagonals
a speciality. Satisfaction and fit guaran-
teed beyond question. S25 IF
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Marriage Licenses.

Sam Finto and Anna Mike.
John McCOy and Jesse Walker.
John II. Then and Emma Blesi.
Martiano Meza and Cassiana Con
Zales
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PAIhT FACTORY,

The lots, buildings, machinery and
stock, formerly belonging to the San
Antonio Paint Company, are offered
to cash buyer at bargain.
Good profit to the man who will
take hold of it. Home capital can do
no better than take hold Of this en-
terprise.
9-5-tf REAGAN HOUSTON, Assignee.
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EARLY BREAKFAST

Stove wood, cord wood or kindEngS
cor. San Fernando and Medina SITS.
Telephone 456. W. B. T&YLOE.
S>72 Inn
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AVENUE PROPERTY,

Another reduction in price of choice
corners on Avenues G. and d. City
property at village prices.
9-5 tf REAGAN HGUsToN, Assignee.
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VENDORS LIEN NOTES,

Ifyou want to invest money on in
tersst I Will sell you some notes Sc
cured by vendors lien on improved
or unimproved properties.
9-5.tf REAGAN HOUSTON, Assignee
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Building Permits.

R, Hartenstine, shed, North street,
18th ward.
A. J. Fry, dwelling, River avenue,
5Ch ward, s., 500.
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CLIsGMAN GAS MACHINE
Lighting-Cooking-Hsating for in-
formation inquire at
9-l6lm G. l.. WAGNRR'S.
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FISH2aNo OYSTERS
daily at Henry Stricksrs, cor. Romano
and Aeequia cts. Telephone No 2SS.
Free delivery. 8.3l-lm
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TIE CHE4PESTTEAS.
NOTICE,

Hollands Happy Thougat'I Soc per ID
Hollands i know" Coo per ID.
, 1891-03-17

Il may be safely said that there are today
rs many minds afflicted with this mild
form Of insanity rs there have been at any
time I'm the past Every city, town and
hamlet possesses It's would-bs inventor
who Is striving 20 achieve the end that il
10 startle the world. Many who will not
openly admit that they believe perpetual
motion is possible ara secretly thinking
upon the matter aud entertaining the hope
that they may Yet do what 30 many have
failed in doing No other falluCy has been
80 popular or has so long ~wIthstood the
light OF reason AS has perpetual motion,
Alchemy ami The tr1usmutsriDu Of metals,
which for "a season or so occupied the
minds 1f men, passed away TO return no
more.
The philosopher stone and tho elixir
viJn were believed iu and earnestly sought
after by the really scientific men % "a few
generations, but the search WINS finally
given up. The phantom OF perpetual mo-
riun, however. will not down, but beckon-
men ON aud on. leading them all 10 the
same inevitable rrsult-UOtsl failure. Men
are As far from the discovery Of the secret
today ms they were seven centuries ago,
and they will get no nearer 20 il until a
weight placed upon the ground can lift
itself up, or, a. the idea is sometimes more
strikingly presented, until one can lift
himself of the floor by pulling his boot
straps.-Chicago Herald.
, 1891-03-17

a woman has started q beauty shop in
London whose formula for the produc-
ton of good looks consists in teaching
her sisters to be clean. Two or three
women nave told me that they make a
practice of testing everything that ia adj
vertised. Fashionable doctors get fright
fully pestered for recipes for beauty.
What a pity women cannot see the folly
of tampering with nature! They would
be all the handsomer if they left her
alone. Those of the fashionable world
AVE compilations like a piece Of leather
at 40; at so they look like an apple with
n shriveled skin. A veneer of paint and
powder will not make a woman look
pretty for long-the only way to be pretty
is to be clean. This is the opinion of a
lady who has recently set up as a beau
tifier. Her Mans is Miss Shepherd, and
her mission is to teach women how to be
clean. She told me that it usually took
her a week tomake a woman's face clean.
"How do you go to work. l asked.
"Of purse l start by washing the
lady's face" replied the little woman.
This takes time-generally half an hour.
l use various waters. The first is tepid,
the second is warm, the third is hot, and
the fourth is almost at boiling point.
Then a little cream is applied, and Imas-
sage or iron the face for fully a quarter
of an hour. This is to take out wrinkles
and promote circulation. Then after the
massage l wash the face again, using the
same number of waters as at first. Only
this time l start with hot water and
leave off with cold. Then, when the face
has been gently dried with n silk hand.
kerchief, 1 slap the cheeks till the color
returns
But doesn't the slapping hurt?" l in.
quired.
"Oh, no, 1t does not; it is pleasant
rather than otherwise" replied the beau.
tifer, land it prevents the face getting
mottled. 1 use an electric battery coca.
sionally for deep lines and wrinkles. 1t
is a very effective skin tightener. Mis-
Mantilini in Pail Mall Budget.
, 1891-03-17

A New York woman, just home from
a two years residence abroad, has this
to say about French fats in France: In
looking for an apartment in Paris. the
American housekeeper must make up her
mind to %relinquish certain things which
On this side she considers essentials.
0team heat she will not find except in
one or two recently built houses especi-
ally designed to cater to American ten
ants, n a passenger elevator will also
be very seldom met with. Set wash
tubs do not exist in French fat kitchens.
and the bath ROOMS are o the comfort
able and convenient places which the
most inexpensive New York apartments
have. There is only cold water for the
enormous tub which stands there, hot
water having to he separately heated for
the bath. There is usually an oil or gas
arrangement in the bath room to do
this, but the whole bathing system il, to
a New Yorker, extremely primitive M
i"nconvenient.
During the excessive and unusual
cold Of this winter the tenants of these
flats have actually suffered from the
weather, so inadequate is their heating
plan. Wood and coal are so expensive
that even the halls are not heated in the
majority of fiat houses; this is so seldom
done, indeed, that where it is the fact is
blazoued in the advertisements. and the
concierge speaks of it with bated breatA
That concierge. by the way, is another
trial. He or she, for it is rs often one as
the other, rules Paris, A New York
j~anitor is meek and docile in comparison.
1t was n great trial to my American in
dependence-the manner in which l was
Obliged to subject myself to our con.
cierge.
However, these are the objections to
the native French fiat; they have advan-
tages, too. First, their exquisite neat
ness and the feeling of security one has
in buildings that do not touch the sky.
\ sixth floor is the highest, and this is
usually given over 10 the servants of all
the separate households under the roof.
We had electric bells in one apartment,
delightful, airy rooms, two drawing
rooms, a tiny kitchen that would be the
despair Of an Irish cook, but in which a
French woma can accomplish all her
duties and keep in the most admirable
order. The houses seem better built,
too, thar the majority Of their American
imitators. Sounds and smells are not
carried so easily from one to another.
IN the whole, If one can get over Il few
of her home prejudices, life in "a real
French fat is far from uncomfortable
Her Point of View in New York
Times.
, 1891-03-17

The oma suffrage movement in
England has suffered a very severe loss
in the death of Miss Lydia Ernestine
Baker, who for many years ably edited
The Woman's Suffrage Journal, and
was most earnest and persistent with
pen and tongue in advocating the right
of woman to the electoral franchise.
During the last four or five years the
movement has suffered even greater loss
in the desertion of the cause of women
by some prominent radical politicians
and from the lukewarmness of many
Liberals in aud out of parliament, who,
looking at the present state of political
parties, fear that if woman suffrage be
conceded in this parliament the newly
onfranchised women would, in the bulk,
vote Tory at the next general election,
and thus, perhaps, for another seven
years, prevent the accession to power
of a Liberal minority.-London Letter.
, 1891-03-17

l was present at a dinner given in
honor of Rider Haggard, the novelist,
and his wife. by a wealthy gentleman.
The dinner was for half-past 6, but
Mr.. Rider Uaggard didn't show up
till z. When the novelist did present
himself his boots were muddy, and
everything but his hair was rufled.
He appeared to be in a revery during
the dinner and was highly uninterest-
ing. His conversation consisted of
'Ah, really's! and hens and haws.
He al his hand continually through
his carefully barbered hair. Il was
late, - he explained, because l had to
come in N Of your tramways on stills,
you know The other guests had
come in cabs and carriages. Interview
in New York Herald.
, 1891-03-17
THE REMAINS OF DE SOTO.
Boues and Armor Of the Great Explore
Inenrthed nt EnrI Jerrr.nn.

bOue- and Armor Of the Great Explorer
Unearthed at Fort Jefferson.
While laborers were ~excavaring for
the foundation of a large brick block
in Fort jefferson, Ky, one Of them I'M
earthed a few human bones. As this
part Of the Mississippi Valley abounds
in Indian mounds, the workman sup
posed he was digging into one of them,
but o he uncovered what proved to
be a long, straight and very heavy
sword. News spread rapidly over the
own that the grave Of one Of the sol
diers of Gen. Clark or Of Gen. Grant
had been discovered, and together with
his sword, which had been buried with
him.
In 1871 Gen. Clark built a fort where
this place now stands. Ii was there
that he fought a decisive battle with
the Indians, losing many of his own
men and covering the ground with the
dead bodies of the aborigines. During
the late war Gen. Grant had his head
quarters at this place for many months.
Several small battles were fought here,
and it can be truly called the bloody
ground Of guerrilla warfare, for no
where in the south was n locality so
molested and devastated as southwest
ern Kentucky and southeastern Mis-.
souri,.
Knowing these facts, it was very natu-
raj for the people to believe that they
had found the grave of II of Clark's
or Grants soldiers, or that of some
wandering guerrilla. As the workman
proceeded with his labor he threw up a
steel breastplate and helmet. These
were almost eaten UP with rust, and
through the holes of the helmet could
be seen the gray bones of a fast decay
ing skull. In order to gain some IN
formation concerning this strange dis
covery the handle and scabbard of the
sword were cleaned.
The sword itself was rusted to the
scabbard and could not be drawn. The
shield on the handle and the scabbard
were made Of n strange composition
that rust had but little effect upon, and
they seemed but slightly injured by
time. The handle Of the sword is of
pure gold, at the top Of which is a large
AlAAlAbAh NAhFA'Atb AAoullu WIN IADlt1s
On the handle is the name, ''IIernando
De Soto" Below is the coat of arms,
which consists Of a spring oozing out of
n hillside, and close by the spring a
child. Underneath this is the inscrip-
ton, written in Latin, THE Spring of
Youth" The engraving is remarkably
well done.
These few bones and implements of
war arc no doubt all that remains of
the great De Soto, who, believing that
somewhere in the New World was Il
spring which bestowed on any one who
bathed in it's crystal waters perpetual
youth, gave up wealth and luxury to
undergo the hardships Of a wild and
unknown country, and at last died in
discouragement and defeat. History
says that De Sofa died somewhere in
this part of the country, and his body
was thrown into the river in order to
keep the fact of his death from the In
dams, but history is probably mistaken.
Fort jefferson has the honor of bis
grave. Cor. ST. Louis Globe-D Demo
rTnt.
, 1891-03-17


THE truth Of the old saying that there
ara tricks ia all trades was illustrated by
a little incident that occurred the other
day on the street where / live" said a
friend Of miue Yesterday. There was a
slight dre early 10 the morning In a build
ing on the opposite side Of the street, aud
the windows Of the various FIAT houses in
the vicinity were crowded with the excited
faces ~ women and children. who applr.
entity thought that the whole city was
about to be burned although the damage
did not prove TO be over 500. Well, with
Ia "a few hours after the flames were eN-
tinE1Iishcd there were no less than half "A
dozen Insurance agents around rtuvu~,iug
among the householder ia that vicinity
And they reaped a rich harvest, too.
In talking with hn insurance agent !
WAS told nearly all the fire insurance com
panies make u a point 20 watch for fires,
and send Cauygtssrr= arouud la that vicinity
while the memory Of the blaze is still fresh
in the minds Of the people In this way
they get ten takers for policies where they
wouldn't get one were the visit OF the can
vssscr less timely New York star.
, 1891-03-17

Only the very few among us run any
risk, In the course OF our pcrcgriuatious
and yicissitudes, Of being invited to such
Objectionable dinners Hs It was the lot Of
Bruce, the explorer. TO eat, Such very
nasty feeders AS the Abyssinians Of his day
are becoming extinct. Fancy sitting
down to table and seeing the meat walk
alive into the room' That was their GUS
TOM And they ate IT, alive. too. the brutesi
The wretched OK WAS tied fast head and
legs, and then. by "a delicate iucisiuu on
both sides of the backbone. near the
haunches, the attendants were able to
strip its skin away, to enable them TO cut
slices from the poor animal again aud
again without touching an artery. The
guests ate the meat raw and quiyering, to
the music Of the lower roars and believing
Of pain OF the OK OF which 10 WIS u part.
This Is hideous, and even the least par.
ucUlar OF men may he excused for Striking
au experience Of the kud-Au the Year
KEuuU
, 1891-03-17

Wages in the Georgia mills seem low
when judged by northern standards.
yet when the cost Of living and the
surroundings and the efficiency of the
operatives are taken into account, pay
is relatively as high as where a more
complex civilization has created artif-
cial wants. The nterdependence in
the south between corporation and en-
ployes is rare in New England factory
villages, The names, residence, cir
cumstances, needs, failings or virtues
are here well known to the officials;
in time of trouble or suspension -
work money is freely advanced. and by
an unwritten code of human feeling
long illness or other disability often
brings the regular weekly pay.
Not only are relations more friendly
andintimate than at the north, but there
is conspicuous freedom from the spirit of
drive and despotism. Even New Eng
land superintendent and ~overseers in
these southern mills soon glide into the
prevailing laisseZ-faire or else leave in
despair, though admitting that the
cracker might be trained to the high
est eticiency Century
, 1891-03-17

The carrot owes its fattening powers
to the sugar and its flavor to a peculiar
fatty oil; the horseradish derives its
flavor and blistering power from a vol.
atile ncrid oil. The Jerusalem arti-
choke contains IA IL per cent. of sugar
and 3 per cent, of inulin IA variety Of
starch, besides gum and It peculiar
substance to which its flavor is owing.
Garlic and the rest of the onion family
derive their odor from a yellowish, vol
attle, acrid oil but they are nutritious
from containing nearly half their weight
of glutinous substances not yet clearly
defined George w. johnson.
, 1891-03-17

How "A Savage King Wa Frightened.
Prince Bismarck, in speaking on East
African affairs to n newspaper CORE
spondent, incidentally told the follow
ing story: When the well known Afri-
can traveller, DIR. Robert Felkin, was.
staying with the bloodthirsty King
Mtesa. of Uganda many years ago, the
king, out of gratitude for his visitors
medical treatment, wished to cut off
his head. On DR.. Felkin representing
that the treatment was nOt finished,
and that il interrupted il would cause
NIteSa's death, the hitter granted him "A
rcprieve until he was quite recovered.
Then, however. nothing awaited, and
the execution wa determined upon.
Emin Pacha, who was n friend of
DR.. Felkin, had instructed him most
accurately about the state Of affairs in
Uganda and the court Of King Mtesa
and had revealed to him an important
state secret, namely, where Mtesa's
powder store was hidden. DR.. Felkin
remembered this at the right moment
and as "A last resort threatened that if
Mtesa killed him he would bring down
a fash OF lightning upon his powder
store. Mtesa replied incredulously,
Tell me where it is" W]hereupon DR..
Felkin whispered in his ear, 1T is con
cealed under your harem.n Mtesa
turned pale and allowed FeIkin and bis
companions 10 live. The lightning
makers authority increased when next
day n flash Of lightning happened to
strike near the hurem. London News.
, 1891-03-17

An acquaintance who has recently
moved to this city from the east tells
me this amusing incident: "a few wears
ago a widow died, leaving one child. %
young girl of 10, alone in the world
Subsequently my friend was appointed
administrator Of the estate and guard
ian Of the child. A few days after the
performance of the preliminary obljgn
tiouGhe requested hat ho be released
from the duties Of administrator Non
senseI said the official TO whom he ap-
piled. The estate must be looked
after. II is small, and the child must
have a protector, and | see no reason
why you should worry yourself Yes,
there is a reason why l should worry
myself, replied my friend. L can't
administer this estate, as there is no
Feed Of It. 1t would be cruel for me
to attempt such a thing
"'CruelV exclaimed the register clerk
in amazement why, what does the
estate consist Off
"A bottle Of castor oil, answered
the administrator as he turned away p"
New York Star.
, 1891-03-17

The average New York girl can dc
more tricks with her eyes than half a
dozen Boston girls. Her school of prac.
tice is the horse car, and inasmuch as
she is usually set face to face with the
man she wanu; to look at You may see
how extremely difficult it is for her to use
her eyes and yet pretend not TO see him.
My darling said a careful up town
mother to her ~1S-year-old daughter,
"don't, l beg of you, roll your eyes
about that way IN a horse car"
81 must do it, mammal was the re
ply, there's n man on the other side of
the a that has been trying to catch
them all the way mp town."-Cor. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
, 1891-03-17

1t is salutary discipline to travel into
foreign lands before setting up for a
critic of our own institutions and Gus
toms. Indeed only upon an apprentice
ship of this sort al aught in praise or
dispraise of ourselves worth hearing be
said. A traveller realizes that though
we are m excellent nation of islanders
we are not quite the pattern men and
women our home stayers are so fond of
fancEing. lie also learns that we have
a fire. stock Of preiudices slowed away
in the wallet upon which we are accus-
toned to draw for our virtues.-An
the Year Round.
, 1891-03-17

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no SPECIAL mem
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise.-A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases OF the Nv.
and kidneys, will remove pimples, boils.
suit rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood.-Wm drive malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure all
malarial fevers For cur Of headache.
constipation and indigestion try Electric
Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Price 50 cents and
81 per bottle at DR.. W. n. Hunts drug
stOrp