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nal pIon HurdIer.

A. A. Jordan, champion hurdler of
america, and holder Of the American
ecord for running 100 yards over three
Get six inch hurdles, says:
II have for a great many years used
Allcock's Porous Plasters, particularly
turing the training season. ] fnd that
f | am affected in the back or loins with
my kind of a pain or strain. that All
Porous PIasters instantly afford
relief. For pains in the body, the result
f n severe cold, nothing can beat All
'ock's Porous Plasters. Iwou'd certainly
recommend the p~lasters to any athlete
who Is suffering with soreness or stiffness
while in training"
, 1891-10-15
Pronounced HOPELESS, Yet Saved.

From a letter written by Mrs. Ada r.
Hurd of Groton, S. D., we quote: Was
taken with a bad cold which settled on
nv lungs, cough set in and terminated in
consumption. Four doctors CAV me up
saying l could live but a short time. ]
psve myself up to my Saviour, determined
if | could not stay with my friends on
earth | would meet my absent ones above.
Ny husband was advised; to get Dr.
and thank God I am now a well and
hearty woman" Trial bottle free at
Roedel's drug store. Regular size, SOC
and $l.00.
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Can't be found
the equal of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. If other medi-
cines of its class were like it, they'd
be guaranteed. This is. If 1t
doesn't benefit or cure, in every
case for which it's recommended,
you get your money back. It
isn't a "cure-all," but it does cure
all diseases arising from a torpid
or deranged liver, or from impure
blood. For all Scrofulous, Skin and
Scalp Diseases, it's a positive rem
edy. Even Consumption, or Lung
s~crofula, is cured by it, if taken in
time and given a fair trial. That's
all that's asked for it-a fair trial.
Then, if it doesn't help you, there's
no pay.
We claim it to be an unequaled
remedy to purify the blood and in
vigorate the liver. We claim it to
be lasting in its effects, creating an
appetite, purifying the blood, and
preventing Bilious, Typhoid and
Malarial fevers, if taken in time.
The time to take it is when you
first feel the signs of aoeariness and
soedkness. BY druggists.
, 1891-10-15

bergh, OF the New Jersey Athletic club,
who has won probably more prizes In
armory games than any other athlete now
competing. He is a much better man on
boards than on a track. His best perform
ance out of doors was at the last spring
games of the New York Athletic club.
when he won a mile handicap from scratch
In Am. 27s.; but at the games of the Forty
seventh regiment, held in the armory at
Brooklyn about a year ago, he ran the dis
lance, less fifteen yards, in the same time.
Taking into consideration the facts that the
armory track was eleven laps to the mile,
and that he had to pass numerous competi-
tors, the latter performance is certainly the
better.
j. 7. Norton, Of the Manhattan Athletic
club, is another athlete who has a great
record as an indoor runner.
I. p. Connect, the long distance cham
pion of America and Canada, is an athlete
who shines best out OF doors, for his style
is not suited to boards. His legs are prac-
tically in front of him when running, and
in a measure he pulls himself along, the
principal strain falling on the muscles of
the front of the thigh.
My own style is suitable for both track
and board loo running; the harder the
surface the better it suits me. On a cinder
path | find the greatest strain or the back
Of the thigh, which is owing to my stoop-
ing a great deal and ~springing or pushing
myself forward.
On boards | feel the strain most in the
shins. This, | think, is caused by the jar,
there being very little give" to a board
floor. do not recommend much practice
on boards. The hard floor is much more
severe on ones legs than a cinder or grass
track, and an athlete is very apt to strain
his insteps or some tendon If he does all his
work on boards. In the winter l generally
take gentle exercise on a rubber running
track in some gymnasium about three
times n week. II / propose to take part in
an outdoor event, l merely take one or two
easy uns there, just to get used to the
turns of the track. 1t is best not TO run
fast in indoor practice, as the risk of a
break down is greater than when training
on a big track.
In small towns where there are no ar
morys or other large buildings suitable for
running it Is of course more difficult to
get into shape during the period that run
ming out of door is impossible, but If only
an athlete knows how a good deal of exer-
else can be done in a small room. Those
thus situated l would advise to get all the
walking they can-ifteen miles a day will
not hurt them. In this way the muscles
will become hardened and prepared for the
finishing touches. In a room fifty feet long
starting can be practiced, and the muscles
made springy and full of life by skipping,
which is one of the very best of exercises
for sprinters.
Some runners experience a great diff
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lot, with the skirt slashed and bordered
with narrow passementerie in a little
darker shade. Below the slashes is a
petticoat of gray taffetas plated. The
back breadth has a wide hem outlined
with a line of black braid. The corsage
is made polka style with q bias yufie of
the cheviot set on under a band of steel
bead passementerie laid over a black
velvet ribbon. There is a full vest front
of light gray t~affetas with a row of pas
sementerie on the revers. 1t is a hand
some costume. With it is worn a fiat
hat of gray felt with pink roses and
shaded gray velvet leaves.
The costume on the left is of Havana
brown cachmire d'Inde. The front is
embroidered in chenille in an elegant
pattern, with detached flowers scattered
all over the front, the flowers being yell
low daisies with dark brown hearts and
stems. ALI the rest is done in dark
brown. The corsage has n loose front
brought down to a point, with a yoke Of
fine chenille embroidery and ] abot of
ecru oriental lace. The hat is a brown
felt plateau trimmed with mordore vel
vet and gold cord. In the back of the
corsage is a double bow with long ends
of mordore velvet ribbon.
Crepon and ~crepaline are very much
used for fall dresses, as they are elegant
when plain and very dressy when lavish
ly trimmed. A new crepe goods is called
grain de poudre, as it has queer little
dots all over it, which Look like real
grains of powder. The chevron weave,
the wavy patterns and large irregular
spots of different shapes are all seen on
the new goods, and embroideries mingled
with fur are often seen.
, 1891-10-15

For a number of years / have been sub
iect to violent attacks OF infiammatory
rheumatism which generally lasted about
two months. On the first OF this month
| was attacked in the knee and suffered
severely for two days, when | procured a
bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and it
relieved me almost instantly. therefore
most cheeriully recommend it to those
who are similarly afflicted everywhere
r. ID. WHITLEY. Martindale, N. c.,
February, 1883. Mr.. Whitley is a very
prominent man in this place and his dis.
ease was very widely known as he suffered
such severe main. w. NJ. Houston 4
Co.. Martindale, N. c. Fifty cent bot.
ties for sale by druggists.
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Good looks are more than skin deep,
depending upon a healthy condition of all
the vital organs. If the liver be inactive
you have a bilious look. if your stomach
be disordered you have a dyspeptic look
and If your kidneys be affected you have a
pinched look. Secure good health and
YOU will have good looks. Electric Bit
ters is the great Alternative and tonic, acts
directly on the vital organs. Cures PIN
Piles. blotches, boils, and gives n good
complexion. Sold at Roedel's drug store,
fifty cents rer bottle.
, 1891-10-15

for, though nobody told her, it seemed
exactly as if she knew who that bouquet
came from.
The chaperons looked at her critically,
noted her gown and approved of her
mothers wisdom in keeping her in the
background so long, and then pro-
nounced her a bit stupid. One said:
Look at the Browne girl that came out
last week. Why, she can drive a four
finland. use one-half the slang the
young men can. goes in only for tailor
made frocks. and is the rage among the
men just now" And one old chaperon
one who still preferred the people to
say, Eyes, madam" and mo. madam"
to her-said: 1.-The little moss rosebud
who is here is better, far better. worth
loving, and will sooner make a greater
match han all the women who smoke
cigarettes, drive tandem or are hail
fellow-well-met with young men," Rose
Budd gave a great sigh here. She knew
she had not an accomplishment of that
sort. If the truth must be told, she was
perfectly well aware of the fact that she
could not drive a pair of horses, let
alone four, and that her knowledge Of
companionship with young men was
limited to that of her brother, and he
had somewhat of a contempt for her be.
cause she was a girl and could not do
all the marvellous tricks on a trapeze
that he did.
AS 1t got to be dusk the people went
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THE EIGHTH WONDER
e tha
SIOUX CITY CORN PALAt

SIOUN CITY CORN PALACE.
This festival opens Oct. l. closes Oct.
IL, 1891. Among the numerous attrac.
tons are the Mexican Military Band of
Sc skilled musicians. and an exhibit from
Central and South America accompanied
by a family of natives in their peculiar
dress, The Union Pacific has made a
rate of one fare for the round trip, plus
twenty-five cents for double bridge fare.
For dates Of sale, limits, etc, apply to
your nearest Union Pacific agent.
, 1891-10-15

lar n6T neck won I DC BTdCtluli
and don't let Rose walk first fast and
hen slow. for If you do she will be GER
Tn to be ~ungraceful when she comes
at" She puzzled a good bit about that
when she comes out" What was go
rg to happen? And as she grew older
and went to school she heard the differ
ent teachers announce that Miss Rose
would find that her good French accent
was a great boon when she came out
and that the way she spoke, the sweet,
low voice, the way she walked, the
graceful, easy step, and the way she had
Of always saying pleasant things would
be of inestimable use to her when she
came ont" She wa bathed that her
skin might be perfectly peachlike, her
form was rubbed that she might be 1.-THE
and easy in her movements, and her hair
received the regulation 100 strokes that
it might shine like gold and be as soft
and fine as silk.
Seventeen found her at home on a
June day, and all during that summer
she walked and drove, was prettily timid
with people who were older than she
was, and learned that simplicity was
most becoming to her, and that while 1t
was well to know about the things of
this world, the books and the pictures,
it was not well to know too much, be-
cause you might, 1t was just possible,
offend one by your extreme knowledge
when you came out. At last the long
looked for day came. The house was
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25.r She was a bit of a thing, this tiny
Rose. She had brown hair with glints
of gold through it. She had great big
blue eyes that looked out at you as ten
derby and as sympathetic as possible; her
beautiful neck was as white as the TO-
out on the ground, and as completely
hidden as good form dictated for SO
young n girl.
Mamma stood near the doorway, and
beside her were several matrons to assist
in launching this little Rose on the sea
of society. And the Rose herself, all in
pink tulle, had a pretty frightened air
as mamma introduced each one, and she
put out the tiny white gloved hand to
give them welcome. About her waist
was a fluffy band of dark green velvet
that told you this was n moss rose that a
wise mother had kept away from the
sight of the rest OF the world, and which
she now presented as the most perfect Of
the buds of the season. There were other
girls there to receive with her, and who
laughed at her shyness. Girls who last
year were as timid as she. Girls who
now-well, they had lost a little some
thing; the velvet blush had gone off the
petals, and while they were not full
blown roses you did not think of them
as little buds. 1t was not proper for the
bud to dance, for she must stand beside
amm and receive with her. 1t was not
proper for her to talk much to people
ever If she dared, because she did not
know very much to talk about, so she
listened to them.
She heard n pretty girl, perhaps she
was twenty years old, dressed all in
bright scarlet, with scarlet stockings and
slippers, and a great white rose on one
shoulder, say as she passed her: Funny,
isn't itS how they bring out the poor
little buds, and how in about three sea-
sons they nave lost their sweetness and
they nave developed either into being
rather last married women or unmarried
girls who will tell you that they don't
care to marry but like to be on good
terms with all the men. It's a pity they
don't let girls alone nowadays and let
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With each succeeding day an in.
creased demand for better service on the
railways of our country. The Union Pa
ciic and Missouri Pacific railways to the
front as usual, have been leading in these
lines OF improvement for some time and
running through Pullman sleepers be-
tween Salt Lake City and St. Louis via
Denver.
, 1891-10-15

given over to the
decorators, the
dining rooms to
the caterers,
while in the
drawing rooms
bloomed every
sweet flower that
the florist rad
v e heard of or
trained in perfec-
ton. The cards
had been sent out
in which Mr..
and Mrs. Budd
request the honor
of presenting to
you their daugh-
ter Rose on the
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LOCKE AT HER cRITlcALLY.so beautiful,
and there on a table just beside her stood
bouquet upon bouquet, one most lovely
of all made of pure white rosebuds and
maidenhair fern. 1t was tied with a
bid white ribbon, too, and she made up
her mind, for you see even little buds
have minds, to get that ribbon off and
take it and nut it among her treasures,
, 1891-10-15
runners experience a great DIM

Guilty In making
the sharp r
on indoor tracks.
The toes should
be turned in and
the legs crossed
after t h Q style
adopted by roller
8 k t when
turning. II the
runner does this,
leans well v e
like a bicyclist
and o e at the
n with con-
fdence, he will get
around all right.
Should he hesitate
and shorten his
strida his chauce
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aud is rapidly s~upplanting every other
preparation of like nature.
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away, and the
little rose
concluded to
have a few
minutes all to
herself. Look
ing in the glass
admiring her
pretty pink
gown,sh said;
Il don't be-
lieve | should
like to be like
that Browne
girl. 1t seems
to me after all
that there are
things in the
world better
worth living
for than dane
fa@ an1 LII.
, 1891-10-15

them blossom
out as they
ought to and
be happy as
they ought
to-" And some
how the girl
who was n bud
thought there
WAS a ring Of
DllttTuees In
that voice and
felt there was
one girl who
was not happy,
land yet the
Ilhowers were
Nso bright and
the ices were
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ON BOARD FLOORS.
The Difference Between Indoor
and Outdoor Athletics.
A. B. GEORGE EXPLAINS 1T FULLY

why Some Athletes Prefer One to tn.
other-The Danger of Excessive Exer-
else on Planks-How to Practice In
Small Rooms-The Art of Turning Cor
ners.
BY the end of October the season for out
door athletics, with the exception of cross
country running, will be practically over,
and lovers of sport will turn their atten.
ton to the numerous indoor games SEIZED.
uled for the winter months.
A great difference exists between track
and board floor athletics. While some
are equally good at both, the majority
of athletes make a speciality of one or the
other, for running OIL boards calls into
play a different set of muscles than those
used out of doors.
A man with a springy, bounding stride is
generally most successful at indoor games.
Take, for instance, the case Of f Hjert-
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All kinds of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the Leader Office.
, 1891-10-15

ROM the time
she was four oil
five years old she
had been accus-
toned to hear
people says
Don't let Rose
open her mouth
80 WIDE, it will
spoil the shape of
it; don't let Rose
hold her head 80
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E. LAWLER,
R

Water and Sewer Service, Grease Traps
and repairing . speciality. All material ana
work guaranteed. A complets stock OF pew
goods always on hand. ima furpisneo
orders len at r. schweickerts hard ware
store win receive prompt attenuon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-07

Try bottle of DR.. Harding's Long
Balm, 81 South Alamo st. IL Aft
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-07
WATER THAT BURNS.
A Well Whose Palatable Liquid Is
as InfiammabIe as Naphtha.

On the land of a farmer five miles
east of Crab Orchard, KY, near the
village of Gum Sulphur, Is a well
which is great wonder to those who
have visited it. Ii is known as the
burning we'll, name appropriately
given, tor its waters, though clear,
limpid, and drinkable, are as inflam-
maOIe as naphtba.
This well is about fifteen feet deep,
extending down through strata of
slate rock. 1t contains a wooden
pump stock, and the water, as it
comes cold aud sparkling from the
depths of the well, has no odor about
it. 1t has a mineral taste, and is ex-
ceedingly pleasant to drink. Yet a
dipper full of it coming in con tact with
flame will take fire, blazing up like
gunpowder.
The Wells discovery, if the natives
tell true story, was rather remark
aoie. a party of eXcursionists from
the springs went out in that section
in qnest of ferns. fossils and the like.
On their return they found the we'll
and stopped to get drink. An old
lady living near by brou ght buck ct
and filled it with the refreshing fluid
for the thirsty ramblers, and
and they had drank she poured
the remainder on the ground near the
we'll.
Just at this instant a young man
lit q cigarette and threw the match
heedlessly to the ground. 1t CHANGED
to fail into the poured out water.
which took fire and flashed up, anna
zing and frightening the whole party.
AT the suggestion of one of the on
lockers more water was drawn, and to
the wonder of all,it took fire as readily
as an eXplosive'scorching the face and
eyebrows OF the rash eXperimenter
who held the match.
The old lady's family has for years
been using water out of the we'll, per-
tectly Ignorant of its properties.
Hundreds of people from various
parts of Kentucky and other states
have visited that section and drank
OF the well, as well as tested the in-
flammabillty of its water.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-07
GORMAN ON NEWSPA
PERS.

United States Senator German, in
the course of a political speech, said
this of the newspapers;
There Is power in the press, and
that party which has a brave, fear
less paper to chronicle it's dOiugs and
present its uterances enjoys ali advan-
cage not TO be deprecated.
The republican party in the city of
Baltimore and in the state of Mary
land has one great organ. the Ameri-
can OF Baltimore, which is brave and
fearless in the enuncistIOn of its pO-
ntlcaI faith. The spirit OF FulJon
still hovers over that journal, and in
letters of burning lustre could written:
The American is true to its colOrs.
Now, do not mean TO say that the
American always does the democrats
full justice, but do not say that the
American never fails to give the re-
publican party the value OF it's great
influence.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-07
The Cats Whiskers.
he National Barber.

Il lOul JllC ANdJlOudl DdIUpF.
The long hairs on the side of the
cats face are organs of touch. They
are attached to bed of fine glands
under the sain, and each of these
long hairs is connected with the ner.
YES Of the lip. The slightest contact
of these whiskers with any surround
ing object is thus felt most distinct
ly by the animals, although the hairs
themselves are insensible. They
stand out on each side of the lion as
well as on the common cat From
point to point they are equal to the
width OF the animals body.
Ii we imagine therefore, a lion
stealing through covert of wood in
an imperfect light we shall at once
see the use these long hairs. They
indicate TO him through the incest
feeling any obstacle which may pre-
sent itself to passage of his body;
they prevent the rustling OF boughs
and leaves which would give warm
ing to his prey if he were to attempt
TO pass too close to bush, and thus,
in conjunction with the soft cushions
of his leet and the fur upon which he
treads-the claws never coming in
contact with the ground-they enable
him to move toward his victim with
a stiffness even greater than that OF
the snake, which creeps along the
grass and IS not perceived until it is
coiled round its prey. Is this evOlu-
ton or design?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-07
MERIT WINS.

We desire TO say to our citizens, that for
years we have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Bucklcn'S Arnica
Salve and Electric BitterS, and have
never handled remedies that sell as well,
OF that have given such universal salts
faction. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and we stand ready to
refund The purchase price il satisfactory
results do not follow their uSe. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits AdOlph DreiSs and
DreiSS, Thompson & Co. 10 % I
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-07

The type setting machines recent
w tried in Chicago are pronoun ced a
successful Looks as if thu y would so, n
De like OCheilo, His occu patton gone.
When they reach the point when they
gather news by machine, WELD the
paste pot and scissors by machine
and run tine office cat by machine, a
weary country editor may as well sell
out and apply for postoffice.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-07
8ucKLEN'S aRNICA SAIvE.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter. Chapped Hands, ChilbIains,
Corns, and all Skin EruptiOns. and pos
itively cures Piles. or no pay required 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price - cents per
box. For sale by Adolph DreisS, and
Dreiss, Thompson Il Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-07
A MODERN ROBINSON CRUsoE
Mr.Smyth Will Go Into Seclusion
Upon the Little Rock OF
GuIlan1

Gulland.
A young man named Smyth, who
loves yachting and wants to be eccen-
trio, proposes to emulate Alexander
Selkirk. While sailing on his yacht
he saw the little rock of Gulland some
two miles from the coast of Cornwall
yards long and 90 yard broad. 1t Is
exposed TO the full fury OF the At
lantic, and the waves beat 30 treme
dously against the rocky uplift that
it is only in the finest of weather
that boats can safely approach it.
Mr.. Smith decided to experience the
charms of solude upon this barren
place, which in point of inaccessible
ty and meager dimension, is an ideal
sort of retreat for q modern Robinson
Crusoe. He accordingly obtained a
lease of the island from the owner of
twenty one years, engaged a carpen-
ter in the village of Padstow TO build
him a wooden house 22x15, which
Gays Mr.. Smyth on the first favorable
day will be conveyed to the island,
fitted together, and furnished with
anample store OfprOvisiOus.
Mr.. Smyth expects TO be cOmfor-
tably ms tailed IN his island home De-
fore winter sets In. He says he will
be sure TO provide an ample supply
of food for he knows that communica.
ton with the island is particularly
precarious in winter. At last accounts
it was not quite settled whether Mr..
Smyth should next winter enjoy the
society of his brother, who 1t is posi-
BILE may also take refuge on the islet
SmyUh on his little rock can be as
much of a recluse as he pleases, and
will have plenty of opportunity to
improve his mind while avoiding the
excitement of tina madning crowd.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-07
NOTICE..

Having made extensive improve
ments in my picture frame department.
by adding large steam engines L am
nOw fully prepared to execute all or
ders for picture frames with prompt
ness and satisfaction.
G.. II. MUELLER,
Dealer in wall paper, paint, etc, 2l7
Houston street. 10 "a I'm