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SO / am sure she would have become
deathly sick, for 1 myself imagined 1
smelled opium all day long"
The conductor vouched for the truth
fulness of the Chinaman's carving his
fare in the small cap-like part of the ear
below the cavity or entrance to the drum.
He also stated that he had known
cases of persons poisoned from the dirt
of coins, especially pennies, which are
made of a composition the greater part of
which is copper. The conductors them
selves often get sore hands in handling
change. To show that poisonous matter
accumulates on coins, the conductor ex-
hibited the lining of one of his pockets,
which had almost been eaten through.
''Now, if it will eat a fabric,'' said he,
"what must it do to the flesh, especially
if you hold the coins in your mouth I
tell you, parents should break their chill
dren of this habit.
Just for curiosity when you ride in a
car watch what women and children do
with their fares. The habit is not so
strong with men; but l have even seen
them mouth nickel as we call it.
/ know some conductors who Will not
take such money unless the passenger
wipes the coin."-BaJtimOre american.
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light to pass as they do to enable us to see
the stars. What is it? We call it ether,
Tor want of a better name, but we really
Know nothing about the matter, except
that there must be something there per-
vadlng every inch of space from star to
star. The best speculation on the subject,
and speculation is all that we have thus
far, is that the substance is akin to our
atmosphere, but of such excessive tenu
lty or rarity that it is about as near to
nothing at all as we could imagine. We
know that atmospheres are evolved in
the making of planets, as well as the solid
spheres which they inclose. If in the
great workshop of nature there is mate
rial out OF which to make the solid parts
OF planet, like our earth, there must also
be the stuff out of which atmospheres is
made, and this universal ether may be
the raw material out of which comes such
air as we are breathing at this moment
PittSbarg Dispdtch.
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TO CURE NERVOUS HEADACHE.
Try the Sponge and Hot Water REM

Try the Sponge and Hot Water REM
edy for Head and Face.
The ordinary nervous headache will be
readily relieved and in many cases en-
tirely cured by removing the waist of
ones dress, knotting the hair high up on
the head out OF the way, and while lean
ing over basin, placing sponge soaked
IN water as hot as it can be borne, on the
back of the neck.
Repeat this many times, applying the
sponge behind the ears, and the strained
muscles and nerves that have caused so
much misery will be felt to relax and
smooth themselves out deliciously, and.
very frequently, the pain promptly van
lshes in consequence.
Every woman knows the aching face
and neck generally brought home from a
days shopping or from long round of
calls and afternoon teas. She regards
with intense dissatisfaction the heavy
lines drawn around her eyes and mouth
by the long strain on the facial muscles,
and when she must carry that worn coun-
tenance to some dinner garty or even
lng's amusement, it robs her of all the
pleasure to be had in it. Cosmetics are
not to cure, nor bromideS, nor the many
nerve sedatives to be had at the drug
shop.
Use the sponge and hot water again.
bathing the face in the water as hot as it
Cdiu poSSlDly De DoTne. Apply Uno sponge
over and over again to the temples, throat.
and behind the ears, where most of the
nerves and muscles of the head center,
and then bathe the face in cold water
running from the faucet. Color and
smoothness of outline come back to the
face, an astonishing freshness and COM
fort is the result, and if nap of ten min
utes can follow every trace of fatigue will
vanish.
The same remedy is invaluable for sun
burn, and the worst case of this latter
aff1iction of sensitive skins will succumb
to the hot water treatment. The cold
douche should not follow in this case;
instead, light application of vaseline
or cold cream, which prevents peeling of
the skin, as the hot water prevented in
fiammation. Nothing SO good for tired
eyes has yet been discovered as bathing
them in hot water, and neuralgia, nine
cases out of ten, will yield to applications
ofcloths wrung out in hot water in which
the hand can not be borne.-FIaIE Riuer
HPrOII
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Tom Marshall.

A correspondent of the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat says: At the close of the war
the celebrated Tom Marshall drifted to
Nashville, Tenn. What brought him
there l never knew, nor how he got there.
He was in an impecunious condition, had
barely sufficient clothes to cover his
nakedness, and was realistic picture of
statesman and once great lawyer run to
seed. l found him and kept him for a
week for the sake of hearing him talk.
And how he could talk! have never
listened to his equal as conversational
lst. During the week mentioned he
conversed on number of themes, and to
me it was one continuous intellectual
feast. One day, when in mood of con-
hdence, he touched upon his duel with
James Watson Webb, my fathers part
ner, but before he began his story he
pledged me to never tell what he was 90
ing to say until after his death. When"
said he, 81 went upon the field that
morning 1t was with the firm intention to
kill Webb, and I viii tell you why did
not carry out my purpose. Webb was
peculiarly shaped man. From his hips
down he was defOrmed. As he stood be-
fore me with his bow legs and body con-
torted it excited my risibilities to such an
extent that my aim was unsteady. After
fired, Webbs second advanced and
said: Sir, Mr.. Webb is wounded.' I re-
piled: Where, sir?' His answer was.
In the leg 1 responded: You are a
liar, sir; it is higher up than that And
so it was. / could hardly have missed so
conspicuous portion of his anatomy.n
Marshall was in such wretched financial
condition that, in order to aid him, got
him to deliver a lecture. He chose for his
subject "Charlemange," and he netted
from it upwards of 500. Soon after this
he disappeared from Nashville, and the
next / heard of him he was dead He
spoke very slightingly of his distin-
guished relative, Chief Justice Marshall.
He said he hadn't the brains of third
class country lawyer.
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DARN THE TOOTHACHEI
He Would Spend His Fifty Cents in
Going to the Circus,

He Would Spend His Fifty Cents In
Going to the Circus.
An old fellow that, according to the
ArkdnSdU IraUeter, very much resem-
bled type of countryman found in the
comic pictures of the irreverent illus
trated weeklies, stumbled about on the
stairway leading to a dentists office and.
hnally discovering the door, knocked
upon 1t until the dentist invited him, in a
tone by no means gentle, to enter without
going to the trouble of knocking down
| the house.
Wall, you air about the hardest man
to git at L ever did see," the visitor re-
marked as he entered the ROOM ssBeen
a-staIkln round here for good btu
You have found me, and now what
| can | do for you?''
You pull teeth, I reckon?r
4eS, that is part of my business
'All right. 1 have been bothered a.
good deal lately with fetched d-taked snag
OF thing, am thought if we could come
10 some sort OF an understanding | mout
have it snatched out. 1 never go to ex-
pense if | can help it-economy is NV
motto IN all things. Pm an ole liner my
seif-vote for the tariff an save all / can.
What air you holdin' teeth at now ?''
II don't understand you''
W hat air you holdin' teeth at-what is
it worth to pull 'em?''
Fifty cents apiece.''
That is for whole tooth, / reckon,
This here one"-and he opened his mouth
with an awful grin-.'ain't more than
halt one, you see. Ireckon you will lift
her out for about half-pricen
No; full price. Pd rather pull whole
one than q snag"
Look here, out on my place I've got
blacksmith shop an tinker a good deal.
fust and last, an sharpen plow for u
cents, an it sometimes takes me more
than an hour. You can sartinly afford to
do something tor a quarter that won't
take you two minutes.''
"Oh, yes, could afford it, but / won't.
l won't underbid my neighbors, you
know"
wall, then, I reckon we'll have to call
this trade off. Good day.
He blundered down stairs and half an
hour later, while the dentist was rubbing
up his instruments of torture, there came
another thump at the door. The sold
liner' had returned. SLook here.o said aid
he, II thought I'd talk to you little fur
der about this tooth. / went around to
the lot whar had my hoss tied, thinlSin'
ia go on home am worry the thing out,
but it got to hurtin' me so that L couldn't
stand 1t. Now, tell me, what is the very
Fifty cents.''
Fifty cents is a good deal of money to
man that sweats between the corn rows,
Meyer plowed none, 1 reckon?"
mo-
wall, if you had you'd know that SO
cents.''
You may say it if you want to, but T
won't.'
'Humph! You are a hanger-on if ever
did see one. How would 40 strike you?u
Wont strike me at ALL"
Must have so, reckon?'
That's what saidn
This tooth is about to kill me, man."
All right; give me so cents and will
snatch it out"
He. studied a few moments, and then
shaking his head replied: mo, blame if
do. / can go to the circus for 80 cents
can't stay to the concert, but l can see the
monkeys, am hear the clown sing, an see
the tellers jump, an see the beautiful
gal ride the boss, an will have something
to talk about till fodder-pullin' time.
Wall, good-day. Reckon rlI go to the
Show.o
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MY RIVAL.

go to concert, party, ball
What profit is in these?
sit alone against the wall
And strive to look at ease.
The incense that is mine by right
They burn before Her shrine;
And that's because I'm seventeen
And She is forty-nine.
Inc young men come-the young men go,
G., Each pink and white and neat;
shes older than their mothers but
They grovel at Her feet.
They walk beside her rickshaw wheels
None ever walked by mine;
And that's because Pm seventeen
ana She is forty-nine.
She rides with half dozen men
(She calls them "boys" and s'mashers,).
trot along the Mall alone;
My prettiest frocks and sashes
Don't help to I'LL my programme-card,
And vainly repine
From ten to two A. NJ. All me!
Would were forty-nine.
She calls me darling" "pet' and :sdear.u
And "sweet, retiring maid"
Pm always at the back, know
She puts me in the shade.
She introduces me to men,
Cast" lovers, l opine-
For sixty takes to seventeen,
Nineteen to forty-nine.
But even She must older grow,
And end her dancing days,
She can't go on forever so
AT concerts, balls and piays
One ray of priceless hope see
Before my footsteps shine
Just think that she'll be eighty-one
When am forty-nine.
Rudydrd Riplino.
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NO PLACE FOR COINS.
The Mouth Should Not Be Used as a

Purse, However Convenient.
'That is the worst habit know off,
said conductor on one of the green cars
yesterday, as he called attention to half
dozen or so of small children who had
boarded the car and sat holding between
their lips the pennies or nickels for the
fare.
Yes, sir, in my opinion that is the
worst, because for the past ten wears ~
have done all sorts of jobs-from being
superintendent of large canning factory,
where men, women and children were
employed by the hundreds, down to be-
ing car conductor, and here you have
the opportunity to study life, habits and
characters. Now, l want to relate to you
an incident which came under my obser-
vation and which was simply case of
habit, and, when / finish, you, of course,
will say have told falsehood or ex-
aggerated simple incident, but it is the
truth.
zone day last week I managed to get a
standing load at the Lexington Market
going north. Naturally, everybody
wanted a seat, and space was at pre-
MUM. In the corner sat handsomely
dressed lady, who seemed somewhat ex-
cited and nervous because of the jostle
and her inability to obtain sufficient
room to work her elbows and put on her
gloves, which she held in her hand.
However, as forced to the front of the
car noticed she had dime between her
lips, and began to pull ON her gloves.
Beside the lady sat a small consumptive-
looking Chinaman, clinging to a market
basket almost the size of himself, and his
almond eyes gave SheepiSh glances at the
lady as she occasionally jabbed him in
the ribs. Well, I had collected all my
fares up to this pair, and the lady was
still pulling on her gloves.
when [ said, Fare. please without
looking. she took the dime from her
mouth and placed it in my right hand,
while rung up the fare of the indicator
with the left hand. | then reached to
the Chinaman for his fare BEFORE return
ing the change to the lady. 70 my sur
prise the Mongolian. with his thumb and
forefnger, picked dirty-looking nickel
from his right ear and placed it in my
hand. Without thinking / gave this to
the lady and, woman-like, She paid no
attention to the nickel, but put it in her
mouth. Now that was mere habit. Sew
eral of the passengers had good laugh
at her expense, but she never knew what
they We're laughing about. Had sheidone
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THE ROSE AND THE BRIAR.

INITIATED FROM THE SPANISH POET, HERZEN-
BUSCH.
A Briar grew beside a Rose,
The Rose was blooming fairly;
anu the Briar twined about the Rose
Because she loved her dearly.
But the Rose, whispering low one day,
Wished that the Briar were away:
She saw the wild-dowers blooming free,
butterflies kissing them daintily;
Then signing, exclaimed the Rose, "Ah me!
A blooming wild-hower | would be,
With no stern guardian near me-"
Fair fragile flower" the Briar said,
Little thou lnowest of the doom
Were thine, if /, thy friend, were dead,
Thy blossoms all unveiled to noon;
Think of the sunshine and the storm
The trampling feet of passers-by;
so lovely now, thy beauteous form
A wreck, a ruin, would lowly lie!'
''Perish the safetyr" cried the Rose,
.aThat comes of prison-life like this!
ia be the freshest flower that blows,
Fearing no danger, wrapped In bliss"
A woodman came that very day
And cut the Briar down;
Bearing ii to his home away
He left the Rose alone.
Then spake the Rose to the setting Sun,
Thou dost not scorch and wither," she said.
And dewdrops gemmed the Roses bed.
Il neer was so happy yet" said she;
sweet are the joys of liberty!
Blest are the free, OH doubly blestr
Thus sighed the Rose and sank to rest.
Then midnight spread her sombre pail,
And darl<ly mantled over all;
And many a dream from dreamland came,
On nightmare borne with eye of flame,
And Sleep and Death roam'u hand in hand
And memories woke ut Sleeps command.
Aurora from her purple throne
Bids Phpbus bright good morrow;
Starlets vanish from his track,
Dreams to dreamland hurry back.
Night birds covering wend away;
One ruddy Hash, and 10! tits day!
Noon TO morn, and night to noon,
AS sand-grains falling, passes soon
Each day OF Joy or sorrow.
Then spake the Rose to the morning Sun
As he kissed off her dewdrops one Dy one
Thou dost not scorch and wither," said
she;
"Oh, sweet are the joys of libertyy'
But the sun fierce and fiercer grew,
And the wind strong and stronger blew,
And storm-clouds burst, and lightnings
fiash'd,
Thunders rolled, and hailstones crash'd
what art thou now, poor Rose?
A wreck, ruin; thy beauty gone;
Spurned 10 the earth by passers on!
This Is thy fate, poor Rose!'
Ye who, fairer than the flowers,
Ceaselsss pine for liberty,
Think ye of the storms and showers
And passion sun-strokes of the free!
Wish your guardians not away;
Listen well to all they say;
Teach your hearts to love repose,
Lest ye perish like the Rose.
~ C4 -TenlpLe Bar.
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THE CHAMPION GUzzLER.
How Hans Found Out If He Was Fit t,
Take q Big Drink.


1t was New Years Eve and party of
men sat around table in the Harlem
Cafe: They were washing out memories
OF the old year with copious draughts of
beer. Gradually the conversation turned
upon the drinking capacity of certain
people.
One man said he knew fellow in Ho-
boken who had drank a quart of lager
without stopping to take another breath.
Another declared that a man who lived
next door to him in fremont was able to
drink at least forty glasses a day, and
Stlll be able to write his name after drain
ing the last glass.
Others told amazing tales of other pro-
dlgious guzzlers, but all We're silenced
by little man. He said he could pro-
duce chap who could outdrink any
body.
Why" he said, che could swallow a
bucket containing about two gallons) at
one sitting''
This statement having been disputed,
the little man offered to put his champion
to the test then and there. He left the
room, but returned soon with stalwart
rotund German. =
Hans" he said, ''are you willing to
drink bucket of beer if pay for it?''
Il vas Wiling" he responded, ''but I
not know if / can. Wait moments and
will see about it.'
Hans went away. In a few minutes he
came back and announced that he was
ready to undergo the ordeal.
Quickly the bucket of beer was drawn,
and it was all solid fluid, too. Hans
seated himself at table and began to
drink. Slowly thefoamy liquid trickled
down the Germans throat until he had
drank the last drop. Then he put the
bucket on the table with bang, wiped
beads of perspiration from his brow and
lit his pipe with an air of self-satisfaction.
Hans" inquired the little man, "why
didn't you drink the beer when you first
came in?''
"Vy!' exclaimed the German, ST not
know [ could drink dot mooch. So 1
goes me out and drinks Won bucket of
beer. Den I knows vot I could do. See.u
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HOW Jnck won the Groe.

Here is our old salts story of how he
got glass of grog: When at the wheel,
Captain South says:
How does she head p,
Southeast by south half sound. little
southerly, Captain South?
Put another IS to that, my man, and
you shall have glass of grog, says the
Captain"
Southeast by south half south, little
southerly, Captain South, sir.''
The grog came.
The record-union., 1891-02-08

A Kansas man played very sharp
trick upon neighbor lately. He stole 8
herd OF $50 cattle, sold them, pocketed
the money and then committed suicide.
His victim sees no way of redress.
The record-union., 1891-02-08

More cabin passengers arrived at New
York, in 1890, on the ocean steamers than
ever before in the history of that port.
The steamers made total of 9i4 trips.
bringing 99,1S9 cabin and 81 ,593 steerage
passengers. British steamers made 364
of the trips and landed 54,971 cabin and
1869 steerage passengers. During the
total ola trips there were 40 births, So
deaths and and IL suicides.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-23
SPECIMEN CASES,

S. H. Clifford, New Castle, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism,
his stomach was disOrded, his liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
flesh and strength. Three bottles of Elec-
trio BitterS cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,, had
a running sore on mis- leg of eight years
standing. Used three bottles of Electric
Bitters AMI seven boxes Of Bucklen'S Ar
MICA Salve, and his leg Is sound and well.
John Speaker, Catawba, o., had five large
fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was
incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters
and one box Bucklen s, Arnica Save cured
him entirely. Sold by Dreiss, Thompson
e. Co. 6-1l-1m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-23
THE COVENANT MUTUAL

Benefit Association of Illinois which is
under the auspices of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, has recently open
ed it's drawers to the insuring pu bile. 1t
the cheapest, oldest and safest life
Association in America. Its surplus over
all liabilities is over 100000. Its six
year distribution policy is very attractive
and offers advantages not obtained in
any other association. The rates on
these policies are less than half those
charged by other companies. All claims
paid Immediately upon proof Of death.
For further information call on or ad-
dress w. Sparkling, State Manager, 20
West Commerce street, San Antonio,
-q1m J. n. GATES. CITY AGENT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-23
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, on February l, 1889, the Cross
Town Railroad, a corporation, executed
to George PaSchal, as Trustee, deed of
trust upon the following property, tOwit:
All and singular the road-bed. right of
way. rolling stock, rails and ties, frogs,
switches. franchise from the state to
1perate a railway in and over, upon and
through the streets of San Antonio,
Texas, and all and singular, the rights,
interests, properties, real, personal and
mixed. of said Cross Town Railroad. said
deed of trust being on file in the County
Clerks Office of BeXar County. Texas,
and entered in the Chattel Mortgage
record book in said office, in Book /, p. So
and given to secure the payment OF said
the CrosstOwn Railroads note, dated
same date for S5,OO0.00 due May l, 1889,
and PAYABLE TO the order OF III. ID. Kamp-
mann and Nat Lewis with 10 per cent.
interest per annum from its date until
paid, which claim is now held by Henry
ElmenCorf.
And whereas. said Indebtedness has not
been paid, except 81 10000 paid August 20,
1889. now therefore, /, Geo. Paschal,
Trustee as aforesaid, will, in pursuance of
the power vested in me by said deed Of
trust. sell the above described property at
public sale for cash to the highest bidder
between the hours Of 10 a. m. and p. M,
before the Court House door in BeXar
County, Texas, on Tuesday, the 7th day
of July. 1891, and after such sale will eX-
ecute to the purchaser good and sufficient
conveyance of said property with cove
nant of general warrant as provided in
said deed of trust. GEO. PAsCHAL,
O6-7 Pit. trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-23
A POLITE HIGHwAYMAN.

There was no Fuss and Feathers
About Him, But he Got There.
"The modern highwayman doesen't
understand his business" said an
old traveller, as he looked up from an
account of man being "held up"
"He's Fundamentally So"
"Do you want him take off his hat
when he stops your" he was asked"
'Do you want him to beg your par
don?n
"Oh, no. You misunderstood me;
I'm not an admirer of Paul Clifford.
But why jar mans nerves or mar
his beauty? Why hit him on the
head with a sandDag or scare him to
death by jumping out at him from an
alley?"
II was held up once in q way that
/ admired. No force, no serious shock
to the nervous system and no affected
courtesy. I've been in a good many
different countries and heard and
read of all the different methods, but
for the quiet and quick transaction of
business of that nature without any
unnecessary trimmings, commend me
to the man who got my watch.
"He was sauntering along the street
ahead of me quietly hummipg tune.
He wasn't keeping in the shadow of
the buildings and he wasn't doing
anything else that was suspicious.
He was just sauntering along with
his arms folded on his breast. was
walking faster, so had to overtake
and pass him. 1 passed him on the
left-that is started to pass him on
that side. When 1 got even with him
he said:
81 sayv
ut was said quietly and didn't
even startle me. None of this absurd
courtesy and nothing sensational in
it: OF course I looked toward him
and saw the tip of a revolver rest
ing on the crook of his left elbow.
His arms were still folded, but I had
an idea that bis right hand was on the
other end of the revolver.
"Just take it easy he added.
$50 I sauntered along with him,
and at his suggestion transferred my
watch and money to his pockets.
Then he said:
"'Go on, and don't look back
"And / went on and didn't look
back. But have always considered
him man who could do q job with
q eatness and dispatch, and without
unnecessary trouble and excitement.
That wouldn't have hurt man with
heart disease. "-Chicago Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-23
Oh, WHAT a COUGH.

VIII you heed the warning. The signal
perhaps of the sure approach of that
yourselves if you can afford for the sake
of saving Soc, to run the risk and do
nothing for it. We know from experience
that Shiloh's Cure will cure your cough.
1t never fails. This explains why more
thar million bottles were sold the past
year. 1t relieves Group and whoop-
ing cough at once. Mothers do rot be
without it. For lame back, side or chest
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by
Adol DreisS. 3-2S-eOd