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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-16

VICKsBURG, Miss, Dec. l5.-John
Richardson, said to be the richest
man in the south, died last night at
his plantation near Dallas, La.
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CIOAkS AND WRAPS.

Some new arrivals and many spec.
ial reductions in Wolfson's cloak de-
partment will make it to your inter-
est to call on them before buying.
This is gentle hint, but there's
meaning in every word. L. WoLFsoN.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-16
No Attraction For the Policeman

New York Press.
First Burglar think we might
give old Bullion, the bankers place,
trial tonight. He had discharged
his female cook and hired a man in
her place. His house should be a
safe one to crack now.
Second Burglar-Why is it safer
now than when he had a female
cook?
First Burglar-Because there amt
likely to be any policeman hanging
around the house now.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-16
Revolt Sunnresseh-

Rio De JANEIRO, Dec. ia re
volt in San Paulo, to depose the gov
ernor of that state, has been sup
pressed.
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AELR ApNERrIsE Sam ANroNlo

By sending off some of the LIGHTS beau
tiful illustrated edition Of German Day.
Single cOpiesiTead for mailing to be had
at the LIGHT Office at 10 cents; per 100
cOpiess$6.50. lG-5 If
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Post Office Department.

WEEK DAYS.
Stamp window opens 8, a. m.
" " closes 6, p. m.
General delivery opens 8, a. M.
q" " closes 6, p. m.
Registry window opens Q, a. m.
closes 8, p. m.
Money order window Op'ns 9, a. m.
closes 4: p. m.
General delivery and carrier
windows open on Sunday from
$50 to 1880, a. m.
s. M. JOHNSON, Postmaster.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-16

GAN ANTONIO, TENAS, DECEMBER
~ 8, 1891. Sealed proposals, in triplicatc.
will be received here until II o'clock noon.
JANUARY 0, 1892, and then opened, for
the construction at Fort Mcintosh, Texas.
of brick Bake house, according to plans
and specifications to be seen at this Office
and at Fort Mcintosh. Blank proposals
and full instructions can be had on appli-
cation. The u. ). reserves the right to
reject any or all proposals. Envelopes
containing proposals should be marked
Proposals for construction at Fort Nc
Intosh, Texas" and addressed TO G. Il.
DANDY, Deputy QuartermaSter General,
q. $. A., Chief QuartermaSter. 12-l2 Ct
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Assignee's Notice.

STATE OF Texas,
COUNTY OF BEXAB.
To the Creditors of the German American
Day Association:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed is the legal constituted assignee of
the German American Day Association
of San Antonio, Texas, which on the nth
day of November, 1891, assigned TO him
all its estate, both real and personal, for
the benefit of its creditors. All creditors
cOnsenting to the assignment are required
to make known to him their consent and
file their claims in the manner and time
prescribed by law. ADOLPH WAGNER,
II 10 3w Assignee.
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ALAMO SANITARY co

OFFICES: 63S w. Commerce St. and
IS Ave. d. corner Houston ST., opp. Post
Office. Tel. All. All orders promptly
attended to on short notice. Charges
reasonable.
R. w. WALLACE, Proprietor
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Dead Planter.

JosKE BROTHERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
The Antiquity Of the Slot Device.

FROM the GlObe-Democrat.
There was a coin-in-the-slot machine in Alex
andria. Egypt, couple Of thousand years or 90
ago. 1t WAS invented by priest and dispensed
holy water automatically. coin dropped
through the hole tilted the nicely balanced
lever and spoonful Of the liquid ran out into
the palm Of the hand. The slot idea 10 a. old
as the Christian era.
But what has puzzled inventors has been
such an application Of it az could not be beaten
by bad boys. The earlier slot machines could
be worked by buttons, by iron washers, by
coins with strings attached and by iron rods.
In one way and another the contents were
pumped out and the owner of the machine and
the merchandise was none the richer. About
four years ago the inventors. by zigzag tubes
or by careful adjustment of weight, or by
some other contrlvance. succeeded in getting
slot machines which could not be deceived by
youthful ingenuity. Since then applications
have poured il. Principal Examiner Aughin-
baugh says that the patents on slot machines
now number in the hundreds. There are seven
different patents for slot machines for taking
photographs. In England a patent has been
granted for a machine which automatically
weighs a person and announces the result
audibly by phonograph arrangement
The most profitable slot machines of this i'm
mediate period are the musical monographs
They are SO many minis to the owners. Music
rolls are changed daily. The owners have gone
SO far as to hire the famous Marine Band to
play many tunes for reproduction by the pho
nograph. An accomplished young lady per
former is kept regularly employed in Washing
ton, at salary Of SIS per week. to play all Of
the latest music to the photograph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02

THE BRIDE OF COLLARS AND CUFFS.
There Are Number of Pretty Royal Girls
Whom Prince Eddie Might Choose.

There Are a Number of Pretty Royal Girls
Whom Prince Eddie Might Choose.
London Letter to Philsdelphia Telegraph.
The eldest son of the Prince Of Wales, the
Duke OF Clarence and Avondale, Prince
Eddie" Prince collars and Cuffs" &C..
one Of the three greatest matches in Europe
the future emperors Of Russia and Austria
being the other two-is just twenty-seven.
He has been reported as being engaged
score Of times. but the rumors always melt
baselessly away like so many mist wreaths In
spite Of the many stories that have been
whispered abroad to the detriment Of the per-
sonal character Of this unprepossessing young
gentleman; in spite, too, Of the fact that he il
neither good looking nor intelligent. or even
Jolly and genial. there is no doubt but he can
choose where he likes among the marriageable
royal ladies Of Europe.
He may. however, by the terms Of the royal
marriage act as well that Of the act Of success
sion. only marry q Protestant. Consequently
all talk OF the recent visit Of the King of the
Belgians to England having been undertaken
with q view of personally arranging a betrothsl
between the duke and his young daughter. the
Princess Clementine. had no foundation in fact.
But unless the royal family of England have
positively decided against a marriage for their
heir with one of his first cousins, he would only
nave Tue cluuarrdssiueut VI u CuOlCe.
He might take to wife the most beautiful
unmarried royal girl in Europe in the person
of the Princess AliX of Hesse Darmstadt, or the
most admirably brought up and educated one,
the Princess Margaret Of Prussia. Or he
might delight the heart Of his fair mother by
Offering hishand, with the crown matrimonial Of
England in it, to her niece, the Princess Louise
Of Denmark. daughter Of the crown prince,
who is just sixteen; or to her other niece, the
Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia, who is Of the
same age. But the great unpopuiarity of
Russia with the people Of England would
probably initiate against the latter alliance.
Outside of the list of his cousins his choice,
by reason of the restrictions Of the act of sue
cession, is necessarily limited. So, unless he
finally fixes his affections on his pretty young
kinswoman, the Princess Victoria OF Teck,
1t is hard to see where he will 90 to seek for
bride.
His charming brother, Prince George, was
twenty tive last June and is not even engaged.
But as there is no Salic law in England the sue
cession to the throne is amply secured, even
though the two sons of the Prince of Wales
should chance to die unmarried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
Written for rhs Evening Star.

In NO CITY OF THE UNITED STATES
l. viii you End % many energetic old men as
in Washington Octogenarians and ssptua-
genarians flourish here like the flowers tnas
bloom in the spring, and in most OF them 'ne
blossoms Of their old age are more oeau-
tiful and more fragrant than we're those OF tneif
youth Where win you finds happier or q
svseter life than that Of DR.. Scott, the Presi-
dents father-in-law, who at ninsty-one has
full possession of his mental faculties and VINO
takes his walks with all the enthusiasm and
vigor Of young man Of thirty. Take Senator
Morrill, who at over four score IL one OF the hard
working members Of Congress and who long
after he had passed his three score and ten
found time to write book ridiculing the vani-
Ties Of his fellows. Senator Payne has reached
four score, Senator Eyarts passed his seven
tieth mile post several years ago and there are
Q score and more Of our great men who are
leading active lives between seventy and eighty.
II is now nearly year since began to collect
opinions from these men as to longevity and
how young men by following certain course
might reach profitable and happy old age.
have interviewed them as to their habits, a.
70 their use or abuse of intoxicants, a. 70
whether they ate or drank to excess and a. to
the thousand and one other things which go to-
ward the destruction or the preservation OF life.
] find that each man has his own theories and
that their views are as wide apart a. the poles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
Cutting Teeth in the Grave.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Avondale cemetery. on Burnet avenue, was
condemned some time since. Yesterday the
body Of Mrs. Catherine Darby. who died In
January and was buried in February, 1882, was
taken up and transferred TO Pleasant Ridge
cemetery.
The coffin when opened revealed phenoms-
non perhaps never before recorded. At the
time Of her death Mrs Darby was in her thirty
ninth year, but had lost all of her tceth some
years before. The open mouth in the cofiin
revealed, In q fscc as natural ~ when last seen
by the Borrowing relatives, . new and complete
growth Of teeth quite IN inch In length.
sprig Of myrtle placed on the breast Of the do
ceased lady was still green, while the burial
robes, from long dAnpnsss. had tAksa "a ths
same hue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02

A LII HEALTHY BABIES ARE FAT, BUT
infancy i the only period Of life when that
condition is natural The adipesity of infants
is maintained by their milk diet and gradually
disappears when weaving commences and
their digestive organs are required to assimi-
late other food.
Ii the excessive fat continues after tho child
begins to walk it should be subjected to
dietetic measures At the same time NO one
should be skin and bone only. The body needs
some lat to draw upon in disease when the
normal supply of nourishmsnt is cut of,
winch brings us to the question Of what is the
exact provision made by nature for normal
production Of fat in the human frame.
child in the fourth year should be s feet
high and weigh more than % pounds; in the
sixth year, So feet high and weigh ~ pounds;
In the eighth year, 4 feetshigh and &c pounds
in weight; at twelve years. s feet in height and
~ pounds in weight is fair average.
man wboeo bo;~lx;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02

Cen Tandever is, judge. six feet high He
was born in Maryland in 1917, was q brigadier
general in the Union army and was a member
Of Congress when James Buchanan was Presi-
dent of the United States. Now at seventy
three he is again in Congress, and as chatted
with him about the secrets of longevity he
walked with step moro springing than mine
and his only sign Of age was in the white strands
of his sandy beard. Said he:
Il cannot say thai my vigor at three score
and ten Is due TO any ixed hobbies of diet or
exercise. have been hard worker all NV
life and have been ordinarily temperate. /
am rather careful ~ to my eating and lead a
regular life. / married at thirty and believe
that marriage condnces to length Of years You
ask me what advice would give TO young men
who wish to live long. can only say that they
should be temperate in eating drinking and
work, that they should be content TO take the
days as they come and not worry about the
future. l believe that exercise in the open air
Is good and think every young man ought to
get married"
Gen. Banks 10 the straightest man in Wash
tngton- He 10 about seyenty-fve and has led
life full Of hardships. He worked in cotton
factory when he was q boy. went on the lecture
platform bsfore he vas Of age and was In Con-
grsss over bali century sGo. He vas elected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
Powerful Microecope.

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat Boston Letter.
Charles \. Dalton, instrument maker, saws:
R. B. Tolles Of Boston, now dead, was the
greatest maker Of microscope lenses the world
has ever seen. He once made an object glass
that msgnified $500 times II was the first
and only one ever constructed and was made
as the result OF q long controversy with other
microscopists in regard to the possibility of
resolving what was known as Noberts nine
teenth band. Nobert was a Frenchman.
who, by mechanical appliances, ruled
on glass parallel lines at the rate of
about 100 600 to the inch. No microscope lens
then made was sufficiently powerful to count
these lines. Mr.. Tolles. as result Of state
ments made during the controversy, started to
make an objective that should magnify 500
times. This he succeeded in doing somewhere
about 1874. This objective was 1-75th Of an
inch in diameter and is about as large as the
hole made In Q sheet Of paper by
the point of a very fine needle. This
lens was afterward sold for &600 to
Washington. but his bill was not allowed BY
the auditor and the lens was taken of his hands
by one DR.. Hartman. In turn he sold il TO Dr.
Ephraim Cutter, in whose possession It now 10.
Detectives that magnify 5000 times are rare
and 1t is . powerful microscope" that magni-
6es even 2. 500 times. These are necessary in
psychological research and in testing blood
corpuscles to determine for instance. whether
they are OF human blood or not. A local paper re-
Gently told of Boston physician who examined
the tubercle bacillus with powerful glass
that magnifed 500 times RidiculousI You
can't see the consumption bacillus with An OBJ
jective that magnifies less than 1,200 times.
England Is the great rival Of this country in
microscope making. France and Germany
are behind. I suppose that some time an OBJ
jsctive viii be made that will magnify 10, 900
times, but ii will be much more dificult task
than the making Of . telescope glass i've feet in
diamstef.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
HATS AND BoNSKrx
Some Of k~dsern'. Lss..' Designs Tor spr,.s
Fashions.


Fashions.
HAVING GOT so PAR ALONG IN THE
spring as the merry month OF Nav We
need no longer regard with pcrpleaity snd
doubt as possibly mcSe uomentary fasis the
gowns. wraps, &c, everywhere displayed. hut
that we may accept them rs the approved and
settled styles which 90 be adopted by ali
the feminine world during the next four
months Those which were likely 30 be un-
becoming. those which possessed the elements
OF cheap and too widespread popularity. or
were IN any way questionable IN ta-,c. have
boon wpeded out and what now remains will
70 use the regular iarscn Of the fashion re-
porter. obtain" all summer. In millinery,
FOR instance. ~ Is now conceded that large hats
Tor summer-resort driving ani for ali OUT
door entertainments must be Of fancy lace
straw, loaded With all manner Of 6lossoms
while on the other hand the small bonnets and
toques are mere scraps OF beaded tulls en-
broicered chiffon or crepe. frightened by tinsel
ribbons and sparkling with jeNeled calloon and
ornaments. Almost every hat. unless 10 is in
tended FOR travelling or morning wear. glitters
With gold or silver trimmings. and where silk
ribbon IL used Il L. generally woven with tinsel
or Is IN changeRhle effects, which show all the
Jewel nnts- Snakes. lizards. beetles bugs and
butterflies. all help TO make greater variety and
20 swell the mliiners' bills. and the silk and
metallic embroiderles are really works 81 art.
Some OF the snAartest designs are by Redfcrn,
who l. making rather a specially Of milliI cry
this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
TROUBLES rs SOCIETY.
Painful Experiences swspped by Two Young
People Who Have Suffered.
ssNY MOST EMBARRASSING EXPERI.

ssMY MOST EMBARRASSING EXPERT
XA ence7" repeated the young lady,
thoushtfully. well, a. nearly as can re-
member. IL was connected with a pickle. I
was q guest at dinner Ia Washington, I
shouldn't care to say just how many years ago.
II was not . very formal affair-merely formal
enough for the gentlemen present to wear
evening dress. There was q dish Of dainty
pickles near me and took one-a baby Gu
cumber. 1t was about big enough for two
bites and tried to en- with my fork, when
suddenly it launched itself like q skyrocket
across the table and struck the immaculate
shirt bosom of . very particular swell opposite
fairly in the middle.
II don't quite know how 4. could have hap
pened 90 fortunately, but conversation had
been going on so briskly that no one save the
man who had taken me into dinner saw who
was the author Of the accident. l never blush
"a 1act trust not to be set down seriously to
my discrsdit-and 1 managed to so skillfully
Ensemble otherwise that nobody, with the eX-
cepfion have mentioned. suspected me at all.
None OF the other guests ill-bred as to
take visible notice OF the occurrence and the
talk went on almost uninterrupted while my
victim administered surreptitious wipes to his
manly chest In hopeless attempt to remove
the stains OF pickle. To this day am unsus-
Alas! replied the young man, Il was not
SO fortunate III similar adventure. 1t oc-
CURED at a dancing party. where was obliged
to engage in the usual struggle with the other
men FOR refreshments. The wants Of the lady
under my charge had been supplied and was
myself enjoying q little chicken salad while
conversing with her, when who should sauntcr
up but young fellow Of my acquaintance
whom had asked her permission to Introduce.
performed the ceremony. and as he bowed
low hunk Of ice cream that he carried on u
plate slid off and fell fairly and squarely into
the bosom of her dress. She was leaning forward
atthe moment He made grab for it, bat it was
too late, and in . moment the group in which
VIC were was a scene of wild commotion. What
happened thereafter / don't precisely know,
but there was u scream, a futter of skirts. a
crowding from other parts Of the room in re-
Spouse 10 the alarm, and the cataclysm ended
with the sudden disappearance OF my fair
charge. 1 saw her no more that evening, and
since then she has treated me with marked
GOODNESS, apparently holding me responsible
Tor the awkwardness OF the person l had the
misfortune to introduce"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02

Here Is on" with a slightly projecting brm 20
the shape, which IL one Of those which il 90 bs
worn fat at the very top 90 the head lti OF
silver gray fancy straw. with soft crown Of pink
chiffon, embroidered with SILVER stars. A large
loose clnster Of pink asters. with grayish
foliage, is arranged at the back where the brim
turns mp against tine crown.
Dress in the CAV capital of France promises
to be very elaborate and gay TINS year. Last
season most light colors were TRIMMED with
black guipure and lace. but the premonitory
signs OF coming fashions show that solid colors
will be trimmed with guipures. cords. oraa-
ments OF applique borders in a lighter shade
than the gown itself. Points will be worn. ne
they are too effective 20 be wholly discarded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02

ing certain articles Of food causes corpulence,
and. like many another. wondered why food
was given us BY . beuefceut Creator if not TO
be eaten. That still. confess. is a puzzle to
me. Eve, too, must also have conjectured why
the fruit was made 80 tempting and placed
but. like her, have had to accept the fact that
there are many forbidden fruits and viands
placed within our reach which we had better
not touch. CELIA LOGAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02

II IL single-breasted and made with q Nv ian,
the buttons not visible. The fit in front n
loose, the garment hanging fulsomely, suegss-
tive Of the strsight-dovn cut mackintosh Of Q
few Year, ago. Behind IL fits to the figure
snugly at the waist-thereby revealing the pos
terror lines in . somewhat aggressive delinea-
ton There are no tail buttons upon the back,
but at the waist line slits begin in the side
seams, that do not open through the cloth, be-
ing in the nature Of . marrow plat, but which
continue down 10 the bottom edge Of This 70
markable coat
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Decay Of the Spanish Don.

SxsBAsADes
From the Chicago Herald.
In Q general discussion Of the times in Cali
fornia Mr.. Buck alluded TO the shiftlessness Of
the Spanish population. 'It 10 interesting 10
note the progress in retrograde direction Of .
Spanish grandee who became possessed Of
lands and CATTLE" he continued. FOR instance,
when came to salina county the great don
Who owned nearly everything was Don Pena,
pronounced .Penya-' Today he L. the same
proud old don, bu. the glory Of his hidalgo
has departed, also nearly all OF his possessious
he may before long become . creature depend
emit upon charity. II was case Of selling this
bit Of land and that &C., until everything has
vanished. The Spanish can make additions 70
their capital only through fortunate year
With cattle. All other methods attempted by
them arc signal failurea Il won't be 20 very
long before Che last cf the dons departs. leaving
nothing but the prospect Of career q tsil b
fore ~ psegsny."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02

then and you will now find no more pleasant
companion nor philosophic statesman than he
He attributes his good health largely to mod
crate care of himself and to good constitution.
He believes that the mind has great influence
on the body, thinks that marriage is conducive
to longevity and sees no reason why he should
not live in good health for years to come
FRANK G.. CARPESrEp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
The New Overwrap.

From the clothier and Furnisher.
The new oyerwrap-that Is the word for it,
Of spring wear has already made its appearance
upon the Gotham pave and created an imme-
diate sensation. II is Of lightweight melton
cloth, with ample brown velvet collar to match
and lapel buttoning well down. The garment
in length extends below the calf for il is in
tended, if need be, for wear with the new sur
tout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02

Speaker in one Of the most noted speakership
contests of our history. and he was one of tho
toughest fighters and one Of the most vigorous
workers among the Union generals of the late
war. During the war he was in constant ex-
posture. but he came out Of it comparatively Q
strong man and went again into Congress. He
has been in Congress a number Of times since