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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05

CLEVELAND is in bad Dox. He Is
not loyal enough to the Union to be
the pride of the old soldiers, and he is
too loyal to the Union to go down
with the South.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05

Is THERE any other town in Texas
outside of Houston in which Sam
Jones could make q mash on the en-
tire press?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05

JONES has got away with the local
staff of the Post. How is it with the
manager and the editor?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05

SECRETARY BLAINE has gone to
Bar-HarDor to take rest. If tie
democrat yawp would rest also, the
rest of the country could rest.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05

ACCORDING to Jerry Simpson the
Farmers alliance is cross between q
secret society and prayer meeting
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05
d. OlJASSO

The old, reliable Southern Tailor,
carries a fine line of Summer Suitings,
and will guarantee neat and stylish
fit. 5:26tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05

WHEN the alliance played Hogg for
an anti in the railway deal, it looks
nightly as though they had gone
fishing for gudgeons without bait.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05

SAM JONES got s. 900 for a weeks
gospel grazing in Houston. This
would have paid the expenses of the
twelve apostles for q whole year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05

SMILES are awful scare over head
when providence does not bestow
them on Southwest Texas aud pious
old Santone
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-05
1000 TO 1000 FEET ABOVE The SEA.

Beautiful Mountain Scenery Clear Running Streams Rich VALE
Lands and with CLIMATE pronounced by all to be the finest
in the world. CONSUMPTION and kindred diseases
here cured WITHOUT MEDICINE.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-07-24
A Filthy Habit.

One of the vilest habits tolerated in the
United States publicly and privately is
wholly unknown in other countries. It
is obtrusive expectoration. The disgust
ing vice is on the decline in large cities,
but it is still too prevalent, and persons in
authority ought to insist upon its repres-
sion. Smokers who can not smoke with
out making themselves offensive ought
always smoke in strict seclusion. Men
riding in public vehicles pay for trans
portation, but it does not include the
right to defile floors. soil the garments
of other persons in the vehicle, and sicken
the stomachs of the sensitive. The be-
scattering of sidewalks, railway stations,
foyers, and other places with salivary
discharges is as foul as it is unnecessary.
Conductors, janitors, and porters ought
discreetly remind men guilty of this bar
barity that it must be stopped. If quiet
protest will not be needed let the police
man be called.
Secretions of the respiratory, salivary,
or digestive organs are properly deposited
in pocket handkerchiefs if they can not
be more satisfactorily disposed of. Men
who can not afford pocket handkerchiefs
should receive gifts of them from their
friends. A vigorous and persistent effort
to stop this filthy practice in public at
least should be made and kept up.-[Chi-
cago Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-07-24
Here Is a Sensible Woman.

There is sensible woman up town
there may be more who are sensible in
this respect, but this one stands out, in
the writer's acquaintance, as rarity
who instructs her two daughters as regu-
larly in the science of shopping as she
teaches them cooking and healthful liv-
ing Il consider shoppinga a science, she
says, "and an important one in the house.
hold economy. How one respects clear
headed, sensible woman who knows how
to shop rapidly, economically, and well,
and how few such one meets. take my
girls with me in my rounds of buying,
teach them the different fabrics and dis
elimination in the choice as regards the
use required. Nobody taught me this;
acquired my knowledge by long line
of mortifying and expensive experiences,
which have determined my daughters
shall be saved from.
II have taught them to avoid bargain
counters as they would a plague and
never to be drawn into the pushing, jam
ming crowd which strives to buy pair
of gloves for 9S cents at an expense Of 25
cents worth Of vital force and self re-
spect, to say nothing Of time wasted and
the possibility. after all, that they have
paid 9s cents for 75 cent pair. have
taught them, too, that the best is the
cheapest, which does not imply always
the most fashionable nor the most expen-
sive. Flimsy, ill made articles / consider
almost immoral-the influence of a pair
of honest shoes or yard of first quality
cloth think outranks many sermon.
my girls have had their personal al.
lowance since they were IS, and they
have learned to use it most judiciously.
And am never afraid they will drive to
the dry goods shop for "a paper of darn
ing needless as the girl in the story did"
New York Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-07-24
BAD Temper Mostly Involun t.ry.

Many people consider that "bad tenn
per" is entirely voluntary on the part Of
the person who displays it. AS a matter
of fact, it is often to very great extent
involuntary, and no one is more angry at
it than the bad tempered person himself.
OF course every one, whether he is born
with bad temper or has acquired one
from habit, or has been visited with one
as the result Of disease or injury, should
at least try to control 1t. But his friends
should also bear in mind that bad temper
may be, and often is, IN affiiction to be
sympathized with-not an Offense to be
punished.-[New York Ledger.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-07-24
A MILLIONAIRE.s RUIN.
The Messenger Waited for nm Answer,
That's the Reason.


That's the Reason.
Every one has admired the superb resi-
dence, 999 Faralone street. II belongs
or rather did--to Parnell McCorken, the
capitalist. About three months ago he
resolved to take his family on European
tour. When about to leave his office for
the train he sent a messenger boy out to
his residence with a note, which he
thought might possibly reach his wife
before she left the house. The boy was
instructed to wait for an answer-bear
that in mind-"wait for an answer"
1t is supposed that the said boy reached
his destination some time early in the fol-
lowing week. At all events, as he did
not return McCorken forgot the circum-
stance and proceeded east with his fam
lily. McCorken was not superstitious
man, but he had hardly been insulated
into his berth by the Pullman porter be-
fore he was filled with a prescntiment of
evil.
In vain he endeavorcd to shake off the
foreboding of disaster that depressed him.
1t followed him to London, Paris. Switz-
erland, everywhere. Worn to shadow,
he finally turned his face homeward. AS
he stepped from the ferry on his arrival
here he sprang into carriage and was
rapidly driven to his dwelling, which he
approached with feeling of inexplicable
terror.
AS he ascended his steps he beheld
calmly slumbering before the door mes
senger boy-McCorken's note of three
months back still protruding from his
pocket. He had been provided with a
couple of blankets by the company,
which also furnished him with three cof-
fee and doughnut rations per diem.
He was waiting for an answer! With
a loud shrek the once happy capitalist
fell to the earth a ruined man.
But why linger upon the sad facts?
Any clever school boy can in few hours
figure the amount of the District Messen-
ger Company's bill against McCorken in.
cluding "car fare both ways" That mis-
cradle victims estate is now in the hands
of the sheriff, and according to compu-
tation made by that gentleman with a
piece of chalk on the almshouse fence he
is still 81 800, ,042.23 in debt to the COM
pany, although there is some talk of the
superintendent throwing off the odd %
cents.-lSa Francisco Examiner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-07-24
Killed While Blasting

WHITE HAVEN, July 20. "A Pond
Creek, small mining village near here,
John Brogan, miner, while In the act OF
blasting rock was caught by fall Of coal
and killed instantly. About the same
time another miner while firing of blast
In the same mine failed to reach safe dis
tance and was fatally burned.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-07-24

A church with poor foundation never
gains anything by having . very tall
steeple.-(R Rams Horn. :.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-19
EaStlake's Smart Baby.

Let me tell you the latest cute thing
my baby said. exclaimed Eastlake to
Squildig, rs they met on the street
Yesterday afternoon, says the Pittsburg
Chronicle 7ticgrupk
Sorry" replied Squildig. who is the
father of six children of assorted ages,
but the fact is I've a train to catch,
and only Il few minutes TO catch ii in"
''Oh. 1t won't take Il minute" per-
sisted EaStIake land it's really the best
thing SHE'S ever got off. aud she's awful
~ smart. too, for 4 baby only two and
q half years old"
Go ahead. then" said Squildig, re-
signedly, rs he looked ut his watcn.
1t happened week or two ago.
You see, her mamma left her just Il
minute 10 do some little thing and
when she came back baby wasn't there.
Mrs. EaStlake found her on the porch
in her stocking feet and fairly soaked,
for it was raining hard. Her mamma
grabbed her up and said very severely:
Frances, if YOU hal little girl
who went out in the rain and got her
stockings wringing wet. what would
you do? And what do Won suppose
the smart little thing rctlie,l?"
Dunno. What?a asked Sauildig.
with little apparent interest.
She said, Put dry tetiuns on her,
mamma. Wasn't that real cute?r
Yes" replied Slailiig. with a sigh.
And looking ut his watch again he
started for the station on Il trot.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-19
In The Wrong Place.

Men who have Travelled all over the
world are saying that some of the table
d'hote dinners in New York are the
best they ever found. 1t is a fact that
in one small and secluded cafe such a
repast is served for 81 as no man not
verSed in the delicate art of cookery
could ever select for himself. One Of
the greatest gourmcts of the town re-
Gently went into raptures over this
cheap and delicious dinner and told all
his friends that they must not miss it.
One night he met two acquaintance
from out of town, and, as he was I'M
able to dine with them. he gave the
address of the restaurant where the
table d'hote was served, saying they
must 90 there by all means. The two
strangers started up town together
says the Sun. stopping in on their way
at various art galleries where pictures
que appetizerS were freely disposed of,
aud finally arriving at their restaurant.
To the waiter one of them said that
they did not wish to see any bill of
fare. but they would trust him to serve
tirst-class dinner. 1t was indeed
such one in every respect, and the
diners uttered blessings upon the
friend who had sent them to place
where the best viands were so cheap.
The claret was surprisingly fine and
it put the friends in such a glowing
mood that they resolved to 90 into a
little extra expense by ordering a bot
tie of champagne. After cigars were
lighted one of the men called for the
check, and, as his eyes fell upon the
addition, look of CONSERVATION
spread over his face. He called tie
waiter.
isn't there some mistake about
ths?" he asked.
Non, monsieur" responded the
waiter.
But you served us a table d'hote
dinner, didn't you. for dollar?"
"Oh. non, monsieur" replied the
waiter; re paiz we're gay sairve re
table d'hote is two doors below"
What's the bill. Jack?' asked the
man opposite.
Fifteen dollars" replied Jack.
Both men allowed their cigars 10 GO
out while they mentally kicked them
selves.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-19

A very small thing of beauty that
will be a pleasant sight for an invalid 5
eyes while it lasts is a carrot or sweet
potato followed ont on the inside to
leave wall about three-quarters of an
inch thick. The vegetable is suspend
ed by cords passed through holes
pierced in the sides. AMI. the cavity
filled with water. In few days up
turning sprays of green will sprout
from the bottom aud cover the out
side. and il a small bunch of riolets Is
put in the little quaint hanging basket,
it will have charming appearance.
A pretty little thing to leave on a
sick friends table is a plant saucer,
with three pine cones standing upright
in the center The arrangement of
sticks or hair pins, BY which You COM
pei them TO assume and maintain an
erect position. may be concealed by a
mat of real moss. There should also
be a layer of sand in the bottom of the
dish. Grain or grass seed should be
scattered over the cones. and II the
saucer is kept full of water the seeds
will sprout and show beautiful ten
der green, in fine contrast TO the rich
brown Of the cones.
1t is such a pleasure 10 watch green
things growing that either of these
simple gifts is IN aid 10 pass the weary
hours. Even linger-bowl with thin
LAYER OF cotton sprink'ed with tiaXseed,
which grows aud lives for n while on
such n0uriShment as it drains from the
water beneath, is 4 cheerful, pretty
decoration for sick-room
For a friend who is too feeble to sit
at desk or table TO write, it would be a
pleasant task to tit up 4 writing tablet
which can be used when one is in re-
Ginning position. and which offers
facilities for storing writing imple-
ments, notes. and the other etcRteras
that an invalid dislikes TO be always
asking other people to procure for her
use.
The foundation is a seasoned pine
board TWENTY-FIVE inches long by
twenty-one broad. This is covered
with felt. which upon three sides hangs
over the edge. and is supplied with flat
pockets to hold letters. The front to
each pocket is cut into Il point,
which buttons down to protect the con-
tents. Across each end of the board
are straps and little superimposed
Hat pockets to hold pens. pencils,
stamps, cards, and envelopes. OF
course these convcuienCes must not in.
wade the space needed for writing. A
lealher-covered travellers inkstand.
with spring in the cover to prevent
the splitting of ink. can he firmly glued
on one upper corner, and Il pen tray
and stamp box on the other corner. A
row of brass-headed nails should be
put all around the edge of the board.
and the straps and pockets can be
fastened on with smaller brass nails.
The valances with the buttoned-down
pockets, can be folded over the top
when the writing board is not in use.
HDrner'S BJzur
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-19
Power of n Shaman.

The implicit reliance placed upon
the word OF Il shaman and his influence
over a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS may be Illus
trated with this anecdote. A Sioux
Indian who had lost relative by death
vowed to kill the first living thing he
met. This was once not an uncOm-
mon practice among our Indians.
Issuing from his lodge, he Glanced
to meet Il missionary man much
beloved by alls from whom this Indian
had received many fayorS. Unwilling,
but bound by his VOW, he shot his BEN
efactor as he passed. Indian usage
did not sanction bloody retribution
on the murderer, since the obligation
Of his VOW was recognized by all.
The. siIaman. however, upbraided
him for his act and pronounced his
doom, saving, You will die within
the year.
The Indian. though apparently a
well man ut the time. was seized by a
wasting disease and actually did die
within the specified time. a victim OF
his own superStitious imagination
YOUTHS Comp UGiOH.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-19
"Are You a NihiIist?"

4 traveller describes an interesting
experience in Russia of a young Ameri-
can girl who was anxious to learn all
about the nihiiSts.
The young lady was walking through
the streets of St. Petersburg with her
brother. They found much in the city
TO amuse and interest them. The sub
ject of nihilism was. however. upper
most in their minds, and whenever
they passed Il frowSy beggar or oddly
dressed student they Immediately in "A
joking way set him down for Il nihilist.
Before | leave the city, said the
young lady. Il intend to investigate
the subject of nihilism thoroughly.
don't believe there are many of them,
anyhow, except in novels and on the
stage"
As the two continued their walk
they espied in shop window the sign
familiar to all Continental travellers
English spoken"
They entered. The young lady in
quired for the interpreter and the pro-
prietor himself stepped forward. He
was a Russian, and in excellent En-
glish asked in what manner he might
serve mademolSeiie-
Il am from America" replied the
young lady. Il want TO learn all |
possibly can about the nihilists. Per-
haps YOU are one? Won't YOU tell me
all about them. please?"
At the word 'nihiliStn CONSERVATION
seized the Russian. The color left his
face and he gasped, y on are ignorant.
Don't speak, don't even think of that
word while in Russia. You may be Il
spy. don't know, but must ask you
to leave my shop"
The genuine fear of the man COM
municated itself to the young lady and
her brother They left the store hur-
riedly, nor did they prosecute their in
quiry for knowledge of the nihiists
while they remained in ST. Petersburg.
To think" the girl said in narrat-
ing the experience to the ships COM
pany of the Normandie. while return
ing home; only to think of being
taken for spy! Wasn't it dramatic?
So like Sardou.n
Yes, indeed" said one Of her
auditors. an American resident of Paris.
lit was dramatic, and but for the fact
that the Russian evidently understood
American customs 1t might have been
tragic. He probably knew you were
not a spy. He said that to brighten
you. He asked you to leave his store
for his own preservation. Had he act
ed differently you might have inquired
further and the result might have been
long soiourn in Siberia"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-19
A Cataract i'm Labrador.

The interior of Labrador undoubt-
eddy is the largest uneXplOred area on
this continent. Up the Grand river,
which empties into the Atlantic ocean
at Hamilton Inlet. are TIE Grand Falls,
which, If everything is true about them
that is reported. are the most stipend
Gus falls in the world. They are only
about one hundred and sixty miles up
the river, but only two white men have
ever seen them. Mr.. Il. +. Holme
three Years ago went from England to
visit the Grand Falls.
He organized little party to accom-
pany him inland and arrived within
about fifty miles of the falls. when he
was compelled to return on account of
the failure OF his provisions. The
Labrador Indians say these falls are
haunted, and they carefully avoid
them, believing that they will die if
they look upon them. The two white
men who have seen them are Mr.. Mac
lean. who. as he was ascending the
river i'll 1889, was stopped by the falls,
and Mr.. Kennedy. who over thirty
years ago had charge OF Hudson Bay
post, in Labrador. Mr.. Holme says
iHc uciSul Oh lnc ldilS - not ccIldlulN
known, but in some respects there is
little doubt they are the greatest in
the world.
Though inner Labrador is so made
quately known, we are aware that it is
u vast tabieland whose limits are quite
clearly defined. In the southeast the
descent from the tableland is quite
sudden, and almost Immediately after
leaving the plateau Il level is reached
that is very little above that of the sea.
The Grand Falls are the place where
the Grand river tumbles over the edge
of this tableland and almost the whole
of the great drop is effected in this one
descent. Prof. Hind gives the height
of this plateau as 2 24O feet. 1t has
been estimated that the region at the
foot of the falls is only 200 feet above
sea level, and that the waters of Grand
river have Il perpendicular descent of
about 1000 Observation-Disclosures Geo
graphjcut Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-19
How Mail Cars are Manned.

Nearly every railroad in the United
States carries. ut least once Il dav. one
or more men whose business il is to
receive sort. aud deliver the mail
gathered ut the towns along or near
that road.
If there is little work 10 be done. one
man does it alone, in small room
built in Il part of the baggage-car
or Smoking-car. As the business in
creaScS. two or more men work to-
gethcr, having whole car for their
accommodation. This car is drawn
directly behind the engine, so that
there shall bc no occasion for any pass
ING through it. With still more bust
ness. between the large cities. two or
more ears are run; until between New
York aud CHICAGO we have whole
train run exclusively for mail service,
made up of five ears aud worked by
twenty men. 4 line of railroad be-
tween two cities, used in this WAY. for
sorting the mail. is called 'R. p. o."
l. e., Railway Po>t-Ollicc.n and there
Is m immense number of such in the
country, taking their names from the
chief offices on the line
Such are the Boston and Albany"
Boston. Springfield and New York. :"
Portland and Island Pond. Chicago
and Cedar Rapids. and many hundred
others. The runs vary greatly in
length ranging from twenty miles to
aS high as thousand miles. The ex-
trcmcly long runs, with the exception
of the New York and Chicago" are
found ouly in the West, where there
are great distances between the cities.
On such a run there will be two or
more men, one crew sleeping while
the other works. The New York
and Chicago" is divided into three Sec
lions. On this run, the twenty men
who start out from New York are re-
heVed by Il many more at Syracuse,
and these i'll turn are relieved ut Ceve-
land 10y another company who take
the train into Chicago. As Il general
thing. however, Il run is planned to be
about the distance which can be COW
cred in a dav.
On all the more important lines there
are two sets Of men, one for dav, one
for night service. Ii the run is short
one with bat little mail. one man does
the work alone. running every dav.
and usually having several hours to
rest 1T one end of the road or the
other. Where the run is long enough.
so that the trip takes all day. there
will DC four sets OF men. One man.
or set of men. starts at one end of the
run, and covers the entire line, meet
ing the other somewhere on the route
and returning the next day. When
these men have worked 4 week, they
go nome to rest week. and others
take their place. Such is the arfunus
nature of the work. the strain to mind
aud body. and particularly TO eycsight
from working all day long in the con-
slant jar and rattle, that few men
would be able TO retain Il place were it
not for these periods OF rest AdL
Bennett. ~ ST. Nicholas
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-03-19
Women's Superior Courage.

"Most people think that men are
more courageous than women" said
DR.. S. ID. Black, of New York, but
the dentist knows that this is not true.
As Il rule n man will groan and swear
when the dentist tries to fill his teeth,
squirmiug, gripping the arms of the
chair and making Il big row about it.
And the heavier the man the bigger
coward he is. I've see Il strapping big
athlete sit down to have tooth pulled
and almost faint while | WAS looking
at it. On the other hand. a light, little
bit of a woman will calmly close her
eyes, lean her head back in the chair
and submit to fortunes that would
make the SphynX swoon into in
sensibiitv. No. sir; II woman can
stand a dozen times the pain that Il
man will undergo. '-lhiladeiphid
Press.