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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
Saturday at a Bookstore.

Standing in a bookstore Saturday after
noon one gets an insight into little fem
mime tricks that only seeing makes believ
ing. Women come in and ask for books
that no bookseller ever heard of and no
publisher ever printed And then they
ask for book by number. If they happen
to strike a number that the salesman can
produce they Immediately discover that
they have made mistake and will be
obliged to look it up again. And then an.
other woman asks for u hook. Yes, they
have it. tits brought down Another is
asked for That is produced. Have they
another by the same author? Certainly.
After quite search it is found
The lady commences to read little In
this one. While the salesman waits for
her decision he turns to some one else. As
soon as he is fully occupied with the new
customer the lady that has asked for three
or four different books and found them all
deliberately turns and walks out of the
store Why do they put the salesman to
all this trouble and make no purchaser
Simply because it is matinee day and every
body is promenading, and they wanted a
place to turn around and trip back the
length of State street again. On Saturday
the only person who has serious business
in the book stores is the man sent out from
the Office of a large newspaper to look up
statistics to answer few of the notes and
queries sent in by its readers.-Chicago
Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
Named Them After the Lord.

Old Pete Robinson, who lives at Wor.
sham, Va, is a pious negro, who logged
along with his wife for many years. nam.
ing new baby every year, until seven.
teen unbieSched olive branches bore scrip.
,ural names. Then came surprise. One
morning the Presbyterian minister. while
taking his constitutional. met Pete
Good morning, Peter. You seem to be
very much pleased at something"
Yes, sab, is. You see, de ole oman
creased de family las night"
"Ah, indeed"
"Yas, sab. dar's two mo- little lam's ov
de Lord"
Indeed And what will you name
them?"
"Gwine name 'em both arter de Lord:
gwine call 'em Messiah and Holloway"
Messiah and Hallowayl Where do you
get the name Hallowayp
eli mani Don't de Lords pra'r say
Holloway be thy nameY "-Chicago Her
aid.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
The Buffalo and the Plains.

When in his westward movement the
buffalo came to the semi-civiliZed inhabit-
ants of the Mississippi system of valleys
he brought a great plenty of animal food
to the people, who had long been in good
measure destitute of such resources, for
they had no other domesticated animals
save the dog. Not yet firmly fixed in the
agricultural art, these tribes appear after
the coming of the buffalo to have lapsed
into the pure savagery which hunting
brings.
To favor the pasturage of these wild
herds the Indians adopted the habit of
burning the prairies These fires spread
to the forests on the east, killing the young
trees which afforded the succession of
wood, gradually extending the pasturage
area of the wild herds until the larger por
lions of the western plains eastward to cen.
raj Ohio and Kentucky, probably even
into the Carolinas and southwark to the
Tennessee river, had been stripped of their
original forests, making way for the vast
throngs of those creatures which ranged
the country at the time when we first
knew it. With the rehabilitation of the
hunters habit, and with the nomadic con.
ditions which this habit necessarily brings,
came more frequent contests between
tribes and the gradual decadence of the
slight civilization which the people had
acquired. -Professor n. S. Shaler in Serb
nar'S
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
Swimming Boots.

A new method of facilitating swim.
ming is reported from England, in the
shape of an invention of swimming
boot The boots consist of canvas tops
and wooden soles, attached to which are
two blades of mahogany (some are made
of steel), which close with the forward mo-
ton of the legs aud open with the back
ward strokes The surface measurement
of the two blades on each shoe is about IA
square inches, while the total weight of a
single complete shoe is about three pounds.
it being loaded with lead to prevent too
much buOyancy. A public competition Of
swimmers provided with this device and
those without it is said to have resulted
very much ia favor Of the former.-New
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07

spry enough around his home. His
wife, too, is able to earn living for
them all were it necessary. One
lady thought she had found
long lost and dear relative
when she read his friendly note ask
ing for assistance. chow did he
know my given name?" she asked.
F. N. Oliver of the Oak Cliff Week
ly killed bear weighing 400 pound,
while visiting relations in Monterey
Co. during the holidays.
A petition to Congress Is being cir
culated for signatures in Dallas ask
ing that the postal law be amended
go as to make fourth class matter
third class, and to reduce the post
age on same to half cent an ounce.
The unfinished residence of Mr. j.
8. Armstrong, on Ross Ave. caught
fire and was damaged $500. A work.
man built fire in a fire place before
the fire brick had been placed is
what caused the fire. When complet-
ed this will be one Of the costliest
houses in Dallas.
The LIGHTS holiday edition was
q gem. F. A. M.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
Faience Ware.

The oldest, as well as one of the most
honored, of the various sorts OF art work Is
that of ceramics, or the art of pottery
The turning of the potter's wheel to fash
ion rounded vessels dates back to very
remote period of history.
From making shapes suited TO practical
daily uses, beauty of form and fine finish
came also to be considered important as
the idea of making vases and jugs for or
nament as we'll as use grew in favor
Next came the desire to find a material
which should be so strong that vessels
made of it would not break easily, and
which would be capable of taking on a
glaze or polish which would add to the
beauty of the vessels, and make il easy to
keep them clean and bright. Also it was
desirable to prevent, if possible, the break
ing off or crumbling of fine particles when
the vessels were filled with water, as that
was defect of the soft and porous terra
Gotta.
The eager search after such a material
resulted in the vessels of glazed clay, in
the manu.aytrrr of which the Italian city
of Faenza acquired great fame, insomuch
as the name of Faence ware is at the pres
ent day generally applied to many kinds Of
earthenware and porcelain vessels
1t is probable that the skilled artisans of
the Asiatic tribes knew and practiced this
art of manufacturing glazed clay many
centuries before the Florentine workman
and artist, Luca Della Robbia, at the end
of the Fifteenth century, manufactured
the superior white enamel with which he
overlaid his beautiful vases. Through his
improvements it came about that the large
factories in Faenza for the making of pot
terry learned to glaze or enamel their vases
in similar way.-Youth's Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
Buried Her Money.

PLATTEvILLE, Wis, Jan. IA few
hours before her death Mrs. Hol-
somer, an old settler, and who was
supposed to be penniless, revealed to
her granddaughter, that If she would
procure a spade and dig into the
ground q certain number of feet from
the surface she would find tin box,
containing money in coin and guam
tity of valuable jewelry. Mrs. Berg
did as she was directed, and soon
came across the tin box described by
the old lady and found coin and jew
elry to the value of $1,000. The old
lady left directions to have other
parts of the ground searched for
treasure, which she had buried from
tune to time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
A GRAND CARNIVAL.

The Beethoven M@nnerchor Ar
ranging for an Immense
Masquerade.
At the meeting of the Beethoven
Mennerchor singing society, 1t was
decided to give grand masgue ball
the like of which was never given in
San Antonio before, at Mission Gar
den pavilion, February 10th. The
entire establishment, with the eXcep-
tion of the bar in front. has been en-
gagged for the purpose. This includes
the hall, the garden, the dining halls
and tho billiard rooms. About sew
enty extra incandescent lights will
be put up about the place for the
occasion. An orchestra of twenty-six
pieces, under the leadership of Prof.
Carl Beck, is to be rehearsed, to dis
course the music for the night.
None but members and their in
vited guests will be admitted to the
festivities, and all attending, must be
en- masque.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
THEY CANNOT QUARANTINE
Without State Corsent--How to
Eyade the Embargo,

without state Corsent--How to
Evade the Embargo.
Speaking of the qaaranti tine of the
wayside towns of San Marcos, Luling
and Flatonia, our city health officer
said: "No town has the authority to
quaran tine against another without
authority from the state health officer.
In those towns along the 1. & G. N,
Temple, Holland, and other
places, the quarantine was es-
tablished by the state authorities,
but San Marcos, Luling and
Flatonia it is very questionable if they
have any authority, whatever, to
quarantine against this or any other
city,
To make the quarantine against
any town effective, the little
places will have to separate them
selves from the entire state, as
it is an easy matter to obtain ticket
for station beyond the point and en-.
ter il from there, and easier still
it is to obtain health certi-
ficate, for those persons &c
whom it would be refused on account
of their coming in contact with In
fected people, are themselves put un'
der quarantine by the health authori
ties. Let the skittisb towns put thai
in their pipes and smoke it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
Plunged to His Death.

Special to the LIGHT.
COLUMBUS, Tex, Jan. 7.-Thomas
Burke, a section hand, committed
suicide in this city last night by
throwing himself in front of freight
train, and was run over, it being i'm
possible for the engineer to stop the
train. The man was horribly mangled
and cut in to pieces. The railroad au-
thorities took charge of the remains
for burial.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
Got the Cash Box.

CARTHAGE, Mo-, Jan. THE Frisco
was robbed here at o'clock, just as
the passenger pulled out for the east.
Two men stepped into the ticket Of
flee, presented revolvers and demand
ed the cash box, containing S65. They
got 1t and got away, leaving no clue.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
Dirty Diamonds.

NEW YORK, Jan. John Cox, a
porter, on Monday found Sc, 900 worth
of diamonds, in a little bag in the
mud on the street. He turned in his
"find" at the Fifth avenue police
office, and the owner being soon dis
covered, Cox received 500 as a re-
ward.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-07
Shocking Situation.

OTTAWA, Jan. THE Canadian
authorities are alarmed over the
spread of leprosy in Cape Breton. The
report of the government inspector
was doctored and now 1t appears that
lepers roam at will over the island
and visit the adjoining country. A
strict investigation Is called for.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-12-03
i. Constantly Hawking and splitting

THOMAS J. RUSHING, ESQ, 2902 Pine Street,
St Louis, Mo-, writes: a. ---t s lIe-Cr
from catlrrh for three years A. times could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and spittiIg aud for the last eight months could
not breathe through the nostrils L thought
advised to try Dr. Sare's Catarrh Remedy, and
/ am now well man. L believe it to be the
only sure remedy for catarrh now manufac-
tured and one has only to give it a fair trial to
experience astounding results and q permanent
cure"
4 complete Treatise on Catarrh. giving yalu-
lhia hints as to clothing, diet and other matters
oil importance, will be mailed, postpaid TO any
address, on receipt of two-cent lcStsge stamp.
Address.
Worlds Dispersary Medical Association,
No 6eS Main Street. BUFFALO. n. z.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-12-03
SIS. to $3.50. 90 can ! be NE neS S1!s.

~ I'D VxV W. can he made work
ng for us, Agents preferred who canfurnt
a horse and give their VIII ole time to the b
ness. spare moments " be probably
ployed also. few vacancies in towns and cit
les. b. F. JOHNSON CO.. 1909 Main
Richmond, Va.
y. B.-Stdte :, md business experience.
Necer mind abouf sending stamp for reply
. b r. j. d Co, GI0, 6m
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-12-03
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-12-03
: uRtora AGONY from aatarrn.'

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11
SOCIAL corRrEsIEs TO MRS. DARLING

Mrs DE witt Clinton Mather gave lnncmeon psa%
in honor Of Mrs. Darling at DelmonlcoS on 100
~ To,,Ina Anril 10 she has also accepted all
,,,oton ~ attend the Huguenot reception Aprli Id
Mrs.. Darling has declined many social collrtesles e
tonGod 70 her recently on account Of her great anxiety
for her son. who was so nearly killed few weeks Az
Now She knows the extent Of the calamity ana uNo '
y,ctm Of The terrible accident she meets prsVo.s
wang Darling will be a cripple for lfe' DuV s io,
for music remains and he can pay as wen 10 no
.n ,,r % Mrs Everetts tea, song Miss EhlniA
I Hhhott sang the night Albaugh's opera house IN
was dedicated Abbott bought the opera
and paid the boy $4,000 81 for sce mis- BOTH
one ID s 1h 'wrsts of young Darling were Droheii,
ctb ankles his left leg twice and every o ood the
his left foot crushed; but the heta Is cleNf "-'N
issort as cheerful ever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11
WHY THE GALEyA WENT AGROUND.

The Court OF Inquiry continued taking testimony
at the Navy Yard yesterday, concerning the wrecks
of the warship Galena and the Navy tug Nina ms
testimony brought out by Lieutenant George ~ Ben
SON counsel for Captain smith, OF the Nina, I'm the
,ro,s-examinaton OF Lieutenant Commander George ~
Bicknell the senior officer in command Of the Gaieha
at the time Of the wreck. showed that the compa'ses
Of the Galena had not been corrected OF their devla-
ton that the amount Of error was not known that
the Nina was not powerful enough TO run against the
curIpnt and her course changed accordingly
that he could not account for the fact that although
mo- bottom was got by the lead at fifteen fathoms In
irs than five minutes aijerward the vessel grounded
on GAY Head that he could not remember whether
he directed Captain smith to blow the whistle OF
rGeher he directed that the Nina should keep the
course given until Gay Head Light was made
captain Smith took the stand IN the afternoon IN
aied slightly from the course directed because the
vessels would have run aground AT lace ROCK had
Inc inquiry to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11
SAVAGE STRANGER FROM BRAZIL.

A Tribune reporter who called at the store OF Louis
Ruhe the animal importer, yesterday climbed over an
assorted collection Of monkeys parrots, rabbits ana
other animals until he reached large packing case
When an emplOyc began prying OFF the cover he was
greeted by hiss that as loud as the noise MADE by
the blowing OFF Of steam from small boiler. In the
box Law South American boa-cOnstrctOr which ar
rived Yesterday morning from Brazil where 1t was
captured while lying torpid from the effect OF hearty
meal Of venlson The snake Is not only one Of the
largest specimens ever brought here but one OF the
most lively and savage. It's fierce temper has not
been subdued in the least by its confinement as is the
case with many of the largo snakes seen in New-iork
While the snake handlers usually catch the non
vcnomous serpcnts by the neck, behind the head when
trans tcrring them 10 another case they Will not be
likely to try the operation with this one. as the
reptie is powerful and willing enough to crush an
on. II Is at least twenty feet long ana OF
muddy yellow color, with body thick round as an
ordinary mans thigh. and head snSularly small IN
proportion. When IL became enIaced It's small eyes
cleaned viciOusY. A long, black forked tongue an
poarcd, and the scaly folds shOne with wonderful
nrismac colors. emerald and ruby predOmnatlng
The constructors are not poisonous. and they XII
their prey by crushing It, after which pleasant opera
don they swallow ii whole.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11
HIS CHARITY LANDED HIM IN COURT.

william Walsh had narrow escape from the State
Prison yesterday, all his trouble being caused by his
disnterested efforts TO aid old woman who was In
distress. on April 4 Mrs. Mary Dunn was about to
be spossesed from the tenement in which she lived In
Sixtieth-st. Her husband had been out Of work for
some time, and she penniless. She, however,
managed to have the putting Of her furniture on the
sidewalk delayed until the next Monday. ON the
afternoon OF April 4, she started ont In search OF
rooms, and finally found suitable ones in Thrtiethst
She did not have even a nickel to pay her carfare
home, much less money ITO pay for moving her fur
niturc.
While she was walking in Twenty seventh-st she
met Walsh, who was an old friend Of hers she ex-
planned her plight 10 him. and he having been drink
ing gravey said he would aid her. He broke the
paddock from the door Of the stable at No. 4l3 West
Twelth-st., belonging TO Henah f. Harrington, whom
he knew, and took out horse and harness. lie
htcled the horse to a truck which he found In the
street near by. This about . p. DRIVING
uptown, he met John Devanny and James Morgan,
friends Of his and they went with him Mrs Dunns
furniture was carried 20 the truck from the hfth Moor
of her house. hauled to the place In Ihrtletlst ana
taken to her new home on the fifth moor. The men
drove away and asked nothing for their labor
While they were putting the horse and truck BACK
in tbn nlaceS where Walsh had found them the three
were arrested. General sessions yesterday Walsh
pleaded guilty TO burglary In the third degree When
the case was fully explained, Walsh WIS discharged
and the other two acquitted, Assistant District,
Attorney Lynn being satisfied that there was no intent
to commit crime.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11

40 aligators are visible, but you see instead
something to astonish you. The hither shore is
lined with immense yellow logs stretching into
the middle OF the river and in either direction as
far as the eye can reach. They numbered
by the thousand, and YOU may ramble along the
wooden causeway dryshod for miles. The logs
pre- bolted together in RATS Sunburned crews
skip about picturesquesly, fourishing hooks and
saws and branding-irons and proclaiming measure
ments in dreamy sing-song. At intervals new
RATS come floating down and are added to those
chained to the banks Then small steamer
coughs and pufs and moves off down stream with
a great section of the causeway for the waiting
feet in Pensacola Bay.
You'd be astonished to see how soon the ships
will gobble all this up" raftsman tells you, as
you calculate that there are nearly million feet
I'm sight.
The Florida yellow pine trade is indeed one of
the curiosities of commerce. The wood goes all
over the world, even to timber countries like
Norway and Sweden. In former years, before
sailing-vessels were superseded, the Bergen and
Stavanger shipbuideEs used it for panking and
Bparring their barlIs and brigs. Sometimes a
Thousand great logs for masts have gone up the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11
alone having exported loo,oooOoo feet in one

alone having exported 100000 900 feet in one
year.
Isn't the supply becoming exhausted?o
asked Mr.. Henry Bars. who for years has done
the largest business on the COAST
They've been saying for twenty years.
he replied, Struggling his shoulders. But / see
no dminution. We can so on cutting for another
90 years, probably. The only thing is that the
wood isn't now quite so easy to get at"
This difficulty is ingcniously remedied. AS the
trees on the river banks become scarcer, the tiny
creeks are damned at their source, and their
water diverted through artificial planlS-lmed
bitches in new directions toward the main stream.
These bitches are just wide and deep enough
to float out the logs. Freshes sometimes inter
fere seriously with the river transportation, by
swelling the streams in the middle aud causing
the RATS to slide down their sloping sides and TO
break up against the banks. The wOod-cutters,
however, watch the tide-marks carefully
nice distinction is made here between timber
hewn and sawed, and manufactured lumber.
Hewn timber is the Tree just as it falls to the
ground, with the branches Topped Sawn timber
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-11
THE MAIN STREET.


is the tree passed between circular saws which,
in four operations, shave off the bark in long slices
and trim the stick clean and square. The branches
and these outside pieces are all burned. An eX-
pert workman adjusts the saws carefully, so as
to waste as little as possible. The hewn logs
are sent down the river in RATS of
thirty, and the sawed logs in rafts of hundred
bound at the ends with boards and wooden pins.
Two-thirds of all the foreign shipments are OF
sawed timber. wood even more sought after
than yellow pine for water building is the cypress.
This grows plentifully in the Florida swamps,
but is an eXaSperating tree to handle If cut
down while green, it sinks Immediately to the
bottom A ring cut in the bark about six months
before it is chopped deadens ii and causes it t.
float The tree, however, can only be moved
from the swamp during treshet. and when II
finally reaches the mill, looking sound and healthy
at the butts, the first stroke of the saw may
reveal rotten heart.
= The Pensacola timber feet comes here between
December and June. Sometimes 90 big ships
are In the harbOr at once. At this moment you
can stand on the pier-end. with the breeze hum,
ming and the seagulls crcling overhead, ana
look out upon dozens of veteran barks and fulL
rugged ships, with wide RATS under their bows,
manned by crews of stevedOrcs. who poke the
big sticks through the bowports to the strains OF