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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-09
A New Use for Cocaine.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The prevailing masculine style OF
shoe is the English pointed patent.
leather article. The mere sight of q
close. fitting pair of these pedel deco
rations Is enough to give a victim OF
corns fever and ague. To the un.
initiated IL is a blood-curdling mys.
terry how some of the most fashionable
large feet In San Francisco get in to
such excruciatiDgly tight shoes.
still stranger has been the equanimi-
~ of the wearers. No symptoms of
suffering have been visible in their
faces. Smiles have wreathed their
countenaDce, through the warm
hours of ball: and dance after dance
has been reeled off by them without
the sleightes signs of flinching An
ordinary man subjected to such meth
ode OF torture would take off his shoes
before half the night was over and
walk home in his stockings, il a cab
were net within the scope of his fl
pances. OF course, there is a scienti
fic explanation of this apparently
superhuman endurance. It was q
secret cherished by handsome local
photographer, till his valet "blew
the gaff," IS the police elegantly say
of one who blabs inside facts 1t
happened in this wise: Master and
man had gone to q country hop, q
very swell affair, low necks, swallow
tails, q tout rigeur, so to speak. When
the hotel porter got the luggage mot
baggage) up to the camera artists
room the valet was taken with hys-
terics One valise missing-left on
the train.
THAT'S the bag with the cocaine,
and master will faint without it," he
moaned.
"Why, he aint't 8 fiend, is he?"
asked the porter.
"No, no; but his feet is. 1 ave to
vawrnish his pedal hsxtremities
three times q night so that he can
wear No. shoe on No. IL foot.
'Oh! what will 7 do?"
A bottle of cocaine varnish to deaden
sensitive bunions Is now as common
in north of Market street made dress
ing rooms as cigarette butts, aud
hence the growing popularity of the
pointed patent leather shoe and It's
TO tie the wearers legs into
hard knots, no ma ter how hot the
night or protracted the ball.
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Smiths Ready Answer.

"The sudden break in Standard
Gas stock reminds me-" said a we'll
known lawyer resently, ''of a case
once bad before me when / was eX-
aiming young law students for adj.
mission to the bar. Que of the class
struck me as particularly dull and
uniearned. He had been up once OIL
twice and failed. But friend of mine
had guaranteed his cleverness, and
urged me to let him pass. L had
heard that he was specially posted
on the law Of gas corporations. and in
hope OF getting some good answers /
took up that branch.
"Mr smith, said, what is done
when a gaslight company implirs It's
capital?'
~ don't understand said Smith.
"'When it is insolveut-out OF
funds-what course should be pur.
sued?'
81 don't know said Smith.
"You don't know what to do IL q
gas company's capital disappears? /
th0ught you were well posted on gas
matters. Mr.. Smith
~ am sir said Smith, but never
heard of gas company being short of
unds.'
"Smith was admitted to the bar
without further questioning"
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Two Hundred Dollars an Ounce for
Hair

Two hundred Dollars an Ounce for
Hair.
From the Boston Globe.
In the days when wigs and powder
were fashionable, ladies are said to
have paid as much as $1,000 for having
their hair dressed for special or state
occasions.
Even in the present day sums Of
$3.50 and $500 have been paid for the
hair.dressiDg in the case of ladies
about to be presented at court, and
occasionally in the height of the sea-
son somo had to have their dre.se
the night previous, and the head not
distur bed till the ordeal is over.
The hair dressing of ladies was ali
expensive affair in the sixteenth cen.
fury. Queen Elizabeth at one time
was possessed or no fewer than eighty
attirss of fales hair. cs ~
Peyps, in the reign of Charles III /,
says that the ''paid G3 for Q periwig",
equal to ELS now. SO that Queen Eliza
bsth's wigs probably cost in reality
over ei2C0.
Much confusion. caused by the por-
traits of Mary Queen of Scots, has
arisen from her variety of wigs. In
the reign of Queen Anne, their patro-
ness, they reached their maximum
of size, full bottomed wigs, which
covered the head and shoulders and
f1oated down over the chest
In one OF Hannah More's letters
she thus refers to the English fash
ion of 1777:
"The other night we had a great
deal of company-eleven damse's to
cay nothing of men. Iprotest hard.
ly do them justice when 1 pronounce
they had amongst them, on their
heads. an acre and half OF shrub
berry, besides slobes, grass plots, tulip
beds, clumps CT peonies, kitchen gar.
dens, and greenhouses Some OF the
prodigious arrangements were so ex-
pc, ,sive, costing several hundreds OF
pounds, that they had TO do duty for
several weeks at a time"
The Empress Eugene paid 1000
francs $4,000 per ounce for u braid OF
hair that exactly matched her own.
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Queer Alaskan Indian Habits.

There is a species Of seaweed, a
kind of kelp, which the Indians of
Alaska are very fond of chewing. 1t
IL az tough as leather and one piece
will last man who has good teeth
for whole day. These Indians have
an Interesting fashion of collecting
herring eggs. They weave mattresses
of cedar twigs and sink them with
stones in the water. The tieh deposit
their spawn upon the twigs and 1T Is
subsequently collected ana dried.
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suckLEN.s ARNlcA sALve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin EruptiOns, and pos
itively cures Piles. or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Adolph Dreiss and
Dreiss, Thompson & Co. 1924
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For SALE,

One.double seated canopy top car
riage and harness, almost new, also
gentle horse, young and about six
teen hands high. For further par.
ticuIars address A b. &. this office.
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ADVERTISING SOLICITORS.

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authorized solicitors for the LIGHT. Our
patrons will please put all promises" or
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that there may be no ''misunderstand-
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several gentlemen, or gentleman
and wife, can secure first class board
and rooms. at 627 East Houston
street. 1871 TT
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AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.

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SPECIAL NOTICES.

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A CHANCE FOR BUILDERS.
For Sale: Thirty four shares paid
up stock in the International Build
ing and Loan Association.
9-4-tf Il. b. JOHNSON.
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PEOPLE NOW ON EARTH.

Miss IRENE G. WooD is now cnioying
her first vacation after teaching school
in the same room for period of seven
ty-two consecutive years in Cochesset,
Mass.
JOSEPH MURPHY is put down as the
richest of actors. He is said to be
worth $3.50, 900, most of which represents
the savings fror, his annual income, for
he is one of the most economical of
stage artists.
ROBERT c. WINTHROP, one Of Massa-
chusetts' worthless, who dates back to
the time when Boston was bustling
little country town, makes it a pleasant
boast that he has been personally ac-
quainted with every president save
Washington and jefferson.
DR.. BABcocK, of Chicago, is, although
blind, specialist in throat and lung
diseases, his acute ear making up for
his lack of sight. lie was materially
advanced In his studies by tho aid and
encouragement given him by Dr. May
French, now Mrs French Sheldon.
AUNT BETSY MCKAY, of Taylorvillc,
KY, has reached the very old age of one
hundred and six years, but her cyesight
and memory are remarkably preserved.
INC has one hundred and twelve de-
scendants living, and remembers many
interesting incidents OF early Kentucky
iifa
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THE CROWNED HEADS.

THE emperor of China has ten meu
whose sole duty is to carry his um-
brella.
The czar of Russia had made hir,self
bald by habit he has of rubbing the
top of his head with his hand. This
was due probably to his desire to know
whether it was there.
THE holy rose which the pope be-
slows every year upon some Roman
Catholic princess, fell this year to the
queen of Portugal The estimated
value of this jewel is $4,000 francs.
CAPT. f. L. LUGARD, nominated to
succeed King Mwanga, of Uganda, was
the leader of the British East Africa
Company's expedition for the purpose
of establishing British influence in that
part of the dark continent
On state occasions Queen Victoria
rides in a carriage drawn by four mag
nifcent bays, with outriders, but when
she is at IIyeres she is quite content
with a rickcty old basket phacton drawn
by measly little donkey, whose cars
are almost as long as his legs.
ACCORDING to an order of the premier
Of Spain, the names of cx-King Milan
and cxQueen Natalie, the parents Ct
King Alexander, are not to be men
toned hereafter in the prayers publicly
made in the churches for the health 81
the members of the roval family.
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THE BEAUTIFUL IN ART.

ELwELL, the sculptor, who recently
completed bust of Louisa NJ. Alcott,
was one of her 'little men"
In collections centuries old, to be seen
in China and Japan, are specimens of
the most remarkable drawings in the
world-picturcs of all kinds drawn with
the thumb nail.
TIE works of distinguished Japan
csc painter are on exhibition in London,
and are greatly admired. His name is
Watanebe Seitei, and he is a native of
Toxic Some of his paintings have
already been exhibited in Paris and
praised by the French critics.
ONE CT the most sensational paintings
at the British exhibition this season is
Mr.. Warehouses; ''Circe." The picture
represents the cnchantress engaged in
poisoning the little stream where Scylla
was wont to bathe and holding aloft a
green bowl containing the poison she
has been preparing in her palace.
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THE FLOODS.

The late wet weather will bring with
it a plentiful crop of rheumatism,
bronchitis, catarrh, pneumonia, pleurl-
sy, and other maladies that attack the
throat and lungs and the kidneys. A
cold that settles upon the kidneys and
is neglected is the parent of rheuma-
tism, pneumonia, pleurisy, and a vast
number of other maladies. All these
can be cured with RElD'S GERMAN
COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE. This
great remedy contains nopoison, and
is perfectly safe even in the hands of
the inexperienced. 1t will cure any
malady that comes from cold. Every
cold affects all of the excretory organs
particularly the lungs and the kidneys.
REDS GERMAN COUGH AND
KIDNEY CURE recognizes this fact
and treats the system accordingly. Its
the only cough remedy on the market
that does. Ask your dealer for it and do
not let him give you anything else, tor
nothing else will do the work. The small
bottles are Is cts, the large ones Scots.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, III.
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Set T1ghe
all the proper functions of wo-
manhood. DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is the remedy. 1t
regulates and promotes their ac-
ton, and removes the obstruc-
tions and suppressions which cause
trouble and misery. At the two
critical periods in woman's life
the change from girlhood to woman
hood, and, later, the "change of life !"
it is a perfectly safe and an es-
pecially valuable remedial agent,
that can produce only good results.
It's powerful, invigorating tonic,
and a soothing and Strengthening
nervine !; legitimate medicine
purely vegetable, perfectly harm
less-and carefully adapted, by an
experienced physician, to woman's
delicate needs.
For all the arrangements, irregu-
larities, and weaknesses peculiar to
the sex, the "Favorite Prescription :"
is remedy so certain that it can be
guaranteed. If it doesn't give satis-
faction in every case, the money is
returned. No other mediG for
women is sold in this way.
No other medicine can be-
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a SENSATIONAL CASE.
The Case of III. Clay King for the Murder
of David III. POStOn.

The Case of III. Clay King for the Murder
of David III. Poston.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 31.-The mcst
sensa tional criminal case ever tried in
this state is now being heard before tho
supreme court at jackson. In March,
1891, Col. HI. Clay King shot and killed
David II. Poston, attorney for the
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
railroad, on the principal street of this
city. Poston was walking along and as
he passed an alley Col. King stepped
forth, placed 4S-caiiber pistol against
Poston's stomach and fired. Poston
died two days later. The murder grew
out of lawsuit of Mrs. Gen. Gideon
Pillow against Col King. Col King had
become infatuated with this woman
and decided her plantation in Arkan-
sas. Poston was Mrs. Pillows attor-
ney at the trial in the lower court.
Col King was defended by six noted
lawyers, but after thirty-five days
session he was found guilty of murder
and sentenced to be hanged. The case
is now being tried on an appeal.
Col. King will to-day make a speech
in his own behalf. He is pro.
found lawyer and the author of di-
gest of the Tennessee criminal law. 1t
is expected that his speech will be SEN
satiOnaL
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The Republican Convention.

The next convention of the Republican
party will be held at Minneapolis, Mimi,
commencing June 7th, and the following
information in regard o rates and arrange
ments for the transportation of visitors will
be of interest to our readers.
The North " estern Line will sell excur-
sion tickets to Minneapolis and return at
the very low rate of one fare for the round
trip, and will provide the best of facilities
for the transportation of delegates and Wis
itOrs
Three superbly appointed trains are run
over this line between Chicago and Mime
apOls.
The "Day Express" with luxurious par
lor cars, leaves Chicago at Sis A. NJ. and
arrives at Minneapolis in the evening, af-
fording delightful daylight ride through
some of the most picturesque scenery Of
the northwest.
The North Western Limited" solid ves-
tbuled train. lighted throughout by gas,
and equipped with palace sleeping cars and
dining cars, leaves Chicago daily at f 100 2.
NJ. and arrives at Minneapolis early the fol
lowing morning.
The "Night Express leaves Chicago
daily at II :15 p NJ. after arrival of all
trains of connecting lines from the East and
South, aud is equipped with palace sleeping
cars, standard day coaches and North
Western dining cars.
Tickets via the North-W W estern Line from
Chicago to Minneapolis will be good via
the direct line, through GAINESVILLE, Mad.
ison and DEVILS Lake, or via the "Lake
Shore Route; which closely follows the
shore of Lake Michigan and passes through
Milwaukee, Waukesha and Madison, or will
be good going one route and returning the
other.
Circulars giving detailed information in
regard to rates, arrangements, etc, and
also containing map of the city of Mime.
apolis, will be furnished on application to
W. A. Thrall, G. P. 4 L. A Chicago &
North Western R'y, Chicago, Ill.
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DEATH FROM RABIES.
Shocking Death of Joseph l.. Hall In 5
louis from the Bite of IA Pet Dog.

Shocking Death of Joseph l.. Hall In st.
Louis from the Bite of IA Pet Dog.
ST. Louis, May 31.-Joseph L. Hall,
of this city, who was removed to the
city hospital from his home last Friday,
supposed to be suffering with acute
mania, died at that institution.
The hospital physicians pronounced
his malady hydrophobia. Hall
had been drinking rather heavily.
He was always quiet, however, until
last Friday, when he became seized
with an uncomfortable desire to bite
people. Finally he drove his family
out of the house and ran amucl5
through the streets, fiourishing large
butcher knife. He was Overpowered
and sent to the dispensary, where DIR.
Priest examined him and pronounced
his ailment acute mania. At the city
hospital Hall exhibited all the symptoms
of ra bies, biting and scratching at all
who came near. He barked and whined
like dog, and it was necessary to strap
him down to his cot. SO violent was
he that it was difficult to treat him. His
sufferings were dreadful, and he died
in awful agony. Hall was a plasterer,
- years old, and leaves a wife an d two
children.
Two months ago Hall was bitten by
pet black-and-tan dog.
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ldCI, Llcy OHIJ CCttoCtt % ui bIOCI L bSS
using Warmers Safe Cure, which, l am
pleased to say, restored me to perfect
health.'
Rev. S B. Bell, D. D formerly pastor of
First Presbyterian Church, Kansas City,
No, asserts II have been most wonder
fully delivered from many paroxysms of
uncomfortable torture by Warmers Safe
Cure. It's virtues should be known by all
the world'
Rev. William c. Powers, Greenwood, S.
c., makes the following graphic assertion
'My wife suffered for years from an almost
constant disposition to pass urine, which
was done with great difficulty and in very
small quantities at time. The pain ac-
companying the discharge was excruciat- t.
ing. She was treated by three of the most
skilful physicians, but without any percep-
tible Improvement She was completely
restored to health by the use of Warmers
Safe Cure
Can you not see that such earnest and
outspokcn statements as the above come
from the heart, that they are sincere, and
that they are made because these ministers
of the Gospel, know beyond question of what
they speak! And does it not show how
valuable this great cure becomes to those
who are in need?
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A STATISTICAL. CORNER.

For pound of honey, bees visit from
one hundred to two hundred thousand
flowers.
NORTH RIVER ferryboats transport
80,000,C0o people and 100000 tons
of freight every year from the shores of
New Jersey to New York.
In q full return of the vintage in
Spain last year, as published, the total
yield of wine is estimated at $40, ,0O0, ,O0G
gallons, and is described as good in ten
provinces, fairly good in thirty-four and
bad in five.
1T has been estimated" says the
Tropical Florida, that there is in this
state $50, 100000 tons of moss hanging
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Catarrh Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood OR constitutional disease, and in order
TO cure it You must take internal remedies
HaIl's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians in this country for years,
and is regular prescription. 1t is COM
posed of the best tonics known, combiued
with the best blood purifiers, acting direct
combination of the Two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
J: CHENEY d Co, Props, Toledo, Q
Sold by druggists, price IS cents
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| ity, every family tie and every commercial in
| terest was put beneath the supreme duty to
save the nation and redeem the flag.
| Out of this we have won a manner of
respect that would never have otherwise been
possible. We brought into full participation
Of the glories of the Union those who hal
, sought to destroy 1T; and it gladdens my heart
now to believe that the love for the old flag is
SO revered in the southern states, and that they
would vie with martial aItlor to be at the front
If we should ever be called to meet common
foe. Glorious victory, and Ged- given and God
blessed peace. No yoke upon the defeated the
comrades, except that yoke which we wore,
comrades, when resumed our place as
citizens. The obligation to obey all laws was
condition for peaceful citizenship; we lay no
other burden upon them AS your distinguished
orator has said, we do not burden our people to
maintain standing armies and live in perpetual
fret that the chariot wheels Of war may roll
through our peaceful villages No nation in
the world Is able TO wage war on land with the
United States, and when the generous work
upon which we have entered of completing.
equipping and manning suitable navy is carr
fied out, no nation in the world will be hasty to
engage us upon the seas.
The monument is splendidly designed
and is the outcome of movement start
ed nearly twenty years ago by citizens
of that place. 1t is nearly 50 feet in
height with ground base o. feet
square. The base of the monument
rises IL feet above this, and the shaft is
magnificent piece Of solid granite
about ten feet in height At the four
corners of the base are bronze figures
emblematic of the four departments of
the service, the cavalry, the artillery,
the infantry and the navy. These
are of heroic size. The sides of
the monument bear appropriate bas~
reliefs, the one on the north rep
resenting the firing on Fort Sumter, and
that on the west the famous encounter
between the Monitor and the Mer-
rimac. A scene representing Plcketts
charge at the battle of Gettysburg
marks the south side, while the bas-re-
lief on the east recalls Lees surrender
to Grant at Appomattox. At the sides
of each bas-relief are carved portraits
of the famous Union generals of the war.
On either side of the monument arc
carved the seals of the nation and state.
Surmounting the shaft is bronze statue
of Lincoln, of heroic size, and represents
the martyred president with copy of
the Emancipation proclamation. The
north face of the monument bears this
inscription: "To those who, faithful
unto death, gave their lives for their
country, 1S61-1S65." On the opposite
side are these quotations: ''We were in
peril; they breasted the danger" "The
republic called, they answered with
their blood:" I'VE We're highly resolved
that the dead shall not have died in
-, -
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rod iS worth fO,,r cents Der pOund at

cured, is worth four cents per pound at
our doors. If it is worth one cent Il
pound it would amount to the enormous
sum of 10000 ,000."
THE British Medical Journal say
that during 1891 the people of Paris
consumed 1921 horses, 229 donkcys
and 40 mules-the meat weighing 4,G15
tons. 1t was sold in the shops at from
Cd. to 1Od. per pound. Only one-third
was sold fresh and undisguised, the rest
being made into sausages.
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A Revolutionary Hero.

LENNON, Mass, May 31.-The exer.
cises of Decoration day were peculiarly
emphasized by the dedication of the
monument to the memory of Gen. John
Paterson. He is a grandson of that
revolutionary hero, and, together with
other members of his family, has Sc
cured the erection of a fitting monument
in the heart of Lennox, and near the spot
where the hero once resided The bronze
presentment of the general stands upon
a granite shaft on which is engraved
the story of his active life, of his school
days at Yale, his work in the provincial
congress of 1774 and ITS, and of his
quick response to the call to arms after
the battle Of Lexington. It tells that
he crossed the Delaware with Washing
ton, narrowly escaped death at Sara
toga and was prominent in the council
of Monmouth in 177S. He fought in
most of the great battles of the revOlu-
tiOn and was one of the founders of the