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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29
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The Exciting Predicament of n Gentle-
man Who Took Midnight Bath in the
Lake,
ST. Paul Globe.
A man has been spending a few days
at Alinnetonka, and this is what hap
pened to him: He arrived at the lake
late one night. 1t was warm and clear,
and everybody had gone away some
where. He wanted TO go in swimming,
so he sought dark little cove, and, as
no one was in sight, dispensed with a
bathing suit, but kept strictly in the
shadow. In the midst of his enjoyment
he was Mortified by the sound Of two
feminine voices. He submerged himself
to the tip of his blushing nose just us
two young women he knew came skip.
ping to the shore and pumped them
selves down in the moonlight. lie
stood in the water and guaked for what
he says was an hour. Then one said:
"Oh, Maudc, isn't this lovely
"lt's a perfect night. Wen never
have q better chance; never"
sob, I'm afraid"
"Oh, bosh! Every soul is in bed.
It'll be an awful lark-all by ourselves,
too
"Maude, if there's anyone about /
shall simply die right here"
There's no one about, goosie, Do
you think I'd risk it if there WASP"
"We'd better go up back of that rock.
Did You bring buttonhook?"
81 never thought of it."
Horrors What were those awful
girls going to do? If you can fancy
cold drops Of perspiration starting out
on Il man under water that's how that
man felt A horrible fear flashed over
HIM and it became an awful certainty
when the voice went on:
ooh, Maude, Pm awfully scared
"Why, what conventional girl you
are. Ii you're such 'fraid cat we
car so over in that little cove where it's
dark.
Then that man lifted up his voice
or at least he says he did-and screamed:
Ladies Ladies You are observed !"
There were two sudden screams and
one mad rush for the rock, and then
quiyering voice said:
Tiff you are a gentleman you will
remain where you are, sir.
And the shivering man chartered:
llama gentleman, but please hurry
up, for am freezing to death"
There was three.minute silence,
broken now and then by sobs and cut
ting remarks, and then streak of blue
serge and pink muslin across the lawn
to the hotel. The man followed later
and retired in confusion, accompanied
by whisky ard quinine.
And now lie wants to know if those
girls recognized his voice
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29
TO DIISI orr THE TONER.


oh chaste Diana shattered is the smell
That bound thee to u.s. so a long farewell.
Westward the star Of virtue takes her way;
Her empty spindle scars the dome of day.
No lleros:ratos, hungering for fame,
Assails her temple with devouring flame
But Seidl stops his ears against tile yell,
That Frects young Corbett and the late
.lOhnI.
Al. ri the temple and yon towering void,
Where myriad Actieons such view en-
joyed
OF great Diana, greater than of old,
Grown stout, and tall, and of maternal
mold,
Till all the motley crowd that trod the street
Stood gaping at her contours-and her feet.
Yea. she is fled, no more her glance will
urge
Bold DR.. Parkhurst neighboring streets to
purge
And in the temple men will drop tear,
And seek surcease of sorrow in cold beer.
No more the dog show AMI the six-tlay race
Will bloom innocuous, blest by Virtues
face
No more will innocence bedeck the hall
At Actors Fairs, or exc the Arion Ball
All MAIDS and matrons now will shun the
gate
Where Virtue ruled Cllnmined after eight
And Fashions throng will seek some other
source
To silence scandal and forbid divorce.
Oh blest Chicago! blest art thou in truth
With innocence and modcsty, and youth,
To thee our goddess turns her holy ewes,
And finds in thee haven for her size.
Too large for us, our feeble thought she
crushed
But thy, proud voice of praise will not be
hushed
This legend by thy sons will be unfurled;
We've got the biggest Virtue in the world!
No more let futile Satire mock and sneer;
Diana fees from Gotham and comes hcrepi
Let no dog bark, let no one crv, "ndccd.
They've got our Virtue and they had some
need;n
For poised alost in thy transparent air
She'll typify to all Chicago's fair
Great is Diana III the bollndless west
q hope they'll buy her a new flannel vest
For there rude Borens is at his best.)
Farewell, Diana by the limpid lake
A filter home for Virtue thou shalt make.
Let joy and praise and glad thanksgiving
reign,
And Thomas lead an ode by Johnny Paine.
Let Tomlins chorus and let Xiegfeld drum,
And all the West unite in one wide hum.
Behold the spirit of Chicago's heart:
lnviolate Virtue and Titanic art p
.Nem York Times
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29
NOT a POPULAR PREACHER.


We have bran new parson, an
He preached the other night
sermon well inclined to put
The members all to flight;
We need pastor mighty bad
But one like him, ! fear
Would neber be much poplar wild
De congregation here.
He made some folks so pow'ful mad
Dey scase knowed what to do,
But hustled deyse'yes out right quick v
Befo' he'd got half thro,
An, said dey wouldn't stan him 'kase
He war not OBJ their set.
An sholy not de preacher dat
They'd keer to have jest yet.
He tried to make de Gospel plain,
Told what each one should do,
Urged us to arays say our pray'rs,
Famine ourselves thro and thro';
An not let darkness stunt our souls,
But keep EN- pure an white,
Cut down do Unison weeds OBJ sin
'kase dc sllet out de light.
He came down hard on stealing next,
:, Said that it war not right
10 prlise around de Corn-crib OBJ
De farmer arter night;
An vised us to be keerful, too
~ Satan's sho' to scoop
lie 10 ks what sturb de chickens eZ
Dey slulnber in de coop,
Den next came dancin', an he said
II pleased the Devil so,
When worldly folks got up dance,
To have church members go;
An lowed de squah dance bad enuff
When gagged in at de ball,
But when dey danced de round dance, too
Oar warn't no hope at all.
He pitched into dem members at
mighty pow'ful rate
What neber drop single cent
Into dc election plate;
An lowed dat pure religion, eff
1t had good hold on him,
Would sho'ly made de Christian drop
Lots of his iingling tin.
Now, why sech sermons rifle us folks,
don't jess zackly know,
l)ey seem TO kinder ha'nt us all
Whareber we may go
1t doesn't make us happy, no,
Dis hearin' oh de trute,
Nor soothe us like de raindrops ez
Dey patter on de roof.
In cosc b'lieSe de Gospel, which
Am holy pure an true,
Amt fur de outside ks alone,
But fur dc members too;
But when preacher gifts up dar,
An Tires away, you see,
~ feel much better Of he'd aim
At some one else den me.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29

obtained from every side. There is to
be no tall tower, no repetition of the
one idea which has thus far character
lied the newspaper school of architcc-
tpre. Everything is 10 be light, grace
Iul, classic IN simplicity and yet absO-
lutely effective according to our modern
ideas. No offices to be let-no hiring
out of rooms or collecting Of rents The
Herald is deemed to be worthy of
home of its own, and such home as no
newspaper ever had before. One can
Judge even from the drawings that the
Herald building will be one Of the groal
sights OF the United States, and visitols
from far and near will come to see it,
and 60 home and talk about it as one Of
the most wonderful things New York
has to show That is the way to adyer-
tise ones business and to bring your
affairs home, as Lord Bacon sand, to
mems cuisines and hosoms."
NEW YoRR's new CENTRE.
| see that my acute confrerc, the editor
of the SHR--whose hand, am glad to
recognize, has lost none of its cunning
thinks Thlrty-scventh street long
way off. n long way from where? Not
from the theatres, not from the great
hotels 3r restaurants, or the fashionable
shops, or the most important railroad
station in New York, Or from the places
where men and women most do con-
gregate, always leaving out Wall street,
where people 60 for u special purpose,
Social lntefcUurses, general interests,
alnusements, everything that tends TO
impart zcst to daily life arc to be
found nearer to rhirty-sCyenth street
than to the city hall. The sun will
always have its little Joke, but by and
by il will look at this matter from u
business point Of view and then it viii!
say ditto" to the WeHI8, and remove
itself 10 Folty-scventh street or there
abouts, but not, let us hope, with Il tall
tower. That device may now be 70
gardtd as belonging to the dark ages Of
architecture.
take it, also, that the up town move.
ment Will be 4 great convenience to adj.
Ncrtisers and agents, who will be able 10
deal directly with tie newspaper. The
public Will be curious to sec 10000
copies OF paper printed within the
hour, DOT down In IL cellar, but behind
plate glass windows, as if the whole
business We're merely drawing rocm
amusement. Reporters will not have to
lose their time "lOoling" about on the
elevated railroad but be able to hand in
their copy" without delay. The news
ef the present day, the readers, the adj
ycrtlscrs, arc mostly to bc found up
( town. These recommendations occur to
me rs d practical man, and nuduubt
there are Others which tile proprietor Of
the Htmld HIS well considered, for we
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29

Ills fourscore years and five
Are gone, like tale that is told
The quick tears start, there's an ache AT
the heart,
For we never thought him old.
Straight as mountain pine
With the mountain eagles eve,
With the hand,clasp strong and the un.
hushed song,
Was it time for him to die?
Prophet and priest he stood
In the storm Of embattled years;
The broken chain was his harp's refrain.
And the peace that is balm for tears.
The hills and the valleys knew
The poet who kept their tryst.
To our common life and our daily strife
lie brought the blessing Of Christ.
And we never thought him old
Though, his locks were white as snow.
O heart of gold, grown suddenly cold,
1t was hot time to go!
--Harpei.S IFcekly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29
RIYON EIS USEL Ess.


Grant Once Recommended That They BE
Discarded and six-shooters Substituted.
ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
The most ridiculous weapon known
to modern warfare is the bayOnct," said
Colonel Michael Galloway, a guest Of
the southern. "CiyilianS seem to sup
pose that the bayonct plays an import
ant part in all battles--that the tide is
invariably turned by this romantic,
hump-shouldcrca frog stckcr. Now,
as Il matter Of fact, You could bury in Il
lO.acrc lot all the men who have been
killed with the hIyonct during the iast
century, and the graves would not be
crowded, either
"Fhe hayonct is supposed q trans
form 4 regiment Of musketeers into d
Macedonian phaanx for close ii Letting;
but itdocsn't. 1t supplies The place Of
neither the spear of Greece nor the short
sword Of Rome. 1t i a hybrid weapon.
III 0nlytp prod camp lojterers with a
regiment will cone sweeping M 10 n
breaStwork with fixed bayonets, but
once inside the men turn the butts Of
their guns or 90 for their side arms,
They realize that the bayonct is but ii
dress.palAde weapon. In our modern
battles the antagonists seldom come
into actual contact Battles are now
fought with bullets, instead of hay0nets.
and the latter, always Il clumsy affair Of
doubtful utility, has become an alto.
gcthcr worthless incunbrance. General
Grant recommended that IL be abolished
in the United States service and the six
shooter substituted for close fighting.
The recommendation ,vay a rr5,sl 80
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29
No Use for tho wishbone.

Dctrolt frce Iress,
you see" he explained to the in
genuous young thing as he showed her
the wishbone, you take hold here and
I'll take hold here. Then we must both
make wish and pull, and when it
breaks the one who has the biggest part
of it will have his or her wish some
time
"But don't know what to wish for"
she protested.
"oh, you can think Of something" he
said.
"No / can't" she replied, II can't
think of anything | want very much"
"But we mustn't spoil the fun that
way" he exclaimed, "I'll wish for
YOU"
"Will you really?" she asked.
why, yes, if you can't"
"Well, then, there's no use foolinp
with the old wishbone," she interrupted,
with n glad smile. "You can have
me-"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29
Maybe He ina 70 slnn.
Boston ('ouri

Greyneck-Do you know | think |
will carry notebook around with me
and write down all the funny mistakes
! hear people make?
Bulliuch Yes, fused 70 know ii fellow
TINT did that.
ttrcyneck--Did lie get many?
Bulfnch-llc did al first, and then he
didn't yet any.
Greyneck- Why, what made him TOP?
Buliinch-WeIl, ;he coroner said he
couldn't quite tell
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29

Says The Christian Secretary of Hart
ford "The great enemy Of proper
observance Of the Sabbath is not the
saloon, great as thar is. 1t is the bicy-
Gle. II Is our opinion thar the bicycle
causes more young men to neglect
church aud Sunday -school than almost
anything else. Yet it would not be fair
on this account to condemn the bicycle,
for doubtless many people have been
benefited by it. The evil lies in using
it for improper purposes, and this is
true of many other things"
pooho,1i, Dill ,,,;ii ,..,,.u
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29

Mr.. ElyDo your freaks ever fall in
love with each otherY
Dime museum managcr-Somctimes.
Mr. Ely suppose they act very
qr"erly?
Dime museum manager Yes, indeed;
tust like other people.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29
THE "HERALD'S" NEW HOME
How the Location Strikes an
English Journalist.
A NEW AND BOLD DEPARTURE
But in the Line of Progress
and Enterprise.

New York's Centre is Moving Upward,
and the "Heraid" is But Heading the
Procession--The New Structure to he
Delightful Contrast to the Anticipated
Tall Tower Architectural Notions.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-29

Mamma Observation-Disclosures [
wish VIE could afford to send Nellie
abroad fnr Il few finishing touches to
her musical education
Papa mo car for music) II could
buy thh finish without the touches I'd
pnMn the fMrnitnre
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
Proper Mastication.

Proper mastication implies that the
food be thoroughly chewed and mixed
with the fluids of the mouth before be-
ing swallowed and that these functions
be performed without haste. Most peo-
pie eat as though they were ignorant of
the fact that the stomach has no teeth
or means of ensalivating the food with
which they fill it. The stomach is a
most faithful servltor and makes a long
and earnest struggle to preserve its
owner from the inevitable consequences
of imposing upon it functions which ma
ture intended should be performed by
the teeth and the salivary glands: but,
like the indulgences of a faithful mother
or any other self sacrificing friend, its
services are only recognized when it is
unable to respond to demands for them.
Most people as they approach middle
life lose many of their back teeth, which
are the principal implements of lnastica-
ton, but they fail to bear in mind that
they should take more time at their meals
in order to properly prepare their food for
swallowing They should remember
that nature makes no allowance for their
infirmities in this respect, but will hold
them to strict account for any neglect
to observe the rules of health. Wash
ington Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
col.red Glass for sp....o,...

Adams il reported to have been the
first to recommend the use of blue
glass, but they were at first more widely
used in Germany, chiefly through the
recommendation of the great oculist
Crate, of Bohm. and others. The blue
color of glass is chiefly to be recon-
mended because it absorbs those rays in
their passage which belong to the yellow
and orange portion of the spectrum, in
which the greatest brightness and great
est heat are concentrated, and the eyes,
especially weak ones, consequently
greatly protected by the blue color,
while rays which such eyes are able to
bear obtain access.
The material for blue glasses which
has to be made in various shades to
suit individual eyes, is somewhat less
hard than that employed formerly for
green spectacles and is also inferior in
that respect to white glass, but it has
gained in durability comprised with
former descriptions of glass
Still greater is the progress recorded
in the manufacture and hardness Of
smoked" glass, also used for protecting
the eyesight. This kind of glass, which
is colored gray or mouse colored by the
addition of manganese, formerly suffered
from too great softness by the addition
of large quantity of lead; but the best
manufactures now made are nearly
equal to white glass in point Of hard
ness. The object of smoked glass is to
reduce the glare of light without segre-
eating colors. Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
Reticent Red Men,

No one knows where an Indian is 60
ing. Travelling across the plain in =
stage or an army ambulance you will see
him afar off galloping as if he had been
sent for the doctor and was afraid he
wouldn't find him at home. Approach
ing you as the two paths cross he will
usually rein up. exchange salutations,
study your outfit closely, checking his
pony to the slowest of walks, and with
out asking a question will know just
where you are going, what you are 90
ing to do and what food you will proba-
bly, give him if he calls upon you at your
evening fire. Then he is off again,
ranging easily in the saddle, and soon
disappearing from sight. The land
from which he came is as empty as that
into which he has vanished. There is
not a sign of human habitation in either
direction. He has probably come twenty
miles since dawn, and will, unless he
concludes to camp with you, make an
other twenty before drawing rein.-Chi-
csgo Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
look upon them as dear friends and com

look upon them as dear friends and COM
panions. Here you see my artificial skel-
etons, made of papier mache, with arti-
fetal teeth, and the whole covered with
a white polish which gives the appear
ance Of the genuine article. can make
three of these each week, and they bring
from ten to fifteen dollars, while the i'm
ported genuine article costs from thirty
to thirty-five dollars and the domestic
twenty dollars. But then the limitations
are bought only by secret societies.
Eyes, have grown old in the bust
ness and love it. have articulated and
handled over 8 900 skeletons in my time. "
Philadelphia Record.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
Two Sorts of Boys.

First City Boy-I hope we won't take
country house again. hate it.
Second City Boy-What! Hate the
country?
mo, the country is good enough, but
there's always a garden: and ma and pa
go bout crazy over it, plantin things in
the spring, and then. when the hot
weather comes, they get tired and stop
botherin bout it, and then the weeds
come up, and then they always want me
20 weed garden, cause it's good, health
full outdoor exercise for boys of my age
| hate it."
well, you're chump. We have a
garden every summer, too, but | don't
do any wedding; not much / don't"
''Have you a gardener
mo
''Then how do you get out of it"
"Well, You see, | never can learn the
difference between weeds and other
things. and by the time I've dug up a
lot of flowers an vegetables mother comes
runnin ont and says 1 amt big enough
to weed garden. Then l go fshin. -
Good News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
CURE FITS!

When say cure do not mean merely to SOP tnem
for time and then have them return again. mean
radical cure. l have made the disease OF FITS NIL
LEPSY OF FALLING SICKNESS lifelong study.
warrant my remedy to the worst cases. Because
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cure Send for treatise and Free sottss Of
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
ADVERTISING SOLICITORS.

J. A. Appler and r. E. Tatum are
authorized solicitors for the LIGHT. Our
patrons will please put all promises" or
Understandings" in writing. in order
that there NAV be no 'misunderstand-
ings." L. b. JOHNSON, Mgr.
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ghe 1ai1Y Eight.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY z, 1892.
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AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.

The following named are the only
authorized collectors for the LIGHT:
II. g. SCHUMACHER,
FRED. SMALL,
WILL SCHUMACHER,
DAN C. BITTERs.
Subscribers are requested not TO pay
heir Inscription without taking re-
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-31
A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

Five Thousand Ounces ofGold Shipped
From Colorado TO England Lost.
DENVER. Col, Jan. 24.-The English
directors of the Tarryall Creek Gold Com
pany Qimited), whose placer mines are
located in Park county, and whose Office is
at Fairplay, Col, are trying to find out
where 5000 ounces Of gold, taken from
their mines, has gone TO. 1t was supposed
to have lett Colorado for London. England
in September, 1890, end should nave arrived
in England inside Of two weeks from the
time Of leaving Colorado. Several meet
ings Of the directors and stockholders are
said to have bsan held for the purpose OF
ascertaining what became of this large
amount of gold, but strange to say, thus
far no action has been taken, although it
has been over year since the disappear
ance Of this shipment. 1t is reported that
au agent Of the company has been sent to
Colorado TO investigate she matter, but he
has not yet been heard from in Denver.
The records Of the Secretary Of State
show that the Tarryall Creek Mining Com
peny was incorporated Aug. Z, 1884, with
100000 capital, and the following trustees;
James Sittrell, Charles H. Hall and Assyria
Hail. The property consisted of placer
mines located in Park county, and the
office Of the company was at Fairplay. 1t
would seem that the English company has
since Obtained control of the property.