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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-23
SPECIAL BARGAIN FOR SALE.

Five room frame house, 2 galleries,
good sidewalk to street cars, large lot
and stable. Property rents for 500
per month. Terms, $3.50 cash; balance
payable at $1,000 per month, 9Ie
cent. JOHN Il HAMBIEToN & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-23
ADVERTISING soLrc1ces

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 may be no ''misunderstand-
ings" when the bill is presented. ...
II. B. JOHNSON, Mgr.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-23
FOR SALE,

Two fine corner lots, size Ill 166 feet
near West End, two blocks from street
LIGHT office. l:29 If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-23
PUBLISHERS NOTICE.
SPECIAL NOTICE,

This Office is not responsible for the
private bills of any of its employees. And
no such accounts will be recognized or
paid unless accompanied by written
order from 7. B. JOHNSON, Manager.
TO ouRlEASTERN ADVERTISERS.
All advertising for the Daily and Week
ly LIGHT, must come to us through our
special agents, Messrs. Palmer & Rey
232 to 235 Temple Cou TT, New York.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-23
Pears
Soap


Pretty boxes and odors
are used to sell such
soaps as no one would
touch if he saw them un-
disguised. Beware of a
soap that depends on
something outside of it.
Pears, the finest soap
in the world is scented or
not, as you wish; and the
money is in the merchan-
disc, not in the box.
All sorts of stores sell
it, especially druggists;
all sorts Of people are
using it.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01
THE GREAT BEAR.
A Few Pointers About the DIppsr and tAs
North Star.

A Few Pointers About the DippsP and the
North Star.
Most people on clear day can; with
out watch or other timepiece, form q
closely approximate idea Of the time Of
the day by the position Of the sun, but
few, perhaps, have guessed at any SINH
lar method Of computing the time dur
ing the night without any other means
than the starry skies" Notwithstand-
ing, fairly reliable time Indicator can
be found In the northern skies on every
cloudless night. As is generally known,
the group Of fxed stars called the dip
per" makes an apparent revolution to-
ward the north star in every twenty
four hours, with the two stars forming
the outer elevation OF the bowl Of the
dipper pointing nearly directly to the
polar star continuously.
II the position of the pointers" is
taken at any given hour, say six o'clock
In the evening in winter time and as
soon as II Is dark in the summer, the
hour can thereafter be pretty accurate
ly measured by the eye during the
night. Frequent observations of posi-
tions will have to be made at the given
hour, as, owing TO the constant chang
ing Of the earth's position In space, tho
position Of the pointers" In relation to
our point of observation and the star
also change. Observations taken dur
ing year and impressed on the mind
will make q very good time indicator Of
that part of tho celestial space.-Chi-
caQo journal.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01
CHAPTER II.
Ny SISTER AND L

One thing that used to cause me Q
great amount Of worry was my name.
My mother had selected the namc fol
me and II was very pretty, and II peo.
pie had only used 1t complete | should
have been satisfied. But no one did
that except Aunt Mary, and instead OF
being called Agnes / was simply Az.
Somehow the short, grabbed abbrevia-
ton always impressed me with the
thought Of the little space occupied In
the affections Of others; and II was also
suggestive Of the fact that in whatever
people had TO do with me they wished
to be as brief as possible. My sister,
whose name was Mary, was often
called Maggie, but no one ever thought
Of calling her Mag, and yet that
wouldn't have been near so unpleasant
as Ag, because 1t is not so scrimped and
pinched, and SO void Of sentiment.
Perhaps II was the contrast between
my sisters name and my own that
made mine 80 distasteful. | remember
that I used TO think Maggie very pretty,
and l always associated It with beau
tiful, accomplished young lady loved
and petted by everybody, while Ag al
ways seemed adapted to great, coarse,
awkward gawk, ignorant and unloved.
The idea was a mere fancy, Of course,
but IL was born out Of my surround
ings, and 1t took a strong hold on my
mind and / could not rid myself Of it.
Twas envious Of my sister. 1t was no
doubt ungenerous Of me TO feel so, but
/ could not help it, She was loved and
''made over" by everyone, and felt
that IL was unfair that such dis
tinction should be made between two
sisters when there was no reason why
II should be. I envied her the kind
words, caresses and other attentions
she received continually, and sometimes
/ felt bitter toward her because Of II.
While / knew she was not to be blamed
for being loved, yet l thought II cruel
Of her to complacently accept atten-
tions that ought TO have been shared
between US. II seemed TO me that II I
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01
PICTURES IN coLoRs.
A Very Clsvor and Successful swindlS q
Photography.

A Very Clever and Successful swindlS IN
Photography.
The pictorial swindler who Euaran-
tees to take your photograph In colors
has bobbed mp again, and this time he
has located his lair on Grand street.
The featwhich he ostensibly performs
Is one that certain well-known scien-
lists have been vainly endeavoring TO
accomplish for some time.
While photography in monotone has
been brought to the highest degree Of
perfection, a process by which the plate
will accurately reproduce the tints and
colors Of the object before the camera
has not been discovered. However,
this don't phase the Grand street gem
tieman. The failure of science was
matter OF small import to him, and hav.
Ing reached the conclusion that photo
graphs In color would pay he proceeded
10 produce them.
His methods are the Same % those of
q similar concern that had brief but
fourishing career on Broadway about
four years ago. While the subject Is be-
ing posed, assistants concealed behind a
properly perforated door make minute
notes Of his or her facial tints and tho
colors Of the clothing. When the pic
ture Is developed and mounted II Is col
ored by hand according to these notes,
and sent homo as an example Of instan-
taneous photography In tints. The col
lapse Of the Broadway firm was due TO
Q mistake on the part Of one Of tho sec
ond conspirators behind the door. He
got mixed up In his notes, and when
certain brunette actress received stack
ofphotos which portrayed her with rich,
ripe tomato-tintcd locks, a row was raised
that ended In the silent exit Of the pho
tographic confidence men. Tho samples
exhibited by the Grand street deceiver
would not mislead anyone familiar
with photography, but judging from
tho constant crowd around the showcase
the general public seems 10 be taken In
by them very nicely.-N.Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01

was pleased with such attentions from
me, for while he never openly resented
IL, his face would take on frown, and
hewould shrug his shoulders in such a
way as TO make me feel that he would
rather have me stay away from him.
My father had married again soon
after my mothers death, and he had
second daughter two years younger
than l. My sister was a very pretty
child, at least every one said she was,
and my father was exceedingly fond Of
her. Sometimes, sitting unnoticed In q
corner Of the room, watched him as
he fondled and caressed her, playing
with her curls or gently twealing her
ears, and / wondered then what could
do 10 win such attentions TO myself.
Once or twice / left my corner and,
stealing forth, attempted to seat myself
on my fathers other knee In the hope Of
sharing his attentions with my sister, but
he pushed me away from him, and |
skunk back to my seat with deeply
wounded heart, feeling tinge Of jeal-
ousy of the favored child.
l don't think my father could have
ever felt much love for my mother
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01

The Russian crown and other royal
insignia, together known as "the crown
Jewels" are valued at the enormous
sum Of eleven million dollars, taking
the money of the United States as a
basis Of calculation. The crown itself
is reckoned as being worth six million
dollars In cool cash. II Is adorned
with hundreds Of diamonds, individual
specimens being worth all the way
from few dollars up to many thou
sands. Besides the diamonds, which
make this costly head-covering look rs
II II had been buried In a shower Of
falling stars, there are flfty-four mag
nifcent pearls, each without q flaw,
set around the rim, ruby Of extraor-
dinary size and beauty being used as a
centerpiece. The crown was made by
Pnnzie, the Genevese jeweler, and was
first used by Catherine the Great
Philadelphia Press.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01

whose presence was tolerated because
1t could not be avoided. On one occa-
sion when I was quite small, and when
was worse discouraged than usual, /
asked my father II he didn't wish was
kitten, and when he asked why
thought he should wish that, I said:
because then you could drown me like
they do kittens and get me out of the
way" I really felt then that 1t would
surely be great relief to my people II
Ishould die, or get drowned, or break
my neck; and frequently l wished, In
all earnestness, that some such circum-
stance would happen TO mo.
never was favorite with anybody,
and mover could make friends. Why
such was the fact was never able to
understand. I'm sure tried to please
everyone with whom I came In contact
and exerted myself to the utmost 10
gain their good will. was docile, kind
and obliging to fault, and more self
sacrificing creature I am certain never
Lived. I made 1t the great study of my
whole youth to devise ways and means
for pleasing others, and I would at any
time gladly inconvenience myself II by
80 doing could serve the interest OF
some one else.
Yet, with all my self-sacrihce and
all my willingness 10 favor others,
remained friendless and unloved. The
fayors rendered people were accepted
rs q matter Of course, and verify be-
lieve that If had given up my head to
save the life Of any one of the people
knew, would not even as much as
have been thanked for my pains. Those
who would have known Of the sacrifice
might, perhaps, have thought l had
done very well, but I'm sure the act
would have created no serious comment.
In my efforts to please, to make friends
and 10 win words Of praise failed COM
pletely, and In spite Of all could do !
was made to feel more and more pain
fully as the years went by my utter
uselessness in the world.
II my mother had lived It would all
have been different. I should have had
one friend, at least, and what comfort
that would have been in my loneliness
and isolationl What world Of happi.
ness should have found In q mothers
lovel Then, perhaps, she might have
caused others to love me. 1 used TO
think Of that when was uncommonly
depressed and sad, and many long night
hours ! lay awake in my dark garret
loft weeping for the loss Of one I had
never known-my mother.
Iloved my father In spite Of his neg
lect Of me, and tried in every way TO
make him understand my feelings, hop
Ing to win some expression Of love from
him. When was just little "tot" I
watched for him when he came home
at evening, and often, when I could
muster up sufficient courage, stole up
TO him and kissed him, then shrank
away feeling that I had committed q
grave offense. do not think my father
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01

heard might reach ont toward mepcxt
tending thread of sympathy, and
throwing ray Of light into the dark
ness that surrounded mel
Time passed on, and with each set
ting OF the sun I saw a perceptible
widening OF the dark gulf that separ-
ated me from all that was pleasant Of
earth. With each day, each hour, I.felt
the gloom and desolation deepening and
thickening about me. was unioted,
friendless and alone.
no BE CoNTINUEp.l
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01
JAPANESE PEARLS.
A Possible Source OF wealth for the
F1owery Kingdom.

a Possible Source OF Wealth for the
Flowery Kingdom.
A traveller recently returned from
Japan has written, 10 the London
Figaro; "A possible source Of wealth TO
Japan Is In the abundance Of pearls In
the waters around the southwestern
islands. These beds are practically un-
worked, and even a Japanese paper ad-
mits that there is scope for energy in
this direction. On these islands, II ap-
pears, the women are the laborers."
In connection with this statement q
New York gem expert said 10 q jew
elers' Weekly reporter that the pearls
are greenish yellow variety secreted
by the abalone. The Japanese name
for this mussel is "awabi."
This shellHsh Is also found In Corea
and on the Pacific coast Of the United
States and Mexico. The shells them
selves are valuable, as the lining is
highly iridescent and finely colofed.
They are worth about thirty dollars a
ton In San Diego, Cal. About FIVE per
cent Of the shells contain pearls. The
pearls frequently occur two or three
In one shell and are usually Of high
value.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01
iSS1 n NTFFllll0ce CkW;RAPtR Co
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.

HEN I was q
child I often
thought that
nature made q
mistake when
she brought me
into the world.
1t al W Q y s
seemed to me
that I was out
OF place, and
from my earli-
est re m o m =
ce l was
m ade TO feel
that I was In
t h o W ay Of
9th o r people, ,
and that l was
q useless thing
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-01

The number OF lighthouses In the
world has quadrupled during the last
Fifty years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-03
The Testimony of an Expert.

The claim has frequently been made in
these columns that RElD'S GERMAN
COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE contains
no poison and can be given to children
without the slightest danger. This is a
great thing to say, because the average
cough remedy contains opiates or narcotics
and many child has been overcome by
too great dose. In order to settle the
question for REID'S GERMAN COUGH
AND KIDNEY CURE we have submitted
the case to Mr.. Chas. B. AlIaire, the head
of the well-known pharmaceutical house of
Alaire, Woodward & Co., the largest drug
millers in Central Illinois and one of the
leading houses in the West. Mr.. Alaire is
a praotieal chemist, microscopic of learn
ing and authority, and gentleman of
wealth and standing. After a full and
careful examination he says:
" am acquainted with the formula of
REID'S GERMAN COUGH AND KID
NEY CURE and know that the claim that
it contains no opiate or any deeterious sub
stance is strictly true. 1t is an exceedingly
valuable remedy and am glad to know
that it is meeting with such large sale"
Mr.. Allare is in no way interested in the
Sylvan Remedy Co. and his high charac-
ter makes this testimonial of value. He
will endorse that statement by letter if any
one wishes to write him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-03
REGARDING SEEDLINGS.
Uncertainty That is Inspiring and Give
Test to Our Labor.

Uncertainty That is Inspiring and Gives
Test to Our Labor.
A western writer advances the pc
culiar theory that, unlike the seed of
the apple, the nut will produce a tree
that will yield nuts like the one from
which it sprang. Planting a nut is
only another way of transplanting,"
etc. The apple having been longer
under cultivation than any of our ma
tive nut trees, there is likely to be
greater or wider departure from the
original type; but whoever found any
two trees of hickory bearing exactly
the same size, form and quality of
of nuts. And this accounts for the re-
markable variations of the mixture
seen in any large lot of nuts in the
market. 1t is one of the rules of nature
never to produce two things alike, and
upon this variableness all progress, or
what we call improvement, is founded.
If we select the largest and thinnest
shelled hickOrynuts, pecans, waInutS
or chestnuts, and plant them, our
chances are better or greater for pro-
ducing a choice variety than if we pur-
sue the opposite course; but there is nc
certainty that all or any great part of
the seedlings will produce nuts equal
to those planted.
For instance: The papershen hickory
is probably one of the largest and best
varieties of the shellbark hickory yet
discovered III this country, but the
chances are that not more than one
Seeding in a hundred received from the
nuts will be superior or equal to those
of the parent tree. Only one Seeding
of this most remarkable nut has as yet
come into bearing, and the product is
far inferior to any of the hickorynuts
found common in our forests The I'M
certainty of obtaining as good or val
uab,e varieties as those from which the
seed was gathered in nut or fruit trees
should not, however, discourage, but,
rather, stimulate to greater exertion
in that direction, for if every experiment
were certain to end in a great advance
we would soon reach the limit and lose
interest in such operations. 1t is the
uncertainty and the slow progress we
are permitted 70 make under the most
favorable conditions that give zest to
our la Dor and enable us to relish and
enjoy our acquisitions, be they little or
much.-Andrew S. Fuller, in n. Y.
Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-03

sugar duty ga revenue excrescence OF
the protective system"
Against this position the republicans
raise the objection that the benefits thus
arising are unequally distributed This
is admitted. No careful publicist has
ever declared that a system of taxation
could be devised not open to this OBJ
lection. Aside from the fact that ku.
mainly can never expect to discover
perfection in its works there is another
fundamental truth involved in the col
lection of revenue for the state which
must be met by the candid logician
with the admission that his reason
fails here as it does when seeking de-
tense of punishment either by the state
or individual There Is no method of
reasoning by which one may reconcile
what seems the necessary treatment
of criminals. One explanation of this
is that the crime created an abnormal
condition, under which the accepted
rules of ethics do not apply. But &C.
ceptIng the present opinion that gov
ernments must raise revenues by taxa
ton. and seeking the best methods of
indirect taxation, democrats have no
need to fear the criticism that their
propositions involve a degree of injus-
tice. Their claim is to reduce the peo-
pies unnecessary burdens. Their OPP
ponents desire their increase. Demo-
Gratis would tax the people for their
own purposes and would take nothing
from them not absolutely necessary
for government. If the democracy
holds firmly to this position there will
be no doubt as to the outcome of the
presidential contest. The people have
had enough of republican methods
Chicago Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-03
A MUSICAL MELANGE.

THE singer, Lillian Russell, has a
German maid who teaches her the Ian
guage while dressing and undressing
her.
THE Paris eXecutioner, NJ. Deibler,
has always been a passionate violinist,
practising early every morning, execu-
ton or otherwise.
STATISTICS lately taken on the sub
ject show that in New York and
Brooklyn there are about 6,200 singers
and 75O organists who are regularly en-
gagged in church work. These figures
do not include assistant organists, pre-
centors, or directors of music.
AT the recent celebration of the CEN
tenary of Lowell Mason's birth, at tie
little town of Medfield, Mass, where
he was born, the exercises were largely
musical. and consisted entirely of DR..
Mason's music, sung by the children of
the town schools. DIR. S. F. Smith, au-
thor of the hymn America" was pres
ont
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-03

the second brood. The worms of the
first brood are said to feed upon the
unopened tassels, and do not attract
much attention. The moth shown in
the illustration is rather stout bodied,
of a dull ocher-yellow color, and be-
longs to the family of owlet, or night
flying moths, Noctuide. The eggs are
deposited upon the silks of the corn
and hatch in few days. The larvae
feed until the corn becomes hard,
when they descend into the ground
and pupate within an inch or two of
the surface. The pupa cell is followed
out smooth and kept free from loose
dirt Observations seem to prove that
if the pupa freezes when in contact
with loose dirt, or even if surrounded
with moist loose dirt which is not al
lowed to freeze for some little time, it
will die; while if it freezes undisturbed
in its smooth and hollow cell it will be
unframed, and moth will issue in the
spring. This fact teaches that badly
infested fields of corn should be
harvested in time to pillow them in au-
tumn SO as to destroy the pupa cells
and thus cause the death of the pupfR,
by their freezing in contact with the
loosened dirt in winter. The various
expedients of light traps and poisoned
bats cannot be very highly recon-
mended at present. - Orange Judd
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-03
The March Wide Awake

is timely and attractive issue of the
favorite magazine. It's frontispiece, IL
Illustrating Miss Brastow's characteristic
story of "A March Mood, !" capitaIly sug-
gests the lingering snow of the depart
ing winter, and there are March pictures
and poems suitable to the season. Mrs
Harriet Maxwell-Converse concludes
her entertaining chapters on Iroquois
life with spirited account of the In
dian children's "Fire-fly Song" Lieut.
Col. Thorndike contributes to his series
of Zone Mans Adventures" an account
of his startling experience "As War Cor
respondent The serial stories, Jack
Brereton's Three Months Service" by
Maria Mcintosh Cox, and 1.-The Lance
of Kanana," by the entertaining story
teller who conceaIs his identity under
the Arabic ''Abd Ell Ardavan." The
poetry is from such verse-makers as
Herbert D. Ward, Elsie Kendall, Clara
Doty Bates and others. The Men and
Things department is full of entertain
ing things worth remem bering.
WIDE AWAKE is published at 20 cents
number, So. 40 per year. At the news
dealers or direct of D LoTHRoP Co.,
Publishers, Boston.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-03

Mrs. HUMPHREY WARD is forty-one
years old.
Mrs. RICHMOND RITcHIE is writing a
biography of her father, William Make
peace Thackeray.
LORD TENNYsoN considers the Eng
lish of our day almost perfect alike for
the purposes of the orator, the philoso-
pher, the historian and the poet.
THOUGH "Owen Meredith" the late
earl of Lytton, enjoyed public honors,
he was best pleased to be considered a
man of letters. His successor in the
earldom is lad of sixteen.
FRANCES and Mary Arnold-Forster
have written life of Alphonse XIII.
of Spain, under the title of Born a
King" which is probably the only
known record of SO short life.
Mrs. JULIA A. CARNEY, of Galesburg,
Ill, is not widely known in the world
of letters, and yet she is the author of
that interesting little poetical moroccan
beginning: Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand" etc.