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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
Binding q Shark.

A successful diver must possess great
courage and nerves of steel. Such a
man, connected with large wrecking
company, was visiting the pearl fisher
les in the gulf of California. On one Of
his trips in quest of the pearl oyster he
had a narrow escape from fearful
death.
He had been instructed never to stir
from the bottom until he had looked up
and around. Fortunately he needed the
advice. Having filled his bag he glanced
quickly about, and caught sight of a
huge shovel nosed shark watching him.
In an emergency men think fast. Near
the diver was a large rock. He moved
quickly to the other side of it, hoping to
dodge the ferocious monster. But the
maneuver did not work; the shark
watched every movement, changing his
position by a slight motion of his power
full tail.
Time was precious, and the diver con-
ceived the idea of binding the shark by
stirring up the mud. Under cover of
that he might escape. He worked for
dear life, and had the water thick with
mud in less than half a minute.
Slipping around the rock again he rose
to the surface, having barely strength
enough to reach the side of the boat, and
was hauled on board just as the vora-
cious man eater made a rush for him.
Frank Leslie's Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
Venetian Hospitality,

Whatever might have been said
against the Venetians, they were hos
pitable people-this, too, in small as well
as in great matters. When, for exam
pie, in 1916, an ambassador from the
khan of Tartary visited the city, and it
was known that the khan and his suit
carried but one shirt apiece in their
bags, the senate formally voted twenty
ducats, that they might be provided
with additional shirts, which were &C.
cordingly made ''alla tartarescha," and
presented. We can imagine how the
good councillors and citizens would en-
Joy this kindly little jest.-National Re-
view.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
On Collecting Autographs.

The most elementary form of the
strangers letter is of course the applica-
ton for an autograph. This application
is now reduced to such a system that it
causes little Inconvenience and should
not be refused. There is usually sent
with the request a blank card on which
the name is to be written, with an en-
velope stamped and addressed for its re-
turn. Nothing can be more unobtrusive
or mechanical, though the line of pro-
priety is at once passed, we may say,
where two cards are sent, the second
one being obviously for exchange pur-
poses or perhaps for sale.
The wary author never, suspect,
writes on both cards, since he does not
aim to help out mere business trans
action. Where any applicant goes far
Their and asks an original letter or copied
passage, the affair becomes more serious,
and some authors and public men ignore
such requests altogether, as being much
more serious consumers of time.-T. w.
Higginson in Harper's Bazaar.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
wondsrf0, Insect Nominations.

The secretary of the Smithsonian in
stitution, Professor Langley, has been
experimenting with Cuban fireflies with
a view to discovering the manner in
which the illumination they emit is
generated. He says that the light they
give is the cheapest in the world
produced, that is to say, with the least
heat and the smallest expenditure of
energy-and he believes that success
full imitation of it would prove most
profitable substitute for gas or electrici-
ty. The insects are beetles two inches
long and belong to the family of "snap-
ping bugs" so called because when one
of them is laid ON its back it snaps itself
into the air with clicking sound. The
secret of the light this FREELY gives is as
yet undiscovered.
Apparently it is connected in some
way with the mysterious phenomena of
life, and chemists and physicists have
sought in vain to explain its origin. On
each side of the animals thorax is a
luminous membraneous spot, and these
flash at intervals, so that the Cubans put
a dozen of the insects in a cage together
and obtain a continuous illumination
bright enough to read by. This light is
accompanied by no perceptible heat, and
is seemingly produced with no expendi-
ture of energy. How great an improve,
ment it represents upon all known arti,
fetal lights can be imagined when it is
stated that in candle light, lamp light
or gas light the waste is more than SO
per cent.-American Analyst.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
Tidal Waves of Humanity,

The increase or decrease of population
by natural or artificial causes and the
distribution of mankind over different
parts of the globe are the dominant fac
tors of the history and condition of the
human race. The rise and fall of ma
tions and of empires, the progress or
decline Of civilization and the domina-
ton of man over the uncultivated parts
Of the earth are all due to the waves of
population which are driven by various
causes to new scenes of existence and
new seats of power.
These tidal movements of humanity
have occurred over and over again at
many periods of the worlds history, but
with great irregularity. There have
been times when the increase of popula-
ton has been slow and its habits seden-
tary. There have been times when the
whole human race seems to have been
In motion, driven by some mysterious
impulse to seek new lands to cultivate
and new holnes.-Edinburgh Review.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
Two Extremes.

There are many things which women
do not approve in men, as there are
doubtless many faults in the moral and
mental composition Of women which
are distasteful to men.
The violence and abusiveness, the lack
of dignity, and even those personal diff
ferences which are emphasized with
blows it would be painful to see intro
duced into an assemblage of women.
Nevertheless there is no reason why the
other extreme of excessive amiability
should be aimed at, with the caressing
and petting that have their proper and
only place within the four walls and the
strict seclusion of home. 1t is far cry
from the masculine turbulence of po-
itical primary to the excessive sweetness
of the too "womanly" convention, but
there lies between the two golden
mean, where courtesy and refinement
and unceasing regard for the feelings of
others are perfectly compatible with
official dignity and refreshing good sense.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
Fall Of a MeteoTlc Stone at Bath, South
Dakota,
By A. E. Foote.

On the 29th day of August, oe2,
about four o'clock in the afternoon,
while Mr.. Lawrence Freeman and
his son were stacking upon his farm
two mile south of Bath, they were
alarmed by series of heavy explo-
sions. On looking up they saw a me-
teoric stone flying through the air,
followed by cloud of smoke. Its
course was easily traced to the point
where it fell, within about twenty
rods from where they were standing.
The stone penetrated the hardened
prairie to depth of about sixteen
inches and when reached it was
found to be so warm that gloves
had to be used in handling it. Three
small pieces of an ounce or two each
had apparently been blown of by the
explosions, but the stone still
weighed 4oA lb. One of these
small pieces was found by some
men not far distant and was broken
up and distributed among them.
The explosions were plainly heard
by large number of people at Bath,
two miles away, and at Aberdeen,
nine miles away, it sounded like
distant cannonading. The exterior
of the stone presents the usual
black crust. The interior is quite
close-grained, resemblind in tex
ture the stones from Noes. The
iron is abundantly disseminated
through the mass, and although
the grains are small, they are easily
distinguished and separated on pull
verizing.
Preliminary tests made by Mr..
Amos P. Brown, of the mineralo.
glcal department of the University
of Pennsylvania, prove the presence
of nickel and cobalt in considerable
quantity. An affidavit signed by
Charles Freeman before H. T.
Root, notary bublic) stating the
facts of the tall is in the hands of
the writer, to whom the stone was
sent.-Amer. Jour.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
Aunt Scinda's Four Hundred.

can old negro woman has established
new theocracy at Grenada, Miss" said
J. II. B. Miller, of Coffeyville. "Her
name is Scinda, and her followers are
called 'Scinda Band They number
about 400. Scinda is their queen, and
rules her flock with an iron rod. They
use no Bibles at their meetings, for each
member is supposed to know it by heart.
If Scinda asks them Biblical question
they are supposed to have an answer at
once. They have their meetings every
Sunday evening and they are interest
ing to observe. The congregation-men
and women-are decked out in costly
ribbons and beads. Their chants are as
weird as the sobs and signs of graveyard
trees. They dance to the music of the
banjo and tambourine until they are
nearly exhausted, and then they go
home. st. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
Another Function of Fishes, Ears.

Sharks have lately been affording con-
tributions to science. The biologists
have been vivisecting them for the pur-
pose of finding out about the functions
Of the ear, which in fishes is made to
come extent on the same pattern as in
man. The fact has been known for some
time that the ear is not merely an organ
Sf hearing. 1t has to do with the sense
of equilibrium. Light has been thrown
on this matter by removing portions of
the auditory apparatus of sharks, which
are thus rendered unable to maintain
their balance in the water. The part on
which this faculty seems to depend is
the Labyrinth" and the same effect is
produced by cutting the nerves commu-
nicating with it.-Washington Cor. Bos-
ton Transcript.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
A BLUE LAW TROUBLE.
From the Brooklyn Times

The Supreme Court of Pennsyl-
vania recently handed down decis-
ion confirming the legality of the
old blue law of 1894 relating to the
publication of Sunday newspapers.
the appeal to which the decision
relates was made by Thomas Matt
news, publisher of the Pittsburgh
Sunday Leader, who was convicted
of publishing and issuing his paper
on Sunday, December Fl, 1891,
under the act of 1894, which pro-
hibits the following of worldly pur-
suits on the Sabbath, save those
which are an absolute necessity for
the wants of the community.
In affirming the decision of the
lower court the Supreme Court
gives as its opinion that the law
upon the subject is plain, and that
there can be but one Interpretation.
The Court intimates that if the
trainers of the act of 1894 could
have foreseen some things they
doubtless would have exempted
newspapers. In conclusion the
Court commends the act, but urges
that too vigorous enforcement of
provisions may lead to its repeal,
and that it is in more danger from
its friends than from its foes.
The good newspaper is the best
co-laborer the church can have.
The bright preacher, who has an
audience of a thousand on Monday
where he had one on Sunday, be-
cause reporters, like preachers, work
on the Sabbath, will appreciate the
true value of the alliance, the true
oneness of aim in all truth tellin ,
agencies, in proportion as he is
bright and unseifsh.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
The Rag Doll.

The rag doll, dearer to the heart Of
childhood than any other sort of doll, is
quite the fashionable doll par excellence
at the present moment. Unlike the one
our grandmothers made for their little
ones, the one cherished by the little
folks of today is of flesh colored silk jer-
sey cloth or of cotton balbriggan of the
same color. Its body is filed with cot
ton, and its hair is in many rings of yell
low single zephyr stitched on in loops.
The face is painted, and when it is nee
essary to clean it this face can be re-
painted after the rest has been washed,
as it can be without injury.-Detroit
Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
XsM
A DOCTORS ADVICE.
Things which Belong to the Body Cover
ings for the Night.

Things Which Belong to the Body Cover
ings for the Night.
The hours of repose are among the es-
sentials of the many matters of routine
which contribute in varying measures
toward existence. With these hours go
the clothing for the night.
Many ideas are prevalent in regard to
what should be worn at the time when
one ordinarily prepares for that repose
which is to give energy for the following
day. One person has an opinion that
certain form of night robe and bed
covering of particular construction or
character are the proper things for
health and for comfort. Ordinarily
these convictions of thought are not
worth a serious consideration. A little
common sense goes great way and car
ries with it nearly every thing that sug-
gests proper habiliment for the hours
of sleeping.
In the first place there is the body gar
ment proper, and this is from a purely
sanitary standpoint best exempliied In
the pajamas. Pajamas cover both body
and limbs and furnish all necessary
warmth and comfort. They are loose
fitting and thoroughly comfortable, and
SO very easily adjusted that any one can
put them on the body with that facility
with which an ordinary night shirt is
placed. Women who may be averse to
adopting clothes which may outwardly
appear manlike may find in health a
goal we'll worth contesting, and in COW
ering themselves with that style Of gar
ment which is thoroughly sensible.
The composition of the nightgown is a
matter of taste. Canton flannel, linen
and wooden goods stand at the head Of
the list; after these come the silks. One,
however, which deserves special atten-
ton and which is equally suited for both
sexes is the real china silk. This last is
the best, but cannot be procured at
prices within ordinary range Of purse.
If it can be bought it will give not only
necessary protection, but comfort.
able and an enduring garment.
The matter of bed clothing is another
thing deserving of thought, comprising
that same relation to the body which
the outer clothing should hold. A few
simple rules should cover the entire
ground, and they are comprised in four
homely precepts: Use hair or husk
mattress, cover this mattress with
blanket, cover the blanket with a sheet,
put sheet, blankets and Counterpart,
or extras if you like, above this, and al.
ways bear in mind that lowering of
the body's temperature at night is not to
be sanctioned.-New York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04

"But now, Pse in der gravy
We're Doodle fellows bake
Und here init roasted peoples
/ vos not goot, heap,
Cos in dis burning wedder
Mine body will not keep"
Then Satan pumped the bellows
Aud uttered with each stroke,
Pm fond of roasting riugsters
And Rev'ling in their smoke;
But by eternal blazes
This lot excites my ire,
Because their gall, unbottled
Extinguishes the fire."
The callers here, around me
Ten minutes after six;
While writhed the gang in torment
Across the river Styx;
So we, who yet observe them
Among the voting hosts,
Be razzle dazzled no longer,
You only see their ghosts.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
A Retort on Black Friday.

On that historic day in Wall street fol-
lowing the memorable Black Friday
Gould's old partner, shaking his finger
in the millionaire's face, shouted: =.
"Ill live to see the day, sir, when
you'll have to earn living by going
around this street with hand organ
and monkey"
"Maybe you will, Henry; maybe You
will" was the retort. "And when l
want a monkey, Henry, I'll send for
you."-Exchange.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04

Advertisements, especially of the per-
sonal kind, will frequently reward the
searcher for unexpected anticlimaxes.
The following appeared in New York
paper not long ago: willie, return to
your distracted wife and frantic chill
dren! Do you want to hear of your old
mothers suicide? You will if you do
not let us know where you are at once.
Anyway, send back your fathers colored
meerschaumr'-New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
Indian Blood Is Prominent.

People of Indian blood predominant in
Para, Brazil, and are found in all classes,
from servants and peddlers to capital
lists and high government officials. There
are very few Portuguese or Africans,
and the descendants of both these races
show large admixture of Indian blood.
philadelphia Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04

Queen Elizabeth used to carry about
with her suspended by chain of pure
gold, book called 1.-The Golden Manual
of Prayer" a dainty volume of 300
pages, bound in Hammered virgin
gold" One side of this costly volume
gave a representation of 1.-The Judg-
ment of Solomon" the other the BRA
zen Serpent on the Cross in the Desert"
st. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
The Fir.t British Steamboat.

The first steamboat in Great Britain
was the Comet, forty feet long, built in
in 1912 for the navigation of the Clyde;
but before this time Fulton and Living
ston had begun to build steamers at
Pittsburg. -SYracuse journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04

Ana II Old NICK won't shovel
Less Goals on Brine and me,
Well run "Old Cork" for devil
Against his majesty"
Although the flames are awful
My cheek they cannot scar,
For that would thwart craftsman
IT'S fre-proof even here;
But Fergy, pious victim
He's dwipdled to shell,
Alas, We writhing sinners
This surely must BETS"
"Course it is" said Bryan
And so outlandish hot,
I've melted into "Corkscrew"
And he is scarce dot:
And now but talking ashes
I'm shriveled to speck,
And Mingled with creature
Who's nothing 'bove the neck.
eff Paschal would take pity
And throw us all rope,
We'd grab it like a toddy
And christen him our pope;
But he is with the people
Adding sly sardein,
And we are at the the bottom
OF Satan's deep tureen."
Gust So" Old Cork assented
With demon. kindled ire,
He's put us in the kettle
Or rather in the fire;
And all because we favored
A simple tool for Mayor,
Who'd keep the old offenders
And mind Brine to hair.
If we had downed the simmon
We'd give but friends a slice,
For we've less use for others
Than Satan has for ice;
But use we have for chicken
When tortured into pie,
And would enjoy the fruitage
That dangled much too high.
"Poor San Antoine" said Briny
"Ive skinned with hungry glee,
And now the imp's satanic
Are surely skinning me;
And-hark! hear a racket
IT'S Necomb's voice, l fear,
He's come to make it hotter
For me and "Corkscrew" here.
l knew it-see the fuel
He's brought to evil Nick,
Ten aldermanic sinners
Who never prayed lick;
And how the fellow chuckles
The pencil-pushing elf,
While forcing them to enter
And staying out himself.
One Netterville was burning
Behind Old Cork and Brine,
And clustered in his rawlings
"Old fellow, those are mine;
"You've been up here before, sir"
give dollars, or ten days."
"Whose next upon the docket"
81 drew pair of trays"
9Th ad the Aztecs cornered"
One, Sanchez whispered low,
Till finding me no buena
They went 10 Thad and Joe;
So never more through goggles
I'll view the weight of hay,
Nor hug rum odored voters
At twenty bits day."
Fritz Russian fried aboy. him
And chewed this English bad,
81 fired dot Paschal niger
He made me too much mad,
He wouldn't swallow Phillip
He vos too big NIT cheek,
So by dot Bryan stove-pipe
made him took a sneak"
81 strived to hive the Sheenies"
Lisped Cohen, with a sigh,
"And thought my gall and whiskers
Would catch 'em on the fly;
But they got on my racket
And turned this ringster down,
And how hit the ceiling
Is known all over town"
81 labored hard" said Bobby
A greenlsh sort of chap,
'To feed the boys on taffy
But was too much sap;
Too weak for weighty Office
Not ripe enough too pull,
And now ofrings and ringsters
Pm more than very full"
And We" screamed many peelers
In chorus grim and sad,
"To Satisfy the captain
We'd vote liver pad;
And though we chewed the raglet
With Harry, Tom and Dick,
They've hunted us to Sheol
To copper for Old Nick"
"Und vos out for SCISSOR"
Exclaimed bad-English lake.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
A HRERY VISION,
Or SINNERS ON TOAST.
Nor Tom MooRE.)

mot Tom MooRE.)
I basked this morn in dream land
And dreaming fit to kill,
Espied afar in sheol
A sinner branded "Phil;"
And on the CRATES beside him
One, Bryan crisp and fiat,
Exclaimed between the sizz1es
"Say, Phil, where are we att"
Ten others broiled below them
AS we'll as Claudy; sad,
Who held tween him and Satan
"Old Cork" once city dad;
And who, on Goals internal
Soon melted into fat,
And yelled between the flashes
Say, Phil, where are we att"
"We're at" said Phillip sadly
"a place too hot for us,
But if we'd Paschal with us
wouldn't care cuss;
But he is outside yonder
A bubbling DER with glee,
And watching this old fellow
Pile Goals on you and me-"
1.-THE place is just too torrid
Said Claud." by one degree
For noses red in places
And ringsters such as we;
And by the smell of sulpher
And bodies burning we'll,
I'll bet a borrowed dollar
We're denisops Of sure!
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-21

-Corsets, hsnkerchiefs, gloves,
fans, in Vulnerable quantity; albums,
any style of fancy boxes, baskets, etc :,
lust the thing for a present, all at
your own prices to close out. Moke's
Millinery ParlOr.
l2l63t NAT SULZBACHER, Trustee.
-Chas. P. Koch, I'll South Alamo
street, practical fur dresser. Winner
of first prizes for best dressed angOra
skins at San Antonio fairs of IS $500.
All skins are tanned without using
any acid and mothprocf. have a
considerable number Of dressed an
CORA skins on hand which for quality
and fine finish are ahead of anything
ever shown in this state. IL 30 I'm
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CITY LOCAL NEWS.

F-DR. Won KoEHRING, ART.
Office g. res. .29 Garden ST., tel. 476. 6 Is tt
The Favorite Emerson pianos at
Thos. Goggan & Bros. IL 20 lot
Buy your Xmas presents at Balm
bridge & Corners. IL 20 81
-Knabe piano at Thos. Goggan &
Bros. II 20 lot
Sheen q Burnett. undertakers,
259 Commerce street. Tel. lis.
-Steinway & Sons piano at Thos.
Goggsn & Bros. II 20 lot
Hand painted glass and China
Plaques at Kypter d Seng. II 8 lot
-Kimball pianos at Thos. Goggan
& Bros. II 20 lot
Rockers from. 81 upwards, at H.
Schultze, Jr.
Rooms for rent, Bexar Apart
ment Building, Houston street. 5 26 If
-Chickering & Sons pianos at
Thos Goggan & Bros. IL 20 lot
For all classes of brick work go to
Figh, Bull. & Pue, Is E. Hous. st. Inn
Weber, Knabe and Emerson
Grands at Thos. Goggan & Bros. lot
The w. Q. T. U. meets Friday
afternoon.
The fire alarm boxes are being re-
painted.
The LIGHT has received an in
vitation to attend the Sylvester ball,
to be given by the San Antonio Turn
Verein, on December 81, at Turner
hall.
Hale pianos at Thos. Goggan &
Bros. II 20 lot
Bedroom sets from S. upwards, at
II. Schuitze, Jr,
Weber pianos at Thos. Goggsn &
Bros. II 20 lot
-Four room house for rent, 7l3 n.
Flores street. II 10 ct
-Ivers & Pond pianos at Thos.
Goggan & Bros. II 20 lot
-Tomorrow-Great bargains in all
departments. Haas & Oppenheimer
-Behr Bros. pianos at Thos. Cog
gan & Bros. II 20 lot
For q good tin roof call on J.
Killing, 413 North street. 8 10 If
Coal oil heaters at cost, H,
Schultze, Jr.
Large uncut newspapers for sale
cheap. Apply at this office. IL 20 tt
Heating stoves, from zoe upwards,
at II. Schultze Jr.
Breeding, Welsh & Breeding,
dentists, Alamo Fire Ins. bldg. 1O3lly
Heating stoves at cost. at H..
Schultze, Jr. l2l7 1t.
-Huyler's Candies at Tips and Sill
verthorn's Prescription Drug Store. st