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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-02

OPERA IIoUSE-Snturday night, Low
DOckstaders Minstrels. Seats now on sale
Mt Houses music store.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-02

All odds and ends of Oxford Ties at
reduced prices. L. V. BLOND.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-02
Ghe GstelIigeucer.


Onicol Nos. 20 nnd "a fourteenth street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
A Rare Meat,

The taste of the meat of the Kamchat
kan bighorn, when quite fresh was slightly
rank, but upon the second day the unpleas
ant flavor had entirely disappeared, and all
of us agreed that more delicious mutton
did not exist Nor do ] think that this
opinion was the result of the appetites
with which the glorious air of a Kamchat-
kan autumn had provided US. Tender,
juicy and with just the right delicate sus
picion of venison about it, it was fit fcl
the table of the proverbal alderman, and
if butcher could only introduce the meat
to the British public in the condition in
which we partook of it he would doubtless
make rapid -Blackwood's Mag
nZinn
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
Poor Attention.

In the old days in western Pennsylvania
when the people had little money to pay
for teachers and could spare their boys but
little time from the work of the field,
school kept" almost necessarily during
the few weeks when it was in session, with
no Saturday holidays and very brief re-
cesses. At one little school house among
the mountains an old fashioned Irish
schoolmaster was once employed who kept
his boys grinding steadily at their tasks,
but gave them permission to nibble from
their lunch baskets sometimes as they
worked.
One day, while the master was instruct
ing class i'm the rule of three, he noticed
that one of his pupils was paying more at
tention to piece of apple pie than to the
lesson. "Arrah, therer' said the master;
Jack Bales, be listenin to the lisson, viii
YEP "Pm listening, sir" said the boy.
"Listenin, is itr' exclaimed the master;
"then it's listenin wild one ear ye are an
attn poi wild the otherp'-San Francisco
Argonaut.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
The Baldwin Apple.

The Baldwin is dark red apple of me-
dunn size. 1t grows abundantly through
out this state and New Jersey. Like the
Newtown pippin it keeps for long time,
and for that reason it is in great demand
for winter eating. The Baldwin is the
apple of the people. It is sold in cheap
grocery stores and restaurants, on railroad
stations and cars, on street stands and
ferryboats, at circuses and kindred enter.
tainments, and in the common, ordinary
boarding house of commerce. 1t is the
apple which small children buy coated
with glazed sugar and mounted upon a
decapitated match.
1t is the forbidden fruit which country
school children MUNICH surreptitiously
during lesson hours and for which they
get whippings. On the street it sells fol
one or two cents. In restaurants it is
served at the rate of two for quarter.
Two bad features of the Baldwin are the
sickness of its skin and its tendency to
worms. If it can be kept free from the
latter it will, as above stated, remain good
for many months.-New York Evening
Sun
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
How German Railway Men Are Paid.

An official list has been published of the
wages paid in Germany to the whole of tn.
railway employees on the state railways in
that empire, beginning at the presidents
of direction, of whom there are eleven,
down to brakemen and the poorer officials
These presidents do not reap colossal
wealth, their pay being little over $500 a
year only; and this is by long way the
highest salary paid upon the railway.
Telegraph inspectors, of whom there are
only eighteen, get from ESQ to 600; book
keepers and secretaries, el00 to ESQ; ticket
stampers and Office clerks, from ESQ to Els.
porters, or rather portiers, and ticket
guards, $40 TO ego a year, and the artisans
and engine drivers get but very poor pay
indeed compared to the pay on English
railways. Drivers and the electric ma
chinists get from $50 to e100 year the
highest-that is, not over GO week; stokers
and assistants and this class of helpers,
from 81 week to 90 shillings, and the
semiguard porters who sit in their great
coats i'm all weathers on the top of the train.
get but from $40 to EGO a year.-Pall Mall
Gazette
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
They All Say Lady"

"One of the small things that veH me,
said woman the other day, us the per
sistent lady'-ing get at the hands OF the
tradesmen. My butcher and grocer and
fishman are so hopelessly committed TO
this form of address | expect no rellet IN
their cases, but why the clerks in the dry
goods shops are not taught better cannot
see. 1t is so much more pleasing TO De
called madam The continued mterpolat-
Ing of lady as l am making purchase
irritates me to the verge of evaporation,
and has on a few occasions driven me from
a counter without waiting TO select the
Goods wanted. New York Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
A Dutirul Nephew.

He was the maddest man in town.
"Yes sir, ! buried my uncle yesterday"
he exclaimed. at was the vilest weather
of the season, and was out in it all day
attending to the funeral;, at the house, at
the undertaker's, at the church, through
the mud and finally at the cemetery. Ii
don't die myself from the effect it will be
wonder"
"But you inherited your uncle's proper
ty, didn't your"
'Not a bit.of it; it's my cousin who got
everything, and that's what makes me 81
mad. The scamp knew beforehand that
he was named in the will instead Of me,
and all the same he let me tramp all oven
the place in the storm attending to the flu
neral while he staid at home in front Of a
cozy fire reading novel. "-New York Her
aid
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15

Yes sam the Chlndman. "Dut II i
nothing compared to the rc,taulauts Of
sun Francisco. That is where Won find the
fine Chinese restaurants"
The reporter walked over to the propri
etor, who talked freely and inrelligertly.
Il have kept a Chinese restaurant" Inc
said, I'm San Francisco, SAT- Jose. Sacra.
the best place have been in. | had lots
OF nice white ladies and gentlemen for Gus
toners there"
The reporter remained in the restaurant
until half past | O'Clock. During the time
he was there many newcomers arrived.
but few diners went away. Everybody
seemed inclined to be leisurely The res
taurant was i'm full blast all night Whites.
blacks and Mongolians mingled without
sign of prejudice. York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
How Often the Watch Ticks.

Many watches make beats per second,
800 each minute, $1,000 every hour or 1872,
600 per day. Thus it will be seen that
half dozen turns of the key once day,
taking up but few seconds of time, stores
up a modicum of power in the spring
which is cut up into nearly a million OF
beats. If we multiply the daily beats by
3654 the number of days in year, 1--WE find
that the watch ticks 157, 7SS, 600 while the
earth is making one annual trip around
the sun.-St. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, APRIL l.,
1892. Sealed proposals, in triplicate,
will be received here until 10 o'clock,
noon. on the End day of of MAY, 1892, and
then opened. for transportation of Military
Supplies on following described routeS,
in Department of Texas, during fiscal
year commencing JULY |, 1892; Wagon
Transportation, No. Between Pena
and Fort Ringgoid, Texas; No. Be
tween Spofford Junction and Fort Clark,
Texas. River Transportation, No. g.
Between Forts Brown and Ringgold,
Texas Local Transportation. No. A
At San Antonio, Texas; No. Sat
Brownsville, Texas. ALI information
will be furnished on application TO this
office. The United States reserves the
right to reject any or all proposals. En-
velopes containing proposals should be
marked: Proposals for Transportation
on Ronte No. -" and addressed 90 g..
Il. DANDY, Deputy Quartermaster
General, u. S. A, Chief Quartermaster
A 4t-29-2t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15

drop ifcrJ tie nearest char lest MS knees
should begin Knocking at each other and
betray To the colonel the presence of
man with even less stomach for fight than
the landlord
When he had, by great effort, managed
to pull himself together, he accompanied
the colonel to the hotel, where the landlord
made ample apology and gave assurance
that his guest should never again have
cause to complain of ungentlemanly treat
ment. But it was long time before
Woodland could trust himself to order
fried fish for breakfast. He had, however,
established reputation with the colonel
for courage and devotion to the code-and
that was sone compensation for his scare.
Indianapolis Journal.
A Broken Heart.
1t appears that it is quite possible foi
the heart to break. People who die OF
broken hearts, so called, do not actually
succumb from disruption of the structural
arrangements. In this regard the phrase
is misnomer. 1t is generally applied to
people who die owing to intense mental
suffering, from blighted affections or the
loss of friends Thackeray has said that
no man ever dies of broken heart" in
his love affairs, and it is very certain that
in this respect the term has no actual
meaning. The heart, however, does phys
ically break, either from sudden shock OF
from overstrain.
A captain on a vessel who had set out to
marry lady, On reaching his destination
was abruptly informed that she had mar.
ried, and the man fell to the ground and
expired. The heart was discovered to be
literally rent into two pieces. Again, an
instance is on record of boy, very strong
and healthy, who, in attempting to raise
sheaf of corn fell dead in the effort In
this instance the post norton disclosed
large rent in the heart The sudden pro.
pulsion of blood upon the left ventricle,
which is the hardest worked portion of the
heart, and where the rupture generally
takes place, forces the tissues asuhder.-'
Brooklyn Eagle,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
Luck About shoes.

A Yorkshireman will spit in his right
shoe before putting it on, when going out
on important business, to bring luck, and
many an English girl has been known to
hang her boots out of the window on St.
Valentines night for love luck.-London
Tit-Bits.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
FRENCH rANsY WATERS.

Ladies will find these waters just
what they need and can be depended
upon every time to give relief. Safe
and Sure. Sent by mail. Price,
81 90 per box Emerson Drug Co.,
manufacturers, San Jose, Cal, and
for sale only by A. DRESS, 10 Alamo
street. 3 % ly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
The rooms in disorder,

Inc cat 3 on inc table,
The fower-stand upset and the mischief to pay:
And Johnny is screaming
AS loud as he's able,
For nothing goes right when mammals away.
What scene of discomfort and con-
fusion home would be if mamma did
not return. If your wife is slowly
breaking down, from combination OF
domestic cares and female disorders,
make it your first business to restore
her health. DR.. Pierce's. Favorite Pre-
scription is without peer as a remedy
for feeble and debilitated women, and is
the only medicine for the class of mala-
dies known as "female diseases" which
is sold. by druggists, under positive
guarantee from the manufacturers that
1t will give satisfaction, in every case, or
the money will be refunded. 1t is
positive cure for the most complicated
cases. It's an invigorating, restorative
tonic. and soothing and Strengthening
riervine, imparting tone and vigor to the
whole system. It's legitimate medl-
cine. too-carefullv compounded by an
experienced physician, and adapted to
woman's delicate ORA 'zatfon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MARCH 90,

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MARCH 90,
1892, Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will
be received here until II O'clock a. m.
APRIL 90, 1892. and then opened for the
construction at San Antonio, Texas, of
1856 feet, more or less of Concrete Walk
5 feet wide, according to plans and specifi-
cations to be seen at this office. Blank
proposals and circulars giving full
instructions as to manner of bidding
and terms of contract can be had o.
application. The government reserves
the right TO reject any or all proposals.
Envelopes containing proposals should be
marked Proposals for Concrete Walks
at San Antonio. Texas. "and addressed to
the undersigned. G.. b. DANDY, Deputy
Quartermaster General, u. 5. A., Chief
QuartermaSter. 4-1-4t 4-24-2t.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
RAIL ROAD TIME TABLE
(. e. G. N. Railroad.

I. 81 g. N. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.
For ST. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or NJ. K. & T. s:45 a m
For St. Louis via Iron Mountoin s 90 p N
For Laredo .9:55 m
ARRIVALS.
From St. Louis via Iron Noun
tain and NJ, K. and T. 1885 m
From ST. Louis via Iron Noun
tain and M. K. and 7. 1000 p m
From Laredo S:3S p m
Southern Pacific Railroad.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leaves for New Orleans, Houston.
and Galveston /1:20 pm and g p M
ARRIVES FROM THE EAST.
Arrives from New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston III and 4:o5 p m
THROUGH WEST.
Leaves for San Francisco, FL Paso
Leaves Eagle Pass 1880 a m
Ar. from San Francisco, ElPaso 1855 p m
Ar. from Eagle Pass $50 p m
S. A. & A. P. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for Kerrville, daily except
Leaves for Galveston, Houston and
Waco. daily except Sunday 9:55 III
Leaves for Corpus Christi, Rockport
Beelille, daily except Sunday,I:3o p m
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, daily except
Sunday . gas M
From Corpus Christi, Rockport.
Beeville, daily except Sun, ass p N
From Galveston, Houston and
Waco, daily except Sunday $40 p M
Mallory Steamer sail from Galveston
every Wednesday and Saturday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-15
CHINESE EAT THERE.
TWO RESTAURANTS IN WHICH CHI
NAMEN COOK AND SERVE.

Customers Are Not Confined, However.
to One Race, but Many NationaIitieS
Mingle In Perfect Good FeIlowship--A
Chinese Bill of Fare.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27

The utility Of the rattle TO the rattle
snake is problem still awaiting solution.
1t has been supposed to be useful as para
lying its prey through terror excited by
the sound thus induced. But this is very
doubtful explanation. 1t is akin to the
notion formerly entertained that serpents
had "A power Of fascinating other creatures.
Others have thought that il seems to ex-
cite the curiosity of animals, and 50 brings
them within the rattlesnake's reach. 1t
he's also been supposed that it serves, as it
may do, to enable snakes Of different sexes
TO find each other, and also to guard the
animal from attack when it is helpless
from its power Of offense having been TEN
porarily exhausted
No sufficient evidence has, however, been
collected 10 show that any Of these ingen-
ious speculations affords us real clew to
the true cause Of such a curious and elabo-
rate mechanism. -Quarterly Review.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27
The Modern Freshmen.

The etiquette rs 10 freshmen appears to
be the same Mt both oxford and Cambridge
'varsities they must never leave a card
on "A senior man. but call till he is in, and
on no account must they entertain seniors
their first term, all invitations being re-
turned after that is over. The outside
world still fancies that the Nerdant Green
type is abundant. but alas, or perhaps for
themselves, happily, it is all but gone, pub
lie schools and varsity examiners making
freshman as well able 10 take care of
himself rs most others, except, indeed in
the matter of running mp bills, where moth
ing is Of use but experience, and it is only
one here and there who commits any
breach Of our unwritten laws-laws, how
ever as strict as ever were those OF the
Modes and Persians London Tit-Bits.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27
CURSE OF THE EVIL EYE.
Belief in It's Malignant Influence Is O
Very Ancient Origin.

Belief in It's Malignant Influence Is of
Very Ancient Origin.
There is no superstitious belief Of the
human race which is so widely held as the
belief in the existence and malevOlent
power of the evil eye. 1t is everywhere
known and finds place in the folklore Of
all nations. The apparent cause is always
the same-that power OF fascination by the
human eye which is now known as hyp-
motto force, which a primitive age could
imagine TO be nothing but demon resid
ing in and speaking from the human eye
So forcible did this thought seem TO the
mind Of the ancients that the eye and the
soul were convertible terms in ancient
magic.
Even In this day OF advanced human
know ledge there are many things connected
with the influence of mind upon mind that
are not fully understood, hence it is nc
wonder that they proved the possession OF
demOniac powers to the mind of him who
attributed everything which be could not
understand To some supernatural agency.
II the thing was not only mysterious but
bewilderng the first thought was 10 at.
tribute IL TO diabOlism of some kind II
the influence went so far as TO control the
will Of another, then 1t became witchcraft,
and the one exercising it was a witch
Everywhere was the belief that the souls
Of the dead could enter into and animate
the living. Their essence was considered
as controlling those into whom they en-
tered, and the sign Of their presence was
the gltterlng eye, something like that
with which the Ancient Mariner holds
the wedding guest" In Coleridge's
"Rime." These glitteriag eyes. In the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27
,reat or the small were counted as sure

great or the small, were counted as sure
marks OF an indwelling presence. In the
great IL was divine; o. the mean u was
sure sign Of an evil eye, or IN other "orus
n demoniac possession. In ike mamie,
the glitter in the eyes Of the good indicated
the possession Of benefcent virtues, whiie
the same glitter in the eyes OF the maieVo
lent indicated malehcent diabolisin.
The key to the theory Is the possession
Of that power known as fascination, where
Inv a mere look makes one man ready TO 90
the will Of another instead Of his own.
This power IN the eye in all folklore is at
,rihutcd 10 either souls or demons, which
are supposed TO swarm around us In al
most infinite number These souls are
everywhere, and large proportion OF them
are not only supposed 10 be malevolent,
but 10 be possessed Of considerable power
for working III 10 those who offend them.
Tho folklore tales are fun Of stories
about the operation OF the eVh eye ana OF
recines FOR defense against its power.
large proportion Of these are connected with
Tho ,se Of fire or the color Of red, that being
in all magic the equivalent OF IRE. ms
sunposcd value arises from the old worship
Of the sun or from the hatred Whlch -"
evil things are thought 10 have Of the fire
which is to consume them in the pit of woe
A red string about the neck or arm IS the
most ordinary device but red berries as OF
the rowan tree" or mountain ash, are
still more highly priced.
Among the Scandinavian nations, the
Scotch. and particularly with the gypsies,
the rowan tree has q standing Of its own,
apart from its use in connection with the
evil eye. That special meaning reaches
back to the Old pagan faith and need not
be considered here. In Italy and among
the Latin races generally the horseshoe, OF
its equivalent, is chiefly relied upon TO
counteract the influence Of the evil eye.
II a horseshoe is not at hand forked twig,
or even the fingers Of the hand parted, is
counted Of great value.-Chicago Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27

! remember opening my eyes 10 their
widest extent when | was told by the late
Mr. Lyon, who had charge Of the credits Of
one Of our magnificent dry goods palaces.
that he had on his books 1900 different
accounts. some settled monthly, some
quarterly, some semiannually, some once
a year and select few when it pleased
them. See what an immensity Of capital
is required for II 900 accounts even if each
was in the vicinity Of 500 alone. Some Of
them run into the hundreds and far up
into thousands This can be traced by
analogy TO the smaller stores, 20 the butch
ers. bakers, confectioners, jewelers. coal
dealers, 10 livery stable keepers, shoe
makers. the hatters and the tailors. Men
are living far beyond their means because
the luxuries Of the past they must enjoy
day in and day out; expenses which TO our
fathers would have seemed phenomenal
are TO us the ordinary output.-Joseph
Howard in New York Recorder.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27

Human beings gayly dressed for the
ceremony, were sacrificed by the ancient
MeXicans 10 the spirit Of "a mountain tor
rent. Boats were taken TO whirlpool in
Lake Mexico filled with children and
there sunk-a horrid Precipitation to the
gods supposed TO dwell in the subaqueous
Washington Star.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27

what a sensible person like yourself
to have a horseshoe lying on the door stepl
Did it ever bring You good luck"
certainly Yesterday my tailor came
70 dun me for payment of his bill On 90
ing away he stumbled over the horseshoe
and broke his leg Now he won't bother
me again for "a month at least. "-Lustige
Halter
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27
Chinese Cities.

The authorities say that Picking, the
present capital Of China, and Nankin the
ancient capital, are not as large az they
were 100 years ago. The more enterprisug
and energetic individuals of the commu-
nifty have focked to the seaports, in contra
distinction 10 the conservative and literary
classes, who prefer the interior York
Uf,pa.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27
Kceping snonges CIcan

Soap should be thoroughly rinsed from
sponges every time they are used with it.
This prevents their becoming foul After
use they should always be well squeezed
and left TO dry in basket, where the air
eau get at them. Brooklyn Eagle
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27
In the Nursery.

ooh, mamma, Tommy slapped me in the
face"
well, Helen what did you do to Tommy
to make him do thatY
"Nothin. | only put some sand in his
mouth ."-Harper's Bazaar
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-27
by y. W. BoWe,
Real Estate Auctioneer.
I will soil by auction, on tho premises, on

will sell by auction, on tho premises. on
SATURDAY. JUNE g. 1899.
at o'clock T.. W.. that TRULY VAIL ABLE
AND MOST DESIRABLE VACANT l:OI above
referred to- fronting ib3 feet four inches on me
Vest side Of Sixth street. running back lJ Ieet'
and bounded on the south by Byrd street. ,.
This is one of the few LARGE VACANT LOi
adapted for factory or warehouse uses, as 10 is
not only CENTRAL in location, but being on the
James river division OF the Chesapeake ana
Ohio railroad. II is almost certain that spur
track can be gotten into the lot.
This is rare opp0rtunity for securing nne
manufacturing or warehouse SITE or IL WIN
donbfles, prove a speculation 20 the fortunate
buyer. a. large lots are rapidly being absorbed
and the steady demand for them Is already
causing an appreciable Increase IN their rental
and fee-simple values.
TrRMs: One-third cash. and balance on seye-
raj wears credit. with interest semi annually
and secured by deed Of trust.
n ". BOWIE. Aucti0neer.
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