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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-30
Edward Bellamy's wife.

Though she has been o wife for ten
years, and q mother for seven. Mrs.
Bellamy's face still retains much of
the delicate bloom which is the
heritage of New New England girl
hood, and her figure the slender grace
of youth, writes Fanny M. Johnson
in the series of "Unknown Wives of
wellknown men," in the July Ladies'
Home Journal. She has dark brown
hair, bright, expressive eyes. n q
manner marked by quiet c~ordiaiity,
devoid of either formality or elusive
ness. Her musical talent Is her chief
personal gift. her voice being a mezzo
soprano, and considerable attention
has been paid to it's cultivation. Fol
several years she q sung in tie
choir of the village church, only q
few runs distant from her home. She
chiefly prizes her musical gift, how
ever, for the pleasure it gives her
husband and children, all of whom
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-30
Law OF Mailed Letters.

Youths Companion.
A letter once mailed no longer be-
longs to the sender, but 1t Is the pho.
perry of the person to whom 1t IL
addressed. Such Is the postal law,
but 1t is q law often violated by post
masters in small places, where cor
respondents are likely to he person.
ally known to the post Office authori-
ties and sometimes leads to curious
complications in large ones where
this is not the case.
Important business interests have
been affected by the same law. A
firm which had long been really In.
solvent, had succeeded in keeping
the knowledge from the public, and
continued to receive money from in
vestors, which the partners employed
dishonesty for their advantage.
1t was their intention to raiee one
more large sum of money, part Of
which was to be contributed by q
business friend of one of them, and to
leave the country with their spoil,
and let their creditors shit for them.
selves.
But the wife of the business friend
and the wife of the men who meant to
victimnize him frequently correspon.
ded with each other, and the latter
wrote q gay, gossiping letter to the
former, in which she mentioned that
her husband had been in poor health
really on account of business troubles,
but that she trusted their approach.
ing trip TO Canada would restore him.
Remembering too late that her hus-
hand hs d asked her TO mention nei-
ther of these facts, and fearing to vtx
MIN, she went to the post office to re-
call her letter.
The postmaster refused to give 1t
up. She could give no good reason
for demanding it, and became petu-
liant and irritated when he continued
to refuse. He remained firm, and the
letter was sent.
The recipient showed it to her hus-
band, whose suspicious it aroused.
He made an investigation, and as a
a consequence the dishonest firm was
broken up, and both the partners
arrested and punished.
Intercepted letters have long been
q popular theme of drama and ro-
nance. A letter which could not be
intercepted, but had to 60 in spite Of
the sender's express desire and en-
treaty, might offer an Interesting
variety.
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When Women Carved.

Kansas City Star.
Our ancestors fully recognized the
value of good carving. and many were
the rules by which Q carver vas ok
pected to be governed.
The ancient "Boke of Kervyng,"
among other things, admonishes him
to touch venison only with his knife,
and to "set eve on fyche, flesch,
beestener fowle more than two fyng.
gers and . thumbe." Fingers he
was naturally obliged to use, since
forks were Q luxury OF . later date,
aud were not in private 9 until
James rs reign. Piers Galveston,
the favorite of Edward H., had three
silver forks for eating pears with. but
this was regarded. no doubt, as. .
great special luxury.
In George I'sreign 1t was the boun-
den duty Of . mistress Of q country
house to carve for her guests. Eth
quet,e demanded 1t of her and no one
! might relieve her of her arduous task,
not even the master. To the latter
WI Is only assigned the easy labor OF
passing the bottle and looking on,
while each Joint was placed In turn
before his wife or daughter, as the
Q Use might be, and by her rapidly
manipulated. Carving became q OF
the branches of q good feminine edu-
cation: and there YER professions
carving.masters who taught tie
young ladies.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu took
lessons In the art three .imes q week,
aud on her fasher's public days made
q practice OF having her own dinner
an hour or two beforehand. A guest
who did not receive his portion from
his hostess fair hands would
have considered himsel fmuch ag.
grieved.
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BETTER THAN A Sf.oo BOTTLE OF
BLOOD rPuRIFIER.

Dr.W. 81 Evans. the leading druggist
Sanford, Florida, says: II always
e ell safe in recommending st. Patrick's
Pills. Isell more of them than any other
pills / carry in stock" There are non
better, and one dose OF them will often
do more good than a dollar bottle Of any
blood purifier in the market. For sale by
+. Kalteyer 81 Son, Bowling & Flood, w.
& M, Kalteyer, A. Driess. III. S~chuchard,
R. Cohn & Co. and J.T. Harrison, drug
gists. d & W 1y
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ADVERTISING sole, Jas

J.. A. AppIer 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 misunderstood
lngs' when the bill is presented.
II. r. JOHNSON. MR..
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CURE FITS T!

When I say cure 1 do not mean merely ostop them
for a time and then have them return again ImeanA
radical cure. Ihave made the disease of FITS, EPI.
LEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS lifelong study. 1
warrant my remedy TO cure the worst cases. Because
others have failed is no reason for not now receivingA
cure. Send at once for q treatise aud q Free BottleOf
my infalhble remedy. Give Express and Post Office.
FL G. ROOT, NJ, c., 1873 Pearl ST., N. Y
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FOR SALE,

Two fine corner lots, size III K 16e feet
heal West'E End, two blocks from street
car line, enclosed with a good fence. For
LIGHT Office. 1:e9tf
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The following named are the only
authorized collectors for the LIGHr:
Fl. G. SCHUMACHER,
FRED SMALL,
Will SCHUMACHER,
DAN. c. BITTER.
ceipt. Z. b. JOHNSON, Mgr.
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PUBLISHERS, NOTICE.
NOTICE.

This Office is not responsible for the
private bills of any Of its employees. And
no such accounts will DC recognized or
paid unless accompanied by a written
order from T. B. JOHNSON, Manager.
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TO oUR.eAsTEaN ADVERTISERS.

All advertising for the Daily and Week
~ LIGHT, must come to US through cur
special agents, Messrs. Palmer & Fey
2S2 to 235 Temple Cou TT New York.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
Lost in the Australian Woods.

AT first sight it would seem impos-
sible for one to lose himself in these
sparse, open woods, wherein long
avenues open and through whose
feathery gum trees the sky can always
be seen. ! can vouch by personal ex-
perience, however, that nothing 10
more deceptive than the apparent Sc
curlty of the Australian bush. All
the trees are alike and afford no land
marks; the monotonous gray color of
the trees and leaves is without accent
OF change for miles and miles, and the
hazy atmosphere that fills the place
from decaying vegetation and the
sweating balsam of the eucalyptus add
to the unsubstantial effect Of ones
surroundings. Straying little out
of the beaten track through a very
open stretch of woods, in chase of
flock of cockatoos, l once became in
five minutes so bewildered and turned
about as to plunge every moment
into deeper labyrinths, while confident
that | was returning 10 the road.
1t was a cloudy day and night was
coming on as wandered for half an
hour amid new perplexities aud III an
awful silence. What might have been
the result | do not know, had not
heard in the distance the ring of Ak
blows, and seen the spectral smok
curling up, which show the work of
the squatter in cutting clearing for
his future home. / soon came upon
three stalwart young men who were
hewing at a giant log; two horses
We're hobbled in grass plot near
by, and before canvas covered
wagon woman was cooking the even
ing meal over brush fire.
Apprised of my predicament, one
of the men left his work to set me
right, turned in the direction which
thought to be less likely TO be the right
one, and in five minutes put me in the
road 10 the station from which | had
set out. My experience had been
mild one and with a fortunate issue,
but it gave me an insight into the
| causes of some of the mental wrecks
which the traveller through colonial
wilds so often encounters. --lNew
! York Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
As You Go Through Life.

Don't look for the flaws as you go through
life;
And even when you find them
1t Is wise and kind to be somewhat hi1
And look for the virtue behind thtln.
For the cloudiest night has hint of light
Somewhere IN Its shadows hiding;
It Is better by IN to hunt for star
Than the spots On the sun abiding.
The current of life runs ever away
TO tbe bosom of Gods great ocean.
DonH set your force 'gainst the rivers
course
And think to alter its motion.
Don't waste curse on the universe
Don't butt at the storm with your puny
form
But bend and let it go DER you.
The world will never adjust itself
TO suit your whims to the letter,
Some things must go wrong your whole life
long,
And the sooner you know it the better.
1t is folly to fight with the infinite,
And 60 under at last in the wrestle.
The wisest man shapes into Gods plan,
As the water shapes into vessel.
IElla Wheeler Wilcox, in the Weekly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
Not so Long, but Quite as Wide.

1t is customary fol railroads to issue
annual passes to the highest officials
of other railroads in the same section
of the country. A while ago the
president of little lumber railroad in
Minnesota line only four miles
long and built solely for the transpor-
talion of lumber-called at the general
Office of the Great Northern Railway
at st. Paul, presented his card and
said that he had issued an annual pass
to President James Hill of the Great
Northern and would like similar
courtesy. The office employees were
thunderstruck by this display of
nerve and politely refused to honor
the request. The caller grew indig-
nant and demanded to see "Jim" Hill
personally. Being ushered into Presi-
dent Hills private office he again
stated his case and asked for an an-
nual pass.
But, my dear sir, your road is not
passenger line, and pass over it is
worthless" said Mr.. Hill
81 know it," replied the insistent
caller, "but it is customary to honor
requests for courtesies. We railroad
magnates cannot afford to discriminate
against each other, you know. It's
a matter of regular form-discipline
It's part of the railway business, you
see, and we ought not to violate any
of the regular usuages of reputable
lines. SeeP"
"Yes-perhaps; but don't you see
that you have no real railroad lines?
Your is only Jay freight line about
four miles long, beginning at a lum-
ber camp and ending the Lord only
knows where.
"Well, Mr.. Hill, Pm willing to ad-
NIT that my road isn't as long as
yours; | never claimed it was. But
my road is just as wide as yours, sir,
and l want you to keep that fact in
view. Don't you forget it. SIR"
"By George! l never thought OF
that" cried Hill, and minute later
the caller left the office with an annual
pass over the entire Great Northern
system.-[Chicago Mail.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
A Remedy That Never Failed.

His history is briefly told.
After sevreal days of thought he
discovered sure way to make money,
and, like other men, he was in hurry
to try it.
He made haste to insert an adver-
tsement something like the following
in several country weeklies:
"Sure way to kill potato bugs; send
twenty 2-cent postage stamps to " y.
u. -, for a recipe that cannot fail.
Then he hired dray to bring his
mail from the postoflice, and had 1O,-
600 of his recipes printed. Inside of
two weeks something like 5000 or 1000
farmers had contributed twenty 2-cent
stamps each for the printed recipes. ~
Then several hundred of them
bought clubs and railroad tickets and
started out to interview the advertiser.
AT his office they were Informed that
he had left to attend to some business
in Europe, and he was not expected
back. All he had left was package
of 5000 or 1000 slips of paper, on
which were printed the following:
"Put your bug on shingle. Then
hit it with another shingle. "-[Chica-
oo Trihune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19

all her money from the bank. The
cashier joked her upon extravaganza.
"Going to buy gold-heeled shoes
now, Abby?"
She looked up smiling. eyes, my
gold heeled shoes. Took long time
to pay for them, didn't it!"
81 wish we might all get them if it
would make us look as happy as you
do now," said he.
Abby maj lched from the bank into
the presence of the town officials sit
ting OH jim Barker's case. The con-
stable was there, ready to conduct him
to the state reformatory.
"What will it cost to get Jim off ?"
she demanded.
lone hundred dollars" said the
clerk.
Abby counted the amount on the
table, while all the room stared.
Come, Jim," said she.
Jim came from his constable-guard-
ed corner, and followed her out. He
was amazed. His malodorus cereer
had not brought him many acts of
kindness at the towns-people's hands.
"What does this mean, Miss Abby7"
he said, huskily.
She smiled at him reassuringly.
"Just this, Jim-gold-beeled shoes.
And, Jim, go home now, and say
goodbye to your mother. Then be a
good sailor-and man."
Quickly he stood bareheaded. "Be-
fore God, I'll try" he said.
That night the widow again lay in
Abby's arms. "Jim's gone; he told
me ALL" she whispered. Chow could
you2 Abby, Abby, here Pve lived be-
side you for years, and I never knew
YOU"
81 haven't changed speck," said
Abby. in affected grimness. her face
turned away.
"Abby, don't turn away; you've
saved Jim. You've saved me. And
think what it costl Oh, Abby, your
gold-heeled shoesW
"There, don't mind. Leather is good
enough the rest of the way"
81 can never pay you back, Abby,
but while 1 have crust Oh, Abby,
can't tell you all think" she cried,
for the event bore a poetic fancy into
her plain-fnrnished mind. "But do
believe your gold-heeled shoes are lay
ing up for you to walk the streets of
Paradise. "]-Harper's Weekly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
HUMOROUS.

Music seems to be organic with
Italians.
Telephones are great convenience,
and yet people are all the time talking
against them.
If you pine to be introduced TO o
rich lumbcrman's daughter, see that
you look spruce.
Friends your new play gof
Dramatist (sadly Yes, but l had
hoped it would be stay.
Boston Mother-Why does Priscilla
blush2 Annette-Please, mum, she's
studying improper fractions.
He-Upon my word, ! think I've
gone through every experience except
hanging. She-Cheer upl there's q
chance for that yet.
Papa-Johnnie, Iheard that you were
bad boy at school today. Did yon
break some rule and the teacher have to
whip you? Johnnie-No, papa, ]
didn't break any rule, but the teacher
she hit me 80 hard that she broke
hers.
He must have been very bright
boy, very bright little boy, who
said to his mother: 81 wish lion
would eat me up" "Why2 the
mother asked. "Because it would be
such a joke on the lion. He would
think l was inside Of him and / should
be up in heaven"
Mrs. Sanso-I trust that we shall
see great deal of your friend when
he comes to the city. My daughter
will be back from the country by the
time he comes. She's wonderful
pianist, you know. Mr.. Rodd-Oh,
my friend won't mind that He is as
deaf as post.
The world is like crowded bus;
A few good men perhaps
May find seat, but most of us
Must hang on by the straps.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
As the Flame of the Candle.

One who looked the crowd over as
we waited for the train would not,
writes M. Quad in the New York Sun,
have SET us down as hard hearted and
Indifferent; but so we proved to be, as
young girl not over IS years of age,
leading an old man who was stone
blind and very feeble, passed slowly
around the room soliciting aims.
They got penny here and there, but
even those coins seemed to be given
grudgingly, and those who gave
nothing consoled themselves with the
reflection that the pair Were frauds
and really needed no financial assist
ance.
Wnen they had made the tour Of
the room the girl led the old man to
a seat in a corner, and after few
words had passed between them they
began singing hymn. She had a
wonderful voice for child, clear and
sweet, and his was deep bass. The
hymn was that entitled "Nearer, My
God, to Thee" You have heard il
by full choir, accompanied by the
strains of a grand organ, but you
never listened 80 intently as we did
there. There was plant in that
girls voice which touched chord,
and there was a quaver in the old
mans bass which saddened you. They
sang low and soft, and they had not
finished verse when half of us were
standing up to see them better.
The girl kept her eyes on the floor
at her feet. The sightless eyes of the
old man--her father-were raised 10
the ceiling, and over his wrinkled face
crept glad smile as they finished the
chorus:
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer to Thee.
The hymn was not finished when
every man began feeling for contri-
button and women opened their porte
monnaies. 1t was different now. They
were no longer frauds and every one
was glad to give something. Two or
three were ready to move about to
take up collection, but they waited
for the end of the hymn. When it
came to the chorus of the last verse
the old man was singing bravely.
Half way through his voice suddenly
choked and the last two lines were
sung by the girl alone and died away
in sob and cry. All of us saw the
old mans head drop forward and his
body lurch. He would have fallen
to the floor had not the girl seized and
held him up. A dozen of us were
there in a moment, but we were too
late The old mans life had gone ont
as you breathe upon the flame of a
candle and on his ashen lips still
trembled the sacred notes of the re-
frain:
Nearer to Theel
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19

while the clay supplies the quality of
cohesion in the substance of the road
surface, counteracting the shifting
qualities of the sand, and making the
roadway more easily packed and
rolled, and more likely to retain its
proper grade and slope. Century
Magazine.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
At Nighttime.

We sootbe the child for some withholden
pleasure,
Till sweet eyes smile that were fain to
week:
"Tomorrow-only wait until tomorrow
After you sleep.'
So we are soothed with solemn dreams Of
heaven.
When earthly days no further solace keep:
Hope tells us there shalllbe happy NOR
row
After we sleep.
lame Reeve Aldricb, in Picayune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
Plenty In 1t.

Bulfinch-How is that little mining
scheme of yours getting along? Any
money in it?
Wooden--Any money in it! Well,
| should say sol All of mine, all of
my wifes, and about fifty thousand
that got from my friends.-rBosto
Courier.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19
G0LD-HEELED SHOES.
BY GEORGE 1. PUTNAM.

N "a million minute! Gold heels
on my shoesl" A tall spare woman
bobbed up from the blueberry patch
and looked around half guiltily, then
a drew Measured breath, for no one
was within ear-shot. "True as l
h stand here" she said, addressing a
h mingled multitude of ferns, rocks and
berry bushes, 'some day I'll do it.
h, And when Pm worth million min
TX ute, I'll have gold heels to my shoes"
/ She shut her lips tightly, defying
more thoughts to escape; but even
\ then the line of her mouth was pleas
/. ant. She knelt and industriously
r. stripped the low bushes, holding her
n! pail beneath with an experienced hand
II to catch the dropping berries. She
had 10 quarts to deliver at sunset, and
n the terms of her contract left no time
for monologue.
\ This was Abby-"Miss" Abby to the
b. children, "Aunt" Abby among the
\ sicks simply Abby to ordinary adults.
People did not trouble themselves
ss about her surname. They did not
|4 even think much about her, but accept
.,, ed her as their just due from friend
hly Providence. Children discovered
F her living in little house in the edge
of P0mfret, and spoke of Miss Abby
lac an acquisition. Then some sick
lman, yearning for herb remedies, was
[)Eratified by her and thereafter declared
|''Aunt Abby had saved his life. The
wise those who moiled with an eye
single to the inrolling dollar-began
noy mistrusting her sincerity, and
,nded by questioning her mental bal
SInce. They did not perceive how
me could live by works non-resultant
[Apn stipulated wage.
rs Abby moved towards competency
y . steadfastly as did the wise, but by
h M different path, pleasanter and as di-
,ect There were happy, kindly faces
n long her way. And if they did not
hways comprehend her, they at least
Dodded and smiled encouragingly as
! Yle passed. To such a one, brighten
sig some dark turn of the path, she
lould say:
HI %"You wait till l get my gold-heeied
loes. Then l can smile for you."
ss 'sReal gold, Abby?" inquired the
up Tactical one.
in ySssYes, Indeed. Why not2 When
Fi0n' u're worth million a minute, you
q is SIN do that sort of thing"
prolsAt sunset she walked, fatigued, to
Fe@sp village store, and delivered the
ns aNrries.
nona a''And here's your pay" said the
,rekeeper. Eight cents a quart,
sixteen quarts, dollar twenty. What
IN going to do with so much money,
En,, by?' with an expectant oblique
nce for the benefit of some dozen
myers.
ur 1T all goes towards those gold
\ TRualed Shoes" said Abby, cheerily.
aAl len the loungers followed the store
& ! Iper in laugh.
Abby's all right" said he, after
M went out. "You don't have to
a N 6dre her berries. But she's
\ loop Qneer. A fellow has to laugh at
J 5ynsS snsS INV and again"
@h, p ploughed her way home along
bSuuisgyss 61x July road. "One twenty,
wef iusSt 1y," she repeated. "There's
recsESsS rk for you. There's another
/ se,x.,,a' 81 gold d-hee led shoes. They're
ies Capn ming"
stamp S,ne gorated herself, mind and
h.. ST. Iny, this alchemic formula.
h Ave st0ld-ne ed shoes" to the storekeeper
osSs oosSs ~ MS liKwas vagary for their
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-19

Hunker-What talker Miss Trotter
Isl Spatts-She comes by her loqua-
city very naturally. Her father owns
several gas wells.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-11-03
A REMARkABLE EXPEDITION.
How Miss Kate Marsden Travelled Among
the LeDers OF Siberia.

How Miss Kate MarSden Travelled Among
the Lepers OF Siberia.
Miss Kate Marsden, a young woman
of blended philanthrOpic and adventur-
Gus tastes, has just accomplished a
most remarkable undertaking. She has
jCurneyed among the lepers of Siberia
for the purpose of seeing how they
exist with a view to lessening the hard
ships of their condition.
Miss Marsden obtained, through the
Intervention of the Countess AleXan-
drian Tolstoi, the help of the empress
AS soon as this was secured the prac-
teal matters of passports, official sane
ton and courtesy We're easy. The jour
ney itself never was.
She rode over ten thousand miles
through the woods with her Interpreter
and a bodyguard of Cossacks. There
were no roads, but something resemb-
ling them was cleared for her. There
were boys into which the horses sank
knee deep, aud trunks of trees over
which they stumbled. And there were
bears. But the intrepid young woman
mounted in masculine fashion upon d
small FESTIVE horse and, CARRIED in
boots, trousers and long jacket, went
through all dangers and difficulties with
good cheer.