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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-11
Caught at Last.

This morning at about 1920 o'clock an
officer took Ed Davis, young negro
tough, TO the city hall and preferred the
charge OF suspicious character against
him. Davis was locked up without bond.
The authorities have been wanting him
for the past four or five months on &C
count of an assault and robbery he
is supposed to be implicated in. This oc-
Cured about four or five months ago,
when an Italian shoemaker on AcequIa
street was knocked down by couple OF
negroes ana robbed of some shoes. A
negro named Wilson was arrested at the
time, but he laid the blame on Davis, who
could not be found, and thus got off
easily The detectives are working on
the case at present.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-11
Two Democrats Disaeree.
WEST END. Monday, July llth, 1S9

| WEST END, Monday, July 18th, 1892.
! To the Daily LIGHT: You have, in the
| past, courteOusIy permitted myself and
| other democrats space in your republican
paper, when the subject matter was OF a
! local bearing.an since | have been asked
| to translate Capt. Schramm's last article
on Local Politics." which for a small
consideration occasionally did before, |
| wish to state. whether this translation Is
intended for your or any other paper,
that am not in full accord Herewith.
Capt. Schramm is conscientious demo-
crat, deserving OF honors and credit for
good intentions, but all OF his long winded
al ticleS will never, as he seems to believe,
bring all the German element under his
tutelage or bring tn m all within
tie democi attic fold. His last art Gle is
almost inSuIGIngly severe On many of the
Germans who worked with him harmon
ouSly on the l4th day of May. To say
that men like the Mauermanns, George
Kalteyer and many others, who partici-
pated in the 4th of July mass meeting, (by
the way much better attended than that
of the 14th of May or who signed the call
therefore, could be blindly misled is
rather severe reproach TO their intelli-
gence. shall not in this article join In
any assault upon any of the factions Or
there are any left since the 4th inst.)
Mayor Callaghan is apt to treat the ar
ticle with silence. and If the Stats Ieit-
ung had heard Epson during the tifties
making anti know nothing speech
es as l did, it could have over
looked from him later expressions
of damned the DUTCH" If he
ever made one unmeaningly and in an
unguarded moment. + have never heard
such words from either him or Col.
McLeary, nor have | ever known that
these two gentlemen could ever work
tremendously together except for the
good of democracy.
Before the war nearly all Germans were
democrats, during the war and since
many have become strong repu blicanS,
and Notwithstanding thatCapt Schramm
aims at so desirable an end as to get them
all back / am afraid failure will overtake
him in his efforts.
The Captain is entirely wrong about
the office seekers controlling the 4th of
July mass meeting. IL the former meetings
at Rische's hall ION 14th of May and at
krisch's and Armory hall on May 2Sth
had been as free from Office seekers;
perhaps the warning of the trueSt demo-
Gratis Of the state at LampaSaS on the 7th
ult., Ito go home and reorganize" would
have been more periodically observed.
Hopeing that the democracy of the state
may find a way TO Turn Texas Loose"
heal our wounds, land release us from the
destroying clutches OF the demagogue.
CS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-11
COSTLY KISSES.
A School Teacher Caught Caressing
His LassIe and Landed In
the Lookup.

This morning several gentlemen who
have control OF our public schools were in
the courtroom, and the cause of their
presence was soon made apparent. When
the name of +. Payson was called, aripple
OF laughter passed over the court room
as the man answering that name stepped
out from behind the prisoners pen aud
proved to be none other than Professor E
p. Lord, well known school teacher of
this city. The recorder told the gentle
man that he was charged with being dis
orderly, to which he pleaded guilty. Turn
ing to Sanitary Inspector w. Huntress,
the judge commenced to elicit the evidence
from him, which was about as follows:
Il have received several notices In regard
to his and young lady's actions and
some of the charges brought against them
were rather strong. Yesterday | was
again notified and going to a place on
South Heights, saw him with the girl in
his arms. He was kissing and handling
her in very loose manner" SIS that all
there was in it?" asked the Judge. NO"
replied Huntress, 1.-The neighbors say
something else has been going on" The
Judge asked Lord if he had any thing to
say, to which that gentleman replied
that he had not. Thereupon the Judge
assessed a $40 fine against him.
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A SAFE INVESTMENT.

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return of purchase price. On this safe
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Chest, such as Consumption, Intlamma-
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safe, and can always be depended upon
Trial bottles free at Adolph Dreiss and
DreisS Thompson & Co. 4-T 1
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-11

Yoakum, Texas, will celebrate its fifth
anniversary July %.
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Commissioners Court.

The county commissioners held their
regular session this morning, and the fol-
lowing work was done by them:
The assessments on the property OF
Abadie Emily raised $500; Simon Abra-
ham raised $500, and DR.. Burnett raised
$40.
Surveyor Locke was ordered to desig-
nate the north line of the beats Elkhorn
road near Van Raub.
1t was ordered by the court that the
bids for the iron and steel work in the
new county courthouse, except the roof,
be advertised for, and to be opened July
3Oth. at Ii a. m, with forfeit OF $1,000
certified check. The commissioners re-
serve the right to reject any or all bids,
plans and specifications to be seen at the
office of R. Gordon & Co.. architects, or at
the Office of the county clerk. The
architect was requested TO file, c copy
with the county clerk. The said notice
will be published in the official organ of
Bexar county, the S. A. Express, s. A.
LIGHT, Freie PreSSe, and also in some
paper in New York.
The name Of Jose de la Barrerra was
placed on the pauperS' list and after
August LIST, $?.50 per month will be allowed
him.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-11

These goods are fresh, seasonable
pretty and worth their
original price, but we will
give you a chance at them for
two days at &c a yard.
lac Mousselines reduced to "a
I5c Wash Silk I" "
I4c Printed Mulls " " IN
zoe Printed Crepes " "
2oc Figured Sateens NV
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-11
REAL ESTATE.
Deals and the Prices They Bring

George w. Russ to r. f. McIlvaine, lots
s. 10. II, II, l3, &c, 81, 20, 30 and 30, in
block /, and lots 27, 2S. 30 and 30, in block
3, all being in original city lot 1873. 5000
Conrad and Emma Huberich to William
NJ. Wilke, part Of lots and 2, in block 6,
on the west side of Taylor street, 81 COS.
Ignacia ArOcha de Lopez to Emilio
Chapolard, lot ;, in the AroCha addition
to the town of Elmendorf, $40.
Julia Kunzmann to George H. Kalteyer,
a tract of land fronting 10 varaS on the
east side of North Flores street, between
West Houston and West Commerce
streets, 300.
VIM. and ThOs. Dawson to A. B. Sulli-
van, GAO acres out of survey 200, on the
Medic creek, $1,000.
A. J. May and wife to Felix BeSSon and
wife, AS acres out of survey 26O, on the
Medic creek, 5000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-11

On cOlOred and black embrolder-
ed founcing black on black, white
on black, colors on black, and
cOlOrs on ecru. All reduced with.
in the reach of all.
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New Saloon.

Saturday night Mr.. Peter Jonas, Jr.,
opened up his fine new saloon, No. III
Soledad street, for the public's patronage.
The place is undoubtedly one of the
finest in the city, elegantly fitted up and
the goods Kept are Of the best quality and
served in the finest style by competent
men. Pete will succeed if the wishes of
his many friends 90 for anything.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-11
$3.50 WILL BUY

A handsome cottage residence, of rooms,
with bath, stable, carriage house, chicken
house, wood house, etc. Hydrant water
large lot, with fine shade trees and SHRUB
berry. New, neat and clean, about four
blocks from Military plaza. Viii rent
easily at $4,000 month.
JNo. 7. HAMBLETON & Co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02

posite end to the bottom Of the bottle.
Then pour in water until the cork floats
and the thread is fully stretched. The
point of the pin will rise above the surface,
and when the water is at rest will always
take the same position. 1t is not essential
that the pin should be exactly vertical,
though the more nearly it is so the better.
Now cork your bottle with cork through
which you have thrust q straight, stiff
piece Of wire "a shawl pin, for instance),
and regulate the inclination Of the cork so
that when the bottle is placed upon a
marble chimneypiece the level of these
being usually pretty true) the floating pin
and that which meets it from above are
exactly point to point When you have
achieved this, fix the cork with sealing
wax firmly in the neck of the bottle so
that there may be no displacement of tho
upper pin.
Having got the apparatus in order, let
us suppose that you desire to wedge up a
piece of furniture, or to fix a shelf exactly
horizontal. You have only to place your
bottle upon it. So long as the level shall
be imperfect in any direction, the point Of
the floating pin will diverge more or less
from that of the fixed pin Ground which j.
will describe circle), and you must modify
VIC IhlNhhSoo VI gOui MtlBtS VI Jho pOSl'
ton of your shelf until the two are again
point to point You will thus have Sc
| cured level at least as exact as that of
your chimney piece, which will usually be
| found sufficient for all practical purposes.
Take two pieces of cardboard cut thor
| oughly square They should be of equal
lengths, say six inches, but of different
widths, say three inches and two inches,
respectively, Bore in each hole, equi-
| distant from either end and quarter Of
an inch from the edge, and in the hole of
| the larger piece Of cardboard fix a pin,
made solid by glueing on behind to receive
1t few cuttings of similar cardboard, as
shown in our illustration. In the case of
| the narrower piece of cardboard, which is
to form the movable portion of the appa-
ratus, enlarge the hole you have made into
a little vertical slot, and hang this smaller
board on the pin, keeping it, say, one
eighth of an inch away from the larger so
as 20 avoid all friction. Place the appa-
ratus on a very level mantelpiece, and
change the ends of the smaller card to see
If it still keeps the same position relatively
toFthe other The two upper edges should
exactly coincide. If they do not coincide
they must be made to do so by removing a
bhin shaving of card from the edge of the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02

Among the queer things that have been
devised for the shop is a screwdriver that
takes its driving force from the blows of a
hammer instead of from the tortional
strains Of the wrist. The screws are start
ed in by hand and set carefully in line, then
this device is set upon the head of each
screw and given a blow with heavy hand
hammer. There is spiral arrangement
inside to give the screwdriver action, and IA
long handle extending out to one side to re-
sist the reaction of the screw, says the Bos-
ton Journal of Commerce, in which is also
found the following:
An attendant of large machine has been
annoyed by the intermittent clacking of a
ratchet wheel by the catch swapping from
one tooth to another as the ratchet wheel
revolved. A small friction strap clasped
about the ratchet shaft proved to be suffi-
cient to pull down the tail of the catch and
keep it from the teeth of the gear till the
wheel comes to turn backward, when the
friction strap let up on The tail of the catch
md gave the catch chance to take a tooth
md hold the ratchet wheel, making a noise
less catch out of noisy ratchet wheel
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02

Thirty plats were devoted last season
to the answering Of this question at the
Kansas station. The experiment was
divided into two series of fifteen plats
each. Series A had five plats cultivated
twice week, five plats once a week and
five plats once in two weeks. The three
five plat groups in series B were cult
waited, respectively, two, four and six
times during the season. The implement
used was a spring tooth cultivator that
gave shallow culture and could be run
close to the plants without disturbing
the roots, The land was clay loan.
A uniformity in yield in the plats
under similar treatment, in both series.
is noted in the report of results. But
what is still more interesting is that the
highest yields attained in both series.
when cultivated once in two weeks and
when cultivated four times during the
season, is the result of what is practi-
caily the same amount of cultivation.
Though the culture did not occur on the
same dates for both sets, the plats cult
waited once in two weeks We're also gone
over four times. This experiment also
SCCihCu W plONc JildJ, Ill u wei season
like the last, and on soil of the character
here employed, it is possible to give corn
both too much and too little culture
The latter case is readily conceded bv
everybody, but that the ground can be
stirred too often will probably not meet
with so universal assent Nor is it prob
able that the mere stirring of the sur
face is in itself injurious, if the soil is
not too wet when worked; but the
greater the number of times the cult
Vator runs through the rows the greater
are the number of chances that the roots
on some plants will be injured, and also
that now and then a leaning stalk will
be broken by the team in spite of the
care exercised by the plowman, and the
director attributes the diminished yield
of the plats subject to frequent cult
walton to these causes rather than to the
mere stirring of the soil.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02
bad would you do Il You bad q pIg
The Wise Man and the Foolish noy


A woman once had a very stupid son.
She sent him to all the schools she knew
Of, but he did not seem to get on at any of
them. She hardly knew what to do with
him, so at last she took him to the king
and asked his advice about the matter.
The king said, 81 will send him to one of
lhe wisest men in my kingdom, and if he
fannot teach him, nobody can"
So the boy went to the wise man, who
said, Now, my boy, you must try to learn
After awhile the sage found that the boy
did not make any progress, and he always
burst out into fit of laughter in the midst
OF serious lesson. The sage also noticed
that the boy not only neglected work him
self, but also prevented the other pupils
from making progress. No one could study
where he was, and at last he was not al
lowed to enter the room where the other
students were. The wise man, seeing how
matters tended, sent the boy home one day
to his mother with a message which ran
thus "Your boy, although too dull to
learn himself, has wit enough to prevent
others from doing so am therefore obliged
10 send him home to you"
Moral-An idle person wastes not only
his own time, but that OF other people as
vail
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A pIrCKY DOG.

its fate, showed fight. 1t snapped at the
tigress' nose and bit it till the blood came.
The tigress, far from resentiup the attack,
seemed to treat it as joke, and when the
spirited little dog grew tired Of the fun
the tigress patted it as if it had been cub
Of her own. Then the two lay down side
by side and had a comfortable nap. Thence
forth they were the best of friends, and to
humor this queer friendship Captain White
had small hole cut in the tigress' cage
that the puppy might go and come as it
pleased. 1t often took n trot abroad, but
1t always returned to it's dog devouring
friend. To test the tigress' affection q
| strange dog was offered it one day at din
ner time and was then hastily snatched
from its hungry jaws and the puppy friend
! thrown into the cage But, strange to say,
friendship triumphed over the pangs OF
hunger-and that, not on this occasion
| only, but whenever the captains crew
| thought fit to repeat the experiment. We
| are not told to what breed this puppy be-
ionged but he appears to have had in him
a good deal of the plucky little fox terrier
| now so fashionable, which will rush into a
| fight of the greatest odds withouta shadow
I of hesitation
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02

yellow and gray, or heliotrope and bluef
A court dress made for one of the May
drawing rooms was of vieux rose silk, with
n train of violet velvet and garniture of
violets. A beautiful dress in pale pink and
yellow-this mixture is quite orthodox
had Vatican train turned back at one
corner with a bow of antique lace and
punches of roses in the two shades Of the
dress Any quantity of old lace-imitat
tion as well as real-will be worn this sea-
son. The most delicate. colors are curiously
combined, peach with blue, yellow with
green, and with gray, white and grass
green, and peach in almost every combina-
tion.
The ends of some trains are cut square,
and large sleeves differing from the rest of
the dress is one among many efforts to
copy the styles of Venetian danes of long
ago. Sometimes the same brocade used
for the sleeves appears again on the hem Of
the dress. Some of the London dressmak-
ers are making up trains tn the new Wat
teau style, a point only of the material
coming from between the shoulders, where
it is literally trimmed with lace, leaving
the waist visible, and disposing Of the
weight which has always been the draw
back when the trains came from the shoul-
ders. 1t Is, in fact, an application Of the
Watteau now introduced in ten gowns, etc
In London efforts are being made TO
bring in draped skirts. Dresses of crepon,
for instance, are looped at the side and
show more or less elaborate underskirts of
shot brocade and velvet. Sleeves in many
instances are much trimmed; some have
the appearance of being ornamented at the
elbow with turned back cuffs of silk--a
IL. ~ Il
dress. Sleeves in many cases are so large
as to attract attention-as in the cut. In
this same cut, by the by, may be seen the
tendency referred to toward draped skirts.
The dress is a rich. raven gray silk, the
skirt of which is slightly fulled in front,
with cascade down one side. The bodice
has full sleeves, while a dainty arrange.
ment in a lighter shade of silk is let in
from neck to waist, terminating in point
of fine plaits. The basque is finished of
by an edging of jet trimming.
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HOMEMADE LEVELS.

Two Useful Little Substitutes for the
Costly Spirit Level.
The ordinary spirit level is a costly and
delicate piece of apparatus. Some little
kill, too, Is needed TO make effective use
Of It, for it only indicates the level in one
direction at time Here, on the contrary,
We have little appliance which shows de-
Tiation from the horizontal in any direc-
Sion and which every one can construct,
regulate and use for himself It may
be therefore entitled "Everybody's own
'evel."
Pass a pin through thc middle Of a scg-
ment of a cork. To the head of the pin tie
thread three or four inches in length.
Lower the thread into an empty bottle,
and with little beeswax make fast its op.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02


Ostrich farming is no child's play )" saws
an English gentleman who has lately been
to Africa and visited one of the farms de-
voted to the rearing of these great birds
The male ostrich is a dangerous bird to
have to do with when he is guarding his
nest or acting as the proud father to flock
of little ostriches Just picture the bird
for moment, standing Tor feet in height,
very heavy, with pair OF strong legs that
kick like horse, and tipped with claws
that cut like knife; add to this an easily
RULED temper, and then ! think you will
pause awhile before venturing unprepared
into the company of this big fowl
No one in Africa does go unprepared, not
even to feed the birds; a large forked stick
is always at hand wherewith to catch the
ostrich's neck and keep him at safe nom
peckfng distance Having got him in this
position you must stick to it till some one
comes to the rescue or till you have tired
him out or, best Of all, till you have worked
him near wall over which you can scram-
BILE, but which he, despite his long legs, is
too stupid to attempt. However hard you
may be pressed you must not think of kill
ing the bird, for male ostrich is often
worth $500 or more.
Sometimes the ostriche5 are allowed to
rear Iielr own young; on other farms the
eggs are taken and Matched artificially by
hot air and blankets, and then q Hottentot
damsel acts as nurse girl and parades
about with her flock ofthirty or forty little
ostriches, all over two feet high, though
only a few weeks old. Their nurse takes
charge of them till they are six months
old, feeding and guarding them all day
and shutting them up carefully at night,
the birds looking on her entirely as their
mother.
ostriches even when full grown are not
dangerous, except when in charge of a
nest, but all the same they look very alarm
ing from their size and powerful limbs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02
ILeusned the Work,

It's good thing that people don't al
ways know just what they are eating. A
aumber Of people in an office overlooking
dining room kitchen watched with fas-
sinated gaze the movements of girl cook
who was frosting some cakes. After each
spread of frosting she would lick off the
znife blade with manifest relish, then dip
It into the frosting again, spread on the
sweet substance and give the knife an
other lick Springfield Homestead
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02

A French Photographic journal tells
that photograph can be made luminous
in the dark by the following process; Take
a white mount and, after coating it with
starch paste, sprinkle over it luminous
powder and press it down firmly to make it
adhere. All that is now necessary is to
make the unmcunted silver print as trans
parent as possible by coating it on the back
with castor oil and wiping away the
surplus oil. BY placing this over the pre-
pared mounting card and exposing it to
daylight luminous positive is obtained,
having curious'appearanc when viewed
In the dark.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02
Dress Trimmings.

Gold is the foundation of most of the cost
ly trimmings-gold net, gold satin, gold
gauze or cloth of gold. Some handsome
waistcoats and corselet bodices, with cuffs
and collars to match, were of cloth OF
gold, hand embroidered with flowers in
soft colors. The new passementeries are
Rll light and graceful in design. Other at.
tractiNe trimmings are in jet and gold and
jet. The choice in plain jet trimmings is
illimitahle. Pearls are still used to some
extent for trimmings