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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-30

LRLIN, Oct 29-Emperor William will
open !, e reichstag in person on November
20. While the imperial parliament is
wrestling over the army bill, the Prussiau
landtag. which has been summoned to
meet on November 9, will be involved IN
an eager party war on the fiscal reforms
proposed by DR.. Miguel, minister of
finance. Both sessions will strain the en-
ergies of the ministers and produce crisis
periods. Yet the official circle is confident
that the army bill will be approved. as
they are also confident that the proposed
budget will meet with acceptance.
Prince Bismarck will not reappear in
the reichstag. II the success of the coali-
ton against the government were ALSO
lutely secure, with himself master of the
situation, he would not hesitate to again
take his seat; but the person who latest
tried to interview him could not extort
even a side light on the princes attitude
toward the impending struggle. In this
interview he said that to fight with min
charms for him. Some of the ministers,
he said, stuck to their posts
through personal necessities They had
urge families, or other heavy expenses.
that demanded that they retain their
offices. Competition with such ministers,
he said was only possible provided one had
previously worn livery for some years.
The negotiations for commercial
treaty with Russis are about TO be re
sumed. Russia assents to reduction of
her tariff on German coal.
The program of the independent Social
tst party has been finally drafted. 1t
marks their definite secession from the
main body of Social Democrats. The mani
fesio containing the program has been
published 1t is pure anarchism. The
parry has growing number of adherents.
the social season, which opened brill
iantly at the American legation. was in
terrupted by the news of Mrs. Harrison's
death. All invitations to the social festivi-
ties planned by the members of the lega-
ton have been withdrawn.
The German steamship companies have
agreed not to forward Russians nor Hun
gdrians to the United States SO long as
Cholera exists in Russia and Hungary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-30
GENERAL ORDER NO. !.

The following gentlemen are hereby APP
pointed to act as aides in the grand Repub-
lican rally ON next Tuesday Nov /
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-30

1t was There.
They stopped on the steps ere they went 70 the
play,
And she suddenly started and cried: ''on. say,
The key of the house. my dear. d above:
Go run up and fetch it. now there Is . love
"Go look IN the closet. Just on from The stairs:
II lies In my grensdine pocket UP there"
And so with step that was toyou. ana hsh.
He bounded upstairs in the gathering night;
And tho door Of the closet he opened QUITE
wide.
And be smiled TO himself - he stepped inside;
And he eiusehed With chuckie the old grens,
And he felt for place where poke. he'd
Then he thought that the garment vas inside
out
So With teeth Get together he turned 4, .bout
And he felt with fevcrish hand in vain
For . SLIT, and he swors with his might ara
Then ne turned the thing up and he turned 70
down.
And jumped on the cursed old eren.1dne eovn
Untfl. as be lay with the eress On .be noo,.
Els tsernan came up and opened the door
And SIZE took mp The gown and she put q. hs,
hand,
And she pulled out the key Win = emf,. TIA,
was bland
And she said. - she stamped Q. the door: -
declare
That IS Just ike ruaa. whr. ,as x.v -.
right theref-
Tom Mason, IN Coax Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-30

H. r. FARNUM, Marshal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
How Won Moltke Calculated.

The parents of a young soldier, who was
a private in a Prussian cavalry regiment
during the Franco-Prussian war, became
terribly anxious about him. Several bat
ties had been fought, and they had re.
ceived no news of their boy. They had
followed the army and, after some hesita-
ton, the father went to see General Won
Moltke, who was understood to receive
visitors at a certain hour in the early
morning. Strange to say, the father was
admitted to see the great field marshal.
'What is your business?" said Moltke;
fuse as few words as possible" The Wis
itor explained that he wished to know the
fate of his son, a private in a certain regi-
ment.
Moltke smiled, but not unkindly, and
drew from his pocket a square of card
board, covered with dots, lines and crosses
of various colors. "This line" he said,
Indicates the line of march of your sons
regiment. These dots mark the distances,
of each forced march. Tomorrow morning
at Z O'Clock the regiment must be at this
point here. Take note of the situation"
He said no more and the interview ended.
Long before the hour named the father
was at the point indicated on the map.
Just before Z o'clock the trumpets of the
advance guard were heard in the distance,
and precisely at the hour the father saw
his son.-San Francisco Argonaut.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
A Geographical Question.

He was the art critic, and he had just
sent out an unusually brilliant account of
a recent exhibition of paintings to the desk
editor, who, not having made much of a
study of art, was naturally unfamiliar
with the language of the studio, but was
preparing to wrestle with his difficult task.
He was new at the work and it was beset
with pitfalls. Heading the list was this
e~nignatical sentence, "a Landscape in
Sep.a.'
Landscape in Sepia!' shouted the scribe,
addressing the sporting editor, who was
busily engaged in describing a spirited set
to between two ~favorite lightweigbts.
"Where the deuce is Sepia?"
Don't know" answered the sporting
editor thoughtfully. "Never heard of the
place. Sepia can't be in the United States
or l must nave heard of it surely. 1t must
be in Syria somewhere"
81 don't believe the place exists at ALL"
snapped the puzzled genius of the desk.
II think"-
A heavy fall in the adjoining room broke
eff the conversation here, and a hurried
investigation revealed the art critic in
strong commissions ON the floor. He had
heard the entire conversation, and was
conveyed to his lodging place in an ambu-
lance. -Geoffrey Cuthbert Strange in Har-
ner's
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
A Story Of General Grant.

I was told a good story about General
Grant. 1t will be recalled that early in the
war the New York Fire Zouaves were a
crack regiment, commanded by Colonel
Ellsworth. The fire zouaves were the
first troops to march into Alexandria, Va.
Their colonel was at their head, and after
the town had surrendered Ellsworth saw
q Confederate flag flying from a hotel.
Instead of ordering a squad to remove It
he bolted into the house, assembled the
stairway, went out ON the roof and cap
tured the flag. Descending he was con-
fronted by the landlord-one Jackson
who shot him dead. jackson himself was
then shot to death, and the affair created
more sensation than considerable battles q
few years later.
After the wal a daughter Of jackson Sc
cured an appointment in N Of the depart
ments here. She was a modest, diligent
and capable young woman, and discharged
her official duties acceptably. In the course
Of time a SUPERFICIAL gentleman was put in
charge Of the bureau in which she worked.
Nosing around, he soon discovered the
antecedents Of the young clerk and dis
charged her. She was friendless and PEN
niless, and as a last resort went to the
White House and called for General Grant.
He received her and she related her story
to the silent man. Without saying q word
he took a piece of paper and wrote: "The
war against men is ended and my admins
tration shall not begin one against women.
Restore Miss Jackson to her former clerk
ship instantly" This was addressed to
the loyal bureau official, and the young
lady is yet in the public service. That was
an exhibition of chivalry that Duriois Of
Francis l might have envied. Washing
ton Cor. Louisville Courier-Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
A Primitive Method,

AS late as the end of the Sixteenth CEN
fury in London the sole method of ex-
tinguishing fires was by means of con-
trivances known as 'hand squirts." These
were usually made of brass, with a carry
ing capacity ranging from two to four
quarts of water. The two quart ''squirts"
were two and a half feet in length, one inch
and a half in diameter at their largest part
and but half an inch at the nozzle. On
each side were handles, and three men
were required to manipulate a squirt"
One man on each side grasped the handle
in one hand and the nozzle in the other,
while the third man worked the piston or
plunger. drawing it out while the nozzle
was immersed in a supply of water, which
filled the cylinder. The bearers then ele-
waited the nozzle when the other pushed in
the plunger, the skill of the former being
employed in directing the stream of water
upon the fire. Such primitive contrivances
are said to have been used during the great
fire of l666.-Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
British Slavery In Natal.

Before | went to Natal | was always
under the impression that when our war
ships captured cargoesof slaves the latter
were set free at once or - o o after as
possible. But it is not always the case.
Captured slaves are frequently, If not al
ways, taken on board and landed at the
nearest British port-say, for arguments
sake, Durham, Natal. When landed they
are taken to the police station and kept In
prison till a certain day named by the local
authorities.
The announcements are then published
by crier and otherwise that on such and
such a day so many captured slaves will
be distributed to any one requiring serv-
ants for a certain number Of years. The
only qualification necessary in order to Dbl
tain such servants is a position of respecta-
bility in the locality, such as belonging to
some profession or trade or possessing in
dependent means.
Now, suppose | require a servant. I sign
a paper before the magistrates, agreeing
to take so and so for so many years and
feed and clothe him or her, and, although
/ am supposed to treat such servant well,
| can practically do very much rs | like
with him short of murder. Should the
unfortunate native get tired of being bull
lied and run away, | simply notify the
police authorities to that effect and they
send IL their native police in search of
the runaway, who generally takes shelter
in the nearest kraal.
On being captured he is brought back to
the police station, flogged and returned to
me-his master. Should my ervant do
anything | think wrong l can also have
him fogged by the police at any time
London Truth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
An Old SPANISH Story.

There is a good old story told in Spain,
that runs somewhat to this effect:
There was a certain man who was gifted
with a very peculiar kind of second sight.
When he went to a doctors he could see
outside the door the ghosts of all those pa
tients who had died during the time they
had been attended by the doctor.
One day he himself fell i'll and it became
necessary that he should seek the assistance
of a physician, so he started out to find the
best one he could. He visited the houses
of all the medical men who were supposed
TO be the cleverest in the town, but he
found all their doorways so blocked up, as it
were, with ghosts, that he did not like to
go in.
After trayersing all the principal streets
and not finding a single doctor whom he
thought he could trust, he at last turned
into a side turning, and outside the door o.
a seemingly Insignificant doctor he saw
only one little white ghost glimmering;
therefore, thinking he must be a very
clever doctor who had only killed one per-
son, he went into the house and was at
tended to by the doctor. As he was leav-
ing the doctor said to him:
81 cannot think who recommended you
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
How to Help a Minister to Preach.

1t is astonishing how dull religious audi
ences, as a rule, look. In lecturing halls
you see people with eyes wide open,
nudging each other and nodding to the
sentiments offered. In prayer meetings the
same people look dull; they cultivate the
dull look; they have an idea that to be
devotional they must look sleepy. A
brother gets up to talk, and a father in
Israel puts his head down on a cane, and a
mother in Israel her head on the back OF
the seat in front of her, and another looks
up to the ceiling and seems to be counting
the cracks in it. Now when your minis.
ter gets up to preach look at him. There
is inspiration in the human eye. Many
time / have, through pressure of other
work, gone into the pulpit with little TO
say, but in the upturned faces of the PEG
pie l nave seen twenty sermons, and the
only bother was to know which | should
preach.-Dr. Talmage in Ladies' Home
Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
An Arkansaw Expression.

A queer expression, which is neverthe-
less a common one in Arkansas, used by a
poor woman whose little girl had been
burned to death, sticks in my memory: at
ben ten years now, but | amt got satisfied
with it yit."
And a poor man, who chung desperately
to a wretched, mortgaged little farm in the
swamp, excused himself for the unwisdom
that even he could see by the plea that his
two dead children were buried there, and
my woman, she hated terribly to have
them die, and she cayn't git satisfied to
leave 'em, nohowl"-Octave Thanet in At
lantic Monthly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
What Your Great Grandmother Did.


She hetcheled the fax and carded the
wool, and wove the linen, and spun the tow,
and made the clothes for her husband and
ten children. She made butter and cheese,
she dipped tallow candles, to light the house
at night, and she cooked all the food for her
household by an open fire place and a brick
oven. Yes; and when she was forty years of
age, she was already an old lady whose best
days were over. Her shoulders were ben and
her joints enlarged by hard work, and she
wore spectacles and a cap.
Her great granddaughter, with all the
modern conveniences for comfort, refinement
and luxury, may be as charming and attract
i've at forty-five as at twenty. Especially is
this true if she preserves her health by the
use of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
which wards off all female ailments and ir-
Irregularities, cures them if they already exist,
keeps the life current healthful and vigorous,
and enables the woman of middle age to re-
tain the freshness of girlhood upon brow and
cheek, the light of youth in her eyes, and
its elasticity in her step.
Go to your drug store, pay a dollar, get Q
bottle and try it-try a second, a third Il nsp
essary. Before the third ones been taken
you'll know that there's a remedy to help you.
Then you'll keep on. n a curem come.
But if you shouldn't feel the help, should
be disappointed in the results = youm find
a guarantee printed on the bottle-wrapper
that'n get your money back for you.
Can you ask morea
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
Pointers and Settlers.

A pointer is so called because of its hab-
it's Of stopping and pointing at game with
it's nose, while the setter gets its name
from a like habit, excepting that it crouches
instead of standing when pointing under
similar circumstances.-Detro Free Press.
How Mr. Lowell Furnished His House.
In 1855, Longfellow having resigned his
place az professor of modern languages
and literature, Lowell was appointed his
successor, with leave of absence to perfect
himself in his studies. He went abroad,
but did not remain so long as he had in
tended. In later years he gave an anus
ing explanation of his early return, and
the story is perhaps not unworthy of in
~sertion, as it is the thistledowns of char
acteristic humor which are apt to be blown
away from stately biographies. Lowell
said, in a whist party:
81 had given instructions to my banker
In London to notify me when my account
was reduced to a certain sum-, and then l
settled myself to my studies, keeping no
account of the drafts l drew from time to
time. supposed l still had a good sum to
the fore and a pleasant time in prospect,
but / was surprised one day to receive
notice that my account had got down to
the figure mentioned.
"There was nothing to do but to pack up
and go home, which l did. Mark the Sc
quell Some years afterward l received a
letter from the bankers stating that owing
to the error of a clerk l had been charged
with a draft for so and so many pounds,
which ought to have been debited to the
account Of a kinsman of mine, and that
sum with compound interest was subject
to my order. They regretted the incon-
venience l had suffered in shortening my
visit, and by way Of compensation they
suggested an Investments / did not need
the money at ~once-which they thought
would turn out well. I thanked them and
asked them to invest the money as they
thought best.
well in a year I got a draft for nearly
R700. With that l refurnished my house
Now you, who are always preaching fig
ures and Poor Richard and business habits,
what do you say to thatf II I had kept an
account and known how 1t stood l should
have spent that money, and you would not
now be sitting in those easy chairs or be
walking on u Wilton carpet. No; hang &C
counts and figures. contemporary Re
view.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
Licorice Root and Black Licorice.

Licorice root comes principally from
Asia Minor, and is the root of a bush not
more than three or -four feet high. The
stick in the drug store comes mostly from
Spain and is made of pure juice mixed with
a little starch, which prevents it from
melting in warm weather. The word
~licorice means ''sweet root" and is of
Greek origin.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
A Clever Horse.

This story shows the intelligence of a
Kentucky roan, which was left in an open
paddock fastened by means of a wooden
hasp. This he learned in a few days to
take out with his teeth and drop on the
ground, only to have it carefully replaced
by the stable boy, who displayed a wonder
full intuition about discovering it. Finally,
when it became plain to his horseish I'M
Outstanding that there was nothing to be
gained by such a performance, he tried the
experiment of carrying it over to the far
tber side of Che fence and letting it fall
into a neighboring yard.
Now it so happened that his owner
caught him in the act and relentlessly went
and fastened him in again; then from a
distance he watched to see what would
come next, As he had expected, the horse
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
Hours of sleep for Children and Adults.

Hours of Sleep for Child rem and Adults.
A German specialist, DR.. Cold, pleads fol-
giving young people more sleep. Ahealthy
infant sleeps most of the time during the
first weeks, and in the early years people
are disposed to let children sleep as much
as they will. But from six or seven, when
school begins, there is a complete change.
At the age of ten or eleven the child sleeps
only eight or nine hours, when he needs at
least ten or eleven, and as he grows Older
the time of rest is shortened. DIR. Cold be-
lieves that up to twenty a youth needs
nine hours sleep and an adult should have
eight or nine. With insufficient sleep the
nervous system. and brain especially, not
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23

alIlgenUly 1oosened the SUCK again, put
now comes the queer part of it-instead Of
putting it in any of the old places he gave
one defiant snort and laboriously set to
work to eat it up. If his object was the
total humiliation of the hasp there is no
doubt he accomplished it fully. All of
which goes to prove what a splendid disre-
gard of splinters and a little ingenuity will
accomplish.-Chicago News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
RAIL 0 A TIME TABLE
|. g. G. N. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.

DEPARTURES.
For st. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or M. K. st. S:45 a m
For St. Louis via Iron Mountoin 6 90 p m
For Laredo . 9:5S a m
ARRIVALS.
From st. Louis via Iron Noun
tain and M, K. and T. . ...o:35 a m
From St. Louis via Iron Noun
tain and M. K. andT . . 1000 p m
From Laredo . q. .5:55 p m
Southern Pacific Railroad.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leaves for New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston . . S:45 a m and 9 p m
ARRIVES FROM THE EAST.
Arrives from New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston . . 7 a m and 4:o5 p m
THROUGH WEST.
Leaves for San Francisco, FL Paso
and Eagle Pass ABS p m
Arrives from San Francisco, FL
Paso and Eagle Pass Sis a IN
S. A g. A. p. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for Kerrville, daily except
unda . 500 p III
Leaves Tor Galveston, Houston and
Wayo, daily except Sunday . e:55 a NJ
Leaves for Corpus Christi, Rockport
Beelille, daily except Sunday, 1880 P m
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, daily except
Sunday GAS a m
From Corpus Christi, Rockport,
Beeville, daily except Sun. 2:55 P III
From Galveston, Houston and
Waco, daily except Sunday GAO p M
Mallory Steamer sail from Galveston
every Wednesday and Saturday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
Asbestos Cloth.

Asbestos rolled cloth packing is made
both with and without india rubber core.
Asbestos block packing consists of an in
dia rubber back upon which there are built
up edgewise a number of layers of asbestos
cloth.
Sufficient elasticity is thus impaired by
the rubber back, while great durability
and protection to the rubber is insured by
the use of asbestos India Rubber World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23

resting enough ana ceaslnS 10 work not
mally, we find exhaustion, ~excitability and
intellectual disorders gradually taking the
place of love of work, general well being
and the spirit of initiative. London Tit
Bits.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23
Mexicans Had a Year with ses Days.

Cyrus Thomas the discovery
Of positive evidence in one of the Maya
manuscripts (the Dresden Codex) that s65
days were, in some instances at least,
counted to the year by the ancient Next
cans.-Philadelphia Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-23

to come TO an T.lgnlncanU man ike my
self, seeing that during the whole time
have practiced I have only had one patient,
and l am quite sure that he did not tell
ou."-London Tit-Bits.