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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-24
SANCTUM SALT.

Guest-Here's a bootstrap in the
soup.
Editor --Confouud that cook ! I was
leavin' the b Iots for Sunday!
subscriber-Well, I've just failed
for $50.
Editor-Lucky man /! John. run out
and stir up my creditors. I'll fail fol
less than that!
Wife-Why. John, you have made
3 mistake and put a lot of 'pi" in
your paper.
EditOr-You are mistaken, my dear,
that is q Swedish dialect story
Jester.
Editor Ito artist who is always
chsttering)-Do you think it is more
blessed to give then to receive?
Artist do.
Editor-Well, then, give US a rest.
Society Reporter-Mrs. Skihigh
complains that the picture we printed
does not look a bit like her.
Editor-That's lucky. We can use
it for some one else, then.-New York
Weekly.
Lady Visitor-Are you the editor Of
| tub OdZ6CUt!'
Editor-Yes, ma'am
Lady Visitor-Well, Pm the female
Samson of whom you wrote such q
splendid article, and I just feel like
hugging you for it.
Fighting Editor-Now that the cru
el wal with Chilli is over, what next?
Managing Editor-Well, there's
Reresy-it's always with us. Reduce
your surplus ammunition on the her
etics Springfield Union.
"What beautiful poetry!" said t Q
editor to the man who brought it III.
when did the author die?"
ale isn't dead" was the reply.
HIM" observed the editor. 81
scarcely think we can print it. Ii
wouldn't be appreciated, you kpow!''
Editor-I have invited the members
of the press association to dine with
me today.
Wlfe-What on earth have we got
to set before them?
Editor-Don't bother about that
The first course will be green col.
lsrds; the second, we'll water; and we
might have some good fresh air
for desert. Will you ask q blessing!
City Editor Cooking through the
manuscrIpt)-Mr. Newman, is thi.
elaborate essay on the disastrous
coDflagration that ravaged q palatis
edifce devoted to commerce. YOU
work?
Young Reporter-Y-yes, sir.
City Editor (tenderly but firmly
laying 1t in the waste basket) MIR
Newman, you may go out now and
get some facts about that fire at Get
tup & Howell's dry goods store.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-24

this advice, "a free people ought not
only to be armed but disciplined to
which end, q uniform and well d.
gested plan is requisite, and their
safety and interest require, that they
should promote such manufactures
as tend to render them independent
on others for essential or military sup
plies and these last words came even
closer to our day" There lie nothing
which can better deserve your patron
age than the promotion of science
and literature. knowledge is in
every country the surest basis of pub.
lie happiness-every valuable end OF
government is best answered by the
enlightened confidence of the people.
All this. and then we are sometimes
told that our Washington was only q
military hero. Such words show
Washington vas everything, hero in
the camp and hero in the hall.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-24
Gold and silver spune,es

Spsngles are used ON everything,
writes Mrs. Isabel A. MalIon In the
March Ladies' Home Journal. On
gowns, on bonnets, on all the little
belongings possible, aud especially on
fans. The prettiest of fans are OF
gauze with very large spangles OF
steel or gold upon them, and then
dragon. flies or butterflies formed OF
spangles. Being on the outer sticks
the eft ct is very sparkling, and, as a
matter of course, tends to brighten
the entire toilette.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-24
NEW SPRING GROUPINGS.

Among the horde of novelties our
Wash Goods Department exhibits, is
q silk striped Zephyr in~termingled In
light stripe patterns. They certainly
will make many friends among ex-
elusive dressers. JosKE BROTHERS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-24

Waco is the present Mecca of DO
end of democratic pilgrims, and
George Clark is the prophet of their
pilgrimage.
Joseph F. Johnson, octogenarian,
and father OF James R and Sidney A.
Johnson, prominent business men of
Austin, dies in that city of grippe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-24
BOWLING & FLOOD
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS.
24I COMMERCE ST.

Cor. Houston and Losoya'sts. Telephone A.
Prescriptions delivered to all parts of
the city.
Offices of Drs. Shropshire, Mcdaniel and
Barnitz; also Veterinary Surgeon AR. Bal
kan. cS-All articles belonging to a first
class drug store in stock. S12-1y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-24

FURNITURE PACKED AND SHIPPED
By Olsen & Wake, near Houston
street bridge. ll-9-lm
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THE ASSIGNEES SALE.

Over $1,ooo,ooo worth of San Antonio Property
Must be sold at once and entire estate offered in parts and tracts to
suit buyers. Large, well equipped brewery with good line of trade
at great sacrifice.
Extensive printing and lthographing establishment controlling
best trade in the Southwest.
Very choice business blocks, central and suburban residence
lots. Great variety, such bargains never before equaled.
REAGAN HOUSTON, Assignee.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
PASTURE

There are more pastures in this country
without trees than those that are pro.
vided with these blessings to livestock.
There need not be many, but a few trees
scattered over a farm not only add to the
beauty of the landscape but carry with
them the idea that the owner is merciful
to his beast. The shade-tree may be pro-
duetive of more than a shelter from the
burning sun in midsummer, for in autumn
it may bear a load of nuts that will glad
den the hearts of the boys who have none
too many things to cheer them IN their
life upon the farm. Chestnuts, butter
nuts, shagbark walnuts all furnish tooth
some nuts for the winter evening, while
protecting the sheep or kline in summer.
A farm with trees sells better than one
without shade. We have noticed that
the ~treeless farm is most apt-to be in the
market. The farmer who plants or pro-
tects no shade-trees lets other important
things escape through his fingers
american AgreuJturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
FEEDING THE HORSES.

The following hints on horse-feeding
are condensed for the NsD FORK Vosca
from an article by Veterinary Surgeon
6. Il. Kitchener, published IN 9 special
report al the United States Department oil
Agriculture
ia the horse digestion takes place
principally ii the intestines, and here, as
II all other animals, aud with all foods,
ne find . certain part only Of the PROV
ender has been digesteds another portion
i undigested. II the horse receives toe
much food j large portion Of digestible
food passes out Enacted upon, entaiiina
NOT only the loss OF this unused food,
but calling for an unnecessary expendi.
ture III vItal force on the part Of the
horse. and keeping him poor IN flesh.
Foods selected for the horse must Pc
wholesome, clean and sweet; the hours
Of feeding regsalar. and the mode q
preparation found by experience TO be
best for the animal must be adhered 70.
Cleanliness ii preparation and adHlnls<
tratIon must be observed
The length of time occupied By stoan.
aca digestion varies with different foods.
Hsyaad straw pass out otto stasnach
mare RAPIDLY than j osta shoaie
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A fence being a necessary evil, econ
omy in its construction has always been
considered important.
Never feed raw cornmeal to every
young chicks. Crumbled stale bread is
always good, for them.
It is important to have thrifty, vigor-
GUS breeding birds if you expect thrifty,
vigorous chickens. Now is the time to
be making the selections.
The cost of wintering poultry can
nearly always be greatly reduced 5ypiopei
care now in securing and storing away
a sufficient supply of food to last until
spring.
With proper care in selecting out aud
keeping the best of the fowls each year
for breeding, they a be gradually inn
proved at a very low cost. Get q stand
ard breed at the start.
Providing warm, dry quarters is one
OF the essentials necessary to induce the
hens to lay eggs during the winter; eggs
pay a better profit during the winter
than at any other season.
When the hens are kept separate from
the ROSTERS not only will they lay bet
ter, but the eggs will keep better. When
eggs are stored away those from hens
where there are no ROSTERS are the
best.
While in many localities it Is best to
close up the poultry house at night dur
ING the day the doors and windows
should be opened every day that the
weather will admit, 50 as TO secure . good
ventilation.
Because you have no bone mill IS no
reason you should not get scraps from
the butchers bone box and give the
hens q chance to have sonae fresh meat
during the moulting season. 4ou might
crack the bones some with an old ak or
Ratchet and help the hens to 9 little Of
them too.
Al ditch here aud d load Of dirt there
may prevent lots OF mud and filth in tae
stable yards during the coming winter.
You can not put IN al extra hour OF two
to better advantage than to see what I'M
proYements YOU can make in or about
FOUR stables. Devote q half day to this
purpose alone and you will not regret It.
stWhat is worth doing at all is worth
/ doing well.n This proverb will nowhere
apply better than to the care Of poultry.
Without constant attention and thorough.
ness, success IS not expected. Some kinda
Of business may be occasionally sighted
without serious harm, but in this occu-
patton one mishan may blast the hopes
OF d whole season.
a Missouri farmer IS said to have hung
his seed corn IN his smoke house aad
smoked it as long as ne did his hans. Is
il alleged that every kernel grew and
that It was not troubled By ground sqair.
rels, gophers, mice or blacSblrds, while
some corn, not smoked, that was planted
beside It was entirely destroyed. AS tao
smoking would probably not injure the
corn. it might be well to try the expert
ment on a small scale.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16

therefore be given after hay, instead of
hrst; for it reversed the hay would
cause the oats to be sent onward to the
lntestines before being acted on by the
stomach, and as a result produce indi-
gestion. Experience confirms this.
There is another reason why hay should
be given first, particularly if the horse
Is very hungry or is exhausted from
overwork. The hay requires more time
for m~astication, insuring proper admix.
ture of saliva, and cannot be bolted as
are the grains.
Water must not be given Don after
feeding as it washes or sluices the food
from the stomach before it is fitted for
intestinal Digestion
Rapid or severe labor cannot be per-
formed by the horse on a full stomach.
For such horses food must be given in
small quantity and, if possible, about two
hours before going to their work.
The disproportion between the size
of the stomach and the amount of water
drank tdIs us plainly that the horse
should always be watered before feeding.
Never feed too soon after a hard days
work. A small quantity of hay may be
given but grain should be withheld for
an hour Or two.
Do not feed concentrated food entire
ly. Bulky food must be given to detain
the grains in their passage through the
intestinal tract; bulk also favors dis
tention aud thus mechanically aids ab-
sorption.
For horses that do slow work for
the greater part of the time, chopped or
cut hay fed with crushed oats, ground
corn, etc.. is the best kind of feed,a s it
gives the required bulk, saves time and
half the labor Of feeding.
Sudden changes of diet are always
dangerous. Change the food gradually.
A tuil meal of corn fed to a horse ac-
customed to oats, will almost always
sicken him.
If a horse is to do less work or to rest
see that he receives less food. Ii this
was observed even Saturday night and
Sunday there would be tower cases Of
ssMonday morning sickness"
Food should be more of q laxative
nature when q horse is to stand for some
days.
Above all things avoid feeding musty
or moldy FODDER These are frequent
causes of lung troubles and other dis
eases. The digestive organs also suffer.
Musty hay is generally considered to
produce disorder of the kidneys, and all
know of the danger to pregnant animals
from feeding from ergotized grasses or
grains.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
STIMULATING FOWLS.

We believe ID stimulating fowls, but
we want the stimulants to consist OF such
articles as will build up rather than tear
down the constitution. We believe in
rusty iron in the drinking water during
damp weather Or changing Of seasons.
We likewise believe IN q piece of assa-
fntida, about the size OF q hazelnnt,
wrapped up ID muslin q regular sugar
teatl, aud placed in the drinking water
when there are signs of colds in the
fowls. We believe ia an occasional feed
OF chopped raw onions at night to main
tain health. We believe in d varied diet
Of good, sound grain and green food for
egg production. Grit-good sharp grit
is the article that gives good health.
Look at the number OF cases OF in
digestion, all owing to the fact that the
fowls have not the proper material to
masticate the food. Indigestion is often
taken for cholera. Lime makes egg
shells. Along with the material tc
manufacture the egg, lime ne.sst be given
to make the shells. As certain per cent.
OF lime is found In the grains, but we
literally feed oyster shells 20 supply the
balance.
Keep the birds Id a good condition
neither too fat D too lean-and there
will be less sickness and more eggs.
Half-starved hens can neither remain
healthy D lay eggs. Il i false econo-
my to cut down the ~ratioas. Less corn
and more wheat IS better policy. The
science Of feeding IS not IL stinting the
fowls, but in getting them A rnuca g
they can cat OF the proper feed. ln
other words, for eggs, stimulate the hens
with such grains as wheat and oass-as
much as they will eat up clean. F9l
growing flesh give them ali the corn
they wish. Stimulation in the right way
is the proper thing to do.-Homestsed-
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
An India Rubber Plantation.

A plantation of India rubber was
started by the Government of Assam in
1873, in a forest at the foot OF tie Him
alayas. Seedlings were planted in the
forks of trees, and by 1885 they had
reached the ground. The trees were
subsequently placed in beds forty feet
wide, protected by the surrounding for.
est. In 1890 the plantation EXTENDED
over 1106 acres and contained 1854
healthy plants, besides 1000 seedlings.
The experiment will not toegz4 to be
profitable for several years.-Nee0 0r!e4a5
Pscayune.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
Chinese Sacred Caatata.

Chin Tin, who is greatly respected in
chinatown, New York City, has had a
happy thought. He is the manager of
the Poogee Yee Dramatic Company from
Canton. The thirty-five actors have not
been engaged since Mayor Grant refused
TO renew the license of the Chinese
theatre at 10 Bowery.
Manager Chin engaged the Wiadsor
nTheatre for S115, summoned his talent
and arranged for Sunday evening what
would be called in English ga grand
sacred concert" Then he ripped off
the side of a tea chest and placed it in
front of the theatre. This was all the
advertising Manager Chin Tin had to do.
When the Windsor's curtain went up
a THOUSAND smiling China neh sat in the
theatre. Each had paid fifty cents for a
reserved seat. In one of the boxes, re.
splendent in his robes of lilac silk, en-
broidered with gold thread, sat Lea
Shue, formerly Treasurer of the Chinese
Gambling Union. A select cotcrle of
his friends sat around him. In an on
posite box sat one of the few Chinese
women in the colony.
Manager Chin styled the piece which
his company presented a 'ssacred can
tata." The title was SCAM Snewo Dup
or "rhe Golden Butterfly" The libret-
list and composer was Di Gar Wing, who
also assumed the star part in the operetta,
that of Gong Sin, the heroine.
The All Inns orchestra of eight Chin.
ese instruments, which were stationed ON
the rear OF the stage, played the score
with fine feeling.
Every member of the Poosee zee
Company is an artist. When Yuen Way,
the angry father, a part assumed by
Actor Ian Bea, stalked out ON the stage,
pulled his long beard, rustled his robes
and acclaimed to the frightened lover,
Lee She Won ".Ah! ali! ali! Nor jol
do ma lar M it nor far yuea. Tow year,"
the audience was b~reathless, In English
the angry fathers words we're. cab,
you rascal, | have caught you now! j
will search you! You have been into my
garden and stolen $500"
The "sacred cantata' ended about mid
night.-ohicago Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
PLANTING AN ORCHARD.

In planting an orchard for profit the
varieties should not be many. Tt will
commonly be found that the profit is
mainly derived from one or two thor
oughly trustworthy kinds best adapted
to the soil and climate, and whose we'll
known ex~cellencies and bookkeeping
qualities always insure them a demand.
There are q few varieties, and only o few,
that seem to succeed fairly well under
greatly varying conditions. In general,
however, each one of widely separated
sections seems to have its own f~avorite
varieties of The apple. Consequently the
orchardist who is upon the ground can
best determine the kinds he should plant,
but there are a few points that may be
considered as OF general application.
High elevation or the vicinity Of large
bodies of water are especially desirable
locations on account Of their greater i'm
munity from frosts. Apple trees should
not be crowded. A distance of forty
feet between the trees will seem great
when first planted, but when full grown,
In most sections, not too much. Soil
only moderately fertile is to be preferred
to a rich loan, aud that from which an
old orchard has just been cleared off
should be avoided. Cultivation between
the trees for a few years will be beneficial
rather than hurtful, provided the original
fertility is maintained by manuring.
After an orchard begins to bear other
crop-bearing on the same ground should
cease. As between planting in the fall
or spring, either N is likely to succeed
If carefully done. In a mild climate
fall planting is thought the best. Spring
planting should be as early as the ground
will admit.-Nsp York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
Gorgeous Palace Of an Empress.

The Empress Of Austriass new palace
at Corfu has cost six hundred thousand
dollars. The bill for tile wood carvings
IN the Pompeian suite Of sever rooms,
which is the great feature-of the house,
amounted TO fifteen thousand dollars. II
may be hoped that the Empress will be
more satisfied with this abode than she
was with d villa she built a lew years
ago IN the neighborhood OF Vienna, for
after il was finished she took . dislike to
the place, and has never live I there, al
though upwards of four handrei thou
sand dollars had beer expended IN the
house and grounds.-0acs-a- Week.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
You can't 6eEseue

OW Gun OtLEcOS
some dealers always. They want to
sell the medicine that pays them the
largest profit. What you want to
buy is the one that does you the
most good. I
Which one is it?
Sometimes, it may be q matter
of doubt. But, in the case of
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
there's no room for doubt. It's q
matter that can be proved.
With the facts before you, it's
an insult to your intelligence to
have something else offered as
s. iust as good"
And here's the proof Among
all the medicines that claim to cure
woman's peculiar weaknesses, irreg-
ularities, and diseases, the "Favor-
lite Prescription" is the only one
that's guaranteed.
IL it doesn't do all that's claimed
for it, if it doesn't give satisfaction
in every case, you'll have your
money back.
There's strength and vigor for
every tired and feeble woman,
health and a new life for every
delicate and ailing woman and if
there's no help, there's no pay.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
A Shirt Has 2l.Ol0 Stitches.

4 New York merchant, in the hearing
Of a newspaper man, made a calculation
of the number Of stitches in a Shirt, for
which a customer thought ~thirty-aiae
cents too higha price. He found: There
are four rows of stitching in tde collar,
5000 stitches; cross ends of the %collav,
40; button and b~uttonholes, $50; gath,
eFing the neck and sewing on the collar,
1905; stitching wristbands, 1853; ends
of the SANG, IS; buttonholes in wrist
bands, 148; hemning Sits, 264; gather.
ing the sleeves, SO; setting on wrist.
bands, 1853; stitching on shoulder
straps, 1880; hemming the bosom, 1913:
sewing In sleeves aud making gussets,
1850; sewing up seams Of sleeves, 1854.
cording the bosom, 1104; "tapping'
the sleeves, 1928; sewing up all Other
seams and setting the side gussets, 1872.
Twenty.one thousand stitches in ALL
NeU ORLEANS FacagfAs.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
no KEEr a s1Lo PROM RorrrNa.

How to keepa silo from rotting is
what the Wisconsin professors have been
studying. The best remedy seems to be
ventilation. It is well known that a
plank must be kept either constantly
soaked with water or else free from
water, to prevent it from rotting. It is
the act of wetting and drying that does
the damage. As it is not practical to
keep the planks of a silo always wet, the
next thing to do is to keep them dry by
ventilation, such as dead air spaces,
with q slight opening for a current of
air to move in.-American Dairyaszn.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
1A Yard of Roses

One Of the popular paintings at the New
York Academy of Design was a yard-long
panel of Roses. A crowd was always before
it. One art critic exclaimed, such a bit of
nature should belong to all the people, it Is
too beautiful for one man to hide away"
The Youths Companion, of Boston, seized
the idea, and spent twenty thousand dollars
to renrodue the painting. The result has been
a triumph of artistic delicacy and color.
The Companion makes an autumn gift of
this copy of the painting to each of its five
hundred thousand subscribers. Any others
who may subscribe now for the first time, AMI
request it, will receive 18th Yard of Roses"
without extra charge while the edition lasts.
Besides the gift Of this beautiful picture all
new subscribers will receive The Conep1nton
free from the time the subscription is received
Till January First including the Thanksgiving
and Christmas Double Numbers,and for a full
year from that date. The price of The Cofa-
pdntot is S1.T5 a year.
Every family should take this brightest s.nd
best of illustrated literary papers in addition
TO its local paper.
COUNTERFEIT Swedish money is made in
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
HAw's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Curs.
i. j. CHENEY Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F: J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
West & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
WALpfNG, K1NNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Ca3arrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16
THE Earth and nan COMPARED.

II it were possible for man to con-
struct d globe 500 feet in diameter, and
to place upon any part Of its surfacs an
atom B four thousand three hundrel
and eightieEhs Of an inch IN diameter aud
enc one-hundred and twentieth Of m
inch III height, il would correctly denote
the PROPORTION man bears to the earth
Upon which be .standLuis RS.
1u6zsc.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16

There are ISL, 900 foreigners in Paris,
or one-tenth Of the entire population.
Among these the Beigians lead with d.,
600; next the Germans, 81, 600; then
the Swiss, Is, 900; and Italians, 81, 000,
then comes Luxembourg, and next Great
Britain with $1,000.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-16

The eoIorea people Of Georgia are
prosperous and gradually acquiring
wealth. They return fifteen per cent.
more Of property this year than they did
last. They have returned S1I, l96, 735
worth OF taxable property.