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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-24
Social Life in CHICAGO

Although disguised with all the
sppurtenanees of luxury and beauty
in house decoration, and extensive
and beautiful dress, Puritan New
England lives again in the large and
representative element which rules
Chicago society, writes Mrs. Reginald
de Koven in the April Ladies, Home
Journal. Thus 1T happens that the
social atmosphere of this great, rush
ing western city in its higher circles
is purer and clearer in its tone-,t-is
safe to say-than that of any other
city of equal size in the history of the
development of civilization. It has
passed into q proverb that di.
vorce is and frequent in Chicago,
but the fact that only three divorce
cases of people known to the world of
society have been known i'm the his.
tory OF the city. The old lines of
duty to the domestic relations are
infiexibly adhered to. and less counte-
nance given to an easier interpreta.
ton of such duties than In any other
of the large cities of America. Wealth
also is 80 evenly and generally dii.
tributed that the possession OF it to a
large extent is taken for granted. and
judgment OF character singularly
little affected by 1t. This fact gives
rise to another characteristic of Chi
csgo society, and that is the unusual
absence or that distinctive form of
human ambition which has its aim
wholly in social advancement, an
am bition which sets up false gods to
be worshipped, and which nullifios
the best interests of human nature.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-24

PROPOSALS FOR BEEF AND MUTTON
Headquarters Department of Texas, Of
flee of Chief Com niSSary of Subsistence,
San Antonio, Texas, MARCH 16, 1892
Seated proposals, in triplicate, with a
copy of this advertisement attached, will
be received at this office and at the offices
of the Acting Comm issaries of Subsistence
at the following named posts, in the De-
partment of Texas, until II O'clock, noon,
Thursday, APRIL %, 1892, and then
opened, for delivery at Forts Bliss,
Brown, Clark, Hancock, Mcintosh, Ring
gold and Sam Houston, and Camp Pena
Colorado, and Camp at Eagle Pass, Texas,
of such quantities of Fresh Beef and Mutt
ton as may be required by the Subsistence
Department at these posts from JULY /.
1892, to JUNE 80, 1893, or such less time
as the COmmiSSary General of Subsistence
may direct. Proposals will also be re-
ceived for the delivery OF choice cuts of
Beef and Mutton for sales. Each bidder
must furnish guarantee in the sum of
five hundred dollars, TO the effect that, if
his bid is accepted. he will enter into a
con tract, and give bond with good and
sufficient suretieS. within thirty days
from the date of opening the bids The
right is reserved to reject any or all bids
Full information will be furnished upon
application to this office or to the A. C. s.
at any post named. Envelopes contain
ing proposals should be marked: PRO
poSals of Beef and Mutton at -" and
addressed to the undersigned, or to the
A. c. S. at the post for which the proposal
is intended. WELLS WILLARD, Cap
tain and Commissary of Subsistence,
Chief G. S. 3-19-4t 524-2t
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REPUBLICAN GALL.
For a State Convention to Meet at
Dallas. April 18th

To the free and Independent Repub
licanS of Texas: At consultation of
Republicans from all parts of Texas at
Austin, March s, 1892, nregard to state
representa- ion in the Minneapolis con-
vention, the formation of a state ticket,
and thorough organization for effective
work in republican contests, 1t was
unanimously resolved that simultaneous
with the state republican league meet
ing at Dallas, on the 18th of April, 1892,
there be held mass meeting of white
Republicans who are in favor Of pro-
per representation ia Republican conVen-
lions, and of placing in the field state
Republican ticket worthy OF the support
Of the intelligent voters of Texas In ac-
cOTdance with the demand for a Rcpuhli-
can state ticket and for an organization
| for the dissemination of Republican liter
ature. and the advancement of RepubIt-
l can principles we hereby invite ali white
| epublicans favoring these views, and
believing that virtue and intelligence are
| the safe guards of liberty and should con-
| troll, TO meet in mass convention at Dali
las, April J2, at lOo'cl0ck q. m. for pur-
poses above expressed, and transaction of
such other business as may be deemed
necessary for the building up of Repub,
Iicanism in Texas. Reduced rates will
be had for all who attend.
81 Wight, Lamar county; A b Norton,
Dallas county; Thomas Breen, Wood; L
w Gaines, Red River;J w Butter, Smith:
| NJ Hicky, Rusk: A Burge, Van Iandt:
ID r Williams, FL Paso; Allen Marshall,
Dallas; j Is Ralstnn, Wilbarger; A l.
Darnell, Grayson; j S SHOCKS, Burleson;
James Bentley, Dallas; w H Love, Collin;
w HoefliDg, Beyar; John GrOgan, Wood
| A b WEIGH, Williamson; y A Robinson,
| Dallas; O + Watson. Wllharger; I
NJ Wright, McLennoa; Nj II
| Wear. Dallas; L Wheeless, Hood:
w o Kreutsinger, Grayson: G w McCor-
mick, Dallas, John ellis, Wood; w II
| Cats. Hood; L L WEIGH, Williamson;
90 Buckalew, Dallas, j w Edgell, Cas-
tro;. II H Alyord, Wood; c f A!termBn
Dallas; A Hatchel, Randall; q w
| COtter. Johnson; G w Butler, Wood; ID
| w BoydsJun, Rockwall; G w
Gillespie, Tarrant: II Welsh, Marion;
| L l. Wren, Travis: j III Trayn-
ham, Travis, j Bowman, Parker;
w p Golf, Tarrant; ii f Baxter, Jeffer-
| son; } p NewcOmb, ChaS l. Sauer, + II
| HertZberg, Nat SulZbacher, Walter GTigg.
c McShacklett, c w Kingsley, BeXar;
Jno w SAMSON, Uvalde; G K Parsons
Eprr: Z P linton. Arkansas; 5 L Strong
| Harris, and 240 others.
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DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Tex, March 9th, 1892

DALLAS, Tex, March 9th, 1892
To the San Antonio LIGHT:
The sleet fell aud the snow fell las
week. The fruit crop is we'll nigh
killed and gardens are mostly ruined
From indications at this writing We
will have another freeze.
A goodly number of republicans
departed for FL Paso yesterday morn
ing TO attend the q. A F. meeting.
Those "too poor to go to the cenven-
tion at Austin" could gather to-
gether the shekels to go to Ell Paso.
One can attend the Ell Paso meeting
of republicans without making any
"breaks" that might be his political
overthrow should he want an Office
hereafter.
1t is not known why Marshall
Knight resigned; he says there is no
string attached TO his resignation
His resignation will not be accepted
until a suitable man is found for the
uneXpired term.
Geo. Reemer, Padgitt Bros ship
ping Gle K was crushed t. death by
the Oak Cliff train backing upon him.
His wife and children has left for Cali
fOrnia, where they were to spend the
summer with relatives.
At st. Matthews cathedral Sunday
morning Rev. Job Turner, a deaf
mute, Of Staunton, Va, preached a
very interesting sermon to the deaf
mutes Of this place. The rector of tn
church read to the rest of the coDgre.
CATION the sermon, while Mr.. Turner
was interpreting it tor the deaf and
dumb
J. L. Zollard, of Seagoville, became
respondent over his debts, came to
town to end his troub les by the NOR.
phine route. Physicians and stom
ach pump saved his life, and he now
thinks Is foolish thing TO attempt tc
kill ones self when your creditors are
pressing you.
The commissioners court met yes
terday and voted to furnish free O
cost room in the new court house
when completed, for a court of ap
peals. -r'
Two enterprising Dallasites hav
built four boats for navigation pur
poses. The boats are TO start dow
the river today under the charge O
an experienced engineer. If it keep
on raining there will be plenty o
water ia the Trinity.
William Mealov, who was sen
fenced to 80 years in the penitentlsr,
for numbering Jno. Webb, has beef
granted new trial and now hopes 3
escape punishment altogether.
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IT SHOULD BE in EVERY HOUSE.

J. B. Wilson, 81 Clay street, Sharps
burg, Pa, says he will not be without Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, that it cured his wife
who was threatened with Pneumonia af-
ter an attack of La Grippe" when
various other remedies and several ply
Sicians had done her no good. Robert
Barber, of COoksport, Pa, claims Dr.
Kings New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he ever used for Lung
Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free
Trial bottles at Adolph DreiSs and DreiSs,
Thompson & Co. Large bottles soc and
S1.O0. 2-27 3
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-24

Mrs. Eugene Field is always spok-
en- OF as little woman, but, as a
matter of fact, she is somewhat above
the me dunn height and fully up to
the medium weight. Her head is
rather small, and her hands and feet
extremely so, and somehow she gives
the impression OF littleness. writes
John Ballantyne in o delightfully."-
gossipy sketch of Mrs. Field in the
April Ladies Home Journal. She
has soft brown hair and eyes-velvet
eyes, her hus band calls them-and q
complexion as clear and fair as a
child's. she lie the mother of six
children, three of whom live to re.
mind her that, in spite of her youth
full appearance, time is fleeing. Her
eldest is daughter of fifteen, already
taller than her mother. She is the
Mary French Field to whom Mr.
Fields Little Book of Profitable
Tales" is dedicated. The other two
are boys, Eugene. aged twelve. and
Frederick, aged ten. The latter is the
baby of the family. 1t was to him
that Mr.. Field addressed his line ITO
q Usurper," written five or six years
ago. In this little poem he has paid
a deserved tribute to his wife's stead
fast and loyal devotion:
"And when that other comes to you,
God grant her love may shine
Through all your life, as fair and
true
AS mammals does through mine"
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DR.. l.. v. Weathers,

Limits his practice to a specially. The
diagnosis and treatment of general
diseases and disease of children under the
most conservative means of cure. Tween
ty-five years experience and from one of
the first allopathic schools on the CONT
nent. When sick ring up DR.. Weathers
especially for your babies. Tel. lis. % IT
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The HOUSES WILL BE NUMBERED

Inc work of mum bering the houses in
San Antonio will begin the first of next
week. all present numbers TO be changed
according TO the new schedule of mum.
nerlng. The johnson Brothers Printing
Company will start to work on their new
directory OF San Antonio as soon as the
mum ering Is completed and they guar
antee 1t to be the most complete directory
ever published in Texas. Mr.. J. A. Ap-
pier has taken the management of the
rection.
All parties desiring space are requested
TO apply at once TO
JOHNSON Bros. PRINTING Co.,
% Soledad street
New number will be given later 3St
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Do You Want a Nice Home.

For Sale: A handsome residence on
the finest boulevard in the city and street
cars passing the door. House mas six
rooms, servants room, kitchen and bath
good stable and on two large corner lots
This is one ofIthe handSOmest places in the
city Inquire of JNO. T. HAMBLEToN &
Co, at LIGHT Office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-24

= THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, letter; .Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns. and all Skin Eruptions, and pos
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. Ii
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction.
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Adolph Dreiss, and
Dreiss, THOMPSON q Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-24

AMERICAN print goods are supplan.
ting the English article in the Cana
dian markets, and the Canadian
Journal of Fabrics says, that In some
specia lines their imports of Ameri-
can goods already exceed those of
Great Britain. This is another nut
for English John to exercise his man
0ibles on
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NEURALGIA CURED mis- MINUTES

Mr.. j. S. Sturtevant, editor Of the
Waupaca tWls.J POST. says: Last night
Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured my wife
OF neuralgia Of the face and tooth in fif-
teen minutes. We would not be without
it, 80 cent bottles for 5, lie by f. Kaltcye
.. Son. W. ~ NJ. Kalteyer. Cohen Il Co.
Bowling e Flood, A. Dreiss, II. Schucard.
j. L. Harrison, druggists. d&w "
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BARGAINS Fob PRINTERS.
For Cash.

One prev. Campbell Book and
News Press, good condition, will
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One Pony Cylinder, bran new
speed $500 per hour, size of bed
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One 4horse Otto Gas Engine. 10000
One 16-horse power hand wheel. 1000
One Tuerke 4-horSt water motor $500
One Surgy Stereotype Machine. 1900
Address L. b. JOHNSON,
Manager LIGHT, San Antonio. Tex.
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sUcKLEN'S ARNIca sAIvE.

New number will be given later. IS
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
PITH AND POINT.

The man who knows a great deal.
knows better than to try to tell it all.
Rams Horn.
The Iucl1iest thing about the horse
shoe over the door is that it doesn't drop
on your head.
"A man is not necessarily liberal be
cause he gives himself to reflection
Boston Courier.
II think 1 will have quite large
output this season." remarked the ham,
mock complaeently.-Wa Star.
There probably never was man
who could wear carpet slipper without
looking slouchy and wor:hless.-Atchi-
son Globe.
In the Old world man who lives
in palace is called a noble; at New
port he is styled a cottaGer.-BoSton
Transcript.
-''Well, Billie.- said Uncle George,
show 90 you stand in school these
days?" I'm the corner mostly re-
turned Billie.
-Tom-''I will wait until find an
ideal woman before 1 marry Jack
Eyes; but suppose she wants to marry
an ideal man.
-Hiclzs-''Do Won know where they
get isinglas?" Mrs. Hichs-''No, nor
care: I wouldn't wear one.''-Smith,
Gray & Co.'S Monthly.
-Persistency is the road to success.
The only known exception to this rule
is the case of a hen sitting on a china
egg.-Boston Transcript.
Another Point. - Fangle - s'Tha
question is, Should women smoker -
Cumso-''Wen, they certainly should
not smoke the brands of cigars you
use.'-Detroit Free Press.
-Featherstone-s'W did your sis
ter say when you told her was here in
the parlor waiting for her?" Bobby
''Nothin'. But she took a ring off one
finger and put it on another"
"A Reason for It.-Wife-''Why do
they call these small bankers who dis
count notes shavers?" Husband-''I
presume. my dear. it is because they
are money raisers. Detroit Free Press.
Educational Note.-Travers-' How
long a course does your son take at col
1e@e?" Dobson-''That's just the ques-
ton I asked. He wrote back that it
would be two miles with turn. IN.
y. Sun.
He latter many days)-"Do you
think. as some do, that love is a dis
ease?' She (responsively and hopeful
ly)--''Really. I can't say what it is: but
I think-I-I am sure it is catching."-
Detroit Free Press.
Explaining 1t.-Bloobumper- Ben
ny, why do you refer to your uncle as
'she?'" Eenny-''Because he is SOL
dier." but what of that?" ''Men-of-
war are always spoken of in the feIni-
nine gender. Detroit Free Press.
-She-''I think girl is very foolish
to marry poor man." He (piqued)-
Indeed she is; but not half SO foolish
as another person whom might name. :"
She-''Whom?" He-''The poor man
who marries that sort of girl. IN. Y.
Herald.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
WHAT LUCK is.
A Girls Definition That Isn't SO Very T
Wrong.

| A Girls Definition That Isn't Very Far
| Wrong.
''She's an awfully lucky GIRL said a
pretty, blue-eyed creature. as she sat
! in council with several others in that
! time SO dear to feminine hearts, the
| hour before going to bed. when in loose
: gown and bedroom slippers, the favored
| few gathered to talk it over"
| This was not a conclave of society
! girls talking of their gowns. their pro-
! posals, or their summer plans after
| some grand ball or equally swell enter
| tainment. These were wage-earners,
| happy despite their hardshlps, and as
luxury loving as though ten dollars
didn't mean boarding and expenses for
seven whole days
The lucky ''she" Miss Blue Eyes had
referred to with the long sigh of
| envy was one of their own especial ac-
quaintances who had been selected to
| go broad with the buyer of the firm to
| learn how it was done, so that ulti-
mately she would step into her teach
er's shoes.
''Now, Nell, you needn't look so
glum.'' said a voice from an armchair
| where a nondescript bundle of gown
and girl was tucked up in that fashion
! so dear to women when unobserved and
known as sitting on ones feet
''Bess ought to go; she's earned it:
and I tell You it is not so much luck
that pushes person forward as pluck.
The word is spelled wrong. You don't
suppose Mr.. B. would have selected her
if she was late three times week.
this a whitening glance at the first
speaker. who evidently knew it was in
tended for her, as she made a little
grimace and shrugged her shoulders,
half in defiance, half in depreciation.
''She was always on hand no matter
if we were all up late the night before.
Bess was just as prompt the next morn
ing, and SHE didn't shirk her work,
either. She doesn't stand for half an
hour before the SIX o'clock gong mani
curing her nails, ,yawning and looking at
the clock every minute, I've noticed
she has just undertaken everything she
has ever been told, and if there were
obstacles in the way she somehow man.
aged to get over them instead of throw
ing up her hands and saying: I can't;
'.Shes a 'plucky' girl. that's what
she is, and she deserves every bit of her
good fortune, and if we were more like
her we wouldn't be at this moment
mad because we can't go, but resolving
to do with our might the duties that lie
nearest to our hands"
A silence fell on the group, but the
little sermon had fallen on good ground
and will undoubtedly rebound to the
benefit of the employer, who will won
der at the reason of so much remarka-
BILE energy. because, you see. he was
not behind the scenes TO hear the lee
ture on Luck, Otherwise Pluck
PhiladeIohia Times
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

either side of the blade and filed i.
with blood red lacquer. the effect of
which, when suddenly drawn from a
black sheath, is very startling Spades
are not the only suit in the pack that
is popular in the Mongolian mind.
have another weapon whose blade
is perfect ace of diamonds. All four
sides are ground down to an almost
concave edge and the blade is made
hideous by Chinese red lacquer work
made to represent drops of blood and
gouts of gore. Still another dagger is
about the clumsiest affair of the kind
ever handled. The blade is a foot long,
abo1t three inches wide and half an
inch thick. With its heavy brass hilt
and gigantic guard it weighs over three
pounds. If set with a long handle it
could be used asanax. 1t is used chiefly
by the black flags and other Celestial
outlaws who in addition to using it in
the ordinary manner, throw it with
fatal precision.
''The ex-resident of Tonquin told me
that during the late war he had known
instances in which the knives were
thrown with such force that they
would go through n mans body and
show two inches of bloody steel beyond
his back. The handles of many of
these instruments of death are finished
with what we call pistol grips. The
most dreadful looking weapon of all
was the executioners sword used by
the late headsman of Annoy. 1t is of
Manchurian type. being long, almost
straight, very heavy, and keenly
edged 1t is used with one hand, and
is shaped and wound SO as to give the
executioner a powerful hold upon his
weapon. Upon the blade near the
hilt are Chinese characters record
ing the tragic. events in which it
has taken active part. My inter-
prefer told me that they record no less
than a hundred and ninety-three hu-
man lives which it has taken out of
this world. This record enhances its
value. 4 new sword OF the same kind
could be bought for ten dollars or
twelve dollars. but for this sword, with
its ghastly history. the thrifty broker
wanted two hundred dollars cash. He
evidently thought although it came
high l must have it, and accordingly
raised the price. He was a very heart
broken creature with the editorial line
so familiar to the spring poet: Declined
with thanks A word of caution as to
these oriental swords and daggerS.
Very many of them are poisoned, so
that a mere scratch will cause death.
The venom is produced by sleeping the
blade in decayed human blood. and is
one of the deadliest known to physio.
logical science. ."-Philadelphi Times.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
The Robber Crows of Tamaoua.

The robber crows made such terrible
depredations upon his cornfields that
Frederick Hormon, living near Tama-
qua, was forced to take extreme meas
ures. He fitted up scarecrow with a
six-shooter. self-cocking revolver in
each wooden hand. In a box in the
chest of the man image he placed a
strong clock to which he connected the
triggers Of the pistols. He arranged
the connecting string SO they would be
wound mp in a certain number of hours,
thus firing the revolvers. As the crows
are worst at daybreak and as they are
fearful of the smell of burnt powder.
Mr.. Hormon arranged the pistols to be
discharged at teu-minute intervals in
the morning. The experiment worked
like charm, for although none of the
crows We're hit by the bullets fred
from the scarecrow, the shooting scared
them so badly that they always. after
two or three mornings, flew around
Mr. Hormon's cornfield by a circuitous
route and bothered him no more
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

an as it cooked some devilish mischief
seemed t. O. broke loose, fer tn country
was blazin' with fires, an tn range
poin' T. tn dogs
I'd been dodgin' round. keepin' t
wind'ard of 'em, and ransackin' tn
.coule-s fer my bunch o COW ponies.
aimin' t make tn ''S. H." by night: an
as I got along thet way 1 found thet tn
fires was heavier and all seemed Z be
runnin' in thet direction, an L give
Cocktail tn word t lope up. fer l didn't
like the look. an as l rode down tn
hill liked it a blamed sight worse. I'd
left three fires creepin' toward tn
bunch o. log houses under tn hill. an
now t. tn south 1 saw fourth-not
GRASS this time, but tall timber:
Good Lord.' sez i, 9TH place is shet
I'M" An jest then out o the-houses
few Dan Mifflin's wife, all pale an
scared lookin'-
ooh, Jessw sez she. "Tm SO glad Z
see We! Theirs trouble comm. an I'm
here all alone with Daisy"
Now, Daisy was Dan Mifain's baby.
A little thing that hadn't hardly got its
ewes open, but ther' wasn't a man on
4h, river rs didn't know thet big Dan
had q young un in tn nest at tn Sweet
Home" an don't stretch it none t
,e.y tibet ther wasn't . man among EN-