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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-27
For the LIGHT.
SHORT SNAPPERS.

IlCdU 10 uhloI lOl IL 10
Gin the soup"
No man need loch up a bad rep
utation, for fear of losing it.
1t is strange anomaly that the
sight of land is often lost at sea.
Most men prefer men to keep
their words rather than give them.
A record and horse are the only
two things that are improved by
breaking.
Pleasure is something like wet
boOt-very attractive and hard to
be put Off.
A cork-skrew is a "crooked"
thing, but it frequently goes with
the straight"
Some sing pathetically and are
sad when they sing, but not so sad
as those that listen.
The only instance where Figures
don't lie" is in the airy bathing
suit of Saratoga belle.
In San Antonio, especially in the
summer and fall season, vaccine is
the most important matter.
Musical composers are fortunate,
for their compositions, however
mediocre, are sure to be of note.
Artesian wells are like some of
our orators they overflow with
liquids and take heapof shutting
off.
A man is much like a street car.
However, full he may be of drinks,
he thinks he can take one more in
side.
Red hair is not necessarily he
red-it-hairy, for some time "she''
has it, and then it it is only "son"-
burnt.
The pathway of humanity in
this world is generally rough, and
even children in their cradles find
it rocky.
When you tackle a mustard
plaster, you have no show of win
ming, for the contest will assuredly
emo Ill draw.
DR.. f. Herff is a clever surgeon,
but he cannot take the gall out of
the fly young man, nCr the cOnceit
out of a pretty girl.
All cigars are good until they
strike their "match," and then
well place to the ashes and to the
smokers internality.
1t is bad enough for barber to
intlict his funny chestnuts on you
but when he illustrates his stories
with cuts it is awful.
No matter however well bred
and flour-y baker may be, he is
generally lOaf-er, and however
rich, he will always be kneeding.
The first record of "prOfit and
loss" occurs in the bible when the
"prophet," Jonah was thrown into
the sea and "lOst" in the whales
cavity.
Men are, as a rule, more vain
than women, bat they are always
anxious to be in print. Women are
cOntented to be in laces, silks,
satins or velVets.
Charlie is very gallant, but when
he proposed to Ella he didn't get
down on his knees; he couldn't,
you know, for she was on them,
and she is rather weighty.
The rain returns to the sky in
dew season, and as the rain is over
due now it should come again.
Due-ad strange, some one should
ar-raign it for cruelty to animals.
1t is said that the reason woman
does not often enter the pugilistic
arena is, that although she is fond
of the ring, she can rarely come to
time with her gloves, and there is
too much "kid" about her to
enable her to settle down to bust
ness.
81 think Carrie is next to moth
ing" said Maude to her friend, as
they passed the former lady on
the street. Tndeed," replied the
friend, elbows that? l thought she
was such a nice girl" $50 she is"
answered Maude, "but don't you see
he is walking with that dude?"
4 Trr,,rT ,
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PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty five Hun
dPed Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has a Clear Gift Of a Small
Fortune, and the Losers Have Patents
that may Bring them In Still More.

Would you like to Hske twenty FIVE hun
dred dollars? If you would, read carefully
what follows and you may see way TO do it.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous.
ands of applications for inventions. but it
would like to handle a thousand more. There
plenty of inventive talent at large in this
country, needing nothing but announcement
10 produce practical results. That encourage
ment the Press Claims Company proposes to
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Fowler, The Jeweler, 233 East
Houston Street. Sterling silver and plat
ed ware, watches, clocks, jewelry and Opti-
cal goods at prices never before offered in
Texas. We want your trade.
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FoundrieS
Building Material

Cement, Lime, Plaster, Fire
Brick, Sewer Pipe, Chimney Flews, Etc.
Al mo Cement Co., 2O1 and sO9 AceQuia st.
Telephone No. 81.
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Tho Little Things The Most Valuable

Comparatively few people regard them
sci YES as inventors, but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or another,
wi tn ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some of the1little frictions of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make its
car windows so that they can be slid up and
down without breaking the passengers
backs?" eXclsims the traveller. "If l were
running the road would make them in such
way"
what was the man that made this sauce
pan thinking Off" grumbles the cook. "He
never had TO work over stove or he would
have known how it ought to have been fixed"
Hang such a collar buttonw growls the
man who is late for breakfast. "If were in
the business I'd make buttons that would Mt
slip out, or break OFF, or gouge out the back
of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forgot about
their grievar es and begin to think of some.
thing else. If they would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put their ideas
about car windows, saucepans, and collar
buttons into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves as In
dependently wealthy as the man who invent
ed the iron umbrella ring, or the one who
Datpntpd the fifteen nuZzle
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Contractors & Builders
Detective Agencies

Southern Detective Agency,
A. b. Maness, Office Manager, ia E. Hous
ton st. Telephone 593. Lost person al prop
erty located. Conduct of suspicious en-
plOyees looked after. Evidence in all courts
of law obtained, and all kinds of infOrma-
ton furnished. Communication strictly
private. Damage suits speciality.
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A TEMPTING OFFER.

To induce people to keep track of their
bright Ideas and see what there is in them
the Press Claims Company has resolved TO
offer a price.
To the person who submits to 1t the sim.
pliest and most promising invention, from
a commercial point of view, the company will
give twenty-five hundred dollars in cash, in
addition TO refunding the fees for securing
the patent
1t will also advertise the invention free o
charge.
This offer is subject to the following con
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain patent f5r
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for a preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars
Should this search show his invention beot
unpatentabe, he can withdraw without fur
Their expense. Otherwise he will be expected
to complete his anpplication and take out
patent in I he regular way. The total expense
including Government and Bureau fees, will
be seventy dollars. For this, whether he
secures the prize or not, the inventor will
have patent that ought to be valuable
property to him. The prize will be awarded
by jury consisting of three reputable patent
attorneys of Washington. Intending COM
petitors should I'LL out the folio wing blank
and forward II with their applications:
- 1898
"I submit the within described invention
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Furnishing Goods

You Will Save IS per Cent
by buying your Clothing and Gents Fur
nishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Etc.
from E Brown, 5O615 Z. Houston Street
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Merchant Tailors
Wanamaker & Broun, w. R.

Potter, Agent, 529 f. HOu Jon st. Pants
81 and upward Suits So and upward
Satisfaction guaranteed.
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Insurance

x. P. Endowment, Life,
Safe aud cheap insurance, for mem
bers only. 7. B. JOHNSON, secretary.
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Hay, Grain, Feed

Mauermann & Bro, General
Commission Merchants, Grain, Hay and
Produce. Telephone sll. Office: Dawson
St, at 5 T. L. X. track.
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CITY ADVERTISING
[OFFICIAL.l
ELECTION
.PROCLEWETION,

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City
of San Antonio, on the 10th day of July,
A. D. 1898, passed and approved an Ordl-
nance authorizing the Mayor of this City
to issue his proclamation calling Spe-
>cial Election to be held in this City, on
Tuesday, Ist day Of August, 1893,
at which said Election the following pro-
prosition shall be submitted to the prop.
'erty taxpayers:
Shall the City of San Antonio be
authorized to borrow the sum of
S24O,OOO.OO,
and issue non. negotiable notes therefore,
rthe proceeds of said notes to be used for
the payment ofthe debt due by the City
of San Antonio to the San Antonio Ma
.tional Bank;
Now therefore, I, GEORGE PAscHAL,
Mayor, of the City of San Antonio, by
virtue of the authority vested in me by
the Charter of this City and above Ordi.
nance, do hereby order an Election to be
held in all the Wards of this City on
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in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19

The driver was Juggling at the halter
and humping the camel over the neck
with his stick. AT first the camel
merely shook his head in drowsy pro-
test; then all OF a sudden his hind
quarters began to lift. They kept on
lifting. 1t seemed as though he was
using n end at n time. The young
man was tilted forward on the girl.
Both threatened to slide over the sad
die and down the sloping neck to the
ground below. The girls hat fell over
her eyes and she screamed, but she
knew enough to keep a tight hold and
lean back.
AS they clung to this steep incline,
the camel paused. Then he swung to
the right and left in a drunken motion
as he untangled lis froct legs.
This jolted the two passengers, and
h girl once more screamed. While
they We're tipped back to save them
selves from sliding the front half Of the
animal came up with a bump and they
might have fallen backward if they
had not been grasping the ropes. AS
is was, both plunged forward and the
young woman let out 4 third scream
The young man was o busy prepar-
ing for another tip to rcassure her.
But it was all over. The camel had
shaken the kinks out of all his legs
and was slowly turning around with a
wubbling motion like u boat caught in
a trough of waves. The young woman
had recovered her hat and from fright
she had passed into a giggle, the young
man assisting. All this time the men
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19
DON'T SLEEP " LINEN.
:. MOI. Inc Ideal bed DrsssiaE Alter

5ErEet.M t-
The world,o r this part Ct II; At :
is full of housekeepers who ln'ns .,;i'
there is no material for sheets anu pi'
low cases comparable TO linen: \.
They don't always have u, 70 no
sure. because it is expensive, u tncy
always covet it and finger the s.,nihg
brcadths lovingly and wonder u '
time will ever come WREN All thcse
things shall be added unto thell. !.
But the truth about linen is 'ha.,n1
isn't the ideal dressing fol, beds AZ an
1t is cold and slippery and Assures sem
sitiye persons the dream OF Sleeping
on an iceberg, which does we'll enough
for an occasional experience, In 9 SUI
sickness. but which pals on too lte-
quent repetition. a
Besides that it wrinkles and tumble>s
in spite of its heavier body much nloEsl
than cotton does, giving n bea AFTER
one nights use a most slovenly aho4.
u~ninviting appearance.
Nobody recommends linen for body
wear. Its firm texture and hard sur.
face make it wholly nonabsorbent. 1t
allows the body to become chilled ny
refusing the perspiration, and 50 has
| been known to bring OIL serious illness.
For outside wenr in summer linen may
be tolerated as clothing, but nowhere
| else.
Where, however, it is, at its most,
useful and best, is in household uses:
For table service, for the toilet, and
for minor ornamental details it is SIM
ply invaluable-its smoothncss OF text
ure, its brilliancy, which laundering,
even increases. its exquisite freshness.
makes it the one fabric lit to drape tho
dining table and to use in the toilet,
while its suitability for Hcedlework
decoration makes it admirable Tor all
kinds of fancy work. And here IL IL
rightfully used, but to wear next the
skin and sleep in-no.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19

a light porous loaf without this de-
struction and without the 'kneading'
process, which fills the dough with
germs and fifth, and without the long
period during which the raising pro-
cess goes on, the gain in food and the
gain in the avoidance of the germs is
exceedingly plain.
But while we can easily see the dan
gers which attend the use of yeast it'll
certain that the v~esiculGting effect pro-
duced by it on the dough is to the last
degree perfect. 1t is apparent that If
we are to substitute any other system
of bread making we must have II
which will give us, first, mechanical re-
suits equally as good, that is, that will
produce minute bubbles of carbonic
acid gas throughout the mass of dough.
Now it is in no way difficult to produce
carbonic acid gas chemically, but when
we are working Mt bread we must use
such chemicals as IRE perfectly health
full. fortunately these are not hard to
find.
The evils which attend the ycast-made
bread are obviatcd by the use of q prop
erly made, pure and wholesome baking
powder in lieu of yeast. Baking pow
ders are composed of an acid and an
allsali which, ii properly combined,
should when they unite at once destroy
themselves and produce carbonic acid
gas. A good baking powder does its
work while the loaf is in the oven, and
having done it, disappears.
But care is imperative in selecting
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19
SOME SANITARY ASPECTS OF
BREAD MAKING.

BY Cyrus Edson. M. D.. Health Com
missioner. New York City: 1t is neces-
sary, il one would understand the IN
itary aspects of breadmaking, to fully
comprehend the present theory held by
scientists of germs and the part played
by them in disease. The theory of dis
ease germs is merely the name given to
the knowledge had of those germs by
medical men, a knowledge which is the
result of innumerablc experiments.
Being this, the old term Of a "theory"
has become a misnomcr. A germ of a
disease is a plant, SO small that do
not know how to express intelligibly
to the general reader its lack of size.
When this germ is introduced into the
blood or tissues of the body, its action
appears to be analogous to that which
takes place when yeast is added to
dough. 1t attacks certain elements OF
the blood or tissues, and destroys them,
at tho same time producing new sub
stances.
But the germs of the greater part of
the germ diseases, that is, Of the in
fictitious and contagious diseases, will
develop or increase in number without
being in the body of n human being,
provided always you give them the
proper conditions. These conditions
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19

made will keep longer, as it is less
likely to be Contaminated by the germs
that affect the souring process
1t will be strange if the crowdgDf Wis
itors to the worlds fails. 90 not9fNHkay
increase the number of contagious
diseases, which we will have to treat.
Under these circumstances is it not
folly of follies to open a single channel
through which these germs may reach
us? Is it not the part of wisdom to
watch with the greatest care all that
we eat and drink. and to see chat none
but the safest and best methods arc
employed in the preparation of IL
food? To me it seems as though there
could be but one answer to questions
like these.
have !hown the danger of using the
yeast rails I'd bread, and with this l have
shown how that danger may be
avoided. The ounce of prevention
which in this case is neither difficult
nor expensive is certainly worth many
pounds of cure, and the best thing
about it is that it may be reliedon al
most absolutely. Those who ent bread
or biscuits or rolls made at home with
Royal baking powder may be sure they
have absolutely stopped one channel
through which disease may reach them.
NorE. -Housekeepers desiring informa-
ton in regard to the preparation of the
bread, for sanitary reasons, which DR..
Edison so strongly urges for general use.
should write to the Royal Baking Powder
Company,.N New York.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19

the brand of baking powder to be cer-
tain that it is composed of non-iniuri-
Gus chemicals. Powders containing
alum or those which are compounded
from impure ingredients, or those
which are not combined in proper pro-
portion or carefully mixed and which
will leave either an acid or an alltali in
the bread, must not be used.
1T is well to sound a note of warning
in this direction or the change from
the Objectionable yeast to an impure
baking powder will be a case of jump
ing from the frying pan into the fire.
The best baking powder made is, as
shown by analysis, the Royal" 1t
contains absolutely nothing but cream
of tartar and soda, refined to q chemi-
cal purity, which when combined under
the influence of heat and moisture pro-
duce carbonic acid gas, ,and having
done this, disappear. Its leavening
strength has been found superior to
other baking powders, and us far as l
know, it is the only powder which will
raise large bread perfectly. Its use
avoids the long period during which
the yeast made dough must stand in
order that the starch may ferment and
there is also no kneading necessary.
The two materials used in the Royal.
cream of tartar and soda, are perfectly
harmless even when eaten. But they
are combined in exact compensating
weights, SO that when chemical action
begins between them they practically
disappear, the substance of both hav-
ing been taken up to form the carbonic
acid gas. More than this, the proper
method of using the powder insures
the most thorough mixing with the
flour. The proper quantity being
taken, it is mixed with the -four and
stirred AROUND in it. The mixture is
then sifted several times and this in
sures that in every part of the fou,
there shall be n few particles of the
powder. The salt and milk or water
being added, the dough is made up as
quickly as possible and nodded into
the loaves.
baked. But the very mi the
warmth and moisture attack the mix
ture OF cream of tartar and soda, these
two ingredients chemically combine
and carbonic acid or leavening gas is
evolved. The consequence may be
seen at a glance, the bread is raised
during the time it is baking in the
oven, and this is the most perfect of all
conceivable methods of raising it.
Here, then, there is no chance for
germs of disease TO get into the dough
and thence into the stomach, NOR
than that the bread is necessarily as
sweet as possible, there having been nc
time during which it could sour. This
involves the fact that the bread SC
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19
Oiors rs Motors.

1t is reported that ammonia is to
furnish the coming strect-car motor.
Now. tho chemists may not admit it,
but it is evident enough to laymen
that ammonia is just 4 smell. A big,
strong smell, to be sure, and able to
work. but still a smell. Is it not inn
mensely clever to have hmrnessed so
elusive y thing and made it go on
wheels? 1t is natures way, says
Ha7pe,'s Weekly.
When there is an able-bodied ef1uv-
ium anywhere it is a sure sign thatshe
is busy with something and has pro-
vided energy which likely needs SUI
pervision. Nature is enormously eff
%fectual, but she will not work for nan
unless he makes her. She discrimi-
mates, but her point of view is not
nan's. She is n wonderful scavenger,
bot she is just as ready to carry off .
live baby as q dead horse.
Everybody knows her method of
cleaning the streets. The more colos-
sal the odor the harder she is at it. 1t
is not our way, or ought not TO be if it
is. 1t is a glad thought that now that
some IL has found ont how to put
snellS 10 work we may nope that pres
entity the spring filth in city streets
a just be geared to q proper APP
paratvs and made TO carry itself
away.
Soon it may come to pass that the
farmers will pillow their land with the
smell of the phosphales they use to
fertilize it and the musk that The girl
wears on her handkerchief will be
taught TO hold her hat instead of being
rs now a mere idle vanity aud an of
Tense to her %neighbors.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19
you ever!
THE UnIoadInr PROCESS.

u oSS
Then they waited to see them come
back and unload, for that is half ths
fun. Usually the rider takes kindly
to the trip down the street. To be
sure, the animal rocks back and forth
md seems always on the point of fall
ing down, but the sensations are mild
compared with the shake-up of mount
ing.
II the passenger becomes camel-sick,
however, he is ready to land at once,
and nothing will stop him. The roll.
ing and lurching give him a troubled
feeling in the pit of the stomach and
the minarets begin to wave in the air.
For such a case a ladder is near at
hand and he is permitted TO descend.
Very few people are troubled with this
attack. In fact, there is hardly Il risk
of any kind in riding a camel. Many
have been frightened, but not n per-
son has been hurt. TO be sure, when
it comes to ~disinounting the camel is
abrupt and uncertain. He may lower
his rear launches some eight feet at
one lazy droop and allow the rider to
toboggan cver his tail, or he may swoop
carelessly to the front and threaten a
"header," but it only lasts u moment.
Usually he comes down by degrees,
breaking each leg in new places and
giving his rider nothing more than n
few uneasy swings forward and back.
Whatever may be his way of folding
up, he finally settles in complete re-
pose on the dirty mating and waits for
another cargo of strangers.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19

the sunny street in Il bubble Of excite
inent and laughter. The best part of
it is that, like n true comedian, he never
enters into the fun. He seldom opens
his eyes.and he never ceases that long,
awkward swing of his lower jaw.
While he is tipping people into all
sorts Of frantic attitudes, causing
women to shrek, and sending an idle
crowd into roars of laughter, he al
ways maintains that slow and homely
dignity which is natural and not ac.
quired. .'.
Great is the camel. He has made a
hit at the Exposition.
The Camel on His Native Sands.
In Egypt a camel is worth from sec
30 s75, but the highest-priccd camel is
n~oth-eatcn, sbecf-worn, faded and
fickety. At points where he is not
angular he is lunpy, his hair is worn
ptf in patches of square feet. and no
pne can count the joints of his tremul-
bus legs. If anything is needed to
further disfigurc him it is a soiled and
battered saddle of carpet and cheap
ornaments. This is fastened over the
Jean and irregular ridge Of his back by
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-19
Philosophy Of the street,
Very few of US hunt for Gus for

doing right.
No one ver sincerely repents until
he has begun TO suffer for ais folly.
Every thinking man sees places
where he could apply more skill than
he possesses.
There are few ONE who do not
willfully blind themselves TO tbs inn
perfection Of their husbands.
Nothing has a greater tendency to
make a man lazy than to give Tim a
boy fora helper.
Its u wise nj IA who knows enough
not to bore lis friends.
No man fully appreciates just how
far he car trust himself.
All but the most egotistical people
realize that they travel 0 or less
on false %pretenses.