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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11

Comparatively few people regard them.
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or another,
wi tn ideas that seemed calculated to reduce
some of thellitte frictIons of life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
thought.
why don't the railroad company make its
car windows so that they.csn be slid up and
down without breaking the passengers
backs?" exclaims the traveller. "If l were
running the road would make them in such
away"
"What was the man that made this sauce
pan thinking OFF, grumb les the cook. "He
never had TO work over stove or he would
nave known how it ought to have been fixed"
Hang such collar button!" sgrowls the
man who is late for breakfast "If were in
the business I'd make buttons that would nj
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
deDendently wealthy as the mau who invent
ed the iron umbrella ring, or the one who
patented the fifteen nuZZle
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11
A TEMPTING OFFER.

To induce people TO Keep track of theii
bright ideas and sec what there is in them
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
offer a price.
To the person who submits to- it 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
charge.
This offer is subject to the following con
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain a patent for
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars
Should this scar Oh show his invention beot
unpatentable, he can withdraw without fur
Their expense. Otherwise he will be expected
TO complete his application and take out q
patent in the 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 a valuable
property to him. This prize will be awarded
by jury consisting of three reputable patent
attorneys of Washington. Intending CON-
petitors should fill out the following blank,
and forward II with their applications:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Tween y five Hun
dred Doll rs 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 make twenty-five hun
bred dollars2 If you would. read carefully
what follows and you NAV see way to do it.
The Press Claims Conpan' devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous.
snds of applications for invent ons, but it
would like TO handle a thousa d more. There
S plenty IF inventive talent at large in this
country, needing nothing but encouragement
TO produce practical results. That encourage
ment the Press Claims Company proposes to
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11
Tho Little Things The Most Valuable.

stead OF at the other end.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11

To every sufferer from Catarrh, no matter
how bad the case or of how long stand
ing, the proprietors of Dr. Sages Catarrh
Remedy say this: "If we can't cure it,
perfectly and permanently, we'll pay you
$500 in cash" Sold By all druggists
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11
WARNING,

The public is notified to pay no monies
to any persons on account of the LIGHT
except to our authorized collectors as
written receipt, or endorsed bill from the
undersigned. T. B. JOHNSON,
Manager San Antonio LIGHT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11
FOR sALE>oR TO LEASE.

For a term of years: Lot 14sxl4S It.
cor. Houston and Ave, E, opp. postofhce
For particulars apply to J. V. Dignowity
over Texas National Bank.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11

markable in its effects that it can be sold on
this plan is DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. As blood cleanser, strength re-
storer, and fesh-builder, there's nothing like it
known to medical science. In every disease
where the fault is in the liver or the blood, as
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Biliousness, and the
most stubborn Skin, Scalp, and Scrofulous
affections, it is guaranteed in every case to
benefit or cure or you have your money back.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11
ON TRIAL.

OAN 4 LtIAL<s
That's a good way
to bay a medicine,
but it's a pretty
hard conditi9n
under which to sell
it. Perhaps you've
noticed that the Or
binary, hit or miss
medicine doesn't at
tempt it.
The only remedy
of its kind so re-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31

WAS snow on the ground, By the aid
OF which helped to track Sipea
He was tried in 1888, and, escaping
hanging by great good luck. got .
twenty-one-year sentence. I do snot
remember how it was that he got of
so easily. He stayed in prison until
1887. during which year he was par
doned by the Governor. I don't re-
membe who the Governor was. but
he was either Moan Noble or David
Wallace. Sipes returned to Harrison
County Immediately after his pardon.
For a while he pursued the same des-
perate life, and was a terror to the
citizens for months Suddenly his
manner changed. To the astonish-
ment Of every one he became quiet
citizen. He remained year or two
longer then disappeared. In 184s,
while on visit to Ottumwa, Iowa, J.
met Sipes, and BY invitation took
dinner with him. He was quiet,
reputable citizen, and owned q large
and valuable farm. His home was
comfortable and had every appear
ance of prosperity. never saw or
heard of him again, and it was only
Judge Gresham's visit here that re-
called the occurrence to my mind"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
Turning English Into Jan.

In 'Chamberlain's Handbook OF
Colloquial Japanese" which is one oil
the most popular works on the sub.
ject, on page Ill, he gives this sen.
tence in English: 'Let me know
when everything is ready" The sen.
tence in Japanese is given directly
opposite with literal translation in
the English in the order of the jap.
anese words. 1t reads thus: "Prep.
aration's has. eventuated time, in.
forming honorably give deign." To
one not understanding the con.
struction Of the language the use of
the possessive noun, and the verb
used as an adjective, is somewhat
puzzling. Here is another sentence
on the same page: while l was in
America" The literal translation OF
the corresponding japanese sentence
is me as-for America in dwell
while" Here is another, from
page 246: "May show it to you.'
The literal translation reads .sHon
orable eyes in putting even, good
The japanese, being naturally q very
courteous people, use the honorific.
and the polite form of the verb con.
tinually, as 20 me-" honorable eyes.
20 Cha" the honorable tea; 20 yu.'
the honorable hot water, etc.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
Andrew Johnson's Daughter.

After the death of MI. Lincoln in
1866, when it became suddenly and
unexpectedly necessary for the John.
SOM family to occupy the White
House, it was mooted question as
to who should or who could properly
discharge the duties Incumbent upon
the mistress" writes M. V. Moore, in
the Ladies' Home Journal. The wife
OF the President had neither desire,
inclination, nor strength sufficient to
appear in society, and she withdrew
from all its general demands on the
plea of ill-health.
Mrs. johnson had two daughters,
One OF these daughters was Mrs.
Slower, wife Of plain East Tennes,
see farmer. and the other was the
subject of this sketch, Mrs. Patterson.
Neither of these ladies cared at al
for social relations or distinctions
each preferring the quiet of famil,
and home life to the exacting de
mands and empty honors OF theiI
necessary position at the head of the
social life of the nations capital.
Mrs Slower. however. being both un
able and unwilling to preside, the
duties OF the mistress of the White
House fell upon Mrs Patterson How
we'll and how faithfully she met the
obligations imposed upon her the
history OF the times tells we'll
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
A WOman Journalist.

Nine. Edmond Adam is perhaps
the leading woman journalist in Paris.
She is politician. author and editor.
She has been honored by the NUM-.
clpality of Paris in having her name
given to one of the streets of the
capital. an honor rarely bestowed on
a person during his lifetime. Itisn't
much OF street. to be sure, the Rue
Juliette Lander, but it is young, and
may grow some day. Under Napoleon
Ill Nine. Adam had salon in OBJ
position to the imperial government.
She was young and handsome then,
with soft pretty hair and bright
blue eyes She was an intense Re-
publican and a great friend of Carl
baldi. She is good speaker, and
can talk on almost any subject Her
dinners are decidedly interesting.
One-fourth OF her guests are usually
officers of the French army, another
fourth is composed of political men,
aud the Others are artists and literary
people. The dinners are followed by
which are attended by
Cabinet Ministers, Deputies Sem
ators, diplomats and journalists.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
CliQues at Girls Colleges.

As long as girls exist they will
probably be done up, like books, in
sets, writes Anna Robertson Brown
in a valuable article on 1.-THE Girl
Who Goes to College" in the Ladies'
Home Journal Just a word about
these cliques. The common interests,
the freedom in fun, the hearty fel.
lowship. and the enthusiastic friend.
ships are the right side of cliqueS
The wrong side is the cold stare, the
quickly-turned shoulder and the dis
dainful remark to the other girls who
are not In that particular set. COL
leRe cliques gradually resolve into two
leading ones, the intellectual and the
social. The social set dominates be-
cause those whose chief pleasure is to
charm and amuse each other make a
more homogeneous whole than the
independent thinkers who are living
and working out separate problems
for themselves. The leading CLIQUE
sets the fashion, moulds public senti-
ment. and influences thy current COL
lege tone. Now this power should
tell In the right direction. Let this
set maintain order and respect to
the faculty, not only to those whose
brilliant talents command the adj
mlration of all, but also to those
worthy, whose eccentricities
are too often made the subier+ of IN
kind jestS
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
Challenging the Cops.

Jaw, what do we care for de per-
lece," said a tough Connecticut street
youngster of about 10 years, who was
throwing stones at a passing vehicle,
when admonished BY passerby to
stop it. They can't catch u.s." he
continued. "NOw there's fatty from
the Fifth" pointing to stout po-
liceman on the corner; swatch him
when / pelt this wagon"
The boy let out a whoop that start
led the neighborhood and began to
throw mud, stones, and rubbish to-
ward the officer. The policeman's
face was red. but it became deeper
shade. He knew he was not in con-
ditiOn for sprint, but had to show
his efficiency. The race began. The
boy started off on an easy gait. and
the officer, under full head of steam,
followed, getting hotter with each
stride. In moment the boy had
reached the corner of the next block,
and few seconds after the pulled
officer pulled up at the same spot,
but the boy, oh, where was he?
"Whoop la! said Clancy" came
boyish voice in the direction from
which the policeman had come.
There was the boy, half way down
the block with the thumb of his left
hand to his nose and the fingers
spread wide. The disguised officer
gave up the chase. Buffalo Express
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
a Wife-C Choosing Ceremony,

At the far end of Naples lies the
little church OF Santa Maria Annun-
ziaata, which, once a year, on the
"Day of Our Lady," wakes up into a
brief life and excitement. In silent
row before the high altar kneel thirty
girls. all in black garments. with
folded hands and eyes fixed on the
picture OF the Madonna before them.
These are orphans from the neighbor-
ing founding asylum; and once a
year all those who have reached the
age OF IS are brought here to the
church. and may be chosen in mar
riage by any honest man whose pa
pers are in ORDER and whose charac-
ter is good. At the door leading to
the sacristy leans gray-headed
priest, the head OF the asylum.
BY and by a young man makes his
way from the back of the church, and
hands him little packet of papers.
These the priest reads carefully, and
being evidently satisfied. he gives
back the papers, and leads the candi-
date toward the row of girls. All
the eyes are fixed more steadfastly
than ever on the altar, all their
hands are clasped tighter together,
their faces turn a shade paler, their
hearts beat quicker as the young
man walks slowly along the row. At
last he stops His choice is made.
He stretches out his hand with a lit.
tie smile The girl rises, casts al long
look-half thanks, half entreaty--at
the picture OF the Madonna, puts her
hand into that Of the stranger, and
together they disappear into the sac.
fisty. The ice being thus broken,
other suitors come forward.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
So Very Confidential

10 1855, Lord Palmerston offered
Lord Derby. then Lord Stanley. a
seat in the cabinet he was forming.
The offer was declined, and Disyaeli
received a letter from Stanley to this
effect: ''My dear Disraeli-I write
TO you 10 confidence, to tell you thpt
! have been offered and refused t.,
Colonial Office. AS it is due to Lord
Palmerston to keep his offer secret I
have told nobody of it but YOURSELF
and my father, and beg you not t.,
mention 1T to anybody" On receiv
ing this note, Disraeli began to con.
coct an answer in his mind of rathe,
q sentimental kind; but before he
put pen to paper he got the Times
with letter in it from Lord STANLEY
70 another correspondent, which was
tantamount to disclosure of the
whole thing, on which he wrote in.
stead: Dear Stanley-I thank YOU
Ior your letter; but had already re-
celved your confidential communities.
lion through your published letter to
Sir-U W.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
Who Goes Firstc

l have been consulted by my charm.
ing hostess as to the order OF prece-
dence to be followed at Informal din
ners in this country. l find all New
port somewhat stirred up over this
question The presence OF a royalty
and the establishment of the Paunce-
totes there have led to various COM
plicatfons in other households. L
gave the rules for English precedence
in former paper, and it is needless
to repeat that royalty always goes
first AS for the rest, 1 will simply
quote remark l heard last summer,
which amused me greatly and Is more
than ever to the point. Lady b
asked clever New York man how
the vexatious question was deter.
mined in America. She wanted to
know in what order people were sent
to dinner. In the order of cash."
was the reply. Vogue.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
Anglo.saxon Language Cranks.

OF all the cranks the Anglo-Saxon
crank is the most entertaining. be-
cause he has an idea that he can rev.
olutionize the English language BY
throwing out a number of words that
everybody uses and introducing in
their stead a number that nobody
knows anything about. The Anglo
Saxon maniac has strong antipathv
to all words that are of latin or
Greek derivation, or, indeed, of any
derivation at all except Saxon, and
proposes to throw them, neck and
crop. out of the English language
and substitute English words in
their stead. One of the tribe has re.
Gently published little handbook of
the proposed changes, which is the
most amusing tissue of absurdity
ever seen. According to this reform
er, electricity should be tire-ghost;
superannuated should be Overyeary:
democracy should be folkdom; critl-
cism, deemsterhood, and horizon, sky
edge. For telegram he would have
us say wire spell, and for omnibus,
folk train. A row of houses ought to
be house twins, quadrangle should
be a fourwinkle and an appendix
hankmatter. For the word magnin-
cent he would substitute high deeds
and perambulator should he push
wainling. Enthusiasm should be
faith-heat, an epidemic man-qualm
and an ambassador of state, spellman.
Carnivorous, according to the new
style, would be hesh-eatsome; her
bivorOus, grass-eat-some; q ruminat.
ing animal, chew-cud some beast
Such arrant nonsense as this may be
all right in the schools and colleges
but a young man who comes out of q
college and attempts to work off his
new-fanRled Anglo Saxon on his &C.
quaintances will display more faith
heat than faithlackingness. or, in
English, more zeal than discretion,
and will likely soon hear q good deal
OF English that has not been taught
In the colleges. st Louis Globe.
Democrat
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
Behaved Quite Well.

When a quite Youthful and much
petted damsel named Ruth goes away
from home without her mother she ia
sometimes unmanageable, and always
on her return is interviewed as TO
her department while absent On a
recent occasion, after a round of Wis.,
its she had made with q certain dot
ing and indulgent relative, Ruth was
asked the customary question as to
whether she had been a good girl.
"Well," she replied deliberately, a.
II carefully balancing tho evidence.
II was pretty good. I think-only
kicked At my grandmother twice"
Indianapolis Sentinel
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
How to Judge a Horses Are.

The foal is born with twelve grind.
ers When four front teeth have
made their appearance the foal is IL
days old, and when the next four as.
sert themselves its age will be about
twenty-eight days. The corner teeth
make their first appearance when the
foal Is 8 months old. and these latter
attain the height of the front teeth
at the age OF year. The 2-year-olds
have the kernel-the dark substance
in the middle of the crown-Qround
out OF all the front teeth In the
third year the middle front teeth are
shifted. and when years old these
are substituted by the permanent Tor
horse) teeth. which are larger and
more yellow than their predecessors
The next teeth are shifted In the
fourth year, and the corner teeth in
the fifth, giving place to the perma-
nent nippera At 5 years of age q
horse has forty teeth, of which twen-
ty-four are grinders, far back in the
Jaw, with which we have little to do
But be 1t remembered. horses invari-
ably have tushes, which mares rarely
do. Before the age Of 6 is arrived at
the tush is full grown, and has a
slight groove on its internal surface
(Which generally disappears with age,
the tush itself becoming more round
and blunt), and at 6 the kernel. or
mark, is worn out of the middle front
teeth. There will still be different
color In the center ofthe tooth. THE
tushes have now attained their full
growth, being nearly or quite an inch
in length, convex without, concave
within, tending to a point, and the
extremity somewhat curved.
Now, or perhaps some months be.
fore, the horse may be said to have
perfect mouth. At years the mark,
as described, is very nearly worn out
OF the four center nipperS and fast
wearing away in the corner teeth,
especially in mares, but the black
still remains in the center of the
tooth, and is not completely filed ur
until the animal Is years old. AZ
he gets On past the bride teeth be.
gin to wear away. At the kernei
has entirely disappeared from all tho
lower nippers. It is said to he "past
mark OF tooth" There are indica.
tions, however, after this age, which
Will enable very shrewd observer to
guess very closely at a horses age,
but none can be relied upon by OBJ.
servers
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31

yet printed In the world was the Illu.
minated Quadruple Constellation,
which appeared In New York on In
dependence Day, 1858. Its dimen.
sions equalled that Of a billiard
table-eight feet long BY six feet
wide, and, wonderful to relate, it
had no advertisements. A CODY of
this mammoth publication can be
seen in the Newspaper Museum at
Aix-la-Chapelle. Its price was SO
centA Journal
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
A Busy Woman.

Mrs. f. j. Nicholson is said to be
the only woman in the world who
owns, edits, manages and publishes a
great daily newspaper. She was first
a contributor OF poetry to the columns
of the New Orleans Picayune, which
she now owns under the name OF
Pearl Rivers. and some years ago was
made literary editor Of the paper by
Col. A. NJ. Holbrook, its editor and
proprietor, thus being the pioneer
newspaper woman in the South.
After time she became the wife Of
Col. HOlbrook, and at his death in
herited the paper, much encountered
by debt, with dubious outlook. She
assumed the responsibility courage
ously, and, with able assistants, has
put 1t again on a substantial basis.
A few years ago she married George
Nicholson, who was business man.
ager Of the paper.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
HOW GRESHAM'S FATHER DIED.
Stabbed to the Heart by Rufflan Whom
He Tried to Arrest.

~ s--S AeoOAs W = ASuuuau WnOm
He Tried to Arrest.
Major MILKY Of Louisville, has
been Secretary Gresham's intimate
friend for many years The fathers
OF the two men were ncighbors in
Harrison County, Ind. and the elder
MILKY was one of three men who ar
rested the murderer of Secretary
Gresham's father. The story of that
tragic event was related the other
day by Major Mulky to a New York
Sun man as follows:
1.-The first name Of the desperate
who killed Sheriff Gresham do not
recall His lame was Sipes, and I
distinctly recollect that he had a
Drother named Levi. Lewis brother
had Just been in a very ugly scrape.
and had shot. but not killed, a con.
stable who tried to arrest him. Az
Judge Gresham's father was then
Sheriff it devOlved upon him to arrest
Sipes, who was known as dangerous
character. To help him he sum-
moned my father, the late Jane.
Mulky, and James Spencer and James
$1,000" Az 40 u AiUvtO CuIIOuS tQaL Gn0
hrst names OF all these was James.
Sipes was at a dance a few miles west
OF Corydon, nut the party went first
to the house OF his father. Their in
quiries alarmed Levi Sipes and he
lied at once to give his brother warn.
Ing. He found him dancing and had
just time to tell him what was nm
when the Sheriff and his posse ar
rived Sipes staggered out into the
yard, and when the Sheriff attempted
to execute his warrant the desperado
drew pistol and fred. His aim was
good and the wound was fatal. The
Sheriff did not stop however and
Sipes drawing a big dirk, sprano
upon him and stabbed him to The
heart, killing him instantly. He
turned and fed, but was pursued nv
Mulkv, Gibbs, and Spencer who
finally captured him near Fredonia
then the County Seat of Crawford
County. on the banks OF the Ohio
This occurred In tho winter of 1929
And l distinctly Iecollect that there
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-31
Sexes In EurOpe.

The Woman's Suffrage Association
of Belgium, shows by the latest CEN
sus held in Europe that The cent?
nent's population comprises ITO, SIS, :
SCI males and l74.9l4,ll9 females,
the latter's plurality being 4,O95, 55S.
Among sixteen European nations the
female sex preponderatcs, most
strongly in Portugal and Norway,
least in Belgium and France. In six
countries-Italy, Roumania, Servia,
Bulgaria, Greece, and BOsnia-t the
male sex is in the majority. In Italy
the proportion is 995 to 1000, in
Bosnia S95 to 1000.