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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
A TEMPTING OFFER.

To induce people to keep track of their
bright ideas and sec what there is in them
the Press Claims Company has resolved 10
offer 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 O
charge.
This offer is subject to the following con
dit Ons:
Every competitor must obtain patent for
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
unpatentable. he can withdraw without fur.
Their expense. otherwise he will be expected
to complete his application and take out
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 valuable
property to him. The prize will be awarded
by jury consisting of three reputable patent
attorneys of Washington. Intending COM
petitors should fiji out the folio wing blank
and forward ii with their applications:
81 submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claim s
Company.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How TO Get Twenty five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
Tia Winner has a Gear Gift Of a Small
Fortune, and The Losers Have Patents
that may Bring them In Still More.

Would you like to mske twenty-five hun
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what follows aud you may see way to do it
The Press Claims Company devoUes much
ate ution to patents. 1t has handled thous.
snds of applications for inventions, but it
would like TO haad!e a thousand more. There
plenty of inventive talent at large in this
country, needing nothing but encourage nent
TO produce practical results. That.encourage.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04

we are determined TO 40 Cne
millinery business Of this city, and
have marked orr goods to sell on
sight.
M0KE's MILLINERY Co.
10 > st 333 Commerce street.
Francisco LOlliS is a late ar
rival at the BeXar county jail, haV-
ing been imprisoned on the charge
of violating the United States neu-
trality laws.
Private Walter Arnold, Of COM
pany G. Gwenty-third infantry,
has received his discharge.
-General Stensgrapher.-A. GroSen-
baeher. oftice-with kypfer II Seng, prices
moderate. satisfaction guaranteed. IA I'm
Tho board of directors of the
y. NJ. c. A. held a meeting yester-
day afternoon and decided to give
course of lectures this season, a
full account Of which was publish
ed in the LIGHT several days ago.
Don't forget to get our prices
on heating stoves before buying
elsewhere. c. \. LerOuX, 22S and
80 Commerce street. 9 26 If
Chief Detective T. J. Hughes
is labOring several hours each day
with the grand jury.
Our calf $500 will wear equal
to any 800 shoe, every pair guar
anteed. Sullivan Shoe Co.
923 If
AT + 80 o'clock this afternoon
thhe regular monthly meeting of
the Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent
society will be held at Temple
Beth FL.
Mrs. Henrietta Hartman,
dress-maker, COG Ave. b. 926 I'm
Any orders for putting up
stoves will receive our prompt at
tentiOn. c. n. LerOuX, 22S and $50
Commerce street. 9 % If
United States Commissioner
L. F. Price had before him yester-
day one Gravel Herrera, charged,
with violating the United States
neutrality laws. His bond was
fixed at $500.
We have the best Oxfords at
$50 and $500. Try a pair. Sulli-
van Shoe Co. SOB If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-04

Lucille Saunders has been en-
gagged forthe "Bastonians" by Bar
nabee, Karl and Mcdonald She
will alternate with Jessie Bartlett
Davis.
Annie Meyers, of last seasons
'"Tar and Tartar company, has
been engaged for the Fay Temple
ton opera company.
"Jack" Mason is writing a play
which he will produce next season,
entitled, +'kate and the COmmO-
.dore."
De Wolf-Hopper is likely to re-
ViVe cinderella al School," next
Carmencita, the Spanish dancer,
is likely to GO to London for short
season.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
The Same OLD. Story.

History is co.ItIn, ally repeating itself
in the experience of American women
wha marry titled foreigners. The we'd
ding, some tInc since, Of a belle in Ph!la-
delpiia society ,:.th a scion of the noble
German house Of @tppekheim Wis cele-
| brat,.d with marked eciat. The bride
was wea!thy: the bridegroom penn;less.
He wau;ed money to pay his debts and
furris', him with the nIeaLs to continue
III. pleasures which constitute the chief
diversions of the European aristocracy.
Tie young woman in question and her
relatives. il is fair 10 presume. were tas-
cinated by The glitter OF a title and q
coronet.
II plain language, the transaction
seems 20 hive b.7eL mere bargain and
sale. The result was what might have
been expected. The young woman who
circles found life with her ''nobie" bus
band absolutely uncomfortable. 4 period
nf misery and humiliation terminated in
a separation. The titled idiar and roUe,
SD tie story goes, was ordered frerc the
house furnished y::!i his w;fe's money
and ..li not be allowed to return.
Moral;z;rg regarding such case is nse
less The facts speak for themselves
F,- tire .1,S-r-ruith time IL has been
,sIem"nstr;.,ea that TIA. American woman
who soils her youth and beauty to gain
an entrance into the ranks of foreign
. nobility iccgrs the practical certainty Of
/ nsnit. i..t.l.iity aid neglect at the hands
f pf the man she marries. The lesson has
yasn enforced 50 frequently that there
4 - likely t. be small sympathy in the fu
;u5e for women who turn their backs CT
/ !smericaa gentlemen (" contract natri
( :nonial alliance with European fortune
/ hunters with a long lis; OF dishonorabie
debts, decorated 10y that tinsei sham, a
{ .i;in
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
Reading III Bed.

After al the scret ds against the habit
Of reading IN bed. IL Is interesting to hear
the other side Of the subject from a
woman who has had many years of prac-
tIce in it. She declares that far from
seeing any baiefui effects, she is quite
sure tha, IL il of asEis, snce TO her IN get
f.bG 10 sleep. She belongs 10 a family
who have al, and always, suffered from
insomnia, although leading active out
of-dnor lives absolutely free from care
She tried al sorts of remedies for this
disorder in vain. and a. length. in dcs
pair, lighted her lamp, drew i, up by bel
bed and began 70 rend. She found thai
SO luag aa she d:d not take up an en-
trancing book. she soon became sleepy
and could rest. Nov she keeps on hand
some pleasant history, or book of trav
Cis OF hi"graphy-never an exciting his
fu.y ard feels iullei and sootiied by /;
feY pages.
\ gooi crop of hay may be made NOR
profitable than an iually good op o!
grain, nine times ont Of ten, If il Ii Judi
cIously fed to s.crk upon the farm. The
expense and labor attending the manage
ment 81 a hay farm are so much les:
than those Of grain farm that il Is ;
constant wonder 10 US that mora net
I 'c.Ip are bu-,iened with ulCre land thar
, they can properly cultivate Go co
rhaugc the,: methods
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
Four ksi" Success.

iIavin- he needed merit 20 mere than
make good -! TIE advertising claimed
for them. the fG!iouin. four remedies
have reached Il phenomenal sale. DIR.
K'1E's New Discovery. for consunp'i2n
Coughs and Colds. each bottle euaraD.
teed Electric Biiters. the great remed.
for Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. Bnck-
len Arnica Salyc. the best in the world
ami DR. Kings New !.ifa Pills, which
are perfect pill. Al these remedies
nre cuarfnseed to d., Just what is claim
I'd Fur them and the l:ea.er whose name
is attached herewith vii! be glad to tel
yCu more OF them. Sold at Clark d
proul's drug store.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
Women After Forty.

In the talk congresses at the Worlds
Fair, subjects were discussed to rags.
The determination to say the last word
concerning the tremendous problems Of
the here and the hereafter left no room
for a cheering talk about what there is
in life for woman after 40. though one.
woman tossed in the irrelevant but in
teresting suggestion that, hswever
pleasant it may be to be grandmcthcr
as an incident, e;...-t.ti no desire to
make if the chief business OF her life.
II Ego IS treatise on The art Of baing
grandfather" WAS very s;:nple-one
had only to spotl his grandchildren and
20 bsco"le their slave. Slavery even 10
the most cLerubic of grandchildren falls
shor, o: the rational ambitions OF a
clever woman. With youth and beauty
Il good woman can afford 10 dispense
with many things otherwise important
II is French aphorism that with white
is when she has her first gray hair.abCnt
which Thomas la; ass Bayiy sings SO
doleful!ysti ''tirst tootmaFsi Of time
that a woman begins to forecast her own
! future.
She knows that one by one, these
mute
{ Nerien'oS VII iEcrcase,
I And steal youth, beauty, strength
away
! Till ii.e itself shall cease.
! The tears are foolish. At 40, or after
/ 40. begins woman's time for real living.
| Her children are beyond the need of
constant care, and she can, if :she hero
! ically will, reserve hours and bCuIs t"r
her own use and profit. 1t is pretty
much matter o; personal choice
whether one shall be old after any num-
Ter of years. Age is largely state u:
MAD. At 10 a woman has learned pa
:ieEce and he's practical sense of the
; value OF all Those wise saws that are
meaningless words to the young. About
the only thing she needs TO learn Is Thai
not at any age is anybody old eXcei'
from choice. !Nifehood. motherhood
womanhood, Is, like journalism, a train
ing for anything; and the woman ot 10
NTH leisure, for which she must strug
gle, but which she can gam, with Il dis
cipine Of experience THAI IS better thai
nil book study, with the struggle for
mere living abou. ended, can begin with
radiant hopes a contest for culture IL
almost any direction hor cholse may
point.
She is apt to depIore TIE loss Of ear
lier advantages, to exaggerate the mar
rowing influence 4 years aDscrre1 il
purely domestic interests. to lack coz
ii,:.ncs Ii !.er ability TO acquire much IN
her ab:l;ty 10 acquire much in the year
remaining to her Particularly. she :s
abashed before husband and ch:.dreI
when she considers the question OF Ego
ihg IN for something" Yet when sh'
does enter an art class, a language or
history class, O. JOINS woman's club, ol
takes up course Of reading with /
hore study club, or anything OF tn
|. kind, she is as surprised as the man Nh'
, survived bis oYn wake 10 find herself
still very much alive, very deeply in
terested and very determined to enlarge
her ambitions. Even outside Of purei!
society and .lomestic matters, the wo-
man over 20 can find "a Tremendous m
terest IN life and an enjoyment deep ano
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
Agricultural Ignorance.

Does ~. every dollars worth Of i'm
:-aris kept out by a protective policy
keep in IA do!ls-'s worth of import grain
that would o:herSise leap 10 go O:.t:
THIS is ore Of those profound conun-
drums tia. the secretary of agri-
culture tried to solve al 'i,e congress
Il agriculture recra'ly held III Chicago.
We do hot ariieve that any school boy
wCuld ask such question. The pro.ec-
tive tariff has nothing Whatever to do
with the exports Of the country. The
quan;lt, Of grain that Viii leap TO go
out" depends entirely upon the crops in
other counties as ,,eii as our own-ip
fact, upon the question Of supply and
consequent demand. The protective
tariff, Mr.. Morton. is "a keep ont from
tins country things that are grown or
IN .uufiicturei in other countries. and
wu;cil Nc ourselves are able 20 grow or
r'..nIfactura. We presume that Mr..
iiCftcG i not aware that during The
r,noL II the greatest protection this
country has ever had our exports oi
wheAt were larger than ever known II
the history uf the country, the result be.
Ing fnat onV Imports were phenomenalis
smaller thar orr exports; hence our ez
ce.,l!ns prosperity under protection
The d-'ms. ignorance shown 10y the sec
gsiary 0: agriculture iu the affairs per
tanning to his department would be
iitaiiaIrr :. We're it not so shameful. il
coming from the head Of the depart
nIent that should be representative d
our vast agricultural resources. Aneri
can Economist
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
Caiarr., Cannot be Cured

--ith Local Applications, rs they can
40; reach the seat Of the dieease. Catarr!,
* b!puu or constitutional disease, and
in ORDER to cure il you must take inter
nal remedies. Halls Caiarrh Cure is
taken internally, aud acts directly on
I'll. blood and MUCOUS surfaces. Halls
C.taG!h Cure is not q quack MEDICINE.
/; was prescribed by one OF the best
pif, aicians in tits country Tor years, and
is regular prescription. Ii Is CON-
pa-et, II the best tonIces known, Com
i,ip.d with the best blood purifiers. act
ir.- irec; j.? on the the mucous surfaces.
TIE ;.crfaG: combination Of tie two in-
gr.l:;ants iR what p.0Gncrt such wonder
ful rrsult, 10 curing C.tarrh. Send for
testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY /; Co. Props, Toledo,
o. Sold by druggists. pfice '5c.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
Every One, Read the ''Ncw Of
fcrS.''

The journal Of Agriculture, st.
Louis, is cut with &c Cash Prize offers
that ought to make stir among Amer'-
can housewives, for these Prizes are TO
be paid for Recipes suitable for publ
cation in the forthcoming journal OF
Agriculture Cock Book
This ,e the novel and effective plan
the Journa. ha, adopted for makidg its
Cook Book the most practical and
economical hand book of cookery in the
English language. We have seen the
printed rules and regulations governing
this interesting contest, and they are so
SUD pie, and SO we'll guarded in the in
terests Of fairness, that We feel sure
there are many Of our lady readers capa-
Bile OF competing with good chances for
success. But, whether winning cash
prize or not, every competitor will be
rewarded. and every published Recipe
will have appended to it tho name and
residence OF the lady contributing it.
The Journal VI Agriculture originally
limited competition tn its own subsrib
ers, but we have succeeded in securing
the same privileges for the readers oi
The SENTINEL. under the winter Club
bing Offsr- that ;Se advertise this week.
H. is a remarkable offer. Read it care
fully. Let us send in your name at cnce.
Besides giving your wife, mother ,daugh-
ter, sister o. sweetheart chance To win
slJ or go prize in cash, You will be
getting the best and cheapest Farm,
Fruit and Live stock paper in America.
IT is a splsndid Family paper also. II
has Woman's Department, Youths
Department. Story teller. choice poems,
ETC., IN every issue. You will hike it,
you will prof: by it, and so will every
member OF your household, old or young
The SENTINEL AMI the above named
Journal, emitting you To all c!ubbeing
offers, one year, for only 500 cash in
advance Address all orders to The
SrNrrSrr Oregon Mo-
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
The Nicaragua Canal.

A committee ia New York which has
been investigating the affairs OK the
Nicaragua Canal Construction company
and devising Il plan for its reorganiza-
lion, made its report last week. The
cr'npanys accounts show an investment
: .c,ual cash and interest thereon of
s:.i5l ,JjS. and in securities issued for
the purchase Of plants Of :, s.:: 200 a,mGk
ing a total of S..JI3..GS. The fund in
the floating Indebtedness ataoun's 10
::.122. 45!, including some disputed itci.:s.
Seven million dollars is a g2nd deal of
III pney for Il company to have expended
and borrowed with as little To show Tor
il as the Nicaragua Canal company las.
II WAS necessary. no doubt. 10 spend
money in the promotion u! the enter
prlae and to arouse public interest in If.
but # cannot have taken any such
amount as Si.o4.rD for that purpose,
and it does not appear that any con
siderable sum mas been paid out for nc-
tual construction.
/ Everybody ought to favor the con-
struction of tie Nicaragua canal, and
ther. seems 20 he, in reality. no opposi-
ton 20 it. unless on the part of some few
ruilrt:ai companies. The canal would
! lie the greatest blessing to California
and the Pacific coast that could be im-
agined. but while we may favor the canal
il does not follow that We must approve
t the methods that have been employed
! in its promotion.
There has a,waYs seemed to be an un
dercusrent of speculation in the whole
affair, as though some Of the principa
men concerned ia it were not nearly 6,
desrous of constructing the canal as o
dlsposing Of their stock and bonds at
handsome profit We do not say tha
such has been the case. for we do no
know, but we are very certain that suci
is the general impression that has beel
created among the public.
If the present company or companie
cauuot 90 on with the work they shoul'
confess their inability, and make wa,
for others who Can and will push :h
canal along. liz the present condition
Of congress L is iele, we conceive to hop
for national aid 10 any way, even by tn
Endorsement or guarantee OF bonds, s
the canal must be put under way b
private capital, If at all. The invest
ment will be long one, but it woul'
seem to be entirely safe, il the work
done carefully, thoroughly and econemi
cai'y.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
\ Hundred Ton Magazine Order,

N liunOrcO IOu N1stS SWLiuc SHuSas
An event in periodical literature. rot
without ITS significance TO the general
public as showing the growth OF the
reading classes, wss the receipt on the
q; h OF November by the Cosmopolitan
magazine Of the order given below. . A
single order from news compaD! for
one hundred tons of magazines! That
is almost an event in the history OF the
world. A like order has never before
been made, and if past ratios be main
tanned it means considerably more than
half a million circulation for the Decem-
Der Cosmopolitan. Yet, when the list
of authors and artists in the December
number Is examined, one is not so much
surprised. 1t contains the only known
unpublished manuscript OF De Maupas-
SAINT, illustrated by Vierge, perhaps the
most famous Of European illustrators;
After the Worlds Fair, by Paul Bour-
get, John J. Ingalls,, William Dean How
ellis, Lyman j. Gage, Arthur Sherburne
Hardy, Mark Twain. Robert Grant and
others nearly as famous, and nearly TIVE
hundred illustrations, to which the fol
lowing artists contributes: Hopkinsor
Smith, kemble, Harry Fem, F o
Small, Atwood Henckel, Dan Beard
R.,uhart and Remington. Think o.
| having the Worlds FAIR done by sucf
expensiv. men Us Howells, Mark TwaiI
; and Paul Bourget. and sending such
artists ~ Charles :. Reinha;t to Chicag'
10 a single number Of magazine to b'
! Id for only 15 cents, or by subscription
1.ts cents. 4 book publisher. preparing
such book would not dare incur thes'
expenses short OF $500 copy. Is it no
a revolutson that is an improvement up
on old methods revolution OF vast i'm
portauce to the reafIrg public! III
order to which reference s made read
AS follows:
Publisher Cosmopolitan. Dear Sit:
OF the 100000 copies OF Decembe
number to be sent US. please send a
~ follows: 1860 copies regular edi.
ion. 1880 copies r. T. edition. foar
respectfully, The American News Coir
4 uapy.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
a Quarter Century Test.

For n Quarter of a century DR.. EinG's
New Disc overy has been tested, nEd the
mii'iors who have received benefit from
it's use testify to ;ts wonderf:! curatiye
powers N all diseases OF Throat. Chest
and Lungs. 4 remedy that has stood
the test so ,oEs. and that has gwen ST
universal satisfaction is no experiment.
Each bottle is positively guaranteed tt
give relief. or the money will be refund
Ell. 1t is admitted to be the most reil
able fer Coughs and Colds. Tr.al bottles
free al Clark q. ProudG.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
Free for ali who Ask.

a very fine Photographic View of the
Worlds Fair, 8 10 inches IN size. tie
work of the Official Photographer OF the
United States Government. and accom-
panied by a graphic. interesting and
authentic description. will be sent free
by the Chicago Weekly Inter-Ocean TO
anyone who will send one 2. cent stamp
for postage. Address, Librarian" H.
tay-Ocear
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29

OLE GFSFrAL SICKL.Es has hard tInc
trying TO preserve an equilibrium be
tween his Democracy and his patriotism.
He would like 10 be in harmony with his
party, but loyalty tc his old comrades in
arms occasionally gets :ke upper hand
and causes him to vigorously condemn
CleyelandiSm.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29

REVENUES have fallen short of eypenli-
lures to the extent of .,:l,01D.0D since
.he fiscal year began on July last. As
the president in his message SAID The
deficit would DE only about S23,00J.Hn
in the entire year. he mast be counting
On a great increass ir the c Jsernmeni'S
income or a great decrease in ats c4tgo
n the next SIX months.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29

FEoFt.E are wishing e,.c" other the
compliments cf the season aGi eXchaEg
ing gifts. Did il ever occur 10 you t.
send II. a:liGg friend 4 package of Aver.
Snrsa. .aTiil..: II not. do - nos: ans
Try this medicine yourself, i. you nee-
n first class b.u:,i purifier.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29
fsuc.>lcn'S .Ar;l:c:l Ss,lVe.

The Best Saive iE the world FOR Cuts
Bruises. Sores Ulcers. Salt Eheum.
Fever Sores. Tettcr. Chapped Hands.
Chiltlains. Corns, and ali Skin Erup-
tons. and positively cures Piles. or nc
pay required. II Is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction. or money refunded
Price - cents per box. For sale by
Clark D. Proud.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29

IT, i,ist as etsy To try One Minute
Cough Cure al any thing else It's
easier 10 care severe cd or cough
with il. Lat your next prrchase for a
cough oe One Minute Cough Cure. Bet
.er medicine; hotter results; better try
It. j G Piibri.:l5, druggist, Oregon, No.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29

Mr. >. Z. Biaizn, an cx.onsIvo real es-
tate dealer. D-s!loincs, Iowa. narrowly
G caped one 81 the s"VerCst attacks OF
pncumon;a while in tha northern part
%! that state dlriuE "a rec9Ei blizzard.
says the Saturday kavieE. Nr. E!size
had occasion 10 drive sa,UyCl niles dur
Ing the storm md Ts,s - thoroughly
chilled that h. was uRai e to get wc-'u,
and inside OF au hour i;lCr h'- ra'L-l i-e
WAS threatened With severe ca-s IL
pneumqaia or irng fe:er Mr B!a'z'
sent 10 The nearest drug store and g"i :.
bottle o: Cham bsrlain's Cacgh r.. uaay.
OF which he had often hearG. aad ''oi; i
nums,ar Of large doses. H s.vs the ef-
fee, Wa; wonderful and in = sBort time
j lie WAS Breathing quite eas i. lie hep;
o. taking the medicine and the next day
WAS abie 10 come To Des NGines. Mr.
Elaize regards his cure as simply Won
derful. For Sale by Z. o. Proud.
The Holt County sentinel., 1893-12-29

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve c!eanses,
puriiies and heals. 1t was made for
that purpose. Use it for burns, cuts
bruises, chapped hands, sores of all des
cr;p,ions and ( you have piles use 1T for
them. JIG. Philbrick, druggist, Ore
non Mo