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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15
Gone and His Accounts Nh ort.

NEW YORK; May A.-John Veins, grand
treasurer OF the order Of Germania. . sick
benefit association, IL missing, and II IL
charged thnt between $4,000 and SlOO. 600
Of the funds are gone. Some think foul
play accounts for his absence. His bonds
mon arc responsible for any shortage.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15
Hasa Hail Hnt no Oman Enir.

CuIoAao, May 1.-THE first league game
ever seen In Chicago on Sunday was played
hare 10. day. The "Reds'' won the game In
the last three innings by \ combination Of
hard hitting and errors by ths "Oolts."
Chicago IL Cincinnati Ii.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15

BURLINGTON. VT, May 14.-Bishop w. II
A. Bisssll. Of the episcopal diocese OF Yer,
mont, died about noon to-day.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15
A Limit on Sealing Near Russian Land,

VICTORIA, B. O., May 1.-The collector of
customs has received a telegram from the
deputy minister of marine at Ottawa, that
Great Britain and Russia had agreed to
ptohibit vessels sealing within ten miles of
the Russian coast and within thirty leagues
of Robin island. He notified the naval
officers commanding at Esquimault and all
sealels; also the British consul at Yoko-
hama and Hakodate.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15

NEw YORK. May 14.--Ths Irish indepsn-
dent parliament fund association gave .
concert this evening 10 secure funds 10 aid
the section of the Irish parliamentary party
led by John Il. Redmond. The receipts are
said TO have amounted 10 more than SlO,Q00
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15
JOHN RUSKIN.
Tho Man Whom Giadatone Has M ado Poet
Laurente or England

Tho offer from Mr.. Gladstone of the
place OF post laureate made vacant by the
doath of Lord Tennyson Ia tribute TO the
greatest man Of letters leN In England.
John Kuskin was born In London in 1919.
He was graduated at Christ Church college,
Oxford, In 1s42. His university career wss
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15

And inspect our establish
ment. Five Floors stocked
to overtlowing with nov
elites to captivate the eye
and tascinate the taste.
Goods useful as well as
ornamental. All quoted at
reasonable figures which
place them within the
reach of all.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15

The perfection which has
been attained by the
cunning artificer in cloths
and silks. Novelties which
seem creations of some wiz
ard loom and poet thought
abound on all sides.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15
CONQUER

Prejudice, if any exist
against the use OF clothing
sold ready for wear. The
best material and work
manship are concentrated
now in an endeavOr to
achieve perfection in the
art OF fitting the "human
form divine"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-15
OUR TAILOR MADE CLOTHING

Is a splendid example of
the possibilities afforded
the economical purchaser
who desires to be well
clothed and tastily fitted in
the latest styles of gar
mentS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Protecting Turpentine Forests.

Turpentine farmers in South Carolina
and Georgia protect their property
against loss by fire in summer by burn
ing the grass and underbrush in mid
winter. The turpentine land is thus
protected by the destruction in Advance
of such light material as feeds forest
fire, and the woodlands are made up of
tall pine trees standing in tracts free
from small timber and underground.
When spring opens the fresh young grass
puts forth from the ashes of the winter
fires, and the ground is soon covered with
a carpet of rich green,-New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Gifts For the Sick,

1T is difficult to tell from outward
conditions" says constant visitor Of
the sick and suffering, "just what will
bring most pleasure to an invalid. l
took jelly, fruit and wine to desti-
tute consumptive whose appetite needed
encouraging, without provoking a CRATE
full smile. But when l followed chance
confession that she was fond of flowers
with bunch of white hyacinths her
face glowed with happiness. l tried the
flowers ON a cultured well to do blind
woman of my acquaintance. She scarce
ly noticed them, but the dainties that
the ignorant girl had refused the lady
fell upon with the voracity of a wolf"
This philanthropist neglected to take
into consideration in her work that all
important factor in the relief of suffer-
ing-what part decay has preyed upon.
In the case of the consumptive, disease
had consumed the vital nature past de-
sire to the greater quickening of the
spiritual. On the other hand, the blind
woman's appetite was stimulated to alb
normal activity by the infirmity that
shut her off from the sights which pro-
mote the souls growth.-New York
Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
ADiscussion Over White Cats,

EYES," said the man by the window,
who overheard our conversation, Its
true every time, gentlemen, that white
cats are deaf"
"Prove it," said one of the party who
had been disputing the theory.
81 can prove it as easy as rolling off a
log. My old aunt down in the state of
Maine raised white cat, and she's alive
and kicking yet, fur's know-the cat,
not my aunt-and she told me-my aunt,
not the cat-that the animal was so deaf
she could not hear the clock strike
fact"
"That's nothing" said a man on the
other side of the car who had been listen
ing intently. 1T don't prove that the
hull race of white cats is def. Why, we
had white cat in our family-raised it
myself-and it heard so well we had to
stop the clock"
There was a long silence; then some
one piped feebly:
"Why?"
Because she thought every tick was a
mouse in the wall, and she tore all the
wall paper off trying to get at it."
No one said word for about an hour;
then the man who knew white cats We're
deaf spoke out:
"Boys," he said solemnly, give him
the belt. Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
AN ORDINANCE

10 AMEND SECTIONS l, 3. 6 AND 7 OF
CHAPTER 80, OF THE REVISED ORDI-
NANCES, IN REGARD TO MARKETS AND
MARKET MASTERS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the
/ City OF San Antonio:
That Sections /, 3, and : of Chapter 80
f the Revised Ordinances, be so amended
3 to hereafter read as follows:
SECTION |. That 1t shall be the duty of
he City Marshal, or any policeman deS-
MATED by him, to assign persons desiring
sell vegetables outside of the market
puSe space on Military Plaza and Pre-
dio Square for the spreading and dis
aging of their vegetables, and no person
lall take any other space on said PlazaS
an the one assigned by the said
ty Marshal, or such policeman, and that
oh and every person so selling outside
the public market as aforesaid shall
~ to the City Marshal, or such police
an as shall be designated by him, a daily
ense of ten cents for each and every
Y, or Two Dollars and a half (S2. 50) per
bnth, when paid monthly in advance.
Sec 3. The Markets. PlaZaS and other
bees used as markets for the sale of
bats, vegetable, eggs, butter, poultry,
hits Venison or any other farm and gar
products, excepting hides, wool. cot
nay. pecanS, and wood, shall be kept
IN for such purposes from O'Clock a. m.
3 q. M, and from p. m, toS p. m. from
E1st day of May to the 3Oth of September,
from a. m. to 10 a. m, and from 4 p.
to p. m, from the first day of October
he Both day of April each year.
he City Marshal, or any Policeman deS-
ated by the City Marshal, shall collect
same fee from parties selling vegeta-
J, etc., in the evening, as are collected
he morning, but no one shall be re-
red 10 pay twice the same day. The
Marshal or Policeman collecting
fees shall be required to give receipts
all such licenses collected: the City
furnish the City Marshal proper re-
1t books, with stubs.
&C. 6. The Mayor shall, by and with
advice and consent of the Council,
pint Market Master, who shall also
Iarket Inspector. He shall take the
of Office aud give bond in the sum of
Thousand Five Hundred az, 500
arS, for the faithful performance of
iuties of his office. He shall receive
salary as may be allowed and fixed
2e Council: He shall inspect careful.
meats offered for sale in the market
sewhere in the City. He shall charge
collect the fees for inspection of
S as hereinafter provided, and all
so charged and collected, shall be
over to the City Collector at the end
Lch month, to be used by the City for
uses of inspection of meats, etc.
!. T. No person or persons shall offer
BILE in this City any of the meats or
hereinafter mentioned, without first
lg had the same inspected by the
ct Master. or his assistants, and
have made full and correct
of all the meats or beef offered by
pr sale to said Market Master, or his
ants, and shall have paid the fees
prescribed, to-wit: For inspection
b beef or COW, fifteen Q5l cents; for
etion Of each calf, ten 40 cents; for
:tion of each hog or pig, five %
for inspection of each mutton, kid
II lamb, fve(5) cents.
Eed and approved, July 10th, 1898.
GEORGE PAsCHAL,
Mayor.
NORTON,
Deputy City Clerk 21 lot
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
NO BLANKS IN This COMPETITION,

This is a competition of rather an unusua
nature. 1t is common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan,
all the con. petitOrs risklng the loss of their
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount of the prizo. But the
Press Claims Company's offer is something
entirely different, Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is to be
rewacded for doin it. The prize is only a
stimulus to do something that would be
well worth doing without it. The architect
whose competitive plan for a club house on a
certain corner is not accepted has not spent
his labor on something of very little use to
him. But the person who patent q simple and
useful device in the Press Claims COmpany's
competition, need not worry If he fail to Sc
cure the prize. He has a substantial result to
show for his work-One that will command its
value in the market at any time.
The plain man who uses any article in his
daily work ought to know better how to I'M
prove it than the mechanical expert VINO
studies il only from the theoretical point of
view Get rid of the idea that an improve
ment can be too simple TO be worth patenting.
The simpler the better. The person who best
succeeds in combining simplicity and pOpu-
larIty, will get the Press Claims CompRny's
twenty-five hundred dollars.
The responsibility of this company may be
about three hundred of the leading news
papers Of the United States.
Address The Press Claims Company, John
Weiderburn, managing attorney, ls6 + street
n. W., Washington, ID CT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
A Man Who Loves Flowers.

For several years past a well known
gentleman has been in the habit every
morning of standing in front of Fourth
street florists place for at least 10 min
utes. He is crank on flowers, and after
gazing into the window he enters the
store and purchases 1O-cent flower.
He tells the proprietor that he loves to
chew the flower, and nine mornings out of
ten he gets rose. The gentleman in
question is Tennesseean and is the pos
SCISSOR of one of the finest lighthouses in
the city.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Tho Little Things The Most Valuable.

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 theIlittle frictions OF life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without further
Sought.
"Why don't the railroad company make It's
Gar windows 80 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 collar button!' growls the
man who is late for breakfast. "If were in
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out, or break Off, or gouge out the back
Of my neck"
And then the various suffere- g forgot about
their grievarc 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
patented the fifteen puzzle,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
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 to
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
ditlons:
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 dOarS.
Sh)lld this scar )h show his invention beot
uupatentable. he can withdraw without FUR.
Their expense. otherwise he will be expected
TO complete his apDpication and take out q
patent in I he regular way. The total expense
including Government aud Bureau fees, will
be seventy dollars. For this, whether he
secures the prize or not, the inventor will
have a patent that ought to be valuable
property to him. Tha prize will be awarded
by jury consisting of three reputable patent
attorneys of Washington. Intending COM
petitors should Ali out the folio wing blank,
and forward 1t with the r applications:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
NOT so HARD As IT SEEMS,

patent strikes most people as an appall
ingly formidable thing. The idea is that an
inventor must be natural genius, like Edi
son or Bel; that he must devote years to
delving In complicated mechanical problems
and that he must spent fortune on delicate
experiments before he can get new device to
pateutable degree of perfection. This delu-
sion the company desires to dispel. 1t desires
to get into the head of the public clear COM
prehension of the fact that ii is not the great,
complex, and expensive inventions that bring
the best returns to their authors, out the lit
Tie, simple, and cheap ones-the things that
seem so absurdly trivial that the average citi-
zen would feel somewhat ashamed of bringing
them to the attention of the Patent Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous inven-
tons have not been sufficient to pay the cost
OF his experiments. But the man who con-
ceived the idea of fastning q bit of rubber
cord to child's ball, so that it would come
back TO the hand when thrown made fortune
out of his scheme. The modern sewing-ma-
chine is miracle of ngenuity-the product of
the toll of hundreds of busy brains through q
hundred and fifty years, but the whole bril-
liant result rests upon the simple device of
putting the eye of the needle at the point in
If at tho othar apd
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
CITY ADVERTISING.
AN ORDINANCE
[OFFICIAL.1

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO APPOINT
Two SANITARY POLICE OFFICERS, WHO
SHALL ALSO BE CITY SCAVENGERS, AND
DEFINING THEIR DUTIES.
BE it ordained by the City Council of the
City of San Antonio:-
Sec. /. The mayor is hereby author
lied 10 appoint two Sanitary Police Or
ficers, one for the East side and one for
the West side of this City, who shall also
be City ScaveugerS. They shall enter
into bond in the sum of Five Hundred
Dollars, payable to the City of San Anto-
Mo, for the faithful performance Of their
duty. They shall receive no salary from
the City, but in lieu thereof, shall be per-
united TO charge and collect the follow
ing rates: For cleaning and emptying
privies, vaults and sinks, twelve and one
half U215) cents per cubic foot of matter;
and one % dollar per barrel for removing
barrels, emptying and replacing the
same.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of such
Sanitary Police Officers, in addition to
their duties as Sanitary Police Officers,
to visit all premises within the City and
report to the Health Officer all priyies,
vaults, ETC., requiring cleaning, and any
person failing to have such privy, vaults,
etc, cleaned within forty eight hours
after having been notified by the Health
/ Officer TO do so shall be deemed guilty OF
be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty
dollars, and each day that such privy,
vault, ETC., is left in filthy condition
after being notified as above mentioned
shall constitute separate otfense.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the City
Scavengers appointed hereunder to carry
all matter taken from the privies, vaults,
ETC., to the City Crematories, and only
such persons as are appointed by the
Mayor shall be permitted to use or take
the matter and filth to said Crematories.
Sec. 4. ANY person failing to pay to
the City Scavengers appointed by the
Mayor the rates prescribed in Section
of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty
of miSdemeanor and on conviction shall
be fined in any sum not less than Five
nor more than Fifty Dollars.
Sec. 5. That Section 8, of Chapter Al,
of the Revised Ordinances, and all Ordi-
nances in conflict herewith to be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Passed and approved July nth, 1898.
GEORGE PAsCHAL,
Attest: Mayor.
E. R. NORTON, Deputy City Clerk.
721 lot
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Oldest Tree In the World.

The Rev. w. Tuckwell, in Tongues
and Trees and Sermons In Stones" says:
THE oldest living tree in the world is
said to be the Soma cypress of Lombardy.
1t was tree 40 years before the birth of
Christ" But Alphonse Karr, in his "Voy-
age Autour de Mon Jardin," says, of the
baobab (Adansonia digitata), ut is as
serted that some exist in Senegal that are
5000 years Notes and Queries.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
Inc 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
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 thousand more. There
plenty of inventive talent at large in this
country, needing nothing but encourage ment
to produce practical results. That encourage
ment the Press Claims Company proposes to
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT.

Prune thou thy words; the thoughts con
That DER thee swell and thrOng.
They will condense within thy soul
And change TO purpose strong.
But he who lets his feelings run
In soft luxurious flow
Shrinks when hard service must be done
And faints at every woe.
Faiths meanest deed more favor bears
Where hearts and wills are weighed
Than brightest transports choicest prayer,
Which bloom their hour and fade.
John Henry Newman
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
The Duties of the Nurse.

Aren't you big boy to have anurseT'
asked an elderly gentleman of boy
whom he had met in the park.
"Oh, no." said the boy. "She doesn't
look after me anyhow. She's here to
take care of the boys play with and see
that don't hurt 'em. "-Harper's Young
People
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01

The most costly piece of railway line
in the world is that between the Man
sion House and Aldgate stations in Lon
don, which required the expenditure of
close upon $40, 900, 900 a mile.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
NORTON,
Deputy City Clerk.
NOTICE.
721 lot

\. LerouX having bought out
hardware firm of LerOuX q
|ove, 22S and $50 West Com
street, has entirely re-
|ed same, and is now ready to
any one in this line, at rea-
lie prices. 3 % tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Good ONT of Evil.

This ought to be a prosperous month, )"
said the club treasurer.
"How so?" asked the secretary.
"Housecleaning, was the answer, land
the men'll all be here."-Life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Contractors e Builders
Detective Agencies

Southern Detective Agency,
A. B. Maness, Office Manager, ia E. HOus
ton st. Telephone 59S. Lost personal 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 a speciality.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01

'T submit the within described invention
! n comp sttton for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Architects
Insurance
x. P. Endowment, Life,

Safe and cheap insurance, for mem
bers only. T. B. JOHNSON, secretary.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01

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.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Livery and Sale Stables
Finest Livery Turnouts at
Reasonable rates; telephone 500, Wood
WaIds stable, 22S South Flores Street

BeXar Stables, Alamo Plaza,
Next to Menger Hotel. Finest, largest
and best Livery, Feed and Sale Stables in
the Southwest Terms reasonable. Tele-
phone SCI. Fry Bros, PrOprietors.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Furnishing Goods

You Will Save IS per Cent
by buying your Clothing and Gents Fur
nishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Etc.
from E. Brown, 5O6]2 E. Houston Street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Building Material
Manufacturers
Black smiths

Schumacher & Witt, Cor. Z.
Houston Il NacOgdOcheS SITS. BlacksmlthS
and WheelwrightS. HOrSeShoeing a spec
ialty. All work neatly done and guarantee
ed. Horses stopped from int 'fering.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Carriage Painters

Anton Hannich & Son, TOR the
finest and most durableiCarriage Painting
2l0 Elm st. Established 1860. Prompt at
tentiOn to outside orders.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Saloons

j. A. Jones, 424 w. Houston
st. All kinds of Furniture bought and
sold. Easy terms.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01
Marble Yards

Frank Tech, Steam Saving
and Polishing Mill. Furnish monuments
and head stones in wholesale and retail,
cheaper than can be had in the st tie.