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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27
THE BEST PEOPLE
Testify for the Texas Medical and
Surgical Institute


Read what one of our many pa
tients say. Call on us and you can
read of hundreds more, who speak
praises of our wonderful skill.
Such kind of evidence is positive
proof that we are skilled special
lists and not frauds, humbugs or
uuacks., who deceive the sufferer.
SELMA, Tex, April %, 1S93.-The
Texas Medical and Surgical Insti-
tute, San Antonio: Gentlemen
| write you this morning to let
YOU know that | am a new man to
what | was when at your office a
few DAYS ago. Your treatment has
done more than | expected
it to do in so short time, and l
expect it exceeded your eXpecta-
tiOns. l will be at your office next
Tuesday or Wednesday IF nothing
happens to the contrary. Will set
tie with you then. Wishing all the
success possible, l remain CRATE
fully yours, ID. tOLTZ.
Mr.. Foltz was troubled with
heart palpitation, dizzy spells,
pains in head, could not sleep
soundly, constipated, losing flesh
and getting very weak, so could
hardly walk. Lost twenty-five
pounds in five weeks. After only
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of hard work.
We do not publish the name of
one cured patient out of fifty on an
average, and then only when the
written consent Of the patient is
given.
Sufferers from Rheumatism,
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and Private Diseases of both sexes,
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Texas Medical and Surgical Insti-
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No matter what your troubles,
how serious or long standing and
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pletely cured by it, It's marvellous remedy
for nervous and general debility, Chorea, or
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Sleep, Spasms, Commissions or Fits, and has
often, by restoring the womanly functions,
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For more than 25 years, Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy has cured the worst cases of Chronic
Catarrh in the Head. The makers of this
medicine are willing to promise that they'll
cure your case or they'll pay you $500
cash. By all druggists.
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FOR SALE.

A fine, large building lot near
West End, fenced, and fronting
south. Price 5000. Inquire OF
T. B. JOHNSON, at LIGHT Office
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FOR SALE,

On long time and easy payments,
one brick and one brick and shingle
frame house, just constructed at
Alamo Heights, containing seven
and nine rooms, respectively, with
all modern conveninces; bath,
water, electric lights, etc. These
houses are situated on two of the
finest locations at Alamo Heights
and are exceptional opportunities
to those desiring homes away from
the heat and dust of the city.
For full particulars call on OF
write to the Chamberlin Invest,
ment company, No. 525 East Hous'
ton street. D IStf
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HELP rs OFFERED,

and is guaranteed, to
every nervous, delicate
woman, by DIR. Pierce's
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Remember this-if you
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In every" female COM
plaint," irregularity, or
weakness, and in every
exhausted condition Of
the female system IL the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27

For THE BEST HARDWARE,
House Furnishings, Tools, Materi-
ais, Garden Hose and water appli-
ances at lowest prices, call on us.
No worthless "Cheap John" goods
sold in our place. Competitors can
not meet our prices, or furnish
equal quality for the money
Tips & HARTMAN, 1l6 and lis
West Commerce street. 6 ID | VI
Worlds Fair Souvenir coins
for sale at the LIGHT office.
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SPORTING SALAD.

The city council of Buffalo, n
Y, has decided to appropriate S4OO
to be awarded as prizes for base
ball contests on the 4th Of July.
The sum of 5000 was likewise hung
up for the bicycle contests, which
will be given either at the Parade
house or the Driving park.
Harry Raymond, who played a
clever game at LOuisville's third
base two or three seasons ago, but
was attacked by the swell head
which necessitated his release,
after many ups and downs, is now
playing for the Montgomery club
of the Southern League.
Billy Alvord, the old Toledo and
Cleveland third baseman, made
his first appearance with the Pro-
violence Greys this season in a re-
cent game in Buffalo, n. Y. Only
a couple of months ago, while
travelling for Louisville tobacco
manufacturer, Billy swore by all
that is good and true that he
would never. nO never, pay "
other game of professional base
hall.
The seven strongest men in the
world are now in America, viz:
Sandow, the original Lewis Cyr OF
of Montreal, James Walter Ken
nedy of Quincy, Ill, Charles Jetfer.
son of Clinton, Mass, Cyclops Of
Germany, Sebastian Miller of Ger
many, and Samson of England.
Kennedy holds the championship
for harness lifting, having lifted
3,242 pounds.
Captain Pete Sweeney OF the
Stockton Club of the California
league, who was married a little
over a year ago, has a young son.
When he stepped to the plate in a
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

HIGHWAY ENGINEERS.
How They Should BE Educated ana
Trained for Their Work.

Trained Tor VhciT WorA'
The history of the art of road-making
is singularly replete with important
lessons 1t is doubtful If the recorded
experience of any other branch OF en-
gineering is more instructive. There
fore the highway engineer needs to
know much of the history OF his pro-
fession in other times and countries
than his own.
Last, but not least, the student OF
this subject needs ample practice In the
construction work of the road engineer.
He must see an extended sories OF prac-
teal constructions, observe the work in
progress, and note the results attained
by the various methods; above all he
must become familiar with the manual
and mechanical processes which have
been found to give the best results
with the least expenditure. He should,
If possible, before graduation, have q
tour of duty in the actual work OF his
proposed occupation. a
There is reason to hope that the edu-
cation of engineers in the manner here
proposed will bring about gain which
will 60 much further than it at first
sight appears likely to do. Up to the
present time our country people have
had but little in the way of profit from
the services of skilled men in engineer
ing work. Although such experts are
needed in great variety of ways in
every rural community, there has not
been as yet enough employment to
tempt them to those fields. 1T the plan
is adopted of having township or coun-
ty engineers for the care OF the
highways we may look forward to q
wider dissemination of this class OF
persons, and to their aid in many
branches of work, where they will
prove most helpful. They will be good
land surveyors; they can give valuable
advice in questions of water supply and
drainage; they may be trusted to better
the methods of construction used in
our buildings. As soon as it becomes
the custom to rely upon this class OF
experts the field of their usefulness will
rapidly widen, and our economic condi-
tions will profit much from their aid.
They will bring the resources of great
field of natural science home to our peo-
pie. There can be no doubt that
through this addition of specialists to
our country folk we are shortly to
make distinct advance in our societies
outside of the great towns.
To young men who are seeking safe
and honorable occupation the field Of
employment which is opened by the de-
veloping profession of the highway en-
gineer is likely to prove very tempting.
1t offers an opportunity for large and
interesting kind of activity. Consid-
cred with the other duties which will
naturally fall to such experts, it will
not only give man living, but will
make him person of importance in the
community wherein he dwells.-Prot
n. S. Shaler, in Leslie's Weekly.
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Victoria as a Dairy Farmer.

Not gentleman farmer in England
is fonder Of taking prizes at county fairs
than is Queen Victoria. OF late years
this has been her majesty's chief source
of pleasure. and she treasures the
medals won by her butter and cheese
and the premiums carried off by her
cattle above the gorgeous tributes of
her eastern subjects or her German
royal relations. When she is at Bal
moral not a day passes that she does
not personally inspect the home farm
as il is called. and now and then ad-
wise as to the butter and cheese max
ing. in which she is especially inter-
e-tel. Her dairies are almost Dutch In
their exquisite cleanliness, the box
stalls being tiled in blue and whit.
china and the milking done by maid.
after good old English custom. 1t N
said that the product of these model
farms is sold in London, and that her
thrifty majesty turns many an honest
penny in this way. Well if she does,
what matters?
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FACTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

STRICT cleanliness is one of the requi-
sites for successful dairying.
The amount of fat which a COW gives
is the test of her value in the dairy.
THE neatness of the package has
much to do with the selling price of
butter.
TEST the cows in the dairy herd.
Some of them are not paying for their
keep and should be disposed of.
The dairy COW will not give some
thing for nothing. You must feed her
well to get good returns in milk and
butter.
1T is said that the milk sugar con.
tanned in hundred pounds of average
milk would bring more money on the
market than the butter it contains. As
yet there has been no cheap method dis
covered of extracting it.
THE commercial creamery is the outs
growth of a demand for better and
more uniform grade--0 of butter. Many
of the private dairies produce first-class
butter and have not suffered from the
establishment of meries.-Orange
,Judd Farmer
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important addition to a yard where
cows are turned at night in summer.
whether kept in the stable or the pas
ture during the day, for sudden
storms and showers frequently arise in
the night and thoroughly drench the
stock that has no shelter it can seek
For sheep, cows, weanling calves and
other stock such an open shed has pro-
nounced advantages both in summer
and winter The one shown in the il
lustration is combined with corn and
grain chamber. which is entered from
the midway landing of the stairs lead
ing from the first TO the second floor OF
the stable to which the smaller build
ing is attached. The grain is thus
constantly at hand when needed for the
use of the animals, and is easily and
conveniently housed after being
threshed from the straw or husked
from the stalk.-Country Gentleman.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

period Of bloom can be greatly length
ened by picking the flowers as soon as
they begin to fade. The pods, though
smaller, resemble those of the acnlti-
vated pea, and the seeds have much the
same flavor.
j Vicia Americana is one of the native
food plants Of the large, brilliant
western species of blister beetle,
known to science as Cantharis Nut
talli. Whole patches of wild peas
are denuded by these insects. I'm
fortunately they have also acquired
q taste for cultivated beans, and as soon
as wild peas begin to get hard the
beetles turn their whole attention to
the gardens and bean patches, where,
on account of their large size and i'm
mcnse numbers, they make sad havoc.
This is only another instance of a
change in. the food habits ofan insect
by which it discards the plants which
afforded subsistence to its ancestors,
10 become an enemy to the tender and
more nutritious cultivated species.
There are at least fifteen species of
Vicia native TO the United States, be-
sides the two species naturalized from
Europe. These latter are the trouble
some weeds found in grain fields and
known by the common name of vetch
or tares. Prairie. Farmer. aTgf
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
Freaks Of Memory,

Some one Of the ancients observes
that he has forgotten the things he
should like to remember, while he re-
members the things he would forget.
Some of us have no right to complain
of a bad memory" II we have great
ly desired to forget some painful phase
of experience, and. to this end. have
SO blinded and drugged the traveller
into the past that she can bring us no
certain word from beyond the forbid
den bourne, what must we expect but
that memory will be equally listless
and unfaithful when sent by us to
other quarters of her proper ranging
, Sground? In our manenvering to forget
what we do not wish to remember. dis
cipline overreaches itself. and we are
betrayed into forgetting what we
should like to remember. And so we
are able to confer sympatheticaliy with
he ancient Just tcited.-Atlantic.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
TEXAS 70 THE FRONT.
The Excellent Road Law Passed by the
Lone Star Legislature.

Lone Star Legislature.
The agitation begun some time ago
for the construction of country roads
that will be passable at all seasons OF
the year is not to be allowed to die out
without having produced any practical
results. 1t is now bearing fruit in some
sections of the country where the need
of good roads has been most severely
felt The legislature Of Texas, which
has recently adjourned, passed an act
for the beginning OF the work of road
construction in the state which, if it
should prove effectual in its working.
will doubtless be given wider scope at
subsequent sessions of the lawmalling
assembly until its provisions are wide
enough to embrace every portion Of the
state aud furnish good roads in all ytll-
rections y &jSsft s3kts58sg
AS yet the law applies only to coun-
ties that contain cities and towns of
considerable Importance, probably be-
cause the imposition of tax Efficient
to meet the expense Of the construction
would be more than the sparse popnla-
ton in other counties could stand. BY
the act passed the counties are author
lied to issue bonds for road construc-
ton. The amount of these bonds is to
be governed by the assessed valuation
of the property IN the county issuing
the paper. Nolarger amount may be
issued than tax of fifteen mills on the
assessed valuation. The bonds may not
be redeemable in less than ten or run
more than forty years, and they may
not be sold at less than their par value
Care is taken in the law to provide
safeguards for the proper expenditure
of the money. Money thus raised may
not be expended for any other purpose
than the construction of roads and
bridges. These must be built under
the, supervision of competent engi-
neer and after a proper survey has been
made for them. They are to be built
in q substantial and permanent way SO
that they will be passable at all sea-
sons Of the year and in such way that
they will be easily kept in proper re-
pair Shonld the act be administered
in the spirit in which it has been
passed, it is probable that Texas will
soon be ahead of most of the other
western states in regard to good coun-
try roads.-Chicago Evening Post
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
X. Was E.t,s,.a TO the Prize.

A late arehbishopsof Dublin. noted
for his originality and love of a joke,
wss one day waising along road when
he came across three tramps lying on a
bank BY the roadside.
They were thus addressed by his
grace: sF
Il would be willing to give half q
crown to the LATEST OF you, if / could
tell which of You is most entitled
to it
! One of them Immediately jumped up
and said:
Give it TO me: I haven't done any
work for six months
The second came forward and
claimed it. saying he had not worked for
a year
'-- While these two were disputing about
the honor Of being tne LATEST, the tl,ird
saaa. Who had not even moved, sleepily
Come here. guv'nor, and put it in my
pocket Amusing Journal
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
Ornamental Plants

A writer in vieks' Mag1zin thus de-
scribes successful attempt in orna-
menting school grounds: In shady
corner a rockery of spar and marble
chips was filed with ferns. A bed of
fuchias and border of sweet alyssnm
stood against. the green aud white
background. Near it was bed of
choice ,pansies- A Virginia creeper
reached nearly to the caves. and for
six months formed very pretty
drapery of foliage. A Queen of Prairie
rose over twenty feet high bore one
summer more than five hundred roses
Well fed with fertilizer, it bloomed
abnndantly and sent up new wood for
the following year. While these plants
were al their best the foliage was fair
ly hidden by a profusion of snowy
blnSspmS
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
JEWELRY AND SlLvERWARE.
A Lady's Rambies Among the Jewellers
shops and Windows.

Lady's Rambies Among the Jewellers
Shops and Windows.
Three gold safety bars connected by
chains are for children's blouses.
A beetle three inches long has dia-
mond body. emerald eyes and gold
claws.
Salvers of polished wood set in silver
are preferred for pitchers to salvers
entirely of silver. rA
Candle shades of perforated gilt and
enamel are beautiful and among the
fascinating novelties.
A serpent with head curved for a
handle had its tail smoothed out and
polished TO open envelopes.
The new silver bracelets are charm
ing in design and workmanship. One
variety is made up of woven wire and
ends in tassels.
Charming necklaces of silver are
worn with fine chains netted together.
They cannot fail TO be popular with
young girls with their summer gowns.
Speaking of flower adaptations. a
large center-pieee with figure has for
its feet long leaves turned over to a
point where they rest on the floor.
Swords are enriched with flowers,
aud the last prodnced are the most
magnificent One seen has for the
gnard a flower design in gold set with
rabies and emeralds.
Everywhere is q tendency to flowers
and flower forms. Two of the pretties I
things seen in week have been a
flower with three tendrils wrapped in
the center as a standard. The center
of the flower held taper. The other
was an envelope cutter elongated; the
handle was the flower whose long lily
like leaf became the cutter.-Jeweler' 8
Circular.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
LIZZIE.
|onnor ef III wimmiu air

voa1or ef Ill Wimmin air
Like Lizzie is when We 60 out
n thea1ers a. eoaeefss where
b things De papers mix about
0opt&1r waumtn freton' stow N
13ko thcy Wns o1in' cfucihed,
Er9ttIf sl6W OF concert Though,
&WidAwendorins q thu baby crtedS
Now, Lixxio knows that gran mas there
10 scc that everything is right
Yet LiExie thinks that gran mas core
Amt good enu1 f'r baby. quite;
J Yet NhAt an 10 answer whom
~ kinds nv edgets by my side -
= Az esks Wsevofy now N sAen'
Il wonder ef the baby cried"
neems like she seen two little eyes Z
A-pinin' fr their mothers smile;
0eems like she hearn the pleadin' cries
* Nv o. ahe9hiulD nv all the whilef
- 20 s1eseHofry. shat she cotnc.
An slbuoh ete ellps tries 70 hide
4Ge ruth. she'd ruther stay TO hum
Thcn wonder Of the baby cried
Ycs, wimmin foa1p KAN altbes
BY Lixxic y6a kin 3odge the rest;
there sever wux little tyke :.
But that his mother loved hin best
An next 70 bein' what be. F
The husband Nv my gentle bride,
IA wisht Wus that croodlin' yee,
Win Ltsxie Wouderiu' q cried
-Eueene Field. IN Albany Eveuing Journal
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
The Devils Kue!I.

Among the famous bells of Yorkshire
is one at Dewsbury known as BLACK
Tom''which legend says was presented
to the church in expiation of murder
Black Tom is always rung on Christ
mas Eve Its solemn tolling at that
tune Is known all over Yorkshire. and
many other parts of England as the
Devils kneii, it being a popular
superstition in those parts that when
Christ was born the devil died. In
many Catholic countries bells are rung
during the time of great storms. $50
that the devil may take flight and the
storm subside. IN. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
rhe vlciA AMERICANA.
some lntersssias Information About the
Wild Pew Ylne>

eom> Intersssing Information About the
wild Pea ytne~
American vetch. or wild pea vine,
grows commonly on the prairies OF
Minnesota. South Dakota and west
ward. II Is = very pretty little plant
from one to three feet in height. sup
porting it's slender form by clinging
10 the Surrounding ver,iure with its
delicate elssping leaf-tendriis The
flowers are beautiful. of brilliant
blue or purplish color, and. were the
plant less common. it would be an &C.
QUESTION in any flower garden, Few
fiewers can Be arranged il ss,eh'u man
ner - TO r1Ake . handsosnsr bouquet
than these wild pea vines and blossoms.
Where the land has been broken and
lies idle . year these little plants spring
up in great profusion and nearly
through the months of May and June
create lovely natural flower garden,
spreading a rich mantle of blue over
the brown earth. When cultivated the
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
Her spo,ted D~.r.

Two young ladies were examining
the animals at the Zoo last Sunday.
oh, what beautiful spotted deer.'
The other woman bowed her head and
wept
why, what Is the matter with you
moves
Yon don't know how it hurts nv
feelings 10 have you talk about spotted
deer. | once had spotted dear
You hade
.Yes; my dear was street car con-
ductor and We were going 10 get mar
RED but the company spotted him and
my dear had to resign his position, and
ever since ! have to cry whenever hear
anybody talking about spotted deer
London lid Bits
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29

l4n
is hard work." he muttered as he
figured away with pencil and paper,
while the roots OF his hair were drowned
'fn perspir1tion. '''-'''--''.- .-.---s-'
sa"How many cannon balls were fred
during the late war, do you think?"
ITEMS Of thousands"
II make II exactly s5c.452. How
many men were killed by cannon
balls?'
There Is NO record"
"But I've made a careful estimate,
and l place the total number at 4lO.
Can't possibly be over ten out of the
way just think of it-fring $50, 45s
cannon balls to kill &i0 soldiers. More
than ., ,010 balls for each mani
but what are You going to do about
ity' was asked.
DO about it? Egad. but I've in-
vented a baseball club twenty eight
hest long which I'm trying to get the
war department to- adept, and these
cannon ball figures will 70 long ways
in seeing me through I've struck i'll!
They can't get over this estimate. My
war clubs good as, s,adopted. and next
week begin to advertise for hickory
timber and a awmillr'-Detroit Free
Press n1Et< opYc4 oVfl
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
Arkansas Want. Roads.

1t is question of roads or no roads
with us Whether we shall 60 as we
have been doing for fifty years. or
awaken with newborn energy and de-
termination and build the roads. Mean
while let us always bear in mind that
il takes money to make rcsas.-I.ittle
Rock sArk-) Democrat
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
OPEN SHED FOR COWS.
One That Is Combined with = Corn ana
Grain Chamber.

One That Is Comb1neu Win C0rh ana
Grain Chamber.
In cold climates many farmers take
the precaution to surround their barn.
yards on three sides with buildings,
which adds wonderfully to the comfort
of animals that spend atleast portion
of each day out of doors, whether it be
winter with its necessary stable feed
ing or summer with its soiling. But
to secure the comfort of cows that are
turned into the yard in summer an open
shed is highly desirable. 1t is also an
The Van Buren press., 1893-07-29
ms WAR CLUB.

some Figures VIII ich Proved the Advan.
'A sags Of wanassfsl Invention.
by George! BY George! But this
Is hard work." he muttered as he
figured away with pencil and paper,
while the roots OF his hair were drowned