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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-03
Spent $50, 600 to Match a Color,

One cannot turn away from Chinese
art Objects-porcelain particularly
without deep impression of the dignity
and value of their 'solid colors." Many
attempts have been made by European
manufacturers to initiate them, but
without success. The attempt to repro
duce the sang de boeuf, or "bullock's
blood" cost and Engishman $3O,OOO be-
fore he abandoned the effort in despair.
The Chinese themselves have always set
the highest value on their achievements
in this line.
For long time they refused to part
with the choicer examples of sang de
boeuf coral, 'peachblow' and crushed
strawberry, and it is only in recent years
that the foreign devils" have been able
to obtain them. The objects have no
other decoration than that Of single
color, ranging from darkest to lightest
shades-from black, deep red, the dark
est blue or green, the most vivid orange,
to palest pink or violet or delicate cana
~. 1t is because we have in them the
perfection Of color united with an an
,iQue simplicity of form that their art
value is 50 great.-Carpet and UphOl-
;tery Trade.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-03

she roasted me BAD, wind1n up b. hopen
she'd never see me again. Then she
turns ON tn oil gent with a lot O. rot
bout his slanderin Fortescue, an how
she loves the blame rascal an is goin t.
foller i'm t. tn devil or somewheres.
eth next mOrnin her an the dood was
missin. They went t tn next camp. got
married by jestice o tn peace an
skipped. She wrote t tn oil folks firm
Denver, askin t be forgiven an savin
how happy she was, but her pa wrote
back sayin she cd come home jes' wen
she pleased if she'd leave Ward-Smith
called i'm Ward, witch was his name.
sure 'nOugh-an came t stay.
did she come? l sh'd say no. She
stuck t Ward an got treated like dog
for it. He used t. get drunk and 'buse
Name, an raised Cain all sorts O. ways
an still she didn't kick none. We never
give PinkertOn's any more inf'rmatiOn.
so Ward wasn't bothered none f'r cou-
pie O years. Then he up and run away
FIN Name an tn kid, leavin 'em nary
red; but it jes' happened he met Teller
th't knOwed i'm, an he was gentlyrunned
in an TUX t Michigan. They socked it to
IN hard, too, cause his first wife's folks
was riled up, an the bank he'd stole from
was likewise achin t. take fall out of
i'm.
'Mame? She's at D'troit-I don't know
how she got there-tal1in in SEWN and
tryin t keep her an tn kid alive till that
skunk gifts out O Jail.
Don't women beat tn very dooce!"
And Mr.. Hardin shook his head and
sighed heavily.-R. L. Ketcham in Ar
gOnaut.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-03

duce the rate or mOrUauCy IN Get var:
dangerous operations and with this OBJ
ject experiments going on all the while.
These experiments are often continued
for long period of time upon the dead
body before being once tried upon liv-
ing subject. This was the case with a
new operation which was tried for the
first time in this city. This operation is
called symphyseotomy, and it is said to
be hardly less dangerous than the one
for which it was supposed to be "a substi-
tute. 1t was intended to take the place
of the improved Cesarian operation.
SymphyseOtomy consists of splitting
the bones of the pelvis. It was tried
twice in Philadelphia since the first
operation of the kind in this country.
which took place in New York, and it
was not followed by any disastrous re-
suit In the record of all the cases here
and in Europe since this operation was
introduced the mortality is lower than
the Caesarian method, and it is hoped it
may be perfected so as to dispense with
the latter altogether.-New York Cor.
st. Louis POst-Dispatch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-03
Trouble With q Cook.

Mrs. Joshua and her family desired to
acquire the correct Partisan accent and
therefore engaged a French cOok-a lady
whose pot au feu had attained more than
universal reputation. But no English
household can live on friCasses, raie au
beurre nOir and asperges frappees, and
when, therefore, the French cuisiniere
was asked to supply British breakfast
the result was a failure. The mistress,
naturally enough, eXpostulated with the
cook, who replied in the latest Partisan
style. Mile tOnnerres," she cried,
''you no like my preallfast-plan-plan,"
and at each word she hurled plate or
cup to the floor and danced upon the at
OmS.
At such a game the largest supply Of
china must become exhausted, ana when
the Cadogan square French cook had
danced upon the last atom she was able to
manufacture, she lookup a kitchen knife
and, like the famous Vatel, not only
threatened in chagrin to end her own
days, but to finish some other persons
also. 1t took four or FIVE fellow servants
to hold her down until the mistress read
the sentence of formal and Immediate
dismissal. The cUisiniere now sued Mrs.
Joshua i'll the Westminster county court
for a months wages in lieu of notice,
but the judge held that, no matter how
the law stood in France, her conduct
was not in consonance with English Gus
tom and therefore mcritcd Dismissal
London Telegraph
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-03
FEMININE TRAITS.

Jim Hardin, with much deliberatiOn,
drew toward him the tobacco can and
proceeded to stuff the bowl of his pipe
full of the weed. 1t was significant.
We knew we were about to hear what
Jim called an "antidOte," and our faces
and attitudes at once expressed profound
interest
Women" said jim between puffs,
els queer cattle-yes, they be. A Teller
thinks he has th'r p'ints an mebbe keeps
on thinkin 50 fer awhile. Then he finds
out all of suddint th't what he thinks
he knows and what he don't know is
more alike thin what he thinks he knows
and what he does know.
lone woman amt no more like mother
woman thin l be like that-waal. like that
stove, f'rinstance. Cause why? Cause
th'r p'rverse. They be, an they CANT
help it, none whatever. Moreovermore,
they don't wanter help it-that's tn pr
versity of 'em. Wy, We never seen no
woman that'd be r do r think like n
other woman eff she hung fer not dom it..
Th'r' all 'ike-all right 'nOugh in them
respecks, but not any more. Ye cen
pick out y'r female Wherever We please,
an don't keer eff she's tn mos common
est, ev'ryday sort o critter ye cain t find
mother one wi TIL same markins TIL
Lord Almighty didn't make EN- that way
no morn all cattle is ShOrthorns, and I've
saw lot.
Il was jes' thinkin of a couple O cases
en- reclect.
"Upin DakOtv | knOwed q Teller th't
he'd a regular thoroughbred wife. His
name was SamniS, an he KEEP store up
to Bessener, also sellin wagons an grain.
He was a fine teller, this Sammis, an
nOthin was too good fer him, not even
his woman, an they was regular stuci;
on each other Mis- Sammis had all they
was goin-Sammis had dust, an he want
'fraid t put it up. They had a fine
house, KEEP a Chinese cook an a hired
girl, an had av'ry thing folks en- banker
fer, includin various trips t Omahaw
and Chicago ev'ry year. | knOwed 'em
long time, an l never seen folks get
along so smooth tgether-jes' like them
| doves that sits on tn fence b. tn stable.
! They'd been hitched seven r eight year,
had a brace of as likely kids as ye ever
/ seen, an still folks used t. say alters how
| much them Sammis did sot by each
other. 1t beat the doOce sure, an
might've went on fer all time. eff Sam,
mis- hadn't gone an got inter trouble.
Come one year bizness was slack al
the stOre-cash bizness, l mean-an
Sammis, he let out heap of stock on
time, fer grub stakes an tn like. But
he'd likewise ben playin poker some, as
uzhal, and was shy fer stuff wen one
day some O tn people he was OWN called
fer him t settle up. He'd ben borryin
dust firm the election he'd made feI
some of EN-, 'xpectin t ray up right
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-03
A Illustrated Pilgrim.

A good pilgrim story comes from
Rome. 1t appears that among the Irish
pilgrims to the Eternal City was a GER
tain shopkeeper from Mullingar This
gentleman looked forward with more
concern than any of his fellow travellers
to seeing his holiness and on the morn
ing of the audience at the Vatican was
beside himself with excitement. Now it
so happened that when the Irish pilgrims
We're about to enter that particular part
of the Vatican where the pope was wait
ing to receive them, the shopkeeper from
Mullingar got separated from the rest of
his friends and turning the handle of a
ponderous door found himself in the
presence Of the august head of the Ro-
man Catholic church. The blood almost
froze in his veins, and in vain did he
look for face that he recognized. The
splendor, too, of the papal court did not
improve matters. So what he did was
to throw himself on his knees at the feet
of the pope and shout out, loud enough
to be heard in every corner of the vast
chamber, 80 hOwly father, Dim from
Mullingar!"-Yorkshire England Post
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-03
THE LOST KISS.

put by the half written poem,
White the pen, idly trailed in my hand,
Writes on, Had | words to complete it,
Who'd read it, or who'd understands"
But the little bare feet on the stairway,
And the faint, smothcred laugh in the hail,
And the eerie low lisp on the silence
Cry up to me over it all.
So | gather it up-where was broken
The tear faded thread of my theme,
Telling how, as one night | sat writing,
y fairy broke in on my dream
y little inquisitive fairy
My own little girl, with the gold
OF the sun in her hair and the dewy
Blue eyes of the fairies of old.
Twas the dear little girl that I scoldcd-~
For was it a moment like this"
/ said, when she knew was busy
To come rompng in for a kiss?
Come rowdying up from her mother,
And ClamOring there at my knee
For 'One little kiss for my dolly
And one little uZzer for mel"
God pity the heart that repealed her
And the cold hand that turned her away,
And take from the lips that denied her,
This answerless prayer of today!
Take, Lord, from my mem'ry forever
That pitiful sob of despair,
And the patter and trip of the little bare
feet,
And the one piercing cry on the stair!
l put by the half written poem,
While the pen, idly trailcd in my hand,
Writes on, Had words to complete it,
Who'd read it, or who'd understand?"
But the little bare feet on the stairway,
And the faint, smothered laugh in the hall,
And the eerie low lisp on the silence
Cry up to Inc over it all.
james Whitcomb Riley.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-03
GlFE'S PILGRIM.

Like those who travel eastward through the
day,
We journey on along LIES devious way;
Behind us each n Shadow hasteneth,
And suddenly ere we are quite aware,
LOl at our side a presence mute is there
To be our fellow to the door of Death!
Darker the path each moment grows, and then
At last, the journey done, Night falls again,
And with the Shadow we lie down to rest
And slumber peacefully upon Earth's breast
F d. Sherman in Harper's Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-03

Delicate and Daring Operation.
The constant aim of surgery is to re
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13

The April term of Probate Court con
yened Tuesday morning, at the Probate
Office continuing through Wednesday.
Judge Boswell, presiding.
The will of Tayfayette Clement was
proved.
Petition for license to all real estate
Vas granted in the case of Joshua &.
Gould, Isabelle VI. Maddocks. Jerry
Mccarthy.
Accounts We're settled in the ease of
Lucinda Cover William ". Mantor.
Joseph Robinson and Harriet T. Hilton.
Widows allowance WAS made from the
"State of Lafayette IioXie, and husband
allowance from the estate of Henrietta
u. Lara.
Administration was granted in the es-
lates of Russell NJ. Nvc. Charles \.
Nosmus, Mary Robinson. LawIeuce vii
iams. \. II, Ware. Ichobod i. Russell
and VIM. II. Brown.
Guardians were appointed for Charle-
\. Lindsey, Archie d. Linn ct ais and
lulic Kennedy,
The estates of George f.. Nugrut, and
y. +. Adams were reported m7olvent.
Nine wills were filed rs follw>: Eliza
beth h. Dolyc. Henry II. Stickney, Ly-
dia Thompson. Lydia Weston. Adelne
swain, Bemis Miner Liza True. seth
Webb. Eliza IIutchins.
insolvency business was light. second
meetings were held in the case of Elijah
q. Hall, and Abel Thompson, and 30
Per cent dividend was declared in the
case of I. Gray Il Son.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13
First Maine Cavalry.
Annual Meeting of Somerset Branch.

amman ''''"s III 9"'''erse' "f"''"'
The fourth annual reunion OF the som
erset Branch of the First Maine Cavalry
Association, occurred at Hotel toburn.
MONDAY evening last, the date beng
within one day OF the 18th anniversary
ol Lee surrender.
The following comrades members 81
the original regiment were present;
"eorge Goodwin l.leWellyn Goodwin,
NJ y Allen. d. Il. Webb {. Ii. Nceh.
dennis Murphy, ;. \. lalfen. ;. W.
smith, Iehas Naagian' II. !. Narnry.
'ilaS' smith, \. +, Bitklefd' all oil
oho"hegan; I. !. savage and g. +.
savage ri Fairfield. Also the following
gentlemen from various Infantry k'Sl-
m'hisi y Iaehafd-' T. /. Walker,
Nathan Fowler +. Il. Buck. q. H. Sal
iord OF Sho"hrEan and l.. /, Npague
ol No. Aii>"h'
Inc NAVY was represented III the per
son 'l :. VI SAWYER ANA the sons oil
Veterans hH Il. /. Patten. Tie follow
M clti/eAs were also present y. t..
Blunt "eo. y. Arnold' John pral'N' !.
:. Cairns. /. +. faifbrolher /. Il. II
ter, Lewis Anderson and 'has. Har>loh.
The business meeting VIZ held i'll the
ParI'f' and resulted M tie choice al
officers Tor the ensuing wear IL follows.
Pros e,nt /.nas Xanrhon. Xi,. Pro.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13
Fast Day.

Governor Cleayes has designated April
twentieth a. Fast day. The proclama-
lion i. Worded rs follows:
With the advice and consent of the ENeeu.
tive Council, | hereby designate Thursday
the twentieth day OF April next. as a day OF
fasting and prayer.
That the day may be consecrated to the rev
.prcut purposes for which it was founded, let
All of our people. in their homes and in places
of public worship, humbly acknowledge nur
faith in and our dependence upon Divine
Creator; let US implore His favor and encour-
agcment, His blessing upon our people and
commonwealth; aud his aid in widening the
influence OF Christianity.
Given Al the Council Chamber, in Augusta,
this thrtieth day OF March, in the year of our
Loid one thousand eight hundred and nine
tv-three. and of the Independence Of the
United states of America the one hundred
and seventeenth
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13
Death of Hon Rufus =. Tapley

Hon. Rufus p. rapley, of Saco, one of
Names oldest and most distinguished
attorneys died at O'Clock Monday morn
ing. He had been in failing health a
long time. He had held many promi-
hent positions of trust, was ut one time
county attorney, served in the State Sem
ate and was seven years Judge of the
supreme Court of Maine.
lie leaves widow. three sons and one
Daughter. One son is praeticing law at
llaverhill.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13

" iliR' must - I if't'illtI
\. ". Brinerd. Clerk
L W Hoycy. county Attorney.
Stanley j. fstes, Stcnographer
Thomas +. Abbott, sheriff
Deputies In attendance: r. VI. Baker, r. l.
Harding T. + epraEuc aud L. brown.
A. p Spear, messenger
Raeoo. lIr3 ~ II III hearing b.
fore Justice Nhitchuuse on the pciiliol
Of Colonel j. \. Greene OF ashore Linz
fame L. REOPEN his decree al divorce. the
cout SCI for Mr.. Grccne. Mcs,r-. Walton
X Walton. gave notice that they would
move for an order Of court directing the
Cooncl tu pay y sufficient sum Of money
10 enable Mr.. Grccnr Ia defend. J. i.
l'arln. attorney for Greene, thrreupon
moNcd To have his petition dismissed.
ID court after due consideration grant
ed tho motion and dismissed the petit
Iion without prejudice, During the
lie ring Colonel Greene made short but
Spirited Remarks in hi- own brhalt
1'ns,i,g .irfa 1.-THE following di-
vorccs were granted: Eugene Merchant
from Nora Merchant for The cause of
adultery. Martha \. l}allorlr from Charles
Baker tor the cail,rs OF cruel aud abus-
i've treatment aud DISCRETION sarah
l!oWcs from Fred lIoNrs Tor the cau>"
Of adultery.
Henry Merrill. eNr,. y Matilda Hay
den et al>. bill IN equity To obtain "A coli
stuletion of thu viii Of Nathaniel J..
Merrill. After taking oul the evidence
the ease WIS reported 10 the law court
for a decision ui the questions whether
the commission of the maine Of Matilda
Hayden "A daughter Of the testator WIS
Intentional OF Wa uol occasioncd by
mistake. and whether the hcdup~t Ia
the Maine Free Baptist Home Mission
AIRY society can In taken by the Maine
Free Baptist Associations
Walton y Walton for plf. Merrill ~
tower for Matilda Hayden. II. ~ " J.
Know lton lnr Maine Free Baptist A~-o-
citation.
Iohu II. collin v Grin :. Haskell ct
as. eNrs.. action for damage for eoy,.-
nanl hlokcn Plaintiff bought "A piece OF
land in PHI -tield surprising he vas buy
ing IL he river. IT, he claims. but it ali-
pears that one I.aucy owns small piece
Of thi, land next to the river Deten-
dant claims hat the land sold did not
include the lancy piece. The dc-crip-
ton in The deed might be interpreted in
favor Of either party. The evidence in
thi, case Wa- taken out and hr c;t>e r,'-
fcrrtpl tu TIA" curt who will view tho
premises before rendering his decision.
T. " II"vey and :. j. Walton for plain
till. and j. W. Manson for defendant.
tT3. II Three appealed cases from
the Probate Court were disposed OF by
agreement.
Inhabitants of l.nhdeu v samuel
bunker. action on note given 10 the
treasurer OF the town, payable To the
town for taxes n~~rsSrd he action il
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13

An impression has gone abroad, be-
cause of publication in some newspapers
and insurance journals, that fire insur-
anee companies doing business in the
state are likely TO Withdraw owing To
the laws passed by the legislature, winch
take effect the 2Sth instant. We believe
these reports are oyerdrawn. Companies
50 far as we know show no disposition
io adopt extreme measures. and Maine
agcnts.arc to meet Tuesday next to take
the situation into consideration and de-
wise some uniform method of complying
with the law and protecting the interests
Of their companies.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13

The Governor of South Carolina is
chief liquor director for the State and Is
making purchases for the State in order
to carry into effect the new law which
provides that after July Ist there shall
be- no licensed saloons in the state. All
liquors will he sold from State dispcnsa-
ries. There will be much interest to see
how this plan works.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13

There has been good advance in
wheat. y better export demand aud re-
ported damage to winter Wheat in Kan
sa- and Illinois have caused this advance
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13

Tuesday morning last. about tour
o'clock. The store building of VIM.
Doran, situated at 36 Madison Street,
the first story being occupied by Mr..
| Dorau in the stove and tinWare business,
and the rooms above as a club room, was
discovered on fire, Mr. Fred roWlp. clerk
at the shoNhcgan House being the first
to sound the alarm. The fire had got
good Roadway when the alarm was
/ given but il was almost surprising to see
how early 'the boys of the company" re-
| Sponded and got streams on the building.
The fire seemed to have caught either in
the lliee of the store. or in the rooms
above and burned both ways. The cause
OF the fire is mystery. but the most
feasible theory Is, that it took from II
lighted cigar stub thrown into a sawdust
/ spittoon in the rooms of the crib club
above the store.
Within twelve minutes from the time
the alarm was first sounded there were
six streams OF water ON the building
from the water works. which were soon
sun,,lnuent.d h,. .tr,.,,,,. t,.,o,= II. f,r.o
''i'' Wv '''
pump ana l''lei stili ny lhose from 'ie
steamer. When We take into considcra-
ton the character of the huiLIino q two
-t,y7Y 1,a.+445 .,2ayt4Y2, ;1.4l. - l1.,,s>is,2.
Joining on both sides and Al the back
with buildings of - similar nattnru the
fact of our fircmen confluiio fhp fire ia
this one building aoaiu emphnsiles
more forcihlv thai Sl;ovbeuan has the
best fire department of any town in
Maine of her size.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-04-13
NEWS OF IRE WEEK.
Brief Record of Important Events During
the Past seven Days.

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sa- the 1lehi ct suffrage ana naking them
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la'ity of about :U0 There is no election,
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