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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
l. & G. N. RAILROAD.

I. & G. N. RAILROAD.
Leave for Austin and the North, s.3o a. m
Arrive from Austin and North. 9.l5 q. m,
Leave for Laredo and Mexico. 9.40s m
Arrive from Laredo and Mexico, 7.3O . m
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
EAST BOUND.
Leave for Galveston, Houston
and New Orleans. 2.2O D, m,
Leave for Houston, Galveston,
New Orleans, Waco and Kan
sss observation-disclosures. 9.oOp. m
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal
weston, Houston and Kansas
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal. ' o. IL
weston and Houston. ......... $50 p. N.
WEST BOUND.
Leave for Eagle Pass and Mex
leo go: .:..;:...........:... 9.45 q. m,
Leave for Ell Paso and San
Francisco Observation-Disclosures. 9.45 .. No.
ARRIVE FROM THE WEST.
Arrive from Mexico and Eagle
Pass ........:....;............: 1.55 p. N
Arrive from San Francisco and
Ell Paso ...... ................ 1.55 p. m
). A. & A. P. r. EMISSION ROUTE
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY.
Leave for Cuero Houston, Gal
weston and Waco. .. ...... 9.0) q. m
Leave for Beeville, Rockport
and Corpus Christi. ......... 2.21p. m
TRAINS ARRIVE DAILY.
Arrive from Cuero, Houston,
Galveston and Waco. ......... 7.oOp. m,
Arrive from Corpus Christi,
Rockport and Beevllle. Las :. N
Leave for Kerrville. ....... TAO q. m
ARRIVE DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY AND
MONDAY,
Arrive from Kerrville. .... Gas D. m
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Do Not Miss it,

Ladies, do not miss our grand
millinery opening, Tuesday, Octo.
Der ,.
10 | st MOKE MILLINERY Co
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THERE IS ONE SIGN

Which the Board of Health should
place over every letter. box in the
city, and that is, "Drink Dullnig's
mineral Water" 9 30 81
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NYSTERIES!
The Nervous System the Seat
of Life and Mind. Recent
Wonderful Discoveries.

No mystery has ever compared With that Of
human life, Ii has been the leading subject
OF professional research and study in all ages.
But notwithstanding this fact IL Is not gener-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-02
A DAY IN PARIS

Is what our opening will remind
you of, October 3, 4 and5
III L 1t l.. WOLFSON,
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ally X n o W a
that the seat
of life is lOCa-
ted in the up
per part Ofthe
spinal cord,
near the base
of the brain,
and so sensi-
tive i hi s
portion of the
nervous SyS-
EN- Lll3t even
the prick Of q
needle i'll
cause instant
death.
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Woven wire bed springs,
hardwood frame at $l.45 at G. A.
Showers Furniture Co. s I6tf
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GIlllAAAllIlllIl Observation-Disclosures
WARNING.

The public is notified to pay no monies
, any persons on account OF the LIGHT
except TO our authorized collectors q,
PG 6lished In the paper, unless they hold
undersigned. II. B. JOHNSON,
Manager San Antonio LIGHT
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Ladies' whose systems arc poisoned
and whose blood is in an impure condi-
tion, due to menstrual Irregularities,
are peculiarly benefited by the won
derful tonic and blood cleansing prop
critics of P. P. P. -PrickIy Ash, POEe
Root and Potassium.
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p. P. P. purifles the blood, bu!lds I'D
the weak and oebilitated, gives
strength TO weakened nerves, expels
diseases, giving the patient health and
happiness where sickness, gloomy
feelings and lassitude first prevailed.
For primary, secondary and tertiary
syphilis, for blood poisoning, mercC-
rial poison, malaria, dyspepsia, and
in all blood and skin diseases. Ike
blotches, pimples, old chronic ulcers,
letter, scald head, boils, erysipelas.
eczema, we may say, without fear OF
blood purifier in the world, and makes
positive, speedy and permanent cures
in all cases.
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07
A House Three Feet Wide.

The search for diminutive houses in
New York, several instances of which
have already been noted in the World.
still continues, each fresh find being
smaller than its predecessor. The
latest one to attract the attention of
World reporter is on Eighty-sixth
street near Third avenue. It seems
probable that this really is the very
smallest building, certainly as to
breadth, that the city contains, as the
extreme width is but thirty -four
inches. Like most of the excessively
narrow buildings of this class its exist
ence is the result of accident, an error
of the surveyor of the adjoining lot,
leaving vacancy of about three feet,
which the owner, Mr.. L. A. Lahey,
utilized by erecting on it this hlipu-
tian structure.
He found a tenant in the person OF
little German named Otto Werner,
who for some years kept grocery
store there and lived on the floor
above. He did good business, but
in the course of time, becoming too
portly to get in and out the front
door, gave up the house and removed
to New Jersey. Since then no one
small enough could be found who was
willing to lease the house at any price,
so it has been turned over to the
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07

by sailors to mean: "You are dis
covered and assistance will be given
as soon as possible. The surfman
who discovers vessel IN distress must
report at the station, and in heavy
weather it is hard and slow work
through the sand and against the
storm. There is telephone connection
between the stations, and Captain Ed
wards suggests that if small houses
were constructed and placed between
stations, each containing telephone,
. man could go to the nearest point
telephone to either both or all stations,
saving much time. When the two men
get in at sunrise breakfast is ready,
and after breakfast some of the men
who need it go to sleep, but by 10
.. m. everybody is up and about and
ready for the business of the day.
The boat drill takes place every
Tuesday. The men put on their long
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07

and No. l relates exactly what he will
do. No. 2 is called. He repeats his
duty; and SO on Though the list.
Then they run the cart out of the sta
tion, take position about seven yards
from the drill pole, and before you
know what they are really doing the
man you have seen climb the drill
po lie comes sailing toward you In the
breeches buoy.
The minute the cart arrives at the
place of action each man, without say
ing a word or interfering with any
body else, proceeds to do what ne said
in the house he was to do. A con
trivance made by two planks six feet
long and foot wide, fastened to-
gether at right angles, and known as
an anchor, is buried in the sand. The
anchor has fast to it set of powerful
blocks. While the anchor is being
buried the mortar is being placed,
aimed and fred The shot, to viii Oh
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07

legged rubber boots and run the life
boat out. The boat is on wagon
with four wide-tired wheels. The
station has a horse, which is used to
help pull out the boat. When outside
the breakers the men go through q
variety of evolutions, as starting, stop
ping, changing seats suddenly. Then
the boat is brought in or lifted upon
the wagon and taken back to the
house.
Another interesting drill takes place
on Thursday. 1t is called the ''beach
app aratus drill" The beach appara-
tus is cart, on which is a mortar, a
short line, whip line and hawser,
and other things used in taking ship
wrecked persons from stranded YES
sci.
As it would not be practical to have
vessel to practice on, the crews OF
each station have structure known
as drill pole erected near the sta
ton. This pole Is about thirty feet
high and looks like place OF observa-
tion, but it is made to do duty as a
wrecked vessel in the drills. Each
man takes his place at tho cart con-
tanning the beach apparatus, and when
all are in place the captain says, "Men
will repeat charges-Number one y
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07

coast have been rebuilt, and are at
tractive-looking structures. but No. 2
on Sandy Hook is of the old style. 1t
is warm and comfortable (if the weather
is not too cold). It is painted red,
and not by any means "thing OF
beauty" Captain John W. Edwards,
who is in charge, is almost 300
FOUNDER, but he is strong and very ac-
tive, in spite of his size. He was born
on the 'sHook, !" boated, fshed and was
a pilot for number of years. Finally,
in 1875 he took a position as surfman
in Station No. 8, near Seabright, and
after serving there three years was ap-
pointed captain of No. 2, and he has
been there ever since.
The crew of No. consists of cap
tain and seven surfmen, who are known
in the performance of their duty by
numbers.
From No. and from every station
on the coast at sunset two men start
out to patrol the beach. The Jersey
coast line is north and south. SO from
No. one man goes north and the
other south. After walking one and
one half miles each meets the man
from the other station. They exchange
brass checks, which are SO marked
that when they return to their re-
spective stations the captain knows
that they have done their duty.
These two men who start out at sun
set get back at s o'clock. Then two
other men start out, who patrol in the
same manner, but who do not return
until midnight. The next two go out
and return at o'clock, and then the
two who had the first watch beginning
at sunset start out, and return at sun
rise. So that six men each do four
hours patrol duty. The seventh man
cooks, but has duty to perform IN
common with the rest of the crew dur
ing drills and in time of shipwreck.
These men while they patrol the
beach carry a kind of knapsack filed
with what are called coast signals,
which are simply long-burning boxes
of red fire, which fit into handle.
These signals are burned by surfmen
when they see ships too near the shore
to warn them of. Upon the discovery
of vessel which has struck the beach,
or which is in distress, the surfman
burns signals, which are understood
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those who are nearly dead from drown
ing. Saturday is housekeeping day,
and so it goes; no lazy man stays in
the service. On stormy or thick days,
when it is necessary to patrol the
beach, the drills of the day are omit
ted; but in fine weather the duties of
the day do not take so many hours but
that the men have time for amuse-
ment.
Captain Jack has fine flock of
chickens and two splendid hounds be-
low at the station, and in the season
the men now and then have rabbit
dinners. There are muskrats about
the marshes, ducks in the ponds and
in the ocean on the east, and in the
river to the west there are thousands
of crows flying about all the time and
roosting in the cedars every night. In
fine weather there is fishing and clam
ming.
The men are mostly married, and
save their money to make comfortable
homes for others. The Government
furnishes the stations with their coal,
but the men furnish their own mess.
buying provisions in quantity and
dividing the expenses.
The Exchange of the watch" was
photographed when two surfmen came
in and two others were about ready to
start out. Captain Jack is looking
over the morning paper, which has Just
been brought in by one of the surf
men, who got it from the man ne met
on his watch, who had brought it from
Station No. /. The cook is pouring
out coffee for the men. The big COT
feepot, with plenty in it, stands on
the stove all night, with plate OF
hard bread, SO that the men who are
out can always find bite to eat and
something hot to drink.
The captain has to keep a journal,
and he writes it up from slate every
night. The slate is kept by different
man each day, and on it at night will
be found record of every vessel that
has passed the station. So also is there
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no matter how hard the wind blew,
nor how much sand, hail or snow was
flying. il was about IL o'clock on the
morning of the day when the writer
was intending to leave, when ding-a-
ling-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a-ling went
the telephone bell-"Hellol" says
Captain Jack, "We are to use the long
range target to-day. At l o'clock the
firing will begin and ten shots will be
fired. The crew in Station No. 2 are
ordered to vacate."
If the writer was not anxious to
leave before, he certainly did conclude
to get out of the way of Uncle Sans
ordnance, and after dinner, at 12 o'clock
sharp, was driving toward Highland
Beach as fast as possible. Such orders
come to the station frequently, and
the men either have to vacate or take
chances. They generally go over on
the river side and pass away the time
until the shooting is over. The target
is never used except on clear, fine
days, SO that when they do have to
vacate the weather is always favor
able. Captain Jack said that each day
the cook had made up a big batch of
bread and was going to bake in the
afternoon. An order came to get out,
and he volunteered to stay and bake
the bread. He built up big fire and
rushed it through. The big shells
whistled by 100 feet or SO away, but
he got his baking done safely. No one
has as yet been killed by these balls
from the testing grounds, for sharp
lookout is kept, but the big shells
sometimes change their course by
striking the sand, and schooner was
sunk about year ago by such run
away. So the men in Station No. 2
are always in danger of the same kind
of accident. New York Recorder.
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07
Stanley and His Gray Hair.

Stanley came out of Africa with
gray hair for the first time on the re-
turn trip that Immediately preceded
his marriage. Before that the ex-
plorer was curiously unwilling to show
himself in the haunts of civilization
bearing upon his head the story of
his hardships, and he always dyed his
hair before reaching the coast of
Africa when homeward bound. Hair
dye was always part of his baggage,
but the explorer was not skillful
dyer, and his handiwork was far from
improving his appearance. His friends
were at length well pleased to see him
wear his hair in it natural gray
Chicago Herald.
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07
COMING ASHORE.

a record of the state of the barometer,
thermometer and the direction of the
wind, taken at midnight, sunrise, noon
and sunset, and signed by the man
whose duty it was to keep the record
for that day. The captain has room
to himself, and the crew sleep in hunks
The captains room No. 2 is on the
ground floor, while the men have their
quarters in the big room upstairs. The
biggest part of the ground floor is
taken up by the room which contains
the life saving apparatus. The eating
and cooking are done in a small room
cut off for the purpose.
Besides the big lifeboat on wheels,
the cart with the beach apparatus, the
life-car and the box containing shot
lines, the stations outfit includes big
box of signals and rockets, the box OF
signal flags and the big medicine
chest, filed with. remedies for those
who are shipwrecked. There is also
case of books which comes from the
Christian Endeavor Society; they are
good books, too--books of travel by
the best authors, books of history,
humorous works by Mark Twain and
others, books by Dickens, and few
religious works. But the most inter-
esting outfit is the clothing for the
shipwrecked. There is enough OF this
to furnish country store. There are
suits of clothes for men and boys,
socks, drawers, undershirts, cardigan
jackets, hats and boots. Women can
find everything from shoes and stock
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07

by it haul a hawser off to the ship.
Instructions go off with this hawser
telling those aboard ship to make it
fast to the mainmast, near the cross
trees. When this is done, and the
whip is again made to run free by
being loosened from the hawser, it is
Immediately in use again in running
out the breeches buoy. In the drill
the men of No. bring the man off
the drill pole in four minutes.
In actual cases of wreck the breeches
buoy is almost always used, but in
cases where the seas are extremely
high or where there are invalids and
children the life-car is used. This is
a small affair, and looks like two small
boats fastened together. The car is
padded on the inside, so that even if
the waves turn it upside down no one
is injured.
On other days the men have flag
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07
Facts Hbout Passaic, n. ].

BANKs-Three.
DEPoTs-Seven.
SEwERs-42 miles.
PoPULATIoN-16,0po
FIRE CoaPAEIEs--Sig.
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ATHLETIC CLUBs-Two.
FREE POSTAL DELIVERY.
CHuRcHEs-Twenty three.
TOTAL BONDED DEBT $lS6, coo.
FLAGeED SIDEwALKs-75 miles
RAILWAY TRAIEs-7o Passenger Daily.
HEAD OF NAVIGATION PAssAIc RIVER
GAS SYsTEM-FouTteen miles OF mans
THIRTY-oNE MINUTES FROM NEW YORK
NEwsPAPERs--Two Daily: Three Weekly.
BUILDING AND LOAN AssocIAT1oNs-Inr
ScHooIs-Seven Public; One night; Two Select.
ELEcTRIc LIGHT SYsTEM-Arc and lEcAEDEscENI.
MAcApAm1zED ROADS in Passaic County-9O miles.
ELECTRIC STREET RAILwAY-to CARRIED fater-
son: to Paterson, Rutherford and jersey Cty,
to Newark (projectedl.
ASSESSED VALUATION, Real and Personal Prop
erty S5,600,000.
WATER PowER-1200 horse power per minute
from Dundee Canal.
CBARITIEs-Orphan Asylum; Day Nursery Dis
pensary Union Benevolent Association; tmer
eency Hospital; Bureau of Charities Needle
wornan's Guild of America; Kings Daughters.
WATER SYSTEM miles OF mains. Source 0.
supply from Upper Passaic Water shed
RAIIRoADs-New York Lake Erie WESTERN
Delaware Lackawanna & Western; New iork
Susouehanna & Western.
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the small line known as the the shot
line is attached, has fallen on the drill
pole, where man who represents the
shipwrecked crew pulls out the shot
line, to which has been attached what
is known as the whip line. The whip
line is endless. and goes out with the
block, to which is attached a tag con-
tanning instructions to those on the
vessel what to do with it when they
get it. These instructions are IN
several languages, SO as to be under
stood by men of different national
tiles. They are told to make the block
fast near the middle of the ship, SO
the line can be run free. The minute
this block is made fast the life savers
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07

dairyman next door, who has cut an
entrance into it from his store.
The property is entered on the tax
collectors book, and has to stand its
share of the city's burdens just like
the Hotel Waldorf or the World Build
ing. The accompanying illustration
shows the little house between its two
larger neighbors. New York World.
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07

drills, which mean rehearsal of tele-
graphy by means of flags, and then
there is the resuscitation drill, when
they go through the work of reyiving
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07
THE LIFE SAVERS.
DAILY ROUTINE OF LIFE AT ONE
OF THE STATIONS.
The Drill With the Boats-How q
"Shipwrecked Crew. is Taken
OF Pole and Put
Up on shore.

jn ETWEEN Sandy Hook Point
* and Cape May there are
thirty-nine live-saving sta
c tions. The stations are about
three miles apart and are open the
year round. Between September and
May they are manned each with cap
tain and seven men, while during the
summer months the captain is In
charge alone. The captains of these
stations receive 5000 per year and the
surfmen $65 per month for their SER
vices.
Every one knows the shape of Sandy
Hook that strip of sand beginning
about North Long Branch and ending
at Sandy Hook Point, distance OF
about ten miles. During the past few
years most of the stations on the Jersey
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07
S p E CT FIG s .
FIVE PERSONS KILLED.
A Family Wiped Out by an Explosion
of Nitro-Glycerine.

Joseph Kollas, his wife and three children,
were killed at Oil City, Penn, by nitro
glycerine explosion in their house
The rear end of the house was blown
away, and Kollas's body was found dis
membered under the debris. The head OF
one of the children was blown OF, and an
other body was found twenty yards away
horribly mutilated.
The child OF a neighbor, Joseph Fessner,
was playing in the yard when the explosion
occurred and was killed. Mrs Koilas and
her baby were in the kitchen, and the mother
was killed and the baby blinded.
Passaic City record., 1894-04-07

ings to hats--nothing is missing
combs and brushes, hairpins, towels
and handkerchiefs. If thirty people
came ashore naked at station they
could be landed at the Battery and
walk up Broadway in the outfit fur
nished, and they would not excite any
curiosity.
The past winter was very mild and
the men of Station No. 2 had no
wreck, but they were always on hand.
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LIGHT FLASHES.

Sec the American beauties
and their gowns, the Ne Plus Ultra,
in paper dressing dolls at Mic
Tengg's. IL s st
Juan Salas, who died last Tues
day, was member of local band
and the Mutualista Society and at
the funeral yesterday afternoon
these organizations attended the
funeral.
Happy Thought Library, full
line, 3 for quarter, at Mic Tengg's.
1888
Preston Barnes, charged with
assault to murder and assault to
rob, was committed to jail by JUS
tice Jones this m orning, and his
bond fixed at 81 800.
$40 buys horse, harness, and
easy riding buggy, at All San Ped
no avenue. ii SIT
$1,000 will buy a Crandall type
writing machine, in first-class con-
dition. Address, "Typewriter,"
Daily LIGHT. 1t*
The temperance drama OF "The
Drunkard" was not produced at the
Grand opera house last night. The
excuse given was that one Of the
actors cast was sick. The play has
been reset for next Monday, and
changed to Mission garden.
The Federal grand jury Is be-
ing empaneled this afternoon.
CARTER & MULLALY, omnibus and
baggage tran sfer. calls attended TO. 5 II
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PERSONAL MENTION.

"The Silver King" company came
in from Houston via the Southern
Pacific this morning.
A. J. White head, travelling pas
senger agent Of the Big Four, head
quarters at Dallas, is in town.
General Manager Monserrate, of
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass,
left for Yoakum this morning, and
will be back tonight.
James NJ. Means, travelling pas
senger agent for the Piedmont Air
Line, is in the city with a large
batch of advertising matter for the
"Great Vestibule Limited" of his
road, to be distributed in San An.
tonic.
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Will Be Lots of Contests.

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.--Indica-
tions are the Fifty-fourth Congress
will open with numerous contests
for seats in the house OF represent
tatives from the southern states
Reports from Republican head
quarters make it plain that unless
there Is change either Of mind or.
conditions there will be at least
three contests from Louisiana, one
or two from Virginia and some from
North Carolina and Tennessee, with
a possibility of such contests from
Alabama, Kentucky and Arkansas.
Congressman Settle represents
that, but for fraudulent practices
in North Carolina the Republicans
would carry the state. He has
been authorized by Chairman
Belts to employ counsel to repre-
sent the Republicans in every
county of the state. Probably some
of these contests will not be settled
until they reach the House.
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"The Silver King. y

This melOdrama, which was writ
ten by Henry A. Jones and Henry
Herman, is pronounced a very
strong play, and has met with great
success. The play will be present
ed with specially selected COM
pany, selected to play only in the
largest cities. The piece will be
produced here with an extra set OF
new and appropriate scenery, prop.
critics and effects. Grand opera
house tonight.