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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-26

For every case Of Catarrh which they can
not cure, the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy cgrce to pay $500 in cash.
You're cured by its mild, soothing, cleans
ing, and healing properties, or you're paid.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-03
He Was No Singer.

1t is not often that young people will
freely acknowledge their shortcomings
like the youth at a social party who
was asked to sing, He replied that he
would first tell story, and then, II
they persisted in their demand, he
would endeavor to execute song.
When a small boy, he said, he took les
sons in singing, and one Sunday morn
ing he went up into the garnet to prac-
tice alone. While in full cry, he was
suddenly sent for by his father This
is pretty conduct" said the latter
"pretty employment for son of mine,
to be saving boards in the garnet on q
Sunday morning, loud enough to be
heard by all the neighbors! Sit down
and take your book The young man
was unanimously excused from sing
ing the proposed sOng.-Golden Days
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-03

of some god or goddess or of some OBJ
iect, as the sun, the moon or the stars.
To this name he afiXes number, as
moon No. l,""Moon No. >, and so on.
In the space between the two legends
for the signs are repeated twice-he
has his own name, as for instance,
"Wah Lee"
When a customer takes bundle of
washing to the laundry the Chinese,
first tearing a ticket in two in a ragged
fashion, puts one-half on the packet
for reference, the other half he gives
as receipt to the person who has
brought the package of laundry. 1t
must be presented when the laundry is
demanded.
The Chinese check herewith given is
a correct representation of a laundry
ticket or check.
The three hieroglyphics on the left
say: Heaven, No H." the three on the
right say the same. In the middle is
the name of the proprietor of the shop:
"Wah Lee"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-03

.fits ne mas ncqueatncd TO SuHerlng nu-,
by the invention of that mar
velous instrument, the OphthalmOscope,
stood alone, his name would have
deservedly been handed down to-
postcrity as one of the most
distinguished scientists of his day.
By the use of this instrument
Oculists are enabled to obtain a view Of
the living human rctina. In 1851 he.
wrote a pamphlet describing this in,
strument. Born in the middle class
his father was professor at POtsdam
-HelmhOltz was educated in his ma,
tive town, and then went to Berlin to,
undergo the ordinary medical curric-'
ulum of the military institute, and
there qualified for the position of mill
tarv surgeon at Potsdam. From that
time his success was beyond question.
In 1919 he was appointed professor Of
physiology at Konigsberg; in 1853 he
resigned that for similar position at
Bonn, and in 1853 that post was yielded
in favor of the professorship of physics
in the Berlin university in 1871. lie
was a most volumiuous writer. His
best known work is The Sensation of
Tone as a Physiological Basis for the
Theory of Music" work which has
been translated into most European
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-03
SATURDAY,.
NOV. 3, 1894,
THE HEATHEN CHINEE.
What the HierogIyphics on a Chinaman's
washing Ticket Mean.

w nat the iileTOElN llllts olA "
Washing Ticket Mean.
Probably not one person in a thou
sand understands the true interpreta-
ton of the Chinese laundry ticket, says
the Ladies' Home Journal.
The Celestials have system of their
own. 1t is based on the many gods and
g0ddesses OF, the laundry. Although
the system is very complicated one,
seldom does a Chinese laundryman de-
liver package of washing to the wrong
person.
Furthermore, if the ticket is lost the
chances are that you will not get your
linen, unless you. be a particular friend
of the proprietor.
The Chinese laundrymah at the be-
ginning of each week makes out a
batch of checks in duplicate, to be used
as wash tickets. He selects the name
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-03

languages. No less than 100 papers by
Helmhcltz appear on the catalogue of
the Royal English society. Honorary
degrees and honors had been conferred
upon him by many of the learned So
cieties and colleges throughout Eu-
rope, AID but two years ago the en-
peror conferred upon him the title of
nobility.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-03
PROF. Won HELMHOLTZ.
He Was One of the Greatest Scientists OF
the Nineteenth Century.

At the age of seventy-three, full of
honors, and holding a worldwide rep
utation, Hermann Won Helmholtz died
recently at Berlin, and the world Of
science and the world of letters are
poorer for his loss. How great that
loss is can never be known; but this
can be safely stated. that had the ben
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
The Duty or Physicians.

The horror with which the dissec-
tion of human bodies by medical STU
dents was almost universally regard
ed a generation or more ago, is grad
ually disappearing. Intelligent pub
tic sentiment now recognizes the me-
.essity of knowledge in the physic an
which he can gain in no other way,
and in Wisconsin and many other
States, there are statutes providing
means by which bodies for dissection
AN be lawfully obtained.
If there ever was any excuse for
the crime of bod scratching, there is
certainly none now; and it would
seem to be in the interest OF the
medical profession as well as in the
interest of the public for scrupulous
care to be taken to prevent lawless
outrage upon the feelings of people
who are bowed beneath the saddest
Of earthly griefs--the loss by death of
a dear relative or friend. No physi-
clan with exalted pride in his profess
sion will wilifully lie party to what
If generally known would tend to
create in the community a belief that
members of that profession are de-
void of human feeling and ready to-
ruthlessly trarnple upon the tender
sentiment of people in deep affection.
The law providing bodies for dis
section in this State would seem to
be clear and ample. If not, it can be
amended. But every physician with
fine sense of civic duty and pro-
lessional honor must stoutly stand
Tor quick compliance with the pro-
visions of the law, and must be above
,ollusion with body-snatchers for the
purpose Of obtaining subjects. p
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26

It is curious to calculate how man
has spent the time of his life and how
large portion of it is taken up with
occupations that seem to be of small
moment, observes the Atlanta Constitu,
ton. A man of fifty years of age, TO,
instance, if he takes the pains to esti-
mate his time, will find that he has
slept about 5000 days; has worked
about 8, 500 !; has walked for 500; has
amused himself for about 1900; has
spent /, 500 in eating has been sick for
about 500 and so on. A gentleman
who has lived in the suburbs of this
city for thirty years, recently calcu.
lated that he had spent in that time
two years on cars; another, who shaves
himself regularly three times week,
estimates that since he was twenty he
has spent nine months in scraping his
lace.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
What will the Frenchmen. who think

What will the Frenchmen, who think
there is no life outside of Paris, say
when they hear that our ambassador
to France is anxious to return to the
United States because he finds life in
the French capital too quiet for him,
asks the San Francisco Chronicle. Mr..
Eustis will achieve great distinction il
he succeeds in dispolling the insane
idea of many Americans that Paris is
particularly desirably place of resi-.
dence for person born and bred ir
the United States. He will not need
to exert himself greatly to prove that
there are many cities in this country
where life can be enjoyed more ration
ally and pleasantly and with create,
degree of that excitement which SarceJ
calls the wine of life, than in Paris.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26

Fog is to most people depressing,
but if it is not too thick it affords
one beauty that is unique. This APP.
pears only at night and in places that
are well furnished with arc lights.
These lamps spread white radiance
through the moisture-laden air above
and around them, and, as they sputte,
and flicker, the nebule seen over the
roofs, and awnings appear like the re-
Election of great fire, except that the
light is white instead of red and vel.
low. When forms are blurred in the
mist, and distance is obliterated, this
playing and flashing of pallid lights is
magical and uncanny as we'll as beau
full.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
Arctic snow.

Commenting on the difference be-
tween the mo ST Elasticity of snow in
these ATTITUDES and its dry adhesive
ness under the low temperature OF
an arctic winter, Lieutenan schwatka
says:
The cutting of thin portion from
the side OF an arct snow block in
stead OF giving sheet OF plastic
snow from SNOWFALL, produces q
shower of fine powder, exactly the
same as from large lump OF loaf
sugar In short, the arctic building
snow block stands in about the same
relation to those we would make
here, as The brick just from the mould,
and befour it is dried, bears to the
same object when burnt in the X In
and ready for use. The arctic snow
blocks ring like well-burnt brick;
and this is especially noticeable dur
ing intensity cold weather, when L
have heard a snow clock. as it was
struck with knife, give forth clear,
metallic, musical sound, not uni ke
the striking OF highly tempered bar
OF Suspended steel with the hand, or
other non metallic substance. Yet
IT must not be inferred that this dry.
compact snow has any OF the charac-
teristics Of the ice above it tit is not
only much lighter than ice. but, / be-
iIeve, lighter than the plast G snow
we have, certainly not SO dense as
when made into the ordinary snow.
balI.u a
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26

According to the Presbyterian Jour.
nal, In Mongolia the missionary is
often asked to perform impossible and
-''lous cures. One man asked to
de fat, another to be made
n, another wished to be cured OF
1ger, another to have his taste for
6bacco OF whiskey taken away, while
almost everybody would like to have
his skin made white, like the for
eigner."
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
more About the Commonweai.

Evidently differing views arc held
in different localities in regard to the
organizations, which, starting from
many points ranging from Massilan,
ILL.,, to the Pacific coast, have been
moving eastward under the names of
.eThe Industrial Army" and "Army of
the Commonweal !"
One body designated as the "Second
Los Angeles Regiment" on its east
ward march, was received at San Ber-
nardo, Call, by the fire department
which drenched them with cold water,
driving them from the cars they had
captured, their leaders were jailed and
guard of fifty deputies, armed with
shotguns, set over the rank and file.
A baker who had sold them bread was
warned by committee of safety and
promised to sell them no more. The
same committee waited on preacher,
who had taken up collection fol
them, to demonstrate, declaring them
20 be an organized mob of law-break,
ers. He promised to give them nc
more assistance. The merchants re
fused to sell to the army and many
citizens have agreed not to give fooc
or supplies.
On the other hand, San francisco
dispatch says the supervisors of tina
city have authorized the mayor ant
chief of police to arrange to send tn
Second Regiment as far as Chicago.
Kelly's contingent is hooiing it east
ward from Council Bluffs under es
court of the sheriff and two militi;
companies, while Coxey's corps is sail
ing ON the "raging canawp through
"Maryland, my Maryland" feastins
on the fat of the farms.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26

Returns for 1898 in the CONTROLLER.
Office show to the New York Tribune
that it is good thing to be sheriff OF
New York county. Besides his salary
of $12, 900 a year, Sheriff John j
German received as his share of the
fees collected the neat sum of $751;
$1,000. Added to the $12, 900 salary
Mr.. German therefore received tn
Portable remuneration of $64,
for his services last year.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
TyRANNous pooRKEEPERs.


sale Business House,
From all outward appearances the
most important men--in their own.
estimation-in the large wholesale
dry-goods establishments of the city
are the.doorkeepers In this respect
they occupy positions analogous to
their prototypes the floor-walkers of
the retail Establishments, says the
New York Herald.
No doubt the positions have their
responsibilities, and what positions
have not in large business house,
from the humblest $2-a-week office
boy and porter to the head of the
establishment Responsibility, there
tore. is not monopolized by the door
tenders and affords no reason for the
fine assumption OF superiority which
the actions of the men imply.
The duty of the doorkeepers is
primarily to take the time OF the
statesmen and clerks on entering and
leaving the stores, shaking hands
with haYSeed customers and bawling
out the names of the statesmen they
desire to see in stentorian tones In
addition to these they are expected
to exclude peddlers and beggars and
to see that no one removes small par
GELS of merchandise unless they bear
the proper tout check" of some one
in authority.
EjIt is in the manner in which these
simple duties are performed which
| make many of the doorkeepers ridic-
| ulous. They would be obnoxious
| were they not so supremacy absurd.
| In a voice, the volume of which
| might do credit to the late Count
Johannes in passion, and with look
supposed to strike terror to guilty
| soul, one of them stationed in
| Broadway jobbing house overawes
little messenger boys and creates in
| the minds of some of the firms
| humber customers an Impression
| that he is a powerful factor in the
| firm.
the man desires TO do, for as sup
| posed power these simpletons seek to
propitiate Cerberus They drop an
| seasonal cigar into his hand and
some time during the winter prob
ably send him turkey or big
pumpkin. With the proprietor of
the peanut-stand on the corner and
| the bootblack, both OF whom are
privileged to ply their trade in con-
sideration Of keeping the sidewalk
clean, he exercises a mild system of
Dlackmail.
The vender in return for his Ia
vored glances, supplies him with pea
nuts and apples; the bcotblack shines
his shoes for nothing. No newspa-
per boy is permitted to enter the
store without the understanding that
he is to give the doorkeeper paper.
Such are the perquisites Of the po-
sition Of doorkeeper in wholesale
downtown house. Not all of them,
Of course, accept these petty fayors
or exert these petty tyrannies, but
some of them do, and display very
contemplate spirit too, in doing so.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
De MalIO's Flagship sunk.

The Brazilian legation at Washing
ton has received dispatches announc.
ing the sinking of the Aquidaban, of
the insurrectionary fleet, in engage.
ment with Brazilian torpedo boats of
San Catharina. The Aquidaban was
formerly the flagship of Admiral De
Mallo.
A press dispatch from Buenos Ayres
says: The insurgent fleet, consisting
of the Republica, Meteora Iris, Urano
Esperanza, under command of Adj
miral Mello, arrived recently and ench-
ored outside the harbor. The vessels
are all short of provisions. The crews
of the insurgent ships will be trans
ferred to the quarantine station on the
l7th, and the authorities of the Ar
gentine Republic will turn the ships
over to Senior Asis Brazil, the Brazil.
ian minister here.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
THOMAS j. JARVIS.
To succsed the Lnmented Vance In the
United state Senate.

United state Senate.
Governor Carr, of North Carolina
has appointed Hon. Thomas j. Jarvis
to the seat in the United States Sena.e
vacated by the death of Senator Vance,
and he has accepted.
Thomas j. Jarvis was born in Cur
rituck county, North Carolina, Janu-
airy, 1886, and is now So years old.
He married December 23, 1874, Miss
Mary Woodson Of Virginia. In The
confederate army he was captain Of
Company B of the Eight North Caro-
lima regiment, and was a member If
the constitutional convention of 1865
from Currituck. lie was elected !;
democratic member of the legislature
from Tyrrell county in 1858 He was
member of the seeding legislature,
and was made speaker of the house
lie was member of the constitutions
convention in 1875 and in the va
following was elected lieutenant-yoy
ernor OK the state on the ticl ct witu
Senator Vance, and became governo,
in 1879, when Vance resigned to be,
come senator. At the next election
he was chose governor and altogethc
occupied the gnbernatorial char f,1
more than six years. In 1885 Mir
Cleveland appointed him minister c
Bra IL where he pa g d the followii 9
years with honor to himself and cree
TO the American people. On hi,
return he devoted himself to the prac.
ticc of his profession
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26

A mob of over 200 masked men
went to the j all at Tuscumbia, Ala,
little after midnight Sunday morn
ing, and obtaining the keys from the
jailel's wife during the temporary
absence of her husband, took three
prisoners out and lynched them. The
men were Tom Black, John Williams,
and Tony Johnston, who had con fess.
ed to the Burning Of the barn of Mr..
Claude King, farmer Of that vicin.
ity.
They belonged to regular gang of
ineendiaries. They were taken to the
bridge, ropes put around their necks
and they were swung off. The affair
was conducted very quietly.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
Found Dead on n Sleeper.

A man with ticket bound for Phil,
adelphia. was found dead Sunday
night on Pullman sleeper south of
Montgomery on II northbound Louis.
vile ~ Nashville train. All the in.
formation to be found out about him
was card bearing the name of Ed
ward lyle. He took the train at New
Orleans. Consumption was the cause
of his death. lie had Travelled for a
Memphis firm.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26

Senior Mendanca, the Brazilian min.
ister at Washington; has been officially
Informed by the minister Of foriegv
affairs of his country that ssThe rebel
lion is ended. The foreign ministerj
dispatch further says that "Mellc
went to Bennos Ayres with the cruiser
hepublica and four other vessels; ask.
Cd aud obtisued asylum, declaring
that he abandoned the contention for
lack OF resources. lie delivered the
vessels to the Argentine govern.
ment." An unofficial dispatch says
President Prixoto has ordered tho
Brazilian squadron to Beunos Ayres
70 bring The ships surrendered by Met
10 to lilo dc Janeiro.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
OFFICERS.

The election of officers for the ensu.
ing term resulted in satisfactory Sc
lection as follows:
Past gmnd chaacellor-E. Il. Me
Clarity of Demopolis,
Grand chance IL ,r-Wil ian Vaughan
of Birmingham.
Grand vice-chancel,or- Tennent Lo.
max of Montgomery,
Grand prelate-John IL. Donohoo
of Talladega.
Grand master of cxchequer-Jacob
Griei of Montgomery.
Grand keeper of records and seals
Louis j. Adler OF Unioutown.
Grand master at arms-C. Il. Brick.
en- of LIverne.
Grand inner guard. Thoma,
Gray of Mobile.
Graud outer guard Lee Brown Oh
Woodlawn.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS HOME.
A committee was appointed to take
active steps toward raising $50, 200 for
the erection of widows and orphans
home. $4,000 of this sum have al.
ready been raised, an assessment of
so cents OH each member of the order
has been provided for, which will
bring $500 per annum, to be a perpet-
ual fund for the home. When the
necessary funds have been secured bids
" i'll be invited and the most favorable
will have the sanction of the committee
who will report 10 the next annual
session. The committee is as follows:
Hon John Ii Disque of Gadsden.
Hon A ID Bloch of Selma, Hon e A
Graham of Montgomery, Rev NJ Ii
Lane of Jacksonville, Colonel Coiner
of Eufamla, and Grand Chancellor
William Vaughan ofssBirmingham, with
two Others yet to be appointed.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26

Says the Boston Cultivator: sThere
was reduction Of seven per cent. in
the acreage Of winter wheat sown last
fall in this country. That was due
mainly to the low prices Of wheat al
that time, though these prices were
from twelve to fifteen cents a bushel
higher than wheat prices now. What
will naturally be the result if wheat
continues at present prices until the
time for seeding the spring crop in
the great Northwest? At present
prices for wheat, almost any other
grain yields larger returns. Land
which viii produce good spring wheat
will surely bring large crops Of oats
md barley. either one Of which is
8erth more per pound than wheat.
txe will also be large substitution
En and potatoes for wheat. These
e I'm tend materially to reduce
II ~ wheat crop, unless there is
eFy eEial advance in wheat
'ss oe'0Fs H4esdina time. !,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
Valuable Discovery.

A tremendous phosphate deposit hai
been discovered i'll Bradley county,
Tennessee, about twenty miles above
Chattanooga. The vein so far as
known is IL feet wide and about 8
miles long, the depth not having been
ascertaincd.
The owners of the property have
known of this deposit ever since the
war, but until week ago never knew
what the strange substance was. They
have often tried to burn it for coal,
There is considerable excitement over
the discovery.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
TREMBLING GREECE.
Athens shaken, Thebes a Insost Destroyed
Other Cities injured.

Athens Sisukcn, Thcbes Almost DESTROYED
Other Cities injured.
The sevcrest earthquake of the last
ten years shook Athens Thebes, Alta
lanla and several other cities at 1880
this evening. Many houses were
damaged. Thebes was almost de-
stroytd. Two-thirds of the houses
were ruined. Scores of families are
homeless. The local officials have tel
egraphed 10 Athens for help. Requests
for tents and food are coming in rap
idly. The greatest confusion and
fright prevailed throughout the dis
trict of Thebes all the evening, and it
was impossible to learn positively how
many had been injured. AS far as
known nobody was killed.
Reports from Voto and Larissa say
that both towns were shaken severely
and much damage done.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
CHAIRMAN WILSON.


He is TO Return to Washington by the
Last ofthe Month.
Chairman Wilson of the house ways
and means committee is expected in
Washington in about ten days. A let
ter received from his son, William
Wilson, Jr., this morning, states that
Chairman Wilson will this week be
the guest of Governor Hogg of Texas.
After leaving the executive mansion
he will start north, making the journey
by easy stages. arriving in Washing.
ton about the 28th or 30th instant.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26

Austria has at length abandoned its
refusal to recognize the American cit,
izenship Of former subjects of the
emperor who had immigrated to the
United States without fulfilling their
military duties. Hitherto the impe-
rial authorities have chosen to regard
them as outlaws and deserters and
punished them as such.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26

The president has dominated the
following postmasters:
Georgia-Charles Il. PendIeton at
Valdosta.
Tennessee--Isaac 3. Williams at
Paris.
Also Commodore Joseph Skerrett
to be rear admiral; Capt. Jos. N. Mil
ler to be commodore.
The senate has confirmed the nomi.
nation of the following Virginia post
masters: Robert q. Howcrton at
West Point; Fannie S. Williams al
Lexington.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
The Spirit of Anarchy.

AT Cleveland, Ohio, hundreds Oh
striking woi kingmcn are visiting the
gangs employed OH public improve
ment and compelling them to stop
work. The men are armed with clubs
and the situation looks ugly.
Police and patrol wagons have been
called to the different scenes, where
viOts are feared.