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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
NEGRO ALTERATIONS.
with May Day-Mamny's Hus-
bands Name

The negroes have some ODD super
stitions about the first Of May, akin to
those we associate with All Halloween.
An old nurse-one of the thoroughly I'M
educated kind. very rarely TO be found
in these days of progress-has recently
told me some of their ways of ''trytn'
sweethearts." Although she cannot even
tell time by the clock, she has innumera-
BILE rules for testing your luck at every
hour of the day, and the following are
a few of her directions for the testing OF
ones matrimonial fortune on May Day:
The night before you must break
fresh egg in a saucer and set 1t out OF
doors. Go and look at II in the morn
ing before the beams of the rising sun
have touched il. If large bubble has
risen on il. you will marry a tall man;
if small bubble appears, your fate
will be short; il none is to be discerned,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

brain was or very little use without q
sound body TO support It, She had great
hopes for the future of women. now
that they had begun TO cultivate their
muscles as well as their brains. She
believed they were fitting themselves to
vote.
1t was good outlook, too, for the
men of the future. Fine. strong speci-
mems Of womanhood should have fine
strong sons. She thought, too. that the
easy. graceful dress they wore, and in
which they found so much freedom of
movement, ought TO teach them TO dis
card the hampering. uncomfortable dress
OF the present day.
Afterward, 10 The Recorder reporter.
Mrs. Stanton said;
Just think how easily they can go
up and down stairs in those suitsl 1
don't believe men know what a terrible
time women do have going upstairs with
bundle. Why. / remember when /
used to want 10 carry baby upstairs
and you know l had plenty of them to
carry--I had TO take my petticoat in
my teeth and so up that way. l don't
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
SUNDAY In THE HOME.
Bg4DISG MATTER or interest TO
WOMAN.
rhys,cai Culture In Gotham-Ehsci OF Cor
sets on Bresthing-Segro suptrst""os
Regarding May Day.
A Ialr OF Three Cities.

Priscilla OF these fin de steele days,
Wac from old pilgrim stock boasts her
descent.
r.lls Emerson and Browning and essays
a t.t with any sage at argument;
Gu.. 90 the Symphonies, plays whist
600 emit
y Q. r one way she patterns her grand
DANES,
Nor when a bit OF gossip you bestow.
NIlI go her ismic knowledge she eN-
claims:
Il want 10 known
one has come down upon Manhattan Isle
Through a long line OF tradesfolk vans
To-day
She p,-ches high upon the social stile
Ana piumes herself on being distinsue.
And on her etiquette: but IL you say
4 thinc is thus and so, strange TO re-
late.
n 90 the belle your news is a surprise
she'll tell you. you don't say! as
sure as Fate,
With wide-oped eyes.
4 piauant cousin Of the hearty West;
we got the Fair from you, you know
said she.
We've half our gelt and soon shall have
the rest,
And no one bluffs about his family
tree"
Stunned by her verve yet anxious TO
agree
"Our girls. with all their style. cannot
compare
With yours for looks" he said And thus
she spake
With elevated eyes. inquiring stare.
For Heavens sake!"
-Edward ". Barnard in Kate Fields
Washington.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
TOO Sweet fer That.

This amt a wilderness o. woe
The worlds too sweet fer that!
There's roses climbin' as you go,
To trim your sweetheart's hat.
There's softest winds to bring TO you
Sweet thoughts from everywhere;
An birds God made to sing TO you
The angels o. the air!
This amt a wilderness o. woe
Fer JOY the green leaves dance;
An even when the sun sinks low,
1t gives the stars a chance
BY day, the sunshine streamin'
From heavenly fields o. blue:
BY night, a place for dreamin'-
That's joy enough fer you!
Frank l.. Stanton in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
Smooth Faces the Nod.

Smooth faces are to be fashionable
this season." remarks New York man
who pays close attention to changing
styles. and who has sometimes been
spoken Of as a candidate for the vacant
throne of the king of the bowling swells.
Hair quite long and a clean" shaver
countenance will give a somewhat theat-
ricai appearance TO society men In the
immediate future. There has been ten
dency i'm this direction for some time,
and the sudden prominence OF Lord Rose
berry gave IL new impetus. Rose
berry's strong. ratf er handsome face has
no hiIsute adornment and there Is Just
enough Anglomania still existing in the
upper circles OF New York sosiety 10
make the Roseberry type Of face de-
sirable."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
NO. . UNIYERSITT PLACE.
The Teachers Class In Physical Gull
turc.


ture.
A line OF girls in dark blue suits and
many c0lored sashes Of red, yellow, pale
blue pink. Nne-green and white, com
ing toward YOU in sort Of Amazon
march, 10 the strains of an opera. seem
Ell 70 suggest Kiraify's at q dress re-
hearsal Then the girls waved the sCarfs
and rctreated In undulating lines 10 a
graceful dance step, and IL seemed mere
than ever like a theatre stage. Bat it
wasn't
Il was Mrs. Stanton-Lawr,nc ruttng
her class In gymnastics through their
PAGES at a sort Of private view IN the
Horace Mann School. . University Place.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. mother
Of the teacher, sat on the platform. max
ing the charming picture that sne always
does with her wonderful crown II v hite
hair. her black silk gown, white lace and
creamy shawl. At her right vas the
lady principal Of the school. ana Gu her
left Mrs. Russell Sage. very much inter
ested in the evolutions of the girls. Next
% Mrs. Sage was Mrs. Station Hutch, of
England, another daughter Of Mrs. Stan
ton, who has made a name for herself
as a writer and a public speaker, and
Who viii sail on May 1lth for h).ne Her
child, in green frock, also sal at her
side.
The young ladieS-eighteen in all
swung dumbbels and Indian clubs and
gave the staff drill Then the sashes
came off, and a special detachment of
eight gave an exhibition of exercise for
the development of the muscles Of legs
and arms
Then they all formed to the inspiring
strains Of THE Torpedo and the Whale,
and gave a series Of beautiful marching
figures, intricate and graceful in the ex-
IRENE.
Nothing could be lighter, prettier or
more picturesque than the next figure.
IN which they came dancing forward in
long lines, with hands upon each others
shoulders. 10 comic opera chorus ever
carried themselves as did these girls.
There wasn't pair of stoop shoulders or
q badly carried head In the two lines;
neither was there heavy or
numbering movement in the airy
dance. This may have been
due 10 the total absence OF high
heels and corsets, that gave free play
20 every muscle. but IT certainly was the
very poetry Of motion in grace and light
ness. and every girl knew how TO walk.
The dress is a loose blouse, Turkish
trousers, or divided skirts TO the knee,
long. black stockings. and low, heeiless
shoes
After a series Of Delsarte poses, ex-
prcsslye Of the song, "Suwanee River,
sung by one OF the young ladies, ana
some fencing movements, Mrs. Cady
Stanton was asked 10 speak. She said
she was glad to see women paying at
tenton 10 their physical condition. 1t
vas the cellar Of the house, the founda-
ton Of everything. A brilliant mind or
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06

Mrs. Clermonte, the George Egerton,'
whose one book, "Keynotes." has made
her nonular. is said to be a student OF
Riornson. She lives in the north or ire
land she is Roman Catholic, and the
daughter of a Mr.. Dunno, DuDiin dcau-
en,ician. Mrs. Clermonte Is further
described as 1, small. slight woman. VINO
looks somewhere In the S0's. with dark
hair darkish eyes. and rather aquliine
features she has very much the a,er''
amused expression which distinguishes
cIeyer. Japanese. She is very prsh''
cIeyer-iooking woman, and the effect Is
II anything. heightened BY her ioupie
glasses"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20

loved red-willow tobacco. Over the
same fire is hunga jack rabbit, skinned
and spitted upon slender red-willOw
stick, and from tree near by the baby
swings in his red-willow cradle.
From the same red willow the squaws
make baskets and mats. On its tender
twigs the ponies browse in winter,
when the grass is covered with deep
snow. And to these same red-willow
thickets the Indians go in winter in
search of deer or antelope, which are
pretty sure to be found browsing
among them.
So you see the Indian has good rea-
son to be fond of the red willow, and
he breads the approach of white farm
ers, who clear it off from the rich bot
tom lands wherever they locate, for it
is on these lands that they can raise
their heaviest crops of corn.-Detroit
Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
ABRUPTNESS OF SPEECH.
A Girls Rebuke That Might More Often
Be Wisely Administered.

A Girls Rebuke That Might More Often
BE Wisely Administered.
."You are downright foolish to mind
a little thing like that" said young
man to a girl-friend who was evidently
much hurt byosome of his remarks.
"You know perfectly well that l did
not mean it, and that l would not say
anything to grieve you for anything in
the world. l can not see why girls
should be so touchy."
"Well, you should not say such
things" was the response. "How is
any lady to know whether you mean
thing or not when you speak in that
sharp sort of way. For my part, do
not believe in saying harsh things and
swapping one up because you are tired
or cross or the least bit out of sorts
about something, and then expect
to have it overlooked just because you
protest you did not mean anything by
it. | think it would be a good deal
easier and more sensible to put check
on your tongue and feelings and thus
avoid occasion for offense."
1t was only a scrap of conversation
overheard by chance, but III meant
great deal more than most people who
indulge IN sharp speeches would ever
dream. Because one does not intend to
say cutting things, while regularly and
persistently indulging in them, isnorea-
son why such conduct should be over
looked. 1t would be much better to
call the offender 90 account at the first
transgression and break up the habit
before it is fairly established. Nothing
grows on one more rapidly than sharp
ness of speech, and there are few things
more trying to sensitive nerves.-N. Y.
Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
THE SAMOYEDS.
EsqUImaux Who Are Low Down In the
Order of Intelligence.

The reindeer Lapps and the SamOyeds
stand, in intelligence and morale, at
the two extremes of the Esquimau
group-the Lapps at the top, the
SapOyeds at the bottom. These latter
have no reindeer nor any other de-
sirable possessions. Virtually, they are
beggars, yet they serve to show some
thing of the habits and character Of
the people they represent. They are,
as one would expect, small in stature.
do not think | have seen a man more
than, say, five feet two inches in height,
says a writer in Longman's Magazine.
Their faces are very fiat, and they
have the slitlike eyes of the Mongol.
Often it is impossible to distinguish
any eye at all, but simply slit, only
just not closed up. The specimens
here, even young men and girls, suffer
much from blindness. Whether this is
due to snow, or whether hereditary,
am unable to say, but their eyes turn
white, as If with form of glaucoma-
In person and habits they are dirty in
the extreme. They live in skin-covered
wigwams, which are very simply made.
The reindeer skin with the hair out
side is stretched over poles, at the
apex of which hole is left-perhaps
for escape of smoke, though l saw no
fires burning in any Of the wigwams
Inside is confused heap Of men, wom-
en-, children, skins, food and dogs-litr
tie mongrel dogs, that creep around
your calves in doubtful kind OF way.
Every spring, about May, great
northward migration of these people
takes place. 1t is then that they scat
ter themselves about the Plethora and
p,,stosarsL distrtnts and alan0 the ~.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
Il W. Commerce Street.

units, and though this is excessive, 2O0}5
pounds are put down as the average Of
Pennsylvania, 1874 pounds for Ohio,
1874 pounds for West Virginia and 155
pounds for Tennessee. The average
consumption of flour for the states is
about 25O pounds, but voracious Illinois
again comes to the fore with 800
pounds, and sugar, butter and eggs are
everywhere more lavishly used than in
Europe. Here, as in Europe, iron and
steel industries are found to be more
self-indulgent than any other trades,
but the expenditure here is far above
that of even the most extravagant
workers of Europe. Much of the food
accounted for in these figures is actual
ly consumed, but large margin must
be allowed for what is wantonly de-
stroyed, and when the history of the
waste of food products in the United
States comes to be written it will con-
tain some startling and not altogether
pleasant reading.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
INDIANS AND RED WILLOW.
A Wood that Is Turned to Various Uses
by the AbOrigines.

"A
by the Aborigines.
To the Indians of the great western
plains the red willow, which is only
found in that country, proves so very
useful that its loss would be greatly
felt by them. 1t is a bushy growth,
never reaching more than fifteen or
twenty feet in height, and is found
along the river banks, where it grows
rapidly and in great abundance.
The Indian most values the red will
low because from its bark he makes
what to him is very good substitute
for tobacco. TO do this he strips one
of the long. slender shoots of its leaves,
and with his knife cuts the bark until
it hangs from the wood in little shreds.
Then he thruStS the stick into the fire,
but not so that it will burn, only so
that the bark will become thoroughly
dried. When this is done, he carefully
rubs it be between his hands until it is
crumbled almost to a powder.
This willowbark powder he mixes
with a small quantity of real tobacco,
if he has any; if not he mixes it with
the dried and crumbled leaf of a small
and very bitter shrub that grows on
the mountain sides, and has a leaf
81 looking somewhat like our lockwood.
The Indians call it killicanick, and
often mix it with tobacco when they
have no red willow. So fond are the
Indians of this red-willow tobacco that
they prefer it to the real unmiXed ar
ticle, which seems to be too strong for
them.
The squaws use the red willow to
make temporary shelter or wick-i-ups,
which are used instead of the heavy
skin lodges, or tepees, when the In.
dams are on the move, and only camp
in one place for night or so.
When a pleasant spot by some run
ming stream. where there is plenty of
red willow, has been fixed upon for a
camping place, and a fire has been
lighted, the squaws cut a quantity of
the willow, and, making rude frame
work of the larger branches, of which
the butt ends are fixed firmly into the
ground, and the small ends bound to-
gether to look like small dome, they
weave the smaller branches and twigs
in and out until the whole affair looks
like great leafy basket turned upside
down. The entrance is very low, and
when once inside a grown person can
only lie or sit down, for if he should
stand up he would probably lift the
house with him.
While the squaws are building the
wick-i-ups the Indian has been stretched
on the ground, smoking his long
stemmed pipe, with its stone or iron
bowl, or else he has been kneeling
beside the fire preparing his much
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20

oerlan coast, many or Jnem passing up
to the Yalmal peninsula and Waigatz
island, where are their places of sac
rifce, adorned with skulls of polar
bears, and their ancient centers of re-
ligious observance.
When a Samoyed dies, he is buried,
and with him is left sometimes his
sleigh and always some small domestic
articles, such as food vessels. Norden-
skiold supposes that these are intended
for his use in the future life. 1t may
be so, but fancy we are sometimes in
clined to attribute to such observances
a significance they do not possess. The
custom of leaving offerings at the grave
of the departed is very universal one,
and need not necessarily imply more
than respect and regret.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
WASTE OF FOOD BY AMERICANS
People from Europe Astonished by Our
Careless Table Methods.

An English health journal expresses
great surprise at the quantity of food
eaten by American against English
laborers. 1t is very curious to see how
different foods prepOnderate in differ
ent industries. The textile worker in
Europe will have % pounds of meat
per annum for every 100 units of con-
sumption, or, say, quarter of pound
of meat day, while steel workers iIl''
dulge in ia pounds for every 100 units.
On the other hand, the weaver con-
'sumes more flour than the steel work.
er-275 pounds per 100 units instead OF
2Os pounds. He also takes about II
pounds of sugar more per 100 units,
and dozen more eggs; of butter, lard
and tea both take about the same,
though both in tea and coffee the
weaver little exceeds the other. That
is, in the calling which demands the
greater muscular exertion, greater
amount of heterogeneous food is required.
On the European continent the con-
sumption of meat by workers is much
less than in Britain. Even in the iron
industry the German is little more ex-
travagant than the English weaver,
while the Frenchman consumes only
57H pounds and the Belgian ssh
pounds. On the other hand, the latter
consume more -four and eggs, more
than twice as much of each. Their
consumption of coffee, too, is large-14
pounds and 10 pounds respectively, to
the Englishman's 81 pounds; but It
must also be taken in the reckoning
that tea does not appear in their &C.
counts. But all these figures pale be-
fore the statistics of food consumption
in America.
The Illinois iron worker manages to
consume 800 pounds of meat per 100
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
ur,v,ng wIndmIIIs by Electricity.

A novel departure has been taken by
the owner of a windmill at Bremen,
Germany. Hitherto it has been the
custom to use windmills in conjunction
with dynamos for the generation Of
electricity, more especially for lighting
purposes, in places remote from a regu-
lar supply of current, and some most
successful installations of this kind
have been made. The owner of the
German windmill proposes to reverse
this process, and instead of making his
windmill drive a dynamo he will use
an electric motor, connected with tho
town electric mains, for driving hjs
machinery when calm prevails
My son." said the economical IA
ther, these cigars are better than
smoked at your age" Father" re-
Piled the youth, sit pains me to do it.
but l am compelled to state that they
are better than the cigars you smoke
now. Washington Star 5
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
Kept for Four Centuries.

A curious story, illustrative of the
preventative properties of carbolic acid
gas, or "chokedamp," comes from
China. In the province of Anhui party
of miners opened an ancient shaft,
where, according to the official records,
terrible catastrophe had occurred
four hundred years ago. When the
miners entered they came upon the
bodies of one hundred and seventy
miners, who had persisted in the mine,
living where they had been overtaken
by the deadly gas four centuries back
The cOrpses to the eye were as though
of Yesterday, quite fresh-looking and
not decayed in any way. The faces
were like those of men who had just
died. On an attempt being made to
move them ontside for burial, they one
and all crumbled away, leaving moth
ing but a pile of dust and the remnants
of the stronger parts of their clothing
The miners, terrified, fled from the
spot, and though there were valuable
deposits of coal in the shaft, nothing
would induce the superstitious men 70
return to their w""l'
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
The following is from Dublin: The

The following is from Dublin: The
magistrates name was Porter. He SEN
fenced one Murphy to Jail for drunk
enness, dismissing him with a little
lecture which ended with these words:
''If you will take my advice, Murphy,
you'll spend the time of your imprison-
ment in cursing whisky, which has
brought you to this degradation" To
which Murphy replied, bitterly: Deed,
an will, your worship! From this day
forward I'll curse whisky, an Porter,
too. Curse both of them, / say"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20

The snow huts of the Eskim~s are
the warmest dwellings that can be con-
structed in polar regions, because snow
is the poorest conductor of heat that
can be found there, and keeps the
warmth of the fire within.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-31
The Color of Butter.

Prof. Van Slyke, chemist of the
New York station, says: "Weknow
nothing of the composition of the
natural coloring matter of butter.
Whatever they may be they are
mixed rather than united with the
fat. So far as we can find out none
of the several compounds of which
milk or butter fat are made up are
other than white, so that the color
ing seems to be not a part of the
fat. We know that the natural
color Of butter varies with different
breeds, with individuals and with
the kind of food eaten. 1t is
claimed also that sunlight has a
part in the development of color"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-31
Avn Ohio Diamond Tourname mt

STEUBENVILLE, July 2l.-The
Steubenville Athletic Clubs Dia-
mond meet, to be held here on the
new Pleasant Heights track this
afternoon and tomorrow, promises
to be Eastern Ohio's leading event
this season. The track is pro-
nounced by men who are in posi-
ton to know, and by wheelmen in
general, as the fastest in the State.
Among the entries are Johnson
and Bliss, who will meet for the
first time this season at this place.
The program consists of five Class
A and four class B races the second
afternoon. A novice and a boys
under Is race are also booked.
Several special races have been
arranged for the event, and $4,000
in prizes are offered.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-31
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Items Picked Up at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Lines.

Items Picked Up at the Depots, Of
fees and Along the Lines.
The Southern Pacific pay car is
expected here this week.
General Manager Kruttschnitt
and General Superintendent Van
Week, of the Southern Pacific, ar
rived in the city from the west yes
terday and left for the east this
morning.
G.. A. Quinlan, vice-president
and general manager of the Hous-
ton and Texas Central, was in the
city yesterday in his private car.
Hayden Smith, mailing clerk in
the Sap general office, leaves for a
two weeks visit to Marshall to-
morrow.
Travelling Auditor I. A. Kearns,
of the 1. & G. N, arrived in the
city on the south bound last night
and leaves for the South tonight.
The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass will run an excursion to all
points on the Kerrville branch
next Sunday at greatly reduced
rates for the round trip.
President William Davis, Of the
San Antonio and Gulf Shore, has
gone to New York and will be gone
about two weeks. In the mean
time Hon. Ireland will attend to
the duties of the president.
A party of Sap officials consist
ing of General Manager Monser-
rate, General Freight and Passen-
ger Agent f. j. Martin and Superin.
tendents Innes, Butcher and Berry,
will leave tomorrow morning on
an inspection tour over the Waco
division.
The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass rain report, received by Gen.
eral Manager Monserrate this
morning, says: "Light rains at
Karnes City, Sweet Home, Cuero
and Kennedy during the night,
Light rains at Pettus, Runge and
Yorktown this morning"
Frank Rigsby, brother of the
popular and genial local ticket and
passenger agent of the 1. & G. N,
has returned from pleasure trip
to Monterey, Mex. He will spend
a few days in San Antonio with w.
c., after which he will leave for his
home in Kentucky.