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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-16


three months turned over powders,
picked holes in the ground and
searched the sands of Snake river for
yellow metal. There was no hope in
any of this, and knew it, but dream
ing of her kept me at it. The winter
drove me out of tine mountains back to
town. The boom was over and / had
nothing to do. used to see the loco
motives drag their long trains out of
the city, and as they rolled down the
tracks | could picture them crossing
the mountains and plains, hurrying to
the east where she was. They held
out invitations for me to go with them,
and I weakened. / crossed half the
continent between two freight cars. /
was six months doing it, and fought
with my pride and hunger all the way.
/ became Undetermined. In the day
time wanted to return to the north
west, and yet l did not want to. At
night, when the freight train was
slowly jolting along, l was lulled to
sleep by the monotonous measure of
the car-wheels as they ran over the
joints in the rails. They seemed to
say was going back TO her. to her,
to her. And here | am"
Barnabee had never heard story
quite like this one. He turned the
narrative over in his mind few min
utes and asked: +,
But what shall we do about her?"
About her? Is there more than
one thing we can do? She has a
quarter-million--I haven't anything.
Maybe she has forgotten about me.
She does not know what l have been
doing and l should not like to tell her.
What would you do about her?"
"A great many things" said Barna-
bee, as he looked out of the restaurant
window at long lines of smoke making
their way into the sky from the factory
chimneys. II would go back to her. /
would tell her that / love her. She
knows it, but it will be good to hear it
again. Tell her you have made the
effort and made failure. Suppose she
has a quarter-million, can you spend
it all? If you had brought home an
other quarter. could you have bought
any more happiness with itP This is
not a bartering of hearts with her.
She has waited while you were in the
northwest behaving like a donkey.
You are not going back to tell her that
her reward is to consist in your Civ
ing her up. No, you are not But you
are going back, and I'm going to sup
ply the grub stake"
But, Barnabee, she may be in love,
and it may not be with me-"
Maybe. You will find that out
when you tell her your northwestern
story"
The cards are out for the wedding
Banner of Gold.
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THE RUNNING TOP.

We top Il hummeth a sweet, sweet song
To my dear little boy OF play
-==deFrily. singeth MI day Ions iStP
As IL spinneth and spinneth away al,
And my dear little boy
Or He laughed with Joy
~ When he heard the monotone
or that busy ahing va >Fr9Aa
That loveth to sing v, 10.
The song that is all It's own.
Hold fast the string and wind II tight,
That the song be loud and clear;
Now hurl the top with all your might
Upon the banquette here;
And straight from the string
The joyous thing
Boundeth and spinneth along,
And 1t whirs and 1t chirrs,
And IL birrs and 1t purrs
Ever its pretty song.
VIII ever my dear little boy grow old.
AS some have grown beforeH
viii ever his heart feel faint and cold
When he heareth the songs Of yoref
WIN ever this toy
OF my dear little boy,
When the years have worn away,
Sing sad and low
OF the long ago.
As 1t singeth to me to-dayi
Eugene Field, in Scribner
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Prond of His Plaid.

Prof. Blackie frequently staid at my
house when lecturing in Glasgow. He
was always at his best when one had
him alone. One night when we were
sitting up together he said in his
brusque way: Whatever other
faults have 1 am free from vanity" An
incredulous smile on my face reused
him. You don't believe that; give me
an instance" Being thus challenged,
l said: why do you walk about -four
ishing plaid continually" "I'll give
you the history of that, sir. When 1
was a poor man, and when my wife
and had our difficulties, she one day
drew my attention to. the threadbare
character of my surtout, and asked me
to order new one. told her could
not afford it just then; when she went,
like noble woman, and put her own
plaid shawl on my shoulders, and l
have worn a plaid ever since in mem
DRY of her loving deedw-Good Words
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West Commerce Street
Notice to Taxpayers.

Notice is hereby given to all pal
ties interested that the honorab|
County Commissioners Court
Bexar county, Texas, will convej
as board Of equalization at Il
Court House, in the City of sd
Antonio, on the second Monday
June, A. d. 1895, it being the 10
day Of said month, at 10 o'clock
m, to equalize the assessment lis
of property rendered for taxati}
for the year 1895, and will contin
in session until the business befo1
the board Is disposed OF.
Published by order of said couf
Given under my hand and Sd
OF said court at Office, +
San Antonio, Texas, I'd
L. 8. 25th day Of May, A.
y, 1855.
YHAD. ". 5SSTE,
Sasyt SsSS@ .-s51st JsEss~, 5czs
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& RAILROAD TIME TABLE

l. g q. N. RAILROAD.
Laa'~ Tor Austin and the North, Gas Il
so y. IN
Arrive from Austin AUD North ss5 3. N
go 3. N
Leave Tor Laredo ana mexiCo,. 9.4S &. n,
Arrive om Laredo and Mexico, 1862. ~
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
EAST BOUND
Leave for GaIvestOu, HousLOb
and New Orleans. ........... 9.2U y. ~,
Leave for Houston, Galveston,
New Orleans, Waco and KaIf
SsS Htty,,r... Observation-Disclosures. VA y. ~.
ARRIyE FROM THE EAST
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal
weston, Houston and Kensas 4EA.
City ....................... 90 a m
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal.
weston and Houston. -, /, $50 D. m
WEST BOUND. NJ " h
L,Hve IOrs Eagle Pass ana Mei. 49,
tco 80: .....:..:..... -. -. 9.45 a. m
Leave for e. psso and Sas
FFhucisco .............r...... 9.45 q. m
ARRIVE FROM THE WEST n
Ar.se from Mexico anu eagle
Pass :.....;...;;...5... ....... 1.55 p. IN
Arrive from San Francisco Ann
El Pnso e. $50. 90. l,55 p. m
y, 4 b a. p. K. 4. EMISSION HnnTs
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY
Leave for Cnsro Houston, t}al-
weston and Waco. $50 a m.
Leave for Beevile, Rockport
and Corpus Christi. asp IN
LEAVE DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leaves Daily, except Sunday, for
kerrville, Boerne and Comfort 3.45 pm
LEAVE SUNDAY, ONLY.
Leaves for Kerrville .......... 900 a. N
TRAINS ARRTvE DAILY
Nsr,E, irhm Cuero, Houston
fSiveSLog and Waco ~ 6s5 y q
tT;i7e from Corpus Ghrlstl
HnTkuort and Beeviiie. SOp IN
ARRIVES DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Arrive from Kerrviile. .lO.15 a. m
ARRIVE SUNDAY ONLY
Arrive fron nerrville, Sunday, 700 D N
S. A, & GULF SHORE R. R.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave San Antonio. 1000 a. N
ATElNe OlOOlO. .........-........... II 90 m
Leave Oloolo.. :.............. 400 2. N
Return TO San Antonio. 49,. ;. 600 o. M,
Connects at Cibolo with hack for Stock
dale, and Sutherland Springs.
67tf r. W ANDREWS. General Agent.
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Where Wealth L, Despi.sd.

Fashionable Tailor-Go front at once.
Two young clerks there after suits.
New Man (whispering)-Tm waiting
on millionaire.
Leave him and attend to the clerks.
These miilionaires don't buy new
clothes ence in Eve years. "A clerk il
good for fresh suit every three
months."-N. Y. Weekly.
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Hi. Worst Fear, Realized.

"Are you having any more trouble
with your corns, EmilyP" meekly in
quired Mr.. Winterbottom.
mo, they haven't hurt me any for the
last day or So" replied his good wife.
Withsa patient sigh Mr.. Winterbot-
tom put his best razor back in its case
and tried another. 1t was as he had
Chicago Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-16

hand down upon 1t. The despair he
experienced when the lots went down
was taking possession of him again.
After a moment his northwestern
nerve returned. ava
followed long months OF wait
ing for something which never came.
Men seemed to get a, smile from for
tune but once there. / was driven to
hunger and poverty. Twas not accus-
toned to the one, but was to the
other. The memory of her chung to
me. / tried to put her out of my life,
for thought | should never get back
to her; but she would not go. 1t Is
common in the northwest for those
in the last stages of fortune
hunting 20 obtain 'grubstake' and
go into the far-of mountains pros
pecting. To get rich by this method
is like grasping at straw in mid
ocean to save ones life. In my better
days had supplied grubstakes to half
dozen poor devils who were making
up the conclusions of their stories.
They all left with good intentions, but
they never made a find in the noun
tains. Isecured a grubstake, and for
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Notice to Taxpayers.
CITY ASSESSORS OFFICE,
CITY HALL, Room Is.
AN a NTONTO Toy Nav 21 JQS

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 81, '95.
Property owners and their agents are
hereby notified that the city assessments
books for the rendition OF property, real
and personal, for the fiscal year, COM
mencing june l, 1925. win be open on the
1st day'bf jun, 1895, until July 81, 1895.
All persons concerned In the above are
requested 70 come forward and render
their property, subject to taxation, to the
undersigned as required by law and city
1ARRT GUNNIHszAx
Ctr A ssae{,rS
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[OFFICIAL.1
Notice to Contractors.
MAYORS OFFICE,
San Antonio, Texas,
June 18th 1895.

San Antonio, Texas,
juno 18th 1895.
Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk and opened by
the undersigned on June 18th, at
II o'clock m, for taking down and
rebuilding the timber bridge over
the Alazan creek on Lakeview ave-
nue..
Plans and specifications can be
seen at the office Of the city engi-
neer.
A deposit of 500 In cash or certi.
fled check must accompany each
proposal as guarantee that the
successful bidder will enter into
contract with the requisite APP
proved bond.
The city reserves the right to re.
Ject any and all bids.
HENRY ELMENDoRF,
Attest: Mayor.
E. r. NORTON,
6 II At City Clerk.
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WARNING.

The { - IFS notified to pay no moneys
toacYa aSsl acsount Of the LI1Hr
exosAi ~sHtS sriEs5 ELECTORS as pub
lishNs.y2S a.: az sss they hold =
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NORTHWESTERN STORY
BY LANNEs M'PHETRIDGE.

HEY were in a
downtown restau-
rant having a din
ner and Furnishing
up old times-were
Uste Barnabee and
Rich Hollan. A
high screen shell
tered them from
other diners. who
drifted in to the
tables and gu t
again, and from
the ir W in d o w S
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Patents
Notice to Inventors,

There was never time in the history OF
our country when the demand for Inventions
and improvements in the arts and sciences
generally was SO great as now. The con-
Veniences Of mankind IN the factory and
work shop, the household, on the farm, and
in official life, require continual accessions
to the appurtenances and implements to each
in order 10 save labor, time ard expense
The political change in the administration
of government does not affect the progress
OF the American inventor, who being on the
alert, and ready to perceive the existing
deficiencies, does not permit the affairs Of
government to deter him from quickly con.
eeiying the remedy to overcome existing
discrepancies. Too great care cannot be
exercised in choosing competent and skill
full attorney to prepare and prosecute an
application tor patent Valuable interests
haYe been lost and destroyed in lnnumerable
instances by the employment of incOmpe-
tent counsel, and especially ls this advice
applicable to those who adopt the mo pat.
ent, no pay" system. Inventors who entrust
their business to this class OF attorneys do
80 at imminent risk, as the breadth and
strength of the patent Is never considered in
view Of q quick endeavor to get an allowance
and obtain the fee then due. THE PRESS
CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wedderburn.
General Manager, 61S F street, N. w., Wash
ington, D. c., representing large number
of important daily and weekly papers, as
we'll as general periodicals of the country,
was instituted to protect it's patrons from
tho unsafe methods heretofore employed In
this line of business. The said Company is
prepared to take charge Of all patent business
entrusted to 1t for reasonable fees, and pre-.
pares and prosecutes applications generally,
including mechanical Inventions design pat
ents, trade marks, labels, copyrights, inter-
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gives especial attention to rejected cases.
It is also prepared to enter into competition
with any firm in securing foreign patents.
Write for instructions and advice
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6lS F Street,
P. o. Box 1856. Washington, D. G..
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No Blanks in this Competition.

This is a competition of rather an unusual
nature 1t IS common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan,
all the competitors risklng the loss Of their
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount of the prize. But the
Press Claims Company's offer is something
entirely different Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is to be
rewarded for doing it. The prize is only a
stimulus to do something that would be well
worth doing 1t. The architect whose com.
petitive plan for a club house on a certain
corner is not accepted has spent his labor on
,methng of very little use to him But the
erson who patents a simple and useful de.
rice in the Press Claims Companps Compe-
tltion, need not worry if he fail to secure The
prize He has substantial result TO show
for his work-one that will command its val
ue in the market at any time.
The plain man who uses any article in his
daily work ought to know better how to I'M
prove it than the mechanical expert who
studies it only from the theoretical point of
view. Getrid of the rid of the idea that an
improvement can be too simple to be worth
patenting TIE simbler the better. The
person who best succeeds in combining
simplicity and popularity, will get the Press
Claims Companys twenty five hundro dol
lars.
The responsibility of this company may be
Judged from the fact that its stock is held by
about three hundred of the leading newspa
pers Of the United States.
Address the Press -. + 49, uuulnl
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Office of THE PIONEER PRESS CO.. W. IoscK supt

st. PAT 7
EurekaCh Chemicals Co, la
tusou socaled
lam
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II submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company
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The Art TOnsOria
MR.. AMOS LUCAS,

w Il. ANUS IUOAO,
tot Long BranchD
Having arrived at the conclusion that the
columns of the CLARION are the only means
whereby he can bring his business to the
roper standard gives vent as follows:
SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING, SHAM
POONING AND DYEING
In the latest style OF the art tonsorial.
SHARP RAZORS AND A CLEAN
SHAVE
is the motto of this enterprising artist, and
by strict attention to business can't help
but please all Will be IN his shop at al
times
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PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get twenty-five Hun,
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has q Clear Gilt ora
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them In still
More.

Would you like to make twenty-five nun
dred dollarse Ifyou would, read carefully
what follows and you may see way TO 90 ~
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thous.
ands of applications for Inventions, but IL
would like to handle thousands more There
ia plenty of inventive talent in this country
needing nothing but n coura 6 G M Ell
to produce practical results. That encour-
agement the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give:
NOT SO HARD AS 1T SEEMS...
A patent strikes most people as an appall'
ingly formidable thing. The idea is that an
inventor must be natural genius, like Edl-
son or Bell that he must put years 10 deiVlhg
in complicated mechanical problems ana
that he must spend n fortune on delicate ex'
periments before he can get new device 10
patentable degree OF perfection. ms de'
fusion the company desires to dlspci. IL &C.
sircs to get into the head ofthe public clear
comprehension of the tact that it is not the
great, complex, and expensive Inventions
That bring the best returns to their authors
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem so absurdly trivial that inc
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention OF the fatent
Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous lnven-
tons have not been sufficient to pay the cost
of his experiments. But the man who con.
ceived the idea of fastening bit OF ruopcr
cord to childs ball, so that it would come
back to his hand when thrown made for
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
iug-machine is miracle OF ingenuIty-th
product of the toll of hundreds OF busy brains
through hundred and fifty years, but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle at the
point instead of the other end.
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THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.

Comparatively few people regard them
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
has been struck, at one time or another,
with ideas that seemed calculated TO reduce
some of the little frictions OF life. Usually
such ideas are dismissed without i"rther
thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make
its car windows so that they could DO slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backs?" exclaims the traveller. IF l were
running the road would make them IN sIch
9 way"
what was the man that made this sauce
pan thinking OTIS grumblcs the cook. "lic
never had to work oyer stoyc, or he would
have known how it ought to have been hXcd.'
Hang such collar button y growls the
man who is late for breakfast. "lt were in
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break of, or gouge out the oack
Of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin TO think OF some
thing else If they would sit down at tho
next convenient opportunity, put their ideas
about car windows, saucepans, and collar
buttons into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves as
independently wealthy as the man who IN
vented the iron umbrella ring, or the one
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
A tenn PTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
bright ideas and see what there is in them,
the Press Claims Company has eso.ved to
offer q prize.
To theDersOn who submits to
1t the simplest and most prom
ising inventiOn.fr from II CONNER
cial point of view, the company
will give $4,000 in cash, in adj.
dition to refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
1t will also advertise the In.
yentiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con-
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain patent for
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat-
entable, he can withdraw without further ex-
pense. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take out pat
ent IN the regular way The total expense,
including Government and Bureau fees will
be seventy dollars For this, whether lie Sc
cures the prize o: not, the inventor will have
a patent that ought to be valuable property
to him. The prize will be awarded by jury
consisting of three reputable patent attorn-
eys of Washington. Intending competitors
should fill out the following blank, and for
ward it with their applications
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c. A. NOTICE.


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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-08

PAGE L.
Plea for Lower Taxes.
State Fair Great Success
PAGE =.
State Fair Features.
PAGE &.
Defender OutfoOts Vaikyries
PAGE 4.
EDITORIAL.
Railway Rates Go Up.
PAGE 5.
Funeral of John $. Prince.
Master Plumbers Make Denial.
Sailor OIafsOnss Sensational Climb
PAGE g.
Apostles Again Defeat Gold Bugs.
MiIIers Win at Detroit.
Change in Base Ball Rules Needed
PAGE =.
No Wind for White Bear Races.
St. Paul Hunters Move on Birds.
PAGE $.
Forty Michigan Miners Burn.
Irish HopeIessIy Disrupted.
PAGE 10.
News of minneapolis.
Boston Masonic Temple Burned.
PAGE II.
Social News of ST. Paul.
In Suburban Social Circles.
PAGE 13.
Americass Cup Defenders.
PAGE IL.
Mayor Sutro's Eccentricities.
PAGE 10.
Ohio Woman Frightened Dumb.
MANS Hair Shot on.
PAGE IL.
Beauty Types of Many Towns.
New Things in Silks.
PAGE 1S.
For the Sake of MoIIie Burke.
ST. Paul Secret Societies.
PAGE ID.
In Musical Circles.
In the Realm of Labor.
PAGE 20.
Week at the Theaters.
St. Paul Catholic Societies
PAGE 21.
State Fair Announcements
PAGE %.
Markets of the World.
Bar Silver, 67c
Cash Wheat in Chicago, 5Sc.
PAGE 23.
Wants of the People.
PAGE "a.
Carpenter on the Chinese
Talk With Gen. Miles.