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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

s@ An old maid once owned 9 par
rot, which gave her great deal OF
trouble, owing to its profanity and dis
agreeable remarks. She decided to ask
her minister to lend her his parrot,
which erred in being almost too reli-
giously disposed in its conversation.
The minister consented, 80 Polly the
good went to visit Polly the bad.
Some days later, upon entering the
room where the parrots were, the mai
den lady was greeted with the remark,
~ do hope the old woman may die u
while the clergyman's parrot added,
"We beseech thee to hear US, good
Lord"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

s6T The most remarkable instance of
rapid growth is said to be recorded by
the French Academy in 1879. 1t was
a boy 6 years of age, s feet, inches in
height. At the age of 5 bis voice
changed, at 6 his beard had grown,
and he appeared man of 30. He
possessed great physical strength, and
could easily lift to his shoulders and
carry bags of grain weighing zoo
pounds. His decline was as rapid as
his growth. At s his hair and beard
were gray; at 10 he tottered in his
walk, his teeth fell out, and his hands
became palsied; at 12 he died with
every outward sign of extreme old
age.
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- In medicine the shell Of the egg

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p6 In medicine the shell Of the egg
is used as an antacid, being better
adapted to the stomach than chalk.
The white of the egg is an antidote in
case of poisoning with strong acids OF
corrosive sublimate. The poison will
coagulate the albumen, and if these
poisons be in the system, the white of
an egg swallowed quickly, will combine
with the poison and protect the stom,,
ach. An astringent poultice is made
by causing it to coagulate with alum.
This is called alum curd and is used in
certain diseases of the eye. The yelk
of the egg is sometimes used in cases
of jaundice, and is an excellent diet for
dyspeptics.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

- f
D~ "You should learn some trade,
my son." said an Austin gentleman to
his young hopeful. "Bricklayers are
getting $3.50 a day, while lawyers can
not afford to ride in the street cars"
"Pa, why didn't you learn q trade
when you were boy ?"
"That is not only q silly, but an inn
pertinent question. I didn't learn 9
trade when I was boy out Of regard
for your feelings. I wanted to give
you an opportunity to. say that your
father was gentleman"
"It can't be helped now" replied
the boy, moodily, "but ] wish you had
consulted me, for if we had arranged
for you to be the bricklayer I could
have been the gentleman myself"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

p% Florence, the actor, once gave
some advice to friend in these words !:
"Mr Dear The gallon of whisky
costs about $3 and contains about sixty
five 15.cent drinks. Now ifyou must
drink, buy a gallon and make your
wife be the barkeeper. When you are
dry give her Is cents for drink, and
when the whisky Is gone she will
have, after paying for it, $6. rs left, and
every gallon thereafter will yield the
same profit. This money she should
put away, so that when you have be-
come inebriate, unable to support your
self and summed by every respectable
man, your wife may have money to
keep you until your time comes to fill
a drunkard's grave"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

death, had occupied, and you may
guess the sensations with which I fol!
lowed the armed and murderous Sleep
walker as she glided to what must
call my berth and noiselessly opened the
door of it. The moment she was in the
cabin her motions grew amazingly
swift. She stepped to the side Of the
bunk was in the habit of using, and
lifting the knife plunged it once, deep
and hard, then came away, so nimbly
that it was with difficulty I made room
for her in the doorway to pass. I heard
her breathe hard and fast as she swept
by, and stood in the doorway Of my
cabin watching her till her figure disap-'
peared in her own berth.
So, then, the mystery was at an end.
Poor Captain Grifith's murderess was
his adored sweetheartl She had killed
him in her sleep and knew it not. In
the blindness of slumber she had repeat
ed the enormous tragedy, as sinless new
ertheless as the angels who looked down
and beheld her and pitied her.
went OH deck and sent for the doc
tor, to whom communicated what had
seen, and he at once repaired to Miss Le
Grand's berth, accompanied by the
stewardess, and found her peacefully
resting in her bunk. No knife was to
be seen. However, next morning, the
young lady being then on deck, veiled
as che always now went, and sitting in
a retired part Of the poop, the second
mate, the doctor and the stewardess
again thoroughly searched Miss LIE
Grand's berth, and they found in hol-
low in the ships side, sort of scupper,
in fact, or the portfolio, a acarving knife,
rusted with old stains Of blood. It had
belonged to the ship, and it was a knife
the steward had missed on the day the
captain was killed
Since the whole CHASTITY tragedy was
q matter Of somnambulism all points OF
it were easily fitted by the doctor, who
quickly understood that the knife had
been taken by the poor girl in her sleep
just as it had been murderously used
What horrible demon governed her in
her slumber who shall tell? For my
part, put it down to Mrs Burney and
a secret fever Of jealousy which had
operated in the poor soul when sense
was suspended in her by slumber.
We tried to keep the thing secret,
taking care to lock Miss LIE Grand up
every night without explaining our mo-
tive, but the passengers got wind Of the
truth and shrunk from her with horror.
It came, in fact, to their waiting upon
me in body and insisting upon my
immuring her in the steerage in COM
pany with one Of the tween decks
passengers. a female who had offered
her services as nurse for hire. This
action led to the poor girl herself find.
ing out what had happened God knows
who told her or how she managed to
discover it, but tits certain she got to
learn it was her hand that in sleep had
killed her lover, and she went mad on
the sefsame day Of her understanding
what she had done.
Nor did she ever recover her mind
She was landed mad and sent at once to
an asylum, where she died, God rest
her poor soul, exactly year after the
murder, passing away, in fact, at the
very hour the deed was done, as I after
ward heard
THE END.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

s6 Bill Nye's pet story was the one
as to how he was charged four dollars
for a sandwich in village in New
Jersey. He told the man who sold it
that it was high price for sandwich,
and said that he had frequent y got
ten a ten-course dinner with four kinds
of wine for just making speech, and
finally asked the man why he charged
four dollars for ham sandwich. "Well,
I'll tell you," said the sandwich man |;
"the fact is, by gad, I need the money"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

OBEYING ORDERS: "Give me bid,
pentlemen-someone start the cart
do give us bid, if you please-any-
thing to start the cart" cried an auc-
tioneer, who stood on the cart he was
endeavoring to sell. "Anything you
please to start it." eff that's all you
wants, I'll start her for youP ex-
claimed a broad-backed countryman,
applying his shoulder to the wheel,
and, giving the cart sudden push
forward, tumbling the autioneer over
the side, By the time the fallen auc-
tioneer regained his feet the country
man had started, too.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

CAN WATER RUN Up HILL ?-Im-
possible as this seems, it is an estab-
lished fact. In truth, every river
flowing toward the equator for suf-
fcient distance runs up hill. The
mouth of the Mississippi is three miles
higher than its source. That is, Min
nesota, where the Mississippi rises, is
three miles near the center of the earth
than is the Gulf of Mexico. In the
reason for this will be found the expla-
nation of the rivers uphill flow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

fly to within few inches of the net,
and then, after buzzing about for a
little, depart. He told me the flies
would pass through the net if there
was a little light-that is another
window in the opposite wall. Though
the day was very warm, I did not see
single fly in the room during my
visit, though elsewhere in the town
they were seen in abundance. sup
pose they imagine the net to be a
spiders web, or some other trap in
tended for their destruction.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

have been men for the most part,
and 80 have the cranks. Woman's
thought pursues old rather than new
lines. Her tendency is toward repro
duction, while mans is toward
production. Woman loves the old,
the tried, and the customary. She
is conservative, and acts as society's
balance-wheel. Man represents vari-
alton. He reforms, explores, thinks
out a new way.-Popular Science
Monthly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

FooL1NG THES BLIND -"Why will
you insist upon writing such one sided
political articles? Why, according to
your writings, every member of your
party, without exception, is an angel
of light and every man in the other
party a liar and a horse thief. That
kind of talk can fool nobody but blind
partisans."
"Blind partisans are the only men
write for."-Boston Transcript.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

MOUSE VERSUS Iona mouse
was recently put into the cage of a
lion to test whether, as the old fables
asserted, there was natural affection
between them. The experiment dem.
onstrated that each was so afraid OF
the other that no affection could exist
between them. .
Tie lion saw the mouse before he
was fairly through the bars, and
was after him instantly. Away went
the little fellow, scurrying across
the floor and squeaking in fright
When he had gone about 10 feet
the lion sprang, lighting a little IN
front of him. The mouse turned, and
the lion sprang again.
This was repeated several times
the mouse traversing a shorter dis
tance after each spring of the lion
Finally the mouse stood still, squeal.
ing and trembling. The lion stood
over him, studying him with interest
Presently he shot out his big paw
and brought it down directly on
the mouse, but so gently that the
mouse was not injured in the least
though held fast between the claws
Then the lion played with him, now
lifting his paw and letting the mouse
run a few inches, and then stopping
him again as before.
Suddenly the mouse changed tactics
and, instead of running when the lior
lifted his paw, sprang into the air
straight at the lions head. The lion
terrified, gave great leap back
striking the bars with all his weight
Then he opened his jaw and roared
again, while the little mouse, still
squealing, made his escape. OF the
two the lion was the more frightened
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-29

FL1Es.-When visiting friend last
summer he called my attention to a
curious plan for preventing the plague
of flies in his house. The upper sash
of one of the windows in his sitting!
room being open for ventilation, there
was suspended outside piece Of
common fshing-net. My friend told
me that not fly would venture to
pass through it. He has watched for
an hour at a time, and seen swarms
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
THE CHURCHES.

First Baptist church, southeast
corner of Travis park: Preaching
at | l a. m. and Z 80 p. M, by the
pastor DR.. Eustace f. King. Sun
day school $3.50 a. m. Young
peoples meeting at p. IN. Ushers
will welcome all visitors.
First Church, of Christ (Scien-
tist,) in Chandler building, next
door to Young Mems Christian
Association: Sundays at II a. m,
Tuesdays at $3.50 p. IN. Public
cordially invited.
Trinity NJ. +. church, corner
Avenue c and Pecan street: Re-
vival services in progress. Rev.
r. l.. Selle will preach at IL a. m.
and 1880 p. IN. All invited.
st. Johns Episcopal church,
corner Burnett and Cherry streets !:
Sunday school meet at $3.50 a. IN.
morning service at IL a. m. Will
ing Workers Guild of st. Johns
meets every Saturday at p. M.
Rev Daniel F. Hoke in charge.
Setenth Day Adventist meeting
ut R25 East Commerce street
Subject, Sunday at 1880 p. M,
"ChGstian Science. Is it Chris
tianf Is il Science?s
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
A FEAST FOR BOOK BUYERS

With the opening OF st. VaIentine's''
month we will begin our annual Book
Clearance Sale" which means our entire
stock of books marked down to almost
cOSt-New Books, Standard Books, Fancy
Books. Books Of every description. Here
are few OF the many hundreds of bar
gains we offer:
Barabbas, by Marie CorslIi, 81, we offer
for soc.
Poppaea. by Julien Gordon, 81, we offer
for soc.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, by Geo.
Meredith, 81 50, we offer for 81. 20.
Out OF India, Rudyard Kipling, $50,
we offer for sl.20
Princes Aline, by Rich. II. Davies, $l.25,
we offer for 81.
The Idiot. by John Kendrick Bangs,
81, we offer for Soc
Frivolous Cupid, by Anthony Hope, 75c.,
we offer for Coo.
Kings Strategem, by Stanley Weyman,
Soc, we offer for 40c.
Sappho, by Daudet, 5Oc., we offer for 30.
Chitfon's Marriage, by Gyp, SOC, we
offer for Csc.
Characteristic, by s. Weir Mitchell,
81 .25. we offer for 81.
In the Land OF Lorna Doone, 81, we
offer for 75c.
Pony Tracks, by Frederick Remington,
s., we offer for S2.25.
Our Italy, by Charles Dudley Warner,
s.. 50, we offer for 81.
TriIby, DuMaurier, 81 rs, we offer for
81.
Zoraida. by LeQuex, Sl.5O, we offer for
s1.2O.
Stark Munro Letters, by Conan Doyle,
$50, we offer for S120.
Round the Red Lamp, by Conan Doyle,
s1.50, we offer for Sl.2O.
MapOfrs A1yanlnraS NJ Sharlnp v
Holmes, each Sl50, we offer for Sl.20.
Heart Of the World, by Haggard, S1,25,
we offered for 81.
The Greater Glory, by Maarten Maar-
tens, 81 so, we offer for $l.2O.
Inez, A Tale Of the Alamo, net we offer
for CSC.
Outre Mer, by Paul Bourget, Sl.75, we
offer for 81 40.
Poems Of Passion, Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
81. we offer for SOC.
Poems OF Pleasure. Ella Wheeler Will
cox, 81, we offer for soc.
An Erring Woman's Love, Ella Wheel
er Wilcox, 81. we offer for soc.
Kentucky Cardinal, by James Lane AL
len, 81, we offer for SOC.
Ben Hur, by Lew Wallace, $3.50, we
offer for Sl.20
The Initial, by Baroness Tautphoeus,
st. we offer for SOC.
Sulls' ny ABaiOhOoo 4 uubphOShHS ~ W.
offer for soc.
The deli ghtful works of the popular Rus
sian novelist, Turgeney, six volumes, each
81. 25, we offer for 81.
Under the Man Fig, NJ. +. NJ. Davis,
81 %, we offer for Sl.lO.
A Hard Woman, by Violet Hunt, $3.50,
we offer for 81 20.
David Balfour, by Robert Louis Steven
son, 81 so, we offer for Sl.2O.
Pembroke, by May E. wilkins, $3.50, we
offer for sl.20.
The Three Graces, by The Duchess,
Sl.25, we offer for 81.
Remember this sale lasts till st. Valen-
tines day only, and all sales will be strict
ly net cash. 1t means big hole in our
profits. but that's your gain, our loss.
Early buyers have the choice. Ask for
our Complete Descriptive Catalogue.
Mail orders solicited.
KYPFER & SENG,
Leading Booksellers and Stationers,
1923 325 E. Houston St., San Antonio, Tex.
2-2-lt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
SPORTING NOTES.

Photographer Rothwell and his
assistant, DR.. Won Glaeser, sent in
a shipment of ducks from the coast
yesterday, and returned last night.
Mr.. Confines, the live advertiser,
sold two fine hammerless guns and
two cheap ones the past week.
The dog men all sympathize
with Col. Billy Reuter-, who lost
his fine spaniel Hector, last week.
Mayor Elmendort and many OF
the council are in favor OF an ordi.
nance to muzzle all dogs in the
city all the year round, and also to
include that all vicious horses
shall be muzZled.
One gun firm sold two fine ham,
merless guns to parties in Mexico
last week.
An advertisement in the LIGHT
brought back Mr.. E. p. Tschir-
harris valuable pointer pup. Many
a bumper was drank by Mr.. 7. and
his friends on her recovery.
Mr.. Ed. Stevens has recovered
his fine pointer dog, lost some time
ago.
The late heavy rains will cause
the ducks to feed inland, on ac-
count of all the water holes near
the coast being full.
Mr.. I. n. Rothwell, accompanied
by some visiting spo:tsmen, spent
several days on the coast, duck
hunting, the past week.
Mr.. T. C. Lambeth is shooting a
new 16-gauge hammerless.
Messrs. C. A. Damon and o. c.
GuessaZ left for the coast yester-
day for a duck hunt.
A party of five spOrtsmen from
Chicago and Milwaukee are shoot
ing ducks on Copano bay, and are
the guests of Mr.. Fred. Kemp.
Mr.. T. J. Ryan lost a fine Rod
ericO pup last week. PinwOrms
caused its death.
If you want your setter or point
er to be free from rheumatism, in
advanced age, keep them out of
fresh water lakes in the winter
time. Salt water is not near so in
furious, and yet, by way of pre-
caution, even a spaniel should be
covered over when out of the surf
and not working.
Mr.. Robert Tendick, accompa-
MED by some visiting friends, are
hunting large game on the FriO
river. The party Will remain
about ten days.
Sportsmen hunting along the
line of the Sap. road complain of
vicious dog biting up their valua-
BILE hunting dogs, when passing on
the southwest side of the San An
tonic foundry. The vicious dog is
owned by saloon man.
The LIGHT would gently remind
our game dealers, "by way of pre-
caution" that the open season for
deer expired on January Goth, last,
and that it is unlawful to have
any fresh venison on hand after
that time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
THREW AWAY HIS CANE,

Mr.. d. Wiley, ex-postmaster
Black Greek, n. ", was so badly
afflicted with rheumatism that he
was only able to hobble around
with canes; even then it caused
him great pain. After using Cham
berlain's Pain Balm he was so
much proved that he threw
away his canes. He says this lini-
ment did him more good than all
other medicines and treatments
put together. For sale at 30 cents
per bottle by f. Reuss, druggist,
San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
BOB INGERsoLL, FEB. 10.

The signs Of the times point un-
mistakably to a great popular
triumph for Col. IngersOll, on the
occasion of his lecture on Liberty
of Man, Woman and Child" at the
Grand opera house, Monday, Feb.
10th. The colonel is said to be in
fine form, and his voice is as won.
drOusly melOdiOus as when he
made the memorable "Plumed
Knight" speech in Cincinnati.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
The SaengerfeSt Meeting /.

The executive committee of the
Saengerfest held a meeting in
Scholz hall last night and trans
acted routine business. The prep
artions for the event were report
ed progressing favorably. The
chairman reported that the various
quartet clubs of the state have an
nounced that they will be in at
tendance. Other matters of minor
Importance were also discussed,
after which the meeting adjourned
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
SOCIAL NOTES.

Miss Mary Rechenthin, a popu-
lar young lady, has returned from
Seguin, where she attended mask
ball.
Mr.. Monte Straw, of Del Rio, is
visiting his friend, Jacob Recken-
thin, in this city.
The Pansy Social club will give
a ball at Misa.cas garden, Febru-
airy l6.
Mrs. Anton Gloeckner won the
medal at the bowling contest of
the Hayseed club Friday night.
One of the most brilliant enter
tainments of the season was the
ball and concert given by the Fort
Sam Houston Mennerchpr - ~
Schwartz's hall, last Wednesday
night. In spite Of tie bad weather
and bad roads the hall was filled
with friends of the society. There
were over one hundred couples
dancing, and when they departed,
which was about 2:30 in the morn
ing, there was only one wish, that
the Mennerchor may soon give an
other such entertainment.
A PAPER WEDDING DINNER.
One OF the most delightful So
cial occurrences of NC week, dSv.V
the dinner given by Mr.. and SstT
Charles Sauer, at the Overma an
residence on Richmond avenue,
on Thursday evening, on the first
anniversary of their wedding. The
table decorations were exquisite.
The center piece was the good
ship matrimony, sailing on an
even keel upon a sea of glass,
which reflected the pure white
and green OF the artistic floral
piece as perfectly as ship be
Gained upon placid ocean.
Roses were plentifully distributed
about the rooms, as we'll as on the
tables. Covers were laid for six
teen; an elegant menu, not over
crowded as to courses, was deity
served and the two hours spent
at the table vanished as dream,
Demi toilets were the order, and
white roses in the corssges OF the
ladies were en- evidence in great
profusion. Boutonnieres were laid
for each guest and the air Of the
charmingly arranged rooms was
redolent with the fragrance OF
violets and pinks, mingling with
the odor of roses.
Dean Richardson presided at the
foot OF the table; Mrs. Fannie
Overman, in pure white, at the
head. Mrs. Overman was support
ed by Mr.. Lundsford and Mr..
Shepherd, the Dean by Mrs. Sauer
and Miss Lizzie Overman. Dinner
was served promptly at s o'clock.
The ladies present, in addition to !.
those mentioned, were Mesdames
Marucheau, Shepherd, Galloway,
Shipely, Harrison, and Gray, Miss
Lena Williams and Miss Dot Gray
Of West Virginia. Among the (,
gentlemen were, in addition to
Mr.. Saur who divided the honors
with his bride OF year, Messrs.
Messmer and White, the former
OF whom was installed as toast
master, and to the latter the COM
pany were indebted for some
exquisite music, both before and
after dinner.
Mr.. White was in splendid
voice, as was also Miss Lizzie
Overmau, whose pure soprano
sounded through the rooms as
clear as the notes OF 8 sllyery
bell.
The rising storm disperseS The
pleasant party at s little after n
o'clock, leaving the host and
hostess the memory OF 3 most
delightful enteItainmens 20
mingle with their recollections o.
the first completed year OF their
married life.
HIGH ART WALL PAPER
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
JOHN l.. COMING.

Tuesday night, February 9th,
Manager Walker says John L.
Sullivan and his company will
positively appear, on which occa,
sion he will spar three friendly
and scientific rounds with Paddy
Ryan, ex-champion of America
They will be introduced by the
famous "Parson" Davies, immedi-
ately after the performance of Eu-
gene O'ROurke in "The Wicklow
PoStman."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
Robert r. Mantell,

A large and fashionable audience
filled the chairs at the opera house
last evening and witnessed Mr..
Mantel's presentation of "MOn-
bars" In this play he has ap-
peared in San Antonio in previous
engagements and has greatly
pleased his auditors. In a repeti-
ton of this pleasure he was last
night very successful, the audience
responding warmly to the best
passages and assisting him greatly
by the interest manifested.
Tonight GA Breezy Time" will
hold the boards.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02
Monthly Statistics,

During the first month of 1896,
the county clerk issued 66 mar
riage licenses.
There were Ia civil suits filed
in the district courts in January,
of which Is were for divorce.
Thirty-One prisoners were placed
in the county Jail the past month.
The city police made 376 arrests
during January.
The tax collections Of Bexar
county for January were: State
advalorem, S33, 1884; occupation,
So, 97S,S5; redemption, 81, 299,6O.
There were 1880 meals furnished
the city prisoners during the
month of January.
club hodse clam chowder at
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-02

For a pain in the chest piece
of flannel dampened with Cham
berlain's Pain Balm and bound
over the seat of the pain, and an
other on the back between the
shoulders, will afford prompt re-
lief. This is especially valuable in
cases where the pain is caused by
a cold and there is a tendency to-
ward pneumonia. For sale by E.
Reuss, druggist, San Antonio,
Texas.