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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-22
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

In one lump, to loan on first-class
security. Long time preferred. Call
quick on LENDER, at Daily Light
office. S-313t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-22
TRY ME-TEL. Alb.
F. w. McALLISTER,
Fire and
TORNADO INSURANCE.

Ride out to San Pedro Springs and
spend an hour in viewing the splendid
collection of animals, monkeys, birds,
and reptiles. Take the children and
make them happy. 7-31-1m
FINEST RYE WHISKY, Daugh-
erty, Mt. Vernon and Old G. and B. at
the Crystal Saloon. 6-20-tf
All kinds campaign literature at
Louis Book Store, next p. O., 521 e.
Houston street. S-S-tf
lockwood AND PAXToN's
private stock at the Crystal Saloon,
407 Main Plaza. Scott.
"A dance was given last night
in the Southwestern Insane asy-
lum.
SLOAN & SHELLEY
Undertakers and embalmers 321
West Commerce street. Tel. sos. I'm
COOL BEER always on tap at the
Crystal saloon. 6-20-tf
In San Antonio for Ten Days.
Cancer cured by New York specialists
within seven days without pain. No
pay until cured. Office: Alamo Flats,
room %. Office hours, 10 to IL and 2
to 4 p. IN. w. M. SIDDONs. M. D.
7-30-tf
-OdIdTEH Is u lOdLuSOut ulSedoc,
Mayor f. NJ. Oliver, Oak Cliff, Tex,
writes: 1.-TWO bottles Of DR.. Thur
mond's Catarrh Cure cured my wife
and son, Frank, Of bad cases Of ca
tarrh." Sold by F. Kalteyer & Son
and J. NJ. Pettey. .
Delegates to the state Demo-
cratic convention at Fort Worth,
have returned.
TURF EXCHANGE, 2O3 Alamo
Plaza. Commissions executed on all
racing events.
2-1O-tf LYNN & WALL.
Clifford Bldg. Barber shop, the
finest and coolest in the city. Ex-
perts in attendance, try them. tt
-"Helen Texas cigars, not as hot
as the name implies, soothes the
nerves of the smoker. "Helen Tex
as" cigars every smokers hobby.
ROSSY BROS. Makers. S-13-1m.
Just received two car loads Of the
best Oak, Hickory, Ash and Poplar
that ever came to Texas, at Ed. Stoves
& Sons. s-12-tf
MIR. Chalkley, Of California
street, has received news of the ILL
ness OF three OF his children, In
Mexico, from smallpox.
Building paper, paint, tar paper,
asphalt, pitch and tar at Henry Pau
ly's. Telephone SO. S-21-1m
Henry Pauly sells cement, lime,
sand, hair, brick, fire brick and clay
at bottom prices. Office and ware
houses, 102 Goliad and Peach SITS.
S-21-1m
Grand ball given by Concordia
Lodge, 1898, X. and l.. Of H.,
Muth's garden, Saturday, Aug. %.
Admission 25s. IL, Is, Is, 20, %
-Pressman John Kuppers, Of
the LIGHT, is beaming several de-
grees brighter today on account Of
the arrival in his family of sweet
little baby girl last night.
One of the best known merchants
of Pilot, Tex, writes: "My wife was
an invalid for several years. Four
bottles of DR.. Thurmond's Blood Syrup
made permanent cure and increased
her weight from lis to 1873. Sold by
Kalteyer & Son and ]. NJ. Pettey.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-22
AN ORDINANCE

Creating the Office of Inspector of
Plumbing and House Drainage, es-
tablishing Rules and Regulations
For the Government of the Office
and Prescribing Fees for Inspection.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-22
CITY LOCAL NEWS.

$1,000 reward for any case of rheu-
matism, indigestion or constipation,
that DR.. Thurmond's Blood Syrup will
not cure. Sold by F. Kalteyer & Son
and j. M. Pettey.
DIR. STARNES, Mackey block,
hours 8 to 10 a. M, to p. M; at
Infirmary from II to p. m, to p.
m. Tel. 1856. /7-2-tf
RIEBE & co.
Undertakers and embalmers. 223
East Commerce st. Tel. BAL. I'm
"A wheel of Mr.. Aug. Santle-
Iben's buggy was broken last night
on West Houston street, near Main
avenue.
TRY ME-TEL. Alb.
F. w. McALLISTER,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-22
Comes Quickly
Sars aparilIa

Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. ST.
Prepared only by c. I. Hood s. Co., Lowell, Mass,
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06
FOR THE MODiSH SHIRT WAIST.
A New idea In Belt Buckles and Cuff
Buttons.

A new idea for belt buckles and cuff
buttons has been evolved which is like
" to make them as attractive as they
are Indispensable. The reign of the
shirt waists, instead of being over, is
only begun, and they furnish such eX.
cellent opportunity for displaying
buckles and buttons that the latter
have become more important acces-
sorry of a woman's summer apparel than
ever.
The scheme is to use the coats of
arms or flags of the different nations,
the ensigns armorial or escutcheons OF
one family or the insignia of the army
or navy for designs. For girls who
incline to uniforms and their wearers,
there are sets of light artillery, with
mounted cannon for buckles and inno-
cent-looling cannon balls for buttons.
Crossed sabers and stacked rifles also
come under the army designs. So a
girl may go forth armed and equipped
fer conquest of any kind and can look
like an animated arsenal if she sees fit.
A very choice set has the coat of arms
of Spain for buckle and the Spanish
flag in diminutiye form, for buttons
They are made of gold and enamel, the
blue, gold, white and tan making a
harmonious and subdued combination
of eolors. The royal arms OF Great
Britain is a favorite design, the two
big British lions made of gold making
it look more solid and massive than any
of the others. The most popular, of
course, is our own big spread-eagle,
with f Pluribus Unum floating under
his chin. The buttons used with Amer
ica's arms are reproductions of flags,
either national or those of clubs or col
leges.
The old conventional designs have
been relegated to the bargain counters,
and their places are being taken by the
blazoning arms of the country of ones
choice or birth, or the escutcheons of
/ those who can afford to be proud of
their ancestors and of the marks of dig
nifty and distinction which have de-
seconded upon themselyes.-N. Y. Times.
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06
BARGAINS IN COFFlNS.
The Undertaken Talks sshop" at sccis
Function.

Function.
To the little squad OF personally con.
Quoted" tourists sfrom the east who
were present at the last meeting of the
Iawville Debating society the most in.
teresting portion of the evenings pro.
gramme was the Interpolation by Prof.
Potter, the enterprising undertaken.
The subject for discussion was IRE,
solved, That rum has wrought more
misery TO humanity than war, pes
thence and famine" and the debate had
progressed smoothly for some time
when the professor arose in his plnee
and begged the indulgence of the meet
ing while be made a few remarks
which, if not absolutely apropos of the
subject under consideration, were in.
spired by sundry solemn thoughts
which had risen in his breast while
he had been listening to the forceful
and eloquent utterances of the various
speakers.
The freedom of the occasion having
been granted him by the chairman, the
professor went on to state that the
mention of rum, war, pestilence and
famine had brought with terrible dis
tinctness to his mind as it had doubt
less done to the minds of all the cul-
tured and refined persons within the
sound of his voice, the fact that gtr-r.
rim death stalks constantly among us
seeking whom he may devour, in the
beautiful language of the psalmist.
.He is ever in our midst, as it were,'
continued the speaker, in cultural
tones, striking down young and old,
rich and poor, with his hand of icet
To-day we are yerc, tomorrow we
know not whur we are at! The strong
man rejoieeth in his strength and say
eth: Hal hal quite good deal, and "a
likely as not is snatehed hence before
he can calculate Turkey We hain't
none of us safel And in this connec-
ton, ladies and gentlemen, I'll sny
that | have Jest received q large con-
signment of collins and ensliets of the
latest and most popular eastern styles,
which | am to dispose of at greatly re-
duced rates, wholly regardless of cost,
let the chips fall whur they may
yOleug lHNi'c lpu all oiu "i''i
young, great and small, to visit my
undertaken parlors, next door south of
the Palace Livery stable, and examine
the marvellous bargains | am offerip
in the largest and best selected line OF
fashionable sareophagi ever shown to
the Hawville public. And I feel sure,
ladies and gentlemen, that you will be
as thoroughly convinced as l am that
it can't help being big money in your
pockets to take advantage of this I'M
precedented drive in collins, while yet
the lamp holds out to burn, so to speak.
No trouble to snow goods, whether
you want to buy or not. That is all
have to say, ladies and gentlemen.
Much obliged for your kind attention."
After the professor had subsidized the
debate proceeded to a successful con-
summation with the victory for the
champion of rum.-N. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06

Strange as it may seem, remarks d
writer On metallolds, chemically pure
iron is of no use to the manufacturer,
ii being the impurities in iron which
make it the most valuable and impor-
tant of metals. These impurities are
metalloids, and of particular interest to
the foundryman are such metalloids
as carbon, silicon, manganese, sulphur,
phosphorus, and n good foundry pig
iron should contain from 1925 to 3.5 per
cent of carbon, from 3 to 3.25 per cent.
of silicon and from 5 to rs per cent. OF
manganese, though the phosphorus
may run as high as 1 per cent, but sui
phur not to exceed .o5 per cent. The
blast furnace that supplies the pig iron
to the foundryman is supposed to an
alyze its iron, and the foundryman, If
he carries on his operations accord
ing to modern practices, orders iron
with reference to carbon, silicon and
manganese suited to the nature of the
metal IL is desired TO put into the cast
ing.-San Francisco Scientific Press.
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06
PLAN. WONDERS,
Myths and Mysteries of the Vegetable
World


Now and again one reads accounts
of startling tree which possess Ger
tain attributes of the cutie fish. This
tree is, according to report, furnished
with branches 1.-THE as whip lushes and
provided with suckers. If man or
beast takes shelter under it these little
arms bend down and fatally imprison
him; he is hauled up into the tree and
gradually absorbed. The fiction prob
ably arose from some imaginative pei.
son reading Darwin's account of car
nivorous trees.
Then there was tale of wonderful
lamb, half animal, half vegetable. This
little lamb was said to grow on stem
about three feet high; it turned about
and bent its head to the heritage and
fed upon it. The foundation for this
story is the wooden stock of the cibo-
tium, a fern which creeps along the sur
face of the ground.
There is also the fine fiction of the
barnacle tree, which produces fruit in
the form of birds which dropped from
the branches into the water and deyel-
oped into geese. No one knows how long
this story lasted, bu. it seems to please
the public.
After the expose of the lamb story
someone invented the deadly upas tree.
A Dutch surgeon introduced it to the
public, he described it as hourishirg
in desert tract in Java. The gas given
off by its stem and leaves was so deadly
that of those venturing to approach it
only ten per cent. escaped alive. The
valley in which it grew was strewn
with the bones of the slain. On account
of civil discussions some 1000 people
were forced to live within ii miles of
the fatal tree, and 800 died. The upas
is really tree in the Java forests, and
when cut down or wounded the flow
ing sap of the tree will produce an
eruption on the skin. Another tree is
the manchineel, which is more danger
Gus, AS the milky sap or the smoke
from the burning wood will cause blind
ness, usually temporary.
The nettle is in some ways remark
able plant. The sting is on the same
principle as the bite of an adder. Tbs
leaf and stem of the nettle are entirely
clothed with erect hollow hairs. Graspee
roughly these hairs break off in the
thick part and do no harm, but
if touched gently, the tip of the hair
breaks, the sharp point is inserted into
the flesh, and down the hollow flows
a poison from a poison sac at the othe.'
end of the hair. The common nettles
are insignificant when compared with
the giants of the family. There is an
East India net,le whose sting will cause
the arm to swell, with frightful pair,
ami the swelling lasts for weeks. In
Timor grows a nettle called devils
leaf, the sting Of which lasts year and
often causes death. In New South
Wales is nettle which grows like a
tree, with a trunk from 25 to so feet
high and a circumference of 10 to 20
feet. Young and vigorous leaves meas
ure from ten to Is inches across, and
their sting is dangerous. - Toledo
n1nJa
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06
Chained skeletons in Florida.

In describing the dungeon in Fort
Marion, at st. Augustine, correspon-
dent saws: "But there is another inter-
csting incident connected with this
walled dungeon. In Ben Hur, Gen. Lew
Wallace has depicted n wonderful pic
tllre of the unfortunate mother and sis
ter of the noble Jewish exile, in the
dreadful dungeons of Herod the Greet
mt Jerusalem. The story is that Ben
Hur and his sister, while looking over
the turret of their fathers house at
Jerusalem at the troops passing below,
accidentally displaced heavy stone
which fell upon and nearly killed the
Roman governor. This unfortunate ac-
cident led to the arrest of Ben Hur, who
was eventually consigned to rower's
bench on a Roman galley, and his
mother and sister were thrust into n
seeret dungeon, of which the plans of
the prison disclosed no record. In this
foul subterranean dungeon the
wretched captives, enduring the woes
Of leprosy. suffered living death. Now,
Il is claimed that the secret chambers
Just described in the Spanish dungeon
/ OF Fort Marion furnished the frame
work for the wonderful dungeon scene
IF Ben Hur.' Whether this be true or
not, the story of the chained skeletons
in the Spanish dungeon of Fort Marion
and that of the Roman prison bear n
very striking analogy. Atlanta Jour
nal.
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06
HIS CURIOSITY AROUSED.
The Innkeeper Was Also Aroused and this
Tourists Moved Away.


Edison George Thompson, proprietor
and publisher of the st. Paul Dispatch,
was at the capital one day recently.
81 was travelling through England
and Ireland on foot with a knapsack
on my back and In company with q
facetious friend ef mine named Nor
rison," observed Mr.. Thompson in the
course of conversation that touched
on q miscellany of subjects, 'and in
our wanderings we came to an inn.
at was late at night, but by the
bright moonlight we were enabled to
see that the sign had counterfeit
presentment of two asses heads, with
this not unfamiliar legend inscribed
over the picture:
"'When shall we three meet again p
eve stood for n moment gazing at
1t, when Morrison went to the inner
door and began to thump upon it with
his cane, while the echoes rang through
the house.
81 was just going to eXpostulate with
him over his unseemly conduct when
an upper window was thrown open
and the innkeeper thrust out his head
and, in an indignant tone, demanded
what in the name of all the demons
under the earth we wanted.
"'That's all right, old man. Don't
get excited called up my friend.
There are only two asses heads on
the sign, and just wanted to see the
ether one
"And with that we started up the
road Washington Post.
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06

Cover half box of gelatine with wa
ter and let it soak. Whip a pint of
cream, CRATE two ounces of chocolate,
put a pint of milk on to boil, add the
chocolate and gelatine and stir until
dissolved. Take from the fire and add
half cup of sugar and flavor with van
lila; then pour in a pan to cool; stir
until thick; add the whipped cream,
stir until thoroughly mixed, and put
into a mold to harden. When stiff and
very cold turn out and serve with
whipped cream.-St. Louis Republic.
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06
Complimentary II Not Logical.

Candidatc-How is this, RastuS
Didn't l give you four dollars for vot.
ing for me at the recent election?
Rastus-Ter be suttingly yo' did,
jedge.
"And yet Jim Matthews tells me that
you gave him your vote for dollar"
Oats perzackly ercordance ter de
Jacks, jedge."
"You acknowledge it, do your And
YOU call that a square deal?'
In co'se, jedge; yo' see, / fixes mer
price ercordance ter de fitness er de
man; I suttinly considers yo'sef gwine
ter be wuff To- times as much ter de
publick sarbis as dat yer Urinary Jim
Matyuse, en- ercordance ter mer jedg-
men in de matter / coulda' fin il il,
mer conshinse ter put yo' on de same
hnanshual footin', nohow." - Boston
Courier.
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06

Mrs. Bubbleiaw-I'm sorry, sir, INT
l heard to-day that you never pay your
bills.
Poet 0verfiow-It's only a rumor.
''If you We're only a roomer II
wouldn'. be So bad, but you eat more
than anyone IN the house. "-Bostop
Traveller.
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06

Mount Lebanon, from whose sides
were cut the eedars for Solomon's
temple, is believed to be the highest
Elevation in Syrla, 1900 feet.
The Van Buren press., 1896-06-06

TO dream ofreadinganentertaining
book is indicative OF an incteese in your
fortune
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18

assent 10 my invitation u join US. ana
IL will therefore be as well q make no
reference 20 the matter at present. be-
yond. OF course. giving a cordial greet
ing 20 so invaluable an accomplice."
NJ. Carnac started. the word accom-
pllce" appeared 20 disagree with him
unpleasantly. But both he and the
count acquiesced. and NJ. de Aontaut
led them upstairs, Their voices. as
they approached. startled Dick and Ca
milla in their seclusion. and the faces
Of both clouded at once.
This Is too bad!' he exclaimed, i'm
patiently.
She looked troubled, and said in an
anxious and deprecating tone: 1T is
only some friends whom we asked to
meet us here.
OH he replied. that's all right;
your friends are mine" And the three
gentlemen entered.
The formal introduction took place,
and Camilla, seeing the dreaded ordeal
close at hand. felt as though she must
flee. or fall where she stood.
Her evident nervousness touched
Dick. who naturally enough thought
resent their interruption" he said 20
himself; I'm soon put that straight"
So he replied 10 the compliments OF
the two strangers with a cordially even
more marked than their own. II look
forward" he said. Ito our becoming
the best Of friends. / hope you will al
ways command me for any service in
my power"
Camilla's heart failed her: the words
seemed like an evil omen.
A sound like a chuckle was heard
from the colonel.
What are you laughing att" Dick
asked.
Nothing" he replied; but am
vastly pleased with this Claude. The
Embarkation Of st. Helena 1 believe
1t is called
Camilla turned deadly white.
II am unwell; my head aches" she
said. Let us go home"
She took Dicks arm and he led her
from the room.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
mApAoAsCAR's RESOURCES.
sugar-Canc. Cotton. Vanilla Plant Conee
and the Chocolate Tree.

Now that France has Madagascar
securely In her grasp, her wise men are
beginning to direct attention toward
the best methods OF turning TO account
that islands vast but undeve.oped agri-
cultural possibilities and to assert that
I'm time Il should become a yeritable
mine OF wealth for the nation. says the
New York World. 1t Is stated that
sugar-cane can be cultivated as sue
cessfully in Madagascar as In CUBA
Cotton grows wild almost everywhere
and in a few instances where Its culti-
walton has been attempted the product
has been of extraordinary fine quality
The vanilla plant also hourishes IN
Madagascar. Few people are aware
that the source of this commonest OF
flavoring extracts ia parasite plant
like the orchid. Though IL grows wild,
the best results are obtained from It's
cultivation. 1t is propagated by cut
tines and IL takes eighteen months ior
the first flowers 10 appear. the now
ers. as well as the tiny seeds, are the
DdSlS lOI the tAAl VI
Eight hundred flowers will furnish
little over a pound OF prepared vanilla
and each well-grown plant is said TO
bear 1000 flowers The annual product
of vanilla from all parts of the globe Is
estimated at about 100000 pounds
nearly half of which comes from the
island of Reunion, in the Indian ocean,
another of Frances colonial possess
sions. The present value Of pound OF
this product in France is about francs,
or 81. Coffee also grows readily In
Madagascar and tobacco and rice have
been cultivated there on small scale
with great success. The climate and
soil are likewise admirably suited 70
the growth of the cocoa or chocolate
tree. This reaches the height of about
twenty feet and lives for some forty
years. 1t does not begin to bear its
seeds in abundance, however, and be
profitable until after the seventh
year. Then the owner of a chocolate
plantation may take his ease and live
with little toll and grow rich for the
uext three decades.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
Could Not Make Thibet.

Mr.. Wilson relates an amusing story
OF an officer who determined to enter
Chinese Thibet by stratagem. This
officer managed to cross the frontier at
night and so escaped the frontier guard.
Next day, however, while he was jour
neying deeper into Thibet. the Thibetan
soldiers overlook him and informed him
that. as the country was unsafe because
of robbers, they would go with him In
order TO protect him, TO which arrange
ment the traveller was compelled to
agree. In few hours they came to a
river, which was crossed by a rope
bridge. The Thibetans passed over
first, in order to show that the bridge
was safe. and then the officer got into
the basket and was pulled along by the
Thibetans. Suddenly. however, they
ceased pulling and left the Englishman
hanging In midair above the rushing
torrent.
In vain the traveller shouted to the
Thlbetans to pull: they merely smoked
and nodded their heads. The hours
passed and still the officer hung above
the torrent. At last the Thibetans
agreed TO pull him back II he would
promise to leave Thibet Immediately.
This, OF course. he was compelled TO do
and took his departure from the for
hidden land.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18

No matter how hot the day might
be Capt. Bassett never appeared In
the senate chamber unless he was
dressed with serupulous neatness ana
care In suit OF black broadcloth.
Even his necktie was of the same SOM
Der hue, with just a glimpse OF white
shirt and collar visible above the
closely buttoned double-breasted frock
coat.
Despite the fact that he had been as
ISOLATED with senators the greater part
of his life Capt. Bassett has never been
accused OF presumption, but was always
deferential and unassuming in his de-
meanor. Ever since he has been about
the senate he has born In mind that
speech is silver, but silence is golden,
and was apparently deaf, dumb and
blind to all that took place about him.
Although often importuned to write
a volume embodying his recollections,
II was the invariable reply OF the good
old man that such project must await
his convenience, when he could spare
time away from the capitol.