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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
LIGHT FLA SHE'S,

Blood is life and upon the purity
health of the whole system. Expert
ence proves Hoods Sasparilla to be
the best blood purifier. NJ
Mic Tengg has the thanks of the
Light for a fine daily memorandum
calendar.
IVY BALL at Mission garden
tomorrow night. Don't fail to attend.
company arrived in the city over the
Southern Pacific from New Orleans
yesterday Ell route to the City of Mex
leo. This company will appear at the
Grand Opera house Jan. 10.
Hoods Pills act easily and prompt
ly on the liver and bowels. Cure sick
headache.
The tiremen were called out yes
terday on Commerce street to wash
off the mud from hte block paving.
DIR. Trexler's friends were con-
graduating him today on his appear
ance as a beautiful bridesmaid.
"A new saloon is soon to be opened
on Blum street.
County Clerk Smith issued a mar
riage license this morning to Guadalupe
Flores and Gertrude Ximenes.
Mr. Theodore Welter is a victim OF
la grippe.
Three of County Treasurer Fro.
boese's family are suffering with diph-
liberia.
Ed. Ashley has become city sales
man for the Dubinski electric company.
Rev. R. L. Selle, pastor Of the Trim.
ity NJ. f. church, has received advices
from Bishop G. G. McCabe saying he
will not be in San Antonio until next
January Both and 3lst.
-Leondes Artega died yesterday in
the city hospital from consumption.
Recorder Shields had eleven cases
on his docket today.
-Leonora Cano, aged II years, dice
yesterday at No. ll2 Buena Vista street
from consumption.
"A leap year dance will be given il
Turner hall tonight by the social set.
Angle O'Bryan, aged three months
died yesterday in this city from |;
grippe.
No work will be done on the sewe
contracts next Friday, the LIST.
Several New Year watch parties TO
tomorrow night are being arranged
"A percentage of one-third the work
men employed on the sewer work ar
now suffering with la grippe.
Tom Ward died at 225 Sherman
street last night of consumption. De
ceased came from Tennessee severa
weeks ago and was locomotive en-
gineer.
The case of Carlos Hernandez, al
rested by Detective Shelly as suspicion
character, was transferred to the stat
court today, where he will be accused {
burglary and theft.
"A civil case was filed in the Forty
fifth District court yesterday, style
Josefina Perez, by next friend, agains
B. J. Mauermann and Jacob Weber an
wife, suit for trespass to t-y title on
third interest of lot on West Commerc
street, and for $40, COO for rents collecte
since 1895.
-Messrs. Arnold and Fresenius, viii
out in Cutoff valley recently wit
Henry Hoeke, were shown some Of Il
old historic Indian camps by Mr.. Hoel
and stories of the early scalping da,
were recounted for them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
DOGS MUST BE KILLED.

w. II McGoldrick was fined S. by the
recorder today on the charge of keeping
vicious dogs, and he was ordered by the
court to either remove the dogs from the
city within the next six hours or have
them killed. The dogs bit boy who
was riding bicycle and also were in the
habit of chasing other people who passed
this place on West Houston street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
NEW YEAR CALLERS.

Tomorrow is the very latest that lists
for New Year "open house" can be pub
lished in the LIGHT. Ladies who will
receive should send in their lists before
IL o'clock, noon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Otto Ottesen to Chas. Moser, part of
lots 1, 2, block 81, IA miles northeast
of Main plaza; 81 and note for 3d.
500 secured by a deed of trust on said
property.
w. H. Wilcox, by attorney, to John
n. Cole, lot Is, block 1, o. C. I. Is, rang
division 1; $165.
Edward Bennett to C. J. Smith. lot
IL, block 5, city block 1878, on Mum
cey street: 81.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30

The names of the suspected train
robbers, who are having an examining
trial at Del Rio today, are Shackleford,
Gobble, Newman and Perviance. Shack
leford is said to have a brother-in-law at
Langtry.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
MONETARY CONFERENCE SNUB
RED

Denver, Col. Dec. 30.-The board of
directors of the Denver Chamber of
Commerce unanimously decided to ig-
more the invitation to send delegates
to a monetary conference to be held
in Indianapolis next month.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
TWO CHARGES EACH.

Affidavits against Alice Fields and
Philip Gates for burglary and theft were
filed in Justice Shocks court this morn
ing. There are two charges against
each. They are accused of burglarizing
a house occupied by NJ. A. Whipple, at
HOB West Commerce street, on Deccm-
Der 26, and house occupied by May
Atkinson, on West Commerce street,
December %.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
....sy Ss,F n
q God

Blood is essential to health. Every nook
and corner of the system is reached
by the blood, and on its quality the
condition of every organ depends. Good
blood means strong nerves, good diges-
ton, robust health. Impure blood means
scrofula, dyspepsia, rheumatism, catarrh
or other diseases. The surest way to
have good blood is to take Hoods
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
ANOTHER HAVANA VICTIM.

New York. Dec. 30.-The World
this morning says: Cuban sympa-
thizers in New York have sent to the
Secretary of State, Olney a formal ap-
neal. that the state department exert
fits influence in behalf of DIR. Gaspard
A. Battanicourt, who was arrested in
Havana on suspicion of being an
apent of the Cuban iunta In New
York.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
A GOVERNOR MARRIED.

Springfield Ills, Dec. 30.-Gover-
nor-elect Tanner was married at noon
today to Miss Cora Edith English, of
Springfield.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30

THE ONLY True Blood Purifier
prominently in ,'le public eye to-
day is Hoods Sarsaparills. Therefore
get Hoods and ONLY HOODS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If 1t
fails to cure. 25c. 10-5-156t.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-30
Blood

Sarsaparilla. This medicine purifies, vi
talizes, and enriches the blood, and sends
the elements of health and strength to
every nerve, organ and tissue. 1t creates
q good appetite, gives refreshing sleep
and cures that tired feeling. 1t is because
Of its great power to purify the blood that
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
The Manufacturing South,

A New England manufacturer, in
this city yesterday, just returned from
the South, stated to a representative
of the Stakeholder that his visit there
was with a view to locate mills. He
added:
"We in New England are very
muckn Impressed with the favoring
conditiondajn the South for manufac.
turing of NssGisslious kinds, notably of
cotton prod1s-'s q. The erection of
mills is going onethere constantly-a
fact some time osssysaslooked in the
East. This sugs .sts that the South is
likely to be prosperous within the
next few years Oh O more pronounced
scale than ever before" The manu-
facture of coarse goods is a speciality
in the South, which has an advantage
over New England in the cost of goods
from and one-half to two cents a
pound. AS yet the Southern mills do
not manufacture enough goods to sup
ply the American trade, but quite
sufficient to make the price. Not
only cotton mills, but steel mills and
other manufacturing plants are being
erected there, and indications are not
lacking that that section may in due
course wrest from New England it's
present supremacy in the matter of
manufactures. "-Ph1ladelphia Stock
holder.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
Sure Cure for IbiuhtYlefia,

The London Lancet, probably the
foremost medical journal printed in
the English language, is authority for
the following: ga few years ago,
when diphtheria was raging in Eng.
land, a gentleman accompanied the
celebrated DR.. Field on his rounds to
witness the so-called wonderful cures
which he performed, while the patients
OF others were dropping on all sides.
All he took with him Vas powder Of
sulphur and a quill, with these he
cured every patient without exception
that is he put a teaspoonful of tiour
of birthstone into a wlneglass of water,
and stirred it with his finger instead
of a spoon, as sulphur does not read
lily amalgamate with water, and, on
the sulphur becoming we'll mixed, he
gave ii as a gargle, and in ten minutes
the patient was ont of danger, as brim-
stone kills every species Of fungus in
man, beast and plant in a few minutes.
Instead of splitting out the gargie. he
recommended the swallowing of it,
and, IN extreme cases, in which he
had been called just in the nick of
time, when the fungus was too nearly
closing to allow the gargiing, he blew
the sulphur through a quill into the
throat, and after the fungus had
shrunk to allow of it, then the gar
Cling. He never lost a patient from
diphtheria. Or, if the patient cannot
gargle, take a live coal, put it on q
shovel, and sprinkle a spoonful or two
of the birthstone at q time upon it, let
the sufferer inhale it, holding the
head over it, and the fungus will die"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
A Poem on a Silver Plate.

For it was Mr.. Fields habit TO write
personal verse about his children, says
Martha Nelson Yenowine. in st. Nicho-
las. There are q number of scrap
books filled with these little poems
and quaint rhymes which have never
been seen outside of the home circle.
When Roswell Francis Field, usually
called ''Posey," was born, he received
many beautiful presents from the
friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Field-por-
ringers, spoons, cups, and other gifts
serving a baby's joys and needs. The
one thing lacking, his father thought,
was a silver plate, which he purchased
for Posey. For this plate Mr.. Field
composed the following beautifulverse,
which was afterwards engraved in fac
smile upon the plate:
INsCRIxTIoN FOR MY LITTLE SONS SILVER
PLATE.
Unto Roswell Francis Field his father Eu-
gene Field giveth this Counsel with this
Plate. September 2, 1898.
"When thou shalt eat from off this plate,
L charge thee: Be thou ten1perate;
Unto thine elders at the board
Do thou sweet reverence accord;
Though unto dignity inclined,
Unto the serving-folk be kind;
Be ever mindful of the poor,
Nor turn them hungry from the door;
And unto God, for health and food,
And all that in thy life is good,
Give thou thy heart in gratitude
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
Poverty Summers

Poverty suppers are the latest form
of charitable entertainments in North
ern cities. The members Of some
particular church agree each to give
a supper at their houses once a week.
the cost not exceeding 81 for twelve
guests; the members of the society.
however, pay twenty-five cents each
for their entertainment, and in this
way a good round sum may be made.
70 provide wen the plainest menu
taxes the ingenuity of the hostess to
its limit, for to give good meal for
81 requires much planning and study
ing up of prices. Although the repast
may be a modest one, if it is we'll
planned and executed, no one need get
up hungry. After the homely repast,
music, Rotations or private theatri-
Gals are given, or the entertainment
may end with a lecture, or an inform
al dance. Thus the ''poverty supper"
may become the means of social eniov.
ment.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
Strange Recovery of q Lost Ring.

After having given up all thought
of ever finding q valuable diamond
ring which he lost in q singular way
four years ago, Robert Croft, q chief
clerk in the Pennsylvania Railroad
office in this city, living at Berlin, n.
J., recovered the jewel on Thursday.
Mr.. Croft WAS swinging Indian clubs
on the lawn at his farmhouse on one
November evening in 1892, when the
ring slipped from his finger and WAS
lost in the grass. Despite the careful
search made by Mr.. Croft and two
farm hands the ring did not come to
light. The next day the plot OF grass
was carefully raked off, and after being
carefully examined the dirt and grass
was deposited on a compost heap in
the harnyard. During the winter q
portion of the compost was transferred
to the farm of Mr., Peacock, two miles
away.
While playing in some weeds on the
Peacock farm Thursday afternoon q
twelve-year-old daughter OF Farmer
Morgan noticed q bright spark Oh
IdLA "tttl Stttih dDDub TWO tttb 1loUi
the ground. Upon making II closer
examination of the weed she found it
encircled by q gold ring in which was
was set the spark that dazzled her
eyes. She realized that the ring was
valuable, and breaking the weed off
she ran into the farmhouse with it.
Everybody in the nelghborhood had
heard of Mr.. Grotflosing his ring four
year ago, and owing to its value the
incident was remembered byhis neigh
bors.
The little girls parents recalled the
loss, anil upon Mr.. Gro;T's return hono
from his Office in the evening he was
overjoyed at finding the long lost dia.
mond again safe.
Mr.. Croft priced the ring as a gift
from the head officials of the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad Company beyond its
real value, which is said to be $l50.-
Philadelphia Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
Had II Mouth.

"Tom Hill'st Ger Pig" the "Bull.
dog Calf and til I~''Feathered Sheep
OF Round Valley, Montana" have been
completely and forever ''lald in the
shade" by q monstrosity in the shape
of a pig narrowed on the premises Of
L. c. Estep, Of Easton, Ill. Estep's
queer pig is the eighth wonder OF the
world, aud was as much of amonstros-
ity as any n small piggy could pos.
sibly be.
1t had a perfect elephants head and
trunk, the little imitation proboscis
being about an inch and a half in
length. No, it was not a perfect ele-
plant head that finished off the body
OF Estep's pig. Elephants have eyes,
''in front or %laterailv, according to
Species" so the books say; but this
queer creatures head was perfectly
smooth and eyeless.
When the little oddly was first
born it had it's mouth wide open, dis
tended to its utmost capacity. In max
ing an examination to ascertain the
cause of the jaws being apart, Mr.. Els.
tep made an astounding discovery.
Inside the mouth was one enormous
e,yeball and on the front Of that Curl
ously situated organ were the pupils
or "sights" of both eyes. Such a
nightmare in reality was probably
v before seen in the history of the
world.-St. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
A Good Sized ROy

Park B. Maine for a long time has
been very proud OF the fact that he
was the only man in North Ston1ng-
ton VINO could phil the scales down to
$40 pounds. tNIr. Maine has taken a
back seat, ff Isaac Maine, a boy six
teen years old, now tips the scales at
275 podnds. He is the son OF Isaac
W. Maine, u farmer. Young Isaac, as
he is commonly called in the neigh
borhood, has taken charge OF the farm
during the past year, as his fathers
health has been very poor. He has
worked hard, but has gained nearly
thirty pounds since last April. He
has the appearance Of a person several
years older than he really is. In his
own family he is spoken OF and adj
dressed at "Tid," being, as they say,
the "tidman" of the family. New
London (Conn.) Dav.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
Fascinated by q Snake.

81 was speaking once of a little girl
fascinating some snakes" said a Mon
tana man, "and an incident was re-
lated to me which wasjust the reverse,
the snake being the charmer. [ was
in one of the Western States. probably
in the same part of the country where
you saw the blue sky through the
shimmering leaves and the sparkling
brook and all that. In any event,
this little girl WIGS wandering IN tho
woods one afternoon, and had gone to
q ~favorite bower formed by wild grape
vines growing over q smalltree in such
IL way as to make something in the
form of a summer house. She could
be seen from the house, and when
some one called to her and she maize
no answer, it could not be imagined
why she failed to respond. Her
mother, seeing her standing in this
natural bower, went toward her, and
was struck by the attitude Of the
child. She stood i'll the center Of the
yine-inclosed space gazing toward the
top. When her mother looked in she
was almost paralyZeG with fear at the
sight of q large snake swinging over
her child's head. 1t was suspended
by its tail and passing peuduIum-like
just above the head of the little girl,
who followed it with her eyes. The
mother could not make q movement
for fear that the snake would strike.
The s%erpent's head drew nearer at each
swing. and Il more pendulum-like
motion and the child would be struck.
Then there dartel from the foliage
above another snake, jet black in
color, which twined itself about the
first. They dropped together at the
feet Of the child. The spell was brokeD
and she ran to her mother"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
THE SONG.

I asked a famous singer who had sung
The songs which half a listening world had
stirred,
What was the song that touched his heart
the most
What was the sweetest song he ever heard?
The singer unused a moment then replied:
"In tropic climes our good ship lay becalmed?
The sea was glass, the sky a blazing fire.
Malignant fever held me in its tolls
Till In a mad delirium I raved
OF quenchless flames, and burning, endless
thirst. :
"one day I woke, though still I seemed to
dream:
I heard the gurgling waters sweeping past.
The cool winds famed my kead yet hot from
pain;
Delicious rest and languor filled my soul;
"And, then. o! welcome sound,
The cry LAND ho."
The sailors gathered on the deck to see,
And as the good ship bounded through the
foam
They sang the sweetest song on earth to me.
Twas "'Home, Sweet Home"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14

To arous a greater interest in the
agricultural college, the authorities of
the MinH1asota school have arranged
with the re;tonds t.. have delegations
of farmers, o6ksist- Of 200 to 300
perso7ss visit the COLI e and expert
ment stas;;on asas,sd the day in
specting the institution. The visitors
are given a lunch at noon, and the
faculty spend the entire day acting as
guides and explaining the different
lines of work. 1t is working we'll and
a great interest is being awakened.
Agricultural colleges are not attended
largely because their value is not rec
ognized, and this lack of apprecia-
tion is due chiefly to the fact that they
are not known. The Minnesota peo-
pie have the right idea, and other
States could profitably initiate them,
remarks the New England Home
stead.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
The Australian "Black Tracker.,

The ''black tracker" is one of the
pst useful members of the Australian
police force. He is to be found, in
uniform, at all the head stations
throughout the colonies, and his SER
vices are in constant demand. He is
recruited from the aboriginal tribes,
who, as a rule, are spoken of by
scientists as being perhaps the lowest
race OF mankind yet discovered, but
certain 1t is that the Australian abort
glnals' senses OF seeing, hearing and
smelling excel those of every savage
tribe, not excluding the North Ameri-
can Indians. And these traits make
him a substitute for the b~loodhounds
used in America and other countries
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14

At West Paipt Military Academy
the other day eadet of the third
Class, who was ght in the act Of
nazlng "plebe. fars ordered into
confinement for OF syes~, stripped of
all his privilegesfor the same period,
sncluding his three months furlough
for the summer, and commanded to
90 guard duty every Saturday after
the return OF the other students in the
iali. The sentence is said to be the
most severe that was ever inflicted
UPON any hazer in the. United States,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
D;SaStrrS eft kNYaI Entps-

With regard to the causes o. the dis
aster at Moscow, a version has been
received il Berlin which sounds al
most credible in view of the we'll
known corruption prevailing in tho
Russian administration. According
to this statement the distribution was
purposely begun premature1y before
the police were on the spot by those
who were anxious to conceal the fact
that in the supplying of the provisions
thero had been a great deal Of the
customary Russian fraud and cheating.
Had everything gone off properly it
would have been discovered that large
supplies which the Government had
paid for were lacking, and the rough
instinct of the masses had been craft
lily speculated upon when the throw
ing of parcels. apparently in fun, was
begun.
It is an odd coincidence that there
has been no similar disaster during
the festivities and rejoicings attending
royal events since the marriage of the
hapless Marie A%ntoinette and Louis
XVI, then Dauphin OF France. On
the evening of the marriage a vast
crowd assembled in the Place de Ia
Concorde to witness a display of fire.
works, and owing to the tremendous
pressure, and probably to the same
lack of proper police preEution which
was the cause'of the Mo1gow calamity,
several huudrtal peopE in the inner
circles OF the cla we're crushed to
6 fssi9 s s e t'""p'eotnp00' London
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14

e "ilaf4
About seveats five per cene. of the
Russian coascripts are illlterate. In
other works, out of $4,000 men
drafted into the army every year,
200, 900 are unable to read or write.
On entering the army they are taught
to read and write, wherefor the Rus
sian War Minister claims for the con-
scriptive system the credit Of being
one of the chief adiuncts to rudimen-
tary public instruction
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
Lived to a Good Old Ace.

A we'll known centenarian has
passed away at Ayagarth, Yorkshire,
says the London Graphic. Betty Web
ster kept her 106th birthday last Feb
ruary, when she was surrounded by
fifteen grandchildren, and numerous
great-grandchildren. Her mind was
clear to the last.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14

1t is said that British sympathizers
with Spain,a as against Cuba, have been
somewhat startled over the d~eclara-
ton of General Campos that it would
require 400, 900 men for five years to
come, and an outlay of 81, 900, 900, 900
to conquer Cuba. Great Britain, in
the opinion of the New York Mail
and Express, does not car to play the
role Of financial hacker to q, nation
that must inevitably gopd9ankrupt to
an enormous extent. f9
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14

The four years proceedings at Kaz-
an, Russia, in the case of seven per-
sons accused of numbering by decap-
ltation a peasant, named Konor Mat
%ivunine, has just been brought to a
close, by the acquittal of the prison
ers. The object of the murder was to
provide a victim for a sacrifice to
idols, a relic of heathenism which
still survives in the p~rovince OF
Viatka.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14

Live cattle are now shipped from
the Pampas of the Argentine Republic
via Italy, even to Switzerland, where,
however, the poor beasts. reduced to
skin and bone by the long sea and
railroad voyage, arscaoceived with SUI
preme contemppa Tender horse met
with greater favofthan is accorded to
this coarse and tough South American
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14

An old lady, such as would have de-.
lighted the heart of the Emperor
Napoleon, has just been discovered at
Bodmin, Cornwall, England. She is
the mother of seven boys, all of whom
are serving in the British army. She
has recently been in receipt of a
portrait from the Queen and a check
for $50 as an appreciation Of her ser
vice to the, country.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-14
American Silver.

The United States leads the world in
the production Of silver, it's product
being about 1914, 600, 900 per annum.
Mexico comes next, with 500, 81, SOC.
Bolivia is third, with 1913, 444, 400, and
Australia fourth, with $23, 367, 7OO.-
st. Louis Globe.D Democrat.