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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
you DEAR, DEAR OLD FELLOW.

you DEAR, DEAR OLD FELLOW"
more Just than kind in tone that failed
to remind Mr.. Gilgal of the voice of the
dove he had courted and won. 1t re-
minded him more of a man filing buzz
saw. On this account Mr.. Gilgal
deemed it wise to make his wife pres
ent, and after purchasing the boa and
taking several more glasses of liquid
wobble he hailed cab and drove home.
Mrs. Gilgal was already in bed sleep
ing the sleep of innocence, and Mr..
Gilgar craftily laid the boa on the
foot of the bed in beautiful waving
length. Then he got into bed and tried
to sleep. He could not. Either his con-
science or his shoes disturbed him, and
he arose to take off the latter. He sat
on the floor to do so, because the chairs
were behaving awlSwardly.
When he regained his feet and start
ed toward the bed he suddenly stopped.
"M'ria," he said, in an agitated ,whis-
per. MIRA; get up f you value y'r
life!"
Mrs. Gilgal did not deign to open her
eyes.
"Come to bed, you old IDIOT" she
said.
"M'ria, my dear wife," said Mr.. Gill
gal, very impressively. "Y'r life's in
danger. 1 tell you, life in danger. Ge'
up 'mediately. FIR my sake, Mira, do
ge' up!"
"Come to bed and be STILL" she cried.
Mr.. Gilgal slowly backed away from
the bed. His eyes were very large and
he was perspiring freely. He tried
to be calm, and as he backed toward
the door, keeping his eye on the boa,
he said in voice of agony: "M'ria, IS
snake on bed! Awful snake! Bigges'
snake ever see! M goin' for p'lice-
mani"
Mrs. Gilgal sat up. She saw the boa,
and in an instant she had seized it and
was out of bed. For the first time in
years she kissed Mr.. Glgal.
"You dear, dear old fellow!" she
cried. Trying to surprise me, weren't
your"
Mr.. Gilgal smiled sheepishly.
"S'prised you, didn' II" he said, 81
sh'd shay so! Why, s'prised myself"
ELLIS PARKER BUTLER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
ONE DOZEN STRINGS

For Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo for
TEN CENTS. Why not lay in sup
ply ut the j. +. Jones Il Co. old stand.
THOS. GOGGAN & BROS,
tt Cor. e. Houston and Navarro SITS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

Kangaroos are now being bred like
sheep in Australia for the!r leather.
Some years ago the complaint was, the
animal was on its last legs.-Chioago
Chronicle
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

To buy these things the lass so Jolly
Now to the Christmas mart DOH go
A quarters worth of shining holly;
-Four dollars worth of mistletoe.
washington Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

Loafer-Two dollars for that chunkl
Isn't that rather dear for maple sugar?
Proprietor-That's not maple sugar;
it's beer. But ] can break you off a
smaller chunk for so cents.-N. Y.
Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

ing he had taken at least enough, and
q drop extra for good measure. Good
measure, poured down and hiccough-
ing over.
Mr.. Gilgal had purchased beautiful
ten-foot feather boa for his wife's
Christmas present. Not so much as a
surprise as peace-offering. For Mr..
Gilgal had the wisdom of the serpent.
In fact he was pretty near the stage
when he would have the serpents minus
the wisdom.
Mrs. Gilgal had been unusually severe
of late, and had said several things
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
A Husbsns,s plea,

I ask not gold nor gems, my dear,
Nor robes from Persian chest;
/ do not beg a diamond clear
To sparkle on my breast.
But from your heart, o, give to me,
Tho short your store of pelf,
Some wee. small gift-whate'er II be-
That can use myself.
-ChicaRo Record
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

Ten Broke-Let's swap bacilliP
Pauline-All right.
(And they kissed.)-Yellow Book.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

DE SURE you get what you want
- when you ask for Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. Unequalled in Merit, Sales, Cures.
There's no substitute for HOODS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
To Gore Con.t,nat,on r,r.ver
FOREsTRY REsERYE REPORT.

Take ('Iscarets Candy Cathartic loo or sc.
il q. Z. G. fail 10 cure, druggists refund money.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
10 Cure ConstIpatIon Forever.

Take Cascarets Candy Cattaftie. l0c or 25c.
II C. G. c. fail to cure, druggists refuhd money.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
MR.. GILGAL'S SURPRISE.
It Was Genuine, and Made His
Christmas Pleasant.

r. GILGALo OCCASION
ally took a drop
too much. / do not
say he usually took
a drop too much
because what he
took usually was
several glasses too
much. And on the
beautiful Christ
mas evening of
which / am speak-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06
CHLOROFORMED THE SNAKE.

A Sponge Saturated and Reached to the
Fence by Means of u Fish Pole.
The l.. A. w. Bulletin prints a pic
ture Of a fourteen-foot snake and a
letter from Fostoria, O., written by
Andrew Emerine, president of the Fos-
toria Bicycle Club, telling how the
snake was captured and photographed.
1.-THE snake was traced by wheelmen
for seven miles," the letter says, "over
hills, a river, the fair ground, and a
race track. 1t left a trail four inches
wide. in dusty places, and it was easily
followed. When come up with he was
ON the top bars of a fence gate, stretch
ed along it and hanging down like a
clothes line where he wasn't resting on
the bar. The reptile was captured
by soaking a sponge in chloroform and
tying the sponge on the end of a fish
rod. The sponge was held against
the snakes nose, and he soon grew
drowsy. Then he was tied up in a
hard knot and wound about with ropes.
Thousands of persons saw the snake
in the city park at Fostoria, and he is
now in the museum of the bicycle
club. He measured IA feet 9 inches
long"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06

! Even Ceylon has an agricultural col
lege, and as a result vine-growing has
been introduced into that isle. The
Indian Agriculturist says: Experiments
in viticulture in Ceylon have been turn
ing out very satisfactorily, mi it is
within the range of possibility that
~grape-growing and wine-making may
be established as a supplementary in
dustry to t~ea-planting in that IA
vored isle. About a year ago a winery
was erected in the School of Agricul-
ture premises, Colombo, and placed
under the care Of Sigor Zanetti,
Only a few months elapsed from the
planting of the vines to their showing
signs of bearing, and an excellent yield
OF. grapes resulted. There has been,
however, a little hitch between the
Signor and the government about al
lowing additional expenditure, and for
the time being the experiment ap-
pears to be in danger of abandonment.
1T Is verv unlikely that the government
will allow the experiments to fall
through, big with promise as they I'M
~'doubtedly are, and we may expect to
hear by later mail of an adjustment of
differences and of further experiment.
Already a Sinhalese capitalist, who has
watched the partial development and
success Of the agricultural school vine
yard. and IS assuerd of the ulti-
mate success of v~iticulture in the
island. has started a vineyard on his
own account.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06
"UNVARNISHED TRUTH.

The devil hates light.
The Pathfinder is color blind to v.r-
tue.
A religion that costs little is worth
little.
Every man is a giant in the eyes of
some boy.
Do not be anxious about Gods part
of your work.
Adamant is like wax in comparison
with a miser's heart.
The yoke Of Christ will not fit any
but the willing neck.
God will help us to do whatever the
Bible says We must do.
No man knows his true character
who is a stranger to God.
What does it profit a man to be
wise If he marries like a fool?
Have a constant expectation that
is going to do the right thing.
If We could see the stars as God sees
them nobody would ever want to sleep.
The poorest man may give as much
as the richest if he will give all he
can.
Who knows but that every life may
be a book God prepares for angels to
read.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06
GEMS OF

1t is not by turning over libraries,
but by repeatedly perusing and intent
ly contemplating a few great models
that the mind is best disciplined.-Ma-
cauley.
What can be more honorable than to
have courage enough to execute the
commands of reason and conscience.
to maintain the dignity of our nature.
and the station assigned us; to be proof
against poverty. pain and death itself:
| mean so far as not to do anything
that is scandalous or sinful to avoid
them; to stand adversely under all
shapes with decency and resolution!
To do this, is to be great above title
and fortune. This argues the soul of
a heavenly extraction, and is worthy
the offspring OF the Deity.-Jeremy
Collier.
l take it to be the highest instance
of a noble mind to bear great qualities
without discovering in a mans behavior
any consciousness that he is superior
to the rest of the world. Or, to say it
otherwise, it is the duty of a great per-
son so t demaan himself that whatever
2ndowments he may have, he may ap-
pear to value himself upon no quail
les but such as any man may arrive at.
He ought to think no man valuable but
for his public spirit, justice and integ-
rity; and all o,her ~endowments to De
esteemed only as they contribute to
the eXerting thoEe virtues.-Stasle,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06
RAGE FOR MINIATURES.
A Charming Old Fashion That Is Being
Revived.

oNS oiAo AHd ID DblUE
Revived.
Too many of our old time fashions
are going out, but one at least is COM
ing in again. l speak of the wearing
OF miniatures, says the Woman at
Home. There is, indeed, quite a rage
for these delicate little portraits lust
now of u fairest women and chill
dren. You may have them in any size
you may choose; wear them as lock-
cts or in buttons, Wristbands or shoe
buckles. They are charming, too, in
serted as a medallion on the cover
of an ivory or tortoise-shell notebook,
card case or pet volume of any kind.
And | imagine a miniature would be-
come the top of a lovely scent bottle
upon ones toilet table. Only the other
day l heard of an American million
aire who gave orders to a fashionable
miniature painter to emblazon his
watch cas- with flowers of rare en-
amel round the cherub heads of his
two tiny daughters. For my part, I
would like on opening the watch to
see the inside of the case disclose the
smiling face of one near and dear to
me. IT'S such a pretty, dainty art,
that of miniature painting! "It needed
but that we should watt for the re-
vival of so attractive a vogue. Our
great and Observation-Disclosures
chose to wear the miniatures of their
beloved ones in thin gold medallions.
suspended by a black-watered ribbon
round their necks and fastened with
a gold pin or brooch over the left
breast. l doubt not we shall be doing
likewise in the year of grace 1897.
Great ladies, and ladies who like to
follow their betters, are giving orders
right and left to miniature painters.
The best ground for the work is. of
course, ivory, which is practically in
d~estructible. But, although we have
some clever and careful artists, the
brilliant and charming work of others
of a bygone day is by no means
equaled.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06
The Japanese Farmer,

Japan is one asst garden, and as Won
look over the fields you can imagine
that they are covered with toy farms
where the children are playing with the
laws of nature and raising samples of
different kinds of vegetables and grains.
Everything is on the diminutive scale.
and the work is as fine and accurate
as that applied to a Cloisonne vase.
What would an Illinois or an Iowa far
mel think Of planting his corn, wheat.
oats and barley in punches, and then.
when it is three or four inches high.
TRANSFORMING every spear of it in rows
about as far apart as you can stretch
your fingers? A Japanese farmer weeds
his wheat fields just as a Connecticut
farmer weeds his onion bed, and cultj-
Yates his potatoes and barley with as
much care as a Long Island farmer he
slows upon his asparagus or mush-
rooms or his flowers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06
ODD PROPER M
A Book for the Patriarchal Heads of
Families.

A Book for tho Patriarchal Heads of
Families.
At last somebody, and 1t happens to
be a woman, has written a book that
Is modelled on %nobody's and will prove
a most comforting possession for the
heads of patriarchal families, says the
New York World. In a word, it is a
book made UP solely O. surnames &C
tually in use Of the most violently
striking order. Any man or woman
who has been burdened with an UNI
comely or suggestively uncomfortable
name will find solace in the perusal of
names like those taken from life and
recorded in this book.
For the benefit of specialists the
names have been ingehiously arranged
according to their kind, as a list from
the anatomical section will indicate:
Back, Ffrmback, Brownback, Slyback,
Nobaek, Shoulders, Spine, Waist, Leg,
Foot, Knee, Barefoot, Loudfoot, Clink-
erfoot, Heel and Solos,"
Again, in the list of medicated names
n finds new support for the theory
that surnames were not chosen but in
fiicted upon their bearers. Otherwise
how account for names like these:
Doctor, Bonecutter, Apothecary, Pa
tient, Sickman, Paleman, Nurse, Vigil,
Lint, Splint, Brace, Sling, Swab,
Crutch, Bottles, Vial, Stopper, Cork,
Label, Dose, Diet, Drugs, Cordial, Bal
sam, Bitters, Arnica, Hartshorn, Log
wood, Birthstone, Morphia, Pill, Pellet,
Powders, Plasters, Salve, Malady. Ache,
SILVER, Chill, Cough, Grip, Group,
Hurt, Bumps, Lump, Bruise, Scar,
Sprain, Warts, Splinter, Foster, Well
finger, Shock, Cash, Gore, Matter,
Pain, feelings, Twitchings, Lame,
Blind, Slender, Slim, Lean, Lank. Hag-
gard, Pale, Delicate, Frail, Sallow,
Faint, Sickly, III, Weak, Weary, Fall
ing, Moan, Groan, Suffer, Heal, Cure,
Fat, Tall, Straight, Hearty, Well"
The supply Of domestic names is re-
markably full and interesting: "Kitch-
en-, Cook, Servant, Scullion, Coke, Shov-
ell, Range, Kindling, Fagot, Coal,
Smoke, Bellows, Spark, Blaze, Hotire,
Burn, Clinker, SCOT, Kettle, Washer,
Wringer, Pump, Sink. Drain, Dipper,
jug, Crock, Tins, Knife, Fork, Spoon,
Coffee, Cream, Sugar, Tea, Butter,
Bread, Yeast, Muffin, Rolls. Johnny
cake, Oyster, Clam, Pickles, Olive,
Peppers, Cinnamon, Mace, and Mus
tard."
AS a book to while away the minutes
without taxing the brain unduly this
volume will be of especial value to the
sick and the weary.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06
DRINKING


" 4AuCh W. SuouAu DTihh DtPOhNso
Upon Circumstance.
According to Professor Allen, says
the Medical Times, we should drink
from one-third to two-fifths as many
ounces al we weigh in pounds. There
fore, for a man weighing 1913 pounds
there would be required ffty-six to
sixty-four ounces daily, or from one
and one-half to four pints, This the
Journal of Hygiene regards as a very
indefinite answer The quantity Of
water required depends on the season
of the year, the amount of work done,
and the kind of food eaten. In hot
weather We require more than in cold,
because of the greater loss through the
skin, though this is in part made up
by the lesser quantity passed away
through the kidneys. If a man labors
very hard; he requires more than If
his labor is light. A man working
in a foundry, where the temperature is
high and the p~erspiration profuse, not
%infrequently drinks three or four gal
Ions daily. If the food be stimulating
and salty, more water is required than
if it be bland. Vegetarians and those
who use much fruit require less water
than those who eat salt fish and pork,
and often get along on none except
what is in their food. In most cases
our instincts tell us how much water
to drink far better than any hard or
fixed rule. For ages they have been
acquiring a knowledge of how much to
drink and transmitting that knowledge
to descendants, and if we follow them
We shall not go far out of the way. 1t
is of more use to us to know that pure
water is essential, and that impure
water is one of the most dangerous of
drinks. than to know how much of it
is required daily. If one lives in a
region where the water is bad, it should
be boiled and put away in bottles well
corked in an ice chest, and in addition,
n should eat all the fruit one can if
fruit agrees. Fruits contain not only
pure water, but salts which are need
ed to carry on BEAUTIFULLY the functions
nf ITO
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06
INDIAN DIVORCES.
The Courts Are Now Playing Havoc
with Tribal Customs.

The Courts Are Now Playing Havoc
with Tribal Customs.
With most of the plain Indians mar
riage consists of picking out the maid
EN-. leading her to a cabin or wigWam
and installing her as mistress of the
house and cornfield, sometimes with
the necessary preliminary of paying the
father a pony or two or an installment
of blankets, and occasionally with some
slight ceremony performed by a chief
or medicine mar. And when the brave
grows tired of his partner he can get
rid of her as easily as he won her. The
people who are now fiocking to the Da-
kotas or Oklahoma to get divorces
would be supremely happy if they could
throw off the CALLING bonds of we'd
lock as easily as does the reservation
Indian. The fact having been formally
announced by the head man of the
clan, the divorce takes place when the
tribe is gathered at a dance. When
all are assembled and the circle formed
the disconnected warrior strikes a drum
used by the jewellers, gives away a few
presents (ofttimes making a present to
the squaw he intends to take next),
and then in a short, bombastic speech
he stigmatizes his wife by giving her
over to the tender mercies of other
braves, while they look upon him en-
viously and consider that he has per-
formed an act of bravery in his deser-
ton. Often as many as half a dozen
divorces are thus obtained at a single
dance. No tedious waiting, no courts,
no lawyers and no trouble about ali
mony or the custody of children. And
the squaws thus cast off, as a general
thing, seem to take it as a matter of
course, and before the close of the
dance are using the wiles known and
used by women the world over in an
effort to repair as speedily as possible
the break in their hearts and matri-
monial experience. With the taking of
land in severalty and putting on of
citizenship, however, the Indian finds
that he has cemented the ties that
were so loose before, for the courts
everywhere are deciding that the tribal
marriages are legal and binding upon
the Indian who becomes a citizen. And
if the weight of II legal marriage
wears somewhat heavily upon a white
man, how must it be with the red man,
who has contracted two, three, four or
even more alliances, which the court
now declares legal, and at the same
time takes away his former avenue of
Observation-Disclosures Times
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06

Prof. Pheltsche, a German naturalist.
has discovered a curious way of re-
polling the attacks of mosquitoes. The
little pest has a deadly enemy in the
dragon fly, which pursues it and feeds
upon it. The professor had found by
many experiments that the dried bod
les of a few dragon flies supended by
threads around a bed keep the mos
quitos at a distance.-New York Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06

The United States is pushing to the
front in naval matters. According to
The report of the secretary Of war. VIZ
have built or building, II battle-ships,
2 coast-defense ships, IS cruisers, Is
lookout ships and gunboats, 10 torpedo
boats and n torpedo destroyer. June
80, 1893, there we're serving in the
navy 6,459 enlisted men and 1,215 ap-
.prentices; June 80, 1894, $3.50 men
and liza apprentices; June 30, 1895,
7,499 men and 1888 apprentices, and
June 80, 1896, 8,165 men and 1878 ap-
prentiees. OF the enlisted men in 1893
1,640 were serving under continuous
service certificates; in 1894, 1924; in
1895. 2,270, and in 1896, 2,409.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06

) 1t is refreshing to turn to one inter-
national marriage where the BRIDE
groom was not a fortune hunter. 1t is
that of the daughter of Millionaire
Claus Spreckles to Mr.. Watson, a San
Francisco broker, of English birth.
But then this was not a match arranged
by the brides parents. They objected
strenuously and the couple eloped.
Papa Spreckles had settled a million
or two on his daughter. She was a
h~igh-spirited girl and did not want to
be beholden to her papa for her fortune
since she had married without his con-
sent. Her husband told her he mar
ried her for herself and not for her
millions, and Mrs. Watson promptly
decided back to her father the property
he had given her to the tune of a
couple Of millions. But then it is not
likely they will v know the pangs
of want.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06

Jesse Pomeroy, who years ago was
given a life sentence in the Charles
town state prison for the murder of
two children, came very heal escap-
ing from his quarters last Wednes-
day. With no tools except a piece of
wire and a few nails, he succeeded in
boring through the wall Of his cell
until only a few bricks lay between
him n liberty. When discovered
in his attempt to escape. he showed
no emotion whatever. Pomeroy was
only IA years old when he committed
the crime of murder, and he was then
regarded as the worst specimen of
youthful depravity ever known.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06

At East Liverpool, Ohio, Samuel Bar
low laughed at a farce comedy until
he vent crazy. A protest should be en-
tered against the production of farce
comedies which are too darned funny
for a man to witness and preserve his
compos mentis. 1t is possible, how
ever, judging from some of the alleged
side-splitters with which we are
afflicted periodically, that Mr.. Barlow's
mental disorder was caused by acute
m%elancholia.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06

Boston will soon have the finest pub
lie baths since the days of ancient
! Rome. They are to be paid for and
maintained at the expense of the city.
On the first floor will be separate
waiting rooms for men and women.
The space on the second floor will be
taken up by separate bath rooms for
mon and women, and the top floor will
be given up to the use of the manager,
who. with his family, will reside in
the bath house. The total number of
bath rooms contemplated in the plans
is fifty. OF these seventeen will be fer
the exclusive use Of women.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06

Mrs. Brown-Does your husband love
you as much as he did when you werc
married?
Mrs. Jones-Yes; only his love is
shown in Il different way. Refore we
were married he used to say that |
was a peach, and
Mrs. Brown-Does he say 50 now?
Mrs. Jones-No, he doesn't say so,
but | know he thinks it, for he often
looks as if he would like to eat ne
New York Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-05-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

land in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
The train dispatchers on two of the
New England railways are women
Both are efficient in this most exacting
work.
The inmates of a female orphan asy-
lum in Naples, when over eighteen
years of age, are sent to a n%eighboring
church, to be chosen in marriage. At
tired in black, they kneel before the
altar, and the suitors pass before them,
each selecting the girl he thinks will
make the best wife.