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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
American Benuty Roses.

The discoyerer of the American beauty
rose was a man named Field, who HAD
Charge of the white house conserva-
tories in the time of President Grant.
One day Field went in the greenhouse
attached to the residence of Bancroft,
the historian, where he saw rose of
unusual beauty and size, which the
man in charge said had sprung from
a German cutting. Field bought the
bush for five dollars, and few years
later sold all the cuttings and plants
from the bush for $4,000 and bought
real estate near Washington that ten
years ago was sold for $4,000, and is
now probably worth good deal more
than then.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08

Light, and who was taken to the city
hospital, died there Sunday night
from Bright's disease.
-"Lentz," Tailor, $40 Commerce.
Mr.. Arthur w. Seeligson has begun
building a fine two-story frame resi-
dence at No. T05 west side San Pedro
Avenue, Ward 4, to cost $4,000.
School Superintendent Schoch is
using a new buggy in making his
general inspections of the schools.
DIR. Adolph Herff's son and daugh-
ter are quite i'll with typhoid fever
Repairs Of the Piper buildings on
West Commerce street, recently in
jured by fire are now being made. y
The street commissioners attenS
ton will be directed to. the mud hole
on Avenue ID, between Third and
Fourth streets when he returns from
the east. StSs
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
KISSING THE BOOK.
Engiish People Just Learning the
Scotch Form of Oath Is Admissi bic.

English People Just Learning the
Scotch Form of Oath Is Admissible.
With reference to the question asked
in parliament as to kissing the book"
a legal correspondent writes in the
London Telegraph that Of late it has
been particularly noticeable that many
witnesses prefer the Scotch form of
taking the oath-by holding up the
right hand and repeating after the
judge or clerk the solemn words. It
is only now that people are becoming
cognizant of the fact that they need
not "kiss the book" The clause in the
oaths act of 1883, by which the Scotch
form is admissible, was not inserted to
meet religious difficulty, but Oh
medical grounds. Many persons have
properly an objection to touching with
their lips a volume which has been
thumbed by scores of unknown per-
sons and may contain the germs of dis
ease. kissing the book is really no
essential part of the old-fashioned
oath, and the Scottish method, if uni
versally adopted, would defeat the cum
ming schemes of those who think their
conscienceis quit of perjury when they
contrive to kiss their thumb instead of
the book, which is generally a soiled
and evil-smelling thing. A story is
told of a Glasgow bailie on the occasion
of witness being sworn before him.
Hold up your right arm" commanded
the lineal descendant of Bailie Nicol
Jarvie. ST Gamma dae't," said the wit
ness. "Why not?" SCOT shot in that
ARM" "Then hold up your left"
Gamma dae that either-got shot in the
ither arm, too" "Then hold up your
leg" responded the irate magistrate;
mo man can be sworn in this court
without holding up something"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
oLo.TIME SWEETNESS GONE.
MoIasses Is Now Made Into Rum, and
brown Sugar Can't. he Bought.


Brown Sugar Can't, he Bought.
THE old-fashioned molasses is rap
idly disappearing as an article of COM
merce," said a prominent grocer, re-
ports the Eastport (Me.) Sentinel, land
in its place have come number of sir
ups, which are more costly, and by no
means as satisfactory, especially to
the little ones, who delight, as we did
when we were young, in having 'lasses
on their bread. Most of the molasses
goes into the distilleries, where it is
made into rum, for which, notwith-
standing the efforts of our temperance
workers, the demand is constantly on
the increase, especially in the New Eng
land states and for. the export trade.
The regular drinker of rum will take
no other liquors in its place if he can
help it. 1t seems to reach the spot
more directly than any other dram.
The darker brown sugars have also dis
appeared, and they are not likely to re-
turn, owing to the methods of boiling
and the manufacture. Granulated
sugar is of the same composition, as
cerned, as loaf cut, loaf cube and
crushed, and differs only from them in
that its crystals do not cohere. This
is because it is constantly stirred dur
ing the process of crystallization. The
lighter brown sugars taste sweeter than
the white, for the reason that there is
some molasses in them. Housekeep-
ers have difficulty in these days in find
ing coarse, dark sugars, which are al
ways preferred for use in putting up
sweet pickles, making cakes, and sim
liar uses. AS they cannot get brown
sugar any more, it may be well for them
to remember that they can simulate
brown sugar by adding a teaspoonful of
molasses to each quarter of a pound OF
the white graduated sugar. This COM
bination does as well in all household
receipts that call for brown sugar as
the article itself, and, besides, it saves
them a great deal of hunting for brown
sugar, which, as said before, has dis
appeared from the Market ag.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
Telling Time without a watch.

The following clever device is the way
in which the natives of Liberia, in West
Africa, who have no clocks, tell the
time: They take the kernels from the
nuts of the candle tree and wash and
string them on the rib of palm leaf.
The first, or top, kernel is then lighted.
All of the kernels are of the same
size and substance, and each will burn
a certain number of minutes, and then
set fire to the one next below.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
LONG HAIR A DISGRACE.

In Ccrca II Is Indicative of Social Os-
tracism or Mental Humility.
The wearing of long hair in Corea is
indicative of social disgrace or mental
humility. and marks either the Penitent
or the outcast. The custom of wearing
the hair long by these classes has
aroused thecommercial spirit in certain
speculative natives. and they have set
about the labor of supplying the world
with hair shaved from the heads of their
fellow-countrymen.
When the Monaghan faker desires to
punish himself for sin-real or fan
cied, it makes no difference-he allows
his hair and nails to grow. In the same
countries the criminal is obliged to let
his hair grow, because the true
oriental despises long hair, and the
wearing of it is certain sign OF peni-
tence or punishment.
Now, of recent years the Coreans
have learned to put these extraordinary
growths of bair-that is after they are
cut off-to some commentaries. They
have established factories for the man
ufacture of mats, horse blankets, sad
die blankets, halters and even whole
sets of harness, all from human hair.
A carpet factory, in which carpet is
made from human hair, is also located
at Seoul. In this connection it may be
apropos to mention the famous prayer
rug" Of the shah of Persia II was
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
sample Indian Names.

The beauty of American Indian
names has been the cause of congratu-
lations 10 us from foreigners on many
occasions. Among the Santee Sioux
Indians who petition congress to pro-
hibit the sale of fire water" TO their
tribe are Julia Goodthunder, Mary
Lightning, Ellen Iron Elk. Nancy Pay
Day, G. d. Redowl. J.. Grow, D. Coon
and Charles Standing Soldier.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
The Boaster Taken Down.

A silly youth was Dragging of his
great friends in a mixed company in
which Douglas Jerrold was present,
and said he had dined three times at
Devonshire house and never saw any
fish at table. II can't account for il"
he added. 81 cam" said Jerrold: "they
ate il all upstairs"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
Pe|SO||l| Mention.
Mr.. Fred Alling is i'll.

MI. FREQ Alllng Is Ill.
DR.. f. Herff is in Boerne.
John B. Walter is down with the
dengue.
Mrs. Dalweigh is in the city visit
ling friends.
A. ]. Bell, of Kansas City, is at the
Mahncke.
Robert Law, of Beeville, is at the
Maverick.
]. II. Bailey, of Cuero, is at the
| Southern.
]. L. veazey, of Luling, is at the
Maohncke.
Col. John. Willacy, of Portland, Tex,
| is in the city.
Mr., Henry Hoeke came out of his
sick bed today.
Col. JAS. Beaumont is at the South
ern from Victoria.
Capt. James Il. Scott, of Alice, Tex,
is ut the Southern.
Mrs. j. w. White has recovered from
a two weeks Illness.
Mrs. Harry C. Miller has gone to
BOerne, to visit friends.
]. L. Harper and 7. a. McElbone, of
Dallas, are at the Menger.
Geo. Powell has left for Bandera to
attend the court session there.
Maynard Garner, of the Boot and
Shoe Recorder, is at the Menger.
Enrique Viscaya, a prominent citi-
zen of Mier, Mexico, is at the South
ern.
w. G.. .Smissen, of San Angelo, Tex,
placed his two sons in college yester-
day.
Mr.. S. II. Hall, the Gulf Shore wood
man, went to Stockdale on business
today,
Mr.. E. Reuss, proprietor Of the City
Drug store, is i'll at his home with the
dengue.
Mrs. Stevens, wife of Police officer
Pat Stevens, is i'll with an attack of
the dengue.
Mr.. Silva Heiman and wife have
taken up their residence at No. 101
Fifth street.
DIR. Robert Lee Hays, of the Chica,
go Dental Parlors has returned from
his vacation.
9-S-2t
Mr.. Paul kissing, the sign writer,
is in Austin, where he went to assist
in a musical concert.
Mr.. Mcintyre, a merchant of Stock
dale, come up over the Gulf Shore yes
terday, on business to the city.
Mrs. Jacob Schaublin, of Las Cruces,
New Mexico, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
H. Tolle, ST., on Garden street.
J. w. Cones, operator at. the Barr
studio, has returned with his wife
from Chicago and other western cities.
Prof. ]. G. Maggie, of College station,
Bryan, Texas, passed through this
city yesterday en- route to that place.
Mr.. Alfred Krlsch has returned from
two months visit to Galveston
where he has been visiting relatives.
E. X. Baker, general superintendent
of the Southwestern Telephone COM
pany, arrived from Austin this morn
ling.
| Hon. W. r. Camp has returned from
Kerr county, where he spent the sum-
inner, and the mouth of the Guadalupe
river.
Col. Pat Fields, one OF our most
prominent citizens, is confined
with a serious attack of the dengue.
The coloners wife has just recovered
from two weeks illness.
DR.. S. E. Borders, of San Antonio,
arrived in Corpus Christi a few days
ago, accompanied by his little daugh-
ter, yerger, to spend some time at the
seashore.-COrpus Christi Caller.
The Caller learns that Mrs. Culpep-
per is preparing to move to San An
tonic where she will probably open a
private boarding house. Her many
friends here hope she may return be.
fore many months.-Corpus Christi
Caller.
A SHORT SESSION.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
A SHORT SESSION.

Georgetown, Tex, Sept. S.-(SpecialJ
County court opened Monday,
Judge w. +. Robertson and Attorney
Chester presiding, with the lightest
docket for years.
The term has been cut to three
weeks by the commissioners, at the
solicitation of Judge Robertson thus
saving the county $500 per annum.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
Big snh.crintfon.

Shortly after the Paris fire the FL
garo of that city opened subscription
for the benefit of the sufferers. This
subscription in short time amounted
20 the sum of S222. 500.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
What an Earthquake Is.

In the course of a sermon a negro
preacher in Georgia, touching on the
subject of earthquakes, said: "Oh, my
sinful hearers, yearthquake is nothin'
mo- ner less den dis: He'll done got
tired waitin' fer you, en- gone ter sleep.
en- wake UP yawnin'l"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08

mace in Corea more than century ago.
1t is three feet square and bordered
with diamonds and pearls, and is con-
sidered of almost fabulous value.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
Hurrah For School

We Sell School Supplies of all kinds
Except the printed books cheaper than
anyone else on earth. Besides we give
away the beautiful pictures or Views of
all The prettiest scenes in the United
States. Be sure and ask for them.
Here are some Prices, Beat them II you
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08
LICENSED TO WED.

]. G. Sullivan and Eva G. Illg.
Stellard Guynes and Emma Ida
Wallace.
w. ]. Cade and Martha S. Ringgold.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08

ECONOMY in taking Hoods Sar-
N saparilla, because 100 doses one
dollar" is peculiar to and true only Of
the One True BLOOD Purifier.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-08

Advertise in the Sunday Light
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
9hs he- n
~" AMzzzzW ii! e; &
EDITORIAL MUSTARD SEED.

The genuine Christian has but one
Master, and that is Christ.
If you have been overtaken in a
sin. don't attempt to lie out of it.
Covetousness Is worldly; adultery
is fleshly; but lying is devilish.
The only way to keep the body
under is to raise the soul to higher
level.
The popular speaker is a man that
has three grains of thought to a gal
Ion of words.
II honesty is the best policy, then
dishonesty is the worst policy; but
no rascal believes it.
Men should not pray to get rid OF
passion and appetite, but to have
them sanctifled and purified.
Tyranny is greater evil than dis
obedience, because it comes from a
higher source and affects a wider
circle.
God and man will forgive sinner
who confesses sin, but not sim
ner who makes his sin indellible by
dying it in lie.
The frosts that blast the flowers
and blacken the foliage, destroys
the fever germs; so the Affections
that harass and sadden us, bring
around us a purer moral and spir-
itual atmosphere and kill the
germs Of evil propensities.-H olston
Methodist.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
Hung From che Same GalIOws.

A correspondent to the Pulaski
Citizen says:
shortly after the execution of
Sam Davis, the brave Confederate
scout, whose story is known through
the land, am told that a Federal
soldier was hung from the same
gallOws. There is something of a
tale in connection with this soldiers
fate. While stationed at COrinth,
Miss, he quarreled with negro
servant of one of the officers and
ran the negro into the officers tent.
The officer took the negro's part
and slashed the soldier across the
face with his sword, whereupon the
latter drew his pistol and shot him.
He was court martialed and the
papers forwarded for the Presidents
approval. They were somehow de
layed, or misplaced. The soldier
served out his time of enlistment,
went home on furlough and after
wards re-enlisted and was at work
on Fort Hill just one year after
the trial, when the papers reached
here approved by the President.
lie was hanged the next day. An
eye witness to the execution tells
me that the poor fellow had to be
assisted to the gallows by two COM
rades and that his only request was
for plenty of whiskey.' L believe
he was buried in Maplewood GEM
etery.n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
Raised Floors.

Architects and decorators do not
hesitate to introduce what seems al.
most exaggerated effects in Their
efforts to relieve the monotony OF
the city home. A raised platform
in some part of the room or in a hal
is quite common. This is some
times set in a corner, taking in a
window. A low, ornamental railing
runs part way around it, from
which, att one corner, a pole may
go to the ceiling. This is lightly
draped with some effective hanging
and the dias holds, besides, a low
broad screen. A guitar or mandoliG
with the music rack suggests the
use OF the nook. 1t is reached by q
low, broad step running entirely
across the unrailed length. Some.
times, in the, case of a hall that Ii
used as a sitting room, the landing
is large enough to hold an upright
piano. This idea of different floor
elevations In the same or connecting
rooms is associated with old Roman
and Eastern palaces, and its intro.
ductiOn In even commonplace
houses imparts certain grand air.
Exchange.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
HOW TO LOOK GOOD.

Good looks are really more than skin
deep, depending entirely on healthy
condition OF all the vital organs. If the
liver be inactive, you have a bilious
look; il your stomach be disordered,
you have dispeptic look; if your kid
neys be affected, you have a pinched
look. Secure good health and you will
surely have good looks. Electric Bit
tiers" is good Alternative and tonic.
Acts directly on the stomach, liver and
kidneys. Purifies the blood, cures PIN
pies, blotches and boils, and gives good
complexion. Every bottle guaranteed.
Sold at Woldrige 4 Irvine's drug store.
80 ceuts per bottle. 81 .june4 1y
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10

A mother sang to her child one day
A song of the beautiful home above;
Sang IL as only woman sings,
Whose heart is full Of mothers love.
And many a time in the years that
came
He heard the sound of that low, sweet
song;
II took him back to his childhood days
1t kept his feet from the paths of
wrong.
A mother spoke to her child one day
In an angry voice that made him
start
AS If an arrow had sped that way
And pierced his loving and tender
heart.
And when he had grown to mans es-
tate,
And was tempted and tried, as all
men are,
He fell; for that mothers angry words
Had left on his heart lasting scar
Charles s. Carter in Christmas Ladies
Home Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
UveralIs For Small Boys.

One of the most sensible articles OF
clothing ever invented is the over
alls for small boys. These practical
and un@sthetic garments are slipped
on over the ordinary clothes when
the misunderstanding child goes
to play in the back yard where mud
and other delights of youth do
abound or when rough and tumble
games in the garnet are the order of
the day. The overalls are made
with long trousers and bib, sup
ported by straps going over the
shoulders and buckling in the back.
Three pockets of generous size are
appreciated by the boy of magpie
tendencies, and blue jean or denim
is the best material of which to
make these clothes protectors.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
GOOD-BY.
BY HARRIET E. BRADLEY.

l. There are flowers that sprinkle LIES
pathway, ,... ~
And crown it with joys, rare and
They refresh us with delicate, perfume,
When pressed by our faltering feet.
Some are roses Of hope, fair and charm
That often must wither and die,
Others Irvine round the altar Of friend
ship,
Years after the spoken good-by.
2. The snowdrops Of gratitude flourish,
And sparkle through sunshine and
storm;
At word or an act of true kindness,
They spring in the heart, pure and
warm.
Dainty blue bells Of memory cluster,
AS onward life's moments fly.
In one cherished bouquet are united,
Fond greeting, and fearful good'by.
3. Shall these flowers not all be trans
Where sorrow and pain are un-
known?
They shall grow in our Fathers own
garden,
And bloom in the light of his throne.
We shall meet in that home of the an
gels
Where comes not tear nor a sigh
There TO Gull those fair blossoms i'm
mortal,
Unmarried by the thought of good-by.
Atkins, Ark.
tMiss Bradley is pupil in the Ar
kansas School for the Blind.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
"Tbe Word Wife,"

What do you think the beautiful
word wife comes from? 1t is the
great word in which the English and
Latin languages conquered the
French and Greek. / hope the
French will some day get word for
it instead of that of femme. But
what do you think it comes from?
The great value of the Saxon words
is that they mean something. Wife
means weaver You must be either
house wives or house-mOths, remem-
Der that. In the deep sense, you
must either weave mems fortunes
and embrOider them, or feed upon
and bring them to decay. Wherever
a true wife comes, home is always
around her. The stars may be over
her head, the glOw-wOrin in the
nights cold grass may be the fire at
her feet; but home ia where she Is,
and for noble woman it stretches
far around her, better than houses
ceiled with cedar, or painted with
vermilion, shedding its quiet light
for those who else are homeless.
This, l believe, is the wOman's true
place and power."-Ruskin.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
A simple EuIoRv.

"I don't want no rubbish-uo fine
sentiments-if you please" said the
widow who was asked what kind Of
an epitaph she desired for her late
husbands tombstone. "Let il be
short and simple, s0methiHg SlilEs.
this: William Johnson, aged
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
Dainty Headwear for the Opera.

Dainty Headwear Tor the Opera.
There is a pretty fashion Just now
that pleases the woman who does
not want to feel that she is entirely
hatless or bonnetless.
After the hair Is dressed in sim
pie and becoming manner, over the
waves and curls there nestles a
dainty wreath of flowers.
These are charming, made to
correspond with low-cut evening
gowns. The flowers must be small,
and of the very finest material-so
exquisite, indeed, that they will
pass for natural violets so perfect
that they seem still moist with dew,
are imported for the purpose. A
pretty arrangement that will rival
the floral coronets will he made in
three small punches of flowers, that
will be fastened together with two
narrow ribbons, either of the same
or contrasting colors. The ribbons
tie the stems of the flowers. Max
ing bow on one bunch they are
carried uncut and tied rosette-like
to the next bunch. Thus the three
punches are strung together. Ordi-
y
whatever places are the most be-
coming, according to the couture,
the ribbons lying loose on the hair.
Still another matchless theater
headgear is made Of white tulle. 1t
is really little more than a ruche,
and to be charming must be immac-
ulate. 1t Is made on O tiny wire
frame and is shirred closer than the
petals of a double white garden
rose. Heartless, indeed, must be
the man who could resist this fllmy
bit Of elegance. The mOdiste calls
it her "ehef d'oeuvre."
In these various head adornments
(for fear of opposition we will not
call them bonnets) one precaution
has Invariably been taken. While
they have been designed to enhance
the beauty of the wearer, they have
also been made 80 close that they
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
To Keep Cut Flowers Fresh.

Do you know that you should al
WAYS pull all the leaves off the stalks
of flowers before putting them in
water? l mean, of course, all the
leaves which would otherwise be in
the water, not those above it.
And another wrinkle Is that with
such flowers as lilac, for instance, or
any other hard-stocked sort or
shrub, the bark should be peeled off
as we'll as the leaves. The flowers
live ever 80 much longer If these pre-
cautions are taken.
A scrap of charcoal in the water Is
also great preservative. One or
two drops of ammonia, or a tiny
pinch of salt in the water Is also
beneficial.
Cut the stalks every night and re-
new with fresh water. Select a
flower holder large enough to &C
commodate the stems without
crowding them.-Exchange.