San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 278, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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Tftc Dailg Light
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1897.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
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—Mr. Alex Joske is receiving the
hearty congratulations of his friends
on the arrival of a girl baby at his
home this morning.
—Detectives Shoaf and McCloskey ar-
rested Guadalupe Garcia last night on
the charge of being a suspicious char-
acter.
—To heal the broken and diseased
tissues to soothe the irritated sur-
faces to instantly relieve and to per-
manently cure is the mission of De-
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve. E. Reuss
102 E. Commerce street.
—The police have been notified that
Dan Smith aged'll years has run
away from his mother Mrs. C. A.
Smith at 228 Rusk street.
—An adjourned meeting of the city
council to attend to unfinished business
chiefly the ordinance granting the :
right of way to hte freight street car
line on River avenue will be held this ;
afternoon.
—No man or woman can enjoy life
or accomplish much in this world while
suffering from a torpid liver. De-
Witt’s Little Early Risers the pills
that cleanse that organ quickly. E.
Reuss 102 E. Commerce street.
—The Ivy Social club holds their
regular semi-monthly meeting tonight
at Mission garden.
—Mary Lorena Sorrel aged seven
months daughter of Z. W. Sorrel of
1.715 Matamoras street died last night
and the remains will be shipped over
the International to Burnett Texas.to-
morrow morning.
—Judge William Biel of Wetmore
Texas arrived in the city this morning
and reports that he held an inquest
yesterday on a Mexican w’ho was run
over on the International railroad while
stealing a ride.
—A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Kissling at 111 Dakota street
this morning.
—The Cuban war still goes on. and
the Majestic Steel Range bakes biscuit
in three minutes at
SHAFER & BRADEN’S
125 W. Commerce street.
—Clemens Meyer a native of Ger-
many aged 85 years died yesterday in
the county poorrhouse of old age and
exhaustion. His remains were inter-
red in the county cemetery.
—The San Antonio Lyceum meets
tonight to arrange a program and se-
lect a lecture hall.
—Charlie Knight was fined five dol-
lars and Tom Smith two by the recor-
der this morning for fighting a few
nights ago.
—A party of Cubans arrived in the
city over the International from Vera
Cruz. Mexico yesterday and left over
the Southern Pacific for the east to-
day on their way to Cuba in the inter-
est of Cuba libre. Their names are
Jose Serra Miguel Cainas and Pedro
Ramos.
—Jesus Contras will have an examin-
ing trial before United States Commis-
missioner C. L. Bates tomorrow morn-
ing on a charge of counterfeiting.
—Mayor Callaghan went out and in-
spected the work on the outfall' sewer
this morning.
—City Collector Sutor and assistants
are busy receiving back taxes from
persons who do not want to see their
property sold.
—A fight occurred in Billy Sheehan’s
saloon on West Commerce street in
which Rhody Garza was cut about the
face and breast with a knife last night
at 12 o’clock.
—Wanted —A white boy to take care
of team and buggy and make himself
generally useful. Apply 634 Mason
street. It
—The local weather forecast issued
by Observer Curley gives us fair
weather for tonight and tomorrow.
—The pound men caught a black
horse roaming loose on Madison square
this morning.
—Fifteen breakfasts were furnished
the city prisoners this morning. Four-
teen suppers were supplied last night.
—Mr. Roll the grocer complained to
Street Commissioner Micklejohn this
morning of a bad mudhole in front of
his store which he desired filled up.
—Friday evening October 22nd 8:30
p. m. the Travis Park Epworth league
will give the first of a series of literary
and musical entertainments for the
year ’97 in the basement of the church
corner Navarro and Travis street. A
carefully and well prepared program
will be rendered- All are cordially in-
vited. Admission free. ■ •
IMITATES DON QUIXOTE.
Absurd Journey of a Feather*
Brained Missourian.
Has Started on a Tour of the World
Clad In a Full Sult of Armor
to Win the Daughter of a
Cattle Ralaer.
The modern Don Quixote is F. Allen
McQuary of Neosho Mo.
To win the pretty 16-year-old daugh-
ter of an Arkansas cabtie raiser he is
making a tour of the world in a suit of
armor. He is accompanied by two dogs
and wears a silver sword which must
never leave his side except when he is
asleep. This is the eccentric cattle
raiser’s plan to prove of what sort of
stuff his prospective son-in-law is made.
McQuary says the Chicago Tribune
was editor of the Neosho (Mo.) Hustler
in 1896. Last spring he sold out and
went south. He arrived in Mountain
Grove Ark. and promptly fell in love
with the daughter of the cattle man.
He proposed was accepted and pro-
ceeded to lay the matter before the old
gentleman when the latter called a
halt.
He had no objection to the young man
he said but wished to try his fidelity
and in order to get his permission to the
.marriage McQuary must agree to cer-
tain conditions which he would lay
down. Then a paper was drawn up at-
tested by the president of the Little
Rock national bank and signed by the
principals. In it McQuary agreed to
make a tour of the world in 18 months
dressed in a suit of armor and accom-
panied by two large dogs belonging to
his romantic father-in-law. He was to
start from Mountain Grove penniless
earn money for his medieval outfit pro-
ceed to New York thence to Cube and
after that east or west around the world.
He must get an impression from the
postmaster’s date stamp in all the towns
he enters procure the signatures of the
governors of all the states through which
he passes and those of the rulers of all
the foreign countries whose border he
CLAD IN FULL ARMOR.
crosses. From Cuba he must bring the
autographs of Weyler and Gomez.
If he returns within the time speci-
fied with both dogs he is to receive $5-
000; with one dog $4000; with neither
$3000. But he gets thedaughterinany
case. HewillbemetinNewYorkbythe
father and daughter and again in San
Francisco when he returns from his
travels. A triumphal progress to Moun-
tain Grove wiU then be made and the
wedding celebrated with a week’s fes-
tivities regardless of cost.
McQuary started to fulfill these
strange conditions May 20 and so far
has done well. He worked in a news-
paper office for the money necessary to
buy his outfit and then went starring
through Missouri towns. He arrived in
St. Louis the other day. In all towns
passed through he is entertained by the
leading merchants who appreciate the
crowds of sight-seers he attracts.
McQuary is clad in full armor of un-
certain dnte over a suit of purple plush.
He wears a silver-sheathed sword and
an ax swings from his saddle bow. The
dogs follow him everywhere. His face
is half veiled in knightly guise and
for 18 months at least he intends to dis-
till around him the essence of gentle
chivalry and courtly courtesy. His suit
of iron fits him like “custom-made
pants” and as he has done growing
he does not anticipate any trouble. He
says he is happy because there are no
buttons to fall off though he has to
keep a careful eye on the nuts and bolts
by which he is kept together. Besides
his other weapons he carries a monkey
wrench and an oil can in the pocket of
his garbadine.
Fata Dirt by the liushel.
A remarkable instance of dirt-eating
came to light at Maysville Ga. a day
or two ago. Liza Wellington a negro
woman about 36 years of age entered
a doctor’s office and called for “medi-
cine to make her quit eating dirt.” The
physician asked a few questions and
found that the woman was in the hab-
itof eating a washbaisinful of dirt daily.
The woman declared that the dirt gave
her more satisfaction than a first-class
meal at the hotel and that she had
taken so much dirt from the back of
a chimney of Mr. Brazelton's farm and
used it as an article of diet that the
chimney was in danger of falling. The
doctor says that the woman’s health
is not seriously impaired. She has an
Statb of Ohio Crrv or Touno | „
Lucas Coo.rrr.
Fbswk J. CHSNBr makes oath that ho Is the
senior partner of the Arm of F. J. ChbmbtACo. .
doing busineaa in the City of Toledo County
and State aforesaid and that said firm will nay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hiu'i Catabbh Cobb.
O K— FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in wy
presence thia 6th day Ot December A.D. 1886.
!*■**■•( A. W. GLEASON
’ ' Notary Public.
Ball’s Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acta
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces ot
the system. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo Q.
* Sold by Druggist* 75c.
ashy appearance but is active and
strong enough.
Salt Affects the Nerves.
To so great an extent is salt used
i that many persons do not relish food
that has not a salty taste that more or
less hides the real flavor which is often
very delicate. The system requires but
a small amount of salt. Its excessive
use tends to paralyze the nerves of taste
or so pervert them that no food can
be enjoyed which does not contain an
excessive amount. In addition there Is i
a direct tax upon the skin and kidneys
in removing it from the blood. Many
cases of kidney disease r.nd derange-
ments are due to this condiment.
A Peculiar Optical Illusion.
The correspondent of a photographic I
journal in speaking of the special in-
terest that attaches to the Roentgen
rays among protographers who often
are not in a position to invest in elab-
orate and expensive sets of apparatus
says it is n.ot generally known that by
means of a very simple optical illusion
an almost perfect imitation of the won-
ders of the radiography can be shown
without the trouble and expense of in-
duction coils tubes or fluorescent
screens. All that is necessary is to take
a small feather from a pheasant or tur-
key and holding it close to the eye
look through the radiating ribs at the
end of the feather at the fingers of the
hand held up towards the sky or
against the window. The flesh of the
fingers will then appear to be trans-
parent with the opaque bone running I
down in the center as shown by the true
radiography. If it is desired to exhibit
the phenomenon by gaslight a piece of
ground glass must be held in front of
the flaime to diffuse the light.
THIRTY-NINE YEARS
Darinu That Period This Woman
Never Left Her Couch.
“This bed is the most comfortable
place in the world.” remarked an Eng-
lish woman in 1853. “1 shall stay here
the rest of my natural life.”
The woman who made this remark-
able statement was a spinster and she
lived at Teignmouth in Devonshire.
England. She kept her word and for
nearly 40 years she stayed in bed. She
was 38 years old when she made the as-
sertion.
She had retired to bed the night be-
fore in the best of health and there was
THE MOST COMFORTABLE PLACE.
no apparent reason why she should not
have arisen the next morning. But she
concluded that she would remain where
she was and her relatives concluded
that it would be best to humor her
whim. So she stayed in bed and her
meals were taken to her. The bed she
occupied was in a room upstairs and for
two years she stayed there. Then she
was removed to a room on a lower floor
where she could watch the front gate
and the yard. She had a series of mir-
rors aranged so that she could see the
entrance to the house and the entire
yard and she was thus able to know
what was going on. Her hearing be-
came abnormally acute and she could
hear noises tliat were inaudible to other
residents of the house.
Her mother and father died and she
still remained in bed. She became owner
of the small estate and she managed it
with skill and judgment but she ad-
hered to her determination of remain-
ing in bed. She died last week at the
age of 77. The doctors who held the
autopsy said that her lungs and heart
were sound and that had she lived the
usual life she would have been good for
ten or fifteen years longer. She ate
usual meals all of the 40 years took no
medicine and there was no apparent
change in her constitution until a few
months before her death.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Pnuktr Shoots at Jeerin* Roughs
and Kills * Child.
Rev. John Walstein a minister of the
Christian church who haa been holding
revival meetings at Concord ehurch ten
miles northeast of Washington. Ihd. fa-
I tally shot the three-year-old daughter
of John Standiford the other night.
A tough element sent Walstein word
that if he preached again there he
would be egged and run out of the
county. The preacher conferred with
the church elders and they advised him
to stand his ground. He procured two
pistols and went to church to hold serv-
ices.
When he entered the pulpit says the
New York World he laid a pistolon each
■ide of the Bible and told the congre-
gation he had come there to stay and
PREACHER OPENS FIRE.
if there was to be any trouble he would
have a hand in it.
As Walstein concluded his declara-
tion several boys left the church. When
preaching began they poked their head*
in the windows and threatened a shower
of eggs. This angered the preacher
and without saying a word he picked
up a pistol and fired at them.
One bullet passed through the body
of Mamie Standiford who was asleep In
her mother’s arms near one of the win-
dows.
The minister escaped in the con-
fusion and is now in hiding. The child
died next day.
ALL BIRDS NOT GEESE.
Decoys Do Not Always Work Success-
fully.
Despite the success with which de-
coys are sometimes used by skillful
hunters birds in the wild state at least
are not easily deceived says an ex-
change. Their sense of hearing is pe-
culiarly acute and their instinct en-
ables them instantly to detect the
slightest variation in the song of one
of their own kind—as is laughably
illustrated in the following true story:
A bird catcher wishing to increase
his stock of bullfinches took out his
limed twigs—i. e. twigs covered with
a strongly adhesive preparation by
alighting on which the poor birds were
caught like flies on sticky fly-paper—-
and arranged them in what he consid-
ered a promising place. For a decoy
he took along a tame bullfinch in a
cage. Now it happened that this bird
was for a bullfinch highly educated—-
overedueated in fact. At first the de-
coy uttered a few natural notes and
its cry attracted several of its kindred
who posted themselves at a little dis-
tanoa watching the bird in the cage
with much curiosity. Presently they
began to approach hopping inch by
inch toward the fatal twigs. But just
at this critical moment the trained bull-
finch carried away by the excitement
of so interesting an occasion began to
pipe the old country dance known as
“Nancy Dawson” and away flew all
the intended victims as fest as their
wings could carry them.
A GIRL’S SHREWD PLAN.
How She Finds Out a Man’s Trae
Nature.
A captivating girl who carried a lor-
gnette was talking recently to a party
of her friends and her words must have
borne weights for the other girls were
listening. When girls are not all talk-
ing at once It’s a pretty good indica-
tion that the one who is thus permit-
ted to monopolize the conversation is
saying something worth while. “When
I feel that a man is becoming interest-
ed in me to the exclusion of other girls”
said she of the lorgnette “I at once put
him to a test which is calculated to
bring his true nature to the surface.
Of course you all know what posers
men are and how they are on dress pa-
rade when the girls are about. Well
my test is this: I make an engagement”
with him to go off somewhere at eight
in the morning. Nine men out of ten
will be late. At that hour of the morn-
ing a man is usually disagreeable and
hateful. He will be unshaven. His
breath will be reminiscent of stale to-
bacco smoke and possibly of last
night’s libations. His conversational
powers usually so scintillating at
night you will find to be shorn of their
attractions. If you want to look be-
hind the screen of a man’s conventional-
ity put him to this test. If he comes
through it under favorable conditions
he will make a good husband. But
I’ve never seen one that could stand the
test to my satisfaction and I’ve tried it
often.”
Mo t ndcrlnkoro In Japan.
There are no undertakers in Japan.
When a person dies it is the custom for
bls nearest relative* to put him into a
toffin and bury him. and ‘he monrr-ing
does not begin until after lur iul.
GUYER Hat
Fall styles *
LIGHT FLEXIBLE
STYLISH
and Only
$3.00
FALL SUITS
And Suitings
Now in Stock
A. Pancoast’s Sons
36 and 138 West Com-
merce Street.
■STOP!!'
es when yon are out shopping don't
fail to stop in our store for we are lead-
ers in Low Prices.
Here are a few prices for this week:
Pencil Boxes 2c
10c Pocket Comb 3c
5c Cherry Pipe
Paring Knife 3c
25c Metallic Hair Brush fsc
Gents' 10c Black Bows 5c
Tissue Paper 12 Sheets 5c
Kid Gloves per Pair 28c
Ladies’ 25 and 50c Purses from. lOcUP
5c Nutmeg Graters jc
White or Black Tape per roll
15c Veiling per yard 5c
Needles per package Ic
Sleeve Holders per pair-.. 3c
White Metal Tea .spoons. ... ... 2c
Ladies' 5c Handkerchiefs ... 3c
25c Russet Shoe Polisii 5c
Children’s Garters per pair (c
A Fine New Line of Suspenders at
15 and 25 cts. Per Pair.
O’ THE GREAT >
5 & 10c Store
202 S. FLORES ST.
On the Corner one Block South of
the City Hall
Easy comfortable that will cause no
soreback horse or lame rider Made in
my own shop and by experienced me-
chanics.
H ARNEYS
Hand made of the best materia: ob-
tainable; light flexible easy’ Suing
and guaranteed t > last.
/VI iscel lan e- ous
Harness Goods of all descriptions at
Lowest Prices.
I. SICHEL
North side Main plaza.
CIRCUS.
There will be no circus in San An-
tonio this year. But the cooking Ex-
hibit is going on every day this week
at Shafer & Braden’s. 125 W. Commerce
street where you can see the Majestic
Steel range bake biscuit in three min-
utes. A Majestic cook book given to
the ladies. 10-30-3 t
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