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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
Central Hotel Arrivals

Amador Sanchez, Laredo; Santiago San
chez, Laredo; Lonterstem, Columbus; John
WOODBURY., Vermillionville, La, J. M. Hem
per, Campbeltown; c. Stewart, Pecos; R J
Ira Steele, Kassas; F Rostei, Exeter; P F
Mrs. Bacon, Tuscaria; NJ carrigau, BBeeulle,
w Stocking, Beeville; r E Highe, Mo.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
Vance Hotel ArriYala.

w Heffner, Boerne; Mrs McFadden, Mr..
Naples, Texas; R Richardson, ] Fuller, Gal.
weston; J Calhoun, Sacramento.
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Order

An amusing incident occurred the other
evening in a saloon. Three officers were
present, when in reference to some remarks
that were made, one of the officials called
"order," knocking at the same time on the
~. L,ocL., h.d N order drinks fnr the crowd
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
Gray Hair.

Some of the dust from the road of life
Has fallen upon my hair,
And silver threads from my raven locks
Are cleaning out here and there;
And, oh! these meshes of silver gray
Tell of the moments flown
OF the day that's drawing to close,
And the night that's coming on.
But the coming night seems cold and dark,
And my heart is filled with fears,
As Thought flies backward on weary wings
Der the waste OF vanished years;
And in the castle of Memory
Few Jewels are treasured there,
But dross and rubbish that tell of earth
Are visible everywhere.
Even on the faithful register
That hangs in Memory's hall,
I find only worthless deeds are traced
They are dark and blotted all;
Hence, as approaches the eve of life,
My spirit shrinks.. back with fear,
For threatening clouds o'erspread the sky,
And the night seems very near.
BY faith turn-in the rosy East
A beautiful star see
Stand Ger the manger in Bethlehem,
And it seems to shine for me;
And from the city of golden spires,
Whose gates just now are ajar
l catch radiant beam of light
From the bright and morning star.
And when upon Jordan's restless wave
l shall launch my way-worn bark,
The "dus, from the road of life" shall fall
From my tresses long and dark;
And the lines of care upon my brow,
And the pain within my breast,
Shall pass away as my bark draws near
This beautiful land of rest.
-[MRs. LOUISA BEDFORD
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24

A Chicago Tim Washington special says:
Guiteau passes most of his time in reading the
Bible. No arrangements for the execution
have yet been made, and the final programme
will not be completed until shortly before the
execution. The gallows is permanent struc-
ture, and always in position so far as mere
hanging is concerned. Nothing remains to be
done except to adjust the ropes. A new rope
is to be used, and it will be shrunk some time
next week. Thousands of applications to
witness the execution have been made, but
only a few persons, probably not to exceed
100, will be admitted to the place of execution.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
A Disorderly Foreign Onacial.

Washington Critic.
T. De Soto, the Secretary of the Spanish
Legation, distinguished himself last night by
getting into disgraceful bawl at the Theatre
Comique. The diplomat was so disorderly,
drunk and abusive that Special Policeman
McGrath was obliged to make him take po-
sition on the outside. De Sofa went for the
officer and struck him several times. Nc
Grath RETAINED from pounding him, but ejec-
ted him. De Soto did not know when he had
enough, and returned to the theatre, and was
finally arrested and taken to the Fifth Pre-.
cinct Station. At the station the prisoner was
very indignant, but availed himself of the i'm
munity Of arrest, which is the exclusive privil-
eye of the diplomat, and on establishing his
identity was allowed to depart, musing that
Secretary Statelinghusen and the fire depart
ment would settle it." (Hic.)
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

LIVERPOOL, June "a, 1890 p. Motion
easier but not quotably lower; middling up
lands, 6zsd; middling Orleans, E I-I6d. Total
sales o,ooo bales.
GALVESTON, June 24.-Cotton receipts IS
bales
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
Fourth of July at Boerne.

The glorious old fourth will be celebrated at
Boerne, by grand picnic.
w. H. H. Murray will deliver an address.
There will be racing, rife shooting, dancing
and numerous other sports.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
Brudder GARDENERS Golden Mean.

Honor yer fader and your mudder, but doan'
lend de ole man any money onless you have
good security. Come down literally to erect
churches, but ifyou have any brick to sell ask
de contractor full price. Do yer dooty by or
phan asylums, but doan' board any orphans
fur less dan So week. Love yer naybur as
myself, but see dat he returns yer shovel and
spade an rake in good order or make him pay
de retail price. Be honest, but doan' let a
grocer imagine dat you buy quart box Of
strawberries expectin' to git ober pint an a
half. Obey de law, but doan' clean out yer
alley onless yer naybur does. Be seen often
at church, but doan' argy dat de preacher
knows de aige of de world an de area Of
heaben any better dan lots of odder folks.
Support de cause of eddecashun, an yit re-
member dat some of our biggest fools am peo-
pie who have bin stuffed full of it.
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The Pretzel.

This delicious food grows best in the shade,
the shade of beer garden being preferred
1t is ripe at birth, and is ready to eat as soon
as it is picked. In North Germany, where
the benighted people do not know any better,
the pretzel is called a 'kingle." This
is enough to spoil the pretzel, only that is i'm
possible. The pretzel is always planted on
free lunch counters. There is more nutrition
in barrel of sawdust than there is in clothes
basket full of pretzels. But then the pretzel
is much the dryer of the two. The genuine
pretzel has heart like a marble.yard, and
the hide is vanished to keep it dry. 1t is var
nished with hot rye, and sprinkled with salt
and aniseed to give it tone.
Before it assumes the expression so familiar
to the lovers of this perennial fruit, the pref
eel is about the size of garter snake. After
it is tied up in that intricate knot which makes
the eater wonder where to take his first bite,
no man can guess at its length. Enough is
known, however, to warrant scientific authori-
ties in saying that if man should swallow a
pretzel whole, and it should suddenly straight
ten out in him. it would kill him in minute.
1t is not possible. however, for man to eat a
pretzel whole. You can eat all the rest Of it,
but while there is more hole than pretzel to
begin with, yet the more you eat the pretzel
the more hole there is left Burdette.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
Hotel Maverick.

Vernon Lemar, R Morton, New York;
] H Hooper, Barreltown; ] and Mrs Cros-
by Houston; Chas Laugbotz, st Louis; Mrs
E B Ruthledge, Seco; Mrs D Temple, Louisi-
ana; H G Dickinson, Texas.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24

JUDGE IRELAND will now experience what
we have always told him-the unreliability of
the Texas democracy.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
Comics of the Surprise.

Fifty cents per copy will be paid at the
LIGHT office for No. S of the THE SURPRISE"
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24

Twenty-Five Apache prisoners, captured by
the Jesus and Maria bands in Mexico, were
taken ont and shot at Chihuahua on the 18th
inst They behaved with wonderful bravery,
each one meeting fate with remarkable COOL
ness, and looking de6antly at the executioners,
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24

If OUR wool growers had postponed their
convention to this time, they would have dis
covered how treacherous the mind is that they
stand upon when they allow democrat to rep
resent them in congress.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24
The Funeral of Miss Findlay.

Yesterday the remains of Miss Elizabeth
Findlay, daughter of Mr.. George Findlay,
late of Manchester, England, but now Of San
Antonio, who arrived here about seven weeks
ago, were inferred in the city cemetery. The
funeral service was read at the residence of
the deceased's father, on Camargo street, by
the Rev. w. Howell Buchanan in the pres
ence of the sorrowing relatives and large
circle of sympathizing friends. The San An
tonic British Association, of which Mr.. Find
lay is a member, were represented by the
president, w. Holland; the vice-president H.
Ryder-Taylor; and by the treasurer Walter
Scott, who rendered their sympathy and as
sistance.
Miss Findlay, who lead very exemplary
life, had barely attained the 10Th year Of her
age. For long time she was honorably as
ISOLATED with the Congregational Sabbath
school work at Longsight, Manchester, Eng
land. During that time she gained large
circle of friends and since her arrival here she
has been loved and respected. By her death
her friends have sustained severe blow, and
much sympathy is universally expressed. In
this the LIGHT heartily joins.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-24

INDICATIONS are now strong that the Ell.
press democracy are Matching up opposition to
John Ireland.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-07-11
"ALL THE DAA

All day the wind hath chased the t.
. footsteps
All through the aspens quivering DER H.
head.
"All the day long" its cadence rolls,
Mounful as q strain from half-forgotten dead.
A dream INSTRUMENTATION.
AL day watch the western FURNISHED sky.
And dreaming cloudlets meath cerulean blue.
The shadows fitting DER the quiet lea;
The meek-eyed daisies, with their modest
hue;
Nature seems wondrous strange and new.
But there's dove. from unseen bough, ween.
That COOS from morn till eve the saddest Law.
That finite ear hath ever stoop'd to list:
And yet methinks 1t lends a quaint sad raw
Unto mine idyl: Who its cause can saye
All day my heart hath sought In ether realms
The secret it would pawn this world to know:
But finds no answer in the whispering gale.
Nor In the zsphyrs that SO gently blow,
E'en the wise daisies do not seem to know.
"All the day longr o saddest wall
That e'er the harp hath lent its notes to tell:
It's like the mem'ry Of a day long dead;
The broken fragment of a wedding bell:
Or deaths deep solemn knell..
Churchville, Va, July 1st 1882
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For the SPECTATOR.
BUT THEN, WHO KNOWSi
BY BERTHE VALERIE.


There are ties W g little know how deep.
Till severed far apart;
And tears we never know to weep,
Till all barren lies the heart.
But then. who knows in this world of chance
A wreath of friendship from a foeman's lancer
There are joys we never guess till past,
That might have pleasure given;
And events. when we look us back,
That makes the very past q heaven.
But then, who knows when all is past,
Why our beautiful dreams do not last?
And our ships sail out for a forign port,
And are lost on foreign sea;
And we never know till our wealth lies dead,
How dear ,oas that wreck on the shoals Of
that sea.
But then. who knows when ship sets sail,
The treasure it holds till sunk by gale?
And thus is 1t ever; yet we know not why:
We turn us back unto the past,
And gaze on the future with careless eye,
And hug the pleasures that will not last.
But then, who knows till Time rolls on,
The beauty of days that are past and gone?
Churchville, Va.
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f@s.
p O E II r. Y +.
"MUSTERED OUT"

~ IN HK,
"AUSTERED OUT"
.oAo,9 s.%so1n ~ snsini"'
nI .ass a. spo. sne,e'
A"V ,o. "Aon sno 'luo " Da.'io
Noiieu oVel 'n"' A@nu 80 iair.
Where he fell mid wars stern rout
But rough hewn cross and the simple words
"a soldier mustered eutn
inere are graves IN tne oio DOMINION"
"hele ner heroes le at rest'
ana pies Oh bronze ana marble
Stano ABOVE eacn sieepers breast;
That deck her hills ahout
With tomb so prand1v stmnla
As that soldiers "mustered out.n
IL stands IN It's solemn beauty
by tns ever moaning sea,
Ana the passing schooner proudly floats
Ane nag ne oleu 70 iree.
And all the waters shout.
And fling their foam.wreaths round the prave
Where he sleeps mustered out.n
1hose waters Oh tnat oreaoIui oay
hao seen MIN ngnting ian'
ana mlnghng Win tne oattle's smoke.
HAD MADE tne sololers pail.
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FARMERS FIFTY YEARS AGO.-Fifty
years ago the farmers depended almost
wholly upon the products of the farm
for the supply of their tables, and large
ly for their clothing. A writer in the
Boston Journal thus sketches the rais-
ing of the raw material for garments
and the process of manufacturing them
at the farmhouse:
Every farmer kept a flock of sheep,
and wool conitituted large proportion
of the clothing of the family. It was
carded, spun and woven at home, and
made into garments for both sexes. The
best clothes for the men and hovs were
made of what wsls called ''fnlieG cloth" +"
This was made at home. OF the flnest
material, and taken to ths mills known
as "fuiling mills" where it was put
through q process of thicKening, dye
ing, and finishing. The women used
to wear gowns of cloth which was
called "pressed woolen."
This was simply homemade flannel,
taken to the mills above-named, and
pressed, so as to present a glossy surface.
Every famer had a small patch of
flax. This was pulled and spread out
in rows on the ground. "rotted," and
then "broken" and "swingled," and was
thus prepared for the combing, carding,
ana the little Wneel," as the machlne
was called on which the fax was spun,
to distinguish it from the larger ma
chine for spinning wool.
1t was woven into cloth for table cov-
ere toweiling, sheeting, and shirting.
The tow" which was the coarse por-
ton combed out upon the ''hetcnel,
was spun into coarse yarn, of which a
cloth was made for men and boys.
The tow shirt, so commonly worn,
was, when new, an instrument of tor
ture to the wearer, as it was full of
prickling spines left from the woody
part of the stalk.
The tailor of the old days, with his
goose, travelling from house to house to
make up the clothes for the men and
boys-or to cut and fit them for the gos-
siping "tailoress" to complete-is not
known to the present generation.
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A Varied Performance.

Many wonder how Parker's Ginger
Tonic can perform such varied cures,
thinking it essence of ginger, when in
fact it is made from many valuable med~
icines which act beneficially on every
diseased organ.
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MISREPRESENTATION well.mean.
ing busy body, who cannot state the
simple truth, but must exaggerate eve-
rything he repeats, is capable of doing
a great deal of mischief. This careless
ness is a sin of no small magnitude. A
mans duty to God and his fellows re-
quire him to be careful; for what else
were brains and common sense given
him? Of course that other class, the
malignant scandal mongers who take a
fiendish pleasure in promoting strife,
who deliberately garble mems words
and twist their entiments, is in the mi-
nority, and people have very decided
opinion regarding them. Most misrep-
resent because they don't seem to think
that care in speaking the truth is a pre-
eminent duty. The effects of this care
less misrepresenting of others is seen
everywhere. Its effects on the individ-
ual is to confirm him in habit of loose.
distorted, and exaggerated statement,
until telling the truth becomes a moral
impossibility.
No other thing causes so many long
standing friendships to be broken, so
many dissensions in churches, so much
bitterness in communities, and SO much
evil every where. 1t is an abuse that
calls for the rebuke of every honorable
mau-a rebuke that should be given not
only in words whenever occasion de-
mands, but by example. Let us aim to
speak nothing but the simple truth.
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Many contagious diseases are caught
through fear, but a great deal depends
on the way man lives. No under
taker can touch liquor if he wants to
keep free from disease. He has to be
strictly temperate. He has to be very
careful what he eats, too. If man is
careful what he eats and drinks, and
keeps his stomach in order, he need not
be afraid of any contagious disease.
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The yellow stain made by the oil used
on sewing machines can be removed II,
before washing in soapsuds, the spot be
rubbed carefully with bit of cloth wet
with ammonia.
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"My nephew is not content with q
pip.U saws Mrs. Ramsbotham, "but he
gets two horses, puts one before the 9TH
er. and drives about the country in q
tantrum, ,n-Pan1ch.
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Mistress (horrified) )-"Good gracious,
Bridget, have you been using one OF my
stockings to strain the coffee through ?'
Bridget (apologetically-"Yis, mum !;
but shure didn't take clane one"
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Stories first heard at mothers knee
are not wholly forgotten; q little spring
that never quite dries up on your jour
ney through scorching years.
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Every one in this world has his or her
share of troubles and trials: Let us
then try as much as we are able not to
increase the burden of any by as much
as the weight of straw.
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~ Take only the Genuine which always has
on the wrapper the red n Trademark and
signature Of
i. H. ZEILIN & co.
For sale by all Druggists. june13 'S2-1y
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It is always better to keep out of
Quarrel than to make it up ever 80
amicabiy after you have gone into one.
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away her hand, went down to the pate
to meet MI. Norton, bewildered, morti-
lied, and Tor the first time fully con.
scious that she loved him.
K
Several days followed, in which she
studiously avoided him; yet she was
perfectly conscious that he was watch-
ing her. They seemed to have changed
places-he had become the Argus.
Mr.. Norton grew tiresome to her. She
made no effort to conceal the fact. He
felt the neglect, and straightway re-
stored his devotions to the former recipi-
ent, the elder Miss Merton, who accept.
ed them, wisely determining that re
spectacle certainty was better than a
princely doubt, she having fully made
up her mind to begin the new season
with solitaire on her first finger.
One afternoon Cora was returning
from the river, through the meadow,
alone. AS she approached the fence be-
fore mentioned she discovered Neil, in
the exact attitude in which we first met
him. He had seen her when some dis
tance OIL, and was waiting for her.
For an instant she slackened her pace
in indecision, then, with sudden resolve.
walked rapidly on, until they stood with
just the bars between them. Excite.
ment made her brilliant, beautiful.
Hegreeted her with, "Have you heard
the news?"
She asked, "What news" and an.
peared as if in a great hurry.
why, that Norton and the elder
Miss Mer,on are engaged
''Indeed."
Her tone was too Indifferent to render |
the word an explanation. |
He looked amused and kept on.
what troubles me ia that younger |
one. She will make a shrew if she is an |
old maid"
why don't you avert such contin-
gency by marrying her yourself?" she |
asked, sarcastically.
He whistled; then, abruptly chang
ing the subject, said -
Cora, there are five bars between
u.s."
"Well, what of it?"
Her tone was full of effort after steadi-
ness.
II am going to take them down."
"That is what am waiting for" she
said, shortly.
A smile lighted his dark face, and ut
terly dissipated every cloud of cyni-
clsm.
1ou Shall prove your own WOrdS,"
be said and taking down the first bar,
he tossed it on the grass, and, as he did
30, named it Friendship" Then the
second fell by its side, called pride"
The third was tossed upon the other
two as "Pique," and the fourth added
to the others he named Jealousy :"
but the last he lifted, and laying it di-
rectly at her feet, called it Love"
As he had done this, her face was
study. When he had finished, her dark,
intense eyes were fastened on the bar at
her feet.
.What are you waiting for ?" he said,
using her own words, and, holding out
his hands TO her, she placed hers in them,
half frankly, half bashfully, and stepped
over the bar,
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CHOICE OF EvILs.-In 8 simple con-
test between Parson Massey and John
Wise, for Congress from the State at
large, no good Conservative could hesi-
tate as to the way he should cast his
vote. COnceding that they are both
Readjusters in State politics-and to
that extent obnoxious to all Debt Pay
ers-it may yet be affirmed that Mr..
Wise represents great deal more than
is despicable and Odious in the eyes of
the independent Conservative voters,
for he is the fruit Of that one man-pOwer
the creature of that Boss system in
politics that Malone has introduced
among US. He is Mahone's man; the
subservient tool of his master; the rep.
resentative of what Malone and Rives
call the ''two wings" of the Buzzard
party. AS Wise represents the coalition
that would place Virginia at tine feet of
the man &c whom he owes all of his
ephemeral greatness so Massey should
stand for all the elements of opposition
to that slavish adherence to the one
manepower which we call Mahoneism !;
and though we may not, cannot, will
not endorse all of his past political
course, we can bid him God speed in his
war upon Malone and the boss system !;
and if it can be demonstrated that he Is
the man, the only man who can defeat
Wise, land some excellent Conserva-
tives seem to think that way); then
Massey should be our man for that great
work. The first and highest duty de-
volving upon all good Conservatives is
to head the miserable raider who is RI
ding rough shod over the good people OF
Virginia, by enlisting all who are mer.
cenary under his banner, and attaching
them to his individual fortunes through
the patronage placed in his hands by an
unscrupulous Federal Administration
|-LynchbWy Viryinian.
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