The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-09-01

his being the Ist OF september the festive
oyster will have TO come to the front.
In THE parade Of the Knights Templar in
San Francisco 600 Communicates were repre-
scented by 36So Knights IN full uniform, max
ing one Of the most beautiful and gorgeous
pageants Of modern times.
THE review Of Rusk county and the write
up Of the principal business men Of Hender-
son, by the News, Of that place, is a very
interesting article and no doubt will prove of
incalculable benefit to that community.
THE Seguin Times publishes a list Of resi-
dent tax payers OF Guadalupe county who
own property valued at 5000 and upwards,
and the name Of Governor John Ireland leads
all the rest, his property being set down at
$4,000.
SECRETARY TgLLER's head is emnently
level on the Indian question when he says that
the Indians ought not to be supported as
paupers, but that they must accept civilization
and become producers among men or disap-
pear as race.
In RESPONDING to to the toast, "Our
Wives and Swtethearts," Charles Dudley
Warner recently gave utterance to the follow.
ing beautiful sentiment. "a sweetheart is
good, wife is better, the best of all is sweet
heart and wife in one person."
THERE is a vast amount Of sarcasm slowed
away in the remark made to a dude that he had
no more brains than headless rooster The
rooster lives and moves and has his being, and
is fed through the hole in his neck at the point
where it is possible to chop off his head and
still have him live.
NIcToR HUGo's letter, incosing his contri-
button OF $500 for the relief Of the Ischia
earthquake sufferers, was characteristic. He
wrote; 81 give to Ischia 1000 francs The
catastrophe OF Ischia is more than an Italian
catastrophe it is more than human catas-
trophe; it is universal catastrophe. feel
touched | send my mite"
The true theory OF advertising is under
stood by Messrs Gillespie & Fordyce, a
hardware firm in Gatesvlle. They have a
column advertisement in the Advance of that
place, then they have their compliments call
ing attention to the advertisement printed on
the margin of extra copies OF that paper, and
send them out All of which is true advertising
and will rebound to their profit
PRIVATE soldier has written a letter from
Laredo-Fort McIntosh--to the Chicago
Times, in which he gives number Of causes
that lead to desertion among the soldiers,
among which are fatigue work"-hauling
gravel planting grass, picking up mesquite
beans for the company hogs, and other mis-.
cellaneous labor contrary to the terms Of his
enlistment.
THE LIGHT trusts that with the opening Of
the fall trade and the great activity in business
circles, with the advent Of September, that The
city will not lose sight of Alderman Belknap'
proposition to invest $4,000 in improving
the streets and building sewers. The propo
stion is good one, whether it be eatensv,
or not, and, once inauRurated, will prove o
great and lasting benefit to the city.
The Washington Republican says: eth,
claims Of men who represent absolute FIRE,
trade, modified protection, high tariff and
score of other sentiments equally diverse ar
paraded in the various sections Of the countr,
by Democratic editors. The Democratic part,
isgroping, and its most able leaders canno
imagine where it will drift or upon what plat
form it will stand in the next national con