The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-18

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"The SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, ever true to the
Republican party, never lets chance slip to
go for the Democrats. That is right; stick to
your party, you are helping us as much. II II
was not for the diminutive Republican sheets
in Texas we would soon forget the days Of
Davisism in Texas" And this is from the
Orange Tribune: "If the SAN ANTONIO
LIGHT would renounce its Republican faith II
would DC one Of the best little dailies in the
State. What can a Texas paper hope TO ac-
complish by pitching into TeSans' Texas is
Bourbon TO the core, and all the bowling you
could do in a thousand years would be no
more than bubble on the oceans breast
and 1t is good that II is So" The LIGHT is
one bright oasis OF Republieanism in the De-
mocrncy Of Texas. It will compare favorably
with any Of the papers Of the State. 1t is just
as enthusiastic in its efforts towards the adj
vancement and progress Of the State as II it
we're Bourbon through and through. II is no
crime to be a Republican or Democrat, and
while the LIGHT politically represents large
minority Of the voters, yet they are none the
less citizens. And in this connection the
LIGHT wishes 10 say that out of its more than
1000 subscribers it does not recognize full
score among them as being Republican. And
it does not get its support from that patty.
The LIGHT Is. successful because ii is bright
and newsy and wide-awake, and, above all,
because il is independent.
A CHICAGO newspaper recently INDUCED
in some fanciful remarks concerning blondes
and brunettes, in which the truth Of history
was violated, without blush. Mary Stuart
aud Queen Elizabeth we're both blondes, with
auburn hair, yet their dispositions and tenn
peraments were radically dissimilar. Elizabeth
inherited the lion like courage, haughtiness
and force OF will which characterized her
father, Henry the VIII. Mary Stuart had, in
full measure, the hereditary traits Of the Stuart
race, obstnacy capnousness and a love Of
personal favoriteS. What becomes Of the
fancilul theory. Of the Chicago newspaper,
when We see two blondes with tempers and
traits so widely dissmilar The theory is
that the blondes have stirred up more deviltry
in the world than the brunettes, and to sup
port it violence is done to the truth OF history.
Cleopatra must have been a brunette, what
ever poets and dramatists may have said about
her, since she was an Egyptian, and blondes
were not found among that race, with their
bronzed complexion, dark hair and black
eyes. Nor we're blondes usual among the
ancient Greeks, so that we may safely assume
that Aspasia and Lais were at all events not
Of the blonde type Of beauty. Semiramis and
Zenobia, two Eastern Queens. who played so
conspicuous part in the game of war and
empire, were natives OF Asia, and
as blondes are rare among Asiastics,
we may set them down as
brunettes, in the absence OF direct and posi-.
tive testimony 10 the contrary. Berenice,
who, although she was so years of age, cap
tured the Emperor Titus, who was much
younger than herself, was a Jewess, and all
are aware that blondes are as rare as hens
teeth, among pure FLOODED Jews. Livia,
Julia and Messalina were from the races to
which they belonged, brunettes. These are
the most celebrated women of the demirep
kind in history. Blondes, to speak phre-
nologically, are OF the bilious temperament
prone to sudden bursts OF anger-terible
when in afage, but apt to cool as rapidly as
they are sroused-incapable of bearing
malice, and quite demonstrative in their
friendships and affections; brunettes are OF
the Emphatic temperament, cold and unde-
monstrstive in their manners and feelings,
self possessed and self willed, and inclined to
nurse their wrath to keep it warm" in
short, are revenGeful. The Sicilisns, Italians,
Spaniards, Corsicans and Indians belong to
this class, and are extremely revengeful,
waiting for years for chance to be revenged.
The crimes, which were done from revenge,
rather than from sudden anger, have usually
been committed by persons Of black hair and
eyes, who were taciturn and undemonstrative
Crimes committed in the sudden heat of pas
sion have been usually committed by blondes
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