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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

A new six room house, near Avenue
G, with hydrant water and other con-
yeniences. Property now rents for S25
a month, to be had on the installment
plan. Price $500.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

Frame house, closets in every room, and
all the modern improvements; located
on Avenue C. To be bought for $1,000.
A bargain. 7-3-tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

Six fine building lots on Alazan creek,
near Krisch property.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

Four (4) lots and two outhouses, of
three rooms each, on Crockett street,
for $ll00. Terms easy.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

Fifteen shares, second series, in the
Merchants and Mechanics Building and
Loan association.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

One grand Square piano. bran
new, cost $3.50. win be sold on monthly
payments, at discount.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

One Ruggles card press, in first-class
order, for sale; $50 cash.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

Only few copies OF the Revised Urdi-
nances Of the City Of San Antonio, left.
II you want a copy apply at once.
Pamphlet binding, 81; cloth, 81 80.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10
DIR. WEATHERS

Makes practice OF Medicine a speciality. treat
ing all diseases common to bedside practice,
particularly diseases OF women and children.
qualifications can be fully satisfied by refer
ring to Catalogue OF Graduates Of 1854 OF the
(ses wsnihers, LlIcien ". OF KeniuckyD Of
lice at MITES DRUG STORE. Residr nee,
IL Macon street. Telephone a7I.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10
SPECIAL BARoArNs-ArpLy AT ONCE.

A four room cottage, two galleries,
hall, stable, carriage house, well water
and irrigable land, for sale, $1,000
on place.
A five room cottage, stable, carriage
room, plenty Of shade, and hydrant
water. Price 5000.
Address Il. b. johnson, LIGHT office.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

One OF the finest finished houses in
the city, located upon one Of the fash
ionable avenues. Is supplied with gas,
hot and cold water, bath room, stable
and carriage room. House has 10 rooms,
all elegantly furnished and carpeted
with best Brussels, elegant pictures
and fine piano. Can be bought at bar
gain. Address "B," this office.
Two-story house and two lots in
Fourth ward. An offer wanted. Apply
to j. w. Bradley.
Small cottage and large lot 40x75 varas
on Elmyra street. An offer wanted.
Apply to j. W. Bradley.
New cottage and 10 acres, all fenced, p
miles from plaza. An offer wanted. APP
ply to to j. w. Bradley.
Thirteen acres, with fronting on San
Antonio river, and small plank house, p
miles from plaza, $500, Apply to J.W.
Bradley.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17
Some OF the COrruptiOns.

To say that the nomination of James
g. Blaine is disappointment to the
conservative element of the Republican
party is giving but temperate express
sion to the sentiment of bitter diScom-
future which prevades that numerous
and influential class of men who prefer
pure methods, and in places of disIin-
guished trust, great statesmen to elevate
pretenders. In the past the dominant
element of the party has played its part
deity. With the regularity of the sea-
sons of election it has put on the robes
of decency and bowed down at the
shrine of reform. In its conventional
declarations it has swallowed all the
good and wise things that its moral
sponsors so inuocently and sincerely
prescribed, and entered the gates of
victory only to cast off its sanity robes
and revel in open-handed iniquity. At
no period in our history has there been
vading every department of the public
service, as has from time to time been
brought to light within the past two
decades. Wherever an investigation has
been ordered, fresh discoveries of errors
in accounts of malfeasance in Office have
been detected. 1t was found that the
books of the Treasury would not bal
ance bY MANY millions of dollars, and
balance had ultimately to be
forced to cover up deficiencies or
mistakes. The chief members of the
whisky ring were in the confidence of
officers of the Government, and shared
with them, it was openly charged, the
profits resulting from their illicit prac-
tices. Large sums of money were
made by "inside parties" in Indian
contracts. and one officer who went into
the business poor, came out of it a mill
ionaire. 1t has been estimated by the
counsel for the Government that the
Treasury was robbed of four millions of
dollars by the star-route frauds. in
which a high officer of the Post
Office Department was implicated. With
others the Government compromised on
the basis of the return of a small part
of their plumber, while many escaped
scOtt-tree with their ill-gotten gains.
For years the Republican Congress was
besieged by an insatiate lobby. The
sum spent on getting a subsidy for the
Pacific Mail Steamship line alone was
50 large, and so lavIshly distributed,
hat it became a common saving that
"there was money in the air. The
Credit Mobilier investigation unearthed
another great scandal, and the dis
closures affected the honor and reputa-
ton of several of the most trusted lead
srs of the Republican party. Extensive
railroad grants were based upon distri-
button of stocks and bonds ''where they
would do the most good" The crown
ing act of all was the subord;nation of
he Louisiana and Florida returning-
ooards and the seating of Hayes in the
Presidency to which Tilden was elected.
These are facts that can not be gain
'ayed; they are part of our modern his
ory, and win never relapse into the
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17
Political Science Cateehism.

"What is thisp'' ''This. dear. is our
great candidate for the Presidency of
the United States of America"
BY whom was this nice gentleman
put up?" by the grand old party"
"What is his name?' "The Plumed
Knight"
"Oh' am so glad the grand old par
ty hasn't put up bad man" '-Ies,
dear"
Suppose they had put up we'll
known thIef-wouldn' that De just too
awful?" Certainly"
"Or ring master?'' "Yes, love-"
"Or a guano shark? That would
have been dreadful?' Dreadful"
"Or just suppose they had nominated
some one favorable to Star-route and
other astronomical forms of swinding
the tax-pavers?" ut would have been
bad"
"'Or suppose it was man who had
been mixed up with bad bonds, or Null
ligsns, or any OF those horrid things?"
"Yes, dear"
1t would have given the grand old
party a black eye?" ''Unquestiona-
bly,"
but in the case of gentleman who
has been square from way back"
Yes" u
"And who has never connived at ras-
cality, consorted with pirates or treas
ury rats, or been stepped in villainy all
his political li.e-that is just the n.an?"
Just"
For, otherwise, his nomination would
sort of blister the boys?' Yes"
And be nuts for the Democratic
party-wouldn' it?'' "Oh, yes"
Honest men like to feel, when they
vote, that they are not voting for man
who ought by rights to be fertilizing
Government land with guano on the
Dry Tortugas?'' ''They do"
'.And if such a man were put up he
would need zinc shirt and tin trousers
to protect him-wouldn't he?" He
would, indeed"
The grand old party never makes a
mistake2does it?'' Hardly ever"
"But if it should-why it would give
Us chance to see little fun?" Ser
tainly."
Il am glad the grand old party has
selected such q nice. clean, well-built
and honorable gentleman so say
we all"
E"Are not all knights very honorable?"
VERY"
They wouldn't steal any hot stoves,
would they? AT least not in this hot
weather?' NO"
''Or lie, unless there was some money
in it?' Certainly not"
.'Or write letters which would dis
grace pickpocket, unless they thought
it would be all entire nous, so to speak?"
'No."
Then l am real glad for the grand
old party-aren't you?" Certainly"
Otherwise, wouldn't the grand old
party experience what the vulgar call q
cold day?" "Yes, dear." Life.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17
TattOOing.

The loyal Republican organs-for
there is strong disloyal element in the
party just now-that faithful ly support
the ticket are endeavoring to impair tie
force of the charges against Mr.. Blaine
by showing that Garfield, Lincoln and
Washington were each successfully ''tat-
tooed'' in the same way, and that their
candidate is, therefore, i'll very good
company.
But this is a rather weak device.
There is all :he difference imaginable
between denunciation of public man
which comes from the party opposed to
him and those which come from his own
camp. If the opposition to Mr.. Blaine
were confined to Democrats, his friends
might afford to make light of it, but
this opposition derives significance from
the fact that it comes from his own
party; it expresses deep and irrecon-
cilable discomfort among intelligent
Republicans with the personal character
of the nominee, and all the disclOs-
ures so damaging to Mr.. Blaine als
taken either from Republican pa
pers or from the official records
Of the Congressional investigation.
Another thing: If the accusations
against Mr.. Blaine of discreditable mis-
conduct in the matter of Little Rock &,
Fort Smith Railroad bonds are un-
founded, it is high time they were be-
ing disproved; but although the nomi-
nation has been before the country for
three weeks, this has not been done,
and no attempt, even, has been made
to disprOye them. The candidates
friends admit the dangerous character
of the charges by remaining silent
about them. Only one prominent Jour-
Dal supporting Mr.. Blaine, the Chicago
Tribune, has even attempted to explain
his connection with the railroad-and
its explanation is virtual admission of
all that is charged. 1t is that Mr..
Blaine asked his friend Fisher to re-
mind Caldwell that he (BlaineJ had
formerly rendered the Little Rock 81
Fort Smith Railroad an important SER
vice by the ruling which saved the Ar
kansas land grant from defeat and
that ''Blaine was willing to use his ac-
cidental agency in the matter to secure
for himself what he thought would be a
good investment" The Tribune adj
mits further that '.it may be question
in refined ethics whether Mr.. Blaine
had right to do this--:n other words,
that his conduct, in asking a favor at
the hands of the company which he had
officially protected, was not above sus-
picion.
The ''tattooing" of the Republican
candidate, then. IS the work of the Re-,
publican journals, and the work is adj
mitted 10 have been fairly done by one
of his leading suppOrters.-St. Louis
Republican.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17
The COrnIce.

The famous Cornice really begins al
Marseilles, behind the harbor and the
ports, the "Chemin de Cornice" being
the fayorite drive of the Marseilles citi-
zens of a Sunday. Truly no city in the
world -Coustantinople, Naples, or Pal
ermo not excepted-can boast of a
more grandly beautiful promenade.
Rocks to the left, mountains in the
middle distance, rocky islands crowned
with castles to seaward on the right,
with a succession of sheltered bays and
rugged prOmontories, each turn dis
closing some new and enchanting sur
prise, while the country houses cling to
crevices in the cliffs, in their settings OF
orange groves and gay flower gardens,
and the blooming creepers of Africa
have been everywhere acclimatized
were hard labor can find them footing
of soil. Above are the azure skies, far
beneath is the limpid sea. 1t is a de-
lightful drive for once in a way; it is ar
odd medley of suburbs with what
should be savage solitudes; and the
picturesque strip of coast has been
coquettishly Cockneyfied. From under
the dusty bare trellising of drinking
booth you look out on the barren
mountains and the broad expanse of
the sea; while creek that might con.
tain rock baths and firing cave for
the sea nymphs or the sirens has been
turned into popular "oyster reserve, J"
and has christened itself the ''RenOm-
NEE de Bouillabaisse. This spring,
when we walked along that road, il
CHANGED to be the last day of the car.
nival. and the sight was one to be long
remembered. All Marseilles appeared
to have fiocked out. For two miles al
least along the winding ledges of the
Cornice, and as many more along the
broad Boulevard of the Prado, which
leads inland at right angles and back
again to the town, was one dense mass
of closely packed vehicles and human
beings. Specimens of all ranks were
to be seen on wheels, from the
wives and daughters of wealthy mer
chants, in their well-appointed equip
ages, to clamorous females in the over.
crowded carts of costermongers, char
coal vendors and fishermen. There
was every style of costume. from
Partisan toilets to the glaring cottOns
and the turbans of Barcelona handker-
chiefs, k.lotted carelessly round shaggy
and swarthy locks. The mob was good
humored, though very noisy, and il
there was any drunkenness, it was
chiefly among the foreign mariners, who
might have represented each port from
the Baltic to the Black Sea.-,Bldck-
goods Magazine.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17

coveted oblivion of antiquity until the
people who have been wrenged shall be
righted. They have been established
by a multitude of witnesses; they have
shocked those honest Republicans, who,
under the name of Independents. have
vainly endeavored TO stem the tide of
corruption, and have insisted on re-
turn to purer political methods, with
such 4 reform of the civil service as
would take from the leaders the patron
age they have abused. The course of
the Republican party has had tenden-
cy to foster passion for speculation and
the Generalization that has grown out
of it. Corruption at the seat of Gov
ernment has bred corruption in other
places. Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17
SEEING ROSA HOME.

- All natures voice was hushed and still,
The stars lit heavens dome; -
What ecstacies my bosom fill -
While seeing Rosa home!
No word of ours the silence broke;
We fingered hand in hand,
And to my soul an angel spoke,
To strengthen Cupid's band.
And love, unspoken by the lips,
Or other outward sign,
Seemed running through our fingers tips
From her heart into mine.
We reach her house, alasi too soon,
And hear her brother roar:
ROSA, don't stand out there and spoon
Come in and lock the door!"
IN. Y. Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17
BUSY TIMES ON THE FARM

De up and stirring, o my boys,
If each would win 4 bonny lass!
The morn is ruddy in the east,
The dew is steaming on the grass;
The pork is frying in the pan, ....r.
The johnny cakes are golden brown;
Come grind your scythes and eat your I'LL
And cut the sturdy clover down.
Let Sue and Mary milk the cows,
And with them lay all nonsense by;
The woOdchuck beats you at the start,
The quails are piping in the rye!
If race you must the meadow lot
Is just the place; but let me hear
The victor's springing milestone mock
No lazy laggard in the rear.
-G- Y. MdIhdm, in Springfield, (lfdSS.) Repllb
EicdR.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17

"AH communications for this paper
should be accompanied by the name Of the
author; not necessarily for publication, but
Is aH evidence of good faith on the part of
the writer. Write only on one side of the pa,
Der Be particularly careful in.giving names
and Nates to have the letters and figures plain
an ristinct
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17

Robert Shumate, of Nelson, KY,
got ''gar-hy'' in his eye while fishing.
He knocked it out right away. but not
until after it had deposited a lot OF
eggs. After suffering several days
with earache he called doctor, who
removed nine screw-worms from his
ear. and there were more TO come,
Louisville CouTier-lSuzHGL.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17

The suite of the Gar of Russia con-
sists of los Adjutants-General, eighty
six Majors-General a la suite, and 104
Aids-de-C Camp; in all 315. And yet the
Gear don't sleep any easier than if he
lived in the seventh story of fiat.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17

As Republicans we cannot sup
port the nominees of our party, and we
consider it far better that it should be
defeated than that its past record and
achievements should be disgraced and
destroyed by the election of Blaine and
Logan.-Ne,0 Brighton ~. Y Standard,
Rep.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17

20. G. Moore, of the Nashua, n.
H., Telegraph, at Blaine ratification
meeting in that city the other night,
spoke of Blaine as a man who had
walked with God" 1t was slip Of
the. tongue He meant Mulligan.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-17


of that cheern' she muttered. What
if anybody come in! l wonder if l
can't reach itr'
The chair was near her, and she
managed to stretch out her limp old
hand and rub the dust off the rounds.
The she let it sink down, painting.
81 wonder eff 1 amt goin' to die"
she gasped. II wonder eff I'm pre-
pared. l never took nothin' that
shouldn't belong to me that knows
on. Oh, dear me SUI, wish somebody
would comet
When her strained ears did catch the
sound of footsteps outside, sudden re-
solve sprang up in her heart.
Il won't let on to nobody how I've
made them quilts over, an how hevn't t
had enough to eat-1 won't"
When the door was tried she called
out feebly, "Who is thar?'
The voice of Mrs. Peters, her next
door neighbor. came back in response:
''It's me. What's the matter, Marthy?"
, I'm kinder used up; dom know
how you'll git in; l can't git to the
door to unlock it to save my life.
Cant | get in at the Window"
''Mebbe you kin"
Mrs. Peters was long limbed, spare
woman, and she got in through the
window with considerable ease, it being
quite low from the ground.
She turned pale when she saw Martha
lying on the floor. ''Why, Marthy,
what is the matter? How long have
you been laying there?"
Ever since 1 got up. was kinder
dizzy, an he'd dreadful sinkin' feelin'.
1t amt much, reckon. Eff l could
have a cup of tea it would set me right
up. Thar's spoonful left in the pan
/ try. Eff you jist put few kindlin's in
the stove, Mis- Peters, an set in the
kettle an make me cup, could git
up, know. I've got to 60 an kerry
The Evening critic., 1884-03-24

rnent Of a somewhat heavy tax ought to carry
with II tho right 10 use suflcient water for
health, comfort and cleanliness but hundreds
OF cases can be cited whore fines have been
imposed, or collateral forfeited, II amounts to
tho same thing, S5 anyway for simply doing
this and nothing moTe Tho fellows employed
on this dirty work-alleged inspoctors-do not
pretend to use any discretion or Judgment
even IL capable OF lt-as TO what Is meant
under tho law by ''waste OF Potomac water"
Their only object Is ITO mako q case" and In
this course they appear 10 be upheld in car.
ryiDg out tho Instructions OF the authorities
under whom thoy net.
There has been no complaint, so far as l
know, OF scarcity OF water during tho past few
months-in fact rather tho reverse; md while
in n season OF drought II may be right to adopt
proper measures TO prevent actual waste, yet,
at period like this, when threatened with
Hoods and freshets on all sides, II looks pecu.
liar that people are to be prosecuted and
harassed for using the water they havo paid
for. IL is, think, entirely uncalled for, and
has the appearance OF an organized system OF
legalized robbery.
The sewerage In most parts OF the city neces
sitates liberal use OF water by the occupants
OF houses, and rs long as the people in the
higher sections are we'll supplied, which be-
lieve at present TO be the case It's free use
should be encouraged instead OF an embargo
placed thereon. Also, for obvious reasons,
water should never be shut of from an occu-
pied house, II the tenant Is unable 10 pay the
tax It should be made q charge against tho
property. INK.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-24
The Evil in the Law Itself.
WASHINGTON, D. O., March ~, /

MAsHiNGTONi u. u, Mafcn III 1881,
10 ne Editor Of TIE Euening Uritic:
With reference TO an article in Saturdays
CRITIC, headed "a Defect In the Law" report
Ing the case OF bogus water inspector, think
the most serious defect may be found In the
law that offers every inducement and even
tempts this class OF criminals to commit
crime.
mean, Of course, the law authorizing n
sneaking sc0undrel, designated a water IN.
spector, 10 Invade the privacy OF your home,
when and how he pleases, even though a lady,
as sometimes happens TO be the case, is on.
tlrely alone. law giving such power, with.
out d legal warrant, executed and served In a
proper manner, believe TO be unconstltu.
iional.
1t IS dlnlcult matter to tell a so.called real
inspector from q bogus one; their sneaking
methods are precisely alike, besides having
other points OF resemblance. Neither wear
uniform nor have any visible insignia OF au.
thority. After the real one has forced an on
trance into your house, he may, II you insist
on seeing II, exhibit a small badge, carefully
concealed under couple OF coats. The bogus
fellow l have no doubt has one also, The
haunting fear OF $50 ilne II she refuses ad.
mission TO the wrong fellow induces tho aver.
age housekeeper TO take the chances and open
her door 10 every tramp claiming 70 bo
water inspector; hence, cases OF robbery from
THIS cause are constantly occurring, many
never being reported, and some OF them even
accompanied with violence, and the thing Will
DO allowed 70 continue until some day we are
woke up Dy case attended by peculiarly
atrocious surroundings.
Ano ther phase OF the case 10 this: Tho pay
The Evening critic., 1884-03-24
The Oldest Member of congress.

Washington Cor. N. Y. Sun.
II Senator Payne, OF Ohio, lives to take his
seat next March he Will not be the Oldest
Member OF Congress, providing Senator Nor.
rlll, OF Vermont, survives until that day, Sen.
ator Morrill, was born In April, 1870 and Mr..
Payne in November OF tho same year. There
are number Of old men In Congress, and they
General Rosecrans ls 65; Senator Lapham, 20;
ex-senator Eaton, 0S; Representative Wait, OF
Connecticut, 72 Senator salisbury, OF Della
73; Senator Dawes, 6s; Senator oonger, SO;
Representative Eldredge, OF Michigan, II;
the veteran Kelley, 20; Representative Robin
O5; senator Anthony, 90; Senator Hampton,
&c; Judge Poland, &c; Senator Sawyer, 0S;
General Singleton, of Mississippi, 90, and
Representative Smith, OF Pennsylvania, 90
In all there are nearly thirty Members who
were born previous TO 1920, and many of them
are among the hardest working aud most use.
ful gentlemen at tho Capitol.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-24
CouIdn't Back 10 Up.

Merchant Traveller.
A lawyer who had been ''bully.rag ying'' q
witness for some time, at last got him down to
personal questions.
"Dld understand you TO say, SIR" no
asked, "that tho defendant made certain re-
marks about mo2"
81 said go, SIR"
"Ah, l thought so. Well, now, sir, should
like to ask II no could substantiate those re-
marks?"
''No, sir; 1 don't think he could"
"Ah, something libellous, presume. VIII
you be kind enough to state TO the court what
he saldT"
"Yes, sir; he said you wero an honest and
truthful man, and"
"Thats enough. Call the next Witness y
and the lawyer went into the jury room for 9
minutes relaxation without excitement.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-24
Couldn,t Find a Precedent.

President Arthur lost an evenings pleasure
In consequence OF the lack of considerato
forethought displayed by his predecessors g.
He wanted TO attend Minister Vests masked
ball in Hamlet make cup, and he spent an
hour hunting for precedents that would cstap.
ish the etiquette OF such proceeding, but no
ington down 10 the husband OF Mrs. Hayes,
had ever gone to masquerade as HdnIst, and
SO he stayel Mt home.