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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

right TO expect denomination. lie staid
In Washington, however, and left his
friends to represent him, and was sGcri-
fioed. Hancock seized the Congressional
loaf and Epson o. -
iEGRETruLLy GNAwED. the cRusr 2
He has grown tired OF that. lie con
siders that his previous term In the SER
vice OF his country entities him TO sacri-
flee himself some more. lie Is no free
trader. Like many Democratic Con-
gressmen he voices the sentiment OF his
section when he shrieks for high tariff.
The sheepmen OF Texas are down on re-
ciprooity in any form. This Is the secret
of Republican strength In the shoe
string district. The Ohio plank Is n
sound piece of timber hereabouts and
local Democracy by discarding II will
badly disgruntle itself.
Gosling, present United States Mar
shall for this section, Is the most promi-
nent Republican candidate, and his
selection evinces the never-ending wis
dom of those political children OF
destiny. He Is personally popular, in
telectually capable, and morally correct.
lie Is the only man who ever made
q success of a Texas country weekly; he
paid his printers every Saturday night,
which proves him riistler. He has n
fine presence. talks fluently, came from
the heart of the Kansas prohibition us
trict, and consequently loves his toddy
with Kentucky ferver. lie is moreover
a wire-puller. lie exercises n good deal
of influence on account of his appoint
ment, privileges and holds the ante
bellum, ante dated. anti-progressive Re
publicans by the nose
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

Having come from the North for the
purpose of locating here and making
this city my permanent home, would
ask the citizens of san Antonio and
vicinity TO kindly grant me a share of
their patronage to enable me to earn a
living for myself and children. | will
give music lessons on piano, organ or
violin, for 80 cents per lesson of one
hour. The art of waxwork, including
"autumn leaves" for 49, hand painting
on silk, satin or velvet, for 80 cents per
lesson. All kinds of embroidery and
fancy stitches at the same rate. VIII
embroider hat bands, notices, or any
other fancy article to order, or will take
a school in or near the city, teaching the
usual branches of an English school.
Best of references given both from North
and South if desired. Any one wishing
to write can drop postal to my address
and will respond by letter or in person.
MRs. NJ. j. GALPfN.
San Antonio. April 81. I-22-lm
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

Persuant to decree and order of the
Honorable United States District court
for the Western district of Texas, in
cause Of libel No. % of the United States
VS.. ~ head of horses and 10 mules, pend
ing in the United States court In the
city Of San Antonio, will offer for sale.
all and singular, the said 20 head OF
horses and 10 mules, for cash in hand,
to the highest bidder, at the pasture of
n. Mackey, seven "a miles west of the
city of San Antonio, in Bexar county,
Texas, on the 10th day of May, A. d.,
1881, at the hour Of II O'Clock IN.
HAL J.. GosING,
5-9-l0t Il. 5. Marshal.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

Mrs. Clare Sutherland, fashionable
dressmaker, would announce to the
ladies of San Antonio that she has sew
cred her business connection with Miss
Cook, and has removed TO No. 237 East
Houston street, where she will still con-
tinue to carry on the dressmaking bust
ness in all its branches. Having had Il
wide experience in Boston, Chicago and
ing that she feels confident that she can
please and satisfy the most fastidious
taste. In fact, perfect fit is guaran-
teed, or the money refunded. Prices
very moderate. 5-3-30t
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

TO ATTEMIT to reduce games OF chance
and probabilities by the application OF
the doctrine of combination seems at
first view quite foreign to the province
of mathematics, and yet even this Prot
Gus has been enchanted by the powers
of analysis, and subjected TO calculation
and mathematics, has found means TO
measure the different degrees Of the
probability Of certain events, and this
has given rise to new branch Of mathe-
MATES, the principles Of which we Will
briefly explain. When an event can
take place in several different ways the
probability of its happening In certain
determinate manner Is greater when In
the whole OF the ways in which 1t can
happen the greater number determine II
to happen in that manner. In lottery,
for example, every one knows that the
probability Of obtaining a prize Is greater
according, as the number Of prizes Is
greater. and IA the whole number oil
tickets is less. The probability OF an
event therefore Is in the compound ratio
of the number of cases In which 1t can
happen taken directly, and OF the total
number of those In which II can be
varied. taken inversely, fraction VIII
therefore express 1t, Its numerator being
the number of favorable chances and Its
denominator the whole number Of the
chances. For example, If lottery con-
tains 1000 tickets, % of which only are
prizes, the chances of obtaining prize
will be represented, 2j-l000-l-i0. Again
II there were 80 prizes the probability is
doubled, and 1t would then be equal to
5O-lOO0 TO l-2O, but If the number of tick
cts were 1000 instead Of 1000, the proba-
bility would be only one-half of the
foregoing or l-S0; and If the whole num-
Der of tickets were infinitely great, the
prizes remaining the same. II would be
infinitely small, while II would become
n certainty If the number of the prizes
were equal to that of the tickets.
Another principle of this the
DRY can be propounded and
explained in the following way
A person plays an equal game when
the money staked or risked is in the
direct ratio ofthe probability of winning;
for to play an equal game is nothing else
than to deposit sum so proportional
to the probability of winning that after
a great many throws the player may
find himself nearly at par. For this pur-
pose, however, the stakes must be pro-
portioned to the probability which each
player has in his favor. Let us suppose,
for example, that A bets b on a throw Of
the dice and that there are two chances
in favor of the former and one of the
latter. The game will be equal If after
a great number Of throws they separate
nearly without any loss. But US there
are two chances in favor OF A and only
one for b, after 800 throws, A will have
won nearly 200 and 100. A, therefore.
ought to deposit and b only /, for by
this means A in winning 200 throws will
get 200 and b in winning 100 will get 300
also. In such cases, therefore, it is two
to one in favor of A.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12
Texas Politics.

san Antonio correspondent of the
Chicago Times gives the situation in
the following: ado you know anything
about the political situation in Southern
Texas? If not, then listen to one who
knows all about it-there isn't any. In
the 'shoestring district which STITCHES
like great snake from Galveston TO
Brownsville, Ochiltree--Tom of the ruby
name and courted of empress-reigns
supreme. Tom is an independent
you know-that is, he is an out-and-out
clear through Oohiltree man. lie Is an
American anomaly. He is Intellectually
moderated and mendaciously oyerrated.
He is really bright, possesses quick,
logical mind, and knows how to use il;
but as for lying, there are a dozen men
on the Texas press who can discount
him. Anyway, whether he deserves his
reputation or not, he is, politically,
chief. lie has n host of Industrious
friends in his district, and the place
holders worship him. When he makes
his annual tour, putting up at the
best hotels, and drinking everybody's
whisky, he Is feted, toasted, interviewed
and received in true American style.
lie ia a power, and he knows it, He and
Jack Evans are rlvals-rivals In the race
for Republican bosssm of their district.
Evans is United States Attorney, and at
the first glance ii would seem the two
men are far enough apart, but they both
exercise strong political influence, they
both aspire to supreme control of the
party in Southern Texas, and they both
are striving for higher honors. Evans is
the liner man OF the two. He is dark,
saturnine, steady of purpose, and enter
tains the strongest possible likes and
dislikes. He is conscientious, too, in his
way, but Is known as the most relent-
less prosecutor In the Governments EN-
ploy. He convicted Plato, little time
back, who is Collector of Customs for
the Corpus Christi district, and no small
fish. His frledds called it political per-
secution, outsiders said 1t was Evans
bloodhound pursuit of his prey, or, per-
haps, Plato really had done something.
Qulen sabe? Good luck and a Circuit
Judge saved him, his honorable honor
ruling. that the ofiense charged--illegally
releasing struggled goods-is not COW
cred by any United States statute,
and Plato breathes freely. He is u
MAN OF PROMINENCE,
The stalwart advocates of protection
buried In Rio Grande cactus, were much
exercised, and for awhile there was
church.
In the Tenth district, which Hancock
now represents, things are badly mixed
/ up. He Is slightly BOurbOnish and will
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

| have severed my connection with
MIR. g. Pearson, for the purpose of open
ing an auction and commission house at
No. 4Ol East Houston street. j hope by
strict attention to business, liberal and
fair dealing with my patrons to succeed.
will pay the highest cash price for sec
ond hand furniture, attend to outside
sales and guarantee satisfaction.
5-7-Ot DAN j. COLTON.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

A new invoice of furniture ofall kinds
Including gallery settees, has Just been
received by Mr.. II. Becker, No. 10 Com
merce street, which he will sell at bottom
prices. Also number of secretaries
sent to him by mistake, and which will
be sold extremely low. lie invites the
inspection OF all interested. 5-l0-lw
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

fluence may be potently used to curb the
zeal of performers" at Chicago; but 1t
will be surprise II they do not at least
sorely perplex the party by aggressive
demonstrations.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

Ples arc frequently proceeded by sense of
weight In the back, loins and lower part of the
abdomen. causing the patient to suppose he
mas SOME affection OF the kidneys or nelghbor-
tion are present, as ilatulency, uneasiness of
me stomach, etc. moisture, like perspira-
tion, producing very disagreeable itching,
ant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at
once 70 the application OF DR.. Bosanko's Pile
hemedy, which acts directly upon tho parts
Intense itching and effeeting i permanent
cure. Price, % cents. Address, The DIR. no
sanko Medicine Co, Piqua. o. Sold by q
Scasse, Co James Clayin hsgland a Co
The best smoking tobacco is 'I.ittle
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12
O. schasse & Co., James CIavin, RagIand
A. ia

The druggists, who are always looking after
toe Interest of their customers have now So
cured the sale of DIR. Dosankos Cough and
Lung syrup, a remedy that never fails TO cure
Colds, Pains In the Chest and all Lung Alice
tons For proof COnghs try a sample bottle.
Regular size, so cents and 81.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

The Waco Days says; "The Dallas
Tocsin, the socialistic organ of the COM
ing revolution is dead-died a very
quiet death, too. The editor says in his
farewell that the laboring element failed
to support the paper. Why should he
have expected laboring men more than
any others, to be Communists or Social
lists ~
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

One hundred dollars will be paid
for the arrest and conviction ofeach and
every person implicated in cutting our
pasture fence, five miles northwest of
San Antonio. IIoRD & DIGNowITY,
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

The SAN ANTONIO LIGHT is out in an
enlarged form, new face and on tinted
paper. 1t is just as newsy as good
looking Linden Sun.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

TnE SAN ANTONIO DAILY LIGHT has
enlarged to seven-column paper. 1t is
a gem of typographical neatness and
sparkles like the early dew.-[waxa-
hachie Mirror.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

TlrE star-eyed Goddess of Reform seems
to be out of a job, and If the Democrats
don't look out they will not have no
issue for the campaign.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12
MOndav. May ~. 1884.

Tn Hamilton Times thinks the air of
New York don't agree with Texas Sift-
inRa
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

Tnm SAN ANTONIO LIGHT comes out In
a new dress and shines forth with greater
brilliancy than ever.-[ Hamilton Times.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12
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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

JOker.n
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12

Drawer o, Atlanta, Ga.
New York Once, 159 West Twcnty-Third 81.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-27

t0Uoe poinsleSS an0co0ee9 aEe o1xh 10: 70 stamp ,,.s.pfg you an Amssiean, . spiie
 This is all very prof,less taIk," 1" said the EngSI1pan. q Add whak sis worse than pro6aDs, k h in1sn1cAed had taste. The only eBee p6soGak tke room who speak Enslish are scolding each other He dsahs. Here is the case in . nut- sAeal: am . medical student. and have seen good deal of post mostem human fly, and l ehipk thak picture ie untrue to nature. Y1arsa lais4er-a ~orshiper correct. Let ns aerss to didef. Taikins voot change our opinions-"
 True. n you are . student, then ! have q greater respect tor your opinion. Would xeA botA do - the tnvor and come VI eZe4ot n and see s..ps : p;esss ;..: zl.,, . fs.s n which
 l.n obliged, hue l would prefer not
 q vosld uhs to sss tAs interior of an Antwesp stnd5o,s l 0id. sFve taken most of dAoobule . fnnnd VI be onlv so r .ad 2 ! &c3 - lse'
 Wo fa1lowea tAe lank cd crasfv pain- s9 dssa tAe sa.iss cd eut tArougk | hk sfa easdn b the epa gafs.
 Nc chscAn givsa. fhsSs . fr,,c hopelessly gcne,S said tAe stsdsnE
 Csmins so . iiGA vhi1s van vish Ii. clssod ea1e . l. Ae painew rang and the enas asnod ts uslseeh ef ies oUs .rcprd \ sqsnse tvs-ssosy vhiss house ssood in
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-27
Modern English Noveiists.
i London Standard.


 Dramatic works have ceased, in Eng land, to be regarded as forming part of literature and if the best plays performed during the last few years at our theatres belong to literature at all, it is to that of France. But though we have scarcely a dramatist who could be looked to with confidence for an original comedy, we have still great number of novelists and more, perhaps, of a certain inferior but far from despicable order, than ever existed before. lt would be manifestly absurd to pretend that the povelists now surviving are worthy of being compared with Dickens, Thackeray and ChaIotte Bronte, or, to come to a much more re- cent period, with George Eliot, Charles Reade and Anthony Trollope. Take as a test that contemporary opinion of which has been said to be the surest guide to the verdict of poster ity, and it will be found that to all our novelists of the present day the foreigner says what the world said to the paradoxes published by the vicar of Wakefeld's too ingenious son he says nothing.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-27
A Negative Plea. iNev York Times.l

Perhaps it is as well that we have G. clined to spend enormous sums upon our navy. One of the main efforts ofFrance. since the accession of Louis Napoleon. has been to create navy that would be formidable to Great Britain. A French writer has just been publishing in the /oEyso! der De6aks a series of articles showing that this enormously costly fleet would be totally inefficient in a great war" On the other hand. Admiral Lord Dunsany published in an English review year or two ago series of papers ar guing that since seamanship had been nearly eliminated as a factor in naval warfare, which had become a matter of stoking and artillery practice, the relative naval strength of ofEneiand had greatly de- clined, and the Army and Nary Ga-<ke now declares the British navy to be in a state of collapse" and alleges that the admralify has not vessel to send through the Suez canal which would be match for the weakes, of the ironclads under Admiral Courbet. Another French writer is urging resort to privateering Tn case of war with Great Britain. This suggestion seems to ignore the clause in the treaty of Paris of 1856, to which both France and England were parties, declar- ing that a.privateering is and remains abolished
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-27
Soul Life.
New York Mercury :

New York Mercury.
 NJ. de Parvilie states tha, on a Monday in February, at half past four clock in the afternoon, when 1t was becoming dark, new word was born in the French Academy of Sciences. The word was " microbe," compounded tron " mikros, 1, little, and "bios," life. Dr. Koch, the German savant, has made the world well acquainted with the infiuitesimal animal, microbe," which is making ct this time such havoc in Italy as cholera germ. The animal life of man is but larger form of the little life of the tiny animal named by the French scientists. But there is an unseen, higher and im- mortal life. bios, life, bur super-bios. the soul-ife, the wonder of all wonders Poets with their exquisite organiz ations realize the soul life in their exceptional moments of inspiration. la sleep, .aat life sometimes goes on a journey, or has its eyes opened to its surroundings, when it remains at home. It is ciairvoyant, clairaudient Coleridge say and heard while asleep, and awoke only to remem- Der fragment of grand poem.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-27
A pRoMIscuous SUFFERER
lSf. Paul Herald.l

l1ts aat Ah<t&A6-I
 The other day forlorn looking tramp, with scarcely enough clothes on his gauni frame to wad shotgun, shuffled up to bar on Third street and said to the bar keeper:
 "Pardner, after man has lost all he had in a cyclone, and"
 "Oh that's too thin,n interrupted the mixologist, cyclone sufferers are as thick as bees up this way"
 You guess too hastily, paEdner. was jist goin' to tell you a little cyclone story. To be honest with you, though my once princely wealth war all swept away when the roarin', red-tongued fire hend swept the noble city of Chicago from-'
 "You'd better take a stroll The Chicago sufferer racket was worked out long ago"
 "Mebbe it was, pard mebbe it was 1; out, say, you can never imagine our dreadful sufferin's when we war driven from our rooms into the freezin' air when the Newhall house"
 Oh, give your jaws rest. I've had more than hundred Newhall survivors here this summer. Come, now, amble off"
 !" In a moment, pardner, in a moment. Honestly, don't you think it actually criminal for the railroads to draw us west with stories O fabulous riches in the C9ur d'Alene mines, and when we've spent the last dollar of a once princely poodle, make us walk back again?"
 @ don't want to hear another word. Vnp can't Awsnk k~~~ ,,~l>~. ..~,, ...s up for 1t, and now git.
 lust one word more, pardner, and I will hie me hence. Towering his voice almost to whisper.) Do you believe the horrible story published in the papers that afore our rescue we feasted on the bodies of our dead comrades? Do you believe what Greedy says about"
 Cut that short right there. No sur vivor of the Greedy expedition is in want. I'll be around there with a bung starter in just a minute if you don't git out of here.'
 "Yes, pardner, I'll go-but let's re- capitulate just a moment. Cyclone sufierin' fails to pezduce the budge, eh P
 "It does"
 An misfortune brought about by the Chicago ire fails to lure the coveted bottle from its lair :"
 Just so."
 An the story of a poor Newhall house victim is not sufficiently touchin' to cause the reJuvenahn' fluid to heave in sightr
 It is notn
 An Ceur d'Alene unfortunate can't booze up at this drunk factory without casa
 He can not"
 An man that suffered cold, priva- ton and hunger for the advancement O science almost under the shadow of the north pole can't moisten his tonsils here unless he backs the call with legal tender :"
 That's just the size of it."
 Then mix me a good cocktail an take yer change out of this" and he threw twenty-dollar gold piece on the bar. A man that's suffered as I've suffered should be lent helpin' hand by the great American people, but I'd rather pay cash than buck agin hardness O. heart an petri6ed generosity. Put little pine apple in it, an make 'er stiff."