The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-09

lhTBt tlilts VI ltNHs uHili u IfBlhNiat'h
law Is enforced. 1t is the right check
and The proper check against fraud.
REPRESENTATIVE TANKGRsLY, OF lIous-
ton. had very close call by reason Of
having his name mixed up In that bucket
shop bill matter, but he came out cred
itably, all the same, although 1t will be
remembered that Tryon, in his celebrated
letter, said he thought he could secure
that Representatives. influence by the
present of n watch, "but II would have
to be a good one" The people Of llous-
ton; however, seem to be satisfied with
his labors, his abilities, and his intcg-
rity, for on Monday night large num-
Der Of prominent citizens met and pre-
scented him with h valuable gold watch,
appropriately engraved and lnscribed.
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SOME one asked the philosopher Mont
ford, observes an anonymous contem-
pora,y, the question, "what IL lifeY" and
~ answer was the following charming
sentence: "The present life Is sleeping
and waking. 1t is night on going to bed,
aud morning on getting up. 1t sto
wonder what he day will bring forth; 1t
Is rain on the window MS one sits by the
fire; It is 20 walk in the ga den, aud see
the flowers, and hear the birds sing; II Is
to hear the news from the east, west,
north ard soLth; 1t is to read old and
new books; 1t Is to see pictures, aud
hear music; II Is to have Sundays; II Is
TO have breakfast, dinner aud tea; II is
to belong 20 town, and have neighbors
and acquaintances; 1t il TO have friends,
and love; 1t Is to have sight Mt dear old
faces, and 1t is to know ourselves
thought Of many times day, in many
places, by children, aud grandchildren,
and many friends
Old tried and true Democrats are
burdening the New York papers with
protests against the appointment OF Nv.
Pearson as postmaster. One old-timer
writes the Sun as follows: 1.-The renom-
of New York city has done the business
for us old veteran Democrats, and you
may bet that if Republican Governor
is nominated we will give good show
ing in his behalf have never voted
anything but straight Democratic
ticket, and have done so for 20 years. !
neyer-nor do / now-hold any Govern
ment position, yet | have an honorable
discharge from the United States navy
for service during the late war have
followed the Democratic party from
principle. Guess have made n mistake,
and shall repent before am entirely
lost" Another, who signs himself "Not
an Ofllce-seeker," writes rather sarcas-
tically in the following "For those Dem
ocrats contemplating Government posi-
tons would suggest to them to men,
tion in their applications that their only
disqualification is that they have been
unremtting in their endeavors for sew
eral years to drslodge the Republican
party, and then have the same approved
by George Jones, editor New York
Times; Henry Ward Beecher, Mrs
Henry Ward Beecher and Carl Schurz.'
sour highly esteemed contemporary
Colonel sllenry Watierson," observes
the New York sun, "with that en-
lightened curiosity which is the mark o
large and expansive mind, asks us "tC
explain the peouliarities Of Il bay steer
kick" Is there anything that diileren
tiates the kick Of bay steer from tina
of a steer of any other color, and If so
what? In calculation are three de
grees: To kick, to kick like steer, I,
kick like bay steer. The positive de
gree OF celebration is indefinitely anI
generally expressed by the first.
higher, more forcible, and in every wa,
more impressive variety of celebration
is expressed in the happily descriptiv,
smile, "to kick like n steer" For tn,
steer Is, or mt least was, before the null
had come into general culture, symbo
of striking and impetuous celebration
Any steer kicks refractorily, but the ba,
steer kicks with heartness, an inten
sty of orural propulsion, n putting o
, his whole soul into his hoofs, that distin
gulshes him from non-bay steers. Whel
, the Hon. George Frisbie Hoar kick
against an appointment; he always kick
, like bay steer. 1t is his nature. If
be asked why the bay steer has gift
above those of its fellows, the answe
must be that 1t is its nature. Perhap
Its temperament is more choleric, per
haps Its temper is subtly Influenced b
Its ooloring matter. IT'S held that red
haired persons are llercer, more choleriC
and more sudden in quarrel than tn
flaXen-haired or the ink-haired, and pei
haps the bay steer is the victim or bene
iiciary of Its color. Certain 1t is tina
: the bay steer symbolzes kicking of eS
, traordinary genius viyacity; and, more
= yer, In Kentucky their number is gre
r and their power enormous"
Is the Moon Solid Body?
NJ. G. Flanders, the Kendall, Orlean
county, New York, astronomer, ha
written n letter reasserting his bell,