The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-11


ciating thorn to the British In that por-
tion Of Egypt for many days.
TnE enthusiastic reception given To
the Prince Of Wales and his retinue on
the occasion Of their visit to Dublin, on
Wednesday, was rather bnck-set to
Parnell and shows that In that city. nj
least. royalty finds welcome and cor
dial greeting. or course 1t " u little
lippodroming affair on the pnrt of the
Prince. and has no particular meaning
beyond the moment. but If 1t serves to
keep the people Of ireland in good
humor It will have served ils purpose.
TIM IIGnr has received from the
Unit,d States photographic office nj
Washington. splendid aud minute map
OF the polar regions, showing the very
latest discoveries in the regions Of Ice
and snow; also dlarge and fine map Of
the valley Of the Nile, giving all the
points of interest now 50 frequently mem
toned In the Geographic reports IN con-
nection with the war in Soudan. The
maps came through the courtesy Of MIR.
j. II. Bartlett. Commander and Hydro
grnpher United States Navy, to whom
the LIGit returns Its thanks
A Drvocr,r VINO is not an office seek
err seems to be very much broke mp over
the reappointment OF Mr.. Pearson rs
Postmaster at New York, and lac writes
to the sun a. follows: The reappOint-
ment Of Mr.. Pearson settles 1t. The
States Of New York, New Jersey, Con-
neclicut and Indiana will be carried 10y
by the Republicans this fall, and the
Democratic party will surrender the Tx
ecutiye department of the Government
to their opponents at II O'Clock on the
9TH day Of March. lN~g. and God grant
that all future Democratic conventions
will learn wisdom and nominate repre-
sentative men"
TmE st. Louis Globe-D Democrat says
"rhe death Of Barrios will put sudden
end to the rash attempt to force the Cen
| trail American republics into Il union
which they do not want, but ought tc
have. Under any other circumstance
the death Of this man would he re
GREETED. His methods were largely
those Of the tyrnnt, II Is true, hut thes'
people can only he ruled by n stroni
hand, and in all Central America he wa
the one man fitted to bring and holt
these petty States together lie h"
made Guatemala vastly better intelleC
tually and materially than he found il
and he might have done much for lh
other States had his ambition not blind
ed him."
TnE Flurcsyille Chronicle is in earnes
in its interest for the advancement G
Wilson county 10y the Arkansas road, am
says: "Thc directory Of the Aransa
Pass railroad only ask S5O,OOO from on
county to construct the road on the cas-
line surveyed. aud our citizens are umpl
able. under the favorable terms Oilerc
them, to raise the amount. VIII the
, do it. or will they sit supineiy by unde
the hallucination that we will get til
road anyhow, until it is too late? BE
and other counties, have offered to gual
antee 100000 and the road can be cor
structed on the west line at SlOOOOO les
cost than on the east. making $4,000
in favor of that route. rs the matter nov
stands. Unless we do all in our powt
we will most certainly lose the roa,
and If we fail to secure the Arunsas Pas
road, many of us will not live to see AZ
other opportunity TO get II railroad
Floresyile and through this portion {
our county"
TnE BRIDGEPORT Post strikes the nail O
the head when it says: There's mott
T. ing on earth so mysteriously funny as
} newspaper advertisement. The prim
first, last and all the time, object of a
advertisement is to draw custom. 1t
not, was not, and never will be desgne
| for any other human purpose. So ii
, merchant waits till the busy seaso
comes, and his store is so full of Gust,
mers he can't get his hat oil, and the
he rushes to the newspapers and puts
his advertisement. When the dull sci
son gets along and there is no trade, AZ
3 he wants to sell goods so bad he can
pay his rent, he takes out his adyerlis
mcnt. That is, some OF them do, bl
occasionally leyel-headed merchal
puts in a bigger one and scoops all Il
/ business, while his neighbors are ma
70 ing mortgages to pay the gas bi
! There are times when you couldn't ste
! people from buying everything in Il
+. store If you planted u cannon behind Il
Y door, and that is the time the advertis
ment is sent out on its holy mission.
makes light work for the advertisement
for chalk sign on the sidewalk Cou
p do all that was needed and have a hi
l holiday six days in the week, but vi
y wants to favor an advertisement
q They are built to do hard work. al
{ should be sent out In the duh days VIII,
U a customer has to be knocked down wi
hard facts and kicked insensible wi
/. bankrupt reductions and dragged in " /
n irresistible slaughter Of prices before
r will spend cent. That's the aim Al
and nF un advertisement unI r,.,, a q,