San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-05

Century.
"WILL the bill increasing the pension
of widows of soldiers to Sl2 per month
pass the Senator" was asked of prOmi-
nent Democratic member of the House
by the correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times-Star, Undoubtedly" he ans
wered, 81 voted against the bill in the
House, but will be pretty well salts
fed if the Senate merely accepts this
one and passes it without saying any
more about it." "What do you mean by
that" Il mean that the great danger
is that much broader scheme may be
adopted in its stead, a plan by which
arrears will be opened to great many
more than are affected by the present
law. 1t was only because the passage
of this measure would Kill of
Browns bill removing the limita-
tions for filing claims and extend
ing them back indefinitely that
the present bill was passed by the
House. The fact is 2 good many Of the
members are crazy on the pension ques-
ton. They are u lot of fellows who
didn't go to the war and are ashamed OF
it, and are willing to do their share Ofthe
fighting now by voting S3OO,COO,OOO n
year out of the public treasury in gem
eral pension bill. They will swamp
the country financially if they do it.
that's ALL" lie reached up to the coat
rack and took down his Overcoat and
held it out to your correspondent to help
him on with it. "I'm little awkward
on account Of this arm he said as he
glanced at one arm which seemed to be
little shorter than the other. whats
the matter with it?' was the queried re-
spouse. Ball through it on the battle
field" he replied, sententiOusly, had
four inches Of bone cut out, that's ALL"
A LITERARY curiosity is the Glasse of
Time, in the first and second age. Di-
vinely Handled by Thomas PeytOn, of
LincOlnes Inne-Gent. Seen and Al
lowed. London: Printed by Bernard
Alsop for Lawrence Chapman, and are
to be sold at his Shop over against the
Staple lime, 1920. Now reprinted in a
neat volume, Long Primer type, bound
in.fine cloth, gilt top. beveled boards.
Price 80 cents. The quaint poem, of the
title page of which the above is tran
script, appeared nearly half century
earlier than Paradise Lost, and it is in
trinsiCally probable that it would have
fallen under the eye Of Milton; in any
case there are the striking points OF re-
ssmblance between the two poems, and
many have supposed Millions immortal
work to have been inspired by the former.
Only two copies Of the work are known
to be in existence previous to the issue
of the present edition, one being in the
British Museum, the other in the Bod
leian Library, Oxford. The copy in the
British Museum was purchased at
noted sale of old books in 1919, by Baron
Bolland, who notes upon blank leaf
that it cost him e2l Us. 3D., (about
$1,000. Some years ago gentleman
of Virginia, Mr.. J. L. Peyton, sprung
from the old English family Of that
name, made an accurate transcript of
the copy in the British Museum, pre-
serving even the quaint spelling, pune
tuation, capitaliZing and italicizing of
the original. This present edition is
printed without alteration. Apart from
its presumed connection, with Paradise
Lost, the poem has very considerable
merits of it's own, and is in every way a
literary curiosity. John B. Alden, Pub
Usher, New York.