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BRIDGTON & SACO RIVER R. R.

I'm effect Oct. 4, 1856 AN IN;
Trains Leave Bridgton. -. o.oo S'zo
,uu,,,o port,and 1855 $50
Leave Portland (P.&O.R.R.) S'50 e e'do
stage connections at Bridgton for North Brldg
ton Harrison and Waterford waterford stage
leaves on arrival of IL II a. M tram; D., and
Sweden Stage connects Tuesday lhurSudy an"
Saturday with coop. m. train. ,,,.
Stage daily from Sandy Creek for SO. briugton
on arrival OF $50 p. III. train .r>,,,,,,, Co..
Oct5dtf y. a. bENNE1 1, sup.
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CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
The following quotations are received daily by
+. G. Stevens, No. 1914 Exchange street,
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CONGRESS ST. STATlOs ONLY

For RnngOr, ELLSWORTH anu bHE III g D y
1888 D. m. Fast Express stopping at Bruins
wick, Gardiner, Hailowell, Augusta and wafer
vile only. o. -
All other trains timed as above from Commercial
ST. Station, stop at Congress ST., where tnrougn
tickets and baggage checks may be obtained icf
principal points East and West.
THE Ills p m. train is the night express wild
Sleeping car attached and runs every night sun.
DAYS Included through to Bar Harbor but not 10
Skowhegan on Monday mornings or TO Belfast
and Dexter or beyond Bangor, excepting 10 Bar
Harbor, on Sunday mornings. -
Trains are due in Portland as follows: The morn
ing trains from Augusta and Bath 8.45 a. m;
Lewiston $50 a. m. the day trains from Ban
COR at ~ 45 and IL. So pm. the afternoon trains
fromWaterville, Bath, Rockland and Lewiston at
5.35 D. M, Flying Yankee at 5.45 p M; the
night Pullman Express train at 1. 90 a. M
Emitted Tickets, first and second class, tcf
all points in the Provinces ON sale af re-
duced rates.
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New York Stock and Money Naarket.
rrrT1

NEW YORK, Oct 10, I886.-Money OH call
is active, closing at per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 4G5 per cent Exchange weak and unset
tied at 8114@4 8112 and 84GD4 841a. Gov
eminent bonds dull and steady. Railroad bonds
quiet and generally firm. The stock market closed
strong at about highest prices reached
the transactions at the Stock Exchange aggre-
Gated 524.794 shares.
lnv following are to-days quotations of Govern
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BOSTON stock Market.

The following quotations of stocks are received
daily
Biddeford City As, 1871. .1OlA
continental h1lilS. GAIA
Atcll., Topeka and Santa Ee Railroad. 80
New York and New England Railroad. so
do pref ss5a 14SM
btilu ltlcuHOAS-..- +.--.....-....-..Zlf
G. b. & Q............ .....................13S
Wisconsin, Central. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 225s
Flint g. Pere Marquette Railroad conn.,. %
40 preI........ .....-...--.....-.- .....-..
Marquette. Houghton and Ont H., conn.,.
Mexican Central Observation-Disclosures. AGA
Mexican Central r ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 491a
Calumet Il Hecla. ..225
Eastern Ioo
Boston q Albany Railroad. ....... .........195
Eastern Pailroad 6s.......................-l2
Boston Land Company ..........................o A
Old Colony ................a .......... ......176
Boston Waterl Power Observation-Disclosures. 5
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0OFnGSLiC POTTS.
FERNANDINA-Cld 18th, brig Mary Dana,
JACKSONVILLE : Cid 18th, sch Broke B
Rokes, Robertson, Baltimore Snow
JACKSONVILLE-Sld 9TH sch Luella A Snow,
Snow, Richmond.
DARIEN-Cld 18th, brig Sullivan, Wright, for
st John. NIB.
NORLOLK-Ar 18th, brig Hattie, Coombs, from
NEWPORT NEWS-Sld 18th. sch Clara Leavit,
Lombord, Boston.
GEORGETOWN, DC-Ar 18th, sch William
Snow, Kennebec.
Cid 18th. sch Alfaretta Campbell. Portland
BALTIMORE-Ar 11tn, sch Cassie Bronson,
Anderson, Portland.
Ar 18th, sch Ella M Storer, Wade, Kennebec.
Ar 18th, barque Joe Reed, Alien New Haven't
sch Kocheko, Jasper, Boston.
PHILADELPHIA Cid 18th, barque Gen.
Al 18th, SENS Church, Anderson. Kennebec;
Clara Colcord, Spear. Kennebec; Terra A COT
ton, Cranmer, Boothbay
ca l2tn, sen F. Genovaf Seazie hey Me5s'
C0ffn Boston,
NEW YORK-Ar 9th, ship w Stetson, Ham
mond, Antwerp; schs Julia A Decker, Rockport;
Northern Light, and Agricola, Ellsworth; Med
ford, Ranger; Hope Haynes, Wiscasset VIA New
Haven; Idano, Roekland; Stella M Kenyon. Bos-
Thomaston; Racehorse. Bishop, Amboy for Salem
7 W Allen, st Johu, NIB; Oregon. Ellsworth .
York, Boston; Lettie Wells. and Rosa q Adra'
Cid 18th brig Ned White, Elwell, Rio Janeiro;
schs Douglass Hovey, Wright. Galveston; Hattle
Passed the Gate 18th, schs Addie Sawyer, from
New York for Boston; Saarbruck, do for do.
NEW LONDON-PaSSed Little Gull 9th, snip
Leading Wind, Bray from New York for Calcutta.
NEW BEDFORD-Ar 18th, sch Darius Eddy,
Hoxie, Bangor for Salem.
VINEYARD-HAVEN-Ar 18th, SehS A Hay
ford, Weehawken for Ipswich; M B Mahoney,
EllZabethport for Bangor; City of Ellsworth, FRO
violence for Ellsworth; Neptune, FIN Machias for
Bridgeport
Sailed, schs Lake, from Amboy for Boston;
Helen, Weehawken for Ipswich; Clara Dins-
more, New York for EastpOrt.
ken for Boston Laconia, and Ida A Jayne, do for
do; Storm Petrei, Bondout for do; Westerloo, do
Tor do.
EDGARTOWN-Ar 10th, schs Mary Sands. I'm
Port johnson for Danyersport; Eva Hall, Phila-
delphia for Boston,
CHATHAM-Sld 18th, sch Boston, for NYork,
with cargo of lumber saved from the schr Marion
Draper
from New York for Augusta.
BOSTON-Ar 18th. Schs Yale, Simpson, Balti-
more; Julia Baker, Furbish Kennebec;;
Cid 18th, schs II S Culver, Crowley, kennebec;
Bessie Norris Wheaton, do.
Ar 18TH schs Annie l. Henderson, Baltimore;
Otranto, Ludlam, Amboy; A Fabens, Peck, I'm
EliZabethport; f Nickerson, Scott do; Gen Banks
Dyer, ,Amboy i. Nellie, Drinkwater, Hoboken;
Creighton, Hoboken; Storm Petrol, Patten Ron
dout Sadie Kimball, Kimball Wiscasset; Diana,
Kelley Jonesport; j r Atwood Newell, Friend
ship; Black Warrior, Babbidge and Frank Pierce
Greenlaw, Deer Isle: Ariosto, Elwell, Rockland;
Jas Holmes, Ryan. Belfast.
SALEM-Ar 18th, sch Kendall, Kendall,
Perth Amboy.
NEWBURYPORT-Sld 11th sch Julia A Ber-
kele. French. kockland
BATH-Sld 18th, Schs Julia Bailey, Meady
New York; E Allen, Meady, Philadelphia.
Sid 18th, sch Reuben Eastman, Eastman, New
York.
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FOR DIAMOND ISLAND AND DIAMOND COVE.
On and after Monday, Sept. 18th, ana
until further notice,
q AA Z u 1919

will run as follows: (Sundays eXcepted.J
Leave Burnham's Wharf, 6, z, 10 a. m, 1920,
g. and 6.15 p. 900
Leave Casco Wharf. Diamond Island. $50,
7.45, 1925 a. M, 1.30, $40, 5. 40, and $40 p M
The 1000 and g. 90 trips will be made around
the island if desired, touching at Diamond Cove
Farm Landing. -.
All arrangements for evening sailing parties
can be made with the Captain on board. -,
Sep11 uu
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J Watts, on Pelican Shoals The latter has be


Ar at Gloucester 18th, schs Matte I Dyer, and
John James, seinng.
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Grandma-Clara, do you think your mother
would approve OF your sitting upso late!
Clara-Why, grandma, it was only half past 10
when Frank left last evening.
Grandma-Clara, your grandma happened to be
awake just as Frank was leaving, and didn't she
hear him say, NOW Clara, just one?"
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Scrofuia

- - 49, -
Is one of the most fatal scourges which
afflict mankind. It is often inherited,
but may be the result of improper vacci-
nation, mercurial poison, uncleanliness,
and various other causes. Chronic Sores,
Ulcers, Assesses, Cancerous Humors,
and, in some cases, Emaciation and Con-
sumption, result from ascrofulous condi-
ton of the blood. This disease can be
cured by the use of Ayers Sarsapari.fa.
INHERITED ascrofulous condition of the
blood which caused a arrangement of my
whole system. After taking less than
four bottles of Ayers Sarsaparilla am
Entirely Cured
and, for the past year, have not found it
necessary to use any medicine whatever.
am now in better health, and stronger,
than eyer before.--O. A. Willard, 218
fremont ST., Boston, Mass.
L was troubled with Scrofulous Sores
for five years; but, after using a few
bottles of Ayers Sarsaparilla, the sores
healed, and have now good health. -
Elizabeth Warnock, 81 Appleton street,
Lowell. Mass.
Some months ago I was troubled with
Scrofulous Sores on my leg. The limb
was badly swollen and inflamed, and the
sores discharged large quantities of often
sive matter. Every remedy failed until
l used Ayers Sarsaparilla. By taking
three bottles of this medicine the sores
have been healed, and my health is re-
stored. / am grateful for the good it has
done me. Mrs. Ann O'Brian, 1853 Sulli-
van ST., New York. IT
Ayers SarsaparilIa,
Prepared by DR. J. C. Aver s. Co., Lowell, Mass
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, $5.
febl TTy&S1
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MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD


For Ruugor. yanceboro, 81. JOhn, Hail.
fax, and the Provinces, 81. stephen ana
Aroostook County, 1880 p, M, via Lewis
70, ESiiyyyorfs,, Bar Harbor, aud Bangor
a. Piscafaquis II. r., Hills p. M, doI
skowhegan, Belfast an. Dexter, i2.3U'
1890 To- So, b15 and, t11.15 p. M; for AM
ssmssa, EalioweiI, Gardiner and Biuns-
wick, 6.45 Il. M, 1895, BIS, tll.l5 p. m;
Saturdays only at II .15 o. M; RocAiand and
Knox and Lincoln R. r., 6.45 a. M, 1880
D. M; and on Saturdays only at 5.15 p. m: I;
51On m: Lewiston via Brunswick, GAO
am, i5 PM; Pennington, Monmouth,
Winthrop Oakland and North Anson,
I23Op m; Harrington vim BrunswtcS,
m and q 81 u. and from
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Pure gro nd ld700@7 80
Pure dry lead7 00@7 80
Eng Ven Red. 3@ 31a
Red Lead -. To 71a
Am. Zinz. 10 00@7 90
Rochelle Yellow. 2I2
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Rice, % ID. :. CO TIA
RaDpOOn. -. 41AMbAq
Starch


~ q az a kke
High Mixed Corn 1852
Corn, bag lots. 1904
Meal, bag lots. ..51@52
Oats, car lots. ..38@39
Oats, bag lots. .39@40
Cotton Seed.
car lots. .23 50@24 90
do bag. "a O0@25 90
Sack'dBr'D
car lots. ID 50@17 90
do bag. .1S 00@19 90
Middlings. IS 00020 so
do bag lots, 10 00@22 90
EBr0yisInus.
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If you are tired taking the large oldfashioned
gripping pills, try Carriers Little Liver Pills and
take some comfort A man can't stand every
thing. One pill a dose.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-11

The basis Of representation to said convsn
tion was mad, As follows: One delegate for
each 80 votes, and ono for Zach fraction Of Is
or over. east for the Blaine and Logan Elec-
ters at the last election, agsregAtinE la Dele
gates, spportioAsd a fellows:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-11

NcfVOuS ana pnySl-
cal Debility, Seminal Weak ness.
Sprematorrh@, fsrCstatOrrhae, Emissions
lmpotency, Exhausted Vitality, Premature De-
cline. and LDsS OF MANHOOD in
all tts com plicAtf0ns, and frOHs
Whatever cause Produced It en-
riches and puriies the Blocd, Strengthens the
Nerves, Brain, Muscles Digestion, Reproduc-
tive Organs, and Physical and Mental Faculties.
Ii stops all unnatural and debilitating drain
upon the system preventing involuntary losses,
deblitating dreams, seminal losses with the
urine, etc, so destructive to mind and body.
1t is a sure eiminator of all KIDNEY AND
BLADDER COMPLAINTS. 1t contains no
injurious ingredients. To those suffer.
ER2 from the evil effects of youth.
fs1t irsstasc re tSOM o y exccss,a a speedy
thGrnuEh and prrzn d,DKE,
~ qua As FEED. Price, sS.5 pei
bottle, FIVE bottles in case, with full direc-
tons ard advice, $50 Sent secure from Or
servation to any address upon the receipt OF
price, or G. Q. D. To be had only Of
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

This Great
HtreAEt +; e N.
ing Remedy
q II d n err We
ION AC is the
legitimate result
of over twenty
years practice,bva
THO F. > U G l. Y
QUALIFIED GBA
D u A TIE PHYSI-
CLAN of one of
che highest medi-
cal collie ges Of
L u r op e a n d
CURES w 1T H
U n FA LIN G
O Z X T A IN T Y
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
From Pole TO Pole

Osis V1V " OtV
AYERS sAEsAPAEII.LA has demonstrated It's
power of cure for all diseases of the blooi.
The Harpooner's Story. f
Neao BedJor'd, June I, 1883.
DE-. j. c. AVER e Co.-Twenty years ago
WAC harpoone- in the North Pacific, when five
others of the crew a-li myself were laid Ed witt,
scurvy. Our bodies were bloa,ed, gums swollen
and bleeding, teeth loose, purple blotches ali
over u.s. and our breath seemed rotten. Take /.
by and large we were pretty badly OFT. All Our
lime Juice was accidentally DESTROYED hut IN.
captain lad couple dozen bottles Of AYERS
GAEsA rASILLA ami gave that. Wc rccor-
cred OF it quicker than ! have ever seen mea
bron"ht about by any otfcrt treatment tffrScrrs,r.
and Eve good deal oft. Seeing men
ton in your Almanac of your Sarsapa.iiia helms:
good for scurvy. thought you ought 10 know II
thi-, and 50 SEND you the facts.
Respectfully yours, RALPH y. WI:'GATE.
Tho Troopers Experience.
Lasrcn, ,Ecsu:oland(G. AJrirc,) , iTorch7, 1850.
DE. .. G. AVER s. Co-Gen,enien: 'n'e
your S..raap:riili. We have been stationed
here for over two years. durn: which time w-
had to I've III tents. Being urccr canvas i'r
snch Il time brought On ,t',nt is called i'll t;t's
country "ye]d!-sorrs." | had those sores for
some time. l advised 10 take your sSr>a-
rara, two bottles OF which made rny sores
disappear rapidly, and '.:1' ro" q4ite VIII.
Trooper, ctpe -Vouated l'ife'"ea.
Ayer's Sa''sqpa'(:E.Ifa
]. the only thoroughly effective blocd-rur!fer.
the Only medicine that cradicates the poisons OF
ScrofiIla. Mercury, and Contagious Disease
from the system.
PREpAEED BT
DR.. J. G. Aver IL Co., Lowell Mass.
Sold by all DruEgists: Price 81;
Six bottiCs FOR So.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02

ders. The Monroe doctrine applies IN
all its force In this case. international.
friendly and commercial relations should
be sedulously cultivated between the
two North American republics; and be-
tween the individual citizens OF both ma
tlons. II will be to the interest OF San
Antonio to keep her eyes wide open In
Frightening the golden chain OF frienc-
ship and business intercourse with that
country, so abundant In the finest and
most valuable natural products. vigil
lance is here needed to watch rivals for
the Mexican trade. Advantages OF nat
ural location from proximity and other
causes, often prove deceptive before the
power Of railroads and other appliances.
The prosperity OF the Alamo Ciiy may
be much :pore largely built up In the iu-
ture than has hitherto been thought OF
nv utilizing to the fullest the magnlii-
cent opportunities offered to her III this
direction Ia unnecessary TO refer to the
practical advantage Of n knowledge OF
the Spanish language; language more
alike the noble old Roman tongue than
that of any other Of the Southern Eur' =
pean nations who owe to the Latin The
root aud origin Of their several vernacu-
lars.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02

OUR vicinity TO Mexico, and her per-
sistent struggle. smid great difficulty
partly from the ambition of aspiring
ehefisins and politicians, to establish =
Republic, modelled after tho United
States, give her peculiar claims upon
our national and individual sympathy.
Her lofty spirit rises superior TO adver-
sity; with indomitable hope and energy,
In keeping with the spirit Of the age,
she is laboring to build up the cause of
general education, and has National
Normal School at the Capital OF the Re-
public. The following is list Of the
products OF this most remarkable coun-
try: "Sugar, coffee, cotton, hemp. to-
bacco, cocoa, oochineal, pimento, indigo,
wheat, corn, grapes and olives all find
genial climates in this magnificent coun-
try. and when well cultivated the yield
la enormous. On the plains OF Mexico
volets are in bloom, strawberries are
ripe, and green peas In season all the
year. The india-rubber tree, vanilla
bean, llcorlce, sarsaparilla and Jalap, So
called from the city Of Jalapa, where 1t
grows wild, flourish in that land, SO
highly favored by nature. The maguey
plant 10 peculiar to Mexico. 1t IL now
called the Mexican aloe, and furnishes
from It's juice the fine national beverage
known as pulque, The two lofty noun
taiIs near the Capital City, as two
| giant sentinels stand side by aide. bind
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02

Piles are frequently preceded by II sense OF
weight In the back, loins and lower part of the
abdomen, causing the patient to suppose he
has some affection of the kidneys or neigh
boring organs. AT times symptoms of indl
vcstion are present, iintucncy, uneasiness of
the stomach, etc. \ moisture, like pcrspiru-
ton, producing II very disngrceuhlc itchlng
after getting warm, is n common attendant,
Blind. Blccding, aud Itching Piles yield ~
once To the application of Dr. Bosknno's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly upon the parts
affected. absorbing the Tumors, allnNing the
intense itching. and cnecting II permanent
cure. Price, ~ cents. Address, the DIR. lIOs-
kuno Medicine Company, piqun, Ohio. Sold
10y Hurry l.. Fowler, Il. Cohn Co., j. d. De-
vine, j. Calvin.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02

nm native of England, and while was in
that country | contracted II terrible blood
poison and for two years was under treat
incnt rs mn outdoor patient NJ Nottingham
UOspitnl, England. but was not cured sur
fcrcd the most aRoniLing palms In my bones.
aud was covered with sores all over my body
aud lmbs Finally completely lost all hope
in that country. and sailed for America, and
was treated nj Roosevelt, in this city, us well
MS hy u prominent physician IN New York
having no connection with the hospitals.
saw the advertisement of Swift's Specific,
and determined to give II u trial took six
bottles and cnn say with great JOY that they
have cured me entirely. ! aIn rs sound and
well MS | ever WIS in my life. -
l.. FRED HALF0RD.
New York CITY. June u. 1855.
In March of last year tlsSD | contracted
blood poison, and being in savannah, Ga, AT
the time | went into the hospital there for
treatment | suffered very much from rheu,
mntlsm ut the same time. did not get well
under the treatment there. nor was | cured by
any of the usual means ! have now taken
seven bottles of Swifts Specific and am sound
and well. II drove the poison out through
hollis ON the skin. DAN LEAHY.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
TuE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 2, Atlanta
Ga, NY, I51 W. I'D 81.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02
Hepa,ot9ne PuriHes the Blood and is Specific
for Chronic Liver Complaints.

The size of the liver and the many important
results that proceed from us action makes u
lublr to frequent arrangements. Organic
diseases of the liver Is the certain result OF
long continued malnrial attacks, also high Nv
ing, too stimulating food. the TOO frequent use
OF liquors tend to produce inflammation and
enlargement of some portion oi the liver;
ing and oppressive heat has peculiar lnilu-
cncc upon the liver ALWAYS dcranging Its So
cr,'tl Ions. The direct action of HcphtoIonc
upon this gland makes II invaluable ns n liver
medicine.
The grcnt majority of mdes during the
pregnancy suffer more or less of cNtrom" con-
stipation. We assure them thai tie use "l
ilcpntulonc will relieve this trouble.
Your liver needs tonic this hot weather.
Nothing equals Tobin's licpnloIunc. ASK
your druggist tor II. III
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02

That Is what the old Saxons called 1t.
They meant what We call health.
Rugged aud sturdy old fellows they
were. We ARE hardly up to their stan
dard Of health, because our style OF Nv
iny has introduced many unwholesome
habits. But we can resist the debili-
taIing effects OF our manner OF living by
taking Browns Iron Bitiers. IL con
uuers indigestion. regulates the bowels.
cures weakness, malaria, etc.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02

One of the finest establishments that san An
tonic, If not Texas, can boast of is the Art
Gallery of g. II. Mueller, AT M Commerce
street. Here can he hnd artists aud drhught-
mems materials, of both domestic and i'm.
ported kinds. Engnvings, chrolnos ana
paintings ARE on hand In an endless variety.
Picture frames, mouldings and materials for
frcsco nnd sign painting In large varieties.
China decorations aud material for WAY How
crs in large assortment. Mr.. Mueller re-
cciVcs direct from factories large shipments OF
paints, oils and other material In that line, us
well rs window glass aud inc domestic ana i'm
his establishment. l2-llly
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02

Has removed to 22j East Houston street,
next door to Charles Green, ana VIII be
ready for business Monday morning, De-
cember eth. The table VIII be first class
in every respect. and we shall pay par
ticulnr attention to special orders. We
shall keep fresh fish and oysters, game,
ETC.. constantly on hand, and VIII be
happy to see all our Old customers M
well ms new ones.
l2-5-tf CHRISTIAN KREGENBunu. Prop.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02

NE hNlNfNlNn NfNr " bDIhfFth ~
the old plan of having ministers or am
bassadors nj foreign courts, thinking
that consular agents are sufficient, I'M
less In special emergencies when I'M
der-secrrinries from the state Depart
ment might be sent as representatives
of the Great Republic to foreign courts.
The News says: "When capitals were
not connected by wire the amhas sador
had an excuse for his being, but now
there is no reason why the foreign Sec
Rotary Of one government should not
communicate directly with the foreign
secretary of another government. Of
course, countries that tolerate kings
might be expected to tolerate and APP
prove the antlquated ilumuery VI diplo-
macy, but republic should be represent
tative OF progress and common sense,
not only In its home a1airs but In its
relations with other governments. The
fact is. American ministers abroad have
no duties that can not be ordinarily
performed by consular agents.n one OF
the reasons assigned by the News Is:
american ministers are looked upon
us awkward and obsequious imitators
of II system which Is foreign to the
genius of our government and the spirit
OF our people" UNDERGRADUATES of
the State Department would hardly he
better qualified than ambassadors. APP
| pointed for their competent, legal, lit
erary and International knowledge for
| their position. The News surely
could not have meant sly hit Mt
| the gallant. whole-souled and accom-
plished Texan, ut the Court of Japan, u
man who once filled the high office of
Governor OF Texas. ifhigher or deeper
| learning Ia needed In our county, or
more courtly manners, or Whatever the
| deficiency, 1t might be remedl-d by Il
school Mt Washington city for instruc-
tion in diplomacy. rs known in
| Europe" If II should be settled that that
is the standard or eliminating excel
| lence in this mysterious and sublime
science or art. The United States are
fortunate in being at peace with foreign
| governments. The importance and util-
ity of preserving this relation with
those powers. are considerations Of
| State, at least equal TO American man
ners. or what may be thought OF, tho
"awk wardnes of American ministers
in royal European circles. The present
| system has manifest advantages In the
| rpsppct exhibited for the uutiOnulit les