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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-23


shine to talk about their beer being Of
poor quality; every connOisseur in this
State knows better than that. AS San
Antonio industry the Lone Star brewery
Is worth more to the city than any other
plant in it, and can not be shot in the
rear without evoklng vigorous protest
even from those who care nothing for
beer as a beverage.
The LIGHT is not hankerIng after a
One-sided republican convention. lire
publican nominations have not been
made in the past it has been because in
more than one instance the leaders OF
the party have disobeyed the express
will of the conventions whose delegates
they we're. II any kick has been made
against the present convention it is be-
cause the same finesse and covert
methods OF procedure that have de-
strOyed the harmony OF the party in
Texas are observable in the call. The
LIGHT emphasizes all that has been said
in any quarter, no matter what, as to
full representation In this Waco con-
yention. The necessity Of the republi-
can party being fully represented there
Is imperative, and the necessity OF doing
square work when in the convention
will be made apparent also. The $780,
900 republicans Of Texas do not mean
half dozen policy thinkers who are for
the republicanism of self FIR, last and
all the time. By all NEAL as we are to
have a convention Of some kind, let us
have convention of the right kind. A
convention in which every republican in
Texas will be represented; convention
whose work will represent the wisdom
and the will Of the majority Of the re-
publicans Of the state; convention
whose delegates will respect the instruc-
tions given them by their constituents.
The Evening Dispatch, referring to
the recent article in the LIGHT anent the
state convention, says that the Editor
Of the Dispatch was republican when
the writer Of the article in the LIGHT
was rebel busherwhacker in Texas"
The Dispatch man is just rs incorrect as
usual and as far from the facts as ever in
making this statement. The writer Of
the article in the LIGHT was its regular
editor, who, as union soldier in Vir-
ginia under Nc. Clellan and Grant, and
straight out republican from the time
he cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln,
denies the soft Impeachment that he was
rebel bushwhacker in Texas. Guess
again Mr.. Leader AS to the call OF the
committee the editor Of the Dispatch is
utterly at sea. The LIGHT does not hold
itself responsible for the misspprehen-
sion of the Austin journal. But, when
the Dispatch cannot, or will not under
stand that the calling of the executive
committee together to elect its chair
man and secretary is one thing, and that
the calling of state convention is an
other thing whose fault is il? The LIGHT
simply assumes responsibility for what
1t says, not for what the Dispatch either
wilfully or ignorahtly misunderstands it
to say.
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I O875
VOL. II, NO. ~.
ALPHABETICAL hINTs ON HEALTH.
AZ soon as you are up shake blankets and

AZ soon az you are up shake blankets and
sheet;
Better te without shoes than sit with wet
feet;
Children, if healthy, are active not still;
Damp beds and damp clothes will both make
you i'll;
Eat slowly, and always chew your food well ;
Freshen the air in the house where you dwell !;
Garments must never be made to be tight;
Homes will be healthy if airy and light;
II you wish to be well as you do, I've NO
doubt
just open the windows before you go out;
Keep your rooms always tidy and clean,
Let dust on the furniture never be seen;
Much illness is caused by the want of pure
air,
Now to open your windows be ever your
care.
Old rags and old rubbish should never hs
kept; s
People shonld see that their foors are well
swept;
Quick movements in children are healthy and
right;
Remember the young can not thrive without
light
See that the cistern is clean to the brim;
Take care that your dress is all tidy and trim;
Use your nose to find out if there be a bad
drain;
Very sad are the fevers that come in its train.
Walk as much as you can without feeling
fatigue:
Xerxes could walk full many league
Your health is your wealth, which your wis
dom must keep:
Zeal will help good cause, and the good you
will reap.
Trinity Gard of Home Hygiene
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The~Right Hand and the Left.

Some of the facts connected with right and
left are curious and interesting. If one offers
the right hand to an European adult, the
propensity to extend the right hand in return
Is so strong as to be almost reflex action. A
BoIkhara sheik, who suspected Wolff of being
Frank, applied the test of offering him his
hand; fortunately for himself, Wolff did not
grasp the hand, but responded with salaam
III correct Oriental fashion. But in children
this propensity is either not yet developed, or
else is overcome by an innate law of least
a:tion. l.5
have tried the experiment of offering my
right hand to scores of little children; they
invariably give the left, which is nearest, and
~, not cross the right hand over. Ii / offer
i:iy LETT they return the right, again swayed
by the law of least action. In sliding on ice,
my schoolfellows used to put the right foot
forward almost invariably. Though the word
Benjamin means Son OF Right Hand, yet
the tribe seems to be notoriously left-handed.
The name may have been euphemistic, like
Euonumos and Aristera- Won Miklucho
Maclay says the Papuans are always left
handed. should very much like to know
something about the Papuan innominate.--
British Medical Journal
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launching De Lesseps at Southampton.


Southampton's farewell to the great exca-
vator was in one respect a lamentable exhi-
bition of bad breeding, thick-headedness,
thick-skinnedness, and gaucherie all around.
Mr.. Mayor Coles and the local notables made
no allowance for the fact that NJ. de Lesseps
was no less innocent of English than they of
French. This was inexcusable, considering
the sympathetic admission which one of them
had just been making in regard to the insult
fciency of mongsoors education. Yet for
nearly two mortal hours they bombarded
their distinguished but helpless guest with
heavy artillery of ecclesiastical, parlia-
mentary, and parochial TOPICS which would
not have interested him in the smallest de-
gree even had he been proficient in the in
sular vernacular. What would he have cared
for "the bishop and clergy of the diocese and
ministers of all denominations"
As far as poor De Lesseps was concerned,
the notables might have been talking in
Choctaw, and about the party fdelities and
tergiversations of the house of Chingagook.
The plucky little man stood it bravely. He
gazed slowly around at the hilarious assem-
blage with half expression Of amused curl
osity. He fixed his elbows on the arms of his
chair and contemplated his shoe points. He
took up his glass, slipped it, put it down, FUN
bled with his curedent " hat time he gaZed at
the ceiling-in brown study, as if be thought
with the nude navvies of Panama, and not
with the conscript fathers of Southampton in
their spangles and feathers Luckily for M.
De Lesseps, he had in Lord Montagu right
hand neighbor who spoke French. In justice
to the Southampton fathers, it must be said
that the luncheon was magnificent triumph
in the art of cookery, and the wines were
worthy of the "wittles." 1t WAS the oratory
that was all wrong.-London World.
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Dop Worship i'm San Francisco.

Dog worship in San Francisco has been
brought to the most sacred heights. That Is
to say, it has been brought to the heights Of
exclusive society In other cities of the world
not all others but some others-this adora-
tion of the canine species is confined to thoss
fascinating ladies who comprise the "half
world" To them alone is confined the out
ward demonstrations of tenderness, the
Jealous care of these precious pets, and the
custom of hiring bonne in cap and apron tc
tend to their snarling wants and gratify theil
growing caprices.
In San Francisco, it is ladies of unimpeach-
able position who indulge small terriers or
dote on pugs. They take them shopping
under one ARM balanced by long smelling
bottle in the other hand, or send them forth
under the charge of colored coachman to
take the morning air. They are fed ON
especial dishes, from particular platters; they
are painted in oil and hung on the walls OF
their mistresses bed chambers; they are ever
fed, spoiled, pampered, petted, i'll smelling,
nasty little nuisances, and they have the one
virtue of dying early, when they are usually
buried in the family lot at Lone Mountain
San Francisco News Letter.
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THE ART OF BoOK-MAkING.

Some Of the Odd and Vulgar Fashions
Which Have Crept in.
Within the last few years many publishers
have been tempted to issue holiday and other
volumes bound in new and unique materials.
Some of these experiments have been pleasing
to the eye and appropriate to the contents OF
the book but many, very many, more have
been in the worst of taste. Prepared leather,
which in former years was only used in the
manufacture of sachels and trunks, has been
laid under contribution by the book-binder,
and the result is shown in hideous array of
alligator" and "tiger skin" volumes, offensive
to every sense It was proper enough to
make wallets, pocket-books, scrips, and even
memorandum books of alligator skin, and
book of southern travel might look appropri-
ate in the same binding, but to find art books,
fiction, poetry, and everything else bound in
discriminatory in it is an evidence of degen-
crate taste.
More daring vulgarities than this have been
perpetrated, as any book store will give evil
dence. One line of poets has been bound in
@tiger skim" horrible, mottled leather with
some material inserted between it and the
boards so as to form soft, squashy cushion
The bulging appearance of these books is
most unlovely, and we hope they will all
have disappeared by next winter. In search
ing for variety Of colors in which to bind
the commoner cloth volumes the dyers have
struck upon number of neutral tints which,
however pretty, are not durable, fading often
while ia the shop window. The art of binding
books has well nigh become a lost one. Few
of the books now being made will be found in
SO perfect condition 400 years from now as
are the "fifteeners" we now see. The books
in the libraries of Chicago which were printed
and bound in the fifteenth and sixteen centu-
ries compare favorably with the best produc-
tions of to-day Not only as regards binding
are they superior, but in the printing also.
Few books are perfectly made in one day.
How many of the average sized books Of
to-day can you open flat upon table and
read without holding as you can those made
in the past. Very few indeed. The l2mo
books of to-day, if opened suddenly in the
middle, will be irretrievably spoiled. The
cheapening of labor and the introduction of
machinery is responsible for this. The use OF
the wire binding is proper for magazines and
pamphlets, but should not be tolerated in
bound volumes that are intended to last any
time The sharp wire cuts the paper and be-
fore you have half finished your book the
pages are as loose pack of playing cards.
In London and Lelpsic, the great book marts,
much taste is displayed in printing and bind,
ing. Often the material, texture, color,
marks and symbols of the cover will be sug-
gestive of the contents In point of typogra-
ply but few firms in this country can COM
pare with the English and German book.
makers. Chicago News Rambler"
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A FailiIrH.

AT a negro baptizing the other day old Flat
Foot Dam who, having renouneed the world,
the flesh and the devil, was a candidate for
salvation, came forward and applied for a
cleansing dip. The preacher, a very small
man, took Dan straightway down into the
water Dan, with his mind fixed on things
not of this earth, did not observe that he was
taking the preacher beyond his depth. Dan
did not feel the gentle hand of restraint,
neither did he hear the warning voice, but he
heard shout which the terrified congrega-
ton sent up. Looking around and not
seeing the preacher, Dan, in surprise, ex-
claimed:
"Look heah, whar dat preacher
Under the waterr some one shouted
'sWall,n said Dan, "reckon I'd better come
out an set down ON de bank tell de genner-
man gifts ready"
The preacher was rescued. After he had
revived he told Dan that he was again ready
to lead him down into the water.
"No, I reckon not, parson. Thinks I'll hab
ter be soused by er big man. Dis little saliva
tion, Use erfeered, woan go fur ernuf. Yer
kahn take me out whar it's deep ernuff ter do
me no good Use dun er heap er debilment
an wants ter be soused under sho null
Arkansaw Traveller.
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Art students in Paris Academy.

Every new student, who, by the way, il
called a nouveau by his classmates, is ex-
pected to be the slave of the studio in which
he is enrolled. He has to do all the drudg-
cry, from chopping up the dry clay to run
ming out and bringing biscuits, rolls and cigarr
for the older men A nouveau who is good
natured gets along well enough, but If he
chances to be all irascible fellow he meets
with more trials than he can account for. His
work is tipped over, he is sent on foolish er-
rands. and he is the victim of all kinds OF
jokes. He is frequently assaulted with a
storm of wet sponges, as are visitors who en-
ter the studio without removing their hats
and making polite salutation. In the paint
ing studios new students are compelled to strip
and fence with long brushes dripping with
red paint until their bodies are thoroughly
bespattered.
Yet with all their pranks the boys are good
hearted. Although most of them are poor
I've seen them contribute. cheerfully to the
assistance of an old model in distress or to the
relief OF one who was unfit for work. The
Nfe is essentially Bohemian, those OF the stu
dents who can afford it having little studios
of their own in which they sleep along with
their clay, tools, and nodels.-Chieago News
Interview.
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A Trait Of the Human Mind.

The other day journalist sat before
Brother Moody, writing brief long-hand re-
port of the sermon. A young lady overcome
with curiosity, made bold to ask how it could
be possible the reporter could take down in
shorthand the speech of man who spoke
with the impetuosity of Brother Moody The
scribe explained to his charming questioner
that he was merely writing in long-hand.
Ah that explained all. The young lady
settled back to catch the thread of the tale
Brother Moody was rattling OFF. Three hun
dred words minute, fully written out, OF
the hardest stuff to report-that was natural
and practicable. The wonder was how any
one could do it in shorthand. This trait of
the human mind to accept the impossible as a
matter of course and to view the familiar or
practicable with an eagle-eyed suspicion, is
what fattens mountebanks and breeds charla-
tans-The Current
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The cbinese DO Not Eat Rats.

A young lady interested to the Chinese Sun
day-school connected with Emmanuel church
writes that "the Chinese feel very much ag-
grieved at the popular idea that they eat rats !"
A few days ago an intelligent Chinaman, who
has lived in this country for number Of years,
spoke of the annoyance and said he would like
every one to know "that the Chinese do not
eat rats but squirrels" The popular delusion
that rats constitute a great article of diet
among the Chinese is due no doubt to the fact
that school-reader which was formerly in
use. and may be now, contained a picture Of
a Chinaman having upon his shoulder
bamboo rod from which are suspended, by
their tails, a number of rats. In the reading
beneath the picture it is stated that in China
rats are eaten The Cinnamon in this city
are in the main very cleanly folk in their
attire and homes, and their food appears to
be chiefly rice, which is a cheap though very
wholesome article-Baltimore Sun
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no matter Which Governo1

Stories of Fannie Smith Rice, the woman
who was shot in st. Paul the other day by
the husband she had deserted, are as plenty
in society as apples in autumn. The most
amazing escapade that is narrated of her IN
Albany is that she once frightened COVER
nor into signing bill in which she took an
interest. She had called on him two or three
times, and he had treated her lightly and
chafingly, as busy man might treat .
spoiled child. Suddenly during her last visit
she is said to have flung herself in his lap,
with an arm around his neck.
Now, governor, she said, srIl give you one
minute in which to sign that bill OF course
do not need TO tell you what would happen
should anyone happen in here and see me
seated thus. =
The governor signed the bill He is alive
now, and no good could come of saying which
governo-, it was.-N Y. Letter Cin Enquirer.
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pn,.. Rv which a Poet Works.

Bear in mind some of the technical rules by
which Browning works. He uses the smallest
number of words which his meaning allows,
is sparing of adjectives, uses the largest rela-
tive number of Saxon words, uses monosylla-
bles wherever possible, treats eonsonants as
the backbone of the language, and hence as
the essential feature of q rhyme; uses the
measure most appropriate to his subject, tax.
ing no liberties with unusual measure, and
eschews all vulgarisms or inaccuracies which
custom has sanctioned, both in prose anu
verse. such as @I had better" or had rather
-C1,ra nofv Rates
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She Had a Real Good Time.

.'Did you go to the Tbbons party the other
night, Mrs PrinkleyF inquired one woman
of another in the jam at millinery store.
.sYes, indeed" she replied, with eyes fairly
snapping with delight.
"Have good timer
@Yes, had splendid time. The Twom-
lev girls were there, you know, and they
didn't have on thing fit to be seen, while
everybody said my new dress was just too
lovely for anything Isn't this delicious
weathera- Chicago Ledger.
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About Tea and Coffee Drinkers.

I See it IS stated that while Enghshmen
drink five times as much tea as coffee, Ameri-
cans drink eight times as much coffee as tea.
This is in great measure due to the coffee
that is sold in the United States, being less
adulterated than ours. To certain extent it
may also be accounted for by the fact that
Americans are richer than we are, for there
are a good many more cups in shiilings
worth of tea than in shilling's worth OF
coffee 10ndon Truth
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where Ignorance is Bliss, Etc.

Mrs. Knicklehausen-Fraulie you remem-
ber dot poy, Yacub, of mine, vot used to pc
SO pat und chead NIT dose dree card monte,
und blay dot boxer kame-nnd all dose tngss
Mrs. Vanderberg-Yes. Katrine.
Mrs. K.-Vell, he vent Quit vest lately, und
has revormed und settled down in the fish
bizness.
Mrs V.-Indeedi
Mrs. K.-Yaw. His fader got a letter vrom
him last week saying he vas catching lots oof
suckers" We vos glat he vos gif oop his ole
wicket habits. Chicago Rambler.
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How a Woman Pays Her Car Fare

Said the conductor, ''when lady takes her
seat in the car she rests her sachel ON her
knees, opens it and takes from it handker-
chief and closes the satchel. Suddenly she
reopeps it, takes from it her purse, again
closes the sachel, opens the purse, takes
from it dime, then closes it and returns it
to the sachel, which she again closes. As
soon as she receives a nickel in change she re-
opens the sachel takes out the purse, closes
the sachel, opens the purse, drops in the
coin, and after swapping her purse once
more opens the sachel and drops the purse
into it, after which she sits back with self
satisfied air, and rides to her destination
San Francisco Call
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A Directory for street Beggars

The last Partisan publication which has
been seized by order Of the prefect OF police
Is neither a naturalist novel nor an anarch-
ist pamphlet, but simple directory. II Is
one Of very special kind, as itonly gives the
names of those of the inhabitants of the city
who are noted for their philaDthropic dispose
tion and their readiness TO relieve distress.
The compiler turns out to be well-known
street beggar, who thus puts into methodical
shape, for the benefit of the younger members
OF the profession, the information which ne
has amassed in the course of his long career.
-Rostnn TRANSCRIPT
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war,,n~ tn Wheeling Humanity.

@Gough drobs, five ceds a backidge!
Greatest thig id the world for gold id the
'eda Odely five ceds backidge!"
A red-nosed, watery-eyed man, with a
flannel muffier around his neck, stood on the
corner the other morning offering cough
drops for sale.
"Why don't you take some yourself?' e
asked the reporter "You seem to be pretty
well stopped up in the head"
"The bad worg for wode led be, was the
reply.
"What, won't let you take the medicine
you sell to others?"
"Doe, sir. He pays be eggstra dot to dake
ady."
9What for!"
"Oh," was the answer, $50 cad stad oud
here as horrible eggsable e!"-Philadelp
News.
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neta,ls OF : polieeman,s DUTY.

Few people know anything about o poiice-
mans duty. He has to examine every house ON
his heat, report doors found open, insecure
cellar doors, burst water pipe, filthy alleys,
changes of saloon ownership, the characters Oh
suspicious persons on his beat, dead dogs, cats
and other animals on their beats, cases OF
.lestitution, plugged up key-holes of alarm,
boxes, robberies, thefts and accidents, ana
besides keeping their eyes open for all tnese
things have nearly every day special masters
10 look after.-Police Secretary IN GioDe-
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AR,~ Item for "G1ass" Alone.

Not long ago gentleman, prominent in
New York society and well-known in Boston,
gave, on the eve of his marriage, dinner at
Delmonico's to eight or ten of his bachelor
friends The item for "glass" alone on his
bill was more than $500. Each wine glass and
tumbler, after it was once used, was thrown
over the shoulder on the floor and another
taken, SO the pile of broken glasses surround
ing the table when the dinner was over may
be easily imagined-The Argonaut.
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wh,.n.r. Are Haif the Battle.

Don't you know that if could raise beard
my practice would he twice, and possibly
three times, as large as it is! l have tried
everything to bring the hair out ON my face
but it will not come, and / have about given
up all hopes of ever adding whiskers to my
numerous attractions. Although am ~
years of age. and have been practicing sew
eral years, / find the greatest difficulty IN
making people believe am not a minor just
starting out in business. tell you, in our
profession whiskers are half the. battle. Ev'
erybody pictures the physician as an old
sage looking individual with long, full beard
-aPhysician'' in Giobe-Democrat.
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Profit i'm the Choir.

aRuf1s, wuz yer to de chu'ch dis mornin'@
9Dats jist where wuz. Glenn"
Il hope yo drawed in much profit from de
sarbice, Rufus
tWhat yo' mean, saha Jus yo' taks motifs
Mr Glenn, dat wen we play kecrds In dc
qniah during sarbice we JUS play for muse
ment, an muffin mo. n--Texas Siftings.