San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-03

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was imperlled, were committed by their
own citizens. The free franchises of this
republic have wonderfully civiliZing
| effect on human character and are among
the most potent factors in evolving man
| hood that the experience OF the ages has
vet devised The men who have Tree
ballot in their hands are moi apt to be
hasty with bullets and bludgeOns.
The Texas veterans, who propose al
tending the Dallas reunion on the 2Oth
| inst, can get free transportation, by Sc
curing certificates from Walter L. Lane
| President. The rolls have been revised
and the old certificates of membership
are no longer valid. 1t will be neces-
| sary to rally round the President before
ven rally round the campfire, boys I'M
less YOU want to pay spot cash for your
pasteboards. Passes are good from
April IS to April -, inclusive.
SAM JONES has started his sermons on
| their travels in book form, and has
already booked sales for 10000 copies.
! Sam evidently intends to live by the
gospel. This is the golden opportunity
for "Sam's" enemies; for, has not one
Of old said, "Oh, that NINE enehy would
write book
QUEEN We. and Miss Cleveland are at
outs on the dress question. Dame Brit
tania and Miss Columbia are always at
outs
GROVER pools his issues on canvas
backs, diamond terrapin and lovely
women. and there is just where Mary
land gets away with him.
| MICHAEL DAvTTT, the eloquent col
league of ParneIl, has appealed to Joe
Chamberlain not to thwart Mr.. Glad-
stones programme for home rule. 1t
will do little good. 1t is not that Cham
berlaln and Dixie love Ireland less, but
they envy Gladstone more.
| CAPTAIN ID. f. HAYS, of the Mason
News, has been in the city for few
DAYS. The light of his genial conscience
was shed abroad through the LIGHT
sanctum this morning. lie was clOsetcd
with President Lott, Of the Arkansas
Pass road, yesterday; and assures us that
from that conversation he has no doubt
whatever. that the surveyors will be i'm
medIately put upon the northwest eX-
tension and matters pushed for all they
are worth This will be very aCCepti-
bic news to San Antonio, whose inter-
ests are as inseparable from this north
west line rs is man from his own
shadow. The Cap. is solid for Bracken-
ridge. first, last and all the time.
THE brandy season Is over for the
cowboys and the branding season has
commenced After a roundup on their
city ponies, they take their saddle ponies
and roundup the range cattle.
THE Democratic editors of this great
and glorious Democratic common wealth
are having regular monkey and par
rot kind of a time all to themselves.
They are working the Kilkenny cat
drama for all that it's worth.
The Springer StOCkman has cat and
hawk story that beats the record. The
cat was doing, the hawk was on the
wing, and in an unconscious hour that
cat was sailing skyward. When 500 feet
above terra firma the cat got in its work
on the hawks head, and, the wings
ceasing 10 ply the circumambient air,
cat and hawk came down like a catapult
and the catastrOphy closed with per-
manent catalepsy on the part of the cat
The "Old Bay State" comes to the
front with around SIS, 200, 900 for soldiers
aid since 1861. Now let the big Grass
State tumble to the racket ana do some
thing solid for the bold soldier boys
A soldiers home is needed in Texas, and
this great common wealth cannot afford
to delay action.
SAM JONES, who has entered the
church In many q race with the devil,
and knows whereof he atiirms as to their
relative speed, says that 1.-THE devil can
run mile while the church is putting
on her boots" The devil must make
good time, or the church must have a
poor shoemaker, Sam don't say which.
BAKERS chat" is a felt want with a
hole in it. He declines to let the court
see it lest he should no longer be able to
draw the wool over the eyes of the pub
lie.
The news from eastern rivers and
western rioters is net comforting. The
James, Kentucky, Cumberland, Ala
bama, Kanawaha, Coosa, Elk, Warrior,
Tsllapoora and minor streams have all
overlooked their banks and incredible
damage has been done. At Richmond.
the James is higher than for years, and
part OF the city is submerged. Matters
are no better at Charleston and Mont
gemery, and thousands are homeless.
Turning from the roar of angry waters
to the surging waves of the angry popu-