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turns co r.usrsss -
minor essentials, as horse equipments and
coachmen's clothes. IL borrows more than
than these; it borrows those accessories of
high bred life which promote daily comfort
and convenience, the organization Of large
household, the routine Of social life In these
directions England is very strong though it
may be doubted if this is the highest sphere,
If it can be set against the dignity of the best
Spanish or Italian manners, the keenest Of
French wit, and the depth and solidity Of
German knowledge These also are fully
appreciated among US, but their traces do
not lie so much on the surface. All these
things, so far as we can, we borrow; why
noti II older nations borrow from one an
other, why not younger from olderi 1t is no
discredit to England that her one high philo-
logical authority, Max Muller, is German,
and that her one humorous periodical-in
America every newspaper is humorous-still
bears traces of its French origin in the title,
Punch, or The London Charivari. The Eng
lish journals are constantly pointing out that
their own people are becoming Americanized;
why, then, should not an American here or
there be Anglicized, 1t is pretty certain all
the while that we are exerting far more in
fuence than we receive
Let us not disturb ourselves Out Of the
fifty millions Of Americans the passing wave
of Anglomania or Francomania reaches but
a few thousands, and merely touches those
on the surface. Even the young men whom
it reaches are at heart good Americans. =
From 7. w. Higginsons Men and Women
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-07

sucn questions by asking the candidate,
What is your Strength or How many dele
gates can you count ont Show me your fig
ures and then can tell you whether can
afford to support you This would say TO
all who came. Then when found the man
who was pretty sure to win with the little
support | could give him he was made the
Cameron candidate. l got all the credit for
the victory, and the candidate himself be-
lieved that his success was entirely attributa-
bic to me- The truth of the matter always
was that the candidate had the popular
strength with him, and without that
wouldn't and couldn't have been of much
service New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-07
Cost of Getting the News.

Mr.. Eugene N. Camp, who has collected
the statistics for America on this point, says,
through The American, that the entire cost
of all news used in the papers in this country
is $50, G55, 600 per year. This is curiously di-
vided. The special bureaus, which are prin-
cipally located in New York, with the right
to look over the proofs every night Of some
of the morning journals, cost S345, 0OO This
is divided among 100 Of the leading provin-
cial papers. The business Of the Associated
Press now amounts to s., 80, 900 yearly, and
that of the United Press foots up to $3.50 COO
These two sums, with the special outlay for
telegraph tolls outside of the organizations,
place the total to all the papers Of $3.50, 900
for this department. In addition TO this
there are to be reckoned the special services
of professional correspondents in adjacent
towns and important centers, whose salaries
aggregate Sl,0C0,00O beside This makes the
total cost of al the service about $3.50, 900
per annum.
In the larger cities of the Union it costs
all the way from s400 to $1,000 a week for
the working up of local districts. Mr.. Camp
reckons this yearly expense az about Sl5,-
100000. This is u correct analysis Ct the eZ.
pense in collecting news and tho proportion
in which one branch Of the service is related
to the other. There are three lines Oh which
this work proceeds-the gathering of news
by the local reporter, the use of the telegraph
and the special correspondent. Each method
is closely related to the other The state
ment shows that there has been a great devel
opsnent of Journalism in the matter of news.
Every effort is made to get the news and one
combination only paves the way for another
in order to keep the lead in this department
OF newspaper. The greater the combina-
ton, the greater the result, and the paper
that has the news is the one that the public is
r1ose wiling to pay for.--Boston Herald
OTR ANGLOMANIACS.
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dancer rafsea his r1gntN..jot quickly TO
height of from three to six inches above the
ground, at the same time-or perhaps an
Instant late--giving tiny hop, which lifted
the Il foot high enough to put toothpick
bcts cen il and the ground This hitch Is
alr.o5; i:nncrceptible in itself, but it is never
omi5.cl. AID makes a notable impression
upoM the character Of the step as a whole.
Then tie RI ,i!5 foot went down in a similar
hyphcr2:cl "a hon, and the left foot went up,
and SO on The soft pat d the moccasined
feet Of tire men and the bare soleS of the
women was audible only in the aggregate
After l!.tle marching and countermarch-
ing around the space reserved for them, the
dancers a lain came down to the footlights-
so to spea.: by quick turn, formed in
four parallel rows, facing outward. In the
center weIC the two rows of women, and on
each sid, row of men, In this position they
danced il mark time fashion, moving their
arms alternately up and down with their
legs. The men used their rattles meantime,
each at stated intervals thrusting his right
arm out in shoulder striker style, and giving
at the same time a loud "Ayl ayr All
swayed their bodies from side to side, also, IN
graceful wise. The time kept by all was
absolutely perfect, and the figures reminded
me of a Virginia reel to the tune the old cow
died Of Up and down between the open
lines of the dancers gamboled three tall,
erect fellows, who were among the most i'm
portant characters of the day. They were
naked save for their G-string, plastered with
mud from head to foot, and with uncanny
strings dangling from KEGS to wrists. Each
had a bristiing knot of corn husks knotted to
his hair behind, and carried a similar scare
crow III his hand. They We're the clowns of
the occasion, and called out many grunts and
squeaks of appreciation by their fantastic
pigeon wings, grimaCes and other monkey
chimes .-Chochiti N. IL Cor Globe-Demo
crat.
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SHAM AND PRETENSE.
A BRIEF LOOK AT OUR OWN PLEAS
ING PERSONALITIES.

What Our Rich Men Have Done-The
Dude Who Made Believe He wss .
sailor-A Fancy "Coionel" in 1861.
Only Veneer.
But come little nearer home
Let's take q look at our own pleasing per-
pnalities. Do we wear wigs, false teeth,
tight shoesi Do we wear high heeled boots
to deceive our neighbors as to our height,
Do we pull in our waists and pad out our
bustsi Do we wear funny things behind, in
the absurd endeavor to persuade people who
know better that the Lord made US different
from what he did make usl You remember,
don't you, few years ago, when our dear
sisters wore little humps on their shoulders'
That was the funniest fashion ever knew.
Every woman tried to make everybody else
believe that on each shoulder she had little
hump. Now, all women, and majority of
men, know that no women was ever born
with little hump on either shoulder, let
alone on both.
Our rich men are curious creatures. They
have ornamental, beautifed, solidfed our
streets and those Of every significant city in
the land by magnificent structures, semi
hotels, and they have pandered TO fast
growing sentiment IN this land Of the free,
which seems to ape foreign affairs by giving
to these structures names which mean some
thing on tho other side Of the ocean, bnt
which here are bloomingly idiotic. Our
great apartment houses here are called the
Buckingham, the Rockingham, the Sand
ringham, the Belvidere and so on.
THOUGHT HE WAS A SAILOR
I was sitting on the broad piazza Of sum-
ner hotel about an hour ago, when curious
creature came from the inner recesses and
stood in the doorway. On his bead was q
sailors cap. He wore q flannel shirt with
wide turnover collar and anchors embroid-
cred on the ends. Gilt buttons made his
attire more conspicuous, but what attracted
my attention more especially were the creases
down the middle of his trousers, which by
the way were turned up about two inches
from the bottom, revealing pretty pair Of
black silk stockings and neatly fitting patent
leather pumps. He was dude from Dude
vile, darling escpaed from the bandbex,
yet he thought he was a sailor, and that the
effect produced upon the guests of the hotel
was that Of a rollicking, jolly, pipe smoking
tar.
I wondered as I looked at him what he
would do with those pumps and those silk
stockings and his pretty trousers in a storm.
He apparently had about as much muscle as
fresh water clam, and 1 queried how many
ropes his bejeweiled fingers could handle in
a moment of necessity or Of danger.
Whom did he deceived
He knows perfectly we'll he is no sailor, and
he knows that everybody who looks at him
knows that he is no sailor. As looked at
him, my mind ran back to the stormy days
in 1861, when, with one foot on the sturdy
solidisy Of peace and prosperity, the nation
pus It's other foot forward. upon, the threshold
Of i've years war, with It's blood and tur-
mol was sitting in thaaface OF WiIliarS's
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Curious italian Superstition.

St Johns day in Italy is thus observed at
Revello, Italy, according to private letter:
THE people here have curious superstition
connected with this eve of St Johns day,
which is observed by many; they repeat
their rosaries until midnight, and then look
out, firmly believing that they will see Hero
dias and her daughter pass, riding on . fiery
plank, the daughter saying: Mother, why
did you say itr and '''s mother: Daughter,
why did you do itf + then plunge into the
sea: the reason VIII iftar st. Johns day,
the temperature Of II sea rises, and bathing
begins. New York va.
SHAM AND PRETENSE.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-07

\ well known horticulturist says that al
all trees for placing a seat under in bot
weather, none Is for q moment comparablel
with the walnut. Beneath its glossy leaves
the air is always refreshingly cool; 1t harborsI
few insects, and it affords the most delightful
shade il the world.-Oncs q Week.
When the luountains Were Made.
The chief beauty Of Mount Desert Island i'll
in its mountains From little distasce they
seem to rise grandly out Of the very blue of
the sea- The highest, Mount Green, reaches
an elevation Of nearly 1000 feet. As you'll
approach the sunshine flooding their rounded
peaks gives them bronzed, metallic appear
ance But from a league away their real
beauty and grandeur break lovingly upon
the vision. Verdure clad in places, again
showing massive bulwarks Of rock. and from
each height sloping in graceful undulations
to the sea, rare and winsome charm, as
we'll as broad and stalwart ma esty, pos
sesses them. Wherever one may be within
sight of the splendid masses it is impossible
to cease their contemplation. Thus musing
on them in the spirit Of geologic conjecture
and revelry, | half unconsciously asked my
skipper if he had any idea Of, their age
"a lee-tle up'ard n a hundred year, he
answered promptly. I looked at him with
amazement, and it nettled him.
"a Iee-tle upard n a hundred yearl" he
repeated stolidly, setting his teeth hard upon
his tobecco and eyeing me askance, as il
with initiatory feelings Of resentment at my
unaccountable ignorance. Them ar thir-
teen mountings amt thar fur nuthin,. Them
ar thirteen self same meuntings rz plum up
outen the bay the very day they d'clar'd
pendencs to these Yooniterd States. Than
as seed it lived right hereebout"
''But, captain" pleaded, aghast at this
startling revelation, ''you know De Monts
and Champlain discovered the island Just
2S4 years ago; named 1t L1sle des Monts
Deserts from the dreary appearance OF the
tops Of those very mountains; and Briard
and Masse, the French Jesuits, established
mission over there on the western shore Of
Sone's SoundF'
In tones Of awful scorn my skipper merely
answered: did, did theyi Wall, s'pose
sech scallops comes from schoolin. say no
man livin' was in these parts afore my fore
fathers; an them that's dead and doubted
this with contemptuous grief-'seed with
their own eyes them thirteen mountings hist
up their heads. Hewsumdever, there's mo-
argerin with sneerers!n-Edgar l. Wake
mans Letter.
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hotel In Washington. The great corridor
was packed with angry men, eagerly discuss
ing what must be done Forcing his way
through the dense mass, a young gentleman
in the full uniform of a colonel, approached
the desk and registered his name, appended
to which were the words, "paymaster Of the
state of New York" By his side clinked
sword. On his shoulders were glittering
epaulettes Brass buttons were all over him,
and his cap was cooked over his right eye,
with a real 1861 swagger. Col Mansfield sat
near me, then a bronzed veteran with q
record, and Rosecrans, then think a colonel,
also was at the desk settling bill, ere he de-
parted for the extreme west.
AFTER RuDER EXPERIENCES.
The slap dash of the young gentleman
attracted their attention. They looked at
him with curious eyes, and seemed to see in
him prefiguration of the young America,
about to come to the front. This young
gentleman was on the staff of the governor
Of the state He was there on duty, hut ne
then had no more idea of war than any of
the rest of us. To him the trip was tolii-
cation. To him the experience was picnic.
To him it was all cooked cap, brass buttons,
a clinking sword and a well written name,
at the end of it He had no more idea of the
true duties of soldier, then my curled
darling in the yachting suit had of the duties
of sailor. His dress, so far as typifying
any character beneath it, was farce, a
sham, a pretense, and yet doubt not in later
days, when ruder experiences were under
gone, he developed the manhood that was in
him His bright buttons became furnished
by exposure, the blue of his uniform faded
to a shiny white, and the noise made by his
sword was not its clinking on the marble
pavement of a metropolitan hotel, but its
whizzing through the air, as pointing the
way, he led his comrades to victory or death
Mind you, don't believe that the Ameri-
can mind intends deception.
These shams, pretenses, decets are but the
shining veneer, super laid over the hard
wood endurance of sturdiness of character,
Of honest determination to win success in the
great battles of lite.
Welll
Well, the obvious suggestion would be to
throw away your brass rings, to slice of
your shoulder humps, to let your waist have
its normal size, to wear heels of comfort
rather than of show, to plane away the
veneers and stand as you were made, inn
proving along rightful lines, helping your
selves to grow, that you may extend the
right hand of fellowship to others who would
like, but are unable, to follow your example,
Joe Howard in Boston Globe
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FIRST SYMPTOMS OF DEATH.

Tired feeling, dull headache, pains
in various parts of the body, sinking
at the pit of the stomach, loss Of APP
petite. feverishness, piInples or sores,
are all positive evidence of poisoned
blood. No matter how it became
poisoned it must be purified to avoid
death. Acker's English Blood Elixir
has never failed to remove scrofulous or
syphilitic poisons. For sale by
RAGLAND & Co. 6
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His Preference.

"Of all seasons of the year, DR.. Diagnosis"
she said to young physician who was help
ing her hook at the moon, (which do you
most preferF
II think prefer the watermelon season,
be replied in low business tone Of voica-
The Epoch.
tTs b CoUtiHuedi
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x kTIsTIC PRINTING
- In all its Branches,
Al the LIGHT Job office, No 4 E. Commerce st.
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YLLIG & BRO, W. J,
no 245 Dolorosa street. near San Pedro creek.
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cOLTON, JNO. Fl.
. Auctioneer and Commission Merchant
Houston street. next to the bridge Consign-
uents solicited.
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0HELPS, c. N.
Z San Antonio. Mattress Factory, manufac-
,ures all kinds of Mattresses and Spring Beds.
Wholesale and retail. =.
Oaace and Factory No. IA aud 24S Austin st.
The National tribune., 1888-04-05

The associations of the 28th and Nth Pa.
and Knapps Pennsylvania battery have
adopted plans for monuments to be erected on
Cups Hin at Gettysburg. The committee in
charge of the matter consists of Gen Ario Par
dee, Maj. J. NJ. Knapp Col II. Earnest Good
man, Col. John Craig and Capt. J. 0. Foering.
The present monument of the 147th will be re-
moved and placed on the end Of the flank Of
the position held by the regiment. On the
place where it now stands will be put a five
pointed star, constructed of the finest white
granite, which will designate the position of
the regiment and also that Of Geary's White
Star Division, of which Pardees Brigade
formed part. In order to protect it from dan
ger from passing wagons, the 28ths monument
will be rested upon massive base, which will
be ornamented with bronze plates. The monu-
ment IS in the form Of sarcophagus, upon
which is lying soldiers cap. The Knapp's
Battery monument will be in the shape of a
full sized PARROT gun. 1t will be placed on the
crest of Powers's Hill, where the battery did
good work during the third day with its 10
FOUNDER PARROTS
The National tribune., 1888-04-05

youthful owner watches his or her own until it
reaches the bottom or comes to grief in coils
ion with another egg. When eggs collide one
is apt TO be broken, and the broken egg becomes
the possession Of the owner of the stronger egg
that broke it.
l went TO the White House grounds about
noon last Monday and found so pretty and iu-
teTesting a sight that I remained for nearly
two hours. Mrs. Cleveland had q party of la
dies with her to witness the scene from an up
per window, aud several times the broad face of
the President appeared behind the group at
the window.
The knollsand lawn Just in rear of the house.
which are througod each Saturday when the
Marine Band Summer concerts are given. held
full half a dozen thousands of youngsters, and
there were so many others that the crowd over
flowed across the drive and filed the broad
sweep of ow-shaped lawn below the grand
fountain. The little ones kept going and COM
ing as the day wore on, the early corners going
home as they speedily tired of the sport when
their eggs were broken and eaten and there
must have been, between & a. IN, and sunset,
fully 10000 children that took part in or wit
messed the sport.
Children are naturally democratic, and
Easter Monday at the White House grounds
seems more completely to demolish all barriers
Of color or rank than anything else l have
ever seen. The black, yellow or brown-hued
baby has just as good time, and as impera-
lively collects its tribute Of broken eggs as the
fair haired darling Of q Cabinet Secretary.
With the thousands Of people who focked to
the grounds to see the sport, the gaily-dressed
crowds presented as pretty a picture as one
could wish to see.
The National tribune., 1888-04-05
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX.

A. II. Smith. Cromwell, Ind:
J. Please explain the different grades or ranks Of
0eneTalship Of the army.
2. When was the rank of General created and by
what men only was Il held?
!. There are four grades Of Generals known to
our w-Brigadier- General, Major General Lieu
tenant-GeHeral and General A Brgadier-Gen-
eral commands a brigade, or occasionally a diyis-
ion Major-General commands a division, corps
or an army; Lieutenant GeneraI commands a
military division in war, or the whole army In
peace, and a General all the armies in war time
The pay Of Brigader- General is s. 500 year Of a
Major-Genera 81 $50, Of a Lieutenant General ell
600, and Of a General si3 500. In the Army to-day
there is one General, three Major Cen
erals and 10 BrigadieF-GeneFals. The Lieutenant
General commands the whole army the Major
Generals command the Military Divisions Of the
Atlantic Missouri and Pacific and under them are
the six Departments" of Platte, Arizona, Texas,
Columbia, Dakota and Missouri each commanded
by Brigadier- General. The remaining 10 Briga-
diers are heads Of Bureaus in the War Department
3 The rank Of General was created in 1865. and
the first man who held the ofIice-U.s 5. Grant-was
commissioned July . Of chat year He held the
office until he was inaugurated President March
a. lsf9,-and was then succeeded by w. T Sher-
man, who held it until retired Feb 3, 1884, on ac-
count Of having reached the age of g. With his
retirement the Office became, by the terms of the
law, vacant.
Subscriber, Mnquoketa, Iowa:
/ What Is the present postoffice address of Gen
j. u. SchOtield and Gen J. D. Cox?
2 Who was the youngest volunteer officer in the
army that rose from the rank of private to Colo
mel or 5reget Brigadier General?
Where can copy of the Army Regulations be
procured?
4. y there's History Of Ohio in the War" pub
lished2 If so, where can it be obtained:
]. Gen. J. d. Cox lives at Cincinnati, o. Gen.
Schofcld's address is Governors Island, Ny
2 Il IS impossible 10 say,
g. Any bookseller will procure one for you.
T. Ohio in the War was published by Moore.
Wistach, Reyes & Baldwin. Cincinnati o. Adj
dress them in regard TO it.
The National tribune., 1888-04-05

years seem to roll over her without touching
her. She declares that folks call her Methuse-
labs eldest daughter, but one would rather
suppose her the descendant of one Ponce de
Leon and heir TO the fountain of youth. Of
Quaker origin her dress is rich and plain, with
a slight diversion in the shape Of a bright-red
shawl that she always uses to protect herself
from drafts on the stage
Mrs Zerelda q. Wallace mother of Gen. Lew
Wallace, the distinguished author of Ben
Hun was another proud figure in the COnven-
ton. Once the leading lady Of her State as the
wife of Its Governor and a leader in society
also, she is now the mother Of all the women
In Indiana, and TeyerCnCed accordingly. Her
face is strong and sweet rather than handsome,
and her iron-gray hair is curly and worn short
This style she adopted from no idea of mascu-
Unity, but simply because she had no time IN
her busy life to arrange coils, pufis and what
not; left as she was a widow not over rich, by
her husbands death.
Mrs Isabella BgeCher Hooker IS a remark
able woman, and very much resembles in face
and general style her famous brother. Her
face Is "a very strong one. but not at all mascu-
line. and the silky, gray hair arranged in broad,
pulled bands terminating IN curls behind her
ears, lends still more of sUitness to it. Her
style of address is that of a preacher. Very
properly" as she says, " because l belong to
family Of preachers" Her sermons are always
spicy, however, and no one objects to their
clerical cut.
Every reader of this paper at least has heard
OF Clara Barton, the President of the Red Cross
Society, the soldiers friend aud great-hearted
woman, who has devoted her life to the good
OF others. But after all these years Of self-ab-
negation, the young Miss who viii marry any
sort Of street corner loafer rather than be
called an old-maid should see Miss Barton
She was never a beauty, but the soul has made
its impress or her face in the lines Of bcauti-
ful life, till one never thinks whether she is
pretty or not, for the sweet smile and serene
look on that face is better than mere beauty.
Miss Barton does net even try to seem beauti-
full by adopting any of the tricks Of the modern
belle, so her abundant gray hair is her own,
her complexion ditto, and to her the corset is
1zu,