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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
A Musicians Breakfast.

The old argument whether dinner,
which ends his day, or breakfast, which
begins it, is the more important meal,
still lives and moves men of gentler in
stincts. But well known musician, who
touches the softer strings in peoples ma
lures with the taste and excellence of
both his little dinner and breakfast par
ties, has received many compliments for
his skill in devising the following break
fast: First, oranges sliced in sixteenths,
sprinkled with sugar; second, omelette Of
calves brains, Vienna rolls, cafe la
creme cutie; third, Philadelphia broiler,
mushrooms broiled, on toast, hot corn
mullins, stroutia water; fourth, a whole
tomato, skinned, headed up in lettuce.
Smithfield ham; fifth, whole artichokes
with mayonaise; sixth, glass of port
wine.-New York Press LIVERY Day
Talk"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
The NevspaDer business,

First of all, 1 want to say that the
newspaper business is, to my mind, a
purely commercial enterprise. l do not
believe that newspapers are published for
the good of the public. That is to say, 1
do not believe that philanthropy enters
into the question in the slightest degree.
The newspaper business is carried on in
much the same way as any other business
let us say, the shoe business, for in
stance, by way of example. The man
who sells shoes is anxious to get all the
trade he can. He tries to buy better
article than his competitor, and he tries
to sell it cheaper. By so doing he gains
trade and many dollars. The newspaper
editor aims to be more enterprising than
his rival He tries to get more and better
news and special articles in advance of his
neighbor, and in that way gives his news
papor a standing for enterprise and abl-
ity.-Foster Coates in Sunshine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
Central American Coast Traffic.

Most of the coastwise traffic, the carry
ing of goods of American or European
production, to the various trading posts
along the shore, and the bringing back
fruits, rubber, sarsaparilla, palm nuts,
skins, and such other products as the In
dams gather in the forests lying eastward
from Trujillo, is done by the aid of dories.
These are no more than canoes, followed
and hewn from Spanish cedar, mahogany
or other trees. Some of them are of good
size, six or seven feet beam, forty or fifty
feet over all and four or five feet deep. OF
course they are buoyant, and under the
management of the CARDS make good
weather of it even in rather rough water.
But on wind they slide as fast to lee
ward as they forge ahead. l am not sure
that they do not, as matter of fact, go
two miles to leeward for every one they
90 ahead with a head wind. OF course
they are practically useless, except when
the wind is fair.-E. w. Perry's Hon
duras Letter in Chicago Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
A Sadly Overworked WORD.

The word funny is sadly overworked.
Just listen to the innumerable multitude
of men and women who use it on all pos
sible occasions. Relate to them the last
minstrel joke, the particulars of great
flood in China or some pathetic story Of
restitution and death, and their only re-
mark is: "Well, isn't that funny?" The
other day a gentleman walking down
Broadway caught up with an acquaint-
ance to whom he related the tragic death
of mother and daughter in two different
railroad accidents on the same day and at
nearly the same hour. And all the reply
that the human parrot could make was:
"You don't say; wasn't that funny?"-
New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
The Gray Hair Fuller.

Possibly the most unique method Of
earning a living known is that adopted
by big, rosy, 2O-year-old blonde, who
finds engagements with women just Ia
menting their first gray hairs, to weed
out, so to speak, those obnoxious remind
ers of advancing years. The gray hair
puller is gentle in her methods of treat
ment, and makes periodic visits at inter-
walls of a few weeks, spending from half
an hour to two or three hours, letting
down the hair, cOmbing it out and spying
for tell tale silver threads. She carries
an innocent looking little reticule, which
contains various glycerine and rose water
preparations for a healing application
when the work of torture has been done.
1t is not especially disagreeable work, and
it is said to pay.-Kansas City Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
Training French War Dogs.

The dog corps" in the French army is
being carefully trained at Belfort, and the
pupils begin to do credit to their teachers.
Huge dogs are chosen, and every day they
are shown soldiers in German uniform
and excited to fly at the pseudo enemies.
being meanwhile kept in by strong
chain. This lesson learned, the dogs are
taken to the outposts, each attached to a
sentinel, when presently sham German
saunters by. The dogs fly after him with
such zeal that as a rule the soldier has to
make for the nearest tree One difficulty
perplexes the authorities-the sporting
dogs will neglect their man hunting duties
if they get scent of any more legitimate
game, such as a partridge or rabbit
Paris Cor. Albany Argus.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
Writing for the Press.

The greatest theme is not too high for
the pressman. Years ago l made it a
habit to ask, if l had pre-empted no
theme: "What are.the people thinking
mostsabout today?" With the appliances
of Information collected and become
familiar, the task is to meet the greatest
public curiosity in the most instantaneous
way, and that kind of writing is what
literature prepared the way for-that
men might speak in the spirit of this era,
as Jesus did, with authority, and not
like the scribes. George Alfred Town
send in The Writer
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
FACE TO FACE.

II my face could only promise that its color
would remain,
II my heart were only certain it would hide the
moments pain,
would meet you and would greet you in the old
familiar tone,
And naught should ever show you the wrong that
you have done.
II my trembling hand were steady, If my smiles
had not all fled,
II my eyes spoke not so plainly of the tears they
often shed,
would meet you and would greet you at the old
sweet trysting place,
And perchance you'd deem me happy if you met
me face to face.
Il the melody of spring tide awoke no wild re-
frain,
IL the autumn's golden burden awoke no living
pain,
would meet thee, and would greet thee, as years
ago we met,
Before our hearts were shipwrecked, on the ocean
Of regret.
+ my woman's soul were stronger, If my heart
were not so true,
should long have ceased remembering the love
had for you;
But dare not meet or greet thee, in the old
familiar way,
Until we meet in heaven, when tears have passed
away
-Temple Rar
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
A MEMORY.

perfumed Gelirium steals through the air,
AS sit here alone, and the fire light dies;
And you stand here again, with your exquisite
hair,
With your passionate lips and your pleading
eyes.
1t was here that you sat. If stretch out my
hand
I can almost believe that touch you again;
Like the hunger mad sailor who springs for the
That he sees in his madness, but springs for in
vain.
Do mad people know they are mad-do you think
And do the dead know they are dead-tell me
this?
care not for l should be willing to sink
Into madness or death meath the spell of your
kiss
You're here once again-leaning back il this chair,
And am content to crouch here at your knee;
In the flesh you are distant-but what do care
That your body is there, since your soul is with
me-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24

"If young men knew how hard earned
is the plumber of burglars, " said Inspector
Byrnes, they would never 60 into the
business. Aside from the hard and dan
gerous jobs undertaken and the almost
certainty of imprisonment, there is the
other fact that thief has to steal about a
hundred dollars for every five that he
realizes. His swag usually consists Of
watches, jewelry, silverware and fine
clothes. To turn these things into money
he is compelled to take them either to
pawnshops or to criminal receivers Of
stolen goods, and he will not get more
than a twentieth of their value on an
average. New York Cor. Chicago
Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
How Justice Miller Lives.

Justice and Mrs. Miller are having quiet
and very enjoyable evenings at home,
with choice company of invited guests.
Going up the granite steps which lead
from Massachusetts avenue to Highland
Terrace and then ascending still another
flight one reaches the brick mansion of
Justice Miller, with its tall and ornate
mansard roof A black bonnie with q
white muslin cap on her head opens the
door and shows the visitor into the ample
parlor on the right of the hall The hang
ings for this room, at the front windows
and in the archway which separates the
parlor from the rear room, are of pale
apple green satin, with wide border bro
caded in white roses and leaves. Beneath
this there are deep fiounces of white lace.
In one corner of this room, where Mrs.
Miller receives her guests, there is very
good marble bust of Justice Miller, made
when he was much younger man.
The walls of this room are profusely
hung with pictures; among them is a
large collection of water colors. The
mantel piece is surmounted by Japan
csc series of shelves of unequal lengths,
covered with maroon velvet and filed
with artistic triies. A grand piano and
numerous sofas help to fill up the room.
Not infrequentIy, when Mrs. Miller re-
ceives, some young lady entertains the
company with a song. A bOuntiful table
is spread in the dining room, supplied with
all the kickshaws of the day. This room
has fine cabinets filled with porcelain, and
everywhere there is profusion of books.
New York Graphic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
The Bitter Corn Worm.

VillOn has found in the corn worm a
peculiar kind of animal tannin. The
worm contains about per cent of tan
min. The tannin thus obtained has all
the properties of oak tannin-tans hide,
coagulates gelatine, etc. 1t is not little
curious to find this substance in living
animal. He must make an extremely
bitter pill for the birds who dine on him.
1t will now be in order for some ingenious
scientist to discover that birds eat this
worm when they have sore throats.-
Philadelphia Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
The World,s Great Refractors.

OF the worlds refracting telescopes nine
nave apertures exceeding twenty inches,
viz: Lick observatory, California, 36
inches; Pulkova, Russia, 80; Yale col
lege, %; Littrow, Vienna, 81; University
of Virginia, 26; Washington Naval OBJ
servatory, 26; Gateshead, England, %;
Princeton, N. j., 90, and Buckingham,
London, England, 81. Six of these in
struments are the work of the American
firm of Alvan Clark & Sons.
Traveller
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
-.:..ppy GIG S1.a.

The professional man, who makes his
living by hard knocks and constant eXer-
tions is prone to envy the business man
or Spectator who can go on making
money almost without work and who can
pile up a fortune which seems enormous
to one who manages to pick out of the
world, by constant endeavor, a snug liv-
ing and perhaps a little more under favor
able conditions. But when old age comes
the professional man has an immense ad.
vantage over the merchant, particularly
over the merchant who is, from the ma
ture of things, so common in a country
like this-the merchant who was not edu-
Gated in his youth, and whose chase after
the mighty dollar has stunted all the more
refined and studious aspirations he may
originally have possessed.
For the old merchant, rich as he may
be, there is little satisfaction in the last
years. He can either struggle on after
dollars which have no longer any signifi-
canoe or charm for him, or he can spend
his time moping and lettering uneasily,
miserable in idleneSS, and not knowing
which way to turn or what to do with the
time of which before he never had any to
spare. OF course, this is not the case with
all rich old men who have made their
money in trade. Some have as convenient
and satisfactory methods of employing
their minds as could be asked for. But
the majority are not so fortunate. Scat
tered about this town are rich men, or
men with all the property they have need
for, and more, too, who are quite unhappy
In their idleness. Chicago Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
DomestIc Anxletles.

81 feel so tired every night, john" said
a farmers wife, as she took up her darn
ing after the days work Was done. "My
bones ache, and l have fits of dizziness
and no appetite; and I'm worried, too,
about the heifer, John. When l was
feeding the stock tonight she acted very
strangely and refused to eat. I'm afraid
she's going to die"
Eyes" said John, "I'm worried about
that heifer myself. New York Sun. q
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
SUCCESS.

Success sways with the breath Of Heaven,
And though thou thinkest that thou knowest sure
Thy victory, yet thou canst not surely know;
For we are all, like swimmers in the sea,
Poised on the top of huge wave of fate Z
Which hangs uncertain to which side to fall.
And whether it will heave us up to land,
Or whether it will roll us out to sea-
Back out TO see, to the deep waves of death
We know not, and no search will make US know;
Only the event will teach us in its hour.
Matthew Arnold.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24

II nave always Thought Jns;C no was the
devil" replied the veteran.
"Did the major really kill him9" in
quired lady.
The veteran shut one eye and twisted
his mustache.
eve had better not talk about that"
he said "but you may rest assured that il
he did kill the wretch he has never re-
GREETED it. Wallace p. Reed in Atlanta
Constitution.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
A Highly Prized Relic.

One of LISTS feminine pupils preserves
as highly priced relic handkerchief
which the great master wrapped about
his finger one day when it was bleeding.
A few dim bloodstains still remain on the
handkerchief, and a correspondent who
saw it recently was told by the fair pian-
ist with a sigh that sit has never been
and never will be Numbered. New York
Evening World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
why she Thought So.

''Who was the wisest man?' asked the
Sunday school teacher.
Solomon promptly replied little
girl.
"And who was the holiest"'
"MOses."
''MOses! What makes you think sop
Because often hear papa speaking Of
Holy Moses. boston Courier,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
To All Whom it May Concern.

To All Whom it May Concern.
SAN ANTONIO, March 80, 1888.
This is to certify that after having SUI
fered from sore leg for eight years,
and having been treated by several ply
sicisns, at great expense without obtain
ng relief, l applied to Mr.. A. Sohiers-
man at No. GOA West Commerce street.
Mr.. Schiersman undertook the treatment
and after two weeks treatment cured
me completely, and it gives me the ut
most pleasure to attest this fact.
GEORGE ZwALLY,
..Saledo. Bexar County, Tex.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
Preservation or y,nK.

One of our cousins in Norway informs
the department of state that there has
been discovered a new, simple and cheap
ingredient which neither changes the
taste of the milk nor is inimical of health,
for conserving milk in a fresh condition
for months without being Theoretically
sealed. Mr.. NJ E, Meyer, of Christiania,
is the yentor.-Chicago Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24
Buenos Ayres,

Buenos Ayres, in the Argentine Repub.
lie, is now the largest city in South Amer
lea, the census of 1887 giving it a poDu-
lation of Asa, 600.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24

For Sale.
Lots on Government Hill.
Lots on Dignowity Hill.
Lots on Prospect Hill.
Lots on Tobin Hill.
Lots near Arkansas Pass depot!
Lots near Sunset depot.
Lots near International depot. 9-R-tf
:HAMBLETON HADLEY & co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-24

A patent for driving venlcIes ny rIvv-
tricity is said to have been sold in London
for 100000.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-05-26

Thus heroic men were crystallized into
imaginary figures Of gods, and In time
the notion was conceived OF retaining tho
matter for the perception Of the spirit.
Thercupon sprang forth two methods Of
disposal Of the dead-one, the subsection
Of the body to fire; the other. the sub
lection Of 1t to process that should save
It from decay. Strange it may seem that
two plans so different in effect should
have the same origin. Yet the fact Is 30.
The institution Of the process Of burning
the body, from whatever source or sug.
gcstion 1t may have been derived. had no
touch Of materialistic feeling. The men
who transformed their greatest men into
gods, and who carried out their young
dead TO the funeral pile before sunrise,
that the sun should not be the witness Of
SO terrible calamity Us the cessation Of
life while yet 1t had not neared its per-
fected glory, were not men tainted with
the doctrine Of negation after death. Not
at all! The burning to which they sub
jected the dead body was to them pro-
cess Of publication for the soul, which,
left unclean in its earthly state, required
to be made perfect by the absolute puri-
fication Of the easement in which It had
been enshrined on the earth. They SUBJ
jected it, therefore, to the pur, the great
purifier-the fire. Further, they thought
in this publication that that they sooner
set free the indestructible principle Of life,
to enter the more speedily into the do
Greek ideal Of cremation, and it colors
still many thoughts Of man. It Is tho
root Of faith to the present hour, though
differently symbolized.
The process Of embalming had its
origin in similar but in another current
Of development. The noblest human rep
resentation was by the Greek subjected
to tho most consummatc publication.
that II might be freed Of dross of earth.
BY another intellectual process tho effort
was attempted to preserve the animal
body so that 1t might, in the course Of
the suns and ut some strange and event.
full moment, be united with tho principle
that had left it and revivify. Again. in
this ideal projection we sec the origin Of
a thought that remains still in the many
thoughts Of mankind. the root Of faith
symbolized differently, but a faith Of
millions of our race. The art of embalm-
ing, founded on this last named ideal,
developed-gained second hold-from
tho lower or instructive interests Of hui
nanity. It led to the retainment Of those
who on earth had been loved and ad-
mired, nearer and longer, as 1t seemed,
with those who lived to love, to remem-
Der, TO admire. For this reason the prac-
ticc Of embalming great personages has
retained its place, while recently, in q
country among the most civilized and
the most Observation-Disclosures the prac-
tice has received advancement, not mere
ly in its application to the great dead, but
10 the dead generally, among those in
whom the tie Of attachment is closest and
most abiding. --Esclepiad.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-05-26

Pasteur's proposal TO rid Australia Of
its rabbit plague by injecting the rabbits
with chicken cholera has met with de-
servedly severe criticism ON tho ground
that these lower organisms on which
chicken cholera and other contagious de-
pend develop Questionable pecnliarities
under Australian conditions Another
Frenchman has discovered that a para
site which causes wasting disease in man
will produce tubercular disease ia hares;
and Il Is ION the cards" that he, to,
may compete for the Australian rabbit
prize by introducing this disease among
the Dummies. The circle will be complete
when the Australian rabbit infected
with strongylus by tho sensational
Frenchman, Ia unsuspcctingly eaten by
the Australian stockman only % find
himself the victim Of anchylostromosis.
Chicago News.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-05-26
How Actor. should SPEAK.

On the question Of articulation I sum
up what have to say in this axiom. Tho
actor must not speak Us people talk; he
must recite.
Recite truly, recite naturally, and all
viii be well; but whatever you do, re-
cite.
For to recite Is, Of course, n sort Of
speaking Qt ought never to DO q sort Of
singing; but at the same time il means
the giving 10 essential phrases and words
their proper value. passing lightly here,
and In another place, on the contrary,
laying stress with an infection Of the
voice. To recite means to distribute thu
plane surfaces and the relicfs. the light
and the shade. In other words, recitipg
Is modelling.
The phrase which is quite plain and
matter Of fact when spoken in ordinary
conversational tone becomes supple and
warm when 1t is recited; it takes form,
in short, and becomes n thing Of art
G. Coquelin in Harper's Magazine.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-05-26
THE AMERICAN POLICY.

The State Department has taken,
without parade or buncombe, a firm
attitude in defense Of the rights OF
naturalized citizens born in France.
The French Government has assumed
the position that an American citizen
Of French nativity taken for military
duty his redress only through the
French courts. President Clevelaud's
Administration holds that France has
no claim on such a person for any draft
or summons occurring after his Amer.
can naturalization that once natural.
lied in this country, his status is ex
actly that Of a native born citizens,
and that he cannot thereafter become
liable for any obligation to any gov.
eminent other than that OF the United
States. We also insist tina, papers Of
naturalization duly executed mus, be
accepted as conclusive by foreign
powers. and our ministers and consuls
must extend diplomatic protection i'm
PARTIAL to all Americans.
This is simply Democratic doctrine,
to be maintained everywhere and al
ways, as il has been by every Demo.
cratic Administration since the lorna.
ton Of the Government. BY none
has that doctrine been more firmly
and consistently upheld than by the
present Administration, through Secre.
lary BAyard's able direction Of the
Department Of State.
In the defense OF the rights OF natur
aiised citizens ia the dispute with
France, aud in the Chinese treaty, We
have two applications Of true American
principles At the extremes Of the foreign
question One Is the effective pro
lection OF COR civilization against Mon
golian eonlagion The other Is the
resolule defense OF the rights Of Ameri
can citizenship.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-05-26

A terrible accident occurred on Tuesday
OF last week In the lower part Of Acco-
mack county, Va, where the boiler of
Frank Smiths steam mill exploded, In
stantly killing Edward Holt. the engineer.
by bolt from the boiler striking him full
in the mouth knocking ont oil Of his teeth
and passing out at the back Of his head /;
also fatally wounding Johc Savage, the
colored fireman and a colorcd teamster
who had stopped under the shed to get
out of the rain. The explosion was caused
by the water In the boiler becoming ex-
hausted. Edward Holt, the engineer, was
highly respected citizen and was about
30 years Of age. He leaves widow and
four small children. Mr.. Smith, the pro-
prictor, left the mill only few minutes
before the explosion occurred.