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VIM. IA. ABBOTT. EDITOR.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06

-she whipping post is regarded as a relic OF
--rbariSm, and whGs some years ago its use
was discontinued in Delaware, remember
all the northern Journals made much of the
fact-congratulated the state upon It's ap-
proach to more complete civilization.
Now, believe that the use of the lash on
beasts of burden is at times necessary. Brute
force is often an essential There is but one
way of managing bull dog. There is but
one mode of dealing with wild beasts. Elk
perts tell me that an attempt TO control
company of elephants without the prod would
be supreme folly. The elephant is cum
ming. The elephant is cruel The elephant
is long suffering. He waits for his opportu-
nifty, and then in a twiRkling of an eve
his docility disappears, and his marvellous
strength, intelligently directed by an ex.
traordinary degree of cunning, is utilized
to uproot, to pull down, to sweep into de-
struction everything and everybody that
has ever stood in his way or afforded him the
faintest excuse for so doing. Beast tanners
tell me that nothing under heavens keeps
the lion, the tiger, in his place, crouching
with fear, except firm faith they have In
the superior physical strength of their mas
ter. The red hot iron, the knotted lash, the
lancet snapped prod, STARVATION, red hot Goals
of unquestioned fire, these are the elements
with which to control four legged brutes,
and when man, made in the image of his
Creator, puts his moral nature on oil fours,
approaching the very beasts in their BRITISH
ness, he invites, it seems to me, the lash, the
red hot iron and such physical torment as
will convince him of the physical strength of
of his master, the community.
Do advocate the lashi For men who use
the lash, do.
Do advocate physical tortured For men
who use physical torture, do.
We hang men who kill; why not fog men
who whip?-Joe Howard in Boston Globe
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
Care of the Ewes,

The Turks regularly cut open the outer
corner of the eyelids, if the eyes of girl are
not large enough for their ideas of beauty,
and inferior eyes can be gradually enlarged
by gently drawing the lids apart, day after
day, and bathing them in cool soft water
The stronger the eye the larger it will seem,
for the first instinct Of weak eyes is to con-
tract and span themselves from light Amer
leans ruin their eyes with too much news
paper reading. The enormous tax Of going
over twcnty columns of close print daily
besides Office work. is more than human or
Gans can Lear. One Uses his eyes more in
this way in month than our forelGtkers did
in q years study over black letter folios.
Indeed the relic. of reading such huge vol
unleS in block print Us ''Millers Dictionary
OF Plan.S,' for instance, is SO apparent to
overworked modern eyes that one wishes
only one book in twenty were printed. and
that in large plea
Worn type, poor impressions and crowded
pages with fine type exhaust our eyesight,
from the school BOOK to the cheap novel and
cheaper newspaper. Reading long lines on
a wide page is trying to the sight, as there is
a change Of focus necessary in following the
lines which is positively hurtful. So says B.
Joy Jeffries, of the Massachusetts, Eye and
Ear infirmary, who first gave the warning
that the eyes of school children were steadily
injured BY defective books, desks and lights
Shirley Dare's Letter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
IN LONDON AND PARIS.
cuRrosiriEs or SHOPPING in THE
TWO CAPITALS.

English and French Sa!oswomen-Red Sand
an Eztreme--C ompetitiOn in TraGe--Au
Bon Narche-Empioyes.
If one We're to judge Of the physique of En-
gliSh women from the specimens he sees i'll
the shops, behind the counters, be would set
them down for a very tall race, but if be in
Quires into the subject he will find that these
women are selected for their very height
the taller their figure the higher their salary,
very often. A stranger with an observing
eye will also notice that English and French
saleSwomen, or salesladieS. as they are called
in New York, dress in black while on duty.
This, however, is not d mere caprice on the
part of the women; in most shops it Is com
pulsory. The shopkeCptrs believe that shop
women look neater and better in black than
in colors, and so all of them wear black. The
gowns may be Of any material, but the color
must lie uniformly black. Nor are they al
lowed to wear snowy trimmings; and as for
jewelry, either real or imitation, it is out of
the question. In some shops they, or, rather,
they must, wear a simple, plain linen collar
and linen cuffs. This is the case at Whitely's,
the largest shop in London, and some say
even larger than the world famous Bon
Marche of Paris.
: close locker on, with an eye to detail,
will also notice that red sand is placed in the
roadway in front of the main entrance &c
the largest and most fashionable London
shops. There are two or three reasons for
this: First, it serves to show where drivers OF
carriages should pull up" second, in start
ing the horses it prevents them from slipping
on the smooth wooden pavement; third, the
red sand is a strong contrast in color to the
dark wooden pavement, and being placed
with nice care on the roadway, in oblong
shape, about ten feet by five, it gives the front
quite an ornamental appearance.
PoLITENEss IN THE EXTREME.
There is such great competition in the re-
tail trade in London and Paris that dealers
are put to their wits ends to attract custom
and to keep it. The attendants carry polite
ness to the extreme, and their manners, to
an American, seem almost obsequious. If
you hand them anything they will Of course
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
Tho Curious Manistee Fish.

The manistee is dsh of the size of the
sturgeon, found only in the Manistee river, in
Florida. 1t is sightless, but acute of hearing,
so that it can discern the approach of an
enemy at a distance of mile or more and
seek safety in the reeds or shoals along tho
banks 1t is speared by the negroes, by whom
it is highly priced as food, and occasionally
is TO be found in the markets of New Orleans
and Mobile, but is seldom found in this local
ity. The flesh is coarse and much resembles
beef, though retaining the fshy flavor.
Scientists have never been able TO discover
the origin of the fish, but incline to the belief
that it rises from some subterrauean stream
or lake and has increased and multiplied in
the Manistee river, but, owing to its lack of
sight, it has not been able to make its way
into other bodies of water, where it might
be propagated.- Chicago Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06

than polite, tle anUIpodes of the FTench, who
are more polite than kind. In the city streets
the passers jostle you rather unceremoniously,
but if you seem at a loss for your way you
receive all instantaneous offer o; help, and
any one of these busy people will go out Of
his road to show You yours. One peculiar
custom is that of shaking harsls among
strangers as q token of good will or gratitude
The cuambermaid ard the boy who drives
from one station to another grasps your hand
when you pay their small fee. Even me
urchin from whom you buy little bunch of
flowers or a scarty saucer of strawberries 10y
the roadside, puts his little brown paw into
your hand conlidingly, and Boedeker
solemrIy warns all travellers that if they do
not like this custom they had better not come
to Norway.-Cor. San Francisco Chronicle
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
CHANGE.
When first we parted,

Nnen IISC we pdTIeu,
The barren fields lay bare beneath the sun,
And crimson leaves dropped downward one
by one:
The heart of nature bled, that now was done
Her labor sweet.
Her pulses beat
Slowly as tear drops fall from aged eyes,
For all the poor dead blossoms at her feet
No more would rise:
Yet gray clouds held for US a rosy dye:
Love smiled through pain on love In that
good-by.
When next we met,
The summer fields were green with hopes
warm tintS.
The waves were shining with the golden dints
That sunbeams make, when on foam crests
each glints
In showered gold:
And wide nnrolled
The carpet, flower decked, By natuse spread,
And silver arrows held with azure thread
Glanced DER the sea:
But all was gray and cold, fair love was dead,
And spring frozen waste to you and me.
Ruth Ramay in>New Orleans Times-Democrat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
Candy Making in Chicago.

"See, this girl is dipping violet creams"
said the dealer, pausing before dark haired
Italian lass, who was deftly lifting halved
walnut meats with long handled fork and
dipping them into a lavender tinted decoc-
ton. "Violets have been utilized as a flavor
but a short time in this country" he con-
tinued "The flavor Is In great demand So
are the crystallized violets, and they are now
supplied in such quantities that the price is
dropping considerably. Sugared rose leaves
do not find the sale that violets do.
This is the way all fine goods are fin
ished," said he, pointing to some shallow
pans in which were cream almonds and other
fine candies CATER they are made they are
laid in clear syrup for ten or twelve hours.
That gives them sparkle. Plstache nuts are
one OF the most expensive commodities of
the confectioner's line. They come from
Spain. We have to have the best and purest
of everything, or we can't turn out first
class goods Confectioners' sugar itself is
tie purest known and most free from
muriatic acid and tin. See, it is very coarse"
ana he took up handful from a convenient
barrel. "When it sparSles like this you can
depend upon its purity, and the more it
sDarkles the purer it is. 4 good many kinds
OIL S-!4Lli, LII CdIlu4S' la OSeL t4+UA ouuSe,
owing to the fashion Of carrying bonboniere
boxes. They are called dew drops Church
drops infants tears and other appropriate
names. This sort Of confectionery goes to
church and to the theatre. It's solace dur
ing bad piece or a dull sermon. The candy
OF tlc future, however, is the cream bonbon.
1t has supplanLed all other kinds already.
Something new is made m it every day.
There's a fortune in making something new.
A few years ago a Philadelphia woman
mixed up batch of black walnut molasses
candy. 1t went like wildfre. She got rich
out of her black walnut tafy."-Chicago
Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
The Horseshoe superstition.

The American Notes and Queries has
long paper in its last issue which discusses
the superstition of the horseshoe 1t says:
The belief in the horseshoe attained its
greatest diffusion at the end of the last GEN.
fury and the beginning of this Aubrey, in
his 'Miscellanies,' tells us that in his time
most houses in the west end of London had
horseshoe nailed over the threshold In 1913
Sir Henry Ellis counted seventeen horseshoes
in Monmouth street, but in 1s4l only five or
six remained. Lord Nelson nailed a horse
shoe to the mast of the Victory, and Lucky
Dr. James attributed the success Of his fever
powders to the finding of horseshoe, which
syn,Sol he adopted as a crest fos his car
riage"-The Epoch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
Shall tie Newspaper Article Be Signed'
Effects of the Space system.

Effects of the Space system.
Space writing makes newspaper work a
vast gamble; there is always the alluring
vision of a big story" tomorrow, which
justifes the extravagant expenditure of
today. There is nothing more calculated to
demoraiize n man than a constantly varying
income. 1t is all very we'll for moralists to
claim that the worker should calculate upon
the minimum, it is not in human nature to
do 50. The cases where a space worker man
ages to save any money are very rare, while
the salaried man, whose weekly pay may not
be so large as the average of the space worker,
in nine cases out of ten has a snug bank ac-
count. Besides demoralizing the men, the
space system directly Injuries the papers them
selves. \ saared man has very little tempta-
ton to enlarge upon the facts, his effort is not
to make a long story in order to lengthen rs
string, but only to make good one, chat he
may strengthen his hold upon the paper. The
salarIed man is rarely ''fakir," the space
worker has every temptation to be. OF the
paddet stories and sloppy writing which the
space system encourages, there is no need 10
speak: we have To suffer more and more from
1t every day.
Tie vast injustice Of the space system 5
'l4ttC ~ IAAtlhCS ~ " 'it.i4ItN
but only regards quantity. One result is
that every live newspaper has each day pre-
pared as much again copy as can be used.
and in every Office one or more men are EN-
p,oyet for the sole purpose Of destroying the
labor Of other neil. For obvious reasons it is
almost impossible for a man in the Office to
understand thoroughly every story which
passes under his blue pencil, and as a natural
result copy chOpping is rarely done very
judiciOusly. Again, there is very little in
ducement for man to make story good
unless at the same time he can make it long
\ column is a column whether it be brilliant
or dull.
IT, as many editors claim, it is impractical
bic 60 do away with the space system, sigma
ture could be brought in with good effect to
modify it and lessen its injustice If the
copy reader was empowered to attach the
signature of the writer to a meritOrious
article, it would furnish an inducement for
better writing and more accurate work. Il
would enable a conscientious man to build up
a reputation for himself outside of the paper
on which he is employed 1t would be, at
least, recognition of good work. There are
very few men who would be willing to see
their signatures '!appended to statements
which they know TO be false or to writing
which they know to be sloppy. The benefit
would be mutual to the paper and the writer
The Journalist
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
Exactness in Commercial Statistics.

Nowhere in the world, l suppose, are com
mercial statistics kept so closely as they are
by what you people call the French steam
ship line-the "Compagnie Generate Trans
atlantique.n Every time the screw turns
round between Havre and New York it is
recorded, every ton of coal burned, every
days work of every man, every expense of
the passenger service, every detail of the
freight-all are known down to the incest
certainty in the general office of the COM
pany. So there l have been shown the
measure exhibiting how far one turn of the
screw will push forward the Champagne on
her way across the sea, and next it on plat
ter the exact amount of coal which must be
burned in order to turn the propeller around
once. 1t has been calculated how much
each kilometer Of ocean travel ought to cost
and what it ought to produce. Indeed, there
is nothing, down to the amount of rope and
painting and tar, which the company cannot
calculate to the utmost nicely in its office
and the law of averages always brings their
calculations out correct.-Chicago News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
Tho Doctor and His Patient.

A Young man, conceivinG what he consid-
cred brilliant idea, visited q number Of
physicians To them he stated that he had a
pain in his back and soreness of the muscles
They all prescribed for muscular rheunia-
tism. The young man then drew the re-
markable conclusion that physicians knew
little of the healing art, and that people
practically threw their money away when
they employed them. Such reasoning would
hare been in keeping with the general belief
extant before the Christian era, but at the
present day it is simply evidence that intelli-
geace is not thoroughly difused. Physicians,
in determining disease, unless it is a superb
cial character-as, for instance, measles
and the distinctive signs are visible to the
eye or distinguishable by touch, must depend
much upon the SYMPTOMS presented.
Now, symptoms are divided into two
classes, objective and subjective. Objective
symptoms are those which the physician OBJ
serves for himself, while the subjective
SYMPTOMS are those which relate to the SEN
sations or feelings Of the patient, and which,
consequently, the physician can appreciate
only through the patients description of
them. If man tells his doctor that he has
a pain and soreness in a certain part of the
body, he must be believed, unless there ap-
pears to the physician signs which lead him
to doubt the patients statement Diseases
are simulated for the attainment of certain
ends. In the army and navy during war
times malingers We're common. Those people
who suffer from accidents for which respon-
sible parties are liable are singularly apt to
feign injuries or ezaSgerate those which they
have received. At all times malingering is
common among convicts-Bos5on Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
Econo1n;z;nS Locomotive Fuel.

TIE Rai.roads Gazette estimates that there
were about CO, 100000 train miles OF railway
in the United States in 1857, ard by taking 25
train miles as accounting for,the burning Of
one ton of coal, the conclusion is reached that
the railways Of the country consumed about
24,OU1,O00 tons of coal in 1887. As but
Per cent or the-eabout of the power stored
in the coal is utilized in hauling train, the
opportunity for economy may be noted at a
glance This field promises to sc All import
ant one il the matter-ot study on the part OF
heads of motive power departments on the
railways OF tie country.-Bradstreetts
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
Customs of New Zealanders.

Formerly tle New Zeala@ders worshiped
various gods, apparently persoIifcations Of
natural oOjecls and powers, to whom they
addressed prayers ard offered s:c-if2cs
There were no idols, their gods btinS ilviSi-
bic; many OF them deiicd men. QuGrrels in
the early Zines were principally about wo-
men and Land. The natives still tattoo them
Selves and make their faces look hideous
That, however, is simply matter of taste,
for they think that purple in.the cheeks and
over the bridge of the nose, and few swan
feathers il their matted hair, greatly en-
nance their beauty. They also have peculiar
customs, such as kissing by rubbing noses
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
Girls and the Violin.

The world will hear something Of woman
in art before the Twentieth century comes in.
have been listening to a singular oon-
cert, improvised' by the damsas who car
ried off the prizes for violin playing this au-
tumn at the Conservatoire There were eight
of them. The flower of the flock was
chit Of fifteen Paganini never had a
more accomplished disciple, She looks
mere ganlin. All of them acquitted
themselves brilliantly. Is it not curious
that girls were. so long in finding out how
well the violin suits theml II they have
talent and good figures. they are, as yiplinists
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06

ruunK you, rs Iney snouIu, -vue s1cy hand
you an article OF some change, for instance,
they will also thank you for taking it. II q
dealer sends you receipt it will be usually
signed Received payment, with best
thanks This custom has also found its way
among New York tradesmen of late years.
It Is no news that conductors and tickets
examiners ON French and English railways
will invariably add please" in asking for
your tickets, and just as invariably will they
nudibly thank you when you pass the
ticket over. But more than this-every cab
man In London will thank you when receiv-
ing his fare, and so will every omnibus con-
ductor when you hand him a penny or even
half penny lone cent for a ride. No mat
ter how illiterate the conductor, just as he
calls out, "Benk benk benkn English, bank
when plying for passengers, in the same tone
and stvle will he thank you for q half
penny fare. You will find gentlemen among
Pullman car conductors in 1.-THE States" but
who ever heard New York street car con-
ductor utter thank you when receiving a
fare3 Why you would wonder what was the
matter with the man.
Speaking of competition in trade, there is
one large house in Liverpool, Lewis, cor
responding with Macy's in New York, where
YOU can have your watch thoroughly
cleaned for one shilling" twenty-five cents,
and if you make ever so small purchase,
even a penny cake of honey soap, you may
have Your boots cleaned at Lewis without
charge.
AU BON MARCHE.
But this idea is probably carried out to a
greater extent in Paris than in any other city
A lao, llx- Ds,,,
Marche the husband may play billiards down
stairs while his wife is making purchases on
the floor above. Both of them may indulge
in a light lunch, wine included, without cost,
and in the center of the building there is a
beautifully appointed, high studded salon,
twenty by fifty feet, which is called the read
ing and writing room. Here the customer
will find writing materials, a library of
standard books and q supply of periodical
literature from all countries. All this, mind
YOU, is free The walls of this salon are
decorated with fine modern French paintings,
and at one end of the room, on a high pedes-
tai, stands marble bust of AriStide Bouci-
caut, the founder of this great house.
The store covers a great deal of ground,
fronts several streets and rises to height Of
several Stories but in your wanderings over
the establishment you need not be burdened
with wraps or umbrellas. At any entrance
you may leave them and get metal check
for the same, of course without charge. The
vast stables of the Bon Marche are considered
one of the sights of Paris. They are shown
to VISITORS daily at p. IN. The hotel or
boarding house where the employees live, and
whore they have every comfort, is also well
worth q visit II one has the time. Verify Au
Bon Marche is great and all the employees
share in the profits. Home Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06

sImpry IrrrstspToIe. ACC ouLIiue OF the Dust,
when the fiddle is against the shoulder, is
given its fullest value; the forearm energies
from a nest of lace, the head gracefully bends
down towards the instrument, and, If the
frock is not very long, the feet. which Of
course are in neat shoes and stockings are
we'll in view. The drawbacks are that the
violin wants an accompaniment and that
girlish beauty is fleeting. Very ripe beauty
does not go so well with the instrument But
skill and soul in the playing will make
Gmends.-English Journalist.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-06
The Way to BE Happy.

There was a married man and his wife was
the head of the household. He had friend who
was in the same case, only his friend was ap-
pareDtly happy and comfortable, while he
was just the reverse. He had long studied
this peculiar difference between them, and
he finally mustered up courage to so to his
friend and ask him. What is the way 70 be
happy" he asked, "when you are under a
woman's thumb:' Don't squirm."-S
Francisco Chronicle.