San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-17
ALL SORTS.
A Berlin theatre has an actor who has
played on it's stage 5000 times.

penn theatre uht al hOtOT VINO mas
played on it's stage 5000 times.
, DIFFERING to the voice OF the press,
the proprietor OF the Jackson (Miss.
Clarion announces that he will not be 4
candidate for state printer.
Roscoe Conkling Is said to have re-
marked to an Intimate friend that the
effort to mako him . presidential posi-
bility 10 simply nonsense, and too ridio.
ulous to be seriously regarded for one
moment.
or the twelve men, including william
Lloyd garrison. who met in Boston on
/ January 6, 6fty-six years ago. and
signed the constitution OF the Anti.
! slavery Society, only one, Oliver john
son, now survives.
Senator Ingalls,, OF Kansas, receives
offers daily from newspaper syndicates
asking for articles, and the prices, IL is
said, often run as high as $75 per
column. Senator sherman gets "blg
money" for his articles In the maya.
zines.
Maud awakening suddenly at 3 q. IN. !
mother, there's man trying to break
into the house." Mother (wearily) =
Hush, my child, its your father; he's
afraid to ring the door bell."-Birming-
ham Herald.
Heard On New Year: "Have q smoke,
simpson," said his friend as he passed
out q fragrant Havana. mo, thank you,
I've sworn off," well, put one 10 your
| pocket to smoke tomorrow?"-Hsrtfor
| Post.
Old Bachelor docking at new BABY =
"Er- rather small and puny, JimS''
Proud Fsther-"Y-e-s, rather" "Old
Bachelor (encouragingly) -"Still, Jim,
II l were in your place ! would try and
| raise it."-New York Sun.
The number Of persons killed by wild
animals and snakes In Hindostan In
1856 was A.Sil, an Increase OF nearly
1000 more than the figure OF 1885. The
snakes did nine-tenths OF the work.
Tigers slew 92a, and wolves 222.
The recent accounts OF tho great
foods In China were not exaggerated.
London dispatches say that q populOus
district Of 10, 900 square miles was In q
single night converted into a raging sea.
drowning nearly 1000 700 people aud
rendering homeless 5000, 900 more.
Being compelled to make q public
apology In . Cape Town newspaper, and
apparently thinking lie might as well be
KILLED for sheep as a lamb" one Du
Plessis published q card stigmatizing
himself as "a genuine liar OF the first
| class"
Berlin will soon be the most brilliant
ly illuminated city IN Europe. The
electric light lie being fitted all along the
Inter den Linden, and the Leipzlger
Strasse, which Is upward OF mile In
length, Is already Illuminated through
out by electricity, which Is to be intro
duoed into all the principal streets and
squares.
A tragedy 10 two acts grow out OF a
solitary buckwheat cake that remained
on the breakfast table OF an Eighth
avenue, Newark, n. j., boarding house.
on Friday. Henry Williams wanted
and John Welton, cake and all, off his
chair. Life is full OF these little Lessons.
The next act Is to be by the Newark
grand jury.
He Wanted No Lawyer: al id
don't w-w-wants lawyer; 1 have ever
b-b-blessed J-J-Jesus always Wv
with me-" said q Salvation Army
officer who had been brought into the
DesMoines, ia police court for stealing
an overcoat. He was sent to Jail for
80 days, and went out singing, "One
More River to Cross"
The Oldest man In Vermilion county,
H., Is Hiram Nelson, who was born In
that state In 1894. He was secoud
lieutenant in the Black Hawk war, and
personally assisted in the capture OF the
chief. He Is vigorous, is enjoying his
second eyesight, can read readily with :
out glasses, and recently, on wager
split l4S white oak rails in ten hours.
An Unnatural Mother-"I believe I've
got the meanest ma In Texas" "What
did she dO?" Just before Christmas she
put me into long trousers. She did that
so I would have TO wear short stockings
that wouldn't cost much to fill. What do
you say to that for meanness? She'd
Texas Siftings.
Mamma" said a beautiful X street
maiden In tender tones this morning at
breakfast, Henry 10 coming around to-
morrow night" swell, what OF that?"
pointment. "Hes been coming every
Sunday night for two years." Every
true, mamma; but neither OF them was
leap year." And cold, hard. determin-
ed look spread over her lovely features
an inch and half thick. Washington
Critic.
OF this city complied recently in the fol-
lowing manner with q request to write
q competition on the subject OF physiol-
ogical lecture to which the school had
just listened: 1.-The human body Is
made up OF the head, thorax, and the
abdomen. The thOrax contains the
heart and the lungs. The abdomen oon-
tains the bowels, OF which there are five
"a, 9, !, o, u, and sometimes " and y"
Among the many expenses that Wall
street brokers have to face every year is
the item for flowers with which they
brighten and adorn their offices. Win
ter and summer, spring and fall, huge
punches Of expensive posies are kept on
hand In many OF the very attractive Of
foes. Ii is reok0ned that the average
expense for sn office lie $40 q day. At
dusk the Office boys and lesser clerks
divide the flowers.
Alexander Won Panselim, q Russian
youth. made an English mile In 3 minu-
ties and SO seconds at the international
| skating contest at Vienna, on Sunday,
thus breaking the record and securing
| the Austrian championship medal and
belt. Several belts will be exchanged at
another international contest that is be-
Ing arranged with much theatrio frillery
to be broken as nose or jaw.
At q recent meeting OF the Egyptian
exploration fund In London, one OF the
members stated that 1t was his duty to
read = great many papers, ard he found
greater prominence given In them 10
historical and archaeological subjects
than the English papers extended to
like matters. The announcement by
another member that one-half the funds