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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-29

any time since her admission. The
irreconciable antagouisms of free soil
and slavery were all that prevented
citizens of the state of Texas from
occupying that section of the state,
and with slavery dead why should
the embargo continue to exist. Texas
may not have felt any need for enlarg-
ing her borders, and it may be that she
does not now. But, with the Oklahoma
craze and the persistent attempt to
gain possession of the Cherokee strip,
it is not unlikely that in the course of
time no mans land may be made a
subject of settlement and the matter
of title will be an important one. In
any event, it is not wise to have a
strip of country over which there
seems to be Ito regular jurisdiction so
near the borders of this state, or di-
viding it from the sister states of Colo
RADIO and Kansas. Such a strip will in
time become the nesting ground OF
thieves, and the rendezvous of out
laws. If this ground does not belong
to Texas, to whom does it belong, and
if it belongs to Texas, why does not
she assume jurisdiction over it and in
~ puoiiS
THE negroes in Alabama and
Louisiana, driven to the wall by the
white democrats who have usurped
every political right which they pos
sess, are at their wits end. Some of
the leaders advise stampede from
these states, others complete surren-
der of all political rights that they
may live without being in daily terror
of violence, mob law and assassina-
ton. Others would raise the cry of re-
taliatien and meet violence with vio-
lence, mob-law with mob-law, shot
gun with shotgun. OF this latter is
the editor of the Selma, Ala, Colored
Journal, who most unwisely says:
"Mob law and violence reigns in
Lafayette parish La. What must the
negroes do? We have tried begging,
persuasion, appeals, remonstrances,
committees on grievances and every
trusting in God. Now we believe we
llcdE UIlS VOICE vi luou UellIllP us W
help ourselves or die like men and
not like brutes. We advise these
negroes to take shotguns, pistols,
axes, hoes, scythes, clubs and every
availablo weapon and kill everything
that molests them. If their houses
are burned, burn down verybody
elses house. send havoc and de-
struction everywhere. From the
state and the United States to give
the same attention to our grievances
Introduce Ireland to America. We
believe this is the only way we will
save the negro. Meet mob law with
mob law"
1t will save nothing. The course
proposed is suicidal. 1t would lead
to the determination of the colored
race if attempted to be followed out
1t is the very course which the demo-
cratic viOIaters of election law desire
to drive the negro into. Changes in
public sentiment are growing, and
for the better time coming all must
wait in patience.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-29

ALI union carpenters out of EN-
ployment come sign their name on
the register kept at Harry Haste's
cigar store, Soledad street, also all
bosses wanting union men are re-
quested to do the same. 4-30-lmo
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-29
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-29
1000 ACRES FINE LAND
For Sale.

All fenced, good house, plenty of
running water, fine timber and grass,
only miles from Main plaza; So per
acre.
5-2l-tf HAMBLETON, HADLEY & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-29
Thanks.

We must sincerely tender our heart
felt thanks to our kind good neighbors
for their kindness in the late illness
of our dear boy-they did all that kind
generous hands could do.
r. G.. DUNCAN.
NJ. f. DUNCAN.
May 20 1889.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-29

The Sunset wood company car
ries the largest stock of any yard in
the city. delivers dry post oak at
1886 and sawed and split at S4.65
per cord. Yard corner of Austin and
Lamar streets. Telephone 81. 3-1S-1m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-29

A. Kahn received another ship
ment of the celebrated Foster war
ranted five hook, kid gloves, in all
the leading shades, at 95 cents per
pair.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-29
Summer Underwear.

Nice light weights lin good quail
ties, prices other houses ask for in
terror goods. st YOUNG IL ARNOLD.
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Mems NeckWear.

Most complete stock, just what you
want. 5-22-6t YOUNG Il ARNOLD.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-29

Try Pancoast g. Son
IF you have your clothing made
They carry a full line of imported
suitings to select from. 3-23-tf
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09
Scrap-Books.

A lady who, both from choice and
motives of economy, was accustomed
to make the hats and dresses of herself
and daughters, hit upon the following
device: All the fashion-plates and de-
signs that came out in successive num-
bers of Harper,s Bazar, for which she
was a subscriber, were cut out aud
pasted into the shat book" and "dress
and cloak book" Then when a new
hat or garment was to be made this
book was consulted for ideas and styles.
If no one pattern was found that suit
ed in all respects, as was frequently
the case, combinations were made that
did satisfy. The daughters, who were
fond of fancy work, made a scrap-book
from the same journal, and so had
ore of ideas and patterns for making
numberless articles both pretty and
useful.
1t is not often convenient to keep
files of newspapers, but we may keep
such of their contents as are lmmedr-
ately useful to us in a compact form and
are easily gotten at. In this way re-
cipe books of incalculable value to the
compiler may be procured at compara-
lively slight outlay of money and
time. Picture-books for children and
invalids may be made so as to combine
amusement and instruction. Chill
dren can do their own pasting with lit
tie assistance, and find it very agreea-
BILE rainy-day work. Instead of books
they may use boxes, of smooth sur
faces, to receive their pictures, and
when the pictures are all nicely pasted
on, a coat of varnish will protect and
secure them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09
Make Your Will.

We have heard a good deal of grum.
bling of late about lawyers and public
officers getting all of an estate for
winding it up. We asked an official
in position to know how this could be
remedied. He said by every sane man
and woman in the land, having any
property at all, making will, and to
know what they were doing when
making it and getting lawyer to
draw it. He said two-thirds or more
of the costs could be obviated by pro-
perly written will. But the aforesaid
official added that most people have to
die before they can realize the impor.
lance of making o will.
Let every one who reads this and
owning property, make q will at once,
and at least save some lawyer the
trouble of winding up his or her estate.
The mere making of a will does not
bring death. What is the use of wait
ing for the Legislative or other power
remedying an evil you can remedy
yourself?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09

The following, from the Library
Journal, is worth the heed of owners
Of libraries: aE
The proper way to clean books is to
take two of about the same size and
strike their sides smartly together
several times until all the dust is ex-
PEELED, and not apply cloth, brush, or
duster under any circumstances to the
gilt or leather. If treated in this way
books will retain their original fresh
ness for years. Books in cases with
out glass fronts retain their freshness
longer than when put in closed cases.
More dust will collect upon books ex-
posed, but it is dust which comes off
readily. When put behind glass doors,
or in cupboards, less dust settles upon
them, but in localities where soft coal
is used, it is fine, sooty dust, which,
when treated with q cloth, brush, or
duster, acts like black, oily paint,
discolors the leather and dulls the gilt.
On books which are openly exposed,
this sooty dust mixes with an innoxi-
Gus and coarser dust, and it all comes
off together. These facts explain what
seems at first paradoXical-that the
more we try to keep books away from
dust, and the more we clean them, the
dirtier they become.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09
On New Years Day.

Let others quail at the milestones
which stand by the wayside and tell
the passing pilgrim how small a por-
ton of his journey is still before him:
compared with that which lies behind.
For my part, I can behold them with
out dismay-nay, hail them as I pass
with joy. To me such a milestone is
every New Years Day. My looks are
all the oftener directed homeward ;
and my pace quickens. Does it not
even wing the feet of the fainting
traveller to behold the towers of his ma
tive city rising above the mist, and ap-
pearing every moment more and more
brightly to the view
No doubt we must be sure about the
place to which the way is conducting
US. He who has found upon earth the
city of his affections, and who with
every onward step is only advancing
toward mist, may well look upon
New Years Day as a day of sorrow.
Well may it be dark and gloomy day
to the man who, as poor and humble
pilgrim, is journeying to some royal
city, where he has not q single friend
to welcome his arrival or offer him the
shelter of roof. A poor and humble
pilgrim am I but, God be thanked
I know of One who long ago prepared
for me place. Hence it is that as !
pass the milestones each in succession
becomes an altar, OH which I present
obligations of gratitude and praise.
There are many, am aware, to whom
the thought of the flight of time is
dispiriting. For me I feel that He
hath not given the spirit of fear, but
of power.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09
A Good Investment.

Several winters ago woman was
coming out from some public building
where the heavy doors swung back
and made egress difficult. A street
urchin sprang to the rescue, and, as he
held open the door, she said "Thank
you," and passed on.
"Crack dye hear that?" said the
boy to a companion standing near.
mo what?"
"Why, that lady in sealskin said,
thank ye,' to the likes o. me-"
Amused at the conversation, which
she could not help overhearing, the
lady turned round and said to him,
"It always pays to be polite, my boy
remember that"
Years passed away, and la st De
cember, when doing her Christmas
shopping this same woman received an
exceptional courtesy from a clerk in
Boston, which caused her to remark
to friend who was with her: "What
a comfort to be civilly treated once in
a while-though I don't know that 1
blame the clerks for being rude during
the holiday trade"
The young mans quick ear caught
the words, and he said: "Pardon me,
madam, but you gave me my first les
son in politeness."
She looked at him in amazement,
when he related the little forgotten in
cident, and told her that that simple
"thank you" awakened his first ambi-
ton to be something in the world. He
went the next morning and applied for
a situation as office boy in the estab-
lishment where he was now an honored
and trusted clerk.
Only two words, dropped into the
treasury of street conversation, but
they yielded returns of certain kind
more satisfactory than investments in
stocks and bonds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09

LIVED 1T DowN.-An honest black
smith was once grossly insulted and
his character UNANIMOUSLY DETAINED.
Friends advised him to seek redress by
means of law, but to one and all he re-
piled, mo; Twill go to my forge and
there in six months will have worked
out such a acharacter and earned such q
name as all the judges, law courts and
lawyers in the world could not give
me-" He was right. 1t was by hon
est labor, manly courage, and con-
science void of offence, that we assert
our true dignity and prove our hon
esty and respectabllity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09
A Girls TOitet Articles.

A sensible girl will not keep lot of
cosmetics and drugs on her toilet table,
but there are few articles she should
always have in convenient place. She
should have an array of glass stopped
bottles containing alcohol, alum, cam
phor, borax, ammonia and glycerine or
vaseline. A little camphor and water
may be used as a wash for the mouth
and throat if the breath is not sweet.
Powdered alum applied to a fever sore
will prevens it from becoming very un-
slightly and noticeable. Insect stings
or eruptions on the skin are removed by
alcohol. A few grains of alum in
tepid water will relieve people whose
hands perspire very freely, rendering
them unpleasantly moist. A few
drops of sulphuric acid in the water
are also beneficial for this purpose, and
are also desirable for those whose feet
perspire freely. We should always
recommend care in the use of scented
soap in many cases the perfume is
simply disguise for poor quality.
A good glycerine or honey soap is al
ways preferable. OF course, one may
rely on scented soap from high class
manufacturer, but it costs more than it
is worth. In addition to the soap for
bathing, white CASTLE should be kept
for washing the hair. Occasionally q
little borax or ammonia may be used
for this purpose, but it is usually too
harsh in its effects.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09
An Honest Christian Man.

The following fable which I have
written will serve to illustrate the
truth that a truly honest man will not
take a larger sum for property than its
just value, even if he is offered more.
A certain man named George Smith
came one day to farmer named Dan
iel Jones, wishing to buy pair of OK
en-, and said {: "Those red oxen of
yours suit me, and will give you one
hundred and twenty dollars for them."
Daniel Jones replied: "That is thirty
dollars more than they are worth" "
George Smith looked wonderstruck at
this remark. The farmer said: II
know the value of those oxen better
than you do. One of them is a little
"breachy," and the other one can not
bear the heat so well as some oxen, and
yet there are many good qualities in
them; but, all things considered, nine
ty dollars is all they are worth, and
you may have them for that price" 1"
George Smith gladly took the oxen,
and said to q man on his way home :
ut beats all what a difference there is
in the religion of men. Now there is
old James Clark, my near neighbor; I
have heard him make many long
prayer. If he had owned these beau
tiful oxen he would have asked me one
hundred and thirty dollars or more for
them, and he would have called them
a great bargain at that price, and he
would not have said a word about one
of the oxen being inclined to be
breachy, and the other not very tough
in hot weather. l do not know any
thing about religion myself, but one
thing I know, as we'll as I know where
the sun shines in a bright day, and
that is, there is mighty big differ
ence between Daniel Jones' religion
and James Clark's religion" J. H.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09
Short.

| TSome of the common words in our
Language have great many different
meanings or shades of meanings, so
that quite an essay can be written by
simply commenting on the various
definitions. The following composi-
ton is an example j
A short subject, given at short no.
tice, upon which to write short COM
position.
| Short, "not long, not extended in
time;" defining our recreations, vaca-
tions, and good times generally.
Short, "limited in quantity. our
ready excuses for the faults of others.
Short, "deficient;" clearly defining
the fashionable cashier of our day.
"Not distant in time;" Christmas
presents and New Years resolutions.
Short, "limited in intellectual pow
er )" thought too harrowing-we cut
it short.
Short, "abrupr, brief, petulant;; !"
like the short answers which some
children give when their angry pas
sions rise.
Short pie.crust, breaking or crum-
bling easily in the mouth.
Short on the Stock Exchange, used
to denote those unfortunates who have
engaged to deliver what they do not
possess. It is also used in society"
and describes the financial condition
of many young men and some older
ones, especially at this time of the
year.
There are short coats for which grow
ing boys are too long, and on the con-
trary long coats and high collars for
which the boys are too short. but for
which they think a short moustache
an ample excuse.
Short days, suggesting to the young
and strong thoughts of pleasure, skat-
ing: snow-balling' coasting, sleigh-rid-
ing; while the long evenings. with
candy-pulling, merry games, nut
cracking, and holiday sports make a
gay frame for the wintry pictures in
their air castles.
In short, the brief word, when not
applied to money, brains, or tempers,
is a cheerful, a spritely, pleasant
word. For who does not know that to-
say an hour, a day, week, seemed
short IS the same as saying it was so
agreeably passed that the moments
sped unnoted. It is only hours of
pain, grief, suspense, or waiting that
seem "long.n If sermon, song, a
lecture, or concert seems so short as
to make one doubt the evidence of the
clock to the contrary, that sermon,
song, lecture, or concert needs no 9th
er praise.
There might be mentioned whole
family of second cousins to this word,
such as short division, shorthand,
short-cake, short-order, and short
sighted, but our paper, like your pa
tiencs, is too short and time too limited
to say more than that of this matter
this is the long and short.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09
The Adventures Of q Mouse.

A mother mouse, when her children
had nearly reached the age at which it
became time for them to seek their
own fortunes in the world, cautioned
them particularly against the traps
and dangers that would lie in their
paths. "My children" said she, "the
cheese looks very tempting, and is
even sometimes toasted, but beware Of
| it; for it will bring misfortune to
you."
One time the whole family ofyoung-
er mice came upon trap. This, 1
suppose" said the eldest and wisest,
''is the trap against which Car mother
so carefully warned US. Aud yet"
continued he, "the cheese looks very
tempting. I doubt extremely if there
be any real danger in it. And even if
there be, I think that, by proper
amount of self-control and wariness,
one might avoid all i'll consequences.
Because some have been caught, it
does not necessarily follow that q like
fate must overtake all. Atleast I shall
inspect the trap to satisfy myself
whether there is really as much dan
ger in it as our mother said. You
know she is apt to be over-cautious very
often" And with this remark, in
spite of the urgent warnings of his
brothers, the overwise mouse deliber-
ately entered the trap.
"I cannot see," said he, when he
was within, "that there is any real dan
ger, and it is very pleasant here. One
need not eat of the cheese, you know"
But even as he spoke the delicious
smell of the cheese Overcame his eau
ton ; he concluded there could be no
danger in taking the smallest nibble.
No sooner, however, had he touched
the tempting morsel, than the trap fell
and he was prisoner.
"Alas w said he to his weeping
mother, who had FASTENED to the trap
upon learning the fate of her son, II
now discover, when 1t is too late to
repent, that the experience of age is
safer than the presumptuous wisdom
of youth"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09
The New Year.
BY 1. E. DIcKENaA.

used to think the year was long;
I was boy then, young and strong,
With spirits all aglow;
Impatient for the time to come
When should strike the whole world dunn
BY one stupendous blow.
struck the blow-the world went on
Unmoved, and days have come ana gone,
And am still the same;
A little older grown, tia true,
And 80, indeed, dear friend, have you,
And others might name.
Fame-fortune-I could always hear
Their echoes In the coming year,
Like bells across the snow;
Like bells that through the night air chime,
Now all melodious, now sublime,
Now swelling and now low.
Those boyish plans and hopes are past;
The wears came slowly, but went fast,
Each swifter than before;
The bells ring ont as cheerily
For others as they did for me,
But, ah! for me no more.
But, bark I hear the glorious truth
That was but shadowed In my youth
Now pealing loud and clear;
The truth that sometimes better lies
Beyond than all that now prize
Brings in this glad New Year.
Then goodbye Old Year, If you must,
And welcome, New Year, to your trust;
We greet you with pl aver;
Keep US from sorrow and from striie,
And bring rs peace and love and iiic,
Through all your seasons lalr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-09

A little girl asked her mother,
Mamma, what makes all the people
we rent houses from so mean? Why
don't you rent house from good men
sometimes ?" Had she been the
daughter of the landlord she would
probably have asked, "What makes
the people you rent houses to so mean
Why don't you sometimes rent a house
to q good man." People look at
things in the light of their comfort
and convenience, and not in the light
of truth and right. AS George Elliot
says "They translate their conven'
ience into other peoples duties"