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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13
Changes of Sentiment.

Among our other reforms is the present
crusade against lotteries. 1t is queer how
public opinion changes. One Of the purest
and wisest religious reformers that ever
lived--the founder of great church-re
corded the fact in his note book, about
century ago, that he had bought a lottery
ticket, and had prayed that it might draw
prize. And yet he was possessed Of as much
spiritual enlightenment as his followers of
today who brand lotteries as something
criminal
In Philadelphia the steeple on Christ church
was built bya lottery and in 1904 the Sec
ond Baptist church Of that city organized a
lottery
Once congress authorized a lottery to rails
Sl0O,0 to pay the troops.
The statesmen and divines of that age
would have been astounded if they had been
told that they were doing something that
was morally wrong.
We have had no new revelation-no new
Bible since those days, but we are getting SO
progressive that we are ready to attach the
brand of moral infamy to the customs and
practices in vogue two or three generations
ago Are we right How do we know that;
We are right'-Atlanta Constitution.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13

"Some time before the death of Seth Green,
the celebrated fish culturist and naturalist"
said gentleman who takes great interest in
piscatorial matters recently, IL paid a visit
with him to the fish hatcheries at Caledonia.
In one of the ponds there, at that time, there
were 5000 large brook trout, every one of
which had been captured with the hy-in un-
frequented brooks in the Adirondack region.
These trout, Mr.. Green said, had convinced
him that fish had reasoning power and mem
DRY. When they were hooked, he said, and
were reeled slowly in by the careful fishermen
who were capturing them for the state pond,
they had time and opportunity to note the
form and character of the tackle that made
them prisoners. According to Mr. Green
they never forgot that experience The trout
had been in the pond a long time, the females
never being allowed to spawn there, and
would follow Mr.. Green as he walked along
the edge of the water, tossing bits of liver
into the pond. To show that his theory
about their memory and reason was correct
he would carry cane and a fish rod conceal
ed behind his back If he took the cane from
its concealment and held it out over the wa
ter the fish paid no attention to it, but the
moment he produced the rod with its reel
and line attached away the trout scampered
like fash to distant parts of the pond. Mr..
Green told me that he would permit any one
to cast fly in that pond to his hearts con-
tent as he was satisfied that not one of the
trout would come near it, so vividly did they
remember their enemy of five years ago.
New York Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13

Statistics show that the months in which
the feweStssucides occur are October and
November, while the greatest number occur
in April, May and June. July and Septem-
Der also have a goodly share, the latter pos
sessing a peculiar fascination for women
This refuteS the old idea that suicides occur
most frequently in damp and gloomy wealth
err for the months Just mentioned as being
the most prolific are certainly those in which
the skies look brightest and the earth is fair
est Another remarkable fact in this con-
nection is that the progressive increase and
decrease in the number of suicides coincide
with the lengthening and shortening of the
days, and as NJ. Query has shown, not only
the seasons of the year, but the days of the
month and Of the week, and even the hours
of the day, exert an influence, the constancy
of which cannot be mistaken.
AS result of his elaborate research he
found that the greatest number of suicides
among men occurred during the first ten days
of the month, and from Monday to Thursday
of the week. This is accounted for by re-
membering that the ma iority of workingmen
receive their wages either on the first of the
month or the last of the week, and that pay
day" is often followed by dissipation, de-
DduCneTy anu TenlOTSe. OeCIlllSen completed
this interesting observation by showing that
the larger number of suicides among women
take place during the last half of the week,
when they are most apt to feel the effects of
mans prodigality aud wrongdoing In re-
gard to the hours of the day, we know, from
Brierre de Boismonts examination Of 1893
cases of suicide in Paris, that the maximum
number occurred between a. m. and noon,
and thereafter regularly declined, reaching
the minimum at the hour before SUNRISE;
Charles W. Pilgrim, NJ D., in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13
Artemus Wards Humor.

have met and heard many professional
humoriSts but none, off or on the stage, could
equal Artemus Ward His appearance was
quaint. He looked like a smaller BARLEY
Campbell. His manner was systematically
grave and earnest. His fun was not in his
miSSpelling, it was in the apparently uncon
sciOus association of the most incongruous
ideas. The humor was not spontaneous. He
labored over every word until he had it just
right and then committed it to paper or
memory, and never varied it. One of his
rules was always to make a joke plain and
clear to his audience. Another was to wait
for the laugh. Sometimes the audience would
not see the fun. He told me that the great
est compliment he had ever received was from
a stranger stopping at the same hotel, who
asked him whether he had been to hear that
fellow, Artemus Ward, lecture
NO" replied Artemus. 'have youl What
do you think of himg"
why, he is the blamedest fool ever saw
| just sat there and roared to hear him max
ing such show of himself. l wouldn't have
missed it for So"
At his first lecture the New York audience
did not know what to make of him. He
seemed so nervous; fdgeted about so; lost his
place, never said word about the advertised
subject Of his lecture. Call me pet names,
love; call me a bird" he murmured, land J
called her boiled owl" Then he waited TO-
the laugh. 1t came very slowly; first soil
tary smoker, then two or three chuckles
When | said that in Chicago" continued
Artemus gravely, Il had to go before JUS
tice of the peace and take my solemn aft
davit that boiled owl was a bird before one
of them could catch the point. Then every
body roared. New Workers were not going
to be duller than Chicagoans. Musical
Journal
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Bees and Grapes.

writer in The Fruit Growers Journal
says: "Dr. James Mcbride and | have just
turned away from the study of the bees
tongue through the microscope, perfectly sat
isfied that the bee cannot penetrate the outer
skin, or even the second skin of the grape
This is also the decision of the leading ento-
biologists, and the scientists of the govern
ment have so decided. II would be precisely
as if painter should try to bore hole
through an inch plank with an ordinary paint
brush, for the point of bees tongue is q
microscopic brush, which, if pressed on the
outer skin, would spread out like the brush OF
painter, and refuse the desired entrance.
But when the grapes here and there are
pierced by other insects or birds, and most NJ
the juice is left to rot in juxtaposition to the
sound and unbroken grapes, the contagious
rot would go on from grape to grape until the
whole bunch would be ruined, were it not fol
the useful bee, which Immediately plunges iti
bushy tongue into each orifice, and extracts
the yeasty must from the broken hull, aLt
dries up in a short part of day all the of
Tending matter, and as a scavenger saves the
fruit from inevitable destruction The bee
is too smart to plunge its sting into grape
and it is only to prolong life that it stings 6
mortal "
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13
A COW THAT GAVE MILK PUNCH.
The Wonderful Product of an Illinois Jer-
sey and Its Disastrous Effect.

The Wonderful Product of an Illinois Jer-
sey and Its Disastrous Effect.
Charley Wheeler, of the chamber of com,
merce, tells this story;
81 have married cousin who lives on a
nice little place in the suburbs of Peoria, Ills
His homestead includes an acre or so Of
ground, and he is thus enabled to enjoy the
delights of fresh drawn eggs, new laid milk,
and garden sass He keeps one cow-a fawn
colored Jersey, with a pedigree a yard long,
and blue ribbons on her finely polished horns
Distillery mash was just then coming into
use as feed for stock, and my cousin con.
cluded that he would experiment with il.
Distillery mash, which Is the residue OF the
grain after it has served the distillers pur-
pose, is supposed to be innocuous, although its
value on the bovine bill of fare has been
questioned Well, my cousin had a load de-
livered at his house. and the next morning
he began feeding it to his Jersey. 1t was
cheap, and he did not stint in the quantity.
st Mapped that his wife's uncle from
Oquawka was billed to visit them that day,
and when my cousin went home he found the
old gentleman ensconced on the front piazza
as comfortably as you please The old fellow,
bv the way, was strict Prohibitionist, and
he could hardly forgive his niece for marry
ing a man who lived in the distillery town of
Peoria Ny cousin was very attentive, for
the Oquawka sage was well fixed and my
cousins wife was his favorite niece. At din,
ner the old man would drink neither tea nor
coffee, and so my cousin pressed upon him
huge bowl of milk fresh from the Jersey cow.
Uncle drained it to the last drop and called
for more.
It'll ~ hot tlne t,,H
ter drink | don't see how anybody kin
drink Peory whisky when they kin get this
AFTER dinner all hands adjourned to the
veranda. My cousin noticed that quite a
change had come over the old man. His eyes
sparkled his face flushed and in few min
utes he began singing For I'm jolly Good
Fellow to the horror of his niece, who had
never heard anything lighter than Aud
Lang Syne' from his lips. The hired man
happened along just then, and the old man
challenged him to a 'wraslin' match, side
holts Then he wanted to run foot race
with my cousin, who thought he was crazy,
and was about to telephone to town for a
patrol wagon, when the old man jumped of
the piazza and sprained an ankle.
"After they got the old man safely to bed
my cousin began to investigate. He hap
pened to think of the milk, and went to the
pantry and tasted of it. 1t was as good
milk punch barring little sugar, as he ever
tasted He saw it all now. That distillery
mash had done the business. He fed it to the
COW, and she produced milk punch.
''The old man got we'll in the course of a
week, and went home, but he never forgave
my cousin. He insisted that liquor had beer
put in the milk to fool him. He cut his
niece out of his will, and left all his money for
the constant distribution of temperance tracts
in Peoria. Minneapolis Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13
CITY WARD BOUNDARIES.

FIRST Wards bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by San An
tonic river, south and west by center of 3.
Laredo street and AlaZan and San Pedro
creeks.
SECOND WARD-IS bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by center OF
S. Laredo street and AlaZan and San Pedro
creeks south and west by city limits.
THIRD Wards bounded on the east by
San Pedro creek, north by Fredericksburg
road and city limits, west by city limits
and south by w. Commerce street.
FOURTH Wards bounded OH the north
by city limits, south by w. Commerce street,
east by San Antonio river, west by San
Pedro creek and Fredericksburg road.
FIFTH Wards bounded on the west
and north by the San Antonio river, east by
Alamo and Madre bitches and south by W..
Commerce street.
SIXTH Wards bounded on the west
by Alamo and Madre bitches and San An
tonic river south by +. Commerce street,
north and east by city limits.
SEVENTH WARD-In bounded on the
north by E. Commerce street, east and south
by city limits, west by center of Water and
Mill streets and San Antonio river.
EIGHTH Wards bounded on the north
by Z. Commerce street, west by San AntO-
Mo river, east by center of Water and Mill
streets.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13
A Mental Shock.

The effects of mental shock on the mind in
causing permanent bad health of mind are
easily inflicted in the period of infancy, early
life and school life, of which let one illustra-
ton suffice, writes DR.. B. W. Richardson in
Longman's Magazine. A gentleman who for
many years was under my observation as a
confirmed mental invalid, strong man in
many respects, but utterly irresolute, and in
the end of disordered mind altogether, ac
quired his mental disease from sudden dis
trust He had in his childhood an innate
dread of deep water, and he had at the same
time tutor for whom he held the warmest
affection, coupled with the most absolute
trust and confidence.
In a thoughtless and unhappy moment this
tutor became possessed with the idea that he
would break his pupils dread Of deep water
by pitching him into a pool where they were
accustomed to battle together at the deepest
part There was no actual danger, for the
depth was really not great, the pool was calm,
the boy could swim little, and in an instant
the tutor, a strong and skillful swimmer, was
in the water himself rendering succor and
support. The lad was brought to shore safely
enough, but the mischief to the mind was in.
ficted beyond repair The surface of trust
was obliterated, and a fixed distrust in the
mind of the youth was set up forever. If
skillful Psychologist could have discovered the
seat of trust in that youth, and could have
destroyed it mechanically, he could not have
inflicted more severe injury nor one more
determinately lifelong in its effects
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13
How 1t Was Settled.

The novel fact that Gen. George l.. Becker
was once elected to congress, but was beatenI
out of his seat by game of seven-up, isprob |
ably known by very few at the present time
1t was in the fall of 1857 The territory of
Minnesota had just been organized, prepare
tory to admission as a state the following
year, and three men were elected to the lower
house of congress, to wit: George L. Becker,
of st. Paul, James NJ Cavanaugh, of Chat
field, and W. w Phelps, of Red Wing, all
Democrats. When the census of the terri
tory was taken for the benefit of congress it
turned out that the new state would he en-
titled to only two members of the lower
house. There were three very much discon-
certed young men, for they were Drumming
with life and ambition, and neither of them
reliShed the idea of giving up the captured
prize. However, after siege of continuing
and pickering, i'll which neither gained
point over the other, young Becker laughing
ly suggested that they decide the matter by a
three handed game of seven-up The other
two jumped at the proposition, and in less
than two hours proved to Mr.. Becker that he
had made a very bad suggestion for his own
interests. Becker accepted the defeat grace
fully, but was unable to restrain a feeling Of
contempt for the hands the other fellows
DlaYed. st Paul Pioneer Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13
He stopped the Car.

Occasionally, for some unknown reason, no
cars will come along a North Side street for
some time, and then three or four trains will
rattle along in procession close together.
People who are waiting for car will signal
the first train in vain. 1t never stops, though
the cars may be comparatively empty. The
second or third train, crowded to the foot
boards, may stop if the driver feels in the
mood, and the waiting passengers find foot
hold the best way they can. The other day
a gentleman stood at the corner of Schiller
street and waited long time for a south
bound train. Finally he saw three trains
booming down together and he complained
to the gentleman at his ebow-a cripple
about the way the cars were run, saying that
the first train would not stop for them.
"Guess it WILL said the cripple, shortly, and
he went out and planted himself Immediately
over the slot In the center of the west track.
The first train ratified along and the driver
rang his bell wildly. The cripple did not
move. The driver had to stop or run him
down. He stopped within few feet of the
man, who quietly stepped around to the side
of the car and climbed up into one of the
many vacant seats, paying no attention to
the strong language of the driver and con.
ductor. Chicago Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13

Longevity extraordinary can certainly be
claimed for the inhabitants of Chill, if the
Gillian census of 1885 is to be believed. From
the statistics there presented 1t would appear
that nearly 500 persons, out of a total OF
100000, are upwards of hundred years old.
This proportion is perhaps not too great, but
the astonishing ages recorded put strain on
the strongest credulity. One man coolly re-
turned his age at $50, and this would make 1t
very probable that he is, as the editor Of the
census remarks, the oldest man in the world.
Next after him comes woman aged 1888; two
women and one man report themselves as 1885,
1872, 1870 and l27 each have representative,
while there are seven l25 years old Below
that age the numbers mount rapidly, showing
twenty-eight persons of the age of l20, twenty
seven aged lis, and no less than ninety-one
aged ITO OF course this is all deliciously alb
surd.
The returns carry their own discrediting
on their face, with their marked preference
for the decades and half decadeS-twenty
eight, for example, set down at l20, while but
two are given to 1l9 and only one to III
ninety-one put at ITO, while but eleven reach
l09 Ii this does not mean fuddled memory
vaguely feeling after big figure best capable
of expressing belief that one must be very
old not to remember things more clearly,
then the indications are misleading. Our
own census bears witness to the untrust
worthness of the testimony Of the ignorant
as to their age; but two out of 100, 900 white
persons giving their ages as above 100, while
forty-fve out of 100000 colored persons claim
that distinction. The surprising thing is not
to find Gillian Indians making themselves
rivals of Thomas Parr, but to find Gillian
census officers gravely accepting the impossi-
BILE figures. Washington Letter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13
Legal Banter.

Cunning was examining witness, whom
he asked if he did not live at the very verge
of the court, and received reply in the af
firmative And pray, why have you select
ed such a spot for your resdenceF" asked the
counsel "In the vain hope of escaping the
rascally impertinence of 'dunning,'" was the
unexpected answer, On another occasion
the same counsel met with a singing retOrt
Having dealings with a gentleman whose
nose was somewhat Of peculiar shape, he
said to him: Now, Mr. Coppernose, you
have been sworn. what do you SayTn "WhY.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13

upon my oatn," repned the witness, II TcuId
not exchange my copper nose for your brazen
face" We are not informed what influence
II any, this evidence had upon the judge. He
would probably be satisfied as to the veracity
of the woman in the Following case, assuming
that the cross-examination be correctly re-
ported WAS he a tall manp he asked
Not very tall, your honor, much about the
size of your worship's honor" replied the
witness. WAS be good lookingT Quite
contrary, much like your honor, but with
handsomer nose" did he squintr "A
little, your worship, but not so much as
your honor by good deal" This, we pre-
sumo, is one of those cases in which compar-
isons would prove odious.-An the Year
Round.
what Troubled Him.
minister Of the gospel was riding through
Q strip Of woods in little town in Missouri,
when he came up to an aged negro seated by
the roadside, who was an object Of deepest
detection and woe.
"What is the matter. my friendT" the good
man inquired, looking with compassion on
the grief stricken African.
The negro made no reply, but kept on NUT
tering:
"Tse a ruined man, isl Oh, Lordyi Use
de most misfortunate mortal dis world hab
seen sence Job got aller his property tuck
away"
What is it that troubles youG" the minis
ter again asked, kindly.
Use ruined, sab"
"Ruined1 How are you ruinedr
Else jist ruined-lost every cent | had,
sah."
Lost your money! How did that happenr'
-Loss hit shootin' crops, sab"
Shooting what"
Crops sab"
"What are theyp
What am what"
"Cropsl What do you mean by cropsp
"Hit is der game dem niggers play ter git
er po' mans money, sab. Dey got all er dat
er church money. tew."
"Do you mean to tell me that you have
been so wicked as to gamble away money that
belonged to the church"
81 guesso, sab"
This is very wicked sir but as you are
honest about it, and feel SO downcast and
repentant, perhaps the members of your
church will forgive you"
Fer what, sahf"
For losing that money that belonged tc
your church"
THAT amt what's pesterin' me, sah."
"Ahl | see, my good man. 1t is because
YOU know you have committed a great sin
against the Lord that makes you so un,
happy"
mo, sab, hits not that-hit's 50 O. my
own dat dem niggers got is what's pesterin
me-"
And he broke forth again into doleful
lamentations Yankee Blade
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WHAT IS HE WORTH

You say the man lis worth million"
And think you've answered me;
I care not II he own billion,
It's the man ! want to see,
And now I'll ask a question or two
This man-what is he WORTH
Is it cash that came from the Lord knows who
And broad. square miles Of earthG
Dare you assert in broad daylight
That this Is the worth Of a manf
1t takes indeed a sordid wight
With favor this to scan
The treasures Of the brain and heart,
The mind and body's health,
And what turns men to the better part
These constitute true wealth.
If your friend has only what you said,
He Is worth just nothing at all;
Let his acres of earth cover him. dead.
And buv him funeral pail
Detroit Free Press
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-13

But a few moments ride from London is
the Kensington home of Jean Ingelow, whose
poetry is so familiar to American readers
The house is an old one of cream colored
stone, and one scarcely knows whether it has
two or three stories. Liberal grounds sur
round the house, and even in winter show q
gardeners care In summer the entire lawn
is bordered and dotted with flowers, for the
poet is pronounced horticulturist During
the cold weather a spacious conservatory at
tached to the house shelters the flowers, and
in this hot house of palms and buds she is
often found by her friends reading or writing
Flowers bloom, too, in almost every room
in the house, on the center tables, mantels
and in the bay windows. Jean Ingelow's
home is that of poet, with books on every
hand and always in reach. wherever you may
chance to sit down. The poet is now in mid
trace of years. Her manner is most friendly
her conversation charming and she has q
most musical voice. She enjoys a remark
ably correct knowledge of American litera
ture, the titles of the fastest American books
being spoken by her with wonderful fluency
Her character is eminently practical without
a touch Of sentimentality All her literary
writing is done in the forenoon her pen is
never put to paper by gaslght She com
poses slowly, and her verses are often kept
by her for months at a time before they are
allowed to go out for publication She shuns
society and the most severe part of the win
tsT is spent in the south of France Wash
ngton Fress.