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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-05
CITY LOCAL NEWS.

line monthly HeetlllSS vi Vllo hIO
companies took place last night.
Help the'old town, help yourself,
by helping the fair.
Throw in the jack pot, and help
the fair.
Let everybody attend the Fair
meeting tonight.
Mrs. J. NJ. Coleman, of Lampasas, is
registered at the Mahncke.
-Drs. M. X. and F. M. Taylor, Of
Gee 402 Houston street. Tei.363 l1-6-ly
Best Photographs at Callaway's
Gallery, Alb East Houston street.
Agents wanted, enquire at So
South Alamo street. 9-5-2t.
Buggy tops, dashes etc. mended.
Camerons. 1t.
Repairing solicited, Camerons, 9
Acequia. S-2S-lm.
Deposit with the Maverick bank
and draw interest 6-27-6m
Painters and artists supplies.
3-27-tf B. G. RELY & Co.
-Purest ice in the city at the Alamo
ice factory. 5-2tf
Maverick bank pays interest on
deposits. 6'27-6m
Don't buy or sell property until
you have seen Jno. T. Hambleton &
Co.
Harness repaired and oiled. Came
rons. I'm.
For sale-special bargain, a near
ly new Phaeton top buggy with har-
ness. A first class lady's outfit by
John r. Hambleton & Co. 9-4-1f.
Contractors please notice Giles &
Guindon's ad. for proposals in LIGHT
columns.
The monthly meeting of the d.
rectors of the Y. M. c. A. took place
Tuesday night.
Mr.. VIM. Hoeffing, ST., writes
that he will return from his trip north
next week.
Don't sit still and let somebody
else do all the work. Come out and
help the fair.
Don't hold back because there is
somebody interested that you don't
like. Help the fair.
Don't kick because somebody has
beat you on a horse trade. Help the
Fair, and try and play even.
Throw aside your personal griev-
ances and "grudges," and help the
Fair.
-Scrape the barnacles from your
back, and help the committee hold a
Fair.
MIR. J. J. Maurer has been pre-
sented with fine baby boy by Mrs.
Maurer.
More money is won and lost every
day in San Antonio, in Stud Poker,
than is asked for by the Fair commit
tee.
When Mr.. Cohen finishes one
years accounts of the city, in his IN
vestigation, he will present his re-
port to the city council.
The Jolly Twelve Bowling club
had a pleasant practice last night
and afterwards held meeting and
transacted lot of business.
Best dry Cord and Stove wood,
Anthracite and BitumInOus coa'S.
J. J. Olsen and Son, 4l0 E. Houston
street. Tel. 4SS. 9-2-1m.
Owners of fine Swiss and English
key wind watches can have them con-
verified into stem wind and stem set in
the best possible manner at Bell
Bros, jewellers. 7:1Stf
AT meeting of the Mission Hose
company held last night, one member
paid in to the treasury the sum of SIT, |
for fines assessed against him, for non
attendance at Parades, fires and drills
during the past sixty days.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-05

-Masury's liquid paints will cover
more surface, last longer, and fade
less than any paints on the market.
Especially adapted to this climate.
3-27-1y B. G. RELY & Co., Ag'ts.
We have lots of new goods, Fine
gold pins, platinum and gold cuff
buttons and lockets for gents and
ladies wear. BELL BROS, established
1852.
Snake rings in platinum and
gold, puzzle rings in silver, twisted
gold wire rings, the very latest; an
elegant selection now IN stock. BELL
Bros, 2Sl Commerce street.
Diamond woven and twisted and
wire bracelets, Pearls and doublets
in fine gold mountings, Pins, rings,
twin pins. A most elegant assort-
ment for you to select from. BELL
Bros, "Reliable jewelers."
Travis Park Methodist church
holds nightly meetings for prayer,
commencing at s o'clock promptly,
balance of this week.
That cash deposit of S. 900 for the
Fair has been made. That subsorip-
ton of $4,000 has not been made.
Make it now or lose the chance for
ever.
james Caney charged by Michael
McGary with lunacy will have a
hearing before judge Wurzbach this
afternoon.
-Rehearsals for the amateur opera
production will be held regularly
Friday nights for gentlemen and Sat-
urday nights for ladies.
Gus. Albers, who has been with
lillian for the past two years, has
opened up place of his own on Ala
mo street, opposite Scholz's.
The curbing of the sidewalks on
Dawson street have tumbled into the
street, on account of being under
mined when the street was ploughed.
AT their meeting last night the
Mission Hose company decided to cell
citrate the anniversary of their organ
ization by grand ball, October 10Th,
and the necessary arrangement COM
mittee was appointed.
City employees will be paid on
Friday as follows: Polio, Sanitary
Engineers and Fire department 10
to II o'clock a. m. School teacher
and Janitors from 4 to 5 o'clock p. m.
Street commissioners and sundry
department at o'clock sharp.
The suit of Mr.. H. E. Tuttle
against Mr.. VIM. Hoefing, ST., for
the possession of golden bull watch
chair, was dismissed in Justice Nc
Allister's court on August Goth for
want of prosecution. Mr.. Tuttle says
there was a mistake as to the time
the case was to come up and he will
reipstate the case.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-05

Picture Dealer-"Here is little
gem, two old cronies with bottle be-
tween them. The artist is quite cell
ebrated, but he called it "A Sympos-
ium' in the catalogue and nobody
looked 1t up" Art Critic-"What a
blunder! He ought to have called it
Prohibition at Bar Harbor.'" Pic
ture Dealer-"Oh, he did better than
that. He changed the title to "A Pair
of Tights and Mr.. Whitepate, the
rich connoisseur, has just ordered it
without ever having seen it, Mum
sey's Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-05

-Theo. Artzt will furnish the best
music for picnics, balls, weddings.
Leave orders at 800 Acequia street,
IL I'm
Bet ter "trade" than pay cash
Insurance money paid your "home
company" will surely come back to
you soon in trade. 1t stays; is dis
tributed here. S-23-lm.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-05
QATI'G For Fine Drinks
s. O. BALL. 8 Main Plaza

Why do you buy solid silver? Sill
yer inlaid costs one fourth thsprice, is
guaranteed for twenty-five years, and
will last a life time. Elegant silver
goods, superior steel carving sets in
cases. lust the thing for presents. We
are sole agents for the Improved"
lamp. Headquarters for house fur
nishing &C DDS.
WAGNER & CHABOT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-05
SPECIAL FOR THE WEEK:

Our closed the entire stock of samples Of
Silk Umbrellas Pasos and Fancy Sun Shades from the largest
manufacture this side of the Atlantic This lot of goods will be
displayed the eastern The prices will be
about half of what these goods usually sold at.
Silk and Fancy French Flannel Bouses White Dresses
regardless of value this Visit Emporium and the
throngs of people who appreciate efforts.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-08
A Study in Postage Stamps.

There are about 5000 different de-
scriptions of postage stamps in exist
ence. The museum of the Berlin post
office alone contains between 1000 and
5000 specimens, of which half are from
Europe and the remainder divided be-
tween Asia, Africa, America and Aus
tralia. What country carries off the
palm for absurdity and grotesqueness
OF artistic design and inferiority of ex-
ecution we are not told, but if the col
lection is faithfully representative the
variety OF ugliness must be consider
able. Some of the stamps, it appears,
bear coats of arms and other emblems
impartially borrowed from the heavens
above, the earth beneath and the
waters underneath the earth stars,
eagles, lions, horses, serpents, railway
trains, dolphins and other ~'.fearful
wild fowl" There are, moreover, the
efigies OF five Emperors,Z eighteen
Kings, three Queens, one Grand Duke,
several inferior titled rulers and many
Presidents. IN so many countries and
nationalities some really attractive
specimens must have been elaborated,
but, if so, it is a pity our authorities
did not borrow u hint Or two from the
best; for any thing more bald, monot-
onous and commonplace than the
British series of postage stamps down
to the latest issue can not well be
imagined.-London Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-08
FOUR AGO.
Only Sixteen M~iilionaires in Boston in the
Early Fifties.

Ay
No longer ago than the year 1851
500 made a large estate and $780,
600 made its owner a rich man. Only
sixteen residents of Boston in that year
were millionaires. The Appleton fam
lily made three of this number-Nathan
Appleton was worth 81, 800, 900, Sam
uel Appleton, his brother, the same,
and William Appleton, his cousin,
$500, 0C0 more. All three began life
poor, Samuel with 6! cents. The dry
goods business and manufactures gave
them fortunes, which they used most
generously, William appropriating his
entire income beyond his family ex-
penses to benevolent purposes.
John Bryant made a million and
a half in the Northwest coast
and China trade. Ebenezer Francis,
who also began life poor, made
three millions in the East India trade;
John L. Gardner and Thomas Wiggles-
worth made half that sur in the same
way, and Joshua Scarf as much in
West India trade. These were the
ddl , VI ollAil4CI tldL PLOoPCLl LJ III DOo-
ton. Abbot Lawrence, then Minister
to the Court of st. James, had three
millions, and his brother Amos half as
much and their house was the heaviest
American goods house in the country.
Thomas II. Perkins, Familiarity known
as Long Tom" Perkins, began his
mercantile life in St. Domingo, and
when driven away by a revolt of the
slaves came back to Boston, began
trading with China, and acquired
a very large fortune. David Sears
inherited $500, 900 from his father,
the largest amount ever inherited
in New England up to that time
by a single individual. Robert
q. Shaw was called in one of the lead
ing newspapers of that day 1.-THE old
est active merchant in his city, as he
is the most opulent one" William
Sturgis was another Cape Cod sailor
who commenced life poor; he arose to
the command of his ship, finally mo-
nopolized the northwest coast trade,
and became rich. John Z. Thayer is
tLc OHlJ cAdIiipic Vi d DEOhti VINO
also was q millionaire, and John
Welles OF a land speculator. There
are no lawyers in the above list. In
deed, the returns in the profession
have eve been so large as to make u
lawyer a millionaire, though the Bos-
toll bar has held a most distinguished
place, not only in our commonwealth
but in the country. Several, however,
were then numbered among the rich
men of Boston.-BoSton Globe.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-08
SYMBOLISM IN NUMBERS.
One of the Unmistakab1e Facts in the
Customs of the World.

SuStOhIs u Nv L
Symbolism in numbers is an unmis-
taxable fact in the worlds literature
and in the customs OF the world. There
are symbolic values to numbers which
are of well-nigh universal acceptance;
and, although there is always danger
of being misled by fanciful symbolizing
in such q realm as this, it is certainly
safe to recognize these symbolic values
about which there is hardly a question.
Thus three is the Divine number, not
only in the Bible story, but in the
religions of Egypt and India. Apart
from any question of the Trinity
three represents the past, the
present and the future, and so stands
for Him who was, and is and is to
be. -Four is the world number. We
use it thus to-day when we speak of
the four quarters of the globe, the four
winds of Heaven, the four clements of
nature. Three and four combined
stand for the union or the connection
of the heavenly and the earthly, there
fore seven is the sacred number. Ten
is the measure OF mere numerical COM
%pleteness, as it is understood by us
when we speak of a ten-fold advan-
tage. These obvious symbolisms show
themselves again in various combina-
lions in the Bible narrative. Without
dogmatism it may be said that twelve
appears to represent the multiplying
OF the world number by the Divine
number; that it symbolizes the pecul-
lar Divine provisions for the worlds
needs. Thus it was that, in the time
of promised blessings, there were
twelve p~atriarchs, twelve tribes,
twelve apostles, twelve foundations
and gateways of the spiritual
building. Thus it is hat there
are ample provisions to-day in
the plan of God for all the people of
God. Even beyond the peculiar pro-
visions within the limits of the twelve,
there are the wider provisions of the
seventy-the sacred seven multiplied
!. by the numerically complete ten. The
Jews hold that beyond the twelve
tribes there were seventy nations in
the great week of atonement. Seventy
elders were the associates of Moses.
There were seventy members in the
Sanhedrim. Jesus sent out, not only
His twelve apostles, but also seventy
disciples, as preachers of the Gospel.
Here, again, is the idea of the fullness
|. of Gods provisions for the human race.
Numbers can suggest this fullness, but
numbers can not define ~ik-oanduy
School Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-08

IN AFRICA.
<he Horrible and biaoolicsi Conduct oil
Tippoo Tbs Lieutcnsnts.


9he Horrible and biaoolicsI Conduct of
Tippoo Tbs Lieutcnants.
II paid a visit to Sayol's camp. A
%scaffolding of beams at its entrance
was ornamented with fifty hewn-off
right hands. Musket shots later on
proclaimed that the leader OF this
gang was practicing musketry at his
prisoners. Some of my men told me
that the victims of this cruelty had
been cut up Immediately to furnish a
cannibal feast; for Tippoo Tbs auxil-
iaries from the Lomami, the Bene
Kaiebwe, and the Batetela are canni-
balls" Reading these words n
would think that they were part OF
some due TO the vivid mag
nation and genius OF Mr.. Rider Hag-
gard; but no, they are, alas. an actual
narration of facts witnessed by the
famous African traveller. Lieutenant
Wissmann, and related by him in a pa
per read before the Royal Geograph-
zeal Society on the 18th of June, 1888.
1t may be urged by some that surely
this horrible and diabolical conduct of
Sayol, the lieutenant of Tippoo Tip, is
a solitary and isolated instance,
that other slave dealers do not be-
have so a~trociously. 1t may, perhaps,
be the worst case which has up to the
present been witnessed and described
by a European, but it is unfortunately
only a fair sample of what is daily
occurring in tropical Africa. where
murder and rapine are destroying
whole tribes of negroes, the few and
scanty survivors being dragged away
as slaves. According to Cardinal
Lavigerie, Africa is every year drained
of 1000, 600 human beings by the slave
trade. Not a 1.-THE of these ever come
t 0 be domestic slaves, "who after all
are not so badly off," as is so com
monty said by people who wish to
plaster over the prick their conscience
gives them when they say they are not
the neighbor of the oppressed negro,
and like the priest and the Levite,
pass by on the other side. For every
slave they carry off the slave raiders
itdI0tt oOO0y S6IA4bl wv VI Tvs
they do drive away not a fifth come
into the hands Of the humane &C slave
owners OF Morocco, Fee, Tuat, Tripoli
and Arabia. The ivory trade has
been blamed with causing most of the
slave hunts in Central Africa. This IS
no longer the case. In several regions
the stock of ivory is nearly or quite
exhausted, andxiIl villages are hourly
burned and their inhabitants murdered
or put into slave chains, clogs and
forks. The only difference is that now,
the able-bodied men being no longer
required for the painful and laborious
work of ivory porters, they, along
with the aged of both sexes, are
slaughtered in cold blood, while their
wives. sisters. daughters and young
children are dragged away to become
the slaves, coneubines and worse of de-
PRAYED and debauched mongrels.-
National Reeiew. -
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MANS TIME LOCK.
PoinAs in Life When 1t Turns and Marks
Astonishing Changes.


There is a theory, you know. that we
inherit traits and conditions from our
remote ancestors as we'll as from our
immediate ones. / sometimes fancy
that they descend to some people with
a time lock attachments. A child is
born; he is like his mother, we will
say; gentle. sweet, kind. truthful, for
years-let us say seven. Suddenly the
time lock turns, and the traits of his
father (modified. of course. by the
acquired habits of years) show
themselves strongly-take possession,
in fact. Another seven years, and the
priggishness of a great-uncle. the
stinginess of an aunt. OF the
dullness, in books, of a rural
grandfather. Then, in keeping with
the next two turns of the lock, he
falls in love with every face he
sees, marries early and INDUCES him
self recklessly in a lasge family. He
is an exemplary husband and father,
as men go, an ideal business man, and
a general fayorite in society. Every
body remarks upon the favorable
change since his stupid, priggish col
lege days. All this time, through
every change, he has been honorable
and upright in his dealings with his
fellows. Suddenly the time lock OF a
thievish ancestor is turned on: he finds
temptation too strong for even that
greatly underestimated power-the
force of habit Of a lifetime-and the
trust funds in his keeping disap-
pear with him to Canada. Every body
is surprised. shocked, pained-and
he, no doubt, more so than any one
else. Emotional insanity is offered as
a possible explanation by the charita-
BILE, l~ongheaded. calculating, intention
al rascality, by the severe Or self
righteous. And he? Well. he is wholly
unable to account for it at all. He
knows that he had not lived all these
years as a conscious, self controlled
thief. He knows that the temptations
of his past life had never before taken
that particular form. He knows that
the impulse was sudden, binding,
overwhelming; but he does not know
why and how. 1t was like an awful
dream. He seemed to be powerless to
overcome it. The time lock had turned
without his knowledge, and in spite of
himself. The unknown, unheard of
thieyish ancestor took possession, as
it were, through force of superior
strength and abllity-and then it was
his hour. The hereditary shadow
on the dial had come around to him.
The gr~eat-uncle's hour was past. He,
no doubt, was turned on to some other
dazed automatom-in Maine or Texas
who had fallen heir to a drop too
much of his blood, and she, poor thing,
if it happened to b e a girl this time,
forthwith proceeded to fall in love with
her friends husband-seeing he was
the only mar at hand at the time;
while the thievish ancestor left-in
shame and contrition-a small but
light-fngered boy in Georgia. to keep
his engagement with our respectable,
highly-honored and heretofore highly
honorable man of affairs in Wall street.
The time lock of heredity had been set
for this hour, and the machinery of cir
cumstances oiled the wheels and silent
" moved the dial.-Belford'S Magazine.