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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-11
AGENTS FOR THE LIGHT
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY. II, 1889.
GOT sCooPED FOR A FACT.

We have met the enemies of pro
>gress and reform and we are theirs by
a very large majority. Of the nine
teen gentlemen who were candidates
before the people for municipal place
the reform ticket furnished two sue
cessful candidates. No independents
were elected, and the Callaghan forces
raked in the remainder. 1t is COM
plete victory and crowns his royal
highness, King Callaghan, munich
pal dictator for two years TO come
Fritz Schreiner and the Callaghan
candidate in the Fourth ward are the
only ones who got left on the auto
Gratis ticket. There will be thousands
of reasons offered by the defeated can
didate for their failure to get there,
but the one reason that counts above
all others is-they did not have votes
enough There is no use of mincing
matters. Great is King CaIlaghan |!
He dominates his own ticket, ap-
points his own judges of cleo
ton by the mouth of the presidents
votes enough counted to carry him
through. There is no use talking
about fraud and illegal voting. There
were not enough fraudulent votes
pOlled to change the result. Any
sane man must acknowledge that
The election is triumph. 1t is tes-
timony to the skill and sharp practices
and keen manipulation Of the die
tator, aid it is ungenerOus to detraCt
therefrOm. Bryan Callaghan has the
city too fully under his control for
any successful revolt from his rule
at this stage Of the game. The LIGHT
has not concealed its opinions on this
matter, nor will it in time to come.
The iron must enter the soul of the
tax payer little deeper still, before
he will throw off the shackles and
change the autOcratic to the repre-
sentative form of government. The
fight is fought. The victory is not
ours. The city remains as it was for
two years more, and the LIGHT waits
the end before it hopes for anything
better. The victory is for Callaghan
and his methods, and there is no use
whining over spilled milk. With
sunny skies and warm winds San
Antonio may pull through for two
years, but with rainy weather and
cloudy skies will there not be bot.
tomless pit tor the feet Of our citizens
Stet!
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-11
E. A. Russell, Paris.

THE lovers of good music will en-
joy the very fine programme prepared
for them on next Thursday evening at
the Grand opera house in the city, at
which time the Mendelssohn Gum
tette club take the stage. The repu-
tation of this club is worldwide, and
no words are needed by way of COM
mendation. The musical circles OF
San Antonio will not permit the oc-
casion to pass without an effort to
take in this concert. The LIGHT
knows whereof it affirms when it
promises musical treat of no ordin-
airy character.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-11

am satisfied that Cancer is hereditary IN my fam
lily. My father died Of it, sister Of my mother died
Of it, and my own sister died Of it. My feelings
may be imagined, then, when the horrible disease
made its appearance my side. 1t was a malignant
Cancer, eating nwardly in such way that it could
not be cut out. Numerous remedies were used for
H. but the Cancer grew steadily worse, until it seem
ed that | was doomed to follow the others of the
family. took Swifts Specific, which, from the first
day. forced ont the poison, and continued its use
until had taken several bottles, when found my
self well. know that s. S. S. cured me.
Winston, n. c., Nov. %, 'S8. Mrs. S. N. IDOL.
Send for Book on Cancer and Blood Diseases,
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga
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sertion rs cents per inch each Subsequent nser-
ton Trustees sales 81 90 per inch first inser-
tan, 25 cents each insertion afterwards.
Reading matter, editorial page, 70 cents per
line each insertion. Local columns 20 cents first
Insertion; 10 cents first week, 5 cents after first
week Special rates on 50 and 100 lines running
for month.
Home advertisements payable on the first of
each month. Transient advertising payable n
advance Only metal cuts printed
Special rates given on larger space and long
time advertisements. Discount given for cash.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS

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accompanied by the name of the author, not
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good faith on the part of ths writer. Write only
on one side of the paper, in plain hand. An
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1ents should be addressed ITO the Editor of
he LIGHT"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-11
The Convention Meets Here.

At the last meeting of the state ex-
ecutive committee of the Young Mems
Christian association, in Dallas, it was
decided that the Texas state conven-
ton should be held in San Antonio
from April 25th to 28th. 1t was also
arranged that Mr.. }. V. Read, state
secretary of the Tennessee association,
should be in this city from the 18th to
the oath instant, to cooperate with
the local association in its good work.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-11
OF NEW YORK.

The belief is general and apparent
ly well founded that Whitelaw Reid
will be one of President Harrison g
advisers.
Whitelaw Reid, editor and one of
the proprietors, of the New York Tri-
| bune, was born at Xenia. Ohio, in Oc-
tober, 1887. His parents gave him
good education. At fifteen he entered
the Miami University, at Oxford, But
Ter county, Ohio, where he was grad
uated in 1856. He began the active
duties of life as principal of the graded
schools in South Charleston, Clark
county in the same state, but did not
| continue in this occupation long. In
1857 he bought the Xenia News, and
did such good work on that journal as
to give it reputation wide as
the state. This led to his en-
gagement by the Times and Ga.
zette of Cincinnati and the
Herald of Cleveland, as their Column
bus correspondent. The war gave
him an opportunity of distinguishing
himself as correspondent at the
front. He served the Cincinnati
Gazette in this capacity, and in 1862
became stakeholder of that journal,
the publication of which he subse-
quently assisted In the capacity of
associate editor. His connection with
the New York Tribune began with
his being the editor in charge of its
Washington bureau. He ventured
upon the publication of volume in
the year 1865. 1t was entitled "After
the War-A Southern Tour" and re-
corded observations made in COM
pany with Chiefjustice Chase on an
extensive range of travel. Reid pub
lished another book in 1868, "Ohio in
the War; a work of considerable
length and value. He became per-
manently an editor on the staff of the
Tribune in 1870, and when Horace
Greeley was candidate for the presl-
dency, assumed the position of man
aging editor. Mr.. Reid is wealthy
man. He married the daughter of
millionaire, and lives in style uptown
New York. The wife of the president
elect was lately entertained by him.
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
So much enquiry has been made for
a correct list of the members of the re-
publican state executive committee,
that the LIGHT furnishes the follow
ing, received direct from the pen of
the chairman of the committee:
!. II. H. Smith, Olive, Harden Co.
2. Webb Flanagan, Henderson.
3. d. F. Dennis, Marshall.
4. Sam. G. Mccoy, Jefferson.
5. F. /. Richardson, Pittsburg.
D. -
7. j. Stewart, Athens.
s. l.. McDaniels, Anderson.
9. S. J. Leonard, Houston.
10. J. H. Washington, Galveston.
II. n. S. Mosly, Columbus.
II. H. c. Ferguson, Richmond.
-. J. G. Schermack, La Grange.
IA. S. S. Miller, Calvert.
Is. Adolph Zadek, Corsicana.
Is. S. H. Williams, Dallas.
II. J. w. Thomas, Mckinney.
IS. John Donaldson, Sherman.
10. W. B. Stickney, Henrietta.
20. G. w. Gillespie, Fort Worth.
%. J. B. Payne, Waco.
%. J. P. Osterhout, Bolton.
"a. John r. Haynes, Round Rock.
25. G. G. Vogel, Boerne.
%. J. r. S. Halowell GOliad.
q. A. P. Tugwell, Eagle Pass.
%. w. S. Messmer San Antonio.
%. F. r. Blount, Colorado City.
80. - --.
81. f. A Russell. Paris.
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rs-All contracts or bills must be approved by
the Secretary and Manager.
, 1889-10-03

Riding out one day, Mr.. Wardrop
passed a wine shop where three or four
Georgians were making merry. They
pressed him at once to join them; he de-
clined; but as he returned from his ex-
cursion they came out, hat in hand, and
presented him with a goblet, which he
could not refuse. when a Georgian is
merry" he says, everybody else must
share his jollity or he is unhappy" He
adds, by way of further illustration: 81
have seen n squire unnecessarily leave a
scene of revelry for a minute or two in
order to heap up food in his horses
manger, so that the faithful beast might
share the universal joy" Wine drink
ing, idleness, and what they call munif-
cence have not been salutary, and per-
haps the Mobiles bank, the literature and
the journals may help to modify these
excuses of virtue. In any case a little
more attention is paid to crops, and it
seems to be not impossible that, in time,
Georgian wine and tobacco may furnish
paying exports London Spectator.
, 1889-10-03
Cracking Cuba

The startling discovery has beer made
that Cuba is cracking. Numerous is-
sures have suddenly appeared in the
earth near Matanzas. Some of them are
600 feet long, twenty-four feet wide and
twenty feet deep. These disturbance
are no doubt a continuation of those not
long ago felt on the south Atlantic coast.
Scientists find that the earth's crust
thickens from the sea inland, and that
therefore the inland pressure is towards
the nearest coast line. The crust there
and in the ocean beyond being thinner,
is more sensitive to central disturbances
than are other portions of the earth's
surface. The cracking of the earth in
Cuba, therefore, may be no more thar a
continuation of that sliding of the inner
crust seward which manifested itself
so forcibly at Charleston several years
ago.-Boston Budget.
, 1889-10-03

Grapes come first, especially black
grapes, which are most nutritious, and
at the same time purifying to the blood.
Grape cures are quite the fashion in
some parts Of the continent, and are
said to work miracles at times. Peaches
also are most hygienic to the human sys-
tenn, as well as being one of the most ex-
quisite fruits in nature. Nothing indeed
is more palatable, wholesome and medi-
cinal than a good ripe peach. Peaches,
however, should notib be eaten overripe.
They may be eaten at meals or between
meals; they are particularly hygienic
when eaten at breakfast. An orange
eaten before breakfast will it is said,
cure dyspepsia sooner than anything
else. Apples are also very hygienic, es-
pecially when baked or stewed. They
are excellent in many cases of Illness,
and are far better than salts, oils and
pills. The juice Of oranges, as of lemons,
is most valuable to make drinks in case
of fever. Tomatoes are also excellent
remedies in some liver and gastric com
plants, and are certainly more pleasant
than medicines. Figs, raspberries, straw
berries, %currants and cherries are all
cooling and purifying to the system,
while being nutritious at the same time.
Once a Week.
, 1889-10-03

Thomas Blackbull fell over head and
ears in love wi bonnie Jenny Wilson,
the kindest and the bravest lass in a the
parish. They were in the habit o. walk
ing O. nights in the plantation by the
banks O. the Dye-a burn that winds its
way through the hills o Lammermoor.
One evening. VIII Smeaton, a tailor by
occupation, was in the plantation and
he overheard the following converse
tion:
30, Jenny" quo Tam, 81 do lo'e ye
steadfast, there's nae power on earth
could knock your image out o ma heart,
1t is rooted there in storm and sunshine,
in wind and in rain"
"Hout," cried Jenny I'm no sac sure
o. that; the love o man is as changeable
as the wind-it is ever like the butter
fly that fits frae ae flower to the ither.
I wadna believe some men as far as I
could fling them"
WHAT" cried Tam, ''for goodness
sake, Jenny, dinna misdoot me. I'll
lo'e We, Jenny, my ain dear, as lang as
there's fur on the back O. a rabbit or
hair on the back o a horse. Exchanges.
, 1889-10-03
superb and vacuous oriept.,i,m.


l have seen certain dancing girls who
balanced themselves with the regularity
of a palm tree. Their eyes,, of a pro
found depth, express calm only-nothing
put the calm, the emptiness of the desert.
1t is the same with the men. What ad-
mirable headsl heads which seem to be
turning over within them the grandest
thoughts in the world. But tap on theml
and there will be only the empty beer
glass, the deserted sepulcher. Whence,
then, the majesty of their external form?
of what does it really hold? OF the alb
sence, l should reply, of all passion.
They have the beauty Of the Illuminating
OK, of the greyhound in its race, the
floating eagle-that sentiment of fatal
ity which is fulfilled in these. A convic-
ton of the nothingness of man gives to
all they do, their looks, their attitudes, a
resigned but grandiose character. Their
loose and easy raiment, lending itself
freely to every movement of the body,
Is always in closest accord with the
wearer and his functions; with the sky,
too, by its color; and then the sum
There is an immense ennui there in the
sun, which consumes everything.-Cor.
NJ. Gustave Flaubert.
, 1889-10-03
He wanted = Joker.

Most men, especially in the newspaper
profession, have a high enough a%pprecia-
ton of their value and ability. There is
6 Scotchman, however, who is conscious
hat he does not possess in a marked de-
gree all the essentials for perfect jour
nalism. His name is John Saunders and
he publishes a paper down in the coun-
try for the especial edifcation of a colo
ny OF his own countrymen. He came to
the city not long ago and at once wen
to one Of the newspaper offices to see
the editor. In broad Scotch dialect he
said:
"Ye11 see by ma card tket I am, like
yoursel, a newspaper mon. / ha come
to the saty on one special mession. 1 ha
noticed in the papers that it ha come to
be the fashion to write jockey articles,
and l wad like to ken II / ma hire a mon
to do tibet for mesel."
The Scotchman was told he could hire
some one for that class of work, but that
such men came high. A good man, he
was told, for that class of work was
worth $40 or $50 per week.
"Oh, dear, dear, so muckle as tibet?
Well, / must ha ane for a the price. Can
ye tell whaur I'll be finding sic a monY'
Eyes, 1 think / can find you one, . said
the city man; but why don't you write
1t yourself7'
We'll. I'll tell .ye. Ye see, 1 can do
well enou on items o. news or CONNER
cial articles, but I mum say tibet 1 joke
wi difficulty Chicago Herald.
, 1889-10-03
A LAND OFFICE ROMANCE


Secretary Noble has just decided a very
delicate questioL which concers two resi-
dents of Nebraska. says the Omaha
World Herald. In November 1881. a
man named J. F. Tanning took up a
homestead claim 10 the Niobrara land dis
trict. The claim happened to be contig-
nous to one entered aud occupied by a
young woman, Miss Lydia A Tavener.
All the autumn and winter there was a
pleasant exchange of friendly courtesies.
Tanning chopped wood and shoyelled
snow for his fair neighbor. and she baked
pies and tried doughnuts as tokens of her
appreciation of the numerous little gal
lantries extended to her. 1t is probable
that the mans chivalrous heart was torn
when he beheld the young woman on the
contiguous claim carry water from the
well or attempt TO drive nails in her
broken fence rails. while the young
woman was inexpressibly shocked at GER
tain ~laxities in the poor lone mans house
keeping arrangements.
Therefore. when spring came. it was the
most natural and economical thing in the
world for Mr.. j. +. Tanning to marry
Miss Lydia A. Tavener and thus %consoli-
date the housekeeping and farming inter-
ests Of the two homesteads. But Mr..
and Mrs. Tanning did not allow any
sentimentality to blind their eyes which
they kept fixed on business, and they
accordingly built a double house on the
dividing line between the two claims.
For years they kept their dwelling divided
OF after the fashion adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Bofhn in Our Mutual Friend"
and the time for proving up the claims
recently arrived. Then the land com
missioner denied Mrs. Fanning's claim
while he allowed that Of her husband.
Secretary Noble was appealed to, and
after pondeting over the case. be en-
dorsed the decision Of the commissioner.
Il was a delicate point in the homestead
law which was involved and the opinion
of the men who decided it will doubtless
raise the ire OF the equal suffragists. And
now, the man, Tanning, will probably
study over the old story of Jacob, with a
full comprehension of the patriarch's pa
%tiercc. while Mrs. flaming will comfort
herself with the belief that the man would
have gone to rack and ruin keeping house
for himself and subsisting upon the pies
and d%oughnuts which she sent him be-
cause she knew he had nothing fit to eat,
and she will feel glad hat she saved Mr..
Tanning from a d~yspeptic's grave.
, 1889-10-03
The Pick of Creation.

1t is a San Francisco writer who OBJ
serves that man finds any amount of
fault with woman, yet works tooth and
nail to get her. He calls her extrava-
CANT, yet yearns to pay her bills. She's
.heartless, yet he devotes months hr6ud-
ing the spot where that heart should be.
She's tickle, yet he fights for a place-the
place-in her affections. She's timid.
yet he, noble being, has courage for two.
She's a fraud, but a darling. She's a
goose, but a duck. She's snappy and
sweet. She's 1.-the and graceful and
dear and changeable as the wind. In
fact she's a chameleon in the very latest
style Of spots and dots and feathers and
fxings. She's a most desirable article of
household furnishing, and there are
mighty few men who want to get along
without her.-New York Telegram.
, 1889-10-03

The editorial smut machines are hard
at work in Denver. The conventions of
the two parties have Just placed the
county tickets In nomination and boxing
at the matter from a distance, without
prejudices for or against any individuals,
a most delectable mess is being stirred up
by both sides. The bile aud bitterness of
a Denver political campaign is something
fearful to behold.
, 1889-10-03
An Immigrant. ror,uns.

Thomas Monahan, an Irish million
aire, who lived in Melbourne for half a
century, died recently. He was one of
the 800 poor Irish immigrants who sailed
for Australia in 1889, and the ship was
in such a terrible sanitary condition that
ninety Of them died on the voyage.
Monahan shrewdly invested his little
earnings in land about Melbourne, with
the result that blocks for which he paid
$500 in those early days are now worth
e25O,00o each His aggregate wealth is
estimated at GO, 600, 000.-Exchange.
, 1889-10-03

Change is one of the irresistible laws
Of nature. and fortunately the change is
almost invariably for the better. As an
instance of this St. Patrck's Pills are fast
taking the place of the old harsh and vio-
lent cathartics. because they are milder
and produce a more pleas mt effect, be-
sides they are much moro beneficial in re.
moving mobid matter from the system
and preventing ague and other malarious
diseases. As a cathartic and liver pill
they are almost perfect. For sale by B.
B. David.
, 1889-10-03
A Twin Watermelon.

Aeck West, colored, we believe. is en-
titled to the ginger cake for the greatest
curiosity this season in the way OF a
watermelon. He exhibits two perfect
melons joined together. Both melons
were fully developed and the meat was
juicy and sweet-just like an ordinary
melon. Aleck states that he first noticed
that the n from the vine grew
double. They moved side by side and
the result was the double melon. It was
certainly a curiosity. Greensboro tGa.)
Journal.
, 1889-10-03
Il Is SO u II Isn't So.

Father-My son, you must not dispute
with your mother in that way.
Boy-But she's in the wrong.
Father-That makes no difference; and
you might as well learn, my child, once
for all. that when a lady says a thing is
90. it is so. even if it isn't so.-Pick-Me-
Up.
, 1889-10-03

A brass ring was sent from Germany
to a New Yorker the other day which
was seized by the customs officers. The
tax due to the government was three
cents, and it cost the United States some
thing like S15 to collect that sum
, 1889-10-03

IT is reported that Ella Wheeler Will
cox will write no more poetry. If she
also ceases to write prose an over indul-
gent public may find cause to forgive her.
, 1889-10-03

oUffkksh1OH of VICE.
sxx fRAscrsco. July 7th. 1851
/ took q severe cold upon
my chest and lungs and did
not give it proper attention
it developed into bronchitis,
and in the fall of the same
year l was threatened with
consumption. Physicians or
defed me to q more congenf-
al climate, and 1 came to San
Fran cisco. Soon after my
arrival I commenced taking
Scott's Emulsion of God Liver
OIL with Hypophosphites reg
ularly three times q day. In
ten weeks my avoirdupois
went from 1855 to 100 pounds
and over the cough mean
time ceased. G. r.. BENNETT.
Sold BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
, 1889-10-03

The LEADERS constitution supplement
yesterday proved a welcome surprise to
the public. Eight thousand copies OF it
were printed.
, 1889-10-03

SAM SMALL, the Georgia evangelist, is
coming an honest penny or two by stump.
ing Ohio for the prohibition ticket.
, 1889-10-03

Lake Mahpalutah ice. ]. L. Murray.
1916 Ferguson street