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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19

THE Houston Post is in the swim.
Speaking of the deep water the Post
says;
Deep water at Sabine pass means
deep water for Houston. Deep water
at the mouth of the Brazos means deep
water for Houston. Deep water at
Calves ton means deep water for Hous-
ton. Deep water at Arkansas pass
means deep water for Houston.
Correct, and now let the efforts of
the government be concentrated at
that point where, according to the
u. S. Engineers report, that deep
water can be secured in the shortest
possible space of time. Soon, sooner,
soonest is the tune to which progress
towards deep water should be set.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19
Truer Than Was Intended.

GAINESVILLE Times Recorder.
The Cincinnati Enquirer headlines
Campbell's speech in Perry county
Tuesday "HistoriC Somerset" This
probably refers to the Hon. Jimmie's
plea for free wool.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19

Insure with Texas +. and NJ. In
surance Co. DID, Commerce, street.
Patronize home Institutions. S-23-lm.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19
THE Fort Worth Gazette speaking

THE Fort Worth Gazette speaking
Of deep water matters says:
"The Texas delegates to the deep
water convention at Topeka should
leave local jealousies at home, and
work for deep water harbOr on the
gulf coast"
Has the Gazette read the action OF
the Galveston caucus, determining on
the attempt to force Topeka to endorse
Galveston as the place at which all
Texas appropriations are to be con-
centrated" When the Gazette says
deep harbor does it mean one within
two years or within twenty?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19

A FEW more days, few more days,
a few more days and then comes the
Fair. If right of way is to be secured
across rear Of arsenal property and
over private grounds to the S. A. P.
depot che committee will find no time
for the indulgence of learned leis-
ure. The route granted by the cOun-
Gil last evening is, as the LIGHT said
some days since, far preferable to
the Flores street route, but the ques-
ton is now, as it was then, the feast
bility of securing government permit
in time to lay that track by Novem-
Der LIST. Conjectures are idle here,
the one question is-What does Uncle
Sam, or those who are authorized to
speak for him, say.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19

The indomitable Snyder is ousted
from the school board property at
Austin. 1t will be remembered that
theSld Arsenal property having been
surrendered by the government, the
city turned the same over to the
school board. Snyder claimed that
being abandoned by the government
it became public property to be enter
ed upon as any other and squatted
upon it. Uncle Sam would not Gust,
having abandoned the claim. The
City school board brought suit in the
district court and RECEIVERS the ground
with 500 rent for time occupied by
Snyder.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19

LET Chicago return thanks. Four
CrOnin jurors have been accepted.
The court was so pleased with the re-
suit that the gentlemen elected were
snugly ousconsed in Judge ConnelUs
chamber, TO amuse themselves while
the herculean task Of selecting eight
others was proceeded with.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-19

OR FINE JOB PRINTING
AT Low PRICES
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-24

watched you ever since you left the
door. Ny dear child, never kew a
Clara in my life; | never had doubt
fnl love affair even as boy. The note
YOU saw was about an oil we'll in which
[ had shares, the Clara. She was a
tickle creature, | admit, and made me
anxious, but since you were bound to
be jealous"
Carriage, sir?" said the driver.
Mr.. Elliot lifted his shoeless wife in
to the vehicle, and half way home she
vowed that she would never forgive
him, but the other half she wept upon
his vest.
81 felt so helpless without my
Shoes" she declared, "that my spirit
was fairly broken"
But at all events she was never jeal-
Gus of Clara again.-Fireside Compan-
ion,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-24

He suspected that the way truly to
live and answer the purposes of life
was not to gather up thoughts into
books, when they grew so dry, but to
live and still be going about, full of
green wisdom, ripening ever, not in
maxims cut and dry, but a wisdom
ready for daily occasions.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-24
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.
Very Necessary as Defence Against
the Dangers of Life.

the Dangers of Life.
The following story from Youths
Companion illustrates the fact that in
scientific matters one cannot always
trust the evidence of his own senses.
A little colored boy and his father
stood watching in awe-struck admira-
ton the progress of an electric car.
As it finally disappeared in the dis
lance, and they turned to walk away,
the boy inadvertently stepped on the
rails forming the track. Instantly
his father pulled him aside.
Dom yo know no better'n dat? f"
cried he. you might ha' had a
shock, and died in yo' tracks"
q Sho, dad dat cyar's mile away
by dis time" said the lad, scornfully;
but his father looked at him with an
expression of plying wisdom.
ssEf you don learn no mon dat at
school it's time you stayed at home,
said he. "Don' dey send Electricity
way over to England on cable?"
q Yes, dad"
Dom folks get killed when tighten
ing comes down outen de clouds, mill
lions OBJ miles?"
Sartain sure.'
And yet you say de cyar's more'n
a mile away, and dere amt no dangerl
'Lige Blossom, you jes' keep off7n dem
railsl"
And the boy, overawed by paternal
wisdom, gave the death-deafing track
a wide berth.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-24

Some favorable event raises your
spirits, and you think good days are
preparing for you. Do not believe it.
Nothing can bring you peace but your
self. Nothing can bring you peace
but the triumph of principles.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-24
LOSS.

Something is gone;
! know il by this pain;
But yesterday had it,
Tomorrow, though babe 1t,
1t would not come again.
Something is gone;
What shall we that thing call.
A touch, tone that thrilled me,
A hidden joy that filed met
Say, that is all.
And now tits gone.
Lightly as first it came;
The sky little colder,
The heart little older,
All else the same.
All else the samel
o death, all-coyering sea!
Come with thy floods and drown me (;
That thing / sought to crown me
Was all the world to me.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-24

Love, sympathy, help, knowledge,
intelligence-the best part of our inner
liyes-when an infinite harvest might
be reaped out Of them were they given
and taken, combined and reeombined,
with all freedom and harmony Yet
how continually is this work hindered
by our own unreceptiyeness!
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-24
SUBJECTS FOR THOUGHT.

No thralls like them that inward
bondage have.
Our sorrow is the inverted image of
our nobleness.
Love that has nothing but beauty to
keep it in good health is short-lived
and apt to have ague fits.
Know that We are as near heaven as
We are from yourself and far from the
love of bewitching world.
The last lesson in life, the choral
song which rises from all elements and
all angels, is voluntary obedience.
If we wish to be just judges of all
things, let us first persuade ourselves of
this: that there is not one of us with
out fault.
No man or woman of the humblest
sort can really be strong, gentle, pure
and good without the world being the
better for it.
Clear thoughts patiently worked out
and freely interchanged before action is
called for are the only means of making
that action wise, permanent and eftec-
tive.
Timidity creates towards and never
wins success. 1t is a strong and abid-
ing faith in ones own ability TO per-
form which overcomes difficulties that
others think cannot be surmounted.
Delay is fatal to all social well-being
and happiness. In our relations with
others nothing is more needful than to
do quickly that which we are able to
do for their comfort and pleasure.
Some favorable event raises your
spirits, and you think good days are
preparing for you. Do not believe it.
Nothing can bring you peace but your
self. Nothing can bring you peace
but the triumph of principles.
He suspected that the way truly to
live and answer the purposes of life
was not to gather up thoughts into
books, when they grew so dry, but to
live and still be going about, full of
green wisdom, ripening ever, not in
maxims cut and dry, but wisdom
ready for daily occasions.
Love, sympathy, help, knowledge,
intelligence-the best part of our inner
lives-when an infinite harvest might
be reaped out Of them were they given
and taken, combined and reeombined,
with all freedom and harmony Yet
how continually is this work hindered
by our own unreceptiyeness!
Talents are usually shown in pref
erences more or less strong, and upon
their wise and patient cultivation de-
ponds the realization of our ideal. ''To
him that hath shall be given" is an in
exorable law. The individual end to
be accomplished will always vary; but
the common end of success is fixed and
universal.
What does a man propose to himself
as his great aim in life? Many man
proposes nothing at all to himself. He
does not seem to have the wit to look a
single day ahead. Such man pro-
claims himself a beggar's old shoe
which lies by the roadside for every
chance traveller to kick at. If the
"whips and scorns of timen are hard
upon him, who is to be thanked for it?
Himself only. If his carlessness lands
him in an unsanitary home, if his stu
pidity saddles him with an incompe-
tent medical attendant, if his idleness
and inattention lead him into financial
difficulties, he can blame nobody but
himself. He has deliberately labelled
himself a needless blockhead, and
everybody takes him at his own valua-
ton.
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16
A PRz1Exr.

Among the various preteXts that
have been urged against a
constitutional convention is the
suggestion that the ratification Of
now constitution by popular vote
at general election will lie ac-
companied by violent agitation
and disturbance in the state. It is
very extraordinary that this idea
should have been conjured up. 1t
involves and implies and complete
lack of information in respect to
the history and usages of cOnstitu-
tiOnal conventions IN Mississippi.
The unbrokcn custom and usage
of the white men, the democracy
OF the state, has been not only to
form but to complete the entire
work Of enacting and putting into
operation a constitution by the
convention itself acting as the del
egated agent and representative
of the people.
The constitution of lSl7 was
formed and enacted by the con
stitutional convention of that year
without being referred back to a
popular vote.
Again, the constitution of 1892
was enacted and put into operation
in precisely the same way.
The democratic state convention
of 1861 made u new constitution
foI the state, and dissolved its re.
lations with the federal govern.
ment without subsequent vote or
ratification by the people. The
secession convention simply follow
ed the two former precedents.
The constitutional convention Of
1865 followed this unbroken line Of
precedents and enacted and put
INFO force the constitution Of 1865.
The precedents were never
broken in single instance until
the republican convention of 1868
had its work ratified in 1869 by the
votes of the carpet. baggcrs aud
the negroes under the auspices Of
a military governor and the pro.
lection of federal bayonets.
The white people of the state
have always been willing to trust
and have trusted their delegates
in constitutional conventions for
the past seventy years; ever since
Mississippi has been a state.
The notion that a great convul.
sion or upheaval must necessarily
follow convention, is about equal
to the other objection that the
white men of Mississippi are IN
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16
OK ABROAD

On certain Saturday evening
about six weeks ago, IA long, lank,
lean looking fellow of the clerical
persuasion was seen, gripsacll in
hand, standing upon the platform
Of the depot of southern town,
looking wistfully and IoneSomely
down the railroad track. His iii.
tcntionswere of the migratory sort.
and the slowly Hopping wings Of
his longtailed dustcr, as they
chafed the northbound breezes,
4 told the casual observer that he
was Il bird Of passage. a pretty
bird, too. \ little apart from the
! ganulous throng Of busy idlers
that cilattered noisily about moth
ing, Just as these guardian angels
4 OF railroad deStinies. who gather
daily 70 let the trains 90 by. are
wont to do, stood our friend, OK.
4 look Of sombcr silence on his
clouded brow aml an untOward cX.
preston Of hidden sorrow m the
far away look of his thoughtful
/ gaze, as he held the bend OF the
track Just below theatation in view,
his blood tingling at every unusual
sound, lest it should he the train
that should bear him away from
those he was loath to oleavc. There's
/ nothing weighs upon the soul like
the strain 0fa great suspense thai
we know must soon be broken. the
effect OF which is uncertain Or an.
known.
OK was about to take step
that few in life are called to fake.
Against the uncXprGSsed opinions
OF those to whom ~ had hoped to
look Tor encouragement, he was
leaving the dearest loved Of All the.
earth to prepare himself To serve
the One lie loved ia heaven. Men
are wont to think the days of mar.
tyrdom are over. Not So. Day
BY day, could we but know H.
some servant Of Jesus, the lonely
Nazlrene, is bearing heavy cross
the world knows not of.
liut we mustno stop to moral.
j 'hNe't'i iFh. II illflUllil1 OF
wheels, q kissing Of steam. a hur.
rylng to and fro Of tIamping feet
= shaking oi hands, Il clitng Of the
bell, and the scene il changed
OK IS seated alone IN avacantpart
Of 4 half filled, car whirline away
to the north on the lightning ~
I press. His mind alternates be.
tween rceollections and anticipa.
tions. Allgoes swiftly ana Wall
TIL late at night, when, worn with
wearing thoughts and constant
travel, OK falls asleep 81 preat
was the fall and heavy were Ls
tremendous slumbprs siiat theron
derors engine that had carried
slecpers a thousand miles. brol,e
squarely down beneath H. unr3n.
scipus burden, aud left tbc tram
standing in the woods anono tbo
bats and the owls-ir there Wcrc
any there. Nor did OK wake.
70 BIZ CONTINUED.
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16
rAE oARYsANTHEMuM CRAZE.

Novem ber, The month of cleo
tions and clrYslnthemumS, has
now rid itself of the former and
hereafter can give its attention
solely to the latter. This singular
Chinese flower. which has become
as firm a favorite in the occldent
during the last fifty years as it has
been in the orient for 400 years, is
having the usual amount Of in
cense burned before it during the
present chilly month. Grave
scientists who have labored long
and vainly to produce 4 blue
chrysanthemmm. are in ecstasies
over the Thousand ormnre varieties
Of the flower which Mother Nature
4 has been wheedle,l into forming
and which are now at thei! highest
stage of beauty, Chrysanthemum
societies now give chiysanthemun
shows. Chrysanthemufns are worn
1 and talked about. Rare varieties
are bought at fabulous prices. and
are tended with the greatest care.
They receive homage enough to
turn their heads,
( In China the clrysanthemum is
a sacred flower. lfeaten it beStows
on one Immortality. In America
I it has not arrived at the dignity ot
deification, but here the craze is
young yet
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16
TRUSTS 10 NC FAVOR.

A great dctlcf needless alarm
has plpurcutlv been wasted on
trusts. Nal nuny months no e
lnakcd 4, e sleh American ndus-
lric9 a- ihc alleged British ,yndi-
cates lcft uunhsorbea woeld al he
turned into ltu-t. Ihe profess
slonal aptimonap3iist foun q
Trusts Il caugenal theme ~
nuutcrable Jcrcual- have hecu
poured OH ou them. and 10 Judge
hv tnc tone Of the dl cussion,
many good peoplo entertained
I ar9 that tho Trust was an engine
fraught with the destruction Of
mercantile ana political freedom.
From present appearances il
looks a. i, thc evils of ltusts
would erect there own rrforma-
ton. Sscrccv and my -tcry have
been their foundation Wall
street was invited TO inycst ii
Trust certificates because Of the
absolute though secret control
they Ncrclsed over certain indus
trlcs And tbs mystery of their
organization and opetalieus fm-
uIshed grounds FOR most Of the
invcetUcs against them.
Judging from what has ha pen
-, tI ~ t4. .l nT IT
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16

4 couple of st. Louis lawyers
recently went into one of the sub.
terrantan vaults ot the count
house IN that city TO look over
so ne old court records. One 81
chem was compelled Go leave be
tore tue paper desired was found,
and going ont slammed tile door
without thinking ofthe consequeu-
ceS. The automatic lock perform
ed its duty, and his friend was a
prisoner. fhe friend discovered
this disagreeable fact only when
he had mearthed the paper he de
sired and turned 10 90. The lock
could not be worked. and he could
not attract attention by calling.
Finally, under the dirt and cob
webs that had been gathering for
years, he found a narrow grating
through which he could just peep
out Oh the street. Calling through
this he attracted the attention of
a passer-by, Who rushed into the
sheriti7s office and announced that
prisoner was trying to escape.
investigation disclosed the pent-
ZIP attorney.
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16

ernbcrgeg had the pos ohi
5r half a dozen years previous e
lcatine here.
East McComb has Two private /
ahools and the ciuz us go to
MeComb City, to church, with |
Which It ls lncorporat, d, | be,
lave This part Of tie city is
"a qarntiy called Haryeytown,
lftcr its founder, +. j. Harvey,
who was bonn ~ Pike county IN
l6lG aad Is as active now as
many Of the railway athletes. lie
started East McComb il 1871
aud was one of the first aldermen
If McComb City. Hell supplies
the Illinois. .Contralwith POO cords
of wood per month-sels East
McComb lofs a. from $40 90 to
/ 100000 and collects rents. East
McComb has several hundred
acres to build on and is building
up fast | notice John ii. Mills,
of Summit, hasl about dozen
NEE houses here, the rental #
which would make good pocket
mon ey, and other shrewd invest
ments are coming IN.
Fhe citizens have the blessing
Of the best of water, ID wells
thirty-fve to fifty feet dcep-they
get good WOO at the door for
$500 cord-plouty OF cheap
stores-fve churches at McComb
City and the best of educational
advantage, there being IL ol, half
Il dozen schools. public and
private.
! mentioned having met w. r
Harvey at his office in con.
nection with the II. Il. shops auc
| have Just spoken Of his father
The young gentleman is one Of
the spirit and the power the coun
try needs. He believes ~ pro
gress, and is thorough lover oi
good cattle, horses, aud good Inf,
generally. About SIX years AZ,
he began raising improved stock
aud finds that his money has beer
well spent. He has some remark
ably fine Jerseys headed BY
"Chlekasaw' which is duly req
istered, and halls from the farm
Of Tom White of Hernando noa
Memphis. His saddle and harnes
horses show good gait, breedin!
and build and his Poland China
arc fine. He gets his young SOW
10 show Il pound for every lay Il
Their lives AID then his Browi
Leghorns are pure and up to ex
position mark.
Mr.. Harvey sold Il dozen Texa
ponies last week and he believe
there WILDE some fine stock farm
around McComb in Il vely few
years, Of which there.l i no reason
to doubt.
W. X. Harvey was BORN At Me
Comb City and studied at til,
University Of Mississippi. lie wa
deputy sheriff one year and hi
been eleven years with the lllinoi
Central, beglning at the bottom
of the ladder TO storeroom clerk
on to storekeepor and SO on to Iii
present prominent position.
l have mole NJ IS. about Nc
Comb which owing to space vii
be published next issue.
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16
etLLor REFORM

\ method of voting Which not
only renders flaud Impossible,
for either political party tocharge
cmeanery at the polls upon its
opponent will he great blessing
to the country, and 10 all palties.
This is accomplished by the
Australian Ballot system aud we
hope to s,c il introduced IN all
The States before the next presi-
d-nlial election. The ballots are
provided by the State. The voter
is admitted To an enclosure where
he receives printed ballot con
tanning the names of all the cag-
d.datcs. lie then proceeds 10
mark the nantes of those for
whom he wishes to vote, then
folds the ballot aud deposits it
without inspection by anybody.
This system readers it Impossible
for employers to watch ana
bulldoze their cmnloyes on elec-
ton day, and lusures perfectly
free and perfectly honest election.
If it shall be introduced in al the
States, it will no longer bc posi-
ble for either party 70 charge in
tmidation or fraud at the polls.
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16

oapaO4e Oi uiscussin., tnen own
anails in a convention without
breaking up in a row.
A fair and intelligent considera-
tion OF this important issue ought
not to be confused and obscured by
the suggestion Of fancifhi and i'm
aginary difIicalties.-I Jac kson
Comm1nv ealth. 4
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16

EsWngsliei aunus ud- INST ua,ie
one ~ thc greatest hui- uf the
season ht beng Instrumental in
recovering iog tl government
s1ni $50, which i tic amount
st restitution made tirlngh huu
hy Z reprmilHt -nnggiof. A, one
lllt the anount f recovered
Sanggled goods goes to the iutor
mer the evangelist Viii have no
occasion to feel Moody over the
result, hlt, probably, Will have to
long tor another such opportunity
10 occur
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16

Somebody who believes in old
fashioned methods OF discipline
recently sent young lady teacher
Ii Maine a bundle of shingles.
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16

Fruale tclel gib eiett. a Rus
sia afe uot allowed tn mry aut
oue hut trba ph nineials aui
thoieis, consequently Mtlei ,a-
satettctim
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16

A young lady of Columbus, ca
has made a crazy quit ont of Lon
isiana State lottery tickets thIt
fail5d "a "couliect" With tltc prize
wheel. Tie numbers are worked
III SIX 81 beautiful colors.
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16

q magnificent English trer,
known As the "Wmlmthing oak,
which measured n feet inches
u eerth in 1871, has iust hcei re-
measured anl found to have grown
Just seventeen inches lu the inter
Val, l30 years,
The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16

One az the visitors ~ the Ethel
tower has expressed IN the Paris
i'lgarn his seuse ut It's height. ~
would throw myself doWn from
the top he writes, .bnt that !
am aflaii OF dying frou hunger
before / reach the bottom