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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
ALMOST, But NOT QUITE.

Drummer Showing her necklace
Chow do you like this9"
Miss Lovelorn-"oh, how lovely You
are altogether too kind to make me such
beautiful present"
Drummer grabbing it-"This is
new sample I'm to take out on the road
next week "-EpOc6.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
The bird onIy seen by bis biII-

The bird only seen by his bill
a grewsome bird is the gas meter grim,
Sitting silent and lone in the cellar light dim;
And times fast flight,
Nor day nor night,
Bring any change to the meter grim,
Save in the race
On its figured face.
Where numbers grow toward the millions
place.
A watchful eye keeps the meter grim,
As he sits alone in the cellar light dim;
And he marks the gas
As summer days pass,
And makes no note Of an interim,
Nor takes of dime
For the two months time
You close your house for a cooler cline
A merry bird is the gas meter grim,
And he laughs alone in the cellar light dim;
And he thinks how you'll swear
And tear out your hair
When the quarters bill comes rolling in;
For whether away,
Or at home you stay,
The bill Is the same you're called on to pay
Richmond Times
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

The New Orleans Times-Democrat, in
d jocular vein, says: "The restaurateurs
OF the country are preparing to roast the
skeWer trust. which has just been formed.
With toOthpicks, skewers, frying pans
and stoves eli syndicated, the great
American stomach is certainly in danger. "
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

Says the Macon CGa.) Telegraph.
-'Aemphis Is mad It has been dis
covered that a geography procured for
use in the public schools of that city
summarized Memphis as "a river port
from which cotton is sent to New
OrIesns.' The enterprising agent who
adapts his text books to different localities
made mistake in shipping them and
sent the New Orleans Biographies to
Memphis.v
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
OUT OF TIE An1sro oRAr1o sEcr1ox.

Mamma, shall speak to the Hefter-
leighs if 1 meet any of them on the street;
You know they don't live on Prairie ave
nue. now. They've moved to Michigan
avenue"
If they reside below Thirty
street, my child, they are still in our set.
Treat them cordially"
but they are above Thirty-first street,
mamma"
l'Then pass them with a bow
I'm fact, their home now is just above
Sixteenth"
.Cut them dead. Chicago Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
LET IN.

Mrs. Aleet-'If you should make a
thousand dollars Unexpectedly, Tom,
would you give me that diamond pend
ant I've been looking at so longl"
Mr.. Aleet-'Why, yes, dear"
Mrs. Aleet-"Very well, I'll order it
tomorrow. 1 stopped wanting that ivory
finished piano to-day, and a thousand was
just the price of it"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
A NICE OLD LADY.

Ada-''So you have been to see your
husbands trends, have you, Lulul And
how did you like his mother27
Lulu-"Oh, ever so much, Ada; she
made me feel so much at home. Why,
in less than twenty-four hours after 1 ar
rived there she had me in the kitchen
wiping dishes. "-NeD York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

''No smoking allowed" shouted the
railway official.
And the emigrant when the remark was
translated to MIN asked if he would be
permitted to smoke in silence.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
COULDN'T RLAnlE HIN:

she-'Isn't this rather sudden, Mr..
Ponsonby2 Wouldn't it be better to
postpone your proposal until we are
better acquaintedl"
Ponsonby-'I don't know about that.
All the other girls said they might have
accepted me if they hadn't known me
SO well. "-Neto York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

First Baseballist-''D you propose to
Miss Diamond last night, Battersbyl"
Second Baseballist-'I did, Pitcher,
my boy"
F. B.-''Score2n
s.B.-"Whitewashed. Boston Com-
Ter.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

A bootblack, after putting a brilliant
polish on the shoes of an elderly customer,
turned to him with a smile of visible
satisfaction and, looking into his face,
remarked III a confidential whisper
''Permit me to inform you that I also
darken whiskers. -FieraMlOsca.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

Suicide manias are often ascribed to at
nospberic influences, but may be often
by the graphic sensationalisn of our
periodical press. Jack the Ripper's ex-
ploits were emulated il not less than
fifteen different American cities and few
days ago the manhole horror Of the Cronin
affair simultaneously repeated itself in
Hamburg, Germany, and Cincinnati.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

Bob Stayer-"Have you heard the
latest, Miss Chesterln
Miss Chester-''Yes, indeed; I just
heard the library clock strike twelve. -
Golden Aggosy.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
THE COP cANKERED.

A man ahghted from side door of an
uptown saloon last Sunday with some
thing bulky under his coat A police
man tapped the object with his club and
asked:
''Haye you tumor there?"
mo, replied the man, II have can,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

q sign Of the business boom in the
South, according to the New York Esri,
is the rapid establishment Of new banking
institutions.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

Capt. Haskell, Of san Franciy, rel
Gently witnessed Il terrible battlelwee4
= srordtish and whale in the I1or of
Gan Francisco. The swordfsh IlaalllY
gie;orieas, kiIliag the whale,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

There are Frenchmen who say the
close Of the Exposition in Paris wiz be
the beginning Of ''Boulanger Revolu-
ton.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

Real estate in New York city doubles
IN value every eight years now. There
are only shout 10000 vacant lots left.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

Artificial watering it is said, viii null
tiply Montana's crop five times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Grewsome and Grim-something New
in B-ic-a-Brac-She Had
Heard It-As He I'm
derstood 1t, Etc.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

sOMEIHING NEW N BhIU-A-BhAU.
Ethel-''Oh, saw such a sweet match
safe this afternoon"
George-''What shape was it inf"
sit was in the shape of a marriage
certificate. Thine.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

Il takes from one and half to two
bushels OF wheat TO SOW one acre Of
ground, .--.--.-..--.-.y--
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08

There Is complaint Of scarcity Of
sailors in our navy.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
GEORGE ALL RIGHT.

Aazlaus M0tksr-.slalLgIaaag Ilasaala.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

Sisterhoods are upon the increase
among the reform bodies of Europe.
The latest statistics report 81 relig-
ioms houses independent of Roman
ruthUrity in which are Z. 20 sisters,
2,293 of whom are serving their nov
itiate. The largest proportion of
these houses are in Germany, which
claims 80 of the 81. In four years
there has been in the various institm-
tiOns of this order u growth of ], 400
sters.-ChurCh of To-Day.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

Confirm our statement when we say that Ack.
er's English Remedy 10 in every way sup erioF
Throat and lungs. In Whooping Cough and
Group 1t is agic and relieves at once. We Of
fer you a sample bottle free. Remember THE
Remedy is sold by
al RAGLAND & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23
new Furniture.

1 have just received a carload of as
sorted furniture which I offer nay GUS
toners at lower figures than ever before
quoted in this city. Bed room sets as
low as $l4; some very nice ones at SIT;
and all prices from those figures up
Other articles at corresponding prices.
All new goods, new styles and latest
make. If l.. WoLBSON.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

A professorship of Biblical litera-
ture has been established in the aea-
demical department of Yale univer-
sity. The foundation for the profess
sorship is $4,000, and is given by q
few gentlemen who desire their names
to remain unknown. The object of
the new chair of instruction is Ito i'm q.
part an intelligent apprehension of
the Eng lish Bible, with the view to
stimulating an earnest Christian faith
and developing a manly Christian
life ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

KANSAS raises the distress cry in
behalf of her destitute citizens, who,
through failure of crops in certain
counties of the state are entirely with
out the means of subsistence. The
appeal is addressed only to wealthy
residents of Kansas but is none the
less demonstrative of the fact that
that restitution does prevail in IA
vored Kansas and that crop failures
do occur in that land of corn and
wine and oil. Kansas and Dakota
are both calling for aid this year and
Texas will give willing ear to any
calls made upon her benevolence.
Her crops are abundant, her people
are all prosperous, her agriculturists
have had boun tiful return for their
toll. 1t is verify land of peace and
plenty and upon it the genial sun of
prosperity shines. Her open doors
invite those who are not so blessed
and cordial welcome awaits all who
come. This is the land Of all lands
for settlement and in time the fact
will have become 80 apparent that
mention thereof will be no longer
needed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

THE Catholic church of Baltimore
in taking very high ground In favor
of high license as the only method Of
successfully dealing with the temper
ance question, has shown itself fully
alive to all the issues involved In that
controversy. 1t is high license or
nothing.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23
BuckIen's ArnIca SaIve,

The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Brui.
SEES, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
letter. Chapped Hands. Chilhlsins, Corns,
and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures
Piles, or no paw required 1t IL guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money refun-
ded. Price % cents per box. For sale by
DRESS THOMPSON Co. ". ly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

Mr.. Edmund Gosse, well known to
readers of the Independent by his
contributions to these columns, has
resigned his lectureship in English
literature at Trinity college Cam
bridge. England. He was presented
with O beautiful service in old Shelf
field plate as parting memento by
some of the university men who at
tended his lectures.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

THERE is considerable suppressed
graduation in Washington among
the South and Central American dele
gates over the fact that the Brazilian
representatives now complete the cir
Gle of American republics in the Pan
American congress.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

The Stockman's Friend.
"Ragland's Screw Worm Ami
hilator"-to be had at City Drug
store, No 8, e. Comroarca st. a-l8 #
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23
To Our Patrons.

Our customers will De cared for
both restaurant and confectionery, al
the opera house establishment.
LIFT HARNISCH e BAER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23
NJ ems Uno,erwei

Mems Underwear.
The best goods, largest variety
lowest prices, at
11-19-5t YOUNG & ARNOLD.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23
is LIFE WORTH LIVING?

Not IL you go through the world a dyspep
ic. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are positive
cure for the worst forms of Dyspepsia, ind
gestion, Flstulency and Constipation. Sol
by Ragland & Co., g
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

A NEIGHBORING city has a public
official who is dubbed by the local re-
porter "a steam engine in psntso. "
that such transformation were
wrought in our good city that the
same could be truthfully said of its
chief mogul.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

THE disproving has commenced in
the Cronin case. Before 1t is con-
cluded there will be grave doubts
Of the existence of such q man, and
his murder will be proved myth.
The modern criminal court is the
great agnostics of the ages.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1899

THE educational condition of Bra
lillian voters is already considered.
Only those who can read and write
may vote. Under this restriction
there is universal suffrage.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

Walter Besaut. ,no English novel
ist, wears luxuriamt beard that
covers the greater part of his face
His features are regular aud he has
a splendid, broad forehead. His eyes
are large and his whole appearance
that of an intellectual man.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23
THE REAL. CAUSE.

The following from Iowa may
serve to disabuse the minds of some
as to the came of democratic success
in that staunch republican state.
Speaking of his own election as gov
erner. Mr.. Boiessays:
at seems to me q fair indication
that majority of the peonle of Iowa
are tired of the working of the pro.
hlbition law and prefer q good license
law as the better method of regula-
ting the liquor traffic"
On this point also the Omaha Bee
says:
In the vain attempt to enforce pro-
hibItion the people Of Iowa we're torn
up, and while the op IN traffic was ban
ished the dives. joints, and dens have
multiplied on all hands. At the end
of five years of agitation and turmoil
Iowa has entered q very earnest re-
mOnstrance against policy which
has been disastrous to her material
welfare without very materially de-
creasing the evils of intemperance.
The Republican defeat Is not only a
very loud protest against the policy
of prohibition, but timely and merit
ed rebuke of politicians and papers
that have cOuntenanced impOsture
and fostered fanaticism at the expense
of the Repu blican party.
Chicago Inter Ocean says, also:
The election ot Governor Boies in
Iowa Is an nmistakable sign of t" @
decline of prohibition. Many second
airy causes entered into the problem
a. fac ors, but nothing can obscure
from view the central fact AS the
smoke of the. battle clears off it be-
comes more and more obvious that
this is the great big fact of the case,
from foundation to turret. This de-
cline may in its turn have several
minor explanations, but the chief ex-
PLANTATION is that prohibition does not
prohibit. On the contrary it aggra-
Yates an evil which it seeks to O6lit-
crate.
There is no more interesting read
ing than the plain, unvarnished &C
counts OF some of those portions of the
world which have been opened to
English-speaking colonists within the
present century. The islands of the
Pacific have been the sphere of some
of the greatest transformations in his
tory. Among these the story of New
Zealand is by no means least exciting.
1t Is q land 500 miles long from north
to south, full OF great resources, agri-
cultural ami otherwise, enriched with
some of the most roman bic scenery on
the face of the globe, lofty waterfalls,
towering snOw-clad southern Alps ris-
Ing 10000 feet, and beautiful stretches
of coast. The change ha- been most
wonderful. New Zealand has Con, 900
happy, prosperous inhabitants, power
erty is little known, tile cities are IuIl
Of comfort ana taste, and the whole
people are worthy and intelligent
Business is thriving, improvements
are of vast extent, and solid basis
or the life Of the colony is assur ed .
There is room for ten times as many
inhabitants, and the next fifty years
will find great increase in the popu-
latiOn.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

WHAT means this agitation in Kan
sas over the resubmission of the pro-
hibition question to the people? The
republicans Of the state are divided
over the matter. Senator Ingalls, is
among those who oppose any resub-
mission and the controversy grows
bitter. 1t Is important to those out
side of Kansas in showing that a
strong feeling prevails among many
people there that the present enact.
ments are very injurious to the state.
Texas Is sufficiently state rights to
be perfectly willing that Kansas
should settle her own prohibition up
hevals.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

THE Luling Signal says tina. the
boys come struggling home from the
San Antonio Fair at regular intervals
looking as though they had been run
through paper mill. One year OF
Luling contains less all round expe-
rience than one night in Santone.
Send on your boys and they will get
their eye teeth cut and grow wise.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

THE white horse has been knocked
out in the Cronin investigation and
this exp odes all hope of connecting a
red headed glrl with the case. A
witness positively testifies that the
horse before Cronin's door that night
was gray witt dark legs and that it
was not the horse now In the dime
museum as the celebrated white
sUeed which whirled Cronin away to
his death.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-23

THE Worlds fair at Paris winds up
with clear surplus of $1,000, 900
which goes one half to the govern
ment and one half to Paris. Itshould
have gone to the impoverished by
the Panama Canal fraud.
CHICAGO has purchased natural
gas field of several thousand acres
and proposes to illuminate ana cheer
the city by piping the natural pro-
duct into town. 1t is the general be-
lief that Chicago has natural gas
enough Of the spontaneous kind to
answer all purposes. Why carry
Goals to Newcas le?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-07
THE AGUE wIND-UP.
The World Championship to Be Be
tween .ew York and brooklyn.

The World Championship to Be Be-
tween .ew York and brooklyn.
During last week there were everal
changes in the league race for the penna 1t.
In the early pat the week B SION drew
up even with New YORK, but her success
was shortlved, and with her defeat by
Pittsburg Saturday and New York's victory
over the Babies, clinched the race for the
Giants. The Chicagoes drew u 70 ami
passed the Ponies in canter for third
place. while Cleveland was dropped a peg
and fails into sixth place, Pittsb .rg fms
ing fifth. Indian polls and Washington,
the league puddings, Il ished seventh and
eighth, respectively.
1t $ as great season for base ball, and no
sucl playing vas ever seel before. All tie
clubs, with one T two except ms, were
about as evehly matched as could be, a d
seemingly WITH the Il st SIX leaders it was
anyoo iy's race from start To finish. The
Cleveiands sta ted out in the frs of the
season ins tremendous work, but they
could not ep up the ace set for them BY
the veterans. They are, however, quite
you yet, but they ara growing.
Eve thing ui ged on Saturdays game.
II Boston had wo d New York had lost
the trophy would t have been safe to the
GIANTS. Ii 30 n had PLAYED two games
ami won them New YORK would have bee )
Ia tne soup, a I'd even if the bean cate lad
wo their game, and 1t raj ed il Clevela d,
the Gla ts would have lost the penn mt
The betting in Savannah was nearly
all in fa.or of New York, so ne
of the boys giving odds of 10 to z. The
Giants have been the favorites all along.
The association seas IN will lose this week
and BROOKLYN has pretty sure Id on the
pc nant The playing of most Of the clubs
has not been comparison with the league
clubs, as is seen by the great disparity be
tween the clubs; tnat is, from the leading
club TO the tail enders. 1t is now about set
tied that the Giants and Brideg ooms will
settle the question Of the worlds champion
ship on eacn hers grounds. aid tn former
will have no picnic. The Giants will have
to do some hustling to getaway with Brook
lyn, as she has been playing at a winning
pace all al ing.
The following is the standing of the
league at the finish, and the as ,ociation up
to date:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-07

the same Of spelling and reading. After
recess, mental arithmetic occupied snot or
three-qaarters Of an hour. no pr yer
ope ed thu aft -rnool session. The order
folio we'd was-arithmelc one hour, writ
ing half hour, recess ten mi utes, expia-
nation Oh next daY's Lessons twenty minutes,
catechiSm half an hour, closing with prayer
be third class began at O'Clock WITH
half an hours recitation, a hours SpolAng
and reading. fifteen minutes rece 8, halt an
hours defamation (which | learned was
varied by geography on Mondays AID
Wednesdays, and drawing on I iesdays a "a
Thursdays. ft cen niinu es' mental ar.th
me .ic and fifteen minutes grammar. The
after Don essiOn was 81 nile u that OF the
fourth class, he seco d class consisted OF
boys big enough to do without eXamlna-
zion Of cleanliness. In all other re pets the
routine was similar to hat Ct the third
class, although ths studies were more al
vanced aud composition Was practced for
three-quarters Of an hour
There are two advanced classes, ranking
as first, o re known as Of the ordinary course
and the other of the SUPER course. Both
begin with prayer aud reflection for fifteen
minutes.
1--WE va the studies from day 10 day"
said Brother AlpheUs, Sin order to interest
the pupils and avoid mon tony. Mod I'm
educators have long ago recognized the
advantage Of our meth d, because a child
can only be truly educated by arousi z his
Independent intellect, not by loading his
me nory with facts he has not dIgested.
Another poiut:-Ne are forbidden TO uss
corporal punishment of any kind. We
reach the child through his heart We
shame him if he does wrong and we en-
courage him by kindness TO do right. These
two are the cardinal principles of our sys-
tenn
All the other Catholic schools l visited
we're modelled largely after those of the
Christian Brother. OF course the girls
schools lessons and exercise adapted to
their sex, but the same general plan Of
variation of studies ard the ende vor to
arouse independent though prevailed.
The lack of pecuniary res )urces is more
than made up by the absence salaries in
the teaching orde S of the Catholic churc 4.
TIE Christian and Jther Brothers W 10 teach
these schools get no pay beyond their cheap
rainent and very humble living A num-
Der of them live in one house. and by this
means half dozen or half score OF Catholic
teachers require no more to keep them
than the salary Of single public scho j
teacher. The same holds good of the
teaching sisters.
The reader may entertain his own opin-
Ion about the assertions of these religi JUS
teachers that they to eh with tue expscta-
ton OF obtaining Z cir reward il q higher
world than ours. But he fact cannot be
denied that they live up to the full measure
OF their declaration: for without them it
would have been impossible to construc
the gigantic system OF Catholic e1ucat on
In Gotham a I'd, indeed, Throughout the
United Safes, at oh q co nDaratively
moderate cost. HUGH p MCELRONE