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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-10-30
A Table Showing the Importance Of
Irrigation

In order to convey at glance the i'm
portance which irrigation bears TO the
existence of the human race, the accom-
panying tables, showing the area of irri-
eating countries and their population, are
worthy of study:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-10-30
or war.

e What did Mr.. Gladstone mean when
he said at Paris that America had a right
TO be considered ''to some extent, at
least, the great organ of the powerful
English tonguel" Inquiries the Chicago
Herald Mr.. Gladstone says many things
whereof the meaning is not clear, but in
this nltterance he appears even more
Del ic than usual If Mr.. Gladstone
ipteI ed to say that the English language
81 ZEN in higher perfection in Ameri-
q in England he has Il long reckon
ing e ettle with his fellow Englishmen
when he returns home; for no opinion is
more hateful to Englishmen than that the
American ''patois" is Il superior article to
the English of England. Perhaps Mr.
Gladstone meant simply to grace a pleas
ant occasion with pleasant, but not too
significant or lucid speech. II so, it
would, not be the first time in his career
that he has displayed tAis amiable desire.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05

Miss Amanda M. Douglas, the nov
elist, is sixty years old, and an active
worker. In her girlhood she knew
Edgar Allen Poe intimately.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll has accept
ed the invitation of the New York
State Bar association to deliver the
annual address before the association
in Albany, January Is. His subject
will be, THE Imperfections of the
Common Law"
DR.. Edward Beecher, oldest brother
of Henry Ward Beecher, has given up
his church work and purposes retir-
ing to farm in New Jersey. AL
though eighiy-six years old, DIR.
Beecher, it is represented, is as active
and vigorous as most men of sixty.
DIR. Amelia B. Edwards, in answer
to the question what interests her
most in this country, replied: "The
American girl. What flu ture of free
and harmonious development opens
before the coming generation of
American women. You ought to pro-
duce here the nOblest specimens of
womanhOod this world has yet seen -
D.. I.tfH o. ~ =
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
HIS BEST INTER- STS.

We clip the following from our city
contemporary the Times:
"The people of the South do not
feel unkindly toward the negro, but
this constant attempt to array him in
opposition to his best interests and
force upon the white people political
subsection and social equality from an
in erior race, will quickly change
friendly intercourse to open and undIs-
guised hostility"
About election times the negro is
told by just such papers as the
Times, that his "best interests"
are to vote the democratic
ticket, and yet these same newspa-
pers keep up their "social equality"
cry, and threaten to make war upon
the unoffending coIored man. Now,
who is to judge what the "best inter-
ests" of the colored man are, unless it
is the colored man himself, not GER
tai 'ly papers like the Times, who
tries to make capital out of race pre-
judice, and threatens the negro with
vengeance if he does not vote the dem
ocratic ticket, and pull off his hat
and call his democratic felIow-citizen
"Massa."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
Is CONSUMPTION IncurabIe7

Read the following: Mir. G H. Morris, New
ark, Ark, says: "Was down with Abscess of
Lungs, and friends and physicians prOnOunc-
ed Tne an Incurable Consumptive. Began
taking DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, EN- now on my third bottle, and
able to oversee the work on my farm. 1t is
the finest medicine ever made"
Je. Sc Mlddlewart, Decatur Ohio. says:
Had it not cen for DR. Kings New Discov,
cry for G assumption l would have died of
Lung Troubles. Was given up by doctors.
Am now Ia best Of health. Try it, Sample
bottles free at Dress, Thompson Il Co.'S drug
store. (5)
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.
FORETOLD HIS DEATH.
Prediction of a Louisville Negro
and Its Remarkable Full
fIIment,

and Its Remarkable Full
fIIment.
LOUISVILLE, KY, December .
George Lytle, a colored teamster, died
at his home, at l19 South street, of
heart disease this morning. There
were a good many singular crcum-
stances connected with his death
which have set the colored people of
the neighborhood into considerable
excitement. Lytle arose about 10
o'clock yesterday morning, and, after
eating his dinner, he went out for a
walk, and returned about g. After
supper he attended the Fifteenth
street Methodist church, and took his
turn shouting with the rest. At the
conclusion of the sermon he arose and
said he would like to speak few
words. He told the congregation
that he was in the best of health, but
he thought his time had come, and
he believed he was going to die.
They all ridiculed him, but he told
them to go on and have all the fun
they wished, for it would be the last
time he would be with them. He
said that he did not feel ill, but he
was unable to explain the way he
felt. He returned home about II
O'Clock and sat up until II, talking
and joking with the rest of the fam
lily, and telling them all that he was
going to die during the night He
retired about midnight apparently
in the best of health, but at 5 o'clock
this morning his wife went to call
him and found him dead. Coroner
Miller was summoned and rendered
a verdict of death by heart disease.
The dead man leaves a wife and three
small children.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
Children Enjoy

The pleasant flavor, gentle action
and soothing effects of Syrup of Figs,
when in need of d laxative and if the
father or mother be costive or bilious
the most gratifying results follow it's
use, 80 that it is the best family REM
edy known and every family should
have bottle. (S)-4-19-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
Bucklen's Arnica SalVe.

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 aud positively cures
Piles, or no paw required 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction. or money refun-
ded. Price % cents per box. For sale by
DRESS THOMPSON & Co. W. ly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
CurbStona Notice.

We have on hand large lot of first
class curbstone, all in long lengths
from to 5 feet. All property owners
ordered by the city to have their curb
stones set, will save 25 cents per lineal
foot by contracting with me. Address
or apply r. NIGGLI,
ll-2O-lm 325 S. Alamo street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
pIMPLES ON THE FACE

Denote an impure state of the blood and are
looked upon by many with suspicion. Acker' 9
Blood Elixir will remove all impurities and
leave the complexion smooth and clear. There
is nothing that will so thoroughly build up the
constitution, purify and strengthen the whole
system. Sodby RAGLnAND Co. (5)
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
AGENTS FOR THE LIGHT.
To CORRESPONDENTS.

ALI communications for this paper should be
accompanied by the name of the author, not
necessarily for publication, but as evidence of
good faith on the part of the writer. Write only
on one side of the paper, In q plain hand. An
sanymous communications will not be noticed.
The LIGHT will not be responsible for the state
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All communications for publication, or per-
tanning to the Editorial or Local News Depart
nents, should be addressed ''To the Editor Of
ne LIGHT.o
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
DR. Mn. Wilke.

DR.. VIM. L. Wilke.
With sixteen years practice in Chi
cago, has permanently located in San
Antonio. He treats diseases of wo-
men exclusively. Office aud residenc e
4O7 Avenue E, corner Fourth. Off ce
hours, / to 3 %. m. lbs If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
Ewes Sted

by Kings optometer and spectacles
to suit. Watches, Clocks, Silverware
and Jewelry to please everybody,
Also, watches and Jewelry repaired;
all at lowest figures. OTTO BLUMEN-
THALL's, PAL Commerce street.
12-1-5m.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

Confirm our statement when we say that Ack-
to any and all other preparations for the
Throat and Lungs. In Whooping Cough and
Group 1t is agic and relieves at once. We Of
fer you a sample bottle free. Remember this
Remedy is sold by p.o,,vDsco
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
IS LIFE WORTH LIVING?

Not IL you go through the world a dyspeI
ic. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are positiv
cure for the worst forms of DyspeLsia int
gestion, Flatulency and Constipation: So
by RaRland 81 Co.. q
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
To Our Patrons.

Our customers will De cared for
both restaurant and confectionery, a
the opera house establishment.
LIFT HARNISCH 81 BAER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05

Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal.
Best blum. coal for house purposes.
Olsen & Son, 40 E. Houston. Iele
phone 4SS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05

Turkish and Napor Baths,
At Zilian's, corner Commerce and
Alamo streets. 3-17-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
For Sale.

For Sale.
Gentle driving horse, suitable for
lady. 80. Simon VETTH.
l22S,5,lt 2 East Commerce street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05

The Stockman's Friend.
Highlands Screw Worm Ami
hilator"-to be had at. City Drug
Store, No s, e. Commerce. st. a-1S tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05

=u All contracts or bills must be approved by
he Secretary and Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-05
INCH. -. s sos 5 co.'s 90 sls OIsSO OOTs64 90

Announcements for State and County officers
ten Dollars n'advance.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
wounds SO sr,ureme that-her cheeks burned

words so supreme that her cheeks burned
in memory OF them all the day thereafter.
Her elderly lover with the cold orb had
supposed Drexel to be lounging deck hand.
After those words, no espionage could
have prevented their evening tryst.
The Fates were propitious, too, for Miss
Rosamond had a nervous headache and
went early to bed. Mrs. Wintertield's SEN
sibilities were so harried by the continuous
blowing of the og-signal-which music
had been going on since three in the after
noon-that she too was forced to seek her
state-room.
She ordered Clarice not TO set foot on deck
that evening. Stay in the cabin and en-
terrain Mr.. Cumberland" she said.
every WELL" demurely. She knew Mr.
Cumberlan DIS neuralgia had driven him into
retirement long ago.
At ten O'Clock, wherthe Captain began his
watch, two muffle figures were there be
fore him. The coal at the end Of cigar be
trayed the sex Of one. and a dim pennon OF
vail tina of the other.
The weather was very thick, they were
evidently the only romantic passengers on
board. The man said, Its only the Captain
-be won't hear"
''But Paul, that seems dreadful I can't
do that"
"Y es. you can. Dreadtull Dreadful to
go with mel You just now said you would
give all the world to go with me-"
"Yes-yes. But 1t seems ungrateful.
They have meant to % kind to me-"
kind! They would marry you to that
deaths head-that old mausoleum. Do
you call that kindnesSl"
''They can't make me marry himr
'They will make you marry him. They
would drive me away. They spurn, scorn
me. 1 have nothing in nay pockets except
my bare ha nds when the weather is frosty.
1 have no shelter for you-except these
arms"
In the gho silly haze that enshrouded them
he demonstrated that the arms were fully
capable of encircling her.
30, Paulr'
'Will your
"How did you say we should dol"
"The boat arrives at or before five in the
morning. Few will so ashore until broad
daylight Some of the humber passengers
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
Give Her a Voice.

To-day a woman may circumnavigaie
the globe alone and yet be unmolested.
Twenty years ago, when l was travel
ing in Palestine, lady of wealth made
the trip, tenting by herself and escorted
only by a dragoman. as was our own
party of ten men and three women. A
recent book, the name of which have
forgotten, gives a piquant account Of
the journey made by party OF Amer
lean ladies, l think in Africa, and moth
ing is more common than the European
rambles of newly fledged collegians of
the gentler sex. Our marriage laws
and customs are changing to meet these
new conditions. 1t will not do to give
the husband of the modern woman
power to whip his wife. provided that
the stick he uses must not be larger
than his finger; to give him the
right to will away her unborn
child; to have control over her
property; and in the State to make
all the laws under which she is to live,
adjudicate all her penalties, try her be-
fore juries of men, conduct her to prison
under the care of men; cast the bal
lot for her; and in general hold her in
the estate of perpetual minor. twill
not do to let the modern man determine
the ''age of consent" settle the penal
ties that men shall suffer whose indig-
mites toward women are worse than
death, and by his exclusive power to
make all laws and choose all officers,
judicial and executive, to have his own
case wholly in his own hands. To con-
tinue this method is to make it as hard
as possible for men to do right, and as
easy as possible for them to do wrong,
the magnificent possibilities of manly
character being best prophesied from
the fact that under such a system so
many men are so gracious and so good.
Frances E. Willard.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
LOVE AFTER DEATH,

They say IL our beloved dead
Should seek the old familiar pace,
Some stranger would be there instead.
And they would fnd no welcome face.
i can not tell how that may be
In other homes, but ta:s know:
Could my lost darling come to me,
That she would never find il so.
Outlines the flowers have come and gone,
Outlines the winter winds have blown,
The while her peaceful rest went on,
And / have learned TO live alone.
Have slowly learned from day TO day,
In all LIES task TO bear my part;
But, whether grave or whether gag,
hide her memory in my heart.
Fond. faithful love has blessed my way,
And friends are round me, true and tried
They have their place, but hers to-day
Is empty as the day she died.
How. would 1 spring with bated breath,
And joy too deep for word or sign,
To take my darling home from death,
And once again 10 call her mine.
dare not dream the blissful dream,
It fills my heart with wild unrest.
Where yonder cold white marble CLEANS
She still must slumber. God knows best
But this know, that those who say
Our best-beloved would find DO place,
Have never hungered every day,
Through years and years for one sweet face
-ElIa Wheeler WiEcor. IL Baltimore 4nsericGH
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
A Titled Champion.

The Earl of Salisbury, Prime Minister
of England, took occasion, in his ad-
dresses before an audience of some six
thousand people in Edinburgh, recently,
to speak as follows: 81 earnestly hope
the day is not far distant when women
also will bear their share in voting for
members in the political world, and in
determining the policy of the country.
/ can conceive no argument by which
they are excluded. 1t is obvious that
they are abundantly as fit as many who
now possess suffrage, by knowledge. by
training and by character; and their
influence is likely to weigh in a direc-
ton which, in an age so material as
ours, is exceedingly valuable-namely,
in the direction of morality and reli-
gion."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
Injustice of Newspapers.

The press Is always turning up the
whites of its hundred eyes in sorrow
and amazement at the frailty of women,
the littleness OF their thoughts and
aims, the usefulness of what they read
and write and do. Yet what sort of
pattern does the press hold up for wo-
mems emulation? The woman who Is
pretty and vain, or notorious and
vicious in an interesting way, may
quickly rise to some kind of celebrity,
for journalists build newspaper columns
beneath her, and raise her on shaky
pedestal of glory. But the good wO-
men who win fame, win it more slowly,
and without assistance from the fourth
estate. The women who inaugurate,
manage and support hundred schemes
of charity and good, win the reward of
their own consciences merely. The
voice of the world says nothing to them
in commentator or encouragement.
The noble deeds that are done by wo-
men, are done in silence and obscurity.
How many works which need publicity
to secure success can get gratuitously
so much as a cold notice in small type
in any daily? Think of the wasted
time OF the reporters, correspondents
and compositors, the expense of cable
grams and especial wires" to register
the latest freak of vanity, the siiillful
accomplishment of something evil. or
evidence of some terrible crime! Would
they but spend the same time and mon
ey, and give the same publicity to the
worthy deeds of good women, the
world. in face OF so much recorded
nobleness, might in time see fit to
raise somewhat its standard of thought
and action.-Sydncy (Australia) Daaon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS.

A LADY of Wichita, Kas., writes that
the number of women registering in
Wichita will be more than double what
it YVES last year, although there is no
mayor to elect.
A WONAN's LEAGUE has been formed
in New Orleans. One of its objects is
to look in a large and practical way
after the interests of women-as to
how they are treated in asylums, pris-
ons, stores, station-houses, etc.
Mr.. WIN. DAWES has presented Ripon
College with a cottage for the use OF
lady students who desire to keep down
their expenses. No charge is made by
the college for room rent, and the
young ladies do their own Homework
and cooking.
PHLANTHRoPIC women in Hartford,
CT, have arranged classes In dress
making and commercial arithmetic to
aid young women in earning living.
A skillful instructor in dressmaking Is
employed, and the course includes thir-
teen lessons OF two hours each
Rev. ANToINETTE Brown BLACK
WELL, in a paper on the work OF wo-
men, read at the Woman's Congress re-
Gently held in Detroit said: Forty
years ago none but few women
thought of having any non-domestic
work, while now 100000 women are
classified in work. There are "a, 900 &C
countants, clerks and saleswomen, 275
clergymep, and IS lawyers in this num-
ber."
WELLS COLLEGE. at Aurora. n. T..
has begun the erection of new college
building on the site Of the old one. The
ceremony of setting the stakes was a
very pretty one Miss Helen Smith,
the principal, hit the first blow on the
stakes This was followed by blows
from the seven young ladies who COM
prise the graduating class Of 'S9. The
alma mater of Mrs. Cleveland was nsye
in a more prosperous condition
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

II is coming. coming surely,
We can trace its golden CLEAN;
Ger the world il falls as purely
AS glad. prophetic dream
Loi intemperance before it
Shall forever disappear,
And the light that hoyers DER ie
Shall make truth and justice clear.
II is coming, and its glory
Soon shall iii the world with grace
Till the fields with carnage CORY
In its glow shall have no place;
Till no jail shall be erected
And no gallows builded high,
With its shadow dark reflected
'Gainst the bright, effulgent SKY.
1t is coming, and its beauty,
Reaching to the vile anu low,
Shall awaken them to duty,
Aiding all that's good to grow.
With the power of concentration
VIII its day be ushered in.
Till in city. State and Nation
There shall be no licensed sin
It is coming; let US hail it
With a welcome warm and true!
ainly shall the wrong assal 1t,
Ignorance its ways pursue.
Bright with holy, high endeayor,
IT'S the ensign OF the good
Held within the hand forever
OF a nations womanhood-
1t Is coming. coming freighted
With a right divinely grand
Soon shall be emancipated
Every slave DER freedoms land.
Hail it, sisters hail it, brothers!
Only bigots on it frown;
Hail IL, fathers hail il, mothers!
1t shall be the futures crown.
Emma Train, in WomdE's Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

awhile you are working yourself into an
eloquent temper. Paul, you might say all
you have to say about-the plan. DO tell
me. 1t may be our last chance. Pm all
a-tremble.''
"1'm too polite to interrupt you.''
''Nonsense, Paul. If you tease me shall
go and talk TO the Captain
"Wel, listen them" in a half whisper,
''for you need to get every detail. But
Clarice, please don't seem to be so in earn
est. Laugh, so people will think we're
chaffinpn
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

above suspicion. 1t would be well for
many larger street railway system if
it was under the supervision Of such a
president as Mrs. N. E b. G. Dow
Wo1,11u's Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

YOUNG lady, with a
sconvolution of gray
tissue over her hat
and about her neck,
leaned far over the
rail at the bow of the
propeller.
Her figure was pill
ant, and she looked
scarcely more than a
polonaise of blue fan
mel flung across the
guard, so slim and
flexible was her shape
and SO adaptable 10
whatever within it
might be that caused
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

extreme measures Clarice had taken she
was perplexed, dumbfounded- Nothing
quite so unconventional had ever before
been attempted by one of her family.
She contemplated the rather detected
figure opposite her. deaf or Indifferent to
Mr.. Cumberland's efforts at conversation,
and her heart was touched.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

1t is annoying to farmer who
keeps his farm free Of weeds to have
his neighbors' fields covered with the
pests. The seeds of many weeds are
carried quite distance by the winds,
and any negligence on the part of one
farmer in community may cause
much unnecessary labor to all Of the
others. Farmers can cooperate to DO
better advantage than in keeping down
weeds, and it will even pay them to
employ some one to remove the weeds
from the field of one who win not DO
such for himself
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
THE CAPTAIN.
The Part an Old Sea Dog Played
in a Romance.

Written for This Paper.1
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10

will, but Mrs Winterfield will wait for her
carriage. Wrap rain cloak about you. !
will wear my ulster. No one will know US.
or notice u.s.
gIl,,% D.,