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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
The Art of ConYersation

/ From the San francisco Chronicle.
Says an eastern newspaper: Among
the minor annoyanoes of the average
nan or woman is the frequent neces.
sity of saying something when moth.
| ,ng springs naturally to the lips to
| say. The consciousness at any par
| ticular time that one can find nothing
to say, whatever be the cause, is often
much more distressing than the occa-
sion seems to warrant"
There is q great deal of food for re-
| Election in these observations, as all
OF us have had occasion to know. We
have all had attacks of temporary
idiocy, 1t would seem, when nothing
but the most trite and jejune ideas
can be coDjured up and put into
words, as though our brains had
been pumped dry of every suggestion
an thoughtand fancy. The worst of
this sort of seizure Is that it comes
usually ut the most inopportune
times. If we are especially DESTROYS
of making favorable impression, of
piuming ourselves and spreading our
feathers to the best advantage, we
are apt to be stricken with this sort Of
intellectual paralysis, and look even
greater idiots than we believe our
selves to be.
But, on the other hand, by the uni
versal law of compensation, our very
enforced silence is sometimes our
most eloquent advocate. The SIAM
mering, hating timidty of the BASH
tull over is sometimes the most effec-
tive instrument to reach the heart of
his chosen one, far SURPRISING the
glowing rhetoric and rounded per-
iods of the man of ready wit and
nimble tongue. Woman. with that
sixth sense which we call intuition,
can readily supply the blanks and
fill up the hiatuses in a lovers dec
laration, especially if she be prepared
to favor his suit; and the art of con-
versation between the lovers soon be-
comes reduced to the lowest terms,
with frequent pauses for punctuation
in the shape of kisses.
In company, too, the man who can
find nothing to say for the time being
is not always an unwelcome guest.
What Sydney Smith called "Occa-
sional flashes of silencen come as q
relief to the almost ceaseless babble
and clatter, the never ending stream
of verbal nothings which make up
much OF modern conversation. Among
a crowd of ordinary sn all takers the
man who says nothing stands out
like a great rock in the midst of a
tretfuI, noisy streamiet. He is rest
full to gaze upon, and 1t is a genuine
comfort to hear him say nothing.
Let the bashful and the speechless
take comfort. Let them remember
that sensible people can look beneath
the surface and estesm them for what
they are, not for what they seem. 1t
is right and wise that one should Gull
tivate the art of conversation, and
learn to talk with reasonable
readiness and fluency. But at the
same time there is good deal to be
said for the old woman's advice to
her son, which was not to say too
much, for if he kept his mouth shut
people would not find out how big a
fool he was.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
For Sale or Trade.

One hundred and sixty-four acres of
good tillable land, 21S miles from Pearsall,
with improvements consisting of house,
cistern, and we'll 81 feet deep. new patent
iron fence. Title perfect. Will sell for
for or cash or trade for San Antonio city
property, by
JOHN T. HAMBIEToN & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
Keep it Before the Peon,e

That East End addition is at this time
attracting considerable attention. Why?
because it is nearer Alamo plaza than any
other addition. Because being east of the
city on high ground, it gets the fine
south east wind with all its health giving
power, and because lots are being sold ON
easy terms, and away down cheap. 1t
will pay you to examine these lots. If you
will call at the East End Co.'S office. 423
E. Houston street they will gladly show
youths property i23-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
"A Bargain.

1900 acres of fine land under fence, 100
acresS in cultivation, Is miles from San
Antonio, fronting on the Medina river
1454 varas, fine pecan grove, large resi-
dence with all necessary outhouses,
stables, barns, etc. Can be purchased for
$1,000 per acre, one half cash, balenceoon
long time at per emit.
10-1Stf JNo T. HAMBLEToN & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
Cord Wood For Sale.

For Best Post Oak, well seasoned, cord
wood, full measure guaranteed, leave or
ders at Jacob Dullnig's, Military plaza, or
Telephone POI, will receive prompt atten-
tion. Price 1875 per cord delivered.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
Imnortant K.p Nntioe

All monthly assessments and dues for
December must be paid prior TO the 2lst,
under penalty of forfeiture of policy. The
members are hereby notified to attend the
annual meeting, Dec. 2lst, for the purpose
OF electing officers. T. Il. JOHNSON,
l2-l3-tf Sec'ty Sec 633
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
A Nest of Viper.

Last Sunday while digging an ex-
cavation on his ranch twelve miles
from here ON the SaladO, Philip Fie
came across a nest of twenty-three
rattle snakes which measured from
three to six feet.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
Presrnn,s He'd Axe.

z. b. Bishop of 42l Ave f, San Antonio
saws: Enroll my name among the many
who have D, en- relieved by your wonderful
twenty years. 1t relieved m" in twenty NJ n
utes. | shall never be without q bottle
For sale by all druggists, Scots.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
Marriage Licenses

Henry ROhlf and Annie Piening.
ID. Castillo to Dolores Ruiz.
f. J. Semple to NJ. Helens Jones.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19

The Sandoval case is still on trial
and will probably run throughout
the entire part Of next week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
SOUND SENSE.

From the Globe Democrat
Grand old Texas. The democratic
majority at the last election was only
about $4,000. AS long as it is under
10000 we consider it IL republican
victory.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
GOOD MEN.
Who Would Fill the Mayors Chair
With Dignowity and Ability.

CAPT. EDGAR SCHRAMM.
GEN. GEO. w. RUSS.
OIL. JNO. A. GREEN,
SAM MAVERICK,
HENRY ELMENDORF.
JUDGE GEO. II. NOONAN.
IA. Ii. ANDREWS.
After careful calculation of the vote
vi the city, upon basis of 1900 votes to
be east the following is the lowest esti-
mate of the number that would be polled
against the present incumbent for:
HENRY ELMENDoRF.
NstINldn .-....... ...G,UDU
Negroes. ......,.., ........,, ..-...-.... 0UO
-AmtTlcdnS.. .-...,.... .-.-,-.. ...,.... l,OOU
The strength of the other Candidates
will be given from day TO day. Watch
FOR
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19

Grover cleveland has opinions on
every question of socialor political In
terest except one. aud that one is the
most important of them all. He ap-
parently does not know what he
thinks of the proposition for tree sill
yer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19

Last Auction Sale of Furniture
At Bottoms tomorr,w, at 10 a m and
3 p. m. CHAs. Il. SAUER,
w, S. HADLRY, Assigned.
Auetioneer. II 10 1t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19
Mission Oil Co. No. 49, Nor,b

Stove Gasoline speciality. VIII also
send you man to repair your gaSoliI O
stoves Telephone 543. 122-1mO.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19

Business will undoubtedly be inn
proved, In the long run, by the pres
ent stringency. The weak and reck-
lessly managed concerns will COL
lapse in the furry, and those which
observe the regular laws of trade and
deserve to live will live. 1t is case
of the survival of the fittest.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19

The substance of all the newspaper
interviews and predictions concern
ing the Republican candidacy in
1892 which have been published since
the election may be presented thus:
Only one man-James G.. Blame
has any chance to get the nomina-
ton.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-19

The shorter the recess which con-
gress takes at the holidays. the better
the country will be pleased. Outside
the regular money bills of the govern
meDt, legislation is demanded on a
greater number OF really important
matters than press for consideration
in the average short session.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-06-20

civilian ID. Watson, guilty of
manslaughter third degree, one dis
senting."
Mr.. Hatch said: We except to
the verdict as being contrary to the
law and the evidence, and give
notice of motion for u new trial.
This refers to all the defendants.
The Chief Justice said: Gentle
men of the jury-Thc Court wishes
to thank you for your patient atten-
ton to this case, and, in consider
alton of the time which you have
been separated from your families,
we excuse you from further attend
ance.
The Court adjourned to ten o'clocli
Thursday morning.
NINTH DAY.
THURSDAY, May 10.
Sentence was passed on the pris-
oncrs by Chief Justice Judd to-day.
He sentenced j. II. Mills and Thos.
Steele to nine years, w. e. Blabon
to five years, and w. ID. Watson to
four years imprisonment at hard
labor.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-06-20
HEWETT & JACOBSEN,


Arc ut all times prepared to per-
form any sc,ip,ion of Clerical Work,
such as Auditing Accounts, Posting up
Tradesmcn's Books, Making Inventories
of Stock, Engrossng Legal Documents,
Etc. Competent and Reliable Freight
Clerks for the delivery and tallyiug of
cargoca.
ss;-Onicc n, lIUsTACE & RoBERTsoN's,
Queen street Post Onicc Box lS0, Mu.
tual Telephone ~; Bell Telephone Ala
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-06-20
HAWAIIAN JOCKEY CLUB.

yVllE following nominations will close
4 June 80, 1890:
Futurity Stakes Of 16s2-For Hawaiian
bred year old. A Swccpstakc of $50
rs follows: IS on Nomination, $40
January !. 1891, $40 July |, 1891, $50
January !, 1892.
Hawaiian Derby Of i993- For Hawaiian
bred , year old. 4 Swccpstake of 500
as follows: So on Nomination. so
January !, 1891, $50 July l., 1891. $50
January ], 1892, $40 January I. 1893.
&. o. BERGER,
80 til Secretary.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
A Cat That Live. on canaries.

George Fair, of the Haymarket thea
tire, says: I have q tiger cat, a pug dog,
seventeen gold fish, and forty %canaries.
The dog is the most submissive of the
lot. He has been licked SO many times
that his tail won't curl. Ever see a pug
dog with the curl taken out of his tall
I've got one. But the cat is the boss.
Mrs. Fair is very much attached to the
cat. l wanted her to sell the cat, or let
me bring it down here, or kill it-any.
thing to get it out of the house. No,
Sir, she wouldn't have it. Said the cat
could stay in the house as long as she
did. One day she went home and found
a lot of feathers on the floor, and the cat
asleep n top of the piano. The cat had
eaten the canary-several canaries.
said to Mrs. Fair, 81 guess the cat will
go now" but she said no. For two o,
three days we noticed that the cat didn't
eat anything. He refused beefsteak
mutton chops, whipped cream, and al
of the dainties. He had tasted the cana
ry, and nothing but canary would sat
isfy him. So we are raising canarie
now to appease the cats appetite. Tn
dog eats the bones and the crumbs which
fall from his masters table.-Chicag'
Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
Mrs. Langtry's Silver Bat,. Tub.

0"D
A curious story is told as to the origin
of Mrs. Langtry's silver bath. Bath
makers believe that there is only one
silver bath in the world. This was made
some years ago for an Indian prince by
a London bathmaker, and he supposes
that. the owner having died, the silver
bath came into the market and was
bought by Mrs. Langtry. A silver bath
lisa tremendous affair. Some few wealthy
people have copper baths plated with
silver, but the cost is but a trihe COM
pared with the genuine article. Some
wealthy people who go in for luxurious
bathing fill their bathrooms with statu-
airy, have painted tile walls, and the bath
is fitted into a case of carved oak. Then
there are marble baths. They are both
cold and costly.
The most novel thing in baths, how
ever, is one fitted with a shower bath
overhead, a needle spray bath at the sides
and a wave bath that rushes out at the
foot. These are in additionto the ordinary
hot and cold taps: So that a possessor of
one of these ingenious things can have five
styles of bathing. They cost about S125.
There are have u dozen or more differ
ent sorts of towels for bathing. After
the ordinary Turkish and huckaback
towels some doctors are fond of recon-
mending a towel of rushes, made appro-
priately enough by Russian peasants. It
is hard and stiff and feels like a coarse
dishcloth. Its use is confinedt to bathroom
fanatics who think they are happy in
abraiding their skins. Then there is an
elastic towel made of net, and another
skin raiser called loofah. This is i'm
ported from Egypt. Tho loofah is made
of dried grass and it doesn't soften by inn
mersion in water. kansas City Times.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
Scarlet the Sacred Color

In Italy, Turkey, Greece, Asia Minor,
Egypt and many of the oriental coun-
tries the archaic images of the deities
were painted red; and it has been said
that the traditional practice was intend
ed to please 1.-The color sense" by which
is meant that these images were regarded
as pretty gewgaws. This is not likely,
and the true explanation is that the
color of red was sacred. All pristine
creeds can, with probability, be traced
ultimately to two origins. They are, in
different disguises, the worship Of the
SUI and the worship of humanity. Red
became therefore an exceptionally odious
color when the ascetic temper gained
possession of religion.
The author of ''The Wisdom of Solo
mon" betrays a profound antipathy to
the color in the following: "Or make it
like some wild beast, laying it over with
vermilion, and with paint coloring it
red, and covering every spot therein"
The coIoring was very offensive to him.
and he describes in another place the
voluptuary as crying: "Lct us crown
ourselves with roscbuds before they are
withercd." Afterward a fresh associa-
ton was added, and scarlet typifed not
only the sins of Babylon, but their pun
ishment also.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
Eskimo Dogs.

During his wonderful sledge journey
from Hudson bay to the Arctic ocean,
Frederick Schwatka had abundant op-
portunity to learn the habits and the
disposition Of the Eskimo dog. He
started out with sixty of them, using
them to draw the sledges, and only
nineteen were alive when he returned
to Hudson bay. The others had died,
mostly of starvation. He says:
"They were through all this horrible
time perfect respecters of their human
allies, and the little children used to go
among them and play with them by
pelting them oye the back with their
toy whips; and yet the same dogs were
starving, and should one of them die his
comrades would eat him. l notice this
particularly, as some sensational writers
have tried to make their readers believe
that the Eskimo dogs are liable to be-
come dangerous fellows, even to o
powerfully built man, when simply
hungry, and to be worse than wild
beasts when ravenous. Any onslaught
of Eskimo dogs is unknown anon the
northern natives where l travelled.
cit was pitiable in the extreme to see
their sufferings as they so devotedly
helped us along, many of them up till
tho very minute they had to be taken
from the harness and abandoned on the
road. AS they dropped out along the
way, we harnessed ourselves in their
places to the sledge traces, and it was
thus we were not compelled to leave
important parts of our load.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
Stealing a Child.

A remarkably intelligent elephant
working on a new bridge in Ceylon, says
Murray's Magazine, had a young one to
whom she was perfectly devoted. 1t
died, and she became i~nconsolable. For
merly the gentlest of creatures, she grew
irritable and even dangerous. One morn
ing she broke the chain which confined
her and escaped into the forest.
One night, about ten days after her
escape, the officer who had been in
charge of her went out to lie in wait
for bears at a pond in a jungle at some
distance.
AS he and his native attendant were
returning, early in the morning, the ma
tive silently nudged him, and they saw
in the dim, gray light an elephant with
her calf making their way toward the
camp. They both sprang behind trees,
and when the elephants had passed the
native insisted that the older one was
their old friend.
When they reached the camp they
found that the truant had indeed re.
turned, and had gone from one person
to another, touching each with hel
trunk, as if she were exhibiting hel
adopted child, which she had evidently
begged, borrowed or stolen during he]
absence.
Her good temper and usual docility
returned at once, and her owner blessed
the good fortune which had enabled hel
to steal a child.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
About Pianos.

Every few know how to take care of
a piano." said a musical man to a re-
porter who visited his warerooms
"How do you do it here?" asked the
scribe.
sit is a popular notion that pianos
ought to be kept very dry. Nothing
could be moro fallacious. Pianos are
not nearly so much affected by heat or
cold as they are by dryness, and, re-
versely, by dampness. 1t is not general
ly known that the sounding board, the
life of a piano, is forced into the case
when it is made so tightly that it bulges
up in the center, on the anne principle
as Il violin. The wood is supposed to be
as dry as possible, but, of course, it con-
tains some moisture, and gathers more
on damp days and in handling. Now,
when a piano is put into an overheated,
dry room all this moisture is dried out,
and the board loses its shape and gets
flabby and cracks. Even if it doesn't
crack the tono loses its and
grows thin and tinny, the felt cloth and
leather used in the action dry up, and
the whole machine rattles."
"How do you prevent this?"
"Keepa growing plant in your room
and SO long as your plant thrivcs your
piano ought to, or else there is some
thing wrong with it. 1t should be noted
how much more water will have to be
poured into the flower pot in the room
where the piano is than in any other
room. In Germany it is the practice to
keep a large vase or urn with a sopping
wet sponge in it near or under the piano
and keep it moistened. This is kept up
all the time the fires are on."-New York
Mail and Express.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
Innate lHogcishness,

"Now just stand beside me q minute
and notice how much innate hoggish-
ness there is in human nature" said a
conductor at the Boston and Maine sta
ton last night to a Globe reporter. 1.-THE
5:45 train is just backing in. Watch"
the long row of empty cars slowly
rolled into the station. The large plat
form and the little platform between the
tracks were covered with men and
women waiting to get seats as soon as
the cars stopped. But as the speed of
the cars slackened somewhat q move
ment began all along the crowd. Men
jostled against each other in frantic at
tempts to board the moving cars, clutch
cd at the rails and stumbled all over the
steps. trying to Chamber aboard; and
when the cars came to a full stop nearly
every one of them was almost filled with
men comfortably reading their papers.
AS for the women. Well, one or two
brave but careless souls may have tried
to step upon a car before it stopped, but
for the rest there was nothing left to do
but wait while the men, unencumbered
with skirts and petticoats, jumped in
and got good seats.
"Not only do the men steal all the
Seats" remarked the conductor, "but
they never think of offering a woman a
seat. Street-car etiquette sort of half
compels q man not to allow a lady to
stand, but in a steam car she gets a seat
only when she is able to fight for it.
Some n will get KILLED jumping ON
those cars some day, and then perhaps
you will see a change in things. Women
have no divine rights to seats 1 suppose,
but they ought to be allowed a fair start
in the race Boston Globe.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
Limbs of the Mind,

One is curiosity; that is a gift, a ca,
pacity of pleasure in knowing, which ii
you destroy you make yourselves cold
and dull. Another is sympathy; the
power of sharing in the feelings of living
creatures, which if youdestroy you make
yourselves hard and cruel. Another of
your limbs of mind is admiration; the
power of enjoying beauty or ingenuity,
which if you destroy you make your.
selves base and irreverent. Another is
wit. or the power of playing with the
lights on the many sides of truth, which
if you destroy you make yourselves
gloomy, and less useful and cheering tc
others than you might be. So that in
choosing your way of work it should be
your aim, as far as possible, to bring out
all these faculties, as far as they exist in
you, not IL merely, nor another, but all
of them. And the way to bring them out
is simply to concern yourselves atten-
lively with the subjecto of each faculty. To
cultivate sympathy you must be among
living creatures, and thinking about
them; and to cultivate admiration you
must be among beautiful things, and
looking at them.-J. Ruskin.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
The Decline of Wrestling.

1t is on record that Henry VIII him.
self, who was something much more than
an amateur athlete, continued to keepup
his practice in wrestling. among other
muscular exercises, even after his Access
sion to the throne. But the example of
the merry monarch, though dear to the
manly tastes Of the people, could not
avert the reaction which the spread of
the new learning and the decline of
chivalry were rapidly bringing about
among the upper classes, to some extent
even under the later Tudors. Still more
when the Puritan movement acquired
strength in the country wrestling, among
other out of door sports, sank to a lower
level of popularity than it had ever pre-
viously touched in England. Peacham,
in his ''Csmpleat Gentleman" published
in 1922, went so far as to say that throw
ing the hammer and wrestling were low
class sports, mot so well becoming no.
bility, but rather soldiers in a camp;
neither have l read orheard of any prince
or general commended for wrestling save
Spaminondar and Achmat, the last en-
pcror of Turkcy."-New Review.
The Dickinson press., 1890-01-18
A Lucky Man.

His highness the gaekwar of Baroda,
aBombay paper remarks, lisa man whom
fortune has smiled upon from his youth.
The romance of his life would read al
most like a dream from the ARABIAN
Nights" Taken from the hills a poor
little herd boy, adopted by a princess, he
is clad in purple garments, decked with
jewels, and has a scepter thrust into his
hands. With loyal and peaceful sub.
jects, a beautiful stretch of country for
his state, magnificent palaces and well
filled Golfers from which he can afford
to indulge his artistic tastes and his love
for what is beautiful, he is a prince
whom even princes might envy.-Mon.
treal Star.