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ITO be co,tih.uedl
The Versatile German emperor.


William IT. Is uudoubtodlv the r1ost rernsrly
able sovereign OF the present time. lie a n
modern man, notwithstanding certain proclivi.
tics which stlll adhere tD h IA like pieces of the
shell oi an egg from wa ch tie bird has i.su,8
with restless activity be seizgs upon an qucs-
Tons which a. tate our time, be- they large or
small To day be speaks on great Eurnpaap
Affairs opeus new issues 70 German commerce
aud proc.aims social reform; tomorrow hs
opens an art exhibition and takes personal
part Do the performance of Wildcnbrucil's pa-
tuot" drama I The New Lord" Ito presidos
over hls Council and shows himself ready de-
ldcr, opens scholastic conference lsvipg
down his educational plans, and Enthusiastically
travels over his country IN order 10 SEQ cycry-
thing with las own eyes. Much IN all This
may be ltri5utsd 10 his active temucr but tho
moving principle is undoubtedly the high con
cepl0u " bis duty a. 4" the Grst servant or tbe
State" Tins conception is bound up with q
hlfong consciousness Of his eminent position
De ieeis himself TO ba pillar Of the state,
called 10 carry out great mission. As be.
fore Tire dismissal Of Bismarck be said that he
would crush auy suo trying 10 ObstrBct mia
Iiali, So Ae declared IN his l.te speech At bus
Selaoi only one la master IN This conntry.
4 shall suilcr 40 other" IN would bs unjust 10
sre in such HtJrrsuccs, caused by a higb con.
8ciousHeos 0i has pswUr, EbsOlutist tendencies
"h The part oi tie Emperor! He is n cgustitu-
l"hH prince aud has Ilgidly respected Parlia.
meu'aTy rights But in "a time when tba min
cipie Ol authority and order j. undermined ip
many ways, Tie youthful sovereign leols that
hela Jte cehlsroi mouarchscal discipline. with
oui winch The state can neither exist nor
progress, and he is rcs0lY 10 maintain bis st,.
thouty against Social Democrats as well as
against interested coalitions oi privileged class
O. and pcIroUs.
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Would Free Coinage Mean More Money or
Less2
[F0rHH.I

All Europe has stopped the free coinage OF
silver, which it would have rot done had it be-
iteved that it, in conjunction with US, could
maintain the old ratio Of the precious metals.
The countries Of the Latin Union have a vast
amount Of silver. and it is much more impor-
tant to them TO maintain the equality Of silver
with gold than it is to us even yet, and still
they are not willing 70 do so with our help
ho" much less then must they believe in our
power 70 DO this uuaidcd Therefore unOn
thisEIng that they SAW the approach Of silver
mono-meta.ism IN this country, they would
also think that our.gold coins were better prop
erJg than our silver coins, aud would take steps
at once % get oar gold and 20 save themselves
from the possibility Of getting our silver. They
would do this by selling ali tho securities cEs-
ated IN this country for which they coald fnd
market. They woHld seek that market here,
and the result wOrld be that, for a time 1t least
this country would have the use Of much less
foreign capital than it has now . Certainly
the first result Of this action on the part Of for
eigners would be to depress all values here,
and To create more or less scarcity Of money in
this country, Everyone can answer for him
self whether this condition would be well for
Us or not.
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The colorcd population of tle Uuitcs STATES
De- al The present time maintaining itg rcIaity..ly
slight rate ot increase only by means Of a very
hlgh-0iILh rate, just lIgtle IN excess Of a yc,y
high death Tate. This is q very critical situa.
ti0n, since anything which may occur 10 reduce
tho birth rate viii have no tendency vhateyrr
10 roduco the death rate. Indeed, in the case
oil an unframed aud al developed race, any
cause, whether the dimiuution of inurI.isoc ,.r
persistence iu criminal practices which d min.
ishes The birth rate is more than likely Ia ae-
cclefatu the death rate. Hence We NAV saV
that wherever tho Industrial faisOn a. defre al tho
colorod man, Distinguished as au economic
agent from the white, shall diminish in auv
part u The country, this is not Uni kelly 10 Go
followed by decline in this olemont moro
rapid tLan would occur iu the ease of snoIl,sr
element oi the population which lad been nm.
ming along On lower biTlh rate but with also
q lover death rate.
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Has 4dvania ss.


81 tell you, BILL" said Smoky Nike the
burglar, I'VE hard-woFking thieves don't make
half as much money out o the business as
them dude bank Presidents and Pennsyl vania
officials"
That's so, Smoke" returned Bill. "An,
that just shows the value Of eddication, which
has frequently remarked
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] rubbed them and cried and called for wafer
This WAS in the night aud the nurse. who wa,
a rough man, and 50 much diiIereut In bis ac-
tons from the gentle woman nurse, said:
What is the matter? What ai!s yonYD
told him did not know. but that nv f.et
were burning and wanted water 10 put them
Ia. lie called the doctor, who was still rouchor
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sHE sEEMISGLY HAD LOST HER MIND,
as she stared at me in q bewidered manner. I
said, Mother, what is the matter; don't YOU
know me. am not dead, but alive and right here
before you" | kissed her, but she did NOT return
1t until some time after, and then said that shs
was unconscious of anything that had occurred
after she looked out Of the door As soon aa
the excitement was over, tins good nsighbOr
started Tor O5wegO to lind my brOtherand broth
eT-iulaw, 10 notify them that my body had
arrived and that there WAS breath in it. had
kept my feet cool or the way homo with "a snow
ball. After my mother had recovered from her
shock she hegth 20 look after my comfort told
her OF my trouble, aud how my feet were burn
ing, aud called for pail Of cold water / then
took tho Old rocking chair, put my feet in the
water, auJ began to entertain the ncIghbors
who soon filed the house, for | seemed 10 be
quite an attractive parsonage at that time The
principal topic among The coed old ladies of the
ncighl OrhUOd was what allied MY feet and
what could be done for them. They sent for a
physician. lie examined my feet aud questioned
me as 20 the cause, aud said hs never saw or
heard Of such ease. Between the doctor and
tho oil ladies' / had plenty of prescriptions
for my ailmeHt, All manner OF applications
wsro made, from catnip juice and bread and
mix pOalticrs 70 combination Of whatuOts
None Of them seemed TO relieve me, until an
old lady insisted that we should now try her
remedy of hardwood ashes aud lard. made
into paste and bound on my feet Two ap-
pl!ca,ious. one day and night, did ths work,
aud MAS well. Thus ended my sGtIeriugs for
the time being of my seyen-mOnths' imprison-
ment aud us consequences. L remained home
80 days, then returned to Annapolis and To-
ported at camp Parole, and remained there
until the iaIl of Richmond. was then allowed
10 go To my regiment, the Slst II. ", which
had entered tic rebel Capital at o'clock in the
morning oi Tire Gay OF its evacuation, aud NV
regiment had the honor of raising the dear old
stars aud Stripes on Castle Thunder and
Libby Prisons, releasing the Union prisoners
ana putting J" their places rebels. / remained
with NY regiment until it was mustered cut in
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September, 1865, after four years Of dutiful
service % our country. We went out i'm sep
tember, 1851, and returned in September. 1855,
with glorious record, as the War Department
will verify.
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lay iH wiid confusion. Surely the hands OF
EandH.s only could have created such Kant0n
devastation.
We wandered over Tho ruins and took long
stroll traEsh the park. scross the marble
bridge, Lut everywhere found the same
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knowing that he was a prisoner The temUta-
ton came 10 Inc strongly at this time 10 try
and escape, but / thought Of my parole. aud
that the chances were 10 10 one against me az
being rccaptured, aud that meant Death. cave
tho old woman all j had 10 give on leaving
which was SIMPLY thanks and ia RESPONSE sine
says, Lor bress you honey, you is done vel
come" This was one 0f thousands upon tbeu-
sands Of farors the Union soldiers received -
the hands Of the colored people during tho
war.
On leaving the slave cabin discovered a ner.
simmon tree in the distance, asld near the road
] went 10 ~, and while in IL getting the fruit
saw a squad OF rebel cavalry coming / know
could not avoid being seen By them. So CON
cluded TO show a bold front, aud getting down
from the tree sat on the fence eating nrrsiU,.
mons when they came up. They stopped ana
looked Al me some time. looked at them and
kept on eating. Finally one Of them said
4ank, what are you doing tharp" I said
EatlhE porslmmons." Ito then asked me if /
was on parole. and il knew 1 was moro tl,on
mile from tie stockade. ] manifested grrat
surprise when told that / WAS two miles frofn
~. j was absolutely certain that / was not
more Than three fouTths OF a mile AWAY but
they told me 10 git" and / got rigbt ahead
OF their horses 10 the stOcEade.
There is now an exciting time in the stock
ade. The rebel officers have come in ana AN.
nonnocd that those who want 10 enlist in the
rebel army can do so; that they will not be put
Ia the mont 10 fight; that they will have
plenty 10 cat good clothes aud comfortable
quarters, aud, am sorry 20 say, that the tempta-
ton was too strong for some Of them, but tbe
number Was very small. There came 10 me al
That time an old German by the name of Beck.
stead, who belonged 10 the same regiment with
ugseA, aaa sid, Bob, Y0t III do; OF l stay
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20

New ORLEANS, Oct. 2O.-Fire in
d. GlOver's bagging and Irvine ware
house and factory, Nos. AZ and A,
Fulton street, near Poydras, at 8
o'clock this morning, damaged the
building and stock about SIS 900, in
surance SO, 900. While the fire was
raging deliberate attempt was made
to set fire to an unoccupied store,
No. A Poydras street, by Geo. Jer-
gunstohn. A young girl named Rosie
Call, employed in Glover's factory,
was badly burned on the left side
while escaping from the building.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
An Important Decision

FARGO, n. D., Oct. 20-It il said
the decision Of Judge Caldwell in the
Northern tax case, Wednesday, is
worth from SIS DOC, 600 to $40, OOO, 900 to
the railroad, although in the main
issue as the taxation OF lands, the de-
cision is against the company. The
decision gives them clear title to all
the lands within their grant, not
known to contain minerals at the
time of filing the map of the definite
location Of the roads. The interior
department has hitherto refused to
patent these lands until the rail-
road should produce proof that
the lands did not contain min
erals. Many thousand acres of land
in Montana, Idaho and Washington
upon which gold, silver and copper,
etc, have been discovered since the
filing of the map of the location, and
which the Interior Department has
held were not included in the grant,
are, by Judge Caldwell's decision, de-
clared to be the property of the rail
road. Not only the land, but MIN
eral as we'll" The value of railroad
taxes involved in Judge CaldwelEs
decision for twelve counties interest
ed will he about Sl00,000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Ben Buffers Big Law Suit.

Boston, Oct. 20 Gen. Benjamin F..
Butler has an interesting suit on his,
hands in which he figures as defend.
ant as well as counsel. He is charged I
with breaking contract with the c.
F. Jewett Publishing company and
giving to rival firm, A. NJ. Thayerr
IL Co., the publication of his auto
biography. Inc Jewett company asks
that an injunction be placed upon the
issuance of the new work by Thayer
& Co. They allege that Gen. Butler
contracted TO have the book published
by them. BY the terms of the agree
ment Gen. Butler WAS to receive rs cts.
for each book printed and 81 1-2 cents
additional for each book sold. On his.
part General Butler was 10 furnish
them with manuscript aggregating
two pages of printed matter day.
They sllege that he supplied them
with enough matter for SO pages, and
then in MAY, 1890, took the manu-
script and refused to surrender it or
to carry out the terms OF the agree
ment with them. Judge Latbrop Is
hearing the application for the in
junction today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Manufactured TO Shit.

WAsHINGToN, Oct. 20.-Consuf
Peterson, in reporting from Tegucia-
galpa that the false reports of war be-
tween Honduras and Salvador were
due to Mexican scheming, says: Tits
done with the express intentian of
preventing immigration. As far as,
Honduras is concerned, that country
is rapidly becoming the centre of an
immense fruit and coffee trade, is
bound to draw colOnists. If the Mex
lean government can prevent the tide,
it would be to the latter country's,
benefit, and / am satisfied the source
of the matter lies thereupOn."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Another Vendetta. Probably.

NEW ORIiE ANS, Oct. 20.-Nineteen
arrests were made in the recent Ital-
ian murder case and some of the
prisoners confessed that the de-
ceased and . man named Sal
vaGor Messins .9uarreled over cards,
and agreed to go out and settle it,
when the shooting took place. Mes
sina escaped and the witnesses say
the police will never find him. The
police Gisbelieve the story and think
it Is told to divert suspicion from the
real murderer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
A Smuggling Gang

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Startling
disclosures are promised in regard to
the smuggling of opium into this coun-
try from the British possessions. 1t
declares that after six months investi-
CATION officers of the secret service
have made aponderous report to the
Treasury department, showing the
existence of an opium smuggling ring
which includes many prominent men
and United States officials, and thar
in extent it has not been equaled
since the famous whiskey ring OF 1876.
At least two United States senators
and five congressman are implicated.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Sugar RefinPrs Plant.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 Yesterday the
documents were signed to complete
the incorporation OF the MollenhausT
Sugar Refining company, and
s.. 900, 900 plant to occupy a whole
square in Williams burg will be start
ed at once. 1t will be Constructed
with every labor saving ana economic
device, and will give the over-capital-
lied Trust factories strong fight for
business. The managers are all ex-
perts in the business.
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New Orleans Market.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20-COtton
spot steady; low mid 3-4; futures
quiet, Oct. 20; Nov. TT; Dec. 7S9;
Jan'y, S02; Feb'y. $685. March S29;
April S34 May S44 June s54;JuIy S64.
Sugar, open kettle, fully fair, ga;
centrifugal off; white 4; grey
of; white, 1856 choice yellow,
1 l 16; prime yellow, 3 14-i6 to 8 1916
off; yellow l-2 to "a. Molasse.,
open kettle, strict prime, Al;
prime, So; fair, AZ; new syrup,
q to 80. Corn, No. , white, 81 TO IS;
mixed 80 to 20; yellow 20 to Il. Osts,
western No. ., SO l-2 to 81 10; red
rust proof 50 to 50. Apples 81 tO$ 8.
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Good Natured Mathematics.

Forest and Stream.
Perhaps the following notes are
worthy of recording as instances that
rattlesnakes do not always bite. Both
occurrences / can vOuch tor:
About the fist of this month three
children, the oldest being 5 years of
age, near Whitmore, in Shasta county,
were found under the house, which
was raised somew hat from the ground,
having fine time. They had been
there within hearing of their mother
for about an hour, shouting and
laughing. Curious to know what enter
tanned them, the mother finally looked
in to find them playing with a rattle
snake. The snake pleased them
greatly by coilipg and sounding his
string of rattles, twelve in number.
The children were taken away un-
harmed, and the snake was killed.
At PauPs mine, near this place,
yesterday q youugster of . years
came down the hill to the mine carry
ing a rattlesnake with eight rattles
the snake in view OF the work men,
who could not determine what he
had, for at least 200 yards. The little
fellow held the snake sOmew here
near its middle with both extremities
of the reptile dangling about his Dare
feet and legs. The boy WAS told to
drop it, which he did reluctantly,
and the men killed it. The snake
was 3 feet in length, seemed active
and i'm full possession of its faculties.
Now, in the first instance noted
here, the snake may not have had
sufficient aggravation to cause it to
strike, but in the latter instance this
reason can not be advanced
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Natural Gas ESrrlodes.

PITTsBURG, Oct. 20.-Au explosion
of natural gas occurred IN the cellar
of the store of George w. Shaman
this morning, badly damaging the
building and badly injuring Shaman
aud j. Hilbert, an employee of the
Natural Gas Co. Mr.. Shaman was
trightfully burned and will probably
die. The store is now'burning, and
several buildings In the rear. The
loss will be heavy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Revolution Pending.

BUENOs AYREs, Oct. 20.-The SEN
ate has increased the feeling of unrest
by holding a secret session. The
scenes enacted at its meetings are re-
ported to have been interesting and
exciting in the extreme. The money
market has besn influenced by the
prospect of rebellion, aud the gold
premium has advanced greatly. Yes
Lerday it had reached $50.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Celebrating a Victory.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 20.-The 54th
anniversary of the battle of Mavarino
is being celebrated here today and
three new iron clads were launched
One named Mavarino is a barbette
battleship of the Admiral class, and
is said to be equal in strength to any
ship afloat The other two are belted
gun vessels, heavily armored, of con-
siderable speed and designed for coast
q sfense
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LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Reported for the LIGHT by the Texas Live
Stock Commission Company:
UNION STOCK YARDS, /
CHICAGO, Oct. 20, 1891.


Special
Receipts of Texas cattle at important
killing points have been very heavy
this week. On Monday and Tuesday
buyers were exceedingly "bearish,"
aud bought cattle at Is to zoe per cwt.
lower than last weeks closing prices.
Since then the demand has been ex-
cellent and prices have advanced 10
to 15c on all classes of Texans.
On Thursday and Friday trade was
quite active; the wants of the killers
were such that the bulk of the pur-
chases went direct from the scales to
slaughter houses, without being re-
yarded as is customary. This is q
good indication, and leads us to expect
a good demand and All active market
for a few days, at least.
We see no reasons for modifying
last weeks quotations on cattle, as
the decline during the first half of the
week has been about regained since
then.
The supply of cow stuff here on
Thursday and Friday was something
wonderful, amounting to nearly 5000
head. Regardless of this supply, we
sold eight loads of grass heifers,
averaging emily 1855, as high as 81 40.
Veal calves have been as scarce and
high as for many weeks past. We
quote choice, fat, $50 to ITO los. veals,
So TO 1925 per cwt.; $50 to 2l0 lbs, IL
fat, 1915 to S4.25; thin calves OF SINH
lar weights, 81 per cwt. less; heavy
calves. say 240 to 800 average, sell
81 IS toss. so, according to fat. Bulls
have been scarce; no demand; prices
Sl.25 to Sl.50 per cwt.
We have had a good, liberal run OF
sheep this week all of which changed
hanOs readily, at prices slightly
higher than las weeks; the only eX-
ception being in lambs; they ruled
25c lower.
Now that the winter season is fast
approaching, the holders of grass cat
tie should remember that cold snap
in the range country of weeks du.
ration would iDjure the killing quail
ity of such cattle 20 to So per cent.
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Ate OIL Cans.

From the Clay City Nll.) Advocate.
Messrs. Tilley, TOoley and Marker,
three of Clay City's most reputable
citizens, who are engaged in lumber
ing ON Coon Creek, in the western
part of this county, had quite thrill
ling experience the first of last week
with a monster reptile, the genus and
species of which are not down
in the nomenclature of natural
history. On Tuesday afternoon,
while squirrel hunting, the pitesus
hewIs OF Tootsey, the favorite canine,
reached their ears. Upon rushing to
the spot from which proceeded the
bowling, they discovered poor loot
sey in the coils of huge snake that
was rapidly proceeding to swallow
his dogship. In his excitement
Tooley rushed in to rescue his pet,
when his snakeship released the dog
and attacked TooIey, around whose
lower eXtremities it began to coil it.
self. A simultaneous discharge
from the firearms of Tilley and
Marker blew off the reptiles head
and he was no more. The snake was
of an unknown species, and upon
measurement proved to be 8 feet and
inches in length. 1t was of green
sh color with red spots. The stuffed
skin of the snake is now in possession
of Mr.. Marker. The snake was cut
open by Mr.. Tilley, who found there
in three young gOslins, two ducks,
young pig, and an oil can which had
been missed from the saw mill a few
days before.
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Big Racing Events at Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 20.-The'
inaugural meeting Of the Cumber.
land Park association began today.
Thirty thousand dollars are offered
n purses. During the week. Hal,
Pointer 900 3-4) and Direct (2:06l will
race for q purse Of $500. Nancy
Hanks will endeavor to wipe out
Maud s. record of 2:0S ga on the
fourth day and Monbars will GO
against the two year old trotting re-
cord during the week.
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Big Iron and Coal Sale.

SHEFFIELE, Ala, Oct. 20.-The as
sets of the Sheffield Land, Iron and
Coal company, the capital stock OF
which is 81 900, 900 has been sold to a
new company for 81 cents on the dol
lar. The new company has q capital
of S5,0G0,0G0. Three additional fur
naces will soon go in blast.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Hung a White Man.

COLUMBIA, La, Oct. pa mob Of
masked men forced The jailer to give
Hp the keys last night and proceeding
to the Jail hanged a white man named
John Rusk, who murdered a negress
named Hager Sterling, near. here on
the night of the fifteenth. The body
was cut down from tree 10 the jail
yard after $50 people saw the man
hanging to the limb.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Plans For Texas w. r. Building.

FORT WORTH, Oct. 20. - Several
plans have been received in answer to-
the circular recently sent out to all
the architects of the state asking for
preliminary studies flor plans and ell
evations only line drawings without
color, to be sent to the office of the
Texas Worlds Fair Exhibit Associa-'
ton for building for the Texas ex-
hibit at the Worlds fair, To be frame
building, constructed as far ss pos
sible of Texas material, two stories in
height, to cost when completed
$4,000 and to be completed by Oc-
tober, 1892,
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Surgeons Improved Health.

LONDON, Oct. 20.-Charles Hsddon
Spurgeon, the great Baptist preacher,
who has been in very precarious
state of health for several months, is
greatly improved and today started
tor Montreal for recreation.