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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
Great Faith,

A melancholy case was brought to
light over in Brooklyn the other day
when a man was taken to court on the
charge of neglecting to provide for his
family. He solemnly aSseverated that
he carried home all the money he earned.
Being further questioned, he admitted
that his sole means of livelihood was
serving as juror, and that he only got
a chance to prosecute his vocation about
once year. This is sometimes scoffed
at as the age Of the decadence of faith.
But think of the faith which this poor
man has exercised day after day and
year after year! Is it any wonder if he
has sometimes doubted whether. after
all. trial by jury is the palladium of our
liberties?
Certainly he were to be pardoned II
questionings and suspicious sometimes
arose in his mind. Still! the calm wings
of his faith scared above such petty
things, and he faced the future with con-
fidence. As family provider, though'lt
is plain that such person has serious
drawbacks. But there's no denying MS
faith. 1t might not be able to remove
mountains, but it would not hesitate at
a fair sized hill.-New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
A Clever Literary Woman.

1t is but fair, when counting up the
successful women writers OF today, to
reckon the author of 1.-The Angloma-
MACS" in the southern contingency.
Mrs. Burton Harrison, although for
years a resident of New York city, is es-
sentially Virginian. She is direct
descendant of the Thomas jefferson
family, and has several brilliant profes-
sor cousins now occupying chairs in the
Washington, Lee and the University Of
Virginia. In girlhooi she was known
rs Lovely Connie Cary" with as much
wit and good looks ana charm enough
Of manner to have endowed a whole
country side of bellies.
Mrs. Harrison has been uniformly sue
cessful in her literary efforts, but it re-
manned for this last and unsigned story
10 bring her supreme success. Her name
now ranks among the first feminine writ
ers Of the day. and much brilliant work
from her pen is anticipated. AS with all
clever women, Mrs. Harrison has her pet
fad. This fancy takes the very satisfac-
tory form Of collecting rare old silver.
Having an unusually fine assortment Of
heirlooms, she has amassed, piece by
piece, many priceless specimens of an
tlque cups, jugs and urns, with odds and
ends i'll the same precious metal picked
mp in this country and abroad.
trated American.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
Increasing The Speed of Railroad Trains.

Increasing The Speed of Railroad Trains.
There seems no serious difficulty, on
the engineering side, in securing and
maintaining speed of 100 miles an hour.
or probably more: but the capitalist il
here inundated. Higher speeds cost
money for initial and operative expenses
in vastly higher ratio than either increase
Of speed or the returns to be expected ON
capital so invested. Our fastest trains
do not directly pay, even now, when the
wear and tear of engines. cars, roadbed
and bridges, to say nothing Of leSh and
blood, nerves and health, are considered.
When the people want higher speeds.
and need them SO badly as to be able
and willing to pay for them, the engi-
neers will construct and the railroads
will furnish trains Of still higher vel0-
city and of still greater safety. Profess
sor r. Fl. ThUrston in Forum.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09

willing CROUCH TO sell u a. Cd ,-,., -, -,
put to any other Use. The reason that
he gave was that the students would
steal the apples in an orchard in which
he took great pride. So IL seems that
This IS tine reason why Eew Gloucester
ie noted for its apples rather than as
being TIE seat Of Bowi5ia college. -
Portland Transcript
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09

About a century ago, when the COM
missioners who hal in charge the selec-
ton of n site for Bowdoin college were
attending to this duty, they pitched
upon New Gloucester, Ne. as combining
more advantages Than any other place
they had visited, but the owner of the
land refused to part with it if it was to
he used as the site of a college. though
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
necessary rnr conrort.

necessary TOR comfort.
One of the restaurants had a parlor
adjoining it for the accommodation of
customers. The prices at this restaurant
were considerably below those of the
first. Roast turkey was put down at 30
cents and roast chicken at the same.
The other extras were: Celery, ~ cents;
Tokay grapes, 10 cents; pears or oranges,
. cents, and cranberry sauce, z cents.
All these restaurants do their cooking in
the store building.-New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
WHAT GEN. WILEY MISSED.
Millions That Might Have Been His If
Fortune Had Been More Propitious.

Fortune Had Been More Propitious.
Gen. John A Wiley rises up every
now and then i'll the middle of the night
and kicks himself when he thinks now
near he once came to being millionaire.
1t was through no fault of his own that
his plans miscarriel, but al on account
of trusted party failing to carry out in
struction$. 1t happened about Ten years
ago, on trip with II friend through tho
southwest. when the mining fever was
at its height.
They were at Tucson, Ariz., where
p-ospector5 were thick. AMI had talked
to some Of them who had the "best thing
in the world for sale. Finally a man
put in an appearance who said he was
positive that he had q big thing; that he
had two claims sixty miles from there
in which was rich deposit of copper
that would ASSAY SD in silver to the ton;
that there was a hog backed mountain
on the claims which he had tapped in a
straight line in four different places aad
struck copper each time.
The mans talk had the trMa ring, but,
like most Of the p:oSpectors, he WAS with.
cut money. He had Il fine So,A watch,
and this he put up to guarantee tie OK
renseS ofth5 two days journey hy wagon
in case the property was not what he
claimed. They paid his expenses at tn,
hotel, and the next morning started on
the trip. Arriving there they found
everything to be as he had represented,
ami arranged to buy the two claims out
right for the sum OF 5000, the general
agreeing to take a quarter Interest for
himself They hal travelling with them
younS man in whom ,hey had con-
idepce, and to him they intrUsted the
details of the arrangement. as they
wished to proceed home and had found
means of returning to Tucson ut once.
SO the agreement was drawn, mp and the
young man and the prOspectOr were to
go to Tombstone, eighty miles in an OPP
posite direction, where the money had
been deposited subjectto theyoungman's
check, with positive instructions for him
to pay the money and close the deal.
The general and hiscompanion arrived
home, but three weeks having passed by,
and the letter that they longed for not
having come. they telegraphed their
agent to ascertain the cause Of his delay
in forwarding the papers. He answered
that he had sent letter. When it came
they learned from the contents that he
had not settled the matter, having come
to the conclusion that it was best, in his
judgment. not to purchase the claims.
And this, too, from a man who had se-
celved positive instructions to close>the
deal!
Well, shortly afterward an agent of
Flood and Mackay came along. gave the
poor prospector a cool 100000 and the
retention of one-eighth interest for his
claims, and entered into an agreement
with the millionaire to work the mine
on certain percentage. The company
was stocked for $l2,00O,0O0. So, you see.
the generals one-fourth interest would
have stood him $3,OOO,00O. The Copper
Queen" is still great mine, while it is
said that the agent who took the con-
tract OF working the same has pulled out
as high as 100000 in one month for his
percentage.-Franklin PA News.
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FAMILY STOCKS IN AMERICA.
How the Place of Residence Affects the
Dignity and Worth of the Name.

Dignity and Worth of the Name.
What then are the means of perpetu-
ating good family stocks in democracy
The first is country life. In this regard
delnocI acies have much to learn from
the European aristocracies which have
proved to be durable. All the vigorous
aristocracies Of past centuries lived in
the country 4 large part of the year.
The lner We're soldiers and sportsmen
for the most part and lived on detached
estates sparsely peopled by an agricult-
IRA! and martial teTaGtry. They were
oitener in camp than in the town or city.
Their women lived in castles, halls or
cLateaux in the open country almost the
whole year, anG their children We're born
and brought NJ there. The aristocratic
and noble families Of modern Europe
still have their principal seats in the
country, and 90 to town only for few
months Of the ye1r.
Next. Il permanent family should have
a permanent dwelling place, dcmicile,
or home town. In older societies this
has always been the case. Indeed, a
place often lent lis uame to family. In
American cities AMI large towns there
are as yet no such things as permanent
family houses. Even inthe oldest cities
of the east hardly any family lives in a
single house through the whole of one
generation, and it is very rare that two
successive generations are born in the
same house.
Rapid changes of residence are the
rule for almost everybody, so that q city
directory which is more than one year
old is Enthusiastically for home addresses,
1t is almost impossible for the human
mind to attribute dignity and social con.
sideration to family which lives in q
hotel or which moves into a new fiat
every LIST Of May. In the country,
however, things are much better. In
the older states there are plenty of fami-
lies which have inhabited the same town
for several generations; there are few
families which have inhabited the same
house for three generations.
The next means Of promoting family
permanenCe is the transmission of fam
lily business or occupation from father to
sons. In all old countries this inherit
ance of a trade, shop or profession is a
matter Of course. Under right condi-
tons, transmitted business tends to
make q sound family more secure and
permanent, and a permanent family
tends to hold and perfect a valuable
business. This principle, which is Sc
curely founded on biological law, ap-
plies best in the trades and professions,
in ordinary commerce, and in the in
dustries which do not require immense
capital; but in Europe many vast indus.
tries and many great financial and mer-
camille concerns are family properties,
and there is in our own country already
a distinct tendency to this family man.
agement of large businesses as being
more economical and vigilant than cor
porate management, and more discern
ing and prompter in picking out and ad.
vancing capable men of all grades
President G. w. Eliot in Forum.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sAnvh.

Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt rheumatism
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chiblains
Corns aud all Skin Eruptions, and positively
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price Is cents per boz
For sale by all druggists. Dreiss, and Thomp-
sop & Co.'S Wholesale. uESl5ly
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TROUGH ON ITCH''

Ointment cures Skin, Humors, Pini-
pies, Flesh Worms, Ring Worm,
letter, Salt, Rheum, FROSTED Feet,
Chilblains, Itch, Ivy Poison, Barber's
Itch, Scald Head, Eczema, DOC. Drug
gist or mail. E. 5. Wells. Jersey
City. II. ]. o-t-ly.
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sAlLRoAp 1--WE TABLE.
!. d q. N. RAILROAD.
DEPARTURES,

Z. d q. NJ. RAILROAD
DEPARTURES.
st. Louis via Iron Noun
| train or M, X. & T.......... 5:45 a. m
st. Louis, via Iron Noun
train route ................... coop. NJ
Laredo. Observation-Disclosures. 9:0Oa. m.
ARRIVALS.
From ST. Louis, Iron Mountain
and M, K. g. T.. .........1 O;55 a. m
From St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and NJ, X. & 7. routes. 1000 p. m
From Laredo. Observation-Disclosures. 1885 p. m
6OuTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leave for New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston. 300 p. m.and 9:2S a. III
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Hous-
ton and Galveston 6:50a. IN. ana 4:io PIN
THROUGH WEST.
Leave for San Francisco, Ell
Paso and Eagle Pass. ......; 4:4o p. LII
Arrive from San Francisco I'll
-Paso and Eagle Pass. 800 a. m
THE s.. A. g. A. p. r. .H.--miSS'oN
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for KerrvIIIe, daily, ex-
cept Sunday, at. ........... 4:3o p IN
Leaves lOT UdlNeSOolis ANuSSoh
and Cuero, daily,
Dat...... 80 o''" -. "a
Leaves for CorpuSChristi, Rock
Z port and Beeville daily, ex-
cent Sunday, at.............. coop. m
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, daily, except
Sunday, at. .................. 10: Ga. m
From Corpus Christi, Rockport
and Beeville, daily, except
Sunday, Northumberland. 200 .. m
From Galveston, Houston and
Cuero, daily.
at..................... 7:10 p. m.
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AmNing Starnps.

Since it has been suggested that
stamps can be kept from sticking to-
gcthcr by passing them over the hair, it
becomes worth while to know how to
avoid touching them with the tongue.
Moisten the envelope instead. Cor.
Write
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.sn,Io's Cararrn Remedy.

-7ENo.3. lShilo's Catarrh Remedy, marvel
obscure for Cstarrh. Diphtheria, CankerI-
Mouth aud Head Ache, With each bottle there
r. an in Tenlous Nasal Injector or the more
suceessFul treatment of these complaints
witho II extra charge. Price 30 cents, Sold
hy Kaltever Sen "V
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uWELL'S .hAiR BALSAM.

II gray, gradually RESTORES -,-color
elegant tonic dressing, SOC, $40. Drug
gists, or ST. size prepaid by express
Tor ST.. E. 8. Wells, Jersey City. 1y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09

Rear in mind that Frank J.
Bethel keeps builders hardware and lum-
Der, at the International and Great North
ern depot. II
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
MisunderStnnn.

A deaf old lady riding in au electric
car became much alarmed because of a
blockade. and Eassl5ed a young woman
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09

$4,000 will buy a nice two
~story brick house aud good establish
ed grocery business centrally located.
JNo. T. HAMBLEToN u Co.
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WANrED-Every Republican
in Texas to subscribe for the DAILY or
WEEKLY SAN ANTONIO LIGHT the only
genuine Independent Republican paper In
the SOUth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09

WANrED-1oo,ooo Live Yank-
ees to come to Texas with their capital to
develop the country, and.push the old moss
backs out.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09

The latest scheme to raise money for
municipal government in France is to tax
the church bells.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09

Have you lost, found or want
ANYTHING? lf so, advertise in the DAILY
LIGHT, and it will be made known.
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Daily San Antonio Light the
cheapest and best afternoon paper In
Texas Delivered by mail or carrier
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LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.

Free Visiting Cards. How to
get them inquire of Fred. Small, city sub
scription agent, of the DAILY LIGHT.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-08-20
COLONIZATION SCHEME
Its Promoter Claims to Have the Name,
of 6,OOO Who Wish to Go to Mexico.

Its Promoter Claims to Eave the Names
of 6,OOO Who Wish to Go to Mexico.
w. III. Ellis, of Texas who is active
ly concern in the scheme to colonize a
large. number of southern Negroes in
Mexico, was in Chicago Saturday.
Speaking of the plan he said he be-
ieved that If Afro-Americans were to
colonize state in Mexico they would
own 1t in five years, and be as prosperous
as Americans The project is favora-
bly, received by all but colored politi-
clans, 'bccause to-day" said Ellis, "we
are suffering more in the South, than
at any time since the days of slavery"
Ellis thinks the loss OF large mum Der
of colored laborers would do more than
any thing else to solve the race problem
in the South. The concessions which
have been obtained from the Mex
lean government embrace land in the
states of Vera Cruz, Querataro, San
Luis Potosi and Oaxaca. In cotton,
Ellis asserts, the colonists would have
the benefit of a market price almost
double that of the United States. The
cotton is perennial there, he says, and
not planted every year, as here, and
half bale an acre more can be raised.
Ellis says that he already has the names
of six thousand people who desire to
60 from various southern states.
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BALLOON BURST.
Prof. King and Newly Married Couple
Fan Eight Thousand Feet.

Prof. King and a Newly Married Couple
Fall Eight Thousand Feet.
A balloon ascension at Manhattan
Beach, a summer resort near Denver,
Col, Sunday afternoon came near re-
sulting fatally to three persons. Several
thousand people had assembled to wit
ness the ascension of the mammoth
air ship, which was to carry besides
Prof King, couple to be
married in the basket just before the
rope was cut The balloon shot up
in the air and at a height of 5000 feet it
encountered a storm and burst. 1t fell
for over mile like SO much lead, then
fortunately for the occupants of the car
the silk formed itself into parachute,
thus stopping the rapidity of the fall.
The three alighted in corn-feld about
seven miles from the city, but with
such force that they were unconscious
for several hours afterward
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SHIPWRECKING
In All It's Terrible Reality at Bar
Harbor, Maine.
Novel Experiment To BE Made to Show
the Life-Saving Service
Workings.

Bar Harbor Me-. is to have shortly
a novel entertainment, consisting OF
nothing less than real ship-wreck so
as to demonstrate for consideration
the perfect working of the life-saving
service. The details of the exhibition
shipwreck have been arranged by w.
G. Milliken, boss wrecker. The per-
formance will take place Immediately
after the first storm following August
16 that raises heavy sea, and the craft
selected to be sacrificed is the old
schooner S. p. Adams, $50 tons. This
old craft, which was built twenty
seven years ago, will be sent to sea
with a crew of foolhardy sailors, who
for a paltry consideration risk their
own lives to entertain others. The old
boat will be allowed to drift ashore and
cast herself away on the rocks just
east of Otto Creek Point, and the life
saving crew from the station at Gram
berry Island will be on hand to fish out
the bold mariners, by means Of mortar
lined breethes, by life-lines, etc. The
affair promises to be a great success and
all the wealth and beauty around Mt.
Desert and vicinity will attend. There
has been no objection raised to this
careless jeopnrdizing of valuable lives,
but as the volunteers are satisfied,
every one else seems to be also. The
main objection is however, should any
wreck occur near Cranberry Island
during the exhibition the victims will
have to hustle for themselves, for the
life-savers will all be at Bar Harbor.
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Throws 1t Off.

There is no disease more disagreeable
and uncomfortable than catarrh. 1t at.
tacks the young and the old, and is too
often allowed to take its course. In
such cases it frequently becomes danger.
GUS. The poison extends to the throat
and lungs, resulting in complications
that are not readily overcome. All
forms of catarrh, however, disappear
before s. s. S., and that medicine is now
recognized as an almost infallible remedy
for the disease. 1t regulates the liver,
improves the digestion, and brings about
conditions that enable the system to
throw off the malady. Catarrh and its
attendant aggravations disappear before
S. S. S., and so do all other diseases that
grow out of bad liver and impure blood.
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BLOWN TO ATOMS.

Powder Mill at Central City, w. Va, E1~
r1odes-Fourteen Thousand Pounds OF
Powder Go Up-Three Men Killed and
Several Injured.
An explosion that shook every build.
ing in Catlettsburg, KY, took place at
$3.50 o'clock Friday morning. Soon af-
ter it was learned that the large powder
mill at Central City, w. Va, six niles
from there, was blown up by
an accidental discharge of pow
der Smoke and pieces of human.
flesh could be seen in the air. The air
was like black cloud filled with every
thing imaginable Pieces of the build
ings were blown for a mile or more
The building in which the powder was
stored was about 20 by 80 feet. As
only the two men who are missing we're
in the destroyed house at the
time, it is believed by the en-
ployes who escaped that the miss
ing men were working when they
accidentally struck something with
a hammer which caused the explosion.
The building from which the explosion
occurred is totally destroyed, and not a
trace of it remains Persons who had
never visited the place before could not
tell where the building had been situ-
ated. AS far as can lie aBcertained there
are two men missing and one seriously
injured, while several are slightly hurt.
j. w. Bales, of Huntington, w. Va.
was missing. AT Q o'clock parts of his
remains were found under the river
bank about 800 yards from the place
Geo Wells skull was fractured by u
falling timber and he can not recover.
A number of others were injured. The
amount of powder said to have been
burned was nearly a. 0oO pounds. Thers
were about so men employed at tie time,
and as it was no one could tell how they
escaped alive.
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FIRE AND ASHES

Poured From the Colima's Crest-Great
Destruction Wrought in Mexico by the
Volcanoes Eruptions-The Brig Acbar
Lost.
A telegram received at the City of
Mexico Thursday from Colima states
that the ashes from the volcano have
ceased to fall in that city, though the
column of fire is as yet the same as it
was the day before. The fall of ashes
in some cases has attained depth of
from three to six inches on house
tops and in the streets. The eruption
is on a scale of magnitude that has
never before been observed. Streams
of lava many feet in width are now
coursing the sides of the volcano, burn
ing everything in their course. 1t is
stated that the governor of Colima has
sent commission to the volcano to
make a scientific report upon the pres
ent eruption. News has been received
in the City of Mexico that the American
brig Acbar has gone ashore off Tuxpan,
in the state of Vera Cruz, and is a COM
plete loss. The entire crew was saved.
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