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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

holland, defaultiug treasurer of
Missouri, gets two years. Bardsley,
defaulting treasurer OF Philadelphia.
gets fifteen years. 1t was Bardsley's
misfortune that he was not a demo-
cratic Office holder. The republicans
will insist on honesty.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

AND the rain comes not, and the
dust deepens, and the cry of the
watermelon fiend grows faint, and the
size of the ice chunk grows dimin-
ished, and the linen willis, and only
the natatorium and the ice cream
man flourish.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

WACO DAY says: There is saliva
ton for everybody. Even Ingalls,
might come over to the democratic
party and be saved" Yes, and the
last state of that man would be worse
than the first.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

THE railwa commission is in bust.
ness up to its eyes, but not in clover
by any means. There will be many a
long drawn sigh before the long and
the short haul is disposed of.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

THE democratic platform is not
elastic enough for a sub treasury
plank, particularly when the plank
becomes the platform.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

THE eleetrocution at Sing Sing APP
pears to have been so successful that
its opponents have nothing to say
save a general howl at the whole
proc eedings.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

THE speakership contest willis this
hot weather, aud so does the Kansas
mortgage. Every day the latter
grows smaller by degrees and accept
ably less.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

THE clearing housereturns indicate
q better condition of business, unless
the old adage, that figues won't lie,
is back number in the vocabulary
of today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

THE keystone bank folks would
like to rope in John Wanamaker for
$500, 900, because he holds 5000 shares
of bank stock as collateral for moneys
advanced Lucas, the old president.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

HowDY MARTIN is talked of as
third party candidate for governor of
Texas. Howdy can save $4,000 year
at that job
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

The alliance in Texas seems to be
composed of two wings and few tail
feathers. The democratic party owns
the crop.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16
At q Bargain.

A fine Columbus phaeton buggy: new
only in use a short time, can be had at
bargain. Call and STE it at NJ. Pigott'st
corner OF Houston and SOledad street
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

In THE light of that Keystone ma
:tional bank assessment it is not al
ways such daisy of job to be a
bloated bondholder.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

In the battle of life the sentiment
alist cries, "hearts are trumps," but
a fist full of clubs, or good knaves,
will win in a tough tussle every time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

PRESIDENT POLK of the National
Alliance, asserts that the third par
y will sweep the northwestern,
states, but will fall into liue
with the democrats in the south.
ern states. This was expected. 1t
has been the program from the first
to divide the republican states.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

AS the man W tn all accident insur-
ance policy cam ot recover claim for
Lightning stroke, how would a fire
insurance policy ii the case.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16
THURSDAY, JULY 16. 1891.

IF,srATEs must kill let the killing
be SIRE, speedy, secret, and attended
with IS much mystery as possible.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

SUCCESS is the only standard of
merit among politicians. The victors
claim the spoils aud Doodle is king.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

THE San Diego Sun notIfi its
critics that the only way to get dead
sure thing on running that paper is to
buy it out.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

THE OulO democrats are wasting
their ammunition firing at each other.
They had better save enough for Nc
Kinley, they vii need it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

BLAINE Is at Bar Harbor, Harrison
at Cape May, Rusk in Wisconsin and
Washington is quiet.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

WILLIAM is working that triple
alliance into quadrupIe shape mighty
slick. Does J. 3. catch on to the
little game?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16

THE railway commission are earn
ing their money, how far they will
earn the gratitude OF the people re-
mains 10 be seen.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16
A HOME?
KAN ANTONIO offers unpar
~ home-seekers.

N1rN 11EI01V10 advantages
~ home-seekers.
location of surprising loveliness;:a climate unequalled
forPury and healthfuness open winters and COOL
delightful summers water such very few cities in the world
blessed with the most complete system of electric
railway of any city of its size in the world spenddly paved
streets and beautiful suburban and drives excellent
public schooand churches of every denominations all com
binng to make San Antonio the inviting place. for
permanent home on the continent.
Wessrs. John It. Hamb1eton9 Go.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-16
TO CORRESPONDENTS
70 our EASTERN ADVERTISERS.

AL advertising for the Daily and Week
" LIGHT, must come to US through our
special agents, Messrs. Palmer & Rey, 232
10 235 Temple Court, New York.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24

TO have books at the least expense
there should be Il law to provide for
local control. BY local control the books
already in use could be kept if desirable,
or Il newer and more progressive series
may be adopted. BY contract they could
get books from any publisher on as ia
vorable terms as the biggest state in the
Union. This is free country to Il large
extent. That was the primary reason
that it has become the home of 60,000,-
900 people. Let the states, districts,
counties and neighborhoods have their
own minds, will and way, and deter
mine their own taxation in this matter.
This monopolistic schoolbook system
would prevent competition, and COM
petition means progress, development
and inspiration, The only way the mo-
nopoly on the schoolbook system will be
created is by direct act of legislation
contracting for one series for a state and
excluding all others. This screw and
pully will be strenuously opposed by the
people. and the monopolists must know
it. Let there be competition, u free and
fair examination and open comparison
Of prices.
This is children's day. "A little child
shall lead them" The whole world is
led by them, no one denies. Books of
all kinds, bindings, print and prices are
provided for them. America realizes
that they are the country's future, and
wise provision is being made for their
development into wiser and better men
and women than their sires. They are
the heirs Of ages and will reap the ben
eft Of the finds in art, science and liter
ature. This monopoly system would
stop the wheels of development, and
their own pockets would be filled with
shekels born Of their own selfshness
Therefore, the children shall grow as
long, as tall. as broad as they can, and
the old PrOcrusteoa couch will be ground
to powder in the mill of common sense
and justice. Mrs e. r. DAVIDSON.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24
AGAINST MONOPOLY.
Reasons Why the SchooIbnoI< Uniformity
SxsteI,a Slnull Nnt Preuau

Reasons Why the SChoOlbOOk Uniformity
System Should Not Prevail.
There is Il story in the Greek that
there was once man who had the name
of Procrustes. which being interpreted,
signified "a stretcher." ''Stretching''
was not his only accomplishment. for he
was Il robber. 1t was his fancy and his
custom when travelling gentlemen fell
into his wary hands to make them. or
try to make them, into men of the same
length. For this purpose he had an iron
bed constructed On this he caused his
captives to lie down. If they were too
long, he cut off their legs and made
them fit; if too short, he applied Il thumb
screw and pulley and stretched them un-
til they filed the bill-or bed. While
his whim was grati6ed, this surgical
treatment occasioned the death of his
patients of course. While the days of
such monsters have passed away, there
is still lingering in the minds of linen
something that preserves the Procrustean
bed symbol. In this age of expedition
and enlightenment an organized con-
spiracy to apply the Procrustean process
TO human development will fail of quick
fulfllment.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24
All power is vested in and derived

All power is vested in and derived
from the people; but one generation can
not control tie will nor bind the acts of
another, SO that no generation can pass
any irrevocable law: neither can any
legislature forestall the acts of any sue
ceeding legislature. This is Jeffersonian
Democracy, but some people don't
know it.
In /. recent speech Senator German, of
Maryland, one of the foremost of living
Democrats, said that the protest of the
Farmers Alliance against the force bill
did more to defeat it than all other
causes put together. He declared that
that declaration of the Alliance was OF
greater Importance than any other made
in America since the Declaration of In
dependence, because it was the declara-
ton of Il great independent organization
representing all parties and all sections
Of this great country.
The whole influence OF this great order
stands behind the demand for the finan-
cial reforms outlined above 1t will not
accept any one measure as sufficient re-
lief for the troubles of the people. 1t de-
mands not only free coinage of silver and
sufficient issue of legal tender treasury
rotes, but Il restraint of usury and re-
duction of taxation at all points 1t will
not accept nor be satisfied with a vague
promise of tariff reform" 1t does not
regard the Mills bill as tariff reform"
measure, and will not accept any similar
measure as such. 1t does demand a
thorough revision Of the tariff and sub
stantial reductions of duties. Profess
sional politicians and money mongers
had best not deceive themselves about
This matter. The Farmers Alliance is
gure of it's ground and cannot lG driven
from it. 1t stands squarely upon all its
demands and means to defend them to
the last.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24

]. NJ POTTER, EDITOR ALLIANCE SENTINEL
This new movement that is spreading
over the entire Union is fast opening the
drowsy eyes of the people, and the screw
and pulley methods will fail to work in
many instances. There is an idea abroad
that a national uniformity of school
books should abound. Just so long as
the systems of public school instruction
are not all uniform in the various states
in the Union, it is at once obvious that
no one law will be found best for each
one of the states. No use pressing the
thumbscrew. 1t is potent that the best
law is the one which brings directly to
the people in their homes the books they
like and at the cheapest rate. Uniform
ity of schoolbooks will always be de-
pendent upon a uniform course Of study,
controlled by local officers, who employ
teachers, regulate school hours, plan the
course of study and so forth. In few
of our states this control is vested in the
districts; in others in the townships, and
in some of the southern states in few
counties. Not state in the United
States has been placed under one board
III all these particulars. California tried
the experiment of manufacturing her
own books, but it failed totally.
Minnesota. Indiana, West Virginia,
Virginia and Louisiana have contracted
for IL series of books for the whole state.
This makes the books very expensive;
when the taxpayers proportion is added
TO the pupils, it is vastly more than in
st;tes where no such law exists. An
international series Of Sunday school
books may work, but an establishment
of day sChoolbooks will not. There are
thousands and thousands of schoolbooks
already in the hands of the children
that would have to be put aside-the
supply is more than five times the amount
annually to be purchased. If there is to
he any saving TO the people by this uni
formity Of books. it would be necessary
that this saving should be more than so
per cent of the present cost. This is
practically impossible. The children
throughout the land. on an average, have
two dollars worth of books in their hands
and they have to purchase less than forty
cents worth annually.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24

Browallia elata isa very pretty plant
for either the greenhouse or the window
garden. While it is not new, it is not
so well known to amateurs as it should
be. 1t is an annual. and is easily raised
from seed, according to Orchard and
Garden, which advises transplanting
into small pots as soon as the plants are
out Of the seed leaf, putting only one
plant in Il pot. Repot as often as needed
till 4-inch pots are reached, in which
they may remain. Use ordinary garden
soil, us rich one makes them grow
IanSy, especially when kept in a warm
room. The plant is small. with spread
ing branches. The lower flowers are
axillary, bat theupper ones are produced
in Il raceme. The color is beautiful
blue. The plant blooms profusely under
favorable conditions. 1t is sometimes
caAed Winged Amethyst.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24
a Castle Built for Fourpence.

The castle of Monkstown, near Cork,
is reported by popular tradition to have
been built in the year 1886 at the cost of
only IL groat. 1t happened in this way:
Anastatia Goold, who had become the
wife Of John Archdeken, determined
while her husband was in Spain serving
in Philips army to give him evidence Of
her thrift on his returning by surprising
him with noble residence which he
could call his own. Her plan was to
supply the worlmen with provisions and
other articles they required, for which
she charged the ordinary price; but as
she made her purchases wholesale upon
balancing her accounts it appeared that
the retail profit had paid all the actual
expenses Of the structure except four
pence. London Tit-Bits.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24
The Dangerous Classes.

During WAL times the poet Longfellow
wrote to his friend, Charles Sumner, the
following, which becomes more and
more fitting as the years go on
I'm every country the dangerous
classes are those who do no work. For
instance, the nobility in Europe and the
shareholders here. 1t is evident the
world needs a new nobility-not of the
blood that is blue, because it stagnates,
but of the red arterial blood that circu-
lates and has heart in it, and life and
labor"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
ar. Elizey's Pungent Comments on Some
of the Most Vital of Alliance Issues.

Tie greet money lenders of the west
are the banks. The great money Dor
rowers of the world are the corporations
and the millionaire spectators. The
tanks of all countries are internation-
ally combined in a vast world embracing
money trust. Like other trusts the de-
signs of this money trust is to limit the
output of money and so to increase its val
tie; or, better. its command over values.
1t appears, then. that banks are natural
enemies of corporations and millionaire
spectators, and of all great industrial
enterprises and prey upon them. Why,
then, do not the great corporations join
with the people in demanding of gov
eminent restrictions upon the power and
privileges of the banks? The answer is
that they dare not. They are powerless,
bound hand and foot and delivered up To
the money trust.
The people will have to make this
fight. They demand the abolition of our
present national banking system. They
have reached the conclusion that q bank
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24

of issue is an obsolete piece of monetary
machinery. They maintain that there
should be neither money nor currency in
circulation. except such us is coined and
issued by the government. They main
tain that nothing should circulate as
money which is not money. They de-
mand of the government that it issue an
ample volume of money, consisting OF
gold and silver coins and treasury notes.
all legal tender, for all debts, in all
sums: and that all other issues of pre-
tended money be suppressed. They fur
Their demand that when money lenders
are incorporated us a bank, the rate OF
discount and the amount of profit to be
earned shall be strictly limited by laws
which cannot be evaded by agreement
or contract. They know it to be propo-
sition sound in law and equity, that
when the government creates an arti-
fetal person or corporation, such cor
poration being the creation Of law pos
seSses no natural rights of any sort. But
when the government cOnfers upon it
the legal right to own and accumulate
property, it is the right and duty of the
government to strictly limit the amount
to be owned or accumulated, and to pre-
scribe all the conditions under which it
may exist or do business: which condi-
tons are always subject to review, to
control and to revocation by the Great
ing power.
So then the government ought to issue
all money; make all money legal ten.
der, in all Sums, for all debts: determine
the amount to be issued and establish by
law the maximum charge for the use of
money.
The taxing power of government is
the chief attribute of sovereignty and
can III no way be delegated to su bject
The revenue is the state. a state with
out Il revenue is a nonentity. The tax
ing power is the one thing essential to
the existence of the state.
The sovereignty, whatever form it as
sumes. or by whatsoever name known
and designated, is merely the embodi-
ment of the will of the people. Such
thing as a sovereignty distinct from the
people exercising power over the people
can have no existence.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-11-24
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The sun., 1891-08-10
EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE.
Great Damage Done by the Remark able
Phenomena.

YUMA. A. T.. Aug. 9.-Reports continue to
como In from the earthuuake region at the
head OF the Gulf OF California. Two Cocopah
Indians OF the tribe that live near there ar
rived here yesterday. They toll a thrilline g
story. Early on Thursday morning hundreds
OF mud volcanoes thirty miles OIL burst into q
violent eruption.
The air grew denser and many infants were
suffocated. At last violent thunder storm
cleared tho air. only to show tidal wave ap-
preaching with friehtiul rapidity. The waters
rose. swallowing up their cattle. horses. and
grain fields. and driving them for their lives
to the top OF the Mesas q hundred feet above
tho river.
The earthauake shocks then began. The
fourth threw every one down. seriously injur-
ing many. Dust darkened the air. Tho RUM
BILE Of the earthquake. the sharp explosions OF
the distant volcano. the believing OF tho
crazed cattle. were indescribable. and tho
frightened Indians fed up the river. Two
story. The others dropped exhausted along
tho rolte.
jose Perez. = cattlem man from Lendo. and tlve
men witnessed the scene from. the top Of a hill
to which they had ESCAPED: They report
the tidal wave as fully 100 feet high:
Much property was destroyed. The house and
all valuable buildings on the ranch OF Charles
Townsend. breeder OF fine cattle. were levelled
by the e6rthQuake,
The sun., 1891-08-10
FATHER AND SON KILLED.
The Shocking Accident that May Deprive
Mrs. Uninck of Reason.


Mrs. Margaret Uniack Is seriously III at her
homo. 792 Kent avenue. williamsburRh. and
tho doctors think that the accident that yester-
day deprived her OF her husband and baty
may also have bereft her OF reason.
John Uniack was q teamster for seventeen
years In the employ OF the Nassau Gas Light
Company OF Willismsbureh. He lived within
few blocks ofthe gas light company s stables.
He went yesterday morning with his wife
and three children 10 mass ut ST. Patrick's
Church. in Kent avenue. When they left
tho Church Uniack. who was carry
ing their four.year-old boy. Thomas.
said that his wife would go homo and pre-
pare dinner he would take the child to look at
the horses. They passed the stables at Rut-
ledge street and Kent avenue on their way.
Mrs. Cnlack went homo. and Uniack crossed
to the stables where Foreman John Mahoney
was standing, talking to Stableman Patrick
MCGEE and Robert Newell.
Mahoney patted little Thomas on the cheek.
and said he was a flne boy. and Uniack an
swered that he was good little fellow. and
should learn better trade than that OF driv ing.
Then he asked II he might give the lad q
ride on old Harry. a horse he had driven for
three yonrs. aud the foreman said certainly.
and moved out OF the doorway to let them pass.
Thirteen horses are stabbed In the building.
Harrys stall is two removed from the door
'ns f h hana nam ra the sng snsay a;spon
Uniack after he went inside. They were In
terested in their talk and knew that Cniack
They hoard no unusual noise. they say, and
aseniSed shrek Of Oh papa. they rushed in
msn bsd eps ss bos s4ond the waist and
the little fellows b ands were half around his
fathers neck They lay beside , DE- the horse;
to avoid stepping on ihe bodies.
Mahony lifted the chill and handed It to Nc
sSSs TO Sf NTH a5 IT.
had crushed n one sds .a
swooned with fright and McGee carried him
TO Mrs. Cuiack. who was in her kitchen; two
in her arms and told her Uniack was hurt at
WishSa. sneakns and ID with the baby s.!ll n, in
Of per husband. Then she tainted.
lirium after Ambulance surreon White had
pronounced Uniack and his boy beyond medi-
Tbe bodies we're carried carr 20 the house later r
children. the el1est Of whom is years.
e hs Ssit nsw
theory is tnat whom Uniack vent in the stall
pestsred D. Hd by By o IL. ~ flies les mad made o % for:
ward kick with his left hind foot
and struck Cniack in tho side. Cniaok fell.
dropping the boy. who screamed. and the
horse kicked again as he was embracing his
father. uniacks skull is fractured. The right
side of his head is crushed in.
The left side OF the boys head is crushed. It
Is believed; with the same blow that killed his
father Tho horse is big bay Percheron
Weighing about l.G00 pounds.
The stahlemen say he is quiet and kind and
used to follow and come at Lnisck's call.
NJ w nvnn sr'f io vi Az
a week. The neiGhhots ara going to raise q
subscription 10 pay the funeral expenses.