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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-19

The Cooks Ball tonight In Madison
Square Garden will be the grandest thing Of
the kind ever held in this city. 1t will be
merry and n picturesque ball: the dancing will
be artistic. the costumes pleasing. and the
style OF things suitable: twill be ball worthy
OF the noble craft which its participants are
professors Of Tho French cooks have world
wide fame as masters Of the craft. and they
deserve it. There are good British cooks:
there are learned German cooks: there are tal-
ented Italian and Spanish cooks: there are
Austrian and Russian cooks who might we'll
wear frlls. and there are Mohammedan cooks
In Constantinople and Adrlanople who are not
less skilful than the most cultured Of their
Christian rivals. As for our native American
cooks we feel bound to say that there are
some Of them who possess merits that do
not belong to every cook Of foreign birth and
training. There are tip-top cooks in some OF
this citys restaurants. and there are first
class cooks In some Of its mansions. and there
are estimabe cooks in some Of its select board
ing houses. Most OF the renowned cooks Of the
world have been men. but there have been
feminine cooks Of high distinction and sur
passing genius.
Largely dependent upon cookery arc the
health. welfare. happiness. thought. and virtue
OF mankind. Good cooks are true friends OF
the human race. Tonight, therefore, let the
cooks dance. feast. enjoy the music. and make
merry at the ball In Madison Square Garden.
-
A writer in tho Fortnightly Rerieu who
has been observing the course of events and
OF civilization in Africa is pleased with the
progress Of the Mohamm edan religion there.
and maintains that for the African tribes 1t is
better than British Christianity. Within tho
past few years many OF the pagan and savage
tribes have been converted to Mohnmmedan-
ism. which gives them new energy. improves
their ways Of living. and promotes their well
being. The writer says:
ut, Is no vulgar conquest. like our chr,,,,.r -.,.
for the sake Of plunder alone A trh. IN n.c,,n,no
Mohammsdan Is bound to keep its villages in healthy
condition bound to accept sanitary CODE including
aos.en.on from strong drink; odheals are appointed
maa, Iua livery man mus, work 80 that the
nn III. a,.rn.aan.' au ue"sn.al arts spring
aent,sm,n ~ ,so v, u"Sn'.N nnoa.ns any
streets show signs Of unelespliness I'll. W.
lish ure behind tho Mohammedxna. I. -. Man,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-19

The. opportunity OF national Dem ocracy to
Herald. ~ ~
Yes. but not with the same disastrous lead.
ers or delusions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-19

The voters Of the republic Of Guatemala
have elected the mertorious and veteran poet.
FRANCISCO LAINF1EsrA. to tho Office OF Presi-
dent. which. we trust. he will adorn. LAIN
FIESTA Is q poet OF sentiment. OF imagina-
ton. OF nature. and his poetical genius is
deeply tinGed with that idealism which is in
herent in the Spanish American type Of man
kind. The guitar ia the organ OF his soul. and
its melodies give expression to his emotions.
Therefore 1t Is that We hail his election to the
office OF President OF Guatemala. country in
which poetry fourfshes. in which the beauties
OF nature are enchanting. and in which the
romances OF life are alive with bravery. May
he administer the Affairs Of Guatemala like
true poet
But Sefor LA1Nr1EsrA 10 practical man, as
we'll as poetry maker. for he has visited the
United States and observed the North Amerl-
can character: he Is also politician who has
studied our form Of government. and Of course
he is defender OF liberal principles. Hoping
he will be able to maintain the peace OF his
country. and to live in concord with the obdu-
rate salvadorians. the obstinate Hondurasians.
and the obfuscated Mexicans. we bid him well
come TO- place in the category of estimable
Guatemalan Presidents. and shall placidly
await his assumption OF office on the 4th Of
March.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-19

The logical meaning and conclusion Of
the new Christianity was mover stated more
clearly than by the Rev. PETER MAcQuEEN at
Bronxville last Sunday. There Is no theory"
said he. that altogether explains man. We
only claim that the Bible and Christianity
cover more facts than any other theory" In
other words Christianity is not perfect ex-
PLANTATION OF the universe. and is not self
demonstrated to be true. 1t is only one theory
among many possible theories. but more ex-
planatory than the others. It is to be adopted.
as the scientists would say. simply as a work.
ing hypothesis. and faith. as has been sug-
gested at times by both Bishop BUTLER and
Cardinal NEWMAN. rests upon a balance OF
probabilities. Such frankness in the pulpit Is
certainly commendable as we'll as suggestive.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
Success.

1t seems as if success were talent in it
self, dependent, it is true, on other quail.
ties in greater or less degree, but having.
nevertheless, a separate and distinct indi.
viduality. Some people quite wrongfully
call this quality luck" it is quite unjust.
however, for although of course in many
instances fortuitous chain of circum.
stances may make or mar a man. as rule
the successful person generally owes his OF
her position to some intrinsic merit-tO the
talent, in short, of getting on"
1t is not cl"verness only; it is certainly
not genius; it is not even perseverance,
necessary as that quality may be, although
any or all of hese properties may be found
in successful man or woman. 1t is per.
haps the happy faculty of Selling the right
moment, of striking when the iron is hot,
or that well known attribute which is gen.
orally ascribed to the English, but which
Americans certainly have their full share
of, the courage that "does not know when
it is beaten"
However we may try to discover its COM
ponent parts, this subtle quality defies
analysis, and can never be either taught OF
learned, and we try in vain to solve the
mystery of Why some people succeed in
everything they undertake and others fail.
New York Tribune
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
ECHOES FROM WEST END.
WEST END. Feb. S. lSas

WEST END. Feb. s, 1892.
The last week, to some extent, effectual-
ly advertised West End by visiting dele
gates to the Odd Fellows convention.
Every, car brought a number, who all
were delighted with the best suburb Of
the city. Some called is Lake View, but
that does not hurt. We have a beautiful
lake view, and Lake View addition ad-
joining us is certainly, next to us, beau.
tiful location.
Like your ''Pick Ups these visitors
praised our street car service, and noticed
the politeness of the employees of the road.
This puts me in mind that in local late
ly these very men were hauled over the
Goals for lresuming 10 prefer the Six.
teenth street patronage to that of
the lake side, and have since
learned from the best of authori-
ty that no complaint had ever
been lodged against any of them at the
company's office; it is true one OF the con-
ductors gets his lunches and coffee on
Sixteenth street. he even goes more, he
eats and sleeps there, In fact his home is
on that street, where il is possible that
personified selfishness also dwells; but it
certainly is not to be found at the Home
Villa, Captain Ramsey's hotel, where the
West End officials of the car line reside.
IL any conductor is weak enough to be-
lieve that nickle on one side Is better
Jildn i've cents Oh bDe QUIET. ltt MIN dsN
at the company's office and get his mind
disabused on that subject if he has en-
tertaiDed it. Q During the last snow and
Sleet, when West End cars ran until
midnight Monday and were
little late, but out again I'm
the morning, the first ears couldn't
run into Houston street until working
force had prepared the track; this writer
was on full car when the conductor in
tended collecting his fares. The presi-
dent of the road was on and stopped the
collection, because the passei gers did not
know that that car could not quite reach
It's destination. Let other car lines speak
up if they give wholesale free rides on
such unforeseen occasi ms.
The good south winds that cool us in
the summer began already cooling us off.
This morning we need none.
Echoes from West End are silent on
city and county matters. but believes in
conversation he overheard yesterday
about the street paving contractor and
the city improvement committee being
at lager heads, that the contractor must
be in the right ii the city clogged his steps
in every foot of work he did, by salaricd
and constantly employed inspector. The
committee, if that is the so would seem To-
have no case at so late date against the
contractor. but West End can look on, it
has no paved streets. >.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
Ghosts in the Temple.

A strange story reaches me from one OF
the Inns of Court. A set of chambers had
been vacant for some time; indeed, they
had only been tenanted for three weeks
during the last six years. The rent was re
markably moderate and the rooms were
comfortable. Accordingly a young barristeI
took them for a month or so. He never
inquired why it was that they had been sc
long empty, nor had he any idea that they
were supposed to be haunted. He had
not, however, been in possession many days
before he announced his determination to
quit the rooms, though he had spent good
deal of money in doing them up and fur
nishing them.
His friends naturally asked for an eypla-
nation, and he confessed that he had seen
ghost, or rather collection of ghosts,
for every night, he said, the door opened OF
its own accord and in walked three men
and a woman, dressed in last century cos
TUNES. They sat down at the table and
commenced to talk and to drink. Eventu.
ally the talk got louder and violent
quarrel broke out; in the course of this the
woman was stabbed, after which catas.
trophe the ghosts disappeared. Such is
the ghost story, and naturally enough it is
arousing a good deal of interest among
people fond of investigating physical phe-
nomena.-London Cor. Manchester eng.
land) Courier.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
Suits That Some Women Bring.

A prominent railroad lawyer, most of
whose time is spent in defending his client
against negligence actions, said the other
day that the suits brought by women were
the most difficult to cope with. If man
loses leg or an arm in an accident, the
damages can be estimated with tolerable
degree of accuracy. Ten thousand dollars
for leg and $1,000 for an arm have been
held by the courts not to be excessive.
A collision will occur and apparently no
body will be injured, and months later a
woman will sue. To all appearances she
will be perfect in all her members, but her
lawyer will significantly hint at spinal diff
ficulties, that bette noire of the railroad at
torney She will go upon the witness
stand and tell of her aches and pains, and
her friends will bear witness how cheerful
and sprightly she was before the casualty.
and how downhearted and distract she has
been since, and a sympathetic jury will be
very generous with the corporations money
and vote it away by the thousands to the
woman who has acted her part well.-Her
Point of View in New York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
MAY RIVAL PENNINGTON.
An indianapolis Boy Claims TO Have
Conquered Aerial Navigation.

An indianapolis Boy Claims to Have
Conquered Aerial Navigation.
A bright genius, only Is years old,
named Walter Mercer, has excited
much interest In Indianapolis, by the
announcement that he has solved the
problem OF aerial navigation. He has
been working quietly for nearly two
years.
The principle OF the ship in some
respects il similar to that of the Pen
nington machine, which created so
much talk and made such failure
some months ago. The Mercer
plan Is to use steam instead of cleo
tricity as a motive power, as the latter
has not been simplified sufficiently to
give a small engine the required pow
or. The ship when complete will be
in the form Of q offender, the ends
being conical shaped. Its entire
length will be twenty-four feet, each
coned end being five feet long and the
cabin ten.
It will be made of aluminium, and
will fly not less than fifty-live miles
al hour and as much faster as the op
orator may desire.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
Professors Are Plentiful.

An ordinary teacher now considers him
self professor when he teaches high
school and demandsthe title. A township
superintendent is always professor. In
the educational line it takes some little
work to acquire the title. A barber can
not call himself professor unless he can
shave a man without cutting him twice
and asking him if the razor hurts. Twelve
music lessons at quarter apiece have
made several professors of music. Many
have fairly earned the title by hard work,
but many more haven't. Dancing masters
cannot be anything but professors. There
are thirty-eight professors in Hazleton
Enough to crowd small hall when an uni
versity extension meeting is going on
Hazleton Sentinel.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
Decitful Whisky.

Toledo journal.
Talk about telling good from bad
liquor, It's all nonsense" said an old
liquor, drummer to the Journal man.
"Of course, 1t whiskey is very, very
bad, it can be detected; but that man
does not live who can select whistles
when tt ere is but SOC o. 81 difference
in the value. / know thisis claimed,
but they don't tell me, for I know
better. / recall once when / was on
the road, tried to sell barrel of
whisky of a certain brand to the land.
lord of the hotel where / stopped
when in that city. He declined TO
buy, alleging that he did not dare to
change from the brand he had been
using for many years. tried to con-
vince him that mine at 1926 was as
good as that for which he was pay
ing So 80, but he would not listen to
me. / tried to lay q wager with him,
but he was not sufficiently confident
OF his own judgment to undertake to
pick out his own goods from mine.
Finally, after much discussion, We
bet hat that the druggist near by,
who had been in the business thirty
years and who sold the same class Of
goods as did my landlord, could not
be fooled
"We went together over to the
drug store, and the landlord, bought
q pint q the famous whiskey, and
putting it in his pocket, We returned
TO the hotel, and emptying one OF my
sample casee, filled it with the liquor
just from the drug stsre. Then we
returned, together, to the drug store,
and when opportunity offered l was
introduced to the proprietor and
opened the battle by asking him to
look at q superior article of whisky L
had.
mot even price? have some ex.
cellsnt goods In this bottle. May
ask what you pay for yours?"
II pay 49, so per gallon.
81 sell you this for So 25.'
''It's no use don't want to
change"
II pleaded with him to just sample
mine, and finally he condesceDded to
taste, and Immediately spewed his
own whisky out of his mouth, declar-
ing he would not have it in his store
if he could buy it for SOC gallon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09

FIVE LOTS IN GRANDYIEW.
At a bargain. Finest located property
nthe city T.. B. JOHNSON, LI5Hr OFFICE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
ON AN OLD SONG.

Little snatch Of ancient song,
What has made thee live SO long3
Flying on thy wings of rhyme
Lightly down the depths of time,
Telling nothing strange or rare,
Scarce a thought or image there,
Nothing but the old, old tale
OF hapless lovers wall.
Offspring of an idle hour,
Whence has come thy lasting power?
BY what turn of rhythm or phrase,
By what subtle careless grace,
Can thy music charm our ears
After full three hundred years?
Little song, since thou vert born
In the Reformation morn,
How much great has passed away,
Shattered or by slow decay,
Stately piles in ruins crumbled,
Lordly houses lost and humbled,
Thrones and realms in darkness hurled,
Noble flags forever furled,
Wisest schemes by statesmen spun,
Time has seen them one by one
Like the leaves of autumn fall
A little song outlives them all.
w. z. II. Lecky in Academy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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y LIGHT, must come to us through oIr
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
Cost of Chinamen's Hats.

Chinamen's hats merely rest on the top
of the head and are kept in place by cord
or band beneath the chin. The cost varies
indefinitely. The hat proper ranges from
81 to ST. the fringe from % cents to 50; the
peacock feather from 80 cents to 81, and
the button from so cents to 49, 900. The
high priced buttons are cut from rubies,
carbuncles and garnets, and set in hand
some cages of solid gold. Lii Hung Chang,
the Chinese premier, owns one said to be
worth $40, OOO-Hatter and Furrier.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-09
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-14
Camping Mt Hot Springs.

general feeling of iubilation at Hot Springs
over the reopening Of gambling. About
eight months ago Mayor John Longhran
put his veto on the clinking of the chips,
and it was not long before the town was
practically dead. A petition to the mayor
praying him to permit the houses to reope
met with a negative response. The petition
was signed by a large number OF the repre-
sentative business people, including the
hotel proprietors. The mayors action was
induced by the abuse of two daily papers,
which accused him of standing in with the
tiger for a consideration, while the othel
one sided with the public, and more or lest
feeling was engendered. which at ono time
it was thouRht would lead to ~bloodshed
Much establishment was expressed when i
was found that the den of the animal wal
wide open on Saturday night.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-14

Pacific railway on its 6tst surveyed line, to
Helena, through one Of the largest INF
richest and moss productive valleys in the
state. and through and tapping many rich
mineral districts. our people urRentlv re-
quest all people and communities on the
limo Of said proposed railway TO lend their
aid and encouragement in every roper and
substantial direction to tho city of Helena
in the efforts she proposes to mako to &C.
cure tho construction OF said railway.
Resolved, That a committee. consisting
of Samuel Word and Anton NJ. Hotter. be
and they are hereby appointed to confer
with the psople Of Beaver hend. Madison
and Jefferson counties at the earliest prao-
tical period. and learn the feelings ana
wishes OF those people in regard TO said
railway. and to what extent they will LEND
their aid to it's contamination, and that
such COMMITTEES make report TO this board
at AZ early q date as practicable.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-14
Not According to tho Bond.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 12.-The navy depart
ment ia very much displeased with made
quate deliveries of structural armor and
gun steel by tho two corporations holding
the contracts to supply metal for the CON
struotion of new vessels. 1t Is felt that
they may be embarrassed when they appeal
to congress for money to continue the fof-
nation of an American navy by the fact
that sufficient domestic steel cannot be pro-
duced to prosecute the work in hand with
due alacrity. The de iveries are now and
have been for some time much below con
tract requirements. The department is now
determined to bring the contractors to time
and notice was sent in at least one caBe that
promises made whent the contract was signed
must be filed and the deliveries of steel
brought mp to contract requirements. The
contractors will be dealt with strictly accord
ing to tho terms of the document.