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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-02
Gifts of Very Poor Children.

The children in the free kindergarten
In West Fifty-fourth street received an
object lesson in charity on Thanksgiving
day. Most of these children are of poor
parentage, some of them even destitute.
A day or two before Thanksgiving day
their teachers talked to them in kindly
way about the real purpose and spirit of
the day. They had nurtured the idea
that it was feast day, and that they
ought to have a nice dinner in the
school. The teachers told them that
they could best manifest their thankful
ness for the blessings they enjoyed by
contributing some little gift to make
others, poorer than themselves, happy.
There was no urging that the children
should give, but merely the suggestion.
On Thanksgiving day an autumn festi-
val was held at the free kindergarten,
and one of its most interesting and beau
tiful features was the offering of gifts
for the poor by these poor children.
They marched in procession around a
large table and deposited their little
tokens.
One very small boy brought big red
apple, another small paper of candy,
still another much worn picture book,
and fourth laid a set of jackstones on
the table. But it was the offering of a
poorly clad and pale faced little girl that
touched the hearts of the observers most
keenly. She modestly placed upon the
table a single sprig of geranium, which
had doubtless been plucked from care
fully nurtured home plant. There were
other more pretentions and valuable
gifts, and all were gathered up and dis
tributed among the poor patients in the
various city hospitals.-New York
Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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All advertising for the Daily and Week
y LIGHT, must come to us through our
special agents, Messrs: Palmer q key' 900
10 as Temple Court. New York.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-02
Seal and Carp.

A 700 pound seal was captured alive
off Fort Point the other day, and was
purchased by the Spring Valley Water
company and placed in their Lake Mer-
ced reservoir. The company already
have thirteen seals that are useful in de-
stroying the carp that abound there in
such numbers as frequently to fill the
outlet pipe. The big seal will be great
help in reducing the number of fish in
the reservoir. Francisco Call
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-02
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Dreiss THOMPSON q Co. 1924
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-02
ADVERTISING SOLICITORS.

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authorized solicitors for the LIGHT. Our
patrons will please put all promises" or
understandings In writing, in order
that there may be no ''misunderstand-
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-02
AuTHoRIzEp COLLECTORS.

The following named are the only
authorized collectors for the LIGHT:
III. G. SCHUMACHER,
FRED. SMALL,
WILL SCHUMACHER,
DAN G. BITTERS.
Subscribers are requested not to pay
heir Inscription without taking. a re-
.eipt. T. B. JOHNSON, Mgr.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-02
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Manager LIGHT, San Antonio, Tex.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
Meadow Street Paving assessment.

The report of the Board of Compeusa-
ton of the City of Waterbury, assessing
and determining that the following named
persons are especially benefited by the
paving of Meadow street from South Main
street to point in said Meadow street In
line with the north line of Swift Brothers
property ON said street with Belgian block
pavement, to the amounts set to their res
pective names, and that said persons pay
to the City of Waterbury for such benefits
the sum SO set to their names, to wit:
Estate of Martin Hellmann, 1886. SO;
Mrs Mary Manville, 1857; Ralph Il.
Smith, S01.32; G. B. Webster, So. 90; heirs
of Amelia M. Webster, 1891; julius
Bayer, 203.67; Austin L. Peck, 597. "a; E.
F. Lewis, 100. AZ; Edward Kilroe, 1873 80;
d: and E: L. Griggs, 170.22; James Rus
sell, S6; ~, +. Il. Humphrey, 107.O4; Mar
garet A. Lawlor, 190.29; Harmon and
heirs of Henry R. Chambers, 224.49; Asa
G. Peck, 98.12; E. J. Manville Machine
Co, 1882; Asa G. Peck, 720.44; Lewis
Beardsley, 332. As; Henry w. Scovill, 3d.
SO; Augustus T. Swift, Edwin G.. Swift,
George L. Lilley. $685. 80; the Waterbury
Lumber & Coal Co, 500. 56; the Apothe-
carries Hall Co, 17S. 40; Jared e. Gaylord,
4S7. SO; Michael Madden, 1883; Julia A.
and Edward Fl. Wooster, 179.40; Michael
Driscoll, 237.S7; P. 81. Lawlor and estate
of Elizabeth Lawlor, 237.S7; Mrs Mary E.
Bradley, 1857. go; the Naugatuck Railroad
Co, 1,566.95; Willis G. Hall 80. 70; City of
Waterbury, cross streets, 434 10; City OF
Waterbury, one third of whole cost, T..
916.75. Total IA, 75O.25; was accepted, the
assessments of benefits confirmed and
| adopted in Court of Common Council
Aug 1, 1899, and approved by D. F. Web
ster, mayor, Aug l 1899.
Benefits due and payable Aug Is, 1899
F. Burpee at his Office in the Platt build
ing, East Main street.
Attest: E. G. KILDUFF, City Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
Lynch Law Among Rats.

In the neighborhood of Burley the
other day, says the Leeds (Eng.) Post,
a gentleman looking over a wall saw .
dead hen in the field. Presently a rat
ran up, snuffed at the defunct fowl
with much satisfaction and went away
in some haste. The onlooker, who is a
student Of natural history, knew what
that meant, and removed the hen from
the spot. In a minute or two the rat came
back with half dozen friends, with the
evident intention Of removing the car
cass for future use. Arriving at the
spot where the fowl had lain, the rat
raised loud squeak of establishment at
it's absence. In trice the other rats
fell upon him SO savagely that they left
him dead on the field as a warning not
to play practical jokes with his friends.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09

A CORRESPONDENT asks for "a COM
mon sense everyday school-boy ex-
PLANTATION of the silver question" The
"silver question" at present is whether
the minis of the United States shall
coin silver dollars weighing 4124 grains
as freely as they coin gold money. Any
owner of gold bullion can take it to the
mint and have it coined into gold,
twenty, ten, five and two and a half
dollar pieces at his option and to any
amount. The same freedom" is sought
by the silver men for the holders of
silver bullion. The objection made to
this free coinage of silver is that 412a
grains of silver are not now worth 49,
grains of gold, as they once were. In
other words, the Quantity of silver it is
proposed to put in the silver dollar
whose coinage is to be made free-is
not worth 100 cents, but is only worth
60 cents. All free coinage bills make
the silver dollar of 412t grains legal
tender in payments of debts for 100
cents-an obviously unjust thing to do,
If free coinage, as advocated in con.
gress-meant putting 100 cents worth Of
silver-over 500 grains-in a dollar
nobody could object to it, but there il
decided objection to making 66 cents
worth of silver pass for 100 cents. The
silver men insist on the free coinage Of
the light dollar.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
THE TAX ON THE CONSUMER.

Some people paid a very large amount
of money to the government in 1891 in
tariff taxes. The money was paid
by the importers and was added to the
price of the article.
A great many cotton goods were i'm
ported. Their value was $29, las, 900.
The tax on them was $14, $50, 696. In
other words, for dollars worth of
cotton goods the importer paid about
$3.50. If he made an average profit of
ten per cent on his outlay the jobber
paid at least $1.65. If the jobber made
Is per cent the retailer paid about ST. 90,
and If he in turn made 90 per cent the
woman who bought the goods for wear.
ing apparel paid 1928 for a dollars
worth of the cotton goods.
OF woollen goods $43, OOO, 900 worth
were imported, and on them the gov
eminent collected a tax of $35,
OOO, 900, or about 80 per cent. Therefore
the importer paid $3.50 for every
dollars worth of woollens, and if thu
various dealers made the average profit
assumed above, the consumer paid fol
his dollars worth of woollen $2.70.
Tariff taxes grow until the consumes
finally pays them. The consumers ta1
on cottons, in the case supposed, woulC
be 1913 per cent, or 80 more than the i'm
porters.
This is what tariff tax signifies t.
the consumer of cotton and woollel
goods.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
THE LYRE BIRD.

An Extraordinary Variety of the Feath-
cred Tribes of Australia.
In the vast forests Of uNew South
Wales. broken up and intersected with
rock and ravine. stream and plain, you
may still meet with one of the most
beautiful birds known to naturalists,
that is, the Tyre bird.
Looking at the illustration, it will be
seen at once that the form and struc-
ture of the tail resembles an ancient
Grecian Tyre, hence the birds name.
The size of this bird is about that of
the common hen; the eyes are dark
hazel, large, mild in expression, and
very beautiful; the wings short and con-
cave, rendering great assistance when
running, but of little use in fight.
The birds running powers are extraor.
binary, and it is not easily overtaken;
the legs are rather long; the color OF
the body is a reddish brown, and the
general appearance is exceedingly
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09


Sea captains were EARNING about
ships which never returned and various
dangers of the deep. when Thomaston
mariner related an experiences which,
he declared, made his hair rise every
time he thought of it. he said: "One
trip made from New York to San
Francisco is very distinctly impressed
upon my mind. We had in general
cargo, including seventy tons of gun
powder and some railroad iron. We
had very rough passage around the
Horn and were tossed about pretty
roughly for a week or so. / could hear
the vessel straining and the cargo
groaning and grinding and it made me
pretty nervous, can tell you. When
we reached San Francisco and dis
charged, found that thirty tons of the
powder had been slowed on the rail-
road iron. Some of the packages had
been broken open by the working Of
the cargo and the iron was covered
with powder. We swept up several
barrels of it and-wen, felt sick to
think what might have happened"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09

Alarmists have been putting forth an
effort to persuade the public that
marriage il declining" Many Of these
are women, consequently logic does not
enter largely into their lucubrations on
the subject They assume. says the
Chicago Globe, that marriage Is decln-
ing and then attempt TO tell why.
There seems to be no authority
for the belief that marriage Is de-
clining. Statistics from the records
Of the marriage license clerk show
that in Chicago alone between the
years OF 1880 and 1880 the rate of
increase in the number of marriages
was - per cent In New York, be-
tween 1885 and 1890, 1t was %
cent. during the same period. Brom
these figures it will be seen that even
in the largest city in the United
States where the struggle for existence
Is shsrpest and the conditions for mat
rimony are least favorable the marriage
rate shows the greatest increase.
Among tho states, Delaware easily leads
with an increase OF % per cent. between
1881 and 1885. The rate In Minnesota
between 1880 and 1885 was 90 per cent.
increase, and New Jersey 81 per cent.
for the same. European statistics show
that in Ireland, Scotland, Denmark,
Belgium, Hungary and France marriage
Is declining. In England, where the
rate is highest for Europe, there was an
increase Of only 8 per cent. between
1885 and 1880, and during the same time
in the Netherlands the rate was pei
cent, in the German empire per cent,
and in Austria IL per cent. This falls
far below the rate of increase of the
population. Our own United States
shows up well and.it does not yet appear
that many marriage license clerks art
in imminent danger of losing their sit
ua tions
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
A New Kind Of Drunk,

The latest craze in Boston, according
to a recent report, is the compound oxy-
gen drunk. There are half dozen es-
Establishments In the Hub that are doing
rushing business in catering to this
form of dissipation. They are patron
lied exclusively by men and women of
highest social position, the women out
numbering the men. The sensation
produced by the inhalation of COM
pound oxygen is described by those
who have tried it as ecstatic. There is
nothing known to the science of med
icine or pharmacy that equals its de-
lights Big quaffs of it that fill the
lungs air cells are said to set all the
nerves of the body a-tinyle and the
brain in a delicious whirl. The effect
lasts all the way from five minutes to
an hour, according to the person, and
is said to have no apparently deleterious
results except a peculiar mental col
lapse, from which the dissipator doesn't
recover for several hours. While under
the strange influence of the stuff one
feels completely lost to the world and
oblivious to everything terrestrial. That
Is the reason it Is called the compound
oxygen drunk
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
THE ACTION OF DUST.

How 1t Is Forced Into Houaes When the
Weather Indicator Rises.
When the air around us becomes con-
into a smaller volume
it becomes heavier, puts greater pres
sure on the surface of the mercury and
makes it ascend in the tube; then the
mercury is said to rise. When the air
expands-swells into a larger volume
it becomes lighter, the pressure on the
mercury sinks in the tube and the bar
ometer is said to fall. Therefore, every
change of height of the quicksilver
which we observe is a sign and measure
of a change in the volume of air around
us. Further, adds the Popular Science
Monthly, this change in volume tells no
less upon the air inside our cases and
cupboards. When the barometer falls
the air around it expands into a larger
volume, and the air inside the cupboard
also expands and forces itself out at
every minute crevice. When the bar
ometer rises again the air inside the
cupboard, as well as outside, condenses
and shrinlzs, and air is forced back into
the cupboard to equalize the pressure,
and, along with the air, in goes the dust.
The smaller the crevice the stronger the
jet of air, the farther goes the dirt.
Witness the dirt tracks so often seen in
imperfectly framed engravings and
photographs. Remember, ladies and
gentlemen, whenever you see the bar
ometer rising, that an additional charge
of dust is entering your cupboards and
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
PLAYING COLUMBUS.

He stood on the deck OF his vessel
(And that was the bahy's high chaixl,
HIS glass was roll made Of pager;
The kitchen he scanned with great care.
His crew was Q cat and the baby,
In q tub Just behind him they sat;
The baby looked pleased ana contented-
I can't say as much for the cat
" know there Is land just before me,
And near the great treasures ami"
His eyes, quite unconsciously, wandered
To certain high shelves, heaped with jam.
. Ahi here are some berries, like coral;
They must come from of shore, I know"
Tho baby looked hurt, when he shouted:
ga light See, light" and "land, hol'
Then puss, with gentle .'me-yeou' ing,
Was glad that tho voyage was DER:
And, arching its back in o hurry,
Was first Of the crew upon shore.
The high chair just here slightly tilted,
And, with q big bump on his head,
In spite Of his gallant discovery,
Colunbus was packed on to bedi
George Cooper, in Golden DayA
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
PRISON DISCIPLINE.
More Need of Rigor and Less OF Fllmsy
Sontlmeut0lity.

More Need of Rigor and Less OF Fllmsy
sentimentality.
If we cannot help the honest wor ker,
at least we can stop petting and pam
pering the detected confidence man,
the thug of the dives and the enterpris-
ing but unsucce ssful burglar, says a
writer in Lippinc otis Magazine. The
Howard association appears to hit the
nail on the head in urging "the neces-
sfty of rendering the treatment of Grim
inals less attractive than that of the
law-abiding and Industrious poor. He
who lives by honest toll should not be
tempted to envy the scalawag who
preys on the community. When the
scalawag is caught, what we have to do
with him-if his offense is not legally a
n1atterfor the noose-is to keep him
alive, safe and at work, to teach him
something useful if we can (not neces-
sarily Shakespeare and the musical
glasses), and to restrict as far as posi-
BILE his intercourse with his kind, es-
pecially separating him, while young,
from those who would be his instructors
in crime. 1t is not essential, nor even
desirable, that he should enjoy his con-
finement; it ought never to be forgotten
for a moment that he is there for pun
ishment, that he is differentiated by his
own act from honest and decent people.
Short of inhumanity he can and ought
to be made to feel that the way of the
tYansgressor is hard; that honesty, OF
what the law recognizes as such, is the
best policy. When tables are turned
when the knave becomes distinctly ar
unprivilegsd person, he may find &C
casion to mend his ways.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09

graceful. The bird is of gentle dispo-
sition and altogether harmless.
1t is painful to know that the con-
slant destruction of rare and beautiful
birds, as well as animals, is going on
even to determination. An English
writer is authority for the statement
that the Tyre bird will soon be lost to
us forever. He says that the tail feath-
ers were formerly sold in Sydney at a
low price, but now that the beautiful
creatures are nearly exterminated the
price has risen greedy. Upon fashion
and sport" even more than the ignor-
ant savages, he places the blame of
their destruction, adding that the birds
might easily have been domesticated
and thus preserved.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
sRoTHERLY Love.


fhe Tender Devotion OF Col0rcd Man
for Slick sister.
Nothing moves the heart of the low
ing sister of undemonstrative brothers
so much as the unexpected exhibition
Of brotherly love, says writer in the
Housekeeper. Many sister, whose
brothers are all that she could ask for,
In manliness, courage and purity, would
be almost glad to exchange places, for
a little while, with the sister in the fol-
lowing account, whose brother not only
loved her, but was willing that all the
world should know and feel that love.
A noble case of brotherly love came
under my observation recently, while
In one of the great greenhouses of the
city. A little, middle-aged negro, with
face like ebony, was overseeing the
making of large bouquet, which the
young lady in attendance was skillfully
constructing Of white carnations, dali
sizes, etc.
"Now, put some roses in" he said.
1.-THE roses are much more expensive"
remarked the clerk.
at does not matter about the cost;
she always liked roses" said the little
man, and going. to the cold closet he
selected Jacqueminot, Marechal Mel
and Niphetos buds, with reckless dis
regard of cost. Then, following me to
the door as / was leaving, he spoke low
ingly of the flowers that they could get
in the south, everywhere, without pay
| ing for them; of how the flowers grew
| in their yard, and how he used to see
his sister out every morning handling
and looking them over. But she is
down with the typhoid fever now, and
am on the railway, and every time
come to the city the first thing she says
is: %, bring me some fowersr" AnG
two great crystal tears looked over the
rims of the little mans eyes, and great
white soul, full of brotherly love, shont
out through the black face, and my
heart cried out: "Oh, happy sister, t.
have such brotheri'
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
The Telephone Service,

According to bulletin just issued by
the census bureau on the telephone
service, the number of companies, firms
and persons reporting were IS, against
las in 1880, showing decrease of 95 In
ten years. The total investment is
$72. BAL 1855, against $14,6o5,7s in 1880.
The net earnings were $500, 712,
against 1874, 1878 ten years before. There
were 1,241 exchanges in operation in
1890, an increase from 437 in 1880; the
number of telephones and transmitters,
467, 1855, from 1Os,6Ss in 1880, and the
miles of wire 240, 412, from "a, sos. The
service gave employment to s,645 men
and women in 1890, while s,9Ss were
engaged ten years before. The num-
Der of subscribers was 227, 1857, while
the previous census recorded AZ, Ala.
The number of conversations estimated
by Mr.. Foote for the year was 49,
200, 900.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
REPRESENTATIVE DoCKERY, of thu

REPRESENTATIVE DoCKERY, of the
house appropriation committee, has
been studying up the pension question,
and he thinks:.that the annual appro-
priation will continue to increase for at
least six years to come, and that by that
time the annual expenditure for PEN
sions will be quite 1895, 100000. Mr.
Dockery, like others, has to give up the
conundrum when asked where this
money is to come from after paying the
other expenses of the government.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09

A SMART young man in Walla Walla,
Wash, started out to have some fun by
soaring two young women who were
to return homeward through a wooded
stretch of road after visiting friends in
the evening. He put on a buffalo robe
and started out to play bear. The girls
attacked the supposed bear with heavy
stones and then thumped it with clubs
before the young man squealed. He
was SO badly bruised that he could
hardly crawl home, and it is safe to say
that he is smarter now than ever, for
he must be too smart to try the same
trick over
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09

his eyes are like living balls of fire, and
he is all ready for work.
Owls have the edges of their wing
quilts slightly turned back, and covered
with fine hairs, SO that they may fly
very quietly. The only one without
them is the hawk owl. Do you know
why? Because it is the only one that
flies in the daytime.
They cannot sing like other birds, but
make dismal cry which sounds like
'Twhit, T'whoo!" Even the beautiful
snowy owl of Greenland make the
winters there lonely and sad with it's
frightful screech.
Most birds have some fun about them,
but the owls haven't a bit.-Mrs. G.
Hall, in Our Little Ones.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09

A RECENT fad of the fashionable is
perfumed butter for breakfast. This
is how the butter is perfumed: 1t is
first made in little patties and stamped
with floral design; and is then
wrapped in thin cheesecloth and placed
on a bed of roses, violets or carnations
arranged in fat-bottomed dish. Over
these is placed layer of flowers, so
that the butter patties are embedded
in flowers. They are then placed on
ice, where they are allowed to remain
for several hours. This butter is eaten
with crisp Vienna rolls, accompanied
only by cup of fragrant chocolate or
delicious Mocha