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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-25
Not Used to II.

The Sunday school superintendent had
requested all the children who desired to
live in better world than this to rise to
their feet, and ri rose except pale, intel
lectual little COW who had lately begun
coming to the school
why don't you rise, my SOM" inquired
the superintendent.
"They never used to ask any such ridicu-
lous questions in Boston," replied the lit
tie boy, wiping his spectacles thoughtfully
and still keeping his seat.-Chicago Trib-
una.
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misunderstood.

He was a well known divine, and he had
come to the Tombs in search Of material
for sermon upon the hardened and unre-
pentant criminal. A number of very fine
specimens in this line had just returned
from receiving their sentences at specia.
sessions, and the minister talked briefly
with each of them. The last of the lot was
bright particular star His speciality was
sneak thieving, and after having attained
distinction in London as a genius among
his class, he determined to come over and
experiment on a few American domiciles.
His first effort was successful, but three
days afterward the willy detectives gath
cred him in.
The expression which he wore was ont
Of such intense grief that the minister was
touched.
''Mv friend" be remarked. ''You must
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Over a Thousand Miles Per Hour!

A locomotive working under pressure
of 40 to l65 pounds to the square inch Of
boiler surface may move train at a We
locity of sixty miles per hour; and, under
favorable circumstances, even a greater
distance. While we are apt to think this
a wonderful rate of speed, it is slow, very
slow, when compared with the velocity Of
a projectile fired from modern great
gun" Such missiles push forward through
the air at the rate of 1865 miles per hour,
the impelling force exerting pressure Of
5000 to 5000 pounds to each square inch.
st. Louis Republic
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He Left Him in a Bad Place.

will give one instance of the ever ready
wit of DIR. Barrow. Meeting the Earl of
Rochester one day the witty peer exclaimed,
doctor, am yours to the shoe tie"
To which the clergyman replied, my
lord am yours to the ground"
The peer continued, Doctor, l am yours
to the center"
my lord" retorted the doctor, 81 am
yours to the Antipodes."
Determined not to be outdone by a par
son, his lordship said, Doctor, am yours
to the lowest pit of hell"
On which Barrow turned on his heel and
said, "And there, my lord leave you"
True wit combined with reproof-New
York Home Journal.
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Appearances Often Deceive.

Mrs Gobbs-I think it very strange that
your friend Dobbs never married.
Mr.. Gobbs-Oh, you don't know Dobbs.
He isn't half such fool as he loOks.-New
York Weekly.
How Great Mine Was Discovered.
A walk over the mountain to Friedens
vile, Pa, one spring day when the farmers
were blowing their fields, brought the late
DR.. Roepper, well known to mineralogists,
to where team was dragging pillow near
the road. A talk with the driver brought
out the fact that his farm was cursed with
more than the usual amount of stones, and
a sample was tossed over the fence to the
doctor as evidence. 1t was recognized as a
mass of quartz carrying calamine-a sill
cate of zinc. The fence was climbed and
the two followed the pillow forward and
back across a field covered with similar
masses
Had the doctor been sharper he would
have bought the farm and died a rich
man. AS he was only an honest lover of
nature he said few words to the plow-
man that transformed an exhausted Penn
sylvania farm into the seat of the Ueber-
roth mine; that set in operation the extern
sive zinc works of Bethlehem, Pa, and
built the "President"-a pump that could
raise 1900 gallons of water per minute.
This chance shot at a fortune is but one of
many, and dozen volumes would i'll suf
fee to note the salient points of the record.
If so much can be done haphazard it is
evident that systematic training in eco
nomic geology will furnish means for
livelihood, as well as an aid in the consid-
Grafton Of economic questions in mining
Engineering Magazine.
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THE KINGS.
A man said unto his angel:

A man said unto his angel:
my spirits are fallen through,
And | cannot carry this battle;
brother, what shall do?
"The terrible Kings are on me
With spears that are deadly bright;
Against me so from the cradle
Do fate and my fathers fightl"
Then said TO the man his angel:
Thou wavering, foolish soul,
Back to the ranksl What matter
To win or to lose the wholel
"Adjudged by the little judges,
Who hearken not well, nor see;
Not thus, by the outer issue,
The Wise shall interpret thee.
'Thy will is the very, the only,
The solemn event Of things;
The weakest of hearts defying
Is stronger than all these Kings.
Though out of the past they gather,
Minds Doubt and Bodily Pain,
And pallid Thirst of the Spirit
That is kin to the other twain,
sand Grief in cloud of banners,
And ringleted Vain Desires,
And Vice, with the spoils upon him
OF thee and thy beaten sires.
"What hands soever have armed them
Toward victory still to ride,
A meaning left to the rebel,
A use to the regicide,
"So bitter and large meaning,
A vehement use so true,
One steady intent to scorn them
Doth scorn them and Stay them too!
"While Kings Of eternal evil
Yet darken the hills about,
Thy part is with broken saber
To rise on the last redoubt-
''To fear not sensible failure,
Nor covet the game at all,
But fighting, fighting, fighting,
Die driven againstthe WALL"
Louise Imogen Quincy in New York Indie
pendent.
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A simple Marriage Ceremony.

In Hindostan the marriage ceremony is
short and simple, and no counting precedes
it. The arrangements are made by the
friends or relatives of the principals.
When the bride and groom are brought to
gether, in many cases they see each Other
for the first time. The bride playfully
skips toward him and seats herself beside
him. The priest ties corner of the brides
vail to the groom's shawl and they are
man and wife.-Yankee Blade.
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An Interesting Animal.

Proprietor of Menagerie-Walk up, Ia
dies and gentlemen, and see our famous
lion, Mustapha He is as sensible as any
human being A French sergeant once
pulled out of his foot thorn on which he
had stepped. What DO you think the noble
creature did, 1t devoured, one by one, in
order of rank, all the superior officers OK
our sergeant, until the latter found him
self promoted to the grade Of colonel
Walk in, gentlemen; only apenny.-Braun-
schweiger Tageblatt.
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Realistic Playing.

Petted Daughter-They asked me to play
at Mrs Highupp's this evening and did,
but {
Fond Mother proudly)-Were they not
entranced?
Petted Daughter-Huml When played
Life on the Ocean Wave" with variations
half of them left the room.
Fond Mother (ecstatically)-That's won
derful. They must have been seasick.-
New York Weekly
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Engraving During the Second Century

Engraving During the Second Century.
With the general decline of art at the
end of the First century of the Christian
era gem engraving fell into disuse. When
the Renaissance came it revived and was
applied by the rich to the embellishments
Of their costumes and military equipment,
as well as to the adornment of vases. drink
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A Japanese Fish.

A favorite food fish in Japan is the tai.
1t contains two bones the Japanese call,
from their shape, the hoe and sickel When
eating the fish a mother will tell her chill
dren, 'Now wait till | get you the hoe and
sickel," and the children use them as play
things.-Phiiadelphi Ledger
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RAIL ROAD TIME TABLE
|. g. G. N. Railroad.

DEPARTURES.
For St. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or M. K. & 7 5:45 m
For St. Louis via Iron Mountoin 6 100 p m
For Laredo. =. .9:55 m
ARRIVALS.
From St. Louis via Iron Noun
tain and NJ, K. and T ..9:35 m
From St: Louis via Iron Moun-
tain and M. K. and T. 1000 p m
From Laredo . .5:35 p m
Southern Pacific Railroad.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leaves for New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston S:45 m and 9 p m
ARRIVES FROM THE EAST.
Arrives from New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston 7 "a m and 4:o5 p m
THROUGH WEST.
Leaves for San Francisco, FL Paso
and Eagle Pass -. 4:35 p m
Arrives from San Francisco, Ell
Paso and Eagle Pass. Sis a m
S. A & A. P. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for Kerrville, daily except
Sunday 500 p III
Leaves ior Galveston, Houston and
Wa o, daily except Sunday 9:55 a IN
Leaves for Corpus Christi, Rockport
Beelille, daily except Sunday, 1880 p m
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, daily except
Sunday :. Gas a III
From Corpus Christi, Rockport,
Beeville, daily except Sun. ass p III
From Galveston, Houston and
Waco, daily except Sunday $40 p NJ
Mallory Steamer sail from Galveston
every Wednesday and Saturday.
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ing cups anu Table ornaments. The great
number of precious stones required fot
such purposes exhausted the supply and
the conch shell was brought into requisi-
ton for the purpose. Weekly.
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have been through a SAD experience"
The burglar heaved sigh.
"No," he murmured, in retrospective
tones, sit wuz only boardin 'ouse. New
York Commercial Advertiser
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100000 acres, with the trees standing so
close that it is often difficult to walk be-
tween them. Some will yield 100000 feet
to the acre, though the average is not
above $4,000 feet
Painting the Queens Taxss.'
One Monday morning Wills, the painter.
arrived early at his studio and found in an
armchair by the fire an unexpected guest.
He had an appointment with sitter Of q
very different sort. This one explained
his presence by saying succinctly that he
was the queens taxes. The ready check
book was produced, but the cautious
bailiff refused to abandon his distress.
Wills got neighbor to go for him to the
bank and waited his return by his own
fireside.
On the easels were portraits, in various
states of completion, of beautiful young
women-commissions which at that tims
flowed in fast. But with it's back against
the wall was q more ambitious work,
magnum opus, and dearer to the painters
heart. Danton and Andre Chenier were
standing in the tumbril that was dragged
slowly to the place of judgment. All
round them the Paris mob, surging, Missed
and hooted; the poets sensitive face showed
nervousness and anxiety, but Danton was
bold and defiant. The figures in the tum,
bril- the painter had got almost to his sat
isfaction. But he had not yet found q
type of face that quite expressed the igno
BILE rancor and cruel, eager vindictiveness
of the revolutionary mob.
AS he looked at the bailiff comfortably
lolling back in the armchair its owner had
an inspiration. Wills begged his visitor
Al. lat. Al,
on the easel, and when the obliging neigh
Dor returned from the bank with the cash
for the check he found the man in posses
sion posed in an attitude of great discom-
fort, but obviously flattered to have his
portrait taken, and eager to serve his
queen and his own interest at the same
time. That bailiff was a frequent sitter
in the Avenue studio whenever he could
spare the time from the pursuit of his pub
lie and his profession. l think he found
Wills paid better than the queens govern
ment.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Tombs of Romeo and Juliet.
In 1888 NJ. Victorin Jonceres, the dis
tinguished composer and musical critic,
paid visit to Verona, and he states that
the tomb of Romeo's sweetheart, which is
at the end of garden in the old cloister of
the Franciscan convent at that place, is
absolutely in ruins. Above it, in kind of
a niche in the garden wall, which is of
brick, is basket full of decayed and
weather stained visiting cards. Hanging
on the wall near by the niche is a wreath
with card attached bearing the name Of
"Mme. Talbot Shakespeare" whom NJ.
Joncieres puts down as a descendent of the
Bard of Avon. On the wall to the left is a
portrait of Friar Lawrence.
Romeo is buried at Mantua, and it is
said that his tomb is in much better state
of preservation than that of his lady love
1t is to be hoped that persons who take an
interest in historic Italian monuments will
see to it that the memory of these two fa-
nous lovers is forever kept green.-St.
Louis Republic.
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In the Pacific Northwest there are 90
00O, 900 acres, with the trees standing SO
close that it is often difficult to walk be-
tween them. Some will yield 100000 feet
to the acre, though the average is not
above $1,000 feet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-05

The Wide Awake Republican Club Of the XIvth Assembly
District held It's regular business meeting last night
rooms No 233 East feminist. j. William ReIeher pres.
den, Of the club In chair. and H. l.. Schrader
was secretary. Twenty.four members elected
By acclanation Two names were proposed mem.
bership. A vote OF thanks extended the com.
m,ee which had charge OF the recent housewarmng of
the club and also Messrs Louis Muller. Oscar eisssr
j. Henry Eschcr and Charles A. SCHNEIDER for the use
Of various articles alon the upon that
Tho finances the club reported 10 be In flourish
Ing condition. invitation received from the Indie.
pendent Republican Club OF the Xth Assembly District
10 attend Dcngcrs Charlottesville Park
Woodsldc l.. l., On Decoration Day accepted.
The principal business 0f the evening the first
reading tho clubs constitution. 1t Will have 10
De three times before 1t be- adopted. One OF its
noteworthy provisions public oceholder can be
On active Among present GEORGE Felt
man, Charles Mez Oscar Geisser. Julius Preuss Otto
Mattcrn Fed. Schneering. william ID. Rungc, John
Trtsch Charlie GIJ-sa. rcd Fischer, Henry Altdori
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-05
MARYLAND REPUBLICAN CLUBS.

Baltimore, May lspecIaD-Thc annual meeting Of
tho State League Of Republican Clubs was h.d here
day. and steps taken for organizing clubs
in the western part Of the state and taking vigorous
part In the coming campaign. These officers Of the
League were reelected President >. X. Mason: sec
Rotary, samuel Whiicsidc treasurer, l.. f.. T. Dennis.
Vice pre- dents and delegates TO the National Convcn
ton Of Republican Clubs elected. Resolutions
were adopted expressing unboundcd confidence In the
efficient. broad and patriotic course Of President iIar
r,on. ana praslne the work OF the members OF the
cabinet particularly the policy Of Secretary Blaine
shown In the reciprocity movement. The Mckinley
law was Endorsed the greatest Of all blessings Ia
American workingmen. The resolutions condemned
tho New York gcrrymandcr scheme To bind the
people OF that state in the power Of corrupt bosses
and rings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-05
A LANDSLIDE IN ST. PAUL.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES WERE BURIED UNDER IT
-EFPUHLLCAN GAINS ~ INDIANA

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES WE'RE BURIED UNDER IT
-RFPUITLCAN GAINS IN INDIANA.
st. Paul. Nav 4.-Yesterday's election was dhc bit
teres in the history OF this ci.y. and the result J.
something In the nature Of landslide Two years
ago Mayor Smith elected TO his second term by
plurality OF about 400 while from the returns to-day
Colonel Wright. his Republican opponent. has been
elected BY over 1000 majority. Besides the Mayor
the Republicans elect Treasurer and Controller ana
a majority in both Council and Assembly.
With all Of the 40 precincts reported. Wright
GlopJ has majority Of 1913 over smith (Dcm.l for
Mayor McCarty. the Republican candidate for Con
irollcr runs ahead " Wright and Miller. for Treas
urcr Is nearly even with him. In The Assembly all
OF the nine new members are Republicans. and
eight out Of the eleven Aldermen. This Is the first
time IN twenty that the Republicans have carried
this city. The result came from "A combination OF
Republicans. Independent Democrats and Prohibition
lists. whose platform the enforcement Of law and
municipal economy.
indianapolis, May affections were held yester-
day In the various cities throughout the state. The
results show Democratic gains in the following places
Warsaw. Bloomington. Greencastle, Jacksonville
Bedford, Portland. Columbus City, Kokomo Craw-
louisville. Waynetown. seymour. Rochester and Val.
paraiso.
They are Attica. New-Albany. Lawrenceburg Logans-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-05
MR.. INGALLS, MAY Go TO MINNEAPOLIS.

THE Ex SENATOR LIKELY TO HEAD TiIE KANSAS
CITY DELEGATION TO De CHOSEN TODAY.
Hutchinson Kan. May 5.-rhc Republican state
Convention 10 elect dccgateS-at large 10 the Mime
apDlls Convention and Ia nominate Congrcssmni-nt
large will be held here tomorrow. State issues This year
seem I, ovcrshndow everything else I'm politics. THO
Republicans expect 20 reverse tho Alliance msloritlen
OF two years ago and arc confident Of that
n nomination on the state ticket Is regarded by them
rs almost the same thing a. election. There ARE
therefore few candidates for delegates Ia the Mime
apOlis convention for the nomination for Congress
man. Four delegates AZ large Will be selected and
there are eight candidates Among them i John j.
ingalls, Whose return 70 active political life will be
made at this convention. Mr.. ingalls, IS now prob
ably the most popular with his party Of all the Kansas
Republican leaders. Nr. ingalls, Will be present at
the convention TO morrow. lie has not given any
lnmaon In regard 10 his political AMBITION but
1t has been decided send him 10 Mnncapoi, at the
head Of the Kansas delegation. Mr. ingalls, will prob
positively that he would take 1t. Mr. ingalls, Is the
Especial favorite OF the yong men, and they dem md
his nomination as Congressman at large. The candl
dates for that obcc are Ex-Governor George T. Anthony,
ex Attorney General ;. L.. Bradford Edward Greer.
Editor o. The Winfield Courier, j. X. Cnbblson. OF
KANSAS CITY Kan, and s. X. Caldwell. Of Topeka.
The fight has narrowed down 10 Anthony against the
field
Ths sentiment OF the delegates now IN the ground
seems to be against insn,cting the Minneapolis dele
CATION. The resolutions will ndorsc the National Ad
mnl,trlti0n and will make special mention Of Presi-
dent IaIrsOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-05
STORMY MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS.
DICKINSON RULED THE CONVENTION But HAl
STRUGGLE TO DO 1T.

DICKINSON RULED THE CONVENTION But HAD
STRUGGLE TO DO 1T.
Mu,Regon. Mich. May specan.-illiam d. fiud'
son. Of Mancelona, was introduced as temporary char-
man OF the Democratic state Convention here today.
and I'm his opening address he DECLARED the Democratic
party had Boics, Russell Palmer Dickinson and Clcve-
laud 10 choose from. As he mentioned each name
tho convention cheercd, especially for Cleveland ana
Dickinson. and 10 q less degree for Palmer The plat
fprm lightly touched finances follows: ave APP
pr,cate the Importance OF undoing the dishonest and
rnous financial legislation OF the RcpBcan party
and all other monopolstlc measures by which 1t has
robbed the many to enrich the few but realizing the
necessity 81 concentrating the Presidential canvass
upon one distinct and well understood question, We
call upon all friends Of good government to unite IN
a National campaign upon that supreme ana over
shadOwrng Issue Of tariff reform
The platform condemns the Mckinley net. tndOrs's
the present Democratic state Administration ana
House OF Representatives. and declare that the COMING
contest should he the line of four wears ago II
asserts that the deep channel TO the ocean Is neceS-
sarv public Improvement.
The resolutions recommended that Chairman d. j.
Campau be nominated rs Michigan's member OF the
National Committee This was followed by whrl-
Wind The Detroit delegation Indignantly repudiated
any desire OF having Campau Oh the National Com
mt,ce. X. A. Montgomery. Of lansing. voiced the
sentiment of the With District In oblecting to having
.. w. Barnes. the present committeeman. 50 unccrc-
monio,lsy turned down. O'Bren j. Atkinson. Of Port
Huron was opposed 10 instrctlng the Michigan dele
CATION ms when they arrived In Chicago IL might ap
pear inadvsablc to vote for man "who could not
carry his own state city" This break in Il con-
vcntion I'm which Cleveland was an idol brought
score OF delegates to their feet in instant, yelling
Kissing groanng. and demanding that Atkinson be
put out Atkinson was suppressed on point Of ORDER
and the platform was adopted.
The election OF delegates at large resulted follows
Don NJ Dickinson Detroit. Edward Ryan Hancock
and Edwin +. TIL, Grand Rapids 10y reclamation. ana
spencer o. Fisher OF Bay City, after u hitter fight
with w. X. Burt, If saginaw. The altcrnaicS are
Thomas VI. Crocker. Nacomb Henry C~amberlain
Three Oaks ;. H. Blgnall. Livingston. and Robert Il
Hacker Manistee. Daniel j. Campnu reelected
chairman OF the state Central committee. Dickinson
was the ~ boss Of the convention.
Tho district delegates were elected In caucus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-05

facturers a large scale, now contented themselves
with small profits on great volumes Of production, and
proved by object lessons that tie Of duty was
not added to the profits and extracted from the con.
sumers
At the close OF the address, Mr.. H)rr invited ques
ticns from I'm the audience. The subject OF salt
and the tariff on that commodity was on which
light sought. But there eagerncss mani.
tested the subcc: OF free coinage OF silver which
proves that the aboIng the East side is dis
posed inquire into the bearings OF that question upon
his personal welfare. To all these ntcrrogatoes
Mr. Iorr responded patiently and licidy. often exc
ing much amusement by the aptness OF his quaint re-
jOinders.
TIE interest manifested in the meeting was sur
prise even to its promoters. Little Of this KIND OF
work has been undertaken by Republicans In these
dark district, OF The city, and the meetings or Mr. HOT
during the last ten days have been somewhat OF
revelation. They make clear the fact that there are
converts there 10 De by the Republican party on
the lines Of reason. II he proper men are WILING to
assume the work. 4 vote Of thank; was offered MI
Iiorr and three rounds OF cheers were given 10 MN
when he closed his remarks.