San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-28
sANC1UM sOIssoRINGs.

L
able quarters; good women often en-
dure hunger and cold,n says the
Austin Statesman. This Is very bad
philosophy. and 1t is also very far
from being true The reverse is
much more nearly the truth. The
wicked prosper for q time, only. The
bad women is much more likely to
suffer from cold and hunger than the
good woman, but in this enlightened
Christian country there, ought to be
10 such sufferers, good or bad, and
good precept and example should
prevent there being any bad.
Corpus Caller.
Congress meets on the eve of the
holidays ana, as q general thing, the
members thereof do nothing but frolic
until after the holidays are over. The
time of meeting should be changed.
Uncle Sam can scarcely afford to pay
his servants SIS day to drink cham.
pagne and attend swell receptions.
Galveston Tribune:
The joint committee to prepare
amendments to the city charter may
save themselves much Iabur, and pos.
sibly modification, by first ascertain
ing from the representative elect
from this county If they are going to
advocate in the legislature such
amendments as the joint committee
may agree upon. Heretofore commit
tees have prepared amendments, but
by the time the legislature got
through with them they could not
recognize their work. This is point.
er.
Dallas Times Herald:
The chances are that the Chicago
fair will be closed on Sunday and
2 900 saloons run wide open. There
is such q thing as strainiDg at gnst
and swallowing q camel.
Fort Worth Gazette.
Before starting that snag boat down
the Trinity it would be wise, as q
matter of precsution, to pull the
Times Herald expedition, or the boat
part of it, off the snag on which it
went aground. It is an intiexible
rule of physics that two bodies can.
not occupy the same space. Uni ess
this obstruction Is removed the ex-
plorers on reaching it will have to
take to the woods.
Willis-Point Chronicle.
Colonel Dick Hubbard, Tyler's his
toric blatherskite, now comes for
ward and signifies his willingness to
again do the red tape as minis ter TO
japan. This or something similar
was to have been expected from the
obese gentleman from Smith. How
ever, it is han dly probable that Cleve.
land will thus honor q man who
turned against him during his dark
est hour and beat upon the tom.tom
for his precocious opponent. The inn
preston is already rampant that
Colonel Hubbard is colossal fizzle as
q statesman and towering and trans
cendant jackass on general principles.
Laredo Times:
Movements are on foot for the navi-
cation of the Brazos river as far up as
Waco and the Trioity as far as Dallas.
If either are feasible, there Is no ques.
high up as Laredo, as the obstacles to
be removed are far less considerable
In the latter river, especially as 1t Is
already being nayigated as far up as
Rio Graude City.
Floresville Chronicle
We want more farmers in Wilson
county, to clear more land, to raise
more corn, potatoes, pumpkins, goober
peas, hay, etc, to feed to more hogs,
cows, horses, etc, to make more pork,
beef and work stock to feed to more
people, aud furnish them good work
and driving teams. that we may have
more money to buy more clothing and
other necessities with and fair share
of the convenieD ces OF life, and to lay
by some for q rainy day, and the sur
plus to lay out In land to raise cotton
| on to pick In good weather and sell at
| 10 cents per pound. We do, and don't
you forget It.. w.,
Denison Herald.
The announcement that Mr.. Max
well. New York's ex superintendent
Of insurance and BANGING. will be the
headsman OF the postoffice depart
| ment under the Cleveland admins.
tration, has caused quite q stir in New
York. This announcement, unlike
many others of q similar nature that
have been made, is believed to be
true. Unless an unexpected change
Is made, Ii may be set down for a GER
tainty that Mr.. Maxwell will WELD
the old Stevenson axe over the head
of the fourth class postms sters. The
significant point about this is recog-
niZed in the state of New York. Mr..
Maxwell is q devoted Cleveland man
and was turned down by Governor
Hill. His appointment will mean
that only antt.machine democrats
need expect to hold federal office
III New York.
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A ChefsohinIs on Broiling.
There is really no more acceptable
way of cooking meat, birds or fish