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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-30
MONDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1898


less attempt to build another bar
rel around a bunghOle. The pres
ent attempt to repair South Alamo
street is only a repetition of the
old uselessness. 1t is only some
months since that street was lev
eled and rolled and put in the best
condition of years, and yet for
weeks past it has been dangerous
to travel over it. These repeated
attempts to repair that street upon
its present foundation are useless.
There is no drainage between Com
merce street and Mission Garden
that amounts to anything; no
crosswalks; no foundation upon
which to make repairs and the city
is only wasting money in the al
tempt to do that which in the ma
ture of things it is impossible to
do. That street needs the same
kind OF work done upon it that was
done upon Losoyo street, and until
it is done there will be no perman-
ent improvement in its condition.
1t will cost more money at first,
but in the end it will be saving of
money. The expenditure for re-
pairs in two years will be greater
than the entire expense Of properly
grading, draining and paving and
lis work once done would be done
for years to come.
The assassination of Mayor Car
ter Harrison, in the hall Of his res
idenCe by an insane crank, throws
gloom on the closing exercises of
the Worlds fair. During all the
months of this vast Exposition
Mayor Harrison has been a prOmi-
nent figure in the foreground of
many national and international
SOu = lCoSCS llldO nave dSStlllDltU
within the city Of which he was
the chief magistrate. His urbani-
ty, felicity of speech, boundless
hospitality and pride in Chicago
have been conspicuous all these
months, and his untimely taking
off, Just a few hours before the
close of the greatest event of its
kind that the civilized world has
witnessed, will cloud those closing
hours as little else could. In the
death of Mayor Harrison Chicago
loses a popular and liberal citizen
a capable and just chief magistrate
and one of her best known public
men. That he should have died at
the hands of an insane assassin
who had no possible occasion fol
his deed, only adds to the regrets
that his untimely taking off cal
forth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-30

France out-histories history in
the recent reception given to the
Russian officers and fleet. How
much of it arises from French love
of Russia, and now much from ha-
tired of Germany, is the unknown
quantity in the equation Of that re-
ceptiOn.
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The Democrats are jubilant be-
cause Cleveland and David b. Hill
have joined hands, and so predi-
cate a continued democratic ascen-
dency upon that fact. Wait until
after you hear the results of the
New York and Ohio elections.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-30

Dallas has closed the most sue
cessfuI fair ever held in Texas. For
two weeks it has attracted large
crowds to that city, from who Sc
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-30

F All contracts or hills must be APP
,roved by the Secretary and Manager.
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announcements for State and County
,mcers ten Dollars in advance.
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If more money is needed for the
transaction of the business of the
country it will be provided, but it
now looks as though it was a more
general circulation of the money
already provided, than more money,
that is required.
Confidence and credit make up
ninety per cent. Of that upon which
the financial transactions of the
country are made. 1t is of the
first Importance that these be pre-
served.
The bottom is dropping out of
that Brazilian instruction. What
that country needs is republic
canism so sound that its bottom
is no danger from any insurgent
slipper.
Any movement on the part of
Congress that will force the pres
ent silver coinage into circulation
will relieve the financial stringen-
cy and be acceptable to the cOun-
try.
The railroads of Texas have COM
bined with the weather to make
the Dallas fair the splendid sue
cess it has been. The railroads
should not do less for San Anto-
MO.
Nugent is booked to head the
Populist ticket in this state next
year, and it is within the possibili-
ties that he will head the returns
when the voting lists are complete.
Excursions from San Antonio
have long been the. order. 1t is
time to reverse this and make low
rate excursions to San Antonio the
rule and not the exception.
If Sam Jones would insure his
perverts, usually called converts,
against backsliding, it would not
be necessary for him to travel over
his old ground so often.
There is nothing in the situation
that shows any disposition on the
port of Congress to repeal the tax
on state banks, for which the coun-
try returns thanks.
Today in all human probility
opens the last week of the senator
ial uncertainty which has so seri.
Ously affected the country.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29
The poma,,s Of Rhndone.

Who on earth, or what ON earth, are
the Pomaks? is the question which will
suggest itself to most of those who
glance at the heading Of this article.
The Pomaks are Bulgarophone Mo
hammedan Bulgarians that is to say,
they are Bnlgarians who have adopted
the creed of Islam, and retained their
own language. With their native
speech they have preserved certain
usages and customs of their own race,
thus afording to the ethnologist an
admirable field for speculation as to
the extent to which change of relig-
ion, unaccompanied by other infu-
ences, can modify the ingraining
characteristics of II nation.
There are Pomaks in many parts of
Bulgaria; but the Pomak territory par
excellence lies in the widest, remotest
region of the Balkan peninsula, in the
heart of Rhodope, terra incognita to
the European traveller, and known
only by report to the neighboring
races in ancient days the haunt of the
frenzied Bacchantes, andin later times
the inaccessible retreat of fierce,
fanatical mountaineers, who scorned
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29
Trieking a Nabob.

When the Nabob of lngglepore was
in Paris some time ago, he was offered
jewels which century ago had been
stolen from his family. The lady who
offered to sell the diamonds declared
she was one of the descendants of the
person who, at the time of the theft was
general governor of India, and who
had acquired them from the thief.
The nabob bought the jewels for q
sum, which though large was still much
below their intrinsic value. As soon
as the sale and transfer had been eff
fected, the lady sailed for the United
States.
The nabob was reioiced Mt counting
the jewels once more among the heir
looms of his family, but his JOY was to
be of short duration only. Lord G
-, an English peer and descendont
of the Indian governor, declared,
when he heard of the sale, that the
nabob had fallen among swindlers.
The diamonds sold him were but imi-
tation of the real ones which are still
in the hands of the lord. The nabob
had his diamonds tested, and the re-
suit was that all of them were simply
paste. Only one half of the purchas-
ing sum had been paid, however ; the
other half was TO be paid by draft
the Columbia bank, which was at once
notified to stop payment.
The woman who sold the diamond
to the nabob, is Lady ia young
widow who was about to marry a go
year old banker. The arrangements
for the ceremony had already been
made, when one day she eloped with a
cavalry officers to Paris, and, doubt
less, when funds began to get low, the
two concoctedand executed the scheme.
-TJeweler's Circular.
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Making Tea in japan.

A japanese host or hostess never
entrusts the making Of tea to the ser
wants on company occasions, says the
Chicago Mail Either he or she pre-
pares the decoction in the presence of
the guests. This ceremonial teamak-
ing is an artistic process, and is con-
sidered an Accomplishment" by the
natives.
The teapot is a jewel-like thing that
can be handle, spout and all
inside one of the common-sized coffee
cups that a foreigner draws once or
twice at breakfast. The cups are of
fine cloisonne, with plain enameled
Innings, each &c larger round than the
circle of tulips petal can enclose.
There is in the service small pear
shaped pitcher, beautifully wrought
bronze teapot in which the boiling
water is brought, and lacquer box
containing the candy of the choicest
leaves from the fine ten gardens of the
Uji district tea 50 rare and expen-
sive that none of it is exported or
known abroad, and only the wealth.
est japanese can afford to buy the
precious leaves.
The host takes an ivory scoop carved
in the shape of large tea leaf, fills
the little teapot full Of loosely heaped
leaves, and then, having poured the
hot water into the pitcher that it may
cool little pours it into the teapot
of leaves.
The hot water barely touches the
leaves in the little teapot when the
host begins pouring off stream of
pale straw-colored tea into the little
cups, that are then passed, each only
half full of the infusion.
The tea is as delicate and fragrant
as if made of rose leaves, and strong
enough to keep one awake for twelve
hours after drinking it.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29
Luminous Fungi,

There are probably few who have
not met with cases of luminous fungi.
The writer of this paragraph well re-
members an old oak tree, hollow with
age, and exposing large proportion
of decayed wood, which glowed at
night almost as brilliantly as if light
had been placed inside the hollow
shell. In some parts of the world, spe-
cies with this characteristic are much
more common than in others. In the
islands of the Indian Ocean genus,
known as Pleurotus, furnishes spe-
cies, accordingto French mycologist,
which is so abundant, and in which the
phosphorescence is 50 enduring that
the native women use it for personal
adornment in the hair and dress. 1t
is said that the glow will continue
occasionally for "a hours - Meehan's
Monthly.
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Her Rest.

Mrs. Wordsworth, vino writes a
moving article in the volume ca.
titled "Womans Work. concerning
the necessity of obtaining ~fun, food
and fresh air" for all classes Of
children, says that there are among
London's poor thousands OF little
ones who never had a toy,
Yet still the child's instinct to
make believe surmOunts every
practical obstacle, and there is a true
story of enc little sufferer from a
chronic disease whose only playthings
we're the spots Of damp on the wall
beside her bed. She played they were
real and alive; she gave them names
and imaginary qualities
Another true story shows how far
the little candle Of a wise and loving
word may throw its beams A
teacher at a Sunday school for Lon
don's poor was trying to impress up
on. her little pupils some idea Of the
real meaning of giving.
Whatever it may be, she saia.
"our Offering to God should be of our
best, Of what we prii t most.
In one baby heart her words found
ready response. Next day a little
creature confided her Offering to the
teacher; it was a carefully tied
package, containing few grains OF
rice This was her most precious and
perhaps her only treasure.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29
Knew He Was Ont.

An Augusta doctor perpetrated a
witticism at his own expense late one
night last week. He had lost his
night key, the door was locked, he
was cold from a long ride and the
more he changed the door bell the
more the suspicion grew in his mind
that someone had chloroformed the
household But his sister had been
aroused by the bell. ''Some one to
see the doctor and he's out and shall
have to answer the bell or they'll ring
all night, she said to herself, and
hurried down to the door clad in bed
attire and sleepy impotence. Open
ing the door crack, not far enough
to present her dishabille to any intrud-
ing eye, she shouted into the frosty
air, ''The doctors ont, and the door
closed with the quickness of camera
slide. eyes, l know he's out, "
screamed the irate NJ. D., ''and he
wants to get in!"-L Portland Adyer-
tiser.
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BIT her suggestions only angered him
and he chung to his belief in the igno-
rant controller of his destiny
They went to another town, losing
much in the venture. Horace wall i'll
and he began to listen to Mabel's
pleadings to leave soothsayers alone,
and gave his undivided attention to his
business. Then wheat took a sudden
advance and Horace thought he saw
chance to make his fortune.
Don't do it," advised his wife,
.you have only small sum to invest
but it is all we have-to lose it means
ruin. Take my advice for once,
Horace, and leave your money where
ii is safe"
But the wild and haggard man who
was ruined in that wheat deal had al
ready taken advice. This time it was
a reader of symbols and she had shown
him an open door.
1T is the door of your good for
tune, she had said in set phrase: 81
can see you passing through it to
power, riches, all good things, Fee,
81. Thanks.
She used the same formula for every
one-was it strange that it sometimes
came true? The greed and the jargon
did not strike Horace as sordid. He
did not notice them. A dollar to open
the door of fortune-who would not
give it?
SO he invested his money and lost
il mortgaged his business for more
money, and lost that. Then the cough
that was bad year before became
seriously worse Horace took to his
bed.
His wife could not say, 81 told you
50, = to dying man. She thought
bitterly of the false prophets who had
lured him through such fatal by-paths
and wished she had the power to pun
ISL them or-that Horace had not been
50 credulous as to believe in them.
He saw through it all now, the false
prophecies, the fiimsy pretenses, but
apologized for them with his latest
breath.
If people we're not always seeking
the mystical, there would be no need
Of mystics. The woman who told me
about the open door why there it
stands now-she was right, Mabel-it
is wide open-a door of fortune-it
means good good-byl' - N--r+
He had passed throuf -
-~sss.sssx~sxvs
ffr1o lza- ssss-s-zr1Ss
and without price. D., a. rree
Press
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Not Worth a Straw.

When one says of anything that it
is mot worth straw" one means to
imply that it is worthless, for what
can be the value of straw? The
older saying was mot worth rush, ="
and this brings out the origin of the
phrase better. In the days before
carpets it was the custom to strew the
floor with PUSHES. When guests of
rank were entertained, rushes, green,
fresh and sweet we're spread for them,
but folk of lower degree had to be
content with PUSHES that had already
been used, while still humber persons
had to do without any, as not even
being worth a rush.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29

"If want to get off atSeventy-sec-
ond street, said the man, with the
brown valise, ''can go on this train"
you can, sir, answered the iaunty
brakeman.
Half an hour later the train whizzed
by Seyenty-second at 3O-mile gait.
81 thought you told me you stopped
at this stationl" exclaimed the man
with the brown yalise, sharply.
'Oh, mol" answered the iaunty
brakeman pleasantly. ''You asked me
if you could go on this train. Any,
body can go on this train, Auburn
Pa-a-a-rk !"
This wss why the jaunty brakeman
got letter next day from the super
intendent of the road expressing re-
greet that the company would be com
PEELED to get along without his SER
vices from that time forth.
The man with the brown yaIise hap
pened to be the president of the road.
Il Chicago Tribune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29

A young lady was DESTROYS Of buy
ing a parrot, SO she went to a bird
fancier's, and, after examining good
many birds, asked the price Of one
that took her fancy. 81 suppose you
would like a bird that talks, miss?"
asked the fancier. "Well, yes.
should" replied the young lady.
''Then, miss, cannot honestly recon-
mend the bird that you have picked
out, as it only seems to know one sen
tence, which, by the way, it is CON
stantly repeating" what does it
say2" inquired the young lady.
"Well, | will begin at the beginning,
miss. You must know that that parrot
belonged to avery poor femily-a sailor
son brought it from abroad-in fact,
so poor that the mother was constantly
running to the pawnbrokers. When
the cupboard was empty and the chill
dren were hungry they always used to
ask their mother: Aren't you going
to pop? Through hearing the phrase
SO repeatedly the parrot picked it up,
and that, apparently, is all it has
picked up. Now, that isn't a nice
phrase, is it, miss" asked the fancier.
The young lady reflected moment,
blushed slightly, and then said archly:
But there is more than one meaning
to the word pop, isn't there?" Ger
tainly, miss, " replied the fancier, with
quiet smile. "Well, | think III
have the bird please; | rather like its
appearance, decided the young lady.
The next afternoon, when George
that was his name-called on the
young lady, and they were alone in
the snug little parlor, the parrot eyed
him gravely and asked aren't yon
going to pop?' George gave a slight
start, and glanced at Miss Ethel, who
was busy looking out of the window.
and then remarked that it. looked like
rain. Miss Ethel made no reply, but
that parrot repeated the query, look
ing straight at George, who was seized
with a violent fit of coughing. Then
there was a dead silence until the par
rot, clinging to the brass of its cage,
head downwards, again asked the mo-
mentions question, with almost
shrek. George could stand it no
longer Miss Ethel was blushing most
becomingly and her eyes were down
cast TIE love that had been bottled
al's - 'Tnad bosom for three years,
aiiiiVT pe~s5sfE ~ fsF shaF 7aFToT w5iaITid
never have been uncorked, was now
poured forth; and half an hour after
wards, when he left the house an ac-
cepted lover, he was not quite certain
whether he would like to ring that
parrots neck or buy itan annuity
for life. Marriage will settle the
question. What puzzles George is
how the parrot got hold of such
phrase. Perhaps Miss Ethel will en-
tighten him some day Cardiff Mail.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29

for centuries the rule Of Turk and
Christian alike, and bravely resisted
every effort to bring them into subiec-
ton. 1t was only quite recently that
Bulgarian force succeeded in occu-
plying the remoter portion of the
Pomak territory assigned seven years
ago by the Convention of ifop-Khahe
TO Eastern Roumelia. - Fortnightly
Review.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29

OF certain New York clubman,
the Recorder tells that he became
desperately enamored Of charming
widow She was not uum ndful Of
his passion, and invited him down to
dine at her place, He was something
of a gourmet, and she was richly en-
dOwed with the acumulations of her
first husbands trade in some patent.
medicines, the sutton anticipated a
delicious little dinner which should
make him apIe ear at his very best
when it came to putting the momen-
tous question. But when ttey were
at table, and she served him only cold
ham, jelly, tea, and lemonade, his
heart fell. He had never made love
after a dinner like that, and he could
not reSindle the flame. 1t was no 90,
and he gave it up. As he was max.
ing his adieux, the widow asked, with
seemingly simplicity My dear Mr..
W, how does one get into New
York society," His opportunity had
come, 1t was a mean advantage,
but he took it, as he replied: by
not serving lemonade at dinner,p
And be hurried to the station.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29
In the Family.

"My great grandfather was a law.
YER" remarked the lad, with consid
cradle pride. 80 was grandfather,
and father has been member of the
bar ever since l can remember"
cit seems to be sort of epidemic
in your family"
81 believe it is, " he replied "And
l guess mother caught it, too, for pas
friends say she is always laying down
the law to him. - Judge.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29
A Wise Statesman.

civilian, said the statesman's
wife, "'why do you spend so much
time being interviewed by the news.
papers?"
because I've got common sense, -
he replied. In these days no bust
ness pays without advertiser; not
even office holdin'.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29
CHURCH OF ST. LOUIS.
The Historic EdiGce in which Repose the
Remains of Marshal MacMahon.

In the Church Of the Invalides,
Paris, now rest the remains Of two Of
the great warriors of France, Nap0-
leon !. and Marshal MacMahon. The
one, plebeian Corsican, flashed into
the horizon Of time, brilliant as a
meteor, and after making and un-
making nations and reigning the
crowned Emperor Of France and the
uncrowned monarch Of continental
Europe, like meteor disappeared
from the stage OF life. The other
came into being while the great Ma
poleon was making Europe resounG
with the tread Of martial millions
and nearly two generations later
played an important part in The great
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-12-29
Absence.

She is away the thought is born Of tears.
Sac is away my heart is faint with fears
Hope, joy and rest have He'd to distant skies
And left Loves lonely hours and broken ties.
There is a rain that comes at dead Of night
And sobs upon the roof as if IN fright;
Seeming Ike seine dead friend returned to
stay
And mourn with me because-she is away.
She is away is she unhappy. too?
She is away; will faith burn just as true?
If she returns her kiss will Danish pain,
Till then my soul sobs. lonely with the rain.
CLARENCE p. CRANE.