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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
AT THE 800" JUNCTION.

The Pathetic Lament of a Father Whose
Son Ran Away From Home.
The time was a cold October after
noon.
The place was lonely junction wait
ing room in northern Michigan.
The people of the drama were an old
lumberman in "store clothes" and a
young man whose apparel proclaimed
the city.
And then there was rough pine box,
about six feet long, on track outside.
Perhaps that might have been called
1.-The properties.
There is no more desolate place than
the Sault Ste. Marie junction, and it
was raining that afternoon. There is a
dirty little station and the train dis
patcher's house on one side of the main
track. Opposite is deserted log cabin.
There is nothing else to be seen. In
summer the commOnest flowers shun the
spot. The old man with the Grape on
his hat sat looking out at the box on the
truck. The young commercial traveller
or advance agent, or whoever he was,
stared vacantly at his companion. The
time passed slowly and drearily. Once
a freight train ratified by. The young
man got all the enjoyment he could out
of that and ruefully viewed the caboose
fading away into the fog.
At length. as if compelled to speak,
the old man said: "Say, hate t. see tn
rain fall on that ere coffin so. They
oughter made tn eaveses t this yere sta
ton bigger. tried to bring him in, but
that trucks too wide. Jim was fine
boy, he was, afore he went up t. Mar
quette. That's him out there. 1t warn't
onnateral fer him t want ter go. There
hain't nothin to keep a bright boy t
home in town what's got nothin in it
but my ole sawmill an tn store. But, o
Lord, l wisht he'd staid-I visit he'd a
staid! A country boy amt got no show
in one o them tough iron towns.
amt a-blamin Jim fer leavin me. But
ne was all l had. He didn't know how
much 1 wanted him t. stay or he'd "a
done it. He didn't have no sort O. raisin.
His mother died when he was just lit
tie Teller
when he growed up, nothin nd do but
he mus go away. He goes upt' Marquette
an gifts him good job on tn ore docks.
bein strong an handy. He ulster write
me tn fines letters you ever seen ev'ry
Sunday reg'lar. He was up there jest
four months when he quit writin.
stood it month, an then l went up. He
was sick in a measly boardin house. He
was considerable sick, but we fetched
him through, an took him home. He
got good an well again. He said he'd
stay with me t home. But he didn't.
He ruined off one night. didn't care
fer what he took, if he'd only COM
back. He KEEP a-writin fer money t
come home on, and | KEEP a-sendin it
but had ter go fer my boy. He was
shot through the heart in a saloon at the
Soo That's him out there. l amt
a-blamin him. l didn't raise him as
p
Then a whistle was heard. 1t was the
awaited train. With careful hands the
father, the train dispatcher and the
young man wheeled the coffin to the
baggage car. Gently the burden was
lifted within. The old man climbed in
to be by his dead. The door was shut,
and in a moment the train was lost
in the burned pine barrens.-Harper's
Weakly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
Second Anniversary.

The second anniversary of the
Seven Stars Consolidation, will be
celebrated at the San Pedro
Springs, by a grand barbecue and
free supper to all ticket holders,
on the Bird and 4th days of August.
There will also be a street parade
from the Odd Fellows hall, begin
ming at 9 o'clock.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
Few Pines to Be Seen In Spain.

The tobacco pipe is never seen in Spain
in use among the natives, nor are tobac-
co pipes to be purchased in any of the
shops. Cigars and cigarettes manufac-
tured in the government factories in
Spain, or imported from Cuba or the
Philippines, can alone be procured and
are universally smoked by the people.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
Miss McGnirk Married.

Miss Fannie McGuirk, sister Of
the dentist in this city, and well
known here, was married in Den
yer, Col, July 5, to Mr.. Rome, a
young business man of that place.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
Will Be Welded.

James Collins, the assistant fire
chief, will be married shortly to
Miss Lizzie RayfOrth, of this city.
Both parties are well and favor
ably known in San Antonio, and
happiness is wished them by all.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
He Will Lecture.

Rev. j. B. Scott, D. D., one of the
leading men and ablest thinkers of
the negro race, who has recently
been elected president of Wiley
university, at Marshall, Texas, will
lecture to the Young Peoples
Christian Union, at st. Paul's NJ.
T.. church, on Tuesday evening.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
NOTICE.

N. LerOuX having bought out
the hardware firm of LerouX q
Cosgrove, 22S and $50 West Com
merce street, has entirely re-
stocked same, and is now ready to
serve any one in this line, at rea-
sOnable prices. 6 % If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
Notice.

The largest stock of marble and
granite monuments in West Texas,
of the latest patterns on hand, and
for sale at the lowest prices, at
OTTO ZIRKEL's Marble Yard,
724 and 726 +. Houston st. near
the post office. ) tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-25
KoHLER, MERIDIAN
TAILOR,
HENRY

5l55 East Houston street, will
make up summer styles in the us
ual ffrst-class styles at reduction
from 10 to 90 per cent during the
summer months, in order to make
room for the fall stock and to keep
the hands emDlOyed. IS I'm
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zoo LOTS FOR SALE.

200 elegant lots in Government Heights
Addition, just southeast of Government
grounds, for sale at fifty dollars each. 50
lots in WoOdlawn A EDITION for sale at two
hundred dollars each. Must be sold quick.
Apply TO j. V. DignOwity, over Tex. Natl
Bank. 42Otf
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AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.

The following named are the only
authorized collectors for the LIGHT:
FRED SMALL,
WILL SCHUMACHER
GEORGE Brown.
Subscribers are req uested not to pay
iheir subscription without taking re-
sept. T, b, JOHNSON. Mgr.
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ADVERTISING SOLICITORS,

RE. Tatumlis an authorized solicitor for
the LIGHT. Ourpatrons will please put
al promises or understandings" il
writing, in order that there may be no
Observation-Disclosures" when the bill is
presented. Il. B. JOHNSON, Mgr.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
l. & G. N. RAILROAD.

1. & G. N. RAILROAD.
Leave for Austin and the North, $50 a. m.
Arrive from Austin and North. $40 a. m,
1855 p. m.
Leave for Laredo and Mexico. $40 a. m.
Arrive from Laredo and Mexico, 7.3O p. m.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
EAST BOUND.
Leave for Galveston, Houston
and. New Orleans. minimum. 1.50 D. m.
Leave for Houston, Galveston,
New Orleans, Waco and Kan
sas City. ......................9 900 p. m.
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal
weston, Houston and Kansas
ClJy 900 a. m.
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal
weston and Houston. AIS p. m.
WEST BOUND.
Leave for Eagle Pass and Mex
leo INSTRUMENTATION. 80 a. m.
Leave for Ell Paso and San
Francisco ...,. ................ $50 a, m.
ARRIVE FROM THE WEST.
Arrive from Mexico and Eagle
GaSS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1.25 p. m.
Arrive from San Francisco and
El Paso ........... 1.25 p. m.
5. A. u A. 2. r. EMISSION ROUTE.
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY.
Leave for Cuero, Houston, Gal
weston and Waco. 9.O5 a. NJ
Leave for Beeville, Rockport
and Corpus Christi. .......... ATOP. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE DAILY.
Arrive from Cuero, Houston,
Galveston and Waco ........ 100 o. M,
Arrive from Corpus Christi,
Rockport and Beeville....... las p. In.
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY.
Leave for Kerrville. 7.15 p. NJ.
TRAINS ARRIVE DAILY.
Arrive from KerrVille. .....S $50 a. No,
LEAVE DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.
Leave for Kerrville. ......... TAO a. m.
ARRIVE DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.
Arrive from Kerrville. ,........ Gas p. N.
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Guaranteed Garden Hose

from 10s per foot up to 25S.
c. n. LerOux, 22S and go West
Commerce street. 722 If
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PUBLISHERS NOTICE.

70 OURiEASTERN ADVERTISERS
All advertising for the Daily and Week.
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The sun., 1893-03-27

Rapid transit: We must have IT.: we
have almost got It The weight OF COM
mon sense and enlightenment appears to
be gradually overpowering the opposition
OF ignorance and prejudice.
New York desires only one sort OF rapid
transit. namely. the best That Is elevated.
surrounded by the agreeable advantages OF
light and air.
The original idea that an elevated rail-
way was impossible was answered by its
construction and operation. The high rate
OF speed it was thought to be incapable Of.
has been exhibited in what we may
call an excessive degree by the Penn
sylvania Company's elevated line out
Of Jersey City. which supports the
heaviest express trains running at sixty
miles an hour That's good enough for
New York.
We can't afford to wait for an en-
tire eradication Of the old-fashioned cham
pionship of tunnel Let us have
a satisfactory system OF rapid transit
established Immediately. and Commissioner
SPENCER has shown the way to du it. There
is no excuse for keeping the city tied up in
its present difficulties day longer.
The sun., 1893-03-27

and We may exrect q report from them that
will DO ns interesting to us as to the British
Government.
Tho question OF immigration has recently
become OF moro than ordinary importance TO
England. for the rcnson that tens OF thousands
OF Russian Jews havo gone there within two
or three years. The number OF foreigners who
enter England to stay there is greater than
the number OF English people who leave thcr
native land to settle in other countries.
Among our immigrants last year there werc
only 2l.00o Englishmen and Scotchmen. while
more than twice that number Of aliens. o large
proportion OF whom were from Russia. took up
their residence in Great Britain. which is
ono Of the most densey populated countries
Of Europe. and In which tho struggle for ex-
istence Is always severe. The British Govern
ment has been led to believe that It will now
be necessary TO adopt laws for tho regulation
Of immigration. and the British Commission
crs hcre arc instructed to observe the opera
tion OF the laws we have adopted for the pur-
pose. The only knowledge which they can
obtain upon that subject is that we have not
any such regulativo laws in this country rs we
ought TO have.
The sun., 1893-03-27

A proposed act providing for tho appoint
ment OF police officers for parks. and picnic.
pleasure. aud play grounds Is now under
consideration by the Legislature OF this
State. having boon introduced in the As
sembly by Mr.. CORNELIUS HALEY OF the
First Oneida District. and having bcen re-
ferred to the Committee on General Laws.
which has not yet reported upon 1t.
This bill empowers any corporation or
association organized under tho laws OF this
State. which owns or possesses any park.
picnic ground. pleasure ground. or play
ground. Ia or adjoining any city, town. or
village. to appoint and employ police
officers at Its own expense. Such officers
are to have all the powers aud authority OF
;he public police officers or patromcn OF
Tho city. town. or village In or near which
The recreation grounds arc situated. to pre-
sorve or enforce order. or protect tho per-
BON or property OF any visitor.
Such statute as this would In substance
and effect confer upon private corporations
she right to appoint private policemen with
public powers. We think Legislation of this
kind Is wrong In principle. All police Of
ncsrs. by Yhatever tito they may be s''J'.55 =,
.--.avpasfts tsaSt,S s,sf PM :;
The sun., 1893-03-27
SUNBEAMS.

Warren county. Tennessee. lies almost exactly in
the geographical centre OF the State and Its boundary
Is almost . complete circle. McMiRnvils. the county
seat very close to tho geographical centre of the
county. and to the Court House like radii
-Whis'lin' Monday Is tho Monday following Whit
Sunday with the coored peopis Of tho
holiday. They firmly believe that tho is derived
not from whitsuntde. but from tho pnrticpe whist
ling" and whslin Monday tho idle negro whistles
Some folks at Elizabeth N. j.. were interested tho
black brethren. As seen from below the wings and
belly OF the bird appeared puro white. and he main
tained his night with tho black apparently upon
terms of perfect equality.
Stained glass for domestic decoration Is little less
popular than Il was. partly because in the recent
for this sort OF thing cheap glass
was used The impetus given TO American stained
glass has however survived the and the beau.
~ OF such glass in this country still improves s
-Blaekbirds now swinging and chanting In the
treetops OF Long Island New Jersey and westcheser
county and their song usually with Its alter
the wind in the treetops As II II were not from the
throats of birds but from the strings OF Golan harp
For the first time this tho woods of Aquahonga
Chat s land OF poetry and song) led last
ing with the soft and beautiful music Of tho spring
and the ears OF the natives were charmed with tho
welLrenem mbered od-time nelodiex Poets may think
It's robins or naturazed nightingales that we are
speaking Of: but faint: it's tho frogs.
Bark eepors in New York ansered and humliated
by calls for what may be described personal
tails those named for the inventors honor
their friends Some New Workers highly nattered
by this odd form OF distnction but the personal
cocktail seldom comes to have wide popularity. It 10
stumbling block to the barkeeper. Half dozen cock
tails including the Manhattan. the Martini and the
Turf. constantly called for and known to all
places but beyond that the knowledge of tho average
bark eoper does
The sun., 1893-03-27

on The constituencies or the imperial ex-
oheq1er 1t will for the first time in ccntu-
rics make poor men throughout Great Brit
ain entirely eligible to the national legisla-
ture. Heretofore. the small shopkeeper.
the artisan, the mill hand. tho agricultural
laborcr. who have been nominully enfran-
chised by successive Reform acts. have been
made electors, but not themselves eligible
to office. Once let stipend equalling or
exceeding tho average earnings OF such
Woodworking men be paid to member OF
Parliament. and the tremendous polit-
ical and social significance OF the measures
giving to poor men a preponderance in the
British electorate will become visible.
The sun., 1893-03-27
The Museum OF Natural lIlstory-The PrIn.
Clnle MT Stnke.
From He BrooIIyn Eaolr.

1t begins to look as IL Park Com miss soner
Paul Danas efforts to preserve the symmetry
OF the building OF the American Museum OF
Natural History In New York were going to be
successful. The wing which was erected sew
eral years ago WAS part OF a large structure
for which plans were made at the time and
approved by the proper authorities. 1t was
intended to complete the building in accord
ance with these plans Now the city is ready
to continue the work. and instead OF following
the original design new plans were submitted
by the Trustees Of the museum to tho Park
Commission and an attempt was made to have
them adopted. This was opposed vigorously
by Commissioner Dana and he had the sup
port OF several influential newspapers in New
York. The new designs were different from
the old that the combination OF the two pro-
duced what was we'll described as I'm
architectural monstrosity. 1t was surpris-
ing that they were favored by any
one. but there was strong influence
behind them. For weeks Commissioner
Dana worked to prevent his colleagues from
accepting them. 1t should not have been difI-
cult to persuade intelligent mon that IN un-
slightly structure In Central Park would dis
grace the city. but the taste OF some mon in
authority seemed to be defective. the contest
is not yet endod. but Mr.. Dana won victory
yesterday when he succeeded in securing the
adoption OF a resolution calling for the appoint
ment of a Board OF Architects to pass upon the
new plans. The sincerity OF his desire to get
an impartial and valuable opinion was indi-
Gated by his selection OF Prof William H. Ware
OF Columbia College rs ember OF tho Bonrd.
Tie other architects who will serve are Charles
w. Clinton. T. NJ Hunt. and Robertson II. Rob-
ertson. OF course the report of these men Will
not be binding upon tho Park Commission but
1t is not probable that it will commend archi-
tectural monstrosities.
Mr.. Dana is contending for tho dignity and
tuste Of grent city. and he should not yield
till no accom- plishes what he desires.
The sun., 1893-03-27
Tho Pigs end Patois Candidate.

The greatest political contest OF this or any
other century with sand enough TO slip out
OF tho hour glass, is now on its wild way in
the town of Chicago. Shall the Hon. CARTER
HARRISON HARRISON, Democrat. or the
Hon. SAMUEL WELLER ALLERToN. Repub-
cnn, Citizens. Kckers'. and Hesingtonian
candidate for Mayor Of that town. get the
iot2 Which complies the better with the
specifications Which in beauty. brains.
and chivalry Is the more fitted to be
Mayor during year meant to bc
dccorative2 The citizens of the rest
OF the United States have n certain
right to express their opinions in tho mat
ter, for the rest OF the United States will be
called upon to furnish gold to the strong
boxes. and additional cases to the coroners
OF the Western Baclllarium. Are we for
tho Hon. HARRISON HARRISON or the Hon.
WELLER AILERToN? Or are we for both.
or for neither? To answer all or any OF
these questions is a business that requires
wary walking. II our own candidate. the
Hon. LAUNDRY HEs1Na. had been nomi-
mated by the Democrats. there could have
been no doubt about the matter. AS
beautiful as no is impetuous. he was the
man OF 1893; and all the hopes Of
tho poets and all the dreams OF the bar
bers wove II halo of Joy around his sweet
young face. He was beaten, bitterly and
awfully beaten. by the man HARRISON. a
great traveller but not so plous rs he
ought to be. The Hon. LAUNDRY HEsING
was beaten. and in the moment Of defeat he
raised toward the skies his sweet young
hand. and imprecated political telescoping
upon the Hon. CARTER HARRISON. the
canny but wicked one. Can we say one
thus been blasted by the Hon. LAUNDRY
HEsING? Can we ask one citizen OF
Chicago to vote for man whose cam
didacy has stirred the Hon. LAUNDRY
HEsING midmost his most intimate midst
ard midriff? Not we nor anybody else
that loves pulchritude and his country, and
is anxious for Chicago.
The sad thing about CARTER HARRISON is
that he is liable to get there every time.
and that when he does. he doesn't demean
himself as badly as might be feared. But
he isn't truly good. and must be dismissed
to the caverns OF despair Most OF our
esteemed contemporaries in Chicago dis
like him, and courtesy might make us
agree with them even IL great aesthetic and
ethical considerations did not make us pro-
nounce against Some Peoples CARTER
And there is another and sufficient
reason. The Hon. SAM ALLERTON is one
OF the representative men OF Chicago. He
packs pigs. He has amassed gold there
by. The only thing against him is that he
lives on the West Side, a naughty quarter,
between which and other quarters OF Chi
cago lies a social chasm unbridgeable. We
forgive him this residence. however, on &C.
count Of his literary distinctions. An un-
friendly organ accuses him Of saying "the
horse goed." This is genuine Chicagoese.
and HARRISON. who is Yale man and in
clined to be a dude. would never use it.
For Mayor OF Chicago, then. SAM ALLER-
TON; and hurrah for pigs and patois!
The sun., 1893-03-27
lie Object. to the Name or New York.

To IHE EDIroR or Tnr SuS-Sir; This onght not to bo
lost sight OF whenever Is to take place
tho dropping OF OF the most awkward. ugly names
that was hung On big rity. remindn one only
OF a secondciass. though ancient. place. and OF a
colonial period which is not regarded with any very
general affection. Can you conceive name OF seven
letters much more difficult and troublesome either to
write print. or king much worse when done
The job copositors OF the city coud tell you some
thing Of this How many job fonts haA II wreck ed
before their time. with is VS. vs. and ks for Whirh
founders have never been able 10 provide adequately
with lOaotypesf
The obvious substitute is Manhattan so much better
looking and free from the above objections hut II
there be better still have II. Twill be hard 10 nd
though,
Two years notice or perhaps even ono years wouId
suics to most OF the existent printed Stationery
from going 10 waste. TrrocIyis-
The sun., 1893-03-27
From an Old Sailor.

To EDIroR THE SuS-Sir- A reverend gentle
man. In letter tn = morning paper. complains Of .
sstAtement IN an article appearing In last sundays
not to mind little thing Ike that In another place
tins writer makes the statement that The steamer
"AuAntc" lost twenty years ago or SO. near the
trance OF Halifax harbOr belonged to the Collins Line.
Again. isn't sovsry long since read letter from
ntrayeliing correspondent who wrote mpressveiy Of
the abatroJses that sailed majesticAy overhead as
the steamer poughed her foamy. way from Alden to
Colombo This IN view Of the fact iha: nobody ever
saw albatross far north even as the troaic of
Capricorn WAS highly interesting old We
waited Hnxi0uslS for the next sundays Issue.
hdently expecting to learn something about the fur
disappointed
Tho newspaper IL tnlerap;y Trustworthy while It
sticks 10 dry land, bat wnen Ii taxes salt water "
should r,. hayr = new pair - SO. legs ,,,..
shlps cut down into Goa hhrges. &C Just "oh al that
picture the legend which reads THE sooiGo' a. sue
wAs The printer has made mistah". II should
read, " Tho 'soooo' AS she never wa.
That OLD wood cut - an o,d familiar one IL vas
made years and years ago from turi rs hthogranh
representing the splendid clipper ship Red Jacket IN
me Ice on Cape Horn some time IA .Ge year 1864.
The " soooo" WAS good ship but IN her paniest
uAis she Was never any more Ike the Red jacket
,hAn one OF barclay Psrkin,s array horse. was liko
even accused Of being olipntr; ,,,,-
II wasn't a broken down old sailor. th,rk ia hkn
tn be n special y writer. Mnat Sir Joseph Porter
meant to say. but didn't. was;
stick close 10 your desks and never. never roam
And you may all write sea yarns I'll the cows come
home" IoA EsSLIav.
sAUG HAKBok. March Ia