San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-28

The final perseverance Of the
saints is only equaled by the final
| perseverance of the sinners.
San Antonio takes her artesian
water as. she takes her liquor, clear
and straight.
Hatch says that the Democratic
party wants more sand. Not more
sand so much as more sense.
Hill did not succeed in drawing
German out of his hole, he was too
well intrenched.
The Bank of England increases
the rate Of discount, in vain, the
gold comes back to this country.
The United States treasury is
paying out gold right along and
the banks will soon follow suit.
The Italian workmen commenced
that row in France and they must
take the consequences.
If San Antonio knew beans she
would grow her own beans and not
buy them in California.
France has determined to swal-
low little Siam and the powers
will stand by and see her do it.
Sealskins have gone up since
the Paris arbitrator shut off the
Canadian seal stealers.
If Boies wins in his race for
third term in Iowa he will be in
the presidential succession.
The houses are numbered, but
the streets are not lettered.
The Texas newspaper stands by
the stuff and has confidence in the
good time coming.
The almanacs of the present do
not fix the date of the good times
of the future.
Cleveland evinces no disposition
to leave his fishing haunts anda
Buzzard's Bay for the wilds of
Washington.
The man who hauls down an
American flag in the face of its
rival is not in it. Blount don't
count.
1t is easier to strike a flow of ar
tesian water in San Antonio than
it is to find out the names of the
streets.
Will the city council see to it to-
day that steps are taken to post the
names of the streets at the street
intersections.
Hill likes to counter on Growers
physIOgnomy and embraces the
opportunity with pleasure and with
pride.
There is only one month more in
which it will be necessary to put a
double guard at the sanitary door.
After that single one will do, but
at present put no one but trusty
men on duty.
San Antonio is the native home
Of the artesian we'll, and she is not
near enough to the Internal regions
to have it spout out hot and sui
phury. She takes it clear as crys-
tai and not too cold.
There is a trifle Of difference of
opinion in the conclusions reached
as to the prevalence of yellow
fever at Brunswick. The opinion
that holds to the best preventive
measures is the correct one.
Public work for the idlers, made
so by curtailment of industries,
should be provided by the author
tiles state and municipal. 1t is
better to provide work than to dis
tribute bread, ever time.
Eternal suggestion is the price
Of municipal improvement, and
again the LIGHT suggests the need
of very efficient supervision of
the streets in order that they may
be kept in good condition.
the LIGHT notes with gratifica-
ton the increasing cleanliness of
many of the streets, but it also
sees that the good work is only be-
gun, and that it must be carried
on to the day of perfectness.
The LIGHT cengratulates San
Antonio on the character of the
theatrical attractions that are list
ed to appear in this city this win
ter during the season that opens
on Monday night next.
Hill voices the sentiment of the
country when he declares for an
adjournment of congress as soon
as the vote on silver repeal is
taken, but there should be a reso-
luton against tariff tinkering.
The Texas legislature has no use
for a geOlOgist and now the one
who came from France to do some