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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-14
Artistic Tailoring

Our fall and winter stock of
woolens for suitings and trouser-
ings are now complete.
Our cutting department, presided
over by Prof. d. H. MorIarty, is it.
self guarantee OF a perfect fit.
Prices moderate. J. LOBERT.
l04 w. Commerce street
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-14
TRUSTEE SALE.

AS trustee of the stock of L..
Kaufman, at 100 South Flores
street, consisting of dry goods,
clothing, boots, shoes, hats, fancy
goods, etc, 1 am now closing and
will continue to close out the entire
stock at wholesale and retail, in
order to pay off the preferred
creditors, in the order named in
deed of trust. The goods must go,
and quickly at that.
FRANK MARSH,
II I'm Trustee for l.. kaufman.
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Removal Notice.

VIM. Meibaum wishes to announce to
his friends and patrons that he has moved
his saloon from Main avenue to Soledad
street, opposite the Verimendi saloon.
Give him a call. 11215
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happiness where sickness, gloomy
feelings and lassitude first prevailed.
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From
High Government Authority.

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experience Chemist for the Indian Depart
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with the qualities and constituent parts of baking powders.
thoroughly the comparative value of
brand in the market and has from time to time expressed
his opinion thereof On careful denomination and
ANALYSIS he finds
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-14

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Aug. 18th. 1896.
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-07
nFFnRF MARpIAnr

er. but tho husbands mother, who IS
at the bottom OF nine-tenths OF the do
nestle misery arising from this source.
Tho wife's mother with small encour-
sgement will like, even love the man
who has chosen her daughter above
| all other women. Tho husbands
mother, never really likes her sons
wife. And young wives are apt To for
got how bitterly hard IL is for mother
To give her son upat once, and forever,
TO girl whom she does not like, In any
way. Perhaps hitherto the con and
mother have been everyone, and every
thing, To each other, and 10 is only
human, that the latter should have to
baltic Hereby and constantly with an
involuntary Jealousy, and cruel quick
sightedness for small faults ia his
wife. IL Is only human, that she
should try TO make trouble, and en- Joy
tho fact that hor son IL less happy
with his wife than he was with her,
and that he comes TO her for com
Tort In his disappointment. The love OF
mother is often very jealous love;
and jealous mother IS just as unrea-
sonable as n jealous wife; she can make
life bitterly hard for her sons wife. and
10 do her Justice. she very often does so.
Then II the wlfe-wounded and lmpru-
dent-goes 10 her own mother with her
sorrows and wrongs. IL Is the natural
attitude OF the husband, 20 shift tho
blanc from his own mother, 70 his wife's
mother. There are indeed so many
ways by which this misery can enter n
household, that IL Is impossible To
define them for there is Just variety
enough Ia every case, to give an In
dividuality Of suffering 20 each
What then is 10 be done? Let US ad- |
NIT at once, that our relations do give
US half the pain and sorrow we suffer |
in life; but each may do something 20 |
reduce the liability. We may remer- |
Der that all such quarrels come from |
excess Of love, and that a quarrel SPRING |
Ing from love Is more hopeful than one |
sprinRlng from hate. As mothers-in- |
law, we may tell ourselves that when |
our children arc married. we no longer |
have the first right in them. The |
young people must be left to make |
the best ~ their life, and we |
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-07
THE BRAVEST DEEDS
OF THE WAR.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTlONS OF EPISODES OF
HBR0ISN By LAND AND SEA.
Notable Contributions From Colonel Higgnsou,
General Boylton and General Rossor Open
Splendid Series

There is an unwrtten history OF the
civil war, history not TO be found in
the Official records, the many volumes
that have been published, concerning
the stratgedic movement of great armies
the skill OF commanding generals and
the issue OF the mighty battles Yet,
between the lines, one catches glimpses
or this unrecorded history. Thirty
years after tho great struggle 10 is heard
as 1t falls from the lips OF veterans at
their peaceful camp-fres or ia social
reunion, when the grizzled braves
night their battles over again" And
thls uuwritten tale, more marvellous by
Tar than fiction, is Of tho sort that
makes enduring history; for 10 the story
OF the real heroes and OF the bravest
deeds OF the war. II is proposed in the
series OF papers now begun to give 90
the public FOR the drst time 60 authentic
FORM by largo number OF distin-
guished contributors. the stories OF the
must signal acts OF individual heroism
and solf-sacrifce occurring under their
personal observation while I'm the serv.
Ice, either By sea or land, OF the North
or South.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-07
CONCERNING
MOTHERS-N-LAW
A SPIRITED PROTEST FROM TIE PEN OF
hrs LNsLlA & BARR
The Famous Novels. Speaks FOR the "YoA,rs hr
Whom There is No Law, No Jas,ic,, No syn,
PATTY Nor Ys, Fair Playa Condition Fall
Of PalsOs and ssltASasgs6on - Pr,gaan,
IhesSh:S

Mothers-tn-law are the mothers for
"hom there is no law, no Justice, no
sympathy, nor yet that share OF fair
play which an average American is
wiling TO grant, even 10 an omen adver.
sary, Every petty punster, every silly
wiling, considers them ready.made
Joke' aud the wonder and the pity OF il
IS that abuse so unmerited, aud so long
continued, has called forth no cham
p'ohs from that sex, which owes so
much To woman, In every relation of
life. -
The condition OF mother-in-law Is one
full OF pathos and self abnegatiop. and All
the reproSch attached TO IL, comes from
those whose selishuess and egotism.
ought TO render their testimony of small
Vaiue' young map, Tor Instance, falls
IN love with girl who appears to him
the SUN OF all periections-perfectio
partly Inherited from, aud partly cult
waited by, the mother at whose side she
mas lived FOR twenty years She is the
delight o! her mothers heart, she fills
all her hopes and dreams for the future.
aud the girl herself believes that moth
Ing can separate her from n mother, so
dear and SO devoted.
While the man is wooing the daurh-
ter, this wondrous capability for an alb
sorolng anection strikes him as a very
pretty thlug. In tho first place, IL
Keeps the mother on his side; In the
second, he looks forward to SURVIVING
this capabillty with strictly personal
object. AT this stage his future mother.
ln-law Is worry pleasant pe-son, for he
- Internationally conscious OF the Re
loVed Ones father and brothers. He
| IS then thankful for any encouragemcnt
sAe may give him. Ito gladly takes
! counsel with her; 1atters her opln-
/ DDS, makes her presents, aud so
WORKS upon her womauly instincts
. Concerning love affairs that she
ands by his side when he has In
speak 10 Papa and through her
favor and tact the rough places are
MADE smooth; and the cracked places.
plain. Untll the marriage is over. and
the longed-for girl his wife, there is no
one SO important in tho lovers eyes az
the girls mother.
Suddenly nil is changed. When TIE
! young people return from the bridal
Trip there is a different tone aud "A dlf.
! ierent atmosphere. The young husband
is now in his own house, aud spreading
himself Ike peacock In full feather.
| lie thinks Mamma" to Interfering
lie resents the familiarity with which
! she speaks 10 his wife. 10 feels As II
! her speculation about their future
movements was an impertinence. He
says without a blush that her visit
| was "e bore" And tho bride
being flatterod by his desire for no com
pany but her own, admits that "doar
Mamma is fussy and ELUSIVE" Botb
have forgotten the days In which tho
| young husband was a great deal OF a
bore To his mother-in-,aw; when indeed
IL was very hard for her 20 tolerate his
| presence; and both have forgotten how
she is to secure their happiness, sacrl-
heed her own wishes and prejudices.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-07
Told by General Rnr.nr

Strip almost any gallant or heroic act
performed at sea, at FIRE, or at the
cannon's mouth on the battlefield, Of
the circumstances Of performance, aud
the picture will look tame and common
place; and then II the same perform
ance is clad aud recounted In the terror
OF its tragic details, the pulse will be
made 20 quicken aud the heart to swell
with wild emotion.
Prudence, IL is said, Is the better part
OF valor, aud while that may be true,
caution is so closely allied TO timidity
that IT is hardly ever found associated
with tho daring deeds performed In the
great tragedies OF life which the world
delights TO listen 10 and class rs heroic.
l know thai strategy ana cunulng are
called prudence, aud know that their
observance Is wise, but they are only
employed TO conceal intention, and
when the moment for action arrives.
true courage acts openly and with the
greatest boldness.
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In the silly, unjust laughter, which mis-
eraoie punsters, aud negro minNrels.
aud disappointed lovers, aud other in
eapsoles, ding at the women OF his own
household. For " man IL married,
or ever hopes TO be married, his own
mother Is, or must be, n mother-in-
law. III he has sisters their destiny
will likely put them In the same posi-
ton. The fairest young bride has the
prospect before her. the baby daughter
In tho cradle, may live TO think her own
mother bore, or To think somo other
mother ono, AZ there Is not q better I'M
derstandtnH abouta Relationship, which
Is Tar indeed from being laughable
one, On tho contrary, the Initiation TO
Is generally "a sacrifice, made with
innnite heartache and anxiety, and
with many sorrowful tears.
In tho theatres. In the little circles OF
which every mans homo is the centre,
In all places where thoughtless fools
turn women aud motherhood into rtdt,
cule. IL Is in the power OF two or three
good men TO make thc habit derogatory
and unfashionaole. They can cease &c
laugh At the wretched little Jokes, anC
treat with contempt tho vulgar spiri
that repeats them. For tho men VIII,
say bitter things about mothers.in-l law
are either selfish cyclists, who hav,
| called trouble to themselv from thi
source, or they are moral imbeciles, re
peating like parrots fatuous jests hos,
meaning and wiekcdness thoy do no
even understand. AMELIA Il. BARR.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-07

What we need now most OF all othe
things Is universal Industry on the par
or our people. II would surprise
statistican II he we're 20 count the mum
Der OF voluntary oilers among ouI
sixty-GYe millions OF population. Al
best, we have not more than twenty
millions OF laborers. When the sick
and impotentand children aud prisoner
and so on and 40 on arc deducted from
the siHty-fye millions, We have twenty
millions OF labOring men and women.
Not much more than half OF this mum.
Der are constant laborers.
Every working man In this country.
we may say, must care FOR the six on
forced or voluntary idlers. This alone
would keep the masses poor.
We need reformation along indus
trial lines aud not 50 much economy.
for the moro We economics along the
line OF consumption the greater our
surplus In all things piles up. Our
elevators were never 50 full Of grain,
our warehouses; never so crowded with
cotton, our pork packeries never
weighed down so as they ara to-day,
and thus we have what We call staRna-
ton In business circles.
The brakes are on going mp hill.
From Maine 10 California and from
north 20 south. the universal cry Is a
want Of demand.
Hope looks up and secs, in the near
future, more men at work. more spin
dies, more cogs, more machinery 70
motion. Hope looks up and sees, not
only sound currency bafoi on gold
standard, but sees, with this inevitable
confidence In money, a universal conf
dence between man and man.
ia Ordor that confidence may be be-
gotten between man and man, we must
be wiser In the use Of our money. Buck
et shops, horse races, gambling rooms,
club rooms, theaters, balls and 50 on,
must draw less heavily upon the masses
OF tho public, and we must use our
money more wisely in providing the
things for comfort and the things for
real mental and moral Improvement.
Whatever disturbs faith is cutting
the very foundation from under our
superstructure, financial, commercial
and moral. Faith IN humanity, as we'll
az in God. Is essential 20 harmonious
intercourse. Faith in the right and the
power Of the right TO triumph over ali
wrong, faith in the good and the ulti-
mate overthrow OF evil, Is the prop on
which the battle Is successfully fought
and the victory must DO eternally
gained. Man in his dealings with man
must not destroy the faith that should
obtain OF one honest man In another.
We have a bread basis for faith.
Ability and a Willingness TO comply
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How often does this poor mother 20
20 see her child before she realizes sh O
is bore? How many snubs and heart
aches does she bear, ere she com pre-
hends the position? She hopes against
despair. She weeps, and Wines
her tears away; she tries again,
only 20 be again wounded. Her own
husband frets little with her. and then
with touch OF anger at his unEratefuI
child, advises tho mother 10 let her
alone" But by aud by there is a baby.
and she can no longer keep away. she
has world OF loving cares about tho
child and its mother. She is sure
no one can take her place now.
She is very much mistaken. The baby
Is new kind o. baby, there has never
been one quite such perfect pattern
before; aud the parents exalted above
measure at the perfection they alone
arc responsible fOr-r3ga& her pride
and delight az some infringement Of
their new hOnOrs and esponsibllties.
Happiness has only hardened them:a ana
after little, the mother ADD the moth.
cr-iD-laW understand her loss. and
humb.y refralns from interfering. or
10 she has an imprudent tongue. she
speaks unadyisediy with IL. and her
words bite home, and the "motherp IA
forgotten, and the 'Gn-law" remains. 20
bar0 every lIl-natured word. and &C.
count Tor every selfish unkl1dness."
or course 10 relationship which ad-
mits OF endless varieties. this descrlp-
ton fits only a certain number. But 10
is very large number; for there are
iow families who will not be able To
recall some such case among their mem
bers, or their acquaintances. Sill
many daughters do more vlrtuously.
and cherish loyal affection for their
Old home. If they are wise and loving.
and specially unsei6sh, they Will likely
carry their matrimonial bark safely
through those narrow shadows which
separate the TWO households. But the
trouble Is that newly married people
are botn selfish and foolish. They feel
themselves % be the only persons OF con-
sequence, and think that all things
ought 70 be arranged for their pleasure.
The solemn majesty Of the young wife's
housekeeping is not Co DO criticised,
qualified or inspected; the new.made
householder does not believe that the
earth IS the Lords" or even the chill
d.en Of mems; 90 IS eli his own. And
their friends tacitly agree 70 smile AZ
this egOtlsm awhile, because all the
world really does love q lover: and ev-
eryOne is willing 90 grant the bride and
bridegroom some short respite iron the
dreary cares and everyday business Of
lie.
Two points are remarkable in this
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faces Of the enemy efectually checking
his advance. Van Derveer's second line
sprang mp, under succeeding orders
passed over the front line on a charge.
followed Instantly by the front line.
both ddshing az a run toward tbe.ene.
mys front. IL fred once, then broke.
aud was rapidly pursued by the charg-
iug brigade, and driven back around
the Union left.
Van Dervecr's loss was about 90 per
cent. in 30 minutes. Every horse In
the brigade but two was killed or
wounded. The lines Of the brigade did
not break az any point OF the move
ment, and an hour later 10 charged 10
the crest OF Snodgrass Hill on the left
of Gordon Changers succor-
ing command, aud fought there
with its lines unbrOken tiil the close OF
the fight. 10 was the first brigade com
manded at tho crest by Gen. George n.
Thomas. 10 served with him from Mil
Springs 20 Atlantis, and was his special
pride. II received its first brigade drill
from Gen. SchOheld, and afterward
Van Derveer so perfected 10 Ia evoIu-
tioas OF the line that each regiment felt
absolute confidence that the rest would
execute It's part Of any movement or
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persistent antaEonism 10 the uo,her-,n-
Jaw. The hrst Is, that the husband
VINO - often specially vlndictlvo against
MS wiie,s mother. has very little 10 say
SSaioSt her male relatives. IL the girl
ne marrtes Is motherleSs, he does no,
quarrel with his father-in.law. Though
nc may be quite rs Interfering as aay
mother-in-law could be. YET m the
elrl, instead OF being motherless. a
Iatherless, the husband at once begins
TO show his love for his wife, byA sv.-
temStie dtsreSpect towards her mother.
let perhaps month previously, he
naI considered her very smiable lady,
ne had shown her many courtesies. he
had asked her advice about all the ds-
talls OF his marriage. What makes him
little later, accuse her OF every do.
nestle fault? How Is IL that she has
suddenly become $50 seli-opinioned2 ~
Never before had he discovered that
she treats his wife like child, and him
sell as an appendsge. Aud how does he
manage To make his bride also feel
mat dear mamma is trying, and so un.
sole TO understand things" Ii Is a
mystery that ends however, In tho
mother-in-law being made to feel. that
her new relative totally disapproves
OF her. The truth is, the lover
NAAhAA va but men OF his
wife's family before marriage.
they might seriously have intorfered
with his Intentions. After marriage.
he knows they will DO civil to him, for
the sake OF his wife. Then the women
OF the family were useful to him before
marriage; after IL, no eau do without
Thorn. He has got the woman no was
so eager TO get by any means, and he
wishes TO have her entirely. A smile.
| or word, or an act OF kindness to any
| one else, Is so much taken from his
! rights. He desires not only to usurr
her present and her future, but also heI
| past.
The other remarkable point is the I'M.
Just shifting OF all the mother-in.law'.
| SHORTCOMINGS TO the shoulders OF tn,
wife's mother; this is especially unjust
because not only the newspapers of tn,
| day, but also the private knowledge OF
every individual, furnishes abuudan
testimony that II is not tho wlfo's moth
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dered. Ii has been a matter OF discus
sion By doubling regular officers
whether such a movement was feasible
under the ire OF veteran troops. But
there are many living witnesses OF the
affair who will testify that IL was done,
aud that there is no exaggeration in the
above description.
The regiments composing the brigade
were the God Minnesota. the s7th In
diana, the 9th and the 35th Ohio. Its
battery, which fought throughout the
day on Snodgrass Hin, was III. OF the
Fourth Regular Artillery. This Brigade
enjoyed the distinction OF having lost
no position assigned 1t In the two DAYS
battle, OF successfully executing every
order il received, OF maintaining its
lines unbroken throughout the battle
and having the greatest percentage OF
kiiled and wounded Of any brigade on
the Union side. The same il true OF
the movements and the losses OF It's bat.
iery. III. V. BoYNroN.
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with contracts are both essential and.
with wise use OF all that providence
has surrounded us with. we shall hav,
ability. as most men have wfllngness
TO do that which they have promised TO
do.
This should be year OF charity. not
only In the sense that we think kindly
aud feel kiadly OF one another bot that
We do kindly ana act kindly one to-
wards another. These stringent tImes
have hurt many OF our best men. To
press them hard by law suits aud fore
closure Is unmanly and demonstrates
an utter want OF charity. We should
: do Kindly In all our acts, for many de-
mands will be made on us on that score
In the national congress we have All
classes OF citizzouship aud interests
represented. The farmer, tue manu-
factory gold-buggery, sllver-diEgsrv
All nave their representatives,, each
pulling Tor his own interest and
tue Interest OF his contistuenov.
Representations from I,onisIana
say, Take the bounty from sugar
and YOU will ruin our people" North
Alabama, Middle Tennessee and Pam
sylvania say, Tinker with tho tariff
along our limo aud you bankrupt us"
stewart says, Repeal the sherman
purchasing act and my section Is ruin
Cd, aud so on aud so on. There is
brighter outlook In every direction than
tho political outlook.
The factions la the Democra,ic NAT,
hrst differed with each other and dIs.
cussed all the issues, and then lef, or
the dds" and proceeded with tho other.
The end no man can tell; but whateysr
oeudes us politically, the common sens.
and manhood Of this country will run
H. and, though the first months OF this
year may drag heavily. in the latter
part OF tho summer and fall, prosperi-
~ Will bloom and blossom again and
tho verge OF better and puror times
await our people. They shall vet coma
back Into prosperity aud this great ma.
ton Will so on, with now and then n
lapse and now and then n backset. until
s u shall be tho greatest nation tho sun
has ever shone on.
These experiences are teaching us
lessons we must know aud they will
bring TO US knowledge and wisdom that
shall help us and our children In the
0 wears to como. Forgetting the thing.
3 that are bchlnd-and there arc many
- things we ought to forget and must FOR,
A get-there are other things. tho memor,
T OF which will bring 70 us wisdom born
q OF experience. For the year lso3, which
a has Just passed into history, carries or
4 its bosom memories which shall brIns
r tears 90 our eyes and sorrow to ouI
. hearts and despair To our consciences
A those we ought TO try forget The fol
n lies and mistakes. with all their import
n should teach us what and how to do II
the days 20 come.
d Many OF us will drop tear In tho FRS
days OF this Now Year upon the grave