San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-26
CoNTRIBU TED SCRAPS
Written for the LIGHT.

greedy, tricky and uncha ritable
six days in the week, will never
take a man the first stage on the
road to heaven.
The "good works" OF many pro-
fessed Christians are only castles
in the air. Persons who are en-.
cased in selfishness like terra
pin in his shell, are radically in
capable Of being Christians, in spir-
it and in truth. can evil tree
bringeth forth evil fruit, but a
good tree bringeth forth good
fruit"
Sham Christians are always pro-
testing against any person critics.
ing their short comings, and COM
placently quoting the scriptural
passage, Judge not, lest we be
judged" Their apron of fig leaves
will not screen them. Christ him
self laid down the rule, "By their
fruits we shall know them"
The philosophy of life consists
in making the most OF life, by
cultivating cheerful and content.
ed disposition and evenness Of
temper, and by submitting to that
which is past mending. Homer
says, even the gods cannot undo
an accomplished fact, then who
should mourn. over what is past
recall and remedy.
Lust OF office is as incurable as
the leprosy and as Unsuitable as the
grave. Nine men out of every ten
in the United States appear to be
afflicted with this lust OF office.
Public officers never retire volun-
tarily from Office and they are
long livers.
The cool and self-possessed man
thinks before he speaks and acts,
and by his own self-commad, is
able to command those around
him. The passionate and irritable
man is always getting himself into
! unnecessary scrapes and making
apologies.
A woman, who is fast and tom
boyish before marriage, will be
sure to keep her husband between
a sweat and stew.
San Antonio is overrun with
tramps. The only way to rid
the city Of them, is to put them to
work on the streets, as they hate
work as the devil hates holy
| water.
A tramp is migratory animal.
He summers it in the north, and
pours down on the south in the
| winter. He has neither home nor
pride, and his sole object and aim
is to exc out existence without
working for his "daily bread"
Constitutional laziness, and not
want OF employment, is what ails
the tramp, so that there is not a
bit OF charity in helping them. 1t
only encourages them to stick to
vagrancy and begging. The tramp
evil is becoming gigantic, and
demands legislation for its repres.
sion and eradication.
George Clark still imagines he
furnishes the brains to the Demo-
cratic party, and it would be cruel
to disillusion him.
The Legislature OF Texas should
get down to its work and adjourn.
The fewer laws it passes the better
will it be for the people. There is
no greater curse than a multiple
ity OF ill-advised and ill.considered
laws and frequent changes in the
laws. 1t would be we'll for the
people, if the legislature assembled
only once in ten years.
The legislature Of Missouri has
passed law, forbid ding women to
wear cupola hats in theatres; but
they have as much right to wear
hats four stories high, as members
OF the legislature have to be full
grown apes. That such tall hats in
theatre obStruct the view Of the
stage and of the actors, and are
nuisances, goes without saying;
but legislature belittles itself by
legislating against a mere breach
Of good taste and good manners.
No well-bred woman will make
herself nuisance by four-story
hat, in theatre.
What will the "four hundred"
snobs in New York do for a master
Of ceremonies, now that Ward Nc
Allister has gone down to the
grave? They are like unto a flock
without a shepherd.
1t is the climax Of Stiffness in
rich American girls to use their
wealth in purchasing titled hus-
bands, whose titles constitute their
sole possessions. An unloved wife
is the most miserable Of Gods
creatures.