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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07
Chg Daily Light.
SUNDAY, APRIL 9TH, 1895.
PlTH AND POINT.

Our engagement is quite a secret
You know" 80 everybody tells me-
Pail Mall Budget.
Nobody but loving mother could
weep bitter tears over a lost child, and
then spank it energetically for return
ing.-Tit-Bits.
SO you feel you can not marry
him." "Yes, l am fully decided. " why,
don't you like himP" "Oh, l like him
well enough, but l can't get him to
propose. "-Brooklyn Life.
"A Germantown bride grew indig-
nant when her grocer asked if she
wanted any cracked wheat. She re.
piled that she could afford to buy the
very best.-Philadelphia Record.
II don't see why Ethel has so many
admirers" she remarked. "She neither
sings, plays, paints nor speaks French
Hmm, he replied, reflectively, may.
be that's why."-Washington Star.
Il saw several cyclone cellars while
was out west" remarked the visitor.
Dear me-" exclaimed young Mrs.
Tocker, who on earth would want to
buy a cyclone?"-Washington Star.
Bank Cashier-"You'll have to be
identified before can cash this check"
Pat Grogan-''Begob, that's aisy
enough. Here's me photograph as 1
had tuck in Jersey lasht week. Ye'd
know me amy where by it."-Harlem
Life.
The preacher was indulging in
rhapsodies over the glories of the New
Jerusalem. Little Johnny listened to
him for quite awhile. He then whis-
pered to his mother. mamma, is he
an advance agent?'-Boston Tran
script.
Teacher - "IIistory relates that
when Harpagos asked Cyrus to rebel
against his grandfather, he sent him a
letter in a rabbit. Why did he do
that?" Pupil-"Because at that time
they hadO no envelopes. "-Fliegende
Batter.
-Lady-'T have come to ask if that
canary has turned up, about which l
gave notice the other day" Superin-
tendent Ito Schmidt, has
the canary been arrested which flew
away from this lady's house. "-Dorf.
barber.
Tom is so very punctilious, and in
this case was especially anxious about
producing good impression. But the
florist made the mistake of sending
with the roses the card that bore the
inscription: ''Do the best you can for
S2."-Life.
"A Resemble nce.-Mrs. Bellefeld-
"My husband is nearly forty-fve, and
he hasn't gray hair in his head
Mrs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has mine,
and he is over fifty" 'Isn't that very
remarkably" mot particularly so. He
is entirely bald. "-Pittsburgh Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07
THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
M. Felix Faure, Just Elected
Pre- sident of France.
An Estimate of His Past Career and
Future Political Prospects--He Is Very
Wealthy and Hated by Socialists
and Radicals.

M. Felix Faure, the new president of
the French republic, cannot be called a
great man-owing to variety of causes
the dearth of great men in French poll
tics has become so well marked as to
be proverbial. Nor will anyone con-
cede to him as much force of character
or as much personal prestige as NJ.
Casimir-Perier is believed, or was be-
lieved, to possess. Yet it is conceiva-
BILE that, like many other men of mod
crate aims and moderate records, who
have found themselves suddenly thrust
into the front rank, M. Faure may de-
velop a capacity for adapting himself
to difficult or delicate political circum-
stances that would do credit to men
whose ability has been far more gener-
ally recognized. This, however, is
matter of conjecture. All that can be
said is that, from the presidential point
of view, NJ. Faure is for the moment "a
dark horse" At the same time, it may
be noted that he has three important
points in his favOr-hc is at once anna
bic, popular and modest.
M. Faure was born at Paris, on Jan
uary 80, 1S41. He made large fortune
as a ship owner, at Havre, where, years
ago, he was president of the chamber
of commerce and deputy mayor. Like
NJ Casimir-Perier, he has seen active
military service, for he served in the
Franco-Prussian war as the commander
of battalion of volunteers. Like NJ,
Casimir-Perier, again, he was invested
with the Legion of Honor for his dis
tinguished services in the field. The
late president, it will be remembered,
won his decoration for carrying off
wounded and helpless comrade amid
hail of Prussian bullets. NJ. Faure re.
ceived the chevalier's ribbon in recog.
milton of the courage he displayed, in
1871, in equipping and leading the
Havre firemen against the conflagra-
tions kindled in that city by the com
munards.
NJ. Faure was over forty before he
entered political life. In August, 1881,
he was returned, as a republican, for
the third electoral district of Havre,
against NJ. lie Valiant du Douet, the
mOnarchist candidate, and since then
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07

a rich partner, and in ten years had re-
paired his losses.
In 1871 Harris was admitted to the
bar. In 1S47 he was chosen to repre-
sent his district in the state legislature.
In 1S4S he was elected to congress, and
served two terms. He refused a third
nomination and settled in Memphis
as lawyer. In 1856 Harris canvassed
the state as presidential electOr, and
the success of his ticket was largely
attributed to him. He was elected
governor of Tennessee in 1857, re-
elected in 1859, and again in 1861.
Until he was driven from the state by
the success of northern arms, Gov. Har
ris exhibited ability and resource. He
attached himself to the Army of the
West of the confederate forces, and
after the death of Gen. Johnston took
part in all its important battles except
Perryville. At the opening of the war
he was worth S15O,OOO, at its close moth
ing. He evaded capture on parole,
went into exile in Mexico, thence into
England In 1867 he reesta blished his
law practice in Memphis, Tenn. In
1876 he became a candidate for the
United States senate. He was success
full and took his seat on March of the
next year. He was reelected in 1888,
1889, and again in 1895. In the senate,
it has been said, he has ever been an
advocate of an honest and economical
administration of the government, and
an opponent of all class legislation.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07
has been regularly elected to the cham

has been regularly elected to the cham
ber
NJ. Faure was one of Gambetta's men,
for when that statesman formed his
administration in 1881 he appointed the
new Havre deputy under secretary of
state in the freshly established ministry
of commerce and the colonies. This
office he quilted when the rest of the
cabinet went out the following jan
uary, but during the short time he held
it he displayed a special knowledge Of
commercial questions, especially those
relating to marine and foreign trade,
which procured his appointment to the
same post in NJ Ferry's last cabinet in
1888, and again in M. Tirard's first
short-lived administration in 1888. M.
Faure frequently spoke in the chamber
on colonial and marine questions, and
came to be regarded as an authority
upon them. The prominent and useful
part which he took in the labors of the
extra parliamentary committee on
naval affairs marked him out for pro-
motion, and when NJ. Dupuy formed his
cabinet last May upon NJ. Casimir-
Perier's resignation of the premiership,
M. Faure succeeded Admiral Lefevre
as minister of marine, post which he
continued to hold until the recent
crisis.
M. Faure accompanied Gambetta in
his journey through Normandy, and he
has travelled extensively in the east,
where he made some scientific ex-
plorations at his own expense. Per-
sonally he is handsome and tall, with a
| figure and carriage which, despite his
| tifty-fOur years, would do credit to a
young officer of the Guardes. In well
dressed France he has won the reputa-
ton of being an exceptionally well
dressed mana personal detail not
without its wide significance, seeing
that some of his radical critics have
found his spotless linen and patent
leather boots a stumbling block and
an offense. He is well known and very
popular in Partisan society, and is dis
tinguished alike for the courtesy and
the polish of his manners
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07
The Value of Ball Bearing.

An experiment with ball bearings
was recently made in Canada. A street
car fitted with ball bearings was
drawn a distance of several hundred
feet by men pulling on three strands of
ordinary sewing thread. A carriage
manufacturer put another style of ball
bearings on the axles of coach ordi-
narily pulled by four horses. A trained
dog was hitched to the pole, and he
drew the coach around the yard with
little effort. The combination of pneu-
matte tires and ball bearings would ev-
identity relieve much of the strain now
put on horses drawing heavy vehicles,
and here is tip for an enterprising
carriage builder.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07
The New Girl.

Mrs. Lottie Work-If you come I'll
give you four dollars week and hire
the washing.
New Girl-Do your husbin have his
shirts done out?
yes"
"And what about the ironin'?"
81 can easily find time to do that my
self"
81 haiut much on the cook, an, de-
sige, it don't seem to agree with me
health. / have to be careful not to
overdo."
"I'll get all the rolls, bread and pas
try at the bakery"
do the sicind girl do the sweeping
and dusting?"
eve have no other servant"
"What! No sicind girl? I'm afraid
it'll be the death of me. Howsomever,
I'll try it. IL come Sunda.' after din
ner"
AND NEVER SHOWS Up AT ALL.-N.
Y. World
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07

One of the large tea firms in New
York has been exhibiting in its show
windows small tablets of compressed
tea, or, as they are described, tabloids
of pure tea. These tabloids are about
an inch and half wide by two inches
long, and about a half inch in thick
ness. The firm claims as the virtues of
this tea that it is strictly pure, of
superior quality, free from woody
fiber, and without the large proportion
of inferior leaf and dust so often found
in common tea. The ia bloids look very
much like the chocolate squares dis
played in confectioners' windows, as
they are nearly of the same color, and
the tea is pressed so firmly and COM
pactly that the tabloids present a
smooth surface. Each one contains an
exact quantity and yields an infusion
of uniform strength.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07

The confederate silver half-dollar
is reckoned one of the rarest of Amer
can coins. Only four such coins were
struck. The confederate silver half
dollar bears the date of 1861, and was
struck at the mint at New Orleans just
before that institution was closed by
the federal troops. 1t had the Goddess
of liberty on one side, and a stalk of
cane, one of cotton and the stars and
bars of the confederacy in a coat of
arms on the other side.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07
BISHOP AND DRUMMER.
In This Case the Drummer Was Bashful
and the Bishop Had Good Horse Sense.

In This Case the Drummer Was Bashful
and the Bishop Had Good Horse Sense.
They were seated in the smoking
compartment of the sleeper-the bold,
bad drummer aud the portly and dig
nified bishop of northern Oshkeegan,
who had taken temporary respite there
while his berth was being made up.
The drummer, for once in his life,
was not exactly at his ease. He had
an idea that he was out of his class,
and besides he felt the need of his
morning bracer, and also felt afraid of
shocking the worthy bishop by drink
ing in his presence.
The dignitary of the church was,
however, unconscious of his cOmpan-
ions sufferings, and chatted affably
with him as the miles flew by.
Finally he remarked somewhat alb
ruptly, but in his most sanity tones:
81 suppose, my dear young friend,
that, like most travelling men, you are
in the habit of carrying flask of whis-
ky or brandy with you on the road?'
"Oh, thunder" thought the bold, bad
drummer. Now I'm in for a temper
ance lecture, sure!
But he faltered feebly: Eyes; that
is-er-sometimes."
And have you anything of the sort
with you now?" persisted the bishop.
The drummer admitted he had.
"Then if 1 may trespass upon your
hospitality"
"Why, certainly, certainly!' cried
the delighted drummer. "I'd have
asked you to join me long ago, if l
hadn't thought"
81 know, my son." said the bishop,
with a lordly wave of his hand But
l am afraid 1 caught a bad cold last
night. The result of the inadequacy
of four-foot blanket for a siX-foot
man"
"Now, sir. how much will you
have?" said the drummer moment
later, as he turned the mouth of his
flask towards the glass. You needn't
be afraid of it; it's pure"
"Oh, I'm not afraid of it," said the
bishop. Fill her up, my son, fill her
up. I'm getting as hoarse as frog,
and I've got to preach tomorrow
Brooklyn Life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07
Smart Trick of a Trader.

A German paper says that one of its
contemporaries recently published the
following advertisement: "a young
lady of enormous wealth, who is pre-
pared to pay off all the debts of her in
tended husband, desires to form the
acquaintance of a respectable young
gentleman with view to matrimony,
each reply to be accompanied by pho
to of the sender and addressed to j. p,
at the office of this paper" The deli
cate hand which drew up the above
lines and thereby secured large num-
Der of offers belonged to no less per-
sonage than Her Itzig Schaulcheles,
who had lately opened clothing estab-
lishment in town. By means of the
photos sent IA was enabled to ascer-
tain which of his would-be customers
were in the haiti of leaving their debts
unpaid. n ---------
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07
SENATOR PETTIGREW.
Reelected for Another Term by the South
Dakota Legislature.

DakOIa
Richard Franklin Pettigrew, who
has just been reelected United States
senator from South Dakota, was one of
the popular men of the northwest long
before the Dakotas were admitted to
statehood. He is a resident of Sioux
Falls, where he maintains a comfort
able home. The senator's life has been
quite an eventful one. He was born at
Ludlow, VT, July, 1873; removed with
his parents to Evansville, Rock county,
Wis, in 1854; was prepared for col
lege at the Evansville academy, and
entered Beloit college in 1866, where he
remained two years; was a member of
the law class of 1870, University of
Wisconsin; went to Dakota in July,
1869, in the employ of a United States
deputy surveyor as labOrer; located in
Sioux Falls, where he engaged in the
surveying and real estate business;
opened a law office in 1872, and has
been in the practice of his profession
since; was elected to the Dakota legis-
lature as a member of the council in
1877, and reelected in 1879; was elected
to the FOrty-seventh congress as dele
gate from Dakota territory: was elect
ed to the territorial council in 1SS4-S5;
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07
ISHAM GREEN HARRIS.
Eventful Career of Tennessee's Senior
United States Senator.

Eventful Career Of Tennessee's Senior
United States senator.
Isham Green Harris, the venerable
senator from Tennessee and one of the
most influential characters on the dem
ocratic side, was born near Tullahoma,
Tenn, February 10, 1918. At the age
of fourteen he went to Paris, Tenn,
and hired out as shopboy. He went
to school the next year, and before he
was nineteen years old removed to
Tippah county, Miss, where he became
a successful merchant. He studied law
for two years at night, attending to
his business through the day, and had
accumulated about $1,000 and also es-
ia blished home for his father near
Paris, Tenn, when, through the fail
ure of a bank, he was left penniless.
He resumed his business at Paris with
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07

was member of the South Dakota con-
stitutional convention of 1888; chair
man of the committee on public indebt-
edness, and framed the present pro-
visions of the constitution on that sub
ject; was elected United States senator
October 16, 1889, under the provisions
of the act of congress admitting South
Dakota into the union.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-07

The annual fire loss from incendiar-
ism in the United States and Canada is
1886, OOO, 900, according to conservative
estimates
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-05
bright mrs.

Miss solidcash is to marry Sir Geof-
frey FoXe-Hunt. They will reside in Lon
,,'Ah. more gold engaged for export
Vogue.
Visitor: DO you always write with
bottle Of champagne before YOU?
Novelist: Oh no; but my hero and he
rome have just become ensaged-Flie-
gende Batter.
--Rounder: The scoundrel called me
red-nosed boozer.
Slounder: Oh. never mind He's color
blind and can't tell red from purple
New York Herald.
She: I was playing whist also last
night 1t was the first meeting of our
young ladies' whist club
He: ] wondered what made YOU so
hOarse brooklyn Life.
-Wiggles: Why did they call il d
charity concert, do you think?
Waggles: / don't know. Possibly be-
cause It is so often necessary to be Chart
able toward the performers.-Som
Journal.
Mrs. sheenstein: Oh, you vas awfully
sheenste.n: Yes. Repecca. but dere is
Won goot things about i'll am getting the
wort Of my money out of the DOCTOR
Lifes Calendar.
Doesn't this goose seem to be as
tough as rubber. papa"
Yes, BERTHE, it does 80
But l don't suppose. papa, that his rub
Der is so much to make him tough. as if
ming, is it?"-Harper's Young People
-Pushalong: This is the second five
you've asked me for in a week That's
pretty quick work; quicker than light
ming.
Thespicus: How do you mean?
Pushalong: Lightning never strikes
twice in the same place.-Harlem Life.
Wife: The language you used last
night when you came home was something
dreadful.
Husband: But
Wife: Don't try to deny it. I am as
positive as l am that l sit here that when
said Who's there?" you said Me-
Chicago Tribune.
-Woman-who-want s-to-vote don't
see why we shouldn't get along in poll
tics.
Manufacturers; Who ever heard OF
millinery in politics?
She (prompty): | have. Nearly every
politician l know of has a partisan bias
and ruffied temper.-Cincinnat Tribune.
Mr.. Hedleheimer: Vat do you pay for
insurance on your store?
Mr. Resonsarten: l afn'd carrying any
insurance. ! don'd need id yed.
Mr.. Heidleheimer: Bud subbose ue
blaze purns ub?
Mr. Rosenheimer Gmpatiently): Vhy.
how can id purn ub When dere ain no in
surance life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-05
Personal.

The duchess Of York is devoted to
poker work, in which she has attained
great proficiency.
Mime. Patti has never had so success
ful an absolutely farewell tour as she
has enjoyed this season.
-Freda 8Iahl Of Cincinnati who was SO
badly burned last fall that skin grating
was necessary, Is nearly cured. There
are YET Two small portions which have
NOT thoroughly heRler, but otherwise
the skin has "A most natural appearance.
Hundreds and hundreds OF gratis were
made.
Pope Leo XIII is planning the cree
ton OF a cathedral of the Greek Catholic
rite IN COnstantinople. in addition TO the
seminary for the training Of priests Tor
the Oriental Christian churches. The
two establishments form part OF the
scheme for giving autonomy 10 the Greek
Catholic church in the east
Manuel Garcia. who. IL is reported,
Was killed IN Cuba, practically kept the
island M a state OF terror. He was called
King Of the Fields" and with his band
murdered many a man in cold blood, and
their robberies can not be enumerated
nut his faNOrite game was the kidnapping
Of wealthy. planters. whom he kept hid
den away until a handsome ransom was
delivered TO him.
Tho Gar OF Russia may not have in
tended TO DO so, but he has given Nine.
MOdJeska an advertisement world Wide
and beyond purchase for a price. lie
cause Mime Mod1eska read a paper at the
ing woman of Poland. she dared voice
the aspiration Of her race for freedom.
the car has forbidden her 10 play IN any
theater within the domain of Russia. The
audiences Nine. Modieska thus loses I'M
der his ukase she viii far more than gain
throughout the civilized world
Upon recent frosty morning. says
a New York paper, IsadOr Wormser, the
banker and Wall street specuiator, was
riding down Broadway In a cable car
when he was stopped by fire at Duane
street, so he engaged the first available
vehicle al hand. II was an express wagon
with broken springs. pulled by "a wind
broken NAG, which was driven by a wealth
er beaten citizen wearing fur cap that
had seen better days. Mr. WOrmser
climbed up on the seat and let his feet
dangle Ger the dashboard in juNtaposl-
ton 10 the horses tail. The nag dragged
the gathering wagon through side
streets TO get around the fire lines. and
then paced IL down Broadway and into
Wall street. where the brokers caught
sight Uf &r Wormser and gave three
cheers for him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-05

From the Yankee Blade.

From the Yankee Blade.
Now we're engaged. if you have any
BY that ! mean the men whom you've
They must be on a footing with the
l won't have any mild endearments used,
Now were engaged.
II you had any SISTER and I knew it,
l mean a girl who said shed be your
She should be taught how not TO do it.
And comprehend that you can quite resist
Now we're engaged.
baritone
As if I wished to look at other beauties,
Now YOU are mine.
Soprano
AS thought cared for men
Compared to you! l hope I know my
Of course we used to nirt. but that was
Now we're engaged.
Who was the man with topcoat lined with
sable?
Soprano
Who was the girl with bonnet trimmed
with pink?
Baritone
l would inform you, but 1 am unable.
ia tell his name, but really can't think,
Now we're engaged.
Baritone
Now no more lingering in conserva-
tories.
Under dim colored lights and tropic bow
ers
Soprano
Now no more reading sentimental stories
To girls and giving them bonbons and
flowers
Now we're engaged.
Baritone
l Shall not tolerate the least Irritation.
1 warn you fairly.
Soprano
Please don't be enraged:
But might we sometimes take a brief va
cation2
Now We're engaged.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-05
How Jones Was Made senator.

How was it that you elected Jones to
the Senator" L enquired of a well known
member of the Arkansas legislature, says
a writer in the New York Press. well, 3"
he answered, you see it was like this:
was leading the fight against Jones and
ii looked at one time as if we had some
show of whipping Kim. But his wife saved
him. He asked me himself why I voted
for him, and / told him straight out
just as | told the boys on the floor
told about hearing Mrs. Jones sing the
Old Cabin Home. and how it made me
cry to listen to her sweet voice; how it
made me want to see what sort of looking
man her husband was-a man whose
wife could sing like that. 1 had never
seen Jones. Just as soon as my eye lit
he had head like a washtub, and 1 al
ways liked a head of that sort. So
turned over ana voted for him. When l
told the boys of the Legislature about the
old Cabin Home some one cried, Sing
it" and pretty soon the whole House was
Joining in the music. That's the way
Jones was elected