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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-01
Ratified DR.. Starnes.

A meeting of the Seventh ward
McKinloy-Hobsrt club was held
last night at Wynne's hall on La
vaca street. The meeting was pre-
sided over by j. NJ. Shelburn and
was for the purpose of ratiiyin e
the endorsement OF DR.. G.. j
Starnes at the recent Republican
county convention held at Mission
garden, as candidate for the legis.
lature. The meeting was largely
attended, the conventions endorse
ment of DR.. Starnes' candidacy
met with tho hearty approval OF
the club,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-01
The Methodist Revival.

The revival now being conducted
by Rev. r. l.. Selle at the South
blackberry Street M. E. church
continues to grow in interest, a
large crowd being in attendance
every night and numerous profes.
sions being made at every oppor.
tunity. Last nights services
closed with a number Of seekers at
the altar, as has been the case every
night since the beginning Of the
meeting. 1t will continue for the
next two weeks. Services every
night at s o'clock.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-01
TRAINING RAW HANDS.
Gen. Merritt's Field Plans Designed
to Make Soldiers.
Men Will BE Required to Practice Evolu-
lions Necessary to Give the Skill
Required in Actual Service
Signal Corps Drills.

Gen. Merritt's plans for the field sery-
ice of the men under his command IN
the department of the Missouri have
been approved at Washington by the
secretary of war. AS a result there will
start out from each post within the
generals command early in September
as many men as can be spared from &C
tual defense of the place to make q
practice march to a camping ground.
The men will go from all the posts
from Sheridan to Riley. Lieut.. Hale,
of Gen. Merritt's staff, said to a Chicago
Tribune reporter:
1.-THE idea has been simply TO make
soldiers out of crude material. Some
time ago we stopped taking men of
doubtful antecedents. We have now
men who have the good of the country
at heart, and who are, Imustsay, utter
" ignorant of the duties of an enlisted
man.
"There will be an advance guard from
each post and arearguard aswell. There
will be reconnaissance duty and every
thing else which by any possibility can
make q recruit into soldier.
"Th&enlisted men from every post or
garrison in the department will be
taught how to cook. Commissioned Of
fcers will oversee the cooking on the
march and will make it certain that the
men have food cooked in accordance
with hygienic principles.
"The men in garrison have objected
to what is called garrison cooking.
That means cooking for all the men in
the post, irrespective of branch service.
When the men get into the field they
will have company cooks, and will be
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-01
Movement of Market Cattle.

The Arkansas Pass railroad is
making a shipment today Of 20
cars Of live stock from Falls City
to New Braunfels, where the cattle
Is fattened for the early markets.
The Arkansas Pass anticipates a
heavy movement of feeders in feed
lots to oil mill points along the
line and connecting lines this fall,
which begins today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-01
Surveying the Roa DIS.

Lieuts. p. Whitworth, of the
Eighteenth infantry, and J. T.
Hainer, of the Fifth cavalry, U. S.
A., with q detachment of four
men and teams, are out on a sur
veying expedition of the public
roads for about 80 miles bordering
on San Antonio. This includes
first, second and third-class roads.
Several months time will be con-
sumed IT, completing this survey.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-01
AN HONEST BOY.

Jim Courtney Finds Some Money anC
Looks For the Owner.
James Courtney's parents can
congratulate themselves on hav-
ing an honest son. Jim is EN-.
ployed in the Sunset machine
shops, and yesterday he found a
$40 bill on the floor in the shops.
Many a boy would have quietly
tucked the money away in his
trousers and never said a word
about it. Not so with Jim. This
lad made dilingent inquiry to find
the owner of the bill. He finally
found the man who lost it, and he
gave Jim dollar as reward for
his honesty.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-01
SATURDAY is CIRCUS DAY.
THEN WILL
,..R|NGL|NG Bros, :,
WORLDS GREATEST SHOWS
BE SEEN IN
....SAN ANTONIO
IN ALL THEIR GLORY.
IN ALL THEIR GLORY.

In the %e3n BG so call the Ra the
pape mark oa you but published at so much per inch
you wouldn't s and it funny rdicTousy and hlarousy
about discover funny thing like everybody
The spanked infant usually bawls the oudest
s es M Sl she E How be
ers and h. has lost n most 4str Of its tee teeth
cred 4S sheets Ringing Brothers boards
Speaking feet been covered in
this said in its issue of last Monday September
Rey ssR asy
out Of the Civil District % at l6e ea
strains the employees of the Ringing mutatng
the ne wa that tine G tns Wo nw
some dhc9y TGUsg THE FIRST PAPER PUT ON
THE OTHER PEOPLE AMI - WAS ARD GOV hRhD BY
the righteous thou show that is literally
on Knees begging with streaming for sympathy
vandalism They don't ask for any ympatby
TS @ Of u Go eo"r and ney
% he a 6 5
nd a Of wG nd for Ringing Bros Other shows do
Two years ag same show that Rngling
sna and HS%'OE oH[
cern-that its performers
cheap and unsk that its parade collection of old
You Ringn Bros and you know they lied!
nong year using the They have
!,
know as great Wspaper-devoted a
scrbing the the exhibition
aa4Rfs Great Crowd. Yesterday Day
Ringing Brot Big Show Gorgeous
Parade Of the Attractions Colossal Menagerie"
mere one paragraph of commencing
The big show faithfully keeps big promises
e whether in Texas before
to Dallas yesterday with this enterprise
ton and description alike
seeing shown heradng
Even the itself dazzed and confused
and geological wonders and the rapid titanic
@ sas in ns ng the air ma
til it is second
have reached the utmost limit
bities." r
This is the tribute of newspaper great
think that Ringing ignore -natured
snarling OF out-cassed shows? ~ ~ ~ 'e WIZ " "
If they honestly tho
test why oon they accept Ringing Bros challenge
they he ngng Bros have railroad
animals and nothing superior
than any other show coming
the challenge and they know it, - ~
But after all the particularly interested
son nat they want to the biggest greatest
show and that they will see when Ringing Bros.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
Keep up with the Procession.

An electrical plow is the latest sddi-
ton to farm mechanics. Whether
electricity as applied to agriculture is to
be practical and susceptible Of general
adoption remains to be seen; that it will
require much time and experimentation
before it becomes 80 is not to be doubted.
But there have been many practical
advances made in the economics Of
farming which are not so generally
adopted as they deserve to be, and as
they must be il the cultivation Of the
land is again to be made to yield the
returns enjoyed by the farmer in the
past. Not all the inventive genius Of
the age; not all Of scientific research
and investigation have been devoted to
the mechanical world Much has been
accomplished for the farmer, and many
things have been done for his benefit.
Among the most important, perhaps,
is the work Of the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington and Of the exper-
iment stations in connection with the
agricultural colleges Of the country.
How much more the world knows to-day
Of the chemistry of the soil than it did
even decade ago! How many facts
The advocate., 1896-09-16

which aid him successfully to meet the
problems of his varied and interesting
calling are daily being discovered,
arranged, put out in book or pamphlet
form and sent free Of cost to the farmer!
Information Of priceless value, and
which, il he will read and study, will
transform his method OF life and change
the work on the farm from drudgery to
delight!
Are the farmers studying these ad-
vanced and helpful ideas and putting
them to the best possible useY Are they
seeking, as the manufactures and the
merchant seeks, to "cut the corners"
and discover the line Of least resstanceY
Are they learning how to make one acre
of land do as much this year as two
acres did last? If they do not take
advantage Of the practical lessons thus
taught, and sre LETT behind in the mad
race Of competition by their neighbors
who do, who shall be blamed FOR their
failure p-P Pennsylvania Farmer.
The advocate., 1896-09-16

trusts, syndicates and corporations Of
the nation.
So unmists ksbly does Mr.. Mckinley
represent the privileged classes and
tribute takers, both of this and other
nations, and so clearly do the forces
behind him represent the opposite of
all the American theories aud tTsdi-
tions of government, that it is little
wonder so many intelligent and patri'
otlc Republicans place patriotism
above party and rally to the support of
Mr.. Bryan as the representative of
equal rights for all with special privi-
leges for none.
In this contest of money versus man
hood the capacity of the American peo-
pie for self government will be tried as
never before, and, let us hope, as never
again. On one side is money by hun
dreds of millions, all the railway, mine
and land barons, great subsidized man
ufscturing corporations, the prostitute
press, and the sslsried and fixed in
come classes and spec llators; on the
other side is only the common people
and justice. 1t is a fight to the finish.
On which side are you?
w. Fl. T. WAKEFIELD.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
Mexican Progress.

A few years back Mexico began to
gain ground with it's industries and to
prosper as the result Of more stable
government. AT first it began buying
more largely from abroad, and for a
while it looked as though the western
cities would have q profitable market for
many Of its manufactured products.
Being on a silver standard, and produc-
ing its own money metal-all it can use
at home and considerable amount for
export-as gold has appreciated in other
countries it has carried the prices Of
such goods as were imported to almost
double the former price. Its enterpris-
ing capitalists have been quick to
appreciate the great advantage it is
giving them to introduce home manu-
factures in pretty much all lines. They
have been buying machinery in this and
other countries where stagnsnt business
conditions have been reducing prices,
have erected factories, have employed
instructors for their home employees and
are reaping great profits, as well as
effecting great savings to the consumers,
by manufacturing cottons, woolens and
other textile fabrics, foundry products
and machinery for their mines More
than that, they are introducing American
cattle and hogs for breeding purposes,
with view to the home production Of
meats and provisions. 1t is undoubtedly
good for Mexico, but it is cutting off
very profitable portion of our western
trade.-ITTigGtiOn Age.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
Silver Coinage.

Financial questions cane to the
front before the President-eleCt could
take his seat, and the first notable act
of President Cleveland was the calling
of a special session to Consider the re-
peal of the Sherman silver coinage
law. 1t was asserted and insisted that
only that was necessary to turn the
tide of disaster. But the tide did not
turn, and is still at ebb. Industry Is
half psrslyzed; the common people are
living on past accumulstlOns, and are
compelled to practice Of economy
that is a hardship to an American Of
any degree; great crops are almost
Vslueless to the producers, the income
from them being barely sufficient to
support life and sffording no margin
for expenditures which had made this
the greatest home market ever known.
The payment Of old debts has been
suspended, and even the current Obli-
cations cannot be met. 1t Is said that
the implement dealers alone are carry
ing more than 60 millions of past due
paper. There is no intent to repudlate
or avoid It's payment, but the crops
they raise will not bring them money
enough to pay 1t with. Constituting
about one-hslf the population Of our
country, such q condition for our
farmers cannot fail to have q blightlng
effect on dependent industries. Right
here Is where the trouble begins. The
farmer cannot prosper with wheat at
35 cents bushel, oats at 5 to 10 cents,
potatoes at 10 to 20 cents, and every
thing else in proportion. He can live
with but little in addition to his own
products, but he can neither enjoy the
comforts and luxuries to which he has
become accustomed, nor can he accum.
ulate property.-Irrig0tioD Age, AU-
aust, 1896,
The advocate., 1896-09-16

institutions and the perpetuatiOn Of
civil liberty, is unworthy TO share in
the blessings of free government and
equal rights under the law. He de-
serves to become serf, and If per-
mitted to have his own way, in serfdom
he will land himself and family. He
may easily distinguish the right from
the wrong ticket by watching the
banker, the bond clipper, the members
of syndicstea and other robbers, and
voting the ticket that they oppose. In
this way he can make no mistake.
This is the poor mans opportunity,
and in his ballot lies the hope Of the
nation. God grant that he may real
lie it. 0. II. DRINKWATER.
Cedar Point, Kas.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
500 Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In all It's stages, and that Is Catsrrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails TO
cure. Send for list Of testimonials. Ad-
dress, F. j. CHENEY & Co.,
Sold by druggists, IS cts. Toledo, o.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
Now is the Peoples Opportunity.

EDITOR ADVOCATE:-If the work.
ingmen of America do not embrace
the opportunity to cut loose from the
enslaVing influences of the money
power offered by the unexpected aero
bstic action of the Democratic party
In cutting loose from its Tory leader
ship and returning to the principles
and teachings of Jefferson and Jack
son, by restoring the money of the
constitution In the reconciliation of
silver at 16 to l, 1t Is rot clear how
they will prevent the absorption of the
entire wealth of natural resources and
labor products by the few who now ex-
ercise the undisputed control of the
only redemption mGney-gold. The
present opportunity has been presented
to the people seemingly by a special
interposition of Providence. 1t is one
of the unsccountsble happenings that
occur one or twice perhaps in the his
tory of all nations, carrying with them
opportunities which cannot be over
looked or neglected by the people
except at q risk too fearful to contem-
plate.
While it is apparent that the remone-
tization of silver cannot in itself cure
all the evils with which we as q nation
are afflicted, it will be the cutting of
one of the chief rlVets in the shackles
which bind US In serVitude to the
British sriStocrRcY, and will give US
good working room for removing the
rest. "There is tide in the affairs of
men which, taken at its ebb, flows on
to fortune" Such tide has come to
US as q nation. Let us as individuals
take advantage Of 1t before 1t is too
late.
Every selfish man who lives off of
labor by clipping coupons or drawing
stated salary above the value of his
services, will vote for the 'present"
gold standard, while every laboring
man whose unselfish patriotism eX-
ceeds his partisan prejudice will vote
for the reconciliation of silver and
the doubling of the amount of stand
ard money thereby. There is no
excuse for a man not voting his senti-
ments, in spite of arrogant and tyran-
nicsl corporation employers who may
try to bulldoze him into voting against
his own interests and for the salvation
of his country by persecution and
threats. The Australian ballot system
insures to every man the right to vote
as he pleases, and the man who does
not vote for those measures that tend
to the preservation Of our American
The advocate., 1896-09-16

1t Is said that the present Republican
candidate for Governor Of New York
franked bundle Of washing from Washing
ton to Albany while member OF Congress
last winter. II elected he will probably
spend a good deal Of time talking about his
business administration, but will occupy
very little time giving the people that
sort Of one.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
PlutOcraey vs.. Democracy.

face, it is plain that the present cam
psign is fought with issues far deeper
and more important than that of free
coinage of silver. The silver, or
double standard question, is only an
Incident, or the most concrete express
sion to the masses, of great and fast
eliminating struggle between plutoc-
rscy and democrscy-the masses and
the classes.
How clear and sharp the lines are
now drawn between free and impartial
government and special privilege, be-
tween a government of, by and for the
people and government by concen-
trsted wealth, only the best informed
and clearest thinkers fully realize. So
distinct and unmistsksble is the sep.
sration of the sheep and the goats that
1t has suddenly, and except with the
profoundly ignorant, completely ami
hllsted the partisan prejudiCes of a
half century's growth, and for the first
time since 1860 the people are divided
by vital issues and not by partisan
prejudice.
The frantic efforts of "Dollsr" Marc
Hsnna's plntocrstiC machine to revive
partisan prejudices are in vain, but
such efforts show what q powerful fac
tor In despoiling the people such pref
udice has been in the past, Only
when voters put party names above
potriotism can special privilege rule
and rob the people, hence the pluto
cratic robber barons and their political
parasites have an undisguised horror
of the independent voter, whose clear
thinking has bursted the bonds of par
tisan prejudice and sees that such
prejudices close the door to reason.
To true patriot, one who believes
in the theoretical American system of
government by equal rights to all and
special privilege for none-s system
never quite reduced to practice-it
does not require that he must be an
ardent friend of free coinage to array
himself on the side of the people and
of freedom and justice.
The real disintegrstion and realign.
ment of parties did not begin with the
National conventions of 1896, such
conventions being only culminations
of long sntecedent divisions. Realign-
ment Of parties really began when
Mr.. Cleveland and his Cabinet Of cor
porstion attorneys were deserted by
majority of their own party, but re-
ceiVed the active support of the lead
ers and large majority of the
Republican party for their financial
policy. The practical Endorsement of
Mr.. CleVelsnd's administration by the
Republicans at st. Louis, and the re-
pudiatiOn Of his policy by Democrats
at Chicago, was natural sequence of
the previous votes in Congress by
majority of each party. The Demo
Gratis who represented the people had
deserted the administration, notwith-
standing its use of patronage to re-
ward treason to the people, aid Re-
publicsns, as a party, had rallied to its
support, because both were seeking
the favor of Wall street and of the
monOpolies and privileged classes. The
D-r.Allnnnn u,hn IlI rnA lrlnnnn
The advocate., 1896-09-16

FIFTEEN CENTS will get the AD-
vocATE till the November election.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23
Cash Is Its Name.

Twenty-four miles northeast of Ter
rell. Tex, on the Texas Midland rail-
road, Of which E. H. r. Green, son Of
Mrs. Hettie Green, is president and
general manager, is a station named
Sylvia, named in honor Of Mrs. Green's
sister. A postofice has been estab-
lished there, but the name Sylvia
would not be accepted by the postof-
flee department. Out of number Of
names sent for selection Cash was ac-
cepted. Money is postmaster at Cash,
]. L. Money receiving the appointment
as postmaster.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23

It was stated in Philadelphia ship
ping circles this week that the opera
tcrs of the Siberian railroad, now in
course Of construction from the Black
sea across to Vladivostock, had placed
a large order in Philadelphia for loco
motives, and that the British whaleback
steamship Turret Bell had been char
tered to land the first cargo there in
February. The Siberian railroad, when
completed, will be one Of the longest in
existence; its tracks will extend across
$500 miles of territory. The construc-
ton of this road will have the effect OF
opening up that part Of the country
and will render possible, at a compare
lively small expense, the shipment Of
material and products from the Pacific
to the Black sea districts.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23

good omen for our marriage; it prom
Uses another lovely day tomorrow"
The bride laughed and blushed.
DO you really believe in omens,
Charles?" she said.
MY dear" interposed the old lady,
before her son could answer, III Charles
does believe in omens, it is nothing to
laugh at. You will soon know better,
when you are his wife. than to con-
found him, even in the slightest things,
with the common herd of people. All
his convictions are we'll founded-so
well, that If thought he really did be-
lleYe in omens, l should most assured
ly make up my mind to believe in them
too"
81 beg your pardon, madame" Rose
began, TREMENDOUSLY. 81 only meant"
MY dear child, have you so little
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23

Many marvel how worm gets at
the core Of an apple when the outside is
nnpierced. The larva or egg, is de-
posited in the blossom, and is developed
IN the fruit. "Thus foolishness is
bound up in the heart of child" and
the germ develops with its growth.
How careful parents should be as to the
influences alighting upon their chaldren
in the bud of being. A young wolf is
as innocent as kitten, only waiting tc
be old enough to bite. The true nur-
ture recognizes the vulpine instinct,
and seeks by admonition and discipline
to supplant it with the lamb-like ma
ture. Destiny swings With the cradle.
The dew Of the morning is parental to
the rainbow Of the evening.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23

Cleopatra was stung by an asp Sc
creted in basket of figs. Evil often
turks amid the sweets of pleasure. The
busy bee finds honey for the hive in
the calyx of the flower; the hermit
spider dlstills the nectar into poison
with which to destroy its prey. The
grateful heart gathers good from the
noxious weeds of sorrow; the migrate
sips evil from the roses Of delight. To
the pure all things are innocent, to the
vicious the hottest things are prOfane.
Men always find what they seek.