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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-25

The crowds hear Bryan. But they
heed Mckinley. This will be appar-
ent in November.
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AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.

<hO fIIO1tfHI1D NOHHI1Oh OfSo'
The following named are authorized
collectors Of the Light:
H. C. SCHUMACHER,
w. T. SCHUMACHER,
DAN. c. BITTER,
JOSEPH BALL.
Subscribers are requested not ITO pay
their subscription without taking a re-
ceipt.
T. B. JOHNSON, Manager.
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AMBROSE M. MILLER.
THE PoPoCRATIc BABYLON.

The Babylon of Popocracy totters to
its fall. Come out of her, Democrats,
that you may not be partakers of her
sins, that you receive not of her plag-
ues.
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The Light is authorized to announce
JOHN WILKINS as a candidate for
reelection as County Commissioner for
precinct No. 4. at the ensuing election,
November 3rd. r4a
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FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

The Light is hereby authorized to
announce Philip 81. Shook as a candi-
date for Justice of the Peace, Precinct
No. 1, Bexar county, at the ensuing
election, November 3, 1896.
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FOR DISTRICT CLERK.

The Light is authorized to announce
NAT LEWIS as a candidate for re-
election to the Office of District clerk;
election November Srd.
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The Light Is authorized to announce
w. B. Kerr as candidate for County
Commissioner for Precinct No. at the
election, November 3rd.
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The Light is hereby authorized to
announce JOSEPH KOHR, as a candi-
date for Constable, at the ensuing cleo
ton November 3rd, and solicits the
votes and support of his friends and
the public at large.
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FOR SHERIFF..
The Light is authorized to announce
JOHN p. CAMPBELL

as candidate for reelection to the
office of Sheriff, for Bexar county, at
the election November 3rd, and solicits
the support and votes Of his friends
and public.
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ALL contracts or bills MUST be ap-
proved by the Secretary or Manager.
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FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT NO. l.
WALTER NAPIER,

WALTER NAPlER,
is candidate
FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT NO. 1.
Election November 3rd. He solicits
the votes and support Of his friends
and public.
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JAMES McCLOSKEY is a candidate
for reelection to the Office Of Consta-
BILE, at the coming election, November
8, and solicits the suffrage of his
friends and public
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FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
HON. JOHN A. O'CONNOR
Is candidate for Reelection
TO THE LEGISLATURE

And solicits the votes and support of
his friends and public; Election Nov
ember 3rd, 1896.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25

two cubs, yelling with fear. scrambled
mp the walk; but no somewhere they On
the top than another shower of rifle
bullets brought them down inside the
inclosure, and they were thrown III a
heap with their rocking mother.
Burn them" cried some. Roast
heT and her whclps with her, as we did
Mana Sahib and her whclps on cur
rnarch to Cavnpore,' yelled others.
And under 20 arnfuls of wood and a
barrel OF oil from the lamp cellar, the
three striped demons of the jungle
were soon consumed to ashes, amid the
cxuiting yclls of TIE men.
2ut I, missing DoEald's tall form and
drvining something of the cause, again
fastened up the scaling ladder, closely
followed by the soldiers. We were just
entering the Jungle when we came uo-
on him. He had halted and stopped tc
look at something white in the long
jungle grass; then springing suddenly
erect, dropping his musket and stretch
ing his hands to Heaven, he cried in q
voice of agony: almighty God! 1t is
Nora" and the stalwart warrior sank
on his knees sobbing like a little child.
Again and again he kissed the white,
cold hands-then folding them tender
~ across her breast, he took up the
bloodless body of the dead babe, and
laid It beside its mother. Tears filed
tie yves of all those rude. war-hard'
ened men, as they stood by, resting
upon their muskets, gazing on the pa.
thetic Ger
We found the bodies of the other
Victims not far away, and laid them in
Il single grave. But Nora and her baby
we buried apart from the rest, with a
little wooden cross to mark the spot;
and just as the ha-ha OF the jackal be-
gan Il sound from the depths of the
jungle, we fired n parting salute and
returned to the Hurringutta.
GAIT. WILLIAM B::owS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25

broad veranda that opened towards the
sea. In the armory all was in order, end
n the dining-room the table was laid
with nine covers, just as the servants
had prepared it the night before. In
the superintendent bedroom, near the
open window, n baby's little cot stood
empty beside the bed of the father and
mothter-also empty. Yet even there
we found no signs of any sudden awak-
ening or struggle except two slightly
rumpled sheets near the doorway, and
a few tiny crimson spots on them and
On h baby's pillow; but of this none
OF US at first took much notice. Even
the little vigil lamp under q picture of
the Virgin and Child on the miniature
shrine in a r of the room was still
burning. Near this was a framed pho
tograph of 4 baby girl smiling on its
mothers knee, the father looking low
ingly on. While some of us remained,
looking sadly on the seemingly happy
group, straining our thoughts in won
der as to what had befallen the
originals, a Highland soldier, who,
after an intense, startled look at the
picture, had been closely scanning the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

e. p. Haskell, whom the governor
of Massachusetts, has just appointed to
fill the vacancy on the board of Metro
politan Park commissioners, was born
In Livermore, Mo-, in 1887. He is editor
and part owner of the Boston Herald.
Simon Boliver, the liberator of
Venezuela, is represented by an eques-
trian statue in Central park, New
York, while George Washington is hon
ored by a statue in a square in Caracas.
There is hardly q house in Caracas that
has not in it a picture of Washington.
There is now living in Hartland,
Me, at the ripe age of IS years, one OF
Names notable widows. This is Mrs.
Ellen Phillips, relict of George, a
brother of Wendell Phillips. Her hus'
band was n graduate of Harvard coll
lege, 4 member of the famous class OK
'2S, among his classmates and intimate
friends being DR.. o. w. Holmes and
James Freeman Clarke.
w. D. Howells bought some goods
in a New York store one day and the
proprietor telephoned his publishers
in Boston: a man named Howells
refers to you. Do you know him?'
Commenting upon this incident the
Boston Herald ~mournfully remarks:
And yet that benighted metropolis
frequently refers to itself as a literary
center"
President Crespo, of Venezeula, is
a tall, heavy man with a countenance
revealing force and determination. He
is very abstemious in his habits and
generally goes to bed at eight o'clock
in the evening. He is in the habit Of
summoning his minister to him at SUI
rise. He is fond of cattle-ranching,
and owns q large number of acres not
far from the Venezuelan capital. He is
q fine equestrian.
1t is not often that public speakers
with a reputation Own to the value of
their delivery, but a certain popular
preacher one found it very useful.
Some wicked members of his congrega.
ton pressed him to publish his sermons.
which they had good reason to believe
were plagiarized from other divines.
But he was even more aware of it than
they were. No." he said; Il will not
do that, for if L published them they
would lose so much in manner"
james Harvey Partridge, probably
one of the oldest of New York's public
school teachers, died recently at Gran.
ford, y. j., aged IS. Mr.. Partridge
gained considerable repute as an author
of scientific and educational works, and
was a frequent contributor to scientific
publications. He was well known, also.
as the possessor of 4 wide range of
knowledge on educational subjects,
and as a learned Biblical scholar. He
was said to have one of the finest prl-
vate reference libraries in that part Of
the country.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25
SCHOOL AND CHURCH

The friends of Mrs. Agassiz have
contributed $4,000 to Radcliffe college
to be used for the establishment of an
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz scholarship
Science.
There are at present two Chinese
girls at the University of Michigan.
One of them, Miss SHE. has been elected
secretary of the senior class. The uiti-
mate object of these women is to return
to China as Christian medical mission
a-ies.
Speaking in Dundee Rev. d. Macrae
said that Carlyleism was not Christian
ity, but it represented m Indispensable
part of true religion ana indicated a
sublime rule of life which Christianity
included and, with it's higher inspira-
tons. made more capable of achieve
ment.
-Rev. DIR. Samuel j. Niccolls, pastor
of the Second Presbyterian church ut
ST. Louis, a position he has held for SO
years, has declined the presidency of
Lane seminary at Cincinnati. He de-
clares that he prefers St. Louis to Gin
cinnati both as a place of residence and
as a place of labor.
Though 1855 persons attended lee
lures at the University of Berlin in the
last winter semester, only 5,G31 of them
were matriculated students, the other
1924 being persons who had merely
permission to listen TO the lectures. In
Munich and Leipzig, the two next iarg-
est universities of Germany the Number
of such listeners was only St and 1877
respectively, out of over 5000 students
in each.
bishop Ryan (Roman Catholic), of
Buffalo, has administered Il public re-
Duke to Rev. George Zurcher. pastor of
St. Joscph's church, Buffalo, for having
said OH 4 recent occasion that the Cath
Ole church in this country suffered
more from the opposition of foreign
priests than from "Freemasonry, Prot
estantiSm and Apaism put together"
and for indulging i'll criticisms of the
Jesuits.
Pope Leo NILS name S in the
Index EXpurgatoriOus and he cannot
get it out. While still Cardinal Pecci
he wrote a book called Del sangue
sacrati:Simo iii Maria,' Il plea for the
establishment OF a feast day i'll honor
OF the blood of the Holy Virgin. The
book was condemned at the time, and
the Index has opposite its name the
note: The author, in Il praiseworthy
manner, made submission and disap-
proved of his own work. The infalli-
biIity of the pope applies only to mat
tiers OF dogma; it cannot cover acts
done before his elevation, Or even acts
while he is pope not done as head of
the church.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25
DIME OVE WANING.
Reading Matter for Boys Better Than q
Generation Ago.

Generation Ago.
y great deal has been said lately
about the reading of preniciouS liter
allure by boys, but the book statistics
show that in this respect the world is
much better than it was Il generation
ago Flood and thunder" stories are
not so numerous to-day as they were,
simply because the demand for them
has greatly diminished. In the old days
there seemed to be an idea that there
were but two-kinds of books for boys to
choose from. On the one hand were the
trashy tales of adventure and OF the
other hand the tame and uneXciting
Sunday school" stories. Alloys mind
Graves stirring action, and therefore it
is no wonder that between Dare Devil
Dick, the Terror of the Plains" and
Honest Samuel; or Virtue Its Own Re
ward" he should choose the former.
with volumes which are sure to please
the youthful mind, while ~eX"rting
naught but good influences. Boys of
to-day are reading good, wholesome
literature, without too much flavor of
the blood and thunder" and yet not
insipid. William o. Stoddard, the we'll
known reviewer, and himself Il writer
OF boys stories, notes the changing
taste and says: In better supply and
in steadily increasing demand are the
better class of historical stories. The
lists of our large houses for the pas
season are worth looking at in reference
to this point. 1t is not enough to say
that parents and guardians do m~st of
the holiday buying. They know what
will be most acceptable to their OWN
young people, and that is what they
select. That, therefore, is what the in
tcIligent publisher provides most ofneXt
time. and he at once cOnfers with or
sends suggestions to his most valuable
authors. One w~ell-knOwn author of
Young peoples books has received with
in the past six weeks applications from
10 less than four prominent houses for
a book based upon American history.
with the added assurance that such
books are selling the best of any. Mere
adventure, mere exciting trash OF any
kind, seems TO be Il back number. 1t Is
Eot a contradiction of all this that such
writers as Jules Verne and Rider Has-
pard have found hosts of young readers.
So they did, and old fellows of 80 read
them to this day. Some have been
caught reading Robinson Crusoe.'
Verne wrote burlesques of science, eS-
ploration and discovery, while Hag-
CARDS best successes were won witt wild
c~aricatures of Stanley in Africa, dashed
VITA the '.4ribian Nights Thee has
been an end of this epidemic, bu the
wholesome. universal craving for the
other kinds of literature indi ated
steadily increases. The common schools
have had a great deal to do with this i'm
provoment in Juvenile literature. The
boys and girls are continually receiving
more and better mental trainirg."-
Troy q. " Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25

came to my rescue; and about 100 yards
away, my six companions were found
all lying in a line, their bodies whole,
but their blood drained to the last drop
from the fang holes in their Threats.
Yes, Sahib, a tiger has done this work."
repeated Ramjan as he finished, and
gave a furtiye glance towards the deep
ening shades of the jungle.
Ramjan's solution was the only one
available. and soon a trail of spots was
discovered, dried by the fierce sun, yet
ominous that beyond were at least
some remains of what we were look
ing for. Frofiting by Ramjan's warn-
ing, l formed my men into a square as
il to resist n cavalry charge; then, as
Cending the ladder, l saw just in front
OF me a moIster tigrcss, in act to
spring. Shouting: stand firm" 1 let
myself drop down inside the wall, just
as the monster, intoxicated from the
sanguinary revel, sprang, first on the
wall, and thence in her mad fury on
the square of bristiing bayonets. Rid
died by bullets and pierced by repeated
stabs of ~bayonets, and boarding pixies,
she gave a wild death roar. Then her
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25
HUMOROUS.

"A bicycle is always tired, and al
ways ready to lie down.-West Union
Gazette.
A mans cup of happiness is never
full. because there is no bottom to it
Atchison Globe.
The proper height fora lady to raise
her skirt on a muddy day is a little
over two feet.-The Waterbury.
doctor, 1 want a tooth pulled.
I'm a great coward when it ome to
enduring pain. and yet I'm afraid of
both laughing gas and chloroform."
"You might be happy with ether
Chicago Tribune.
Have you noticed" said q man to
Dumas, that it is impossible to make
an imbecile acknowledge that he is an
IDIOT" "Of course replied Dumas;
"the moment he admitted he was an
idiot he would no longer be one."-Ls
Figaro.
II don't know what action L ought
10 take in this case" unused Banks.
"Say, Rivers. if you went to see a man
to collect a bill and he told you TO 90
to the devil, what would you do?' I'D
go and see a lawyer" answered Rivers.
Chicago Tribune.
II don't think it's fair, Josiah"
said Mrs. Chugwater. as the attendants
bathed her sprained ankle with sooth-
ing lotions and wrapped bandages
about it. YOU'RE the one that always
carries the accident insurance policies
and I'm the one that's always getting
hurt,"-Chicago Tribune.
AS 1t Struck Her.-Nirs. MalaprUp
This horseless carriage is bound to
be n great success Mrs. Cobwigger
What makes you thin so?" Mrs.
Malaprop-"Why, just think of the
number of persons there are in tho
worldwide can't afford to keep a horse!'
Puck.
Not a Political Economist. - II
don't think that Senator Sorghum is
very much of a political economist"
remarked the everyday citizen. "Eccn-
omist," echoed the inside worker; Il
should say not. When he gifts after a
convention he's lib'ral to the point of
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25

"Tllere is no necessity whatever fol-
90 much complaint Of the feet if people
could only be induced towe&r the prop
er kind of shocs,"said a surgeon who
has made the foot the subject of special
study. THE great mistake that is
made Is in selecting shoes that are too
short. No matter how loose they are,
the shurtness is the cause Ufthc trouble.
The ends OF the bones I crowded
together. and with continual grinding
an Irritation takes place and an inflam-
nation is set up that may remain as
long as life lasls. French Z are
admitted as having the most beautiful
feet of airy women in the world. and the
reason Of this IS thai they refuse to
wear short shoes. but select those that
are long enough to give the E"ct per
feet freedom. The average Oma who
wears q No. ; D. would find her health.
comfort and appearance greatly I'M
proved by selecting a ~ {. The most
important of all items IN getting shoes.
after the proper length is secured. IS TO
have them lit snugiy around the instep.
This keeps the foot from driving for
ward inro the shoe. as it would do were
it loose over the instcp. Large shoes
allow the toes 70 press forward, and
are more injurious than snug ones; in
deed. it is easy to see how the feet work
ing on an incline will crowd down upon
the toes. putting thr delicate bones out
OF place. and laying the train for no end
OF misery.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25

1lnN crimson spots on the baby s pillow.
suddenly sprang up as if an arrow had
struck him and cried out: There's
been a murder here. sir. These spots
are blood" And, snatching up his dirk,
brandishcd the blade above his head
and cried, again and again: Wac.
wac. TO him that has split ae drap o.
that bonnie BARNS blood, It's Donald
that'H drain his last drap to avenge IT."
rs Do32ld's fierce CALCULATIONS rang
through the rooms ard down the stair
way, the corporal, followed by his men,
came rushing in win fixed bayoncts;
but seeing nothing but Donald, gazing
on the photograph, thcy fell back TO the
foot of the stairway, and we all fol-
lowed. Missing Donald, l presently re-
turned, and found Donald still look
ing at the photograph. muttering TO
himself. Noticing the approach OF
some one, he looked up and said: Il
will be in my place in a minute, cap
tain. Only there's something in this
picture that holds me back. | cannot
just make out the features, but there's
a something in the smile of that BARN,
sir, that calls back the old home, and
memories of - Nora" said Donald,
after a short pause, while tears began
to force themselves from his war
hardened eyes.
clapped him sympatheticaliy on the
shoulder, and said: Donald, l feel for
you, but the night is drawing on. The
mystery has yet TO be solved, and the
murderers to bc"-"slain, sir, slain."
cried Donald, as he bounded down the
stairway to his place in the ranks.
l first signalled to Kedgerce: Fear
station staff are all murdered. As get
no trace of murderers."
Then we proceeded in three detach-
ments to make a minute search of the
outhouses. cellars and grounds, but
discovered no clew. We had halted to
consider what was to be done, when
Ramjan, the Lascar bOatswain, IN old
shickarec, or jungle hunter, salaamcd
and said: Capt. Sahib, a tiger has
done this work"
~ What" cried everybody. a tiger
take the whole staff OF II people over
that tCn-foot waiI?"
"H"s. a tiger" repeated Ramjan; and
continuing in his ~ tongue, he said:
Don't you remember, Sahib, that
right in the SundcTbUrds, when the
two Shetland pony colts were taken
from the midship deck; or that morn
ing near the Mutlah pilot station when
q baby was stolen from the high stock
AIDED Shic!;arcc village fromitSmothrr's
arms, and left TO trace OF what stole ii
but 4 few tiny spots just like these?
Don't YOU remember how the mother
screamed when she awakened and
found her baby gone and blood drops
on her breast. 1t is all done, sir, in Il
chick, chack, chuc!-onc, two. three.
l saw it once with my W eyes. Scv-
en- of us We're hunting in the jungle
and I. being 4 boy. was made to sleep
in the back part of the xrt, the other
six lying side by side Rtwecn me and
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25
TO MY SWEETHEART.

o here's to the sweetheart 1 never have
seen,
The one fairest woman my ida, my
queen
Who thralls me with mystery, calls me her
own,
And sweeps up the stairs of my heart to
her throne,
With a pride of possession so charmingly
sweet
That I smile at the confident sound of her
feet,
AS 1 reach out my arms with a yearn:ng
that she
Understands as she sinks on my welcoming
knee,
With a look so appealing. so fond and
serene
The dear little sweetheart I never have
seen.
Her eyes are the eyes of a dove. and her
mouth
Is a him of old Egypt-a dream of the
south
AS It lies like an island Of rubies a-shinc
In a sta of warm lilIes-and all of them
milei
No chi5el of Athens-no graver of Rome
No master ABROAD, and no painter at home,
Fer co'oreS a Venus or carved a FaustiHe,
As TAI: as my sweetheart 1 never have
seen.
IIe- voice is a lutte, and the coil of her arm
Is Il cadence Of love. as she cuddles her
warm
rGirlish head on my breast, while her lips
seek my own
With a rapture that's only an answering
tore
I have gazed OIL the b~eauty-have Toasted
M eyes
On the fairest Of earth. of all climates and
skies;
But Greece hath no Helen, and Egypt no
queen,
TIC match with my sweetheart I never have
seen.
james y. Matthews, in New bohemian.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25

the door. y little before daybrcak I
saw TWO balls of fire shining from a
huge crouch NC figure that terrified me
into hclplessness. 1t came nearer and
nearer Reaching my companion, it
PAUSED an instant, raised its head,
again paused. then its huge paw closed
like the snap of an iron vice on my COM
Fanion's throat. Then, twitching the
body over his back, the ~crouching beast
slid out like n snake, and with a few
bounds disappeared in the jungle. 1
seized the big brass cymbals and began
clashing them and s~hrieking until the
hunters from a neighborinC camp