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The Stage of the Future.

Tragedy" says Nine. Sarah, sis
dead, except Shakespearian trag-
edy dramas. French tragedy Is
gone forever; Spanish tragedy is
dead too. The present realism
has gone far enough; after it we
shall come back to pure drama, as
opposed to tragedy. Tragedy Is
not the same thing as the drama |;
there ia no room for anything in
tellectual in tragedy; tragedy is
nothing without the three unities
unity of place, unity OF action
and unity of thought. The drama
gives more scope for intelligence
and the imagination. La Tosca,
Theodore 'Yzeyl,' are dramas,
with a strong tragic element.
'Oedipe Roi,' and 'Phedre' are
tragedies. Shakespeare's TRACE
dies are In reality tragic dramas.
Literature, 1 think, is almost
at a standstill. Dramatic art Is
in a state OF transition from the
realistic back to pure drama.
Painting has not made much pro-
gress in ten years, and the ideal Of
sculpture found in ancient Greece
is not approached. The American
people are feeling their way in art.
1 admire Sargent, your painter,
very much. Art in America is
growing every day, but as yet it
has not formed an individual
school. 1t is all acquired, copied
from older countries. In painting
however, some of the younger por-
trait painters have created a
school of their own. l think the
trouble OF Americans is that their
ideal is not high one; it is not
pure, not inspiring.
81 do not believe art will ever
become cosmopolitan. Each coun-
try will retain its individuality.
In Europe, in spite Of the travel
of artists, companionship, study
of one another's work, they have
preserved their individuality. 1t
is a characteristic of the European
to remain steadfast to his country,
its ideas, schools, ETC., but not so
with Americans-they borrow"
"One thing have noticed in my
life-that is the American news
paper. 1t has bad greater intiu-
ence in Europe than anything else.
When we see something uncom-
mon in Paris papers we say 'Oh,
that is American The Ameri-
can newspaper is superior to the
papers of Europe. 1t has set the
pace for the newspaper Of France
and England"
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HOWARD w. BYERS.
Biography of the Speaker of the lows
House of Representatives.

Biography of the Speaker of the Iowa
House of Representatives.
Howard Webster Byers, the speaker
of the Iowa house of representatives,
is young man who has made his way
well in the world. He was born in 1856
in a log cabin near Woodstock, little
town in Wisconsin. Soon after his birth
his parents removed to Highland, Wis,
where they lived during the war. In
1874 they moved to Iowa, and young
Byers went to work on a farm. Two
years later he and two young friends
started with a mule team for the Black
hills. They were overtaken by the win
ter at Dodge City and returned TO Ne
braska City, where they traded in
mules. He remained two years in Ne
braska City and then went to Shelby,
Ia, taught school, studied law and was
admitted to the bar by the Iowa SUI
preme court in 1888. AS a lawyer he
has been eminently successful. He
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Lacemaking is Costly.


/ give you my reasons why the
manufacture of lace in America
does not succeed: A loom for the
weaving of narrow lsces, say three
quarters of an inch wide, costs
about Gl,OOO, or $1,000; to get up a
pattern for a lace selling at retail,
says cents a yard, costs ESQ, or
$3.50. To make the slightest al
teration will cost G25, 1925. Con-
sequently the first yard may cost
$3.50, but as they expect to sell q
large quantity, every successive
yard costs less than the one pre-
ceding, and so when they have
sold several millions Of yards the
cost of the last Is hardly that Of
the weight of cotton; consequent
ly unless they have market for
such a large consumption they
cannot make any money. Now,
when q lace manufacturer in Not
tingham gets up his set OF patterns
for the season, he sets hundreds
of girls to work making pattern
cards and sending them to Eng
land, France, Germany, Q. G. s.,
Italy, Holland, Central America,
Egypt and other places. The i'm
mense sales to those placer make
his profits; without them he
would be Observation-Disclosures
journal.
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Heating Stoves,
Jewel Stoves and Ranges,
-Wickless and Oriental OIL HeG sers,
-Tlnnerman's Ohio Steel Plate Range
Gus. A. BONNET, PIT w. Commerce ).
| 3tft
"A masque ball will be given at
the Vic Thursday night.
Get your letter heads, enve-
lopes, bill heads, circulars and all
kinds of printing at the LIGHT Job
office. I'll If
Houses, safes, and machinery
moved. House-moving appliances
rented. r. G. Nixon, 1921 Avenue B.
% 1m*
Genuine McAlester Coal for
steam and heating purposes, free
from dirt and slack. You burn the
lump, we burn the slack. Give US
a trial. Tel. LAG. IL 20 If
School books at George Roe's.
Old books received in exchange.
1-30 I'm
The Sunset Wood Co. cuts and
bales their own hay and can GER
tainly save you money. 1t would
be we'll to see their hay and grain
before buying elsewhere; corner
Lamar and Walnut streets. IL lift
Best coal, lowest rates, land
prompt delivery. Tel. 146, South.
ern Ice Co. II 20 If
The celebrated McAlester In
dian Territory coal, $6.75 per ton.
Dry four feet wood 1915 per cord ;
stove wood $3.50 per cord. Sunset
Wood Co. II II tt
Coal at lowest rates. JOHN
G. MEHAN, 235 East Houston
street. Tel. 2S3. lot s I'm
-OLD MONARCH 'Sl, BULL
BROS. Ill I'm
For the best selected coal for
family and commercial use, tele-
phone LAG. Southern Ice company.
1220tf
&C. p. KOCH, Manufacturing
Furrier, 213 South Alamo st. 3m
If you will read the Daily
LIGHT you will be convinced that
the Sunset Wood Co. sells the best
and cheapest wood and coal in the
city. phone 81. Try them. IL II tt
"A Mexican was taken with a
fit in front of the Vic theatre, last
night. ...
Buffalo, bear, panther, jaguar
leopard, Hardman, Furrier, 2l5
South Alamo street. II 80 If
MT. VERNON 1876, BULL BROS.
IL l I'm
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Suing for His Rep.

Daniel Sullivan, the well.known
banker Of this city, is suing the
Strahom- Hutton-Evans Commits
sion company, Of st. Louis, for
damages in the sum Of $4,000 in
the Circuit court at st. Louis, on
account of a letter written by the
defendant company to j. M. Chit
tim, stockman OF this city.
Plaintiff claims that the contents
OF the letter being made public,
has caused very great injury to his
reputation.
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is necessary on the paIr of the physician.
He must fully understand the effects Of
every medicine he prescribes. Long and
constant study is also necessary to ade'
quately understand the nature and prop
critics of drugs from which medicines are
prepared. The fact that our prescription
department is intrusted to an experience
ed pharmacist and that we draw the line
vigorously at pure drugs affords a two
fold reason for public confidence. Any
prescription compounded by US can be
relied upon absolutely. A medicine pre-
pared from impure drugs cannot be eff
fective. The medical profession find our
prescription department invaluable In
their practice.
f. REUSS, City Drug Store,
Io6 E. Commerce St
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DITTMAR & oPPENHEIMER.
Fire Insurance, Mackey Bldg.

White sewing machines are
the best in the world. l.. M. Mich
ael, sole agent, 1913 West Commerce.
Repairing a speciality. Machines
from So up. Oil, needles, etc.
81 I'm.
&C. F. Frommer, Bookbinding
and Ruling in all its branches. AT
419 Market street. 80 If
-Edgewood and Paxton's pri-
vate stock at the Crystal saloon,
407 Main plaza. APO If
Miss Melas has reopened dress
making and will be ready to re-
ceive customers Feb. 18th, next to
Bon Ton millinery, over Shafer &
Braden. 276t
Lost, last Saturday evening,
small tent, on Cherry st., between
Sunset depot and Idaho st. Reward
for return to 1901 Z. Com. st. 103t
"A meeting of the joint COM
mittee of the Business Mems club
and several of our medical men
was held yesterday afternoon in
DR.. Barnitz' office. Arrangements
to secure finances for the expenses
Of the medico-climatology congress
were made.
-DELAMoRToN dress cutting
school, 207 North Presa St., near
Paul Wagner's. Agents wanted.
l 10 I'm
The Alamo Brokerage Co. has
removed from Market street to 203
Alamo plaza, west side. 2-9-6t.
The Alamo Brokerage Co. has
removed from Market street to 203
Alamo plaza, west side. 2-9-6t.
TRY US-TEL. Alb,
sEEBE & McALLIsTER,
FIRE INSURANCE.
II 81 tt d&s
Finest Rye whisky, Daugher
IT,, Mt. Vernon and Old @. and b. at
the Crystal saloon. 1 20tf
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AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.

The following named are the only su-
thorized collectors of the LIGHT:
w. 7. SCHUMACHER
II. G. SCHUMACHER,
FRED SMALL.
DAN HATToN
Subscribers are requested not 20 pay
their subscription wlthcpi taking a re-
ceipt. T. i JOHNSON. Mgr.
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never lost case of his own bringing,
and but one in which he was on the
side of the defendant. In May, 1881, he
was married to Miss Mary Winnegar in
Harlan, Shelby county. He served as
representative in the legislature in 1898
and 1895, and was the first republican
sent to the legislature from Shelby
county since 1882. He is q mason, q
knight of Pythias, an odd fellow and q
woodman.
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FREE COLUMN
In the Sunday Morning Light

Persons wanting situations as clerks, la
borers, or other employment. are invited to
use our Sunday morning issue FREE of charge,
space allowed twelve to fifteen words; copy
TO be handed in not later than Saturday even
ing, 8 o'clock. Notices of Lost, Wants, Found,
For Sale, etc., charged at rate Of one cent
word. Other business notices in this column
25 cents for three lines each insertion.
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SIR HERCULES RoelnsoN.
British High Commissioner to the Cape
of Good Hone.

British High Commissioner to the Cape
OF Good Hope.
Now that South Africa is in serious
trouble, it is by no means improbable
that one man in that country will DO
called upon to rearrange matters. This
man is Sir Hercules Robinson, ex-gov-
ernor of Cape Colony, and now chief
commissioner of the Cape of Good Hope.
Sir Hercules is a tried hand at settling
disputes in the colonies of Great Brit
ain, and his success as a diplomat and
agent in such matters during the past
&c years has won every possible honor
from the crown. In 1890, recognizing
his great services as a preserver of Brit
ish power abroad, the queen made him
q baronet. He was appointed to his
present position in 1895. He is the sec
end son of Admiral Hercules Robinson.
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Fire in Chicago Hospital.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Two fires in
the suburban town of Berwyn de-
stroyed the residences of Frank L.
Abbott and Alfred w. Anthony,
and the Rest Cure hospital, pri-
vate female sanitarium. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
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Rejected Menlikn's Peace Proposal.

NEW YORK, Feb. ia dispatch
to the Herald from Rome says /:
The Faunella states that General
Barstiera has cut Menlikn's lines
of operation against Massowah.
The Opinione declares that in the
present critical situation the expe-
dition to Hari cannot be carried
out. 1t advises that Gen. Bara-
tiera should take decisive action in
order to prevent the campaign
from lasting till autumn.
1t is not probable that there will
be a battle before March. The
ministry have rejected Menlikn's
proposal for peace.
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GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK,

The fabulously rich gold mining district
Of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is attracting
hundreds OF people. By spring the rush
bids fair to be enormous. That there is
an abundance of gold there is demonstrat-
ed beyond doubt. Fortunes are being
rapidly made.
To reach Cripple Creek take the Santa
Fe route, the only standard gauge line
direct to the camp. Pullman sleepers
and chair cars. The Santa Fe lands you
right In the heart OF Cripple Creek.
The best way to get there is over the
Santa Fe route.
Inquire OF nearest ticket agent, or adj
dress w. s. keenan,, G. ?. A., G. G. 81 5.
L. Ry., Galveston, Texas. 2 10 lot
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Finest hand made Sour Mash
whiskey-Old Grow, at the Crystal
saloon 407 Main plaza. 4 20 Il
Cox buys everything, 81 Navarro street.
The regular monthly meeting
of the San Antonio Druggists as
ISOLATION takes place tomorrow
night.
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Ice COLD BEER, fresh, always on tap al
the CRYSTAL SALOON, 407 Main plaza. II
TURF EXCHANGE, 203 Alamo
Plaza. Commissions executed on
all racing events.
2 10 TT STUBBLEFIELD & Co.
The Alamo Brokerage Co. has
removed from Market street to BOB
Alamo plaza, west side. 2-9.6t
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vSoa-ydy need raye Neuralgia ~ pr. nres
SeTT Fills fro ~ 80 9 EceIE <p=s@
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Use DR.. Miles, NERVE PLAsTERs for SPINAl
WEAKNESS. All druggists sell 'em for &c
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Hoods Pills become the favorite catharte
with everyone who uses them. &c. per box
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CITY LOCAL NEWS.

Heating Stoves,
Jewel Stoves and Ranges,
-Wickless and Oriental OIL HeGs ers,
-Tinnerman's Ohio Steel Plate Range
Gus. A. BONNET, PIT w. Commerce 5.
attn
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not taken Hoods Sarsaparilla I should
now BE- dead and buried. am thankful
to Hoods Sarsaparilla, which has been
instrumental of so much good to me as
to thousands of others Of our fellow men,"
w. II. WILLIAMS, B., Key West, Florida.
The herald., 1896-08-20
INDIANAPOLIS RESULTS.
Shcepshead Bay Races

The following is the list of entries and
weights for the races to be run al
the Sheepshead Bay track today, whist
are posted at the Los Angeles Turl
club 212 South Spring street. Com
missions received on these races and full
descriptions of the events. Races com
mence at II o'clock a. m, Los Angeles
time:
First race. 2-year-old futurity course
LudwigshafeI. 122: Rhodesia, ll9; Bur
iesque. Slow Poke, Thomas Cat. lis: The
ManXman. l.2: Grey Bird. Trayant, ll5:
Stroque. Arrezzo, log: Convention. lo3.
Second race. 3-year-old fillcs. three
quarters of mle-Cassette. Graz!oso,
Louise N, lIarpschord. Royal Princess.
Eliza Belle. Crimea. Belle .Amie Dorothy,
1l2.
Third race, dash stake, 2year-old. five
Cighths OF a mile Rod ermoud. rs. Suisur.
Mohawk Prince, ll2. Sir Frederick, The
Friar. l04; Nirgini9 Water, lQl
Fourth rac'I ( can handicap. mile
Lehmban. BuCHmdssie. 1l9: ftuhicon, 10:
Lucania. Hanweu. III: Connoisseur 10l;
Muskaonge. IS: Madge j. 9j.
Fifth race. selling, mile and an eighth
Deerslayer. IL: Captive. 1906, Ben Eder
105; Captain r., 10i; Dosget, 1903; Chugnut,
s..
Sixth race, high weight handicap. mile
and a sixteenth on turf-I<ee 1SS: Fer
rier 1873; Souflle. 120: Deerslayer. lis; Char
ade, III; Long Beach, 1l5, Muscalonge. ll0:
Rpa11mont 10l.
The herald., 1896-08-20

operation C. all Democrats of New
York who reject the Chicago platform
and nonfirees. and who believe that la
Dor should be paid in honest dollars, and
that debts, public and private. should
not be repudiated, but should Be scrupu-
lously paid: of all Democrats who would
defeat the attack row sacrilegiously
made in the name of Democracy upon
industry and thrift. and would, protect
from that attack savings bank deposit
tors. pensioners Of the war; beneficiaries
OF life insurance. and earning of honest
wages in every form; and of all Demo-
Gratis who have been and are loyal to the
principles and policy to which the Dem
ocratic party had steadfastly adhered
during more than a century"
The call is signed by Robert A. Winde-
mann, chairman. and Charles Edwards,
secretary, of the state committee.
The herald., 1896-08-20
MINES AND MINERS

In many of the mining sections of this
state. says Prof. Yale in the Examiner,
the cost of wood for fuel is increasing to
an extent which very materially in
creases the expenses of milling opera
tions-so much SO, in fact, as to pre-
vent the working of low grade ores, out
of which a profit is made when fuel is
cheaper. OF course, there is plenty OF
wood in the mountain ranges, but
around many of the camps the fuel has
been exhausted for d radius of many
miles. Hauling it long distance nat
urally makes the cost at the mill much
higher than where it is obtained close
at hand. In Mariposa county, for in
stance, where the price of wood has been
advanced, the Merced Whitlock and
other mines find it impossible to mill
their ores al 4 profit, and are anxiously
waiting for electric power to be fur
nished. In most of the camps this Will
doubtless be the power used eventually,
as the mountain streams will furnish a
source to generate it. In several in
stances lately, however, where COM
panies have started to furnish electric
power for camps or districts, it has been
found that their water supply is insuffi-
Cient to do the work and much less elec-
trio power is derived than was expected.
This is due doubtless to faulty calcula
tions in the first instance. installations
ecute. Because man has the ability to
organize a company and obtain money
to inaugurate an electric plant, it by no
means follows that he is the one to try
the machinery and put it in. There are
all sorts of conditions to be considered,
and only skilled and experienced cleo
trical engineers should be employed on
this part of the work. Reading a few
dozen catalogues or books is not apt to
give any one the requisite knowledge
in this direction. Mistakes of all kinds
are apt to be made, and, primarily, the
great one of overestimating the ultinat te
amount of electric power to be derived
from any given amount and fall of
water. Severtl instances might be cited
in this state where considerable expense
has been entailed in increasing the water
supply after the plant has been put ir
operation. People buying stock under
such conditions ought to be sure that a
competent electrical engineer is tc be
The herald., 1896-08-20
POLITICAL POINTERS
Eminent Political Sneakers Take the welkin
Ping

Ring
| CINCINNATI, Aug Ex-senator
! Sherman addressed a large audience at
/ the geological gardens tonight Ar
rangements had been made for the ad-
! dress during the hot season, when it
would have been pleasant on the hill
tops. but'it was too cool tonight. and the
senator did not speak as long as usual,
while the other speakers were cut short.
Senator Sherman argued that the
present depression was due to the Cor
man Wilson tariff. which was still a law.
and which not only cut off the govern
ment's revenue but also depressed home
industries. He held that prosperous
times existed under the Mckinley law
and would continue if Mckinley were
elected, while panic and ruin and dis
tress would follow if the German Wilson
tariff law remained in force and free sill
Yer was added to the mistakes that had
been made. He reviewed very severely
the record Of Bryan in congress as COM
| pared with the congressional record CT
Mckinley.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug 19-The
state Democratic convention reconven-
ed at o'clock this morning. Hon. C. L.
Potter of Cook county was elected per-
manent chairman. While the conven-
tion was waiting for reports Of the reso-
lutions committee. congressman J. W.
Bailey spoke at length but never men,
toned Bryan's name. 'rlis caused
delegate to ask: How about Bryan"
and Bailey very stifly answered. Mr.
| Bryan is a very bright young man." and
retired from the platform. The conven-
! ton renominated George Culberson and
! the incumbents of the offices of lieuten-
ant-gOvernor, attorney general, comp
troller, treasurer, land commissioner
and superintendent of schools The
platfrom ratifles the action of the Chi
cago convention.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Aug. 19.-Miss
Helena Mitchell. teacher of Delsarte
and an actress of ability. will shortly
take the stump for Bryan. Miss Mitchell
VIII open at bloomington, Ill, on Labor
day, and from that time up to election
will make daily speeches through the
country. Miss Mitchellhas been author
ized by Mr. Bryan to take the stump for
him.
bGf ALL y. -, Aug. 1S.-Ine OleNe-
land Democracy at a meeting tonight
unanimously adonted resolutions in
dorsing the administration of President
Cleveland. the nomination of Bryan and
Sewall and the Chicago platform.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Aug. 19-S. r. Good
man, Populist candidate for congress in
the Twelfth district, tonight announced
that he had withdrawn and would not
make the run.
Mr.. Henry Drummond, the Democrat
ic nominee of the Eleventh district,
withdrew from the race some time ago
because of i'll health, and it is intimated
that the Democrats and Populists will
agree to let things remain as they are in
these two districts
NEW YORK, Aug. 19-There was
meeting of the Republican executive
committee this evening. Mr. Hanna
said that odds and ends in relation to the
conduct of the campaign were all that
We're desired.
The herald., 1896-08-20
MILITARY WhEELNeN
A Thousan1-Nils Tour 70 Test Soldier Bicy
ciiSts

HELENA, Mont. Aug. 19.-Lieut.
Moss, Tweaty-hfth United States IN
fanuy and eight soldiers. heavily ac-
coutered and carrying four days ra-
tions covered the distance between Port
Missouia and Harrison. 1S2 miles. in
Guiding pasaore of the rocky range. f9
Twenty-Five hours on bicycles. The
heaviest wheel with pack ard rider.
Wei@hs -'- pounds; the ueht-st. 2Ol
pouads average, go pounds.
This IS the first detachment put on the
road by the rnitcd States army to test
the pracficaoli.- oe THE bicycle as a
machine tor military purposes in q
mountain country. The tour entered
upon covers looo miles. including rounds
ol National pollt, turn TO this point.
rum to Tort A.suauojge. Northen Mon
tana, and iao.. hy way Of Fort liarri-
son 10 Fort 1uss7ula. Lieut.. Mos OK
poets to show better wheel time than
foot soldiers on troopers on o. sustained
iaareh of Tie same distance la T. n.oun-
tain region.