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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-26
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR CONGRESS.

The Light is authorized to announce
the HON. GEO. H. NOONAN, as can
didate for reelection to Congress, from
the 18th congressional district, at the
election, November 3, 1896.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-26
FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT NO. 1
WALTER NAPIER,

WALTER NAPIER,
is a candidate
FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT NO. 1.
Election November 3rd. He solicits
the votes and support of his friends
and public.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-26
FOR SHERIFFF.
The Light Is authorized to announce
JOHN P. CAMPBELL

as a candidate for reelection to the
Office of Sheriff, for Bexar county, at
the election November Bird, and solicits
the support and votes of his friends
and public.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-26

ALL contracts or bills MUST be ap-
proved by the Secretary or Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-26
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
HON. JOHN A. O'CONNOR
Is a candidate for Reelection
TO THE LEGISLATURE

his friends and public; Election Nov
ember 3rd, 1896.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-26

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER &c, 1896.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-26

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Hopu used IN the Manuact
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-26
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS,

9-12-3 sat.
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veteran fol some title to pass between

veteran for some title to pass between the two
 Well, ScHvner was opposed to this principle and fortunate enough to es- cape involuntary dignity until one memorable occasion, not long ago, when he was conducting case mp in Butte county, The legal luminaries cf the district showed him some hospltai- t, and" as he afterward expressed 1t | in relating the circumstance to Judge Hunt, ''one day was introduced to southerner by an idiot who said. MT. So and So, this is Major Scrivner'
 T felt mad. but had not time to re- primand my introducer, nor to explain matters, In an instant l found myself shaking hands with the southerner, who eyed me narrowly. "'You served in the Confedeate army, Major?' he asked. " I did, I replied.
 'I was in the Confederate army my self sir, returned the southerner, and I'm pretty we'll up in the army list. What branch of the service were you attached to?'
 "The artillery I replied. longing ti'eiI iiN Wodtd SlNN iiiN o Ntis''tSN " '--N7 plain. But he kept right on. "'Under what general, may l ask?' 'Uuder General Gordon By this time was feeling mighty uncomforta- ble, as my southern friend was bent on drawing me out.
 " Major he said, I'm pretty familiar with the names of all the leading artil- lery officers in the Confederate service during the war May I ask you, sir. how many guns were under your com mand?'
 q assure you, Judge, never felt So mad in my life. Here was I, man who always avoided notoriety who served his time in the war and did his
 duty without ostentation, who never sought military title, but always
 scared off my friends from addressing
 me by one; and yet, owing. to my bun gling. d-d good-natured friend, beicg
 catechised by an entire stranger upon
 title I never assumed! However I
 was brindled up, and, looking my cate-
 chiser full in the eye, said:
 Guns be d-d, sir! served
 through the entire war, sir, in com-
 mand of one gun, and that I ca red
 over my shoulder!'
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rAMING AHUM1rTNG BYRD.
Naturalist Succeeds in Catching One
 in His Hand

(From Our Animal Friends.)
 Several cases are on record of at- tempts to tame humming birds, but when placed in cage they do not thrive, and soon die. The orange groves of Southern California abound in these attractive creatures, and seve- ral can often be seen about the flower ing bushes, seeking food or chasing each other in play. Once, when living on the slopes of the Sierra Madre mountains, where they were very plen- tiful, accomplished the feat of taking one in my hand
 I first noticed 1t in the garden. resting on a mustard stalk, and, thinking to see how near I could approach, I grad ually moved toward it by pretending to be otherwise engaged until was with in five feet of 1t. The bird looked at me calmly and Imoved slowly nearer. whistling gently to attract it's atten- tion, as I began to think something was the matter with 1t. It bent its head upon one side, eyed me sharply, then flew to another stalk a few feet away, contemplating me as before. Again ! approached, taking care not to alarm it, and this time I was almost within reaching distance before 1t flew away.
 The bird seemed to have a growing confidence in me, and 1 became more and more deliberate in my movements, until I finally stood beside the little creature gazing at me with its head tipped upon one side, as if questioning what I was about. I then withdrew and approached again, repeating this several times before I stretched out ny hand to take 1t, at which it flew to an- other bush. But the next time 1t al- lowed me to grasp it, and had caught wild bird open handed, without even the use of salt!
 Such instances must be rare where birds are familiar with human beings. In some of the islands of the South Pa cific birds have been found that had never seen a man before, and allowed themselves to be picked up and even had to be pushed out of peoples way 1 One of the curious features of hurn- ming birds is that they are never found | in Europe, being sxclusivtv American, ranging in this country from the ex- l trema north to the tropics, adding to the beauty of field and grove, being veritable living gems Nothing can | approach the humming bird in its gor- | geousness or decoration. It is especial | ly rich in metallic tints, seemingly 1 splasiled with red, blue. green and oth- CT bronzes. Some appear to be deckcd 1 in a coat of mail, others blazing in the sunlight with headdresses and breast plates that are dazzling to behold, and defy description. The smallest of birds, they are one of the most beauti- ful of the many ornaments of our fields and gardens.
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SOME INTELLIGENT VOTERS.

It will be @ deeply interesting and significant thing if the country is saved this year by its imported citizens. The fact is that many of them seem to know more about financial matters than the natives. This Is perhaps not to be wondered at, for they come from countries that have long ago learned not to try any such experiment as that which the Boy Orator and his followers are in favor of trying.
 MT. steinway of New York announc- ed the other day that the votes of 1,20O,- 900 Germans would be given for sound money. This is especially encouraging because many of these votes are in States where they are needed. The German vote of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota and Wis consin will be cast almost solidly for the representatives of the gold stand ard cause. It has been repeatedly true that as the German vote has gone in  these States so has the election gone The Germans are thoroughly versed in the currency question, and are not in sympathy with a cause which would cut in two the value of their accumu- lations, and partly nullify their thrift, energy and economy.
 It wiR probably be found that voters who come from Italy will also know the difference between gold and silver. If the voters of German, Italian and other foreign birth help the country out of it's present predicament they will be doing it. themselves and all the rest of us a very good turn.
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WILLIAM EUsTIs RUSSELL

Success and popularity are no bars to death If they were William Eustis Russell would be still alive, for few men attain more success or more pop ularity than were his. His career has been one of conspicuous and constant good fortune, and he has deserved and had the favor of his fellow men to an extraordinary degree. He was but 39 years old, and had been only sixteen years in active life, having completed his education and been admitted to the bar in 1SS0 but during those sixteen years he had won many of the desired and desirable prizes of life. He gained a profitable law practice very soon af- ter beginning work, He became prom inent in the local politics and affairs of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1882, and in 1885 he was elected mayor of the city. He held this office four years and sat- isfied all his fellow citizens by his econ- omy, honesty and careful attention to their public interests. Three times he was chosen as the candidate of the Democrats for governor, and the third time he was triumphantly and enthusi- astically elected. He was reelected, and it is believed that he could have had still another term had he not de- clined to be a candidate. His popular ity increased according to his advance ment and he had become conspicuous, admired and respected national figure. He was talked of as a candidate for the nomination at Chicago, and his was one of the names mentioned in connection with the nomination of ticket by the sound money Democrats.
 MT. Russell died full of honors, though not of years. The news of his death was startling, for death had not been thought of in connection with him. He apparently had all that could make life worth living-true success, bound- less popularity, financial ease and a happy home. The suddenness with which he was called away from all these impressively reveals the uncer- tain tenure by which we hold all earth ly possessions.
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4 NEW sERYicE RIELE.
Shoots a Bullet That Is Not Fatal in
 Effect
From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
 English military men are endeavoring to determine whether the bullet of their new service rife, the Lee Metford, which has taken the place of the Mar ni-Henry, is not actually too merci- ful in it's action. The object of war is to disable the enemy and not to kill him, but apparently the new rifle bull let fails to do either The report on the use of the projectile in the Transvaal says that the injuries which were made by the Lee-Metford were cleaned and healed much more quickly than those from the Martini Henry. Both the en- trance and exit orifices were exceeding ly small, and so clean were the wounds internally that in one istance a burgher who had been shot clean through the lungs was convalescent a few days af- ter admission to the hospital. It is true that where the bone is struck the effect is most violent, but there can be no doubt whatever that the perforation of the organs and fleshy part of the body by the new bullet more often than not absolutely fails instantly to disable the victim, unless, of course, a really vital organ of the body is struck. The wounds, on the other hand, which were made by the Martini Henry rifles were, the report states, of a much more seri- ous nature-namely, larger, jagged slow healing, with bad entrance and worse exit" Many instances were re- lated of the merciful properties of the new English bullet during the Chitral campaign, and this latest report is like ly to give greater emphasis to the ques- ton. Not only does the bullet fail tc stop a man, but, judging by many ac- counts, it infiicts very little pain, pre- sumably on the same principle as the popular scietitic experiment which shows a rabbit peacefully chewing its food while q rapidly revolving knife is cutting it's ears into ribbons. The hor- TOTS of the next great war perhaps will not be so great as some people imag- | inc
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TANNED.

"Aint you afraid of getting tanned, Jimmie?" No; papa's away from home. ."--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 "Bilger doesn't drink as much as he did. does he?" No; there ain't so many places where he can run tab. ," Detroit News.
 Pitkin- Brace up, old boy. Seasick- ness can be thrown off if you only think so. Simpson-Do you-see-any one throwing it off-faster than-I am?-- Detroit Free Press.
 Do you think your mother would let you have another piece of cake, Will lie?" "Oh, yes, ma am. She told me to be sure and get filled up while I had the chance. .'--Detroit Free Press.
 A Trade Secret-Cholly- how can you afford to sell genuine patent leather shoes for that price? Solomon Isaacstein--I will dell you a segred, mine frent--der patent vos exbired.- Puck.
 Facetious Judge-Which would you rather be, a horse or an ass? Young Lawyer-An ass, your honor. Facetious Judge-Why not horse? Young Law yer-They never become judges Washington Times. Bayson-That woman over in the pink dress looks sight. Jayson--Sir! that is my wife. Bayson, with awful presence of mind-Wait till I finish. I was going to say she looks sight like Mrs. Langtry. Washington Times
 William" she said, will you do something that is for your own good ?"
 What is it?"
 T want you to give up smoking. You are simply running your health and my lace curtains. Washington tSar. Minnie-One of those odious mashers | tried to talk to me on the car this af- | ternoon.
 Mamie-You called the conductor? NO; I just gave him whitening | look"
 "Oh! And did he wither?" He dried up. .'-Indianapolis Journal. The Minister--When you grow up, Johnny, what would you like to be? Johnny-A preacher. The Minister-Ah, am glad to hear you say that, my little man. Now tell | me why you think you would like to be | a preacher.
 ! Johnny-'Cause then the folks would | always get out the best things they l had in the house to eat when they seen me comin'.-Cleveland Leader.
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massacres of the missionaries, but the instigators were shrewd enough to es- cape punishment themselves.
 But 1t will not do to underrate the Chinese because of their defeat by the smaller nation. With proper military organization they would prove for midable foe to any power on earth. The men are brave, and they only need training to become first class soldiers.
 As a business people they are far superior to the Japanese. When Chi. nese merchant gives his word it Is sa- cred; there is no use in putting a con- tract in writing when dealing with them, and if in rare cases one defaults, his relatives or friends cheerfully com ply With the obligation. On the con trary, the Japs will break their word whenever self interest dictates, and the only way to deal with them is by writ ten instruments. They are bright and clever, but lacking in the solid and en- during qualities of the Chinese.
 Shanghai is one of the most beauti- full and well kept cities of the East, and well deserves the title of Little Paris In some ways it Is the most peculiar city on earth. The natives have gov ernment of their own, and the foreign CTS are allowed to govern themselves. There are large colonies of English, Americans, French and Germans.
 "The prestige of Lii Hung Chang has greatly gone down of late, and the com ing man of the empire is Chang Chi Chung, viceroy of Nankin. He is en- thusiastic on the subject of organizing great army after the German system, | and when he accomplishes his purpose he could put himself at the head of the empire without any trouble"
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SOME GOLDBUGS.

The supporters of the Boy Orator are not so stuck on free silver that they are going to run any risk of losing any of their own precious dollars by it if they can help it. Governor Alt geld is for silver in politics, but he is not for silver in business. He knows better. It appears that he Is the presi- dent and largest stockholder of the Unity building in Chicago, and that all leases contain the "gold clause that clause which the Chicago platform proposes to abolish "for the future." This is a copy of a part of one of the leases that he and his business asso- ciates give: This is to certify, That the Unity Company, corporation, etc., tof the City of Chicago, County of Cook, and State of Illinois, have demised and leased, and do hereby demise and lease to w. K. Carlisle and w. J. Strong of the City of Chicago, Rooms Nos
 1,544-4S on the fifteenth story of the Unity block, situated on Dearborn Street in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, to be used and occupied by said w. K. Carlisle and w. J. Strong as a law office and for no other pur- pose, for the term of two years and six months from the first day of No vember, 1893, to the thirtieth day of April, 1S96 at the rent of twenty-five hundred (2,5000G) dollars, payable in standard gold coin of the United States in equal instalments of S83.34 monthly in advance, on the first day of each and every month during and for the said term, at the office of said com pany, in Chicago, or such other place in Chicago as the lessor may direct.
 Senator Stewart, of Nevada, another of the prominent free-silverites, is a gold bug in his business. He makes all his contracts read that both principal and interest shall be paid in gold.
 Silver is good enough for the people, whom these demagogues and humbugs profess to love. but it isn't good enough for them. They want the best there is.
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JOHN CHrNAMAN.
A Resident of Shanghai on Their Failings
 and Virtues.
From the Washington Post.

and Virtues.
 From the Washington Post.
 A very handsome and distinguished looking gentleman is Francis w. liar rell a. former citizen of Virginia, but now a resident of Shanghai, China, who, with his wife, is visiting Washing ton. MT. Harrell lived for six years in Japan, occupying the chair of English in the leading university of that coun- try, and there he met his future wife, who was the first child of white pa- rents born in the mikado's dominions. Mrs. Harrell not only speaks Japanese like a native, but she is profoundly versed in the literature of the country. Mir. Harrell is now connected with the great shipping firm of N. J. Robinson & Co.,, and he comes to the United States to contract for some high power guns, to be used by the Chinese in de- lending several of their important rivers.
 "The Chinese government" said he, lis in bad way, and any organized effort to overthrow it, if backed by a few capable and determined leaders, would doubtless be successful. The present dynasty is very unpopular. and a great many people were glad because of its humiliation by the Japanese. The despotic rule of the mandarins has deadened all patriotic feeling. They are progressive as well as tyrannical, and block the ways to the opening of the empire to railroads, telegraph lines and all other accompaniments of civil \ To-, b. kept in ignorance their power and pres tige will be secure. The mandarins i'm cited the lower classes to the recent
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THE LAST OF THE PRIV4TES.
And he Had Difficulty in Making People Believe he Was Not Major.
 fFrorn the San Franciscn R,1lletinl

Ana ne Hau DimcuLUy III MaklnH feOpIe
 Believe he Was Not a Major.
 From the San Francisco Bulletin.]
 Among the countless number of men who have served in the civil war and now revel in military titles of all de- scription it is refreshing to meet with a man who will plainly tell you that his name is Mr. and that he served from beginning to end of the bloody cam paign as full-blown private. Of that description of John J. Scrivner, the San Francisco attorney.
 When the war broke out MT. Scrivner enlisted in the Confederate service. and went through the entire war. laying down his arms at it's close with the humble rank of private that was as- signed to him on enlisting. He now enjoys the reputation among his fel- lows of being the only man that has yet been discovered in the state of Califo~- mia who served throughout the war and yet possesses no gorgeous appeu- dage to his name. It used to be custo- mary in the south when veteran met
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PLANT LIFE AT NIdG.4 .4RA.
A View of Things Not Seen by Most Visi tors at the Great Cataract.
 Erorn thn Gardnn and Enrnst

tors at the Great Cataract.
 From the Garden and Forest.
 Nature never fails to give us her over- tones when she plays her great sym phonies, any more than do the great composers We cannot fail to catch the softening and mellowing thus lent to the musical strain, for hearing is involuntary, but we must so often be taught to see what is right before us, and our teachers are so few that we not infrequently miss all but the most daz- Zling part of the outdoor picture. The devotee of field science is never more aware of this than on visiting Niagara Falls. Standing Q fortnight ago on
 Prospect point, perhaps the most strik- | ing scenic spot in the world, leaned over the edge of the sheer and partly overhanging wall and looked down, not at the great sheet of water, but at the rocks that continue the gorge north ward.
 | There is often scarcely a handful of soil to the square foot, and sometimes apparently none at all on the face of
 the great precipice, yet it is clothed with wild plants almost from top to
 bottom. So hidden are they by the per- pendcular wall and the artificial cop 1 ing above it that many of them are | hard to make out, but new discoveries
 are made at every change of position.
 The columbine, Aquilegia Canadensis, l loves the spot so we'll that it's bright red blossoms appear sometimes after they have disappeared from gardens. | The plant is the most venturesome and hardy of any there, and appears in a
 rock crevice where nothing else but the | bare wall is seen. It is difficult to un-
 derstand how 1t subsists or even clings
 to the wall, but it is content and holds
 out no hands for sustenance except to 1 the humid air. One or two wild roses
 are there, and the wild gooseberry
 sends up sturdy stems near the top of
 the wall. A Spirae, probably tomentosa,
 is at home, and golden rods, Rhus toxi-
 eodendrum and probably Rhus radi-
 cans, as it is everywhere about the
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the hat pins are very comfortably worn with the addition of these knots. Rib bon is conspicuously placed on tops of hats, too, and though it spreads as widely as, in this pictured example, it is even then correct to so cover the rest of the hats top with flowers that the bloom seems heaped on till it oyerflows. This hat was ivory white fancy straw, garnished in front with white violets and pink roses. The back had q full bow of the ribbon and a profusion of violets
 One of the quaintly pretty ways of dressing the hair is to draw back a pompadour that starts at the temples. This pompadour is fluffy and soft, and may be footed by a little frizzly fringe just to soften the hair line. The side locks are made thick enough so that the hair combed down extends from just below the temples to at least a fin- ger length back of the tops of the ear. They are then cut short enough to hang when crimped and curled, well below the pink tips of the ears, and they must be chopped off square in the style of Richard III. What is left of the hair is bound into flat knot at the back, and the back of the loose side locks covers the parting where the long hair is drawn away for the knot, while the pompadour is drawn under the top of the knot and covers any parting there. It is this masking of all partings that makes the fashion especially graceful. In general it Is q good idea to cut the hair to an entirely novel fashion every little while, because wearing it in one way always is not good for it's growth.
 FLORETTE.