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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
Back Home.

Mr.. l.. M. Welton and wife have
returned from Philadelphia, Pa,
where they have been since last
August for the benefit Of Mrs
Welton's health. Mrs. Welton has
greatly improved, and will leave
next Monday for the Kingsley
ranch, accompanied by Mr.. Wei.
ton, to recuperate from the long
trip.
Herbert V. Creekmore, we'll
known young printer OF this city,
who has been residing in Fort
Smith, Ark, for several months,
has returned to the city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
List Of Patents

Granted to Texas inventors this
week. Reported by G. A. Snow &
Co., solicitors of American and
foreign patents, opp. U. S. Patent
office, Washington, ID. C.:
HI. Eldridge, Galveston, compo'
sition of matter for manufacturing
calcium carbid.
B. L. Hargrove, Bottom, print
ing attachment for letter boxes.
{, j. M. Lee, Houston, stock guard
H. V. Philpott, Buffalo, gate.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20

If you have ever seen little child
in the agony of summer complaint,
you can realize the danger Of the
trouble and appreciate the value of
instantaneous relief always afforded
by DeWitt's Collie and Cholera Cure.
For dysentery and diarhoea it is a re-
liable remedy. We could not afford
to recommend this as a cure unless
1t were a cure. e. Reuss. 10-22-1y.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
La Grippe

If you have had the Grippe,
you know its aches and pains,
the fever, the chills, the cough,
the depression-you know
them all. The Grippe exhausts
the nervous system quickly,
lowers the vitality. Two
things should Re done at once:
the body must be strength
ened, and force must be given
to the nervous system. Cod
liver Oil will do the first; Hy-
pophosphites the second. These
arepermanently and pleasantly
combined IN SCOTS Emulsion.
1t lifts the dependency and
heals the inflamed membranes,
of the throat and lungs.
Bot you need not have LA
GRIPPE.
You can put your system in
a condition unfavorable to 1t.
You can have rich, red blood;
resistive strength Z; steady brain
and. nerves. Scotfs Emulsion
prevents as we'll as cures.
And whether you send or go
for SCOTS Emulsion, be sure
you get the genuine.
SCOTT & BOVINE, New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
MET GAIL HAMILTON


IF'rom the New York Tribune7
Among the seasons visitors to the
capital was a western clergyman of
more culture. reading and thought
than knowledge of the world He de-
sired to make the most of his first holt
day and first sight of the great city.
lie wanted to see all there was to be
seem to hear all there was to be heard,
but most of all did he desire to meet
and have a word with Gail Hamilton
indeed, ne conhded to a friend that he
would consider such a privilege well
worth MS journey to the east, did that
journey bring him nothing else. It
took him several days to summon up
his courage. but at last he boldly pre-
sented himself at the Blaines' door and
asked to see Miss Hamilton. About
three hours later the friend met him
descending the steps of the house, one
broad smile o. delight and satisfac-
ton
All exclaimed the conhdant Il
congratulate you. So you have met
your dear Gail Hamilton can see
it in your face"
That face feII-grew renorseful-
~N-no," he stammered. I didn't meet
her-she didn't come down, and. the
fact is 7 forgot to ask for her"
Forgot to ask for her2"
ooh, I sent up my card, of course,
but lady came down, q Miss Dodge,
and, my dear fellow, YOU never saw
such a woman i'm your life. L suppose
that Miss Hamilton must have been
out; she didn't mention her but she
began to talk to me. and in two min
utes L forgot what I had gone for. [
never would have believed that any
person, man or woman, could know so
much. believe we talked on every
subject in the world, and she knew
everything about every one of the sub
jects. / never was so surprised as
when a lot of people came IN ana 1
found how long / had been there and
I didn't want to come away one bit
then I can tell you. and, till YOU spoke,
I'D forgotten all about Miss Hamilton
7 don't believe she can touch Miss
I)olge. anNhoWt,'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
FILTHY HUMAN BEINGS.

Doubtless a great many people who
never stop to think how disagreeable
their personal habits are will be aston
ished to read that the world is get
ting tired of their nasuness, as revealed
in the following editorial in the ST
Louis Post Dispatch:
over in Louisville an ordinance has
been introduced providing that if any
person shall spit or eXpectOrate, or
cast, throw or deposit upon any public
walk for pedestrians, or in or upon any
corridor. Vestibule or stairway. or in
any public room or in any public build
ing in the city of Louisville, any spittle
tobacco juice, refuse tobacco, sputum,
or any emanation or secretion of the
head. throat. lungs or mouth he shall
be guilty of misdemeanOr and shall
be fined not less than IS for each Of
Tense. City life viii be an ideal life
to the clearly when ordinances like this
are aloptel and enforced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
CHILDREN AZ NIeRT.

TFrOm December North Americana
I have been told by one of our public
school attendance officers, whose
work is to gather in the truant school
children, that the mothers of such chill
dren are largely in favor of the eurfeW-
One old man said
Indeed he should be thankful for
anything that would keep his children
In at night
Whether parental neglect arises from
poverty, recklessness or natural 1ndlI-
ference it is unnecessary to inquire;
probably each contributes. The effect
upon the children, however, is to de-
prive them of the home influence which
in early life is valuable. The only rem
edy seems to be compulsory response
bihty, as indicated by the curfew ordi-
nance. AS If it is necessary that such
protection should be afforded to chill
dren in a city of $50 600 population. how
much more is it desirable where the
population is SO much greater-so large
q proportion of the children thereof
having been surrounded by vice from
birth.
Beyond the advantages to the youth
and right thinking parents, the aid thus
afforded to the police in the suppression
Of crime must be considered, as also the
additional comfort afforded to citizens
who are compelled to be abroad at night
in being freed from the shocking sights
and sounds which greet the eye and ear
in many portions of our city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
ACCIDENTS WITH GUNS.
TFrom shooting ana Fishing.l

FROM EnOOLllS ana ElSllDS.I
We cannot give TOO much attention to
the little careless habits to which we
become accustomed, both in the field
and at the shooting match. A large per
centage of the accidents which have be
fallen sportsmen in the annals of the
chase have traced their cause directly,
believe, to nothing more or less than
negligence on the part of the person or
persons concerned. 1t is possible
for me to name numb erless
things that demand our consideration
and that are liable to, and often do.
lead to serious and fatal results. For in
stance, we often keep our guns loaded
while not in use, and even have them in
this condition about the house. 1t is not
necessary for me to explain the great
danger involved in this. I can recall
two instances where such acts of
thoughIIessness ended fatally.
Again, in the field, we scarcely ever
if at all, remove the shells from our
pieces before climbing over stone walls
or fences A slip and shock caused by
a fall may discharge the gun and injure
the person carrying it, or companion.
This is not. perhaps, likely, yet it is
possible, and hence to be avoided.
Under no circumstances should we al
low at any time the muzzle of a gun or
rife to be pointed at our own person or
that of a fellow man. We should be as
careful with an unlOaded weapon as with
one containing shells.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
- REHAN,s TALFNT.


rFrom the New York Mail and Ex-
press.l
Aside from 3Iodjeslla and Janau-
scheck. and some actresses of lighter
caliber. who have essayed the chief
comedy roles of Shakespeare with more
or less success, we have Ada Rehan,
who. in addition to her distinguished
success in a variety of trying parts,
seems to be developing in the maturity
Of her art, a capacity for almost any
work that may attract her ambition
Nevertheless. I do not believe that she
win ever play Lady Macbeth. or that
she viii attempt Juliet, her genius be-
ing rather Of the buoyant nature, which
makes Rosalind and Beatrice Imogen
and Viola, such enchanting types Of
woman, while the gentle pathos and
forcible nature of Isabella and the
sparkling qualities of katherine are
quite within the wide scope of her tall
ents and admirably suited to her.
Miss Rehan. at the same time, is al
most alone in ability to assume q great
number and variety of those brilliant
roles of the older English comedy, and
has been successful in these in a. sur
r7rfsfng measure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08

The message of the president deliver
ed to congress at the opening Of the
session yesterday is devoid Of the Gus
tomary vigor and insistence on certain
of his own peculiar ideas which has
hitherto chara cterized similar docu-
ments emanating from the same source.
As is customary in such cases the mes
sage deals largely with the reports of
the various departments Of the govern
ment. AS an evidence that the presi-
dent has his leutenants we'll in hand it
is notable that the recommendation
made by the heads Of departments are
endorsed by him in almost every in
stance.
The situation in Armenia - deplored
but no suggestion is made as to a way
out
That part Of the message devoted to
the Cuban question recommends a con-
tinuanee of the policy now being pur-
sued by the United States but at the
same time carries with it a carefully
guarded but nevertheless a distinct
threat which may well cause spain to
feel thankful that a new administration
viii soon take charge Of the govern
ment.
The usual solicitude is displayed re-
garding pensions which may, can, must,
might, could, would or should be grant
ed OF. received without justification.
In referring to the existing tariff law
the president gives evidence of having
changed his mind in regard 70 the VII
son-Gorman act He seems now to con-
slider it a pretty good law after all and
worthy of his distinct approval
The continuous deficit i'm the govern
ment revenues is referred to as d mat
ter of little concern, in consideration Of
the fact that there is still an unexpend-
ed surplus Of SIPS. 00o, 900 in the treasury
Nothing is said regarding the manner
of obtaining this surplus.
AS was anticipated by everybody the
message contains an urgent appeal for
the retirement of the greenbacks
through the issue of bonds i'm lieu there
of. He is willing that the Sherman
notes may remain yet awhile but the
Immediate retirement of the green
backs he regards as an imperative ne
cessity. Since this is the only import
ant recommendation for legislative ac-
ton in the document it is probable that
the president has purposely left the
way open for a number of special mes
sages during the present session Of con
gress-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
Nv ENaLIsH PRIMATE

LFrom the New York Mail and Ex-
presS.1
could not help noticing that the
archbishop-d designate looks very much
less robust than his pictures make him
out to be- The published photographs
give him a rather hard. severe expires
sion. the sort of expression you often
see on the lips OF some stone saint in
our vaulted cathedrals- When you come
face to face with DR. Temple this Sc
verify of expression is absolutely un-
noticeable. His face, too, seems some
what thinner than you would expect
from his counterfeit presentment. and
his nft-cOveTed hands have the tremu-
lousness and transparency of advanced
age The eye alone seems to have
been unaffected by the lapse of years,
and the ebb and flow of doctrines in
the church. tits certainly an eye that
could look you through very much on
the ROentgen ray principle. if its owner
desired to see your delinQuencies- In
deed. was much struck by what must
have been the aDtness Of the small
boys remark. who. when a student at
Rugby. in DR.. Temples time, wrote to
his parents. Temple is a beast, but
Temple is a just beast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
SCOTCH cHARAcTER.
[Ian Laclaren at the New York ID
ner.

EIan Maclaren at the New York DIM
ner.l
Mr.. President, I believe the Scotch
have some reason for their self-eonh-
dence. and that there is reason for their
success in the fact that in their own
country no nation has been more care
fully prepared. first. by the climate;
second, by long traditions of fighting;
third. by careful education. and fourth,
by the catechism administered by the
stick. Nothing. to my mind. could be
more interesting than an aged scotch
man who came to see me in my own
city, and he brought me AacCiregOr' $
gun. the very identical gun that Mac
Gregor had used, which was an heir
loom in his family, and he expressed
his regret that he had not brought also
to show me the little stick with which
his grandmother had drilled him into
effectuaI calling. I do not desire to
speak in parallels but had he brought
that little switch, which he tenderly
and properly cherished, and laid it be
side the gun we had before us, in the
resOlute determination of the Scotch
and ia the religious belief eNemphhed
by the gun of MacGregor and the rod
of Moses we had seen the secrets of
their power
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
MOUsE CAUSEs PANIC.
A New York Woman Finds One In
Her Seat at the Theater-

New York. Dec. 8.-A mouse with a
passion for the drama occupied part of
a balcony seat at the Harlem Opera
House last night Mrs. Bella Norton,
with a passion for the drama, and a
deep feminine aversion for mice, occu-
pied the rest of the seat.
Just as Nellie AIcHenry, the star Of
the occasion. was throwing one of her
most bewitching smiles across the foot
lights. Mrs Norton found the mouse.
She found her voice at the same time.
She shrieked and screamed, "A mouse,
my heavens. a mouse and then kept
on shrielzing. while the ever present
fool yelled Fire, and the people
who hadn't caught the drift of Mrs.
Norton's excited remarks got scared
and rushed for the doors in panic.
Mrs. Norton tainted which Quoted
much of the connection, and was car
ried out while the rest of the audience
returned sheepishly to their seats.
The mouse was found later, very
much dead, having been trampled on
by scores in their rush to leave the the
alter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08

The New York Evening Post has been
making some estimates ana has discov-
cred that the continuous deficits shown
in the monthly treasury reports. the
one for November amounting to over
seven million dollars. are not due to a
decrease in revenues but TO an increase
in expenditures. The revenues are
shown to have exceeded those Of the
same month in each of the previous
six years. The conclusion which The
Post seems to arrive at. although I'll
does not clearly state it, is that lit
tie economy is needed, as well as an
increase in revenue receipts Congress
has always seemed to view a probable
treasury surplus with about the same
degree Of adherence as that .attrib-
uted to nature in connection with a
vacuum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
LAW FOR THE LADIES.

LFrom the Minneapolis Journal
In response to a demand on the part
Of many women VINO desire to know
something Of the laws by which they
are governed and are unable to in
form themselves readily on account of
lack Of text books on the subject. Mrs
Edith NJ. Conant has arranged a course
of six lectures on the subject giving an
outline of those points most often met
in everyday life, on which it is desir-
able that women should be informed.
The course includes,
General outline of law and laws-der-
ivation, etc.
Contracts and bailments.
Husband and wife-parent and child.
Master and servant-agency.
Corporations, banking, etc.
Wills, probate law.
Following this general course there
viii be a course of six lectures on con
tracts and six on domestic relations
These viii be conducted on tie univer-
sity extension plan with examinations
at the close for those who desire to
take them. The course VIII begin next
week at the Y N. c. A building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
a woRpY coMRAr.


IFrom the Chicago Record.I
Mr.. Corbett says that if the New
York authorities could only be made
aware of the fact that an engagement
in hostihties by two such scientific pu-
gilists as Mr.. F'itzsimmons and himself,
would not be productive of brutality,
there would be no further objection to
their meeting ia the rOped arena Mr..
Corbett is right ia this regard, and for
the purpose of lending light to the be-
clouded minds Of the authorities the
following description is taken from the
advance sheets of any fight in which
these two chirographists may ever see
fit to engage.
Round I-Corbett led out with an
adVerb, Fitzsimmons retaEating with
an adjective and three nouns, delivered
almost simultaneously. The speed of
the Australians fighting seemed to
surprise the California pugilist, and
he paused for a moment to measure his
man. There was a sudden flash and
a crashing sound. and the big cham
pi0n had caught the bushman on the
side Of the jaw with magnificent cor
ordinate conjunction speedily followed
by five quick repetitiOns of the first per
son singular FitzsimmOns' syntax
seemed to be getting wild, but he got
himself together and shot four appli-
cations of the verb TO be- into the ribs
Of his antagonist. Corbett sending back
a proposition. two nOminatiVe cases on
the jaw and a red hot interjeCtiOn up
on the c0llar-bone Fitz was angry.
his little eyes cleaned ferOciOusly and
it was apparent that he intended To do
mischief. He swung back an indica-
taVe mood on the nose. getting an
ablative case for his pains Then
there was a wild mixture of gender,
number case mood. voice syntax and
pr0sOdy, in the midst of which the bell
rang. and they retired to their corners,
both putting prodigiously
THUS far it was anyOne's fight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
THOSE BETS BOB UP.
Topeka Man Has to Go to Pawnee
Rock to Pay a Wager.

c. Roof who has a grocery at Eighth
and Chestnut streets has gone to Paw
nee Rock, PaWnee county, to discharge
an election bet made during the Repub-
lican state convention
Mr. Roof is a Democrat, but he has
friend named F. Spraer who lives in
Pawnee Rock and was a delegate to the
Republican state convention. The men
were friends in Russia many years ago
and they naturally met at Topeka and
as naturally talked politics
OF course the men did not agree about
the result of the election and after con
sidera Bile bantering they decided to
make wager. If Bryan was success
full Spraer was to come to Topeka and
wheel Mr.. Roof around the state house
square behind a band and pay all the
expenses. In case of McKinley's cleo
ton Roof was to go to Pawnee Rock
and do the same thing for Spraer-
After election Spraer refused to re
lease his old friend from his obligation
and Mr.. Roof bought a ticket for Paw
nee Rock and left yesterday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
WoMEN ANp RusTNEss.



To correct this. the beginning must
consist. as has been said, in "a few
plain instincts and a few plain rules.
The first instinct to be trusted is that
which bids US, whether rich or poor, not
to put absolute confidence in any one
adviser, either as to purse or to health,
but exercise reasonable care for our
selves IN both regards we are supposed
TO do this for our bodies. and it is only
in serious diseases that we surrender
the habit Even then we scarcely give
1t up altogether We should do II also
with other matters No woman, for IN
stance, should ever sign a paper with
out knowing exactly what ii means No
man should agree to the transfer of his
little all from one form Of Investment to
another without thorough statement of
reasons and the careful study Of all the
circumstances of the case. There IS no
want OF natural shreWdneSs in our race
and certainly no deficiency in the abil-
ity to ask a question Nor is either sex
without this 1t is a defect in habit and
application, not the want Of any natur-
al endowment which keeps women lg-
nOrant of more difficult problems.
There are, moreover, q few simple
rules which any father can easily teach
TO his daughter, any brother in bust
ness to any brother out of business. One
of these is that. as rule nothing can
be mad for nothing, and consequently
that there is something wrong, or at
least suspicious, in every particularly
high rate Of interest or specially fiatter-
ing profit. They can be taught also
not to let any property go out of their
hands without proper security or some
thing to show for it Business is large
~ a matter of common sense Let the
most domestic woman only apply to her
little investments, if she has any, the
same caution she would show in dealing
with her cooking stove or washer WO-
man, and she viii be safer than now.
Another simple rule which would obvi-
ate most financial calamities is the
homely one mot to put all your eggs
in one basket" not to assume because
given concern seems prosperous you
may leave all else and risk everything
on that-a thing which lies at the bot
tom, no doubt, of two-thirds of the de-
structiOn in small properties. But let
US never forget that Stevenson was
right in his fundamental maxim, and
that the first duty especially of the
more defenseless classes, is to pay ones
way. when that is done" Stevenson
adds a man may plunge into what
eccentricity he pleases, but emphatical-
~ not till then
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
ACCIDENT LAWYERS


The activity of accident lawyers was
strikingly illustrated the other day in
the case of a man who was injured
late in the afternoon. Before IL O'Clock
the next morning eight men had called
to see him at the hospital to which he
had been carried, and on different pre-
access to him. One was a brother. an
other a son, some were near relatives,
and, according to their stories. not one
of them was without some good
grounds for the privilege of being at
his bedside 1t was impossible to tell
the men they were impostors, and the
last hours of the unfortunate man were
passed in refusing to accept the serv-
ices of the attorneys who were going
to secure damages for him, provided
they got the chance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08
"a GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
The State Gets a Neat Sum From the
Oil Inspectorship.

Coal on Inspector NJ G. Ke1y has nled
his report with the state auditor for the
month of October The report for that
month shows the receipts of the office
for the month to be Sl944.20 and the ex-
pense of deputies and salaries, 1851 g.
from this office for October.
This office has turned over to the state
as net earnings since Mr. Kelly was APP
pointed in March. 1888. the sum Of
S. 5S1 10 and if the net earnings Of Octo-
Der are added make the profit to the
state SIS. 663. Sc. This is quite a difference
from the way the office was run under
Col. Coal on Taylor who did not turn
a cent TO the state the result Of his
entire term of Office.