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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-13
GEMS AND FLOWERS.
Every Month Has Its Own Stone and Bios
som with Their Own Meaning.

January-The garnet and snowdrop,
symbolic of consistency, true friendship
fidelity and purity.
February-The amethyst and prim.
rose; sincerity, freedom from care and
strife.
March-The bloodstone ard violets;
strength, wisdom, bravery and love.
April-The diamond and daisy; in
nocence, purity and peace.
May-The emerald and hawthorne;
immortality and happy domestic life
June-An agate and honeysuckle;
health, wealth, long and happy life.
July-The ruby and water lily; char
ity, dignity and faith in love.
August-The sardonyx and poppy;
conjugal love and good fortune, ~
September.Sapphire and morning
glory; eddanimfty and peace of mind,
protection against envy and treachery,
Octobsr-The opal and hops; hope,
purity aud courage.
November-The topaz and chrysan-
themum; fidelity in friendship and
love.
Deeember-Turquoisc and holly;
prosperity, success, fortune and fame.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-13
A BIG BEAVER.
Discovery of the Skull of q Monster of
the Quarternary Age.

Discovery of the Skull of q Monster OF
the Quarternary Age.
One Of the rarest of fossil remains has
been unearthed in Michigan, near the
Indiana state line, and is now in the
possession of George A. Baker, Of South
Bend, Ind, says the Cincinnati Com
mercial-Gazette. 1t Is the skull of a
mammoth beaver, a monster Of the
customary age, existing contempora-
neously with the mastodon and mega
therium. In only five other instannes
In the United States, and in this coun-
try alone, have any portion of the re-
mains of q mammoth beaver been
found, and these were always Of the
teeth or skull. bot generally 6t only the
teeth. The Arst discovery was At Nash
port, Licking county, O., by Prot Eos
ter, whose find, skull, Il desorbed In
American RoAnti by Prot Allen, end a
cast Of which was taken BY Prof. Agas-
dz, and the cast alone remains.
The skull possessed by Mr.. Baker is
2hnnhes loog. u about 8 inches wide.
and stands about 8 inches high. IL
has The teeth and, also the great
Intiisods used in tree-cutting; the lpnis-
o4 are aboub inches long and ~
inches In dlaH,eter. Il was found Ia q
bog, end fretH ooppaTssons wit4 other
specimens II o the largest and finest
specimen now known to exist. The
live animal could not have weighed less
than, 400 pounds. s-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-13
WOULD iS5URE EtE.
Chairman Fairbanks Says Free Coinage
Would Mean Ruin.

Chairman Fairbanks SAYS Free Coinage
Would Mean Ruin.
Before the republican party at st.
Louis adopted its clear-cut sound money
plank Temporary Chairman Charles w.
Fairbanks said in his opening speech:
The republican party has not been
unfriendly to the proper use of silver.
1t has always favored and favors to-
day the use of silver as a part of our
circulating medium. But it favors that
uss under such provisions and safe
guards as shall not imperil our present
national standard. The policy of the
republican party is TO retain both gold
and silver as part of our circulating
medium, while the policy of free COIN
age of silver leads to certain silver
recommendation. 1t is an immutable law
that two moneys of unequal value will
not circulate together, and that the
poorer always drives out the better.
Those who profess to believe that
this government, independent of other
great commercial nations, can open Its
mints to tho free and independent COIN
age of silver at a ratio of sixteen to one
when the commercial ratio in all the
great markets Is thirty to one, and ct
the same time not drive every dollar
of gold out of circulation, but deceive
themselves. q, ..-
Great and splendid and powerful as
our government is, it cannot accomplish
the impossible 1t cannot create value.
It has not the alchemist's subtle art of
transmitting unlimited silver into gold,
nor can II by omnipotent fiat, make 50
cents worth 100 cents. As well under
take by a resolution of congress to sus-
pend the law of gravitation as attempt
to compel an unlimited number of So
cent dollars to circulate with f0O-cent
dollars AZ parity with each other. An
attempt TO compel unlimited dollars OF
snnh "rA1ra1 value 70 nir"rsls+A st o
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-13

strength, a weakness, one that is not
entirely confined to the black race, how
ever, o weakness which takes the form
of plump, aforementioned damsel
or 'mtombi.
Now the Matabele is essentially a
marrying man. according to q writer
in st. Pauls. His admiration for the
dusky beauties of his people Is I'M
bounded, and in the matter of wives
he will go any length. He will beg,
steal kNhnder, kill, nay, even resort to
work, In order to obtain the wherewithal
necessary to buy as many as he feels
disposed to marry.
His courage in this respect is truly
marvellous; in.fact, it is difficult to do
eide which to admire most, his easy
assumption of such varied matrimonial
responsibilities, or his capacity for un-
limited honeymoons. Perhaps the alb.
sence of that much-abused parsonage,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-13
THE IDEAL AFRICANS.
That Is What an English Writer Calls
tho Fierce Matabeles.

That Is What an English Writer Calls
tho Fierce Matabeles.
One of the most war-loving races of
the Zambesia known to us at present
unless some daring explorer discovers
another in that as yet little-known re-
gion, is the Matabele: He is the ideal
native of northern South Africa, SUI
Perior specimen of the negro or Kafir
race. Tall, erect, finely modelled, band
some according to his typ9wttf appr
responding array of physiM and tnep
tai qualities, great spoftEman; fond
of athletic pastimes, reckless Of ifeand
limb in pursuit of his passtop-a fight,
as ready to be killed as t2HlL But
with all these brave qualities HE has,
like Samson of old, in spite bf his
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-13
Novelty In Letter Holders.

The newest letter-holder for the
fashionable girls desk is in tortoise
shell. 1t has two compartments, for
the answered and unanswered letters,
and is mounted in gold. On the front
of this letter-holder is heart-shaped
opening, beneath which is slipped the
owners most priced photograph. The
heart is outlined in gold, and the holder
is a convenient as well as ornamental
addition to any desk.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-13
FLAGS ON CHURCHES.
A Custom Originated by a Clergyman at
Fort Madison, Ia.

A recent dispatch from Sandusky, o.,
stated that at the dedicatory exercises
of new Congregational church in that
city an immense United States flag was
flung to the breeze, The dispatch fur
Their stated that this was an innovation,
and that the Sandusky church was the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-13
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums.
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. p
cents a bottle. o 81 1yr-eOd
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-13
A WHEEL OF BELLS.

Very Pretty Spanish Device for Dinner
or Door Gong.
A wheel of bells is the very latest
novelty for country house. It is de-
signed for q door bell or for q dinner
nanS. AT a VERY charming. country
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
TODAY,s PROnAnILITIEs.

Washington, october l2-For Eastern
Texas-Generally fair ana slightly warm
err variable winds, generally from east to
south.
For Arkansas Fair preceded by show
ers I'm extreme northeastern portion:
slightly warmer; variable winds.
For Colorado--Generaliy fair; warmer;
southerly winds.
For North and South Dakota--Fair;
warmer in eastern portion; southeriy
W nds.
For yoming-Fair, southerly winds.
shifting TO westerly.
For Montana Generally fair; westerly
winds: cooler in northern portion.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
DESPERATE GAME.


The Interest OF Mckinley.
New York. Ottohrr 10 Especial to Re.
nuhlicl-- U.s. currently rnnort,d her, an,
( wa 'N"'S ''f"'' .u NV '"i
on high authority that the Palmer ana
Huckner movement is on its last logs.
Chairmaa Bynuu who has boon n thc
''' "'.'' ~ ,'' "'H ~ '"'
o''Y Wthn rev days. coniited to a
Fl c1d yesterday that In his opinion no
pnv.r an earth could nov defn,t Rr,..n
''" "V '~N' ~ ''''
i"''l-E 4 sudden 'hhhEe IN the sltuht ON.
which would be- !ttlc shdir Of miracle
tho Indt,n, man sad r, ,,,,o.,,t,
,''
"'"" carry illn'l9 ana Iud"hl ana
very probably Wisconsin and Michigan.
Ohio ne cons dors Downturn or rot,rse
a.,
Mt Bynnm said the election would rurn
ON the vote In these States, aud Il Bryan
carried Limo and ludianu his election
would b" assured.
y hi'ch has occurred In the negotl ltlnne
between the lndiauapol poopls ANA tho
Mckinley managers and there IS e. ns1r Ca
hoi. eve that Mr. Bynum and his associates
an the National committee are engaged I'm.
struggle for SIprcm1ry one fact ON j.
sincere the other faction Is after repuh-
- rommuncauou Win the llHnna treas
ury. and he is said to have corralc tho
iuuoriN, 9r spu Is. faction u IA" Palmer
auH lnchuer movement.
I'm" withdrawal Of the "hluo and gray"
I ckct Us confidently looked for al such
mo az Quay may deem his retropradc
uoNoment ncroasarv
r. rs gradually eating ont pow thn' the
/ Indianapolis convention wa iil-courciVcl
ay men who hoped 20 pront 10y the third
iieS'f. oHi"nFihN. Palmer and Buckuer
were nom mated in order thar supnrsens-
i've democrats IN gh' he able TO vote
without los NJ any sleep hui the real
reasOu for the h1t has aiuce como 10
light ami s the basis OF the deal that IS
now ia contemplation The In1ianapolls
hook or crook. az a natter or selr-prescr
tg lA ,f
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
no nE sErrLEp IN corRT.

New York, October 1i.-When uni fhcla.
Information was received from democratic
State headquarters today that Secretary
of State Palmer had decided against the
protest OF the democrati' State comn!ttn.
agains1 the use OF the name National
democratic party" by the gold &c mo, rats
IT was Immediately decided 10 carry the
case into the courts.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
PurLER's COMMITTEE TO NEE

Washington. October ll.--Scno;4r Ma
rion Burcr chairman OF The popuiist Ma
coral committee, has sent on geographic
notification for meeting Of the Natlogal
executive committee al 1920 on Tuesday
next AT The sherman house. Chicago. II
IS understood tha' matters Of importance
relating fo tho campaign will b. con iii-
cred a. the meeting. bur MIR. Butter VIII
uui state tho oNact purpose OF ne gath
ring. Chicago IT, chosen as ehe rnee' ng
place because number OF members Of
the executive committee are campaigning
IN the West and. moreover. the chairman
SAYS he desires 70 hold the meeting at a
point which he regards as the stoym Gen.
ter Of the political contest.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
MnssAGE IN A norrLE.

Nantucket. Mass October ia bottle
was PICKED up on the south side OF the
island ny James McC-eave, which con-
tanned the following message wrtten on a
piece Of paper:
sep ember live are OFF Nantucket
twenty milts, and about to sink. Piease
> o,ny my tc Mrs May Ftaz =. of
Frazer of Gloucester. We VIII never
rtarh shore alive. Goodbye"
IL was signed by Joan g. Frazer and
there was nothing which ind .cated ne
n me of he vessel
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12

roi,ed so far. throughout the country
districts of New Jersey nothing more than
no raph pocs aad trees aia reno tod
down. Accompanying the wind storm
" as a heavy IA n which m many / aces
fell 10 torrents for hours.
AT Ashury Par. ana Long Branch mos
OF the damsgo vas dole by the greag
waves whit n wee Hashe1 an q one thu
not heavy
AT Sandy Hook Tho eaie was a, its
worst. blew great raNs al day and
continued throughout the n<
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
STATE

Mrs. Mcconnell OF Cuero injured by rocks
thrown ,rto train by Mexican.
pnuthit tells Cyclone Davis that the
pops in the Seventh district VIII not be
delivered 10 Mckinley.
ponds
beaumont Bryan and sewall club IN
dors,s The Post.
W. @. Hu'chIson to take Walton's place
on the populist State ticket.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
STRIKES NEW YORK.
York. October 1.-THE storm which

NV York, October 1.-THE storm which
Observer Dunn warned New York CITY
would s.rke here by shtfar sunday,
arrived on time 1t was about oc,ock ~
trr AT er looa when II began to rain. and
from taat tme it began to blow, lightly
a inst lu, gradual NO ns uD go Il
very high p'icn almost a mile a minute
hoins tie velocity t had attai1 / hY
10 3d. and tho effects were perceptibe on
an s d.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
TODATS FEATURES.


FOREIGN.
The archbishop Of Canterbury dies from
apopleNy during services at Hawarden
church
Yellow fever and smallpox raging in
havana
General Bernal says Maceos position is
lmproenable and the Spanish can not Gust
him
Ifnrce viii not exttadlte lyman
Gladstone may be asked TO take the lead
ership Of the liberal party.
Prince Bismarck health causes cons!d.
cradle alarm
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
BOB ENGERSOLL ON SILVER.

Maeauey that if the
thoit challenge
physical laws This tic
denounced
iYau aud the democrats advocating
is quotation from colonel lusor OILS
ia' ino state in by o. $
Baldwin. N Madison
For my part, do not ask any interference on
the part of the government, except undo the wrong
il has done ! do not ask that money be made out
of nothing do not ask for the prosperity born of
paper BUT DO ASK FOR THE REMONETI.
IATlON OF SILVER SILVER WAS DEMON.
EIIXED hY FRAUD 1t was an imposition upon
every solvent NAM fraud upon every honest debtor
in the United states 1t assassinated labor TT
WAS DONE IN THE INTEREST OF ANARICE
AND GREED AND SHOULD he JNDONE BY
HONEST MEN The farmers should vote only for
such able and willing to guard and ad.
vance the interests of labor
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12

CHICAGO. The litigation over the es-
tote cf the late Mrs Fur ka Storey Dun
lop VIII be continued before Judge Kohl
Of letters of adminsirat The court is
ais asked 20 orier mat benjamin Lamb
the nerhcW of Mrs. Dun,op pre-, en-, an
inventory of the estate which may he IN
hi. hanI. Mrs Dunlop was the widow
of Editor storey ana suhsequ ntly mar
riei Joseph Dunlop. formerly reporter
an tho + mos nu lop was recently con-
yic.ed If violating. as editor OF the Dis
patch. the Law aga nst indecent publica-
lions and scntcnr d to prison.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
NEM YORk.-Joe Walcott ID Nos

NEW YORK-Joe Walcott Of Boston.
the nv nclhle colored "Thgnderholt," and
's,aldy" B,l of Ashland. Pc n, have
leon matched ia fight twenty-round bat
tie at AS poun before the Emoirc \. C.
Of Maspcth. L. L.. tonight ~D.ck" o. r en-
cf Bosom and dick" Moore OF ST. Paul
are matched to fight ten rounds a catch
weights ON he same date.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12

Gamblers swiadle Indians and are killed
Bloody week In Arknnsas
INC New York Recorder suspends pub
licaton.
Terrible gallo along the Atlantic coast
The schooner Luther a. Roby with three
OF her crew lost.
HOG cholera raging in the Ohio valley.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12

OBERIIN. Ohio--rhc board OF trustees
Of Obcrl u university meets today TO Sc
pr. Washington GLADDEN. of Columbus
seems 10 he the chpce of the student biiy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12

America ia this city this week. They
VIII play here tomorrow and next day
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12

New York october r.-Aihough the
wind bow at "A hurricane rate this after
Noon AID ton ght a'ong thu y Ie"seY
coast. very little damage has teen re-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-12
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND

The Celebrated ChurcAman Comes out In
Opposition 20 i.mocracy
st. Paul. Mimi, October ll.--Archbshop
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-14

A Washington gossiper tells how Sen
ator Perkins of California is in q heap
of trouble, owing TO certain rash prom
ises that he once made. Fifteen or six
teen years ago he was elected governor
of California, and a remarkably popu-
lar sort of governor he proved to be. So
popular, in fact, that bouncing baby
boys were called by his name in each
county. Governor Perkins heard Of ev-
cry one of these incidents. The fond ia
theirs and mothers imagined the rich
young governor was generously giving
up hundreds of dollars in recognition of
all these compliments. Bat instead of
settling on the spot, Mr.. Perkins wrote
letters to every pair of proud parents,
in which no said all manner of nice
things, and ended with flourish of
promises as follows: when George
Perkins Smith is grown, let me know,
and | will send him to college. y He
never imagined that he was going to be
senator from California, with ambi-
tions for reelection, 3 or 10 years la
ter. But there he is. and those letters
are coming home to roost. Already four
young men named George Perkins
Smith, Jones or something else have
put in their claims for a college educa-
ton at the expense of the former govern
or. 81 expect there are 20 or 80 more
of them, says the senator, land I'll
have to honor their drafts, even if it
bankrupts me. "
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-14
TIamlin's Correspondence.

Hannibal Hamlip, perhaps the most
typical Of Names great sons who have
won national honors and a national
memory, always saved the letters which
he received, but preserved no copies of
his replies or of his share in any CORE.
spondence. So General Charles Hamlin,
his son. who is preparing his biography,
flnds himself with trunk after trunk
filled with letters writ On by the most
conspicuous figures in the life of the ma
ton for the past 80 years. In many
cases he desires his fathers answers
and is having more success in tracing
and securing them than might be i'm
agined.
A few days ago he received an almost
invaluable collection of them from
Washington, which had como into The
possession Of ex-Postmaster General
Horatio King, himself an honored son
OF Maine. During the war Vice Presi-
dent Hamlin conducted aspersonal cor
respondence with some Of the leading
Federal generals, whose commufsica-
lions, after the lapse of years, possess
extraordinary interest. In these old let
tiers, too, is further confederation of
what General Hamlin has always known
that previous to the war his father
and Jefferson Davis were particularly
intimate and relied upon each other to
carry various measures through the SEN
ate. Lewiston journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-14

States. between Africa and America; a
hook declaring in every style of phrase
ology that all nations are to be convert
ed, and does not that include our ma
ton? If the Apocalyptic angel is to fly
across the continents, viii he not fly
across this continent? The worst insult
| could offer you would be to doubt your
veracity, and shall we doubt Gods
promise? Then there are all the gospel
batteries, manned by 10, 900 pastors and
home missionaries, over the head of
each one Of whom is the shield of di-
vine protection, and in the right hand
OF each the cleaning, two edged sword
of the Infinite Spirit Hundreds of
thousands of private soldiers for Christ,
marching under the one starred, blood
striped flag of Emanuel They are
marching on Episcopacy, with the SUI
blime roll Of its liturgies; Methodism,
with its battlecry of 1.-The sword of the
Lord and John Wesley" the Baptist
church, with its glorious navy sailing
up our Oregons and Sacramentos and
Mississippi, and Presbyterianism, NOV
ing on with the battlecry of 1.-The
sword of the Lord and John Knox. y
And then, after awhile will come the
great tides of revival, sweeping over
the land, the 500, 900 conversions in
1857 eclipsed by the salvation of mil
lions i'll a day, and the four American
armies of the Lords host marching
toward each other. the eastern army
marching west, the western army march
ing east, the northern army marching
south, the southern army marching
north. Shoulder to shoulder Tramp,
tramp, trampl Until they meet mid
continent, having taken America for
God
The thunder of the commandment is
already III the air, and when the last
bridge of opposition is taken, and the
last portcullis Of satan is lifted, and the
last gun spiked, and the last tower dis
mantled, and the last charger of iniquity
shall have been hurled back upon its
launches. what a time of rejoicing We
will see it, not with these eyes, which
before that will be closed in blessed
sleep, but with strong and better vision,
when the Lord once in awhile gives us
vacation among the doxologies to come
down and see the dear old land which
pray may always be the lamb of the
text, mild and peaceful, inoffensive, but,
in case foreign nations assail it, having
two horns Of army and navy strong
enough to hook them back and hook
them down and voice louder than a
dragon, yea, louder than ten thousand
thunders, saying to the pillows of Ash
attic superstition and European AFRO
gance, ''Thus far shalt thou go. and no
farther, and here shall thy proud waves
be staidl"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-14

Japan is going ahead. Its first big
swindle is really very creditable piece
of roguery for such a young nation. Mr.
Hamano, the member of the diet and
pastor Of the Greek church at Tokyo,
who is also president of the Japan Cast
Iron company, belongs TO politico-re-
hgious type already familiar in the older
baunts of commercial morality. The
municipality Of Tokyo had decided 70
undertake waterworks system, and had
obtained a subsidy from the government
of $4,000, 600 yen in aid Of the total es
innate of $4,000, 600. In patriotic mo-
ment some Of this outlay of japanese
money ON water pipes was kept for the
Japan Cast Iron company, bnt the result
has only been TO aTtihcially foster for
eign rather than home industries.
BY a most ingenious device about 500
tons Of defective pipes were laid after
they had been rejected by the clerk Of
the works. and the Tokyo citizens, it is
estimated, thereby suffer a loss of about
1000. 600 yen.
The officials Of the company are now
awaiting trial-which apparently does
not prevent the newspapers i'll Japan
from assuming their guilt. st. James
Gazette.