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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-28


steel, so the flint and steel was an Inn
provement upon the two bits of wood
that were earlier employed to pro-
duce fire And now you touch the
electric button and in an instant eve
ry incandescent light gives out its
brilliancy. The man who invented
copper tips for children's shoes earned
the thanks of every poor mother who
found it hard to keep her little ones
shod. The man who invented tags for
shoe and corset strings earned like
blessing, suntil the other fellow came
along later and invented the open
groove which does away with the
round eyelet and facilitated a hundred
fold the ease and comfort of lacing
feet and waists. The inventor of pins
has always enjoyed an exalted place
in the female mind, and yet pins
were a sore distress to the babies of
the generation now passing into its
fourscore years.
But to the prick of the pin in time
there came an antidote, and the little
ones who had screamed out their
protests, because of the pin point,
laughed out in their glee when the
pin point was sheathed in metal and
not in their tender hide. Perhaps
there has come to the babies of this
generation, and through them to their
no greater blessing in little
things than this one of the safety pin.
Now when babies scream out cause
lessly it is not necessary to invert
them in order to find out If the cruel
pin prick is getting in its work. That
cause of infant distress and maternal
anxiety has died out of this genera
ton under the evolution of domestic
art and the incoming of the safety
pin, for the coming of which all moth
ers and many babies rise up and call
the inventor blessed.
But it is not only as babies that the
men and women of this generation are
subject to pin pricks. This annoyance
of their flesh is transmitted to their
minds and hearts as they grow older
and the irritation continues down to
life's latest end. These small annoy
ances, these gnat stings, these little
red bugs of the spirit, these little ir-
ritations that come from contact with
little things are very uncomfortable.
These pin priekS of gossip, scandal,
envy, malice temper, jealousy, med
dlesomeness and ill breeding are very
hard to bear. Not on account of the
actual pain that they infiict. but be-
cause of the irritation that they
cause. They act on the mind as pin
prick on the flesh. They cause I'M
easiness, restlessness, irritation and a
desire to scratch. but the more you
scratch the worse you are off. So
with these other irritations, the more
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-28

these human gnats that sting reputa-
tions without cause and lie because
they are inwardly false.
The most that can be done is for
those who suffer, to bear it with all
possible patience, remembering that
as the annoyance of the victim is the
real end of the human pin or gnat,
the consciousness that the pin has not
hurt, is fheir greatest uneaslness. 1t
is a good tule never to show any sense
III concert or annoyance under these
attacks AMI they will soon cease to
be infictedl Then the next measure
of relief is TO be found in those hui
man soothing plasters who are more
blessed of heaven than the propagan-
dists of religious crusade. These are
they who bind up pin pricked souls
and gnat stung hearts and pour in the
oil and balm of their own sweetness.
These are they>w who practice that true
christliness which so many only
preach, and thinking no evil see only
good in the hearts and lives of others.
There is something so devilish in
this righteousness that some men and
more women indulge in while speak
ing of others, particularly of those
who have done them no evil, that it
passes ordinary comprehension TO I'M
derstand the why of their actions.
The insane disposition that some
women manifest to stick a pin into
the character or reputation or stand
ing of another woman, who is as in
nocent of any offence against the
slanderer as if born under another
planet, is one of the puzzles of wom-
analogy. These women are worse than
a rattlesnake, for it gives warning
when about to strike. 1t is a mercy
that against the decent people of a
community these pestiferous pin
prickers have no abiding power of in
jury. They may sting for a while,
but the lotion of truth once applied
there ~is no farther harm of which
they are capable.
All the same these pin prickers are
a general nuisance and should be
abated. If there is no law of the re-
aim that reaches them the law of
rigid exclusion from decent society,
should be operative. Failing that more
general culture that teaches the need
of giving less attention to the affairs
of others and more to our own; there
is nothing to do but bear patiently the
pin prick. To wise philosophy it is
not so hard. One can console them
selves with consideration of the
source from whence il. comes, as the
man did when the buro kicked him.
Out of it all comes the iadmonition not
to be found in the school of the pin
prickers, and to pray with all prayer
10 be delivered from the lips of the
woman whose tongue has a pin prick
at the end of it. This done there is no
more that we can do but wait the adj
vent of the man whose inventive ge-
MUS will give US moral safety pin.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-28
SOME FAMOUS MEN

In our country's history were pretty
"hard up" in their early manhood,
and had to borrow money to get their
marriage license. You don't need to
do that. All you've got to do is to
furnish the girl, Clover furnishes the
license. He gives one free with every
bed room suit bought of him, for the
next thirty days. ~
1T CLOVER INSTALLMENT co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-28
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

San Antonio, Tex, June %, 1896
The firm of Seebe & McAllister is
this day dissolved by mutual consent,
Mr.. r. Seebe retiring, Mr.. McAllister
continuing the insurance business for
himself and in his own name, assum-
ing assets and liabilities.
+. w. M'ALLISTER.
r. SEEBE.
6-24-5t
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KENDALL COUNTY.

Light Special.
Boerne, Tex, June 27.-The Boerne
Rifle Club baptized their range on last
Sunday. The practice was good, IS
being made out of possible at $50
yards. Ernst Beseler took the cake.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-28

we will give a marriage license to
evay prospective bride and groom,
who purchase bedroom suit of us.
Positively no joke about it. We mean
just what we say. VIII go with you
to get license and pay for them.
7o CLOVER INSTALLAfENT CO.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-28

visit of some weeks 70 San Antonio to-
day.
Henry Nancy returned from st.
Louis today, where he had been with
Sanders and Peers cattle.
Mrs. A. Il. Coates attended the Bap-
fist convention which met in San An
tonic this week.
Ed. Riddle is in Seersall on visit
to his brother this week
AN UNPARALLELED OFFER.
Get married now, while it won't
cost you anythingf Clover, "He buys
the llcenser' For The next thirty days
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-28
DON'T BUY LUMBER

Or other building material I'M
you have called on Ed. STEVE
Sous. Yards: 80 MN,
street and 90
, 1896-12-11
AN ACT OF
Some Rognes Have Been Shooting at
County Signboards.

Recently the board Of county COM
missiouers adopted the plan Of mark
ing the intersections Of county roads
with a signboard. giving directions to
the travellers. The idea was an excel
lent n and doubtless will save many
weary miles Of travel to strangers, as
well Is residents who are not familiar
with all the various roads Of the coun-
ty, But the vandal 10 abroad, who
neither appreciates public benefits OF
this nature nor cares for the gratifca-
ton of other than his own selfish de-
sires. Since this public improvement
has been made some rogue has thought
1t very funny to do target practice at
the board which marks the divergence
Of the reads just at the other side OF
the old Catholic burying ground. 1t il
not ruined yet but it IS seriously dis
figured. The Republican Is authorized
by the board of commissioners to state
that II this kind of work Is not stopped
some means will be devised Of appre.
bending the l~aw-breakers and they
will be prosecuted. Acts of this nature
come under the head of misdemeanors
and are punishable by a heavy fine and
Imprisonment. r
, 1896-12-11
It's 4 E ACT.


In speaking of The Frank Readick
company, which will appear at Maen-
nerchor hall every night next week,
the Cheyenne Sun-Leader says:
'Cheyenne is not blessed with as
many good shows as her people de-
serve" was an expression of a gentle
man last evening, but Manager Stable
is unusually happy in his selections of
theatrical companies he induces to
come. and the Frank Readick company
is, taking everything into considera-
ton. not an exception to the rule by a
long way"
This is The opinion of others. The
Readick company now holding the
boards at the opera house is excellent
throughout. All the members are not
stars. but all are good. and several are
excellent.
Mr.. Frank Readick and Miss Millie
Freeman. who take the TITLE roles. are
superior in their work. while as come
dams, Dutton Wanser is among the
best. and Mile. Lira. in her difficult
serpentine dance. is more han artistic.
while the ~stereopticUn does his work
well. introducing an innovation worthy
OF notice.
Last night in the presentation OF
The Unknown" Mr.. Frank Readick
was at his best in the leading charac-
ter, while Dutton Wanser, as Jack Salt,
was as nearly perfect in his character
and in the acting Of it, as the Old tar
and loyal friend as could be conceived.
The serpentine dance of Mile. Lira
was introduced a little earlier han the
first night. a very acceptable change in
the program. and her difficult whirling
and contortions were kept up until
one would think the woman must drop
OF fatigue, yet she left the stage with
a smile and n trip that belied the Is
minutes violent exertion she had
just finished.
AS a whole the company is excellent
and their repertoire for the week is an
interesting one.
, 1896-12-11
YANKEE

A dispatch from Boston says that II
the present plans OF the railroad CON-
panies interested In the Boston Termi-
Ia company II carried out, a far
greater scheme than the building of a
new union station will be accomplish
ed. and the initial steps will be taken
in a movement which may result in
the ultimate revolution of railroad
traffic. In some respects the new sta
ton may be considered as being an
electric station. for 1t will provide for
the handling of the suburban traffic
south of Boston, amounting to millions
of passengers annually, by means OF
electric trains.
The use Of electricity on the Nan
tasket branch of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford railroad was simp-
ly an entering wedge The New Eng
land and Old Colony roads will have
the same facilities at their disposal,
and. while the New England has not
considered the matter seriously, some
Of its. officers expect to see that road
take advantage of the Facilities which
the new plans for the station provide
for. and may. use the third rail system
on the New England subordinate
tracks. II the experience OF these roads
warrants. there is no do,rbt THAT the
Boston and Albany will take advant-
age of the system also for It's circuit
service.
, 1896-12-11
BICYCLE GRIPS.
The habit Of Holding the Handle Bar ..
tho Center.

Tho Habit Of Holding tbs Handle Bar ..
tho Center.
Assume, II you please, that the grips
are properly placed at the ends Of the
handle bar, from IL to 10 inches apart,
and that the proper place for tho riders
hands is on the grips. The fact remains
that the average rider seldom touches
his GRIM in riding, but grips the naked
bar On either side Of and close to the
top Of the steering head. Are we to In.
Ter from this that the standard Of handle
bar construction is all wrong and that
the grips should be at the top Of the
bar and not more than eight inches
apart, or that the bar should be left
long to meet the ~exigencies Of rough
riding, while the material Of which the
grips are made should cover the entire
bar up to within an inch or two Of the
center, OF that it would be we'll 70 hays
. pair Of supplementary grips q. the
place indicated by the position assumed
BY the rider, or what?
Undoubtedly the present standard
handle bar IL correct The averags
rider, for one thing. has bis grips drop
ped 30 low that be cannot reach them
conveniently, 20 that his easiest position
IL with his hands ON the top Of the bar,
and again many riders, with level OF mp
turned bars, who are able to reach. tbetr
grips comfortably, have acquired tbs
habit Of grasping the nickel in defer
ence 10 the popular idea. Wgthink that
every slider y Obliged at ktn.es. 10 ms
kHa -{-A NIL A.-st~ -. nLa~x-~fG.
, 1896-12-11
PERSONAL

Archdeacon ]. M. Johnston returned
on No. 3 today.
DR.. Levinson and his assistant went
to Carbon today.
Otto Gramm returned today from q
trip owe the hill.
o. C. McCHntin went to Omaha on
the midnight train.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. T. Duffy are home
from a visit to Denver.
The Akin brothers of Laramie peak
are in the city buying supplies.
Detective Tobin came over from the
capital on No. 3 this morning.
DR.. A. A. johnson is home from a
business "trip to Denver and elsewhere.
Yardmaster D. e. Jordan returned
from a business trip to Omaha this
morning.
Bronco Jack" and wife left on train
No. 4 for the capital city, where there
is a wide field for the work of an evan
gelist.
B. F. Sooy. the talented artist who
has been engaged at the Heyn gallery
for a long time. will leave for Ogden
tomorrow night, where he expects to
make his home. The best wishes OF
many friends 90 with him.
Superintendent King of the bridge
department Of the Union Pacific came
over from Cheyenne on the morning
train. He reports that his little one,
who had been suffering with diptheria,
is entirely recovered and that the quar-
antine Is now raised.
, 1896-12-11

ter in commodities. are . Instinct in.
fraction upon the spirit of the seventh
commandment. The voluminous dis
plays with which we know such unions
to Be sometimes celebrated only aggra-
vate the mischief and operate to teach
our young people in all conditions Of
life thst marriage may DO reduced to q
species Of traffic, differing from the
dealings on the Stock or Produce Ex-
changes only in some Of the details with
which the bargain ID consummated.
Such examples are distinctly alien to
the entire genius Of the institution Of
marriage
, 1896-12-11

Absolutely pure. perfectly harmless,
and invariably reliabls,.are the quail
ties Of One Minute Cough Cure. It new
er fails In colds. Group and lung trou-
bles. Children like It because 1t Il
pleasant to take and It helps them.
Chas. N. settsle.
, 1896-12-11

The old way Of delivering messages
by post-boys compared with the mod
ern telephone, illustrates the old tedi-
Gus method of 'breaking' colds COM
pared with their almost instantaneous
BY One Minute Cough Curs. Chas.
N. Sstttele.
, 1896-12-11
THE MODERN MOTHER

Has found that her little ones are i'm
proved more by the pleasant Syrup
Of Figs, when in need of the laxative
eject of a gentle remedy than by any
other. and that it is more acceptable
to them. Children enjoy it and it
benefits them. The true. remedy
Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup company.
, 1896-12-11

Fine barrel pickles just received at
Hunts: also the finest mutton in the
city. Mutton by the carcas at 6 cents
per pound. Receiving new goods daily.
n1Sm1
, 1896-12-11

Furnished rooms to rent. corner d
Sixth and Grand avenue. No. COT.
MRS. MOSTLER
, 1896-12-11

Parties desiring suits for the North
Star masquerade on the 10th will order
from Chris Tegner before THE 18th.
Tickets for the ball are now on sale
by the committee only. 96eod6t
, 1896-12-11

I oHe tent an Acre
The interesting paper which State
Engineer Mead will read today before
the annual meeting of the American
Society of Irrigation Engineers. at
Denver, contains many discussions OF
great local interest. says the Cheyenne
Tribune.
The title of this paper is. THE Arid
Public Lands, Their Reclamation. Man,
agement and Disposal and the dis
c~ussion was begun by showing that
he 500, 900. 600 acres of arid public
lands govern the growth and prosperi-
ty CT every arid state: that so long as
these lands remain under national con-
srol and contribute nothing to state
revenues in taxes or rentals, the states
have neither the nor the au-
thority necessary to efficient promo
ton of the reclamation of our arabic
lands.
h paper further shows that as
both land and water are necessary to
production the management oil these
two joint agents of fertility should be
united and that either the nation
should assume control of the streams
or the state be given control of the
lands.
The article on the forest land is OF
sufficient importance to justify its in
s~ertion entire.
FOREST LANDS.
THE timber value of the forest areas
is of secondary importance. Their chief
and enduring utility is to conserve
moisture for the valleys below. In
many cases with their destruction ir,
rigation ceases to become a problem
and becomes an impossibility. The SER
vice of a river does not depend upon
its yearly flow, but upon its proper dis
tribution. A mountain torrent in May.
if followed by a dry channel in August,
is of little value, yet this is what will
follow-t the destruction of the shelter Of
our mountain slopes. Two dangers
menace their existence. The first is
fire. which each year. and with a~cceler-
ated speed denuding great areas. The
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, 1896-12-11

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Broino Qulnine Tabhts.
All druggists refund the money II It
fails to cure. CSC.
, 1896-12-11

A six and one-half horSe power engine
and boiler. IN good condition. Apply
At this odice.
, 1896-12-11

ROSES. CARNATIONS md CHRYs-
ANTHEMUMS at MRS. HERTZOGS.
, 1896-12-11
THE STATE ENGINEER.
RECOMMENDS PLACING THE ARID
LANDS AND WATER UNDER
ONE CONTROL.

Forest Preservation Needed to Con-
serve the Moisture More Than the
Timber-Attach Gruzing Lands in
Small Tracts to Irrigated Land at
One Cent an Acre.
, 1896-12-11

Furnished Housekeeping roons fos
-ent. Sayer Hanssa. Isl kth street
, 1896-12-11

The length OF life may be increased
by lessening it's dangers. The majority
of people die from lung troubles. These
may be averted by promptly using One
Minute Cough Cure. Oh :. N. Settele.
, 1896-12-11

Is '"e' y are ihe settler "ouio pe
prc'eeted from the nomadic hook and
'he transition from our present con-
u''foh "ouiu ne 100 gradual 10 be IN
~Jurloh5' Ever! iarm having
th,s grazing iahd attached thereto
"ouiu De Increased IN Vaiue ana many
Wo"'u ne worth aoupie "hat they are
'od's Without IT. Inc stimuins 70
emigration "ouiu De
7u'ehs'neheu anu 'he 'hiue Oh invests
meh's IN uitcheS ana canals proper
~'tohateiy esihahceu'
Al present the state OF hatioh de-
r'Fes not ohe cent OF revenue from the
use Vi THESE Janus II ieasen at one
cent an acre 'he income u the state OF
wyoming "ouid ne haif a million dol
i'rs d year over o per ceht Oh the
IAN" surface ci the ara states ana ter
'-cFies no" ~uhpr"uucti'e coula III TINS
way ne hiaue III time revenue prouuc-
lhs' Il "ou'u 'esseh 'aAes' proslue
lu"o7 - aHn III lhe CONSTRUCTION Oh I'LL
u! SUPERVISION OF the igatio system
y 'Ic" "'ate'
III 'esalu u 'ne isao 'ahus' Mr.
'h''u hOtos una fne carey la" Is an
"'''h'e On any ariu idhu legislation
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o'no'us,oh On 'h's matter ana MS rec
onhiheho".ioh as 10 iour'her legislation
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iiih oNAlioN AMI LAWS
NO ariu anu I'D" can De Regarded
d" s"'isiae'or' OF eoiiple'e WHICH uoes
iot oeai WIN the grazing 'lanus and
pt'''ue ioi the CONSERVATION anu use
VI Nv water supply accoruihs 10 some
COMPREHENSIVE p4ah. Inc aia OF the
"i'''o' acre oona'ioh Will OH! w
temporary IL VIII secure the uthi0a-
''on Vi sonne VI tht "'s' ueSiiapie pro-
'eo's' o"' VIII IAN III accomplishing the
conhp'e'e ue'elopmeh Oh the resources
oiahs Sta'e' "o LIE there hnust w
dill eh'iFe feiofii III o~ pu"iic taha sys-
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we are es'hoiishihs the oiuesl iorm
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'er uisresaro Oh phe experience OF otn'
CT iahuS DIS II rs III uehahce Oh the oest
ing o,r reso,.rces ,ns,e,d of conserv,no
tbem and nerrptuat,np a land .vstan,
WHOSE evils arc on,v eo,,o,od NV o,r
present nation indirerence
"c,ob oo,a,.s.,, ou.ht 49,,
, 1896-12-11
is M'KAY LOST.
Party OF Salt Lake Hunters Adrint in
Great Salt Lake.

Word received from Salt Lake yester-
day states that a party Of buffalo
hunters" of which A. N. Mckay, a re-
porter on the Salt Lake Tribune and
for some years editor Of the old Daily
Leader. is a member, has been lost on
Great Salt Lake. The party left the
Mormon capital last Sunday for Ante
lope island. In q large fat-bottomed
scow. which has done service in former
years transporting cattle to the island
from the main land. No authentic It'd
ings have been heard Of them, although
people living at Pennington, north Of
Salt Lake, saw their boat lying to IN q
dead calm. The boat was seen again
Monday afternoon dn about the same
place.
The weather Is bitter cold and as the
scow carries but a few days provfs-
ions and water, there viii be intense
suffering unless the unfortunate hunt
ers are rescued.-Cheyenne Tribune.
, 1896-12-11
ALLISON FOR SECRETARY.

Chicago. ILL.,, Dec. 10.-A special to
the Record from Canton. o., says: Som
ator Allison Of Iowa will be secretary
of state in MfKinley's cabinet This
MAY be set down = q fact. It Is de-
clared on good authority that McKan-
ley has picked him out for that pod
ton. and 1t b believed here that ANi-
son has been formally offered the port
folio.
, 1896-12-11

Soothing. ara not Irritating.
strengtAsnink and not wsaksntng.
small. but sRsctive-such are The quail
tiles Of Dewitt;s Little EARLY Klssss.
the famous little pills. Cha n. 1sttsle.
, 1896-12-11

1t is often a mystery how a cold has
been Caught" The fact, is, however,
that when the blood is poor and the
system depressed, one becomes pecul-
iarly liable to disease. When the appe-
tite + the strength fails, Ayers Sarsa-
parilla should be taken without delay
, 1896-12-11

Hoods PILLS are psunpt saieisnt, A.
ways reliable. sasy to TAXI, ~sy 70 op-
crate.
, 1896-12-11

Uphoastsssr It Mnlsr : IovsSoys.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-10-30
THE HILLS OF home.

Sweet come the bells at evening and
clear the sparrOws cry,
And like two white swans floating, the
streamers wander by;
But sweeter far the ringing OF bells
where cattle roam,
And dear the cry where kildees fly
among the hills Of home.
| long to leave the noises that make the
ears 30 tired;
long 10 give up striving for power long
desired;
For peace comes in the ringing OF bells
where dun doves roam.
And in The cry where kildses fly among
the hills Of home.