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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-15
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and ranches. Now is your opportun-
ity and by calling upon or writing us
we think it will be to your advantage.
JOHN T. HAMBLETON & CO., lO4
East Commerce street,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-15

Killed NV n Ramrnd.

Joseph Bisel, of Portland, Ind, took
down his rifle and started to clean it,
preparatory to going a hunting. The
weapon was discharged and the ram
rod pierced Bisers breast, killing him
instantly. His wife and son witnessed
the accident. The farm bell was rung,
and neighbors came to the assistance OF
the family.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-15
AN ORDINANCE.

the guarding of certain obstruction:
in public streets, alleys, avenues, OF
plazas of the city, regulating the du'
ration Of such distractions, and re-
curing the repairs of the portions
of streets, alleys, avenues, plazas OF
squares, so INSTRUCTED, under pre-
scribed penalties" adopted August
18th, 1897.
Be it ordained by the city council OF
the city of San Antonio as follows:
That IAN ordinance providing for the
guarding of certain distractions in
public streets, alleys. avenues, or plaz
zas of the city, regulating the dura-
ton of such distractions, and requlr-
ing the repairs of the portions OF
streets, alleys, avenues, plazas, or
public streets, alleys, avenues, or pla-
squares so INSTRUCTED under prescribed
penalties" adopted August II, 1897, be
2 and the same is hereby amended SO as
to read as follows:
Section 1. 1t shall be the duty of ev-
cry person or corporation who shall
lawfully, cause to be made any hole,
trench, excavation, or mound, or en-
bankment or other obstruction in any
public street, alley avenue, plaza or
square of this city, in the course or any
work lawfully done therein by such
person or corporation and 1t shall like
wise be the duty of the president and
also Of the superintendent or manager
of any corporation, to carefully guard
of cause to be guarded such hole,
trench, excavation, mound, embank-
ment, or other obstruction, while the
same may exist and not to suffer the
same to remain there beyond the time
reasonably sufficient for the compile
ton Of such work in addition to the time
reasonably sufficient for the removal
of the obstruction, and to repair the
portion of such street, alley, avenue,
plaza or square, so as to restore the
same to its condition just previous to
the making of such obstruction within
such time after the completion of such
work as may be reasonably sufficient
for such repair.
Section 2. Every person or corpor-
alton and president, superintendent or
manager of a corporation violating any
provision of section of this ordinance
shall be guilty Of an offense and upon
conviction thereof before the recorder
shall be punished by a fine Of not less
than TWENTY-FIVE nor more than two
hundred dollars.
Section 3. Each day that such OBJ
struction shall be suffered to remain be-
yond the time reasonably sufficient for
the completion of such work in addi-
ton to the time reasonably sufficient
for the removal of such obstruction;
and each day of failure so to repair the
portion of such street, alley, avenue,
plaza or square so INSTRUCTED after the
expiration of such time after the COM
pletion of such work as may be reason
ably sufficient for such repair, shall
constitute separate offense.
Passed and approved this sth day OF
November, 1897.
BRYAN CALLAGHAN,
Attest: Mayor
THEO VINKE
City Clerk. 11-10-10t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-15
Social Graces.

What a favorite, that homely young
Mulligan is with the girls!"
"Yes; he knows how to fan us so our
frizzes won't stand on nd."-Chicago
Record
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-15

1T is said that the patterns on the
finger tips are not only. Interchangeable
through life, but the chance of the fin
ger prints of two persons being alike is
less than one chance in $4,000. OO0. 900,
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FIRST CLASS MEALS
1T OUR OWN
DINING STATIONS
SO CENTS.
A VALUABLE PRESCRIPTION.

Editor Morrison, Of Worthington,
Ind, SUM-" writes: You nave val
mabel prescription in Electric Bitters,
and I can cheerfully recommend 1t Tor
Constipation and Sick Headache, and
as a general system tonic 1t has no
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tage Grove avenue. Chicago. was all
run down, could not eat nor digest
food, had a backache which never left
her and felt tired and weary, bit six
bottles Of Electric Bitters restored her
health and renewed her strength. Price
so cents and 81. Get q bottle at +.
Kalteyer & Sons drug store.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-15

Be it ordained by the city council of
the city of San Antonio as follows:
Section 1. That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances, or special permits
of every character, granting permits
sion to any person, firm, association
of persons, or corporation to empty
any sewer, steam, or waste water pipe
into either the San Antonio river, the
San Pedro creek, any Of the storm sew
ers, or any of the bitches within said
city be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
Passed and approved this Sth day of
November, 1897.
.s. BRYAN CALLAGHAN,
Attest: Mayor
THEO VINKE
City Clerk. II 10 lot
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-15
AN ORDINANCE.
11-10-10t

An ordindance repeating all ordinances
and parts of ordinances or special
permits of every character granting
permission to any person, firm, asso-
citation of persons, or corporation, to
empty any sewer, steam, or waste
water pipe into either the San An
tonic river, the San Pedro creek, any
of the storm sewers, or any of the
bitches within said city.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
800 FOR A NAME.

Mr.. Bryan has set precedent that
he will have to abandon sooner or
later or go dead broke, if informa-
ton furnished by Burlington, Iowa,
dispatch is true. 1t says:
''Since the week of election there
has been born to Mr.. and Mrs. c. L.
Masdin, of Burling ton, a boy baby.
In his enthusiasm over the free silver
issue Mr.. Masdin named the boy
William Jennings Bryan Masdin, and
notified the late silver presidential
candidate of the honor conferred
upon him. Today Mr.. Masdin re-
ceived personal letter of thanks
from Mr.. Bryan inclosing a crisp
500 silver certificate"
If Mr.. Bryan could keep up this
lick there would soon be more
William Jennings Bryan So and-so's
in the country than you could shake
stick at, and unless he should
E'strike oil'' and that in abundance,
he would become a living example OF
a sufferer from a contracted currency
Better put on the breaks, Mr.. Bryan.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
The Presidential Term.

DUN.
The speech of Senator Proctor in
the Senate some days ago in support
OF the joint resolution to amend the
federal constitution contains much
interesting history. Mr.. ProctOr's
resolution proposes to the States an
amendment to make the pEesiden tial
term of office six instead of four
years and to make President in
eligible for reelection, and another
amendment providing that members
of the House of Representatives shall
be chosen every third year. The first
amendment is taken from the consti
tuition of the COME derate States. 1t
has been recommended by Andrew
Jackson, by Samuel j. Tilden and by
Mr.. Cleveland. There is much to be
said in favor of the single presi-
favor of having fewer presidential
elections, but the conditions which
influenced Jackson aud Tilden to
recommend the change do not exist
to SO great a degree at this time.
The strong Argument in favor of
extending the term to six years is
that it will relieve the country from
the business depression and enorm-
Gus cost of more frequent campaigns.
Those who oppose the change urge
that it will make the elections one
third more important and the cam
paigns proportionately harmful to
business interests and political
morality.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04

Orange (Va.) Observer
Be good-and you will he a cutiosi-
ty.
1t is a wise man that knows his
own business.
ITEM is money-to the preachers
who have many couples TO marry.
A girl may be a good violin player
and yet not be q BILE to draw q beau
There is a difference between a
mummy and a dude-the mummy
once had brains
Nearly every girl has violated the
postal laws by robbing the males of
their hearts
Not every man has the ague who
gets the 'shake''-he may be in love
or holding a political office.
Never call a man liar Tell him
that he is fully capable of holding
the position OF war correspondent in
Cuba.
If we had a penny for every broken
resolution of this glad New Year,
Vanderbilt would be able to atten :
our ball.
The Orange girl who witnessed her
lover shot out of the front door on
her fathers boot, saw the son rise
before daylight.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
A FALSE NOTION

The following extracts from Presi-
dent Alderman's inaugural should
have weight in dispelling the notion
which seems to have lodged with
some folks that the University is a
sort of rendezvous for rich mems
sons, or, as the President puts it, ga
curious old notion surviving out of
the pass that the University is the
resort of the aristocratic and rich"
DR.. Alderman adds:
'The simple facts quite explode
this idea, unless it be ar1stOcratic to
seek to excel in all manly sports, to
carry of the prizes of life. to be at
the front, whether with Vance and
Settle on the hustings, with Rutfin
and Pearson on the bench or with
Pettigrew leading that long thin,
immortal line that marched so
steadily up the murderous slopes of
Gettysburg.
Over one half of the students here
are the sons of farmers. Three
fourths of them are the sons of poor
men to whom their presence here
means anxiety and self-Genial.
Eighty of them are working their
way through college by every form
of honorable labor from waiting at
table to cutting hair. Forty of them
are here as the result of money
earned or borrowed. Forty are
aided by loans and nearly 900 have
received aid from the University in
loans or scholarships in the past
twenty years.
Among the students who support
themselves at the University there
are:
Three typewriters, two shoemakers,
two hair cutters, six printers, four
clerks, one carpenter, twenty-five
walters, five saw and cut wood, one
book-keeper, one telegraph operator,
four teachers in village, twelve coach
backward students, one lawyer, one
dentist.
That is homely, but an eloquent
enumeration. 1t speaks for the
masterfulness of our race and tells
the whole story of the passing of an
old order and the birth of new"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04

the House remains to be seen. We
do not attach a great deal of impor-
ance to the bill, SO far as immediate
results are concerned, for, while in
ternational bimetallism is desirable,
we do not anticipate that it will ever
be secured unless therei is Independent
action by the United States. This
independent action we do expect.
That International action will ensue
as a consequence thereof, may be
confidently looked for.
The passage of the bill referred to
may serve the purpose of Fastening
independent action, in the event,
which appears probable, that it fails
to SETTLE the question by interna-
tional agreement.
Notwithstanding the result of the
late election, we believe that the
honest sentiment of a majority OF the
American people is favorable to
bimetallism and that this majority
will grow larger from year to year
and that, sooner or later, this senti-
ment will be expressed overwhelming
ly at the polls.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
Judge Wood Duped,

A telegram from Bristol, Tenn,
says: 1t has been made known here
that Judge NJ. B. Wood, prominent
citizen of Bristol, was duped in re-
natl. He purchased, as he thought, a
stock of goods, paying $500 in cash
and collateral. For this he receive
a consignment valued at $50 AS a
result of the transaction Q. G. Lilly
and G. B Avery, of Cincinnati, are In
Jail on charge of grand larceny.
Judge Wood is we'll known here.
He married Mrs. Mamie Benton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. f. Will
Hanson, of Winston.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
SOUTHERN HISTORIES.
Disturbed Northern Papers Are Told
Why They " ere Written.

Disturbed Northern Papers Are Told
Why They We're Written.
Atlanta Constitution.
Several of our northern ccntemp-
oraries are very much disturbed over
the action of the Confederate Veter-
ans Association in recommending
for use in the public schools of this
section series of southern text
books of a historical nature
Since the issues of the great sec
tional conflict are forever settled
shall the South in addition to all her
sutferings be denied the meager privi-
lege of teaching her children that the
cause for which she struggled, al
though unsuccessful, was at least
patriotic and honest? Surely there
can be no reluctant or negative
answer to this question.
Ia replying to d criticism made by
one of the New York papers few
days ago The Baltimore American
INDUCES in the following spirited
rejoinder:
If our contemporary should ex-
anime into the northern school his
tories as carefully as he has ex-
amined the southern histories, he
might find there the reason why the
latter were written. No one I'M
familiar with the subject would
gather from the northern histories
that the right of secession was an
open question until the war settled
it. The southern people were fight
ing for principle. They now, and
have for a quarter of a century, ad-
mitted that the question has been
settled, and settled adversely to their
contention, and they acqliesce in
that settlement, but they naturally
object to teaching their children that
they were traitors and rebels. Seces
SION was first threatened by New
England States, but we doubt wheth-
er that fact is very plainly brought
out in northern school histories.
craftsmanship is no better on one side
than the other. 1t is only the truth
which will make US whole"
OF course it is not expected that
our northern friends should go SO far
as to adopt our southern histories in
the public schools of that section;
but since they have undertaken to
write history themselves it is only
| fair that they should accord the same
privilege to the South.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
Everlastingly True.
Wilmington Messenger.

Wilmington Messenger.
We are old fashioned. We believe
the Bible as expounded by the great
est and wisest men of the past-the
profoundest theologians of the world
and we accept Gods statements as
expounded and explained by the
various churches as to future life and
it's duration. The higher criticism
has not allured Us; new theories have
not caught us in their mesehes; the
pessimistic wall has not made us
hopeless; the vagaries and nonsense
of theosophy and other fads and
formulas have not b. guiled US. We
stand by the great teachers and
accept the pure word of God as ever
lastingly true.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
Will Not Let Up.
w IA NV AOt " -
Raleigh Tribune, Republican.

Raleigh Tribune, Republican.
Let up on Butler" Why, that's
funny; we haven't begun to let down
on him yet, 1t is continued story,
with plots and counter plots; with
coups, and strategic movements and
acrobatic feats galore; with startling
climaxes and deep, dark, secret
manoeuvers that are likely to cost
the actors much anxiety and much
fioor-walking, hair pulling, and great
drops of sweat, and cold shivers up
the spinal column. Oh, no! we can't
afford to let up on Butler. He is our
oyster, persimmon; he's a dandy,
and We expect to witness some most
startling and interesting political
manoeuvering and charges and lights
behind the rifle pits ever witnessed,
for We have discovered that he is like
a cat. He comes to life every time
YOU kill him,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
Tough on the Brethren.

Progressive Farmer.
For years the very Populists who
are now supporting Pritchard have
been loudly preaching exactly the
opposite doctrine to the Mark Hanna
inspired rot they are now emitting
from their treacherous mouths.
We have great respect for the
man who believes in the gold stand
ard. We have profound respect for
the views of a Republican or Demo-
craft who really believes that his
party doctrines are right, but un-
measurable contempt for the Popu-
list who processes to believe that it is
right to elect gold standard man
and a political jumping jack who will
assist in the work of making million
aires of the few and paupers of the
masses
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
Read stories and smoked Cigarettes.

Foushee, the Chatham county
youth who has just been sentenced
for ten years to the Virginia peniten-
tiary for killing the Superintendent
of the Henrico county reformatOry in
which he was confined, started on the
down-grade by reading yellow back
stories and smoking cigarettes. He
smoked cigarette and laughed while
the Judge was pronouDcing his SEN
tence, and his poor mother wept. The
yellow cover and the cigarette are too
much of combination for any boy.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
Vegetable Garden ana its Pests.

The Experiment Station at Raj
eigh, n. G. is now issuing a bulletin
by the above title No. 1922 which,
as it's names indicates, is treatise
for raising vegetables in the home
garden, and was prepared by w. +.
Massey, Horticulturist OF the Station,
and Gerald Mccarthy, Botanist and
Entomologist The fungous ard
insect diseases are carefully treated
by tie latter and "A variety OF formu
las are given to destroy these pests
Different crops are discussed. 1t il
believed that this publication is the
most practical of any ever issued
upon this subject by any Station,
especially to meet conditions in the
South. 1t will be sent free to parties
in North Carolina who apply for it
to DIR. H. B Battle, Director.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
POLITICAL DRAMA.
BY the Celebrated Tarheel Troupe-
Three Acrs

Three Acrs
For the Sentinel
FIRST ACT-1S94.
Rep Pop fusion, ost-nsibIy upon
principle. winding up with a general
division of Pie.
Song and tune: The Old North
State"
SECOND fCT-1S96.
Rep Pop. fusion for Office, and
more Pie Tragic death of Principle.
ing and tune: Jim Crack Corn |
don't care, Old Massa's gone away
THIRD ACT, LEGISLATURE 1861.
Pie galore, and Pop double back
action somerset and sell out.
Tune: The rogue's march.
Benediction from Vanderbilt
Damn the People"
Reserved seats for boodlers only.
Gen. Manager, Marcus Aurelius;
Advertising Agents, Hal and Ohio;
Ticket Agent, Jeter.
MIDDLE-OF-TH -RoADER.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
LINNEY ON BUTLER.

We noticed day or two since that
the Washington Post referred to
Mr.. Linney as "the Populist repre-
sentative from North Carolina" Ii
he has zig-zagged from the Republi-
cans to the Populists he must have
landed In the camp of the boilers.
At least we should judge 50 from the
way he pitches in to Butler. The
Washington correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer quotes Mr.. Lin
ney as saying:
s'That which is of far greater i'm
portance to North Carolina, and, in
fact, to the whole republic, is the
checking of the unholy ambition OF
Senator Butler. Butler had in some
way imagined that he was a sort OF
modern julius Caesar. He had be-
come in the political field in which he
operated-between the lines of the
two great parties-a quasi corpora
tion (both soul and aggregrate) with
many clergy-like and eleemosynary-
like marks upon his outer parts.
This only existed in the distempered
imagination of Butler. He became
great without much effort. A piece
of plank thrown upon an advancing
wave of the ocean cuts about the
same figure as Butler has cut In
politics. He employed the wings OF
an eagle attached to the body of a
bat. He has fallen because the black
beak and talons of a night hawk will
always cut q poor figure when fast
ened to the body of a hummingbird. -
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
Something Fine.

washington Star.
"Mr. Diggles," said the little boy
with big ruffies on his shoulders, 81
wish you would let me come and see
where you live. l want to look at
your ROOM"
"Why, certainly. But what made
you think of that ?"
''My sister said it was better than
your company, so l thought it must
be something fine."
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
$4,000 Fire at Newbern.

At o'clock Friday night fire broke
out in the Stimson Lum Der Company's
saw and planning mill at Newbern and
spread with remarkable rapidity. In
an hour and half the entire plant
was totally consumed involving a, loss
of upwards of $4,000. The heroic
work of the f1remen prevented the
spread of what might have been a
widespread and disastrous conflagra-
tion. The fire was confined exclusive
ly to the Stimson Lumber Company,
no one else sustaining any loss.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
AFire Causes Darkness.

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 31.-Between
/ and o'clock this morning the ex-
tensive plant of the Scranton Illumi-
mating, Heat and Power company, in
the centre of the city, was almost to-
tally destroyed by fire at loss of $780,
600. Half the town was left in dark
ness and the motors that operate the
type composing room were left with
out power. Services in several churches
were abandoned today owing to the
lack of light and heat. The insurance
is not half the loss,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-04
A Denial by Mr.. Gage.

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-Lyman J Gage,
the prospective Secretary of the
Treasury in President-elect McKin
the published story that he was a
single taxer and an uncompromising
adherent of Henry George upon that
subject. There is not the slightest
foundation for the report that l am
now or ever was. a single tax man."
said Mr.. Gage, land nothing that
ever said or ever wrote on economic
subj acts, could furnish the slightest
grounds for such statement"