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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

Those Democrats who advise against
bringing national questions into any
of the state fights are wise. A dead
party has no business with living is
sues. If it monkeys with them it
hurts.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

Those Cuban insurgents continue to
give straight answer to those who in
quire as to their hope of establishing
their independence. They go right
along whipping out the Weyler troops.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

Hawaii is coming into the possession
of such papers as will entitle her to
enforce her anti-Japanese immigration
policy. The new treaty will provide
for all that kind of squatter sovereign
ty.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

Uncle Sans cruisers are not made
to chase filibusters. This is evident
from the poor showing that they make
when the rake up alongside, of one
of these saucy crafts. No one cares.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

No one has as yet undertaken to read
the requiem mass over the defunct
body Of free trade, but it is dead as a
door nail, and Vest has already donned
idol.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

Texas solons in their magnimity de-
cided not to tax intelligence and so
voted down the proposition to put 50
occupation tax on teachers. 1t was
more than was expected of them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

Turkey is taking possession Of the
converts in Thessaly. The Turks al
ways did have weakness for Chris
tian convent.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18
DON'T WALK.

But call on Fred. Small for the incest
turnout In the city when you wish
10 take a drive. He Is with d. J.
Woodward, Main Ave. Tel S00
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

That peace conference at Constants
nople shows signs of going to pieces
No peace there.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

There is nothing that comes officially
from Cuba that is certain, unless it be
its uncertainty.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

Mayor Callaghan and the street
commissioner took an early drive out
to South Laredo street this morning
to inspect some work there.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

The yellow flag is flying on both sides
of the continent, Clean UP and quar-
antine strictly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18
GALL ON US.

Do you want to run gin?
Do you want to saw wood?
Do you want to pump water?
Or anything else needing power; call
on US at the Light Office and let us
show you 8, z, or 8 horse power
gasoline engine that will do the work
at cost Of less than half the cost of
steam power. No smoke, no dirt, no
loss Of time, no fireman asd engineer
needed. Call on MS at 104 East Com
merce street and we will tell you
more about 1t.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

DOG COLLARS, at I. Sichers
Main plaza. Licenses put on free Of
charge. 5-1S-1m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

The Texas pie dispensers are strug-
Cling to see who will divide that
Brownsville pie.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

The fight against the trusts must be
made openly and squarely and not be-
hind the shelter of tariff bill
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18
GO TO

VIM. Cameron & Co.. for door and
window screens, corner Lamar and
Chestnut and soe South Flores street
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

All contracts or bills MUST be ap-
proved by the Secretary or Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-18

AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.
The following named are authorized
solicitors of the Light:
n. G. SCHUMACHER, Advertising.
w. T. SCHUMACHER,
DAN c. BITTER, Subscription.
HARVEY L. STEELE
Subscribers are requested not to pay
their subscription without taking . re-
oeipt.
T. B. JOHNSON, Manager.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
The Dreaded Germ,

At the British association DR.. Kan
thack, who speaks with great authority
on the subject, read paper on "Bac-
terra In Food" in which he pointed out
that one might swallow any amount Of
micro. organisms with food without any
injury. Milk ordinarily contains about
q million germs per cubic centimeter, in
sandwiches they are too numerous to
count. oysters TEEN with them, and
ices from fashionable confectioner s
were found to contain from 10, 900, 900
to IA, 000,00 or considerably more
than the much abused Italian street
vender's wares. There is not the least
doubt in the world that we eat, drink
and breathe any quantity of germs
without suffering in the smallest de-
gree, day by day, unless the germ hap
pen to be Of particular sort and to
meet with suitable soil. All the
scientific" fuss about the necessity Of
boiling this and sterilizing that in order
to kill the germs is piece Of unsoien-
tific babble founded upon set Of theo-
retic assumptions which take no account
of actual everyday facts. Of course the
psychologists will not admit their mis-
take without struggle, and DR.. Kan
thack met with good deal of criticism.
Nevertheless he is right, and one Of
these days every one will be saying the
same thing. st. James Gazette.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
The ScalY Ant Eater.

An animal made Of tin plate, of the
shape of an elongated fir cone, about
three feet in length, which craokles and
rustles with every movement, is one Of
the latest acquisitions of the Geological
society of London. Its name is the PAN
COLIN, or scaly ant eater, and it belongs
to the same family group as the arma-
dillo and platypus 1t has excited great
attention at the zoo, for it is-if we are
correctly informed-the first animal of
the kind which has been exhibited
there. Its home is where the termites,
or white ants, are found, for the animal
feeds On these destructive creatures and
possesses claws which are designed to
break down their strongholds. The
claws are also necessary for burrowing
in the ground, for the pangolin exca-
Yates cave for himself and his mate
eight feet or so below the surface Of
the earth, and in this strange home one
or two young are produced every year.
The pangolin at present at the zoo is
fed upon ants and their eggs, and also
exhibits partially for cockroaches
scalded in milk The scales with which
its body is covered are hard and sharp
as steel, and it can give terribly cut
ting blow with its powerful tail 1t can
roll its body up into ball like hedge
hog when it SO wills. Public Opinion.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
Good Nature and Justice.

Foreigners are frequently impressed
with the extreme good nature Of our
people in trying circumstances and the
patience with which they endure hard
ships and discomforts which spring
from thoughtlessness and injustice.
Now, patience and good nature are ex-
cellent qualities, and the field for their
exercise is wide one. The grumbling
disposition, which fruitlessly complains
of and magnifies each passing annoy
ance, discuoting and irritating every
one in the vicinity, is worthy of sincere
reprobation. At the same time there
are limits beyond which an easy good
nature ceases to be a virtue. We plume
ourselves upon it and compare its sooth-
ing effects with the influence stirred up
by an opposite course, to the entire ad-
vantage of the former. And in this we
are correct just as long as it does not
pander to injustice.
To smile indulgently at wrong that
calls for correction, to bear with equa-
nimity what ought never to be borne at
all, to submit patiently to evils that
spring from unfairness and to influence
others to do the same plainly tend to
foster the continuance Of wrongdoing
and to make those engaged in it self
satisfied and secure. Patient endurance,
so estimable under certain circum-
stances, may under others be an ac-
tual injury to society. From the resist
ance to an injurious fashion or custom
up to the correction of grave abuses, the
earnest seeker after justice is true
philanthropist and demands the esteem
and cooperation of his fellow men,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
The Late Mr.. Cornelius.

A warm friend OF the late Richard
Cornelius, cashier OF the National
Farmers and Planters Bank of Balti-
more, was Rev. Sam Jones, the noted
southern evangelist, who preached at
Emory Grove camp during the two
summers that Mr.. Cornelius was presi-
dent of the camp association.
Mr.. Jones, who is now in Boston.
heard of the suicide and defalcation of
Mr.. Cornelius through the newspapers
of that city on Tuesday, and he imme
diately wrote as follows to his friend,
Mr.. Oliver L Rhodes, of Baltimore:
Il have just read in the Boston
papers of the supposed suicide of
Brother Cornelius. My Ny Where
will pandemonium break loose next?
wish you would go and see his dear,
good wife and offer her my sympathy
and PRAYERS. You can do it better than
I can write to her. May the good
Father bless ard keep her in this, the
darkest hour she will ever see in this
life ~
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
An Unusual Street Scene.

The citizens of Tallahassee, Fla,
witnessed an unusual spectacle early
about the bewitching age of sixteen,
with long f1axen hair streaming down
her back, dressed in an up to date
bloomer costume, rode bob-tail nag
astride through the main thorough
fare of the capital city, She was &C
companied by a one eyed specialized
dude, with a pocket camera, and every
time darkie stopped to gaze upon
the novel procession he would snap
his machine and catch the picture OF
an amazed African.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
The Banks Of the South.

The Manufacturers Record has re-
ceivsd from Comptroller Eckels a
statement as the general situation Of
the banking interests South. Mr..
Eckels says: THE strength Of the
banking condition OF the South cannot
be better evidenced than by the fact
that during the year of 1895, which
embraced the most trying portions of
1895 and 1896, there occurred but six
national bank failures, while since
Nov. LIST the failures have numbered
but two Of these two, the bank at
Roanoke, Va. has proven solvent and
arranged to pay its creditors without
the intervention of receiver, and to
go into voluntary liquidation.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
UNION SPECTATOR AND VIM
PLEASE LET US GO AND PLAY.

While working at my desk today.
Striving to put my thoughts in rhyme,
heard my little children say
What oft said in olden time,
Before my hair had turned to gray,
Before times wrinkles creased my brow,
"Please mother, do not keep US now,
But let US go and playl"
Their plaintive voices came to me
From the adjoining chamber, whese
Both wife and children I could se-
When seated in my easy chair
She kissed them tenderly, and Shey
With Joyous shouts went to their game.
They could not hear my heart exclaim,
sob, would that we could play!"
OGod, pray that thou wilt leave
Their mother here until my boys
Can comprehend that they but grieve
Themselves when they leave her for toys!
Oh, they'll remember when they pray
For their dear mother, when she's dead,
How often they to her have said,
"Please let us go and play!'
Aye. in this life from day to day
Unknowingly we oft disdain
Our blessings, and but wish for pain
When we scorn sacrifice for play.
-Doone F. Lemmy in Washington Star.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
Tobacco and Color Blindness,

''Color blindness is on the increase, !"
said Dr.. D. L. Bliss Of New York. "The
causes Of this defect in vision that may
be otherwise perfect are not all very
we'll understood 1t would seem that the
use Of tobacco had a good deal to do
with it. have examined great many
for color blindness, having on several
occasions been employed by railroad
companies to do SO, and in every in
stance where the man examined was
found to he color blind he was user Of
tobacco. Women are seldom afflicted in
this way, hence it must be caused by
something that men do which women
do not. What cases exist among women
will be found to be inherited from male
ancestors have never known a wom-
an to be color blind whose father was
free from the defect. am smoker and
my perceptions Of color are unusually
good, SO that it is not impossible that a
man may use tobacco without such an
effect, bat I believe a large proportion
Of the cases are caused by tobacco -
Washington Star.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
THE MARATHON RACE.
me wild Excitement OF the Greeks When
Their Couutrvmen Won 1t.

me Wild Excitement OF the Greeks When
Their Countrymen Won 1t.
The Greeks are novices in the matter
of athletic sports and had not looked Tor
much success for their own country.
One event only seemed likely to be theirs
from ita very nature-the long distance
run from Marathon, a prize for which
has been newly founded by M. Micnei
Breal, member of the French institute,
in commemoration Of that soldier OF an
tiouity who ran all the way to Athens
to tell his follow citizens Of the happy
issue of the battle. The distance from
Marathon to Athens is AZ kilometers.
The road is rough and stony. Inc
Greeks had trained for this run for
wear past Even in the remote districts
of Thessaly young peasants prepared to
enter as contestants. In three cases it is
said that the enthusiasm and the mex
perience of these young fellows cost
them their lives, so exaggerated were
their preparatory efforts AS the great
day approached women offered up pray
ers and votive tapers in the churches
that the victor might by Greek.
The wish was fulfilled. A young peas
ant named Loues isom the village OF
Marousi was the winner in hours and
So minutes. He reached the goal fresh
and in fine form. He was followed by
two other Greeks. The excellent Aus
tralian sprinter Flack and the French
man Lermusiaux, who had been IN the
lead the first So kilometers, had fallen
out by the way. When Loues came into
the stadion, the crowd, which number
ed 60. 600 persons. rose to its feet ike
one man, swayed by extraordinary ex-
citement. The king Of Servia, who was
present, will probably not forget the
sight he saw that day. A fight Of white
pigeons was let loose, women waved
fans and handkerchiefs, and some OF the
spectators who were nearest to Loues left
their seats and tried to reach him and
carry him in triumph. He would have
been suffocated if the crown prince and
Prince George had not bodily led him
away. A lady who stood next to me un-
fastened her watch, gold one set with
pearls, and sent it to him ; an innkeeper
presented him with an order good for
365 free meals, and a wealthy citizen
had to be dissuaded from signing a
check for 10. 900 francs to his credit.
Loues himself, however, when he was
told of this generous offer, refused it.
The sense of honor, which is very strong
in the Greek peasant, thus saved the
nonprofessioual spirit from very great
danger. - 1.-THE Olympic Games OF
1885," by Baron Pierre de Coubertin. in
Cantnrv
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
HATS OFF TO GENTLEMEN.

What Did the Girls Mean by Their Re-
marks In the Elevator?
They entered the elevator together.
They were dressed alike. They wore
felt hats and coats, not unlike the sack
coats worn by men, which, open in
front, disclosed waistcoats. A rundown
collar was around the throat Of each,
with small black neckties. They didn't
wear trousers or even boomers, but
their skirts were close fitting, and every
man in the elevator knew instinotively
that they were coveting the coverings
which they had for their limbs. They
wore their hair cut short.
When they entered, the men simply
stared at them. No one ventured to re-
move his hat in accordance with the
time honored custom which provides
that in that way men should show their
Difference to the members Of the opposite
sex. Perhaps they were too surprised at
the apparition. Perhaps they thought
that the women, being unusually strong
minded, would be vexed instead of
pleased at the mark of politeness to a
woman. There are such women, it is
said. although very few persons have
ever seem any of them.
Whatever might have been passing
through the mems minds in the few
seconds which the journey from top to
bottom required, they were awakened
from their reveries when one Of the
young women exclaimed in loud
voice:
"Joan, why don't you take off your
hat? Don't you see that we are in the
presence Of gentlemen"
That remark served to cause every
man in the car to turn red and white
by turns. Every mans hand went in
stinctively to his hat, but all but one
were quickly stopped. The exception
removed his hat and was evidently en-
barrassed because he had unconsciously
taken the hint.
But he took his revenge. In an ordl-
nary tone of voice he remarked to an
other man..
sit is so hard nowadays to tell men
from women that am not surprised al
their mistake, nor at ours -
Some scathing retort might have been
made, but just then the elevator stop
ped and every man rushed from the
car whether it was his floor or not
Chicago Times-Herald.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
Clerical Ounces.

It is to be feared that clergymen who
have entered the church through theolo-
gical colleges are wretched scholars as
rule. The bishops have lately found it
necessary to insist Oh an entrance exam
ination on general subjects before ad-
mission to theological college can be
granted, and the results have been de-
cidedly startling The requirements are
almost ridioulously elementary. cou-
pie of books of Aenophon's "Anaba-
SIS, some quite easy Latin, two books
of Euclid and SO forth. Nevertheless, it
is stated that q large number Of c:sadi-
dates for orders are SO grossly ignorant
that they have been unable to get
through this exceedingly easy ordeal
London Truth.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
New Rou.e Across Hampton Roads.

The Norf Tx, WilIoughby Spit & Old
Poin. Railroad Co. has opened new
route from Norfolk to Old Point by
way of it's electric line to Willoughby
Spit, and thence by ferry to Old Point.
By the new service, trips are made
nearly every hour, and the fare for the
round trip placed at half the present
rates. The new line is a great improve
ment over the service given in the past,
and will do much to increase the bust
ness relations between the people on
the shores of Hampton Roads. Will
loughby Spit is situated opposite Old
Point, and is an excellent site for a
summer resort.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
f.rasr;nc at a Straw.

Doctor-Don't be slarn-rd. | was
sloker than you are a year ago, sad
with the same trouble. Today an
well and hearty
Patient {anziously}-Ca doctor, tell
me, who was your ply sieian?- Watar-
bury.
Ambitious EIEsician---l ii;.yo rcme ~
last in my grasp.
''Hoy SOP
"You know Mendelssohn' wedding
riarch helped amaz;Egly iii making
his fame. -
"Well, what Of it:''
II am going to write a. divorcs
march. London Ti5-Eita
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
TOMMY CRUISE.
IN Hard Luck When He Struck DruN
Lummond and Bloomed Out.

IN Hard Luck When He Struck Drum
Lummond and Bloomed Out.
When met Tommy first, his only
asset was serious danger, for his five
underfed and underlined ponies were
about to be seized for overdue taxes. I
could not help Tommy with money, but
tried to with advice. ''Strike old Sam
Ashby for a couple Of hundred dollars"
I suggested. Sam Ashby was one of the
rich men Of Helena, Mon, at that Pc
Rod and ran small savings bank. Tom
my Cruise tried old Sam Ashby." All
he got, however, was some pretty free
talk, in which the banker assured Tom
my Cruise that he would rather throw
his money into the home of his satanic
majesty than loan it to such a drunken.
shiftless fellow.
Tommy Cruise got the money, how
ever. Three weeks later he located the
great Drum Lummond gold NINE He
knew he had big thing, but somehow
he could make nobody believe in his
mine For years he worked at it. how
ever. living at times dogs life.
OACO3 WnAAC ohhAhS5 W q AAAOAu VI
mine, he fell forward unconscious. He
had not eaten mouthful Of food for
SO hours. and yet, with logged persist
ency, had worked on till he fell in his
tracks. At last his day came. He OPEN
dup big vein and had 81, 200, 900 to
his credit in good safe bank. Hard
times over, he decided to pose as a "sol-
i'd Citizen" SO he opened a savings
bank in Helena. One of the first men
to apply to Tommy Cruise, banker, for
a small loan was the one time banker,
old Sam Ashby, now less prosperous.
Then came to the old prospector the
happiest moment of his life, one that
wiped out all memory of starvation and
privation. For Tommy Cruise, showing
his would be customer to the door, as
sured that customer, in language too
emphatic and graphic FOR English ears,
that he would sooner throw his money
into the house Of his satanic majesty
than loan it to such drunken, shift
less fellow as Sam Ashby.-Cornhlll
Magazine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
SEE Of Atlantlc's Waves.

From DIR. Scoresby's observations it
appears that in a very heavy gale on
the Atlantic waves may run which are
from SO to 40 feet in height, or from
10 to Is feet above the main level of
the sea- Waves of the above sort are
from 400 to 500 feet from crest to crest.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
A.Stubborn Genius.

Robert Chambers told me be was once
talking with man of real, rugged gen.
JUS, who came to a sorrowful end. He
said to the genius: "The population OF
this world is about 1900, 600, 900 hui
man beings. The little religious body
to which you belong contains perhaps
100000. Of that number not 800 could
give an intelligent account of it's creed.
Yet you think its creed sets out vital
matters. Is it consistent with your be-
lief that God Almighty would permit
just 800 of his creatures to know those
things and keep all the millions igno-
rant of them?' The genius considered
for minutes space, then replied,
eyes, I think it quite right that God
should do that" Whereupon the good
Robert Chambers said very resolutely,
"Then I m tremendously sorry for you. "
And he never spoke to the genius save
on transient incidents any more. Long
mans Magazine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
ReprOachful.

81 haven't anything new to sing to
you tonight, George.
,"Well, give me something old then
She broke into refrain that was "a
song of the day" II years before.
''That's very, very old, Clara" he
remarked at the close.
eyes, George, / sang that to you the
night we became engaged. Boston
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
Pressure at tho Earth's Center.

The philosophers who have figured on
the condition of things at the earth's
center give opinions which vary widely.
Some think that the earth's interior is
composed of white hot molten matter.
Others are of the opinion that the pres
sure is so great that all substances have
been condensed beyond our powers OF
conception. Dr. Young goes SO far as to
say that a block of steel 10 feet square
would be pressed into block only 2
feet square if taken 1000 miles below
the earth g surface.