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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

There is nothing Tor the Republican
party in Maryland, Orany where else, TO
mourn over Ill the turning down
that Senator Wellington received AT
the hands of the Republican party
in the state convention. The time has
come to slipper all these fellows who
think they are bigger than their par
~. 1t would be worth coolies to New
York Republicanism if some one would
give Plat a dose of the same medicine
that was so recently administered to
Wellington. 1t will be done yet.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

British gold holders are talking of
Withholding the yellow stuff from the
United States. What does Great
Britain propose to pay the United
States for the wheat and corn and
iron and tinand apples that she is order
ing? Does she expect to pay us in
Mexican dollars? Fool talk that.
about sending no gold to this country.
Not as favor to us, but as a necessity
for herself, will the golden stream be
turned from English Golfers into Amer
lean pockets this turn of the tables.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Senator Thurston announces that he
will not be again candidate for cleo
ZION to the United States Senate.
This is to be regretted, for Thurston
is one of the brainiest men in the Sem
ate, and an enthusiastic Republican
OF the broadcast type. As it is four
years before his term expires some
thing may transpire to lead him to re-
verse his decision. Men like him are
scarce.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The one lesson in political economy
that our people are loath to learn is
that it is not what we sell that makes
us rich but what we save. What is
consumed at home and produced at
home Is largely saved to the country.
What is sold abroad generally goes for
foreign purchases.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The free trader could not see pros
perity under a high protective tariff
with telescope as long as his COM
plants about hard times. He is built
that way and that way he will die.
If the Republicans of Greater New
York nominate third ticket they ell
ect the Tammany men.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The architects of the country will
have a hand in the future public edit
ces of the nation. A competitive sub
mission of plans for public buildings
will not hurt the artistic proportions
of the public structures. There are
brains outside of the treasury building
as well as inside.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Paul Kruger is not exactly pulling
tn tail of the British lion, but he is
sitting on the front porch of his
Transvaal dwelling winchester in
hand. and watching the prowling beast
as he steals from the jungle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

There are Texans who are so pre-
JUDGED against Texas fruits that they
would prefer to pay double the price
for California fruit that they would
have to pay for better Texas article
Unfortunately all of these Texans do
not live outside the corporate limits
of San Antonio.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

There is only one way that the girls
who are working their rabbits foot
against the bachelors, will ever make
it success, and that is by laying siege
to their affections. Against such
proceeding there is no law, but for it
there is good scripture, even that
which saith love one another.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Free silver opinions seem to have
declined with the market quotations
of the white metal.
II Is not more divisions in political
parties that are wanted. but more
.indtvidualism among voters.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

German is studying how best to
make his political platform conform
to present business conditions, with
out too glaringly coming into col
lision with the platform he built a
year ago.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

That Pacific slope is going to be in
the swim and in it large this season
and next The abundant crops are
the first and greatest factor in her
prosperity, and next to it is the rush
of travel for the gold fields of the far
northwest. From both these she will
reap much profit.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The headlines of the telegraph re-
port from Europe remark that Berlin
is calm, referring to the st. Peters
burg incident. So is man when he
is too mad for utterance. He then
says nothing
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.

The following named are authorized
collectors of the Light:
H. C. SCHUMACHER, Advertising.
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DAN C. BITTER, Subscription.
HARVEY L. STEELE, Subscription.
Subscribers are requested not to pay
their subscription without taking a re-
ceipt.
T. B. JOHNSON, Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The jury in the Luettgert murder
trail will have their hands full. The
defense proposes to show the court
by experiment that body can not
possibly be destroyed as the prosecu-
ton claim:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The King of Siam says that it would
take at least a six months residence
and travel in the United States to en-
able him to form an intelligent opinion
of it. The Britisher does it in less
than six hours.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Japan has not less than $4,000 vet
eran soldiers in Hawaii, and it is wen
that Uncle Sam has reinforced his
naval force in those waters Hawaii
without United States is meat for
Japan.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Those Arkansas moonshiners are a
bad lot of citizens. They are the flag
end of the lots that have been driven
out of Kentucky and Tennessee and
Georgia, and they will die with their
boots on.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

There is not city in Texas too Dig
TO court with profit closer connections
with the surrounding country. San
Antonio is not large enough for it, and
she is the largest town in Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The attempt to make political capt.
tai out Of this miners strike. is repre-
hensible to the last degree. The party
that can only be built up on the ruins
OF business should be torn down.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

President Mckinley gave no frank
to those Texas gentlemen who parti-
toned the officers among themselves.
Wait for the ratification meeting that
Mckinley holds and see what comes
out in the wash.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Houston will put that negro eXposi-
ton on the carpet in one year from
date. 1t will be the biggest thing of
the kind that has yet been engineered
in the southwest.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

st. Louis Globe Democrat: When
a Klondike miner digs $1,000 a week
out of the frozen soil Canada will
claim 5000 of 1t as royalty. 1t is only
the gold miner who will be thus taxed
The meaness of the grab Is too plain
to be denied.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Ii is astonishing how virulent that
Texas fever is outside of Texas. 1t
ought to be little more patriotic and
show its face at home occasionally,
but 1t is not known hereabouts.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The poor in Europe will feel the
shortage in rye and potatoes more than
in wheat They must learn the value
of the American pone and the virtues
that lie in an old fashioned mush pot.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Some one is shipping out $4,000 gal
Ions of whiskey TO the Klondike. 1t
is dollars to dimes that whiskey Will
be so we'll watered before it is sold to
miners that it will freeze solid behind
the bar. How many extra vigilants
will that cargo call for, to preserve
order in Klondike
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Gold hunters at Skaguay are blast
ing their trail to K1ondike, and some
of them win be blasting their eyes,
in the English fashion, because they
ever blasted their way into that blast
ed country.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Great Britain has lost her grip tenn
porarily on the pass from India to
Afghanistan. She will recover it in
time to take the trail when the
weather grows a little cooler.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

If there is any thing the matter with
northern cattle it is put down at once
as Texas fever. 1t is a convenient
term for the ignorant veterinary sur
.geon, just as heart failure is for the
don't know doctor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Those middle age fellows seldom
bathed and yet they lived to a decent
old age. Is bathing as necessary to
health as the mothers and BARRIERS and
bath houses of the present make be-
lieye?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

AS was feared, that miners and labor
conference at st. Louis contained no
elements of relief to which the miners
could commend their case. The strug-
gle will go on until violence follows.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
DOWN TOWN OFFICE.

DR.. ]. ]. McKanna has opened bus
mess Office in rooms 4 and . in the
Clifford building. S-1e-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

There is another added to the grist
Of gubernatorial candidates for Texas,
Col Il. NJ. Wynne.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Those Chinese pirates are bold
race. John Bull should clean out their
nests. If he could be induced to kill
them off as effectually as he has killed
the seals in the northwest, it would do.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The New England mill hands are
thanking Providence and the Dingley
tariff bill for work. ..
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Those discriminating duty clan.
in the tariff, inserted by the conferees
are making music.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

That American party was impartial
1t Knocked the bottom out of both golt
and silver as money.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Federal government levees all stood
the strain of the big floods last
spring. Let the government take care
of that waterway and keep up the
good work that it has so well begun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

New York Mail & Express: No
eincere friend of honest money can
contemplate the continued decline of
silver with any feeling of rejoicing.
The mining of silver is a great and
Important industry, and its prospert
would be hailed by nobody more
heartily than by those who oppose
free coinage.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
EDITORIAL oPINIoIs.

Denison Herald: The Cherokee
full-bloods have announced that they
are unalterably opposed to anychange
in Their autonomy. Complications in
the Indian question keep right on
coming up.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The trouble with this whole labor
movement is in the leadership. 1t is
an old saying that if the blind lead the
blind both shall land in the ditch.
There is where these miners are going.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Pennsylvania, in decapitating Chair
man Harrity, has increased the lead of
the state Republicans.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

There is more harmony in the great
camp of the Republican party than
there has been for decade. There is
a little dissention among the pfeaders,
but it does not effect the party.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

South Carolina is primarying for a
show Of noses, as to the leading can
didate for United States senator.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Germany tries to taffy John Bull,
now that Russia has embraced and
rubbed noses with France.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

France is between two stools. The
people want cheaper bread and the far
mers want higher price for wheat. As
between the two the government
seems to incline to help the farmers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

There is little heard of hard times
in the United States, west Of the Miss
ippi.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

There is no more profit to the Unit
ed States in the decline Of silver than
there would be in the decline of wheat
aud no one with brains under his hat
thinks otherwise.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Old prosperity is on the move this
way, but there would be no harm in
clearing the stones out of his track.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The grip is severe on the elderly peo-
|ple. Positive rest until recovery is
effected is their only salvation
Young people are here in great num-
beers. The dsed are getting scarce.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

No commission has yet worked out
salvation for the Indian. Work by
himself alone will do that.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1897

If Waco can get that Santa Fe she
will get good thing. No town suffers
from too many railroads.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Farmers will receive nearly half a
billion dollars more for this wheat
crop than for last. That goes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Yellow fever has struck the Panama
region. Quarantine is still effectual
to save Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Fannin county goes dry in local OPP
ton election. BeXar county goes dry
without any election.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Decreasing the size of the bread loaf
VIII not decrease the number of tramp
loafers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Chairman Green is in the political
electrocueion business. He may get
shocked that way himself.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The board of acknowledgements are
in session in Austin and they will be
|effectually bored before they listen to
all the applicants for contracts to sup
ply the schools of the state.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Political ballooning is about as un-
certain as trying for the north pole in
the same way.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The vigilants on the Klondike trail
have established their court and exc.
cuted their first thief.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The old world is short in all hel
eatables. Uncle Sam will sell hel
supplies.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Spain is going TO sacrifice another
10000 of her citizens to the names of
Gen. Weyler.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The garment makers of all kinds in
New York are on the move for inn
proved conditions.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Reans are rising in the market as
well as bread. Boston is not engineer.
ing this rise.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Will the New American party take
the old free silver remnant into camp
in 1898?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

The place to start court OF claims
with dead loads of business, is up at
Elondike.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
PLEASE READ.

I will offer special inducements dur
ing the summer months on complete
outfits. Call and get prices.
7-2s-tf d. ]. WOODWARD.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

New Orleans States: Bnt there sill
stands as it was fixei and stood in
the original OF the creation the lrrevo-
cable, the lnexorable, the lmmutable
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Mexico and that section watered by
the Rio Grande have had more than
their share Of the aqueous.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Debs was not present at that st.
Lonis gathering. and there is where
his head was level for one time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Mr.. A. c. Wolfe. of Dundee, Mo,
who travels for Mansur & Tibbetts.
Implement Co.. of st. Louis. gives
travelling men and travellers in general.
some good advice. Being a Knight;
Of the Grip" he says, Il have for the
past three years made it rule to keep,
myself supplied witt Ghamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
and have found numerous occasions
to test it's merits, not only on myself.
but on others as well. 1 can truly say
that 1 never, in a single instance, have
known it to fail. 1 consider it one of
the best remedies travellers CAM carry
and could relate many instances where
I have used the remedy on sceptics,
much to their surprise and relief
hope every travelling man in the U. S,
will carry a bottle of this remedy in
his grip" For sale by all druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Law OF supply and demand, which the
boy demogue from Nebraska, At
thought in their folly to set aside.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

BeeVillee Young Republic: Bee
county has had a number of rains
scattered about in spots. What she
needs now is a general rain to fill up
the vacancies.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

All contracts or bills must be approx
ed by the Secretary or Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Galveston News: The sail of the
striking mines for a mass convention
at st. Louis on August 80 of represen-
tatives of every form of lador in the
United States seems to be predicted
largely upon Indignation over the res
training action OF the federal judges.
The call in effect contemplates in this
the browning and ever threatening OBJ
stacle to their purpose.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01
CITY CIRCULATION NOTICE.

Mr.. Dan C. Bitter, from date, has
been given entire charge Of the City
circulation of the Daily and Sunday
Light and will deliver papers to SUBJ
scribers and collect for same. All
complaints for non-delIvery and
changes can be given to him or tele-
phoned to the Office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Carezo Springs Jardin: Criminal
assaults on women seems to be rapid
ly increasing Notwithstanding the al
most invariably sudden and violent
death of the perpetrators when
states are corresponding with each
other with view of discriminating
whether an adequte remedy can be
CIVILIZATION does not always civilize.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

Manager, San Antonio Light.
San Antonio, Texas, Nay 9, 1896.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

has been the dream of American far
mers for long while, dollar wheat,
but few believed it would ever be
realized again. In view of the great
orpc in this country it means an i'm
mense revenue flowing into the peck
cts of the agriculturists. Every rise
of cent means $5,000,000 more for
the farmers of this country.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-01

.Seguein Anchor: 1t is amusing to
see the free silver papers take the
position that the decline of the white
metal is due to trusts ETC., in the face
of thefactthatft has been on steady
decline for over twenty years. When
prices are increased or decreased by
trusts, the changes are very rapid and
hardly ever last over a few weeks.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-04-08
"HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS
SUCCESSFULLY" CLEAN HOUSE WITH
SAPOl 10
Killed Himself.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 81
C. N. Rudd, 29,shot himself through
the head, producing instant death.
With his young wife he came to
this city from Sparta recently. The
couple quarreled for the first time,
and on returning home at noon
Rudd found note from Mrs, Rudd
saying she had ceased to love him
and had gone to her father. She
was found On board the Nashville
train aud induced to return, bat the
affair drove the husband mad. He
sent note to the papers declaring
his intention of killing both his wife
and himself, but his purpose to com.
NIT a double crime was foiled by
officers. As they appeared he ran
out of the house, and in their pres
ence fred the fatal shot into his
brain, falling dead on the porch.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-04-08
CASToRIA.
The fac n
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1875 Years Old.

Elizabeth. N. j., April 1.-The
Oldest white man in the United
States is to-day celebrating his natal
day 10 the county poor house at
Piscataway, of which institution he
has been an inmate for 80 years. His
name is Nosh Raby, and according
to his own statements he was born
in Eatontown, in Gage Co, North
Carolina. on April l, 1772. He is
consequently 125 years of age. He
has smoked tobacco since he was 6
years OF age and has taken whisky
in moderation for about the same
period. He joined tho United States
navy in 1900 as q common seaman
on the Brandywine and received his
discharge papers in 1912. According
to the records. Raby joined the
Baptist Church by immersion in
Elizabeth years ago, and was then
admitted to be in his los His beard
is iron-gray, while his long hair is
snow white, and lis eyebrows are
black as coal. He is evidently out
fora race with old Parr, the English
man who lived to be 153.