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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
SIMPLY md Demand.

Hostess-What has become of Sandy
Smith. who stood so high in your class?
Alumnus-Oh. he's taken orders
Hostess-He's in the ministry, then?
AIumnus-No; in a restaurant-Har-
lem Life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
Not Well Said.

at did not see you in church last Sun
day, Mr.. Spif1es," said the dominic.
mo, I slept at home last Sunday
morning" replied Mr.. Spifles.-Harlem
Life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
DtscOurteOu

Host-A little more champagne, Miss
Elderly?
Miss Elderly-Oh, well, just mouth
full, please.
Host Ito waiter)-Johu, fill Miss
Elderly's glass.-Spare Moments.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
Unkfnd.

He-There is only one time woman
doesn't exaggerate.
She-When is that?
"When she speaks of her age."-N. Y.
Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
Too Good to Live.

Murray Hill-My wife is the best
hearted woman in the world. don't
believe there is another one like her.
Pete Amsterdam-Is that so?
Murray Hill-When she ISLANDERS any
of her friends she don't believe it her
self.-N. Y. World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
A Sign of Prosperity

Chatterton-Hardup seems to be hav-
ing better luck lately.
Wiggins-What? Has he paid you
what he owed you?
Chatterton-No; he hasn't called to
borrow any more!-Philadeph Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20

"How do you stand on this irrepressi-
Bile financial question, Chumpley%
"Sorry, old man, but can't spare you
a cent to-day" Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
Qualified.

She-Do you think Van Aukem can
get into the "smart set?"
Hell don't see why he shouldn't; he's
not very smart, you know.-Barlem
Life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20

Reporter-What shall say of this
man who drank himself to death?
City Editor-Say that he died nat
ural death, of course-N. Y. Truth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
UnseIfsh to the Last.

The Caller-You say he did great
deal to encourage science?
The Widow-Yes, poor soul; he was
always changing doctors.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20

She-I want a change. must have it.
Do you think it is interesting to see the
same tiresome face day after day?
He-Why on earth do you stand before
the mirror all day. then?-Fliegende
Blaetter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
Her Oasis.

As round her graceful girdle he
One arm with pressure placed.
She, signing, said: Life. after all,
Is not a desert waist"
Richmond Dispatch
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
The Popular Implement

Maud has paper-knives in numbers.
Bronze and silver. old and new;
But whene'er she cuts novel
She just makes hair-pin do.
Chicago Record.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
As Usual.

He called her a rose,
He called her pink:
He called her all
That is sweet, think.
And when they were wed
He let her call
When breakfast was ready
Gust like them alp.
Boston Ideas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
The Real Truth.

Though man may boast with lofty browns,
HIS wife's oid-fashioned state,
He likes to see her hats and gowns
Made strictly up to date.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
SAN ANTONIO & GULF SHORE.

PREVENT FLIES AND MOSQUITOES
From Fostering you; order door and
window screens Of VIM. Cameron q
Co., corner Lamar and Chestnut, and
306 South Flores street. 5-2-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
They stnx single.

"As a rule" said Henry Peck, "bach-
elors are despicable class"
'sBut why?"
Because they profit by the misfor-
tunes of their idiotic brothers who mar
ry."-Philadelphia North American.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
Went Once Too often.

"Yes, sir" said the convict, slime was
when 1 was admitted to the very best
houses"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
1. & G.. N. RAILROAD.

North bound train leaves for Austin
at 800 a. m. and 500 p. m; and arrives
from Laredo at 1880 p. m.
South bound trains arrives at 900
a. M, 7:15 D. M, and leave for Laredo
at 9:45 a. m.
M. K. & T. FROM I. & G. N. DEPOT.
Trains leave for Waco, St. Louis and
Kansa City at 500 p. m; and arrive at
900 a. m.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
East bound trains arrive from Mex
leo and Eagle Pass at 1850 a. M; and
leave at 1910 p. m. and $3.50 IN.
for Houston, Galveston and New Or
leans.
West bound trains arrive from New
Orleans, Houstonand Galveston at 1875
a. m. and 4:25 D. m: and leave for
Eagle Pass and Mexico at 4:45 p. m.
st. Louis Limited leaves for Waco,
Fort Worth, Dallas, Kansas City and
st. Louis at 7:25 p. m.
Arrives from st. Louis, Kansas City,
Dallas, Fort Worth and Waco at s:45
a. m.
SAN ANTONIO & ARKANSAS PASS.
lTdlHS ledVe daily LOT CuerO, waco,
Houston and Galveston at $3.50 a. M;
for Beeville, Corpus Christi and Rock
port at 1:50 p. m; and arrives daily
from the former places ct 6:35 p. M;
and from the latter at 1870 D. m.
For Boerne and Kerrville leaves dali
iy except Saturdays and Sundays at
2:45 p. m. Leaves Saturday at 1880
p. m. Leaves Sundays at $3.50 a. m.
Arrives in San Antonio from Boerne
and Kerrville daily except Sundays
and Mondays at 1O:45 a. m. Arrives
Sundays at p. m. Arrives Mondays
at $3.50 a. m.
SAN ANTONIO & GULF SHORE.
Train leaves San Antonio for Mar
tinez, Sanders, Atkins, Lavernia and
Sutherland Springs at a. m, daily
except Sunday.
Arrives at San Antonio at 1922 p. m.
daily, except Sunday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
Appropriate Nomenclature.

"And this beautiful hybrid" contin-
ued the enthusiastic foriculturist, 81
have named The Candidates. Pledge I"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
The Penalty Of wealth.

Goldby-My doctor says my case
puzzles him.
Friend-That's what you get for be-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

The undersigned :ereby gives notice
that the city ad valorem and poll tax
es for the fiscal year 1896 are now due
and payable at this office before the
thirty-first (31st) day Of July 1897, af-
ter which time am compelled by law
to charge ten per cent as a penalty for
thus refusing, failing or neglecting to
pay the taxes. besides interest, and
costs. Office hours 9 to IL and to 5.
Saturday to IL only.
MAX SUTOR.
6-S-6Ot City Collector.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20

"And what brought you here?"
'They caught me coming OUTFIT
Bits.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
THE : SUNDAY : LIGHT.
SUNDAY, JUNE 20. 1897.

herman and all
outdoor workers
who are exposed
, to the rigors of
it b er an ex-
tret,ely cold or
an extremely hot
climate, need to
exercise especial
vigilance in the
care of TIL cir
health. A trif-
ing arrangement
of the digestive
D-p~a &c &t,av 20
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20

why so?" 4, ,1-'~' '..t,-
Because it fades so quiclly."-Chi-
cago journal. I'D,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20

% upper parade ground IS Fort
al Houston proper and where the
kstam IS located. ghe lower ground
4the one nearest he city and Is
~ Departrnent headquarters.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
Mt. ZION, La, Der. and.
CENTERvILLE, Yell Co., Ark

NM Z<IONy l|A.I ONIs ZuU.
My mother used to be down nearly all
the time with some kind of nervous
trouble, but by the use of McElrees Wine
of Cardui she has been restored to good
health. WILLIAM HUTCHINSON.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-05
Protest of Veterans.

A delegation of Grand Army men
representing the various posts in the
District of Columbia, which called on
the president the other day presenting
statement relating to removals of
veterans under the Cleveland admins
tration which disclosed some rather as
tonishing facts. The paper showed
that of reductions and dismissals made
in the public service in the last four
years twenty-one and one-helf per cent
were of veterans or their widows while
the promotions of the same class were
only eight per cent. The president
gave courteous hearing to the depart
ment commander, and the delegation
departed with the assurance that it's ap-
peals for redress would receive speedy
attention at the hands of the executive.
A marked feature of the visit was the
assembling in the east room of eighteen
one-armed veterans who had been re-
moved from the government service
during Mr.. Cleveland's incumbency.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-05
General Grants Uniform,

General Horace Porter describes the
advance at Petersburgh in the April in
stallment in his articles in the Century
on" Campaigning with Grant" Gem
eral Porter says, concerning Grants at
titude towards dress:
The weather had become so warm
that the general and most of the staff
had ordered thin, dark-blue flannel
blouses to be sent to them to take the
place of the heavy uniform coats which
they had been wearing. The summer
clothing had arrived, and was now
tried on. The gen rails blouse, like
the others, was of plain material,
single-breasted, and had four regula-
ton brass buttons in front. 1t was
substantially the coat of private SOL
der, with nothing to indicate the rank
of an officer except the three gold stars
OF lieutenant general on the shoulder
straps. He wore at this time turn
down white linen collar, and small,
black butterfly" cravat which was
hooked on TO his front collar-button.
The general, when he put on the
blouse did not take the pains to see
whether it fitted him or to notice how
it looked, but thought only of the COM
fort it afforded, and said, ;" Well, this is
relief" and then added: 81 have never
taken as much satisfaction as some
people in making frequent changes in
my outer clothing. like to put on
suit of clothes when l get up in the
morning, and wear it until L go to bed,
unless have to make a change in my
dress to meet company. 1 have been
in the habit of getting one coat at
time putting it on and wearing it ev-
cry day as long as it looked respectable,
instead of using best and second
best. l know that is not the right way
to manage, but a comfortable coat
seems like an old friend, and don't
like to change it,
The general had also received pair
of light, neat fitting cslfskin boots, to
which he seemed to take a fancy;
thereafter he wore them most of the
time in place of his heavy top boots,
putting on the latter only when he rode
out in wet weather.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-05
Who Are to Blame2

1t is not the fault of the American
people that one. half of the broken
down men on the pension-roll get less
per day than ragged newsboy earns
by half-hour's sale of newspapers on
the street corner. The people have
never intended that man who fought
bravely for them should end his days
by starving on a stipend of less per
diem than a negro bootblack gets for
"shining up" a pair of shoes.
That there are thousands of veterans
on the roll at 81, A, s. 81, 10, II and
II cents day comes as humiliating
revelation. 1t is congress which is to
blame. 1t is the mean cheese pairing
work of congressional economists-of
men who would pinch and deny vet
eran in order to make a showing of
economy. The people have been led
to believe that the veterans were amply
provided for. The immense amount of
the annual payment for pensions has
been industriously descanted on, and
the most has been made of every sum
total. But in spite of this there has
been no popular demand for reduc-
ton of pensions.
No party ever thought of putting in
its platform a plank to the effect that
pensions must be reduced. No candi-
date ever tried to ingratiate himself
into the hearts of the electors and dia-
tribes against the profigacy of the PEN
sion expenditures. The contrary is
true. The people have constantly, in
convention and otherwise, declared in
favor of much more liberal pension
legislation than we have. They have
never censured any representative for
his vote in favor of justice to the vet
eran, but, on the other hand, have fire.
quently rebuked at the polls, by de-
cisive defeat, men who have opposed
just and liberal treatment of the veter-
ans. This is something that politi-
clans should remember.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-05
Alcestis,

tell you that the gods give not, they SELL
Their penalty for every golden boon,
Pitiful hucksters, they demand full soon;
And every counter grudging down they tell;
Yea, cheat us with base metal unless well
We watch them; strain the quality OF our Joy.
And hardest bargainer is Venus boy:
" For SO much heaven, so many hours of hell"
Yet when come unto that shadowy place
OF doom, and the gods taunt me with my pains,
Shall not answer them, though with set face
And anguished eyes Gan depths bliss proved ;
Cast from my heaven, its memory yet remains.
YEA for loved and have been beloved
Wherefore of Lethe's flood will not drink
o cruel gods, though it should quench for aye
This torment of fierce thirst Thrust away
The trimming beaker Backward from the brink
OF the dark flood wherein no star may blink
Ipass with hurrying feet will not Stay
Mine only joyi Let memory with me stay,
And from your keenest torture I'll not shrink,
Not like yon inky waters is my SOUL
The Star of Love is mirrored in my breast,
dare your fury on me spend the whole,
Tossed, tortured, stung to agonies of unrest,
My heart burns through my bosom like a coall'
think on love; ye gods, and am blessed"
Alice William Brotherton, in the February Cen
tury,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-05
MISCELLANY.
TrOpic Light and Heat.

The light and the heat are the two
things that most impress one on first
coming to this land. The light is the
more impressive of the two; from sun
rise to sunset it is of omnipresent and
constant; the very shadows are lumin-
Gus, dark though they appear by con-
trast. l should say that latitude seven
teen was about forty-five million miles
nearer the sun than latitude forty. Yet
it is tender, soft, suffused light, not a
fierce and hard one. The atmosphere
is not 80 rarefied as that of our own
West; one can read here by moonlight,
but one cannot read fine print easily.
Thesremote distances of the landscape
are melted in an aerial haze instead of
being defined with the relentless clear
ness of a steel engraving. Neverthe-
less, the light of the tropics is superla-
tive; it seems to belong to planet
more recently evolved from the paren-
tai luminary than ours. So intense
and pervasive is it, one would almost
say it irradiates the mind as we'll as the
body; it appears to possess spiritual
quality. / had read Of blazing tropic
suns, of scorching, blistering tropic
heats, but l fine nothing of the sort.
However great the ultimate effect may
be, the manner is always gentle, sweet,
subtle, soothing. Harbour street in
Kingston never shows so savage tenn
perature as Broadway in New York.
But for all that, it will not do to take
undue liberties with this soft.spoken
climate.
After walking a few miles along the
white, undulating roads, or painting up
a steep hillside, nothing could be more
delicious than the touch of the north
ern breeze tanning you as you sit under
the shadow of broad-spreading silk
cotton, nor could anything be more
dangerous. You are being famed by
the wings of death. Evaporation is
wonderfully rapid; you come in from
exercise drenched with perspiration,
and before you can make ready for
Grub down " your skin is already dry.
In the North slight chill may be fol-
lowed by slight cold, and that be the
end of it; here your chill may turn out
the end of everything for you. More
over, the soils when dampened by
rains probably exhales miasma pro-
ductive of what we call malarial fever;
in Jamaica it occasionally develops into
an appalling ugly and brief disease
known as black vomit
On the other hand, il you are ration
ally cautious, and let liquor of every
kind alone, you may walk or play ten
mis-, or ride horseback all through the
hottest parts of the cloudless day, and
feel only the better for it at night; in
fact, you must take plenty of outdoor
exercise in order to be at your best.
The way to get ill is to avoid exertion
and perspiration, and sit at ease in the
shade absorbing cooling drinks. Such
people sometimes last two years. Those
who pursue the alternative regimen are
not surprised to find themselves alive
and alert at ninety and upward. OF
course it is more difficult to get ill on
the higher levels than on the lower
ones; but taking the island by long and
large, it is one of the healthiest on the
globe. -" Summer at Chrismas-Tide,"
by Julian Hawthorne, in the January
Century.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-05
A Brave Deed in Battle.

There were three of them. They
met at the club at the same hour every
afternoon, and their fellow clubmen
had come to call certain cosy alcove
"Their Corner" Everybody knew
whose corner was meant, and no one
thought of intruding unless invited to
ioin the trio. Two had served side by
side in the Union army, and the third
well, as he put it himself, he had served
as mark for them in the Confederate
ranks. But they were the closest Of
friends for all that, and only very &C.
casionally did Mr.. Johnny Reb show
any feeling about the late unpleasant
ness. Last Thursday he was late.
This was out of the usual, for as rule
he is the most punctual of the three,
strange to say, since he is full-blooded
Southerner.
At last Mr.. Johnnie Reb appeared.
He came shutting in unconcernedly
and took mis- big armchair.
"Well, boys" he drawled, looking
from one white. haired veteran to the
other, "what's the news today"
"Why are you 80 late?" asked Num-
Der One.
"Where have you been? You have
never been late before since we began
to meet here,' said Number Two.
Well, l reckon am little late
admitted the Southerner. "But you
see met fellow from home and we
got to talking about old times and l for
got, to tell the Lords truth"
"You should have been here" said
Number One. "You knew we wanted
to decide on our seats to see the Grant
parade"
81 don't know as want to see that
parade, after all " said Mr.. Johnny Reb,
with great show of stubbornness.
"Not see the paradel" calculated
Number Two in amazement. "The idea
of not seeing that parade, when we re-
fused to march in it because you
wouldn't, and we wanted to sit with
you. That's fine game. What made
you change your mind?
"Been talkin' over war times with
my old FRIEND" answered the Confed'
crate, looking them square in the eyes
I" Pm all stirred up, boys. can't help
it. Heaps o. times when you fellows
get to talkin' about the war boil up
inside until it seems to me as If
would choke to death and then | take 9
few extra glasses. 1t acts as sort OF
counter irritant and you chaps do me
me great injustice when you accuse
me of liking the stuff too well. JUS
naturally hate the taste of liquor. Well
as was sayin', met this friend, and
he says to me: Say, Jim, amt they
making great to do over putin up {
monument over General Grant, and
had to admit that that was the truth
Then he reminded me of as brave {
deed as Confederate soldier ever &C
complished on the very day when Gen
eral Grant massed some 10000 troops
for the purpose of piercing our line
near Spottsylvania Court House, Vir'
ginia."
Here Mr.. Johnny Reb deliberately
stopped, and, blowing his nose vi
ciously, began to talk about something
else.
"Tell us about it," insisted his TIVE
friends. He thought few minute
and then went on:
"Well, / reckon l will, for its tn,
story of a hero well worth tellin'. l
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-05

reputation Of his countrymen. They owed
a sacred duty, which they could not fail to
perform They have reared his monument
to majestic height but IL 1t lowered above
the eagles flight It would not reach as high
as the summit OF his fame. Its 1awless
granite is typical of the spotless character
OF his reputation. Its delicate lines and
massive proportions will remind us OF the
childlke simplicity which was mingled with
the majestic grandeur Of his nature. The
hallowed memories clustering about it will
recall the heroic age Of the republic. Its
mute eloquence will plead for equal sacri-
TONS life. In this tomb, which generosity
has created and which his services have
sanctfed, his ashes will henceforth rest,
but his true sepulchre will be in the hearts
OF his countrymen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-05
CITY OF MONTPELIER.

1t is hereby ordained by the City Council
of the City Of Montpelier as follows:
If the owner or occupant of any ground or prem
sh SSx s na 81 aSSse to
mulate or remain on the premises owned or occupied
health safety or cleanliness Of the cityS after no,
tice by the city attorney to remove the same, ex-
Council may prescribe, he shall be fined not more
than five dollars for each day he negects to remove
the same and not to exceed fftydoars In the whole
as to read as follows:
stillborn child shall be permitted in any cemetery
or burial place in the city without first furnishing
place a certificate or burial permit signed by the
Of ts mayer r Gf o or
the deceased person died outside the city, as here
person or Of any st-born child be placed in ma tomb
removed from the city. or otherwise disposed of
without such permit having first been obtained.
as to read as follows:
For such certificate of death filed with the city
clerk in accordance with the provisions of section
of this chapter the physician health officer OF
OF twenty FIVE cents, and for each burial or re
moval permit within the city granted by the health
permit shall be entitled to the sum 81 twenty fv,
70 9f paa a OF the Of hs cy T
the city, the health oicer or mayor shall Teeey
paid by the person applying for the same.
| The provisions of the preceding ordinan
ces shall be duly published in the YER
MONT WATCHMAN and Argus and Pdtrio
newspapers, published in the City of Mont
pelier, and shall take effect from and ate
May 9th, 1897.
Passed by the City Council this 2Sth da,
of April. A. ID. 1897.
Approved April, 1897
GEO. II. GUERNSEY Mayor
| (Attest). T. r, MERRILL, Clerk.