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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02

catch the measles. Take an umbrella
to keep 1t from raining, and you will
leave it in car. Leave 1t at home to
help your crops, and a friend will Dor
row it.
o, dreadful laws of cussedness,
Spare our best new summer dress,
Let no heavy driving showers,
Fall at an untimely hour.
Save us from the wandering stud,
Keep our new boots free from mud,
Hold the dreadful punctual trains.
Give umbrellas when it rain.
Spare the rich from too much gold,
Save the poor from famine cold,
Give the good wife gentle mate,
Leave no true man desolate.
o, thou most perplexing law,
Pity, pity, we implore;
Then, If you are kind to us,
We will bless though you may cuss.
But perhaps nature is "cussed only
to be kind" and may hide a smiling
face behind her bewildering Vagaries.
There are two sides to everything, as
the boy said when he found no butter
on his bread. You can sell your du-
plicate presents and get something use
full If you lose a stud, someone will
give you another, and then you wills
find the first and have two. and so
forth and so on. Nature is generally
right when she isn't wrong.
How happy he and free from care,
How most supremacy blest,
Who takes things always as they are
And of them makes the best.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02

an advance i'm the art to which they
pertained. 1t is far from desirable
that real genuine progressive invention
should be discouraged or checked, but
it is desirable and imperious, that the
mendacities of patent attorneys shall
be stopped, because they are a source
of most of that which is spurious and
sloppy in the patent office, to say moth
ing of the ruin and misery of thou
sands of people fitted only for honest
toll. Not half the patents would be
applied for If the alleged inventor was
reliably advised as to the state of the
art, or told that his device was not
patentable. The facts are withheld
from him until the attorney has pock-
eted the fee, and he is not only kept
ignorant of the truth, but is simply
piled with assurances of the great
merit of his invention, the promise of
its ready sale, with an offer to adver-
tise 1t for consideration, or with a
medal alleged to come from a Board
of Awards" as a certificate of excel
lence, etc. By these means he is
adroitly lured and robbed not by the
bold stand and deliver" method of
ated methods of educated, refined, bril-
liant and lawyer-like rascality, using
the press of the United States for
shingle and the United States mails for
tenacles.
A bill has been introduced in the
Senate to prevent inventors and others
from being deceived and defrauded by
alleged patent attorneys, making it I'M
lawful for any person, firm or corpor-
alton engaged in procuring patents to
offer or reward to their clients any
gift, prize, or chance to win one. medal
of honor or any other article or thing
of supposed value, and any person vio-
lating the provisions of this act is to
be punished by a fine of from $500 to
$1,000 or Imprisonment from six months
to one year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02

is needed in so delicate as work as
this Not concentration On the savior,
but on the person to be saved and the
conditions.
Beloved The number in this city to
whom the throwing of life line today
may mean salvation, is legion. The
number who know how 20 cast such a
line and are willing to Go ii as they
know it should be done, are as few as
know it should be done, are as few and
far between as angels visits. Even
to those who know how and are willing
il is not always given 10 be success
full. Conditions vary, and the wisest
never knows just all about the one to
be saved. That which is not known
may be the very thing needed to make
the work a success. Not alone this.
The stupidity as well as suspicion on
the part of those to be aided must be
considered. Here is where the illu-
minated life line is so greatly demand
ed. Blessed indeed above the common
is that man or that woman who car
ries ever an illuminated life line and to
whom the wisdom to throw 1t true mas
been given.
There are not many IN whom the
natural qualifications for this work are
bestowed. There tire not as many VINO
have acquired it by hard experience.
At best the number is limited There
is the more need of an earnest attempt
on the part of those who are really de-
sirous of helping their fellows to en-
gage in it, if possible they may in time
be expert life savers. Unfortunately
there is no school in which the art
can be learned. There are refugees,
hospitals, bethesdas, good shepherd
houses, reformatories, but they do not
fill the bill. These all do their work
in their own way, but it is not the way
of the skilled thrower of life line.
These must stand by the wayslde
watching. The line may be needed in
the mansions of the rich no less than
in the novels of the poor. In the nome
of the churchman no less than in the
haunt of the vile.
To whom the line must be thrown,to
what purpose, what kind OF hhe'
these are questions that have no gen.
eral answer. The work of the life
line thrower is a special vocation. IL
is, the act, the word, the purpose, the
thought. the anything that reaches the
need of those in danger OF a life snip
wreck and reaches them with the lie
line of rescue. 1t may save health
or reputation, or a loved one of their
family, or fortune, or credit, or char
acter. or pain, or the inner seat and
substance of all that makes life, ana
this may only in part be known to Ell
Their you or the saved. What is need
ed is the spirit that saves; the feeling
that you are only changed by condl-
lions from the like need; the eternal
vigilance that seeks opportunity 10
save: the unbroken silence that speaks
not of it's ministries; the charity that
thinketh no ill; the tenderness that
feels all the sores and sorrows of oth-
ers. These always carry their lIlu-
minated life line.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02

Come and see the latest in '97 de-
signs of WALL PAPER at VIM. Zieg-
Ter. S1S East Houston street. 1S-1m
We put baggage upstairs and
bring 1T down without extra charge.
CARTER & MULLALY, Bus and
Baggage Transfer. 4-14-1m
Not only acute lung troubles,
which may prove fatal in a few days,
but old chronic coughs and throat
troubles may receive immediate relief
and be permanently cured by One
Minute Cough Cure. Z. Reuss. LOG
East Commerce street
Pheasant rooms and board, at
Home Villa, 2O7 East Elmira street.
MRS. j. GREEN, Proprietress. S
4-11-1mO
Genuine Pittsburg Stogies at Louis
3 for cents. 4-13-22t
-PERSONAL.-The gentleman who
annoyed the congregation last Sun
da by continually coughing will find
instant relief by using One Minute
Cough Cure, a speedy and harmless
remedy for throat and lung troubles.
Il. Reuss, 1O6 East Commerce street.
Now is the time to wall paper; see
the new goods at the exclusive WALL,
PAPER store of VIM. Ziegler. 31S East
houston 1S-1mo
JOE McALLISTER. Fire Insurance.
R. E. RICHTER-Planing mill and
dealer in Lumber, Doors. Sash, Mould
ings. Public patronage solicited. Tele-
phone 319. Office 30S Dawson st. 2S-tf
STORE YOUR FURNITURE with
Craig Williams Furniture Co., old
courthouse, Soledad st. 3-30-1m
Unconditional surrender, is the on
~ terms those famous little pills
known as DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers will make constipation, sick head
ache and stomach troubles. L.
Reuss, LOG East Commerce street.
ALI '97 patterns at the exclusive
WALL PAPER store of Vim. Zieg!er,
S1S East Houston street.. S-1S-1m
Roofing felt, pitch and Asphalt at
HENRY PAULY'S. Tel. %. 11-5-tf
Stop over at Louis and try some
of his genuine Pittsburg Stogies. 1S-22t
TAKEN UP-One stray brown
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| expenses. Call at 412 East side River
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When a cold is contracted, cure it
at once. One Minute Cough Cure will
set you on the road to recovery in a
minute. 1t will cure pneumonia, bron-
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| and throat troubles. Il. Reuss. log East
| Commerce street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02
SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRA-
TON NEEDED.

tLOAN 4NChDED.
A successful administration of our
city affairs is needed to restore the
confidence of our taxpayers. Mayor
Callaghan and his council have a great
opportunity before them. It remains
to be seen if they will take advantage
of it, or not. The late city admins
tration had the task of building the
sewers on their hands, besides a large
hoating debt as an inheritance. The
people did not lose confidence in the
honesty or ability of the MAYOR and
his councillors 50 much OH account of
city affairs as it was the political
management. Mr.. Elmendorf found
himself deserted by his own cabinet
on the eve of the city campaign. His
campaign was badly handled, but he
still retained the confidence of a large
snare OF the voters at the polls while
hundreds of his former supporters
simply staid away. Mr.. Callaghan's
success was due in large measure to
the support of substantial citizens
drawn from the ranks of Mr. EImen-
DORIS former supporters. An alder
manic ticket carrying the names of
Mauermann, Duerler, Mabncke, Rich
ter Mueller, Ronse, was a sufficient
reason to believe that if elected Mr.
Callaghan would reform the extrava-
gance that had fastened upon the city
government, and by bringing expert
ence and sagacity to the control. would
give us model administration. AL
ready we hear the rumbliug of discon-
| tent. The increase of the tax rate is
mistake unless it was unavoidable.
| If unavoidable the taxpayers must be
| made aware of the fact in such plain
words that there can be no mistake
about it. They must be convinced that
the increase of tax is necessary to meet
| the necessary expenditures of the city
and to maintain it's credit at home
and abroad. Economy in eXpendi-
lures will go far to restore confidence.
| The prosperity of our city depends
| largely upon a successful administra-
ton of our city government. To have
even the suspicion of bankruptcy over
our city government is discOuraging to
| capital, destroys the value Of real es-
tate, and puts an end to Srowth. The
new administration has been too ST
| lent-too Indifferent to public censure.
1t is of little value to discount the acts
of your predecessors, unless you can
| show a better prospect i'm the future
for a successful city Administration
| (Shortstops).
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02

Group and whooping cough are
childhood's terrors; but like pneumon-
ia. bronchitis and other throat trou-
bles, can be quickly cured by using
One Minute Cough Cure. +. Reuss,
106 East Commerce street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02
MOTLEY MUSINGS.
In Poetry and Prose for the Sunday
Light, By Queque.

Light, by S2ueluG'
Copyrighted by Dave & Tabor
A law of nature is merely observed
uniformity, and like all other laws Is
often broken; but, being only uni
formity and not a matter of jails and
policemen, once it is broken it ceases
to be a law.
From things that happen a law we
make;
When they happen not the laws must
break.
1t is a law of nature that day should
follow night If two nights came to-
gether it would cease to be law, we
should miss our breakfast and get
such a shock as when we find the next
step is not a step.
1t seems to me that one of the laws
which is best established and least re-
garded by scientists is the cussedness
of nature-that great principle which
gives to good wives and men, and to
noble women and wretched husbands
which gives untold wealth to some
potential benefactor of his kind-which
exalts meretricious talent to dignities
and leaves true genius to die in a gar
ret-which cuts off the fair promise of
youth and leaves sloth and vice to
flourish to a green old age.
Alas the world is upside down,
And everything goes wrong;
Ia l. li,,or
And kills the young and strong.
And gives his richest stores of wealth
To all the very worst,
With length of life and joy and health;
But lets the good die first.
So everything seems so awry,
And nothing happens right;
The times are out of joint, we cry,
And topsy-turvey quite.
Then let us all with might and main
Arouse from Slohtful beds
To set the whole world right again
BY walking on our heads.
The law operates in a thousand
ways. 1t rains when you arrange an
excursion, and is fine when you have
sown some seeds. Call on a friend at
o'clock and he will have left home at
PAS. Reach the depot a quarter of an
hour before the time for the train to
start and it will be half an hour late,
get there two seconds late, and it will
be punCtual to the miunte. Be pos
sessed of a fortune and another will
come to you; reach your last dollar
and it will drop through an impossible
grating. Take an umbrella and it will
be fine; leave it at home and it will
rain. Aim at a target and you will
hit another one try to hit that one and
you will kill the marked. Drop stud
and it will defy a detective; hide your
diamonds and forty safes and a stone
wall will not battle the burglar. Be
early five days in a week and your
employer will be away; be late the
sixth day and he will be waiting to
receive you.
If we wear spring suits 1t begins TO
snow,
And the welcome guest is the hrst TO
go.
The letter we write to beg Tor loan
Goes by mistake to our ownllest own.
,, :. :. .,,- .,.,., ,o
MoLeUTel II - ms u ms l%
Which pioMs out .ile IaSe ii,s.Cn oi ~,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02

There is no limit TO the pc
mighty law and in its
seems inexorable. You car
1t by any subterfuge. If inI
whether to walk five mile!
friend, whichever you
wrong. If you go, he viii
You don't he viii be in. Tel
and think thus to deceive. a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
DOWNED THE GHOST.
Brainerd Skeptics Cause an Expose
of S~pirituaIists.

Brainerd Skeptics Cause an Expose
of Sp~irituaIists.
Special to the Globe.
BRAINERD, Aug. 14.-For two weeks
the C~assadaga s~piritualist camp meet
ing has been in session at Gilbert lake,
near this city, with nightly appear
ances of ghosts, spooks and ~hobgoblins.
They will appear no more, however, on
account of an expose hat was worked
in a very neat manner late last night,
at which time Rev. Wheeler was caught
and disrobed as he was ~personating the
spirit of a departed relative of Aid.
S. R.. Adair, before an audience, and
held up to the scorn of his flock of fol-
lowers and believers, and to the great
satisfaction of the party of thirteen
who planned the expose and carried
it out. The party occupied a dark room
in a BOAT house on Gilbert lake, n at
the proper time two strong men closed
in on the spirit" and the remainder of
the party produced candles, which were
lighted, the reverend gentleman lying
on the floor in a crestfallen manner,
without a word of explanation to offer
while his companions beat a hasty
retreat, leaving the committee III
charge and also leaving the gentlemen
their entrance money, which was hand
ed over by Wheeler'S wife. Wilmer
Holmes. at whose place the camp meet
ing has been conducted, and who is a
reputable citizen, is dumfounded at
the outcome of what he supposed was
spiritual naturalization, as he is a
firm believer in the faith which is still
mistaken. The camp meeting closes
tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
BIG FEES KNOCKED OUT.
Judge stops Practice of
Pale Court Officers Charging

falO court OH1cerS Charging
Them.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis, Aug. 14.-Judge
Seaman handed down a decision today
in the case of Elihu Coleman, of Fond
du Lac, eX-United States district at
torney, who brought suit against the
federal government to recOVer docket
fees amounting to 81 $40. Mr.. Coleman's
suit was on three separate claims of
$500, $40 n s., S20 respectively. The
court renders judgment for the plain
tiff for the. amount of the first claim
of 500 only.
In rendering the decision in the case,
Judge Seaman says that claims for
fees must rest entirely upon the Statu-
tory provisions. Neither the court nor
the officials are allowed to exercise any
discretion in the matter. The court
finds in the cases of the two claims of
$40 and 81, 800 the work was performed
at a time when the district attorney
was not properly al officer of the
court; and further that the work per-
formed was a part of the regular duty
Of the district attorney at the time,
for which he was paid with a salary.
Mr.. Coleman was removed from office
before his term expired. The cause
of removal was surmised to be the
report Of James Kercheval, an eXamin-
er of the department of justice at
WASHINGTON, on the conduct of Mr..
Ccleman's office. Mr.. KerchevaIs re-
port exposed the evils of the fee sys-
TEN thoroughly. It was shown in Mr..
K~ercheval's report, made Aug. 2, 1892,
that Mr.. Coleman, who lives in Fond
du Lace, arranged matters so that he
could make a large number of trips be-
tween that city n Milwaukee on diff
ferent cases that came under his Off
cial notice, and fees, including mileage,
were charged in each instance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
AGAINST REMOVAL FROM
MILE Laos TO WHITE
RESERVATION.
TROUBLE WITH WINNIE BAG0ES.
FIR MAKES DEN-3NS OF
THEM, AND THE AGENT FEARS
TROUBLE.
w1NoNA FIENDs ARE CAUGHT.
Charge of Murder, Which They Must
Answer-Threshers at
Work.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA dele
CATION of Chippewa Indians filed a
protest with the commissioner of In
dian affairs today, against attempts
which are being made to make them
remove from Mile Laos to White
Earth and Red Lake reservations.
These Indians cannot take allotments
en- any but the latter reservations.
and all of their former reservation ex-
cept a small tract has been taken up
as 1t has been adjudged 6public lands.
No reply has yet been made by the
Indian office, and it onisa possible that
an inspector will be sent Gto, he place
before any action is taken.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15

empting such goods imported in the
usual course of the retail trade did not
initiate against Mr.. CarlisIe's CON
struction, to which the latter respond-
ed that the words "such goods" must
refer to goods imported in vessels NOT
OF the United States.
After Mr.. Carlisle concluded, the at
torney general pointed out that there
must have been in the minds of the
legislators who framed the clause a
meaning for the substitution of the
words ''came into" for importer"
when applied to contiguous territory
Mr.. Carlisle asked if goods in bond
from China could be considered goods
imported from Canada. The attorney
general said they We're not importa-
tions. Then Mr.. Carlisle said that fact
furnished an adequate explanation. IF
such goods were not imp0rtations then
the words came into" you'd have to
be used. The attorney general gave
Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Hamlin untn
Wednesday next to file their briefs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
WORSE THAN MURDERERs.
Polish Boys Arrested at for
Killing of Josie C~zaplewski.

WINONA, Mimi, Aug. IA. The
Winona authorities today rounded up
four small Polish boys. all of which
are as yet under their teens, but who
may be tried for a charge little short
of murder. The youngsters are Felix
and Joseph Janowski, Wladslow Zud-
era and Peter Lorbeiski. They are the
boys charged with the attack on Josie
Czaplewski. 1t is said she received
such injuries in her back from the
boys violence, that spinal meningitis
set in, from which she died. The boys
will be given a hearing in the mu-
nicipal court next Monday morning inc
the case thoroughly investigated. The
boys are a hard set. though so very
young. They live in one of the worst
sections of the Polish district. The
cas- is being much talked of.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
UNIVERSITY ON NEW PLAN.
No Fees Charged and Work Done.
Entirely by correspondence.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-John Brisben
Walker spoke readily today about the
university which he is to found and of
which DR.. Andrews, lately president
of Brown university. is to be the first
executive. The university is to be en-
titled the Cosmopolitan university, and
work will be commenced Oct. 1. next.
The work is to be carried on entirely
on the Chautauqua correspondence
plan. DR.. Andrews has already begun
work appointing the following as
members of h advisory board of ten:
Spencer Trask, the we'll known banker
of New York; President McAllister. of
the Drexel Institute, Philadelphia;
Albert Shaw, American editor of the
Review of Reviews; Gen. Samuel
Thomas, h prominent railroad man.
and George F. Seward, president of the
Fidelity and Casualty company, of
New York. A feature of the new uni
verstty will be that it entails no pay
ment of fees Of any kind upon the
Part of its students. The service rend-
cred will be entirely free and no charge
will be made directly or indirectly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
PAN AMERICAN NO. ..
Mckinley VIII Call Another Con
VentiOn, 1t ls Said,

WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.-President
Mckinley is said to be in favor of
another pan-American conference, to
meet in 1900. This subject is to be one
of the first discussed, immediately
after the vacation period is over. 1t
will come up in connection with ne
gotiations in new commercial relations
contemplated by the reciprocity of the
Dihgley tariff bill.
The administration proposes making
a bold play for American trade IN
South and Central America, and that
which cannot be accomplished under
existing conditions, will be sought after
through the medium of another pan
American congress. Better means OF
transportation, better methods of
banking and a better system of COM
mercial ratings are requisites in the
opinion of the administration officials
for a safer and more satisfactory bust
ness intercourse between the United
States and Latin-American countries.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
GOOD LAW NULLIFIED.
Bay States Attempt to Stop the KILL
ing of Birds EYaded.

Hay States Attempt to STOP the KILL
ing of Birds Evaded.
BOSTON, Aug. 1.-THE famous law,
which was intended to prohibit the
wearing Of feathers or bodies of birds
for ornamental purposes in Massa-
chusetts, has been interpreted by At
torney General Knowlton in such a
way that there is practically no pro-
hibition at all. In an exhaustive pa
per he has given the opinion that the
bird law does not prohibit the bringing
of birds into the state. In the sum-
mary Of his paper the attorney general
says:
81 am of opinion that the statutes
of 1897. chapter ia, is not to be con-
strued as prohibiting the having in
possession or the wearing of bodies or
feathers of birds killed without the
commonwealth"
New York was especially interested
in the matter because many of the
feathers used by local milliners are
procured through New York. 1t was
stated at the time of the passage Of
the act that the measure was an
honest and earnest attempt to stop the
killing of birds for, ornamental pur-
poses, and to discourage the wearing OF
feathers in women's bonnets. A new
crusade will probably be started next
winter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
YOU CAN GET TICKETS
To indianapolis at Low Rates.

Anybody may take advantage of low
rates to Indianapolis Aug. 18th and
18th account Y. P. c.. U. Convention
via Pennsylvania Short Line, the Of
fetal Route from Chicago, and the
only line directly through the great
natural gas belt. Special train leaves
Chicago 1000 a. m. Wednesday, Aug.
18th, after arrival of trains from west
and northwest. Full particulars free
by addressing j. NJ. Greaves, Trav.
Passenger Agt.. st. Paul, or H. r.
Dering, A. C. P. Agt, Chicago.