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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
A TRUE HELPMATE.
COngressman's Wife's Scheme
Gain Popularity.

COngressman's Wtfe's Scheme to
Gain Popularity.
Great successes often depend upon
small considerations, and the wife of q
member of congress, statesman to
whom his constituents are won't to point
as man of the people whom fattery
cannot divert from his old custom and
associations, fully realizes this fact, says
the Washington Star. A school friend
who had not seen her since girlhood
surprised and delighted her with visit
not long since.
How industrious you arel" ex-
claimed the visitor.
"In what way?"
II don't know. / suppose it is fancy
work. ] know that you used to have a
great aversion to plain sewing. But you
must be very diligent indeed to have
your work basket in this ROOM"
Would you liket know what am at
work on?
Certainly"
you shall see for yourself. Here it
is" And she held up to view half-knit
sock of old-fashioned blue yarn.
"You-you don't mean to say that
your husband wears things like that2"
"Oh, no. He wouldn't think of wear
ing them. have a whole lot that will
give away to anybody who will use
them"
do you do this for pleasure?"
mo. 1t isn't at all for pleasure. It's
business, and never occupy myself in
that way except when it is absolutely
necessary. But always keep the work
handy, and whenever one of the old
fashioned, rural voters of my hus-
bands district comes TO make him call
and you have no idea how many honor
rs with that attention. get it out and
knit away for dear life. It's good deal
of bother, but it's worth it, for you real
ly can't imagine how it pleases them!"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
THE 25TH LEGISLATURE.

Laredo Times.
An admirer of the last legislature
handed in the following to The Times
for publication:
We've been up to Austin on a bum,
Perhaps % we didn't make the old
town hum.
For we've ,ne Legislators,
The people, are our creators,
And we made the corporations cough
up some.
Yes, we went up TO Austin on a whiz,
And we made trusts and combination,
We've the "hot stuff" we are fruit,
When we trade we get the "boot;"
While we hold our jobs were strictly
in for biz,
We've all been up to Austin by the
Dam,
And can prove that our labors were
no sham;
We're the warmest of the warm,
And took everything by storm,
Each one of Us is great Il am"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
EMPEROR A NIGHTHAWK.
Frequently Receives Visitors Between
Three and Four in the Morning.

Three and Four I'm the Morning.
The emperor of China is one of the
hardest-worked men in the world, and
according to a curious custom that I
have never heard explained he turns
day into night, writes correspondent
of the Chicago Record. Some of the
most important events in his daily pro-
gramme take place after midnight, and
he frequently receives visitors by ap.
pointment at three and four o'clock in
the morning. When Ii Hung Chang
returned to Picking from his tour
around the world the emperor received
him and heard his reports between four
and five o'clock a. m. He has often re-
ceived ambassadors at similar hours.
The emperor's work day begins at one
o'clock p. m. He first sees the members
of the privy council, then he devotes an
hour or two to the consideration of
their reports and recommendations,
and then he receives the members of the
official boards, viceroys, governors and
other officials who have come to Picking
to be presented or to pay tribute or
receive instructions. He sits upon
a throne upon raised platform. They
kneel before him with their foreheads
touching the floor until he commands
them to lift their eyes. They are kept
in this posture so long that the old men
always pad their knees with cushions.
The emperor dimes about sunset, and
has the third meal of the day at mid
night. Sometimes he retires as early
as one or two o'clock a. m, but he is
often at work until daylight.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
Fright Breaks Them Up.

Crayfshes, crabs and Holsters are
peculiarly sensitive TO loud noises, and
it is fact that loud and sudden clap
of thunder will cause them to ampu'
tate or drop their large claws and
"pincers." The impulse which seizes
them when suddenly alarmed is to
throw of their heavy claws, SO that
they may the quicker scurry of to a
place of safety. Crabs or Holsters can
in ten days or fortnight grow new
claws, as large as the old ones. For
several weeks, however, the patient
who is growing on new set of fight
Sps weapons does not appear among
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
DIGNITY DIDN'T PAY.
A Postmaster Who Licked on Stamps
When Requested.

wnen requested.
The post Office at Grass Valley was
at the back end of general store,
and the postmaster, who was also the
proprietor of the store, says the Detroit
Free Press, was weighing me out some
tobacco, when solid, middle-aged WON
an came and slammed two-cent piece
down on tne counter and exclaimed:
''Stamp-two-center!"
The postmaster handed her one, but
she waved it away and pitched letter
at his head and said:
click FER on"
He promptly and humbly obeyed,
and as the woman walked away,
asked:
Don't people out this way lick on
their own postage stamps"
Eyes, most of 'em, but that woman
is rather particular, and don't want
to take chances again"
Chances on what?"
"Well she came in here about six
months ago for the first time, and
bought stamp and commanded me to
lick. 1 laid back on my dignity and
refused, and she turned around and
kicked the head out of a bari of n. o
molasses. and l lost about S11 by the
operation. AS my salary as postmaster
is cnly S23 year can't take no more
chances"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
A Heinous Crime, md Indignitiei
Were Heaped Upon the Bodies.

A HeinOus Crime, md Indfgnities
Were Heaped Upon the Bodies.
Among the early Greeks suicide was
uncommon until they became contain
mated by Roman influence, says a
writer in Lippincott's. Their religious
teaching, unlike that Of their Asiatic
contemporaries, was strongly opposed
to self-destruction. While pure and
manly nation, they regarded it as a
heinous crime, and laws existed which
heaped indignity upon the body of the
suicide By an Athenian law the corpse
was not buried until after sunset, and
the hand which had done the deed
presumably the right hand-was cut
off and buried separately, as having
been traitor to it's owner.
The only suicides ever spoken of with
respect, or anything approaching COM
mendation, by the early Greeks, were
those of purely patriotic character,
like those of Themistocles and King
Codrus, both of whom were considered
patriots. The latter, when the Her
aclidae Invaded Attica, went down dis
guised among the enemy with the in
tention of getting slain, and, hav-
ing picked a quarrel with some
soldiers, succeeded in his object. The
reason for this act was that the oracle
had pronounced that the leader of the
conquering army must fall; and the
king sacrificed his life in order that his
troops might be victorious and his
country saved Themistocles is said
to have committed suicide rather than
lead the Persians against his own peo-
nile
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
Fort Som Houston News.

Leave of absence for fifteen has
been granted Captain Oliver B. War
wick, Eighteenth infantry.
Artificer Ernst A. Bruzelius, COM
pany II, Twenty-third infantry, hav-
ing been tried by general court mar
tial convened at Fort Brown, Texas,
and found guilty of absence without
leave, and of disobedience of the or
ders of non-cOmmissioned officer,
was sentenced to be confined at hard
labor for a period of two months and
the same period.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
AN UNDERWRITERS DILEMMA.
He Wanted to Pawn a Casket to Buy
a Shroud.

Shroud.
II have had many queer experiences
in my business" said pawnbroker
whose three gilt balls hang in the vi
cinity of Twelfth street and Columbia
avenue, says the Philadelphia Record,
''but ran up against something the
other day that simply took my breath
away. A. man very stability dressed
in black and looking like broken
down minister, came into the private
office and asked to see the proprietor.
/ went out to him. I'm an undertaken
said he, ,'and want you to help me out
of difficulty. You can do it without
any risk to yourself if you want to.
I may as well confess to you that bust
ness is pretty bad with me, but I've got
a case now which will pay me well, if
I can only carry it through. lust need
little money to do so. You see, I've
failed in my business several times,
and it's pretty hard for me to get credit,
but We'll, well, hurry up inter
rupted. What do you want me to do"
I'm coming to that now said he; I
was going to say that managed to pre-
vail on the cabinetmaker to give me
casket on time, SO I've got that all right.
But the relatives of the deceased re-
fuse to advance me any money until
I've supplied the shroud. I haven't got
a cent, and the funeral is fixed for to-
day. Now, want you to take the cas-
ket with its silver trimmings as a
pledge, and give me enough money on
it to buy Stroud. Then, you see, !
can get enough from the bereaved fami-
ly to redeem the casket in time for the
funeral. What do you say% told him,
after I had recovered my breath, that
I couldn't think of such thing, and he
went away very respondent. 1 don't
know how he got out of his difficulty,
or whether the deceased has been
buried vet"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
GETTING REVENGE.
A Little Girls Resentment Toward an
Aching Molar.

A Little Girls Resentment Toward an
Aching Molar.
It's claimed that this story originated
in Cleveland, claim which may very
we'll be true, because Cleveland-and
especially the east end-has more pre-
cocious children to the acre than Bos-
ton could boast of in her palmiest days,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This
particular precocious infant lives on
a pretty cross street in that favored
locality. Not long ago she was troubled
with an annoying and persistent tooth
ache. Finally her mamma took her to
a dentist and the dentist interviewed
the troublesome tooth. After examin-
ing it he told her that the best thing
to do under the circumstances was to
have the tooth extracted, as II contained
very large cavity and this was the
seat of the trouble. Bracipg herself
firmly in the chair she babe him go
ahead and remove the acher. After
the operation was over she carefully
wrapped the tooth in paper and de-
clared she would take IL home.
Next day her mamma noticed that
she was an unusually good girl, and.
upon looking around, located her in a
window seat industriously polIing SUI
gar into the cavity of the extracted
tooth. Her mother demanded the cause
of this strange proceeding.
why" she said, I'm pol1in' sugar
in the old thing Just to see it achel"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
MANUFACTURERS DIRECTORY
Of
SAN ANTONIO, WHERE LOCATED

Price, Booker, Jannin Co; baking
powders, extracts, bluing, vinegars,
elders and sundries, 224 to DDS West
NueVa street.
Brownie Shirt Manufacturing Co.,
shirts for the trade, east side Main
Plaza.
Alamo Cement Co., Roman cement
plant near the rock quarries.
Guenther Mills, l. & G.. N. track and
San Antonio river.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
BUCKLIN's ARNICA sALvE.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns and all skin erup-
tons, and positively cures piles, or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by f. Kalteyer & Son.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
A n,oodIe., Rattle.

In 1878 a battle was fought near
Milan, in Italy, and so perfect was the
armor of both armies that, although
the conflict ragged from nine a. IN. to
four p. m, no one on either side was
either killed or wounded, though one
man broke his collar bone by falling off
his horse.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11

Jne armed members OF ms fanny, De-
cause, his claws being soft, he could
not take his own part" and would
be eaten by his cannibal brethren.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11

Colonel Jim Wilson, livestock agent
of the Chicago ard Alton, is in the
city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11

BE A MAN AMONG
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perience they have has
enabled them to build
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even after other physi-
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men and women DR..
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Honesty and ExPER-
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and any case that is
placed in their hands
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11

Darkest Russia, a drama that tells
an interesting story and never fails
to please all classes of theatre goers.
will be seen at the Grand tomorrow
matinee and night. Darkest Russia
is bright and charming from first to
last with thoroughly interesting
plot, worked out on lines that, in al
most every respect, are novel to play
right. III. Grattan, who wrote the
play and Sidney r. Ellis, who has
placed il so admirably before the pub
lie. deserve great credit for the very
artistic manner in which they per-
formed the task. The plot of the dra-
ma deals with the political system of
Russia and the various conditions of
Russian life are treated in a manner
that is bound to instruct as we'll as
please.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
NMOcha.O

Much so-called Mocha is grown in the
East indies and sent to Mocha
ANCIENT SUICIDES.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
ADJUSTMENTS.

Bonnie Scotland at the Grand Opera
House Tonight.
The Grand will be re-opened at $50
tonight for the coming theatrical sea-
son, which promises to be the best
in years, with Sidney r. Ellis great
play Bonnie Scotland.
What is your idea of successful
up-to-date theatrical performance?
We will anticipate your answer by the
guess that it is a play that in itself is
full of interest with a tale we'll told,
a plot reasonably intricate but easy
TO follow. You will see your ideal per-
Torrance when you witness the pre-
sentation of Bonnie Scotland.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-11
CHAPS

ALWAYS FIND A WELCOME AMONG THE
MAIDS, but the chaps who are UNDESIRABLE
meet with COLD REdRPTIoS. 1t is, therefore,
to the interest of those persons to BRACE UP AND
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-28

municatlons are still proceeding between
the different European cabinets. The Mar
quis of Salisbury presided to-day at a spe-
cial meeting of the Cabinet at the Foreign
Office.
Whether the solution of the imbroglio is
peaceful or not depends entirely upon
Greece. and the dispatches from Athens in
dicate that the feeling in favor of resistance
TO the powers is still strong among all
classes throughout Greece. and that "A
declaration of war with Turkey would be
received with enthusiasm. The latest
Greek proposal is said To be that Greece
should administer Crete Austria admin
listers Bosnia. But 1t seems 10 be agreed
on all sides that peace can only be main
tanned by leaving Crete part of the Turkish
empire.
The Marquis of Salisbury's proposals have
been received with favor. not only by the
British, but by most of the continental
newspapers. However, In the meantime
military preparations are proceeding apace
in Turkey and Greece, while everything is
prepared in south Russia for the transport
OF a big Russian army to the Balkans
whenever this step may be deemed neceS-
sary. kilograms from Vienna also declare
that Emperor Francis Joseph has had re-
peated conferences with the Austrian min
lister for war: that plans for the mobiliZa-
tion of Austrian forces on the Balkan from
tier have been drawn up and that horses
are already being purchased for military
uses. According to advices from the small
Balkan states, war preparations are pro-
ceeding there secretly and, in short, all
the parties concerned are quite prepared
for an explosion at any moment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-28
WARRANT FOR hartley.
n Ex-Treasurcr Charged
with EmbezzIing S537, 1928.

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 27.-At noon to-day
a warrant for the arrest of Ex-Treasurer
]. S. Bartley was sworn out by Attorney
General Snythe and placed in the hands
of Sheriff Trompen, of Lancaster county,
for service.
The attorney general filed his complaint
before County Judge Cochrane at IL o'clock.
The complaint charges BARLEY with en-
bezzement on founteen accounts. The first
count charges him with the embezzlement
of sls0,l0l, this being the amount appro-
priated by the last Legislature to reim-
Durse the sinking fund for the amount lost
in the failure of the Capital National Bank
The fourth count charges Bartiey with the
embeZZlement Of S20l .O8S05. being the gen
eraI fund warrant drawn and cashed by
BARLEY and not returned into the sinking
fund. The seventh count charges him with
the embezZement of $535. 1928. The ninth
count alleges that on the 9Th day OF Jan
uary, 1891. BARLEY embeZzled the sum OF
S33s Ss5.0S. These are the charges against the
ex-treasurer. the fourteen counts all relat-
ing TO the same charge.
When Mr.. BARLEY was notified of the
warrant he sent word 10 the sheriff that
he would surrender. He gave himself up
shortly after o'clock. Bail and continu-
ance have not Yet been fixed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-28
DISASTER in MEXICO
PROBABLY 175 LIVES LOST BY SUI
FOCATION IN BURNING MINES.
None of the EntOmbed TOiIers Yet
Reach Them-TwO Dead Bodies.

CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. PA terrible
mining catastrophe occurred at Sombrerete
mine, Zacatecas, occasioned by the break
ing out of fire in the working of two of
the company's mines in which l15 miners
were employed at the time of the fire.
Every effort has been made to save the
men, and fresh air has been forced into all
the workings by great steam ventilators,
and water has been turned down the main
shaft in torrents, but it is believed tonight
that every miner is dead Two bodies only
have been got out and Superintendent
Kayster nearly perished in an effort TO
save the men, being brought up the shaft
in an unconscious condition. The city OF
Zacatecas is in mourning and more than
thousand miners wives and children are
gathered at the mouth of the mines, where
the work of subduing the flames is gong on.
The editorial excursion spent the day sight
seeing, going out to the castle of Chapul-
tepec this afternoon, when all the presiden-
tial apartments were opened for their in
spection and the magnificent decorations
were much admired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-28
GREAT CORNER IN WOOL
MILLIONS or MONEY INVESTED By A
BOSTON SYNDICATE.
Quantity s6sEoreign Wool
posed Restoration of Tariff.

CHICAGO. Feb. 27.-A special to the
Times Herald from Boston says: One or
the largest corners on wool ever attempted
in the United States exists at present in
this city in anticipation OF the restoration
of a tariff on wool The existence OF the
corner has been a well-guarded secret for
two weeks, but the operations Of the men
and their agents at London and Hamburg
have become SO bold as TO attract atten-
ton and thus the secret got out. The
steamer Columbian, which arrived yester-
day. brought S.000 bales of wool, making a
total of PSI, ,160 bales which has arrived in
port during the present month.
A syndicate was recently formed in this
city to buy all the wool offered i'm European
markets in anticipation of duty of ~ per
cent. being put on wool by Congress at the
extra session, and the increased receipts
are thus accounted for. Buyers have al
ready purchased 10 900 bales of wool abroad
and will continue to purchase the same up
to the time of the imposition of the duty
calculated at IL cents per pound. The sym
dicate raised pile of mohey only a few
days ago and cabled S5,O00O00 To it's London
agents. 1t is calculated that 1,G90. 600 bales
or 5O0,000000 pounds, OF Australian and
South American wool will be brought to
this country by the syndicate within the
time given.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-28
CHNADH'S CHURCH SCANDAL.
Pope Leo VIII Investigate the Charges
of Interference i'm Elections.

MONTREAL, Feb. 27.-According TO an
announcement made this afternoon by
Chevalier NJ. @. a. Drolet. who has just re-
turned from visit to Rome where he went
at the instance of the Laurier government.
the Pope has appointed a commission of
cardinals to investigate the charges against
the Canadian clergy of improper interfer-
ence in the recent elections. The charges
were prepared in detail by Chevalier Drolet
and are directed against six Canadian bish-
ops and archbishops and "A large number of
priests. They recite instances where the
sacraments of the church was refused 10
Liberals and intimidation exercised by
means Of threats of communication, all
in the interests of the Conservative party.
On the completion of the investigation, IL
is understood that the Pope will name
permanent delegate to Canada Chevalier
Drolet declares that representatives OF the
Quebec bishops visited Rome and among
other things spread the report that Premier
Laurer was a "FreemaSon OF the worst
kind" declaring it would be a meritorious
act to combat him with every means at
the church'S command.