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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
PeTSD||l| Mention.
Mr.. C. II. Bird is at the Arcade from

Mr.. G.. III. Bird is at the Arcade from
Waco.
Charles d. Fraser, of Laredo, is at
the Menger.
Ben Darlington has gone to Taylor
on business.
W. Van Sickle and wife, of Alpine,
are in the city.
Volney Bennett, Cuero stockman, is
at the Southern.
Mr.. Robert Tanner, of Ell Paso, is at
the Vance hotel.
G. Y. Hindes, a stockman of Pearsall
is at the Southern.
]. Il. Holland and wife are registered
at the Southern from Alpine.
Bill Malone, of Beeville, came in last
night and is at the Southern.
Hon. A. w. Terrell, eX-minister to the
Turkish government is at the Menger.
Mrs. Charles Moser, of Laredo, is Wis
iting Mrs. NJ. Rhein, at No. 205 Seventh
street.
III. Goldsmith, VIM. +. White and G.
NJ. Browning, of New York, are at the
Menger.
Dan Mckenzie, a Floresville stock
man, is in the city and is stopping at
the Arcade.
Herman hester has returned from
Galveston to spend the holidays with
his parents.
Colonel Mark Withers, of Lockhart
came up on last nights train and is at
the Southern.
Mrs. Rose Fadden, of Galveston, is
visiting her parents, Capt. w. NJ. Edgar
and wife, this city.
John Lockwood and Harry, Charles
and William Wurzbach have returned
from a hunting trip west.
MIR. VIM. Dobrwolski will begin
the erection of a fine brick dwelling
as a homestead about the first of next
year.
Mrs. Kate Beach, of Gonzales, is in
the city to spend the holidays with her
sister, Mrs. r. II. Needham, at the
Vance.
Mr.. John Miller, the well known
oyster man, has returned from a bu-
siness visit of several weeks in Gal
weston.
Mr.. Coleman McNulty. of Northern
Missouri, is in the city to visit his
uncle. Mr.. Ben +. McNulty, for the
winter.
Mrs. V. f. Vaughan leaves tomorrow
for Beaumont, to spend the holidays
with her sister, Mrs. Il. Zafir, nee Miss
Clara Graves.
City Clerk Theo Vinke, wife, two
children and nurse will spend the
Christmas holidays with relatives of
Mrs. Vinke in Brennan, Tex.
Mrs. Pastora Heath and daughter.
Miss Lillian Heath, of the Parish Aid
society, are in the city from New York
and are guests of the st. James.
Henry NJ. Brown and wife returned
yesterday from Austin, where he bill
ed the Zouaves MINISTRIES for their APP
pearance in the Capital City on the
2Sth.
Mr.. d. G. Campbell, the Stockdale
merchant, who came up to this city
Monday went to Austin Monday night,
returning yesterday. He returned to
Stockdale this morning.
Mr.. w. E. Smith, the leading LAYER
mia merchant, accompanied by his
wife. came up over the Gulf Shore
yesterday to attend the San Antonio
club reception last night.
Mr.. Nat B. Fly and family are in
the city from Junction City and are
stopping at the Arcade. They are on
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
Mitigated Addiction.

LAST week my wife was arrested
for shoplifting. but, of course, it was all
a mistake. The proprietors apologized
and my wife was released after she was
in Jail "a hours" said Pete Amsterdam
to Hostetter McGinnis.
81 suppose your wife is completely
Frustrated over the unfortunate affair"
Not at all. You see. one of the news
papers referred to her as a remarkably
handsome Moman."-N. Y. World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
Evenly Divided.

She had been scolding him for some
thing like 20 minutes, but she suddenly
stopped to inquiries:
"What are you thinking about now?"
Iwas thinking that things are pretty
evenly divided in this world after all"
he replied.
"In what way"
"Why, a man can make more noise
than a woman when he tries, but he
has nothing like her endurance."-Chi-
capo Post
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She Knew How to Ride a rnnae

He was an estimable young man in
every way, and she was more than es-
timable-in his opinion-so, with the
idea of wheeling his way into her heart,
he saved and boarded his shekels and
purchased fine tandem. But "the best
laid plans O. mice and men gang aft
agley." They had ridden some Is miles,
and after slowly and laboriously pedal
ing to the top of long hill he, after
hopping his dripping brow, gasped out
convulsively: 'M-M-May, you &C
can p-p-put your feet on the &C.
coasters now" why" said his COM
panion. "Tve had them on ever since
we started" He said nothing, but set
his teeth grimly, and she has wondered
since then why he has not called on
Sunday evenings.-Philadelphla Rec
ord
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
Gentle Art of HANGING,

First Whitecap-Here's letter from
the wife of the man we lynched last
night.
Second Whitecap-You don't say so!
eyes; she says she likes our style of
doing things very much, and asks if
we'd mind dropping up some evening
this week to hang a few pictures for
her."-Detroit Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
The TriaGa of the Grent.

Dreams of influence and command
filled his mind. Men bowling before
him, crowds striving to obey his every
thought aud wish, Fitted delightfully."-
across his imagination.
Then the door opened suddenly. III
you please, sir" said the excited butler.
1.-The cooks given notice to leave"
That was all-but it was enough
Brooklyn Life.
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sIPHONs COMPLAINED OF.

Mayor Callaghan has called on AS
sistant City Engineer Gresham for a
report on the condition of the sewer
siphons at Mill bridge on Garden
street and at the bridge crossing the
river at Arkansas street
These siphons are declared by COM
mon report to be imperative and the
mayor desires to provide a remedy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

Mrs. Wickwire-Aren't you a trifle
late in getting home?
Mr.. Wickwire-I went to the theater.
They had a nautical piece on. have
been to a good many plays of one kind
and another, but this one is one you
want to see 10 see sea scenery
Henry Wickwire! Have you been
drinking ?"-Indianap Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
None the Worse.

Mrs. Chugwater-Josiah, l canned
those gooseberries three years ago.
How do they taste?
Mr.. Chugwater-Wen, they're no
worse than when you put them up.
You can't spoil the darned things by
canning them.-Chicago Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
End of the Arcumcnt.

IF were in your Shoes" said NJ.
Doncaster, Il would"
Hold on right there" interrupted
Mrs. Durbeck: "let us not go beyond
the realm of possibilities"
Three seconds later the front door
went shut with a baag!-Clevelan
leader.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
DOGS AND PONIES.

A splendid performance of the Nor
ris Brothers Dog, Goat and Pony show
was given last night on Nacogdoches
street, but the weather kept a great
many people away. If the weather
turns fair the tent will not be able to
hold all the people.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

Customer-You know that prescrip-
ton you filled for me yesterday. /
want copy of it.
Druggist guess you'll have to get it
from the doctor. never could read his
handwriting.-Life
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

Sam-Dat ole preachah hab got de
notion dat de world am gwine to run
inter de sun next month an git burned
up.
BILL doan' take no stock in sech
things happenin'.
Sam-Well. if it do happen, he'll hab
de grand laugh on us!-Puck.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
Reward of Merit.

We'll, see Herbert Spencer has been
rewarded at last"
whats happened? Has he made
a fortune out of his books?'
NO; a brand of cigars has been
named after him."-Cleveland Leader.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
Putting on Airs.

Those Dashley girls seem too stuck
up for anything lately. Has somebody
been leaving them a fortune, IwonderT'
ooh, nc; it isn't that. They have a
cousin on the Boston baseball team
Cleveland Leader.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

Teachcr-What animal is it that has
very strong limbs, a fierce temper, wild,
bushy hair on it's head, and is called
the king of beasts?
Willie-A football player.-N. Y.
Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

Talker-You shouldn't feel so sore at
Jones. He did just right in holding you
and preventing disgraceful fight.
What il he had let you go?
Buffer (caressing black, ,eye)-
Darn it'll that's what the fool did
Judge. .
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

The Groom-The minister seems to
think he knows more about you than |
do.
The Bride-How's that?
81 gave him ten, and he handed back
five of it."-Town Topics.
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Took Enough Now.

Doctor-You seem to have lost all zest
for life. You must rouse yourself and
take more interest in your business.
Patient-Good heavens, doctor, Tn
n money-leuder!-U
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

Mr.. Tiff think you must have mar
ried me for my money.
Mrs. Tiff-I'm glad you think that.
Indeed"
Yes; it is recognition on your part
of the fact that / am not an absolute
diot."-Up-to-Date.
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A KnOMinH Bird.

Customer-Are you sure that parrot
is strictly up-to-dateP
Dealer-Am 1 sure? Just listen a
moment.
The Parrot-Hoot, mon, ali dinna ken,
we're nae sac warm!
Customer-I'll take him at your own
price.-N. Y. Journal.
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yfIrbt Have Done Wor.e.

at was brutal of Nero to fiddle while
Rome was burning"
81 don't know about that; suppose he
had played an accordion ?"-Chicago
Record.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

The Christmas entertainment of
the San Antonio High school will be
given tomorrow afternoon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22
Weather conditions:

The area of high pressure still re-
mains ON the Rocky mountain slope
but has pushed slightly southeast since
yesterday and caused a light fall in
the temperature at nearly all stations
in the southwest.
Another low area has appeared in
the Missouri valley.
Decidedly higher temperature is re-
ported from stations in Colorado,
South Dakota and Nebraska.
Slightly colder weather prevails in
the Mississippi and central valleys.
III. III. CURLEY, Observer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

NO-TO-Bac for FIFTY Gents
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes veal
men strong blood pure. SOC, 81. An druggistS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

Meteorological Conditions Prognosti'
Gated by Observer Curley.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-22

Generally fair Colder Thursday
morning.
Local record:
Maximum temperature yesterday
As.
Minimum temperature in past "a
hours, SO.
Mean temperature, 40.
Normal temperature, Sc.
Temperature at a. IN. this date
80.
Sensible temperature, SO.
Relative humidity, 20.
Wind direction, north, velocity, s
miles per hour.
Weather. cloudy.
Precipitation in past "a hours, 04.
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Generally fair. Colder Thursday
nOpuinU
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Local record:

Minimum temperature in past "a
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Hoods ss ps;;;;a
THE WEATHER.

Hoods pills cure all liver ills. rs cents.
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The forecast:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02

THE MlD-StJ INNER ne ST.

+
Again the happy time Is here 4. Si
When souls with work distressed,
Enjoy. with naught to interfere.
Their glad vacation rest.
From all his cares, the city drudge,
Will HE himself away, E5is
And eighty-seven miles will trudge
For pleasure every day. ~
The dry goods clerk will daily broil.
AS meath the ,scorching sun,
Diminishing every thought Of toll
He does centurysrun.
The pale bookkeeper, too much worn
TO foot up his accounts.
win foot it now from early morn
Up al the steepest mounts. "
The office slave will now devote
A week to restful rounds,
And day by day will row boat
That weighs nine hundred funds.
The tired city folks who say
With ennui they're distressed,
On rural bedticks stuffed with hay
Will find their nightly rest.
For "restful rural pleasures which
At home would drive us mad,
We make some good old farmer rich
And try to think we're glad.
But sweeter joys to those who roam
Is that glad moment when
They're through with "resting'' and com
home
And get to work" again.
Nixon Waterman, in l.. A. W. Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Hereditary Suicide Impulse.

"The moral philosopher will find fresh
ground for discussion of the old sub
ject of moral responsibility and justifi-
cation for suicide in the history of a
family that once lived in st. Joseph,
No." said a physician there to news
paper man the other day. "Many years
ago farmer living in Buchanan coun-
ty hanged himself without any ap-
parent cause, leaving a family of five
sons and four daughters. Three of
the sons and one daughter have fol-
lowed his example, but not until near
Ny all of them had married and were
the parents of children. One of the
children, grandson of the original
suicide, killed himself a few days ago
in another state. Several members of
the family are still living in the city.
The case tends to prove that the desire
for self-destruction is as hereditary as
any other taste, inclination or habit.
whether it be good or bad. It goes y
long way to prove, to my mind, that
suicide is due wholly to insanity. The
very idea of person losing his pri-
mary idea of self-preservation is suf-
ficient to give proof of mental lapse,
but when the loss of that instinct is ex-
hibited in each generation of the same
family it is clearly the result Of a dis
eased brain. The tendency of men is
TO look upon suicide us mere coward
ice and folly, but the history of nearly
every case of suicide would show that
the folly is kind that no physician has
yet learned to prevent."-St. I Louis
Globe-Democrat.
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'SFare, Pleasel"

"Nine of every ten women" said q
street car conductor the other night as
he settled himself at the end of the
route for few moments needed rest,
twill give you coin so that it is the
hardest work to keep from splitting it
all over the car. They will hold it out
to you between the thumb and fore
finger, and hold it so tight that you feel
as though you would like to take a
pair of pinchers to pull it out, or crow
bar to pry open their fingers. Then
if you do get it, if you are the most
careful man going, the force you are
obliged to exert to get it will probably
throw it on the floor. cannot say that
the men are much better in this regard,
either, although they do not hold on to
a tive-cent piece as though it were made
Of gold. The proper way to give,up a
coin is to put it in the palm of.the hand
Il think you will generally find it. out
stretched to get it-and then let it
stay there. When it gets in my hand
like that you might just as well put it
in bucket, I'll never get away. You
can see how awkward it is if you are
obliged to take two or three coins il,
the way mentioned first, and you can
imagine taking five pennies that way
Washington Star. -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
THE WoRk-A-D DAY WoRL D.


Paris has u, 900 artists.
Japan has 1000 newspapers
There are Is. 0OO, 900 miners. s.3s
Japan has 3Oo, 1000 unionists.
Dublin has 600 union lockers. 81.
Hamburg has 10000 union lockers.
Congressman De Graftenreid was
once . brakeman. .53
Signalmen and shutters employed
by railroad IN Scotland wish shorter
hours and higher wages. The wages
asked for are from Is shil liings to 80
shillings, with rate and quartz for over
time. .sss 8s4
In the Transvaal republic IN South
Africa, wages of mechanics and miners
vary from three to four per day. while
bread is sold at about six cents per
pound; milk, "a cents per quart; po-
tatoes, five to ten cents per pound;
bacon, 80 cents; beef, is cents.
The Belfast employ dfs have yolun-
tarily las q Jubilee" mementi) re
.duced the weeks work to SO hours per
week. instead OF 81 hours. Dublin
printers are thinking that they could
also do with simi,a working week.
and will shortly demand this con-
cesJion. IS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Origin of . Tennxson Poem.

Tennyson's poem of "St. Telemachus''
originated thus: Lord Tennyson, one
day when Dean Farrar was walking
with him, asked him to suggest the
subject of poem. After thinking a
moment he suggested the story Of ST..
Telemachus leaping down into the
amphitheater, and by his self-deyoted
n,artyrdom putting an end forever to
the hideous butcheries of the gladia-
torial games, a scene which DeangFar-
rar has described in his Gathering
Clouds" and which is the subject of the
famous picture, '.The Gladiators." To
his surprise, Tennyson had never heard
the story, and was much struck with it..
He asked the dean to send him, when he
returned, all the authorities on the sub
ject. That was easily done, for it rests
on the single authority of the Greek
ecclesiastical historian Theodoret. The
dean sent him the passage in the origi-
nal Greek, and he clothed it in the mag
snificent poem, which may he read in al
most his latest volume, The Death Of
tOenone, and Other Poems. 's,-Bookunau.
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SAXON swift ERLAND.
One OF the Most Picturesque Dis.
tricts IN the World.

Especial Berlin Letter.

Especial Berlin Letter. lksat
Among the picturesque districts un-
til recently neglected by the American
tourists in Europe is that region known
generally as Saxon Switzerland. This
neglect, however, is now being made up
for, as the number Of Americans visit
ing that lovely region is steadily on the
increase. i noticed, among the passen-
gers on q river boat going up the Elbe.
several charming American bridal par
ties, and on the summit Of one Of the
finest peaks i stumbled into group of
Americans who hailed from every part
Of the United States, but who were
here, focused together. as it were. in
this tiny paradise. .,.s.
For Saxon, Switzerland is veritable
paradise. It has not the grand air of
the real Switzerland, and it lacks gla-
ciers and cloud-piercing monsters Of
mountains. But of its kind it is more
attractive. There is mixture of idyllic
peace and peculiar picturesqueness in
| the landscape that is extremely charm
ing. The people there are not yet so
greedy after the dollars of the tourists;
in fact, they are for the most part quite
naive and hospitable, and their brook
trout and fresh fruit and the products
of their mountain industries are as yet
all to be had at a very reasonable rate.
In fact, for holiday of a fortnight or
so know of no more propitious spot on
earth than this same Saxon Switzer-
land, and as such It is recognized by
the shrewd Germans, the Berliners es-
pecially, who undertake frequently and
at small expense brief trips there. 80.
The best way to do this is to take the
fast train from Berlin to Dresden, stop
there over night, and then take one OF
the pretty Elbe boats the next morn
ing and make the circuit through the
whole region by easy stages, going by
boat up the river few hours, then dis
embark again, and make dive down
one of the marvelously pretty side val
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silvery river,are among the fnestsights
that human eye can behold anywhere.
and then again, the view, panoramic md
extensive, TO be enjoyed from many of
these mountain tops, is .unique. From
the Bastei rock, for instance, near the
town of Schandau (although but about
700 feet over thekriver) one sees, when
the weather is clear, the pillars and
spires of Dresden(25. miles distant) on
the one side, and the mountain tops of
Bohemia (about the same distance or
farther on the other. Below, scores of
little villages, hills and dales. wooded
slopes and rocky formations, with the
river separating the whole picture,
spread out, checker board fashion. The
whole district, sd far. as it is worth tee-
ing and visiting. measures but few
hundred square miles, it is true. but
within that small territory the tourist,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
TWO AMERICAN GIRLS.


Receive FlattertnE Notice in Lon.
don Society Paper.
Vanity Fair, reviewing the season,
congratulates England on its bril-
liancy and gives a list of the seasons
beauties, which, it says, no other coun-
try can rival. It adds that among.the
American girls Miss Goelet and Miss
Hay, the ambassadors daughter, have
been most successful because of person
al charms and ANNA tion Of manner.
In the same issue appears a letter
from an English. girl with reference to
the newspaper agitation over the deca-
dence of English society. The writer
says: ~
"The trouble lies in the unwillingness
OF the poor members of the aristocracy
to earn honest ivings. It is so dreadful
for the men to put themselves up for
sale to the rich American girls who love
to come here to excel English beauty
and wealth. # this goes on all England
will soon be owned by the American;
for they are buying land as well as
men"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
A Ut TL z u NsENsE

Delicacy She used to BE SO deli
cate before she took TO the wheel 8
We'll, she's indie icate enough now. e
Detroit Journal.
The Captain (boisterously)-
aCome, old man, brace upl What's
got into you?'' Passenger IF you
don't put me ashore you'll very soon
see. LITE.
what makes you think there are.
apphtrees in the vicinity Of the north
pole ~ .'Why, Andree's balloon has
got to have something to come down in =
Chicago Record.
The Professors Soliloquy Eyes,
my memory is certainly getting better
Now remember distinctly enough that
my wife. told me to tie string about
this finger. IF only could think what
fort" Judge.
"A political speaker accused a rival
Of "unfat homable meanness," and then,
rising to the occasion, said: Il warn
him not to persist in his disgraceful
course, OF he'll find that two of us can.
play at that camel" Tit-Bits.
II Philanthropist 81 am surprised
that a lady of your refinement and good
impulses should wear dead bird upon
her hat" The Offending One-'But
then, you see, a live bird would fly
away unless it were tied on, and that
would be cruel, you know" Boston
Transcript. D. 5sia.
: Not .Necessary.-"I have just had
q note from Willie's teacher said Mrs.
Parvenue, "and she says that he is very
deficient in spelling" ''What in thun-
der. is he studying spelling for?" de-
manded Mr.. Parvenue, angrily. "Does
his teacher mean to insinuate that he
won't be rich enough to hire a type
writer ?"-C Chicago Evening Post.