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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
rhc worla,s Tastes IN plnmona..

The WORLDS Tastes In Diamonds.
OF course there is taste in diamonds.
Countries like England, France, the
United States and Russia take all va
rieties, but these are mainly the fields
for the best, the finest bluish-white
crystals. Precious stones are a meas
ure of opulency ard the growth of
fashion. The Americans imported $780,
600, 900 worth in "a years, but of these
100000 were in the latter half of
the period. In the year 1889 they
bought ten times as many as in 1869.
The gems range in color from blush
and nearly pure white to blue, pink,
yellow, orange, green and brown, while
some are Opaque. Taste has decided
that the stones are most precious that
are most translucent and brilliant. The
largest diamond ever met with was
found in Brazil. and an enthusiast val
ued it, by weight alone, at 6 224,000.-
900; but it was black and not bril-.
liant, the estimate gradually sank Z"
6 100000, and to-day it would probab'
not fetch nearly so much as the moe
modest count. Colored specimens !,
best in South America and the east
Kimberley Cor. London Telegraph.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
Rnck from the KIondikc.

Opening the door in response to an
insistent knock, the lady beheld the fig
70 Of one she remembered.
oh, it is you, is it?" she said. icicly.
e. is me-" was the answer, "your
.iost husband, who has come to
you that he is sorry he ran away
Wa years ago."
Maybe you are sorry you went" re-
torted the lady, but ! amt. What
did you come back for?"
My dearest, have been to the Klon-
dixie, and last summer ] accumulated
fifty thousand"
FIFTY thousand dollars!" shrieked
the loving wife as she fell on bis neck
NO. Mosquito bites"
1t was moment later only that he
fell on his neck himself.-Indianapo
Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
Consolation for the Rejected one.

didn't she seem at all affected when
you told her how her refusal had
wrecked your hopes?"
"No."
Not even when you told her that you
had become desperate and were going
on an expedition to the north pole?"
''Not Bit"
Didn't she offer you any little part
ing token, any memento of the past?"
''Yes, she did that. She said that If
1 wanted her to she'd work my mono
gram on ear muffs. Odds and Ends.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
YELLOW JOURNALISM IN 1900.

Following is the announcement of a
yellow Journal of the year 1900:
I'm our Sunday supplement we will
furnish to our patrons the following i'll
teresting reading:
How the special confidence man of
this paper (the Saffron Sewerbird) bun
coed the president of the United States.
How our commission of Jail break
ers rescued Durrant, whom we knew
to be as innocent as an unborn babe.
from San Quentin prison.
THE clever manner in which our
squad of incendiaries reduced the bull
dings of our contemporaries to ashes.
How our train wreckers wrecked
an excursion train, causing the death
of 3051a persons.
How we poisoned the water of the
Spring Valley Water company. One
ton of Rough on Rats used.
''The Sunday after we hope to give a
startling account of the assassination
by our special corpse of bomb threwers
OF the car of Russia. Now is the
time to subscribe. Fresno Cali Re
publican.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
me yYns Di.nunIincd.

Dabsley-Well, / suppose your son
will soon begin his last year in col
lege?
Parks-No, he isn't going back this
fall.
"oh, that's too bad. He ought to go
through, now that he's got along to
the last year. What's the matterP"
"Why, didn't you know that he had
had a fever and that his hair had all
come out ?"-Clevelan Leader.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
w. II. NJ. A. NOTES.

Mr.. T. B. Hughes, one of the pro-
fessors in the West Texas Military
academy, has gone to Denison to spend
the holidays with his family.
Prof. ]. w. Krouth, of the acad-
envy faculty, will spend the holidays
on quail hunt.
Miss Groce, primary teacher, has
gone to Yoakum to spend a week with
her sister.
Only seven of the boarding scholars
of the academy have remained over
for Christmas, the others all going
home.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
-JUyENILE BOOK COUNTERs

are daily besieged by anxious
buyers. This is as it should be.
The books are the very best to be
had anywhere: have been selected
with a special care to the needs
and requirements of young read
ers, and the low prices at which
they are offered make them the
more desirable and popular. Ar
ranged conveniently for your in
spection. SENG BROS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
Not Aynricious.

''Talkin' about goin from home 10
git gold," said North Carolina farmer
the other day. why, if we just had
plenty of money we could dig tons of
gold in my section"
But if we had plenty of money" said
an old inhabitant at his elbow, what
in thunder would we want to dig gold
fer ?''-Atlanta Constitution.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

Bishop J. S. Johnston, of the Mis-
sionary diocese of Western Texas, ar
rived at his home on Pecan street,
from up near Boerne and Kerrville,
to spend the Christmas holidays.
-Messrs Will and Tom Ward have
returned from Illinois whittier they
accompanied the remains of their de-
ceased father about two weeks ago.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
ST. PAUL's CHRISTMAS.

Christmas services at st. Paurs Ep-
iscopal church will be conducted to-
morrow by Rev. Burleson as follows:
Holy communion at a. M, services at
IL a. IN.
The Sunday school of the church
will have its Christmas festival and
tree in the gymnasium of the academy
this evening at seven o'clock.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
A Bang-Up AGaIr.

"Yes," said the anarchist, meaningly,
as he referred to the court function that
was about to take place, sit will be
bang-up affair"
And he was right. He had two pounds
of dynamite in his pocket at the time,
and knew what he was talking about
N. Y. Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
The Qualification.

Her Father-You have the nerve to
ask me for my daughter, sir, the joy
of my old age, the priceless jewel in my
diadem?
Her Adorer-That's what-and !
want the jewel and the diadem thrown
in.
I'm that case you can have her, I'm
looking for man with nerve, for her. +"
Yellow Book,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
On the Rialto.

Horatio-What no there. Mercutio,
and whittier art going for the coming
winter of our discomfort?
Mercutio-Marry, and to the Klon-
dixie, good sirrah, where nuggets be
cheaper than offerings of eggs.
"Gadzooks, but thou wilt reap a
fortune indeed."-N. Y. Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

Walking-hatsa and sailors in all shades
of felt are much in vogue for shopping
expeditions, while the black velvet hat
in such shapes as require the Amazon
plumes will do service for calling, car
riage wear and afternoon social func-
tions.-Woman's Home Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

The autograph" is a new device that
has been brought out in France for
enabling direct correspondence be-
tween blind persons and those who can
STE. 1t is kind of typewriter, which
prints the letters in relief, so that they
are both visible to the eye and sensible
tc the touch.-Chicago Times Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

Mabel, is it fact that you serve re-
freshments to all the young men who
call on your"
well, you must think 1 have money
to burn, feeding flames that way
Detroit Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
Left teeth Used Most.

The natural habit of human beings
appears to be the use of the teeth on the
left side of the mouth for masticating
the food. During heightened period
of observation only one person out of
10 was found who used both sides of his
mouth for chewing and masticating his
food.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

Isn't Daisy trihe-er-larky?"
az should say so. Even her black
stockings are stamped Warranted
fast brooklyn Life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
MUTUAL ELECTRIC LIGHT co.

If you are not already using electric
lights and your house is not wired to
do so, we will be glad to make for you
an estimate of the cost of wiring and
fixtures, and see that you set the same
at reasonable price.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
Not a walking CycIopedia.

Hilton-Where did Walker get his
education?
Tilton-I don't know exactly, but
should say at some place where they
were selling lot of misfit educatioDs
cheap.-Somerville journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

She (hesitatingly)-Now we are en-
gagged, James, II ought to tell you
that my-my grandfather was hanged.
He-That's all right; my grandfather
hanged himi--Fun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
steeped in Mysticism.

Chopper, have you any pet super
stitions?"
Eyes, indeed; think it is awfully
lucky not to hear ROSTERS crow in the
ing."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

II worship, adore you; have never
loved a girl as love you, Maud-er-I
mean-Edith."
(But it was too late; and things were
going on smoothly, too.)-Boston Trav-
eler,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

"What are mock marriages, Uncle
Jn1ius?''
aNine out of ten."-Chicago Record.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24
LAY in your supply of WINTER
WOOD and COAL.

LAY in your supply of WINTER
STOVE WOOD and COAL.
Be sure you go to the right place
and get value received.
THE CITY WOOD and COAL
co. offer the best inducements in
the way of measure, quality and
weight.
ADOLPH WAGNER and
RICHARD LECROIX, Props.
Telephone $40. Yards: Sunset
and Gulf Shore Railroads.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

Mr.. W. d. Mcintyre, Stockdals
merchant, is in the city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-24

Va -
The herald., 1897-09-05
NO SHOPPING FOR HIM
Very Names of Things She Wanted
Were Enough

''See here, Robert, you have been lee
turing me about causing the clerks so
much trouble when 1 go shopping and
telling me how much better men manage
these things" said one of Detroit's ma
irons. Now, I'm going to trust you to
get few things and have them sent up"
'I'm not like man that couldn't do
it. This thing of making five or six trips
to do ten minutes business is mighty
near criminal. Just tell me what you
want, dear"
Then the pretty mouth sof the wife
went like a talking machine run by a
forty-horse engine. "Get me some en-
broidery, lace and passementerie, some
bretelle attachments, three paradise
aigrettes, some white moire embroidered
in gold, willow feathers, gold galloons,
jeweled trimmings, a chamos leather
cape lined with dogskin, cream brocade,
changeable lilac sill
For heavens sake, woman, etopethat t
tongue of yours before it gets away
from you. Are you giving me the in
voice of combination dry goods, mil
linery and jewelry store? Y ou don't want
all this truck
every bit of it. Have to have it and a
good deal more for the girls and myself
I'm SO glad that you can attend to the
whole thing in quarter of an hour or
so. also require"
The herald., 1897-09-05
HE WAS FROM KLoNDIKE
How a Tough Stranger Found Lost
Gold Piece at the Depot

GOOD looking woman stood on the plat
form at the Union depot last night talking
70 a pullman conductor. She was playing
with a $3.50 gold piece, which she threw
into the air and tried to catch. The coin
fell through her fingers and rolled down =
crack in the platform.
sWon't you have some one hunt for my
money" said the woman to Superintendent
Sanford. who was standing near.
The superintendent ordered depot Of
fcial to pry up one of the heavy planks
and the crowd standing around at once
started In to find the gold piece. After
the search had been in progress about ten
minutes and no one had seen the money,
a short. tough looking man pushed into the
midst Of the crowd.
'What are y lookin' fer?' he said.
He was told.
well, y might jest as well move out.
I'm from Klondike, am, an can find de
gold"
He knelt down, stuck his hand under the
loosened plank and felt around while the
crowd watched him. Presently he got up
and handed the woman her gold piece.
"Y' see how easy tbs. can't y 2" he sneer-
ed at the crowd.
Whether or not he had found the money
previous to making his boast will never ~
known.-Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1897-09-05
THE HONEST LITTLE JOCKEY
Richard Clawson, Who Rode the
Futurity Stakes Winner

The excitement at the great Futurty
race Tuesday reached it's greatest height
when the process Of "chairing' Richard
Clawson, the jockey who rode the win
ming horse, L'Alouette, in the big floral
wreath was undertaken. Clawson, who
rode steady, sensible race, though he
was not called upon for any remarkable
feats of horsemanship is a raw little
western lad who weighs about eighty
five pounds. He is of very much the
same type, oddly enough, as Doc"
Turbeville, who rode Ogden to victory
for Mr.. Marcus Daily last year. His grin
of delight was something simply enor-
nous, as he was hoisted up for the crowd
to see, and many shouted for the first
time after the race when they saw that
wonderful face.
And then occurred pretty little Incl
dent. AS Clawson emerged from the
scufile his hand was closed on a big
bundle Of neatly rolled S. bills. The lad
looked at them in astonishment, and
hesitated a moment. Then he turned
and went straight to Judges Simmons
and Mcdowell. please, gentlemen"
he said, "some one gave me these bills
and 1 don't know who it was. What
shall do with the money!" The judges
having no power to act sent him up
stairs to the stewards, to whom the lad
repeated his story. The officials, pleased
at the lads conduct, replied: "Well,
my boy, if you are as honest as that, we
can afford to let you keep the money"
Clawson is bright faced, modest lad
Of 16, and though fairly successful on
western tracks, only attracted attention
in the east a short time ago.
He was so little known that when c.
Fleischmann & Sons trainer, Bob Tuck
er, in want of jockey, had Clawson
recommended to him, he was SO doubtful
of the boys ability that he hesitated to
put him UP until Roy Caruthers, great
friend of Clawson, gave a guarantee that
the lad would ride to the complete satis-
faction of his employers. 1t took only
a short while to convince the stable of
Clawsons worth
The exact gross value Of the race was
worth $44,96O. OF this $685. goes to the
winner; 1900 to the second horse and
$1,000 to the third. For the first time in
the history of the race, each one of the
place horses is home bred, so that the
breeders money, $4,000, $500 and $500,
respectively, goes to their present own
ers. This fact added considerable senti-
mental interest to the upshot of the rich
event.
The winning of L'Alouette was in a
way fortunate thing for the turf, as it
will in all probability be the cause of
keeping at least one member Of the fra
ternal firm owning the Brockdale stable
in racing.
1t was a great feather for Brookdale,
as T. Alouette is the second Futurity
winner bred on the famous farm estab-
lished by the late d. D. Withers. Her
victory was a rare encouragement to the
The herald., 1897-09-05
A MODEST MONDYKE HEROINE
TO SAVE HER MOTHERS HOME SHE UNDERTAKES
THE NORTHERN JOURNEY OF POSSIBLE
DANGER AND DEATH

have neither inclination nor time to stop
to help woman, no matter how deserv-
ing she may be. Should she attempt to
stake out claim she will find herself an
object of interest to the claim bumpers
at once, for though none are more chiv-
alrous than your true miner, the black
leg is as numerously represented in the
Klondyke as elsewhere.
If Miss Lessarge would have per-
mitted she could have secured the aid
necessary to lift the mortgage from her
mothers home without batting death in
the manner she has done, but she re-
fused to accept charity, preferring to
suffer all that Klondyke trip carried
with it rather than abandon the privilege
of independence. Should she succeed
as every one hopes she will, no returned
miner will receive so great an ovation as
will be the lot Of this brave little woman,
the heroine of the Klondyke, when once
she comes home again.
The herald., 1897-09-05
TACOMA, K1oND1KE

young breeder, and while L. S. Thomp-
son seems firmly decided to retire from
the turf, the younger brother, w. p.
Thompson, who has the genuine sports
mans interest in the racing and has con-
sidered for some time plnn to retain
small stabble of his own, is confirmed in
his intention by Tuesdays triumph.
It was at Brookdale that Requital, the
colt Of last year, and the Futurity winner
Of 1895, was bred, and though he won in
another's interest, he was later purchas-
ed for the Brookdale stable by Colonel
w. p. Thompson, the father of the pres
ent owners of the establishment, and
followed up his 2-year-old successes by
winning the Realization in the succeed
ing season.
L'Alouette is thoroughly Brookdale
bred, being by Kinglike, from Juliette,
the dam Of numerous other winners for
the other owner, Mr.. Withers. She is
the second filly to win the great event,
The Butterflies in 1894 being the one other
of her sex to earn this distinction.
The stables hope rested chiefly in Glib
raltar the handsome brother of Henry
of Navarro, and The Huguenot L.
Alouette's latest form was fairly good,
but it was hardly up to Futurty winning
classes and the stable only ran her as an
outside chance.
Mr.Galway, the owner and breeder of
Lydian, also scored double success,
capturing $4,000 second money in ad-
ddition to $125O to the breeder of the Sec
ond horse.
James R. Keene completed the score
of breeders successes by also running
third with horse of his own breeding
This is the first time in the history of the
The herald., 1897-09-05
RECOGNIZED ode GAME"
Inquisitive Lady Gets Some Pointers
From a Crap Player

II wonder what they've lost?" re-
marked lady on Chevy Chase car the
other night, when she saw party OF
colored men on all fours about lighted
candle in the road.
II guess somebody lost pocketbook."
said her companion. perhaps some
lady dropped it from the car
"Pocketbook," chuckled' little colored
man, who wore colored shirt, big collar
and striped trousers. Dem men $ havin'
a good time in de game"
"What kind Of game can they be
playing?" asked the inquisitive little
woman.
'Dats de colored peoples game" re-
sponded the little colored man. with q
broad grin on his face.
"But what game can possibly be played
on a road at night?" persisted the
woman.
Lady, dat's craps" said the sporty
looking little informer, whose hands
were fairly itching to get hold OF "de
bones" "You see, If we folks plays craps
in de city, Judge Kimball fines US q
twenty. and it's easier for US to pay car
fare den pay de cote. And if we can't
pay we has to wear dem ugly, bad-f1ttin'
cIothes."-Washingt gton Star.
The herald., 1897-09-05

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The herald., 1897-09-05
Big Bridges

The longest bridge in the world Is that
over the Tay, in Scotland, which is 1896
feet long; and the next longest is also in
Great Britain--that over the Firth of
Forth, which is $3.50 feet in length The
following table gives the lengths Of the
principal bridges in various countries:
Tay, Great Britain, 1896 feet; Forth,
Great Britain, 5552 feet; Moerdyck, Hol-
land, 1920 feet; Volga, Russia, AIS feet;
Weichsel, Germany, 4S46 feet; Thoen,
Germany, 4172 feet; Grandez (Elbe)
States, $3.50 feet; Brooklyn, United
States, 1901 feet. The greatest single
span of the Forth bridge is 1925 feet; of
the Elbe bridge, 1873 feet, and of the East
River bridge, 1901 between the towers -
Tit-Bits.
The herald., 1897-09-05

LET me make a list" interrupted the
husband. as he desperately seized piece
of paper. "How do you spell that pas
sem something?"
And after he had struggled for twenty
minutes and written lot of things that
would have set the most intelligent clerk
crazy he crumpled the paper viciously
went 70 the little desk, filled out gen.
erous check with the rapidity of an
actor, and as he delivered it he said he
never again wanted to tackle such a
nightmare. She must look after all such
matters.-Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1897-09-05
Unwise Is Sage

Russell Sage has not, within the men,
ory Of the oldest broker, taken a vaca-
tion during the hot weather. Will it be
so in the next world, too?-Boston Globe
The herald., 1897-09-05

stake that breeders have owned and
raced the three placed horses.-New
York Papers.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-02
THE FIRST "GUN" FOR 1900,

Ex-Gov. St. John, of Kansas, al
though compelled at the present time
to work for wages in order to keep
the wolf from the door, occasionally
stops long enough to make a speech,
which generally keep the opposition
busy for several days to explain
away. The other day he made a
declaration as follows;
"If we have a accent dollar, then
we have a accent government, and
the government is III the hands of a
accent political party. find on one
side of this silvec dollar the head of
the goddess of liberty. Is it possible
that the goddess of liberty has be-
come so deteriorated and debauched
under our present financial system as
to be worth but 43 cents on the
dollar On the other side of this dol
lar l find an inscription. In God
we trust" ask you, good people,
have we at last so degenerated as tc
reduce the value of our trust in God
to 43 cents on the dollarl What the
people demand, and intend to haze
not later than 1900, is a full, unIimit-
ed legal tender, silver dollar, worth
1oo cents in the payment of debts,
with Ioo-cent government back of it
and that government in the hands Of
a Ioo-cent political party.
"Our gold-standard friends have
opened their campaign. Their first
gun was fired near H~azleton, Penn.
sylvania, a few days ago"