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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

For ways that are Diary and for trick.
that are vain,
The young Texas Scion can raise the
most cain.
His head is so big, so much bigger
than brain.
"a pocket edition of George Francis
Train)
That he ought to be shut in asylum
insane,
Until his cerebrum RECEIVERS it's strain,
And he learns it is wise not to try it
again.
He will read his own name in this
simple refrain;
his name,
AS dictator his power is now on the
wane,
And the blood of the bills that his.
bosship has slain,
Like blot on the records of Texas has
lain.
And in years that come after will
on her remain,
A bloody, unsightly, indeIible stain
Causing people and party perpetual
pain,
Through series of plumbers, so pal
pably plain,
That no triumph of self could account
the a gain.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

The concerns that do d large credit
| business have to charge their debts
to profit and loss acxcount and those
who, pay cash or meet their obligations
at maturity have to settle for the debts
Of the delinquents by overcharges. If
this Is not done then that concern goes
to the wall. The same is true of the
city government in it's collection of
taxes. If the taxes are not paid by one
class they must be paid by another
and the prompt taxpayer in the end
pays his own taxes and those of the
delinquent. This must be so or the
municipal hopper would not have a
grist in it. AS consequence the tax
rate must be made high enough to
cover the delinquencies and this raises
the taxes of those who pay to an I'M
just degree. The only remedy is in a
prompt collection of taxes; with the
consent of the taxpayer if he pays;
by due process of law if he does not
come to time. There is nothing but
horse sense and business in this.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Cleveland and his clique regard
themselves as the only true and in
vincible and infallible Democracy and
Bryan looks at his following and says
that there is perfect harmony in the
Democratic ranks, but there is a fac
ton that poses as a party. Cleveland
and Bryan are as far apart in their
construction as Spain and Cuba, or
Turkey and Greece. 1t is no matter,
however, as the country is not now
looking to the Democratic party for
anything more than a kick
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
DEMAND FOR FLINTLocKS.
They Are Made to Delight African and
Other SaVages.

Strange as it may appear, flintlock
musl1ets are not merely a record of by
gone ages, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. In 1895 no fewer than 1890,
900 gunfints were produced at the
Lingheath mines, Brandon, Suffolk,
England. These hints ore chiefly to de-
light African and other savages, who,
having been so long used to flintlocks,
are reluctant to give them up.
The method of manufacturing these
gun fints is very interesting. In the
operation of thanking" the worker
will take quarter" in his left hand
and placing it on his knee, around
which a protecting band of leather has
been strapped, gently tap the flint with
hammer, giving it each time a we'll
directed blow. At every tap flake six
inches long and one inch wide falls into
his hand and, if a good one, is deposited
in a pail by his side, all bad ones being
discarded. The knappers work these
1ints with hammers with long, thin
heads, often made of old files, trans
versely striking the strip of flint on an
iron fixed in their benches.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
IT SAVES CHILDREN,S LIVES.

Whites Cream Vermifuge insures
your child against one serious danger.
1t promptly rids it of worms. 1t acts
thoroughly but is just as harmless as
a children's remedy should be. Has
been sold for years and received the
warmeSt praise OF. grateful mothers
everywhere.
If your child is peevish. restless, if
its breath is bad, IL it picks it's nose
or starts in its sleep. suspect the pres
ence of worms. Health and right
growth cannot come until the trouble
is removed. Cream Vermifuge canDSr
fail. Price % cents. Sold by Z
Reuss aud G. .Schasse.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
MONDAY, MAY 8, 1897.

SpreCkles thinks that the Hawaii
treaty of commerce with the United
States will be abrogated. 1t will not
be abrogated unless it can be shown
that it is detrimental to this country
to maintain it. 1t is singular that the
Japs and other foreigners in Hawaii
are hot at that treaty if. as Spreckles
says, it is to the benefit of the foreign
eTs in Hawaii.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
A FINE BARGAIN.
Cash Price only $1,000.

Consists of lot 5Ox156 feet, east front
house rooms, hall and bath, front
and back gallery, oil finish, hot water,
3 fiues, all household goods, good oil
cloth on hall, dining room, and kitch-
en-, carpet and mating in two rooms.
Place for feed, buggy, horse and COW.
? chicken houses, over 100 chickens.
nicely fenced vegetable garden. 6 hy-
drants, good set law books and office
furniture, grapes and figs, bearing,
peach, plum and shade trees, quiet
neighborhood, free from dust and cool
in summer, running water in corner
of lot for horse, COW and chickens, 10
minutes walk to courthouse or Aran-
sas Pass depot, and under late ordi-
nance scent car fare to any depot.
All virtually new, and good houses all
around it, should rent easily for $500
unfurnished. Apply at 211 Bots Dare
street. 4-2s-1t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
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Home advertisements payable on
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Using payable in advance. ONLY
METAL CUTS PRINTED.
Special rates gwen on larger space
ard long time advertisements. Dtn-
count given for CASH.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Hawaii is suffering from the attempt
of the semi-barbarious hordes of the
east to run her affairs. Uncle Samuel
should promptly administer on that
estate which the government offers
him over in those islands. There is
no time for doing the act like the pres
ent
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
TO CORRESPONDENTS

T Ali communications for this paper
should be accompanied by the name of
the author, not necessarily for publ
cation, but as an evidence Of good faith
on the part Of the writer. Write on
one side Of the paper in a plain hand.
Anonymous communications will not
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,aponsible for the statements Of its cor
RESPONDENTS,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

The newspapers of the opposition
have not made sufficient capital out
their assaults on Mark Hanna to war
rant them keeping up the attack, but
they have got the habit and find, it
hard to drop. knowledge grows, but
wisdom fingers so long that it never
comes, sometimes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Bryan, late of the swinging-a
the-circle prophets, is the only one of
the class with eyesight clear enough to
discover a harmonious Democratic par
ty. He vitiates his statement however
by declaring that there is also a fac
tional Democracy. What does Cleve-
land think of that
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

The edict has gone forth from the
headquarters of the Cuban insurgents
that the war against Spain and for the
independence of the island must be
pushed during the heated term in
which the foreign troops find it impos-
sible to keep on their legs and out of
hospital. Wise orders.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

That terrible crime and it's equally
terrible punishment in Waller county
tell their own story of the inhumanity
of man to his fellow. When young
children are the subject OF brutal lust
it seems that the reign of evil was well
nigh triumphing. No rope cures that
tendency.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Snap shots in Galveston News says
War is the mother of crime" Is the
egg the mother of the chicken or vice
versa? Certain it is that crime is the
mother of war. When crime ceases
there will be no war, but crimes will
continue when there are no more ma
tiOnal armies.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

st. Louis puts her politics into her
pleasures and arranges for a measur-
ing Of clubs between the Republicans
and the Democratic members Of the
election commissioners clerical family.
Next
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Allen of Nebraska has, found his
place, it is in the United States Senate,
where no power on earth can prevent
one from firing off his mouth when it
is loaded. This suits Allen.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.

AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.
The following named are authorised
collectors of the Light:
H. c. SCHUMACHER, Advertising,
W. T. SCHUMACHER.
DAN c. BITTER, Subscription.
HARVEY L. STEELE
Subscribers are requested not to pay
their subscription without taking re-
ccipt.
T. B. JOHNSON, Manager
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Great Britain is going to meet oppo-
sition in corralling all of South Africa.
The old Boer in Transvaal has his
weather eye open and Germany will
back him with France as allY-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Bayards eulogy of Cleveland savors
too fuch of the defense of the feed at
torney for his client. If the minister
to Great Britain by favor of Cleveland
would not defend him. who would.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
Russian Language in China.

The Amur Gazette states that the
Chinese government has made it OBJ
igatory for all cadets in the military
and naval schools in China to learn
Russian.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Another filibuster expedition quietly
slips it's cable on the lone New Jersey
shore and carries its freight and arms
and munitions to the beleagured Gu
bans. There are more to follow.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

There may be a little too much
starch in the regulation civil service
reform, possibly, but the man who at
tempts to take it out finds that he is
in hot water in the attempt.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Greece is still sputtering in the east
ern frying pan, and the Powers will
let her sputter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

England is fast assuming the place
of step-mother to Canada. 1t will on
ly be step farther and there will be
no relationship at all, at least none
that Canada will acknowledge.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

The religious conventions that hold
the boards in this city find San Antonio
famous place for their conventions.
Her piety is also as conspicuous as her
hospitality.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Cattle and sheep are browsing out
their thanks to the dispenser of the
moisture up stairs.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

The Greek and Turkish situation is
full of improbabilities, and possibly of
impOssibilities.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

The proceedings of the Texas Leg
islature demonstrate that the most
autocratic of all bodies is a Demo-
cratic Legislature seeded down to
grass with an irresponsible majority.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

The rains that descend from Heaven
and return not thither have refreshed
all South Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Crop bulletins in the southern states
outside of the overlooked districts are
much more favorable than the reports
form the more northern localities.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

1t is waste of breath to attempt to
prove the self-evident, and that is
what ails all attempts to show that
Cleveland will not be again president
of this country.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

Cuban affairs are not shaping them
selves bit to the liking of Weyler.
but he does not say So
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

John Bull has quietly taken in the
island of Norfolk, off New South Wales.
He would ask for a potato patch on
the side if he. owned the world.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
CITY CIRCULATION NOTICE.

Mr.. Dan. c. Bitter, from date, has
been given entire charge Of the City
circulation of the Daily and Sunday
Light, and will deliver papers to sub
scribers and collect for same. All COM
plants for non-delivery and changes
can be given to him or telephoned to
the office.
T. B. JOHNSON,
Manager San Antonio Light.
Ban Antonio, Texas, May ., 1895.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

1t is more profitable to manufacture
war news by the column than to fight
the columns.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

The prize fighting trust seems to be
doing land Office business at the old
stand.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
GO TO

VIM. Cameron & Co., for door and
window screens, corner Lamar and
Chestnut and 3O6 South Flores street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

All contracts or bills MUST be ap-
proved by the Secretary or Manager.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-01
He Renohcd His Limit.

The sma,l boy, little Victor, has
reached the uge when enforced prayers
are especial denominations, although
taken homeopathioaily he is willing to
indorse prayers somewhat. But the pro-
tracted applications for blessings upon
his relatives unto the third and fourth
generation do not strike him with great
favor. He bad got as far as God bless
papa and mamma and grandmamma, "
and seemed inclined to stick at that sta
ton.
"And sister Jennie" his father
prompted.
"And God bless Sissie Dennie. "
"And brother Frank" the prompter
suggested.
"And God bless Buzzy Facky, sleep
lily.
"And Auntie Jo?''
eyes God bless Aunty 10, buI
Please God don't bless anybody else,
Pze too Sleepy. Chicago Record.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-01
IN NATURAL CoLoRS.
Lifellke Tints Impaired to an Ordinary
Photograph.


Lifellke Tints Impaired to an Ordinary
Photograph.
It has been known for a long time
that if the suns rays are allowed to
shine upon the glass side of photo
graphic negative and the eye is brought
into the proper position it is possible
to see the positive picture in the origi-
nal natural colors of the object photo
graphed From a scientific standpoint
this is sometimes matter Of very
great Importance In order to bring out
this quality Of a negative independently
of the SUMS rays Professor Lippmann
has, after long study, constructed al
apparatus which enables him to obtain
the same result with artificial light. He
employs gas lamp with a Welsbach
burner, the rays Of which are thrown
upon the negative by means Of lens,
in order to have the rays strike the neg
alive parallel.
The negative is for the purpose
mounted upon a wooden stand with a
black polished surface. Another large
lens, held in black frame, is mounted
OH separate stand, and diaphragm
held upon the same stand is provided
Immediately in front of the focus of
this larger lens. To see the picture i'll
all its natural beauty of color the angle
at which the negative is examined must
be exactly the same as the angle at
which the parallel rays strike it, 1t is
in the reflection of the light rays and
its distribution through the larger lens
that the picture, which is fastened upon
the negative in dull black tones, is
again dissolved into its original re-
splcndent beauty, Aside from its scien-
titic Importance, it is matter of con-
siderable moment for instance, in re-
production of portraits in oil after a
photograph, since tints Of hair, eyes
and complexion are plainly discernible
in the artificially colored positive thus
produced from the black negative. lex.
change,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-01
STRANGE SEA MONSTERS.
The Sting Ray and the Sea Lizard Are
Queer Customers.

The Sting Ray and the Sea Lizard Are
Queer Customers.
The sting ray, member Of the skate
family, is q dangerous inhabitant Of
Florida waters. The largest specimens
of the kind, weighing from 400 to 500
pounds, live at great depths and are
seldom found inshore, but rays from 20
to 40 pounds are often encountered near
the land, and natives consider them to
be fully as dangerous as the octopus or
the much dreaded blue shark.
The fish is a large, broad, fiat bellied
creature, with eyes of a golden tint, a
sharp, spearlike appendage at the end
of the back and long, slender tail that
reminds one much Of blaoksnake whip.
This whip tail serves as lariat with
which an enemy may first be lassoed,
and then The barbed spine finishes the
work by decorating the victim in a
frightful manner. The sting ray is o
villainous creature from any point Of
view and has no friends in this or any
other latitude.
In the Atlantic ocean between the
shores of the Bahama islands and the
Florida coast there lives "a strange crea-
ture known Gs the glaucus, or sea lizard.
1t is seldom if ever found near the
land, but seems to prefer deep water and
a hot sea, especially where a strong cur
rent exists. 1t is well known that this
porGion of the gulf stream crowded in
between the Bahamas and Florida is
very rapid, I'D therefore the conditions
so favorable to the sea lizard are here to
be found to IL greater degree than else
where in the known world.
AS q substitute for fore legs it has two
broom shaped fans, and from about the
middle of the body, including the tail,
there are several more fins that spread
out like fam st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-01
The Dnngers of Dirern.

The greatest danger to those who dive
into the sea for valuables that have
been sunk is that Of falling asleep.
On u hot day the contrast between
the heat above and the drlcious cool
ness below water Is apt 10 make diver
sleepy. One Of THESE men stated that
he once slept half an hour at the bot
tom of wreck, where he was laying u
pipe.
Supposing that had happened in a
channel where tie THE runs so swiftly
that diver can work only during the
one hour Of slack water, the deadly
rush Of tide would have snapped the
lifeline and hose. Then in working
wrecks there is the danger Of getting
jammed in between freight or of get
ting the hose or line entangled. When
the hose snaps at u great depth the ire
mendous pressure kills the diver. He is
frightfully distorted by it.-Pearson'
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-01
The LITTLE FRENCH GIRL
She Is Miniature Woman and Is Taught
All Feminine Arts.

She Il q Miniature Woman and Is Taught
All Feminine Arts.
However innocent she may be, a little
French girl is much more of little
woman than child Of any other ma,
tionality. She does not romp; she IL
demure and quiet in her games, which
are often limitations Of grown person s
life. She is trying to learn how to be
the mistress of her house by means OF
her dolls, furniture, kitchen and dishes.
Feminine arts are still part OF every
we'll arranged French education. Men
really care more for these accomplish
ments than for others, as they make
stay at home wives who look after their
households, and as Frenchwoman' 8
principal aim is to please her future
husband every mother prepares her
daughter for this end. This is why she
does not permit too close an intimacy
with little boy cousins, because ten
years later a jealous husband would
take a dislike to these friendly cousins,
nor would he like his wife's bosom
friends, in whom she confdes and who
never leave her, any better
Mothers, therefore, permit few if any
intimacies, and these are all winnowed
and selected with the greatest care One
advantage of this system is that the
name of friend is not carelessly bestowed
right and left. 1t takes time and gocl
reasons for simple acquaintance to rise
to that rank The mother not only
wards of llttle boy cousins and inti-
mate girl friends, but she discourages
the little girl in showing off her knowl-
edge out of the classroom, for she ID
fully aware that nothing could be less
attractive in the eyes Of the expected
lord and master than a bluestccking.
A bright little girl | could name had
by chance picked up some astronomical
scraps, together with other scientific
facts, which allowed her to shine now
and then. One evening, while playing
in the garden, she heard friend OF her
fathers exclainl, "What dazzling
star!" ''That is not star, sir, she
said; sit is a planet" Her mother was
in despair, for she would rather hun
dred times have found her ignorant
than have seen her "show of, " or capa-
BILE of committing the eIormity Of con-
tradicting an older person. 81 hope, !"
she said jestingly, as sort Of excuse,
THAT when she is IS the poor little
thing will have forgotten a great part
of what she knows todayW-Th. Bent
zon in Century.