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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
LIFE IN A LIGHTHOUSE.
1t Calls for CenseIess Watching and
Patient HerOiSm.

P1tIent HerOl@m.
Lieut.. John NJ. Ellicott, L. S. N, con-
tributes to st. Nicholas an article about
lighthouses, which he calls The Lights
That Guide in the Night" Lieut.. Eli
colt says: One seldom thinks, when he
watches the brightly cheering and safe
ly guiding light of lighthouse, what
ceaseless watching and patient heroism
it takes to keep the light burning year
in and year out through all weathers.
Generally there is for each light only n
keeper with two assistants, and often
the keeper is assisted only by his wife,
sons or daughters. Even the most COM
fortably situated lighthouses are gen
orally on lonely headlands, with no hui
man dwellings, near. Others are on out
lying rocks, or islands swept by the
sea, and wholly cut off from land eX-
cept in fair weather. There are even
few which, built upon sunken reefs,
seem to rise from the very bed of the
ocean, and against which Storm-drlven
seas break with shocks which shake
them to their foundations. Such are
the Eddystone lighthouse, off the coast
of England at the entrance to the Eng
hsh channel, and our own Minot's
Ledge light, near the entrance to Bos-
ton harbor. These two are the most
isolated and exposed lighthouses in the
world. They were built at the utmost
peril to human life. Each was swept
away by storms after completion, and
had to be rebuilt.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
SCENES OF EXCITEMENT.
Feelings of. Members During a Diyi-
sion of the House of Commons.

Feelings of. Members During a Divi-
sion of the House of Commons.
1 do not know how there can be in
ordinary civil affairs sense of keener
excitement than is brought up by one
of those thrilling divisions in the house
of commons, writes Justin Mccarthy,
NJ. P, In the New York Independents.
All personal feeling is lost and drowned
in Il. Ones only, thought, ones only
feeling, rs for even the momentary sue
cess of the cause he has at heart. Life
seems to have been worth living IL only
to be part of that great scene of strug-
gle and of passion. Such moment
seems really, in the words. of Othello,
to make ambition virtue" For the
ambition of the vast majority. of the
members has nothing personal in it..
Most of us have not the slightest expec-
tation of being invited to become mem
bers of a new government, and never
had any possibility of place in the old
government. Therefore, the ambition
is, for the moment, entirely pure and
manly and wholesome. 1t is an ambi-
ton for the success of the party, the
measure, the policy, the cause to which
one is attached. The excitement
caused by a great division never wears
out. The emotion caused by great
division in March does not in the least
degree discount the excitement of a
critical division in June. 1t is one of
the few experiences in life which can
be renewed time after time without
pa1ling on those who are privileged to
take part in it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
Well Paid for Being Jolly.

A jovial old lady of Paris, after pro-
viding literally for some distant rela-
tives, left by will 100000 in small sums
to a large number of casual acquain-
tances that she picked up in the streets.
She was an invalid and had been left
without near relatives or connections,
but, being determined to have jolly peo-
rle about her, she gave balls and par
ties to which she invited any person
whose face attracted her in omnibuses
or shops. When she died she remem-
bered all in herMill.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
An Old Proverb.

John Haywood, the playwright and
epigrammatist, once wrote book the
object of which, as disclosed by the
title page, is singular: "A dialogue,
containing in effect the number of all
the proverbs in the English tongue,
compact in a matter concerning two
marriages" When the marquis of Win
chester, lord high treasurer, was pre-
scented with a copy of this book by the
author, he inquired what it contained,
and being answered: "AlI the proverbs
IN English" replied: What all? No,
no. Bate me an ace, quoth Bolton -
form of speech once much in vogue.
"By my faith" said Haywood, that is
not in" 1t happened that the marquis
had casually uttered the only PToverb
not in the book.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
GET WELL AND STAY WELL.
Get Rid of What Makes You Sick and
Stay Rid of 1t.

Get Rid of What Makes You Sick and
Stay Rid of 1t.
1t is so simple to be we'll that we
wonder why there are so many sick
people.
Come to think about 1t, must be be-
cause they don't know what's made
them sick.
II they knew what, they could pre-
vent 1t. and when they were sick. in
some cases cure themselves. But, so
long as we don't take more care of our
health, we shall always be sick.
The simple rules of health are:
Keep clean, take exercise, eat good
food, scour out your stomach.
The last means: Don't tolerate indi-
gestiOn. Cure it with Shaker Digestive
Cordial. A stomach full of undigested,
fermented, putrid food is the unhealth-
lest thing you can think of.
Half our diseases and troubles come
from the poisons of undigested food.
More than half of them could be cured
with Shaker Digestive Cordial.
More than half, because often when
when we think we are sick we are on
ly weak. and a course of nourishing
food digested without effort by the
stomach with the aid of Shaker Diges-
tive CordiaD would re-invigorate the
whole system and make us well.
ten cent trial bottle will prove it.
At druggists.
Write for interesting book to The
Shakers, 30 Reade street, New York.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
PERSONAL MENTION.

r. ]. Jennings, of Pearsall, is at the
Southern.
w. D. Gose and family are at the
Southern from Decatur, Texas.
Michael Mulligan, yardmaster of the
Southern Pacific, is ill at his home on
Avenue D.
Ed. Baxter and Rip Worthington
leave for Mexico tomorrow to spend
several weeks.
City Clerk Vinke has returned from
his yesterdays trip over the Gulf
Shore railway with Mr. Geo. Dullnig
and others, to the end of the track.
Mr.. ]. F. Grimes, of Houston, men,
Der of the general executive board of
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and JOiners of America, is in the city.
Mr.. Joseph Pasclain, formerly a we'll
known statiOner of this city, now rep
resenting Woodward & Herman, print
ing company, of st. Louis, is at the
Southern on his way to Mexico.
DR.. and Mrs. 1. S. Randolph left this
afternoon on the Arkansas Pass train
for Rockport where he will stop for
the next ten days. The doctor will
have a go at tarpon while there.
DR.. Amos Graves, Jr, and bride, re-
turned this morning from their we'd
ding trip to Philadelphia, Washington
and New York. Mrs. Graves will be at
home to her friends on Wednesdays at
$40 South Flores street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
AN UNCONSCIOUS THEFT.
The Watch Changed Pockets Seem
ingly with No Help.

"Did you ever pick mans pocket UNI
Intentionally" asked a young man
about town of party of acquaintances
with whom he was chatting in theater
lobby, says the Philadelphia Record.
"Well, did. 1t happened a few days
ago, and if my victim hadn't been a
particular friend of mine it would have
been decidedly embarrassing, to say the
least. You will probably say that the
accident could never have happened in
the way it did, but can bring witnesses
to prove what say. was standing in
q saloon on South Penn square talking
to an acquaintance, when l felt tug
at the back of the long frock coat 1
wore. l paid no particular attention
to it, for the place was crowded and
many people before had pushed me.
In a moment, however, somebody
touched me on the shoulder and said:
Give me my watch, Jack L looked
around and found the speaker to be a
great friend of mine. L haven't got
your watch, JIM said. oh, come off,
said he, you pulled it out of my pocket
as passed you He was very serious
about it and so / became serious, too.
protested that couldn't possibly have
taken the watch, and my first friend
bore me out. Finally Jim said he
thought his chain might have caught
upon one of the buttons at the back of
my coat. L put my hand back and felt
in the tail pocket, whose
opening was just under the two useless
buttons which tailors tack on there. l
reached in and there was Jim's watch
sure enough. The timepiece had been
vanked out of Jims pocket into mime.
Fact, s'helD me"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
DOG WITH A HISTORY.
He Has Covered 10000 Miles in a Life
of Four Years.

or FOur ears.
One of the most travelled dogs on rec
ord is Donnie H., black and tan dachs-
hund, which is exhibited at Cruft's
show in London. Donnie is the prop
erty of an officer in the English army,
Capt. MacMahon, and in a life of lit
tie more than four years has travelled
some 10000 miles, 5000 of them on
horseback. He has traversed land and
sea, crossed deserts and mountain
ranges, and been, with his master, a
participant in many deeds of endurance
and adventure.
Donnie was born September is, 1892,
in England, and when seven months
old was sent to Capt. MacMahon in In
dia by friends. The journey, first by
sea, then by land, through Sind to
Beluchistan, during a time of great
heat, was the first test of the puppy's
endurance. He stood it well and soon
began his journeys on horseback, a
mode of travelling to which he seemed
to take naturally. He accompanied his
master on long riding tours through
Zhob and other parts of Beluchistan to
Simla, and from Peshawur to Cabul.
In the spring of 1894 Capt. MacMahon
was appointed British commissioner of
the Beluch-Afghan boundary commits
sion and took Donnie with him
through the Gomal valley to the Afghan
frontier. Here dog and master re-
manned for more than year, enduring
together extremes of heat and cold,
hardship and privation. Then came an
other horseback journey through India
and a voyage from Bombay to England.
Later a return to India again and jour-
rey through the southern part of the
country, something of a pleasure trip
this time, Capt. MacMahon being on the
staff of the viceroy. This was followed
by more travels and hardships in the
wilds of Afghanistan and trip to the
Persian boundary. Dog and master
are now both in England.
Donnie is n most expert equestrian,
With his headquarters against his mas
ter's thigh, and occasionally leaning
against his body for support, he rides
without even steadying hand. The
horse may walk, trot, canter or gallop,
but the dog is not disturbed. He even
maintains perfect equanimity during q
reasonably difficult jump.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
THE MARKETS.

st. Louis, Mo, April Cattle re-
ceipts 1000; market steady; Texas and
Indian steers SO and $40: cows and
heifers 1925 and 1925. Sheep; receipts
5000; Texans $3.50 and s4.25.
New York, May 1.-The cotton mar
ket opened easy with near months I'M
changed to five points higher and far
months two to three points lower
Trading was moderately active and
fairly well scattered through the sum-
mer and fall months. Favorable news
from Liverpool caused a better feeling
in the near positions on call. Wall
street was a seller early III the session.
Following call a steadier feeling pre-
vailed on shorts covering to even up
accounts over Sunday. but the mar
ket again eased off later under local
selling and at II a. m, was barely
steady at a net decline of 4 to points
Sales $4,000 bales.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
BLOOD AND BURNING.
Rape and Murder in Waller County.
An Old Man, Young Woman
and a Little Child the


Victims.
Special to the Light
Sunnyside. May 1.-The most awful
crime that has ever disgraced this
country was perpetrated at the home
of Henry Daniels, an old negro, near
this place. A robbery committed last
fall had been traced to the Thomas
boys, who confessed and charged the
lnstigation of it and the reception of
the money to old man Daniels. He
spent the money and the boys got
none, so they determined to kill him.
On Wednesday night they beat him to
death, ravished his stepdaughter and
his little grandchild, only years old.
threw the older bodies into the house.
which they set on fire, and that of the
child in the well. When the family
put in no appearance suspicion was
aroused and the premises searched.
bringing the body in the well to light
and the charred remains of bones in
the fire. BlOOdhOunds were brought
into use and on Friday the trail was
taken to the house of the Thomas boys
who were apprehended, and with them
those who aided them in their hellish
crimes. The guilty parties were Fa-
yette Rhone, q years old; Will Gates.
40 years old; Louis Thomas, 20 years
old; Aaron Thomas, 10 years old: Jim
Thomas, IA years old; Benny Thomas.
10 years old, the last four brothers. and
William were arrested. When taken
they were smeared with blood and q
bloody shirt was found hidden in Rich
mond's house. The bloodhounds work
ed splendidly and after the boys Were
confronted with the evidence they own
ed to committing the crime and laid
the killing on Louis, the oldest.
While the prisoners were under
guard large body of citizens, mostly
negroes. overpOwered the guard. tool,
their prisoners to the Brazos bottom
and hung them on the limbs of a large
oak tree. One of the prisoners. vii
liams made his escape, and at tbis
writing had not been apprebendad
All is now quiet, as the confession of
the prisoners leaves no doubt of tbair
guilt and the general opinion of ALI CIT
liens is that only justice has baan
done. '"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
WONDERFUL! MARVELLOUS!
Was Topper for Years, But Cured in
Three Days.

A new and genuine miracle worker
has located in San Antonio in the per-
son of DR.. ]. J. McKanna, formerly of
Houston, who is at present located in
a cosy office at No. $40 West Commerce
street, up stairs. DR.. McKanna is a
pleasant faced kindly man, most
agreeable to talk with and he gains the
confidence of his callers in the first
half dozen words of the meeting. His
speciality is the cure and eradication
of the liquor disease or habit and this
he guarantees to do in only three days
treatment and that he is successful
several thankful patients he has al
ready cured are eager to testify. One
of these gentlemen today requested the
privilege of an interview in the Daily
Light regarding the doctors wonderful
cure of his case and to a Light man
said:
1T is marvellous! Wonderful! 1
can hardly express my gratitude suf-
ficiently for release from the thraldom
which the continual and excessive use
of alcoholic stimulants had cast over
me. L have been drinking off and on
since L was Il years of age. At first
/ was only an occasional drinker and
felt no ill effects from it, but of late
years L needed more and more to sat
isfy my appetite until it got to be a
daily occurrence for me to come down
town to my office only after l had two
or three or more "bracers" so L could
do my work. During the day began
to drink quite often and by quitting
time l felt like 1 must take flask of
liquor home with me so i could have
something to drink at night. This
was a regular thing although L would
fight off the feeling and try my very
best to overcome it and assert my
manhood.
Last Tuesday a friend of mine came
to me anu asked me to go with him to
see DR.. McKanna and 1 did so. The
doctor took my case In charge and
gave me the first dose of medicine.
some kind of a rather pleasant drink.
and / felt better. In the course of a
half hour he gave me a powder and la
ter on another, and we stepped down
stairs and l took a glass of beer. At
terward during this day and the two
days following followed his treatment
think nothing short of the marvellous
has befallen me. 1 am a new man
and feel no desire whatever to take
any stimulants. My appetite and di-
gestion is perfect and L not only enjoy
my coffee and good smoke before
breakfast, but all my meals are hear
ty and l feel like can face the world
again. 1 would advise all my friends
and the public generally, who are in
the grasp of the terrible whisky hab-
it to call on DR.. McKanna and become
cured"
The management of this paper will
furnish the name of the above gentle
man to any persons applying.
DR.. McKenna says he has located in
this city permanently and will erect
a sanitarium on one of our beautiful
suburban heights.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
MYSTERIOUS TUNNEL.

A tunnel which extends half across
Crockett street directly back of the
First National bank building, has been
discovered, and is attracting great GU
riosity today, the general supposition
being that it was the preliminary work
to an attempt to rob the bank vault.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
UNFORTUNATE ALL AROUND,

Miss Tillie Peters was ironing at her
home, PIP Milan street, Thursday af-
ternoon, when her dress caught fire.
In trying to extinguish the blaze she
fell and broke her right arm. Mrs.
Peters also burnt her hands while res
Cuing her daughter
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
JUDGE CAMPS COURT.

The jury in the Irvine-Joske damage
suit, on trial in the Forty-fifth District
court, gave a verdict for plaintiff in
the sum of $3.50 yesterday.
J. N. GroesbeCk is suing Sarah C.and
Walter T. Millington, ct. al, on notes
in the sum of $14,75O and for foreclos-
ure of lien on certain lots in Rockport.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
MIR. WAGNER APPOINTED

Mr.. Walter Wagner, of this city, has
received information that his father,
Hon. Joseph H. Wagner, Of Paris. Ills,
has been appointed as custodian of the
Soldiers Orphan Home. located at
Bloomington, Ills. The place is a very
important one and was much sought
for.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
AFTER THE DEFAULTER.

Chicago, May Harry NJ. Mason, a
mail clerk, running between Mackin-
aw and Houghton, was arrested last
night harged with robbing the mails.
He is a nephew of Ex-Governor Rich,
of Michigan.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
An Electric Rat Trap.

An electric wire with a bit of cheese
on the end is the latest rat trap. The
rat or mouse stands upon a small metal
plate as he takes the bait, and so his
body becomes the medium for COM
plotting the electric circuit. He is cleo
trocuted before he has done more than
smell the cheese
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

F. ]. Beitel to Mrs. S. E. Sennett, lot
3, block %, outlot ISL; $7044O.
NJ. A. and w. H. Harrigan to Franz
Edward and Emma Meisel, lot l, block
20, on Wyoming street; $780,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-07-16
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE,
NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND RARTFoRp
RAILROAD.
BERKSHIRE DIVISION

NEW HAvEN-North, 9.35 q. m, 100 p. IN.
South, OBS a. m, 30 p. m.
sHELrON-North. 1908 a. M, 4.24 p. m. South,
1929 a. M, 74 p. Dl.
TEVENsON-North. 1Ol6 a. M, 4.36 D. m.
South, 1915 a. M, ITO pm.
hONROE-North. t10.24 a. M, TAI p. N.
so%sF6k fiEG 20 m 4sS PSI e a 1905 AL
6.57 p: m. Sunday, 1856 a. m. South, 1905
EWToWN-North. 7.44, 1899 a. M, 1920, 455
1.05 p. m. Sunday, 7.44 a. m. South,
6.59, S:47, 9:57, n.27 a: m..425 6I5. 6.6op. m.
LAWLEYYIL1E-North, TSP, lO.48 a. NJ,
l2.40, 5.O4, 7.l3 p. In. Sundays 1872 a. IN.
South, 6.51, $3.50, 948 II. l6 n 4.19, 800, 6.39
=, m: Sunday, 5:57 p: M.
SROOKFIELD JUNCTION-North, SOB, II OF
a. m. South, 6.42. $50, $40, lilo a. M, $50,
400 6-34 p. m. Sunday DAB D. m.
Notwithstanding sos, 1l.l3 a. m 1.2O,
5.33, 727 p. M. Sunday, sos. South. 6.37,8.2P,
II 90 a: M, 5.ll, 6;22 P: m. Sunday, 5-3l p. m
q. NJ, $40 p. M. South, $50, $40 a. m,
4.59, 6I2 p. IN. Sunday, north. 1915 a. H.
south, 1926 p. m.
NEW MILFORD-North, s.22, 1925 a. M, EOS,
5-3S. 5.4S, 7-40 p. M. Sunday, S.22 a.. m. South.
625, sos, 923, 1O48 a. M, SAT, 4.4S, SOS, 20,
p. m. Sunday, $40.
MERWINSVILLE-Nort 8-35, II .3S a. M, 81 \,
6.06 p. m. Sunday,S.35 am. South, 1875 am,
4.26, SAG p. NJ. Sunday, 4.57 p. m.
KENT-North, S.49, II AZ a. m, 1923, $40 p. m.
Sunday, $40 a. m. South, 1923 a. m, 1923, 4.O4,
5.35 p. M. Sunday,437 p. m
GORNW ALL BRIDGE-North. sos a. M, u. OF,
4.20,6.35, p. m. Sunday, sos a. m. South, l0.lI
8. M, 31I, 34I, 5.23 p m. Sundays ALA p. IN.
VEST CORNW ALL-North, 9I4 a. m, T. II,
40, 6.45 p. In. Sunday ,9.l4 a. m. South, 1903
q. NJ, BOB, 3.24, 5.l5 D. IN. SundaY,40l p. IN.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-07-16
Local Affairs.
THE TIME TO GLoAT.

THE NEwTowN BEE says: SIN mod
est paragraph the New Haven Palladium
states that the directory publishers esti'
mate the population Of that city al
10000. The Palladium has such q
breezy, Western style of gloating over
the achievements of that interesting
town, that we are indeed surprised at the
calmness with which it receives so I'M
portant an announcement. 1t was GER
tainly worthy of an editorial leader of
column or MORE"
Our buzzing contemporary must also
have noted that when the Palladium
"gloats," it is over some achievement
that is not likely to be ecllpsed. 1t
doesn't work it's gloater on slight provo
cation. The fact that New Haven has
10000 population is gratifying, to be
sure, but after the annexation Of the
half dozen suburban towns, including
Bridgeport, which the close of the CEN
tury may witness-then will be the time
for gloating II Palladium.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-07-16

We observe that the Hon Theodore
Sedgwick Gold of West Cornwall has
been reelected secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture. When he was left
off as a member of the State Board of Ag-
riculture by the recent act Of the Lagis-
lature, some thought that the frugal Sec
rotary from West Cornwall had conclud-
ed his labOrs In this department. But the
venerable gentleman seems to have q
"lead pipe cinch' on this job, and the ell
ement which wanted a younger man In
this position, and certain other people
who wanted to shelve him for other rea-
sons, will have to wait for another peri
cd. No one complains, 80 far as we have
heard, of the administration Of the af-
fairs of this office by Mr. Gold. His life-
long habit of economy he has carried out
in his department. When he journeys
of to conventions and the like, tits said
that he does not charter hacks and run
up big bills for expenses. But on alight-
ing from the train at the end of his jour-
ney he places his black slouch hat square
ly on his head, and with his cotton um-
brella and grip sack trots off to the con-
ventlon hall, or climbs aboard trolley
car and takes ride. Say what you may
and aside from all Joking, such faithful
ness in details and desire to run his de
partment as he would his own business
is not to be shifted st. Especially so
when we view the tendency to squandel
public money. 1t might not be bar
thing II there were more Uncle Theo
dore's in public office.