San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 246, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1898 Page: 2 of 8
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1898.
General Merritt fresh from the
Philippines is of the opinion that it is
the duty of the United States to take
the Philippines and establesh good
government there. It is in his opinion
the only way in which they will be
properly governed and tijeir advan-
tages and resources properly conserv-
ed and developed. He thinks that
the task would not be difficult and
that the people would prove tract-
able. This is also the opinion of the
great bulk of the American people..
There is not a doubt that the news-
papers that have been challenged to
show cause for their charges against
the administration will try and prove
up. Either they will substantiate
their charges or stand in the pillory
of public condemnation as the most
pestiferous liars of the age. In any
event the facts are going to be reach-
ed and they will show the administra-
tion of army matters in a much more
favorable light than the Democratic
newspapers have done.
It will be a relief to the country to
have the divisional line drawn in the
defamatory press reports between
that w-hich is true and that which is
false that which is wired for political
effect in the coming elections and that
which is wired in good faith as actual-
ly so.
The representative candidates for
the coming state legislature should all
be pledged to a revisal of the present
libel law and its substitution by a de-
cent statute before they receive the
aid of a single newspaper in support
of their candidacy. The newspapers
can help this thing out if they will. It
is largely in their own hands. The
present law is simply infamous.
It is not the essay against the libel
law that is going to change it. nor
will the editorial showing of its ne-
cessity and equity do it. for these
have all been invoked. What will do
it is the pledge of the several repre-
sentatives to work and vote for such
a measure as the press of the state
approve. Such pledges can be se-
cured by the newspapers of the state
if they try.
The arrest of the Quays in connec-
tion with the troubles of the defunct
People’s bank of Philadelphia is no
doubt a political dodge but If it is no
more than that it will come back as a
boomerang to the fellows who so un-
skillfully threw it. Quay is not to
be caught in such a trap.
Manufactured mineral waters have
grown Jo such an extent in eastern
Eurpoe and the fraud is extending so
rapidly that the Hungarian govern-
ment has been obliged to intervene
and put the manufacture under ban.
These waters are sold as Simon pure
In this country. We do not sell
wooden nutmegs any more and Europe
can give us points on all pernicious
food adulterations. But none the
less will Europe cry out against the
sharp practice of the American man-
ufacturers.
The Aguinaldo furore will die out
as soon as the peace conditions are
setttled and the American occupation
of the Philippines will not be seriously
Interfered with by him and his fol-
lowers. The fact Is that he Is only
followed by a small minority of the
tribes in Luzon.
There are more people on the polit-
ical fence in Texas than the ordinary
politician knows any thing about. The
fact is that the live men of the state
the most progressive classes are dead
disgusted with the whole political
movement in the state. The Repub-
lican party has made itself a nonentity
by its miserable shiftless mismanage-
ment; the Populist party is as erratic
as a frightened Texas steer in a
crowded street and almost as danger-
ous; the Democratic party has a name
to live and is dead and only lives on
the name having no vitality to reform
the flagrant abuses in the constitution
and in the statutes. If a real live
opposition to the Democratic party
could be organized having Its roots
in ability and a disposition to reform
the beastly democratic majority so of-
ten boasted of would disappear like
a dream at the break of day.
“Self Culture” is one of the most
readable of the ten cent monthlies. It
is not written to amuse but to in-
struct and answers the ends of its
origination. It is not a mere rehash
of abstractions but is full of jive up-
to-date matter. The October number
contains some excellent articles on
the present relations of this ePuntry
to Spain and to England as well
while its editorial comments embrace
a wide field of world operations. It is
published at Akron 0. by the We.-ner
company. It is beautifully printed
type clean and clear and large. The
aim of the magazine is to imporve
those who are seeking to cultive self
adding to their knowledge.
It is amusing to hear the Democrats
in one breath extolling the president
for the great number of Democratic
confederate officers he has appointed
to high stations in the army and in
the next breath hear these same men
denouncing him as a partisan presi-
dent. The Democratic papers are full
of the same inconsistency. President
McKinley has cut party distinctions
more distinctively than any other man
who has been in the hair of the chief
magistracy of the nation.
The war correspondents will in all
probability be called upon to testify
before the War department. The
man who serves Shafter up as a cow-
ard and a man wso kept his tent while
the fighting was going on and who
would have been annihilated save for
the other officers who disobeyed his
positive orders that correspondent
should by all means be made to eat his
words or prove them. There would
be some sense in confronting that man
with Shafter before the commission.
Hobson is of the opinion that the
sunken ships of the Spanish navy may
be worth more than the cold iron that
is in them. He is making the experi-
ment and will save all that is possible.
The soldiers of the war of 1861-5 on
both sides state as far as their expe-
rience goes that the food and hospital
service and camp equippage of this
war are far better than in 1861-5.
And now the doctors are about to
take their innings on the question of
whether the doses of quinine were
sufficiently large as administered in
the camps to do any good. Perhaps
the were so large that they shook
the poor patients out of their livers
they were like some of the doctors in
Chickahominy swamp during McLel-
lan's campaign they would do it sure.
St. Louis is going into the election
of a city ticket on party lines. The
Republicans are going to mak# a dead
set to govern the city and county as
well as the state. The redemption
of that state by the Republicans this
fall would mean crucial defeat of the
Democrats in 1900.
Havana seldom tells the truth but
the papers of that city say that 60
per cent of the white population of
the island have perished during this
war with Spain. As few of them fell
in battle the statement shows what
fruits the starvation policy of Weyler
has brought forth. The nation that
could suffer such things to be has no
right to exist upon the face of the
earth. The United States would be
Justified in the great court of human-
ity in stripping her naKed.
All bigots political are not found out-
side of the Republican party. There
are Republicans in New York who
would electioneer for the devil if he
was running against Platt. This
shows the extent to which Platt is
detested in some Republican quarters
but It also shows a senseless preju-
dice.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if It
fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has
L. R. Q.. on each tablet. 9-17-8 m
AN ASININE JURY
A parcel of fools on an Alabama
Jury found a verdict in a damage suit
against the Birmingham Post for an
unfavorable criticism of a play. There
was no allegation ot malice but the
plaintiff said he had lost money in con-
sequence of the Post’s adverse Judg-
ment. In commenting ujjon this cae
the St. Joseph (Mn.) News says:
"It would be a nice state of affairs
if the public Journals were compelled
by law to say only complimentary
things of a play lest they might dam-
age box receipts. The trouble today
is that the newspapers do not general-
ly deal honesty with the bad plays.
The public have the right to expect an
■honest and truthful statement of the
character and merits of a play or a
cast asd a newspaper is not honest
nor worthy of public support that will
allow the business office Interests to
control its criticisms. Newspapers
should cease entirely to criticise plays
or do it fairly and fearlessly without
and influence from advertising patron-
age."
—“Many have said their children
would have died of croup if Chamber-
lain’s Cough Remedy had not been giv-
en” writes Kellem & Ourren druggists.
Seaview Va. “People come from far
and near to get it and speak of it in
the highest terms.” This is equally
true of thia remedy In every community
where tt is known. Buy a bottle at any
drug store and test it for yourself.
FAMOUS VESUVIUS
Is Again Threatening Death and De
struction.
Mount Vesuvius Is again in eruption
and frightful misery and Immense
damage is apprehended. Nine new
craters are counted around the central
crater but even this extra vent does
nothing toward checking the flow of
lava although there Is a marked ces-
sation in the more violent belchlngs of
Are and smoke.
’ The meteorological observatory on
the part of the volcano known as Mt.
Contaroni is seriously threatened by
the subsiding of the ground on which
it is built.
The lava torrent near the crater
which has a width of half a mile is
dividing into three principal streams
each 70 to 80 yards wide. These as
they pour down the mountain side
again subdivide Into numerous smaller
streams.
They advance at the rate of 40 yards
an hour submerging everything in
their path searing the vegatlon in
the vicinity as though Are had passed
over It.
An enormous quantity of lava keeps
pouring out of the crater. It has Ailed
Vetrana valley a deep ravine and
ashes lie several inches thick for a
long distance down the side of the
mountain and on the adjacent villages.
Travelers from all parts of Europe
are flocking to Naples to see Vesuvius
in eruption.
The spectacle at night is one of in-
describable grandtier. The faint pal-
pitating glow that normally marks the
great crater is now exchanged for a
vivid tongue of light colored at times
almost like a rainbow illuminating
the heavens and reflected with ex-
quisite effect in the waters of the bay.
These manifestation* are accom-
panied by deep rumblings and thun-
derous subterranean explosions fol-
lowed by great outpourings of lava
and ashes.
The fresh lava streams moving down
the mountain side steadily encroach-
ing more and more on the cultivated
regions halve already caused extensive
loss.
Vesuvius is the most celebrated’ vol-
cano In the world—and there are 350
active great' volcanoes. Tt is most un-
certain and lias been since the earliest
times.
Since 1841 it has been under constant
observation by scientists who hare
been able to predict eruption's bur un-
able to foretell the extent of the erup-
tions.
Vesuvius is eight nriles from Naples
whose bay it overlooks at the eastern
extremity ofa chain extending to the
Islands of Ischia. It is believed that
the whole Gulf of Naples was once an
Immense crater the northern end of
a great rent in the earth’s crust.
Aetna being the southern end and
Stromboli about the middle.
At its base Vesuvius is 30 miles in
circumference its height vanes after
its eruptions but the average fs about
4.000 feet. Its great crater is some
2000 feet in diameter and about 500 feet
deep.
The great historic eruption took
place In August. The stream was
condensed and poured down in tor-
rents of rain making the lava dust a
pasty substance that poured down
the mountain side and buried Hercu-
laneum. at the west base; Pompeii on
the southeast side: Stabiae on the
south side and Castellamare which
was beyond Stabiae. These cities
were inundated and forgotten so that
centuries after when the remains were
dug up moderners could ghin a perfect
insight into the manners and customs
of the great eruption.
For centuries Vesuvius was quiet.
People who lived about It forgot that
it had once buried cities and killed
thousands. Again did vines cover the
crater and its sides were cultivated
fields. There had been six months
of earthquakes but these were not ac-
cepted as a warning.
Vesuvius burst forth in mighty firry
nn Dec. 16 1631 suddenly and unex-
pectedly. It continued until Febru-
ary. 1632. There was a tremendous
flow of lava mingled with water re-
sulting from the melting of the snow
and mud. Torre Annunziata Torre
del Greco. Resina and Portia were al-
most wholly destroyed. It 1s estimated
that 18.000 people Tost their lives.
There was another eruption in 1660.
One of the very grand eruptions oc-
curred in 179. Huge stones were pro-
jected several thousand feet into the
air in a cloud of white vapor with
large masses of molten rock. Vesu-
vius was quiet for a few years but in
1794 It burst forth again.
The outbreak which began in Octo-
ber. 1822 lasted nearly a month rup-
turing the top of the cone and making
a crater three miles in circumference
an 1000 feet deep. From that time
Vesuvius has never been wholly quiet.
In 1841 Ferdinand II established an
observatory on the volcano for the
purpose of giving warning of probable
eruptions. When the eruption of May
1855. came the people had fled in time.
The cone was again rent asunder and
the flow of lava contniued for 27 days
destroying miles of cultivated fields
and many houses.
In 1858 there was another eruption
when lava poured from the crater. But
it was slow-moving progressing only
a few inches a day.
The eruption of 1861 was violent for
seven hours and Torre del Greco was
overwhelmed for the third time. The
intense cold which repldly cooled the
lava was ot Immense advantage in
protecting property.
In the middle of November 1867 a
cone 70 feet In diameter which had
been forming in the crater during the
preceding two years poured forth a
great amount of lava. Besides the
main stream from the great crater
there was a flow from an outside ori-
fice 20 feet In diameter. Which formed
a stream 25 feet wide. The two
streams poured down the mountain
side in a fiery torrent. Above the
crater was a great cloud of white
vapor into which were projected huge
stones with a mighty roar. This
eruption continued until June 1868.
The eruption of 1872 was preceded by
slight premonitary symptoms.
The atmosphere was white with
crystals. The streams of lava gave
forth dense clouds of steam and form-
ed miniature volcanoes as they sped
downward. The earth trembled and
heaved like the ocean in a storm.
I There was vivid lightning from the
A True Home Industry
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All tile Stock Owned By San Antonio Citizens.
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i is
Largest Brewery in the South
Last Year’s Output 150000 Kegs
Nlre Than Any Other Brewery South of St. Louis
The cause oi this is the Excellent quality of the Beer produced
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intense electrical excitement and a
heavy downpour of rain. The streets
of Naples were covered inches deep
with a black sand. The flow of lava
was three-fifths a mile widte.
Beware of Ointments for Catanil that
contain Mercury
as mercury will rarely destroy the sense ot
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the tnweous surfaces.
Buch articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Ball’s Catarrh
Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co.
Toledo 0. contains no mereury and is taken
internally acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall’s
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is
taken internally and is made in Toledo Ohio
by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
W Sold by Druggists price 75c. per bottle.
“STRAID OR SWIPED."
The following notioe is tacked to a
roadside tree in Maine: “Straid or
Swiped—a young hog shote with the
left ear cropt and tale gone. Also black
spot on the left-hand hip and hole in
other ear. Said hog shote disappear-
ed from premises of the undercind
ouner at nite under sircumstansis
pointing to him being stole; said hog
shote being a pet and not apt to go
off of his own accord. Said hog shote
answers to the name of Nellie and ha
will eat from the hand and can stand
on his hind lega like a dog and is of
affeckshunate nature. Any one re-
turning said hog shote or letting me
know where he is at will confer a
benefit on a invalid lady whose pet
said hog shote was.”
IT SAVES CHILDREN’S LIVES.
White’s Cream Vermifuge insures
your child against one serious danger.
It promptly rids it of worms. It 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 if it picks it nose or
starts in its sleep suspect the presence
of worms. Health and right growth
cannot come until the trouble is re-
moved. Cream Vermifuge cannot fail.
Price 25 cents. Sold by K. Reuss and
C. Sc has re. (1).
-"Up-to-date” Hair Cut only 26 cts.
Clifford building Barber shop 16-1-lm
A POTENT COMMERCIAL RIVAL.
The marvelous increase of manufac-
turing in this country is demonstrated
and discussed by an elaborate editorial
in a recent issue of the London Times.
After quoting official statistics of'our
diminishing imports and enlarging ex-
ports of manufacturers the Tlmeo con-
cludes that no tariff law that we
might substitute for that known as
the Dingley tariff will turn back the
flow tide of American manufactured
export*. “It is doubtful" it says “if
we [the English] and our rivals can
ever again resume our old f<*ting in:
the American market because of the-
progress recently made in the manu-
facturing Industries by the Aanerlcans
themselves. The United States is be-
ginning to compete in neutral markets
with European manufacturers and if
it can do that it may be accepted as
beyond question that it can do the-
same in its own home marlsets.” Con-
tinuing the Times says: ’Through-
out the controversy over the Made in
Germany’ bogey the more- level-head-
ed experts In this country- saw that in
America we had a potential commer-
cial rival of much more consequence
than Germany and they are already
being justified by the event.”—Brook-
15»n Manufacturer.
ROBBED THE GRAVE.
A startling incident ot which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia was the
subject is narrated by him as follows:
“I was in a most dreaful condition. My
skin was almost yeM<«v eyes sunken
tongue coated pain continually in back
no appetite—gradually growing weaker
day by day. Three physicians had
given me up. Fortunately a friend ad-
vised trying ’Electric Bitters’ and to
my great Joy and surprise the first bot-
tle made a decided improvement. I
continued their use for thre weeks and
am now a well man. I know they sav-
ed my life and robbed the grave of an-
other victim.” No one should fail to
try them. Only 50 cents per bottle at
F. Kaiteyer A Son’s drug store. (6)
His tongue clove to the roof of his
mouth.
"I—l—that Is” he faltered “you”—
And then he suddenly caught her to
his bosom.
“You know what I would say!” he
cried.
Frigidly she disengaged herself.
“Another missing-word fake." she
muttered pale but calm.—Detroit
Journal.
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