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The San Antonio Light
FOUNDED JAN. 20 1881.
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rier* as errors are sure to result
PROMOTES INTERNATIONAL
TRADE.
The third international congress of
chambers of commerce and commer
- cial and Industrial associations is be-
ing held at Prague Bohemia. These .
International congresses have for years I
come to be a permanent institution '
resting on a purely scientific basis ;
the purpose of them being to work
through their own initiative ani j
through the influence of the* associa- |
tions participating therein toward
the removal of those hindrances to in- j
ternational commercial intercourse
which arise as a natural result of the
differences in commercial usag ( 3 and !
in.the differences with regard to com- :
mercial law in the various countries.
The first congress was held at j
Liege in 1904 and adopted a resolu-
tion to the effect that the congresses
should be convened every two years
A permanent committee with head- I
quarters at Mons. Belgium is com-
posed of representatives of mercan- I
tile and industrial associations of the J
Various nations. This government has >
designated the following gentlemen as
delegates on the part of the United
States to the third congress: Messrs.
Frank D. LaLanne Philip Hamburger
and Albert H. Read.
Cecil Lyot) says Congressman Slay-
den ought not to criticise the national
administration for extravagance be-
cause the administration has just pur-
chased the I-eon Springs maneuvering
grounds and "paid $2O an acre for ;
land that was worth $7 or $8 an acre.”
Although Mr. Lyon did not mean it so
this is confirmation of Mr. Slayden's
charges of extravagance. If as Mr.
Lyon charges the government paid
$2O for land that was worth only $7
nobody is to blame but the govern-
ment. Mr. Lyon is getting his argu-
ment* mixed.
Berlin manufacturers are working
for a erusade against the new British
patent law in which they expect all
the great manufacturing nations to
join. It is intended to advocate the ;
passing of more restrictive laws and
negotiating patent treaties.
/
Maybe Judge Julius Real's hesita-
tion about accepting the republican
senatorial nomination is due to the
fact that he is not entirely pleased
with the design of the silver plate on
which it was handed to him.
The fair is only three weeks away.
Remember the dates September 26 to
October 11.
WILL PUSH ARBITRATION.
The interparliamentary peace con-
gress will meet in Berlin September
11 and hold three sessions on the
11th 12th and 13th. The delegates
from the United States are now hold-
ing a conference in advance nf the
congress for the purpose of determin-
ing their program. One of the princi-
pal points to be urged by the Ameri-
cans will be international arbitration.
There were about 2ft delegates ap-
pointed from America but as they had
to go at their own expenses the full
number did not report. Among those
present is Representative Tulio Larri-
naga. resident commissioner from Por-
to Rico in the United States. Larrl-
naga will leave promptly upon the
conclusion of the congress and pro
c®eH tn Albuaueraqe. New Mexico.
where he will represent his country
at the national irrigation congress
which opens the latter part of this
month.
Another American delegate to the
congre'ss is Representative Richard
Bartholdt of St. Louis. Preceding his
departure from America to take part
In the proceedings he had a confer*
in Washington with the officials
of the state department having charge
of arbitration matters iu regard to the
American propositions to be submit-
ted to the congress and he is to out-
line America’s attitude on the subject.
Now is the accepted time to build
that railroad. Any other time may be
too late for it to do us any good.
Bryan and Taft both started out
with solemn assurances that thef
would conduct dignified front-porch
I campaigns and now they are planning
to take the frenzied stump. Looks like
both were scared.
THE PEOPLE'S RULE.
(Washington Post.)
It is a profitless discussion between
the two leading candidates for presi-
dent of the question Shall the people
rule? In theory the people rule
through political parties. But we never
yet had a political party in power that
1 did not have a sovereign contempt for
| the verdict of the people when it was
adverse to that party and if Mr.
Bryan should be inaugurated president
next march and if at the November
election 1910 the republicans should
sweep the country and secure a ma-
jority of 100 or 200 even in the Sixty-
second congress Mr. Bryan would not
change the policy of his administration
a hair nor would he resign his office
—something that the ruler of England
always does under similar circum-
stances.
So it is idle for anybody to prate
about "the people's rule" unless he
is willing to obey the mandate of
the people when in office. No presi-
- dent ever did so when the people at
1 the ballot box decided adversely to
1 him. Grant did not; Hayes did not;
j Arthur did not; Harrison did not and
; Cleveland did not. Neither did Pierce;
; neither did Filmore —nor would Bryan.
Ours is rapidly becoming a govern-
! ment of the president of the United
j States who is invested with more
political power and more official
i patronage than any other public func-
i tionary in Christendom. For more
than a score of years the tendency
; has been toward the absorption of
; power by the federal establishment
and every community south as well
as north that stumps its toe runs to
Washington for salve and a rag. Hence
I the innumerable commissions that
have in ward the people. One com-
I mission has in charge some 225000
I miles of railroads and the clamor is
। for additional powers to be conferred
on that body. The result of this is
j that railroad construction improve-
i ment. and equipment are practically
at a standstill for no government
' ever undertook to do for the people
I what they could better do for them-
selves without disastrous results.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
(New York Press.)
Relatives can make a married couple
get along finely by not having any.
A woman gets to understand a lot
of things by not having any education
on them.
You could never shake a woman's
belief that what a burglar would really
like to get would be the baby.
The thing that makes a girl hap-
piest about having curly hair is for it
to be on the right man's shoulders.
There's nothing that makes a man
yield to your influence so easily as
to tell him what a strong will he has.
There is no mother in the country
who would be the least bit surprised
to awake up any Tnorning and find
her son president of the United States
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(Chicago News.)
Speaking of women's complexions
seeing isn't always believing.
Nothing hurts a woman like having
to pay for something she has used.
Show a disposition to be an easy
i mark and everybody will help you
i make good. (
The trouble with too many people
is that they meet trouble more than
half way.
A cynic is a person who knows he
is the real thing and that all others
are merely Imitations.
Beware of the man who never over-
looks an opportunity to tell you that
honesty is the best policy.
A girl may refuse a man because
she feels sure that he will propose
again but a widow never takes any
chances.
A woman always wants her neigh-
bors to believe that she trusts her
husband even if she doesn't believe
it herself.
Sept 9 In History.
1087—William the Conqueror died; born
1027. >
1513—Battle of Fiodden; James IV. of
Scotland 30 of his nobles and 10-
000 of bls men slain.
1789—William ('ranch Bond. American
astronomer born; died 1859.
1850—President Fillmore signed the act
admitting California as n state.
1899 Dreyfus convicted and sentenced
to 10 years’ imprisonment.
1900—General Inuis M. Palmer U. S.
A. retired a veteran of the Mex-
ican and civil wars died at Cbevy
Chase Md.; born 1825.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Sun sets 6:15. rises 5:31; moon set*
5:19 a. m.; moon's age 14 days; 7:23 a.
m. eastern time moon full In constel-
lation Aquarius; moon at Perigee near-
est earth
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 1908. THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9. 1908.
THE NEWLYWEDS—THEIR BABY
THE CASUAL CASUIST
On one of the iron benches in the
shadow of the giant eucalyptus tree in
the Alameda Ipst Friday Enrique Con-
sono was deepen the perusal of a new
edition of one of the old Spanish son- I
neteers.
Enrique is a connoisseur in the intri-
cate metrical requirements of the son-
net to which the richly vocalized Span-
ish tongr.e so readily lends Itself and'
ns the sonorous periods of the poet
sank into his appreciative soul he was
lost to the world.
As he eagerly turned another page
he felt a soft round arm steal about
his neck a pair of plump hands cov-
ered his eyes and a sweety low femi-
nine voice asked still in the sonorous
tongue of Spain:
"Guess who the thief is?”
Still in the thrall of the magic of
the book Enrique dreamily thought for
a moment it was one of the characters
speaking but at a gentle tug at his
pocket he came to himself with a start
tn iind his watch and chain gone and
to see a sylph-like feminine form diid
nitpear in the crowd while he caught
the refrain of a mocking woman'j
laugh.
With the book of poems in his hand
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he gave instant chase joined by a gen-
darme. who. having watched the little
comedy took up the pursuit of a slim
young ’ ratero" who made off in an
opposite direction from that taken by
the woman.
Each of the pursuers was successful
and when searched there and then the
“latero” was found to have Enrique's
watch and chain in his pocket. When
arraigned at the nearest comiseria the
prisoners gave the names of Mereria
and Pedro Garcia and they are now
beng held “incomunicado” for exam-
ination.
The gendarme went back to his du-
ty r.nd Enrique to hfa seat under the
giant eucalyptus tree and his book of
Spanish sonnets. *
All this in the broad light of day
last week in the City of Mexico.
But wasn’t the little attempt at
crime charmingly staged and wasn’t
there an artistic symmetry beautiful
in its conception about the whole epi-
sode? It was truly a pastoral poem
in itself and one cannot escape a fee'.
Ing of gentle regret that such consum-
mate artistry was a failure in tho
enn.
Even though Enrique has regained
his watch which was doubtless but n
poor affair at best can you be per-
fectly happy knowing that the soft
voiced Mereria with the round plump
arms fa grieving her soul away In a
noisome dark cell alone with her own
sorrow—and rats and things
Alter all what is a tnere bauble like
a watch to the Inestimable blessing of
liberty and the pursuit of happiness’
• 'hat does a poet such aa Enrique de-
sire of a watch anyway? Why should
a scul attunsid to the Infinite care fbr
the time o’ day? Full well he know.?
that time fa but a phrase—a fragment
of eternity—which fa a self-evident
contradiction—for how can you weigh
measure and compute the imaginary
part of what is imponderable immeas-
urable and impossible of delimtnation?
Don’t you see that while you are at-
tempting to accomplish th* impossible
—to meagure the illimitable —that
beautiful Mereria with the dark soulful
eyes fa dodging the squeaky rata? Are
u few minutes more or less worth
such profitless cruelty?
Andcsuppose you do find out the
time of day. what are you going to do
about it? Will the time remain the
same? Won’t it change even while you
are getting ready to use it? Would it
not be more humane and logical t j
employ yourself in getting poor ter-
rified Mereria out of jail and away
from the rata?
It would appear to the disinterested
observer that people are too prone to
over-estimate the value of exact time
anyway. In the first place time does
not exist at all as has been proven
above except as a form of speech;
then if it does it is different time ail
over tho world at the same instant
and never can be the same time and
then even if it is the same no two
watches or watchmakers ever were
known to agree—and if they did
— what d (Terence does it make if there
is no difference?
From a long experience with men
the disinterested but acute observer
would be apt to place his bets on this
proposition:
That whether it is 8:45 a. m. or S:ISS
p. ni. that he fa looking for -and
whether the scene is set in Urbana 0.
or Mexico D. F„ the minute and tho
hour will be lost in the abysm of time
beyond recovery when Enrlqt-e is still
thinking things about that sweet young
vcice and those soft round firms that
clasped his neck that day in the Ala-
meda the while he read the .-.onnets nf
old Spain sitting ’neath the shadow of
the giant Eucalyptus tree.
For what a vain bauble watch-you-
may-call ft is time anyway compared
to f the eternal value of sentiment and
woman —lovely woman ?
•)q."
|^>TO-NIGHT
Farmer Shoots Himself.
McKinney Tex. Sept. 9 —C. A.
Brockman aged 49 years a farmer of
Verona shot and killed himself today.
He leaves a family. It is believed that
ill health caused his act.
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San Antonio
21 Years Ago
(From The Light Sept 9 1887.)
A very pleasant social was given last
r.iglit at the residence ol Mr*. Berry
near the Sunset depot and among
those paitlcipating in the pleasures of
ibe evening were Misses Cavanaugh
Belie and Annie Bogard. Tannenberg
Richardson Ida and Emma Stein
D'etz;. Messrs. D. Woods S. Bell Eu-
gene Bothwell C. Ibgle P. Jonas Jr.
and Wc Blunt
Deaths—Minnie Beghringer aged 38
years third ward; Petra de Guerra
aged 70 years third ward.
Temple Beth-El which has been ren-
ovated and beautifully decorated will
be re-oper.ed this evening. The newly
organized choir will take part in the
services.
The Mission Hose company after a
test last night decided that the hose
now in the possession of the company
is far from being sufficient and wi'l
apply to the council for 300 additional
feet *
The meeting last night of the hotel
committee did not very materially ad-
vance the interests of the proposi-
tii n.
A daughter wak born yesterday to
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hubbard.
H. I. Vandeibilt is in the city making
arrangements to exhibit Sullivan's
Wild West show here.
The Little Jokers and the San An-
tonio Browns will play a (natch game
tomorrow afternoon at the springs for
the purpose of securing funds to de-
fray the expenses of the Browns to
Laredo.
Right Fielder Huntress of the Mack-
ey* has resigned for the purpose of go-
ing hunting this season.
Charley Van Riper of the Anchor
baseball club is considered the best
catcher in the city.
The shooting contest between the
Ixne Star ani Corpus Qhristi shooting
clubs yesterday afternoon resulted in
a victory for the Lone Star club hr
two points. Hundreds of spectator*
were present
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