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LARGEST CIRCUUTION OF ANY PAPER IH SAN ANTONIO Build to Brownsville Last night's meeting at the Chamber of Commerce in the interest of the proposed railroad to Brownsville was in a way remarkable in that the men who were there—and they represented the most solid citizenship of the city— spoke plainly and emphasized in no uncertain terms the need for the road. From time to time golden-tongued promoters have come to San Antonio and by means of specious promises gained some support in their efforts to promote a line to the Lower Rio Grande country, but unfortunately their efforts have always come to naught.-That the need for the road has existed for years has been an admitted fact, but not until this moment has it ever seemed reasonably sure that it would be built. Today the men who have the real good of the city at heart are engaged personally in collecting funds and promoting the railroad. This is the sort of pro moting that counts —promoting by the men whose welfare is bound up in the result of the work. They are not, how ever, working for personal gain, but for the benefit of 100,000 people and every one of these 100,000 people ought to put a shoulder to the wheel and render every ounce of aid possible. San Antonio must have the railroad to Brownsville: there is but one way to get it and that is by concerted action on the part of the people. A score or more of influential citizens' have started the movement, carried it by hard personal work to the point where suc cess is possible, and now with a rousing shove down the line it will not be long before rail laying will begin. Don't be a grouch: don’t hang back: don't wait to see what the other fellow is going to do. Get in line yourself and HELP. Be a live wire, be a progressive and show the rest of the state that San Antonio's fame as a city that does things is no misnomer. Build the road to Brownsville is now the slogan. - a The bright young chief of the Austin Statesman's legis lative staff writes of a recent occurrence at the capitol: "In a solid phalanx of Bailey enthusiasm the crowd marched down the stairs, making more noise than the Japs made at Borodino.” The general Impression is that Borodino was a battle fought between the Russians and Napoleon's grand army many years before the Japs broke into the limelight. Of course, if the Statesman insists 4>—l Mr. Yoakum says that he is just as much in favor of a railroad between San Antonio and Brownsville as he ever was. No one ever accused him of changing his mind. Nonsense of the Wise The doctors disagree as to the number of children the average family ought to have, and Harvard doctors, at that. Dr. Eliot said: "A child every two years,” which would produce an average of six per family, allowing for deaths. Now Dr. Carver of the chair of economics, ad vocating restriction of birthrate by law and saying: “I think that legislation that would do away with the large family of the poorer woman would make the ability to have children a privilege. It would be a privilege to be earned by merit. The result would be that a woman would be proud to have children instead of considering them a burden to be avoided.” Deprive the poor of the right to have children, when that's about all they are allowed to have now! Well, well! How could you enforce your law, anyhow, doctor? Ever think of that? And did ft never occur to you that instead of befudVOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE TEMPTATIONS OF SMITH!. As Others View It W ILL POMPADOUR IT LIKE BOB'S. At any rate. Senator LaFollette has managed to give out the impression that he has something up his sleeve which is calculated to curl the long hair of a certain blond senator. —Chi- cago Tribune. —■ GOING TO WAIT FOR GABRIEL’S TRUMP. "Mrs. Ballinger will return to her 1 home in Seattle the middle of March,” says a Washington society note. But I Ballinger stays. — Louisville Courier- Journal. MUST HAVE A CILXMP CLARK. TOO If you want anything really funny' about the designs of the United States! on Spanish America you can always ’ get it in Berlin. —New York World. FAME THRUST UPON HIM. — The lost little boy who was found by Colonel Roosevelt will never lose him self again nor his sense of importance. —Baltimore America. ADDING INSULT TO INJURY, The cementing of friendship with Japan naturally Is very distressing to the feelings of Mr. Hobson.—Pittsburg Gazette-Times. NOT AS IN NOCENT AS HE LOOKS, i In Washington recently Champ Clark was mistaken for a minister. He wasn't talking at the time.—Chicago Record-Herald. THEIR SENTIMENTS ALSO. ’ Other tourists will understand Mrs. Longworth’s cable to Loeb, consisting of the word: "Pig."—Boston Tran script. LOOKS MORE LIKE EXECUTIONER Is Senator Aldrich being called in in 1 his capacity of consulting physician, or coroner? —Washington Post. CAN HE RESCUE "MY POLICIES?” Colonel Roosevelt “rescued" a lost child on Broadway recently. Can you beat It? —Pittsburg Leader. LEFT HIS ORDERS FOR THEM. Perhaps J. P. Morgan told Wall street how to cut up while he was away.—Atlanta Constitution. GET THEM. ANYWAY. A Chicago girl has gone west to marry an Indian. It isn't so very long since the boys were going west to shoot Indians. How times change!—Chicago News. CARRYING IT TO AN EXTREME. Andrew Jackson Graham, candidate tor mayor of Chicago, promises. "I’ll rob no one.” Candidates are getting more and more radical.—Cleveland Leader. TO BE SURE. "Lunatics voted for Joe Cannon.” save a Danville, 111., dispatch. Well, what Is there strange about that?— Boston Transcript. HIGHLY DESCRIPTIVE. Another time one hesitates to cor rect the proof Is when the llnotyper sets It as "bunquet”—New York Mall. Ooprrtriit. uni, br Ster Cemseny. One day a man with a downcast face blew Into the village grocer"* place. “I’ve dealt with you many moons," he said; "I've bought your codfish and prunes and bread, and I always paid when I said I VARIOUS would, and you doubtless know that my credit's good. Now MERCHANTS. I’m out of work and without a dime, and I’d like to buy 3 few things on time.” And the grocer sold him a lot of truck, and hoped he soon would have better luck. He told his tale to the butcher, then, at the dry goods store, to the clothing men; they all remem bered that he had paid, and they were pleased when they got his trade; and now that luck for a time had changed, he found no one of these men estranged. They sold him things In their stately stores, and wished him luck when he left their doors. And then the man of the luckless star dropped in at last at the booze bazar. He told his tale; he was all. all In, but wanted credit for beer and gin. His coat was fanned by the barkeep s feet, and he bounced two yards when he hit the street. Copyright. 1910. by Georgs Matthew Adama Observant Citizen The dog—a cur cayudle of low an cestry-discovered the bug at the cor ner or San Pedrc. and Macon street. *>s. a , most Interesting bug. one of L.X klnd ’ °nly a bugoloKist can classify. The bug lav nl "? J unable to turn over, flop- P ng helplessly with legs clawing the Wa “ certa| nly In some predic am “ni. u jim-dandy diversion for LH t He ra,sed hU ' olc e in Klee lenlth P ’ pranced sideways and vlnnine an- Clr ? Hns around and yip huge"v' He nJ^‘ n,r the Proceeding on g »n d up to ,hp bug fours, get within a couple of he wculd tear*"’ ,