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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-15
The Chinese Question.
A NEW ELL TO RI pRFSENTEn
| dispatch TO the Globe-Democrat.

Special dispatch to the Gobe-Democrat.
Washington, ID. c., April 1.-THE Califor-
ma statesmen have decided to take rational
view OF the Chinese matter and are going right
to work to have another bill passed. Messrs.
Miller and Page have been in consultation
with the president several times within a week
ana The result is that they are confident that
they can frame bin which will meet tha
presidents approval, and still be perfectly
satisfactory and effective. The programme is
t. have it brought up first in the house, and
the committee on educatiaH and labor hope to
ne ne able to agree upon a new bill Tomorrow.
linen MIR. Page will ty next Mo nday to secure
us passage under suspension of the rules, when
Mr. Miller will at once call it up in the senate.
ana Mr.. Miller is confident he can get it
through without much debate, and if the house
Will suspend the rules and pass it he thinks he
Will have it once more before the president be-
lore the close of uext week.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-15

Ont on the boundless prairies they call AL.
ired Iennyson the 'poet lariat."
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-15
Advertising Directory.

= CAEN'S French Dyeing and Securing Estab-
". lishment. Casino street All work guaranteed
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-15

OUlS SCHE1hAGEN, Commerce street, branch
l. house on Military plaza. Dealer in Agricul-
toral Implements, General Hardware Of all kinds,
,uch as wagons etc
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h. The ,, TyINIvERRAL STOMACH BITTrRs.,..
George teSsd' and Carefully examined by Mr.
menger city ply stefan Both declare Ibrn ~ X
and OF pure herbs and the best Of DC
stomach OnT T SnI R them to all suffering from weak
preventative very enectua as
s,a also 81 keeps constantly on hand well a,so.,
Brandv WIS eS' Liquors, Gognac ard b Cherry
CordialS, Etc 'or ue Gale. nnIsette
bv he Universal Stomach Birtsrs are mapufsc,Dr.s
M N Y.;s. under the peasonal supervision Of
hslakoh Bisn-, S' '' ths renowned
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-15
Mrs. ScOyille Regulated,

Washington, D. c., April 1.-THE follow
ing has been furnished for publication to the
agent OF the Associated Press:
"Mrs. Frances NJ. Scoville, according TO
newspaper report, has impudenty filed a peti-
ton IN Chicago for conservator of nv estate
The absurdity of her pretension is apparent
from the fact that do not live in Illinois. and
have not for nearly three years. Besides. I
am not lunatic. This was officially decided
on my trial. have lived in Washington for
owe over year, and this is my legal residence
The court had better dismiss the petition
The Scovilles are nuisance
and / want nothing more to do with them
loigned) "CHARLES J. GUITEAU."
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-15

TORNS, Bunions and ingrowing Nails extracted
~ without pain, by A. Frey, Chiropodst. Office
At L. Browdowski's barber shop, S. Commerce stree,
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

The fortune telling sisterhood con.
trive 10 make considerable money in
pandering TO the credulity of their
"clienis." The usual charge for a
consultation is fifty cents or a dollar;
but the price is as elastic as the seer's
conscience, and can be stretched in.
definitely. The trade of fortune.
telling is now monopolized by women.
Some years ago there we're a few men
in the business. They called them.
selves astrologists, and had an aston.
ishing kind Of intimacy with the stars.
But the women now have the field to
themselves. The impression that all
their dupes are of the servant girl
class is a mistake. A great many
wealthy ladies potronize them. IL Is
not by any means uncommon TO hear
a woman Of average intelligence and
fair education says that she believes in
fortune.telling. With a great many
women of this sort, the first impulse
when any thing goes wrong, is to con-
suit fortune.teller. The parlor as
we'll as the kitchen contributes to the
Golfers and cand-shufIling swindlers.
When the late Philander Doestricks,
p. b., wrote up the fortune.tellers of
New York, some five and twenty years
ago, the trade was considerably hurt,
for some time. But it soon Aourished
agair, and is now great as ever, if not
more so. We have a law against it,
but the harpies who follow it don't
mind that. The law says that those
who pretend otell fortunes, OF where
lost and stolen goods can be found"
shall be held as disorderly persons
But it is essy enough for them to find
bail. take another name. and 60 on
with their nefarious business.
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A correspondent of the London
journal of Horticulture says in refe-
renee TO this question: "Last Winter
an old poultry keeper told me he could
distinguish the sex in eggs. laughed
at him and was none the less skeptical
when he told me the following secret /:
Eggs with the air bladder on the center
OF the crown OF the egg will produce
cockerels; those with the bladder on
one side will produce pullets. The
old man was so certain of the truth OF
his dogma, and his poultry yard so
far confirmed it, that ! determined to
make experiments this year. have
done so. carefully registering the egg
bladder vertical, or bladder on one
side, rejecting every one in which it
was not decidedly the one or the other,
as in some it is very slightly out Of
center. The following is the result
fifty eight chickens we're Matched 4,
three are dead, eleven are yet too
young to decide upon their sex; of re-
naming forty four, every one has
turned out true to the old mans theory.
This may be an accidental coincidence,
but shall certainly try the expert
ment again. = Industrial South.
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According 10 the testimony OF "the
oldest inhabitan." the sermons Of the
old Dutch dominic Of New York we're
ieariully and wonderfully made. CAS-
there was no hour glass in the pulpit"
he says, cor warning clock in the
bleak, square edifce, the dominic,
merely for forms sake, consulted his
ponderous gold 'bull's.oye, and placed
il out Of arms reach before beginning
his discourse, but was only restrained
in his Jealous labor Of love by utter
physical exhaustion. Men were strong
then, ministers serm ~ '.te long,
loud, ponderous, nay, even muscular
they clinched each telling point with
heavy right-hand blow on the sacred
volume before them, as il resolved 20
fix II there for all coming generations.
After the pewter plate had gone round
for pennies, another eight-stanza
hymn, closing with the doxOlogy, was
shouted. when followed the benedic.
ton, which to-day would be considered
a prayer of reasonable duration, but
was also blessing to youngsters; for
during It's delivery they we're permit.
ted TO stand. On the walk home
grandmother said the sermon was full
Of refreshing consultations; father spoke
Of its vital power; mother thought the
Doctor had never been happier, while
the children were delighted when the
massive Bible was shu; with a slam,
denoting a speedy termination Of the
sermon. The prominent points OF the
morning lesson we're again set before
them ia the heightened grace, ere they
were permitted to eat the cold apple
pie, merely rs sustainer of nature,
that they might be fortified in the in.
ner man to endure the afternoon and
evening services, which we're nearly
equal in extent and power to the
grand trial Of the morning. Il De
troit Free Press.
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The Regulation Of Dreaming.

A French investigator, NJ. Delau
nay, finds from experiments upon him.
self that the character of his dream.
ing may be controlled by stimulating
various portions Of the brain by means
of heat. BY covering his forehead
with a layer of wadding he gets sane,
intelligens dreams. He has also expe4
rimented on modes Of lying, which IA
vor the flow OF blood to particular
parts, increasing their nutrition and
functional activity. He has obser we'd
that the dreams he has while lying on
his back are sensorial. variegate1, lux
urious. Those experienced while on
the right side are mobile, full of exag.
geration, absurd, and refer to old
matters; but those produced when on
the left side are intelligent and reason
able, and relate to recent matters; in
these dreams one often speaks.
These observations may be correct
so far as Mr.. Delaunay is concerned;
but most people who venture to lay
on their back, especially after eating,
are apt TO find their dreams anything
but luxurious.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

PEARL-FIsHING ON THE PACIFIC
SLOPE. Pearl fishing on the coast OF
Lower California is an important in
dustry, no less than one thousand
divers being employed in bringing up
the costly black pearl, which is found
in great state of perfection in the
deep waters of the La Paz. The pearl
oysters are found from one to six
miles of shore in water from one to
twenty-one fathoms deep. Merchants
provide hats, diving apparatus, etc.
for the prosecution of the business, on
condition that they can purchase al
the pearls found, at prices to be agreed
upon. These boats, which are usually
five tons burden, sail up and down the
coast from May to November, search
| ing for treasures. The product of =
years work is about $500, 900, esti
mating the pearls at their first value
-TSan Francisco Call
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SheLKed-lnd MhK.

loved her, and she vowed 10 me,
Byall Of earth she held divine,
That ~ the streamlet seeks the sea,
SO all her being ran to mine
And with a most ospacious nav
For seven weeks "a known her we'll
swallowed that angelic tale,
Within my hearts deep cavern. d cell.
And time moved on with golden wings
And naught appeared 10 make me fear,
And every rain-drop from the clouds
Was but an angels jewelled tear.
laughed to see the other boys,
90, lifted, home TO rave and swear,
While Heaven, nor that other place,
My faithful love from me could tear.
And moons kept waxing, and they waned,
Butstill my love chung fast to me-
And like the mistletoe and oak,
Our hearts grew firmly Ia unity.
But through the cruel winter air
There came q fierce and stunning blast;
And like tae chilly north wind bold,
Itnipped at something as II passed.
lie was not handsome; shades Of Job
Ineversaw an uglier facet
He spoiled me ofmy summers game,
Because he schottisched with more grace.
The earth has found her normal state,
And rain israin and self IL self
tread no more ETHEREAL bowers,
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GETTING Particular.

Nevada isn't the country it used
to be-, he remarked, as he slowly cut
a slice from his plug Of tin tag, and
solemnly shook his head.
whats the trouble 2"
"Folks are getting too particular "a
do business. Twenty years ago j
could sell shares in a railroad 10 run
from Denver to Russia, and never be
asked a question, but now they want
10 know all about, even 10 how many
locomotives you have ordered Why.
its getting so you can't hardly sell
mining stock any more.
"Indeed."
"Fact, sir; | was three months
working of $500 worth of stock in
the Golden Paradise. aud my expenses
ate up all the profits. Men had the
impudence 10 ask me where | cam,
from, what machinery | had. how
many hands | employed, who elected
me President; and some went so faI
us to doubt the certificate of assay
that paid fellow s. to write fol
me-"
"And you leftY"
"Leftl OF course | left. Why
in another week some one would have
had the brass to ask me in what coun
try my mine was located, and | could
never have stood that-never. -
[Wall Street Daily News.
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DEMOCRATIC srArr AND COUNTY ucKfT
Khere TIE Mouse. IN Bneeds.

Every housekeeper wonders where
and how the increasing swarms OF
pests multiply so rapidly.
The eggs, mere whitish specks TO the
unaided eye, are laid in little aggluti.
mated piles in warm manure or in de.
composing vegetation, especially that
about our stables and barn.yards.
From so TO 100 are laid at time, and
probably at three or four different in
tervals by the same fly, though on this
point we have no exact data. Within
twenty fonr hours in summer, they
hatch into footless maggots, which af-
ter rioting in filth till their tender
skins seem ready TO burst from reple
ton, become fulfilled in lees than a
week, and defending into the earth,
OF sheltering under some old board {,
contract 10 brown, shining objects
rounded at both ends, and technically
known as puparia. Within the dark
ness Of this hardened skin profound
changes rapidly take place, and the in
sect passes through the pupa 10 the
perfect state, and finally, in about five
DAYS, the anterior end Of the pupari.
um is pushed of, and the fly quickly
crawls out. At first its parts are pale
aud soft, aud It's wings are crumpled
and useless, but these soon expand,
and suddenly, without practice or
teaching, the new hedged fly wings its
way to your table to mock your dis.
pleasure share your repast. The
length Of time required from Matching
10 maturity varies with the season and
temperature, but will not exceed ten
in midsummer. while the lite OF the
perfect fly lasts about three weeks at
the same season. As cold weather
approaches propagation ceases, and
the older flies perish. A few Of the
more vigorous females, however, re-
treat TO some nook or Granny, where,
in state Of torpor, they survive until
the ensuing season-links 'twiXt sum
mer gone by and TO come. The in
sect may also hibernate in the pupa
state in the ground. In rooms kept
continuously warm, or in more south
ern ATTITUDES, the fly remains active
all winter, and our palace sleeping
cars bring them daily TO US from Flor
ida during the coolest months Of the
year. Scientific American.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

The President of the Third Nation
al Bank of ST. Louis declares that no
safeguards can be devised that will pre-
vent bank cashieror teller from steal
ing, if he chooses TO do it. HE'S con
WINGED of this by the deialcation Of
Obey Owen, his own receiving teller,
who was a steady thief for ten years,
and was only found out when the az
gregate ofhis robberies reached $780,
900. Owens method was to enter de
posits properly in the depositor's book
make out the ticket by which the bank
ought 10 have checked his cash, and
then put both ticket and money in his
pocket. Thus the only evidence thai
the money had been paid in was the
depositor's book. When the deposit.
ors account began 10 run low, Owen
would correct il by depicting someoth
er one. All this required a great dea
of vigilance aud skill. for the direct.
ors were in the habit of making clos'
and unexpected examinations; and il
was one Of these that finally caugh
the teller.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

A fond young lover, who grew up
in the sentimental shades of the River
side, knelt at the feet of the girl he
loved and begged for a lock of her
hair. She shook her practiced head.
"Can't do it, Harry" she said.
"Hair's hair this season; 1913 for a
curled bang and small fortune for a
real switch; but never mind" she
added, seeing her tender-hearted and
sensitive lover weep, "never mind;
just wait here a minute and I'll run
up and bring you down a spoonful Of
my Sunday complexion" That com
forted him.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

SUGAR FROM WATERMELoNs. -
Mr.. w. w. Seay, of Rome, Georgia
has been experimenting in extracting
sugar from watermelons. He has as
certained that they contain seven pei
cent. Of saccharine matter, or pure
sugar, and that an acre of good land
would produce "a 500 pounds of mel
ons, from which 2,415 pounds OF sugar
could be extracted, worth, at tel
cents. S241 80.
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1t is the Atlanta Constitution, pub
lished in the once duel-encouraging
State of Georgia, which says: "The
impetuous Carolinians who seek to es-
tablish that doubtful article called
honor in blood would do their coun-
try more service by engaging in
the corn field at fifty cents day. 1t
is time to understand that bullet
hole never makes right wrong nor
wrong right"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

The irrepressible Greenback party
has broken out again in Texes, where
1t seems TO have Just held State Con
yention. The dispatches indicate a
regular monkey and parrot time Of It,
scores of members speaking at once,
shaking their fists in each Others
faces aud indulging in unlimited sui
phurous syntax. One member is said
to have barked like dog, and others
INDUCED in similar freaks of eccen-
tricity to prove their claims to states
mauship. At the ratification meeting
which followed the convention the
speakers proceeded to establish their
title to the appellation Of the boss po-
litical cranks Of the day by advoca.
ting stealing in preference TO working
for low wages; bloodshed, il necessa.
nv, to establish the Greenback doc.
trine, and the use Of every means to
capture the negro vote The conven-
ton adjourned subject TO the call OF
the executive committee, and il is
needless 10 say that If the executive
committee possesses a level'head II
will be allowed TO stay adjourned un-
ill the crack of DOOM Philadelphia
Times.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

The Colonel, who lives in the South,
was finding fault with Bill, one OF his
hands, for neglect of work, and saying
he wouldn't have any more preachers
about the place-they had too many
protracted meetings to attend. "Bill
amt no preacher, says Sam, "he's only
a 'zorter." "Well, what's the differ
ence between a preacher and an exor-
teri" "Why, you know, a preacher
he takes tex, and den he got to stick
to it; but 'zorter, he kin branch"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

The "Woodpecker" saw, worked al
an early period in saving large logs in
California, was a considerable length
of a common straight saw. with a
hole in the centre, and mounted on a
shaft so as to rotate in the same man
ner as the circular saw. 1t had only
two teeth, one at each end. 1t re
auired plenty Of power.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

81 believe" says a farmer in the
Farming World. sin cultivation for
corn. | am Virginian, but was rails.
ed in Missouri, and since being grown
have resided in Arkansas. 6ndpeo-
pie generally in cultivating corn do
their last ploughingin their corn crops
with turning ploughs. This leaves a
mound or ridge TO the corn, audif con-
sequently dry in the latter part ofthe
Summer the ridge dries out and leaves
the corn to perish in the dry dirt. My
motto is, leave your corn land rs lev
ell as possible and plough deep. Ifany
ridge at all, leave it in the middle OF
the rows"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

Senator Beck says that the republi'
can party, since the war, have spent
FIVE billion, eight hundred million dol
lars. In the nineteen years past, the
same party has spent four billion two
hundred million more than had been
spent in the life time of the republic
up TO 1860.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

AS an effective remedy for sleep
walking, a correspondent recommends
placing tub of cold water beside the
bed SO that upon rising the somnam
bulist will step into it and awaken
himself. The writer says that after
four experiments of this sort he has
never since arisen in his sleep.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

Rose Coghlan winds up the season
at Wallack's with 4 sensation of jew
elry. She wears as an ornament the
only lively golden beetle in the coun.
try, secured by a golden chain. Be
tween the screams of the ladies, as
they see the beetle crawl over her
neck, and the frantic attempts OF
Harry Edwards to stick pin thro
il and add it to his collection, Miss
Coghlan's last hours at Wallack's have
not been roseate.-[Spirit of the
Times.
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"Ma. are you going outs" Eyes,
dear; why do you ask p Don't you
want to stay and see the fun" "Why,
Willie; wha: do you mean ?" "Why,
| heard pa tell Maggie that when you
went away they would have regular
picnic"
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Beecher says: Early marriages are
the salvation Of young men, and If a
young woman don't love you enough
to 90 down and live humbly with you
and help you to work your way up she
doesn't love you-leave the torment
10 somebody else.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

CURE FOR DANDRUFF.-A prepar-
alton of one ounce of sulphur and
one part of water, repeatedly agitated
during intervals of few hours, and
the head saturated every morning with
the clear liquid, will in few weeks,
remove every trace of dandruf from
the scalp, and the hair will soon be.
come soft and glossy.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

The North Carolina Methodist who
sang so loudly and discordantly in
church es to annoy other worshippers,
and was indicted as a nuisance, has
won his case. The language of the
Court is: "The disturbance of con.
gregation by singing, when the singer
does not intend so to disturb it, but
is conscientiously taking part in the
religious services, may be a subject fol
the discipline OF his church, but is moi
indictable."
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-11

Five adventurous young men have
gone from San Francisco on an expe.
dition into the unexplored Eastern
part of Alaska. They expect to find
mineral wealth, and are prepared to
spend FIVE years in the search, They
will go up the Yukon River 1000
miles in a chartered vessel, and then,
in a steam launch OF their own, try to
penetrate 200 miles further in the
mountainous region.
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WITHOUT SENSE ENoUGH TO VoTE.
81 amt got sense enough TO vote at
a ward election" remarked old lsom
yesterday. "You see, niger what
keeps bacon store at the udder end
OBJ town give fifty cents premium on a
silver dollar made last year. | tux a
dollar wild de corTeck date, an going
to the store handed it ter him, and
tole him ter give me de premium. lie
looked at de dollar, handed me fifty
cents, an dropped il in de drawn.
tux de fifty cents an come on up town,
l have just diskivered dat amt got
sense enough ter vote, an de Newnited
States can hab my freedom back al
at any time de secretary of war will
notify me oh dat fack. - Little Roch
Gazette.
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"My frens," said an officiating cler-
gyman at the marriage Of two cOlored
persona near Cincinnati, a few days
ago, "my frens, it am a serious ting to
get married, specially when bOie par
ties is orphans an haint got no par
tents to fall back on as am de present
case.
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The total revenue of the New
York Post-office for the fiscal year
ending June 30, amounted to $4,000.
O66 20, being an increase of S49,6l4.
rs over the revenue for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1881.