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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-21

JUDGE REID, the Republican candi-
date for Governor Of Tennessee, made a
stirring appeal to the young, liberal,
progressive spirit of his fellow citizens
at Memphis the other night. Though
himself an ex-Confederate soldier, he
declared: al believe II the best thing
for ourselves and our posterity that we
were whipped, and I think You can safe
ly ascribe the greater part Of the whip
ping to Almighty God" He denounced
the Bourbonism that looks backward,
not forward, and that the idea that Re-
publicanism, any more than Christian
ity Is centuries ago, "to be made
respectable, had to put on broadcloths
and white shirt" The Democracy to-
day, he forcibly observed, are followers
Of Calhoun, not Jackson. lie insisted
that Tennessee Is n sister of the North
ern States as well as of the South. He
called up the memory of Henry Clay,
and the aims of the Wing party which
the Republicans have so effectively re-
allied, and then made a fine plea for
protecting and developing home indus
tries. ~ am creditably informed" said
he, "that since the LIST OF last January
1000, 600 have been invested in manu-
featuring and industrial enterprises in
the Southern States, DO you think it
wise TO disturb policy under the oper-
alton Of which this has been done? The
day is dawning. win you go back into
the night? don't want to see the but
ter and cheese and wool of this State go
to Brazil by way of Liverpool. Let it
go straight to its South American desti-
nation, bearing the stamp of the eagle,
rather than by oircuitous route,
twisted by way of Liverpool, and bear
ing the fraudulent mark Of the lion and
the unicorn. That Is the foreign policy
of every right thinking man in America
who is net broker on the wrong side
Of the market. New York Tribune.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-21

The best smoking tobacco is Little
Joker"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-21

"A DEMocRATIc Journal" says the
New York Tribune, "predlcts that VIC
tory cannot be won by the Democratic
party unless 1t honestly advocates free
trade. General Butler and his support
ers have warned the party that victory
cannot be won by 1t unless II squarely
advocates protection. The logical con-
clusion Is that victory cannot be won
But the Tribune placed this same diem
ma, with Its inevitable conclusion, be-
fore the Democrats more than year
ago. When they elected free trade
House, and proposed to tear up the re-
vision OF the tariff passed by Republican
votes, they were warned that they had
made the issue and would be forced to
face 1t. Their present disposition is to
lie about it,"
The Corpus Christi Caller says "Col-
onel John L.. Haynes, ex-Colleotor of
Customs OF the Brownsville district, was
In the city last week. He says his trip
here has no political meaning, though
he would be glad II the Republicans
would hold convention for the nomi-
nation OF candidate for Congress. In
less a nomination is made and the full
force OF the Republicans unite on the
nominee there Is no chance against the
Democratic candidate. lie fayors Vic
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-21
,A,v..ton. Harrisburg and San Antonio.

Announcements.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-21
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PROPRIETORs.

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Commerce street. Delivered by carriers
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In advance.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-21

Entered ct postofice at San Antonio, Texas,
~ second class matter.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13
Wednesday, February 13. 1884.
BIENNIAL SESSIONS AND DEMOCRACY.

BIENNIAL SESSIONS AND DEMOCRACY.
 About the only objection to biennial ses- sions that at all pretends to be an argument is that true Democracy requires that the government should be Kept near the people. The Legislature. it is said, should meet every year in order to be kept close to the people. This argument we have seen very often re- peated yet we confess we have never been able to fully understand it. We could never quite see how the legislature gets any nearer to the people by meeting annually instead of biennially. The members of the Assembly are elected directly by the people, and just how the Assembly this year is any more re- spensible to the people because another one was elected last year instead of year before last we have never heard explained We have often been told that somehow or other the legislature of this, or any given year, will be very true and devoted to the inter- ests of the people provided another one has been elected the year previous, and that on the other hand if we skip year, the repre- sentatives of the next will forget their re- responsibilities, and become dangerously aris- tocrstic. But just why and how nobody
 
 the Assembly would have very much cause to be recreant to the 'prineiples of true Democ- racy," become traitor to liberty and forget all about the people because elected every other year.
 We have thus far advocated biennial ses- sions because it has seemed perfectly appar- ent that the public business did not require a session every year. We have never heard it claimed that it did. But if in order to prevent the State from becoming a tyranni- cal oligarchy it is necessary to hold twice as many sessions as business demands we shall succumb at once. If in order to preserve the liberties of the people it is really neces- ary to keep legislature sitting in Hartford, whether there is anything for it to do or not, of course we must consent to it regardless of expense. But we think that those who entertain this view owe it to the public to elaborate their theory 8 little more, and show just how these disastrous results would follow. They can hardly expect it to be generally believed that biennial sessions would convert the government of Connecti- cut into an aristocracy because they say SO. or even because they are terribly afraid that it would. If Democracy is really safe sort of government, and we have always had the impression that it was tolerably safe, it ought to stand it not to elect any more leg islatures than it needs to do it's work. But if it will not we are curious to have it ex- plained why it will not.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

A writer in 8 scientific monthly asks: "What is meter?" In reply jocular editor said: ''An opinion has long prevailed that a meter is contrivance that works twenty seven hours day eight days week the year round; and when yoa resolve to econo- mize in the use of gas, it throws in couple of extra hours daily without charge. ."-Jew- ish Messenger,
 She-"I think it's sin and shame to kill the dear little feathered songsters. If I had my way, I'd make law against killing birds. Guess people wouldn't starve if they let the birds alone" He-"But what would the ladies do without hat ornaments?' She -s.Oh, that's an entirely different thing. Of course when there's an actual necessity for shooting the dear creatures, one must stihe one's feelings, you know. Boston Trans. cript.
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PRoaIBIrION IN MAINE.

Does prohibition prohibit <? We have been repeatedly assured during the last few years that it did prohibit in Maine, if mo- l where else. But lately there has been put before the public much testimony to show that the effect of ''the Maine law" is not what it has been said to be by Neal Dow and other earnest and enthusiastic advocates of it.
 The Maine State Temperance society has been holding it's annual meeting at Augusta, and during this meeting much was said which will help an outsider to form some idea of the real state of affairs in Maine, so far as the cerned. One of the speakers at the meeting was Colonel W. T. Eustiss, who was the last candidate of the prohibitionists for governor. He said that once there was public senti- ment sustaining the officers in doing their duty; but to day that sentiment is wanting. No man when elected to office, no matter how pure his temperance views, had gone any further in the execution of the liquor law than the party which stood behind him, whether police officer, county attorney, gov ernor or president On Exchange street, in
 
 barrooms-open in every sense of the word and he saw from the street men drinking in them. ''They will remain there and others will come" :" said he, ''so long as we truckle to the party in power.', The law is dead let ter in most towns in Maine. Nowhere and never has the Republican party been in sym pathy with prohibition" The Rev. MT. Mcintyre, of WaterviIle, spoke in 8 similar strain. He said the blame lay largely with the prosecuting officers, and they were guilty of perjury in neglecting to prosecute offenders. The records would show county attorneys and municipal judges to be guilty of complicity in crime with rumsellers. It is quite customary" he said, 'for these officials to settle with offenders for $1OO, when under the law they should have been sent to jail; and sometimes cases are bought of for S5 or $10." He extolled the law, but com plaiaed that it was not enforced and that public sen- timent was not sufficiently "educated'' in it's favor.
 Joshua Nye also had his say concerning the matter. He declared that Congressman DinRley's statement that there was no liquor selling in many of the towns of the State was ''a fraud, delusion and humbug;" liquor selling was terribly on the increase all over the State, and every woman and child in the State knows it. Last Sunday two sleigh loads of people left this city, purchasing rum at drug store. and started for West Water vile Before getting seven miles on their way they were fighting drunk. This was g usual occurrence here, and in nearly every large village in the State. Drug stores were only gildsd rum hells under another name"
 From this it will be seen that even the pro. hibitionists themselves are forced to admit that prohibition does not prohibit in Maine. Some of them charge it's failure to the Re- publican party, but the true reason was given by Rev. MT. Mcintyre, when he said that public sentiment was not sufficiently edu- cated in it's favor.
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Price Two Cents

physiognomies. He is still with us and like & good citizen daily reads the morning COURIER. Since then he has made enough paper to carpet our entire city plot with paper car pet inches thick, much of it t'blotting,'' but neither he nor his few surviving comrades in arms will blot from memory the day when he was elected captain of the Second compa- ny, Second regiment Connecticut State militia, and WAS every inch it's master and cantain.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

M de Lesseps announces that his scheme for turning part of the desert of Sahara into an inland sea will shortly be realized. De Lesseps has done such wonders that this announcement is impressive, but, as has been poiuted out in these columns, the difficulties in the way are so great as to seem insupera-
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matter rests.

The ''New England Cremation society," started in Boston, has been organized in due form. The general direction and control of the affairs of the society are entrusted to 8 board of three directors, to be chosen at stated meetings, to be held annually on the second Monday of February. The officers of the society, consisting of president, three ce-presidents, secretary and 8 treasurer, are to be chosen annually by the directors from their own numbers. The treasurer is required to give bonds to the amount to be determined by the directors. An incinera- ton fund is to be established by the annual payment of $1 50 by each member, or single payment of SIP, the annual payment not to be required beyond period of twelve years; and. after suitable facilities shall have been provided, all so contributing to the fund shall be cremated at the expense of the society. All moneys becoming part of the incineration fund may, by vote of the directors, be converted into the stock of the society. The directors may not, without an approving vote fthe society, make any contract wherby a liability of more than $200 will be incurred, nor dispose of any portion of the socisty's property in value ex- ceeding that sum. Regular meetings of the society are to be held on the second Monday of each month. the proceedings to include such literary exercises in furtherance of the object of the society as the directors may de- termine. Among the directors are some well known citizens of Boston and two 1adias
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13
VOL. LII.
ANOTHER GREAT STROKE 1T ADAM's
 FEBRUARY SALE,
CoIored Silks.

COIored Silks.
 Silks are cheap. < The wholesale market is demOr- aliZed, especially fin cOlOred goods. Our reputation as The Silk Mercers of New Haven mecessffates our taking the lead. Rather than cut down a little, and try to ''WOrk Out'' our stock, we will boldly make the plunge and put our prices away down. Besides the motive furnish. ed by the state Of the whole sale markets, there is also imposed on ms thenecessfGy oEesoSz. aszseS5s@z 5 se 1SssEssa of QUIT stock before 22d Feb ruary. Therefor e QUIT prices will be made very low in- deed, estimated even by the almost ''panic prices" i'm the market.
 J. N. ADAM & co. f'These Silks are too Cheap"
 Some people may say when they see what we are dO- fnS.-ssthere must be sOme- thing wrong with them. l." No, good friends, there is nothing wrong with them, except the prices. They are our own regular stock of goods. Not a single piece of trashy stuff has been bought for this sale.
 J. N. ADAM & co. About Black Silks.
 Perhaps we ought not to do it, but we will. For fOuF- teen days from the sth Feb- ruary, as we are ''sIaugh- tering" Our cOIOred silks at such a rate, we will give the following discounts On DIX silks, namely: On BeliOn's, Guinet's and Cachemire Priucesse, 10 per cent ; on SaccarapPas 5 per ct. on s'O1r OvwER'' famous brand of American silk, the best fn the market, HO per ct. Now be it observed these are straight, bona fide discounts On prices already unques- tfCnabBy the lowest i'm town.
 ). N. ADAM & co. The Remnant Counter,
 Which has proved so att tPactiVe since we started it, will be continued, and new bargains will be found on it every day.
 J. N. ADAM & co. The Sale Prices.
 In every department we continue the low prices re- gently made for this sale. J.N.Adan&Co
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EDITORIAL NUTt s.

The Springfield Republican thinks Cen necticut papers pay too much attention to Congressman Eaton's performances.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

At the recent annual dinner of the Civil Service Reform association of the Fifth Con- gressional district of Massachusetts President { Elliot, of Harvard college, said he believed 1t twould be an excellent plan if all our Rep resentatives in Congress would give an ac count in public meeting to their constitu- ents of all that they have done. This is the custom in England. He felt sure that rem deEing of public account to the people would have very wholesome influence on the whole country.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13
Great Ind1cements
To Consumers of erocerie,. Meat. :, ,

~ SOASu4hOHS OA OEOCor4es he3Is, SC
 GEORGE FLETCHER & CO. are selling everything in the grocery line low for cash as may be by visiting stores 1si and l95 Grand st. also the old corner 255 Congress avenue corner ce- dar. We selling to-day
 12 lbs Granulated Sugar $1, 1s lbs White Extra S H IDS Extra $ Best Java Coffee 3Uc Best Japan Tea 6Oc rest Black Tea 6oc Early Rose Potaoes e0c 6ushel Valencia Oranges 15c splendid Lemons 16c Beans 1Oc, Can Pears IOc, Can Tonnatos C.
 MEATS-Rack Steak 12c, Rib Steak 16c Loin Steak 18c, P. H. Steak 2oc, Whole Spare Rib lie SausaUas lIc, Sugar Cured Ham l5c shoulder iOc Pork Pieees and Fresh Pork kept constantly on hand.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13
MORNING, FEBRUARY l3. 1884.

rate of twenty-five kreuzers eabout ten cents) should be charged for conveying an individual any distance by rail. The lecture was listened to by large audience and fre- quently applauded.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

The. stockholders of Zurich have struck. There recently came into force new law, imposing on dealers in stocks and shares several inquisitorial and apparently absurd restrictions. For the future. these dealings have to be taxed, and 8 government officer has been appointed, without whose sanction no official quotations can be published. and who is empowered to examine the brokers books to ascertain the correctness of their returns for purposes of taxation. The brokers, on their part, object that the law, inasmuch as it interferes with freedom of trade violates the Fed eral Constitution, and they appealed to the Federal Council to sus- pend the operation of the mea sure until they could appeal to the Federal Tribun al, the su preme authority on all constitutional ques- tions. The Federal Council refused to com ply with this request, whereupon the brokers absented themselves in a body from the Bourse. The next move of the authorities a was to close theb uilding and forbid the local papers, under penalty of 100f., to publish any list of share quotations purporting to be official. To this the Neue Zurcher Zeisung wittily replied by publishing list, preceded by tEe words: ''This, though correct, is nom official" And there, for the present, the matter rests.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CrTY, 12 GENTS WEEK, AZ CENTS MONTH, $500 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS By MAIL.
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TEN CENTS.

This is the sum MT. A. Burns, three miles east of Cobourg. Ont. says he wouldn't have given for his chance of living before he used Burdock Blood Bit- ters. He had dyspepsia for fifteen years, and was cured by three bottles of this very
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13
John J. DimmaE.

94 ORANGE STREET,
 Dealer in Guns, Rifles, Pistols Fishing Tackle in great variety. Locks Door Plates Letter Box Trim mings, Bell Hanging, Speaking Tubes and Fixtures, Electric Pneumatic, Oral and Me Gun and Lock smithing. Key Fitting and Repair ing. All work warranted. Orders will receive prompt attention. Talenhnne nnnnAcffaln -
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

At recent meeting of the Lower Austrian Industrial society pr. Theodore Heitzka de- livered lecture in which he made the novel suggestion that the principle of the postal service should be extended to the trsnsporta- tion of human beings, and that g uniform
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13
R. c. RUSSELL.

s~. sa4 c"ar ssr.-.-N.~ Ha~~n.conn. yHOIOE quality Of our own preparation, Cherry / Rum and Cherry Brandy, Raspberry and Black berry Wine. Also pure country made Cider Vinegar, 1'''1 N'-'s''' E. 1. HALL SON. 3
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

The workingmen of Europe are not re- ioicing in sgood times'' at present. In France and in Germany the cry of the unem- ployed is rising high. Holland is much troubled with it at present. In both Ann sterdam and Rotterdam there is a large amount of labor eager, but unable to get work, and driven into destitution. In Ann sterdan1 the government has devised some temporary work, and in Rotterdam two thousand of the disinherited have issued g protest against the subvention of the opera by the municipality during this distress.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

The telegraph pole and wire nuisance has been very vigorously attacked in Washington. Some of the wires are already under ground, and all the companies have been notified that the rest must promptly go there. If the capital of this great, glorious and free coun- try succeeds in squeIching this nuisance other cities may feel encouraged to attack it in earnest.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13
NEI[sslI !;
HE BLOOD cLEANsEE

DRIED FRUl r, Etc. lVAPORATED Peaches and Apples, Fitted Cher M r1es. Raspberraes, Huekleherries, Prunes Cran- oerr1es' P1neappAes Edams Cream, Neufchatel and factory cheese, Shaker Apple Sauce, Block Island Codhsh Picked salmon, Large Herring. Buckwheat and Cat Meal ground together.
 D. s. COOPER,
 SIS State Street,
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13
NUMBE FIR ONE.

My wife considers BurdOck Blood Bittsrs a number complaint when no other remedy she ever tried would do it. This is what MT. Martin Kizer of Linn C4rnva Ird sara z
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BY THE DOZEN.

b | HI G DOA ENS f
 Mrs J. 0. Anderson, of Peshtigo Wis, asks us the price of twelve bottles Of Burdock Blood Bitters They cured her erysipelas and salt rheum and she expresses herself highly pleased about it. She is no more grstfhsd than we are however
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13
George Fletcher & Co,

191 and 195 Grand Street. also 9S5 Congress avanua jRlT corner Cedar.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

A movement for the removal of the tax on carriages in England is attracting considerable attention. Although the vehicles of butchers, bakers, carriers and others are exempt from this tax, there is a complaint that the wealthy are not the only people whom it affects Physicians, who are said to be rarely rich, suffer from the burden, and, in the country, their carriage is held to be as Indispensable and as much business vehicle as the ''shal- low" of the costermonger. While g poor doctor pays four guineas g year for every four-wheeled vehicle he keeps. the large dry goods merchants, with twenty times his iR- come, escape this tax on their wagons. In Ireland no carriage tax exists, and there 8 man is enabled to keep number of carriages snd really lessen his expenses by using the old ones in bad weather. But in England, where the tax has to be paid if 8 carriage is used only once, old carriages are sold as soon as new ones are bought, and, thus coachmakers suffer from having their shops full of second hand vehicles.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

Burdock Blood Bitsers are sold by every druggist. Yo1 want to try them; to try them is to like them FOSTER. aILBURN & CO,
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SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS.
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SournaI anO Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON a O., H0. 400 State Street, Courier Building
 -yozH 3. oARRma1oR. uDwARD E. oAaRIHaToH. JOHN B. oARRIHa1oa, "a
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

Statistics are being collected in France for the purpose of forming an estimate as to whether the total number of inhabitants in the country ws;: be greater or less than it is now at the close Of the century. Thus far the figures tend to show that there is likely to be decrease rather than an increase in the population. There are not upon an aver age more than two children now to each family in France, and, though there has al- ways been an increase in population s1nce 1906, the rate of the increase has been con- stantIy declining from thirty-eight per ten thousand yearly to twenty-six per ten thousand. Tttnrns also state that cut of every hundroe4 inhabitants of Paris only thirty-six are born in the department. fifty seven coming from the provinces, and seven from abroad. Moreover, while the number of births remain nearly stationary in France, the rate of infant mortality is enormous, being as much as twenty-seven per cent. in Normandy and fifteen per cent. for the whole of France.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-13

The manufacture of rope from asbestos is likely to become an industry of considerable importance in England, the strength of the article being estimated at about one fourth that of ordinary hemp rope of the same diameter. Rope of this material of one and 8 half inches in diameter is stated to have 8 breaking strength of one ton, and twenty feet of it are calculated to represent weight of thirteen and one-fourth pounds. Some of the purposes, as enumerated, to which this kind of rope is especially adapted are thea- ters, fire brigades and means of escape from dwellings and public buildings its advantage being that it will not break and drop it's burden if the flame bears upon it. It is made like ordinary rope, and is spun from Italian asbestos thre ad.