The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-11


no Jersey cattle or other improved stock;
they do not live here. One noted breeder
bought out herd and they all died"
MIR. Arp did not visit San Antonio or
the herd Of over 200 Jersey cattle be-
longing to Mr.. d. Coulson, just two miles
west Of the city, or he would not have
made that great mistake. Mr.. Coulson
has animals imported direct from the
Island Of Jersey, and they are as hardy
and healthy as the native stock. Posi-
bly, Mr.. Arp got his information like
great many travellers to Tekas-from
what he could see from oar-window.
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| SOME Of the railroads East are trying
to establish rule whereby engineers
and iremen shall be examined regarding
color-blndness before given positions,
and old employees are to be fired who are
defective in that particular. Anent this
subject, writer In the Pail Mall Ga
zette says: "A very large proportion OF
the cases OF so-called color-blindness is,
am convinced, due to Ignorance, and,
| in confirmation of this opinion, there is
the undoubted fact that II is rarely found
in examination OF female candidates. If
color-bllndness Ia an organic defect OF
the visual apparatus. surely 1t ought 10
| exist In somewhere about the same ratio
In male and female. don't for n mo-
ment deny the existence OF genuine
olor-bllndness; but do contend that
| the genuine defect IL a rare one. Ny
suggestion is that instruction in colors
and their names ought to form distinct
item in the curriculum of all elementary
schools
ON THE question Of cholera, the New
York Sun says: "A good condition as
to health seems to exist throughout Eu-
rope, with the exception of portion OF
Spain, where a comparatively small
number Of cases of what appears to be
mild form OF cholera have occurred.
The Mediterranean cities which were
| visited by the pestilence last summer
and autumn arc now free from the
dreaded maladv. and Paris exhibits no
alarm In regard to it, statistics showing
that the epidemic Of November and De-
oember was far from severe, and affected
only few districts OF the city. The
mortality caused by cholera was less
than half that from typhoid fever dur
ing the same period, and the quarters
which suffered most from the one were
precisely those where the other disease
did its worst work, namely, the most
insalubrious districts. We dc not find
that in London the probability of a
cholera epidemic this year Is at all 3
subject Of popular discussion, and the
medical societies occupy themselves only
with abstrusc examinations OF opposing
theories concerning the origin and
propagation of the disease. Meanwhile
the death rate Of the city is below the
average of past years and contagious
diseases are fewer
III there Is any settled policy OF the
administration, save procrastination,
says the Democratic Cincinnati In
quirer, " it is not visible to the naked
eye or comprehended by -dHlte-miad,
Democrats wonder what the
President means II the rascals are
-t-p6t to be turned OUT the inference can
, only be that there are none In, and that
the cry raised by the Democrats of the
land In this respect was false. If the
Democrats fought a campaign involving
such heroic labOrs ms did the last, the,
feel that Its victory should extend fur
Q Their than the elevation ofone man 10 th,
Presidency and half dozen others Il
: cabinet billets. they fought, they say
d for all Of the estate, and If it is denle,
O. them by the President they elected the.
q can only be subject to the just condemn
l. alton of having succeeded upon falls
! pretences. They say they fought 70
principles, in which the man was subor
dinated, and, having succeeded in tn
r, contest, have the right to have them en-
J. forced by Democratic administrators
It Meanwhile, Mr.. Cleveland, in his hig
e estate, seemingly ignores the claims @
h those who elected him to office, an
is seeks rather the appreciation Of tn
eflemlnate coterle OF the Republca
party who could not vote for MIR. Blaine
=" 1t does seem as If the mugwumps ha
: the whip hand, and that the tail is wag
ging a very slow-to-anger dog"
~ Tx gambling houses OF Fort Wort
p are to close up and remain closed fo
ever, ia in brief the situation in thi
city. The Gazette says; There Wi
y much comment and some surprise Q,
u pressed yesterday on the streets at til
~ action of the gamblers. 1t admits
:, but one construction, and that is that
~ is a square, positive back-down frol
II, the position assumed when Mr.. Bowl
-" first made his declaration Of war. Son
think 1t is move to gain time, but If |
In 1t ia utterly futile, as the moment it
an violated the prosecutions will at once
he pushed with vigor, and as \ matter
1t fact the agreement secures conviction
,ol about as fast as would be possible, eve
ay had II net been made. The pleas
rs guilty save a great deal Of trouble al
expense to the county, and give = CO.
n yictlon in every case, while some won
W necessarily be lost IL prosecuted, III