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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
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The Results of the Late Conven-
tion--An Inside View of the
Whole Proceed

The letters written from Fort Worth
during the progress of the Fort Worth
convention, covering fully the whole
ground of proceeding there, and show
ing the true inWardness of the situa-
ton, have never reached this office.
owing to the inefficiency of the postal
service in Texas. In lieu of these let
tiers written by the editor of the
LIGHT, who was a delegate to that
convention, the following summary OF
its business and results is given for
the information and guidance OF the
readers of the LIGHT, all of whom are
deeply interested in the deep water
question.
THE CONVENTION MAKE UP.
The cow en- ton was in itself body
to command respect anywhere. 1t
was the general opinion freely ex-
pressed that it represented more
brains and more capital than any
ther convention ever assembled in
Texas.
The opponents of southwest
Texas being judges, the brains were
found among the advocates of Arkansas
Pass, the money among the advocates
of Galveston harbor. AS was to be
expected in a free country like Texas,
where every man owns his own
mouth, brains got away with capital
and Arkansas Pass got there with
one clean foot and the other stickinr
through the bottom of it's pants,
while Galveston was given a most
uncertain tenure in the conditions i'm
posed upon it; but this is anticipat-
ing.
PRELIMINARY SKIRMISHING.
On Tuesday morning consultations
were held by the friends of Calves
ton and the friends of Arkansas Pass
as to what course each should pursue
in the convention. 1t was very early
determined what Galveston would
demand; viz, the concentration of all
appropriations at some point to be
designated by corps of I. S. govern
ment engineers. All San Antonio
wanted was the promise of the con-
vention that if private capital
would open Arkansas Pass to a depth
of twenty-fOur feet, then the vast ter
ritOry interested in deep water at the
Gulf would memorabilia congress 20
reim burse private capital for the out
Law. The question before the several
caucuses was on the basis of repre-
sentation. Galveston convended that
The whole state should be repre-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
adopted unanimously was as follows:

adopted unanimously was as follows:
President, General r. A. Cameron,
of Colorado; vice-presiden A. W..
Oliver of Kansas; J. L. Cornforth OF
Colorado; J. w. Johnson of Brazos
county; Col. A. d. Mann Of Houston;
T omas r. Bonner Of Smith; h. M.
Henderson of Hopkins; j. A. Carroll
of Denton; w. L. Cabell of Dallas; }.
M. Browson of Victoria; John Ireland
of Guadalupe; d. G. Giddings OF
Washing ton: John Hancock of Travis;
w. w. n. Villas of Ell PasO. Perma-
nent secretary, T. J. Hurley of Tar
rant: associates, Henry A. Lewis of
Dallas and J. T. Dickinson of Travis.
Sergeant-at-arms, w. Il. Maddox of
Tarrant, with power to appoint asso-
GATES"
The governors of states, other than
those mentioned, whose people are in
terested in the opening of a deep
water port in the Gulf. were each re-
quested to appoint vice president to
represent such state, and through
whom communications might pass.
The committee on resolutions was
not ready to report until noon, and
their report was as follows:
l. That it is the sense Of the convention
that the commercial, agricultural, mining
and stock raising interests, not only OF Texas,
but of all the territory north and west thereon,
as well as the commerce and trade or the Uni
ted States with other countries, demand
first-class TT on the coast of Texas.
2. That this convention believes tn At such
port ought to be selected by board of COM
petent engineers appointed by the United
States government.
3. That the senators and representatives
in congress from the state of Texas, Colorado,
Kansas, and other states interested in secur-
ing flrst-class port on the Gulf of Mexico be
requested by memorial fIom this convention
TO urge at once the appointment or compe-
tent board of engineers by the United states
for the purpose of selecting a location on the
coast of Texas for tirst-class port to De Sc
cured in the shortest time, capable of admit
ting the largest merchant and naval ships and
at which the best and most accessible harbor
can be secured and maintained.
4. That said senators and representatives
be and are hereby earnestly requested to Sc
cure adequate appropriations by the govern
ment sufficient in amount to give assurance
of the continuous operation OF the work to It's
ultimate and successful completion.
5. We indorse any effort of private enter
prise to secure deep water on the Texas coast
and pledge ourselves to use our influence to
induce the general government to reimburse
the outlay when twenty feet or water snail
have been procured.
6. Resolved, That this convention request
our delegations in congress to ask OF the fed
Continued on the First Page.
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-07
PRICE FIVE CENTS

precise as those of grenadier. The specta-
tors made way for him. Those nearest noticed
that his eyes were moist, and that his netheK
lip was a-tremble, but no one made any re.
mark. Colonel Flewellen pressed forward
until he reached Ananias, who scarcely COM
pretending the situation was sitting with his
hands folded and his head bent down.
The colonel placed his hand on the ne.
gro's shoulder.
Come, boy" he said, ''lets go home"
Me, Marster?' said the negro, looking up
with dazed expression. 1t was the tone, and
not the words, that Ananias heard
Yes, old fellow, your Miss Nelly viii be
waiting for u.s."
"Name er God" exclaimed Ananias, and
then he arose and followed his old master out
OF the courtroom. Those who watched him as
he went saw that the tears were streaming
down his face, but there was no rude
laughter when he made futile at
tempt to wipe them off with his
coat tail. This display of feeling on the
part Of the negro was somewhat surprising to
those who witnessed it, but nobody was sur
prsed when Ananias appeared on the streets
few days after with head erect and happiness
in his face.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-07
A Suggestion.

From the New York Times
A correspondent Of THE ATLANTA CoNsTI
TUITION propounds the following.
II a man have a son. and that son has a son, and
all three have the same name, and you call the
grandfather ST., and the father Jr., what would you
call tho grandson2
Why not yGl " sn ebREsYlstiQp Of yunisslmusl :.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
Coquetry After Marriage.

It IS easy to advise wives to dress
to suit their husbands taste, but
where time and money are lacking it
is not always SO easy to follow the
advice. Still, apart from the desire
OF pleasing her husband, which, of.
course, should be the main object of a:
wife, let me whisper that if she have a.
request to make, she only is wise who,
goes to the battle with a pretty gown
(albelt only of print), becomingly ar
ranged hair, and a neat collar. Wona-
en- are born coquettes, but too nany
of them lose their coquetry just, when
they need it most-after marriage.
For the sake of your own happiness
then, if for no higher reason. make
the best Of such charms as nature
may have given you. Do not make
the mistake of thinking your husband
will like you better or appreciate il il
you sink the wife and sweetheart in
the slave. He will not, he will merely
treat you as slave.-Country Gen.
tleman. ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
For the Cook,

CoRNFLoUR PUDDING.- dissolve two
tablespoonful OF corn starch in cup
of milk, add a pint of boiling milk, half
q cup of sugar, and stick of cinna-
mon. Boil until it chickens. Take out
the cinnamon, put into a. greas :
ed pudding dish, spread over it a layer
OF cranberry sauce and the beaten
whites OF two egg. Bake until brown.
A very delicate breakfast for an in.
valid is the following: Take some
rice that has been boiled the day be-
fore and set away in a fat dish until
morning. Cut in slices; brush each
slice over with melted butter: slightly
grease the broller, and toast each
slice over q slow fire to delicate
brown. Butter the slices and serve
with a poached egg on top.
Pork FAr.-If you wish lard in it's
purity get leaf lard. cut it in half inch
pieces, try out and strain into tin
pals. In roasting fresh pork, or fry
ing salt pork, there is always good
deal Of greese that is unfit in it's pres
emit state for table use; this, if skim
med off, strained and put away to be-
come firm, is excellent for pie-crust,
frying crullers and the various uses to
which lard is put. as it is slightly salt
ed and is purer than the article as Of
ten sold in the stores.
STUFFED CABBAGE.-Take fresh
cabbage and remove the center; fill the
cavity with a stuffng made of cooked
veal or chicken, chopped very fine,
seasoned very highly, and rolled into
balls with yolk OF egg; tie the cabbage
firmly together and boil about two
hours.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
Nice Looking Yard.

A writer in the Ohio Farmer calls
attention to the unsightly surround
ings out Of doors SO frequent about
homes, which inside are kept as
neat as new pin. The whole ques-
ton is merely the extension of an
idea. We never actually get rid OF
dirt. We remove it or by fire change
its form. Usually the thing to be de-
termined is, how far shall dirt be re.
moved? Some neat housekeepers are
satisfied to throw dirty water out OF
the chamber windows and the dis
scrapings out OF the kitchen do
Their purpose is served if they 10
longer see the dirt. The chickens are
always close to such a home, and
while they are excellent seavengers the
do not increase cleanliness in othe5
ways. These convenient habits de-
stroy all ambition to keep nice look
Ing yard, which is seen by 100 people
to every one who sees the inside Of t.
house. Besides, the soil becomes
soaked with foul water, throws off
disasreeable odor and is positively
unhealthy.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
General o. M. Mitchell.

The Observation-Disclosures on aetron-
omy that Mitchell delivered were
given at the Academy of Music, in
New York, in 1860, to create a fund
for the erection OF an observatory in
Central Park. The immense audiences
were composed of the most cultivated
citizens. The final lecture ended with
the following remarkable example Of
eloquence, containing the speakers
ripest CONGRATULATIONS on the sub ject
OF astronomy: aa~ .r
"Now my friends, I must close this
long course of lectures. We have
passed from planet to planet, from
sun to sun, from system to system.
We have reached beyond the limits OF
this mighty stellar cluster with which
we are allied. We have
found other island universes,
sweeping through space. The
grand unfinished problem till remains.
Whence, whence this magnificent
architecture, whose architra7es rise
in splendor before us in every direc.
ton? Is it all the work of chanceY
Who shall reveal to US the true cos
mogony of the universe by which Wa
are surrounded? Is it the work of an
omnipotent architect? If so, who is
this august being? Go with me to-
night in imagination, and stand with
old Paul, the great apostle, upon
Mars Hill, and there look around you
&C ho ~
cent building, the Parthenon, sacred
to Minerva, the goddess of wisdom.
There towers her colossal statue, ris.
ing in its majesty above the city of
which she was the guardian, the first
object to catch the rays of the rising,
the last to be kissed by the rays OF
the setting sun. There are the tenn.
pies OF all the gods; and there are the
shrines of every divinity. And yet I
tell you these gods and these
divinities, though created I'M
der the inspiring fire of
poetic fancy and Greek imagination,
never reared this stupendous struct-
ure by which we are surrounded. The
ems. The wisdom of Minerva never
OiSdtll"eC THESE Hla2nlIlCenG systems.
l say with Saint Paul: oh, Atheni-
ans! IN all things I find you too super
stiticus; for in passing your streets I
find an altar inscribed "To the un-
known God"-Him whom We ignorant
ly worship. And this is the God I de-
clare unto you-the Coz that made
heaven and earth, who dwells not in
temples made with hands,"
mo, here is the temple OF our Divin-
ity. Around us and above us rise
sun and system, cluster and universe.
And doubt not that in every region
OF this vast empire Of God hymns OF
praise and anthems of glory are rising
and reverberating from sun to sun, and
from system to system, heard by Om-
impotence alone across immensely and
through eternity"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
Knitted Rug.

This is a beautiful rug made of diff
ferent colored worsteds, and the stripes
Of equal width. But if the short pieces
accumulate the wool can be then mix
ed up in changeable hues and thus
used to advantage.
Knit with two large steel needles a
plain strip about five inches wide and
of sufficient length to handle easily.
Then wet and iron it to make the
worsted crimpy. Double it througls
the middle and sew the two outside
edges to a foundation 1.-THE size of
your rug) commencing at the centre
and sewing round and round. Then
cut it through the center Of the knit.
ting and ravel it out so as to make it
look shaggy. 1t will need no trimming
and it wears we'll.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
Short Farm Items,

Land values have rapidly and per-
manently Increased in this country in
the last fifty years. This is especially
noticeable in the humping" West,
along the lines of new railroads.
Land values must continue to in
crease generally, because the availa-
BILE area OF land in the country is now
so small as to render inevitable it's en-
tire absorption in a few years.
That was a curious bargain a taraer
made with a laborer, to dig his pota-
toes for zone potato a hill" OF
course this contract did not confne
the laborer to a selection from each
hill, so he took the largest wherever
found. These averaged about half a
pound in weight; and as there were
1000 hills to the acre, his share was
just one ton, or So 1-3 bushels, and
at 60 cents a bushel they amounted
to 500. He dug at the rate OF one-fourth
OF an acre day, making his daily
wages S.. 1t took over one-fourth of
the crop to pay him.
Realizing the fact that the boys and
girls OF to-day, will be farmers and
farmers wives OF a quarter of centu-
ny hence, how important that they be
not corrupted; that they be elevated
and ennobled; that they be encouraged
to study, think. investigate, that they
may be better men and women, better
farmers and farmers wives than we.
Oh we cannot be too careful with our
boys and girls! They are the hope, OF
the nation.
A horse for use does best with ivsst:
enough food to replace the waste OF
his system and of a kind to keep him
Feeling we'll" More than that is a
damage in every way. He wants. a
little fat under his skin, a little be-
tween his muscles and less, but some,
about his bowels. II he gets latter it
collects about the heart, impairing
the force ofits action; it infiltrates the
muscular tissue, lessening his strength;
it accumulates about the digestive
organs, weakening their efficiency. He
can not get rid OF it as the COW does
by discharging 1t into her milk. It
s'wads him up all over" as good
horseman puts it, making him less
serviceable, less vigorous and more
subject to all sorts OF ills that horses
are heir to.-Rural New Yorker.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
Air Your Bedrooms.

Incredible as it appears, II these
days OF comparative enlightenment,
when people generally are beginning
to believe that a few simple, common
sense precautions for maintaining
health are better than great deal of
dosing and nursing in order to regain
it i'm other words, that the best med
lclne is preventWe), there are still
some individuals who seem to want
knowledge OF the primary rules of
hygiene, These persons, whose homes
are fllled with everything necessary to
comfort, and even luxury, never
know what it is to- have q thoroughly
aired room from the beginning
to the end of the winter. When
the mild days of spring return
they feel a desire for air, and the win
dows are opened to- cool the house.
Even then, however, their beds must
be made as soon as possible after be-
ing vacated, and the sheets are hur.
rledly ''smoothed up" and snugly
covered by blankets and spreads, bu-
rying them away from the sweet, pu-
rifying air that would make them
wholesome for occupancy on the fol
lowing night.
No wonder such people are con-
stantly ailing and miserable; that
their hearts often palpitate, and their
ivers as often "don't act" .'.... 49,.
That our internal mechanism is
.tearfully and wonderfully made" is a
we'll known fact; and this wonderful
machinery can not long continue in
good working order unless supplied
with pure air is an item OF wisdom
not SO widely diffust d. The machin-
cry IS "self-feeding," and needs TO be
placed under proper conditions, when
1t gives it's owner no further trouble.
Philadelphia Press.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
Profitable Protection.

A prominent fruitgrower is qaoJed
in '"The Canadian Horticulturist" as
estimating that the time spent in lay
ing down and covering grapevjnes in
autumn paid him lin increase OF the
next seasons cnop) at the rate of
500 a day whale so employed.
"The Country Gentleman" cities 9th
er witnesses to the same purpose:
A vineyardiste showed us she fine
condition of his, vines OF hardly
American sorts, winch had been SIM
ply FRUSTRATED and held dow by plac-
ing common fence rails upon them;
and he found5 the grapes to ripen
about one week sooner the fol-
lowing season than on vines
which had been entirely exposed.
Another large yineyardist, who had
tried the experiment on. % small scale,
assured. us. thai few days work on
his plantation as winter was setting
in would have been worth more than
$1,O0o,to, ham, the winter having been
one Of great severity. But rs he ex-
pectsd winters generally would be mild
er, he did not adopt;shepratice for tbs
futare." "
The lshor OF laying down is believed
to. pay even in tho case OF the hardy
varieties IN the colder States. Cover
ing with two or three inches OF soil
may not be necessary except in re-
eions OF severe climate, or with the
tender native sorts having weif,ripen-
ed wood:
"lntern1estlate between the efficiency
OF covering with earth and merely
prostratang them Is Supplying a cover Of
evergreen brar,ehes a few inches in
thickness. There is no danger Of this
| light and dry protection rotting i'm.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
faliId, FIELD AND FIRESIDE.
Hints on BEHAVIOR.

Every girl should aspire to be lady
like. There are certain marks of a
lady, no matter what her surround
lngs or circumstances may be. These
are a gentle voice, refinement shown
IN choice OF language, and neatness in
her dress. Few need plead want of
time as an excuse for untidiness, Tor
if love of order and neatness are in
nate in the character. they will prove
themselves, even when the hands are
burdened with cares. And there is
no excuse for slang, exaggeration or
affectation in language, except ianor-
ance or natural vulgarity.
Little children should be allowed to
develop slowly and naturally. There
is nothing more dangerous than the
way some people try to stimulate the
dormant intellect of infant children,
often playing with the helpless baby
and tossing it up till it trembles with
excitement. Babies, like all little ami
mails should be left in a passive state.
The most dangerous brain diseases to
which infants are peculiarly subject
are brought on by overload parents,
who refuse to let the faculties of the
child remain in a half-dormant state,
as they should during the first year of
life.-New York Tribune. l..
Don't make the people at your ia
BILE eat more than they wish to; par
tlcularly don't urge on them any thing
that is one atom questionable by de-
batting its merit, and so sending a
challenge to a polite person to accept
more oft as a proof of it's superior
quality than is agreeable or profit
able. Even fan entire meal should
prove q failure, 1t is better to order it
quietly away than to load the stom.
ach OF your victim with UNBEATABLE
food. The temporary discomfort OF
being a little unsatisfed is soon cured,
while eating of lndigestible food car
ries it's reminder in physical suffering
for several days.-Good Housekeep.
ing.