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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-13
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MONDAY, AUGUST. 10, 1888.

FOR PRESIDENT,
BENJAMIN HARRISON, OF INDIANA.
FOR YICE-PRESIDENT,
LEVI p. MORTON, OF NEW YORK.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27
Butter-M akfng.

The New York Dairyman's association have issued certain standard rules as basis upon which to found the details of the dalryman's art in butter~making. In the
 first place it is all-important that the cows be adapted to the purpose of butter produce ton rather than that of creamless milk. The feed should contain the proper elements for making butter-such as a mixture of bran, cornmeal, ground oats or peas, together with a small portion of linseed or cottonseed
 meal, and the whole to be mixed in propor- tions. The COWS should be fed and milked with regularity as to the time; the water should bs pure, the stables well ventilated the cows kept clean, and the most careful and painstaking caution observed in all
 places for perfect cleanliness. The COWS should, if possible, all be milked by the same person and the milk set for cream as soon ss drawn. The utensils should be scaded always after being used, and kept perfectly clean and sweet. The cream should be skinned from the milk within twenty four hours of the time of milking, after which it should kept at 8 temperature of about 45' until the ripening process begins. to perfect which the cream should then be
 raised to temperature of 62o in the mean time stirring it frequently. The cream may be churned anywhere between 62' and 6s'
 Fahrenheit, according to the season and surrounding temperature. No cream should
 be added after the ripening process begins. In churDing, soon as the better has come in particles about the size of grains of wheat, draw off the buttermilk, and supply its place
 with fresh water, repeating the drawing of
 process until the water comes ous as clear as crystal Then take the butter out, place it on the butter-worker and salt it, using an ounce of salt to a pound of she butter and after
 working the salt in, form the butter into rolls and pack immediately.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27
Thursday, December 27, Isss.
BORROWING FARmERs.


 If the condition of affairs in regard to farm mortgages which prevails in Illinois is like that in other States of the great West that region is not so prosperous as it has claimed to be. The increase in farm indebtedness in Illinois between 1870 and 1880 was little less than six per cent, while between 1880 and 1887 it was thirty seven per cent. The number of acres mortgaged in 1870 was 6,496, ,270, or about six per cent. less than the number in 1880, which was nearly fourteen per cent. less than the number in 1887. These figures seem to show very conclusive ly that the farmers now in fertile Illinois are not shaking off their indebtedness very fast.
 At the beginning of the present year the whole number of mortgages on farms was 92, 787, the gross amount for which they were given $142, 400, 300, and the whole number of acres incumbered 8,e79, ,582. According to the most carefully prepared summaries there are in the whole State 34, 694, ,172 acres of land. Of this total the whole number of acres under mortgage is %. 26 per cent, and the number of acres mortgaged for loans as distinguished from deferred payments is 20.40 per cent. It appears then that the Hi nois farmers are not badly in debt on ac- count of deferred payments, but on account of loans. And land is not the only thing on which they have been borrowing money. More than ever lately they have been going into chattel mortgages. Last year there were recorded 25, 492 mortgages on live stock and farming implements, which represented the sum of $7,sO9, ,6O1.
 This is not very cheerful showing. There are those who think, or say, that such bor- rowing indicates prosperity. But it looks very much as if the Illinois farmers are bor- rowing money because they are not making it. It would be interesting to have the fig ures concerning the farmers indebtedness ir other western States. They would probably be surprising.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27

The people of Great Britain are growing mora temperate. In the last ten years the annual revenue from the consumption of spirits has declined from G21, ,012. .e11 to less that 91s, ,OOO,0O0 The consumption of tea, on the other hand, grows steadily. In this latter article the imports from India and Ceylon are increasing, while the trade with China is falling of. From the last-named country the receipts last year were 117 7,000,- 900 pounds against 145, 900, GOO in the previ- ous year, and from India s4, ,00e. 600 against 7S, ,OO0, ,0O0, the superior strength Of the Indi- an teas accounting for their popularity. The consumption of coffee is decreasing.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27
one of Napoieon,s Veterans.

Philip Mangold, Frenehman, who served
 under the great Napoleon from Moscow to Waterloo, is living at Locust Gap. His hair
 is white as snow, and for a man of 95 his in-
 tellect is surprising. He reads the papers without spectacles, and is fond of talking
 about the days when he fought under Marshal
 Ney.
 It was no child's play h those campaigns. Mapgold had finger shot off at Smolenski,
 and thrust from Cossaek's spear laid him
 low at Borodino, the effect of which is visi- ble in a monstrous scar extending from his left eye to the back of his ear. At Waterloo
 he received bullet wound in his thigh, and lay on the battle field twenty hours before he was discovered.
 He came to America with his wife and two children in 1885, not caring to live in France under Louis Philippe. He was in Philadelphia for ten years, and then he
 went to Locust Gap, where he has lived ever since.
 The Crimeam war tempted him to fight
 under another Napoleon, but the thought
 that he would be firing his musket on the same side as the hated British who humbled to the dust the great Napoleon, deserring
 him from again enlisting under the French banner.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27

nearly twice as many newspapers as their American fellow-workmen, who are reported as earning the smallest wages of any of the nationalities employed in the mines.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27

A London photographer claimed the right to exhibit and sell photographs of customers against their will after he had been paid for taking the photographs Justice North had the matter brought before him the other day and his disposal of it was summary and em- phatic. 'The photographer is wholly in the wrong," said he, and peremptorily snioined him against showing or selling the pictures.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27

A San Francisco gentleman owns dog on whose collar he has attached the following le- gend ''I will not be responsible for the dam age done to people who persist in discussing Robert Elsmere' in this dogs hearing. He can,k stand aHarvthinon D
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27

Cremation is apparently failure in PhiIa. delphia. The cremstory of that city is said to be the largest In the world. It has been in operation since May, but thus far the re- ceipts have not equalled the expenses, while the price of ineineration has been reduced from $50 to $2S The philadelphia Times states that notwithstanding the reduction Gan order has not been received for three weeks. Still the president of the enterprise declares that he is not discouraged.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27
RDITOKIAL NOTES.

President Depew unhesitatingly pronounces steam heating of railroad trains success This is valuable testimony, but wasn't it President Depew who said that it couldn't be done2
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27

Mrs. Annie ". Ryerss, who'died in Phila-
 delphia in 1886. bequeathed the sum of ESQ.,
 900 to provide hospital for i'll, aged and in
 iured animals. She directed that the sum of $40, GOO be placed with & safety deposit com- pany and the interest therefrom used for the
 support of the institution. She appointed a president and officers to run the concern and buildings are now being erected with view to carrying out her wishes. It is to be called ''The Ryerss Infrmary for Dumb Animals and is to be operated in connection with the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The officers have been having series of conferences as to how the will should be carried out. Whether cats and other animals will be admitted has not yet been decided. It has been agreed, however, that first of all horses of earters and team sters and others too poor to shelter and feed their stock should be received and cared for. It is said that there is not another like insti- tuition in the world
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27

Says an intelligent government official of
 Japan: Our country is in a deplorable state
 as far as religion is concerned. The people
 of the better classes are largely agnostics.
 They believe in no religion, and though the
 bulk of them are nominslly Buddhists, they
 are really in6dels. believe that any relig-
 ion is better than no religion, and there is as
 present room in Japan for all the work that both Buddhists and Christians can do. When
 the.two religions have conquered the empire, and the sects come together, there may be trouble, but not before. We have now our preachers and the Christians have their mis- sionaries. There is vast field before us, and there is room for both to do good.
 The report of the Michigan bureau of labor and industrial statistics, just issued, gives some interesting information about the min. CTS of that peninsula. The total number of men now employed in the copper mines, ac cording to this authority, is 5,516, of whom but 631 are American born and but 52 more are the offspring of American parents. The English miners are In the ascendant in many
 respects. They are the most numerous; they 1 earn excepting the Scotch, the highest wages | they constitute the largest number of bank depositors; they send proportionately the least money out of the country; they make better provision for their families than any l other nationality, and they. subscribe fol
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27
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Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-27

The question of whether lawyers first duty is to society or his client has just been passed upon in Chicago, where prominent attorney refused to surrender the name of criminal with whom he was negotiating the return to owners of some stolen bonds. He was arrested, but still pleaded that his rela- tions with client could not bs so broken; taken before the grand jury he again refused to give the name. Judge Jameson was finally appealed to and hs decided that the name must be divnlged, and it was.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11

The crop correspondents OF the state
department of agriculture have made the
following report for the week ending
September S, to the secretary of the state
board of agriculture:
The weather during the past two weeks
has been favorable for ripening corn,
which is maturing rapidly and is safe
from seasonable frosts. The light frosts
to date have not injured the late corn
much, which promises to make an AYERS
age yield per acre. The large area a.
033, 1916 acres) of growing corn in this
state promises to make an average yield
per acre. In many sections of the state
the average yield per acre of corn will be
the largest on record.
The condition of grass lands in the
central and southern counties is fully up
to a seasonable average. In the northern
division of the state pasturage is short
and the complaints of drOuth are quite
frequent
The crop of apples. peaches, etc, con-
e'uering the number of bearing trees, is
unusually large and OF superior quality
The condition of farm animals is up to
average and live stock is healthy, with
fee reception of some cases of Texas
baosr among the cattle. The number of
80 Of live stock in the state is as fol-
nnIs horses 99S, 031: cattle, 2,423, 4s4.
and ! and asses, 1O0.6l3; sheep, 554, go;
s''.isspsssA ,966, 700, There is an increase
of Is, 1874 in the number of horses as COM
pared with 1887. and decrease as noted,
viz cattle, 90 PA. mules and asses, s.
s6l; sheep, II 345; and hogs, 161 .044
The calves. colts, pigs and lambs of the
past spring are not included in the
above figures.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11

Our attention has been called to par
agraph published in the Union lately,
which read: 1--WE have it on excellent
authority that William Prentiss, the dem
ocratic candidate for congress, while here,
declared himself against national banks
and in favor of state banks" To our
certain knowledge Mr.. Prentiss made nc
such declaration whatever, and no doubt
the origin Of the item could be traced tc
the same excellent authority that wa:
responsible for the Gaunt fabrication
and the amusing article in this mornings
issue. charging City Attorney McEniry
with interviewing u lady he had never
spoken to in his life Somebody is con,
tinually stufing the Union with lot o
incredible yarns, and the way in which
the poor old thing swallows them will
one gul p is quite Imaginable.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11

Medical men have long been familiar with
the fact that sanitation has been a saving to
the community at large in doctors bills, in
nursing and even in days of labor to the in
dustrial classes. But it has been difficult to
put results into figures so as to impress the
public mind Mr. Brudenell Carter at
tempted this in his inaugural address to the
College of State Medicine. Every case of
fever, he calculated, cost the community SO.
The reduction in the annual death rate from
fever to 4S4 per million from the 1S51-60 rate
of COS per million represented total saving
of 1880. 900, ''but of this no one seemed
conscious" while the annual cost of scarlet
fever at the present time was 81, 100000 a
year. If, therefore, we could trace scarlet
fever to definite cause, as bovine disease
communicable by milk, we could adopt pre-
cautions which "would save the country
every year somewhere about half as much
money as the recent conversion of stocks,
besides much misery Here is a new light
upon disease 1t is increasingly preventible,
and as we reduce its virulence and range we
save money.-Herald of Health.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11

14,373 The same in 1886 gave Republican,
As. 100; Democratic, 39,095; Prohibition,
2,442; scattering, IS; Republican plurality.
l0,065; Republican gain in 1888 4,30S. The
265 towns to hear from gave in 1886: Repub-
ican, 20, S3l; Democratic, II, l94; Prohibi.
ton, !, 426. II the same ratio of gain and
loss is maintained the final vote will show a
Republican plurality of 1897. In 1884 the
Republican plurality was 1915.
The labor vote this year is included in the
scattering, but evidently some of the scatter
ing should be assigned to the Prohibition
vote The presidential vote in 1884 was
smaller than the governor vote in the aggre-
gate, but there vas slightly larger plural
ity, namely 20,0Si The legislature in 1886
stood: Republican senators, 81; Democratic,
4 Republican representatives, l22; Demo
cratic, "a; Prohibition and Independent
each. The Republicans will { lin few in
the house, and perhaps in the senate. The
four congressman are elected with increased
majorities
Thirty seven towns and cities in the First
congressional district give Reed (Repl 49,
54S; Emery DENY l2,OG; Reeds plurality,
2,543 The same towns in 1856 gave Reed
1875 plurality. II this rate of gain continues
in the remaining towns Reeds plurality will
be g 700.
LEWISTON, Me Sept ll-Dingley Rep) i;
elected to congress in the Second district by
nearly 5000 plurality over Allen Dem and
$500 majority over ala Republican gair
of about 1000 over his majority of 1856
Dingley runs ahead of his ticket in most OF
the towns of the district
BANGOR, Me. Sept lin the Fourth con
gressional district Boutelle runs ahead of hi,
ticket, and probably has plurality between
1000 and 5000, as against 3,7l5 two year
| AGO
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11

AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept 1L-Mr. Blaine has
telegraphed Gen. Harrison as follows: "Re-
turns up to O'Clock indicate that the Re
publican candidate will have more than 20, :
600 majority over the Democratic candidate
the largest since 1866. The Prohibition
vote falls off everywhere"
Governor elect Burleigh was serenaded
last evening and made a brief address to his
friends, who afterward called at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Blaine who also addressed
them
Chairman Hanley has telegraphed Chair
man Quay. Of the national Republican COM
mittee, as follows: We have carried the
state by plurality of 20,oo0; have chosen
the entire delegation in congress- Reeds
majority will reach $500. The majorities
for Dingley, Boutelle and Milhken will ex'
coed 600 respectively. We have chosen
every senator. and nearly or quite four ffths
of the representatives in our legislature, and
have carried every county in the state on
the p0pular vote
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11


Taking it for granted that travel is essen
tial to perfect culture the onastion ar;sss
What nation is the most cosmopolitan 1t
would he the English, if they could have
learned that first principleof cosmopolitan
ism, namely, respect for those of another
nationality, and the necessity Of iudginp
each nation by its own standard or chat Of
the world at large. rather than nv a nair of
mental and moral balances which the traveller
carries with him In this resnect tho F,sncb-
man. no matter how mncb ho r rno 10 =,
fatuated with his own country is fsr mora
generous than the FngEsbnan II 1rorld 10
hard to find a more ooreea hla BRO velin,, o,,,,,
panion than the intaIli1an+ a. trsrolad
Frenchman Thu ItaIians -. - a. w 80
gard to their own countrv and h;,,t,,x 5' an,,rs
ciative of what they find GOOD abrood NfT The
bonhomie Of the Germans and Scaudinavians
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11
REFORM IN NATURALIZATION.
II Bill to Require Six Yesn' Residence
and Ability to speak English.

WASHINGTON CITY, Lept. 1i.-oates Of
Alabama introduced a bill in the house yes
tsrday to amend the naturalization laws OF
The United States very materially. 1t gives
the district and circuit courts Of the United
States exclusive jurisdiction, and provides
that no alien who has been legally convicted
OF any infamous crime or misdemeanor in
volving moral turpitude, or who has emf
grated to the United States in violation Of
the laws thereof, or who can not speak the
English language and read the constitution
of the United States in English, or who is a
polygamist, anarchist, socialist, or commun-
list, or belongs to any society or association
Of such, shall be naturalizsd Nor shall any
alien be naturaiized who has not continu-
ously for SIX years preceding naturalization
resided within the United States. Every
alien who desires to become a citizen shall
make petition of his declaration of inten-
tion in consonance with the above require
ments, and shall renounce forever his ale
glance to any foreign prince or potentate,
and declare his allegiance to the United
States. Five years after such declarations
any alien may become a citizen, provided he
or she has not been convicted of a crime or
infamous offense by the courts of this coun
try since the filing Of the declaration OF in
tention to become a citizen. The petition
| must be passed upon by the court the same
as any other cause, and all the requirements
| must be met if the naturalization should be
| allowed. A severe punishment is provided
| for false swearing in connection with nat
| uralizatinn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11


q welcoming character On behalf of the
Sons Of Veterans Of the United States Mr.
Brown, of Jackson, O., welcomed the other
organizations in speech in which he briefly
reviewed the growth of the Sons of Veterans
until 1t to-day reaches into thirty-one states
and territories and numbers over 20 900 men
among its members. Commander-in-C Chief
Rea responded
Ex-President Hayes was one of the orators
of the evening and spoke OF the sinews Of war
which the members of this organization rep
resent Gen. Gibson and others also spoke
Excellent vocal music was furnished by q
male chorus of 200 voices As an encore to
the first piece the club sang Marching
Through Georgia. the entire audience join
ing in the chorus with a roar that shook the
tent and reused all sleepers.
The candidates for the various positions Of
honor in the national encampment will, from
present indications, he quite numerous Some
are openly in the field, others are only being
mentioned by their friends and a purnhar
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11

CHICAGO, Sept. l1.-Chicago was in luck
yesterday, for it wound up its series with
the bean-eaters with third victory and at
the same time Indianapolis captured game
from New York. League scores yester
day were: At Chicago-Chicago s, Boston
8; at anapolis-Indianapol a, New York
5; at Detroit-Detroit I, Washington 8; at
Pittsburg-tflrst game) Pittsburg l, Phila-
delphia o. second camel Pittsburg o, Phsia-
delphia l.
Western association At Des Moines-tfirst
game) Des Moines 9, Maroons 0-seven in
nings; second game, Des Moines 10, Maroons
s; at Omaha--Omaha Z, Milwaukee 1-seven
innings-Milwaukee wanted to catch train,
American association: At Philadelphia
Athletic 2, Baltimore 0; at Cleveland Cleve.
land 1, Brooklyn 2; at Cincinuati-Cincin.
natl =, Kansas City g.