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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-02

The supply of any commodity answers
the demand in quality no less than III
quantity. and the use to which summer
novels are put determines what they shall
be They are read amid the hurry and
restless iLleness of summer leisure, when
the only demand made of an author is
that he shall be entertaining. They are
hurried through or dawdled through or
gone through with in jerky combination
of both methods, and they are written &C
cordingly To make popular summer
novel. one gets an exciting plot, just now
the more bizarre the better, and good
supply of scenery and conventional senti-
ment. The plot is put in in large pieces,
from which the swift reader may go as
from hillock to hillock.
The sentiment is arranged between,
somewhat in the style of beds OF moss
between the. hammocks upon which the
lame and the lazy pilgrims may lie down
and repose at will. What chinks remain
are filled in with scenery. Not very long
ago the whole was fastened up in a
bundle with a stout cord in the way of
moral but this custom has fallen into dis
use; perhaps because we have come too
much under the influence of the French.
who have even their vices put up in
pretty perfumed papers, tied with gayly
colored ribbons, so that we are ashamed
to be found with packages bound with or
binary pack thread. Since the moral
would inevitably be skipped, it is quite as
well that it should be omitted. So much
paper and ink are saved at least.--Ar.o
Bates in Book Buyer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-02
4 Good Idea.

An English canal company makes use
of the locomotive upon the towing path.
A small engine employed upon eighteen
inch rails draws four boats at the rate OF
seven miles an hour
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-02
Life in the Bahamas,

can hardly realize the charm and joyous
ness that seem to radiate from earth and
itself e happiness; one can understand
p wntT e n brapt O davs se Them ss tRe
sun sinks slowly downward. the golden
heaven glows over arejoicing earth, flush
ing every moment into richer beauty be-
meath the departing rays. while rosy beams
of light streaming upward El-a z=2nns
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-02

! Does the Best Dyeing
Securing of Mems Clothing in the city, at No
420 North Flores street. Call on him. I'm
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x RTISTIC PRINTING
~ In ali its Branches,
At the LIGHT Job office, No f. Commerce ST.
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stenographers in Washington City.


Stenographers in Washington City.
was told at the Office of the civil ser
vice commission the other day that the
demand for stenographers at the govern
ment departments is still unsupplied, and
that it is very hard to get good stenog-
raphers at the salaries paid by the gov
ernment. Government clerks receive
from 81 900 to $1,000, and stenographers
are among the better paid men among
them. Nearly every chief of bureau, as
well as cabinet officers, has his private
secretaries, who are shorthand men, and
these receive as a rule, over $4,000.
Each of the senators of the United States
is entitled to a private secretary at the
rate of IS per day, and the business of
congressman has increased to such an eX-
tent that the representative who would
do his duty by his constituents must have
4 StOIO%T&pLiC private secretary Each
congressman receives all the way from
~ 10 zoe letters a day, and if he cannot
dictate the answers to these nor have an
assistant to run his errands throughout
this City of Magnificent Distances his life
here Is that of drudge and he degen-
crates intoa seed sender and an errand
boy. The result is that stenography has
grown into profession at Washington,
and there are 1000 or !, ZOO stenographers
at the capital.
They are mostly young men, though
here and there you see a long bearded,
gray haired shorthand writer, and now
and then a woman. In 1910 there were
not more than half dozen competent
stenographers in the United States. Row, it
is said, there are over40 0, 900, and New York
city alone has at least 5000. 1t costs
$3.50, 600 year to pay the stenOgraphic
work of tho various departments of the
New York city government, and the sal
aries Of stenographers here range from
$1,000 to 81 800 year.
Washington pays, perhaps, the high
est of any of the cities for its stenographic
work, though this relates only to the
government and to the reporting of con-
gress. Dennis Murphy receives $25, 600 a
year for reporting the senate for The
Congressional Record, and each of the
five house reporters gets $4,000 year
salary. These are, perhaps, the highest
government salaries paid, though in New
York it is said there are some stenogra-
pliers SO expert that they can command
500 a day; and have been told that
Congressman Hit, of Illinois, who is now
millionaire through his marriage, could
earn this sum at shorthand if he chose to
practice it.-Frank g. Carpenter in New
York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-02
Then Come What May.

Niagara Falls Landlord Ito guest
Shall have your bill made out, sir?
Guest-Ah no, not yet, not yet; let me
have one more look at the falls!-The
Epoch
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in their petition), an event which might
lead to the most serious results. !
You will take such steps as may he neces.
sary 20 vigorously prosecute the partica
referred to in the petition who have been
guilty OF selling liquor to these Indians.
(Signed.) A. b. UpsHAw,
Acting Commissioner.
Tho situation In Franco.

A majority Of the deputies for the soino
department have signed manifesto to
the electors condo,mning the Bouansist
movement. Tho senators for that depart.
ment have been asked to attach their sig.
natures to the manifesto. The threatened
split among the Boulangists seems to have
been avcrted. La Cocardo officially an.
nounces that Gen. BouIunger will not he
nominated for other constituencies. Gen.
Boulanger has issued invitations to polit.
ical dinner Mt the Gale Richie. President Car.
not has impair ted to the council the pur.
port OF the speech which he intends to de.
liver at Bordeaux.
The chamber Of deputies fixed Thursday,
April 26th, for the discussion OF the Pan
anna canal lottery loan. The report oI
the committee OF the chamber Of deputies
which considered the Panama lottery loan
proposal recommends that permission bs
Immediately given to the company to is
sue the loan, and expresses confidence in
the early completion Of the canal.
President Carnot was met at tho vari.
GUS places by officials exercising their at.
tachment and devotion to the republic,
and was everywhere received with accla.
nations. Sometimes shouts for Boulanc.
,er mingled with the cheera. AT Souter
raine, replying TO tho mayor the Presi
ident said. "You are right in thinking
that shall know how to defend the rcpu,,,
lie against enemies within and without"
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land Office Consolidation.

The three land Offices in Consressm II,
Lind's district Tracy, Redwood Falls
and Worthinston are to l,o consolidated.
The law places il within the discretion OF
the secretary oi the interior when tho re.
ceipts OF IL land office fall so that its cx.
pc,scs exceed one third OF the amount re.
ccivcd to consolidate that office with an
other The receipts of these land Offices
have fallen very low SO that neither oi
them exceed sl5,0o0 per year.
The question of their consolidation
was referred to the &c mmissioncr Of
the general land Office, who has
recommended that the three offices be con-
snlidated. The question has arisen as to
where the consolidated office shall be 10.
Gated. Certain influences have been at
work. among them ii is said that of !. +.
Meagher. to secure it's location at Manka.
to. This is hardly to bc considered how.
ever, as it would take the new office at
lcnst ! 30 miles away from the vacant pub.
lie lands and entail great hardships upon
people with final proofs. contests or filings
to make. 1t seems pretty certain, howev.
er, that the three offices will be consolidat.
ell at an early day.
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A Public Land Dispute.

There was quite a littlerow in the United
States senate the other day over debate
on public lands. l'lumbs forfeiture hill
was the measure in hand and the great
question involved was 'shnll actual p,,r.
chasers from land grant companies or sub.
se'lncnt homcsteadrrs and pre.empt ora,
or a'luartcrs, lie allowed preference when
their land> are returned to the public do.
main" The whole question settled itself
locally in Northern Michican about the
lands "i the ontonason ~ Brule
River railroad and those Of tho Port.
aye Lake canal. The curious spectacle Of
a house divided against itself was present.
ell in Senator Palmcr's efforts for certain
homnsira,lcrs who had gone ON these
lands and Senator Stockhrilgcs fight for
the actual purchasers Of the same land
from tho companies to which number
himself and Senator Sawyer Of Wiscon.
sin belonged. Palmer had offered an
amendment protecting the squat
trrs in case the lands were for
fcitc,l and Stockbri.lse one to protect the
purchaser. In tho interest oi harmony
both were withdrawn. Senator IiOar rc.
newcd Stnckhridges amendment in the in.
terest OF n Boston syndicate which OWNS
the land. and distinguished controv"rsy
cnsued. lioar was better read on these
subjects than Palmer or Stockbri,lgc. and
went on to show that all of Palmer \
honest settlers aud homestcntIera
were d'mmics placed on the land hy u
company "f Washington claim agents,
among them j. IL. Ite,i,lington and W. G.
Hill, to wrrst the lands from the pllrchas.
ers in case IL was forfeited. IIo read from
letters and contract To show that those
Washington land attorneys were to have
one.iourth interest in each claim the hon
cat settler" succeeded in getting away
from the purchaser who had already lived
on and improved it in case it was forfeit.
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1t Coos to Fergus Falls.

The joint commission appointed by tho
North Dakota and the Northern and Min.
ncsota conferences Of the NJ. Il. church, to
settle upon IL location for the proposed
Methodist seminary, met in Fargo to hear
propositions frcm competing towns.
The commission consists OF ten members,
five from Dakota and five from Minnesota.
Mayor Newman delivered an address OF
welcome in behalf of be city, and Mr..
Icvomy welcomed tho visitors on behalf OF
the board OF trade. Rev. Mr.. HOLMAN
responded for tho commission, after
which they proceeded to business. Prop.
ostions were received from Moorhead,
Fergus Falls, Wahpeton and Fargo. The
Moorhcad site WAS visited in tho after.
noon. and at the session OF the commits.
sion afterwnrd it was decided to accept
the offer OF Fergus Falls which consists of
So, 100 cash, $1,000 in real estate. and n
site OF ten acres or more, valued at about
$4,000. Most of the Dakota members
voted for Fergus Falls, it is said, in the
hope that a more important institute
could soon be built in Dakota.
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Queen Victoria In Berlin.

Queen Victoria OF England has just Wis.
tied her daughter, the empress of Germany
ut Berlin. The empress, the crown prince
and crown princess. and the prince and
princess OF Sake Meininscn received her at
the depot. Tho greetings between Queen
Victoria aud tho royal fninily of Germany
were warm. The crown prince conducted tho
lucea to an open carriase drawn by four
horses. .whicllslleenteret. and with tho EN-.
press beside llcr was driven to tho castle.
Crowtls OF people lined the route aud cheer.
cr enthusiastically as the carriu.c passed.
Queen Victoria made three visits to the
sick room OF the Emperor. who by the
dnct0r's advice, kept his bod, which he
Will do for a day or two till he gets strong.
rr. After breakfast. Queen Victoria sum.
mone'l DIR. Mackenzie and made minute
injuries as to the lilnpcror's health.
The meeting between Queen Victori.and
the Empress was very touching. The
queen burst into tears on the approach of
her dauglter. They embraced and kissal
each "ill repeatedly with hands firmly
rlasped. The Queen only waited to re-.
move her mantle. and went Immediately
to see the Emperor. She was astonsc,l
and delighted to find him looking better
than she expected.
The greeting Of the people of Berlin to
the Queen WAS everywhere respectful. The
men dof!cd their hats and the women
curtsiml. She was cleercd enthusiastically
except in the immediate vicinity OF the
palace. where tho people rciraincd from
any noisy demonstration on account of
TIL" Emperor.
BY invitation Of the Empress there WAS
large gathering Of members of the inperi-
al family ut the palace, to meet the Queen.
Among those present were therrown prince
and CruWn Drincpas tho E,inrprnr'a - ,ln,Ivl,-
tcrs. the prince of Hohenzollrrn. Prince
Frederick Charles, Prince Leopold the
hereditary prince oi lIcssc parmstadt.
Prince Henry, the Prince and Princess OF
SAKE. Meinincen aud the Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess OF Baden.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-11
A Singular Accident,

An explosion that pitched 40 people in.
TO the air throwing one man 30 feet,
wrecked lar:c plate.slass windows, ru.
ined SD. 900 worth OF clothing damaged IL
buiIdin. :;l5.OOO and caused n stampede
ot hundreds oi people fron the upper sto.
RIGS OF tall buildings occurred inthc base.
ment OF Il building on state anI Jackson
streets in Chicago. Queer enough, no one
WAS killed. although two or three may he
fatally injured.
Two worEncn were drilling IL hole across
the street from the basement to make a
conduit for electric light wires, and acci.
dentally i'llnctutri II gas main. They lii
candle To SO" what WAS the matter with
the drill, and the neNt Ntinstant they aud 10
odd clerks aud customers in the clothing
store overhead, the massive plate glass
front aud great piles of ready -,na'lr cloth
ing were mixed upin an almost in"Ntrcablc
mass with broke. timhcrs and falling plns
ter while people for blocks aroun, thought
an earthquake had occurred and rushed %
the scene. The fire wa. quickly cxtinguish-
ed by the department. Tho two workmen
in the basement were found to be very
badly injured and three or four clerks in
the store above wcrc injured internally
nne ni them. George Dunlap. when the ex.
plosion occurred WAS standing on ~ hot
air register, and was thrown 80 feet, land
ing on pile goods. Hi. back is badly in.
ured.
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and unearthc tho famous speech Of voor.
llees, reported to have been delivered
at Grcencastlc, Ind, in 1864. In
that speech Abraham Lincoln was called
by the most infamous names. VOORHEES,
simply denies that the speech IL his own.
It happens that the speech was reported
by Joseph s. McCulloch now editor Of
the st. Louis sGlobe-Democrat. The friends
OF Mr.. McCulloch state that his accuracy
and honor being imIeachcd, he will put
MIR. VOORHEES, to his proofs. Mr.. VOORHEES,
made the mistake after uttering his denial
OF MIR. Ingalls, charges of wandering of
into q long eu!ogy Of himself
and his services. When he sat
down the senator from Kansas again rose
8nd with II mcrcilcss hand sllowerc,l upon
the lndianian letters, reprints OF speeches.
pamphlets, documentary evidence and let.
ters in Voorhees, own handwriting, going
to prove the dal'ying with treason which
the Tall Sycamore Of the Wabash had in.
dulgcd in through the war. At each fresh
charge Voorhees, would spring up and shout
that it WIS false. But his protests became
more and more feeble until Ingalls, aat
down. and then he rose. In voice mel.
low with suppressed tears. he struck out
Mt ingalls,. but he could only repeat, "lt's
lie; it has been answered by my people. {"
Finally ingalls, rose and asked. "Dii not
the soldiers on II train IN Indiana threat.
en- to hang you with the bell cord at one
time" Voorhees, in wild rage yelled,
when the scnutor from Kansas
states that he il a liar, re.
peat il. N liar, and he can pass IL on to the
man behind him (Johnson OF Indian al
who informed" There was a sensation
in tho galleries. but Ingalls, simply smiled
and VOORHEES, set down trembling like a
leaf. During the cross fire of words Voor.
llees called Ingalls, "a great liar and q
cock on IL barnyarl fence. VOORHEES, in.
sisted that he had always been the true
friend Of the Union soldier.
HOUSE.
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How He Killed hin,

John GorreH, the Willow Lake farmer
who killed his hired man, John Rusen
crantz, near Redwood Falls, MINI. made
the following statement before tho coro.
ner's inquest: ll0sencrantz matle a con.
tract with him on the 4th instant to live
with him for one year. On the 23d inst ant
he said ho was dissatisfied and wanted to
leave. Cores told him he could 60 and that
he would pay him off as soon AZ he could
go to Sanborn to get the money. lie
nn,l his wife went to Sanborn for that
purpose. and on their return home, their
children informed them that Rostncrantz
had been stealing various articles. On ho.
ing charged with this, Rosoncrantz admit.
ted that lie had tnken u few irok rings ot
but little value, and some campliOr and
asked CORES to come up stairs and lie
would get them out of his trunk. CORES
did so and On the articles being restored he
became enraged and slapped Rosencrantzs q
face. Rosencfantz went out oithe house.
When Cores started to go out shortly
afterwards. Rosencrantz stood IN front oi
would kill him. A struggle over the fork
cnsued; and Cores getting posseesion OF it
struck Rosencrantz over the head ut least
three timcs. On Rosencrantx saying he
had enough, CORES helped him into the
house and upstairs to his room, where he
went to bed. Gorres went for q neiyhbor,
who. ON going TO Rosencraqtz, found him
unconscious. A doctor was sent for but
shortly after his arrival, about . o'clock,
Rnsenrrantz died. There wdfe no other
witne sses to the killing and the jury found
that Rosencrantz came to his death from
blows at the hands Of Cores with some
blunt instrument, and he was turned over
to Deputy Sheriff Larner. who com.
nittal him t" Jail ut New Ulm. Ioscn
crantz was unmarried, agel twenty. five
years. and without any relatives in the
country. Cores isa well to.tlo farmer, and
has heretofore stood well with his neigh.
hors.
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Government. indian Affairs.

Indian Commissioner Atkins says to his
friends that lie intends to resign the com.
missionership OF Indian affairs. IL is his
asowed purpose to contest with Senator
Harris Of Tennessee for the seat in the
senate, whicl, will tie made vacant next
March: The only two persons mentioned
as likely to succeed Atkins as commission.
or are A. B. Fpshaw OF Tennessee. the us.
sistant commissioner, and j. II. Oberly,
one OF the civil service commissioners.
Both are understood TO have the
confidence OF the president. Mr..
Gpshaw has been acting com.
missioner OF Indian affairs much
"i tho time since the inauguration oi Mr..
Cleveland. owing to tho frequent absences
of Mr.. Atkins on account Of tho long and
serious illness Of his wife. Mr. Obcriy was
at one time superintendent OF Indian
schools and hecame quite prominent in
connection wit, '"''' an rlattcrs. Nothing
il known as to ,ns presidents purpose.
Possibly Mr.. Villas may have some choice
in the matter. Ohnrly would be glad. it is
believed, to ACCEPT the place bccalsei it has
a better salary and there is ~ better op-
portunity in the Indian office for polti.
cal manager.
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Crluoes and Criminals.

Mrs. Marvin. mn old Iadv of Fr.oh, m
county, Mimi. started Tor Cal;,nrn;a 80
visit n daughter Int when she rot to West
Liberty she was rohbeI ri nor nnrse t;cLat
and check to her trunk. The nus, '."o. c"m'
tanned about $40. and Mira Marvin boJ ~
return home. W
Much .,.;te,on. ,,. .,,,,,.
Mo liz tho ,;sno,.o,,, ".Is IT,. v.'s.u III
w.ij L,n Nc" "'sGv.y ";t;.ay h .,'a. a.''es onaiey
SmniIor h"m.a ,i"J' ,", ""a panPs;e'or ol !ne
Ir" uy,I Vi .,.e .i ,aa ,muaaeIeu M n.s Two Ghii
hoad. ,.;ti, 49, CIV esten, :fy "y eu.Ilis .s 1'e!r
w;fo VIII, asno,,o,i ,;,,... a.s.scheu ., h's
wm,iow ns b"r ;nsa" ny 'Ips hmlmasd G',rnuIn haJ -
"hlU". as ner insane husband mad lock
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My introduction to them occurred
on the borders OF Lake Shirwa--onc
OF the smaller and less known of tho
great African lakes--and | shall re-
cord the incident exactly as l find it
in my notes. had stopped one day
among some tall. dry grass to mark
reading OF the aneroid, when one OF
my mon suddenly shouted, "Chirom.
boz" "Chirombo" means an incdible
beast OF amy kind, and turned
around to see where the animal was.
The native pointed straight ut myself.
could SEQ nothing, but he approach.
cd. and pointing close to !. wisp of
hay which had fallen upon my coat,
repeated. "Chirombo." Believing it
must he some insect among the hay,
took it in my fingers, looked over it,
and told him pointedly there was no
"Chirombo" there He smiled, and,
point ing again to the hay. exclaimed,
"Moio." "lt's alivew The hay itself
was the Chirombo. do not exagger-
ate when say that that wisp of hay
was no more like an insect than my
antroid barometer. had mentally
resolved never to be taken in by any
OF these mimetic frauds; was in
crcdulous enough to suspect that the
descriptions OF Wallace and the 9th.
crs were somewhat highly coloretl; but
l confess to have been completely
stult'iied and beaten by the very first
mimetic form met. 1t was
one o! that very remarkable
family, the Phasmid;c, but sure.
ly nowhere else i'll nature
could there be such another creature.
Take two inches o: dried yellow grass
stalk. such as one might pluck to run
through the stem OF a pipe; then take
six other pieces nearly ns long and u
quarter as thick, bend each in the
middle at any angle you like. stick
them in three opposite pairs, and
aaain at any angle you like upon the
first grass stalk, and you have my
Chirombo. When yon catch him, his
limbs are twisted about at every an.
gle, as ii the Whole were made OF ono
long stalk oi the most delicate grass,
hinged in u dozen places, and then
gently crushed up into a dlsheveled
Hetl'. IIitNln1 OnCc assumed n POSI-
ton, 10y wonderful instinct, he never
moves Or varies one of his many an.
giles by half q degree. The way this
instinct keeps up the delusion is in.
deed almost as wonderful us the min.
icry itself; you may turn him about,
and over and over. but lie is
mere dried grass, and nothing will ill.,
duce hlm to acknowledge the animal
kingdom, by the faintest suspicion of
spontaneous movement. All the mem.
bers OF this family have this power OF
shamming death; but how such ema.
ciatcd and iuicelcss skeletons should
ever presume to be alive is the real
mystery. These Phasmid;r look more
like ghosts than living creatures, and
so slim are they that, in trying to kill
them for the collection box. the strong.
est squeeze between the finger and
thumb makes no more impression up.
on them than it would upon fine steel
wire, and one has to hall guil!otine
them against some hard substance be-
fore any little life they have is sacri.
iiced to sc ience.-Good Words.