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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-23
WOOL IN The SENATE.


The senate in its discussions of the
wool interests and in its committee re-
ports shows a decided disposition to
favor the wool men of the nation and
foster this industry against which the
Mills bill aimed so deadly blow.
When the matter came before the
senate Monday, Vance, of North
Carolina, true to the instincts of his
party moved to amend the schedule
so as to place all woods and hair of
Alpaca goats and other animals up
on the free list, and spoke at some
length in favor of his amendment.
Allison, of Iowa, presented several
amendments which are all in favor of
the wool growers. His amendment
does away with the distinction be.
tween first and second class woods, in
paragraph three hundred and forty
six, and raises the duty from II to II
cents. Woods valued at not to exceed
II cents are taxed eight cents instead
Of six cents as at present. The
phraseology is changed in para
graph 356 so as to make the words
"woolen and worsted" apply to each
article and the rate of 40 cents per
pound on these goods is raised to As
cents, on all goods valued at 60 cents
and over, and the same change is
made in blankets and fannels.
Goods weighing over four ounces per
square yard are raised from 40 cents |
TO 45 cents, 50 are ready made wool |
clothings, and advalOrem rates raised |
generally five per cent. The discus
sion was protracted and Vance's |
was defeated without a
call of the senate.
The indications are that Senators |
Brown, Payne and George will vote
with the repu blicans when the meas
ure is put upon its passage. This
action of the senate's committee as re-
ported by that staunch republican
from Iowa, Allison, is q good indica-
ton of the temper of the republican
wing of congress and will be accepted
with no little graduation by the wool |
growers of Texas Every week
strengthens the feeling of wool and
cattlemen that the danger threaten
ing their industries by democratic leg
slation hostile to their Interests is
passing away. The time is approach
ng, and that very rapidly, when the
will lose the power of OBJ
'truction no less than the power of de-
structon, and then the country will
be able to settle down definitely to
business with certain knowledge
that for four years at least values will
not be unsettled by a democratic leg
slation hostile to its great industries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-09

State Entomologist Lintner has re-
ceived from Howe's Cave specimen
OF beetle which has riddled painted
kitchen floor in that place. The holes
are about quarter Of an inch in diam
efer. The beetle Is about an inch long.
gray. with black velvety dashes on its
wings. and the males have horns
Prof Lintner finds that the depredator
Is the long-horned pine-borer (Mono-
hamus confusor). Its larva or grub.
is the one that causes the injurious
and unsighsly burrows 50 often seen
in pine lumber. In this instance the
grubs must have been in the pine logs
before they were sawed into flooring.
From some unknown reason the grubs
occasionally remain In a dormant or
unchanged condition for long time.
In the museum Of the Peabody Acad-
envy Of Science at Salem, Mass. one Of
these beetles is preserved which had
eaten its way out Of the wood
Of : pine bureau which was made
fifteen years before As showing
q greater imprisonment OF beetles
in furniture il Is additionally said
| that in 1856 a son Of General
Israel Putnam. resi- ding At Williams
town. Mass. had a table made from
one Of his apple trees Out Of this,
twenty years afterward. a long horned
beetle gnawed his way. and a second
one burrowed his way out twenty
eight years after the tree was cut down.
N. Y. Times
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-09


Thomas Hardy. the novelist. sits
- justice OF the peace in Dorset
shire.
Statistics have been furnished BY
Che Chautauqua Association 70 the cf-
ioct that over three thousand years
would b required for any ono person
10 read all the literary works now IN
existence that ere recognized as stand
ard.
sir Edward Baincs. Of Leeds. Is
probably the senior European journal
ist lie represented his fathers paper
AZ the '.PeterlOo Massacre In 1873.
and is probably the Oldest survivor Of
that scene He i now more than
ninety years old.
"A Chicago paper which runs :
story daily, or which did run one.
made inquiries OF over four hundred
readers before II found one who had
read ten lines Of the serial Most
people look upon them rs something
70 fill up space with"
Susan Warner. whose novel. 1.-The
Wide. Wide World" was the most
popular American novel Of its day. lies
buried in the military cemetery. close
by the Cadets Monument. West Point
The grave is kept abloom by the sister
OF the authoress. Anna IL Warner,
herself writer
| Prof II. II. Boycscn. Of Columbia
4 College. il remarkable among literary
I men by reason OF the fact that he
writes with conspicuous elegance in
| at least three languages. lie Is fort
innate. too. in being on terms Of init
macy with distinguished men in Amer
ica, England and the continent
Another prominent feature Of
American history has been attacked
DR.. William H. Eglc. State Librarian
OF Pennsylvania. says the victims OF
the famous Wyoming massacre were
trespasscrs who had frequently been
warned by the Government that they
were invading the rights Of the In
dams.
\ Mr.. Ruskin was once asked II IL
would not be well for the Welsh lam
guage to die out and be replaced BY
the English. God forbid" he re-
piled. The Welsh language Is tho
language OF music. There i no
genius about the English language
The Scotch have got all the poetry
and the Irish all the wit, and how tho
devil we got Shakespeare do not
know"
DR.. Hoffman,. the author OF
.Struwwelpeter." or Slovenly Peter.
as he is presented to English-speak-
ing children. work almost as famous
all over the world as the Munchausen
stories. recently celebrated his eight
eth birthday at Frankfort. his native
town. where for many years he has
, been at the head Of the lunatic ylum-
| His nursery rhymes have gone through
) one hundred and fifty-seven editions,
and are translated into every Euro
pean language
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GRAND DUKE FERDINAND.


In the year 1903 Ferdinand. Grand
Duke Of Tuscany. lay dying. Under
him Florence had maintained its COM
mcrcc and Tuscany held its own. in
spite Of Emperor and Pope. Indeed.
long before he had exchanged a Car
dinars hat for the Tuscan throne this
Prince had given proofs Of the rcso-
luton. fire and vile which served 70
maintain his state in those disjointet
times. The early occasion that called
these qualities into play i so typical Of
the time as 10 be worth recording
here. The story j. recorded by
Napier. lie says: I'm the year 1890
Pope >ixtus forbade that small arms
should be worn on pain OF death Yet
one day from Prince Farncse's pocket
tumbled small pistol at the very feet
OF the Pontif. and the Prince was or.
dered 10 be hanged at the same hour
next evening. Ferdinand, hearing o
this. determined 10 save his kinsman
and to this end found means 10 retart
all the CLOCKS OF Rome one full hour
except the Pontiifs At the momen
appointed for the execution he re
paired to the vatican and begged tn
life Of his friend Sixtus. seeing tina
the time was passed and the execu
ton. as he thought over. most gra
ciously signed an order Of release ant
Ferdinand repaired to St Angelo ant
carried of the Prince in triumph In
censed al thistrick. the Pope determine
to arrest the Cardinal. whom he sum
moned TO the vatican. Ferdinand
cognizant OF the Pope's intention
armed himself with cuirass an
short weapons. made his adhereni
guard every entrance TO the palace
and then boldly entered the audienc
chamber. Sixtus. informed Of a
and cautiously assembling. receive
him as usual Ferdinand bowed PR
foundly and. purposely letting fall HI
robe. showed glittering cui-as-. q
seeing this the Pontiff exclaimed
| My Lord Cardinal. my Lord Carolina
what Is thisy This. oh most hol
father. replied Ferdinand. raising 4
purple garment. is the habit Of a Ga
dinal. and this. parting the draper
and striking his mailed breast. is Il
habit Of an Italian Prince. - Nations
Review
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know what -igfstnre ] should like 20
SEE 20 your letters
This was too much.
mo. don'r--she lifted her flushed
face; the cruel tears sbone and smartcd
In her eyes,
Cant you guess"
mo
The momentary defiance had died; q
very weak whisper came from the pale
lips
Cant you guess, Then shall tell
you. Ethels Ethel Davcnant' that
what should like 10 see at the bottom
o. all your Iet.er& Shall ever SEQ
it?''
jack
Further explanation 4 needless.
When next they met Mr.. Carshalton'
both Jack and Ethel were beyond ths
reach OF his maneuyers- Temple Bar
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A saloon-keeper says the letters
W. q. +. U. mean women constantly
torment US.
Typewriter Agent called to
see you in reference to your type
writer. Would you exchange II you
could get some improvements" Mer-
chant-..I can't; I'm engaged 70 her."
Judge.
-"Have you ever stopped 70 con-
,ider what il the chief end Of our ex-
istence on this mundane sphere?"
asked the solemn old gentleman with
the shining garb. Dividend" replied
the oil speculator. -Terre Haute Ex-
press.
First Robber ~ i've found tho
dress the lady Of the house does her
shopping in. ! suppose her purse i
in the pocket Second Robber-
s.Then well have TO take the dress
with US We can hunt for the pocket
when we have a whole day TO spare.
Spectator TO dcfendanD well.
guess the jury will find for you. Tho
judges charge was certainly very
much in your favor. Don't you think
SOP" Defendant (moodily) oh, I
knew all along that the judges charge
would be all right. It's the lawyers
charge that's worrying me"
On the Horse-car. do you be-
long to the Salvation Armyw he asked
OF q stern-visaged woman who stood
At his side. mo. sir. / do not But
| in this generation Of tired men. she
added. with whitening glance ut tho
row Of sitting males. II seem 70 belong
| 70 the standing army" She got .
seat. Harper's Bazaar.
| This world is pretty evenly d.
vided after all. said the butcher. -
he scraped away at his block. How
LADY in the diamonds and scalskin
gets out Of her carriage and comes In
here and inquiries for 'sassagc. "
..Wcll?r well. other folks have the
money and us butchers have the eddie
cashun. Makes me feel more content =
Detroit Free Press.
First Member Sewing society,"
sDear me, Here we've been talking
for three hours and haven't got e
sewing yct-- Second Member" Sew
inge What scwing?" Third Mem
bcr-..why. sewing societies ought 4
sew, you know" The president
"Ladies. owing to the lateness OF ths
hour the Sewing Society for thu
Amelioration or the Heather will nov
adjourn. ~. \. Weekly.
Country Magistrate (gcniaily. 4
complainant) oh. boys will be boys
/ wouldn't prosecute EN-. II ! was you
That cut over y'r eye will soon heal
and We know they wouldn't a stonc
yc II We hadn't got mad when the
sasscd We jest remember We was
boy once y'rsclf. and" Magistrate
Wife Crushing in) -''Silas! Silas
Them boys Is In our orchard ag'in!
| | Magistrate fdarting up)--''Consar
'eml Where's my shotgun"- Puck.
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Amorg Washingtonian relics called
to notice this year j. the cpitaph Of
John Gusts. father OF Martha Wash
ington's first husband. His wife was
a good deal OF Tartar; and 80. in
deed. was he: but she managed TO say
the last word in their wranglcs.
When he died he left orders 70 his
son. on pain Of disinhcritancc. to put
this legend on his tombstone. which
was done: Under this marble tomb
lies the body OF the Hon. John Gusts.
Esq. Of the city or Williamsburg.
parish of Bruton. formerly Of Hum
gar's parish. on the eastern shore OF
Virginia. and county Of Northampton.
age sercnty-ona years. and vet lived
but seven years. which was the space
of time he kept bachelors home at
Arlington. on the eastern shore q
Virginia And 50 he had the last
word. -S san Francisco Argonaut-
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An OBJECT LESSON.

4 pretfy dog. with soft. dark eyes
And lon2. soft hair. In color black
And tan and white. which parted lies
ON either side. down neck and back.
The children say be Is dude.
because his hair thus splits. and no
smile ~ the apt simiiituie.
Whichsuits our dosgie 20 at.
,Of cou se nc Il a pet with all
Al home. including wife and me.
He'll run 10 catch the children's ball.
And II would make you laugh % see
The antics he will cut ~ play.
Hell give his paw your hand 20 shake.
And hide his foxy head away
Betw xf his paws when e'er you take
An earnest look into his eyes.
An, then. how bashfuiiy they fall
Your gaze: but. more tAan al. pr.zc
HIS w.ving pretty. ~aggish tail
Not for H. graceful, pretty curves
It's waving hair. m black and white;
Bn, Tor his wag. which loDsrrse
Is h.s expression for del sht.
Xhcr. home returning. on the street
he ices ms coming. wag and bark
Afy eye and ear unfailing greet.
Ills masters welcome always mark.
can not a. the smallest thing
To him. give cen wori. or look.
Or YET crrsf 81 dry bread Hing
Toh.rn. but that his wag Is shook.
For thus he shows his gratitude.
Ana what 4 lesson does he teach
To animals OF nobler brood
Who unlike him. have gift OF speech.
The dog. my friend VIII wag his tai.
TO SPEAK his thanks for what you 90
Or saw IN kind he'll never fan
In this. sly friend. how s'twith yous
when morning comes. with ROSY light.
To kiss your eyeias- as yon ne
Refreshed with siumbrrs ~ the night
Have you no graceful thanks % say
70 Him. whose mercy. while you slept.
Watched over you in tender love.
In health ard strength your being kept
That you may forth 10 duty moyes
And as the day goes happy by.
Each passing hour with mercy frlusht-
Is there 40 upward glance 81 eye.
Nor IN your hear; one grateful thought
Or Him. THE q yer OF MI good
Which comes 10 man. whose loving han
Provides alike for all their food
And by whose power alone they stands
The social JOYS which bless thy lot.
The powers OF mind. and soul and heart
Are these goot gifts. or are they not
II yes. whose hand did them inpart:
II 20 give thanks for these you fail.
OF your intelligence don't brag.
but think awhile OF doSg e. tail.
And learn the lesson o. its wag
r. X. Sou;hmayd. in later Oceai
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A SLIP OF THE PEN.
An Annoying. But Not Altogether
Unfortunate Mistake.

It was all Dicky Car-halton's fault.
In many respects an amiablc youth.
he can not be said 10 b. possessed Of
the finer feelings. and. perhaps. j. not
aware or the extent OF the diScom-
Port he produces in more sensitive
people. A frcquenser Of parties Of
every description, he i fond OF vary
ing the monotony OF the social routine
by various little practices or these.
his fayorite. not. alas. peculiar to
himself. Is commonly known as spoil
ing sport. Whenever Dicky secs
pair Of people who appear 10 take
particular delight in one anothers
society. showing q tendency 20 seek
unto themselves retreats. he Is never
satisfied until. BY some bold stroke or
cunning stratagcm. he has succeeded
in separating them; or. at least. in
destroying their enjoyment for the
rest OF one evening.
The happy possessor OF an exhaust
less supply Of seli-confidence and the
most brazen impudence-thc objects
OF his attack. moreover. being. from
the nature OF their position. compare
lively defenselcss-it Is needless to
add that. though Dicky has his fail
ures on record. they are greatly out
stripped in numbers By his successes.
80 there is nothing wonderful in the
fact tina. Dicky was at the bottom OF
that unfortunate affair with Jack
and Ethel.
Matters had long been in delicate
and critical state between those young
people Jack had told himself over
and over again that Ethel was a flirt.
and that he. for one. had no intention
or adding himself TO the list Of her
victims: while Ethel had relieved her
feelings by repeatedly assuring herself
that Jack was cross fellow who
cared for nothing but his books. and
was quite impcrvious 70 the charms Of
womanhood.
But that night at the Warringtons'
things really did seem TO be taking q
turn for the better. Ethel had boldly
turned her back on half-a-dozen other
admirers. and Jack. looking down
into her honest eyes. was rapid
" forgetting the doubts and fears
which had tormcntcd him during the
past months
There Is no knowing what might not
have happened had II not been for
Dicky. who came up to them at thi.
hopeful stage OF affairs. his shoul'
iers in his ears. his hair brushed to 4
nicely. and with the most unmistaka'
BILE look OF mischief in his prominent
eyes.
Good evening. Miss Mariner" hs
said. taking EthcIs hand in his ans
squeezing it with cmpressmcnt, ans
then the two poor things. suddcnl,
awakening from their dream. stoc'
there chill and helpless while Dick,
fired 81 his accustomed vollcy Of chat
and Ethel. with feminine presence Q
mind. vcnturcd on one or two little pop
guns on her own account.
Miss Mariner" he said AZ last
with satisfied glance AZ Jacks sui
len face. have You been into tn
conservatory? They've put up 70
OF pink lamps. and there's the mos
Scrumptious tcte-a-tcte chair you en-
imagine"
Poor Ethel looked up NJ Jack. VII
stood By. furious and sulky.
.'Hc Is only too glad to &c. r:l Of ms
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~ have quite an interesting or
astrological collection at home" said
a professor % his host II would be
glad TO have you call. Are you inter-
cstcd in birds2' Not much" ''Ex-
cept in larks.- his wife put in. sending
wave n Indignation over bio face. ~
Merchant Traveller
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-09

Trx and glass have found . rival In
paper as q material for making kerosene
oil cans. The latter, IT IL claimed, will not
rust and leak like tin or crack like glass.
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PAPER has gone TO the front again. Paper
clothing Is being made by Minnesota In.
vcnto-. II is as soft a. cloth, and II Il
claimed that the cold can not penetrate IL.
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THERE are in England 3i7 female black
smiths. who actually swing heavy ham
mers, and o,i3s women employed In nail
making.
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wHEx home Is ruled according 70 Gods
word, angels might be asked 70 stay at
night with US, and they would not lind
themselves out OF their element Spurgcon.
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THERE is sense in which we are nothing,
but another in which we are Of immense
importance. and both these conditions are
recognized in the Scriptures. As compared
with God, how insignificant we are. and
apart from Christ, how worthless. But rs
Gods children and workers In His cause,
how unspcakablc Is our Importance
United Presbyterian.
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" We make religion our business, Goa
will make /. our biesscdncss.-J. Adam
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lie hasn't the ordinary kindnes. 70 res
cue me from this bore And have
been 20 horribly amiable 10 him" she
thought In despair.
I'll She ,ikcs that popinjay. LOT her
60 with him. I'm sorry for her tastss
that's all" reflected Jack. and In an
other minute Ethel found herself
actually seated In the tete-a-t.ts chair
with Dicky. whose large eyes were
rolling triumphantly In the light Of
the rose-colorcd lamps
She did not succeed in making her
escape till II was time 10 90 home
Jack was nowhere 70 be seen. and she
drove back in the chill gray iaornine
with the heaviest heart she had know
for many years
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l. Lessons from the life Of Samuel: ~
patriotism; 90 unselfshness; 81 noble
character and useful life makes success;
"a the best life j. one wholly given 70 God
from childhood
.. Teachers shorld practice what they
teach.
3. The past il III, teacher OF the present.
I. Gods Book Of Providence illustrates
His written Word.
s. Obedience TO God i the only way q
success
q. The hope OF nation is in righteousness
and religion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
jerks, DREAM.

jerks had a queer dream the other night.
He thought he saw a prize-fghters ring, and
in the middle of 1t stood a doughty little
champion who met and deliberately knocked
over, one by one, score or more of big,
burly-looking fellows, as they advanced to
the attack. Giants as they were in size, the
valiant pigmy proved more than a match for
them. 1t was all so funny that jerks woke
up laughing. He accounts for the dream by
the fact that he had Just come to the conclu-
sion, after trying nearly every big. drastic
pill on the market, that Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, or tiny Sugar coated
Granules easily knock out" and beat all
the big pills hollow! They are the original
and only genuine Little Liver Pills.
Beware of limitations, which contain Poi
sonOus Minerals. Always ask for DR.. Pierce's
Pellets, which are Little Sugar-coated Pills,
or Anti-bilious Granules. One a Dose.
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ricose veins. derived much benefit from the
tricycle.. As to hernia, it is not pretended
that the use of the machine will cure it, bu,
cases are given of doctors who had hernia
and found it gone after riding for time.
All English medical journal, while recogniz-
ing the value of the tricycle. as curative in
many affections and an excellent form of ex-
ercise, yet considers it as an exercise inferior
to rowing and horseback riding. Many will
dissent from such n verdict, and as for the
curative effect, certainly in the matter of
hemorrhoids riding the tricycle. cures them,
while horseback riding will often produce
them.
According to DR.. Jennings person must
be well stiffened up by rheumatism who can
not use the machine and be cured by it. He
tells of a man who had consulted twenty
physicians and failed to receive any benefit,
AID yet at last was cured by the tricycle.. He
also gives the case of man 80 years old who
was paralyzed on one side, and yet rode 1000
miles last year. 1t would appear that in Sc
lected cases Of consumption cycling might
properly be advised. Undoubtedly the vic
Tins in the early stage would be much bene-
fitted If not absolutely cured by it.-Boston
Herald
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The Income of Actors,

The minor members of a dramatic com.
pany are paid about as we'll as the member.
of the staff Of successful metropolitan news.
paper-perhaps more The stars fare better
than the editors-in-chief. But so many OF
the stars are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
"Adonis" Dixey and Stuart Robson. 1t is
impossible to give the average incomes Of
Mrs Langtry. Mrs. Potter, Booth and Bar
rett. because while they draw crowded
houses in one place, they play to empty seats
in another. Kyrle Bellew receives $3.50 q
week for forty weeks; Charles Coghlan the
the same, Mary Anderson's profits this sea
son will be unusually large, about s4,SOO q
week for forty weeks, or 1872, 900; Franci:
Wilson is paid $500 week; De Wolf Hop
per and Digby Bell each about $3.50; Fred
Leslie receives $500 week from the Gaiety
company, and was offered $500 week by
Rudolph Aronson; Ellen Terry is paid 500
and George Alexander $500 week.-Phila,
delphia Press