San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
WILL He BE POSTMASTER GENERAL?

Many cltlZenS thlnK that thor.
ough business man, unquestionably
well qualified for the work of post.
master-general and who is reported
to have contributed hundreds of thou.
sands of dollars to the winning side
in the recent election, is sure of the
appointment. They believe, there
fore, that John Wanamaker, of Phila-
delphia, will be made postmaster
general by President Harrison, and,
as such, will have a place in his
cabinet.
Mr.. Wanamaker keeps the largest
retail store in America, is not yet so
years old, and began life without
money. He is religious man, active
in church work and Christian philan-
thropy, and of the quality which does
not recognize the word "tail." Such
men as he are few in number, and
their biography is sure to be interest
ing and instructive.
Philadelphia was Wanamaker's
| birthplace. His father was a brick
layer and poor man, and the boy
went to work in clothing store when
he was IA years old. He took a dol
lar and lfalf. weekly wages when he
began. but the fact that at the end of
five years, when he was one of the
best statesmen in the house, he had
saved two thousand dollars, shows
that his pay had become liberal. 1t
was supplemented by work on pub
LEGATION which he edited and published
and for which he solicited advertise
ments. John Wanamaker was al
ways an indefatigable worker. He
had become prominent in church work
before the down appeared on his
chin.
About the year 1859 Mr.. Wanna
maker went south, travelling tor the
Improvement of his health. When he
returned to Philadel phia he was made
secretary of the Young Mems Chris
tan association. He held this position
two years, then, in 1861, went into
business in partnership with Nathan
Brown, whose sister he married. The
partners put in two thousand dollars
each, and soon prospered as the re-
ward of diligence and good business
judgment. They were shrewd adver-
tisers, as the surviving partner is to-
day; the whole of the first days pro-
fits were spent by them in single
business announcement in the Phila-
delphia Ledger. Brown died twenty
years ago. Mrs. Wanamaker is still
living and her hOnored husband is
head of one of the best ordered
and happIest households in this land
of cheerful Christian homes.
NaorOlii Dodabhai, who was called
a BLACK man" by Lord Salisbury,
premier of England, is in receipt of
many letters and kilograms of SYM
pathy. He has received 5000 messages,
including cablegrams from America.
| Others came from South Africa, Aus
tralia and New Zealand. OF course,
many dispatches were forwarded
| from India. Altogether, NaOrolii feels
as though he had about as many
frierds as Salisbury, although he
never expects to be premier of Eng
land.
Mrs. Harrison has been in weekly
| correspondence with Mrs. Cleveland
since the election with reference to
many household affairs, which q wo-
man OF Mrs. HarrisOn's domestic
thOughtfulness and care would deem
important to know. 1t is said by those
who seem to speak from knowledge of
past changes of white house occ1-
pants, that more friendly relationship
with the outgoing and incoming fami-
lies never existed.
Mrs. Cross, niece of John Bright,
is conspicuous in woman's rights
movements in England. Miss Helen
Gladstone is another English friend of
the movement. She does not think
that a broader life makes women
worse housekeepers. She is superb
one, as was her mother before her and
as that mother is still. Miss Glad
stone is not so good looking as either
of her parents, who make handsome
old couple; but then she wears some
what better clothes than her mother,
who is conspicuous for "duds," even
in England.
The most prominent brigand in
China, Ho Ia Lao-hu, has been cap
tured and killed. He was a giant, be-
ing feet and inches in height and
broad in proportion. He had been con-
cerned in a great many robberies and
a large number of murders. Ii Hung
Chang, Viceroy of China, made up his
mind that this burly ruffian must be
checked in his career. Ho Ia Lao-hu
made bold fight against the troops
sont to arrest him, but was fatally
wounded during the skirmish.
The German-speaking bakers
throughout the United States are