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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-13
DEMOCRATIC MISpEAL.

| DG"oSHN IL mloDEHLs
q The democratic journals have been
loud in their denunciatlons of repub-
lican extravaganza, upon the strength
of the report that the public debt had
increased over 100000 during the
months of July and August. The
facts are that the actual reduction of
the public debt during the two mon this
named has been nearly So, 1000, 900. The
treasury books show public debt, in
Guiding bonds of all kinds, June 80,
1889, 1896, S3S, 9l7; on August 3lst they
show 1915, 47S,SO7. The erroneous
democratic conclusions arose from the
form in which the public statement
is presented which gives the amount
of public debt less cash in the treas
ury. Thus any increase of cash shows
reduction of debt and any disburse-
ments other than for purchase of
bonds at par value would show an in
crease of debt. a comparison of the
annual interest charges of the public
debtor the months of July and August
1888 and 1889 are equally gratifying
The reduction of the interest charges
in the public debt during these two
months of 1888, was S29l $40; while for
1889 same period it has been 1895, 6S5,
more than three times as much. The |
reason of the increased disbursements |
for July and August 1889 over July |
and August 1883, and from which |
arises a smaller amount of cash In |
the treasury thereby creating larger
debt statement, is because the appro-
priatiOns for 1855 were not available |
until late in September, whereas for
1889 they were available on July 1st.
This year the departments drew out
in Jul y and August their appropria-
tons and placed the amounts in
the hands of their bonded dis
bursting officers. These sums were
largely in excess OF the requirements
OF these departments for July and
August and there being so much less
cash on hand in the treasury tells
against the public debt statement as
presented. In one department alone,
says Secretary Window, $1,000, 900
more than was necessary to pay the
september accounts was drawn. The
purchase of bonds for the sinking
'und is largely in excess of the bond
purchases of July and August last
year and show an increase in premi-
I'm paid of over &, 100000, all of
which appears on the statement
IS increased debt, while in reality
I has nothing to do with
t. The reduction of the interest on
public debt owing to increased bond
purchases has been greater than at
almost any other time since that debt
vas created. The actual facts are
hat instead of an increase of IS, 600
400 public debt in July and August
his year over July and August last
'ear, the public debt has actually
decreased S2l 100000 and the reduc-
ion Of interest charges on the public
lebt has been three times as great
Turing these months of 1889 as it was
Turing the corresponding months of
SSS. The republican party has gone
N in the old way reducing that debt
S the democracy never did.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-13

Turkish and Vapor Baths,
At Zilian's, corner Commerce and
A lamo streets. 3-l7-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-13

Announcements for State and County officers
ten Dollars in advance
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
STILL MARKING AN ADVANCE.

Notwithstanding the usual early summer
talk of strikes it is cheerful and noticeable
fact that Pittsburg's business is shown by
the Clearing House returns to keep right on
at rate of improvement exhibited by few,
if any, other cities. The prediction that
Baltimore would, like Cincinnati, be per-
manently left in the shade is made good by
the exhibit from week to week. Pittsbure
has taken a firm hold on the seventh place
in the business list of American cities. The
prospects, furthermore, are good that be-
fore the current year runs out it will catch
up with st. Louis and that on the full
twelvemonth's returns it will exceed San
Francisco.
With these signs in the sky, as well as
for the more personal reason that 'Shut-
downs" and strikes cause much individual
loss, every one will hope that the differences
between employers and employed in certain
local quarters may be satisfactorily and
soon composed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
THE SILK BUREAU.
An Interesting Feature of the National Ag-
ricuItural Department.

An Interesting Feature of the National Ag-
ricultural Department.
WASHINGTON, May 2Q-In one corner Of the
building in the Agricultural Department
grounds known as the museum is the
silk bureau, and an interesting and
important place it is For 10 years,
beginning at the time Prot. Riley took hold,
experiments more or less extensive, intricate,
and successful have been made with view to
determining whether silk culture can be made
profitable in this country. The experiments
seem to demonstrate that it can, under certain
conditions within the power Of the people to
obtain. These conditions Mr.. Walker says,
are an automatic machine to feed cocoons to
the winder and duty of 25 per cent on raw
material. The duty on the manufactured arti-
Gle, he says, now averages about so per cent.
The automatic machine spoken of Mr.. Walker
thinks he has secured, after much labor. The
model has worked satisfactorily and a number
of machines are now being constructed in the
department to determine whether the inven-
tion is entirely practicable. If it works, two
thirds of the labor now necessary to reel the
silk from the cocoon can be saved.
At the department there are a large number
of silkworms being fed, and experience has ap-
parentIy demonstrated the value of Usage
orange leaves as food. Old authorities agreed
that they were an aid to the mulberry leaves,
but that the latter were Indispensable in the
production of good cocoons But, as far as he
has been able to observe. Mr.. Walker says that
cocoons from worms fed on Usage orange ex-
cluslvely produce as good silk as those from
worms fostered on mulberry or mixed diet.
A knowledge of this fact Is valuable, as it will
tend to increase the culture OF the sllkworm. @
weeks to study the methods Of silk culture and
manufacture there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.
MAX o'REn1 says he has no faith in Boula

MAX o'RELL says he has no faith in Beulan-
ger.
H.uO. HoUGHToN, the Boston publisher,
wants to be Governor Of Massachusetts.
A MOST astonishing story comes from Cali
fornia telling how Claus Epreckels has been
paying taxes, owing to defective maps. on hun
dreds of acres that he does not own.
WILLIAM r. O'DoNovAN, A. N. A, has fin
ished in the clay, for the Alumni Association
of St. Johns College. Fordham, his colossal
statue of the Right Rev. John Hughes, first
Archbishop of New York, which, when cast in
bronze; will stand on the lawn in front Of that
institution.
AMONG those who are to read papers st
the Convocation of the University of the State
of New York, at Albany. in July next are
President Backus, of Packer Institute, Brook
lyn; President Adams, of Cornell; Prof. Sinner,
of the University of the City of New York, and
President Angel, of the University Of Michi-
gan.
PROF. MoMMsEN, who will soon be "a years
old, expresses himself with his old-time vigor,
it seems. A Berlin correspondent quotes him
as saying of the Samoan Commission and its
work: "The controversy relative to Samoa is
a strife which is unworthy of men. For my
part would not give glass Of Bavarian beer
for all the islands in the Pacific Ocean"
AMONG the recent arrivals at San Francisco
was Princess Kalani, the niece of King Kala-
kaua. She is IA years old, and is the daughter
of Archibald Scott Cleghorn and Princess Like
Lake. She left for New York, where she will
take steamer on May 20 for Europe and re-
main abroad for Il months for the purpose of
completing her studies The King intended to
come but illness in the nature of an eruption
of boiIs confined him to his bed. His Majesty
expects to make foreign tour soon, when he
will visit the Paris Exposition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
PENNSYLVANIA PRODUCTS.

Does have become nuisance at the Belle
fonte Cemetery. Whenever grave Is dug
they dig up the loose earth at night.
AN economic Bradford man. on hunting for
his last years straw hat, found it pre-empted
as nest containing five young mice.
ABUTLER county black and tan terrier hunts
snakes for amusement He never attempts to
kill them, but calls for help, and remains to see
them dispatched.
A GENTLEMAN Of Washington county has q
hog that watches broods of chickens and pro-
tects them from hawks. He has killed many
hawks that attacked the broods.
MRS. JACOB RUcH. Of Newton, went into
her kitchen at night without light While
she was about to take something from the
table rat bit her hand and threw her into
Mysteries.
AT Conshohocken, the other day, Albert
Rheinhart found large rat in his room. He
went to a drawer, got out revolver and killed
the rat at the seventh shot 1t was found to
weigh six pounds.
In clearing up around Independence Island,
at Harrisburg. the past few days, Proprietor
Newman and his employees have found num-
Der of robins, doves and blackbirds which
have recently been killed wantonly by parties
out in boats skirting the island.
MRS MONTGOMERY, of Middletown, whose
chickens were troubled with vermin, was ad-
vised to burn birthstone in her hennery, and
the insects would disappear. She tried 1t, and
the result exceeded her expectations, but the
promptness Of the fremen saved her dwelling.
. COUNCILMAN JESSE EVANS. of Pottstown,
In operating a lawn mower q few days ago,
moved piece oil the ear Of . fine young
beagle hound named Dash" and wanted it
sewed back again, but veterinary surgeon
told him the ear was too thin TO admit Of
stitches
Two officers went to Meadville mans house
day or two since to seek for stolen goods.
One of them ran his hand in behind bunch Of
hay and instantly it was bitten, as he thought
BY snake. The victim was in mortal terror,
despite the prompt application Of antidotes
until 1t came out that the bite was by duck
! sitting on some eggs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21

with a profit on it. The purchase of a
franchise like this necessitates not only q
profit on the capital invested in building
the road, but the profit on the capital paid
to the city for the sake of obtaining the
franchise. This must be collected from the
people using the road; and consequently
from that portion of the public least able
to bear taxation. The sale os such fran
chises would therefore be identical with the
medieval system of tax farming, or the sale
of monopolies. It should be recognized
that the purpose of chsrtering such lines
is to furnish the ordinary people with the
means of the most economical and speedy
transit. This is not to be secured by bur-
dening the enterprising with the payment
of large sums to the public treasury; but
rather by placing them upon basis of COM
petition which will secure the lowest fares
to the public.
Our correspondent happens to point out
the principle upon which this unalloyed
good can be secured to the public, by his
declaration that no exclusive privileges can
be granted to any corporation in the streets.
This is an undoubted legal principle.
Whether the streets are regarded as simply
the property of the public, or are viewed in
the light of an easement with reversion to
the abutting property holders, the principle
is the same. The Supreme Court of the
United States has decided that to give a
corporation exclusive privileges, or the sole
right of use in any public highway, by the
right of eminent domain, would be viola
ton of the Constitution of the United
States, and therefore beyond any legislative
power. The State or city can grant cor
poration an easement in the street for the
construction of tracks, subject to the right
of general use; but neither of them could
give traction company the right to exclu-
sively occupy street for Its business any
more than it could give drygoods firm the
same exclusive right for its business.
This principle is certainly cogent as sug-
gesting a solution of the present problem.
Both the competition of new passenger rail-
way lines and the preservation of the unoc-
cupied streets can be secured by adopting
the policy that all new lines shall have the
privilege of reaching the business part of
the city over the tracks of the corporations
to which franchises have already been
granted. 1t should not be difficult to ar
range conditions or rules by which new en-
terprises can reach the central portion Of
the city over the existing tracks, upon the
payment of equitable tolls. 1t will serve
the purposes of the public far better to have
the new railways confined to the half dozen
streets on which franchises are now granted
than to have all the downtown streets occu-
pied with cable and electric lines.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
ODD ITEMS FROM FOREIGN SHORES.

THE fish consumed in London annually would
weigh 126, ,251 tons. 1,
The illumination of the dome and cupola Of
st. Peters, Rome, usually requires over 300
men.
LETTERS in the handwriting Of Piggott, the
notorious forger. are now advertised for sale at
2guineas apiece.
IT is estimated that the annual money value
of the fruit consumed in Great Britain Is $50
100000, of which about $1,000, 900 worth is i'm
ported.
THE weight of the fish landed in Great Brit
ain and Ireland last year was $4,000 tons, of
which somewhat less than half was carried into
the interior by railway.
A SEAMAN at Milton, Sittingbourne, who has
lust attained his Tooth year, was powder-mon-
key on board the vessel which brought to En-
gland the news Of the victory az Trafalgar.
A SOCIETY termed the Army Floral Associa-
ton has been formed in London for the sale of
flowers in the street by discharged soldiers Of
good character. Barrows are to be supplied to
the men enrolled, SO constructed that the flow
ers will be protected from the weather and
kept perfectly fresh. Each man employed will
receive 2s. Cd. q day, with q commission on all
he sells over q certain sum.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
AT THE THEATERS.

Dockstader's Mlnstrels, Old Onken Bucket
and Lilly CIay's Company.
If you like the old-fashioned crescent Of
black-faced minstrels, with the bones and tam
BORNE in their accustomed places, you should
certainly go TO see Dockstader's aggregation of
singers and comedians. It is a strong company
vocally, and if Lew Dockstader alone had to
provide the comedy there would be fun in
abundance But Maxwell and Schoolcraft and
Marion, who successfully handle the bones and
tamborine, can make the laughter come readily
enough when Lew Dockstader is away. Joseph
Garland is grave and reverend presiding Of
fcer.
In the first part which is managed on the
old-fashioned plan of broad humor for bread
and pathosfor meat in the sandwich the sing
ing of Master Eddie Sloman-a boy with a
Jose's rendering of with All Her Faults I
Love Her STILL" and the ridiculous " Guess
Not" drolly said and sung by Dockstader, were
the gems. The lines in Dockstader's song al
ludingJ to "the squatters who are now up a
tree. Mat Quay may make President, but he
can't beat Magee," were greeted with terrific
applause. The novelty of the first parts
finale, "0xygen," in which Dockstader put the
entire company to sleep at will, was no greater
than its grotesque humor.
The rest of the programme, with Frank and
Marion in some acrobatic exercises, displaying
great SKILL and number of other downright
varieties, concluding with a travesty on the
May Festival which must be seen to be under
stood, was enjoyable also. Mr.. Dockstaler
again contributed chunks of fun in his dis
guises of an anglomaniac and a Sunday school
and the performance was hailed with hearty
applause.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
NEW GLASS SYSTEM.

The first test of the tank system of
glass manufacture at Jeannette, Pa, which
was made yesterday, appears to have re-
suited favOrably. Perhaps it may be wise
to await the experience of larger run than
that of single day before asserting its en-
tire success; but so far as can be judged
from the reports of the first days operations
the indications are decidedly in favor of the
success of the new method. The change thus
foreshadowed comprises arevolution in glass
making. The enormous increase in pro-
duction permitted by this process will, of
course, carry with it great cheapening in
the price of glass, and if experience sup
ports the first test, will necessitate a gen.
eral reconstruction of the old style factories.
Glassmaking has stuck to the old lines
longer than almost any other man ufactur-
ing industry. 1t now appears to be on the
eve of new era.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
NO JOKES PERMITTED.

The iocose element of the press, without
regard to party predictions or previous
condition of servitude, il very much en-
tertaiued over the experiences of young
man by the name of Gitt, who was a clerk
in the Pension Office, and is so no longer.
Mr.. Gitt used to exercise his humorous fac
ulties at the expense Of the Rev. DR.. Scott,
who was then the father-in-law of Senator
Harrison, and clerk in the same Office.
When the aged Doctor would indulge his
weakness for a nap, Mr., Gitt used to
arouse him by shouting: "Sleepihg cars
for Baltimore, and in other ways disturbing
the peaceful slumbers of the old gentleman.
Since Mr.. Scott's son-in-law has become
the President, Mr.. Gitt has been called be-
fore his superior officer; and the condensed
report of the conversation that took place
is, that the superior told Gitt to "get" and
Git got.
Now while the joke in this case is decid-
edly against Mr.. Git, the serious aspect of
it does not count much in favor, either of Dr.
Scott or the President Most people will
be apt to think that the Doctor might we'll
have taken more charitable view of the
joke at the expense of his slumbers; and
hardly any view of the distribution OF the
spoiIs can make it the duty of the Presi-
dent to revenge upon OdicehOlders, such as
Mr.. Git is stated to have been, their trans
gressions in disturbing the repose of age
in office. Especially, since the removed clerk
is stated to have been Republican, and
therefore is presumed to have earned his
position by yeoman labors in past cam
paigns, it seems that even the vested right
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
P1TTsBURG, TUESDAY, MAY q. 1883.
AN IMPORTANT POINT GAINED.

The concession made by the railroad Of
fcials at their meeting yesterday in the re-
duction on ore rates, is of itself good re-
turn on the labOrs of those who have been
agitating in favor of more equitable freight
rates to Pittsburg.
The reduction of twenty cents per ton on
ore from the lakes to Pittsburg is not all
that our people have asked, nor all they had
a right to expect. The gain of 80 cents in
the first cost of ton of pig iron and of 80
cents on finished iron and steel rails will go
a long way toward correcting the influences
which have of late worked against Pitts
burg's natural supremacy in iron and steel.
With this correction we may be certain that
Chicago cannot take our iron business away
from us, even though our city does not Sc
cure the full advantages of its situation.
The course of the railroad managers in
giving our manufacturing industries this
measure of relief is to be recognized and
commended. 1t was far wiser for their own
interests to make this concession than to
cling to their old policy regardless of the
public protests. Nevertheless we must
commend the intelligence and tair-minded-
ness which produced this step as superior to
the average railroad policy.
While our railroad men have not given
Pittsburg all that she needs, they have GER
tainly improved their position by giving
great share of it. 1t is to be hoped that
when they experience the expansion of all
classes of iron traffic to be caused by the re-
duction in this fundamental rate, they will
see the wisd IN of further reductions. which
will at once secure them enhanced business,
and place Pittsburg far beyond all other
points in the production of finished iron.
For this relief much thanks. Neverthe-
less the fact that it is given as favor of the
railroad managers should point the moral
as to the reform which will cause freight
charges to be fixed just as the charges for
making iron are-by the unerring force of
competition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
MRS. AVER GOES TO LAW.
| The Sues the Recamier Company to Recover
$4,000 Worth of Stock.

The Sues the Recnmier Company TO Recover
$4,000 Worth of Stock.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
NEW YORK, May 2O.-Harriet Hubbard Aver
is suing to recover 500 shares Of stock in the
Recamier Manufacturing Company and for an
accounting. The case was before Judge DAILY
in the Common Pleas to-day. The defendants
are the. plaintiffs daughter, Harriet; the
daughters husband, Allen Lewis Seymour.
treasurer of the Recamier Company; his
father, James N. Seymour, and the company
itself. Mrs. Ayers affidavit says that in April,
1887, at the suggestion Of James M. Seymour,
she transferred to him and his associates re-
ceipts for the Recamier preparations, a COM
pany being formed with 1000 shares of $50 each,
which were issued to the plaintin as considera-
tion for the recipes. She Hvanced -, 900 work
ing capital, and $4,000 was borrowed.
Mrs. Aver giving Mr. Seymour 49S shares as
collateral. She was elected President She
Seymour, Baker q Co., and was told by James
M. Seymour that large sums of money had
been placed to her credit during the year 1888.
She claims that her entire Indebtedness OF
$4,000 has been wiped out, and she wants her
collateral back.
The affidavit of Mr.. Seymour denied Mrs.
Ayers allegations, and set up that the stock
was his own, Mrs. Aver having given 1t to him,
for his valuable services in suggesting the idea
ton. Out of his great love for his son and
dauehter-in-law he said he had given them two
the 500 $50 shares he received from Mrs.
Aver. Mrs. Aver, he alleged, went abroad to
obtain relief from the alcohol and morphine
habit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-21
Hnrria, Theafen.

1.-THE Old Oaken Bucket" and large troupe
of well educated dogs drew two good audiences
to this house yesterday-in fact, the best Mon
day business OF several weeks was done. The
mGlodramS as presented by the Gray and
Stephens Company, is well worth seeing, if
only for its good mechanical effects and the
handsome and well trained dogs. These are
artists in their line, and without the visible
presence of a trainer on the stage their feats
are marvellous. They rescue a tolerably good
heroine from numerous thrilling situations,
such as being tied in q burning house and
buried beneath an avalanche on the Allegheny
Mountains, and two of them execute a credit
able waltz with the heroine. Probably the best
work of the two-legged actors is done by the
moothtougued villain, E. F. Gilpin, as Harry
Skinner, and Billy Williams Josephine is right
clever. Miss Gray in her double roles is q
hard-working, painstaking little actress.
Change of bill at the Friday matinee when
without Home will be given, running the
remainder of the week,