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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
A MANLY MAN AND A MODEST
MERCHANT.

San Antonio boasts some very lib
eral merchants among the members
of the guild; men who are as open as
the day, wide awake, generous and
broad minded; men also who know
the value ofprinters' ink and do not
fear to use it. Talking over the merits
of city merchants with gentleman
of this city recently, the question was
asked the writer of this article what
he considered the most marked char
acteristic of the great dry goods and
clothing merchant of Main plaza, Mr..
Wolfson? Pausing moment for re-
Election the answer was made that
Mr.. Wolfson's innate modesty was
probably as marked q CHARACTERISTIC
as any he possesses. At the head of
confessedly the largest retail business
i'm southern or western Texas,
no man is so utterly reti-
cent. concerning the magnitude
and extent of his business, as he is.
The largest advertiser i'm San Anto-
MO, or in Texas, in his line, he never
seems to think that he is specially en-
titled to press consideration and no
"freeu notices are asked or expected.
The most liberal subscriber to all
public. enterprises and private chart
ties, he never lets his right hand
know what his left hand does in such
matters. AS fearless i'm the express
sion of opinion when called upon to
give one as he is conservative in his
views of municipal and state affairs,
he is as charitable i'm his criticisms as
though public men were all pure and
their errors merely errors ofjudgement.
OF his very successful business ca
reer it is not the purpose of this arti-
Gle to speak, but of those social, in
tellectual and manhood qualities
which lie deeper, and are not so con-
spicuous as are the more obvious bus
mess qualifications. Again and again
has the regret been expressed during
the past few weeks that Wolfson is o
occupied with his vast business de-
tails that he cannot give'time to mu-
niclpal matters, and serve his ward
in the council of the city. He would
make a representative of the city's in
| terror that would need no watching.
The LIG 1T sincerely hopes that time
ere long will so far relieve him from
the close personal supervision of bus
mess, which now engrosses him, as to
admit of his services being placed at
the disposal of his fellow-citizens as
representative of their interests. If
Mr.. Wolfson's conservative modesty
shrinks from this notice he must at
tribute it to the LIGHTS genuine APP
preciation of his manhood qualities.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
A Killing Tornado.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 9.-Bulletin.-Itis
reported here that terrific tornado
visited Pittsburg today, that some of
the largest buildings were blown
down and many people killed.
THE Paris News is hard citizen to
suit. 1t not only vents its spleen at
republicans whom it evidently con-
siders to be barred of all right to criti-
else any southern democratic action,
but it actually damns Ex-Governor
Ireland because he has the courage of
his opinions on matters of free trade
and protection. The News man usu-
ally says what he feels moved to say
by the passing caprice and is not de-
TERED by any fears of the afterward.
Consistent or inconsistent it is all one;
popular or unpopular it matters not.
While this temper has its advantages
it also has its drawb back. A carefully
collected list of what the News man
damns and blesses in any one month
would show double colume of near
ly all things mentionable in connec-
tion with an editorial opinion. For
an old bourbon sheet one would hard
ly have looked for this screed against
Ex- Governor Ireland:
"The Governor is a sour, yindictive
man, fully impressed with his own
impor lance and net at all chary Of
holding TO any views that are not pop
ular.,
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Quarrel over the Prize.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Jan. "a.
Mathews, a wealthy general mer-
chant of Walnut Shade, was Instantly
killed in White river bottoms, near
the Missouri line yesterday afternoon.
Mathews was hunting deer, and he
and man by the name of Strong,
shot large buck almost simulta-
neously. In a dispute which arose
over the possession of the animal, it
was claimed by Strong, who struck him
with the butt end of his rifle. Strong
escaped to the woods, but is being
pursued by the sheriff.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
SKIPPING Cashier.

CHICAGO, January 9Th" News
says Henry G.. Schall, asslstaS t cash.
Ter in the paymaster's office Of the
Chicago and Northwestern r. r. Co.
has left Chicago with ST. 800 of the
company's funds, and 81, 800 belonging
to the Clerks and Mechanics Build
ing and L. n Association of which he
was treasurer.
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Decision Against the Sugar Trust

New YORK, January 9.--Judge Bar
ret in the supreme court today, rem
dered the decision in favor Of the at
torney general against the Sugar
Trust. The suit was brought by the
people of the state of New York,
against The North River ST. gar Re-
filming company by a ttorney-
General Tabor to forfeit the charter of
the North River company in This city,
on the ground it had virtually
passed out of exist ence by selling out
all it's stock to the Sugar Trust COM
binations, and closing up all its work.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
Fined For Conte npt:.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, January o.
In the circuit court this morning
Judge Guthrie quashed the rule
awarded against the county court to
show cause why it should not be
fined, and attached for contempt, in
forwarding certificates Of election in
this county for governor and con-
gresham, in violation Of the IN
junction granted by Judge Nc
Ginnis of the cable circuit court.
1t also dismissed the bill of injunction
and the certiorari at the instance of
fudge Fleming and MIR. Anderson.
mis- is complete victory for the re-
Ginicans and gives Golf and Nc
the req clear plurality On the face of
both reps for governor and congress,
| Nlicans.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
DON'T DESERVE RESPECT.
A Citizen Speaks on the Sidewalk
Question,

A Citizen Speaks on the Sidewalk
Question,
The accompanying clipping from
the public prints of this city is sent to
the LIGHT with the comment which
follow:
Especial committee reported recon-
mending that class G sidewalks be put
down on both sides of Arsenal street
from South Laredo to South Flores
streets, and class G walk be ordered
on the south side of Arsenal street
from Flores street to the river. Adopt
ed. A few years ago the U. s. author
tiles who own the property on the
north side of Arsenal street to the
river, were compelled to put down a
class A cement walk and did SO. But
Uncle Sam always gets stuck on the
last 'horse.n
JANUARY 9, 1889.
Daily LIGHT:
In other cities the proceedings of
the city council are generally carried
out by parties appointed for that pur-
pose. Perhaps our city council does
not deserve respect and consideration
from the public at least they don't APP
pear to get it!
A year or so ago sidewalks were
ordered ON Arsenal street, but no &C
ton has been taken and sidewalks of
some kind are a now necessity on
Arsenal street, and where the walks
should be the earth has been washed
down to an angle of As degrees; peo-
pie cannot walk there, but have to
take the street. Send one of your en-
terprising reporters out to walk from
Flores to Laredo street without taking
hold of the fence. SUBSCRIBER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
Effects of the Storm in Canada.

MONTREAL, January 9.-Half-way
between here and Toronto, all the
wires are strewn on the ground, poles
by the dozen are stretched along the
railroad, and general decentralization
in lower Ontario generally, reports
are coming in by mail only; they indi-
cate that incalculable damage has
Eeen done by the easterly storm.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
Return of the Minister.

ST. LOUIS, January 9.-Senor San
chez Azcona, Mexican minister to
Italy, accompanied by his wife, ar
rived here yesterday. He is called
home on important business, and may
be appointed to fill another position in
some of the American republics. The
party will leave for Mexico City over
the Iron Mountain tonight.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
A Refractory Official.

WAsHINGTou, ID. c., January o.
Lewis McMullen, appraiser at New
York, was requested to resign, but re-
fused to do so, the president has
therefore directed his removal from
Office
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09

A letter from the pope is read in
the Irish churches, sympathizing
with the Irish people in their present
suffering and praising their marve-
lous fortitude.
Most of the German papers express
doubt as to whether the Morier affair
may be considered ended, because it
is of great Importance as regards the
relations of Germany and England.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
Hoods Calendars.

Hooi's Sarsaparilla Calendar for 'S9
satisfy every expectatj on as to beauty
and IL ility. 1t is little larger than
ever ,efore, retaining the cut-ou6
featur of last year, and a handsome
child lace looks over pad of clear.
plain figures, all printed in har..
monioDls and pleasing colors. To be-
appreciated it must be seen. Get a,
copy o. your druggist or sent B cent
in stamps to G. 1. Hood & Co., Lowell,
Mass.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The king of Holland, though i'll,
transacts business daily.
An attempt was made yesterday to
blow up the royal palace at Madrid.
1t is said the italian government
will obtain a loan of $50, 600, 000in Ger
many.
Baron Won Seller, Austrian ambas-
sador at Rio Janeiro, has been trans
ferred to Berne.
Mr.. Gladstone visited Pompeii on a
vessel loaned by the municipal au-
thorities of Naples.
All hope for the safety of the steam
er, Gulf of Guayaquil, which left Liv-
erpool for Valparaiso, has been aban-
doned.
Archbishop Riordan of San Fran
CISCO has been officiating at services
in the church of st. Honore de Clau,
in Paris.
Severe weather is reported in the
Black Sea. Many sailing vessels
wrecked, and over 100 seamen have
lost their lives.
Cardinal Manning has prepared an
exhaustive paper on the American
public school system based on the
statistics of Montgomery.
The Venezuelan government has
declared all persons circulating false
news as conspirators, who will be
prosecuted accordingly.
Six tenants were evicted from their
holdings on Col. Chas. Tottenham's
estate, in county Wicklow, yesterday
They offered no resistance.
The Chinese government demands
that the king of Corea be deposed,
and that the crown prince be selected
instead, with his father as regent.
The race for the amateur half mile
skating championship of the world,
took place at Amsterdam yesterday,
and was won by Won Panschil, of st.
Petersburg, in minute, 25 3-5 sec
onds.
The contest for the governorship of
the Chickasaw Nation will be speed
lily settled. Byrd and Guy have ap-
pealed to the secretary of the interior
to settle it, and pledge themselves to
abide by his decision.
SAN ANTONIO may not have it in
her power to shake off the shackles of
her present slavery and elect NUM-
cipal head who will fittingly repre-
sent her interest and her progress,
but she has it in her power to elect a
body that will not be the servant and
slave of that Emisdirecting head.
Without a council to do his bidding
the power of the present mayor for
mischief is effectually curbed. 1t is
therefore of Importance that the
voters look carefully to the alder.
maLe candidates and elect as their
ward representatives only such men
as can be safely and certainly relied
upon to antagonize the dooless, slack
action methods of this present admin
istration whose utter disregard of the
cleanliness, comfort and security of
our citizens is apparent upon every
hand. There are something like five
weeks more for work and combina-
ton before the municipal election,
and that is ample time to organize for
the defeat of the present ring if the
citizens, with whom alone lies the
remedy for our existing ills, will only
bester themselves as the Importance
of the case demands.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09

pvro r,Osen' SS,rm has occurred in the
oyerfoH'od Olsutales. The rivers
anu illages flooded.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09
LATEST TELEGRAPHICN NEWS
Press Dispatches and
Specials Up to the Hog
Gov. to Press.
The Markets.

. The Markets..
Boston, Mass, January 9.-.Mexi-
can AS, IS II TO 6s IL; scrip, 80 IL to
100; stock, IL IA.
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Wanted,

Three good reliable men to ENGAGE
in the work of soliciting. Liberal in.
ducements offered, expenses paid
Call on G. E. Hockey, 224 Soledad
street, Mt Mrs. Lockhart's boarding
house. 10 o.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-09

The Gsrman-American prohibition
league has been organized in Chicago
, 1889-08-16

A few years ago the German railway
companies were convinced that iron
sleepers were superior to wooden ones.
In 1856 there were laid on the German
lines 2,462, 900 new wooden sleepers and
1,007, 1853 iron ones; but in the following
year there were only SOS, 1858 iron sleepers
used, against 1914, 992 wooden ones.
Last year there were 2,677, 424 wooden
sleepers laid and only 750,670 iron ones.
The useof wood for sleepers SEEMS there
fore, to be gradually increasing in Ger.
many and the employment of iron dimin-
ishing. The French railway companies
have always opposed the use of iron
sleepers in France, but they make less
objection to them in Algeria, where the
extreme heat makes their application
more profitable.-New York Telegram.
, 1889-08-16

1t is believed that the specific purpose
of education is to cultivate character, to
induce sound thinking and to make a
necessity of scientific inquiry. Its high
est end is ethical. OF great value, but
secondary to its supreme purpose, are the
skill and the information which would
be the natural result of such cultivation.
The aim of the school is to prepare for
completeness of life. The central thought
in its entire organization is always the
boy himself, and everything that is done,
every study that is taken up, every inlu-
ence that is brought to bear, has for its
sole purpose his development. In this
view of its proper function the school is
q purely educational institution, and is
industrial only in making use of the
tools of industry to accomplish its chosen
purpose. The manual work, like the
work in science and literature, is simply
n means of development. 1t bears the
same relation to the process of education
that n railway train does to travel.
One may select slower modes of APP
proach if he choose, in his delight at the
rapid transit, he must not confuse the
journey with the end for which the
journey is made. Those who hold this
view of manual training watch with
sincere regret any encroachment of that
spirit which places the inanimate prod
uct, however ingenious and beautiful it
may be, above the human product. The
object of manual training, they believe,
is the production of thoughtful, self
reliant, honest men.-Professor G. H.
Henderson in Popular Science Monthly.
, 1889-08-16

The shah of Persia has a museum in
his palace that is described as a curious
place. 1t contains jewelry and treas
ures of different kinds worth a fabulous
mount. The so called Peacock throne,
carried off from Delhi $50 years ago, is
alone valued at many millions. In this
museum you may also see vases of agate
in gold and lapis lazuli, said also to be
worth millions; and alongside of them
empty perfume bottles of European
make, with gaudy labels, that can be
had at four cents apiece. You will see
priceless mosaics and exquisitely painted
cups and cans and vases, which were
presented by some European potentate;
and side by side with them you will
notice horrible daubs, veritable ten cent
chromos picked up no n knows how
or where. You will perceive glass cases
filed with huge heaps of rubies, dia-
monds, emeralds, sapphires, t~urquoises,
garnets, topazes, beryls of all sizes and
kinds, cut and uncut; and cheek by jowl
with these your eyes will see cheap mu-
sic boxes, jewsharps, squeaky hand or
gans. Tho shah must also be in a condi-
ton to ''bull" the market on pearls, for
here is, for instance, a big glass case,
twenty-four inches long by eighteen
inches wide and high, which is more
than half filled with pearls (mostly from
the Persian Gulf fisheries) of all sizes and
degrees of loveliness. Exchange.
, 1889-08-16
Sun Bath. hotter rhan Shade Trees.

"There is such n thing as having too
much of a good thing" remarked a Cass
avenue man TO n friend. 81 like trees,
but l don't like to live in the woods.
Every glimpse I get Of the heavens or
the earth from my windows in summer
is caught on the fly, MS it were. between
the branches of trees
"'Nhy don't you cut them DOWN. in
quired his friend.
81 would cheerfully, If they were my
own, but unfortunately my landlord
owns them and compels me to live in
their shade. There arc hundreds of
houses in Detroit that never have n CLINT
of sunshine from May TO November, and
the people in them are as bilious MS East
Indians. The average Detroiter is afraid
to trim his trees so that they shall pre-
sent a respectable appearance. and you
can walk up any of the and
count hundreds of lopsided, awkward
looking trees that have run all to
branches. The result is damp houses,
malaria and typhoid fever"
81 haven't any trees" said the friend.
"If l had l would so home and burn
them, after such a picture as that"
at is the truth. We live too much in
tho shade. Sun baths are better thar
shade trees of forest growth. 1t is well
enough 10 shade the streets, but not the
houses. Facts are facts, r."-Detroit
Free Press.
, 1889-08-16

In 1864 a hot headed French inventor
offered to contract for churches and ca
thedrals, including a peal of bells, to be
constructed entirely of paper. From
chimes to was but one step, and
the Gallo inventor announced his readi-
ness to supply a train of artillery of n
given caliber, made of the same ma
teriaL. Building paper Is enjoying a per-
feet boom just now, and is proving a fine
material in the hands of architects and
builders for several uses, inside and out.
The advantages, briefly stated, are: Con
tinuity of surface, or its adaptability for
making into rolls of almost any width
and length and %fexibility; or by gluing
several layers together it may be made
stiff, and will stop the passage of air be-
cause of the absence of joints; unlike
wood, it has no grain, and will not split;
it is unaffected by change of tempera-
ture, and thus has an advantage over
sheet metal for roofing materials; though
in its natural condition it is affected by
moisture, it a be rendered waterproof
by saturating with asphalt or by various
other methods; being n non-resonant
body, it is well fitted to prevent the pas
sage of sound; it is q non-conductor of
heat, and can also be made of incom-
bustible material, like asbestos, or rem
dered resistant to fire by chemical treat
ment.-Paper Makers Circular.
, 1889-08-16

John Barnes, the baseball manager,
while over in Ireland looking after the
fortune that had been left hin. there,
was, of course, in Dublin part of the
time. 1t was a damp, drizzly day when
he arrived there, but he was bound to
take n look over the city, even if it was
necessary to undergo n drenching in the
attempt. So the st. Paul manager
stepped into a jaunting car, or some
other sort of Irish conveyance, for a
drive about the town. Passing through
Phoenix park he noticed three great
statues, presumably the counterfeits in
bronze of national heroes. "What are
those?" John asked of his fine Celtic dri-
yer. "Thim"-was the confident re-
ply-"thim's the twelve apostles"
''TwelveI" exclaimed the great baseball
manager; "why, man, there are only
three of them True yez are, sor;
r yez are; but yez can't expect the
whole twelve 10 come out on n wet day
like this-ha Ito the horse), ge lang, ye
brute" This may be an old joke on the
other side, but rs the genial manager
took pains to bring it across the ocean it
is cheerfully awarded space in this col
umn.-The Casual Listener in st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
, 1889-08-16

One of the most interesting achieve
ments in modern engineering is the cleo
trio mountain railway recently opened
to the public at Burgenstock, near Luz
cerne. The rails describe one grand
curve formed upon IN angle of 112 de-
grees, and the system is such that the
journey is made as steadily and smoothly
as Upon any of the straight furnicular
lines. The ~Burgenstock is almost per-
pendicular-from the shore of Lake Luz
cerne to the Burgenstock is 1880 feet,
and it is 1880 feet above the level of the
sea. The total length of the line is 93S
metres, and 1t commences with a gradi-
ent of 80 per cent, which is increased to
49 per cent. after the first 400 metres,
this being maintained for the rest of the
journey. A single pair of rails is used
throughout, and the motive power (elec-
tricity) is generated by two dynamos,
each of twenty-five horse power, which
are worked by a water wheel of nominal
ly 1875 horse power erected upon the
river Aar at its mouth at Buochs, three
miles away, the electric current being
conducted by means of insulated copper
wires. The loss in transmission is esti-
mated at % per cent.-New York Tele-
gram.
, 1889-08-16
smokers Freemasonry.

There is q kind of Freemasonry be-
tween smokers In the United States that
l have never seen in my own country"
said a Canadian visitor TO a reporter,
''and the first time 1t came under my OBJ
s~ervation it annoyed me. l was sitting
on a Central park bench smoking q cigar
when a man approached me and said:
Have you got fire there? 4 don't un-
derstand you,' 1 replied. Will you give
me a Light he said. 4 don't think |
have a match left l answered, feeling
In my pocket. Il don't want a match
he said, your weedu do reaching
his hand for my cigar. 1 felt rather n
noyed at what 1 thought his imperti-
hence in trying to form my acquaint-
ance, and replied: I nave not the pleas
ure of knowing you, sir, and l don't care
to have you handle the cigar 1 have in
my mouth, anyway He seemed sur
prised at my refusal, but said nothing.
''Since then l find everybody does it
here. Men acost an entire stranger, use
his weed to light their own, say thank
you,' and pass on without the least in
clination to start a conversation or any
thing like that 1 have seen the news
boy borrow a light from a merchant and
a negro do so from a swell, and it has
even come to be a point of etiquette for
the lender first to give a strong puff
on his cigar to make it burn brightly,
and then knock the ashes off before pre-
senting it. There is no reasonable OBJ
lection to it, l suppose, as the part of the
cigar that is put between the lips is not
touched, but l never saw it at home that
l remember, probably because we look
upon cigars there as rather -extravagant
luxury, anyway, nearly all smokers habit
ually using the pipe. 1t surprised me at
first in this city to see everybody smoking
cigars, from the millionaire down to the
car driver. New York Tribune.