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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

AT the present rate of liquidation
the national debt will be wiped out
before the close of this century. It
would be we'll not to reduce the reven-
ue so low that this much to-be-desir-
ed result cannot be obtained.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1890.

WHICH would cost San Anton 10
most, the bonus for cotton mill or
base ball club?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

The burden of proof is on the World
TO show that in denying the correct
ness of its reporters interview, it did
not go behind the returns and falsi-
fly them. The reporter was there,
and is supposed to know. He had
no interest in lying; the World may
have had. Crawford is believed in
nine newspaper offices out of ten in
the country and that goes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

FIVE out of six of the leading dem
ocratic dailies of Texas are opposed to
the candidacy OF Hogg according to
the Greenvile Headlight which says:
Among the leading Texas papers
on record against the great dema-
gogue, J. S. Hogg, are the San AntO-
Mo Express, Houston Post, Dallas and
Galveston News, Waco Day"
OF the others, the Fort Worth Ga
zette and the Sherman Register are
not to be counted as HOgg's support
ers, and yet he seems to be making
Roadway With all the dailies against
him.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

IT is comical, but seriO-cOmic, to
hear the democratic papers mourn
ing over the depression of the agri-
cultural industry through a republic
can protective tariff How much
tariff does the farmer pay to get his
grain away from the American sea-
board? How does the American tariff
on English and German and French
goods affect the prices paid for grain
in Liverpool and London? How many
less bushels of Russian and Egyp-
tian and Indian wheat would reach
Liverpool if the tariff was taken off
every article of trade that reaches
this country. Free trade would
lessen the price of some few articles
of American consumption from five
to ten per cent, and so reduce the
price of mechanical labor that only
the coarsest articles of food would be
consumed by the mechanic and thus
deprive the American farmer of his
best market. 1t is an American and
not foreign market that the Ameri-
car agriculturist requires and this he
can only receive through projections
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

THE coal strikes in Illinois are pro
ducing their results. Coal famlnes
are reported at lesburg, Streator
and other cities and even the poor
commissioners are without fuel. This
has led some of the mining companies
to an agreement with their men pend
ing general settlement, and work
is resumed at some points, the own
ers paving last years prices and such
advance, if any, as will be paid by
any other company in the state under
such agreement as may be subsequent
ly reached.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

TEXAS il a good place for prohibit
tionits. tits so thoroughly democrat
ic that a consolidation of the entire
prohibition forces of the country could
not phase it's vote, and if cOrralled
here they would be out OF mischief in
other states. This train Of thought is
evoked by the following note.
"Ev-Gov. st. John, the well-known
Kansas apostle OF prohibition is to at
tend the state prohibition convention
at Fort Worth on the 18th inst, and is
booked for an address,"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

LADIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE.
That now is your time for good bargain,
read kahuh new price list and TAX" adj
vantage Of it. 90 there by all means.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

TIE LIGHT has received al COM
municatiOn from Houston very COM
plimentary to itself, and paying 1t the
tribute of being 1.-THE only republi-
can paper in Texas worthy the name. ]"
The correspondent takes the LIGHT
to task for It's criticism upon the
Houston election and the attitude Of
the cOlored voters in that contest,
and affirms the truthfulness of the
matter there set forth. The informa-
ton upon which that article was
based came direct by word of mouth
from an eyewitness; republican and
staunch one, one whom the LIGHT
has known as such for years. The
statement was positive, direct, spe-
cific as to fact, quite minute as to de-
tail, even to the money expended for
the purchase of the cOlOred vote and
by whom in part disbursed. The
LIGHT sees no reason to disbelieve
that Statement. The correspondence
from Houston denying that statement
bears no signature save that OF
peter" and until the full name Of
the writer is sent to this Office the
communication cannot appear.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09
LAKE VIEW.
Lake View Is one of the most desirable To-
CaIitieS for a home about San Antonio.
WHY.

WHY?
The property is elevated nearly one
hundred feet above the city.
1t is within easy access of the city,
being about two miles from its center.
The eleven streets which run out of
the city on the west, side, lead di-
rectly to the property.
The atmosphere is free from all
impurities.
A beautiful lake adorLs the proper.
ty.
The natural drainage is perfect.
The soil is rich and will grow all
forms of vegetation.
One of the grandest vigws in this
vicinity can de seen from the property
An eighty foot boulevard will very
soon connect the center Of the city
with the suburb.
A rapid transit railway will soon
be. in operation.s --",
1t is to be made strictly first-class
residence property.
Large sums of money have,"'already
been expended in improvements.
Terms are easy.
For sale by all Real Estate Dealers,
NEW ENGLAND LAND CO.,
No. 9 E. Houston Street
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

4 fine chance. For sale: $50
acres on BlancO road, fine farming and
fine hay fields, good wells of never failing
water. five miles from city. Price $50 per
acre. JOHN. T. HAMBLETON N Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

EUROPEAN immigration is destined
to be effected by the consideration of
cheap lands. In Australia there are
100000 square miles suitable for colo
aization purposes; in Manitoba 400, 900
square miles, while in the United
States there are only about 100, 900
square miles. The foreign colonists
will strike for cheap lands, and in a
few years this country will be free
from the incubu OF vast thousands of
foreigners every year. The natural
increase of our own population would
occupy all our available lands within
a halt century at the very farthest,
and it is not good public policy to
recklessly advertise for foreign pOpu-
lation. Every consideration of sound
public policy demands u rigid restric-
ton of immigration within sensible
limits.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

OTHER cities in Texas are doing the
blowing and San Antonio is doing
the business. Put this note aside
for reference when the recording
angel makes up the returns for 1890
and you will see that it is gospel.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

THE canvassing committee for the
fair are having hard times. The city
does not realize how easy it is to de-
feat the proposition, and what she
will pay for the fOoIishness of doing
it. Half million returns for So, 900
outlay are not picked up every day.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

Not the Fair association, not the
fair directory, not the officers of the
association, but the citizens have
started this second movement for a
fair and the citizens should come up
to the rack and put that $25, 900 fed
der in it right away.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09

The Best Printing at the low
est figures; call on the San Antonio LIGHT
jon OFFICE. No. East Commerce street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09
LITTLE OF EVERYTHING

If you want your business
known advertise in the DAILY LIGHT,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-15


The first time / struck the bottom
couldn't believe was there. 1t was a.
clear as air, and the fishes swimming
asound might have been taken for birds
landed on kind of sand hill when
they lowered me, and had to walk
about fifty feet down into valley like
before struck the shells. They were
all in bunch, stretched along in 9
ridge, looking like black mark against
the white bottom. was dragging the
hamper and when got alongside ]
began to toss them in. l reckon | had
filled half a dozen or so, when all at
once saw kind of shadow moving
over all. At first l thought it was the
schooner and then, perhaps, some OF
the other divers coming down, and then
it left; but all at once it came again
and grew so dark in a second that
1 turned quick and looked up.
and I'm telling you the truth,
master, if my hair hadn't been
held down by a copper cap
it would have riz right on end. There.
a-movin' over me. was what | took to
be bird about thirty feet across. II
was wheeling round and round, flap
ping its big wings, just as you've seen
buzzalds or eagles do, overhead.
Down it came, lower and lower, and
a-crouching as fiat as l could get. The
nearer it got the bigger it looked, and
as see it was a-settling on me 1 took
the pike l always carried and as il
wheeled around over me let drive.
Hit ite Well. reckon did. The next
thing knew | was standing on my
head, rolling over and over, then
yanked sta ways, half drowned, and
then reckon lost my senses, and when
came to was lynn on deck and all
hands looking at me.
You see, the clitter had given the
water such swirl that l was knocked
end for end, and my pipe and line
twisted around and around, so that
couldn't breathe, and of course thai
pulled the line, and the men thought
had jerked it TO come up, so they hauled
away for all they were worth, and that.
what saved my life. What was iii
Why, nothin' but one of those sea bats
blanket fish the other men called it
ard they ali said had g. narrow rur
for it. That was the way, accordin' t,
their say, that the fish goes to work t,
get away with man. They first settl,
down on You like IA blanket, ard ther,
you are. There wasn't Il man TIA
would 90 down after that fer sevcrt
days. Cincinnati Commercial Ga%ette
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-15
GROWING VANILLA.
An Industry Carried On for the Most Part
by Women and Children.

by Women and Children.
The vanilla plant OF Mexico is a
climber, having numerous adventurous
air rootlets, in which it fastens to its
chosen support. 1t is an ugly, ungain-
ly vine, with all the grotesqueness and
none of the grace usually found in mem
bers of She orchid family. The flowers
are very abundant, but they prove
mostly abortive unless artificial fecunda-
ton is resorted to, which largely in
creases the yield OF pods.
The flowers open in March and April,
and artificial fertilization begins at once,
as each blossom remains open but
twenty-four hours. The buds do not open
simultaneously, hence the ground must
he gone over daily.
The work is done for the most part by
women and children, each of whom is
provided with sharp stick and short
ladder for convenience in reaching the
flowers. The flower is grasped with the
fingers of the left hand, while the right
displaces the anthers with their pollen
nv means of the stick, and conveys them
to the pistil.
If this operation is dexterously per-
formed the flower dries upon the
ovary in forty-eight hours; if it falls IN
less time the manipulations have oeeh
unsuccessful. The fallen blossoms are
used for practice in the art of fertlllza-
ton by beginners, who at the end OF
few DAYS become able to fertilize thou
sand blossoms in day. If the plants
were not thus treated the yield would be
barely one-tenth of what it is
The harvest begins properly In De-
cember. when the capsules assume the
yellow hue which indicates that they
have reached their maturity.
The process of curing vanilla Is DEL
icate one. The pods must not merely
he dried. but this must be done in way
70 secure several results; the pods must
retain a certain softness, they must lose
little in weight, they must develop all
possible fragrance, and the active prlh-
ciple must be brought out to coat the
surface in the form of crystals, produc-
! ing the effect familiarity known as the
'.silyering of the vanilla.
In order to effect these several re-
sults the pods are spread in layers upon
aratinos of sticks, arranged in tiers for
Convenience of inspection. in dry and
well-ventilated room. After twenty
four hours the pods are picked over ana
the poor ones rejected. The next day
thew are placed in the sun. Before sun
oct thew are again collected and care
fully arranged in layers upon ufy
blankets.
This process is repeated for twenty
or thirty days, the time necessary ior
the capitalization to become complete e,
Then the vanilla is assorted, tied up I'D
bundles of fifty pods each, and packed
for shipping In tin cans.-fouths CON-
panion- -
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-15
What Dynamic Is Like.

A new mineral oil, having the con-
sistency of butter, has recently been
introduced to the manufacturing public
by La Compagnie Franchise des GRASSES
Minerales Consistantes. The new sub
stance is not acid and is free from resin
Gus matter and drying oils. 1t is very
stable in character and does not under
go any change when exposed to the air.
Its buttery consistency does not appear
to be due to the addition of paraffine,
vasaline or wax to a liquid oil, as it has
definite melting point at "a degrees
c., and does not inflame at temper
ature lower than 800 degrees. In col0r
it resembles butter and it has no appre-
cable odor. These properties give it an
especial value as lubricator, and as il
has no chemical action on metals, dy-
namiHe is likely to be extensively used
for this purpose.-London Industries
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-15
MICHIGAN HEIRESSES.


Two Young Ladies' Who VIII Each In
gal herit Three Million Dollars.
Michigan comes utahead in the mill
ion-dollar girls it loans to the capital
this season. There will be five of
them, and the man who sits in Senator
McMillan's dove-colored parlor can call
himself blessed, for four maids who
will count their millions will talk to
him.
First of all comes Miss Amy, the only
daughter of the house. Slight, fair and
modest, yet she can vie with Miss
Letter as the heiress of Washington;
IS, 600, 900, if cent is what she will one
day inherit, and possibly half again as
much, as Detroiters vouch for it that
Senator McMillan's fortune is steadily
increasing. Lumber, car wheels and
iron mines are the backbone of this
lump of money which Miss Amy Nc
MILAN will one day share with her
three brothers and the little child of
her only sister who died last year.
In spite of her wealth, Miss Mcmillan
is modest and unassuming and enjoyed
her first ball the other night as much as
the poorest and prettiest girl present
She is pretty, too, and fortune-hunters
claim that they pay her the homage of
forgetting her fortune when they dance
with her.
She is sensible withal, and knows a
thing or two about money. Though
only nine teen, for two years her father
has given her control of some eorpulent
bank stock, the interest of which makes
up her yearly allowance She has every
thing she wants. Think of it, but it is
literally true, but her father insists that
she shall know the cooperative values of
thimble and diamond ring Although
she has boxes of jewels, she will wear
none of them, and at her first ball she
had not even diamond ''sticker'' pin
tucked away in her corsage.
The second of Michigans heiresses
who are giving Washington fortune.
hunters a chance is Miss Alice McMil
{ Ian, daughter of the second of the
wealthy Mcmillan brothers. She is o.
an age with her cousin and has quite a
neat fortune. The two of them repre-.
/ sent So, 900, 900 when they ride out Tenal
lytown way together, as they frequent
/ ly do.-WashingtonL Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-15
PRoPRIEToRs OF DOGS.
Observations Made by . Philosophical
New York Policeman.

New York Policeman.
at is curious thing" said park
policeman yesterday, ''that big dogs al
ways go with small people and small
dogs are invariably attached to men and
women of unusual stature. We have
regular procession of dogs in the park
here, particularly on Sunday mornings,
and as they are brought in on strings it
is easy to identify master and beast. 1
have been observing men and dogs more
or less carefully for ten years, and when
see man l can pretty well tell the
sort of dog that belongs to him. Once
in awhile am thrown, as l was last
Sunday, when a small, delicate and mel
ancholy man came dropping along by
the wall, Juggling away at big chain
which he had in his hand. He looked
like clergyman, and l made up my
mind that he had very small Skye ter
rier or a mongrel rat terrier with blue
ribbon around its neck. The wall is high
enough to see mans head and Shout
ders, you know, but you can't see the dogs
over it. When the ministerial-lookin
man hove in sight he proved to have three
of the most Notwithstanding bulldogs
l had ever seen in my life. They were
leashed to a cross-stick which was at
tached to chain, and they nearly pulled
the man off his feet. Every once in
awhile he dubbed the dogs with his
walking stick, but they took their pun
ishment like children drinking milk.
They were all fighting dogs, for they
were Scared, bruised and battered, with
torn ears, and one of them had a broken
leg. About dozen toughs followed at
distance of fifty feet looking worship
fully at the brutes. Very often an ex-
ceedingly small man, with very tall
hat, will wander in here. clinging to the
collar of mastiff, who literally drags
his owner all over the place. The big
dogs are merely fashion. Nobody has
any use for them, for it is not safe to al
low them to run at large at any time, nc
matter how we'll they are muzzled. Mos
of them are of such gigantic-size thai
| they knock children down very fire.
quently and sometimes cause serious ac
cidents without being at all WILSON'S o.
ugly. They are simply playing, Blu
their strength is SO great that they are
menace to public safety."-N Y Sun
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-15
THE QUEENS YACHT.
The Floating Palace in Which Her Majesty
Makes Occasional Cruises.

The exquisite cleanliness of every
thing strikes one forcibly on board the
Victoria and Albert. The deck is laid
with cork fioor-cloth, over which, when
the Queen is on board, carpet is
placed, and every thing else that is to
be seen is of pure white, with gilded
relief work and silver mountings
There are very comfortable little sit
ting rooms on the promenade deck, and
behind the paddle wings, and there is
also a dining room on the promenade
deck, which has three big windows and
a skylight. 1t is furnished in green
morocco, and the ceiling is painted in
white and gold. The state apartments
below are placed on either side of the
corridor, and they are furnished with
very pretty chintz. The Queens cabins
are on the starboard side, and her sleep
ing apartment contains large and old
fashioned but very comfortable looking
bedstead with pillars and canopy, and
next is the dressing-room, which was
formerly Prince Albert's cabin, and it
remains as he left it, his little writing
table and wardrobe never having been
moved.
Large maps hang on the walls. The
cabin occupied by Princess Beatrice Tor
any Princess who happens to be travel
ing with the Queen) are all of her Ma
iesty's quarters, and on the other side
of the corridor are the cabins of the
Princess and large bathroom. The
breakfast room is in the afterpart OF the
vessel, and it has very large windows,
and is hung with the portraits of all the
officers who have commanded the royal
yacht.
The drawing-room is forward on the
port side. and it is furnished in bird S
eye maple, with piano and several
beautifully carved side tables. 1t Is
hung with portraits of members OF the
royal family, and in this room is small
library. The yacht is now lighted win
electricity, except in the Queens own
cabins.-London Truth.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-15
FEMALE pEAD-BEATs.


TAI
i"es TO Save Five Cents.
a respectable man stonned tha -
front OF the ticket Office - Wy IN
"a railroad station the other dav
wv asked some question OF the tickat
so,nr. The latter shook his head a..
ciueaiy The man seemed to nrotes,
ana said something like: p's'"
but you know mop.
Inc agent shook his head again. ana
the man repeated: -' "nu
You must know me. or thro,.
here every day. =
Inc ticket agent showed mn +ha ,,.4,.
800 . Wihaow In front of him and said
with cruel distinctness.
NO, don't know you from side .,
sore leather, and / won't give Won .
ticket.v s'o you
ne man seemed embarrassed, but he
got out OF the way and let others that
were waiting have chance at the win.
90" When the rush was over tho agent
began to growl
That's the second one TO-DAY: let
woman nave one last night and she
nHih SHOWN up yet; darned If give
away another ticket till she ponies I'M
for that one.' Np
10 You ever trust for tickets?"
on' sometimes get caught at It, y he
exclaimed, impatiently. Cant helm fl
you know; they grab the ticket NAV
w. before know they are going to hang
me up or they tell such a pitifu. tale
ABOUT being caught with no money in
eheir pocket that have to do it. Ever
get the money from EN-? Well, once in
a"hiie' not often, though; they all saw
they'll pay next day, but they very often
aont. IN bet I've got as much as five
dollars comm to me that way now from
people at the different stations alone tho
ROAD where L We worked. Sometimes get
square by accident. When was at the
next station down the road there was a
woman came once or twice and claimed
she hadn't the change. let her have
the ticket and Of course that was the
last heard OF her. One day, after |
was sent to this station, she came ALONG
ana gave me quarter to paw for her
ticket. | knew her as soon az 7
saw her, and | only gave her ten
cents change. She looked at it
Kind OF queer and said: is that rieht?'
Yes madam, it is, says I, and then she
recognized me and kind O. flushed up
and said: Oh, yes remember; | owed
you for some tickets Well, the next
day she came again, and she gave me
her Old story about not having the
change, but would give it to me sure in
the morning. said no and stuck to it,
and she went away disappointed like.
She came back in a minute or two and
handed in dime. with a remark some
thing about having borrowed it of a
man; but my wife, who was in the
waiting-room, had seen her through a
window, and she had only gone around
the corner out of sight and taken the
dime from her pocket-book.
''9ou see, they think they're beating
the road, and feel smart about it. They
don't know enough to realize that the
only ones that suffer is us ticket sellers.
We have to account for all our tickets,
and II we let any of em GO without the
pay the loss is ours. There ought to be
a law against such women. We have te
give tickets once in awhile to people
that honestly have been caught without
money for their fare, and that's all We
ought to be expected to do, without let
ting US lose lot more for women thai
are great deal better able to pay fare
than we are. IN. Y. Sun.