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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10

[HG LOTTERY THAT FAILED.

In li% the presidents house and the
Capitol were the only evidences of a city
where the traveller now sees squares and
monuments, edilices and gardens, that
eclipse Paris and Vienna in beauty and
taste. When the lottery failed, and the
sums voted by Virginia and MARYLAND
gave ont, Washington was less of o city
than the humblest suburb of Jersey City
or Brooklyn Three hundred thousand
dollars were asked by the commissioners
to 90 on with the work, and the country
was distracted by such profigate outlay
The press Of the time Numbered against
such wa,tcfUl extravaganza
In $500 the capital was "A sore trial to
men accustomed TO the homely comforts of
New England and New York There was
but one good tavern in the town The
members of congress we're herded together
in a few mean tenements, like soldiers in Il
harrack. Land was rated at twenty-five
cents square foot, the SPECTATORS hold
ing for a rise! The residents were mostly
negroes, or Nhiftless vagabonds thrown out
of regular industry by the visions of sud
den city making
Though the whole city was covered with
wood. Mrs Adams, the wife of the first
pitNNNDb WIZ lt''h up MS FtSlNcllGe III
Washington, could secure none for the
CRATES Of the White House. The house re,
quircd thirty servants to keep it in order,
and all the food had to be brought from
Baltimore, Georgetown or Alexandria
GOuvcrneuT Morris, writing 10 the PTin-
cess de la Tour ct Taxis in December, 1900
says sportively: 1--WE want nothing here
but houses, cellars, kitchens, well informed
men, amiable women, and other trifles of
this kind to make our city perfect; for we
can walk here as in the fields and woods,
and, considering the hard frost, the air of
the city is very pure. If, then, you are de-
sirous of coming to live in Washington,
hasten to assure You that frecstone is very
abundant here, that excellent bricks can
be burned, that there is no lack Of sites for
magnificent hotels, that contemplated
canals can bring a vast commerce to the
place In short, that it is the very best
city in the world for future residence. ~
Harpcr's Weekly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10
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Too ManY "EoreiCners."

\ car drove by, and in it sat solitary
Chinamau. \ gang of Italian laborcrs were
delving in a sewer. \ playful gentleman
among the latter threw watermelon rind
50 neatly that it spattered its sugary juices
all over Johns face.
The Chinamau looked about him, speech.
less with anger and amazement, but after
the fashion Of his kind did nothing to re-
sent the insult.
"Well, I'll lie dOmned," said an honest
Trishman, who stood beside the sewer
"The way these foreigners is after carryin'
on is beyond all patience. always thought
the Chaneyman bad enough, but the Dagoes
bates them all to pieces. Out of the way
there, yc bloody nagursI" and seizing a
cubblestone the honest Irishman let fly
with deadly force but lively aim.
The foreigners" muttered angrily, but
that was all. They had no appetite to
tackle a native born American from the
county Tipperary.-Ne York Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10
sold His WHISPERS willingly.

There is a leather dealer in a small city
in New York who is noted for The len
and luNuriance of his side wliskcrs Al one
time an acquaintance said, "Irthcrgood, |
would give 500 for your whiskerS. Within
an hour the acquaintance was approached
by man whom he failed TO recognize, but
who called him by ameand thrust into his
hand Il package neatly tied i'll white paper
Something familiari III the stranger : voice
reused his curiosity, but he was tui& Inoprn
the package. He GE. - and found Il mass
of brown, crinily hair, and with it a bill
which read as follows: - 10 Austin
Lethergood, DR.. To Que pair whiskers.
as per agreement, SO" One look at the
smooth faced stranger was enough. II was
the leather man. The acquaintance pulled
out his wallet and handed him ''NN.''-
BroCktou Shoe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10

The smallest Towering plant is VOLTA
microscopic, a native of India. 1t belongs
to the duckweed family 1t is almost
microscopic in size, destitute of proper
stem, leaves and roots, but having these
organs merged in one, forming a frond.
There is II prolongatinn Of the lower sur.
face, the purpose of which seems TO he to
enable The plant to float upright in the
water.
The fr2nds multiply by sending out
other frouds from slit or conc2viyy, and
with such rapidity does this take place
that few days often Sul:ic- {. ,roGuCr
from a few Individuals enough similar
ones to cover many square rods of pond
surface with the minute green granules.
Small rs these plants are they bear flow.
ers. Two are produced on Il plaut each
of them very simple, one of Il single sta,
men and the other OF a single pi~tii, both
of which burst through the upper surface
of the frond.-Iondou Fit-Bit,.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10
The ButtcTnut.

The euttcrnut is one Of the least profit
able nut bearing trees, as it is less known
and the nuts less used than almost any
other variety, although it is still profitable
to grow, and frequently does we'll where
other nut trees will not. Its wood is valu-
able for special purposes, though, the sup
ply being necessarily limited, other woods
are now used where this would be II in
larger supply. Being closer in its habits
Of growth it does not require SO much
room as the black walnut, and can be
planted about twenty feet apart each way.
philadelphia Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10

his doughnuts, Il have not taken your
pear. don't like pears. | hadn't even
seen your pear, and if you dare accuse me
again of stealing your fruit I'll make ysu
sorry enough.
An awkward amount of attention by
this time was being drawn TO the dispute,
and the owner of the lost pear bottled his
Indignation and sat down 10 the coffee and
sandwiches in silence He was beginning
on his second sandwich when he stopped
suddenly and leaned over TO his neighbor.
"EXCuSe me
what"
Its all right
what"
The pear"
How
81 ate it Gown in Spruce street. Have a
pear?"-New YORK Tribune
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10
Joeko at Church.

\ pet monkey attended the services at n
church in this city on n recent Sunday.
Jocko looked around in comical way and
jumped upon window. He sat there for
a moment, attracting the attention of
everybody around.
He looked mp at the choir and measured
the distance between his perch and the gal
lery. and for an instant seemed TO have "A
mind TO 90 up among the singers; but it
was too long a jump, and Jocko sprang
down on the back OF pew. Then he start
ed up toward the altar, skipping from pew
TO pew The ladies hurriedly got out of
his way. One young man ducked his head
to led the animal go over him, but JockO
lit sQuarely on his back and startled the
worshiper Jocko was startled, too, but he
kept going on until he reached the chancel.
a flying leap took him on to the altar rail,
along which he skipped all the way across
the church. The clergyman paused, and the
sexton ran up with long pole and pOked
at the intruder JOckO started back across
the rail on the run. From the rail he
jumped TO pew back and up into a win
dow, and then out, to the great relief of
the ngregation.-Savannah News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10
THE WASHINGTON OF OIL
THE CITY BEGUN BY L'ENFANT
WAS FINISHED BY ELLICOTT.
There Wcr" Rings and Jobs I'm the Early
Days of the Republic, just the Same as
Nova Lottery to Build National

# w. uor until 1896 that the tempest
tossed couCr,ss Of the thirteen colonies
saw the ms, evidences of the federal city
that excited the miTth Of the wits, the
forebodiE-S Of the timid. The circumfer,
ence Of the city rs it now spreads ont under
the great dome is greatly contracted from
the imposing dimensions originally laid
out by the engineer L'EnGant. Where the
superb patent Office now stretches in mar.
bic majesty the poetic Frcnchman, inspired
by recent events in Paris, had marked the
site for a national tabernacle, where ma
tional events were to be Teligiously com
memorated, where national obseQuies were
to be celebrated, and the dead honored by
the country were to be buried and their
monuments he perpetuated-a sort of
Pantheon to the glories Of the republic.
A BEAUTIFUL PLAN
Two columns Of majestic proportions
were to rise at specified distances from the
Capitol, the one representing in bronze and
granite the memorabilia Of the seven years
war from Lexington 10 Yorktown; the
other such prodigies by seas rs in ten years
had made our little navy rival Of
Britains. The streets running eastward
arcades, like the sc1ucstcrcd alCoves of
Bologna and Venice. Between the Capitol
and the presidents residence were to be
elysian fields, and palatial dwellings for
the foreign ambassadors and the public
buildings
But even at that early day rings" and
Jobs found their account. The indignant
Frenchman, beset on all sides by venai leg
islators and self seeking jObbers, threw up
his commission in disdain, and the city as
it stands was perfected by Andrew Ellicott.
In 1872 $500 in gold was offered, without
restriction as to calling, to the citizen who
should send in the accepted design for the
presidents housed Five hundred dollars
and lot in the new city or a gold medal
were offered for the best design Of the Cap
itol. To generation that has become IA
miliar with the sums annually voted for
postoffices and custom houses in Plumville
and Pumpkintown our fOrefathers will
seem thrifty indeed, embarking upon city
building with grant of $4,000 from the
states Of Virginia and Maryland. This
was supplemented by national lottery,
for which 5000 tickets were soldl Six
teen thousand seven hundred and thirty
were to draw prizes, the capital one being
hotel which was to cost $4,000. The
price Of the ticket was s., and the prizes
ranged from $40 TO Sos, 0OO
Nor need the student OF current morals
and manners, depressed by the laxity Of
our times, wholly despond when he re-
fleets that the lottery was made use Of a
hundred years ago not only in the build
ing of our national Capitol-Churches,
schools. colleges, even Harvard itself, were
indebted 70 the wheel for moneys to secure
their usefulness.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-10

The total number of locomotives in Eu-
rope is estimated at not quite $1,000. and
in other parts Of the world not quite A.
600. England has so locomotive, FOR every
lOOmiles OF road, and Belgium just about
the same number; Germany, 53; France, A.:
Russia, 40. Austria, 81; Italy, 80; India, o.
and the United States, 49,
The Washington bee., 1890-07-05

half empty pew of polite worship
yers. Clement Garnett Morgan
has trials and heart burnings be-
fore him, and we wish him
strength and wisdom to bear them.
We trust that be, who spoke so
we'll of 'vicarious sutferings' in his
Grafton last week, will feel that by
his superior mental training he is
called upon not to evade but to
take the blow meant for his color
ed brethren."- New York Tribune.
With hotels, club rooms, and
churches, and all respectable pub
lie places closed against him; with
the accommodations accorded free
ly to all other classes on
railroads and steamboats,, denied
him, the nation offers Mr.. Nor
gan a stone when be asks for
bread. Is this our vaunted chris
tian civilization.
The Washington bee., 1890-07-05

We agree with our local cOntem-
porary that says that where there
are 20 cats to one rat, nine cats
will 60 hungry. The hunger of H.
G. Smith, of the Gazette, was equal
to the twenty cats, but having
learned from past experience that
his own candidacy was but the
synonym for defeat, he artfully
held up between himself and the
light another candidate as his rep.
resentatlve, thinking that in this
way his fatal presence would not
be observed. But the racket would
not work; the odor of coal oil
made itself painfully apparent, and
the result was as usual-defeat.
You may bend, you may break the little
Inspector if you will,
But the scent OF the coal oil will cling
around him still.
The Washington bee., 1890-07-05
HOW LONG, OLORD.

Speaking of Clement Garnett
Morgan, the colored class orator
OF Harvard, The Boston Pilot
grimly observes: when his ora
ton was ended and Morgan ster-
ped out of Harvard into the world
be ceased to be 'gestlemau' and
an equal, and at one descent fell
to the level of the niger who
could never be invited to ones
house or proposed at ones club,
who would be refused a room at
nearly all leading hotels, even in
the North. and who would not be
tolerated even in church in the
The Washington bee., 1890-07-05

The Washington News papers
seemed to be highly pleased with
Recorder Bruce and his manage
ment of the Recorders office. They
are on the ground and certainly
ought to know whereof they
speak.-Er.
Certainly they do. The man
agement is excellen, and i'll the
matter of appointments there are
four more colored clerks under
the present Recorder than were
ever in the office before. Good
enough for US.
The Washington bee., 1890-07-05

Those who failed to hear the
speeches ON the Election Bill in
the House of Representatives
missed a rare treat. The efforts
of Borrows, Henderson, Lodge,
Mason and other leading Repub-
licans reminded one of the days
of Sumner, Stephens, Wade and
the old war horses of by gone
days.
The Washington bee., 1890-07-05

A charge has been made that
Recorder Blanch K Bruce, at
Washington has been removing
Negroes from positions in his of
fee so that he might insert white
men in their stead. Mr.. Bruce
upon this, has come ous with a
full and square denial of this as
sertion, with such details On the
subject as set him entirely right.
We do not agree with Mr.. Bruce
on all political points, but we re,
spect and value him as gentle
The Washington bee., 1890-07-05
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Poultry Keeping in the South.
Cor. Country Gentleman.

Cor. Country Gentleman.
Fresh eggs and first-class poultry
command almost if not quite as high
prices in our southern cities as they
do in the great northern markets
where the cities are very largely,
densely populated, and very near to-
gether. This is not because the de-
mand is as great, for we have fewer
large towns in the South, and they
are situated at greater distances from
each other, but because there are SO
few energetic persons actively engag.
ed in attempting to supply the de-
mand.
Southern people are very slow in
learning the importance of paying
attention to little things; they all
want a big business or none. We
constantly see the spectacle ola south
ern farmer who owns hundreds o.
acres of land becoming poorer veal
by year while his adjoining neighbor
of German origin perhaps, is growing
rich from the careful cultivation O
his five or ten acres. Not only ir
this section but all over the world
there is certain class of honest anC
perfectly legitimate occupation;
which for some unaccountable reason
has fallen into disrepute from which
there seems to be no lifting them, a
least not until class of persons o
whose responsibility there car
be no question, have decided t.
engage in them personally.
Poultry>keeping, unfortunately, i.
one of this class, though it would bt
difficult to explain why the consumer
should be disposed to award less re,
spect to the producer who places upor
his table plump juicy broiler or 6
delicious roast fowl, then to the plan
ter who furnishes flour for his breaC
and cakes. The one article of fooC
is quite as much priced as the other
in fact of the two, first-class poultry
is far more difficult to obtain anC
therefore considered the great lux,
ury. We speak with much respect o
the great cattle kings of the West