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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-01
SHORT STOPS.

The Citizens ticket has good fight
badly managed.
Some mighty pretty girls are voting for
Thomas Coulter.
The Burleson club changed their minds
again last night.
The odds are much in favor of Judge
Kings reelection.
Max KalislIi can out-run Jack-rabbit
in the clerks contest.
Two dollars a piece is the limit to be
paid for vote next Tuesday.
Colonel George w. Russ or Sam MAYER
lex would make good mayor.
King will be elected, but it will help
beat King Bryan in February.
Don't be too sure you are elected until
all the legal votes are counted.
There are nice cosy rooms for the
candidates at the Turf theatre.
Prof. James r. Davis says he is not
afraid of the libel suit. Let her go!
Mr.. Nose Jackson is making fine run,
even the married ladies take an interest
in him.
Mr.. Walter Cook has also a number of
personal admirers who continue TO vote
for him.
Ralph Moke has several pretty girls
who stand by him and send in their votes
regularly.
A big show at the Washington theatre
tonight. You will meet your political
opponent there.
The lambs and lions are lying down to-
gether with all the old political wah
bosses in this election.
A straight republican candidate for
mayor can knock King Bryan clean over
the ropes in February.
Professor Davis is now called a LILLY
White" Jim uses good deal of the ar
ticle on some of his customers.
Judge billiard is daisy when it comes
to writing on two papers at once and
signing couple dozen nom de plumes.
The orators on the Citizens ticket
should fight for the whole ticket and not
waste all their ammunition on one man.
Jacobo Coy says he is running to win.
Jake has courage and never has been
known to take backwater where there
was danger.
The New York bondholders can afford
to spend 100000 to beat King for Judge,
and with another 100000 buy up great
many legal orators.
Gallagher's poetry in the present cam
paign is not so good, as he usually gets
off during the city elections. He will
change the metre in February.
The interest of the New York bond
holders is something like 100000 a year
in the S. A. p. railway. Consequently
they feel deeply interested in the cleo
ton.
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Supervisors Appointed.

At u o'clock this noon Judge Maxey
opened the court to appoint the super
visors of the election. The fight opened
Immediately upon the presentation Of the
lists. Some objections were made to the
names of Mr.. Bitter, John j. Stevens,
ST., Alderman Common and others being
election judges and office holders. This
was settled by Oscar Bergstrom,
who said that these men would
not preside as presiding officers.
When Mr.. Sauer presented the list
Judge Shook made series of objections,
and both lists were thereupon revised and
made the appointments. Other names
were put in place OF Alderman Conner
on the Independent ticket, and for j. F.
Kline on the Citizen ticket.
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Personal NOTES.

Capt. VIM. Grogan, of Boerne, is in the
city.
H.. Scudder, of New York is at the
Menger.
G. Follain, of Brownsville, is at the
Menger.
F. Russick, merchant of Skidmore, is
in the city.
Dan. I. Price. of the Yoakum Graphic,
is in the city.
C. II. Eddy and wife, of Toledo, o., are
at the Menger.
Mr.. Will Rote and bride have returned
from st Louis.
G. p. Webb of Sherman, is in town
with his family.
DIR. w. V. Miles, of Floresville, is among
today's arrivals.
Will j. Jones and wife, are in the city
from Fort Worth.
Chas. 3. Liger and wife of New Or
leans, are at the Menger.
III. E. futile and party returned from
til Dir Rockport hunt last night.
Mr.. George Hines has returned from a
serious business trip to Austin.
L.. A. Lawrence, of the Post Office force,
IS seriously i'll with Pneumonia.
Will p. Webster, advance agent for the
Geo. Wilson's MINISTRIES, is in the city.
-Griff Jones has recovered from dem
que. His new house is nearly complete
Sam Sherman and Chas. Patterson, ad-
vance men for Sells Bros. Circus, are in
town.
Captain Allen Mccoy has arrived at the
Menger from Victoria, and has Joined
Mrs. Mccoy there on her return from Chi
cago.
Miss Annie Diehl. who has been down
with the dengue, is back at her post
again.
Mr.. E. B. Sly, of New York, who is
spending the winter in the southwest, is
in the city.
Hon. Lucius H. Browne, prominent
citizen of San Marcos, was among yester-
days arrivals.
Misses Bette and Carrie Downs, two
charming young ladies of Leesville, Tex,
are visiting the city.
ALI. Anderson left today for New
Braunfels where he has accepted a posi-
tion with Hardy Landa.
WilHord McFaddin, a prominent
stock man of Webb county is on his way
to Laredo from visit north.
Among the new arrivals of ladies in the
city are the Misses Annie and Nellie
Glennon, of Chicago; Miss Rose Z. Young,
of Lexington, Mo-. Miss n. f. Wander
pool, of Chicago; Mrs. A. Mccoy, Texas;
Mrs. Dan +. Williams, Chicago. They
are at the Menger.
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Ladies' and CliIdraa'S Shes

An idea, nothing more, of the many at
tracCive offerings that we will make for
this week..
500 pairs Infants Fine Kid Boots, worth rs
cents, will go at 50 cents.
$50 pairs children's Dongola aud Pebble
Button Boots, in tipped or plain toe, will
go for silver dollar, worth a quarter more.
One lot extra large size Spring Heel
Bouts for misses and ladies (NOS. 81 to
~ made to order. Best CuracO Kid and
Bright Oongola stock, So and S3,50.
OUR GREAT 81 LEADER.
Ladies' "Flexible" Button Boot, made
oil tanned pebble, aud best dongOla kid, in
opera, common sense and square," will
stand before anybody's Sa.5O shoe.
At S2.5O a pair, we will sell a regular
So Button Boot! This Is Philadelphia
made shoe, from one the best known facto-
ries (Saller, Levin 81 Co.. and will be
found a superb wearer.
SPECIAL-Our stock of medium and
fine grade, hand-sewed, French Kid Button
Boots, Ties and Slippers for ladies, misses
and children. Can'tbe equaled In the
Southwest.
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Famine Imminent.

'"There has not been drop of gasoline
in the city for thirty days." said con-
sumner yesterday.
An employee of the Waters Pierce OIL
company stated that the company took
off the bell on its telephone, so numerous
and constant were the demands by the
anxious consumers of gasoline.
Coal oil is said to be getting very scarce
and it is feared unless plenty of that ma
terial comes into the city and that in a
hurry, there will also be coal-oil famine.
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Poverty SOciable.

The Poverty and Apron" sociable held
last night at the Christian church on
Camden street by the Ladies' Aid Society
was very we'll attended, and the aprons.
coffee and lunch sold very rapidly.
The tables were attended by the ladies
of the aid society attired in very poverty
stricken garments, indeed. All were
shreds, rents and patches, from top to toe
and the effect was quite unique.
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Attempt at Murder.

An affidavit was made this morning be-
fore Justice Heron against Gregorio
Fuentes, by Atanacio Sanchez, who re-
lates that last night Fuentes fired five
shots at him from his revolver and then
chased him with butcher knife. The
fracas occurred at thenew insane asylum,
where Sanchez works.
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Mems and BOYS Shoes

Only an index to the immense depart
ment: for every bargain here mentioned we
will show half dozen others equally as
great.
LOT NO. 1-B,ys' Solid Real Calf
School Shoes, sizes l to 5-quick-Only
Sl.35,
LOT NO. 2--Lace, Button and Congress,
Boys Fine Calf shoes, verv dressy, and
good wearers. Our Price Sl.50.
LOT NO. 3-BOys' Genuine "Cordovan,"
in Lace, Button and Congress, S275, is
what you would expect to pay-a two dol
lar bill will take them!
Gents Sewed Calf, styles, we'll made,
and a real genteel locker, wears like its IS
brothers. You buy them for q dollar less.
"OUR $3.50 SHOE AND wOLFSON'SI So
LEADER"
Quality as good as most peoples shoes at
third more money. Fit taultless; styles
the latest Who ever heard of
GENUINE KANGAROO" SHOEi
For 1885, These are the figures we name
for real first-class article, soft as a glove,
and will wear till you are tired of them.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

AT the Grand Opera House tonight Miss
Lillian Lewis will appear in her new
French play "Credit Lorraine" Tomor-
row night she assumes her great role of
Lena Despard," in LAS in Looking
Glass"
hold forth at Rische's Opera House for
one night only tomorrow night.
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Fair Diplomas

Have been issued to Carl Kock. Anhalt,
Comal county, for the best meriuo wool,
and to Adolph Real, Bexar county, for
prize was awarded to Hughes & Bros,
Kendall county.
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Funeral Notice.

Died: this morning at one o'clock,
Matte Braden, the daughter of Martin
Braden, age 9 years. The funeral will
take place tomorrow afternoon at three
o'clock, from the famild residence on
South Presa street. Friends and ac-
quaintances invited to attend.
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$1,000 Reward

Will be paid for the information leading
to the recovery of two pink-eyed white
angora, and two grey and black-eyed rab-
bits taken from my garden at San Pedro
springs. this week. DAVID MENK.
1O-3l-2t%
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SDecial Notice.

Mcpherson is authorized to receive
monies due the insurance firm OF r.
w. Lay & Co. except the undersigned.
10 80 st r. w. LAY.
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CurbstOne

From the famous Kerrville rock. Frank
Teich, 3l3 Houston street. 10-29-1m.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
Russian Military Discipline.

1t is curious fact in connection with
:he Russian army-that while it had
often met defeat, it was never routed
;hough beaten and driven from the field,
t never became a panic-stricken mob.
This conference during defeat was due to
It's splendid discipline and rigid
obedience to orders, which were par
AMOUNT to all other considerations. A
Russian force was moving to the attack
Of position impregnable. A superior
officer asked the commander where he
vas going. 'To attack the position in
'front.'" he answered. "But it is folly
Madness" ~ know it, but have my
orders" ooh, you have orders; move
IN, them" the officer coolly said. This
Incident takes good deal of what has
always been regarded as exaggeration out
If the story that is told of Russian
rrmy surgeon on his professional round.
On entering ward, the officer in charge
gives the command, "Attention!" when
each inmate at once takes the position of
soldier. "Tongues ont!' is the next
order, followed by the instant projection
If that member. The surgeon, accom-.
panied by an attendant, then proceed
.long the line, examining each tongue
ind giving directions as to treatment.
When the inspection is over and the
medical officer takes his departure, the
command "Tongues in' releases the
inc from its unpleasant and ludicrous
position, and SIN place resi-" allows the
men to reslme their cots. And yet
military writers admit that the soldier
who thinks always gets away with the
human machine in BATTLE Cincinnati
Commercial.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
THE COMING HOG.

The coming hog will be good feeder
Bran, corn, peas and middlings will be
his common diet, but he will Craze on
clover and CLEAN shack in the woods;
will thrive on dairy and house Stops, and
if necessary will clean up the refuse of
the country butchers slaughter house,
and, by his great power of assimilation,
convert all these things into delicious
lean meat. But he will not eat the slop
of distilleries, for distilleries will not
then exist. The coming hog will be an
American hog and will crowd Irish bacon
from our market and all other foreign
pork products, and will enter the mar
kets of the old world and lift the French
and German embargo from American
pork. He will be great source of wealth
to this country and will make many a
poverty-stricken home Independent.
Whether he will be white or black is a
question. The breeders of white hogs
will expect him to be white, and the
breeders of black hogs black. His char
acteristics will be-short nose, smooth
face, not too broad, small jowl, short,
clean neck, medium-sized shoulder, su-
perb back and loin and splendid ham;
he will butcher clean, without a prepon-
derance of slush or waste; belly light
and smooth, body of medium size and
firm tail small, eyes well out, ears thin
and slightly dropping, but not enough to
interfere with sight; body long and
covered with thick coat of fine short
hair.-Chio Farmer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24

to meet, like swarms clustering in the
tops of high trees, or on their trunks
where they cannot be dislodged. on
fences, grape stakes, etc, Sometimes the
cost of living is more than the swarm is
worth, provided there are no convent.
enoes at hand to tighten the labor.
Mr. Nahum, of Vermont, has my
thanks, and should have those of all
women, for his continuance for hiying
swarms. 1t consists of q wire basket, at.
tached to long pole, which is light and
convenient. BY standing on chair, l
have been able to reach swarms with il
that could not possibly have saved
without the aid of ladders. BY placing
the basket under the cluster, and giving
it a sudden jar, the bees fall into it. As
the queen is generally on the outside OF
it, many times she will be secured. and,
by standing the basket near, the rest soon
follow. A peach basket fitted on the end
of pole would many times prove bless
ing.
When many bees are kept, low grow
ing trees, like peach and May cherries,
are desideratum. Large forest trees are
not desirable. know farmer who
keeps his bees near large oak, and his
children told me that they had hard
work to get the bees down from 1t, and
now when they see swarm issuing, they
they throw water to wet their wings, so
that they cannot fly so high.-Prairie
Farmer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
The Maneater Of Tintalakunti.

The Madras india Times chronicles
the doings of terrible maneating tiger.
During 1889 the monster carried off hui
man victims at the rate of one week.
This year the proportion has doubled.
The tiger is known as the maneater of
Tintalakunti. 1t makes the plains and
mountains of Murangapon and Kala-
hundi, in the district of Vizagapatam
the field of its operations. The Govern
ment has offered 200 piastres for its
destruction.
Last year the maneater swallowed
ffty-two men, and this year, from the
irst to the twentieth of January, it has
eaten six.
1t is absolutely without fear, and does
oot hesitate to attack group of four or
Eve men. 1t will select the individual
most to its taste and coolly walk of
with him. The natives of the locality
are paralyzed with fear. At the sight of
the tiger they become incapable
Of action.
Here is one example of the feroeious
audacity of this animal, which occurred
the beginning of this year: A mother and
her daughter we're warming themselves
by the fire in their hut The door was
closed and bolted. Without an instant's
warning the door was smashed in, the
maneater leaped into the hut, seized the
beautiful young girl and walked off with
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
SHEEP IN THE APPLE ORCHARD.

One of the methods of decreasing the
;odling moth in apple orchards is to al
ow the hogs to roam among the trees,
,ut the hog, not being very alert, is apt
o miss many of the fallen apples, allow
ng the larva to escape. An Oregon or
.hardist recommends that sheep are bet
or in the orchard than hogs, being
much more apt to get every fruit which
irops. The greatest drawback, how
yer, is their fondness for gnawing the
runks of the trees, especially il they are
ioung. If the trunks are washed once a
month with solution of soapsuds, whale
ill and sheep manure, the trees will not
DC molested. This inclination upon the
,art of the sheep is often brought about
,y desire for fresh water, which
'hould be supplied in abundance at all
lines. -....
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A Bird Boarding House.

Riding along Sixth avenue on sur
face car the other day my attention was
attracted by sign which read: "Birds
Boarded Here" Discriminating from
the car, l entered the establishment in
which the din of bird music was some.
what distracting. A woman of middle
age seemed to be the presiding genius of
the place, and to her l addressed some
inquiries.
''Do you board birds here''
"That's what the sign outside says"
replied the woman dryly. "And you
can see for yourself we haiD't lacking for
canarics."
"Most of them belong to other people,
l supposed"
eyes, we only have of our own about
a dozen. You see, when folks go away
in the summer to the seaside or to the
mountains and shut up their houses, they
have to get somebody to take care of
their birds while they are gone, and
they don't like to carry the birds with
them. That's the reason we're in this
business, sir. My husband dies sick
to-day with rheumatism-he calls this
the Canary Hotel"
chow many feathered guests have
you now?"
"Well, we have over four hundred.
Some of them belong to pretty rich S.l
heightened people. too. One OF Ae
vanderbilts, don't know which one
patronizes us, aud that bird there in that
blue-covered cage belongs to one of the
big guns of Wall street. Folks are SO
particular about their birds. Some wants
US to feed their pets black seed ana some
wants white and others want it mixed.
One man told us to give his bird a fresh
piece of cuttletish every morning.
There's woman who would have us
give her bird cold tea, instead of water,
which she said made 1t hoarse. And
then some people give their birds the
aueerest names. Do you see that big
uecked canary who's asleep on his percha
Well, his name is Jack the Ripper. That
one over in the corner is called Mary.
This little beautys name is Kathleen
Mavourneen. The people she belongs
to have gone to Europe. In the back
room is bird named Santa Claus-he's
70 old"
"What are your charges?"
"Oh, that depends on how long we
keep a bird and how muck he eats and
how much care he is. We usually charge
from 50 to Sc, sometimes S. month.
We have charged more than that to rich
folks that put on airs. "-Neao York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
PoMoLoGY ON PAPER,

ga Veteran Pomologist' writes in the
New York Tribune: A speaker at a re-
cent Boston farmers meeting referred to
25-bushel crop of apples from single
tree, and calculated that an acre of 70
trees bearing at the same rate would
produce SIS barrels, "which is better
than is done by most of the 10-acre
orchards. But cut it down to two
barrels tree, and we have 140 barrels
per acre, and how many reach that
figurea He thought very few" Now,
an orchard with 70 trees to the acre
would be too much crowded to succeed
well. The trees might have sufficient
room while young or half-grown, but not
when large enough to bear an average Of
Is bushels each. Many orchards, prob
ably majority of successful ones, set
their apple trees 33 feet 1.-TWO rods) apart,
which gives 40 trees to the acre. At rs
bushels to the tree, this would be 1888
barrels, if all the trees were equally per-
feet in form, growth and productiveness.
But there are many other orchardists who
prefer distance of 40 feet, giving only
~ trees to the acre, and affording 227
barrels. But trees are not uniform in
growth; the soil in different places may
affect the quantity of crop, and part of
the trees would not probably bear nearly
the Is bushels. Cutting down the pro-
duct ''to two barrels to the tree" after
rejecting all not free from worms and the
punctures of insects, there would be only
so barrels from the 3S-feet orchard, and
81 from the 40-feet orchard. This yield
would be a safer estimate and would
avoid the too common error of giving ex-
travagant paper calculations.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

yentilating fans Tor passenger cars arc
low operated by electricity,
A syndicate of Illinois capitalists has
fought 100, 900 acres of manganese lands
Arkansas.
Cleveland, Ohio, will push its tunnel
inder the lake two miles farther, at a cost
Il S35 per foot,
There are at least 100, 900 acres OF
phosphate rock scattered through the
western part of the State Of Florida,
Turkish engineers say that the river
suphrates might be made navigable the
rear round by an expenditure of $780,
100.
South Dakota has 1500.foot we'll six
inches in diameter, throwing 400 gallons
If water minute. There are in that
cgion wells 5000 feet deep.
Out in Nevada telegraph poles in low
places, where water stands in winter, are
aid to have taken root and are covered
With foliage. The poles are cottonwood
md were planted with the bark on
hem.
Electricians say there are more inqui-
lies for electrical roads at this time than
ver before known. One of the lead
ng electric car companies has found it
necessary to withdraw all its advertising,
IN account of the rush OF orders.
Overhead electric wires should never,
lays Herr Stemens, have more than 500
rolts pressure; underground conductors,
with transformers, no more than 20G0
yolts. The transformers and conductors
,hould, however, be tested up to 5000
yolts.
Aliguite sugar refinery has been cs-
.ablished in Philadelphia for utilizing
"black strap" the refuse of molasses.
Hitherto this substance has been used in
making rum, but the product has always
been in excess of the demand. The in.
rentors claim that the process will revo-
utionize the sugar industry. 1t is clar-
fled through pulverized Ignite.
Experiments made in Sweden by NJ.
Sandberg on the strength or metal rails
Turing winters have shown that steel
rails containing over four per cent. OF
carbon are apt to break in cold weather.
In fact, the result of bis investigations
points to the use of rails having less car.
Don than this-say, three per cent.-in
countries as cold in winter as Norway
md Sweden.
Experiments have been made at Havre,
France, with the luminous buoy of NJ.
Dubois. The buoy smits the light
(which is produced by phosphuret Of
,alcium) on reaching the water, and a:
t is very powerful, the sea is illuminated
Tor a considerable distance around.
Spectators in the lighthouse at Havre
Jaw the glare distinctly at a point two
and half miles away, and it can be
,een for over five miles. Experiments
are also to be made in lighting the chan
nel of the Seine from the Amfard bank
to where the dykes commence, by means
Of decked boats with masts over six feet
high, on which lights are to be mounted.