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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-05

When the Hungarian Government
took the operation of the railroads in
hand it reduced rates eighty-two per
cent. By the purchase of Communication
tickets a sixty-mile trip costs five and a
half cents, and more than one can go on
book together. The increase IN traffic
amounts to 1900 per cent.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-05

ss-vail-4---as--''''' "n''O-i= wa
S'Yes; Mr.. Shocks"
"snoOks-SnoOks2 Idon't know any
body of that name"
''Probably not, mum; he called to see
me. Judge.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-05
A HAsTY MARRIAGE.

''You say, auntie, you married in
haste"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-05

SSiA tStAtoAs any all uau Z meTE
tIme.-B0st0B TrdaseriP,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-20
FIFTH DAYS SESSION.
SATURDAY Nov H.

900 a. ~. Roll called, members
all present except Mcssrs Charles
and James Jackson. Minutes Of
yesterdays session read, corrected
and approved.
The special committee TO whom
was referred the reports Of the
superintendent Of the poor and
trustees Of the insane asylum, re-
ported as follows:
- the County Board In and for IJwR
county. Wisconsin.
Your Special Committee 70 whom we're re-
ferrrd the reports Of the Asylum and Poor
HouFe Commissioners do report that We have
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-20

We recommend that the same rate Of tax he
voted az lat year We have about enough funds
% lsst until taEes come in.
All Of which l. respectfully submitted
November 10Th, 1881
CALVERT SFEgFLEY. President
j0sFFHrs BAHKY, Vice President
L CARTER, Secretary.
The special committee 10 whom
was referred the communication
from the Wisconsin State Board Of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-20
Total receipt VI
EXPENDITURES.

Total paid Out,.......,....... SNl23 96 $50 !G
Balance on hand in hand in Co. Treas
ury to the credit of the Asylum Fund,
Nov. TO- Se40l II
Find returned herewith the books and itemized
bill.
The report OF Superintendent f, ]. Perkins is
hereto attached.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL SWINEHAkT,
JOsEPHUS BAILEY,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-20

Trustees of Iowa County Asylum.
To the Trustees of Iowa County Insane Asylum
for the Chronic Insane:
GENTLEMEN:-I have the honor herewith to
submit for your consideration my fifth annual
report of Iowa County Insane Asylum for the
Chronic Insane for the year ending Sept. b.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-20
y. +. M ELK Err,
kEARTOS COATES, Con
Is II. kRECL,

Moved by Mr.. Carter that a com
mittee Il three, one Of whom shall
be the chairman of the board, be APP
pointed by the chair to superintend
the building of the office and court
room for the county Judge Carried
The chair then appointed Messrs
Carter and Bailey as the other mem
Ders Of the committee.
The report Of the committee on
Jury List was then taken up.
Mr.. Smoker moved that the re
port be re-referred. Lost. The re
port of the committee as first pre-
scented was then adopted.
The matter OF the claims Of Peavy,
and Poayy q Macarthur, which had
been laid over from yesterday, were
taken up, and Mcssrs. Macarthur and
Pcavy were granted permission TO
address the board.
Mr.. Carter in the chair.
Mr. Elan moved that the matter
be referred TO the district attorney
ana that he be requested 10 file a
written opinion Carried
The district attorney being present
gave q verbal opinion and promised
to reduce it to writing and file II
with the clerk.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-20

Total amt. earned and Saved...,..~,St.4 los Il
Deduct total credits nom total expenditures
and The Indebtedness OF the Asylum is SllNs,A9
Permanent improvements during the year
consist of the following;
New porch in front of main building, at
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-20


yours, +. j. PtEKINs, OyerSeer.
On motion the reports were re
fewed to a special committee Of
three, appointed by the chair, as fol-
lows: Messrs. Ward, Jones and
Dolan.
The committee on Public Property
submitted the following report:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of
Iowa County,
GEHrLEME& r. Your committee on public
property, having given the matter careful
consideration, recommend that n iru-prOot
building Tor the use OF the County Court hc
erected on the southeast corner of the Court
House lot
That iC contain an Office and good vault and
also a room to be used as "A court room for the
County Court.
That il be made perfectly firc-proof.
That in the opinion OF your committee such
"A building is, aud has been for years, an absO-
lutte necessity, aud that the cost OF the same
viii not exceed the sum OF three thousand
dollars.
We further recommend that this board take
such course at this session as may be nccCs-
sary TO provide for the building OF sucn q
building as early in 1892 as II can be done.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-20

Worlds Fair Managers, presented
the following report
To the County Board Of Iowa County,
Wisconsin,
Your Committee to whom was referred The
matter ot furnishing stone t. bU used in the
cons tructiOu ct WlSCOnSin'S building in the
Worlds Columbian Exposition, to Nc held at
Chicago, Illinois, In lSe, do recommend that
postponed,
Dated Nov. 18th, 1891
JNo, W, TAYLOR
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-20
Male Female Tot

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF ASYLUM FOR FIs Al
YEAR.
No. weeks board furnished inmates for
the year ending Sept 80, 1891. .......... 5.G5 81
Average cost of support per week for
each inmate is $780,. .......,. 81 ii}a
Amount due the Asylum from the state
for 1891. is as follows:
For Iowa Co patients at so per week. S3Gi3 33
Jackson Co. $500 " 526 %
Pierce Co. " 49l 50
Polk Co. 2G37 -
Waukesha Co " 5l2O Al
The morning call., 1891-04-18
THE MARCH DEATH RATE.

The slow chilly spring is telling ON the
public health. The death rate last month
was nearly % in the 1000, rate almost un-
precedented for this State. The great bulk
of the deaths, or 1913 in all, were caused by
diseases of the respiratory system. the lead
as usual being taken by consumption-if
that fatal malady can fairly be classed
among diseases Of the respiratory system.
Less than two weeks of the wet season
remain, and ii is fair to look for fine warm
weather, 50 that in all probability decrease
in the death rate may be expected. Still,
people with delicate chests and Threats had
better be prudent for a while yet. The
evenings are damp, a cold is soon caught,
and no one can ever foresee the end of cold.
The controversy between the advocates Of
the heroic method of guarding against colds
and the protection method, like the con-
troversy over the clipping of horses, has
never been fought out to finish. One
doctor says that the true way to avoid TAX
ing cold is to go with the throat bare, after
having freely washed it in bitter cold water,
while another favors wooden wraps. chest
protectors and muffiers. Botn are probably
right, but the treatment recommended by
either will not apply in every case. A
robust full-blooded man. who has not been
prone toillness, can probably fortify himself
against taking cold by exposing the neck
after toughening the skin with cold appli-
cations. But a delicate person. who has
been a sufferer from respiratory trouble.
might bring on an attack Of pneumonia if
he neglected to mufle his throat.
There is one rule which applies to all
cases, and that is to keep away from CRATE
fire or a stove in damp chilly weather for
some time before going out The heat of
the fire opens the pores and promotes per-
spiration; subsequent exposure to cold and
wet are almost certain to cause inhamma-
ton. Our peculiar climate requires an I'M
usual supply Of artificial heat in dwelling
houses. But wise people will enjoy it at a
distance
The morning call., 1891-04-18
WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN.

The public is so well accustomed to see
men pitched against men that it smiles and
let's the combatants fight it out. But a con-
fict between women possesses the element
OF novelty At this distance from the scene
of action it is not easy to determine whether
Mrs. Potter Palmer OF Miss Phoebe Couzns
stands on the more solid ground Mrs
Potter Palmer has the stronger backing, but
Miss Couzins is said to be host in herself
She knows something about law and has
the courage of the fool who rushes in
where angels fear to tread. Her latest
threat is to take the platform and set her
self right before the people. There is no
defense against such threat as that. The
Executive Committee of the Lady Managers
should call Miss Couzins off if possible.
Tact is woman's most powerful weapon, and
in this dire strait the Lady Managers should
form a combine to clown" Miss Couzins.
When that lady threatened to take the plat
form to set herself right she forfeited all
claims TO sympathy.
The morning call., 1891-04-18
HOW TO PROTECT PURE OIL.

Once more the olive-growers are taking
counsel together how to protect their indus
try from the competition of eounterfeits.
They succeeded in getting a law passed for
the protection OF the genuine article, but it
is urged that it will be difficult to enforce it..
There are, however, two ways by which
it is thought the industry may be protected.
One is by the adoption of a label by the
producer of pure oil. Consumers soon learn
that oil sold under that label is to be relied
On, and they will have it and no other. Per
sons who undertake to pirate label can
be dealt with under the law, The courts
would probably see the necessity of making
an example Of offenders.
The second way is by system of State
inspection and analysis by competent chem
lists. Producers have never been able to
get law passed that covered the ground
such a law, for instance, as the one which
is in force in Paris. In that city, any one
may report to the City Inspector that he
has purchased from dealer whom he
names an article of food which he believes
10 be adulterated. The Inspector immedi-
ately seiZeS all the stock of the article de-
nOunced and proceeds to analyZe it. If il
proves to be adulterated the stock seized is
destroyed, the seller is fined, and the pro-
ceedng is published in the newspapers. II
it proves to be pure, the stock is returned,
and the result of the examination is pub
lished in the newspapers. In the one case
the cost of analysis and publication is
borne blythe fraudulent dealer; in the other
it is charged to the laundering consumer
who denounced him.
We have no law which provides for ex-
actly such an operation as this. But we
have State analyst, and be might be util-
lied for the purpose. Honest dealers would
welcome a visit from him, as his favorable
report would be the best kind of advertise
ment for their business.
The morning call., 1891-04-18
FOSTERS NEW RULING.

Secretary Foster has given notice that, in
about two weeks, goods arriving in the East
over the Canadian Pacific will be treated as
other foreign importations, and subjected at
the port of entry to the duties which the
tariff imposes on foreign merchandise. The
bonding system by which the Canadian
Pacific has carried goods from San Francisco
TO Eastern points, though it is not subject TO
the provisions of the interstate commerce
law which govern American lines. will have
to be abandoned. A struggle which has
lasted ever since the Canadian Pacific was
first opened for business is thus brought TO a
close.
The contention Of the Canadian Pacific
that it could embark in the carrying busi-
ness of this country without being subject
to our laws, or under the jurisdiction of our
courts, is untenabe. 1t would have been
abandoned probably long ago but for the
influence welded by the Canadian railroad
at Washington. Among the stockholders in
that enterprise are leading Americans.
They always rallied to its support when it
was assailed. and they were strong enough
10 defeat any attempt TO apply to it the
ordinary principles OF law. Hence it was
able to force itself into the transcontinental
pool, and though lying wholly in foreign
territory, to demand percentage of the
earnings of lines which were altogether
American-under threats that if it were
kept out ii would inaugurate ruinous COM
petition.
There never was any reason why foreign
railroad company should have been per-
mitted to transport merchandise from one
United States port to another while steam
ers and sailing vessels were prohibited from
doing the same thing. Then the Canadian
road made itself obnoxious by entering into
a compact with American roads to establish
high rates of freights and fares, when it
could share in the profits.
The morning call., 1891-04-18
------
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.

The figures of last years grain trade at
the port of New York show that of 1905
vessels which sailed from that port during
the year loaded with grain only five carried
the American fiag, and one of these was a
British-built ship. which had been bought
and had changed her name. OF 44,592, 559
bushels of grain that were shipped from
New York in 1899 312, POI bushels went out
in ships owned by Americans, and SO, 455, 226
bushels in ships owned by EngIishmen. In
the list of ocean carriers Germany came
next 10 England, then Belgium. then H0l-
land. then France, then Denmark, then
Italy, and after all these the United States.
1t is TOO soon to predict that 1891 will show
any marked Improvement IN our merchant
marine. The new postal subsidy act will
not be in practical operation before July LIST
and its full! benefits must be of gradual
growth. 1t is safe to assume, however, that
within a very few years the United States
will reassert Itself on the ocean.
We have eight times as many miles of rail
road as there are in Great Britain and 80, coo
miles more than there are in all Europe. We
have more miles of telegraph than there are
in England, France and Germany combined.
Our systems of city transportation are I'M
equaled anywhere. There are no such river
steamers anywhere in the world as those
which leave New York, nor are there any
where such fleets of inland freight vessels as
leave Chicago in the season. We have brought
coal mining ami the manufacture of BeSse-
mer steel to a pitch of perfection in Penn
sylYania and Ohio which astonishes foreign
ers. Our wooden and cotton manufactures
are on a scale that is far ahead of anything
that can he seen Europe. We shall grow
this year twice as many tons of wheat as
will be cropped in the next largest wheat
producing country of the world.
This is the result of the judiciGus encour-
agement of American industry at home.
Our almost ruined foreign carrying trade is
due to our failure to give it the same en-
couragement that we have afforded our do
nestle interests. We are now about to cor
rect that mistake, and what we have done
on land we can do on salt water. When
such wonderful power of expansion dis
played at home sets itself TO the task of dis
putting the empire Of the seas, American
bottoms will soon be carrying American
goods, and foreign bottoms will have to
look sharp for cargoes. We have already
proved our ability to build modern ships,
we always knew how to run them, and I'M
der the new conditions we will do it at a
profit
The morning call., 1891-04-18
BUSINESS METHODS.

A local in Fridays CALL shows how spec
ulators in supplies are allowed to make
handsome profits out of contracts which a
reputable merchant would be unable to fill
without loss. The Spectator bids low and
sends a sample. The bid and the sample get
the contract. He then puts the sample back
where it came from and sends inferior goods.
Under past methods there has been no means
Of detection. Complaints might be made Of
the inferior quality Of goods delivered, but
the Spectator may claim that they are as
good AS can be afforded at the price. OF
cours-, when there is a disposition to pro-
tsct the public from fraud such deception as
This may be easily detected. The samples
may be preserved for comparison. But the
trouble has been lack Of disposition to
protect the public, The margin between
the cost Of filling contract and the amount
received has been regarded as part of the
profits of governing city. Fortunately,
at the present time we have a Mayor who
believes in doing public business on bust
ness methods, and such public institutions
as the City and County Hospital, House Of
Correction and the Industrial School will
profit by the Mayors business methods.
The morning call., 1891-04-18
PRAISE WHERE DUE.

Our municipal government has done a
grand work for our citizens in providing
that stone block plvements may be laid at
q moderate expense. Stone blocks when
laid upon good sand foundation furnish
cheap and durable pavement. There is no
question as to this. Ii the blocks get out OF
place they can BE- relaid. The stone blocks
remain, but the poultce is gone in three or
four years. In those portions OF the city
where a smooth pavement is desired let it
be paid for, and so with stone blocks laid
upon concrete foundation on business
thoroughfares. But the city must have in
its back streets hundreds of miles of pave
ment, and this can only be secured by using
stone blocks laid upon sand foundation.
Our city should have credit for what it has
done relative to pavement.
The morning call., 1891-04-18
THE Atlas ADVOCACY.

We suppose the ALta California makes
itself useful to somebody, for it has been
said there is use for everything. We do not
see, however, that it can be very useful to
the inhabitants Of this State in the advo-
cacy of its free-trade doctrines, which it harps
upon continually, for California of all the
States in the Union requires protection. If
our ports were open to the whole world
most Of our products would Immediately
decline in price, aad labor would not COM
mand half the wages it now does. Who
would be benefited by absolute free trade ?
The morning call., 1891-04-18

that the victim of his wrath was entirely in
nocent. The dollar limit has no more to do
with the withholding of an appropriation
for the reception of the President than the
laws of the Modes and Persians. No appro-
priation was made simply because there is
no law for it. The Consolidation Act,
which is our city charter as far as we have
one, expressly provides against such ex-
nenditures of money. 1t is not probable
that the Stock Report will gain in wisdom
by this Incident. When anything goes
wrong it will fall upon the dollar limit with
as much ferocty as if it had not repeatedly
been caught playing the 0'Connor act on an
innocent subject.
The morning call., 1891-04-18
NO LAW FOR 1T.

One of our progressive contemporaries
was quite indignant the other night because
an appropriation was not made to defray
the expenses of the Presidents reception.
The contemporary being the Stock Report,
il could see no other cause for such failure
to appropriate than the dollar limit The
dollar limit, therefore, came in for It's usual
whackIng. The able-bodied editor went
through the exercise without a suspicion
The morning call., 1891-04-18

Mrs. Levin, The mother OF little James
Levin who was killed recently by falling
from the roof of the new City Hall. was
very much grieved when she read in the
papers that several rolls of sheet lead
were found in the pockets of her boy
when he was picked up after the accident.
She visited the COroner's Office aud has been
Informed that such was not the case. No
lead was found in the pockets of the boy,
and this would seem to verify the first state
ment, that he climbed to the roof to catch
pigeons and while so engaged had fallen to
the DayeInpnt below
The morning call., 1891-04-18

Probably Europe would gain largely. and
SO would China and japan. Possibly steam
ers and sailing vessels would be in more de-
mand, but the owners Of railroads would be
the greatest gamers of all. Is not this SOP
If we had no manufacturers, our supplies OF
those commodities would come from abroad,
and be transported over railroads. So our
grain, pork, cotton, ETC., would have to pass
over the railroads to shipping points, and
then go abroad to pay for manufactured
articles. We suppose the Alta California
must be advocating a policy which will
benefit somebody, but it does not appear to
be that of this State
The morning call., 1891-04-18

The transfer of the Weather Bureau of the
United States Signal Service from the War
Department to the Department of Agri-
culture will take place soon. and the metero-
logical part OF the work will go back to
civilians, leaving the Signal Corps to attend
only to military signaling. The enlisted
men in this branch of the service will now
come under the Civil Service Commission
and will be examined, rated, ETC., in the
same manner as employees in the postal, rev
enue or customs branches
The morning call., 1891-04-18
ST-ESCEIPTT0N D.TpS.

DAILY CALL ducluding Sundays. ST per year by
sil, postpaid. is cents per week, IS cents per
calendar month through carriers. DAILY CALL,
five copies. three months. ST. %. SUNDAY CALL
sixteen pageS). 81 so per year. postpaid. SUNDAY
CALL aud W IIEKLY CALL 81 90 per year, post
paid. WEEKLY CALL (eight pages, 81 70 per scar
iosII aid. CUBS Of ten (sent to address,, $lo
The morning call., 1891-04-18
WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
SIGNAL SERVICE U. $. ARNY,0
Division OF THE PACIFIC,

SfG%AT, SERVICE u. $. ARNY,0
Division OF THE PACIFIC
san FRANCISCO, Apri! II, 1875 P. M
Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours.
The secondary bar0metic depression attending
the storm n Wednesday is sJil central in Nevada.
The barometer has risen decidedly in Washington,
oregon and Northern California. 1t has fallen in
Eevada, Southern California and Arizona. 1t is
highest at Fort Candy (S002 inChes) and lowest at
WnnemUcca, Carson City and Keeer t29.74
inches. The barometer is still below the normal
al! districts except along the Washington coast
The winds souIhery in Eastern California and
Nevada: elsewhere they west to north. Tie
following high winds have been reported: Eureka
northwest, 81 miles, Yuma, wesG 80; Keller
south. S5 The temperature has fallen in western
Washington, Western oregon, Southern California;
Southern Nevada and Western Arizona. 1t has
risen slightly in Northeastern California Northern
Nevada Eastern oregon AID Eastern Washington.
II is stin generally above the normal except in
Southern California and the southern portion OF
Northern California. where it is from to IS de
rrees below the normal. Fair weather has prevailed
in Arizona and Eastern Washington: elsewhere rain
aud snow have fallen. The following precipitation
has been reported from SignaI Service stati ms:
olympia 0.0i Of inch; Fort Candy O.o2: Portland.
ue5: Haser City. 0-0i: Roscburg, 0.O4: Eureka,
mento, Ola; Sal Francisco, 0.l0: Fresno. 0.2S;
Keeler, 0O6; Los Angeles, U.6i; san Diego, OF;
Carson City, 1.S4
Forecast Till 8 p. NJ Saturday.
For Northern CaIfornia-Light rains with snow
In mountains followed by fair weather: southerly
shifting to westerly winds; nearly stationary tenn
psratura. except cooler Ia the Sacramento Valley
and at Winnemueca. and warmer at Fresno and
Keller
For southern California - Fair weather, except
preceded by light rain in the western portion; yari
able winds becoming westerly. fresh TO brisk;
warmer
For oregon and washington-Far weather ex-
cept preceded by light rain at Baker City, Rose
hurg Portland and Fort Candy; north to west
WINDS; cooler, except nearly stationary temper
AZURE in Western Oregon. JOIN P. FINLEY,
Lieutenant Nineteenth Infantry. In charge
The morning call., 1891-04-18

Dentist G. w. Leek swore out complaint
yesterday for the arrest of II. T. Young
Up to Thursday the accused acted as Leek' 5
assistant, and it is alleged that since the
first of the year he has embezzled $500 which
he collected from his employers patrons.
More than this, Leek asserts that Young
has been secretly conducting a rival estab-
lshment
The morning call., 1891-04-18

,-r Montgomery street, Clay. open until II
o-c1oet p. N. BRANCH OFFICES: 10 Market
street, near Kcarny open until IL O'Clock midnight;
sss Hayes street, open until $50 O'Clock; sos
Larkin street. open until 80 o'clock 25lS Mission
street. open until O'Clock P. NJ. and 1l6 Ninth
eIeet. open until $3.50 P NJ