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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-13
Paper Burned out.

WASHINGTON. April 13.-The Even
ing Star building was damaged
SOS, 900 by fire today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-13
SWiIl swing.

ST. LOUIS, April 13.-George Schse-
fer was yesterday sentenced to be
hanged, May 20, for the murder OF
Henry Gratlan.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-13
Tweed is Nowhere With Tammany.

From the ST. Joseph Herald.
Judge Isaac II. Maynard. appointed
on the bench of the New York court
of appeals as a reward for helping to
steal the legislature of that state, is
worse besmirched than any judge
since Tweed's Tammany judges were
impeached and disgraced for their
crimes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-13
NEWEST AND LATEST

Shades In ladies' China and Surrah
silk waists.
4 Ii st JOsKE BROS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-13
LATE TELEGRAPH.
SENT SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT BY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
And the Southern Afternoon Press
Up to the Hour OF Go
ing TO Press.
Probable We;

Probable Weather.
WASHINGTON. April 13-For Texas
generally fair clearing weather.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-13

Naval appropriation bill is now the
business before the house.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11

peue. Even inc society OF Unab QaV was
picturesque. The balls were lively, old
fashioned dances. Almost classic in their
scantiness were the costumes of the ladies'
The fashionable ball dress was Of white
India Grape, the skirt was very scant
and only came down to the ankles and
was deliberately trimmed with a dozen
or more rows of flounces In plain view
were the pretty Clocks on the silk or cot
ton stockings. Our fashionable GRANDPA
theirs were gaudy and glorious creatures
in their green, blue or claret frock coats
with large lapels and gilt buttons their
ruffled linen, high Hessian boots with gold
tassels, and with the privilege of wearing
two or even three frock coats, each of diff
ferent color, at one time.
Then there was the duel. Nowadays, If
two public men pass 1.-The lie'' and shake
their fists at each other, we all get very
much excited and rush off to the telegraph
Office and print several columns. In the
good old days real, genuine duels between
important men were of frequent occur
renee. A case of dueling pistols were as
much part of the outfit of a southern or
western congressman as his green carpet
bag. Imported pistols were highly priced,
but Philadelphia gunsmith named Der
ringer made such good guns that his name
became attached to a short pistol of his
manufacture, designed to be carried in the
trousers pocket for use IN street fights A
first class duel would now attract more at
tention than presidential election.
In recalling the lively and picturesque
Incidents which the old timers enjoyed in
Washington one is moved almost to tears
over the commonplace nature of his own
times. John Adams used to battle in the
Potomac every morning at daylight be-
cause they had NO bathtub in the White
House, and no one ever pulled a kodak on
him. President Taylor used to walk about
the town and stop and chat with every one
he met like a policeman. A reception in
the White House in these days is relieved
of monotony only by the great crush of
guests, who trample the clothes off each
others backs. President jefferson set up
in the East room a 600 pound cheese and in
vited the multitude to come in and help
itself, which the multitude proceeded to do.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11
SCIENTIFIC WAITS.

A japanese chemist has succeeded IN
cultivating fungus Astounding upon rice,
from which a rice ferment is produced,
and is now being used ip the manufacture
of whisky, thus producing a saving of fif-
teen cents bushel over grain.
Hydrogen peroxide has been found to be
a valuable antidote for hydrocyanic poi
soDing. 1t is given both internally and
simultaneously until the odor of the acid
can no longer be noticed in the exhaiations
The antidote acts by changing hydrocyanic
acid into oxamide.
In refining copper an improvement has
been introduced by placing an oxidizing
subtance in the converter. The heat from
the molten metal decomposes the nitrate
and causes a stream of oXidizing gases to
rise through the metal in the converter,
the metal being covered with a suitable
silicious Stag.
A new kind of porcelain has recently
been made in Paris in the following man
ner: Asbestus is ground to fine powder,
freed from oxide of iron by means of sui
phuric or hydrochlorie acid, then made
into paste, nodded and dried. 1t is then
baked for seventeen or eighteen hours at a
temperature Of ,209 dogs. centigrade.
The soldering of two pieces of aluminium
has heretofore been considered impracti-
cable, but recent experiments show that it
can be easily done by the use of chloride Of
silver as fuse. The pieces Of metal are
placed together and a finely powdered
fused silver chloride is spread over the
juncture. The solder is then melted By
blowpipe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11

man. who was six feet tall, thin and gaunt,
with an i'll proportional body and a small,
round head, and whose coarse, coal blacks
hair parted in the middle over his sallow
temples bespoke his descent from Poca-
hontas used TO ride to the Capitol on a
Virginia thoroughbred and enter the SEN
ate chamber with his riding whip in his
hand, silver spurs on his heels and his
favorite hound following his footsteps. He
wrote letters and made speeches with his
gloves on. Every ten or fifteen minutes
while making a speech he called out,
'"Timms, more porter" and the assistant
doorkeeper would hand him foaming
lumber of beer.
In this way Randolph used TO drink three
or four quarts of beer in an afternoon, and
his tongue on such occasions frequently be-
came something dreadful. Alas, we have
no John Randolph now 10 relieve the SEN
ate chamber of the dull monotony. Sen
ators don't drink beer in the chamber any
more, and when they want some ice cold
champagne punch in hot weather they dis
creetly take it in the privacy of the cloak
rooms. They have even given up the use
of snuff and Captain Bassett's silver snuff
box, which lies all the while on the clerks
desk, comfortably filed with the best
Scotch at fifteen dollars pound, has only
Captain Bassett for a customer. Mr.. Ed
munds was the last of the snuffing sena-
tors, as he was in many other respects the
last Of picturesque line of public men
1t is easy to see that in the old days the
residents of the capital had plenty of odd
things TO excite their attention. A foreign
minister created a sensation by appearing
on Pennsylvania avenue astride a veloci-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11
@Yy Il i.
SHOT raom MANY LOCKERS.

Excuse the liberty take" as the con-
vict remarked when he escaped from state
prison.-Texas Siftings
waiter, this steak is smaller than the
one had yesterday. How's that?" ooh,
it comes from a smaller OK ''-Fliegende
Blatter.
Atanexamination of students, one young
gentleman being asked TO describe Henry
VIII, replied. He was professional wild
Overlooking Gazette.
"What does Buffer let his whiskers
grow so long for?" $50 that he can wag
his chin in conversation and polish his
shoes without extra effort ashington
Star
Physician ITO shivering patsent)- IF you d
followed my prescription you'd have been
warm in less than no time. Patient-I
know it, for I threw the prescription into
the fre.--EEehange
Bridegroom-You said would be sur
prised when you told me about the dowry
you were going to give your daughter. and
now you give nothing at all, Father-in-
law-Well, and you are surprised, are you
not?-Fliegende Blatter.
A number of children were talking about
what they would like to be when they
were men and women. One little girl
wanted 10 be teacher. "Oh, my.'' said
little Mary, who lived on farm, Il don't
want to be teacher. I'd rather be sum-
mer boarder than anything else. youths
COMPANION
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11
WAYSlDE GLEANlNGS.

There are 800 public baths in the city Of
Toxic, Japan, where natives are parboiled
at a temperature of 10 dogs. for a sum
equivalent to one cent.
1t has been found that half burned arc
carbons will cut glass. Containing, as
they do, many of the characteristics of the
diamond, this is not surprising.
In all the large towns in Sweden the
fashionable BARRIERS shops are kept by
women. The haircutting and shampooing
are done by men, bat only women shave.
Liverpool is the largest shipping port in
the world; then comes London and then
New York. New York stands second to
London, however, as d general commercial
city.
In only five states has mother any legal
right to the custody of her children. These
are Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon and
Washington, where both parents have
equal rights in the matter.
Once in eight years, if not oftener, all
the locks on United States mail bags must
be changed. This is because after awhile
a good many lost keys get around, and
they are not very safe to have SO distrib
uted.
The grandest tomb in the world is, with
out doubt, the Tai Mahal or Crown of EN-
pires, at Agra. 1t is an octagonal build
ing of the purest white marble, the interior
being decorated with inlaid work Of pre-
cious stones.
Twenty-four carat gold is all gold; %
carat gold has % parts of gold, of silver
and l OF copper; is carat gold has IS parts
of gold and each of silver and copper; ~
carat gold is half gold and has 31s parts of
silver and So of copper It's specific gravity
is about 10; pure gold is 49,
One may get notion of the number of
pennies lost from a history of the old half
cents OF these 1000 were issued few
years ago. Where are they now? A few
are in the cabinets of coin collectors. None
have been returned to the mint for recon
age or are held by the treasury. Nobody
sees them in circulation.
The coats mentioned in the Bible were
square garments of fine lambs wool, worn
by every Israelite. There was hole in
the center for the head to go through, and
it hung down before aud behind. 1t was
coat by day, a covering by night and a
shroud in the grave. L seized by credit
Or it had to be returned at sunset.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11
WHIP AND SPUR.

Lansing, Mich, will have $4,000 kite
shaped track in the near future.
NJ. E. McHenry, the we'll known trainer,
will handle the PAGER Guy this year.
The yearling colt by STEAMBOAT, out of
Minnehaha, that l.. J. Rose sold for $40, 900,
is dead.
Mckinney, 2:l21S as 4-year-old in 1891,
will try conclusions with eastern cracks
this year.
Glenwood, the only 2-year-old By Or
monde, is now nearly 1873 hands high, and
is the very picture of his sire.
Freedom, the first yearIing to beat 2:30,
will be brought along 70 fill 3-year-old en-
gagements the coming season.
All but two of Pilot Mediums twenty
nine 2:30 performers were bred in Battle
Greek, Mich, where Pilot Medium is
owned.
Buffalo's Driving Park association has
received an offer TO lease its well known
grounds tor $4,000 for an August trotting
meeting.
Chester, the greatest horse of his day in
Australia, is dead. He was the sire of
Abercorn, kirkhaln, Plutarch and other
great colonial racers
Colonel North, the wealthy English turf
man. will be represented in the American
Derby of 1893. at Washington park. Chica-
60. by son OF St. Simon
Mr.. Robert Bonner has paid sos 200 for
forty trotte-s and PAGERS in the last twenty
one years. The highest priced animal was
Surol. for which he paid 81 go
Senator Stanford, when asked whether
he would agree 10 permit Paio Alto TO con
test for supremacy in race with Allerton
and Nelson. replied that he had made other
arrangements.
The late Edward McElmeel, of Yonkers,
n. y, was a very prominent figure on the
turf few years ago He first came into no
tice through the merits ri General Monroe
winner of the first Suburban Handicap
Monroe was the best son Of Tom Bowling
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11
EXPOSITION ECHOES.

The sculptor Bartholdi has prepared for
the next salon, but with an eye TO the
Worlds Columbian fair. group Of Wash
ington and Lafayette clasping hands.
The Chicago Worlds fair is to have q
postoffice large enough to supply hourly
mails to $50, 900 exhibitors and the force to
manage it will be as large as that of the
Milwaukee postoffice-
Siemens. the Berlin electrician, will spend
$2S5, 600 OIL the firms exhibit at the Worlds
fair At first the firm asked for space to
erect building, but, not being able to Sc
cure this, the frm took 10000 square feet
of space
The lord mayor of London, it is an
nounced will form a committee to raise
the sum necessary to send to the exposition
a selected number of representative work
ingmen from London, with a view of their
making reports on the industrial exhibits
there.
The Chemical National Bank of Chicago
has been granted the privilege of estab-
fishing and operating bank on the expo
sition grounds. II will afford to exhib-
itors and visitors all the eonveniences and
safeguards of a metropolitan bank, in
GLIDING safety deposit vaults.
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turesque. OF Jerry Simpson, the alleged
sockless, we had strong hopes, but he
reaches the capital and straightway ap-
pears in a fine tailor made suit, with silk
stockings and gold eyeglasses The men,
bers in whose hair we had hoped to find
bushels OF hayseed turn out to be for the
most part college graduates, polished men,
well dressed and as like the banker or
lawyer by whose side they sit as one pea rs
like another. Even the mining camp and
cowboy states and territories send us men
who are as conventional as mild manners,
strict regard for the proprieties and eXpen-
sive tailoring can make them. 1t is all
very disappointing.
What is the matter with the American
people that they are becoming so drearily
conventional Here is this typical city
this city where the representatives of every
nook and corner of the land are assembled
we have at the present day not one char
acter." Not only do we all look and act
alike but the daily incidents of our life
are even and commonplace. 1t was not al
ways so in the American capital There
was time in which picturesque characters
abounded here, and in which novel Incl
dents and extraordinary occurrences were
as common as red ears at a western corn
husking. ! was talking about this with an
old resident of Washington, man who
has watched the personages and the events
for half n century.
1T fills me with painful thoughts" said
this old timer, to go into the senate cham
Der nowadays. We haven't there at the
present time one really picturesque figure
nor a single great magnetic orator. Ed
munds and Eyarts were the last of the
picturesque figures and Logan and Ingalls,
the last of the CREST orators. l remember
Henry Clay very well What scenes we
used to have in the old senate chamber,
now the supreme court room, when he
spoke. There was nothing commonplace
ABOUT him. He was not afraid OF offend
ing senatorial dignity by rousing himself.
Clay gesticulated with every part OF his
body-by the noddiag of his head. with his
arms, hands, fingers. feet. even his specta-
Giles, snuffIoS and old fashioned handker
chief were called into use.
The senate Of tie present sppeSrs very
tame To me when think Of the senate Of
old. with the Eery Clay, the laundering
Webster aud the great Calhoun. One of
the incidents which could nos forget were
TO live q thousand years was the appear
ance in the senate chamber OF the diving
Calhoun. unable to walk and wheeled in
by a coloresl serEitor 10 listen TO the read
inS Of his speech by another senator. There
was Sam Houston. tool remember him
and how he used 10 sit in the senate cham
Der and whittle = big stick with his bowie
knife. Captain Bassett, our gray haired
doorkeeper. used 20 watch Houston litter
ing up the floor with his shavings and then
90 sadly and clean up after him.
Then the old timer went on 20 tell me Of
John Randolph, OF Roanoke. another is
nous character Vi the early days IL Wash
ineJon. What a godseaG To tie newspaper
profession N Washington would the pres
ence of i John Randolph IL the senate he
al the uresent time. This n.cturesaR-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11

level of the commonplace. No public man
now wears a costume not in accord with
what is known as good form. Even the
new congressman from the small districts
have their evening suits, to the last man of
them, and not one is good enough to break
the monotoDy by wearing it in the house
orat an afternoon reception.
No man rides a horse to the Capitol or
wears long hair, or does anything else to
may character out of himself. Even the
drunken statesman has gone, and the
gambling senators have disappeared. The
wicked female lobbyist, who snares states
men in her gilded trap, is a tradition OF the
past not living reality. There are lob
byists in these days, but they are as COM
moDplace as the statesmen on whom they
prey. Our modern orators are tame and
conventional. Our military figures are
gone. We have fifty big dinners in a night,
but every one is like every other, as every
guest is like all of his neighbors. At the
White House and in scores of other houses
we have receptions galore, but see one you
have seen all. So far as being picturesque
is concerned, everything is dull, fat and
uninteresting.
The approach to this dead level of con-
ventionality has been gradual In the last
congress we had Richard Vaux, of Phila-
delphia, who wore long hair, patent leather
slippers and no overcoat even in winter.
He is gone year or two ago we had
Senator Evarts' old hat and Edmunds'
twiddling thumbs. Both have disappeared
from the scene. Not long ago Judge Po-
land, of Vermont wore a swallowtail coat
in the house. Now we think we have some
thing sufficiently out of the Int to be worth
comment when Baby Bailey, of Texas,
comes ON the floor with a ruffied shirt and
an unruff1ed white tie. In these days of
the painfully conventional we are forced to
note man who wears ready made clothing
as being unique, and legislator who is
good enough to wear SLOUGH hat on the
side of his head is hailed as a public bene-
factor.
When this congress came in with its
large number of new men, we looked in
vain for a character, for something pic
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VI.
Not His Roy.

Him has returned home with . city made
Photograph
Say, jim. my son, this haint yore fortygrairr
il heg Git out--ye make the ole man laff.
That you? Why, Jim. my boy. We amt in thstI
Fust llace, never seen ye 'thout yer hat;
] never seen ye with ser ha'r so slick
Mos ginecally naussed like an ole hayrick.
They've liheled Of We. jim up thar in town.
Whar's yer ole clay pipe? Whsr's yer dressia
gown:
~ see theTn lips. Jim. kinder pulsed. severed
Ner smile seems thutty mile or more from
here.
Yer checks looks shaved-not derned bit like
YOU
They're sor5er PINK inste'd O. harry blue.
1 don't want that 20 take the thing away:
II Gin't shc ,iun I've knnwed this many day.
More like s. city fclle--kindCr dude'
The blame thiag rec.v knocks me Of nav food
Yer mgAi ae made 10 look 50, spJ ye see
ilke so better, Jim. jest IS ye De.
These folks can paint their churches blue n
re0.
n Tot word by NELL e'er he said:
Revise the g0cd book even, III not kick.
Aitho tue AEol- makes rae mighty sick;
bat a. Tor forty Eu3lcrs. Heav'n help him
Whichever gIts -auglt chanxin my boy linn
Harper AsgaziRe-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11

England She eNpecls ...a..-.i ae.' eau
cation al an American women's college.
The khedivesse dowager is still beau
tifal woman, with magnificent complex
ion, brown eyes and hair of reddish
tinge. Notwithstanding her power over
him, she never attempted TO assist the late
khedive in the affairs of the nation, confin-
ing herself strictly TO social and domestic
duties.
Umberto, king of Italy, has only one
child-Victor Emmanuel. Prince of Naples
To this youth, who is now in his twenty
third year. may descend the leadership of
a nation that has during recent years de-
veloped its army and navy more rapidly
than any other. He has too recently
emerged from tutelaee to have made as
yet any decided impression upon his con-
temporaries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11

Opie Read receives great many letter,
from would be aushors who wish him 70
read the manuscript Of books they have
written and give them the benefits of his
experience as to the probability OF its
catching on" He received such letter
a few days ago from a party named ". A.
Bowen, who has written some sketches
over the name OF Ike FiIkins One line ia
Mr. Bowen's letter satisfied Mr. Read that
IL would be useless for him 20 read the
work In that line the author Bnwittingly
put ouietus GA it himself. Tne line was
as follows,
Il have Just written book which !
think viii take Ike fire when it Is out
Chicago Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11
CROWN AND SCEPTER.

Princess Mary Of Teck is firm believer
in paimistry.
The Princess OF Wales does not think
that children ought to be allowed 20 read
Shakespeare.
Though only twelve years old, the EN-
peror Of AMMAN smokes cigarettes freely.
and while doing 80 plays with children's
toys just as If he was still in the nursery
Queen Natalie of Seryia is very hand
some woman. with fine black eyes and a
superb complexion but tendency 10 EN-
bonpoint makes her appear Older than she
really is.
Princes Victoria Kainiani, the heir pre-
sumptive TO the Hawaiian throne, is girl
of sixteen years, who IS Row studying in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11
NE MINISTER ANp HIs vELOCIpEDE.

THE MINISTER AND his vELOCIPEDE.
In their dress, their society, their amuse-
ments, all their personal and public activi-
ties the Neutrality-suspicious. of forty years
ago Were interesting and lively. They
were typical of the nation behind them,
in which forms and customs had not yet
settled down into ruts. 1t was an era of
individuality. Nowadays more's the pity,
he who shows originality. who lifts him
self out of the dead level of the common
place, is put down crank. What can be
done to relieve Washington life of its op-
pressive conyentionalisms
ROBERT GRAVES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11

The old proverbial purity of snow has
been taken to task by chemist at NAL
vern- The clean snow, on melting, was
fairly bright; it gave on analysis: Total
solids, "a grains per gallon; chlorine, trace;
free ammonia, 16 part per million; albumi
mold ammonia 81 part per million Iron
also was present, giving black color with
ammonium sulphide. This water would
be totally unfit 10 drink
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A Fatal objection.

Tramping Jske-It's getting to be TOT
hard work to pick up Twin in this coun
try. Eff il wuzn't so fur away I'd 60 =
Central Ameriky A man don't hev TO d
nuthin there Whole country's covered
with bananas Nothin to do but lay undeI
tree all day an eat bananas.
Rusty Rufe-Got TO pick 'en Off q tn
trees, hain't YEP
Course"
II knowed Their wuz some drawback ~
Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11
What Next9

Once there was hired man who was
constantly astonishing his employer, a
farmer, by doing strange and unexpected
things. One day the farmer went into the
barn and found that this man had hanged
himself. Looking at the dangling body a
few minutes. be exclaimed. What on 80 rta
will that fellow do nextS'-Texas Siftings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11

Pat-'Twas taed.yll az q blow the asg
gave ser. Yer wUz uear kilt.
Mike-Begorra, wish had died that
MOTE see tie villain hL-<.-Yale Record
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on = Girl Bowling.

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51st as Uue3 As >ne Nviii.
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