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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
A LINGUISTIC TEST
When q Man Can Get as Mad In For.
eign Tongue as Easily as in His Own.

When q Man Can Get as Mad in For
eign Tongue as Easily rs in His Own.
One frequently hears man or, more
commonly still, woman speak enthusi-
astically of some friend who knows French
or German or Italian, or whatever Ian
guage it may be, quite as well as English.
There is about one case in a hundred
where the claim is substantiated. In the
other ninety nine cases a little investigation
would show that the linquist in question
does not possess by any means the same
mastery of the foreign tongue as of his own
English.
| saw this we'll illustrated the other
night in French restaurant, where a
gentleman who has lived in Paris for a
dozen years was dining with some friends
In the course of the meal he got very
angry with the waiter for having served a
sole au win blanc instead of sole au
gratin. And his annoyance was out of all
proportion to the enormity Of the mistake
made by the unfortunate garcon. The
gentleman, whom | knew as ordinarily
calm and self possessed, grew red in the
face, excited in gesture and loud in voice,
although the fact of the matter was that
the fish was almost as good with the wine
sauce as if it had been served with cheese.
"Do you know why you got so angry with
that fellow tonight" asked him later in
the evening.
Certainly l do" said he, "it was be-
cause he nearly spoiled my dinner with his
ridiculous blunder."
NO" said |, that is not the real reason
II you had been in an American restaurant
you would not have got into such rage
over the same thing"
"And why not, pray'" ~
Because in an American restaurant you
would have spoken English, whereas to
night you were obliged to get angry in a
foreign language. However excellent your
French may be, it did not allow you to dis
pose of the matter and of the waiter in a
few quiet but crushing sentences, as you
would have done in English. The waiter
had you at a disadvantage. and that exas
perated you"
At first my friend was disposed to argue
the point, but finally became convinced
that one of the crucial tests of a mans alb
solute perfection in a language is his abil-
ity to use it with the same GOODNESS and
deliberation as his own when he is under
the influence of some strong emotion.
Another test is mans ability to add or
multiply. using the foreign names for the
figures. Ask your friend who boasts that
his French is as good as his English to add
up substantial column of figures with
the vingt and quarante and soixante in
stead of the names he has been accustomed
to, and nine times out of ten, or indeed
oftener, you will find him unable to do it.
This speaking foreign languages as well
as ones own is much more difficult mat
ter than certain tourists would have one
believe.-New York Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Uncalled for Courtesy.

The Vicomte Toussaint was formerly q
colonel in the French army and mayor Of
Toulouse He was brave man and a
dashing officer. During one of the hottest
engagements of the Terrible Year, noticing
that his troops were bending forward I'M
der CALLING fire to escape the bullets Of
the enemy while he alone maintained an
erect position, he exclaimed, "Since when,
| should like to know, has so much polite
ness been shown to the Prussians?" The
sarcasm took instantaneous effect, for the
soldiers rushed forward and carried every
thing before them.-London Telegraph.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
A Question OF Dinner Time.

A cardinal who commanded the troops
of Pope Boniface TX in the march of Acona,
finding himself on one occasion in po-
sition in which he must conquer or die,
promised his soldiers that if they secured
the victory those who fell should dine that
very day with the angels. They marched
to the combat with alacrity; but finding
that the cardinal was careful not to expose
himself, "How is it," said one of them,
that you show no anxiety for the celestial
banquet to which you have invited us so
warmly" Because it is not yet my din.
ner time, and am not hungry. ALI the
Year Round.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Rich Men and Ice Water.

The question of purity Of drinking water
has invaded the business Office. Rich men
who are veXed by slight physical ailments
or who are the victims of nervous troubles
find it the easiest thing imaginable to be
lieve that there is danger in the water
cooler. Many of them have their Croton
boiled and chilled by refrigeration before
they will drink it. Others have in their
private offices jars of mild mineral waters,
from which they quench their thirst, Mr..
Chauncey NJ. Depew is one of the latter
kind. He does not believe in drinking ice
water and is very particular about having
the water that he drinks perfectly free
from deleterious matter. Mr.. c. p. Hunt
ington and Mr. Jay Gould are both anti
ice water men, and Mr.. Gould seldom
drinks water that has not been specially
prepared for his use.-New York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
THE SONG OF THE SINGING SANDS.
A little, little cot for me,

A little, little cot for me,
A cabin on the grassy steep,
Where sweet winds from the Hesper sea
Hold secrets that long to keep.
Oh, not upon these later heights
May every joy eyade my hand,
Thro' lonely days and lonelier nights
Along the shifting, singing sand;
Yet, would not, as sands that sing
Lose one lone song thro' journeying.
Oh, haste, ye breezes light that roam,
And be my fleet foot messengers!
Tell me if children coming home,
Long wandering meath the western frs,
In your returning currents bear
A blessing tho they wake or sleep:
Bring me dream of golden hair,
Recalled at morn tho | should weep.
And leave to me In newer lands
The mystery Of the singing sands.
Here. would have my window be
A beacon whateer tide may turn:
A lamp upon life's wind blown sea
Where mem'ry's torches ever burn;
The altar fire of early loves
Within whose IN! site mother shrine
Are treasured yet those white winged
doves
Such cooling doves, and they were mine,
Tho strong to smite, Oh, winds that moan.
May singing sands dwell in your tone.
Mary Baird Finch in Arkansaw Traveller.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Cantankerous Folk on the Cars.

The man who will not show his railroad
ticket is a well known example. ''Ive
paid my money, and that's enough" he
doggedly says, and delays whole train
full of passengers by his doltish obstinacv
A very men man OF TINS description nau a
season ticket on the Southwestern line
He was we'll known upon it, for his appear
ance was peculiar, so that this doggedness
of conduct was not of much-consequence.
On one occasion a ticket collector, unac-
quainted with him, made the usual in
curry. The old gentleman did not even
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10

most interesting. There is story TO une
effect that they are descended from some
Welshmen who sailed west from Wales in
the Eleventh century and were never heard
of afterward. The story is that the palty
reached the mouth of the Mississippi and
worked their way up that river. Many Of
their words resemble the Welsh language
and they are of much lighter complexion
than Indians usually are. There are full
blooded Indians almost white among them.
San Francisco Examiner.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Taking Tea in a Stable.

The Baroness Won Zuyllan, of Paris, has
the finest stables in the world for her mag.
uificent horses. Even those of the great
car himself do not equal them in magnifi-
cence. On Sunday afternoons she takes
her tea in the stables, where down the cen.
ter of the great building thick pile car
pet is placed leading up to the tea room.
The horses come up to the table for sugar
from their mistress like pet dogs. The
buildings cover three acres of ground
New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10

vouchsafe an answer, but stared stolidly
before him. II must see your ticket, SIR"
No answer. This monologue went on for
some time, till at last young gentleman
in the corner of the carriage observed pa
thetically: HE won't show it, conductor:
it's no use; | know him so well; he's my
father" This class of men now frequents
the tramcars, and the magistrate takes a
very short way with them. Twenty shil-
lings or ten days Payn in Shelf
field Independent.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
The Rapid Moving Fly.

The rapidity with which insects travel is
astonishing. The common housefy makes
900 strokes per second when in the act Of
ordinary flight, that number of strokes
causing an advance movement Of twenty
five feet. Our best naturalists say that
this can be Increased sevenfold.-St. Louis
Republic
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
A LIQUID Medicinal soap.

A German professor recommends the fol-
lowing recipe for liquid soap for medic
inal use in wounds, etc.: One part of caus-
tic potash dissolved in an equal weight Of
water. To this add four parts of olive oil
and one-fourth part of alcohol Stir thor
oughly for ten minutes, shaking repeated
ly. After about an hour mix with an
equal quantity of water. Let it then stand
several days, then filter it and it is ready
for use-New York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
4 Mixture for Pertaining Clothes.

Z A delightful mixture for pertaining
clothes that are packed away, and which
is said to keep out moths also, is made as
follows: Pound to powder one ounce of
cloves, caraway seeds, nutmeg, mace, Gin
namon and Tonquin beans, respectively,
and as much orris root as will equal the
weight of the foregoing ingredients put to-
gether Little bags of muslin should be
filled with this mixture and placed among
the garments New York Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10

economy of my landlady. Then we will
start housekeeping, and will make her
an allowance of as much week as we
paid for board"
"What do You think will be the re-
sult?'
swell, by the time we are old she
ought to have about a million. New
York Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Not to BE Taken Literally.

"Is it your opinion" said the theolog-
ical professor, "that the portion of the
parable which represents the prodigal
son, as feeding among swine is to be
taken literally?"
perhaps not" the thoughtful young
man replied; maybe it is reference to
the meals he ate at railway lunch
counter. "-Washington Star
----- iiNcIucrIN rCo~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
One Way to Do It.

A bright little girl at Milton, Wis, hav-
ing been desired to write sentence intro,
ducing the word "carrion," presented the
following to her teacher: bad children
often carrion in church when they ought
to be quiet. New York Advertiser.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Rome and Irvine.

In rope alone the aggregate yearly sales
of the cordage trust amount to upward OF
S1O,OOO,OOO Their main attention, how.
ever, is devoted to the manufacture OF
binder twine This is single strand OF
rope that is used by the farmers through
out the country for tying up their wheat
stacks The farmers use for this purpose
about $4,000, 900 worth of Irvine yearly
New York Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Dislike the Telephone.

Travelling statesmen are not very favora-
bly, disposed toward the telephone. After
quoting prices or selling goods to one con-
Germ they are likely to learn that other con-
Germs in the same trade have been in
formed of the prices or sales, and the in
formation hampers them in their subse-
uuent efforts to sell Boston Traveller
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Machinery Has Affected the shoem AXE,

Aman called a shoemaker thirty years
ago made shoes; today, except in rare
cases, he makes only part of shoe as
he labors in some factory guiding one or
the other of the numerous labor saving
machines, and is known as a beater,
binder, eyeleter, heller, laster, pegger,
stitcher, trimmer, filler, cutter or dresser.
What is true of the shoemaking trade IS
true of other trades.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10

The size and growth Of the city of Lon
don is shown by the mileage Of the streets:
Should they be placed together they would
measure about $500 miles, or nearly the
distance across the Atlantic ocean.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10

Washington is still the haven of honey
moon tourists, and it is also great town
for weddings, the percentage of mar
riages there being greater than in other
cities of its size.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
The Welsh NIandans.

The three tribes of the Fort Bertholad
reservation are included in the nine tribes
in the United States that have been ut war
with the government. OF these three the
Mandans are the smallest, numbering a
little over 200, smallpox having almost de-
stroyed them about 1853. But they are the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Cheaner in the End.

Boutton-So you are not going to
housekeeping when you get married?
De Boarder-No. We shall take board
for year.
"Isn't that rather an extrayagant way
to begin?"
'cNnt at-an. desire my wife to study
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10

Electrician Nikola Tesla says that the
time is not far distant when a vessel at sea
will be able to telegraph to either shore
without any direct connection.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Useful Wedding Presents.

Young couples in Sulphur Springs, Tex,
who are not flush of funds, are kindly re-
meinbered by their neighbors, and receive
from them as wedding gifts only useful
article of household furniture, the aggre-
gate value of which ranges from 500 to
81 000-Yankee Blade,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10

1t is computed that at the opening of the
present century there were about 81 zoo, 600
people who spoke the English tongue. The
French speaking people at that time num-
bered about 81, SOC, 900 and the Germans ex-
ceeded 30 O00, 900.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10

Professor Blattner. a German authority
on entomology, says that some species OF
insects are so small that number greater
than the total human population Of the
globe could be safely slowed away in an
ounce vial
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10

Remove ink stains from silver plated
ware by rubbing them with paste com.
posed of chloride of lime and water: then
wash and wipe dry.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
A Bible In Ninety Volumes.

A resident of Manchester, England, hss
compiled, so to speak, Bible in ninetyvoi
umes his additions to the text consisting
of pictures and photographs which he haa
collected to the number Of nearly 10000.
Mechanical News.
The morning call., 1892-03-01
THE uOU Sc.

Investigating the Immig igration Question.
Date OF the Bland Bill Hearing.
In the House this morning, on motion of
Stump of Maryland. a concurrent resolution
was agreed to authorizing the House and
Senate Committees of immigration Jointly
to investigate the workings of the immigra-
grafton laws and the importation OF contract
labor.
Catchings of Mississippi, from the Com
mittee on Rules, reported a resolution pro-
viding that on Tuesday. March %, imme-
dately after the morning session, the House
proceed 10 the consideration of the
silver bill, and should said bill not be sooner
disposed of, the House shall continue the
consideration during Wednesday, the 23i,
and Thursday, the oath. The resolution was
ordered printed, and Cstchings gave notice
that he would ask the House 10 consider it
on Monday next.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole on the Indian appropriations bill.
Holman OF Indiana moved an amendment
making the appropriations for the Carlisle
School applicable TO the pupils now in al
tendance. Rejected.
Pending further action, the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
The morning call., 1892-03-01
THOUSANDS DISAPPOINTED.
THE RYlN-EEEDHAM FIGHT POSTPONED.
Gore Throat-Two Weeks Required to
Restore HIS Health.
trtcial 10 THE MORNING C,L,-

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 29.-This evening
President Gensberger announced the Ryan
Needham fight indefinitely postponed, on
account Of RYAN being physically unable to
appear On account of throat troubles.
Several thous and people were grieyously
disappointed by the postponement. Mr..
Cooper said lie went about noon to see
Ryan at his quarters. and found him suffer-
ing from severe isore throat Jack Burke
and others were applying poultices.
Ryan said ii he did not feel any
better he would not be able to go
in the ring this evening but hoped to inn
prove. that the doctor had been there and
left prescription. Cooper returned about
2:3O o'clock and found Ryan apparently
much worse. his throat being much inflamed
and with hard tum0rs on the outside
Cooper suggested that a physician be seen
at once and took Ryan, Billy Myer and
some Chicago friends in carriage to see
DR.. Hunter. The latter examined Ryan's
throat and found that he was suffering from
sore throat and fever. He gave a certificate
that RYAN had tonslitis with fever and that
1t would require at least two weeks to re-
store his health.
The morning call., 1892-03-01

New YORK, Feb. 29-It is stated that
Gould LETT this afternoon for the West.
MI:,.NEAPoLIs. Feb. 29.-Advices received
here state that the price of binding twne
for the coming year would be advanced
from 3 to cents.
SAVANNAH. Ca, Feb. 29.-The explosion
OF boiler at r0undhouse here this
morning killed four men and wounded
many others. Debris was scattered all over
the city.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2e.-Gold coin to the
amount of Sl.030. 900 has just been ordered
at the su0-Treasurv for shipment TO Europe
Tomorrow. The total ordered since FebrG-
ary 19 is SO, 10000.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 29.-Twelve suits now
stand against the Wabash Railroad, aggre-
eating Sl04. .000 growing out of an accident
TO sieighing party last month. when eight
persons were killed.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-The Republican
etate Committee has decided the State Con-
vention Tor the election of delegates to the
National Republican Convention shall be
held in Albany, April rs.
The morning call., 1892-03-01

OF the court, first took up the ground that
the pris oners had been denied due process
Of law because they were not present when
the Illinois Supreme Court passed sentences.
The Supreme Court of Illinois, says The
opinion, was not the one OF original jurlS-
dicti0n. The sentence was pronounced by
the court Of Cook County, and the Supreme
Court OF Illinois merely hxed the date In
conformity with the criminal code of the
State. No constitutional right of the pris-
oners was denied by the State Supreme
Cour. in refusing to enter upon Its records
the Tact that Schwab and Fielden were not
present when the Judgment was pronounced.
The sentence Of death was not pro-
nounced BY the Supreme Court, the latter
Docy Simply affirmed the judgment OF the
Cook County Court. No wel-considered
case supports the contention of the appel
liant. Neither reason nor public policy re-
qulreS that the defendant shall be personally
present pending the proceedings in an ap-
pe!late court whose function Is to determine
whether there were errors in the record 10
the prejudice of the accused, and especi
ally where. as In this case, he had counse
to represent him in the court of review. The
Judgment of conviction was not vacated oy
writ OF error, Its execution was only sus-
pended pending the proceedings in the ap-
pellate court. The Joliet Peniteutiary is
made place for the confinement OF per-
sons sentenced by the eolrts so that the
detention of appellant by the Warden OF
rights secured him by the Federal constitn-
ton. In reading the opinion the Justice
made no mention OF the point taken by the
appellant that the Governor could commute
a sentence but could not provide for its exc
cution.
The above decision was given in the case
of Schwab. In the case of Fielden the same
doctrine is applied by the court to meet the
point of the absence of the accused when
resentenced. The court also shortly dis
posed of the constitutional point raised.
that the rights of the defendant under the
constitution were violated by the refusal Of
the Supreme Court OF Illinois TO amend It's
record to show that he was not present in
person or by counsel at the time it affirmed
the judgment Of the trial court. The opin-
lou upholds the Illinois Su rene Court In
its declaration OF the law of that State. 1t
is that amendments of the records of the
court In derogation of its final judgment
are not permitted after the expiration OF the
term at which the judgment was rendered.
The Supreme Court to-day affirmed the
validity of the barbed-wire fence patent
held by the Washburn IL Moen Manufae-
turing Company.
The morning call., 1892-03-01
CONGRESS-.
THE SENATE.
New Legal Tender Bill Introduced.
Amending the Pension Laws.

new LeEai bllE
Amending the Pension Laws.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29-Viee- President
Morton was in the chair once more to-day
and laid before the Senate number Of
petitions averse to The tree coinage of silver.
Senator Voorhees, made these petitions
the occasion for a brief speech in defense
of silver.
Stanford introduced bill to determine
the value of the legal tsndersJollar. Laid
on the table for the present. Ii provides
that the value of % $40 grains Of gold be
the standard by which shall be determined
the value Of tie dollar; all dollars TO be re-
ceived and paid out in tie discharge of
debts, both public and private. at par.
measured by that standard, whether the
stamp of the Government making the dol
lar be on gold, silver. paper or any other
material; also the legal tender value OF each
dollar issued By tie United States shall
depend alone on the stamp of the Govern
meni, aud there shall be an obligation on
the part Of the Government to exchange
one dollar for another.
Villas introduced a bill TO amend the pen
sion laws. Referred to Committee on Pen
sions. 1t proposes 10 have the pensions Of
invalid pensioners who desert their fami-
lies paid to the wives, il any, or TO the
guardians of their children.
voorhees, presented petition from Still
well Post, q. A. r., for the defeat of the
free coinage Of silver.
Tie Idaho election case was again taken
up and Ciaggett resumed his argument ia
support of his claim to a seat.
Dubois gave detailed account Of tie
election.
Pugh, who signed the majority report In
tvvOr of Dubois, made az argument in 5es
Tense of II. While he was speaking the
chair of Vance, who sat close to him, broke
down, letting the North Carolina Senator
fall TO the floor with some fierce and much
noise. AS Vance picked himself up, APP
parently unhurt, lie said, =" L beg your par
don for interruDting YOU" 10 which Pugh
rejoined that he had not SUI posed his argu-
ment would be so 0yerpowering. At the
close OF Push's speech the Senate went
into executive session aud soon adjourned.
Mitchell gave notice that he would ask
the Senate TO sit out the Idaho case to-
morrow.