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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-04-26

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
OUR ARID
Millions Of Acres to Be Reclaimed
by Irritation.

Millions of Acres to Be Reclaimed
by Irrigation.
The arid region OF the United States
es covers an area of 800 miles in its
widest part, from east to west, and
1000 from north to south. 1t embra
ces the area between the Tooth meri-
dian and the coast range, and from
the British possessions on the north
to Mexico on the south. This space
contains over a million ofsquare miles
one-third of the area of the United
states, including Alaska-equal to
more than 600, DOC, 900 acres. All OF
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyom
ing, Idaho, Colorado and Nevada,
and portions of California, Oregon,
Washington, Texas. Kansas, Nevada,
North and South Dakota and Mon
tana lie within this belt. 1t is esti.
mated in the report for the year end
ing June 80, 1891, of the Hon. John
Noble. secretary of the interior, that
1920 600 900 acres that are now desert
may be redeemed by irrigation so as
to produce the cereals, fruits and gar.
den products possible in the climate
where the lands are"
When it Is remembered that 120,
000, 900 acres, about equal in area to
the states OF Ohio, Illinois and Indi-
ana combined. the gigantic possibili-
ties and future of so great IN extent,
Of fertile and productive land, now
lying fallow, may be imagined when
it is made to "laugh with a harvest.
The four states above named now
have a population of about 5000. 900
and could easily support thrice that
number; so that estimating the Guilt
vable area Of the arid region at 120,-
DOC, 900 acres, and doubtless 1t greatly
exceeds that amount, the U. 3. has
in that desert land an empire await
ing development, capable of support,
ing q population in comfort almost
equal to the now existing population
of the entire republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
eViSed Orthografy.

English spelling is the worst in
the world. Millions of dollars
are wasted each year in the writing
and printing of useless letters.
The eduction of our children is
retarded and the progress of our
people is hampered by our cumb.
rous, illogical, misleading orthog
rafy. The scholarship of the world
is almost a unit in demanding a
change. The American Philo-
logical Association has recon-
mended the following rules for
new spellings:
1. Drop ne at the end of words
like dialogue, catalogue, etc.
where the preceding vowel is
short. Thus spell demagog, syna
cog, epilog, etc.
2. Drop final e in such words
as deffiuate, intimate, ~favorate, ETC..
where the preceding vowel is
short. Thus spell opposit, pre-
terit, hypocrit, requisit, etc.
3. Drop final tie in wo; DIS like
q%uartette, coquette, cigarette, etc.
Thus spell cigaret, roset, epau
let, vedet, gazet, etc.
Drop tie final me in words like
programme. Thus spell program,
oriflam, gram, etc.
5. Change phi in words like
phantom, telegraph, phase, etc
Thus spell alfabet, paragrai
fi~losophy, fonetic, fotograf, etc.
6. Substitute e for the difthongs
R and 9 when they have the
soud of that letter Thus spell
e~olian, esthetic, ~diarrhea, sub
pena, ~esofagus, atheneum, etc.
If you would array y~ourselvei
on the side of progress, adopt th'
foregoing in all that you write, ant
especially in all that you print.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
Not Exactly a College Girl.

"This city is overrun with college girls
said Rowell to his friend Powell. Powell
was a stranger and Rowell was showing
him around, and the remark was made as
they rode down town on a Chestnut street
car. ''Therei is something distinctive about
the college girl" continued Rowell. "You
can tell one wherever or whenever you see
her. In the first place, her feet are con.
spicuous by their neatness and by the fact
that they are always on the floor whether
she sits or stands. Her hands seem to be
always in the right place, and there is
something about her general carriage
that seems to proclaim, 4 am an
educated woman Now that girl sit
ting opposite us is a college woman. I'll
bet my head, and in order to prove it III
find out. Now listen to her quiet manner
as she replies to me-" and moving across
the car Rowell addressed the miss: 'Ex
cuse me, miss. You are probably ac-
quainted in the city; / am not. Can you
tell me where the Drexel building is? I've
asked the conductor, but he doesn't seem
to Know"
"Oh, what CUFFS this yer givin me? II
yer think yer can pick me up you're mis-
taken. I'm a pcrfeck lady. I am"
ROwell and Powell did not wait to get
off at the Drexel building. philadelphia
Record.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
Great Australian Ranches.

Many of the Australian stations are OF
magnificent proportions. Old Jimmy
Tyson, as he is familiarly known, who is
reputed to be the wealthiest mar in Aus
tralia and worth at least 60, 600, 900, pas.
lures 10000 head of cattle upon a single one
of his properties and owns stations both in
New South Wales and Queensland, each OF
which is larger than Bavaria. Mr.. Ali.
son, of New South Wales, in his two adj
joining stations of Mergular and Canon
bar, holds an area greater than Belgium,
and in the same colony Mr.. William Hal
liday's Brookong station Zone of the finest
in Australia) comprises 100000 acres and
carries 250,0 900 sheep.
Figures like the above might be quoted
indefinitely, but it is enough to say that al
present the pastoral lands Of Australia in
clude an area somewhat in excess of thai
of all the New England states, New York
Pennsylvania, Ohio, the two Virginias
Kentucky and Tennessee combined
Scribner's.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05

here, return to London before the
close of the season, and then go
on a provincial tour.
The Baireuth dates for the COM
ing summer are as follows: July
20, %, Aug. 1, A, s, H., 10 and IL,
"Parsifal;" July 81, 30, Aug. 3 and
Is, "Tristan and Isolde" July "a;
Aug. Z, IL and 20, "Tanhauser;j"
July %, 81, Aug.14 and q, "Die
Meistersinger." Tickets can be
obtained by writing to the gener-
al of the committee of the Wagner
Festival at Baireuth.
Nine. Modjeska was recently
invited to give a recitation at a
dinner party. She complied with
the request, her defamation i'm
pressing the company deeply, al
tho ugh no one could understand
a word of polish; the tongue in
which she spoke. subsequently
it appeared that she had merely
recited the numbers from 1 to 23O,
having forgotten the verses she
intended to give.
Kyrle Bellew has written a
letter to the Calcutta Englishman
saying among other things: 81
should feel extremely obliged
and 1 speak of Mrs. Potter as
well, if you would through the
publication of this letter in your
columns make known to those in
your splendid city who are inter
ested in the drama that we are
prepared 50 lease and undertake
the management of a theatre in
Calcutta, if subtle one is built"
Marianne Spohr, widow of Lud.
wig Spohr, the celebrated com
poser, died at Cassel on Jan. A.
She was Spohrs second wife. She
was the daughter of Chief Coun-
sellor Pheiffer, of Cassel, aud was
married to Spohr on Jan. 3 1886.
Mrs. Spohr was a good pianist.
and some of her husbands COM
positions for piano and violin
were written especially to be per.
formed by her and himself. His
first wife was DOrette Scheibler,
a harp player.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
Rainy DAYS Are Welcome.

There is one class of people to whom a
rainy day is a blessing. They are the pro-
fessional music teachers of the city who
have studios where they give instruction.
Such of these as are well known and popu
lar have a clientele that fills every hour OF
the day. On a stormy day the chances are
that not one in fourof the pupils will show
up for their lessons, this being especially
true in the case of young ladies and girls.
The result is that the teacher has practi-
cally a day of leisure.
But he loses all that he would have
earned had the day been fines Not at all.
Every lesson is charged for just the same
as if it was given, and it is right that it
should be so, or there would b, no protec-
tion for the teacher. He Civ IS a certain
hour of a certain day to each pupil and he
is ready to perform the part Of the contract
which he undertakes. If the pupil is not,
through sickness, ~indisposition, or a desire
to make a call, attend a matinee, or do
some shopping, he must charge for the
time just the same, for having held it in
reserve for a special purpose it cannot be
profitably used by him otherwise.
So whenever torrents of rain are pouring
down from a leaden sky, the professional
music teachers of the city will, as a rule,
be found in their studios enjoying that
leisure which is so delightful when com
bined with the knowledge that the income
is not cut off by it's indulgence. New York
Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
Sank All the Geese.

W. j. Mathews is one of Oakland's
architects, but with, a fowling piece he l.
a little out of drawing. On a recent TRIP
he had an experience with geese which has
furnished a topic for talk ever since.
The ducks didn't tail into the ponds, Sc
it was determined totry the meadows for
brant. One of the party dug up a lot oil
tin decoys and proposed to stake them out.
"What are those?" asked Mathews.
Goose decoys," was the reply.
well, any goose that would decoy t.
those things deserves to be shot," rejoined
the architect with fine disdain. ''They
wouldn't fool a ly-up-the-creek."
But the decoys were set out near a tide
pond, and the hunters waited for the brant.
No brant came. Mathews made many
flippant remarks about hunters who shot
over tin pumpkins and expected geese to
be attracted to them. After a time the
disguised sportsmen moved toward the up
land in search of anything which promised
a shot. They wandered about until nearly
dusk and then turned their steps home.
ward. Suddenly Mathews spoke up:
'By crimeny, boys, there's a flock Of
geese Lit in that pondl | believe I'll make
a sneak on them"
So he ducked down into a ditch, got on
all fours, crawled a quarter of a mile, GOV
cred himself with mud, fell into a water
crack over his rubber boots and at last
reached shooting distance. Rising from
behind a clump of trees, he took careful
aim Observation-Disclosures both
barrels at the flock as it sat. 4
Nothing rose-in fact, the whole fleet
sank. Mathews had crawled upon and
I
morning he said wouldn't fool any goose.
The rising tide had merely brought the
pond up around them.-San Francisco Elk
aminar
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
BETTER THAN STARVING.
The Most Dangerous Occupations
Find Plenty of Men.

nv
Find Plenty of Men.
One of the curious features of mo.
dern life Is the extent to which the
most hazardous trades are overrun
by applicants for work. The electric
light companies never find any diff
Guilty in obtaining all the liuemen
they need, Notwithstanding the tact
that the dangers of that kind of busi-
ness have been demonstrated times
without number.
The men who work in factories
where wall paper is made frequently
Joke one another over the tradition
that q mans life, in this trade, is
shortened ten years.
A similar belief is prevalent in
factories where leather y rs are
made, and among men who We to
handle them and whose lung IRE
said to become impeded by inhaling
the dust arising from such papers.
In certain other factories, where brass
ornaments and fittings are made, the
air is laden with very fine brazep
particles, which are, when inhaled,
especially irritating to the lungs.
But one of the most singular ad-
vertised calls for employees that was
eve printed appeared recently in o
Connecticut newspapers signed by a
firm engaged in the business of build
ing towers, says the Medical Age.
1t called for applicants only among
those who are young, strong and
courageous, and closed by saying:
"We war; all seekers for this job
that it is of the most dangerous IA
ture, and that few men continue in
it more than q few years. In fact it
is almost certain death to the work.
man who follows this occupation"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05

The pitfalls of company banners receive
a fresh exemplification in the story of a
woman who having heard that it wa inn
polite to press a guest to have more of a
dish at table, thereby calling attention to
the second serving, so instructed her
daughter previous to a dinner she was Civ
ing, charging her to act accordingly. AT
the table she heard her say, "Mr. X, will
you have some oysters?"-an Immediately
the mother exclaimed in a Mortified tone:
"Why, hasn't MI. X. been served tc
oysters YETI"
Whereupon the daughter responded that
he had been helped three times, which con
tributed to the happiness of neither nam.
ma nor Mr.. Killer Point Of View in
New York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
FOR SALE,

Two fine corner lots, size Ill X 166 feet
heal West End, two blocks from street
car line, enclosed with q good fence. For
information call on II. b. Johnson, at
LIGHT office. 1:29 If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05

100000 ACRES OF LAND.
For sale in tracts from 10000 acres 10
400, 600 acres. Suitable for colonies.
Terms easy. RoZIENE & HARRISON.
Room 81, Kampmann's building,
San Antonio, Texas. 29-lm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
MUSIC AND DRAMA,

Henry Irving was ffty-four
years old on the 9TH instant.
A Nichigander has invented q
type writer for musical COM
posers.
Minnie Hauk has gone to the
south of Europe for two months
visit.
They say in London that Grace
Hawthorne is writing a book dis
cussing the dangers Of the stage.
Alexander Salvini is rehearsing
''The Lady of Lyons" and will
probably soon be seen in that
play.
Mascagni has finished his third
opera, ''Les Rantzau," which is to
be produced at Teatro Pergola,
Florence.
The story that Marie Wainwright
and Louis James, her husband,
intended 10 once more star to-.
gether is authoritatively tenied.
Mrs. Shaw, who has .wbisteled
herself to notoriety in England,
will soon return home with her
two daughters, both whistlers.
One of the peculiarties of DR..
Keeley's gold mixture is that
when squirted into an actor be
Immediately rushes into print,
ackno Wedges he was a degraded
drunkard.
A novelty from Holland is Mile
Paulina, a dwarf sixteen years old
and only eighteen inches tall.
Unlike most monstrosites she is
pretty, and so well formed that
when she sings and dances she
appears in tights.
The Milan muscical journal,
Gazette Musicale, states that
Verdi is su%fnfuenza. His wife
also is i'll from the sane disease.
And Arrigo Boift is laid up with
Influenza, but is said to be getting
better.
The French like to see their
operas appreciated in foreign
countries. Director jain, of the
Imperial Opera of Vienna, has
recently received from Paris the
Order of the Legion of Honor
"for his services in introducing
French operas in Austria.
The authorizes of Brunswick,
Ca. have passed a city ordinance
imposing a licence of $40 for each
performance given by all compan
les that do not charge more thar
81, including reserved seats
Companies that charge more thar
81 admission must pay a license
of 900 for each performance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henschel are go
ing to be busy this year. Ate:
they have fulfilled their presen
engagement in London, and thosI
at Belfast and Dublin, on Marcl
4 and 8, they will start immediate
ly for the United States, an
they viii give about forty recital
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05

Feb. 1-Wm. White, aged 3S years,
died of malarial rheumatism at 1872
Live Oak street, 9th ward.
Guadalupe Cantreras, aged l year
and 3 months, died of meningitis
t~uberculous at 316 Matamoras street,
End ward.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
PU NOTICE
AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.

AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.
The following named are the only
authorized collectors for the LIGHT:
II. c. SCHUMACHER.
FRED SMALL,
WILL SCHUMACHER,
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Subscribers are requested not to pay
their subscription without taking a re-
ceipt. Il. Is. JOHNSON, Mgr.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
CURE FITS !

When / say cure 1 do not mean merely to stop them
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
BARGAINS FOR PRINTERS.
For Cash,

One 2-Rev. Campbell Book and
News Press, good condition, will
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One Pony Cylinder, bran new
speed $500 per hour, size of bed
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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-15

pered more than the mostsanguine had
anticipated. She has added hand
somely to her population, made hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth of
Improvements. inaugurated many new
and permanent enterprises, and alto
gether shown an activity in vim and
business second to no city of its size in
the West.
Business throughout has been good
and failures rarity. Keep up the
lick. Sedalia has an abundance of
capital and super-abundance of
energy. A combination of these never
fails to bring prosperity in its train.
There is a bright future for the Queen
City.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-15
LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

During the heat of a political cam
paign a great many things are said
that it were better to have lett unsaid.
While this is applicable to representa-
tives of both OF the political parties it
is especially so as regards the republi-
can denunciations of the condition of
Missouri. Now that their party has
fairly suffered defeat, candOr should
compel them to not only admit to
misrepresentation but to stand shout
der to shoulder with the democracy
in the effort to further advance the ma
terial interests of the state and induce
desirable immigration. 1t is of
like benefit to republican and demo-
crat, and each should strive with the
other in doing that which will add yet
more to the standing, integrity and adj
yancement of Missouri. 1t is a mag
nifcent domain, peopled with the best
class on earth-intelligent, hOspitable
and enterprising-and united effort
will give it still higher rank in the
sisterhOOd of states.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-15
THE MISSOURI RETURNS.

Secretary of State Lesueur reports
that returns come in very slowly, only
those from seventy-one counties and
the city of St. Louis having been re-
ceived at mis- office. The vote of these
give Stone, 1872, 219; Warner, 1884,
$50, leaving the latter over %, 600 in
the rear. 1t is estimated at the sec
retary's office that Col. Stones plu-
rality will be $1,000 and
that of Mr.. Cleveland 5000
greater. Of the counties to hear
from the following will give dem
ocratic majorities: Boiling, Carroll
Charlton, Clay, Dunklin, Gentry,
Jefferson, Linn, Marion, Mississippi,
Montgomery, New Madrid, Oregon
Pemiscot, Perry, Rails, Randolph,
Reynolds, Ste. Genevieve, Schuyler
Scotland, Shannon, Shelby, Texas
Wayne. And the following counties
will give republican majorities: Ben
ton, Christian, Dallas, Harrison, New
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-15
w. A CRAWFORD.

ton, Oage, Ozark, Polk, Putnam,
Stone, Warren, Webster, and Wright.
Of this number only three will give
heavy majOrities, and they are Har-
risOn, Putnam and Warren. On the
other hand, some of the heavy demo-
cratic counties, such as Clay, Chair
ton, Rails and Randolph, are to hear
from.
At all events the democracy in Mis-
souri, has kept up with the grand pro
cession and can congratulate itself on
the brilliant results of a magnifcen,
campaign wherein an economical and
honest state administration is not only
continued but the state shows a
greatly increased majority for Cleve'
land, Stone and reform.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-15

Judge Lane Of Cas- county, one OF
the county judges confined in Jail for
contempt of United States court in re-
fusing to issue a special tax levy to
pay judgment procured against the
county by innocent holders of bonds
voted to aid a railway in 1865 which
was never built, has been elected to
the legislature by the largest majority
ever given a candidate in the county
that of $3.50 to $50 for Snow.
The term of Mr.. Lane As county
Judge expires January and at the
same time his term of imprisonment
all but expires. He has fine OF
$500 hanging over him, however, and
if he does not pay it, will be Obliged
to serve it out in jail. If he is moi
liberated by January there will bt
the singular situation Of a member o.
the legislature serving his constituent
while in jail
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-15
THE COUNTRY IS SAFE.

The week just closed has been q
memorable one in the history of the
country. 1t witnessed political con-
test of gigantic proportions, where the
two great armies, supposed to have
been equally matched in discipline,
numbers and enthusiasm grappled in a
desperate struggle for the possession
of the tairest country that God had
given to man. 1t witnessed decisive
victory for the one and the total ami
hilation of the other. Seldom in the
annals of political warfare has an over
throw been so complete in all its de-
tails.
The campaign on the part Of the
democracy was one of education, APP
pealing to the reason of the people
and presenting the issues in per
fectly plain and straight forward man.
ner. They were in the right and the
decision was well rendered. With the
exception of the judiciary, every
branch. of government is in full
controf of that party, on
which the responsibility, Tor four
years, at least, will rest. They &C.
cept the trust with a confidence that
is Indicative of good to every section
of the country.
Mr.. Cleveland has the full conf
dence of his party, which is shared
even by his political opponents in a
most unusual degree. That his adj
ministration will be safe, business-like
and with a due regard to economy no
one doubts. 1t was so during bis for.
mer term, and the experience has
made him still more capable Of con-
Quoting well and faithfully the affairs
Of great nation.
The people of the whole country
may congratulate themselves on the
results of last week.