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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-10

taking is lin the main founded
upon that which has actually been
accomplished" We should say
rather, that the value of its stock
was founded, like that of certain
telephone syndicate which gath
cred in a goodly lot of shekels
within the memory of many
persons now living. upon the
future possibilities of electricity. !"
The undertaking itself does not ap-
pear to be founded upon anything
unless it is human credulity. The
prospectus is tissue of glaring
absurdities, and in criticising
it, these are so numerous that
that it is difficult to know where to
began. Yet as the slang phrase is,
in these days Everything goes,
if only it be labelled electricity"
hence no one appears to see any
thing queer in the offer to sell a
stock alleged to be certain to earn
20 per cent per annum, at 90 per
ceut. of its par value.-The En-
gineering Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-10

roads which have been converted
into electric roads have proved
very profitable investments, it does
not necessarily follow that tracks
can be put down on every cross
country road, and made to become
bOnanzaS for the bondholders,
merely because they are operated
b. electricity. 1t has by no means
been satisfactorily demonstrated
that for distances of five to ten
miles, where hourly or half hourly
trips of small car are all that the
traffic requires, electricity possesses
any economical advantage over
steam or even over horsepower
The prevailing craze for covering
the rural districts with a network
of electric railways, is evidently
being assiduously fostered by the
manufacturers of electric apparat-
us IN order to enlarge the market
for their wares, and so long as the
public can be induced to purchase
and pay for the bonds issued to
pay :o- these projects, enterprise
and prosperity will doubtless con
tinue to go hand in hand. The
American public" the astute
Mr.. Gould once remarked-"are
fond of bonds"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-10
AT HER WEDDING.

There was no profusion
OF jswelS or lace,
No yards of illusion
Her figure to grace,
But the bride was most simply
And tasteful,y drest,
In the style anu the color
That suited her best
And Fred in a whisper-he stood at my side
Said, ~ never behed more beautiful bride"
hardly need mention
The fact, presume,
But all my attention
Was fixed on the groom,
Whose face so reflected
The Joy of his heart
That in the sweet service
My own took part.
And, oh, twas scene we remember with pride
For Fred was the bridegroom, and was the
bride.
New York Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-10

There are so many elements of
detail to be studied in estimating
the cost of street-railway building
that the average investor is apt to
be at a disadvantage in dealing
with matters of this kind without
the benefit of the advice of a COM
petent and trustworthy expert. In
an article in The Engineering
Magazine by T. William Harris.
an extensive and successful con.
tractor in this line, estimates are
given showing the elements and
extent of the cost of building street
railways under different and widely
varying conditions, which cannot
fail to offer suggestions of value
both to those who contemplate
building such roads and those who
are invited to become purchasers of
street-railway securities.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-10

While much ink and time and
bralnwork are being consumed in
these days in the writing of argu-
ments for the need of better roads,
"a question by the way upon
which there has never been a differ
ence OF opinion, little compare
lively is heard on what really
ought to be done or can be done in
a practical way to make the roads
which we have more serviceable.
Mr.. w. T. McClintock, a member
of the Massachusetts Highway
Commission, seeks to fill this want
to some extent in comprehensive
paper on The Care Of Existing
Highways, IN The Engineering
Magazine, a paper, by the way,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-10

which can be safely recommended
to highway commissioners gener-
ally and all others whose work or
business brings them in contact
with the subject of building or re-
pairing country roads.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-10
GLASSES" ON ENGLISH ILWAYS.
Social Customs i'm the Country
Demand Small COmpart-
mentS in Trains.

mentS i'll Trains.
The reader of an excellent paper
by an eminent English railway
authority to the current Engineer
ing Magazine, contrasting railway
practice in England and America
will find some basis in social GUS
toms and prejudices for differences
in methods of travel which other
wise might prove hard to under
stand. Mr.. Acworth writes:
When l was in the city of Wash
ington, | was told that, if any
American citizen chose to go to the
White House on a certain day of
the week, he could walk in as a
matter of course and shake hands
with the president of the United
States. To the mind of an English
man, however fully prepared to ac-
Cept the doctrine of the equality Of
all citizens from a political point of
view, such democratic simplicity
of habit is almost inConCeivable.
Americans, when they come over
to England and find our trains
divided up into innumerable small
compartments of three different
classes, are apt, l think, to forget
that our trains are i'll the main in
tended for Englishmen, and that
the national habits of our country
are not those of America. With
us it is practically impossible for
a gentleman to travel side by side
with his tailor; it is equally impossi-
bic for the tailor to travel with his
own workmen. Though all {. e
three would be made uncomfortable
by the attempt, Tie workman
would probably be more uncomfor-
table than his master, and the mas
ter, than the customer.
That these national sentiments
and habits still exist and have to
be reckoned with by the railway
companies is as indub. tlble as is
the fact that they are nothing like
as strong as they were when rail
ways were first introduced two
generations back, when it was look
ed upon as positively discreditqble
for gentleman to travel except
first.class. The railways them
selves have probably done more
than any other single agency to
break down these class barriers,
and one evidence of their success is
to be found in the fact that second
class carriages are rapidly dying
out in England. In a few years
time we shall probably have only
two classes on long-distance trains
throughout the country. For sub
urban travel, however, the three
classes will apparently be still
maintained, for, though strangers
of very different social rank can
meet without difficulty, on local
trains, where the passengers
many of them season ticket holders
to great extent know one an
other at least by sight, the division
OF classes still seems as necessary
as ever.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-10

The way to gain a good repu.
tatiOn.is to endeavor to be what
you disire to appear,-[S Socrates.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21

he said. They intended to establish a
nome for old ladies there, but the Arch
hlshop didn't approve of the plan, so it fell
through. They had over a million feet If
lumber on the ground ready for building
ana the lumber laid there and got
mlldewed and some of il was spoiled alto
gether. They sold it off in small lots
Dought some Of it. II they'd gone ahead
they'd made nice place"
Mr.. Philips is right. OF course, no one
Will be inclined 10 DENY the truth of his
first statement. But for the benefit of those
who might HOt be inclined TO accept Mr.
! Philips statement in toto, unless corrobo-
rated IN some way, it may be added that in
previous years the late Archbishop Joseph
Saooc Alemany looked with favor upon
the plan of establishing a home for old
ladies on this site.
And were it not for the cemetery oppo-
site better place could hardly be Eeeced
Tor such purpose. The air Is pure and
sweet out here, and the location is high and
healthy.
But Archbishop Rioriau, upon the death
OF his predecessor and coadjutor, came
to the conclusion that the cemetery was a
fatal obstacle. Some Of the old ladies
themselves very naturally objected to the
plan. and as the condition was somewhat
changed. so that it was no longer necessary
to build there, the project was halted Just
When Inc foundation was completed, even
after the cornerstone had been laid amid
very Impressive ceremonies.
II certainly is not a cheerful location,
and the chances are that the foundation
VIII erumble away before it is utilized for a
residence purpose.
They might shut out the view of the
tnmbstones and sepulchers from the level
OF the street by building a high fence about
the cemetery; but even then the view
would be uncanny to weak-minded or
nervous or Superstitious persons who should
nave Their bedrooms on the second-hoor
front directly opposite
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and Blanche and Philip stood breathless :;
then came muffied shrek OF agony.
No! no! oh, no, Frank! | did not mean
It. IN 10 what you likel don't kill me!
Help! HelpI"
With cry of righteous rage Phil dropped
his wlfe'S hand and dashed across the bal
cony. He shook the closed windows yigor-
ously, regardless of everything save the
frantic desire 10 prevent horrible crime.
a dead silence had followed the wOman's
last cry, aud when at last Lorimer forced
the windows and bounded into the room.
he found IL in darkness, except for the
streak of weird moonlight that followed
him.
In the darkness he could just discern the
figure OF mau standing by a huge black
trunk.
what is the meaning Of this?" asked the
man, advancing, but Phil pushed him
roughly aside.
WHAT have you done with that unfortun-
ate woman?"
feeble moan struck on his ear. Where
are YOU he cried; Il will help YOU"
"Oh, let me outi let me ont !" came to
him III feeOle-is seemed almost dying
tones.
You brute!" cried Lorlmer, beside him.
self with excitement and indignation.
At this moment tie room was invaded by
a motley crowd In all stages of dishabile,
Tor, after Phil's departure, Blanche had
raised an alarm in such incoherent fashion
mat nall the hotel was swarmng into No.
a. uncertain whether murder FIRE or Sudden
death was the cause of the midnight dis
turbancP.
ut is his WIFE" exclaimed Phil, frantic
ally; He's been trying to kill her. She is
hidden here somewhere"
Here! herel Oh, am dying
The trunk" cried some one With one
accord they bore down upon the huge black
trunk; every ones fingers were thrust for
ward 10 unouckle the straps, the moaning
growing fainter and fainter, till as the last
fastening gave way, it ceased altogether.
I'VE are too late" cried PnIl, as he tire W
open the I'D. The poor thing e. lie
stopped, started back, and looked around
IN bewiiderment. The rest of the company
crowded forward, and peered into the trunk
why, its empty" they exclaimed in
chorus.
"Gertemenl genlemen!' =, cried tho suave
voice of the hotel proprietor from the door.
What does this mean ?''
I'VE don't know" cried every one, I'M
certain whether to be greatly amused or in
tensely indignant.
This gentleman" continued the proprie-
tor, indicating his guest of the scramble
countenance, VITO stood smiling silently,
this gentleman is Mr. Delavere Darcy, the
celebrated ventriloquist. who will appear TO-
morrow evening ct the Winter Gardens He
mas been amusing you with a little private
rehearsal"
There was most gratifying attendance
at the Winter Gardens on the following
night TO witness Mr.. Delaware Darcey's
entertainment. for as the poet tells US
Great are the uses Of Advertisement
But neither Philip Lorimer nor his wife was
among the audience. They had left Eden
on-Sea by an early rrain.-L0ndon Truth.
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fe24 " FrMo

when suddenly she was pulled ND short by
a low. blood-curdling wall from the adjoin-
ing room.
Blanche started up, white and frightened.
Phil, what was that9"
Before be could reply the moan of pain
became articulate, and once more the
wOman's voice reached them in low, DIS
tinct tones through the open window.
Frank. let me out! Have mercy on me!
Oh. let me Out!
A mans voice, again In Gruff, unintelll-
Gible reply, and thence once again the pite-
Gus. pleading voice;
'Pll do anything Frank I'll never tell
anybody you are my husband. Only let
me guw
Branches grasp on her husbands hand
frightened. Philip listened not less intently
than she did.
Have pity, Frank, have pi'y! Don't you
remember that you used to say you loved
me? Why are you so cruel now? 1 never
did you any harm. Oh. let me outl l
can't bear il! You can have all my money
every penny; only don't make me 60
backi
A brutal. unqualified oath was the sole
answer tn this appeal; 1t was followed by a
faint. sm0thered cry.
No! mol neverl l will not 20 back into
that horrible box! had rather be killed
outright"
There was absolute silence for a second.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21
AN UNCANNY SITE
Why a Brick Foundation
Is Neglected.
MR.. PHILIPS INFORMATION.
1t Was too Near the Cemetery to be
Suitable for a Home for
Old Ladies.
MR.. PHILIPS INFORMATION

People who go out to Calvary Cemetery
that is, the live ones-often wonder who
built that big brick foundation on the west
ern side of Masonic avenue. between Juni-
pero and st. Roses street.
That's hardly stating the case with exact
itude either, for the people who d o the Won
dering are not aware that Junipero and St.
Roses streets form the southern and north
ern boundaries of that extensive t0unda-
ton, that Is now grass grown and moss
covered.
They just wonder about the pile of bricks
opposite the cemetery, not knowing of the
existence of such tnoroughfares as JunI-
pero and st. Rises.
And indeed the latter have no real exist
enee off the map of the city, which. in this
instance at least. is little bit too previous.
In truth. it is wild sort of country out
there, with thousand crumbling tomb
stones for the foreground and grim Lone
Mountain in the background.
Masonic avenue separates the cemetery
from the brick foundation. Only patch
Of weeds and some shrub and many yellow
peoples separates the brick foundation
from the base of Lone Mountain.
Ii is this wildness Of the place that makes
folks wonder so what could ever have ia
duced anybody to think of building on the
big tract occupied by the brick foundation.
But there is valid reason for the exist
ence of that foundation. as any of the old
residents in that neighborhOod will tell you.
| True, there aren't many old residents in
that immediate vicinity nor residents of any
| living kind save the lizards and the blue
birds, if the truth must be told.
Way around on Geary street is man
| with a beard who makes sepnlchers and
things used only by the dead. His name is
Philips. When THE CALL man asked him
| why that foundation was built lie grew
thoughtful and tugged at his beard while.
The answer finally came to him like an
inspiration, and his whole face lighted up
with intelligence as he said;
why. that there foundation was built to
put building on it"
This was highly important If true. and
THE CALL man hastily inquired who built
the foundation.
well the Sisters of Charity built that"
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What Is Money

weighed against that health it SO often fails TO buy?
pross Indeed. While can none OF us claim
total exemption from that greatest OF all Ills 70
which flesh is heir-ill health-we may do much to
lessen the chances of mourning It, and this rot alone
by the adoption OF such sanitary measures as are to
De FOUND IN daily exercise regular hours, prudence
In eating and drinking and a wholesome diet bot
also by resortlng to 1udicious preventive medIca-
ton wien the system is threatened with unheaIth-
tul inf1onces. For Instance, residents or sojaurn
erS IN inalarlous localities should Hostetter's
stomach Filters as defense against chiis and
FEVER, and persons who incur much out-of-door ex-
posure should employ it as safeguard against
rhenmatlsm. Travellers IN the tropics hnd Il in
valuable also as means of arrestiag liver com
paint and constipation and counteracting the de-
bilitating influence Vi iorrld climate. II
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21
General Merchandise.

BAGS.Calcnttas, juno and July, 6I4@62sc; Wool
oIL-CsllfcrnlaC Castor OH. in cases. No. 81 27IS;
bb!s, 81 2212 manufacturers rates); Eastern
do, 81 50; California Linseed on, bbls. boiled 60c
raw, 5Sc: cases, tsc more. Eastern Luseed on In
bDis. boiled. 61e, do raw. 5sc; cases, 3Isc more
Lard OIL. bbis. 81 021a S O7Ia Cocoa 55c
q gal; Chiua Nut, 4Sd521ac q gal.
PEI ROLEUM-Stariight, lSI3c q gal: Eocene
2lt2c q gallon; Astral. IS1gc y gal; sue Elaine
- t2c; Pearl lSI2c; Water White, refined
bulk, 12c; Headlight, 1850. cases. 2Ic: Mineral
Illuminating 5000. zoe in cases; Standard lIue
hre test l1e gallon In cases (caps) l71Ac faucets
and lie In bulk.
GASOLINE. ETC-65o Penzlne bulk, l31kc =
gal; cases, &C., 74o Gasoline bulk l3c cases PC:
$50 Gasoline bulk. zoe; cases. 25c = gal.
WHITE LEAD-Lower at &c p 10.
RED LEAD-Weak at 7i4c q 10.
TURPENTINE-Lower at Acc p gal
SUGAk-The Western Sugar Refining Company
quotes, terms net cash: Cube. Crushed, Powdered
and Fine Crushed, all 61sc 2 10: Dry GranuIated
512e; Coniectioners' a, 53sc p 10 Magnolia 4Tsc;
Extra Z, 4$4c; Golden c, 412c; ID, 4I4c; Standard
A, bI4e; hslf-hOls / sc more than bblS. and boxes
12c more.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21
MARKET REPORTS.
THURSDAY Evening. April 20.
SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

THUE5DAY EvENING. April 20.
SUMMARY OF THE MARRETs
Silver lower.
Wheat duh Barley steady.
Oats and Rye unchanged.
Corn freely offered.
Beans dull.
Continued heavy receipts of Hay.
Potatoes weak and quiet.
Onions scarce and higher.
Butter weak and plentiful.
Eggs steady, but quiet
Poultry br ngs good prices.
Hare neglected.
Oranges in heavy supply.
Green Peas abundant.
Hams firm.
Hops neglected.
Mutton and Lamb lower.
White Lead declined
Turpeutine marked down.
New York Exchange tower.
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Now York Markets.

NEW YORK. April 20.-The stock market was
unsettled and feverish to-day, owing to the same
causes prevailing the past week. The bears made a
vigorous attack, but rallies rendered the net less
comparatively small. Government bonds lower.
Petroleum weak at 61l4c.
NEW DIRK. Apul 2U.-United States Bonds, as,
1l314 do rs. s9I2 Northern Pacific. 1858: Cana
dian iacifc, S25s; Central Pacific, 1854 Union Pa
clfc. S5$s: Atchiscn and Santa re- 313s: Wells
Fargo, I47: Western Union, s9l%; Silver, So;
Sterling. 81 SSG4 80.
sls So sugar. 854@3s4c nopsHPaeilc Coast
ls@2lA5c Hides, 121ac. Copper-LaSe ST. 20.
Tin-Spot. SO 10 Lead-Domestic 81 1924, Iron,
SIG Petroleum 67Lac
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21
HEART GROWTH.

IN early days passing fancies take
our love IS changing and our hearts untrue
butterflies that Il I from flower TO flower
For tickle childhood ever seeks the new
But as the years go by we come 10 feel
That scenes and faces strange and all the rest
Can never be the same those we've known.
And thst "od tunes sweetest, old friend:
best" CoRNELIA REpMoND D.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21

Fish nets are made from some yery
strange materials. The Eskimo manufacture
them from strips Of seal hide aud from
they are constructed of human hair. Saw
ages IN various parts of the world plat the
inner h6ers Of tree bark for fishing lines.
and the Indians on the Pacific coast of
North America use for the same purpose
seaweed-a sort OF kelp which is strong
enough to hold finny captive of $50 pounds
weight.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.


Mutton and Lamb continue to decline. Hogs are
weak. Wholesale rates from slaugAterers are as fol
lows:
BEEF-Frst quality. 6lSG7c: second quality
6lh@6c; third do. i@g5c p n
NEAL-Large. e@7c 2 10; small Calves, 7l5@5Sc;
Dairy Calves. 6GS12c r H.
NUT IoN-w others. 6l2G7c = 10; Ewes, &c.
SPRING LAMB-SIg@9c q n.
PoRK-Liye Hogs. 61a@65sc for heavy and me-
dunn granted; stock Hogs 5t4c e 10; dressed do,
AlALA q n
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Chicago Markets.

CHICAGO, April 20.-Wheat was active, aad Nav
opened unchanged to sc lower, declined llbc
more: recovered the decline, eased off and closed
"a C lower than yesterday. july opened unchanged.
aeeilged Sse; advanced lc, aud closed steady at
"a higher. May, for the first time In acme months
sold lower than July The weak uess was due to a
general desire TO sell and In the belief that
ner was broken. Receipts, 26S. 600 bushels. shin.
ments, $4,000 bushels kye, soc. Barley 62c
OHlcAGo, April 2O-Wheat-Cash, 73Ilc. Corn
Whisky, 81 IA. ~ 80
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PROPULSION OF VESSELS.
A Novel Screw Invented by an Asto-
rian Founder.

The Historian.
a valuable Astoria invention that will
be exhibited at the Worlds Fair Is an i'm
proved propeller for vessels. 1t is patented.
owned and manufactured by the Scow BAY
Foundry and was designed by j. L. Lowell.
one of the firm. The Improvement con-
s!sts in the manner In which the blades are
attached to the hub and the form of the
blade. The hub is OF cast steel. and has
rs many sides as there are blades. Each
side Is dovetailed into its corresponding
blade, the fitting of the hub and blades
being tapered so that washer and nat on
the emu OF the propeller shaft covers all the
sections, aud on being frightened forces them
all solidiy TO their seats around the hub.
rms device does away with all of the bolts
that are usually used 10 fasten tile blade TO
the hub, and makes the operation of re-
moving broken blade and inserting new
one easy and expeditions
Inc inventor claims great gain ia eff
cheney In his improved blade, which differs
from others principally in having an OPEN
lng or slot one quarter of the width OF the
shank Of the blade, and extending from the
hub through the center of the blade little
more than one-thlrd of its length, II is
claimed that this allows dead-water around
the hub of the wheel to escape more freely.
Several of these wheels are in use, and
those who have them are emphatic 10 their
recommendation. They declare that as
great speed is gained with less consumption
Of fuel, and that the wheel does its work
with less jar and strain on the vessel.
The Scow Bay Foundry has two wheels
that viii be exhibited at the Worlds Fair.
One Is of bronze "a inches in diameter and
the other Il 3S-inch wheel, 76-inch pitch, of
castlron. A third wheel So inches in
diameter and 57-inch pitch is for 65 foot
launch which will be run on the lake during
the Worlds Fair. This wheel will be driyen
by triple expansion engine with cylinders
of diameter Of AZ, and u inches by
inches stroke, 200 pounds initial pres
sure. II this wheel does as well there as
those that are in use here it will attract a
great deal of attention. The two wheels
VIII be shipped for Chicago probably by the
first Of next week.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21

The old belief that an egg laid on Good
Friday or Easter Sunday viii not spoil
simply Dry up-has been seemingly proven
In single instance at Newtern. n. c.,
Wnere Moses Roberts made test by keep
Ing an egg laid on Easter day Of last wear 10
the present. On breaking the egg open
few days ago 1t Is claimed to have retained
every Indication of a iresh-laid egg.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-21
The CITY Cllild,s View.

Little Beth, in the country-Grandpap
you must have to keep an awful lot of DO
lcemen out here.
Grandpa-Why, Beth?
Beth--Oh, there's such a lot of grass to
keep off of.-Inter Ocean.