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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13
MR.. PULLMAN'S LAWYER.
The Position Is Now Held by
John Sumner Runnells.
He Came to Chicago Six Years Ago and
Now Stands 1T the Head of His
Profession - His Political
Career In Iowa.

The man who gives George M. Pull
man legal advice must be a good law
yer or Mr.. Pullman would not have
him for a legal adviser. Like any
great corporation, Pullman's Palace
Car company has great deal of litiga-
ton of one sort and another, and John
Sumner Runnells is the man who looks
after it. But, says the Chicago Even
ing Post, Mr.. Runnells has a reputation
sas an orator as well as lawyer. The
-dedicatory address which he delivered
on the occasion of the opening of the
Auditorium in 1889 was one of his best
efforts. When he came to Chicago in
1889 he left a brilliant political record
in Iowa. He was chairman of the re-
publican state central committee OF
Iowa. Later he became the Hawkeye
states representative on the repub-
1ican national committee which man
aged the Garfield and Arthur cam
paign. He was also a member of the
republican national convention in 1884,
when Blaine was a candidate for the
presidential nomination. Mr.. Runnells
is a native of New Hampshire. His
father, Rev. John Runnells, was Bap-
fist clergyman. His ancestors came to
this country from England before
the revolution, and several mem
bers attained military distinction
in that war. His great-grandfather
was the last survivor of the
battle of Bunker Hill. John Sumner
Runnells was born July 80, 1s45, in
bingham, where he spent his child
hood. He inherited from his father a
robust physique and an unaffected
personality. He attended the district
school in his native town and was also
placed under private tutor. In 1865
he graduated from Amherst, taking
besides the general course a special
one in the law department. He then
taught school for a year at Dover, n.
Y, and continued the study of law. In
1867 he removed to Iowa and was al
most Immediately appointed private
secretary to Gov. Merrill, of Iowa.
When the governors term expired Mr..
Runnells became United States consul
at StOke-upon-Trent under President
Garfield. He was also made a United
States district attorney during the
same administration. At the expira-
ton of his term he sojourned abroad
for two ves-s, and, returning to Iowa.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13
Taking a Momentous step.

"What1l you charge me for mar
riage license?" asked the loose-jointed
young man in brown jeans.
1.-TWO dollars" replied the county
clerk.
SIS that the reg'ler price,"
at is"
Cant git it no cheaper in any Of the
other offices?"
mo"
Don't keep no secondhand licenses
that was brought back cause the teller
got slipped up on and hadn't no use fur
emp"
"Of course not"
"Well," said the young man, pushing
his hat back on his head, you kin save
one fur me. I'll be round agin next
Saturday with the two dollars. I'm
goin' back now to hunt up a gal. -
CHICAGO Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13

fuse to do so, yet the systematic house,
keeper must sometimes refuse if it in
terferes with necessary work at home.
In general it will be found that she
does more for the church and for the
other objects in the village because
her time is so arranged that she has
more to spare.
The family sewing basket is not al
lowed to get beyond her needle. The
old maxim, "a stitch in time saves
nine" is carefully needed, and the
mending is lessened. The systematic
woman keeps an account-boOk and
knows to penny what he expendi-
lures are. and she does not go beyond
them. She is not subject to untoward
accidents, like the upsetting of lamps,
the overturning of china, and those va
rious mishaps that try the patience, be-
cause she is careful. The whole secret of
her system lies in her care of little
things. And because of this very care
she is saved much of the labor of more
negligent women.
Nothing is so wearisome and so wear
ing to the nervous system as the irrita>
tion arising from want of system and
general haphazard methods of house
keeping. 1t is truth, not fiction, that
indolent people always work the
hardest. They never find what they
are in search of. They make all man
ner of work which of necessity they
are compelled to take care ON. Y.
Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13
WORK THAT GOES AWRY.
Some Things that Disturb the Household
Happiness.

49,
Happiness.
Every housekeeper knows that it is
not the steady routine work which
goes on day after day, with variations
Of incidental company and incidental
extra work of various kinds, that
breaks down the health and temper.
In the harmonious home, and there
are thousands of such happy homes
throughout the land, each member of
the family contributes share of work
to the complete whole.
The things that exhaust the patience
and leave a powerful impress finally,
like drops of water on the hard rock,
wearing out nervous strength and pa
tience, are the unexpected. There
seems to be certain individuals so con-
stituted that they can not conform to
the routine ways of any home. They
invariably tangle up the work by GO
ing on in an individual way of
their own, regardless of the con-
venience of all other members of the
household. The hour for breakfast
may be settled for all the rest, but not
for them. In all sorts of unexpected
ways they manage to interfere with
the routine of things, and actually
make double work for everyone else.
There are some housekeepers who
have no idea of system, who are hard,
drudging workers, forever cleaning
and grubbing over floors and pantries
that ought to be kept clean. Bustle
and noise are not parts of a good house
keepers work. The wheels of motion
in well-kept house move so noislessly
that no one is aware that there is
system in all that goes on, unless it be
by the sense of quiet and peace pre-
vailing over everything. 1t is
just this quiet atmosphere which
the undisciplined person fails to
appreciate. Yet there can be no
home without serious breaks in
comfort where there is no thorough
system, disguised though it may be;
and the ignorant person wonders why
everything seems to be in perfect order
without any display of extraordinary
work. The reason is that the work is
all done at an appointed time, and an
extra effort is made if there is to be
extra work.
The housekeeper who is systematic
does not attempt to do more than she
can. She refuses to do unnecessary
work which she is sure can not be &C
complished without hurry and confu-
sion, and which will put back neces-
sary work 1t requires cool Judgment
to estimate this, and some independ
ence to accomplish it. When every
other woman in the village has joined
a new society, it seems churlish to re-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13
NEWSPAPER ENGLISH.
1t Is Plain and Orators Use It to Great
Advantage.


Advantage.
mo statesman who is worth his salt
will be hampered by tradition" said
Lord Rosebery in a recent speech. And
the saying is a good one in itself
Traditions are useful only when they
help. They are good deal worse than
worthless when they hamper.
But Lord Rosebery's saying is chiefly
remarkable as an illustration of the
fact that he is not hampered by the
traditions of stilted English oratory.
Worth is salt" is breezy colloquial-
ism which expresses in three words
which could not have been so well ex-
pressed in three sentences of the finest
oratorical English.
The fine oratorical English in which
our grandfathers delighted seems in
sufferably stilted to us of this genera
ton. We demand plain English, and
largest number of people will use the
plainest of plain English.
The newspapers, which have a hand
in nearly everything, have done this.
They have shown the advantage OF
speaking in Ineligible language.
They are condemned by college profess
sors for using colloquialisms, vulgar
isms if you please, such as this with
which Lord Rosebery enforces his
meaning. But what the newspaper
tries to do is make itself Ineligible to
the largest number of people in the
shortest time and smallest space. Very
often fine English is effective, but
oftener still colloquialism will ring
the bell where the English of Addison
would not strike the outer rim of tar
get.
The orators are finding this out and
conforming to it. Something is lost,
perhaps, but more is gained, for it
means another step away from the ex-
clusiveness of an intellectual aris-
tocracy; another concession to the in
tellectual needs of the masses, the de-
spised Toms, Dicks and Harrys, over
whose heads the orators of our class
zeal period fred the resonant salvos OF
their heavy artillery.-N. Y. World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13

-Eighty-fve women in all entered
for various tripos examinations at Cam
bridge university, England. Thirty
eight were from Girton and forty-seven
from Newman. The preference among
this number was for mathematics and
modern languages, while classics, nat
ural science and history each had nine
or ten students.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13
Bravery Appreciated.

Waterman-Talkin' about bravery,
there goes the bravest man that walks
this earth.
Summer Visitor-That little dude?
That's the one
"My! My! Tell me about him.
He can't swim stroke, and yet he
sails a cat. boat. Good News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13
AGAR Load of Silver.

A single car load of nearly pure sill
yer ore from the Smuggler mine re-
Gently received at Denver was worth
lust SiOO. 900.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13

entered into the practice OF law, hav-
ing been previously admitted to the
bar. He continued in practice until
1875, when he was elected supreme
The morning news., 1894-11-26
horticultural Notes.

Do not cultivate so deep as to disturb
the roots.
An effective remedy for black knot is
cutting off and burning.
Keeping the soil shaded aids materially
in the storing of nitrogen.
Many make a mistake in failing to
spread out the roots evenly.
1t is not too late to set out strawberry
plants if good care is given.
Remove the mulch and give the straw
berries thorough cultivation.
In growing berries for market the best
results are secured with rich soil.
Transplauting two or three times helps
in the formation of fibroUs roots.
Generally in transplanting it is best to
set the plants down to the first leaf
Allowing them to grow too thick is
one cause of failure in growing root
crops.
Mulching newly set trees during hot,
dry weather often saves them from
dying.
During the summer is a good time to
prepare the soil for fall planting of the
orchard
Many plants die because care is not
taken to place the soil in close contact
with the roots.
1t is rarely a good plan to allow a fruit
tree agen to select the varieties of trees
for the orchard.
Allowing moss or lichen td grow to the
bark of the trees affords a hiding or har-
boring place for vermin.
The grape can be readily propagated
by layering and a good supply of plants
be secured a a low cost
Better sow the places vacant in the
garden to turnps or rutabagas rather
! than allow them TO grow up in weeds.
Old straw is one of the best materials
| that can be used for mulching. Bagasse
is also good when it can be secured con-
! VenienUy.
| Keep down the raspberry canes; four
| or five good canes to every four feet Of
! row will give a better quality of fruit than
| if thickcr.-Live Stock Indicator.
The morning news., 1894-11-26
III About Tobacco.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The tobacco plant is from three to six
feet high.
Iron tobacco pipes are popular in Cen
tral Asia.
Virginia tobacco is one of the strongest
varieties.
Salt is added to all wet snuffs to pre-
vent molding.
Brazilian tobaccos often contain 10 per
cent. Of nicta.
The first European tobacco was grown
in Portugal I'm 1920.
A hand" of tobacco is commonly about
four ounces.
The tobacco plant is member OF the
nightshade family
About 220O0OoO0 cigars are annually eN-
ported from Havana.
OcuIists say that one form OF phhaHe9s
is caused by smoking
The best kinds OF shui are Hldue oll9
from the high-grade leaves.
Tho tobacco leaf is said 10 require about
twelve weeks 10 cure.
n Id said that tobacco seed VIII retain
its vitality eight or ten years
q.bs hest grades OF cuban tobacco nave
loes than . per cent Of nieotla.
Tho genus uicouana contains ABOUT
aftv species, mostly American
The first chemical analysis OF l'pa1lo
was made by Nauquelne 90 lsf'
,vt.. ylrl OF tobacco farm o. sara
,,.te from 600 20 900 pounds ora acre
,rt. ..sfup of thp laaf tobacco .hpofi'h
al, tbIs country ln IsD WaH A0oioppA
"ya.lt.b srun is said 90 obtain iit p'rn.
MAJ. color from ths addition of oDhft
Tobsrr0 gr0Wrr often fa'' lift'
The morning news., 1894-11-26
Growing Broom Corn.

Do YOU suppose there would be any
profit in growing a few acres in broom
corn here in Middle Georgia, when is
NE proper time to plant it, and how much
would it probably yield per acre? Is there
more than one kind? II. NJ c.
from some little experience in the mat
-I We assume that broom corn can be
s.o'h as successfully in Georgia as any
"eLe, but VIC cannot say how proftably.
e''ae Years ago there was broom manu-
--yiy in Atlanta that purchased all
g eood brush offered. but whether or
'' mere is good market for the brush
.-0 now VIC cannot say. 1t is easy
.o'Eh to grow the corn. 1t is soWn in
...t loot rows and thined out just like
o-7Aam 1t requires some care in cur
7 property for market, and in later
sue We win tell you all about 1t, so
.lal II YOU decide to make the venture
.. .2l Wlli be able TO make and bale it prop
Wy Tor shipment. It is not planted be-
o The corn.
The morning news., 1894-11-26
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 1894

heavy soil and in a season when there
Is much rain, the potatoes are heavy
and watery. In the north at least, the
sweet potato does best on sandy soil, If
it is made rich by thorough manuring,
There is, however, a kind of sweet po-
tato grown in the south known as the
yam potato. 1t requires longer season
than is possible for it in the northern
states. Those who have eaten the yam
sweet potato say that il is much better
than ordinary sweet potatoes found I'm
northern markets. This is not the old
yam potato introduced i'm the north forty
years ago or more, when the Irish potato
began to rot. 1t was then thought IL
might prove a substitute for the common
potato, but the yam proved a course,
poorly favored and wholly unmanageable
tuber. 1t grew so large, so far below the
surface, and so full of prongs that when
once in a field ii was almost as hard
to get rid of it as of a crop of horseradish
that had been suffered TO grow for two
or three years without being removed.
The morning news., 1894-11-26
Poultry for Profit.

There is small profit in eggs when they
bring but 10 cents "a dozen; and no profit
at all, rather loss, when hens have 20
be fed all winter. without eggs, and then
only produce a few dozen IN the spring.
when tho eggs laid barely pay Tor the
food eaten during that season, an the
food eaten previously is O loss There
IS a regular cbb and flow Of prices for
eggs. The high tide ia about the Iart
OF November, and through January. and
from that the price Gibbs away steadily 20
about May !. Everybody's hens are laying
then. and production is 40 its highest cou-
scqucnty prices are the lowest. Later on
the supply gradually dimiuishe8. aud pri-
ces rise, the movement being faciiitotcd
by sales OF fowls tO Doc served as spring
chicken iu the summer hotels, ana tho
steady falling on Of thH egg yield fu
fhr fall tho Old fowls are mouliinH nnd
are. almost without exception resting
from tlelr laI0rs. 90 that uuieGa there
are puii,ts t1 iay thefr arc few eEes. hen,e
The morning news., 1894-11-26
Hinta on MulchinR.

The inexperienced gardener OFTEN fails
to obtain the best result from mulching
his plants, and sometimes does them more
harm than good by lack of knowledge
of what to use and how to use 1t. The
character of the plant is very nearly a
reliable guide, as those which have their
leaves at the time Of covering, as spinach,
lettuce, strawberry plants and others do
not need to be covered very thickly or
with anything which is likely to become
matted down under covering Of snow, so
as to exclude the air. As they breathe
through those same leaves. which are the
lungs of the plant, they are smothered If
buried too deeply or with too close a COW
ering. And the more abundant their
foliage, the less the need of covering. In
a locality where the ground is not likely
to freeze and thaw very often there Is
less need of covering than upon warm
southern exposure. 1t is not the freezing
that kills, but the fact that thawing in
the spring may start a new growth which
will be so tender that ii will be killed
by another freezing. They also need to be
protected from the direct rays of the hot
sun when the thawing process begins.
The morning news., 1894-11-26
Cabbare and Cream peas.

My intentions now are to plant two
acres in cabbage and one acre in green
peas to ship to northern markets Win
You please tell me the best manure to use
for each Of these crops, and the time to
SOW TO get the earliest crops? BIC.
ANY good fertilizer that will make corn
c~ cotton Will make cabbage and peas. \
compost oc stable manure and cotton seed
with ton of bone dust along with q
ie0 to -o" pounds of ashes, spread broad
raSt will make a very good manuring for
either crop. DO not expect to make heavy
crops of cabbage or peas with 200 or 800
pounds at ordinary fertilizer. DO not
besrg -e manure for these crops. Put it
oa most freely. DO not begrudge it. Plant
both crops Just az soon as the severe
weather is over and push them by good
cultivation. You cannot put too much
uammn ou the land anywhere under
81 u-" acre. For the cabbage it might pay
p. apply $50 worth. Get your land ready
and ge will be more explicit in Il later is
The morning news., 1894-11-26
Coed or Poor Cows.

A COW whose milk viii make a pound of
butter a day, or $50 pounds in q year, is
very good COW, and would yield a profit
after paying for liberal feeding. one which
yields 800 pounos year Is a good cow
and probably a profitable one, and one
that yields 25O pounds a year may pay for
her keeping and care. but one that does
not yield over 200 pounds a year Is a poor
cow. and does not do any more than pay
for her feed at the average prices for but
ter and feed Those that fan below that
amount are very poor COWS and unprOht-
able 10 the owner Even II be can sell
the milk for more than the feed costs,
he had better replace her with more pro-
ductlye animal The BabcOck test viii 20
quickly show the capabilities Of COW,
when rightly used that there is no ex-
euse for keeping those that 10 not pay
for the labor OF caring for them as well as
FOR their feed.
The morning news., 1894-11-26

the demand exceeds the supply, and the
price reaches high tide again.
a hen will consume "a fraction over
90 cents worth of food in a year. II she
does not begin 20 lay until March she
Will produce less than 100 eggs. which must
net her owner over / cent apiece TO barely
pay for her food and trouble. II she
comes 20 laying maturity in October or
November she will lay vigorously all win
ter. il well housed and well cared for
and viii give her owner. before moultnS
time, $50 to 10 eggs. which can be sold
at an average of nearly cents Apiece
and pay a substantial profit.
There is "a tide in poultry raising, and
that tide is early-hatChed chickens and
early-laying pullets.
There is the whole secret Of it in a few
words all the rest of the story Is detail
We hear much complaint that We
couldn't hatch the chickens early; our
hens wouldn't sit" That is one Of the evils
OF late-laying birds. II they are got 10 Lay
in october, and kept laying they will he
hroody enough in April. unless they are
of the non-sitting varieties, whereas if
they don't begin TO lay until March they
will be late in brooIing. because nature
impels them TO lay goodly number OF
eggs before the brooding fever sets in.
Get them laying early and early broodi-
ness IolloWS as matter of course.
Much can be done to further this plan
by selection" Choose only the early-lay-
ing and prolific laying birds to breed from
putting them in "A pen 10y themselves: and
in two or three generations you win have
strain of naturally oarly-laycrs. You
have not to wait long for profits from
our selection of early-laying pulleJs Breed
from them. and no others next spring
then kin Off the old birds. 1t is a decided
advantage in poultry raising that the
profits begin to come in Immediately
The morning news., 1894-11-26

quantity of seed from an especially good
crop.
The ash of tobacco is large. varying
from 16 to 80 per cent in the different
kinds.
The French government has had a
monopoly Of the tobacco business ever
since 1916.
The department of Lot, in France, pro-
duces tobacco with nearly per cent.
of niCotia
The color of snuff depends on the ex>
tent to which the fermentation has been
allowed to go.
The seed capsules of the tobacco plant
are provided with valves for the escape
Of the seeds.
Turkish and some other eastern tobaccos
are only used as hne-cut for cigarettes
and pipes.
The poorer and cheaper varieties of
snuff are sometimes made from refuse
stems and leaves.
TIL flowers of some species of the to-
bacco plant open only at sunset, and close
at sunrise.
The morning news., 1894-11-26
Hot Beds and Cold Frames-The Differ
encs.

What is the difference between a hot
he'd" and a cold frame?" One authority
saws hot beds for onions and another says
5,Id frames, and it puzzles me a little.
S. c. r.
A hot bed means the use of some heating
substance. like fermenting stable manure,
placed several inches under the seed bed
ur "a glass frame.) while a cold frame
signifies the absence of such, merely rely
ing on The glass frame TO collect the heat
to aid the termination Of the seeds.
Here u our comparatively mild climate
NE have never found it necessary to re
sort to the stable manure under the seeds.
n The glass frame is properly managed
there viii be enough heat to get any
plants in time to set out as early as it is
safe t9 set out in our climate, and these
,al1 frame raised plants are always heal h
icy than any raised in hot beds. We know
of no plants that cannot be raised to per
70. ion without the aid of under heat in
olr climate and the hot bed is absolutely
UNNECESSARY.
The morning news., 1894-11-26
Vicious Treatment of Horses.

VICIOUS treatment OF horses.
In n certain sense the horse is not only
the most noble, but also the most useful
Of all our animal friends. But like many
Of our own race, it is oftentimes found
brutalized by a vicious training and an
education of the lowest order by a more
intelligent brute than itself, and driven
with clubs and kicks into a state of pitt
able nervousness and even madness. Like
the human species, it is sometimes gifted
with an unusually sensitive nature, and
when unduly excited with fear is driven
into a state of temporary insanity Such
horses, usually gentle and tractable. arc
impulsivc and demoustrative, and need not
he driven by the exercise Of brute force
They are quick in experimenting the wish es
and calls Of the driver, but require the ut
most care in making plain the driver s.
meaning. An ignorant person, in case of
emergency, is often liable to confuse his
animal friend with ineNplicable blows and
jerkings of the bride, until the horse be
comes rostive and intractable, then bolts
and becomes a veritablo wild beast Tho
fault mainly lies with the driver. and not
with the poor animal. which must feel
and imagine it has got under the control
of a maniac The first duty of "A man who
owns a spirited, highly rervous horse, is TO
be humane in his own temper and dispoSi-
ton, and never. under any circumstances,
to confuse his animal servant with con-
Trajectory and unusual commands.-l1x-
change.