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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-18
BUTCHERS

Meeting at Mission Garden, Mon
day, Jan. 22nd, Z 80 p. M, whereat
every butcher in San Antonio is
requested to attend.
A. f.. HEILBRON,
16 Ct Secretary S. A. B. A
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-18
SHOW PRINTING.

For Posters and all kinds of Show
rinting call at the LIGHT Office.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12

our commerce and industries on a
sound and normal basis. The south
is already taking a swift and intelli-
gent advantage of it, but the same ad.
vantage lies open to the west and
northwest. In the language OF the
Washington State Democratic plat
form:
We indorse the Democratic tariff
policy-a policy which shall throw
open the seaports of the United States,
and particularly the seaports of our
own State to the raw staple products
such as wool, flax, hemp, jute and
other staples, which experience has
proved must ever be the basis of a
sound manufacturing system. That
by the importation into our own ports
of these staples we shall at one and
the same time encourage the building
up of local and State manufacturing
system, which shall free our people
from the exactions or manufacturing
trusts 5000 miles distant, and by en-
coursging the importation of such
staples, stimulate system of interna-
tional exchange, and thus directly
foster and encourage the export of our
manufactured products-those pro-
ducts in which we excel the nations
OF the earth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12

Nearly 10000 OF them we're gathered
on the grounds. During the day they
had a magnificent parade through ths
city. Features OF the liue were twen-
ty-two floats and living pictures OF
great beauty. One especially hand
some float represented Germania,
while another equally as beautiful was
Columbia surrounded by the different
States. A float that attracted much
attention was hop farm on wheels,
built by the farmers of the Puyallup
valley.
OregOn's handsome exhibit in the
agricultural and horticultural build
ing has recently received another large
addition, conristing of fresh fruits and
vegetables of rare beauty and excel
lency. A $50 pound squash is one Of
the features.
A market garden exhibit from the
Puyallup, that well testifies to the
richness of Western Washington soil,
has also been recently placed in the
same building.
Walla Walla county's magnificent
display of apples is attracting deserved
attention. 1t occupies q prominent
place in the agricultural and horti-
cultural building, and is arranged in a
manner that catches the eye OF the
visitor Immediately upon entering the
hall.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12
CURIOUS CONDENSATION.
There are $500 species OF bees.

There are $500 species Of bees.
Last year 500 persons were lyuched
in this country.
1t takes 100 insects to make one
pound of cochineal.
The population Of the earth doubles
itself every 260 years.
There are $4,000 suffering children
in the school of Germany.
The people Of Tyre were the most
expert dyers of ancient times.
There are 1,142 tunnels in the world,
with total length OF 5l4 miles.
In q we'll stocked hive there are
from 5000 to 10000 working bees.
The United Presbyterian church OF
Scotland has membership of 188, ,664.
The coal production OF 1892 in the
United States was valued at $207 ,566,. ;.
600.
An Easton, Pa, girl drops asleep
whenever she gets in the bright SUM-
light.
The greatest length OF the desert Of
Sahara is 3.l0O miles. The greatest
width is 600 miles.
In 1873, 8 l-2 pounds of cotton would
buy an ounce of silver. In 1890 it
took II l-2 pounds.
The title and position of Cardinal is
the highest dignity in the Roman
Catholic church next to Pope.
1t has been calculated that there
are at least 10000 proverbs circulating
among European nations alone.
The Americans are generally agreed
to have surpassed all other nations in
the invention of rapid firing guns.
Members of the French diplomatic
and consular service cannot marry
without the permission Of the govern
ment.
Some species of fungi have neither
roots, stem. leaves, flower or seed, and
derive their nourishment through
pores.
There are insects which pass several
years in preparatory state of existence,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12

The Vancouver Columbian prints
the following paragraph:
alt is possible that the school book
question will cut a large figure in the
coming State election. It will not
effect the result of the State vote as
will that of the respective counties,
especially the vote on legislators. The
time has nearly expired during which
the book trust has ridden rough-shod
over the people Of the State, and the
next Legislature will be called upon
to look into the matter"
There is no question but that the
people of this State are most gr;evous-
ly burdened by the cost of school
books. Every parent who has children
at school feels it. So many are the
books required, so frequent are the
changes and 80 great is the cost that
it is hard to convince people that
there is not a conspiracy at the bot
tom of the whole business by which
some one in authority gets a share of
the profit. Four years ago the fraud
perpetrated upon the people was fully
exposed, but through ring influence
the guilty parties were whitewashed.
While speaking Of school books we
may mention that one of the univer.
sity professors has directed that essays
shall only be written on y certain
kind of paper. This paper can only
be bought at certain places, and the
persons selling it will only sell 25
cents worth at time. 1t is q small
matter, but when we know how close
ly some of the university students
have to figure on their expenses the
arrangement appears outrageous.
What business has . university pro.
fessor, anyway, to say that only q GER
tain kind OF paper shall be used by
the studentsf He has . right to
recommend certain kind, but he has
none whatever to refuse TO accept
work unless it is done on q certain
kind.
There is too much paper used in
schOola ANYWAY rafurr 70 tho
slate and pencil would save parents a
good deal of money and would not
lessen the efficiency OF the schools.
Everything seems to be designed to
add to expense. Why does not some
one get in authority who will give the
public q few steps In the direction of
economy? Is it because no one can
get Office who does not stand in with
the trusts? y
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12
Importance of Bee.Kee,in~.

At the late California convention
Mr.. Francis w. Blackford, in an essay
on bee keeping, among other facts
said that the annual value of honey in
the United States is close upon $780,
600 600; and the number of colonies
of bees kept by apiarists equaled about
one-fifth OF the number of sheen in
the United States. This would place
the number of colonies of bees at g.
0OO, 600, which, at an average value of
only So colony would represent an
investment of $27OOOOOO in bees
alone. It seems TO US that if these
figures are anywhere near the truth,
bee.culture is deserving of great deal
more recognition than 1t is now re-
ceiving at the hands Of the National
and State government.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12
Sour and Sweet en- the same Tree.
Cincinnati Enouirer

upon my place at home is an ap-
pie tree, the fruit OF which is sweet on
one side and sour on the other" said
G. E. Harrington, of Baltimore, at the
Emery. at has been known TO,
many years that these apples existed,
but no one has ever been able to ex-
plain the phenomenon. The tree in
my yard is an old one, and do not
believe that it was ever grated. 1
think that it is a peculiar original
kind of fruit. One of these apples is
about the size of an ordinary Timber
twig.' one side being green and the
other having a slight rosy tinge. The
green side is sour enough to put a
persons teeth on edge, while the 9TH
er is sweeter than is usually likedr
Except as a curiosity the fruit is not
desirable on that account, but 1 have
submitted it to q number of leading
horticulturalists and have never vet
found one who was able to explain
and classify the fruit"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12

and, finally, when perfect live but a
few hours.
The United States has 1 1854 ,641 sep
arate farms, averaging 1877 acres each.
Almost half the farms are said to be
mortgaged.
About the thinnest thing in the
world is the film of a soap bubble OF
which it would take 50,OO0,OOO to
measure an inch.
DIR. Emily A. Bruce declares that
more women die because of faulty
dress than from all the contagious
diseases combined.
The Oldest architectural ruins in the
world are believed to be the rock-cut
temples of Ipsambul, on the left bank
of the Nile, in Nubia.
The rice-paper tree, a native of
China, now flourishes in Florida,
where it was introduced as an expert.
ment some years ago.
1t is said that Samuel Hutchinson,
of Prescott. Washington, is the tallest
man on the Pacific slope. He is
seven feet p inches high.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12
BITS OF INFORMATION.
France leads the world in lighthous
i lumip ofiop

France leads the world in lighthouse
illumination.
The whistling buoy can be head
about Is miles.
Only centennial years, divisable by
400, are leap years.
Pauperism has greatly declined in
England since 1871.
The lights of the Liberty Statue
can be seen 24t miles.
There are 100000 men of mill.
tary age in the United States.
Windsor Castle has been used for q
royal residence for 7S4 years.
The subjects Of the Gar speak over
sixty languages and dialects.
The word parliament first appears
in the laws of England in 1872.
The art of brick-making was we'll
developed fully 5000 years ago.
The Boston light erected in 1716
was illuminated with tallow candles.
The forest fires in the United States
destroy s25,OOO,OOO worth of lumber
annually.
The harbor OF Rio Janeiro is the
finest on the globe. 1t has fifty miles
of anchorage.
There are $50 mountains in the
United States, each of which exceeds
10000 feet in height.
A perfectly formed face is one third
forehead, one-third nose, third
upper and lower chin.
In the northern portion of Florida,
around Baldwin, mosquito masks are
worn by outdoor workmen.
No worm or insect is ever found
upon the eucalyptus tree or in the
earth penetrated by its roots.
Throughout the world there are
seventy births per minute and sixty
seven deaths for the same period.
1t is estimated that the burning of
Moscow by Russians in order to drive
out the French cost 125,OOO,OOO.
The first line of railroad in the
United States was from Boston to
Quincy, four miles, opened in 1927.
The original copy Of the Declara-
ton of Independence has faded so
that it is now scarcely more than a
blank.
In 1850 the proportion OF lawyers
to the male population in this coun-
try was one to 494, and in 1880 it was
one to 39S.
Paper has been made in China from
time immemorisl. Outside OF China
it was fret made at Samarcand in
Turkestand, A. d. $50.
A report shows that there are 2,l73
persons in the world known to have
six fingers on one hand and 431 with
seven fingers.
Tupper, Cowper and Cooper are de-
scendants OF men who made the
wooden cups from which our English
foreiathers drank their beer.
The Ivanhoe tunnel, the third
longest in America, is 9,4OO feet long
and is cut straight through the back
bone of the Rocky Mountains.
The result OF the recent expedition
to the Polar regions prove that north
Of rs degrees, the ice over the whole
surface averages 5000 feet in thick
ness.
The present year is notable as be.
ing the semi-centennial of the estab-
lishment of the first practical tele-
graph line with which commercial
telegrsphy began.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12
Effect Of the senate Bill.

The revival Of business interests all
over the country, and particularly in
the Southern States, is proving very
discouraging to Republican campaign
orators, who have done 90 much pre-.
dieting OF ruin and disaster to follow
the passage of the Senate tariff bill.
Their latest method of attack is q re-
sort to the silly allegation that the
bill is "a sectional measure" and that
it is now benefting the south at the
expense Of the north. This allega-
ton which has been frequently dis
proved, is depended upon by Repub-
lican campaigners to arouse sectional
feeling in the north, although all the
favoritism that did creep into the bill
was in the interest of northern trusts
and monopolies, as is easily capable Of
demonstration.
Speaking of this subject the Nash
vile American says editorislly:
Take the industries of the south af-
fected by the new tariff law and notice
how it deals with them. The sugar
produced in the south is by far the
greater part of the sugar produced in
the United States, but the bounty was
abolished. Four Southern States have
immense coal industries, yet the duty
on coal was diminished almost half.
The iron interests of Alabama, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, end Tennessee
are great and important, but the duty
on iron was reduced about fifty per
cent. Timber ia great southern pro.
duct, but lumber comes in free. Texas
is a large wool-producing State, pro-
duces as much wool as Ohio, and the
duty was taken off of wool. If the
cotton mill men Of the east are dam
aged by the new tariff, the cotton mill
men of the south, where this industry
is growing greater every day, are also
damaged.
The american proceeds to point out,
however, that the tariff reductions of
the Senate bill have NOT injured
southern industries, and instances the
rapid development of those very in
dustries since the passage of the bill
in proof of its position. The fact is
that the Senate bill, although it does
not give fair, just or adequate reali.
cation of genuine commercial liberty,
is vast improvement over the Nc
Kinley law, under whose operations
the industries of the country reached
condition of almost complete stagna-
ton. The Senate bill is only the ini-
tial step in the direction of placing
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12
. NAPOLEON'S TABLE MANNERS.
He Ate Rapidly and Cared Littl,
What Was Placed Before Him.

what Was Placed Before Him.
IN a recent article in the Figaro de-
tails are given regarding the dishes
which Napoleon ate and his execrable
table manners.
"The Emperor" says the writer,
"whO understood how to tickle the
palates of his foreign guests with the
finest dinners was himself
too material to enjoy the pleasures OF
a fine table and too lively to devote
the time necessary to them. La
Guipere, the rival of Boucher and
Careme, WAS in the service of the
Emperor as chef. The Emperor al
most made him desperate by the
Irregularities of his meals. As soon
as he was hungry his appetite had to
be satisfied, and the service had to be
so arranged that at every place and at
any time game, outlets, coffee, etc.
could be set before him. Ten or
twelve minutes were necessary for
Napoleon to take breakfast; his din
ner lasted at the longest one.half an
hour. He ate quickly and in very bad
form. His custom to swallow his
meals without proper mastication
caused him much trouble with his
stomach. As rule he breakfasted at
10 o'clock and dined between 7 and s
o'clock. He usually ate his meals
alone at a mahogany gueridon-a
small round table with one leg.
He never used q napkin, and often
in his hurry used his fingers instead OF
spoons and forks. He also even used
his fingers to help himself from the
large dishes served, and loved to dip
pieces OF bread in the dressing. He
even did this at times when he had
guests, and then allowed the dish
to be passed to the others. No one
could show disgust at this exhibition.
Napoleon always wished to have
fine bread. He disliked highly
seasoned dishes. He manifested
slight preference for leg OF lamb and
outlets. OF vegetables he cared only
for beans and lentils. He ate from
silver plates, and in 1906 ordered l..
GOO OF them at once. He often visited
the market with Duroc to learn the
price OF sugar and other things. He
drank little. Half bottle OF wine,
with ice, was sufficient for him. He
was no. wine expert. Champagne
enlivened him, but he touched it sell
dom. At night time he liked CO flee
with milk, chocolate punch or lemon
ade. On the field OF battle he ate, as
he did in the Tuileries."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12
TRICYCLE. AS A HACK.
The scheme OF n Warrington Ne.
gro for Carrying Freight and
Passengers.

gro for Carrying Freight and
Passengers.
Cycling, for profit as we'll as for
pleasure, is perhaps more practiced in
Washington than in any other city in
the country, and it has some odd de-
velopments that strike the visitor
with both surprise and amusement,
says the New York Sun. The smooth,
asphalt-paved. streets and park.like
roads reduce the labor of propelling
cycle to a minimum, and one sees
bicycles and tricycles with all sorts of
attachments and arrangements for
the carrying of packages which in
worse paved and less crowded cities
would call for the services of horse
and wagon. Workmen ride to work
on bicycles, carrying their kits OF
tools, even to pals of paint and small
plumbers stoves, balanced on a shelf
in front of the machine. One work.
man surprised visitor recently and
amused the residents by padding
along Pennsylvania avenue with a
twelve-foOt ladder slung fore and aft
on his safety bicycle. Groceries and
family supplies are delivered by bicycle.
But the oldest thing in cycles that
recent visitor to the capital saw was a
big tricycle. with seats for passengers,
protected by an awning, and a large
platform for trunks, which was plying
for hire at one OF the railroad depots,
in sharp competition with the hacks.
The machine was strong, but lightly
built, with two large wheels, one on
either side and a smaller wheel in
front. 1t was propelled by powerful
negro, who sat between the big wheels.
In front of him was a broad, wide |
seat, affording ample room for two
persons, and in front of that, over the |
small wheel, was a platform which |
would hold two or three trunks. An
awning was rugged over the whole |
concern like q blackboard cover. The |
negro, who was the owner, said he
does a good business and makes a
good living conveying passengers be-
tween the depots and the hotels.
Sometimes he takes visitors on tour
of the city. for which purpose the ma. |
chine seems particularly adapted, Is |
the passengers have an unobstructed |
view, while the driver" delivers his |
descriptive Grafton about Washington,
its celebrities and abodes easily into
their ears from behind instead OF
leaning down and backward, at the
risk of numerous collisions, as the
carriage drivers do. The machine did |
not appear to be geared differently |
from an ordinary tricycle., and the |
driver" said it was not at all hard to |
propel. even with a big load. 1t
steered perfectly and would turn in |
almost its own length. There seems
here to open vista Of possible pleas
ure to people who enjoy riding but
who cannot afford to keep horse and
carriage and will not trundle cycle. |
Why shouldn't the citizen of modest
means keep his landau-tricycle and
have his man-servant "drive" him
around the park in it? The idea of |
such a development of the bicycle is
not at all preposterous.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12

AcicS oPn.
Sufficient attention is not paid in
this State to the election of members
OF the Legislature. The position OF
member OF either legislative body is
not a desirable one. It necessitates
prolonged absence from business, and
if the man is honest he will come
home poorer for his attendance at the
session. if he has any business which
requires his attention, for the seasonal
allowance alone will not very much
more than pay his legitimate expenses.
Henceit is difficult to get the right
sort of men TO accept nomination. A
prominent Seattle lawyer, speaking OF
the law relating to the practice in the
courts, said that if he felt he could af.
ford it he would like to 60 to the leg
islature for the express purpose of de-
voting himself to the amendment OF
the law relating to procedure in the
courts. But he would not think of
permitting his name to be used. A
seat in the legislature is not regarded
as a step to anything else. Few men
enter it hoping by the prestige ac-
quired there to win promotion from
their fellow citizens. The principal
reason OF this is that our Legislature
has been degraded from a legislative
body to machine for making United
States Senators. Usable men are
what are wanted by the ring which has
hitherto controlled the State.
Yet if there is . commonwealth in
the Union where good men are needed
in the legislature it is Washington.
There is very much to be done in
every new State before the laws are
got into good shape. Particularly is
that the case here, where we have q
body of law that is a sort of legal
crazy quilt. It is full of admirable
provisions. but it is badly put together
and contains much that needs amend.
ing very badly.
We think it a great pity that the
Senatorial aspirations of rich men
should play so important part in the
election of Legislature. The con.
trolling ring goes to some man "whose
name suggests sack" and makes q
bargain by which, if he will open the
sack wide enough, they will agree to
nominate men for the legislature who
will vote him into the United States
Senate. An efficient legislature can
not be elected in this way and We,
this is just what the Republican ring
has done in the State.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12

The State Land Commission has ac-
cepted $1,000 worth of school bonds
from district No 81, King county.
The sales OF certain school lands have
been ordered in Kitsap, Columbia and
Skagit counties November 10. The
resignation of G. w. Truax, inspector
OF public lands for Spokane, has been
accepted, and the following appoint
ments made: Stevens county, ID. Van
Slyke; Adams, w. X. Kennedy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12

A fine head of hair is an indispens-
able element of beauty. Ayers Hair
Vigor maintains youthful freshness
and luxuriance, restores to faded and
gray hair its original color, prevents
badness, removes dandruf. and cures
scalp disease. 1t gives perfect salts
faction.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-12

SIR Walter Raleigh was the first
white man to use mahogany lumber.
In the year 1895, while at Trinidad,
he repaired one of his ships with a
mahogany plank.