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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-27
HUMOROUS.
daily.

-"My darling" whispered the Chi
cago man. "My life" she murmured.
"You are the only wife ever loved"
Detroit Tribune.
An artist being asked, SIS sculp-
ture difficult?" answered.: "Why bless
you, no! You have only to take a
block of marble you don't want. Tit
Bits.
Mr.. Snifty-''My son, see you
have passed the word work as in the
feminine gander; why is it?" Son
"Cause it tells on everybody."-Inter-
Ocean.
-Iowa-''My wife calls me Ducky
because take to water" Kentucky
my wife calls me Camel because l can
go so long without it. "-Philadelphia
Record.
Il wish you would mark down that
lot of ladies Shoes" said the merchant.
Eyes, sir" replied the experienced
clerk. "In price or size?"-Washing
ton Star.
-Jack-"Isn't your bathing suit
rather too loud?" Jess-''I don't know
but it is. Only yesterday l was mis-
taken for bell buoy. st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Mrs. White-"Did Mrs Grey make
her entree in good style?" Mrs. Brown
What are you thinking of? Her
cook makes all her entrees. Boston
Transcript.
You should have seen Dudell
when told him you were going to
break his face" "Why, what hap
pened?" Nothing, only his counte-
nance fell."-Buffalo Courier.
The Kind He Liked. DO YOU like
tongue?" inquired the talkative land
lady of the new boarder. Yes, ma
DAM responded the boarder, beef
tongue. detroit Free Press.
-Josie-''I was taken for twenty-five
to-day and l am only eighteen" Julia
7'What will You be taken for when
y5u are twenty-fve?' Josie-''For bet
tdr or worse, hope. "-Scribner's
-Seashore ty.-Dan-"What's
the matter, old man? Can't you find
your bathing-suit?" Van-'Gadl I'm
not trying to. I'm looking for bet
ter one, Kate Fields Washington.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-27
FOOD AS a CURE FOR MOODS.
Even Fits of Temper Will Yield to a Well
Chosen Dinner.

There are few sorrows that salad
can not solace, and the woes are not
many which will not vanish, at least
temporarily, before carefully-chosen
dessert. The food cure" is the best in
the world for moods.
Every one observes that men retain
their youth longer than women. At
fifty men are erect, active-gray-h haired
to be sure, but fresh-colored and
bright-eyed. At fifty women are gray.
haired, dull-eyed, wrinkled and color
less. Why is the difference? Because
for twenty-five years or so men have
been eating good, substantial epicurean
luncheons in the society of their fell
low-men downtown, while women have
been having toast and tea and cold
sliced meat with the children at home.
1t is no base, material doctrine to
preach, that of the intimate connec-
ton between good food on the one
hand and good temper on the other.
Even the apostle of temperance in all
directions, Miss Willard, comes here
from beef-loving England and chants
the praise of five good meals day.
Have you a fit of bad temper? Eat
your luncheon in cheerful society and
make it delicious one with a bit of
crisp lettuce, taste of cheese, some
toasted crackers and cup of black cot
fee. You will leave the table at peace
with all the world. The jostling crowd
which you longed to throttle before
eating will arouse only emotions of
goOd-natured interest now. Are you
depressed? Dine well and the world
will bear rosy aspect after dinner.
Forswear, once and forever, the femi-
nine ascetic notion which has prevailed
through the centuries and you will be
a healthier, happier mortal than you
ever have been before.
Only remember that to dine we'll
means to dine with daintiness, not to
Overeat, and that luncheOns to be
truly successful must have due regard
for hygiene. Suppers may not be a
cure for unrequited love and luncheons
may not minister to a mind diseased,
but for the 'trifling" worries that sap
away vitality there is no remedy so
potent as well-chosen food.-N. Y.
World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-27

Harrison and a hunting party dis
embarked TO go through miles OF
stubble in quest of quail in 1888,
after his election. / was stationed
in indianapolis to keep track of the
president-elect, and went on that ex-
cursion, which was in charge of ex-
Congressman Pierce. When the party
had finished the days shooting l went
to the railroad station. little two by
four affair, to telegraph my story. The
place was closed, but an urchin told me
where the operator lived. 1t was about
mile out on the prairie, but found
his cabin, and, with the promise of
bonus, induced him to come back and
open up. When we entered the station
he took off his coat, but before he sat
down to the instrument he pulled
hard, heavy ear of corn, about sixteen
inches long, out of his pocket and laid
it gingerly on the table, much as man
might lay down big Colts revolver
loaded.
What's that for?' l asked.
oh, just to see that no skeeters
don't bite ye,' he answered. Then he
picked up piece of board which some
carpenters had left, and with one
sturdy blow of the huge ear of corn
split the strip from end to end, and
threw the pieces into the corner.
Dye see" says he. Yes says I. Next
day noticed that all the prairie men
who came to town to see Gen. Harri-
son had big ears of corn in their hip
pockets and didn't seem to be afraid of
much of anything A regiment of men
with those ears of corn would drive Lii
Hung Chang and his pigtail soldiers
into the northern oceans. N. Y. Mail
and Express
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-27
HE WAS A BIG HOG.
But Was Taught a Lesson I'm Courtesy ON
a Street Car.

But Was Taught a Lesson in Courtesy ON
Street Car.
Going downtown in a crowded eleva-
tor car was a man who lolled over a
couple of seats, though there were
many standing up. He was SO big, and
cross and boorish that nobody felt justi-
fed in requesting a seat next to him.
He had window wide open and rested
his arm upon the sill, calmly disregard
ing the sensitive shrinking of lady on
the other seat. He seemed to be one of
those human hogs one occasionally
meets, and he was distinctly marked
by every passenger in his vicinity.
Everybody who came in or out had to
step carefully around a pair of
muddy shoes or carry with them
the results of contact. After awhile
the man began to nod drowsily, then
calmly laid his head upon his arm and
went to sleep. His new hat went out
of the window, but still he slept on, to
the intense interest of the other passen-
gers. The general look of malicious
satisfaction that went round was par
donable. Nobody said a word to the
man, yet everybody was curious to see
what he would do when he awoke. 1
really believe some were willingly car
ried by their destination for the pleas
ure of witnessing the discontinue of
the human hog. l was intending to
get off at Thirty-ffth, but concluded
would go on to Twenty-second street.
was almost Immediately rewarded by
seeing the hog start up suddenly and
demand
where's my hat?" He looked fierce
ly around as if someone was suspected
of stealing it. Nobody said a word,
but he saw at once nobody was mourn
ing. He looked under the seat, on the
seat, and down the aisle, and repeated
without addressing any individual par
ticularly:
where's my hat?"
II think you'll find it somewhere
along between Fifty-ninth and Fiftieth
streets, if l remember rightly" sweet
ly remarked the young lady who had
been shrinking from the draught for
the last two miles. "And if you'll get
out right off and run back maybe
they'll wait for you. IN. Y. Sun.
-Ihere is a mOVeHenI Oh iOot 10 IN
terest the American public in Swedish
books, and Swede of New York has pre-
pared a list of about five hundred Swe-
dish books that he hopes will be found
suitable to large libraries. Many of
them are already found in the chief
libraries of western cities where there
is a considerable Swedish population.
Most of them have been published
within the last quarter of century.
Disappearing EngIIshmen.
In the dominions of the British en-
pire alone some eight thousand in
dividuals vanish every year without
leaving any indication as to their where
abouts or ever appearing again.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-27
seat py MS long coaUua1Is.

SedU Uy MS IUHR CUdJIdIIS.
President Casimir-Perier is one of
the best-guarded rulers in Europe. A
flying brigade of police agents, in civil
ian costume, has been created to follow
the president step by step wherever he
goes. When NJ. Casimir-Perier is about
to start from the Elysee the prefecture
of police is apprised by telephone of the
place to which he is going, as well as
of the route he is to take. Before he
has crossed the gate of the palace
carriage is already on the street, with
orders to follow the presidential con-
veyance and not to lose sight of it.
This maneuver is repeated several times
daily.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-27
A PECULIAR WEAPON.
Men In Western Indiana Town Who Car
ried Ears of Corn.

John Mccarthy, of Cincinnati, one of
the best and beSt-known newspaper
writers in the west, has seen some life
and death fights along the river
fphts which meant business, without
any Stockholders, or gate receipts or
newspaper blow or bluff. But" he
said the other day, the queerest thing
I ever looked on in the way of a
weapon, saw at little bit of wind
swept town in western Indiana, a
corn town." where ex-President
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-27

Il don'S believe this story of a
woman having lived to the age of nine
ty-nine years" 81 can't see why, when
many live beyond that age" Yes, but
In this account there is no mention of
her using tobacco right along.-N. Y.
Sunday News.
Anybody Could Know That.
He was a countryman and he walked
along a busy thoroughfare and read a
sign over the door of a manufacturing
establishment: Cast Iron Sinks" 1t
made him mad. He said that any fool
ought to know that.
The Washington times., 1894-12-06
Washington STOCK Excharge

Saes-regular calI-12 o'clock m-Metropo!-
itan Railroad conv. 6s 81 900 at lO316. Columbia
Railroad IS, $1,000 at los Metropolitan Rail-
read, ) AZ 70. Washington Gas "A at 479E L.
;. Electric Light, 10 at I2'14; 10 at l2SIe, 10 at
l2oZ4 10 at 1854; a lIsll: 70 at I2S14
Government bOnds-U- >. As, registered Il4I4
bid; II51s asked l. : Is, coupon, llJ bid. I. ;
IS, llg bid, lla1& asked
District OF Columbia Bonds-20-year fund IS,
l094 bid. 3O-year fund 6s, gold, I0s5z asked,
3.65s. funding, currency, ll5 bid 515s regis
tered, 2-l0s, 100 bid.
Miscellaneous Observation-Disclosures and George
town Railroad cOny. 6s, LIST, l3U bid. 80 asked.
Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv.
is. I'd, l3O bid, lSi asked. etropolItan Railroad
CT nv Us, I021s bid. l05 asked Belt Railroad 5s 80
asked lexington Railroad IS, 99Ia bid. lO2 asked.
Columbia Railroad 6s, IUl9s bid, lUSLs sked
Washington Gas Company Is, series 4, II5 bid.
Washington Gas Company Is, series b, llj bid,
Washington Gas Company c1ny. ds, 10
bid. L. s Electric Light couy. 5s. I25 bid
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone IS, lO)
bid, 4t3 asked american Security and Trust
5s, +, and a. 100 lid. American Security and
Trust 5s, A and o., 100 bid Washington Market
Company lst G5, lOs bid, Washington Market
Company imp. 6s, los bid Washington Market
Company ext Is, / bid. NJ sonic Ball Associ-
alton IS, I03 Did. Wash!ngt, Light Infantry
Ist rs, 9S bid Washington Light Infantry %
IS, ~ bid.
National Bank stocKs-Bank of Washington,
30l bid, 3l5 asked. Bank OF Republic, 275 bid,
go asked. Metropolitan, $50 bid, 81 asked.
Central go hid, $40 asked. Farmers
bid, i51 as Ied Citizens. 100 bid. Colum bia, l33
bid. $50 asked Capital, Il5 bid Wes End, 100
bid, los askel Traders, 10J bid, IGs asked.
Lincoln. 9S16 bid IO3 asked Ohio - bid
Safe Deposit and Trust Companes-NatiOnal
Safe Deposit and Trust, Is asked Washing
ton Loan and Trust, y bid. I24 asked Ameri-
can Security ana Trust, l35 bid. 1876 asked
Washington Sale Deposit, 100 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Wa shiDgton and George
town, 80 bid 3l5 asked. Metropolitan, q bid, so
asked Columbia 5S bid. Belt, 81 asked. Eek
ington, 20 bid.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks Washington
Gas, 41 bid, Is asked Georget 1wn Gas, 50
biz. l. $ Electric Light, 12S bid, l2s16 asked
Insurance Stocks-Firemen's. 81 bid Franklin.
4G Uiu - asked Met opoluan, 40 bid ot1-
mac, 20 bid Arlington, 100 asked German
American, l60 bid National Union, IL BID. Is
asked Columbia, l3 bid, 1914 asked Riggs. bid.
IA asked People's, 3 q bid. 51s asked Lincoln,
Title Insurance SfOcks-Real Estate Title, 1OS
bid, us asked Columbia Title, 7sk bid, SIS asked
Washington Title, 61R asked District Title Is
asked.
Telephone Stocks-Pennsylvania 35 bid, so
asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, so bid, 81
asked. American Graphophone, AZ bid. 5l5
asked Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .2S bid, 30
asked
Miscellaneous Stocks - Washington Market.
14Ls bid, i asked. Great Falls lee 1875 bid, l50
asked Norfolk and Washington Steam boat, 90
bid. Lincoln Han, so bid, 80 asked. Iuter-Ocean
Building, 50 asked. Mergenthaler Linotype, 125
bid, 100 asked.
The Washington times., 1894-12-06
FREE SHIPS.

Commissioner OF Navigation Chamberlain,
In his annual report. makes strong and con-
vinciag argument in favor Of such a change
in The United States registry laws as will re-
store our merchant marine 10 its former emf
nence among those OF other nations. The
force OF Mr.. Chamberiain's 5 argument does not
lie in fine language or well-turned phrases,
bat in the presentation Of stubborn facts. 1t
may be well to state a few Of these.
Only six American steamships crossed the
Atlantic last year, and only seven the Pacific,
While from New York and Philadelphia alone
hirty-three, mainly new steel vessels, owned
By Americans, but flying foreign flags. Piled
'eguIarly between those and European ports.
nthirty-flve years only one American st am
hip mas once visited Hamburg the greatest
continental port. and last year only two sail
NC vessels entered there. Every bushel Of
gram which left New York for Europe last
year was carried under foreign flag. Ot
L. 900 vessels passing through the Suez Canal
during the last three years only six have
Nailed under the American flag.
These facts, cited by Commissioner Cham
)erlaia. are but statements in proof of that
)ft-repeated and much-to-be-lamented fact
bat the merchant marine of the United
tates, from being at one time one Of the
Yreatest in the world has dwindled. until to-
lay it amounts TO almost nothing This re-
Htes only TO our ocean trade, of course, for
)ur coastwise traffic still holds its own.
The American merchant marine has been
destroyed by American legislation. Our reg
Gtry laws have driven our ships from the
Ugh seas. Mr.. Chamberlain declares that
American enterprise is a century in advance
4 the law. for Americans own more steam
hips forbidden by the registry law TO wear
american colors than they own steamships in
oreign trade under the Stars and Stripes. ."
Every civilized nation but the United
ltates, says Mr.. Chamberlain, "allows its
Htizens the use of the national flag over YES
leis in foreign trade, wherever bought. hav-
ng learned that otherwise they will buy ves-
els under foreign flags, charter such vessels,
" abandon navigation altogether to foreign
ivals. e"
The American merchant marine must be
FehGbilitated. Americans are the equals in
bklI, ingenuity, and enterprise of any nation
IN the world, out they are fettered by stupid
legislation. When is this TO be swept from
the statute book?
The Washington times., 1894-12-06

others, 1OaI5 higher Native steers-prime, 3 o.
as Is; fair 10 good, 70a5 0J; common % medium,
4.30a4Gg. oxen, 2t0ai-20; bulls. 2O.a2'5; dry
cows, 143a3 10. European cables quote Amer-
can steers at 9allc- per pound, refrigerator
beef at 7a9c. Exports to-day, 453 beeves and
4,G4O quarters q beef
Calves-Receipts, l.l32; market uneven; veals
firm; other calves duh, ltal6 lower; veal5, poor
10 prime, 5U0al.5J; grassers, 2tOa2.2Ji Western
calves, 2,50a3 %.
Sheep and Iambs-Re-eipts, 0,zO1 head On
sale, 1850: active and stronger, POOR 70 prime
sheep, 1JOa3 25; common 10 fair lambs, 325ai =.
Hogs-receipts, s 30 head; firm at 4. .60a5C0
CHICAGO, Dec 5.-Cattle-keceipts did not
come up to expectations Good 10 prime steers
sold strong 10 l c higher than yesterday The
medium class q steers was not more than
steady Cows and heifers were strong There
was also a good demand for stO-keIs and feed
ers. Prices range from z5al - Tor rubbish 20
625a6 81 fCr extra quality christmas stock
Hogs-Packers bought common t0prime heavy
hogs at 25a4 % and paid / 1874 IS for common
TO choice light weights There was 81 e or two
OF fancy brOad-backs at 40 bat sales a. better
than so were few and far between Prom 4SD
10 T. Is bought most OF the 80 10 @Gl-pount hogs
and 3=a4 81 the bulk Of the heavier weights
Sheep sId Iambs-GoOd 70 extra sheep we're
saleable AZ > 55a2 90 md Doo-er qualities at %
a25J The lamb market was firm at Z5Ja4 .
for POOR 10 choice.
Receipts-Cattle. 1900; calves, 400; hogs
80, coo, and sheep, 1900
The Washington times., 1894-12-06
SUGAR A STAR PERFORMER
1t Occupied the Chief Attention Of the
Stock Exchange Public.
GAS AND CHANGERS ACTIVE
Outside of These Securities Not Over Forty
thousand Shares Changed Hands-Gen-
eral Market Unsettled, but Closed Fairly
Firm-st. Paul Lost One-half Per Cent.

New YORK, Dec. 5.-Ac.ive speculation on
the stock exchange to-day was confined to
Sugar, Chicago Gas, and the Granger shares.
Outside of these securities the transactions
did not reach 10000 shares, and of the total
sales of the day nearly two-thirds were OF
Sugar, 10000 shares OF which changed hands,
being about the heaviest sales Of any single
stock on the exchange in one day. An op-
portunity was afforded for this very lively
trading by the uncertainty which prevailed
up to the close of business as to the dividend.
The Washington times., 1894-12-06
Ny York Cnffnn.
Liverpool Cotton Market.

LIVERPOOL, Dec 5.-CIosing-cotton;s spot mod
crate demand and freely met; American mid
ding, fair, ) 11-1G: good middIng 3 L. Ameri-
can niddIiug, 3 3-52: low middfng.a 81; good or
dinary, 1916: ordinary, 22s. The sales of
the day were 10000 bales, of which 1000 were for
speculation and export and included 5000
American Receipts, 6,IC0 bales, all
American. Futures opened steady a; the de
cline and closed steady. Ameri mIddling
]. IN C., December, 3 I-S4 sellers, December
and January, 8 l-64 sellers: January and EebrU-
ary, l-64 sen RS; February and March, 3 2-64
sell rs; March and April, 1884 buyers.
April and May, 4-64a3 5-6l; Ray and June,
t-64 buyers; June and July 3 7-6ia} s-64; July
and August, a-G4a3 1851; August and Septem-
ber, 11-64 sellers Tenders of to-dsy's deliy-
cries none
The Washington times., 1894-12-06
New York Grain and Produce.

NEW YORK, Dec -Flour-Receipts, S3,70O
bbls; exports, 15,6OO bbls; sales, 240DO pkgs
Market easier to sell, but not quotably lower
Buyers and sellers further apart on springs.
while winters are less sought. Southern -four
dull. Rye flour quiet; sales, 250 bbls Buckwheat
-four dull 100 nominal Buckwheat, dull: 55a
60 CornmCal steady; sales, 200 bbls, 1000
sacks Rye. nominal Barley, nominal Barley
malt, nominal.
Wheat-Receipts, ia, 800 bu: export, %, 500 bu..
sales, 5000 bu futures; spot dull; Nc , red,
store and elevator, 6014; afoat, 61A f O. b.
611aa614; No / hard 7l4 delivered. Options,
opened lower under weak cables but rallied and
advanced all the forenoon on good general buy
ing for home account Weakness developed in
the afternoon again result of lower later
cables, and the market closed heavy at Aat%c
net decline. No export business reported. No =
red, January 6lafl15; closed 81; February, closed
81; March, G2 13-16a63 7l6; closed 62zB; May G35Sa
6i 9-16 closed 50 IS; June closed 6414; July 6lI5a
65: closed 6419; December, GOk a60h: closed coz
Corn-Receipts, $4,000 bu; exports, 10 900 bu
sales, 100000 bu. futures 1880 bu. spot Spot
duIi No. ,, 57a5715 elevator: yellow, 81: No
B, 50Iaa5l12 elevator, 81 delivered. Options
opened steady on light receipts and advanced on
small car lot estimates but late months finally
eased off with wheat closing at Il advance
December closed 1c higher on covering ,lanu-
ary, 533sa539s closed 1885, May, 633sa535s, closed
537s; December, 54}4a553s, closed 50A
Oets-Receipts, 1900 bu futuresi 121 900 bu.
spot. Spot duh; No ,, 3414; No delivered, 354;
No. B. 1884, No white. 80; No white; IS; track
white Western, 31a4216; track white state, sra
4211 Options very duh all day, butfairIy steady
and closed unchanged to a advance, January,
351sa3514 closed, 351A; February closed, 80: May,
| 36lz s363s closed, S616; December closed, 34ss
Beef dull; cut meats quiet. Lard, about
steady; Western steam, closed at 80 nominal;
city, So: sales, $50 tierc,s January RS closed;
December, RS nominal; January, 727 nomi-
nal; May, 7.45 nominal Refined dull: conti-
nent, 7.65; S. A, SEQ Pork dull.
Butter-Quiet; western dairy, Halls do.
creamery, 16a25; do factory, lOal41S: EIgins, 25;
imitation creamery, l3a20; State dairy, 13a23;
do. creamery, 1Sa24. Cheese-Quiet Large,
9a1114; small, 91aa12; part skins, S1Ea9: fun
skins, 216a3. Eggs-Irreguiar; State and Penn
sylvania, 2Ga27: ice house, 17a22 Receipts, 4lS6
| pkgs. Western fresh 22a26 Southern, 22a2i1s;
| cases, 3.25a4 90.
Coffee-Options opened steady at unchanged
to ten points higher: ruled firm on local
demand and scarcity of sellers account
on European advance; closed firm at twenty-five
! to forty-ive points net advance. Sales
! $4,000 bags, including December, 395a14 Is;
! January, 13 S5; March, 1300a1310; May
| IL. .65a1295; September, 1880 Spot coffee-Rio
| steady No. Z, 1534.
Sugar-Raw dull Refined dull
Live Stock Market.
| D.
The Washington times., 1894-12-06
RaItimnre Markets

BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.-FIour dull unchanged
receipts, 10S30 barrels sales, 45O barrels
Wheat frm-spOt. 601Ra609E; December, 60jsa
receipts, 1864 bushels; stock, I1O5 lgI, bushels;
sales, 100000 bushels; Southern wheat by SAM
pie, 60aBIl5; southern wheat on grade, 5,a5l
Corn steady-spOt, J05.a5024; year, 50Aa5J5s:
january, 5O2za5Gs.. steamer mixed 4S12a4s'--
receipts o13gO bushels; stock, 3S3-3A bushels;
sales. 74CCO bushels; Southern white corn,
45a50}s: Southern yellow corn, 41G5l. oats Arm
No , white Western, S115a3S: No mlzed
Western. 54L8aS5-reCeipts, Il ,si2 bushels stock,
1894. bushels. Rye dull-NO- >, 5s15a5A-re-
cespts, 40 bushels; stock. 25,1s2 bushels. Hay
frm-gOod 10 choice timothy, I2-50ai3O CO. Grain
freights steady, unchanged Sugar quiet, un-
changed. Butter and eggs steady, unchanged
Cheese firm, unchanged
The Washington times., 1894-12-06
Entertainment on Jackson Day.

The committee on entertainment of the In
terstate Democratic Association met last even
ing to decide upon the date and character OF
the entertainment to be given by them.
jackson Day January 8. was selected, and
one of the larger halls or theaters viii be pro-
cured for that evening. An excellent musi-
cal and literary programme will be prepared.
Several prominent Democratic speakers will
deliver addresses.