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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
OBSTINATE SENECA LAKE.
Frozen Over In Warm Weather, and No
leo When 1t Is Cold.


Seneca differs from nearly all Of its
many sister lakes in this section Of the
state In the matter of its seldom freezing
over. This is due to the great depth of
the lake and tho fact that IL Is fed largely
by springs along its shores, and, as many
believe at its bottom. During the sum-
mer season the lake absorbs vast amount
of heat; but, owing to the nonconducting
properties of water, it is slow In throwing
1t off in the winter.
For this reason on many cold winter
mornings the lakes surface is covered
with vapor, which indicates that the wa
ter is warmer than the atmosphere. This
vapor is always densest over the deepest
portions of the lake, showing that the
water along the shores in the shallower
parts has to some extent become colder.
AS the surface of the lake cools the water
gradually cOmming!es with that below,
and finally the whole body Of the lake be-
comes cooled. In addition a heavy body
of snow melting in the spring and flowing
into the lake, especially In case OF q
freshet tends to cool the water and render
the lake liable to freezing if the surface Is
not too much disturbed by wind. For
these reasons the lake sometimes freezes
over very late in the spring, even when
the temperature is from 10 degrees to %
degrees above zero-as, for instance, a
thin film of ice covered the lakes surface
on the mornings of May 5, 1861, May Is,
1879, May 9, 1873, and April 26, 1884.
In description of Seneca lake Apple
toms Cyclopedia states that is was never
known to be frozen over until March 22,
1856. But, according to published state
ment of the late Hon. William G. Coon
of Burdett, he and party of about 90
skated across the lake from Glen Eldridge
to Watkins and back on the morning of
Feb. 2S, 1855. The ice was then five
inches thick in the middle of the lake and
was clear and solid. On March 3, 1868,
the lake again froze over, and in 1875, for
q period of four weeks and two days prior
to March IA, it was frozen over so that
persons could cross it many miles from
the head. On Feb. 81, 1885, it froze over
from shore to shore out as far as the eye
could reach, and four days later grand
carnival was held on the ice in the even
ing. About 900 persons assembled, COM
ing from Elmira and other places by train
and from all the surrounding country in
sleighs. The moon, nearly full, rode high
in cloudlcSs sky, and the scene was one
of a most inspiring nature. Chinese Ian
terms and torchlights lent their charm to
the surroundings, while the glare of rock
cts and bombs lighted up the sky. Hard
ing's cornet band of Havana was present,
and dancing and skating were among the
sports enjoyed.
Jan. 16, 1898, an unusually early date,
the head of the lake froze over from shore
to shore, out a distance of about 20 rods.
but the ice lasted only few days. BY
observation muny people have come to ex-
pect the lake to freeze over once in ev-
cry ten ears.-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
Chicago Thenters Used as Churches.

1t is said that the theatCrs in the bust
ness district of Chicago take in more
money on an average Sunday night than
is taken in by all the amusement enter
prises of any other open Sunday town in
America.
II this be true, it may also be said that
probably nowhere ESQ are SO many thea
ters converted into churches Sunday morn
ing
At IL o'clock in the morning the stage
is a sanctuary, with dim light falling
through Gothic windows and minister
in plain black softly reading to an orderly
but rustling congregation.
Exactly ten hours from that time the
same stage is hung with jeweled nonsense,
flooded by calcium light and filled with
capering ballet girls.
There is an orthodox prejudice against
holding religious services in playhouse,
but it has been overcome in Chicago. Nv
cry Sunday morning there are services at
McVioker's theater, Hooloy's theater, the
Grand Opera House and Central Music
hall. Sunday school is held in the Schiller
building Smaller halls, such as may be
rented in the Masonic temple, Audito
rum or Atheneum, are used as meeting
places for denominations limited in mem
bership. Record
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
Raising the Wind.

l must now make disgraceful confess
sion. Among the letters in the postmas-
tcr's Office were a number from firms in
England and America which deal in post
age stamps, some of which had inclosed
considerable sums of money. The treas
ury was in dire straits, and sum of G200
was well worth a sacrifice of self respect.
We determined to change our stamps. The
change could be effected for 40, and the
sale of our old stamps, thus enhanced in
value, would bring us in G200 or more.
have since heard that year later the
government Costa Rica descended to the
same disreputable expedient, but believe
may fairly take TO myself the discredit
of being the first to devise the scheme
Tho Discoveries of a Prime Minister,
Basil Thomson.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
uEs. asAMIIEN's
The Rise of Horace Greely.

One hot day in August 1881, ar
ung ainly journeyman printer from
Erie, Pa. was among the arrivals
in New York City. 1t was Horace
Greedy, born 20 years before, on a
farm in Amherst, n. H. From
childhood an Unsuitable reader, at 10
he had become the prodigy of his
native town. His stump grubbing
on farm in Vermont, whittier pow.
erty drove his fathers family, his
service as printers devil there, and
later as job and newspaper printer
at Erie paid little. The young
man reached the metropolis with
only $40 in his pocket, while the
rest of his earthly goods formed a
bundle which he swung in his hand.
After long and vain search for work
he at last secured a situation SO
hard that no other printer would
take it. In it he wrought II or IA
hours day at rate never exceed.
ing Sc a week. After various vic
issitudes in job printing and desul-
TORI editorial work, where he evin,
ced genius and zeal, but no special
aptitude for business, Mr.. Greedy
in IS4I. started the Tribune. For
thi- venture he had borrowed $1,000.
The first weeks losses engulfed
nearly half this sum, but at the end
of a year the paper was an assured
success. 1t soon became The
mouth piece of all the more sober
anti slavery sentiment of the time,
whether within or without the
Wing Party, and rose to power
with the mighty tide offree soil Ell.
thusiasm that swept over the land
after 1880. Greeiy and his organ
were the chief founders Of the Re-
publican Party, and the most eff
fective moulders of its policy. The
influence of the paper Def Re and
during the war was incalculable,
far exceeding any other sheet in
America. Hardly a Wing or a
Republican voter in all the North
that did not take or read it 1t
gave tone to the minor organs Of
the party, and no politician on
either side acted npon slavery with
out considering what the Tribune
would say From The History
of the Last Quarter Century in the
United States" by Pres E. Benz
Andrews, in the April Scribner.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
Growing Beans.
From the Enrm News.

From the Firm News.
To say III atthe field is too poor
to- grow ans is in the popular
pS asefa5gy of the country to say
ITO. 1t is in the last stages Of
s. s. ty, and shows, to some ex-
tent, the hold OF the common belief
that beans will grow where
nothing else will. While it is true
that beans will grow and mature
crops on very poor land, it is also
tue that they will respond to Gull
tivation and fertilizing very read
lily. They do best on a rather
sandy, porous soil, while black
muck is not at all good for them.
| have succeeded best with them
on a rather fertile and friable clay.
The land should be put in the best
possible condition, and it pays to
take pains to do this. l have
found it best to plant in drills,
though it may take a little moro
hand work to cultivate them pro-
perly. This is more than made up
In the increased yield. l plant in
rows 30 inches apart, and have the
plant about 6 inches apart in the
rows. This gives each plant plen-
ty of room to grow and mature.
They should not be cultivated
when the dew is on, as the fine soil
sticks to the leaves and Injuries
them, and to that extent iuterferes
with the growth Of the crop.
Neither should they be cultivated
after they begin to blossom. When
ripe, the beans should be pull, d
and dropped just where they grew.
II the weather is favorable they
may be fOrked three rows together
in a day or two, and after curing
may be piled into piles that will
make a good forkful, and then
loaded on a wagon or short sled
and hauled to shelter. If not
more than an acre is grown there
will be no need for improved ma
chinery, but where they are grown
extensively they are pulled with a
machine made for the purpose and
tire shed by machinery also
Care should be taken to handle
them so as to prevent waste by
Smelling when handling them il
the field. Beans are always a goOC
price and are a profitable crop
The good may be sold, and thos
rejected make one OF the
best poultry feeds ever used
If they are boiled and mixed will
bran. 1 believe they will pa!
more than their cost for this pur
pose alone. The common sou
bean is a good yielder, but does no
compare with the marrowfat, AM
neither of these yield as well as tn
little Mexican tree beans. l hav
often wondered why the latter
not more generally grown.
planted 2 feet apart in the row tn
plants will frequently toucl
| aaoh Othar
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01

s..s...A.ya. 4 L., u .ls.u DnTuaay.
NEW YORK, April THE Ger
man-Americaps of this city
held a grand meeting at Terrace
Garden in honor Of Prince Won Bis
marck today to celebrate the
eightieth anniversary OF his birth.
The great feature Of the celebra-
ton tonight, after the grafton, will
be three tableauxs, which are being
prepared with the utmost care and
attention to detail, and are expect
ed to be the finest things OF the
kind ever witnessed in this city.
The first picture will be the
"Proclam alton of the EMPIRE" that
grand event in German history,
which was the contamination OF
Bismarck's greatest work. In this
representation there will be seven
ty figures. The picture Will be an
exact reproduction Of the painting
bearing its title, by Anton Won
Werner, now in the National Gal
lery at Berlin.
The second picture will show
Bismarck at VarZin reviewing a
torchlight procession in his honor.
This subject is the creation of Franz
Kirschner, who is making the pre-
parations for it, and will superin-
tend its setting in person. Bis
marck will be seen at his window
viewing the procession, in which
the finest light effects that can be
prod on stage are expected.
The third tableau will be the
apotheosis Of Bismarck, in which
he will be shown with Columbia
and Germania. Some pleasant sur
prises are promised in this picture,
in which the allegorical figures
will be represented by women. The
birthday of the great German
statesman is being celebrated to-
day in every city and ham'G.
where men of German birth and
parentage are to be found.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
FANEUIL HALL.
The Old Cradle of Liberty, the Pride of the
Club"

Club"
Faneuil hall, the old Cradle of Lib
erty," was presented to the town of Bos-
ton by Peter Faneuil for the free use of
the people. 1t was completed in Septem-
Der, 1742, and was 100 feet long and 40
feet wide, only half its present width, but
large for those days. Three days after )
completion it was formally accepted in
public meeting and a vote of thanks
passed to the donor. 1t was also voted
that the hall should DO called Fancuil hall
forever. Peter Faneuil died six months
after, and his funeral eulogy was the first
public grafton delivered in the hall.
MAY liberty always spread her joyful
wings over this place" said Master Lowell
of the Latin school in his grafton. 1t was
a prophecy; but, sad to say, the prophet
afterward turned Tory and left Boston
when it, was evacuated by the British.
The interior of the hall was destroyed by
fire in 1863, but the town Immediately
voted to repair the damage. The first
gathering on the day of the Boston tea
party was held here, but the hall was toe
small to hold them all, and the meeting was
adjourned to the Old South church.
During the siege of Boston the hall was
turned into 4 theater by the British. The
merchants Of the city gave Lafayette q
dinner here in 1884. In 1906 the hall was
ENLARGED from 40 to 50 feet in width, and
a third story was added The hall is still
used for public meetings and is also used
as the rendezvous of the Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery company, whose history
! dates back to 1673.-BostOn Traveller.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
Lord RoseberY,s Kindness.

A pretty instance of Lord Rosebery 8
thoughtfulness must not pass unrecorded.
On his way back from Cardiff to London
he espied on the Swindon platform, dur
ing a ten minutes halt, a poor little child
sobbing as If her heart would break. He
got out and asked what was the matter.
Il want to go to Bradford" was the pite-
Gus cry, so Lord Rosebery coaxed the grief
laden little creature till he elected from
her the tale of her woes. She had been
sent alone on a long journey, had passed
the junction where she should have chang
ed and was stranded hundreds of miles
from her destination. Needless to say, she
went on her right way with full purse anc
light heart under the special charge of th'
guard.-London Lady.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01

1T is not generally known" says the
Philadelphia Record, but it is fact of
history nevertheless that Bristol township,
lying on the east side of Germantown,
had a very narrow escape from being Sc
lected as the site of the capital of the
United States. 1t was a very small matter
that turned the choice toward Maryland
and Virginia. So positive were some
members of congress that the capital was
going to be located near Germantown that
they purchased real estate there, not, OF
course, as a matter Of speculation, but
simply to be near at hand when the re-
moval from Philadelphia to Bristol took
place. When the vote of the commission
ers was taken, there was a tie, four being
for Bristol and four for the District of Co
lumbia. Washington cast the deciding
vote, and Bristol township was left out IN
the cold ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
FolsoNs OF THE KITCHEN.
Some Things That Should BE Closely
Watched by All Housewives.

In face Of the frequent accounts of acct
dental poisoning the following facts may
prove both interesting and useful In the
first place, all copper vessels should be
retinncd directly the surface shows signs
of being worn. Neither acid, salt nor fatty
bodies will attack well cleaned copper yes.
sells. Vinegar may be even boiled in them
with safety, but should it be allowed to
cool in the vessels il will dissolve enough
copper to become dangerous. The advan.
tage in copper poisoning is that one of the
first symptoms is vomiting-that Is to say,
the poison is rejected from the system.
Zinc though it conceals itself SO often
under the name of galvanized iron," is
still more dangerous than copper. No acid
foods or liquids should ever be allowed to
remain in galvanized vessels. Lead, from
culinary point of view, is the least to be
recommended of all the metals, as it poi.
sons slowly without producing vomiting,
while tin, iron, steel and nickel are prac-
tically harmless.
BUTT is not only these vessels used in
preparing food which are dangerous. Many
foods in themselves are legitimate objects
of suspicion For instance, the potato be-
comes unfit for food when it has COM
menced to germinate or when it is green
from having been partially exposed to the
air while growing. The green parts and
the "eyes" contain an undoubted poison,
which has a sharp taste and is capable Of
producing paralysis or even death. At
the end Of the winter many pigs are I'M
healthy through having been fed on these
green potatoes or on potatoes from which
the eyes containing the germs have not
been carefully cut.
Mushrooms should always be carefully
verified by person thoroughly acquaint-
ed with their peculiarities. Some cooks
put a silver coin with them when cooking
If the coin turns black, they reject tho
mushrooms. This is really no test at all,
as many of the poisonous fungi will not
blacken silver. All animal food in an ad-
yanced state of decomposition is more or
less poisonous. For this reason timed
fish is never to be trusted, as the fish are
often stale when timed. Smokers espe-
cially should be careful, as their taste is
often not so fine as that of a nonsmoker,
and they are consequently less likely to de-
tect tin of doubtful fish. Mussels, again,
are always poisonous, although the scat
and nature of the poison have never been
discovered. -Philadelphia Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
The GOdet Skirt and the Knee Coat.

The godet skirt will remain in
vogue, and the fashionable modistes
are inserting steels that reach up
almost to the knee, setting them in
The seams lengthwise to cause it to
fare. writes Isabel A. Mallon in
the March Ladies Home Journal.
Facings that are light, and which,
at the same time, stiffen, are put
in the back breadths quite up to
the belt, and in the front and side
breadths just above the knee:
What are known as knee coats.
and which button across the bust,
but are cut out at the throat and
below the two buttons which tasten
it. SO that the fancy waistcoat
shows are much liked. Very of,
ten if the waistcoat is detachable,
three or four will accompany one
gown. and then for change, and
to be assumed in place of the waist
coat, there will be a loose silk
shirt-waist. In the coat designs
there is also new cutaway coat
which is only long enough to reach
between the hip and the knee
This is generally becoming, ant
very smart when developed eithe1
In broadcloth or mohair.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
~ -;esl@g AlDD..
MONDAY, APRIL l, 1895
How TO Have Good Books.


All OF us want our literature to
be cess;. helpful and elevating,
writes Edward w. Box in the March
Ladies Home Journal. But all Of
us evidently do not, just the same.
If we did we would have what we
wanted and nothing else. Nasty
books are printed simply because
there are nasty people who want
them. Suggestive papers are issu-
ed, and successfully so, because
there are people who read them.
Those of us who are fond of good
books are indignant because such
books as Esther Waters" "The
Heavenly Twins" THE Green
Carnation," The Yellow Aster"
are successful. But why are they
they successful Because we buy
them, when / say "we," 1 mean
s'we." / do not mean the other
man or the other woman upon
whose shoulders we are always
ready to transfer the blame. ]
have very quietly made study Of
the sources from whicha great deal
of this cry of bad or ephemeral lit,
erature comes, and 1 find that il
comes, in quite respectable proper
tons, from the very people who
buy these books and hep them tc
success. Now, one thing is abso
lutely true; just so long as we con-
tinue buying these books, just SC
long will we have them. When we
stop buying, depend upon it the
authors will stop writing them and
the publishers will stop issuing
them. But if we buy Heavenly
Twins why there will be more
Heavenly Twins and a year
hence we will have Internal Trip
let's" This whole question is sim
ply one of demand and supply; So
long as the demand continues sc
will the supply.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
Awonderful African Mimic.

DR. Moffatt, the distinguished mission
airy and father-in-law of DR.. Livingstone,
once preached long sermon to tribe in
the interior of Africa. Shortly after he
had finished he saw that the crowds were
gathering around very common looking
young savage. To his surprise, however,
the lad mounted stone and repeated
every word of the sermon that had just
been finished. Not only was the reproduo-
ton precise as TO words, but the gestures
and infections which the white man had
used were put in at the right place with
surprising exactness.-St Louis kepuo-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
Eti1uette of the Table.

Although in Am erica we have
no hereditary aristocracy to dictate
rules of conduct or what consti-
tutes elegance of manners, there
are persons Of native refinement
and good taste who have had ex
perience of other lands and people,
who may be trusted as examples,
writes Mrs. Burton Kingsland in
the April Ladies Home Journal.
These have their "shibboleths, "
their criteriona of breeding that are
we'll defined. A man that takes
mashed potato with his terrapin
and orders. a large cup of coffee
with milk at the conclusion of his
dinner, may be a more worthy
member of society, finer specimen
of mankind than the "gilded youth
of fashionable circles, but he would
not be regarded as a man of refine
ment, hardly as a gentleman, by
the privileged classes either here or
in Europe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
Ono Thing She Can Drive.

They met by strange chance.
"A woman is driving me, mOaned the
Horse
Il know just how uncertain you feel, 4"
sighed the Nail.
81 don't understand you at all, OBJ
served the Bargain frankly.
The Horse and the Nail contemplated
the Bargain enviously. -Detroit Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething
1t soothes the child and softens the
gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
wind diarrhoa. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle. ii 20 1y d&w
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
Panama Stockholders to Meet.

NEW YORK, April 1.-The stock
holders of the Panama Railroad
company will hold their annual
meeting in this city today to elect
directors and transact other bust
ness. The transfer books were
closed on March 9.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01

New shoes can DO worn with as much
ease as old ones If they are stuffed to th&
shape of the foot with cloth or paper and
patiently sp0nged with hot wator, OF II
they pinch in some particular spot a cloth
wet with hot water and laid across the
place will cause Immediate and lasting 70
lief New York Dispatch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
POPULAR STYLES in Hats.

The continued liking for large
sleeves has made popular and har-
moniously effective the wearing OF
large hats, whites Isabel A. Mallon
in the March Ladies' Home Jour
nal. Advance notes from Paris tell
of the popularity of large hats in
black straw, and with them feath-
ers that are also black Much care
is taken in the arrangement Of
these tips, the hats are so shaped
that they permit an artistic arrange
ment of trimming, and yet are com,
Portable on the head. These large
hats are narrow at the back and
fare in front, while the brims are
bent in fantastic ways to suit the
wearer. Very often hat is seer
that has crown of close and a
brim of open straw, a very good
contrast being formed in this way
In the straws, the colors most pop
ular are, first of all, black, then al
the browns from golden to seal
light green, dark and light blue
gray, light yellow and the so called
white which comes very close t
yellow. Elaborate hats, intended
for driving or garden wear, have
lace brims formed ofthe very coars,
white lace, and crowns either o
straw or velvet. Trimmings i'll
cline toward the side, either to tn
hack or the front as becoming.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-01
To Form the Iron and Oil Baseball
League.

OIL CITY, Penn, April IA
meeting of representatives of the
Jamestown, n. Y; Mesdville, Tit
tusville, Erie, Franklin, Oil City,
New Castle and Sharon, is sche-
duled to meet here today to form
what will be known as the Iron
and Oil Baseball League.