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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-05
DRIVER WAS LITERAL.
Followed Instructions in Delivering a
Barrel of Flour.

Followed Instructions in Delivering a
Barrel of Flour.
The manager of one of the Chicago
express companies tells good story:
1--WE have big, strong Irishman driv-
ing one of our teams. The other day he
was sent with barrel of -four to the
home of a woman on the South side.
Arrived there, the driver took the bar
rel on his back and started up the stairs,
his express book in his coat pocket.
Half way up the second fight OF
stairs the Irishman came upon woman
scrubbing.
"'Will we be afther tellin' me where
Mrs. MCGOWAN lives?' he asked.
"I am Mrs. MCGOWAN said the
scrubber-a statement which was ir-
relevant-'and live upstairs
"'Where will 1 lave this barrel OF
four% asked the driver.
flake it up as far as yoUse can, and
then put it down. I'll attend to it, re-
piled Mrs. MCGOWAN.
$50 he went up, and when there were
no more stairways to conquer he looked
through an open scuttle to the roof.
Up the ladder he climbed, out on the
roof he stepped, and then, finding he
could go no higher without balloon,
he deposited the barrel and came down.
"On the tairway-though nearly at
the foot-he found the woman again,
and she signed the delivery book. Then
he went about his business, but before
he got to the office Mrs. MCGOWAN was
there demanding an explanation. The
driver was called in as soon as he re-
turned.
"'Where did you put that barrel of
four?' demanded the official.
"'NVhere she tould me-
"Where did you tell him to put it,
madame?'
81 told him to take it up as far as he
could, an
can I did interrupted the honest
driver. If she'll look on the roof she'll
find it. Chicago Post.
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What Are We Going to Leave?

How can we think of leaving less than
a pleasant memory to others after we
are gone? Some of us will not have
much money to leave; some of us none
at all. What are we going to leave
How much? And to how many? Per-
haps you answer: II hope to leave my
family some pleasant memories" And
is that all? Are you not going to leave
something to others? 1 heard yester-
day of an old lady of S3-indeed, she
had passed her eighty-third birthday
and what do you think she is going to
leave her family and those who know
her? Only the memory of her inordi-
nate love of dress. which she possesses
to a pitiful extent. Something more
worthy than that we must leave!-La-
dies Home Journal.
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Frontier Guard e xpIoits.

The Homeric achievements of the
Bulgarian frontier guards are in fair
way to become proverbial. A few
weeks ago Bulgarian official agency
reported a terrific but fortunately
bloodless encounter in which a greatly
superior Turkish force, which was al
legged to have violated Bulgarian terri
tory, retired before these frontier
guards. Similar reports by the same
agency reached here the other day.
1t Is thought that there must be mis-
take somewhere. Indeed, some people
wonder whether this may not be an
attempt on the part of the Bulgarisns
to attribute to others that which they
have done or intend to do themselves.
The Ottoman government is very much
occupied at present, but the time seems
to be rapidly approaching when it will
be able to devote more attention to at
fairs of the Balkans. Possibly the Bull
garians consider that the opportunity
afforded by this interval should not be
lost.-C Correspondents London Times.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE
|. & G. n. RAILROAD.

North bound trains leave for Aus
tin at a M, 500 a. m. and $50 p.
H.; and arrives from Laredo at 7:30
p. IN.
South bound trains arrive at 8 a. M,
7:15 p. m, and 9:55 p. M; and leave
for Laredo at 9:45 a. m.
NJ. X. &. T. FROM l. & G. n DEPOT
Trains leave for Waco, st. Louis
and Kansas City at $50 p. M; and
arrive at $50 a. m.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
East bound trains arrive from Mex
leo and Eagle Pass at 11.30 a. M;
and leave at 11.50 a. m. and 10 p. m.
for Houston, Galveston and New Or
leans.
West bound trains arrive from New
Orleans, Houston and Galveston at
1925 a. m. and 4:25 p. M; and leave
for Eagle Pass and Mexico at As p.
m.
s. A. & A. omission ROUTE.
Trains leave daily for Cuero, Hous-
ton and Galveston at 8 a. M; for Bee
vile, Corpus Christi and Rockport at
2:25 p. M; and arrive daily from the
former places at 7:O5 p. M; and from
the latter at lao p. IN.
Trains leave daily except Saturday
for Kerrville at $50 a. M; and arrive
at $50 p. m.
Trains leave Saturday only at 2 p.
m. for Kerrville; and arrive at $50
p. m.
S. A. &.GULF SHORE.
Train leaves San Antonio for Mar
tinez, Sanders, Atkins, Lavernia and
Sutherland Springs at 8 a. M, daily
except Sunday.
Arrives at San Antonio at p. M,
daily except Sunday.
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HOW TO MANAGE AN AQUARIUM
Certain Little Essentials to Its Proper
Care.

Care.
In order to manage your aquarium
properly you will require few simple
tools. A little hand-net that can be
bought for few cents, or made for
even less out of bit of wire and small
piece of mosquito-netting is useful for
catching the fish or shells without put
ting your hands into the water. Apair
of wooden forceps, like glove-stretch-
nipping off bits of decaying plants or
for catching objects that may have ac-
cidentally fallen into the water Glass
tubes of various sizes are also useful.
If you want to catch any small object in
the water with the tube, place the tube
in the water with your finger over the
hole in the top. Until your finger is
removed the tube will remain full of air.
Place it over the bit of refuse or what
ever it is you want to catch, remove
your finger, and the water will rush in,
carrying the object with it into the
tube, which should then be closed at
the upper end by placing your finger
over it as before. A glass or hard-rub-
Der syringe is necessary with which to
aerate the water thoroughly at least
once day, and oftener if possible. Fill
the syringe, hold it high above the tank,
and then squirt the water back again.
A long piece of India rubber tubing
which may be used as a siphon is neces-
sary' for the purpose of changing the
water in the tank when it is evident
that something has gone wrong.
If n great film begins to gather on the
side of the tank that is most exposed to
the light, it should be cleaned away
every day, and the sides of the glass pol
ished carefully. A small piece of clean
sponge tied on the end of a stick will
answer the purpose. If the scum is
neglected and left to accumulate, you
will find it almost impossible to remove
it from the glass even by hard securing.
1t is best to have only small fish in
your. aquarium, and for this reason
trout are not desirable. Goldfish and
minnows are very good, and the COM
mon little sunfsh or "pumpkin-seed"
is excellent.
You must keep careful watch over the
fish in your aquarium, and if any one of
them appears to be sick he should be
removed at once, very gently, with the
hand-net, and placed in fresh water,
where he will often recover.
Certain varieties of snails live well
in fresh water, and will be found useful
in clearing away the green film that
is almost certain to collect on the side
of the glass; but you must be careful
or they will devour your plants as we'll;
and if your tank is very small is hard
ly worth while to try to keep them.
You must be careful not to overstock
your aquarium, for your fish will not
thrive if they are overcrowded. Re-
member, also, that heat and dust are
fatal to your pets. The water must be
kept clean and cool at all times, and all
foreign matter and every particle of de-
caying vegetation should be removed
Observation-Disclosures Round Table.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-05
CHOICE MEATS.

A new meat market Of the progress.
sive kind has been opened at the cor.
ner of Bonham and East Commerce
streets, of which Mr.. John +. Hansen,
an old and experienced hand, is the
managing genius. The market is
first class in all it's appointments.
Only the choicest of meats, game,
poultry, fish and oysters whenever in
season will be offered for sale. Open
from a. m. to 8 p. m. Polite atten,
ton. 11-1-1mo.
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When deaths hand is on your shoulder
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It's effect is almost immediate. Renewed
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ct have been afflicted with rheumatism and
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Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
Neglected constipation means headache, heart
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iousness, pimples, and palpitation of the heart.
All or any Of these are good things not to have.
Constipation is promptly cured by DIR. Pierce s
Pleasant Pellets One for mild cases, otherwise
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Tirht-Fittinc Jackets.

Tight-ftting jackets are slowly but
surely pushing their way into favor
again. We are becoming tired of the
loose elegance, or want of elegance, dis
played by the cape and its marked
tendency to individuality bores us.-N.
Y. Sun.
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ATTENTION K. P.

To members Endowment rank, sec
ton 632: your regular monthly as
sessment and dues are due on the first
Of each month, and must be paid on or
before the 10TH"
T. B. JOHNSON, Secretary Sec 6S2
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I'm the reign of William Rufus the
count of Anjou devised the long-point-
ed shoe to cover his bunion from the
public eye.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-18
of the sixty seven San Francisco votes.

of the sixty seven San Francisco votes.
How the San Francisco vote was divided
to-day nobody knew exactly, but it was
conceded on all hands that if a nomina-
ton was made at the convention to-day
Clunie would be nominated by consider
able majority. Kelly and his friends knew
was to secure postponement of the nom.
ination, in which they succeeded.
Clunie's supporters tried to force the
nomination to-day.
1t may appear strange that they were
not able to do so if they were in major
ity, but the situation was that while a
majority may have favored Clunie as be-
tween him and Kelly there were great
many of the delegates who were not very
enthusiastic about either candidate; and
many of those ready to support Clunie, if
necessary to vote at all, were inclined to
wait and see if a little time would not de-
velop some other candidate whom they
might consider more satisfactory.
James Denman was made chairman of
the district convention and B. ]. Harvey
secretary. A motion to postpone the
nomination for Congress was debated at
considerable length. Max Pepper. Eugene
Denprey and others favored it, and Joseph
M.Nougues and other friends of Clunie OPP
posed it. The proposition to postpone the
Congressional nomination was carried by
a vote of 60 to "A.
Two members-at-large of the State Ger
trail Committee were elected, and the re-
suit gave Daegett, Lanigan and Raney one
of the members. Lanigan worked it by
getting in his work early.
He made a combination with Santa
Clara on W. Doyle of San Francisco and
w. P. .Veuve of San Jose, and the com BIZ
nation won. James Denman was also
nominated in the convention, but he was
slaughtered for Lanigan's man. Santa
Clara's twenty three votes went to Doyle,
and the vote stood: Veuve Is, Doyle 70 and
Denman 80.
Ex-Judge Levy said tonight: sit is con-
coded that Mr.. Kelly will receive the
nomination, because he is the logical can
d;date of the party and individually the
strongest and most popular man in the
district. The rank and file of the party
are unanimous in their demand for his
nomination. The vote on the nomination
will in all likelihood be about IS for Kelly
and 35 for Clunie. The district is naturally
in the neighborhood of 5000 Republican, -
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Jacobs of San Joaquin stepped to the
platform before any other business had
chance, and with flattering address pre-
sented to Speaker Gould gavel to pre-
serve as souvenir of the honor conferred
on him. The gavel was made of wood
from the old ship Hartford.
Chairman William H. Afford OF the
committee on resolutions then, without
further loss of time, reported the platform
as prepared. The anti-railroad planks;
reference to Senator White and Congress
man Mcguire and their efforts against 1t;
those also of Senator Morgan of Alabama;
the Endorsement of President Cleveland
Except as to his financial policy and OF
the administration of Governor Budd; the
plank denouncing the American Protec-
tive Association; the declaration in favor
OF the income tax, notwithstanding the
Supreme Court of the United States, were
all wildly applauded.
Z. Wesley Reed presented minority re-
port on the financial plank, which in
dorsed Cleveland without qualification,
setting up the gold standard. Its reading
was mildly applauded.
In speaking for his resolution Reed said
Cleveland when other Democrats were de-
nouncing him. Cleveland had said what
he would DO before he was elected, and he
had kept his pledge.
California more than any other State
should lndorse his policy; California had re-
fused to accept paper money when the rest
OF the Nation accepted it and her citizens
were termed traitors for so doing. Now
THIS convention proposed through its
platform to indorse a financial policy that
repudiated all its history on the currency
question.
Ihe applause that broke in on him was
that very faint praise that is akin to dam
nation. Even his peroration that lauded
Cleveland without reserve called out but
scattered handicap
The amendment was killed by vote of
All against, POP for.
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appointment by the chairman OF twenty
mem bers at large of the State Central
Committee; that the State Central Com
mittee be empower ed to adopt constitu-
ton; that it take steps to incorporate the
party organization; that all delegates to
the National Convention and Presidential
electors pledge themselves before the con-
vention to support only nominees In har-
mony with the platform adopted.
Henry Hogan of Napa at once offered a
resolution and asked that it might be
adopted without reference. 1t was a
tribute to the late Denis Spencer and was
quickly adopted by a rising vote of the
convention. It was as follows:
WHEREAS. In the course of events death has
claimed the soul OF Denis Spencer; and
whereas, the State of California has sustained
thereby lasting loss; and whereas, the De-
mocracy now misses q wise counselor, a
trusted adherent and honest advocate; be 1t
RESOLVED, By the Democracy in convention
assembled as a tribute to his memory that we
deeply deplore his death.
The report of the com mittee on order OF
business was unanimously adopted, and
then the chairman announced the follow
ing committee on platform and resolutions :
W. H. Afford, Tulare; H. c. Gordon, San Joa-
quin; ellis Doty Sacramento; W. W. Foote,
Alameda; F. D. Nichols, San Joaquin; James
V. Coleman, Clitous Barbour, E. B. Pond. NJ. C..
Hassett, Samuel Braunhart, w. ]. Buggy, Charles
Wesley Reed San Francisco; Thomas F. Lane,
Calaveras; A. Caminetti, Amador; E. d. Ed
wards, Fresno; c. F. Dooling, San Benito; H.
w. Patton, Los Angeles; Raleigh Barcar,
Solano; D. NJ Baker Orange; Mark L. Plaisted,
Riverside; A. B. Paris, San Bernardino; Charles
Aull, Sacramento; John F. P urdy, Tuolumne;
George w. Fox, San Mateo; Bart Burke, Santa
Cruz; U. s. Gregory, Amador; e. L. Fitzgerald,
Alameda; D. Il. Arnold, Colusa; James Curran,
Humboldt; 10 Hamilton, Placer; I. ]. Geary,
Sonoma; j. F. Burke, Marin; }. D. Goodwin,
Plumas John MeGonigle, Ventura.
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ELECTRIC TROUBLE Al FERNDALE
An EnterprisinO YOItng 3EGM With a
Franchise lItres UP Ihin0s.


FERNDALE, CAL, June 17.-Consid-
cradle excitement existed here to-day,
occasioned by the arrest of the represent
tative of the Westinghouse Electric Com
pany of San Francisco. Some time ago a
young man named Nelson secured the
franchise and was successful in placing a
well equipped electric plant with about
$50 lights in this town, and it was generally
understood that Nelson was backed by an
uncle in San Francisco, whom he claimed
was wealthy. The entire plant was pur-
chased by Nelson on credit, and the West
inghouse people, being among the leading
creditors, sent II. D. Scribner here to look
after their interest, and made an attempt
to get possession of the dynamos and other
electrical fixtures, claiming them under
conditional bill of sale.
Scribner was arrested for attempting to
pull down wires and to detach converters
from buildings. The charge is misde-
meanor. Holders of mechanics liens will
enjoin any one from removing any part of
the plant until a settlement is made.
Nelson has left for parts unknown, and
numerous creditors mourn his departure.
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DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
Delegates, Electors and NatIona
Committeeman Chosen.

Delegates, Electors and National
committeeman Chosen.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, June 1.-THE
First District Convention elected Thomas
B. Dozier OF Shasta and Harry Wise of
Marin, delegates, and f. R. Wehe of Sierra
and w. L. Bransford of Tehama, alter
mates. 8. /. Allard of Humboldt was
nominated for elector, with J. e. Pardee
of Lassen, alternate. Henry Hogan of
Napa and ]. F. Coonan of Hum boldt were
elected members of the State Central Com
mittee. The convention adjourned to
meet in Napa, August Is.
In the Second District, E. J. Rector of
Nevada and T. T. Lane of Calaveras were
elected delegates, and D. T. Donahue Of
Yuba and N. l.. Hunter of Inyo, alternates.
For presidential elector, F. S. Nichol OF
San Joaquin was named, with General
Montgomery of Butte, as alternate. J. J..
Noonan of San Joaquin and ]. D.. Sproul
of Butte. are committeeman. A Congress-
man will be nominated on July q in Sac
ramento.
In the Fourth, James G. Mcguire was
renominated for Congress, and an adjourn
ment taken until tomorrow.
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only as to National politics, but as to munich
pal politics; for assure you, gentlemen, they
are so bound together that you can't say you
are Democrat for one and not for the other.
Now, gentlemen, there are many considera-
lions which ought to bring you into the fold
with u.s. We believe alike. We are going to
make platform you will all indorse. We will
declare for free silver; we will pronounce
against secret politico-religious societies. Zap
plause.
Why should we stand out and fight? ask
you to observe how the Democratic heart is be-
ing stirred and how the Democratic spirit is
being uplifted in these United States against
all Establishments OF the money power, plac-
in the Democratic party where Andrew jack
son placed it in a great battle against the
money power that was then spreading Its
tentacles all over the industries OF the United
States.
The chair-The gentleman is not speak
ing to the question.
Barbour sometimes go little way to
bring around my point and that is the
proposition. Now, as I say you Will see
the lightnings playing around over that
convention at st. Louis-the lightnings of
public indignation. At best they bow
down before the golden calf and that
lightning of Indignation will be followed
by the thunoers of disgust OF the Ameri-
can people.
The speaker was called to order and re-
marked: "If you do not think the trusts
are behind the Republican candidate you
can think so. They have been behind
Presidents and bond syndicates-"
"Speak to the question" shouted c. w.
Reed, and the chairman again called the
speaker to order. The convention did not
want to hear any more speeches and
yelled: Question Ciunie's amend
ment got respectable little bunch of
ayes and then the report was almost
unanimously adopted.
The report of the committee on order OF
business was presented by De Vries of
Stockton, as published this morning in
THE CALL. Its CHIEF features are the ap-
| pointment by the chair of com mittee of
thirty-ive on platform and resolutions;
! that all resolutions be offered without
debate; the report of the committee on
platform and resolutions; the election OF
! four elegates-at-large, and four alter
mates; the selection of two Presiden-
tial electors at large and two alter
mates; reports of the district selec-
tons for delegates and alternates to
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The Sixth District elected Joseph Myer
and w. R. Burke of Los Angeles, dele
gates, and Thomas Varmody and Ewing
of Ventura, alternates. Merritt of Monte
reg was named for elector, with L. C. Till
man of Los Angeles, alternate. The con-
vention adjourned to meet in Ventura on
August 2.
The Seventh nominated L. ]. Maddux
for Congress. The following additional
selections were made: Delegates. George
E. Church of Fresno and o. F. Trippertz
ofSan Diego; slternafes, H. H. Jastro and
o. a. Smith of Riverside; State Central
Committee, H. H. Jastro of Kern and E.
D. Edwards of Fresno. Adjourned to call
of chairman.