The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-07-31
BREVITY BASKET.


A North Carolina woman killed her hus-
band with fire shovel, A new way to shovel
off this mortal coil.
A reward Of So has been offered by the At
lan,a Constitution for the woman who has
learned the art Of pulling the street car bell at
the right moment
They say in Paris that Nilsson is writing
her memoirs, in which she will pass udg-
ment on managers, operate singers and
musical matters in general.
A few moments sometimes makes a great
change. A man with blue eyes was seen
going into a beer saloon yesterday, and
when he came out little later he had black
eyes.
They call 1t a romantic marriage when
couple Of the neighbors get the brides
father in back room and sit on him TO pre-
vent his interupting and breaking up the we'd
ding
In some Of the new evening toilets for
women in Paris, the left shoulder is wholly
barred. This will afford the bellies in easy OPP
portuniy to give the beaux the 'cold
shoulder"
There's pretty girl in Covington who be-
comes deaihly sick II she eats ice-cream, and
the number of summer beaux that girl has is
something awful TO contemplate Cincinnati
Drummer.
Holding two bundles, also fan and par
asol, while hunting Tor nickel in a pocket
book that must be in the bottom Of a bag,
will keep woman busy for some minutes in
street car Picayune.
81 am trying to break myself Of slang
phrases" said the Centralville girl, "aHd have
been for some time. But actually used the
word racket to-day before | thought, and
I'm so ashamed Of myself. You won't give
it away will you"
DIR. Brown-Sequard is reported to have dis
covered new anethetic, (Which destroys
sensibility, but leaves the patient capable Of
working and attending to ordinary duties"
II will be sweet boon in bore haunted news
paper offices.
1t is estimated that there are 10000 Chris.
tian Indians in the United States. No trust
worthy data can be obtained touching the
number OF Christian white people, but it is al
most safe to assume that'there are two Of
them for every Indian.
A condemned murderer in Boston received
much sympathy from a number OF ladies, who
daily brought him flowers aAd various deli
cacies. But one day he was detected picking
his teeth with a jack-kniie, and his fair SYM
pathizers deserted him and left him to his
fate.
Lucy. No, dear, the "Short Hour League"
is not composed Of mustache-just-like-
left-coat-sleeve worn.shiny on the inside
young men. They will continue to take 90
solid minutes out Of every hour from 7 until
10 p. inland don't you forget it Burlington
Free Press.
Georgia girls are leading the world in re-
form. A remarkable feature at the commence
ment of Wesleyan Female college at Macon,
Ca, was the beautiful simplicity of the dresses
worn by the young ladies'. A number Of them
were made by the young ladies themselves,
and cost from ST. 50 to So.
"Statira jane" said fond mother the
other morning to her daughter, "Did Daniel
| Johnson kiss you on the steps last night %
mo, mamma, he did not" If the fond
parent had said mouth instead of steps il
would have troubled Jane to reply, although,
after all, steps are things to a door.
A young merchant wants to know how long
a surety isgood on a note. Well, generally as
long as the note or the surety lasts. We don't
know how much about the length, but we can
tell you about how often a surely is good on a
note. Once. Just once. Only w-a.n-s-t.
You can't catch him a second time, young
man. iawkeye.
A Chinaman not long ago sent from Pekin
to London grain of rice upon which was in
scribed poem. The grain showed 80 dis
tct characters, which, when translated, proved
TO be delightful bit OF verse. The grain was
enclosed in a magnifying glass, so that the
verse could be easily read by any one familiar
with the Chinese language.
J. L. Rhem, of Newburn, N. c., is the
largest raiser OF garden truck" in the United
States. lie has now planted and growing
Peas, ITO acres; potatoes 200; watermelons
loo cabbages, 23 beans, IS; beets, s; cante.
lopes, u cucumbers, o; turnlps, 10; squashe:
3; tomatoes, 10; strawberries, 3; radishes, s
making a total of sos acres, and the condition
Of the whole is very promising,
"Did you lose much by the Reubottowr
failure?" mot cent" "Why, though
you had large business dealings with him?
$50 had up to last summer. Then, wher
he rented a seaside cottage, bought a diamond
necklace for his wife, and sent his thre,
daughters to Europe to be educated, at ono,
chopped off short" "You knew he Wal
going to fail and offer 10 cents on the dollar
mo, sir; supposed he was going to fail anC
not pay farthing. He made slip some
where, and has got to pay something Il Wal
Street News.
"Where was it?' the Pilgrim said, thought
lessly. ."Down in Salem, N. J. think tn,
boys were telling me about a case in court il
which an old boat was the property of dis
pute. well, you see' said one OF the wit
nesses, Il owned one.thrd of the boat AM
Bill Monk owned one-third. So we
But who owned the other one. thrd?' asket
the plaintiffs attorney. 'lIughr replied tn
witness. who owned the remaining one
thrdT repeated the lawyer. 'Oh, exclaimed
the Enthusiastically. There wasn't onl