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Swallowing a Torpedo.

Little Johnny Bolts found garter-snake in
the park the other day, and he brought it
home and hid it in the piano. When his sis.
ter's young man opened the instrument that
evening to play "For Goodness Sake" he
thought he had 'em, and yelled like a Piute
on the war-path. They wouldn't believe in
Johnny's innocence somehow, and his father
said that after dinner he'd attend to his case.
When the family sat down to table, Johnny
solemnly entered the room in his stocking
his chair before sitting down. "What new
monkey-shine is that % growled old Bolts.
S-s-s-h, pa" said Johnny, anxiously, 81 was
playing fireworks with Billy Simpson this
afternoon and swallowed torpedo" "Yes,
and If anything should touch me kinder
hard, might go off and all bust up"
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AN ORDINANCE

Regulating and Prohibiting the Erection
of Iron Glad Buildings Within
the First Fire Limits.
BE it ordained by the City Council of the City
of San Antonio:
SECTION THAT il shall be unlawful for any
person to erect or build any building known as
iron clads on the following streets, within the
first fire limits of this city, viz: On Commerce,
from Alamo ditch TO Camaren street; Market
street. from Main plaza to Casino street; Hous-
ton street, from Camaron street 10 Alamo
plaza; North Flores street. from Commerce
street to Houston street, both sides included;
Acequia street, from Main plaza to Houston
street; Soledad street., from Main plaza to
Houston street; South Flores street, from
Military plaza to Nueva street; north, east,
south and west sides on Main plaza, Military
plaza Alamo plaza, and Alamo street, from
Commerce street to Alamo plaza. One-story
buildings known rs iron clads may be allowed
TO be built or erected In the rear of lots on the
above named streets and plazas, provided the
material to be used and the manner of con-
struction be stated In the petition, and the
premises first inspected by the Fire commit
tee, and permission granted by the City Coun-
ell. And any person erecting or building CON
trary TO the provision of this ordinance shall,
If found guilty before the Recorder, be sub.
ject to u fine of not less than $40 nor more than
500 for every day so offending.
Passed and approved April II, 1888.
j. II. FRENCH, Mayor.
Attest L. p. CLAUDoN City Clerk.
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The Deacon,n MIstake.

I" think the millennium must be approach
ing" remarked Harlem man to deacon
"What makes you think soi' asked the good
old man. " Because, when the contribution
box reached your pew yesterday you dropped
in SIS gold piece instead Of your usual dona-
ton Of a nickel" "Great Scott" exclaimed
the deacon, turning pale; "why thought l
the street the other day !" And the worldly
invectives that the pious old fraud heaped
upon his own head would have made hard
ened sinner shudder.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27
AN ORDINANCE

Regulating the Loading and Unloading of
Vehicles within Certain streets and
Driving of Vehiclesin the City.
Be it ordained by the City Council OF the City
OF San Antonio:
SECTION THAT IL shall be unlawful for any
person or persons loading or unloading any
float, dray, express or transfer wagons, or any
other vehicles, upon Commerce, SOledad, Mar
same crosswise of said streets while said loading
or unloading is taking place.
SECTION 2.--That IL shall be the duty of all
persons driving through any street i'm the city
to keep their teams TO the rght-hand side of
said street.
SECTION 3.-That any person or persons vio-
lating any section of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction before the Recorder, be fined in IA
sum of not less than S5nor more than $25.
Passed and approved April II, 1883.
j. II. FRENCH, Mayor.
Attest: L. P. CLAUDoN, City Clerk.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27

AT sale of rare coin, which took place in
New York on Tuesday last, the highest price
was paid for a half-dime of 1904, which
brought $500. Coins of this date are SO rare
that even the cabinet of the United States
mint is without specimen, and the piece sold
was the finest of the few known. A cent of
1898 brought $23. A rare silver dollar of
1858 and one Of 1852 brought respectively SIS
and $40. A collection, almost complete, of
Confederate notes brought good price.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27
City Ordinances:
AN ORDINANCE

To Furnish Persons Who Leave Their
Teams Alone in Public Thorough
fares.
10 it ordained by the City Council of the city
of San Antonio:
SECTIoN 1-That 1t shall be unlawful for the
owner or driver of any vehicles whatever to
leave his vehicle and horses alone I'm any plaza,
street, avenue, lane or alley, within the city
limits, unless the same be left in the charge of
some competent person, or securely tied.
SECTION Amy person violating any of the
sections of this ordinance shall, upon convic-
tion before the Recorder, be fined in any
sum not exceeding 500
Passed and approved April II, 1888.
j. II. FRENCH, Mayor.
Attest: Il. =. CLAUDON, City Clerk.
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Time nor tide waits for no man, but the sands
or life continue 10 flow on and on, year after
year, never stopping, never hesitating I'm its
work or waste, unless occasoned by Il Cough
Cold or some Lung Affection where DIR. Bos-
ankos Cough and Lung Syrup arrests it and
makes the span of lifo its allotted three score
and ten. Go to c. Schasse, A. Drelss or H.
Orynski, druggists and ask them for free
trial bottle OF this medicine. They have them
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27
An Open Letter,

IAN ANTONIO january /, 1893.
Drs. j. j. & w. Ii. Tobin:
GENTLEMEN: Your Hepatzine has been
can unhesitatingly say II is the best remedy /
have ever used for any liver trouble or consti-
patton OF the bowels. would not be without
It, Respectfully, A. w, HoUsTON,
For sale at Q. Schasse's and ClaviE's drug
store. 3-2l-am
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27

Mr.. Caleb Maule, agent and attorney for the
collection OF accounts, charged only 10 per cent
upon good paper, other rates equally reasona-
trial Is respectfully solicited Good refer.
ences given If required Office at DR.. G.. +.
foungs, southeast corner of Main plaza. 3-lm
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27
TO BUILDERS !

The firm of Martin & Sohryver, of San An
tonic, Texas, one OF the largest lumber dealers
in the State, have recently opened yard in
Eagle Pass, the present terminus OF the Next
can Pacific railroad extension, and have now
on the grounds, and are daily receiving the
largest assortment of lumber in West Texas
direct from the mills i'm Louisiana, East Texas
and Chicago, consisting OF rough and dressed
boxing, flooring, ceiling, fencing, laths, pal
lings, shingles, DOORS SASH blinds, mouldings,
mixed paints, etc, etc. In fact everything In
the builders line, TO which the attention of
builders and the public is respectfully invited
On the ground will be found the manager,
o III Sm II. T.. MOFFITT.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27
The Drummer's Baby.


ny HAL. REID.
He sat in the end of the parlor car,
with his hat pushed back I'm careless way,
Tmnking and smoking good cigar,
On the fast mail train, the other day.
when. like sunbeam, happy smile
Lit up the lines of his handsome face
(He knew I'd been watching him quite a
while,)
And said 81 live at the very next place.
/ was thinking just then OF my little girl.
I've been on this trip some time, and I'm
That I'm going to.see my sweet little Pearl;
On my, how she'll laugh when she sees her
dad.
"why, she =" Good God! Twas terrible
crash,
That our car then made, as she jumped the
track.
It threw him against the door like a flash.
Crushing his head and breaking his back.
raised him up, as he whispered to me,
With a tender look in his ewes so mild
Kiss me, old fellow | want you, you see,
10 take IL from me TO my little child.
Right on your lips, he muttered; 4" now swea
That nothing shall touch them until it's
Tell my wife twas my latest prayer
Ihat we meet again-as you hope for
kept my oath. As kissed his pet
she said why didn't my pa come too,
(lier little red cheeks with tears were wet)
And kiss Pearly hsself, stead OF sendin oo?"
tried to reply, but wept instead:
The knowledge from her tried to keep,
AS we went by the room where lay the dead,
Reposng there in his final sleep.
only one killed. the papers say
Yes, but one with heart of gold
And widow and child bewail to-day
The loss OF a love that could ne'er grow cold.
Some call the drummer a butterfly gay,
Who careessly of every pleasure sips.
He lives sometimes as the people say,
But he dies with wife's loved name on his
lips.
1.-THE Drummer.
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Railroad SuIfA
Important for business Men.

speciality at j. Joske q Sons, Alamo street,
near pOstofhce. 5-2g-tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27

Under the title of the "Republie OF
Mexico In 1882" a work was published In New
York, written in English, by Don Lorenzo Gas
tro. This work consists of one book containing
270 pages, and a map Of the Republic, besides
mentioning tho capital OF States, estates
Der OF inhabitants in the principal cities and
towns, the ancient history of the country with
interesting episodes and incidents that present
a great deal of interest to the reader.-l From
the Monitor Republicano photography, City
Of Mexico. 4-5-tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27

OF sam Antonio, being in the very center of the
city, between the two depots, with street cars
in front running 20 and from all public places,
besides being the most convenient to business
and the oldest hotel, under the present man
agement is the cheapest first-class hotel In the
city, at 81 to $1.50 per day. English, French,
Spanish, German and Holland spoken. IL Is the
Office of stages and hacks to Bandera, pleasan-
ton, Floresville, Helena, st. Hedwig, Lavernia,
Sutherland Springs, Stockdale, Leon Springs,
Boerne, Comfort, Center Point, Kerrville,
Fredericksburg and other points north and
south.
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HelOteS Rancho.
STANDARD STATIONS.

;, MAMBRINO HOWARD, (trotter) see No. A.,
Is. j.. Treacy's catalogue, Lexington, Ky. He
Is FLOODED bay, 10 hands high, weighs LOO
pounds Service, S25.
KNIGHT OF ST. LOUIS 0horoughbred).
sired by Glendower, dam by Epsilon, see Bruce 3
American stud Book, volume 8, page 352. He
Is a dark chestnut sorrel. Service, s25
DICK (kentucky JacB) ID hands high, weighs
300 pounds. Win cover mares or ienneta
Service, SIS.
Short-horn Thoroughbred cattle, Red Bulls,
py twenty-elghth London Duke, Lexington,
Ky. Services, $40.
Spring season, February l. Terms cash Ser
vices paid when mares taken away, and IL not
season free of charge Stock delivered nj Al
fred Reaves', Main Plaza, will be taken and
brought back without cost.
#. GUILBEAU,
Soy Helotes Tex.
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Five years established and never known N
fail in single case, acute or chronic. Refer ~
standing of SalcYlica. WV
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-27
International and Great Northern
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
Advertising Directory.

KNIGHTS PYTHlAS, Elk Lodge No %,
N meets every Thursday at 1880 p m. Castle
In Fireman's Hall. Visiting brethren welcome.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
MEME MEN.

From Bath, Me-, we have received, under date OF
May 10, 1883, the following statement of Gro. W.
HAnnsoN, the popular proprietor Of ''rhe Restau
rant" ~ few years since was troubled so severely
with kidney ana bladder affection that thero was
brlesdust deposits in my urine, and continual de
sire to urnate, with severe, darling, sharp pains
through my bladder and side and again, dull, heavy
pressure, very tedious to endure. | consulted ono
Of our resident physicians, but received no benefit
from the treatment, AMI fearing that my symptoms
Indicated Brsghts Disease, the most dreadful Of all
Diseases made upmy mind that must obtain re-
lief speedily or would be past oure ! consulted
my druggist Mr.. Webber, and after eseertainlng
my symptoms, no recommended the use Of Hunts
Remedy, as he knew Of many successful cures
effected by that medicine ia similar cases here In
Bath. purchased bottle, and before 1 had used
the first bottle found had received great bene
Ut, as suffered less pain, my water became moro
atural, and began TO improve SO much that The
second bottle effected a complete enrei and my
thanks are due to Hunts Remedy for restored
health, aud cheerfully recommend this most yalu
able and reliable medicine to my friends, as con.
slider II duty as well as pleasure to do SO"
'.Reing well acquainted with Mr.. George w. Fiar.
rlson the time OF his sickness referred to Ia tho
foregoing testimonial, can certify to The eorreet-
ness Of the statement made by him.
Nv, @. wEpnER, Druggist
"BArA, ME-, May Is, 1882"
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30

THE interminablo wrangle between Ger
many and the Vatican over the May laws
still goes on, and the prospect for its salts
factory conclusion does not improve 1t ap-
pears from the latest dispatches that the
Vatican, after carrying some important
points, is beginning to lose ground, and
there is some danger that in holding out for
larger concessions it may be the loser, Bis
marck not having derived much substantial
benefit from the support of the clerical party
in the Reichstag. 1t is not an easy thing TO
be a Pope nowadays, nor can IL be very
pleasant one.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
sBArn, ME-, May Is, 1882
nLAcMsMErms, TRouaLns.

Having had occasion to use remedy Tor kidney
troubles, noticed an advertisement in ono OF tho
papers Of the remarkable cures that Hunts Reme-
dy had made all over the country | purchased a
bottle at one Of our druggists here in Manchester
and after using It for short time found that 1t was
helping me wonderfully, and one bottle has cured
me completely-have no Indigestion, ana am hearty
and healthy for enc Of my years (eb and can truly
say that Hunts Remedy is mcdicin that has real
merit, and do not hesitate to recommend il to tho
public in general. IF. WOODBURY.,
30 Manchester Sc, Manchester, ~ II.
May z, 1883. WF&at&wlwa2
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
Memorial Day.

No more fitting words can be said on Me-
mortal Day than those uttered by Abraham
Lincoln at tie dedication of the Gettysburg
National Cemetery, twenty years ago:
Foufscore and seven years ago our fathers
brought forth upon thscontinent now nation
conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the pre-
position that oil men are created equal. Now
we are engaged ia a great civil war, testing
whether that nation. or any nation so conceived
and SO dedicated, can long endure. We are
met on a great battlefield of that war. We have
come TO dedicate = portion OF that field as a
inal resting place for those who here gave their
lives that that nation might live. 1t is alto
gether fitting and proper that we should do
this. But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate,
we cannot consecrate, We cannot hallow this
ground. The brave men, living end dead, who
struggled here, have consecrated it far above
our power to add or detract. The world will
little note, nor long remember, what we say
here, but it can never forget what they did
here 1t is for us, the living, rather 10 he dedi-
Gated here 10 the unfinished work which they
who fought here have thus far so nobly al
vanced. 1t is rather for US 10 be here dedicate
ed TO the great task remaining before us, that
fIom these houored dead we take increased de-
votion to that cause for which they gave the
last fail measure of devotion; that we here
highly resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall
have new birth of freedom and that govern
ment Of the people, by the people, and for the
people, shall net perish from the earth.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30

THE number Of patent payements for pub
lie streets in these modern times seems TO be
an unknown quantity. But it is not exact
ly true, as some writer's say, that the huge
granite block pavement Of the classic Roman
roads is the best ever known, for the civili-
cation of those times had no such mighty
problems Of transit and transportation to
solve as those which have 20 be overcome by
the commercial cities Of Europe aud Ameri-
ca in these times
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30

THE terms stated as those upon which the
English bond holders will agree TO renew
their overdue loans to the Mexican govern
ment are bad enough in all conscience, but
are far exceeded by the exaction Of pine per
cent interest for new loan of twenty mill
lion pounds sterling, secured by mortgage
on the customs revenue. 1t is quite evident
that finance is but little understood by the
Mexican statesmen.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30

A COLOSSAL statue of Luther will be I'M
yelled during the Luther quarter centenary
celebrations in November at Eisleben, the
reformer's birth place. The statue repre-
sents Luther crushing in his right hand the
papal bull, which he is on the point OF
throwing into the fire, while with his left
hand he clasps Bible to his heart.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30

WHILE Mr.. Watterson. the able editor Of
the Louisville Courier-Journal, has been so
hard at work setting up free trade in New
York and Pennsylvania, he seems to have
been overlooking the actual condition Of pub
lie sentiment in his own State of Kentucky,
where consequently the Democratic State
Convention threw overheard his platform,
and adopted one of the old-fashioned equiyo-
cal order
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
aEsr RLONTl puRrrsirsR,

have used your CUricuRA remedies in several
eases Of Eczema, Moist and Dry letter and cured
them all. Your CCTicURA KEsoLgEST, so far as
my supply enables me to test it. has in my hands
exceeded IN efieacy and efficiency any Alternative
compound blood purifier) have ever made use Of
IN an active practice Of 80 years DURATION
Z. N. ECKER, n. d.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30

A DEMOCRATIC paper, the Cincinnati En-
auirer, remarks: "There are few apostles
of peace in the Democratic party in Ohio
who are sitting among the blossoms OF spring
CRYING for harmony like small birds for
worms. 1t makes beautiful chrome in pol
tiles, and gives an air OF glory to a picture
that is otherwise gloomy and dreary."
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
IEH PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY so.

we do mo- read anonymous letters and communi-
catlons The name and address OF the writer aie IN
all indispensable not necessarily for publica
ton but as guarantee of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
FISTULA AND PILES
Cured without The Use Of The Knlre.

Cured without the Use Of The Knife.
WILLIAM READ IN. D., Harvard, 1912. and
ROBERT NJ READ M. d., Harvard 1870. al
Onaaersef street, asorton, give special attention
10 the treatment Of FESTURsA. ESER.ER AND
AIN DHSHtAsES OF TRaE EsEETUM,
without detention from business. Abundant refer
Office HourB-l2 to o'clock p. NJ. except sun
ayD teb10d1yr
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30

This is not precisely the kind Of weather
we have a right to expect in the last week
of May, but as it is the best we can get, and
we can make no improvement in it, it il not
much use to grumble at its unreasonable
ness. The time is not far distant when
those who are now complaining about the
abnormal chilliness which has lately pre-
vailed will be regretting the pleasant days
when ice-water and fans were not necessi-
ties of life. But it must be admitted that
the meteorological eccentricity is little
hard upon those who are making their win
ter-before-last overcoats wear out the season.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30

A CORONATION in this age appears to BE- a
ceremony which expands in the way of i'm
pressiveness and expense in proportion to
the rottenness of the situation it attempts to
glorify. The bigger the humbug the greater
the ceremony. So care and complication in
dress increase with women as their natural
charms fade away. On this principle the
Russian Emperor felt himself called upon
to make his coronation a peculiarly grand
affair. 1t supplied the nineteenth century
with a truly medieval feature. That
it will awe Nibilism into inactivity With its
grandeur is not at all likely, but that it is in
tended to act upon the people in a way to in
spire confidence in the stability of the Gov
eminent goes without saying.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
CaRE IN EVERY CAgE.

Your CUTIcuRA remedies outsell all other medi-
zines keep for skin diseases. My customers and
patients say that they have effected cure IN every
Instance, where other remedies have failed.
II. w. BROcKWAY, 81. D.
FRANKLIN FALLS, n. H.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
CuEHCuRA RHSnT.vEN,a,.

The new blood purifier, internally and CUTIcuRA
and CuTTcURA SOAR, the great skin cures extef-
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Scrofuous, Infantile. Mercurial and CaneeFous
Humors and Skin fortunes when physicians, hos
pitas, and all other means fail. Sold everywhere.
Price: CUrIcURt, 80 cts and 81 90 per box. CUTI-
euEA REsoLyENT. Sl.O0 per bottle CUIEcURA
SOAR 70 cts. CCrIeuRA SHAVING SOAR, rs cts.
Potter Drag and Chemical Co., sso~tom.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
OUR LITTLE BOY
n SsUEy Oh kEkAIE1taf( SalM1ERfaE trtfE 1
as told by his Parents

- S-VAy va AssA<&hAtAfS e5EtAA[shaA& tEktA4
as told by his Parents
III. Editor,We feel it our duty 10 write you
what the CuTIeURA remedies have done for our
little boy. Who has been terribly afflicted with Salt
kheum, Scrofuia, and Erysipelas since he was
born, and nothing We could give him helped him
until we tried CUrIcURA, which, after using quite
quantity began TO help him and gradually cured him
until he Is now as fair as any child. His body was
completely covered, and his face and hands swelled
very badly We had no comfort with him: 1t was
SO mneoNork 70 take care OF him, and he suffered
old, giving him at first 10 drops of tho CurseuRA
kEsoLyENT at a time, bathing in warm water and
CUTIcuRA SOAP, and applying CUTIcuRA carefully
TO the entire body. He is 3sa years old and IS
perfectly well. We have not written before, be-
cause We thought 1t might appear again; but ii has
not, and we are very thankful
MIR. AND MRS. EVERETT STEBBINS,
BELcHERTOWN. MASS
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
IN THE STRAITS OF POVERTY.

On the Saturday following the issue of the
FIRST number Of my paper my family reached
Msnlius, finding me with an exhausted
treasury, the last shilling having been that
day expended. How te bridge over the com
ing Sunday was question Of some solicit
tude. This delicate matter was effected,
however, by pledging with the grocer an En- :
glish token, a silver coin nearly equivalent
in value to an American halfdoliar. had re-
ceiyed this piece Of money directly after the
war, when coin was as scarce as 1t is now in
1870. Thus provisioned for Sunday, we
passed that day in contentmenf, not doubt
ing that we should in the future, as ia the
past, be provided for.
On Monday morning. TO my infinite relief
man appeared who asked if / could do 4
job of printing for him, to which / respond
ed affirmatiTely. lie wanted to advertise a
wool carding machine in tie paper, and to
have fifty copies Of the same advertisement
in handful form. Learning that could de-
liver him the hand-biis In the eoGrse Of
three or four hours, he concluded to wait for
them. When they were delivered, and re-
ceiyed dollar and twenty-five cents in pay
ment, experienced a sense of relief Which
words would but feebIy describe. accepted
and regarded it as providentiai. The first
thing done was to redeem the bank token.
which has remained ever since in the family
as a cherished souvenir.