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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-01-15
Il Makes a Difference.

From the Detroit Free Press.
$50 you have been fighting again on your
way home from SCHOOL, :"
"Y-yes, SIR"
"Didn't tell yon this business OF fighting
had TO be stopped :"
Yes, pa, but"
".No excuse, sir, you probably provoked
the QUARREL"
"Oh, no He called me ugly names"
"Names What of i'll When a boy calls
you names walk along about your business.
Take off your coat -
But he didn't call me names ~
"Oh, he didn't? Take of that vest!"
"When he called me names didn't look
at him, but when he pitched into you'll
had toto hghtp
"Whatl did he call me namesr
Lots of 'em, father He said you lied to
your constituents, and went back on the eau
Gus, and you had l"--
civilian, put on your coat and vest, and
here's nickel to buy peanuts don't want
you to come up slugger, and | want you to
stand well with your teacher, but If you can
lick that boy who says ever bolted regular
nomination OF went back on my end Of the
ward, don't be afraid to pitch in ~
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AssIgnee,s Notice.

Notice ia hereby given that heretofore, to-
wit on the 2ist day of December, A. ID. 1888
w. ID. Wright, of the city OF San Antonio, In
Bexar county, Texas, doing business therein,
by his deed Of assignment of said date, and
duly on record in the Office of the Register OF
Deeds IN said county, in Vol. 30, pages 2i4 go,
assigned and transferred to the undersigned
all his estate and property of every kind. not
exempt by law, described In schedule attac he'd
to said deed rs assignee and In trust under the
general assignment law Of Texas for the bone-
nc OF all creditors OF eaid Wright who would
consent to said assignment and agree to the
discharge OF said Wright upon receipt OF the
proportional amount OF said assigned estate
TO which they are entitled by law.
1-8-3w HENRY HALDEMAN.
100000 Hard Burnt Brick
For ealc. Brick work done cheap. Cistcrns
specially. No. 25 Lavaca and 20 soledad
street. HENRY HUNT.
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Piles.

~raight in tha hncL i99ins ana iouor nart 81 tha
abdomen, causing the patient TO suppose he
has some affection of the kidneys or nelghbor-
Ing organs. Attimes, symptoms of indigestion
stomach, etc. A moisture like Precipitation,
producing very disagreeaa Q itching, partic'
ularly at night after getting warm in bed, is a
Itching Piles yield at once TO the application of
DR.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts directly
upon the parts affected, absorbing the Tumors
permanent cure where all other remedies have
tailed. Proc 70 cents. Sold by @. Sohasae. A.
Dveiss and l.. Orvnak1.
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We advise our friends when they go TO San
Antonio to stop at the new st. Leonard
Hotel" on the south side OF Main plaza where
they will find handsomely furnished rooms, an
excellent table, and every home comfort, all
for the reasonable sum of 81 and SO 90 per day,
according to the rooms occupied. No where
in the South can the same accommodations be
found for the money. Stock men VIII please
make Y note of this. 9-l9 Bun
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Meesrs. Byrnes & Kerr, as contractors for the
pared 10 tll ali orders. The roof Is proven by
thorough investigation, long use and thousands
OF testimonials TO BIO the most economical,
closest scrutiny IL Invited. Ofioe No. 25j Com
msres street. u-2ptf
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Want Of confidence accounts for half OF the
business failures of to-day. @. Schasse, A.
to fail for the want of confidence In Dr. Bosan-
kos Cough and Lung Syrup, for they give
away a bottle ieee TO all who are suffering with
affections OF the Throat and Lungs.
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On Losoyo street, near Maverick hotel, has
Just been opened for ladies and gentlemen and
will be so conducted as to secure Its popularity
with both, and place OF entertainment Tor all
Ladies' and children will receive any ssistance
desired by the polite and accomplished man
ayers. Hours tor ladies and children only,
from 10 20 IL, ana for gentlemen from 10
and from 2 TO 10 D. m. Admission Is cents dur
ing the day and % cents at night, including use
of skatea. I.y-llt
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Stupidity's Climax.

The climax of official stupidity seems TO have
been reachedtin the Illinois town OF Jersey
vile, where janitor had to run half a mile to
get the keys TO burning Jail. While he was
gone four men burned 10 death.-New York
Sun
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A Mckee Headed Lack.

The Standard Oil company has at last got a
direct pipeline from Cleveland into the United
States Senate. This may not be nail In the
Democrat coffin, but 1t Is a nickel-headed tack.
-Chipauo News
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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

snrJ II smen greeted ms nosuus,
and he lifted 1t again TO bonold q
large brown mark, the precise shape
Of the ddtiron, burned on tho bo.
som OF his 'go-to.meeling' SHIRT.
Minnio's iron, beng almost cold,
was travelling briskly up and down
his shirt but producing no visible
effect.
II was humiIitating, but true that
Joe took an order to a gcntleman's
furnishing store that morning for a
supply OF linen, and the"washed
clothes were consigned to tho pot
clio ct to await Susy's return.
Susy's return How can do.
scribe it! Every man on that day
found no bad an Imperative engage.
ment abroad, and the little maiden
found an empty house. She went
first to the parIor. Ono curtain
was torn from the cornico, and lay
in limp about folds against the win.
dow. Cigars lay about loose, some
whole, some half smoked, some wero
reduced TO a mere stump spittoons
were in every corner the chairs
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'ln some of the closets, | guess 7
Susy would certainly have faint
cd could she have seen the over.
hauling Of her neatly arranged clos.
cts that followed.
'rhisY Minnie dragged forth a
pot large enough to boil about
twenty pounds of meat in.
Yes.
In they went, mwashcd.
'Hot water, or coldY
Either
All right that's done
Now tho asparagus. How dG
you fly "a
~ wonder if you roast mutton II
tbs thrpgY SAID George, holding;
ny largo pudding dish.
~ guess 80. Put TIN tho oven,
don't you ?
Y.o.o.s.' George determined to
find a book on cookery, written by
man, the very next day.
you boil asparagus, don't you
George {?
Eyes, horc's a tin thing that,
long and shallow guess that's fol
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

we have descripvoz :, ~.
lul ironing day, SO ii remained,
roach es inclusive, meandering eY!
erywhcre. Tho library was next
in order, and it was the counterpart
OF the parlor, only worse dining
room ditto; bed room to match.
Susy looked at the washboards in
the bathroom, tho mark t-basket IN
the librory, the parIor chairs in ths
kitchen cit was nearest Joe said
when he brought them OUT tht
trying pan in the best bedroom
Charley broke his BASIN; thI
bread pan in the spare room tfoi
dirty water Joe said); the dish cloths
in the bed rooms (towels all dirty
She contemplated the floors, nm
swept for a month; marked tia
dust, the accumulation OF a slmila.
time; and then won't to her owl
room, the only orderly, because unI
disturbed, place IN tho house. 4
little note lay on her table;
'Wo own beat 1t takes a wol
man We beg pardon Well new
er do so no more Clear up and in
gitc us to dinner.
Give REPENTANT BACHELORS
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The Row in the Lodge is Reflected
at Home. 4


h@3oiI "olIf iTg-!4.o tsgo- opfToI t.ish
in a high state of excitement. Mr.
Mason, naturally being DESTROYS L
know the cause of his mental pur
turbaton, piled him with all the
questions her ingenuity could sug-
gest:
whats the matter, dear 2
Matter Matter enough viIy
but pshaw, you wouldn't und,r-
stand IT. N
yes | would tell mo dear
well, faint anything you
shouldn't know, but oh, you.
wouldn't understand
Il would like to know WHY |
wouldn't. | am the equal of any
man for intelligence, l reckon
'Oh, no doubt of that; but his
is a matter you couldn't catch onto.
Mason, are you going to tell m Q
or not 2
ooh, there's no objection in the
world, only-its lodge matter, and
you wouldn't see the point.
'fou see Bob Warden, who is one
of the squarest men within the com.
pass of tho lodges jurisdiction,
brought out a scheme for big iced
on ST. Johns day, and old Ham.
merhead, who does the pounding
for the lodge, kicked, and said 1t
was anti. Masopic--
'And 'ho'd be blamed eff he was
sgoin' to see the lodge turned into
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

talking back and forth, and Tue
meeting broke up in fuss, and the
lodge is just q biin'''
so. That's what you all go to
lodge for, is it2 Not understand,
indeed I'd like to know If don I
understand only too well. That's
what keeps you out O. nights and
makes your breath smell, hey 2
Seems to me that while you was n
brandin' each other, some O. you
ought to a been branded for cheer.
ful liars.
There, tharll do. Iknew you
wouldn't catch onto the spirit Of the
thing atsnIl.
Spirit! That's just what ais
you'-you have caught onto too
much Of tho spirit of Masonry TO
suit mo. Spirit, bah =
Hero prolonged yawn interrupt
cd him, and before Mrs. Mason could
finish another sentence tho 'horBd
hing was fast asleep, dreaming bf
gavols, stows, right angels, squaros
aud rows in most porploxing var'o.
".
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- Po,"a oo'eso' %" o.'o' '''y p"-
and concluded IL would do
charley merely smoothed his
yn, sageIy observing that II no
led the things of, he never could
them on again, Harry and
orge, who shared the same room,
glng followed CbarIey's plan, put
an extra touch by sweeping
Iir room, and leaving the pile Of
At in tho entry, Excelsior
Three days experience convinc
them that bachelors cookery
IS slow starvation. Steaks and
flee for break fast were followed
coffee and steaks for dinner, and
tn for tea. Charley suggested
at they should have thoir meals
Mt from a restaurant.
GAN mon cooks, so we stick to
G contract was his final obscrva.
5u.
The motion was seconded, and
lrriod by - unanimous vote.
BY this time every dish, plate,
apsin, pot, and pan in the house
as dirty, and, ioyiuIy concluding
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

Minnie J were tired.
you wash up, don't
RED Joe.
Yes.
Where's the water z
In the hydranL
What do you wash =
Pan, | guess.
Away went Joe on
yestigation, and return
o TN dish full Of cold
'leavings,' as Harry tc
mains OF The sumpW
wore thrown from the
Susy's hower.bedo and
a bar of soap and a fiji
ble.napkin, Joe began
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

were 'promlsonously doranged ! on
tho eeniro.table three bottles, two
demgohns, pack Of cards, and
about two dozen tumblors replaced
her pretty books, Tho piano bore
two pairs OF boots, depoalted there
when the owners wero too tired 10
go upstairs, and forgotten after.
wards the Canterbury had dish
Of chicken salad reposng peacefully
upon it; one ottoman supported
hat and cane, another a coat every
chair carried some relic OF the de-
s''sts =hara a handkerchief,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

such things And a drip
came forth from the closet
The asparagus fitted il
charm, as both men decl
water was added and all W
the range.
The mutton next wen
pudding dish, into the owe
Come, let's go up stair
lit's teariully hot here sal
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formed an apparent contradlctlqn -
the assertion he made of having five
years before attained .I1s majority /;
Joe Morris, who from Spa nlsh
mother inherited jetty hair and eyes
and apale complexion, and from his
father tall, fine figure and a frank,
ingenious expression; and Mix
ton Darces, whose small figure and
bashful ways accounted fully for his
nickname Minnie these three, with
the masters of tho house, waged
playful war upon the little brown
eyed maiden who sat so demurely
upon the sofa.
Say went you please SAID Susy,
you will never convince mo Of the
superiority of man in the capacity
of housekeepor.'
'But | maintain cried Joe, that
men can keep house without wo-
men, but women cannot do so, un
less we will assist them
'For instance said Harry, 'when
your Biddy was sick last winter,
Sue, how would such a mite as you
are have brought up coal, kept W
the iurnace-fre, and lifted about
wood, unless your two brothers had
gallantIy relieved you of the care?
Not to mention that the furnace
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

1ent in my oyesj some,
Sipe them my hands are
Don't rub them out, Hal
e, some OF you, wlpe up =
abla was cleared at last.
mp, greasy napkins, thrown
orner of the room, testified
10 dishes were washed and
The water followed the
s. and tho quintet sat
} cool off. (Do cigars as
I oneration y
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

that they wouldn't want then any
more, tho gentlemen piled lhem up
in the kitchen sink, on tho floor
and tables, and left them.
'Harry'-it was Georges voice
Il haven't got clean SHIRT
Nor l..
Nor L.
Nor |.
I've got one
Nor Il handkerchief NO. ollar
nor a pair of stockings. nd
g. Two weeks Susy
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02
5 have conee ,....
said George.
| a steak can cook 1t, said

haNo Cullce = ,1.-.-
said George.
/ a steak | can cook 1t, said
res bread and buttor, said
rgo went for the steak Min
ndertook to make tho fire /;
cut the bread Joe set The
while Charley cleared the
n by sweeping the pots and
ans used at dinner into a clos
ashing being omitted in the
ion.
MIC, blowing and putting,
z the fire, was salutod with
W 1t smokes 2
rat ais the fire, Min 2
ny discovered the cause, pull
1t the dampor, and merry
repaid him. The coffee boil,
steak sputtered In the pan,
the men painted, perspiredi
lei, and used improper words
he heat.
as a good supper, and, pilina
dishes which it was too ho'
sh, the five bachelors return
he palIor.
.7as involuntary, but each pail
6ry4.t,.od for a moment on Tho
30 relievtwQnt to occupy. A
P"yS'e@l olare talk, and still
Aight when each one yawnoC
kolt off to bed. Harry who
always the one to 1ock up,
h the latest. The kitchen
\ drearyj no fire, greasy fry
IAN placed as hamlet over the
e-pot, bits of bread lying
nd loose, dirty pots here, and
dishes there. The parlor was
sorder; chairs stood in forlorn
lsion smoke hung over all.
dining room, with its piles OF
: cups, saucers, and plates, its
7opt floor, greasy napkins, and
~ atmosphere, was worst of
and Harry wardIy admitted
somehow, tho house didn't
as usual
lere was fun the next morning
ing up beds. The milkman and
II had yainIy knocked for ad-
ance, and finally retired in dis
and the bachelors breakfast
the stale bread left from the
It's feast, and coffee black and
OF.
Ivory man clear up his own
n
he order given, each started to
=. Joe pulled off all the clothes
\ lis bed, and having laid the
ter and pillow on, proceeded to
on first a blanket, next a spread
finally tho two sheets, finishing
ho "'hola hv nniiing himself on
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,nm nsteads 10 cnsh entrles.

lomesteads to cash entries,
specially contested presumption an(
ad cases will receive prompt anC
l attention,
also prosecute mining claims t.
Buy and sell LAND WyKRANTs
Ter and sailor ADDITIONAL HOME
furnish Township plats of the en-,
nds embraced in the ii arrison Lane
And attend to Land matters gen
spondenoe solicited.
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thInl.. sha aas glad % go, and addod

think Sic Was glad to 60, aud added
her Iaueh,Ag directions to the many
sarsHses proposed Al a late hour,
Ihe e4aelaye broke up, and spsy
ne'iFed with head full of plans,
znAan leart full OF sore misgivings.
ssNay morning rose fair and
- - o'clock saw Susy drive
.fiuag ,sin Tic door IN a carriage,
- : szzAaAa--..Ad hahind, tho la.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-02-02

smoke IN lno curtains cnlmeu III
George.
But, brother-'
won't it be gay 2 said Minnie.
Gay p groanod tho little house.
keeper.
Lay in II supply Of cigars,
George, suggested Joe.
when do you go, MISS Susy ?
Monday Aunt James letter
said Monday = said Harry.
5FMonday, then! We will como
bag and baggage, on Monday morn.
ing
'On an express stipulation that
not woman performs stroke of
work tor us for MONTH
81 my flourish, amid tho
> George wrote out a
tract by which thov
istIves to ask no @Ey ice
I'd at a woushfy hand for
nth ly0m 'iic GATE Of the fol,
~. = rs,nday, and all put their
..,,cII2l2'>z TO tho important docu-
ay, seeing that her brothers
1eJ really To earnest tried to