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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-13

singer. "the chaplain of St. Lueetta,
apltal In New York. lam to preach i,
aot the home mission on Sunda,
te Duer burst out laughing.
o., no everyone has been mistaking yo,
Ne smallpox easel" said she. "Oh
~ mory, do come In. How could W.
tive tive been SO stupid' But, you see
hun minute you began to speak of the
1are say 1t was very awkward Of
mSald Mr.. Amory. "But IT'S tho
we always mentioned myself to
rs: st. Lucetta's, you know"
.hs' L know, said Kate. but TO
bos9d folks here. there is only one
Dig In the world, and that Is the
Fl..Iille Institute. ~
Mmory enjoyed his tea. sliced
pe" and delicate "angel cake" verv
NV : ne sat tete-a-tete with Kate Duer.
UJb,i PIT light of the shaded lamp
wbnn rain battered without. And
yet. " ~ was cosler
49,, ~ uall-pox case?" said he. -"ob
since Ply Isolated at Hopes Quarry
AmorSS ornlng. Upon my word, Mr..
such am sorry that you have had
81 Strous experience"
rornn III that ends we'll" said tbe
S SUwn lyman, leaning back in his
eso S,o with an expression Of in.
ena I;ss 1t on his face.
,o mSs ~ Larkspur was quite indie.
Voc eta1e heard that Mr.. Amory
VOC Go" Te DR.. Duers residence,
m.n%1. Aate Duer," said she. "To
into hto get that poor young man
r r,Ub nnds, after all. But If a man
bodv nd the country, telling every
can comes from hospital, what
ho.rd pst awkward thing I ever
temns my life," said Mrs. Prin.
tePps lively.
last Vi as not Mr.. Felix Amorys
antumn Pitcherville. He came In
tben a. the leaves were red-and
the Lao pen beauty Of winter. And
Che ". / he asked Kate Duer "if
q miniSig to encounter the trials OF
little ha lie" And Kate, after a
inc n ~ said that she was will.
that g Lidia Larkspur declared
were ss Gould get married II they ,
bout 1t as Kate Duer
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-13
To All Whom it May Concern.

To All Whom it May Concern.
SAN ANTONIO, March 30, 1888.
This is to certify that after having SUI
fered from sore leg for eight years,
and having been treated by several ply
sicians, at great expense without obtain
ng relief, applied to Mr.. A. Sohiers-
man at No. 6O4 West Commerce street.
Mr.. Schiersman undertook the treatment
and after two weeks treatment cured
me completely, and it gives me the ut
most pleasure to attest this fact.
GEORGE ZwALLY,
Saledo, Bexar County, Tex.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-13
FROM THE HOSPITAL

Eyes" said the Rev. Mr.. Dibble, I
knew 1 could depend upon the hospitality
OF my flock to entertain this excellent
young divine, seeing that my own house.
hold is in so disorganized a condition,
owing to the exigencies Of cleaning
house. 1t will be only for q night or
two, and we all know what Is promised
to those who receive the angel I'M
awaresp'
And Mr. Dibble rubbed his hands and
looked smilingly around upon the mem
bers of the Young Ladies' Aid Associa-
ton, while this amiable collection Of
curls, bangs, frizZed hair, and crimped
laces signfied assent.
Not damsel in the number but would
gladly have extended her gracious hos
pitality to the Rev. Felix Amory, who
was to preach a sermon in aid Of " Home
Helps and Missions" at thevillage church
upon the coming Sunday evening.
I'm sure" said Miss Lidia Lark
spur, promptly anticipating the crisis,
"papa would be most happy to receive
the gentleman"
While all the other ladies looked in
dignantly first at Miss Lidia, then at each
other, and whispered, BOLD thing~
"Most kind of you to propose It, I
am sure" said Mr.. Dibble, and so the
matter was settled, not at all to the
general satisfaction.
And Lidia Larkspur went home, and
Issued orders that the parlor curtains
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For Sale.
Lots on Government Hill.
Lots on Dignowity Hill.
Lots on Prospect Hill.
Lots on TObin HILL
Lots near Arkansas Pass depot.
Lots near Sunset depot.
Lots near International depot. 9-l2-tf
HAMILTON HADLEY co.
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FAlPRETENsES,

dov IN tbds the close Of a sultry
mysaI, part Of July that I found
into the ing. rather aimlessly, out
had q OF my native city.
.yan~e rs If by instinct, q shaded
the Iitt,s stroll, and was enjoying
id,v With of air that was playing
hasd wse sluggish foliage over,
mon a 81, came unexpectedly
iittIa wa vie cottage situated a
hT NJ "ay @ road.
and tbereore tastefully laid out.
front and bit OF velvety lawn In
nonsad de Of the house.
stood Lear In the picture. ASH
caught thatnst the low fence, I
proceeded Mi ne Voices: Iney
of the cotts W SA''e aI the SIDE
seated aim persons In the group "a
had f;rat 4 sight from whAnInd (
voTng oiri an elderly I7Un the
Two So,5Sa pbably siHf y Zach en- and liy
twenty-five ~ and bladder trC
Tho aIdar oily. ttism and neuralgis
though possi 81 p ''i'N , g DID &c ~
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Stb, speaks very datteh looFoi
Frank Campbell, the shortand ip
Harvard base ball nine, inNtheir
with the Dartmouths, on the day
viOus, Dir. Frank Campbell lie a ne
of MajoEI ThOs. Campbell, Of San
MO, and the major lie proud of the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-13

9nger. "the chaplain of st. Lucetta,s
fpital in New York. lam to preach in
n0t the home mission on SUNDAY
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28

of section boss on the Air Line rail- way"
 "Ies, sir, and no other reporter In town Is likely to stumble upon that information. forgot to insert-,and | wiah you would do so--that he Is to receive salary of tifty dollars per month."
 "Yes, I'll do so, for your suggestion Is bright and timely. Iwonld iiko to ask favor of you," the city editor continued. "l would like, when l think 1t necessary, to make some trifling alterations in your copy, such AS making moro pronounced dot over an l, or drawing, with a bolder stroke, limo across L."
 Mir. Jackson, after moments re- iiection, replied "While l object to tho making of any change In the con struction of my sentences, will con- sent to the alterations you suggest"
 "oh, l thank you" the city editor exclaimed. "Let mo seo now what else you have. Oh, you say that Dan Peekles has taken permanent posi- tion In Zip's barber shop. How did you get that itemS"
 By the merest accident and do you know that tho best items arc found by acsidcn,2 This nose for news Idea Is simply the peculiar and innate faculty of stumbling upon something"
 Are you sure that this information is authcntic?"
 "Surely."
 "And there Is no necessity of my sending out another reporter to get additional information?"
 "None whatever, assure you"
 ooh, thank you for relieving me of such world of worry. Now, let me sec. Your next copy must be in exactly upon the time which shall specify"
 "All right" replied Jackson, glanc- ing at his watch, "name the time"
 "Let me see. It is nine five, now"
 "Yes, sir"
 "Well, have your nc xt batch of copy in just sixteen years from this time. Goodbye until then"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28
4 cAMPAIoE LIB.

Campaign editorial in an East Ten. neasee paper: "Thc enemies of Cap tain George Hicks, our most promi- Dent candidate for sheriff, malieiously assert that he is ss ProhibitIonIst. ,fthis Is the blackest snd most uncailed- for islander of the campaign. We have known the captain for several years, and have positive proof that he Is not Prohjbitiouiss, and in proof of this assertioD-- which we do not make without mature deliberation--we we snb- nit the following facts: On the night of May 10th, the captain got 90 drunk over at Frszier's Point that he had to be taken home in wsgon. The next day, ss; tie presence .! scae ef Sns most prominent citizens, he was seen to drink cocktail. Foor days later be got drunk st Miijers Landing and fell into the river. This cannot be successfully disputed, for the feat was witnessed by the county judge and number of our most prominent citi- .zeps. Since then the captain has been liberal drinksr, and we dare any black hearted scoupdrel in this county to come forward and attempt . refnta- ton of these facts. We do not object to open and manly opposition, but we despise the sDeaking and underhanded way employed by certain disrscutabIs politicians Of this community
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28

aration, but rather they would in- herit all the elements that go to make up a successful advocate, and pre- disposition to follow in the ancestral footsteps. But the human instincts of this character are, as rule. lost be- fore they get we'll established. The yonng struggling attorney who has to apply himself with all his might to get bread and butter, forms \ habit for work which he never loses, but his son, lacking the motive that spurred his father on, never develops his instincts to the high degree nec- essary to fix them more firmly as an instinct in another generation. If, perchaLce, he do, the boys of an- other generation will concern them selves more with the wealth, the fruits of that instinct, than they will with its further development. Young men are not apt to think 1t worth their while to waste their time making money when they already have sufficient. At all events fl they do inherit love for particu. lar profession, they will do little to- ward making that instinct more pronounced.
 There are, fortunately for the race, notable exceptions to the rule. We see everywhere examples of this kind in men applying themselves to the business of their ancestors, with out what might be practically called good reason. They have all of the worlfs goods they need, yet in obe- dience to their instincts they follow their professions as if they have no other motive than that of gain. This really appears to Do the motive, but 1t is not reasonable one. They arc simply giving an expression to their instincts.-C C. E. Whitford.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28
AN INTERESTING CASE.

Splay- Foot Ali was stricken with the overpoweriDg conviction that his sou. had been condemned to eternal punishment. He had, on the planta- tions, been known as notorious gam bier, and had, on several occasions, been sent to prison for thieyery. No one thought that he would ever per- init his own sinfulness to weigh upon his immoral mind. But when he had heard sermon preached by old Buckly Bold, he went into the woods and sank down fin despair. The old preacher found him lying under E tree.
 "My po' frien', whut pears ter be de matter wid your" the preacher asked.
 "I's sunk inter de mire O de nickity, sah."
 "ls you 'vineed dat you's CT awful sinbcr?"
 "Yas, sAh.s
 "Wail, den, you's on de right road. How much money is you got erbout yoU?'
 "Whu: is money got ter do wid my caseI" Ali asked.
 "W'y, jes dis; I could git you onten dis yare low condition of could spar de time, but, you sec, Ps got ter go an make some money ter keep my folks rum starvin'. 1 lowed dat ef you would gin me CT little money I'd work wid you"
 Thought dat de gospuI come wid- out money an widout price"
 "It do, but de bible 1t say you musn't put ef pawpsw-bark mnzzie on de OK dat tsomps out de grAin."
 "Yas, dat's e, 2 the gambler assented. "Now, Low much you take ter use yo' 'fuence ter make me think my soul ain't gwiDe ter be formally iost7"
 "Lemme sec. You doan want no haf way bizness, does yous"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28

"No.e
 "Wants ter como cl'ar through, reckong"
 "Yas.s
 "lt'll take or good 'eai O tIme Hat. ter work wid you an rub you down wid de spcrctual co'n.ooh, ex it wur. Lcmme sec. l think kcn put you on de right road fur crbout ten dol. lars, ha'f do money paid down an tuther haf wen you's got good req son fur thinkin' dat yo' soul dun eural."
 "W Wall, yare's yo' lust 'stallmcht."
 Tho preacher took tho money, ani after offering up short prayer, arose and said You come ronn' ter dc ohu'ch ter-night an think wo ken pull you through all right"
 The gambler presented himself at tho mournor's bench that night, and tho preacher, after singing and pray Ing over him without encouraging re- suit, got down and, whispering, ald "Git up an shout erwhiIe. Oar ain nothin' dat helps dc work erlong so much cz CT few good loud shouts"
 Tho gambler arose and shouted. The preacher began to shake hands with him. "Thank de Lawd dat you'a seein' tic light" tho pastor exclaimed. "Come up, brndders an sisters, an shake his ham"
 After the services had come to close, and while ihe gambler was standing under "A tree, the preacher approached him and said
 "Get dat uAsler Aver on yo' nus- son?"
 "Yas, but whArfo' does you axl"
 "l wants it."
 "You nin't armed it, yit."
 "Why hain't IF"
 "Caze 1 ain come through"
 "Yas, you is. Didn' you git.up dAr an shout5 Wy, CT man doan shout tell he comes through, dIdn' you know dat?"
 "You tolc me ter shout"
 "yas, but doan you know dat you mus'n pay no ertcntion ter whut folks says in deze yarc 'ligious matters2 Gimme de money"
 "Wait till comes through, l tell you"
 "An' l tells you dat you done come through UT you wouldn'ter shouted. Gimme"
 A scufiie ensued. The preacher got the money and now the gambler has had him arrested for obtaining money under false religious pretenses. Tho affair has awakened much interest and 1t js thought the trisl, especially as able lawyers have been employed, will be largely attended.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28
HE BEAT THEM ALL,

The brilliant young Journalist who gave up an honored position on the Juniper Cove WHd FloWer and be- came reporter on city daily paper, did not prove to be great success When he left the Cove his friends pre- dicted that he would win "golden opinions" They knew that he would soon mount to the "top of the tripod" l" whatever that may mean, and that at no distant day he would be recognized as one of the greatest journalists of the country. He went to work with full confidence in himself. He was sent out to investigate the letting of a street-cleaning contract, but as he felt himself to be above such dirty work, he disregarded the assignment, and, as he expressed 1t, turned aside to pluck the wild flowers of thought that spraDg up by the roadside.
 "Jackson," said the city editor, "how do you ike daily newspaper work?"
 "I am delighted with 1t, for in such noble work my pen has long sought opportunity of addressing thousands of plastic readers-plastic, for can we not mould them into higher and di- viDer shape?"
 "Yes, that's very well, but what great thought do you intend to con- vey in this saloon puff?"
 "That Is not intended as brilliant idea," Jackson replied. "It is piece of-well, you might almost say, vul- gar information, but you know that it is sometimes necessary to give the news. That which you shave desig- mated as puf Is clean beat"
 "Or dead beat, rather" the city editor suggested.
 "Oh, no; far from 1t. I call 1t clean beat because I was the only re- porter in town who knew of the open- ing of that'ssloon. Search all the pa~ pers tomorrow, and I warrant you that you cannot find line regarding it."
 "AH right; that's one beat. Now, Let me see, ," the city editor confirmed, ss he began to look through pile of manuscript, "if you have any others. An, l sec here that Hank J. Doyle has been awardsd the responsible position
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28
"Wall, did you ever steal sweet

"Wall, did you ever steal sweet milk outen a spring -house?"
 "No."
 "Ah, hah; wall, did you ever load up CT old shotgun with erbout three times enough powder an see it kick a peart young fellow heels over head7.
 "No."
 "Wall, Pve been all erlong thar, an ef you hain't, wy you hain't he'd no fun, am consequently kain't erford ter die ez well ez I ken. Good day."- ODie ?. Read.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28
NATURE OF INSTINCT.

The early philosophers and later savants were great deal disturbed by the nature of the phenomena called instinct, and their efforts to discover the origin of this mysterious opera tion, or to deal with it at all intelli- gently, were of little avail. They knew something of the operation of instincts, but because of a want of correlative knowledge, they could make little headway in their arduous studies of the subject.
 AS matter of fact, the question to- day is something of a bugbear, and with large and even intelligent class it will remain so until the truth of some fundamental and simple princi- ples is more thoroughly recognized.
 The popular mind looks upon in- stinct as another form of intelligence, and, strange to say, the popular mind has hit upon great truth without realizing it. This conception, how ever, accepts the truth because of fallacy, while the scientific mind, viewing the relationship from another direction, realizes that intelligence is a higher development of this phe- nomena. That is, what we now rec ognize as intelligence, was, in the germ, instinct.
 This relationship is not the one of the popular fancy. The layman does not see the germ, instinct, developing into intelligence, but he puts the two in the same class and calls one higher form of the other. Thus what is called intelligence in mankind is held to be instinct in the lower animals. As matter of fact, all the lower animals have instincts and intelligence, just as mankind has. The origin, develop ment and performance of each phe- nomenon in the one class is precisely the same as it's kind in the other class. The difference is only that of intensity.
 The origin of instinct is very sim- pie matter, and apart from the con- plex laws of heredity, is due, prima- rily, to the condition under which the organism exists, wherein the instinct is originated. It is simple question of the influence of outward phenom- ena upon an organism, and this in- fluence may be accidental or it may be induced by the intelligent action of the organism acted upon. The per- formance, whether the result of intel ligence, action or accident, becomes re- fiex by continued repetition, and this reflex action is copied by the embryo. When that embryo shall have devel- oped into mature organism like it's parent, the new reflex action asserts itself without regard to intelligence. The animal will do an apparently in- telligent thing in an unintelligent manner. The act may appear to be performed with due regard for cause and effect, yet the reason of the per- former has no part whatever in the operation. The act is purely mechan- ical, and is done because the per- formers parent did it. That parent did an intelligent act when 1t first performed in like manner, and that act, the result of organized intelli- gence, was transmitted, and its opera tion in the inherited form is purely instinctiye.
 In its early existence, an instinct is asserted in very mild form, but with natural or artificial development, it gains in intensity until it becomes . race characteristic, permanently fixed and transmitted with marked cer-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28
VOL. 13. NO. 10.
COULD AFFORD IT.

- down with an illness which the physi- clans declared would prove fatal. Pepperton's wife, deeply religious woman, begged the old man to let her send for a preacher. "You haven't got but few hours to live," she said, 'and to see you die without having received some sort of consolation would almost drive me crazy. It is my last request, dear, and I don't see how you can re- fuse me- Let me send for Brother Henshaw."
 Old John gave reluctant consent. Brother Henshaw came. He had grown old in the Masters service. His life had been one of unspotted purity.
 "Set down over thar" said old John, "an' make yo'se'f as much at home ez you ken under the circumstances"
 The preacher sighed with deep sym pathy, seated himself, and, bestowing a kindly look upon the dying man, asked him how he felt.
 "Wall," old John replied, Sit hits me that I have felt a trifie pearter than do at the present."
 The preacher sighed again, and ab- stractedly gazed at shanghai rooster that stood out on the porch.
 "What do you think of the future?" the minister asked, again turning to the dying man.
 "Wall, kain't say that know huff about it to 'spress opinion. Putty much all my life has been in the past"
 The wife lifted the corner of a gingham apron, wiped her eyes, and begged her husband to think of the future.
 ''Kain't think uv a thing I don't know nothin' about, Liza," he replied. The preacher asked if he might offer prayer.
 "Oh, yas," said old John, ''jest pitch in an' make yo'se'f at home."
 The minister prayed, and then, lean- ing over and gazing into old Johns countenance-a countenance comical even though death had begun to draw blighting lines upon it-said:
 "This is a time for most solemn truth and frankness. I know that your life has been mainly given up to jocular evasions of all serious ques- tions, but I pray you now hesrken unto me. Can you afford to die3"
 "Wall, kain't exackly afford it this time uv year when the craps in the grass an the mule colts need special tendin' ter, but I reckon I'll hatter."
 The preacher winced. The wife wiped her eyes again and the old shanghai stood on one foot and bowed awkwardly to a young bullet that had just made her debut in society.
 "I am afraid that you are not ready to die, my poor friend" said the preacher. "Death is a very seri- ous thing"
 "Wall, yas, reckon it is putty tough on some folks"
 "My poor friend, what will become of your soul2"
 "Wall, you'll natter ax ther Lawd erbout that. Man haster take kere uv ther body, you know, an the Lawd looks alter ther soul"
 "I fear you are gone"
 "Putty nigh, reckon"
 "Yes, and you cannot afford it."
 "Ken you?"
 "Better than you can, my erring brother"
 "Wall, now, let us see erbout that. Did you ever see CT coon am CT dog fight in ther moonshiBe?"
 "No," the preacher replied.
 .Dd you ever tie CT old dish pan ter CT steers tail7"
 1No, thank the Lord"
 HDid you ever set down with yo' back agin a wildcat still-house an' drink till you couldn't no mon bresh CT hoss-fY offen yo' nose7"
 HThe Lord forbid.0