davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-06
{. w. Morrill,,
Insurance Agent, Civil Engineer
and Surveyor,
Biloxi, Miss.

Represents the best Fire aud Marine
Insurance Companies, with aggregate
capital of over Sixtv Millions, ali III
which have complied with the laws of the
State of Mississippi, thus giving perfect
guarantee to the insured.
CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYING
also attended 10, and maps of Towns aud
Tracts Of Land handsomely and correctly
made.
Those desiring my attention in either
line Of business will please address me at
Biloxi, Miss.
Ocfohpr 10 Iss7 nj
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-06

ayes, sirs," yelled a preacher in
q Dokota church one Sunday morn
ing, "ihere is more lying, swear
ing, stesfng and general dfviliy
70 The Square inch IN this town
than all The rest 81 The Amer
lean country" Aud then the con-
gregatiOn got up and dumped the
preacher out the window.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-06

commissioner have gone abroad
70 procure immigrants 10 ill uu
rev England farms which have
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-06

The average young man i =
great sight more anxious about
seeing bis mustache grow than BIS
bank account.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-19
A. KAHN'S BARGAIN LIST.

Boys flannel sailor suits, from to 10 years
old, at 500.
Boys mixed suits, from to IL years old, at
Boys CASHMERE suits, from to IL years old,
at 500.
Boys extra quality CASHMERE suits, from 4
TO IL years old, $500.
Boys knee pants, good quality, at % cents.
Boys corduroy knee pants, at 70 cents.
Boys CASHMERE suits, from II to Is years cd,
at $500.
Boys CASHMERE suits, extra quality, from II
to Is years old, at $500
Boys very fine CASHMERE suits, from II to Is
years old, at $3.50.
Boys imported casemcre suits, from II to Is
years old, at $500.
Gents mixed suits, good quality, at $3.50.
Gents CASHMERE suits, at 300.
Gents fancy grey suits, warranted, at $500.
Gents check casemere suits, very good, at
$500
Gents blue flannel suits, good value, at
500.
Gents black diagonal suits, at 800.
Gents fancy diagonal suits, (nObby) at 500.
Gents fancy casemere suits, styles, at
$780,
Gents imported serge sui's, shades. at
5000.
Gents all grew striped suits, at $1,000.
Gents blue flannel suits, best quality, AT
$1,000
Gents imported fancy check suits, s styles,
at $1,000.
Gents Scotch plaid, all wool tits, at $3.50.
Gents fancy diagonal, best quality. at $1,000.
Gents fancy and very nObby suits, extra
quality. at $1,000.
Good quality gents unlaundried white
shirts, at 20 cents.
Reinforced unlaundried white shirts, at 30
cents.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-19
New Goods Arrived.

Val Lorra, the merchant tailor next
to Commerce street bridge, has re-
ceived large line of fine spring and
summer goods. He will make you a
nice fitting suit at the lowest price.
Call and see him. 3-4-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-19
Save Money!,

Electric light going up, but the
price of oil remains the same. Save
money by using Ursoleum, the perfect
SAFETY oil, at 80 cents a gallon; Wash
ing oil at % cents per gallon, deliver
ed. Fire wood $3.50 per cord; IL cord
$3.50, delivered.
NJ. BASTIAN, Agent.
Protection Oil Company, 2O6 w.
Houston street, telephone 80. If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-19

-Estrayed - Bay horse, IA IL
hands high, brand on left shoulder
s Dor S P. Liberal reward. Call on.
Arkansas Bar. corner Houston and ST.
Mary's streets. 3-l6-tf
DO not put it off, but call at once.
and secure some of the fine bargains
offered by Hambleton, Hadley & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-19
IS LIFE WORTH LIvINGy

Not if you go through the wOr d dyspep-
tic Ackers Dyspepsia Tablets are positive
cure for the worst forms of Dyspepsia, Indi-
gestiOn Flatuency and Constipation. Sold
by Ragland & ShaCkner. 81
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-19
Z. p. Endowment.

The members OF the Endowment
section are hereby notified that the
assessment for March is now due, and
they will please call upon the secre-
tary and settle at once. 3-13-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-19
BARGAINS FOR THE LADIES.

At A. Kahn's, best quality upon front plaid
ed unlauT dried white shirts at 70 cents.
At A. Kahn's, just received another large
shipment of those all silk Surah silk at 80
cen
At A. Kahn's, beautiful striped and watered
sateens at 30 cents per yard, sold elsewhere at
$l.0O per yard.
At A Kahn's beautiful sateens at 10 cents
per yard.
At A. Kahn's large assortment Of French
sateens a ~ IL and 70 cents per yard.
At A. Kahn's. Fosters shook kid gloves in
all the leading shades. 95 cents pair,
At A. Kahn's. very good quality chez :
nainsOOk at cents per yard.
Alta. Kabn's. beautiful line Of China silks at
o. cents per yard.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-19

Call at the music store of B. r.
Frees & Son, and see the fine New
England piano to be given away to
the subscribers of the LIGHT.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-16
The AUSTRIAN COURT.
Substantial Perquisites Enjoyed by EN-
peror Francis JOseph's Servants.

Substantial Perquisites Enjoyed by EN-
peror Francis Joseph's Servants.
Nothing except the linen, plate,
china and glass is ever served twice at
the court tables; but the full meaning
of this can not well be grasped by any
body who has not seen the system at
work. Some of the servants have as
their perquisites the bottles which
have come up to the dining-room but
have not been uncorked; others, the
uncorked bottles; and others again the
wine that remains in the glasses.
Therefore it is the. interest of one set
of servants to keep the glasses full; of
another set to draw as many corks as
possible, while parting with as little
wine as they can; and of third set to
draw corks sparingly. The result is
that often a great deal of unseemly
whispering and nudging goes on at the
sideboards. As regards the food, there
are different orders of claimants for
perquisites; one man having vested
interest in the joints, another in the
poultry, a third in the sweet dishes, and
so on. Then there are the men to whom
wax candles belong, and these natur-
ally make rush to blow out the candles
the moment the last guest has walked
out of the room. Altogether, this sys-
tenn of perquisites causes the imperial
banquets to be served in double-quick
time, so that the longest of them sell.
dom lasts beyond three-quarters of an
hour. The Emperor's dining hour is
five o'clock; but it is etiquette for the
guests to arrive clear half hour be-
forehand. After dinner coffee and ci-
gars are served in a smoking-room; the
Emperor fingers about a quarter of an
hour and the guests separate soon after
$50. But another curious result of the
perquisite system is this-that the
rtservants make open traffic on the
imperial leavings. Incredible as it
may sound, there is basement corri-
dor in the palace. which is like a ba-
Ear full of shops Here not only the
| keepers of small hotels and restaurants
but the cooks ofmany ladies belonging
to the second-class official world come
to buy cold meats, pastry, sweetmeats
wines and candles. There is one sort
of Tokay which can only be bought
from the court servants, as none il
made except for the Emperor. It il
to be presumed, however, that the I'M
corked bottles of champagne and othel
fine wines are generally sold by th,
dozen, and they must form substan
tial perQuisite. Chambers Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-16
Care of Sheep.

A writer says that it does not re.
quire much more time to take care OF
one hundred sheep at this season than
it does for one or two cows, yet they
need to be looked after every day.
They need fresh water where they can
go to it when they please. Sheep drink
but little at time, but drink often
when not feeding upon green grass or
eating roots. They need fresh bedding
frequently. They need a shed that
will protect them not only from snow
and cold rain, but from drafts Of cold
air. The sheep shed should be opened
upon the south side to admit the sum
light and allow of the escape Of the
effluvia from the manure under them,
but it should be protected by a board
fence high enough to shelter them
from the wind when lying dow"
Rural and Stockman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-16
Texas Muttons.

In Texas muttons to be desirable
feeders must have age, so it is said,
and it is a mistaken idea, says the
Texas Livestock journal. The best
sheep to feed is the lamb first or a
yearling in preference to a two, three
or four-year-old. A table in the Mark
Lane Express shows not only that the
gain of mutton sheep under full feed
is considerable, but that the lamb OUT
feeds the yearling nearly two to one.
The lamb will put on more flesh than
the yearling and will do it on less feed.
The table does not show the feed but
Texas sheepmen can take that much on
trust if so far they have not evidence
to prove the assertion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-16

dent, it is best not to apply it in direct
contact with the seed, as there
seems to be something in the meal
or some product evolved in
its decomposition that is fatal
to tender germ. The practice Of
making successive applications of fer
tilizer during the first half of the life
time of the plant, seems to be growing
in favor. The theory upon which ii IS
based is undoubtedly correct, especial
ly when the fertilizer is very soluble
and promptly available. All coarse.
only partly-decomposed matters should
be applied before or at the time of
planting. We have applied concen-
trated fertilizer peruvian guano) to
corn with good effect even after tassel-
ing, and just as the shoots were begin
ming to appear. But the rains were
abundant and the soluble food was at
once dissolved and diffused among the
network of roots beneath the surface.
If it had turned off dry it is prob
able the application would have
proven totally useless if not absolutely
hurtful But of this hereafter. We
would impress on every farmer the
folly of planting single acre OF land
in corn-or any other crop-that viii
not, under average conditions, pay the
expenses of the preparation and eulti-
walton. The estimate should include
not the expense alone, but should also
take into consideration, on the one
hand. the farther deterioration of ex-
haustion of the land, on the other hand
the probable recuperatiou that would
attend year of rest. Every farmer
may calculate for himself, but it may
be safely assumed that an acre of land
that will not produce at least ten bush
els of corn with average seasons, ought
not to be planted in corn. Southern
Cultivator.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-16
HERE AND THERE.


BE ready to plant just as the soil
is warm enough. There is no profit in
doing it before. Seeds can not grow
without warmth.
Are all the sheep and cattle all
rightp Look over the flocks and herds
and see if every animal seems to feel
right. If not try to find out what is
the matter.
Give the lightning-rod man the GO
by, and if he ever shows you a con-
tract, call the dog. Every lightning-rod
contract is loaded whether signed or
not.
"A few dollars extra 9, month for
good competent farm hand is money
well expended. If he is clean
mouthed, gentlemanly fellow he is
worth a good deal more than man
who is not
We find that if we compel our
selves to put things away the moment
we get done using them, the better we
are of. It sometimes requires an ef-
fort to do it, but we try to hold our
selves up to the duty.
"A filthy coop is not found in the
yard of a good breeder, for he well
knows that it is detrimental to the
well-being of his flock. as well as a.
source of disgust to visitors, and Of
chagrin to himself when called to show
people through his yards
Plants purify the atmosphere.
They breathe through their leaves and
take in gases that animal life throws
of, while they in turn throw of oxy-
gen, an essential element in plant life
For this reason good healthy plants
growing in living room make the AIR
better rather than worse.
Go into your poultry house at
least once week and carefully look
for any cracks or holes in the walls.
A piece of wall paper and some paste
will enable you to prevent the ingress
of cold, especially on very windy days.
and it win save you from wasting
portion of your time trying to cure
the Group or some other trouble due
to colds,
Especially at the start, or for the
first three years, long enough to need
change of the bed, Strawberries can
be grown between the rows Of grapes
with very good results. The straw
berry thrives best in a partial shade
and this condition is easily secured by
planting in this way. OF course. the
soil should be reasonably rich.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A Brooklyn man is so modest that
he never changes his boarding place
until after dark.-Time.
-''If any one calls for me, " wrote
the escaped convict to the warder OF
the Jail, "tell him I am out and you
don't know when I'll be back"
The records kept in Paris hospi-
tails show that fewer deaths occur be-
tween seven and eleven o'clock in the
evening than during any other four
hours of the day.
On eight of the ballot slips used by
St. Paul jury recently the word
guilty was variously spelled: Greilty,
gilty. guildy, gealty, gealtey, gladly,
guldy, getty.
"A jug of cider thirty-two years old
was unearthed in Camden the other
day, and of the twenty men who got a
swallow of the smooth and deceitful
liquid sixteen were made drunk within
ten minutes.
AT a church fair in Troy. N. Z,
they blindfold the men and let EN- kiss
the women at fifteen cents piece. One
man kissed his wife seven different
times, and when he ascertained the
base deception he demanded the return
of his money and got it.-Detroit Free
Press.
-Pawnbroking, or the business OF
lending money on pawns or pledges,
appears to have originated with the
Italians at very early period in the
worlds history. The greatest pawn
broking establishment in the world is
the Mont de Piete in Paris, established
by royal command in 1717.
1t is stated that the smallest steam
engine ever made was recently COM
pleted, after two years of labor, for the
Paris exhibition. 1t is composed OF
1870 pieces of metal, is a shade under
three-ffths of an inch in heighth, and
weighs less than one-ninth OF an ounce.
A matchmaker made it.
"A convict who was lately released
from the Joliet penitentiary after serv-
ing a six years sentence, took with
him 1881 which he had earned by
5tonecutting as ''overwork. " The
man knew nothing about that industry
when he entered the prison, but he
soon became skilled in the work, owing
to the energy with which he entered
into it.
Europe can not compete with the
United States in the loftiness of her sta
tons for taking meteorological Obser
vations. There are only two station!
on the European continent which reacl
any great height, being about 10000
and II, 900 feet respectively. Among
the stations in America is Pixies Peak
which has an altitude of IA, 100 feet
or only about 1000 feet lower than thu
summit of Mount Blanc-and exceed
ing by more than 5000 feet any mete
geological station in Europe.
The New England Farmer recent,
published an instructive table of tn,
number, size and productiveness of tn
farms in twenty-six States. The reve
lations made by this table are surpris
ing. The New Jersey farms lead al
the others in the value of their prod
ucts per acre, it being $10.26; and tn
, Dakota farms rank the lowest in tina
| respect, they yielding an average valu
per acre of $158. New York come
I third. and singularly enough, Connect
! icut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts
, follow in successive order. But West
ern farms are so large, and so easil
worked, that the gross results satisf
e their owners hugely.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-16

He who foresees calamit'es suffers them
twice over.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
Old Fashioned Brac.

The present craze for bric-a-brac of every
kind may have had its origin in the whatnot
that was such a conspicuous ornament in the
parlors or best rooms of many of our grand
mothers. This highly priced ctagere, as most
of our readers know, was piece of furniture
consisting of several shelves, one above the
other, supported by uprights of carved or
turned wood
Upon these shelves the household briC-a-
brac was placed. The ornaments were not
graceful and costly Worcester ware, or ORES
den china, or silver and gold ornaments.
A motherly looking old hen Of white china,
sitting upon nest of imaginary eggs in a
brown china basket, frequently occupied one
of the shelves, and by her side there stood as
a sort of body guard fierce and courageous
old rooster with plumage of brilliant red and
yellow, or sometimes of blue and green. He,
too, was of glazed china.
One shelf was perhaps given up to candy
tomatoes, apples, peaches and pears, among
which there stood china dogs and sheep and
highly colored, puffy faced angels and ser
aphim Then there were bead and shell bas-
kets, vases of artificial flowers, creations in
perforated cardboard and crewel, black cloth
cats with red flannel teeth and yellow bead
eyes.
A pile of family daguerreotypes in cases of
funereal black always stood on one shelf, and
the family album on another, while the lower
shelf was usually given up to pile of books,
sober looking without, and still more solemn
looking within, that no one had ever been
known to read
Once a week all these treasured bits of
bric-a-brac were carefully removed and the
whatnot busted, after which everything was
replaced exactly as before,-Youths Com
panion, .
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21

Surrounded by grove of old trees on a
corner of the great campus of Swarthmore
college, and within stones throw of some of
the college halls, is the old mansion in which
Benjamin West, the great American painter,
was born in lI3S The interior of the house
was partially destroyed by fire a few years
ago, and the historic dwelling would doubt
less have been entirely burned but for the
efforts of brigade of college students. The
interior was then somewhat remodeled, and
it is now occupied by two of the Swarthmore
professors. But the exterior of the old cot
tage Is practically unchanged, with its an
Gent hipped roof and the old fashioned over.
hanging point roof running above the win
dows of the first floor quite around the house
The West mansion is built of stone of a
'ich, warm hue, and the walls are of great
thickness, the stones being laid fiat and not
on edge, as is so often the case nowadays
The old garnet, with its tiny gabled win
dows, between which is stone with the date
l124, is well preserved. 1t was here, as
HawthOrne's pretty little story goes, that
West had his amateur studio, with his cats
hair brushes and crude paints, and in the low
ceilinged rooms of the first floor the popular
tradition of the little boy painting his baby
brother was enacted. This was Vests first
picture. and from it he rose to be president OF
the Royal Academy of England. The college
authorities preserve the house with great
care, and it is quite an object of interest for
visitors Boston Transcript.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
strange Companions.

The first public exhibition of "Happy
Family" in England was given about fifty
years ago. when there were shown a monkey,
a cat, several rats and three or four pigeons
in one cage. The monkey was on excellent
terms with the cat, so long as puss would
allow him to warm himself by cuddling her.
Otherwise he would show his vexation by
slyly giving her tail nip with his teeth.
The birds perched on the cats back and
pecked at her fur, and the rats were as
friendly with their natural enemy as If she
were one of their own sort.
A lady walking on the Isle of Wright OBJ
served a little kitten curled up on a NOISY
bank taking a midday nap. As she stopped
to stroke it a hawk swooped down, and pounc-
ing upon the kitten, hid it from sight.
The lady, fearing for the life of the kitten,
tried to rescue it, but the hawk firmly faced
her. stood at bay and refused to move. She
FASTENED to a fisherman's cottage and told the
inmates of the impending tragedy.
Its always So" said they, laughing; that
hawk always comes down if any one goes
near the kitten. He has taken to it, and
STAYS near at hand to watch whenever it goes
to sleep"
The lady, greatly interested, made further
inquiries and learned that the kittens mother
had died. after which the nursing was missed
for several days. One day the hawk was
seen about the cottage picking up scraps OF
meat and carrying them to the roof of the
cottage
The fisherman climbed up and found the
lost kitten nestled in hole in the thatch AMI
thriving under the care of its strange foster
father 1t was brought down and restored
to the cottage But the hawk would not re-
sign his charge and was always at hand to
rescue the kitten from the caresses of stran-
gers-Youth's Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
\ Contract He Could Fiji.

"Hoo's a Wi ye, ministers" asked Donald
McAlpine of his minister, an old fashioned
Established church clergyman.
"Oh, brawly, Donald, brawly; but the
glebe's no doing well at all this year The
turnips are fair rotted away, III need to do
something to bring in bit o money. Maybe
get some city lad to tutor or something"
Gould We no dae something in the con
trac' way, dae we think"
Contract way What dae you mean,
Donald? 2"
Il see the Highland railways advertising
the moo for sleeperS, an l wis thinkin' ye had
mair in the kirk than ye kent what to dae
wi, an D.
Here the minister started in to give him
such Highland railing that Donald has not
been To church Since-ScottiSh American.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21

office CHIEF c. S, DEPARTMENT OF
Texas, San Antonio Texas, June Is,
1889. Sealed proposals, in tripicate will
be received here until II o'clock noon,
July Is, 1859, for the construction at San
Antonio. Texas, Of one double furnace oven,
according to plans and specifications to be
instructions can be had on application. The
United States reserves the right TO reject any
or all proposals. Envelopes containing pro-
p)sals should be marked Proposals for
bake oven" and addressed to SAMUEL T.
CUSHING, Major and C. s., Chief c. S.
June 1919 20 2l-JulY 1911
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21

By ordinary letter, containing Money
Order issued by all Express Companies,
New York Exchange, Draft or Postal Note.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-21
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and neighbors
talking about it. You may yourself be one
of the many who know from personal eXper-
fence just how good thing it is. If you have
ever tried it, you are one of its staunch
friends, because the wonderful thing about it
is, that when once given a trial, DR.. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds place in the
house. If you have never used it and should
be afflicted with cough, cold or any Throat,
Lung or Chest trouble, secure a bottle at
once and give il a fair trial. 1t is guaranteed
every time, or money refunded. Trial Bottles
Free at all drug stores. 6-l0-tf