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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13

foot beneath me. When Iarrived Il
my destination I signaled the conductor
to stop the car and attempted to rise,
but found that my foot had become en-
tangled in one Of the steels Of the
wretched skirt. What to do I did not
know, but finally, finding that I was be-
coming a target for all the eyes in the
car. concluded to ride on, not daring
to make a second move until / reached
the stables. I am sure" she added.
sthat from that day to this I have never
attempted to sit on my foot."-Phila.
delDhia In0uirer.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
Pretty Hosierv.

In nothing does the truly feminine
soul so delight as in pretty hosiery.
"Gloves and stockings are my weak.
ness," frankly ~confesses one of the most
exquisite Of women. II will get on with
three gowns a year, but I must have
well-ftting gloves and pretty stock
ings."
And SO she has. Nothing comes in
the way Of dainty novelty in this line
that she does not add to her already
generous store. In her enthusiasm she
might almost be classed as a collector
of this special line of womanly adorn-
ment. She is only one of class, al
though she may be a little extreme.
ut costs me more, in proportion, for
my boots, stockings, and gloves that it
does for the larger articles of my ward
robe" said a working girl the other
day. II a scrimp in some things, but
not in these"
How Mortified o well-dressed woman
would have felt a quarter of q century
ago had it been proposed to her that
she should wear o colored stocking.
She would have considered that not
only her good taste but her ideas of
cleanliness had been outraged. Moth
ing was admissible but a pure white
stocking, one OIL which not even a speck
of dust could be seen. Fine and i'm.
maculate and sunny white, this was
what the swinging skirt must show il,
inadvertently, the ankle was exposed to
view.
The first innovation came with the
cream-tinted balbriggans. finished so
finely that the surface had a silken
look. These held their own for q long
time. Then came Introductory stripes
of color on the cream white, these
stripes being very narrow. hardly more
than a hair line, while the white stripe
was very broad. By degrees the stripes
widened and the color deepened, until,
almost before the women were aware of
it, they were wearing stockings of a
solid color and admiring them, too, im-
mensely.
Pale blue, pale rose, and q soft
French gray We're the first innovations;
then came scarlet, navy blue, and seal
brown, and by and by all these colors
deepened into black, which took the
place Us the proper color for every day
wear. Now the black stockings seem
to have a firm hold upon the affections
of the wearers, as white had q few years
ago. It is the exception when a woman.
is cen in anything but a black stocking
in the street or at home in the morning.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13

bank listening TO the history and the
appeal ofthe slave girl TO save her, hv
set ont ct once for Cincinnati aud laid
the matter before Levi Coffin. and Ed
ward HAYWOOD, the great Abolitionists
of that day in Cincinnati. They raised
$500 and sent him to Salmon p. Chase
He gave 500, and took Fairbank to
old Nicholas I.ongworth. He listened
to the story, and set down and wrote
out . check for $1,000. Chase, Har-
wood, and Coffin then met and pledged
$4,000 more il Unnecessary. Fairbank got
back in time for the sale aud bid the
girl in for $l,4s5.
The poor girl ct the last stroke Of the
auctioneer's hammer, tainted dead away,
not knowing whether she had been
saved or was the property Of a g;sy
Frenchman from New Orleans. who had
boosted what he would do with her.
To make the story short, MI. Fairbank
took the girl to Cincinnati, freed her,
and she was made the adopted child of
Gamaliel Bailey, the editor Of the Ma
tional Era. II was not generally
known that she had any African blood
in her veins, and she entered . young
ladies seminary and graduated with
great honor. From that time on Calvin
Fairbank was o marked man in the eyes
of Kentucky slave holders. He was
imprisoned in the p%enitentiary of Ken
lucky and dashed nearly to death, under
the charge of aiding slaves to escape. =
Independent.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
HE WANTED 70 KNOW.

@You + not patient enough, my
dear" said Bixby to his wife the other
day, as reported by Time. II don't
think you ought to get out of patience
so easily when Willie asks you ques.
tions. His infant mind las to unfold,
and I am glad to note his inquiring dis
position, and I shall make it a point to
give as intelligent an answer as I can to
every question he asks me-"
Willie appeared at this moment and
said:
"Say, papa, Harry smythe says that
when it's night here, it's day in China.
Is that so?"
Eyes. my boy, replied Bixby, blandly,
shat is true"
what makes it true?"
1T is caused by the earth revolving
On its axis and"
"What is its axis?"
sWhy, an imaginary line on which,
sWhat is an imaginary liner"
"A line passing through the center Of
the earth"
@But it doesn't, does it?"
"Of course not, it only"
"How does the earth revolve, then?"
"Why, on its axis"
@But you said it didn't have any
axis"
@No, I didn't; I said the axis was an
imaginary line"
whats imaginary"
Nov, you keep still, I'm talking.
The earth's axis"
"What. axis?"
sWilliew
"Well?"
@You are too young to clearly UNDER
stand what is meant by the earth's rota-
ton, but"
whats rotation?.
"Why, its-its-the-er-here, you
light out Of this, and don't you bother
your head about things it don't concern
you to know. You'd drive Plato wild
and have him up a stump in ten min
utes. Clear out!r
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
a GENTLE suRPRIxn.

Jones-What makes you so pensivef
Smith-To-morrowis my wife,s birth.,
day. and I was celebrating how to sur.
prise her.
Jones-.You a surprise her to-d.y.
IT you want to. Go ont to Coney Island
and you will find her promeuadine
around or eating clam chowder with
your friend, old Fastboy. She viii Il
very much surprised when she sees Won
out there. IVY
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13

IHEY YEARX FOR EACH OTHER.
How easily the experienced eye of
the hotel clerk detects the secret of a
bridal couple. Generally the unfortu-
mates are Spotted by their actions. II
is the expression of the faces as they
walk side by side. Or are whirled away
on a railroad train, that gives them
away. She smiles sweetly on her new
master. who smiles back in a loving
fashion until every passenger in the car
is aonto" them. They yearn for each
other and the feeling is clearly por-
trayed. At the hotel they sometimes
put on q sfront," believing they can de-
cef7e the genuine who presides at the
desk. The clerk never fails to size
tilem rightly. The bride is usually
overaffable to the bell boy, and her hus-
band steps up to the register and writes
@and wife" with a great big aw." The
clerk asks @hubby" if he'll have a room
with a bath, and that parsonage says
yes" Cf he is not dazed for a time) with
On emphasis intended to imply his
ability to buy out the place if he SO de-
sired. Then the clerk @soaks him with
the costliest in the house and adds $40
to the bill when he takes payment.
Such is life.-Bu6alo Express.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
rHr RAssrox rox xoIrExx

6tB008VN OS AA3k aEf
The Eastern monarch who oiEsfed
boundless wealth to any Of his subjects
Who would invent for him . new pleas.
ure felt no extra call upon his treasuis
tor the thing he demandedis not attain
able by human invention, says q Lon
don journal. Eadem suntomnia SEMI
per. II, however, he had asked for
something less unreasonable. but
equally precious, OF had his subjects
better interpreted his Utmost and un-
conscious desire. they might have satis-
ied his craving. There is nothing new
under the sun, but to old things may be
given . new character, new aspect, .
now seduction. All the words in
Shakespeare's plays were in the die
tionsry before he used them. All that
he did was to put them in their places.
But his works are as truly new as II he
had invented the language in which
they are written. So it is with our
pleasures. Wise men, perhaps, content
themselves with the simpler ones
those that have always the same face
aud forever wear the same dress. But
II the multitude, that monarch of to-
day, ask for new pleasures, then give
them the old ones in fresh CARDS, and
with novel features. The kaleidoscope
Is what it is only on condition that you
keep moving it. It is the same with
life. the same with pleasure and enjoy
ment. The matter remains the same;
the combinations made from it are
practically infinite. It is the skill and
ingenuity of man that make the combi-
nations. Happily, the crowd are chill
dren and are easily amused, and even
an old dish will be hailed as a novelty
by many people if the chef have but
the shrewdness to give it a new name.
Roses in a garland, after all, are not so
beautiful as roses in a hedge or bower.
but then they are sometimes different.
The same restless spirit that causes
men and women to change the cut Of
their clothes and the hangings on their
walls, impells them equally to ask for Q
shange in the arrangement of flowers.
The harsher critics would, no doubt,
condemn this passion for artificial now
city, too often lapsing into absurbity.
But If we are to take the world as we
find it, and remain philosophically toll
Grant of all the foibles of our common
human nature, then oil we can do is to
explain how it is that men crave for
something new, and to congratulate
those who have the energy. aid the cun-
ming to provide it. Are not even new
roses demanded by the Unsuitable appe-
tite of man? They may not equal the
old forms, but they satisfy his protest
against the monotony that fatigues him.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13

THE STORY OF CALVIN FAIRBANK.
The Rev. Calvin Fairbank is now liy.
ing in Angelica, Allegheny County,
broken in health, and very poor. he
will be remembered as one OF the heroes
of the anti-slavery contest. About the
year 1910, while . teacher in Q Kentucky
school. he was appealed to by o beauti-
full girl to save her. Upon learning her
history he found she was 1.-THE daughter
Of q wealthy slaveholder by q slave
mother. Her father had allowed her
taught at home, and she had proved an
apt scholar aud wa far in advance Of
the other daughters in the home, and
the wife demanded Of the husband that
she should be sold South. She was
extensively advertised, and, on account
Of her beauty Of person and accomplish
ments. bidders were promised from
hundreds Of miles distant. Upon Fair.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
an CRAVING.

@My little girl inherited her abnor-
NAL appetite for tobacco from her ia
ther, who died on account of his excess
i've use of the weed shortly after the
child was born. Nearly q year ago the
child's tendency in this direction was
first brought to my notice. I had her
with me on the street and CHANGED to
stop lear a man who was smoking q
pipe. The baby, rs o o as she per-
ceived the odor. reached out her little
hands toward the stranger and soon be-
gan to cry. All my efforts to calm her
were useless, and she soon went into
commissions. I took her to q doctor and
told him the circumstances. After in
quiring about the habits of the child's
father he told me that the taste for to-
bacco had been inherited and must be
gratifed unless I desired to lose the
child at once. wish I had let the baby
die. Since I took that doctors advice
the child has never been q day without
pipe and tobacco, and she has become
an expert smoker. She cries for her
pipe as another baby would cry for its
nursing bottle, and I haven't the heart
to refuse her. She smokes Q whole
package of tobacco q day. Idon't sup
pose she can endure it long, but what
can I do? The child has learned to
walk, but her senses appear to be dead
ened. don't suppose she san ever be
very bright, even il she should live.
The little thing would be better of il
she were dead."-R0chester Herald,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13

ONE class Of men must have their
faith hammered in like a nail, by au-
thority; another class must have it
worked in like u screw, by argument
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
ktttc,t Rather W1M Her TIA Pau.

Mrs. Frank Keen, of Chichesterville,
had a rather thrilling experience with a
rattlesnake a day or two ago, which she
will probably remember during the re-
mainder of her life. She was picking
raspberries in her garden when she sud-
denly heard a peculiar rattling noise.
She continued her work for a minute or
two, when she again heard the same
noise carer by, accompanied by an omi-
nous hiss, and, glancing into the bushes
close ut hand, she saw a big rattlesnake
already coiled and about to spring at
her.
Mrs. Keen had a large tin pail partly
filled with raspberries in her hand, and
without a moments hesitation she let
the snake have a taste of the berries and
the big pail ut the same time. The pail
must have fallen with q terrific whack
on the reptiles head, for when Mrs.
Keen went closer to examine into the
injuries done to her pail, as we'll as to
see how the snake liked its berry bath,
she found the head had been nearly
severed from the body. Mrs. Keen says
she feels assured That the snake would
not have attacked her if she had kept u
respectable distance from its quarters.
The snake measured foor feet in length
and had nine rattles. -Kinystom Free
man.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
A cOMPOsxTOR,s ~ A

James Leonard, President of the New
Orleans Typographical Union. is a typo
in the Tvmes-D Democrat Office. On Fri
day, July s, Mr.. Leonard began his
weeks work. He was offered no special
opportunities to make o great record
(or, in typographical p%arlance. a sbig
string") by setting up easy matter & fas
takes" as the printer puts it), but
worked on the regular sile," which con-
tains the general run of matter that ap.
pears in the Times-D Democrats columns.
The type used in the office is BREWER,
agate aud nonpareil, the latter largely
predominating. The agate measures 80
ems to q line, the nonpareil 25. Mr..
Leonard worked seven and a half hours
o day for seven consecutive days, and
on Thursday night last, when he cast up
his @string" it was disclosed that he had
set up just 102, 800 ems, an average of
IA, 6s5 ems q day, or 1891 ems an hour.
And he made few errors; his sproof"
was good. In doing this feat Mr.. Leon.
ard SGT 2O5, GOO letters, and returned the
same to their boxes. The distance trav.
eled by his arm wa about 1876 miles.
This record is the best made in New
Orleans since the war. Mr.. Leonard
was born in Keokuk in 1S5S.-Ne,D Or.
leans TImes-D Democrat.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13

THE pond lily is the kind Of sov.,
that blooms in the spring.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
BE CAREFUL HOW roy HANDLE
TMI6

THIS
The Joker-Ah. I see you deal in Ill.
sorts Of shares here?
The Broker-Yes, sir, all sorts Of
shares. What can I do for You?
The Joker-Well, you see my Uncle
Jonas away back has died and left me
his farm and outfit, and I want to dis
pose Of the old plough-shares.
The Broker-You giti
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
WOMAN'S PROGRESS
Gossip About Matters in Which
the Dear Creatures 7ake
an Interest.
SEASONED WITH A LITTLE VIII.
a Column or Tue Of Title. Tattle Anens
Xstronly Mother., Modish Kaidsns,
and Merry Misses.


For some time past it has been the
custom of a number of young ladies
employed in a dressmaking shop to re-
pair to the Capitol Grounds at the noon
hour to partake of their luncheon. They
invariably sat beneath q large cedar
tree, the wide branches of which af-
forded q generous shade. Several young
men about town observed this fact, and
almost daily they could be found shorty
before IL m. lounging under a tree not
far distant from that beneath which the
young ladies sought shelter. This was
of course annoying to the young ladies.
and each of them has provided herself
with a large parasol, all of which are
opened when the grounds are reached
ard placed around in q circle. This
forms q perfect corral three or four feet
in height, within which the young ladies
"a partake of their lunch and recline at
ease, free from the prying eyes of the
curious young men.-Sacyamento Bee.
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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
PIONEER TIMES.

There are still told in the Western
States some dramatic incidents of early
history which illustrate the rough ele-
ments out of which the finer later civ
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-07
CITY. WARD BOUNDARIES.

FIRST Wards bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street. east by San An
tonic river, south and west by center of S.
Laredo street and Alazan and San Pedro
creeks.
SECOND Wards bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by center of
S. Laredo street and Alazan and San Pedro
creeks, south and west by city limits.
THIRD Wards bounded on the east by
San Pedro creek, north by Fredericksburg
road and city limits, west by city limits
and south by w. Commerce street.
FOURTH Wards bounded on the north
by city limits, south by w. Commerce street,
east by San Antonio river, west by San
Pedro creek and Fredericksburg road.
FIFTH WARD Is bounded on the west
and north by the San Antonio river, east by
lamo and Madre bitches and south by W..
Commerce street.
SIXTH Wards bounded on the west
by Alamo and Madre bitches and San An
tonic river, south by E. Commerce street.
north and east by city limits.
SEVENTH WARD In bounded on the
north by E. Commerce street, east and south
by city limits, west by center of Water and
Mill streets and San Antonio river.
EIGHTH Wards bounded on the north
nv Z. Commerce street, west by San AntO-
MO river east by center of Water and Mill
streets.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-07
Trustees Sale,

WHEREAS. on April Both, 1888, J. G. Marshall
and Joseph Monier, executed and delivered to
Julius Braunnage, their promssory note for
100000, dated April Both, 1883, and payable
twelve months after date; and on the same
day conveyed to George J. f. Schmitt, as
trustee, for the purpose of securing the pay
ment of said note, the following property, to-
wit: all those tracts or parcels of land lying
and being in the county of Bexar and State of
Texas, and in the city of San Antonio, viz:
The eastern one-half (1a) of original city lot
No. 103, range 4, district l. containing four and
thirty.two hun dredth acres of land. Also lots
numbers 5, g. 10 and II, in block No. |; and
lots numbers 4, 5, and Is, in block No. 3, each
lot having front of So feet and depth of 1853
feet inches; aud all being subdivisions of
creek, containing "A acres, which is bounded
North by DelgadO street, East by RraZos
street. South by Ruiz street and West by
Trinity street; and
WHEREAS. said note is past due and unpaid
and said trustee Schmitt has faile1 and rc.
fused to execute said trust, ana sell said
property; and said Braunnagel has in accord.
ance with the provisions of said deed of trust,
appointed the undersigned Geo. X. Hines, as
trustee, in place of said Schmitt, to sell said
property:
Now THEREFORE,, |, Geo. X. Hines, substi-
tute trustee, as aforesaid, hereby give notice
that will sell all of the aforesaid property
before the courthouse door of Bexar county,
at public cutlery, between the hours of 10
o'clock a. m. and O'Clock p m, on the first
Tuesday in January, A. d. 1890, the same be.
ingthe 9TH day of SAID month, to the highest
bidder for cash in hand. according to law and
pursuant to the provisions of said deed of
trust. This notice of sale is also posted as re-
quired by law.
Witness my hand, at San Antonio, Texas,
this 22d day of November. A. D. 1889:
GEO. r. HINES,
IL :23:2lt Substitute Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-07
TRUSTEES. SALE.

WHEREAS, on the 9th day of February, 1889,
Jne. w. Evans, conveyed by deed of trust of
that date, the hereinafter described property,
to Z. Znsmeyer; to secure Martin BicKel in
the payment of said Evans prOmissory note
for the sum of S350.00, dated February 9th.
1889, payable six months after date, with in
terest at the rate of IL per cent per annum;
interest payable quarterly. Said property
being described as follows: All that tract.
lot or parcel of land, lying and being I'm the
County of BeXar, and State of Texas, and
known as lot ID one, in the City of San Anto-
MO, fronting north on Kiugsbury street. sew
enty-two (12l feet. and running back for depth
one hundred and twenty-eight and forty-eight
one hundredth Cl2S $4,000 feet; and being on
the corner of Kingsbury and Cameron streets,
to an alley. Said lot being in the Eliza f.
Evans addition to the City of San Antonio.
deed of trust being duly recorded in Book
Volume SO. on pages 546 to $40; and,
WHEREAS, said John W. Evans, has made
default in the payment of said promissory
note, and the same is now past due and paya-
bic, and the undersigned trustee has been re-
property, in accordance with the provisions of
SAID deed of trust.
Now Therefore, /, f. Zinsmeyer, trustee as
aforesaid, by virtue of the power vested in
me by said deed OF trust, hereby give notice
that will sell all of the af oresaid property to
the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the
court house door of Bexar county, Texas. be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
o'clock p. m. on the first Tuesday in January,
A. ID. 1890, the same being the 18th day of said
month, and after said sale, will make to the
purchaser good and sufficient fee simple
said Jno. w. Evans. This notice of sale is so
posted as required by law.
EMIL ZINsMEYER, Zee.
San Antonio, Nov 2lst, SS9