davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

Confirm our statement when we say that Ack-
er's English Remedy is in every way superior
to any and all other preparations for the
Throat and Lungs. In WhOOping Cough and
Group it is D. aRic and relieves at once. We Of
fer you a sample bottle free. Remember this
Remedy Is sold by
81 RAGLAND & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10

D. Ouasso the Southern Tailor.
Has now received a fine stock of
spring and summer goods, and with
first-class workmen will turn out only
the best work at reasonable prices;
22l Commerce street. 10-1l-Sf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
ONLY A FEW DAYS.

We offer: Fin" piece Of business prop
rrty on Houston street. Two fine bar
gainsOm Commerce street. Also two fine
lots. improved. ON Avenue ID. Call and
it1uS show YOU some fine bargains.
% 3 JNO. II. HAMBLETON e Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
A Valuable Remedy.

letter from 5. p, Wardwel, Boston. Gays
Il used Clark'S Extract of Flax IPapiIlOnD
''Catarrh Cure in June last for Hav Fever
with great satisfaction, and find it the only
thing | have seen which would allay. with
'out irritation, the inflammation of the nos
''tTiIS and throat. It's soothing and healing
properties were marked and immediate"
Large bottle Sl0O. Clark's Flax Soap is the
attest and best. Try il. - cents Ask for
thCm at F. kALTEYER'S DrUg store. 2-lI-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
ACROSTIC.

A man must be an idiot what would pass
kahn'S store for any other of its class.
As both his prices and his lines of wear
Nor shall they to the now ensuing year
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10

Prof.Loisette'e MemorynSystem is
creating greater lntrest than ever in
all parts of the country, and persons
wishing to improve their memory
should send for his prospectus free as
dvertsed in another column. 6-10-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
Is LIFE WORTH LIVING?

Not if you go through the word a dysPep
ic. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are positive
cure for the worst forms of Dyspepsia, ind
restion. Flatulency and Constipation. Sol
by Ragland Co., %
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10

1t is fact we known, that if 1t was not
for DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup hotel prOpretOrs
in Florida would put their rates up 10 ten dol
lars per day. 3 - Ut
Rhyme and Reason: If you can not keep
quiet, because your cough makes riot,
there's something, pray try it. a quarter will
buy il: be quick about il; don't be without ii ::
Your cough, this will rOut in: ! beg you not
doubt it; Oh yes, you guess! DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
Answer This Question.

No. >. Why do so many people we gee around
US seem to prefer to suffer and be made mis-
cradle by Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness,
Loss of appetite, Coming Up of the Food. Vel
low Skin, when for - cents we wall send them
ShilOs System Ntalizer. guaranteed to cure
them. Sold by kalteyer y Son. l3 "
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
Preston,s "Hed-Ake.n

P. B. Bishop of AZ Ave. E, San Antonio,
says: Enroll my name among the many
who have been relieved by your wonderful
remedy. | have been suffering for over twen-
ty years. 1t relieved me in twenty minutes.
| shall never be without Il bottle" For sale
by all druggists, SOC.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
APPLY ToJ. w. MAGlLL CO..


for quiet, clean home site in beautiful
SIOCum Park, near High School. 4-1S-lm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
T.sW. CARRICO & co.
ArGhiteCtSHS ssandi Superintendent.

OIITCt ~ Z NVt ., COT. StTl 81.
Telephone 500.
You may not believe it but good
Concrete makes the strongest, best
and most uniform foundation that can
be reconstructed, and the best Concrete
can only be made by throughly wash
ing all the rough material that enters
in its composition. The Carrico pat
ent Concrete process and Gravel
Washer disclOses the only ecomical
method for making good Concrete.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
IMPORTANT.
Address M. A. Dauphin.

Address M. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, La
or M. A. Dauphin,
Washington, D. G.
By ordinary letter, containing Money Or
der issued by all Express Companies, New
York Exchange, Draft or Postal Note.
ESAddress Registered Letters containing
Currency to
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10
AGENTS WANTED.

For CLUB RATES, or further infOrma-
ton desired, write legibIy to the undersigned
clearly stating your residence, with State.
County, Street ard Number. More rapid re-
turn mail delivery wi | De assured by your en-
closing an EnYelOpe bearing YOUR fun address
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-10

for prices Of all Kinds Of m'ch'y. assn
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
Gulls on Great Salt Lake.

Ex-Lieut. Gov. Robertson, of Fort
Wayne, Ind, in his lecture on Utah
Territory and Great Salt Lake. speaks
of the gu'ls on the Lake as follows:
mo good Mormon will kill one of the
gulls, and the reason as given me by q
Mormon last summer is this: There
were no gulls here when We came to the
valley said he. The people had saved
their grain and were awaiting the lar-
vests, and as they were ripening an i'm.
mense swarm of black beetles made its
appearance, d~evouring everything green
in the valley. The people were de.
spairing, and prayers were offered that
the plague might be staid. Suddenly
a great flock Of gulls appeared and set
to work devouring the BEETLES. When
gorged they would vomit ont their re.
past and begin anew, and worked SO
faithfully that the beetles were destroyed
and enough Of the crops saved to enable
the settlers to live during the next
winter. and the devout colonists be-
lieved the coming of the gulls was an
interposition of God in answer to their
prayers for their ~deliverance, and SO
they hold the gulls sacred from molesta-
ton to this day. That part Of the story
which states that to he the first appear
ance is known to he q mistake. and thus
the miraculous portion of the tradition
falls to the ground. It is curious, how.
ever, that Q bird supposed to belong
only to ocean waters, and which there
lives only upon fish, should be found 90
far inland. living upon small animals
and insects of terra trina on the Dor.
ders Of salt 9 which contains no
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
Irish Blnnders.

An freshman, ~testifying in a police
court, was asked to explain why he had
"s!.own the white feather" on a certain
occasion. "Tis better to be q coward
for five minutes than dead all your life,'
lie replied. Another Irishman, while
accompanying q fishing party, had a
hard 'ali down IL steep mountain slope.
Picking himself up, lie devoutly ex-
claimed, GLORY be t. God that I wasn't
walking back over the mountain a dead
man." An Irish woman observing that
her bed curtains had caught fire, hurried
away to fetch water. She caught up q
can of water, and as she was about to
pour it upon the flames remembered
that it was hot water, and mentally de-
cided that it could be of no use. An
Irish schoolboy placed a cup full of
coffee on a sloping desk. Finding that
it overilowed, lie sought to remedy his
difficulty by turning the cup around.
An Irish tenant, wishing to raise the
roof Of his cabin, began by ~excavating
tho floor. An Irishman, on a gentle.
man saving to him, "How did you like
that whisky, Pat?' at once replied,
Sure, your honor, it has made another
man of me. and that other man would
like q glass, too" A Temperance lecture
might make that bull do good service
in illustrating the fact shat the first
glass does the mischief"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
A Rural l%,istricter.

The average New Yorker is likely to
think of his friends in smaller cities as
hardly equal to himself in keen business
sagacity, but now and then somebody
from q small town or even from the
country shows himself in this quality
quite worthy OF the metropolis. A New
Highlander, who may he called Mr..
Higgins, a man who stands six feet two
in his stockings and is we'll proportioned,
landed from n Sound steamer the other
morning and was greeted with the
famiiiar,--
"Good morning, Mr.. Higgins! So
glad to see you here! But I'm afraid
You don't remember me-"
The usual introduction and explana.
tions followed, aud then Mr.. Higgins
started with the stranger to call on.
some friends" After walking n few
blocks they came into q small side
street. and here Mr.. higgins interrupted
the flow OF "reminiscences by setting
down his valisc on tue sidewalk and
LAYING his ovcrcoat upon it. This r
pri ed his companion, who asked,-
What is tho matter, Mr.. Higgins?
What are you going to dog
II am going replied Mr.. Higgins
calmly, Ito lick n bunco steerer within
al inch of his lifc."
But the New Yorker, who had no taste
for sparring matches, had suddenly re-
membered an engagement in another
part Of the CITY.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
Porous Walls.

1t is q we'll known fact that there are
currents of air under the ground. The
common earth is easily penetrated by
air. and in the winter, when the surface
of the ground is frozen, the gases from
graveyard putrefaction proceed readily
into the warm cellars Of city houses,
located near cemeteries, and it is GER
tain that such currents must be preju.
dical to health. Experiments made
with common building brick show that
air blown through such brick will de.
fleet the upright flame Of a candle into a
horizontal position. Unless a brick
wall is so treated as to close all the
pores of the bricks, either by painting
thoroughly the exterior and plasterine
the part forming the interior of the
house q current Of air will pass di-
rectIy through a brick wall. The edi-
torof the B,ickmaAer once tried the
experiment of %cementing tightly a piece
Of oil canvas " the inside surface OF
q l4-inch wall, from which the plaster.
ing had been removed from "a space
about two feet square, the exterior of
the wall being exposed to the atmos-
pl,erc. In "a little while the oiled can
vas cavcring was inflated with air, and
by cutting q hole about one-quarter. Of
AN inch in diame'er in the center of the
,anyas. and holding Il lighting candle 10
the ~osit:cc, the 70, ce of the mir current
passing through { % wall was strong
enough to OK inguish the candle fame.
Eyen granite and other building
stones arc very porous, and air can he
blown through them in the manner
just described. Many cases Of scarlet
fever, diphtl,eria ard similar conts,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
A Western Bunco Game.

Real Estate Agent Dugout City,
Kan.)-Stranger just arriving in town
from the East. Rush around to the
hotel, greet him as a long.lost brother
or something and when he explains thai
there is some mistake, cover your con
fusion by inviting him to drink.
New Man-Maybe he won't accept Il
@Oh, yes, he'll accept, to relieve your
embarrassment. They always do."
"Yes, sir. What next?r
Keep him in conversation until I
come round and ask to speak with Won
on business. Then introduce me. and
Well have another drink. Thatll sSttle
it. Two drinks of Dugout City whisky
will make any man feel rich enough
to buy the hull earth."-Na.y 1oTk
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
Freaks Of Fortune.

Stories Of extraordinary windfalls are
always interesting, and provide fresh
material for the building of castles in
air. Tho owner of a very valuable puit
oftronsers was lately advertised for in
the French papers by the honest finder
OF the same, who allowed the individual
to whom they belonged fifteen days in
which to come forward. After this de-
lay he stated-he would consider him.
self justified in rrofiting by this strange
windfall, which, as he was in poor cir
custances, and about to be married,
would he very serviceab,e to him. On
the Place de Ia Concorde he stated that
one evening he saw q dark object ON the
ground. which he first took to be a
sleeping dog. On closer inspection,
however, he discovered his mistake, and
picked up the garment then in his pos.
session. He took the trousers with him
ON board q boat which he owned, and
on passing them in review noticed that
the buttons seemed different from or.
binary ones. Prompted by curiosity,
he undid the cloth that covered them,
and found, instead of wooden moulds,
gold pieces. Carrying his investiga-
ton still further, he came across some
bank notes stitched into the waistband
with other papers of value. In 1875,
Elizabeth Scott was found by the police
living on the floor of her buck kitchen.
She had been dead apparently about q
week. 1t was stated that although the
deceased, who was " years Of age. was
in possession of UPWARDS of fifty thou
sand dollars, producing an income of
nearly three thousand, four hundred u
Year, she never associated with any one;
and II search through the house re- .ulted
in tho sum of two hundred aud fifty
dollars i'll gold and silver being found
secreted in little bags between the mat.
tresses of the lied. For many years
she had been leading a miserly exist.
ence. 1t was stated that she left no
will. and had only two cousins living in
Scotland. But perhaps the most ex-
t%raordinary instance of good fortune in
latter days is that of a young man who,
being in great need, answered an adver-
tisement for a messenger in a law Office,
giving his name rs a matter of course.
The next mail brought him the won
derftl news that the advertiser had
been in search of him for months, as
through the death of half a dozen peo-
pie he had fallen heir to au immense
fortune.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
Ignorant Of the Golne.

Those who are entirely outside O
game, by reason of their ignorance oil
its laws, arc seldom sympathetic as
critics. In the days when croquet was
the favorite distraction of high and low.
an old farmer was asked ii lie knew
how it was played.
Law SUI, yes,' lie responded. "a
lot of 'em knock a set of wooden balls
round q spell, an then they laugh as il
they'd done somethin' smart"
A young lady taken to watch a base
ball game gave her impressions of it on
reaching home.
sOh, it was so exciting! One man
tosses the ball, you know, and then
they try to bat it,-or at least some.
body does,-and then somebody runs,
and tho rest try to stop him."
allow clever you are, Mande!" said o
somewhat satirical sister. "Now I don't
understand base ball, and couldn't pos
sibly describe it 30 nicely!s
"Oh, WE'LL" returned Maude, inno-
Gently, II can usually seeinto a game
if l give my mind to it" and then she
wondered at the general shout of an
plnuse.
They've got e game down our
way" said q farmer whose "folksn kept
summer boarders. "They call it lawn
tender.''
~Goods' inquired a crony at the
."wal, I dunno. They play it with q
big seine an q lot o. balls an snow.
Shoes"
Now and then. however, an unpro.
fessional eye will see at once into the
very heart Of a game. It was a woman
who made the best general criticism of
base ball to be found in print or out
of it.
II should say" she remarked, slyly,
after watching a close contest for an
hour, shat the cream of this game is in
the pitcher"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
No Flies on the American Alligator.

They were prospecting for gold in
South Africa. During the survey they
arrived at u river which it was neces-
sary for them to swim. In case their
should be alligators in the stream, a
kaiiir was sent across first in order that
the saurians should make the first ex-
pertinent on his vile carcass. The black
got over all right, and was followed by
the boss Of the party, a Yankee. Just
as lie was nearing the opposite shore his
friends shouted, Look sharp, there's
IN alligator after YOU"
The Yankee %quickened his stroke,
and. upon reaching terra firma, turned
to see if there was really an alligator
after him. or if it was o sell. Sure
enough, there was the head of the
monster just Disappearing beneath the
water.
.Ah!r quotll the Yankee. cts very
lucky I'm in this goldarned country. Ii
that had been an American alligator,
he'd have had me to q certainly
London Sporting Times.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

Mn. AND Mrs. HOMER Gn1EvE, nm
elderly couple of Homer, Ca, qnarreled
twelve years ago over n remark made
by o neighbor that one of their children
did not resemble the remainder of tho
family. Argument only widened tim
breach, and the couple agreed to lilo
under the same loof, bnt never to spelk
to each o.her. During all that time
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer sat at tho same
table and entertained their friends,
and no onc over detected the breach.
Recently Mr.. Homer brought the mat.
ter before the church brethren, who
advised II reconciliation and rcmar.
riagc. Mr.. and Mrs. Homer have con.
sented to accept this advice, and will
Immediately remarry.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
An Awfal Time With an Oyster.

Last night q lat mar wearing q low.
necked shirt with a turn-down collar
three sizes too large for him, sat down
! to a table in q Clark street restaurant
and called for o plate Of raw oysters.
Hegot them cold and juicy right off the
ice, and harpooning a fat one with his
fork, he litedit toward his mouth. But
the slippery. Shiny, chilly bivalve
dropped off his fork before reaching its
destination. carromed ON the fat mans
chin and then slid down en- the inside
of his shirt and nestled on his breast.
No n saw the incident. The obese
gent himself didn't see it, but lie felt
that something had happened, and that
he had arrived at q crisis in his life. A
panied, startled expression rested for o
moment on his face; then with a low,
plaintive wall Of heartbreaking agony
he rose from his chair and c!apped his
hand on his stomach. He struck the
oyster, but that coy creature was one of
the most alert aud agile OF its species.
1t ct once changed its base on feeling
the pressure and slid upward aud across
the fat mans wide expanseof palpitat-
ing bosom, leaving a trail of Arctic frig-
idity i'll its wake, and took upnew quar-.
terS IN MS lett atm.plt.
With q wild howl of anguish the un.
happy proprietor Of the oyster leaped
two feet in the air, uttered another yell
like a Midwest Indian, and commenced
to work his arm after the manner of o
bagpipe musician. The oyster got ex-
cited aud again started on its travels.
but was apparently unable to select .
permanent location. After making
several blind rusles it halted for a mo.
ment under a short rib near the spine
to catch its second wind.
The unfortunate fat man was in a
state OF mind bordering ON insanity. He
kicked over his chair, yelled, and swore,
grabbed himself in front and behind, and
on both sides. rolled up his eyes, frothed
at the mouth, and spun around like q
top. But the slippery bivalve was now
thoroughly ratified md scooted here
and there like a streak Of creased light.
ming, taking great pains not to travel
over the same ground twice.
Hes got a fiji" screamed q Wild
eyed man, making q rush for the door
with a napkin tucked under his chin.
"It's either that or he's atire inside of
his c~lothes." said another pale-faced
diner, edging away from the sufferer.
For mercy's sake take him of, some.
body; I'm dying" walled the stricken
man as he threw up both hands and
sat down heavily upon the floor.
When the victim of misplaced refresh
ments struck the floor the oyster shot
ont of the back of his neck like a bullet. |
hit the ceiling with a sauashy plunk |
and then fell back and hung limp and
lifeless from the chandelier.
The fat mans physician says tho pa
tient will recover from his attack of
nervous prostration in a few days.
Chicago Times.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
government machinery to supply them.
The Philadelphia mint is two months
behind with its orders for these pieces,
in spite of keeping at work night and
day turning them out.

A MlcnlGAN exchange gives this ad.
vice to its readers: IF a gray. haired
woman of fifty in moderately respect.
able attire is put off the ears in you,
town because She can't Pay her faro an,
farther; if she almost Immediately re.
ceives a telegram urging her to come
home on the next train because her
husband is dying; and if she tearfuliy
and desperately, in a plenty loud voice,
announces that she is going to walk
home 100 miles, you let her walk. She
and her confederate, who sends the
telegram, have worked the dying-hus-
band racket in half a dozen Michigan
towns at n net profit, it is figured, OF
SIS q day"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
Only Looking for Accommodation,

As the Steamboat from New London
was about to leave for New YORK the
other evening, Q young MAJ LEADING :
blushing and buxom damAel bvsths
hand, approached the politeSclerE sh6
said in q low and confident tone:
sinister, me and my wife have jast
got married aud are looking for accom-.
Looking for o berth, I suppose.
said the clerk. as he passed tictets IA
others who were waiting.
"A birth! Thunder and liehtninr.
nor gasped the astonished rustic. sWS,
hain't but just got married. Wolonlv
want 2 place TO stay oil night, yo1.
know, that's all"