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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
A Eakir's Yarn.

Many of the street patterers occasionally
let drop things which are worth preserv-
ing, either on account of their wit, their
comicality or their novel audacity. There
is one gutter merchant who comes before
the public nightly with stock of penny
bottles of hair restorer, and ia recommend
ing it he boastfully claims that through
the fast growing adoption of his specific
the occupation of the wig makers will soon
be entirely gone forever.
He tells funny story to the effect that a
certain old gentleman whose badness most
sorely grieved him, as it was the means Of
preventing him from marrying a young
and beautiful heiress, on hearing of the
wonderful hair restorer, sought an inter
view with its discOyerer at his private resi-
dence, and consented to have his scalp
operated on forthwith.
The gutter merchant then unblushingly
assures his hearers that, although only one
single bottle of his reStorer was used upon
the old mans shiny pate, so powerful and so
sudden was the effect of its application that
before arriving home that day he had to
drop into no less than three BARRIERS shops
to have his hair cut.-London Tit-Bits.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
A Rows Criticism,

A friend of mine was telling me Of an
amusing scene that he witnessed in New
York picture gallery He knew young
artist who mad q picture on exhibition
his first picture-snd was very anxious for
all his acquaiatances to see it. He escorted
my friend to che rooE where the picture
was hung, and was delighted to see quite
crowd in front OF It. As be approached,
however, he was mystihed, ;or they were
all laughing My friend went up TO inves-
tigate, and solved the mystery. Directly
beneath Tie painting was hung card
bearing the words, PLEASE do not touch
with canes or umbrellas" A small boy,
with better appreciation OF art than OF
photography, had printed in large letters
at the foot of the notice, Take ak" The
young artist was overwhelmed, and I
doubt L ne has yet recovered.-New York
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
No Eye for Architecture.

A dear old Scotch friend of mine paid a
bad compliment to the shade of Sir Chris
topher Wren. Visiting London for the
first time, he was of course advised to in
clude st. Paul's cathedral among the nota-
BILE sights to be done" during his stay in
the metropolis. On his return in narrat-
ing his adventures down south, he created
some establishment by the assertion that
he "dida care" for the glorious fame al
went" said he, but couldna hear what
the meeuister said, so cam DOT again"
1t never occurred to him to go at any other
time than on Sunday morning, or for any
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
Danger in Choice Reading.

"Why on earth do you read such books"
said sensible man a few evenings ago to
a woman Of highly sensitive and suffering
Organization, who hal just been through
the thousand pages of Staniey's in Dark
est Africa" Such books are simple poi.
son to you. You ought never TO read line
of them" "Whatl" she answered, do
you think l should be justified in keeping
ignorant of the misery and degradation OF
millions of my fellow creatures"
"Ges," was his answer, the more igno-
rant of such things persons like you keep
themselves, the surer their chance of being
sunny and helpful influences in the world.
The record of these horrors simply para
lyzeS you. 1t works on your sympathetic
Imagination till the whole head is sick or
the whole heart is faint. At night you lie
down, and in the morning you get up in
darkest Africa yourself. Had you spent
your time in reading something beautiful
aud cheering you would have been health
Ter and happier aud hundred times more
use to your husband, to your children and
to society"
In the especial case in hand the man was
right, and the case stands for thousands of
like ones. Overwrought sensibility to the
suffering side OF life, and the gloomy spell
this eXertS over the imagination, is an act
ual disease of the day. Numberless are the
people whose constant aim in life ought to
be to get away from the contemplation of
distressing objects, and who should take as
much pains as the florist with his roses to
expand the broadcast possible expanse of
clear glass to the rays of the sun. With
out sunshine, and plenty of it, they can
Lrs.s I.,.N s~l,,
flourish under the densest shade, while
others mildew beneath it, so it is with
different human organizations. - Boston
Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04

stream some say that Jne wafer IN the
tropics being heated, and consequently
lighter than the cold, heavy polar water,
flows northward on the surface, and the
other water southwark underneath. Others
say that the trade winds, always blowing
in one direction toward the west, blow the
water along, too, and so begin and after
ward keep up the movement.
Both are, perhaps, right to a certain ex-
tent as to currents in general, but the Gulf
stream is probably almost wholly due to
the winds and the waves alone. The water
is pushed by the wind and thrown by the
waves into the Caribbean sea, from the
western end of which the accumulation of
water runs into the gulf of Mexico. and
from there it escapes through the strait of
Florida into the Atlantic ocean.-Lieut. J.
+. Pillsbury.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
How 20 Clean Chinaware.

All ordinary china or earthen ware is
porous, aad tie liue pores will fill up with
grease or fatty substances, which in time
becoming rancid will give an offensive
odor and tas.e 10 any food put into such
vessels. Soap should not be used for wash
ing such ordinary china and earthen YES
sells (the solution Of soda is better) and all
vessels saoul be afterward we'll rinsed
with clean, lot water, free Of any fatty
substance. Soda forms with any grease on
the vessels soapy compound, but, acting
stronger than soap, it will remove the
grease more tdoroughly.-New York Jour
nal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04

have to drink muddy water. Your wavo.
isn't as muddy as it was when was here
three years ago, but it is muddy enough.
Out on the plains we often get muddier
water than you have. Just imagine little
pool of water, IA few hundred yards long
and perhaps twenty yards wide, in the bot
tom of little gulch. Suppose that is all
the water within twenty miles and you are
driving thirsty herd of cattle, about
5000 head, say.
They'll smell the water mile away and
get to it before you do, and when they get
through splashing around in it it'll be
muddier than anything you ever saw here
But we can fix it out there. All we have
to do is to dip up a bucketful of it and
slice up some prickly pears, and stir them
around in it for about five minutes, and
the water will be as clear as a mountain
stream. You haven't got any prickly
pears here-that's the only trouble. The
waters all right. Water can't be too
muddy if you've only got the right kind of
cactus.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
1t Must Have Been Chilly.

You think you have it cold here in Bos-
ton; you should live in Montreal one win
ter. There they have no such sudden
changes as we do here, but it is contin-
uous bitter cold all along. It's not damp,
but dry and clear. And such snow as falls
is dry as meal. People there wear moe
casins, but never get their feet wet, except
in case of a prolonged thaw. But-coldf
Why, man, l could talk to you about it
from now till midnight. You won't believe
it, but the firemcI dip 1eir mittened hands
in a pail of water Wien they leave the
engine house to rNu to a fire. so that their
mittens will freeze You see, the coating
of ice keeps the cold air from their hands
Without it their hands would be frost Bit
ten in two minutes. You won't believe it,
but froze my nose once while crossing the
street. It's matter of courtesy there il
you see man whose nose is freezing to
tell him so.
| came out of the house and met friend
at the corner, talked with him a minute,
and then walked across the street. A girl
whom I knew slightly was passing as I
stepped upon the sidewalk. Her right ear
was as white as a sheet, Says l. Miss,
excuse me, but your ear is frozen. Thank
you," says she, whats the matter with
your own nosef ! thought she was guy
ing me, you see, and walked along. A
rod further and met chum Of mine, and
says ne, Heavens sake, Louie, rub some
snow on your nose; it's like an iceberg.
Then believed, and rubbed on the snow,
and went into the drug store and got some
goose grease to put on it. Cold2 Why.
man, Pve stood on the bank Of the st.
Lawrence and seen the river freeze over be-
fore my eyes. You could see the thir ice
creep out from the shore until 10 met the
ice from the further side. 1t was won
derful sight. Cold' Why, man, etc.. etc.
Boston Letter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
Erreverent.

An old lady protested against sell
ing the discarded church carpets by auc-
ton, on the ground that such an act would
be irreverent.
''Pdt up at auction them carpets we've
kneeled on so many years." cried she.
But, Sister Clifford" demonstrated an
acquaintance, they must be sold"
so they must" replied she impulsively,
land Pm ready TO buy 'em. But if they're
put up at auction, Sister Pinkham will
run 'em way up to spite mep'-Youth's
Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04

As good as new
that's the condition of liver, stom-
ach and bowels, when DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets have done their
work. It's work that isn't fin
ished when you've stopped taking
them, either. It's lasting. They
cure, as well as relieve. And it's
all done so mildly and gently |
There's none of the violence that
went with the old-time pill. One
tiny, sugar-coated Pellets a gentle
laxative three to four act as
.cathartic. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, Indiges-
ton, Bilious Attacks, and all de-
rangements of the stomach and
bowels, are prevented, relieved and
cured. AS Liver Pill, they're I'M
,equaled. They're purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless - the smallest,
cheapest, and easiest to take.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned.
You only pay for the good you
get. Can you ask more?
That's the peculiar plan all DR..
Pierce's medicines are sold on.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
Hour Most Fatal to Life.

Have the hours most fatal to life ever
been ascertaineds was the question recent
ly asked of prominent Philadelphia ply
sician.
Yes, to a certain extent, was his reply.
have the data here Of some very interest.
ing conclusions ascertained in $50 in.
stances of death at all ages. The exam
p!es are taken from all conditions of life,
and during period of several years. II
the deaths of these ESQ bad occur red in-
differently ut any hour during the twenty
four, 100 would have occurred each hour,
but this was by no means the case.
There are two hours in which the pro-
portion wtS remarkably below tn;s-Jwo
m:rima. as it were-uame:y, from mid.
hight to o'clock, when the deaths we're So
per cea:. below ne average, and from aoou
To o'clock. when they were 20% per cent
below From. 8 to Ga. m, inclusive, and
from 8 to Z p. IN. there is a g-adua. in
crease. in the former of 93H per cent
above RE average, in the latter of 50 per
cent. Tue maximum of death is rom )
O'CLOCK to 6 O'Clock a. m, when 1t IS 40 per
ce2:. above the average: the next during
the hour before midnight, when it is IS
per cent. in excess.
A third hour of excess is that trom
o'clock to IL o'clock in ;he morning, that
hour be:rg ~ per cent. above me aver.
age. From 10 a. m. to 8 p. n. the deaths
are less numerous, being i0}4 per cent be-
low the average, the hour before noon
being he most fatal. From 3 o'clock p.
M. 10 : p. N. the death rate rises ) per cent.
above the average and then falls from that
hour until IL p. M, when it averages 81
be.ow the mean. During the hours from
9to II O'clock in the evening there is a
minimum of 6E below the average. Thus
it VII. he seen that the greatest mortality
is during the hours from 3 to d clock in
the morning, the midday hours, from 10 to
O'clock, furnishing the least average
hourly death rate.-St. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
Having the BULGE.

A broker in Boston has brought box of
cigars regularly every mouth for the man
in the Office on the aoor above him. His
reason is that the man could leave the
water running in his washbasin, and there
by flood tae room below. The one above
probably accepts the cigars on the ground
that the one below could start a smudge
and smoke him out.-Desroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
Shakespeare's Limitations.

at beats me-" unused the modern theatre
manager. This here William Shake
speare wrote the play of Hamlet, in which
Ophelia gets drowned, yet he leaves the
drowning scene out"
at does seem queer" observed the stage
carpenter, with a touch of vanity, "but
maybe he didn't know how to make
tank. New York Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
suckLEN's ARNicA SALvE.

THE BEST SALvE IN THE WORLD for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t is
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box
For sale by all druggists. Dreiss, Thomp-
son & Co. $ wholesale. Z W:9:13-1y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04

A jeweler says that it is a rare thing for
him to sell solid gold watch chain. Ey-
.erybody buys the plated article nowadays,
even those people who are well able to af-
ford the solid.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04

If your child is cross, do not punish him,
but divert his mind from the subject that
annoys him. IL he continues to be cross.
suspect Els s;omach, and assure yourself
that this is in perfect order; troubled
digestion is tie root of bad temper.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
Some Teiegraphic Errors.

A gentleman with the dignified name OF
Cyrus T. Nixon was shocked to have mes
sage handed to him addressed Circus I.
Nixon" A wholesale produce merchant
received message from retail customer
saying, Your $500 are No. 9Oc D." 1t
should have been, "Your eggs are no good"
The delivery department. Of the New Or
leans Western Union office was mystified
by a message addressed to Blyannon street.
1t turned out to be S0CannOn street.-New
York Times.
When One Is WoG.
ACT I.
He tenderly)-At last, darling, you are
won.
She (artlessly)-One what!
He ssioaatelyl-Er-one angel!
ACT Il.
She (demurely)-At last, darling, we are
one
He (quickly)-One whatS
She (ruefully)-One donkey, Pm afraid
American Grocer
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04

other purpo>e tnan TO aUUClu tue SC. .oe.
Very practical, very proper and very
Scotch!-All The Year Round.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
Muddy Water and PrickIy Pears.

John Clea, cowboy, says: feel sorry
for the ,oe.oIe l4Et. Louis because they
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04
When One Is WoG.
Robert E. Lee and the Spies.

Gen. Lee never executed a spy. He used
to say: Poor fellows, we have got them,
and they can't do US any harm. What IS
the use of killing themf'-Augusta Ca
Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-04

The Cause of the Gulf Stream.
Now what is the cause of the Gulf
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Continue "a Third Page.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-22

Miss Lizzie PMrotte, who has been quito
i'll with la grippe for the past week is im'
proving
Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-22
OLD RESIDE NTERS.
omaha's Pioneers Get Together for
Eirm OrgAniZntiOn.

In response to call issued some DAYS ago,
about thirty old settlers gathered in the real
estate exchange last night to reOrganRe tho
Old Settlers association.
General EXpe rience Esterbrook called the
meeting to order at S:l5. Mr.. Alfred D.
Jones acted as secretary Mr. Jones briefly
stated the object Of the meeting That was
10 reorganize the Old Settlers assocatl on.
Mr.. Jones spoke of the difficulties of the old
society," saying that ithad been almost i'm
possible to get the members together, and no
had grown discouraged
"a gain and again lately have been ap-
pealed TO, " said Mr. Jones ITO issue anot her
call and make one more attempt at an organ
hation that will standn
Continuing, Mr. Jones said: Let US re-
organize on firm basis, with younger blood
occupying the official chairs, ard thus build
up a good live society l have lost all the
books ana papers Of the former association
and SOwe will have TO start anew
Mr.. j. G Megeath made amo,Ou that all
residents OF Douglas cOun " prior TO the ad
mission Of Nebraska as u state, Marchl, 1867
be eligible TO mem hip. This ques tiOn
was the bone OF contention for the greater
part OF the evening.
Mr.. Henry Bruning madea motion TO the
effect that any having lived in the country
for Twenty-Five years bO acceptedas members,
Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-22

operate over streets now occupied by this
company would not only be unfair and un-
Just to the present owners, but highly detri-
mental to the pu blio nterests by discourag
ing future development.
Again: To give any other company the
rights and advantages not enjoyed by this
company after they have fought the battle,
given the service aud done so much to build
up the city, would be unfair to this company
and to the people who own the franchise:
Therefore the city council in the wisdom and
Justice of its deliberation, granted new
franchise with the same conditions and re-
strictions that were accepted twenty-five
years ago by the present company, when the
only encouragement was faith and hope FOR
the future.
For illustration, let us make parallel case
OF the present stock yards IL the respective
railroads or other parties should buy large
amount of land, build switches, yards ana
pens to enable them to sell lots around their
property and thereby iniurc the present stock
yards so that they could not pay their me n
or do a profitable business, and II competi-
tion made IT impossible for the other concern
TO do business enough to sustain the neces-
sary expenses for efficient work, would the
community be better or worse of for its
presence even though Sl00, 900 be expended
| in its first Development
Again, may | ask is not the Omaha street
| railway company an institution which brings
| credit and renown TO Omahai Have we not
| received much and do we not expect morel
| II this be true, would you cripple, MAIN,
and perhaps ruin it, by giving unholy ad-
| vantage To a prospective institution, con-
| ceiyed in adventure, born Ia ambition and
nourishcd boy prejudice, without shope OF
useful development
Again may ask why Omaha should give
away its franchise, more valuable than
bonds, in reckless way, unprecedented by
any other cityt And can property owners
afford to stand idly by and see their rights
and interests sacrificed without invoking the
strong arm OF the law to stay such ruthless
slaughteri V. l..
Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-22
MUST NOT HAVE THE BONDS.
Judge Doane Decides the Tenth Street
Viaduct Injunction Case,
THE COMPANY'S CONTRACT A FAILURE
Many Conditions of the Proposition
Were Not Complied With by
the Union Pacific - The
Cas- Q Reviewed.
THE COMPANY'S CONTRACT A FAILURE

Judge Doane yesterday decided in favor of
the plaintiffs in the application made by
John ID. Howe, Ernest STUNT and others for
an injunction restraining the city from de-
livering to the Union Pacific railway COM
pany or the Union depot company the
Sl50,O0O in bonds voted by the city to aid in
the con structiOn of the new union depot
The judge reviewed the case at length, and
found that the conditions attached 70 the
issuing and delivering Of the bonds, en-
bodied in the proposition submitted TO the
electors, had not been complied with in
several respects The plan OF the depot had
been materially changed; the amount re-
quired 10 be expended on the depot before
the delivery OF the bonds, had not been ex-
pended other roads had been denied access
TO the depot in violation of the terms Of the
proposition; bonds required of the Union
depot company in the sum of 100000 prece-
dent to the delivery Of the sl5OOO0 city bonds
had not been fled.
Coutinuin < Judge Doane said:
"ln the next place the depot compan y
Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-22

The question was debated and suggestions
ofered un til nearly all the gen tlemen present
had related heir views
Chris Hartman was in favor Of setting the
date back far enough so that all the mem bers
WOu Id in reality be old settlers and not in
name only, His idea was that the associa-
ton should be composed OF the pioneers of
the county the men and women who were
here long before the railroads. those who
suffered the hardshi ps Of life on the plains
and helped to develop this vast western coun-
try. Con tnuing, Mr.. Hartman said that, of
course, fixing the date so far back would
bar hin from mem borship but he was tho
son ofan old settler and with that he was
content
John Evans wanted a thirty.three years
residence in the county necessary for ad mis-
sion to membership. Thirty years was aftcr-
wards agr reed TO and finally March, 1857, was
decided u Don.
The following motion was at last made and
adopted:
All persons who res lded in Douglas county
previous 10 March 1, 1867, and who are still
resid ents ofsaid county are eligible 10 cm-
Dcrs hip In the Old Sc ttlcrS associations
Following this there was considerable talk
abOu I the organization. Some wan ted an or
ganizaton perfected at once. Others sug
gested the advisability OF referring the mat.
ter 10 committee and deferring the perma
nent organization until IA later meeting, At
last a committee was appointed by the ch air
man to draw upa constitution and bylaws
and submit II at date to be agreed upon
The committee is: Fred ID. Jones, chairman;
j. q. Megeath, G, Hartman, j. S, Gibson and
Joe Redmond.
a committee Consstingnf nf the following
gentlemen was appointed to devise some sort
Of badge or bu ttOn 10 bc worn by the mem
bers General Esterbrook, A. ID, Jones, W.
H. Bowen, Waiter Walker and John Evans,
The emeetng, after agreeing 70 meet at the
same time and place next Saturday, ad'
iOurned
1t is expected that at the next NEE ting
some Interesting experiences in early days
Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-22
will be related by G eneral Estcrbrook and

will be related by General Estcrbrook and
Mr.. Jones.
Here's a list of the gentlemen and ladies
who placed their names ufson tho
new list of members lat night:
Alfred ID. Jones, '53: C. II. DovNs, '5i; j. G.
Megeath, 'A; joseph Catling, 5; Charles
Calling, '63; WliamR r. Bowen, '57 A. X.
Hoel, '56, S, Durnal, 80; w. p SnOwdon,
"a; j. S. Gibson, '56 A, IL. Toozer, '63;
Henry A. Roster '56; E. Il. Casbrook, 81;
Henry Bruning, 6l }, j. McLain '57i f.. +.
Chase, G6; John Evans, '55; William II res
ton, 'JG; Emile V. Preston, 56; Waiter
Walker, 80; Caroline EsmbroOk 80; Viz
gnia G. Van N ostead, 80; G. Hart nan, '56;
Cath crime NJ, Hall, '5t Rachael Snowden,
"a; Mrs. Walt " aker, 30; Mary T. Nc.
Lain, ~; William SeXaur, '56; Joe Redmond
'56; j, b. Rooney -.
The figures following the names give tho
date Of arrival in Omaha.