San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-20

1 Smelled so uncommon funny that
he wasn't let into the meeting
house for week because we all
thought he'd freed some new kind
of skunk and got worsted. Just
you fix up the alcohol with little
other stuff and you won't be sell
ing pure alcohol. See the point?'
"Wel," said the druggist finally,
chow will three and half quarts
of alcohol and a pint of camphor
do? Some people use camphor for
headache and some for a disor-
dered stomach" "Golly, man,
just the thing" exclaimed
the seedy individual Wig
orously rubbing his hand. "Just
the thing. Well label it Black
Jack Collie Cure p eh?" and he start
ed for his wagon to get his gallon
jug. Say, wait and I'll fix you up
Il sample drink of the stuff" the
druggist called out, in the hopes of
soaring the seedy individual Out-of
the collie cure notion. The farmer
walked up to the counter and the
druggist poured out small guam
tity of alcohol with several drops Of
a solution of camphor. The seedy
individual gulped down the sample
drink, and smacked his lips three
times as if trying to detect any,
thing out OF the way in the
taste of the mixture. Then his
face frightened up considerably.
He rubbed and slapped his
hands most vigorously and in the
top notch of ecstacy fairly yelled
"GOlly, man, the very thing"
Just put in 4 few handsful of
cayenne pepper and you've got the
very thing. Golly, a fellow can
get boiling drunk on a little bit
and four quarts will go long
way. Just put it up and don't
forget the pepper and I'll be off
after the jugw But the druggist
backed out of the transaction, and
the seedy individual and his col
leagues have not yet had an
opportunity to exhilirate on
camph0r, cayenne pepper and
~ per cent alcOhOl.
A PELADO FUNERAL.-It is a
matter of less than two weeks ago
that three.year-old little Mexican
child died in a typical pelado
home on that portion of North
Laredo street that borders on the
fiItbXy Con DoJ ~ oroaly Tho in fant
had in all its days been a puny
little bit of humanity. The rude
jacal offered it no protection from
the heat in summer, no shelter
from the cold in winter. Three or
four musty blankets on the bare
dirt floor, slept on at night and
walked on and lounged on during
the day, was the only available
bedding; a broken iron skillet and
four small earthen pots around d
heap of ashes and burnt chips of
wood, the only cooking utensils.
The dead babe, dressed in a
plain light calico gown, was
laid on the musty bedding and
one corner of a blanket was lightly
laid over its face to keep the meas
ly pet dog that always slept within
the jackal, from licking it's fallen,
haggard face, as it was wont to do
in life. The Borrowing mother
went about the little hut prepar-
ing the customary meal, while the
husband secured the burial per-
nit, arranged for the services at
church and dug the grave. The
other children played in the dirt
as usual, only now and then one Of
them lifted the corner of the
blanket that covered the stiff
babes face. Then they stared
at the corpse in puZzling,
wondering ignorance Of what
it all meant, and one after another
passed out of the little jaCal open
ing and resumed their playing,
but whispering, mysterious air
characterized their entire actions.
At noon the father returned carry
ing a coffin. The pot Of beans and
stack of tortillas was produced.
Each child got it's tortilla with a
spoon full OF beans slapped on,
while the bereaved parents helped
themselves out Of the pots direct.
After the meal the little body, gaunt
and shrivelled up from long ILL
ness and lack OF comforts, was
placed in the cheap lit
tie pine coffin. Soon few
elderly Mexican women, all full
Of wrinkles and in clothes that be-
tokened not only poverty but SLOW
enliness as well, called on the fam
lily. At three o'clock the bereaved
ones and the visitors gathered
about the corpse, few fervent
prayers were offered, and the faith
or ninlrnh IN tho coffin r,lnnnh Il ON