San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-14
SUNDAY GOSSIP.

up to your desh with the song that
he is making tour 81 the world on
a $4,000 wager, or Reconsideration
of a $1,000 wad-he is a fake.
He may modify his statement to
the effect that the trip must be
made in two years-he is a fake.
He may further modify it to the
effect that he is to make the trip
afoot, without cent Of money and
earn his way as he goes-he is a
fake.
He winds up by suggesting that
you introduce him to the hotel man
around the corner, as he has just
reached town and is very hungry
what did | tell you? He is fake.
He is one of those worthless
buns or tramps who beat their
way, not only around the world,
but through life. He is no better
than the box car tourist-just bit
shrewder-and his story is but a
scheme to ride in passenger coaches
instead of box cars and register at
the hotel instead of the hay stack.
A ten thousand dollar wager
the idea! People are not giving
ten or five thousand dollars for the
purpose of seeing worthless buns
beat their way around the world
and impose upon the good natures
OF their fellow men. And IL they
did, 1t would be an impossibility
to follow the men up and see that
they did not violate the conditions
Of the bet.
A half dozen such fakirs have
passed through San Antonio alone
In the past few years, and half
dozen hotel men, besides numerous
other credulous, persons have been
Sticky taken in by them.
A case that clearly illustrates the
gullibility of the people in the
smaller towns and shows with
what ease these fakirs work out an
existence, is one that was exposed
in the early part Of last year.
Two young men, we'll dressed
and travelling in first class rail.
road coaches, reached Uvalde
in March Of 1894. They hunted up
the newspaper offices and gave out
that they were reporters on rival
papers in New York-one of the
World and the other of the Herald.
They had been sent out to make a
trip around the world without "a
cent OF money, the idea being to
Gee which would complete the
journey flrsh The good Uvalde
people were aiken in gloriously.
The town was Mutually put at the
disposal Of tH tramps. They
stopped at the BID : hotel, got the
best of clothing and at night
played pool and lizards with the
best people Of the Down. The story
Of their, great trjB around the world
Rhf6d to San Antonio
pm here telegraphed
and Herald, of New
metropolitan papers
denolncing the men as
by I'D no connec-
til 8. papers and
be known of them in
A tsimilar telegram
N th9 Uvalde postoffice,
SUD lenly disappeared.
hrough Uvalde a few
his occurrence and in
ut the affair. The faith
ldeites In their fakirs
lshaken. The denounce-
10 part of the New York
taken by the gullible
the town as an effort
he journey Of the two
difficult and beset with
stacles.
benefit of future fakirs
ate that Uvalde lies on
hern Pacific railroad
iiles west of San Antonio
oven ii their route does
Ter that place, it might
very profitable town tt
make side trip.
nday Gossiper has pri
rmation to the effect tina
trouble brewing in Bel
over the wholesale intro
of cats into tina
hg parish. 1t seems tina
county will hold its sixth an
fair from October s to 18th, il
2sive, and the catalogue announ
les the following special premium
4 "W. A. Messer,the live real estat
man, will give five dollar bill, NJ
silver or gold, but paper bill, a.
full parity, to the maiden lady owe
30 years who exhibits the creates
variety of cats. This prize will no
be given unless there are at leas
! three entries. The contest will b
N6aturdsy at p. m. The cats nee'
not 81 brought on the grounds un
til Saturday afternoon but entire
will bel CLOSED by 6 p. m, Friday
October 18th, 1885,"
This was originally intended a
a sort Of. grim humor at the ex
nanaa of old maids and cats, blu