davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17

be hard boiled or the contents blown
from. the shells. Color 10 red, gild eight
and leave one white. Now for the ar
rangement- Make two circles, one of
the 16 red eggs and within this circle
of the eight gilded eggs. The eggs
must be placed at equal distances apart,
the outer circle measuring about eight
feet in diameter and the inner one four
feet, and the white egg must be placed
in the center of the inner circle. The
eggs having been arranged the COM
pany is divided into couples and each in
turn try the dance.
The first couple take position within
outer circle-that is, between the red
eggs and the gilded ones, and waltz
around the circle three times, keeping
within the space between the two
circles. Entering the inner circle they
waltz three times around the central
egg, and all this must be done without
breaking or greatly disturbing any of
the eggs.
When an egg is broken or knocked
more than 12 inches from its position
the cancers give place TO the neNn
couple. The broken ones are not re-
placed, but the displaced ones are set
in order. When each couple has had
turn and none has accomplished the
feat of dancing without breaking an
egg, all change partners and the trial
begins again.
The first couple who go through the
dance without breaking or disturbing
the circles win each first prize, posi-
bly, dainty bonbon box shaped like an
egg; the second successful couple re-
ceive second prizes and also the third.
The prizes may take the form of eggs
Dresden china, perhaps-filled with
bonbons or any charming trihe. If
appropriate 10 the season so much the
better.-American Queen.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
THREW STONES.

d. Perez, Jose ArOgas and p. Flores.
trio of Mexicans, were arrested yes
terday by Mounted officers Mitchell
and Van Ripper for throwing stones at
some Mexican boys Saturday night, in
which one of the boys was struck on
the head and severely cut. They
appeared before Recorder Lewis
this morning to answer to the charge
and after hearing the testlmony,w which
developed the fact that Flores had
thrown the rock which struck the boy,
the recorder fined Flores SO and his
two companions IS each. All went to
Jail to lay out their fines, being min
us the cash to settle up with Marshal
Shardeih.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
WAGNER & CHABOT,
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. A. Kahn has gone TO Floresville
on business.
Mr.. John Dellsite returned yesterday
from the rife shoot held at Cutoff on
the Cibolo.
DR.. +. c. Clavin and vile expect to
visit Phoenix, Pa, the former home
of Mrs. C. near Philadelphia, in a few
days.
Mrs. j. J. McKanna and daughters,
the Misses Fannie and Eta, have ar
rived in the city from Houston, to re-
join DR.. J. ] McKanna, husband and
father.
Vice President and General Manager
Monserrate and Superintendent r. II.
Innes, of the Arkansas Pass, accbmpan-
led William Mahl and n. H. Foster,
of the Southern Pacific, to Houston
over the Arkansas Pass this morning.
Mr.. Mail and Mr.. Foster spent Sun
day in San Antonio. They are en-
route from San Francisco to New
York.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17

Honor to Mother Vidrae! Great was
the mother of the Gracchi, but quite
as great-many will say far greater-is
old Mother Vidrae. In the opinion Of
many Frenchmen there is in this year
of grace no nobler French woman iv-
ing.
Surely, says the New York Herald,
Mother Vidrae has earned this reward.
Some years ago a young man named
Vidrae was arrested on the charge OF
murder. He was a hotheaded, excitable
southerner, whowouldrarel do stroke
of honest work, thinking that twas his
old mothers business to support him.
She, a widow with no other child,
worked for him uncomplainingly, never
receiving from him word of thanks.
At times, when the angry fit was on
him, he would strike and berate her
with the utmost virulence, but she
never murInured, never protested
against his unfilial conduct. Nay, the
more brutal he grew the more loving
tenderness she showed him.
When the gendarmes dragged him to
court on the charge OF having COM
mitted murder, all his old-time friends
deserted him, but the mothers loyalty
never wavered. During the entire trial
she remained in court, her eyes fixed
on her abandoned son and her old
cheeks flushed with joy whenever he,
in his theatrical fashion, would kiss his
hand to her. These false kisses, doubt
less, nay, surely, produced their effect
on the jury. In any case, instead of con-
demning the accused to the guillotine,
they sentenced him to penal sevitude
with hard labor for life. The prisoner
thanked them in his mothers name
(the hypocrite) for their clemency,
and in a few days was shipped to the
galleys in New Caledonia.
Mother Vidrae went to her desolate,
childless home, but she did not stay
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
CITY TOPICS.


The successful management of our
city administration by the present Of
ficials is a matter of great Importance
to our citizens. The city government
belongs to the people. 1t is their BUSH
ness that is performed by the city
council, mayor and other executive Off
GERS, who are only the servants of the
people. The successful management of
our municipal business is positively
demanded by the people; the prosperity
of our city largely depends upon it.
Many people, who are opposed to the
political ascendency of Mr.. Callaghan
and his friends, imagine that the early
downfall of the present administration
is the thing most to be desired, when
in fact such a thing is out Of the ques-
ton until the next election. In the
meanwhile it is to the interest of ev-
cry citizen that the Callaghan admin
istration be given every opportunity
to do what they have promised to do.
The people can judge them when the
day of judgment comes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
Trolley Cars in Sewers.

The largest sewer through which a
visitor travels in Paris is that under
the Boulevard Sebastopol des Male
sherbes. The next largest is beneath
the Rue de Rivoli. The first is IS feet
Az inches wide and 10 feet high. The
conduit is 31s feet deep and feet 10
inches wide. In these large sewer boats
are used. The others employ trolley
cars. Twenty persons are allowed to
ride in one car. These cars travel III
trains Of five each. The average speed
is Az miles an hour. When boats are
used the same number are attached one
to another. Most persons prefer the lat
ter, as there is no jar.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
Severe Steel Plate Test.

A six-inch Harveyized steel plate
measuring S feet by 6 has stood a severe
test in England. Five 1OO-pound
Hotter projectiles were fired at it from
q distance of 30 feet with a velocity of
1850 feet a second, and were shattered
without perforating it, only slight sur
face cracks being found. The backing
of the plate was merely bruised behind
each impact.
READ THE SUNDAY LIGHT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
EYES MADE LOVELY.
Various Ways to Beautify the Win.
doMs of the Soul.

Madame may change the hue and tex
ture of her hair and improve upon ma
ture in the matter of skin by course
of treatment. She may gradually de-
yelop beautiful arms or shapely neck,
and she can call surgery to her aid if the
shape of her nose does not happen to acL
cord with her standard of beauty. But
she has always been bafIled by her eyes.
There they are, green and narrow, may
be, brown and beady, perhaps, and she
has known that surgery could not
widen them or art change their hue.
But, after all, there are reforms which
may be undertaken, with eyes and care
which may be given them which will at
least keep them from being hindrance
to madame's charms.
The appearance of the eyes depends
largely on the lids, eyebrows and eye
lashes. Scanty eyebrows may be
gradually filed out by the application
of pure grease to them every night. The
eyebrows should not be rubbed or
brushed the wrong way. Eyebrow
brushes should be used to apply the
grease. Pure vaseline, by the way, is
the best.
Naseline applied to the eyelashes
with great care will increase their
growth, and strolxing them upward
gives them the curly tendency, which is
a charm to any eye. Children's eye
lashes may be very slightly clipped at
the ends occasionally, and will grow
longer and better in consequence; but
a grown-up person should on no ac-
count tamper in this way with the
lashes, as it only makes them grow
coarse and stubbly. Even when cut
ting children's eyelashes the very great
est care should be exercised and only
the very tips should be clipped.
Infamed eyelids may be washed in
rose water. When the eyes feel irrita-
BILE, or there is a pricllly sensation, they
may be bathed in elderfower water.
The following recipe makes a soothing
and refreshing wash for tired eyes:
Take quart of soft water, a pinch of
coarse salt, and a tablespoonful of
brandy. Mix all well together and
shake the bottle Jefore using the mix
ture. The best time for bathing the
eyes is in the evening.
Beds should always be placed SO that
the daylight and suns rays do not
strike the eyes on waking. The light
should come from the side. 1t is also
well to have green or dark blue blinds in
bedrooms. which will effectually Dre-
vent the bright light from entering the
room early in the morning.
The eyes should be closed once in
every two or three hours for five or ten
minutes. This rests them and helps
to preserve their luster. A good diges-
ton is another aid to beautiful eyes,
for a disordered stomach shows itself in
the yellowish whites of the cyes.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
POST-LENTEN FROLIC.
The Egg Dance Tests Skill and Az
fords Much Amusement.

To give an old-time quaintness to the
frolics this year society has introduced
the egg dance" Although the egg
dance is not as intricate in it's move
ments as the minuet or a gavotte, it re-
quires nearly as many rehearsals if one
would hope to carry off a prize at the
entertainment
As the concluding figure of the cotil-
lon, the egg dance takes its place most
picturesquely. To prepare for this
figure rs eggs are required. These may
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17

cided saving on gloves, since IT does not
stretch them or soil them or cause the
hand TO become overheated, and skirts
lifted in this way look more graceful
than when they are held in the hand.
Ones anatomy is less liable TO be en-
phasized, and it gives an ease and GER
tainty that all the fullness is properly
looked after, while at the same time
petticoat, ankles and shoes are more be-
comingly Xposed.-Chicago Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
Black or Drab stockings

A housekeePer says the proper way to
cleanse black or drab colored stockings
of cotton or Isle thread is TO wash them
in bran water. Tie the bran in mus
lin bag and shake this bag about in hot
water until the water is lather. Wash
the stockings in the water and then
wrap them in cloths and wiring well.
Shake the stockings out and dry quick
ly before the fire. Stockings washed in
this way retain their color.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
OUR PARKS.

Mayor Callaghan is devoting his at
tention to public parks, and while he
has only two. men employed at pres
ent, he is taking note Of the require
ments of these parks, with the object
in getting them in good condition.
The San Pedro Springs is one of the
prettiest park spots on this continent,
it has been sadly neglected and al
most deserted by the pleasure seeking
public. Many of the noble trees in this
park have been dying off limb by limb,
in consequence of the accumulation of
moss. Mayor Callaghan has ordered
the trees to be trimmed up and the
park to be put in a tidy condition for
the use of the public. The open land
next to the grove could be made into
q lawn instead of a horse lot as at
present, while the cliffs above the
springs could be converted into artistic
walks and grotos.
The use of Main and Alamo plazas
for band concerts has not proven very
profitable for the parks, the presence
of the crowd is taken advantage of to
commit acts of vandalism while the
grass and flowers are trampled under
foot. These parks are the property
of the people and they should be as
careful of them as with their own
flower plots.
The Alamo plaza needs work badly;
the Main and Military plazas are kept
in fair condition. Travis park is still
in a neglected condition and needs
work.
The public will appreciate Mayor
Calaghan's efforts to put their parks
in good condition. 1t only requires a
little personal attention on the part
of the mayor to have things done
right; he is paid good salary for
performing his duty and should do it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17

pert specialist, DR.. Hathaway & Co Have
made those delicate, especially blood diseases
will give you their time and attention free OF
charge If you will call on them for a consulta-
ton at Office or by mail
SPSCIHLTI6S:
Syphilis, Specific Blood Poisoning, Nervous
Debility, Kidney and Urinary Difficulties, Hy-
drocele, Varicocele, Structure, elect, Piles,
Catarrh and Diseases Of Women Address or
call on DR. HATHAWAY & CO., 200 Alamo
Plaza, San Antonio, Texas, over the Globe.
Mail treatment given by sending for Symp-
tom Blank No. for Men; No. 2 for Women;
No for Skin Diseases; No. 4 for Catarrh
OFFICE HoURs-9 to IL, 2 TO and too. sun
days-l0 to /.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
A NEW PEST.

The English sparrow has made his
pestiverous appearance, in fact he ar
rived some months ago and made his
headquarters in the city hall. The
presence of this pest is now in evidence
in our public parks as we'll as about
cur public buildings; it will not take
long before they will swarm all over
our city, drive out the native birds and
require the severest methods to exter-
inmate them. In northern cities the
city authorities have been forced to
use poison and firearms to eXterminate
them. These sparrows seek the ewes
of houses to build their nests and make
their roosts, they feed upon the streets,
and when numerous enough drive off
all other birds from the parks and
trees. A hooking bird that gives daily
concerts in the Main plaza has found,
his residence very uncomfortable on
account of these dirty little foreign
pests. Our sparrow Is different bird,
combining hiscrange to the woods and
brush and lIJing upon insects. He is
also a song, bird, while the English
sparrow only utters a disagreeable lit
tie twitter. The city should begin at
once to exterminate these pests. Turn
the nigger-shooter on them, or as in
Boston, arm your park men with little
air guns and let them bag them. This
may not be considered a very impor-
tant matter but the mayor and council
could put in some of the time that they
put in to mud holes very profitably to
the English sparrow.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
OpaIs Arc Popular Au.,n

The old superstition against opals is
slowly but surely passing away, and
these lovely gems, with their ever
changing colors and opalescent effects,
are in the front rank of popularity
among fashionable women. The opal
has an advantage, too, over all the
ether gems, as it cannot be initiated.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
A LABOR SAVING DEVICE.

A double tree and spring stay-chain
with which your team can start and
pull 20 per cent. heavier loads than by
the old style. Manufactured and for
sale by Peter Schiffers, 902-9O4 Austin
and Crosby streets. ,5-17-1ms
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
LIFTING THE SKIRT.
How 1t May De Done Easily, Grace
fully and MOdestIy.


While it is considered bad form for
a woman tocarry her skirts while walk
ing, there are conditions and circum-
stances when she must do so. In the
first place, unless one is a woman of lux
ury, with those in her service with moth
ing but her wardrobe to look after, one
is not excusable for wearing skirts that
in consequence of their all-round eXag-
gerated length are veritable street
sweepers. For women who are not
thus luxuriously conditioned, walking
skirts should be made just to escape
the ground, and then they should be al
lowed to hang free unless the side
walks or crossings are too damp or
otherwise dirty, when it would, of
course, be most uncleanly not to lift the
skirts. The way to lift them most eff
fectually and conveniently is to throw
the extra back fullness of the skirt over
the back of the hand, which should be
closed and placed as handle at one
side of the body, and slightly bend the
forearm forward. The fullness of the
skirt will be found to remain in place,
and will not cause the fatigue to the
hand and wrist that one experiences IN
the old way OF holding so much weight
of material in the hand. This is a de-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17

ofthe human body.
A small fire lie east =
ly trodden out,
which, when left TO
itself, rivers can
not quench. Look
to your physical
health, for q sound
mind can only
dwell in a sound
body. There Is no
one so able to re-
store your natural
faculties, as the eX-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
HER LIFE FOR A son.
Wonderful Devotion OF a French
Mother for a Convict

Twice She Saved His worthless Life
Left Her Comfortable Home in
France and Followed Him to
New Caledonia.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17

4 Game Women Like.
Basket ball is the'feminine substitute
for foot ball.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17

Pretty Decorated Japanese Individual
Buffers. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. CT each
Porcelain mot common O. Cups and
SuucefS. .,..........4 CTS q pair
Decorated Bone Plates. ... g cts each
Fruit or ice cream saucers decorated
OHIy ...'....,. ID Gus edCH
French Oatmeal SaucerS dec. 10 cts each
Broad Gold Band cups and Saucers
only. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~ Gus pair
Real china cups and Saucers 10 cts pair
Lustre band Vegetable dishes 10 cts each
Gold Band Cream Pitcher. IL cts each
Cake Plates, highly decorted with gold
only. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~ cts each
Decorated Porcelain Breakfast Plates
only ............. d cts each
Decorated Porcelain Dinner or Soup
rates.. ................I Gus eaCh
White Porcelain Oatmeal Saucers
only. ......,...........3 cts each
Pretty New Shape Decorated Porce-
lain Dinner Sets .......... $500 set
Special Sale of Gray Enameled Ware.
HammOckS as Low as. SO cts
Gasoline Stoves at Actual Cost.
Japanned Cuspidors. ........7 cts each
Folding Lawn Chairs 80 cts
Extension Window Screens. ...... 40 cts
Lawn Mowers large size. 1910
Special Cut Price on Garden Hose.
We handle only first quality of goods.
No Seconds and Auction Trash such as
sold by Auction Houses.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
REPRESENTATION
THIEF OF TYNE,
rs THE

Don't procrastinate but do something for
yourself at once Your delay is not only cost
ing you time, but money also Disease Is a
hard taskmaster when once IL gains nossession
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17
An Old Proyerb Revised

III VIu FrONtrb HeVfScd.
a bird in the bush is worth ten on the
hat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-20

| taken unawares by our noiseleas APP
proach, and then they would disappear
in the dense pine forest; for we were
in the midst of pine-wood desert
whose end was undetermined.
The German Black Forest and the
great Lithuanian are as nothing com
pared with these sub-Arctic forest re-
gions. Up to the present time they have
been abandoned almost wholly to the
forces CT nature and they present any
thing bat a pleasing spectacle to civil
iized man. There are many places
Where, for hundreds of miles in every
direction, stand growths Of pine, with
interlacing SUBMITS that obscure the
sky. The absolutely naked trunks,
which rise perfectly straight to an
enormous height, are so uniform in
their appearance that even experienced
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-20
MISUNDERSTANDING FOR COLD SAND

the influence of glaciers only, and,
thanks to the cold climate which fol-
lowed the glacial period, many have
been preserved to the present day in
their original form. They even show
traces of a geological period partially
contemporary with man, for memen-
toes of his presence have been left in
them in the form of arrow heads, orna-
ments, coins, bones, etc.
In general the richness of the gold
deposits of these extreme northern re-
gions shows itself in every respect, be-
ginning with their width, size OF STRAIT
ification and the amount Of gold they
contain. The 0lekminsk district of
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-20

the newly discovered Eldorado In the
Klondilse OF Alaska; for not only
are the geological and clnutic condi-
tions very much the SAGE IN beth re-
gions. but also the character CT their
mines. as well as the mc,hoa OF work
ing them.
As Characteristic Of sr5-Lrc;lc min
ing regions IN general. ltt+ propose
60 rve the read reo .. tie observa-
tiors and cNi cre,s 4oted while on
rec q tr ;a.ough the mining
districts rtheastern Siberia. To
those ell ut 10 set ont for tie .N.ss,~a|
fields the. ~y not 60 Lcst.3 Of fs1c-
teal late ~
The Journey was made ia siberian
slkiffs along the Lena ard is tribu7
taries and on horseback through the
taigas or derse Siberian forests. -Four
sturdy Russian fishermen icarred our
two boats at bow ard stern. and with
their long birch poles pushed US UP
slowly against the SWIFT current of the
mountain streams.
Every now and then We would catch
the glimpse Of bear or deer scamper-
ing away from the rivers brink when
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-20

The professional go,d-hunter Know
IL the hrst place that the deposits arc
to be met with in he beds OF running
streams or in the crcvices OF the earth
that have evidently served as channels
for running wafer. Moreover. le knows
that the rivers that wash up gold ui,'
always those which have their sources
in ravnes the rocks OF which are very
mrch weather-beatcn Gold Is rarely
forad at PERCEPTIONS spots ard is most
a5urLant where the water ages ago
tSd a caiuer current.
With knowledge Of tl.,s kind the god
hunter proceeds tn be reaches theNaI-
ley of a stream where the presence 81
pfrites. iron. strata clay or quartz indi-
estes the likelihood Of god deposits
The exploration Of these deposits is
always made in winter. Ia pits. with a
Hre at the bottom to ihaw the earth so
it can be handled The go,d-bearing
sand is taken into warm winter quar-
ters ard there washed and assayed
The work of testing q locality may
take long time; meanwhile The work.
men ard overseer live in their wretched
hut. which often is not well rooted and
is heated only by portable stove. The
wind whistles through the cracks of the
moss-called walls. and while intolera-
bic heat reigrs in the vicinity of the
stove, there are icicles on the walls.
As rule the richness of these gold
bearing strata varies in each deposit.
the upper portion generally containing
an accumulation of coarse particles Of
gold mixed with quartz. magnetic iron
and pyrites! in the middle portion the
gold is finer in its particles and the.
sand less profitable; and lastly. in the
tail Of the deposit there remains float
ing dust which only yields trace of
god. The gold of the Olekmnsk de-
posits has the popularity of being dis
tributed in two and even three layers.
the bottom one being by far the richest.
TIE thickness of the collaborating
strata is from two to fifteen feet and