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| THE LIGHT’S What My Wife Believes, i; j: DAILY STORY | By Henry S. Gibson. | Copyrighted, igoa, by My wife believes me to be a brave man. She has had proof of my cour age; proof of my honesty; proof of my love, but 1 know that fear, dread anu actual cowardice have let' a stain within me. Sometimes when I con teiaplati the truth, it seems that tiie supposed virtues of my character crumble und vanish; I seem a liar, a hypocrite, and my love for her re proaches me. Mv wife has seen me 111; nigh unto death. Yet she has seen in me no sign of fear. She has seen me go voluntarily into danger: seen me seize the horse that dragged her ami hold him. though my leg was broken by his hoof but I know that I have feared, and. more than that, have sweated with a oread lest she should know. We were married in the fall, and moved to a house of our own. My mil her, with an old uncle, still lived in the house I had left We were be gining to experience that second ham plnoss that comes to men and women when they feel that their lives are as suming a sweet and permanent rela tion. We had been married several months when I was notified one morn ing that my uncle had died during the night and that my mother wanted me to come to her at once. I hurried to my old home. She had called my uncle at the’usual time that morning, and re ceiving no reply, had gone to his room ami found him sleeping his last sleep Of course there was nothing to do but make the necessary arrangements, and I attended to them, trying, meanwhile to console my mother. Soon after 1 arriWd my wife came, accompanied by an old friend ot my mother’s. It was finally arranged that my mother should spend the night with her friend and that my wife and 1 should stay in the old home until after the luneral. 1 left the office at nine o’clock tha' evening and hurried ijome. The cold was intense. 1 left thd car and turned up the street which led to the house, and it was then that the first creeping fear came over me. Why, I do not know, nor is it my intention to specu late. As 1 neared the house it loomed dark and repellent, no light gelamed from the window or door; all was wrapped in somber silence. Then my heart gave a sudden bound, for from the shadow of the snow capped hedge which enclosed the lawn, a muffled fig ure stepped. "Is that you Tom?" asked a voice I knew My blood resumed its normal flow and I answered with more gayety than the presence of death warranted. "Sure, it is, dear; but what on earth are you doing out her# in the cold?” "Mother left about* 8 o’clock,” my wife answered, "and I went over to Mrs. Remington’s v itt her. I turned out the gas in the hall when I left, and when I came back I was afraid to go in alone.” Honest, wasn’t it? . There the little woman had been for an hour or more, walking up and down disconsolately ir. the snow and cold, simply because she feared to enter that .lonesome house. Rut when 1 came all her fear vanished. And I. how could 1 laugh at her fears, the fears of a girl alone in a strange house, when at the time she met me, 1 was dreading to enter the home of my own childhood. I was hungry and we set about get ting lunch. Then came the second evidence of my fear. Wtnny started for the kitchen, then burned, and, with a look in her eyes which I fully com prehended, said: “You come, too, Tom." I went, and sne took my hand in hers and thanked me for understand ing her fear, and tor saying nothing nor laughing. What would she have thought had she known that I had been afraid to have her leave me alone in the living rom? What if she had known that in the moment she had turned her back to me, 1 had glanced apprehensively al the stairs which led to the room where the dead man lay? The little lunch was a merry one. and then we returned to the glow of the fire. "Come." she said, "fill your pipe and smoke while we chaL'k; Ah. I had thought of that. While we were eating I had found tobacco in nty pocket and realized that I had no pipe. I had felt in my pocket for cigars or cigarettes, and had found none. But that was not all; I had re membered that upstairs in my room, there were a score of pipes. I had been picturing them to myself before she spoke. But I also remembered that a"week or more before he died, my uncle had moved into my old room and that his hotly now lay on the bed at its further end. Even as in my mind's eye I could see the pipes lying invitingly in their nooks, so could I see the still, cold form lying beneath its sheet of white. "I have no pipe." I said. I was afraid to meet her eye. Afraid that she would read what I feared to own. "There must be some of your old ones around the house somewhere,” she said, “you did not take many away with you.” Was she looking at me? Did she suspect the fear that was within me? Was she persisting with the intention of driving me to the thing 1 dreaded? I looked up. "Sure,” I said, "there must be a dozen or more in my old room- Hl go and get one." , No, she had meant nothing. Her eyes met mine as brightly, but at my words they clouded with the same look they had held when she had asked be to go with her to the kitchen "O, don’t go up there, Tom,” she said. But 1 would not have it so. Now that I had eont'cnsel that there were ppies In the house, 1. would lia>c one. 1 laughed as i turned to her "Why not. little one.?’’ I said. ‘ Sure ly. you wouldn’t have me afraid to enter the r<Kiin I’ve slept in all ny life, because of something we know cannot hurt us?” "Take a candl? with you, dear," she said, as 1 left the room. Again came that overmastering dread. Did she know that I had been groping wrh the eyes of my imagina tion in the da-sness ahead? Did rh« guess that I had not taken a r-ght be cause I wished to simulate a courage I did not have?” “No.” 1 said. 1 know where thez are and can put my hand r'gbf on them- if I can't I can light the gas when I get up there.” Up the stairs I went and it seemed Daily Story Pub. as if the thick carpet was sucking my feet as a quicksand would draw clown a victim. The little light which came from below made theMear and familiar objects assume apw and grotesque forms. Id the cross hall it was inky dark and I went. Silently down it. the damp fright gripped me till it seemed us it I were struggling against a heavy current. My hips ached, my knees seemed scarce able to bear the weight above them, and my eyes peered rest lessly into th$ rayless gloom in search of I knew not what. It was foolish, groundless, shameful fear that ixrssessed me. and every element of my reason dinned the fact within my cars. But I dared not re turn and confess this fear. I would enter the room and take what 1 want ed, and. as for that upon the bed, it should be as if it were not there. I opened the door and stepped into the chill darkness of the room. But a tew steps and I could leave. I took the first, and. as my body poised to take the second, my knees came in contact with something, a chair I thought, and I grasped it quickly in the darkness to save myself from fall ing. But it was not a chair; ’twas him! vVe crashed together upon the floor. It seemed that 1 grew old as 1 strove to separate myself from him and regain my feet. So cold! So clammy! So rigid, he felt! The perspiration burst from my every pore, and I lean ed against the wall in helpless terror. But even then, in the sweating, nerveless horror of the moment, I knew what had happened and how it had happened. The undertakers had come while I had been at the office and had prepared the body for burial, had removed it from the bed and placed it on trestles near the door. In a flash 1 knew all that, and I knew that he was lying as he had fallen; but, how? How was he 'ying? The darkness was so black! Could 1 grope until 1 found him and then lift him again to the board .* If I put forth my hand what part of him would meet my touch? Would I feel his hair, his cold, pallid flesh, or would my fingers meet a stony eye-ball, staring in the dark? And then, to light the gas! Again, bow would he lie?. Would his body Ie near me, twisted in some hideous attitude? Would his face leer at me «ith glassy eye and fallen jaw? Years v.ere passing! Winny would wonder v hat kept me. 1 would light the gas! i would do what 1 had to do! 1 struck a match and dared not look until the gas had leaped in flame. He lay as calmly as if in sleep. The white sheet had fallen over him leav ing his face uncovered and showing a pleasanter smile than he had been wont to wear in life. I lifted him tq the trestle and turned to go. Then, as 1 closed the door. 1 remembered the pipe for wlycb I had come. I forced myself to' litrn and get it, and with a panic so great that I could scarce refrain from leaping down the rtairs. I rejoined mJ'wife. • Did you find one?” she asked, as I entered. "Yes.” I answered. "My! it took you long enough. I thought, too. that I heard something fall.” “I kicked over a chair," I said, going into the bathroom to wash my hands, for it seemed as if the icy sweat of a moment before was blistering my fin gers. Her voice came to me as I bathed in the pulse-restoring water. "I wish I had your nerve. Tom; fool ish as it may seem. I wouldn’t have gone up there in the dark if I were to die without a smoke." A San Antonian Wins. The Fort Worth Telegram, in writ ing of the aw ard of the commission for erecting a statue of the Rev. Dr. Bur leson of the Bay 1 or University, says: "The fortunate sculptor was Pom peo Coppini of San Antonio. Texas, who has made many of the effigies of the emfiient men and women of the world, notably those of Europe and the United States. The model he sub mitted presented th eillustrious sub ject in a graceful ami dignified atti tude, standing with Bible in hand with the index finger between its leaves marking the page of some favorite Scriptural passage. The head is bare, displaying the noble features and fore head. Pendant from the arm gracefully tai's in folds the overcoat, while in the hand is the inseparable compan ions. his cage and silk hat. The figure is in a posture suggestive of address ing a gathering which he has just joined. It is clad in the characteris tic clerical frock coat and othen raim ent peculiar to the clergy and Dr. Bur leson in particular. It stands on a beautiful and graceful pedestal, circu lar In form, into which are to be set tablets containing a bas relief of Bay lor University and such inscriptions as may be determined by the commit tee to be appropriate. “The statue is to be of bronze and the pedestal of Texas granite. The total altitude of the monument will be t wenty feet, the statue to be eight and the pedestal twelve feet high. The tablets are to be of bronze, also the wreath facing the front of the pedes tal. "The model -possesses svnetry. beauty, elegance and simplicity, which ill recommend it as an art products n. The award could not have been more appropriate'.'’ made as Coppini is an artist whn has made Texas his home, aspires to make his work worthy of Texas, her glorious history und the illustrious subjects he will portray.” But wouldn't Brann kick if lie was ilive and rudWIhg the Iconoclast. General Debility Day in and out there Is that feeling ot weak .ess that makes a burden of itself. Food doct not strengthen. Sleep does not refresh. ft is hard to do, hard to bear, wiiat should be easy,—Vitality is on the ebb. and the whole system sutlers. For this condition take , Hood’s Sarsaparilla It vitalizes the blood, gives vigor and tone to all the organs and functions, and is positively unequalled .for (ill run-down or debilitated conditions. Hoon's Fltxs cure voostlpatjua. -JS cuts. SAN ANTONIO DAILY LIGHT. SAN ANTONIO, TEX., MONDAY. NOV. 17, 1902. TEXAS WOMEN IN SESSION SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING IS BE ING HELD IN BEAUMONT. Over Three Hundred Delegates and Visiting Club Women Present —Uni- versity Scholarships for Poor Girls. Special to the Daily Light Beaumont, Texas November 17.— The M$th annual meeting of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs was cnHed to order shortly after 9 o'clock this morning by Mrs. Percy V. Penny bicker, of Austin, the state president. The auditorium was elaborately decor ated. More than 300 delegates and visiting club women were present. Ad dresses were de'ivered on behalf of the city and the local club women and the response was by Mrs. John C. Coit, of Dentijp. Reports for the dis trict presidents were presented as fol Iowa; Mrs. J. I). Osborne. Cleburne, for the North Central district; Mrs. John B. Goodhue, of Beaumont, lor the Southwestern district: Mrs. Edmun I Kev. of Marshall, for the Northeastern district- Misrf Cockrell, of Al ilene, for the Northwestern district, am. Mrs. Milton W. Simms, of Bryan, for the Southwestern district. Reports of the various federation officers and the election of new mem bers were the principal features of business at the afiernoon session. This evening the delegates are to listen tc an address by Mrs. D. T. S. Denison, of New York City, president of the General Federation of Women s clubs The sessions of the convention arc to continue until next Friday The promotion of the educational move ment is to be the principal work of the present gathering. The federa tion hopes to be able to raise an en dowment fund for scholarships in tho slate university for poor but deserving girls. The movement has aroused gen eral interest throughout the state and promises te result successfully. A Prize Turkey Bawl. At a prize turkey bowl given at Mission Garden alley last night the fol lowing is a list of the winners: Charles Staudt. two gobblers; Pete Nocker. one gobbler and one hen; Henry Deininger, one gobbler and two hens: R. Hutschenreitei*. one gobbler and one hen: George Huntress, one hen; Hermann Dresch. two gobblers and one hen; John Arnold, one gob bler: Tom Huntress, one gobbler and one hen; Charles Steffler. three hens; Henry Waning, one gobbler; John Um scheid. one hen; George GittInger, one gobbler and one hen; Percy Abbey, one hen; O. Achtzelin. one hen; Charles Umscheid. one hen; N. M. Karney. one hen. A turkey prize bowl took place on tiie Turner hall alleys yesterday after noon with the following results: Emil Kuehn. 2 gobblers and I hen: Alex Files 1 gobbler and I lien; A. Wied enfeld. 1 gobbler: 11. Herweck. I lien: Willie Schultze. 2 hens. Henry Duke*. 1 lien: H. Herweck. 1 gobbler: Otto Tolle. I gobbler: E. Keylicb. 1 lien; C. Hauser, 2 hens; Ed Podenils. 1 gobbler. A Runaway Bicycle. Terminated with an ugly cut on the leg of J. B. Omer, Franklin Grove. 111. It developed a stubborn ulcer unyield ing to doctors and remedies for four years. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured. It's just as good for Burns, Scalds. Skin Eruptions and Piles. 25c at F Kalteyer & Sons. Geo. J. F. Schmitt, Prop., and Adolph Dreiss, drug stores. . "Y»u have the most up-to-date plant of its size in the country.” that's what Mr. Eddy, a prominent business man of St. Louis told us today. "Acme Co.." Phones 1107. Likes Sailor's Life. Hen M. Wofford is in receipt of a letter from his iriend R. L. Miller, of this city, who recently joined the navy. The letter is dated Marc Island. California, and was wriitec on the United States Relief ship Independ ence. Mr. Miller says that he is well satisfied with his new station tn life an ! the treatment accorded is of the best. Forty Years’ Torture. To lie relieved from a torturing dis ease after 40 years’ torture might well cause the gratitude of anyone. That is what DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve did for C. Haney, Geneva, O. He says: "De- Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured me of piles after I had suffered 40 years.” Cures cuts, burns wounds, skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits.—.lames Clavin C. Schasse, Wm. Agperman. IMPORTANT. We will be in our new quarters. 114 and 116 South Flores, in a few days. In the meantime we are selling goods remarkably cheap to save moving ex penses. THE BROWN IMPLEMENT CO., 414 Military Plaza. Henry of Pieiss Goes Home. New York. Nov. 17—Prince Henry of Pieiss. who came to the United Stales to attend, on behalf of the Ger man government, the opening of the new home of the Chamber of Com merce. has returned here from a short tour and will sail for home on Wed nesday. Let us figure with you on painting and papering your house. Our work Is good and prices are low. Our stock is fresh and complete. H. & F. PFEIFFER. 302 Alamo Plaza. Tel. 686-4 rings. R J. HOFHEINZ with J. T Brown Implement Co.. 114 S. Flores St., will make you low prices on carriages and buggies, and will take your old one in exchange UNION RESTAURANT. Ernest & Henry, proprietors. Lunch Counter and Ladies Parlors. Popular Prices. Kitchen in charge of E. David 509-511 West Commerce street. We handle the best ready mixed paint. $1,000 guarantee. Ed Steves & Sons. MILITARY MATTERS. .A Mus’cal Treat. Captain Austin H. Brown, Fourth In fantry adjutant of tiie post, i- a great lover of music mid believes in having Ilie beat and a* a result the present .erics of comerts aa pnbNtdied from day to day in the Light is under his direct suiwrvi'ion. Aa music hath charms it is pei-teil I but large crowd* will turn out to hear thia exeelli'Ht bind and visit the grounds. Tur following program will In- rendered tomorrow afternoon at 4;;Mi o’clock by the Fourth Infantry band at the upper baud stand. Mnrcli. The Man Behind the Gun. Sousa. Overtuie. Morning. Noon and Night, Sunpe. Intermezzo. Love's Dream Alter the Ball. Czibulka. Plantation Echoes, Coates Selection, Singing Girl, lb rliort. A Splendid Record. Sergeant William 11. Tv iit. Seven teenth Field artillery, wa. discharged yesterday ami re entered Galay in the same battery. <hl the Im:tom of the discharge certifivwte the Inflowing re marks appear: Service hone*t and faith ful. ('liaraster excellent, an expert horseman, swordsman ami pistol shot, and a most thorough and, competent non-i-ommiasioned officer. The following concert program of tho Fourth Infantry band is being ren dered at the Upper Post this after noon: March. Pride Elect Sousa Overture. Tancrell Rossini Ballet from Faust Adwagio (al Allegretto (bl Gounod Waltz. Sivenes Waldteufel Selection. Burgomaster Luders The following named officers, with station in the Department of Texas, are now in attendance at the General Service and Staff College. Fort Leaven worth. Kan.: Twelfth Cavalry: Firs’. Lieutenant Herbert J. Brees. Second Lieutenants James S. Butler, James E Abbot Edgar N Coifi y. S. L Jef tors. Atthur N Picket. Fourth infaii try: Seconds lieutenants. Eugene 1'. Crow ne. Fil’d U Davidson Twelfth Infantry: First Lieutenant Frank D Wickham, Second Lieutenant Morrii M. Keck. The detail at Fort Sam Houston for today is as follows: Captain Hornbrook. Tweifth Cavalry, officer of tin- day and Lieutenant Nichols. Fourth Infantry, as officer of the guard. Musician David L. Snook. of the See ond Field battery, who vv i-, disehargw! Saturday re-enlisted today in company I Fourth Infantrv. The hospital corps were drawing their regulm allowances of clothing today. Captain A. E. Williams; Third eavaliy. visited the post this morning. The cap tain is en route to his station at Fort Apache. Arizona, after enjoying a months' leave of ulwuce fin Xew York. Captain Ernest Hines, eommamling the SrcoQd Field Artilloivi, retiuned this morning from a one month's leave of absence. The citizens on GovciOment hill say that if Mayor Hicks would co-operate with General Grant bv fixing up Grav son street, he would earn lite everlasting gratitude of the. city al large. MANY VAGS IN COURT. Seventy-two Cases Were on the Record- er’s Docket This Morning. Of late the police have been breaking records in the way of large iiumls-r ot arrests, ami last Monday as hign as 67 arrests appeared on the ilocket, the ar rests having been accomplished Ih'Iwccii Saturday night and Monday morning This morning all previous records were broken when 76 caws ippcnred on the docket in the Recordvi * court. This large docket wa* dm- to the fait that on Saturday night, about midnight, the police instituted ra ds upon saloons in and about which longicgated many nhiftless and negroes all of whom were placed under arrest on charges of vagrancy. Mayor Hicks, who is now presiding in the Reiorder's court, during the aliscnie of Judge Kroeger, -tail'd this morning that he was not going to allow Inis chi— of negroes to loiter aUmt saloons and has instructed the police to arrest them whenever they an- found aboil' tlrsc places. The plan'- will be subject to raids in the fuliiro mi.I d! negroes found alwmt will be promptly placed under ar rent. * niirinjj tho mhl* nil ucuriM** who nn* found in these places that liave employ ment will la' fined the lowest fine, un less thev have good muse for being there, while those not having employ ment will lie fuusl in the sum of $3 or thirtv davs in jail. For a Bad Cold. If you have a had cold you need a good reliable medicine like Chamber lain’s Cough Remedy to loosen and re lieve it. and to allay flu - irritation and inflammation of the throat and lungs. The soothing and healing properties of this remedy and the quick cures which it effects make it a favorite everywhere. For sale by all drug gists. DR. ROBT. E. MOSS Has moved bls office to rooms L and M. third floor. Hicks Building, and his residence to 404 W. Laurel street. Bargains in hardware and stoves prior to our removal. BROWN IMPLEMENT CO., 414 Military Plaza. Silver watches with Elgin or Wal tham movements, 16.00 up. EMERSON & CO. Carrizo Water CURES that “awful headache” caused by derangement of the stomach. Try it. All druggists. It you are tnirsty or want a nice s-'oke drop in at the Crystal--it's the [Mace. We are headquarters for building ma terial. Ed Steves ik Sons. Vanguard and Raymond movements. EMERSON'S. Sewing Machine Needles and Oil at M. J. Hewitt's. BACKACHE .... When accompanied by iMpalnd < -rvon«ne«a. eor-tipatinn or MCasioMl \ troubl • ill the urin.vrv organs indii a*' -* a .lancerona conditu ii in Ui ! you have any of theae symptom* Um -enaible coaraa is to atop the prog.eanof the diaeace t before It eats away the vitality. H PRICKLY ASH BITTERS 3 IS A SUCCESSFUL KIDNEY MEDICINE. Thi* remedy i* not only ▼nlnabte as a kidney tonic, but contain* the necr*«ary properties for cleansing and strengthening the atomach. liver and bowels. 1 hna i: i I restores healthful conditions and harmony of action in the enure system while J carrying out the important object of ridding the kidneys of disease. It prevents tho appearai fluence the kidneys become well and strong again. w jKw sot 0ai oRLGcisis. 5100 Per Bo,tk% la P. S. Lucas, 727 S. A’amo.St., Wm. C. Kalteyer, 408 F Hou-ton St., E. C Jungkind, 417 E. Houston St., Wra. Apj, munu. C33 Houston, SmcmI Agents. NEW TRIAL PRAYED FOR. Albeit Patrick. Lawyer, Sentenced For Rice's Death, Asks it. New York. Nov. 17. —Papera will be filed toUHorow by coun-el for Albert T. Patrick, the lawyer now in Sing Sing under -entence of death for the murder of William M. Hive, the old millionaire, asking a new trial on the ground of re cently discovered evidence. Tnere will lie tiled affidavits of great length, sett ing fort It this evidence. The u-ual mo tion for a new trial will la- made before I’eisirder Goff, who sentenced Patrick to death. Failing in this effort the ease will lie taken at once to the court of appeals. Damming the River. The Goliad Guard says: "Dam the San Antonio river. Yes. dam it. There is money in it. Cuero home capitalists dammed the Guada lupe, and see the live Helds and other irrignted farms the people there have. Till rich valleys of the San Antonio river can be made Io prodmv any and all kinds of crops with irrigation The liver will Is' dammed, gentlemen, our word for it, and the value of land will lie trebled. Shall it Im' bv haul capi tal. or will you have foreign capital to do it’ Stick a pin right here." By all means. Dani the San Antonio river and with ha-al capital a* Cuero— if we mistake not did. It is useless having good things if we "nave not sense enough to utilize them. Stringent But Necessary. In view of the recent killings in Grange the Tiilnine says: "We need the most stringent protee live laws against tiie gun carrying crim inal, and then need judges to enfor.e them. The puldio whipping post, whil ' it would be effectivc. has its detieieneies. Money does not pay lor a violation of law. and tia' whole fining , system is worng and unjust. Imprisonment at hard lalior for not less Hinn one year, and as nimh longer a- the peculiar cireuni stances demand this is the true, and it seems, in our judgment, the only true solution of this vital problem now." The fining of tlic individual has little effect and is unju-t because to the af fluent it is no puni-hment at all wiide the fine may press heavily upon the poor ufl’ender and in default of payment he may be imprisoned. Disastrous Wrecks. Carelessness is responsible for many a railway wreck and the same causes are making human wrecks of sufferers from Throat and Lung trou b'es. But since the advent of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consump tion. Coughs and Colt’s, even the worst cases can be cured and hopeless res ignation is no longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg of Dorchester. Mass., is one of the many whose life was saved by Dr. King's New Discovery. This great remedy is guaranteed for all Throat and Lung diseases by F Kal teyer & Sons. Geo. J F. Schmitt, Prop., and Adolph Droiss. druggists. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial Imttles free. It’s Easily Done. The Paris News has this to snv: “A reformer has come to tin front with a proposition to reiluce ih; num her cl office holders He will eitli n r be murdered or sent to the lunatic asylum. The object of refoimers is to --reate more offices. The more i fli cos the more jobs. Pie produces hap- Tho only wry to kill such rcf.irmor'i is to elect t! em to office. Mayo: Hicks was that kind of reformer but many now and additional offices have been created under his admin! .ration Grove's Black Root Liver •K1s. Made from an active principle ob tained from Black Root. They act on the liver equal to calomel, and leave no bad after effects. No griping, no sick stomach. Will cure chronic con stipation. Price 25 cents. The Singer Manufacturing Company sells the best oil for sewing machines and bicycles. 320 East Houston St Fraser & Steichcn, fashionable tailors, have the swellest line of imported and domestic woolens ever brougnt to Sun Antonio. 104 E. Commerce street. Have vou ever seen ns make cfenm. would like to show you , come In the afiernoon. “Acme" Co. Solid gold watches, with reliable movements, hall cost EMERSON & CO. I am agent for the Standard pat terns. M. J. HEWITT. Auction sale unredeemed pledges Thursday Nov. 20, Emerson. 122 Sole dad street. You are in business out of town? all right. you get in communication will; the "Acme Co." It is what Hood’s Sursaparilln docs that tells the story of its merit. Hood’s Cures. WINDOW GLASS AT HERWECK’S 0U1I IMAP THIMBLES OR VERMICELLI. A FOOD FOR RICH OR POOR. St. Louis Commissioner Goes. New Aoi k. Nov. 17. J. W. Ijinger man. United Slates vice consul general here and a nniinii-'ionor of the St. Louis exposition, left here on Sunday on a mission to tiie Sultan’s court, ways a World dimurti'h from Tangier. Moronn. notwithstanding the disturbed condition of the 1 rilies. Motor Car Abuses Leagued Against. New York. Nov. 17. —A league against the abuses of motor ear driving, is lie ing formed, says a Paris dispati-h to the Times by way of London. Already, il ha< liccn joined by judges, barristers, and litcrarv men. On a Happy Mission. Mr. G V?. Bsrcus, a prominent young attorney of Waco. Is Ir the city on bis way to Comstock to get a pret ty bride. The one of his choice is Miss Edna Warren, daughter of a wealthy stockman of that place and tho happy event will take piano tomor row morning. The happy pair will ar rive In San Antonio tomorrow night on their way to Waco. Cheap axcurstoa To Asheville, N. C., via Tiie Southern Railway. Apply to your nearest Ticket Agent. M. H. BONE, Western Pass. Agt Houston, Texas New Sowing Muchines Srcund hand sewing machines from $3.00 up, at M. I. Hewitt’s. 110 West Commerce Si. Celebrated Blue Ribbon Pabst Mil waukee beer for sale in this city oy Louis Ecknarf, agent. New Phone 405. Our cream is pronounced by experts to bo of uniform excellence, what more do you want ? "Acme Co." x you are thirsty or want a nice smoke drop in at the Crystal—it’s the placj. Kea.d This, Go to Foster’s Dental Offices and have them make you the very best set of teeth for only $7.00. If you do not find everything about them satisfactory you do not pay one cent for them. We want your patronage and want to keep it by giving you the very best work at honest prices. We extract teeth with the most painless methods and free of chargo when plates or bridge work is ordered. Have your teeth filled by good honest artists, who will not overcharge you. Al! of the latest improved instruments and little pain. We guarantee all work for five years. Dr. Foster has practiced dentistry in San Antonio for seven years and stands ready at all times to make good any work done in those years. On Monday wc extract teeth for the poor and the orphans FREE OF CHARGE. FOSTER S DENTAL OFFICES Third Floor Hicks Building. English. Spanish and German spoken. No staireases to climb. Good elevator service. CALIFORNIA WINES For Family Very Best. THE NEW FAMILY LIQUOR HOUSE Tel. 1962. Jean Ducos, Prop, 1006 W. Com. St., Opp. New Market. GET YOUR MONEY’S WORTH. 2 -LOAVES OF BREAD 5c -2 GO TO OUR STORES NONE DELIVERED AT THIS PRICE. EAST END BAKERY 603 S. ALAMO. 401'MAIN AVENUE. 211 AVENUE D. xf- Western Star Cockpit Saloon, DOZIER & CROWTHER, Props. 8ot West Commerce SL -WE HANDLE ONLY THE BEST— wines, Whiskies and cigars—Polite and courteous Treatment. COCK FIGHTING EVERY SUNDAY. W. M. MAYES & co.. Membra of XEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE Successors to SAN ANTONIO BROKERAGE CO. Cotton, Grain, Provisions, Stocks and Bonds. Orders executed on Chicago Board of Trade. New \ ork Stock Ex change, New York Cotton Exchange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Private wires to Chicago. New York and New Orleans. Phone Ko. 663.—P. O. Box 992. 33i: W. Commerce St., San Antonio YOU WILL REALIZE THAT "THEY LIVE WELL WHO LIVE CLEANLY.” IF YOU USE SAPOLIO Reunion of Delta Phi. Si hm-i-tady. N. Y.. Nov. 17. —College graduates and undergraduates from all parti, of the country as»einbled at Union college today for the wiciily-tifth an nual reunion of the Delta 1’hi fraternity. The MH-ietv was first organized at Union College in 1827. Thu gathering will conclude nith an anniversary banquet ul tiie hotel Ten Eyck, at Albany. To Promote Irrigation. Portland, the., Nov. 17. —Influential men from many parti, of tiie state are gathering in I’orthind for "irrigation week.” Tile occasion is tin- first, meet ing of the Oregon irrigation association. I’raetieal methods for the promotion of irrigation work in Di'sehuto valley and other portions of Oregon will be dis cussed. Circumstances Alter Cases. Brother Ford of the Orange Tributw, is gallant, and he says: "The open work aluckings are not quite so nice as the altogether, but thev are getting there. Men editors will follow." Will they? Well that depends on circiini-tauces. An open work stocking in a shop w itidow oi flung upon a line has no influence on the average Baa An tonio editor. But when they cover the feet of a pretty damsel and daintily pop in and out from lingerie—well that’s quite a different proposition. !f you want to buy a sewing machine co 1 at 320 E. Houston St. THE SINGER MFG. CO. Sick headache, bad taste, du.l feel ing, quickly cured by Carrizo Water. Money loaned on furniture without removal. EMERSON & CO., 122 Sol edad street. Schneider is in the mewt Inisinc** at 708 SAuth Flores street. FIVE