The Southern Messenger Under the Cross (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1893 Page: 7 of 8
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plentiful, so he made up his mind that
Eitremely Low Prices anfl Reasonable Tots
WICKES.
MRS. E. D. I
Beauty, 1’jllneM and Ignorance.
be had it is
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CALL ON OR CORRESPOND WITH
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the timely aid which
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plaintiff then and there became and now SAN ANTONIO
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window of a large clothing store.
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B fe* dang words—“they
;B ^reasive, you know!”—and ended by ‘
The- Bootblack’s Polish.
A gentleman, having had his boots
cleaned by a boy in a Dublin street, paid
the shoebla* ’’ with a considerable degree i
of haughtiness, on which the little feh
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States and Mexico.
REA . Fp. FEITH. I>irevloi\
St. Mary’s College,
TEXAS.
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L who sevnied to have an entire vo-
dbulary e<>mjx*ed of i _ _
;TOuld be as utter!-”
bred English
Chinese or Greek.
: ToquotP the veteran philosopher again:
“These expressions r
mnbols of minds which have grown too
; J *: or indolent to discriminate. '
the blank <
bankruptcy- 1 ,
l like. It makes no dif-
fer there are no funds in the
treasury up<»n
That of
When there, or writing, mention the “Messenger.”
A number of Splendidly appointed offices on the Ground and
First Floors of the E. D. L. Wickes Building are now ready for oc-
This is the handsomest and best located Office Building in
: “Arrah, now! all the polish you have '
head tumbled out and rolled down the ' is on your boots, and I gave it to ye.”—
. He got up, caught the bag, Exchange.
and following the head clutched it just
as it finished its career in a small shop
where tobacco was sold. Pushing it into
the bag again, he vanished out of the
InfpLSWHObSE SLANG! S,R RICHARD °2?5N'S Qhqst story. ’
: It Wm Fearfully Real to the Man Who Saw
conversation between two -
COLLEGE GRADUATES.
Theodore Hook’s Indigent Daughter.
“Bv a curious coincidence,” says an
English journal, "attention has been
called to the existence, in very poor cir*
cum st an cp* . of an aged daugh'f er < >1
Theodore Hook, just at a time when n
’ ’> on foot to commemorate the ‘ft fend.•»nt. Solomon. Levy, of
brilliant humorist by a 1 . ..
* ‘ Xos. two 2; and nine 9) in
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The devil snatched up t fl
head, and both disappeared through the
earth like a flash of lightning. The de-
scription w; s perhaps not quite comp
mentary to the young anatomist, but it
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General Real Estate,.
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has handed to us the following'xneriiorando of City Property and
Lands thoroughout the State v^hiefrhave been placed in his hands
for sale at
A Different ^takeup*
I jy^-Wen, have you made up your
^ fay that house?
mad® °p my
i *ame^ow can’t maka up the
A18* payment—Detroit
way he carries himself that commands '
A canvasser for
a book came into my office only yester-
day who was a splendid illustration of
it I had no intention of buying his cy-
clopedia. But he was well dressed and
intelligent. He seemed to understa 1
my wants, and in five minutes we were
talking busily together. He sold me $120
worth of books.
I think that a good personal address i« .
•ant word or phrase. It ing. a brick—from his official position he something too little cultivated. I would
rather have it than a profession.—Inter-
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Hindoo, if sufficiently fed, is even when Also, numerous tracts of Pasture and Farming Lands, ranging in
S as ignorant ”s an animal almost invari- extent from IOG to 2500 acres, and located in the following Counties:
ATASCOSA. BRAZORIA, CONCHO, FRIO, KENDALL.
LLANO, MASON, McCULLOCH, MEDINA, MENARD, SAN
SABA, TOM GREEN. UVALDE. WILSON and ZAVALLA.
.Taking into account the LOW PRICES and EXCEPTIONAL
: TERMS on which any of this Property can
are the coming mothers
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B lnAueilce in molding the language ;
B llu Dext generation to come and nr -!
'B flU*8? &enerabons after that. 1
B ft is a language of intelligence.;
B puritv.—Miss Frank Davis in 5 tn hie rescue xu« ,
I *‘V« and Daughters. i iste«. who had come to hisrejm x ,
™ 1 incident recalls the arrest as a su&pet ku j
! felon of a well known newspaper man a
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who found vhe newspaper man sending
off a long telegram— Louisville Courier-
Journal. _
•lifeis >hort* to use the whole of a
person's luipu-'. who is the ‘fly looking
‘snide’ in flu* yellow striped ‘get up? ”
-Oh. ’coinUoff the roof!’ To pretend
you don’t know (’oh. *C. O. B. are the
young gentleman’s initials wittily con-
verted into -Cob.’) After the way yon
‘went for’ him at the ball last week!
You can't >tuif mv with that kind of
gag. Miss
“Oh. is that < ’«»b? He must be ‘off his
nut' to -rig himself in such a ‘swagger’
way.”
“Oh, JHn, look at Cob now!
ribly ‘ratib-'l/
•slung a
head as wh
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'CATALOGUES mailed free to any address in the United
Write for one to
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la the Mouth* of Men Is Bad EnougH,
WeU Bred Younjf Women Are
| ^idleted to fhr
j lately lDt’-
pggr girts avoid slang.
Loy
Next morning, when Owen was going
They to his. usual duties at the prison, he wafl i
rhstever H.-a von like. It makes no dif- evening. She wished him to see her hns-
Zrence for there are no funds in the band, who was very ill. He had had, she
rere ' which they are drawn.” said, a fright the night before that caused
That of eoitrM- is verv severe, bat 1 him to look wild and dazedlike. Theman,
to often I’.-ard quite clever and wf-11 it turned out. was a retired sea captain
dneated v..-,ng ladies using those odioits who had beenin many adventures among
“blank checks" to such an extent that the West India islands when many deeds
mr one not knowing them intimatelv were done that did not at that time r-
night rea.hly have supposed their "in- > quire to be accounted forAniongjhesc
lellectnal b; uk ’ empty. ■ ■■ ■- . ,
I wonder " hat Dr. Holmes would have be had a hand, ami the transaction
thought of an actual conversation be ---------- ,
tween two young ladies in good society, After giving thesedetails the old captain
socfll]t-*<L wh1* b<it behind mein th&grririd
stand ut b.tseball match la^t suminer.
lean givp it almost verbatim:
B utterly unconscious of
Bj^utt0 the habit. L.......
_■ hope of improvement f5r her.
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B all
B Dear young girls, on you the “lan-
B the future” in great measurfl
B teachers and will have
How One Court W«* Run-
Probably Judge Murphy’s best hit was
made with a police wurt lawyer who en-
deavored to secure the acquittal of a
prisoner by quoting an
graph of an almost forgotten law. The
justice denied the appeal, “y,n8’
court may not know a great deal of law.
hut it is well posted on all pomta
mon sense, and that is what this Court»»
run on.”—Brooklyn
With regard to the 350 Building Lots within the City, all of
which occupy most Desirable Locations, if you have any thought of
securing, within the near future, a home, be assured it is always best
, . . . „ , ■ to buy the vacant ground and put up a house to suit your own ideas,
no where else can you do as well as in this Wickes Property, with
eome'tobealLebreic £0^^^^ acter the Chinese is decidedly the ugli- Henry Laager.
xCt n™ uL <renr() est of s&mici viTized mankind, while the .
Hindoo, if sufficiently fed, is even when Also, numerous tracts of Pasture and r*arming Lands, ran^in^ in
Citation by Publication.
Erank A. Um>cheii>.
Xo. (;050. vs.
Solomon Levy.
In the District Court of Bexar County.
37th Judicial District of Tex is.
The State of Texas, to the Sheriff or
—’ ('unstable of Bexar < 'ounty, Greet-
' ' ’ 1 ing:—
left a touch of trouble on his conscience.
had been the killing of a negro in which anY
You are hereby commanded, that by
making publication of this citation in
some newspaper'published in the county f ^m\z i a
of Bexar, once in each week for four sue- HENRY LAAGER,
cessive fceeks. previous to lhe return
whose ret-idence is unknown.ro be and REAL ESTATE, LAM ffii LOAN AGENT,
term of the
E. D. L. Wickes’ Building. - San Antonio.
He is bor-
Mube (>h<irt for Mabel)
in ■’ at him. and he lost his
;is his bust*.”
H “Issh* 'hiiishcd’ on Cob?”
■ “Ha. ha! 'Pulldown your vest!’
■ youthinkMaUds '»»L .... — -
■ him'tu tmr u.-r r*>und’and ‘stump up the
■ needful’ Lr i<--- rn-am.ete., but she likes
H Alf Jones b rtvr 'all the snine-ee.’
I can ‘bet vour sw».-»-t life’she won’t marrv
I C°b;’
■ "Look at him u< >w.
■ ding!”'
■ “Get there. Eli!” “Ruddigore!” “That
■ wasa'boxs’ run!" and so on ad finitum.
■ idnausemn. All this in a perfectly audi-
■ ble voice, and they were seemingly un-
fl iwarethat ‘here was anything vulgar or
■ frit of the usual m their conversation.
H Probably there was not. and yet thus • two
■ fotnig ladit- were college graduates and
■ were possessed of more than average abil-
■ fty-
B If you think this description exagger-1
B listen critically to the next un-
fl restrained conversation between two
B young ladies whom you know to be
B guilty of using slang* freely. I fancy I
fl you say, "But I never could talk
B Ete that.” Take care! Just as confi-
tent ones as you have begun by using a
p are so cute and |
B forming a vulgar and enslaving habit
B which took great strength of mind and
:fl fen perseverance to break. The worst they were
B •bge of a slang devotee is when she > . - . . , .
j or indif- And laying his hand
fl feent to the habit. There is very littl * one
2 The only
•fewayis never to form the habitat
Habit It Become* Abso-
tolerable. , ^he coffin and the lid screwed
down, to be ready for the funeral next
tiv you snuuiu iiuu use | uoj> vncnuAuai vue uiue oeenaireauy
excuse in its favor that ! attracted to the study of comparative
heard from any reliable an- anatomy, and negroes’ heads were not
Wendell Holmes, in one of his ' this one should not be lost to the cause
: “Don’t of science. In the evening he returned
the proper use and to the prison with a black bag contain-
had no difficulty in getting admittance
” That this to the mortuary, where the coffin lid was view in New York Press,
young people have unscrewed and, screwed down again.
1 During this process thtf brick and tht
is like mod- negro’s head changed places.
* * ■ The ground outside the principal en
in ?rs growth as a habit, and they trance to the jail has a considerable de
-addicted to it” (to follow ; scent, and the time being winter, with
that it seems impossible snqw and frost, Owen had scarcely passed low, when the other had got a short way
Selves intelligible without out when he slipped and fell all his length off. said: •
will be introduced by plaintiff.
he displayed his badge.
i meat against defendant for his slid debt.;
decree foreclosing said vendor s lien
i oa and against said property: for a
' writ of possession placing th«- purchaser
. v; in possession thereof, for ;
the matter remarked: “AU j CQPts and general relief.
I suppose I will look aS ■ Herein fail not, but have you before.
wZll in the city’ hall as you will.” They j Raid Court on the said first day of next
- - - • before the detect*' term thereof, this writ with y°ur return t
Fve feK that he bad made a mistake. - He ; thereon ebowing how yon have exe-,
excused himself, and thejnimster walked | u^seheid. Clerk of'
Given under my band and seal of said
Court at office in the City of
[seal.! San Antonio, thia the 15th ;
day of Mav, A. D.. 1893.
Henry Unscheid,
Clerk, District Court, Bexar County.
' By Geo. W. Runtreaa, Deputy.
Issued May 15,1892.
. Henry Lmschmd.
Clerk, District Co.urt, Bexar County.
-By Geo. W. Huntress, Deputy^
Came to band this the 15th day of
May, 1893. and publication ordered in
The Southern Mbssenger. a paper!
published in the City of San Antonio,
Bexar County, Texas.
Jno. P. Campbell.
Sheriff.
By Jm. Van Biper, Deputy.
me viuu« oi a booa Aaarea. j
Young m'Ti should study to talk well'
| —to state their propositions with a clear-;
ness and force that will make their hear- >
The late Sir Richard Owen used to re- ere feel that the speaker has reached the !
late a remarkable ghost story. In his gist of the matter, and that his opinion is
| early days, when he held the post of but- ! of some weight. You will notice a man
geon to the prison at Lancaster, a negro coming into the office. There is some- j
died in jail, and a postmortem as well as 1 thing in his iery appearance and the |
an inquest was necdssary. After the in- 1 w ’ - - - .. .. .
quest the young surgeon saw the body , respect and attention.
n-rrirls. avoid slang. There are so ' ''
^Lwnswhv you should not use I day. Owen had at the time been already
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^mdonly '>ne i-. . .. . -
rhave ever
YLtv’ Her? it is:
niirer •- —
breakfast table talks, says:
I undervalue f’ '
mrlication of a e3’-
X piquancy to conversation aa a
^broom does to a sauce.”
k idea most ; - .
|Vn they first l>egin to use it all will
[ 1^nit but unfortunately it *--------
^drinking in its tendency, so insin-
ofingi11 -■
become so
Lt the simile».
h< ard young ladies (?) talk- : —the bag went from his hand, and the
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■ slang which paved way.
utterly unintelligible to a
t or Scotch girl as
told of the horrible event that took place
the night before. • costive <*eeks. previous to lhe return
He was sitting in his shop. All wa$ dav hereof, you summon Solomon Levy,
; quiet, and it so chanced that he had be* *. r 7: s" *'"1
thinking of the negro, when suddenly he appear at the next regular
saw his ver^ head roll into the shop * ) District Court, of the 37th Judicial Dis-
front of the counter, and it was followed trict of Texas, held in and for the (’ounty
bv the devil all in black, wfthablack bag of Bexar, at the < ’onrt House thereof, in
in his hand. The devil snatched up t e the City of Sa" •'nt‘?n,<L0Ud<).j
Monday m October. A. LL. ib.M, tne
same being the sevens day of October.
. D.. 1893. then and there to answer a
petition tiled in said Court on the isth cupancy.
, dav of April. A !>., 1893. in a suit, num- the City,
was satisfactory so far that it showed that i)ered on the Docket of said < ourt. No.
his identity had not been recognized.-^ Gti5o. wherein Frank A. Vtnscheid is ■
London News. plaintiff ami said Solomon Levy is de- (
fendant. said plaintiff :diegtngas follow-. 1
co wit:—That he reside* in the County
of Bexar, and State of Texas and the
defendant s residence is unknown. That
heretofore, to wit. on the 13th day of
April. A. D . 1S9L for and in considera-
tion of the sale and conveyance by J. A.
■Do Theodore Hook, just au a uiue wuru <> uHXdcn and Ehz:il>eth Hayden td the
Sholibos proposal is on foot to commemorate the Utfendant. Solomon Levy, of a certain
fthirikbe. She Ilk. [ - stained glasr TrHctoflan<ldesvribeda<folo«s.viz.:-
window in the ix>rch of Fulham church Being Lots Nos. two 2; ami nine .9) in
V<>n in the pretty •God s acre’ of which hi Block Xo. seven - 7 of the John Vince
i?es buried Hook’s only surviving child eub-divieion on the Xortb «<le of Pr. sa
11< s I’unen. i J = Btn-r. in the City of San Antonio. Bexar
has. ahis, fallen onre'il dajs. and at up' )|| )tv Texa4 lbe fai() defendant
want of ill years of age finds herself li So](.)in‘on j evv ln t<je. executed and de-
sorely straightened circumstances. , pverPt| ro s;i‘id J. A. Hayden his two
“It is not, happily, our custom toallov; (ail) prornj$.«ory notes in writing bear-
the children of those who have won n7x date said 13th day of April, A. D .
fame to suffer unaided the penalties of each for the sum of 825(1, first pay-:
unavoidable misfortune, and it may be ajle on or before April J3rh, 1892. and •
taken for irranted that the same spirit of second on or before April 13, 1893. each .
respect for a distinguished name which bearing 8 per cent '"'^e8t P^r
; has led to the collection of funds for the annum frorn^ their^ said^ date.
memorial window and for the' e4>nt per annum thereafter, for value re-
tion of the famous writers tomb will ce|Ved, and also providing for 10 per'
secure material help to his daughter m cen^ attorney fees if collected by 1 tw.
her poverty and old age. So far as The* that afterwards, to Wir. the date of
odore Hook. himself is concerned, wfl gajd notes, the said J. A. Hayden fora
may be quite sure that no posthumous valuaDle consideration and by bis en-
honor that could beoffered to him would [doroetnent in writing upon said notes
comnare—could he but know of it—with! transferred and delivered to plalntifl
th^ttoelTaid which is asked for his in-i Frank A. Umseheid. the sanI two pro I
digen“Znd almost friendless daughter.” ; rnissor.^notes above desenbed. whereby
, j is. the owner and holder of said notes.
AH a Mistake. | an(J defendant Solomon Levy is
Last week three preachers mingled in , hereby notltied to have a id produce on
the crowd of people looking at the show > thetrlai of tbjS cause, said deed of con-
window of a large clothing store. WhJfl! Veyance from said J. A. Hayden and
3 earnestly observing the dis-i E]jzabetb Harden to him of said above
nlav a vigilant detective came to them [ described land, or secondary evidence of
- - - ' * ’ - l on the shoulder of i same will be introduced by plalntifl. »
, of the ministers said: „ ■ i 2™!^^'^ ’
You must go with me.” I interest and attorney fees, together with,
“Where?” asked the clergyman. - -- •- -
. “To the city hall.” replied the detect-;« -
: ive as he displayed his badge. j writ ot possession
preacher declined to go. but after th11*** I Of Paid property i
ing over t—
right, I will go.
i had not proceeded far
See to3t | ive 1
! H. - J; SB. <;;=rc..bii:
! tri tits reseue* _____ Lcnri anri maq!
incident recalls the arrest as
,-^B nui | lciuuv. « ..— —
,■ "•Smith—Is Ponsonby a bigamist?- i few years ago by a prominent detective,
bigamist! Well, I guess; ' ’ ' ------------™“"'W
•-IB • What made you think so?
•: J flSL I don’t know. I
■ BtEkr* I heard his wife telling some-,
B*gythat Dr. Swindle’em’s weed tonio
B.w another woman of, her.—
fl Siftings,
out! Star Brewing Ci.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
EST BOTTLED LAGER BEER.
Home Institution.
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4
Ala1110
Plaza
GRAND AVE.
- - TeQL
Philipp Carl.
Vire-Prea A Gen’l. Mgr.
AN ANTONIO FOUNDRY Cl
—Manufactures all * ’lasses of—
Vrelated tii’al Iron
1 SriiHss Work,
T. F. SHIELDS,
ATTORNEY AT LA*
(Brady Building.)
210 E. HOUSTON STREET
BAN ANTONIO. - . ,■ TEXAS.
amo Brewery
it. - Mary’s - CBmetery.
C. A. STUEEBEN, ■■■
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-f'i-r.KlNTENIjENT '
M;iv be 'een any day at cemetery be-
ween 10 and 11 a. tn. and 4 and' 5 p. :
A. Bu-. h.
PffSidrl.t
AMES CLAVIN
DRUGGIST
131 AV. Qommerce Street.
m Antonio, - Texas.
MAHNCKE HOTEL,
orner Houston and St. Mary’s Sts J
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. ' ]
Uo4era Conveniences. Cuisine & i
sptc.alry. Rate: »2.00 per Day. i
TRE1LE8 L MAHNCKE. Pnjlllm.
Sheern & Burnett,
Undertake^
Open Day and Night. Telephone. t
No. 25!) < onnnf-r.^ Street'
1F, Collins Mainiactt ft,
Wind Mills and Water Supply Material,
Boilers, Engines and Cotton Gins.
East Houston Street,
AN ANTONIO - TEXAS.
ED. STEVES & SON§
i Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
lumber
' Doors, Sash, Blinds, Shingles, Etc. •
Jffi.-e and Yards: I. i G. N. Depot and 3taw
CrossiuK on East Commerce Street
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS.
Jan Antonio,
pring - Attractions-
1893 NOVELTIES 1893-
' MILLINERY
Gems of Taste and 5TYLr»
te J. I. Peonies,
J. A BRYANT &SON,
hoice Family Bakwi-
Home-Made Bread » BpeoWW-
Goodi Delivered to Order.
No. 22 Ave. D, neer F.der»l
N ANTONIO
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