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CRY OWNS TOO MANY
DEER SAYS MAYOR
Suggests to Council That Steps
Be Taken to Sell Some
of Them.
CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION
Flagman Ordered at Railroad
Crossing and Real Estate
Deals Perfected.
The city council held a brief meet-
ing last evening at which the mayor
I who occupied the chair called the at-
I tentitfn of Aiderman Bauer of the
committee on parks and plazas to the
I fact that both the elk and deer in the
city were increasing with such rapid-
I ity that it will become necessary to
i dispose of some of them. /He suggest-
■ ed that the aiderman investigate con-
i' ditions and make an effort to find par-
ties who would be willing to purchase
I some of the specimens for their own
grounds.
1A resolution by Aiderman Lock-
wood. ordering thhe G. H. & S. A.
Railroad company to place flagmen at
the Walnut and Hays street crossings
was adopted and the company was to-
I day notified of the action of the coun-
L «»•
When the reports from the standing
committees were called for Aiderman
Mauermann of the finance committee
submitted an ordinance authorizing
the mayor to execute a quit claim
deed to Dominic Libre for lot one in
block 901 on South Presa street for
a consideration of $327.75. This prop-
erty had been acquired by the city.
I’nder suspension of the rule the or-
dinance was read three times and
. passed.
Aiderman Mauermann also submit-
r ted an ordinance authorizing the re-
-1 turn to D. K. Furnish of $l5OO depos-
ited with the mayor for an appeal
bond in the litigation of certain prop-
erty ownership. This ordinance also
became a law. An ordinance authoriz-
I ing the excution of a quit claim deed
to Jose Cassiano and others for lots
I 6 and 7in block 897 for $175 was
| passed unanimously.
On the recommendation or tne
J finance committee the sum of $1152
I was set aside for the purpose of wid-
j enlng Houston street in improvement
J district No. 11. Aiderman Lockwood
introduced an ordinance providing for
the accepting of lands offered to the
) city by property owners for the open-
E iny and extension of Avenue D and it
was passed under a suspension of the
rules. The ordinance gives the city 90
J days from August 31 in which to put
the street in proper condition for pub-
lic use.
An ordinance authorizing the city to
execute a quit claim deed to Thomas
L M. Paschal and others for blocks 797
808 and 814. in Paschal and Lewis' ad-
dition. was passed unanimously the
city attorney’s office having given the
opinion that the city had no right or
fl title in the property whatever.
Aiderman Smith reported that the
sewer committee in answer to a pe-
tition from property owners in Wash-
A ington place for sewer connection.
H recommended that the petition be
granted with the proviso that the
property owners pay the city $l5O and
। that all residents ba allowed to con-
L nect with the new sewer on payment
3 of $3O. the sewer to become the prop-
erty cf the city as soon as the initial
J expense has been covered. The report
was adopted.
Petitions were read for permission
■ to erect additional electric signs and
■ the residents on Crockett street asked
’ * to have that thoroughfare macaoa-
j mlzed. The council adjourned with-
i out hearing a report from the commit-
tee of five appointed by Mayor Cal-
laghan to confer with the railroad
I representatives and the Sixth ward
citizens in regard to the additional
i trackage for the company in that
M ward. This committee will have an-
other joint meeting Thursday morn-
.. Ing. and It is expected a report will
be handed the council at its next
I < meeting.
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MORE SOLD THAN ALL OTHER BRANDS OF HIGH GRADE SMOKING TOBACCO COMBINED
“Bull” Durham was the favorite of your grandfathers —and of their
fathers before them. Its rich mellow fragrance uniform high quality
and unquestioned purity not only made it the most famous high-
grade tobacco the world has ever known but year after year
has increased its popularity until today more “ Bull” Durham is sold than
of all other high-grade tobaccos combined.
“Bull” Durham is made of only the finest selected leaf tobacco
thoroughly matured and perfectly cured in the cleanest best-equipped
factory in the world —not even touched by human hands until you open
the beg.
IT VA S By
A a Count Leo Tolsoi
IN the government of Ufa there
lived a Bashkir named Ilyas
liras was rather poor when his
father died. His father lived only one
year after his son's wedding. At that
time Ilyas possessed seven marts two
cows and some twenty sheep. But
Ilyas knew how to take care of his
stock and his possessions kept in-
creasing; he and his wife worked
bard from morning till night; he was
the first to rise in the morning and
the last to go to bed at night and
he grew richer from year to year.
Thus Ilyas worked hard for thirty-
five years and amassed a great for-
tune.
Ilyas now had 200 horses 150 heads
of horned cattle and 1200 sheep.
Workmen tended Ilyas' droves of
horses and his cattle and working
women milked the mares and cows
and prepared the koumiss butter
and cheese. Ilyas had plenty of
everything and everybody in the vi-
cinity envied his life. The people
would say:
•'llyas is a lucky man; he has a great
deal of everything; it isn't worth his
while to die.” Good people began to
make his acquaintance. And guests
came to him from distant places. And
he received everybody and gave them
all to eat and drink. All those that
came to him got koumiss and tea and
mutton. As soon as the guest came
he would order to kill a ram or two.
and if the number of guests was great
he ordered also to kill a mare.
Ilyas had three children —two sons
and one daughter. When the time
came he married them off. When
Ilyas was poor his sons worked with
him and they tended the horses and
the sheep themselves; but as soon as
they became rich the sons began to
lead a dissolute life and one of them
took to drink. The older of the sons
was killed one day in a fight and the
younger one married a proud woman
and this son stopped obeying his
TUESDAY OCTOBER 15 1907. THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 15 1907.
father and Ilyas had to give him his
share and part with him.
Ilyas gave him his share; he gave
him a house and cattle and thus the
old man's wealth decreased. And
shortly aftar Ilyas’ sheep were at-
tacked with disease and many of them
fell. Then a poor year set in for
Ilyas; there was no hay and a great
many heads of cattle died during that
winter. And Ilyas’ possessions grew
even smaller and smaller Ilyas kept
falling lower and lower and his
strength also kept declining. And
when Ilyas was 70 years old he was
reduced to such poverty that he had
to sell his fur coats his rugs his sad-
dles his carts then the last few head
of cattle; and Ilyas remained with
nothing. And he himself did not no-
tice how everything passed out of his
hands and now in his declining years
he had to go to work for others. AH
he had was the clothes he wore on
himself —his fur coat his cap and his
boots and his wife Shamshemagi
who was also very old. The son had
gone away to a distant land and the
daughter had died and there was no-
body to help the old people.
A neighbor of theirs Mukhamed-
shakh took pity on them. Mukbamed-
shakh was neither poor nor rich; he
led a straight mode of life and was
a good man. He recalled the hospi-
tality of Ilyas took pity on him and
said: ''Come to me Ilyas you and
your old woman. During the summer
you will work In the garden according
to your strength and in winter you
will feed the cattle and Shamshemagi
will milk the mares and make kou-
miss. I' will feed and clothe both of
you and give you whatever you need.’’
Ilyas thanked his neighbor and to-
gether with his wife began to work
for Mukhamedshakh. At first it
seemed hard to them but they soon
got used to their new life and the old
people began to live and work accord-
ing to their strength.
It was profitable for Mukhamed-
shahk to keep such people for the old
couple knew how to take proper care
of things and they were not lazy;
they worked according to their
strength; but Mukhamedshakh felt
sorry as he looked at the old couple
and thought of how these high people
had fallen to such a low scale.
And it happened one day that kins-
men and distant guests came to Muk-
liamedshakh; the mullah also came
with them. Mukhamedshakh ordered
Ilyas to catch a ram and kill him.
Ilyas killed a ram. cooked it and sent
it to the guests. The guests ate the
mutton drank tea and started to
drink koumiss. The guests and their
host were seated on soft cushions and
rugs drinking koumiss out of cups
chatting while Ilyas got through his
work and went past the door. “Do
vou see the man who has just passed
by the door?”
"Yes I see him" answered the
guest. ‘‘ls there anything remarkable
about him?”
“The remarkable thing about him
is that he was the richest man around
here; Ilyas is his name; you may-
have heard of him.”
"Of course I have heard of him”
said the guest. "I never saw him
but his fame has traveled far and
wide.’’
"Now he has nothing and he is
working for me he and his old
woman—she milks the mares.”
The guest was surprised! he
smacked his tongue; nodded his head
and said: "Yes it seems happiness
is turning like a wheel: one is lifted
high and another is lowered. Well I
suppose the old man is feeling sad?”
“I don't know; he lives quietly
peacefuly and works well.”
Then the guest said: "May 1 speak
GENUINE
Bull
Durham
SMOKING TOBACCO
■tc him? May I ask him about his
I life?”
"Why not?” answered the host and
' shouted "Babai (grandpa in the lan-
guage of the Bashkirs) come in:
have some koumiss and call in the old
woman.”
And Ilyas came in with his wife.
He greeted the guests and the host
made a prayer and knelt near the
door; and his wife passed behind the
curtain and seated herself with the
mistress of the house.
They/ gave Ilyas a cup of koumiss
He wished the guests and his mastei
good health bowed took a sip of kou
miss and put it back.
"I suppose old man” said the guest
to him "I suppose that looking at
i us. you must feel sad when you re
call how you used to live before when
you think of how you live now in mis-
ery?”
And Ilyas smiled and said:
"If I were to tell you of happiness
and unhappiness you would not be-
lieve me. You had better ask my old
woman: she will spenk her mind; sho
will tel] you the whole truth about
this matter.”
And the guest said to the old
woman behind the curtain:
“Well grandma tell us how you
look upon your happiness in the past
and noon vour present misery.”
“And Shamshemagi said from be-
hind the curtain:
"I will tell you how I look upon it-
The old man and I lived together for
fifty years: wo were looking for hap-
piness. but did not find it. and here
we have lived one year since we lost
everything and wo arc working here
and we have found real happiness and
wo need no other happiness.”
The guests wore surprised: even the
master was surprised; he rose from
his seat drew aside the curtain to
seo the old woman.
Thon the old woman went on:
‘‘l am telling von the truth: I am
not jesting For half a eenturv wo
have boon looking for hnnninoss. ana
while we were rich we could not find
It: now we have nothing left—wo
wont to work for others—and we
hay" found such happiness that wo
need none better.”
"Whorefn lies your happhiess at
present?”
"When wo wore rich the old man
and I never bad an hour’s rest- wo
had no time to have n good talk to
TO AILING WOMEN
A Little Sound Advice Will Help Many
a Sufferer in San Antonio.
No woman can be healthy and well
if the kidneys are sick. Polsons that
pass off in the urine when the kidneys
are well are retained in the body when
the kidneys are sick. Kidneys and
bladder get infiamd and swollen
crowding the delicate female oigans
nearby and sometimes displacing
them. This is the true cause of many
bearing-down pains lameness back-
ache sideache etc. Uric poisoning
also causes headaches dizzy spells
languor nervousness and rheumatic
pain.
A'hen suffering so try Doan's Kid-
ney Pills the remedy that cures sick
kloneys. You will get better as the
kidneys get better and health will re-
turn when the kidneys are well.
Mrs. J. R. Rice. <5Ol Wyoming aven-
ue San Antonio Texas says: “I can
speak in the highest terms of Doan’s
Kidney Pills and it is a pleasure to
recommend them to the public. They
cured both my husband and daughter
of severe cases of kidney disease.
They had both used other remedies
but until they procured Doan’s Kidney
Pills and began using them they never
received rejief. This was several
years ago and since that time we have
all been continually recommending
them.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
take no other.
Its superior quality has always been maintained—and
always will be—and today it stands unrivaled.
More “Bull” Durham was sold during the past six months than in
any six months in the history of the brand. There could be no better
evidence of its superiority. Genuine “ Bull ” Durham is sold in all parts
of the world where good tobacco is smoked.
think of our souls or pray to God.
We had too much anxiety. When
guests came to us we were worried
thinking how to treat this one or that
one so that no one should speak ill
of us. When the guests came togeth-
er we also had to look after the work-
men; they are simply waiting for an
opportunity to rest and to get some-
thing nice to eat; and we had to
watch so as to not lose anything; we
were sinning that way. Then we
were afraid a wolf might kill a colt or
a calf or that a thief might steal
some of our horses. When we lay
down to sleep we could not sleep we
were afraid that the sheep would
choke the lambkins. We would gq
out at night and no sooner would we
fee] relieved than a new anxiety
would come over us —we would worry
whether we had enough feed for the
cattle for winter. And besides this
there was no peace between me and
the old man. He would say that a
certain thing must be done trial way
and I would say it must be done the
other way and we would start to
scold each other; we would sin that
way. Thus we lived —always filled
with anxiety always sinning and we
never saw the* happy life.”
"And now?”
'•Now the old man and I rise in tho
morning and we talk lovingly and
peacefully; we have nothing to argue
about; we have nothing to worry
about; all we care for is to serve oui
master. We work according to our
strength; we work willingly so that
our master shall have profit not loss
through our work. When we come
back from work there is dinner there
is supper for us. there is koumiss for
us If it is cold there is a stovo
where we can warm ourselves and we
also have fur coats and wo have time
to talk; we have time to think of our
souls and to pray to God. For fifty
years we have been looking for hap-
piness and we have just found it.”
The guests began to laugh.
Then Ilyas said: “Do not laugh
brethren: this is not a joke but a
human life. We were folli h—the
old woman and I; at first wo were
crying because we had lost our
wealth but God has revealed to ns
the truth and it is not for your
amusement but for your good that
we are revealing it to you.”
And the mullah said:
“Those are words of wisdom and
he has told you the real truth: it is
also written In the Scriptures.”
And the guests stopned laughing
qnd they became thoughtful.
DIRT SLIDE HITS
CAKAL ENGINEERS
Moving Mass of Earth Causes
- Trouble in Cucharacha
Cut.
Panama Oct. 15. —The American
engineers are having trouble with the
Cucharacha slide at the south end of
Culebra cut. This point of land al-
ways was a source of trouble to the
French when they tried to dig the
canal. It is again in motion and has
proven a hinderance all during the wet
season. About half a million yards of
dirt are in motion. All of this dirt
must ultimately be removed but the
engineers would rather get i# slowly
than have ft pushed on them.
SEE US
Before you pltce your order for that
front door. A cottage is a cottage but
a neat front door adds greatly to Its
appeaance. We have hundreds of
front doors in stock and can certain-
ly suit you. The prices are always
right. ED. STEVES & SONS.
j T. Burnett & Co. Undertakers.
HIBERNIAN MEET
NOT FORSAN ANTONIO
Goes to Waco Where Last
State Convention Was
Held Sunday.
Special to The Light.
Waco Tex. Oct. 15.—The Ancient
Order of Hibernians held their state
convention here Sunday and the
chief topic discussed at the meeting
which was called to order by Acting
President James O'Dowd of Fort
Worth was the future of Hibernian-
ism in Texas and the best means of
putting new life into the organization.
The following officers were elected:
James O'Dowd. Fort Worth president;
P. W. Colerain Galveston vice presi-
dent ; F. E. Fee. Waco secretary; Rev.
P. J. Glancy Waco treasurer; Rev.
Barnard Lee Palestine chaplain. Both
Waqo and San Antonio were placed
In nomination for the next meeting
and Waco was selected the meeting
to be held next summer . Delegates
weie present from Dallas San An-
tonio Palestine. El Paso. Ennis. Bur-
lington. Tyler Fort Worth Galveston
Houston and from Waco.
The Bexar Drug Co. open all night.
Immediate delivery. Prescriptions a
specialty.
Selling Lumber Is Our Business
WE DO not carry a few feet as a
side line. Millions of feet are
in our yards to select from—every
foot fully guaranteed. Go to a lumber
yard fo'r Lumber. Our attractive
prices and easy terms are further
reasons. Let us tell you about them
—today.
Petrich-Saur Lumber Company
Telephones 3030 Yards: Lamar and Chestnut Streets
STOCK MARKET TIP
HITS HOUSTON MEN
Get Message to Buy Southern
Pacific and Lose
$150000.
Special to The Light
Houston. Tex. Oct. 15. —Houston
capitalists have lost big sums on the
stock market in Union Pacific stock.
James A. Baker Jr. received a tele-
gram from New York signed R. S.
Lovett saying: “Buy Union Pacific.”
The tip was believed and several
Houston magnates invested. Sums
aggregating $150000 are alleged to
have been lost by Captain Baker W.
B. Chew T. W. House and others.
Judge Lovett was a former law part-
ner of Captain Baker.
The identity of the sender of the
message is unknown.
Has Initials. But No Name.
W. J. McGee the famous anthropol-
ogist and geologist of Washington Is
one of the few men in the United
States who have no "given” names.
That is to say his two initials serve
as a given name as they do not stand
as for names as initials usually do.
Bexar Drug Co. open all night.
SAN ANTONIO'S BEST BEER
“TEXAS PRIDE”
THERE IS HOSE BETTER
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