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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-01
eucKLEN's ARNIcA SALvE.

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Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box
For sale by all druggists. Dreiss, Thomp-
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A Model Romance.

A wealth young artist of New York
advertised for a model naming a high
price. cores of women came amonr
them woman who wora a mask when
she pc ed for him. She was absolutel
perfe t, so he eng d her, and painted
lie ure of het that made him famous He
never saw her face. Some years after
ward he met beautiful grl living with
an inva d mother in Venice. He wooed
her an they became engaged. On nj hit
she tainted, and he, in loos ening or
gown, discovered on her neck a little dark
mark he remel bered seeing on the throat
of his bea tiful model He told her of It
and she confessed. Her mother had met
with reverses, was i'll and they W re in
desperate want She could not leave her
ltng enough TO work all az. She saw
II adver isement and answe ell it. Soon
after that reati e left them enou h
property to live abroad comfortably
New York Letter.
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Well Posted Girl.

Their faces We're radiant with the
spring time of life as they strolled down
one OF the paths past thecapitol, says
the Washington Post.
81 think it's real mean the way Eng
land is acting about sealskin sacques,
said Maud.
$50 do /, replied Mamie.
"Humph; | suppose you know q
great deal about it?'
"Well 4 know that Mr.. Blaine wants
England to stop fishing for seals in the
Behring sea; he's threatened to build q
fence or something around it so as to
make it closed sea, and England is
going to get an injunction from the
supreme court to stop the fence, It's
wonderful how much trouble fences
make when they get into court" said
Mamie thougbtfully.
And Maud looked at her in wonder
ing admiration, and exclaimed:
Honestly, Mamie, | don't see how YOU,
manage to keep so well posted"
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American Girls Supreme,

Rudyard Kipling has been very
severely scored by the press on ac-
count of his criticisms of us and onr
customs and manners. But the ladies
certainly have no reason to find fault
with this comparison made between
them and those OF other countries.
Kipling says;
Sweet and comely are the maidens
of Devonshire; delicate and of gre CT
Gus seeming those who live in the
pleasant places OF London; fascinat-
ing for all their occurrences the dam
sells of France, clinging elolycs to their
mothers and with large eyes wonder
ing at the wicked world; excellent in
her own place and to those who under
stand her is the Anglo-Indian "spin"
in her second season; but the girls
OF America are above and beyond
them.all. They are clever, they can
talk-yea, it is said that they think.
Certainly they have an appearance G.!
so doing which is delightfully."- decept.
i've.
They are original, and regard you
between the brows with unabashed
eyes as a sister might look at her
brother. They are instructed, too, in
the folly and vanity of the male
mind, for they have associated with
'the boys" from babyhood and can
discerningly minister to both vices or
pleasantly snub the possessor. They
possess, moreover, life among them
selves, Independent OF any masculine
associations. They have societies
and clubs and unlimited tea fights
where all the guests are girls. They
are self-possessed, without parting
with any tenderness that is their sex
right; they understand; they can take
care of themselves; they are Supremacy
independent. When you ask them
what makes them so charming, they
say
at is because we are better educat-
ed than your girls, and-and we are
more sensible in regard to men. We
have good times all round, but we
aren't taught to regard every man az
q possible husband. Nor is he expect
ed to marry the first girl he calls on
regularly"
Yes, they have good times, their
freedom is large and they donot abuse
it. They can go driving with young men
and receive visits from young men to
an extent that would make an English
mother wink with horror, and neither
driver nor drivee has thought be.
You'd the enjoyment of a good time.
As certain, also, of their own poets
have said
Man is fire and woman is tow.
And the devil he comes and begins to
blow.
In America the tow is soaked in a
solution that makes it fire proof, in
absolute liberty and large knowledge;
consequently accidents do not exceed
the regular percentage arranged by
the devil for each class and climate
under the skies.
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He Wanted to Hear Him.

81 think about the most amusing
letter | ever received, said Mr.. Chaun
cey NJ. Depew the other day, "was one
found on my desk in the Grand Cen
tral one morning. 1t was directed to
me personally; the paper was heavy
lined note and the handwriting eyi.
IDENTIFY that of a well-educated man
When opened it | found it began TO
the Hon. Chauncy NJ. Depew,' and aft
er my name were the initials of all
the college degrees ever heard of and
many | never saw before. Then it
went on something like this:
"'Dear and Most Honored Sir:
have read of your after-dinner speech.
es, and while it has never been my
good fortune to listen to your elo-
quence, | have delighted in such pub.
lished reports of your utterances as /
have been able to secure.
80 much have they impressed me
that have but one great wish. 1t is
to listen to the speech YOU
"Here | reached the end of the psee
There were two dinners on my listA vt
the time, and l supposed the write
wanted to find out from me hcwb be
could hear the speeches of one Of
them. | turned the page over, full oil
a charitable wish to accede to his re
quest, and read:
would make after a dinner ID
your railway restaurant at PouBz'
keepie' New York Continent.
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Hints About the Home,

Bits of charcoal in sick room alb
sorb impurities.
To extinguish the flames from kero-
sene use flour profusely upon them.
To clean a spice mill grind handful
OF raw rice through it.
Clean the mica in the stove doors
with soft cloth dipped in vinegar and
water.
If children's clothes were dipped in
alum water and then dried they would
not take fire.
Oil cloths will last longer, if laid on
one or two layers of wadded carpet
lining.
Alittle sweet oil or lard put over the
surface of poultice makes it more
soothing and more easily removed.
Between frost fish and smelts there
is distinction with difference. how
ever much clearinghouse ladies NAV
deny it.
A soup made of frog legs is Chicago
idea which a local paper SAYS has
"caught on" 1t were better to saw
1t has Jumped into favor"
Ii ever there is an epicurean congress
to make laws it will, no doubt. first
issue an edict against everlasting ''cot.
tage pudding"
Frozen game, however daintily
Droiled or roasted, is said to be much
more difficult to digest than the fresh
article.
"Olive slaw" ssomethingnew. 1t is
olives pitted and then chopped fine
and saturated with sharp, French
dressing.
Have thumb stall to slip on when
you pare potatoes or apples, or you
are apt to cut the skin and keep it con-
sfantly rough and uncomfortable. es-
pecially for sewing.
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Messages From the Sea.

The practice of throwing overload
from ships letters enclosed in
sealed bottles, is centuries old.
Hollow copper spheres and oaken
barrels have also been used as sea
etter-carriers in attempts to tracethe
direction of ocean currents, or to send
word from persons at sea to friendson
land. Barnacles readily attach them.
selves to these drifting letter-holdes
and sink them. Only a few of the
many messages that have been thrown.
into the sea have been recovered.
Columbus encountered hurricane
near the Azores, in 1893. Fearing
hat his ship would not outlive ire
storm, he wrote on u parchment de-
'cription of his discoveries, enclosed it
a cask and cast it into the sea. The
precious document has never been
ound. Clement Wragge, the meteo
rologlst, threw overheard one hundred
md fifty bottle messengers during the
passage from Australia to England in
1878. Only six of them have been
ieard from. One was picked up in
lobile Bay, having Travelled five
thousand five hundred miles in two
years.
Sometimes a sea-messenger low
escapes notice on n lttle-freuuented
beach. One sent from an American
ship, in 1887, was picked up twenty.
one years later on the west coast OF
Ireland. Another sent adrift in
1926 from the English ship, Blonde,
was picked up sixteen years afterwald
on the coast of France.
In 1949 whaleship found sealed
bottle floating at sea. 1t oontain(d
documents from Sir J. Franklin. dated
June 30, 1S45, which was but a few
weeks after that illustrious navigator
set sail toward the North Pole, never
to return
A remarkable message from the sea
was that sent from the East Indiaman,
Kent, by Major M'Gregor. 1t read.
1.-The ship Kent, Indiaman, is on
hire. Elizabeth, Joanna, and myself
commit our spirits into the hands Of
our blessed Redeemer. His grace en-.
abies us to be quite composed in the
awful prospect of entering eternity
d. W. N. M'Gregor, March l, 1926
Bay of Biscay."
This message was picked up on th
shores OF Barbados, September 80
1926. But those on board the Kent
had escaped the fate which they had
awaited with such fortitudc. Before
the Kent sank, passing vessel had
rescued its crew and passengers.
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Filtration by WhistllnO.

lie had read his papers and dia,.
know what to do with himself y
had been over the route so many tim
the scenery and brazen signs on 4.
road did not interest him; but n.
pretty girl with music roll and matt,
travelling dress did. He caught a o;n,
of her merry blue eyes as she lool.1
up at him once in indifferent curjos,~
and he had studied the dainty col;
brown hair until he had an impulse ),
run his pencil through the seduct;,'
little curl that strayed over the hal
of the seat as she Struggled herhea
to o comfortable position to seen !,
she wished to- The owner of the cn.
however, was apparently oblivious 4
his presence.
Presently he took up his paper and
under pretence OF reading, soft,
whistled, "She's as Pretty as a Pr
ture."
This made no evident impression on
the young lady, who was looki0.
dreamily at the fleeting landsconS
Not discouraged, the impotunate a+
started off with more insinuatinpinfo
nations, "Oh, Eyes SO Blue and Ten
der"
The maiden fair moved a triAe I'M
easily and pressed her face aaang
the window pane. ga Sweet Face =,
the Window" readily whistled fl.
quick-witted tormentor. There was
no mistaking the personal allusion h
the whistle, and the young lady movd
as if to change her seat, but an omm'
GUS silence following this move ii.
settled down again to ponder and IA
dream.
ooh, Speak to Me, Speak" whistle
the musical fiend, with fine infection,
as Dramatic as whistler can maxi
them.
"Omaha the next station" an
nounced the conductor.
'How Can | Bear to Leave The
began the whistler, telling the Cheerful
fact that Omaha was his destination
The young lady sat up with more IN,
terested expression upon her hereto.
fore sphinx-like countenance.
"Would | Meier Had Met Thee
whistled the young man, as he drew
on his overcoat, and striking into
Farewell Forever" as he disappeared,
The train stopped, he passed tho
window and caught glimpse Of
bonny face radiant with smiles of an
preciative mischief. 1t was almosthn
undoing. He had an impulse to spring
on the train and go to Chicago, but al
ready the train was whizzing past
With a farewell wave of his hand he
logged along whistling "Her Bright
Smile Haunts Me Still"
Fact.
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af Ell The persecution and expulsion Of
your gifted nation.
But Mr.. Simmons did not hear this COM
pliment He was listening TO loud-volced
Turner.
Look at AUSTRIA Ruined, sir, by them.
All the land in their hands. | wish the
time would come again when the Austrian
students at pesth-''
'Pesth is in Hungary, said Herbert,
softly.
Hungarian Students then. The time
should be again when they used to go of a
IN rnlng and rake over the ashes of burned
jew TO find the gold pieces they had
swallowed
Everybody heard this coarse and brutal
wish. Mr.. Simmons face flushed. He
half rose from his chair, and glanced at
Horace. That glance was enough to make
him resume his seat
The look of horror. absolute horror at
guest ha ing been insulted at his table,
which Horaee's face w0le, was more than
wonderful-it was sublime. Never had
such a thing occurred before. Such
another shock won d be death blow. His
knees trembed; is face grew white to the
very i 6. He me S mmOns' glance with
al entreating appealing, apo getic look,
that spoke volumes of abasement AMI
morti cation.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19

romantic story comes from Clayton
county Georgia says the p ttsbnrph
Times. Back in 10 one Mann fell owe
with 10 al beauty, and all arrangements
for their wedd ng were made; but subse
Guently the father in-law interp sed an
oh eetion to the young man becau of his
rol tics The bride, too, suddenly became
aver c to marrying him on that account.
and so on the day of their wedding she
wa united with another suitor. The re-
jected groom at once isposed of his prop
erty IN the county and removed to Texas.
where he has since lived and is said to
have grown rich About a year AGO he
visited the scene of his country days TO
nm that his sweetheart ha daughter.
aged eighteen, VINO bore a trikng esem.
blance to her mother. He lost no time in
proposing to her. She acce ted an this
week IS set for the weld ng-which w II
maxi his old-time love h S mother-in Jaw
ins tead of his wife.
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Man and Wifi

A newly-e'e ted Just ce OF the peace,
who had been used TO draw ng up wills
and deeds and tile else, was called up to
marry a couple in haste. Removing his
hat he remarked; "iats off in the pres
ence of the court All being uncovered
he proceeded; Hold up yer right hand.
You, John Maxim, do yer solemnly swear
TO the Lest of yer knowledge AMI bel eff
that yer take l. woman to have and to
no for yerself, J er heirs, executors. adj
ministrators and assigns, for yer and
thir use forever"
81 do, - answered the groom promptly.
"fou, Vice Lvans. take this yer man
for yer husband, te Ii We and ter hold
forever; an you do sclemnly swear that
yer awfully seize in fee simple an free
from all incumbrance, an have good right
10 sell, bargain an C nvey to said grantee,
yerself' yer heirs, administrators and as
: igns
IL do, said the bride, doubtfully.
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A Notable Trousseau.

Among the daintiest things in the
trousseau OF Miss Shepard, the daugh-
ter OF Col. Elliott F. Shepard, and
who became Mrs. William Jay Schief-
felin recently, were the fans. One which
came, among many other gifts, from
the BRIDES grandmother, Mrs. William
II. Vanderbilt, was q charming old
time fancy in delicately carved sandal
wood. Each stick was richly mia d
with gold, and the sticks were tied O.
gether at the bottom with q gold rib
bon, crusted with small diamonds and
emeralds. The mount was yellow old
lace, worth in itself small fortune.
There We're several old Vatican fans
with wonderful painting, to use which
to cool the cheek, even of a daughter
OF the Vanderbilts, would approach
the barbarous. The amount of lace
used IN the trousseau was something
almost unprecedented. If the bride
adds to her collection she can easily
make it, before the laps of very MANY
years, one of the most notable in the
country. But however she may take
unto herself the dignities and adm
ments OF matronhood, she can never
make herself look prettier than when
at one other little charitable entertain
ments no longer time ago she stood, a
fair slender girl with BLUSH gray ewes.
wearing blue silk frock fringed with
small plnkish flowers, with a guimpe
OF white null drawn up about her
throat, her only ornament neck
lace OF small pearls with one hugpear-
shape pearl hanging in front as q
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19
The Ea ShfOp.

Unless all signs fail and the back of
winter is suddenly broken, it will be
many weeks yet before the big winter
wraps and furs can safely be retired
from duty, and those who are the for
tunate owners OF seal and sable, or of
rich furlined cloaks will cling to them
as long as possible from sheer de-
light in their luxurious comfort. But
In this uncertain climate of ours, even
a few mild, lovely days are Just as
tantalizing for taste of the flowerv
gemmed spring and it is great pleas
ure to feminine humanity to slip into
ones natty spring coat even for a few
hours only. In this full between the
winter and Easter gayeties, there are
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no BE Continued
A Spectacle Mission.

The death of DR.. Agnew, the eminent
oculist, gives peculiar interest to a singu.
lar design of philanthropy. Several ew
ork women who annually spend goo lly
ortion Of their time and money i'm sch IN q
for bene ting their un.ortlInat. fellow.
creatu es ar contemplating a POSITIVE
novelty in this line and one which might
paradoXically be the far-sightel convention
OF a near-sigh cd woman. This S nothing
less than spectacle mission and its
bene Is will fall. not only ON The very
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19

various afternoon teas and receptions,
at which it is allowable to air one's
spring gown or new outside garment,
so it does not seem premature to
give our readers an idea of the 1891
spring coats.
One style is distinguished model
cut with the cross seam over the hip,
and in double-breasted style. The
material is a medium weight cloth of a
rather light grey, and it is braided
from the LEFT shoulder 20 the waist,
and also upon the square cuffs, nth
dark grey and silver. Another is palmer
but very stylish. 1t is OF dark blue
cloth with blue fronts, opening over a
longwaistcoat with pleated skirt, which
is of fawn. An embroidered null
cravat gives a dressy finish to the
simple but very chic garment.
In She new goods, the sateens have
intricate all over patterns and the dark
messy green goods have double loops
and ends of "faded purple" velvet
ribbon, and the purple goods have
green bows. The chalies in cotton
are printed in the prevailing patterns
used in sateens.
Another exceedingly neat and dainty
home dress is made of figured wool
brocade in natalie blue and seal
brown and snuff brown cashmere. The
skirt opens in front over the the bro
cade. and side forms reach to the bust.
The waist and sleeyes are OF the bro
cade, and across the bust is arranged
a puff drapery, each side edged with
narrow gathered ruffles. There are
three ruffles around the bottom. one
extending up the front to the waist on
each side This makes very dressy
gown with little labor and could
be copied in almost any two materials
Ruflles, narrow and wide, gathered
knife, side, box or rose plated are de-
cidedly''in" now, and form q pretty
finish to the bottom of dress and
frame for the feet Several very mar
row ones are placed so as to overlap
each other and have no heading, being
sewn on the skirt by only u cord.
Others have bias rolled fold.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19

THIS thing we call human progress
is thing of slow growth. There are
people in the woodland they are the
vast majority-who think a man must,
to be consistent, always hold to the
same opinions and methods. And this
comes from the fact that most men
pass through life with the opinions
held at maturity. With these an opin-
ion is a principle, and they never grow
TO wider comprehension. This is the
cause OF inertia in social or political
me- The man who uses yesterday as
a help for to-day is the misunderstood
man, and he who insists on tomorrow
as to-day may demonstrate defects is
the crank.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19

The finding of city, of compara-
lively recent date, buried under virgin
soil, where cattle have grazed for CEN
turtles in England, may lead to a modi-
fication of generally accepted ideas
about the change of time. The city is
Identified as Silchester, which was in
habited about 1000 years ago. For
the past 800 years British history is
quite connected, so this city was, in all
probability lost and buried that lone
ago There is no record of any con-
vuision OF nature which could have
buried the ancient town, and the infer
ence is that natural and existing causes
work changes in the earth's surface
more rapidly than they are commonly
supposed
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19
CHAPTER Kill.

UA>rRoNoNltC AND EROTIC.
Inc long vacation wss running down TO
.ne lees. August had passed into Sep
TENDER, aud September had stolen away.
act Frank Caruthers still fingered at
Oakbury enjoying his cousins hospitality.
having assumed the post of mental ply
STEFAN 10 Miss Clauson, he was no doubt
reluctant to resign it until he had effected
n rad cal cure.
In plain English, Frank had fallen In
love with Beatrice, in that good old-fash-
Toned way almost at first sight. He had
Soue GOWN before her gray eyes as surely
he fare any better?
About this date he often asked himself
Tue above question; for he had by now
,laue The cnraie's acquaintance, and
learned that he was rejected man.
lie did not learn II from Beatrice. who.
llNe every true woman. wished 10 hide
.nu. ! ! possible, forget the story OF a
nshs dlseomhtuEe, us did rot learn n
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19

DID you ever stop 20 think about the
mind marketP You undoubtedly paw
some attention to the source of the
daily food supply, but it is quite true to
say that you do not dwell quite frequent
~ or long upon the mind supply. What
voracious glutton the mind is. II
isn't as much of an epicure in all cases
as 1t should be; this is shown by the
KIND OF mental pabulum many people
select-the newspapers, books. maya
zines and periodicals they read. II
leeds ON everything. The daintiest
morsel and coarsest, heaviest and most
ineigeStible stuffs disappear rapidly.
and yet the mind manages to steer
clear OF dyspepsia and govt. Much
iood is lily masticated. too. but that
doesn't matter, especially in this age
Of surface cleaning and speed
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19

UNLESS he is of thoughtful turn OF
mind the man who swallows an oyster
stew will seldom stop to think that the
day may yet come when oysters will
be as scarce as the great aux or tho
American Buffalo. They seem to be
plenty enough now, and he doesn't
bother himself about the oysters
future. But the preservation of the
favorite bivalve is at this moment the
great and only issue in the several
states Interested in the oyster grounds
OF Chesapeake Bay.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19

ONE OF che charms Of the American
man has been his good-nature, his
unselflsh regard for the comfort of
Others, his love Of comradeship, his
assumption that his neighbor is en-
titled to his confidence, and it is 10 be
sincerely regretted that many of our
gilded youth are acquiring the British
vice which compels u man. as soon as
he is thrown in contact with another,
to put himself on his guard lest his
sacred isolation should be intruded
upon