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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05

ly than could were / burdened with
the long skirts about my feet.
/ II think the secret of becoming
dress for stout women is look of
comfort and smoothness. OF course,
there is just so much flesh. If you
squeeze it in one place it must stick
out in another, and this merely calls
attention to the surplus. The pref
test and most becoming dress / ever
had was s tea.gown arrangement
with pointed yoke The general
effect was that of Mother Hubbard,
with the pointed yoke extending al
most to the waist line front and back.
A sase of sewing-silk grenadine was
drawn around the waist and knotted
about one-third of the distance down
the length of the skirt id front.
wore that dress one day when some
friends dropped in, and they imme-
diately asked me what l had been
doing to get thin. Soft, clinging,
light weight fabrics, without luster,
are unquestiOnably more desirable for
ladies with too much avoirdupoise
than any other material. Black and
dark blue are the most desirable
colors for stout women"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
The French Cook At Home.

From the Chautauquan.
There are q few privileges which
q domestic considers hers by right
One is her allowance of wine. Just
so many bottles three and a halt
quarts per week. of the vim ordinaire
must be provided, or there would be
a strike. AS this is the pure wine of
the country COS ting from 75c to 81 80
not alcoh oiic), there is no fear of in
toxicstion with this small quantity.
A second privilege which is here is
hers is the ,,cinq per cent" or the
commission OF / sou on every franc,
granted to the cook by all the trades
men with whom her mistress deals.
The coal merchant, the grocer, the
butcher and the milkman, all uu-
grudgingly DestOw this money on
the cook, when the bills are paid at
the end of each month, pOtr tenir la
pratiGue. She is then supposed to
interest herself in their behalf to dir
ect the custom to their shops. This
is quite q lucrative business for her,
for in family where the living ex.
peDses come up to $500 month, her
gains would amount to SIS, which
means much more in France than
America.
The morning meal of the domestic
consists simply Of black coffee with
sugar, and bread without butter; but
II you should give her a dinner with
out soup and salad of some kind,
she would feel ill-treated. She. will
make this same salad for herself out
of almost anything that is left over;
a few slices of beet, the outside leaves
OF the lettuce, cold boiled potatoes,
or even a few dandelion leaves; but
salad she must have. FANNIE T..
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05

making tour divisions, eastern, CEN
trail, mountain and Pacific, which, OF
course, at fifteen degrees for one hour
would bring the first OF these meri-
dams five hours later than Green
wich, and hence the division depend
ing on it; and the others were respect
lively one hour later than the meri-
dian and division next easterly. Mr..
Flower even introduced into Congress
bill 10 legalizs the adoption of
standard time throug hout the United
States, in accordance with the four,
meridian system, and to accept the
meridians which form a multiple of
l5o from the Greenwich prime as
substandards for the local reckoning
of time. These substandards would
of course, be the four meridians al
ready spoken of. The time sections
were to embrace the country on each
side of the substandard meridians;
but the cons tituted authorities of any
State, city, town or village could a
dept such q substandard for reckon
ing time as should seem to them
most convenient, and this was then
to be legal and recognized py the
courts. In addition, the hours of the
day in any locality might be num-
bered from zero to twenty-four, and
this was to be equally valid with the
ordinary notation of two series, with
twelve hours each. We are not to ex-
pect that the decision of the Berne
congress- will determine the meri- |
iian question; yet it may be influen-
ial. The same body has declared |
nat Great Britain ought to adopt |
The metric system. The two things |
re not necessarily related.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
Nothing Green about Him.

Prom the Chicago Times.
He was an elderly man, probabl.
80, His whiskers grew In a littl
tuft like Uncle Sans, straight on
from the point of his chin, his lin'r
buster was evidently the same he
had purchased to attend the State
Fair several years ago. He came out
OF the front end of the depot, gazed
around in a bewiIdered fashion, up
and down and and across the street,
and half a dozen cabmen rushed for
him headlong.
"Cab, sir? Cab, sir? This way!"
"Any part of the city, sir:nice cab!"
Take you to good hotel, sir, for q
quarter?"
One had his grip, the other the UNI
brella and third had him pinion-
ed by the ample folds of his buster.
Just then a we'll dressed man who
haa been watching the occurrence ap-
preached, and, waving the cabmen q.
side, said: Where do you want to
go, sir?
He recovered his grip, umbrella
and breath first, glanced up at the
man, grinned a sardonic, rural,
spasmodic grin, and as he gripped
his belongings and backed off re-
marked sarcastically.
That's none ofyour darned bust
ness. You'd like to know whar I
come from, too, wouldn't We? AM eff
my folks is all well, IAN how the
crops are? Mebbe you know some
body down in our town ah' use to
play on my farm when yer was a
boy? SPEAK out, ant I right? Ant
my name Smith an don't l remem-
Hiram Johnson an his boy Dick that
run off to Californy? An don't I |
recognize you? Yes, I guess L do
an EFF you don't git right out'n hyar
'tarnal quick I'll call the perlice, / |
will, l know your didos. ant been
in indianapolis five times fer nothin'
an don't take the papers jest fer the
crop reports. You git now, quick"
but assure you, sir, you are mis- |
taken. L don't know you and don't |
want to. only thought'-
Thought I'd like to cash a check, |
or play lottery, or buy green goods,
eh? Whar's yer gardner. Amt it
pretty near time for him ter show up? |
81 tell you, sir, you are mistaken.
| am in the employ of this railway,
and just thought l might save you
some trouble with those cabmen,
Now go on, and if you 90 get buncoed
why don't say it wasn't your own
fault" and the irate young man re-
tired up stairs to the company's
office.
The apricnl turiat winkad the Orhar |
eye in admiration of his own shrewd.
D ess, and, calling a cabman, said:
. Young man, you take me to them
that's whar the Universal
investment Company is, ant? They
advertise to pay 800 in six months
q 81 week put in an, begosh, Pm
coin ter buy some shares. Their
etter'n county bonds.'
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
A woman's Pocket-Book.

| Boston Transcript.
For several weeks a question hal
been asked of many Boston womer
and girls living in and out of town
Il ris question is one which 10 of par
tic liar interest, now that q poke
book snatcher has ust been arrested
1t IL:
"Why do you carry your pocket.
book in your hand?"
The answers are of more interest
still Here are a bakers dozen OF
them, given by women CT leisure and
women of business, school girls and
girls who have half forgotten school:
Why do carry my pocket book /?
Because have no pocket"
$50 that can get at it,"
Because l have no pocket"
II don't know"
Because have no pocket"
81 like to have something in my
hand when I'm walking"
Because / have no pocket
$50 that I'll be sure haven't lost
it,"
because 1 have no pocket"
cts the place for it,"
II carry my pocket book in my
hand, said 8 girl who is treme deus
heiress, simply to please the young
men who think my hearts in my
hand"
Because have no pocket was
the last answer, as it was in so many
other cases. Now there is no need of
riding fiery crusade against the
state of things which the frequency
of this reply and the arrest of the
pocket-bo K snatcher indicate. He,
poor thief, was but the natural result
of the prominence of the pocket book
a condition which must right itself
and can never be righted from out
side. Brave indeed, with more then
bravery, would be the
reformer who should attempt to right
q pocket from the outside. All who
have ever attempted to find pocket
in lady's dress will acknowledge
that. But a careful and ethi al study
of the pocketless dress of the period
proves to any sane mind that some
kind of q halt must be called.
"Stop, thief!"has been called time
and again, to no purpose. Dresses |
remain pOcketless. In these days OF |
cantin ess, when our yards of dou BILE |
width goods make dress for the mo.
1ern women of moderate size, there |
Is no place for pocket. One pro-
found observer says that the pocket |
las disappeared with the petticoat
In other words, manifold skirts affOr- |
led coy recesses for the hiding away |
If voluminOus pockets; now, when
Detticoats are few there is no place |
or the pocket to conceal itself, and
'hameless indeed would be the pocket
which would assert itself or cape in
he undraped seams of the modern
iress. True, there are chatelaines
md there are pocket book bags that
lang from the arm, but either of these
IS more tempting to the thief than
he pocket-book clutched firmly in
irm little fingers. Before the power
# custom science and prophecy must
wait. The girls are going to carry
heir pocket books in their hands un-
il they get ready to carry them other
wise. There are many noble eXcep-
ions new to the handcarrying MAORI
Y There is nothing in loves young
lream more sweet than the proud
of superiority OF the
woman who can say to herself:
MY pocket book is indeed pocket
,Ook, and goes about in my pocket
md not in my hand"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
Old New Orleans society Customs.

Old New Orleans society Customs.
In New Orleans formerly" said
a lady from Louisiana VINO acCOmpa-
MED congressional party that visit
ed Detroit a short time ago, "the old
traditions of French society prevail
ed. Young women never went out
into the streets before they were Is
years old without an escort. They
never went without their mothers to
the theatre, nor riding, nor were they
allowed to sit with young men in the
parlor unless their mothers were
present. | remember young fellow
from Baltimore invited young
woman to the opera. She said she
would be most happy to go.
"When he came in 8 carriage her
father and mother came down stairs
and got into the carriage with her.
He was surprised, but supposed thew
arriving at the theatre he found that
tickets, and he had not money
enough. Luckily he saw a friend
from whom he borrowed, but you can
imagine bis modification at being
caught in such a scrape. He invited
no more young women to the opera.
He couldn't afford to take the
whole family. Another northern gen
tleman asked young lady to ride, and
went around the house with a horse
and buggy. Where's your carrisge?'
asked the young woman. There 1t is
said he. But that won't hold US ALL
she exclaimed-'mamm and you
and me- So he had to go and get a
carriage and driver. As he had a
salary of only 5000 year he found
this sort of a thing too expensive.
Besides, he never got any fun out of
it with the mother sitting by and
listening to every word SAID"
HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
LAURELLE OIL,

Prevents tendency to wrinkles or ageine
Of the skin Prevents whitening of the
skin or drying up Of the flesh. Natures
wonder for preserving youth and fresh
eSS sl.OO large bottles at druggists. %
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
$3.50 WILL BUY

A handsome cottage residence, Off rooms
with bath, stable, carriage, house, chick
en- house, wood house, etc. Hydrant
water, large lot, with fine shade trees and
shrubbery. New, neat and clean, about
four blocks from Military plaza. VIII
rent easily at 5000 a month.
SLY II JNO. 1T. HAMBLETON & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
The NIGHT School

OF the Alamo City Business college
re-opens Monday evening Aug. 3lst.
For terms in the various departments
call at the college office, George Dull
mig building, corner Alamo, Com
merce and Losoyo streets. $50 I'm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05

To Printers and Publishers.
1 have a Campbell, two revolution
Cylinder Press, Brown Folding ma
chine, good lot of type for q six col
umn daily which 1 can sell at q gen.
uine bargain. Write me for particu-
lars. B. F. JOHNSON,
S-22-tf Cranston Press Man.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
BILL POSTING,

In all its branches, done by firSt-claSS
workmen. Bill boards for l, 2 and sheets
and plenty of boards for any size stands of
bills. All work honestly and prompt
none. Refers by permission to LIGHT
office, the Washington theatre and Grand
Opera house managers.
RIVERS Il Co., Bill Posters.
Leave orders at the LIGHT Office or the
Washington theatre. 9-3tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
BARGAINS IN PIANOS AND ORGANS.

We have Is second hand square
pianos that will sell at prices ranging
$50 to $3.50. We also have II second
hand organs that We will sell at
prices ranging from S25 to SIS. All
these instruments are in good order
and are bargains. Will sell them on
easy payments.
ga tt THOS. GOGGAN & Bros.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
OLD, DRY,

OLD, DRY,
Post.oa and mesquite:cOrd and stove
wood. corner San Fernando and
Medina. Telephone 1885,,
S-N I'm w. 4. TAYLOR.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
QUICK MEAL

Stove wood, any amount you want.
Cor. San Fernando and Medina SITS.
Tel ephone 456. w. B. TAYLOR.
8 q Inn
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
A CHANCE FOR BUILDERS.

For Sale: Thirty four shares paid
up stock in the International Build
ing and Loan Association.
9-4-tf II. B. JOHNSON.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05
EARLY BREAKFAST

Stove wood, cord wood or kindling;
cor. San Fernando and Medina SITS.
Telephone 456. w. b. TAYLOR.
G - Inn
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TO PARENTS.

We are overstocked with SCHOOL
SUPPLIES. Great bargains to every
BODY. School bags at cost 240 w.
Commerce st. Moss & REAMS
S-3l-Im
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-05

HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED
By not buying TEA st Hollands.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
NEW YORK STOCKS.
The News From Paris Checks the Bull
Observation-Disclosures Cordage Strong
Feature in Lifeless Market
Colorado Coal Is Up.

NEW YORK. March l2-The stock market
to-day was even more contracted than usual of
late and the dealing unusually barren of
feature, while the movements in all cases were
Insignificant outside of few specalties. This
was suddenly checked by the announcement
that a large firm in Paris was on the verge of
suspension, and that great difficulty was beng
experienced iE obtaining the accommodation
needed TO carry it through. This fact was also
reported as creating great uneasiness in Lon
don. and London prices were no better than
yesterday and no buying orders were given out
by the foreigners.
The news checked the small buying of the
early trading and the market from that time
was simply dead to all intents and purposes. A
slight decline was made in the Grangers and
Lackawanna, which monopolized all the activ-
ity shown during the dav, and the later an
nouncement that the difficulty had been ar.
ranged failed to do more. than recover the
slight losses without stimu latlng even such
activity as prevailed in the first Among the
specialties, National Cordage was a strong fea-
tnre, rising per cent; bus the remainder of
the list and the unlisted department were as
bare of movement as on holiday.
In the late dealings there was little furry
In silver and it was advanced &c on large
transactions, Sugar following with an equal
gain which 1t could not hold. The general list
at the time remained as dull as ever, though
displaying firm tone. The market finally
closed dun and firm az Insignificant changes
1rsm last nights hgures, the only one of inn
portance being rise of per cent in Colorado
Coal, which was advanced rapidly on light
trading in the afternoon.
Railroad bonds were as dull as stocks the sales
OF all issues being $685., 900 out Of which the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13

Sales on call at the Grain Exchange, / car y. s.
corn, SIC, b. & O.; cars No. white oats 57c, 10
days. Receipts as bulletined, 40 cars. By Pitts
burg Fit. Wayne and Chicago Railway, 6cars of
-four of hay. of straw. BY PitrsDurg. Gin
cnnati and st. Louis, 6 cars of corn, 8 of oats,
of hay, of wheat. By Pittsburg and Lake
Erie, ears of rye. of corn, of oats, of malt,
of hay. of middlings BY Baltimore ard
Ohio, car OF middlings. BY Pittsburg and
Western, car of corn, Of oats. The upward
movement in all cereal lines gives no signs of
abatement. Corn, oats. rye and wheat are all
very frn at the recent advance, and it
is impossible to lay down stuff at profit. No.
white oats cannot he laid down here from
Chicago under Sc per bushel All signs point
to an early rise in -four City mills, according
TO reliable report, have already advanced
prices.
Prices for carload lots on track:
WHEAT-No. 2 red, 81 059l OF; No. 3, 81 0l@
102
CoRN-No. . yellow shell. 67@671Sc: high
mixed. 66@661c; mixed Shell, 6i060c; No.
yellow ear. 5SQ69c; high mixed ear, 67l6Sc;
mixed ear corn, 61@66c.
OATs-No. l. 571s6l5Sc; No. white. 57@571zc;
extra. No. 3 56@561zc; mixed oats, 54G541ac.
RYE-No. 1Pennsylvania and Michigan, 81 w
@l u; No. l, Western, 9ScMsl OO.
FLoUR-Jobbng prlces-Fancy spring aud
winter patent -four, S. 1895 90: fancy straight
winter, 81 s5@5 Is: fancy straight spring 81 IS
g1o Is; clear WINTER 81 1895 20; straight xxx
bakers. 81 50@I 70. Rye flour, 81 logs 10.
Buckwheat -four, 2h@21Sc - b.
MILLFEED-No. white mlddlings, "a OO0
"a so y ton; No. white middlings, SS 009
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
HOME SECURITIES.
Unfavorable Influences Combine to Make
a Bearish Market-EIectric Improves
at the Finish on Confident Talk
bv Mr. Westinphouse

by Mr.. Westinghouse.
The feeling in local stock circles was bearish
yesterday, the elements being In favor of that
side of the market The fire and news that a
big financial concern in Paris was in straits
were discouraging factors. The Switch and
Signal complication was the subject of some
tall talk but the only thing new that came of
it was that the election would not be contested.
Stocks, almost without exception, were fea-
tureless. and trading was of very small proper
tIons. Sales were 255 shares. of which 135 were
Electric 1t sold in small way at IL at the
first call. dropped to l0A bid at the second,
tirmed up little, and finished at l06-due,
no doubt, to the presence of Mr.. Westing house
in tie city. and his confident talk of ultimate
success in his negotiations. There were more
sellers than buyers.
Switch and Signal was weak at the opening,
but il was bid up half point at the last call,
with none offered. This indicates that the
change of management IS not regarded as
disaster in a business point of view. Philadel-
phia Gas was seadT on the good business
record of last month.
There was quite break at the last call in
Underground Gable. but it was said to have
been made for purpose, and really had no sig
niicance. There is some of 1t for sale, and GER
tain parties are irving to get it as cheap as pos
fractions better than the opening. Sales
were:
First Calls Philadelphia Gas at l255S, 25 at
l25S.
After Calls Electric at IL.
Second call-l0 Philadelphia Gas at 125s 10
Electric at 10A.
Third caIl-50 Airbrake at 9SN, 10 Switch and
Signal at 10. 100 Electric. S. o. So at lGA
Fluctuations at each of the three calls are
shown in the following table:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13

81 OS@I OS1S; May, 81 OS01 0S1S. Coru-options
f1rm. car lots very scarce; steamer NO. mixed.
in grain depot, 72c: No. mixed, In Do: I2e; ; q;
7015c: April. 6gs4G70c; May 673G6sc; June,
6719G6Sc Oats strong and advanced lnlAc;
No. white. 57115c; do on track. 5Se; No. white,
57AG5S11c; No. WHITE j9e: No. white March,
5711G5Se; April. 5S5sQ5S5le; May, 5Sss9os74c;
June, 5S3S05S3lc. Butter firm. but dull;
PeDnsylvanIa creamery, extra, 3oc. Eggs
steady; Pennsylvania irsts, l7c.
MINNEAP0lls-The early cash market was
strong for wheat to-day and many OF the arss
sales we're higher than yesterday. Later. while
futures were strong and the demand good, cash
wheat was slow. Receipts were large, amount
ing to So cars in the last "a hours. Some of the
arrivals had been sold before they were shipped
here, but the bulk came on the market. Several
local millers were prominent in the early buy
ing. dropping out later, causing late weakness
compared with early prices. Closing prices:
T No hard, March. 81 90: on track 81 OO1zz; No
Northern, March and April. 9S15c; May. J915c:
on track, 9S%c; No. Northern, March AID
April s6c; on track, 9614c July closed at 81 OH.
BAL LTIMoRE-Wheat-Wes strong: No.
winter red spot and March. 81 051I3I O515;
May. 81 07ss9l 07zs: July. 81 O254@1 O3; August,
GiM GornlMssrs,I m, GpsstI5sa; mixed spot
mixed, 671Ic. Oats firm and unchanged. Rye
strong. Hay weak; choice timothy SO 5O0ll 0Os
good to prime, So 5O9lO 90. Provisions firm
and UNCHANGED. Butter strong and scarce.
Eggs firm at 16c.
cINcINNATI-Flour firm. Wheat strong;
No. 2 red. 81 o. Corn strong; No. 2 mixed,
626621%c. Oats strong; No. 2 mixed. 54c.
Rye scarce and higher: No. 2 81 O5. Pork
strong and higher at $40 IS. Lard active and
higher at So 80. Bulkmeats strong and higher;
short ribs, So 25. Bacon firm: short clear. Sc 90
@6 121z Butter firm. Eggs strong at I5c.
Cheese firm.
DULUTH-Wheat was strong to-day, and
especially so toward the close. Trading in both
May No. hard and No. Northern was quite
active. Closing prices were about cents higher
Closing quotations were as follows: NJ I
hard, May, 81 02155; No. hard, May, 81 0215: No.
hard, cash, 81 00sz; No. Northern, cash, 97L<c;
No. Northern, cash, 94c.
MlLWAUKEE-Flour quiet. Wheat firm,
No. 2 spring. on track, cash, T14c: May
955sc; No. Northern, 81 o. Corn firm; No. 8
on track. 59]4c. Oats firm; No. 2 white, on
track. SIC. Barley firm; No. 2. in store, &c.
Rye tirm No. l. IN store 96G961%e. Pro-
visions firm. Pork-May. sll 90. Lard-May,
s6 221S.
KANSAS CITY-Wheat quiet; No. hard.
cash ara March. SSc bid, 89c asked; NO. red
cash, 90c bid. Corn higher; No. casa and
March. 5314954Ac. Oats higher; No. 2 cash,
475s@4711; March, 47199475sc. Eggs active at
DHc.
TOLEDO = Wheat firm and higher; cash,
81 0315; May 81 0611; July 9954c: August 971Sc.
Corn steady; cash and May. &c. Oats quiet;
cash. sc. Cloverseed dull; cash and March,
81 62114z; April, 81 571S.