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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
Where do Fashions Come From

"AOAO w dSuIOuS SOHlS rIOm-
London Spectator:
There is a great need at the pres
( ent moment Of some patient and
industrious philosopher who will
make it his business to trace to the
source the varying fashions of fe-
male dress, and to inform a long
suffering race Of the secret origin
of a despOtism whose oppressive
mandates they seem quite unable
to withstand. No man, who hap
PLY wears the same kind of
clothes today that he did some
thirty years ago, can have the
least conception of the weary ty-
rannys exercised over the other
sex by fashion. Year after wear
he goes to his tailor, and orders
suits of clothes to be made as
usual" with a cheerful disregard
of the almost imperceptible
changes which may have taken
place in the dress of his more
fashionable contemporaries. But
with woman the case is far differ
ent; she must conform to the law
of change, and the changes in her
dress are as strongly marked as
they are frequent.
During the last two or three
weeks we have been treated to a
striking illustration of the utter
helplesSnesS of womankind in the
matter of fashion. \ rumOr was
recently started to the effect that
an attempt would shortly be made
to reintrOduce the crinOline. 1t
would appear, from the letters that
appeared in all the newspapers,
that the wcarers of petticoats were
unanimous in their condemnation
of the hateful cOntriVance, and one
might reasonably have expected
that they would have been con-
tented with that expression of
their feelings and have as
surcd themselves that their
millinerS and drCSSmakprS would
speedily rcnouncc an idea which
was 50 evidently distastcful to
their customers. That comfOrta-
bic assurance, however, was very
far from their thoughts. They
have not the slightest confidence
in the weight of their wishes, and
firmly believe that whether they
desire it or not, they will have to
wear scrinoline-if only Fashion
bids them. Who is Fashion?
What is she that all women
should obey her" They frankly
confess that they do not know.
When one considers how blindly
and implicitly they have obryrd
her rvery whim for yrars-nay, for
ccnturirs-surcly the confession
should be a Notifying one.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
DR,S, BURG

Late Physician Imp. Hospital Vienna
Office Re ter Building, Alamo Plaza.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
CHOLERA IN PENNSYLVANIA.

Swickley, Penn: We had an epidemic
OF chOlerine, as our physicians called it,
with Chamberlain'S Collie. Cholera and
DiarrhGa Remedy. | sold four dozen
bottles of it in one week and have since
sold nearly gross. This Remedy did the
work and was big advertisement for me-
Several persons who had been troubled
with diarrhRa for two or three weeks
were cured by few doses of this medicine
p. p. KNAPP, Phi. G.
% and 80 cent bottles at =. Kalteyer &
Son, Bowling & Flood, A. Dress, H.
Schuchard, r. Cohen & Co., J. T. Harri-
son and Kalteyer q Schuchard.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
NO EXPERIMENT.

International and Great Northern r. r.
Cannon Ball. train 81, leaves San AntO-
Mo daily at 6 p. m. carrying the most
magnificent Pullman Buffet sleeping cars,
lighted by gas, for Dallas via Hearnej
and st. Louis without change. Good
connections via Taylor for Temple,
Waco, Fort Worth, Sherman, Deni-
son and all points beyond. Two
through traius daily. Twelve hours
quickest route to St. Louis. 227I
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
THE OFFER STILL OPEN

By the Chsmberlin Investment com.
pany No. 523 East Houston street to
build you house at Alamo Heights
on a site of your own choosing upon q
payment of one-tenth down, and five
years time in which to pay the bal
snce. This is an unexceptlonsDle
offer, and one that will remain open
but for limited length OF time. If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
BuckLEN,S ARNIcA saLvE.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever,
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns. and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively 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.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
CURE FOR GROUP.

If your children are subject to Group,
always keep a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy at hand. 1t is a prompt
and certain cure. If given as soon as the
attack. For sale by f. Kalteyer 81 Son,
Bowling & Flood, A. Dreiss, H. Schuch
ard, R. Cohen q Co. J. T Harrison, Kalt
eyer & Schuchard J. G. Koch, druggis
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
NOW is THE TImET BUY.

Property is when people are anxious to
sell. You can secure some genuine bar
gains in ranch or city property, improved
and unimprOved, by calling on JnO. Il.
Hamt.dton & Co. No. 1O4 East Commerce
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
FRENCH TANsY WATERS,

Ladies will find these waters just
what they need and can be depended
upon every time to give relief. Safe
and Sure. Sent by mail. Price,
500 per box Emerson Drug Co.,
manufacturers, San Jose, Cal, and
for sale only by A DriAss, 10 Alamo
street. 32Sl y
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Insurance..

Insurance X. P. Endow't
Cheap, Safe and Reliable. For men,
pers only. T. B. Johnson, Secretary.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-06-08
Woes Of the Exchange Editor.

The life of the exchange editor be-
comes monotonous in the course of
years; it has been said of him that he
degeneratcs into a machine, and per-
haps he wouldn't deny it; but the eX-
change editor is nevertheless a human
being, and he has emotions OCCASION
ally, just like other people. He is ca
pable of harboring an intense and I'M
dying hatred. for instance, and if you
could see some of the papers lie has to
handle every day you would under
stand his passionate longing TO grasp
pump handle and kill people with it.
There is one paper, that comes from a
city in the state of New York. that is
enough To make n sensitive man gnash
his teeth; il is printed with apple but
ter on hideous paper. and the nlachin-
cry used is doubtless al old cheese
press; the mailing clerk rolls it into an
awkward, triangular bundle, and
daubs paste and ink all over it, and by
the time il reaches the exchange edit
or's hands it is sight to behold. And
vet that suffering but conscientious
man feels it his duty 10 read the
wretched paper and he does it, and it
makes him old before his time. This
is Just one phase of his sorrowful, dol
orous life, bat it may serve to make
clear to people the reason why he
wears a look of settled melancholy and
why lie never whistles anything but
the Dead March - ;5aui.- i.-E=..:::::::s.a
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Pictures Taken by Skyrockets.

An exceedingly interesting English
invention consists of camera COM
bined with parachute, especially de-
signed for obtaining photographs of
Notifications and of the camps of the
enemy, although pictures may also be
made for general surveying purposes.
The parachute is snugly folded in a
thin case at the end of rocket, which
is fired to the required height and
burst open by means of time fuse.
The explosion sets free the parachute,
which is protected from injury by
means of casing of asbestos. The
parachute has number of thin um-
brella ribs, and these are forced out
ward and kept in that position by
means of a strong spiral spring.
From the parachute camera is sus-
pended, and a string held by the oper-
ator is attached by universal joint to
the bottom of the device, for the pur-
pose of pulling the parachute back.
The camera is fitted with an instanta-
neous shutter, operated by clockworh,
so as to give several exposures ut in
tervals. At the back of the box IS an
arrangement by which the plates can
be manipulated the same as clockwork.
A swinging motion can he given the
camera by the operator, and this Will
enable him TO obtain successive pict-
ures over wide area.
The whole arrangement is exceed
ingly ingenious. and if ii can be en-
ployed practically il marks an in2por-
stant step IN the science OF modern
warfare.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-06-08
CHURCHES AND BUSINESS.
Strange Uses to Which Houses of Wor-
ship Have Been Devoted.

Out ancestors transacted q good
deal OF business of one kind and an
other in and about their churches.
says the London Standard. To begin
with, the churches of old England in
turbulent times were regarded as
places of safe custody for public and
private property In the border land
of England and Scotland the idea was
carried out still more completely, and
churches, or at least their towers, be-
came regular fortresses, and not in
frequently wete objects of otfense and
defense. We may note in rural Eng
land that in the cases of ancient
churches the towers are often not
merely disproPortionate in size to the
rest of the church. but are carefully
and strongly built, evidently with an
object.
Even in peaceful Surrey and Sussex
the belfries are veritable strong rooms
with barred windows and massive
doors, and often contain an ancient
treasure chest. Hither. at the first
alarm, money and valuables were hur-
ried, for, beyond the security of thick
walls and bars and bolts. there was an
nsis of sanctity which in n supersti-
tious age projected the building from
the most ruthless Of foes. The fortress
like construction Of many of the border
land churches is an interesting study
to antiquaries. In more than the
well-known case the holy ediiice con-
sists merely of barn attached to but
walled off from regular Pele tower.
Even in southern England semi
military character is given sometimes
to a church tower by the cresset,
wherefrom, in cases of general danger,
such for instance as the Spanish ar
mazda or the French ineursions of
later period. the beacon fire spread the
news from town TO town and from vii
lage to village.
In lone districts. such as the marsh
land of Kent and the Fen country of
Lincolnshire, the tall church towers
which are such prominent features in
the landscape served a very important
purpose, inasmuch as they were land
marks for travellers, and even today
the pedestrian has reason to be thank
full for the guiding presence of Boston
"stuE.p" or Lydd tower at the close Of
hard days walking. In a later age
than that of civil war the vaults of
coast churches played very import
ant part in what was an important
branch of business. When new rec
tor was appointed to a church in the
wealds of Kent or Sussex it was usual
for him to receive a contribution to his
wine cellar, accompanied by concise
intimation that out of regard for his
future peace and happiness, ami per-
haps safety, he would do well not to
inquire too closely into the uses to
which the vaults beneath his church
were nUt,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-06-08
A Quaker's Complexion Powder.

One day two ladies were walking
down Chestnut street, says the Phila-
delphia Times, and as one of them
turned to look after receding glimpse
OF shirred. bonnet, plain shawl, and
full skirt she said: Have you ever
noticed what lovely complexions the
Quakeis always have? l must be at
least twenty years younger than that
sweet-faced Friend. but while her skin
is as soft and fine as a baby's mine is
losing quality. When | dust my face
with powder it doesn't have the proper
effect. 1t makes me look made up. /
believe the secret is in the powder"
This. set us thinking, and one day
we sought out a dear old Quaker
friend of ours. "Now, Sarah, " we said,
thee can't deny that thee has very
beautiful complexion for woman of
thy years, and we know from its re-
fined tint that thee uses powder, but
we can't imagine a Frient in cos
metic shop or even buying powder at
a druggists, so thee must tell us what
thee uses"
Sarah is always easily amused, and
she had a hearty laugh before she re-
piled in her Eindly way. "Well, well,
child, I've no objection to giving thee
my toilet secrets, though thee has a
strange way of putting it, but doubt
not the apothecary would be much
amazed at a request for complexion
powder issuing from plain bonnet.
My powder preparation is very simple
After the laundress starches the col
lars and cuffs preparatory TO ironing |
direct her to pour off the water | al
lude TO the old-iashioncd cold. clear
starching, thee understands, and set
the starch away to dry. Then pow
der it and keep it in that little fat
box"
Weopencd the "little fat box" Sarah
pointed out and found il full of soft
powder, collected from week to week,
and when we dipped our handkerchief
in and busted the end of our nose and
chin we found 1t more eflicacious than
the best that the dealers supply.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-06-08
A PATRikRChkL ALLIGATOR.
The Pet of Southern Family for Over 3
Hundred Years.

In the bayou flowing through the
large sugar plantation of Gabriel Mon
tai@ne, lying seven or eight miles
south of Thiboderux. La, there was
recently killed, SAYS the Philadelphia
Times, an alligator known to be some
thing over 12O years old. In'1773 Mr..
Montaigne's fathers grandfather, i'm
migrating To this country from France,
purchased this tract of land from its
original Spanish owner, and in an at
tempt to clear the bayou of the fero-
cious and aggressive alligators, which
filled it TO the number of thousands,
succeeded in killing many of them,
and among them the mother of several
Young ones, three of which he killed
also, but the fourth got away, leaving
five or six inches of his tail behind
him. This one was afterward seen
from time to time and always recog-
nized by the missing portion of his an
atomy. He grew to be something of a
pet with succeeding generations, but
they thought it safest to keep him at a
distance despite his friendly advances.
II has been a fayOritc task with the
Younger Montaignes to 90 out after
each meal with tidbits for old Shorty,
as he was called because of his de-
formity.
There was much grief therefore a
day or two ago when visitor from
the east, returning from a days shoot
ing along the bnyou's banks came
across an enormous gator stretched
across his path, and, firing on it, buried
the contents of his gun in its head.
Most of the shot was Intellectual be-
cause of the scaly armor of the reptile,
but several penetrated the eyes, the
vulnerable points, sought the brain,
and killed the animal. The visitor,
who had been some yards in advance
of his host, was just congratulating
himself on his prowess in slaving SO
Notwithstanding creature, when Mr..
MOntaignc, coming up, showed by his
CONSERVATION that the victory had
been at the cost of loss to the entire
family. The assassin OF old Shorty
was. conscience stricken. The dead
alligator was buried on the banks of
the bayou amid the lamentations of
the younger members of the Montaigne
family. This age of 12O years is not
unparalleled with these animals, many
being said to attain the age of 200,
though this is difficult of proving, ex-
cept in cases where the creature is
marked in some such way as old
Shorty was.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-06-08
IsidOr WOrmser's Shave.

IsidOr WOrmser is worth five or six
million dollars aud is the head of one
OF the greatest banking houses in Wall
street. His place of business is in the
Mills building, opposite the stock eX-
change. He showed gaping crowd
in the street the other day how to
WELD razor. About 2 o'clock he
brought high basket, used to receive
the tape from the stock ticker, and de-
posted it in front of window and set
a mirror on top of it in order to get a
good light. Then he took off his coat
and vest and shirt. leaving his torso
incased in an undershirt cut low III the
neck and with short sleeves. Having
thus prepared himself for operations
he lathered his jowls and stropped his
shining blade with much energy. Pc
destrians in the street halted and peo-
pie came to the windows in the offices
opposite to behold the spectacle. Mr..
Wormser nonchalantly proceeded. He
drew the razor across his expansive
left cheek, taking due care not to NOV
into his imperial or his mustache.
which he cultivates in keeping with
his NapoleOnic appearance, in which
he takes pardOnable pride. just as
he had got the first side of his face
scraped to his satisfaction he was seen
to make hasty grab for towel and
his bottle of bay rum. He soused the
towel with the rum and applied it to
his face, after which he put on Il black
office coat, buttoned it up to his chin
and disappeared. 1t turned out that
he had a call from Henry Willard of
the Northern Pacific. After bowine
Mr.. Willard out. Mr.. Wormscr returned
to the front windows, stripped off his
coat and shaved the remaining side of
his face.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-06-08
The Cowboy in a New Role

A bic fellow with a Mexican SOM
brero and a coat most fearfully and
wonderfully emblazoned with silver
buttons and gold braid climbed out of
the caboOse, SAYS letter from Okla
homa, aud "cussed" the cOw-punchers,
who were endeavoring to mitigate the
situation, IN language most awful to
behold. | Immediately conceived the
idea that he was a particularly danger
Gus and reckless man and withdrew
my former mental motion to leave the
train and stroll about. But presently
cowboy in our car sighted this for
midable person, waved his hand out
the window. and shouted: Hey, Bill"
In few seconds they were in familiar
converse, and then n baby, whom a
small woman in Il black sunbonnet and
a gin9ham dress had been yainly try
ing to lull into speechlessness since we
left Guthrie, began to cry in a most
particularly nerve-racking key.
Instantly the fierce-looking pirate
from Texas sighted the pulling infant
and incompetent mother. With few
long strides he entered the car, said
never Il word to the woman, but lifted
the baby from her arms, chucked his
silyer-laced hat into,a vacant seat, and
before his train pulled out he had the
little one fast asleep and most of the
other male occupants of the car thor
oughly ashamed of themselves. And
he did not wear heavy holster with
a big pistol in it either. Columbus
did not discover America, and William
Tell never was, and by the same token
the American cowboy is an everlasting
reproach to his traducers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-06-08
The Stitch in Time.

The stitch in time" which saves
nine, the old proverb is Just as appli-
cable as it ever was, and it ought to
be 4 standard motto in the household
economy. To be sure. we are as
people enjoying a greater degree of
prosperity than prevails anywhere else
in the world, without any doubt; but
that is no excuse for wastefulness or
neglect. If few moments time and
a little skill will put a garment, even
if not very valuable, in condition for
further service which otherwise it
could not render, that time and skill
are well spent in its repair. 1t is the
looking after these small amounts
which makes the difference between
prosperity and its opposite. Who but
has heard eXclamations like this: "You
may well believe that | don't spend
my time darning holes when | can buy
g new pair"-of whatever NAV be un-
der consideration and at a compara-
lively small figure. Oh. yes the cost
is small. TO be sure; bat if that small
amount could be in hand Mt some time
in the not distant future. it would per-
haps aid to secure sone coveted arti-
Gle, or would add so much to the prov
ident fund which should be laid aside
for that @raiay day" which after all
comes to so mauv--G Good H0uSe6ecP-
ing,
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THE FRENCH JURY SYSTEM.
How 1t Differs from That In Vogue In
England and America.

The assiZe court is composed of an
assize Judge and two assistant Judges.
The jury are seated in the courtroom
to the right OF the judge. They have
no special costume. but wear their or
binary dress. Sometimes they appear
in blouses. The prisoner faces the
jury. They ask no direct questions,
but may interrogate the prisoner or
witnesses, through the judge. on any
point likely to afford them informa-
ton, and may also demand to see all
articles offered in evidence by the pub
lie prosecutor TO prove the prisoners
guilt. They hear the argument of the
public prosecutor, who pleads for the
indictment which he has prepared, and
then those of the defense. and form a
truly enlightened opinion from the de-
positions of the witnesses on both
sides.
When the trial is concluded the
judge, in the presence of the court,
reass to the jury the questions which
are submitted to them, and reminds
them of the duties which they are to
perform. 1t is usually question of
the honor or dishonor of a family; of
life or death for a fellowman In the
center of the room is a long table with
six separate partitions o! boxes on
each side. At the head of the table is
a box for the foreman, containing a
wooden urn. From the moment the
jury enter this room they are alone.
The foreman puts the questions to
them and they discuss them.
The jury is usually divided into two
almost equal camps. There are the
indulgent ones, who answer the most
incontrovertible evidence with the
everlasting What does that proye?"
and there are those who, even when
the crime is but Improved, declare
that Society must be rid of such peo-
pie"
The foreman finds it hard to seize
the opportune moment when the jury
are almost agreed in their readiness
or reluctance 10 vote one way or the
other. Then he states the question
anew. The iurymen seat themselves
at the table, each in his box, where he
can not see what his neighbors write
Oae by one they rise and place their
folded ballots in the urn. The form
of the ballot is: Upon my honor and
my conscience | declare that" etc
Nine. 4dtn9 IN North An,erjcan ReUieso
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a STATEMENT OF THE CASE,
CRooK Cry, s. D., Tan. g

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the relief
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Indians
Belt fellow
the have also suffered greatly from kidney
troubled
isp and consider health perfect All this consider your
paying deserved tribute Dr. Owen sending this unsolicited
case Tor his information Sincerely FRIEND
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look at the footing up for the whole
year. He gave low whistle.
Fannie" he said, "you are dear
little economical angel"
Then he proposed that whenever he
was paid off the housekeeping ex-
penses should be deducted fromA the
amount received and the rest equally
divided between them.
They followed this plan and it
worked like a charm-London Tit
Bits.
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First publication May -, 1881 No. 3
hLf lLI.IrnNTkfN fs,,r.,ru f'nrrr,-, No,

First publication May Zj 1881 No. sc
s,TATE OF WISCONSiN-CoUsTY COURT FOR
> MANITowoC CoCsTf II Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of Abraham Garnet.
deceased, interstate.
On reading and fling tho petition Of K. K
PANE. of the city of Manitoaoc, i'r - ii county
representing among other things t..at Abraham
Garnet an inhabitant Of SAID county, n the 23rd
day of June, 4. D., 134J, ut the cIt> OF Manito-
voc said county died interstate, leaving estate to
be administered. and that the SAID petitioner is
q principal creditor OF said licensed and pray
ing that administ ration of saId estate be to
suitable person granted:
It'is ordered that said petition be heard at a
special term OF said county court. 10 be held ON
tuesday the 20th day of June, A. D.. 1898, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ at the Office of the COUNT Judge IN
the city of Manitt voc, in said county.
Ordered further, that notice OF the time and
place appointed be given to all persons inter-
ested by publication hereof for three weeks sue
cessigely pror to said day of hearing in the Man.
itowoc Pilot. weekly newspaper published at
the city of Manitowoc In said county.
Dated at ManItowoc, the 1st-- dag of May
A. D., 1898.
BY the Court,
june 15 EMIL BAENSCH, County Judgess