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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-26
This is worth Considering.

Every man wants to be indie.
pendent. There is nothing quite
so soul satisfying as the feelin g
that comes with the ability TO
take care Of ones self without
help. On that subject the follow
ing remarks are pertinent and
interesting.
BE INDEPENDENT.
You who read this can. if you
choose, be just as independent as
the heaviest grizzly that ever ate
beetle or broke bison's back
in the far vest.
You need not cultivate your
muscles or your fighting iu-
stinct.
All that you need to do is to
cultivate economy and your own
manhood.
Don't be sycophant, don't be
obsequious, don't be a spend.
thrift.
Save your money, your vital.
ty and your elf.respect, and
YOU will be as independent as
the grizzly and a great many
times more intelligent.
The most horrible thing in life
is fear, and the torment of fear
is inflicted npon every mai who
is uncertain about the future
every man who is dependent.
Of all the inhabitants of this
country a great majority are
dependent men.
Some have neglected their
health, and they are filed with
fear lest it should break down.
Ninety per cent at least have
lacked the moral courage which
is required in order 10 save
money, and they are in constant
dread of the future on account Of
themselves and their families.
Don't despise the economical
man, the saving man. You
might do better to envy him.
He has the courage which frees
him from the foolish customs of
trying to do what others do, or
of trying to do what others ex.
pect him to do. Think for your.
self and for others who depend
on you. When others suggest
that you might spend money as
they do, tell them that you pro-
pose in ten years to be a two.
legged grizzly, independent of
every other creature on earth.
Tell them that you consider
freedom from the domination OF
other men in the future much
more important than asking any.
body just now what he will have
to drink, much more important
than dressing your wife and
children in the foolish finery of
the Smith family.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-26

Tell me we winged winds that
round my pathway ,whizz,
Is there no secluded spot
where perfect quiet is?
Oh, yes, says the winged spir.
it wise
Go TO the store of he who does
not advertise.
But quoth the troubled spirit
in accent low,
Cant find such place in San
Angelo. . ...
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-26

FOR SALE-A new 4.room
house, with water works, stable
and premises, built 8 months
ago Will sell cheap. Apply
to Box 800, San Angelo, Tex.
! A.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-26
WANTED, A RESIDENCE. FIVE

to seven room house, prefer
suburban property, with plenty
Of room for chickens cows etc.
Must be a bargain. Address
81 care PRESS.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-02-26

Work is to begin at once on
the extension from Lampasas to
Llano and the contract requires
the work to be completed within
a year. This connection will be
a great convenience to the people
of this section in going to and
from the state capital. =
When you want good whis>
key, call on Chas. w. Zenker
he always keeps the best. =
Steve Killman is dishing up
the best on the market to his
customers at the Legal Tender
Restaurant. (
Eugenio Munos was shot and
killed by Anastacio Castelano at
Sauderson Wednesday.
uThe Grant Lumber 60. carry
the stock-all kinds and want
your business-call and see us
our prices will suit. :?
iEThe Legal Tender Restaurant
is more popular than ever since
Steve Killman has taken charge.
He serves 10 suit.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
The SuItan's Astrologer.

The Sultan of Turkeys imperial as
.~rologer, a Greek named Kumbaris. is
2 worthy representative Of the preva-
;ent blend of superstitution and abys-
nal ignorance which characterizes Abb
Jul Hamid's court. This worthy had
On one occasion the brilliant idea of
erecting a modern astronomical OBJ
servatory in Yfldiz Kiosk. When the
work was finished and the instruments
in place he found he could neither
work nor understand them. and con-
sequently a professional astronomer
had to be summoned from Naples.
This, however, did not diminish the
influence of Kumbaris, who succeeded
in preventing the distribution of Mau-
ser rifles among the imperial troops in
Constantinople in 1895 at the first
news of Armenian disturbances by the
sage reminder that the previous
change in the succession took place I'M
mediately after a distribution Of new
guns. The sincerity OF this wonder
Ful piece of advice cannot be doubted,
as the self-sacrificing genius who Of
Tered it TO his worthy master rose from
his sick bed to do so.-Washington
Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
Kept His Eye on the Windows.

Most businesses are distinguished
nowadays by keen competition, and |
heard a story the other day which
shows that the humble occupation Of
Window-cleaning is not exempt from
it. In a certain studio in the city a
window-cleaner got a contract COB to
clean the windows by the year. He
wasn't so punctual about the cleaning
operation as he was about drawing his
pay, and after bearing with his eccen-
tricities for a while he was sacked. and
another man got the job. Things went
better for a time, but one day the GUST
ed man stuck his head IN at the door
Of the studio and yelled; "Am / to
get the job to clane thin winders?'
No." was the reply; 1--WE have a win
low-cleaner already" mo, you
hain't," was shouted back; "he fell
four stories this morning at Briggate,
an he'll clane Winders no more" It
,urned out that the statement was true,
and the enteTprising nan was rein
stated in his old job on the under
standing that he was to pay strict at
tention TO both extremities OF the
,ontract.-Glasgow Evening Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
SIGNIFICANCE OF M
Origin Of Terms Applied to Everyday
Articles of Dress.

"Pin-money," called by the Anglo
saxons, "Morgan-gif." or morning
gift" because it was bestowed upon
the wife on the morning after her
marriage, originally arose out Of the
old customs of the court ladies and
city danes who fiocked to the pin
makers shops ON the first and second
Of January In order to replenish their
stock of pins.for the year, with money
given to them for the purpose by their
husbands. This, Of course, "a during
the period when pins were both car
and dear.
Costume is d French word slightly
modified from coutume, custom.
The application of the term dress"
(from the French dresser, to adjust)
to the feminine outer garment, Is Of
quite recent date. In our grandmoth-
er's day, such an article bore the
name of gown" The Anglo-Norman
description of the masculine and fem
mime outer garment a. "cotte." SUBJ
%sequently modified into coat" The
feminine "~petticoat," or short coat,
still survives.
The word skirt" traces its origin
to the Anglo-Saxon scyrtan, to short
en-. Nowadays. the flowing lower half
of the complete feminine body gar
ment is called the Skirt" and the
upper half the bodice" The latter
really expresses the plural Of body"
because two. and sometimes more,
such "bodices" are VOL. Corset Is q
French word. composed Of cors, the
body, from the Latin corpus, and its
diminutive Get" Stays expresses the
plural Of stay, derived from the
French "estal," a support.
"1rousseau" is from the French
*trousse." a bundle. west" Is from
the Latin "vestes," a garment. Shirt"
is from the Dutch "sehort," which
stands for an apron or p%etticoat.
Pocket handkerchief expresses the
two-fold purpose for which this article
is designed. The original was ker-
chief, a corruption Of coverchief or
head covering. The handkerchief was
a separate napkin, or kerchfef, reserv"
ed for wiping the face, and ordinarily
carried in the hand Or thrust up the
sleeve. In the reign Of Elizabeth,
pockets supplanted the pouch or purse
| previously worn at the left side OF the
| girdle, and with them came into ex-
istence, pocket handkerchiefs, prop
erly so called.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
Newly Married.

She was newly married, and did not
know a little bit about either house
keeping or shopping, and she was CIV
ing her first order. It was a crusher;
,ut the grocer was a clever man, and
was used to all kinds Of orders and
could interpret them easily.
81 want two pound Of paralyzed
sugar. she began. with a business-like
air.
"Yes'm. Anything else?"
"Two tins of condemned milk"
"Yes'm."
He set down pulyerized sugar and
condensed milk.
"a bag of fresh salt. Be sure 1t is
fresh
"Ses'm. What next?"
"a pound of d~esecrated Goldfish"
He wrote glibly "desiccated cod"
Nothing more, ma'am? We have
some nice ~horse-radish. just in" =
NO." she said, 1T would be Of no
use to us: we don't keep a horse"
Theneihe grocer sat down and fan
ned himself with a patent dashboard,
although the temperature was nearly
treezing.-Tit-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

The Women's Suffrage society o!
Paris has taken q hint from the sules
governing street car conductors of Bos-
ton. In Boston, as is we'll known, the
conductors are compelled to address
all their women passengers az
madam" no matter what their age
color or race. The women s%unragists
OF Paris have lately passed a resolution
to. the effect thai to d~ifferentiate be.
tween madame and "mademoisells'
implies a condition of s%ervitude, anl
they will have it no longer. No mem
Der of the society, be she ten years ole
or a hundred, married, single O.
widowed, will henceforth answer tt
any appellation save that of madame
No such differentie-.:on is made in ths
other sex, say they. A male, whatever
his age, is always a monsieur" Why
then, should a distinction be made II
females except to imply a condition O
moral and material i~nferiority? Mol
iere, Corneille and Racine Away
called their heroines madame. mar
ried or not. Why should the "jeunt
flls" Of this, enlightened age be ham
pered by such a distinction? There
fore, "mademoiselle," as an appella
ton, IL doomed. Thus does the grea
cause OF woman sweep or.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

The United States consul-general al
Vienna reports to the state department
that over 5000 horses 4 year are nov
slaughtered and sold for food in nearly
200 meat markets in the Austrian cap
ital- The cost at retail of horse meal
is about on~e-fourth per pound that o.
beef, and hence its rapidly increasing
consumption by the poorer people. i
Is an old maxim that me outside 0.
O. horse is good for the inside of ;
man." After a prejudice rooted in cen
turtles OF habit has worn away, thu
horse may be finally adjudged equally
good for internal and external appli
cation.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
Lightning Superstitioua

It is well known that lightning plays
some truly remarkable tricks, and the
recent thunderstorms In France have
called attention to the different ways
the French peasants have Of presery-
ing themselves from Its disastrous Of
fects. Some. like the ancient Romans.
believe that a skin confers immunity
from lightning, and it is reported that
the peasants Of the CeTelnes twist the
cast-on skins Of snakes round their
hats to preserve themselves from dan
ger. Some believe that silk will do
the trick, and the idea that a garment
made Of silk exerts some influence
upon the matter is rather borne out by
a catastrophe which once occurred In
a church at Chateauneuf-les-Mou tiers,
when two out OF three priests who
were officiating at the altar were Sc
verely injured during a storm, while
the third, who was dressed in silken
garments, remained quite untouched.
Some believe in sleeping on a pile OF
mattresses hesped in the center Of the
room; some retire into the cellar Of
their houses, and many farmers at the
commencement of a. storm Immediately
proceed to put all their railk cut OF
doors, knowing from experience that
thunder. turns milk sor
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

A characteristic anecdote of Lincolr
dates back to the time when thera
were SO many fires at the national
capital that suspicion Of incendiariea
was entertained, and various northern
cities began to offer the services OF
special fire brigades. The authorities
Of Philadelphia in particular were most
urgent and sent a special committee
to wait on the President and urge him
to accept the services Of such a brigade.
The committee was tedious and long
wsnded, and the President was anxious
to get back to the public business
which demanded his attention. Fin
ally, seeing no prospect Of a ternina-
ton Of the interview in the usual way,
he interrupted one of the orators In
the midst of a grandiloquent flight by
saying:
"An. yes, gentlemen, but it IL a mis-
take to suppose that I I'M the head OF
the fire department in Washington.
am merely the President Of the United
CtatesU
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
The Jacksonville Times-Union grow

The Jacksonville Tinaes-Union grows
eloquent about oranges, and says: 1.-The
oranges are moving, and the good
times must come again. Let others
take their gold from the gloomy depths
of the earth; Florida gathers hers I'm
der Gods own heaven, and finds il
colored by the royal SUI himself, fla
vored by the dew and blessed by the
stars. Watch the stands at the fair
and see IL oranges were ever fairer OF
sweeter; lift your faces as the freight
ears pass and then wonder whether
ambrosia ever gave such promise o.
the gladness of heaven as those long
trains leave on the perfume-laden air.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

English art critics are wrought VI
Just now over the question of a finger
It grows out Of the statue erected il
Manchester to Gladstone, in which h'
Is represented in the attitude Of de
Nvering a speech in 1893, clutching {
roll of papers in his left hand. In 1S4:
Gladstone had the misfortune to los'
the ~forefnger of his left hand in f;
shooting accident; but the sculptor re
stored the finger IN the statue. Thu
question which seems now to be Great
ing an unnecessary and unproftabl'
stir In art circles .-us resolves itself
sis it true art to be unfaithful to thu
facts of the case and to represent a
clutching the roll OF papers a fnge:
which did not exist?"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
Ths Right OF tlsfeHsa.

In the course OF a trial an English
judge q reported to have said: "The
RVS OF God and man both give the
party an opportunity to make his de-
feCse, II he has any. I remember to
have heard it observed by a very
learned man upon such an occasion
that even God himself did not pass
sentence upon Adam before he was
called upon to make his defense.
Adam says God, where art thou!
Hast thou eaten Of the tree, whereof
I commanded thee that thou shouldst
not eat?' And the same question was
put to Eve also"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
Miss Marion Cunningham, the Popular
Young Treasurer of the Young Woman's
Club Of Emporia, Kans, has This to Say OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

."DEAR MRS. PNKHAM :-Your Vegetable Compound cured me
Of womb trouble from which I had been a great sufferer for nearly
three years. During that time I was very irregular and would often
have intense pain in the small of my back, and binding headaches and
severe cramps. For three months I used Lydia L. Pinkbam's
Vegetable Compound, and aches and pains are as past memory
while health and happiness is my daily experience now. You GER
tainly have one grateful friend in Empora, and l have praised your
Vegetable Compound to a large number of my friends. You have
my permission to publish my testimonial in connection with my picture.
Yours sincerely, MISS MARION CUNH1HGHAM, Emporia, Kans."
$4,000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER is NOT GENUINE.
When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or paffnf Hl
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%excitabiHty, ~irritabihy, nervousnoss, sleeplessness, melancholy, "aL'
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they should remember there il one tried and true remedy: Lydia, T.
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Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best.
RIrs. PinAhaua invites all sick women to write her for advice
Che bag guided thoU1aDGS to health. Address, LYNN Elasso
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

-. h,rd fauna Of Iceland Is credited
H. Slater with 1CS spec.es.
y ,ha,e 3 are residents, u Summer
C@,.rants. q occas onsl visitors. and 19
strasglerS. The land BIRDS sire
s including only Z residents ana s
80. ~. come In s1irmer to bread, bit tha
80. i~nterert..ng birds now probably
!. the Nnorthern wren. the great
@a,4hernAdive and the Iceland falcon.
sss1tns Birds are few. Thare are 1f
ssaoIes AZ ducks and geese, ard Z birds
= nrsy, crt the rock ptarn1.ga1 Is the
.nly %. -be bird.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
A Mothers Love.

A pathetic instance of affection that
,ould confront death rather than sep
,ration from loved ones was that OF
Martha Russell, who a short time ago
lied OF starvation. She was tha
mother Of four small children, and, at
,er being assisted for more than two
years by the township where she lived,
,he was threatened with separation
rom her children. Being unable to
.arn more than what would buy food
or the children, she supplied their
reeds and went without food herself.
When found the children were all well
Jared for, and In good condition.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

Sir Harry Johnston, after exploiting
Uganda, announces that the okari is
probably the last remarkable unknown
animal that will be discovered, al
though he found the skins of seyera
beasts new to science In the Congo for
est. He says there is no special pygmy
language. The pygmies speak the
tongue Of the forest native, though
they employ gasps instead of conson'
ants.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

M Eaaerewski, like other mortala of
less note, has his aobby-namely. b,Ii-
isrus. lie plays nearly every day when
ne can spare time from praoticing and
composing. and is a very fair one. ~
enink l IKE billiards." he a "be-
cause II not only exercises my eye and
hand' and keeps them in training
even "nen ! am amusing myself. but
u also produces in me the delicate
and refined artistic feelings which I
IiaVe so often to express on the piano,
as wnen, Tor instance, I play my favor
tie Chopin"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

Senef Carlos Escribana, a Peruvian
gentleman, has written a history which
Is only 100 words in length, and was
awarded a gold medal offered by the
Society of the Founders Of Indepen-
dence, Lima, for the best history OF
Peru comprised within that number OF
words. The society might have found
more suitable subjects for freak e1-
periments In literature than the chron
lc!es of its own country.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

The eurioH suggestion has been
made in Refden that the trolley wires
in the streets shall be subject to use
by the frs department. The idea is
that pumpk capable of being el- trio
ally drive1 shall be installed in a num-
be. Of g. liable positions, to lie switched
On to the trolley wires as occasion re-
uuires,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

An English judge, in charging a jury
on a case where an unhitched and IN
attended horse was frightened by an
automobile, said that the onus was on
the owner of the equine who had frac-
tured the law by neglecting to provide
for the public safety by securely tying
49, r-{~,ol
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

Neither the landlords failure to col
!ect the rent for IA months, nor his
neglect to notify me g%uarantor of it's
non-payment, is held in a Massachu-
sets court decision to exonerate the
latter.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

An Alabama man returned to life
Iust as they were lowering him into
the grave. This may not be escaping
by the skin Of the teeth. but it's get
Ting out of a pretty bad hole.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

No matter what ails you, headache TO .
cancer, you will eve get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
cents to start getting your health back. CAS-
e4gErs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
IN ma5aI boxes, every tablet has c. 9.
STAMPED on it. Beware OF limitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
Comrreaead AIR Street Cars.

Experts claim that compressed air will
eventually be the power Of the future, sup
planting both the cable and the trolley sys-
TENS. In all lines of industry we see con-
slant improvements, but In medicine there
is one remedy that cannot be improved on,
and that is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t
is founded on true merit, and will cure tndi-
gestion, dyspepsia, fatuleney, constipation
and nervousness, also prevent malaria, fever
and ague. Try q bottle and satisfy yourself.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
In the Blue Grass Resion.

ST take of my hat to o Soc. box Of letter
Inc. It has cured me of skin disease which
doctors in seven States failed to cure."-C.
W. CantreI, Louisville, Ky. zoe. q box by
mail from ]. r. shuptrine, Savannah, Ga,
IL your dra, gis5 don't keep it.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

German experts have a~scertained
that railway rails deteriorate sooner in
tunnels than elsewhere because OF the
effect Of injurious gases.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

Contain Mercury,
az mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys.
TEN when entering it through the mucous
except on prescriptions from reputable phy..
sicians. as the damage they will do il ten fold
60 the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
By z. j.. Cheney q Co., Toledo, O.. contains
no mercery, and liz taken Internally, acfine
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Ours
10 sure to get the genuine. It is taken IN
aernally, and is made In Toledo, ONO, py :
4 cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
ag~sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle
Halls Family Pills are the best.