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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-10-28
TEXAS TOPICS.


The first story OF the now Masonic
temple at Austin is up.
-Four steamboats, arc running on
the Sabine this season.
Laredo has six churches and sixty
saloons and gambling houses,
The State Treasurer reports very
little money coming in on land sales.
Two steamers took out 5000 bales
Of cotton from Galveston one day re-
Gently.
The Texas cotton crop for 1882 is
expected to be from 100000 to 1000
600 bales.
A carload of Texas flour was
shipped from Waco to Camden, Ark,
one day last month.
The Castroville gull says upward
Of 1 900 bats were caught in the gutter
Of tne court House one day last wal1k--
all killed by tho heat OF the afternoon
sun.
The Ne,cs says the lowest estimate
of Galveston's cotton receipts for this
year is 100000 bales, and the highest
100000, by the oldest aud shrewdest
dealers.
The plans and specifications OF the
Galveston Masonic Temple have been
agreed upon and work commenced.
Tho cost of the structure is estimated ut
$4,000
Sam Antonio will receive OF this
- al m
pounds, which at an average of 20 cents
per pound will represent 81 100000 nd
.ded to the revenue Of our peoplc.-Sdn
Antonio EUening Light.
The Austin Statesman says twenty
years ago there was an island in the
Colorado river Just below the mouth OF
Barton crock, or which was large trees
and growing corn, but it was swept
away and not seen until last week. 1t
now appears to be reforming.
The Galveston Neios says the
banks OF that city are bringing now,
and for several weeks to come will
bring an average of $780, 900 per week
which is Immediately distributed
through the state. One bank expressed
SA'o,uVO " INC ihIeIiur VI vi" S'"te ~
one day.
The attempt of tho Texas stock
raisers to introduce shorthorn cattle has
been attended with great loss. OF inn
ported cattle three years old and up
wards from 30 to 70 per cent die before
they become acclimatod. Younger cat
tie do better and of young calves the
loss, with proper care, is not greater
than 10 to 30 per cent.
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aud Woodson had rcsufed 10 do. / had
conviction then that Gov Crittcndon
would be
FAIR AND IMPARTIAL,
II | surrendered"
How long since did you become CON
WINGED that the dissolution of the band
was at haud2 Did the proclamation Of
Gov, Crltenden have any effect in
bringing it about?'
Yes, When the PROCLAMATION was
Issued | knew That tho amount of il
would accomplish the purpose. Money
is the root of all evil That amount
placed on mans head dead or alive,
would insure his capture"
"How long have you boon thinking
of aurrendering?'
Ever since McClurg was Governor
l would have como in long ago il they
would have given me u fair aud Impair
tial trial"
Where were You at the time of
Jcsse's doath?'
East Of the Allcghanies.
When did you arrive in Missoari o.
"One week ago last Sunday, Soptem-
Der "a "
"How long since yon were last in this
State?"
1T has been over year"
Where have you lived lately?"
Near Nashville Tenn
How have son been employed?"
"As farmer"
You travelled about frequently"
ayes"
Did you appear publicly?T
"lou have several wounds on your
person."
IL have"
"How many?"
Seventeen, though not all serious,
! have been shot in
TnE FACE FOUR TIMES,
two being in the mouth"
did you write your letter TO the
Governor before or after arriving in St
Louis2'
al had my letter written before"
Whore did you come from to St.
LOUISE"
"From near Nashville"
How old are you?'
Thirty nine
You have wife and child in indie
pendence?"
"Yes.'
I'm case you should not be convicted
or should be pardoned, do you intend
to stay in the Stato2
81 will remain u citizen OF Missouri
and no man would make more of an eff
fort to 1--we an upright and law-abidin(
| life than l will"
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Great Wheat Crop.

A chicago Tribune special from
Springfield gives footings by the State
Department Of Agriculture OF the Him
ois winter wheat crop Of 80, from which
IL appears that the yield Is. with one OK
oeption, thu, OF 1850, tho largest ever
harvested in the State, and amounts to
5O,951, 500 bushels. The spring wheat
CROP will make the Aggregate yield a
little more than 52,000,00O. Tho aver
aoe Weld is not far from 49, per acre,
which is only alittle below that OF 1879,
when the larges. average yield in the
history OF tho State was obtained, The
area Of the present crop, 2,752, l0s ecroa,
/ ms boen exceeded only twice, IN 1850
aud 1881. The quality Of tho wheat 10
n,neh better than an average, and has
seldom, il ever graded more uniformly
\ high throughout the state Inc cfol
uns ssysl in gooA condition, aud elthel
lihrestol or stocked immediately ai1S,l
harvest. The 1882 crop an llNn MS VII
return tho producer more money thar
any erap harvested during the past y
wears. Tho statistics by counties sho'
|, 81. Chair 10 be the banner wheat county
with an acreage o.; lAO2O, and tom
I3iald 81 a.e0a $40 bushels. Madlso
, cunnly comes ntAt with l2lldA acre
l2i2tNii lushels heuaull county
: lbe lowest with i3l aeroe and I've
2, huahclq lhoto eFo " counties, ;
{ each ~ which tAe yield eyoeeda ,uuV
: ono hnahela. eul three ~ ClaiE Ma
> lson, aud Oliuion Ia each Of which q
4 cceda 2,00NOun hnahcln.
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Daniel Webster said; "Small is the
sum that is required to patronize
newspaper and vol rewarded is tho
patron, care not how humble and
uupretending the gazette whicu he
takes, It is next to impossible TO III a
sheet with printed matter without put
ting something into il that worth tho
subscription price. Every parout whose
son is away FROM homo at school, should
supply him with newspaper l well
remember what marked difference
there was between thoHo Of my school.
mates who hnl and those who did net
have access to newspapers. Other
things being equal, the iirsl were always
decidedly superior TO the laslin debate,
compositon, and intelligence.
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A sIldIng Mountain IN Oregon.

The government engineer engaged
upon the ship canal around the rapids
whore the Columbia River cuts through
the Cascade Mountains, and the engi-
neer of the Oregon Railway and Nayi-
CATION Company, whose railroad runs
haaila tho. u,,rc riinlaiif nqnal have
discovered that point oil the noun
tains, Of tremendous height and three
miles in extent, is moving down an in b
cline into the river. The fact of a moving
mountain is strange, but not incompre-
hensible. It seems, says AN intelligent
correspondent OF the New York Times,
that the great river aud the ravines
that point TO it have cut their way down
through superintendent mass of
basalt into n substratum OF sandstone.
This sandstone,we will suppose, presents
"A smooth surface, with an incline
toward the river; the river cuts under
the basalt into the sandstone, and the
natural elect is for the superintendent
basalt, acting like a similar formation
Of ice in q glacier, to slide down hill.
The same gentleman says, on the
authority OF Mr.. phielson, engineer in
chief OF the Western Division of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, that when
an examination was made a year ago
OF disused portage tramway past that
point, the track was found to be twisted
seven or eight feet out Of the true
liue in some places, caused beyond
doubt by a movement Of the mountain.
1t seemed certain to Mr.. rhielsou there
was a movement of Tremendous noun
tain spur opposite this piece of road.
The correspondent goes on to say:
1T is fact well known to all river
men that above the Cncldes, where the
river is tranquil, the waters cover II
submerged forest, whose trunks still
stand with their rejecting limbs to
aites, some wonderful phenomenon.
1t has been query in the minds OF all
a TO what conyulsion Of nature or
! process OF time caused this overflow of
waters. Over thirty years ago saw
the dead trunks standing beneath the
waves, aud the interest in this oonncc
ton wss increased by learning from
the Indians that among their traditions
was one that ages since the mountains
anu ttvue ann "a osvsIV ft,ssiassecs vac
river from shore to shore, and that
their cinoes passed under II. Tradition
further says that in course Of time a
great earthquake threw down the arch
and blocked tho river, causing the
cascades as We SEQ them now. II is not
often that Indian tradition is so specific
in detail. As the records Of the abort.
gines OF this region are very transient
1t IL possible that this story rests on
some fact of natural history Of not very
remote occurrence. Joining tradition
and speculation with the discoveries
} and deductions Of science, We mus
conclude that some conyalsion G { natur,
! has thrown great masses Of rock int
the stream sufficient to deaden its loy
, for eight miles above and to submerg'
} the forests Just above the rapids Mr.
! Brace, who has been engineer for th
! navigation company that owned th
: Portage road around the falls, inform
| nae that ho has watched the movement
y OF the mountain for twenty years, an
that IL Is no myth
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-10-28

aud Woodson had resulted TO do. had
CONVICTION then that Gov Crittondon
would be
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-10-28

Ey SECRETARY EyARrs tells delight
full story AZ his own expense about a
small donky which he sent up TO his
country seat for tho use OF his children,
One Ct his little daughters, going out
with her nurse 10 admire the animal
in lie paddock, was sorely distressed
when Il lifted up It's voice and hrayed
doleiully. ~Poor thing poor thing |"
exclaimed Tho sympathetic child; but
suddenly hrightoning up she turned
10 her nursa aud said Oh, am 90
glad papa will DO horo on Saturday
and then a want ioel 40 lonesome
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-10-28

A good BAPTIST clergyman OF Ben.
gen, N. Y. strong temperance man,
suffered with kidney tgoahlc, neuralgia
and deafness almost to hlindpess, oyer
two years after ha Was told that Hop
hittars would cure him. hloauso ha Was
afraid Of aud preipdieel egainst rnil.
tors Since his cno rs rays nonc
naei ioar but ifnat IA Nor killefS.
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service. The delicate should have it as
fresh as possible,

service. The delicate Should haYe II as
fresh as possible.
Milk, talking pbysiologically,is demu'-
cent, and therefore OF great serl ice III
many cases OF cough and lung irritation
as well as in dyspepsit. l need hardly
say a word about the virtue OF milk as Il
medicine for those suffering from con
sumption. In this case it ought to be
drunk warm from the COW; it is certain
then to be unadulterated Too much
of it cau hardly be taken, so long as 1t
agrees
In all kinds OF internal irritabilities,
even in dysentery itself, milk is invalu-
able, and the emollient effects OF milk
warm from the COW arc well marked IN
cases of chronic or winter cough.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-28
Light Housekeeping.

"But, George, We might try light
housekeeping.
A very pretty picture they made,
George Smith and Jane Brown, as they
sat upon the front step that beautiful
moonlit night, waiting for the 4:15 A. NJ.
up comet.
Ke was only nineteen, and over her
fair young bangs but seventeen summers
had passed. and yet. these two, so fair,
so young, were trying to lift the vail
from the impenetrable future and
establish themselves in happy union
securely there.
He felt that he could not in the very
near future, afford to rent and hand
somely furnish beautiful home, for he
was only getting four dollars week, nor
could they even board at first-class
hotel, and AS he broke these sad facts to
Jane, great, scalding, manly tears rolled
down his cheeks and on to his round
about.
Twas then that, womanlike and in
gentle, soothing accents, sue came to his
rescue:
"But, sGeorge, we might try light
housekeeping" and as she spoke, a glad
light born of .-the happy suggestion, il
Illuminated the trusting eyes into whose
calm depths George had been fondly
gazing for four hours and twenty min
utes. George pondered long and deeply.
Turning at length to the fair being of
his hearts choice, he said: Jane, it
would be sweet, indeed to dwell with
you in blissful solitude upon some rock.
bound coast, to wander hand in hand
unon the seashOre all dav long and
light the storm-tossed mariners way at
night, but it takes political influence to
get lighthouse, and I, alas! haven't
even got vote. No, Jane; lam afraid
we can not go to MISUNDERSTANDING, but
1 will save my money, go to CONNER
cial college and learn book keeping"
And when Jane had heard the words
that were spoken by George she mar
veled greatly, and she said: Hence
forth, George, can but love you with q
mothers love. You're too young for
me-" and she went into the house.
Saturday Night.
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The Florida Girl.

Travelling young men who meet hand
some young ladies on the cars in Florida
will do we'll to be very cautious in in
terpreting the answers which certain OF
such young ladies are apt to give to a
particular question. Said one young
man to young lady whom he recently
met on the cars in the Everglade State:
"Whers do you live?"
"Kissimee," promptly responded the
fair one.
"I-I-beg pardon" stammered the
young man; 81 simply asked where you
live."
"Kissimee." repeated his companion.
"Why, will you tell me il do?" in
CURED the young gentleman, moving up
q little closer in the seat.
"Why, don't you know?" protested the
young maiden, her face suffused with
bushes as she realized the young mans
Interpretation, "Kissimee is the name OF
the place where live"
"Ohw came the expressive response
from the young man, as he saw from
what 6 terrible blunder he had escaped.
Further conversation revealed the fact
that railroad recently opened in the
northern part of the State had christened
one Of its stations with this euphonious
name.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-28
Plantation Philosophy.

De leaf is brightest jest afore it falls.
Use always been afeerd oh little men.
De little chicken can knock de feathers
outen de shang high,
1 nebber did like de idee OBJ dyin'
in de winter and bein' buried under de
snow, case I can't stan cold weather no.
how.
Ween niger begins ter lex ashy,
dar is eder one oh two things, he's
trou bled in his mine about 'ligion or
loan git no meat ter chaw.
would rather be bit by any udder
animal den hog. Oar is such q sud-
denness about hogs bite dat it makes
a man feel mighty uncomfortable.
neber sees deep, quiet shade dat I
ioan think OBJ death. When was boy
1 used ter see 'em bury de folks under
de shade OBJ de big trees, an now, arter
many years hab sided away, alters
feels sad in de deep shade.
Use been in dis world fur many years,
an has been we'll acquainted wild ami
mails, but amt yit found a kind-hearted
cot. Oar amt no gratitude in cat.
Her recollection oh good deed amt as
long as her tail. Glib her O piece OBJ
meat ter day an ter-morrow she'll spit in
yer face. IL Arkansas Traveller.
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arm and motions for us to come to him.
If you can't see him you are either blind
or crazy. have as much right to my
way as you have to yours. and l say let
us go to the man."
Sperling found it necessary to drag his
companion away by force. Soon he be-
came so much worse that he would stop
and talk to stumps and stones, telling
them he was lost and asking them to
lead him out of the mountains. With
infinite toll and trouble Mr.. Sporting
and his companion finally reached Troy''s
ranch, near Mono Lake, and all their
troubles were soon over. Mr.. Troy was
not at home, but his wifi. did all that
anyone could have done for the two men
McKinnen came out all right in mind
after he had eaten and slept, but still
thought he must have seen horse and
dog and a man with basket on his arm.
Virginia Civ Chronicle.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-28

Old miners have great respect for
the rats of the lower levels. They nei-
Their kill the rats nor suffer them to be
killed by green hands. In the first place
were there no other reason, dead rat
left underground would scent up whole
level, and in the second place, the living
rats devour any bones, scraps of meat or
fragments of other food left in the mines
which would, by their decay, vitiate the
air, generally hot and unpleasant at best.
Rats also give warning when cave is
about to occur. They feel the pressure
Of the settling ground, even before the
cracking of the timbers is heard, and
come forth upon the floors and scamper
-neasily about by scores
For these and other reasons the miners
have friendly feeling toward the rats,
feeding and protecting them. In nearly
every mine the men have one or more of
the little animals as pets, and these are
qnite tame coming out of their holes to
be fed at lunch time.
When the rats come into new drift
or crosscut it is considered a good sign
is thought to mean that the men will
strike ore. The other day, while the men
were at work in the face of the new west
crosscut on the 2700-foot level of the
Sierra Nevada mine, a rat came in to
them, travelling along the line of the
compressed air pipe.
When the little rodent was seen some
of the new hands wanted to kill it, but
the old miners would not allow it to be
hurt. They said it would bring luck to
the crosscut. So they fixed up in the
roof of the drift box as house for the
rat and placed food near at hand in order
that it might find its new quarters profit
able as we'll as comfortable.
There is much talk among the miners
aboat the coming of this rat, and the
men in the new crosscut are very proud
of it, and have high hopes on account of
its presence. Woe unto the man who
shall Intentionally kill that Sierra
Nevada rat!-I Territorial Enterprise.
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each other. If Northernsrs are, perhaps,
able to teach their Southern brethren
some lessons of ehergy and of progress.
that will make life sweeter, higher and
far better worth the living.
The Northerner at heart. is perhaps as
faithful lover and as kind friend, But
he keeps his love and friendship for his
personal friends and for his own house.
hold, and allows very little of either
to illumine his face, words, or manners
in the ordinary associations of life.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-28

WASHING MAcHISEs.-It is recorded in
the library Of the great patent seal Office
that, ~ early ~ 1851. ono John Tynacke
took out letters patent for an invention
OF "A way by an engine to be worked by
one or more men for the we'll and more
easy oiling and dressing Of feathers and
cloth" It is also set forth in the letters
patent to this invention that it may be
Of great use to all such a. doe worke at
those and other trades. and may be also
applicable to the raising Of water, wash
ing Of clothes. milling Of sugar canes,
etc." The next patent il one Of Roger
Rogerson. dated 1700. entitled, IAN
entire new machine called . laundry. for
The purposs q washing and pressing Of
ali sorts Of household linen. wearing ap-
parsl. and other things" Altogsthsr
3heeo have ben shout 400 pa1oo1s for
lor vaahinG machines taksn ont peovious
to tSs ysas i06O. 4 llolss and Qssriss.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-28

BEER DRINKING.-The New York Mail
and Express is doing good.work for the
public in calling attention to the delete
rious effects of lager beer drinking IN
this country. This it is doing by means
of series Of interviews with prominent
medical and scientific men who have OBJ
served the effects OF the excessive use of
that beverage. President Chandler. Of
the New York Board of Health, says the
harm done is very great. DR.. Alonzo
Clark says people addicted to the ex-
ceesive use Of that beverage are seldom,
if ever, long lived; but few of them live
over sixty years, and the majority die
very much sooner As showing the
bad effects Of excessive beer drinking, it
is noticeable fact in beer drinking
communities that although men die COM
parxtively young, yet they almost in
variably look older than they are. Pro-
fessor LOOMS says lit is an unhealthy
beverage" Whether this unhealthiness
il because OF the character Of the bever-
age or not, the facts ought to be gener-
ally Known, and the public warned Of the
pernicious effects of what is fast becom-
ing our national beverage.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-28
Southern Courtesy and Kindness

An Engllshman of influence, who with
his family emigrated to this country in
1879, settled in one of the Gulf States.
His friends in New York demonstrated
with him. urging that the South yet
suffered from the effects of the war;
that trade was duller there than in the
North, and the chances fewer of obtain
ing success in business.
II know it," he replied.
"You will there be measurably out of
the world of art, music, books; even
news. The towns and houses have few
modern improvements his advisers
insisted.
IAN very true"
"The people haven't the energy of the
North. They are apt to be bitter in their
preiudices." :.
"But they are SO friendlyr' replied
the Englishman. "If we're asked to
name the marked feature OF Southern
character, it would be friendliness.
When went among them, for the first
time in my life I found myself in .
world where every man really seemed to
believe every other man his blood rela-
ton. Though he had never seem him
before, he stood ready to invite him to
dinner, or to befriend him if he needed
it."
The Englishman remained at the
South. He could not tear himself away
from the pleasant, intangible ties which
had been spun around him.
No one can travel through the South
without feeling the powerful charm Of
the universal atmosphere OF good-humor,
kindness aud courtesy that Is found in
its people. Not only is it shown in the
hospitality of the upper classes, but the
poorest Of your fellow-passengers is
ready to render you service.
We have known train stopped for an
hour in order that doctor might be
summoned to sick child, and in all the
six cars full Of passengers, there was not
. grumble OF discontent heard. It evil
IDENTIFY seemed to them the natural and
right thing to do.
in the majority Of cases, of course, the
| good will is shown only in . smile and
pleasant vqrd; but no one who has not
lived in this perpetual sunshine can un-
dsrstand it, tranquilizine and cheering
e6bot.
Thsso en- b LITTLE use In the union Of
Lths dil|bront sections a this country, Il
! ths tvo cannot learn something from
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THE NEW BABY.
GEO. W. CABLE.

GEO. W. CABLE.
There came to port last Sunday night
The queerest little craft.
Without an inch of rigging on;
l looked, and looked and laughed.
1t seemed so curious that she
Should cross the unknown water
And moor herself right in nv room,
My daughter, o my daughter
Ring out wild bells, and tame ones, too,
Ring out the lovers moon
Ring in the little worsted socks
Ring in the bib and spoon !
Ring out the ihuse ring in the nurse.
Ring in the milk and water!
AWAY with paper, pen and ink
My daughter, 0 my daughter !