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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

Justice, an anti mnuopnly paper
pulishrd IN New York. dominates A.
G.. Thurman. of Ohio, aud John H..
Reagan, Of Texas. "a Democratic eau
didatcs for President Hnd Vice Pie.i-
dent 10 1885,. aud predicts that Thur
man aud Reagan wonld sweep the
United State on an sptimonopoly
Democratic Houston Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

The EighironIh Legislature meets
in Austin on Tuesday. January OH.
By the law governing tho election 81
United States Senators the frat ballot
for that once will he taken an Tnes-
day, the 23d day Vt January.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

Cotton men in Dallas estin'n'e the
orop of Texas this s-aaon at fr"m
I 200, 900 to 400 900 bales, aud at the
present low price il Is rsiim,tr'i that
II win bring nen,l, sG0,000,000.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

Reports cnne IN f,om Austin and the
wesi Of extensive sales NJ public lands.
Jnst nav ihrse sales must bc made ar
uot at all. Immense trncfs If pnblic
lands have been tiled upon with the
purpose Of selling nut at nM advance
rrorc the pay mrn's 20 the State a,e
due, aud The time ~ which they be-
Come dur is near ut hand u Is be-
lirved that tile land commissioner mp
on the expiration uf the time in cases
In which the purchasers fail tn make
pay raenis viii thrnw every possible
obstacle in The way Of ing tho
dies. His object, no doubt, Ia TO pre-
vent sAlss NJ all until the Legislature
shall advance the price ~ which the
land ara 20 IN sold -G,lv. News.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02
BOARDING. Il LOEGlNG
By MRsgM.I. Bosrlck,

The pnhlic are cordially invited ~ call
at this house for.gno4 meals. The tables
~ all timrs will be supplied with tile hc-i
the mnrkcf affords. Mira. Mnllie hepcham
will suprruiend rh- cooking department.
Meals. "a rents; hoard aud lodging, fi2.so
prr month,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

The governors of several states ia
md ssgksgisinfn pT pidelanf,o !"
President Arthur. The governor Of
Texas did not issue one.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

The different department officials NJ
Anstin are all busy preparing for the
eloso Of the years business aud getting
ready their animal reports.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

The hoard ~ managers IT the National
Temperance. soeiriy a, New York. last
seek. adopted a resolution argiug the
prempi passage hy the house ~ repre-
sentative. ~ The pending senate Hill
passed hy the senate of four eonsecu
tive congresses "a proviis for an I'M
partial national commission. inqnl'ing
sausernIus The aleohulie liquor iFaiuc
and lis relations 10 The general public
Welfare.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02
General News Items.


San Anionuio ia preparing to erect
EGO 900 opera house.
Several line stone bulldogs are br
ing erected III Burnett.
Hon. John Ireland will be inan8'
urnted Governor January lOneIt.
At present there ia only one mar
rage uil association in the broad
State Of Texas.
The MrLrnnan county grand jury
found forty five indictments against
parties for violation OF the Sunday
Jaw.
The Common Council Of BufIul"
elected Captain ". NJ Drake To filI the
nnexpired term Uf Grover Cleveland
as mayer.
The official cuunt Of Lampasa. coun-
~ gives irtlaad ~ MINORITY ovsi
It'll. ron 49, ~ -.i-. ..,,.I
Arker 2I6 over Holland.
Hans MirkIe, n well-known news
paper man, came near being killed ~
lsnsrnbutg on Friday. lilo fell while
IL! ing to get on morning train.
The city marshall Of Of Br,nlam Of
rers reward VI $40 for information
leading To the arrest Of uny one dis
charging firearms in the cit! limits.
|
A large fraudulent vutc /. Nlrs,d to
have been pulled ia La Sale county at
the rrcrui Election. The United State
commissioner hn. gone there IL in, Ca
iigatc.
Mainr Penn. The evangelist, will
shortly 60 to California, to engage ir
miuistriiug 10 The 'piritual wants ui
lint people. lie will ieturn to T.1a.
in the spring.
Mr.. Albert Prll, VI. p. will he in
Texas shortly. He comes from Lnn.
dan for The pnrpose n inquiiing int"
The operations If the large cattle
ranche. or the Wcst.
K.r.o.Cit, Fat Stuck s,ov A..,.
,in,inr all u,c., an newt N,,d.y IN
,.,,uI,,, n,,,rs.n.r, t,r III. s,., ~.
nual atork show. This hring the urrr.
rsf will lbs Of greatest ints rest to Tex.
ma si0ckmen.
ri, Commissioned. Cant -, Ero,h
c,,,tv IN. orJ.,.d ~ .,cci,I .l.c,ion
in ,L,t coru,, ,,r Dccemh.r o,h d,
d,,,,m;,. ,L,h.r ar mn, m. .oio -,
i,,,v;..,i,, lamar. .L,,u a.. nr.,,.ih
tied IN lint county
I'LL. Shirley. Of Dnllns. willis hnn,.
inv dnck- RIM ont of v,ddip0 ,nf
n..d .uorriona of hnudt-d dollar I'LL
in.t.nd of what he thonpht was vast,
p.urr in hi. nnckrt. IL /, .nf, IA az,
he i.n'tnn editor.
agriculture. in Ii. animal rrn,r, IA ia,
nr.,id.ui. eatimatos the fnllnwi,g n,
the Weld of I3s2; Corn. .Gsj 600 OOl
bush.la. yhent. 40 ODO OOO. na,
i7O noo onO. b,rlrv AZ Ooo ooo. rv.
90 600 GOO buekvhent. 10 oOo opo
d,
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h Shaw VIII, r.c,nth dr,un.J nm, -,
1 Mr,hudiam. ia retain him nj ,hst cir,
II, /. nnw In III. G,Id gn oa ,,u
\ nl.n.c and u..s m, Ji.t,ic, cnn,
= r,nn, mill II church ,dinc. en-, IA, ot
Il ,nin.d
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. !" O"'',"''''" whit '''os "ie gro"
Il M p" '"g"'a' e'"P' zen Se"'A grow
altar wol,,, ,.,,, .ld n,.,
vary nr,atnhIo i.v,.,n,.ut /, r,, >.
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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02
Saturday Morning, Dec. 2, 1882

Thanksgiving day was generally Of
served in the larger towns oftho state
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

A transit of Venus acr"ss tho suns
disc occurs next "wednesday. The
transit begins on tho eastern side III
the sun and passes on IN the western.
II may DO expected to commence be-
~ ? .ss sB". the ",, "''', n,,n
eolored or smoked GIass, when a Tiny
black dot may be seen making way
across tho disc of tho sun. The event
Is rare one, aud will no. occur again
IN I22 ears.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

The Garfield Monumental Fair ANS
formally opened in the capitol At
Washington by President Arthur last
saturday. The president exprrs.td
regret thit the mnuagris' enterprise.
an wor,ht nf supper hnd been ana
~. ~ secure place IN which cuuld
he held more appropriated M "pen II
exhibition. lie fu,mall, declared the
fair open To the generous pnhlic, ard
said 'hAt lhrie was ma spot IN which
the monument 10 Garfield could bet.
trr he erected than lhr city in which
spent 80 much Of his life.
Sun Sat Cox, congressman from n "
Ynrk, said in a speech tho u'hrr niS,t,
At Duver, n H.. that It was his inter.
tim toois = re.'itiaa, IN the a.
seinhling NJ congress, calling upon n,
secretary NJ wu To report how much
al thu river and harhor RppropriaIier
il nnexpend,.d. aud e. lh+m mnvr t'iNl
the incorporated sum he paid Laet iui'
the treasury. He waa surprised thai
,hls PROMISE was nut apnlndei, hut
The reason was nadp clear when
f,irni remialrd him that C'checa riv-
~, which nntvilshln far smell reasela
10 Doysr, got ss3 400 II tho 'uuex,
pendsd .r-Ft. Worth Gazette.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02

Mr.. Albert PEN, VI. p. will he in
Texas shortly. He rrin.- from LON.
don fnr HE purposa n inquiiing int"
the operations Of the large cattle
ranches nr the West.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15

est kind as physiology, mental
philosophy, engineering, chemistry,
is accessible as it never was before.
An empire without the emperor
has grown up on this continent,
and much of the soil is yet without
occupan. and master. Other en-
pires are open to educated ability
and will become more so every year.
There is a legitimate sphere for
splendid ambition.
Let our boys forego the cost of to-
bacco and catch inspiration from
the best books. Let them turn
their backs on the tempting glass,
and spend their money in stimula-
ting the mind. Even fashion Spar
ties" and pleasure may be put in
the background, that the time and
thought required for them may be
given to getting that mental habit
and furniture that will make its
possessor helper to our race, and a
capable servant of that Creator
the Father of Light, who has
given us brains and heart, with ca
liabilities, that we may be lights,
benefactors and conquerors, on
fields where no life is lost, and even
the vanquished are gamers Dr..
John Hall.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15
The Penalty of Moving.

Adults are prone to think of this
intolerable but sometimes necessa-
ry annoyance onl y as it affects them.
The influence of continuous change
of abode is far more pernicious to
children than is commonly imagin-
ed. AT the time, they rather enjoy
the topsy-turvy condition of things,
and their love of novelty is rather
gratifed by going somewhere else.
But, as they grow up,-and more
after they have grown up,-they
look back upon their past life,
which should be full of home asso-
Citations, as sort Of domestic game
of "pussy-wants- a-corner. They
have no pleasant memory of house
hold gods or household affairs. The
parental idea is marred by contin-
ual shiftings from one roof to an
other before the filial feeling has
had time to spread its tendrils, or
even to take substantial root.
1t is impossible to over-estimate
the effect of pleasant home-life
upon the mind as we'll as the heart.
Men and women who have had
happy homes in their childhood
and youth, will be anxious to re-
create them by marriage and do
mesticity. Nothing of the sort can
reasonably be expected where the
home has been but repetition of
houses in which meals have been
eaten and lodgings secured.
Hotels are VIGOROUSLY bad for the
rearing of children; and yet how
much better is a dwelling occupied
for one or two years, and then sur
rendered for another and another a?
We Americans have not such an
excess of domesticity as to be able
to spare any of it. On the contra
ry, we need to cultivate all we
have, instead Of reducing the slen-
der original stock by playing at
hide-and-seek with our neighbors
Very often it is not possible for a
family to stay in one place; but
where it is possible it should be
made duty.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15
Carlyle under Correction.

Notwithstanding Carlyle's eulo-
gy of his dead wife, he did not take
kindly to her corrections when liv-
ing. A writer in the Contemporary
Repaeac says that it was amusing to
see how impatient he was of correc-
ton from his wife, and yet he would
take correction from my wife like a
lamb.
He was talking on one occasion
with a distinguished nobleman
about Herat. He pronounced it
wrongly Herat. My wife was an
active listener. | was Conversing
with Mrs. Carlyle about paper Of
mine that had recently appeared in
Household Words, on "The Buried
City Of Ceylon," when / heard Car
lyle say to my wife "You seem in.
terested in our conversation"
81 cannot quite make out what
city you are talking about" sale
she.
"Why, do you not know Herat
on the western confines of Afghan.
stan and the eastern of Persia, that
diplomatists are so much interested
in just now ?"
"Oh, you mean Herat," she said
chats quitea different thing. No
body calls it Herat."
He accepted the correction with
out murmur, and for the rest Of
evening spoke of the city as Herat
On another occasion he quoted
wrongly from the Bible, is thy ser
want dead dog to do this thing p
at is not dead dog, Carlyle, y
said his wife-she spoke with a
BLUR on the r, Kar'rlyle at is not
a dead dog, Carlyle, but a dog-Is
thy servant a dog to do this
thingY
Carlyle heard her patiently to the
end, and little after took occasion
to repeat his misquotation quite
gravely, as thy servant dead dog
to do this thing?"
His wife, like a prudent woman
did not hear it.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15
The Limit of Helpfulness.

There is limit to giving and re-
ceiving help. There are times when
even the strongest, richest love,
which is ready to offer itself in com
pletest sacrifice, can do nothing but
stand by in silent, yearning sym
pathy. The help one human life
can give to another is really only
external. We may aid others in
modifying or adjusting the condi-
tions of living, but they must live
their own lives in these conditions,
without any real help from US. We
may secure place for young man
in which he has the opportunity
of successfully starting in life, but
he must fill the place himself. We
cannot make him successful however
earnestly we may desire to do SO.
We may give child the best posi-
bic opportunities of education, in
the way Of schools, teachers, books
and leisure, but we can do nothing
more; he must be responsible for
the use and improvement of these
opportunities.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15
An Honest Boy.

In country school a large class
were standing to spell In the les
son there was very hard word. |
put the word to the scholar at the
head, and he missed it; / passed it
to the next, and the next, and SO on
through the whole class, till it came
to the last scholar-the smallest of
the class-and he spelled it right,
at least, | understood him SO, and
he went to the head, above seven
teen boys and girls, al! older than
himself. | then turned round and
wrote the word on the black board,
SO that they might all see how it
was spelled, and learn it better.
But no sooner had l written it than
the little boy at the head cried out,
ooh, | didn't say it that way, Miss
W; I said c instead of T." and
he went back to the foot, of his
own accord, quicker than he had
gone to the head. Was not he an
honest boy? l should always have
thought he spelled it right if he had
not told me but he was too honest
to take any credit that did not be-
long to him.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15
Economy and Elegance.

Economy and elegance are so
rarely coupled that they are natur-
ally thought to be incongruous.
They are not always SO, how
ever; for simplicity is an element
of each. A number of women of
fashion have learned this since the
recent monetary disorder has rem
dered their usual lavish expendi-
lures absolutely impossible. At
the beginning Of the season they
were unable to see how they could
attend certain parties and recep-
tions without new gowns and novel
adornments. Determined to go,
however, they had recourse to their
own ingenuity and invention, in
place of drawing on the marital
and paternal bank account, In
other words they devised new robes
and garnitures from old ones. The
result was remarkable, and alto
gether beyond their tondest expec-
tations. They appeared on the So
cial occasions, which they so much
coveted, to far more advantage, as
respects dress, than they ever had
before. Their costuming was gen
orally admired, and particularly
commemorative majority Of their
acquaintance thinking that what
they wore had been purchased re-
CARELESS of cost.
This effect had been produced by
simple adaptation Of means to ends,
by sober consultation between
Judgment and good taste. The
feminine innovators had discovered
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15
POliteness to Servants.

Is there not, or at least ought
there not to be, code of etiquette
for the kitchen as well as for the
parlor; for conduct toward interiors
as well as equals?
We make our plea for politeness
in the kitchen on the following
grounds:
1. No lady can afford, for her
own sake, to be otherwise than gem
tie, thoughtful and courteous in the
administration of household mat
tiers. If she reserves her best man
ners for the parlor, where so small
portion of the average American
housekeeper's time is spent, it is
likely that they will not always be
easily put on. The habitual de-
pertinent leaves marks upon the
countenance and man which no
sudden effort can produce. And at
housekeeping there are at best, SO
many unexpected occurrences, not
always agreeable, that nothing but
a habit Of self-control and serenity
can tide us over them creditably.
According to John Newton, it
sometimes requires more grace to
bear the breaking Of China plate
than the death of an only son and
there is great deal Of truth under
the seeming absurdity. Have we
not all proved by experience that
we bear with least equanimity the
daily, petty vexations that are un-
expected, and apparently unneces-
sary? But there are many small
miseries to one great aff1iction, and
if the character is to be improved
by tribulation, it must be mainly by
those Of every day-the pin-pricks
for which we are ashamed to demand
sympathy.
2. For the sake of family comfort
we must have comfort. Willing
and unwilling service are readily
distinguishable by every member
Of the household. We can all Of us
remember how the atmosphere Of a
dinner party has been chilled by
few words of unnecessary blame to
a servant. To mortify person is
not usually to reform him. On the
other hand, how delightful to a
guest are those homes where the re-
lations of masters and servants are
friendly; where shortcomings on
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15

for the first time, what properly
belonged to hem-what particular
thing or things their complexion.
stature, form and favor required.
1t was a triumph of individuality,
fitness and delicate apprehension
over general rules, fixed modes and
adherence to antecedents. The ex-
pertinent has proved so successful
that those who were impelled to it
from economy, will continue it from
the conviction that it has served,
and will still serve the cause of ele-
gance.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15
Be StudiOus.


Whitefeld was poor, and in "ser-
vice." but he managed to getan edu-
cation; and both England and
America have felt his power for
good. William Harvey did not find
out the circulation of the blood bv
lucky accident. He was a hard
student at home and abroad, and
taught the doctrine to his classes
for ten years before he published it
to the world.
Young men ought to remember
that there are still splendid services
to be performed. All the discover
les have not yet been made. The
field is now the world, as it never
was before. Education of the high
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15

the part of the latter are delicatelv
excused in public, and judiciouslv
investigated in private. say, ad-
visedly, investigated rather than
reproved; for undeserved misfor-
tune may happen alike to all, and
there may be occasion for sympa-
thy rather than blame. If Biddv
has had bad news from over the
sea, must we not take that into ac-
count when we find fault with the
gravy? | think sometimes we do
not remember sufficiently that
those who serve us are not machines
but men and women of like pas
sions, and sorrows, and tempers
with ourselves.
3. For the sake of our servants
themselves, we must pay them due
politeness. Humanity, says Bacon,
is sooner won by courtesy than real
benefits If one would make thor
ough and efficient servants out of
raw material, it must be done by
patience and long suffering. You
say they are provokingly stupid
we will suppose they are but if we
have to deal with stupidity, let us
use the means best adapted to it.
Will intimidation succeed2 Did
you ever find that scolding made an
order more Ineligible, or caused
anything but broken dishes and i'll
cooked dinners? Then try gentle
ness a little while; if that will not
accomplish anything, then send
your servant away and try another.
You cannot afford to lose your tenn
per; and a person on whom persis-
tent kindness is thrown away, can
render you no intelligent or perma-
nent service.
We put it to the common sense of
our readers, whether self-preserva-
ton, comfort and daily, do not all
require of us q little more attention
to kitchen etiquette?
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15
A City Incident.
Selected.

In recent police report of the
city of Brooklyn, this pathetic in
cident of child fidelity and suffering
was recorded. A man who was an
industrious shoemaker with a fam
lily consisting of a wife and child
became drunkard, because of his
wife's love of liquor and neglect of
her home. His name was John
Burns. The only sober one in the
family was the child-a boy named
Jimmy.
Soon the mother left husband and
child, never to return. The father
ceased to work at his trade and be-
came bar-room loafer, wandering
about the streets and hunting the
lowest saloons. His child went
with him, sharing the life and woes
of city vagabond No induce
ments, from people who sometimes
fed him, could tempt the boy to
leave his father.
Sometimes the two slept under u
wagon, sometimes they lodged be-
hind boxes and barrels, or in the
straw of a stable, or in the recesses
of door-ways; and sometimes they
lay under the open stairs, the boy
with senses blunted by vice, awake
and suffering, while his father slept
his drunken sleep.
The little fellow never complain
ed. But starvation and exposure
were too much for a child of nine
years to bear, and while following
his worthless parent meekly about,
he grew weaker every day.
One night, or long after midnight
Of a Sunday morning, Burns stag
gered into low saloon with Jimmy
holding his hand drank a glass Of
whisky and lay down with the boy
on the floor.
At sunrise, when the bar-keeper
turned them out, the little fellow
could scarcely stand A passer-by
called attention to the sick child,
and in his stupid way the father
began to realize the necessity of do
ing something for him.
He went to the house of man
who had once been his friend, and
asked for admission; and in pity
the boy was given a place to lie.
His breath came in hard, rasping
gasps, and messenger was hastily
sent to the nearest police-station
for an ambulance to convey him
to the hospital.
But before the wagon arrived the
faithful little sufferer was dead
Youths Companion.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15

Do always to-day's work, however lowly-
perhaps tomorrow God will have something
better for you. Longfellow has written:
1.-THE heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night
standing on what long we bore,
With shoulders bent and downcast eyes,
We may discern-uuseen before
y path to higher destinies;
"Nor deem the irrevocable past
AS wholly wasted wholly vain,
If, rising on its wrecks, at last,
To something nobler we attain"
zap. Selected
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15
The Best Creed.

Thou must be true to thyself,
If thou the truth wouldst teach.
Thy soul must overflow, if thou
Another's soul wouldst reach;
1t needs the overflow of heart
Togive the lips full speech.
Think truly, and thy thoughts
Shall the worlds famine feed;
Speak truly and each word of thine
Shall be fruitful seed;
Live truly, and thy life shall be
a great and noble creed.
--Iordtttts Bona
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15

A Quaker's advice to his son on
his wedding-day when thee went
accounting, told thee to keep thy
eyes wide open; now that thee is
married, [ tell thee to keep them
half shut"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15

"Why is it ?" asked a lady, "that
50 many lose their interest in
church-going nowadays ?" "Be-
cause they have lost their princi-
pal" was the reply.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-15

Dear God! let me grow from day to day,
Clinging, and sunny and bright,
Though planted in shade, Thy window is
near
And my leaves may turn to the light.
Hrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, in ''Alsng The Way. ~