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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-02-04
A Wonderful Lnke.

In Colorado is a ten.acre field, which
is 10 more nor less than a subterranean
lake covered with soil about eight
inches deep. On the soil is cultivated
II field of corn, which produces thirty
or forty bushels to the acre. If any one
will take the trouble to dig hole to
the depth OF a spade handle, he will
ind it will fill with water, and by using
hook and line, fish four or five inches
long can be caught The fish have
neither scales nor eyes, and are perch
like in shape. The ground is black
mari in nature, and, in all probability,
WINS at ono time an open body Of water,
on which vegetable matter had accumu-
lated, which has been increased from
time to time, until now it has crust
sufficiently strong and rich to produce
fine corn, though it has to be cultivated
10y hand, as it is not strong enough to
bear the weight OF horse. While har-
vesting, the hands catch great strings
OF fish by making hoes through the
earth. A person rising on heel and
coming down suddenly can see the
/ growing corn shake all around him.
Any one having the strength to drive u
nail through the crust will find ON Ie-
leasing it that it will disappear alto
gether.- Scientific imerican.
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rrnm California 10 Enrone.

.,,,
Inc opening oil an almost ar me Oh
rail from SAN francisco TO New orleans
is hkely TO diYert large proportion OF
the exports whlch Cailiorhla SehuS 70
Europe from tine ola ronte around cape
Horn 10 the new one across me eontln-
Ont. An immense Noiuihe OF franc Is
at hand ready TO De Ho3otped 10y inc
Southern racine road Dut IL wiz ttNe
time. IT. Is not Always feail2ed that
California IS not only the hnest wheat
country IN the world out one OF the
very largest. Inc state mas INFINITE
capacity for producing food. Years ago
1t was known only as a mining country
and provisions We're Drought TO II from
the Last ana from Europe now the
State not only ioeds ITS own cltizens,
but many In fofelgn lahus' ne staple
crop Is wheat, dhd moro wheat Is eA'
ported from San francisco than from
any other poi., save ne" i orh anu D"l,
tlmore, IN lo'9 Oaliiorhla pfoauced
5o,UOU'VuO D1shels OF "leat' ana oh'y
Limos, Indiana ana ONO Slei9ed
more. In 1901 mere We're exported OF
wheat from New 1ork, % OOO,OOO bush
olsi from baltimore 5l,uOO,OOOi from
pan iauoi GO, - oVViVVV iIolli nliA'
delphia, lAOOO0OOi from New Orleans
A7OOOOO, and from Boston 5oOO,0OO
Nearly all OF TINS California gram goes
to England. The voyage around the
Cape Is long and tedious, and treights
are high. AT tho best It takes cargo
llO days, or almost one'thlrd OF IA year,
to go from San francisco to Liverpool
Inc average Tune Is l20 to 10 days.
NOW ana then me voyage consumes
200 days or upwards. The cost OF tue
movement Is proporiionally higl. Tho
AVERAGE freight rates OF the last eight
years have varied from 40 shillings IN
ls77-ts to 80 shillngs IN 1917 -f3'
These long delays and great expenses
naturally leaA 10 search Tor means OF
relief. No escape could be found so SO
long as the gram had to be sent ny rm'
TO tho Atlantic coast or oven to the
hlisslsNppl RIVER, anu hoated uoWh 10
its mouth as the only alternative To
shipment around Cape Horn NoW
however ,he shortest line IN existence
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An auction sale OF unclaimed railroad
baggage was held Yesterday, The bag
shgo sald consisted OF ooO pieces,
which had aeenmnlaiea IN the baggage
rooms Of TIE Illinois central kai'road
during the past year besides several
gold watches aoa othe' "uo'es OF Jew
ely icii m tne hana' el conductors as
security ioT tue ny impeSSnn'ous PAS,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-02-04
WIT AND WISDOM.

THERE is but Que thing needed to
make the oyster soup Mt railroad rest
auranls perfect, and that is oysters.
A PARTY Of San Juan rauchers nude
u bonfire OF an Apache Indian, aud the
Corouers jury returned verdict Of
overcome by the heat
THEY put in evidence Of Guiteau's
insanity that he wanted to buy the
Chicago Ioter-Ocedn. Scoville is PROV
ing himself an able lawyer.
DID your uncle leave you anything
in his viii. Thomas?' "Oh, yes" said
Thomas chocrfully, abe left me out. w.
BuritHQi0H HdiCkeBc
4 MEDICAL certificate is among the
treasures OF tho London General Post
Office worded as follows; This is to
certify that | attended Mrs in her
last illness, aud that she died in cen.
sequence thereof"
How rapidly the German carp in
creases may be gathered from an ad-
yettisement mentioned in the Sacra
nento Bee, in which a Mr.. George
Mushler, of Stockton, offers for sale
10000 fish for stocking ponds. He
commenced operations with seventeen
yearling carp two years ago.
THOMAS Schoheld, aged 81 Yeas,
walked nine miles to renew his subsorip.
ton to a New London paper. 1t is the
general impression among publishers
that there are number of subscribers
who are waiting until they are 81 years
old to come in and pay for their paper.
DdnbTU Nelos,
ARABELLA ton her toes in a chair,
clutching convulsively at her skirt -
"Oh Bridget A mousel mousel
Come and catch it quickl" Bridget -
"Shure mum, there's no hurry. Ii
/ this one gets away, | can get plenty
more for ye, mumi'
A CALCULATING exchange says IL,
takes woman ten times as long 10
dress as II mun." Perhaps because her
dress costs ten times as much as
mans Anyhow, when she il dressed,
the chances are that she looks ten times
more paralyzing than II man. Norris
turn Herdld.
4 MODEL newspaper: Yes" said the
Denver editor, ] think | must have got
oat very readable paper this morning.
I've been licked 10y three prominent
citizens to-day, another chased me with
dogs and gun and the police had
hard work to keep mob from wreck
ing my office. - Chicago Tribune.
HERE We hayea Valise 1t does not
Weigh Four hundred Pounds. 1t belongs
to an Editor In the Valise are Three
Socks anda Bottle and u Book There
is Something in the Bottle. Maybe it
is Arnica for the Editors Sore Finger.
Tie Book is Bakers Saints Rest
The Socks got into the Yalise by Mis-
take Perhaps the Bottle will get into
the Editor by Mistake.
Tue inability Of lawyer to answer
a question directly is illustrated by II
recent exchange Of letters between the
Chicago lawyer Emory A, Storrs and a
friend The latter asked Mr.. Storrs
whether his FIRST name was Emery"
or Emory and Mr. Storrs began his
reply by saying my signature here
unto appended will settle the and o
: question: and then he wrote three
pages about social and political matters,
, ut the end OF which we're these words
Yours, e. Storrs"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-02-04
TIE scOrFER,s ELO0uENcE.


'nse''o''H IHhu'e To the Peaceful Rest Of tile
"f4'e'
Mr. ana Mrs George q. Miller bur
led babe in the Washington Congress
sinuuI cem.torv III fo,y dnys,go aud ho.
f,,... n.. nan. .,i.
'''' '''''' ",''o 'V"'" WIS lowered
INTO the grave Robert @. lngersoll de
llvercd the following nd lress:
My FeENps. know how yoi,, i, 10
To pild Grief with words and vat I
wish to take from every crave lis feor
Hero in this world. wbere'lifo and dn,lb
are eaunl KINGS MI shonid he i'ravc
euoueh TO meet what Mi tbo deo1 bovo
met. The future has beon fiIle5 v';tb
fnnr stained and uoIlrtod Inv ,,o bo,r,.
less past. From The wondyons tree NJ
life the buds nnd blossny,a fail uitl,
ripened fruit. and in the common he'd
OF earth tho pntriarcbs and bnbes sle IN
side by side.
WIN should we fear that which will
come to all that isg va can moi toll
we do not know which ia the greator
I blessing life or deoth. We cannot
shy hat death is not GOOD. We do NOT
know whether the crave ia the end ~
this life or the door of another. or
whether the night here is NOT sbmc.
whore el.e "A dawn. Neither can we tell
I which is the moro fortunate tho olild
diving in its mothers arms before its
{ llps have learned 10 form n word ar bo
/ who JOURNEYS all the length of life's mn.
even road, painfully taking the last slow
steps with staff and crutch.
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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-02-04

ol tue watches got good bargains. some
oi the time pieces being worth :3j to
@il. The ruling price for yaliscs WIS
5l TO 10 cents; for broken trunks %
cents 60 81 for uuhrokc trunks 81 80
60 80; for chestsSl Packing cases ape
paWcd to- hc iayoute articles of pun.
cmse 10y Mr. Flgin Mr.. Marks and
other experienced buyers. and they
bought prices runling from 80 TO SIP
one large trunk, mid to contain por
ton of John McCullough's wardrobe.
was bid iu boy lady for Sll 90 The
fair purchaser rciuscd To- Inform the
sNcsmcu whether She wanted % momeu-
Ia of the actor or was in search Of "a
bargain in gcut's apparel. Some Of
the packages Tint were opened in the
vicinity of tile store disclosed unique
contents. Ono Young man found his
New Years box to contain lot fulled
and RULED garments that had tae APP
pemauce Of being part Of a bride's
smuggled truusseau; another opened
o long box and found human skeleton
all nicely wired together, ready to
adorn % museum or some doctors shop
The most common finds were ynrl-
Gus articles of wearing apparel, books
aud ehold utensils Some of the
vlllses undoubtedly had been the prop
erty of professional hotel beats as
they contained nothing but bricks OF
other heavy substances wrapped up in
paper. Tho $50 pieces OF baggage
brought $780, which the Illinois Cen.
tral officials think will scarcely pny
them for the trouble they have had in
transporting, storing and handling the
-tuU
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penNer,. rhenoml naI.llrowlh.

Deuyer's growth is like tale that Is
told under the stars when the imagina-
ton is yagihoud and nurestrined by
that TACT. A few years ago the site OF
the city was the grazlng'place of a few
adventurous rauehmen, To-day the
report OF building and construction
for the year rs 1900, 700. while the total
assessed valuation Of the city is s25,
100000. The assessed valuation of the
State is close upon OO,OO0OO0. Yet
mankind gives itself up 10 wondering
rayeries over the city OF Semiramis,
the splondor OF Babylon, aud the opu
lcuco ol Rome that was tho growth OF
centuries ot tribute from the theu-
kuown world Where are reasonable
limits 10 be- put apon nation OF peo'
pie giving spoh evidences of mere
sporadic RrpwthY ponyor nor Colora.
do l. not alone ia this Aladdm.hke
creation OF palatial cities IN the desert,
caves glNormg With gems and streams
yollow with golden sands. Tie tale
might hA takeu ZAP at a hundred du
itrout points and the morai would
differ ouly IN form, With the millions
OF people pouring ia 40 oar ports, aud
tho billions iecmiug out Of our mines
$40 shall suon rival Tho Chinese IN mum
her and tho English, Dutch aud Frenol
Ia wealth.
"a pAyH lsi, 81 Louis said the
yoaug man 10 his nnolo, ga honest man
Who handlcs wheat 10 chicego 7Woll,
leplled tho Old maR rthala anonl 4
best lhlng son eo0ld 10 Ma fW"
hWlta9lon HaWkey9, . s''se ~. Z, I
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nna nm.

A young lady gave ~her Young man"
a beautifully worked pair OF slippers,
and he acknowledged tho present by
sending her his picture, encased in
handsome frame. lie WROTE 4 aote TO
send with il, aud at tho same time ro-
piled angrily to an oitrepeated dun for
an unpaid for suit OF clothes. He gave
a boy ton cents to deliver tho package
aud note giving explicit directions as
to the destination OF each.
II was boy with "a ifeckled face,
no discharged his errand In manner
that would give him a niche in the tenn
pie OF fame,
The y0nng lady received note ia
her adorod onos hand writing, aud dew
10 her room 10 devour it's contents.
She opeucd tae missiyo with eager i'm
gers aud read
"lm getting Tired Of your everlasting
attentions the alit ia about worn ont al
ready, IL newer amounted 70 much
anyway please 30 to lhunderl"
Aud tho tailor was struck utterly
dunh When ho opened a parcel aud
covered the picture % his DE-
customer, with a noie thotou6,h
'Whcn 3ousga9o lsyes % Az
think how mnoh tpan ~~4pas5fe
When M ~flo ~ tt,}, ~
ca led 'Pts
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How il Feels 10 DO IInnged.

Several gentlemen were speaking oil
capital punishment, when Nj. j. l..
McNeely, one OF the most prosperous
turner's in Pulaski county, remarked
Gentlemen so far as tho punishment
is concerned, hanging does not amount
TO anything. was hing once until ]
was inscnsihle, and the feeling could
scarcely bo called pain Tho bystand-
ers thought that he was joking. IL am
in earnest" no continued. "ln 1865,
lust at the close Of tho war, robbers
O mo to my house in search OF money
As a precaution against such visitors,
had given two watches and 5000 IN
gold to a trusty oolorcd woman 10 keep
for mo until times improved / was
lying in bed, Crippled Several men
entered the room, aud, without saving
anything, put d ropo round my neck
aud began to pull. / told them ii they
were going TO hang me 10 wait until !
could get my orutoh, so that i could
walk TO tho hanging place They took
me ont ON the gallery, and, throwing
the rOpo over cross beam, asked
nae Tor my money ] told thom tnat I
had none, Ihoy drew me up, For q
moment / experienced a slight choking
sensation, audi then / became insgn'
ablo, Whom I became conscious, after
being taken down, / was sitting on Ola,
steps, Tho sensations while regmniug
consciousness were very much Ike
those experienced dming q nightmare
/ Linld h0ok GQ1eile.
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SAN SABA NEWS.
ADVERTISING RATES ,

sB- All advertising Oills due and payable after
fret Insertion
~ Advertisements for less than three months
special rates.
n5L Local notices 70 cents per line for first inscr
ton, and r. for each subsequent Insertion.
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rae Milwaukee (Wsl Lpoting
lilsoouslii says In ali Qua experience
We have never heard SO many favorable
reports from an classes ~ We have con-
corning 81 Jacobs Oh,
rRoupr says 0Wo oinuot live on
etohahlllilqsH The prof. ability is that
we eaunull bus lhoy are lhe dfsi thing
"a lnm COCA ipr every morning, Si.tl
taxing up biz paper Lowtti Citizen
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-10-31
A DASTARDLY ATTEMPT.
A Man Trys to Murder His Family by
Throwing a Loaded Piece OF Pipe
Into the Room.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 80.
Cashier Younger, was arrested Sunday on
a charge of attempting to kill his wife, and
his daughter, Mrs. GeOkel, her husband and
two children. August Geokel is a tailor re-
siding at zoos Nectarine street, and recently
harbored his mother in law who left Younger
in Baltimore on account of his cruelty to
her. Shortly after 10 Friday night, Mr..
Geokel was startled by crash of window,
Another crash followed which extipguished a
lamp hanging near his head. Bewildered
and in darkness he made his way to the door,
where he was met by his wife aud children,
who, hearing the noise, had run up the stairs
from the lower door while the others huddled
in frightened group at the head of the
landing.
A loud report was heard almost at their
feet, but beyond the shock caused by the re-
port no injury resulted to them. Upon ex-
animation piece of lead pipe about six
inches long and covered with oil cloth was
found on the floor. One end of the pipe had
been corked up and the other contained q
fuse. This missile had been hurled through
the window, and as the fuse burned short it
was discharged, fortunately, in a direction at
right angles with the family standing in the
doorway, doing them no harm.
On the east wall of the room were found
marks OF the deadly force OF the contents OF
the missile. and on the floor lay bullets. pieces
of iron and fragments of black glass. with
which it had been charged. Suspicion fell
upon Younger, who has already served several
months in Jail in Baltimore, for attempting to
kill his wife. After his arrest some lead pipe
similar to that of which the missile was
made, number of bullets similar to those
found in the rooms, piece Of fuse q yard
long, lot of black glass, and a revolver
were found in stable where he usually
slept.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-10-31
A DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
Iowa, Visited by q Violent
Hail Storm-One Person Killed
and Several Seriously Injured.
DAVENPORT. Iowa. Oct :

DAVENPORT. Iowa, Oct 30.
This region was visited by q destructive
storm this afternoon. About 4 r. NJ. a storm
Of hail began and continued some ten min
utes, doing great damage to skyIights. ac-
sompanied by no wind whatever. Some of
the stones were of phenomenal size, irregular
shape. eight inches in circumference by halt
an inch in thickness. From this size they
ran down to the size of hazel nuts.
East OF Davenport the storm took the form
of rain and wind, unattended by hail. Be-
ginning four miles east of this city the storm
followed a line five miles long by one-third
of mile in width. doing damage amounting
to more than $40. 600 dollars. Three houses
were blown down and q number Of barns
Mrs. Fenno was buried in the debris Of her
house and killed. Two other occupants
were seriously injured by falling timbers. Six
or eight others were slightly injured, but the
fatalities will not reach more than three.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-10-31
ailp gerrnthee JOnrnal.
Augusta. Tuesday Morning, Oct 81.
Mr.. Milliken in New York.

The Elmira N. Y. Advertiser. of the
23rd. speaks in high praise Of the speech
Of Hon. s. L. Milliken, At the opera house.
in that city on the 21st. The Advertiser
says:
1.-THE Hon. Seth L. Milliken. of Maine.
congressman-elect,i is very popular politi-
cal orator, and never fails to rivet the at
tention of his auditors. In his mag
ni6cent appeal to the republican voters Of
Elmira and Chemung county to stand fast
BY their time-honored principles and be
true to the grand old party, Mr. Milliken
briefly but eogently compared the records
OF the two parties for the last qnarter of a
century. and in SO doing aroused new en-
thusiasm for the party Of Lincoln and
Seward, Chase and Sumner, and the long
line of noble men who shaped its splendid
policy. As a part of the weighty consid-
atoms that enter into this canvass as the
skirmish line of "a the speaker showed
what the republican protective policy has
ooA1C Ss'u - Seii uoihS W cIcdac gnu anu
prosperous times for all classes Of men
for farmers in better markets for their
produce. for laborers and workingmen in
better wages, and for consumers also.
since the impetus given to manufactures
BY protection, has so stimulated the in
ventive genius of this country in the pro-
duction of machinery, that home com
petition has reduced the cost Of
manufactured articles far below the
prices which prevailed under demo
cratic free trade. Mr.. Milliken dwelt a,
some length upon the national debt and
drew marked contrast between the steady
onward march of republican policy
in raising tie national credit to such ar
enviable height, the low rate of interest
- the consequence, and the ruinous and
disastrous financial creed put forth from
time to time in democratic platforms, no
tably in 1868, and he claimed that the good
Of the country, the prosperity of business
the safety of our great manufacturing in
terests demand continuation of republi
can rule.
Mr.. Milliken urged his hearers not te
turn their backs upon the grand old party
which had done so much for mankind ant
20 much for the country. His address:
throughout was able and masterful, ant
produced deep impression.
Mr.. Throckmorton of New Jersey. fol
lowed Mr.. Milliken in a sound and forci
bic address. 1t was matter of genera
regret that Mr.. Townsend and Mr.. Car
roll were unable TO be present."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-10-31
A BIG BLOW UP.
What Happened in q Nevada Mine ON
Saturday.

EUREKA, New. Oct 80.
An accumulation of gas in the Eureka con-
solidated shaft burst Saturday p. M. with q
tremendous noise, which was heard several
miles around. The shaft was shattered from
top to bottom for distance Of seventy-fve
feet. 1t tore away the eastern side of the
works, hurting hundreds of fragments quar-
ter of mile away and falling like hail on
the roofs of houses. The eastern portions
of the company's large works were demol-
ished and immense roofs crushed in. In
tense excitement prevailed until it was as
certained no lives were lost. Fortunately
no one was injured except Supt. Read whose
arms were painfully shattered by fragments
of timber. The damage is about S25, 900
beside loss occasioned by the suspehsio of
operations at present.