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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-04-01

By means of freezing parts may be
rendered wholly insensible to main. 80
that slight surgical operations NAV be
easily performed. When the freezing
is long continued the frozen - Ia NAV
lose vitality entirely, which will cause
thom to slough away. BY those means,
eNcrecences, as warts, wens and polypi.
iibrous and sobaceous tumOrs, and even
malignant tumors, as cancers, may be
successfully removed. Small cancers
may sometimes be cured by repeated
and long continued freezing. Their
growth may certainly be impeded by
this mems. a convenient mode of mp.
pllcation in cancer of the breast is to
suspend from the neck rubber bag
filled with powdered ice, allowing it to
lie against the cancerous organ freezing
may be accomplished by applying a
spray Of either, by means OF an atom
izer, or by afree2ing mixture composed
OF equal parts of pounded ice and salt.
OF two parts of snow to one of salt.
Mix quickly, put into gauze bag, and
apply to the part to be frozen. In three
to six minutes the skin will become
white and glistening, when the bag
should be removed. Freezing should
not be continued longer than six min.
utes at time, AS the tissues may be
harmed, though usually no harm results
from repeated freezing, if proper care
is used in thawing the frozen part. 1t
should be kept immersed in cool water.
or covered with cloths KEEP. cool by fro
gu n wetting with cold water, until
the natural feeling is restored. Felons
may often be cured, especially when
they first begin, by freezing two or
three times. Lumbago and sciatica ;
MS well us other forms of nueralgia, are
sometimes almost instantly relieved by
freezing of the skin Immediately above
the painful part. We have cured some
OF the most obstinate CAGES of scietica
by this means; after other remedies had
iailed.-Dr.J. II. Kellogg, IN Physi.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-04-01
Why Cotton. is King.

The Indianapolis Sentinel disputes
the.r;ght of King Cotton to reign over
the agricultural empire, and demands
that corn be enthroned, and publishes
interesting statistics in support of the
claim: In 1879 there were-a,.e Urged IN,
the country 1,53S 90l 100 bushels of
corn, valued at $3.50, 1856 .2l7; 4lS,755,-
$50 bushels of wheat, valued ut 1897.
O3O,l and 1857, 5i0,900 pounds of
cotton, valued at 1922, 140,9 ss The
Sentinel says any other year in the
decade would show the same result
corn would still head the list. The in
creased production of corn, from 1870
to SO,lndicates its great value. The
production for 1870 was 7G0,gl4 5lg
bushels, while in 1880 in amounted to
l,75i SCI ,535 bushels, gain in ten
years of 993,9l7OlG bnshels-more
than 100 per cent. of the product OF
1881. There was exported g3.Gls,147
bushels, valued at SOL, 972. $50, while
the exports of wheat amounted to $l67-
O9o ,is0 and the exports of cotton to
s2l1 $50, TAG. During the year 1881
about 100000 bushels of corn were
~ thS ilhuulhcture OF WHISKY
upon which the government collected
sixty seven million dollars revenue and
since 1863 corn, in the way of spirits,
has given the government revenue to
the amount OF mere than eight hundred
million dollars. Many years, ago, while
Mr.. Toombs was making one of his
great speeches in the United Stat, s
Senate, he compared the export pro-
ducts of the twosections of the count y,
and dwelling heavily on the cotton crop,
Northern senator interrupted him by
saying: The grass crop Of the Northern
and Western States exceeds in value
the cotton crop of the South" Mr..
Toombs replied; That's true, but You
feed your grass to your cattle, eat your
cattle, and at the end of the year your
crop is gone-eaten by man and beast"
Cotton is king, not because the crop
Is worth more, estimated in dollars and
cents, than the grain or the hay crop,
for it is not worth us much, but be.
cause its subjects are to be found in
all lands and countries. and is the chief
article of export. The cotton bale is a
bill Of exchange, 80 TO speak, and
current in every marketx-stseworld.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-04-01
A Particular Adyertlser.

"How much will this cost in your
paper?" asked quiet looking man, as
he handed the following advertisement
at the Eagle counting room yesterday
SMITH. busted trace in this city
Friday, Jest after dinner, Mary. wife of
the undersigned and daughter of old
Sam Pratt, the leading blacksmith OF
Denver, Colorado. The corpse was
highly respected by the high tond'est
families, but death got the drop on her,
and she took up the bucket with per
feet confidence that she would have n
square show tho other side of the Di.
VIDE. The plant transpires this after
noon at her boarding house on Willow
street. Come one, come all.
Dearest Mary, thou hast left us,
For you on earth there wasn't room;
But It's Heaven that has bereft us
And sratched our darling up the fiumc.
Denver papers please copy and send
bill, or draw at sight.
BY her late husband,
p. SMITH
II don't believe you want it Just that
way, do your" asked the clerk, rubbing
his chin obviously.
~Why not, stranger" asked the
quiet man.
at don't read quito right, does il ?"
asked the clerk.
WAS you acquainted with the corpse
stranger" demanded the quiet man
"Was you aware OF the late lamented
while she was busting around in soci-
ETY. down at that boarding house2'
81 don't know that ever met her"
responded the clerk.
$50 reckoned, Judge; you wasn't up
to the. deceased when she was in the
living business, Now, Judge, the de.
ceased wrote that Grafton herself afore
she died and l wantit published. Do you
hook on pardner?'
"But it isn't our style OF notice." OBJ.
iected the clerk.
Nor mine, NEITHER acquiesced the
quiet man. III was for having a picture
OF her and lot moro talk, but she said
she wanted to be quiet,and modest, so
she who1ped that up. Say, stranger,
is il going into your valuable space
without any diilloulty?"
II don't hnow, said the clerk, dole
fully.
Il know, partner, This celebration
comes OIL 10 morrow afternoon and that's
going in inthe morning,if itgoeain out
OF cannot, I've got grief enough on
my brains now, stranger, without erect
ing fort on the sidewalk, but II You
want war I've got the implementari right
in tho back part OF these mourning
clothes. What dye think, iudge9
"Does il make any difference whore
Il goesq" asked the clerk,
Il want II In the paper,r said the
mourner, ~and il's going iu, II ID takes
a spilo driver. Think you twig my
racket strapgorl"
IAN right" replied the clerk, SIN
put Il in tho Said among The other
mournlul remarks -Four dollars,
please
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The Colorado Desert.

Mr. Joseph f. James, who spent
some four weeks in travelling over the
Colorado Desert, in California. gives
rather an unpromising account of 1T in
nm article communicated by him to the
Popular Science Monthly
The desert occupies almost the whole
of the large county of San Diego. IT
is some 100 miles long and 80 miles
wide. and the Southern Pacific Railroad
runs through its center. At about six
ty miles from Los Angeles the railroad
encounters very heavy grade, 100 to
ITO feet TO the mile, and it continues
for twenty-five miles. At the summit,
known as San Gorgonio Pass, begins
the descent into the desert, and every
mile brings you more desolate coun-
try. At White-w water Station, twenty
miles from the SUNNI. the desert D9-
eius in earnest. First a. few flowers
enliven the scene. Large Hnother"',
three or four inches in diameter, grow
on small stalks five or six inches In
height. Large plants of 4bronid
maritime, with clusters of brilliant
purple flowers, spread over the ground.
A little Guid CO. iemmonO, with white
corolla and yellow center, addsit It's beau
ty to the science; and the only shrub,
Ldrred mericdnd or "creosote plant"
with yellow flowers and sticky leaves
and branches, reminds you OF the for
est on have left behind.
During the seven miles to the next
station, Seven Palms, the vegetation
gradually thins ont. Progressing be
You'd this the flowers disappear, and
the Cdcti predominant; and further on
these are replaced by the stunted
grease wood" Finally, even the latter
vauishes, and when Dos Pulmas is
reached we come where there. is abso-
lutely nothing in the shape of vegeti-
ton Every one knows how well-kept
field looks when 1t has been plowed aud
narrowed and cultivated until not II
stick nor stone nor weed SHOWS itself
above ground. In order to form pict-
ure Of this part OF the Colorado Desert,
imagine Il field such us this extending
for miles aud milOs, level us a floor,
with no signs of life visible, aud no in
dications of mans presence save the
railroad track aud the telegraph poles.
Imagine the ground covered with an
incrlstation OF alkal,, which, when
stepped ON, breaks aud let's one sink
anRlc.deep into soils as soft and fine as
powder, Picture gale of wind blow
ing over the waste, the air filled with
fine particles of sand, the sun obscured,
and no object visible one hundred feet
away, and you will have a faint idea of
the worst aspect of the desert. 1t is
hard to imagine anything so fearful as
the reality; aud, unless one can set the
ground, and feel the sand, and expert
ence h. at Of l2l degrees i'll the sun,
No 5aH have uuiy II pnur.conesption OF
the desert
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A nERn OF SEA HONS.



New York Herald
Quite II throug of people stood be-
hind the slender railing that incloses
the pond and play. ground of the sea
lions IN the park yesterday afternoon,
some sixteen fine specimens being then
OIL exhibition, and watched their nwk-
ward gambols and listened to their
honrse bellowings for hours together.
In the morning there were as many us
twenty-five seals all told within the
Enclosure, but none Of them, singular
to say, belonged to the Central Park
Tweuty.one of these were the property
of Charles Reiche, for whom they were
cought on the coast of the Santa Cruz
Islands, 400 miles north of San Fran.
cisco, and were brought to the park on
Wednesday morning to get suitable
board and lodging. Here they were
Nlh2rated fromithe crates in which thay
were confined on their travels, and they
Immediately tumbled in for q bath in
the pond where the four old seals, who
have been residents Of the park men
agerie for some time, where already
enjoying themselves They took no
notice OF the stranger at first, but kept
on diving and splashing about rs
usual; but finally 1t was noticed that
friendly feelings seemed to be estab
lished, and no collision oc cured between
the bull seals Of either party. Six of
the new arrivals were disposed of yes.
terday morning to the agent of the
Royal geological Gardens, London ;
two to n geological collection in st.
Louis, and two to Coles Menagerie
II was ammusing to witness the efforts
of the men to lasso the sea lions that
were sold and had to be delivered. To
lasso II buffalo or mustang is hard
work enough, but once the loop slips
over the head all in plain sailing. With
seal it is different, for his neck and
head run out to point like the nose
of an anvil,and the rope could not possi-
bly, find grip there. Time and again
the lasso was flung at the head of one
robust seal and an effort made to en-.
tangle one of his fore ilippers in the
rope, but he was too slippery Gus
toner TO catch all ut once, and before
he was finally led into captivity he had
uil u uoHcu lISe plunBtS III inc pOnu.
Once the rope gets fairly entangled in
the fore flipper the seal throws up the
sponge Those that were not disposed
of yesterday will remain through the
summer in the Park, and will form the
great magnet of the geological collec-
ton. Mr.. Conklin, the Superinten-
dent, was pleased with this addition tt
the seal department, as there has been
80 little variety of late in the attrac-
tons of the managcrie. He gives the
Pacific sea lions each ten pounds day,,oi
fish, consisting of behring's chiefly, di
vided into two meals of five pounds
each. They bolt the fish whole, but
when they are given ten or twelve
pound co i1sh they wiring OF tie head
and swallow it separately from the
body. They retire to sleep in shed
near the pond, aud in the morning
come out to take dip. The herd is
made up chiefly of females, and there
is one old bull, weighing 1000 pounds,
who appears to be boss, and sails around
with an eytr-watchful eye upon all
the rest.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-04-01
A Dog and a Telephone.

The telephone cuts great many fam
tastic tricks, and its operations are not
alone confined to the human race. Oc-
casionally it operates so as to excite the
curiosity Of the brute creation, as was
evidenced by a recent experience in a
Denver suburban residence. A gen
tleman living ON one of the most fash.
ionable streets is the owner Of an in
telligent dog, which is great pet OF
the family. A few days ago il was ar
ranged that the master should come
down into the city and talk through
the telephone TO the dog, and see what
effect IT would have upon the the animal.
When the master called ont Hello"
the dog was held upon the chair, and
the audiphone placed close to his ear.
The gentleman talked to the dog in his
ordinary tone OF voice, and called to it
and whistled several times. The ca
nine recognized its masters voice. and
almost went wild because II could not
find him. The animal could not be
held the chair, but jumped down and
ran around the room, barking at a fu-
rious rate, and seemed to DO utterly
nonplnssed because the master could
not be found. The mans voice was
transmitted distance OF over mile,
yet the dog recognized il as readily as
II he had been in the room.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-04-01

The man who took time by the fore.
lock said il was the only place he could
take it by, us there was no end to time.
--BrenhaH Independent.
FLORENCE Percy, who wrote Rock
Me to Sleep" Is living with her third
husband, the two others having been
successfully rocked.
A aRKEsBAcK with hole in II will
be received where silver dollar having
hole would be refused. This ID an
Iowa argument in favor Of greenbacks.
"MusT tho American oyster die y asks
one Of our exchanges. II must. II ii
is tough enough to 60 through plain
stew or q fancy roast alive We don't
want H.
IT Is hard 10 tell which il ihe more
ridiculous, the young fool or the old
fool but the old iool has this advanf.
ago-he will never DO young fool.
Whereas the young fool may some day
no an old fool
WoMES arc noe half as al,y a. aen.
A woman viii 80 10 airy goods slaro
aud buy AL eoFas d toggery isom mals
CLERKS, hnt mol one naa Ia = thousand
will buy Invisible agilales OF ailise inssa
: iuulAla clerk.
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Valuable Suggestions.

Always tell the truth, You will find il
easier than lying.
Always do kind act in kind way;
to do il otherwise distroyes its value.
Do a mean act in mean way; 30 it
will have keener sting-for your own
breast. But better not do it.
Whatever you dislike in another COZ
rect in yourself.
Better be upright with poverty than
wicked with plenty.
Time never rests heavily upon us
when it is well employed.
Do your duty in that station of life
in which God in His providence has
placed you.
Mind your own business.
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lee and Icebsrgs on the Ocean.

NV LIZA AiiDH'AV
Nearly every European steamship
that has arrived at this port within the
last three weeks reports having Ell
countered great fields of ice and
icebergs on the Banks of Newfound-
land. 4 The steamship Averill. from
West Hartlepool, England, on Febru-
airy II, was the first to tell of ice ON the
Banks, having sighted it in latitude At
degrees north, longitude AZ degrees
west, on February IL. She was sur
rounded for twelve hours. Nearly
every day since then the arriving
steamships have reported ice, which
has drifted to the southwark and east
ward. The steamship Vandalia, which
passed around the ice-field February / l..
sighted two towering hergs about sixty
feet in height and 100 and 200 feet on
the sides.
The White Star steamship Germanic,
which came in yesterday from Liver
pool, reports that on March |, in lati-
tude 43 deg. 80 min. north, longitude
40 deg. 10 min. west. she was confront
ed with great field OF ice, and did
not reach clear water for two hours.
This seems to indicate that the ice OK
tended for at least twenty five miles
As no ioebergs were seen, il is probable
that in floating 205 miles to the south
ward and about ninety miles to the
eastward, they crumbled under the
influence OF warmer waters The Bel
gian steamship Helvetia, which arrived
at Boston from Antwerp on Tuesday
last, encountered a field OF ice aud loo.
bergs, and was forced TO run southward
eighty Iniles before she got 10 clear
water. The steamship New York,
which arrived from Bristol on Saturday
fell in with large feldsof ice and hergs,
varying from 10 to 800 feet in height,
and she ran - aouth-sonth east course
for 100 milea vi slow speed before she
found open water. The British stean
ship Milanese, from Boston, February
Is, for London, was so seriouslv ds,n.
aged by the ice on che Banks al Nm.
foundlend that she put back 10 HALIFAX
on Saturday for repairs.
ICE and lceherga have appeared ON
the Banks at least two montha earlie,
than usual this season. They ara nosl
COMMONLY mat In tile early part of ann,
mer, aiier the cessation Of northerl,
gales, which drive thom from thei,
location IN The latter past Of March Of
April. Ia Apnl, 1850, ice appeared III
great quantities ON the hanks Of New
foundapA, sad several disasters ocaurr
cd 70 both sieam aud sail vessels
Among the steamships lost Wong n
the loo vero the British steamship
fernvllle and the Spanish HteAmhhiI
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-04-01

That's business" and the quiet man
paid the money. "If You ain't busy
cone around tomorrow. I'm going 10
give the old woman send off, and If
that gospeller don't work pretty good
programme before he gets to the doxol-
ogy, his folks will think he's been do.
ing, considerable business with saw
mill She was good one, Judge, and
she was li)us from the back Of the neck
to the bnnion on her heel; You can tell
that from the notice, and the mourn.
ing widowor wiped his eyes on the sly,
and later in the day was fined ten dol.
lars for thrashing the undertaken, who
had put silver handles on the casket in
stead of gold
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An Odious Comparison.

They were engaged to be married
and called eaoe other by their first
names Tom and Fanny, and he was
telling her how he had always liked the
name OF Fanny and how Ii aOunded
like sweet music in his ears.
Il like the name so we'll, he added
~ a sort OF olinohor to the argument.
that when sister CLARA asked me 10
name her pet terrier, Al once called il
Fannie alter you, dearest"
Il don't think that was very nice,
said the fair girl, edging away from
him SLOW would yon like 10 have a
dog named alior you9'
@Why that isn't anything, answered
Tom, aflly, "hail The eats Ia the
country are named after mo
rhey don't speak now.
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The Mtttest Place in The World.

The rainfall at Cherrapungi, small
Indian station in southwestern Assum,
is believed to exceed that OF any other
known place. Chernpungi occupies
the summit Of one Of the Khasia hills,
ut AN elevation OF 4, 100 feet. The hills
rise abruptly from low plains, and lie
directly in the course Of the southwest
monsoon from Bengal coast. Sur
charged with moisture, the air currents
sweep across the lowlands and are do
Elected upwards by the hills, tho expan-
sion OF the currents ON rising causing
u fall OF temperature and condensation
OF moisture. The effect is anrprising,
for while the low plains have an aver.
age yearly fall Of about 100 inches Of
rain, the annual rainfall Of Cherrapungi
10 500 OF more than Al feet, AS a com
parison, II may DO stated that the an.
nual rainfall OF tho United States is "
to 80 inehou, being greateat near the
seahoud.
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Trimming a panIher WIN a STONE.

During the deep SUI v, Oscir Mitchell
went out huuiing Ia tie stamping bot
tom, lying between Wards Cove aud
Morlison's Knob. He saw the track of
some animal, follow cd it some distance,
and found tina il went into cave; he
built pen over the caye setting his
trap Visiting it two mornings nfter-
wards, the trap still set, he saw m signs
of the animal bnt the third morning he
went to his trap without any weapons,
he walked up to within fifteen or twenty
steps of the cave and saw that the trap
had caught the animal by the hind
foot and with its fore feet had torn the
pen down and waslying quietly behind
the rubbish; it saw him and raised up
on its hin feet for fight ut looked
four or five feet high.) Mitchell stood
hesitating for moment what to
do, but gathering two flint rocks, (the
animal stood STILL he threw one with
all his strength and struck the animal
on the forehead, breaking his skull and
killing him instantly; and walking up
to see what it was, he found that it was
panther -TdzeioeH County (Ya)
Letter.
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TEXAS TOPICS.
Coleman county claims near on to
1000 head of improved sheep.

Coleman county claims near on 10
-'''Vo nos" '1N VI sN
Eighty wagon loads OF lead was re
ceived IN one day recently, AT LAREDO
from the Eaileciilo mlnes' III t''e state
OF NueVo beon' Mexico
During the thunder storm of the
9Th, the telegraph line one and a half
miles west of Castrovillo WAS struck by
lightning, md about twenty-five wards
burned COMPLETELY nm.
~ o., -
stevens y Wors1eu sou 'neil
Chicago Arm for sG5O0OO. The cash
payment IL 5000 600 in drafts to close
ths trSde dennsitad with Lindsay.
Hemming K do. Comment saws the
Chicago men will make Roodthing.
~. ~. M. - a..
Drehilam ip",t''e' wv Vi sle
oloest planters III .ne coun.tS 9"y vuaS
III years poiVi" W. ,, T ,u ,ha'i svv
seuil uLots w. I'LL ,i ~ ,,,',as f,'
~eeh III u"J 49,. s"V ~ , - ~ 49,
uu. III e"o'o ~ w ,v9''' 49,,
molnl W. ,a'tJ,'L,,.;,,I 10 70
"a, ~ H., 60 go 49,, IN
10 P.IHey " ~. '''',o w. So" u'oP' q" ''A
auy 'i'ns an " '"' O'"''' '''''Oi'
-Corsicaua Courier The new
railroad town of Kerens, on the Texas
& ST. Louis railro id, fifteen miles east
of this city, was surveyed aud lots first
sold there on the 10Th of last May, and
few weeks later the first house was
houses have been bnilt, some of them
inst mnleted while n number of 9th
ara are pndar conrae Of erection. MANY
of which oro Of the most substantial
kind.
=,
-banzaies, i"ItetieF' o. W. SoA
hved ~ YAK rorest, siA or eiBhU Ihiies
above 'Gonz hes' On FRIDAY OF last
week he went to Lnllng IN ms buggy
While returning he had TO get out to
to open gate, aud his horses ran on,
but were caught ny some one near by
lie was somewhat angefed, ana upon
regaining his seat whipped them Ihey
became llumanagcable' ran against
tree and he was thrown out lie was
paraiyzed, ana dled next morning, we
are told That alter the doctor lei' nome
his son, Tom became uneasy, having
premonltlon that danger would attend
ms iathef' anu spoke vi ~ 10 ms VINE
phe assured MN oil tue uhreasohaoie'
ness oil snch presentimeht, ana ne
went to work In the evening the pre-,
sentiment grew sostrong That he ceased
work, and soon learned OF the accident