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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-03-03

We were running through South
Carolina, when a great big giant of a
fellow with terrible eye and voice
like fog horn, boarded the train at a
small station. tnink most oil the pas
sengers sized him up as a chap whom
it would be dangerous to argue with.
but the giant wasn't satisfied with that
He clustered Mt the conductor, growled
at the brakesman and looked round as
If seeking some one to pick fuss with
Everybody answered him civilly, and
he had two or three seats to himself,
but man who wants row can gener-
ally find pretext, About the center
of the car, pale-looking man occupied
seat and was reading a newspaper.
After time the giant rubbed along to
where the young man sat, and growled
out:
Stranger what may be the first cost
of that hat of yours?'
The young man looked up with a
flash in his big blue eyes and then turn
ed to his paper without replying.
Hey, do you hear me?" roared the
other, as he leaned over the seat and
took the hat of the young mans head.
Quicker than one could count six, a
revolver came from You couldn't tell
where, and lifted itself on level with
the big mans eye, and the white fingers
clutching the butt never trembled "A
hairs breadth as quiet voice uttered
these words:
Drop that hatw
The hat fell from the giants grasp,
aud fha pufat vniaa continued
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Nutrition from The Atmosphere.

A very interesting experiment has re-
Gently been carried out by Mr.. w. II.
Hargood an English farmer on the
Mendips. With the view of ascertain
ing what quantity, il any, of nutritious
matter such plants rs beans draw or i'm
bibe from the air around us, that gen
tleman set, on the Both of NAV, eight
horse-beans in wooden box, which was
filled with silver sand washed thorough
ly clean, placing the box some distance
above the ground to prevent anything
being absorbed therefrom. Tho beans
came mp in due season, and progressed
well in growth and blossomed, the plants
producing altogether twenty four pods,
in which were total Of forty-seven
beans. During the entire existence of
these plants nothing whatever was sup
piled to them but water. When the
stalks and leaves were black and dead
and the pods ripe, the plants We're
drawn from the sand. Roots, haums,
pods, leaves, and all, were futher
dried in an open place, under cover
from wet, for three weeks, the whole
mass, including the beans in the pods,
then weighing, after being thus dried,
1,0i0 grains; the forty-seven beans by
themselves weighing 329 grains. The
eight beans that were set weighed SO
grains, Others have tried similar ok
periments, and it has been asked by
them, and with reason, From what
source has this increase in weight been
derived?" The plants could not have
fed on the sand in which they grew and
the water they consumed, being to all
intents and purposes pure, and could
contribute nothing to their sustcnanco
yet the 90 grains of bean seed enlarged
to l0i0 grains of organic substance.
or nearly twenty times its original
weight, in about thirteen weeks. Tho
total of forty beans weighed, as
before stated, 800 grains, or close upon
six times the weight of the seed planted.
At the Same timo tho above beams we're
planted, tho writer set nino other horse
beans in another wooden box, fixing IL
a foot and half from the ground, IS IN
the previous case, and filling also with
clean washed silver sand, These plants
we're w.,ered with weak solution of
manure, composed Of super phosphate
Of lime, muriAte Of potash and snlphate
of limo, They came up and grew well
and bloomed, and when they were ripe
tho roots were drawn, and All thorough
~ dried and treated exactly as in the
other test, tho whole then weighing b,
$50 grains, Notwithstanding, a. u
generally known, beans are themselves
rich in nitrogen.
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What doctors DO.

About once in twenty years the doc.
tors relabel all the old complaints and
give them new names. Thirty odd years
ago pneumonia was "lung fover," and
"sciatica" plain rheumatic" But
complaints with these old fashioned
English names are bad for doctors.
People get too we'll acquainted with
them, and thcn they learn to cure them.
selvee When doctors find them out
they re-ohristen the whole lot. This il
done by charging gun full Of Greek and
Latin words and firing into The old com.
plaints Where shot hits the name
sticks, The sick are frightened when
they are told that these words are this
matter with them and something new
and awful has got them,
When doctor has tried 10 cure a
sick man and can't he tells him he's 90,
"malaria." Nothing readily enres ma.
laria IN New York but dying.
Doctora usually Disagree, aud tho
more there are Of them tho more dc
they disagree No dozen of doctors ev-
or yet entirely agreed upon man,
complalat-unieNa he was drowned on
blew hia brains out
Every TOW years the doctors find out
that something they used ~ do u on,
-tirely wrong and likely 10 Hill NOR,
than cure but thy stitch up iuai "a,
same Tor whatever they are doing now
Neir f0rk Graphloi
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lcet now aud universal interest. There
~ perhaps, no other article which can
he worked up into so many valuable
and diverse forms MS cotton seed The
staple itself Is being oclipsed by the
enormous oyershadowing of the seed
products, and the plant may now he
raised with profit simply for the seed.
on mills have sprung up all over the
South for the manufacture of this mr.
ucle. and the time seems near when fl
hundred million dollars may be ren1.
ized from this business annually.
Cotton seed oil is supcrsedmg all 9th
er oils for domestic purposes, and many
other valuable qualities are being de-
yelopcd as the result of experiment
and tests. In France superior blne
dye is said to have been obtained from
cotton seed. The oil makes an excel
lent glycerine, and also contains the
elements of nitro glycerinc and its COM
pounds. The value OF the seed as a
fertilizer and its value as an oil are
questions already settled, and the one
which remains is an important and diff
iicult one-the return to the soil
OF the iertilizing portion of the seed.
The difficulties in this direction are
mainly apparent and ought to be obvi-
ated rs soon as possible The oil Dos
sosses no fertilizing qualities. and it
would he a waste of millions of dollars
to use the seed without expressing tho
OIL: Planters complain that twelve
dollars ton does not compensate for
the loss of the fcrtlizing portion of the
seed. The .hulls and the ashes of the
same and the cake or meal are much
better after having gone through the
mills, aud the question is how to get
them back to the cotton fields. Trans
portatlon facilities ARE in many places
inadequate, and the expense and neon
venionce attending the matter. are
obstacles which discourage many plant
crs from sending their cotton seed tc
mills. 1t is thought that the mill.
make large enough profit to pay
eighteen dollars ton for the seed. Il
has been reported that the mills in Tia,
South refine but Il small percentage o
the OIL that this process is done b,
some Northern and Western refineriei
Cincinnati, it is said being largely il
the business. The South might. Will
great profit, so perfect her machiner,
as to complete the manufacture of cot
ton seed oil on her own soil. However
the business is yet in its infancy, an,
experiment and experience will brin,
about improvements and satisfactor,
results. The United States should no
permit London, Liverpool and Dove
to surpass her in machinery for manu-
featuring OIL from seeds.
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one or two weeks of extreme cold before
any serious effect had been noticed Iii
true that they have drifted many miles to.
wards the mountains, and that they con
gregate in herds in railroad cuts, but
this does not signify that the migration
is made for better grass. The collection
in places free from snow and wind IL
made for shelter and protection. These
facts do not necessarily indicate that the
cattle are on their last legs and resour.
ces. On the contrary, they come out Of
the storm in excellent shape, and unless
we have another siege of bad weather
there will be no appreciated loss, and
this snow fall will prove benefit in
stead of an evil. The statement that 10
per cent OF the cattle would die this
winter was started iby the butchers for
the obvious purpose Of Embarrassing prices.
There il nothing in it. People do not
realize tho cnormity of such n loss. 1t
is very rare in the cattle regions Why,
the death of 10 pc, cent of the cattle in
Colorado would Al '"unt to 10000 head
"A loss of nearly 100000"
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Oil on the Waters.

Capt. Anthorne, on the British steam-
err Stanmore, from Swansea, yesterday
gave n Herald reporter sketch of his
stormy voyage. He said it was one of the
toughest experiences he had ever had.
He sailed from England on the 18th Of
January with q cargo principally of tin,
and all went smoothly for few days,
until in latitude AZ deg. min, longitude
32 deg. % min, they ran into furious
gale from west southwest yeering to
west northwest, with heavy, confused
sea. The vessel labored terribly, and it
was necessary for the crew to lash them
selves to the rigging. The vessel
shipped tremendous seas from all sides.
Early the following morning the storm
still ragged. The life-boats were
smashed, and the wheelhouse stove in.
Tarpaulins had been placed over the
matches, but these were torn away like
so much gossamer. To add to the
trouble the cargo shifted in the forward
hold, the boxes were smashed to pieces
and the tin rolled about.
With a very slight abatement this
weather continued right up to the
Banks. On February 4 another big
storm came on, the main steam pire
burst in gale Of wind, and the Stanmore
lay helpless in the trough of the sea. In
this emergency Capt. Authorize te-
thought himself of Che oil bags. As lie
said to thereporter he had been reading
the newspapers and learned Of tho en-
cacy Of oil upon troubled waters. lie
put the bags over the bow, and they
hed magical effect. The mningnil pnd
stay, which were SGT, could not keep the
vessel still as she lay 70 for twelve hours
and the ship was in danger of founder
ing but the oil broke tho waves anal
prevented the scas dashing over the
steamer This eontrivanco also gave
them an opportunity 10 effect ropairs
and the next day they were able 10 80
on.
The ship arrived al II O'clock on
Thursday night, happily without injury
20 the GROW. The captain says he Mn
never 20 10 sea without oh laes.
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FOREIGN.

In speech at Edinburgh, Trevelyan,
the Irish Secretary, said the Government
was ready to aid the Irish members of Par
lament in legitimate projects for reform
49, Prince Jerome NAPOLEON was set at liber-
ty, and returned to his residence. Count de
Chambord proposes to issue u manifesto at-
ter the adjournment of the French Chamber.
&C.. The Court of Appeals at Vienna has con
firmcd the sentences passed upon the man
ager and directors OF the Ring Theater for
nogleCting 20 take proper precautions
against fire. Bismarck says he does not
expect ever again to enter the lioichstag
THE approaching coronation of the
Car is regarded with more or less uneasi-
ness, and 1t Is greatly feared that the conf
denco of the Russian authorities * mis-
placed The Nihilists have made no secret
of their intention to signnlize che occasion
OF his coronation by some terrible demon
strGtion, and there is already ample evil
dence of excitement created among them.
....A Dublin dispatch says that in the In
vestigation ut Kilmalnhan jail into the M
sassinntion of Cayendsh und Burke car
man named Michael Kavunagh had
turned informor, and deposed that
on the day OF the tragedy he drove Joseph
Brady md Timothy Kelly to Phunix Park
whore he saw james Carey and Daniel De-
laney sitting beside the rond. A cab driven
by htzharris soon came up with four men,
ana then Two gentlemen walked along. One
of kavanaghs passengers said that the tall
er man of the two was to be assassnnted.
Kayanagh wns ordered to drive further
away and wait lie heard one OF the
victims cry out After the murder ho
drove three miles from tho park and
let Tim Kelly oil, and was dismissed and
paid by Brady at Lesson Park. Edwin
Booth enacted Othello at Berlin the other
evening, and during the performance, amid
storm of applause, was presented with a
silver laurel crown and an address.
The upper branch of the French
Parliament adopted bill declaring that
Princes who attempt to further their claims
10 the throne be banished, after trial in the
courts or by the Senate The Ministry BIT
terly opposed the measure and all the mem
bers OF the Cabinet resigned upon its pass
age During the discussion of the bill Cas-
sagnac asked leave to question the Govern
ment, but permission was refused amid up
roar, during which Faure used the word
coward to the Ministry In body,
for which he waS censured, he max
ing another explanation later to
two seconds sent by NJ Demahy
Richard Wagner, composer of the aNibeun-
gen Iriolgy,n @Pnrsifal," aLohengrin," 1The
Flying Dutchman," etc, died at Venice, aged
TO-, Prince Napoleon and his son Louis
have left Paris for London
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Nominal Value of Cotton Seed.

]. Il Henderson, Commissioner Of
Agriculture of Georgia. in communi-
cation to the Secretary of State, pre-
sents some useful information for the
consideration of the planters Of the
cotton States. He says that the oil from
the cotton seed possesses no value as
fertilizer, and that consequently it's
removal detracts nothing from the value
of the seed for agricultural purposes :
but, he adds, "There is one fact which 1
am very DESTROYS of impressing upon
the mind OF farmers, viz, that they can
not afford to part with the cotton seed
grown upon their farms at any
price, unless their equivalent in manural
value il returned to the soil in some
form. This may be done in several
ways, the most simple of which is by
an exchange Of the seed for an equiva-
lent in the value Of the cotton seed meal
say 1000 pounds Of the meal deli
vered at his depot 1t may be returned
byan application of ammoniated super
phosphate. The farmer can not afford to
sell his cotton seed ut less than 30 cents
per bushel since he can not with the
money, received at lower price, replace
tHt tlulNultut hillpunt VI tbttOn seed
Unless this is annually done, tho deter
ioration of the soil is certain. Tho fol-
lowing analysis of cotton seed meal
shows the percentages of valuable in
gredients in cotton-seed meal: Cotton
seed meal GA moisture; 265 total
phosphate acid $50 ammonia; 2.45
potash.
Ammonia is valued ut 90 cents per
pound, phosphate acid at 12i cents,
potash at cents. According to the
method of calculating the commercial
value of commercial fertilizers, a ton OF
cotton seed meal is worth s49.62, but it
contains an excess OF ammonia, which
would make an application Of the meal
alone wasteful, By mixing the meal,
however, with high grade superphos-
phate mon ammoniated) very superior
fertilizer is obtained. About the porper
proportions would be one of cotton seed
meal to two of superphosphate. The
ammonia in the cotton-seed meal
is potential and becomes actual
only as the particles of the meal decom-
posed, and hence il il better than that
derived from animal source, which is
more promptly rendered active by the
rapid decomposition of the animal mat
ter. The average analysis Of six chem
lists shows that whole cotton seed con
tains ammonia $50, per cent. phosphate
acid, l.l95 per cent, and potash, LIS per
cent. According TO the valuation APP
piled to the constituents Of the meal,
the commercial value of ton OF the
seed is Sl5.3G. There is sixty-six bushels
in a ton Of the seed; hence 1895 per
ton will be at the rate of 30 cents
per bushel. II the producer and the
mill men can agree upon prices, Il IL
plainly to the advantage Of both, and
the whole country, that the ell be not
wasted, as II is when the whole sced are
used rs manure. II can bc OF service
at any time, command me.
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RAPID TRANSIT AT SEA.
The Wonderful Vessel that IL Is,sndsd to Ostruu
Anything Vow AnJat.

Vie wonderful Nrssel That IL lsiended TO OSiruu
Anything Vow in'ai.
The problem of rapid transit for the
Atlantic is still in process of solution
As in fine speedinr of horses. vessel
after vessel has surpassed all previous
records until now. one steamer tbe
Alaska. has made the trip across the
Atlantic in loss than seven days Bnt
tha builders md shiu.owners nre moi
.ot;.eo1 Tho t;me mist lao attn fur.
tLar reJncod Another vessel il build.
;n,, to outdo tho Anzonn and tho Alos.
Ln Tho somo comnnnv tbot owns these
'grovbonnds Of tho sens il having bnilt
at GLASGOW another vessel. tbc Oregon
calcnioted to heat the record she will
NOT he much larger than the Alaska hut
her engines are 10 indicate no less than
IA 600 Iorse-powor. She will have INF
one screw. about "a feet in diameter.
steam will be supplied by ~ boilers.
each with 6 furnaces 3 feet 6 inches in
diameter. the crates being IA little over
q feet long Tho Alaska has nine boil.
ers. with six furnaces in each, of about
the same size As the Orenon will
ln1rn about twenty pounds of coal per
souare foot of CRATE per hour. her con
sumption in twentv-four hours will not
be much less than 300 tons, eaualinQ
the amount transported by twenty five
coal cars. The water consumed each
day in the production of steam will
amount to 300 tons II the water
,,,o,.o .,,,,,,, l;od 20 a town ,1Iou,;,o, fo,,,
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Bob Teembs, Wrath.
Special to Cincinnati Commercial Gazette

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. ST have no
answer TO make" was the sententious
reply of Gen. Robert Toombs to q mes
senger who handed him note from his
grand daughter, Mrs Galley, in which
she asked the privilege of visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. Toombs, who is like
ly to die at any moment. Mrs. Galley,
nee Miss Camille Dubois, was the gen
erals favorite grandchild. Mr.. Galley
was raised IN the same neighborhond in
Wilkes county. Between him and Miss
Camille love developed ending in an
engagement, Galley was poor, aud this
was the mortal sin in Toombs owes, and
he forbade communication between
thcm. He read his will to Miss Camille,
in which she was remembered to the ex-
tent of 100000
II will mako i, 100000 Il you will
break on this engagement" said Gen.
Toombs, The lady offered 10 remain
single during her grandiathor's lifetime.
Growing violent, he declared II she in
toaded to throw herself away on a poor
man he would give her ishours to leave
his house, This brought matters To a
crisis which Mr., Galley and Miss Du-
bois settled lN getting married imiae-
diately Cen Ioomhs al once disin-
herited her, aud roiuses all communion
ton. The young couple are applauded
BY the community Gen, Toomhs "a
blind IN one eye, and the other Is almost
Out An Atlanta oculisi is 10 operate
ON him ncxt week,
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Tho Cattle Ranges.

DESyER, Col, February ll.-Fin
Earnest, the cattle king Of Northeastern
Colorado, has Just returned from the
range, after having made thorough in
apection Of the stock and the hardships
resulting from the recent storms. no
denies the report that the cattle ara
dying OF. and says II omanated from
Cheyenne, and Is without foundation.
"The stock, he said, ''is Ia much better
condition that | expected 10 hnd H.
Comparatively few deaths have oc.
Cured, and now that the weather has
moderated our herd viii increase ia
weight ~ we'll ~ in numbers. Evan II
tho cold weather had continued cur cat,
tie would have been able W Withstand
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INN Nft Wis., utri "a, lnih
GENfs-i have taken not quite ona
bottle II The Hop hltlers. | Wa a loelir
old nan ~ "a when got "A. ~ dh4 I
ApN ~ active Rel looi M Wei IA / ,ll6 A
10 ! aec great many that need .aol, a
me'liene' p. hofCt.
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The baptist Chhroh al San Anioais
has passed q resolution " exclude all
meubefs who drink or sell liquors Of
any Kind
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under her supervision would be sure to
be good, no she had no trouble in sell
ing all she made the first year. The
second year she made more yet, and was
unable to supply the demand. The
fourth year she increased her facilities,
and her reputation had by this time
spread so fnr that she did a very large
business, and even sold to some OF the
larger stores in New York. Now, n
friend Of hers told me the other day that
her profits from pickles and preserves
reached the very comfortable sum of
$1,000 to $4,000 year. And she only
works from May to November. Auburn
being little far from New York mark
cts, whore fruit can be bought best and
cheapest, Miss Martin has come down
and taken place at Glen Cove, TO be
near her friend, Mrs, 8. l.. NJ. Barlow,
as we'll aa to gain the advantage of q
nearer residence to New York. One Of
the secrets of Miss Martins success il
that everything she makes Ia the very
best of its kind. All the ingredients she
usos in her pickles and preserves are the
best in the market, and though she em-
ploys q number Of men and women, she
superintends everything herself; and
while her articles are all in the shops,
they have home-like taste that is I'M
mistakable. All the jars bear her initials
written in c-simile Of her autograph
on neat label on the side A sister Of
Miss Martin, on seeing her success, cast
about her for something TO do. OF
course she did not want to go into the
same line of business, and finally she
struck upon cake-making as means OF
livelihood, and her sakes are now almost
as celebrated as her sisters pickles and
preserves. She lives at Auburn, but she
receives orders from New York, and
oven from Newport. Miss Martins
cakes are considered an essential part
of a well-regulated pantry in New York.
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SOMETHING FOR WOMEN To 10
L'dy Who Harms $4,000 Year from Prssrr,sg
aud rieklta
New YORK Letter IN pOston Saturday Gazette

New York Letter IN boston Saturday Gazette.
have often heard it complained that
thero was nothing for women to do by
which they could ehrn ~ much money as
men. Perhaps there is nothing in the
same hne of business NJ that followed
by men, but taking all the professions
followed by women, it seems to me that
there is great deal of money made by
them. The enormous sums made by
singers and actresses are too we'll known
to need mentioning. But there are
other lines Of business that women may
follow who have nd natural gifts such
as these heard. fhe other day, of n
lady who was making handsome in
come for herself, aud all in the most
,.uiet wey. This lady is Miss Martin.
/ do not suppose there is any objection
to my mentioning her name, as it is well
known among a great many people,
Miss Martin is the .4pughter of gem
tleman living near A, purn, in this state,
who at one time was very wealthy but,
although. the family sill live in the old
homestead, which is noble mansion,
they are very much reduced in circum
stances. Miss Martin, when she became
old enough to want n.I3e}, and to know
that 1t did not always Come for the
wanting, cast about for something to dc
by which she could at least earn de.
cent living and not re dependent upon
her father. 1t seemed that all the
avenues were clos d. Che was moi
gifted in any par' ~ way, though
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oENHnAT-

MosT. the Socialist Hartman. the
aihiliat and mombesa Of tho international
society Of New York, have held several con
fef0ncaa at Philadelphia, touching the cora
nstlon 81 the C1aE Hartman Is credited
wlIh aaylng that tho coronation would b.
pravuntod The ioyal Opera Houle ~ To-
topto. Ontario, was totally destroyed nl nfo
last eeok IoaA eloooo1
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