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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17
Feminine Derormlty.


The extraordinary perversion OF taste
and sense, proved by the general opin-
ion of what is desirable in female form,
may go far to prove that the principle
OF evolution is balanced by that of ret
repression. The cave-men have left
proofs of the possession OF faculties not
possessed by savage people OF the pres
day, which may be taken as showing in
the case OF those who. incapable of i'm
provement, die out before the march of
civilization, that these latter are not
going over the same ground Of progress,
but relapsing from superior condition.
Tho singular state OF ideas respecting
beauty OF form in all modern civilized
countries can hardly imply anything
but retrogression in one of the senses
ut least Judging Of the opinion OF the
ancient Greeks as expressed in their
sculpture, a modern, ideal, well dressed
young lady, probably by natures in
tension as fine, or finer, than anything
they ever saw, would be to them, could
they revisit the earth, a subject of
emazementl Tiny hands, till they look
bloodless, and pointed nails; feet with
no more shape than spoon; but, above
all, waist like pipe, having scarcely
any natural reference to the form above
or below in reality, hideousl Tho
deeply rooted preference for this de-
fornity must surely be mark Of ret
repression.
1t is common for deluded smothers,
looking at the grandly growing girl,
to say, ~rhe child is becoming mon.
ster; she must Immediately DO put into
stays" The little girl Of IL, beiag for
the first time iammed int the abomi.
nation, complained that she could not
breathe. The answer OF her mothers
French maid was, III Jaut sollgrir Of
re belle" aud 30 commenced the de-
formity OF child's body and mind.
There ought to DO NO such thug as
waint as now understood. In early
youth flexible Hlimness Is natural
characteristics, later il does not com
monly exist, being replaced by a beauty
Of greater dignity and when small
waist u iormed by art il IA at the OK.
pense Of health and beauty. Every
young lady who congresses her waist
out OF is natural shape aud size should
ba made 10 understand that she does u
10 her peril, whesheF she ioels the
ilessaEo OF not Tor from habit aho may
uot no Al all times conscious Of il; she
should know that shs viii pay q fearful
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17
The Best Rat.Catcher.

A correspondent writes to the ST
James Gazette: 81 see that the PEG.
pie of Australia are about to introduce
the mongoose from India, in order that
the pest Of rabbits may be abated. I
only hope the colonists know what they
are bringing upon themselves. Some
time ago mongoose came from India
in the steamer, He was lively little
urchin, of about the size OF polecat.
His coat was wiry, and each hair locked
like a miniature porcupine.quill. With
his long snaky body his vicious looking
claws, his sharp nose and his villainous
eye, he was like murder incarnate. As
he sided about on deck, casting keen
glances from side to side, and undulat-
ing over chains, or ropes, or stray bolts.
he looked very droll and unoanny. At
night, when the dews came down, the
rats would como. up to sip tho moisture.
That was time OF rejoicing for the
mongoose. His mode OF working was
maryelously skillful; he crawled sinu.
ously up to bis victim aud then, struck
with unefring aim, nipping tho rat Just
at the base Of the brain. The animals
rarely had time 10 squeak, so sudden
snd deadly ~ss :ho onslaught. In a
single watch the mongooae would leave
his traces from the companion to tho
engine room, and sometimes the slain
were found in numbers by the fore
matches. Ho never began to dine
until his sport was over. and then he
would tear and rend with extreme
emphasis aud enjoyment. by the time
the chip had got homo he had estab.
lished such scarce that he was obliged
to 60 down below after his game instead
OF enjoying himself on the dowy deck.
Wherever a rat could enter he could
enter; indeed the sailors declared, aud
perhapa believed that no could go
through keyhole, and, in truth, that
alaugo, .litho body OF bis wound in and
out Of all hut impossible places. Had
be been full grown no would no. have
been no useful; a. il was, no nearly
cleared the vouel IA his time. Whom
he ,amo TO England the troubles OF hia
owner began, The young animal do
vslopcd singular ieroo'ty. The sigh,
Of any small living creature mado him
frantic, and until proper caee Of rlna
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17
Annihllating Space.

The statement is published here, as
coming from prominent railroad man,
that the Vanderbilt special train TO San
Francisco will be run on new fast
schedule and therefore next summer a
pas enger express willrun regularly from
New York to San Francisco, with re-
duction from the present time of from
thirty to thirty-six hours. 1t is said
that Vas derbilt will give the matter a
close examination on the trip. Soon
after his return public announcement
OF the running time will be made, show
ing shortening OF the time between
New York and Chicago OF from thirty
three hours the present time to twenty
four, and from Chicago to Omaha, by
the Northwestern road, OF from twenty
two hours. the present time, to fifteen
hours. Between New York and Oma-
ha, from Omaha to Ogden, by the I'm
ion Pacific, the present running time
is fiftyfour hours, and by the proposed
schedule time it will be reduced TO for.
ty.t~o hours, and from Ogden to San
Francisco, by the Central Pacific road
the time will be rednced from twenty
nino to twenty four hours, making say
ing of eighteen hours from Omaha to Sau
Francisco, und total reduction OF run.
ming time between New York and San
Francisco of thirty'four hours. Thus
the entire journey eau be- make in about
four and a half days, instead OF siz
dayp as now.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17
The AIr.Brake Explained.


An old railroad man, WIZ has had "
large experience in train wSfk, was in%
teryiewed on the subject OF air
brakes. He said:
"The compressed air which fills the
hose and operates the brakes comes
from drum or air-tank under the cab
of the engine. This tank can be filled
with compressed air or emptied at any
moment by means of nm air-pump con-
neoted with the engine, tho steam OF
which sets it in motion az the will Of
the engineer, AT the end OF each car
aud at the rear OF the engine arc coup
lings in tine hose, These couplings are
fashioned with valves. something after
the pattern OF pump valves. which, by
neat coutriyanoe, are thrown open
whom brought together. Then, at a
moments notice, the engineer can send
the compressed air along the entire
line Of hose. The hose paesos through
y cylinder undor each coach. and when
the compresseda air Is forced through the
engine, ID ia brought 10 bear upon d con.
triyanoo IN each OF the cylinders thal, by
means OF long iron rods, 50 q the brakes
firmly against tho wheels, When tho
air ID drawn back the pressure Il re-
moved from the iron rods ard tho
brakes relax, Whom The couplInas ara
loosened tho valves close automatically.
II the barkea are sot the coupilnes
may he looscnod, aud the whooia win
remain ~ iirnl9 locked ~ ever. los tho
valves clppe and are forced tightly
against their hearlnga by tho oompgehi,
"a air within, which hags NE d9os 10
Us own eaeapo,'
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17
TEXAS TOPICS.

A wind mill frctory is talked of at
1T Worth, Texas
A custom house, to cost sl25,0OO,
% be built at El Paso, Tex, and the
itrsc.s for cons ruction have been
The Galveston, Neics est.
tas that 81 100000 was expended in
city during tho year 1852, in build
and improvements on property.
Cotton seed oil is nows regularly
1t ia stock 10y nearly all the first
So retail groceries in Texas, and it is
idly taking the place of the so-oalled
l brought from the northern pork
iser.
movement among Texas stock
u 10 disarm their cowboys was derid
at first, but is now said to be making
siderable headway. Several stock
announced that they would not
ploy anybody who carried deadly
if,baS IL WIS predicled that they
uld soon be compelled to rescind
order, but tho Stock Journal says
t they find no difficulty in getting
| keeping employees.
H'sathertord Times: On Novem-
10. 1881, Mr.. W. w. Holder arrived
Parker county and settled in Big
ley. He purchased II farm of 1877
IS from Mr.. Gilbert for 81, 100. He
$500 in cash, only, as a capital for
new operation, which involved
lsehold goods, farming implements
stock. He went to work with Il
aud without any other resources,
the lust cent ON his farm and fix
rs on Thursday. he has three
ses, six cows and eight hogs in addi-
On the 30th of January, Sheri
5is of Austin received a message
a Louisiana, that George Taylor
wanted there fol- murder, and about
hours afterwards George Taylor
kud into the sherifl's office and
Oh whether he might be permitted
ee Bud Taylor, his cousin, now
ed in jail Tor murder, On being
.med he would have to be searched,
unlimited, and the sheriff after
,hing him, unlocked the double
aud told the young man to walk
lhich he did, when the officer closed
loor, locked and barred the same,
Informed the young man he was
mer, telling him of the dispatch,
reported Mt once to Louisiana, re-
ting them to come for their man.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17
The Peanut Crop of 1sss.

VIM. +. Worth, commission mer-
chant at 1888 Greenwich street, has Just
returned from trip through Virginia
and North Carolina, where he went to
inspect the peanut crop OF 1882. he
reports that in both states the area
planted considerably exceeds that Of
former years. In August the crop was
looking so well that the farmers expect
ed m unusually large yield, but Just
before the time for digging season OF
very wot weather rotted the stems of
the most thoroughly matured nuts.
This caused n great loss. The crop
promises, however, to be as large and
of us good quality as the average crop.
The yield averages about forty bushels
to tho acre. In Virginia the crop will
be 100000 bushels, aud in North
Carolina 100000 bushels, Because the
yield falls below the expectations OF
August, the farmers are crying short
crops. On account OF the iscarcity of
labor large part Of the crop is not
picked OF, and this partly accounts for
the falling on OF receipts IN the market,
Another cause Of the falling OF is that
the recent advance in price and the
good financial condition OF tho farmers
have ;empied them to hold their crops
for higher prices. In Tennessee the
crop is from $4,000 to 100000 bushels,
Of tho very best quality, and In Cali
fornia tho yield ia said TO be good. The
price now ranges from Gig a bushel
Tor the best grade TO el20 for the
poorer grade. Lastyear the price was
higher on account Of the almost total
failure OF the crop. In 1880, good
year, the best peanuts were only sl,25
bushel.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17
A Big Cattle Scheme.

Dan l.. Taylor, ono OF Colorado's
wealthiess and best known cattle kings,
WAS in the city to-day from his head
quarters at Trinidad. Mr. Taylor met mis-
agent. Mr.. Jake Beard, here last even
ing, aud arrangement are now complet-
cd for tho organization OF another big
cattle company Mr., Beard has Just
returned from Fort sumner, where he
closed negotiations with Pete Maxwell
for the purchase OF the Fort Sumner
ranch, properly that formerly belong
ed TO the United States Government as
a military reservation, The range runs
ten miles along each side Of the Rio
P,oos, aud has several surrounding
claims attached TO 1t, making an im'
menso tract of land, With the pur'
ohae goes 900 head OF cattle and 5000
head Of graded sheep. The name OF
the new organization will be tho New
England Cattle Company, and the
founders Of the concern arc Dan L.
ray lor, Sam Doss, Lon Hora aud q
man named Lord, of Boulder, Dol
fha New England Comany, which Il
composed ot Colorado Mon, will take
possession Of The sumaor purchase a.
soou a, they becumo orSauized which
sill be wlthln a few days, They pro
pose To ressock the range aud 10 inso
cos culture on heavy scala.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17
The Total RclIpse.

Tho total eclipse Of the sun on tho
9th Of May next will last six minutes,
and no longer one will probably occur
within the next 100 wears. IL will be
partially visible IN many places, but
few will see Il Ia iia entirety, as ita
path lies almost entirely through the
ocean, touching land nowhere but at q
little island In the South Pacific called
Caroline Island, which ia ont OF the
track OF any established commerce or
travel, The French Government have
determined 10 send an expedition to
that ialand, and !, is probable that a
grand international gathering OF as
lronomeFa will meet there TO take part
In this scientific quest
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17
SAN SABA, TEXAS SATURDAY.

was made for him he tould not bee kept
in confinement. At t4e most unreason-
able hours he wouldt escape from cap
tivity, aud when he ia escape he made
sensation. He seSmed 70 pervade
the house, and his mania for getting
into holes was most pcrplexing; for
instance. the leg OF = pair of trousers,
with their owner in them, quite came
up to his standard Of, negotiable hole
II tho Australians intend to let tho In
dian beasts go loose III thor country in
scores OF couples. as said, there is Il
sad future before tla Australians, l
fa cy.n
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17

had severe attacks OF gravel and
kidny lroublc was unable to got q med
ioino OF doctor 10 cure mo until used
Hop Bisiera, and they cured me In D
short time. A DisrlNduisHEn LAwyER
on MAySE 90, N, n.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17

price in less Of health and height sud
elasticity of movement, without which
there can be no honlty pleasure aud Il
real beauty, Tic test Of beauty Of form
is the effect OF the silhouette, and wLu.l-
er it will go well into sculpture; in
fact, tho effect of the lines bounding
the shape. Compression in one place
must produce corresponding expau-
sion in another, excepting, indeed, IN
the disasteroue crushing-in of the ribs,
which give way internally, aonetimoa
entering the lungs. The cmpler the
form tho less can good taste consent to
compression. The sudden bulges and
amplitudes which are the consequence
OF unnaturl restrictions are distressing
alike to the sense Of beauty and modes
ty-positively ugly-nature avenging
herself General amplitude is, indeed,
far from ungracious, but, on the contra
ry, carries a dignity that is pleasant to
look upon, but shor5 violent curves aro
eminently ugly. - :
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17

The receipts al tho State Treas,
ury ono day last week tom land sales
weW $4,000,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-17

A wind mill irctory is talked of at
RI Worth. rexas
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-05
P0ST0FFicE POINTS.

The two-cent letter postage is to take
effect on the first Of October.
Postal notes of less than five dollars will
be issued on or after October first.
Letters anG postal cards only can be for
warded from one Office to another without
additional postage.
A change in the money order business
went into effect the second day of July.
On and after that date the fees on orders
Of go will be eight cents instead OF ten
cents. Orders will now be issued to the
amount Of 800, instead Of $50. The fees
ON q 800 order Is As cents.
On all papers, magazines and packages
Of every description postage must be fully
paid at the first mailing, and again fully
paid if forwarded. II not fully prepaid,
they will be returned to the person mailing
them, IL known; IL not known, valuable
packages will be advertised, and papers
will be sold MS waste-paper.
Rent ON all postofiice boxes must be paid
within ten days after the beginning of the
quarter, or vacated. By q late ruling OF
the Department, all renters Of lock boxes
must, in addition to the regular fee, de-
post with the postmaster 80 cents for. the
safety OF the key, which amount will be
refunded on the return of the key.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-05
DENIES IT..

The Winfield Telegram denies that the
people OF Winfield offered any objections
TO the posting Of Wichita's Fourth of July
bills, saying among other lively things !:
''lf the EAGLE wants TO fight, come down
and we will fight, any way you say, from
single leap TO catch rs you can or side
holds to one mile and repeat you great
big, oyergrown Palingenesis." Think of
such dare as that and the thermometer
100 In the shade. Our informant was the
bill poster himself, who, as we stated, saw
the mayor from whom the necessary per-
mission to do the work was received. We
bad no idea that majority or even re-
spectacle minority interposed so foolish
an objection, but that there were at least
two people OF the 4O32 who did try to stop
him ID not denied by our beligerant cotem-
porary. Winfield is mighty nice city
made up OF extraordinary good people, but
we hope the Teltgram knows too much to
claim that in a population of 1892 there are
not at least two mean men. As TO the
cannon question We just asked polite
question, and are satisfied with the Tie
grants pointed answer.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-05
RAILROAD RUM0RS.

The Commonwealth says the st. Louis,
1T. Scott a. Wichita road is to be extended
one hundred miles west Of Wichita imme-
diately, but that paper deigns no authority
for its assertion. 1t Is very evident that
great changes were effected last week in
the status Of several western roads, some
OF which changes materially concern the
future OF Wichita, but If there lives man
who comprehends what is to follow we
haven't struck him. Anthony counts on
getting the Fl. Scott & Wichita road. while
there has been serious talk of it running
from here to Larnei or Great Bend and on
up the Walnut river and west. The pro-
to kingman and to Dodge by the Santa Fe,
Is said to have been abandoned. and that
the road will go west from Sedgwick City /;
and that the Frisco will be operated that
way instead of via Halstead. There are
Others who have information TO the effect
that the Santa Fe will build southwest from
Sedgwick and the Frisco west from Wich-
ita to form a junction some sixteen or
twenty miles west of Wichita. Another
rumor has IL that the Santa Fe will extend
her short line road from Burlington to
Wichita and to Dodge, making it the
through main line. For ourself we never
believe much about railroads, or what they
will or won't do until they have actually
did it or failed to. For q solemn fact we
don't believe that railroad magnates them
selves know one day what they will pro-
badly do the next.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-05
GOOD BYE.

Very many, il not all OF our old readers
will be surprised in the announcement that
Jno. NJ. Steele has determined TO go 10 Pu-
get Sound, or the country adjacent. He
has such fiattering offer that he thinks it
simple duty 10 his family and himself to
accept. Probably no citizen would be
given up more regretfully. John N. Steele
has been one Of the great factors in the
settlement of this valley and the building
Of this city. No single individual has been
SO prominent or so effective. He was
among the very first settlers here, a young
man just out Of the Normal school. He
was the first justice of the peace, and as a
beardless boy performed the first marriage
ceremony ever pronounced in the county.
He was the first legitimate Representative
from the county TO the Legislature. For
thirteen years or more he has been con-
tinually in the service OF this people No
task was ever too hard, no burthen ever to
large, no sacrifice ever too great for him to
make in the interest OF this city and coun-
ty. Always willing and never Responding,
those in trouble went to him as naturally
and as straight as one lost to friendly
light. 1t has often been said, and it is
fact known TO many, that he has given
away enough in charity in the last ten
years TO have made him one of our heaviest
capitalists. Here he found and married the
woman Of his choice, and true and loving
wife she has been; and here has all his
children been born and, alas, most OF them
buriedo However great his future pros
perity and honors in his new abode NAV
proye-and thousands will wish them rich
and full-he no doubt will look back upon
Wichita as his home. We part with him
with deep regret and the wish that it were
not so. To the people to whom he goes we
say that they will find John NJ. Steele a
man In all respects honorable, enterprising
and the possessor Of a heart and mind
swayed alone by the best Of human i'm
pulses
Mr.. NJ. Block, who as a money loaner
has had his office with Mr.. Steele Tor years,
goes with him. Mr.. Block knows the eoun-
ty to which they are going, well, and en-
tertains no doubt Of their success. And so
both good bye
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-05
ANSWERS ITSELF.

When the editor of the Augusta Aduance
desires to lie, effectively, he would do well
10 remember that it is necessary TO sail
somewhere within sight OF the line of pro.
liabilities. This shutting his eyes to all
truth. and, like tangle-haired escape from
an insane asylum, plunging into the depths
of wild, nonsensical falsity. is only to make
a spectacle OF himself. Probably no pre-.
yaricator since the day Annanius fell dead
has ever sat cody down and, in the absence
OF strychnine whiskey or its concomitants,
delivered himself Of such miserable mess
OF Misrepresentation and shallow nastiness
as did the editor of the Adrance last week
in an article on Wichita, her water. health
and people. He may have thought il
smart. We don't; and, we don't believe
his readers-if he has any-do either. We
were asked by number Of citizens to
answer the foul foolishness, but shall not
for IL answers ITSELF
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-05
!. v. LAsslLL's


Scalds, burns, Group, kidney-complainf,
cuts, boils, bunions, carbuncles, chspped
hands, scratches, calks, kicks and all old
sores.
At the earnest solicitation ofmany friends
and acquaintance, who have made thor
ough and satisfactory trial Of my "All Heal
ing Balsam," take this method Of intro
ducing 1t to the public atlarge, that the ben
efits to be derived from its use may be enjoy
ed by all who are afflicted with any Of the
ailments above enumerated, or who have
stock in such way a to demand treatment
for any Of the above named afllictions. II
will be found on sale 1t the drug store Of j.
p. Allen, Douglas avenue, Wichita, Kansas,
and by my travelling agents. Full direction
with every bottle. Price, 50 cents per bottle.
45tf Z. W. LAssRLL.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-07-05

Mr.. W. W. Smith, OF Nappa Valley, CAL
ifornia, an old subscriber to the EAGLE and
an extensive land owner in this county,
came down upon us all unexpected the
other morning from the western slopes Of
the Sierras. He was on his way east. but
he said he thought he would stop over long
enough to inquire the meaning Of "palin-
genesis" We told him we supposed every
body knew that it was expressive Of the
process Of Matching live minnow from 4
dead mackerel. He evidently thought as
much from the way he looked at us.