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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-06
WINDOW PLANES in winler.

Window plants, says a Detroit Free
Pr IS correspondent, should not be kept
very warm at this season. They should
have all the sun and air and as little of
the artificial heat of the room as possible.
These remarks apply especially to
mignonelte. which is very impatient of
indoor confinement. Succulents, such
as cacti, are excellent window plants in
this respect, as the dry air does not af-
feet them. To keep the air about the
plants moist Is one Of the secrets of win
ter culture. Some who have very fine
windows well stocked with fine plants
make glazed cases with folding doors to
them. by which, when the room is highly
heated aud very dry, they can be inclosed
in an atmosphere OF their own. In such
cases ferns and moses can be grown to
perfection. Hanging baskets, on the
other hand, are generally too dry. Be
side the daily waterings, about once a
week they should be immersed in a
bucket of water. Plants stored away
for the winter in cold pits require more
care for the first month or so than at any
other time through the winter season.
Many Of them have unripened shoots, or
shed many Of their leaves, and unless
they be cut of and removed, gangrene
and de-ay commit distressing havoc.
Air should be given at every oppor-
iunity. and nothing omitted that will.
in any way, tend to harden the
plants, and send vegetation to rest
No more water should be given than
Just sufficient to prevent whitening, and
the temperature should be kept as near
forty degrees as possible, and every
chance taken TO render the air about the
plants dry. When frost actually does
come, no further care than protection
from its embraces will then be required.
Plants so hardened may stay covered up
for weeks, without any light or air, and
secure from the slightest injury.
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A correspondent IN Chicago journal
thinks the intelligence of the horse is
greatly overrated. and submits the re-
suit of some of his observations as fol-
lows:
~ have seen horses walk around a
post until they had wound up the bride,
and then stand all day with their heads
bound down TO the post, because they
didn't have sense enough 10 walk the
other way and unwind the bride. have
seen them get a foot over the bride,
when tied TO n ringin the pavement, and
then go into fits because they didn't
have sense enough to lift their foot over
the bride again. l have seer them
France around in a burning barn, with
their tails and names on fire, and burn
TO death because they didn't have sense
enough to come out. Anybody can steal
horse without any objection from the
horse. A horse will stand and starve or
freeze to death, with nothing between
him and a comfortable stall aud plenty
of oats, except an old door that he could
kick down with one foot, or that could
be opened by removing a pin with his
teeth. If this is a high degree of intelli-
gence, even in 4 brute, then l am lack
ing in that article myself. Compared
with the dog, the elephant, or even the
parrot, the horse seems 10 me to be a
perfect fool"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-06
Interesting Facts About the Ocean.

At the last meeting of the ROYAL
Society OF Edinburgh, Dr. John Murray
OF the Challenger Expedition made a
communication on The Height and
Volume of the Dry Land and the Depth
and Volume of the Ocean" According
to his own Investigations, Ea4iH~,ring
says, the mean height of the globe was
2,230 feet above the sea level, and the
mean depth OF the ocean was -, $50 feet,
or ., $50 fathOms, If the ocean were re-
garded as being divided into two parts
by the l,000-fathom line, it would be
found that The mean depth of the area
having less depths than l,00o fathoms
was ., 12S feet, or BIS fathoms, or nearly
the same depth beneath the sea as the
height of the dry land above it. On the
other hand, the mean depth Of the area
beyond the 1000 fathoms is Il, 60 feet,
or 2,44O fathoms. The former area
called by Dr. Murray the transitional
area ''-occupies n, 600, COO square miles !;
and the latter area, which is the abysmal
area, and is situated fully three miles be-
low the average heights of the continents,
occupies rs, 900, coo square miles, or
more than half OF the surface of the
earth. In the transitional area of the
ocean there are many and varied condi-
tons in respect to light, heat, currents.
changes of level, the character and
variety Of the deposits, and in the
animals aud plants which inhabit the
various parts of the region.
The deposits are in most respects
similar to those which make up very
large part OF the sedimentary formation
of the dry land. In the abysmal area
there is a uniform set Of conditions, the
temperature being near the freezing
point, with an animal range rot exceed
ing degrees Fair, and there being no
sunlight or plant life. There IS great
abundance OF animal life; but the forms
from various parts Of the area are very
similar. and unlike those Of shallower
waters; and the deposits, which accumu-
late slowly. are unlike any of the sedi-
mentarv deposits Of the dry land. From
DIR. Nurray's Investigations, it also ap-
pears that if the dry land of the globe
were redu ed to the sea level by being
removed TO and piled up in the shallower
waters Of the ocean. then its extent
would be about so. O9O, 900 square miles,
and the rest Of the surface Of the earth
would be co cred by an ocean extending
to 1i3, 900, 600 square miles. Again,
should the whole Of the solid land be re-
duced TO one level under the ocean, then
the surface Of the earth would be covered
bv an ocean with uniform depth of
ABOUT two miles James'S Gdzstte-
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He Went on Directly.

The clock on the mautel tolled \. NJ,
and little past, and still the knight
fingered, trying TO think of something
to say, although it was painfully evident
that the baron's daughter was Just too
sleepy for anything.
II am afraid, - he said at last, THAT
am like an auger."
"Wherefore, sir knightln she asked.
yawning with that high-bred courtesy
appertaining TO the upper classes.
because bore you, he said, smil-
ing proudly at his right good wit.
"Ah, no, she said; you reminf me
of an old fiint-lock musket"
Spoken like a soldiers daughter, :"
quoth he, ''and whyln
Takes you so long to 60 off," she
said, kindly.
At :15 A. N. the portcullis fell with
a clang, the draw-bridge was raised, and
the castle slept. Away in the star-lit
distance the good knight tramped
YEARLY in the wake Of the last car.
which had sailed two hours ago, and
bitterly reproached himself for not think
ing TO tell the naughty baron's daughter
that her joke was too awfuly premature.
because muskets weren't going to be iu-
vented for nearly enc hundred years
Biirdette.
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The Parson Disturbed.

A good story of old days in
Massachusetts, has recently been pub
lished. In one of the churches in the
eastern part of the State bass VOL was
procured to help the choir One sum
mer Sunday, while the parson was in the
middle of the sermon, big bull got out
of his pasture and came staggering down
the road, growing as he came. The
minister heard the low below, and look
ing up toward the singers seats with a
grave face, he said: II would thank the
musicians not TO tune during service
time; il annOys me very much" The
choir was surprised. but nothing was said.
Pretty soon the bull gave another grum-
bic, and then the parson was mad. He
stopped skort, and looking directly at the
bass-yiol player said "a now particu-
larly request Mr. J.. that he will not tune
his instrument while | am preaching. -
This was more than the fiddler could
stand. Popping up in his seat he snap
ped out:
1T isn't me, parson, it isn't me. It's
that ED town bull Boston Trdreller.
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The Barber of Prinkipo.

A majority Of the inhabitants Of Prin-
kipo, an island southeast of CONSTANT
nople, are Greeks, but many sojourners
there belong to other nationalities. Hon.
5. S. Cox, late minister 10 Turkey, thus
gives his experience with barber of
Prinkipo, who was determined TO dis
cover his nationality. The barber him
self might have been either Greek, a
Maltese, a Slav, Bulgarian or Mon
tenegrin, and had an extraordinary
knowledge of tongues:
''You have been here longln he asks.
reply in Bohemian: "Ne."
"You are here for your health!"
reply in Danish, afiirmatively and
negatively: ia, mel, min here" This
puzzles him.
IAN army gentleman, perhapsi"
l reply in Hungarian; '1gen" ges).
"Your vessel is at Constantinoplel"
answer in Italian: Isl, signore."
You will bring your vessel to PriRki-
por'
1t is the modern Greek in which l
reply: "Nae veyayos.n He is thunder
struck; it is evidently his mother tongue
When he asks me in French: "Will your
vessel touch at AthensP'
respond in Polish: TAX" mo-.
you will visit Egypt"
I respond in Swedish: "Ja, adding
in Roumanian the affirmative: "Gie"
He believes he has fixed my nationality
and that co,ue from some Balkan
province, and he asks:
"Have you been in Roumania, Bull
garia, Servia, Montenegro and Herzego-
vinaln l give him, in Roumanian, an
emphatic negative.
You have been quite travelerl'
This suggests Chinese as a fitting langu-
age and say: "She"
lyon like the Chinese, monsieur
answer promptly in the negative;
''Puhm
He then asks if I have visited Jeru-
salem. respond in Arabic; "Na'am. "
"You like Constantinople"
l answer in a sweet japanese accent F.:
''Samasan :"
perhaps you have been in American
"Waal, yaas, guess"
Then began fusilade of questions and
replies.
You have lived in Parish"
'Jamais.n
'Been to Genoa?"
'Si, signore.n
"Ah, you are EnSlishl"
'.l7 - an intense Turkish negative.
"French."
'.Non.n
"Germanl7
"Nein.n
"well, said he, taking breath, twill
you tell me, monsieur, where you do
come froml"
Don't you remember the only nation
in the world where the barber is as good
as kingr l said proudly.
"Oh, Switzerland
mo, am not Swiss"
And so the matter ended, but next
day the Minister found that his identity
had been discovered.
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APPLE PUDDING.-Prepare paste as
directed for pork pudding, using table
spoonful OF butter instead of the drip
ping. Slice the apples, but do not peel
them: lay them in the paste and sift
over them one cupful of sugar and half
teaspOonful of cinnamon, draw the paste
together over the top and steam two
hours and half. or boil in Toured
cloth an hour and three-quarteTs. This
paste IS much more delicate steamed than
boiled
CRoQUErTEs or CHIcKEN-Mince fine
the remains Of a roast or boiled chicken
or turkey. Add two well beaten eggs.
and flavor to taste with pepper, salt and
a very little grated lemon peel. Then
stir in oneounce OF finely crumbed bread,
and form into the shape of pears, not too
large: roll in beaten EGG. then in bread
crumbs, and fry in boiling lard to light
brown. dish in a warm napkin or entree
dish, after having stuck stalk Of parsley
in each for a stem. Try them; they are
nice.
Az ENGLISH DIsH.-"Toad in the
hole is an old fashioned English dish
and very appetizing for supper on cold
night, in spite Of its disagreeable name.
Cut pound OF meat-steak, mutton or
lamb-into small pieces and put into a
well buttered baking dish. Season it
nicely and then pour upon it batter
made with one egg, one cup of flour, one
pint o milk. Beat the egg light. add
The milk, season with salt; pour this
upon the -four and beat up a light,
smooth batter. Bake one hour and serve
very hot.
MoLAssEs CAKE-Put in a pan two
or three cups OF -four, hall a cup brown
sugar. one and half teaspoonfuls of
ginger, scant teaspoonful Of cinnamon.
Have two teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved
in little water Put together one cup
aud a half of molasses, one cup of nice
beef shortening, or butter. aud set over
the FIRE: as soon as it boils up stir
quickly. and pour over the -four, stirring
or beating ali together very thoroughly.
Then add two cups Of sour milk. and
the dissolved soda. Stir again quickly.
and. il needed 10 make as thin as cup
cake, add more -four Beat lastly very
thoroughly, put into a well-buttered
pan, and bake quickly
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-06
The Man With a Patent.

ssWant to make $50, 900 this winterl'
queried hawk-eyed man with lop,
shoulder to a shoe-dealer yesterday.
"OG course"
Then buy my PATENT"
He unrolled package and brought &c
light shoe, tin funnel and a quart Of
wood ashes.
What on earth is iti" asked the
de;,ler.
at is Bronson's Patent Safety Shoe.
Here's the idea: In winter our sidewalks
are dangerous from ice. By sprinkling
ashes on ice you produce decomposition
ano render travel safe. Do you follow
''But-p
'Of course You don't, but I'll explain.
This is double-soled shoe. There is a
spa,,e between the two soles, and the toe
and heel ends are open. You fill this
space with ashes, and as you walk ii
flip. out in advance of you"
The ideal'
"Ye.. | worked twenty two years on
the idea. This funnel fits into the heel
of the shoe, and is used to load up with.
''i5ut the ashesn
ooh. you hire a boy to follow you with
pail Of them. When the shoe is empty
you whistle and he loads it up again.
There's nothing like it. l can walk
twenty miles a day over a perfect glare
OF ice. Will you give me an orderf'
''No, sir. It's the most ridiculou:
thing ever heard Of"
1T is, ehl You'll see whether it is oil
not before the winter is overl Pll sell
enough TO buy you out and throw youI
stock into the riverm
An hour later he was arrested for being
drunk and hilarious, and as be Tenl
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A Dish Fit for a King.

In his recently published autObiogra-
phy, Anthony Troliope says: Nobody
knows anything about mutton in these
days, for the very sufficient reason that
there is no mutton worth knowing any
thing about Scientific breeding has i'm
proved it off the face of the earth. The
immature meat is killed at two years
ola, and only we few survivors OF a
former generation know how little like
it is to the mutton of former days. The
Monmouthshirc farmers told me the other
day that they could not keep Welsh
sheep of pure breed, because nothing
under an eight-foot park paling would
coniine them Just as if they did not
jump in the days when l jumped too
Believe me, my young friends, that
George the Third knew what he was
ia king about as upon certain other Oc-
casions) when he said that very little
venison was equal to haunch Of four
year-old mutton. And the gravy
chocolate colorcd, not pink, my inno-
cent young friends. Ichabodl Ichabodl
''Aly uncle, too, Mr.. Partington-whO
married my fathers sister, and lived
many years CHauHldu Vi luhltei sts9i"us
at Offham, among the Southdowns, neal
Lewes-was a man who understood NUT
ton. A little silver saucepan was placed
by his side when the leg of mutton, Oh
sometimes two, about as big as fine
fowls, were placed in one dish before
hun. Then, after the mutton had been
cut, the abundantly flowing gravy was
transferred to the saucepan, and guam
tum suff of currant Jelly and cayenne
were added, the whole was warmed IN
the dining room, and then-we ate NUT
ton, as shall never eat it again in this
world -
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OLD SAWS N RHYME
Turn over new leaf; forgive and forget;
Ev,rything's fish that comes into his net.

Turn over a new leaf; forgive and forget;
Ev'rything's fish that comes into his net.
Strike while the iron IS hot; live and learn:
In some peoples pockets their money will
burn
What's one persons loss Is another ones gain;
He don't know enough to come in from the
rain.
Whom the gods would destroy they arst rem
der mad;
Temper justice with mercy; he's gone to the
bad.
With leaden heels justice doth travel about;
Cheating don't prosper; wine in and wit out
A cat cen may look at a King; splitting
hairs;
What's everyone's business is no ones affairs.
Nimble siKpence is better than shilling that's
slow
Foois learn by experience; pay as you go.
Receiver is worse than tho thief; hard to
beat;
The bitter in life You must take with the
sweet
Devil take the hindmost comparisons are
Odious always; so near and so far.
Mans house is his castle; alloy never send
Upon mans errand; never too late to mend.
Never too old to learn; orders Heavens frs.
law;
Pleased with rattle. tickled with straw.
Murder will out and dead men tell no tales;
Justice is blind, but at last she prevails
The fly on the wheel thinks he turns it
around:
Tween two stools one often falls onto the
ground
You can't ride two horses at once; = cats
paw;
And truly necessity knoweth no law
Boys will be boys; keep a stiff upper lip;
All sound no sense; of the old block chip
Cleanliness is unto gollineSs next;
Hes not disappointed who nothing expects,
Don't jump at conclusions; look well ere you
leap;
Before one can walk he must first learn to
creep.
variety's spice of life; bear and forbear;
lis an i'll wind that blows no one good any
where,
Kisses by favor go; best friends must part;
In front Of the horse never fasten the cart
III C. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press
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RcmarkabIe Presence of Mind.

Pat Hoolihan, while stating the roof Of
one of our highest buildings, lost his
footing and fell
Over and over he went until within
twenty-five feet of the pavement, when
he struck telegraph wire and managed
to grasp ii, first with one hand, then with
both.
Hang on for your life, Pat" shouted
his fellow workmen, and the bystander:
rushed to the nearest dwelling for a mat
tress.
Pat held on for a few seconds, when
suddenly, with cry of "Shtand from
underp' he dropped and lay senseless IN
the street.
Whisky was used, and Pat finally came
10.
When asked why he did not hold out
longer he feebly replied;
''Oi wuz afraid the woire 'ud break"
He recovered.
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He Had Correct Habits.

''For ten years past, ;" said the new
boarder, my habits have been regular as
clock-work. 1 rose on the stroke of G;
half an hour later sat down to break
fast; at was at work, dined at Il, ate
supper at s, and was in bed at $50, ate
only hearty food, and hadn't sick day
in all that time.
Dear me, said the deacon, in sym
pathetic tones, ''and what were you in
for;"
And in the awful silence that followed
you could hear the hash CRATE its teeth.
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SeedleSs Raisins

what is 'seedless' raisin. and now
is it produced." was asked Of an i'm
porter Of fruits. 1.-The next time You
eat piece of mince pie" he replied,
you Will find the seedless raisin in it,
If the meat has been properly made. 1t
IS smallish, cream colored fruit, about
the size of gooseberry, and is used with
an unbroken skin. 1t comes from SMYRNA.
and is called the 'Sultana.' It is grown
seedless, simply by arresting one of the
laws of nature. When the grape is about
half ripe the end of the vine Is bent and
buried in the ground. This prevents
the formation of seed and the full de
velopment of the fruit. but it ripens all
the same, and has a delicious favor. -
P6lIadslpbjs Tines,
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PITII AND POINT.

Tobosganing is the latest method of
teaching the young idea how to shute
If sealskin sacgues could be plucked
from a fir tree the average husband would
be happy.-B,s'oR Gazette.
The English turist who recently visited
Leadville, and brought a tin bath tub
with him, found it very useful They
buried him In it-Puek.
"Too much absorbed in his business.
was the comment of a newspaper on the
death of brewer who was found
drowned in 4 tank OF his own beer.
There Is one thing to be said for the
brass band. 1t never hangs back and
bushes and protests incompetency when
it is asked to play.-BarihgtOn Fee
Pres.
"a sea-green glass vase, nine inches
high, supposed to be thirteen hundred
years old. has been found in Bologna. p"
That settles it. We shall eat no more
Bologna. -lN0rristOjcH Herald.
rtear are the winters sounds and sights,
And cruel is tue north winds ire,
But lovers on these biting nights
Sit closer-to the fire
Detroit FIRE Press.
Physician Ito patient)-"Your case is
a very serious one, sir, and | think a con-
sultation had better be held" Patient
too sick to care for anything)-"Yery
well, doctor, have as many accomplices
as you like Epoch.
Miss Prude aged forty, going to bedD
Somebody's under my bed My
goodness Can it be Fidol Fidol Fido!
She holds out her hand under the bed.
and the wise burglar licks it, OH all
right, 1t is Fido" Retires, treasured,
aud sleeps through the burglary.-F'reaeh
Joke.
A. writing How many g's in az.
gregate p b. (supposing the query
refers to the first syllable only)-"Two. =
c. Cwho is nothing if not accurate in
computation - No three B. lsee-
ing the point" Yes, altogether" C.
still particularl-"No, not all together.
g0,f0a Trru,-riBf
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Artists always seem at loss to deal
with the color of the sea, and few are
those who please the public. Professor
Tyndall has come TO their aid He re-
cognizes three principal hues in the sea
waves-blue. green and yellow. Solid
particles held in the water act as minute
mirrors rejecting the light which pene-
trates the liquid. The rays which are
sent out. after having traverscd only a
thin stratum Of water, preserve their
yellow parts; but if the reflections are
attenuated the water appears green; and
if they do not exist at al. the sea being
clear and free from muddy matters, the
color is deep blue. In an indigo sea the
crest of the waves will appear green on
account of their lack of thickness. Sea.
weed, animaicule and other local or ac-
cidental causes may have much influence
on the color of the watcr.-Court
Journal.
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Honses Without Windows.

There are in France 279. go spar.
ments, providing accommodations fol
over 800. goo persons, which rooms art
entirely destitute OF any other means Of
admitting light and air than by the door
10 Paris alone the number of families
thus lodged reaches a total OF 1856.
There sre in London over O,oO0 fami.
lies Who live IN cellars under the most
unfarorAble conditions as regards salu
hritv. In Berlin there are $1,000 fami
lies who occupy only portions Of rooms,
often a sort OF shelf on which father,
mother and children sleep, one over ths
other.-B0ftel zraasTip..
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The fact that this is very big couu-
try never strikes one so forcibiy as when
he has Travelled couple of thousand
miles due west and still finds the prairie
stretching out before him. A young
sprig of British nobility was over here
last summer, accompanied by the newt
able = ,leems" They saw the seabuard
cities, tarried for a time in Chicago. in
St Louis and in Kansas City, and then
struck out into the great West Some
where near the edge of Colorado the
train was delayed at a small station,
and the passengers got out to stretch
their legs, among them his lordship and
/" Jeems, who seemed in brown study.
What is it p asked his master. Il
was Just thinkin', me lud." said Jeems,
that Columbus didn't do such a mighty
big thing when he discovered this ere
country, halter halls said and done.
low could e 'elp it .''-BostOn Herald.
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A Modern Proverb.

At the Kindergarten; Teacher -
"Johnny, do you remember the proverb
gave you yesterday"
Johnny-''No'm-"
speech is silver and-what is itl"
Il dunno NOM
~ know, spoke up little boy at the
foot of the class.
''Very well, you may recite it.
speech is silver, but money talks. -
Nlip York Sun.
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title by which you may better remember
me: Launce. and have come back for
your forgiveness for the offence l gave
you six years ago"
"Oh, Launce you had my forgiveness
the night you went away"
Now want something more, Gret-
chen--l want your love"
4 think gave you that with the for
giyeness, LauRce "-Nsle Tork Clipper