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Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18
QUIET RESTING PLACES.
surroundings That Are In Harmony with
the Feelings of Mourners.

Some of us, perhaps, may remember
to have seen cluster of many family
graves in an uncultivated nook or dell
of an old farm, where some of the less
commercially valuable, but equally
beautiful, original timber trees have
been allowed to grow undisturbed till
their very size makes the few brown
stone grave slabs seem modest and
nesting to the ground. and where.
the cattle having been kept out, the
wood violet and other shy wild plants
add their delicate charms, while they
also mark thepeaceful seclusionof the
spot. Such simple and yet dignified
rural furnishings are in harmony with
the purpose to which the place is ded-
icated and to the feelings of the SYM
pathetic visitor to it, and leave the
imagination free to conjure up, if it
will, romantic visions of the past. In
such spot the thought might easily
occur to one that here was indeed
restful place in which to have laid
away the mortal remains of few OF
y
struggle it was to subdue nature to
their own aims, and yet who finally
succumbed to her and whose remains
| became a part Of her. How much
more appropriate to- their lives are
such graves, with such surroundings,
than they would have been in some
great cemetery, where their mod
est little grave-stones would have
been put to shame by scores
of big, staringly white Egyptian
obelisks, broken-topped Greek col
umns, Roman urns, weeping Italian
angels, Renaissance canopies, Gothic
spires, and all the other kinds Of
! snowy monuments, and where all rest
| fulness and seclusiOn are annihilated
by rows upon rows and scattering
swarms of factory-made, white mar
BILE gravestones, all set up on edge so
as to be as conspicuous as possible and
looking as if they would be heaved
out of plumb by every frost. Such
| stones have, in fact, the very unmon-
| umental quality of being in state Of
unstable equilibrium, And as if all
| these white monuments and grave
stones were not enough to frighten
nature into submission, innumerable
| fences are added, mostly of the sort
which may be described as the ''this-
is-the-most-show-y w-you-can-get-for-yo
money! cast-iron fence. And, as iron
| rusts into a color which is somewhat
harmonious with nature, such catas-
trophe is carefully avoided by paint
ing all ironwork a gloomy black, a
vivid white, or by gliding it, like a
cresting over chrome tea store. The
managers of cemeteries seem to be
proud Of these private fights with ma
| ture, and do all they can to aid and
| abet them with their ribbon gardening
| and by planting all the most artificial
| looking specimens of natures bright
productions" that skillful nurserymen
| can induce to grow. They have no
| limiting rules as to showiness, but are
| only too glad to sell lots to those who
| will spend most in making show that
will advertise the cemetery.--J. Q.
Olnastead. IN Garden and Forest.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18
CHEMICALLY PURE GOLD.
1t Is Very Soft and Wears Away with Very
Slight Friction. E

Slight Friction. A--
'Is that pure gold?n asked a pretty
girl who was selecting brooch in
Sixth avenue jewelry store.
"Most certainly" answered the jew
eler, and the satisfied damsel bought
the pin and departed.
Turning to resume conversation
with an older customer he noticed q
look Of mild scorn directed at him, and
said half apologetically: "Of course
that was not strictly true, but it was
no lie. What she meant to ask was
whether it was real gold and not an
imitation, and | answered her mean
ing truthfully, though never saw any
pure gold in my life that | know Of.
1t has always. been supposed until re
Gently that chemically pure gold was
something that could not be produced,
but some jeweler in Rhode Island is
said to have discovered a process by
which he does produce it, and it is now
on the market.
II do not see that it is particularly
valuable discovery, for gold without
alloy would be as little durable as
lead, or even less so. 1t is very soft,
and would easily wear away with
very slight friction. AS matter OF
business gold eighteen carats fine is as
near as we ordinarily get to pureness.
That is three parts gold to one Of
alloy If less alloy than that is used
the gold is less serviceable, but we do
sometimes use it twenty-five carats
fine. IN Y. Mail and ELDreSS.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from varioss Sources.

HUGH MorrRAx BnooKs alias W. II.
80 maxwell and Henry Landgraff
80 49, acnted in the city Jail at st. Louis
ato.o9 q. NJ. on the 10th.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

THE Department of State was informed,
on the 10th that the Territory of Alaska Is
70 be hereafter included in the jurisdic-
tion of the French Consulate at San Fran
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

THE reunion Of Farnsworth's Cavalry
Brigade will take place on the battlefield
of Gettysburg on the goth of September,
instead Of the 18th, as heretofore an
uounced. r- &fFt
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

qHs people Of Washington City, who
srhtino the bob tail cars, established
iines = Of Herdics on the 18th, to run in
ao,,netition with the street cars. .
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

The New York Base Ball Club has
commanding lead for the championship
in the National League The st. Louis
Browns stand at the head of the American
Association. .-.-.-.I saF
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

-Four pews from the front, If you
please" said clerical looking gentle
man at the ticket Office OF the opera
the other evening. - augusta (Me.)
Journal.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

Both the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives, on the 10th, adjourned over
until the 18th, to give their members op-
portunity to attend the obsequies Of Gem
eral Sheridan.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18
-"What is the first thing to be done

in case Of firep" asked the professor.
Sue the insurance company, prompt
ly answered the boy at the foot of the
class, whose father had been burned
out once or twice, and appeared to
have made a good thing of lt-Prlce
Current
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

IN the British House of Commons, on
the 9th, the Oaths bill passed its third
reading by vote of lat to 60. In the
House of Lords, the Parnell Commits sion
bill was read for the first time. a-
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

Mrs. MARY PULLIAM who has been in
an insane asylum at Cincinnati for three
years, has producod proof that she is
sane and was put in the asylum by her
husband who wanted her money.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

SIX hundred women employed in the
Government cigar factory at Lille.
France, went on strike on the 18th. They
claim that the quality Of the tobacco sup
piled them prevents their making cigars
which will pass the oyerseers.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

ITwas stated, on the 9th, that the wreck
Of an English sloop-of- which went
down in 179S with $1O,OoO,Ooo in gold and
silver on board had been located by DR..
Seth Pancoast, OF Philadelphia, who had
spent Sl2 600 in the search.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

The people of Stamford, Conn.,, turned
out 2Oo0 strong, with flags and banners
lying to greet Mr.. Blaine, when he ar
rived in that place on the noon train on
the 18th. He was introduced by Mr.. Fes-
Senden, and made brief speech in re-
spOnSe
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

THERE was slight frost on low grounds
at Greeley, in Delaware County, Ia, on
the morning of the 18th. The weather
had been unusually cold for several days,
and farmers were getting worried about
the growing crops.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

THOMAS M. BRAsHER, aged seventy one
years, Captain In the United States
navy, retired, died suddenly. on the 18th,
at his residence in Brooklyn. He en-
tered the service at the age of thirteen.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

AN awful volcanic eruption occurred,
on July Is, in the mountain Bandai San,
Japan, by which many villages were
buried with debris from seven to twenty
feet in depth, and the lives Of hundreds
Of human victims were destroyed.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

THE Postmaster General, on the 13 tn,
recommended an additional appropria-
ton of 1862, ,4S2 to cover cost of transport
tation caused by increased volume of
mail matter in the Western and North :
western States
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

IHE Parnellites will apply to the judges
q The new commission of inq uiry for q
WMmlssion to be sent to America to OBJ
IAN an inspection of important docu-
Ients relative to charges brought against
o meM which will be investigated by the
Commission.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

The Offices Of the Paris Labor EXchan ge
we're reopened on the 10th, but the meeting
nall remained closed. The guard Of po-
lice, which was placed in charge of the
building when it was ordered closed, was
still stationed in front Of the Exchange.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

EXISTING regulations in regard to the
collection Of duties on merchandise ar
irving from foreign countries by parcel
post were, on the 18th, extended to mer-
chandise arriving in a similar manner
from Mexico
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

= ADyIcEs from the flooded districts OF
Germany, on the 10th, report several
aeaths Fourteen persons were missing
~ me l-auben district alone. Herr Herr
;uf'h, Minister of the Interior, was visit
-le the district aud was in constant COM
IullcatiOn with the Emperor.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

THE special train bearing the remains
of General Sheridan arrived in Washing
ton at two O'Clock on the aftertoon Of the
9th. There was large crowd at and
about the depot awaiting the arrival OF
the train
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

A TERRIFIC wind and hail storm swept
across Madison County, ind, on the 9th.
A strip OF land a mile wide was laid
waste. Timber was broken off, fences
leveled and the corn crop utterly ruined.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

a TERRIBLE accident involving the loss
". " TWO lives and the serious injury OF
AlFly persons. and the destruction Of
uuch property, was caused, on the 18th,
3; Washout on the Erie railroad, near
'4oAola, IN N. ", The wrecked cars
''ught ire and were totally burned.
RANK. PHILIPS, the man who was
ra r"iIeo and feathered at Shenandoah, Ia,
NSJenlly' Na turned up in Nebraska City,
w., w., Oh the l3ths breathing threats OF
N iIsesnee y against all who participated
nn HIS punishment. He was soon waited
la lpun oy citizens, who. advised him TO
'~"'e IoWn IN forty minutes. He went.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

AT midnight OF the 18th the 13) faoto-
ries controlled by the American Flint
Glass Workers Union resumed opera
tons suspended June 80. Six thousand
men returned to work at advanced wages.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
Removal OF Large Palm Trees.

The huge palm trees on the Saunders
place on San Pedro street have long been
u source of admiration TO thousands of
people. They were there long before the
present occupant took possession, and
are estimated TO be from sixty five to
seventy five years old. The diameter of
the largest is fully four feet and the
height over sixty feet, while the bodies
of all rise like well-rounded pillars sym
metrically formed for forty feet or more
to the well-proportiOned but not wide
spreading tops. Recently Mr.. saunders
disposed Of three of them 20 the South
EN- Pacific Company for ornamentation
of their spacious grounds surrounding
the Wolfskill station. The work OF re-
moving the first of these stately trees has
been successfully accomplished, reluir-
ing the carrying along of body of earth
ten feet square and six feet deep, at
tached to and surrounding the roots. The
apparatus for removal is similar to that
used in transferring buildings. and when
the tree was proncrly placed upon it in
an upright position it was moved along
without the use Of guy ropes to steady ii,
until its place of deposit was reached. A
well is situated between where this tree
stood and two others known As the
twins, and the roots Of the trees pene-
trated the well at depth Of twenty feet
Or more. los angeles (Cdl.l Empress.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02

Hundreds Of farmers who never kept an ac-
count. would kill every ''pesky hen" on the
farm, If it was not for the women folks" The
women intuitively know that the hens do not
EAT their heads of every six MONTHS, but
properly kept pay better than any other farm
animals.
This Is true. \ record. simple to keep. so it
would be used and show the facts in detail,
would prove that every hen paid q profit. They
could be made to pay. from one TO three dollars
each. Mr.. James L. Burgess. Nashua. y. H.,
reported to the Nashau TelcWdph that his
wife made clean net profit last year. Of seSi.5g
for eggs alone, from only sixteen leus. He
thinks her success was largely due. TO using
sheridan's Condition Powder. a mu h adver-
tised preparation to make hens lay.
Do your hens pay like that Do sou want
to learn how TO make them pay better
Are you in delicate health. and want to com
mence poultry raising for the sake Of open air
employment II 50. get some reliable advise
how'to do it. A new. enlarged, and rauch inn
proved edition Of that valuable bpok, tho Far
mer's Poultry Raising Guide, has ust been
printed II contains much very practical In
formation.
Among the many new features. which every
person who keeps hens should have is blank
records and accounts for eacn nion-h Of the
year II also contains long series OF very
valuable articles. by \, F. Hunter, How to
Make Money With Few Hens OF him the
Lowell, Mas. Journal says; The m1st sensi-
bic poultry literature We have read VIZ find IN
der the name \. +. Hunter. lie evidently knows
what he j. talking about" These tws features
alone, are worth ten times the cost Of the book;
which the publisher, l. :. johnson & Co., -
Custom House 81. Boston. Mas. send, post
paid. for only - cents in stamps.
There i really no way that persons on q
farm or near a large town ean secure a cash
income. with 50 little effort as by keeping 4
few hers. For such, this book r. very valu-
able. Send to johnson q Gu. fur testimonial
circular.
6. w. Cushing, OF bingham Mass. says: Il
believe the Farmer Poultry Raising Guide
which received with large can 81 Sheri-
dams Powder iall for - ~ contains Il9re
practical knowledge foF person raising only "a
few fowls than many poultry books which cost
two dollars.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
A Dressv Queen.

An occasional Rome correspondent in
forms me that Queen Margherita of
Italy has recently appeared IN public III
some really remarkable pretty dresses.
At a court ceremony which took place
short time back she wore black velvet,
with beautiful old lace. while round her
neck were her famous ''ropes of pearls.
AT ball given a. the Spanish Embassy
her ma esty wore a dress made by
Worth, which was universally admired.
1t was a combination Of lilac aud blush
SIX, and was profusely embroidered with
silver, as well as with many punches of
lilac. In her hair she wore blush-pink
feather, fastened by diamond butterfly.
\ magnificent diamond spray also
decorated her hair. At some races the
Queen appeared in yellow. covered with
Oriental embroidery, a gorgeous dolman
-, made Of Eastern work, and a plain
straw bonnet Of light bronze color
s.. Stephee's Rsciec.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
"A. fsassr.ilsr sII.srl.n Fre.,.

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f.sa hos iarfrasi elfepd-i 90 file ceuire
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b aaleufIar nal A. f-ae fila teulsEltlres
tarssel1 Co. sell From tle-e OBJ
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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
An obitnnrr Poetcss.

One of the very -queerest ways Of earn
ing living among the endless eccen-
tricitics of ingenious neces sites in this
city, says the New York World, is that
of woman who lives in a little fiat Oh
Nineteenth street, and who writes obitu-
airy poetry, thereby avoiding the necessi-
ty of an obituary for her own tombstone
She is a genial person on ordinary occa-
sions and possesses a notable facility for
rhymes. When she is interviewing Gus
toners this geniality subsidies into del
icate and dramatic sympathy--which is
very soothing TO the bereaved she says
of herself: - GU see am not poet. The
newspapers and magazines won't buy my
poetry, and don't wonder at il; but at
the same time have a genius for rhymes
have found rhymes for window and
silver even-the two unrhymable words
and quick as flash can find n word
in assOnance W tn any name, Christian or
surname. i am lightning rhymer, in
short. can make verses, too, of a GER
tain sort with the same facility, and hap
PLY the people who come TO see me don't
demand poetry up TO the level of In
Memoriam, and 'Lycidas There's nv
Hoods Rhymster, Roget's 'Thesaurus'
and Crabbe's synonyms They arc
my tools, and by their aid
make a living The most curious
people come to me all the way
from at afflicted washerwoman la
menting the late bibulous Patrick, to
old gentlem en- who have lost their grand
children. Bereavement, like love. seems
10 loosen the intellectual fibre, and when
people are in the first throes of grief they
find comfort in the strongest things.
They like my verses more than you
would believe possible, and make me
read them over again and again. the
feeble lyrics and hating lines evidently
soothing them more than volumes of the
most eloquent prose. My pricesl OH
they are in a sliding scale. For cele-
brating the martial virtues of the late
Mr.. O'Donovan in six four-line stanzas
charge 81. but as | rise in the social
scale, and the measure used is more com
piex why ssk all the way from s. TO S25.
On one occasion | asked and was paid
$50 for memorial ode TO the dead bride
OF 4 sorrowing widower It was some
thing like two hundred lines, and if l do
say 1t myself. it was very nice poetry
and fully worth the money The widower
is married again, but he didn't seem TO
think any epithalamium was required,
or at least wasn't asked TO write 1t.
Poetry about dead children is the sort
oftenest asked for, and yet ! don't like
to write 1t because | really throw more
feeling into it than any other. Over
some of my best ones I've wept myself.
Bur mothers will take anything. They
don't seem to know whether it's good
or bad
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
WORDS OF WISDOM
A fool is always beginning.

A fool is always beginning.
Dearth foreseen never came.
Never try to outshine but to please.
When two quarrel, both are in the
wrong.
The liar is sooner caught than the
cripple
When the head is sick the whole body
is sick
4 mans own business does not defile
his fingers.
He who has enough is richer than he
who has more and IS discontinued.
Appearances viii 90 good ways but
reality will keep going right along.
Life will soon be done Be not weary
or disheartened. What are few years
OF toll in prospect of the eternal lifei
Remember that good manners are
thoughts filed with kindness and refine
ment and then translated into behavior.
Ee not ostentatious in dress or deport-
ment. nothing can be more vulgar zee
that costumes tit the time and occasion.
Nature is upheld by antagonists. Pas
sions, resistance, danger, arc educators
We acquire the strength we have over
come.
BE rude to none; rudeness harms not
even the humblest and poorest to whom
it is directed, but it injuries the ex-
hibitors.
There are no conditions that can sue
cessiully compete with earnestness OF
purpose backed up by character and per-
sisient industry.
We are hanging up pictures every day
about the chamber walls of our hearts
that we shall have to look at whea we
sit in the shadows.
There arc two ways Of being happy;
we may either diminish our wants OF
augment our means-either will do-thc
result is the same.
Few mo7tals are so insensible that
their affections cannot be gained by
mildness, their confidence by sincerity,
their hatred by scorn or neglect.
\ man should never be ashamed to
own that he has been in the wrong,
which is but saying in other words, that
he is wiser to-day than he was yester-
dav
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-02
Inc Travelling Tinker.


New Jersey is the Paradise OF the
travelling tinker and the neighborhood
Of Allen and lower Grand street in New
York city is his usual place of abode
when not on the tramp. people around
the rural districts, said one Of them tho
other night 10 a GraDhi- man on the
Erie ferryboat, ''are finding out that we
travelling thinkers are good deal of a
nece sity and some Of US are making
money. Our work amt all TN work,
but everything you can think Of from a
clock to a steam engine. I've got a soft
snap On cleaning clocks. / just take the
brass work out and soak them day or
two IN gasoline, and shake them up q
bit and oil them and they're as good as
new. Sometimes I've got to put tooth
in q wheel. or TO make pendulum rod,
or something like that And | have 10
do a little blacksmithing among the rest,
but it pays we'll, because if l didn't do
it folks would have to go 10
the next town, and they are willing to
pay me more on that account. Last week
] sold lady gasoline stove by little
ingenuity. You see the lady said she'd
like 10 have one, but she vas so afraid
the tank would explode she wouldn't
dare take it, and her husband was a little
ikittish about it, too. l told them that
was all nonsense, that it couldn't ex-
plode. but j; was no use talking. At last
] said If they were willing 10 pay the
extra cost would fix it so the tank
would be outdoors, and that settled it.
I got some gus pipe, made hole through
the brick wall, run the pipe through,
and set the tank on shelf about the
right height against the wall outside,
with a box and cover over it, and it
works first rate, and the lady says she
feels perfectly safe abont it. OF course.
its no safer than inside, unless some
idiot wants TO fill the tank VIXEN the
stove is lit, and then its being outside
would be safer. And I'll tell you some
thing about putting pipes together for
gasoline or oil that everybody does not
know, / guess. If you get a plumber TO
do a job of that kind he'll daub his
Joints up with red lead because he don't
know any better, but the best thing to
use Is liquid glue that comes already
fixed up in little bottle. If the screw
threads are cut little oil is as good as
anything. as ali it wants is little lubri
cant, but it amt always the screw is cut
clean. but the liquid makes it tight, and
the oil or gasoline will not cut it ont like
It will with red lead. was at mine
where they had an air compressor at
work and they had hard time keeping
the joints OF the pipes tight. The oil
that was used TO lubricate the cylinder
Of the air compressor would follow the
oil through the pipes Just enough TO eat
out the red lead I told them to try
liquid glue, but the engineer was one of
those smart Alexis who know every
thing, and he laughed at me and said l
was crank; but the boss told him TO try
it. and he told me afterward that the
wrinkle had saved him heap Of money,
but he didn't offer me any Of it. Most
folks are that way, l guess"