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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
Starting an Alligator Ranch.

Captain c. \. Eastman left this port
several months since on the little steamer
Balboa on 4 trading voyage along the
west ports Of Lower California and Mex.
leo and has Just returned TO this city,
after having competed a successful trip.
The captain Is well known as a pro.
fcssional curiosity hunter, having al
times been employed by Barnum, the Ma,
tional Museum at Washington and tht
geological gardens and by Government
museums in the Eastern States and Eu,
rope, and has procured for them seals.
sea lions and other marine wonders. He
is also a collector or rare plants, and be.
sides many valuable orchids, he ha,
brought with him a rare collection oil
ancient pottery, consisting of Jars. lido,
and domestic utensils, presumably Of
Aztec manufacture, which were found
thirty feet beneath the surface in an ex.
ovation made on the Mexican National
Railroad near Colima But what hs
prides himself particularly upon is twenty
live young alligators, ranging from eight
to twenty inches in length, all of which
are in prime condition, notwithstanding
j. Is many weeks since they left thei
IANN1 VI HAtAf IL " I'M THESE rs q pla0l
the captain proposes to start an alligator
ranch on some one Of the lagoons in the
vicinity of Petaluma or SonOma.
Tcrrapin farms thrive in the State OF
Delaware, and their cultivation is moi
considered beneath the dignity of
United States Senator. The captain ar.
cues that there is a fortune in the pro.
ject, because alligator skins are valuable
and arc beginning to be rare and expen-
sive. and he also claims that the beast
can be readily corralled and domestic
aied and their habitations staked of and
secured the same as an oyster bed.
The alligator is known to breed IA.
p;dly under almost any circumstances,
is easily provisioned. and the protector
of this new enterprise claims that the
animal has been siandcred by travellers
tales, which have hitherto prevented
their being introduced to the GLORIOUS
climate of California and their propaga.
ton for the sake OF their valuable hides
thusprevenied becoming Il remuner.
alive home industry. San Fraretsco
E'g,ftafUet
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
Gnawing a Rome for His Life

During the recent evere blow the
fishing schooner Randolph anchored at
Harbor Delute, Campobello, dragged
from her moorings and went adrift
There was no one Gu board, as the crew
all lived near by and were ashore for the
night. in the morning the skipper,
Captain Malloch, went in search Of his
craft and found her on Spruce Island
point. He boarded her and hoisted the
fore all \ stiff breeze from the west
carried her of the rocks. but as hole
had been stove in her bottom, and she
WAS half full of water. she capsized and
sank in ten fathoms of water. Captain
Malloch jumped into the boat which was
made fast to the stern of the schooner.
He tried in vain to unite the line which
held her, but the strain was so great it
was impossible He had nothing with
him to cut it, and as the boat was fast
disappearing below the surface and him
self with it, he grabbed the rope with a
splendid set OF teeth with which nature
had fortunately furnished him, aud by
dint ofvigorous gnawing tnally succeeded
in cutting in two nine strand rope and
freeing his boat, but not until his head
had been drawn under wafer a number
of times in his efforts 10 unfastcn the
rope The schooner was owned in Yar-
mouth. Nova Scotia, and had 4 complete
fit-out for fishing cruise She was a
total loss, with everything on board =
Eastp0u (Ne) .SentiHA.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

For number of years a New York
firm, emulDus of the success that has at
tended the canning OF baked beans, has
been trying to discover method for pre-
serving the freshness and flavor of that
other essentially Boston product, the
Goldfish bali. They have at last sue
ceeded, and the rapid demand for the
article the world over seems to prove
either wide dispersion of New Eng
landers or else a widespread need Of
such an addition to the worlds kitchen
supplies.
Tie fish are killed by being stuck in
the necks, and are hung up until every
drop Of blood Is removed and the napes
are carefully scraped and cleaned. When
saited and dried the fish are equal to the
hest beach fish. Nova Scotia potatoes
are used, and instead Of pork fat the best
New York dairy butter is contracted for
at reasonable price The fshballs are
packed solid IN tin cans and Theoretically
sealed, after which they are put up in
cases Of ten dozen, when they are ready
for the market. The first sale was made
in this city last year, aud to such an ex-
tent has the business grown in few
months that the firm employs $50 men
and women in preparing and packing
tishballs and sixty timers in making the
cans. Since the first of October last
10000 bushels of potatoes have been
used. and the Goldfish comprises several
hundred quintals. The goods are shipped
by the carload to Chicago, st. Louis, San
Francisco, Pittsburg, and other Western
points. Orders have been filled and
goods sent to France, England, Scotland,
South America, Turkey and China The
industry promises to be very rcmunera-
tive ole, and IS capable OF considerable
extension, To which the projectors are
bending their energies, and no doubt
within "a few years large aud growing
trade will be the result -HaH anil EI-
1.r q
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
A Nice Way sIi1 Mustard.

1t is quite 4 convenience TO have mus
tard mixed ready for daily use. If made
according to these directions it will
keep fresh some time. Take three table
spoonfuls mustard, one tablespoonful
graduated sugar, and mix well together,
then beat an egg very smooth, and add
1t with a teacupful vinegar TO the mus
tard and sugar putting in little only
at time. until the whole is thoroughly
combined Place it then on the stove
in pan or kettle of boiling water, and
cook five minutes, stirring constantly
or it viii curdlc. When it thickens
remove it and add either teaspoonful
Of olive oil or the same amount OF melted
butter Unless olive oil Is perfectly
fresh, il is always better to use butter in
its place. as stale oil will spoil whatever
it is used on. --Pidirie Farmsr.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
BUDGET OF Fun.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Russian Courtship-KcepInc Him
Busy-Not for Himself Her
Mother had Been
There, Etc,

miegoff,
In voice with emotion quite husky.
Ny fondest devotion, oh, p'ease do not scott
katinka Pojakaroluski.7
" Techernyschevsky, my friend, the shy
maiden replied,
Your people are noble and rich.
would GolSusoits granddaughter be a
For nephew of Maximoyitchf
81 care no, kopeck.7 he said. an nv
drOshky
have you safe now. and laugh
At the wealth OF Klitkin or Overhaul
oshki
Gojavnik, or PullerzedoG.
IL You are worth more to me than the gold
Of Slugmiski.
Brakemupski, or SnmarakoT,
katlnka Poiakaroluski its risky,
But I'm going to carry you Off
And this Is the way the young Sawmiienoff
Put an end to all further discussion,
Twas simpler proceeding TO carry her off
Than to 90 on counting in Russian.
-ChicdqO Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
Habits of the IceIanders.

The Icelanders were always a people
of considerable literary skill, and their
I tales or sagas are innumerable. They
have long list Of poets. who in the
Middle Ages were received at the courts
Of England and Travelled throughout
Scandinavia. They are renowned as
fighters as well as poets
The Icelanders can all read and write.
and they have a natural talent for
languages. They easily pick up the
English language after living here a
short time, but they don't adapt them
ssiEes very readily TO our style of living,
or at least they think it is very awk-
ward.
At home they live on farms, each farm
consisting of about ten houses. with only
one room in each house The chief
house, the parlor, is called the ''Shaoli, "
aud there is fire house. q wash ne
house, an eating house, store house, a
bathing house, etc. There is only one
place in Iceland that deserves the name
of town, Reykjavik, the capital, a
place of about 100 inhabitants. There
are no railroads on the island, nor even
carriage roads twenty miles outside of
Reykjavik
Ali the travelling is done on horseback
or on foot The Icelandic ponies are
hardy aud serviceab'e ard cost but little
to keep. In the summer they Craze in
the public pastures and in winter they
are content with few pounds of hay
day and little shelter. 4 good pony
can be bought for $50, and trave.ers on
the island, as a rule, buy their own
ponies before they start on a journey.
Though under Danish rule, Iceland has
Its own legislative body, called the
'Althing.n
Few of the Icelanders are skilled
workmen, but all are very industrious.
and when they come here they engage
chiefly in agricultural pursuits and help
to swell the vote polled by the solid
farmers" At eventide, gathered about
their hearths, they listen to or tell tales
of the achievements of their fathers long
ago. Every Icelander knows the old
sagas almost by heart, and folk lore is
more dearly cherished than in
their far-of land of snow aud ice.-Neio
York TeLsgram.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
The Eject orvin-gar on Meat.

There are methods for making tough
meat tender; the operation IS purely me
chanical. Good meat IS sometimes
tough owing to hardness of fiber. 1t then
remains 10 soften the fibers in order to
make meat tender, or easy 10 masticate;
there are two ways known TO experienced
cooks; one by the action Of vinegar upon
the unco9ked fibcrs Of flesh. the other
the prolonged simmering of the meat in
an unsalted sauce, or in enough water.
also unsalted, TO Just cover the meat and
supply it with the requisite quantity of
moisture. The pounding of meat to
make it tender IS reprehensible to the last
degree. When meat is made tender by
the application of vinegar, or any kin
dred acid to the uncooked flesh, it may
subsequently be cooked after any desired
method, although it is usually stewed.
Several excellent dishes based upon this
principle OF cookery may be made. As
for the use Of the acid with uncooked
meat the writer's experiments have been
variously made with vinegar and lemon
OF lime Juice, and cider which has nearly
become vinegar, and they have a similar
effect; As they are less rapid in action
they re preferable for those meats which
are to be stewed, praised, or baked in a
sauce or gravy made from the wine or
cider.-1he HUseirife.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

] sod Z we're the harry wral
That stin IS Zee 70 follow
Hls hsarf shout tie word 70 find
To summer and the swallow.
cur fo The pleasant North b. goes.
- a=se faia Eo8.d h. going.
lifuush lan.is ahs-rs violet and raae
ahoul tae faiih ar Lowing
sin un-thHard- narrhssri Der the seas
hifh haasfs and sunny weather,
- b. 0aa hear IRE murnuEous bees
A11lag tse plFrie heather.
IA b. 1aa bar the ripple play
atsqut the uosidinE selsss
Aad ireathe TIE fragrance u the May
tr.an hundred heises.
= .nd - ne South Il Il uers mine
Is irh fa@s a. 90 a Msylng.
ln .auls ~ olis- ana u iine,
- more ia i-a delaying.
hat fsau ny Hualy exile fred.
IiraaEh suulii rass or shady.
= iols- ahsre suy b=srt would lead
tl-ii fouad my LADY.
A hapFF uiuf. ~ forrh 70 DAY,
~ fast fte aFing shife.
A1zl be- Eae E'lsassat nnrthlanI ley
~ siss uIpu Der iifs.
ilen shape the masic q the birds
41af sTeetis sInE above her,
inio pa e-lo a 10y Faris
= 81 hsr iles lose her.
D f. E,o5erfs1a-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
Iiet.ines-

CABBAGE Sotr Boil two pounds of
bacon in three quarts of water; add
turnip. one half head Of cabbage, three
onions, two stalks Of celery seasoned and
chopped fine; stew until the vegetables
are tender.
CREAM PIE.-Into one pint of thick
sweet cream stir one tablespoonful of
flour, one half cup Of sugar, a pinch OF
salt, and the white of one egg beaten
stiff. Flavor to taste, bake IN single
crust, as for custard pie.
NERMIcELLI PuDDING.-Bo a pint
Of milk with a few bitter almonds and
little cinnamon, pour over one quarter
Of a pound of yermicelli that has been
softened in water: sweeten to taste and
add three beaten eggs; bake or boil
CoRNED BEEF.-BoiI until soft
enough to remove the bones; put in
earthen dish and pour over 1t the water
1t was boiled in. Place plate on it and
heavy weight; have sufficient water, so
that when the weight is on it will come
to the top of the meat Let it stand I'M
til cold, then cut in slices
SQUAsH.-Cut the squash in quarters,
remove the seeds and skin, cover with
salted boiling water aud boil until done.
When cooked mash the squash and add
one ounce Of butter for each small one.
Moisten with gravy or broth aud put in
little pans or dishes; cover with bread
crumbs, place tiny bits of butter on the
top, and bake delicate brown in a brisk
oven.
MARBLE CAkE.-Light part: Two
cups of white sugar, one cup OF butter,
one-half cup Of sweet milk, whites OF
four eggs, two and half teaspoons Of
baking powder, two cups of flour. Dark
part; One cup of brown sugar, one-half
cup of molasses, one cup of butter, one
fourth cup of sour milk, half teaspoon
Of soda yolks of four eggs, -four to
thicken, and flavor
PEAS WITH MIRROR Take any part of .
the mutton most convenient. take half 4
adozen chops, put them on n cold water
aud boil until well done. remove the
chops from the soup into an earthen dish,
let it stand until :he next day; then re-
move all the fat, which has hardened
into cake on the top; have ready
quart Of shelled peas, put them into a
kettle with the soup, and cook onehour.
Add few potatoes
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

The editor did not deny the charge.
fla your paper not long since, she
continued, 4 read an article on the cen
sus returns made by the police, and in 1t
noticed that the increase Of population
in Georgetown from 1885 TO ISSS was
only twenty-three.n
AYES, madame, said the editor, be-
cause he hadn't anything else TO say.
well, its base SANDER on our town,
sir she exclaimed Indignantly, and dis
turbed the baby till it grunted. "Why,
sir, on my block alone, the increase has
been twenty four within year, and this
one I've got is one OF them
YES, madame, repeated the editor
with striking originality, sticking mis-
pen in the paste pot
Now, SIR, I want TO sue somebody
for libel. Its either the police or the
newspapers
The police, of course, madame, said
the editor, recovering his wits.
rs all the same to me. so long as
somebody has to pay for it. Good
morning. If any other member of the
Georgetown Committee on Population
call, tell them, viii you, that I've been
heref and she went out haughtily with
the baby. Washington Critic.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
An Island in the Pacific Ocean Ruled
by Jerseyman.

Captain George Davies. of the British
bark queens Island, has written to a
resident Of Wilmington, Del, an inter
esting story Of a visit to a distant and
lonely isle in the South Pacific Ocean.
This $50 ated spot in the great waste of
waters IS known as Palmerston Island,
and is situated in latitude 1874 south
and longitude 1853. 10 east, being repre-
sented on the charts of the word as an
uuinhabited coral reef, quite distant
from navigation.
Upon this exclusive territory CAPTAIN
Dawes says that one William Marston.
who claims to have formerly lived near
Salem, \. J., reigns like veritable
Monte Cristo, lord and master of all he
surveys
When the bark was OF PaImerston
Island Captain Davies was greatly sur
prised to sec a boats crew put off from
the shore and signal that they wished TO
be taken on board. 1t was AZ first
thought that the unexpected guests
were wrecked sailors, but when the
small boat pulled under the shadow of
the bark the discovery was made that
the little craft was loaded to the gun
vale with cocoanuts and tropical fruits.
The islanders were ont on trading
expedition and apprised Captain Dawes
OF their desire to exchange their cargo
for wearing apparel and other products
OF civilization not TO be obtained on
their lonely island
The crew Of the bark welcomed the
strangers on board and sat around them
in wonderment, while William AIarston,
the King Of Palmerston Island. spur his
yarn. He spoke with feeling of his old
New Jersey home, and claimed that his
parents are still living in that State some
where
Twenty five years ago he shipped as
seaman on the bark Riheman. at San
Francisco bound to the Tahita. one of
the group Of the Society Islands. He
deserted the We sci directly after she had
reached her destination and remained on
the island for three years At the end of
that time he migrated to ! almerstcn
Island, where for twenty-one years he
has been planting and growing cocoannt
trees and selling copra, or dried cocoa.
nut. to traders who visit the island about
once a year in the interest of san Fran
cisco merchants.
The population OF Palmerston Island
numbers about thirty-fve souls, all of
whom save himself are ma ives of ada
cent islands who have made their homes
on Palmerston and toll year after year IN
the cocoanut gIoves that abound there.
Captain Davies took the boat-load of
island treasu es Chief MarstoH and his
crew rowed away in the DIRECTION OF
their lonely home, and wheY last seen
they were standing on the bank waving
heir faEeWells to the fast-Fecading bark,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
A Texas Eviction.

A San Antonio Texas landlord had
trouble in efTcctins the eviction Of I'M
profitable tenants. Mr.. O. Bergstrom
was the landlord, and the family he de
sired to rid himself of bore the some
what shaggy name OF Pfughaupt Pro
curing a writ Mr. Bergstrcm placed it
in tine hands of deputy sherilfs Mrs.
Pfughaupt, it seems. was advised of the
coming of the officials, and jumping in
TO bed, covered herself with a blanket.
When the officers arrived she moaned
that she was sick unto death, and a
grown daughter and three small er
Pfughaupts flew at the sheriffs with
bromsticSs, skil,ets, tin cans and other
articles of like character. sometimes
used for purposes of caressirg. But the
doughty bailiffs fought their way
through the foe, and reached the bed
side of Mrs Pfughaupt with the papers,
when, to their astonishmert, that lady
reached out with long pitchfork handle
and wha ked one of the officers over the
right ear with it. Nothing daunted,
however, they gently lifted the pre-
tended sick woman from her bed, bore
her into the yard and soon had her and
the belligereDt children out Of the prem
ises. Tines Demoeras.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

Henry Case of Gloversville, n. Y. has
lust completed what is said to be the
smal est locomotive in the world that
runs upon a rail OF by steam. 1t is made
of solid gold, silver, steel, and brass and
contains 2s36 pieces. The weight of the
engine IS pounds; of the tender }
pounds; length of engine 81 inches:
with tender, Il inches: height. 81
inches; gauge of track, inches: diam.
eter of cylinder, 5-l6 of an inch: stroke
Of piston, Z iinch-piston head fitted up
with sectional or ring packing stroke OF
valve, LIS Of an inch: length of main
and parallel rods, Il inches, connected
up with straps. bolts, keys, set screws
and boxes aronnd the pins; length of
links, 10 Of an inch width of link,
inch; diameter of eccenttics, inch;
diameter of drive wheel, l. inches;
diameter Of truck wheel, inch. 1t is
ti:ted up with reverse lever, with thumb
latch and throttle lever, steam
gauge. etc. ltcan be run a mile in %
minutes. drawing q miniature coach
-Aeg Y9yt S@q.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

The lamplighter in a Turkish city is
a tall aud gaunt old Mussrlman. with
fierce mustache, an embro dered scarlet
jacket, and huge 'fustanclle. He carries
a ladder, box of lucifer matches, and a
huge green cotton umbrella lie plants
his ladder against the wooden posi-, on
the top of which common tin lamp is
insecurity fastened, aud taking of the
glass chimney opens his umbrella to keep
off the wind The hand c of the UNI
brella is tucked under his arm, and then
balancing himself on the rickety ladder
he proceeds to strike a light with his
lucifers, carefully protecting the sputter-
ing flame with both his hands. Natur-
ally this is slow process and by the time
the dozen lamps are lighted everybody
is safe at home, for the citizens do not 90
out at night, but retire to rest at a very
early hour ill tie Year Round.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
PITII AND POINT.

The healer is supposed to be well
hee,ed.
Suffering men have the most pOOrre
lations.
The real question of the hOur-wha,
time is it,
\ iour.sh:ng business-The musical
directors.
A burglar who was recently Frustrated
with lockjaw cured himself by picking
the lock
In a small Dakota town the following
sign is displayed: Heads sewed up
while you Waite.
1t is a prudent lardlady who feeds hci
boarders watermelon because her son is 8
doctor Merchant Trdr ler-
The wound Bouianger received seems
to have drawn the swelling from his head
to his neck -Netr York telegram.
''What becomes of the old moons, paF
"The old moons, my son. Why, they
die Of newmonia, to be sure, ''-Lyna
ten.
where is the buttermilk made;' asks
a city reader At home, probably, at
tending to her business. Detroit Fra
Press.
The man who took the stand IN hi,
own behalf brought it back again to ex.
change for full sized table. -Detyoil
Free Press.
The man who can't sing and won't
sing deserves the eternal gratitude of all
his friends aud neighbors--Joaraat q
Education.
The folks of old said; love is blind
Tell US, we pray YOU sages kind,
is that why he depends so much
Upon the magic sense OF toucht
Lac
Mrs. Plantagenet, who is strong il
ceramics, wants t. know where she can
see the $4,000 pitcher Of the Boston
nine and of what ware it is made. - C9pl-
mercia! 1drcrtiser.
NEVER TOO HOT.
Though men perspjre and the suns a-fre,
And the atmo, phere aflame,
II is never too hot, by long, long shot
For the great American game
Boston Courier.
al cannot give you definite answer
tonight, Mr.. Paperwate, " said tn, girl,
softly; you must give me : month to
think 1t over. ~ cry well, was tht
young mans response, land in the mean
time 1 can think it over myself Life.
"'What did you LEAN about that new
90, erncss, John - ''lll that your friend,
Mrs Clodpoll, could tell me" ''And
what was that, pray" give quite for.
gotten now, but it was either that she
was seventeen years o d and lived in One
Hundred and Twenty second street, OF
that she was 122 years old and lived in
Seventeen street
The Boston girl-when Sol begins to glow,
And days are inconveniently warm
Who how YOU stand the weather wants to
know.
Puts not the question in its vulgar form.
Adjusting, in her fascinating way,
The gold-riGInled glasses that assist her
view,
She asks Is there raloric sir, to day
Sufficient in the atmosphere for you.'
Boston Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
AS SHE CONES DOWN THE LANE


Along the fields the shadows fall,
The sun IS hanging low.
And on the ivy-mantled wall
The soft lights come and go. ~
A zephyr waited from above,
Drifts DER the waving grain,
Ny heart goes out to meet my love-
As she comes down the lane.
l lean upon the moss grown bars,
As long the path she fares,
Nv gracious queen. no blenitsh mars
The coronet she wears.
The sceptre in her womans hand
VIII hanish care and pain,
For am lord Of all the land
" hen she comes down the lane.
Soft breezes play about her now,
And lift her shining hair.
The sunset glow IS on her brow,
To make her passing fair.
Her beauieous face. her modest mien.
To picture them were vain.
And she Is mine, my bonny queen,
As she comes down the lane.
The daisies nod as she goes by.
The wild ross bushes pink,
Sweet song birds round her pathway fv
And sing The praise they think
She lifts her head, her eyes 81 clear.
Smile into mine again;
Ny heart cries out. God bless you, dear, >
As she comes down the lane.
Hull dad Express