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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
Not for Himself

snarley-''I see you're spending lot
money on thar little place OF yours in
Surrey
Snobley-"Yes, want TO make the
place-a-thoroughly fit for a gentle
man, don'tcherknow?'
Snarley-''oh, suppose you mean to
let il 2n-P,lncl.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
4 Terrible Thrcat.

swat, - said the collector for little
German band 20 a citizen who sat in his
front window. You no gil holdings
for dot moosici'
Not a cent? replied the citizen, with
hopeless emphasis.
Den We blay some more, dat's all,1
threatened the collector; so the citizen
hastily gave up quarter. -Eposh.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

On railway train. Two men dis
cussing book that has just been handed
to them by the newsboy.
First Man-"That's a great book, sir,
masterpiece Of work "
Seccnd Mani wonder how it is sell
ingn
First Mar" Selling like whisky at a
Montana picnic. Never saw anything
like it You see I am the publisher and
ought to know"
second Man-''Your information de
lights me. ! am the author"
First Man with fallen countenance)-
well, that is, it hasn't had much of a
sale yet, but l think it viii have. Big
risk you know, getting out this sort OF
book. n---IrkdH~r1 Iraceler.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

"Yes," said Miss Crushingtou, the
celebrated exponent of society aud emo
tional drama, Il had most successful
tour in England last summer"
Did you enjoy the trip across the
ocean,
VERY much coming back, but not so
much going over "
''Were you sicki'
"Naot so very. but felt badly and
wished ] hadn't agreed to come. Wanted
to back OFT, you know"
Il understand you felt like throwing
up the whole affair
''oh, dear no! ! wasn't as sick as
that ,'-Nsyciant Tra5eisr.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
Not WHOLLY Voluntary

Mrs. Van Prim-'I am astonished,
Clara, that you should voluntarily allow
Mr.. Featherly to put his arms around
you
Clara-''It wasn't exactly voluntarily,
mother; at least, considerable pressure
was brought 10 bear upon me. '-Sda
Francisco E1dmiasr.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
Her Mother Had Been There.

Eight o'clock A. MFRS, Popiniay-
"Where are you going, Angelinaf'
Angelina Only iust around the
corner to match this piece of silk,
mamma"
Mrs. Popinjay-"All right. I'll tell
Bridget not to have supper until :
o'clock. fire. Pros.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
A Practical View OF the situation.

Lady Blanch-"rm so fond of riding,
! could almost live in the saddle! The
habit grows upon one so, you know
ady Rose-''l wish mine had grown
on mel had to have it moulded to my
shape, and I expect papa will grumble
frightfully at the cost when he has to
pay the bill.n-Fun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Whitening Linen with Potatoes.

A French laundryman has discovered
a very ingenious method Of cleaning
linen without soap. He uses no soap,
nor I've. nor chlorine, but replaces these
substances by boiled potatoes, with
which he ruhs the linen This curious
process, it appears, is much superior to
those hitherto employed, and the worst
soiled cotton, linen or silk cleaned by
this method are made whittier than they
could be by the use Of an alkali Besides,
the method has the advantage that
brushes can be dispensed with and well
water be used -Neie York World
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
Agreed With Her.

Mrs. Yeast-''Do you buy your eggs
at 5hortcounts.n
Mrs. Bacon" Why, certainly; his
eggs can't be beat
Mrs. Yeast-'I know it; that's the
reason don't think they're good.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
Keeping Him Busy.

"James, said the grocer to his new
boy, haven't you got anything to do
nowfn
mo, sir"
well, ketch some flies an stick EN- on
the fly paper in the window N4.s
York Sun. -fra
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

Mr.. Tilbury Carter-"T That ship yonder
is the Pontiac, bound for the Land of
Orange Blossoms.
Miss Marie Gold (twentv-nine, des-
perate, and humming Meudelssohn's
wedding March" under her breath
Il should MT mind being bound in the
same direction myselir'-Paek.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

Benson entering Newport Casino)-
"Where have you been. Ed2'
Cathcart-"C Called on that rich and
hideous heiress, Miss Smith. Thank
heavens she was out" (Exeunt twenty
young men,
Miss Smith (at home next day
Strange that thirty-seven gentlemen
should have left their cards last night
just the night when l was not at home "
i Time.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

Village Parson entering country
editors oficel-"Ycu promised to pub
lish that sermon sent you on Monday.
but | do not find it in the latest issue Of
your paper"
Editor-'I sent it up. 1t surely went
in. What was the name of iti"
Parson-"Feed my lambs"
Editor after searching through paper
Al es-um-Ilere IT is. You see
we've got a new foreman, and he put it
under the head of agricultural Notes,
as Hints on the Care of Sheep
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
UnIncky Fate of a Hotel clerk.

Clerk-"Will you register now"
Lord Diyvivian taking pen)-"Aw,
aw, lanes
Enter James.
Lord what is me full
name, Jeames9"
James-"Cecil Fauntus Victor Albert
Quincy Burleieh Bacon Walvaughan
Warwick Divvivian, sixth Earl of Gil
courtmage, me lud
Lord Divvivian "Aw, thank you,
Jeames. Mall aud Express
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
nlsnrorlne yirnI stalis1ics

There was a cold, hard look in her
eyes and baby on her arm as sine came
into the Critie Office and sat down III the
visitors chair, alongside of the editors
desk.
You are the editor, she asserted,
confidently.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19
IEfsIEs Or EUNaERsoLTHAL.
A rRlBrrE
FEQN EVERY CITizEs
Yankee Blade.

Blessing are strewed like flowers in
or pathway; it rests with Us 10 gather
then up carefully o. pass them by.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

i Is better 10 have thorns in the fiosh
-iih grace TO endure then, shsn 10 hsys
nc tn0rns and no grace.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-10-19

The national deb. Of Great B!ltala is
.7ll.4l2,0 55. !
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02

Al.ea, realizing that ha kad ,~3gade1 the feelings D. W2ll as taN Gea | Of tac country man, promised scathiag retr.:etion Ill the next issue, ami while h. y,sts stil saartag under tae misrepresentation madc by LecPcr, sat down and wrote taa article. It was mach stronger ia his dcaane.ation Of Lec?er than he would have written had he gwen the matter a sober second thought, but ha handed 1t to Ilc, who put It in type, while Hcrrin subscribed, t9rcad the ralling the paper would giy, the man hc hated.
 Alien had allowed himself to get consid- Crabiy behind with his work. and he sat tt his desk late that night, long after the printers had gone home.
 His lamp burned dimly, and he found those superstitIous horrors with moro thaa usual force creeping over him. He foagh against the terrible feeling, but all in vain He grew nervous and started at the slight est sound.
 When he heard tinid knock at the door his heart tha:aped wildly He rose to his feet and, tre.2bliag violently in cycry limb, went to the door and opened it. Before him stood woman.
 She entered quickly, closing the door after her, and, her vail thrown aside, TO- vcalcd the white face of Bcrtha, Ha StfSHgs gtrt ot He mysterious house OIL tie biE.
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
docaG22a; h. a4aI -s.. ...tlea,

4ai1n@ u2 taa docQ.&ea; h. a4d ,.s. written, he read
 ''i, Thomas Simmons, torohg arc, n be- come candidate fo: the otii., of pe,,.,o- sentative of tEl3 county h thc ue... t;e.1,r3I Assembly fer the State O. II ss5as .t t3e coming election. aaJ hereby dac.a.a tAa, will be candidate for ID otAe.. o.,i.s s. said election, u which ti:ae thG c,jito. of the Heatrn f 3s0 tc, by aid of his Dln,r shall support ilH d. I caadi3ata for s4il office. Aad should Allen Gray. the said ciIto", support lae and l fail or rcfe5e to rra.I hereby agree 10 forfeit and ply to sand Gray the sum of one thousand dollars. and t1 consideration of this agreement should the sad Gray fail and refuse to give Iae Lis aid and support, at the :.Icana III the manner aforesaid he f3rt2it3 and is to pay to myself. Thomas Sisamoas. the luas and rue st.l of onc thousand dollars Ia ease Of either forfeiture above stated 1t Is agreed by the signers hereto that the amount so forfeited may be 3Gcd upon and collected oCt of our goods and chattcls in any court of la"' il this State having juris- dction oyer the same In witness of which we have acreHat0 set our hands and sc4lsa
 This was q very legal-looking document to Tom SinmOn5 and filled his soul with de light Once haze it executed and h. would have his enemy. Strong. on the hip. He vas Ecfi anxious b <l 1t at onca. but Al lsa ias sted en it beng executed ia dapl- c1tc aad when this Was done, and he had q copy il h.5 pocket hc yvas considerably re- lievcl
 :. Are yoa satisfied noty, Mr. SIaaoHs.n
 Yes
 Well a,1 very basE. Good ;a92alag.n
 Sim. 0n5 left the o.iiee
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
Where Log Cabins Flourish.

4 party of American gentlemen, who had been camping out on an island ln the great Lake Niplssing, Canada, last sum- mer, were returning Tn d sail boat and were yet seven miles from port when the sun went down, and with it the sailing breeze.
 A discouraging situation, truly
 |" Never mind, l can row you there inside of two hours,a said the guide who had charge of the party, as their murmurs arose.
 Why, man, 1t is seven miles, there are four of us in this heavy boat-its big jot you undertake" said one.
 No matter, have done the likes before and can do it again cheerfully replied the broad-shouldered Irlshman, as he slowed away the sail and bent to the oars. He was d splendid oarsman and the boat was soon under headway agaln.
 What would 1 not give to enjoy your health and strength remarked the Pro lessor.
 "Yes, am pretty healthy and though I am past sixty feel strong as ever," re- piled the guide. But only three years age 1 stood at deaths door, and never thought to pull an oar again. You see, 1 was in the woods all winter, logging and 1 got into the water one day and caught cold It settled on my lungs and had d bad cough which hung on till ran down almost to skele- ton.o
 Gall in a physicanW
 Yes, went twenty miles through the bush to see doctor; he gave me soma medicine, but it didn't help me much.'
 How was the cure effected.n
 "An old Scotch lady, who had come over from the States, gave me a preparation of balsams and herbs, which she said the early settlers in America used, and it soon stopped my cough and put me on my feet again"
 One has but to travel along the frontier to learn how easy 1t is to get along without doctors, and how effective are the natural remedies which the old grandmothers know how to prepare. They often cure where the best physicians fail.
 Every mother of family knows how coughs and colds are quickly and radically cured with syrups and teas made from ba. sans and herbs which 'grandmother taught us how to make
 Warmers Log Cabin cough and consump ton remedy was, after long investigation into the merits and comparison with other l old time preparations, selected from them because proved to be the very best Of them al It has brought back the roses to many 1 a pallid cheek-there is no known re lsay ts equal as . cure for coughs and colds.
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
CUAPTEH EI.
A STRANGE REQUEST.

A ST8ANGE REQUEST.
 For q moment Alien Gray stood dumb with amazement. He could hardly believe him. self awake. and passed his hand over his face as If to brush away the vision. When he looked again. pale and beautiful as ever, Bertha still stood before hiIa Those dark blue eyes seemed to have increased i'll their melancholy loyehncs5 and never was there q face more angelic than the one that met his a5toandcd gaze.
 Be seated he at last said. in vocc but httle above whisper placing chair for her.
 'sYou must think this strange and un- timely yisit.o said Bertha, her pale face tingcd with just the faiutest flush, as she accepted the profTered chair.
 Il can not say until l am better informed as 10 the cause of your Visit. hope however, that l may be able to be of serv- ice to you ia some r.ay..'
 She cast q frightened gia1ac toward the door. and then. with her Waite. scared face e.o,c to his Ter great blue or5s seeming to pIerce Eis soul. she said:
 Il knew 1 could depend on you, Mr Gray. This world, which 1 once thought 50 good and kind. Ia, proFelto 5e so full of deceit and treacAGal that 1 had almost decided never to trust another fellow being. But AOu Stht4i iiOItot, i-lttl3 t3f4tt 5s-lsIDbS pli will not betray me, will you Oh, promise Iae you will never betsay Gla!.'
 Those beautiful eyes became flooded with silent tears, while her pathetic, bcscechins manner would have touched q much harder heart than Allcn's.
 Il will never betray yoa T swear 1 never will =, ho Gn5srered NsltA unmistalable earnestaess.
 \ silence fell uron both The beautiful visitor ncYyously started at the slightest sound, while Allen, having partially re gained his c9nposare. sat gazing at he4 in astonisacd embarrassment.
 Tha beaatY and igg-5tery which eyer hoy cred everthe airi seemed . have increased, and Aliens prPseXitg had grown greater with them. Like Il Panofaaa he events of the past few weeks in winch she had SC con ns"-cuoGsly figured seemed to pass be tora= linn. Agaln he saw. the mgsterou- chateau en the hI.l. and heard anew tn stt"lH4e wall ot storic, which Wcrn wont tC fr:<tttcn tue children and mako the old pcO pc ahl6c their heads with doubtful mIsgN- ings. Once more the sunlight fell on the deserted turnpike which led to the grea house, and he vas wandering along from tine bcautftl sptit and the rustic old seal to tao p.atea:t aborc. In an instant tho scene had changed and |" WAS on the grea bluff overlooking the river, with this beau
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02

tifGl being at his side. The recollections of thc happy moment when two loving souls first met is eyer sweet to the memory. Then. again on that dark, wild Il ght, when they so stsan gcly met in the garden Her face was scarce less white than on that oc- ca,oa.
 Could it be possible that that beautiful be- ing-who had seemed as far removed from hlm as the stars were in his presence sat before him aionc. Was she on the eve of disclosing the terrible mystery which, like a pail cnshrouicd her! Fate seemed to have worked q similar destiny for them, and de spite all they might do their paths would tend to the same direction. No won der Allen Gray's heart beat violently. A few moments more might see him the hap pest man lviag, or the most miserable. \ great crisis vas coming and it k no won der that he trcmbled at it's approach
 fro cox n
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
"GOOD-BYG."

It came agata tonight, th2: same sad feeling That long aso I thought hat passed away; Thai ono old wound that stlIl rcSst5 all EeaIln%; Ina. pain not even time can quit2 al2F The mists close fn, but family through them
 stealing
 Icatch aa eeAo which will never die; For. all the memories of the past unscal n;, Cone those two teariul words of hers: Good
 bye" A touch of hands, few, hastywords in parting see and hear II ail again to-A.g0t; \ host of recollection now upss1r- ag lr t.t the whole scene again before ny $ ight a. tiood-byc," Tine low sweet voice that spoke
 it faltcred;
 The eyes were dimme that shone so bright
 and shy. The memory Of those words has never altered Those two sad whispered words of her.;
 ..Good-bycs" What might havo been God only knows: we
 never
 Can draw ths curtains from the m ua-
 known: And yet and ye., before me rses eger- But fainter since the shadow, deeper rrown Have fallen oa ny he2rt and brought 1t sad Ay.sioa of her iacc, tAe ena= strong tie That carries with it somewhat of the s1adnass I knew before those words of her: .sGood-
 bye!,' The music iA my soul can never brighten; The minor chords are 9ll that sogud today; Ant. monrnful strains, wAeh nothing seems to
 tighten,
 My life, my soul, my very being swaY. The harmony Is incomplete: her fingers Could toaca the chords and swell thc music
 high; Nov, n the notes a painful di5corl l!a-ars. For the sweetest string was broken by those
 words; E. Goodbye.
 -.I Uiqtirop Lote,aa}. ia H7rpsr's EeCa1I
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02

E.cse ci.Aer mistaken or knowingly per- verttag the tlatn, and then continued to
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
TALKING ABOUT OTHERS.
Why It Is Best Not tp Indulge in This
 species of Conversation.

Species of Conversation.
 Really" said bright-eyed woman the other day, .'if we are never to talk about our friends, conversation will go begging for subjects" The fact that we all more or less do discuss our friends, their foibles, their excelencie5, or their ways and means, is one about which We think very little. Yet we are fully agreed and if vote could be taken this moment from every body. the opinion would be unanimous. that t Is mean and Cnkind to talk in an un- friendly way about other people. Crit -clsm to certain extent may be par 1onable, but criticism when applied to the actions of private individuals is very apt by a swift descent to degen- crate into thoughtless or satirical eom- ment The honorable meaning which the word gossip itself once bore, re- ferring to ones sponsors in baptism and signifying relation by religious obligation, is an illustration Of the way in which the thing referred to suffers decline. We begin by q gentle deprecatory refer ence to somebody's infirmity of temper. and We find ourselves specifying par ticular time and scene. which straight way tue one who hears tells again to some one else with additions. slight perhaps, but material. Before we know it We have stirred up hornets fI'hia 1,n more potent motive than q mere love of fun, and half the gossip in the so- cial world is of the minimizing kind in- dul.ed in merely from a spirit of droll- cry. Far worse is that other sort of talk which ends in slander and begins in malice, and which separates friends and sunders the ties of years of inter- course with its sharp and jarring dis cords
 Upon the wh ole, it is best not to talk at the table or in the household. There are other things. and plenty of them, if only We go through the world with open eyes and hearing ears.
 The newspapers and magazines IT, nish material for much intelligent and intellectual interchange f thought, and if We were not so blind to tho beauties that nature scatters ia our paths, We should find much food tor talk in every change of the changing seasons. Gossip is of necessity dwarf ing to those who indulge in it, and from an educational point of view it is utterly unfit for the young to listen to or take part in. It has been called a womanly sin, and tea parties and sew ing societies have themselves been slandered as eenters and fountain heads of gossip and malevolence. But we have never found that women were more addicted to it than men, and we l have no doubt that the masculine club furnishes quite as congenial an atmos- l phere for its growth as the ladies ket- l tlcdrum.
 The way to get rid of it is to stamp l it out; if it has made its appearance l to frown it down severely, and never to indulge in it even in it's most spe- cious and innocent forms. - Chicago ha- l f9JjOr
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
.' .t4 ,,.a ,53a tank could" "'i-ss fI34.,aE3 r9irat

'' |sf.t9 Ga F9a ,a.atS cogld:"
 "Ia2 Han pae' might
 "IH 5esd t to them b4 ,Aa very next nal, said Ioaey Qaite enthGsas;icaiIy.
 Allen never ifnew wAa, the flte of this wearl anuat5ral noe'l wa5. Tao8gA ho has been a constant r2lsler Of Haper's p2god- io..ls fro:a that G2y down to tl.a present, h has never seen it iI any Of tta.A
 Next day the c5itor was ha'.l g; work il his oeiee wslaa NJ. strong entered. That look of d.oss,sst and u1casness on Alr. St =oeL $ f}ea HAs deepening
 Vel, Gray, thcT ar tedin' sOma hard yarns oa yc, said Mr. Strong, leaning on tae back of a chair.
 N bat do they te,l?' Allen asked
 They say as how yer gv;ine back on mo aa' zwInc ia support Tom Si9faoas.'t
 " Nho told you. Mr Seroags'
 :" Lots o people
 Allen was writing. He stopped long
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02

\ LONDON coroner has raised the qucs- ton whether q man can cough himself to ? cces \ broken rib was found in de ceased lunatic, when medical evidence was brought forward to show that under certain abnormal condi1ious bones may be broken by muscular efforts or evea by . violent u of coughing
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
fro BE CONTINUED.

AT Bournemouth, Eng, the streets are sprinkled vcry successfully with salt water which is conducted from the ocean to cer. tain hydrants The salt water is found par ticularly advantageous for macadamlzed roads. as it seems to make the immediate surface more compact. It is further found that the surface holds the moisture about three times as long as when watercd with fresh water
The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
ALLEN CIR
 The Mystery If 'IlrlG1'S P0int.
IZ gCT

ACTU0ts OF .WAITER BR0wHFIEI.D. - 'II IFIs.,; LA.xzMAS. -. BAsXEa OF BEDEoED'
 AND OTHER STORIES.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05
The Johnson NEuraer Case.
YALE NOTES.

Harvardss Rowing Tank-The Ere.
 posed Trip Of the Crew to EngIand-
 Little Cornell Ambitious.
 The New York City club held their annual banquet at Redcliffe's last night.
 The seniors have begun to be photographed by Pach for the class album pictures.
 The sophomores begin the study of elocu- tion under Professor Bailey immediately af- ter the Christmas holidays.
 The Harvard rowing tank is in process oi of construction. The Cambridge men have found it necessary to follow Yale's lead in this matter.
 The strike of stone masons and brieklsyers is still unsettled. The contractors will proba bly, send for men ont of town to take the places of the strikers.
 Cornell proposes to get up an etght-oared crew to capture the Childs cup, beat Colum- bia and Yale and do other marvellous things. It is improbable that Yale will accept chal- lenge from Cornell, as it would not be worth while to contest with so inferior an adversary and Pennsylvania gives the Yale crew all the practice they need.
 The crew takes practice pull on the har' bor every afternoon. It Is too early yet tc predict anything as to the makeup or pros poets of the eight. Rumors of Caldwel't rowing are floating about, but are as yet un- substantiated. No arrangements have been made with Cambridge, but an international race is one of the possibilities of the future Yale men are enthusiastic over it ard il would undoubtedly be grand thing for the no1laua