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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-16

Skim-milk added to twice the quantity
of warm water, cleans granting, or any
vanished woodwork easily. and Injuries
the varnish less than any other prepare
ton, as proved by many years trial. 1t
brightens up oil cloths to wash them over
with skim milk after cleaning. Never
use soap for cleaning paint. When there
are spots Of grease or smoke on the wood
work a very thin lime whitewash will
remove them. To extract grease from
wall paper, cover the spots with several
folds of blotting paper and hold red
hot iron near until the grease is absorbed.
Borax is very useful for cleaning win
dow glass and mirrors, and rubbing them
with old newspapers gives them line
polish. Newspapers are the best thing
for cleaning lamp chlmneys, Put the
least bit of kerosene on a piece, when
filling the lamps; then rub the chimneyss
until they shine. 1t is more easily and
quickly done than washing them III soap
suds, they look as well and are much
less liable to crack-Frairie F'trmer.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-16
Biyouac of the Unknown Dead.

One of the most touching features OF
the Arlington Cemetery, ut Washington,
perhaps the most touching. is the mOnu-
ment to the unknown Dead" 1t is
only a few steps from the site selected
for Sheridan's tomb, and around it lie
over two thousand soldiers who were
unidentified and who were only ''un-
known dead" 1t is a sad and startling
fact that of the more than a quarter of a
million dead who sleep in the national
Genet cries of the country almost one half
are unknown. There are eighty-twO
national cemeteries scattered through
the country. In these rest j3i, 600 dead
soldiers. of these 3i4. 600 graves, l4s,
900 bear the sad words unknown"
This is especially true of those in the ex
IRENE Southern States. In Mississippi,
for instance, there are buried over -,
geo. and of this number less t1an 5000
are identified Another curious fact
Did it ever occur to you that men VINO
gave their lives to prevent certain States
from seeding now sleep in the soil oil
those Statesi Anyway, it Is fact.
There are in Virginia l F! national Gene
teries. which contain almost -, 600 dead,
of whom over oue-half are unknown o.
the 50 national cemeteries of the country
three. fourths are in the States which
were in sympathy with the Confederacy'
aud of the 32i. 00O dead who lie IN
national cemeteries about 800, coo lie IN
southern soil. Mi'cdukee SeHtinst.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-16
A Cure for SleepIessness.

Ibs.aserrible evil of insomnia has so
: NJ 1iferent sources that the utmost
We can f51e rom any single artifice IS TO
afford relief from it under one special
form. venture to think have hit upon
q plan which thus remedies a very com
mon mot an aggravated) kind of sleep
lessness; and, with your permission, viii
endeavor TO make your readers who may
be fellow sufferers sharers in my little
discovery.
1t is now, believe, generally accepted
that cur conscious, daylight thinking
processes arc carried on i'll the sinister
half of our brains-i G., in the lobe
which controls the action of the right
arm and leg. POndering on the use OF
the dexter half OF the brain-possibly in
all unconscious cerebration, and IN what
soever may be genuine Of the mysteries
of planchette and spriterapping-l came
to the conclusion shared no doubt by
many otner better qualified inquirersl
that we dream with this lobe, and that
the fantastic, immoral, sprite-ike char
ac.er of dreams is. in some way, trace
able to that fact. The practical inference
then struck me; to bring back sleep when
lost, we must quiet the conscious, think
ing, sinister side of our brains, and bring
into activity only the dream side, the
dexter lobe. To do this, the only plan
| could devise was to compel myself to
put aside every waking thought, even
soothing and pleasant ones, and every
effort of daylight memory, such as count
ing numbers or the repetition OF easy
flowing verses, the latter having been my
not wholly unsuccessful practice for
many years. Instead Of all this, l saw
must think Of dream, the more recent
the better, and go over and over the
scene it presented. Armed with this idea,
the next time found myself awakening
at or o'clock in the morning, instead
of merely trying to Danish painful
thoughts and repeating, as was my habit,
that recommeudable soporiiic, Paradise
and the Peri" reverted at once to the
cream from which had awakened, and
tried to 20 on with it. In moment
was asleepl And from that moment the
experiment, often repeated, has scarcely
ever failed Not seldom the result is
sudden as the fall of curtain, and seems
like charm. A friend to whom l have
confded my little discovery tells me that
without any preliminary theorizing about
the lobes of the brain she had hit upon
: me same plan to produce sleep, and had
found it wonderfully eilicacious-
l should be very glad to hear If other
sufferers can obtain the precious boon in
the same way. The evils of prolonged
wakefulness and of the drug-taking TO
which its victims are too often driven are
alike SO terrible that l make no apology
for offering my humble contribution of
one more harmless remedy to obviate
them. London Spectator.
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Pas. Aug. the Great Inventor.


"One of the most comical things I've
ever heard was told me in the Caucasus, -
said Dudley Winston, the Young man
who accompanied his father on the
mission to Persia. at was in Tiftos,
the capital of the Principality Of
Georgia. You know there's an American
store there big place of business
where all sorts Of Yankee notions are
dealt out at enormous profits TO the ma
tives. l dropped in there. One OF the
objects of interest to which the Russian
salesman directed my special attention
was patent potato peeler.
"Dees instrument he said. 'ees
medd BY &c iaymOos 'ouse OF Pat. Aug
~ was astonished.
"'What house did you sayn
"sZe faymoos 'ouse of Pat Aug
"Never heard of it, said; / guess
YOU are mistaken
.Meestecken; No, sare. Ihave often
heard of re 'ouse, and have often seen
re name of re 'ouse- will show him to
YOU now. oh, it Is a firm which enjoys
great fame here
"And with that he looks for a speci-
men potato peeler and brings one out.
"'Zere, sare,' he says 'ees re name en-
graved in xe metal.
"a burst ont laughing until my sides
ached. There was the legend Pat.
Aug. Il, 1873 And the Pat. Aug.
part of it he had taken TO he the firms
name. found that this potato peeler
was famous under the name Of pat.
Aug. all over the Caucasus. y Chicago
Herah
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-16
Fancy Quilts.

Quilts are SO popular now that good
deal of attention is paid to them, says
writer in the Hoase.rife The beautiful
Crete and Madras lowered muslin bed
covers may be seen on many beds, but as
a rule worked ones predominant Some
in Roman sheeting have only one corner
ornamented; and a favorite design is a
thick, boldly worked trellis, with some
straying leaves and large clematis.
There are Just three or four crossed
slaves, worked in shades of browns and
greens in the corner. forming the trellis,
but the tendrils and flowers extend TO
some distance. A bedspread recently
exhibited, and worked by an old wom-
an, was Of brown sateen, with a design
in light blue cotton in the center and
round the edge. A frill of light blue
pongee silk, about quarter of a yard
deep, was gathered on all round, and
over that fall of rather coarse lace. The
effect was excellent. have also seen q
gold-colored sateen quilt, worked IN
pink and brown knitting silk, with r
deep frill of pink pongee silk.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
To Boil Potatoes Scientifically.

To Boil Potatoes Scicntlncaliy.
The proper, sensible and scientific way
to boil potato is without peeling it
Retaining its skin Though very well
washed. be it said, it also retains those
possibilities of favor and fouriness Of
which the generality of cooks do their
very best to rob it Different sorts need
different treatment, but it may be taken
as n general axiom that potatoes should
boil till they may be easily pierced by a
fork, and that after every smallest drop
Of water has been carefully and studiously
drained away from them, they should be
steamed for only three or four minutes
over a hot FIRE and well shaken during
this process. They should then be served
in dish without a cover, and very hot.
Perhaps the potato is the only vegetable
that docs not suffer from being eaten
from the same plate with meat or poultry.
-Bro0klgR Citizen.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-16
The Lie Labors Of ssth Green.

Fishermen everywhere, whether they
fish for pleasure T for business, viii feel
a personal loss in the death OF seth Green,
the original tish culturist of the world.
and the one in whom, in spite Of his
seventy-One years, lay the greatest prom
Use of the development OF the science Of
artificial fish propagation From his
tOyhood ne was a lover OF the woods and
streams, and in 1888, by observation Of
the natural methods Of propagation in
the salmon River, in this State, got his
first idea that fish might be raised art
ficially. He continued studying fish life
until 1864, when, on a small piece of
land that he bought near Rochester he
put his theories-into practice, and sue
ceeded in producing fry from twenty-five
per cent. of the eggs that he experiment.
ed upon. Salmon were Matched first, and
then trout. Afterward, whiteish, carp,
bass, sturgeon, craving, herring, perch,
muskalonge, and number OF other food
fishes were successfully raised at Mr..
Green's hatchery. In 1867, at the re
quest OF the State of Massachusetts. he
went to Holyoke, and in two weeks had
produced II 1000, 600 young shad from
spawn. since then he has aided in
stocking nearly all the large rivers on
the Atlantic coast with this fish. New
York made him Fish Commissioner in
1878, and soon aftcrward superintendent
State Fisheries, place that he held till
his death. Not only many of the States,
but number of European Governments
have had medals struck in his honor. and
nearly every fish or game protective or
similar society in the country has made
him in honorary member. he was pax
sionately fond of fishing as a sport, and
was very succe sful. lie had record
of eightyfye feet in fy-casting, and is
said to have once thrown 100 feet.-Ns,-
Xork SGi.
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Catsups are easily prepared, says the
Courier Journal, and much more health
full relish with meats and game than
pickles. When homemade they are
very economical, and more likely TO be
pure than even the best quality that can
be purchased from the manufactures.
Cold Tomato Catsup-Cut ripe toma-
toes into thin slices; put in a stone jar
layer Of tomatoes and layer of salt al
ternateiy until full; stand aside for three
days; strain; spice TO taste, and bottle.
Green Tomato Catsup-Take equal
quantities of green tomatoes and
onions, chop fine. sprinkle with salt;
put in bag and let hang up over night.
Season with red pepper, mustard seed,
celery seed and cloves, Pack in Jars;
pour over strong vinegar.
Sliced Cucumber Catsup-Take three
dozen large, ripe eucumbers and one
dozen small onions Slice the cucum-
bers, sprinkle with salt and let stand
over night. Drain: add he sliced
| onions, win red pepper, cloves and all
! spice; cover with hot vinegar.
I Cucumber Catsup-Take large, ripe
cucumbers. Pare, remove the seed and
CRATE. To every pint of pulp allow half
! pint of vinegar, teaspoOnful OF sal,
/ hall teaspoonful of cayenne pepper and
two teaspoonfuls of grated horseradish.
Drain the grated cucumbers, mix in the
4 other ingredients and bottle.
Boiled Tomato Catsup-Put a bushel
Of ripe tomatoes on to boil; boil gently
an hour and half, then strain and re-
turn the liquor to the Kettle and boil
thick; add half gallon of vinegar, and
simmer gently for one hour, then put in
half a pound of brown sugar, half tea
cup of salt. one ounce each of black pep
per and allspice, two ounces of mustard,
one Of ginger, half an onnce of cloves, a
teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, and half
teaspoonful of powdered asafetida; stir
well and let boil. Bottle and seal
Mushroom Catsup-Take freshly
gathered mushrooms, wipe, but do not
work them. Put layer Of mushrooms
in the bottom of crock, sprinkle with
salt put in mere 1sishrooms and salt un-
til the crock IS full. Cover with damp
folded towel, and stand in a warm place
for twenty-four hours; work and strain
To every quart of liquor add one ounce
of pepper cones, and boil slowly for
thirty minutes; add a quarter of Al
ounce of allspice, half an ounce of SLICED
ginger root. one dozen whole cloves, ant
three blades of mace. Boil ffteeI
minutes longer. Take up and set t.
cool, strain, bottle and seal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-16
Peathered Harbingers of Storms.

The saw-like note of the great tit.
mouse IS said to foretell rain that OF
the blue tit, cold.
Various proverbs would seem to indi-
cate that the cry Of the owl, if heard in
bad weather, foretells change.
Herons, says an old author, dying up
and down in the evening as if doubtful
where to rest, ''presage some evil ap-
preaching weather. legend as old as
Virgil.
In Germany dwellers in the country
lack faith in the skylsrk as announcing
fine weather, but when the lark and the
cuckoo sing together they know sum
mer has come.
In Hampshire swans are believed TO
be Matched in thunderstorms, and it is
said that those on the Thames have an
instructive prescience Of floods Before
heavy rains they raise their nests.
In the south of France so much store
is set by the wisdom Of the maybe, that
if it builds its nest on the summit Of a
tree the country folk expect season Of
calm, but if lower down, winds and
temDests are sure to follow.
The adherence in which mariners hold
to 'wallow-like storm petrol is well
- m Its appearance is believed 70
denote wild weather This little bird is
the Mother Carey's chicken of sailors,
and is also called storm finch and water
witch.
Concerning gulls in general, children
who live by the sea say "Seagull, sea-
gull. sit on the sand; it's never good
weather while you're on the land" and
fisher folk know that when the sea
news fly out early and far to seward
fair weather may be expected.
When rocks fly high and seem TO imi-
tate birds of prey by soaring, sweeping,
and falling, it IS almost certain sign OF
coming storm. Staying in the vicinity
Of the rookery, returning at midday, OF
coming to roost in groups are also SAID
to be omens TO the like effects
The constant iteration of the green
woodpecker's cry before the storm has
given it the names Of rain bird, ram PIE,
and rain fowl. StOrmcock is a provln-
cial name shared BY this bird and the
missel thrush. the latter often singing
/ through gales Of wind and rain. Storm
bird is also applied to the tieldfare.
To Scotch shepherds the drumming OF
the snipe indicates dry weather and frost
at night, and Gilbert White remarks
that woodcocks have been observed 10 be
remarkably listless against snowy, foul
weather, while, According g 4llSalnel.-
author, their early arrival and continued
abode foretells a liberal harvest. -
Chicag0 Ncjcg.
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PITH AND POINT.

Irony-The wit of the laundry.
Letters OF acceptance-L o. L.
The Quick and the Dead-The tele-
graph and the messenger boy.
1t often happens in politics that fact
that has leaked out" had never leaked
in.
Pay heed to tho IDLE rumor. Some day
the idle roomer may fail TO pay his room
rent.
An early settler-The Bowery ledger
who has to pay for his lodging before
going to bed
A physician usually treat his patients,
but he does not treat them well.-BiHg-
hinton Republican.
Sarah" said the small boy at the
lawn-mower 10 his nurse, come out ana
help me peel the grass"
He-sI wonder what makes the flies
so sticky today She-'I suppose It
must be that new fly paper you bought "
Darlington Free Pres.
Mrs. Maginnis-'Luk at the sthrut on
the youngster, Moike!' Mr.. Maginnis-
"Begobs, ef he kapes on loike that Oru
make a park policeman of 'em--Judge.
Baseball is a game requiring great
skin and courage, is it noti'' "les, 1t
is. the scorer needs the skill and the
umpire the courage. Nee York N'i's-
stranger in haste asks native of the
place where he arrived the night before
after dark: Whats the quickest way
to get to the depot." Run, you 1901
Lotion Times.
Robinson-'eHelIo Jones. Been away
shooting for a couple OF weeks, haven't
youP' Jones - les" Hobinson-
1Weu. what did you bagin Jones
INV trousers. Nee York Mars.
Professor "Gretchenl Please take
the cat out of the room. | cannot have
it making such noise while | am at
work. Where is it," Gretchen why,
Professor You are sitting on 1t, sir y
-Flicgeads Blaetter-
How sweet IS the voice of the festive lawn
mower,
asst sings and converses at morn;
How blithely it suffers, now faster no"
whils o shaving the beard of the lawn,
Judge
Iadv-"This lobster, / see, IS marked
two francs higher than the others; how
Is thatln "Well, you see, ma'am, 1t
happens to be fresh,' replied the vendor,
smiling, as If he had said the most
natural thing in the world--Le Fdroetr-
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The Ocean sunash.

Recently Captain Newal Gray dis
corered little distance from Captain 4.
IS. Grsy's wharf. at Roothbay, Ne, the
big in OF an ocean sundsh- He speedily
Transferred himself 10 4 row5ost, and
ID a little time caught the fellow by his
nose with the boaihook. The skin was
So tough he could not penetrate il, and
after hard fight the fish escaped. He
uas pro5ably coo pounds in weight.
This ssh IS peculiar, in being little but q
head. and two immense fns about where
the neck should be, and the most Of the
BODY IS wanting They float iazily on
the surface. add take the name from
asking in the sun Their food is Jelly
oh. 50 abundant on the Maine coast.
The Iirers are very large aud yield large
quantity Of oil, which commands high
prioe q q remedy for sprains and burns
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-16

Wife to country editor -''Aren'tyou
feeling well tonight, Johni"
Country Editor--Not very, my de-
An indignant subscriber came into the
Office this afternoon and mopped up the
floor with me-"
Wife Observation-Disclosures, John, l
hope he didn't stop his paper, too. -
Lye.
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What VIII He Do With 1t?

Il have nothing for you to eat, my
good man." said the young wife, ''but
if you need any clothes here is gar
ment of my husbands that you may
have. He has several Others like it and
doesn't need this. "
The tramp looked at the elaborate
yellow and green dressing gown, en-
broidered with blue roses and red hum
ming birds and walked off slowly,
scratching his head in dazed manner.
-Chieag9 Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-16

1t is said of Bengalese tribe, the Os
walls of Marwar, India, that while cholera
RACES on all sides of them not one has
ever taken the disease, much less sue
cumbed to it, and they attribute their
immunity TO their sanitory rules. Ac
cording to the precepts of their religion
they never touch animal food nor spiritu-
Gus liquors; they dine early, and sup on
milk and fruit. Wherever an Oswal
goes he never breaks these rules. It is
notadded. but it is quite safe to presume,
that a measure, at least, of cleanliness
goes with these other religio-.anitary
ordinances.
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Home. swe t Homo.

Featherly-"Are you pretty full up
at your boarding house, Dumleyl'
Dumley-"Yes, there are two brides,
three dowagers, a grass widow, a retired
army officer with one leg, and myself. y
Featherly-"That is a full household,
for a fact. What kind OF fare do you
gen
Dumlev-''Warfare ."-Epoch.
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NIr. RnchfeIIer,s sugcestIreness.

ooh, look at that pretty bird, Mr..
Bachfeller!n said Miss Neyershy, point
ing to big gull swooping in bread cir
clcs over the sea.
"Yes, said Mr.. Bachfeller, with an
awful effort to be jocular, land its not
the only pretty gull can sec, Miss
Nevershy. Both of them are as grace
full IS can be, and"
isn't that bird fishing for some
thing"
"Yes- but but 1 didn't mean to sug-
gest that you we're"
That will do, Mr.. Bachfeller-I see
mamma is reckoning to me"
And they have occupied seats on op.
posite sides of the vessel since Pitts.
bzrg Dispatch.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES
The Summer After-The One Thing
Needful-Only a Brief Res
pite-A wife's Fears,
Etc, Etc.

l stool once mOre on the dear old beach
Where we'd parted the year before.
And sitting there in the self-sane spot
saw my love once more
The dress she wore was the one l loved,
A simple gown OF white,
And / asked myself, when she put it or
Did she know would come to-nlght.n
The moon shone bright as closer dreE,
Ana knelt at her feet on the sand.
Where / told her how | had loved her long,
An l ventured to take her hand
With a silvery laugh she raised her head,
And then. oh, horrible shock
! saw that twas only Rosalie's maid
In Rosalis's last years frockl
-CorReiid Redmond, IN Life.
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A Nervy WelI.Dlgger.

Oneof the chief annoyances of the we'll
borer's vocation is the frequent breaking
of Of his important instrument, the
auge9. Just as it has reached a depth Of
about twenty or thirty feet from the
surface. Various devices for overcoming
the trouble have been unsuccessful, and
as vet no one has invented means Of re-
covering the auger-head after it has be-
come detached from the handle. II
looks as though the nuisance would have
20 be put up with for some time yet.
ew men care to risk their necks in the
recovery OF bit of iron as a well-digger
in La Crosse, Ga, did last week. He
got some one to tie rope around hi;
heels and let him down head foremost
until he could grasp the coveted auger
head and take it 10 the surface. - ChieGg.
Neies.
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Miss Ethel (of Boston)-'1 under
stand, Clara, that young Mr.. Mason, who
was verv attentive TO you last month, is
engaged to Miss Racket, of Phila-
delphia.'
Miss Clara (of New York)-"Yes; l
released Mr.. Mason on Thursday, and
and do you know it wasn't two days be-
fore he had signed with that Phila-
delphia girl. Time.
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Little Mabel-"oh, mammal' Where's
Protestln
Alamma-"My dear child: I never
heard Of such place. Why do you
aski''
Little Mabel Because, heard papa
say this morning he'd have to go there
this afternoon, sures shooting. Idea.
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Offended.

Young Mr.. Banks weighs a trife over
two hundred pounds and is somewhat
sensitive about it. He was calling on
his girl the other evening when she said
naively:
''Oh. Mr.. Banks, would you just as
leave sit in this easy chair as in that
rockeri"
Certainly, certainly" replied Banks
gal antly, as he changed from one chair
so the other.
'-Oh, ihanks,r she murmured, .you
are very kind. have al stlas full Of
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OnIr a Rrier Resnite.

Infatuated Youth after three hourl
visit)-"Aliss Maud. must CO."
Infatuated Maiden-''Well, Charlie
but you will call again soon. hope"
infatuated louth-''l will be back il
fifteen minutes n-Detr0it Free Press.
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The One ThInc NeedfuI

Mr.. c. de Hurst-"Ah, waitaw, what
did the cook use in cutting these mutton
chops
Anatole-"A cleaver. sir, of course p
Mr. c. de Hurst-"Aw, good, Bring
me onel"