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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30
shoes Hare KICKED Ont Boots.


THE evolution Of the shoe" said
Bryan McSwyny to "a New York sut
man, furnishes an interesting subject
for consideration. Sixteen years ago you
couldn't find shoe IN the stores Of this
city. The shops were filed with boots.
Now you cannot get a boot except
through a special order. The shoe was
brought into general use by the retail
traders. Next the manufacturers took
TO manufacturing hoes until the boot
has been entirely srnerseded blythe shoe
The first style OF shoe cOnstru- ted was
the congress gaiter. 1t was ludicrOus to
witness the attempts of those who had
been accustomed t. wearing boots when
they tried TO put On a congress gaiter.
Gradually the congress garter was super
seeded by the button and the laced shoe.
The latter is more generally worn at the
present day than any o.ber style. When
O'Leary, the pedestrian, walked his
famous match with Weston at Chicago,
he wore boots. and as n consequence he
lost four toe nails But in his next con-
test he wore laced shoes, and when the
week was ended his feet were in prime
condition There used to be an old idea
that bootlegs helped to keep the lower
limbs warm, and that they also assisted
in supporting the ankles. These falia-
cies, however, were disprovcd when the
shoe came into general use. 1t was
found that all that was necessary to in
sure warmth was to keep the ankle warm.
In order TO achieve this result the gaiter
tops were invented. But later experience
has demonstrated that even these were
in order to obtain this re-
suit. No. continued Mr.. McSw7ny. as
he looked around at his well-filled
shelves, ~ have so, 900 worth of shoes
on hand, but not one pair of leather
boots The only calls have for boots
come from those who are going into the
yilds of Texas or some new country, or
from some old-fashioned man to whom
boots are necessity from early habit"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30

OF all the means Of public conveyance In a
large city, even FOR few hours, during a strike
OF the employees, means n general parllyzing
Of trade and industry for the time being. and
Is as.ended with an enormous aggregate io=s TO
the community How much mnre serious TO
the individual is the general tie-up Of his sys-
TEN. known as constipation, and due 10 the
strike Of the most important organs for more
prudent treatment and better care II too long
neglected, torpid or sluggish liver viii pro-
duce serious forms Of kidney and liver dis
eases. malarial trouble and chronic dyspepsia.
DR.. Pierces Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets are a
preveE.sse and cure Of these disorders. They
are prompt, sure and effective. pleasant 10
take, and positively harmless.
DR. Oliver Wendell Holmes says he has made
more money a surgeon than a an author.
Cure warfanted-asthma,b bronchitis. cough.
Group Use Fontaine's Cure and Linimenf.
Ifaffiicted with sore ewes use DR.. Isaac Th0mp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell al PC per bottle
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30

The annual value Of the dairy product OF ILL.,
nois equals the gold production Of the United
States
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30
Talented Feathered Warblers.

An interesting discussion of bird music
is furnished by correspondent of Sci
eaoe. incidentally pointing out that the
catbir6 is our Northern mocking bird,
capable of initiating any noise it may
hear, the writer takes up what he says is
a complete evolution in the song or notes
of our ordinary robin. Ordinarily. he
is ''clumsy singer, having n rough,
seessw note. that he repeats with little
variation" He has precedence Of the
other birds in the morning song with
which daylight is greeted in June. and
his song, though not musical, is well
adapted to constitute a matin cry. In
June of lat year, however, the writer
saws, he heard cry so particularly like
articulation that l was startled Hear
this birdie Hear this brdiei Hear
this pretty birdier the last notes being
exquisitely rendered, with a wave and up
ward bend. - On careful examination,
he found the singer 10 be a veritable
robin redbreast This year the bird re-
turned, and, "better yet, it was apparent
that the babes of this family were
singing, not the old robins seesaw, but
the new song These robins, too, sang
all day long. Later in the year the writer
heard a xobin singing a set Of notes
''most charmingly unlike anything had
ever hea d.
From these facts, and from various
published reports of the initiative pow
ers of the robin the writer believes that
we shall soon see a remarkable evolution
Of robin music. Any such evolution can
not bat compel us to give a warner wei
come than ever to the bird which though
traditional favorite in England, has
hitherto been accepted by us less for his
beauty of plumage and Of song than for
his amusing and charming impudence
and laziness.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30

Cincinnati has a wOmen's press club. a wo-
men paper md a women's suffrage club.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30

Frogs leg have become a staple delicacy on
the bill of fare Of all frst-class hotels and res
tiurants IL New York
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30

DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes says he has made
more money as a surgeon than a an author.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30

haffiicted with sore ewes use DR.. Isaac Th0mp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at &c. per bottle.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30

cure TarlIated OCTOPUS, cough.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-11-30

The Athen um Library, Bury St Ed
munds, England, has biography of a
man named Corder which is bound in a
piece of human skin. Corder murdered
his sweetheart and married some one
more to his liking. Having been de-
tected and hanged, the doctor who OBJ
tanned his corpse sent piece of his skin,
properly cured, TO the publisher, and a
copy of the dead mans life was accord
ingly bound up in his skin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
DISEASES OF POULTRY.


Prevent Them by Keeping Your Fowls
Clean and Well Fed.
THE best and only way in which to
prevent fowls from having diseases is
to look with unremitting care to the
cleanliness of their food and water, OF
the vessels in which they are fed and
watered. as well as to the thorough
cleanliness and proper ventilation of
their houses, and they be not crowded
in their houses, or have wet floor UNI
der them. Then, of course, in confne-
ment or on limited range, one must
supply them with what they would find
for themselves, if free A dust bath,
part ashes and part dirt, with little
sulphur added; ground shells and
bones; fine gravel; meat of some kind,
two or three times week; onions,
also, and supply of charcoal broken
up for them, and a constant daily sup
ply of vegetables or green stuff of some
kind" This is the doctrine of the
poultry business as we have been try
ing to preach it. Keep the hens clean
and well fed, avoid dirt, hunger and
wet floors, and you will prevent dis
ease getting foothold, and proven
ton is better than cure. IT, from eX-
posure to n cold rain, or some such
cause, bird shows signs of roup, adj
minister slug or two, separate her
from the others, keep her warm. give
her Strengthening food, including some
bits of raw meat, or a little milk, and
she may be cured; but for an advanced
case of roup, or an attack of cholera,
| should unsparingly use the Ratchet
and block, burying the carcasses. -
Cdckler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
FARM AND FIRESlDE.

Where hens are not changed from
one locality to another they will lay a
great many more eggs in the course OF
a year.
When breaking in your young colts,
put them beside fast walking horses.
The first few lessons will make lasting
impression on them.
To soften water for dish washing
and laundry purposes thoroughly dis
solve one teaspoonful of graduated I've
in four gallons of water.
1t is claimed that wet land may be
made to produce fire wood by planting
willows thereon, and that it may be
made profitable to do so in some Sec
tions.
1t is a wasteful practice to haul out
manure in winter and leave it in small
heaps till spring. The manure often
heats and throws off the ammonia,
which is lost If spread at once it will
not heat.
If hot water is poured on raisins
or currants to seed them or wash them
for cake, dry them between towels and
in the oven at once, before putting them
into the cake. If added while wet they
will make the cake heavy.
Practical experience has demon
strated in the face of all opposition,
even if the fact can not he explained,
that the growing and blowing under of
crops in the green condition will en-
rich the soil, and that nitrogen will be
thereby increased.
Give the fowls occasionally feed
of corn that has been charred or burned.
1t will act as Il stimulant and counter
act disease. A good way to burn it is
to put it an oven. as it will be more
equally charred than if in contact with
fire.
Cabbage salad: Cut the cabbage
very fine, and put into dish in layers,
with salt and pepper between; then
take two teaspoonfuls of butter, two of
flour, two OF mustard, one cup of Vine
gar and one egg. Stir all together and
let it come to boil on the stove; pour
it hot over and mix well with cabbage.
Cover up.
German pudding: Three-fourths
cup of sugar, one large spoonful of but
ter, mix as for cake. add two eggs well
beaten, one cup of milk, favoring to
taste, and enough flour Onto which
some baking powder has been sifted)
to make an ordinary cake batter; beat
up very light, pour into buttered
mold, bake in quick oven, turn out
on dish, sprinkle with little sugar,
serve with lemon juice.
The idea that the bee invariably
dies after singing is vulgar error. 1t
will, if allowed time, generally carry its
sting away by travelling around upon
the wound, giving the instrument a
| screw movement until it is free More
usually, however the bee is not allowed
to travel around, and she loses not only
the sting and the venom gland and
sac, but also the lower portion of the
bowels, so that her death follows in an
hour or two.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
SUNLIGHT IN STABLES:
Tie Eject of Absence OF Light Upon
Growing Animals.

II % Eject OF Absence of Light Upon
Growing Animals.
we tried an experiment some years
since to test the effect of absence
OF light upon a calf. We had
two aeep-red calves, of the same age
(sixty days., one weighing $50 pounds
ard the other 1872 pounds. The latter
we placed in adark room, with trough
that could be filled by spout through
partition. The other was confined in
the same amount of space, but in full
hght' and both were fed exactly for tn e
next three months. The object was to
test the affect of light upon such %
growing animal. At the end of the
time the one in the light weighed 430
pounds and the one in the dark weighed
So0 pounds, and its color had faded to
very pale, dirty red. Its eyes were
so much effected when admitted to the
light that it kept them closed most of
the time for the first week or two. The
two calves were kept on together, but
the one from the dark room never fully
lSSOfVlcu lIOul llllS IDEe6 mouths Oh
darkness. 1t never recovered its bright
red color. although the color improved.
Any one who noted these two calves
during this experiment would never
after doubt the impolicy of a dark
stable Sunlight is indispensable to
Healthy vegetable and animal life.
Every farmer sees his cat and dog Sc
lect belt of sunlight to lie and bask
in; and if he will watch his cattle when
turned out he will find them seeking at
once the sunny side of the barnyard.
And with all these indications before
his eve, still the farmer keeps his ami
mails in a dark stable, much to their
discomfort and his pecuniary loss. We
do not, of course, include all farmers
in. this statement, for small minority
fully understand the importance of sun
light in stables, and make ample pro-
vision for its Introduction. -Practicat
Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
A Bow Hero,

Three! four! five! How funnyw
cried the girls. "Hurrahr' shouted
the boys. What were they counting?
Yes, the patches on poor little Con-
stances dress. She heard every word,
and the boys loud laugh. Poor little
heart! At first she looked down, then
the tears came with great rush; and
she tried to run home.
"Cry-babym shouted the boys.
Don't want her to sit next to me-"
said Ella Gray.
"What right has she to come to our
school?" whispered proud Lille Gross.
There! don't mind q word they
say!" exclaimed Douglas Stewart, lcav-
ing the group Of rude boys, and trying
to comfort Constance. Let me carry
your books" he continued. "It's only
little way to your home, isn't it?"
Constance looked up through her
tears, to see the bravest boy in school
at her side.
Il live in the little house under tho
hill" said Constance. at isn't like
your house"
But it has pretty vines and climb
ing roses, and it's nice house to live
in," said Douglas. a dare say you
are happy there. "
"Yes. don't want to come to this
school again, said Constance, softly.
"Oh, things will be all right in a
day or two" said the boy, kindly.
"Never mind them just now"
The scholars had been talking of he
roes little while before; they had
been wishing to be like Alexander and
Caesar and Napoleon. There was not
hero among them except this same
Douglas Stewart, who dared to stand
out before all his schoolmates and be-
friend this poor, forlorn little girls.
s.. Visitor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
Color in Eggs.

There is q growing demand among
townspeople for dark-colored eggs. In
certain localities this has been the case
for years; and the preference has grown
and spread until it has become pretty
general. 1t will pay farmers who live
adjacent to towns and sell directly to
consumers, to be governed by this fact
in their choice of breed lest some en-
terprising competitor, more alive to the
popular demand, shall break in upon
their market and quietly steal away
their trade. OF the fowls that lay dark
colored eggs, there are probably mono
as desirable Us the Langshan and
Brahma, either of which is good, al
though l prefer the Langshan after hav-
ing tried both. These two breeds lay
an egg almost identical in appearance.
being rich dark brown color. There
is no doubt that their eggs contain
more nutrimenJ to a given amount of
weight than those from most other
breeds. And even if they possessed no
well-founded points of superiority, the
fact remains that they are growing in
the estimation of the consumer, and as
long as you expect him to buy directly
of you there can be no doubt but it will
pay you to choose your breed with an
eye to his favor. j. Fiero, in Farm
and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
Fresh Air Society Stories.

The report of the Fresh Air Society
of Portland, Me-, tells some pathetic
incidents connected with the little city
waits first visit to the country, and
other incidents not pathetic. One boy,
after three days stay, suddenly re-
membered that he had left his baby
sister in charge of neighbor while his
mother went out washing, and he was
sure that the woman abused the infant.
He must 20 home and see. And he did
go home. When he got to Portland he
had wonderful story to tell of the
dangers Of life in the country; of the
Indians and bears and other wild beasts
that he had met. But his mother knew
him. She sent him back and in due
time he arrived at the farm with ire
mendous plug OF tobacco in his pocket.
AS he didn't chew there was n natural
curiosity to know why he had brought
it. He said that he was "afraid he
might need it some time. IN Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

Tom sprang up. 'Who-who-ar
you, sir?''
mo matter, young man, no matter
who l am. l am going to that safe,
You go"
"If you will sit down and wait, Mr..
Dodlins will be in, sir; he has only
gone home for bite. /"
"a bite! Yes. first one and then an
other, for an hour. Here! you take your
seat and be quiet young man."
'lf you will tell me your name"
mo matter. Take your seat, sir?
With his lifted cane the visitor assumed
a threatening attitude.
81 am going to do my duty" NUT
tered Tom. Rushing to his employers
desk, placing his foot on the spring in
the floor, and pressing hard, Tom
heard the safe door go-slam!'
Young man, shouted the old man,
angrily, his face reddening.
Il must look after my employers in
terests, " said Tom, firmly.
open that safe door, young mani"
81 can't, sir, l don't know the COM
bination."
Must 1 wait till William Dodlins
comes back?"
Yes, sir!"
"Where' the telephone?"
"Ill call up Mr.. Dodlins and tell him
how it was"
Ding-ding-ding! went the telephone
in William Dodlins' dining-room.
Whats that?" said the man. who
was enjoying his one hundredth bite.
pity l can't eat without interruption!
however"
He rose and went to the telephone,
bowling down his big red ear.
"Oh!" he mutterred, that's Tom!
Well, he called to Tom, "what's
wanted?"
MAN here that wouldn't give his
name wanted to get into the safe; he
was very commanding. Of course l
wouldn' t let him, and touched off that
spring, and"
"What kind of mani" asked Will
lam Dodlins
IAN old man, and has a red COM
forter and n crookcd-head cane"
Dear mel" muttered William bod
Inns, ''if it isn't father!'
He now shrieked through the tele-
phone: You did all right, but an
other time let him 90 to the safe. II
is my-my father; l will be down I'M
mediately after"
He stopped. The rest of his sentence
he finished at the table. "After-I
have few more bites. Father will
calm down and be like zephyr,
know He will like the boy for stand
ing up to his duty. OF course, when
so many evil-minded people are about,
if father won't give his name, he must
take the consequences. He then rose,
left the house, and hurried to his Office.
Night came again. Tom again got
his own supper. Miss Bartlett once
more called and found jubilee going
on in the Sherry kitchen.
Just think of il, Miss Bartlettm ex-
claimed Mrs. Sperry, still nursing her
rheumatism. ''if old man Dodlins
didn't call on Tom, and Tom touched
off the spring wouldn't let him into
the safe, you know-and the old man
liked him for it, you see, and says he
is the boy who wouldn't swerve hair
that is his language-not hair for
Queen Victoria and-and-he is going
to employ Tom and give him bigger
pay"
With what intense satisfaction Tom
Sperry looked up and grinned. Req.
E. 4. Rand, in Interior
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

eyes, it pays" said big, fat physician,
medical world. 81 have a practice worth
aO,OOOa year" women: "Yes, you We
guessed it first time. They pay $40 every
time they come into my office. When one
gets on my list tell you she stays" and
DR.. H laughed long and loud. This is
quackery-gilt-edged, genteel quackery-to
keep suffering woman paying tribute year
in and year out, and doing them no good.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures the
peculiar weaknesses and diseases of wom-
en-. 1t does not lie to them nor rob them.
AN early rumor-the firso guest at a sum-
mer hotel -Gritie
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
GOOD AND POOR LUCK.

"lf the face in the moon
Weat . frown-alas
LucA 'fill be poor till the month shall pass
If the '=ee in the moon
Wear smile-why, then,
Luck will be good, till it frown again.
so runs verse
That used to say;
] have learned it, since,
In another way.
III a face be married
BY frown-alas!
Luck will be poor till the frown shall pass
II a face be bright
With smile-why, then,
Luck will be good till it frowns again.
If the first be true
'Twould be hard to say;
But the last if you will,
You can prove, each day.
II. Il. Hudson, in Wide Audke.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
Seven Cheap Excursions to the West.

r. Now is the time and the "GREAT Rock
ISLAND" is the route. Take advantage of
the series of cheap excursions to Kansas,
Nebraska, Northwestern Iowa, Minnesota
and Dakota, leaving Chicago March 90,
April and "a, May and p, June 5 and 10.
Rate, one fare for the round trip; tickets
tirst-class, and good for 80 days for return
passage. Do not fail to take advantage of
this opportunity you may never have such
another. Be sure your tickets read, via
CHICAGO, Rock ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL
WAY, which has its own lines to principal
roints in all these States. For rates and
full particulars, address z. A. HoLBRooK,
G. T. and P. A, Chicago, Ill
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
A Singapore missionary sovs III,

A Singapore missionary says that
the deadly cobra of the Indian Archi.
pelsgo never exceeds the length of five
feet The hamadryas, a snake often
COMPOUNDED with the cobra, attains the
length of fifteen feet and is very fierce.
The python sometimes grows to be
twenty feet long.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

The most acute embarrassment a girl ever
suffers is when, after passing fellow on
the street for whom she has concealed
fondness, she looks back at him and he
catches her at it
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

were the exact number shipped during the
short, dull month of November, 1887, by the
largest mail order cigar house in the world,
namely, Il. W. Tansill q Co.. Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

IT is said to be unlucky to have thirteen
persons at table, but it is only to be feared
when there is barely food enough fol
twelve.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

Lady (before her husbands por-
traiD-Very fine, charming. l am en-
raptured-but the picture has one
great fault don't find the least trace
of resemblance. Painter - Resem-
Observation-Disclosures, madam? 90 to
the photographer; he will give you re-
semblance. ! am an artistp'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

1T is q notable fact that however clearly
seamen may be on the water, they have "A
decided dislike to being washed ashore. -
Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

THERE were wrestlers in the old chivalrio
days, or else how could KIN ght throw
down the gaunlet?-1erds SifIingS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

AN extraordinary thing in ladies' hats
cheapnesa TEXAS S;ftimgs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

TRAIN robbers know how TO dispurse the
passengers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

If you want to hear some racy English go
to a horse-trot on the ice Harrington Free
Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

A BOURBON pretender-one who pretends
he doesn't like it when he does -Bu1alo
Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

DRIVING street car is not very high
calling, but it can scarcely be classed az
among the lower walks of life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

CARPET TAcKs are now made in drawing
rooms by lGdyship steering her hustle and
train.--Nep HaVen Ael0s
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

WHEN musician goes fishing, does he
castanet in the hope of catching bassoon?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

IF you want to know what a sliding scale
is try to handle a wet figa-BoSton Com
Dlerc{1[ Bulsttv
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

PRIVATE houses have dumb walters
hotels have deaf ones
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

THE proper way to warm the house is to
keep the cellar coaled
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

DECLINED with thanks-an object enable
dish at table
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24

THE lower the price of coal the more
grateful tho community. -BmghdmtoR
Leader.