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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Cement to Mend Iron Pots and Pa

Cement 20 Mend Iron Pots and Pans.
Take two parts OF sulphur and one
part, by weight, of fine black lead; put
the sulphur in an old iron pan, holding
it over the FIRE until it begins to melt,
then add the lead; stir well until all is
mixed and melted; then pour out on an
iron plate or smooth stone. When cool,
break into small pieces. A sufficient
quantity of this compound being placed
upon the crack of the iron pot to be
mended, can be soldered by a hot iron in
the same way a tinsmi.h soldiers his
sheets. II there is a small hole IN the
pot, drive a copper rivet in it, and then
solder over it with this cement-SeieH-
tine Amerieaa.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
He Fixed 1t.

ST. Louis man lin his room at Chicago
hotel preparing to retirel-"What's this
signl Don't blow out the gas All
right If the Ian 'lord wants FER to burn
all night it's nu;hin' to me. What's this
tackled onto the door, Rules of the
house Jesse. All gas burned after
- o'clock p m. will be charged for.
So. That's the game, is it, Daresn't
blow it out, and yet got to pay fur it if
it burns after midnight. haveIl Not 10y
a gosh blamed sight. I'D like to see any
Chicago bulldozer get ahead of me that
war; IEmpties water pitcher on gas jet
and crawls into bed. - Chicago Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
A New Rereraye.

KaTee-thee or coffee tea, is the name
of new beverage prepared from the
roasted leaves OF the coffee tree. Ac-
cording TO late report of Gehe, the
Malays prefer this tea to coffee, as it is
suppose to contain more of the bitter
principle and to De more nutritious. The
decoction looks like coffee, smells like
tea, and tastes like a mixture of both. As
the leaves contain 0.5 to OF Per cent OF
caffeine, this new product may become
important as an article of food as well as
the source of caffeine-Ns,o York Market
JournIi
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
More Than he Expected.

Young Man Ito editor)-''what do
you think l ought to get for the poem ?"
Editor-"You ought to get ten dol
lars"
Young man (overjoyed)-"oh, that is
fully as much as expected"
Editor-''Yes; ten dolla-s or thirty
days.
That was more than he expected
I a.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
Currcd Around the obstruotIon

"Stevie, a bright four year-old, had
been told that he must not ask for any
thing to eat when visiting the neighbor
Soon after, at the house of distant rela-
tive, where be invariably found some
thing to eat, he hung around with a
wistful sort of look, until finally he broke
out:
"Aunt Jane, I'm awful thirsty"
''Are youi"
eyes. l am so thirsty 1 could eat a
doughnut. "--Boston Gio5e.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13

az have just given my father-in-law a
very nice present, said travelling man
man to another.
''What was It'll"
"a pointer
"Ahl see. A hint not to interfere
in family matters"
''Notat all 1t was a dOg"-Aer-
chant T'rdreler.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13

49, -srlE1ol ;1,|lilrtis, 81 tlorauu
- 81 $50 as Fl F.sr0eat eFssssr faau
ze l.arlEpes tTees u H.
t ssns ars hang r.pisiF e.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS sKETC HES FROM
VARIOUS sou RCES-

What He Gave Him-CIIryed Around
the Characterization Than
He Expected-His. Health
Was Delicate, Etc
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
VALENTINES


Baby came toidling up to my knee,
His chubby features all aglow-
''Dess rse doin' to be oor beau
See what 90 dot fom me-
A valentine from my baby boy,
A crumpled sheet and a honiely scrsvI
In baby hand-that was all,
Yet it filed my heart with JOY.
Broken my heart and white my hair.
And my mothers eyes are used TO weep
Ny little boy is fast asleep
In the church-yard over there.
What shall be mammals valentinel
The spirit touch Of baby hand
baby voice from the spirit land
Singing a song disins
-EHgsae Field
ROBINS.
Little Robert Robin sat on leafles< vine:
He said; Dear Ruby Robin, may be you
valentineF'
Pretty Ruby Robin sat on a lcaGess spray;
She said: "Oh. tell me how, and then perhaps
YOU may
Said little Robert Robin; "oh, we would
builda nest,
And you should live with me, and love ms
true and best
Little Ruby Robin said: at might he very
pleasant
But she flew of gayIy, singing, NO. a
'' ''' - NIB C sods.
THE BARY'S
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13

One hundred and ffty-two persons
were killed in Chicago last year by the
railroads entering that city,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13

The raising of forest trees is one OF
California's most profitable industries.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28
The Immortal Texan.

Sam Houston was not rendered so cynical
by his first unfortunate venture as to render
him unfit for married life, as his more than
fifty years of unalloyed happiness in that re-
lation amply demonstrates. He not only
married after becoming a citizen Of the re-
public of Texas, but was a devoted husband
and iudicious father, dying in the midst of
his family in 1862 One Of his sons inherited
a considerable share Of the fathers sturdi-
ness and talents.
To illustrate Houston's devotion to his
second and real wife, the following incident
was related to the writer of this by an old
Washington habitue and journalist, who
knew him well during his senatorship-
1S45-59 Houston was know to he intensely
fond of amusements, but no friends could in
duce him to attend the theatre, circus or a
public bali Being rallied on his Puritan
ism" by Mr.. Clay, the old hero Of San ia
cinto quietly replied: 81 am not personally
of opinion that there is anything wrong in
those recreationS: but my wife is a deeply re-
ligious woman; she is most strenuously OPP
posed to the theatre, etc, and though she has
never even limited that she would rather |
should avoid such places, yet, knowing her
sentiments, think my foregoing so momen-
tarv pleasure but small cross for me to
bear to insure her more perfect happiness. -
Chattanooga Times.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28
NIississippi's Agricultural College

The farm of the Mississippi Agricultural
college not only pays expenses, but is a
source of revenue. What is more, the land
is constantly improving. The farm was an
old cotton plantation that had been devoted
to raising one crop so long that 1t had be-
come practically unproductive. By adopt
ing system Of rotation, keeping dairy COWS,
9nd blowing under green crops, the land has
become very productive.-Chicaso Times
Kew Work For Messenger Roys.
I met a messenger boy the other day lug
cling a big eyed and very much astonished
baby. evidently not a family connection of
his, which. on questioning the boy, ! learned
he was to deliver st a certain house not iar
distant For him this was al in the regular
line of his business, and he went about II III q
solennly practical way that was quite adj
mirabie, do not think he loitered with taiS
burden on his hands As for the parent who
entrusted the baby to this method of car
riage, he or she must have q confidence in
the security of the messenger service that IS
nothing less than heroic. Yet l 40 not doubt
that the kaly got there saie.-Bostou Post
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28
A letter Carriers Walk.

Ihave often been asked to explain how let
ter carrier walks along, apparently with ease,
at rapid gait over slippery ground, and runs
up and down icy front steps, while other
folks are barely able to keep their footing
while they creep along in rubbers or with a
set of those steel prong nuiSanceS fastened TO
their shoes. The carriers soon laarn to walk
over slippery places without falling because
we have so much of it to DO, and experience
has taught us how we should handle our bod
les and legs when on dangerous ground
When passing over sieety places we don't
walk erect, but bend forward, taking short
steps and never lstting one foot get far away
from the other Then, when we step, the
foot is put down solidly, all Of it at once, on
the ground, with no heel and toe movement,
which leads to slips and falls. It's not grace
full. this way of walking, but its safe. and
can pass any ordinary pedestrian on a slip
perry day and be in no danger of falling,
while he is constantly slipping.-Carrier in
Globe-Democrst.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28
Ella Wheeler Wilcox at Work.

81 like to be interrupted" said Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, land that is ono reason
why like New York; there is no other place
where interruption comes so easily.
"No, | am not one Of the poets who fly to
nature. ! don't mean any disrespect to ma
ture: the painless forests are very fine things
in themselves, but they don't inspire ms like
human beings, human thoughts and human
doings l want to be among people and feel
the pulse of humanity throb. / enjoy having
nv fellow creatures about me. / like to hear
the teams rattle by in the street. I like to
stop work now and then and go out and walk
down town. and SEQ the world busy as it is
busy here in the city every day.
II believe | write best with people about
me in the room. OF couse, l shouldn't wish
to feel that they were dependent on me for
entertainment, but like the atmosphere Of
a social company, chatting among themselves
and speaking to me now and then. can
join in the talk and then go back to pen and
paper Just as readily as if | were alone"
"And you don't find the thread of your
thoughts broken or confusedm
"If | stop half a dozen times know that
the lines will run just as smoothly in the end
as if | had turned the key upon myself and
insisted on fine frenzy in solitude | mean
it; / like to be interrupted. 1t is two months
ago now that poem came to me at the the
atre one night. | had time to write a few
verses only, and since then have been out
of town, and | have been learning to cook
and | have had other writing to dc. 1t was
not until Sunday evening that | found time
to finish that poem. There were people here
until 1880, but when | was able to sit down
at my writing table the stanzas came as
fresh and as naturally as if the thought
hadn't been interrupted for weeks in finding
expression Eliza Putnam Heaton in Buff
faln News
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28
yhe aaehta Daily Eagle Saturday Tlor,o ganuary e.
CHINESE MONEY LENDING SYSTEM.

The Plan Of a esWoo-ey"-Shares and
Shareholders-Heavy Premiums.
The Chinese have way of borrowing and
lending money under system that they call
Woo-ey, that allows its members to borrow
money in a stated sum and repay it by in
stalments Any member of Woo-ey who
takes share and does not wish to borrow
himself obtains good interest on the money
he invests. The plan of Woo-ey is as follows:
All Sing wants to borrow 500 and repay
il in installments, so he starts Woo-ey; his
first step is to find twenty persons who are
willing to take IS share in 500 Woo-ey.
All Sing is known as the Woo-ey Tow, or
head of the Woo-ey; the shareholders are
known as Woo-ey Chi, or children of the
Woo-ey. The Woo-ey lasts for twenty months;
each Woo-ey Chi pays in SIS to the Woo-ey
Tow, SO that All Sing obtains his $780, At
the end of the month All Sing goes to each
Of the shareholders and asks for bids for the
next loan: each member writes his name and
the amount of interest he is willing opay on
a slip of paper. Every member has the right
Of borrowing money once during the Woo-ey.
After the bids are all received they are
opened and read and the money lent to the
highest bidder. We will suppose that 2 per
cent. is the highest bid An Sing, who now
pays the first installment, has to pay 10 the
full amount of IS, while the others deduct
the per cent. and pay in $3.50. When the
next installment falls due there are two
members who have to pay in the full amount,
and so the Woo-ey runs on.
At the end of fifteen or sixteen months the
interest offered is often as high as % or 80
per cent, but as fifteen of the members have
borrowed, and so have to pay in the full
amount of s., it is only the four or five left
who get the benefit of the heavy interest.
Sometimes toward the last of the Woo-ey,
when two or three different ones wish to Dor
row, the rates offered are often as high as 10
per cent, and in one instance that know of,
Just before the Chinese New Year, 100 per
cent. was bid on a s. Woo-ay.- As there
were three members that had not borrowed,
the hard up Celestial had only to pay the
heavy premium to two men. Sometimes the
Woo-ey is as low as fifty cents a share, and l
have known of Woo-eys as high as $50 a
share. Those who go into Woo-ey as an in
vestment, and do not borrow themselves,
generally get a large interest for their
money.-San Francisco Cor. Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28

If you let trouble sit upon your soul, like .
hen upon her nest, You may EXPECT the
Matching Of q iavEe brood Good Eousekeep-
ing.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28
A Genuine Real Estate Speculation

\ Washington correspondent says that the
best real estate speculation in that city dur
ing TIE past summer was that Of Gardiner
Hubbard, the father-in-law OF Bell of tele-
phone notoriety. He paid $50, 600 for tract
of h;lI and hollow or the line Of the MssSa-
chusst;s avenUe extensioa, put 800 men at
work with carts and shovels and barrows:
thus spenG $4,000 in inDrovirg the prop
er1y. and has sold over so. COO worth OF lots
and has some OF the original tract or hand-
Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28
When Potatoes Are Done.

JesSup Whitehead, the gastronornic writer,
says the iIlfaliiDle rule to know when fried
potatoes are done : this: When first thrown
into tine fat they sink; when done thew rise
and float After that il IS only question, ot
color when they should be taken ou,-Bos.ou
Budget
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28
An Old Complaint,

The papers - 'iuadalajara arc ca:npl9in-
ing that many ladies that so the performances
Of the Pastor sa:-,ucla troupe usA- very large
hats which prevent those sitting behind theu,
frcn seeing what is going On on he s.-ge-
Chicago Times.
Wichita eagle., 1888-01-28

A solid lump of coal, containing eighty
seven cubic feet and weighing 6,;5l pounds,
was exhibited at the Texas state fair. twas
the largest block Of coal ever taken from q
mine in the United States -Chicago News.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-17
TELEGRAPhIC BREYsTIES.

York. - f''ei'' - -'e'
Tom Lees, OF Australia, says he is anxiors +,
meet Jack Dempsey in the ring.
! A ministerial crisis is threatened in Spair
over the question of army REFORM
Thurman left Indianapolis yesterday ane-
! noon for Fort Wayne, where he will speak To-
day. -
On Monday, Bill Harper shot Walter J. Mur
ply, near Prescott, A. T. The wound is a seri
GUS one.
Mayor Hewitt emphatically denies that he
had said he would not vote for Cleveland for
President
1t is thought that a large sum has been mis-
appropriated by somebody in the Farmers and
Mechanics Bank at Pittsburg.
George Mcdonald, who trained Sullivan for
ms ms nght IN Europe, says he can have him in
better condition than ever in three months
The warehouse of the Standard Oil Company
and contents and oil train ut Duluth were
burned yesterday. Loss, So, 900; uninsured.
The postotice at Lathrop was entered by
burglars early yesterday morning and thor.
oughly ransacked. All they received was one
ten-eent piece.
James Brown Potter has been notified by the
1!IA IuAe4o Clqo, OF New York, that Kyrle Bellew-
MIS- Potter leading man-is not wanted at that
cihb, on account of his notoriously immoral
character.
T. B. Barry, late lecturer of the KNIGHTS OF
Labor, has sent circular to the KNIGHTS of
Toronto, stating that he and several others are
10 start new Independent Knights of Labor
organization.
AT Donaldson, Pa, on Sunday night a six
year-olu boy got a loaded shotgun rested it on
a chair and shot his Tlother and little babe in
her arms: They may both die. The boy said
ne was playing cowboy.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-17
4 W2muY Rcnninn.

EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN: There was a reunion of
the Cross family at the old homestead in Morrill,.
Me-, October Sd, Owing to the rain there were
only about sixty present. The address of wei
come was an original poem by Mrs. Roscoe
Cross, who with her husband and family are
living on the old place, welcoming them all,
but more especially Mr.. and Mrs J. F. Cross, of
Antelope, Sacramento county Cal, who are
spending few weeks visiting their relatives
and friends in Maine. The address was re-
spouded to by Mrs. J. T. Cross IN a very feeling
manner, showing how, alter years of absence,
the heart is made to rejoice by the warm greet
iDgs of friends
After pariaking of real New England din
ner, which consisted not only of the famous
pork and beans, brown bread and pumpkin N pie,
but OF all the good things to be thought of.
among them fruit-cake made in California,
the remainder of the afternoon was spent III
story telling, music, recitations and games not
forgetting the good old game of button" in
which gray-hsired men and women OF three
score years joined with as much enthusiasm as
when boys and girls they gathered around the
nearth IN winter to eat apples and Crink cider.
IL was decided that the next reunion should be
held one year hence, and the following officers
were chosen: Warren Cross, President: Ralph
Cross, Vice-President; Robbie Near, Secretary.
When the time came for separating, vote of
thanks was extended to Joshua F. Cross and
wife, who opened their hearts and home for the
reunion. May their lives be long and happy
with their only remaining son, who with his
amlable wife, afler years Of absence i'll CalIfor-
MIA, have come with their children 20 make
the Old nome ring again with childish laughter
Morrlll, Ne, october 4, lSSS. r. f. NJ
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-17
STANFORD UTiyE &s!TY.
Progress of Work on the Bciidirgs- The
Chapel Beguil-A MausoIcum

Foundations of the six large buildings which
f0fn the front half of the Quadranele In
which the structures Of the Leland stanford
! University are grouped are now compfe ed
and work on their walls will 90 on rapidly. The
. SIX buildings, corresponding precisely in size
ana appearance. of the rear half of the quad
rangie, are nearly all rooted, and interior worEs
is in progress. The red roof thing the delicate
coioring OF the bTown-yellow sandstone the
evergreen oaks ard the ridge of hills behind
form an attractive picture. hundreds Of labor
ers are busily employed, stone-eutteTs aad car
penters form q small army, ard an architect
detailed for the service by the Eastern design
ers, watches daily the rearing of the structures
OF the great university. Portions of the facade
OF the chapel at the rear of the quadrangle
have been put in place but it is not intended
TO erect the chapel building at pr sens-not
until some of the classroom buildings are
completed. The foundations OF all The build
lngS are OF coarse rubble unfnced, bur above the
ground lines the blocks are trimmed and faced
All the buildings are one story in height, and
all are connected by a long roofed YeTGnda
with arched openings and pillars after the Mis-
sion style OF architecture. Within less than six
months some OF the buildings will he ready for
occupancy. fact significant of the work pro
Jected by senator Stanford about the University
is that the San Jose quarry, from which all the
stone for the buildings is taken, has been leased
by him for ten years.
Toward the Stanford residence from the Uni
Nerslty buildings on a beautiful site among the
trees, small structure of gray Vermont granite
IS being erected. Blocks of granite that form
the front wall are already in place and they
support larger block on which are carved the
names of Leland Stanford, Jane L. Stanford ana
Leland Stanford Jr. This is the Mauso cum
pulIolng, winch is 10 he one of the most elabor-
ate structures OF the kind ever ma6e-S. T.
bulletin. Oct 18Th
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-17
A Double Help for the Bilious.

In addition to that chief remedial meas
ure-the use of Hostetter's Stoms ch Bit
lefs-persons suffering from an acute BIZ
ious attack will facilitate recovery by the
use at first of milk and lime water and thin
gruels, and By very gradual return to the
use of solid foods. Fatty substances
should be excluded from the diet Blue
pill is remedy of doubtful safety. pariic-
ularly if there be nausea and vomiting.
frequent concomitan;s of liver trouble.
The Bitters, provided its reformatosy action
be not retarded and matred by gross indis-
crelions in diet, will soon restore the equi-
librium of and action of the liver, stomach
and bowels, all three disordered by bilious
ness. In all forms of msierial disease,
which in every oae of lis phases presents
indications of liver trouble, Hostetter's s
Stomach Bitters is the foremost Of speci 6os.
The light of over thirty years experience
slso shows it to be fine remedy for rheu-
natism, kidney troubles, dyspepsia, ner-
yousnt SIS and debility.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-17
LOCAL BKEVITIES,

Republican mass meeting will be he d this
evening at C. Zinmerman's store Twelfth and
L streets.
Governor Waterman yesterday appointed l. P
Judson of Georgetown, FL Dorado county, No
tary Public
There will be Democratic mass meeting at
c. Zimmermans store, Twelfth and streets,
| tomorrow evening.
Minnie Campos, a three-year-old daughter of
| Olympia Campos, was yesterday adopted in the
Superior Court, by Pedro and Maria salgado.
4 concert viii be given on Wednesday even
ing, November 1ith, at the sixth-street NJ. Z.
Church, for the benefit of the pipc-o gan fund.
In another column the Democratic County
Central Committee announces the dates OF
meetings to be held in various places in the
county.
Miss Ida X. Kinds, reciter and impersonator.
will give an entertainment at the First Baptist
Church on Tuesday and Wednesday erenings
October 23d and 2ith.
r. $. Carey yesterday shipped three carloads
of hogs to G.. n. Edwards Il Co., San Francisco.
They were Il splendid lot, and were raised on
| Mr.. Carey's Yolo county farm.
Officer Green last night arrested three China
| men for selling lottery tickets He sent boys
into their places of business to purchase tickets
| and the plan worked in every instance.
The candidates for office on the Republican
| ticket are making a canvass of the county Last
night F. r. Dray, G. n. Post, Elwood Bruner, J.
| L. Huntoon, F. J. Johnson and Frank Clark
| spoke at Franklin.
| The Relief Committee, l. o. o. F., have ar
ranged to take their annual excursion next
Sunday. steamer has been chartered and
the members of the committee. their ladies and
invited guests, win go on a trip to the mouth of
Feather river.
The following arrests were recorded on the
police slate last night: John Doe, common
drunk. by officer Row land; Frank Burdock and
Z. Burke, misdemeanor by citizen Gotobed; J.
G. Cross, misdemeanor, surrendered ;.Mong>o G,
All Coon and Gin Gee, selling lottery tickets, by
officer Green.
G. w. Luce, son ofIsrael Luce Of this city has
been appointed General Pacific Coast Freight
ard Passenger Agent Of the Texas and Pacific
Railway and Cromwell Pacific Through Line
| with headquarters at San Francisco. Mr.. Luce
| is a Sacramento boy. and his many friends will
| be pleased TO learn OF his success and merited
p,omotion.
1t was reported last night that Governor
Waterman had decided to pardon George
Mathena, Charles Mausell and James Costello,
the three men who were sentenced to six
| months in the County Jail for destroying rail
road property. They have served about half
their time. a petition for their pardon received
numerous signatures.