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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13

SPANISH FRIrrERs. Trim the crust
from some stale bread bakers. or. if
homemade, it should he very light. Cut
in any pretty, fanciful shape, and soak
in a mixture Of one beaten egg. one cup
Of Dream. or milk, two tablesp0oufuls Of
sugar, and little nutmeg and cinnamon.
Frya little brown, and eat with stewed
fruit, or a sweet sauce.
BAKED CHEESE. one and half
cups of finely chopped or grated cheese,
add half a cup of bread crumbs, one cup
ful OF milk, one egg, beaten light. a
little red pepper and salt to taste. Put
it in butter dish and bake fifteen min
utes in a quick oven. This is a good way
to use the last of piece of cheese, when
it becomes too dry 10 be nice alone.
LEMON CREAM-Boil the thin peal of
two lemons in one pint OF ere I'M, strain
and thicken with the well belten yolks
of three and the whites of four eggs. into
which half teacup of white sugar has
been heated Add half saltspoon Of
salt stir rapidly with the egg-beater until
nearly cold, and pour it into glasses or
cups. This quantity will fill six good
cups.
BOILED HAM-Soak in water over
night. Next morning wash hard with a
coarse cloth or stiff brush, and put on to
boil with plenty Of cold wafer Allow
quarter OF an hour to en- n pound in
cooking, and do not boil too fast. Do
not remove the skin until cold; it will
come off easily and clearly then, and the
juices are better preserved than when it
is stripped hot. Cut very thin when
carving.
CREASiED RIcE.-This is an excellent
and cheap dessert. Boil a cup of rice in
new milk when about half done add the
yellow rind of lemon cut fine and a
little grated nutmeg. Sweeten to taste,
and when very thick and tender pour
into small cups; when quite cold turn it
out and pour over it some thick and
sweetened cream or stewed fruit 1t is
delicious with mixture of currants and
raspberries stewed.
Snow BIRDs.-These little birds make
delicious little morsels when cooked as
follows: When plucked, washed and
cleaned, have some large sized potatoes
peeled, and scoop out the inside with a
blunt knife. Cut slice from the end so
the potatoes will stand; put bird into
each, head end first; place piece of but
terinto each and bake in the oven until
the potatoes arc done. Serve on hot dish.
CREANIED CoDFIsH.-BoiI one pint Of
milk, thicken it with one tablespoonful
of butter aad one tablespoonful Of flour.
The easiest way to mix them Is to put
them together in bowl set on top Of
the boiling tea kettle stir them &C
casionalIy. as the butter meits. until they
are smoothly blended, thin with little
of the hot milk, then mix all together,
season all with pepper and add heaping
cupful of shredded Goldfish Serve very
hot.
SWEET PoTAro SoUFFLE.-SiX me
diminished potatoes, one gill of cream.
one tablespoonful of butter, one tea
spoonful of salt, whites of three eggs, a
pinch of butter Boil the potatoes till
tender: when done remove the skins and
press the potatoes through colander.
Add the cream. which must be hot, to
the potatoes, with the butter, pepper and
salt Now beat it till it is very light.
and then stir in, gently, the we'll beaten
egg-white. Heap in a baking dish,
brown. and serve.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
A Monster Bridge.

At meeting of the American Society
of Civil Engineers, Professor Gustav
Lindenihal read an exhaustive paper on
1.-THE North River Bridge Problem" 1t
outlined gigantic scheme for construct
ing n suspension bridge across the Hud-
son at a point batween Fourteenth and
Twenty-eight streets, for the purpose of
bringing all the great railroad lines into
this city. The plan of the bridge con-
sisted ~ two wrought iron towers on
suuken stone piers, at equal distances
from either shore, with three suspension
spans, the middle one being ., $50 feet
long. The largest single span ever de-
signed up 10 the present day is that be-
longing to a bridge now being construct
ed in Scotland Its length is 1, 200 feet.
The professor argued that the great
width of the river has made engineers
rather favor tunnel than bridge, ow-
ing to the many difficulties involved in
the construction of the latter. Still a
bridge with six tracks. which would ac-
commodate all of the railroads desiring
to enter this city, could be constructed
at a much smaller cost than the number
of tunnels that would be required for the
same purpose. Besides, it would be
much safer. A bridge built according to
his plan, he sad, would be capable of
transferring 50, 900 passengers an hour in
one direction, and would thus meet the
demands for at least fifty years. The
cost of construction for the bridge alone,
including anchorages and abutments,
would not exceed 81, 900. 900. This
estimate did not include the outlay which
would be involved in the purchase of the
necessary amount OF land at either ap-
proach, nor for the tracks and stations of
the termini.-Ne1 York 05secrer
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
A Pickle Closet.

The thrifty house keeper-she who
usually receives more or less pity for the
waste of her strength and muscle in
pampering to the appetite of others-ex-
perieuces, nevertheless. goodly amount
of pleasure, whose compensation IS little
thought of by her pitiers, in the accunu-
lation of her treasures for table use.
Although the idea of sweetmeats com
posed Of elements impossible to be
guessed delights her inner soul. yet her
chief pride lies in her pickle closet.
There her cucumbers lie green in their
jars, and the red cabbage makes a spot
superb; there are her little picked on
ions, more luscious in their vinegar than
Cleopatra's pearls; there are the brilliant
red peppers, and the peppers stuffed
with mustard-seed, and the tiny unripe
melons trephined and filled with infinite
sinai late cucumbers, beans and what
not, and sewed up again, traditions Of
all which have been handed down from
many grandmOthers; there. too, are the
picked walnuts, good only two years
hence, the pickalily bottles. and the
great Jars of chow-chow; there are the
glasses of spiced sweet pickle; here are
picked string beans, and huckleberries,
and cherries, and green grapes in their
punches still; there are the artichokes,
and in fact everything which can resist
the strength of vinegar, absorb its relish
and convey the stimulus to the weakened
palate. In the sight of all this the
house keeper takes exactly as much sat
isfaction as the miser does in the sight
of his gold; and tn ugh she hears that
they are naughty, she knows that they
are nice.-Hlrpsr's BIzar.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
A Winged Messenger.

In the Midwinter Century George
KEENAN, has another of his Russian arti-
cles, in which, after describing the means
Of INSTRUMENTATION between political
prisoners, he adds: 1t would lie thought
that human ingenuity could go no fur
Their in the Continuance of schemes to
relieve the monotony of solitary confine-
ment by secret interchange of ideas and
emotions with other prisoners, but in the
fortress there were occasionally practiced
methods of Accommodation even
more extraordinary than any of these.
Zone afternoon in the summer of
1881, ~ said Doctor Melnikof TO me, in
the course of a conversation about his
fortress life, Il was lying on the bed in
my casemate, wondering how should get
through the rest Of the day, when there
few into the cell through the open port
hole in the door large blue-bottle fly.
In the stiffness and loneliness of one of
those classmates any triile is enough to
attract mans attention, and the occa-
sional visit of a fly is an important event
in ones life listened with pleasure to
the buzz of his wings, and followed him
with my eyes as he few back and forth
across the cell until | suddenly noticed
that there was something unusual in the
appearance of his body. He seemed 10
have something attached to him. | rose
from the bed in order to get nearer to
him, and soon satisfied myself that there
was a bit OF paper fastened to his body.
How to catch him and secure that paper
without attracting the attention of the
guard in the corridor | hardly knew, as
he was flying most of tine time in the
upper part Of the cell beyond my reach.
For ten OF fifteen minutes | watched
him without being able to think of
any way to capture him; but at last
he came down nearer TO the floor, and
az he passed me / succeeded in catch
ing him in the hollow of my hands
without njuring him. Attached to his
body BY fine human hair | found
small folded scrap of thin cigarette paper,
upon which a mans name had been
written with the burnt end of 4 match.
It was not the name of any one whom
knew; but as it was evident that some
strictly guarded prisoner hoped by this
means TO let his friends in The bastion
know either that he had been arrested or
tnat he was st;il alive, ! fastened the
paper again to the fly as well as | could
and put him out into the corridor through
the portfolio, saying 'S'Bogom'n
f"With God" OF go with God" "a
Russian expression commonly used in
bidding friend good bye.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
petectIng chlIdren.s AIIments.

Most children are subject TO attacks of
some kind; with one child it is summer
complaint, with another it may be
catarrh, with another collie; but little
watchfulress will enable a mother to
detect symptoms of the attack day or
two before it appears. and dieting, bath
ing, or little judiciously administered
medicine may prevent, and in time cor
rect the weakness that renders the child
liable to these attacks. The mother
should train her eye to notice changes in
color, or slight languor of movement. or
unusual brilliancy of the eyes. Train
her ear to notice irregularity or shortness
of breath, slight ratings Of mucus in
the head, throat, or chest, and the
sounds of different coughs, that she may,
as far as possible, apply simple remedies
to the right place. Teach her touch to
be so delicate as TO know by the clasp
Of the little hand, or the kiss Of the
warm lips, whether fever turks in the
veins of her darling. Long before the
child shows illness 10 the common OBJ
server the true mother has detected this
or that slight symptom. aud, if
physician Is called, she is able to greatly
assist him to a correct diagnosis; she
knows whether the child's skin is usually
moist or dry, cool or warm; whether It
rolls in its sleep or lies quiet All, how
many mother owes her child's life to
her close observation Of its habits
Bd5yho0d.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
IL Human Nature.

sI'd like to know" he began as he en-
tered police headquarters yesterday, ''if
we have police forcel'
I'VE have, ;" replied the Sergeant.
.'Then want it to protect mel am
d taxpayer
you shall be protected, sir. What
is the caseg"
"Why, got some paint on my over
coat last night. and my wife sponged 1t
off with benzine and left it out doors to
air. It's gonel Yes, sir, gomez
"well, we'll try and find it for you. "
The wrathy man had scarcely departed
when a second stranger entered and de-
rnanded to know:
Have we police or have we mott
''We have replied tine Sergeant
'sWell, here's an overcoat found in
my yard this morning, where some
burglar had probably left it. Just smell
the chloroform. will your
A messenger was sent to overtake the
first man and he returned and identified
the coat, which had blown over the
fence.
eyes, sir, it's mine" said he, as he
started off, land hope the police will
be more vigilart in future
And it was in my yard, sir, ;" said
number two, as he went out. ''and II
any more burglars come around you
police will hear from me. "-Detrot Free
Pres.
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An Accommodating Texan.

When Col. Sumpter was in New York,
stro,ling about and seeing what was to
be seen, he noticed by the side of the
door of large mansion on Fourth avenue,
right under the bell, the words:
''Please ring the bell for janitOr.'
After rejecting a few minutes, Col.
Sumpter walked up and gave the bell
such pull that one might have supposed
he was trying to extricate it by the roots.
In few minutes an angry-faced man tore
the door open.
"Arc you the janitor?" asked Col.
Sumpter.
eyes; what do you want!"
81 saw that notice, Please ring the
bell for the janitor, so 1 rang the bell
for you, and now l want to know why
can't you ring the bell yourselfl"-Ie1ds
SytiHgs.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Sin may be cIasped so close we cannot
see its face
Absence destroys trifing intimacies,
but it invigorates strong ones.
Fame comes only when deserved, and
then it is as inevitable as destiny.
Holiness is love yelling up in the heart,
and pouring fourth crystal streams.
The innocence of the intention abates
nothing of the mischief of the example
There is nothing that so refnessthe
face and mind as the presence of great
thoughts.
Idleness is the hot-bed of temptation,
the cradle of disease, the waster of time,
the canker-worm of felicity.
A man who has health and brains and
can't find a livelihood in the world,
doesn't deserve to stay here.
The best part of our knowledge is that
which teaches US where knowledge leaves
of and ignorance begins.
One OF the greatest causes of trouble
in this world is the habit people have of
talking faster than they think.
Energy VIII 90 anything that can be
done in this world. and no talents, no
circumstances, no opportunities will
make a man without it.-GOethe.
1t is idleness that creates impossioili-
ties; and when men care not TO do a
thing, they shelter themselves under
persuasion that it cannot be done.
Conversation opens our views, and
gives our faculties a more vigorous play
it puts us upon turning our notions on
every side, and holds them up to light
that discovers latent flaws.-Aelmoth.
Some critics are like chimney sweeps;
they put out the fire below, or frighien
the swallows from their nests above;
they scrape long time in the chimney,
cover themselves with SCOT, and bring
nothing away but bag of cinders, and
then sing from the top of the house aSif
they had built it,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13

A novelty is a corn supper, where this
standard cereal enters into the name or
ingredients of every dish The following
menu was served recently at a Grange
banquet:
Corn some-way-Maizma cerealism-
Fishes a Ia maized Roast corn a la patron.
Corned beef Corn Bread. Bread corned-
Hulled corn. Succotash a la grange.
PUDDINGS.
Indian pudding baked. Indian pudding boiled
Patrons corn pudding Hasty pudding
Corn starch.
CAKE
Corn colored cake. Cake corned. Corn cake.
Corn starch cake. Starch corn cake.
Milk from corn-coiored COW.
Butter from corn-fed COW.
DESERT.
Corn ice cream Corn candy. Balls la corn
Corn de la corn pepper. Corn coffee.
Pure juice Of corn Corn juice.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
Three kInds Of Arrests in RUSSIA.

There are three kinds of arrests inr
Russia. The first was intended to in
spire terror and obtain clues to secret
revolutionary action; the second was IN
tended by the use of torture to compel
confession, or induce the prisoner to be-
tray his friends: the third are the polit-
zeal suspects, who are kept in solitary
confinement for months or years while
the police scour the empire in search of
eliminating evidence against them.
Justice is proverbially slow in Russia.
The Government has so much police
work in hand, there is SO much under
ground service, that cases have to wait
their turn, and again and again prison
ers become insane from solitary confine-
ment, or die in their dungeons before it
is known whether they are guilty or not.
The subject IN Russia has no law on his
side. Innocent or guilty, he is at the
mercy Of the police officers, who are
responsible to the Gar, and who know
that the Car will never inquire into
their conduct. -BostOH Herald.
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The Willy Red Man.

Near Moutour, Ia, is an Indian reser-
walton, where large number Of the Sac
and Fox tribes find nome. Last
Thursday their annuity was paid
Fifteen thousand collars in gold was
distributed-each member of the tribe
receiving c actly $3.50 as his or her
share. In order to avoid the trouble Of
making change proposition was made
to some OF the chiefs to piy them $40
and for them to return the odd penny.
This they refused TO do. They are ey-
ceedinglv suspicious Of the Government
agents aad demanded the exact change.
The suspicion seems to be mutual, for the
AGENT. instead Of paving out the money,
gave each Indian a check, after which
he was escorted to bank, where the
exact change was handed to him. TINS
was done to prevent the willy Indian
from getting two annuities-the strong
family resemblance making that TICK
good once before. -Ne1 York Graph'e-
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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
PAPER a Protection Against Cold.

Il is weil-known that paper is great
protection against the cold. GA the
frontier miners and woodsmen preserve
large sheets Of wrapping paper and news
papers 10 put between the covering
5isBkefs when their Is an insuliiciency OF
bed covering in the hotels or camps An
excellent protection ouf-of-doOrs for the
chest shen WEARING tie dress suit, with
the low cut vest exposing portion that
j. ganeraily we'll coFered by the fashion
able high-cuf coat and vest, is a few
folds Of paner underneath the overcoat.
Many rosdste1s 10 driving out put few
folds Of paper seross the chest under
meath the oFerccaf as well as at the
hack. sad find eifeciual protection
against the cold winds that prevail this
season. The Paper is Ike wall in COM
pieseiy protecting the weaier-Nse foyk
Tines
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13
From a Small Ror,s standpoint

''Josef Holman. the infant pianist is a
wonderfully gifted child" said travel
ing man to his wife.
Eyes, he was wonderfully favored by
nature
s.Well, I should say So" said their
eight-year-old son, who had been TO the
concert. ''Hes mighty lucky"
''What makes you think so, WillieH
said his father, delighted to perceive
such evidence of precocious musical ap-
probation
."Cause whenever he feels like it he
can turn in and make just as much noise
as he feels like without anybody's saying
.Nox-Hsef, you come away from that
piano tbs instant or | shall put you to
bed. Merchant IrGreier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13

"Maria," said Mr.. Wipedunks, as he
came in and threw folded document on
the table, 81 have Just insured my life for
s., 900 in your favor. There is the doc
ument"
Thank you, Bilkerson, said Mrs.
Wipedunks, 81 hope it may be many
years before it will be of any use TO ine. :"
lit will be OF much use to you if you
wish to marry again, - he growled- with
s., 600 in cash you can pick out almost
any fool you like
mo, Bilkerson," she replied, affec-
tionately, Il think l should want a
change next time. - Chicago Tribune.
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Lean Year Conyersalion.

"Cbarlie. did You ever hear it said
that if n person found four,leayea
clover and put it into shoe me ms, nIs5
gentleman or lady the person walked
with would be either their husband or
wife r .,..,
No. never heard Of it before
"WelI. found one, and put II mo mo
nv shoe this morning. and you are me me
frst one have walked with ! wonder
if it is true i''-sta ssHFi
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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13

Admitting Visitor" The action of
those oxen drawing the load of hay is
simply immense, old man; but | don't
quite catch your idea in painting that
explosion behind the hill"
Artist with freezing hauteur)-''Par-
don me-that is not an explosion, but
representation OF sunset in the Rockies,
and that's not load of hay and oxen,
but the overland coach and pair of
horses. Boston Beacon.
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His Sister Was Sharper.

Bobby Ito Mr.. DeRuyter, who is wait
ing for Miss Jenny TO come DOWN.
"Will you please stand up minutem
Mr. DeRuyter (who knows thst Jenny
dotes on Bobby Certainly, Bobby"
B.-"No, not there; over here by the
window"
Der. standing before the window
''There, will that dol"
B.-"Yes" (Takes a good look at
Der, and appears disappointed
DeR.-"What are you trying to do,
Bobbyi"
B.-'well, Jenny said last night that
she could see through you easily, and l
wanted to try you. It'd Bits.
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PITII AND POINT.
a stronghold-The bulldogs.

A stronghold-The bulldogs.
The people of the Territory of Dakota
believe in future State.
MANY a broadcloth husband owes his
prosperity to the fact that he married
gingham girl.-Sm Fraaeisco Bulletin.
Every time a lady physician calls on a
gentleman patient she shows plainly
that she's Mr. calling.-DaAs-iHe Breese.
'Ipresume you are skating for the
first time "No.n for the last time"
replied the disguised female. -lSiGiags.
Scientists say that the savage has
more acute sens of smell than civilized
people. They have more material to
practice on.
When ice is thick and deep the snow,
And winter days are drear OF
Man wants little here below
Zero.
Boston Courier.
If you want to dream that you are
toboegan slide rushed with business, and
that the electric is right over your stom-
ach, lust eat lot Of hickory nut cake
for supper.-DaH,eWe b eez-
The latest complaint of discontinued
generation is that there is not enough
gumstickem on the postage stamps. DO
people expect to get a whole meal of mu-
cilage for two cents,- Buffalo Courier.
Cashiers, from med cal report,
Are seldom very strong.
Their longest ages are but short
Their short ages are long,
Dick Tinto alphabetically "When will
you love me, darling! When will you
smile upon an ambitious but struggling
artist,' Miss Flip tcheerfullyl-"Why,
Just as soon as you can produce some
thing TO hang on the line besides one
shirt. p 0maia Republican.
"For your sake I'd slay dragons
Did You order me 70,
I'd battle with giants
Were it but 10 please YOU
She said. u not ask you
Such vast deeds to do,
But suppose we go muse Ger
An oyster or two
lid Bits
Sugar" said the schoolmaster to his
class, sis either made from the beet, as
in France, or from the sugar cane, as in
the West Indies. Now, do you think
you can rember THAR ''Yes, sir" re-
piled a sharp boy, al think we can re-
member the connection between+he cane
and the beat. "-Arg0g
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s.ady of the House" Now that the
servant has given you a lunch in the
kitchen you will shovel the snow off the
sidewalk, will you mott"
Tramp" would like to oblige you,
madam, but really, cannot"
Why mott"
my physician has forbidden me to
handle anything cold, except cold Wet
uals.-Sytiags.
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A Modest Renuest.

"Grandpa," said BERTHE, ''you like to
see young boys enjoy themselves, don't
your
"Why, yes, replied grandpa
'And you like to do all you can to help
'em have good time, don't your"
"Why, certainly"
81 thought so. Well, me and the
Tompkins boys and the Clarks are go
ing to play Life on the Plains in the
Clarks barn for the next two afternoons,
and l thought I'd ask you to let us take
your wig to use for scalp. "-Tid-Bits.