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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04
Opals for a Song.


IN drys.Iase Gonzales Cosio, brother of
kle the is owner of six ofthe finest
o.ob lood pr which the State of Quere-
IS noted. Only one Of the
makes thew being worked and about
for stockEe now employed digging out
.:1. bearing rock.
wee 4ihhines are located about twenty
lfeagues from the city and the ore is
a5ught to Queretaro on the backs of
mules, and in his residence in the city
'Senor Cosio personally superintends the
polishing of TIE stones, which is done by
about twenty skilled Mexican lapidaries.
The profits from these mines are large,
owingto the fact that the labor employed
in the mines is paid at the rate of TWEEN
ty-fve cents per day and the polishers re-
ceive on an average seventy-five cents per
day.
The mines can only be reached by
two days journey on horseback from
Queretaro, but visit viii repay the time
spent, writes a correspondent of the Kan
sas City Times. These stones are found
in peculiar rocky formation that very
much resembles Tennessee marble, but
which at once suggests volcanic origin,
as the stone is tlickly interspersed with
crystalizaJions and strengthening vol
canic glass.
The first layer of opal-bearing rock is
found on the surface of the ground and
is generally about five feet thick. This
is followed by a layer of earth of about
the same thickness and is in turn sue
ceeded by another strata of opal-bearing
rock, and so on it continues for many
feet in depth.
Many handsome stones are ruined by
the blasting process, but this cannot be
avoided. The stones are sold TO the Gu
riosity dealers in the capital and to the
many tourists who stop over in Queretaro
for the purpose of securing them.
The common and generally worthless
stones are bought by the native boys, who
offer them for sale in the Central Railroad
station and the average tourist allows
himself to be nicely gouged by these
tricksters, so anxious are they to secure
the stones.
A very handsome stone can be pur-
chased for 50, and the prices ranges from
five cents to $50. Senior Cosio has
magnificent collection Of them at his
home, and he recently sent lot valued
at $4,000 to the Paris Exposition.
1t is true that the stones are not verv
valuable, yet many very handsome ones
have been found in these mines and have
brought as high as 5000 each. The own
ers of any of these mines will be glad to
give any one fifty per cent. of the profits
who will take the trouble 10 develop
them.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

A Christian should always be in a praying
frame How much time shall 1 spend in
my devotions.' is sometimes asked. The
Psalmist said, Evening and morning and at
noon will pray and cry aloud, and He shall
hear my voice. Daniel, when in great dan
ger, "kneeled upon his knees tire. time a
day and prayed, and gave thanks before his
God Are not these gOoc examples T. 1ol-
low? Instead of going before their Maker
thrice dly, now many protested followers
OF Christ scarcely spen II quarter Of an hour
in the twelty-fOur in secret devotion. Can
such persons grow in grace?-and are they
prepared to go ont into the worl !, to resist
temptation and to set a worthy example be-
fore their neghbors and friends? Are thes
ready to do unto others as they would have
others do unto them2 Are they prepared to
resist temptation?-to return good for evil2
to suffer rather than 20 bring reproarh
upon the cause of Christi Of course, it is
MOI convenient for many to retire at noon to
seek an interview with their Saviour. but
cannot hey lift up their hearts in secret, for
a few moments at their places of business, in
walking to and fro from their meals. or even
when engaged in their regular employmentss
If the heart is right there will be no trouble;
viii be presented through the
day, when the Christi IN will fl nj ine to
with his Maker. Who viii ever re-
greet, when life closes. the time spent in
prayer and devotion;-Rel5gious Herald -
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04
Best Tree for SmokY Cities.

The Gardener Chronicle says that the
ginkgo tree Is proving itself one of the
best trees for street-planting in smoky
cities, thriving in the most impure
atmosphercs, and having as yet been at
tackled by no insect or fungous dis
ease. In this country, 50 far as We have
learned, no extensive use has been made
Of the gingko as a street tree except in
Washington, whore Of course it is not
subjected to the test of an atmosphere
impregnated with smoke. If it is, in
deed, able t0--Sithstand the most I'M
favorable conditions. icS-ff..siight he more
generally adopted, for it grows -<apidly,
its shape well adapts it for association
with architectural forms, and the peculiar
character of its foliage always makes il
interesting to the popular eye,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

ONE of the oldest engineering prof.
ects in the world is now gradually
approaching completion, and the work
will, in all probability, be finished
during the present year. This is the
canal through the Isthmus of Corinth,
in Greece. Work was actually begun
on the canal under the Emperor Nero,
so that over seventeen hundred years
viii have passed between its beginning
and its final completion. As finally
excavated, the canal viii be four miles
long, with depth of eight meters, or
sufficient for the largest vessels which
usually navigate the adjacent seas
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The island of Cnracoa.

THIS little Dutch island of Curacao,
writes William E. Curtis in the Chicago
Meas, is small and barren, but it has
played an important part in the history
Of Spanish America. 1t has belonged at
different times to England, Spain and
Hollind, and its cosy harbor hns been
the scene of many a bloody battle be-
tween the navies of the old world, as
well as between the pirates and bucca-
neer that infested the Caribbean Sea for
two centuries. 1t has been for hundred
years and still is the asylum for political
fugitives, and most of the revolutions
that rack and wreck the South American
Republic are Matched under the shelter
of tile pretentious but harmless fortresses
that guard its port. Bolivar, Santa Anna,
and many of the famous men in Spanish
American history have lived here in exile,
and until recently there was an imposing
castle upon one of the hills called Boil
vars tower, for it was there that the
founder of five republics lived in Danish
ment for several years and watched for
f1rena n enpna
.zse ,1ro,.sss are all built in the Dutch
style, exactly like those Of Holland; the
streets are so narrow that the people can
almost shake hands through the windows
with their neighbors across the way, and
the walls are as thick as would be needed
for a fortress. The Dutch Governor lives
in a solemn looking old mansion fronting
the Shattegat or lagoon that forms the
harbor, and is guarded by company OF
stupid looking soldiers with few old
fashioned cannon. The entire island IS Of
phosphates, and the Government receives
a revenue of $500, 600 from companies
that ship them away There is not
spring or well on the island, and the
inhabitants are entirely dependent upon
rainwater for existence, or upon that
brought in barrels by schooners from the
Venezuelan coast ninety miles distant
As it hasn't raine5 for nearly two years
the natural supply was long since ex-
hausted, and a glass of imported water Is
worth as much as the same amount of
wine or beer.
Curacao gave its name to a celebrated
liqueur that was formerly manufactured
from the peel of peculiar species of
orange grown there, but the fruit trees
have been destroyed by the droughts and
the supply now comes from other Of the
West India islands.
The inhabitants are mostly colored.
There are a few rlch merchants repre-
senting all nationalities, who are said to
have made their money by smuggling.
Curacao IS a free port. No duties of any
sort are charged, and as the amount Of
merchandise imported annually is about
twenty-five times as much as the in
habitants can consume, and the harbor
IS constantly filed with little schooners
that seem TO be always loading and IN
loading, there is good ground for belief
that a contraband trade with the main
coast is still going on.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04
Gare sa0.o00 for s50Aa.

ne DdEe OF Portland, while he was
merely Mr.. Bentinck, incurred some debts
Of honor which he desired to pay. He
went to inoney-lendef, but the man at
first was not inclined to let him have the
money on easy terms. ''The Duke of
Portland may live twenty years; you may
die in the meantime, said the money
lender Mr. Bentinck could not deny
this, and was ready to give liberal in
fe.e5. - viii tell YOU what will DO, "
said the money-lender. s'You give me
your word that when you become Duke
Of Portland you viii pay me $50, 600, and
l viii give you $4,000 now" The Duke
closed with the offer, and few weeks
after the Duke Of Portland died, the new
Duke remembered his bargain He in
his agent to pay $50 in
spite Of the remonstranees Of his lawyer,
who insisted that promise so extrava-
giant was not binding.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04
Sight Recovered After Many Years.

Twenty-nine years of total blindness
and now old John Mcdonald, of Water
bury, Conn, over sixty years Of age, can
see.
you viii find father walking in the
garden said his daughter, a cheerful
and attractive little drcssmaker, when
the New York Press reporter called at
the door Of IS franklin street, where the
blind man has lived for years.
A sturdy old Irish gentleman, though
wrinlled and gray, and wisl'Asateut cane
In his hand, was descrif Pam. Rnf be
foliage, walking erect aseiI.
no uncertain step. suobn wife of
"eEood morning." he
s'Yes, I can see again prominent ana
roses and the ~honeSsr merchants of
and my shirt, my shadoi., +ba follow
from f ON under ind me- can 50 of April %,
at is Just twenty-nine
I had my fteye remove. 4;or of NV
in Prospect then. I az '"'-oH " -.
you know. All the Ynce to swift S
in Prospect advised For four years
doctors alone, and wis.L1 -aod
was for some sort of a. -oiie'' '.iHe 2
left eye was treated. slant pain antl
mon in my family" Food sour
''But what doctor hi -uLa4T -
your Ina "na' -
''N-o, doctor" he sanit to-moplin.
81 was taken i'll three was broken-had
terrible pains in my j,;s;ors IN drC1my
right eve. I did nc fisioiiS III u I was
about, whether awst 1 could notwhen
I began to get 4: chronic dia:day l
noticed that could5 4bo4 AZ Every I
Ny daughter ter, Mary " fnption; mo my son
in New Haven, wire twisted business
. there HE. He viii nd my linz I bape s NO no
faith in doctors.i l coubsight indie
pendent of them. gel foe
Mr. MeDonald,s lana. ..a,ed, e mas puzzled i.'i
heard Of it. Cases Of restored sight are !
common when blindness has been caused
by temporary Inflammation, but recovery
from m optical disease of twenty-nine |
years standing Is an event Unprecedented !
in medical history.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

from Americans visited by such COM
panies at such hours.
When we finished our wanderings the
officer said that as party of ladies and
gentlemen he had conducted us as far as
possible. To our surprise we learned we
had been over three hours and had not
been outside of three blocks, being 4
small proportion of the territory occu-
pied by Cinnamon and to which there is
constantly being added. Ali that is nee
essary to drive out every other nationality
is one room rented to Celestial and the
remaining room is soon at his disposal,
and soon filed to overlooking Detroit
Free Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04
A Clever Thief.

Trembling all over his body, young
man entered with tottering step a shop
in Odessa, Russia, in which there was no
one else but the assistant, and pointed in
dumb show first to his throat and to his
chest, then all at once he fell to the
ground, exclaiming: "For PHYS sG5e.
quick, an antidotew He writhed and
twisted as he lay on TIE floor and II
peated his request for an antidote, ashe
had taken poison. The assistant, n a
loss what to do, rushed into the Street
and went to fetch the nearest docta. On
returning with him to the shop hf found
that the patient had apparently recovered,
for he had disappesred-so hadthe till.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

Can you tell me, asked a clerical friend
OF mine of a candidate for missionary wort,
what justifcatio isy' The man gave TO
the question a satisfactory reply and
what, pursued my friend, lis sanctifica-
Honf. "Sanctification," said the candidate
the fire kindling in his look rs he smoke
''sanctitcation IS a God-posss ssed soul sir
No truer answer C 'uld be given. l. is one
thing to possess Christi is a very different
thing to be posses ed by Christ. In the one
case we have life, but in the other we have
life triumphant Ii God i, in possession.
Satan is cast out for what concord hath
Christ with Belial and what agreement hath
f i,i,tI ,..es,.,e Of God viii -idolsy' g Cor,
1t is to be feared that Of this most tlessed
and high privilege Of Godpossession, many
Christians know comparatively little; vet it
is the one secret both Of holiness and of
safety, for where God is not there sin and
Satan are, just as where Ii sht Is not there
darkness inevitably IS Amid the ten thou
sand snares that bes4t our path heavenward
there Is absolutely no security exc pit to obey
our Lords own words: abide in me and
in you, to be- rs some che has put it at
nee. ''Christ-iuclosed AMI Christ-indwelt
The ReU. T. W. Moore.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

DIX. PEARSON, the Chicago million
aire, has adopted the sensible plan OF
disposing of his great fortune before
his death. During the last few years
he has given away nearly 100000 to
educational institutions in the Wost.
Mr.. Pearson lives with his wife IN a
beautiful home in Chicago suburb.
he has no children,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04
RELIGIOUS READING.
SEED TINE.

SEED TIME
We are sowing, ever sowing.
Something good or something i'll
In the lives Of those around US
We are planting what we will.
Not word we say falls fruitless.
Not deed we do DECAYS:
Every thou, hit and word and action
VIII be found in future days.
When perhaps the hand that sowed tbar
Shall itself have ceased % be.
SUI the record Of their being
VIII live on eternally.
Grant then Lord of all the harvest
That the seeds we daily sow
May refresh the hearts Of others.
Spreading blessings as they grow.
May each thought and word and action
r., be the growth Of Christian love.
10 lie found in coming ages
In the garner-house abovef
Treasured there in Thine own keepinr
Just TO prove our love was true.
For the motive gives the value
To the meanest thing we do.
Charlotte Murray.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

In taking revenge a man is hut his enc
mv's equal; in passing it by, he Is his SUI
perior.
He is doubly a conqueror who, when
,onqueror, can conquer himself. Modera-
non and mercy shed over the laurels OF the
,ouqueror the lustre of true glory.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

Ingham University, lie Roy, n. Y, estab-
hshed over fifty years. offers superior advan-
tages in its Literary, Music and Art Depart
ments- Excellent home. Attention given to
social culture. Rates moderate. Send for
catalogue. Address Mss +. II. Webster,
Principal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

sTsa..at in the world i:.ssslarng 10 turn IN:
You mignt Just as wen Sit down in the meadow
and wait for the COW to come up to be MIXED.
Get mp and shake yourself and make up your
mind to turn up something. Ii you have moth
Johnson & Co., Richmond. Va, and they will
tell you thing or two that will make you
jump for JOY.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

ANNE DAVIS, of Mansfield. Ohio, committed
suicide because she didn't take a prize sB
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

THE Auditorium Building at Chicago Is sew.
enteen stories and about go feet high.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

d, A NEW railroad is to be run from point on
n Missouri River to the Pacific coast.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

A pocket mirror free to smokers of Tan
sill's Punch &c. Cigar.
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ourGiris.

For Consultation or Sick Headache, use DR..
Fleree's Pellets; Purely Vegetable. One dose.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

THE Bible Society has issued, up to date, a
s7tal O. nearly 100000 Bibles.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

1fafiicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thorn p
'sEye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04

School of the Highest Order for Young
Ladies.
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ting herself to
)bservances at
she resides.
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ly, squandered
lghis four dsys'
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ses Of conduct,
Vulnerable. We
a block or two
nils from the
our crowded cit
from the church.
stween them and
is, we must keep
ousantls and tens
sat with publ
re comes to the
rlrs Of dissipation
their hands in
isn't it shock
astidious Chris
going to get into
; they have an
hioned and up
, himselfi They
/ ofpublicans and
lrl your lip Of
u plainly, if You |
2 same influences, !
mid the cultured |
istian, you would |
ten in stable or |
ID aboninationl |
lturally any bet
Of God has pro
that brought up
atched by Chris
DC 50 hard on the
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80 a - - 80 - ~ -
riches are too anx-
p and too anxious
md they rush out
fut to give up his
ask him how he is
her by sprinkIing
kind of a church
ny friendsi 1t is a
Presbyterian cate
'gieE, and MethO-
isteries to a man
arkness Of sin into
Gospel. Why, it
ing in the sea, and
and the man in
an out Of the
ct you ashore,
in my streetgn
hen talk about the
Who cares what /
y joins Christ and |
on -oughttO have /
"a faca. ttna
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After ALL others
Lob ' q :. i! /. III {! s.. s

Twenty years continuous practice in the treat
ment and cure OF the awful effects Of earIy
vice. destroying both mind and body: Medieihe
and Urea tlnent for one month, Five Dollars, sent
securely sealed from observation 10 any address
Book on Special Diseases free.
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s.ae hold of the same
his designations shake
.g that he that con-
the error Of his ways
1 death, and hide q
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start this day for
Iaded you will join
The Springdale news., 1889-03-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Land 0a.ee at HHriso.t. k.
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Land 0l4Ge at HMriaoe'. a.k.
 January l5 lSss. !
 Notice is heredY iYen that the faa- tawin- named settler has hled notice af his intention e make iinal proof lH support Of Ills claim and that said proof Will be made before the County Jadee. m lis absence the County tiefk- of Washington county al taXetteT He, Al kansas
 ON MARCH I3. l879 VIZ: James D. George. lE N. ai41 for the Ss MI M \ Et ald \ Et s Vi, Nee Tp. K. NeYtH kal se 3l Nest. lIr Haltr5 tue fotus .ng Wit lesseS To prove his cohli'#ata3s fesldenee nnon and cultivatop If s..td ,d.i,,. lz. W m Evans of Nager. .AFks. N II NaIdfap. af Wager. Ark. Nm Murphy af Ben tonYiile Ark. Isaac L. Law. ef Elm Springs. Ark.
 ,AHV person who desires tp protest against the dliaNtnee ei saoh PTo0i. or Who knows uf any substantial reason. under the a~ and regulations of the Interior Department. Hh3 such proof should n6t Js allowed will he gwen au Upp0Ituultv at tAe above mentioned tune and place to eloss-eNamEe the Wtfufsses af sad claimant, aed tootfef evidence ii fgAHltstI ot t'nat st.i lu ted by claimant +. C IfPi9N. N J. IO69, Att os pt lte,4stef,
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\ True Tonic.

When you don't feel well and hardly knew what ails you. give B. B. B. Botanic Blood BalmJ T trial it is a fine tonis.
 T. o. Callahan. Charlotte, N. C. writes. B B. B.. is a fine tonic, and Eas dene me great good. /"
 L. ". Thompson, Damascus. Ga. writes: q beheyeaB 5. B. isthe best blood purifier made. Ithas greatly improved my general health. .
 An old gentleman writes: "B. B. B. gives me new life and new strength. Ifthere is anything that will make an old man young, t is 5. B B.
 P. \. Shepherd, Narfols, Va, August 10th, Ks, writes: T depend on B. B B. for the prcservauod ot my health. I have had itln my family now nearly two years, ard in aaIthat timo have not had 10 nave a doctor
 Tbos Paalls, tlaPaha. Ca. writes. J suffered terribly frou 5ysPepsla The nse of E. B. B has male me feel like new man. l would not takea thousand dollars for the good IL as done me.
 V. NJ Cheshire, Afiansa, Ga. writes: ta1 long spell of v hoid fever, which atlast seemei te settle in my fieAt leg, which swell led Ue enormously. An ulcer also appeared winch discharged q euI tuIl#ot matter dsY. l then gave 5. B. 5. a tlal and il cured ..
The Springdale news., 1889-03-15
1 Moman's Discovery.

"Another wonderful discovery has been made and that too by Il lady Io this country, Disease fas- tened Its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood it's sever est tests. but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed i'm. minent. For three months she eourEed necessarily and could not sleep. She bought ot us a bottle ot pr. Kings New Discovery for Con sumption and was so much relieved on taking first dose that she slept all night and with one bottle has
 been mi}aealously cured. Her name ] k Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus write
 W. C. HamricI X Go, of Shelby, i \. C.-Get free trlal bottle at Il. 4. Dally's Dgas Store.
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Tine verdiot unanimons.

W. D, Stult, Druggist, Bippus, Ind, testifes: Il can recommend Electric Bilters as the very best remedy. Evorv bottle sold has given leliet in every case. One man took SIX bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years stand ing \ biaham Hare, druggist Bell vile, Ohio, atfirms: "The best sell ling medicine I have ever handled in my 29 years experience, is Flee trje Bitters.h Thousands of others have added thelr testimony, so that the verdict Is unanimous that Elec- trie Bittcrs do cure all diseases of tie Llver, Kidneys or Blood. Only a half dollar bottle at Daily's.
The Springdale news., 1889-03-15
Editor.
WORTH HER WAIT.

When Diesx bet 1ue 4a ar5ens lover. His chosen l.ss hesita'e- She begged fns me to th.uA t over, And Dick allowed taat he could wait But oh. she tea. SC uHaeezdez-
 She put b m of, and put him of, Til knowing ones hfs eiasCe ber1ded- With hidden sheer, and open SeeG At last said one: tN bv longer ;arry, Distracted bv q maid $ caprice If were you the ulaid should marry Or marry not-aud give me peace. Said Dick No doubt my friend and tutor My fatbfuiueSs seems gs er iutsk, But Tn an impecunieus sulsor,
 And, therefore ohangeless-so 10 speak. And this, think. is ample feasou-
 If my reason must unfold - Why should hamor for n season, 4 woman worth her sYal.-in goli.'
 -Hrs Cfor1s Archtb9id, n 7ifne.
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DO NOT SUFFER ANY LONGER.

kH05Ving that a cough can be check sd il day and the first stages of eon eumpuon broken in a week, We hereby guarantee Dr-Ae kef.s English Rene dy for GousumEs ion and will refund tie moHef 10 all who buy, take it as PeI aaeetI5I :. and do hot find our statement correct. For sale at W. |. Antan dug store.
The Springdale news., 1889-03-15
Honor Is better than wealth.
\ DUTY TO REsLF.

It's surprIslHs that people will Use common, 0rdinaey pull when taeY em secure . valuable English oHe fef tAe same honey. Dr. Aek- CTS pills are | positive cure for slek headache and III liver troab= es. They are smai, sweet, easily taken aaa dc uat ggepe. Tor sale attW. | Wihtoa's dfGg store