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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
Splendid Jewels a Heavy Care.

The care of splendid jewels weighs
very heavily upon their owners some
times, and the women whose diamonds
are too small to be mentioned in the let
tiers from the summer watering places,
can console themselves with the fact that
all the crooks and sharps in Ghe country
are not intently perusing such articles
concerning them, and laying plans to
render them iamOndless. Some women
at these summer resorts, who carry for
tunes about with them IN their jewel
cases, are extremely reckless in the care
of them, and send cold shiveTs down the
hotel clerks spine by coming sleepily at
midnight, dropping one hundred thou
sand dollars worth of precious stones
on the desk and making of before they
stop to see whether he is looking or not.
One bold snatch, on these occasions,
would make a hotel thief comfortable
! for life. The rich cottagers, however,
Afe more careful. They are aware that
iSey are lSnnxDl all over the country,
81 tha-Value Ok their gems accurately
Registered in burglars note books, and
so they take proper precautions. Nearly
all have heavy burglar and fire proof
safes set into the wall of their bedrooms,
and their costly possessions are de-
posted there every night. Mrs. William
Astor and Mrs. Ogden Goelet both have
alarms attached to the safes in their
boudoirs, so that the slightest effort to
tamper with the door will let loose a
noise that can be heard a mile,
and IS calculated to induce nerv-
Gus prostration in even the harii-
est pilierer. When any of the
Astors, Nanderbilts, Winthrops. Ioril-
lards. or Van Rensselaers travel, a special
courier is sent by their jeweler to guard
their diamonds, and he Is responsible
for their safe delivery. He even goes
abroad with them, it being his business
to go to the safe deposit company, give a
receipt for the ewels, see them safely in I
the Captains safe aboard the steamer. /
take them out on the other side. and /
get receipt from the London OF Paris !
banker who has them in charge while the /
owners remain N Europe Some wo- |
men, however, will not trust Their most |
treasured jewels to the hands Of even a
detective, and their methods of person. |
ally transporting them are as varied and /
queer as only feminine methods ever are.
Mrs Paran Stevens, who is nothing if |
not original, carries thousands of dol
lars worth of blazing gems done up in a
brown paper parcel and tied with a
white cotton string. Her argument is
that thieves would never suspect that so
Shabby a looking bundle, carelessly
fastened into shawl strap, was worth
while carrying away. Mrs. Hicks-Lord
cousin, by the way. is on the
eve of marriage with a French duke
transports that superb one hundred
thousand dollar necklace and some quar-
ter of million worth of diamonds in
channs-is SCI set a 5ar.- waist Mrs.
Bradley Martin has some dear particular
stones that she used TO carry n the little
hair cushion that served
her as n hustle Now that bustles are
she Will be Obliged to pro-
vide a new hiding place.-AryoHdat
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
Loves surEIeIgNcY.
,ris .aid By the "a. b $50 far

IT'S said by the poet, it is better far
To love and loss,
Than never to have loved at all But L
Imay not choose,
For there has come into my life n love
So fierce, so strong.
Tha. I am helpless in itsgrasp, content
To drift along.
AT first knew not twas loves sea I had
Set sail upon,
So, happy, foated on, with half-closed eyes,
Through shade and sun;
What needed which way Invent, with him
Ny boat to guidei-
What dangers had the unknown sea, if he
Was by my side!
woke to find myself in waters strange,
No land in sight;
All things seemed radiant, new. 4 mighty
Ofrare delight
Swept DER my startled soul; she sky, the
With glory shone,
As was revealed the rapturous thrill of love,
TIL then unknown.
And now let shadows fall, let storms arise,
On his dear breast,
Shielded and safe, iie while sheltring arms
Fold me to rest.
The night may come. it holds no dread Tor
me;
His tender kiss
Soothes all my fears, and fills my happy heart
With perfect bliss
Prank Leslie's.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04


Onyx is given a dead finish for mourn
ing
The fashionable tints of the fall are
green. red and gray, in myriads of new
variations.
New black woolens intended for
mourning wear have crinkled stripes
like Grape.
Among the recently imported novel
ties in jewelry we note tiny gold watch
in fan shape.
Earrings in form of stirrups, one side
set with dirmonds, the other with sap
phires, are a novelty
Linked sleeve buttons are seen re-
sembling coupled coffee beans. One will
be silver, the other copper tint, a third
gold, and fourth oxidized silver.
Coats for the street, Jackets and snort
wraps IN beaver cloth, will be chiefly
worn in red, terra Gotta. slate, serpent,
golden brown, marine blue, and black.
Directoire styles have again come to
the fore, and broad tapping revers, high
wasted evening bodices and redingotes
street wear. VIII be feature OF the
season.
{. A bodice that will be much favored
for ening gowns this winter is cut low
and square IN front. with embroidered
lappels falling down from the embroid-
cred collar and the opening filed in with
a chemisette Of fine pleated white surah
Cape overcoats grow in favor aud fifty
inches is their correct length for the
average man, but TO our mind the we'll
cut sack, of dark blue or black, full fit
ted but not loose, with velvet collar and
stitched cuts and edges, is far and away
more stylish.
Long loops Of ribbon velvet, that dc
not even pretend any connection with
the girdle, faunt or dangle at the sides
of many new fat skirts, and save their
wearers many of the complications nee
essarily incident to the empire sash on an
awkward wearer.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
PITH AND POINT.

He was only finished gymnasS VITO
he fell from the trapeze and broke his
neck.
Very often the "lIay III of courtship
is answered by the "You mustn of matri-
mony.
In teaching boy drawing give him the
premises and let him draw his own con-
illusions.
In all the vocabulary of quarantine
there is no such word as hospitality
PieayaHe.
That bread riot in France was partici-
pated in by loafers.-Pitts5''rq Chronicle
Telegraph.
When poverty Established, what hard
time every one will have doing all his
own work.
In Texas a man rarely cuts an ac-
quaintance, but a stranger from the East
has to be mighty careful.-H"per's
Ba=dr.
The man who falls ont of a balloon
realizes the gravity of the situution be-
fore he has dropped five miles.-Harpsr's
Bdzar.
The difference between being burned
out and fired out is that in the former
case you get the insurance. -DaasoLLs
Breege.
Tom-.'Do you know, Jack, that
woodpecker reminds me of my tailor
Jack-'Why! Because he bores so with
his bill"
A man that marries a widow is bound
to give up smoking and chewing. Ii
she gives up her weeds for him, he
should give up the weed for hers.
Luis HllmOrist.
The leaflets brown and scarlet
Are losing all their grip;
They flutter from the branches,
And down the breezes slip,
While the robin packs his singlet
And scooss to Mississippi.
Old Mans Darling (imploringl-"Tell
me the worst, doctor Believe me, lean
stand it" Smart Doctor ldoubtfully}-
Il don't koow about that However,
nerve yourself, then, madame Your
husband will get we'll SiftiHgs.
Too High a Valuation: Customer ito
bird fancier)-"My wife wants parro'
What's the lowest you Will take
bid - Bird Fa- --'''''f-
SIR, ~ ,ck-bo,r, T..
off, you've tried to sell me for IN
Life.
A cat market has been started in Paris
which has led some one to prophesy 4
unique market report, running thus:
Tables, dull toms, buoyant; kittens,
lively; Angoras. depressed; brindled,
very brisk; Persians, in great demand;
tortoiseshells, heavy.-M,0 York Post.
Impatient Husband-'Wh in the
world have you been3 want my din
ner." Wife excuse me, John, but I
ran down to the Sewing Society at five,
and to my surprise it didn't wind up
until eight. Husband-''I mean it
was wound up at five and didn't run
down till eight. Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04

I quite understand; I dare say you de-
liberately pushed my hat of with thai
detestable umbrella for the sake Of see
ing me make myself ridiculous.
''Why, Dolphy how can you say such
thingsl I'm sure it was very pretty d
see you play with the wall so nicely, 81
had no idea you were so agilel"
Dolph's vanity was touched
quick now.
"Oh. I dare say you would hal
equally diverted if l had fall il
broken my neck" he returned al
"Since that is your opinion, !" mn
ing very successfully his manner O
previous day, Il give you back all
ises. rs YOU would hardly care I'd
bound for life to a murderess~ me
she remarked absently: "And all al
hat, toon III
Then it was that appreciated the fun
meaning Of the saying that two is d
company and three Is none" for those
two ungrateful wretches agreed to call
poor. inolTensive M the sour, of all dis
agreement, and between them left me
without a shred of character, actually
deciding to do without my protection
for all time
s'But we'll keep it to lend to trouble
some callers" aud with this pleasant
prospect before ne I was returned to the
umbrella stand with ngl-Amsricaa
Magazine
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Baby Has Gone to School.

Baby Has Gone to School
The baby has gone TO school; ah, mel
What will the mother do,
With never a call TO button or pin,
Or tie little shoe'
How can she keep herself busy all day
With the little "hindering thing awayi
Another basket to fill with lunch,
Another good bye TO say,
And the mother stands at the door to see
Her baby march away;
And turns with a sigh that is half relief,
And half a something akin to grief.
She thinks of possible future morn,
When the children, one by one,
Will 90 from their home out into the world
To battle with life alone
And not even the baby bc left TO cheer
The desolate home o: that future year.
She picks up garments here and there,
Thrown down in careless haste;
And tries TO think how it would seem
If nothing were displaced;
II the house were always as still as this,
How could she bear the loneliness
-Grdphic.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04

After the downfall Of Napoleon IN
1915, the French Government became
liable for the amount Of $50 million
francs, which was 10 lie paid over to
Allies within three years, to reimburse
them for the expense of the campaign.
The payments were to be made in 1916 in
gold, but as the French were unable to
raise the amount in gold, the Allies had
ss>be satisfied with silver N payment of
the other installment.
The people of Paris were naturally
very much interested, and took no pains
to conceal their anguish at having to
part with their gold and silver coin.
The subject was under discussion one
day in the salon of Madame de Stael.
A young German officer who was present
protested against the Allies being COM
PEELED to take the inferior metal IN pay
ment.
''You had better be satisfied" inter
rupted Madame de Stael 1--WE paid the
first installment in gold, the second IN
silver, and, if pressed too closely, we
might pay the third in IRON
VERY well, Madame replied the
German officer, calmly; ''you can pay
the third installment in iron, If you
choose, but if you try it we will give
you receipt in full in lead
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04


''Fiye million people upon the globe
arc now dependent on the electric cur
rent for their daily bresd, so said Mr..
W. Il. Preeee, At the recent meeting of
the British Association held at Bath.
Scarcely week passes, he continued,
without some fresh practical applica-
ton of its principles, and VIC seem to be
only on the shore OF that sea Of economy
and benedcence which expands with
every new discovery of the properties of
electricity. aud spreads already beyond
the mental grasp of any one single
worker, And what IS in store beyond
for mans research and conquest who
shall sayl
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
To Clean Paint Work.

A steamboat steward says that house
keepers should go to a steamboat for
lessons on cleaning paint work. The
cabin of steamboat, painted a clear
white, is kept quite as if the painter had
lust left it, being not only clear, bat
having beautiful polish. All that is
necessary is a little water, a sponge, pure
CASTLE soap. and a smooth cloth for rub
bing after the dirt has been washed off
with the sponge The rubbing restores
the polish. Many people paint every
year, whereas if the paint is washed in
this way it will show clear and with a
high polish for four or five years.
Prairie Fdrmer.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
household HiT

Use a warm knife in GU 3
bread and the like. +
A paste of whiting and bi
remove spots from marble.
a salt ham should be soaked
in plenty of soft water previo6t
ing.
After washing q wooden bowl pl
where it Will dry equally on all Sc
away from the stove.
Fruit stains on white goods can be re-
moved by pouring boiling water directly
from the kettle over the spots.
Hive sirup is good for Group or inham-
nation of the lungs. 1t must be kept in
cool place, for if it sours it is very
poisonous.
If you want poached eggs to look par
ticularly nice cook each egg in a muffin
ring placed in the bottom of sauS-
of boiling water. kcepan
A creaking hinge can be ~
use of a black lead penet ,ecured by the
number, thIAssssaE.ss1 of the softest
ere 6. 81 point rubbed into=ail the
q .ses CT the hinge.
Corks may be made air and water tight.
by keeping them for five minutes undsf
melted parafiine. They must be kept
down with a wire screen.
For cleaning brass use a thin paste OF
plate powder, two tablespoonfuls of vine
gar. four tablespoonfuls of alcohol. Rub
with a piece of flannel; polish with
channels.
suet should be cooked before it is
stale. Boil for two or three hours. then
strain through a linen cloth. One-fourth
of this fat and three-fourths lard is a
good mixture for frying doughnuts.
Be very particular about disinfecting
the kitchen sink. Washing soda, two
tablespoonfuls to a gallon of boiling
water, makes an excellent wash to poSk
hot into the sink at after you have
ished using it.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04

Lord Wolseley says that one of the
bravest men he ever knew is Lieuenant-
General Sir Gerald Graham, Y. c., who
was in chief command at the battle Of
Fl Teb, in Africa. Graham is several
inches over six feet in height and rather
indolentphysically, Many ines wolse-
ley has seen him endanger his life rather
than take few extra steps in safety.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
Twos Raised to Tens.

Quite a number of silver certificates
are in circulation in this city which have
been raised from 50 to $40 The two
large figures on the back have bsen OBJ
liberated and the figure 80" on the face
cut out and a figure $40" inserted, be-
ing held in place by court plaster. Where
the word 'two" is spelled out the last
two letters ere obliterated, leaving only
the st" 1t is well calculated to deceive
unless the bill is particularly noticed. =
R,trlingt0H Fra Pres.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04

The taste for realism is extending,
observes the Commercial kds.r,issr. In
Nova Scotia the ether day three small
boys, under eight years all of them,
bound aad gagged another small boy
and proceeded to play '.killing pig" so
successfully that they CUT his throat
fatally to get the proper flow of blood.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
Food for n Lover.

He-"Amauda, this is the neat little
restaurant where l have those delicious
lunches ] have mentioned to you but
could not describe, and this is Tom, the
-~aiter who serves me my favorite dishes
so nicely.
She-"How sweet, Adolphus
HeE'What viii you order, Amanda
They have birds, o. sters, and all the
delicacies OF the season"
She-"Your favorite dish, Adolphus,
of course. Waiter, you may fetch Mr..
Wigwag's fayorite order, which he saws
vou serve so nicely"
Waiter-'Yes, LADY, giving ORDER
s'Draw one in de dark. Soused pigs feet
ON de iron. Mao York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04


together by a massive gold rinsr, nothing
could change my foreboding that the
union would never be q happS one
Promptly on the following morning
Adolphus called and fastened with me
to the abode of the fair Arethusa, who
received me with delight, and expressed
her admiration in most eloquent terms,
saying: "Just fancy and how awfully
jollyi" ooh, yes, she was very English in
deed > a great many times IN all her
choicest tones. This, of course,
was very soothing to my feelings,
but was not long allowed 10 bask in
the honeyed words, for picknicking was
the order of the day, and was immedi-
ateiy called into requisition and my
troubles began. At the first Whit Of
wind my head made violent effort to
resume his natural position and drag my
pretty dress in the dust, an effort which
/ resented and strained every bone TO
prevent. and in the commotion that en-
sued there was another hat catastrophe;
but this time it was Mr.. Radcliffe who
wa; the sufferer, and much diversion
his antics afforded US, as he amoled
and leaped, and scrambled and climbed
back and forth on n stone wall In his
pursuit of it, and made himself generally
ridiculous in full view of his lady-love,
as she stood cool ard serene in the rosy
shade, which, in my gratitude for hold
ing me firmly aloft, shed over her in
profusion. am sorry to be obliged to
state that his race wss enlivened by oc-
casional breezy expressions, to which
Arethusa and politely closed our ears.
WV, my dear" said she sweetly,
when, sed and disguised ne rejoined us
bearing captive the muddy hat, 81 am
afraid so much exercise must have ia
tigued you so soon after breakfast"
The words were sympathetic enough,
but unfortunately there was a full
blown twinkle in her eyes utterly at va
rance with them, and it was this that
Adolphus's quick glance took in at once,
and to this he RESPONDED irritably, "0h,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04

Al international congress of nearly
five hundred physicians lately in session
at Paris was practically unanimous thai
consumption, or tuberculosis, is com
tagious and transmissible between man
and beast. There was unanimity also as
10 the prime necessity of boiling milk
and cooking meat well as a preventive
ofmuch Of the consumption which now
Eicts the human race None Of these
exclusions are new, but they derive adj
a force from the unanimity with
,r,;.,, - 60. declared and accepted
a. facts well es ablished.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
Penelope's Words of Comfort


"Penelope, can't you say something
to soften the blowln implored the young
man.
''Oh. Philip, Philip What can I sayl
1t is all over between us"
That doesn't soften it any," re oined
Philip; that's what you said before.
And the unhappy youth looked mourn
| folly at a ten-dollar volume of poems he
had presented her a few months before,
and heaved a sigh so deep, so pro-
foun0, that it made his shoes lerceptibly
tighter.
penelope" he continued, ''when
young man builds ali his hopes on the
promise of young woman and that
young woman deliberately goes back on
that promise, it knocks the props, as it
were, out from under his hopes, and
they come down, kerswash You may
have perception sometime, Penelope, "
he added with increasing gloom, ''of
the feelings of a human being standing
by wreck of this kind and looking at
the debris of his own happiness"
i couldn't help 1t, Philip, she re-
piled. Il have become satisfied that we
were not made for each other. We
should not be happy together. We
is it because am a mugwump!" he
demanded.
''No, Philip, it is not that, I think,
with proper nursing, you would recover
from that in time. Neither have | any
objection to your personal appearance,
your position in society, your hab-
isl
''AIy habits '' he calculated. 81 hope
not. Penelope Witherspoon, never IN
my life took drink of anything intox-
icating, never chewed tobacco, never
smoked cigar, never went to circus,
and never was in a ballroom. 1 don't
drink tea or coffee, eat peatnuts, chew
gum. read novels, swear, gamble, lie,
use snuff. play checkers, sit up late at
night, 90 to theatres. eat between meals,
nor read Amelie Rives, never kissed
young woman in my life
'.As far as my experience goes" as
serted Penelon.nAs pectivelv. ~ can
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04

A colorcd man by the name of Ross,
who was lately convicted of murder in
the first degree and sentenced to be
hanged at Brandenburg. KY. was
grrnted new trial on the ground that
he had not been convicted by jury Of
his peers. There sas no colored man On
the jury that tried him.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04
Use Plenty of Apples.

Apples are abundant and cheap thi
year, says the New York Witness, ant
there is no more useful fruit. Raw
stewed, baked or preserved, they ar
wholesome, toothsome and nutritious
The fall apples are the most juicy AZ
delicious, but do not keep, and for
reason have TO be sold cheap. q
good-sized family should buy -
them at once for immediate U
save them from spelling by oatiI .
up A considerable portion
might also be made into jelly
them and boiling skin and all.
pies are best for this purpq -.
color of the skin gives ine
the Jelly. liberal allowan
juice should be added to thu
and an equal weight of sug3
whole boiled into Jelly.
cheapest of all jellies, and reii-s
good when well made Bought
Ielly is not nearly so nice, and can ssssl
be relied upon. 1t is frequently maj
from the refuse of the evaporating es
adjustments, that is, the cores, and
skins and wormy apples.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04

.ze3am Kegs from Kalamazoo, with
disgust. Here, waiter, l
ordered raw oysters What on airth
are these nasty black stones
Waiter petrifed "Oystahs, sah-on
de hafT-shell, sahr'
Mr.. Byam Keggs-"Haff-shell, is itl
Oh, git out pve eat million canned
oysters out home, and never saw a shell
on airy one of theml"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-04

Statistics are not always interesting
reading, observes the New York Grapiic,
yet can any one fail to find cause for
rejoicing when he reads the fact that the
army Of American school children who
have resumed their studies numbers over
l1,c00, 090, The latest data furnished
by the Government shows that there are
nearly Is, oOa. oO) scholars enrolled upon
the lists Of our schools, and that the
average daily attendance Is fully H.,
coo, 600. CuriousIy enough the greatest
progress in this line is evidenced where
ono would least ezpectit. The Territory
Of Rakota shows the most marked IL
crease in the number Of her schools and
scholars, and is followed closely by that
oft slandered State, Indiana In New
Hampshire, Vermont. hio, Nevada and
South Carolina there has beea a marked
decrease in the number OF sehool children
enrolled. The central States Of the