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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
eIRLs' BIRrHpAYs.

An old astrological prediction gives
the character of q girl according to the
month she is born in, as follows:
If a girl Is born in January, she will be
a prudent housewife, given to melan-
choly, but good tempered and fond OF
fine clothes.
If in February, an affectionate wife
and tender mother, and devoted to dress
II in March, a frivolous chatterboN,
somewhat given to quaTeIling, and a
connoisseur in gowns and bonnets.
If in April, inconstant, not very inteli-
gent, but likely to be good looking and
studious of fashion plates
If in May, handsome, amiable, and
given to style in dress.
If in June, imPetuous, viii marry carly,
be frivolous, and like dressy clothes.
If in July, possibly handsome, but with
sullly temper and a penchant for gay
attire.
If in August, amiable and practical,
likely to marry rich and to dress strik-
ingly.
II in September, discreet, affable, much
liked. and a fashionable dresser.
If in October, pretty and coquettish,
and devoted to attractive garniture.
If in November, liberal, kind, of a mild
disposition, and an admirer Of stylish
dress.
If in December, well proportional,
fond Of novelty and extravagant, and a
student of dress effects.-Ha7pers Nigga
zine.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

The skirts of tuIle dresses are made in
fan plisses.
Black velvet ribbons, in all widths, are
much used to trim gowns Of all colors.
Black India silks, with floral patterns
in rose color or bright yellow ARE in high
favor.
The low toque without strings is the
favorite for morning and general wear in
the city.
surah and India silks are combined
with sateens, ginghams and other fine
cottons.
A French waist has the neck cut a lit
tie low and in square tabs, which lie over
trills of lace.
Many bonnets are worn without strings
and there is thus an opportunity of show
ing scarfs and cravats.
Metal belts, gold and silver not ex-
Guided, are among the pleasing novelties
of the present moment.
Large flowers are used for flower bon
nets, and so few that the elaborate hair
dressings not concealed by them.
Some of the new silken hosiery is
rathe- pronounced in color. Black and
darl1-brown stockings lead, however.
The fashionable gowns OF this season
are either extremely simple or very
elaborate. There IS no middle course.
Bonnets of colored tulle are lightly
pulled on gilded wires, and trimmed with
flowers held by small bows of black vel
vet ribbon.
In spite of the fat of fashion that only
puffy sleeves are permissible many women
who have plump, pretty, arms cling to the
tight sleeve.
Insertions of black Chantilly lace, two
OF three rows, are used to trim the
draperies of fine woolens in both pale
and bright colors.
For evening wear toilets are made up
in combinations Of velvet and almost any
other material. In fact, velvet is feature
of the evening dress.
Figured India silks are used as garni-
lures upon faille and other heavy silks;
The colors Of the two materials should
harInonize rather than match.
Bonnets made to match the gown have
the long, oval crown covered with the
lighter fabric of the dress, the brim qext
the face being covered with darker velvet
of q becoming shade.
Sashes of black MORE ribbon may be
worn with dresses of any color, even if
black is not used in any other portion Of
the costume. Bindings of narrow MORE
ribbon are frequently used on the edges
of collars, cuffs, revers. etc.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
A lAex1F1cENr RECEPTION ROOM.

Here is a description of Mrs. William
B. Astor's reception room in New York,
"the wide window Of which" says the
writer, sis cased in ebony wood and
smothered in hangings of turquoise blue
silk and indigo-tinted lace. The walls
are hung in turquoise silk, with deco
rative dado and a painted ceiling,
and the ebony finish of the woodwork Is
as beautifully polished as piece of
ONYX. In the centre of the parQuetry
floor Is an odd design of small Persian
rugs. inlaid as it were in a field of garnet
terry. Precious rugs drape the small
divans, and superb specimens of needle
paintings are shown in the chair cover
ings. The most attractive article Of fur
niture is a small upright piano of light
mahogany, beautifully embelIished with
panels of carved silver, symbolic Of
music and song.
Figures of cupids and busts Of chill
dren fill the corners of the room with
beauty, and as the visitor enters, she
passes under the glossy green branches
of a small palm tree that stands on
pedestal of polished green marble. All
the ornaments are of Dresden china, and
the fantastic beauty and grace Of the
figures, the variety of design and brilliancy
of color produce an effect both novel and
agreeable. On the walls hang brackets,
baskets and pockets of the fowery porce-
lain, and about the metal cabinet, along
the edges of small stands and fairly
crowding the piano shelf, are shepherds
and shepherdesses, troubadours, peasant
girls and court figures, no two alike, and
each outrivaling the other in gayety and
L. Ann41-gS- faa+l1~a % AZ -
the splendid army of artificial flowers, a
variety of decoration, by the way, that
Mrs. Astor is very fond of.
''Violets, lilies, ilacs, feverfews, hya-
cinths, buttercups and little wildernesses
of field flowers are knotted together in
clustering bouquets and freight the wheel
barrows, vases and jardinieres of Dresden
china, while in the slender forms of
crystal and jeweled wares are roses, as
tiers, japonicas and magnohas of such a
remarkable composition as to challenge
detection in a flower show without the as
sistence Of touch or smell. The linen
blossoms were brought from France last
summer, and the sum paid for them
would have procured very nice supply
of cut flowers for an entire season. All
the hangings about the room are made of
rich blue silk canvas, handsomely worked
in silver threads. The family crest, done
on a field of scarlet and white in silk, sill
yer and gold, and mounted in banner
form, is the glory of an east corner.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
The Housed Fly.

Professor Riley says: THE house-iy
is in itself not poisonous, but may en-
danger our lives by carrying disease germs
on its feet and hairy body. Moreover,
flies are capable of eating the ova Of va
rious parasite worms, discharging them
unchanged in their feces. The distri-
button of the human parasite, tricocepha-
lus dispar, as DR.. Grassi has proved, Is
aided by the agency Of the common house
fly. Even the eggs Of the tape worm,
tenia soium, may be thus distributed. ="
But do not condemn them too hastily
on the above score, Tor they are excel
lent scavengers- "buzzards on a small
scale" eating great quautitiesin their lar
val state, of decaying animal and vegeta-
bic matter, scattered thoughtlessly by
man where it may become the breeding
places ofdisease germs.-PTairis Farmsr.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
now ro Nc va oN Morns.

HOW TO WAGE WAR on MOTHS
In packing away either summer or
winter clothing it should be thoroughly
aired out of doors for several hours. The
best method for doing this is to hang the
clothes on a line in a rather shady place.
Each garment should be inspected, and
any dust that has accumulated in the folds
or in the pockets removed. Give thor
ough brushing, and where moths are sus-
pected place clean, damp cloth over the
spot and press with a hot iron. The steam
will penetrate every fiber and kill what
ever life is hidden there Il the garments
arc to be placed in a chest, fupigate it
with sulphur. Place a dish Of bright
Goals inside, sprinkle plentifully with sui
phur and close the lid. When the Goals
have become cold remove and place in the
clothes. Treated in this way they will
remain free from moths any length Of
time. 1t is useless TO pack goods away
if the moth eggs are in them, as they are
certain to eat their way through in time.
To prevent moths from attacking up
holstered furniture fasten under tine seats
sIuan bags filled with camphor. If it is
known there are moths in the hair filling
the only way to get rid Of them is to send
them to furniture dealer to take apart,
put through benzine bath and re-up-
holster. Furniture stuffed with hair is
seldom found free from moths. The hair
is allowed to lie in warehouses without
any precaution being taken to keep it free
from these pests, and when wanted for
use is seldom looked over; soft goes INTO
the furniture filed with eggs.-Detr0tt
Free Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
The Persian Gentleman.

In Persia boys and girls never play to-
gether. Even at home the inferiority Of
the girls Is insisted on, juss as much by
the mother as by the father. The little
girls have to invite playmates OF their
own, but their games are never HFely
ones. They generally prefer to SIT Oy
Or o'I pome g a' trees in the garden
(which usually is laid out in the court
ward surrounded on all sides by houses or
high walls and listen to fairy tales which
tbeir mothers and nurses can tell very in
terestingly, indeed. While there's very
little companiouship or love between
brothers aud'sisters, there isno quarrelinS
and no fighting, either, between them;
and the boys, while thinking themselves
above the girls, show them many little
kinduesses.-Nel5 York Nail ant EEPre's.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
The Milling of Toilet Soap.

entitled soap" said the soapsgent
when asked to explain the legend which
his sign bore, 'tPure Milled Soap" "that
is where the difference between common
kitchen and toilet soap comes in.
'Soap, you know, is composition Of
tallow and various Ives. To manufacture
the common yellow variety, known as
laundry soap, these ingredients are boiled
together with the addition of rosin, and
when cool, cut into the ordinary bars.
That is the end of the process. But in
making toilet soaps, We go very much
further We mill it. 1t IS simply that
to make the finer soap the ingredients
must be better mixed into each other and
the cake made harder and more compact
So is a frmer lather obtained, and ts
cake does not dissolve nearly so rapidly.
To start with we take q better quality of
tallow for this toilet soap and don't use
rosin at all. Owing to the use of this
better material the mass coming out Of
the boiling kettle from which these bars
are cut is a pure white.
''The bars are pared into slices which
are thrown into the mill, where they are
caught up between rollers, not on q -, y
different principle from that of theH Y
wife's clothes-wringing machine. IL
cUme out in slivers or shaving-like stris
Then they are fed into hopper, somel
thing like two feet square, underneath
which is a continually revolving screw,
which forces them down through a rec
tangular opening, adjustable as desired.
From this, driven by the pressure of the
screw above, issues a long, solid, closely
compressed bar 1t is laid upon a
table, cut into its required lengths, and,
with the use of die, stamped into its
required shape or form. The coloring
matter is added as the soap is put into
the mill. A few drops are sufficient to
tinge a good many pounds of soap
Nsto York Mail and Express
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
Waited Ten Years to Marry.

Martin George and Caroline Jenkyn
were schoolmates in the old town Of st.
Ives, Cornwall, England, twenty years
ago, and became engaged, but neither
had money. Martin decided to come to
America to seek his fortune, and Caroline
said she would wait. That was ten years
ago. Martin was a miner in Cornwall,
and he went directly to the mining regions
in California He worked hard, saved his
money and at last settled down in San
Francisco as a broker in mining stocks,
and found himself rich enough to marry.
Mr.. George arrived in New York a few
weeks ago by previous arrangement and
waited impatiently for his bride, who
was expected to arrive on the Cunarder
GaIia. Miss Jenkyn came to New York
in charge of First Officer John Stevens,
who had known her family for many
years. When she arrived a tall young
man about thirty years of age, in a fash
ionable cutaway coat and silk hat, was
down on the Cunard pier. He was tilI
first to rush up the gangway, and in
cabin there was an affectionate meg
between the bride and groom, Wild
not seen each other for ten years. TfeG
was no need for delay about the wedding
because George had engaged Rev. Mr..
McAnney a week before 10 perform the
ceremony, and the bride and groom, with
Officer Stevens, were driven in a carriage
to the minister's residence. Mr.. McAnney
and his wife were just going out for the
evening, but it didn't take more than a
minute OF two to tie the knot. The brids
was married in her travelling costumes
She is twenty eight years old and the
bridegroom is thirty. Mrs. McAnney
and Officer Stevens were witnesses to the
marriage, Chicago Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
PITH AND POINT.
md 10 the corps-A bugIe eaIl

Sound to the corps-A bugle call.
A poor relation-story badly told.
Lumberman's slang-Shute that Iogi
A dentist refers to his collection of ex-
tracted teeth Is gum drops.
sAIatchIcss maid is the way in which
presumptious young man addresses
lady Of very uncertain age.
There wouldn't have been any milk in
the eoeoanut if some dsirymen had had
the construction Of it.-Sytiags
Plenty of sleep is conducive to beauty.
Even a garment looks worn when it loses
its -Binghart0a RePuJtieaH-
s.Waiter, beef steak-but not a small
one. I'm 50 terribly nervous that every
little thing upsets me. ''-F3iegeHds B5aet-
ter.
Teacher-'sWhat is an unknown guam
tityl" Coal Dealers Son-"What you
get when you buy ton of coal.
Golden Days.
It is one of the paradoxes of life that
the more a wife keeps her husband In hot
water the colder he grows toward her
Boston courier.
" mere are {ne tee sii' ON "li'n III GUN
..,rbe salndwhich has them. sir. in sooth,n
The lunch girl straight replied
-MerchaHt T'rdreier-
Rejoice, o young man, IN the days oil
thy youth, but remember that, big as he
Is, the whale does not do" ihuch unLn
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
Geronimo as a Sehola

Evidently D0rn TO De leader, the TACT
that he can no longer be first on the war
path has suggested to Geronimo, the
bloodthirsty Apache chief who so long
terrnrized Arizona, but who is now i'm
prisoned on reservation in Florida, the
alternative Of being first in the Sunday
school, and accordingly he may be seen
ringing the bell, seating the pupils, and
keeping order generally with all the de-
termination which characterized him
when his occupations were of a some
what more exciting nature. Both in the
day school and Sunday-school he Is re-
puted as being the teachers right hand
man, and We receive amusing descriP-
tons Of the confidence with which he IS
called upon in emergencies requiring de-
cisive action. One of the teachers sFEiises {;
''We have removed the organ to his (Ge-
ronimos) house. and every evening We
go out there to sing. Not only the Indians
come, but some Of the soldiers, and after
we are through Geronimo sits down and
plays his tune, to the delight Of the In
dams, who fairly roar their appreciation. -
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
mEApow oF -.

You sing the delights Oft the city or town.
OF the theatre, ball or soiree;
sing of the joys Of some gorse covered
down, q.
Some sweet scented meadow Of hay.
I care not who pores Ger each counter or
Who bulls or who bears on the street,
But give me the banks Of some swift running
The charms of someshndy retreat.
What pictures your painters can dimly en-
shrine
On the canvas SO dull and so cold,
Can equal the luster these pictures Of mine
should nature her beauties unfold2
You drink to the health of your star Of the
stage
In vintages costly and rare;
Nv brown cider jug shall my fancies engage
When drink to the health Of my fair.
I crave not your bellies, who in fashions gay
whirl
Trip bHthely till daylight away;
But give me the smile Of some sweet country
girl,
A queen, in her meadow of hay.
-Chiedgo Journal
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
A MODEST wooER.

.'Mabel, said the young man bashful-
ly, ''do you know I think your mother is
a wonderfully fine woman"
81 am glad to know that she has won
your esteem"
''Do you think that I have succeeded
in making a favorable impression on
herl'
81 don't know of any reason to believe
the contrary. Why doyou askG
81 was only wondering"
..Wondering whatl''
"Whether she could ever think enough
of me to accept me for a son-in-law."
And Mabel did her best to give him
confidence Merchant TrqJeler.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

4 They were sitting on the piazza that
faced the sea, watching the white-sailed
yachts as they crossed the moons track,
when suddenly he said:
81 think it must be delightful sailing
on such lovely night"
"Oh! lovely, 1 should think"
i wish 1 owned one for your sake. I
take you sailing every night"
pat would be just lovelyln
hat kind of yacht would you pre-
steam yacht or a sailing onel"
think" she murmured, as she
Iced around, Il think would like a
VIE smack"
She got it.-Boston Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
MINED TIE CERTIFICATES.

Government Clerk to friend -"Tm in
a frightful hole. I went to see two doc
tors yesterday and got a medical certifi-
cate from each. One was a certificate of
health for a life insurance company and
the other was a certificate of illness to
send to the chief with my petition for a
weeks leave of absence"
Friend-"Wel, I've done that myself
What's the matter?"
&c. C.-'8latter2 Great Scott,
liked the certificates in mailing them.
be insurance company has my certif-
of i'll health and the chief has my
tificate of good health Boston
= acoa.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
CRIES.

The rains of winter scourged the weald,
For days they darkened on the field;
Now, where the wings of winter beat,
The peoples ripple in the wheat
And pitiless griefs came thick and fast
LIES bough was naked in the blast
Till silently amid the gloom
They blew the wintry heart to bloom.
Charles E. Markham, in Scribnel.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
NATURAL HISTORY.

Frog TO elephant)-'How far can you
Jump, you big lummix?'
y Elephant-'I can't jump at all, froggy-
Oggy."
Frog hoisting his shoulders)-"You're
ilucky. When I see an enemy approach
ing, with few jumps I'm out of danger "
' Elephant-"When I see an enemy ap-
preaching I don't have to jump. .
Hqrper's Bazar.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
4 DYING One Reviews His Whole Life.

\ French scientist atiirms that dying
person in his last moments thinks of the
chief events of his life. Persons resus-
citated from drowning, epileptics with
grave attacks, persons dying and already
unconscious but momentarily brought
back to consciousness by ether injections
to utter their last thoughts, all confirm
this remarkable fact. Brown-Seouard
mentions the indisputable fact that per-
sons vino, in consequence of cerebral af-
fections, have been paralyzed for years,
get back when dying their sensibility,
mobility and intelligence. Such facts
clearly show that at the moment Of dis
solution important changes take place, re
acting on the composition Of the blood
and the functions of the organs.-Chi-
eaqo Times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20
PROGRESS VS.. PREJUDICE.

A1iV1ltESo 70 AAA-' eNA+
''Laua, . said the old man, twill you
have some tatersq"
''If you refer to the farinaceous tubers
which pertain to the solaHum tuberosum,
and which are commonly known as pota-
toes, replied the sweet girl graduate,
II would be pleased to be helped to a
modicum of the same. But taters
Taters7 I'm quite sure, papa, they are
something of which never before had
the pleasure of hearing
The old man hammered on the table
I'LL the pepper castor lay down for a rest,
and then remarked in a voice Of icy calm
ness:
Laura, will you have some of the
taters2"
eyes, papa"
Is our boosted high school system a
failure or is it notl-7are Hinte Ez-
press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

Before the war the high-water mark in
cotton Was 100000 bales. The crop
If last year IS not ut entirely out Of the
hands Of The planters, but those whose
business attention is absorbed By the
staple place It at 2, 400, 600 bales, an in
ereass Of 100000 over the year pre-
ceiling. This season, with average
weather, Il win he 5000, GOO bales,
worth nearly four hundred million dol
Ian. Or dFe times The value Of all the
gold and silver produced in the United
5tetes IL one year.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

The lear that there would be an oil
famine il tie near future has been ex-
pressed again and again, but the figures
given By toe oil City DarieE aud in
dorsed by BFazsrat 20 70 show that the
Pennsylvania and Virginia belt alone is
practically inexhaustibIe. 50 far the
yield from this tract d 204 square miles
has been over $40, 900, 600 barrels. The
estimate is that the possible future yield
xii be not far from 1000, 600, 900 bar
rels. This estimate makes no reference
to thefelds that exist In Canada, Colora-
do, California, and elsewhere, both al
home and abroad The yield per square
mile, has been. for fifteen years, 1,0oo,.
Oos barrels. There seems to be no
reason to fear that the oil supply viii fail
before is substitute IS fulls established.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

Observes the New York Commercial
ldrsrsisa ssWhen Cardinal Gibboas,
the Other day, ia Baltimore, ordained as
priest Charles Randolph Uneles, q
colored MAJ sep WIS taken which is
likely 10 mark an epoch in the religious
histnry Of that race. Uncles Is the first
eolorei man ever elevated to the Roman
Catholic priesthood IN this country.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

The value Of property is decreasing in
parts Of England. a Cambridgeshire
farm Of 2e2 acres, which few years ago
was purchased for $50, 0G0, and has since
had s15,0 900 spent upon the homestead,
bas just changed hands at Wisbech for
the SUM Of S19,250.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

A resident Of Seattle, Washington Ter
ritory, which was recently destroyed by
Gre, offers 10 give 10000 toward a new
town ball II they VIII rename the place.
He suggests Edinburg, but Is not particu-
lar II they call It Smith City. Anything
but Seattle, which Is the indian name for
DRY bone.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

Russia IS passing enough another cpl
demic Of terror. The Car dares not
trust himself to the people, the people
look with suspicion On every officer Of the
Car. Dynamite bombs are found in the
most unexpected places. The prisons
are fall 70 oreraowing, and the Siberian
road more crowded than ever.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

''What an awfully small mouth Miss
Jagly has, remarked Jennie.
'eThat is only deceptive trick she has
acquired, replied Miss Snyder. ''You
oight to just see her out in the yard on
wish day with five elothes-pins in her
aouth. "-EDoeh.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

The city Of Buenos Ayres. in the Ar
eentine Republic, has expended during
she last six years $4,000, 600 in con
structing sixty magnificent school build
ings for 900 pupils each. These school
houses arc the finest buildings in the city,
and a collective exhibit Of them has made
sensation at Inc Paris Exposition. The
Argentine Republic IS now, aftei the
Tilted states, the country which spends
most, in proportion to population, for
ednea.ioa.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-20

The many complications in Europe
growing out Of desire for more territory
and ether causes. have created shrinllages
10 stocks, tie moneyed men believing
that wars are fairly sure to be the result.