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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
An Economical Dish.

Calls head with a small quantity of
calf's liver can, at a moderate cost, be
made into quite an elegant supper dish,
closely initiating the terrapin. In most
markets the head comes skinned, and
can be purchased for about twenty-five
cents, but it pays one best to purchase
those with the skins on, even at a cost
of three times the above. Select one
that is white and nicely cleaned, throw
it into cold water as soon as it arrives
from the market, and, after soaking for
a half hour, wash it well. Take out the
brains-the head should be sawed for
this purpose-and, after removing the
bloody fibre, cover them with boiling
water and simmer gently ten minutes:
drain and put aside until wanted. After
you wash the head thoroughly, cut the
skin and flesh off in neat pieces aud take
out the tongue. Crack the bones and
put them in soup kettle; cover with
two quarts of cold water and sinmeSs
gently for two hours. The tongue may
be cooked with the bones, skinned and
put aside to serve cold for another meal.
AT the end of the two hours strain this
stock, return it to the soup kettle. Cut
into pieces half pound of calf's liver,
cover it with boiling water, let stand
ten minutes, drain, put it with the meat
and skim in the kettle and simmer until
quite tender, about one and half hours.
Put quarter pound of butter in a sauce
pan, add to it two even tablespoonfuls
of flour, mix until smooth, and add a
half pint of the liquor in which the meat
was cooked and half pint of milk. stir
until it boils, then add about
One-half the cooked meat. Stand this
over boiling water while you mash fine
the yolks of the three hard-boiled eggs,
add these to the mixture and palatable
of salt and cayenne. A table
spoonful of lemon Juice may be added.
The remaining half of the meat may be
made into croquettes for another meal.
The brains should be dipped in egg and
bread crumbs and fried in smoking hot
lat, and, if served with tomato sauce,
will make an attractive dish for next
days luncheon. l. C0Urier-JOUrRGl.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
COUNTRY Yersns City Life.

The general death-rate in large cities,
SAYS DR.. }. NJ. French. in the american
Ayrieul'uTid, is often twice as great as
in the sparsely-settled country, while
among children under five years of age
the difference IS even greater tban this.
so constant and well ascertained is this
difference that DR.. + arr, the English
registrar-general, has formulated the law
that the death. rate of districts increases
with the density Of their population.
Investigations which have been recently
made upon q large scale prove cOnclu-
sively that all persons living beyond the
age of eighty years only, an extremely
small proportion ere born or spent their
childhood in the city, while large pro-
portion were reared upon q farm. In
one case. out of one thousand Octo-
genarians, four hundred and siXty-One
had been farmers all their lives, and
nearly all of them began life upon the
farm. In another instance, out of many
thousands, only one person over eighty
years OF age had been born and brought
up in the city. Many of them had re-
moved TO the city, and engaged in bust.
ness there, but all except one had spent
the years of body building in the cOun-
try.
The great majority of the successful
business men in our cities, and of men
occupying responsible positions in pub
lie life, were country born and bred In
the country they obtained that robust
ness of constitution and strength Of body
without which no one can long endure
the strain of business or professional life.
There, too, they build up that strength
of mind and character which is neces-
sary in order to overcome the temptations
of city life, and that steadfast determine
ton which enabled them to achieve sue
cess.
The reasons for these things are not
hard to find. The conditions Of city
lie are such as to lead to a much greater
prevalence Of nearly all epidemic
and contagious diseases. Then the
country lads aud lasses enjoy plenty Of
good air and sunshine, simple food and
outdoor exercise. Their habits are
regular, their hours of rising aud retiring
are early, and they live close TO nature.
In the city these conditions are reversed.
Pure air is hard to find, night is turned
into day, and life Is artificial. The
strain upon the nervous system IS
greater, the body is not as well nour.
ished, and the vital forces give out ear
tier
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
Drove Him Away.

/ Mark Twain, during his early days,
did not stand well among boarding
house keepers The drawing youth
was too lazy to pay his board. Once,
while working on the st. Louis RepubLi-
can, Twain, after many boarding house
hardships, cast his hungry lot with a
hard featured widow named Perkins.
The printers had told HIM that she was
woman of gentle nature. They gleefully
awaited the end of the first week. Mon
day morning when Mark came to the Of
fee his face wore an anxious expression.
"How are you, Clemensl" said the
foreman.
"Slow."
THAT'S fact. Glad to see that you
have entered upon the week in so truth
full way. How is your landladyl'
bad"
"Did you pay her Saturday nightl'
"No."
'fWhat did she sayl'
''Nothing, but she looked as though
she were chlseled out of stone"
"a should think" tramp printer re-
joined, ''that she looked as though she
were chlseled out of board.
Twain cast a quick glance at the
speaker, and, lazily reaching for his coat,
said "My immortal soul is too tender to
stand the cruel shafts Of sarcasm. Good
bye"
He dragged himself out of the Office.
His career as printer was at an end
ArkaHsd1 Ira0eier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03

An interesting figure in the Peunsyl-
vania Legislature is the Hon. John S.
Riley, member of the lower House from
Cambria County. He is past seventy,
was Speaker OF the House in 1852, and is
the only representative OF the old ,choOl
Democracy now in public life in Penn
sylvania. As Speaker of the House in
1852, he appointed the committee that
looked after the entertainment Of ouis
KOssuth and his suite when they visited
Harrisburg and escorted them across the
State to Fittsburg, large part Of the
journey having to be made in sleighs,
there being no PENNSYLVANIA abroad to
Pittsburg then, and the state canal
being frozen. Mr.. Riley is one OF the
oldest and ablest lawyers, journalists ana
politicians in active life in the state to-
day. HIS mother is living, and VIII soon
be 100 years old.-.Nsso Xors Sun,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
PITI AND POINT.
Cut glass-Glaziers.

Cut glass-Glaziers.
Always raising cane-Cuban planters
Pays in the long run-A successful
play.
Goes off mad-The dog with hydro
phobia
Some of the candidates for missions
will get them, while Others will get
omissions.-Pi'siurg C6roHieie.
When some men draw up a note thew
have to draw it up as small as possible
before any one will take it.-Si iings.
Perhaps the most potential letter of
the alphabetis n, because it can make
man of ma.-Bm Hampton Republican.
-Four hunters FIRE simultaneously at a
rabbit that keeps on running, and they
ask altogether: 81 wonder who missed
that time
Explorer Stanley has evidently found
himself He should now tie a string
around his little finger, so as to remem-
Der where he is.-B0eiestr Post.
The man who could if he would but won't
bestOw on his wife a dime,
Is the man who would if he could but can't
lEL AAAL1A leu u 6tEOlI LlLilI-
Time
The man who was caught carrying
away the planks Of the sidewalk for fire.
wood excused himself on the ground
that his doctor had ordered him to take
q walk every day.-B7st0a Courier.
Oh, to sit by the stove with
A maiden trim and neati
Marriage may be failure
But courtship's hours are sweet!
Boston Courier.
''Poor little boy, " she said sympathetic
cally TO the EARNED urchin, did
you lose your little arm2" Nom" he
replied, tearfully, 81 picked it up after
the smash-up, and dad, he had it buried"
-Time
Aspiring Authoy-"Of course you are
fond of poetry, are you not, Miss Whip
perly." Miss WhipPorly-"My maid Is,
1 believe; but let US talk Of something
serious; tell me all about the entries for
the dog show. "-LGe.
THEY CONE HIGH.
The roses that bloom in the winter
May be within reach OF the rich,
But they're rather too high for the fellow
Who's neither a wizard nor witch.
--Ne,U York Journal.
She-'Don't you think you had bet
ter get a sinner Your shoes are very
dingy" He-"Why, they don't need
it; they are patent leather" She-"The
patent must have expired, you had bet
ter get it renewed. "-LHtoa TIL Bits.
Fortune knocks once at each mans door,
Tn we're inclined to doubt;
Or if she ever knocked at ours
We certainly were out
Boston Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
10th in Hard Luck.

This story opens on the third floor ofa
magnificent Harlem compartment house.
lie had been twisting about on his
chair trying 10 find words to express his
undying devotion, and had already be-
gun to hem and haw, when voice came
from the floor below
"Niss CandIewick." it said 81 love
you passionately-madly; bid me but
hope, and all the dark colors of my life
will change"
This was bonanza for the young man
above.
Miss Clara, darling" he said, tremu-
lousy, 'them's my sentiments.
Then another voice came from below:
mo, Mr.. Goatee, cannot bid you
hope; l love another
And them's mine, Mr.. Norris re-
marked Miss Cla, a.-Harper's Bdzdr.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
A Smart Blind DearNIute Girl

-
a special from Boston contains the
following interesting facts concerning
the little phenomenal deaf, dumb and
blind Alabama girl:
Helen Kellar, the nine-year- deaf,
dumb and blind Southern girl, who has
been in attendance for the past year at
the Perkins Institution for the Blind, in
this city, has made such a marvellous
progress as tOhave attracted the attention
Of men of science the world over. She
carries on conversation by means of the
mysterious finger alphabet, telegraphing
her thoughts and desires with wonderful
facility and clearness. Her desire for
knowledge is intense, and she never
seems to grow weary Of asking questions
and receiving replies that might in
crease her stock of knowledge. She has
learned very quickly to do beadwork, to
knit Stockings and to model in clay, and
though eighteen months ago she knew
absolutely no form of language except
the natural and savage one Of signs,
now, through the instruction of Miss
Sullivan, she can correctly use and spell
$500 words by actual record. Her let
tiers, written in the square hand peculiar
to the blind are marvels OF neatness and
correct orthography.
perhaps one If the strongest proofs
OF Helen Intelligence and command Of
language" said Mrs. Hall, lilies in the
fact that, when talking with her, one
forgets TO make choice of easy words.
There is not the slightest need of limit
ing the number OF ones syllables lest |
she should not understand ones dis (
course. she is always anxious TO know
the height of any person who is men
toned in the conversation, and at rising
from her seat holds out her hand that
any one may take it and place it at the
proper distance from the ground. She
did not know what al inch was, and
took great delight in having her teacher
inform her by means of bits of paper
the length of that measure, and the /
fact that twelve of them made a foot /
an assertion that for a time she con |
founded with the length of her own
flesh and bone foot The child has a
surprisingly powerful memory, learning, |
for instance, the names and spelling Of
the different States Of the Union at a
sitting, aud acquiring even a knowledge
OF a number Of words in the Greek,
French and German languages. No Sc
rious attempt has been made to teach
Helen any foreign languages; but that
she has the linguistic talent strongly de-
veloped is clearly shown by her phenom-
enally rapid acquisition of the English
tongue"
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Salary No Object.

Young Woman (at intelligence ofice)
-"Any situations open to day"
Manage There is fine open
ing for a second girl in d good family
on Sunny avenue, 81 a week. Duties
light. And you get your board free,
you know, and two afternoons off every
week.
other chauces2'
- Mauager-''Let me see. HIM. Yes,
Grindelh & Hardface, the dealers in green
hioes and tanners supplies, il the base
ment this side of the docks on Dingy
Row, want an assistant bookkeeper.
Salary small, of course"
Young Woman Cexcitedly)-"Never
mind the salary. Giva me note to the
firm P'- ChicGyo TrHUae.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
Kentucky's Girl Preacher

Mary Semons, ten years of age, has
delivered four sermons in Falmouth,
KY, and is becoming quite popular as a
preacher She has a good voice and
splendid delivery for one so young.
Mary is the daughter Of a fairly well-to-
do farmer, who lives about four miles
from this place. From infancy she dis
played unusual brightness. About eight
months ago she Joined the Baptist church
here and said that the Lord had called
-upeR 5eS to preach., She srst addressed
a small congregation ut her fathers
house, and succeeded so well that she
spoke next in church near by. The
little girl soon had reputation through
out this and neighboring counties. Amer
several months in the country she
preached here, and her success was
greater than it was in the rural districts.
Under her ministry several persons
joined the church. Many allege that
her sermons cannot be surpassed by any
grown man or woman. Mary is rather
small for her years, has sharp features,
black eyes and hair and is very ihtelli-
gent She will continue her services
here for several weeks and then she will
60 to the larger Kentucky towns.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
Household Hints.

Use charcoal 10 proll WIN
If the cover is removed from soaE
dishes the soap will not get soft.
Salt fish of any kind is quickest and
best freshed by soaking in sour milk.
Scatter sassafras bark among dried
fruit to keep it from becoming wormy.
When fatirons become rusty, black
them with stove-polish, and rub vel
with dry brush
Clothespins boiled few minutes and
quickly dried once or twice month be-
come more durable.
To prevent the smell of paint put a
handful of hay in a bucket of water and
let it stand in the room over night.
Silverware can be kept bright for
months by being placed in an alright
case with a good-sized piece of camphor.
A little saltpetre or carbonate of soda
mixed with the water in which flowers
are placed will keep them fresh for Two
weeks. -r
A good rule for the use of the differ
ent kinds of flour Is to use pastry flour
wherever baking -four is USED and bread
flour with yeast
Never throw away cold potatoes as
there are so many delicious WAYS in
which they may be warmed over and
made into new dishes.
Nice table clothes and napkins should
not be allowed to become much soiled,
so that they will require vigorous rub
bling with soap or in hot water.
If butter is kept covered tight when
put in the iee-chest it will not absorb the
odor of any food lying near. There is
nothing so sensitive as butter.
To remove egg STAINS from silver
spoons, take little common salt between
the thumb and finger and rub the stain
briskly. Then wash in hot suds.
If you dip your broom into clean hot
suds once week, then shake it till it is
almost dry, and then hang it up, or
stand it with the handle down, it will
last twice as long as it would without
this operation.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03

This apple short cake has been de-
clared good: Make the cake of biscuit
dough with a tablespoonful of sugar
added to it; or take one-half cup'of lard.
one-half cup of butter, and pat them into
a quart of flour. Wet it with one egg
beaten into cup of sweet milk or water.
Beat together, add little sugar, and
roll out as soft as possible. Divide the
dough into four pieces, roll out thin and
bake in jelly-cake tins. When done
spread each cake with good butter, and
on this place thick layer of stewed and
sweetened apples. The tartest apples are
best. Pile the lawyers one above the
other, and scatter sugar over the npne~-
- Z. - III n a not oven for seven or.
eight minutes, and serve hot, with cream
beaten to a stiff froth.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
A Temptine Recine.


Some of our young readers may fir
pleasure in testing the following temsL
ing recipe for ''cocoanut chipsn
Beat the whites of couple of eggs to a
stiff froth with two ounces of powdered
sugar and few drops of the milk of the
nut or of orange-favored water; cut the
kernel Of the coconut into long strips
and dip them carefully in the white of
egg till thickly coated, then set on sheet
of clean white paper in the oven to bake
till crisp, but not colored. Cocoanut ice
is made pretty much the same way, only
the cocoanut is minced fine aud the
mixture, half colored pink, the other
half left white, is run into a lightly
oiled mold, and baked The mold must
be oiled with sweet almond OIL
Detroit Free Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03

There resides in Crbana, Ohio, a
veritable family of cranks Two sisters
and brother are now living. ears ago
the father bought coats for the boys, but
neglected one of his sons, John, IT.,
whereupon the boy said he would never
wear coat as long as his father
lived. He went upsta rs to his room,
where he remained until fourteen years
after, when the father died. The house
was afterward painted all over with the
most grotesque and curious designs.
While John, the peculiar, and a brother
were disputing about these designs, the
brother said: ''John, wish you would
90 upstairs and stay there" John did
so, remaining as before for four years,
coming down to attend the brothers
funeral. ohm, the recluse, is bleached
as white of woman because of his long
confinement. lie is sixty-fve years old.
A sister has charge Of the finances, but
the sisters and brother live secluded
life, never mingling with the world with
out.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
would be your first impulse, do you

would be your first impulse, do you
thinkf
"WeIl, my first thought would be for
you, of course. 1 would get you
to place of safety, and then do what ]
could to extinguish the flames"
THAT would be very nice of you,
George, to think of me first; but if FIRE
were to break out now, for instance,
wouldn't you lose valuable time in reach
ing me from away across the ROOM
Il don't know but what I would, -
said George, as he changed his seat.
Sunday Critgue.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
The Mother,s Joke.

Mother-''I would not put too much
faith in Miss Pert, John"
Son-"Why nOt2 She's all right"
Mother-"Don't you think she's a
little Eighty, apt to change, like a
weathercockl"
Son-"No What makes you think
she's like weathercock7"
Motber-"Because she's little vain. "
-Bostoa Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
THE OLD CHURCH.


The Albany GA Aeirs saws: The follow
Ilg lines by an unknown author was found
pS NJ on the crunbhng walls Of the old
ga naIord church o, Petersburg, Va, in
ao4 y. The church was built in lT85 As far
L ens Ne'cS and Advertiser can learn, they
b sn' heVer appeared in print but their
TIuty and pGthos deserve preservation
nus circumstances Of their coming 20 light,
e . ths tact that they are still ANONYMOUS.
elilll9s one OF the beautiful lines found at
eached to a skeleton in the British Museum
anu Mhlch every effort was made TO find I'D
author, without avail;
inOu art erumbling to the dust, old pile
Ihou art fastening to thy fall
r ~. around thee IN thy loneliness
Clings the ivy to the wall
Inc worshippers are scattered now
w no knelt before thy shrine.
And silence reigns where anthems rose
In days Of Aud Lang Syne.n
ana sadly signs the wandering wind
Where oft in years gone by,
Frayers rose from many hearts to Him.
The highest Of the high.
The tramp of many a busy foot
Ihatsought thy aisles is DER.
ana many weary heart around
Is still-forever more.
INV doth ambitions hope take wing,
How droops the spirit now:
We hear the distant city's din;
The dead are mute below.
Inc sun that shone upon their paths,
Now guilds their lonely graves;
Inc zephyr which one famed their brows
The grass above them waves.
on could we call the many back
Who've gathered here in vain
Who've careless roved where we do now,
Who'll never meet again
How " ~ ~ cur very souls be stirred
{ "a ( .sn s..,; ! ,,iSd ths beautiful,
aAs@5nf 81, "e' nays
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
IL Rnd Reen the Ronnds

Miss Clara-'Is that a new ring you
have on, Ethell 1t strikes me have
seen it before"
Miss Ethel (blushing)-'Yes, Clara;
young Mr.. Paperwate presented il to me
last night. have accepted him"
Miss Clara "Oh, indeed I'm so
glad. Accept my best wishes.
thought that ring looked strangely IA
miliar. "-LiJe.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
Chinese Nuptial Preparations.

The preparations for the imperial we'd
ding go on uninterruptedly at Picking.
Thirty officials Of the Han-lin Academy
are copying out hanging scrolls of au-
spicious and poetical inscriptions, to be
hung in pairs; and twenty operatives of
the paste pot come every morning. each
with his passport in his belt, to the pal
ace to decorate the walls. The court
painters are also hard at work at the
munshin. or door iosses, for which paper,
paint, ETC., have been issued to them by
order OF the Board of Revenue from the
Color Department = San Francisco
Chronicle.
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Cure for a FOG Bite.

G. W. Blonton, of Greencastle, Ind,
who was bitten by rad dog recently,
has returned from Telre Haute, where
the maidstone" belonging to Mrs.
Mary Taylor, of that city, was applied
TO the wound. 1t adhered to his arm
sixteen hours, aud upon being boiled in
milk the fluid showed 4 green scum on
lis surface. Blonton considers himself
out Of danger.-0iaeinnGti Gazette.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS
Woman's work,

Noman's Work.
Darning little stockings for restless IIttla
feet, NUS
Washing little faces to keep them clean and
Hearing Bible lessons, teaching catechism
Praying for salvation from herssy and
schism-
Woman's work.
Letting fall her own tears where only God
Wiping of anothers with tender sympathy;
Learning by experience, teaching BY ex-
ample,
Striving Tor the gateway, golden, pearly.
Woman's work.
lastly cometh silence. day Of deep repose.
Her locks are Suoothly braided upon her
breast a rose,
Lashes resting gently upon a marble cheek,
A look Of blessed peace upon the forehead
meek
A fresh grave in the valley, tears. bitter sobs,
regret:
One more solemn lesson, that life may not
forget;
The face forever hidden, the race forever run,
Dust to dust a voice saith,
And woman's work is donel
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He Didn't Advertise.

First Tradesman-"How's business
with you, Smith"
Second Tradesman (dejectedly)-
pretty poor"
First Tradesman-'I see you haven't
got any sign up"
Second Iradesman-''No; l don't be-
lieve in signs. Goods speak for them
selves
First Tradesman-'No, they don't.
It's my opinion, Smith, that, with re
spect to a sign, you have either got to
put up or shut up. "-BarltHg on Free
Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03

In the garden.
"Are you not ashamed, cousin, to kill
pretty bird ike that"
But, my dear girl, thought it would
look so well in your hat"
True, didn't think of that It's
exactly the same shade Of gray. You are
very kind ln-Juige.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03

A mouame1t IS to be erected on the
spos IN the forest Of Epineuse where
stood the oak tree IN which Gambe;ta
and r. spailer aiighted from their bal
loor. IN sheirescape from Paris 20 Tours
during tie Ffsnco-Gezman war. The
tree iiself was recently cut down by the
ownsr pho has no regard FOR relics.