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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08
iEvidently, thew never saw white

evidently, they never saw white
woman. Poor Bessl" said her father.
'They will treat her well aud make
her a priestess, I answered, eDcour-
agingly.
"Death-the most horrible death
would be better than such captivity" he
groaned in despair, and felt that he was
right.
The savages fed US well. Evidently.
they did not want us to lose flesh, and
we were safe so long as the dead bodies
of our shipmates lasted. They began
their horrible banquet at once and on
the morning of the third day they were
ready for living victim.
1 was selected as that victimi l babe
my shipmates and my prospective father
in-law a brave farewell; but tear5 filed
my eyes as | heard Bess cry out in an
guish as l was led by the hut where she
was confined.
Not far away, upon a small hill, the
whole of that naked, hideous tribe were
assembled near huge, fat stone, beside
which blazed a brisk fire. The stone
was stained with blood, and the ground
was strewn with CHASTITY bones.
The two men who led me conducted
me directly to the stone, where was
anxiously awaited by brawny savage,
Enthusiastically tattooed and painted, who
was carefully examining the edge of a
stone Ratchet. The circle of human
brutes began to chant which was to be
my death-song, and my conductors be-
gan to remove my clothing.
As they unfastened my shirt they re-
coiled with a cry of amazement. The
chant instantly ceased, and a hushed
silence succeeded. The executioner and
his disappointed assistants touched my
breast, knelt before me, placed my foot
upon their heads, kissed my hand, and
then withdrew to a respective dis
lance, and each one of that internal
tribe went through with the same
maneuvres.
Those blood-red symbols on my breast
had done their work. The life of that
insignificant savage boy had brought me
a rich reward.
"Why did you not tell us about itln
asked John Nelson, an hour later, as,
with Bess and the remainder of the crew.
we sat in one of the largest huts and
feasted upon the best which the eager
natives could furnish US.
81 forgot it." I answered truthfully !;
"but it has served US a good turn. See,
each of these greasy natives hiss one let
ter of the symbol upon his breast. What
can it meant"
ats doubtless a sort of free masonry
which exists in these islands, " he replied ;
and that was our final decision.
We stayed more than two months on the
! island before a vessel touched there.
Then Chinese ship ran in for water. So
we went to Calcutta, after all, where we
took the first steamer for San Francisco.
That was my last voyage. My good
wife Bess will not consent for me 10 fol-
/ low the sea, and Pm not sure thatI want
/ to. 1t does seem queer on land, but |
am getting used to it, and think that
l would prefer this life to the dangers of
again drifting toward those mysterious
islands, hidden from knowledge of the
world, in the strange waters of Latitude
I 3 degrees. Yankee Blade.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08
PITH AND POINT.
Light literature-Gas bills.
Derisive soup-Mock turtle.

Light literature-Gas bills.
Derisive soup-Mock turtle.
lawfully sheepish"-Mutton.
Deaf mutes are not ready-talkers, but
their remarks are always of-hand-
Many struggling men keep pup BY
sunnortinp a useless canine. - Toledo
Blade.
Ism. it a singular thing that when q
man is taken in he is put out.-Boston
Courier.
Mrs Brown-'N ow, just look at those
Aanneisl If anything will shrink more
from washing I'd ike to know what it
is" Mr.. Brown-''A boy viii, my
dear"
Disappointed. = Mamma = why,
Frank. dear, what is the matterl Did
Won have bad dreami" Frank-"N-no;
/ dreamed had big bag of candy, an
invoked without eatin' it. "-HdrP1's
Young People.
"Did YOU ask Miss Pointer to dance
last nightFn "Yes, and she said she was
engaged" "And what did she say the
second timer THAT she was tired"
s.And the third timei" That she was
going home. Life.
Chumley-'Tm in little fix to-day,
Brown, for money; what would you say
i'll were to ask you for a temporary loan
of a hundred or two dollarsl' Brown
"Well, Chumley, if the loan will be tenn
porary, l might let you have the Two
dollars. "-Accident Ns1s.
A toad was recently dug out of a
stratum of clay in London which scien-
fists aver must have been in its lonesome
bed for more than three thousand years.
The toad, when discovered, looked as
lonesome as clerk in store that don't
advertise.-Nslo York Mercury.
"AIother, car never win the medal
for good behavior" exclaimed a South
-zii15 lSSsJs-Isass AZ 49,. ssi.ss,i, owe
tried aud tried, but some other pupil al
ways gets it" ''But you must keep on
trying" said his mother, encouragingly.
"It's no USE" replied the boy. II
shan't try any more. It's clean waste
of goodness. ~ Chicago Gl5le.
She was near-sighted, and when
little dark-complexioned man with q
blue flannel suit on came through the
car she stopped him by Juggling on his
arm. ''Are you the porter of this cart"
said she, as he faced her 'rNo, ma am, y
he replied with sigh, 81 am only the
president. The porter will be here in a
minute" And then every one p.tied the
poor man.-Bost0H Beacon.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08
Arctic SIedge Dogs.

Kamschatkan dogs are probably the
most sagacious of all feral types, and are
employed and trained in the most care.
full manner for the multitudinous ser
vices required of them. Soon after birth
they are placed with their dam in a deep
pit, that they may see neither man nor
beast, and after having been weaned are
condemned 10 solitary confinement for
six months, at the end of which time
they are put to sledge with other dogs,
and being extremely shy ard frightened
withal, they run as fast as they can until
they become blown and cowed After
this trial "trip they are remanded to their
pit, where they remain, off and on, until
they are thoroughly tired and sledge-
broken This severe education sours
their temper amazingly, and makes them
anything but companionable. Drivers
are frequently obliged to stun them by
blow on the nose before embarrassing
them on account of their savage nature.
Besides drawing sledges they tow boats
up the river in summer and keep their
masters warm in winter nights. They
are remarkable weather prophets, and
discount the Signal Service Bureau, for
il when resting on q journey they dig
holes in the snow, there is certain to be
a storm. They are of the husky type,
shaggy, with erect, curling, bushy tails
and not very sharp noses and cars. They
live exclusively on fish, which they catch
for themselves. In winter their ration
comprises forty frozen herrings per day.
forest and Stream,
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Having a Swell Dinner.

A heavy Dragon and mighty swell
had invited brother officer to dine with
him at his Piccadilly club. They sat
down to dinner of sixteen courses and
for the first half hour neither spoke.
Then the host discovered pretty little
actress tripping across the street under
the club window.
"Ha," said he, "there goes Miss Jig
ger-what's her doocid namel'
The other pondered deeply, and in the
course of the following half hour the
dinner progressed steadily Then the
guest, struggling under a boom of recol-
lection. said:
"Judkins."
An hour passed and not word was
uttered. Finally, after the coffee was
finished, a light broke upon the face of
the host and he said:
''By Jove, her doocid name was J1d-
kins, after all"
Half an hour later they shook hands
and parted without word. -LOadon
FigaT5.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08
A Man Worth s1sO. 900. 900

The ordinary eye expands and the
average heart beats faster when the
thought occurs that the little man, with
little side whiskers and little smile IN
his little eye, is worth, at a very mild
calculation, $50, 600, 600 of good, solid,
golden dollars. There isn't the faintest
suspicion of a mustache over his not
particularly attractive and. at times,
cruel-looklng mouth. His hair is dark
and curly his bearing that of gentle
man. Conscious, as he must be, that
everybody in the house has said, That's
Willie Vanderbilt;" conscious, as he
must necessary he, that every one in the
house has looked at him aud said some
thing about him, he sits with his tremen-
dous shirt bosom very badly rumpled
and his little white tie turned rather
nearer the left ear than is customary, as
quiet. as decorous as any man of the
world l ever saw.-NeJ5 Kor5 Let'er.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

The telegraph brings tale from Tai
lulah Falls, that deserves to be the foun :
dation OF a three-volume romance. The
town mas titled physician, one Count
Percy de Suborag, and he was called to
atte'sd Mrs. White, wealthy New York
lady, who had fallen over a cliff and SO
injured herself that she was likely to die
from loss Of blood. To restore her the
doctor opened a ven in his arm, and
maugre the fact that there was no
other doctor there to help in so delicate
an operation, transfused his blood into
her veins successfully, albeit he almost
tainted from exhaustion before the thing
was through.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

Occasionally narrowing accounts Of
the snfTerings Of survivors Of shipwrecks
arc published, and it makes ones blood
ran cold 10 hear Of people who are out
for days in an open boat with only two
crackers aud bucket of water to man,
and as the days Iass BY and no friendly
sail comes in sight the ratiOns are re-
duced to one cracker and two buckets Of
water, aud at last lots are drawn to de-
eide as to which Of the party is in the
h..s condition, etc But all these stories
naIe into ipssgqiicance compared to the
suaeriugs Of captain stott and the crew
of the steamer Rowena, vic got aground
on Lake river, Oregon, while after a raft
of piling. They were fast in the mud
for four days with nothing but Limburger
cheese. What their suaerings we're no
pen can describe.
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The ForeetfnI Boy.

Mrs. Verbosity wanted package oil
yeast powder the other day.
ooh, dear" she sighed, Il shall have
to send Willie after that yeast. and he
has such bad memory do declare, l
lever saw such forgetful child in my
die. He torments the soul ous of me.
Every time send him to the store he
brings back something didn't send him
for.n
Then raising her voice, she called;
"Williem
"Yes, ma"
"You come here this minute; I'm in a
great hurry. want a yeast cake down
to the store, and I don't want you to
forget what 1 send you for. l don't
want baking powder, same as had yes
terday, but a yeast cake. One Of them
tin foil cakes, Willie.
"Yes, ma"
''Did you hear what saidl"
'tNo, ma"
"oh, you do try my patience so. Come
here this minute"
The boy appears.
'sNow, l want yeast cake-how came
that mud on your coat2 You're been
playing in the dirt again; I'll toll your
father when he gets home. It's not bak-
ing powder, / want. Turn your coat
collar down. Now don't you come home
with nutmegs, like you did yesterday,
nor with cinnamon, like you did the day
before, when you were told to get citron.
Your coat is buttoned wrong. Don't
/ you forget now.n
The boy escaped to the street, when
the anxious and painstaking matron
called out from the window:
Now, don't you stop to play with
those MantrangiaIo boys, like you did
last week, and keep out of French's back
yard-do you hearl It's yeast you're
going for, yeast; not turnips, nor car
rots, nor any kind of vegetables-I got
them this morning, you know. Remem.
Der, you've got a bad memory, and
don't
But the boy was out of hearing.
He brought back can of preserved
peaches.
He had a bad memory.-Pats5urs
Q
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08
Illustrated Book Covers

Illustrated covers for books are of
recent creation, dating only from the
romantic epoch of 1850. The simple
printed cover was unknown in the last
century, the books of that time being
bound in calf or in ugly gray packing
paper. The first covers where the title
of the work and the name Of the author
were printed appeared about sixty-fve
years ago, and vignettes were rarely used
before lS40. A great many of the French
books published to-day have such ar
tistic covers that amateurs are making
collections of them. In many instances
it is the cover that sells the book, for the
Partisan publishers do not hesitate to
pay the best artists a high price for s
design that often goes on a worthless
book.-SaR Francisco Chronicle.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

Hop-growing appears to be decaying
Industry in England. Fifteen counties
coutrioute to it. and in 1886 the acreage
under hops was 20, 1877, while in 1887 it
had fallen to es, 7O6, and in the present
year to 5s, 4ss. c4:t of the fifteen counties
only six, viz, Hants. Hereford, Kent,
Surrey, Sussex and Worcester, make
any substantial contribution to the hop
trade, Kent, which is the chief hop
county, has fallen in acreage from As, 9s4
in 1Ts6 to 30. 44s in 1883.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

A great hunting expedition has started
from New York city. The party con-
sists Of a few distinguished Americans
and number of European seions of
nobility and wealth, all under the leader
ship Of Colonel William F. Cody, who
has been engaged 10 care for the
huDters. Lord Charles Beresford. Lord
claud Hamilton, Sir Thomas Freake,
Sir Robert St. Clair, Colonel Ochiltree,
General Delaney Floyd Jones, Banker
William Dobson, and about half dozen
others are in the party. They went
from New York to Ell Paso, Texas, on
the Mexican frontier, in special car,
which they left at that city, aud started
on their hunt through the northern por-
tions Of the Mexican states Of Sonora and
Chihuahua, going as far as the Businesses
OF ths Sierra Madre Mountains. Thence
they viii strike out toward the great
ranch owned by Senator Hurst in Sonora,
where the California statesman will meet
them with number of gentleman from
the Pacific coast. The Senator'S ranch
lies in the midst Of an exceedingly TO-
maotic country full of game and abso-
lutely in ruins Of old cities and in antieui-
ties Of tie ancient Mexican aborigines.
twill be a delightful trip and the com.
pany going makes most enjoyable time
assured.
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An Evidence of Insanity.

''AIr. Yoder, your daughter Irene has
given me her permission to ask of you
her hand in marriage; but before l ask
for your formal consent you will pardon
me if | make the inquiry, as it is mat
ter OF lifelong consequence to me,
whether or not there have ever been any
indications of insanity, so far as you
know, in your family"
'tYou say Irene has accepted you, Mr..
Hankinsonl"
81 am happy to say she has"
Then, SIR" said the old man, shak-
ing his head deiectedly, sit is my duty,
as her father, to tell you that l think
Irene is showing decided indications of
insanity. - Chicago Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Timer says;
Saturday the annual permit for raw
tarpips was giyen torsAhe cadets at the
university. Perhaps We had better ex-
ps-ili what this is: Back of the buildings
Is a garden, half of which is generally
planted in turHips. And the way those
cadets used to go for that turnip patch
was a caution. So making virtue of
necessity the authorities now after q GER
tain time give general permission to
eat raw t-rnips. And not near SO many
vegetables are destroyed, Of course. But
> -----l-------.--..i...---.A sax-that match
-sum.nstcd by brass buttons.T=-4
datsly after the permit was gwen all
frantically engaged in uproOting the
festive turnip."
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

Perhaps one Of the most serious de-
2eets in the modern war ship seems to be
the utter disregard for ventilation that
its architect usually exhibits. In making
the engine Of war the builder forgets
that it must also be the living place Of
hundreds Of men, often in tropical
climates. If the iron walls are thick
enough 70 resist the projectiles of the
most modern artillery, If the weapons
Of offence are Of the most improved pat
teri, # her engines viii command great
speed, all that is necessary has been &C
coulplished. The unfortunate men who
viii have to swelter within this floating
citadel are never thought of. Room is
left for them: SO there Is for the coal
The consequence is that when an
ironclad goes to the tropics large per
-y55lzrs Of her crew disaE.ka--see.-ssa
diseases indASA-.A. PEELE "a
aud cleanliness T. 4 e 70
fresh air cleanfx = ne
question. The ironcla,( Ieuse, Of
tae British Navy, has been losing lots
Of nsen from this cause Of late. at the
China station.
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Commendable Caution.

A celebrated criminal lawyer, having
just defended noted assassin so brill
iantly that the wretch was acquitted in
the face of overwhelming evidence, steps
up to the Judge.
ga word in yonr ear, your Honor"
Judge-''Well, what is it,"
81 would ask that the prisoner be de-
tanned in Jail until tomorrow morning.
l have to cross a lonely field on my way
home, and the rascal happens to know
that have money about me-"
Obliging Judge-"Oh, certainly. -
Cartoon.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08
Growing in a Queer Place.

Mr.. w. C. Vaughn has photograph
of an oak tree, or what might more prop
erly be ca led miniature oak tree, grow
ing from between the crevices of a court
house spire built of solid masonry of
limestone, at height of some eighty
feet from the ground. The strange pro-
duction draws It's life principally from
the air, as there is but little cement used
in the building of the spire. 1t draws
its life from the cement, the skin of the
rock and the air. The dwarf is twenty
years old How did the acorn become
imbedded in the crevice2 Or is it a case
of spontaneous generation2 - Dayton,
ohio. Ns1r&
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ONLY PART OF THE SERMON.
&C in.t a week aro to-day

Twas just week ago to-day
Isak in a soft-cushioned pew;
sore is my need to watch and pray
But dreamed the solemn sermon thr ougn
And-be not shocked at what say
fear my love. dreamed OF you
heard, in disconnected way,
What the preacher said, IT'S true,
But slight heed wandering senses pay,
That fell these words was all l knew;
'Thy lips-are Ikea thread-of scarlet
Thy iips-drop as-the houeycomo.-Ihs
smell Of-thy garments-is-like the smell
of Lebanon
Twas solomon,s song the preacher read
To many grave things he referred.
There came from outside, overhead,
The twitter of little bird;
The soft breeze grateful GOODNESS shed,
But scarce its gentle impulse stirred
A prayer books leavesl The sermon led
From first" to second and to third"
And still dreamed; of all was said
These words alone 1 family heard:
THY lips-are Ikea thread-of scarlet
Thy hps-drops as-the honeycomb.-The
smell Of-thy garments-is-like the smell
of Lebanon"
Sweetheart, thought of you he spokel
thought he spoke of you, and well;
The 1ower-swest fancy nothing broke,
There came no change, no asphodel
And was wickedl Who shall croak,
Who all my evil-doing tell
Glove one another is the yoke
That we must lightly bear. The spell
Stayed with me after awoke,
After the benediction fell;
Thy Hps-are Ikea threadlzsa
Thy Iips-drop as-the honeycomb.- IN
smell of-thy garments-is-hke the smell
of Lebanon"
Stanley Waterloo, in Chicago Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

"There are many little ways" said
the curio collector, 'to crafty ones
tastes in very inexpensive manner.
Now here is my collection. That piece of
brocade silk l cut from a chair in the
Tuileries while my guide was not look
ingi that gold enameled spoon l picked
up on the table in the Cars apartment
in the palace of st. Petersburg, and that
little Rubens over there I carried away
from a gallery in Florence beneath my
cloak. 1t all depends upon how you 90
at it whether collecting curios is expen-
sive or not. "-Harper's Bazar.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

.It looks as if the child was poisoned, "
remarked the doctor, gravely. care you
positive there was nothing dangerous
around the house that he could have got
his hands on2"
s.Nothing," replied the young hus,
band. '.uniess it was some of the bread
my wife baked. "-NelO York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08
DISTINCTIONS Removed by Magnets.

Mechanics and others employed in iron
factories frequently suffer some annoy
ance and no little pain from the acci-
dental introductiona into the eye of par
ticles of steel, iron filings, etc. All
persons engaged in work of this kind
should carry with them magnets, the
use of which rarely fails to remove the
foreign body A man in Lonvale, Ga,
drove piece of steel filing into his eye
ball few days ago, and surgeon spent
some time in vain endeavors to extract
it. Finally, he brought a powerful
electro-mag to his aid, by means Of
which the offensive particle was at once
removed. 1t was over a quarter of an
inch long, and its entire length had been
imbedded in the eyeball.
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Net an Exception to the Rule. {.

Social Philosopher-"My gracious
wish could have the honor of an intro
duction to that lady. she's the first
sensible woman Pve seen on the street
to-day. Shs wears nc hustle"
Friend-"I know her. Wait. Good
morning, Mrs. De Fashion. Permit me
to introduce my friend, Mr.. Highmind. y
"Forgive the intrusion, Mrs. De Fash
ion, but 1 noticed that you had no bus
tie"
Mrs De Fashion-"Horrorsl I must
have dropped it," (Faints) Philddel-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

A Californian has made affidavit be-
fore notary public that sheep pelt
which he had tackled up on the barn
door grew a crop of wool this fall 1t
was short wool and late wool, but better
than no wool at all.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

Twenty young men in Pennsylvania
town formed a football club. In three
months fourteen of them had broken
bones, three were crippled for life and
one druggist sold them SIS worth OF
ointment.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08
WIN rhomas Never Calls.

1t was eleven O'Clock. Thomas Single
man still fingered in the tapestry-lined
parlor of the Hogamont mansion. There
was a slight noise upstairs, when Clairi-
belle whispered:
"Ohl Tom, 1 think it is papa, and he
so objects to you staying so late
Before Mr.. Slngleman could secure his
hat the door opened and Col. Hogamont
entered.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

The arstsehool census taken in Georgia
aimee 1882 has been completed. It gives
the total number of children of school
nst sos, 72s in 1882,
ne country districts
tie girls, while in
the girls predomi-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

Experiments show that tropical sugar
corn will grow in many parts of Arizona
and that it is as productive as in the
Sandwich Islands. Ills also sscertained
that the lockwood tree will grow there.
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when the Gravestone was Finished

Doctor, passing stonecutter's yard
''Good morning, Mr.. Jones. Hard at
work, see. I suppose you finish your
grayestones as far as In memory Of. and
then wait for some one to die, ehl"
why, yes; unless somebody's sick
and you're doctoring EN-; then l keep
right on Chambers's journal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-08

$50 you found the clock licked so
loud that you couldn't sleepl" said the
jeweler to customer who returned =
clock. 'fYou ought not growl when you
have your folding-bed ticking under you
all night"
The man took the clock home again.
Liz.
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Criminal Statistics.

'Detectives are no good" said
E4pmy.
at says here there are number of
Congressman at large. If the detectives
were any good they would run 'em in. :"
-Te1as Sytings.