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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
Fnmous Parfsinn Lion Tamers.

Pezon, the Partisan lion tanner, has
his menagerie installed on the site of
the Tuileries. where he forms a
part of the fair now going on in the
Place du Carrousel. Pezon commenced
life as a miner, but soon tired of work
ing underground, so he hired himself
out as a farm hand. He was young fell
low of muscle and soon gained local CO.
lebrity as a tanner of unruly cows, bulls
and horses. One day the farmer trapped
a wolf and then Pezon tanned it. Then
ha got another wolf and young bear,
trained them also, put them into an OK
cart. and with this primitive sort of men
agerie started off togive exhibitions at
country fairs. enc day at Bordeaux he
heard of sea captain, whose ship had
Just come into port, VINO hsd lion that
he wanted to sell, so Pezon bought the
fellow. That was his first lion, now he
has at least thirty of all ages and sizes.
He owns a country home near Montreuil,
and is rich enoughto retire from bust
ness Bidel is another famous local lion
tanner who has made afortu3e with equal
rapidity. He is the owner of villa at
Asnieres, where the only things sug-
gestive of his calling are pictures of
lions painted by Rosa Bonheur. His
daughter is pretty, with Just enough of
Romany blood in her to give gypsy
type to her beauty. She is an only child,
and will have large dot when she mar
ries. She has been brought up to her
fathers profession, but has also received
careful education, and has a diploma
which entities her to teach school should
she care to do so.-Picayuae.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
Bodies Dried in the Air.

There are on exhibition in the rooms
of the State Mining Bureau at San
Francisco four ''desiccated human bod
ies' that were found by Sig. S. Marghier
in a sealed cavern at an elevation of 1000
feet on the eastern side of the Sierra
Mad,e mountains in Mexico. The bod
les were found in a sitting posture, with
the hands crossed on the breasts, the
heads inclined forward, and facing the
east. Two adults, male and female,
we're SIDE by side, and by the side of the
man was boy. ana girl By the side of
the woman. The bodies were appar-
emily dried by the air, no embalming
process being used. They are not like
any known Indians of to-day. the hands
and feet being particularly small, and
the woman's hair brown and silken.
The woman's forehead is large and the
reasoning powers were apparently well
developed. In the lobe OF each ear is
piece Of hollow reed. The burial gar
ments are Of cotton, hide, grasses and
the bark of willows In addition, the
little girl is covered with the skin of
some animal. st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
A Horse Causes Amazement in Africa

Several incidents of recent African ex-
ploration call to mind the stories that
were told of the early travels of white
men in this country. A white man on
horseback is very Unusual spectacle in
tropical Africa, and the animal Mr..
Hodister rode few months ago made
horses that Cortez introduced into
Mexico HOLSTERS journey was a short
one, extending only from Landana, on
the coast, to Bona, on the Congo, but it
led the traveller through densely peo-
pied region of which little is yet known.
''AIy horse" he writes, made a great
sensation. At sight of him all the women
in the villages were at first petrifed
with astoni- hment. They stood motion
less with their eyes fixed on the strange
animal Coming to themselves at last,
with their hands raised above their
heads they raised their cry of 'Ho, no,
ho?" expressive of boundless astonlsh-
ment. Some of them threw Themselves
upon the ground. shifting their breasts.
Could it be they said, that sueha great
beast, with white man above him, was
harmlessl Such an animal must GER
talnly cat black people.
"When we convinced them at last that
the horse was harmless and that he was
very useful animal they ventured nearer.
They had no eyes for anything but the
horse. As we passed through the villages
many of the Inhabitants followed US.
The men turned back after a mile or so.
hut many of the women, who showed
the greatest interest and curiosity, fol-
lowed US for three miles. When my
horse trotted they trotted, too. their
eyes fixed on the beast Unm;ndful of
where they were stepping they fell into
the burrows Of the manioc fields, and
tumbled down in the tail grass. They
kept pointing the animals ont -te the
babies that were fastened on their backs.
From some of the villages Populations
came to me asking me to stop while in
their towns that they might have time to
admire the prodigy"
A whole menagery of African curiosi-
ties would not excite so much attention
in the civilized world as this horse
aroused in part of Africa where the
zebra never roams and no species of the
horse family is known. York Sun
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

Persons frequently form strange at
tachments. An illustration of this was
furnished the Probate Court by the pro-
visions of the will of Maggie Watson,
which was probated. After providing
that out of the estate WIS to be paid the
expense Of hcarse aud four carriages
for the funeral. and that her body be
laid beside that of her husband, ami a
monument be put on her grave like that
on his, the win goes on to provide: ait
is my will that the two china dogs now
in my room be each separately put in a
box with glass fronts, both alike, and
one placed on my dear husbands gave at
Spring Grove and the other on my grave,
aud all to be paid for out of the money
leave. - Clacianaj Enquirer,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
The Nile and the Egyptiau Famine

Egypt is made fruitful not by the rain
fall, for there is none, but by the annual
floods of the Nile, caused by excessive
rains IN the equatorial reg ons.
1t is known that the river Nile Is now
unusually low, and has been so during
the summer, so that serious drought
prevails throughout the greater part of
its valley. Sir Samuel Baker, the emf
nent African explorer, has expressed the
opinion that this is the result of the OBJ
struction and detection of the flow of
water from the Atbara branch. a large
tributary which rises in the mountains
of Abyssinia and comes into the main
river from the east, 200 miles below
Khartoum This gentleman says that
there are places where the Atbara runs
through sterile plains, that it could be
damned up and the waters turned into
the desert to be swallowed up in the
sands and thirsty earth, until in the
course oeesme it could dig for itself a
new passsre. to its former bed, where it
flows BETWEEN hills.
Mr.. Baker thinks this diversion of the
river might be occasioned by enormous
,afts and acdumulations of drift wood,
or itcould be done by the warlike tribes
Of that region to cut the waters of from
Egypt. These waters could not, how
ever, be turned out of the Nile basin,
and in the course OF time would find
their way back inAe Tue lower basin. In
Just such manner he c5geelves that the
seven years of fam inc in FSyRt during
the time of the Pharaohs, as deseftlll,sesss..
in the book of Genesis. were produced
The river had been cut off BY design or
through the operation of natural causes
and seven yeas wore required for the
waters to find their way through the des-
srt back to the river channel lower
down. The subject is an interesting
one, and may explain the sagacity of
Joseph, the Grand Vizier of Pharaoh
PicyUlt1e
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

of stamens and pistils, through constant
encouragement now gradually throws out
petals in place of the yellow mass OF
generative parts. Having selected two
line specimens the pollen is transferred
with a brush from one plant 20 the other,
and thus an artificial fertilization IS
made. 1t is a curious fact, however,
that out of 100 seedlings propagated
one-third at least will revert 10 one OF
the original types and be worthless,
second 33 per cent. will show marks OF
progress, and of the remaining 33 there
are not likely to be more than two or
three new varieties of any value. For
this reason 1t is always best TO grow the
chrysanthemums from cuttings. 1t IS
waste of money for any but fanciers to
buy seed. Good cuttings will not revert,
though they will often show Inferior
qualities during the first year of their
growth A weak cutting will give
poor flower, and even a strong cutting
will show poor results if its food supply
is neglected, or it is subjected to too
great heat or cold.
The chrysanthemum will thrive-eyen
the finest variet s-out of doors, but
they should be carefully protected from
frost as the time for blooming ap-
proaches. In winter the branches are
cut down after Towering, and the plants
placed in a cellar, cold frame, or under
heavy bed of leaves. When growing
there is no plant easier to propagate.
For this reason great care is taken by
florists to obtain new varieties which
they will not sell until they have abun-
dainty supplied themselves with young
plants for the market. These plants
bring everywhere from fifty cents each
to 81. A single plant started in the
spring will soon grow and put out
half dozen leaves. Each leaf and an eye
of the stalk can then be planted and
will soon produce another plant, which
will grow and soon furnish material for
another alf-dozen. By forcing the
plant through the winter large de-
mand can be supplied at rates which
certainly look remunerative. Once the
plant is out of the hands Of the sole
owner, however, he can no longer pro-
tect himself against competition. Fer
this reason the greatest circumspection
must be employed to guard against the
loss or straying of a single plant.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
AM Octogenarinn Learns to Read.

The father of Captain Cook. the cele-
brated navigator, when nearly eighty
years of age, learned to read that he
might crafty his fatherly pride in read
ing his sons story of his trip around the
world The task of this simple rustic
was not easy-was, in fact, harder than
would be the task of acquiring a new
language by one who was skilled in his
own. 1t is consequently an example
worthy of mention.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
A Switchback Aerial Railway.

An amiable French inventor named NJ.
Jules limbs is, it appears, quite sanguine
about his new method of aerial locomo-
ton by means of boats worked on
something like the ''switchback railway"
system. These marvellous crafts are, it
Is SAID, to transport people from Paris to
ST. Petersburg in eight hours, unless the
aeronaut's invention is making game of
HIM NJ limbs is working at his Won
dertul invention in the Rue de Traktir,
Parls, oil the Avenue Victor Hugo, but
people will have 10 wait little before
they can put any trust in his promises on
such unprecedented velocity of locomo-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

An excited Irishman lately rushed into a
pearance generally. BE jabbersl" he yelled
"I'm all wrong entoirely. want some sthufl
to stTaighten me out. Some o thin 'Purga-
tory Bullets Will fix me, I'm thinkin' What
dive tax for thimsr what do you meant'
asked the clerk. "'Purgatory Bullets, SCR, OF
somethin' loike that. they call thim," replied
the man. "Shure, I'm in purgatory already,
with headache, and liver complaint, and bad
shtOmach. and the divil knows what ALL" The
clerk passed out a vial of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, and Pat went off contented.
These little Pellets cure all arrangements OF
liver. stomach and bowels. Sugar-coated, lit
tie larger than mustard seeds, and pleasant 10
take Druggists.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

Science says that it does, but we cannot help
wondering sometimes If there isn't some mis-
take about it, when we see how stubbornly
certain old fOgies cling TO their musty and
Anticipated ideas. It was believed once that
consumption was incurable, and although il
has been clearly demonstrated that it is not
thousands of old-time physicians close then
eyes and put their hands to their ears and re-
fuse TO abandon the theory. But for all that
the world moves on, and DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery continues to rescue suffer
ers from consumptives' graves Its sure cure
for this dreaded disease, # taken in time. AL
scrofulOus diseases-and consumption is in
cluded in the list-yield 10 il.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

The question of female suffrage has agitated
the tongues and pens Of reformers for many
years, and good arguments have been adduced
for and against it. Many Of the softer sex
could vote intelligently, and many would vote
as their husbands did, and give no thought &c
the merits of a political issue They would all
vote for DR.. Picrce's EayOrite Prescription, for
they know it is a boom to their sex. Il is un-
equaled for the cure Of leucOrrhea. abnormal
discharges. morning sickness, and the count
less ills 10 which women are subject Its the
only remedy for woman's peculiar weaknesses
and ailments, sold by druggists, under posi-
tive guarantee from the manufacturers. that
it will give satisfaction in every case, or money
will be refunded See guarantee on wrapper
around bottle.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
OKLAHOMA is in the middle of the Indiai


Diseases can be cured, if properly treated in
time, as shown y the following statement
from D. G. FREEMAN, Sydney: Having beer
a great sufferer from pulmonary attacks, and
gradually wasting away for the past two years
Il affords me pleasure to testify that SCOTT's
EMULSION Of Cod Liver Oil with Lime and
Soda has given IN. great relief. and chez full
" recommend il to al suffering in a similar
way 10 myself. In addition, would say that
IL l. WV nlnasnnt 10 fnlEe.l'
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

MoRAvIA, n. Y, May 3, 1SST.-O. F. WOOD
WARD: have been using Kemp's Balsam and
find it very efTectual in relieving a cough
with which have been afflicted Of late Our
druggists feline they sell more of this than any
other cough remedy. can cheerfully recon-
mend it. Yours Truly, J. J. PEAsE, Editor Re
publican. At all druggists. Large bottles, 50c
and 81
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
BRocKvIILE, ONTARIO. CANADA,
naear,tha 12S1

ROCKVILLE, ONTARIO. CANADA, /
December ., 1855. {
have used BRASDRErH's Pills for the past
fifteen years, and think them the best cathartic
and anti-bilioUs remedy known. For some five
years suffered with an eruption of the skin
that gave me great pain and annoyance. tried
different blood remedies, but, although gaining
strength. the itching was unrelieved. FINALLY
concluded to take a thorough course Of BRAN
DRErHs PILLS. took six each night for four
nights, then five, four, three, two, lessening
each time by one, and then for one month took
one every night,with the happy result thatnow
my skin is perfectly clear and las been so ever
since. ED. VENNEY.
AUSTRALIA is buildin a fence Of wire net,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
horticultural Poetrr-

One of the bright young Irish writer:
Dt the present day is Eugene Davis,
whose poems we have frequently had oc.
,asion to reproduce, and yet one of his
most recent pieces commences with the
following lines:
lie mid sweet laouInum beds,
Beside a Southern sea,
Where beauty like an angel treads
The Shorthand and the lea.
The funny thing about this is that the
laburnum, of whatever variety, is either
a middling-si, ed tree or a woody shrub.
To lie among laburnum plants would be
pretty rough business. Besides, the
leaves and flowers of the luburnum are
never so fragrant as to merit praise on
that account.
A poet who writes about plants should
know about them beforehand Nelo
York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

To the Editor-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which ] warrant to cure the
worst cases. 50 strong is my faith in its viz
tues that l viii send f. &c a sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give
me his p O. and Express address. Resp'y,
H.G. ROOT, NJ. c. 1S3 Pearl St. New York.
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
Of Piso's Cure for Consumption
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
Doc. the Earth Really Move 2

THE japanese army is now 10000 strong.
will be 10000 before long.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
Ernn,Inn nf1hn sl,In Cnrrd.

The Prussian blue dye was discovered
by Diesbach, at Berlin, in 1870.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

IMPORTANT success has been obtained in beet
cultivation n Siberia
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

A STATIsTICAN estimates the entire wealth
Of Great Britain in lss2 at S40.6l0.000000.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
COOed Maps Of each State and Territory in the United States
Also Maps Of every Country in the World.

letter press gives the square miles of each State time of
settlement population chief cities average temperature
of officials and the principal posmastes the State n0 pm
farms with their productions and the value thereof go pm
.f qctures and number of employees, etc. etc. a
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15

AUSTRALIA is buildin fence of wire net
ting 5000 miles long to keep jack rabbits out OF
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-15
Cures & Prevents
Railways Ready Relief

wifi AFFORD Instant Ease
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umhier OF water will id few minutes cure Cramps.
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Malaria in its various forms cured e;iu prevented
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BY RAILWAYS PILLS. so quickly as RAONAfb
READY RELIEF
ACHES AND PAINS.
For headachs whether sick nervousl, toothacho-
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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-11-30
RACE AROUND THE WORLD.

John Brisbaen Walker, the million
aire proprietor of the Cosmopolitan
Magazine, saw the announcement the
other day that Nellie BLY,, of the
World, had just sailed on the August
Victoria, and proposed to make the
trip in seventy-fve days. Mr.. Walker
said he had seen the announcement,
and he felt confident the time could
be shortened. He sent for tickets
and dispatched a messenger for Miss
Elizabeth Bisland, a contributor for
the magazine. She arrived before
the tickets had been purchased, and
after a short talk with Mr.. Walker
she agreed to attmpt a race with
Nellie Bly,, but decided to 60 West
instead of East. She asked for hclf
hour in which to prepare for the
journey. She took the Chicago limi-
ted and viii sail from San Francisco
on November 81 on the Qceanica, the
same vessel that Nellie Ply expects to
take on her return. Miss Bisland
will reach Yckohama, Japan, on Dec.
II, and will be in Hong Kong five
days later. We have cabled for a
government boat for her use in max
ing the latter trip, AID the expense
for this part of the journey alone will
be $4,000. 1t is this transfer from
Yokohama to Hong Kong that we ex-
pect to gain time, as Nellie BLY, must
wait over at Hong Kong four days
for the regular boat"
The rest of the journey is compara-
lively simple for Miss Bisland. She
will sail from Hong Kong Dec. II,
by the peninsula, and Oriental Line,
and land at Brindisi, Italy,. where
she will take the steamer for Mar
seilles, arriving on Sunday, Jan. 2l,
1890. If she arrives on time, she will
sail from Havre on Sunday. If she
is day late she will sail ON Monday,
Jan. %. from Southampton, arriving
Jan. 80. Mr.. Walker and the pro.
prietor of the World have wagered
$1,000 on the result, and the money
of the loser will go to some charitable
institution.
Not many hours after the departure
Of the steamer it was whispered in
Park Row that the New York Herald
had sent a man, on two hours notice
or so, to beat her home, by day., an
hour, minute, anything, only to beat
her within the possibilities of split
second calculation. The Heralfs, ,ra,
Ger was said to have. actually taken
passage on the Augusta Victoria, and
4 to have steamed down the bay with
his unsuspecting rival.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-11-30
COTTON PICKING.

A recent dispatch from Aurora, ILL.,,
says T. H. Ball returned from Missis-
sippi a few days ago TO test a new cot
ton picker, an invention in which he
is interested. A company was formed
in Chicago some months ago to exper-
ilrent with and manufacture this
picker. The capital stock was placed
at 81 100000. She report of Mr..
Ball concerning the test of the ma
chine in cotton fields is such as to
make visions of wealth to float before
the mental gaze of the now enthusi-
astic stockholders. The machine, while
some defects easily remedied were re-
vealed, demonstrated the possibility
of what has heretofore been, consider
ed impossible, namely, picking cotton
successfully by machinery. The ma
chine was driven up and down the
row rapidly, and took up the cotton so
clean that not double handful was
left, doing the work Of 200 negroes.
A stronger machine is now, being made
which will be finished in about two
weeks and again taken to Mississippi
for another test upon the. present crop
Of cotton.-Shreueport Caucasian.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-11-30
ADOuBLE.SIDED ARCH.

During the recent military maneu-
vres in Hanover the German Emperor
was highly delighted with the honors
showered upon him. With the King
of Saxony he considered them proof
of the complete resignation of the peo-
pie, and their submission to the new
order of things. While driving
through a. small village, in the course
of his journey, to his surprise Ire sud
denly came upon magnificent tri-
amphal arch across the broadest street
of the peasant town. Upon the side
facing him as he entered. were the
words: "Welcome to his Imperial ma
iesty." Hewas so charmed with the
evidence of loyalty that, after passing
under the arch, he turned about to
admire its beauty again with his ma
iesty of Saxony. But what was his
surprise to read on the reverse side the
words: Johann Bach, best brewery
in the village. Beer three cents a
quart" They both laughed over II
long and hard.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-11-30

DR.. John W. Brown, of Oceana, W.
Va, writes :" L have prescribed Ayers
Pills in my practice, and find them ex-
cellent. 1 urge their general use in
families"
"For number of years was afflicted
with biliouSness which almost destroyed
nv health. I tried various remedies,
but nothing afforded me any relief until
i began to take Ayers Pills."-G. S.
Wanderlich, Scranton, Pa.
"I have used Ayers Pills for the past
thirty years, and am satisfied 1 should
not be alive to-day if it had not been
for them. They cured me of dyspepsia
when all other remedies failed, and their
occasional use has kept me in healthy
condition ever since. IT. P. Brown,
Chester, Pa.
"Having been subject, for years, to
constipation, without being able to find
much relief, / at last tried Ayers Pills,
and deem it both a duty and a pleasure
to testify that have derived great ben
eft from their use. For over two years
past I have taken one of these Pills
every night before retiring. I would not
willingly be without them" w.
Bowman, 26 East Main ST., Carlisle, Pa.
layers Pills have been used in my
family upwards of twenty years, and
have completely verified all that is
claimed for them. In attacks of piles,
from which suffered many years, they
afforded me greater relief than any med
icine ever tried. Thomas f. Adams,
Holly Springs, Texas.