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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
Whaling on Horseback.

Several years ago q student who was
interested in whales went to Cape Cod
to spend the summer, because he knew
that the animals were often caught there.
Here is his description of very strange
and exciting scene:
The tide was dead low, and had left q
big sandy fiat almost bare, on which the
sea beat furiously, and with roar that
was deafening, but inside the bar was q
stretch OF water forming a little inclosed
lake about half mile wide and from
three to four feet deep. This was com
paratively smooth, and in it were about
twenty enormous black objects founder,
ing and rushing about, lashing the water
into foam, and followed by a dozen Oh
more men, part of whom were on horse
back like ourselves
1t was a school of whales and black
fish In some way they had been trapped
inside of the bar and when the tide went
out they were at the mercy Of the whal.
ers on horseback. Every one was greatly
excited. The horses were urged into the
water, while their riders, armed with
harpoons, lances, boat-hooks or any othel
were endeavoriug to capture as many O
the monsters as possible.
In eplunged, the horses at first snort
ing with terror, but, once in the water,
they seemed to share the general excite
ment and plunged madly after the ex
cited sea-hunters. Here aud there werl
blackfish that had been wounded and
their tails were beating the water witt
terrific force: others were tearing up anC
down with lightning speed. Seen one
Of the horses was fairly lifted from it;
feet by one of the struggling fish and
thrown sprawling into the water A
roar of laughter greeted the rider as he
rose from the water
The men kept up an incessant yelling
and splashing, and so gradually forced
the monsters up the creek, if so it could
could be called. The great creatures
seemed to know that they were running
into still more fatal trap, and they made
great efforts to break through the line OF
horses and meE The appearance of a
great black animal rushing at you,
Laundering along, beating the water
with blows powerful enough to kill horse
OF man, gave a strong flavor Of danger to
the adventure.
For an hour this was kept up, until
finally, one by one, the animals were
driven upon the shoal and dispatched.
They were all from fifteen to twenty-five
feet long.-Philaaelphia Times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.

Take cushion six inches square and
cover the top with dark green satin
eight inches square. Sew all around the
edges of the cover before attaching to
cushion band of rose pink satin three
inches wide. Put the right sides Of
satin together and sew it in slashes one
inch wide and one and one-half inches
deep. Cut the slashes out with the
scissors, turn them carefully and then
with needle and thread tack each slash
half way over, diagonally, showing the
pink satin against the green. Under the
slashes all around put fril of lace, and
on the upper corners of the slashes put
tiny chenille balls of rose pink En-
broider or paint in the center of the
cover design of wild roses. Fasten
this cover firmly to the top of the
cushion. Detroit Free Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
The Value of Salt.

Salt is one of the most important of
domestic dependencies, for scarcely any
food. meat, vegetables or dessert, can
be made entirely palatable and satisfac-
tory without it. Only "pinch" will
make an otherwise insipid and tasteless
compound often appetizing and well
come; but too much will effectuslly
ruin a good dish, while it is always easy
to add little more. a few spoiled
dishes will usually teach a young cook
this simple lesson. All soups are better
well sailed, not enough to be noticed,
only suspicion" Most kinds of cake
and all kinds of pies require little salt
besides the butter used, for good butter
is not sufficiently salt. A fair supply of
salt, a dash Of pepper and very gener-
Gus allowance Of butter is recommended
for most vegetables in preparing them
for the table, and many vegetable cook
has made a good name as cook on this
one principle.
The salt box in the kitchen should be
kept at little distance only from the
fire, for there it is most often needed.
Yet how often we see it hung in the re-
hottest point, causing numberless steps
and useless labor that might be saved by
locating the materials and implements
conveniently for the one whose duty is
to use them often. With the greatest
care liquids will sometimes boil over
on the black and shining range;
small handful of salt thrown on at once
will seem TO absorb the bad Odor and
smoke, and the place can easily be cleaned
with a newspaper. Mica, in stoves, too,
Is made as clear as new by the use of
solution of salt and vinegar. Dry salt Is
an ''eradicator' of spots, too, on linen
and wooden goods, superior to any prepa-
-ations in "the market" 1t will effect
ually draw out ink spots from carpets, or
any wooden goods, if Immediately ap
piled and repeated, and, combined with
mildew from linen, if placed in the sun,
and this without injury to the fabric,
while strong acids or soda will remove
both stain and fabric. When broiling
steak small handful of salt thrown on
the Goals prevents the blaze from dIscol-
oring the meat. A little in starch pre-
vents the irons from sticking, and if
irons are rough, put a little salt on a
thick brown paper, lay piece Of thin
muslin over it, and rub the iron on it till
perfectly smooth. If new calicoes are
allowed to lay one hour in strong sslted
water the colors are less liable to fade in
future wear and washings. The same is
true of black hosiery. Damp salt will
remove the tea stains and discolorations
from cups and saucers, left by careless
washing. 1t is said that a teaspoonful
of salt in each kerosene lamp makes the
oil give a much brighter, clearer Light
IadepeRdeat.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
Canine Versatility.

Dogs have been used on the stage. on
the tight7rope and in the saddle, as well
as on pastures and hunting grounds, and
their usefulness as military picket sen.
tries has been demonstrated in Prussia
and Belgium by the experiments of com.
petent trainers; but the straugest use of
mans truest friend is reported from the
Portuguese colony of Mozambique, in
Eastern Africa. During the last conven-
tion of the anti-slavery commissioners
several witnesses limited that the Ara
bian man hunters had more than once
secured the aid of the Portuguese set
tiers and their packs of gaunt blood
hounds, and though the colonists them
selves deny that charge, they admit that
trained msstiffs have now and then been
employed to facilitate the collection of
church tithes. The dogmatists of that
diocese must certainly have succeeded in
impressing the natives with the perils of
unbelief.-Dstroit Free Pres.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14

The dynamo, stripped of its technical
details, is a machine for transforming
energy. 1t converts mechanical power
into that phrase or manifestation of
energy which we cali electricity. Me-
chanical power is cheap and the dynamo
made electricity cheap. The moment
electricity was reduced in cost the cleo
tric motor assumed a commercial value.
1t ceased to be a mere laboratory appar-
atus and became practical machine for
converting electrical energy back into
mechanical power. 1t is not easy to
comprehend the immense importance of
this latest evolution of machines and all
that it means when we say that we have
now joined the steam engine, the dyna-
mo and the motor in one. It is as great
an improvement as the invention Of the
steam engine itself 1t is not necessary
here to enter into the study of the cleo
trio motor as machine. The point to
consider is the position of the electric
motor as transformer of energy and its
place In the arts of business, transporta-
ton and manufactures. - Century.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
A DRUM.

= Tes,Asnt in motion and The rattle Of q
drsn,
I q "a tat. tat and rat, tat, tum!
-, 80 is on the face Of some,
Othsss stepping with aplomb,
->-N 9.S-1y a the platter and the clatter Of
sweeping lines IN evolution, fast the wheel.
ing columns come,
And thousand men are staining To tbs
tapping of the drum;
There are countenaneas elm
There are senses dun and rnr,h
But boy IS stepping proudly: there i -,.r
ing on the drum
The rags and roar Of battle, and the rattle Of
Of a drum,
The shrapnsl shot are flying with zipl and
q yum!
Cruel shells exploding come,
And the bullets hiss and hum,
But the drum still echoes loudly: will the
thing be nSver NUM-
Darkness on the field of battle, where the
body seekers come;
The storm of death is ended and displayed the
struggles sum
A paid face, drum;
There is blood, and both ara dumb;
a story of drummer and story OF drum.
Chicago MGiL
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
The Naphtha Launch.

1t is surprising how popular the naph.
tina launch mas become in the short time
it has been before the public. Four years
ago there were very few of them used.
but now nearly every well appointed
yacht carries one as tender on her da-
Wits.
Naphtha launches have developed from
the fourteen foot at, with a two horse
power, to fifty foot yacht with sixteen
horse power, and they are likely to keep
on growing both in length and power.
They are used all over the world. The
Thakore Sahib of Morvi cruises about
the Hoogly in one An enterprising gen.
tleman in the Sandwich Islands gets rare
fun out OF his craft, and last summer at
the Henley regatta on the Thames there
were a round dozen of them. Their is
no doubt of their popularity. York
Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
Recipes.

HICKORY Nut COOKIES. cups of
sugar, one cup of butter, two eggs, six
tablespoons Of sweet milk, one teaspoon
of cream tartar, one-half of soda, one
cup of chopped nut meats, enough flour
for batter.
SLUMGULLIoN.-Tak one pound of
raw, chopped beef, one quart of onions
and one quart OF potatoes chopped fine;
add enough water to cover well; season
with pepper and salt and boil until the
onions are done.
SALMON CRoQUETTEs. To a small
salmon picked up fine add large cup Of
crackers, three eggs well beaten, butter,
salt and pepper. Then moisten with
cream to the consistency TO roll in shape.
Roll in cracker crumbs and fry in very
hot fat, as crullecs.
Goldfish BALLs.-Cook salt Goldfish
by soaking in water, but do not let it
boil. Boil the potatoes and mash Let
both fish and potatoes get thoroughly
cold Use a third more Goldfish than
potatoes. Mix and moisten with cream
gravy made of large sized piece of but
ter, some milk and flour to thicken.
Form in balls and fry in hot fat.
Hor WATER SPONGE CAKE.-Two
cups sugar, two cups -four, four eggs,
white and yelks beaten separately and
very light; two teaspoons baking powder,
three-fourths of cup of boiling water,
the boiling water to be added after all
the other ingredients are beaten to-
gether. Bake in two layers in tins 11x7
inches. Put together with Jelly and
frosting
CAULIFLowER. Place head of cauli-
flower in salt water for few minutes to
remove insects. Boil twenty minutes in
salt water, drain on sieve and put it in
a buttered dish. Melt a piece of butter
the size of an egg, add to it one table
spoonful of -four, stir on the fire one
minute and add gill of milk and pep
per and salt. Stir this sauce until it
bOils. Pour over the caulifower, sprin-
kle over it few Drowned bread crumbs
and set in a moderate oven for a few
minutes to bake.
PATTY CRUsTs. -Roll out the dough
TO a thickness of a quarter of an inch IN
square shapes; cut out the patties with
the cake cutter, place them On cake
pan, which must not be too thin and
must be wetted with water. Take one
egg well whipped, and few drops OF
milk. With a brush color the tops
without touching the sides; then with
smaller cutter mark the patties, but not
too deeply in the center, and put IN an
oven hot enough to roast a chicken.
When cooked take out the centers with
a knife and use them as covers.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
A Potent Charm in Housekeeping.

A father, says German story, when
his daughter became bride, gave her
golden casket, with the injunction not
to pass it into other hands, for it held a
charm which, in her keeping, would be
of inestimable value to her as the
mistress of home. Not only was she
TO have the entire care of it, but she was
to take it every morning to the cellar,
the kitchen, the dining room, the library,
the parlor, the bedrooms and to remain
with it in each place for at least five
minutes-looking carefully about. After
the lapse of three years the father was to
send her the key, that the secret taisman
might be revealed. The directions were
followed. The key was sent. The casket
was opened. 1t was found to contain
an old parchment upon which were writ
ten these words: 1.-The eyes of the
mistress are worth hundred pairs Of
sarvants' hands - Thelwise father knew
that practice of inspection followed
faithfully for three years would become
a habit and be -perpetuating-
the golden casket and the hidden charm
would have accomplished their mission.
We commend this story to those house
wives whose homes, like the prlmeval
chaos, are without form, and void. -
Ns,C York Telegram.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14

Tie death rate IN England for 1888
statistics Of which have recently been
published, shows the remarkable fact
that It was the lowest average since 1887,
when the Government first undertook
the keeping Of accurate records. In 1881
the ratio q deaths was ls.s to the thou
sand, and this was the lowest known till
that time. But for 1855 a sill better
showing is made, the ratio being but
rs 70 tbs 1000. What this decrease in
the death rate means can be better under
stood from the fact that more than hall
million persons were alive in England
aad Wales at the end Of 1883 whose
deaths would have been recorded dur
ing the eight years lssl-ss had the rate
Of mortality in those years egualed that
which prevailed during the ten years
ls7l-so.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
PITH AND POINT.
Stake-holders-Beeves.
Military tools-Files of soldiers.
The prettiest thing in veils-Faces.
Nothing crate about 1.-THE open

Inc pFeItlesL lniHS III NcAAS-N aSSS-
Nothing crate about 1.-THE open
fireplace.
WhS.ii .nalong certain thingl Be-
cause It IS certain tea
There is always plenty of interest
about rich bankers daughter.
Jack Frost is person of low degree
below % degrees at the highest.
A person on shipboard is usually
agitated, which is a result OF being filed
with the motion.
1t seems correct to speak OF spec
tacled gentleman as four-sighted man.
-Pitts5uTg CtrORicLe.
Like produces like; consequently the
tramp's story is generally like himself
it won't wash. "-N-io YORK NsuS.
Tramp after ringing door belly
''Please, nam, I've seen better days
Housekeeper -''S So have !. It's real foggy
today
''What fine hammock that would
make for a gisntl' exclaimed a Western
girl when she saw the Brooklyn Bridge
for the first time.
II cuts the snldl1 10y up "AeA NC neats
that his fathers old coat is to be cut
down, and the sleeves made into a pair
of trousers for him
Miss Bristleby-''Don't hurry, beg
of you, Mr.. Merritt It's only eleven"
Mr.. Merritt who has heard footsteps
81 am afraid your father will kick"
Jack '.Now, look out, Pm going to
kiss you" Sallie preparing to rum
ooh! oh, OH You wouldn't dare
Jack waversJ-would you"-DraEs's
MagaziHe.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
Grandma in a Box.

Bobby who is visiting his kind old
grandmother)-'T wouldn't mind eatin'
some of that nice hot bread, grandma. "
Grandma-''Well, Bobby, you can
have all you want of it"
''Bobby-"Yes, but ma won't let me
eat hot bread"
Grandma testing the lads moral
strength)-"She won't know anything
about it. Bobby"
Bobby-"All right, grandma, Just
give me piece, please. "-Basar.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
Making Pine Tar.

Some one asks for way to make pine
tar i small quantities. The following
is the best known way in the south for
the purpose:
Erect 4 platform four feet square, and
twelve or fourteen inches above the
Ground. Bore a three-fOurth-inch auger
hole near its center. fit a stick in the
hole; now cover the platform three or
four inches deep with stiff clay mortar,
finish It off smooth with a gradual de-
preston to the center and withdraw the
stick. Fill an iron pot full ofdch, pine
splinters, place the pot, inverted, on the
platform, and make fire n over the
pot, and as little or as mucf tar can be
run as may be desired. -Bsld aud Fire
siTe
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
Age and Weight OF CaraIrr Resrutts.

General Schofeld has issued a circular
to the army announcing that the maxi
mum age for cavalry recruits upon Origi-
nal enlistment is fixed at thirty years;
also that the standard of minimum
weight for cavalry recruits established in
June, lSS., Is abolished, and that here
after enlistments in that service may be
made without regard to a minimum
weight, provided that chest measure
ment aud chest mobility are satisfactory.
About two years ago the weight re-
quirement was established, and the Drac-
tice has demonstrated that it is of no
value as test of the qualification of re-
cruits. 1t has been found that men of
comparatively light weight, Wien prop
erly proportional, are as efficient and
capable cavalrymen as heavy men. This
last action was taken upon the recon-
mendatioA of Surgeon Greenleaf.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
He Captured a Company of Regulars.

The only private citizen who captured
detachment of United States troops and
held the entire command us prisoners Of
war in times Of peace, was recently IN
Kansas City.
The hero of the strange adventure IS
John c. Blake, prominent mining pros
hector of Colorado. Mr. Blake fitted out
a body of three hundred Colorado noun
taineers ten years ago to prospect the Ute
reservation. He was wealthy at the time
and spent 500, 900 before the object OF
the expedition was accomplished When
he left for the Indian country printed
proclamation was issued, a copy being
sent to the addresses of all the members
of Congress in the country and to the In
dams themselves, stating that the party
ptOpVsCu " llia.iAS FI7JTUu-5i1 "a ily0Ta-
tiou of the reservation in spite of every
obstacle that might be thrown in its way.
White men had been warned to keep off
the Ute country under penalty of death,
and serious trouble was anticipated. I he
Indians knew the desperate character of
the invaders and kept out Of sight, ap-
pealing TO the Government for aid. A
detachment of two hundred regular
AAOb % tutGlCu lnG ulOAubdAAo ~ AudAG
short work OF the Adventures. As they
were fling through a canyon they were
suddenly brought to stop. Blake ap.
peared on a rock above.
81 command you to surrender"
''By what authority" exclaimed the
leading officer
by the authority of these men, =" and
looking around the officer saw the rocks
alive with mountaineers fully armed and
prepared for battle.
Resistance would have been folly, and
the officer gave up his sword with the
understanding that his men should be
treated as prisoners of war.
After three days of captivity the troops
were released on parole. Mr. Blake has
the paroles at his home in Colorado to-
day. The prospecting party was never
punished and the Utes were soon after
sent to a new reservation.-Nel5 Kork
Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14

Edward Atkinson, IN a recent article
N --siow Burning Construction, shows
that the worst and most dangerous
example Of architecture are our prisons,
asylums, hospitals, school buildings,
colleges. and after these, churches, hotels,
theatres. These statistics are astound-
ing. thai IN 1857 there were burned in
the United States forty-fve hospitals,
asylums. alrnshouses OF jails, in many
cases With great loss Of life. There were
also burned in the same year i26 college
buildings and Libraries, l4g churches,
fftg-two theatres and opera houses, and
5i5 hoteis-or one and four-tenths per
day That this risk Of property aud life
IS unnecessary he shows from the pro-
gress made 10 Kew England in the way
Of building non-combustible or slow
burning factories and warehouses.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
IN THE RAIN.
I stand in the old gray weather,
In the white and silvery rain;

stand in the old gray weather,
In the white and silvery rain;
The great trees huddle together
And sway with the windy strain.
dream Of the purple glory
OF the roseate mountain height,
And the sweet-to-remember story
OF distant and dear delight.
The rain keeps constantly raining
And the sky is cold and gray,
And the wind in the trees keeps complaining
That summer has passed away;
But the gray and the cold are haunted
BY beauty akin to pain
By the sense Of something wanted
That never win come again.
-WiiiaHl Wstmore SterR
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14

The Argentine Republic in South
America is g strong competitor with the
United States FOR the European immi-
grant. The former Government. 70 de-
Felop IFS resources, has decided to spend
this year 5000. 900 in bringing immi-
grants from the north Of Europe alone.
Ships from England. Holland and France
are taking them over in thousands. In
Guiding all the great South American
poris, six steamers week leave England
bound thereto.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14

A minister, with a rather ford com
plexion, had gone into the shop of u
barber, one Of his parishioners, to be
shaved. The barbor was addicted 70
heavy bouts of drinking, after which his
hand was consequently unsteady at his
work. In shaving the minister on the
occasion referred to he inflicted a cut
sufficiently deep to cover the lower part
of the face with blood. The minister
turned to the barber and said in a tone
of solemn severity: "You see, Thomas,
what comes of taking too much drink. "
GAY" replied Thomas, sit mak's the
skin vera tenner "-Shefsld Telegraph.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
knowledge is Nor Money

Miss Penelope Peachblow-"who is
thatq"
MIR. Jonathan Trump-"Oh, that's
Professor Digby, who knows everything
He's considered one of the most profound
scholars in America"
Hiss Penelope Peachblow-" Well,
why doesn't he have his hair cutl"
Mr.. Jonathan Trump-''He can't al
ford Title.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14

The RockaEsy Beach Hotel, neal
New York city. the largest in the world.
has been sold 70 8 syndicate, Of which
Austin Corbin Is President Prominent
clergymen IN Brooklyn are on the Board
81 Directors. A resort is TO be estab-
Eshsd, with the hotel as center. which
viii combine the best features Of Round
lake, chstauqua snd Ocean Grove The
primary object Of the society is 70 pro
vide place where poor people can en-
JOY themselves al the seaside, amid pure
surroundings, at 3 slight cost
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14

Fashionable shoe store.
"What size do your wear, madamel"
Number four"
Clerk-"Tske a seat 1 think l can
fit you. Madame, l find that
you require number eight, at least"
Number eight! Well, that's four,
isn't it--four for each foot"- Chicago
Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14

Stranger Gin Western city)-T under
stand you claim 100, 600 population for
this town?"
Directory Man-"Yes, sir. We have
in the Directory, Just being finished,
90, 900 names. That multiplied by five,
the average size of a family, makes 100, :
600. Seel'
Messenger Boy" Please, sir, Mr..
Hardtype wants to know how many
copies of that Directory you want
printedl"
Directory Man after some figuring
Gun! 1 guess fifteen will be enough. +"
-Nel0 York Weekly.