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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

cliff, with the waves roaring in the gal
leries they had horeycombed beneath,
seemed itself omninous. And now the
long line of Morvah had dwindled down
to two persons, Petrock, eighteenth earl,
and Lady Gwendolin Carbis, the Lily of
Cornwall. The earls had been all sorts,
soldiers of fortune, bandits, debauchers,
spendthrifts, blacklegs; they had only
tailed in coming to violent end Earl
Modred, the last, had been a miser and
usurer, so grinding, so fendishly brutal
to his debtors and tenants that a family
of stalwart sons, ruined by one of the life
tenancies In vogue in Cornwall, and en-
forced upon their fathers death with more
than ordinary heartlessness, had turned
upon their ruiner and killed him, though
they all swung for it afterward. His
miseriness made him keep up the family
tradition; it had also an effect upon this
history, for he left his savings to his
daughter, which made her the richest heir
ess in the westof England Earl Petrock
had no very distinguishing vices except his
ungoyernable temper; he was member of
two or three crack fast clubs, at one of
which he saw much Of Charles lie Grey,
the brother of a peer and Captain in the
Rifle Brigade. How Captain LIE Grey
lived was a mystery; he had long ago
squandered his patrimony. Lord Morvah
knew this, but for a man of his tempera-
ment the Captain had a strong fascina-
ton. The Morvah blood was wild enough
in all conscience, and there was nothing
in gambling or daredeviltry that would
stagger LIE Grey. He had lived life to the
dregs. At last, in an evil moment, the
Captain thought of Lady Gwen Carbis's
jointure as means of satisfying his cred
itors. Lord Morvah was one Of his most
intimate friends, and he imagined that his
consent went without asking. Hers was
a more delicate matter She might not
think SO well Of a debauche. Making her
ao,,.s, ~
only to learn from mutual friends what |
houses she went to, and as a member of |
the same set there were sure to be some |
where he would have the entree So it |
proved, and Lady Gwen proved an easy
victim. She heard so much of his ex-
ploits from her brother, and she, too, had |
the wild blood running strongly in her
veins. The pure young girl gave her
whole heart to her blase hero, whose ex-
plots, it must be admitted, had many of
them been on the battle field.
Not so Lord Morvah. Captain lie
Grey might be good enough to be his
friend, but he was not good enough to be
his sisters friend, much less her lover.
Lady Owens spirit was equal to her
brothers, she was her own mistress, and
marry Charles lie Grew she would. Lord
Morvah forbade him the house.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
A Statue to HydrOphobia's Hero

The site of the Pasteur Institute could
not have been better chosen. 1t crowns
a hill of considerable elevation, and from
his front windows NJ. Pasteur looks down
upon the Champs de Mars, the Invalides
and across the Seine, has view of the
Trocadero, the Bots de Bologne and all
that part of Paris in the vicinity of the
Arch of Triumph. The only ornament is
a marble group, representing an incident
in the history Of the institute. 1t is the
story of a shepherd boy of the Depart
ment of the Jura, who killed mad dog
under peculiar circumstances. His name
was Jean Baptiste Jupille, and he was at
the time only fifteen. He was tending
his flock one day In meadow near his
native village, when he saw large dog
rushing ferociously toward group of
small children playing near. He ran in
between. The enraged animal seized him
by the thumb of his left hand aad re-
fused to let 90. He succeeded in press
ing him to the ground and hold him
there, while he forced open his mouth
with his right hand and released his
thumb; not, however, without receiving
several new bites. Then he wound the
1alAs+ 81 Or ms lv1Ir a60ut the beasts muzzle
in manner to render him powerless, and
beat him with his sabots till he was dis
abled. As there were still signs of life, he
carried him to a brook about hundred
yards distant, held him under water till
there was no doubt that life was extinct,
and, having washed his wounds, returned
home as if nothing had happened. He
arrived in Paris the Doth of October, six
days after he was bitten, and was treated
by Pasteur till the 29th, when he was
supposed to be cured. It was the second
case treated by Pasteur, the first having
been an Alsatian boy This was four
years ago. Now he is young man of
nineteen. He is soon expected at the
institute, where he will be permanently
employed. That his heroic act has been
rewarded with statue is only another
illustration of that quickness of sym
pathy which leads the French to recog-
nize acts of individual merit no matter
under what circumstances they may be
displayed. Francisco Chronicle.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

Il From Major General the hon. lie Grey
Commanding Her Majesty's Forces at the
Battle of Wady Essex, to Sister Gwendo-
lin, at the Convent Of the Watchers
Rome:
Madam-Herewitb beg to return to 70
the miniature of yourself which you gave
my late lamented brother, Captain Charles
lie Grey, together with the letter written b
you to him. The stains On the letter and pct
ure are blood, for he was carrying them next
TO his body when he fen fighting gloriously II
the service Of his country at the battle OF
Wady Issek. Here as In the last letter, gol-
lowed a DESCRIPTION of the battle.] MailaIn,
you must excuse a stranger venturlng Il adj
dress thus, but felt that you would lie to
hear of the noble ending of one who had such
a tragic influence on your life. Madam, ex-
cuse a bad, untidy letter from a Borrowing
brother, and believe me your faithfully,
JOHN LIE GREY, Major-General.
The poor sinful body of Charles l.
Grey does not lie in the sands of the
desert, but in the great Cathedral who's
golden cross shines over tire last beds Of
Nelson and Wellington, whittier it was
transported at the cost of the last of the
house of Morvah. A memorial brass, incon-
spicuous, but with an exquisite relief of
the battle showing him in his private's
uniform holding up the sword to give the
signal for forming the square, records
that it was erected by Sister Gwendolin,
in affectionate memory of Private the
Honorable Charles LIE Grey, of the Queens
Own, late Captain in Her Majesty's Rife
Brigade, who fell in the moment of VIC
tory, while gallaltly commanding his regi-
ment after it had been denuded Of its
officers at the battle of Wady Issek.-
Times Democrat.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
Costly Circus ParaphernaIia.

Gan that glitters in our circus is not
false" said Tody Hamilton, the genial
press agent of Barnum's big show, to a
New York Nai1 and Express reporter.
To prove his assertion he took the reporter
to the large property room in the second
story of Madison Square Garden, where
big piles of paraphernalia were arranged in
admirable order Nothing was out of
place, not even spear used by the humble
super in the grand parade around the ring
at the beginning of the circus. The felt
hats, trimmed with gold fringe, and worn
by the cavaliers in the arena during the
grand entry, were of the finest material.
'sWhat is the value of the large velvet
cloth that covers the.back of your largest
elephants"
at cost $1,000 and is made of the best
material We do not know what shoddy
goods means, because we buy the best.
The people in the audience, as a rule, i'm
agine that the glittering display they see
is made up of cheap stuff, merely to please
the eye and not to last. That is great en-
Tor. Barnum & Bailey will not have any
thing that IS not of the best material.
You can form some idea of our property
goods by the fact that we paid $50, 000for
them. Why, if we used inferior stuff it
would all fall to pieces before the season
was half over. It is cheaper to buy the
bestn -
Inc reporter then wandered around
among the Arabs and heard the versatile
press agent converse with these curious
children of the desert in choice Volapuk,
which they readily understood now and
then. Among them was the swarthy Al
gerine who does the knife-throwing or in
placement act, with the assistance of brave
Moorish girl. Mr. Hamilton said the i'm
placement act had been Withdrawn because
the people in the audience did not Ike it.
1--WE never DO anything that is liable to
shock the audience, he added. "There
is no danger whatever in throwing knives
at the Moorish girl, but it looks so. It is
merely an optical illusion. Not single
knife comes in close contact with the girl,
but the knife handle does, and that gives it
a dangerous appearance. Why, that Al
gerie is so true in his aim that he can cut j
single hair every time he throws knife.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
A Calnn of Grnss Hnts.

0sman Digna's camp at Handoub,
whence he recently retreated to Tokar,
was composed mainly of grass huts. 1t
was about one and half miles long and
three-quarters of mile broad, and must
have been capable of containing from
$1,000 to 10000 people. Most of the
huts were enclosed by grass fences in
groups of from three to thirty huts.
Many were made entirely of sleepers and
rails taken from the old Berber Railway.
No attempts seem to have been made at
fertilization. The bush was cleared foI
about a mile around the camp, though
probably more for the purposes of fuel
and matching than for any military
reason. Osman's own home was a very
neat grass hut, and apparently he did not
care about being disturbed by unwelcOme
visitors, as between his salon and his hut
there was a regular fence made Of wire
ENHANCEMENT through which there was
only one entrance at the side. The best
made hut belonged to a nephew of the
late Mahdi Mahomed Ahmen. It was
constructed almost entirely of wood, the
sides alone being Of very neat grass mat.
ting.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
Life Beneath the Rubbish DUMPS.

At the foot of 10th street is dump
where the refuse collected from the ash
barrels of the city IS loaded into scows-
An italian contractor has purchased the
right to sort over this rubbish and col
lect from it old bottles, tin cans and
other articles of more or less value. I'm
derneath the dump is rude floor of
boards, where gangs of men work among
the piles night and day, sorting over the
rubbish, while in one corner IS d rude
hut, where several of the men live.
Onarecentevening during astorm three
men were found in the hut, gathered
around an open fire of such coal as they
picked up. The sides of the hut were
composed of thin planks, which afforded
only a slight protection from the cold. In
one. corner was a mass of rags where the
men slept and as the boards of the floor
were laid loosely, the water could be
heard smashing against the piles a few
feet beneath. Inside and outside the hut
were heaps of r.obish partly sorted over,
which gave out horrible odor, render
ing the use of tobacco a luxury. Lying
on one of the rubbish heaps were three
dogs, whose presence would seem to be
useful to keep OF the wharf rats which
could be seen moving among the piles.
At high tide the men said that the water
was only two feet below them, but they
did not appear to mind the rats or the
poisonous odor from the rubbish, although
they complained of the cold. During
twelve and often fourteen hours each day
they are at work picking over the rub
bish, and are paid 81 a day.
At the dump foot OF Eightieth street
matters were worse, as six men were
crowded into one little hut, which af
forded hardly any shelter, while the at
mosphere was even more poisonous than
at the other dump. At this place the
men work from twelve to fouFteen hours
a day, and the expert pickers receive 81 |
for a days or nights work. The worst
feature of the dumps IS that it ID impos
sible for the men to live on them and
keep in a state of health. They are GER
tain sooner or later to fall victims to dis
ease from the very air they breathe, to
say nothing of the exposure from the
cold. But the men do not know this;
they only struggle to earn their pittance
and keep warm, while people living near,
who might be supposed to fear pesti-
lence, will say in answer to inquiries that
they believe there are Italians living under
the dups, and pass on, knowing little and
caring less about the matter.-Net0 York
Ty.ibftue.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
A GastronOmie Freak.

Bon-vivants in London are being treated
% now sensation. There IS now Gas
tronomic Club established in Oxford street,
and the members of it will have the opPor-
t1Inity to acquire an unexampled PRACTICAL
knowledge Of the way the world nVes,
without being put to the expense OF travel
To obtain it. The new club began its career
with an Italian dinner, strictly limited to
the dishes and wines native to Rome and
Florence, and served, we may suppose, by
King Humbert's subjects. If the plan IS
followed until the nations of the world are
exhausted, no one can complain Of any lack
of variety in the fare at Oxford street. But
perhaps when it comes to China or to India
the line will be drawn; certainly in these
cases the native dinner ought not to be IN! IN
dertaken without preliminary educa'ins
process Boston Post.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

He was a keen, sharp-looking young
man, and he said to the lady Of the house
on Second avenue as he stood in the hall:
MADAM, have called for the suit of
clothes which needs brushing and fixing"
"What suit?" she asked.
'sYour husbands Sunday suit, ma'am-
He called as he went down this morning"
'.And he said was to let you have
them2"
"Yes'm."
Did he appear IN good health and
spirits2"
sWhy, certainly
''Look and act natural2"
"Of course. Why do you askl"
''Because he has been dead eighteen
years, and have some curiosity on the
subject'
IL have made mistake, perhapsl"
stammered the young man.
''Perhaps you have. The man you saw
go out Of here an hour ago is my brother.
You may have BETTER luck in the next
block with the old-fashioned confidence
game Good-morning p'-Detroit Free
Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
Washington,s Nearest Living Relative

The nearest living relative of General
George Washington is Captain George
Washington Ban, of Alexandria, Va. This
eIlIa.l.s.sat,;n Is ! g1anStns -dEst
President, and has an interesting family.
Captain Ball's wife was Mary Randolph, a
grandniece of John Randolph, Of Roam
oke, and cousin of President Harrison.
They have three daughters-Mary Ran
dolph, Landon and Mamie Fairfax-and
two sons, Mason Ball, Paymaster, ana
Randolph Ball, Surgeon United states
Navy. Miss Landon Ball is the beauty OF
the family, and both the gentlemen IN
their naval uniforms make fine appear
ance. The father, Captain George W
Ball, owns a great many heirlooms, both
of the Washington and Ball families, m
Guiding tables, portraits, etc It will De
remembered that Washington's mother
was Mary Ball.--N Y. SIN.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
The Cocoanut Crab.


b the Agala Islands, in the Indian
oSn, there is a very strange crab. He
is Known to science as the Birgus lutro, or
thif crab, and his depredations are carried
on = the cocoanut groves which abound
on ese islands. The crab grows to be
twq y-two inches long, measuring from
the of tail to the end of the long claw,
snd Bembles in general appearance the
her| g crab. The abdomen is feshy and
not yered with a shell, and in order to
prot this it is the habit of the thief crab
TO Forcible possession of a shell of the
Trc family, In which it lives 1t is
noci al in its operations, and has the
facufSof selecting the trees having the
finest cocoanuts upon them. Climbing
up the trunks frequently for twenty-five
feet, itreaches the limbs and sewers the
stems which attach the nuts to the
branches. These are frequently as thick
as your three fingers, and would require a
strong knife to cut them. Having brought
down the nut, the crab now descends to
the ground, digs hole and rolls the cocoa
nut intoit.
he then commences to tear off the husk,
fber r. eber, until the nut Is. conpIeteIL
s.s777,5ss5 md then breaking in what s
known as the eve he eats the meat com
pletely out. The fbers stripped off the
rocoa1I1t by this crab will frequently fill
busbel basket, and they are gathered for
naL iTr mattresses, and are also twisted
;n+ mt renes Cocoanut groves are cult
waited BY those who make business OF ex,
tracing the oil from the nuts to be used
for rrl eliminating purposes, and the depre-
dations of this crab are of very serious
character. in many cases the efforts of the
natives 10 exterminate them proving fruit
Iess ASentifc american.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
CHAPTER II.

The Castle of Doom, where the long
line Of the Earls of Morvah had reigned
in feudal splendor, commanded st. Ives
Bay, and, like most of the Cornish castles,
was quite close TO the sea. On the ord
nance map it was marked Carbis Castle,
but for generations and generations Corn
ishmen had called It the Castle of Doom,
for its owners had always met with some
horrible fate. Not one Earl Of Moryah,
not one Baron de Carbis before them, had
died in the natural course, and the gloomy
Norman keep on the brow OF the betting
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

Miss De Pink trying to get the con-
ve1sation into a pleasant groove)-'I
was so shocked while reading Max O'RelI's
book to-day He says in America the
girls do the proposing. Isn't it con-
temptible in him to print such slander2
Mercyi Why any self-respecting Ameri-
can girl would die before she'd let man
know she loved him. The idea of our
girls proposing2"
Mr. Bashful-''Don' theyi"
''Of course not"
'1-Tm very sorry, because never,
never could pluck up courage to propose
to a girl. feel very blue to think girl
would rather die than-than let me know
she wanted to marry me. II guess III
go home. Good-byi"
"ohl OH OH Don't go. II love
you. Mercy 1 nearly lost you. Sit
down on this sofa, my darling. IN 7.
Weekly.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

A nut for the Baconians to crack Is
furnished by a recent monograph on the
Bacon-shakespeare controversy. The
writer furnishes an elaborate study, states
the san Francisco Chronicle, Of the way in
which Shakespeare spoke Of beer and
vino, and these passages are contrasted
with Baeon's references to the same sub
Jet. Nothing could be wider than the
contrast between the views of the two
writers. Bacon regarding the two bevsr-
ages from q purely scientific standpoint,
while Shakespeare looked at ZEN in the
humane spirit.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
Profit in Flowers

The florists must do a profitable bust
ness or there would not be so many of
them. To judge by the prices charged
one would say the business was very re-
munerative. 1t is not generally known
that the leading florists sell their old stock
to the sidewalk vendors, who undersell
them from thirty-three to fifty per cent.
The florists claim that only inexperienced
people will buy from the sidewalk vend-
ers, even if they undersen them, because
their flowers, worn and faded, will not
last, but will fall to pieces almost when
touched. The florists preserve their floral
beauties in refrigerators, and they will
not last a second handling entailed by the
street yender.-Nete York Star.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
HE DIDN'T KNOW HER.

Mrs. spitfre (handing her husband a
DISQUALIFICATION do you like my
pictures, joint"
'sWho is itl'
''Why, it's mel Who do you suppose
it is2n
~ wouldn't have known it. I never
saw you look that way before"
''What way7"
"Pleasant. - Chicago Herald
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The bids for the new q per cent loan
for The new parks, which were recently
awarded to the aggregate amount of
s, 457, 900, at from par to a premium Of
Is per cent. give New York's credit first
rank among the cities Of the entire world,
thinks the New York GrqP1ie. Neither
national nor stsss government or any ma
ton on the globe IS able 10 secure a loan
on such favorable terms. The bonds run
forty years, with the right to redeem af-
ter twenty years, and are exempt from
taxation The entire issue Of SO, oOO,-
900 VIII doubtless be placed on equally
favorable terms.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

Rowne de Bout q saw Epson
Downes the other day give away good
winter overcoat to miserable tramp;
few know what an impulsive, generous
hearted fellow he is; he doesn't get the
credit he deserves"
Hyand Lowe - " Oh, Downes gets
credit enough. He bought that very
overcoat over year ago; and, to my
certain knowledge, it isn't paid for yet. "
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12
A GIimpse at Russian Nissan.

In the Russian district of Kola q handi
of Bohemians were recently lynched by a
crowd of Russian villagers. These
Bohemians had stolen two children in
the village of Marskaj, and had blinded
them both for the purpose of using them
for soliciting aims. Such cases are very
frequent in Russia In the same district
of Kola, where the winter was this wear
exceptionally severe, the wolves have
given great deal of trouble. On Satur-
day last the mail coach was attacked bv
an enormous pack, horses, driver and
passengers being devoured. At the same
village of Marskaj an old farm woman
gave battle to huge wolf who was carry
ing of one of her latest pigs, which she
had just killed for sailing. The old
woman pursued the wolf and helped him
to the knife. The pig was reserved for
the sailing tub, but the old farm woman
has only six fingers left to do the picking
with Times-Demoerat.
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A BAD PREMIUM.

Pell-''By Jove, old man, that's a
pretty necktie you have on!"
Mell-''Yes; 1 flatter myself that
have good taste in selecting neckties
Have cigar2"
Pell-"Thanks. lights it, Umphl
puff Did this cigar come with the
tiel"-C zothier and Furnisher.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

Admiral Porter, N his report to the
Secretary Of the Navy relative to the
tsAinins-shi system, says: ''There are
TOO few apprentices allowed by law The
rssws Of our ships are generally made up
Of sailors from every part of the world
vino care little under what flag they sail.
They are the descendants CT the barbarians
who once debouched upon the plains Of
Italy and France, and helped themselves
10 what did not belong TO them. They
ship for money; they have no sentiment
spr our flag CT nationality, aud, possibly.
fit came 70 an action with ship Of their
swn or neighboring nation, they would
haul haul down the American colors and
hoist their own"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

The Washington Star concludes that
at is an iualienable privilege of the full
fIedged American citizen to be baseball
crank, and the right IS not denied even
to @nporary serfs in the Territories or
pl-'lde perpetual serfs Of the District of
Columbia Clearly marriage viii prove
failure if It attempts to overthrow the
baseball idol.1
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

On the Chicago Express-Passenger
(who is acquainted with the conductor)-
''Hello, Ed! You look warm---as if you
had been having some pretty hard work :"
Conductor-'Yes, 1 have. I spent
twenty minutes in the second coach pack
ing hogs 1t was full OF drummers, and
every one of m had four seats apiece and
passengers were standing in the aisle. -
B,frliROtoR Free Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-12

The spring emigration from Europe TO
the United States has assumed large pro
portions this year, according to the New
York saa. The arrivals since January
AZ Castle Garden have added over So
900 70 our population Our advices from
Germany. Italy, the British Isles and
Sweden are such as to lead to the belief
thas We ere about 10 have an extraordi-
nary number Of newcomers.