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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Card Playing at Home.

Playing cards for ''pastime7 or as an Fin
uocent amusement soon becomes passion,
and when once fixed a man viii forego home,
family, business and pleasure and suffer the
loss Of his all for the exciting scenes of the
card table.
That accomplished writer, the late DR..
Holland of Springfield, Mass, said: 4 have
all my days had card-playing community
open TO my observation, and I am yet unable
to believe that that which is the universal re-
sort of the starved in soul and intellect,
which has never in any way linked to itself
tender, elevating or beautiful associations
the tendency of which is TO unduly absorb
the attention from more weighty matters,
can recommend itself to the favor of Christ's
disciples The presence of culture and gen.
ius may embellish, but can never dignity it, y
Il have this moment said DR.. Holland,
ringing in my ears the dying injunction of
my fathers early friend Keep your son
from cards. Over them l have murdered
time and lost HeNven.'r Fathers and
mothers, keep your sOls from cards In the
''home circle What must a good angel
think of mother at the prayer-meeting ask
ing prayers for the conversion of her son
whom she allowed TO remain at home play
ing cards for ''pastimes cpl Christian Advo-
cate.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
over winch We Must Pass.

'Will You ask my pardOnS7 said master
to his servant with whom he had disputed.
The answer was a sIrly negative. Then l
viii ask yours" said his master, knowing
that some one must always be the first to
give in, and meeting his servant more than
halfway with forgiveness and peace What
heart could withstand such step towards
reconciliation Truly has it been said of for
giveness that this is a bridge over which we
all need to pass. Let us not break it down.
a glimmer of light and comfort came to
Martin Luther when the old monk by his bed
side read aloud the solemn words, Il believe
In the forgiveness of sins Which of ms
could stand before the God of all, did He not
blot out our failures and dismiss cur tres
paSses2 If we are feeling, concerning any
fellow-creature, Il have sustained wrong
canno. forget or pardon, let us take the
first right step by naming the name we dis
like, at the Mercy-seat. In the time OF
Washington Christian man journeyed to
he general to beseech the life of a neighbos.
ssntenced to death. He was told his ''un-
fortunate friend" must perish He is my
worst enemy said the intercessor. And
have you" asked Washington, walked sixty
miles for your enemys sakei grant you
his pardon What a revenge was this!-
lThe Culver.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

The first word of this heading has not yet
appeared in the dictionaries. It is of quite
recent origin, originated by a bright little
girl of three summers. While walking with
some friends she artlessly coined it 10 express
their hOmeward approach. I'VE are toward
ing home she said. It probably expressed
TO her pleasing thought. What place on
earth is so dear to a child as home, and what
emotions more satisfying than those awak-
ened by an approach hOmeward?
''Home is home, though ever 50 homely.n
The aged believer is forwarding home.n
Long has he been stranger and a pilgrim
on the earth. Long has he been away from
his Fathers home, where his Saviour is and
where his best friends and kindred dwell.
Long and often has he sighed for the dear
sacred spot. And now. at length. his Jour
ney is well nigh ended The troubles and
trials of his pilgrimage are almost past, and
the dear abode where he has 50 often and so
ardently longed to be is not far away. Take
courage, dear Christian pilgrim, ''the night
is far spent, the day is at hand.n a few
more setting suns, and your days of gloom,
of doubt, ana of sadness will be past for
ever. With respect 10 you, the rest that re
maineth for the people Of God is close at
hand.-LH. S. in Amer. Mess
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
StanIey's EarIy WorkhOuse Days.

The reopening of the discussion as to
the real location Of Stauley's birthplace
started a STR reporter on a hunt for
WeIshmen resident in this city Half a
dozen of them knew but title OF the
traditions which have attached them
selves to SANKEY'S birth, but at last one
was found who had some interesting in
formation. "Henry NJ. Stanley" said
he, lis Weshman saw in the Star, ="
he continued, ''that the people in Eng
land are again discussing the explorers
nationality, and rs l know something OF
his boyhood, you are welcome to the
facts. Stanley's mother was a servant
girl in a public house at Wrexham, in
North Wales, and was apparently very
respectable woman. She was quiet and
retiring IN her disposition, and was
rather good-lookng. Her name was Ann
Rowlands. When the boy was about
five years old his mother was taken e.
riously i'll; l think she had typhoid fe-
yer. The little one was cared for for
several days by the neighbors (many's
the slice of bread and butter he's had in
mv house, and then both mother and
child were removed to the workhouse.
Just about that time l moved down to
Gaermarthen, in South Wales i was Just
.wenty-one them, and lost track of the
Affair for six or seven years, and then,
when on visit home, l asked how Ann
Rowlands and her boy were getting
along. was told that Ann was work
ing in the same old public house, while
her boy was being educated in the work
came to this country and was adopted
by Mr. Stanley are facts already well
known and established. They are, how
ever, no more indisputable than the fact
that Henry NJ. Stanley was born il
Wales, Of Welsh parents, one of whom,
at least, is known. y Washington Star.
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Curious eTeethinrn Customs

1t would be a mistake" says Jacob,
''to believe that we are more medieval
than other nations. The measures for
relieving the dangers from the cruel at
tacks by the ambushing teeth upon the
unsophisticated baby, prove better than
anything else how the maternal (and
professional p minds have been impressed
by awe-stricken faith down to the sec
ond half of the nineteenth century. Ac-
cording to II. II. Ploss, in different parts
of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
they resort to the following measures
The tooth of colt twelvemonth old is
worn around the neck al the time of the
increasing moon. The paw of a mole,
bitten off, is sewed in a bag and worn
round the neck, the baby to be licked by
dogs. The head of a mouse is used as
the paw Of mole. Every female visitor
gives the baby hard-boiled egg. The
baby is carried to the butcher, who
touches the gums with fresh calf's blood
The gums are touched with the tooth of
a wolf or with the claw of a crab. The
baby is supplied with three morsels from
the first meal in the new residence after
the wedding; bread from the wedding
feast of newly married couple in good
repute; a mass of lind sprouts cut at
twelve o'clock on Good Friday. 4 bones
found by accident under the straw mat
tress. Mother, when first going to
church after confinement, kneels on right
knee first. A man coming to visit is
silently given a coin, touches the gums
of the baby three times, and-goes to
the tavern All these customs in cul-s
tured Germany, in the pineteenth cen-|
tury-TRe Hospital,
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Dangers of Nail NibbIinc.


ga novel incident resulting from a
habit of very common prevalence among
nervous people was brought to my notice
recently" said a leading physician of
Philadelphia to a reporter the other day
"A young lady presented herself at my
oihce and complained of a constant irri-
tation in her throat. Two weeks pre-
viously she had been taken with Yerv
severe attack of sore throat, which was
treated by the family physician. Under
his care, she said, the Inflammation
quickly subsidized, but there still remained
a sensation of irritation. Examination
revealed a small feshy looking OBJ ,ect
about the size of a kernel of wheat ad-
herent to the tissues pOsterior to the left
tonsil by the one end. The other parts
of the throat were normal. The little
IL c5a!d not bedetaehed by cotton
covered probe, but by the use Of forceps
twas easily removed and on examination
proved 10 be a piece of finger nail which
had become embedded in a cheesy de-
post. A broken piece of the nail was
also removed from under the mucous
membrane at the same spot by a sharp
pointed probe. The lady then confessed
to the habit of biting her tinger-nails,
and moreover could remember that day
or two previous to her throat trouble a
piece of nail she had bitten off had be-
come lost IN her mouth, but after it had
caused fit of coughing, she had forgot
ten all about it until reminded by the
discovery
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
WORDS OF WISDOM.

It is good to begin well but better t.
end well.
Happiness is not to be prescribed, but
enjoyed.
Good words are good but good deed
are better.
There is a woman at the beginning Of
all great things.
No man can either live piously OIL
righteous without a wife.
The sweetest thing in life is the IN.
clouded welcome of wife.
In youth one has tears without grief
in old age grief without tears.
knowledge is dearly bought if We
sacrifice to its moral qualities.
And be aware of thy own children; and
take heed of them of thy household.
We find self-made men very often but
self-unmade ones a good deal oitener.
Where pride is, there also shall be re.
oIoach; but where humility is, there
Llso is wisdom.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Intensive Gardening.

Man naturally wants the earth, or at
least that particular part of it which
adj oins his particular estate, but he
makes a great mistake when he engages
in farming on an extensive scale.
Prince Krapotkine, who has mado a
careful study Of the sub ect in France,
gives number of instances in the coun-
try districts around Paris, where COM
paratively ignorant farmers have made
small market gardens enormously pro-
ductive. One farm IS mentioned by him
of two and seven tenths acres which
produced annually l2l tons Of market
vegetables of all kinds. The owner of
this farm, by building walls 10 protect
his lands from cold winds, by whitening
the walls to secure all possible radiated
heat, and by the constant and judicious
use of fertilizers, has his little farm in
a productive condition from the list of
January to the last of December BY
simple and inexpensive means he has
practically located his farm in the
tropics.
A French gardener does not care what
kind of soil he starts with. He would
be satisfied with an asphalt pavement,
because he makes his soil, aud so much
of it that he has to sell it to keep his
place from being gradually raised above
the level of the surrounding country.
When farmer once understands the
laws of chemistry he has no difficulty in
making soil that contains all the ma
terials needed for plant lie.
Prince Krapotkine speaks of one gar
dener who has covered half an acre with
glass roof, and run steam pipes, sup
piled by a small boiler under the ground
sheltered by this covering. The result
has been that he has cut every day for
ten months from 1900 to 1900 large
punches of asparagus, a product which
under ordinary conditions would require
sixty acres of land. But this result has
been surpassed by an English farmer,
who has a one acre mushroom farm which
yields him an annual income of $4,000
ndcr the French method of culture it
would be possible to make one square
mile support 1000 human beings. On
such a scale of productive capacity this
country would support population of
3, 90, 600, 200. Even when we knock
of a fair percentage for mistakes, exag
geratiOns and unfavorable conditions, it
will be seen that &c are in no danger of
having an overpopulation for many cen
turtles to come.-PicayuHe.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Fashion Notes
Carnation brooches are a feature.
p, -. .,e t,,.,.,-, ara oc,o;, II,

Carnation brooches are feature.
Shoulder knots of flowers are again in
vogue.
Fur boas have become a triumphant
success.
Plush and cloth are combined in many
of the newest clOaks.
For day gowns wool is emphatically
the wear-and the directoire redingote
the favorite design for them.
Clusters of velvet violets are used to
trim round hats of dark velvet, and also
to fasten boas of black lace.
A thick binding of short-haired fur,
seal, beaver, Persian lamb, etc. is a popu-
lar trimming of cloth jackets.
Gauze fans, powdered over with very
tiny kittens heads, are even more vio-
lently new than the bat wings.
A new queen chain has as a pendant
a tiny fan, the upper half of which is
ornamented with enameled flowers.
The newest guimpes for little girls
have hemstitched RULES edged with Val
enciennes about the neck and sleeves.
London now ordains dinner card of
rough board with gilt edges, and the
owners crest in gold as its sole orna-
ment.
The Empire fan is of gauze, with a
border of ribbons painted in gay colors,
or else the gay stripes are lengthwise
along the sticks.
Corselets, with shoulder straps, or else
narrow baby sleeves, are worn in great
numbers over half high guimpes of crepe
lisse OF silk muslin.
A tuft of silver-tipped white ostrich
feathers is a favorite hair ornament with
ladies anywhere in that debatable land
of age between thirty and fifty.
The slender effect now so much sought
In walking costumes is best attained by
wearing with them a shoulder cape and
deep cuffs of heavy long feeced fur.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Beauty of Irish Women.

The Irish ladie; are perhaps the pref
tiest in the wide world, always excepting
their fair cousins, the Yankee bellies.
Their features, it is true, are less regular
than those of English women, but they
triumph over them with their soft
creamy compilations, their large, appeal
ing gray-blue eyes and long lashes, and
a sort of indefnable charm and demure
coquetry, yet thoroughly modest man
ners. every third Irish woman,
wrote Queen Victoria in heI diary when
last visiting the country, sis beautiful,
and some of them remarkably so. Their
hair and eyes are simply lovely" Apart
from personal charms, it is impossible
not to admire the gentle grace and dig
nifty of the wives and daughters of the
Emerald Isle. 60 where you will. de-
fly you to find an Irish woman who is
otherwise than naturally distinguished
the very barmaids being superior in
bearing and speech to many English
Duchesses The list of beauties Is a long
one, and looking back we can recall his
tories OF the extraordinary loneliness of
the three Miss Cummings, who, when
they came up to London, had actually
to be escorted in Hyde Park by a guard
of soldiers sent by order of the Secre-
tary of State, so Overwhelmingly was the
crowd pressing upon them. Then there
were Lady Denny, Lady Cahir, Lady
Glare and many Others, to say nothing
of the present young Duchess of Leinster,
one of the most attractive women of this
or any other day.-Sdn Francisco
,
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The Elder Sister.

In one Of his excellent Talks to Young
Women Rev. Smith Baker of Lowell,
speaks as follows concerning the influence OF
sisters.
Make he most of your sisterly opportuni-
ties while you can; for the years speed away,
and the days hasten when life with its bur-
dens will come-father and mother will 20 to
their home and you viii 60, one here an
other there. Distance, work and care
will separate YOU. Middle life viii come: the
beginners of old age viii come; and then the
old sisterly and brotherly love will kindle in
-Four hearts, and you will wish for the days
of childhood, you VIII think with sorrow
upon all the unsisterly words said and deeds
done, and with joy upon all the kindly atten-
tons paid, and your heart will be hungry to
meet each other; you viii almost cry to be
little children again.
As you see the shadows coming of the eter-
nal world, You will want TO put your hand in
your brothers hand and in your sisters hand
and come together 20 the eternal home az
you used to come around your fathers table
in the far-gone days Of childhood. God
grant, when the end comes and YOU cross
the river" and stand before the Judgment
and the recording angel reads YOUR name
that then Christ, the Elder Brother, NAV saw
admit her, clothe her in white, put a crown
upon her brow and stars in the rown, for
she is my sister,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Tea Drinking on the Increase

The city is tea drenched, tea soaked.
It would not be surprising to see a fog
hang over it from the steam of tea. Every
woman who is anything of a woman at
all owns one Of those cast iron, hooked
parlor tripods which hang a tea kettle
over an alcohol lamp, keeping things hot
for whose may drop in for a cup of an
afternoon. The tea tripod is becoming
as essential an article of furniture as the
Two and four shade lamps which stand
On pedestals and confer the latest touch
ST elegance on the drawing room. Two
ST four. Milady abors three. She thinks
1 three shade lamp unlucky. Can it be
ihat she is growing superstitiOus these
days .-Me5 YORK Mai md EIpress
Pittsburgh has twenty-one National
Banks.
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A Farmer With Immovable Jaws.

Newspapers at the present time con-
tain many interesting stories of old peo-
pie who are hearty, but it is doubtful il
a more curious case than the one re-
ported by the Fall River Gb6e has been
published. 1t is that of Dartmouth
farmer named William Bennett, who is
nearly sixty years Of age. He was born
at Tiverton, r. l., and lived for many
years in comfortable farmhouse on the
main road to Newport.
When he was about five years of age
he was attacked with a child's disease
for which DIR. West was engaged to pre-.
scribe. The DR.. West mentioned lived
in a large mansion below Bridgeport,
and was an ancestor of the present
family which resides in that vicinity. At
the time of Mr. BENEFITS illness. saliva
ton was favorite form of treatment.
Calomel was the drug ordered and ad-
ministered to the patient. Either from
carelessness or other cause the mefcurial
preparation lodged in the boys laws,
and a cancerOus sore was developed.
For many weeks his life was despaired
of. Finally the growth was killed. but
when it disappeared it was found that
the muscles of the child's Jaws were
ruined, and, Ike the upper, the lower
jaw would always remain fixed. To re-
gain strength it was necessary to have
all his food specially prepared before
It was given to him. When placed be.
fore him he managed to squeeze it in be-
tween his lips which were slowly recover.
ing from the almost fatal work done by
the deadly drug. The saliyary glands
were not injured by the burning of the
calomel. Bennett recovered after a long
illness, and grew up as most Rhode
Island boys do who spend life on a
farm. He pays visits to the Fall River
marketmen, with whom beSas. done
business for nearly fifty years. He
is a ruddy-featured portly man of genial
temperament, and with the exception Of
a slight facial defect, he shows no signs
of the accident which have kept his Jaws
immoyable for SO many years.-BostOn
Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
EnrOpe,s Crowned Heads.

The present Emperor of Germany is
William II. He is twenty nine years of
age.
The Emperor of Austria, Francis
Joseph, is fifty-eight years of age, and
has worn the imperial crown for forty
years.
The reigning Prince of Montenegro is
Nicholas l., who is forty years
cid, and has reigned for twenty eight
years.
The King of Portugal, Luis I, is fifty
gears old, and is man of enterprise and
progress He has been for twenty years
a king
The Emperor of Russia, Alexander
H., is forty three years of age, and as
cended the throne after the murder of
his father, seven years ago.
The President Of the French Repub-
lie, NJ. Carnot, is fty-one years of age,
aud was elected to office in December
1887, as successor 10 N. Grevy.
The Sovereign or Sultan of Turkey,
Abdul Ham;d H., is forty six years old,
and su ceeded to the throne twelve years
ago, when the Sultan who preceded MIN
was deposed.
The King of Servia, Milan /, is forty
four, and wa crowned only six years
ago, but before that he had held the
throne for fourteen years by election as
Prince Milan Obenovich ".
The King of Sweden aud Norway,
Oscar /, is in his sixtieth year, and has
re'gned for sixteen years. He is a fairly
liberal monarch, and has favored some
reforms during his reign.
The King of Roumania, Carol L, Is
forty-nine years of age, and was pro
claimed hing only seven years ago, but
for fourteen years before that time he
had been chief of the Boumanians.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

Brooklyp's special committee on in
dustrial education reports to the Board
of Education in favor of teaching sew
ing in the public schools. There are
about 50, goo girls in these schools. The
above committee has existed two and
half years, and has acted deliberately in
this matter.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

The Bible is a large book, or a small one, a
dark or a bright one, according to the Spirit
in which we read it. Wranglers and nrst-
class men viii not understand it unless their
hearts are right as well as their heads The
highest critical and grammatical knowledge
will find it a sealed book without the teach
ings of the Holy Ghost. It's contents are often
''hid to the wise and prudent and revealed to
babes Reader, remember this and say al
ways when you open your Bible, Oh God for
Christ's sake, give me the teaching Of the
Spirit-[Ryle
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
VfoIets.

Violets are the prevailing flower in the
fashionable world now. White Yiolets
are succeeding lilies of the valley for
bridal bouquets, and bridesmaids carry
dark blue Parma violets. At recent
wedding all the flowers used about the
house for the wedding decorations were
violets. The cost of the display was
fabulous. Great punches of maiden
hair ferns are also used for bridesmaids.
Fashionable women are using violet
perfume and no other, for the odor IS
delicious.-Neo York Telegram.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
I'll Think of Thee.

look to Thee in every need,
And ever look in vain;
I feel thy strong and tender love,
And all is well again.
The thought of Thee is mightier far
Than sin and pain and sorrow are.
Discouraged in the work of life,
Disheartened by its load,
Shamed by its failures or its fears,
/ sink beside the road;
But let me only think of Thee,
And then new heart springs up in me
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs. 1t is curing more cases Of Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all
Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other
medicine. The proprietor has authorized any
druggist TO give you a Sample Bottle Free to
convince you of the merit of this great remedy.
Large Bottles sec and 81
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To The EditOr-Please inform your readers
that have a positive remedy for the above
named disease which warrant TO cure the
worst cases 50 strong is my faith in its vir-
tues that | Will send free a sample bottle and
valuable treatise TO any sufferer whOwill give
me his i O. and Express address. Resp'y
H-G- ROOT. NJ G. lS3 Pearl St New York.
II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at25c. per bottle
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NANCY EDGERLY, of marlborough,
N. H., claims to be los years old, and
says that she should never have at.
tanned that age if, on the only occasion
when she ever called physician, she
had not thrown all his medicines out OF
the widow instead of taking them.