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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
A Fierce Bull Fight in Texas.

A bull fight has occurred on the public
square in Longview, Texas, between
Sampson, weighing 1900 pounds, and a
12OO-weight Brush bull. When Samson
was led out to the ring he seemed reluc-
tant to enter, while the Brush bull
paved the mud and seemed anxious for
the fray. According 10 their peculiar
tactics, they greeted one another with
low, cultural bellows, and, when only a
few yards apart, they suddenly leaped to
the attack with great noise and began to
gore each other with frightful energy.
Above the fierce and noisy tramping
could be heard the grinding of ther in
terlocked horns and the violent snorting
of brutal rage. The sight was cruel; it
was grand. The magnificent animals
swayed to and fro. they were covered
with mud and foam, while Their dis
tended nostrils emitted reddish foam.
With a fearful lunge Sampson struck
the Brush bull in the flank, downed
him, and gored him frightfully. Sam
son was the victor, and the Brush bull
will either die or remain a cripple for
life and never be seen in the ring again
-GLOteD M .c1dt.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Chinese Rnrro Pack.Trnlns.

Some Chinese at the Western miEes
invest their capital in pack-trains, which
insure them sieadier returns than the
mines. In Arizona freighting is a most
important business. There are so few
railroads, and the mining camps are so
scattered through the Territory, that
there is an endless amount of transport
ing to be done-ore to be shipped into
town and provisions to be brought back.
Many camps, moreover, are situated in
such inaccessible places that they can be
reached only by trail. Wagon.roads are
impracticabe, and mule and OK teams
are replaced by pack-trains of buTros.
A burro is a small, gray, fuzzy Mexican
donkey, from three and half to four
and a half feet high, and as rugged as
the climate in which it lives-a clear
survival OF the fttest. These animals
are able to travel all the day without
water; they require no feeding, as they
can be made to flourish on dried leaves,
brush, thistles and newspapers. Thirty
or forty burros are a fortune in them
selves. They cost from ten to fifteen
dollars apiece, and they will carry their
own weight in freight, averaging $50
pounds to burro, every day in the week
if necessary, and browse around at night
for feed. The BUR are used mostly
for carrying ore and provisions, or such
things as have little bulk compared with
weight The ore is packed 100 pounds
to an ore sack, and three or four Of these
are tied to the pack-saddle of each
burro. The saddle is heavily padded, so
that the pack will not rub, and is
clinched very tight. Nearly all the
burro pack trains in these regions of
Arizona are owned by Cinnamon, and as
the Chinese do their own driving, their
profits are largely net. -Nt1o York Past.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

One of the general public" at the
White House reception was named
Decker, and as he approached the Presi-
dent, he told Colonel Wilson, who in
troduced the visitors, that his name was
such an easy one that it could not be
mistaken.
''Happy to meet you, Mr.. Cracker, "
said the President
"TIappy to meet you, Mr.. Baker, "
said Mrs. Cleveland.
''bIr. Sacker," murmured Miss Bay
ard, doubtfully.
Happy to meet you, Mr.. Black, "
said Mrs Whitney, confidently.
And thus Mrs. Fairchild wished him
a "Happy New ear, Mr.. Brown" and
Mr.. Decker escaped and looked at one of
his cards to see what his name was, any
-Eay - Washington Post.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

The Chicago Herald declares that
zone Of the long felt wants Of this coun-
try is a national cannon range. We
already have rife ranges, and our troops,
being located in ,hiuly peopled districts,
can always find plenty of open ground
for rife practice, but we have never had
a cannon range. 1t is therefore gratify-
ing to ind that this iong-felt want is
about 70 be supplied The Government
if now clearing piece Of land to be used
for this purpose It is located in the
wilds Of New Jersey, and the scheme is
TO clear out piece of the forest eight
and one-half miles long aud three-quar-
tiers ola mile wide. The testing Of guns
for the American navy at the works
where they are built is usually destruc-
tive Of the works themselves, and i'm
perfectly tested guns, #hen fred on
shipboard, are destructive TO our navy
and men A cannon range in the re.
mote Businesses of New Jersey where
guns may be thoroughly tested viii re-
move these dangers and the Jersey
mosquitoes may look out Tor = trelnen-
pous shaking-Up.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Counting a Bushel of Glover Seed.

1T is not to be supposed that any one
has ever counted the seeds in a bushel Of
clover or common grass seed, for such
an immense amount of labor is entirely
unnecessary for the purpose of obtain.
ing the number of seeds, or at least very
near it. The object IN counting the
seed is 20 obtain the average number, fol
every ounce and pound will vary slight
ly, but not sufficient to materially affect
the result. Suppose we t,,ke a quarter
of an ounce of seed and when the mum.
Der is ascertained we multiply it BY four,
which gives the number in one ounce,
and by multiplying this by sixteen we
ascertain the number in a pound BY
multiplying the number of seeds in
pound by the number of pounds in a
bushel we arrive at the total without
difficulty. Some of the grass seeds are
so light that an ounce will contain a half
million grains, but common timothy has
only about ~, 0G0 Red clover will
average 16, 900 seed per ounce, aud whit;
clover double this number, or SO, 000.--.
NeD York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

Edward Atkinson, the well known sta
tistician, says that the actual losses by
FIRE in the United States range from
500, 600, coo to SIS, 600, 0OO each year.
The cost of maintaining insurance com
psnies conducted as they now are, is
from SIS, 600, goo to $40, OOe, 600. The
cost OF sustaining ire departments is not
less than SO, 600, 600. Thus the aggre-
gate fire tax per auuum is from $780,
Ooa, 600 10 $3.50, 600, 900. The main
thing is to save with respect the $50,
0aO. 600 or $40, 900, oo0 which is the cost
Of conducting the present system of in
suiance. About one half the entire sum.
says Ar. Atkinson, car lie saved By one
single change in the conduct Of the
work; that is, by making It necessary
or expedient Tor the person desiring in
surance to apply directly 10 the officers
or agents Of the insurance company, IN
stead Of having the solicitors of the com
paries apply to TIE insurer for the sake
of a comm ssion which must come out
Of the insurers pocket
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
PITH AND POINT.

Done brown-sealskin sacques.
Good for insomnia hloroform
Hard to bcat-The headless drum.
"Whatever is is right" This cannot be
said Of the left hand.
The silence that speaks-The CONVEX
sation between two deaf mutes.
\ match between two dentists in their
art would probably result in draw
lie is a rare man who cannot afford to
well do as he would be well done by.
There is always a rise in provisions
when the dumb waiter Is sent aloft with
its load
Money will purchase anything, says a
contemporary. Not everything. 1t can
not purchase piano that never took the
first premium. Courier.
The expression, ooh, you be hanged,
is entirely out of place now. In future,
"Oh, you be struck by lightning, will
be the proper exclamation.-Net0 YORK.
Neos.
''What made you tell me a lie,
johnny" angrily inquired Mrs. Brown.
Because pleaded little Johnny, II
knew you would lick me if I told you
the truth. Time.
Tough Luck-First Stage Robber-
'Ny hat did you git yesterday, Jerryr
Second Robber- 'Nothin' There wasn't
nobody in the stage 'ceptin' a lawyer,
two plumbers and prima donna, an
professional courtesy wouldn't allow me
to touch 'em, Of course. "-Tsrrs HaUto
Express.
Elsie-"What was the real reason,
dear, for breaking your engagement
with MI Smythen Eya-''WelI, You
see, we were at the Zoo, and when l
threw a cake to the lion my bracelet
slipped of with it, and the horrid beast
refused to 90 in to the cage and get it.
The liouess has it now. Time.
Twin sisters, excellent ladies, lived
near each other in 4 Massachusetts town.
One was ailing somewhat, and her sis
ter, bonnetless and shawlless, ran in to
see how she was, and found that the all
ing one wanted her to an Grand. So
she put on the ailing sisters shawl and
bonnet and went to the store. Arriving
there, she saw her own image IN look
ing glass and exclaimed: why, you
decided 10 come yourself after all. 1
=don'tthink you were well enough"-
Boston Transcript.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

'My kitchen has been overrun ia.elS
with black ants"
''Why, can tell you what will destroy
them very soon," said housekeeper re-
Gently, when talking to her friend
Everything place in the kitchen is
soon destroyed by these little insects,
and have found no remedy that is sue
cessful, although have tried dozens"
''My kitchen was Just the same, but
now there is not one to be seen there.
Iput few spoonfuls of kerosene in a
tin basin and then poured in about a
pint of cold water. Whenever l found
an article of food invaded by the ants,
or in fact. found them anywhere, I iust
shook them oil into the water and ker-
osene. l did this Just as often as
found them and in few days they were.
all gone. think they found that there
was danger around and went away"
Nail and Ezpres'.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

Eminent Statesman Cwalking up to re-
porter)-''AIy face is familiar 10 you,
presume"
Reporter-''I have certainly seen you
somewhere, and yet cannot exact
ly-"
Eminent Statesman-"There is no use
in trying to keep anything from the
watchful eye of reporter. You recog-
nize me, of course, as Congressman
Blank?"
Reporter-"Why, so it is! May I in
quire, sir, the object of your visit to our
locaityf'
Eminent Statesman with dignity
"You may say, sir, that | am travelling
through here in a quiet way, and as far
as possible avoidingpublicity. y Chicago
Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
They SLANT IN THAT DIRECTION

To tell wy men is so an so
Is much too hard for me,
II Is the way the critters grow.
Thet makes them what they be;
l only say the reason wy
30 many men is all awry,
An full of imperfection,
Is Enply Jest because they can't
tit any other kind of slant
They slant in thet direction.
/ do not try to make it plain
w y men are proul or meek,
Or with mighty sweep er brain,
Or vast expanse er cheek;
It IS enough fer me to know
1t is the way the critters grow
In every town an section:
There is sum power that gives a car,
Some mighty skidn tibet makes EN- slant
All slant in tibet direction.
An don't blame men Overmuch
An on their vices rant,
Till look up their traits an such
To fin the way they slant;
An won't smite EN- hip and Jint
Until find the way they pint
Nor scold each imperfection;
A little cherity IN grant,
For men are bad because they slant
They slant in tibet direction.
S. W. Foss, in Yankee Blade.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Home of YegetnhIe Irorr.

The plant yielding the vegetable ivory,
or ivory nuts of commerce, is native
Of South America. and is the most ex-
tensively found on the banks OF the river
Magdalena, in Colombia. 1t grows mostly
in separate groves not mixed with Other
trees or shrubs, and only in a warm,
damp atmosphere 1t is palm-lik,
plant, Of winch the fruit consists of {,
conglomerated head composed of six OF
Sc en- drupes, each containing from si1
to nine seeds. In its very young state
the seed contains a clear fluid, which al
it gets older become milky and of sweet
taste and gradually continues TO change
until it becomes so hard as TO make it q
valuable substitute for animal ivory.
The seeds are imported rs ccrozo nuts,
or ivory nuts, and many small articles oil
turnery are made from them, such al
cane heads, knobs, buttons, etc. -Nen
Yora World.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
QUESTIONING.
If the bird

If the bird
Had no list'nee, wrapt, adoring-
Il its songs in joyous soaring
Fell upon the air unheard;
If no fiower-lips entranced
Where the golden sunbeam glanced,
Drank the song the bird was fiinging,
What would be the use of singingl
II the flower,
Lifting up Its petaled crown
Where the sun comes flirting down,
Never felt the summer shower
If no busy, vagrant bees
Came to WOO it with the breeze
II no golden light was flooding
What would be the use of uuddingi
If the heart
Never felt the quicl, pulsation.
Never knew the sweet elation
That of faithful love is part
If lips lacked the warmth OF kissing,
If the tender words were missing
That true hearts delight in giving,
What would be the use of Hvingl
Cora FaJbri, IN Mail and Express.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Indians with Artistic Skill.

A Virginia City newspaper says tna'
a Piute, now in Jail on charge OF mur-
der. displays great skill in drawing ana
has made picture of the prison, as seen Sc,
from the ward. that is really fine The
pewspaper further says that tb7 Piutes
have natural taste for drawing, and
that many of them are able 10 draw very
GOOD mixtures of railroad trans and the
like. The children made all Kinds OF
animals in clay, as Maturity as white
children model mud pies; and even the
stupidest looking of the bvcks will with
a pencil dash off withou' the slightest
hesitation a map OF any PORTION of coun-
try with which he is ACQUAINTED, putting
ali the rivers, lakes ard mountains in
their proper places. and giving tho
whole proportional dimensions,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

a peculiarly novel letter has just been
sent by an inhabitant of Bath, England,
10 afriend at Trowbridge. TWAS written
in shorthand on the back of a postage
stamp, the address being in ordinary
writing. The missive was dropped into
the letter-box at The General POstofice,
and was duly delivered at the destinA-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.


While dried peas are a staple article @
food, the pea grain is scarcely ever used
in this country, although in common use
in Europe and Canada. We must use
more peas than we do. Pea meal is ex-
cellent to use with wheaton -four, for
pancakes, and many very fine favored
and nutritious dishes can be prepared.
Those who have tried peas in any form
say they are among the best foods for
those troubled with constipation and in
digestion. They are quite as rich in
albuminoids as are beans and easier for
weak stomachs to digest.-Boston Cult
Gator.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Els Nap COS a sweethenrt

HIS Nap Cost Sweetheart.
+ Scene IA Chicago railway station.
+ Time 4. NJ
; A young lady, wearing, among other
things, an engagement ring, is discovered
seated at a car window of a train that is
apparently on the point of moving out.
Young lady looks anxiously out Of win
dow, as if momentarily expecting some
one. Train. after delay of two hours
and a half, finally pulls out. asst
glimpse of young lady shows her with
handkerchief to her eyes, seemingly in a
paroxysm of grief
Scene Sleeping apartment of young
man, Chicago.
Time-The same.
Young man is aroused from heavy
slumber by the sound Of an alarm clock
at } =. u. Young man yawns prodigi-
ously, rubs his eyes AID mutters
"By love, there that dash thing goes
Five o'clock, and I promised Mabel
faithfully to see her of. Cad, but its
cold"
Pulls the blankets more closely about
1T can't be helped now, however.
I'll Just patch up little lie and make it
all right.
Turns over and sleeps till nine o'clock.
Letter No. l Cthe little lie:
"DEARE ST MABEL have not the language
at nv command adequate to express my
grief on failing to lie in time to see you off.
But the fact is my darling, my work
kept Inc up very late the night before, and
when walked the next morning was Mortified
to see that it lacked but few minutes Of
five; and though dressed with all possible
Dispatch literally throwing myself into my
clothes, was enabled to reach the station
only in time to catch a glimpse of the rapid
receding train-the train that carried all that
was most dear to me in this world, etc.
your own HARRY"
! etter No. ..
'MR Harry BLANK: Sir-The train you
speak of did not leave the station until 7:31
O'Clock.
Enclosed you will find engagement ring
which l return to you forever.
MABEL REDHEAD.'
CHjc1D9 Tiyues
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
a Rather Small Pra ctice.

Young Doctor-'Yes, I expect that
it will 90 pretty slow when lrst open
an Office until get started little"
Old Eoctor-''Well, you bet it will.
Why, when first hung out my single
sat in my office for three months, and
ouly had one case"
Dung Doctor-''Whewl That was
pretty tough, wasn't itl One one case;
and what was that case of"
Old Doctor-'sA case of instruments. -
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
The Pitrall OF Marketing.

uousekeeper Ito butcher)-
- - lend me some ducks, I think,
to day"
Butcher-''Yes'm, canvas-back, l sup
pose?'
Young Housekeeper Cwho knows
nothing about ducks -"Well-er-no,
| guess not; they might be tough. Send
Just plain ducks without the canvas
backs. "-Epoch.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

The Philadelphia Inquirer editorially
remarks: st is noted that, during 1884
and 1885, more than 5000 lives were lost
in the battles around that wretched
town in the soudan which the Mahdi is
now besleging. Hundreds more have
been lost since then, aud yet nobody
seems to know whether the town is
named Spakim or Suakin."
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

She-'I would like to call you by your
Christian name, love, but Tom is so
hateful and common, you know. Haven't
you some pet name"
He-''N-no, I-er-haven't"
She-"Are you always known as Tom
among your fricnds."
He frightening up)-"No, the boys
call me Shorty r"-Lift.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

The population of Illinois Is actually
decreasing outside the cities. The
school census Of 1883 showed that while
there were in the State in 1880 7s9, SO
males under twenty-one, in July of that
year there were s43, $40. This is a gain
Of 81, 200, but the gam in Cook County
w9s s,9i7, showing that the loss in the
SIT Of the State was 2s,917.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Rapid Transit in washington.

If were searching for a smile for
slowness more expressive than those of
the snail and moasses, l should use the
Washington vehicle of street Transports
ton. Not long since was right on a
car line, and could have ridden where l
wanted 10 90 for five cents, but was In
hurry and took cab, for which paid
fifty cents, telling the man of my anxiety
to save time Many times I called to
him TO drive frster, but each time he re-
piled that he couldn't. Finally, in des-
peration l used unusually strong Ian
guage in demanding why he could not
90 faster.
because" he said, calmly, "the cars
IN the way"
He was following in the track Just be-
hind that fine vehicle which had re-
iected as slow.-PtiiGdelphiG Telegraph.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Blood win Tell

Lady las a blood-curdling war whoop
is heard from the kitchen) What is
happening, WaltersN
Maid-"That is Dinah She always
yells that way, ma'am, when she sue
ceeds in turning the omelette without
letting it drop on the floor. She's the
daughter of 4 Zulu Chief. Time.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Debtors Logic.

"Could you manage to pay me what
you owe me" asked one travelling man
to another
YES, might, but you may as well
wait for It,"
al like your GOODNESS"
"My dear fellow, you are really better
off as it is. You don't doubt that l am
going to pay you this money, do your
Not the slightest
And if were to give it to you now,
would only borrow it aga n.
"That's more than likely
"And the next time l borrowed it 1
might not pay at all. So you see, you
are safer as 1t is"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
SATISFIED with the Proof.

An old man would mot believe he
could hear his wife talk a distance of
five miles by telephone. His better half
was in shop several miles away where
there was telephone, and the skeptic
was also in place where there was a
similar instrument, and on be ng told
how to operate it he walked boldly up
and shouted:
"iello. Saraht'
AT that instant lightning struck the
telephone wire and knocked the man
down, and as he scrambled to his feet
he excitedly cried; That's Sarah, every
inchIn
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
Venomous.

Mr.. Baird lpolitelyJ-"Won't Miss
Van Cinq 90 with u.s."
Miss an Tun-"Do come, Miss Van
Cling; I am sure you used to like such
frolics"
Miss Van C. Casidel-" used to likeT
The spitelul thing"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

First Preacher-''Howd do you manage
to succeed SO well among the cowboys
out Wcstl"
Second Preacher-"There were six
hundred present at my first sermon and
l said: Gentlemen, I'm going to tell
you about a man, five feet high, who
floored giant eleven feet high Then
spoke of Goliath and David"
"Well2"
"when I finished they gave three
cheers for David. Time.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

"Whafs the natter You look sur
prised, " said the pretty girl in pink rib
boned cap and apron at the "Bazar."
DWELL, I'm used to cold soup and no
oysters, but I do object to having it so
cold that it doesn't Kill the beast. Every
time throw in a cracker, that oyster
you dropped in by mistake jumps up and
swallows il.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

The boom in the fruit industry which
promised to make Philadelphia. says the
Record Of that city, the greatest tropical
fruit mart in America, has burst Not
long ago there were twelve steamers run
ming to that port in the trade, and now
there are only Eve. Recently four
steamers arrived within four days of each
other and 1900 tons of bananas were
thrown upon the market As the fruit
could not be sold great quantities of it
were given to those who would carry it
away
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

Massachusetts has tried the educa-
tional qualification for voters foE many
years, and, in the the opinion of the
Atlanta Consultation, she is not likely to
abolish it
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

The effort to have The constitutional
census of 1890 furnish a complete list of
the survivors of the late war met with
such opposition that it was abandoned.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05

Tables have been compiled showing the
total assessment for 1883 Of real estate,
personality, railroads, etc, in the South
ere States to be 1861, 740, 045. The
following shows the increase of taxable
wealth in each of the Southern States
since 1850, together with the percentage
of gain of each during the same period !:
Alabama, SiO7, es5,O i2, 69per cent; Ar
kansas. S74, SOS, 3s5, II; Florida, S67,-
soL,oei, el1; Georgia, Sos. 74a, sO7. 70;
Kentucky, $3.50, OBS, 2Og, so; Louisiana,
sss, oO8, 81, 90; Mississippi, $50, GA, 545,
&c North Carolina, So, Oss, $50, 80; South
Carolina, ss4, O55, AS, %; Tennessee,
SOL, s5l, o24, "A; Virginia, 500 s5I, ia,
IS; Texas, ss4i, O2e, PSI, lO7. Total, 81
9o4, 1860 The population in the
States named has increased nearly 5, $780,
600 since the census of 1883.