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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08
Maple SUGAR Making.

/ The manufacture of maple sugar is q
( paying industry when properly con-
/ Quoted, the profits being usually in pro-
portion to the quality, and thus mostly
within the control of the manufa ,turer,
and large bush can generally be more
! economically managed than small one.
There is an inherent quality In good
maple syrup that will sell itself, aud
nothing but honey can ever compete
against maple sweet, and there is no real
competition between them. Both are
sweet, but have no other property in
common. Neither is used for the sweet
alone.
At present not enough maple sugar is
made, Including enormous deliberations,
to afford a pound year 70 each in
habitant. If all were made into maple
syrup there would not be half gallon
for every family Of six. Less than one
half of one per cent OF the worlds sup
ply Of iiugar is reported as maple, and
the demand for pure maple Is constantly
Increasing. The appetite is cumulative,
snd what was once a luxury rapidly
comes ID be considered necessity. Pure
maple syrup IS cheap dessert at dollar,
or even a dollar and half, gallon. 1t
is about The only farm product there is on
which the producer can fix the price.
Only lew weeks are employed in the
manufacture, and that at a time when
there is the least demand for work on
the farm Pasturage Of the ground and
fallen timber for firewood are more than
an offset for taxes. As rule the sugar
bush in Michigan IS made up of original
forest trees preserved for the purpose.
The sugar bushes commonly stand ia
small Isolated areas exposed to the full
effect of wind aud weather. These two
causes, old age and exposure, and not
tapping are to be assigned as the true
causes of the loss of sugar trees.-Neo
York World.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08
Is the World Growing Redder!

The problem is quite open as to the
the cause of the red color of the planet
Mars. Astronomers, as a rule, venture
a guess that vegetation on that world is
red instead of green. This is not at all
absurd as a supposition. Our own
planet must have a decidedly red hue
to observers during the brief season of
autumn coloring. But this is not all of
it. All foliage and all bark are rem
dered perceptibly redder as winter APP
proaches. The young wood of trees is
Tedder in winter than in summer. Is
our own world not slowly but surely
developing a rosier hue? Some bushes
are a deep crimson all winter, but
green all summer. 1t is evident that
cold weather requires the comparative
withdrawal of green, and the com
parative predominance of red. As the
world grows colder is it not also grow
ing redder? Mars is known to have a
colder climate than orr own. and has
probably gone father in its floral
to the cold-.SL. Louis
GIObe-DemocrdL
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08
A Queer Game Among the NavajOes.

DIR. Matthews, of the army, read q
paper before the AnthropologicRl Society
Tuesday evening on the sub Get of "Na-
va Gambling Songs" The Navajo In
ans, be began, have numerous songs,
many of which are sung under the pro-
gress of gambling game called "Kesi-
ebay" The game is founded on myth
which forms one of the traditional beliefs
of the Navajoes. the songs used in this
game are almost numberless, and one old
man of whom the doctor asked the num-
Der said, with an intended exaggeration,
that there were over four thousand in
the game. Another said that there was
a song for every bird that flies, every
animal that avis or proWls.
The game is sacred and is usually
played in winter and always in the dark
hours. When asked why the night
should be elected for the game one In
dian remarked that The on whom the
sun shines while PLAYING the kesickay
will be stricken blind. The game is
played in a lodge or wigwam. Six mec-
casins are buried with their tops even
with the ground in two rows several feet
apart and filled TO their edges with sand.
The indians divide into two parties,
and draw lots for the first move. The
winners of the first move take a small,
black stone, and, raising blanket be-
tween Themselves and their opponents TO
conceal their operations. hide the stone
in one of the moccasins, burying it in
the sand SO that it is entirely out of sight.
The others then try to find the stone by
striking with a stick the moccasin sup
posed to contain it. If they find it they
take the stone IN turn and hide it, the
others guessing, but if they fail their OPP
ponents hold It until it is found, each
time hanging up the blanket and chang
The game is counted by means of one
hundred and two long slender sticks on
each side, which change hands as the
sides win or lose. The system of count
ing very intricate, the count depend
ing on he location OF the ball Four.
SIX or tea counters change hands at each !
lFfding. .a==S-ui4arlges are almost all In /
favor of the holders Of the ball. and fire.
Quenily one side will lose all of their /
counters before the ball is found, when |
the game comes to an end. Two of the /
counie on each side are notched and /
are called .igrandmothers. When there /
has been a long run of bad luck the !
,grandmothers" are stuck up in the
ground and told to go and seek their !
meaning to bring back
the luck and hold the counters. 1t is !
to be lucky to hold the grand
mothes until the last, so that they are
not laid out until the others are all gone.
- Washington Star.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08
WORDS OF WIsDOM.

Who visits for dead msn's shoes may
have to go barefoot.
Honesty is best policy, but policy not
always best honesty.
Balances on the credit side of the
lelger always look the best.
Better to begin the world without a
dime than end it without dollar.
The man who lays his hand to the
pl,w and doesn't look back is doubly
blessed.
No consciousness of rectitude will en-
tirely take away the sting of being
crielly misjudged.
Every man is society's debtor, not
creditor. VIII our anarchial friends
please bear that mind
As water runs down from the swelling
hills and flows together in the lowly
vae, so grace flows not but into humble
hearts.
The leaders in the coming conflict,
those who will be crowned when the vic
tory is gained, are not to-day sitting
astraddle of fences.
Aot not nun VINO pray5 suner MS
tongue to outstrip his heart; nor pre-
sumo to carry message to the throne of
grace while that stays behind.
1t is impossible to make people under
stand their ignorance; for it required
knowledge to perceive 1t; and therefore
he that can perceive it hath it.
He who, in advance of the world,
grasps truth is seer who shows others
how to see. He carries torch that dis
pels darkness which a thousand suns
could not dispel-
The man who is right needn't care
for appearances. All things for or
against will be found in the end to have
worked toward victory; courageous
hopefulness is rightfully lis.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08
RemofIng Insecls From thn Enr

DR.. J. Herbert Claiborne, Jr., talking
in the Medical Classics" about re,
moving insects from tho ear, expresses
the belief that sweet oil is perhaps the
best thing to keep the insect from
moving THAT is the first desiratum.
The oil. by its thick consistence. will so
entangie and bedraggIe the insects legs
and wings that the intolerable noise will
be stopped If oil is not at hand. use
any liquid that is not poisonous or cor
rosiye- Water viii probably be within
the reach Of every one. This il also
more liable to float him out, too. Than
either sweet oil or glycerine. Il has
been suggested to blow tobacco smoke
in the ear TO stupefy the insect. We
cannot indorse this advice; Tobacco
smoke blown into the ear Of a child has
beea known to cause alarming symptoms
When the movements OF the intruder
have been arrested, syringe the ear
gently with warm water. All manner Of
insects and bugs have been found in the
ear, but you can never tell in a given
case who the rude caller Is knocking at
the coor Of your brain until you have
hia out"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08
POPULAR SCIENCE.
One hundred bushels Of corn arc abou

One hundred bushels Of corn are abou,
equal to a cord of wood as fuel.
All the scientists will assert That il
would take a cannon ball only eight
days to reach the moon.
William Murdoch, of England, dis
covered the use of combustible air, OF
gas, about the close of the last century.
There are localities where the annual
rainfall is equal to six hundred inches,
and the average over the whole earth is
nearly sixty inches.
An indianapolis druggist has discov-
cred poison so powerful that aquantity
of its vapor will kill every living thing
on an acre of ground.
Charcoal is recommended as an alb
sorber of gases in the milk room where
foul gases are present. 1t should be
freshly powdered and kept there CON
tinually.
To cure deafness, take two-thirds
British oil and one-third of laudanum.
Shake well before using. Put two dIops
twice day in the ear, but once day ii
1t makes you dizzy.
Sorghum analysis shows that ts41 or
seeds contains 56 s. per cent. of digesti-
bic carbohydrates and fbers, 1915 Of
nutritive matter, 3.19 digestible fat
Worth $50. sc per ton.
The new radio-micrometer of Dir. c.
Y. Boys-a thermo-electric circuit sus-
pended by a torsion fibre in magnetic
field-shows a temperature change Of one
ten-millionth of a CenJigrade degree.
CassslPs Aqgczine tells about new
electric invention; it is electric lighted
spectacles for surgical examination. The
rim shuts out other light and strong
beam falls on the spot under examins-
ton.
According 20 recent statement made
by General Maitland a Longridge wire
gun made at Woolwich Arsenal, Eng
land, has thrown a shot 12t miles, with
an initial velocity of $500 feet per
second.
Various compositions have been EN-
ployed for making leather water proof
by filling up the minute pores. A simple
and readily made composition is com
posed of two parts of tallew and one OF
rosin, applied while hot. Yellow bees
wax, Burgundy pitch, turpentine, and
linseed oil are also much used for this
purpose. and by some persons preferred
to the tallow and rosin.
An ingenious plan for testing the con-
dition OF horses feet is under considers-
ton by New York blacksmiths. One
terminal of battery giving light cur
rent is attached to the animals bit and
the other to the shoe. If the horse suf-
fers frCm the shoe or nails he will squirm
under the test. If there is no irritation
it will pay no attention to it. A little
electrical science in the blacksmith shops
would locate much suffering.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08
A Very Curious $50 Bill.

A curiosity in tie shape of National
Bank note currency has come into the
possession of Mr.. 5. II. Wickham, OF
Lexington avenue. The note is of the
$50 denomination having its back
printed upside down. 1t is of the series
of 1882, and is comparatively new, hay
ing been but little in circulation.
There is no doubt about its genuine
ness, as it has passed through the hands
Of several OF the most prominent bank
note experts in the city without ques-
ton. MIR. Wickham. accompanied by
Sun reporter, successfully passed it upon
the paving teller OF the Seventh National
Bank, corner of Broadway aud John
street.
"Will you please tell We whether that
bill is goodl" inquired Mr. Wickham of
the teller, spreading the bank note before
him on the counter. The teller ad iusted
his glasses and carefully scrutinized the
bill on both sides
There is no doubt about it." he
replied. Apparently he did not dis
cover the mistake of the Treasury Bureau,
for he handed the mole back without
comment
He was requested to examine the bill
more carefully and compare it with a $40
bill OF the same issue. lie did so and at
once discovered the error. Astonish-
ment was depicted upon his face, and he
was obliged TO confess that he had never
before seen National Bank note like il.
Mr.. Wickham then submitted the bill
to a similar test at the Chemical and
City Banks, the Third National and the
German American National Bank. In
each case the paying tellers pronounced
the bill genuine, and were not little
slow in discovering that the back was
printed upside down. None of these
cashiers had ever seen note of the kind
before, and were greatly puzzled to
know how the bill had got into circula-
ton.
Mr.. Wickham received the bill from
the cashier of the Hong Kong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation, where
he is employed as clerk. The firm in
turn received the bill from the City
Bank in the usual order of their bank
ing system. 1t was by the merest &C
cident that the error of the Treasury
officials was discovered.
AAc CAsHieF OF the AOng hOug ana
Shanghai Banking Corporation is very
methodical in his business tran sactions
and in handling currency notes he is
exceedingly careful to have the face of
the bills turned toward him. After
counting pile of bills one way he
usually turns them over and counts them
the other way. In this manner he dis
covered that one bill was upside down,
and upon closer inspection he found
that it was printed that way.
Mr.. Wickham's attention WAS called
to the matter, and quick to seize a good
thing he proposed to the cashier that he
be allowed to take the bill, substituting
from his own pocket another of the same
denomination. The cashier made no
objection, and Mr.. Wickham does not
regret the transaction. Siuce then
several parties have been negotiating to
buy the bill, offering fancy prices. several
times in excess of its intrinsic value.
Mr.. Wickham has refused all of these
offers. He thinks if bill stamped $50
on one side and $40 on the other is
worth $1,000, his currency note with the
back printed upside down is worth
several hundred dollars. -Nelc York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08
RELIGIOUS READING.
Holy Night.


y Holy Night whose blest approach
NOW touches heart and home with Joy,
Lifting from earth her old reproach,
Dispensing shades night would employ
Ie keep US still from seeking now
The Star of Bethlehem's pure ray,
That, falling soft on lifted brow,
But heralds diviner day
Send thou thy peace, o Holy Night!
On Sustained Earth, on weary waste,
III with thy glory all is bright,
1 Ill to HIS shrine each step shall hastel
Send light unto the closed eye,
send speech unto the sealed lip,
That from the first the cloud shall fly,
That for the second Truth shall dip
her slender finger, then, and touch
Ihs tongue that silent doth remain,
Thus giving from her store, how much
Is only counted by thy gaini
Send faith unto the wavering soul,
Send joy unto the bruised heart,
That Christmas in its blessed whole
Shall gather each respondent part
vi glory that this night doth yield,
And lay it at His feet divine
hose sceptre heaven and earth now WELD
And loi DER all the Star shall shinel
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

TIE Emperor of Germany has got
an idea that the peace or turmoil Of
Europe depends on him alone, and no
body would dare hint to him that the
mapmakers still continue to place sew
eral other countries on the face of the
earth which have got men and money
to fight with.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

4 LANDSLIDE occurred on Cumber-
land Mountain, near Bends Hill, West
Virginia, which materially changed the
appearance of the locality. Between
twenty-five and thirty acres of land,
heavily timbered, slid from the side of
the mountain so as to lie across the val
ley at the bottom. A dam was formed,
and lake from ten to twenty-feet deep
and half mile long resulted.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

The Proprietor of Kemp's Balsam gives
Thousands Of Bottles away yearly? This mode
Of advertising would prove ruinous if the
Balsam was not a perfect cure for Coughs and
all Throat and Lung troubles. You will see
the excellent effect after taking the first dose.
Don't hesitatel Procure a bottle to-day 10 keep
In your homo or room for immediate or future
use. Trial bottle Free at ali druggists. Large
Size 50c and 81.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

Mrs. FLORENCE WALL, of New York,
who has the income of $75, 900 year
for her own use, says that the annual
allowance of $4,000 for her 6-year-old
daughter is too small, and wants it
raised to at least 1000.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

A clergyman, after years Of suffering from
that lOathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this dread
full disease sending self-addressed stamped
envelope to Prof j. A. Lawrence. IS War en-
St. n. Y, will receive the recipe free of charge
II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
Son'sEye-wateF. Druggists sell at25c- per bottls
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On the Right Side.

'In a sermon recently delivered in a Chi
cago pulpit, n preacher Of many years
experience and of extended observation gave
the welcome assurance to his hearers that
the Church militant is not fighting losing
battle, although surface indications in this
great cities may seem TO point to that con-
clusion. A closer examination of the facts
in the case will bring to light a splendid
train of efforts and influences for the right,
a mighty host of quiet ut reliable and
loyal soldiers of the cross-none of which
and none Of whom are unusual or odd
enough to receive mention in the press. The
countless agencies that make for righteous
ness are little noticed, ut the agent who
proves false to his trust and rushes into the
service of the devil gets a toe generous men
ton So the crimes and follieS Of mankind
are flashed over the wires and spread before
our eyes every night and morning, while the
regular onward march of the great Christian
charities and of evangelical movements is
referred TO with brevity and infrequently,
if at all.
The Church at large is growing stronger
every year, the Gospel is being diffused ra-
pidly among all peoples, the tone of Chris
tian living is being raised, and the dignity Of
discipleship is coming into wider recognition.
These and many other signs of the times full
of encoura cement and promise, were inter
preted to the people by the eloquent divine,
and any timid, despairing, distrustful souls
who heard him must have enjoyed the SER
mon as a revelation.
Even those who have not entertained fears
as to the progress of the Church, and who
did not need this es urance 10 allay anxiety,
will rejoice to know that an experienced
soldier in the warfare against 81 has an
mistaken faith, not alone IN final triumph
but in the regular and continuous advances
of the Lords army OF occupation. The next
generation would finl It's condition much i'm
proved il the young men in the colleges
could take in some of this wholesome and
hopeful philosophy in place of the Pessimistic
stuff OF the StSaDenhauer stamp with which
they and the collJgians who Just preceded
them have been too Il:uch enamored. n7In-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08
IF a woman is pretty.
To me tits no matter,
Be she blonde or brunette

An unhealthy woman Is rarely, II ever, beau
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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

Dependence on sympathy may be as can
gerous as pecuniary dependence.-lChan-
ming.
No human being can be successfully guided
from the outside alone--[Mrs. NJ. E. Sang,
ster
Prayer is the outlet of the saints sorrow,
and the inlet of their supports and comforts
[Flavel.
Tears are the safety-valve OF the heart
when too much pleasure is laid on.-Alberi
Smith
He that taketh his own cares upon himself
loads himself in vain with an uneasy burden,
bishop Hall.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

Every day swells the volume Of proof that as
specific foT all Blood diseases nothing equals
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Re
member, this Is an old established remedy
ance and found fulfilling every claim! It has
been tested many years in thousands of cases
with fRttering SUGGEST For Throat and Lung
troubles, Catarrh, Kidney disease, Liver Com
plant, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache and all dis
orders resulting from impoverished blood, there
is nothing like DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery-world-renow and ever growing
In favorl
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

The old lady who replied, when asked how
her liver was, God bless me, never heard
that there was such thing in the house." was
noted for her amiability. Prometheus, when
chained to a rock, might as well have pre-
tended TO be happy as the man who is chained
to diseased liver. For poor Prometheus
there was no escape, but by the use of DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, the dis
agreeable feelings, irritable temper, constipa-
ton, indigestion, dizziness and sick headache,
which are caused by a diseased liver, promptly
disappear.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

To The EduoT-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which ] warrant 10 cure the
worst cases. 50 strong is my faith in its vir
tues that / will send fee sample bottle and
valuable treatise 10 any sufferer wlo will give
ne his J. o and Express address. Respy.
II. G.. ROOT, NJ. c. 1S3 Pearl ST. New York
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rheumatism

According to recent Investigations is caused by
ss OF Tactic acid in the blood This acid attacks the
hbrcus tissues particularly In the ionts. and causes
the local manifestations Of the disease. pains and
aches In the back and shoulder. and in the joints
at the knees. ankles. hips and wrists Thousands
Of people have found in Hoods sarsApArlla posi-
tive and permanent cure FOR rheumatism. This
medicine, by its purifying and vitRlizins action.
neutrAlizes the acdity Of the blood and also builds
up and strengthens the whole body.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-08

Sometimes men. becomes crooked in
order 10 help themselves out of straight.
eped positions, - Roetsster Post EzDress