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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
Portable Boats.

One field of monopoly, about which
the world at large knows little, says
Blakely Hall, in OHce-a- Week, has been
very rapidly filed up of late and the de-
velopments are going on constantly.
refer TO the construction of portable
boats. People who have done any shoot
ing in the northern part of this continent
or who have gone after heavy game in
the extreme northwest know what it is to
find themselves separated from the stream
in which they are padding by a strip Of
billy ground Just across which is a bit of
water that may lead to almost anything
that is attractive. To the ordinary canoe
or boat, the transit across the land is an
impossibiIity with the means usually at
hand. This predicament has been met
by the manufacture of cloth, rubber and
canvass boats which may be packed up
into square boxes, and shipped by ex-
press, carried on the shoulders of men OF
packed on a mules back with equal facil-
ity. A boat fourteen feet long may be
packed in the space occupied by an ordi-
nary trunk, and this space includes abso-
lutely everything; for the oars and pad
dies are jointed so that they may be
shortened to one-quarter their length,
and every detail of the little craft is per
feet. The boats are neither cranky nor
soggy in the water and the result of brisk
competition has been the turning out Of
sort of craft that Stanley used to wish
for during his first exploration Of Africa.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
Antiquity of Irrigation.

Irrigation, it need scarcely be said, is
no new thing Tradition asserts that
Noah constructed a zanja from Mount
ATarat to water his vineyard, and it is
probably true that in nearly all Oriental
countries, extending far back into pre-
historic times, canals and aqueducts wert
built to convey water long distances &c
fertilize extensive desert wastes. This
part of the subject, indeed, is very ex.
tensive, not merely because it deals with
a very ancient art, and one very widely
practiced, but because the materials are
very varied, and in many cases difficult Of
Interpretation.
We know little Of the history Of the
extinct civilizations which preceded the
culture Of the classic ages, says Professor
Marsh, and no nation has in modern
times spontaneously emerged from barba-
rism and created for itself the arts of
social life. The improvements of the
savage races whose history we can dis
tinctly trace are borrowed and initiative,
and our theories as to the origin and
natural development of industrial art are
conjechIral- OF course, the relative an
tiquitv Of particular branches ofhumanin
dustry depends much upon the natural
character Of soil, climate and sponta-
neous vegetable and animal life in differ
ent countries; and while the geographi-
cal influence of man would, und'r given
circumstances, be exerted in one direc-
ton, it would, under different condi-
tons, act in an opposite or diverging line.
Mans first interference with the natural
arrangement and disposal of the waters
of this world was in all probability, in
the way of drainage of surface. But if
we are to Judge from existing remains
alone, we-siS2uld probably conclude that
irrigation IS older thor drainage; for, in
the regions regarded by general tradition
as the cradle of the human race, we find
traces of canals evidently constructed for
the former purpose At period long pre-
ceding the ages of which we have any
written memorials. There are in ancient
Armenia extensive districts which were
already abandoned to desolation at the
earliest historical epoch, but which in a
vet remote antiquity had been irrigated
by complicated and highly artificial sys-
ten OF canals, the lines CT which can
still be followed; and there are in all the
=; .......iill= yrhara the sources of the Eu-
pirates rise, in Persia, in Egypt, in India
and in China, works Of this sort which
must have been in existence before man
had begun to record his own annals
San Francisco Chronicle.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
Some Data Ahout Socialism.

Socialism was known in ancient Rome
under the name of the Gracchian move
ment. Its tendencies were forgotten
during the Middle Ages, but were re-
vived and brought into general notice by
Noel Babeuf in 1894 His doctrine was
''the equality of all French citizens be-
fore the law. That there shall be no
other differences but those of age and
sex. All men have nearly the same fac
ulties and the same needs; they ought,
consequently, to have the same education
aud the same food" Before this princi-
pie the idea of personsal property disap-
peared, and it became the duty of the
Government, its highest function, to reg
ulate the application of labor, and to dis
tribute It's funds. After the death of
Babeuf, nothing was heard of his system
until 1884, when Buanorotti attempted
its propagation. Vain attempts were
made in France on 4 small scale to carry
out the principles of Socialism under va
rious names, such as St. Simonianlsm
and Fourierism; but all resulted in fail
ure. Socialism holds an intermediate
position between pure Communism and
simple cooperation. Unlike Commu-
nism, it does not advocate the absolute
abolition of property, but aims simply at
a more just and equitable distribution of
it.-BosJon Cultirator.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLES.SANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.


az had supposed, 4" said the ieweler,
<'by this time, with the daily press to en-
Tighten them, that everybody knew
which is the proper finger on which to
wear an engagement ring, or the finger
on which to place the ring at the time OF
the wedding, or the finger on which to
wear the ring after marriage. But We
are asked this question every day.
Sometimes the query is made in person
and sometimes it comes by mail. There
was a time when the engagement ring
was worn on the first finger of the left
hand and on the third finger Of the same
hand after marriage by women. But
now one finger is the custom. 1t is prop
er for either the man or the woman 20
wear the engagement ring on the third
finger of the left hand. When the man
weds he places the ring on the third I'm
ger Of the left hand of the bride and she
wears it there after her marriage. If the
groom wears a ring it is on the third fin
ger of his left hand. I don't know that
there is anything in the books to this ef-
feet, but it is the custom. - Chicago Tn
hung
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

prepared, Mr.. Hough says, by carefully
picking it and then soaking 1t in strong
solution of gunpowder in water to make
it "quick" This gunpowder treatment
is a modern idea. Sometimes powdered
charcoal is mixed with the willow catkin
finder When prepared the finder is
put in a little round pouch with
flap in tie middle of one side. The
pyrites belonging to the outfit in the
museum looks like short pestle, it hav
ing been worn into that shape by use.
The flint is an oblong piece, square at
one end and rounded at the other It is
mounted in short wooden handle,
rudely made. An oblong pad stuffed
with deer hair is sewed to the mouth of
the fire bag to protect the hand from
sparks and blows of the flint. To get a
spark the Eskimo places the piece of
pyrites on the pad, held in the left hand
over the curved forefnger; it is placed
with the large end down, the thumb being
set in the cavity in the top. The flap of
the finder pocket is turned back and held
on the forefnger under the protecting
pad. The flint is held in the right hand,
and by a scraping motion little pieces Of
pyrites at dull red heat fail into the
finder The finder igniting, a glowing
pullet is transferred to the pipe or to the
kindEng for the fire, and the flap of the
finder pocket IS turned down, serving to
keep the finder dry and to extinguish it
if necessary. The use of the flint and
steel and finder survives in a cigar
lighter, called a strike a light, purchased
in Paris by Mr.. Thomas Wilson, and
forming part of the National Museum
collection. 1t has braided fuse of in
flammable material, the end of which is
ignited by the spark.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
SOME NOTED WOMEN.

Blakely Hall in once a Week, says
It IS rather odd to note how few women
in the world attain fame, considering the
Capabilities of the sex in mental equiv
ment anol-the wide field now open 70
feminine endeaver. I do not mean T..
use the word fame as illustrated by suca
names as Milton, Shakespeare, OF Cesar.
but in the more modest aeceprasion-
the five BIS, for instance, Blaine, Bis
msrck, Balfour, Battenberg, and Bou
hanger. The names Of lot of women
who enjoy, Or have enjoyed, a species o,
young nUtoriety, turn up at the moment
But there Is nothing substantial abou
them. Take the whole school of female
novelists who have been turning out alb
surd and nervous summer books of late
rs an illustration. The latest news from
Gertrude Anterior Is that she has entered
a convent at Boulogne, while Amelu
Rlves, since the comparative failure OF
her absolutely pure book, is giving her
attention to society in France, and has
dropped out of sight. The Laura DAM
trys and Laura Jean Libbys continue to
turn out hysterical illusions, but the
occupy the same place in literature thu
BeIva Lockwood does in politics, an
that Dr.. Mary Walker has achieved Il
medicine | refer now only to wome,
who are alive to-day, and who may b,
said to play an active part in the worl, OF
the world
New York is not well supplied witt
feminine celebrities, though women OF
more or less notoriety occasionally at
tract the gaze of an eve or two at the
theatre or in the street. The publisher
Of newspaper recently decided to give
sketches of the lives of ten FUNGUS men
and ten famous women of America. He
showed me the list, consisting of the
names of Blaine, Lowell, Edison, Gould,
Harrison, Cleveland, Jefferson Davis,
Bancroft, Vanderbilt, and Edwin Booth
It struck me as being rather faulty col
lection of names, but there were long
arguments in support of every one. O.
the Eomau's list the only names wei
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Anderso4
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and Mrs Mackay
lie could get no further than this.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
The Custer Battle-Ground

General Dandy, who is on tour Of
inspection of the national cemeteries, has
recently visited the Custer battle-ground
and finds the spot in good condition. As
the battle was fought on high ridge, 1t
has been cut into gulies by storms and
many bodies have been eIhumed. The
monument is standing, but has been q
good deal Clipped off by tourists who
annually overrun the ground. General
Dandy will recommend SIS, 900 aPpro-
priation for the purpose of putting an
iron fence about the memorable spot,
where SO many of the Seventh Cavalry
and its gallant Colonel laid down their
ives.-DsnUer Neios.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

The Boston Times in a spirit of fair
ness admits and even proclaims that there
are some desirable things woman can do.
Here is a sample batch:
She can come to q conclusion without
the slightest trouble OF reasoning on it,
and no sane man can do that
Six of them can talk at once and get
along first rate and no two men can do
that.
She can safely stick fifty pins in her
dress while he IS getting one under his
thumb nail.
She IS cool as a cucumber in q half-doz-
en- tight dresses and skirts, while man
viii perspire and fume and growl in one
loose shirt.
She can throw stone with a curve
that would be fortune to a baseball
pitcher.
She can say "no" in such a low voice
that it means yes"
She can sharpen lead pencil if you
give her plenty OF time and plenty Of
pencils.
She can dance all night in a pair of
shoes two sizes two small for her and en-
JOY every minute of the time
She can appreciate a kiss from her hus-
band seventy years after the marriage
ceremony is performed.
She can go to church and afterward
tell you what every woman in the congre-
cation had on, and in some rare instances
can give you some faint idea Of what the
text was.
She can walk half the night with 4
colicky baby in her arms, without once
expressing the desire of numbering the
infant
She can do more in 4 minute than "a
man can do in an hour and do 1t better
She can drive a man crazy in twenty
four hours and then bring him to para
disc in two seconds by simply tickling
him under the chin, and there does not
live that mortal son of Adams misery
who can do it.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

Fit is one of your ambitions TO own
a collection of books-and what collee
ton of anything can be half so satisfac
tory?-it is a good thing to have by
you small notebook containing list
of books jotted down as yol hear OF
them or see them, and be prepared to
buy when you can afford the money
This viii save unnecessary or nervous
expenditure on the wrong thing. At
ter a while, experience viii teach you
to pick up" bargain ii it is in a shop,
or warn You to walk out with your
purses contents intact if thing is not
worth more than worth buying" II
may reassure the timid book-buyer to
know that very wealthy and distin
guished people are constant visitors at
secondhand book-stalls. A few dol
lars laid out in small sums from time
to time. at such shop, will purchase
a number of very useful books, little
worn, and often almost new.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

Gloves are in great variety this season
not SO much in material as in shape ano
style.
Despite all predictions to the contrary,
the Directoire redingote will be as popu-
Lar as ever.
White silk and lace parasols have al
air That IS not truly rural, but which i.
becoming to light and jaunty costume.
nevertheless.
Very striking plaids have silk sur
face thrown up above soft wool
foundation, most of them in Madras
colors.
Barbe de Cluny is a new lace for Trim
ming dresses. 1t may DE had in black
or white, heavy or light. 1t has not
straight edge but is scalloped on both
sides
Black gowns are generally relieved
with touches of color here and there.
Embroidery in soft, dull cashmele tint
IS the best thing whercwith to brighter
them.
"a ADANA-A NoAeNAAi tioAdl LuahGS HUit o.
"A Directoire costume of stone gray cloth,
ON which a hundred yards of real silver
braid had been worked up in floral de-
signs.
The Vatican fat of file, yellow Leg
horn, shaped wide in front and narrow
at the back, with many dents and bends
and big wreath of flowers, is the hat of
the season.
Where well used, trimmings are as eli
fective is the narrow feather edge, baby
ribbon so much used upon lace hars and
bonnets. It needs light, yet firm hand
ling, lacking which the result Is fairly
appalling.
OF the fifty white stufTs now to be
found on the counters Of large houses,
quite the newest and most uniYue is silk
muslin enwoyen with single threads Of
white wool, or else embroidered with The
same substance
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
SIanrhter of SWALLOWS.

The Geological Society, of France, has
noticed with alarm that the swallows re
turning from Africa have this year
avoided their accustomed landing-places
and have flown to other parts of Europe,
east or west, evidently to avoid the many
traps set for them on the low-lylng French
coast The slaughter of the birds for
Partisan milliners has been enormous for
several years.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
The Sea Horse.

A curious fish, sometimes found In the
Gulf Stream. is the hippocampus, or sea
horse. In an aquarium these are verJ
interesting. They curl their tails about
a stationary object, then assume an up
right position. When some smaller FISH
that will serve for food comes near they
make a sudden dive, then resume the for.
mer stand.-Popalar Seieaee Monthly.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

A PROFESSOR of the University OF
California asserts that he has discoy-
cred a process of tanning leather
which viii make it almost indestruct-
ible. As the people of the United
States expend $500, 900 yearly or
shoe leather, this Is highly interesting
news: but it is doubtful if boot and
shoe men will rejoice to know that the
product Of their factories can be made
IN wear indefinitely.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

aT6EY must never hear of it in New
York. They would never stop laugh.
ing at me. This is what Edison said
when he heard that he had been made
a count. No doubt his countrymen
will pardon him. He couldn't help It,
The honor was thrust upon him.
A CABLE is to be laid between sar
Francisco and New Zealand This viii
be quite relief TO the Chinese who
have had their hands full furnishing
California with news heretofore-
a BosroN woman imported cum
pens from Germany at % cents aIleee
for three years before she Discovered
that man in the same block furnished
much better ones for . cents,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

Such Is the Inscription written upon the
tombstone Of the average workingmGn. II he
saves little from his salary be deposits his
money in bank at three per cent. and en-
riches local capitalists instead Of making tu-
diciOus investments for his own benefit He
fails to derive any assistance from his capital.
If you can spare 81 a month you may become
a rich man. Millions have been made SINH
lar Investments and there Is no possible risk.
Send for II pa ii ulars to the PRUDENTIAL.
Trust Co., 1905 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
A JUDGE in Tennessee has Instructed his
grand jury ITO indict all persons who publicly
express fnfidel sentiments
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

And each day and night during this week you
can get at all druggists Kemp's Bal-am for
the Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be the
most successful remedy ever sold for the cure
Of Coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough, Asthma and Consumption Get a bot
tie today and keep It always in the house, 50
you can check your cold at once. Price Soc.
and 81. sample bottles free.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

THE people of the United States loss
millions of dollars yearly by the de-
struction by fire of fimsily constructed
buildings Moreover they pay out
hundreds of thousands of dollars in the
support G: fire departments. Fire and
Water states also that the value OF the
fire apparatus and the buildings devot-
ed exclusively to purposes of fire pro
lection amounts to the large sum Of
s38. 81. 755.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

The follow days ago iwo Arabs were
en- from lat'Castle Garden one of them
I. A. Sizer Ben Josef and the other Mo
and writtersd Ben Abdel Hirmir, who had
hor 6 1906 here to seek employment as
ar - el drivers. The penniIess Arabs
an in despair when told that there
old and.s no such industry as camel driving
years New York, and mat they were I'M
with welcome guests in the land Of the star
Dun spangled banner The collector gave
In. orders that they should be sent back.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

Any article that has outlived "a years Of COM
petition and imitation, and sells more and
more each year, mus have merit Dobbins 5
Electric Soap first made in 1885, is just that aTti-
s!s. Ask your grocer for it He has it, or viii
getit
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

THE tallest policeman in the United States Is
Lieutenant Malin, OF Philadelphia, who is SIX
feet i've and large In proportion
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
Americas 'TansilI's Punch" Ciga

OVER 10000 patents have been granted in
the United States.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

AT Waterville. W. T.. squirrels are so plentf
full that they enter peoples houses and eat III,
crumbs from under the tab es
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

It IS pretty severe test OF any doctors skill
when the payment OF his fee Is made condi-
uonal upon his curing his patient Yet after
having, for many years, observed the thou
sands Of marvellous cures effected In liver,
blood and lung diseases, by DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. its manufacturers feel
warranted in sci ing It. as they are now doing.
through all druggists, the world over, under a
certificate Of DOsitfUe guarantees that It will
either benefit or cure in every case OF disease
for which they recommend il, II taken in time
and -iyen q fair trial, or money paid for It will
be promptly refunded. Torpid liver, or bill
lousness," impure blood, skin eruptions. scrof-
ulrus es and swellings, consumption (which
derful medicine. II IS both tonic or strength
restoring, and alterRtiv- or b ood-cleansing.
fyt.f -, r,.. f.tr - l.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

a friend from home with a
Smith, Tof the. Bangor Wing in his hands
vate ANYTHING md to the General, who
seems to be in public. ,1rnsian ~ eel
every man I know whom ait to get away
% meet. .rPose, but sat
1t is the privilege Of nobfts steps, and
De gentle and courteousshters to do"
Kindly words hurt no onej 4Imseli IN the
III him or her who speass nome paper.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

A FUNNY aneedote is related of GER
tain General of Maine probably of the
redoubtable militia of that stout State),
who was entering the door of st.
patar,s Cb,rcb in Roma when no on
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured by
Dr.. Sage's Remedy. 30 cents. BY drnggists.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

7llnuch about the most
ScrofuIa Fr~S the world from per
cation, but he viii always
After Being This relief from the pangs Of
Physicians he
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

Gloves are in great variety this season
lot SO much in material as in shape ano
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