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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
The Tribes of Terra Del Fuego.

The people of Terra Del Fuego, said
an English missionary, wear no dress
save a small skin thrown over the shoul-
ders, but they smear their bodies with a
mixture of train oil and red earth as a
protection against cold They support
themselves, as a rule, by hunting, and
when all other supplies fail they sustain
themselves by feeding on shell fish.
This diet is very apt to cause Indigestion,
to cure which they rely on fungus. They
are nomadic in their habits, moving
about from place to place in their bark
canoes, in the centre of which a fire is
always burning Each canoe contains
family, the wife rowing, while the hus
band is always on watch with his jaye-
lin.
Three different kinds of spears are al
ways carried, one for birds, a second for
fish, and third for crabs. On landing
the woman has, first of ali to carry her
husband ashore, he holding the fire care
fully above the water. When every
thing is ashore the woman at once begins
the erection of their primitive hut. The
men are rarely able to swim, but the
women are, as a rule, expert swimmers,
and this, together with their constant
work at rowing, gives them extraordinary
muscular power. To maintain their posi-
ton as lords of creation the men have re-
course TO mysterious rites, from which
the women are excluded. Polygamy is
practiced to the extent of each man
usually having two wives-an older and
a younger one.
Without writing of any kind, they yet
preserve many rules and customs, more
or less traditional, and mainly relating to
the chase. They are good natured and
helpful, not addicted to lying or theft,
but are very tenacious in the defense Of
their rights. They love long stories and
conversations, and in these good part
of their time Is spent. One Of their
tales, of an extraordinary strong man
who was made of stone, and ultimately
was killed by a thorn entering a vulnera-
BILE spot in his heel, recalls the story OF
Achilles. Devoid of all religious ideas
and duties. they have a vague idea Of the
spirits Of the departed wandering about
in the world, and as greatly to be feared.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
LoupER rHAN woans
Dear little thin hands. famine wasted fingers
Holding on TO dreary life that struggles to


Dear little thin hands. famine wasted fingers. [
Holding on TO dreary life that struggles to
be free;
Glands where not tender curve Of babv
roundness fingers,
LIT yourselves that all the world the wan
reproach may see.
That all the worlds gay. thouehtless heart
may break, such sights to see.
Dear little pale lips, where no mothers
kisses
Leave the print of mother love to sink
into the heart;
Lips that could not tell ne aught Of child
hoods tiny bfsses
Cry aloud your Loneliness that all the
world may start
That all the world Of pleasant ease at grief
like yours may start.
Dear little tired eyes weighted down With
weeping,
Opening every day to ills that harder grow
10 bear,
Eyes where gladness never shines in waking
or in sleeping
Look reproaeh thatan the world may come
TO know and care.
Dear little bent forms, in your narrow alleys
Hljden from the searching sun that longs
to lnalgyou well,
Forms that never rsn>snd leaped in grassy.
groves and valleys, -
Stand before startled world that know,
not where you dwell,
That all the world may shudde- at the
places where you dwell
Harry Plummer
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
RomarEnhle ReIies Of the Aztees.

A New York Times representative at
the City of Mexico says that extensive ex-
cavations are being made at the s1buEbsA
town of Coyoacan, at a place lying on
the outskirts of the wilderness, known as
the pedregal or stony ground, which in
former years was noted as a haunt Of
brigands, and is even now considered as
a resort for dangerous characters when
pursued by officers of justice. The OBJ
ieet of the excavations which are being
made by private associations is, if posi-
BILE. to recover treasures of gold and
Jewels supposed to be hidden there by
Emperor Montezuma at the time Of the
Spanish conquest
Senior Mercado, one of the party en-.
gaqed in this work, Is a lineal descendant
Of the last Aztec Emperor, Cuantemac,
whose statue adorns the principal prom
enade Of this city. Senior Mercado SAYS
that he has in his possession hieroglyphic
documents which convince him that it
was in the pedregal that Montezuma hid
treasures. among other things a huge
golden sun. A few weeks ago a valuable
black pearl was found and also an emer-
aid near some skeletons discovered in q
subterranean passage.
The TTmes's correspondent has visited
the excavations. and they are certainly re-
markable, having already disclosed
subterranean staircase, winding passages
and vaults, jawbones and skeletons, desti-
tute of +uslI OF teeth, thus, according to
Senior Mercado, proving beyond question
that the Indians there buried were pure
Aztecs. He estimates the value Of the
buried treasure at not less than $50, OOO,-
600. but says that others engaged in the
work of hunting the treasure put it at
$50. 600, 600.
The foremost archeologists here are o.
opinion that something may be found and
they agree with Senior Mercado that the
intrinsic value of the things buried by
Montezuma are surpassed by their historl-
cal importance. It has been held by some
that Montezuma hid his treasures IN Lake
Texcoco. and much has been done there
in the way Of dredging, but nothing has
been found. Senior Batres, the great ma
tive archaologist, IS interested in this
search. and people high in authority are
said to be lending their aid
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
Mending Extraordinarr-

In these days stockings cost so little,
and time has become so valuable that it
pays better to replace the old with new as
soon as the former begins to show signs
of wear; and so, stocking mending has
nearly gone out of fashion. But there
are still situations where it may be nee
essary. Listen to the ingenious way in
which South American traveller con-
trived to mend his hose without taking a
stitch. In the Brazilian woods are guam
titles of a tree called the Mangaba, the
milk or sap of which has many of the
properties of that of the true India rub
Der tree, and may some day be used in
its place. By spreading some of this
thick milk on a piece of cloth slightly
larger than the area of the hole to be re
paired, filling the stocking with sand or
sticking the prepared cloth over the hole,
and then coagulating the milk by the ad-
dition of little acid, the rent place has
been rendered stronger than any other
part of the stocking, for it will never
come off Clothes of all kinds, includ-
ing boots and rubber cloaks, are patched
in the same ready and serviceable way
American Agriculturist
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Life Is crucible; We are thrown into
it and tried.
Labor rids US of three evils-tedieus-
ness, vice and poverty.
Quarrels would never last long if the
trouble was only on one side.
The man who can support himself is
always on top of his obligations.
Remember impertinence isn't wit, any
more than insolence is briliancy.
Our greatest glory is not in never fall
ing, but rising every time we fail.
That action is best which procures the
greatest happiness for the greatest num-
bers.
Our grand business is not to see what
lies dimly at distance, but to do what
lies clearly at hand.
We 90 and fancy that everybody is
thinking of US, but he is not; he is,
like us, thinking of himself.
1t requires great talent to affect extrav-
agant, manners, but the gem of origi-
nality is simplicity, which no talent can
initiate.
Some one has well said that while we
can net control our circumstances, yet
we can control what we shall do in the
circumstances.
Pride, like the magnet, constantly
points to one object, self; but, unlike
the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but
at all points repels.
Men do things which their fathers
would have deprecated, and then draw
about themselves a flimsy Gordon of
sophistry, and talk about thS-advance of
humanity and liberal thought, when it is
nothing after all but preference for in
dividual license.
A certain amount of opposition is a
great help to a man. Kites rise against,
and not with the wind. Even head
wind Is better than none. No man ever
worked his passage anywhere in
dead calm. Let no man wax pale,
therefore, because of opposition.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
ChrysauthemumS.

Assuming that the plants are by this
time in their Towering pots-which they
should be if they are being treated with
a view to making the best of them
chrysanthemums will be growing apace
and approaching a period when they
want skilful treatment and care. If very
large blooms are desired a selection must
now be made of the shoots that are TO
bear them. If the main stem has been
stopped some time ago, or whether or
not, in many cases their natural tendency
is to break into side shoots at the top.
When these side shoots make their ap-
pearance, three ut most should be selected
to bear the flowers. This selection
should be made as soon as the character
of each shoot can be determined, and the
stoutest and shortest jointed are those
that should be retained, the others being
rubbed off before they gather so much
strength as to rob the plant of mucl, CT
its energy. As a rule the three nearest
the point of the main stem are the most
desirable to leave, but the principal point
is to have them relieved of all competi
tors with the least possible delay sitter
they are distinguishable in regard to
their strength. Horticultural Times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
How to Fix a Black Eve.

Ecchymosis of the eyelids-in plain
language, "a black eyes by no means
misfortune confined to bruises. Even
a slight blow from any source is liable to
cause it, and it is an interesting question
to the nan of peace and social standing
how to get rid of it in the shortest time
possible, since no excuse which he may
offer is likely 20 be accepted by his as
sociates. The laity have many remedies,
such as raw oysters, a rotten apple,
scraped raw potatoes, and raw beef But
none of these Is efiicacious. Among
physicians the prescription of Mr. Law
son has been popular. That consisted OF
the tincture of arnica, liquor ammonia,
spirits Of rosemary and camphor mixture
Later another preparation has beer
strongly recommended, the assertion be-
ing made that there is nothing to com
pare with it in preventing black eye 1t
is made of the tincture or strong infusion
of capsicum annuum, which is mixeG
with an equal bulk of mucilage of gum
arabic, and few drops of glycerine is
added. This should be painted all over
the bruised surface with a cancels hair
pencil and allowed to dry on, a second
or third coating being applied as soon as
the first is dry. 1t is said that if this is
used at once after the injury is inflicted,
it will invariably prevent the ''blood set
ting, and the consequent black eye
Ne0 York Star.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

didn't wish to ring the bell for fear of
alarming the old folks.
Presently he heard the door open, and
the old man muttered something about
somebody's being ''too fresh. "
''Did you address yourself to mel"
asked Jones, springing up with fash
ing eye.
''No," replied the old gentleman,
mildly; 81 was speaking of the paint on
the steps. 1t was put there only this af-
ternoon.n
Jones found with dismay that the
statement was true, and it only required
about two minutes for him to reach his
room and soap and water.-Tezas Sitt-
iags.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
PITH AND POINT
A string of ies-Yarn.
Downhearted The pillow.

A stringof ies-Yarn.
Downhearted pillow.
A dog is "a good sailor, yet he 'aban-
dons his bark when he goes under the
water
\ cool million will go long way to-
ward making anybody happy in warm
weather
A Niagara guide Is called ''Pride. " be-
cause he goeth before a fall.-Drake's
Hagazine.
If some men were half as big as they
think they are the world would have to
be enlarged. =
The prudent farmerhusbands his cor
which is unkind, as corn is very apt toe
hen-pecked.
Baldwin, the balloonist, has made
$4,000 by his parachute df1enis IN
England. That's what MAJ DC called
dropping into a fortune.
Short Chap-..Do yoy think that
man can live too longY Tall Fellow
'.Indeed do. I'm 81, feet SIX, and am
always smashing my high hat
Judge. Describe the man whom you
saw ASSUMING the complainant. Police
msn-.de was little, insignificant
looking creature, a5out your size, ysm
Bonor"
Healthy in our townl should think
sol We have only had one funeral ir
ten wears. and that was the doctor, wb
literally starved to death "-Ftegene
Biaetter.
"Been on your vacationl" No
Whv?n q saw you riding home IN
hack the other DAY, and thought likely
YOU had Just returned ''Do You sup
pose I could have afforded TO ride home
in hack if had been on my vaeahonf
-LoioeH Citizen.
a thief who broke into a Londoi
house some mornings ago was forced Il
hide in the music room, and for lou
hours compelled to hear the various mem.
bers of the family take piano lessons,
Then he came from his concealment ane
begged to be taken to police station.
Invention has made itpossible, accord
ing to an exchange, to walk as well wits,
aflhciM legs as with real oHes! Ar; Why
an immensely of rheumatism is thus taken,
out of a suffering world And when in
vention shall supply the wooden in place !
of the genuine head what agony Of neu-
ralgia viii be swept away!-Jadge.
Charley stayed pretty late last night
didn't he, Liz" asked sister Kate the.1
next morning. "Yes, said Lii, sleepily p
awe were trying the pigs in the clover
puzzle till nearly II o'clock "Andi
did you get the pigs in the pen, Liz" !
asked Kate, eagerly "No, we didn't,
but I got my finger in this solitaire dia-
mond ring. London Rare Bits.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
Tattooing Among Sarages.

In a paper in the British Association
on "Tattooing, Miss A. W. auckland
said that in Africa, Australia, and the
islands of the Indian Ocean, tattooing
consists of series of short cuts, which
heal, leaving cicatrices. In New Zealand,
America, the Pacific islands, among the
tribes of India, and in Burmah, Bornea
and New Guinea, patterns are first drawn
upon the skin, and then punctured with
thorns, needles or splinters of human
bones. Color is then rubbed in. The
process.is very painful, and can only be
carried on at intervals, several years
being sometimes required for its com
pletion. Among men tattooing is valued
as a mark of bravery. In the case of
women devices are worked upon tbs chin
to signify marriage.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
Planning Of Insect Wings.

The slow tapping of the butterfly s
wings is perfectly noiseless, but more
rapid movements Of insect wings produce
sounds increasing in shrillness With the
number Of vibrations. Sir John Lub-
book has shown by some Of his later OBJ
servations that the wings Of the houseay
give the sound F, and vibrate 20, 1OU
time a minute, or 1856 time second; and
those Of the bee Weld the sound A, VI
brating as many as 26, 400 times mn
ute. or 40 times a second, though Urea
bee NAV hum on E, making only 53V VI
brations second Marcy has confirmed
these theoretical numbers by placing ny
so shat at each vibration the TIP oil MS
wing made a mark on moving cylinder,
the actual record being $50 strokes a
second.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
GOOD MORNING.

Good morning, worldr On the window seat
She balanced her two little tinid feet;
She cling with her dimpIed hands, and stood
Framed in like picture of babyhood.
The elambsring vines hung low and green
Hound the sunniest curlst that e'er were seen.
And she stood with beauty and light i'm
psarled,
And babe Good morning. to all the world.
"GOOd morning, world, - and the great world
heard;
Each rustling tree, and each singing bird.
The dancing flowers and the fields Of grass
Nodded and waved at the little lass;
and the far-of hills and the sky overhead
l Listened and bearned as the word was said;
end the old sun lifted his head and smiled
Good morning worldp 'Good morning.
childF
-Woman's Journal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

II tell you, my fat friend, you have
no business in that boat, " said Theodore
Hook, one day to a fat man in a dinghy
on the Thames.
"No business in this boat, sir2 What
dye mean2'
81 mean what say, coolly responded
Hook "You have no business in it,
and l will prove it"
II think, sir, you will prove no such
thing" said the navigator. "Perhsps
you don't know, sir, this is my own
pleasure boatl"
"That's it," said Hook. "Now you
have it. No man can have any business
in a pleasure boat. Good day, SIR
London Tit-Bits.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
The President of France.

Says a correspondent, speaking Of
President Csrnot, of France: "He j,
dressed with notable care Good taste
as well as good tailoring characterizes
his shapely figure The short coat in
closes a slim but compact figure. His legs,
rs he strides spirited horse, are those Of
a man of quick and easy digestion; there
Is no suggestion Of govt in the calves. His
face is .study in black and white. The
skin Is pale, almost transparent. The
beard and mustache, both carefully
trimmed, are even. The nose, slightly
aquiline, would be Roman but for de-
cided Jewish cast which marks the entire
countenance,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

''Pa, do you know that this is my
eighteenth birthday"
''Yes, my dear.
''Pa, I want you to do me great favor
on my birthday" and the beautiful girl
buried her glowing face in the paternal
bosom.
and what is the favor my little Cir
wantsl"
.'Pa, you have influence with the YES
try, haven't youl"
''Well, yes, my dear"
'Then have them move that gas lamp
away from right in front of our gate.
Thus it was that the fond father dis
covered that daughter isn't little girl
always. She had beau
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
A LONG SEARCH.

Tired civilian, wish you'd
bring up a scuttle Of coal"
Husband-''There, that's the way with
women; always expecting man to dc
half dozen things at once. Can't you
see I'm busyl"
'sYou didn't seem to be doing any
thing except rummaging arould.
haven't asked you to do anything fol-
about three weeks, and then 1 told you
I'd like to have the legs of my sewing
chair made shorter"
"We1, I'm looking for the saw. y
ErcHaaqe.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
MAKING RApm PROGRESS.

Tucler-'I saw your son in the coun-
try to-day, Parker. He had his camera
with him, believe"
Parker-'fYes, he went out to take
some views, I suppose. Was he making
good progress9'
Tucker You bet he was; and dust,
too. Somebody's red bull was after him. .
Time
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

It's very unhealthful work trying TO
collect taxes from the bold mountain
tribes in North Morocco. whose con
tempt for the suitan's authority uesr y
worries the life out Of the great poten-
tate A while ago be sent word 70 BEN
M'sazs tribe that they mast help support
the Government aaOh, YES. they replisd
20 lhe saltan's soldiers. '.Tell that lord
Of yours that L lie wants our taxes he
nusf cone FOR them, and We win make
sure be eets them, in salyer coins, 100,
for We viii roll each coin into bullet
and deliver # 70 him ourselves" No
rocco Is one os the worst governed coun-
tries ia TIE world, says the New York
srs but many Of its highlanders escape
tie YOKE, AID independence thriyes
eaonR - n.0uztain ranges.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

Kerosene makes up about one-half the
staf We sel % japan. Great Britain sells
iise time Is much merchandise there Is
We do We buy $4,000, 900 worth Of
teas and silks from that country. Steam
snip hnes are TO be established on the
Pacific coast TO run to japanese ports.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
THE ADVANCED METHOD.

First Omaha Miss-''I'm so glad you
like the story of The Phantom Mist; OF
the Shadow of a Sound How far have
you gotten with it,"
Second Omaha AIiss-'Tve read the
last three chapters and little in the mid
die OF the book.
First Omaha Miss-''Well, you viii be
charmed when you read the opening of
the story. Omaha World Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
A CHANGE OF SENTIMENT.

Miss Mabelle Hairless (reading letter,
why, mamma, this letter is from
Cousin Fred, and he says that Uncle
David Whyte is dead. "
Mrs Hartless-''He is, Ell? Well, it's
a small loss. The stingiest old skinfint
on earthl 1 never could endure the man nl
Mabelle-"B mamma, just listen
he had his life insured for ten thousand
dollars in our favor"
Mrs. Hartless-''He didr' It can't be
dear, good old soul that he wast
always knew he was kind at heart. Ten
thousand dollarsl We must go into
mourning at once r'-Drake's Magazine
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

Mrs. Blotterwick- Joshua, there was
a tramp here this afternoon, and he
looked so hungry that gave him a large
piece of gooseberry pie I wonder how
he feels now2"
Blotterick (gloomily)-'T know how
he feels. I had a piece of that pie at
dinner, you remember. "-Drake's Maga-
zine.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

According 70 the Boston Gio5e 1t is
MI resh 70 predict that before many
years there viii be more money invested
IN electricity IN the United States than IN
railroads. It IS roughly estimated that
there are already invested IN electrical
e0utrFa1ees IN this country over $500,
COZ. 90, and that over $4,000, 600
have been invested within a year. We
have already upward Of eighty-fTe cleo
trical railways in operation, and nearly
one hundred are reported TO be in pro
cess Of construction. Over 200, 00C
arc lights AID 100000 ineandeseent
lsmps blazing every night. and there are
$3.50 central elsetric stations generating
power and light
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
HID REEN THERE BEFoRE.

A nephew to his old and wealthy uncle
81 am desperate and unless you send me
two thousand dollars by this evening I
shall take my life; by midnight shall be
no more"
Reply of the Uncle-''Yours of this
date received. When, some time ago,
you sent me a missiye of similar import,
and 1 sent you my revolver, what did you
dol You 'spouted' the weapon. l have
10 more revolvers. Judge.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

Jobson to his druggist)-"We have
Just finished the first bottle of DR..
Helpem's Wonderful Relief"
Druggise-ssWell2
JSDson-''IT ma ---fc-----F-------7T.s;ssat
the power of speech. "
Druggist (alarmed)-oGreat heavens
You won't sue Us, hope"
Jobson-''No, sir, 1 want bottle for
nv mother-in-law - brakes Maya
zine
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

The Austrian Government. which con
trols the tobacco trade, made a grea.
financial loss by raising the price Of cigars.
20 Vienna alone IS, 000, 600 fewer cigars
have been sold. with a corresponding in
crease n the consumption Of Cigarette
and pipes. In al the loss amounted TO
40. geo forms.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06

There has been a considerable declizC
IN the volume Of immigration into the
United States during the last fiscal yetu,
She number arriving being 45s, GA, p
against 559.s15 during the fiscal year
1855. a decrease Of 10l, POI. This de-
Cline was mainly IN arrivals from tbs
following named countries: From Great
Britain and Ireland, a decrease Of 81,
6o7; from Italy 6.z2s; from Norway
and Sweden. 24,ls6; from Austria
Hungary, 1857, AID from Germany,
1913.