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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23
A Metropolitan Translation Bureau

One of the peculiar institutions Of our
big cosmopolitan city is Translation
Bureau" not such a concern as deals
merely with the modern polite languages,
but bureau which is capable of grap-
ping with some $50 tongues. This
strange, Polyglot affair is conducted bv
an ex-journalist, Louis Neumann, for
merly on the staff of the StaGts Zoit.1n1
and himself a master of several languages.
He has staff which is certainly UNIQUE
being composed of jewellers in tenements
and in the most obscure places, as well as
men of distinction. Thus, one will see
some Russian cobbler, Chinese tea
seller, an Arab peddler, a Moor, Finn
or Lapp, all. drawn from their retreats
in tenements it may be, or in ware
houses or fashionable dwellings, to de-
cipher and translate for the benefit of the
merchants or scholars who need the ser
vices of the bureau. Professor Neumann
is kept busy, thus proving the real need
of such an establishment.-Ne York
HraDhir
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LOVE SHALL WIN TIE ~.

oh, love, If life should end tonight,
how short our life would seeml
One little flash of summer light,
one brief and passionate dresm;
one glimpse of roses on the wall
Or bluebeils in the lane;
linen, love, the end-the endof ALL
Aye buds might swell and jeavee r,;,h+ ,.p
But not for US againl
The streams we usedto watch and low.
Would ever onward TOW;
From the dark pines the gray wood dovo
Would eall-we shouldnot know
All not for US the pines would wave.
For usno stream would run;
We should be silent in the grave
Unabe even to hoard and save
One little glimpse of sum
Vets not this a sombre view
OF life and all it bringss
Thank Heaven, the bright wEves still are blus
And stili the throstlesingsI
And OH before loves conquering song
Deaths voice sinks quite away;
For life is short, but love is long.
And death is fierce, but love is stronr
And love shall win the day
C Barton.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23
The Dust Avalanche.

The dust avalanche descends when
snow is loose and has recently fallen. It
is attended with whirlwind, which lifts
the snow from whole mountain side and
drives it onward through the air. 1t ad-
vances in straight line, overwhelming
every obstacle, moving forests down like
sedge, leaping las an old peasant once ex-
pressed it in my hearingl from. hill to hill,
burying men, beasts, and dwellings, and
settling down at last into a formidable;
compact mass without color and without
outline. The snow which forms these
Staub-Lawinen is dry and finely pow
dered. When it comes to rest upon the
earth it Immediately hardens into some
thing very like the consistency of ice,
wrapping the objects which have been
borne onward by its blast tightly round
in firm, implacable clasp. A man or
horse seized by a Staub-Lawine, if the
breath has not been blown out of his
body in the air, has it squeezed out by the
even, clinging pressure of consolidating
PARTICLES A human victim of the dread
ful thing, who was so lucky as to be
saved from its clutch, once described to
me the sensations he experienced. He
was caught at the edge of the avalanche
just when it was settling down to rest,
carried off his feet, and rendered help
less by the swathing snow, which tied
his legs, pinned his arms to his ribs, aud
crawled upward to his throat There It
stopped. His head emerged, and he could
breathe; but as the mass set he felt the
impossibility of expanding his lungs, and
knew that he must die of suffocation. At
the point of losing consciousness he be-
came aware of comrades running to his
rescue. They hacked the snow away
around his thorax, and then rushed on TO
dig for another man who had been buried
in the same disaster, leaving him able to
breathe, but wholly powerless to stir
hand or foot. This narrative reminded
me of an anecdote told by Hayden, the
painter, who nearly sacrificed negro's
life by attempting to take an entire cast
of the mans body at one moment from
the feet to the chin. When the plaster
of paris began to set the negro could not
breathe, and he was only saved from as
phyxiation by Haydon's tearing down the
mold of brick in which he had been
plac d CornhW Hag,Vine.
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broccoli There's nothingT can eyer do
to make up for it. Oh, am so wretcheG
over it. I've nearly died"
She paused, choked with sobs, m
with the tears streaming down her face
She expected torrent of angry words, >
terrible blast of bitter reproach; but moth
ing of the kind came Miss Abbie die
not even look up. She went on quiet,
sorting handkerchiefs.
Becky stopped crying, and stared IT
her, amazed.
"Aunt Abbie, you can't have heard.
what I've been telling youln she said
"Oh, how can you be so calma If yc
only knew what I've suffered these las
few days~
81 do know" said Miss Abbie, quickly
'I've seen you suffering"
"But you didn't knof why L"
''Yes, [ did" interrupted Miss Abbie
~ knew all about it. >"
"Knew I'd lost your brooch2 Thel
why didn't you speak to me about it
How could you help speaking2"
"There was no need of it. I thought
it better to let you speak to me. And 1
wasn't much disturbed, for, here Miss
Abbie rose and went to her bureau-"here
is the brooch, and she took out the faded
velvet case with little flourish and dis
played the ancient heirloom on ito satin
bed.
'sOh, is it really, reallyY" cried Becky,
Historically. "Where did you find it,
Aunt Ahbiel"
"On the table in that dressing-room
at the Town Hall, answered Miss Abbie,
slowly and distinctly. 81 found, on GO
ing to Mrs. Mills's, that her sister had ar
rived Unexpectedly, and that therefore-I
wasn't needed. So concluded to carry
out my original intention and go to II
On reaching the hall Nv
into the dressing-room to put my bonnes
straight-a man having run into me aad
knocked it to one side-and the first
thing l saw on the table was my brooch"
with severe emphasis. 81 was so upset
had to go home, and didn't stop for the
concert at ali. OF course L knew you
must have taken the brooch, and with
your usual carelessness-n
so Aunt Abbie, III never, never be
careless again !" cried Becky, laughing and
crying together as she rushed to her aunt
and threw her arms about her. This
has been a lesson to me"
at ought to be, goodness knows, said
Miss Abbie 'And, Becky, I'll tell you
what III do"
"Whatl" asked Becky, eagerly, wiping |
away her tears. Il
''If this should really prove to be
lesson to you, if you never are careless
again, I'll leave you this brooch in my |
will You don't deserve it, but-Iu do |
It. n-Koutd's Companion.
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A Lead Watch for A Rich Man.

Horace C. Wilcox, President of the
Meriden Britannia Company, is one of
the richest men in Connecticut Like the
late Jim Fisk, he began life as q tin ped
der. The other day Mr.. Wilcox tried
to perpetrate a little joke on Nathan Fem,
Yankee matchmaker Of the old-fashioned
sort. Calling in at Matchmaker Fenn's
shop, Mr.. Wilcox pulled out a brass
plated lead paper weight, cast in inita-
ton Of a watch.
''There, Citizen Fem" said he, as he
laid it on the counter, sis watch think
a good deal of If you will make it run
III give you SO" And with that left
the shop, chuckling gleefully.
The matchmaker was not to be easily
stumped He Immediately set to work,
followed out the lump of lead, inserted
a set of old works, attached a pair of
leather hinges to the case, made a crystal
of a dark-lantern lens, and attached to
the whole business chain, the links of
which were ingeniously constructed of
peach stones. Thus armed he broke into
the Office of the Britannia factory the
next morning and laid the wonderful
watch on Mr. Wilcox's desk. The latter
didn't say a word, but drew his check fol-
SO, while the score OF clerks, led by
Robert NJ Wilcox, husband of the
poetess of passion, who happened to be
present. giggled outight.-NetO York
C,t,1
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23
Thomas JeffersOn's Death Bed.

Although Thomas jefferson was 8
skeptic he frequently spoke in the same
strain as the reputed last words, which
were: ITO God 1 commit myself; my
daughter to my country In his ''Sum-
mary Review of the Rights of North
America, he says: "The God who gave
US life gave US liberty at the same time
In the Declaration of Independence he
speaks of natures God and after the cele.
brated phrase that all men are created
equal, he says, ''that they are endowed
by their Creator with unaienable rights"
The phrase that jefferson is alleged to
have used sounds very well, nevertheless
Thomas Jefferson did not use it. His last
word was ''Ah." There is nothing very
striking about that, but it is the truth
and that is one advantage. jefferson
knew he was dying and he wanted to die
on the Fourth of July. As the time wore
on toward morning he said to Mr.. Trist:
''This is the Fourth7n MIR. Trist
nodded. ''Ah," murmured jefferson
with an expression of satisfaction. Then
he sank into unconsciousness.-Detroit
Free Press.
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HAD THE TIME.

If had the time to find a place
And sit me down full face to face
With nay better self, that stands no show
In my daily life that rushes so;
1t mightbe then 1 would see my soul
Was stumbling still toward the shining goal
might be nerved by the thought sublime
IfIhad the timel
If had the time to let my heart
Speak out and take in my life part
To look about and stretch hand
To a eomrade quartered on no-luck land;
All God If 1 might but just sit still
And hear the note of the whip-poor-win
think that my wish with God would rhyme
If had the timel
If had the time to learn from you
How much for comfort my word could do;
And told you then of my sudden will
Tokiss your feet when did you i'll
If the tears alack of the bravado
Gould force their way and let you know
Brothers, the souls of us all would chime,
II we had the time
Washington Post.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23
PITH AND POINT.

Ten to one-12:5O o'clock.
! A dark secret-A kiss in a tunnel.
Single stiekers-One-cent stamps.
! Quite swell afair-A society bellies
mumps.
''AIary," asked Charles, '.what animal
dropped from the cioudsl' ''The rain,
dear, - was the Whispered reply.
Last winters coat, with the lining
torn out, is fashionable for office wear.
1t should be decorated with red ink and
mucilage-
Everything has its use in this world.
Even the fly that persistently refuses to
be caught teaches the baldheaded man
Fatience.--Somer0iae Journal.
Wood you, said the coal dealer cutelv.
4 wouldn't p she answered Quite grim:
And then, as he fired up slightly,
She gave the coal shoulder to him
-WGShington-Critic
Russian Fashion Note.-The Car has
returned to st. Petersburg and changed
his winter suit of boiler iron for a light
spring suit of cast steel Washington
Post.
Tubbs-'I fiatter myself that honesty
is printed on my face" Grubbs-"Well
perhaps-witb some allow
ance for typographical errors. n--BVrliag-
ton, Free Press.
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CAUGHT AT LAST.

Father shouting down stairs In an
angry voice Mary
Mary (who is with her beau, who has
been waiting on her for about three years.
Yes, sir"
F.-'Is Mr.. Slowcoaeh therer'
M.-"Yes, sir"
Els he proposing to you that he is
staying so latel"
NJ. Ito Mr.. Slowcoach in a frightened
whisper)-"Oh! what shall I sayi"
Mr.. S. trembling in his boots)-"Say
yes"
NJ TO her father Eyes, papa"
F.-"All right, all right; excuse me-
Tell him he can have you. Bless you
both, my children. He needn't hurry
away. Boston Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

81 can't understand why copper cents
are not circulated hers, said a bank
teller to the Memphis CTenu.) Arqlaaele.
lone Of our largest retail dry goods
houses tried 70 introduce them wear or
more ago, and sold goods at prices that
required their use, but people would buy
enough to make the fTe-cent piece come
IN for change. We ordered big lot Of
-eents. expecting 70 get them OF, but ii
Eouldn<,Eork. Now, IN the North you
have Use for copper all the time in trad
sng, and lei ne tell you that the saving
% The buyer q small articles amounts to
3 neat sum 3 the course Of Zine. It's
KY belief tiat one reason Why the North
era people are better of than we are. is
cat they save the odd cents which We
gi7s zHsy n making change"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23
The Debts Of States.

The eleventh number Of the Statistical
Abstract of the United States for 1888,
Just issued from Washington, contains
figures concerning the debts and tax
rates of the several States. The highest
State debt in the list IS that OF Mas
sachnsetts, SS1, 900, 600; the lowest, Yer
mont. S135. 500. wisconsin, Colorado,
Illinois, West Virginia and Oregon nave
no State debit. New YOrks debt Is not
cutie 81. GOO. 600, which is very low, con-
sidering her size, population and wealth
The other rich States, by which New
Works indebtedness may be compared,
a.o pepnevlvania, whose indebtedness Is
in round numbers SIS, 600, 600; Ohio,
81 600. 900, and Kansas, 81, 800, OOO-
VIRGINIA has funded debt Of 1913, $50,
E96 and $500, 900 more unfunded-
She stands second only to Massachusetts,
IN the list. Tennessee Is third on the
roll with $17, 600, 600. North Carolina IS
fifth with S1S, 900, 900, followed by
Tonisiana with $12, 900, 600, and Mary
land with 81, 600, 600. New York
raises more money by taxation, over
So 600 900, than any other State, but
the rste of taxation is fair. The State
fax on 800 is only 20 2-lOth cents
Nevada. in respect to the rate Of tax, ~
highest with 80 cents per 500, while
Massachusetts is lowest with III cents,
Delaware 1-1, being an exception with no
fax rate at all. New York's rate IS about
tbe same as Iowa, Maine, New Jersey,
Ohio Texas and West Virginia, with
Pennsylvania four cents higher. In the
matter Of State debt it is notable that
West Virginia Is prohibited by eOns'lta-
tionaI enactment from mourning any
debt. The total indebtedness, 6 OF o the
states is in round numbers S2zo' Oou'UoV,
and the aggregate taxable valuation od6 OF
is s22, 6S7, 600 600 New
Works financial stand ranks with the
York Grgh!e'
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

With the sisit Of the Shah Of Persia to
s.1gisud- "reminiscences arc being circu-
izied q his former trip to that country.
or one occasion he took large dose Of
opi1in- sad slept 50 late the next day that
1he Queen and her attendants, who were
40 accompany him On trip, were kept
'syaiting Al unooHseionable time. The
-ishah's attendants were afraid TO awake
liam Asst their lives should be forfeited.
Finally the ezpsdlent was hit upon Of
-ststioninga band beneath his window and
having II play some Of the uoisiest marches.
The experiment va successful, and IN a
short time the Shah appeared and all
acre banpF.
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A TIRED SKELETON.

Living Skeleton (only in America, at
dime museum)-"These fools make me
tired"
visitor-'In what way2'
; There am earning $500 a week as
the greatest living skeleton, yet hour
after hour, day in an day out, one old
woman after another stops an chins and
chins at me about the things I ought to
eat and get fat. "-Ne1o York Weekly.
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DANGEROUS GROUND.

They were getting kindergarten lesson.
The teacher took them as very simple
subjects She touched table.
'What is this2"
"Wood."
"what is thisi' she asked, as she
touched the fender.
Iron
"What is thisl" and she took up an
acid bottle.
"Glass.
"What is thisl" and she touched her
watch chain.
brass" said one small boy, and she
changed the subject.-SqR FraHcisoo
Chronicle.
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An Ingenious Bath for infants.

A woman In New York has invented an
ingenious and unique bath for infants.
1t is made of pure rubber on strong cloth,
and is folded over a pretty frame of
bamboo, which can be enlarged as the
child grows older. At the bottom is
hard rubber faucet for the water outlet.
One end is furnished with convenient
pockets for toilet articles and the other
end with a clothes and towel bracket
When folded up the bath is about four
inches thick and thirty-six inches long,
and can be used as yalise for carrying
the bahy's clothes.
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A Doctors Oueer Hobby.

DR.. Bibby is a Bath physician with a
queer hobby. He is anxious to have the
ocean crossed in a rowboat. He sunk a
round sum of money in fitting out man
for the voyage few years ago, and the
man was lost-at least he never has been
heard from since he left the coast. The
Doctors ardor is not dampened in the
least, however. He says that to a stout
man who hasn't chick or child dependent
upon him and is willing to try the expert
ment, he viii furnish lifeboat that posi-
lively cannot tip over and all the supplies
f@ the voyage -LssiltOn (Es) Journal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

Stranger-"Can you tell me who that
gentleman with the long hair and heavy
moustache is sitting over there In the
corner2 I'd bet a dollar he's made his
mark in this world"
Citizen-"That fellowl Yes, you'd
win. He's made it a good many times.
1 saw it on mortgage once. It's straight,
about quarter of an inch long. He al
ways gets some one to write over the top
of it: Bill Jones-his mark, "-Detroit
Fres Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23


Insulted Montanaian Ito tenderfoot
newspaper correspondent - ''Lookee
here, young man, you want to be little
more keerful how you write things that
amt so to them newspapers back East
This is heightened town, by Jinks, and
the boys won't stand itr'
Terrified Tenderfoot-'Why, IL
what have I writtenl'
"Why, you writ to a Chicago paper
that we lynched fourteen men here last
mouth aud it's a lie
'T-I-thought it was true, or I
II
'fWeH, it wasn't. We didn't lynch
but twelve and we only rid the other
one on a rail and peppered him a little
with buckshot. Stick to facts, young
man, that's all we ask of you. Time.
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TIE stupid pRulnfER.

Member of Firm-"How do you like
the looks of the new drummer have en-
gaged9"
Partner-"To tell the truth, he looks
awful stupid"
That's his strong point. He has such
a stupid look that the customers will give
him orders out of pure SYMPATHY
Syftings.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

When King Maiesoa gets back from
'ezile, remarks the Chicago Esrs, and be
gas once more to draw his so a week
1n-eocoanuis and plug tobacco as Monarch
II Samoa the status quo VIII be n good
zlaps, and America VIII be satisfied with
aiiziFs IL the naFy-blue Pacific. Il would
De FeTy meau Of Nalietoa, however, L he
were - refuse 70 60 back to work at BIS
odd Job uut5I his wages were raised.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

OF tie four quiclS-iiring guns now used
an war, three-the Calling, the Hotch-
kiss and the Maxim-were invented by
Americans. The fourth is the Norden-
faldf
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AZ AMp1aUous communist.

Wife-''Mrs. Dawson says that am a
perfect fright, even in the handsomest
dress"
Husband-"Does shea"
Wife-"She does. Now do Hook like
a fright to you, John3"
Husband-"Look like fright to mel
No, 1 guess not. tell you, May, it
t fes a good deal TO brighten me. y
Ton Courier.
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HE SCORED A VICTORY.

A teacher, questioning little boys about
the graduation in the scale of being,
asked: "What comes next to mani"
Whereupon a little shaver, who was
evidently smarting under a sense of
previous defeat, Immediately distanced
all competitors by promptly shouting:
ellis flannel shirt, ma amin-Jid- Bits.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

A cotton chopper or horse hoe has
Just been invented BY a South Caro-
hBiaH- and works 50 wei that It is ex-
pected 70 quite supersede the old-time
hana hoe. The inventor claims that by
''siag- BIS implement the cotton planters
may save themselves just $1,000, 600
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stings for the Stingy.

A very neat essay IS one entitled
"Stings for the stingy, which relates to
tho misery habits of illustrious men and
the little arrows shot at them BY lavish
and therefore impecunious literary arch
ers. This is one on Marlborough, a
couplet, about q bridge over a small
stream at Blenheim:
IS The lofty arch his high ambition shows,
The stream an emblem Of his bounty
flows"
Once rat was found dead in Lord FL
den's house, and an anonymous epigram
was composed for the occasion:
q Found dead, a rat-noc case could sure be
harder
Yerdict-confned week in Elden's lar
der
Hook was once invited to dine at the
Star and Garter by a skinfint peer. For
party of four there was a small chop
apiece, few potatoes, and pint Of
sherry. After the meagre dinner, Hook
sang the national anthem with the re
frain:
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23
CHANGING THE ORDER OF THINGS.

Cook ION the day following her ARRIVAL
Il am sometimes liable to get spunky
and sass back, mum, but you must not
mind it, as I get over it in a few
moments"
Six-foot Mistress with raised brows)-
ooh, pray don't worry on my account.
You see, when one of my servants gets
her back up, and goes to smashing things,
I just grab her by the back hair and
break some of the cheap furniture with
her body"
COok-"Y-e-s, PED, Sun.
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1T NATURALLY FOLLOWED.

Bobby-"oh, mamma, you know the
two nickels you gave me when 1 started
down town-one for the poor blind boy
at the corner and one to buy a ball with
Well, 1 lost one of them"
Mamma-''Which one did you losel"
Bobby-"The blind boys nickel, Of
course. "-Omaha World.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

Customer-"See here! you say this
medicine will cure consumption. You
don't look as if it would"
Consumptive Drug Olerk-'I-I
aven't begun taking it yet. "-Nels York
Weekly.
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THE DIFFERENCE.

SYoung Man-"sir, I want to marry
your daughter.
s,old Man-"oh, you do, do youl Well,
Eyou to be my son-in-law or am to
D. your father-in-law2"
kYoung Man (dazed)-''Why-why, sir,
all the same, isn't iti"
4S0ld Man-''Not at all; not at all, sir.
fyou are to be my son-in-law you can't
have her. I've got two or three sons-in-
law already to support. y Washington
Critic.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

Only Great Britain, Belgium and Por-
tagalof all European nations do not pro-
duoe enough butter and 70 spare To
make up the defciency-25, 600, OO0
Pounds-the United States exports pa
600 600
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

"Yes, Clara" continued Mr.. Breezie
to his eldest daughter, TO succeed in this
life one should husband his opportuni-
ties"
Eyes, pa" replied Clara, with a far
away look in her eyes, especially when
ones opportunitiesare family of grown
up girls. Boston Transcript.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

The town Of Hayattsville, Nd, which
Elbows historic old Biadenburg, is going
10 put Henry Georges single-tax theory
70 practical test. It was made the issue
"a the recent local election, and three
Town Commissioners who were chosen
are eoaTerts 70 the idea.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

Europe produces about as much 10
1saooo as TIE United staies-500, 600, coo
pounds annnally-and could easily pro
aneg a. she needs, but the American to-
becoo Il desired for two reasons: 10 Is
cheap and desirable for terrifying the
EuTopean produce So the the United
Hssses funishes 2z2.000, coo pounds Of
the annusl deficiency Of 324, 000, 900
s,ouds.