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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
Estray Notice.

In compliance with requirement of law
hereby advertise the following described
estray animals, found running at large
and not estrayed. Returned to me by
J. II. Brown, commissioner of Precinct No.
1, San Saba county, Texas, the owner of
said animals being unknown. One red
roam mare, years old, 12l hands high,
unbranded; ono bay marc 14I hands high,
branded + on left thigh years old; one
sorroll 2 year cid, branded + (Inverted) on
left thigh; one bay colt unbranded. If not
proven away within the time required by
law will be sold as essrays.
Witness my signature and seal of office
at San Saba, Texas this 10th day of June
1890. A. DUGGAN,
County Clerk, San Saba Co.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
BuckIen's Arnica salye.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever
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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

The anti-commissionist who are
denouncing the proposed railway
commission as undemocratic and
revolutionary should bear in mind
that twenty-seven states in the un-
ion have commission, and then read
the following from Ex-Gov.
Throckmortcn, one of the purest
democrats in the state: 81 believe
a commission operating under a
properly constituted law, will not
only afford relief to the people
but will add to the stability and
value of railroad property in this
state and bring millions here for
further investmentin railroad con-
struction that is now kept away by
the constant and ceaseless agita-
ton of the question. Brennan
Banner.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
Estray Notice.

In compliance with law notice is hereby
given that W. L. Banister, living three
miles west of San Saba town, has taken
up and estrayed before I. G.. Griffin, JUS
tice of precinct No l, San Saba county,
Texas, certain bay mare, 10 hands high,
branded inverted with bar through it.
Appraised at fifty dollars by U. T. Cham
berlain and A. d Robbins. Estray sii-
dayit, appraisement and bond filed liz
this office the 10th day of June Is,O-
Witness my signature and seal of office,
this the 18th day of June, 1880.
a. DUGGAN,
County Clerk San Saba, Co.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

Fill a tumbler with water, put a six
pence III it, and, holding plate over the
top, turn it upside down. The sixpence
will fall down on the plate and appear
to be shilling, while at the same time
a sixpence will seem to be swimming in
the glass. This can also be done with
twenty-five cent piece.-G. Ben White in
Sunny Hour.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
H1NNI 81 w. 5Sth
,--es-sf1zr1 N-uxU work.

existence Of Ihel s.AYTns--sl p. 4p,,tssfse
all alchemy was not the fraud that mod
ern people would think. There were
some good, honest workers in the ranks,
searchers after the truth, as well as the
knaves that are to be found in every
trade and every branch of life.
There was one monk living in the Mid
die Ages wha made a speciality of anti
mony Thinking it TO be the great cure
all he first tried some Of It ON his hogs
and the beasts fattened SO that he thought
that it must be good for human beings.
So he gave 1t to his brethren with fatal
results. This is supposed to be the reason
why the metal is called '.antimony,"
from its bad effect on monks.
There are alchemists of today Just as
dishonest as those Of old, men who swim
die and cheat others with tricks that are
almost rs primitive as those used by their
predecessors in the crooked art. They
have only changed their forms of delu-
sion and have struck for higher wages
Washington Star.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

The Louisville Courier Journal
thus sums up the doctrines of the
two great political parties: The
theory of the republican party is
that of absolute power. The the
DRY of the democratic party is
that of individual freedom. The
theory of the republican party is
the same in fact though different
in form as that which controlled
the government of Europe through
the midlleages: The theory of
Gle deulocrstlc party Is that Tie
goFernmeps i made for tbs pes-
pie, mol lie. people Ion ths govern.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

W. W. Moore, of the Grand Opera
House, Des Moines, is an early settler in
that part of Iowa, and has had a great
deal ofexperience in his time. He says:
"At various times / have had acute at
tacks of bilious collie and violent pains in
the stomach, and found nothing that gave
NE relief like Chamberlain's Collie, Chole-
"a and Diarrhoea Remedy, Every per
son" he says: "should have a bottle
For sale by j. n Eddins & Co
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

The daily rations Of pair of ostriches
ON farm in San Diego county, Cal, are
forty pounds of beets for breakfast and a
half peck to a peck of grain for dinner
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

For SALE 81 acres Of fenced
land one mile west of San Saba.
One of the incest places for a
small farm imaginable. Apply at
this Office.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

u laTulef correspondent OF lne
Luling Signal thus presents his
views on the railroad question.
1t is worthy of consideration
Read it:
list To regulates railroads, we
want more of them, and if they
don't regulate themselves why we
have plenty of time in the sweet bye
and bye to do the same; and don't
need any irresponsible board to
do the work, as the present laws
are perfectly competent to give
any relief for over charges or bur
dens they may place on the peo-
pie.
End Why dam the railroads, as
you can hear on every turn? Now
don't think the word dam" is a
Course word;;" look at Webster.
Let's see what the roads have
done for this section of the state:
Twenty-Five years ago 1 saw one
armed confederate soldier pay
$500 per Thousand for common
pine lumber enough to build him
a little house to shelter him and
his best girl from the incIemen-
cies of the weather, while he was
striving to repair his shattered
fortunes. Now his son buys bet
ter class of lumber for SIS and
$40. Dam the railroads.
: Flour $3.50 per Dbl. and
other necsessaries in like ratio.
Now as good if not a better article
can be had in Luling, Lockhart or
ii5li, Ind agalr5 siotafi4 f1 I'M
der. Dam the railroads.
Writer bad a few hogs in pen to
feed the aforesaid helpless family;
took salt to save the meat; cost
$3.50 and in many instances $500
and $500 per sack. Now, Dick
Smith, Gregg, Parsons, or any
other grocer in Luling or neigh
boring towns will put up the
same at S1.50. Dam the rail
roads.
Writer had an old messmate to
come by his dugout that was haul
ing some of that same high priced
pine to build him jacal for his
little ones; was barefooted and ev-
cry step was marked by blood:
says to me Il want pair of shoes,
and haint got any money" Scribe
fortunately had dollar or two,
and we stepped into Brooks store;
brogans $500 per pair; he got
them and went on his way rejoic-
ing. Now you can get as good at
from SIPS to s1.4O for the best.
Dam the railroads.
Hold on a minute, if your excla-
nation and interrogation points
have not given out. L had to make
trip to Alleyton in a hurry Ga
miles at 12cts per mile, $3.50; 2 to
% days on the road. Walk and
carry a rail ON your shoulder for
more than half the distance. Now
you get on the Sunset at II a. m.
and for 1928 you are there before
you realize the difference. Dam
tbe rsilnse1aR 1Hsnzlz RR6w
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

post OAK land; my nelghbors, had
some also, the other creeks and
San Marcos valley and river bot
tom lands; yes, land poor, couldn't
sell for s1.5O to $3.50 per acre,
made good crops, plenty hog and
hominy, several or more bales of
cotton; no market for anything,
took enc half or more to get to
Alleyton or Indianola. Now the
Sunset railroad comes along, got a
market for everything 1 can make,
and more too; land, same as above,
selling, when 1 do sell, at all the
way from SO to $50 per acre, and
in a radius of five miles from the
main r. r. depots in Caldwell and
Gonzales can hardly be bought at
all. Dam the railroads.
OH the railroads have been OPP
pressing us poor down-trodden,
horney-handed sons of toll. We
need some more of the hair of the
dog that's bit us. Dam the rail-
roads"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

termined to act unitedly in all pull
lie enterprises, and to that end
have organized what is known as
The Llano Citizens Association.
Llano is sure to become, in the
very near future, the greatest iron
and steel-producing district in the
United States. The Improvement
q Furnace company have opened
up their mines, so that any one
can, by look, satisfy himself as
to the quantity of their ore, and
the finest experts in the United
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

The Cosmopoliton, the best and
brightest of the Monthly Maya
zines, is rapidly pushing its way
to the front, and even now ranks
with the leading literary publica-
tions of the world. We have made
arrangements to club with it, on
the following terms:
Cosmopolitan, per year $40
San Saba News, per year $500
We will furnish both for $40
Call and subscribe, and get the
best bargain il reading matter
ever offered for the money.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

giving three distinct e-IS. Alchemy
first started in form most of the problems
which science is still engaged in solving,
and it was the infant efforts of chemistry
that drew to'the study many men whose
donations to science have been beyond
value. The search for gold was the crisis
of these efforts, accompanied by Il wild
striving for the philosophers stone and
the elixir of life.
The Bible contains many illusions to
the science, but the first record is to be
foEnd in an ancient Chinese work dating
back into ages almost beyond computa-
ton, in which the elements are stated to
be earth, fire, water, metal and wood.
Moses was evidently an adept in the sci
ence, from several references in the Bible
to his works. Rome carried the study to
a great extent, and reached such de
gree of proficiency that Dioclesian, upon
the eve Of a reported invasion by the
Egyptians, ordered all books on the sub
ject to be burned, lest they fall into the
hands Of the enemy and thus give them
SO much knowledge that they should be
able omakc gold enough to enable them
to own the earth.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

In ancient times the workers in metals
aud other substances handed their secrets
down from generation to generation, and
in time some Of them were lost. These
are the lost arts so often mentioned.
which are simply lost family secrets.
From the Fifth to the Sixteenth century
was the age of fabulous pretensions in
alchemy, when every discovery was kept
a profound secrsA 49,,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
ADVEBrTSIYG RATES.

TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS, sl.O0 per
lch for first insertion, and so certs per
lch for each subsequent insertion.
Local NOTICES, 10 cents per line each
isertion, but no local notice will be in
srted for less than so cents each insertion
~ SPECIAL CONTRACTS, to cover one
sar, can be made with the proprietor at
liberal discount on above local rates.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
San Saba County School Lands
For Sale,

$50 acres of fine land, mostly agucult-
ural, on Red creek near the city of San
Angelo, is now for sale in tracts to suit
purchaser; on 90 years time at ) per cent
interest, One-twentieth of principal and
one years interest in advance. Parties
wanting first claes tracts had better apply
at once to S. NJ. Moore, Agent
for San Saba County
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
Order for Stock Election.

In the Commissioners Court, San Saba
County, May Term, 1880.
BY order of the Commissioners Court.
and in compliance with Law | hereby
make public the following order of said
court for special election for stock law
in subdivision described in said order, this
day made and entered.
1T is ordered by the court that there
shall be held at Richlaud Springs, in San
Saba County, Texas, special election, on
Saturday, the 26th day of June 1880 TO de
termine whether or not hogs, sheep. and
goats shall be permitted to run at large
within the limits defined in the foregoing
petition.
SHINING at the southwest corner of
Fisher Il Miller survey No. III; Thence
north, six miles, to the northeast corner
OF the I'D. Meyers survey, No. go; Thence
west nine miles to the southeast corner of
H & L. T.. Ry. survey No :: Thence south
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
.IKFiEk I'm

1902 80 PhjisI.ection shall be held and
conducted as made and provides in srel
cases by law. 4.i.- :.
And it is further ordered that I. 8. Ia
yenpOrt-is appointed as managef 1oF said
special election, and that Tie sheri1 pest
the required notices within the time 5fe-
scribed by law, ard that publication be
made in the SAN SABA NEWS as required
by law
Done by order of the Commissioners
Court. Witness my signature, at San
Saba, Texas, this 18th day of May, 1890.
A. DUGGAN
Clerk, Commissioners Court, San Saba Co.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

The leading question now is: 'Are you
provided with bottle of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, as
safeguard against an attack of bowel
complaint during the summer months?
No family can afford TO risk being without
this invaluable medicine during the hot
weather. 1t Is almost certain TO beneed-
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as it never fails aud is pleasant and safe to
take. - and 80 cent bottles for sale by
go J. N EddIns & TO
Every subscription and every
advertisement ADDS 4 the ability
Of the newspaper to work for the
good Of the community. Every
instinct of self preservation aud
sentiment of appreciation impel a
newspaper which receives the sup
port of its people to labor for the
prosperity of that people. There
is no more powerful factor in the
development and progress of q
community than a good ne wspaper:
Everything that community can
do or can receive is heightened by
a good newspaper. Everything
that benefits a community benefits
everything in that community.
Therefore, every man who helps
the paper helps himself. 1t
is not charity, but an invest
ment. Orange journal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
AElsTOTLE's INFLUENCE.

Aristotle forms quite 4 prominent fig
ure in the history Of the science, he being
the first man to advance the theory of a
universal element binding all the others
together, corresponding to what we
should call "quintessence" Aristotle was
faithfully believed by many students of
alchemy up TO Il comparatively late dav,
and it Is probably due TO him that philos-
0phy and chemistry did not make greater
strides forward. They would have been
thousand years earlier had it not been
for his influence.
There were some funny theories held
by those old philosophers as to the
essences and elements of matter. One
who lived about GOO years before Christ
contended that water was the source of
all things, another that air was the
primary element. aud edeit had a live u
argument and analogy. to psoSs mis- ilea.
! man who breathed ab0nt 458R e.
'-tuJA JlIc STOUi--i that tiPe7sgsiE m fff6ie
feature of the combinati5n AID tllst if6
human soul was a tiery zalsors Z.
SOME EARLY REASONINGs.
One Of the early lights was named
Lucippus, who came near the truth
when he said that the earth was made
by the falling Together of small particles.
This is probably the first appearance of
tho atomic theory. This Is a sample of
the reasoning by which some of the
ancients arrived ut their conclusions as
to the elements of matter: When wood
Is burned it produces fire. which gives
off air, which in turn. when condensed,
produces water. While the ashes of the
wood form earth; therefore wood is at
the bottom Of all creation. \ growing
tree was used 10 show that water was
the prime clement by pouring on water
every day until the tree had increased in
size and weight and weighing the earth
with which the roots were surrounded.
This, said the old chemist, proved that
water had given the tree. or the wood.
its increase. Aristotle made up a sched-
uIe OF Css5iffstr EEH-c-.ions and juggled with it
to the mystitication d ;5lI--hia followers.
He said that the four elements-lire, ar
water and earth-areuot single and def
mite substances. but derive their exist
tence from other more primal elements.
Thus, fire was composed of heat and dry
ness, air of heat and moisture, water of
cold and moisture and earth of dryness
and cold. On the basis of this table he
constructed some very plausible questions
and led the way to the idea of the discov-
cry of the one prime element with which
one could transform any substance into
else.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
LLANO's BOON.

THE development of the iron
eds or fields of Llano county in
lie immediate future is an assured
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-12
Wreck Of II Cattle Train.

EAI' MOE. August 3! - a special
dispatch to tho sun from Oakland. Md.
SAYS that at Snow Creek curve. seven
MES west OF Oakland. on the Baltimore
and Oh.o Railroad, this afternoon. an
cast-bound freight train Of twenty -.our
cars, filed with cattle. was being rushed
through at a high rate Of speed withtw
powerful engines, one in front and the
o'Hcr in t!c rea.'. wien the front cn.inc
jumped the track and seventeen cars we G
wrecked and the cattle were scaltcrcdin
every direction. The drovcrs and train
hands escaped injury. except the fireman
o! thc front cn%inc. lie waS.:lleliustssa.
wAici arrived at Oakland about G O'Clock.
was delayed by the wrcc.:. The passcn.
gers were provided for at thc company's
Oakland Hotel
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-12

-s-'...J I'..y D.C.stno uIIu .I,.,L,nuu,,,,,,
INTO the merits Of B. b. B. BotaniC
blood Balm), have been confronted
with testimony which they deemed sur
priSing, and thus being convinced of
its wonderful efficacy. have not failed
10 prescribe 1T In their practice as oc-
caSion required.
II. l.. Cassidy, Kennesaw, Ga. writes.
For two years my wife was a great
sufferer. Skillful physicians did her
no good. Her mouth was one solid
nlrer, her body was broken out in sores,
and she lost beautiful head of hair
Ihree bottles of b. B. B. cured her com
pieIely, incredible as it may sound, and
sllc is now the mother of healthy
tnrce months old baby clear from any
Scrofulous faint"
a. IL. Morris. Pine Bluff, Ark, writes:
"liot Springs and several doctors failed
ID cure me OF several running ulcers on
my leg, Is. Is. Il. effected y @Sl.,,crful,y
quick cure after everything else had
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-12
Miss simpsons Long SIceD.

MoNCToN, n. b., Sept. 4.--Eua Simp-
son, aged seventeen years, went to sleep
week ago yesterday and has not vet
awakened or taken any nourislmcnt.
Miss Simpson has for some IN onths had
mania for eating brown paper, and
would consume a large bag such as used
n grocery stores at single meal. She
MS eaten scores of brown paper bags
and it is supposed this mania has some
thing TO do with her illness. About n
Icar aEo she slept 70: five DAYS. but was
awakened while being blcd by her mcdi-
cal attendant.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-12
Three women Burned to Death

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. By the cx.
'oSion of Il coal oil lamp early this
morning at 1915 Germantown avenue,
The house was set on Gre and Mrs. Saral
Mclntyrc. G0yca!s old. Mamie Mcintyre
10 years old, and Annie 10 lgc, II years
Old. were burned to death. The two
girls were thc daughter and niece oft
elder woman. Mrs. Mcintyre had
reached the street safely. but when she
found that her niece and daughter were
missing she dartcd back in TO the build
inc after them. When the flames were
subdued all three bodies were found w.
ing together. The house had numi. ar
OF Other inmates but they all escaped
without serious harm. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused by Mrs.
.iclntyrc's g.andson. who came home
drunk and upset the lamp in his bed
room. He got ont of the house safety
AMI is now under arrest,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-12
Pianos and Orgnns.

n. w. TRUMP, 134 Main Street, CO.
lumbia, S. g., sells Pianos and Organs,
direct from factory. No agents com-
missions. The celebrated Cnickeriny
Piano. Mathushck Piano, celebrated
for its clearness of tone, lightncss of
touch and lasting qualities. Mason ty
iiamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up
right Pianos. from $22 up. Arion pia-
nos, from $500 up. Mason 81 HamIin
Organs, surpassed by none. Sterling
Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument
guaranteed for six years Fifteen days
trial, expenses both ways, if not salts.
factory. Sold on Instalments.