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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-27
beWnRe OF the bull


Would have been a large man to-day,
with whiskers, had he not been so am
bilious to turn over new leaves. He
turned leaf after leaf, each revealing
such hidden treasure that he got ex-
cited and let his thoughts wander. He
didn't know for many days what planted
him over in the middle of the adjoining
cornfeld. His friends knew it was the
"bull." There are other instances.
A small boy listened so attentively to
his teachers remarks on the subject of
turning new leaves that she compli-
mented him, and said she hoped he would
profit by her suggestions. He went to
his seat and turned over four new leaves
of vulgar fractions, and said to himself:
IN take it easy now till the class
catch up" but when he undertook to
explain his case at class time, it didn't
work. The rest of the fellows played
shiny that night after school, on the
ice. He didn't. Another boy was in
the tip-top of a cherry tree, well out
toward the end of a slender limb. He
was turning leaf after leaf in search of
fruit pretty well picked beforehand. He
was about to come down, "but first
said, he "I'll turn over one more new
leaf" He reached away out beyond any
former attempt, and with the tip end of
his finger nail managed to turn one
more leaf. Nothing but his grandfather's
grindstone prevented his falling to the
ground. He struck that, and felt the
shock for many day.
These are but a few of the many in
stances that go to prove, what has been
often asserted, that the best of rules hsve
their exceptions. In turning over new
leaves look out for snakes.-Detr0t Free
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Tennis in the Ear Mest.

81 am suffering a great deal OF anxiety
for our fence up in Virginia City during
all these terrible storms" said the Col
onel TO San Francisco Examiner man.
''What fenceln asked the Major
"Our lawn-tennis fence, explained the
HColonel. "You see, we have fine cour,
up on A street and there's a fence thirt,
feet high on the west side of it."
''What in the name of reason dc yol
want such a fence as that for2 Why, it
as high as the one out at Woodward
lGardens."
"Higher at first 1t was only five fee
high, but there was no protection in tina
at all. The boys would sit few fee
away on the side of Mount Davidson an,
guy US in our leggings and blazers and
flannel shirts and things Then we raise5
her five feet, and the boys resented that
They retired up the mountain side
little to a commanding position and be
gan to peg rocks at Us. We called in tn
police and that put the reporters onto US
and when we turned out next time in al
our glory there were 800 men up on til
hill to help the boys make our live
miserable
$50 we kept sticking five feet at time
on to that fence till we drove the boys
practically out. of range. 1t is only &C
casionally now that rock hits us, and
that must be thrown by a man. The
thing got so hot at one time that the
Grand Jury threatened to irdict the whole
tennis club"
"What for?"
"For conduct calculated to excite riot
and tumult. There's a prejudice against
refined amusements on the Comstock.n
"Well," said Major Whiting, "It's
lucky for you, Colonel, that you didn't
open such a game as that down in my
town of Tombstone. You wouldn't have
got off with rocks. You'd have been
hunted with guns like jack-rabbits.
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Biz Dime Musenm Bnsiness.

was talking with a dime museum
anager, and was surprised to learn the
Magnitude Of that business. There are
4 places in every large town and city,
while in the large municipalities there are
Y from five to fifteen. One rich concern in
! Philadelphia owns or controls no less
than fifty. Both the managers and the
{ star freaks aave sort of combination
3whereby museum stars work on routes
~ year through. The successful mana
are, with hardly an exception, ex-
men, and generally the ex-pro-
tors of the side shows which were so
ommon in the past While none of
hem approach Barnum's in the old DAYS
broadway and Ann street, collectively
they Fepresel.t a pursuit whose total CAPT
tall IS over million ard which gives en-
plcyment to several thousand people.
Star freafs, 2 he said are valuable,
and grow more so. Common ones grow
cheaper and less popular. Fat men and
women, unless of extraordinary size, do
not command anything like what they
used to. Giants and dwarfs have suf-
fered in the same way. Contortionists
are below par. Specialists and perform
ers are in large demand. There has been,
too, marked increase in the wages paid
to museum artists, as they style them
,kelves. After the burning of Barnum's,
lese fell all to pieces, and there remained
FOR a long time afterward. With the
growth of the dimes they have gone
up, until they compare favorably with
those paid to variety performers.
"What are the most popular today"
ut is hard to answer that exactly. |
Remarkable freaks, such as armless, two
headed and three-legged human beings
are always good. Dislocationists, or
those who can disjoint themselves at will.
ossified men and other monstrositie>
never lose their drawing power. Trained
animals, whether dogs, horses, cats Or
pigs, are invaribly popular. New scien-
tiic rackets, such as the monograph ant
the electric boy or girl, are great unit.
the thing becomes well known. Then
they become worthless. "-Nelo Yor,
STIR
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Safe Blowing Extraordinary.

Captain William A. Pinkerton, the
detective, having seen that two burglars
of his professional acquaintance were
advertised to blow open safe on the
stage in five minutes, went to the theatre
one night in Chicago recently, and told
them that they could not do it in five.
They declared they could. Thereupon
he put $500 in the safe; they did the
same, and he locked it with his own
combination. ''If you get the safe open
in five minutes, he said, ''the money is
yours. If you don't, it's mine" He
then stationed himself at the wings,
watch in hand, and awaited for the
burglary scene. The cue given, they
jumped through the window and set
to work. In two minutes the
81 4 had bored through the
linen a powder-blower was
Bellows sci to going, the
= s nd 5se door puttied, and the
+ Z S cutting the hinges. The
( I'D "a wet blanket hung
57ef ti.6 a00f and the match struck. As
Pinkerton's watch showed the passage of
thlee minutes and forty-eight seconds
there was a flash from the safe, cloudlet
of smoke, a heavy jar and the massive
door fell on the stage. The detective
remarked: give been chasing safe
blowers around the country for thirty
years and l thought knew something
about the business. But this is the first
time 1 ever heard of a safe being blown
omen inside of four minutes. The lesson
is easily worth $500. Commercial Id
rertiSer.
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produced in the weaving.
Dainty wrappipgs are now made of
old rose or pale blu flannel, and trimmed
with white or tinsei braid
Satin regence IS used for handsome
house toilets. Small silk brocades are
also used for like purpose.
The lilac, violet and pansy shades are
oftener noted in silk or wooden dress
goods than in cotton fabrics.
Carnarvon stripes are of fine, soft
English wool, outlined with bands Of
gayly colored bengaline silk.
Notwithstanding the fight of the
dressmakers against buttons, they are
slowly but surely returning to favor.
Novel plaitings have the folds ar
ranged like organ pipes. Fine wool
crepe is especially appropriate for such
use.
Scotch plaid ribbon sashes, plastrons
and cuffs are used to trim little girls
dresses of cashmere or solid-colored In
dia silks.
Fine qualities of the old-time dimity
cloth are now used for special orders in
underwear, and Irish point lace is the
usual garniture.
Pale blue is a color much favored by
young Parisiennes, while married ladies
choose violet or lilac, especially in th'
reddish shades.
The newest black trimming laces have
small figures and vandykc edges. Theri
arc also shown passementerie vandyS
of black cord which are decidedly tAee'
like in effect.
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A LONELY MISSIONARY.

In this place, one of the most uncivil-
lied parts of West Africa, says a CORE
spondent at Mandy, in the French Congo,
an American lady is living without white
companions, instructing the natives and
eheerfuIly performing all the duties that
devolve upOnsher as missionary. She
is Miss Martha Kah, of Cheyenne County,
Neb., and she is the only representative
left of the missionary party established
here by Bishop William Taylor. Several
men were in the party when it
came to Africa, but the trying climate
proved too much for them. The Super
intendent of the station, AIr. Steele, was
compelled by i'll health to return to
America last year, and then Mr.. Sortore,
of Missouri, and Miss Kah were all who
were left. In April last Mr.. Sortore died
with African fever, and Mrs. Kah is now
alone, and is far too busy to be greatly
disheartened by the sad events that have
robbed her of all her comrades.
She superintendent the housekeeping
while the others were with her, and now
she is obliged, in addition, to keep the
school going and direct the labors on the
plantation. She teaches school five days
every week, if not prevented by sickness.
The plantation was opened by Mr.. Sor-
tore, and on it is raised considerable
manioc, bananas and coco. It is neces-
sary to keep up the plantation, for Miss
Kah, in addition to her missionary work,
must support herself, the theory of the
Taylor missions being that the mission
aries shall support themselves. 1t is mar
velous how economically Miss Kah and
her recent comrades lived in this savage
part of the world; and yet they have
always been prepared to entertain hos
-pitably any traveller who comes here.
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sorrow made her sensitive "a. the woes Of
Others, and for years she hasbeen a regu-
lar visitor at the Tombs, where as she
says, Il have tried to brush away a few
pebbles from the path that misfortune so
cruelty roughens.n Mistress of five ian-
guages, it is her habit to go from one cell
to another, talk with the inmate if igno-
rant of the English language, write let
tiers to secure bail and relieve the anxiety
of friends, and, acquainting herself with
the facts in the case, instruct the lawyer
as to its details. By way of illustration:
Not long ago poor Italian family arrived
at Castle Garden with all their worldly
possessions tied up in bags, which they
carried and which served as beds at night.
They found quarters in Mulberry street
and work as we'll, from the proceeds of
which an apology for a home was built.
When a real bed was bought the bags of
straw were abandoned, and, not know
ing what else to do with it, Philomena,
a girl of nineteen, took hers out in the
street. Almost as soon as 1t touched the
cobble stones an officer appeared, ar
rested the terrified girl and dragged her
off to the Tombs, where she was charged
with violating the city ordinance and
threatened with fine of 800. Madame
Calyo interested herself in the girl at
once, who, fearing she was about to be
put to death as there was no possible way
of getting the fortune to pay the fine, was
on the verge of insanity. The lady was
at school when the girls parents ap-
peared, begged to be allowed to see her,
and on their knees, with folded hands
and streaming eyes, implored her to
come to the court and save their daugh-
ter. Leaving her class Madame Calyo
went downtown at once, appeared before
Judge Kilbreth, had the girl discharged
AMI took her home to her parents.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-27

It is not generally known that the
United States possesses nearly one-half of
the total railway mileage of the world;
and when ii is considered that four-ffths
OF the present gigantic system of rail
ways has been constructed since the close
of the war this facts the more significant.
The United States has outstripped other
Nations in many things. but more than
all in the matter of its railways, which
have become the greatest of all other en-
terprises or industries, and its magnitude
greater than any other interest in the
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-27
WORDS OF WISDOM.
E.hen one suffers he is not bored.

When one suffers he is not bored.
Loving is congenial exercise of the
Imagination.
1t is not wickedness that does the
most harm; it is stupidity.
1t is the singleness OF motive, not of
action, that makes true simplicity of
life
The most weeds are to be found in the
field of the man who talks the loudest
about his field of labor.
Do not talk about the lantern that
holds the lamp; but make haste; uncover
the light and let it shine
The difference between those who are
bright and those who only think they
are is one of degree, not of kind
One ought never to speak of the faults
of ones friends; it mutilates them. They
can never be the same afterwards.
This world is simply the threshold of
our vast life; the first stepping-stones
from nonenity into the boundless ex-
panse of possibility. It is the infant
school of the soul.
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W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.


If you wish to keep your skin smooth
do not, no matter what the cranks on the
subject of health advise, dry it not with
a rough towel. Instead use fine damask
one, and use it not only thoroughly but
discreetly, for your face is not covered
with parchment nor arc your eyes stone.
To know how to .'dabble' the face with
fine cloth as method of drying is a
means of preserving the delicate appear
ance of the skin not often thought of.
Nine. Bonaparte, whose skin was velvety
and peach-like at ninety, used to say that
women treated their skins exactly as if
they were as thick as that of a rhinoceros,
and to this she attributes premature
wrinkles and loss of delicacy in shape of
the features and coloring of the skin
Net0 York World.
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The more, as greener foliage grows,
The chimes of spring rejoice;
The orchard gladder buds and blows
To hear the kinghircis voice;
The dun fy-catcher perching filings
His puny plash of cheer;
Aud the green hummer's happy wings
Purr at the tulips ear.
The martens chirrup as they wheel;
The orioles whistles gay;
hear beyond the alders steal
The blackbird's glirgling lay;
And bobolink. Mays last delight,
The breezy fields along
Comes scattering in his sidelong flight
A trail of tinkling song.
Then on each wave of joy that sweeps
Across the open land
Flat echoes from the forest deeps
That charm me where / stand.
Thro shaded aisles runs silvery soft
The black-throats limpid tune,
And vireos in the murmuring loft
Enchant the vernal noon.
Where the bright tanager recites
His clear mock-rObin' hymn.
And yellow-warblers' notes like lights
Ihro' sylvan shadow swim,
AIl the SAINT wood-thrush, bird deYout,
The sweetest of the choir.
His golden Angelus rings out
AS from some temple spire
U slnleSs songstersl they are dead
Who followed where We lead,
And listened at the fountain-head
OF melody indeed
Your lays are language seer aud bard
Translate TO men no more,
The only music left unmarried
At shut of Eden's door.
can but hope, in endless spring,
When to heaven repair,
The souls of birds on earth that sing
VIII join the anthem there:
And l my gentle friends shall know
In every fadeless tree,
And thank the heart whose overflow
OF love they brought tome.
-Rec. Theron Broi0n, in HdrpeI's Bazaar
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Ptarmigan From Iceland.

There have been landed at Granton By
the Danish mail steamer Laura, fro0
Iceland, 222 cases and casks containing
over 1900 braces of Iceland ptarmigan,
which are really white grouse, valued
only at G24S. During the severe snow
storms of winter the ptarmigan come
down from the mountainous regions OF
Iceland to the seacoast in quest of food,
where they fall easy victims to the hunts.
mans gun. Except during the nesting
season, there are practically no resrric-
tons as to the killing Of game. A con
siderable number of white hares were
also imported. Mall q 'zette.
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A Precious Pearl Necklace.

A few days ago, writes Eugene Field
in the Chicago Nelos, while strolling
through the Pincio, a public garden in
Rome, the keeper of a cafe found row
of pearls lying on the ground. They
were strung upon a broken string.
'Aha, " thought he, 81 shall please my
wife with these" So home he trudged
with them, and to his spouse he quoth:
81 should like to give you something
handsomer, but these will have to do"
"And what did you pay for theml" she
asked. ''Five francs" said ne. "You
paid enough, surely" said she, ''for
they are wretched imitation" Then the
poor fellow confessed that he had found,
not bought them. ''Faugh!" cried the
wife, ''Pll wear nothing which has been
cast off, " and she threw the bauble be-
hind her trunk.
BY the merest chance the husband read
in one of the public prints next morning
that the Princess OLYMPIA Doria d'Avella
had lost a row of pearls belonging to a
famous antique necklace. For the re-
turn of the treasure a reward of 1000
francs $4,000 would be paid. Then the
restaurateur (his name was Peppe) expis-
Gated the string of pearls from the rubbish
behind his wife's trunk and tookthe bundle
to the Palazzo Colonna, where the Prin-
cess lived. The Princess identified the
pearls as her lost treasures, and she
promptly and joyfully paid SigaorzRa1
1000 francs, who took -
in haunting his wife
stance that sRe-Aa
Which any Queen
The complete necE4
four rows of pearls, eac9ll
with a separate diamond elias
finest pearl necklace in Italy. Aside from
its intrinsic value of $50, 900, it was
treasured by the Princess as an heirloom,
having been in the family many genera
tons.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-27

The New York Press says: ave have
had another unhappy exhibition, this
time in Philadelphia, of the misfortune
attending American heiresses who marry
foreigners for their titles. The shame
less little Count di Montercole, who mar
ried Miss Knox. of Pittsburg; who choked
his bride in Paris because she would moi
give him money; and who has turned out
about as worthless a specimen or human
ity as can anywhere be found, placed
himself on a street corner in the Quaker
City and distributed circulars assailing
his wife and her friends. There was for
tunately law to reach the Count, and he
was hauled before the police court and
fined $50 for misdemeanor. The morrill,
cation Of the Countess over the reyela-
ton Of the utter absence Of manly quail
tiles in the man she married for a title
must be deep and painful. We should
not alinde to it but for the warming her
sad case contains to oti.ar American heir
esses MOTTO 20 and do likewise
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out of repair, and won't bring you 81.
Detroit Free Press.


WAR AvERTED.
''If you jab that umbrella in nv eve
again as you have done twice already, y
said the man in the brown overcost
fercely, you'll get broken head"
at was as much your fault as mine, y
retorted the man in the gray ulster. eff
you want to kick up any fuss about it
just sail in. Pm insured for $3.50
week in the Scrapper's lf-Protective
Mutual Association, and I'm aching for
broken head"
The man in the brown overcoat looked
sedly at the other. Evidences of a
were mental conflict were visible in his
SAGE At last he spoke:
''You're safe, he said. "I'm an agent
for that company. &c Chicago Tribune.
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A Wonderful Baby.

In 1921 there was born at Lubbock,
Germany, one of the most remarkable
characters ever known in the history of
the world, or, perhaps, that will ever be
known in all times to come, little Chris
tian Henry Heinecken, who could pro-
nou6ce every word contained in the Ger
man language when but nine and one
half months old.
When one year of age he knew all the
leading eEsSts in the EVgsIti's history a'.s
80 the Pentateuch as
siessors was supposed to
II text book. At four
- could give complete
zS~l11se il the Old and New
d estameS sat two yeas and SIX months
he could answer any question in geogra-
ply or ancient history.
He could hold conversation with the
learned savants in German, French, Latin
and Dutch when ending the third year Of
his life, which terminated few months
later BY his death in 1725. in tie fourth
year of his age.
In the few short weeks allotted TO him
little Henry was baby, boy, youth, man
and gray-beard, learning more in that
short time than many of the worlds
greatest personages have been able to
learn in the years of long life. Just
little while before his death he was called
before the King of Denmark, who
showed the little prodigy every mark Of
respect.
Returning to his native city he set
about studying the religions and learning
to write, which, added to his other
requirements, was too much for his deli
cate health, resulting in his death as
above mentioned.-St Louis Republic.
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A Tint Used in the Misty Past.

Artists and scientific men have long
wondered about the beautiful ''azzur-
rino" found in the ruins of Pompeii. NJ.
Fouque, the mineralogist, with a mix
ture of silicate of copper and of lime,
has now obtained the brilliant crystal
inc ''azure" of Pompeii. 1t is a tint per-
fectly Interchangeable, and identical with
the Alexandrian blue which was known
TO the Ptolemys, and imported into Italy
in the first years of the Christian era
Amateur Pt0toqrapher.
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The French Government has just given
most significant proof of its good will
toward Russia by communicating to the
Government Of the Gar the secret of its
smokeless powder. This powder is
largely made with sulphuric ether, i'm
ported from Germany; but the seczet
does not, of course, lie in that ingredient,
the use OF which is well known.
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An ALARMING Discovery.

Gus-"Why Algy, what IS he mat
teri Are you 'sick2"
Algernon-''No, my deah fdah, but
I'm heightened about myself. doctor
told me yesterday that the air pwes-
sing on me with a pwessure fifteen
pounds to the inch. That's atewwible
thing, and don't believe 1 cal stand it
much longerl'-Aunsey's Weely.
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A Cincinnati boy named Hanks has,
within the last year, shot two boys with
a pistol, broken $50 worth of window
glass, killed horse, set a building on
fire and drowned a girl by pushing her
into pond. No one suspected him of
being anything else but truly good until
he shot the last boy, which he did, he
SAYS, to see him iump.
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A POPULAR WORK.
:ook Agent-.uam introduing an.

Book Agent-''1am INTRODUCING anew
work.
Man of House-'1 don't CARGO see it,
sir"
at is entitled How to Para5ze Book
Agents, sir, and the price is So
"Cheap enough, sir; I'll TAXA copy.
Please call again when you bid another
new work for sale. Detroit zee Press.
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rHElorHERlrELIow ns1uREp.

Johnny-"Ma, Billy Bully broke an
arm to-day on thesscAoolhouse steps"
Mamma Well, perhaps that will cure
him of his desireito be fighting all the
time"
Johnny-"But iewasn't his arm. He
broke Harry Italians arm in fight. y.
Philadelphia Times.
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It was on the rear platform of a street
car as crowd was going home from the
theater.
''Let's see," unused man who was
jammed on the railing to the one on his
left, 'have we been introducedp
II think not. My name is Taylor"
"Ahl And mine is Porter. Mr.. Tay-
Tor, you are throwing time away trying
to get my watch. 1t is an fold one and