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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
Keeplng Farm ACCOUNT.

Mr.. j. Bennett writes TO the Indiana
Farmer that every person engaged in
agricultural pursuits should by all means
keep regular book in which is noted
down every transaction. A book Is of
just as much importance to the farmer as
ii is 10 the merchant, or to the man in
any other class of business, for that
matter. Unless we know exactly what
money we have paid out or taken in we
are running on very uncertain, hap
hazard kind of plan. MIR. Bennett says
he knows of a rather distressing case in
point. There was settlement of heirs
few years ago. All seemed to be settled
satisfactorily. Lately, for some cause,
one of the heirs is accus ed of owning
note of Sl00. and it IVES limited that he
made away with the note, though he is
sure the note was paid fifteen or more
years ago, and can prove It by one wit
ness. Still, how consollng il would be II
the accused could produce neat ac-
count book, with plain and complete
statement of facts. He would feel COM
pensated for the time spent in putting
down accounts for a score of years.
Farmers, continues Mr.. Bennett, should
by all means keep strict account Of
every farm transaction.
p To this the editor of the Farmer adds
his full Endorsement of Mr.. Benefits
position. 1t is an easy thing, he says,
to iot down items of expense, agree
ments. appointments, etc., in pocket
memorandum, aud any one who has kept
such book from year to year will testify
to the fact that it pays many times over
for the little time and trouble. At
leisure moment when there Is nothing
else to do the pocket memorandum notes
may be transferred to larger and better
book for preservation through all time to
noma
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
A MARVEL OF CHEAPNEss.

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering such
questions may be asked by our subscribers,
witch may be of general information. Inquiries
of personal character that require answer by
mail should always have stamps incloSed. Please
give full name and postofice address, in addi-
ton to any such signature Subscriber - or
"A. G. D. not for publication, but to enable
US to communicate promptly with the inquirer.
Parties desiring answers by mail must inclose
stamp for return postage.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
A Horse Book Wanted.

VIII You please lie. me know through THE
GAZETTE II there is published anywhere book
giving full instructions for keeping and training
horaes for the turf? If there Is snch book in
formation from you as to where might obtain
it and at what price would be thankfully re-
ceived. READKR.
Crwoley. Texas.
The Orange Judd company Of New
York, publish standard work of the
kind named. We cannot now remember
the price. You could obtain full particu-
lars by addressing them Is follows:
"Orange Judd Company, Publishers
American Agriculturist. New York
City,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
A Cook Book Free.

To every subscriber of the Weekly Ga.
ZETTE wins sends us 81 .25 IN cash we will
send the Weekly GAZETTE ono year and
the Household Cook Book. 3l5 pages,
bound in cloth. In ordering paper
please mention this offer. Send Sl25
and address THE GAZETTE,
Fort Worth. Tex.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04

The Philadelphia Sugar Beet says:
sThose interested in the sugar question
in Texas appear to be determined that
the industry of the state shall have an
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
A Curious Oil.

A well of mineral oil was recently dis
covered near Bowling Green, Ky, by
Ebenezer Cathcart, owner of "a truck gar
den, while boring for water. It is 50
clear as to be nearly transparent, of a
beautiful pale pink color, and, while en-
tirely odorless when cold, if heated
highly emits most delicious odor, re-
sembling somewhat altar of roses, though
more delicate and subtle. An experiment
was tried with small quantity to test
its burning properties, when it was
found to burn slowly and steadily, giving
a soft, clear, lambert flame, shedding a
faint rose-colored light and filing the
air with penetrating fragrance.
When the oil was consumed, at the
bottom of the vessel was sound deposit
of a number of hard, minute particles,
looking like grains of fine stone-colored
sand, which exploded on being placed in
water, with incredible violence when the
size of the particles is taking into consid-
Grafton. The oil and its precipitate are
now being carefully analysed and expert
mented with by the chemists here, whose
opinion as to their properties IS being
anxiously waited for, for the beauty of
the light the oil gives, its delicious per-
-flne and the highlEexplosive quality of
the precipItate lett all SIAM Ia issi-s. 20
discovery of immense value to the scien-
tifc if not to the commercial world
Philadelphia Times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
The Lion Tanners Secret.

The boldest individuals, says London
paper, who put their heads two or three
times day into the lions mouth, have
told me that the best way to withdraw it
from the gulf is, first of all, not to open
the mountaineering with this expert
ment, and, secondly, to perform 1t with
great nerve. Nerve, that is the great
secret of the lion tamer-the sole cause OF
his authority over his beasts. When he
has studied a subject for some time, en-
dsavoring to master its character-and
among the higher animals the character Is
very individual, very aceentuated-one
morning the man walks quietly into the
cage. He must astonish the beast and
overawe him at once As to the training,
it consists-and here I quote the words
of an expert in such matters-in com
manding the lion to perform the exercises
which please him-that is to say, make
him execute from fear OF the whip those
leaps which he would naturally take in
his wild state.
There is one fact which no one would
suspect that it is easier to train an adult
hon taken in a snare than an animal boru
in menagerie. The lion of the booth
is in the same position as sporting dogs
which play much with children; they are
soon spoiled for their work. Pezon pos
sesses five or six lions which he has
brought up by hand. As a rule they live
with the staff of the menagerie on terms
of perfect familiarity. but this frequently
leads to tragic accidents. Lions, ever
lions in fair, will devour a man in fine
style. Can say that the fear of such an
aeosdsnt Is ever sufficiently strong te
make me pause on the Threshold of
menagerie9 No. 1 cherish, and like
me, you also cherish the hope that some
day perhaps we may see a hon-tamei
eaten. This contingency sometimes oc-
ours, in fact more often than is usually
supposed. For instance, without leaving
the Pezon menagerie, it is not year
since the proprietor narrowly escaped be-
ing devoured by his bear Groom, at
Chalons-sur-BIarne. He would have per-
ished if his son, Adrian Pezon, had not
thrown himself, saber in hand, between
the two combatants and killed the bear
on the spot.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
Crowned Queen Alter Death.

The is no more remarkable page In all
history, says tie st. Louis RePH5lic, than
the one which tells OF the browning of
Inez de Castro's feshless skull as Queen
of Portugal She had been married clan
destinely to young Don Pedro, and was
murdered three years later by assassins
instigated by her father-in-law. When
the young Don heard of her death he wa
beside himself with grief and rage. pie
of the assassins fell into his handoId a
suffered rrible torture, whic,, ~
ended by their hearts being Fe1y th
while they were yet alive. Wee. VINE
came TO the throne few yesn
had the bones of Inez taken from -s.,e-
grave, placed upon magnificent throne,
robed in royal purple, and actually
crowned Queen of Portugal. The COURT
was summoned and compelled to do hef;
homage, just as if she were real Twin =.
Queen. One feskless hand held the seer
tire and the other the orb ofroyalty. Gao
the second night of this weird ceremo+a
the heshless Queen was borne before
grzntr rurfsr-t s,-----s- y; Fly.
miles, each person holding a tory
Living in her rich robes, her crown upon
her grinning skull, in a chariotdfawu 6y
twenty coal-blaasf mules, Queen Inez,
the only queen who never knew her royal
station, was driven to the royal abbey
of Alcobaca, where the bones were in
TERED with as much pomp as though she
had died but yesterday. The monument
erected to the Queen, who was never a
Queen during life, is still to be seen in
the abbey, standing near the one erected
to her loyal husband, PEDRO the Just.p
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
nLirev and ahead, Irorr.

There is ivory and ivory, as learned
while talking with William Cooper, who
spent two years on the Congo River. The
so-called Give ivory is the quality most
sought after, because it retains an elastic
ity which is not common to the "dead"
ivory. The distinction between them is
that the latter is taken from skeletons of
elephants who have died anatural death,
leaving their bones to bleach in the ele-
ments. Either is valuable enough, sin
gle tusk of live ivory on exhibition in
Fourteenth street being worth $500. It
weighs something over one hundred
pounds. For ornaments the dead ivory
answers as well as the other, so that it is
at a discount of only twenty or twenty
five per cent. For billiard balls the dead
ivory will not answer at all, because it
lacks elastic qualities. Mr.. Cooper says
that Africa Is full of the dead ivory, be-
cause up to the present time traders have
confined themselves to buying live ivory,
as it cost them no more and would bring
them higher price, but he predicts that
as the supply of tusks that have been
taken from freshly killed beasts becomes
less, dead ivory will become great and
profitable African commodity.-Aelo
York Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
safeguards at the Bank of England.

The Bank of England doors are now so
finely balanced that clerk, by pressing
a knob under his desk, can close the out
er doors instantly, and they cannot be
opened again except by special process.
This is done to prevent the daring and
ingenious unemployed of the great me-
tropolis from robbing this famous institu-
ton. The bullion department of this and
other great English banking establish
ments are nightly submerged in several
feet of water by the action of machinery.
In some of the London banks the bullion
departments are connected with the man.
ayers sleeping rooms, and an entrance
cannot be effected without setting off an
alarm near that persons head. If dis
honest official, during either day OF
night, should take even as much as one
from a pile of thousand sovereigns, the
whole pile would instantly sink and
pool of water take its place, besides let
ting every person in the establishment
know of the theft Tines Democrat,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01

A lecturer that had TOR several minutes
harangued his audience on the beauties
of politeness, was interrupted by man
who arose and said:
''That's all very well, Cap-mighty
fine talkin', an all that, but in this town
politeness don't pay"
''You are mistaken, sir, t" the lecturer
answered, "politeness pays in any and
all towns"
''No, you are wrong" the interrupter
persisted, sit don't pay here. III tell
you why. For some time I have been
eating at a lunch-counter round yonder,
and noticed that every man sat up to
the counter~>with his hat on, and as I
wasn't brought up+Aatway, 1 concluded
to take my hat off, and I did So"
s'Wen, but did any one objecti" the
lecturer asked.
sob, no, there was no objection, but,
you see, some fellow stole my hat. y
Arkansa,0 Tra1eler.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01

Scan you," remarked the gentleman
from Boston to the gentleman from CHI
cago, ''give me your views on current
artl" Certainly; with pleasure, :" was
the answer. "a currant tart is a mighty
good thing. The crust should be made
very short and the currant jelly
But here the gentleman from Chicago
was met with cold and pallid stare for
an instant. A copy of Browning dropped
on the floor, pair of gold-rimmed
spectacles lay at his feet, there was a
rush of flying footsteps, followed by
hoarse cry from the deck of the Lake
Michigan steamer OF ''AIan overboardln
And the gentleman from Boston had
vanished.-Ps0riG (IH.) Transcript.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01

in the moonlight. Presently the sneP-
herd stopped in front of the hut, and
came, with hesiSating and irresolute
step, towards the door. He entered
slowly, and, STOPPING down upon his
hands and knees, crawied stealthly to the
chair on which my coat was handing; ne
put his hand in tde breast pocket and
drew forth the flask of liquor. And now
he seemed beWildered, as if some strange
emotion had seized upon him, and then
fell upon his knees as if in prayer. Sud-
denly he seemed to rouse himself, and,
instead of drinking ihe liquor, placed
the flask untouched back in the pocket
of the coat; then stretching himself on
the floor, with an apparent air of COM
fort and satisfaction, went of to sleep.
The whole proceeding so haunted me that
il was broad daylight before closed
my eyes. When 1 awoke, the sun was
high in the heavens. It must have been
midday. My host had prepared break
fast-some bread freshly baked, tea, and
salt beef. He seemed quite calm, and
had lost the nervous, wearied look that
was noticeable the evening before. At
ter our meal, he spoke freely of the
nights proceedings to me. told him I
had seen all that had taken place. 81
thought perhapsit might be SO, said he.
1.-The old craving came upon me again,
so strong too,-but if ever prayed for
strength it was then. Well, at that mo-
ment there was hand laid on my head;
a calmness came over me that had not
felt for years; and when I returned the
flask to your pocket knew then, IS
know now, that another drop of liquor
viii never pass my lips; and, as God is
my judge, believe it was the angel hand
of my dead wife that rested on my fever
ish head. It's all over now, thank
heaven, and can leave this lonely place
and return to the world again with safe
ty."
1 started to ride for the home station;
the shepherd walked some distance by
the side of my horse, and at last we
shook hands and parted. I looked back
after time, and in the distance saw his
tall figure against the sky, waving his old
straw hat to me, while the faithful dog
by his side was looking up into his face
and wagging that expressive tail
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Truth lies in character.

Truth lies in character.
Every sorrow is partly wrath.
To be content is not to be satisfied.
No one ought to be satisfied with the
imperfect.
Let the burden of your table be part
of your religion.
Live leisurely, unless you are anxious
to die in hurry.
No man can live happy with an un-
happy digestion.
It is easy for man to be a model hus-
band when he has no wife.
In asking for an impossible thing you
only waste additional time.
Did you ever see a boy go out at a gate
when he could climb fencel
Bride the appetite with reason and
save the stomach a toss in the ditch.
Some men must have new friends every
month in order to have any friends at
all.
A lazy appetite bothers the rich MAJ
more than an active one does the poor
man.
ofaH the sciences none is more essen
tial to the welfare of humanity than
cookery.
If some men succeed only in raising
big, overhanging mustache they are
satisfied.
There never was man so humble Or
obscure that his biography would not be
interesting.
Whenever we vary from the highest
rule of right, just so far we do an injury
to the world.
It is the wonder of a pretty woman's
life that her husband does not realize
that he is envied.
The wise carry their knowledge as they
do their watches. not for display, but
for their own use.
1t is only on the first trip that he takes
away from home that man writes
''notes by the way"
Some men are kept so busy blushing
for others that they have no time left to
blush for themselves.
If the room is too warm. and you open
the door, every man who comes in will
think it his duty to close it.
Not to give thanks that We are better
off than others, but to make some others
better off than others-that is the impulse
of grateful soul.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
The SonaIs.

The Somals are s'kittle cattle" to deal
with. Armed to the teeth with spears.
daggers and clubs, they are equally skill
full and reckless in the use of them. The
men live to fight and to talk; what work
gets done is done by the women. Tribal
wars are incessant; sanguinary social
quarrels are of everyday occurrence, and
if death seldom ensues, it is because the
clansmen on either side are jealous to
separate the combatants before the fine
for homicide, borne in common by the
relatives of a manslayer, is incurred.
Camel driving is almost the only form of
masculine industry, yet it does not ap-
pear that time hangs heavy on the Soma's
handse- Undressing and dyeing Cfor he
anybody al V Of it; and aY his poF
f ISSrses, sheep or9ustible Ioquacify is
sm 0a1 Saba f sg@ss 9i 1i Be- de.
da in readi5 GalIns. 4. Although
Hahd. traces of a prior
.-cARDUIfo-, ! tish-eating people
:, -; " female DISEASE, they have prob
'OtIce.- ,sent territory for
Through the ex-
icL PANTS trading to
full line worry, the Somals
81 err Groceries. Nv S,o'p nmen 81 s soms
o., Hrst-class fgnifed ''sagum
"Ad my poIio ST present national
give 81, 10 ,.he most purely
O,U III Value S--L-autside the
ooti and caa IIary- tv-V----4---r-
Remey,L sec NE eos-e, of stobe,"
OF 81 pflae,-. N cloth printed,
oS wl "a with q crimson border) two
bread tide aud some twelve feet long,
draE graceful folds about the body
and ed on the left shoulder San.
dals worn on the feet, strings of
gaud ads about the neck, amulets in
The F. suitable situations for warding
of u ind1enoes. The physiognomy
Of tlli ssple is of high type, debased
By the $ratality of ages The color of
thsir skin runs tirough all the shades of
brown Their figures are tall and slender,
yet strong and well poised. They are
often skilled in horsemanship and adopts
in elephant hunting, yet, through dig
nifty or laziuess, employ low-caste tribes
armed with poisoned arrows, to bring
down their Edinburgh Rsoie,O.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01


Don't go to the theatre lecture or ball,
But stay in your room tonight;
Deny youself to the friends that call
And good long letter write
Write to the sad OldfoIks at home,
Who sit, when the day is done,
With folded hands and downcast eyes
And think of theabsent one.
Don't selfshly scribble. Excuse my haste,
I've scarcely the time to write"
Lest their brOOding thoughts go wandering
back
To many by-gone night,
When they lost their needed sleep and rest.
And every breath was prayer
That God would leave their little babe
To their tender love aud care
Don't think that the young and giddy
friends
Who make your pastine gay,
Have half the anxious thoughts for you
That the old folks have to-day.
The duty of writing do not put of,
Let sleep or pleasure wait,
Lest the letter for which they waited and
longed
Be day or an hour too late
For the sad old folks at home,
With locks fast turning white,
Are longing to hear of the absent one
So write them a letter tonight
Portland 0reqoniaa.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
Dream Science.

Even Dreamland seems to have secrets
for the scientific explorer. An examina-
ton of some 1000 of his own dreams has
given Dr. julius Nelson, of New York,
some interesting results. 1t was found
that the dreams of evening usually fol-
low greai fatigue-physical or mental
and are associated with the events of the
day. Ills is also true of night dreams,
which, however, have more of terrify-
ing element. The pleasantest and most
remarkable dreams are those Of the morn
ing, wha the brain being rested, fancy
works freely and actively. The vivid
ness of Dr.. Nelson's dreams fuctusted
regularl! in periods of tweuty-eight days,
and alsoyaried with the seasons, 80 that
the dreams of December were very vivid
and thOs of March and April least dis
tinct.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
Horses That Wear RnstIes.

"Did you ever see horses that wore
bustles, just like womanln asked DR..
Henry Wilson, who is Just back from
Kentucky. "John Hughes showed
pair of horses in a buggy that he had
been offered $500 for. and asked $4,000.
They took the blue ribbon, aud knew
every gait that a horse ever made. These
horses wore bustles all the as, except
when on the road. When pat in their
stalls wire hustle, just such as a lady
wears, only smaller, was put under the
tail and held there by a strap. This
made the horse throw the tail from the
body and give it style in action. Many
horses in Kentucky wear bustles. 1t Is
regular trade about Lexington to buy
likely handsome horse from the country
for $500 to $500 and educate him to all
the gaits, and give him STYLE, speed him
up little, and sell him fora thousand or
so. ATLANTA Constitution
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
- LOVE Isl Ike a soNc.

Ny love is not like any flower;
For flowers live but day,
And many a ons but for an hour.
Then dying, fades away;
But my sweet love is like a song.
That sinks into the heart
And fingers there 50 very long.
It most becomes a part.
Mylovs is not like any star;
For stars but shine at night
And then It's only from afar
That stars appear 50 bright;
But my sweet love is like a song,
That hrightens all the dly,
Thatrolls the wheels Of Time along,
Aud drives the night away.
Ny love is not like anyone
That mighty pens have made.
Like no fair image meath the sun,
No bird in field or glade;
But my sweet love is like song.
Alike to hut and throne
A glorious thing before th,ithrong,
Asweet mild thing alorle.
Frank Lesiie's Popular Monthly,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01

Prosecuting Attorney-"Gentlemen OF
the jury, look at the prisoner. See his
wandering eye, note his nervous move
ments, his cringing look, his hang-dog
expression. Do you not see before you a
manso full of guilt that he has for years
been in hourly fear that the dread blow
would comet"
Prisoner-''Please, sir, got that way
living in a fat and trying not to offend
the janitor"
The Jury (without leaving the box
''Not guilty."-Ne,0 York Weekly.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-01
The CoMcateher.

It is said that the common cow
catcher attachment to locomotives is
about the only article of universal use
that has never been patented. Its in
ventor was D. B. Davies, of Columbus,
who found his model in the pillow. Red
lights on the rear of trains, it is further
said, were adopted at the suggestion of
the late Mrs. Swisshelm, after railway
accident in which she had a narrow
sscspe.-Parker (Kan.) Paos.