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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
A WOMAN LAWYER.

A futter Of mild but unusual excite
ment swept through the State Supreme
Court room, says the Milwaukee Sentiael,
when the case of Sutton vs.. Wegner
was reached shortly before the afternoon
recess. There was nothing unusual or
important in the character of the case to
attract any particular attention, but the
court room was crowded with prominent
legal lights, ambitious, youthful disciples
of Blackstone and a sprinkling Of the
fair sex, all piqued with curiosity to hear
the first lady lawyer who ever appeared
before the supreme trib1Ral OF that
State.
The lady was Miss Kate II. Pier,
daughter Of Colonel g. X. Pier, Of Mil
waukee. She graduated from the law
department of the State University only
two years ago. She seemed scarcely
more than girl as she sat among a group
OF her young college friends waiting for
her time to address the august body. A
wealth of black hair fell over her shoulders
in single cell, almost trailing to the
door, and added to the beauty of heF
Youthful complexion and handsome
features She was modestly attired IN
Adress Of black silk with bead trimmings.
When the ciorI- az 4bg case in which
she was interes6ost ~ young lady
took her seat an has S,fher attorneys
at the table ,l9Is ther Wese.'general awaken
Miss Piers al, ,fFakIent,was direct and to
the point and relieved OF all the super
iuities that frequently characterized the
verbose utterances ofthemoree experienced
attorneys of the other sex. She stated
her case unhesitatingly and frequently
turned to and cited authorities, showing
an acquaintance with law and degree of
self-possession that indicated that she
was truly in love with her profession.
At the conclusion of her address she was
cordially congratulated for the successful
impression she made, and among them
selves the lawyers We're unanimously of
the opinion that she made an exceedingly
strong and convincing argIment.-AII-
ioaukee Sentinel
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
The HORROR of CAYENNE.

Captain J. A Hooper, a well-known
sea captain, while sitting in the Aston
House rotunda yesterday, gave an inter-
esting account OF Cayenne, from which
place he had Just returned. In talking
about that far away spot, Captain Hooper
said:
Cayenne is in five degrees north lati-
tude, and close to the equator, and is a
very unhealthy place. 1t is known as the
Botany Bay for France, which many a
Frenchman has discovered to his sorrow.
To speak OF Cayenne to a French crimi-
nal viii strike terror to his heart, for once
sent there he can never return to this
country again, as the sentence in all cases
is for life. There are three thousa I'd
prisoners there, while on the island Of
Salut, off Cayenne, there are ten thou
sand and more
after a period: of good behavior,
prisoners get a sort of ticket-of-leave.
Among these ticket-of-eave men are some
of the wealthiest men of Cayenne, who,
when the prison bell tolls at night, are
obliged to walk to their cells.
1.-THE harbor is a very fine one, although
it is so shallow in many places that very
few large vessels can sail into it.
"There is hardly ever an escape from
the prison at Cayenne, as tile country is
mountainous and rugged to such degree
that it would be dangerous to make the
attempt Throughout the mountain passes
are to be found wild beasts and AKA
condas, the knowledge of which alone
prevents the prisoners from attempting 10
escape. For miles around, there are
rich gold mines, which are visited only
by those possessing the courage to brave
the dangers and deathly fevers and mala-
ria lurking near The Cayenne coloFed
men are often seen trudging along, their
big, brawny backs bending under a
heavy load of golden nuggets and other
valuables, gathered here and there along
the mountain side. The road to the
mines presents a ghastly sight, as here
and there along the way are to be seen the
skeletons of white men, who, inspired by
the stories of the golden-veined country,
sacrificed their lives in the chase for
wealth. Should company be organized
to prospect and mine the mountains of
Cayenne, the California days of '59 would
be nothing in comparison to the STAN
pede that would be made for the gold
fields of Cayenne. n-Ns1 York Star.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
Good Roads and Public Economy

The experienced traveller who finds
himself at the beginning of newly
mended road viii betake himself to the
nearest house and learn how far the i'm
provement extends; if for the distance
of ten miles, he viii then inquire by what
circuit, not exceeding fifteen miles in
length, he can escape fran the danger Of
the repairs. After a time nature mends
the damage done by the process Of recon
struction, and the journeyer may find"
once again a way tulerable, save where
the hill-sides are steep OF the ground wet
In the winter season such roads, at least
in the counties where the soils of a clayey
nature, are often practically impossible.
In such regions, after distressing expe-
rence of some decades, the peA7le find
themselves willing to turn over 10 a cor
poration the precious privilege of con-
trolling their highways A little knowl-
edge as TO the art of road-making, an ex-
penditure of not more labor than Is
normally given to the annual repair of
the roads, would in most cases have Sc
cured to the community about as good
roads as they obtain by the construction
of turnpikes In other words, our sys-
TEN of ignorant mismanagement in the
construction and maintenance Of rural
ways leads to vast and purposeless ex-
penditure If we take the misapplled
expenses of our country ways, if we count
at the same time the mere social advan-
tages which they bring to the people, it
Is probable that the sum of the road-tax
in this country is greater than that Of
our ordinary taxation. From some data
which 1 have gathered in my personal
experience with roads, I am inclined to
think that even in New England the cost
to the public arising from Ineffective
Jadways, as well as from the waste of
money expended on them, amounts to not
less than an average of so a year on each
household In this reckoning have in
cluded the loss of time and of transport
ing power of vehicles, the wear and ear
of wagons, carriages, and the beasts
which draw them 1t is probable that
the expenditure in this direction IS
greater than that which is incurred for
schools or any other single element OF
public interest. | am inclined, indeed,
to think that it comes near the sum OF
all our State and Federal taxation TO-
gether.-ScriJTlsr.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
PITH AND POINT.
Trade follows the march of the drum

Trade follows the march OF the drum
mer.
A counter organizatlon-A salesmen's
union
Does man take water when he liqui-
dates his debtsl
Very few persons can hold their own
on their first sea voyage.
It is worthy of mention that the kind
Of figures which won't lie are not enclosed
in tailor-made suits.
The only Office that has to seek the
man is the unsalaried one and which
brings no perquisites.
The young man never searches 70
notes in the eye of his lady love. HE'S
always looking for beams.
ssHe's such an exaggerator, 1 can:
swallow his stories" ats just $ we'll
They're not fresh. "-Baaaar.
Woman is lovely creatpe, and she
knows it, too, but she is aJ"ays willing
to be told of it once mele.-SoHerU'tSo
Journal.
The childish miss resents a kiss and
runs the other, way, but when at last
some years have passed, ITS different,
they say.
Things are seldom what they seem.
For instance, hand painted screen
For what we think is some dogs head
May prove lovely rose instead.
-Go0Gdlrs sun.
Patti is said to have made over ST.
600. 600 with her voice And yet men
are unreasonable enough to expect wo-
men to keep their mouths shut.-Ne'c
York Nelrs.
Boston Mother while the ball is at its
full high)-'.Is everything going smooth
", Janetl" Daughter--'Yes, mother;
the caterer has just opened the seventh
barrel of beans. Judge.
Now, Willie DEAR the mother said,
4 want to take this chance
To warn you that you mustn't use
The vulgarism pants
But ma replied the little son,
THE word expresses facts
Without it l could never tell
You how our doggie acts"
Merchant Traveller
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
What Causes Thunder 2

Ask this question to twenty persons
chosen at random, and probably no two
answers will be alike in any important
particular. The general idea on the sub
iect will be found to be vague and IN
certain. One of the most terse and con
else descriptions Of the natural phenome-
non is that given by Mr.. Him. He
says:
The sound which Is known as thunder
is due simply to the fact that the all
traversed by an electric spark that is, a
fash of ightning-is suddenly raised to
very high temperature, and has its vol
ume considerably increased The col
umn Of gas thus suddenly heated and
expanded is sometimes several miles long.
and as the duration of the flash is not
even a millionth of second, 1t follows
that the noise bursts forth at once from
the whole column, though, for an OBJ
server in any one place, it commences
where the lightning is at the least dis
lance.
In precise terms, according to NJ
Him, the beginning OF the thunder clap
gives us the minimum distance of the
lightning, and the length of the thunder
clap gives US the length of the column
He also remarks that when flash of
lightning strikes the ground, it is not
necessarily from the place struck that the
first noise is heard. Again, he points out
that a bullet whistles in traversing
the air, so that We can, to a certain ex-
tent, follow ITS flight, the same thing also
happening with falling meteorite just
before striking the earth. The noise
actually heard has been compared to the
sound produced when one tears linen. 1t
is due really to the fact that the air rap
idly pushed on one side in front of the
projectile, whether bullet or meteorite,
quickly rushes back to fill the gap LETT in
tho rear
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
A Railway Tie Nursery.

A queer phase of railway industry is a
railroad tie nursery near the town of
Darlington, Kan, in the southern part of
the State. 1t is the largest artificial
plantation of forest trees in North
America and is owned by the Southern
Pacific The different sections have been
planted, respectively, two, four and six
years. one-fourth is planted with the
ailantus, the rest with catalpas and a
few white ash Those first planted are
about twenty-five feet in height, the last
about twelve. Some of the taller are
about seven inches through the stem.
There are in all about 10000 trees in
full vigor on these plantations. Out o.
these trees viii come the railway ties Of
ihe future,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
WHEN SNOW IS ON THE oRouNl

WHEN SNOW IS ON THE GROUND
Just now the happy butterflies are dascine
in the sun,
Without thought that by and by nth
pleasure they'll be done;
They kiss each bud and flower and they tirs
with every breeze,
Their whole existence one brief hour Of LAP
pirsss and ease
The while the wise, industrious ant IS wofk.
ing with a will,
As day by day her winters store she strives
to amply fill;
And if we gain no wisdom from this lesson as
profound,
Wen regret it when the weather's cold and
snow is on the ground
In summer time when work abounds and
everything's alive,
When all the bees are bringing in the honey
to the hive,
With birds a-singing everywhere and flow
ers all in bloom,
And beauty dancing in the air without
shade of gloom,
Then we forget that Of our wealth we ought
TO lay away
a little sinking fund with which to meet
rainy day.
We spend our salary freely then and throw
our wealth around,
SUIT its different when the weather's cold
and snow is on the ground.
Chicago Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
FASHION NOTES.

The new hats are large, but'the bon
nets are low and small.
Astrakhan, seal and plush; are to be
used for coat trimmings.
There is no doubt that Scotch plaids
will be popular this autumn.
Box turbans with velvet facings are
sold among untTimmedihats.
Rough wool goods have the prefer
ence over smooth this season.
Black gloves with white stitching are
again popular for street>wear.
Very full sleeves are not made on :
garment to be used in the street
Jackets are from six to eight inches
longer than they were last season.
In choosing black grain silk select
a thick cord, fiat rather'than round.
Chlldren's clothes are not simple this
year, but they are tasteful and pretty.
Two and even three kinds of fur may
be seen the present season in a single
garment.
Beaver will be extensively used during
the winter for trimming street garments
for little children
The Incroyable coat, inadark CLOTH
with contrasting lapels, vest iand cuffs, IS
being adopted by the ladies.
French washing cheviot is new
material, which is particularly designed
for utility gowns and children's COS
TUNES.
Tan, russell and gray are the popular
color in street gloves, and for evening
delicate tans and sand color are the
favored shades.
The newer boas of fur are partly fiat,
instead of round, as year ago, and they
are sometimes added to fur collars or
small shoulder capes.
Plaitings at the foot of Sress skirts are
but little used. SomotA6es a band of
velvet or of wide ribbon * placed at :he
foot of the foundation SKIRT.
Some of our young ladies are reviving
an old fashion in Undressing. Little
curls are clustered at each side of his
head, being kept in place by side combs
uith fancy tops, the rest of the hair
lSsing oombed upward, and pleated or
coisd in crown at the top of the head.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Fear naturally quickens the fight o
guilt.
knowledge is more than equivalent tc
force.
What cannot be required is not to be
regretted.
Though matrimony may have some
pains, celibacy has few pleasures.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is
sometimes better than the dinner.
The happiness of love is in action; its
test is what one is willing to do for
others.
If We will stand boggling at imaginary
evils, let US never blame horse for
starting at a shadow.
The heart is ike the tree that gi=-.
balm for the wounds of man only when
the iron has pierced it.
By INDUCING this fretful temper you
ALLEVIATE those on whose affection much
of your comfort depends.
Success soon pals. The joyous time
- Mutu lAlI blNGLG lLSl 81 AhNo NOul SdiAas
and the waters rustic under your bows
All of US who are worth anything
spend our manhood in unlearning the
follies or expiating the mistakes OF our
youth.
There is a great many duties, and we
have to balance their claims as best We
can. It will not do always to choose
our favorites.
would rather have trusted the refine
ment of our language, as to sound, to
the Judgment of the women than to half
witted poets.
Civility, intended to make Us easy, is
employed in laying chains and letters
upon US, in debarring US of our wishes,
and in crossing our most reasonable de-
sires.
The independence of character,
founded upon an honest conviction, will
not be disturbed at the envious spirit of
contempt by which some people betray
their own conceit.
OF all the passions, jealousy is that
which exacts the hardest service, and
pays the bitterest wages. Its service is
to watch the success of our enemy; its
wages to be sure of it.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
No Wore PennsrIrania Dutch.

In twenty-five or thirty years, if not
| before, the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect
will be to all intents and purposes dead
language. There have been very great
changes during the last ten or fifteen
years and the rapidity with which they
are taking place is being accelerated
every year. This is noticeable in the
churches, in the newspapers, in the
language of business, in intercourse with
the people and in the increased facility
with which one who does not understand
the dialect can make himself understood
wherever he goes. When the Presby-
terian Church was founded in Reading
about half a century ago, il was desc
chiefly because there re few peel
who wanted to have .nnish preae5o ul
and the only way to hive It was to found
new church. Nov there are only three
or four out of forty churches where the
services are conducted in the German
language.
A score of years ago there was a serious
split in the Trinity Lutheran Church, the
largest in the city, because some of the
members wanted one service each week
in English. Now and for long time
past all the services in that church have
been in English. In the country all the
young people who come up for ''confr-
nation" have been taught the catechism
in English, and where they have not
already been granted it they are clamor-
ing for English services IN the churches,
and all the old style preachers who have
been accustomed to delivering German
sermons all Of their lives find that they
must begin to yield a little to the new
demands or sacrifice their usefulness and
popularity. Every parent who is ambi-
tious FOR his children desires that they
shall learn to speak English, every young
man and woman feels that to do so is a
much desired accomplishment, and there
are few of the younger generation who
are not able to understand and carry on
conversation in the language of the coun-
try, though IN their homes and in their
ordinary business they may use the
Pennsylvania Dutch.
In Reading the language of the street,
of the store and of all public places is
English, and Pennsylvania Dutch is sell
dom heard except in some of the outer
wards. 1t is still, of course, desirable
that clerk or a conductor Of great re-
tail store should be able to talk Pennsyl-
vania Dutch, but it IS No longer abso-
lutely necessary, and it is becoming less
SO every year. Out in the boroughs and
larger villages more and more English is
being constantly heard, the English
newspaper is everywhere seen, and in
every possible direction the old language
is losing its hold and English is being
substituted. -NetO York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
French Politicians.

According to a French arithmetician,
IT'S members of the last French chamber
were thin, while only 81 we're fat, and
the remainder were betwixt and between ;
1S4 deputies were tall, 121 small and the
rest of middle size. AS to hair and
whiskers, 131 wore boards, while SIS were
shaver; 173 sperted the manly mustache,
while IS favored ''mutton chop Thiskers
a la NJ. Jules Ferry. Finally, 1873 were
smokers, and 1879 abstained from the use
Of tobacco.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10

Visitor Cooking at the photograph
album -''You have fne-looking family
of boys, Mr.. Bilkerson. And they all
seem to have turned out remarkably well.
This IS Hiram, isn't it?'
Mr. Biikerson proudly)-'.Yes, that's
Hiram. Hes in the theatrical line. Gets
$3.50 week for merely doing a little
speciality business and singing what they
call topical song. Hiram's u good deal
of a genius. That next one is Christie
pher. Hes the Vice-President and man
ager of il baseball club Made $4,000 out
of it last year, and didn't turn his hand
over. The one on the next page is
Oliver He owns the fastest PAGER in any
fourteen counties around here. Built a
fine brick house out of what he made
with the animal last year and the
year before. Yes, my boys are doing
pretty we'll Come out with me to the
barn. /"
visitor-''But you have another son,
haven't you?"
Mr.. Bilkerson Greluctantly)-"Ye-e-s.
His names Gabriel He's a professor of
Greek, OF theology, or something of that
sort in a college. Gabe is a good enough
fellow in his way, but he doesn't seem
to get ahead Come out to the barn,
Mr.. Swackhammer, 1 want to show you
my new span OF grays. - Chicago Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
poN,r you Gaze.

What are you crying about, little mani
You have hard lesson, you say2
Well, therei Don't you care,
That's no sad affair,
Yol are bound to have those in your day.
Be brave, little man, hard work is your plan
You'll come out all right don't you care.
What are you grumbiing about, bushes
mani
lame Fortune is frowning, you sayf
Well, therel Don't you care,
Just act on the square,
Shs's sure to smile on you some day.
Rel'ining, my man, isa very poor plan.
YOU'RE going to succeed, don't you care.
What are you sorrowing for. aged mani
Your end is approaching, you sayP
Well, therel Don't you care,
You have no time to scare,
Prepare for your journey away
Have peace, weary man, IT'S part of Gods
plan,
You are safe in His hand, don't you care.
Frank B. ITelch, in Detroit Free Press
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10
QUEEy v1croRIA A JouI.NA11sr.

We are pleased to learn that Her
Majesty is a journalist, says the Toronto
Globe, the sphere of her activity being
that amiable and respectable journal, the
Court Circular. This is in many respects
a model paper; it has never been sued
for libel, expresses no strong partisan
views; in fact, no views at all, and it
confines itself to a strictly accurate ac-
count of the walks, rides and other move
ments of the various members of the
royal family. Her Majesty possesses
upon these points a large fund of exclu-
sive information, and the result is that
the Court Circular scoops the big Lon
don dailies several times a week.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10

Edison is preparing to unveil new
wonders in the world Of invention. He
says in an interview; u think it posi-
bic that men who are talking through
telephones may see each other as well as
hear each others voices. They may see
the expressions of countenanees, see the
other fellow laugh over a good joke, for
instance. It viii be as though you saw u
mans face in a mirror. It can be done
only through short distances, say within
the limits Of a city and its suburbs, 1
think lam quite cure it can be done as
matter Of scientific accomplishment, but
whether it can be made commercially
practicable is another thing. do not
know yet, but I shall try TO lind out"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10

The inhabitants of Yulcano, little
island in the Mediterranean just north Of
Sicily, have abandoned their homes il.
disgust and say they will never return,
This resolution is the result OF the mis-
conduct Of the volcano, which is Httlg
more than a hole in the ground forming
crater quarter Of a mile deep. This
volcano has been the only curiosity Of
the place, and as long as it contente6
itself with emitting vapors and stearl,
which it did necessarily, it was quite a
tolerable volcano. But for twelve months
past it has been scattering lava and ashes
all over the island, which is nov little
more than heap of ruins, and the vol
cano shows no signs of any intention TO
abate its pernieious activity. The people
who have been driven away have had all
they want Of volcanoes unless waFrpnt,d
to be extinct
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-10

An the new cruises are receiving ap-
propriate christening gifts from the cities
in whose honor they are named. Boston
presented her namesake with set of
colors, Chicago hers with a service of
silver plate, and Philadelphia is getting
ready library Baltimoreis gift is not
Jet announced. but it viii unquestionabIy
be something novel and good. as the
Maryland city never does such things by
halves. Come to think OF it, though,
remarks the Washington Star, if this sort
of thing keeps on and the navy grows
apace, what room for originality of choice
VIII there be by the time the list gets
down to Spokane Falls aud Kalamazoo
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now. Come closer; I can't see you very
well. There's a mist before my eyes. I
want Jessie to kiss me. F"
The sister threw her arms about his
neck, and kissed him over again. Then
he turned to Ada Musgrove.
'If were going to live, should not
ask il" he said; ''but you used to kiss me-
long ago, Ada. VIII you kiss me now,
my dear, just once more2"
She took him in her arms.
"God is very merciful," he said;
"more merciful than man. Perhaps we
shall meet again, darling"
These were the last words he ever said.