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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
CAST ASIDE.

No one had ever accused Agnes Warne
of being nervous person, and she had
been, on the contrary, noted for her
GOODNESS, the composure with which she
could hear and calmly dismiss the most
eloquent and imprisoned lovers, and the
apparent hardness of her heart. The
beauty that had made her the undisputed
belle Of two seasons was of the statuesque
order, perfect of form and feature, cold
and yet winning, for she was without
fortune, and yet had suitors who adored
her.
It was nine days wonCsr when she
allowed her engagement to Gardiner
Lawrence TO be announced. Gardiner
Lawrencel A man of genius. an artist,
but man whose total assured income
was six hundred dollars year, and who
had yet to climb up the ladder to fame
or fortune. True, he was a handsome
man, with a ready flow of conversation,
had travelled and read, and had dark ewes
that many a woman had sighed to have
look tenderly upon her. Yet that Agnes
Warne could marry poor man, an artist
yet unknown to fame, was a marvel to
those who knew her best.
/ have SAID she was not nervous per
son, yet on one December evening, when
her engagement was six months old. she
was idgeting about in the parlor of her
aunt's house, as restless as if every nerve
IN her body was unstrung. She paced
up ard down ths room, she struck a few
chords on the piano, she read a page in
the last new novel, and every moment
she glanced at the clock. As it struck
eight in silyery tones, the doorbell rang,
and few moments later Gardiner Law
renee entered the room.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

A crest outcry has been raised 10
Swiss Canton Tessin against the prevail
enee there of bribery al elections. The
political workers are constantly Taeking
their brains to devise new means Of buy
ing votes. The Mayor Of a small city
near Locarno recently, while running FOL
reelection, invited every man who would
promise to vote for him to eat and drink
at his expense for three months at certain
specified taverrs. The success of hii
plan IS shown by the fact that he was re-
elected and that his bills at the taverns in
question amounted to $500. Votes
bought in the old-fashioued way cose
from twenty cents to s. each. Even thu
clergy arc said to bribe electors right
and left.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
HAMLET LEFT OUT.

Jones, who is Observation-Disclosures
itself, entered shoe store the other day
and asked the attendant to measure his
son and heir for pair of congress gait
ers.
'But where is he, sirr' asks the shop
man.
"Why, lrat the boy y eexciaims Jones,
wdSf6g up ann CHANGING around, iii
haven't gone and left him to hunt
Judge.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
THE LArEsr FE,I1vrNE rrArp.

Two young and pretty women entered
a Broadway car, each carrying in her
arms little parcel IN the most tender
and motherly fashion. So soGcitous were
they over their respective parcels that a
lullaby seemed almost bursting from their
lips. They were not nurse girls, so they
must be mothers, although It was appar-
ent they were young mothers, and very
handsome ones withal. Half dozen
men jumped up to offer them seats. The
girls giggled as they sat down-and no
wonder, for the bundles they carried in
such a motherly fashion had been deity
improvised, under a sudden inspiration,
to represent babies. There was little of
them except a crook of the arm and a
lace handkerchief to cover a suggestions
babe, but enough to deceive a poor, trust
full man. The giggle was general, for
the girls had obtained seats on new and
original plan.-Neio York World.
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travelling lady companion)-"Have you

travelling lady companion)-"Have you
any children, MADAME"
eyes sir; a son.
''Ah, indeed Does he smoker 7
''No, sir; he has never as much as
touched cigarette" 4
$50 much the better, madam; the use
of tobacco is pernicious habit. Does
he frequent the clubs2"
"He has never put his foot IN one
"Allow me to congratulate You. Does
he come home late"
''Never. He goes to bed directly after
dinner"
"A model young man, madam, a
model young man How old is hel'
1.-TWO months "-Neio York Sun
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Inc .Sl-Oni ug explanation VIII show
YOU why the year 1900 will not be counted
among leap years: The year is sos days
> hours and 40 minutes long; eleven min
utes are taken every year to make the
wear 1861 DAYS long, and every fourth
wear we have an extra day. This was
Julius Caesars arrangement. You may
ask: "Where do these eleven minutes
come fromln They come from the fu-
tl1re as4--r--f,aid by emitting leap year
every 100 years. But ii leap year Is
omitted regularly every 100 years, in the
course Of 400 years it is found that the
eleven minutes taken each year viii not
only have been paid back, but that a
whole day win have been given up. So
Pope Gregory Kill, who improved on
Caesars calendar in 1882, decreed that
every centurial year divisible by four
should be a leap year after all. So we
borrow eleven minutes each year, more
than paying our borrowings back by
emitting three leap years in three CEN
turial years, and square matters by hav-
ing a leap year in the fourth centurial
year. Pope Gregory's arrangement IS
so exact and the borrowing and paying
back balanced so nicely, thaewe borrow
more than we pay back to the extent of
only one day in 1866 years.-Sc Lexis
Republic.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

The restriction OF suffrage in Brazil to
those who can read aad write makes the
number Of voters small It is easier,
however, to Enlarge than restrict; and
the New Orleans Tines-Demoorat thinks
that the making Of the franchise depend
ent upon a certain measure of education
can hardly fail to stimulate the people to
the acquisition of learning.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

The Atlanta Constitution thinks Pri-
vate Secretary Halford a very sensible re-
former. At a meeting recently held in
the Washington Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church, Mr. Halford asked
aid for the street waits. He said that he
had been a newsboy himself, and wanted
to do something to help and elevate the
boys. He did not believein the theory that
God permitted poverty and crime as a
sort Of grindstone for men, and SO long
as the poorer classes remained with us he
thought It was our duty to aid them.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

The children were making a great
racket just outside their fathers door, the
father being at work in his study.
Rushing out at them, he cries in no
very gentle tones:
''What a fearful noise you're making
Who was it shouted the loudestl''
Children in chorus You papa. =
Judge.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
A Sick Samson.

Samson, Sandow, and the other show
prodigies, recall by their proves, or at
least by their boastings, a story of Far
lat, the General of oayalry, who during
all his life was justly famed for his colos-
sal strength. Farrat lay iii in bed in his
old age, and had to send for the, doctor
As the latter was sitting at his bedside,
the General began to complain.
''Ah, doctor, you wouldn't believe how
weak have grown; all my strength has
left me; look here!" and with this he
seized with his right hand the leg of thu
chair on which the doctor was sitting
and slowly lifted both the chair az :, tn,
doctor into the air. ''You see l E I j
hard to do that now" r..
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM.

Hard-lool1ing citizen-''Do you want
to hire mani"
Merchant-''No. I've no use for a
man that drinks
Hard.looking citizen with offended
dignity)-''I can bring you any number
of witnesses to prove I'm not drinking
man, sir"
Merchant 6notioning MIN to the door
you can't establish an ahbi for that
breath. > Chicago Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
Ale Iack.Knfres for Fun.

Dennis Donahue, well-known char.
acter in Madison, Wis, died recently Of
complication Of disorders, caused by
forcing into his stomach many things
that ought not to be there. He was
forty-two years old After his death his
body was opened by surgeons, and n his
stomach were found five large jack
knives, one of which had the large blade
open. he had also, in the course Of his
sprees, amused himself by swallowing
snakes, toads, mice and other living Great
ures
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
Encouraging Example.

A contributor to NJ Tec0UHIs IHV
following instap~~ of animal sympathy
ma irstTneslve example: Some years ago
ba5 sWo cats, tabby and a powerful
Tom, perfectly white all over. One day
l happened to be in the attic, and noticed
them 90 out on the states, when Tom
jumped across the yard to the next roof.
When Tabby came to the edge Of The
states her courage failed, and she uttered
a CRY of distress, whereupon Tom turned
round and leaped back, and, giving fear
ful nov, as much as to say: ''Look how
easily it can be done" jumped across
again, this time followed by Tabby, to
my great delight.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

The Inman steamship City Of Paris,
which sailed from New York for Liver
pool recently, carried more than 900 pas
sengers, including those in the Storage.
The agents Of the vessel said that this
was the largest number Of passengers to
leave New York on any one vessel. A
great many Of the passengers were per
sons who went to England to spend the
HOLIDAYS.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Customer Ito Boss Barber)-'Why
don't you get decent hair-cutter. Here
you have SIX men, aud not one Of them
can suit mel"
Boss Barber-''Yes; know it IS a lit
tie unpleasant. Pm going to have some
better hands soon. I've been obliged to
get my own hair cut outside all this win
ter. n-Pnck.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

In il1ust,.a4:--. u the cats intelligence,
. ,,r;te. cells of one named Guadalquiver
,rbi-h was fed on horse flesh brought TO
me door. Every secular day during the
week he went out and waited for the
coming of the cats meat man, but never
did so on Sundays Another Sabbath
rian cat belonging to Mr.. Trubner, the
London publisher, always went oct to
meet its master on his return from ''the
city but was never known TO make the
mistake Of going TO meet him on Sun
DAYS.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

"What are yer dom, you young ras-
calf" said farmer to remarkably small
boy, on finding him standing under a
tree in his orchard with an apple in his
hand.
"Please, sir, was only goin' to put
this ere apple back on the tree, sir; it
had fallen down, sir. Judge.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
A COOLER.

Mowbray-'T have something very i'm
portant to say to you, after the girls leave
the room"
Jessie-"Oh, talk it right out, do. I've
promised every one of them to tell
them just what you said when you pro
posed, and they might as well get it first
hand"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

''What has happened to you. You
look so vexedl'
II should say so. This morning was
just going to be very angry about some
thing, when some one spoke to me, and
I have been trying the whole day to think
what was going to be angry about, and
I can't do it. "-FliegsHds Blaetter.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Algernon-''When we are welded,
darling, it is my greatest desire in life to
live at the old Manse"
Stephanie-''Then, AIgy, wee never
wed. The old man said yesterday that
he had one son-in-law on him already,
and that he would never have another. y
Puck.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

A-"Gracious, how your boots creak
They are probably not paid for yet
FooIishne=s! II things bought on
credit creaked, then this whole suit of
clothes, not to speak of my underwear,
would creak all the time. "-Teras Sitt-
ings.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

A very nervous old lady coming in
on the 1880 train at Des Moines, the
other night was put by tho hotel clerk on
the very top floor of the hoter. As tbg
chambermaid was bustling out of the
room she stopped her and asked in a
trembling tone:
''Do you know what precaution the
proprietor has taken against FREE"
''Yis, mum; yis, mum, said the
bright one. ''He has the place INSURED
fur twicet wat it's worth. "-General
Manager.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

''Bet you three to one that chap is af-
ter a marriage license, said a City Hall
official TO an acquaintance yesterday as
he pointed to young man hanging
about the corridor.
''Can you tell theml"
always"
GLOW do you do it,"
"Oh, by intuition, l suppose"
Then, stepping up to the young man,
he queried:
"Want license"
Eyes, sir"
'Iknew it. Go right into the County
Clerks Office"
''But was there, and he said must
90 to police headquarters.
you must have misunderstood him.
He issues marriage licenses.
"Oh, but I want license for dog!"
Detroit Free Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Her Old Man-"And could you sup
port my daughter, sir2"
Her Lover-'I have two strong arms.
Her Old Man-''But can they support
herr"
Her They often have, sir. -
Toledo Blade.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
WHAT SHE PROBABLY sArn.

''What did Miss Frost say in answer to
your proposal?"
"Well, she spoke in such hoarse
whisper that I found it impossible to un-
derstand her"
"oh, then she probably said neigh -
Boston Gazette
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

A well-known London journalist, real
ling the fact that the ordinary professions
in England are greatly oyercrowded, is
having his eldest son educated to be a
cook. The boy has been trained by a IA
nous chef7f the Grand Hotel, Paris, anG
later served for three years to NJ. Char
pentier, chef Of the Savoy Hotel, Lon
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
YEARS AGO.

''See that ragged fellow over there2
Well, some years ago I saw him in the
park in his own carriage"
"You don't meant it,"
Eyes; I do. He was baby then and
his nurse was wheeling him. n-Judge.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

'It's too bad that the Bloffets are
moving out Of the neighborhood, isn't
it,"
''Too badl Why Bloffett was terrible
nuisance with his cornet"
Eyes, but now that he is leaving, the
rents Will so up."-Time.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Richblood-"Look at me, Sickly, I
never paid cent to doctor in my life :"
Sicldy-''You ought to be ashamed to
boast Of it, Richblood. Why don't you
pay your debtsl '-Boston Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Seven ladies and eleven gentlemen
were landed from a Pullman palace car
in Cincinnati a few mornings since with
out shoes to their feet. AID this is how it
happened On the Pennsylvania west
bound express out Of Pittsburg in the
evening there was an unusually heavy
travel from New York, and ut Pittsburg
it was necessary to attach IN extra
sleeper. The porter selected for the run
was an eastern route man, and he discov-
cred soon after the train left the depot
that an old friend of his was running on
one of the regular cars ahead. The por-
tiers met, exchanged situations and
agreed, after getting all their people to
bed, that it would be q good scheme to
polish the passengers shoes together in
the forward car and spend the balance of
the night in a social chat with intervals
devoted to libation from a pocket flask.
The porter of the extra gathered his
peoples shoes together in pillow case
three Partisan petite pairs owned by
young ladies of Cincinnati en- route home
from Europe, four pair of matronly gait
crs and eleven heavier pairs of variol,
styles and sizes, belonging 70 49,
tie o'r po Sook thsss
with the number of tfse1Ss
two guardians of the slumbering p1ss
gers had a genial time together, 50 pleas1
aut, in fact, that 1t was nearly daybreak
when it occurred TO the porter Of the ex-
ira that it would be well to take up his
peoples shoes and get back TO his own
car.
He went back, but MS car had van
ished! To say that he turned white with
establishment would be no exaggeration.
The Cincinnati car had been switched at
Columbus, and the Cincinnati passen-
gers shoes were spinning along at fifty
miles an hour toward indianapolis, on
the st. Louis section of the Vandalia ex-
press. The porter felt the gravity OF the
situation, so far as he was concerned,
and at the next stopping station he dis
appeared rapidly toward the easo with q
pillowcase fun Of shoes over his shoulder.
The passengers did not discover ther loss
until the breakfast hour, and the comical
surprise can better be imagined than de-
scribed. They reached their homes in
carriages with slightly soiled HOSIERY
PHILADELPHIA R.c0rd.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Actually 416 privates and non-com
missioned officers and twenty-three Off
GERS of the Austro- Hungarian army de
stroyed themselves in the year ended,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Totals. ~, 567 s,322 20, 667, 80
The increase, as shown by these figures,
is 1896. The noteworthy gains were
as follows: Baptists, 106, 9O4; congre-
gasionalists, 1924; Methodists, "a, $50;
Presbyterians, 4S,42s; EpiscopaIians,
1857; Roman Catholic population,
655,294. The Society of Friends is the
only one reporting decrerse in mem
bership, but in several others there was.
little change.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Florida viii soon be the greatest lemon
growing country in the world. Lemons
weighing pound each are common in
Florida, ana along the banks of Calico
sahatchie River there is a single tree
which bears 5000 lemons, many of which
weigh pound each. But, except for
show, such large lemons are of little
value, as they are eoarse-grained and
pulpy. The best lemons are grown on
poor soil; and for that reason ths5
very profitable crop:
consumes more lemons
all other countries q
consumption is coustantf5sls
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Fair AthIete-Experienc Teaches
Surprised Innocence-Not a
Sure Sign-What She
Probably Did. Etc

She could swing six-pound dumb-bell
She could fence, and she could box;
She could row upon the river,
She could Chamber 'mong the rocks;
She could do some heavy bowling,
And play tennis all day long:
But she couldn't help her mother,
"'Cause she wasn't very strongir
Puck.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

Questions are often asked about the
relative strength Of the various religious
E5odies- Here IS a table Of statistics
ssIed by the Ladepeadsat from the de-
lonal year books and other au-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

About / , COO, 900 eggs are sent to Lon
don every day, except Sunday, from
Italy
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

there are ribbots flexible as
sill, to be twined about the head as the
wearer chooses. Spiral pieces of shell or
of gold are to be screwed into low. soft
coils of hair, to keep them from falling.
Shell combs, with high, delicate carving,
pointed to one side, or else quite straight,
cost, in light and in dark
shades, from s. to $50. Shell hairpins
are as popular gifts as they were last
year, single or in pairs, merely carved,
mounted with gold twists or knobs, or
brilliant with diamonds or pearls. En-
ameled flowers are also on such pins.
Short amber shell pins are thrust through
coils of light hair to show plainly and
cost only twenty-five cents apiece; gold
pins are for golden hair and silver pins
for gray hair.-Harpsr's Bazar.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

MODEL son.
FussY Old Gentleman Ito a chance
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-14

"sMADAM: When I requested your permis-
sion to pay my addresses toyour niece, l was
totally ignorant that she was already be-
trothed. Looking upon promise Of mar
rage as quite as binding as the marriage
isqys themselves, I am Mortified at my own
beg, madam, t2,yithdraw my pro
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-20
Dcfraudine Business Men.

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 2O.-United States officers from Lockport are looking up gang of men who have been carry ing on a scheme to defraud business firms throughout the country. A great many firms have been victimized by them, majority of them being in New York. Others were scattered through Rochester, Cleveland, and some in Buff falo. The plan on which the Lockport gang worked was to send orders for goods to these firms on display letter heads through the mails. BA5us refer ences were given and the goods were sent, The goods were sold at ridicu- lously low figure by the operators. Deputy Marshal Pomeroy in tracing the gang located them in Canada, and n few days ago arrested John Day, who is be-
 lieved to be one of them. Day belongs to Toronto, but was visiting some friends near Lockport at the time of his capture. Other arrests are expected.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-20
WASHINGTON TOPICS
The President and Senator
 SeWall Go Duck Hunting
ON MARYLAND's SHORE TO-DAY.
If the Sport is Good They Will Remain
 Away Until Saturday.

Flaming for the Worlds Fair-A Vote ta
 The Firemens' Medal the Finest Ever
 Struck = Electing National Officers.
 Presidential Postmasters.
 WASHINGTON, March 2O.-The President. accompanied by ex-Senator Sewall, of New Jersey, left Washington on a duck. shooting trip to the lower Chesapeake Bay.
 A dispatch from Baltimore says the President and ex-Senator William J. Sewall reached the club house of the Benjie's Point Ducking Club about 6 o'clock last night. after drive in a Dayton wagon of about four miles. The President and Mir. Sewell were met at the station by MT. E. c. Knight, of Phila- delphia. At the clubhouse to receive the party were MT. Edward s. Clark, E. c. Knight, Jr., and Col. R. Dale Benson.
 The President went into the blinds early this morning to try his luck with the gun and the anvas-backs. He may return to Washington tomorrow, but if the sport is good will remain until Saturday.
 The President said that he came to the shore in order to be as free from care as possible. He has needed recrea- tion for some time, and trip to Florida was at first contemplated. It was sug- gested, however, that he would have to make speeches at every town and oi ty on his way down, and so he decided to go to Benjie's Point. He had been elected an honorary member of the Ben jie's Point Ducking Club.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-20
FELL DOWN IN A HEAP.
The Roof of Wrecked Building Faiis
 WOrkmen.

The Roof of Wrecked Building Faiis
 Workmen.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 20.-About p. m. the east wall of the Becker block, adjoining the Bowen-Merrill building crashed down on the top of the ruins of Monday evenings fire.
 For q time the widest rumors of dis aster were atioat, but after full inves- tigation it was learned that but two men had been hurt, though many had narrow escapes. Those injured were but slightly hurt.
 After the crash Mayor Sullivan in spected the ruins and ordered that the front wall of the Bowen Merrill build ing be torn down. This was done. and a half hour later the Becker building, a narrow four-story structure, occupied by a notion store, fell down in heap Then the flames broke out again in the ruins and have not been wholly extin- guished, though flood of water has been poured into the wreckage.
 There is no fear of further loss of life, though the three'story stone-front building occupied by George w. Sloan, druggist, is regarded as unsafe and there are fears that the dry goods house of II. P. Wasson may also sucoumb.