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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
A War Time Mind Cure.

81 tell you" remarked one-legged
veteran yesterday, as he leaned his
clutches up against Captain Tip Har-
risons desk and settled himself for n
yarn, There's something in this talk
about a mind cure. Heap of times it
does more good than pouring medicine
into fellow.
"Now, 1 was about dead when they
sawed off that leg IN a Yankee hospital.
1 was lying there waiting for the doctors
to reach me, and I Just didn't care
whether lived that long or not. Even
once in while I'd feel chilly, and
blindness would come into my eyes, and
I'd feel like I was helm lifted up out of
my body Thought I was goin' ever
minute. was lying there that way when
little round-faced Irishman in Yankee
uniform come along.
Hello, Johnny, said he, it's mighty
sorry comp'ny you look to be. How's
that fer a knife2 Got one? Which
pocket! Be aisy now, an I'll git 1t out.
How'll you swap2 Evenl l swindled
you that time. Johnny. l know what
you're a wantin'. Where do they live2
How many children you got2 Two, ehl
I've got niGe-Ca' lima, amt you7 Georgy?
That so-that's a mighty hard place, is
Georgy. 1 never was there Pennsyl-
vany beats that. Look here, how'll
you swap back Bnives2 DYE chew ter
bacco! III give you that if ven swap
back knives. Me mother give me that
knife wen was bye-'decd, but you
needn't grin Johnny, fer she did
ut was brand new knife, and the
fellow seemed in dead earnest trying to
convince me that his mother had given
him the knife years before. He was the
most comicaI looking man ever saw IN
the world. He didn't grin once, but it
would have made an owl laugh to hear
him. l hadn't spoken a word, and he
Just guessed yes or no by the way l
looked.
Somehow or other 1 quit thinking
about dying and felt like laughing at
him. 1t made me feel good, too, to
think that had made him do all the
talking and then beat him on his own
proposition. hadn't had piece of to-
bacco in three weeks and the cder was
delicious.
''He was grumbling about getting the
worst of the bargain, and trying to swap
watch chains with me, when the surgeon
reached my bunk. In two seconds I was
under the influence of either, and in five
minutes my leg was off and the stump
wasled and bandaged.
"Tae doctors did things in a hurry in
those days, and it was all done and over
vita before had time to be afraid of it.
Il honestly believe that if it hadn't
been Tor that lr.shman I'd a been dead be
fore tine doctors cot there, or else died
while they was at work. 1 couldn't tell
you how much better he made me feel. L
was as proud of that piece of tobacco as
I would be now of a thousand dollar bill.
believe I was actually trying to laugh
when the doctors got me.
They told me afterward that they Just
kept him there in the hospital for that
purpose-lust to get fellow in good
spirits when it was real desperate case
/ wish could see him again, for l be-
lieye in my soul ne saved my life. Al
lanta CONSTITUTIONS
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PITH AND POINT.

stuck-up things-Posters.
A bowling success-The prosperous
newsboy.
A question of time-s'When can I get
my watch outl'-Lifs.
The boy who cut his foot while chop
ping wood, says that it was entirely
accidental. Merchant TFa5sler
Teacher-''T Tommy, how IS the earth
dividedl" Tommy Between them
that's got it and them that wants it. =
TsrTs Hauts Express
Old Mr.. Cumso-"The doctor certainly
told me to drink hot water one hour be-
fore meals, and here I have ouly been
drinking for twenty minutes and I'll be
eternally etceteraed if l can swallow
another drop. Life
Very Fat Gentlemau-s'Boy, can you
tell me the quickest way can get to tine
station" Very Naughty Boy after look
ing him over carefully)-'I sh'd say
you'd better lay down n roll over bout
twice. London Ti7-Bits
Maker of musical instruments, cheer
fully rubbing his hands "There, thank
goodness, the bass fiddle is finished at
lastl" (after pause) "Himmel-Don-
nerwetteri If haven't gone and left
my glue-p insidei" Rsaehthalsr.
A new cure for hydrophobia consists
of solution of chlorine, bromine, sui
phurous acid and permanganate of pot
ash, with oil of eucalyptus. It looks as
though it would kill hydrophobia easily
enough, but where would it leave the
PATIENT Dans0iHe Breeze.
A gentleman who several years ago lost
both legs informs US that his trousers
never bag at the knees. We print the
information for the benefit of su;h of our
readers who have hitherto been unable to
discover a remedy for this annoying pro-
pensity of pantaloons.-BostoE Tran
script
''That is all right, ne said, as he took
up his hat, "but I have got seventeen sis
tiers already. You are now down on the
list as the eighteenth. Speaking with
full knowledge of all the facts, some girl
has got to stop this one-sided streak of
relationship pretty soon or 1 viii disown
the whole family PHILADELPHIA Tines.
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swsetheartsup caountry; he says, ssoy od
needn't mind him. ="
"oh, wasn't thinking of that, " muir
INJURED poor little Jenny.
''Waal, he writ letter to her quite a
spell ago. said Ann, confdentialIy.
''He sent it to the folks she used to wol
for. But he 'ain,t got no answer yet, Al
l sh'd say It's as like as not she's got
merried. He says not, he does; he SAYS
she amt that kind; but land it's hard
to tell what kind a gal is ~
Jennie had not been paying much heed
before, but now her breath came fast and
her heart began to beat strangely. "He'd
ought to "a held her jaws apart with a
billet O. wood, " Ann was saying, inconse-
quently, 4she al'ays was Just that ugly. -
The girl rose and went out of the half
open door. All was hushed and tran
quill. A red color still shone in the west
at the back of the orchard, and the fresh,
good smell of newly plowed earth was
dispersed in the April twilight.
"Supper's ready" she said. in her
sweet, low voice, peering in through the
dusky arch OF the shed. A young man
sat on the block with his arm in a sling.
He pushed back his hat and looked up,
chen sprang up. It was Aleck.--Hagper's
Bdzar.
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Rats may readily be induced TO jump
or drop into any receptacle, especially as
it affords them adequate cOnceaIment,
and they do this without one lingering
suspicion of their inability to reach the
only existing outlet when the time for
retreat approaches Thus traps on this
principle may readily be designed and
are obviously preferable to our rat traps
where the vermin are numerous. This
method was thus explained by our cor
respondent, who spoke of tie trap as
being "most successfully used in Bur
nah, where the rats are Ia perfect pest
This jar trap was set for three nights
On the first occasion I saw seventy-two
rats turned out, on the second night only
nine were caught, and on the third
night not one was caught. The trap was
then put away for some weeks, when it
was again successfully used, but 1 am
unable to say to what extent it then sue
ceeded. The common Pegu jar l used
was about i OF two feet deep and IA or
10 inches broad, and a hole was punched
in the shoulder Just broad enough for a
rat to enter. There was about or Z
inches of paddy (rice in husB4 in the
Jar, which was then buried to within
about eight inches of the top The
mouth of the jar was then closed with
a board and a stone. \ quantity of old
timber joists and straw were in the out
house and no end Of rat holes everywhere
around
sIincline to the opinion that my blue
legged Burman servant very 'judiciously'
punched the hole with an old nail and
hammer, for, though it was by no means
regular or quite round (it seemed at first
sight too small, it Just admitted hun
CRY rat. do not think the rats, after
they had eaten all the grain, could have
got through the hole, they seemed so
filed out; otherwise, with such lot in
the jar, some could have got to the hole
and pulled through I imagine. A
moving mass of frightened, screaming
rats IS bad taking or for q jump, I
admit, but an old fellow now and then
might have hit the hole, I doubt if ne
could, however, have got through It
is important, however, in traps OF this
kind, to see that the inside of the vessel
Is so smooth as to afford no foothold 20
the rats, or they Will readily escape by
climbing the sides-L0adoa Field.
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her own younger daughters, OF Miss
Marie herself, could have obtained any
where like testimonial
Great were the preparations, say, in
which Jenny bore her part with heavy
heart, for Aleck had no relatives in that
part.of the world. and there was no sac
ritiee Of. pride she could make which
would brlng he1newsiof bis whereabouts.
Only in secret she lived in her grief, and
could feel no interest in anything, al
though two strange women had been
called in to bake, and a waiter hired
from the village. She was favorite with
them all, for she was both artless and
capable-one of those priceless girls-at
the same time timid and helpful. At last
the great day daYned and the. people. as
sembled. The church was near at hand,
and she crept IN at the last moment, and
stood at the end of the aisle with the
other house-seryants, She had forgotten
to take off her aproa, which shamed her
at first; the poor child but soon she was
glad TO hold the hem tight to her eyes
and cry TO herself through the service in
innocent wretchedness The bridegroom
saw her when the bridal party came out,
and stopped to slip a bright silver piece
into her hand, for which she dropped
him a courtesy, but could not stop cry
ing. The girls image was pleasantly
joined in his mind with the pasties or
sweetmeats she had often served to him
50 noiselessly, and he thought to himself
that she showed a good heart, and was
sorry to part with his Marie.
Come away, jenny the walls are dis
mantled now, the windows nailed up, the
guests and the mistress are gone; half,
sacks of flour, and joints of meat scarcely
cut, and mountains Of pudding and cake,
have been seized and wrangled over
among the scTGo- women, and now the
rooms are deserted, the house door is
locked, and you must be moving with
the others. Down the road she goes in
her neat poor frock, her hat with its
modest feather, and her shawl--poor
Jenny thinking still of Aleck Ross, the
carpenter and her false
lover. Does she reproach him as she
forces back the tearsl Not she; for is
not the great world full Of prettier and /
more deserving maidensl A year! Why, /
that is long, long time; and it had not !
been serious courtship to him, but only I
such words as a man may use to girl, /
and kiss her, and go away after All her |
maiden belongings, alas and the little /
store of earnings she had saved against
Ter need, are strapped up now in her
-usset leather trunk, and taken to the
tatiou by the milkman. She will go to
where her old aunt lives,
ong, long way from here, fully sixty
niles if one should walk it, and there
he will get work and be servant. all
Ter life, for she loves hard labor and the
itehen.
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Pictured on Marble.

Colonel A. c.. Hawley, formerly Ad
jutant- General of Minnesota, has in his
possession, says the Denver Rocky Noun
tain Ne,cs, a very curious piece of stone
1t is a slab of Mexican marble about two
feet long and foot wide, bearing upon
its face a beautiful mountain landscs<,
which had in some strange way been
pictured there by natives. The picture
is mountain river, which winds along
at the foot of some high and rocky cliffs.
Above the cliffs are precipitous mount
aims, clothed half way to the top with
pine trees and stunted shrubs. In one
place there are little rapids in the river,
and in another place its surface becomes
still and smooth as a mirror. The out
lines Of the mountains and cliffs, and
even of the verdure upon the rocks, Is
distinctly Swallowed in the still water.
The simmer of the sun on the surface
of the river and the white spray Of the
rapids are plainly brought out A big
pine tree stands on the top of the cliff,
and is so perfect in detail that it roots,
clinging in the clefts of rock, can be
seen. When the sun shines on the
marble and brings out the colors the
picture looks as if an artist had painted
it upon the stone, but in the gaslight or
electric Light the colors disappear.
The curiosity was given to Colonel
Hawley by Major Knappen, who owns
the quarry in New Mexico, where it was
found. Major Knappen is authority for
the statement that the picture in the
marble is an exact reproduction of the
scenery on the side OF the valley oppo-
site where the quarry IS located. The
mountain peaks in the background of
the landscape are the sentinels of the
range and the river which
mirrors the beauty Of the scenery is the
Rio Penasis. One of the marble men
working in the quarry climbed half way
up the mountain side one day to pros
pect for onyx and noticed the rough slab
Of marble, which was lying with the sur
face exposed. He examined it closely
to discover its quality and saw the
picture on its notified surface. It was
roughly polished and the picture became
more distinct. Major Knappen brought
The slab to, Chicago and took it to a
marble fnisher, who ground off one
sighth Of an inch of its surface and pol
shed 1t as smooth as possible This last
brought out the details of the
picture.
Colonel Hawley explains the existence !
If the picture IN the S-Sns, but his ex-
IS almost as much OF curl
,sity as the stone itself. He says the
liver and cliffs and mountains must have
zen photographed on the marble when
t was in plastic condition by the ac-
ion of the suns rays. Apparently, how
ver, the picture is result OF singular
arrangement of the notifies in the
Marble,
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Homeless New York.

New York is Il city of hotels and
boarding houses. Philadelphia, Chicago
and Boston are cities Of homes. Astranger
is impressed, after becoming familiar,
with New York life, with the fact that
only a very small and rich portion Of the
citizens have homes. The multitude live
year after wear in the vain search for a
local babitatiou wherein they can estab-
Iisb Themselves with content and feel
;ng Of nermanence. It is one Of the de
,,rezs;nl, features Of metropolitan exist.
ence This living from house to house,
ord one man in his time generally moves
many times. There is "A nervous strain,
a constant suppressed feeling Of cxpecta-
s;on attending this sort OF thing that
sbor+ens the DAYS and embitters she best
.1,,ri,+ed families. At bottom it is pitt
nj M right minded man can fail to
,,ndorstand that it is all wrong So far as.
tbe hest development of himself and
fan,ilv goes. but then what cap one do
abont III We can't all buy city lois, nor
country ones hereabouts. unless some of
oI- twenty or thirty time milliouaires
VIII kindly open their purses and make
nc happy-and Of course that wouidn
do we could not stand the weight OF the
obIieation!- Chicago Saturday Heya'a-
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cay, but men dinna live nearly sac
lang noo-a-days as they did in the Bible
tines" remarked one with a heavy sigh.
''Eh, man, ma, broke in another, who
had hitherto not spoken.
s'An' l was just thinkin' there to my
sell minute syne that Methuselah must
have been worth power O. money when
he deed if he was anytaing O. savin'
kind O. man ava. scottish american.
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SIZE A GREAT THING.

A fat fellow came tumbling out of a
restaurant, and, Immediately following,
there came a muscular man who gave the
fat fellow kick that landed him sprawl
ing on the OUTER edge of the sidewalk.
The fat fellow scrambled to his feet, and
brushing himself, he remarked:
''I'n tell you what it is, size is a great
thing. If didn't happen to be as big
as l am that fellow would have kicked
me into the street. "-ArLansao 7Tareler.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
WORDS OF wIsDOM.


To endeavor to work upon the vulgar
with fine sense, is like attempting to hew
blocks with razor.
! Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally
proceed from inexperience of the world
and ignorance of mankind.
One of the greatest of all mental pleas
ures is to have our thoughts often di-
yined; even entered into with sympathy.
Never be discouraged by trifes. If a
spider breaks his thread twenty times he
will mend it as many. Perseverance and
patience will accomplish wonders.
Our desires always increase with our
possessions. The knowledge that some
thing remains yet unenjoyed impairs our
employment of the good before Us.
There is little pleasure in the world
that is true and sincere beside the pleas
ure of doing our duty and doing good.
1 am sure no other is comparable to this.
There are two things which will make
us happy in this life if we attend to them.
The first is never to vex ourselves about
what we cannot help; and the second,
never to vex ourselves about what we can
help
If man has a good opinion of himself
he is always elevated, for he would ques-
ton any one who claims to be above
him, and point with pride to the wisdom
of those who acknowledged he was above
them.
The man who feels imposed upon be-
cause he reads something contrary to his
own ideas, should remember there was
room enough in the world for all the
others after his conceit was thoroughly
developed.
The confusion of ideas is as necessary
as a dish to hold water, yet some people
viii be so forgetful as to parade their
ideas, and add an expression of hope
that the whole human race would be re-
deemed if all were compelled to accept
them.
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She-"You must be very witty"
He-"What makes you think SOL"
because when you were talking with
that lady over there a while ago she
laughed necessarily"
at was not what said that made her
laugh"
@why, then, did she Taught"
''To show her teeth. She has very
fine teeth. n-Teras Siftiags.
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Farm Animals in the United States.

A late report of the Department of
Agriculture, which relates to numbers
and values Of farm animals, shows an in
crease Of horses during the year beyond
the increase of population. The aggre-
gate numbers exceed Il, 900, 600. In the
cotton States the use of Texas ponies by
tenants still tends TO increase numbers
and reduce average values. The improve
ment in the central States from blood of
Percherons, Cleveland bays, and English
sires continues active. Horse ranches
in the Rocky Mountains are improving
the stock of that region. The increase
of numbers in recent years, while prices
were tending higher, has caused an ebb
in the tide of values, which are nearly
everywhere lower than in January last.
Mules have also increased, and are. est
mated at about two and third millions,
held at slightly lower prices than last
year,
Mich cows make an aggregate of nearly
16, 000,0 600. Prices, in sympathy with
values Of other cattle, show slight de-
cline as compared with those of last year.
The numbers. of other. cattle continue to
increase, while the prices have fallen in
sim larger ratio during the year The
numbersas estimated exceed &c, 900, 900,
an increase of between ten and eleven
millions since 1880, which is larger than
the ratio of numbers to population.
Anincrease of about four per cent, in
numbers of sheep is indicated The
lowest average price was reported in 1886.
Improvement has been gradual since,
with some acceleration during the past
year, as a result of greater confidence of
growers in holding the American market
for wool.
The increase in swine has been in pro-
portion to advance IN population. The
average price has declined, as in the case
OF. all other kinds of farm animals, sheep
alone. excepted .--..---.
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FRIENDSHIP THAT WAS UNTRUE.
A dealer in game calls to an old Gus
toner who is passing by with his wife:
"Ah, Herr Assessor, you are not treat
ing me right. Since you have given up
hunting you nolonger buy any wild game
of me. That's not fair Fliegeade
Blaetter.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

An engine driver of the Central Asian
railyags who sustained conclusion Of the
brain in serious accident some time ago,
sued the railway officials for damages in
a court at samarcaad, and obtained very
satisfactory and somewhat original com
PenRfop, The court dsc5eed that he
should be paid 1000 roubies down at
etiees Find in addition should receive
thirty rOubles, or SIS a month. with an
extra ten rolbles fss every child which
might be born to him 49, --s
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AN act OF CHARITY.

Johnny-"Can't I have another
penny9"
Mother-"You extravagart boy What
did you do with the one just gave your
Johuny-'I gave it to a poor old
woman with only one eye"
Mother-''That was a good boy.
Here. you can have another penny"
Johnny next day)-"Can 1 have a
penny to give to that poor old woman to-
day."
Mother-'Yes, you can have one
What do you want to give it to her forl'
Johnny-"For stick of candy" -
Nunsey's Weekly.
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DI0N 7 L-'"Oi TIE. er.fsIUN.
Williamson-''No, didn't enjoy the
sermon; the lady in front of me had on
such large bonnet that I couldn't see
the preacher. "
Henderson-"of course your wife en-
ioyed itin
mo, she couldn't see him either; the
woman behind her had on a new bon
net. Time.
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z The authorities Of the Russian prov
ince Of Wilma have issued a decree pro
hibitingithe emigration Of inhabitants of
tEA>pfoSihce 70 America. The order
was provoked by the Official discovery
from the various local returns that up
Rsrd Of ten thousand persons enigratsd
TO this country from Wilma alone during
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A SARCASTIC CLERK.

''Your duties must be somewhat mo-
notonous," said lady to a mailing
clerk.
"They are, indeed"
'The same round day after day and
week after week. No excitement"
"No excitement excepting when we
have to rush things
''And when is thatl"
"When we find in Haste written. on
the corner of an envelope"
"Ohl yes, that creates excitement"
Tremendous Boston Courier.
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During the heat Of the excitement Over
the English imbroglio, some enterprising
merchant placed on. the Portuguese mar
ket "serpa Pinto" hat, named after the
celebrated explorer. They sold Ike wild
ire. as they were warranted to be of
Portuguese. manufacture. Suddenly it
was discovered that the hats were really
iHadesin hated England, The Tevulsion
pf feeling produced by this announce
msnt. asTesultea at Lisbon In the most
eccentric demonstrations on the part of
the populace. It was not uncommon to
meet; "a the streets, bodies of men en-.
gagged IN the wholesale destruction Of the
detested headgsar, trampling on the hats
and threatening those who stil wore
than
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

Goblet think shoemakers are the
most patient and accomplishing mortals
on earth. ="
Frieud-''Why sol"
Cobble-''Their work is being con-
stantly trampled under foot, and the
more people trample on it the better
they seem to like it. Judge.
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Galligan-"Doctor, haven't you been
attending on old man Gilfullaw2"
Doetor-"Yes."
Chow is he to-dayl"
"He is beyond the reach of medical
assistance, fear.
''Whatl Is he dyingp
"oh, no. Hes broke. - Medical
Times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

One of the Wellesley professors on a
recent Sunday was busting pile of
books. A bright little girl living in
the neighborhood came in during the
operation, and, opening her eyes wide
with surprise, exclaimed:
''Why, Miss Blank, what lots of books
Does you always do busting on Sun
days1"
Then, after a moments silence, she
added:
az 'spects they must all be Bibles. y
Boston Transcript.