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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
TWO WAYS OF cRrnHrrn.

Pattersou-"Did you hear of that
Kansas girl who got $50 for husking
and oribbing sixty bushels of corn in
five hours2"
Robinson-"That's nothing. There
was fellow in our township got six
months board and lodging at the coun-
tvs expense by husking and 'cribbing'
only one bushel. "-1unsey's Weekly.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
COULDN'T SUPPLY HIN.

Tramp-"It is needless to ask you the
question, madam. You know what 1
want"
Lady-"Yes, l know what you want
badly, but I've only one bar of soap in
the house, and the servant is using it.
Come again some other time. Map York
Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
MEMS OF An EASY LIKELIHOOD.

Philanthropist-''You have horrible
cough, my man"
Mendicant-"Yes, sir. Terrible. "
neutrality-suspicious. with me and
I'll cure it.
Mendicant (scornfuny)-"Get outl If
it wasn't for that cough I'd starve or
have to go to work. "-LOt5eU Nal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

,Rardls apy accidents are more dread,
Sol Chin those which occur in collieries.
1t IS hard enough for the poor miners to
go down into the dark cold earth and
2elve in Its black veins. They love the
bright sunshine and pure air. But the
worst of their lot IS the dreadful posi-
'bility Of fire or a eave-in. To die like
rats in hole the flames roasting their
unfortunate bodies is a ghastly fate. Yet
1t Is only too common. A mine in Eng
land, which was considered a model one
5orEeqtilatip1, recently had an explo-
sion, and one hundred and seventy miners
perishei
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

: The Women of Latkrop. Mo-, have
Been 'vaging furious warfare against
die saloons Of that place. They recently
wrecked the most palatial drinking es-
tsblishrS IN the town ard confseated
the liquor. The prosecuting attorney
has been requested to resign, but refused
DIDO 50. The inasbitants are divided
on TIE matter.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
PLENTY oF TINE TO SAVE.

Not long ago, while about half dozen
farmers were returning home by train
from the Perth weekly markets. they
talked about how this friend and that
friend was in health, and how much
money each of them must have made,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23


The residence in various Central and
South American countries that have no
.rxtradition= treaties with the United
States Of prominent fugitives from justice
from the United States suggested TO the
Al-Ameriean Congress the propriety of
formulating a stringent treaty which
shall deliver all such offenders to our au-
thorities for punishment Such docu-
ment has been prepared by one of the
eosahht,esa, ind, according to the Wash.
ipgtop star, stands q good chance of
adoption. No argument is necessary to
REINFORCE the facts and procure the rati-
ication of properly formed treaty of
extfsdifdh Sith every civilized power VI 4
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
PRESERVING QUIET.

"Who was that ringing at the front
door last night2'
THE policeman"
''What did he wantl"
"He wanted the baby to stop crying.
It kept him awake Life.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
The Fish in the sea-Preserving
Quiet-Couldn't Supply Him
A Friendship That Was
Broken, Etc. Etc.

There are fish in the sea as good as ever were
caught;
But don't see the comfort by that saying
taught,
For we've really no cause to be thankful
about
The fish in the sea-if we can't get them out.
- Detroit Critic
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
NOT THE KIND HE WANTED.

Tramp-''Please, sir, give me a
nickel.n
Gentleman-"Will copper dol"
"Yep."
''Here Oficerl here's man wants a
copper"
Tramp doesn't wait.-Te1as SJfings.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

The heaviest taxpayer IN Prussia is
Krupp, the gunmaker, who is assessed
this year upon an income of 81, AGO.
900, an increase OF $500, 900 over 1889.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

An acute agitation against the practice
oflifting the hat in greeting persons in
the street is in progress throughout Aus.
t1ssE Tbemovement originated in Pesth.
Two or three meetings Of prominent men
decided when the Influenza was at is
wotst, that barring the head in the. open
sir ought. to be discouraged. and passed
resolutions in favor Of Introducing th,
military salute IN the place of the bow
WITH the lifted hat. The Pesth dailjes
too7 up the subject with avidity, and
were soon in a pretty little newspaper
row as 70 Just what motions etiquette re
auifed man to 60 through when he met.
an sceuaintaneein the street. The dali
iesia other Austro- Hungarian cities Joined
ptss discussion. Consequently the ques
ton Of hat raising has become nstioDa
sne
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

Every wear shows a large increase IN
the shipments of Russian petroleum 70
England. while America remains nearly
stationary.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
The Dingo.

Carl Lumholtz, in his work, ''Among
Cannibals, - says: On Herbert River On
Queensland, Australia there are rarely
more than one or two dingoes (wild
dogs in each tribe, and as rule they
are Of pure blood The natives find
them as puppies in the hollow trunks of
trees and rear them with greater care
than they bestow on their own children.
The dingo is an important member of
the family; it sleeps in the huts and gets
plenty to cat, not only of meat, but also
of fruit It's master never strikes, but
merely threateps it. He. caresses it like
child. Though the dingo is treated so
well it often runs away. Thus it never
becomes perfectly domesticated. Some
times it refuses to go any further, and
It's owner has then to carry it on his
shoulders, aluxury of which it is very
fond. ~ 49,, ...s...ta 49,.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
le year 1889. !.


The New York courts are . little puz-
zled as 70 what to do with the Italians,
who commit murders on the very smallest
Proyocadon. Generally these murders
are for some trivial mstter-such as harsh
words spoken-and they are almost al
ways pPFaeTs lof fellow country men or
women.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

An ingenious counterfeiter has Turned
upfn Chicago. EIisnaaae is s. b shanks
and he has been arrested his methods
were unique and interesting. BE took
'l-e7dollarsilYer certificates. and by means
lStP- ~ and fine pen work the lstss figure
cGieg on the FeYetSe sids1-ss changed
INTO two items, and the intermediate
portion was transformed into a. scroll.
on.the other side the .'one" over the re-
preseatation-on the silver dollar. WIS -sb-
literassd md YtepH substituted. The
singles'onei fgiires. in the corners were
neatly, eaten Of and the small figure.
item. substituted. The small tone
was changed to an x and new number
was printed in red upon the face. None
BUT an expert would detect the fraud.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

Tvnboid fever in India is becoming so
,-;dSlnread that it IS as much feared as
cholera. and a Government commission
has been appointed to iny!s1.tgate>~-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
Teaching an Elephant to be Useful.

The Keeper of the New York Central
Park mehagerie is training an elephant
to carry people on its back, A howdah
loaded with eight children is to be placed
onthe docile beast The camels, drome-
daries and elephants that form part of
the resident staff off of the Zoo" in
Regents Park, London, are made to earn
some of their bread by stroIling about
with cargoes of infants, at a tariff of
four cents a head. The dead Mr.. Jumbo
must have carried hundreds of tons of
small Britons in his time, and might be
carrying them yet had it not been for the
fact That his keepers feared he would
mutiay and XII cargo or two,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23

y The day IS done
One by one, from the village near,
The lights begin to disappear.
OH weary hearts, with sorrow pressed,
Ihenight has comet IT'S time to rest
The day is done
Peace, blessed peace, broods over all.
Tight enters in her lordIy hall.
Ali to Silence give their claim, n
For now behold the Night doth reign.
Nail and Express.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01

"Mr. Bell is not at home just now"
said a London footman to caller.
"He has gone out. If you please, sir,
he is in China.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01
A Patriotic Citizen,

Often quoted is the remarkable will
Of Solomon Sanborn of Medford, Mass,
who died about fifteen years ago.
Sanborn was great patriot and spe-
cially gloried in the part Massachusetts,
took in the Revolutionary struggle.
In his will he left his body to DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Professor
Agassiz, not, however, without impos-
ing some of the most unheard of pro-
visions and conditions. His skeleton
he desired prepared in the most artistic
manner known to the profession, and
placed with the many others in the
anatomical department OF Harvard
college. While preliminary prepare
tons were being made in carrying out
this extraordinary request, he desired
the surgeons to be very careful with
the skin so that it could be tanned in
pieces of sufficient size to make pair
of drum heads. Upon one of these
the Declaration Of Independence"
was 10 be written and upon the other
Pope's Universal Prayer" Fitted in
its proper wooden frame this ghast-
ly relic was to be presented to a local
drummer, whom the testator desig-
mates a distinguished friend" upon
condition that he would promise to
carry it to the foot of Bunker Hill
monument on each succeeding ami
versary of the battle, at sunrise, and
beat upon it the invigorating strains
of Yankee Doodle. = John w.
Wright in ST. Louis Republic.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01

Of recent years there has been re-
action in favor of lamps as against
gas. When gas threatened to kill the
lamp trade, manufacturers grasped
the situation and introduced so many
improvements that many people pre-
fer good reading lamp to gas. Then,
too, every time a man is robbed by
gas company and made to pay for
what he knows he has not consumed,
he turns his attention to some other
mode of illumination and buys an
outfit of lamps. When gas is first
introduced in a town, or when the
price per 1000 feet is reduced to any
extent, lamps are largely discarded,
and for time the very existence OF
the trade seems in jeopardy. But there
is always revival, and there is as
much money in the business as there
ever was. Interview in St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01

According to the Roman naturalist
Pliny and other authors, the basis Of
the ink used by ancient writers was
formed of lampblack or the black
taken from burnt ivory and SCOT from
furnaces and baths. Some also have
supposed that the black liquor which
the cuttlefsh yields was frequently
employed. One thing is certain, that
whatever were the component ingre
dents, from the blackness and solidity
in the most ancient manuscripts, from
an inkstand found at Herculaneum,
in which the ink appears as thick as
OIL and from chemical analysis, the
ink of antiquity was much more
opaque, as we'll as encaustic, than that
which is used in modern times Inks
of different colors were much in vogue
Red, purple, blue and gold and silver
inks were the principal varieties.
The red was made from vermillion,
cinnabar and carmine; the purple
from the nurex, one kind of which,
called the purple encaustic, was appro-
priated to the exclusive use of the en-
perors. Golden ink was much more
popular among the Greeks than among
the Romans. During the middle or
dark ages the manufacture both of it
and Of silver ink was an extensive and
lucrative branch of trade, and the
illuminated manuscripts which. re-
main are a striking proof of the high
degree of perfection to which the art
was carried. The making Of the inks
themselves was a distinct business,
and another connected with it, and to
which it owed its origin, was that of
inscribing the titles, capitals as well as
emphatic words, in colored and gold
and silver inks. Exchange.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01
A Conductors Ghost.

Trainmen on the Lake Erie and
Western Railroad, between Findlay,
o., and Fostoria are greatly disturbed
over what the claim is the ghost Of a
dead freight conductor The conduc
tor was killed one night last Novem-
Der, at Arcadia, about eight miles East
of this city, by his train breaking into
two sections in such a manner that he
was thrown to the track from the car
on which he was standing, and be-
headed by the wheels before the train
could be controlled.
This accident occurred at a point
where dense woods nearly arch the
track above the rails, and here it is,
the trainmen assert, the ghost Of the
mutilated conductor-who was known
in life as Jimmie Welsh-makes its
appearance nearly every night as the
midnight train going West from San
dusky reaches the spot where Welsh
met his fate. The engineer and other
officials of the train say that when
these woods are reached, an object
looking like a headless man, comes
walking slowly out towards the track
with lantern in his hand which it
waves backward and forward, as if
searching for something.
The trainmen are positive that it is
the ghost of Welsh hunting for the
head which was severed from the body
by the car wheels. They insist that
this object is plainly visible until the
engine passes by, when the phantom
slowly turns and fades away among
the trees
Two crews have already abandoned
this run, and have been transferred to
other divisions of the road on the ac-
count of this alleged ghost and the
engineer who brought this train
through few nights ago was so ter
rified over encountering this headless
conductor that when he reached this
city it was with difficulty that he was
persuaded to stay on his engine until
relieved at Lima. He said that he
would not pass through another such
experience for any sum Of money.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01
She Left Her Feet Behind.

A West side church in Buffalo, ae-
cording to the Express, is in process Of
renovation, and the pastor is daily en-
gagged in raising funds to pay the ex-
pense. One means the pastor takes for
that purpose is to call on his parishion-
ers and ask for subscriptions. In one
case the good man approached the
front door of a pensioners house,
rang the bell, the door opened and a
little girl appeared
Pastor-Good afternoon, my child.
Is your mother home
Little Girl-No, sir, mamma is down
town.
Pastor-Will she be back soon?
Little Girl-I-I guess so.
Pastor-Then [ will come in and
wait few minutes.
Pastor enters and takes a seat in the
parlor. Being anxious of knowing
what kind of houses his people provi-
ded for their families, the clergyman
looked about him and soon discovered
a pair of feet protruding from under a
curtain. A little further optical in
vestigation satisfied him that the feet
belonged to the little girls mother. BY
and by the child appeared again and
said that she thought her mamma
would not return for an hour or two.
"Well," says the pastor, 81 will not
wait (; but, my child, be kind enough
to tell your mother the next time she
goes down town to take her feet with
her.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01

Every one had his or her line over
the rail Of the boat, awaiting a bite,
when the fleckle-faced girl with au
burn hair turned to the young man
with a downy moustache and two
watch chains, and exclaimed :-"Oh,
Augustus believe-I believe | have
bite p Then pull in" he comman-
ded. But it may be great big fish
and he may pull me into the water"
Il will save you, or we will perish to-
gether. Then-then | will pull. She
pulled, and brought in sun fish about
as big as your finger. We sneered at
the catch, but they minded it not Not
until that moment had they dared to
acknowledge their love. He was her'n
and she was his'n, and they were very
happy as they spit on the bait for more
luck.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01
ST. NICHOLAS.
The Century Cos Magazine for Young
Folks, Enlarged and Printed in
New Type.

Since 1879, when, under the editorial management
of Mrs Mary Mapes Dodge. the publication of 81
Nicholas for Young Folks was begun, it has lie
all magazines for boys and girls. Nothing like it
was known before, and o.day, the Chicago inter-
Ocean recently said, "it is the model and ideal
juvenile magazine of the world" Through its
pages the greatest writers Of time speaking
10 the youth of America and England, and the best
artists and engravers are traing the eyes of the
boys and girls to appreciate the highest in art.
Nobody knows how many readers 81 1FtcaolaS has.
In the third largest public library in Amerca-that
in IndianapolIs-more than 5000 people read each
month number.
Since the first issue Mrs Dodge has remained as
editor Early in its history other young peoples
magazines, Our Young Folks" THE Little Cor
poral Riverside" etc, were consolidated with it
and its history has been of growth from the
Miss Al, OFT, Mrs Burnett, Charles Dudley Warner,
w. ID Howells, and almost every well-known
write u time have contributed to its pages.
There S only one way in which its conductors can
make 1t better and hat is by making more of it,
and so they announce that with the beginning OF
the seventeenth volume November, 1897 81
Nicholas will be enlarged by the addition of eight
and sometimes sixteen extra pages in each number.
room for the rich store Of new material which has
been secured for the benefit of the readers. The
use of new and clearer type will be begun with the
November number
During the coming year there are to be four i'm
porant serial stories by four well-known American
authors. Athletics and outdoor sports will be
special feature Contributed by Walter Camp, OF
Yale and others) and there will be stories OF char
acter and adventure, sketches of information and
travel outdoor papers, articles OF spect al literary
interest," suggestive talks or natural history, other
scientific subjects, and the march OF events. Both
the December and January numbers are to be Holt
day is ues.
The price will be the same as heretofore $500 a
year, IS cents number, and all dealers and the
publishers (The Century Co., New York; take sub
scrptions. New subscribers should begin with
November
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01
Heaven's ARTILLERY,

The Twenty-seventh Massachusetts,
regiment was in camp on Bachelors
creek, North Carolina, near the edge
of wooded marsh, out of which came
the fragrance of magnolia blossoms
and the music of numberless hooking
birds. Here the men foraged more or
less upon the guerrilla farmers in the
neighborhood. The regimental his
torian enlivens his pages with the
story of one such occasion.
Just beyond our outposts was fam
lily named Davis, who were always
willing to furnish refreshments for a
consideration and one day when
Lieut.. Hunt was in charge Of the out
posts, he placed Sergt. Peck on picket
very near the Davis plantation.
The sergeant was very considerate
of the wants of the inner man, and
when Lieut.. Hunt returned to this
part of the line, he found that Peck
what he called stomach distender'
for two.
Sergt. Peck's appetite and liberality
got the better of any scruples he might
naturally have felt about making
known his neglect of duty, and he in
vited the lieutenant to the feast, an in
vitation that was promptly accepted.
The two men were eating with the
best of appetites when they heard a
sudden roar and rattle, as of heavy
guns and musketry. The enemy was
upon them Instantly they seized
their arms and equipments, which
had been laid aside for the occasion,
and rushed unceremoniously out of
the door.
Waiting for nothing, they cleared
the fence, expecting every moment
another volley, or demand to sur
render. On reaching the post, in any
thing but good order, they were hailed
by one of the pickets:
"Hullo, there What's your hurry
Why didn't you stay till after the
showers"
Sure enough, while they had been
busy at the table a sudden thunder
cloud had come up, and what they
had mistaken for an attack of the en-
envy was only a peal of thunder.
The two soldiers were often remind
ed of their famous dinner, and "old
man Davis" never tired OF referring
to ''the attack on the pickets. y
Youths Companion.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01
NoRwEGIANs AND THEIR HoRsl

NoRwEGIANs AND THEIR HORSES.
A traveller in Norway says that the
little horses there are almost always of
a dun color, and have their names
cropped short are wiry and full of
life and courage, dashing down hill at
a reckless pace. Not a lame or poor
animal is to be found among them, either
IN hack, drag or contemporaries cart.
They are mostly pony-shaped, rather
short in the legs, yet strong, tough, and
sound. When the drivers come out
from the house or establishment where
their business calls them, they often
take some trife from their pockets
an apple, a lamp Of sugar, or bit of
bread-and tender it to the waiting
horse, who is evidently on the lookout
for such favor. The whip is seldom
used. When a driver has occasion to
leave his horse, he takes one turn of
the rein about the animals near fore
foot and secures the long end loosely
to the shaft. A well-matched pair of
these horses, quite sound, young and
well broken for pleasure driving, can
be purchased for three hundred dollars
or less.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01

Being at sea, sail; being on land
settle.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01
Don't.
Don't wear silk hat to a picnic.

Don't wear a silk hat to a picnic.
Don't wear tight clothing of any
sort.
Don't hang your Macintosh in a
warm place.
Don't effect horizontal stripes if you
are short in stature.
Don't confound very tight glove
with well-ftting glove.
Don't carry Il silk umbrella at the
middle. Use the handle always.
Don't sit cross-legged if you wish to
preserve the set Of your trousers.
Don't wear an deliberately pattern
ed vest with a Prince Albert coat.
Don't wear pronounced effects in
down stripes if you are tall and slight.
Don't wear made up neckwear if
you can adjust easily and gracefully
your ties and scarfs.
Don't-though some men with pre-
tensions 10 style dO-Wear hlSn haI
with sack coat.
Don't put on a collar which has just
been relaundered, without examining it
for raw edges.
Don't wear last seasons hat with the
idea that people will regard you as
prosperous but eccentric.
Don't play tennis with the ordinary
business shoes on. The right sort for
the game can be had cheap.
Don't get into a heated argument on
summers day unless your linen is
thoroughly we'll starched.
Don't wear satin or raised pattern
neckwear if your beard is to harsh and
bristly. Wear instead, close woven
silk, such as gross grain, etc.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-03-01

A civil denial is better than rude
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