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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
PITH AND POINT.

Only a truly selfish man can realize
fully how utterly selfish other men can
Somergjye Journal.
She became good compositor,
This Nassar maiden spry,
Commanded highest wages for
She never could make pi-
''Why are you here, my poor fellowi"
-sked the visitor of the prisoner. ''De
walls is so thick l can't git out. Oats
why, seel"-Rleket.
When reports relating to the Indians
are filed in the Interior Department we
suppose the Indian f-e is the one used.
-Fitts5urg Chronicle.
The man who's always deep in debt
Is seldom known to float
On fame's high wave-yet none the less
He is man Of note.
Everything depends on good begin
ming, and when baker starts in business
he should remember that great deal de-
ponds upon his making a first-class tart.
Salesman.
'NIind, I don't want to be fattered,"
said feminine voice eonfdentially be-
hind a photographers screen, "but do
try and idealize it all you can."-Phiza-
dolphin Record.
Mastered It's Intricacies.- Man-''Ar
you getting an insight into your employ
er's businessl" Boy-''Well, I should
smilel l know it better than he does"
GLOW long have you been herel" "a
week. y Chicago Times.
Wife-'Did you find out what allied
the clock last night after I told you it
wouldn't runl" Husband-'No; sat
up till nearly midnight and took it all to
pieces, and saw nothing wrong with it"
Wjfe-"Well, I've thought what is the
matter with it. forgot to wind it.
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The Monkey md the Mirror.

If any one of a biological turn of mind
wants to have a large chunk of pure
white fun he ought to 90 over and watch
the monkeys in the Zoo. The monkeys
powers of reasoning are limited, but he
uses what brains nature gave him for all
there is in them. A gentleman recently
passed in an ordinary five-cent mirror
with tinfoil back. 1t fell to the lot of
4 long-tailed monkey with ecru points
and vatican plaits around his ears. He
looked in and got mad. 1t was the first
time he had ever seen himself, and the
imagined rival was so handsome that
pang of involuntary jealousy shot
through his quadrumanous bosom. He
went on hunt. Holding the glass very
still, he would suddenly jerk it down and
look for the rival. No rival
Then he held the glass still and
ducked his head quickly. The rival
ducked as quickly as he did. Then he
grew cunning. He would peep slyly.
The glass was allowed to glide imper-
ceptibly to one side. twas of no avail.
Then the monkey reached one of his
hairy paws stealthily up to the glass and
made a sudden snatch behind it. No
game. That monkey brain was doing
great work. 1t was a Napoleonic
monkey that was conspiring against the
apparition. 1t was evident that the
monkey in the glass was an active
dodger, that he couldn't be caught by
activity. He must be trapped by
strategy. Placing the glass on the floor
of the cage the monkey pressed it firmly
to be sure nothing could be beneath it.
Then he looked; there was the other
chap as ,Iassazzssss,l.i,ts,aa q
so did the other. Number one grinned,
chartered and frowned; likewise did
number two.
1t was no use. 1t was as if a human
being were confronted with indisputable
evidence of the existence of a fourth di-
mension in space, and were trying to
mentally grasp a conception of its exact
significance. But the ecru philosopher
never said surrender. After his gray
matter had rested a bit he picked up the
glass and looked again. There was that
same old monkey, looking very thought
ful and morose. He held him a prisoner
against his stomach and carefully picked
the tinfoil off the back of the glass.
This did not reveal the prisoner. But
he was equal to the emergency. That
monkey, he argued, was evidently be-
tween the back and the front of the
glass. He might be latter than a pan
cake, but there he was A long black
finger worked around to the rear of the
enemy A vicious scratch with a grimy
That fetched him. The
monkey showed up with cash straight
across the nose. Another The pit of
his stomach was gone All four fingers
at once. The battle looked like Kilrain
after the thirty-second round. He had
him. In less than a minute that monkey,
who had so foolishly invited destruction,
was annihilated.
The ecru monkey had what was left
If the mirror in the straw, and went off
N triumph to hang from the perch by
The tip of his blue tail. Washington
Post.
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brush. So strangely like my friend wa
it, yet weird thing, uncanny, ghostly
He never did a piece of work mort
beautiful in color and full of a wonder.
fully strange inspiration. But the sad.
ness and despair which shsne through
its ghostliness was so great~that it was
with heart stilled by premonition that
1 read word painted beneath with q
slender brush of carmine. This was the
word Unfinished
81 stood some time gazing upon the
portrait in a blind kind of way. repeat
ing, mechanically, Unfinished And
gradually the terrible fear grew that
Ralph had done something desperate.
Poor Ralph! No one in his sane mind
ever painted a portrait like that.
al rushed up to the Hartleys. Mr..
Hartley received me with grave face
and gave me letter.
ut was letter from Ralph to Madge.
He told her frankly what he had told
me-the whole course of his feeling to-
ward her;
And now, he said, if you were a woman,
to receive such thing, l should offer myself
as your husband, but to you am well aware
that would be useless Many years ago, the
suspicion of this strange popularity of my
nature dawned upon me-this incapacity for
completion, in any condition or action of my
life. have been ever since warding off an
OF 1t to myself. But how
much drawer, how infinitely better thingit
would have been to have acknowledged it,
the pain which have brought upon ycu and
upon myself IS witness | eaa not even ask
you to forelfs me. Yet yDn win n5t deem
that ara without realization q what have
done, when I TED you that. Ike Cein, have
gone into banishmenf the 5rand Hpon me.
that brand given at my birth--u man with.
out an arm, synabol OF the incomplete. It Is not
the ending OF miserable life l am contem-
plating. II is but complete retirement from
life as it is, its daily contact with my fellow
men. In the wilderness of some primitive
land, perhaps the good Lord will some day
say Finished
at is ten years ago, sir, since read
that, and that's the last I've seen of
Ralph Esby. I've heard that his father
was killed in a duel, shot in the arm, and
that his mother died when he was born,
soon after. One can put two and two to-
gether in regard to poor Ralph's pecu-
iarities. All these years we have been
where Ralph might be, but
.he uncertainty came to an end a year
iince, when fellow from Australia came
INTO my studio and handed me a card,
Upon which was written, in a feeble hand:
Harry, my boy, I've finishedr
- IF vvos q Wild colt finished hin, eaid
he man.
"Miss Hartleyl Oh, she had a severe
illness. But her father and l nursed her
through. For six years 1 did not say
to her in regard to the state of
ny feelings. Then 1 asked her to be my
wife, and we've been married four years
low.
81 wish we could have told Ralph"
--Ar0onan.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

The first Ice machines used sulphuric
ether, but time has proved that an ny
drous ammonia is the best chemical for
obtaining cold This is ammonia which
has been deprived of all water 1t is
ordinarily a gas, but under high pres
sure it liquefes. This liquid ammonia is
evaporated in iron pipe coils which are
laid in salt brine, and thus an intense
cold is produced, and the brineis given a
temperature of about eighteen degree,
Fahrenheit. The evaporated ammonia
passes then into a condenser, where it is
liquefed again, and then is used over
and over again with only very slight
waste in leakage in the apparatus In
the cold bath thus produced, galvanized
iron cans, containing distilled water to
be frozen, are set, and after a certain
time depending on the thickness of the
ice to be made, the water freezes, and is
melted out by dipping the can into tepid
water. The block of ice thus produced
is absolutely pure, as it is made of dis
titled and filtered water, and it IS i'm
possible for any of the ammonia to reach
it. The distilling process efectually kills
all bacteria and organisms, which freez-
ing does not do.
The sole object of so much machinery
in this process is to save the ammonia,
which is very costly. It requires one
pound of ammonia TO make two pounds
of ice, and consequently this must be
used over and over or the ice would be
very expensive. The necessity for thus
regaining the cooling agent makes neces-
sary an engine to do the pumping and
COMPRISING CT the ammonia, and the
cost of coal and salaries of an engineer
and other employees are the main expenses
drumming an ice machine after it is once
established. Therefore the cost OF the
ice can never vary very much By this
process ice can be made for from seven
ty-five cents to one dollar a ton The
time necessary for the making Of block
of ice eleven inches thick, weighing 300
pounds Is about sixty hours. As one
can is emptied of its block of ice it is re
filed with water and replaced in the
freezing bath. The other cans are then
emitted and reflled in the same manner,
and in sixty hours from the time Of OBJ
tanning the ice from the first car, that
can IS again ready to be emptied.-
Hartt0ra CoHraHt.
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At least one hour a day in a family,
where there are growing girls, should be
devoted to hand sewing. 1t happens
often in these DAYS of the sewing ma
chine that this part of the manual edu-
cation OF girls is neglected. It's good
- ach children when they are
Nv pe.SPie'az,ssimpoitant stitches of
- hem systematic
717'Sce. There is
- DSomanly and more
useful than needlework. Tt Is a rest
to any tired housekeeper, who has been
on her feet during a large part of the
day, to dress herself for the afternoon
and sit down with her needlework. The
over-and-oyer stitch Is the one generally
taught to children first, but it IS quite
as well to teach the running stitch aad
afterward a back stitch. After. plain
sewing is mastered, a few of the simpler
embroidery stitches may be taught. II
a small dress for doll or some simple
piece Of work is cut out, which will in
terest the child in her task, she will prob
ably accomplish more than if she sgiven
patches or scraps to work at, which
do not "count" 4 pretty work basket,
neatly made, will encourage the little
worker, and should be filed with s
thimble, needles, a supply Of emery
pretty piucushiOns, darning cotton and
darning yarn and silk, and everything
necessary to the work of the seamstress. /
Neat little sewing aprons are also useful |
and pretty. Give the little worker one
or two made and the materials to make
several more on which to practise, if she |
is old enough. Children should be es-
pecially instructed in darning and mend
ing. A darn well done on cloth Is il
visible for all practical purposes. Darn
ing of lace is to all intents lost art, but |
it is beautiful work. Mending a rip in
a par of kid-gloves is very dainty bit
of work. The color of the glove should
be match in silk and bit laid under the
part broken; after this is should be
caught down to the kid by stitches that
do not show on the right side; the rip
must now be carefully drawn together
with sewing silk, taking up as little as
possible of the kid A glove mended il
this way will'la almost as long as if it
had not ripped -Nelo York Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
A Marvellous Cannon.

To the cannon at Kubberpore-Najeal
India, is attributed miraculous and super
natural powers. 1t is III feet long, 8
feet inches around the muzzle, with &
caliber is inches across. By the natives
it is called Jaun Kushall, or the de-
stroyer of life. History does not record
the date of its casting, which the super
stitious people attribute to the gods.
Persian inscriptions on this great death
dealer prove that it has been captured
in some war with that country, but the
letters and characters are so nearly OBJ
liberated the date can not be ascertained.
The cannon has rested for ages between
two mammoth trees of the peepul species,
which have grown so firmly around fl
that it could not be removed without
telling one or both of them. Tradition
says that the cannon has been fired once
and that the ball was impelled twenty
four miles.
r. Il. :: g. - e. 4ba Dill.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

He rang the door bell with the air of
a man who was in quest of information,
and when the door was opened by lady
with an angry light shooting from each
eye, and her brow loaded with thunder
cloud, he politely took off his hat, and
said;
Madam, pray excuse me, if detain
you moment.
"What is it," she snapped.
al have been told" he calmly began,
Shy every lady have called on, that the
most intelligent and accomplished lady
in Atlanta lives at this number, and as
the firm represent positively forbids me
from selling to any but the most refined
and highly cultured, l viii beg you to
tell me xksesc be ATTRACTING -
reetl either in love or biliots. L
u we saegest that IL
grad1aH.s hiiIionspe
light in her eyesaeeoS
pleasant glance, and when he had finished,
she smiled sweetly and asked;
"What have you for salel"
The book agent swiftly undid his
pack, and said
MADAM, have here the most com
plete edition Of" and he sold her
copy in five seconds.-AtlaAta Coastitu-
ton.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
WORDS OF WISDOM.

| Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for
he that is lavish in words is niggard in
deeds.
Do not wait for extraordinary oppor-
tunities for good actions, but make use
Of common situations.
Conduct Is the great profession; be.
havior is perpetually revealing US; what
a man does tell us what he is.
The sun, shining forth at evening,
turns the clouds that have hidden him
by day into braided whiteness or reful-
gent gold.
The man who is most sensible of his
moral weakness will be most likely to
watch against temptations, and keep him
self out Of their way.
a more glorious victory cannot be
rqiped ngaffces Der man than tls'-s--s-ssi
when the In ot;sa.. % liia5ls, ;1,Essr
kiadness should begin on curs-
Tine is painted with lock before:
and bald behind, signifyine that we
must take time, as we say, by the fore
lock, for when it is once passed there is
no recalling it.
Happy is the man who so lives that he
can think OF death without alarm, and
anticipate for himself a better and hap
pier life when he shall be called to retire
from this earthly scene.
All politeness is owing to liberty. We
polish one another and rub off our cor
ners and rough sides by sort of ami
cable collision To restrain this is in
evltable to bring a rust upon mems
understandings.
Let US leave to virtue all her difficult
ties, and at the same time let US re-
double our efforts to conquer them;
there are many brambles on the road to
heaven, the path which leads thither is
not strewn with flowers.
Ability is often reinforced by neces-
sity. He that will not suffer himself to
be discouraged by fancied impossibilities
may sometimes find his abilities lnvig-
grated by the necessity of exerting them
at short intervals, as the force of a cur
rent is increased by the contraction of
its channel
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A Young Forester.

William Atkins, of Alasardis, younssss'
hunter and guide of the upper Aroostook
region in Maine, gets his living wholly in
the forests. In the summer he acts as
guide for certain New York sportsmen
who spend the summer regularly in the
forests about the headwaters of the Aroos-
took. During the winter he carries on all ,
alone throughout the season the business
of trapping. He is most of the time nifty
to seventy miles from the nearest settle
ment. His traps, about two hundred IN
number, are stretched from the mead
waters of the St. John to the headwaters
of the Penobscot southws
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

Plain Stuffed Eggs-Cut in two length
wise some hard boiled eggs; remove the
yolks; mash them smooth and add half q
slice of bread which has been soaked in
80. q = 1|iaItGIIE Eolks; season
&c &ePSsF and
the eggs, rounding them up; put on a
buttered dish and bake until well heated.
Carnaffs-Take some cold cooked ham
and chop it fine, season with pepper.
Put a tablespoonful of butter and an even
tablespoonful of flour in a saucepan;
mix, and add a gill of cream; SIR con-
tinually until it boils, take it from the
fire, add the weil-beaten yolks of four
eggs and half pint of chopped ham.
Put this into buttered cups, stand them
in baking pan half filled with hot
water, cover with paper, and cook in the
oven for twenty minutes. Serve with
cream sauce.
Banana Fritters-Sift a light quart OF
flour, take from it light pint; silt two
or three times with one teaspoonful of
cream tartar and one-half teaspoonful of
soda. To this add a saltspoontul of
salt, two eggs whipped very light, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar and three-fourths
of a cup of rich milk. Rub through the
-four first a dessertspoonful of butter.
Beat all to a smooth, light batter. Slice
bananas into four lengthwise strips, dip
each slice into the batter and fry a golden
brown.
Beef Stock-To make this get a
knuckle of beef, cut the meat all off the
bones into small pieces; break the bones
and throw them into kettle, and allow
one quart of water for every pound of
meat. When it begins to boil skim as
long as any scum rises. Set the kettle
on back of stove so the meat will cook
slowly for five hours, then add salt to sea-
son, and skim out meat and bones. Strain
the rest and set away to cool; then skim
all the fat off and you will have a firm
jelly which is ready for soups.
Flour Ball For Babies-Pack one
quart of sifted flour solidly in a cloth
and boil it four hours; after removing It
from the cloth clean off the entire coat
ing of flour, about quarter Of an inchi |
underneath the remaining portion will be |
perfectly dry and hard, like chalk. To
two teaspoonfuls of this grated flour,
previously wet with little milk and
=. <a%.naste. add one pint OF
~. ,srseS5p5he same OF good, rich
milk, two tablespoonfuls of lime water,
one teaspoonful Of sugar. After the sixth
month four tablespoonfuls may be used.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

The volcano of cohino, Mexico, has
been misbehaving itself badly of late,
and the inhabitants of six villages at its
foot are fleeing for their lives before the
streams of molten lava that are pouring
down its sides. The volcanoes intestiues
have been growing wildly for three
months, and the eruption is expected to
be of very destructive character.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20
Club Moss.

At recent meeting of the Royal Bo-
tanic Society in London there were ex-
hibited number of specimens of hydro
metric club moss from Mexico. It was
stated that these plants had the power
ascribed to the well-known rose of Jeri-
cho of rolling themselves up like a ball
when dry and becoming apparently dead ;
but they were able to unfold and grow
again when exposed to moisture. The
specimens, which had been kept dry for
three months, were now green and flour
ishinp.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

"Judging by the circulation of dream
books, said New York publisher,
neducation does not seem to make PEG
pie any the less superstitious. About if
teen hundreS different kinds of dream
books are in the market, and ali Of them
find buyers, while the sale steadily in
creases about in proportion to the p
crease of people. Nor is the demand for
dream books confined to the poor. wo-
men with sealskins aud diamonds come in
here to buy them, women whose appear
ance bears every evidence of wealth and
refined association. A woman who has
had some peculiar dream about her nus
band, child or lover wants to haveit ex-
planned. She hesitates to tell her friends
about her anxiety, and the cause of it,
for fear they would laugh OF her, and she
does not care to send a servant on the
mission. So in she walks and buys
drssm book
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AT THE OFFICERS MESS.

Senior Lieutenant to now waiter, pro-
NOTED from the ranks)-"When you re-
move the plates always ask each gentle
man if he desires a second help of soup. Z"
Next day. Waiter Changing the
plstes)-"Wiil the Herr Lieutenant take
any mere soupp
Lieutenant-''Yes."
Waiter-"There isn't any left. -
Fliegende Blaetter.
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TO TEST HIS ENTHUSIASM.

Ernest Peachblow Ito the new boarder
from Chicago)-"Ah, Miss Latte, the
study of the occult sciences interests me
greatly. love to explore with the keen
eyes of knowledge all the dark depths of
the mysterious, to delye into the regions
of the unknown, to fathom, as we may
say, the unfathomable.
Miss Lafte-'May I help you to some
of the hash, Mr.. Peachblow7"-PucE
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HE GREW WEARY.

Young Writer-"Have you read my
article in the current number of the
Essry Other Monthly Re1ie,o, Miss Pene-
lopez"
Miss Penelope-"No; that pleasure is
still in store for me. heard papa say,
though, that he had read it. "
Young Writer-''Did he not think
that treated my subject in very ex-
haustive mannerl"
Miss Penelope-"Yes, I believe he did
say something about being tired"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

The rapid increase in the wealth, bust
ness and prosperity of the United States
during the last ten years is simply mar
velous. The total wealth Of the country
S now 81, 955' GOO, 600, equal to nearly
$1,000 per head. This is az increase in
ten years of SIS, OOo, OoO,O 600 or forty
two per cent. England's wealth in 1885
is given as $50, 900, 600, 600, giving an
average wealth per head of S1545. The
average in Scotland is s1215 per head,
and in Ireland s565. The total wealth
of France is estimated at $50, 600, OOO,-
600. England exacts in taxes $40 per
head of population, while each individual
in the United States pays but S12.5O.
America will produce 5000, 600 tons of
iron this year, while England's greatest
production is s, 500, 600 tons.
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A HEAH% oN rAnrn

Mrs. Gushing-"Oh, I am so charmed
with your home, Mrs. Quiverful. Such
beautiful house, aud such pleasant sur
roundings and then such daughters, too.
l hope the young ladies realize that their
home is a perfect paradise"
Uncle Joe "a mean old thing)-"Oh,
they live up to it, Mrs. Gushing. I as
sure you there is no marrying or giving
in marriage here. Life.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

An insurance agent who has an Office
On Larned street sat alone in the Office
the ether day when fairly well dressed
stranger entered, passed the time of day,
and said;
81 called to inquire if you could lend
me S5?n
"why, you are stranger to me, " WIS
the reply.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

Jones and his friends were discussing
the latest lion accident.
"Why, I've been in the cage myself a
dozen times" boosted that inveteratc
joker.
"And you weren't afraid2"
"0f course not; the lions had been
taken out. Judge.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-20

There appears to be no further doubt
about the destitution in North and South
Dakota, about which so many conflicting
reports have been published. Clara
Barton, the female philanthrOpist, made
a personal investigation of the subject,
and declares that at least 5000 people
were dependent for subsistence on public
charitr