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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15
Estray Notice.

Reported as an estray by r. W. Self
County Commissioner for precinct No 4,
San Saba county, Texas, and l hereby
give notice that there has been found run
ming at large, and not estrayed, the owner
of v hioh is unknown, one bay pony horse,
10 hands high, 4 years old, branded on
left jaw, and w connected on left shout
der and II on left thigh. Also one iron
gray mare, 13i hands high, years old,
branded NJ on left shoulder. Said mare
had one blue roam colt, one year old, IN
branded, said auimals now ranging in the
neighbOrhood of Bend, San Saba Co.
Witness my signature and seal of office
at San Saba, Texas, this LIST day Of July,
1890. 4. DUGGAN,
County Clerk, San Saba Co.
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man.
The strongest argument Tor una
nimity is that which insists upon
the great value of giving to each
juryman q veto power that 1nsures
for his opinions fair considera-
ton in the deliberations of the
jury-room. In reply to this it is
urged that the same end could be
accomplished by providing that
only a unanimous verdict would
be received for several hours after
the jury had been sent out. As
General Ewing recalls, when the
present jury system was young,
unanimity was obtained by fning
the obstinate minority or by pun
ishing the whole jury, as by driv-
ing them in open carts from one
assize to another. More recently
was devised the plan of imprison
ing them, often without food or
water, until cold, hunger, thirst or
fatigue compelled the weak or i'll
or mean-spirited to commit moral
perjury by asserting to a verdict
against their conscience "Whv a
verdict thus obtained
was better than a majority verdict
no one has attempted to tell"
The opinion seems to grow that
or later we are coming to
the majority verdict. Judge
c. Barrett, has well point
ed out that the demand for such
change will be greater as juries
and as the difficulty in
securing conscientious unanimity
It is hard enough al
ready for twelve strong men, in
this enlightened age, to agree
upon almost any debatable sub
ject Many argue, therefore, that
if three-quarters of two-thirds. or
even a bare majority, can come to
a decision where a measure of
damages is to be fixed that is all
that can reasonably be asked.
Bradstreet's
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

Lady Reformer-Why don't you con
gressmen pass a law prohibiting the
smoking of cigarettes?
Congressman-We have no reason for
doing SO.
Lady Reformer-No rsason? Why, CT
garette smoke Injuries TIE brain.
Congressman-P0ssihly it docs.
dam; but people who have brains DOM
smoke garettes.-Chatter.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

The meritorious work las been
accomplished by the Anti-SlaYery
Conference which begins It session
at Brussels last year. The con-
ference aimed not only to combat
the institution of slavery in coun-
tries where it exists, and to repress
the maratime traffic in flesh and
blood, but also to fight slavery on
the spot of its origin. In repect
to the institution of domestic sla-
very, the conference, in It's Gener-
al Act, could do no more than de-
clare the hostility of all the gov
ernments represented to the sys-
tenn, and their determination to do
all they could for its extinction.
Stringent provisions as to regis
tration and inspection at ports of
entry and departure were incorpo-
rated as a means Of restraining
the maritime traffic, and regula-
tons for the inspection and con-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

Many readers Of papers have
conceived the idea that the editor
endorses every line he publishes,
but the idea is very absurd one
as through the medium of a county
paper all issues are ventilated and
an editor would have to bear a
heavy load if he was held respon-
sible for all that appears in the
average country weekly papers.
Mt. Pleasant Times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15
Civlllty in Trade.

A gentleman bought some ma
chine tools of a certain firm, and,
not receiving them when promis-
ed, wrote, requesting to know why
they were not delivered, To this
he received no reply. Waiting
for three days longer than it would
take for an answer, he telegraph
ed briefly; "Send tools at once,
or let us know why; in great need
of them" This brought a reply
e..~ A. u
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

A correspondent tells a curious story
of animal sagacity. He once knew a
dog who used to run on the legs of one
side-R sort of one sided shambler. The
animal would start in the usual way,
and when he had acquired sufficient
momentum tuck up the legs of one side
and, leaning over toward the other side,
scamper along on two legs until tired.
He would then acquire fresh impetus,
and give the other legs turn at this ex-
hilarating exercise. The correspondent
writes from Cyprus, not Crete.-London
Field
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Electric Bltters.

This remedy is becoming so well knc
and so popular as to need no no speci&
mention. All who have used Electro
Bitters sing the same song Of praise.-A
purer medicine does not exist and it is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Elec-
tric Bitters will cure all diseases of the
Liver and Kidney, will remove, pimples,
BOils, Salt Rheum and Oth9r affections
caused by impure bloOd.-Will drive Ma
larial from the system and prevent as we'll
as cure Dengge and all Malarial fevers'-
For cure of headache, Constipation and
Indigestion, try Electric Bitters-Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded.
Price so cts. and 81 per bottle at J. n. Ed
din's and Cos Drug store. (5)
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suPef1nteHa5nt, and went to the
president with his grievances,
who, being a sensible man, soon
arranged matters to the buyers
satisfaction. Then the president
interviewed the superintendent,
and gave him some good advice
on the subject of politeness in
trade, which it is to be hoped he
profited by.
Human nature is weak, and the
best of us are liable to err, but it
is a bad thing to err on the side
of incivility. No matter how large
or small an order may be-five
cents or fifty thousand dollars
the buyer is entitled to courteous
treatment and prompt attention.
The mouse gnawed the lion free
of the net, and the five cent order
man may know a fifty thousand
dollar order man, whom he will
take where he will be well treated.
AS the Engineer, from which we
copy, says, civility pays every
time. 1t is a cardinal point in
business, and Doors should re-
that rudeness always re-
coils upon those who exhibit it.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

The Southern Lumberman calls
attention to the fact that while
mills in Iowa and other northern
states have been compelled, by the
hotweather, to suspend operations,
the mills Of the south have been
humming right along every day.
There is no doubt that our south
ern climate is superior to any
thing north of the Ohio. Louis
vile Courier Journal.
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Is Consumption Incurable.

Read the following: Mr.. c. II Morris
Newark, Ark, says: WAS down witt
Abscess of Lungs, and friends and physI
clans pronounced me an incurable Con.
sumptive. Began taking DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, am now on
my third bottle, and able to oversee the
work on my farm. 1t is the finest medl
cine ever made" Jessie Middlewart,
catur. Ohio, says: Had it not been
Dr. Kings New Discovery for COnsuu
tiOn would have died of L1ng TrOubi
was given up by doctors. Am now
best of health. Try it. Sample bo
free at j. n. Eddins Il Cos.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

An experience recently told me of a
visit to the London Lyceum theatre Il
twelvemonth since verifes the state
ment as TO the positive rule of some of the
English playhouses not to admit ladies or
gentlemen TO the stalls unless they are in
evening dress. The American had had a
busy day of 1t, and found that it was too
late to put himself into his dress suit as
was his custom when going to the thea
tire, and hurried off in his ordinary morn
ing suit with his wife to witness the per-
Torrance Of Henry Irving in .sThe Dead
Heart" At the box office he rendered
his money for couple Of stalls. The off
cial looked the applicant over for a mo-
ment, apparently arrived at the conclu-
sion he was gentleman and forthwith
asked If he would not accept box-a
much preferable and more expensive.
sifuation-sfor his laas and hiaaseif.
make this 9sestiouz =
the -'outfrods .-sll1Il>l
tstive, because saoiild y
ths stalls nos IN fuls dress youwde-l
tract an embarrassing amount of NO
as the only persons that had been prcS
vented, for some cause or other, from
observing the usual formahty. ! feel
sure that under the circumstances you
will find this box more agreeable.
NEAT way Of putting it, wasn't it"
said the narrator chipperly, land so En-
glish, you knowr'-Clothier and Fur
nisher.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

The Rev. Robert J. Walker, Of the
Church of Our Saviour, anchored in the
East river at the foot of Pike street, is
something of Il wag. He says that his
church is ''high" or Glow according tc
the tide. As his members are all sailors,
he may be said to be dependent upon the
floating population.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
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thorities Of the Congo to levy
certain import duties, especially
on spirits, and has decided to pro-
hibit the Importation Of spirits
where their consumption has not
already become habitual, and
where the consumption has be-
come habitual to check it by i'm
posing duties on the same. All
the states represented have now
signed the General Act, even in
GLIDING Turkey. with one single
exception, Holland, which is OPP
posed to the provisions directed
against the free importation of
spirits. The dissent of holland
will doubtless have little influence
on the action of the olher powers.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

The Cincinnati Enquirer complies Sta
tistics to prove that the razor is a surer
and better weapon for attack and defense
than the much Wanted bowie knife, and
it adds that the man who displays one Is
generally more feared than the one who
handles a six shooter.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15
NUMBER II.

Families not already supplied should
lose no time in procuring a bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera aud Diar-
rhoea Remedy. 1t is the only remedy
that can always be depended upon for
bowel complaint in all its forms, p and
90 cent bottles for sale by
J. n. Eddins & Co.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

Under the Mexican law foreign
ers are prohibited from acquiring
real estate within twenty leagues
of the boundary line of Mexico
without previous permission of
the Mexican government, and the
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Mexico some time since inform
ed the United States Minister to
that country that the Mexican
government had determined to
issue no authorizations or permits
hereafter to foreigners to purchase
real estate within the prescribed
limits until there shall have been
a final adjustment of the bound
airy between the two republics.
According to the testimony of our
own Consul-General in Mexico, a
relocation of the boundary line is
absolutely necessary. 1t is impos-
sible to tell definitely in many
places what is the true boundary
line owing to changes in the chan
mel of the river, and this fact max
ing jurisdiction uncertain has been
taken advantage Of b. criminal
:. aaacters and nag lead to con-
!. e z q authority in the futaEe
Congress did not make an ade-
quate appropriation for The pur-
pose of carrying out the treaties
between the two countries for the
relocation of the boundary, setting
apart for that purpose only $780,
900, or less than half the sum est
mated as required. Strong re-
concentrations on the part of the
State Department have led the
Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations to appropriate an addition
al $4,000. This leaves the ap
preparation still inadequate, but
perhaps the Senate committee has
taken the course it has thinking
that the government will have
enough in the increased appropri-
alton to go ahead with, leaving
any deficiency to be provided for
in the future.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

was horrible to endure. Under
the advice of physicians 1 took 30
drops of Fowler's Solution of Ar
senic every day for 25 years be-
sides many other kinds of medi-
cines, without cure. 1 have been
taking S.S.S. for about two months
and the eruption and unpleasant
symptoms have all disappeared,
and am continuing it to COM
pletely root it out of ny blood,
which 1 am confident it will do;
and what it has done for me l am
sure it will do for others, for there
are thousand of such cases all over
the country which resist all other
treatment. l have lived here in
my present business for % years.
w. R. Rouse Dealer in machinery,
81 and 80 West Maryland street.
indianapolis, Indiana.
Treatise on Blood and Skin dis
eases mailed free. Swift Specific
Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

A report on labor troubles in
the state of New York for five
years has Just been issued by the
State Bureau of Statistics of La
Dor. The bureaus investigations
have led it to the conclusion that
the hope that the day for strikes
and labor disturbances is drawing
to a close is purely optimistic.
There were in the five years COW
cred by the bureaus statistics
1884 strikes, in 1928 establish
ments, employing 1929 en-
ployees. OF the whole number
nearly two-thirds were successful,
while over one.third were unsuc-
cessful. The predominating
of strikes were questions of
or hours of labor. Forty-one
per cent of the whole number of
were either for an increase
or against a reduction of wages,
and of these a little over 20 per
cent were successful. Something
over IS per cent of the whole
number of strikes were for a
in the hours of labor, and
of these nearly n per cent were
successful. Among the strikes re-
corded 59S were threatened
and of these 81 per
cent were successful. On the
face of these statistics it will be
seen the balance of advantage has
inclined in favor of the striking
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

Nobody is perfect. Character
is never symmetrical. Genius,
that we so much admire, is only
an abnormal development on some
particular line.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

The San Antonio Express re-
ports work on the state lunatic
asylum, located five miles south =
San Antonio, as progressing W,
THE excavation for the immenh-
foundations have been completed,
concrete has been laid and the
work of bricklaying has begun in
earnest"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15
The Road Amendment.

just why there should be oppo-
sition to the county road amend
ment, in any county in Texas,
passes comprehension, except up
on the hypothesis of Ignorance.
Some men are opposed to all pro-
gress, and others kick at every
thing that seems likely to benefit
their neighbors, and these classes
are generally found arrayed
against the enlightenment and ele-
walton of the race. Nor is it igno-
rance in every instance that shack
les the mind, belittles the souLaud
- the groove afzassls p Z -
fasormed peepls drag
. miserable existence Of dry
rot in the pnflisns Of pessimism,
and leave the world no better for
having passed through it. Bnt
why should even these classes OPP
pose the county road amendment?
The amendment simply proposes
to restore to the people the right
to improve their roads at their own
expense or let them remain as
they are to their own discredit.
1t goes no further than to author
lie the legislature to frame and
pass a local option taxation road
law-that is, law to allow each
county to determine for itself
whether it wants good roads, and
whether it will levy road tax to
supplement the personal service
system that we now have. Are
the people afraid to take this pow
er out of the organic law and hus-
band it themselves? To admit
this is to admit the people are ia
capable of self-government, for
the question of good roads is a
primary condition of citizenship,
and its development is one of the
highest tests of civilization and
prosperity.
Should the amendment be de-
feated we can have no beneficial
legislation for the improvement of
the county roads, for without it
the legislature will continue pow
erless to afford the relief the peo-
pie and the county oficiqls are
clamoring for. If it be adopted
the Legislature can pass a law in
with the recommends
lion of the County Judges, in
their late convention at Galveston,
and the people of each county to
exercise their own good pleasure
in the premises and have good
roads or no roads as the majority
may Observation-Disclosures Con-
,titution.
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ils6riiias hafs
-

"a OF perjury en-
Eure, a description
periodical but based
Hallam called it
ferrous relic of barbar-
xperts appointed by
n1830 on the course of
said: at seems alb
he rights of 8 party in
{ q doubtful and compli-
re should depend on his
to satisfy twelve per-
me particular state of
3 true one. They pro-
after twelve hours the
o nine of the jurors
eg&l. Lord Campbell
yer introduced a bill
a measure into eff
q not pass.
Il article IN Current
eneral Thomas Ewing
presented the argu-
unanimity, which
nsustained by either
Silence, though he
riminal cases it is
sary safeguard of
resumption is that
pnocent, and to re-
of his guilt should
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exclude all reasonable doubts, not
only in the minds of the majority,
but of each and every one of the
jurors. But, he says, there is NO
presumption in the civil action
that the plaintiff is wrong Where
the verdict cannot in the nature of
the case be a compromise. as in an
action of ejectment or on a prom
issory note, disagreement Of jurors
result from the corruption or dull
ness or prejudice of a small mi
nority. In almost all other cases
H., ,-o,,l.,t =. . 49,. -. -,
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Arsenic and Potash Three Times a Day
for Twenty-Five Years.

1 have been taking SIS.
(Swift's Specifc), and felt it to be
my duty to state its results, that
others who are similarly affected
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3 the federal courts,
Established in all the
ger courts, except in
ing trihing amounts.
Iay to this the spread
5 of the country have
d 10 boast of "trial by
extolling the institu-
rty.
PISS, the incapacity of
ymen to deal intelli-
many Of the intricate
BED from the complex
a society has led to a
itute for the old sys-
ape of referees, audi
-Rtors, who by general
special training may
to be qualified to un-
ticular case at Issue,
athe increase in num-
ices, thisasethoa IS
vor. Certainly ii Of
j expense and delay,
important considera-
m litigation. New
dge Dwight Foster
rs ago wrote that he
persuaded that the
.es are, as a rule, |
DRY to all concerned
nsel and intelligent
an the awards of ar
eferees." Thus it
lat as to this remedy !
:, but at the same
partial success, as
spread, proves the
y OF some sort
p in the same direc-
tice in many courts
il the jury and let
decide questions Of
neither party to the
jury. The chief
lie to this is that a
Invariably be the de-
and not of fact.
said that he had
frequently, seriously !
btly dissatisfied with
Ejuries than with the
judges on similar
Ige Robert c. Pitman
pther point against
e court to try ques-
IN the matter of "the
mpairing the con-
IS in its imparti-
understand that the
It make but declares
a deciding facts he
lily judge and weigh
illnesses" Yet Judge
es that in Massachu-
ks satisfactorily.
st and most Logical
sing the justice of
if we grant that JUS
any comparative de-
1ly not the substitu-
ming else for the jury,
kal of the reouire-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

II t-DtsI ouINt III IHc'WOrIU lot CUts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
COrns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price - cts per box
For sale by J. n. Eddins 4 Co, Aug. 1888
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

Some years ago We were very much sub
Jeet to severe spells OF cholera morbus,
and now when we feel any of the symp-
toms that usually precede that ailment,
such as sickness at the stomach, diar-
rnoea, etc, we become scary. We found
Chambe rlain's Remedy the very thing to
one out in such cases, and al
ways keep it about. It is somewhat sim
liar 20 the usual cholera cures, but seems
to contain ingredients that render it more
pleasant to take, aAtbat do their work
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.rTsTNG RATES.
mIiy of the Jury.

ction with the W king
ilystem seems to be in
t is no longer booked
admiration and respect
a most precious right
of our ancestors. One
continent grievances
George was, as they
Declaration. of indie
sepriving us, in many
benefits of trial by
Constitution guaran-
Sts in criminal
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Not Afraid of Microbes.

DIR. George Duttan, a Boston physician.
at a meeting of the American Health So
ciety, of which he Is president, made
this challenge: LET my medical friends
bring me half pint of all kinds Of ba-
cfli and will eat them, provided that il
l am not sick the next day the microbe
theorists will forever thereafter bS
their peace"
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PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

Wherers. on the 9th DAY Of April. A. D. lisp
the following Joint Resolutions passed by the
Iwenty-hrst Legislature was approved. BY the
terms Of which the Executive is required TO issue
his proclamation submitting the same to the vote
Of the qualified electors of the State at the next
general election for state and county officers.
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County Clerk Of San Saba c
, 1890-09-25
encourage the national banking sys

encourage the national banking sys-
tenn.
Mr.. Plumb feared tho bill would
finally result In a contraction of tho cur
rency. While he agreed that the ma
tional banking system, as system OF
discount and deposit, was wise and
ought to be continued, 1t was plain To
be seen that IL was not long to be n
system to have relation 10 tho currency.
The banks themselves wanted to get out
of that business. Congress could not
afford to let the national bank currency
disappear, without supplying currency
In Its place. lie believed that the bust
ness OF the country was In greater peril
than for years, from the lack Of q suffi-
cient circulating medium.
Mr.. Power moved to strike out the
first section, reducing to $1,000 the de-
posit OF bonds to retain tho charters
Alter further discussion tho bill went
over until o-morrow.
The senate bill for the protection OF
trees and other growth ON the public do
main from destruction by fire was
passed.
Tho house bill to define and regulate
the jurisdiction of the courts of the
United States, with an amendment oil
tho judiciary committee In the nature OF
o substitute. was taken up as unfinished
business and went over without action.
The senate then adjourned.