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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
Points About Peru.

Mr.. William R. Grace, ex-Mayor of
New York, has been writing for pubIea-
ton, and this is what he penned of Peru:
Let US take peep at Peru, our lively
southern sister. Blessed with a climate
almost perfect, where the heliotrope
grows wild on the hillsides and flowers
bloom all the year round, there's no more
kindly, hospitable people on earth. Lima,
the capital, is renowned for the beauty
and grace of its ladies, and the children
are like animated Christmas cards. There
IS no jealousy of the foreigner. He Is
welcomed, entertained and treated kindly
and fairly by the Government and the
people. Life in Peru is of a quieter,
gentler character than as We know it in
the hurry and rush of our business eager
ness, and one who lived among them and
learned to appreciate their loyable quail
ties will often send back grateful
glance of retrospection.
"Among the Anglo-Saxon jewellers in
Peru Santa Claus is not forgotten. and
the approach of Christmas is looked for
ward to with eager expectation in many
a childish heart. The tabled shoe of the
ancient dame, with her numerous progeny;
= - TnucrcTII, anu IIe
trials and triumphs of the Sleeping
Beauty, are as familiar to them as to our
little ones. Perhaps some who may read
these lines may remember a dozen years
ago to have seen the parlors of one of the
leading foreign families in Lima filed
with delighted audience to witness the
debut of the daughter of the house as
Cinderella, the beautiful child bearing
herself with as perfect lf-possession as
the bride of the prince, as she afterward
showed when, at the drawing room of
her Majesty in London, she bowed before
the Queen, herself the fairest among them
all.
''As the season rolls on apace and the
sacred anniversary draws nigh, one of the
largest rooms in the Peruvian house is
set apart and stage improvised, on
which is built up, in varying degrees of
detail, according to the ability Of the
family, a representation Of the scene at
Bethlehem, with all its surroundings
faithfully shown In the distance are the
shepherds watching their iocks, the wise
men of the East, in royal robes, bringing
gifts from afar, and in the foreground the
humble manager, with the Holy Family
grouped around the cradle, while the
star of Bethlehem shines brightly in the
sky above Gold, silver and jewels are
lavished on the decoration of the scene,
days are devoted to perfecting its smallest
detail, and on Christmas Eve, and for
days thereafter, friends and visitors are
admitted to gaze and admire"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
FASHION NOTES.

White cloths are effectively trimmed
with black braid and edged with dark
furs.
A Swiss bodice of the same color as
the skirt is much seen in ball room cos
tunes.
An unusual number of crepe de chine
dresses have made their appearance this
season.
Silk muslin is decidedly fashionable
fabric of the season, and those fond of
net will still adhere to it.
Handkerchiefs follow the lead of
dresses and mantles and have long and
sharply intended trimming.
Some of the brocades worn are very
beautiful, especially in combination with
tulle and other tiImy materials.
A late novelty consists of having a
long ostrich feather curled around the
arm at the edge of theshort sleeves.
Those who can afford them favor cos
tunes of velvet, simply made, and edged
with Russian sable and other rich furs.
Lilac and pale mauve are favOrite col
OTIS for evening gowns. The favored
materials are velvets and satin brocades.
Heavy beaver cloths in diagonal de-
signs are made up into long wraps and
make very handsome and servffceable
wraps.
Light colored velvets, with Innings
of white Tibet goatskin, are more than
ever used for elegant nantes the present
season.
There is decided reaction in low cut
gowns. A revival and also pretty
innovation is the use of the lace bib in
low cut bodices.
Novelties in black crepe de chine
show tufts and rings of black velvet;
also embroidered floral designs in effec-
tive arrangements.
Black lace gowns are mounted on black
areophane, with a petticoat of black
satin. Sometimes the entire underdress
is of pure white velvet.
Handsome costumes of dark velvet
have round skirts edged with blue fox,
and left open at two seams to show IN
derskirts of light brocaded satin.
1t is predicted that long gloves in black
Suede will be the prevailing fashion in
the spring, and the demand is said to be
so sudden that it is not yet possible to
fill advance orders.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
A Unique Banner.

A Kansas City lady has a most unique
banner. 1t is as beautiful as it is unique,
and is priced by its owner for its beauty
and oddity. 1t is made of the skin of
an enormous rattlesnake, with a back
ground Of plush. The snake skin was
sent the lady by friend who lives in
Texas. 1t is beautifully tanned, the back
being colored and covered with spots re-
sembling small scales, which on the back
ground of plush look for all the world
like mosaic. The skin is over five feet
long without the head and tail, and four
teen rattles denoted its age. In the widest
part OF the body the skin is nine inches
in width, thus showing in life that the
rightful owner of the skin which now
adorns the lady's parlor must have been
an ugly customer. A letter which pre-
coded the present states that belts made
of rattlesnake skins are much worn by
the young ladies Of Texas, and are a
common article of bellies apparel.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
MAGNIFICENT COSTUME.

The Empress of Russia has Just been
presented with Circassian national cos
tune by the wealthy Princess Gussatowa.
This magnificent dress consists of a
pointed cap of black velvet, shot with
gold and edged with a broad border Of
silver embroidery. Over this is spread a
white gauze veil specl1led with gold stars.
The robe is of garnet-colored velvet,
with short sleeves, and lined with lilac
silk 1t IS heavily embroidered with
gold, and both sides of the bodice, edged
with gold borders, are ornamented with
a row of star-shaped silver buttons, from
which hang gold tassels. To the dress
also belongs a short jacket of sky-blue
Atlask with gold embroidery, which is
fastened down the front by twenty-three
pairs of golden clasps, over one inch
wide and heavily studded with turquoises.
There further belongs to this magnificent
costume a rose-colored chemisette OF At
Task, embroidered with silver. The cir
die is of garnet-colored velvet, with gold
embroidery, and is fastened by broad
silver clasp of exquisite workmanship and
studded with turquoises. The loose wide
Circassian neither garments are made of
cream-colored striped Atlask and en-
broidered with silver. Finally, the shoes
of ponceau-colored Morocco, with silver
laces, have high heels made from rare
wood, and the latter are covered with
purple velvet, ornamented with gold.
The whole costume, needless to say, is
exceedingly gorgeous and costly, and it
is an exact copy of an ancient Circassian
regal dress. 1t Is said to be the work of
the Princess Gussarowa, who herself pre-
sented it to the Empress enclosed in a
satchel of heliotrope with her Majesty's
initials and the imperial crown in gold.
London Life.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
A Joke on the Bishop.

Here is a good story about bishop
indeed, it would be a very good story
even about dean. Bishop was home
ward bound from the United States,
travelling luxuriously in a double cabin
with Mrs. Bishop. 1t was very hot
night, thunder in the air, and the Allan
tic liner slipped through the water, do
ing her eighteen or nineteen knots an
hour, the cabin being lit up with the
lightning flashes. Mrs. Bishop could not
sleep for the heat. Bishop, appealed to,
numbered out of his berth and opened the
portfolio.
Suddenly there lobbed in through the
portfolio wooden ball attached to a
string. Bishop was perplexed, but he
tied it up, coiling the string by nail in
the wall, and then retired TO rest. The
ball was an apple of discord in that peace.
full cabin, for it hit against the side Of
the vessel as she Iurched, and Mrs Bishop
grew querulous and disturbed. Ur
started the poor Bishop again, and tc
end matters he uncoiled the cord and put
the ball safe and sound under his pillow.
There was heavy thunderstorm, but the
Bishop slept soundly that night. Next
morning at breakfast, the captain presid-
ing, he told the tale with a good deal OF
Episcopal solemnity and detail.
Tho captain laughed immoderately.
Bishop laughed, too, thinking his story
a good one. Then the captain told him
that the ball was the end of the lightning
conductor. Bishop that night looked
under his pillow before going to bed and
slept with closed portfolio. A5U
Gazette.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
Jim. the gang filed out into the

by Big Jim, the gang fled out into the
d4rkness.
.tole man, said Big jim, slowly, as
he turned to 60, ''if you need any help
tendin' to any sick men anywhere around
ytre, send fer me"
San mel" cried several voices.
AN if he gifts well, tell him q story
boat a little gals letter that saved a
feller's life. If you do, mebby his sick
nessn sorto make him fergit all about
what's happened in this section an that
anybody on Comment land"
Give heerd NV sech cases." answered
old man Sigsby.
When they had gone, Sigsby stood for
many minutes staring at the letter before
him.
''Der papa, it read, ''mama and me
has been looking for letter from you
for awful many days. We are fraid your
sick an we want to see you awful much.
Ole Bose is dead. I pray for you night
an mornin. A hundred kisses from
''BEssIE."
s'Name's Bessie, old man Sigsby NUT
tered. Minds me Nv"
Els voice died away, and, for long
time, he seemed wrapped in thought.
Only the faint moan of the sick man
broke the silence at the shanty up the
draw
A month later little Bessie's heart was
gladdened by the coming of the papa
for whom she had prayed night and
morning.
No report of illegal timber cutting in.
the region round about the cabin up the
"draw" reached headquarters. Perhaps
his severe illness had impaired the de-
tective's memory.-Neto York Mercury.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
The astrong Man. Business.

Francis Semmelmann, the 'Bavarian
Hercules, " who claims to be the strong
est man in the world, is not in the pro-
fessional line now, but Is operating
silver mine in Colorado He said to L
Chicago Herald reporter recently.
Iueru Is % great deal OF humbug in that
''strong man business" Here, for in
stance, is favorite trick with the sort Of
strong man who exhibits himself in the
dime museum. He takes a bar of iron,
apparently solid, but in reality hollow.
This bar viii have a look Of enormous
weight and size. To see a man take this
and then strike it across the muscles of
his arm or thigh in such way as to
bend it looks like terrible achievement.
But It isn't. BY striking this bar so that
one end overlaps the arm by a certain
length-proportioned to its entire length
it takes but moderate strength to make
it bend, as it is the bars own weight
which bends it, not the heft Of the blow
struck. Simple as the trick is, it is
nearly always very successful with the
crowd, and to do it properly requires,
too, considerable practice and experience.
To break strong iron chains and wire
ropes IS another favorite trick Of the
professional strong man. In reality he
doesn't do it all No man, not even the
strongest, possesses muscular power
enough to rupture the links OF strong
iron chain or break a stout steelwire
rope. Yet TO all appearances this is done.
The way of it is this: Lying on the
ground, at the Samson's feet, are other
ropes and chains These are hollow or
have a weak spot-due to some judicious
fling or to special manufacture-and it
is one of these the strong man in reality
breaks, after perhaps having the deeoy
chain or rope tested by the public or 4
committee of experts, and the public
doesn't become aware Of the clever de-
ception, since the chains and ropes are
to all appearances identical in every re-
spect with those shown IN the first place
All the seemingly superhuman feats of
the strong man are managed in this or in
a similar way, and the admiring and
befooled public hardly ever becomeaware
of the fact. There are times though,
however rare, when the fraud becomes
apparent. l remember a case OF that
kind in London some six years ago, when
happened to be a spectator The fellow
who posed there IS the strongest man
on earth, " was so impudent and insolent
about 1t that thought I'd teach him
lesson. So when he was in the midst Of
his performance l leaped into the ring,
seized a genuine and bogus bar of
iron he was exhibiting with. and de-
monstrated right before the eyes Of the
public, wherein the deception lay. The
fellow sued me for damages subsequent
", as it broke up his little game at the
time, but the British courts kicked him
and his case out
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
PITH AND POINT.

The sailors accounts are cast up by tie
sea.
Rights and lefts-The Gins" and tn
s'outs.
Spoiled children make bad men and
women.
.AIa, the minister is coming" ''WhatI
makes you think sol Did you see hint
'.No, but saw pa take the parrot and
lock it up in the stable"
Nations are like individuals, says an
orator. Not much You never hear an
individual complaining about the size Of
his surplus.-Bost0R Courier.
Lawyer-''Your opponent viii have to
paw the amount, but YOU viii have to
stand the costs" Clieut-''Wiu YOU
please tell me, have won or lost
Lancaster-'I hear that you have been
burning the midnight oil. What study
interests YOU so muchl" Forester
..How to get the baby to sleep. Time.
Although they went to school together,
And grew up children side by side,
He never dreamed how much he loved her
Until her wealthy uncle died.
-Harper's Bazar.
How hard some men will struggle to
build little reputation, and will at once
give up the the ghost when it comes to
building a kitchen fire.-hsarHey Enter
prise.
Some one was saying before Jones that
the best method of restoring those who had
been frozen was TO roll them in the snow.
THAT may do well enough in winter
time, but what yer goin' to do in sum
mer, when there amt no snowy COM
mented that cheerful idiot.-JVdge.
Don't waste the gas, the high-priced gas,
Now nights grow long and drear;
When comes to pass, each precious lass
Expects her sweetheart dear.
'Twould be quite right to quench the light
When dudes, as green as grass,
Make their tongues run on what the We done,
They'll furnish all the gas
Judge.
A number of children were making a
good deal of noise, and their mother,
after rebuking them several times, at
last said: II have TO speak again,
shall punish some of you At this the
Youngest child rolled off the sofa, and,
after gravely rejecting awhile, said
ssThen mamma, I'd advise you not to
speak" She didn't.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

As was to have been expected, by
far the greater portion of the time Of
the maritime conference was given up TO
devising precautions against collisions at
sea- Their deliberations on this matter,
observes the Commercial Ad5ertiser, are
not only timely, but were imperatively
demanded by the exigencies of the sit
uatiOn. The oceans are no longer the
solitary wastes that they once were, but
have become-notably the Atlantic-fer-
ry-tracks swarming with craft. And to
such perfection has the building Of ships
been carried that it may almost be said
that in mid-ocean at least, man is able
to defy nature. 1t Is man alone that we
have to fear-man moving in an oppo-
site direction from ourselves. The new
regulations devised by the conference
are not only fuller, but more intelligi-
be and definite than those they super
sede, and viii no doubt render lsss fire.
quent disasters from thG>now most
dreaded source Of disaster at sea-coi-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

The value of hand grenades for the ex-
tinctioa of incipieut fires has been album
dantly demonstrated, and they are to be
found in corners and corridors of many
Ofthe public buildings and private houses.
There is, however, no necessity for pay
ing fancy prices for this useful and in
dispensabIe article. A perfect substitute
for it is to be found in an ordinary bottle
filed with the solution. The solution is
composed of one pound of common salt
and one half-pound of sal-ammoniac dis
solved in about two quarts of water.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

Driving over the hills of western Jer-
sey last week, reporter stopped at a
lonely little cabin, in front of which an
old man was chopping wood and in
quired the distance to Anthony The
lank and aged citizen Strengthened up
and attempted to reply. He got as far
as;
"T-t-t-t-t-ttt," when his face grew
req and his grimaces became distressing.
He stopped, took a full breath and tried
again with no better success. He was
thoroughly mad now, and his distortio2s
were really suggestive of an attack of
apoplexy. The old fellow suddenly gave
it up, aud broke out without any diff
Guilty:
"Consarn We, drive on and yell git
there afore can tell We"
The reporter drove on.-Nelo York Sun
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
WORDS OF WISDOM.

The man who follows the advice of an
other is Just as sure to stay behind as he
who dares to be Independent is to get
ahead.
Self-knowledge is that acquaintance
with ourselves which shows us what we
are, and what we ought to be, in order
to our living comfortably and usefully
here, and happily hereafter.
You cannot beautify your own garden
merely br destroying your neighbor's-
To steal tie choicest he has is crime.
To destroy only to crafty your sectarian-
ism, ignorance and prejudice, is to de-
mean yourself.
1t is not work that kills men, it is
worry. Work is healthy; you can hard
" put more on a man than he can bear.
Worry Is the rust on the blade. 1t is
not the revolution that destroys the ma
chinery, but the friction.
New strength can often be gained by
changing the surroundings, the compan-
ions, the everyday influences, and bring
ing to bear others of different and bet
ter type. What cannot be done by di-
rect volition can often be accomplished
by indirect means.
Nothing sinks young man into low
company, both of men and women, so
surely as timidity and diffidence OF him
self. Ifhe thinks that he shall not, he
may depend upon it he will not please,
and a degree of persuasion that he shall,
it Is almost certain that he will.
He that will not permit his wealth to
90 any good to others while he is living
prevents it from doing any good to him
self when he is dead, and by an egotism
that is suicidal and has a double edge,
cuts himself off from the truest pleasure
here and the highest happiness hereafter.
The fruits of the earth do not more obvi-
ously, require labor and cultivation to
prepare them for our use and subsistence,
than our faculties demand instruction
and regulation in order to qualify us to
become upright and valuable members of
society, useful to others, or happy in our
selves.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
LEE N THE WHITE HOUSE.

Ii the numerous women of America
who crave change Of place with the first
lady of the land could for few hours be
ladened with her weight of responsibility
and experience, the utter lack of privacy
or home comforts in which she lives, the
wish would soon have monument.
Life in the White House Is like a resi-
dence in public hotel parlor; for, even
in the boudoir of the Mrs. President there
is no relief from the too frequent
doorkeepers, stewards, house-maids,
house-men, reporters and the erstwhile
rat. Mrs. Harrisons capacity for mar
shaling forces and keeping her temper IS
greatly to be admired, for her life is equal
to more than one hercuiean task.
find that many people labor under
the deIusion that existence in the White
House is fairy ball on rose leaves.
Why, good people, you could not guess
wider of the mark.
In the first place there is M esay-ty--
49,. anu MIS-. President never accept in
yitations, and their own entertaining is
limited to formal receptions and dinners.
The only real enjoyment to be CLEANED is
from the impromptu dinners to visiting
friends, their box at the theatre and the
beautiful conservatory. Every night at
dinner a mass of flowers adorn the dining
table, and are sent later on to one of the
many friends who are grateful indeed for
this sweet-scented remembrance. This
privilege of giving pleasure at least once
in every twenty-four hours IS one COM
Pensation for the sacrifice of ones home
and friends which seems incumbent upon
an occupant of the exalted position. To
avoid becoming lacrymose over the most
envied station in our United States, shall
return to the prospects for a gay season.
One thing in certain-that the gala time
is to be short; therefore, much will be
crowded into Iittle.-BostoH transcript.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
The Lads of Lisbon.

The lads Of Lisbon, the Portuguese
capital, are curious feature of her motley
population. They seem to have conse-
Grated the bloom of their youth to the
sale of lottery tickets for the benefit Of
the church, and may be seen everywhere
hawking halves and quarters of tickets,
shouting, To-day the wheel goes round
When not engaged in this pursuit these
young hopefuls take to selling crIeAelS'
which are confined in small wicker cages
three inches square. The crickets arc
caught and sold for sporting purposes.
Cricket fights are as popular ana ' .ro9s'
as keen passions as cock lights III SPAN
Mail and Ezpress
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

A Missouri Judge has made the sur.
prising discovery that in order 10 be
eligible to jury duty in Missouri it is not
necessary that the party summoned should
be twenty years of age. A gentle
man, whose son, aged twenty, was in
cluded in list of persons eligible for
jury duty, went to Judge withrow, o
St. Louis. in his behalf, when the Judge
said that if he were but nine years of age
and possessed Of the requisite intelligence
he would be obliged to serve.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

White is the mourning garb through
out the far East. The Hindoo son whose
father dies must not shave or wear shoes
or shirts or anything except a piece of
white cloth during the period of mourn
ing. You see Cinnamon dressed in
white, moving among the gayly-dressed
throngs of every Chinese city. And
when a Chinaman is III mourning he
braids white silk into his hair and has
even the soles of his shoes painted white.
He entirely discards for the time all
things of red color, and he takes the red
coloring off the furniture of his house.
Red is the color Of prosperity in China.
1t means lucky, and the ordinary Chinese
visiting card is a strip of red paper as
long as Government envelope. While
in mourning he prints his name on white
visiting cards, and he does this for three
years At the end of that time he puts on
garments of modified color and writes
on his visiting cards the word H'tam,"
which means, my grief is not so bitter
as before" Chinese, and in fact all
nations of the Orient, are more rigid as
to their terms of mourning than we are.
The Chinaman who would not put on
mourning for his father would be ar
rested, and in Corea man is expected
to clothe himself in yellow sackcloth and
trot around the country under hat as
big as a dishpan, holding a fan before
his face for three years after the death of
any near relative. During this time he
can do no business, cannot engage in
marriage or attend any festivities. China
men do not go to any theatres during
their mourning period, and the law to
certain extent regulates the mourning
customs of Japan. During mourning the
leading officials of many of the countries
have the right to resign and not long
ago Ii Hong Chang, the great ViCeroy,
asked to be excused from his duties as
Premier of the Chinese Empire in order
that he might 60 off and mourn for his
mother.