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The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

danger of visit seeming to be past, the
mother drew from its hiding place the
picture.
Marie gazed upon IT with wonder and
rapture. She had never seen anything
so beautiful. and it was her own darling
little brother
What can ] say to make you feel this
as feel it? Pause, happy mothers and
sisters, and imagine yourselves living
through it,
The door opened. an officer entered,
snatched the picture, and after scene
cannot describe, carried it away. lie
never returned it.
Suspicion was aroused that this poor,
hollow-eheeled woman. on the verge of
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

THE danger from immigration
arises first from the coming of the
vicious, the idle the helpless and the
ignorant The ignorant may learn
after their arrival If they will The
helpless at the worst can but require
to be supported and the idle can be
made to work. But the vicious. those
who believe that our liberty and free
dom means freedom from the restraint
OF law and liberty to follow the guild
ance OF all that their evil natures may
suggest and to prey upon their fellow
men whenever an opportunity may
offer. they are the ones who are dan
ger to society and menace to our in
situations
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

CoRsICANA, Tex, Dec. 15.-Stokes
and Cohen, members OF the Blooming
Grove firm that made an assignment
in favor of j. p Levy, Mr.. Cohen's
broiber-in-law, had preliminary
hearing before Judge Rice yesterday
morning. They were examined or
three charges two for embezzlement
and one for theft and were bound
over to the regular term OF the court
in $500 each Bend was PROMPTLY
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
THE END OF 1891.
We Can Now Look Back at Our SuceesseI
And Failures.

We Can Now Look Back at Our Successe
And Failures.
To the young tine years speed not fast
enough; to the old they are too short
The young employ the closing of ond
year in ambitious planning for the next
the aged muse over the events Of thd
past and contemplate the mysteries OF
year has proved a memorable OneI
while i'll those Of others it is suggestive
of no special events. The hopes of one
have reached fluition. the aspirati OF
another have fallen short of success.
and thus the last day of December
brings alike pleasant and sad memories.
Whatever the year of sol has brought
to us, there Is valua bic lesson to be
learned. If any undertaking upon
which we entered has proved unsuccess-
full, we can now. on looking back over
the ground. see more clearly the cause
Of our failure No lesson is so fOrciblv
learned as that born Of experience. A
past failure ofttimes points to a future
success. if we but profit by the lesson.
No year is wasted which brings to US a
clear realization of our individual worth
and its best employment The expert
ences of the old year win make our sue
eesses during the new more assured,
for we will have learned what shoals TO
avoid in the sea of life. If our bark has
Just ground over rocky reefs with
but slight injury, let us feel
thankful that we were not entirely
wrecked. To be successful, the truth
has been taught that the best success
is that which IS born with mOdestv
and humble exterior. 1t is 4 poor
success that brings with it an outward
self-cJnsciousness of our talents or
gifts. The most admired and beloved
men and women are those who combine
prosperity with mOdesty. And thus 10
all the year can be fruitful of good re-
suits if we but extract from our in
dividual experiences only that which
viii be the most profitable for US TO
remember. Then we shall be the bet
g. - = l,,-.s-,I - ssst.-t- uPs'u the NV
Year with wisdom, zeal and energy.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
FAMINE IN MEXICO.
Distressing Condition of the People
III the Interior States.

DistTtSStHs tOhhitioh VI Tue EcOpic
III the Interior States
CITY OF MEXICO. Dec. l4.-So
distressing mas the condition of the
poorer classes in the interior status of
the republic become through the fail
ure Of the corn and bean crops that
they are begging, praying and fight
ing like wolves tor bread to escape
dying by the roadside of hunger
Never before within the annels Of the
present generation has the future Of
any crops RESUMED so disastriOusly Is
at present No alone in one quarter
does the trouble exist but. in every
section of the country and appeal fol-
lows appeal 10 congress for relief for
the hungry poor. The threatened
condition OF things as explained in the
last of these letters was not over-esti-
mated, indeed. full justice was hardly
.s.yen to the prospective caiam-
lily. Every day, every hour,
the outlook becomes more serious
In the small suburbs outlying Zacate-
cas- the inhabitants have begun 10 live
on herbs and plants In the city OF
Fresnillo :he price OF meats and gro
ceries were placed 80 high as to be
beyond the reach OF ever those Of
moderate means and desperate famine
riots have resulted. In the city of
San ChristobaL state OF Chiapas. the
people are equally desperate and have
also resOred to violence TO get food
Tor themselves and their starving fam
lilies. Corn is now bringing 81 quart
in some places. while the smallest
chicken can be sold for IS cents
and even 81. Eggs cost $l.20 q
dozen. lard has risen to y cents
pound and sugar TO u. while prices
equally exorbitant are demanded
for every other article of
food. The price OF days labor is
only 40 cents. Many deaths from
starvation are reported.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

WILLS. Tex. Dec. 14.-Willis Tur-
ner. 4 negro, was shot and Instant Y
killed by Jesse Perkins who keeps a
confectionery store in the outskirts Of
the town, Saturday night. About 10
o'clock Turner came in and began
enrsing Perkins and reached for Il
double barrel shotgun lying on the
bed and while in that position Perkins
seeing his danger shot him, the ball
passing through his heart killing him
instantly. Perkins at once surren-
dered to the officers.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

BRENNAN. Tex. Dec. 19.-Thurs-
day night Rafe Ashbury came in and
reported that he found the remains OF
white woman beside a path leading
through }. Il. Brophy's pasture, three
miles west OF here. Sheriff D. E.
league and County Attorney Ben :
Rogers accompanied by Tom Matchett
and William Struse went TO the place
indicated and found the body of Mrs
Christiana Muehlberger a German
lady about 65 years OF age, who evil
IDENTITY died from heart disease.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

BRENNAN, Tex. Dec. f6.-1he
southbound Santa Fe train No. was
due here at 5:57 p. m. Monday, It
was reported seven hours late
Freight wrecks ahead OF it caused the
delay. Finally it succeeded in reach
ing point little over three miles
uorth Of here, when it went into
ditch. every wheel leaving the track.
No one was killed. but quite a number
were cut and bruised
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

Devoted Wife-IIave Won any en-
broidered Christmas slippers?
Dealer Plenty of them. You wish
hand-worked. ! presume?
Yes, | want pair that VIII look as
though it took all summer to do them. -'
Yes. Madam. we have that kind:
they make a man almost weep when he
thinks OF the days and weeks and
months Of silent labor all for him "
We'll. here is my husband measure
Don't send any bill except Tor the soles
Charge him a few dollars extra for his
next pair OF boots
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

DALLAS. Tex, Dec. l4.-Henry Let
tiers, the man who shot himself five
times on Friday last died at
the city hospital yesterday and
was buried. Five physicians worked
on him nearly all OF Friday night but
they were unable TO find one OF the
bullets and the one which caused his
death. He shot himself FIVE times
with twenty-five calibre pistol. but
only one OF the balls penetrated his
brain The other four made flesh
wounds, one OF them lodging in the
skull but not Penetrating il.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
NEGROES SHOOT HOGS

Belonging to Another Man, Whc
Fired Upon the Thieves.
ATLANTA. Tex. Dec. 1S.-News
was receive d here yesterday morning
OF the killing of Il negro by John
Browning near Kildare. in this county,
Wednesday. The trouble is said 10
have originated in this way; Brown
ing heard some one shooting hogs in
the woods and. on going to investigate.
found two negroes killing hogs. They
warned Browning to stand of. As
Browning insisted on seeing the mark
OF the hogs the negroes raised gun
at which Browning shot one dead and
crinpicd the other.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

As THE greyhound cannot outstrip his
shadow, nor (by a more appropriate
SMILEY the eagle outsoar the atmos-
phere in which he floats, and by which
alone he may be supported. SO the
mind cannot transcend that sphere of
limitation within and through which
exclusively the possibility of thought
is realized.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

BATON ROUGE La. Dec. I6.-The
state Democratic central committee
met yesterday morning and eighty-six
members were present After receiv-
ing reports OF the various committees.
adjourned until to-day. That indi-
Gates that Gov. Nichols viii refuse 10
allow the McEneryiies to use the stale
capitol for their meeting. The indi-
cations are that there will be two con-
renfinns
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
!-ield,s Transactions.

NEW YORK Dec 19.-Jhe grand
jury's inquiry into the crooked trans
actions of f. NJ Field, according to
Attorney NicolL so far reveal an ag-
gregate OF 800, 600 A new indict-
ment has been added 10 the former
one against young Field for forgery in
using fictitious shipments of wheat to
meet the demands against him across
the Atlaatic. As the investigation pro-
ceeds it seems almost impossible for
young Field 10 escape sentences which
practically mean imprisonment for life
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

WICHITA. Kan, Dec. I5.-Living
twenty miles west of here IS q farmer
named Bronson with his married son
and a number OF grandchildren. His
granddaughter, aged IS, has had the
grippe, and the old man insisted that
bleeding would be sure cure. The
feeble old grandfather undertook to
open a vein in the girls arm. and
while engaged in the operation cut an
artery. resulting in the girls death.
The shock to the octogenarian was so
great that he died shortly afterward.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

RICHMOND. Ind. Dec. 1S.-Tne saw
mill OF Mr.. Collett at Ridgeville. was
wrecked by an explosion OF the boiler
yesterday morning. William Wise.
the engineer. was killed outright and
so were William COllett head sawyer:
son of the proprietor, and James Claw
son: Isaac Nicholson. foot torn off and
left arm so badly mangled that it must
be amputated. He will die. Two
others were seriously injured.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

IT is clear, so the great doctors OF
the world agree, that the death rate
OF large communities may be reduced
much below that at which it has been
won't to stand; that the average dura-
ton Of life may be made to approx
mate nearer TO the allotted four-score.
and the conditions of living may be
greatly ameliorated. The chief obsta-
cles to improvement have been igno-
rance aud want Of belief A better
knowledge Of the laws Of life and
health, s. more rational comprehension
of the nature and causes OF disease.
are gradually bat surely entailing i'm
provement in the conditions of living
and in the value Of life and the dimi-
mutton and mitigation, If not extinc-
ton. of morbid conditions which have
in past times proved so injurious or
destructive TO life.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25


SUPPOSE that 5000, 600 workers are
kept busy in a single nation to earn
living for themselves and 2. 600. 900 of
idle soldiers. It is easily imaginable
that they must toll nearly every work
ing day in the year to do so; and 800
days for each OF them would amount
to a total Of 1. 600. coo. 900 days work.
Then imagine that the 1000. 600 SOL
diers are at liberty to do part OF the
work. The amount required to pro-
duce the same sustenance for the total
as before is not changed; but there are
5000. 900 men to do it and 225 days
work for each man. all that is needed
TO supply the total with the same living
as they had before In other words,
the result even if there we're no gen
eral increase OF production. would be
relief for the workers OF exactly one
fourth of their present labor.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

THE mutual tolerance and forbear-
auce of life are as greatly the secret of
happiness in marriage as in anything
else We have to tolerate urlpleas-
ant things in our companians in any
relation of life; and why try to build
up law of marriage in any other
wav2
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

RISE betimes in the morning and
60 early TO rest that the body may be
preserved in health; let your first re-
Election be, how short are the hours
before you-it devoted to business
study, social enjoyment or other ra-
tional recreation, and then find time
II you can to indulge in spleen and ILL
hurnor
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

SAN ANGELO, Tex. Dec l6.-Judge
W. B. Rimes enc CT the most promi-
nent attorneys in western Texas. WAS
held up by a highwayman yesterday
morning at o'clock as he was going
to the Santa Fe depot. The roober.
after securing all the money the judge
had-some Sl0-told him 10 go on his
way rejoicing. No clew as 10 the
identity of the highwayman This is
the second occurrence OF this kind in
The history OF San Angelo.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

GAINESVILLE. lex. Dec. 1S.-G.
w. Warren, young man from the In
dian Territory. was arrested here YES
"a ~ AL ysszsszzlg e0aHter-
y. Sixteen spurious dollars
were found on his person. He says
the coin was made by set OF coun-
terfeiters whose rendezvous is on Red
river in the Indian Territory and ne
was sent 10 this city 10 pass the money
for the manufacturers. but he refuses
20 give The names OF the counterfeit
ers or their place of operations.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

LUFKIN Tex. Dec l4.-Rev. j. L.
Mcdonald came here from Homer
and was paid 5000, which he intended
carrying nome with him. but noticed
two suspicious characters watching
him. He deposited the money with
a merchant and started home, and
was held up on the road as antici-
mated
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

the grave. sac secret communication
with st. Petersburg.
a short time after my father took an
adjoining room in this wretched cottage.
My grandmother had known and loved
his parents and she poured out the most
devout thanksgiving to God for this
friend who would surely watch over the
child His presence BROUGHT the f,,st
fvet1ng or security she had known since
her arrest so many years ago. My
mother and father loved each other from
the first and my grandmother died
peacefully in my fathers arms. After
the burial they were married
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

Bloody Chapter OF Crime.
SHREVEPORT. IL. Dec. lL--Joe
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

VICKsBURG, Miss. Dec. l6-John
P. Richardson the millionaire planter
and merchant died at mis- Epps plan
tation, twelve miles from Dallas. La.
Monday. The deceased was widely
known throughout the United States.
and is said to be the richest man in
the south. He bad large real estate
interests in Chattanooga. Teun.. and
was senior member in large whole
sale dry goods house in New Orleans
He owned fifteen plantations in Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana. The deceased
will be buried in New Orleans.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

TEMPLE. Tex. Dec. IA. V.
Young Il jeweler was found dead at
the German singing hall on north
Fourteenth street yesterday evening.
He attended a meeting there on Friday
evening, since which time ne had not
been seen. His body is in a state OF adj
vanced decomposition. 1t is supposed
he died of heart disease, as he seemed
well when last seen.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

CAMERON, Tex, Dec. 1S.-Two
gravel trains on the Aransas Pass rail-
road collided about 1880 yesterday
one-han mile south OF the city.
George Holland. "a brakeman on the
north bound. jumped from his train
and had his right leg dislocated. No
CHER person was injured. Five cars
were demolished and the track was
.orn up for about 200 feet.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

ORANGE, Fla, Dec. l5.-Owing TO
a lack of Geographic and rail COM
municatiOn, the news has just ar
rived OF the horrible butchery on Fri
day OF Miss A. H. Bruce of New York
city, Mrs. L. D. Hatch and son OF
New York state, and young Frank
Packwood, whose father is from New
Orleans. on an orange plantation
twenty miles from here. The crime
is the most revolving ever known. but
no clue can be had to the fends who
accomplished it. Inc scene shows
thrt Miss Bruce fought savagely for
her life and tried several times TO
shoot her ASSISTANTS, but the firearms
either missed their mark Or failed to
go off.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

If the nobility OF Europe are going
to marry all the American girls of
this country the native American man
is going to suffer. It is a strange sign
Of the leniency, mercy and forgiving
power Of women that they will fire.
qnently marry into noble families
without hesitation. Even the most
charitable Yankees OF the other sex
find this quite impossible and If they
can't have American girls they will
die forlorn bachelors.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

LONDON, Dec. IA sad case OF
restitution came TO light yesterday
morning. but the facts were revealed
too late. A woman became utterly
discouraged at the prospects before her
and yesterday morning she took her
babe in her arms and went to a rail
way in the city of Chester waited
until the heavy train came along,
when she sprang TO the middle of the
track with her little child still clasped
tightly in her arms. The mother and
child were cut to pieces.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

A SWEET flower by accident living
and growing in a society OF weeds, has
no admirers among the things that
surround it and yetit is beautiful. and
fits seed may bring forth in rarlors,
while weeds remain out of doors to be
at last plowed under.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
San Saba ners.
GEO. e HAGAN. Pub

RICHES do not seem to lengthen life.
The man who is so rich he can go
north in summer, and south in winter.
does not live any longer than the poor
fellow who has to stay at home and
shiver or sweat with every change OF
weather.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
sudden Death from La Grippe

TRINITY. Tex. Dec. lev. P.
Barr from Auro a. Tex, stopped here
Monday on his way 10 Jasper lex.
with the remains of j. p. Scarborough.
The young man was attending the
Louisville medical college in Louis
vile. KY. Mr.. Scarborough was
taken sick with la grippe one day and
died the next.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

BRAZIL Ind, Dec. 1.-The situa-
ton in the bituminous coal regions in
which 90, 600 miners are on a strike,
is a gloomy one for the strikers and
the outcome may bring the wolf to the
door of many deliver in the bowels of
The earlh in adiacent suites.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

CALVERT. Tex. Dec. IA dead
negro. about Is years of age was dis
covered here Sunday afternoon by
some boys in cotton seed warehouse
two blocks south of the railroad depot
It is supposed the darkey went there
10 sleep Saturday night and the cotton
seed caving in upon him smothered
him to death.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

The custom of arranging the Iule
log in the hearth Christmas eve is now
almost obsolete II became customary
in France At the beginning of the
christian era. 1t spread rapidly ana
was soon adopted by all christian
countries. In some parts of Russia the
custom still thriveS. 80 also in Ireland
only in different form. turf ire being
substituted for the book log
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

WHITEsBoRo, Tex. Dec. 15.-Chas.
Biddell. farmer who lived near here.
Sunday evening took an old fashioned
cap and ball pistol 10 shoot at hawk
The cap snapped and as he turned the
weapon around TO look at it the load
was discharged. The ball pierced the
brain SCATTERING the skull in a fright
full manner. Death soon ensued.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

GARLAND. Tex. Dee. l6.-Tom
Bowen. Il highly respected farmer at
tempted suicide by taking nearly three
ounces OF laudanum. Doctors saved
his life, but his mind is wandering
and it is feared permanently impaired.
He has 4 large family and has stood
highly in the community.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
SIBERIAN CHRISTMAS.
MARIE VALHASKY

Y GRAND PAR
entsonmy moth
ers side were
banished to 81
b eria In 1851.
r h y " e re
among the first
exiles under the
admins trative
process, that is,
exiled without
trial. They were
refined. educated
and wealthy
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

New YORK. Dec. l7-Cyrus ".
Field is sinking, not even his brother
is permitted to see him. Dr.. Fuller
says he has now lost all hope of his
ultimate recovery. but does not think
death will claim him for some DAYS.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

FL PAso Tex. Dec. I6.-Mr. y. II.
Kirch, deputy grand chief OF the Order
Of Railway Telegr7tphers is confident
OF final success Nothing can be
heard from point west of Deming
but the strikers are sure OF the sym
pathy and assistance OF the train men
in this part OF the country.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

GAINESVILLE Tex. Dec l6. john
Selay Il young man residing u few
miles south OF this city was killed BY
his horse falling down and on him.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

A warm Christmas. a cold Easter.
A light Christmas, Il heavy sheaf-
A Green Christmas. white Easter
A green Christmas makes q fat grave
yard.
\ wind ON Christmas day. trees VIII
bring much fruit.
If Christmas finds bridge. he'll
break it; if ne finds none he'll make
one.
If ice will bear man before Christ
mas. it viii not bear man afterward.
The shepherd would rather see his
wife enter the stable on Christmas day
than the sun.
If the sun shines through the apple
tree on Christmas day. there Will be an
abundant crop the following year.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

Ell PAso. Tex, Dec. 19.-Cnief
Ramsay viii be here this morning in
he interest OF the strikers at this
point which remains unchanged.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

KANSAS CITY Mo-, Dec 1S.-John
L Ferguson bookkeeper in the Ma
sonal Bank OF Kansas CITY. was ar
0hsted yesterday morning for emhez-
ling see 600
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

Houston, Tex. Dec 19-William
schwab0ck. a switchm-n was rim
aver and killed o. switch engine in
The international and Great Northern
yards Thursdav night.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

If You hear Il man protesting louoiy
during the week against the promiScu-
Gus slaughter of seals You may aepenu
upon it tina; he very grudgingly bought
his wife d sealsllin sacque for thrIstmaN-