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

Newspapers flourish in all Spanish
American countries. Mexico and Central
America are full of them, and it is the
same way in South America. Uruguay
has more newspapers in proportion to its
population THAI any country on the globe.
The city Of Montevideo has more daily
papers than London, and three times as
many as New York. Buenos Ayres has
fourteen or fifteen dailies, large num-
Der of weeklIes and several monthly maya
zines Of high literary character.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
A FUTURE DIPLOMAT.

Smart Youngun-"Mother, can I dig
up the garden for you to plant your flow
ers2'
Mother-"what a thoughtful boyl
Yes, dear, and here's ten cents; I'm sure
no other woman in this neighborhood has
such kind, thoughtful mothers boy as
mine"
And then that kind, thoughtful
mother'sbesigoes triumphantly forward
and says aloud7so'that all may hear who
listen:
"Bullyi I didn't see at first how !
was to get them worms without her find
ingeout-that / was goin' fishin' You bet
Pm q dandy" LDrake's Magazine.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

keep an eye on Africa, " exclaims the
Atlanta Constitution. "There some of the
greatest battles and problems of the next
century VIII be fought and solved.
England aud France may clash there
with result far different from the meet
ing between Gives and Dupleixin India.
France and Germany, too, will some day
cross swords on the Dark Continent. In
this age Of steam aud electricity it will
not take long to build up powerful white
colonies in Africa
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
THE POLICY PAID THE POET.

The following letter shows how a
young gentleman made money by pub
fishing book ofpoems. The publisher
wrote Immediately after the book was
published:
"Dear sir-Your whole edition has
gone off, leaving balance of 800 in
your favor. Check inclosed. P. s.
There was a fire in the warehouse and
the contents were insured. "-LOadon
Tit. Bits.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
standardization.

A fertile brain at DEBORAH, Iowa, has
invented Il speed-indicator, which is to
be fastened to the drivers wrist in such
way that the dial may be seen at all
times. A small cord connects the novel
device with the sulky-wheel A driver
can tell by CHANGING at the machine how
fast he is going. Chicago Times.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
AN UNAVOIDABLE DELAY.

Bingo-'I went into the antique fur
niture dealers to-day to get that seven
tenth century choir you admired SO
much, but he had just sold it."
Mrs. Bingo-"How unfortunately
Bingo-''Yes. he said it would be
at least week before he could turn out
another like it.n-Muasey's Weekly.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

England is becoming more and more
AmsrieauiEsd every day, ayers HunSey's
Weekly. It appears that on the printed
blanks that are to be used for the
British census, the words "labor" and
"laborer" are spelled without the use
less gu" 10 which EnglIshuen have
hitherto chung with such touching
ed.l;.v
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
RATHER DIFFICULT.

Miss D.-"Angelina, why don't you
marry Lieut.. x"
Miss Artist, because he has no
brains-and he can't ride, dance or play
tennis. What could we do with himi'
Miss D.-''But he swims beautifully"
Miss A.-"Oh yes-but one can't
keep ones husband In an aquarium
you Knoxville.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

Members of the German aristocracy
have no longer q monopoly OF high places
in the German army. The movement
against it began in 1906 and since that
time regular weediug.Out process has
been carried on, until now there are
in the army Of Prussia nearly as many
officers from the middle classes as from
the nobility.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
HAVING REVENGE.

Horne Ito his friend at the concert,
who is applauding enthusiastically
''For goodness sake, don't man; that
was abominablel You'll bring that
cruel music butcher out agaln!"
O'Bowie with increased enthusiasrr44
-"Goodl Can't you see he's half faint
ing with exhaustion? 1 want some re-
venge, my boy."-Fliegende Blaettsr.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
HOW To KEEP ICE.

There are three or four things that will
help to keep the precious nugget of ice
from melting away if the housekeeper
will only remember them. One is, that
to keep ice warm is the way to keep it
cold. A piece of ice in a pitcher, with
the pail over the pitcher and a rug over
the pail, will keep all night. A piece
of ice in a refrigerator, covered with a
snug, white blanket, will cheat the
greedy ice man every day, and snap fancy
fingers at the milk that does not dare to
get sour, or the beefsteak that dares not
fail. These things are admirable in their
way and should be in every hat-band.
But the greatest trick of all is news
papers. With plenty of newspapers
above, below and on every side, the way
piece of ice will keep is joke.-Ladies'
Hons Companion.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

TIE PHILOSOPHY OF BOILING AN EG


THE PHILOSOPHY OF BOILING AN EGe-
The white of the egg is aIbumen, and
the yolk also, but containing a peculiar
oil. 1t is the albumen that, heated at
100 degrees F., coagulates and renders
the egg delicious, tender, and digestible.
But if the temperature is raised beyond
the perfectly coagulating point, the al
bumen will dry, shrink, and become
leathery and indigestible. Large eggs
placed in boiling water will not properly
'jellify," or coagulate the albumeu Of
either the white or of the yolk in three
and half minutes. Then, to secure the
desirable degree of cooking or coagula-
ton of the albumen of the egg or of a
steak, the temperature should be Just
sufficient when longer continued to per-
fectly cook, and not to scar and hornify
the nutritive element of food, until cook
ing impairs digestibility rather than, as
it should, promote it. A meal presup-
poses preparation, calculation, and fore
thought. Then why not as well apply
these to uniform, certain, and perfect
cooking of eggs. Ten minutes before
the meal hour put the eggs into a vessel
into which boiling water has previously
been poured, cover and set aside, and
when the meal is ready to be served the
eggs will be perfectly cooked. If some
of the family desire their eggs harder,
two or three minutes longer will crafty
the wish, but still the eggs will be per-
fectly digestible. Too much fuel is
wasted in spelling food that should be
made delicious and digestible, but which
too often is unnutritious, indigestible,
and Observation-Disclosures AgrieuLturist.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

Miss Mildmaid-"Do you know, Miss
Naughty, that I think your neighbOr,
the debutaute at last evenings reception,
is destined to shine in society's circles1"
Miss Haughty-"She ought to. Her
father was bootblack long enough to
insure her inhenting remarkable shining
qualities. "-Asrcury.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
JIMMY FOLLOWED SUIT.

Teacher-"Where do we obtain coal,
Freddy"
Freddy = "From the coal beds,
ma'am."
Teacher-"Rightl Now, Jimmy, where
do we obtain feathersl"
Jimmy-''From the feather beds,
ma'am. Wasp.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
ALMOST A HINT.

Mr.. Goldbug-"What a beautiful
little hand you have, Miss Gitthar."
Miss Gitthar-"Yes; ma often says
that my engagement ring will hardly
cost anything at all. ="
Impressive silence for several minutes.
-Ie1as Siftin0s.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

The railroads own 9l1, 900, 600 ceres
Of land, which is in area larger than six
States tho size of Iowa. Since 1861 no
less than ISL, 900, 600 acres of land ha Y
been given to the railroads.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
ONE MAN PLEASED.

"You shouldn't run down your new
house so. heard man talking about
it to-day, and he simply raved about it.
Said it was magnificent. "
''Who was hei"
"Barrows."
"oh, yes. He was my architect. y
Neu Y0rE Sun.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CASE.

Maud-"Jack tells me that he has
never loved any one before"
Ethel-l'Well, excuse me for telling
you, but he and were once engaged. :"
Maud-''Oh, I didn't ask him about
engagements. I only asked him about
love. "-Auasey's Weekly.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

The cost of warships is as follows per
ton: England, s151.95; France, $685..
%; Russia, s4S6.95i The price per in
dicstcd horsepower is England, s151;
France, $3.50, and the United States,
$685.. so.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

Georgia, according to the reports OF
its newspapers, is rapidly growing in
population and wealth. New enter
prises are springing up on every hand,
modern ideas prevail, and its citizens
generally are eager to improve their
condition.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
NOT UNNATURAL.

"oh, for the wings of dovel" sang
Ethel.
al prefer the second joint" said
Chollie, absently.-MetO York Herald.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
PROVING AN ALIBI.

Court-"Is there anything charged
against this mani"
Prisoner-"There can't be, Judge. I
haven't been able to get anything
charged to me for fifteen years. -
SomsrUille Journal.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

Customer-''Why did you take your
boy away from schoola"
Grocer-'They are running him.
Why, they were trying 70 teach him that
sixteen ounces make poundW
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

fThe Jewish labor organizations of
this city," observes the New York Sun,
(which have an enormous membership
and represent many trades, are the most
compact bodies of the kind in this
country. The officers are powerful and
enforce the rules with vigor. The
members are easily subjected to diseip-
line, respect authority, and watch the
proceedings closely. There is but little
wrangIing in them Nearly all of them
have been organized within the past few
years
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

"Do you believe that am but dream.
in your mind, as some people say, Miss
Harris2"
"No; not at all Dreams go by con-
traries, while you don't go at all. "-Nslo
York Herald.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

.,: ..5s;= = ] :
but both Harmony Is what the public
demands. We have not at present any
distinctive American music or school of
music. The only school we have are the
minstrel melodies, the great composer of
which was Stephen Foster. These melo-
dies embrace the 'suwanee River odd
Folks at Home, Gentle Annie, and
other well-kmown tunes. Beyond these
We have developed no separate music.
Our music, like our race, must be COM
posite."
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

And to show that he wasn't slayer
he took his hat and went.-0ape Cod
Item.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Return Love-Not Onnatural-Noth
ing to Do With the Case
The Shame of It,
Etc, Etc.
They had a quarrel and she sent
His letters back next day,
His ring and all his presents went
To him without delay.
'sPray send my kisses back to men
He wrote, Gould you forget themY,
She answered speedily that he
Must come himself and get them.
Outing
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

To dig a fifty-foot cut in California
1000 pounds of dynamite were exploded
at single blast.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25

AN ADVERTISED METHOD OF SUICIDE.
Cumso-'It seems queer to advertise
methods of suicide
Mrs. Cumso-''What in the world do
you meant"
Cumso-"Here's IN advertisement
CHIC a'.s; Try q pal6l ri our shoes and
Harper's Barr.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
HE KNEw VINCE Va rHEY az.

Pat-"Yez may say wot yez place,
gintlemen; it's not onywhere yen be
foindin' drawer men nor tn Irish"
Banter-"Come off, Pat; it was only
the other night that made five of them
run"
Pat-"was it long catchin' ye, they
werel'-L1e.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-05
FAMILY FASHIONS.

Elegant Coats and Fascinating Bonnets.
Satin and velvet and rich fabrics
suited to the Medicean fashions are
used in preference to the dull, heavy
silks of other seasons. Not only is vel
vet used for smaller accessory trim
mings, but in combination with faced
cloths and other woolen goods in the
same way that silk was once used. The
high flaring collar, the full high sleeves,
raised on the shoulder, but kept scru-
pulously close to the forearm, are
part of the seasons fashions. Richness
and luxuriousness in dress prevail, such
as characterized the reigns of Henry
II. and Charles TX, and especially the
regime of the notorious queen mother,
who introduced into France the lux
uries which were already beginning to
make Italy an effete kingdom. Rough
m materials of all kinds are in special de-
mand. Some of these cloths are COW
cred with a shaggy nap, like the lions
cloths of a generation ago. Others are
soft and thick, like the Vicuna cloths,
and others are striped, a band of shaggy
weave alternating with soft stripe.
Astrakhan cloths with the wool combed
out, so that they aie hardly recognized
as the goods of year ago, are used in
combination with plain cloths. Some
of the new rough cloths imported from
France have ground of one color, COW
cred with a long nap of another color,
and this may be trimmed with shaded
velvet which is re-introduced this sea-
| son.
The use of shaded effects and of vari-
Gus colors toned into each other by
| graduated shades is q feature of the
season. Thus we have pale ashes-of-
roses cloth, covered with a chestnut
brown fleece, trimmed with velvet, ton
ing from gray to brown and touched in
an intermediate way with rose color.
Strong, defiant contrasts in color are
thus avoided, and, for the time, ombre
colors prevail. Especially is this so in
millinery, where shaded effects are al
ways seen to the best advantage. The
ombre has never been successful, though
it has frequently been introduced. II
describes we'll and looks we'll on the
merchants counters, but such effects
are not becoming to our pale American
women, who require some decided color
and the use of piquant and somewhat
pronounced com binations, to give them
what the Parisians would call chic.
Shaded effects are apt to degenerate
into dowdiness and become common,
by being copied in cheap effects before
the season has we'll begun. This has
been the history of such styles in sea
sons gone by 1t remains to be seen
whether they will, at this time, remain
elegant after they have ceased to be a
novelty. y.-Good Housekeeping.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-05
No squalor in Washington.

One of the most attractive features OF
Washington is the absence of the
pauper element certainly to n greater
degree than any other city in the world.
There is probably less grinding poverty
found here than in the same inhabited
space on any other part of the globe.
There is, of course, that substratum of
society that won't work and the other
one that can't work. But poverty, in
its hideous and conspicuous guise is not
known. The government disburses
many millions here in semi-monthly
payments, to over eleven thousand
government employees This, of itself,
makes vast volume of cash that circu-
lates through the community Business
is conducted upon cash basis to
degree not possible in other cities. One
of the largest and most prosperous
business houses here positively gives no
credit to anybody whatever. This
would scarcely be possible elsewhere.
The city is so spread out, and the plan
is so comprehensive, that there can
never be typical tenement house
district-the poorest have air and space
so that, taken altogether, there is
probably more comfort to the square
inch in Uncle SANS capital than in any
other existing town. - Boston Tran
Eariuf
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-05
THE line OF coon ENGLISH.

~ School Teacher says It II Along the
Fortieth Parallel of Latitude.
1'he Cincinnati school tenchers were
informed the other day by one of their
own number that the line of maximum
purity of speech lies along the fortieth
parallel of latitude. This Is an impor'
tant discovery in the geographical al
lotment of language, and the educator
who made it is entitled to pinnacle
beside that of Columbus, although The
tendency of each district to have its
own verbal peculiarities is well known.
A college instructor once told his class
that nobody but New Englander was
sure to be able to distinguish properly
between "shall" and twill" and the
Scotch are so famous for their weakness
in this direction that the story is told OF
q Scotch newspaper man that when APP
plying for work in London he was
asked: Have you learned the differ
ence between shall and 'will?" No"
he replied sadly, land never will"
The line of the fortieth parallel OF
latitude passes through Philadelphia
and Columbus, and near Wheeling and
Indianapolis. In order to bring the
average purity language up to the
Cincinnati pedagogues standard an
excellent artiele of English must be
spoken elsewhere along the lins to
make up for the peculiarities OF the
Pennsylvania Dutchmen. who are
reported to use such expressions as
"Die cou has over the fence gejumpt
which the most enthusiastic advocate OF
fortieth parallel speech would harshly
| defend In Philadelphia itself certain
| queer uses of the motherton at once
suggest themselves. The statement
that lady is out in the hall wiping her
gums on the mat becomes less startling
when we know that gums" is Phila-
| delphian for rubber overshoes. In this
region, as in the south, suspenders are
| known as 'galluses," and the Rev Sam
Jones' characterization of his pugilistic
opponent as lone gallus mayor" was
perfectly Ineligible. Just across the
river in New Jersey tin pail is known
as "blickey," while in Philadelphia
itself the favorite pronunciation of
my is tine"
If we must look to Columbus, Wheel
ing and indianapolis for lessons in En-
glish, some remarkable phrases will be
forced upon us We will no longer
throw stones, but ''heave dornicks;' we
must learn the meaning of 'faze;'' we
will say right" when we mean very"
"bucket" for pail" and even for
"coal-hod;" commit the unnautical act
of going "boat-riding' instead of boat
ing" and stop guessing in order to
reckon" watch out" will take the
place of ''look out" Worse yet, we
must reconcile ourselves to that present
nightmare of phrase "It looks like it
was going to rain"
On the whole, there is reason to
question the accuracy of the Cincinnati
teachers dictum. No doubt there are
plenty of solecisms peculiar to regions
north of the fortieth parallel, but until
we have better security than Bar
dolph's for the elegance of diction
along that line, the theory which the
Ohio pedagogues accepted with enthu'
siastic approval will find few adherents
along the northern frontier. Buffalo
| Courier
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-05
EAGLES IN LANCASTER.
A Hunters Dog Badly Lacerated by
Them.


Them.
The'oth day pair of very large
eagles, believed to be male and female,
made their appearance on the exten.
sive moors stretching from Slaidburn,
near Clitheroe, to the neigh borhood of
Lancaster. A gamekeeper named Bar
ton, who resides on the moors, was the
first to see them, and he had a some
what exciting adventure with the huge
birds. Early the other morning he was
out with his dog and his gun, and in a
ravine he came upon the body of a
dead sheep, which appeared to have
been recently killed, and was some
what torn. He looked about but could
not find any trace of how the animal
had been killed. He was leaving the
place and his dog ran on in front up
the hill. When it reached the top, how
ever, it began bowling, and on Barton
getting within view he saw two large
birds attacking the dog, which was
| bowling with pain. He fred his gun
and ran toward the spot, but the birds
rose to a considerable height. He
found the dog was badly lacerated on
] MS DaCh, anu WHllSJ Hc WAS DeuulnE
down examining the wounds the bird:
swooped down again and one of then
struck him violently with his wing ant
tore the sleeve off his coat with its beak
He was somewhat stunned, but recov
ering his presence of mind picked VI
his gun and fred at his assailants
They had however got too high, anC
the shots had only the effect of making
them go still higher, and they soaret
away in the direction of Lancaster
Barton says he is certain the bird
were eagles of very large kind, ant
his statement is borne out by farmer
who says he saw the birds the previou
day on the same moor 1t is severa
years since eagles have been seen o
these moors. Pail Mall Budget.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-05
MAKING OVER sEALRKINS.
How to Keep Pace with Fashions De
crees When Fortunatus Frowns.

How to Keep Pace With Fashions De-
crees When Fortunatus Frowns.
A sealskin is really most expensive
property, for the smallest alteration in
wolves an outlay of dollars, and fashion
evinces her usual lofty contempt for
pecuniary considerations when she Or
dains such constant novelty in it's
manipulation. One moment she com
mads larger sleeve, another longer
basque, to-day tight-fitting coat, to-
morrow loose round cape, and all in
the most arbitrary manner, as if furs
were as easy to procure and handle as
cloth, and as if sealsl1in were the most
amenable of its kind.
Poor Diana hardened to all my ele-
CANT proposals of sable facings and
sleeves and brocaded Innings before she
had the courage to confide in me that
impecuniosity for the time being had
marked her for it's own, and it was an
economical suggestion she was seeking.
This of course, involved a coat of quite
another caliber, and we ultimately de-
cided that her old jacket should form
huge sleeves, tight vest and pointed
plastron down to the waist at the back
and that from the shoulders, hanging
in loose pleats, should be an over man
tie of tan brown faced cloth, lined with
plaid silk. This style appealed to her
so irresistibly that when Fortunatus is
once again presiding over her purse she
proposes to have an opera cloak made
on the same lines.
The full sleeves and vest are to be
of black brocade, with pale colored
flowers upon it, and the loose pleats are
to be of biscuit colored bengaline, while
round the throat and edging the fronts
is to be narrow trimming of natural
tinted emu feathers. This ought to be
rather pretty, and as it shows such pow
erty of idea for one woman to have two
garments fashioned in exactly the same
way, 1 am seriously considering whether
it would not be kindly act on my part
to adopt the notion for myself and save
her from the possible imputation OF
being unimaginative.--N. Y. Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-05

We are supposed to be a peaceful
,ation, but we have had our fair share
of strife, foreign and domestic. Since
the revolution there have been wars
with England and with Mexico, with
Tripoli and with Algiers; broils with
Paraguay and Corea, and a gigantic
civil war; rumors of wars with France,
England, Spain and Italy. There have
been the John Brown raid, the Barn
burner and Fenian raids 10 Canada,
many incursions across the Mexican
border, and the filibustering expedi-
tions to Cuba and Nicaragua We have
Aad the Whisky and Shays rebellions;
the election, draft, railroad, recon-
struction, and sundry serious city riots;
we have had well on to two hundred
deadly Indian fights and many awful
massacres. We have lost more men in
active war since 1776 than any nation
of Europe. This is startling record
for peaceful people. .--Forum.