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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-22
MINERALS A SPECIALITY

All persons having Minaral, farm or
timber lands are requested to list them
with us for sale. The long experience
of our senior, Mr.. J. A. Daily, in mining
and sale of real estate warrant us in as
surfing our patrons that their interests
will BIO properly guarded in the sale of
their property, and all money coming
into their hands will be promptly paid
over. Ownors may, if preferred, employ
their special agent or attorneys.
Persons, in sending descriptive list of
property, are specially cautioned against
giving overdrawn descriptions, as it
| lessons chances of sale. We also advise
against giving options on mineral
properties, they often interfere with
sales and lead to litigation.
We shall do legitimate commission
business.
Active, reliable agents wanted in
every county in Southwest Virginia.
ALI city property listed with us viii
have prompt attention, and sold to best
advantage.
We have booked for sale list of i'm
proved and unimproved property, bust
ness and dwelling houses in different
sections of the city.
Persons wishing to buy or sell are
respectfully invited to cali on us.
Office, Room 3. Moomaw Building,
Jefferson street.
Refer to First National Bank Of Roa
noke, Virginia.
]. A. DALBY, SONS & co.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12

Dudeleigh Dedbroke-'I want some
stewed terrapins."
Waitress-"We haven't any"
Dudeleigh Dedbroke-"Then will
take two portions of canvasback duck.
"The1e amt none"
Dudeleigh Dedbroke-''Then you
may brig me a dozen scalloped sea-
urchins and a bottle of champagne.
Waitress-sWe've got none of these
things"
m r.; 4-aazs znn
Waitress-"Corn beef hash and baked
beans"
Dudeleigh-"HOw much are your
beans2"
Waitress cents plate"
Dudeleigh-"WeIl, please bring me
half a plate. '-Bostoa Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
WonderfnI ArmIess Mem.

Bulwer, in his Artificial Chaugeling, :"
makes mention of one John Simons, a
native of Berkshire, England, born with
out arms or hands, who could write with
his mouth, thread a needle, tie knot,
shuttle, cut and deal pack of cards, etc.
This wonderful parsonage was exhibited
in London in 1858.
Stowe gives an account of a Holland
er, born without arms, who, while on ex-
hibition in 1851, exhibited surprising
feats of activity, such as fourishing a
rapIer, shooting an arrow at target, etc.
John Scar, Spaniard also born with
out arms, was exhibited in London dur
ing the reign of King William. He
could comb his hair, shave himself, fill q
glass, thread needle, embroideEr- vi g III
six different-sstt55llees 81 Handwriting, "
and play On several different kinds of
musical Instruments, with his feet and
toes.
But William Kingston, of Ditch-heat,
Somersetshire, England, was "the most
wonderful of all that wondrous crew"
Concerning him a writer of the London
Chrohiele says: Iput hall a sheet of pa
per, with pen and ink, on the floor be-
for9 him. He threw off his shoes as he
sag; took the inkstand in the toes of his
l2ft foot (having been born without
ARMS, and held the pen in those of the
fright He then wrote three fine lines,
better than most can with the fingers.
He feeds himself, and can bring both
ms IuvSTr sIfs-a1tV5tf tsp.a.ss EI.s,slsfT ~
holding the fork or spoon in his toeI.
He showed me how he shaves.
He can dress and undress himself. he
is farmer by occupation; milks his
cows with his toes, cuts his own hay and
BINDS up his bundles and carries it about
the field for his cattle. In saddling and
bridliug his horse he does it with his
teeth. He is so strong in his
teeth that he can lift ten pecks of beans
with them, and he can throw hammer
as far with his feet as most people can
with their hands.-lSt. Louis republic.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
The Smallest Flower Plant.

The smallest Towering plant, accord
ing to London TTd-Bits, is wolfiia micro
,copica, native of India. 1t belongs to
the duckseed family 1t is almost micro
scopic in size, destitute of proper stem,
leaves and roots, but having these organs,
merged in one, forming a frond. There
Is prolongation of the lower surface,
the purpose of whick seems to be to en-
able the plant to float upright in the
water. The fronds multiply By sending
out other fronds from slit or cavity,
and with such rapidity does this take
place that few days often suffice to pro-
duce from few individuals enough
similar ones to cover many square rods
of pond surface with the minute green
granules. Small as these plants are they
bear flowers. Two are produced on a
plant, each Of them very simple, one OF
. single stamen and the other OF single
pistil, both Of which burst through the
upper surface Of the irond,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
uRaiIroad CrippIes. u

tDown in the district of town known
as Wall street, a distinguished railroad
official said recently, ga number Of sturdy
men move about on clutches. They
have all their arms and legs; their faces
are as a rule the faces Of men whose lives
are not too hard; they do not sport the
Grand Army buttons. If you watch them
you see that they do not rely very greatly
on their crutches that the crutches, to be
sure, are always under the arms in the
right position for use, but that they are
used very seldom. One of the crutch-
bearers will stand and talk to friend,
holding the crutches entirely of the side
walk, and will gesticulate with them
violently; then starting on he will let
the foot of the crutch touch ground once
in every three or four or half dozen
steps. These gentlemen are railroad
cripples, men who are suing railroad
companies for alleged damages; they GO
around with crutches so that they can
swear on the witness stand without toe
great a straining of their consciences that
they were on clutches for six months
after the accident, on account of which
they are suing. Men York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
WOMAN NOT THE WEAKER VESSEL.

Among savages the woman is Just as
healthy as the man. Considered as an
animal from a physiological standpoint,
a woman is capable of more hard work,
of enduring more hardship, deprivation,
and disease than man. A woman will
endure where a man will succumb and
break down entirely. She is not natu-
rally the weaker vessel, and certainly in
some respects a woman is constitutionally
the superior. Out of an equal number
of male and female infants there will be
found at the end of the first year of life
a larger number of girls alive than boys,
accoriing to statistics. This.diScrepancy
Continues up to the ag61 ben or six
teen, when the mortality becomes great
est among the girls. At the age of forty,
or fifty the death rate is about equal in
both sexes, and, finally, the Oldest in
habitant is always a woman, thus show
ing that her constitutional fund of Vi
tally is naturally greatest. 1t is some
times argued that a woman is naturally
weaker and inferior because the average
weight of her brain is from four to six
ounces less than that of the average
man, and that thus her intellectual
quality is less as well as her physical.
But when the size of a woman's brain IS
considered in comparison with the weight
of her body, it is evident that woman
has more brain per pound than man;
and if that be proper standard of COM
parison, then woman is the superior.
There is no physical reason why wo-
man should be more feeble or diseased
than a man. Stanley was furnished with
two hundred African women to carry his
stuff into the interior of Africa, and he
found them the best porters he had en-
ployed, although he felt very doubtful
about accepting their services when first
proposed. The Mexican Indian woman
is able to carry her household goods on
her back with two or three babies on top
when change of location is desirable
Meanwhile her husband trudges bravely
along carrying his gun. On the CONT
nent of Europe most of the heavy work
is done by women. In Vienna, women
and dogs are frequently hitched to-
gether, and sometimes a woman is yoked
with a COW to draw load of produce to
the city. Many of these peasant women
will carry upon their heads load of
vegetables that few American men could
easily lift. These women have the mus
Giles of the waist and trunk thoroughly
developed. Despite their hardships,
they do not suffer from the backache or
other ailments which the women who
dress fashionably are constantly afflicted
with.-PhreaoyogicaL Journal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
USING VELVET ECONOMICALLY AND WELL,


The iudicions use of velvet euriches a
gown, IS universally becoming, and is
the one material that can be used with
lace, silk, wool, cotton, etc. Ribbon
velvet and grosgrain ribbon having
satin edge, are the favorite trimming
ribbons, which are put on skirts in cross
and lengthwise rows, as bride bows,
binding on the edge OF the drapery
whether it be slashed, in tabs, or plain;
trim panels, hold bit of drapery here
aud there in a rosette, edge the basque
ending in rosettes back and front, hold
the Tapped basque fronts with rosettes,
trim collars in one-pointed tab on each
side, form bretelles, trim the wrists, hold
the fullness OF sleeves in tight little bows
on the outside of the arm, and trim the
front of the basques irregularly, as three
straps on one side and two or four on the
other, coming diagonally across the
front The cabbage-rosettes spoken Of
are used on ladies' and children's dresses
and hats. They must be loose and fluffy
to be q success. If made of ribbon take
thirty inches of No. II or No 16 ribbon,
gather along one edge and pull it up to
form the loose rosette, catching it light
ly here and there in place. If made of
piece silk or velvet, cut bias strip two
inches and a half wide when doubled,
gather the two raw edges as one. draw
the fuluess up and form the rosette as
described for the I;0C0n, and take a
strip the width of the velvet.
Home Journal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
Mashington,s Grlt and Grin.

1t is related of John Adams that when
Stuart exhibited his portrait Of General
Washington, Mr.. Adams went to see 1t.
After gazing at it for several minutes he
exclaimed:
''That's the portrait of a man who
knew how to hold his tongue, which this
old fool never didl'
The portrait does indicate that the
original could be reticent, but it also
shows that he could control himself.
The square, massive jaw, the full, broad.
based nose, and the compressed lips ex-
press pugnacity and passion, such as re-
ouire a strong will to keep them in
subsection.
Sometimes even Washington allowed
his passion to have sway.
When Gloyer's 1Iarblehead fishermen
and Morgans Virginia riiemen were en-
gagged in a rough and tumble fight,
Washington leaped his horse over the
bars of the camp fence, dashed among
the rioters, threw himself off, seized two
brawny rihemen by the throat, and shak-
ing them at arms length, subdued not
only them, but the whole band.
Il vas the victory due to commanding
strength, presence and matter. The men
saw that they must obey, and they
obeyed.-Nei0 York Journal.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
HenlthfuIness Of the Electric Light.

The heaIthfulness of the electric light
was recently illustrated in striking
manner. Some railway men were dis
cussing In car factory the relative adj
vantages of illumination by gas and C.
tricity, and the advocates Of 'tS"h =
remained unconyineed by tux !.
Finally the superintendent Of the fat ry
suggested that the matter could easily be
put to a practical test, and turning on
the gas in the smoking compartment of
an adjacent car he invited the effitials
inside. 1t is said thsir stay was of the
briefest, for in a very few minutes even
the strongest of them had to succumb to
the heat and oppression and to seek the
outer air. A like test made in q com
partment lighted by electric incandes-
cents was attended by very different
result, and the verdict which followed
was unanimous for the cool, wholesome
light. This will be readily understood
by those who, accustomed to electric
light, have occasion to sit in gas lighted
rooms, in which the sense of heaviness
often becomes oppressive Chicago Post.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
Rerolted At a Die Of Terrapin

In a letter to the ZiSsrs-. few years
ago the curious fact was stated that less
than q century ago the slaves on au es-
tate in Anne Arundel County, Md, re-
VOTED because they were being fed too
much on terrapin. Within the memory
of men now living these much-prized
reptiles sold for 81 a dozen, and their
steady rise to $50 dozen, and scarce at
that, illustrates their increase in CASTRO
nomic favor. The terrapin farms that
were started in Maryland five years ago
are still maintained, but a terrapin raised
in captivity, even with the best of care,
has not the value of one caught Wild.
It lacks the peculiar qualities which
makes the dish an unapproachayle de-
light. Five years ago the estimated
Weld of the Chesapeake Bay way $780,
900 terrspin annually. This year it IS
not onc-fifth of that number.-Ne0
York Times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12

An ingenious system OF rapid trans
portation has been devised by Lieutenant
Chase, United States Army, whereby it
is anticipated that California fruit will
be placed in Eastern markets in les than
forty-eight hours after it is picked.
Lieutenant Chase terms his scheme 1.-THE
Electric Elevated, and it is a galloway
mounted on rigid uprights with balloon
like reservoirs to reduce the weight OF
the trains and the friction well nigh to a
minimum. The motive power will be
electricity, and to the top of each car
viii be attached a reservoir charged with
hydrogen gas. These reservoirs wall be
built of the strongest material, stifTened
by a system Of aluminium rods and made
impervIous TO gas. The gas will lift the
load to so great an extent that there will
be but little dead weight, compared to
the two and oue-half tons which the
ordinary railway is forced to carry for
every 200 ponds load. "The Electric
Elevated" Il going to be experiments
with on twenty-miIe track, built either
cut Of Chicago OF St. Louis, and it may
be made one Of the novel features. Of the
Worlds Fair.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Few men succeed who try 80 get 'si
head"
A really sharp man seldom finds life a
grind.
No diploma is required to nurse re
sentiment.
Charms strikes the sight, but merit
wins the soul.
Charity is the virtue of the heart and
not of the hands.
Charon is the only ferryman who neve.
stops on account of fog.
Occasions do not make a man frail,
but they show what he Is.
Men are just is ready to hate you for
your virtues as for your faults.
When you bury luminosity, don't set
up headstoue over its grave.
Tomorrow is the mirage of time, and
procrastination its willing victim.
Minutes are the poor mans snail
change it will pay him to hoard them.
Be not ashamed of thy virtue; honor
a coed brooch to wear in mans hat a
all times.
No soul is desoIate as long as there is.
a human being for whom it can feel trust
and reverence.
Education is the only interest WORTH
the deep, controlling anxiety of TIL.
thoughtful man.
What is remote and difficult of success
we are apt to overrate; what is really
best for US lies always within our reach.
though often overlooked.
= Co---ntment 81 '--as -o4a-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
A NECKLACE CREATES A SENSATION.

An Empress's necklace has been
creating quite sensation in Madrid for
its beauty and its great value, as well as
for its historic associations. The neck
lace belonged to the Empress Eugene
and was a present from Ismael, the
viceroy of Egypt, who sent it to the EN-
press in 1863 on the occasion of her visit
to open the Suez Canal. A few years
ago all the Crown diamonds and jewels
were put up to auction by the Republic.
Among the buyers was a jeweler from
Madrid, who bought the necklace be-
cause the Empress Eugene was a
Spaniard by birth. The necklace con-
sists of great pearls of singular beauty
and is priced at S75, 000.-San Fraaeisoo
Examiner.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
THE SILVER LINING.
Every cloud has a silver lining
p,,+ t;.+l, ,,ra is II hard To findl

EVERY cloud has a silver lining
But, little one is it hard to find!
Is it hard to know the sun is shining
Behind the clouds there all the timer
You cannot see it, Well, no, my dearie'
You can't see God, but you know He's there,
Then stop your crying and grow more CHEEKY;
Inside. at least, we can have it fairl
All, little girl with the fearful lashes
Matching the heavy, hurrying sky,
And the slanting rain that falls in splashes
On the window-pane. wouldn't cry,
wouldn't sigh and lsok so lonely,
Look at the dafFodils down TIE walk!
They hold their heads up glad if only
They grow and blossom upon their stal
Think of it, dearie-when it is over
And the hidden sun comes shining out
And the air is sweet with the smell of clover.
And blthe with the childrens happy shout,
What rars mud pies all right for baking
Two small hands that know can makel
What witchirg puddles for barefoot wading
Are gathering down there by the gatel
Look at the blithesome-hearted robin,
Fitting about so merrly,
With his saucy lead forever bobbing,
And his ''Cheer up, cheer up, cheerily"
Then, dear lassie, let's try to find it
That silver lining behind the cloud;
know its there, the suns behind it
What if the thunder does roar loud?
What if the lightning's zgzag flashes
Do go dancing across the sky
What if the heavy shower dashes?
wouldn't care-not ], not Il
Then every cloud has a silver lining
If only you'll try to find it, love;
See, dear child, how the sun is shining
And now cafntfsy blue 'tis uf, ehozci
Harriet F. Crocker, in Boston Transcript
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
FASHION NOTES.

Mourning paper has black corner
only.
The corslet is becoming to almost any
figure.
Satin has made great advance in favor
of late.
Black dotted wells are at the height of
fashion.
Undersleeves of chiffons arc put in all
silk gowns and robes made with hanging
or angel sleeves.
The new perfumes and powders are
put up in rich cut-glass bottles of unique
shape, having silver tops.
Venetian and Vatican effects are en-
ployed at weddings, making them more
brilliant pageants than ever.
Bridesmaids dresses for children from
ten to fourteen are made in white cloth,
with an abundance of stitching.
The sailor hat bobs up serenely among
spring head coverings, and although II
cannot be heard it is sure to make itself
felt.
The new French silks are shown in
corded grounds strewn with figures in
brocaded or shot effects, or striped with
satin.
Chiffon fans are novel, though costly
aid fragile. They can be made to match
any evening gown, but in white they are
very dainty
The new colors in silks for evening
comprise laurel-pink, a clear rose COLOR
rose de Noel, pale oldrose, and bright
Bengal-rose.
Neat little spoons come from Salem,
which from their ornamentstion Of
witches and pins are called "witch
Spoons" Those made for eating oranges
are lined with gold and arc shaped ike
scoops with pointed eads,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12

Says a Western lumberman; "The
signing of a contract for 900, 900, 900
feet of pine IN Minnesota should serve as
a reminder that the fear of American
forests giving out is far from being al
imaginary one. I have been handling
lumber by the 10, 900 feet for two-thirds
of a lifetime, but the figures in this deal
took me by surprise, and it was some
time before I could realize them. The
supply of lumber in the North is steadily
giving out, as the figures for Michigan
ia particular show. Ten years ago the
annual output OF product was just about
the size of the great Minnesota contract
jas. signed, for single companies, but
the aggregate totals for 1890 barely
reached these figures. We are lavish
and extravagant with our lumber now,
but at the present rate of consumption
there will be precious little left to con-
sumo a quarter Of century hence, even
making allowance for what we eau draw
from Mexico"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1891-06-12
A Broker in Pennies.

met the chief figure in one of the in
dustries day or two ago. 1t was down
town in the banking neighborhood. A
thin, wiry man sat in covered wagon
that was driven by horse that would
have wonderful memory indeed could
he remember when he was young. The
vehicle stopped before one bank. Its
driver alighted, aud taking stout can
vas bag that seemed very heavy went in
side. Sometime afterward he came out
empty handed, and drove to another
bank. This time he took in an empty
canvas bag and came out with it well
filed and heavy.
Surely there was something mysterious
here. So remarked to ouo Of thy
attaches of the bank:
"Oh, that's all right, he replied, in
his lordly way; "that's money broker. "
The explanation was a trifie vague,
but later l found out what the penny
brokers business was. 1t is not set
forth in the directories, but this is what
it is in plain English;
The penny broker buys and sells money
of the lowest denomination. He does
not deal in stocks, cares nothing for
margins, and neither negotiates for or in
any manner deals in loans or anything of
that sort His plan of business is very
simple. On each Monday the penny
broker makes round of certain churches
and calls upon the pastor thereof. On
that day the managers of the financial
affairs OF those churches have on hand
more pennies and nickels and the like
than they know what to do with.
Well, the penny broker buys up these
pennies at discount, Of course. 1t
would cost time and trouble for the
church managers to change those small
coins into the more convenient form of
bills. The penny broker does this. He
supplies a certain amount of bills and
takes certain amount of pennies.
In addition to the churches, he buys
pennies from banks, from newspaper
Offices and other places where pennies
accumulate. The. pennies that he buys
in this way he sells to stores, to factories,
to banks again, that may need small
coin, and in short, to any business house
that may be in line where it is neces-
sary to keep on hand exact change. And
he makes profit both ways, and as he
handles a good deal of money in the
course of year, q fair share of it re-
mains with him. But the business direc-
tory will tell ysu little of him.-Ns'f
Yerk Neph