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San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15
DIVERT a DIALOGUES.

Ruin Ratz-"Hallol here's Nat.
Banks first at the meeting" City
Curer-"Yes, see he's here first, at
last he was always behind before"
Mamms-"And now, Eddie, can you
tell me what velocity is?" Eddie
That's what papa let go Of the hot
plate with to-day, isn't it mammal"
"Will you have some OF this straw
berry shortcake, Mr.. Withers?" said
the landlsdy. YES, ma am" replied
Mr. Withers, land some strawberries,
also, please"
Lady Chelping to lobster salad)-"I
suppose, Mr.. O'Finnigan, that you are
not accustomed to this dish in your
country" Mr.. OF. (concealing his
lgnorance) Lobsthers is it, madam?
Faith, ma am, the shores OF oireland is
red wild en-"
Perplexed Citizen-'I am sorry you
haven't the change / only want SO
cents worth Of stamps and this dollar
is the only money I've got" Arizona
Postmaster-"That's all right. Wen
my - " SSo WAGbucE you BAFo me inc
dollar for the stamps or take EN- for
nothing"
That's He!' shouted Windy City
man, entering a railway station as an
employe was putting up a placard,
Chicago Limited" LET me tell you,
sir. Chicago amt limitedl She's got
more stretch to her than a wad of
warm taffy, an it wouldn't surprise
me none to see the earth bulge out yit
to make room for her.
Don't you know it is very wrong to
smoke, my boy?" said an old lady to
youngster, who persisted in smoking
cheap cigar. "oh, I smoke for my
health" ans wered the boy. But you
never heard of cure by smoking"
she continued presently. "Oh, yes.
did, persisted the boy, blowing big
cloud; that's the way they cure
pigs" Smoke on, then" she quickly
replied; there's some hope for you
vet"
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

4 Tie wife Of Dr. Charles II. Park.
hurst is what few women are-restful.
TIE long salon parlor in her Thirty
eth street house in New York j. very
quiet. and when lady IN the second
beauty Of her womanhood comes in and
begins % talk it IS still quiet, and con-
tinues so b the emf of the visit The
soft brown eyes that look At you are
Gear and true Of sight; they do not
smile but the gaze IS not unl1iud. The
quiet face is serious and thoughtful.
The quiet hands are very pretty. and
the simple brown dress with its brown
mohair braid is simple. too Mrs.
Parkhurst's devotion to her husband
is sublime She Ielicves thoroughly
in him. and her faith must make him
strong. One knows without asking
that she felt every insult and
snecr.rE remark. every ding
and sword thrust aimed at him.
Not one word of disrcspeet was
printed or uttered on the subject of his
crusade against crime which did not
make her suffer Even now, as She
talks about IL, her eyes I'll. Il do not
think any woman could be Indifferent
TO the contemptuous and cowardly at
taclrs that an unprincipled class might
make on her husband" She sail.
Even If she were not in perfect sym
patty with him his distress would
affect her. ! believed as sincerely as
he did himself that be was doing
right. aud although tried not 10 care
what his enemies said and wrote I did
care very much. Every word OF vi
hurt me. did not get
used 70 it. am still weak"
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

Boston still speaks in whispers of a
dreadful thing that happened at the
Tavern club. 1t became necessary to
admonish a well-meaning but overfa-
miliar hall boy to mend mis- ways, and
accordingly a member of the house
committe was commissioned to admin
lister the lesson. The house commit
teeman took the lad aside and talked
to him for some minutes in choicest
Bostonese, upon the proprieties of
club life. When he had finished the
imp said never a word, but applying
one hand to his cravat pulled it out of
place SO rs to disclose the Plainly
printed words: This man was talked
to death" The boy was dismissed, but
his conduct is mentioned with chill
of horror.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

Miss Elizabet
woman, has been zee, an English
lecturer 81 gard Lady Temple. The
celebras lowed how high a place the
not ed letters of her heroine took,
= -snly in the contemporary literature
Hher own time, of her own country
and of her own sex, but IN literature.
Miss Dorothy Osborne, or Lady Tenn
pie as she finally became, was even by
her love affairs connected with inter
esting characters and men of note, and
the course of true love could not run
smooth with hot cavalier for her
father and roundhead for a lover.
Miss Lee with some skill extracted
from the letters much of the charac-
teristic sparkle and brillianey which
must have made the lonely life at
Chicksands bearable even to the
woman whose lover was kept at dis
lance by party strife. She lightened
the tedium of the hours by penning
letters redolent OF witty thought and
loving memory.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

Many grievous reasons confront me
as TO why our women fade, sc but shall
touch upon only few OF the stronges,.
writes Felicia Holt in the June Ladies
Home Journal ! look at the many
women Of my acquaintance; see lines
on brows which can only be brought
there by worry. and worry" l take 10
be one Of the greatest foes TO woman 5
youth. There are dolls 20 be sure,
who never think, work or act; I do not
here discuss such creatures, but woman
IN her vocation as n sentient being.
In this country, as in no other, do
women have 10 struggle in the
effort 20 keep up an appear
anee Of great wealth they do not
possess It is an age Of monopolies.
and great fortunes are being absorbed
BY the shrewd Ananciers; hence. many
far more cultivated and refined people
must retire, forgetting the world, be
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

tie flying In hs fdce
of Nature to take the ordinary pill.
Just consider how it acts. There's
too much bulk and hustle, and not
enough real good. And think how
it leaves you when it's all over (!
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets act
naturally. They help Nature to do
her own work. They cleanse and
renovate, mildly but thoroughly, the
whole system. Regulate it, too.
The help that they give, lasts.
They're purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, the smallest, easiest,
and best to take. Sick Headache,
Bilious Headache, Constipation, In
digestion, Bilious Attacks, and all
arrangements of the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels are promptly relieved
and permanently cured. One tiny,
sugar coated Pellet for a gentle
Manufactured for a cathartic.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the good you
get.
This is true only of DR.. Pierce's
medicines.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

The cotton dresses are among the
prettiest of the season, whether elaD-
crate like those mentioned last week,
or else 50 simply made that the family
laundress is able to keep them always
fresh and neat The ''housemaid''
waist gathered to belt, with enormous
sleeves, and bell skirt gathered-not
darted-at the top, is the design for
pink, lilac, or blue Chamberys, batistes,
or lawns that young women, and ma
irons as well, will wear on summer
mornings at home in town or in coun-
try houses. A Swiss belt of open en-
broidery, with turned-over collar and
deep cuffs to match are On a lilac
Cham berry dress, while one of China
blue lawn has black satin ribbon for a
wide Directoire belt, and around the
much-behilled neck and wrists
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15
1wowARs ON FRANCES HANDS.
samory and Behanzin Are Giving Her
Handful of African Trouble.

Handful of African Trouble.
The French have two little wars on
their hands il Vest Africa. We have
heard recently Of the purpose of the
{ King of Dahomey to force the French
! again into hostilities The French
have accepted the challenge, but it is
f-75 likely that we shall hear Of hard
! fighting for some time yet, as this is
the rainy season along that coast and
the time is not suspicious for military
movements. A month or two from
now we may hear of some very lively
doings in Dahomey, and King Beban-
ian is likely to learn Lesson he will
never forget.
The other war is now going on
further northwest. The French are
making a great effort to dispose finally
of the Sultan Samory, their enemy in
the upper Niger region. Samory has
been fighting the French 4 good deal
of the time since 1852. A few weeks
ago the Sun reported that the French
had driven him from his capital. Bis
sandagu, and they thought then that
Samory was nearing the end of his
rope. But he does not relinquish the
game so easily, and the French career
of success has not been unbroken.
Since he lost his capital Samory has
been in the hill country south of his
former stronghold. The French sent
a force after him to insure his defeat,
but he has latsly scored at least one
little victory over his pursuers, and he
took few French prisoners. II is
hoped that he has not such faith in his
ultimate success as will lead him to
treat his prisoners with the terrible
cruelty to which he is said often to
have subjected other prisoners of war.
Gen. Faidherbe, who fought Samory
for years in the western Soudan, de-
scribes him as n monster of cruelty.
Faidherbe says he owed the rapid
ity of his conquests to the terror pro
duced by his practice of burning his
prisoners of war by the S~ndred in
fiery trenches filed with blazing wood
and oil. We have not had Samory's
side of this story.
One reason why he is now able to
offer formidable resistance to the |
French is because he has quite a guam
tity of repeating rifles in his army.
The French say he has 1000 repeating |
rifles, and they blame the English for
permitting him to purchase these i'm
F~oved weapons through agents in
british territory on the coast.
1t is probable that the French will /
not put an end to their troubles with
Samory until they succeed in killing I
him. Nearly all the troops Senegal /
can muster are needed in the war with |
this prophet of the western Soudan,
and so France is likely to have her
hands very full when King Behanzin
OF Dahomey assumes the offensive, as
he is certain to do as soon as the
weather permits. In the end, how
ever, it is quite certain that Samory
will be defeated and his country
turned into n French protectorate.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

Owing to the misfortune of having
been born Queen, Victoria is not al
lowed a great many privileges that the
humblest OF her subjects can boast
For instance, she is not allowed to
handle newspaper of any kind, nor q
magazine, nor letter from any person
except from her own family, and NO
member of the royal family or house
hold is allowed to speak to her of any
piece of news in any publication. All
the information the Queen is permitted
to have must first be strained through
the intellect Of man whose business
Is to cut out from the papers each day
what he thinks she should like TO know.
These scraps he fastens on a silk sheet
with gold fringe all about it and
presents TO her unfortunate majesty.
The siIl1en sheet with gold fringe is
Imperative for all communications to
the Queen. ANY one who wishes to
send the Queen a personal poem or a
communication of any kind Except a
personal letter, which the poor lady is
not allowed to have at ALI must have
1t printed in gilt letters OF one of tbese
silk sheets with gold fringe, lust so
many inches wide and no wider all
about It. These gold trimmings win
be returned TO him in time, as thew are
expensive, and the Queen is kindly an.
-hrifty. but for the Queens pres
hey are imperative. 'encs
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15
coRNgLL's Ngw PREsiDhNr.
In. Jacob Gould schurman. a Man

i'f' Jacob Gould schurman, a Man al
Note in the World of Letters.
DR. Jacob Gou.d Schurman, who ha,
t,st been elected president OF Cornell
University, was born at Freetown,
FRINGE Edward Island, May %, 1854.
lie is descended from an old Dutch
family which came to New Amsterdam
about the middle of the seventeenth
century.
In 1870 he won the first of the six
scholarships established by the gov
eminent at Prince of Wales college.
Charlottetown. Late in 1873 he entered
Acadia college, Nova Scotia, where he
remained for a year and half, leading
ms class in all subjects. In 1875 he
won the Canadian Gilchrist scholarship
IN connection with the University of
London which was worth $500 year
Tor the three years. Two years later
ne was graduated at the University Of
Lendoni with the university scholar
ship $3.50 year for three years. in
philosophy
He took his doctors degree in phil
osophy in 1878. In June, 1878, he won
the HILBERT Travelling Fellowship
$1,000 year for two years., which is
open to all graduates of British univer-
sites, aud was competed for by over
sixty men from Oxford, Cam bridge,
Dublin, Edinburg, etc. He spent the
next two years studying as HILBERT
Fellow at Heidelberg. Berlin and Got
tingen, as well as in Italy. He enjoyed
the instruction and friendship of the
foremost philosophical teachers and
writers in Germany.
In 1880 he made the acquaintance of
lasident White, who was then Ameri-
~ Minister to Germany, and who, in
1885, recommended him for a chair at
Cornell. From 1880 to 1882 he was Pro-
lessor of English Literature, Political
Economy and Psychology at Acadia
college, Nova Scotia, and from 1852 to
1886 Professor of Metaphysics and En-
Rlish Literature in Dalhousie college
Since that date he has been head of the
Philosophical department at Cornell
first, as Sage Professor of Philosophy,
and since 1891 as Dean of the Sage
school of Philosophy. He is editor of
the Philosophical Review, and has
written three volumes, ''Kartian Ethics
and the Ethics of Evolution" "The
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

.
even now the voice OF bigotry is occas
sionally heard crying in the wilderness:
! lone voices, however, that count u;
nothing against the overwhelming
testimony of the girl riders themselves
their fond mothers and watchful family
physicians.
But short time ago, at meeting
of homeopathic physicians in Chicago
it was unanimously decided that bi-
cycle-ridiug was one of the most whole
some and eXhilarating forms of exer-
else that woman can indulge in. More
than a score of mothers whose daugh.
tiers were enthusiastic riders had been
interviewed by the doctors, and in
every case no injurious effects had been
found, but, on the contrary, several
girls of weak constitution had been
made strong and robust. In some
cases ailments and Weaknesses peculiar
to the sex had been permanently cured
by reasonable and judicious bicycling.
Grundy, indeed, has retired on dis
cretion, for one of the latest items
from the wheel world tells of dear
old soul in Cincinnati, over 60 years of
age, who skins along the streets OF
Porlopolis on a bicycle, threading her
way among the traffic with ease and
safety.
Why not? 1t is the easiest thing in
the world for a woman to learn to ride
the ladies safety and all riding
teachers agree that women learn
quicker than men.
4 short time ago a Cincinnati news.
paper offered prize for the best and
prettiest costume for lady cyclers The
costume that won it consists OF a di-
vided dress skirt, supported from the
shoulders by ordinary suspenders; 4
light silk blouse. held in position at
the waist by 4 rubber band inserted in
the lower edge; Il Windsor tie at the
neck; a jacket Of the same material as
the dress skirt, cloth or flannel, and
suitable material in black, gray. navy
blue or brown; a Yachting cap and
gauntlet gloves. For underwear, a
union suit ."
The most hardened and cynical mem
Der Of the opposite sex has but to catch
a glimpse of the bicycling girl thus arr
rayed. He turns helplessly around to
gaze in admiration at the elfn rider,
who glides along the asphalt street
with the ease and grace OF a swallow
on the wing. It is claimed that the
bicycling girl IS, all things considered,
the most irresistible Of any. Who can
resist the witehery of a creature, in
form a fairy, in motion a cherub on the
wing, who ever seems on the point of
soaring away skyward, to be lost for
ever TO more human life9
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15
Tho Cheapest shIIIIng,s Worth

Although it is rather late in the day
TO review an almanac for 1892, the ex-
cellent work issued by the New York
World compels us to do so. 1t is a vol
ume of no less than 46s pages and
crammed with all the information
which we expect to find in our own
"Whittaker," and n good deal more
hesides-in fact, an almanac, a direc-
tory and an encyclopedia of ussful
knowledge. There seems hardly a
subject on which it has not informa-
ton, whether official, political, COM
mercial, legal, sporting, Masonic or
otherwise 1t is the cheapest shilling's
worth we have seen and is quite a
monument to American enterprise.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

Information has just reached Hunt
ington, w. Va, OF the lynching in Lo-
gan county Of Jim Smith, notorious
colored desperate. Some time ago
Charles Serpell, aged IL, a colored boy,
W., murdered and robbed by Smith.
who was caugh' later The officers
having him were overpowered by mob
composed of colored men, who took
the prisoner to-the nearest tree and
swung him up, Smith had previously
killed three men.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

by the world forgot" or undertake a
struggle which ends only in the grave.
1t would seem at the first an unworthy
strife, and so it is, not only unworthy
but horribly degrading if entered into
with the purpose of wing with the
more fortunate for the mere possession
Of money; but alas, 1t represents to
the fastidious and well-born woman
all that TO which By nature she is
llstly entitled: works of art, music.
and the outcome of the ages,
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

ham had engaged was the same Mrs
Langtry with whom American audi
ences are familiar To judge by ths
cut, however. either there is a seconC
Mrs. Langtry of whom America is moi
as yet aware, or the original has dis
covered the secret not only of Original
but of progressive youth, a discovery
on which she is heartily to be compli
mented, and the secret which her sis
tiers on aud off the stage will be glad
TO have her impart 20 them.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

In the gastric region. II troubled With nausea
from sea sickness, biliousness or other cause
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters viii Immediately
put a stop 10 the stomachic disturbance A
prominent and most unpleasant feature OF
liver complaint is nausea In the morning.
The symptoms disappear and The cause Is re-
moved by the Bitters. Many persons have
very delicate siomachs which trifiing indis.
cretiOnS In eating or drinking. or even some
sight that IS repulsive, disorders Such per.
sons cannot act more wisely than to invigor-
ate their digestive region with the B.tters, a
tonic specially adapted 10 reinforce 1t. For
malaria, rheumatism, kidney troubles and
nervousness, the Bitters Will be found mar
yellously beneficial and when sleep is untrln-
Gull and appetite variable it soon improves
n. It is In fact . most Gun 2rehensiTs and
delightful remedy.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

Miss Brice, the daughter of Senator
Brice, is probably the girl who has
made the most marked sensation Of the
winter. She IS the foreru1ner OF a
new type.
Her wealth has. of course, made her
a figure for unlimited attentions from
all the available men, but Miss Brice
seems almost unconscious of her at
fractions. II is generally conceded
that She IS fDe-looking, and those who
only see her casually imagine that she
IS beautiful
Her greatest attractions are her
eyes and q magnificent suit of soft
brown hair that rolls back from a low
broad forehead, being caught in a
peculiar knot at the nape of the
neck
Many girls have tried to initiate that
coil, but without being able to produce
the desired effect. Her eyes are deep
and soft, and their power to faseinate
is shown in the number Of young II
who stand about waiting for a = >en
70 speak to her. This has snance
case especially at her me oeen the
tons. and it has BE- >eher's reoep-
winning for Miss Jen the means OF
of many Of the 6rice the affections
always loo metrons, who find her
and cor king after their pleasure
tior fort before turning her atten-
fer e moment to the patient
.~sitef-.
she is just a sensible, well-educated
girl, with anything but a modern atti-
tude toward her mother, whom she
thinks is the only woman in the world,
says the St Paul Globe
And with all these oid-fashioned no.
tions she is full Of life is a bright
taiker and is fond of pleasure. This
is just the type Of society girl the
American girl Will make when she
knows herself better and reaches her
majority. Miss Brice only left the
Sacre Caeur at Paris last fall. and the
designers are working on a stained
glass window for the Ohio school from
which Mrs Brice graduated, in which
one Of the figures has Miss Brice's
face and head.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15
A REAL SUMMER GIRL.
SHE is ONLY TO BE SEEN ON
HER BICYCLE.
She Is In Form = Fairy and in Motion
a Cherub on the WIng-Divided skirts
ard suspenders Compose the RosuIa-
tion Costume.

For the bicycling girl, the nearest
approach to a winged cherub that tan
talizing fate permits within the reach
OF mortal eye, the world is indebted TO
the safety" Five years ago the
prophet who should have predicted the
spectacle OF thousands of 1892 ladies
riding bicycles would have been
mobbed by innumerable Mrs. Grundies,
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

At a recent London ball a pretty
giri, dressed like a Vatican flower girl,
was carried into the room in a veruis-
Martin sedan chair, her lap filed with
flowers. These she distributed TO men
and maids alike. The man with 4
daffodil sought his partner who carried
4 daffodil. Each flower sought it,
llind-tulips, violets, orchids and roses.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

The skirts of tennis suits, unlike
those of last season, which were round
and full, are bell shaped. The sleeve
less Eton jackets which are a part of
this costume are worn over shirt waists
of white or vivid red surah OF fancy
China silly.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

ONE ENJOYS
Both the methed and results when
Syrup Of Figsis taken; Il is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
Zentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, clesnses the sys-
TEN eaeetuaIly, dispsls colds, head
aches and levers end cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy cf Its kind ever pro
duoed, pleasing 30 che taste and ac-
ceptabl. TO the stomach, prompt in
rs action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
IL many excellent qualities com
mend II 10 al and have made It
the most popular remedy known
Syrup Of Figs Is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles By al leading drug
gisis. Any reliable druggist who
may not have Il on habd viii pro-
cure il promptly for any one who
wishes to try H. Do not accept
any substitute.
CHILDBIRTH FlG .SNPOP CO.
1 fReEadEe1 CA
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15

There is 3-inch display advertisement
In this pSper this week watch has no two
words alike except one word. Tie same il
true Of each new one appearing each week
from the DR. Harier Medicine Co. This
house places Crescent OF everything
they make and publish. Loci, for It. send
them the name Of ne word, aud they viii
return you Book, BEAUTIFUL LITHoeRAPAs
or SAMPLES FREE.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15
A YOUTHFUL ACTRESS.
She Has Success In London Personat
ing an Old Acquaintance.

The accompanying cut is 4 very &C.
curate reproduction of what appears to
be a faithful photograph Of q young,
inexperienced and swcet-faced girl,
who is playing under the name of Mrs.
Langtry, in Charles Wyndham's new
drama, Dangerous Ground 1t has
been supposed on this side Of the water
that the Mrs Langtry that Mr. Wynd.