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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-05

The first estimates have been tabulated Of
the census recently taken under state auspices,
and We are given to understand that the
figures show city population Of very nearly
2,000. 900 souls. This is a very marked advance
on the federal census, which gave the popula-
Non e slightly over I, 500 900. About 200, 900
can be accounted for by the well-known fact
that the winter population exceeds that of
midsummer by that amount The other
800 900 people represent either error or ex-
ceedingly rapid growth. The general belief
here. Of course, is that the Porter census was
very unjust; ut the same time its accuracy
might perhaps not suffer when compared to
the easy going and sanguine methods pursued
BY the local inspectors under the auspices Of
Tammany. Probably the truth lies between
the two extremes. think it is Q fact that in
the winter, certainly, the true population Of
the aity u very close to 800, 900 people.
HENRY X. ELLIOT.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
Is Greenland an Island!

Engineer Robert E. Peary, of the
United States Navy, proposes to solve
this question. He has secured leave of
absence for eighteen months, with this
object in view. Mr.. Pesry proposes to
start on his expedition from st. Johns,
Newfoundland, about May 1. His idea
is to 20 North as far as a whaling steamer
will carry him and then strike for the
North Pole on foot across Greenland.
~ shall travel on foot" he said to an
interviewer, ''as I did four years ago,
walking at night When the sun glares the
least, and sleeping in the day. The
sleeping bags, in which one may rest
comfortably, are big pouches of water
proof sealskin lined with reindeer skin
and provided with flap to pull over the
head. We shall take pemmican, hard
bread, baked beans, condensed milk,
cranberry sauce, and compressed tea. A
spirit lamp will boil them. My associ-
ates have not yet been picked out, but
they will be selected with great care. II
feel l am Oh the threshold o. success, anFl
though l know there is a sentiment
against far North explorations, because
Of the many disasters, 1 do not propose
to be disappointed, for disappointment,
not hardship, broke the hearts of many
explorers. 1 prefer gong on my own
account, because under Government di-
rections Congress generally requires too
many restrictions. Whether Greenland
is an island or vast continent will be
one of the things hope to discover"
The fact that Mr.. Peary has the cour-
age and enterprise to launch out inc
such an undertaking proves that heroism
is not vet extinct. Military prowess and
the success connected with war are by nc
means the only measures of true heroism.
We are not disposed to decry such an ex-
petition because the dollars and cents
are not visible, or any great gain to com
merce or business. If there shall result
gain in self-denials, endurance, self
command. hardihood and all the quail.
ties which 90 to make up the conqueroI
of natural difficulties-true manhood
the cost of the expedition would doubt
less be justified, even though no great
attachments were reached either for sci
ence or commerce. Heroism is a good IL
/ itself. Farm, Field and lSt0ckmdR.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
The Power Of Imagination.

"The power of imagination" said an
uptown druggist, ''is past comprehen-
sion. Not long since a domestic in the
employ of a prominent family came into
the store in great haste with prescrip
ton which called for two grains of NOR
phine in two ounces of aqua pura, that
is, distilled water, the accompanying dl-
rection: "a teaspoonful every hour un-
til the pain IS allayed.' The patient for
whom it was intended was the head of
the family, who was suffering from
severe attack OF nervous neuralgia.
''Now it so happened that the identi-
cal family physician who had written the
prescription was behind the counter
when the messenger arrived, having
dropped In, as was his wont, on the way
to his Office While was putting up
the prescription we chatted and laughed
and joked, aud passed the time of day
as only professional men are capable of
doing. l filled the bottle, corked it
carefully, and labeled it properly, and,
when the retreating form of the domes-
tic had disappeared out of the store
door, returned to my compauionable
physician visitor. As I did so I saw to
my amazement the two grains of NOR
phine reposing upon the prescription
scales.
Good God, DOCTOR I calculated.
I've given that girl nothing but distilled
water. The morphine is here; look at
it. What shall Ido2'
"'Do7' he replied with admirable
sang froid, 'dol Why nothing at all.
I'll wager you bottle that the aqua
pura will work as well without the
opiate as with it
''Agreed,' said I. And do you
know, " concluded the pharmacist, "the
doctor was right, and the patient with
the nervous neuralgia-an exceptionally
intelligent and college-bred man-was
sleeping as peacefully as a babe after the
second dose of the mixture Faith is
everything where medicine is concerned
-NeW York Times.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
A Mohammedan Bunco Nan.

In the East the confidence trics
presents its most picturesque aspect
Among Orientals man cheats man in re
taliation for previous treachery, and the
priestly castles and their satellite brother.
hoods or fakirs and astrologers, NEGRO
nancers and prophets and wonder
workers in 4 hundred different lines oil
business prey, upon the credulity Of all
alike. The other afternoon Miss Laur
Schirmer-I wonder if many of my
readers will remember this beautiful and
wonderfully gifted singer-told me of {
successful trick that was played in Con,
stantinople not long before her de
p7rture from that capital. A holy man,
all rags and dirt, presented himself il
town, and soon after his arrival it gol
noised abroad that he possessed thu
power of committing silver into gold
The crafty Mohammedan was charry o.
exhibiting his art, but finally he visited
a Pasha's palace, where he received al
the honor due to so potent person.
Bags of piastres we're in readiness, and
each coin in turn that came into the
fakir's hand passed out of them gold
The Pasha saw boundless wealth befort
him and had already given instructions
for some one to go to the United States
and buy up all the silver in our country,
when the man, as though disguised with
mundane greed for filthy lucre thus ex'
hibited, rose from his place and, in spite
Of all entreaties, retired in high wrath.
Time passed, and the fakir was per.
suaded to return to the palace. On THU
occasion the Pasha was ordered to place
his silver in sacks on the backs of camels
and to send them a ten days journey,
stopping on the road only to play, unit
the tomb of the fakir's father wa;
reached.
''But If any one, said he, 'looks into
the bags before the tomb is reached, the
silver will be changed to copper; if the
sacks reach the tomb unopened it will BE-
-forza t5-be gold. y s. ss.jy ing :. .lI.O :
departed to his own country. The Pas
loaded his camels and they started; and
hardly a week had elapsed, when, doubt
ing the honesty of his visitor, he sent
messengers to stop the camels and search
the sacks. And when the bags were
opened, lOl the contents were copper
Chicago Herald.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
WORDS OF WISDOM.


Little troubles are the most deadly.
The right kind of sugar never sours.
Love is always willing to be crucifed.
Don't do anything that will wound
your conscience.
There is no such word as light III the
blind MAPS dictionary.
When the world can't understand a
man it calls him a crank.
One blind man can easily prove to an
other that there is no sun.
Love is the only thing that can Tighten
burdens by adding to them.
How we do admire the wisdom of those
who come to ask US for advice.
When you want to see the crooked made
straight, look at a railroad nap.
Every man eats, but it is only here and
there that you find one who thinks.
A woman can say more with few
tears than a man can express in a book
If you want to find the moss miserable
man in the world find the most selfish
one.
A man never finds out how little he
knows until his children begin to ask him
questions.
knowledge is power, but it takes some
thing more than head work to turn
5rindstone.
How much easier it is to be pleasant tC
people of consequence than to those who
are no account.
If we only knew what our enemies
have suffered it would not be hard for u;
to be forgiviug.
There are two kinds of people in thu
world Those who have found out thai
they are fools, and those who haven't
Indianapolis (hgd.) RAMS Horn.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
Curious Marriage Customs.

Among the Russian peasantry girl
after she is married binds up her hair
under a colored handkerchief and makes
a change in the arrangement of her
dress, wearing a second petticoat pinned
back over the coarse white linen gown,
bordered with led, that falls below her
stout knees.
A Turkish woman shows her face to
none but her husband.
The japanese woman scarcely goes out
of the house after her marriage.
The Sudiar widow-be she a child OF
fourteen years---is a drudge, pariah, an
outcast from the family life.
AS nations envoIve from primitive into
civilized conditions the distinctive tokens
of the subordination grows less and less.
But there are degrees, steps, in the
status of married women in civilized
communities.
The higher the social position the more
Independent of restraints is the wife, the
more untrammeled in the freedom of
her individual life. In that which is
called in England high life, married
woman's position il the same the world
over.---Ne,o YORK Journal
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
Electricity in Agriculture.

1t has long been a problem how to ap-
ply electricity to the growth of plants.
Use of the electric force for such Pur-
pose is still in the experimental stage,
but enough has already been done to
show that there are possibilities in the
case.
In one series of experiments, as re-
ported in the Honm3ager, the seeds Of
beans, sunhowers and winter and spring
rye were used. The seeds were soaked,
electrified and Immediately sown. The
plants were more fully developed, their
leaves we're larger, and their color
brighter than those grown from non
electrified seed, but the yield was moi
affected.
In another series of experiments plates
Of copper and zinc about two feet by two
feet six inches were buried at the end OF
the plots, and connected by their upper
faces. the effect being to establish a cur
rent through the earth. The result was
a larger crop and vegetables of enormous
size.
In the third series electrical COLLECTORS
were mounted on insulated rods and con-
nected by wires, the effect being to OBJ
tain a highly electrified atmosphere.
Seeds of rye, corn, oats, barley, peas
clover, potatoes and flax were used
This form of application increased the
yield of seed an average of one-half, ano
that of straw ore-third, while the ripen-
ing was more rapid.
1t was also found that potatoes grown
by this treatment were rarely diseased,
and as the beneficial effects of electricity
on vines attacked by phylloxera have al
ready been observed, it is possible thai
means have been found of combating
the microscopic pests which attack veg.
etable growth.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
Trick Dogs.

Taking everything together, I think
the poodle is the best adapted for tricks
Of any breed of dogs. Still 1 have seen
mo9grels that could perform marvellous
feats with glace and ease. For summer
saults the compactly built terrier is prob
ably the best breed of dogs. 1 once
knew an artist who had French poodle
of wonderful sagacity. It lived with
HIM in his studio, and was taught to go
to the door when the postman came, and
take the letters from his hand and de-
liver them to its master. One day the
door bell rang and when it was opened,
a messenger boy came in instead Of the
expected tter-carrier. Without show
ing the least temper, the poodle sprang
against the swinging door, and by its
weight slammed it in the face of the as
tonished boy. It appears that once
messenger boy offended the poodle, and
he took this method Of Kidding the studio
of his presence.
Some dogs have a wonderful bump Of
locality. This is more developed in
.ome dogs than in Others, and those that
assess it to a marked degree can easily
taught tricks in fetching and carrying
iat would also seem miraculous. /
ave known of dog going out hunting
with his master. They went a distance
of more than one hundred miles 44Fsaf-
home. While they were tbGRe the mas
ter lost his dog, and E;s6t home without
MIN. a day later the truant made his
appearance. He had boarded a train and
ridden home. l myself have lost my
dog in Jersey City, and he has got on
ferry-bost by himself, and come home
without loosing his way or being helped.
A word or two of good advice to con-
clude. Do not begin training your dog
to do tricks until he is ten months or
year old. After you have taught him
one trick, go on to another, but not be-
fore he has mastered it thoroughly. In
rehearsing him in his tricks, always OBJ
serve the same order. Do not begin
with jumping to-day, and with standing
up and walking Tomorrow. Be orderly
and precise. and so will your dog be-
Hdrper's Young People.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
"Cntnn the Porpoise."

zone of the best known characters
about the Hudson IS a porpoise, - said J.
E. Walter, of New York, who is stopping
at the Southern "For twenty years he
has been seen there and now everybody
knows him as 'Cutfn. This name has
been given him by the rivermen and
New Workers, because his big dorsal fin
has been cut half way in some combat
with a rival at sea or by the attack of
some human foe But 'Cutfin' is now
safe at least from the hands of man, for
he has become univeral favorite of New
Workers and river men, who lavish at
tentions upon him. He is so tame that
sailboats can tap few times with an oar
and he will come to the surface of the
water. He will come up within few
feet of the boat, and a thousand oppor-
tunities has he given to fishermen and
excursion parties to kill him, but no
mans hand is ever raised against this
remarkable fish. He is powerful fellow,
fully eight feet long. He has been known,
when accompanying fishing parties, to
swim around and drive fish to their nests.
No pilot on the Hudson is better known
than 'Cutfn, and few are more highly
regarded"
Mr.. Walter was Captain on the Hud-
son for number OF years.--!S. LOsis
,"sssr,Soyiags,'
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
The Best Glasses of American Make.

All the glasses and spectacles sold here
are of American make, with the single
exception of the very poorest and cheap
est, which are imported from France.
The latter may be had-sold on the spot
SO per gross, or fifty cents per dozen.
And they are real, bona-tide spectacles.
The frame is made of hollow wire, bent
in shape by machinery, and left open for
them. Such cheap spectacles cost in the
mandatory in France about two cents
apiece. Such spectacles, of course, are
not much good, and are about as easily
broken as a raw egg. The principle
place of manufacture for our American.
spectacles is Southbridge, Mass, but
there are ether places as well, al in the
East though
.'What is the best to wear, viewing
the thing from an optical standpoint,
spectacles or eyeglassesl'
"Well, said the veteran optician, 1t
depends on circumstances somewhat.
For the eye, of course, well-adjusted
pair of specta-les are the best. But with
c person whose tine is precious eye
glasses are preferable, provided his nose
is suitable"
His nosel"
eyes the bridge Of his IIhas
must be so built As to give the hsses a
firm position. If his nose be ! r or snub
the glasses will slide and const antly get
at of position, thus forever irritating
ae optic nerves and changing his sagle
# yisiOa. - g1isas' 8Ta!ai
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

a report Of abandoned farms in Nassa-
chassetts forms an interesting feature in
the twenty-first annual report Of the
Massachusetts, Bureau of Statistics. The
number Of such abandonments has reached
1861, OF which $50 are without build
ings. The aggregate acreage is 12e, 5O94
and the assessed valuation is 81, O76, 32s.
Farms with buildings aggregate 66, 65oi
acres, the total valuation Of the property
being 1891, Ol9; while the farms without
buildings aggregate $685. acres. and
are valued at 1858 The report
shows that the abandonment has been
almost entirely confined to the western
half of the Commonwealth.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

5lrs. Isabella Bird Bishop, the author
Of "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan" has re-
turned to England, after a futile sndeavor
to visit Lhassa, the capital of Thibet.
By her late husbands will Mrs. Bishop
was require4 to establish hospital sin
one of the remote corners of the earth, y
and he beqreathed large sum for this
purpose. It was on her return from
founding this hospital in Cashmere that
Mrs. Bishop made the attempt to peue-
trate into Thibet as far as the holy city
OF the Buddhists. No violence was
offered her, but she was assured that
every official who assisted her would be
executed and every district that received
her 6aed, so that she reluctantly rslip-
ouisbsd her design.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
MIsJUpGED HIS MAN.

'cNumber One-"No gentleman Take
those words back, sirl'
Number Two (Gercely)-"Sir, I never
take back what l have saidr'
Number One proud but diplomatic)
-"You don't2 Well, I am sure, beg
your pardon, then. l had no means of
knowing that. "-FliegeHde Btdetter.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
AT DAYBREAK.

There's not cloud in all this sky,
storm-swept and garnished for the morn
And yonder light among the hills
Shows where the glad new day is born;
And through those fair fields toward the east
The sun shall come in strength again,
With clearer shining in his rays
For all the weeping of the rain.
Lift up your eyes before the dawn
And show me their unclouded light
Ny heaven, in their depths of blue.
Ny star, through every stormy night
For you and l together here
Who wait to greet the coming dav
Know in our hearts that all the clouds
OF sorrow, too, have rolled away.
And brighter for the storms Ger past,
And dearer for unuumbered tears,
We see the !ove-hght shining clear
Through all the vista of the years
While safely harbored here in peace,
Dear, happy heart that beats to mine
Loves utmost gift is ours at last,
Secure 'gainst all the lapse of time.
John Leighton, IN Atanta Constitution.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

According to the New York Ladepead-
sat, the halter and pottery and glass
making industries have been recently in
vestigated in some OF the States. 1.-THE
results, It says. ''shOw much shortening
of effective working life in these Occupa.
tons. Too often manufacturers are slow
to introduce such appliances as diminish
dust or counteract injurious processes.
Often, too, the workmen are not ready
to avail themselves Of improvements.
wsneed more stringent laws on this sub
- y
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
A Wonderfnl Phenonennn.

The cells of the smallest plants, as
soon as thy have assumed the green
color, assimilate their food from the at
mosphere or rather from the carbonic
acid in the atmosphere and from water.
This is one of the most wonderful
phenomena of organic life, and our
greatest chemists have striven in vain to
initiate the process. Should they ever
succeed they would, as remarked by the
celebrated botauist, Ferdinand Cohn,
solve the frat great social problem, that
Is, the bread problem, Chicago gimsn
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

High German officials are making a
campaign against superauous verbiage in
the reports of their subo7dinates. In the
Danzig district the local police aud city
officials have been ordered to drop from
the official vocabulary the phrases ''nost
obedieutly,n ''most respectfully" and
.smost sincerely" The customary 81
have the honor to report" etc, with
which all documents from lower officials
have begun since Frederick William I,
has aIso been dropped
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

The fact that the insane population of
Massachusetts, is increasing at the rate
of 200 a year emphasizes the demand,
declares the New York Commercial id
pertissr, for greatly enlarged accommo-
datious for hnatics in that State.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

An interesting experiment as to the
northeast extension OF tie gulf stream in
the Arctic regions has just been made,
notes the Atlanta Contribution. On July
3. 1890, a message was placed in bot
tie and dropped overheard of West
mama Island, Ireland The message has
just been returned to the writer at Liver
pool, having been picked up in the NOfs-
ford, Lodofen, by the steamer President
Christie, on January 18th. The bottle
travelled 500 miles in six and a half
months
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

A MERCY.

Tourist-''Providence has dealt kindly
with you, my friend. Doubtless you
would have found it hard struggle to
get through the winter comfortably had
it not been for the beneticence that caused
that large metorite to fall where you
could find and-sell it to those scientists
for $500"
Farmer-''Wal, vas. An'it's a mercy,
too, that all the fools ha;n't dead yet.
If they wus, the time I spent in quarryin'
ont and smokin' up that rock with
powder would a been plumb wasted. -
Life.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
A BRUTE.

"You should not criticise me, George, "
said the young wife. ''Kind words
always come back to you. Cast your
bread on the waters and it will return to
you"
"You are mistaken, - returned George,
''if you refer to this bread. This would
sink at once. "-HltHsey's Weekly.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
n1PRovEp n1s opPoRTrN1TY.

"Well, good night, Miss A." said a
young man the other evening to q
Dwightville girl whom he was visiting.
Il think it's better for me to go. l feel
certain that if I stay two minutes longer 1
shall be indiscreet enough to kiss you "
"WeH good night, Mr.. F., replied
the cir ooh, by the way" she added,
Il wa show you my new sachet bag
before Tslf go. It will only take a couple
of minutes
It's only pecessary to state that the
Young man IN question is the possessor
OF a bright intellect, and quickly en-
braced the situation, and we can further
assert that the girl was in it.-BRg-
6amton Republican.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
A SAFE STATEMENT.

In Police Court: Chow many times
have you been sentenced before, prison
err"
al don't 'zactly member, yer honor,
but I'm sure the last time was over five
years ago"
Chow SOL"
s"Cause, yer honor, hain't been outer
Jail since. Judge.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

The French Government has decided
to cultivate the issonadra gutta. percha
tree in Algeria. The tree has been all
but exterminated il Singapore, and un-
less a good substitute is found our sup
PLY of gutta-percha for telegraph and
other electrical purposes will soon come
q, n, and
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

Professor Thomas Dwight, Of the Har-
yard Medical School, in a discussion Of
s.What is Right-handness9" says in Serb
ner: '.The most perfect ambidexter [
ever knew, whose skill in writing and
drawing with either hand is proverbial,
has declared that he cannot drive a nail,
carve or white with his right hand. :"