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San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
Two old-FashIoned Flowers.

Really it seems as if all the good
old flowers" are becoming popular
again. for the poppy was grown very
extensively last season, and this
springs catalogues are enthusiastic
over the beauty and brilliancy of these
long-neglected flowers. The chief
fault to find with them is that the tex
ture of the petals of most varieties is so
delicate that they are not as useful for
cut flowers as many others. But for
making brilliant "a bed or
corner in the garden they are
unexcelled by any other flower
Daneborg is variety of intense shin
ing scarlet, with a white mark on the
lower portion of each petal, this mark
on the four petals of which each flower
is composed giving cross, which re-
sembles the Danish flag, which is
white cross on a scarlet ground. Pea
cock is a vivid scarlet, with a black
zone; fire dragon has flowers four
inches across. of deep, glowing scar
let, with a black spot, having a white
margin at the base Of each petal. The
Shireley peoples are very fine. varying
from pure white to dark scarlet. Many
of them are veined, striped. or faxed
with contrasting colors. Have a bed
OF peoples.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

Mrs. b. A. Brinkley, wife of Henry
Brinkley, Sergeant of Company E,
Fourteenth Illinois cavalry, died a: her
home in Polk county, Ore, on March
%. Mrs. Brinlsley was a native of Ore
gon. and was % years of age. a hus-
band and six children are left to mourn
the loss of loving wife and faithful
mother. While she has been in deli
cate health during the past two years,
yet her sickness was comparatively
short, and death came unexpected, but
She was prepared TO go, and almost her
last words were "All is well" Her
quiet, faithful, self-sacrifcing life is
deeply written In the hearts and mem
DRY of her sorrowing family and friends.
Thursday afternoon. March "a, large
company of friends and acquaintance
gathered at the Mountain View Gem
etery at Airlie, where a short service
was conducted BY DR. Thompson, ard
she was laid to rest amid the sanshi e
and flowers.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

The Rochester Democrat relates
comical nlishap which befell a young
lady at her first dinner party. Natur-
ally she was somewhat nervous at first,
but the awkwardness wore away after
little, and she was coon quite at ease.
The dessert was icing served, and
the stately colored walters were pass
ing pretty little pink frosted cakes to
be eaten with the iced creams. A plate
of them was held before the young
lady, who looked them over and said,
Il don't care for any"
The waiter was moving away when
she saw. as she thought, an eelair on
the farther side of the plate. She was
fond of chocolate.
Yes, will, toe" she said, reaching
over for the eclair. There is one
with chocolate on it."
~ --'.a,-, miss - said the waiter,
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

II parents could see their own chill
dren as others see them, it is to be
feared that the sum OF human happi-
ness would suffer serious diminution
An exchange reports that a boy of
twelve years, more or less, rang the
doorbell of a house not long ago, and
said to the lady who answered the
summons:
Wont you please telephone to the
police station for me? I have found a
lost boy"
"a lost boy?" How old?"
About four, should think, ma am.
He can talk, but he can't tell where he
HIVES"
"Some poor child, probably"
''Some awfully poor child. Why,
he was tie dirtiest boy you ever saw,
and SO hgngry! Ma says he can't have
had anything to oat for q week. We
think his folks lost him on purpose.
Ma says they ought to be sent to State
prison.
so they had. Does he give any
name?"
"Oh, yes; he says his name is Burt"
"Whatl Has he light hair and blue
eyes?"
"Yes'm."
"And one front tooth gomez"
fYes'm."
Hes nay own boy, he is, and you
walk him over here as quick as you
know how! Also, tell your mother
that people have got rich ninding their
own business"
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

This good, old-fashioned annual has
of late, become extremely popular, boz
cause artists who are quick to see ths
pictorial possibilities of a plant have
worked it into their pictures, and per-
sons with keen artistic sense OF the
beautiful have made use Of it for cut
work and personal adornment. 1t de-
serves all the popularity it enjoys, for
it is really magnificent flower It's
foliage is pale pea-green, and above
this are thrown its many flowers, vary
ing in color from a palo creamy yellow
to most brilliant crimson, scarlet and
maroon. Some Of the darker sorts are
so intense in tone that they seem to
have petals cut from velvet. The con-
trsst between foliage and flower is very
pleasing. These plants are excellent
for poor soils and hot, sunny positions.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
Her Family Connection.

Upon the death of wealthy woman
who had been for some years resid
emit of small Connecticut town, some
member of the family inserted the
following notice in the local paper 1t
may be taken as an example of the be
wildering effect of excessive condensa-
ton.
'Died, on the Goth instant, at the
home of her daughter Mary,-wife Of
the Hon. Eben Hall of that city, son of
Judge William Hall,-in Barnsted, Mrs
James Franklin of this place, widow Of
Henry Franklin, ESD, formerly of New
Hartford, daughter of Col. Wilson and
Mrs. Mary Saunders formerly Of
Haverhill and daughter of Gen. Peter
Gregg, and relict of the Rev. Edison
barnard, D. D., of Sconsett, in her
eighty-frstyear. Barnsted- New Hart
ford, Haverhill, and Sconsett paPeH
please copy"
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
The Morality OF FACTORY Women.

With reference to moral conditions I
am inclined to think that the popular
impression is that, SO far as wage-work-
ers are concerned, the morals Of women
are not up to the standard under the old
hand system of labor, in which she
took little or no part, and that her en-
rance into the industrial field has
lowered her moral standard; and the
statement is constantly made that low
wages naturally compel women to sup
plement their earnings by an immoral
life. I believe this view to be abso-
lutely false, and that the working
women Of this CT any other civilized
country are upon as high plane of
purity as any class in the community
make this statement upon positive in
vestigations which l have carried as
far as possible, but not SO far as hope
to carry them; and in whatever direc-
ton l have turned my studies Of the
moral character Of women engaged in
industry, the result has been the same,
in this country, in Great Brit
tain, or upon the Continent of Europe.
Carroll D. Wright.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

I am willing to wager that there are
not 200 persons in the country who ever
heard of Postmistress General She
did not serve in this country or in the
present century, but the fact that a
woman ever served in that capacity is
indeed remarkable, said Postmaster
Harlow, of st. Louis, TO Globe Demo
crat reporter. Denmark was the home
of this remarkable woman. whose name
was Countess Gyldenlore, or Doroihea
Krag, as she was called during her
term Of Office, which extended from the
year 1903 to I'LL. The present postal
system in that country, which is con-
sidered one Of the best in the world,
was inaugurated by her. Of course
with the crude methods of that age she
could not accomplish a great deal, but
she certainly worked wonders, for
which the Danes should honor her
name.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
Feminine Philanthropy.

Flora Neutrality-suspicious. eloquently
Mr.. Goodfellow preached yesterday
about that awful sweating system.
just think of it, Daisy: poor women
working from early dawn until late at
night for less than you and ! would
spend in caramels! We ought to do
something for them We might start
a lunch club or have Browning con-
versazoine in the slums-
Daisy Lingerie-Yes, or open a
neighborhood guild; but oh, Floy, have
you seen Buycheap & Sellem's adver-
tiseneut this morning? The loveliest
garments for hardly the cost of the
material in them! don't see how they
can sell things so cheap. Let's go
down and buy some spring things
Flora McF.-How lovely I'm just
dying TO get some nice things cheap.
Wait till l get my hat
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

from their own conceit are apt TO be
much surer of it than those who base
it upon actual study. A German
schoolmaster in a school OF children of
his own nationality in Wisconsin once
said to his class:
I'VE perceive that the sun rises
in exactly the opposite quarter in
America from that in which it rises in
Germany. What is east here west
there. This is because we are on the
opposite side of the earth"
1t had never occurred to him that it
was he and not the sun that was
turned around"
A French schoolmaster, equally pro-
found in bis own conciet OF things,
once explained to his pupils:
In our climate we perceive that
snow is white; but reason and analogy
teach us that in the negro regions 1t is
of much darker color"
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

Here is a hint in regard to the pre-
vention of dust that is well worth the
attention of housekeepers. Dutch
artists of old, who had perfect terror
of dust, always chose, if possible, to
have their studios in close proximity to
a canal. II this was not practicable
they got over the difficulty by keeping
a large tub of water in their studios,
most of the dust flying about the room
being caught in this receptacle. The
neighborhood of river, the substitute
for the Dutch canal, may not always be
desirable at the present time, but a
bowl of water, especially in these days
when we rejoice in any excuse for
multiplying the brlc-a-brac IN our
rooms, is within everybody's reach.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

1t is difficult for a poor girl in Ger
many to get husband. A dover il
an indispensable requisite. Army Of
ficers are in great demand as husbands,
notwithstanding their scanty salaries
An 'adjunkt," for instance sort Of
first clerk in the railway offiees-draws
n salary of ITO marks, or about SET a
month. II he be sensible he will not
let himself go for less than 9, 900 marks,
or $500. Il he knows enough to wait
his value increases, and if he attains
the rank of "expeditor' sort OF boss
of railway station-he can command
from 5000 to 10000 marks, or $3.50 to
s.. 500.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
ELECTRIC BELTS

Lack Of Nerre Force and pigor,
Kidney ord Lirer Complaint,
Nervousness and all Diseases tritero
there IS u Lack Or Proper Action.
batteries are Easily Renewed and
Cleaned and Will Last for \ ears.
Thousandl Of testimonial letters received. Tho
highest priced belts are the most economical and
can be used by whole families.
For Sale by All Druggists.
II your druggist does not keep them, writeto
JUDD ELECTRIC COMPANY,
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
What surpri.ed Him.

The Bishop of Exeter writes that
many years ago while trout-fshing he
lost his watch and chain, which he sup
posed had been pulled from his pocket
by the bough of a tree.
Some time afterward, being in the
same neigh borhood, he took 4 stroll by
the side Of the river, and came
to the same secluded spot
where, he supposed, he had lost his
valuables To his surprise and delight
he found them under bush.
This anecdote, writes the bishop,
caused much amusement to the com
pany in which it was related, and this
amusement was added to by the bishops
son, who inquired whether the watch
was going when it was found.
NO." replied the bishop. "The
wonder was that it was not gone"
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

shape, rig and celor One, the English
man noticed, was bearing slowly down
toward him, with her cargo piled on
deck halfway up the mastsl What
could she be9 How could she hope,
laden in this way, to live out the faint
est suspicion of gale?
The English traveller was consider
ably exercised about her. Something
surely ought to be done 10 make such
rascally "deck-loading" Illegal and i'm
possible He scanned the vessel with
his glass. The breeze was light, but
she road buoyantly. At last a sailor
cleared up the mystery.
why, sir.i he said, bluntly, "she's
only Q coaster loaded with cork"
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
Why kissing Was Invented.

It is now claimed that kissing was
invented in the pre-Adamitic days for
the purpose of enabling folks to dis
cover If their friends had been tipping,
a nd that the ancient question about
husbands perfect sobriety was de-
seribed by his vie testing the smell
of his breath. But she has improved
upon the system by the experience Of
many ages. She now watches him as
he tries to hide away his loose change.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

NJ. Clemenceau has sent to the
Louvre museum, in Paris, an interest
ing relic which has been for some time
in his possession. 1t is life-like
pencil-sketcb OF the beautiful Princess
de Lamballe, the confidential friend Of
Marie Antoinette. The drawing was
made by an obscure artist, named Cab
riel, who limned the lineaments Of the
Inflated Princess as she was being led
through the streets to La Force, there
to become one OF the victims Of the
massacre perpetrated by the Terrorists
in September, 1892. The beautiful
woman's head was afterward paraded
on a pike by the bloodthirsty ruffians
who killed her.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
COPYRIGHT 1891

The best thing to do
is this: when you're suffering from
Sick or Bilious Headaches, Consti.
patton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks,
or any arrangement of the Liver,
Stomach, Or Bowels, get something
that relieves promptly and cures
permanently Don't shock the sys-
TEN with the ordinary pills-get
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
They're tho smallest, for one thing
(but that's great thing, and the
easiest to take.
They're the best, for they work
in Natures own way mildly and
gently, but thoroughly and effec-
lively.
They're the cheapest, for they're
guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
your money is returned. You pay
only for the good you get.
What more can you ask
But don't get something that the
dealer says is "iust as good" 1t
may be better for him, but it's
pretty certain to be worse for you.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
Ten MnlIon Cattle In Ono Hord.

The Orinoco Valley is pastoral belt
of undeveloped resources The native
stock born in the salubrious mountain
valleys near the coast disliles the low
bottom lands OF the river, and the gov
eminent has lacked the energy requi-
site for opening that vast region to
European settlement There is cattle
herd OF, perhaps, 10000, 600, and there
are half as many sheep and goats. The
Orinoco Valley lacks nothing but popu.
lation, and there is apparently no i'm
mediate prospect that this want will be
supplied and the exports Of hides and
wool largely increased The forest
zone rivals the upper valley Of the
Amazon in range OF production.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

IN farIs tVII OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VIII MAAt
them different.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
a Strange Superstition.

Great excitement has lately prevailed
among the ignorant poor in Delhi in
India, owing to the rumors circulated
by native fanatics that the Government
had appointed secret agents to lIidnap
seven boys and offer them for sacrifice
to the Water Deity on the site Of n
projected reservoir.
So strong was the popular feeling
aroused by these reports that several
persons suspected of being the agents
charged to effect the kidnapping wore
brutaIly assaulted, among those at
tackled by the mob being some SePoys
of Sikh regiment
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

The overbearing ways of drill SER
geants with new recruits are familiar
subject of gossip in the barracks of
European countries.
On one occasion a recruit-a profess
sional man-showed so little aptitude
for military movements that the SER
geant broke out to him:
"Blockheadl Are they all such idiots
IS you in your family?'
NO" said the recruit, 81 have a
brother who is a great deal more
stupid than | am. "
Possible? And what does this in
compare BILE blockhead do?"
che is a sergeantr1 =
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

The difficulty of defining certain very
simple words is known to no one better
than to the makers of dictionaries.
The word life" has bothered defners
a great deal; and one photographer
was unable to do any better, in making
his dictionary, than adopt schoolboy's
definition of the word. what is life9'
said the schoolmaster. Being alive, -
answered the boy; and the lexico-
grapher put it in his dictionary as his
formal definition of the word-"the
state of being alive"
The most elaborate scientific deHni-
ton Of the word does not define it bet
ter, because men Of science 90 not
really know what life is. In certain
text book Of science, used in a great
college, the definition given of the
word was the following:
Life is that property residing in an
organism by means of which it is en-
abled to appropriate materials from
other organisms, and assimilate them
to It's own structure"
There was in the class which was
going over this subject a youth to
whom an understanding Of this form
liable definition was utterly imPossi-
BILE. He was called upon. one day, by
the professor, to tell what life is.
The student struggled hard to recall
the definition, which he had labor
iously committed to memory. But it
had now utterly gone from him. He
was not the youth, however, to sit
down withouth making any answer at
all; so he boldly said:
Life, professor, is all a heeting
showr'
He said it so sincerely, and the answer
seemed to reflect so faithfully his feel
ings at the time, that the professor
smiled and said:
81 don't know but that is as good a
definition Of it as any"
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

hair. and q complexion tanned and
roughened by the sun and wind. She
has a plucky, determined air, and the
least bit In the world OF swing in her
walk, suggestive Of staying power and
easy breathing in an uphill country.
She is very jolly in her manner and
very much of a good comrade" to her
big husband, whom she evidently con-
siders the most wonderful of men.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
Chicago. Woman EngIneer.

b. Cbicrgo has a woman engineer. The
young woman walked into the board OF
examiners room in the city hall,
presented her application in 4 manly
way, deposited the official fee eco,
and then made her way into the line Of
applicants to await her turn. Among
other questions she was asked was as
to the size of the blow-off required for
q seven-horse power engine, and what
she would do if the valve stucl, fast
When the examination was finished the
examiners wrote at the end of the
paper. Accepted" and Miss DeBarr
is now licensed steam engineer.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

Linen should be carefully inspected
from time to time before being sent to
the laundry; and after a piece is re-
paired it should be carefully washed
and ironed, and laid aside until all
contents of the linen closet have been
successfully scrutinized, used again
and Numbered. A break in linen is
almost doubled in size, and is rendered
much more difficult to mend neatly if
the article is first washed and wrung,
then dried in windy place, and lastly
starched md ironed.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

There is nothing more useful about
a kitchen than sal soda 1t will, dis
solved in a little water, remove grease
from anything, and there is nothing
like it for cleaning an iron sink. 1t is
also the very best thing for cleaning
hair brushes, which. by the way,
should be cleaned much moro fire.
oatentlY than they are.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
a Boek E1hIbLl br women.

The San Francisco Woman's Cali
fornia Book Exhibit FOR the World S
Fair" is the name of society recently
organized in San Francisco The OBJ
jeet Of the society is to collect a COM
plete library Of books by California
writers, files of papers, scrap-books,
scattered papers and sketches worthy
Of preservation These will be taken
to Chicago and exhibited during the
fair. After the exposition the collec-
ton will be given to the Golden Gate
Park Museum.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

The first white woman TO travel
through the wilderness of Ontario was
Mrs Turnbull White. who is now col
laborating with her husband in the
production Of Il book descriptive of her
She is a slight woman,
with pathetic hlne eyes, curly brown
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

II you are the least bit nervous about
canned goods soak them-pess, lob
sters, anything-an hour in iced water
before heating them. This will re-
move any tinny tase that may be no
ticed in them, and take away the least
shade of reproach that may cling to
that best friend of the busy house
keeper, the canned article.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03
! IPPIMooTr's ron JUKE



La Crosse. An Illustrated article for tie Ath
letic Series. By Frederick Weir.
gnithers. An illustrated story. By Maurice
Thompson.
''HostsLrd the Course Of Empire" A pa
per by Hon John James ingalls,. With por-
trait
The Great American Desert. A descriptive
article Of the cities in the country originally
known by that name. With maps. BY W.
T. G. Shanks-
On the Idaho Trail. Illustrated story. By
VIM. Lowell.
The Struggle for the west. With illustrz-
tons BY Prof. J. B. Nchsster.
ReinE His Mother. A poen. By James Whit
comb Riley With portrait Of author
Early Editorial Experiences. An article for
ths Journalist Series. by kurat Halstead
With portrait OF author
Tbs woman OF the Plains. story. By Pa
uence Stapleton- With Illustrations.
Concentration. A poem. By Ella Wheeler
wilcox. With portrait OF the Author.
Ere ETC. ETC.
Prics Is cts, OF any EeUsdeEler or Booksel-
Ter, or mailed on receipt Of price, BY addressing
LFPINCoTTsH NAG AZINE, Philadelphia.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

There is no better way TO educate your
self than by travel. II you are thinking Of
sttending school the coming year, write 70
the Western Normal College, Lincoln,
Neb., VIM. NJ Croan, Pres. W. J. Kins-
ley, Sec'y. II you attend their school they
will pay your car fare, hence distance will
make no difference 10 you, aud you will
have an enjoyable trip, get to see much OF
the West, sDeud few months in Lincoln,
the beautiful capital city OF Nebraska. and
at the same time obtain thorough, practi-
cal education at shat greatest OF great
nchoOlB-the Western Normal College
This is no catch, but IOXAFIDE offer
Write TOR particulars.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-06-03

Or somewhat less-threaten, during Storm
10 ehgulf the venturous voyageF on the lem
pestUous Atlantic. Sometimes he IS torn with
deep despair at such tuneture, sometimes ne
mind obtains when he Is sea sick. The diaboli-
cal Qualns which be has undergone, and which
are now aggravated ten fold by tho pitching OF
the ship render him IN q measure Indifferent
10 his fate This picture Is seErcely eIAgser-
ated, as people who have been violently sea
sick will sSsure you Travellers and toarists
~ ses and land should always be provided with
GoEtstter's Stomache Bitters as means OF
eounteracting sea sickness and the nervous
disturbance or stomzehic troubles beEotten OF
uncomfortable transit by land or water, or IN
wholesome food hastily swallowed at railway
stationa- EniErants should supply themselves
with HOstotHrs Stomach Bitters as = family
safeguard against mslariA, stomach, liver and
bowel complaints, kidney trouble and rheumAr
liSEa-