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The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
Sponge, Bore Into Shells.

It is well known that certain sponges
bore into shells. In case observed by
Mr.. V. Jennings on the coast of Nor
way, and reported in Nature, the sponge
had penetrated the shell of a Lima, dis
solving the pearly layer and encroachins
on the animal, instead of boring into the
shell only. The mollusk had retaliatec
by depositing fresh layers on the intruder
and the struggle had gone on until this
the chambers were several times the nor
NAL thickness of the shell, and were
rooted over by a thin curved layer o
secondary shell substance; while TIL
points at which branches had be
pushed farther in were represented J
thick oonical projections. -Nfs Y0rk
dsFmdsnh
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

Grieveley-"Are you the proprietor of
this restaurant"
Proprietor-''Yes, sir. What can I
do for you1"
Grieyeley (who has been waiting half
an hour to give his order-'Not much,
only wanted to know if there was any
other waiter at this table excepting my
self. Judge.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

why this man and this woman may not
lawfully be joined together, let him speak
or forever hold his peace. "
The groom, Mr.. Lariat, of Arizona,
casually laid a pair of large revolvers on
the railing in front of HIM and the cere-
mony proceeded Chicago Tribune.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

Mr.. Pillsbury of flour fame, it is
reported, has, together with Scotch
capitalist by the name OF Macdonald,
purchased 1000 acres in Minnesota, and
will devote the same to the cultivation
and growing of fax. The same gentle
men are also about erecting the Mime
apolis Linen Mills, which are calculated
to give employment to 1000 hands.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
INCONSISTENCY.

Poet-"You said the other day in your
paper that poverty is not crime"
Editor-"Well."
Poet-''And yet you decline my verses
simply because you say they are poor. -
Puck.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

1t is computed that although the
United States have constructed forty per
cent. of all the railways in the world,
fully one-third of the money invested in
these roads belongs to Great Britain.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

Somebody has picked my pocket,
cried the Fat Woman.
"Whom do you suspect" asked the
Midget.
''That sneaking Armless Wonder over
there has a conscious look on his face. /
believe it's him. Puck.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

The Chicago Ners calculates that
thirty-oae thousand individuals own all
the wealth in America. "The other
Ga, 900, 600 odd, " it adds, ego shares on
all the poverty"
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
oUEsr1oNABLE CONGRATULATIONS.

she-'Why didn't you congratulate
him just nowl He's going to be mar
RED"
He-"Well, you see, 1 couldn't con-
scientiously congratulate Haines on
marrying any girl that would have him. 4"
-MercuVy.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

The capital invested in electric roads
is now, at the end of five years, $780,
O0O,OO Horse railroads have been in
operation for sixty, yet marvels the
Chicago Post, the investment II them at
present day is but s5S, 600, 900.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

Four different mountain peaks in Idaho
.a-s from thirteen to twenty-three feet
lower, by actual measurement, than they
were fifteen years ago, and it is believed
that this settling is going on with many
Others. The idea is that quick-sands
have Undermined them.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
PINS FoR PEpAGoGuEs.

Mrs. Hicks-"That s a dreadfully
uncouth trick of yours, brushing off the
chairs before you sit down. 1t appears
as though you were afraid you would get
your trousers soiled. was terribly
mortified last evening"
Mr.. Hicks-Never you mind, Marian;
1 taught district school fourteen years
before l married you. "-Puek.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

81 write for the Century Magazine
now, said Scribulus.
"Ahl" replied Pennibs, admiringly
"ReguIarly?"
"Yes; every six months. You see /
only subscribe for half-year at a time.
Life.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
ORIGIN of the Word Bronze.

From an examination of texts due to
the Greek alchemists, extracted from q
document of the sixteenth century, Mr..
Berthelot came to the conclusion, espec-
tally after comparing them with Ger; ain
passages in Pliny the elder, that the
name of bronze was derived from the
city of Brundusium, the seat of certain
manufactures in which this alloy was en-
ployed. Now, Mr.. Berthelot has found
a text that is more ancient by three cen
turtles (for it dates back to the time of
Charlemagne), and the indications of
which are still more decisive. 1t Is a
question of a MS found in the library of
the chapter of the Canons of Luynes, and
reproduced by Maratori in his Antiqui-
tates Italia. In tine Latin text it IS ex-
pressly specified as "Composition of
Brindisi:" Copper two parts, lead one
part, tin one part-a traditional formula
that has come down to our time. 1t
would, then, seem indeed a. if the word
bronze was derived from the city
of Brindisi, where bronze was manuiac-
tured on large lcele-La Genie CicH
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
ANYrHINe ro oBLIaE HIM.

Gentleman-'I'm sorry, my friend,
nut I can 90 nothing for you this morn
lug. Charity, as you know, begins at
home"
Beggar-"An right, sir. What's
your address, and when shall calli''-
Kate fielFs Washington.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

Young Bulgaria is determined not to
be behind the age. There has been a
tremendous row at grammar school
in Philippopolis because Of the dismissal
OF master who was ALLEGED to have
given teaching that vas not approved by
his superiors. The boys rebelled and
fought the police with stones and re-
volvers, but were happily brought to
submission by the appliances welded BY
the city IRE brigade.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

Mr. Bullion-''I notice, sir, that you
call to see my daughter quite frequently;
and as she-er-appears to be favorably
impressed by you, think l have right
to inquire concerning your prospects. -
Young Mani shall be rich some
day"
81 am glad to hear that"
eyes. Your daughter and I have
been secretly married, and she has
promised me half you leave. "-NelO York
Weekly.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
roMMY's CUTTING INsINUArIoN.

Little Tommy was making dreadful
racket, playing that he was locomotive,
letting off steam, ringinga bell, etc.
Tommy" said his aunt, getting in
front OF him, ''you must stop this noise. "
Tommy stood perfectly quiet for a
minute and then said: 1.-THE engineer Is
waiting for the old COW to get off the
track. "-Teras SJtings.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
uNcoNouEREp.

High Ger the citys roofs a storm-blown
gull,
Driven landward from the SCI,
BATTLES against the winds without lull,
Yet inland farther, ever back
Helpless is tossed with flying rack;
Tut, messenger of constancy to me-
10y to see him facing ocean still.
As beaten souls through storm and night
May changeless face the hidden light
Ely heaven-sent power and strength of stead
fast will
~ A.DeW. Rolee. Jr., IN Yolsth's Companion
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

Teacher-"Johnny, why is George
Brown absentl"
JOhnny-"Wy, George Brown says
his sisters got cole; but dat amt moth
in, ono o my sister is got de smallpox,
anG tother one de measles, but come
all the same. Life.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
DIDN'T NEED IT.
'Buy a mouse trap"

"Buy a mouse trapl"
"Don't need it"
"Mean to say you're without mice at
homer"
"Amouuts to same thing. Every time
one puts in an appearance the way my
wife screams frightens it to death. =
Philadelphia Times.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

''Do you think you will gain your
lawsuit" asked Gus Smith Of Colonel
Yerger, who had been run over by a fire
engine, and was suing the city of Austin
for damages.
''Yes, l think I'll come out ahead"
elias your lawyer given you grounds
to think sol"
mo, but I've given him grounds to
think so. I've decided him two lots on
Austin avenue as a fee. "-Te1as SittiHgs.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

Wife-''What a terrible thing it is to
be buried alive"
Husband-''Yes, and it isn't such a
deliriously pleasant thing to be buried
dead, either. y Washington Star.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

"Are you really sick, Sonnylo asked
the family doctor, one day.
cdr. Mccartney, Pm perfectly sur
prised at your asking such question. I
suppose you forget that it's Saturday,
was the reply.-Kqte Fields Washington.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
MITIGATED GRIEF.

Rounds-''Tve seen people laugh till
they cried; but never knew of fellow
crying till he laughed"
Nephews-"Guess you never lost a
rich e!'-PlcE.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

she-"What fitting token of mar
ried love is the wedding ringl"
He-"It is. A ring has no end; and
it also has no beginning. 1t is absolute
ly without variety; and is much easier
put on than taken off. Life.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
hifty-sc7en out of ninety-seven high
school principals in Michigan arc women.

From the figures of the new United
States Census it appears that the mort
gage indebtedness in Iowa amounts to
$3.50 for every family.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
Only one THING LEFT TO DO.

GLOW did you stand the ordeal of
listening to Doctor Prosys lecturel"
''Stand It'll Why, man, l couldn't
even sit it. skipped it in about five
minutes. "-Aunsey's Weekly.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
PITH AND POINT.

A long-felt want-COntinual poverty.
y-PucF.
''Whose cigars does Carver smokei"
'Auybody's. Puck.
Epitaph on dead letter-It died at
its post.-St. Joseph Neios.
Achilles was one of the first men to ap-
preciate TIE disadvantage of not been
well heeled.- Washington Post
Some of the smartest men on earth
have not had sense enough to place a fair
estimate upon themselves.-D7llas Nsios.
y man gets too old for a great man,
things, but the ability to make a fool of
himself is never outgrown.-St. Josepi
Ne'es.
Collins-"What do yod intend to
take for your coldi" Rollins-"Oh,
I'll sell it cheap. Anything you'll
give"
'Poor old Wixonby. He Is gone at
last, but he died like a hero" Flows
that?" From starvation. indianapolis
Journal.
oince st. LOUIS justice decided that
4 young woman must return the gifts
made by a rejected lover, an epidemic of
kissing is said to have struck the youth
of that town.-St. Joseph Netos.
First Burglar las the electric light
flashes brightly)-"Histl Let US &C."
Second Burglar-''Anybody onto usl"
First Burglar-''No, but under the
words solid gold on them price tickets
is 'S1-49' writ in small figgers. "-Jeleel-
ers' Wee iiy.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

&c We'll, TOO. UncIe JOSH laIter a
three minutes pause)-"How're your
2"-K Yale Record.
"Whatl" exclaimed the Infatuated en-
peror. "Do you dare to approach my
gracious presence without knocking your
head thrice upon the holy groundl"
"Ah, sire, - pleaded the trembling cour-
tier, ''pardon me, 1 pray you. For the
moment 1 lost my head" $50 you
have, wretch" Numbered his majesty.
'Take him, guards, and direct my axmen
among Ike royal cuIsos. ''rAChieag6
7imes.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
BUDGET OF FUN.
: HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

The Latest in Shal1es-DIitigated
Understandable SatelIites-Un-
der Suspicion-Anything TO
Oblige Him, Etc, Etc.
Worse than fever-'n-ague quaking
Is the latest in Misunderstanding;
On level with the chin
Is the way they first begin,
Then a smile that is so spacious
You first wonder is it gracious
Ness; or do they mean TO eat
You right up there on the street,
---Jitdge.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS.

"If any here present, said the offlciat-
iBg clergyman, "caa show just cause
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08

The toad IS rsore clean thar the poodle
which some ladies c1ress. He is the
abiding friend o; the farmer and the hor-
ticulturist. He feeds upon cut worms,
and regards the eureulio that infest5 the
orchard as q great daintSa
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
A Boat on a New Plan.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, March 1.-THE
Iowa Iron Works, of this city, have un-
dertaken to build boat. ..on an entirely
new plan, the object of which il to
navigate the river and the ocean. It is
TO be built after the style Of what is
called the Lucas plan. and will be the
first boat built. 1t will have one bow
and two sterns, each Of which will have
q rudder and screw. so if one is dis
abled there will remain half the power
to make port. She will carry an ad-
Unstable center board, which, it is
thought, will answer the, purpose Of a
deeper draft. The boat will be about
200 feet long and from 80 to 35 feet
beam. She will be built entirely of
steel and will cost about $209, 900, and it
is expected that she will carry 4 cargo
in weight eqalling 10000 bushels Of
wheat on FIVE feet Of water, which
will be remarkable if such results are
secured. This vessel, when finished,
will be sent with a cargo to the Amazon.
She will then 60 up the river 800 miles
or more to the coffee plantations and
take from them direct the products
which now have to be rehandled.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
The Charmer.

Nothing is more discouraging than
to buy a mess of peas at the grocery
and find them too old, or when
cooked, without flavor. But this
need not be the case, for any one
can have fresh sweet peas in their
own garden by planting Wick 8
Charmer Pea. It has large. long
pods. closely packed with peas Of
large size. When cooked they are
of the finest flavor. The pea is very
productive. Every lover Of peas
should send to James Vick's Sons, OF
Rochester, N. Y. for package
only fifteen cents.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
MIDNIGHT FIRE I!
The Kitchen and Bakery Of
Mrs. E. Dentler
Completely Gutted by a Sup
posed Accidental Fire.
The Damages Covered by
Insurance.
Quick and Effective Work Done b.
Our Brave Firemen.

| A few minutes after IL o'clock this
morning, Mr.. Jacobs, the baker at the
confectionery. and bakery establishment Of
Mrs. E. Dentler, was awakened by a
cracking noise and to some extent being
/ suffocated by dense smoke and heat. He
jumped from his bed and began to halo
Fire. Fire! His screams attracted the
attention Of the MERCURY boys who were
still at work and they ran down to the
engine house giving an alarm of fire at
each jump.
1t did not take long for number of
persons to congregate and in very short
time the horses we're attached to the en-
gine and hose cart and these vehicles
handled BY Ozro K Stegall and John Ba
ker were driv n up the street and halted
in front of the old post Office corner.
There the work of running hose and at
taching nozzles began and in a compar-
atively short time two streams were
playing on the rapidly consuming inte-
rior of the burning bakery and kitchen.
The bakery and kitchen of Mrs. Den,-
ler is situated within few feet of the
rear of the MERCURY office, and the close
proximity gave US considerable
alarm and feeling Of great
uneasiness possessed US, for it seemed for
a while that should the smothered flames
burst through the building. not only the
MERCURY building was in imminent dan
ger but the other buildings adjoining.
But after the firemen had played for
few minutes on the inside of the build
ing with the strong streams it was percep
tible that the fire had fortunately been
arrested before its incipiency had gained
uncoDquerable headway.
A MERCURY representative sought Mr..
Jacobs, the baker, and inquired of him
the particulars or origin of the fire. He
inform. US that his bedroom is upstairs
over the bakery and fronting the bakery
is the kitchen room that there was no
fire in the bakery as he does not make
his fire for baking purposes till 2 O'Clock:
but he said it was his belief that the fire
originated in the kitchen, as most of that
room was enveloped when he ran down.
stairs, and his supposition is that in that
room it started.
The fire department quit work at 1:3o
after having been employed fully one
hour in the successful attempt to con-
troll the flames.
The interior presents thoroughly
gutted appearance and is in decided
demolished condition.
Thee was $4,000 insurance on the
building, being in the Home Protection.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
CompIimentiny the Soldiers.

NEW ORLEANS, March ia San An
tonic dispatch says: General 0. 0. How
ard has arrived here after long tour
along the Mexican border. While Gen
eral Howard says this trip is purely of
personal character. it is believed that
he has been investigating, at the in
stance Of the war department, the con-
duct and management of the United
States troops against CARA. While in
Matamoras, General Howard had con-
ference with General Logero, command
ing the Mexican troops on the frontier,
and the latter assured General Howard
that the Garza uprising was all over,
and expressed appreciation of the ser
vices of the American soldiers in pre-
venting the revolution from gaining
headWav.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
To Cheat the Disease.

COLUMBUS, o., March II. - Henry
Shines, dairyman who lives on Chap
pie street, in this city, and has passed
his 75th year, attempted suicide by
shooting himself in the mouth with .
revolver. The unfortunate man has
been suffering with epitheliomal cancer.
The horrid sore has eaten so into the
cheek that it is said the sufferer has to
hold mirror to his face whenever he
eats, in order that the food would pass
from the fork to the mouth, and not
inte the awful hole eaten by the cancer.
The wound inflicted is fatal, and all
that the physicians did was to admins
ter opiates in order that the end might
come easily.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
An Epidemic OF Suicides.

ASHLAND, Wis, March 10. Suicide
seems epidemic here the past few days.
A homesteader named Luvaine tried to
have his head chopped off by the cars
the same as Gus Peterson did Saturday.
He was rescued after desperate en-
counter AMI fought his rescuers with a
club. He tried to stick his head under
the trucks of moving train at the
same place where Peterson's head WAS
cut off clean. This makes three sui
cides in one week.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
A Waterloo Warriors Widow.

New YORK, March 10.-Mrs. Emma
J. Hoffy, who died at the house of her
son in law, R. w. Buttle of Brooklyn,
was the widow of Alfred A. Hoffy, an
ex-major of the British army, who
fought at Waterloo as an aide-de-camp
on the staff of the Duke Of Wellington.
Major Hoffy lived for many years in
Philadelphia, where he was widely
known as an author, publisher, and
an artist of uncommon ability.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.

Spring is asserting itself.
Attend church tomorrow.
= Winters backbone is growing
weak
Enrolment of Colored City
School-3S6.
The thermpmeter dropped to %
Thursday night.
March grew ''rip-roareous'
Thursday.
Mr. John d. Chadwick publish
es card that he will not be a can
didate for Circuit Couit Clerk.
J j Smith Esq has his neat
new cottage residence in S)uth
Huntsville about ready for occu
psncy.
The Democrats have namde
tnelr ticket and are now engaged
II seems, in trying to name another
one for the Republicans.
Wise & Co, receive daily a
Fresh and SeleCte-i Stock of
GrocerieS. G II On them when
needing Groceries.
You can find nice line Of trou-
erlng at G. q. Pearson's. mad up
10 order. or sol d by the pattern at Iow
figures. IT,
-Supt Blake has entirely recov-
cred from Ia grippe but has not vet
remembered to fill the mud holes
that hundreds of little feet wade
through daily to get to the colored
city school.
Kew. E. NJ. Jones and family
have arrived and are comfortably
domlclltd at the Lakeside NJ. f.
parsonage. Mr.. Jones preached his
hrst sermon here last Sunday morn
ing and favorably Impressed the large
congregation present.
The Center Grove Public
School under the popular manage
ment OF Mr.. R FL Sullivan closed
friday March 4th with creditable
examination and literary exerc ses.
= oonntiful dinner to all present
was an enjoyable feature of the oc-
caslon. Addresses were delivered
oy Rev. S. NJ. Gains and Mr.. Matt
Malkins.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
$780,.

Our new stock of C-B
Corsets at above price
just received. We be-
gan buying this Corset
in 3 doz lots 4 years ago;
now we buy 25 doz lots
of the same. This is
plain argument, and
shows how a good arti-
Gle is appreciated. We
warrant it as comfort
able and ceable as
any Corset made, no
matter what it costs.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLGCATION

Land Office at Huntsville
Alabama, February 10th, 1892 4
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, ami
to commute to Cash and that said proof win be
made before the Register and Receiver at
Huntsville Ala, on
2Sth. day or March 1894,
viz; Walter R. Golden for Homestead entry No
2Oo,47 for the VIZ of ) VIZ Section rs ToEu-
ship South Range East.
He names the following witnesses to prove nis
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF,
said land viz:
Walter w. Naples. John o. Bridges, James l.
Moon and Monroe q. Todd all of Holly Tree Ala
2-20-6t cl. VIM. u. WELLS,
REGISTER.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
Killed by His Sister.

NEW YORK, March 10-William FL.
McGinn, 81 years Of age, quarreled with
his sister, Mrs. Mary Himpler, at the
residence of Mrs. Wiegand, in Brook
lyn. McGinn struck her. several times
with his fist, backing heI eyes. SAe
threatened to kill him, ana ne drew a
pocket knife, opened it and handed it to
her, saying: xiii me if you dare!" MRS.
Himpler took hip at his word and
plunged the blade into his heart. He
staggered from the house to neighbor-
ing drug store, and fell dead iii the door,
way. The woman was arrested.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
Work of Congress-.

WASHINGTON, March lin the senate
MIR. Morgan offered a resolution which
was agreed to calling on the president
for copies Of the correspondence in re-
gard to the Venezuela awards since
June. 1890.
The house committee on public build
ings and grounds, authorized favora-
BILE report on the following public
buildings: Brunswick, Ga, $75. 900;
Newport News, Va, SIS, 900; Admission,
Ala. $40, 900.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
A Cut in Wages.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 10.-The
first friction growing out of the 10 per
cent. cut in furnace wages occurred,
when the Tennessee Coal and Iron COM
nanv nut the cut into effect. Their en-
ployes struck, but their places were
soon supplied, the number OF laborers
vantina work being unprecedented.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-03-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT HUNrsvrLLE. ALA.

LAND OFFICE AT HUNTsvILLE, Ala.
February L3, 1892
Notice Is hereby givel that the following.
named settler nas filed notice OF his intention 70
make final proof Ia support Of his claim. aud
That said proof will be made before the Register
ana Receiver at Huntsville, Ala, on
ApTii 3nd, s92,
viz: Jonh r. owen foI homestead Entry No.
1887, tor the E12 E4. sction l6, Township z,
=, Range 4 East.
de names the following witnesses to prove mis-
continuous resipence upon and cultivation oi
said land, viz:
John Prince James Prince and Benjamin
Brewer of EstIll's 7 ork, Ala and John Roberts
of Larkins Fork Ala.
VIM. c. WELLS,
l-27-6t Register.