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The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Most people in a clear day can
without watch or other timepiece,
form a closely approximate idea Of
the time OF day by the position of the
sun, but few perhaps, have guessed
any similar method of computing the
time during the night without any
other means than the starry skies
Notwithstanding q fairly reliable
time indicator can be found in the
northern skies on each cloudless
night As is generally known, the
group OF fixed stars called the Dip
per. makes an apparent revolution
toward the North star in every TWEEN
ty-four hours. with the two stars form
ing the outer elevation OF the bowl of
the dipper pointing nearly directly to
the polar star continuously.
II the position OF the pointers" is
taken at any given hour say 6 o'clock
in the evening in the winter time and
rs soon as it is dark in the summer,
the hour can thereafter be pretty
accurately measured by the eye dur
ing the night Frequent observation
OF position will have to be made at the
given hour as owing to the constant
changing of the earth's position in
space, the position of the pointers"
in relation 20 our point OF observation
and the star also change Observa-
tons taken during a year and i'm
pressed on the mind will make very
good time indicator of that part of
celestial space Mechanical News.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05
CURRENT FUN.

Whaling in lap-land is among the
earliest adventures of youth Bingham
ton Republican
The devil tries to write the Lords name
on every barrel OF whisky he sends to the
heather. RAMS Horn
There is no particular harm in riding q
hobby, if you do not take up the whole
road with it Texas Siftings.
The man who bOrrows trouble never
thinks of paying it back save by distribu-
ton among his friends and acquaintance.
Boston Transcript.
He-There's a good deal to be said in
favor Of cremation. She, shivering-
Yes indeed It's so clean and nice and
warm Puck.
No harm to do this and no harm to go
there, you say. Well, that depends. Tbs
sw1l barrel is very good place for rotten
apple but q very poor place for sound
one Rams Horn.
Mr.. Blackhills, displaying his collection
OF Indian curios-"That is specimen OF
the war paint Of the Sioux. l brought it
when 1 came home from my last trip. y
Fair Visitor-.'Ah, 1 see; sort Of Sioux
veneer Boston Post.
Uncle George, reading, And when
the man got safely home he thanked
God" Ethel-"Why did be thank God,
Uncle GeorgeF U. G.-Because the bear
didn't eat him" Ethel-"Why didn't no
thank the bearp'-Capital Chips
She-''Has papa asked you about your
mcconnell" He-''Yes She-''And you
told him that little flo about the large sal
aryln He-'Yes" She-'I'm SO glad =
Newell, I'm sorry. He borrowed $50
from me on the spot. Smith, Gray g
Co. S Monthly.
renologist-'Your bump of imagina-
ton is abnormally large, sir. You should
write poetry. "Visitor-''I do write poetry.
Only yesterday took poem to an edi-
tor, and that bump you are feeling Is
where be hit me. Don't beAy en- It SO
hard lid Bits
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05
: August.
Flower

Mrs. Sarah NJ. Black of Seneca,
Mo-, during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: My food did not seem to
strengthen me at all and my appe-
tite was very variable. My face
was yellow, my head dull, and I had
such pains in my left side. In the
morning when I got up I would
have flow of mucus in the mouth,
and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes
my breath became short, and I had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. Iached
all day under the shoulder blades,
In the left side, and down the back
of my limbs. 1t seemed to be worse
In the wet, cold weather Of Winter
and Spring; and whenever the spells
same on, my feet and hands would
turn cold, and 1 could get no sleep
at all. tried everywhere, and got
no relief before using August Flower
Then the change came. It has done
me wonderful deal of good during
the time have taken it and is work
ing a complete cure. 0l
6. G.. GREEN, Sole Man'fr. Woodbury., NJ.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05
GARNERED DRAINS.

West Virginia alone now mines more
soal than the whole south did ten years
ago.
Owing TO the freaks OF mad dog in
yineland, n. J., all dead dogs are worth
81 each to the person who kills them.
Thousands OF men, women and children
in the mountains of Spain and Portugal
are busted in cutting cork. 1t is a do
nestle trade. md occupies whole villages
The remarla' y collection of postage
stamps bequeuthed to the trustees Of the
British museum by the late Mr.. TAPPING
contains more than 200, 600 stamps and is
valued at S3O9 900
lnrce miles an hour Is ABOUT the aver
age OF the gulf stream, though at certain
places it attains a speed Of fifty -four
miles In the Yuca;an channel, for in
stance, where it is ninety miles wide and
! ,600 fa;homs deep, the current Ia moi
over q quarter OF a mile an hour. In tn,
Straits Of Bem.ni tho current is 50 rapid
as to give the surface Of the water the ap
pahranca of fra
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05
0ENERALITIEs.

The Atlanta Constitution describes q
Joung woman as "a long and stately
blonden
Philadelphia has 295, 600 houses as
against l2S 600 in Chicago 119, 23s in New
York and %, 5e9 in Boston.
In San Bernardino county, Cal, s. I2
jack rabbits were killed in seventeen days,
on which bounties sggregating 1898 were
pail
a man got in q box-car at Norfolk to
steal a ride. lie was locked up and when
the car was opened in Sanford, n c. he
had been there three days, eating raw fish
and raisiEs into which he had broken He
had no water all the tins.
So strict was Stoneweu Jackson in his
religious obssrvances that he never trav-
eed on Sunday and never posted letter
or took one from the mail on that day.
He believed, indeed, that it was wrong for
the government 10 carry mail on that day.
a skye terrier is so called because the
breed was once chiefly raised on the island
OF skye, one Of the Hebrides. The cole
Lrated Dandy Dimmont terrier obtained
its distinctive title from tho fact of its be-
ing depicted as the fAvorite Of character
bearing that name in Sir Walter SCOTS
Guy Mannering -
A large bald eagle swooped down upon
a dog in the yard Of John Ware at Mingo,
Randolph county, ". Va, lately and car
ried him up several feet The dog bit the
eagle and caused it to let him fall to the
ground Again the eagle swooped down
and battle began between the two, in
which the dog but the eagle so eyerely
that it was unable TO fly. 1t then es-
capped by running into the underbrush.
One OF the biggest rocks ever moved in
the course of railroad cons'-rction in
this country was excavated on e line OF
tho Mexican Southern railwa, The gi-
ant bowlder was 120 feet IN height and
measured ! 600 cubic meters. Six dyna-
mite cartridges were placed under the
rock after the men had e1cavated as
much earth as possible, and were fired
one after another. At the sixth explo-
sion the big fellow rolled over out of the
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

It is your friends who pick you to pieces
other people are Indifferent and let yol
alone.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

ELY BROTHERS, Sc Warren St. New Yorl
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05
LESSONS IN SHORTHAND.


Short hand is coming SO much into de.
mand that it has been decided to publish
a course of instructive lessons in the col
umns OF this paper. These lessons will
be for the benefit of all readers, old OF
young. 1t is very pleasant to know how
to write Shorthand; besides, it pays.
A stenographer is required to-day in
every business house. The supply Of
competent writers is not equal to the de-
mand. Shorthand is both useful as an
accomplishment, and profitable as a call
ing. Every business and professional
man would find a system of brief writing
useful every day-almost every hour.
There are several reasons why Short
hand is not understood by more people.
In the first place there are comparatively
few teachers, and they are for the most
part located in large cities, and charge a
high price for instruction. In the second
place most people imagine Shorthand to
be SO terribly hard that they will not so
much as give it trial. 1t is fact, how
ever, that the system has been so sImpli-
fed in late years that there is no good
reason at all why any one Of average in
telligence should not learn the art in a
few months, if he works under proper
guidance.
1t is our belief that if clear and easy
instructions could DO obtained by young
people right at their homes, thousands
would take hold and learn it without dill
ficulty, and be benefited by it all their
lives. Recognizing the Importance of the
subject, and the need of cheap home
study course, one especially adapted to
the young, we have decided to publish
this series OF lessons. We have secured
the services of one of the most skilled
and best known Of American teachers of
stenography, to edit these lessons and
take charge of the work as class con-
ductor.
This course win comprise twelve easy
lessons giving the popular Pitman Sys-
tenn in a nut shell. These lessons will
begin in just three weeks. They will be
found well adapted to self-instruction.
a large number of clubs or circles, eaoh
composed OF half dozl members, more
or less, will be formed for mutual study
ana practice. hlght now Is the time 10
start such a club. Write US letter If
you are willing to help form such club,
and we will tell you how to go about it.
A large Special class will be formed,
and individual lessons given by mail by
the author, Professor Moran. The charge
for Membership Ticket in this class is s..
Those who wish to Join may remit this
amount to the Secretary University Ex-
tension, Box 1913, St. Louis, Mo. Further
in regard to this class will
be published next week. II you ever in
tend to learn Shorthand now is the time
10 begin. You will never have better
chance! Do not fail to subscribe for this
paper at once if you want to take advan-
age of this extraordinary opportunity
,f learning Shorthand,
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05
HIS sweet Revenge.

Il am sorry. Mr. Percollum, but l
shall not need your services after this
week said the editor Of The
Monthly Sparklsr
u was about to make the same re-
mark, sir" replied Mr.. PercOllum-
Ny uncle has bought this magazine
and given the management Of things
TO me. You will not need my services
Mr.. Able but l shall need yours
How would an advance OF $50 a
month in your salary strike you?"
(The author OF this beautiful and
touching little story sends note with
It explaining that he has tried it on
several other papers and all have re
jected it as too wildly absurd and i'm
probable. Chicago Tribune.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Have you heard of this new education
al movement? 1t is gigantic project for
bringing the advantages of College
education right to the home of all the
people. This work is to be accomplished
by lectures, examinations, home study,
and instructions given by correspond
ence.
The shorthand class we are now form
ing is directly in the line of University
Extension, and ought to prove popular
with our readers. See full announce
ment in another column.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Eight years ago a young woman
bought a farm near Old Lynne, Conn.
and began to cultivate 1t herself She
was up with the sun, laying out
work for men and even taking hold
herself She handled the hoe and
rake drove the moving machine and
hay tedder pitched hay and did any
other work necessary. She was a
successful agrlculturist and paid for
tho farm in four years She now
owns second farm and both yield
her an income of from 81 200 10
81, 500 a year which she is laying by
iTe old nge
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

One of two things has to happier.
You're cured of Cltarrh, or you're
paid $500 cash. That's what is
promised 5y the proprietors of DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. By its
mild, soothing, cleansing, and heal
ing properties, it cures the worst
cases.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Might I Inquire asked the city
editor in a soft sweet voice, why
you describe the late Mr. Billiger as
being six feet eight inches long? i
not the word tall good enough Eng
fish for your fastidious taste?n
Not IN this case, answered the
new reporter. "Billiger was para
lyzed and hadn't stood on end for If
teen years See?" - Indianapolis
JournaI
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Local applications will never cure boiIs,
carbuncle-. sores, pImples, rheumatism.
achIHg joints, etc. Blood impurity is the
cause Of these ailments, and remedy must
be taken that will restore The blood to q
healthy condition. Such remedy is DR..
John Bulls Sarsaparilla. Use it and you
will have perfect health. You wrong your.
SELF II you fail to try 1t.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

A clergyman had arranged with
another TO TAX, his place for a Sun
day. The Gay arrived, and with 1t
the Rev. S. C., whom for his text he
took:
WHO are these arrayed in white
nd from whence came they?"
Just then two young ladies came in
sery late arrayed IN white.
He was again repeating his text
Shen a man thought indeed someone
might tell the Clergyman and not have
him ask twice. stood up and said:
oh. sir they are the Misses White,
rom the top OF the road Comic
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

One of the handsomest calendars for
l>.i2 that has come 10 our notice is that Of
the Cotton Belt Route. Above the calen-
dar proper IL a beautiful lithorraph cut of
a cotton stalk with its bolls bursting open
with the fieecy staple and in the midst of
this grand scene appears the kinky heads
and smiling faces OF two typical southern
plckaninnies. One OF these handsome
calendars can be. mad Dy addressing v.
II. Winfield, q. p. and 4. A Tyler, Tex.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Agents wanted to handle "Dewdrop, "
whfh is wonderful cure Of Liquor and
OplIm habits. Restores loss Of manhood
l-le5cuers and lawyers use it to enable
u ed 10 collect their thoughts and speak
tiueAiy. Nothing on earth equals it as a
nerYne. Price $3.50 per bottle by mail.
Ageits make big money selling Dewdrop.
Eve4 wife whose husband drinks should
senH for a bottle. Every husband who
has 9wife oL.6naS RPrphine habit should
get 4bottle. Addfess The Southern Com
pounding Co. Box 9S. Dallas. Tex.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Why is it that physicians are opposed to
proprietary remediesi Is it because such
meritcrious remedies as Ponds Extract or
Garfield Tea become household necessities
and enable the people, by their use, to cure
themselves aud so get on without raying
doctors billsl Garfield Tea cures consti-
patton and sick headache, restores the com
plexion and saves doctors bills.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO in all its stages
and that is CatArrh. Halls CH;anh Cure is the
only positive cure now known 10 the medical
fraternity. CAtArrh being q constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treatment.
Rails Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of The disease. and giving the patient strength
BY building mp the constitution and assisting
nature in doing Its work The proprietors have
so much faith IN It's curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It
falls 10 cure Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 7bo.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Effe@ually yet gently, when costive or
bilio4 or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual
constipation, to awaken the kidneys
and liver to healthy activity, without
irritating or weakening them, to dispel
headaches, cold or fevers, use Syrup of
Figs.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

In the Scotch ballad. was about 70 to-ter
down the declyity OF life with his aged wife
How IL would have smoothed the rough places
for tho respected John and his venerable
spouse could they have eased their growing in
nrmities with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
that benign help 70 the aged, the weak and those
recovering but slowly from eIhausting dis
eases. When the lamp Of life isNon the wane
man specially requires medicinal aid, sus-
tanning tonic, wholesome corrective. The
aged and the feeble are particularly suscepti-
bic 10 influences which produce disease, conva-
Iescence is too often interrupted by q relapse.
This standard American invigorant is eminent
ly adapted TO the needs Of such persons, and It
always "hlls the bill. Dyspepsia, constipa
grippe are among the troubles that II over
comes
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

DIR. Quillian, the leading authority OF
Great Britain on lung troubles. gives his
opinion based up on experiment, that null
ZEN IS tetterin consumption than Cod Liver
On Tay.or's Cherokee Remedy OF Swc, t
Gum and Mullen, will cure coughs, colds
and consumption.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Don't let your children look pals and
sickIv. Don't keep them cross, peeyish and
complaining. Keep them well by occasions
ally giving them those dainty candies d.
Bull's Worm DeEtroyers.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Ladies DESTROYS Of having a perfect
form, developmeGtof the bust, etc, should
send for our little booR aids to Beauty"
Sent free in plain, sealed enye lope. Green
leaf Toilet Co, box l09 Dallas, Tex.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

The peoples prayer, the glad divine's
lheme' the young mans vision and the old
man dream, - has been to find some pan
acea Tor pain. Wen, it is found now and
no mistake. Every druggist VIII tell you
about Salvation Oh.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

There are times when a cowhide whip in
the lands is more eficacious than a prayer
in he heart.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05
ms onry ono Ever Prlntsd-CAn

There IS S-inch dsplay advertisement
In this paper this week which has no two
words alike except one word. The tame is
true of each new one appearing each week,
from the Dr. Harter Medicine Co. = This
house places a Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name OF the word, and they will
return you BOOK, BEAUTIFUL LITHoGRAPHs
or SAMPLES FREE
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

When Baby WAS sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child She cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Chill lren, she gave them Csstoria
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

II " tefe tftNtt-t
to your intelligence, but some I'M
scrupulous dealers try it. For in
stance: you're suffering from some
Skin, Scalp or Scrofulous affection,
or are feeling "run down" and
used-up." There's torpid liver,
impure blood, and all that may come
from it. You've decided, wisely,
that DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery is the medicine to help
Won. You know that it's guarGn-
teed to do so, as no other blood
purifier is.
If it doesn't benefit or cure, you
get your money back.
But what is best for you to take
isn't always best for the dealer
to sell. He offers something else
that's "just as good" Is it likely {?
If the makers of q, medicine can't
trust it, can you?
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Jonah felt vel protected from cold when
ne was haused IN the whale, but he could
nave naviGated the open sea on his back il
ne had owned bottle Of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Take things as they come, and if they
don't come go after thcm-News.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

The success II one person is too often
made TO iepend upon the failure Of an
otbcr.-Dailas News.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

YOU will be a friend for life TO our old
reliable eye-watcr when you get acquaint
cd Price pc. Free To ministers. Jno.
K. DIckey Drug Co., Bristol, Tenn.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

MALARIA cured and eradicated from the
system by Browns Iron Bitters. which
enriches the blood, tones the nerves, aids
digestion. Acts like a charm on persons
in general i'll health, giving new energy and
strength.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

The sun brightens every life except in a
lew cases OF bilious or spoiled peoplc.-Ex.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05
I'd cLEANsE THE SYSTEM

ThStip-top waiter comes high, or he
does Bot come at al.-News
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

cured without the knife or drawing blood
Have cured thousands of cases of piles,
fistula, liberation Of the rectum, rupture
hydrccele, varicocele and cancer. Why
wear truss or suffer when you can be
cured. No cure, no pay. For further in
formation call on CT address, with stamp,
DR.. F. J. DIcKEY, Dallas, Tex
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

IF you want to make a small Investment that IS
L absolutely safe. write Ohas. VI, Steele & sons,
Muskegon, Michigan, and they viii mail GU Free,
Plais, Maps and Views, with iull Instructions.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Do not use your friend as a weapon Of
sell defense.-Ex.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

The groan of the sufferer is a prayer for
he sympathy Of the kind.-Ex.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

The difference between sent 'ment and
sense is that sentiment is sure TO get
hungry.-Ex.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

BEAM's PILLS enjoy the largest sale
yPreP rietary medicine in the world.
lad3Pouly in ST. Helens, England.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Draw the line carefully between self
respect and egotism.-Ex.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Art is not art at all unless you rave II
down fine-Ex.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Flossy Is was who invented the
dances, which seemed to us such won
derful performances We danced
every evening in the great parlor, our
mother playing for US On the plano.
There was the Macbeth dance in
which Flossy figured as Lady Macbeth.
With a dagger IN her hand she crept
and rushed and bounced and swooped
about in q most terrifying manner.
always graceful as a fairy. A sofa
pillow played the part OF Duncan. and
had very hard time OF it The
Julius Caesar dance was no less tragic:
we all took part in it and stabbed
right and left with sticks Of kindling
wood.
One got the curling stick and was
happy for it was the next thing to
the dagger, which no one but Flossy
could have. Then there was the dance
OF the -Four Seasons, which had four
figures In spring We sowed, in sum
mer we resped; in autumn we hunted
the deer, and in winter there was
much iingling OF bells The hunting
fgure was most exciting. It was per-
formed with knives Ccindling woody,
As Flossy thought them more romantic
han guns; they were held close to the
.ide, with point projecting and in
his way we moved with a quick chase
steR which coupled with a savage
frown, was supposed to be peculiarly
leadly. Nicholas
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

question is, what are you going to
do about it when you can't help it.-News.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

Learn Shorthand by mail. Positions Sc
cured ~ W. e. Chaffee, Oswego, NY.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-02-05

One Of the hardest Lines Of duty is the
clothes line.-Ex.