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San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Not ali the sedAtives and nerve foods and
narcotics, in which this age OF medical dis
coyery is so prolific, can restore quiet to the
nerves permanently, so long as the tran
guilty OF those sensitive organs are dis
turbed By irregular digestion. When the
food is not adequately digested and assimi-
lated. tonic or invigorating effect Is not
eXerted upon them, they remain weak and
unstrung, and nightly repose is disturbed and
fitful. Beginning at the fountain head, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters reforms a disordered
condition of the stomach and promotes gen
eral yigor, in which the nerves share In com
mon with the rest OF the system. A regular
action OF the bowels and liver, resulting from
the use OF the medicine. also conduce to this
good effect Malaria, rheumatism and kidney
complalnt-all nerve disturbing complaints
are removed by The Bitters
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22
ALeap Year Christmas.

Frederick Charles Bunting had been
Amanda Dusenberry' shadow for three
years, to the exclusion of other young
men who would have been attracted by
the maiden's charms had Frederick
Charles unremitting attentions left
them any opportunity. He was at the
Dusenberry home two or three even
ings week and all of Sunday after
noon. This being the case, it was no
wonder that he had the field to him
self and that other young men thought
it useless to look in that direction.
But the two were not engaged.
There was nothing in the way of it ex-
cept Frederick Charles inability to ask
Amanda to marry him. He was not a
coward in other respects, but he
dreaded to put the question, and
Amanda showed no Indication of help
ing him. Her idea was that if a girl
was not worth proposing to she was
not worth having
When the pres n Ear of grace ar
rived, being leap ,r, the dihident
young man cherished the hope that his
charmer would exercise a 1voman's
prerogative, which comes every quad
renium, and propose to him. But up
to the date of the incident about to be
narrated, the hopes of Frederick
Charles had been disappointed.
The two were sitting before the fire
in the Dusenberry parlor one Thurs
day night in the middle of December.
when the girl remarked: "How rapidly
time is fiyingl 1t will soon be Christ
mas"
yes" he replied, land it will be
leap year Christmas, too BY the way,
leap year will soon be gone"
80 it will" replied the girl, de-
murely.
''What would you like me to give
you this leap year Christmas?" asked
the young man.
why, Fred, I'd like you to give
me-"
Speak out Amanda! Don't be
afraid" replied Bunting, who began
to get courageous with the idea that
at last he had about brought her to
the point of asking that he give him
self as Christmas gift.
''I-I-I hardly like to-"
And the girl hung her head.
Don't be afraid. I'll give you any
thing you ask for" he declared in
great burst of generosity.
"Well, then, Fred, l wish you would
give me"
"out with It. Don't be backward"
he said, impatiently. "Give you what,
my dear?"
''Give me a chance to see something
of some other young men besides your
self" II
WILLIAM HEERy Srv1rxn
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Some smart storekeepers at Taco
ma. Wash, hit on the happy idea Of
advertising their business by sticking
little wafer pastors on coins, like
labels on boxes. They secured a sure
and wide circulation for their adver-
tisements and the scheme worked
well until few days ago, when the
treasury department. notified the
local authorities that the practice was
illegal, and it Yves stopped.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

hunting and fishing, some like the
Bradley-Martins and ths Carnegiea
hiring shooting boxes in the Highlands
for this purpose, and taking a party Of
friends with them
OF course this was very nice, but
only those of enormous wealth could
think of doing things in this style. so
the less rich had to bestir themselves
and do the next best, para hrasing the
old saying about Mahomet coming to
the mountain, by bringing the country
house season over here.
1t is now at its height in the hills.
Everybody who has an apology for a
house in the Berkshire and the Litch-
field hills and, nearer home in the Or
ange mountains and along the High
lands of the Hudson. has it full of
guests, all bent on one thing, that of en-.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Specialists on throat diseases are
beginning to take unusual interest in
culinary methods. They advise a
kitchen quarantine on wash days and
boiled dinner days, giving as a reason
that the steam from boiling clothes
and picked meats that require much
heat produces many illnesses Of the
respiratory organs and aggravates
slight or chronic diseases Of the nose,
throat and lungs. Patients are ad-
vised to vacate apartments having
dark or i'll ventilated kitchens and to
keep all babies and ailing children out
of the kitchen when conking is going
on.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

1t is not always easy to see or de-
eide just when to stop pouring liquid
into a funnel while filling a lot of bot
ties. Hence there is liability of the
liquid stopping over and going to
waste. A Texas man has therefore
devised a way to stop the flow auto
matically at the right moment. He
has float small enough to slip down
in the neck of the bottle a little wav
1t hangs there loosely until the rising
level Of the contents forces it upward
and along with it wire which then
closes a valve in the funnel.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22
Tell people their virtues; experience viii
teach them their faults.

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local
disease, and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing 10 cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurabls.
Science has proven catarrh to be a consti-
tutional disease and therefore requires CON
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F J. Cheney & Co,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market 1t is taken internally
in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful-
1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address,
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
az Sold by Druggists, 75c-
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

An exchange announces that an al
ligator feet inches in length and
weighing 22O pounds was caught in
the Mississippi of the levee at St.
LOTS a few days ago" Some of its
teeth were said to be more than two
inches long and like the teeth of a
shark. This alligator was probably
an alligator gar.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

The entire product of the diamond
mines at New Jagersfontein. South
Africa, was taken during the first hall
of this year by syndicate whose con
tract expired at midnight June so.
just before shutdown on the last day
of the contract the largest white dia-
mOnd in the world was found. 1t is 8
inches long. from u to p inches thick
and weighes 971} carats, or : ounces
avoirdupois. 1t is perfect in color,
except for black spot in the middle,
which will probably make it advisable
to cut it in two.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

1oying the most
enjoyable time of
the year in the
country.
Of course, for a
house party to be a
success, the guests
must be well Sc
lected. They must
be people with
nicely trim m e d
edges and rounded
corners, brig h t,
adaptable, not an
assorted iOh LOT
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Has found that her little ones are improved
moro by the pleasant laxative, Syrup OF
Figs, when in need of the laxative effect OF
a gentle remedy than by any other, and
that It is more acceptable to them. Chill
dren enjoy it and it benefits them The
trus remedy, Syrup Of Figs, is manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22
(lEwX
YEAR,?

New life and light new rapture and new
joysi
New hopes, though all these fail, to light
my days.
Oh, taxa my hearts delight In these thy
gifts;
Ny thanks and praise, o Lordl my
thanks and praise
Dusty the way has been, and long and
dark;
Even now scarce can hope, for hope be-
trays.
o falthless heart, to him who cares for
thee,
Give now thy thanks and praisel thy
thanks and praiseI
Surely the sun will shine throughout the
land;
Surely her miracles will work the spring;
Life stands revealed where all seemed
drear and dead.
o heart! my hearth thou mayst give
thanks and sing.
Sing and rejoicei Ever give thanks and
sing
Life rulssi Death is not, though 1T
seem TO bel
Love sleeps noti God is an eternal kingi
bis thought shall reach ever 20 my
heartrand me-
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Rail-
way has made an arrangement with first
class publishing house to furnish 4 series
OF beautiful Worlds Fair pictures, Go
large size, at the nominal cost to the pur-
chaser of only ten cents for a portfolio Of
sixteen Illustrations. Nothing so hand
some in reference to the Worlds Fair has
before been published. The series would
be worth at least twelve dollars il the pic
lures were not published in such large
quantities, and we are therefore able to
furnish these works of art for only ten cents
Remit your money TO George H Heat
ford, General Passenger Agent Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway, at Chicago,
H., and the pictures will be sent promptly
to any specified address They VIII make
a handsome holiday gift.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

1t costs more to fertilize an acre of
land In England so that it will grow
good wheat than it does to send the
product of an acre in Dakota over
there.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22
nnrishinr.

81 hope it SHOWS Christmas eve, "
said Harry, because if ii don't Santa
Claus may have TO come in balloon,
and if it busted, all the -coys would get
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22
PIERCE .H S.si' CURE
OR MONEY RETURNED.

For over q quarter Of century, DR.. Piercs's
Golden Medical Discovery has been efFectiny
cures OF Bronchial, Throat and Lung affec-
tons The makers have such confidence IN
the 80 Discovery FOR curing Asthma, BrOn-
chitis, and incipient Consumption, that they
can afford to guarantee it
Mrs ISAAC LOTHIAN, OF ThtrlOiU, DsidlCGrs
~ Tzv-ffa
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Austria has recently allowed women
to practice medicine in Bosnia. In
other parts of the empire the profess
sion is closed to them.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

FoR Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Stomach
disorders use Browns Iron Bitters-.ns
Best Tonic. 1t rebuilds the system, cleans
the Blood and strengthens the muscles. A
splendid medicine for weak and debilitatsd
parsons.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Does your county need straight ont
POpulist local paper' Then write for cir
culars, samples and full particulars of a
new and successful plan to J. T. W. Loe,
box 317. Dallas. Tex.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Lanes Medicine moves the Bow
els Each Day. In order 20 be healthy
this is necessary. Cures constipation,
headache, kidney and liver troubles and
regulates the stomach and bowels. Prics
50c and Sl.OO, at all dealers.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

WHO WOULD be free from earthly ills must
buy a box of Beechams Pills. % cents
box. Worth a guinea
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Coughs and Colds. Those who are
suffering from Coughs. Colds, Sore Throat,
etc, should try BRowS's BRONCHIAL
TROcHEs. Sold only ia b01es.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

When n man marries be halves his rights
and doubles his duties
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22
Jumping a claim.

a T W AS N E "
II Y ears eve in
J the camp, and the
Gold Nugget saloon
was doing a heav@
a business all along
4 the line. Drinks
were being rapidly
dispensed over the
counter, and in the
rear faro, roulette and
draw poker w ere
Irishinp.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Every young man has some foolish AZ
bition.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Every one happens to be listening when
the man you dislike says something raal
funny.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

~ "
DIR. R.v. PIERCE. Buff
falo. Y. Y: Dear Sir
I wish 70 write you OF
my brother, Harry O.
TrOup, who has been
sick for ten years with
asthma He has been
treated by ten different
physicians, who have
said he could not b
cured. He had to sic
UP at night, he got so
snort Of breath; be suf-
fered With fearrui head
aches and had a bad
cough After taking
Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets, ne did
], and can sleep all night. -
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Almost every woman marries her frs
chance, they say.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22
Zz<1zz


Some lizards have a convenient tail.
Grasp it like man of mettle, and 10
will remain in your hand. Does the
liEard spend the rest of its life In q
tailless condition, and go about, like
the fox in the proverb, preaching the
uselessness of tails? BY no means.
Like goods sold in shop, the lizard
is retailed, for new appendage grows
again in due course. In fact, it Is
stated that if lizard only crack its
tail, fresh one will sprout out of the
crack, and the animal will then wear
two tails at time.
There is spot in MADEIRA where the
lizards once went to and fro without
tails. On inquiry it turned out that
ashore for the day from
ships Of war that touched at the island
used to frequent this place and amuse
themselves by knocking the tails from
off the lizards It's pity these mis-
guided lads had no better notion Of fun
than to play the taller.
When DR.. Drummond was at Palo
Bay, in Sardinia, he spied large liz
ard making for the shelter of a heap
Of rocks. He grabbed it by its tail
just as it was disappearing from view,
and was astonished to find the crea-
lures resistance cease. Then he was
suddenly alarmed to discover a young
snake las he thought jumping about
his legs. He backed to respectful
distance, and then he saw that il was
the severed tail of the lizard that pre-
sented these strange serpent-like
movements
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

A man likes to meet people who have the
same grievances.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

cat only has one life If a bulldog
catches it.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

The meanest man In every town was
raised pet
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Did You ever remark that only the big
fellows want to fight youi
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Margie-The scales are fastened on
ash just like the shingles on n house,
aren't they? Mamma-Yes, Margie.
dear. Margie-I suppose they are put
IN that way, mamma. to keep the fsh,
N~on leaking, aren't they2
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

The sky Is not like people; it is always
pleasantest when it Is blue
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

People take medicine for languor when
they should take exercise.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Be sure and use that old and welltried remedy HEI
TIss1ow's Soo1u1Se sTFrr for Children Teething.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

A man buys a COW; his neighbor gets tn
cream; his wife the money
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Now is the time to be glad and bright,
And kind as we can from morn till nj ="
Be quick to smile and to frown be slow,
And try to learn what Is good to know;
For, oh, let US think how the days viii
look
While we write them down In our New
Year book.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

l use a cider keg, and do
not put any water in the pickle
at all, but put a thick layer of
salt on the bottom of the keg. Then
wash the cucumbers and lay them
close together, covering each layer
with salt; in few days there will be
plenty OF brine. and if you keep them
weighted and dip off the scum that
rises, | think you will not fail to keep
them. Put up this way, the vessel
will hold more cucuDIbers, as they
shrink so much, but when soaked to
put in, the vinegar will regain their
plump appearance. Fo' tlavoring q
half gallon l use one race OF ginger,
one tablespoonful each of sugar, black
pepper and spice cloves, also few
pieces of horse-radish. use cold
vinegar, though some prefer 10 scald
them.-Mrs. f. A. Doyle in Home
and Farm"
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22
THE HOUSE PARTY.
HAS BECOME A PART OF AMERI-
CAN LIFE.
Late Autumn and Lonely Winter Days
East of the Rockies-rhe Stately
Country Homes of tbs Weather
Glasses.

oUSE PARTIES
are quite an limo
walton in this coun-
try, brought over,
like tennis and
golf, from the old
country. Until a
few years ago,
m a ny of our
fashionables went
to England and
Scotland az this
time of the year
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Solce men are always having 'terribls
time.n
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

If flirting is proper, why don't men htrs
with their wivesl
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Warranted 10 cure or money refunded Ask you
druggist for a.. Price - cents
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Heart, Catarrh and Deafns 315 Aiain
st-eeet, Dallas, Tex. Send 70 pamphlets
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

People usually find out that the best al
vice was not followed
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

A childs education is never completed so
long as he feels that he knows more than
his parents
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

MALARIA cured and erVdicated from the
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which
euriches the blood, tones the nerves, aids
digestion Acts like charm on persons In
general i'll health, giving new energy and
strength.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

ShiIoh's Consumption Cure
J. ~od on a guarantee Il Incipleut Cousumu-
too. Il IS the best Cough Cure Gets. 5Octs- elol
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

Talk az you please about rabid dogs
every boy wants dog.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-22

II all would be good and kind and true,
And do the work that is theirs TO do;
If from hate and pride our hearts were
free,
What glad New Year the world would
see
And then I know We should love to look
On each bright page of the New YesI
book
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-01-13
Relied His Looks.

remember being at table in the Astor
House, New York, when a gentleman
entered who was an almost exact coun-
terpart, so far as personal ap%pearanc"
went, OF Daniel Webster. The shape OF
the head and face were the same, the
expression much alike. l was pro-
foundry impressed and resolved to make
his acquaintance. did so and found
that he had for years conducted a dark
alley saloon in the oil districts until a
lucky strike made him a man of wealth,
but left him mentally where it found
him-but little better than a fool o,
you cannot Judge a book by the O.. n,
but you will generally find that the
showiest covers are put on the most
worthless books.-Interview In st. Lour
be-Democrat.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-01-13
Forest Fires and Mosquitoes in Alaska.

Forest Fires and Mosquitoes in Alaska.
Miles and miles of ~blackened stumps
marked the ravages of forest fires. The
Indian, when resting on his journey and
suffering from mosquitoes, sets fire to
the twigs and leaves around him, Gre
ating a smoke which keeps the pest at
a distance, and when refreshed he straps
on his pack and moves along the trail,
of course without extinguishing his fire.
In announcing his approach to friends
at a distance, he sets fire to a half dead
spruce or tamarack tree, and the column
of thick, black smoke Is the signal, to
be acknowledged in the same manner
by those who see it, so as to direct the
traveller to their camping grounds. In
the summer everything Is crisp and dry,
and the timber is saturated with tur-
pentine. The trees left to smolder are
famed into flame by the slightest breeze;
the flames creep among the r~esinous
trees and spread till whole forests are
destroyed.
These forest fires and the mosquitoes
account for the scarcity Of game. Over
the vast ~untraveled region that we Wis
tied there was q remarkable scarcity OF
Wild animals. We saw only a few
| ground squirrels and some grouse and
| ptarnigan. The Indians say that all
the larger animals retreat in summer to
the hilltops, where, exposed to a con-
slant breeze, they are free from the tor
ments of insects.-E. j. Glave in Cen.
tY1rV
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-01-13
True Marriage.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in
love. know young persons think love
belongs only to the brown hair and
plump, round, crimson cheek. So it does
for its beginning. just as Mount Wash
ington begins at Boston bay. But the
golden marriage is a part of love which
the bridal day knows nothing of. Youth
is the tassel and silken flower Of love:
age is the full corn, ripe and solid in the
ear. Beautiful is the morning Of love,
with its prophetic crimson, violet, SAT-
from, purple and gold, with its hopes Of
days that are to come. Beautiful also
is the evening of love, with its glad re-
membrance and its rainbow side turned
toward heaven as well as earth.-Theo-
dore Parker.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-01-13
Zig Sale. Of Hummins Birds.

Owing to the reckless slaughter oil
humming birds for ornamental purposes,
certain species are already on the verge
of extinction. This does not seem sur
prising when one learns that 5000 skins
Of the ruby and topaz humming blrd
alone were shipped not long ago from
Brazilian port in a single consignment
while at a public sale of birdskins. hello
in London, March 81, 1888, more thar
~, 600 humming bird skins were disposed
of! And in one week during the same
year there were sold at auction In Lon
don 400. 900 humlning birds and othe'
birds from North and South America
Philadelphia Times.