San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-01-06
PIcKINos FROM PAPERS.

The camellia is Chinese plant and
emigrated in 1911.
Chrysanthemums are Chinese, and
were brought to Europe in 1890.
There is said to be a colored prisoner
working in the Alabama mines who
can speak twelve languages
The condor is the highest flying bird
known 1t spends most of its time
floating three miles above sea level
The most powerful and heaviest gun
in the world weighs l35 tons, is forty
feet in length aud has projectile
weighing l. 500 pounds
A man might visit ten saloons day
in New Yerk for every day in the
year, and then not make the rounds
for there are nearly 1000 of them
DIR. c. P. Carver of St Augustine,
Fla, owns and lives in the oldest
house in America. He has deeds in
his possession to show that it was
erected in 1860 by Freuchman.
There are some roomy theatres in
this country. but none that comes up
TO the old theater of Emilius Severus
at Rome which comfortably seated
SO, coo persons. 1t was built l, $50 years
ago.
The Bartlett pear is European i'm
portation, it having originated in Eng
land. The Seckel pear is native pro-
duct, and it is said that the first tree
that bore it is still standing near Phil
adelphia on the Schuylkill river.
She is very distantin her manner.
distant, Why, her disposition is so
freezing that she is constantly taking
cold from it"
Presbyterian are you, Efie?" said
the elderly relative. limited Presby-
terian?" ''N-not yet. auntie," wits
pered the blushing Efie, but I'm
engaged"
Lady, to tramp-How old are you,
my man? Tramp don't know,
ma'am; you see, I was so young the
first few years of my life 1 couldn't
count, so lost track
Mr. Hayseed-These New Workers
les rush themselves to death. Why
on 'arth do they kill themselves that
way? Mrs Hayseed-Land sakes!
they've got to. Think of the rents
they pay.
Hello exclaimed the man from
Chicago as he stood before the Wash
iugton monument. That's a pretty
good elevator shaft When are you
going to put up the rest of the build
ing?"
Say, Job. I have just patented
new invention" What is it?1 a
theater chair that will sink to within
a few inches of the foor when a wo-
man who wears a tall hat 81 Is upon it "
A new clothes sprinkler, which Is
also used for spraying the leaves OF
plants, consists OF a brass box with
perforated lid filed with mineral
wool, which acts the same as a sponge
and when shaken over the clothes
throws a fine spray from the perfora-
tons in the top of the sprinkler.
A new portable plate-warmer is
made of tinned-wire, and will hold one
dozen plates. The body of the rack,
which is a stoutly made wire frame
shaped like half circle, rests on four
feet and is divided in a manner similar
TO toast rack. 1t is to be used on
top of stoves or over registera
Stained-glass screens mounted in
brass or wrought iron make beautiful
fire-screens, their rich colors being
Elowingly brought out by the dancing
flames.
An Enemy Bshied.
There is an enemy with whom thousands are
familiar all their lives. because they are born
18th a tendency 10 biliousness. With his
enemy they are constantly battling With mel
fcetual weapons Hostetter's stomach BIZ
tcrs will banie IT, Mere pursAtives will rot fe-
form a dsordered condition OF the liver tnqi-
Gated not by constipation alone. but also py
sick headaches, yellowness Of the skin anq eye
halls nausea furred tongue and uneasiness,
more particularly upon pressure on the TlGpt
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