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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-24
Couldn't Leave the Dog.

Yesterday, poverty-stricken family,
consisting of man, wife, and three
children, applied at the office of Mayor
Moore for passage to Jackson County,
Indiana. They had footed it from
North Carolina. All were in tatters,
from head to foot. When the chief of
the family walked into the office the
mud "sqashed" between his bare toes.
A good deal of sympathy was manifest
ed over the hard lot of the unfortunates,
and Clerk DeBeck proceeded with alac-
rity to fix them out with railroad passes.
"Thank you," said the stranger. "God
bless you for your kindness; but how
about the dog?" "Oh, dog!" ex-
claimed Mr.. DeBeck. "Have you a
dog in the partyP" And then he pro-
ceeded to explain that it would be inn
possible to grant pass for the dog, as
they wouldn't admit him aboard the
train, and advised that the dog be left
behind. The stranger called up from
the midst of the waiting family gaunt,
sore-footed hound. He hesitated awhile,
and then went over and held a consulta-
ton with bis wife. He came back to
the counter and remarked, al guess l
will walk" and the sorry party, includ-
ing the dog, took its way out of the build
ing. The incident was quite amusing,
while there was something of homely
tenderness in it-that the faithful fel-
low, who had followed his friends so far,
was not deserted in the hour of tempta-
tion.--CincinEa Commercial.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-24
The Corn Harvest.

- - .,,
flushed are the carolings nj eve anu morn,
Through the sAil aGthc downs OF thsties SAL
White wraitlis OF bloom on autumn preezes
borne.
inc lore5ts Slowly saNher richer huc,
Ana the tar aistahGe Veiis ltseii Ill DUO.
inc becomes rcddeh IN inc "arih' rich sun
some wear us tehder green us Wheh sPrihe
came
or terh 10 SOBER russell anu 10 auh'
the streams'fiow onward thicK WIFI uea0
leaves strcwh'
Ana all theireddies make u piaihtNetuhc'
,,. mao
heard,
Andgolden pawpaws shine from leafy fioor;
where the la,shcd space is walked by scarce
a bird,
The squirrel gathers in his winters store;
While sad leaf mutterings overhead
sound like requiem DER summer dead.
"hefc curisthc quiet SMOKE apo'e HIS hoi'ie'
The farmer idly puils MS easciul plpc'
Qrby MS cidcr'anill, where iate pees COME
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-24

SPEAKING of the Black Hills editors
as poker players, the Deadwood Miner
says If fence-rail was to be put up as
blind, the editors are so poor that not
one of them could straddle it.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-24

PRAIRIE fires in Iowa are doing a good
deal Of damage.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-24

This is very bold estimate. There
is surely nothing superfuous, and the
prices are such that good materials
could only be secured by having the
garments at least partly made at home.
Yet there is no margin for ribbons,
laces, gloves, handkerchiefs, perfumery,
nor any of those small items of personal
expense, such as stationery, which So
cial life involves; nor does it mention
furs nor gifts of any description for
birthdays Or holidays.
No doubt thrifty women could save on
some of the items mentioned, but it
would be by adding to the burden OF
their lives the burden of cutting and
making their best as well as their COM
moner dresses, by buying low-priced
stuffs and the sacrifice of their taste to
their economy. This may be all right,
but they should at least have the credit
of it; nor is it always economy to spend
five dollars instead of ten in the pur-
chase of materials or articles of use.
MANY women are forced into waste
full habits by never having money
enough to buy really good thing. 1t
is always smaller sum than they need
that is doled out to them, and SO they
are always in arrears with their necessi-
ties, which have no element of durabili-
ty, afford no satisfaction in the posses
sion and are the dearest in the end. The
conditions of our daily life are very diff
ferent now from what they were fifty
years ago, and it must be remembered
that women neither make them nor can
they change them. Men make much
more money now than they did then,
but they seem to consider it their ex-
elusive right to save it or spend it as is
pleases them, and exact from their wives
rigid system, which has not the COM
pensation of former times, when the
products of the spinning-wheel furnish
ed them at least with comfortable cover
ing, and the march of civilization had
not proceeded far enough to awaken So
cial competition.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-24
What it Should Cost q Woman n
Dress.

The following extract from Jennie
,June's New York fashion letter to thu
Louisville Cos.rier-Journal will be found
especially interesting to those impe.
cunious young men who are contem.
plating matrimony the coming season:
An indignant individual of the male
persuasion addressed to me recently
what he evidently considered highly
sarcastic letter on the score of remark
in one of my letters, to the effect that
the majority of women had not more
than from two hundred and fifty to five
hundred dollars per annum to spend on
their entire wardrobe, and therefore
could not be expected to spend that sum
on one dress alone. "Not more than
two hundred and fifty to five hundred
dollars per annum," he repeats, she
should rather think not,' and he adds
that perhaps am not aware there are
plenty of people with families who actu-
ally live on these sums and less. Quite
true. But, then, they do not dress, at
least only in such clothing as the people
who do, give them, and they do not read
fashions, and naturally fashions are not
written or created with reference 10
them: It is undoubtedly true that some
women spend too much on dress, but it
is only true of a comparatively small
number. The majority spend too little.
There are men who make and lose
hundreds and even thousands of dollars,
who complain of the cost Of a necessary
dress or pair of shoes purchased by
their wives.
Complaint is:the normal condition Of
those who hold possession of money
against those who have to spend it.
Women in the country, the wives of
well-to-do farmers and proprietors,
spend altogether too little on themselves
and their dress. They grow old before
their time with hard work, and they
look older still from the poverty of their
personal belongings. The subtle intlu-
ence of becoming dress, the refinement
of habitual association with the fine in
stead of the coarse, is unknown to them.
The clothing of persons ought to be
representative of their position, and q
man should be ashamed, who has money
to spend upon lands Or horses, or his
own pursuits, to grudge that which his
wife needs, and which she would prob
ably have were she not tied to him.
Two hundred and fifty dollars seems a
large sum to some men, who can very
well afford it, for woman to expend on
herself. But how much will it buy of
ordinary clothing?
One silk UreSS,,, fOJ
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-24
LATER-No HOPE.

In spite of the great exertions made
by large bodies of willing workers the
men imprisoned in No. 3 pit have not
vet been reached, and there Is not the
slightest hope of their being got at for a
considerable time. Although their fore
knockings and shou;ings were in the af-
ternOOn heard from below, it Is not ex
pected that a single man in that pit OF
the To- misers who entered II in the
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-24

shot up the up-cast, instantly destroying
the pit-head frame and knocking the
side of the shaft itself to pieces. Several
persons who were at the pit-head at the
moment, among them Mr.. Watson, the
manager, were badly hurt. At the same
time dense smoke was seen To be rising
from No. , shaft, and it became pain
fully evident that a serious explosion of
some kind had occurred in the work
ings, although, of course, the full extent
Of the disaster was not vet realized. In
a very short time n dense crowd had
gathered on the pit hill, including hun
dreds OF women from the neighboring
village, in a state of wild excitement
and anxiety as to the fate OF their hus-
bands, fathers, brothers, sons, who were
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25
To Prevent Sickness.

The pronounced opinions of the ablest
Therapeutists indicate that most diseases
are the direct result of vitiated Blood; and
as their successful treatment of disease is
founded on the principle and practice of
eliminating this blood poison by .judicious
purgation, so this same principle, by rea-
sonable adaptation to any case, is the
surest means TO prevent disease.
Keller's Vegetable Life Dropsare an alb
solute preventive ofdiscascs caused by inn
purity Of the Blood, Of Liver diseases, of
diseases ofthe Stomach, Intestines, etc. It's
corrective influence will prevent or short
en- attacks of Dyspepsia, Jaundicc, Nerv-
Gus Debility, Uterine disorders, Fever and
Ague and all that numerous class of dis
eases induced by malarial poison. To pre-
vent disease, then, purify the blood if
needed by using reliable Alternative and
purgative; this, conioined with the observ-
ance of hygienic directions, will establish
condition of body in which health will
be the rule and disease the exception. A
careful perusal of the "Manual of Purga-
tive and Depurative Medicine" will fully
illustrate the subject Of which the above
is a mere outline, and will clearly indicate
the method of using Keller's Vegetable
Life Drops To be had at Drug Stores or
sent to any address on receipt of 8 cent
stamp, by ", |. KELLER, Chemist, Baltimore
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25
WhvWe become Sick

Aside from hereditary prc-disposition,
to omany diseases, there are four PROMINENT
causes of much of human disease, and
these are: Impure air, which causes poi
soning of the Blood and Pulmonary dis,
eases; unhealthy water which is q greats
source Of Typhoid and kindred fevers;
improper food, which is the cause of
StomaChic and Intestinal dcrangement;
and sudden changes of climate and tenn
perature, which induce congestive disor-
ders. Thus, the absolute essentials of life
are often charged with the principles and
poisoned with the germs Of disease and
death. Whenever the proportional prin-
clples of the Blood become disturbed from
any of the causes named, impOycrshment
or poisoning of this fluid follows; if the
digestive organs act abnormally, Dyspep-
sia and its distressing effects manifest
themselves; any cause that tends TO ex-
cite the unusual action of the Liver is
certain 10 produce Bilious diseases; and
whenever there is a torpitude or sluggish
ness Of the bowels-Constipation, with its
host of attendant evils, establishes ITSELF
From these universally accepted truths
it becomes comparatively easy to explain
Why We Become Sick. BY neglecting
the laws cf nature, and eating unsuitable
food, Or eating wholesome food in an
improper manner; by abundant drinking
at meals by many other improprieties of
eating and drinking, and particularly by
that one misunderstanding habit peculiar
to the American people-rapid eating
Indigestion or Dyspepsia is established
with all Of its distressing consequences;
Immediately the Blood lowers its standard
and begins to deposit its impurities in tile
weakest parts of the system, causing all
manner of discomfort and diseases accorts-
ing to the degree of impurity and the
point of deposit. The great organs be-
come involved; the Brain feels the bad
influence; the Liver, the Spleen, the
Heart, the Lungs, the Kidneys, the Skin
all, are affected, and unless the impurity
be removed, the whole volume of the
Blood will become so poisoned that exist
a41no will Iva
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OAKLAND. MD. sATURpAY, AUGUST rs, 1877.

If the Turks continue to win
battles and gain positions as rapidly
a they have been doing during the
last TWO weeks, then, according to
the ingenious logician of the New
York Heart,h great advantages will
inure to Russia. The argument used
by that journal is that misfortunes
in war unless they are of great mag
nitude are in the end a benefit to
those who suffer from them mas
much as they compel inquiry into
their cause, and a search for means
which render their recurrence inn
possible. 1t is all very true that ex-
perience teaches, out there is a dan
ger that unless those to whom it hap
pens are apt scholars it may cripple
them so that in the end they will be
unable to take advantage. of the
lessons which it offers. The defeat
suffered by the Russians at Pleva
ought certainly to have shown those
in command that concentration of
force was necessary and that an army
scattered all over a territory except
at the very points where they are
needed was utterly useless. And yet
only a few days afterwards, another
defeat was experienced at Lovatz,
while now comes the news that Sulei-
man PaSha has assumed the often
siVe and has seized two of the Balkan
passes which where defended by
Bulgarians, who occupied entrench-
ed positions. No matter how it is
disguised, it must be evident to the
most enthusiastic Russophili5t that
these reverses, instead of stirring up
the MuscOvites to Il different plan Of
action, have had a most demOral-
izing and Weakening tendency, Add
to this that their cOmmIsSariat de-
partment is in IA Wretched condition
that the means Of transporting both
ammunition and provisions are utter
ly inadequate, and that disease is fast
moving down brave and gallant
men, and the prospect is gloomy
one. Norris it likely that it will inn
prove. The miasmatic fevers which
prevail in Bulgaria in the autumn
will tax all the skill of the army
physicians, the Turks, secure behind
their earthWorks and in their fort
resses, will be true to their traditions
of not risking IA battle in the open
field and weary waiting and inertia
are more apt to dampen the spirits
of IA soldier than IA struggle, even if
it be followed by defeat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25

Detectives at Pittsburg are actively
engaged in recovering the goods
stolen from the loaded cars and depot
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany. The property forms a singular
collection, embracing boots and shoes,
an immense wood. carving, cushions,
mattresses, spittoOns, framed time
cards, an encyclopaedia, forty barrels
of fiOur-each minus a baking or two
"a tierce and twelve barrels of lard,
800 hams, kegs and barrels of
whiskey and high wines, glassware,
hardware, shovels and picks, bales Of
wool, a complete Jersey wagon,
leather, rope, bundles and barrels of
leaf tobacco, block tin, beeswaX, Oat-
meal, boxes of fO0t-ruleS. lamp CHM
neys, cofee-mills, gas stoves, palace
car furniture, sewing machines, car
pets, oileloth, muslin, ready made
clothing, yarn, harnesses, whips, flags
anu 1'le liNV' oCNSIl 'o'ld"Sd tiuilhS
full of clothes We're found in one
house and eleven barrels of -four in
another. Eyewitness of the riot
tell of auctions where circular saws
three feet in diameter sold for fifty
cents, and carload of sewing ma
chimes brought from 81 down to ten
cents apiece.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25

THE TURKISH RIFLE CONTRACT.
"A dispatch from Providence r. :,
to the New York Herald says the
Providence Tool Company is still at
a standstll in regard to its rifle con-
tract with Turkey, work having been
suspended for two weeks because of
the failure of the Turkish govern
ment to furni sh money for the last
lot ofrifles already made. AS con
sequence of the suspension 1000 en-
ployees are idle. The officials of the
company, however state that advices
may come any day from Europe an
nouncing that the necessary funds
have been placed in London banks
to be drawn against. As soon rs such
advices have been received the COM
pany will start ist works, call in its
employees and finish up the contract
with Turkey.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25
NUMBER 26.

A NEW TEMPERANCE PRoPosI-.
TION.-The immnderate use of ar
dent, vinous or malt liquors is adj
lnitted by all to be pernicious, and
even their moderate employment is
vigorously contended against by
many. Various plans have been pro-
posed in regard to preventing both
their use and abuse, some based on
total and absolute prohibition under
any circumstances whatever, and
others on limited issue of licenses
at very high rates. 1t was left, how
ever, for the State of Oregon to strike
out a new plan, wholly different
from any other. Instead of licensing
the bar room, it is the drinking him
self who must possess the license. For
80 per annum, any citizen can reg
-isterldmselfas desironsAof indulging
moderately or immOderately in liq-
uor, and he is then furnished with a
permit, which must be shown when
ever he calls for drink. The penalty
for selling to persons unsupplied
with permits is very heavy, SO that
"When mans wife takes away his
license in the morning and hides it,
he has to go dry as a bone all day."
What an interesting record the list
Of the bibulouS citizens Of a country
reported by themselves, all duly in.
deXed for the examination of their
fellow
The country will await with proper
ani becoming anxiety the result of
this attempt on the part of our north
western State to grapple with the
liquor subject, Had Cronin permit
when he cultivated his fiery pro-
boscis, which shone 50 brilliantly
above all the Tildenites, when they
played with dictionaries and gobble-
dispatches ?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25
Railroad Engineers.

IA despatch from Cleveland, Ohio
81 Mondays date, says.
y Chlef Arthur, of the Brotherhood
'ef Locomotive Engineers, is consid
erably amused and yet vexed at the
ephstant circulation of reports res
pectlng a universal strike of the
t5rotherh0oa within few days or at
some other future time. There has
fiof been the slightest sign of com
motion around his office for several
Gays aad this afternoon when | in
'{erviewed him it was almost entire
~ deserted. Mr. Arthur emphati-
taliy denied that the Brotherhood
|,had any intention of striking. On
Ie0ntrary, adViceS from all parts of
z 5a1nited States are TO the effect
that the engineers are satisfied.
Before the recent strike commit
tees from local divisions waited up.
on the officials to protest against the
reductions, but when unsuccessful in
changing matters had made up their
minds to accept the situation good
naturedly, when, all vt once
and Unexpectedly, to them as well
as to others, the firemen and track
men struck, and the shophands
followed suit.
In this contest he thought the en-
glneers deserving Of credit for hav-
ing kept aloofa and taken no part in
the strike. He even telegraphed
Governor Young that he should con-
slider it cowardly on the part Of the
engineers to take advantage of the
railway companies at such time,
althogh by so doing they would not
have acted more unfairly than they
have been treated by the railways.
die had learned of disalfectiOn in
some quarters because Of failure of
the Brotherhood to strike, the dis
satisfied members were far outnum-
bered by the better class, which sup
ported Arthur and favored the
scheme Of arbitration in preference
to strikes.
Disatlcctcd men were INDUSTRIOUS
ly circulation these stories, but there
snuld be no general strike of the Or
derwithout his knowing of the mat
ter before hand. Nhere is no doubt
that the same men who We're con-
cerned in the late strike are incensed
againts Arthur, but in this section
they are not powerful enough to ac-
complish anything.
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How to Cure Sickness

Natures method Of publication and
consequent cure is founded on the rational
principle of iudicious purgation;and when
it is considered that the best physicians
pursue the practice of attention to the
stomach and bowels as preliminary land
often the only treatment of disease, it is
not difficult to perceive that Il remedy
possessing all the requisites Of purgatiye
and Alternative, in addition to other and
valuable remedial influence, must obtain
for itself more than ordinary consideration
and favor. Our remedy combines every
quality required for the treatment of dis
ease on the aboye-named rational princi-
pie. 1t is a pleasant Cathartc, active
or gentle, according to the dose; it is a
Blood purifier, toning and enriching this
fluid by its Alternative property; its action
on the Liver is soothing and certain, pro-
noting the Biliary sccretions; it is safe
and reliable Emmenagogue, acting specifi-
cally upon the uterine system; it affords
the greatestattainable relief in Dyspepsia,
and cures whenever used as directed;
and in conjunction with hygicnic means
is the best preventive Of Constipation
that can be suggested
From the above il would then appear
that the simplest method TO cure sickness
Is that one which combines judicious pur-
CATION with physical sustenance, and the
observance of hygienic measures; the
head should be kept cool, the feet warm,
and the bowels open; and when treating
diseases on the principles exhibited in the
manual referred to below (which every
one should reaD the strength should be
sustained by nourishing mot stimulating)
food Of the kind adapted to the complaint
while the remedy is removing the disease.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25

"phree million unemployed men
in the United States"-that is the
text upon which nave been threaded
more editorial attempts at pathOs
lately than any statement that has
been made since the panic. a cotem-
pOrary questions its truth, and sug-
gests these reasODo for doubt: There
are in the United States about 10 900
000 people, 10000, ,000 males, Of whom
not over S,000,000 are mature, able
bodied men. OF these S,00O,C00 about
2,000,000 are Southern negroes, of
whom it can hardly be said that any
are really out of employment, since
there is work enough for all who are
willing to work. OF the remaining
six millions, at the least threc mil
lions are farmers, of whom it cannot
be said that any are out Of employ
ment. This calculation leaves but
about 100000 to be accounted for,
and if these are all "out of employ
ment" then there is nobody at work
in the United States, except the wo-
men, the Southern negroes and the
farmers! But this is of course an abb
surd conclusion. OF these three mil
lions we know that Iully one million
are engaged in active business in pro-
fessional work, or else supported
from accumulated wealth. And of
the remaining two millions, at least
One-half or one million is engaged in
mechanical trades, in the great busi-
ness of transportation, in manual
labor, in Government 0r State en-
ploy, ETC., etc. THIS would leave but
one million men really unemployed
in the whole country, Of whom at
least half are Southern whites, who
won't work. trampS, lazy young
men living on their fathers, ETC., etc
We thus arrive at the conclusion
that not over halfa million men in
the United States are really unen-
ployed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25

THE KEELY MCToR. The long
silence of Kceley, the new motor man
is at last explained. He has been
engaged for over a year in the con.
struction of a machine weighing
twenty tons and costing 10000, to
generate the new force he claims to
have discovered. The "Keely Mo-
tor Company" seem to have conf
dence in the importance Of the dis
covery, and invite scientists, machin-
lists, and learned societies to come and
make every test they can think of.
Cold water and air are the only ele-
ments used to generate this mysteri-
Gus force. r. ".'