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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-17
WHITE DEVIL.

One night in June, 10 years age, the
sentinel pacing up and down before the
gates of Fort Defiance, up in the north
eastern part of Arizona, suddenly heard
the hoof-beat of a horse. ~i.}
"Halt! Who comes thereP" rang
out the challenge, but there was no an
swer. ~"
twas starlight night. Two or three
hundred feet away the sentinel caught
sight of a white horse approaching him
at a brisk walk. When he could see the
horse he could also see that it had no
rider. Droves Of wild horses and still
wilder mustangs were frequently seen
from the fort, and the sentinel was rath-
or pleased that one of them was being
led by curiosity to approach the gate.
The horse grew whittier and larger as
he came nearer, and when he halted he
was not over ten feet from the guard.
lie was tall and powerfully built, name
hanging almost to his knees, and tail
sweeping the ground, and he was as
white as snow. Head up, ears pointed
forward, and eyes opened to their widest
extent, the wild horse stood for a long
minute and looked into the soldiers
face. His nostrils dilated, his tail moved
this way and that, and the muscles in
his powerful chest and legs stood out in
bold relief. The soldiers surprise and
admiration were so great that he stood
like n statue, m,sket on his shoulder,
and his mind almest doubling what his
eyes saw.
Suddenly, and without an instant's
warning, the horse sprang forward to
the attack. Catching the sentinel by
the lhoulda with his teeth, he raised
him clear of the ground, and shook
him right and left as if he were an empty
grain bag, and then hurled him against
the heavy gate with terrible force. The
veil of pain and alarm uttered by the
sentinel had scarcely died away before
the relief came hurrying out. They
found him living in a heap beside the
steckade, unconscious, and his uniform
in tatters. There was no enemy in
sight-not even a wolf skulked away
through the darkness. A general alarm
was sounded, the Drums beat to arms,
and for quarter of an hour the excite
ment was intense, every one believing
that large force of Indians was on the
point of making an assault.
When the sentinel recovered his
senses and related his adventure, no
one would believe his story until SER
geant had examined the earth and dis
covered the hoof prints of horse. 1t
was, however. such 4 singular adventure
that no one felt easy until the morning
came. Then the trail Of the white horse
could he followed far out on the prairie;
and soon after sunrise the horse himself
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-17
Song.

Sweet wind shat blows Ger sunny isles
Tie softness of the sea!
Blow thou across these moving miles
News of my love to me-
Nipples her lIair like waves that sweep
About this pleasantshore; = ie
Her eyes are bluer than the deep
Round rocky Applcdorc.
Her sweet breast shamcs the scattered spray
Soft kissed by early light; 1853 N H.
dream she is the dawn of day
That lifts me out OF night.
@ = Lippincon for November.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-17
In the Museum.

CArniyorous beasts from the tropical chimes
With birds resplendcntly fcathcrcd,
And wonderful relics OF ancient times,
In the museum here arc gathered.
- ...EsI ~ |. = = = -. = e r.
Cetaceous fishes and Slimy snakes,
And monkeys amazingly busy
No wonder the'lrcad Of the gazcr aches.
No wonder his brain grows dizzy.
Inhaling the musty OdOr, tread
Where all is cnvelOped in wonder;
The Twelve Apostles hang over my head,
With an Indian tomahawk under.
The stuffed rhinoceros savagcly glares
With his glass eye fixed and defiant,
While the hippopotamus skeleton scares
The famous Western giant. III.
The bsicIess wonder performs his acts
And bends his body double,
While Charley Ross looks on in wax,
Forgetful of all his trouble.
TheAlbino by no means appears at ease,
So near to the alligator;J H.
While the Polar Bear Is inclined to freeze
To the Lightning Calculator. t..J ..
The bearded lady, it seems to me,
Is trife too proud and airy;
Perhaps she fancies herself to be
An hcircss as well rs hairy. ... ...
while the fat woman smiles in gracious
And sits in a corner shady ......
If flesh be grass, what lot of hay
Gould be harvested from this LADY.
The painters art before me, sec,
some Biblical scenes discloses, .-., 3d..
And in them Judas is shown to be
great deal mceker than Moses.
And here-on strangest OF natures freaks
Are the wild men from Molacho;
stand and listen while one of them speaks
essay, Mike, have you got some tobacco?"
Birds and beasts and fishes and snakes
In the museum all so busy .tfrr-,.
what wonder the head of the gaZer aches,
What wonder his brain grows dizzyl
-Neo York Clipper.
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THE number of ocean steamers ire
quenting the port of Gibralter is between
two and three thousand a year. Cus-
ton-hOuse regulations and supervisor
do not exist, and the only expense I'M
posed on ships anchoring in the haroOf
is represented by the port dues. Ne~
sells of every caliber and of all nations
are free to come and 60 without insPec
ton or detention. This has made the
port one of regular call for vessels al-
irving from and bound to every quar.a
of the globe. The chief revenue OF Tn
bralter is derived from port charges
which aggregate 100000 a year.
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A CHEERFUL face Is nearly as good
for an invalid as healthy weather.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-01-24
SHEnIFF'S SALE,

State of Louisiana-Parish of Rapides.
s M"sy 5. nns ef No. ssa.
DURsUANT TO AN ORDER OF
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YNHIS GIN HAS BEEN IN USE FOR
i. the past three Seasons, and seve-
lal recent improvements have been
added 1t obvlates all friction as the
ends of the cotton box, prevents the
roll from breaking, and gives IL LAR
GER FIELD OF LINT FROM THE
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plicated times in our State affairs.
not yet out of the thick woods, and |
here commence where we left off in
tue situation, and continue posting
the books:
New ORLEANS, La, J
Jan. Ii, 1864
Gov. F. T. Nichols:
SIR = The undersigned Senators,
believing that the present disturbed
condition of the public temper de
mands a speedy solution of the local
differences between the two races
and parties in this State; and being
irmlyssconvinced that your admins
tration, which has the support of the
largest portion of the largest portion
Of the intelligence and wealth of the
commonwealth, can alone secure per-
manent peace, restore harmonious
relations, and the return of prosperi-
ty and happiness to the whole peo-
pie of Louisiana, are ready and will
ing to co operate with your supper
tiers to secure this end. Tie only
guarantee that we demand is to know:
Will you, in the event of our enter
ing the body recognized by you as
the Senate of the State, maintain the
equality of all men before the law,
and use the influence of your admin
istration to advance the educational,
political and material interests and
rights of the colored people, and pro-
tect them in the exercise of the
rights guaranteed them by the re.
cent amendments to the Constitu-
ton of the United States, and the
laws in pursuance thereof.
| An early reply to this communica-
ton is earnestly solicited, as we de-
sire to bring to an end, if possible,
the present unsettled condition OF
public affairs.
Respectfully,
HENRY DEMAs,
C. B. WHEELER.
The following is the reply of Gov
ernor Nichols:
New ORLEANS, !
Jan. ID, 1879
GENTLEMEN Il respectfully &C
knowledge receipt of your communi
cation Of this date, in which you ask
me whether 81 will maintain as Gov
ernor of Louisiana, the equality O
all men before the law, and use til,
influence of my administration to ad
vance the educational, political ant
material interests and rights Of tn
colored people, and protect them il
the exercise of the rights guarantee
them by the recent amendments t
the Constitution Of the Unite
States, and the laws in pursuanc
thereof"
I answer these questions withou
the slightest hesitation. / have, a
a candidate for the position of Go,
lernor at all times, and in all place
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The st. Louis Times,
DEMOCRATIC AT SAIL TIMES


TIME TIMES DURING THE PAST
4 year has more than doubled in cir
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the Northwest and Southwest general
ly as the only
RELIABLE DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL {!
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Out 2oet's Gorner Ssteftea
LOUISIANA.
TO GENERAL FRANCIS t. NICHOLS, BY
ELIZABETH j. HEREFORD, OF
DALLAS, TEXAS.

From where the broad Pacific
Beats at the COLDER, gates,
10 where the wild Atlantic
Sweeps storm-crowned round the
States,
There Is no land diyinely fair
Or beauteOus as thou art,
Enshrined like some rare Jewel
In every Southron's heart.
Thou vast like some dead beauty
With sweet flowers on thy breast,
And the crescent crown upon thy brow
Was dim and overcast;
There WAS Il sound of wailing,
And her sister States all said:
''The Queen unclaimed and desolate-
Observation-Disclosures is dead"
But the warm resistless Gulf waves
Flowed up with measured beat,
And brought the quick life pulses
Unto her pulseless feet,
While the mocking birds kept calling
From out her orange groves,
How could she die, and break the hearts
Of all her ardentlov
See! see! she moves her chained hands,
A hush is on the sea,
Her letters fall-from out the land
Goes up a cry, "Shes free!"
How freshly bloom her gardens now,
On highland and on plain,
Exultant her great river rolls
Amid her fields of cane.
A shout goes.up from every heart
/. That bled for her before,
And echoes back from strand to strand,
Free! free! forevermore.
Her children from The Lone Star Stale
Cry TO her sons, "Well done!
How nobly you have worn your chains,
How bravely you have won."
Shine, crescent, shine, to all the earth );
Across the waiting sea
Come ships and bear her treasures
forth, @
Bring her prosperity.
Her happy hearts, with willing hands,
Now cheerfully will toll,
And poverty and want shall dwell
No more upon her soil.
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THE SITUATION.

We are yet in troubled and com
plicated times in our State affairs,
not yet out of the thick woods, and
here commence where we left off in
tue situation, and continue posting
the books:
, 1877-09-29

,NIIITH premium Tlst examined amend.
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18th day Of August 1877.
j. N. Low.
President Suohcmsh County
Agricultural Sccictv.
, 1877-09-29

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