San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-23

persons, which IN many cases perpiexcs
skilled physicians, may be the poison
GUS mineral contained in the innocent
looking wallpaper of bedrooms.
A POOR woman lay. very Ill in her
scantily furnished home in Sheffield,
England. The doctor was sent for and
came. He at once saw that hers was
very grave case, and that she had, rs
he thought, little chance of recovery
even If she could get the nodrishment
her illness required. AS he was about
to leave, the question was put, "When
should we send for you again, Doctorp"
"Well," was the reply, as he looked at
the poor woman and then at her wretch
ed surroundings, 81 don't think you
need send for me again. She can not
possibly get better; and to save you
further trouble, III just write you out
certificate for her burial" And he did.
After the doctor departed the woman
got better rapidly. She has now COM
pletely recovered, and goes about car
rying her burial certificate with her. At
least, so says the Sheffield Telegraph.
A LARGE number of the so-called Ha-
vana cigars which arrive in England are
shipped from German ports. A higher
price is obtainable for dark than for
light-colored cigars, the demand for the
former being about three times as large
as for the latter. Owing in a great
measure to the partial failure of the to-
bacco crops of late years, light-colored
tobacco is much more common than
dark. In order, therefore, to render
the cigars made of light-colored to-
bacco salable at a higher price, and also
to improve the appearance of old and
faded cigars, various infusions have OF
late been prepared and largely sold un-
der the name of "Havana BROWN"
"sap brown" and "condensed sauce"
All these preparations are now openly
advertised, and directions given for
using them. None of these infusions
contain any thing particularly injurious,
most of them consisting of brown vege.
table dies. A German paper states that
if piece of white blotting-paper, satu-
rated with diluted sal ammonia, is pass
ed few times lightly over the cigar,
the coloring matter, if any has been
used, will come off on it, whereas the
natural brown of the tobacco leaf will
remain.
WHILE the Grand Duke Nicholas was
reviewing the prisoners after the taking
of Plevna, his eye caught the magniil-
cent Arab horse of Turkish officer.
He afterward sent one of his Adjutants
to the latter to ask if he would sell it,
orders having been given that the cap
tured officers should retain their horses.
The Turk replied that it was no longer
in his possession, for Immediately after
the animal had been remarked by the
Grand Duke a Roumanian officer had
come to him and ordered him to give it
up. He had refused and demanded the
written command of the Prince. The
officer then drew his revolver, and,
threatening to shoot him, forced him to
comply with his demand. Fortunately
for the Turkish officer, the Roumanian
had squirt, and by means of this phys
ical popularity was soon discovered,
and found to be none other than staff
officer attached to Gen. Skobeleff. He
had forthwith to surrender his ill-gotten
spoil, was severely reproved, and has
been obliged to leave headquarters
owing to the odium into which he has
fallen.