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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07
Tatt0Oing in Burmah.

At the mention of tattooing, the
English reader will be disposed to lower
the Burman in his estimation to the
level of the Red Indian or South Sea
Islander, or other wild offshoot of hu-
manity. Yet, it is no mark of any such
want of culture. From the educated
native Judge who sits on the bench to
administer the law of England, who
speaks and writes the English language,
drives in his barouche, and attends the
social gatherings of English ladies and
gentlemen, to the humblest laborer in
the field, every man of the population
is tattooed, not at pleasure and within
the limits he himself may draw, but by
a rigid custom which devotes to the tat
tooer's art the body of every man from
the waist to below the knee. Within
this area every Burman is branded with
close tapestry of lions, grifiins, and
other fabulous monsters, in deep blue
pigment, forced under the skin by a
painful process. Red tattooing is con-
fined to the upper part of the body.
This necessary decoration is begun at
an early age, and the prescribed sur
face is only gradually covered, but the
severity of the treatment in the case of
very young boys is the cause of no little
illness, and sometimes even of death.
l have myself met only one Burman
who was not thus decorated, and he was
a kind of privilege mountebank to whom
the license of clown was allowed, and
who was the good-natured butt of his
companions. The tattooer is proud to
execute his most artistic designs (Which
he will display on scroll like a tailor's
patterns) on the arms of English officers,
and among those who have served in
Burmah the samples of this art are
among the cOmmonest relics shown TO
admiring friends at home. Whatever
may have been the origin of this strange
custom, it is considered an essential
mark of manlinesS, and the Burmese
youth who shrank from the ordeal
would be regarded and treated as a
"milksop;" and, however unnatural the
custom may be, it undoubtedly has the
effect of attaching a wholesome dignity
to hardship, and the fearless endurance
of physical pain, TO which may be part
" due the remarkable freedom from
which is a popular charac-
of the Burmese.-Fraser'S
Magazine.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07
Death In Life.

About year or so ago young lady
of sunny temperament, pleasant fea.
lures, and native generosity and good.
ness of heart, commenced to use to OK.
cess preparations for bleaching her hair
to the fashionable golden tinge, and at
the same time became slave to that
beautifier of the complexion and form
that deceptive poison, arsenic. Her fea-
lures before, though not beautiful, were at
least good, but, like too many of her sex,
the handiwork of Almighty God did not
satisfy her, and she sought to improve
upon it. People soon remarked her
changed appearance for the better. Her
plexion was rosy and blooming; her
hair soft, silky, and of beautiful tinge,
her form plumper than it had been, and
her skin smooth and white. But her
self-congratulation did not last long.
Headaches soon followed, more and
more violent every day; but still she
kent on using the abominable stuff
which is the ruin of so many. Of late
her sufferings have been almost intoler-
able. The blessing of sleep has not been
hers. Rest denied to her his soothing
presence. Her head was very hell Of
torture night and day, and living and
breathing was an agony. There are
women in this city-in every city, in
fact-who can tell what she suffered.
Thank God, there are few of them who
have come to her end! Day by day, and
hour by hour her sufferings increased.
Her mind grew feebler and feehler, her
thoughts wandered, her intellect was
lost, and to-day, young girl of 20
years, she is confined in cell of that
prison of the dead, Stockton, a chained
and raving maniac--a fearful and ter
rible warning to Others Sacramento
Rec
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR FITS

For a Fit of Passion.-Walk o..
the open air. You may speak ". 10
mind to the winds without bprt;n. YOU
one, or proclaiming yourself to a. any
simpleton. "Be not hasty in tbv 10. "a
to be angry, for anger restetb i; rp,nt
bosom of FOOLS" 'ne
For a Fit of Idleness.-Cour. :,
tickings of a clock. Do this for a 'ae
hour, and you will be glad to mi, que as
your coat the next and work like a m. ~
"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sla a,
and an idle soul shall suffer hunger m
For a Fit of Extravaganza and Eon
Go to the work-house, or speak w;; Wiz
the ragged and wretched inmates W "i'a
Jail, and you will be convinced
Who Who makes his bread ofbriar and thorn
Wherefore do We spend money FORTH.
which is not breadP and your labor fos
that which satisfieth notp'' '
For Fit Of Ambition.-Go to III.
church-yard and read the gravestones
They will tell you the end Of man AT i Ii.
best estate. "For what is your liie n,
1t is even vapor that appeareth for orr .
little time and then vanisheth awav y
"Pride goeth before destruction and
naughty spirit before fall"
For a Fit of Repining.-Look abopt
for the halt and the blind, and visit ths
bed-ridden, the afflicted, and the de-.
ranged; and they will mako you asham.
ed of complaining of your light atilic.
tons. Wherefore doth living. man
complaint"
For Fit of Enuy.-Go and see how
many who keep their carriages are al.
flicted with rheumatism, govt and drop.
sy; how many walk abroad on crutches
or stay at home wrapped up in a fan.
mel; and how many are subject to cpl.
lepsy and apoplexy. "a sound hearts
the life of the flesh. Envy is the rotten.
ness of the bones.'
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07
FASHION NOTES.

When low shoes are worn out OF
doors, the stockings must be dark or to
match the dress.
Roman pearl-beads and mother-of-
pearl ornaments are taking the lead for
bonnet ornaments.
The ulster of the elegante this sum-
mer is of India Pongee, with Carrick
capes or cardinal collars.
-Pleats down the front of princess
dresses and kilt pleats in the back are
seen daily on Fifth Avenue and Broad
way.
Solid colored stockings, clicked on
the sides, are worn by little girls and
misses, in colors to match their dresses.
1t is fashionable to put two fringes
of different colors or two shades of the
same color on beige or mastic-gray
dresses.
The cutaway jacket, long waistcoat,
and kilt skirt, with scarf drapery around
the hips, is the costume of the moment.
Plain princess polonaises are worn
over fan trained skirts, the train being
looped to escapethe sidewalk when worn
in the street.
Gray linen lawns, with white polka
dots or small Japanese figures, or barred
or striped with color, are in demand for
suits for young ladies and misses in
their teens.
The most fashionable bonnets are
of gray, ecru, and mastic or berge color
ed chip, with diadem fronts faced with
black or dark velvet, edged with gold
or rainbow tinsel braid, and have no
face trimmings. .......
The fronts of overdresses are made
with three or five evenly laid folds;
these draped fronts are worn in all ma
terials and are drawn back under the
box plating forming the train, or under
the pieces forming "revers'' on the
sides of the skirt. ....
Algerian striped goods are much
used as trimming for summer dresses.
Shawls of this kind, if of gay colors,
can be utilized in this way. Bands are
set down the front of the dress in ver-
teal stripes, and vests are made of side
plastrons on the front of the corsage
waist
An observer in London writes that
the Grecian simplicity of hair-dressing
is tyranically the vogue. At operas and
at theaters, where bonnets and hats are
the hair of budding belle and
bouncing dowager is alike free from
rolls, pufs, wads, and frizzes. This
makes homely woman winning, and
pretty one demurely rascally to look
upon.
No matter how fine and fashionable
I woman's attire is, she never appears
we'll dressed when she looks as though
her clothes hurt her. If her dress is so
nigh and tight around the neck that it
,ives the impression it is choking her;
+ it is so tight and stiff about the waist
hat it looks 40 if it would explode like
if one should suddenly give it
title rip with a knife; if her hair is
skinned back from her temples and up
rom her neck so that it appears as if
pulling out by the roots; if her hat is
planted so far back on her head that it
eems as though it must inevitably tum-
lie off, then, though woman be clad
n silk and diamonds, she only makes a
distressing impression on the beholder.
Whatever is evidently uncomfortable in
lress never looks pretty.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07
APPLE BLOSSOMS.

TIL. orchard grass Il sunshine Darfed'
And starry. white upon the sward
Tho pretty daisies lie;
rest beneath "a messy tree,
And through It's waving Drahchos SOC
The sapphire OF the sky.
feel the balmy breeze OF May
soft blowing down the grassy way,
And IN the boughs above
The little birds break into song,
And praise In thrilling strnlns,hnu stronB
springs halcyon days oil love.
The apple blossoms fall around,
And fleck the daisy .checkcred ground,
As bTcczo5 softly blow;
| stretch II lazy hand aloft,
And grasp a cluster silkcn'soft,
Like rosy.tlntod snow.'
| look ut every tender leaf,
And marvel why lie 70 briei
To such sweet things is given;
why not Tor them n longer space
TO blossom gayly In their place,
Beneath the summer heaven!
why not for them n longer time
10 feel the sun ut morning prime,
To see the moon at nightr
To culver by soft brcezes stirred;
10 listen when Gods morning bird
sings heavenward his dclightY
All me, my heart! 1t must be 30,
The blossom drops that fruit may grow;
The sweetness OF the flower
Dies early on the verDal breeze,
That autumn time may bless the trees
with gold and crimson flower.
All me, my hcartl so must thou see
The liowery hopes that gladden. thee
In this thy morning prime,
Fade in the fair place where they grow,
Drop round thee swiftly like the snow
OF apple blossom time.
But II they leave thee good and true,
And pure Us when they blossomed new,
Then gladly let them go;
Where now these fairy blossoms be,
In Gods good time thine eyes shall see
Thy liic's fair harvest glow
An the Year Round.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07

of Eugene, Mrs. Hooper writes IN
the Lipptnc7u as follows: "a head
loaded with false yellow hair, face
covered with paint and powder, nine
ing gait and the airs and graces OF an
antiquated coquette-such to-day Is she
who was once the worlds wonder foi
her loneliness and grace, a be-wigged
Mrs. Skewton succeeding to the dsz-
zling vision that swerved the caleulat
ing policy of Napoleon III. and won MS
callous heart, and that still smiles upon
US from the canvas of Winterhalter.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07

General Grant once made some'pre-
tensions as an artist. There are a num-
Der of paintings from his brush in ex-
istence, one of which IS owned by ex-
Secretary BOrie.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07

1t would make a stone image turn
green with envy to observe the express
sion of profound abstraction that settles
down on the face Of a wOrshiper when
the contribution basket gets within three
pews Of him.--Hd1rkeye
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07
The Dutch "Best ROOm."

An old writer gives an amusing &C.
count in 1740, of that generation for the
best room, in Amsterdam, which is still
to be found in some houses of the lower
middle class in England. "Be house
ever so small, there's always some
apartment in it uninhabited, which is
the finest part of the building. IT'S q
sanctuary whereof the upper servant
maid of the house is the grand priestess.
She has so profound respect for this
unfrequented place, that she never en-
tiers it without pulling off her shoes, for
fear Of soiling the floor, which is held in
so great veneration that they pay it
sort of worship; it is the residence of
the household gods, and one is sure of
mourning the indignation, both of the
mistress and the maid, if one does not
show the same veneration to their floor
as they do. Whoever enters the house
must first rub their feet upon mat at
the door, and be sure not to spit were
they in danger of being choked, unless
they find a little basket of sand laid
there for the purpose; and if a pers on
should happen to drop the least thing
capable of spotting the floor, L am not
sure that the priestess would not sacri-
fee the delinquent to their idol, and that
we Should not see the revival of the sto-
ry of 0rpheus and the Cacchantes.
There are, however, some particular
days in the year when the priestesses
give their masters leave to enter their
sanctuaries, and therein to receive CON-
pany; but the very next day, this place,
which in the language of the country is
called B sse-Kamer de, the best room),
is washed and purified, as our churches |
are after they have been profaned. 49,
Newcastle (Eag.) Courant.
The Rev. Z. w. Dale, of England, in |
his ''Impressions of America" speaks |
with approval of the general practice of
sending children to the public school
instead of to private or parochial insti-
tutions, and says: "The presence in the
common schools of large number of
children accustomed to the refinements
of a pleasant and even luxurious home,
must have an influence on their less
fortunate schoolfellows which it is not
easy to estimate, and must greatly aid
the work of the teacher"
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1878-02-21

Shall bob IngersolI have bis tongue
bored, his ears cut of, be branded on
the forehead with 4 red-hot iron, and
finally suffer deatbz
We trembls for Robert, for this
actually seems to be the penalty he has
incurred by his lectures in Washing
ton. 49,
The attorney general has recently
decided that the old colonial laws sre
still in force, they have never been re-
pealed, and one section Of these laws
il IS follows:
If any person shall deny our Saviour
Jesus Christ 20 be the Son Of God, or
shall deny the Holy Trinity, the Father,
son, and Holy Ghost, or the Godhesd.
or shall utter any profane words con-
cerning the Holy Trinity, or any of tho
persons thereof, and shall be thereof
convicted, he or she, for the first Of
fense, be bored through the tongue;
for tho second offense, shall be stigms-
tized BY burning the forehead with the
letter B, and for the third offense ihslI
suffer death.
Would it not be we'll for Robert to
examine the musty statutes Of New
York before continuing his lectures IN
that city!
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lRirk insertion Jan. p. 1881
MORTGAGE SALE,

MORTGAGE SA1E
DEP3ULT having been made In the conditions of
~ certain mortgage made and executed BY Will
liam r. Goggn, mortgsgor. to Albert Whitney,
MORTGAGE, bearing ate the 18th da, Of July. 1877
whereby the said mortgsgor did grant, bargain and
sell and convey unto til said mortgage, his heirs
and assigns forever, the following described real
tate to wit: Lot number i've in block fifty four, in
the city Of Bismarck. according to the plat thereof
filed for record in the Office Of the register Of deed
in and for the county Of Burlelgh, D. to secure
the payment Of two hundred and fifty dollars, and
interest thereon at the rate often per cent per
num- according to the conditions Of certain prom
fssory note made and delivered by the said William
r. Goggin to the said Albert Whitney. which sa,d
mortgage was duly recorded in the Office of the reg
iter Of deeds Of Burlegh county on the 18th day Of
July, 1877, in Book B Of ofmorgages on page 3; which
said mortgage was duly assigned by the said Albert
Whitney to George Peoples by an assig. ment in
writing dated September 49,. 1877. which said as
signmert was duly recorded in the Office Of the reg
lister of deeds aforesaid the 23d day Of January
1878, in Book of mortgages, on page 9.
And whereas there IS claimed to be due on said
note and mortgage at the date Of this notice. for
principal and interest, two hundred and sixty three
snd 33 100 dollars. and twenty dollars allowed
by the terms of said mortgage in case Of foreclosure
rs attorneys fees, And no proceedings having been
taken at law or otherwise to recover the sum secur
ed by said mortgage, or any part thereof
Now therefore notice Is hereby given that by virtue
of a power Of sale in said mortgage contained, and
pursuant TO the statute in such case made and pro-
vided the said mortgage will be forelosed by sale of
said mortgaged premises and SAID sale will be made
by the sheriff of Bureigt- county. or his deputy On
Second street: in iront Of said lot five, the city OF
Bismarck, or the 18th day of March, 1875. at 1O o.
clockiin the forenoon, to satisfy the amount which
will then be due said note and mortgage, tOgeth
er with the said Of twenty five dollars attorneys
fees ss aforesaid and all lawful costs and disburse.
menis.
Dated January 2, 1873. GEORGE PEOPLES,
- Assignee Of mortgage.
GEO. P. PLAySEks. Att: for assignee. a5u..h
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Paradise in New York.

CETDttAu VuIOu,
At Ms. Astor's ball it took twenty
men fron, 6 to 8 o'clocs in the sveDloE
to carry the floral dec 'rstlons 10 the
house. The corridorsj were forests OF
trees: staircases were draped snd nir>
rors heavily flovered; stands ofexot,es
were in every corner; vases OF msross
and choice ceramic were lu1uTIsntly
filled: three immense balls hung BE-
tween the doors; and 600 yards Of
similax, twined with roses and orchids,
were }estooned over every srtlcse -
which it could lend grace. " tso's
baskets and hand bouquets thsse va
no end.
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TIE Mail Routes
Kashlngten felegram.


This ye.r tho letting of mail routes
has been managed under the new plan
to avoid COLLISION with the sealed bids,
Of which there sre over twenty two
thousand, were opened by an entirely
different set of clerks from those who
will award tho contracts. The result OF
Ibis tactics has been tho finding of .
lot Of envelopes enclosing two bids st
high and ono at low rates en- low bids;
such cases were private, requesting in
various ways thai if there was no com
petition for routes the bid on such might
be destroyed. The clerk is further as
sured BY various hints that such favors
would be duly appreciated BY the con-
tractors. This reveals . fraud that has
probably in tho past been of somewhat
extensive Dimensions. gs1a ta@#H
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whatars We Cs0aR e, A1yAsvr
The Pioneer Press ssys that NJ. Hss-
low Gale, the originator Of the series
Of dime concerts which made AinDesp-
ellis justly famous for shesp. arst~elass
inteltainmens. was. walking along The
streets not long since, when street
ean,in thus accosted him: 81 say, nIs-
ther Gala, is thar .ry.dime concert -.
night. 1 suppose so:" NO." replied
Mr.. Gale, Faith, an thereIl bs van
agin fu. sune, 1 s'pose nots" "Nos that
I'm aware or said Nr. G. At which
tne little Arab sung out to another Of
Ike ilk across the way, "ATTsb, Rstsey!
Dyez mo,nd that now2 Misther Ga1s
say. there's no more dime concerts aud
Breci,e, ss;= be'rs PLAYED out! Phst
:,.e nation are ws comm to, sny-
now! .r .aa-
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BISMARCK d. T, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 81 1878
Black Hills News.f 80 .sYsl
Rapid City want, a wholesale ssoreA


The man who can't find anything in
this scope of country to suit him,.sen
furnished free ride out Of the terri
tory.-Bzack Hills Journal. " =
The Black Hills Journal wants . hen
ranch.
New placer diggings have been struck
near Mineral Hill, which in prospect.
ing has paid $6.40 sods s$$T. e0sdt to- thss
wheelbarrow load, and IS high ASST 80
to the pan. 1t is owned, abyr J. fGsul-.
son. ~ lin. .,,-.., ,ias, "a
Charley Collins has merged the Chan,
pion into the Mining Record, and It
will hereafter be issued At Central. and
devoted strictly to mining, news.
A train Of forty six wagons Of the n.
". Ex.,' s. & T. Co., arrived 1ssf even Z. =
ing, only eleven and shslfoidsys out
from Bismarck. n Amongs thee frsis6v'
WAS Kimberley IL ManvAisssrfvsnfy
stamp mill, to be erected in rgriz.sI,
gulch. Tho mules belonging to, this,
train are the largest and finest that ever
entered the Hills. Many of them are
seventeen and several eighteen hands
high, and arc as fat as kittens : While
on the road they are stabbed and
blanketed every night, and receive the
same attention. as stage; stock. Travis
boarded them last night--Deadaoood
Times.
The Roderick Dhu Mine has been
bonded to L. D. Kellogg for California
parties for 5000, 900 This property is
daily improving, and is equal to auyS
thing yet developed in the Hills The
same company is endssvorlng to seeuss
possession OF. Homstahe No 2 and, the
Lincoln, ard should they succeed, Cali
fornians Will have property that viii
cost in the aggregate one million dol
lars, and whose estimated value wiikbs
three hundred million dollars, or equal
to one-nuarteT of the entire national
debt. The territory included in this
wonderful property will not exceed in
area two miles in length by one in
width, and is not one bundretb part
of "the belt" or the gold producing
portion thereof. A pretty good show
ing for country that will not be year
old until the 28th Of this month
Deaduood 7in,es 77'a 9.@'"
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The Popss Receipts and Expsadi-
y as-." 49, '3'ii' turO0, ~'''@-''-

The Popss Receipts and Expsadt-
y 4-H - s'7fiH turos. ~''''-9- -'
Y The pontifical treasury defrays, q
it did before the occupation of Rome,
the, charges Of ill its servants, amount
ing yearly to 8 me $500, 900. A few Of
them have 20. objected to draw two
salaries, one from the pope, ono from
the state; but the pope, though he
knows this, keeps silence. The Italian
government tenders, under the claw Of
guarantees" to his holiness annually
$645 900, gold for his civil list, . single
note for, that sum being especially On.
graved. This the pope slwsys declined
to receive, and under the law after Eve
ye.,s the money has been covered into
tho Italian treasury. 'Peters pence,
amounting yearly to over $4,000 900:
dsfray the expences Of the Holy See.
A. third Of tho amount is devoted to
Christian works, missions, hospitals,
-chools, churches, &C.; another third to
tho maintensnce of tho court and the
ecclesiastical adninistration. The Re
mainder goes to swell reserve fund to
be drawn upon in emergencies.
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Ju )ge C.npbell has gone east - ~
ponse to > call to the sick pea o' sss
u his daughsers.-HanEtoH P1sss'
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whsot.
LItehdsld Isdepesdent.
A few days ago, County Auditor
Stevens received from Gen. Ls Due, tb6
commissioner Of agriculture 1T WASH
ington, quart sack Of new variety q
spring wheat, to be distributed among
the farmers. It WAS recommended very
highly by the department. Of sgrieul-
turs. Mr.. Stevens being Of IN jnquisi-
tive sort of mind. took the trouble to
empty the contents Of the sack on the
table and. thoroughly ansIyzed the
same with the following remarkable
and gratifying result. The variety
consisted Of Wild buckwhsst, mustard,
black oats, white osts, rye, pigeon grass.
barley, cookie, wild peas, and 1ndisa
wheat. Tho whsat was Of several var
tiles. Mr.. Stevens il waiting to bess
how he shall distribute this wonderful
"variety" Of new wheat