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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

Some time ago the ex-Empress Eu-
genie won an action she brought on the
score of libel against several Paris pa
pers. Her son is now as successful
against the Steele, which, having been
adjudged guilty of insinuating that the
Bonapartes had appropriated Crown
property, was ordered to pay $500, but
presented bill of exceptions, to the ef-
feet that the plaintiff had assumed q
false name-Napoleon instead of Bona-
parte-and the title of Prince, whereas
the National Assembly had pronounced
the forfeiture of the dynasty. But the
Court rejected this plea, and the Steele
has to pay the fine and insert the iudg-
ment in ten newspapers
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05
Science and Industry.

Water absorbs its own volume of
carbonic acid gas.
"A strong glue is produced by adding
powdered chalk to common glue.
There is in the Paris Exhibition an
apparatus for cooking by means of the
heat of the sun.
The $4,000 fouring-mills of the
900 barrels of flour, 100000 barrels of
which are exported. The annual
wages paid to employees amount to $780,
100000. ...
Last year 81, 100000 pounds of to-
bacco and nearly 1000, 900, 900 of cigars
were smoked, snuffed, and chewed in
this country, an increase of about 8,000,-
900 pounds of tobacco and 100000
cigars as compared with the year pre-
vious. III,
In a perfectly dry atmosphere the
durability of wood is almost unlimited.
Rafters of roofs are known to have ex-
listed 1000 years, and piles submerged
in fresh water have been found perfectly
sound 800 years from the period of their
being driven.
"A number of unemployed young
men in San Francisco have combined to
establish a laundry in opposition to the
Chinese, who make laundry keeping one
of their chief industries. Some unoccu-
pied public buildings have been offered
them by the Common Council without
charge for their experiment.
New openings for American prod
ucts turn up every day. The Pennsyl-
vania coal companies send coal to Italy
and sell it with profit at several dollars
less per ton than is paid by the Italian
iron founders for English coke, 100000
bushels of which are sent each year to
Mediterranean ports.
-Watermelons are looming up in the
near future as an important American
product. 1t is said that experiments in
California have shown that sugar can
De extracted from the melons at cost
OF two cents per pound less than sugar
cane. Besides this, oil is made from the
seed and alcohol from the rind.
One of the most valuable and en-
eouraging triumphs of our exhibitors at
,ne faris Exposition, is that achieved
oy the paper manufacturers. There are
z. American exhibitors in this line, 25
OF whom have received awards, and they
nave won four out of five of the gold
medals. The worlds prize for fine
writing paper was awarded to Byron
weston of Massachusetts. The result
vii doubtless open up to our paper
manufacturers throughout the country
large and valuable foreign trade.
-Messrs. Eberstein, of Dresden, Sax.
ony, have invented a walking-stick for
haturalists and tourists. The handle
contains compass, microscope and
whistle. Beneath is thermometer on
one side and sand glass on the other,
Siso measure. Near the end is knife
olade, which, when opened, will serve
CHIP of plants which are beyond
reach BY hand. At the extreme end is
spade (for botanists), hammer Qor
geologlsts), or q Ratchet (for glacier
eAnbers). A hollow il the stick is for
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05
A Bashful Young Man.

This morning o strong, healthy-look-
ing young man entered the County
Clerks Office and gazed respectfully
around. Harry Thomson, the chief
deputy, stepped up and blandly inquired
of the stranger il he wished any bust
ness transacted. ...,
The young man when spoken to start
ed back as though dreading an assault,
but he soon recovered himself and said
in whisper: Y..
eyes, sir-I called to see-I want to
have a little talk-how much is it, any
howw
He had soft cloth hat in his hand,
and kept turning and twisting it about
as he spoke his face had grown terribly
red, and big drops of perspiration were
standing on his brow. ,'+
"What is it you wantp" asked the
Clerk. ., ..,....,I.t. oIl
The man looked at him pleadingly,
but struggled in vain for utterance. His
eyes bulged out, his face grew redder,
and the veins in his neck and on his
forehead swelled till they looked like
great knotted cords. He twisted the
hat convulsively, and then Strengthened
it out again, and then he pulled the new
lining out Of it, and dropped it on the
floor. Then he picked it up all dusty
from the floor and wiped his steaming
face, leaving dirty streak after each
wipe. Finally, it seemed as though the
poor young man had quite recovered
himself, for he looked cheerfully around
the room, and then turning to Mr.
Thompson, remarked in q pleasant and
confidential tone:
"Well, it is real warm for this SEQ
ton, isn't itP' ,.s.l ,.-,,,I e.
"very warm, indeed" replied Mr..
Thompson l'' ,'" " ~ 10
cit is a. good deal hotter
than we have it down in the valley, and
somehow I've always had Just the other
notion about it-that the higher up you
got the cOolerA"'3n sI pA -io' a..
"Yes,,' said Mr.. Thompson, " but
about that business of yoursp''l snd
Another fiery blush that looked as if
it would scorch the collar off his neck
followed this remark, but the stranger
held up bravely. He leaned on the desk
in an easy careless sort of way, and be-
gan to toy with mucilage brush.
"The fact of the matter is that l want
ed to" f ..|tau is '-''
Here he paused again and meditative-
ly jammed the mucilage brush into the
ink-stand.
"What the devil are you doing with
that brushp" asked the clerk somewhat
impatiently. u..uu. .aH.ma
doh, by George excuse mel" STAN
mered the man as he withdrew the brush,
scattering the ink all over the clerks
shirt bosom, and, as if it had been mo-
lasses dripping from his fingers, thrust
the brush into his mouth, daubing him
self with ink and mucilage, and then
bolted from the Office. '.'
"That's about the worst case have
SEEM" remarked Mr.. Thompson, as he
wiped big ink-spot from the starboard
side of his Roman nose.
"Crazy as bedbug," said Alderman
Orndorf, who had been an interested
spectator of the whole scene. "You
ought to send a policeman after that
man."
"No, he's not exactly crazy" replied
Thompson; 81 knew from the start that
he wanted a marriage license, and l
thought I'd have little quiet fun, but
he's broke the line now and gone Oft
with the hook. Virginia (Nev.)
Chronicle. ....e. ..... SOB .
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05
aaps and Mishaps.

AT Kokomo, Ind, Mrs. John john
son, colored, was fatally burned while
endeavoring to kindle fire with kero-
sene.
Near Marion, Ind, a child of John
Webster fell against board and stuck
a splinter into the brain through the
right eye, causing fatal injuries.
Two boys and two girls, children of
Jacob Stieffie and Fred. Schwartz, while
bathing in Lake Michigan, six miles west
of Michigan City, Ind, were drowned.
The house of Richard Toner, a
farmer living near Waseca, Mimi,
burned to the ground. Mr.. Toner, and
a neighbours child 10 years of age, stay
ing in the house, were suffocated in the
flames.
Seventeen threshers at work upon
the farm of John Miller, west of Urbana,
o., were poisoned by eating of pork sup
posed to have been affected with cholera.
1t was thought all would recover.
AT Layorte, Ind, the wife of Albert
Hudson attempted to commit suicide.
Her husband married her because he
thought she was rich, and week after
ward, finding that she had no property,
he began to maltreat her, which drove
her 10 desperation
Near McConnellsville, o., the wife
of Samuel Thompson, during aPeriodo OF
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

For the first time since the Franco
German war a number of German Off
GERS will be present at the autumn ma
neuvers of the French army on the in
vitation of the French Government.
French officers have been attending Ger
man army maneuvers for several years.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Personal and Literary.
Brain and Truth are among the
strange names for London newspapers.
Neither of them pay. The Lancet does
better.
Miss Emma Abbott will make her
first appearance in America in the char
acter Of Marguerite, in Faust, with the
Hess Opera Company, at the Park The
alter, Brooklyn, September II.
The writings of " SAKE Holm" are
thought by the Editors Table, in the
September Sunday afternoon, to be by
two people; the stories by Mrs. Lucia
G. Runkle, and the poems by Mrs Helen
Hunt Jackson. .....
According to the Leipsic catalogues
sixteen thousand four hundred and
seyenty-three works were published in
Germany during the year 1877. This
is two thousand more than the average
of the last eight years.
Mr.. r. B. Browning, the son of the
two poets, is a not unskillful painter of
ideal subjects. He has in the Royal
Academy picture of Brass Worker
an old man hammering on a metal
plaque-which has much merit.
Charles Barnard, who edits "The
Worlds Work in Scribner's Monthly,
has lust returned from the Paris Expo
sition. He reports that in novelties Of
material progress the Exposition is far
inferior to the exhibit of 1876 in Phila-
delphia.
"A London paper says: Bayard Tay-
lor has found place in the affections of
the Germans already. He pats the girls
on the head, "talks Dutch " to the old
women, and sits in eventide with the
men, and hoarsely calls out "Waiter!
s'more lager"
Ralph Waldo Emerson has been seen
in the streets of Boston in shocking
bad hat. He delights in old book-shops.
In them he is perfectly at home; but,
when he wants to buy any ordinary arti-
Gle, he has a young friend in the city
who does his errands, for he is not good
at trading. ~.
-Thackeray, when speaking about
fame, would frequently tell the follow
ing anecdote: "When at dinner in St..
Louis one day, he heard one waiter say
to another, do you know who that isp'
no. was the answer. THAT is the Gel
ebrated Mr.. Thackeray.' whats he
done9' Blessed if 1 know was the re-
ply"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

FILLED PEPpERs. the lids of two
dozen large peppers, leave out seeds and
soak in salt water over night; slice fine
a cabbage, mix with il l ounce white
mustard-seed and ounce cloves, I'll the
peppers and tie the lids on; cover with
cod boiled cider vinegar.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

-Serviceable skirts of red flannel are
msde Of serge or Quaker flannel, and
have side plating edged with narrow
torchon lace. This plating ID set up
about an inch from the bottom Of the
skirt.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

temporary insanity, as is supposed, cut
her Infants throat with a butcher-knife
and then attempted to take her own life
in the same manner. There were slight
hopes of her recovery.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

DIR. Annie E. Fisher, lately returned
from medical study in Europe, has been
appointed lecturer Of diseases OF chill
dren at the Boston University Medical
school.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05
Odds and Ends In Rhyme.

III inc same uluuucIs 1uoT6 W6T6 SllRut
hopes of her recovery.
Odds and Ends In Rhyme.
To many schoolboy's fond delight,
Now comes the festive apple green;
Her early puts some out OF sight
-oa city Derrick.
The doctor came at half past nine,
And gently dealt him castor. oil
The patient said he must decline,
For fear 1t might the apples spoil.
Chicago Tribune.
The huckleberry days have come,
The blacklist Of the year,
When every face is dark with stains
And smeared from ear to ear;
When fair Melinda quatfs the fruit
And then, with fondness rash,
Pops her Augustus on the mouth
And soils his pink mustache.
st. Louis Journal.
The man who takes a bitter pill,
wry face clearly shows;
But he who fingers at the still,
VIII soon show a wry nose.
And II he reads while he imbibes,
And knowledge fills his head,
Himself and nose, like learned scribes.
VIII both soon be well read.
0n M Republican.
cot all the poets, darling one,
Who've rhapsodiZed of love,
Which one evokes your ardent praise,
All other bards abOve!"
And as he took her in his arms
And kissed her DER and DER,
She spake in tones OF ecstacy,
20, Tommy, give me Moore"
-Yonkers Gasette.
Upon the geeensward with my most adored,
sat, and we whispered our love,
It'll khn ,t,IS faH
words
In the great dropping willow above.
A modest surprise beamed out of her eyes
As 1 pressed her dear form to my breast
When dropped from the willer big cater
Down her neck-l Just imagine the rest!
Puck.
"What is the difference" said she,
Between the moon and you"
81 can not tell my treasured one"
Said he, with interest new. . .5....
He gave it up and queried what; r
She answered, sparkling bright,
"The moon gets full but once o month,
But you do every night"
Who ever read a swallow tale,
Or wore coat of arms?
Who ever saw the water pale
Or gave great falls alarm?
Who?
Who ever rode wild saw horse?
Or ever heard sands tone?
Who ever saw the SUMS rays course,
Or heard pane full grown? h
Phew!
-Hackensack Republican.
There is no picnic ant, however lowly,
That for livelihood must toll and beg,
But lifts the largest man up, grandly, slowly,
When it goes browsing up his trousers leg.
There is not little bee, however humble,
That gathers summers sweets for winters
store,
But has, by prodding with his tiny humble,
Made great men writhe and howl and groan
and swore.
-Hd1pEeUe,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

To many schoolboy's fond delight,
Now comes the festive apple green;
Her early puts some out OF sight
The pain begins ut s:i5.
oil Cifv Derrick
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05
The hucklcberry days have come,

The hucklcberry days have come,
The blacklist of the year,
When every face is dark with stains
And smeared from ear to ear;
When fair Melinda quaffs the fruit
And then, with fondness rash,
Pops her Augustus on the mouth
And soils his pink mustache.
st. Louis Journal.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

The doctor came at half.past nine,
And gently dealt him castor oil
The patient said he must decline,
For fear 1t might the apples spoil.
-Chicdg0 Tribune.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

The man who takes bitter pill,
A wry face clearly shows;
But he who fingers at the still,
VIII soon show a wry nose.
And II he reads while he imbibes,
And knowledge fills his head,
Himself and nose, like learned scribes.
VIII both soon be well read.
.U N, j. Reptiblican.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-12
Besow-CsspInG Up.

Ship Gettysburg, Call 81 days from Bordeaux. to
Ocean Meg--
Brit ship Quorn, Thompson, 81 days fin Liverpool,
to master
Brit ship Hsrmenides. Keane. 60 days I'm Liverpool
10 Hail n Vaughan
frit bark Nobantuu. MeWbartet. 81 days fm Brsst
10 MASTER
Sohr A II Howe, Eowbnrg, ~ days from New York
to MASTER
yehr Labfunt, -----, III days from Barbadoes. to
MASTER
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-12

Mandevills--Psr schr Mandsville--6oo Dbl charcoal
to lnastsr
blind Rivsr-psr sohr Hermit-gD00 slaves order
Jordan River--Per sehr Mary Disna-- 20 cords
wood 10 master -
Bayou Iaoombe----Per sohr Josephine--22 cords
wood to master
Blind Kiver--Per sohr Clementine-g cords wood
matter
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-12
THE SISTERS OF CHARITY
OF ST. .SIMEON'S SCHOOL

A RE HAPPY TO INFORM THEIR PATRONS
"A and friends that, after having made some
repairs and improvements In their buildings.
they are prepared to receive a few young lady
boarders AS only limited number can be ac-
commodated applications should be made as
early as possible. The Boarding School will
open on the I'D Of January, 1873 For terms. ap-
plication can be made at St Simeon's School.
ISL Annunciation street. de23 Il
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Arrived.

Staamsbip Rio Gfande, BplEer, from Galveston. for
New York put In in 6istress having experienced
heavy wsstber. and lost three blades of her pro
peller to master @AIgers
Brit chip Tornado. Ellis 65 days from Antwerp. to
shuitz Aeo4A5d die ~
Fr bark Angeiqus. Butiel, Ga days flom Havre. to
Iarne-@3d dis ~
rta bark Lnss O. Colombo, 81 days from Lisbon, TO
fuastef--2d dis 10
Ital brig Cuore Castelapo 60 days from Castellam.
mare to q Gfande-Pio Tier
Eehr Gabriel Aime. verraB. from Upper coast, 10
nlaBtar--2d dis 7
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-12
MARINE NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DKMOCRAT,
January ~. 1878.
Cleared Yesterday.

n. -
Jsyft steamship South Tyne Hallett, for Liverpool
Ocean &ct
Frit ship ssoto, Mitchell, for Havre--
A X Miller DC,
Aus bark Ergo, Eicolich, for Valencia. spain
& X Miller DO,
rarksntine w Cloves Drokerson for New York
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KHU0rtn.

LTvERpOOL-Per steamship South Tyne---136o
bales cotton ~, 060 so 60 bushels corn In bulk
NEW YURK--Per barksDtpe w Clowes---125
thds sugar lBB2 bbls ip"lasses
vALENCIA--per bail Ergo---4si bids tobacco
ri, t90 pcs slaves
HAVRE--Per ship soioto--3j5s bales cotton g7oo
pcs slaves
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-12
STEAMSHIPS.
RRE NJ EN-.
BREMEN.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
STEAM BETWEEN BREMEN AND NEW OR
LEANS. VIA HAVRE, SOUTH
AMPTON AND HAVANA.

LEANS. VIA HAvRE, SOUTH
AMPTON AND HAVANA.
E1F@. Tho steamships of the North Ger
man Lloyd will resume their Regular Trips,
rs follows:
From Bremen. From New Orleans.
NURNBEIlG Nov. 81 about Jan. 6.
BRAU NSCHW EIG. DecN about Jan. u.
HANOVER. Jan. t6 about Feb. II.
These steamers touch outward mt Havre and
Havana. and ON their homo trip at Havana and
PRICES OF PASSAGE:
From Bremen. Southampton or Havre to Ha-
vana or New Orleans-Cabin, $3.50 gold; Steer
age. $50 (gold),
From Now orleans to Southampton. Havre or
Bremen-Cabin $3.50 tgold); Steerage, $4b tgold).
From New Orleans to Havana-Cabin. $50
gold: Storage. SIS tgold).
Children under ten years. half price. chill
dren under ono year. free,
The company reserves the right to change the
route Of the steamers. their advertised days OF
departure and the prices OF passage
Passage tickets from Bremen, Southampton
or Havre to New Orleans issued by the under
signed
For further particulars apply to
ED. +. STOCKMEYER CO, Agents.
aust 1y "a Union street.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-12

MrxtnAN popra-par steamshl,

MEXICAN PORTs-Psr steamship City Of Mex
ico-s535B In specie Avendano Bros 600 do Manuel
payro- *1pp5 do Gordon Il Gomila-*7 SO do Marks
Bros &ooa-sbt0 do y l. Boyd-f400 DO 9 q Adsms-56
bales sIsal grass bales straw hats l25 sacks lice
fernandez Il Eop--al sacks Office Schmidt Iiegler
- dry hides PUG, Corral &oo-T Total slo,0pJ so
In specie
HAVRE--Per bark Angelilue-t5 pianos Cru
rswaIa--t do II Charpeaux---iO4U giindstones l.
UAniett &oo--5 pkgs supdIies II Larue
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-12

SIERRA LINE OF STEAMSHIPS BETWEEN
NEW ORLEANS AND LIVERPOOL.
DIEGO. ....... 1884 tons. Capt. GasanaQa.
GUILLERMO. .1225 tons. Capt. Echeyarria.
FEDERICO. ..1423 tons. Capt. Bidchea.
PEDRO. ........... rsb tons. :. Capt Mungici.
CAROLINA 1854 tons. Capt. Riestra.
GRACIA 49,. 800. 90s tons. Capt Arizuma,
RITA............ S59 tons. Capt. Gartez
JUANA. .......... 7b7 tons. Capt. Gastanago.
The above powerfully built steamships will
enter the New Orleans and Liverpool trade dur:
ing the coming tall. Will receive cotton and
sign through bills of lading to any ports Of tht
Continent Of Europe.
.<FEA The steamship
RITA,
Capt. Gartez,
will sail from her wharf SATURDAY, Nov. n.
For freight and first class passage applyto
RANGER. FATMAN d co, Agents,
oc4ly IS Carondelet street,
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No corn received without orders.
Ltghterage ut Braz0s Santiago at risk and Oh.
pense Of oonsignees,
Freight received for and bills lading signed
only to Brownsville, via Rio arande Railroad
as per new tariff less 59ls per cent.
Freight payable In gold.
<IFNM. For Corpus Christi, Fulton and
.SNtse2G st. Mary's, via Roe kport-The Iron
steamer ARKANSAS.
VIII leave Morgan City on
TUESDAY. January 1b.
Lighterage TO Corpus Christi uf any at risk
and expense Of oonsigpees.
Freight for b. Mary'1 and Fulton landed Of
Rockport.
Freight for nj the above points received at the
Depot Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad
foot OF Lafayette street. daily. until .. m.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-12
PASSENGER AND MAIL ROUTE
For Galveston. Houston and Inaiansla

Passengers take Railroad Ferryboat foot Of 81
Ann street, NJ $3.50 %. m. reaching Morgan CITY
at Ia: 25 p. m, there connecting with steamers
HUTCHINSON on SUNDAY.
CLINTON on MONDAY,
JOSEPHINE on TUESDAY.
HARLAN on WEDNESDAY.
ST. MARY on THURSDAY.
MORGAN on FRIDAY.
WHITNEY on SATURDAY.
CLINTON on SUNDAY.
First class fare TO Shreveport t2s-Tims &c
hours.
Excursion tickets for the round trip to Gal
weston and return. good for thirty days. issued
at s21,
Tickets and staterooms secured until 9, .. no
daily tSundays exoepted). at Agents office or al
Through tickets will be issued from this office
10 the principal points ON the Houston Texas
Central Railroad. on tho International and
Great Northern Railroad. and Texas and Pacific
Railroad.
@. A. WHITNEY d 90. Agents.
je1 ~ Corner Magazine and Natehsz SITS.
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LIv ERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL SOUTHERN y. y. LINE.

I$$, The steamship
S1QE4kaa FIRE QUEEN,
sEsksskzz1ssn Williams. Commander.
will sail on or about January s. 1877. from heI
wharf. foot of Caliope street.
viii receive cotton and sign through bills o
ladng for the Continent between Havre and
Cronstadt.
These steamships. being of light draft, wi
without detention.
For freight apply to
DECAN & CO..
de11y a Carondelet street.
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: STEAMBOATS,.

Natches, feathers, from Viohsburg.'
Bart A bic, Sinnott. from Grand soore
Gold Dust, Gould. from Memphis
Belle, Harper. from Bonnet Care
Isabel O'Pry. from Lower Coast
Alvin. sfevell. from Port Eads
Bertha, Broad. from Washington