San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-27
HERE AND THERE.


In Boston the Bergh society Is enlist
ed in behalf Of the cats that are left to
wander homeless while their owners 60
on their country summering. The offer
is made to take care Of the cats that are
to be deserted-by chloroform, II homes
can't be found for them.
WESTMINSTER, Mass, had an old
folks picnic, at which "A persons over 20
years of age were present. Jonas
Miller performed on the big fiddle that
he used to play in church 60 years ago,
and Miss Bacon, aged "a, contributed
an original poem.
EVEN at three cents o mug, ID is said
the retailer of beer can make q hundred
per cent, if he knows the tricks of
drawing it. It all depends on the pro-
portion of foam to solid beer in tho
mug, and the tapster who can not make
keg yield hundred mugs does not
understand his business.
If the surplus population does not
take to the cultivation of the soil it is
not on account of the dearness Of lands.
Three hundred and sixty thousand acres
of white oak timber and mineral lands
in McDougall County, West Virginia,
were sold the other day by auction. A.
ter 10000 acres had been disposed Of,
the remaining 100000 were knocked
down at one cent an acre. a-l ..l
DIR. PLOT, in his "Natural History of
Staffordshire," published 1886, relates
that Lady Child, Of Shropshire, was
married at 70 years of age, had her first
baby, daughter, before she completed
her thirteenth year. This daughter also
married at the age Of 70, and gave birth
to child before she reached IS. Thus
Lady Child became grandmother be-
fore 81.
A MICHIGAN girl tried to get into
rear window of the school-house the
other day, when the sash fell and held
her fast about the neck. Several men
across the street heard her scream, but
supposed it was children at play, and it
was 10 or Is minutes before she was
seen and her unconscious body released.
1t was long before indications of life
were discovered, and several hours be-
fore tho child regained consciousness.
SWIMMING, says Gen. j. E. Alexan-
der, may be taught in two days in this
manner: A pole ten feet longis project
ed from the stern of boat. There is
an iron ring at the outer end of the
pole. A man rows the boat slowly in
smooth water. Another stands in the
boat, supports the learner by means of
a girth round the chest and a rope pass
ed through the ring Of the pole, and d.
reefs him how to make strokes with his
arms and legs.
The recent destruction of the build
ings of the Sublime Porte at Constan-
tinople is a serious loss to the Govern
ment. The Porte was long range of
buildings in the center of a spacious
courtyard. As the edifce stood on high
ground, it was prominent feature in
the city view from the entrance to the
Golden Horn. The archives, stored
away in fire-proofs in the basement,
were saved, but over million of,dollars
on deposit was melted into an undistin-
guishable mass of gold and silver.
THE Chief Engineer of the Chicago
and Northwestern Road, to test the
'moothness of the track, placed glass
If water on the seat of Pullman palace
ear the other day, and carried it right
from Chicago to Omaha with
,ut losing drop. Thinking specific
gravity might have something to do
With it, next trip he tried glass of
whisky, and when he examined the glass
It the first station out he found it as
Try as the Desert of Sahara at high
loon.
JUST before the horses were called on
or race in Beacon Park, Boston, a
ramp, with pack on his back, came
along among the stables, and
inquired the road to Lowell. A joker
pointed down the track, along which the
ramp at once began his journey. In
lue time he reappeared at the point from
whence he had set out, still slouching
long and looking neither to the right
Tor left, and started around the course
gain. After trudging around the circle
hree times, to the amusement of the
a sudden thought seemed to
trike him. He looked up, recognized