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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-13
FREE PRESS.
Official Paper Of Hays and Btaneo
Counties.
INDIAN raids into Uvalde and KIM
bic counties are announced.

THERE is again considerable likeli'
hood of o collision with Mexico.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-13
I r Y O u

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Want to rent store,
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Want to sell horse,
Want to lend money,
Want to buv a horse,
Want to buy a house,
Want to rent q house.
Want to sell groceries,
Want to sell dry goods,
Want to borrow money,
Want to sell furniture,
Want a boarding place,
Want to sell a carriage,
Want to sell hardware,
Want to sell real estate,
Want to sell house and lot.
Want to sell millinery goods,
Want a job Of carpeutering,
Want job of blacksmithing,
Want to find any ones address.
Want to advertise to advantage,
Want to sell piece of furniture,
Want to buy second hand carriage,
Want to cell agricultural implements.
Want to fiud anything you have lost,
Wart to find an owner for anything
ADVERTISE IN
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-13
List Of Letters

List OF Letters
Remaining at the Post Office in San
Marcos, July !, 1873:
Butterfield w Mackey Gilbert
Belt Mordica Maxwell Hon WAL
Clifton VIM ter ~. =,
Cook Chas q Lucas Miss NJ "A
Gsrnenter DIP Ray A ID
Hal Il Ramsey r Q
Marmaduke Mrs kooinson Fanny
Elmyra hooins1n l nTS
Massey Fanny Twins non "
Persons calling for the above letters
will please say "advertised."
A. WON STEIN, P. NJ.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

college wrecks, and university life would
cease to be that realm of semi-barbarism
which it still remains in more than one ol
the most famous schools in Christendom.
The best of parents, who have the mos
intimate knowledge of the tendencies and
character of their children, often fail mos,
amentably in their power of government
In such case, the wise teacher is often Il
provldenlial aid. supplying the quality
which the parent lacks. Indeed, the more
we see of children, the more evident it is
that many persons must unite in the train
lug of every child. Often the mother can
reach her daughter through companion,
an older or younger child of the family, Il
servant or some humble household ac-
quaintance, when the minister or the
schoolmistress has given up in despair
God never intended that one poor soul
should be held entirely responsible for the
bliss or bane of any child. But he does
locate the center Of responsibility in the
conscience of the parent; and if that par.
ent is wise, he will put himself especially
in the most intimate and friendly relation
with the teachers who attempt the devel
opment of the intellectual powers. Other
wise, the most elaborate culture of the
mind and the taste will leave the scholar
II moral nondescript, or u moral monster
incomprehensble or abhorrent to every
lover of God and mana. D. Mtyo in
Ncw England Journal of Education.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

THE GLOAMING.-The cleaning is the
hour for quiet retrospeclion of the hours
hat are past. for fearless onlooking tn
hose which are to come. and for closer
communing with God and ones own soul
rhe day is flowing into the night through
he golden gate of the twilight, lust as
lervid youth and fragrant womanhood,
the strength of manhood and the leaders
power are passing through the calm rest
of old age into the stiffness of death. In
the gloaming, the soul seems 10 see the
right value and the true shapes of thiDg>
more clearly than il did when the sun was
high, and the eyes were dazzled with its
shine and the blood fevered with its heat
Then passion was strong, and with passion
srlf-will, false aims, false beiefs--and dis
appointment as the shadow lying behind
II the power was there to create, to resist
To com bat, to subdue. SO also was the bit
er smart and the cruel blow. And there
was the inevitable deception of the senses.
rnen the sunlight fell on the stagnant
waters of the deadly swamp and turned
them into lakes of purest gold, which Il
wise man would spend his time well TO
seek and his strength to possess. Now in
the low lying pools, and the dank and
deadly miss creep up to mark both their
place and quality. If only lie had known
he truth of things in time! If only he
had not believed that marsh lands were
living lakes Of golden waters, which II
man would do well to give his life to gain.
In the daytime, clouds obscured the sun,
so that the impatient and sOre-hearted said
in his bitterness that the God had turned
his fare from the earth and from him, and
that to-morrow's glory would never rise
Now in the cleaning the hope of that to-
morrow has already lessened in antcipa-
ton The evil done By the clouds of to day
and trust and hope come in the place of
sorrow and despair. The worst has been
make room now for the better. No
more false seeming and no more binding
by the deceived and hattered senses; no
more msdiverson n of energy, and taking
for pure and beautiful waters of life deadly
moraSs and stagnant marsh. The gloam
ing Of life sets II man straight not only
with himself, bnt with things, and gives
him II truer knowledge than he ever had
before. He stands full face to the wes
and looks into the light which now he can
bear, and which he no longer finds be
wilderng and binding That time of tu.
mutt and passion, Of heat and strife,
through which he has passed, how glad he
is to leave it all behind him while waiting,
watching for the quiet peace of the night
through The tender softness of the gIoam,
ing! How near and yet how far off seem
to him the untitled hopes of the morning.
the mistaken onUpaVOr of the noon the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

SHOOTING ON THE WING.-When hear
sportsmen of the present day talking of
shooting birds " on the wing" l am re-
minded of an incident that happened
many years ago. My brother was lad of
twelve or fifteen years of age, and, withal,
rather dull of comprehension. Seeing
some prairie chickens light off in the field
one day, he ran into the house and wanted
mother to give him the gun. She gave it
to him. telling him to be careful not to
shoot himself, He took the gun aud sailed
forth. lie was fortunate enough to kill
one of the chickens, and, in returning
home with his prize, he came close to the
fence beyond which the road passed. A
gentleman passing along the road, seeing
my brother carrying the bird, accosted
him thus: Halloa, bub; you shot a
chicken. did you?' Yes, sir" was the
reply. Did you shoot it on the wingp"
My brother then carefully examined the
chicken to ascertain whero the shot had
taken affect. and innocently replied, Oh,
no, sir; I shot ii on the rstDsp."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05
WHAT u LIFEs

Say, what is life? feeble flower,
Declining as it blooms;
Which bears at heart the withcrlng power,
The cdnker that con,umes?
wintry clouI, an April beam,
\ stage for empty strife.
\ waking thought, ltouUled dream
All, such is lilel
web Of checkered hopes and fears,
a bubble on the wave
shade, composed OF smiles and tears,
\ pilgrim to the gravel
bark upon the waters tost
(rhe sport of storm and strife),
Her rudder gone, her anchor lost
All, such is hle
And what is death a dreaded doom
TopleIsure's silken slave;
Who fears to sleep amid the gloom
I hat wraps the silent grave.
Toquit this scene of earthly joys,
oh who would yield his breath?
Resign ambitions glded toys,
To welcome death?
The soul that feels am ction's pang,
To liIe's dark ills prey,
Scars to the source II ON whence il sprang
And spurns the cumbrOus clay.
No more may terrors shake my breast,
Or waste my Ieeble breath;
Death rocks the cradle of our rest,
Then welcome dea,hi
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

IT DON'T PAY.-Tt don't pay to have
fifty workingmen poor and ragged in
order to have one saloon keeper dressed in
broadcloth, and flush of money.
1t don't pay to have these fifty working
men live on bone soup and half rations, in
or der that the saloon keeper may flourish
on roast turkey and champagne.
1t don't pay to have the mothers and
children oftwenty families dressed in rags
and starved into the semhlance of emacia-
ted scarecrows and living in novels in Or
der that the saloon keepers wife may
dress in satin. and her children grow fat
and hearty, and live in bay window par
lor.
1t don't pay to have one citizen in the
county Jail because another citizen sold
him liquor.
1t don't pay to have ten smart, active
and intelligent boys transformed into
hoodlums and thieves, to enable one man
to lead an easy life by selling them liquor.
1t don pay TO give one man, for SIS
quarter, license to sell liquor, and
then spend $4,000 on the trial of Tim
Mclaughlin for buying that liquor and
then committing murder under its intlu-
ence.
1t don't pay to have one thousand homes
blasted. ruined, detied AMI turned into
helis of disorder and misery in order that
one wholesale liquor dealer may amass
II large fortune.
1t don't pay to keep six thousend men
in the penitentiaries and hospitals, and
one thousand in the luuatc asy lum at
the expense ofthe honest, industrious tax
payers, in order that II few rich capi.
talisls may grow richer by the manufac-
ture of whiskey.
1t never pays to do wrong; your sin
will find you out; whether others find it
out or not, the sin knows where you are
and will always keep you posted of the
fact-it don't pay.
A saloon-keeper sold a drinking man
one pint of new rum, making fifteen cents
clear profit. The man under the influence
of that pint of rum killed his son.in-law;
and his apprehension, confinement in jtil,
execution, etc., cost the county more than
one thousand dollars-which temperate
men had TO earn by the sweat of their
brows. 1t don't pay.
The loss sustained by society, morally
and financially. the sorrow and the suffer-
ing. the misery and destitution produced
and augmented, and what is infinitely
greater consideration than all else, the
destruction of soul and body, the inevitable
result of using or trafficking in intoxlcat-
ing liquors-these all attest the truthful
ness of the verdict-it don't pay.-Ne,DarG
Daily advertiser.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

TYPICAL GIRLs.-There is an air of in
dependent modesty about genuine Boston
girl that not one of her New York cousins
can even assume. Miss Knickerbocker
makes up for this in fine clothes and in
that indescribable breezy somehing which
sails grandly down upon you and is called
by its admirers style" She also kindly
criticicises and mildly patronizes Miss
Priscilla Alden whom she calls "provin-
cial," and wonders how she can endure to
live so far "down east" where she is sure
they all talk with nasal twang and only
half enjoy life. j." If she could only come
to New YORK now" Then she makes
some witty remarks about the modern
Athens ard the " Hub of the Universe. "
Pretty pink checked Priscilla usually re-
turns scathing answer, with Il glorious
disregard of her RS and u pronunciation
of her as as broad rs Miss Knickerbock-
er's is flat; or else she conteuts herself
with a brief glance through her becoming
eye glasses, curls almost imperceptibly the
tip of her classical little nose. and returns
to her beloved book. Pattie Kncker-
bockers heart, when you have once reach
ed it through the plaits and frills and
Aounces and airs and graces that usually
guard it, is warm, strong and generous, if
often heedlessly impulsive. Prlscila's
heart is the well regulated little organ
that propes the blood through her dainty
little body and causes her cheek and brow
TO mantle with delight. 1t is about as
large as her fist, and solely part of her
animal organization. 1t is the curious
power in her head which she cullivates
and consults in matters of affection and
benevolence.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

The other day Jimmy, four years old,
found one of those bone-ribbed circles
which, believe, ladies call eyelets, and.
while playing in the garden, swallowed it.
The family were in the house, busily en-
gagged with WORK on entomology, when
Jimmy ran in, with mouth wide open and
eyes distended to their utmost capacity. His
mother caught him by the arm, and trem-
bling with deep anxiety which only a
mother can feel. inquired: What is the
matterp What has happenedp IVA
teri" gasped little Jimmy. nearly " scar
ed to DEATH" 1t was brought him, when.
after drinking copiously, he exclaimed: {:
oh, mother. / swallowed hole"
Swallowed a hole, JIMMY" (" Yes,
mother, swallowed hole. with piece OF
ivory round it,"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

TRUSTING A BoY.-Bishop Clark writes
that during the session of the late Episco-
pal convention in Boston, the bishop of
Louisiana, in crossing the common, met II
boy whose face he fancied. and, calling
him to him, asked if he had anything to
do just then, to which he said no. fare
you a good boyP' The little fellow
scratched his head and replied: 81 am
not very good little boy. cuss little
sometimes" This candid answer inspired
the bishop with confidence, and he then
said: want you to go to a certain
place and get a bundle for me. and bring
it to my hotel. There will be charge Of
eight dollars; here ia the money to pay it.,
and a half dollar which you will keep for
doing the errand." On his return to the
hotel the bishops friends laughed at him
for his creduity, telling him that he
would never see the boy or the money
again; but in half an hour the young chap
returned, bringing the bundle and re-
ceipted bill for eight dollars and II half, the
bishop having made u slight mistake as to
the amount due. "How did you manage
10 pay the extra half dollarp" he inquired,
" took the money you gave me for the
job. | knew you would make it all right :"
And "all right it was made. and have no
doubt that the confidence that was repos-
ed in that boy, because of his truthfulness,
will do him good ~ long as he lives
UroanG Citizen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05
A TRIO.
BY GEORGE LUNT.


whp-poor-wl sat by the edge of the wood,
Perched on a log in his wonted mood,
And ever he ehanted his painlive strain
- Whppoor-wil "Over and over again.
Under The log was a crickets nest,
Who chirIuped away at his very best;
In pool hard by, where the pond.les naunt,
y bloated bull.frug had his haunt.
just as the shadows of evening fell,
And the breeze to the leaves bade soft farewell,
Chorused in song with the whip-poor-will
Were cultural bull-frog and cricket shrill.
= Pool fool" growled the old bull-lrog,
" sitting there on your hollow log,
Making night hilcous with your cry,
While charm all the passers-Dyp
&c Cheer up, cheer up" sang the cricket small,
" You break my heart with your strange sad call I;
shrink my self from the slightest touch,
And why should you want whipping so much?"
" Whip -poor-wl," cried the lonely bird,
But flew as the leaves by the air were stirred;
And soon he repeated his mournful lay,
Soften ed by distance, far away.
Sometimes, IN moods when the crickets cheer
And the bull-lrog's mutter offend my ear,
Far 10 the depths of the forest still
I too, won Id hy. Ii the whlp.poor.will
-Harper's Magazine for June.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

ORIGIN OF NAMES OF ENGLISH Towns
-Selby, some sew miles distant from
the city of York, derived its name from
the following incident: Tradition says
once npOn IL lime certain monarch o
he British Isles was sailing down the
river Ouse, and, rs the barge neared /;
small hamlet, the steerSman inquired o
his Majesty if he wished to land. " No, -
replied the King, "sail by" Hence the
name Seby.
Sheffield derives its name partly from
the river Sheaf and from the numerous
fields of luxuriant wheat which formerly
grew where the town now stands. Shef.
field is well known by its world wide
celebrated cutlery, and also us the place
where that unfortunate Queen, Mary
Qneen of Scots, was confined prior to her
execution by Elizabeth. At that time
Sheffield posse, sed large stone castle
with walls four or five feet thick. The
good Mary WAS immured in drenry cell
for a long period of time by her brutal
cousin. Elizabeth.
Ouercliffe obtained its name from the
fact that offers were once very numerous.
as also from steep cliffs in the vicinity of
the village. The first steel ever converted
was manufactured at this place.
Liverpool, noted for its stupendous
docks some three miles in length, got the
name from Il number of pools OF water
where butchers were in the habit OF
throwing the cntrails of slaughtered ami
mails.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

Ithaca, N. Y, is scandalized over the
charges of profane swearing preferred
against minister of that town. But un-
der the circumstances, rs the Journal OF
that city publishes them, there is certainly
some excuse for him. He attempted to
make his way in the dark through the sit
ting room to the pantry. 10 deposit a
bunch Of rhubarb presented him by par
ishioner, forgetting that the house cleaning
had commenced. The wretched girl had
left pail of soft soap near the door. over
which he accidentally stumbled. Making
u herculean effort to save himself he grab
bed for something with both hands, and US
he alghted firmly on his stomach he pull
ed down on top of him a table full of
crockery. Rising promptly to his feet he
made "a push for the match safe, but hap
pening to plant his foot in puddle of the
soft soap he promptly sat down in tub OF
preserved fruits. His poor tired wife who
had re, ired early, was reused from her
slum bers, and thinking that burglars were
abroad, shrieked for help, to which the
hired girl responded. rushing into the
room and tumbling headlong over the man
in the wash tub. At this point, rs might
be expected. he swore, rs alleged.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

NEVER FORGET ANYTHING. A success
ful business man told me there were two
things which he learned when he was
eighteen, which were ever afterwards OF
great use to him, namely: Never tc
lose anything and never forget anything
An old lawyer sent him with an impor-
tant paper, and with certain instructions
what to do with it. But" inquired the
young man, suppose lose it; what
Shall | do then? You must not lose
itw II don't mean to, said the young
man. "Dut suppose should happen to?
"But say you mast not happen to-"
shall make no provision for such an
occurrence; you must not lose it!'
This put new train OF thought in the
Young mans mind, and he found that if
he was determined to do IL thing, he could
do it. He made such provision against
every contingency that he never lost any
thing. He found this equally true about
forgetting. If Il certain matter of impor-
lance was TO be remembered, he pinned it
down in his mind. fastened it there. and
made it stay He used to say: "When
IL man tells me that he forgot to do some
thing, tell him he might us we'll have
salu' uo hol caie thouSh "oo"o Joui
business to take the trouble to think of it
again" once had an intelligent young
man in my employment who deemed it
sufficient excuse for neglecting any i'm
portant task to say II forgot" | told him
that would not answer. If he was suffi-
civntly Interested, he would be careful to
remember. 1t was because he did not
care enough that he forgot | drilled
him with this truth. lie worked for me
thu ee years, and during the last of the
three he was utterly changed in this res
pect He did not forget thing. His
forgetting, he found was Il lazy, careless
habit of the mind, which he cured
Country Gentleman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

Ellwanger and Barry adopt the follow
ing remedy for insects on roses: Boil four
ounces of quassa chips ten minutes in u
gallon of soft water. and after strHining
add four ounces of soft soap, which should
be dissolved as it cools, stirring we'll be-
fore using. With small, clean painters
brush, apply it to every infected leaf and
shoot. 10 fifteen or twenty minutes wash
the plants with pure water. Tobacco may
be used instead OF the quassia. For some
insects a sprinkling of powdered helle'
bore will destroy or dsperse them, the
plants being previously well moistened.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

TIE LOAD ON HIS MIND Some one
IL figure arrayed in white, with fril around
its head and blood in its eye let him,ia and
he lunged with easy grace into the first
chair that went past him, after he had
made several vain attempts to seat him
selfon the piano. The reproachful figure
of Mrs Bnsby schell regarded him with
calm severity, and her icy silence made
him feel uncomfortable.
"Moggareck' he said thickly, but with
grave earnestness, "Moggareck" (Mrs.
Busbyschell's front name is MargareD-
i We hic-I I've gotta quickened coshielSce
"A what?' asked Mrs. Bosbyschel in
calm disdain.
"A qucked coshience,' repeated Mr..
Bosbyschell. "A quirked coshience. A
-hic 1--we got something ommy Mind,
Moggart. I've gottt-hic-cotfessiol-
-colfession- gotacofrssion t make
You can make it in the morning, she
said. imperiously. 1 am going to bed.
You may sleep whore you please-or,
rather, where you can"
Now protested Mr. Bosbyschell with
much vehpmence. Can t-cant wait -
hic-cant 90 t sleep 18th tn sload ommy
-ommy mind. Got cohesion T. make,
an mus INNS make it. Done suLhin
Maggrat-been-be a-beena Load
hic-ommy mind long time. Been-hic
-carryn' guilty secret round 18th me too
long. Quckcd co hience won gimme
won gimmy nope-hic-no peace Mus
tell you sumpin." Mogert; sumpin' II
s'prse you. I've
"Mercy on me. mani" exclaimed Mrs.
Basbyschell startled from her composure
what have you been doing? Tell me
quick tell me, for heavens sake"
"Moggart," said Mr.. Bosbyschell, "it's,
somethin' We nev-hic-nevec suspec-
suspeecsed. Itll mos kill ye, Hic! Spec
think bout it. Y--y wouldn't b'leve it
of me. Margart, y-ye wouldn. I've
| been"
Speak" shrieked the almost frantic
woman. I'm wild with suspense. Speak
tell me all, quick! Oh, could tear her
eyes out! Tell me, you brute, what is
her namep Who is she?'
"Wh-wh-hic Wh'sh who?' deman-
ded Mr.. Bosboschell, in blank amaze
mcnt.
The woman you wretchm screamed
his wife. "Who is the woman?'
20 shaw, ,Moggart," ejaculated Mr.. Bos-
byschell, "tain' th-hlc-that. Wussun
that. Smore dreadful Hic! Smore
crushin. You-hic-y'won't hardly b.
Iieve it-hic-w'en tell yer. Moggart -
Speak walled the anxious woman.
wringing her hands. "Speak-let me
know the worst! What have you been
dong?'
"Moggart." said Mr.. Bosbyschell SOL
EMMY and wi h the air of man upon
whom Il qnickened consci nee had done
its perfect work, "Margart," )" he sal merry
ing himseffor the shock of confession
''Margort, Ive-hic I've been drinking"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

He was an entire stranger to the girls
present, and the boys were mean and
would not introduce him. He finally
plucked up courage, and. stepping up TO a
young lady. requested the pleasure of her
company for the next dance. She looked
at him in surprise, and informed him She
had not the pleasure of his acquaintance
Well" remarked Cazenovia," "von
don't tnke any more chances than dos
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