San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-30
HERE AND THERE.

been successfully raised, was acquitted
by jury in Chester, Pa.
GREAT was the CONSERVATION and
wrath of Wyandotte, Mich, ice-dealer
after having had force of men mark
ing and blowing the ice preparatory
to filling his ice-house, to find the ice
all gone, and the river as clear as it is in
July or August.
The Mormons are peculiar people,
but their Legislature occasionally grinds
out some healthy laws. One passed at
the present session defines common bar
ratry as "the practice of exciting
groundless judicial proceedings" and
makes the offense punishable by fine
of not less than $500 or Imprisonment
in the county Jail not exceeding six
months. ..
Mr.. LARKIN TURN Err, aged l 10 years
died in Meriwether County, Ga, on
February 90. When he felt the APP
proach of death he settled himself firm
ly in his chair (refusing to lie DOWN
and died sitting erect and without q
struggle. During his long life he had
but one short attack of fever, having
never taken dose of medicine until that
time, which was about the time he was
100 years of age.
A BOY was recently sent by express
over the crooked roads of Pennsylvania.
The way-bill ran: "One boy from
T. H. Walton, Doylestown, to w. w.
De Witt, White Haven, weight 90
pounds" 1t was necessary to make
several changes. A tag fastened to a
buttonhole was checked by eight mes
,sengers, and he was receipted for by
them, and finally delivered to his des-
tination in excellent order. a,. t..y..
DIR. NICHOLS, who has made a series
of dietetic experiments on himself, has az
rived at the conclusion that, it the
stomach is allowed to rest, any case OF
dyspepsia may be cured; that the diet
question was at the root of all diseases;
that pure blood can only be made from
pure food, and that if the drink OF ma
ton were pure and free from stimu-
lating qualities, and the food was also
pure, the result would be pure health.
A CORRESPONDENT of the San Fran
cisco Bulletin maintains that, notwith-
standing all the apparent reforms effect
ed within the past few years in the en-
pire of Japan, there is no genuine
change in the character of the Govern
ment or of the people. "The Govern
ment,' he says, "was always cruel
despotism, nor has its nature changed
because it has changed hands. The
liberal men who control the Mikado to
day may fall before the sharp knife OF
the assassin tomorrow, as others have
done before them. The naughty ANU
raj, so recently disarmed and thrown
upon their own resources, are the same
intrepid men, ready as ever to strike a
blow for their lost prerogatives or to
commit hari-kari."
CONGRESSMAN BANNING, of Ohio,
who has been studying up the army
question, reports that, exclusive OF the
nav of the officers stationed in Wash
ipgton, it costs the Government for
communication of quarters there S66, 729
per year, one-half of which goes to of
ficers' wives, who own property Tor
which the Government pays rent. 1t
costs to keep officers warm in the mat
terof fuel S2S,653 per annum, and for
forage and straw, half of which is sold
for livery to stable keepers, $50, 100.
Mr.. Banning has also obtained the cost
per capita of enlisted soldiers of the ma
tions of the world. The cheapest OF
European nations is Switzerland at So
per man; other nations, except Eng,
land, range from $50 per man to SOU
England pays S4s7 per man, while II
costs the United States 1854 per an
mum to support each enlisted soldier.
THERE are two animated barometers
in Sacramento, Cal, that have proved
trustworthy, even where artificial in
struments have failed. One of them Is
a catfish, which is kept in a water
trough. No matter how clear the
weather may be, this fish always, before
storm, makes it point to swim about
with his head below the water and hi:
tail above. When the rain begins tC
fall he goes out of sight until the wealth
er changes. The other is a couple o.
fros,s under the floor of the police office