San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-20

said to be the purest and most beautiful
extant. A second diadem is blending
of diamonds and emeralds. In the GEN.
ter is the large Kaudavassy diamond,
valued at 100000. 1t would be rated
at a higher sum werc it not for a slight
defect. These, and many other valua-
bles of the kind, belong to the English
crown. A portion are used by the
Princess of Wales on special occasions;
the others are reserved for the Queen.
The Kaudavassy was formerly the eye
of q one-eyed Hindoo deity, and has
been but lately added to the collection.
The right kind of a school marin :"
to have around prevented panic in a
Jersey City primary school the other
afternoon. The woodwork around the
register caught fire from papers which
the thoughtless children had thrown
down the heater, and when the flames
burst out, the boys sprang from their
seats for stampede. But Miss Good
ale, the teacher, placing her back against
the door, directed the boys to get their
hats and books, and then marshaled
them ready to leave the room. BY that
time the flames had died out, and the
plucky young woman dismissed the class
for the day. .ua Gi1r SCI .
AT the Skaneateles IN. Y.)paper-mill,
the other day, Miss Sarah Glass was en-
gagged in sweeping about and under ma
chinery which was revolving at rapid
rate, when by some means unknown her
clothing became entangled in the belt
ing, and for moment it seemed as if
the poor girl was destined to be killed.
Her screams attracted the attention of a
sister near by, who rushed to the rescue
and succeeded in catching her, and by
almost herculean strength held the de-
voted sister in her arms until the belt
ing had almost torn every particle of
clothing off from her. Luckily assist
ance came and the.machinery was stop
ped, and Miss Glass escaped with some
slight bruises, but was badly scared.
The Custom-house officers at Neu-
vile aux Joutes, on the Belgian from
tier, lately discovered development of
the formerly well known mortuary style
of smuggling. A WAGNER having APP
piled for a pass for his horse, the rev.
enue officers proceeded to examine the
animal. While performing this duty
their noses were assaulted with most
offensive odor arising from the contents
of the wagon. The driver stated that
the smell proceeded from the carcasses
of two dead horses, which were the only
contents of the vehicle. The officials
insisted on rigid investigation of the
matter. The dead horses were literally
stuffed with tobacco. The affair has
created some sensation in. the district,
and gloom has fallen over the local
purchasers of cheap tobacco, who fancy
they have for some time past detected
horsy flavor in their pipes. 81 D" a.
THE Moffet bell-punch is beginning to
find many advocates outside of Virginia,
where it is now in successful operation,
yielding the State large annual reve-
nue.. Chicago is calling loudly for the
'punch" as a means of extricating her
self from financial straits. Erastus
Brooks has introduced a "bell-punch"
bill in the New York Legislature It
is estimated that sec, 200, 900 is annually
received for plain and mixed drinks in
the saloons of New York City. At the
tax proposed this would bring in a rev.
enue of $15, 100000; at tax of one and
one-half cents it would produce $9.O0O,-
900. In the New Jersey Legislature a
bill has been introduced which has the
same object in view as that which is
proposed to be accomplished by the
"bell-punch." Itprovides for the sale
of coupon books, provided by the State,
to retail liquor dealers, the retailer to
detach coupon and deliver the same
to the purchaser whenever a glass of
liquor is sold.