San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-05-18
HERE AND THERE.

formidable than Che DaSni'Dazouks III
Tbessaly. He is not SO cruel, but is
more rapacious.
ABoY in Rochester, N. Y, was play
inc the other day with a wooden ball to
which an elastic cord was attached. He
threw it from him with great force, and
4 returned and struck him in the eye,
entirely destroying the sight.
KATHLEEN ANDRE MOORE is the keep
er of Black Rock Lighthouse, near
bridgeport, Connecticut. She is 65
Years old, has tended the lighthouse
for so years, and lives in her little house
with only two dogs and pet lamb.
SINCE the suicide of Sultan Abdul
Assiz, in 1876, Turkey has had two Sui
fans, five Ministers, 40 Cabinet Minis
tiers, one Constitution, one Parliament,
one war, lost three-fourths of its prov
;nces. and been forced into bankruptcy.
A sILvER-wEDDING party was given
recently by prominent Washington
official at which the gifts were exhibit
ed. The gifts were divided into two class
es, and a card attached to one class con-
viewed this information: "These are all
solid silver"
NoDsER RAJA RING, AN Indian Prince,
who had gone to Italy for treatment OF
wounds received in lion hunt, died
suddenly at Florence recently, and was
cremated at midnight, according to Hin
doc usage, his staff and the British Min
lister being present.
GENERAL MCCLELLAN is man of
muscle. On certain occasion, while
conversing with party of friends on
the subject of physical strength, he
took silver quarter of dollar from
his pocket and bent it between his fore
finger and thumb.
The telephone is now firmly settled
in England. A company of capitalists,
whose fortunes aggregate S1O,ooO,ooo,
have bought the right of manufacture
and sale. In Germany the little instru-
ment is even more popular than in
America, and it is thought that in less
than five years it will be in universal
use.
If you desire to 60 on a voyage OF
discovery Australia is the place. The
Government of South Australia offers
$4,000 to any one who will discover
coal field within the boundaries of that
province. This amount will be paid in
sums of $4,000, and when 10000 tons of
coal have been mined the last payment
will be made.
ELI S. POWELL, highly respected
gentleman, aged 70 years, of Bucyrus,
o., had chewed tobacco nearly all his
life, and stopped the practice few
weeks ago, which caused intense nerv-
BUSINESS on his part, and when heavy
storm occurred the other day the old
gentleman became so frightened that he
died soon after of apoplexy.
DIR. FooTE's Health Monthly tells of
druggist in Lille, France, who had to
make up prescription for consump-
tive patient where phosphate of lime
and the peel of bitter oranges were in
gradients. Being out of these articles,
he used cod-liver oil and sirup of
bark. Result-he was fined 1928 and
compelled to advertise his conviction in
three local papers.
A GERMAN correspondent says that
oysters have always been considered as
forbidden food by the Jews, the law OF
Moses prohibiting the eating of fish
without scales. In consequence, how
ever, OF Mr.. Darwin. theories, a learned
Rabbi has arrived at the conclusion that
oysters are plants, and may therefore be
eaten by Jews. 1t is said that the prob
lem will be submitted to grand coun-
Gil.
ENGLISH farmers are rejoicing in the
prospect of the first good season they
have had for four or five years. Ac-
counts from all parts of Great Britain
agree in saying that the land was never
in better order, and that the spring
crops were never put in with better
chances ot success. Grain is cheap,
but the farmers do not hold much of
it, while stock is very dear, notwith-
standing that there is an enormous lot
Of roots left over.
CAPT. BURTON, the celebrated Afri-
can traveller, commanding the Khedival
Expedition to survey mines in the Land
of Mineal, has returned, bringing % tons
of specimen ore, comprising gold, sill