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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
berland, and Lord St. Asaph, son of the
late Earl of Ashburnham. .5-

berland, and Lord St. Asaph, son of the
late Earl of Ashburnham. ..-
The Rev. DR.. j. A. o. Clark, com.
missioned by the Bishops of the South.
EN- Methodist Church to collect funds
Tor Wesley memorial church at Sa,
vannah, Ga, the scene of John Wesley's
first labors on this continent, has sailed
to England on collecting tour.
"A Gospel Garden is the latest re-
ligious novelty. 1t has been started by
the Rev. Stephen II. Tying, Jr., at Sew
enth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street,
New York, and consists of an apart
ment fitted up with fountain, floral
baskets, urns of plants and whatever
will give it an inviting appearance. To
the ceiling are attached long linen fans,
which are kept all the time in motion
and supply a cool and refreshing at
mosphere. Services will be held every
night and on Sunday.
The fifth Episcopal Church Con-
gress will be held this year at Cincin-
natl, Ohio, Oct. Is to Is. The subjects
for discussion are: "The Interpreta-
ton of the Bible in Relation to the Pres
ent Condition of Learning and Sci
ence;'' "The Novel in its Influence on
Modern Life;" "The New Testament
Doctrine of Absolution;" "The Sun
day Question:" "Mutual Relations OF
Labor and Capital" and "Christ in
the Personal Life" -
The problem of co.education of the
races has been successfully solved at
Berea (Ky) College, which is attended
by white students of all classes, who
mingle with colored students without
the least display of race feeling. Both
races, which attend the college in al
most equal numbers, recite together and
have exactly the same privileges. The
last commencement exercises of the in
stitution were attended by visitors
drawn about equally from each race.
1t will be surprise to many to
learn that there is at Pekin, China, a
college modelled after English institu-
tons. 1t has been in existence IA years.
Since 1869 its President has been A. P.
Martin, of this country, who writes en-
couragingly of its future, although it
had a struggling existence for the first
few years. At first it was regarded
with hostility and jealousy by consery-
atives about the throne, but it has al
ready developed into an institution of
A curriculum extending
over eight years has been established.
Its students, now upward of hundred,
are educated at Government expense, to
ill official stations.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
A perIpatetic Teacher Of Arithmetic.

+ Gentlemen, this Is the new science
of arithmetic" said q short and POM
pous individual, dressed in broadcloth
suit, white vest, and silk hat, who was
haranguing curious crowd on WASH
ington Street yesterday afternoon. He
had better makeup than the common
run of itinerant peddlers, and he spoke
from an open carriage, upon the back
seat of which was huge stack Of PAM
phlets.
az don't like TO call myself q bene-
factor of mankind" continued the ora
tor, "because 1t would sound egotistic-
al, and am only u student, scholar
of humble pretensions; but may say
without Boosting that l have devoted q
long life to the pursuit OF mathematics.
There are people who pretend to say
that arithmetic Is an exact science, and
that there Is nothing discoverable in its
certain and known quantities, but they
are poor idiots who are content to fol-
low in the beaten track of their illustri-
GUS but common minded forefathers.
Yes, gentlemen, am proud to say that
stand here to-day as the inventor or
discoverer Of a new system of mathemat-
les. lean show any man in a few min
utes method of lightning calculation
that would astonish the old-fogy savants
of former ages. Il.
The silvery-tongued speaker here pro-
duced small blackboard, upon which
he traced rapidly with chalk the follow
ing figures: .-
100 S31O297648
81 will show you how to perform q
sum in addition" said he, and continu-
ed chalking down figures until he had
enough to completely fill his black
board, whereupon he proceeded to set
down the sum total without the least
hesitancy, to the establishment of the
lookers-on. The table when completed
was as follows
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
Odds and Ends.

Fashionable mother" Maria, I'm
almost discouraged; how many times
have l told you not to say later, but
pertaterp" ...,...
There is no brighter moment in the
life of young lady of ton than when
the happy discovery is made that she
can at last balance pair OF eyeglasses
on her nose without squirting.
1t is now very fashionable for sea-
shore bellies to walk on the beach in
company with their motAers. This
seems to provo to the world that they
are young and thoughtless, instead Of
being thirty-tive years old and on a still
hunt for husbands. Detroit Free Press.
. Don't tell man you sweat. 1t is
vulgar. Inform him that you are being
deprived of the saline and oleaginous
fluids of your material substance through
the excretories of your pellucid cuticle,
with sensible condensation of moist
ure upon the superficial exterior.
"A cockney inquired at the post-of-
fee the other day for a letter for "Enery
Hogden.'' He was told there was none
"Look 'ere," he replied little angrily;
""You've hexamined a hold letter for my
name. 1t don't commence with a hatch;
it begins with no. Look in, the ole
that's got the hos" ' - m
...., .....-.....r WHY, o WHY?
why asks fellow when he meets
His neighbor, whats the news"
TO Why sits woman on the floor
To button up her shoes? ...t
WlV Is 1T women all Drefer
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21

Last week the proprietor of the lead
ing soda-water fountain on Jefferson
Street took up aud Cancelled our annual
pass. We do not regret this act on his
part. On the contrary, we are rather
glad of il, because a conscientious re-
gard for the public safety and fine
sense of our duty in such matters was
Just impeuing US to say that fountain
soda is composed Of sawdust, gravel, old
glue, aqua-fortis, leather chips, tan
bark, iron filings, marble dust, sand,
river water, red ink, orange peel. yellow
soap. strip Of rhubarb, ammonia, fusel
oil, hoOf parings. scrap-iron, SCOT, lard
oil, lamp black, boiled tallow and'lndia
turnip. Thousands Of people have
drank fountain soda. We are no alarm
1T, but-~here are those people now?
Burlington HalrbeVe.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21

In S73 Europe underwent visitation
of grasshoppers far worse than that ex-
pericnced here. They are referred to
in Spanish and German monastic
archives, and are described as having
hidden the sun, and devoured crops on
100 acres in one hour. After devastat-
ing France they were supposed to have
persisted in the Atlantic.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
Lord Beac,,onsfield occupied with his

Lord Beaconsfield occupied with his
suite at the Kaiserhoff, during the late
Berlin Congress, 63 rooms at $1,000 a
month, and his food bill was $4,000.
He gave $500 to the walters. The cor
respondent Of the London Times took
$4,000 with him for expenses, and ex.
pended S3,44O, in addition to 80, 40 for
kilograms. The wife of M. Blowitz of
the Congress induced her husband to
obtain the signature of each member
upon fan which she intrusted to him.
She considers that she possesses treas
ure of especial value.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
AT the Baptist Church in Manches

AT the Baptist Church in Manches-
ter, Va during protracted meeting, a
young gentleman named Andrews oc-
cupied a seat in the window. He lost
his balance and fell to the ground, ads
lance of 80 feet, MASKING his skull, it is
feared, fatally. A young lady in the
congregation tainted, and the two Incl
dents came we'll nigh producing panic.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21

-Semiradzsky, the great Polish
painter, WHO is attracting so much at
tention in Rome now, is about 80. He
is true Pole in appearances and man
ner. lie Is tall, slender, has dark hair
and eyes; his face has strongly marked
features and all the Sclayic subtlety of
expression. His manners are very
charming.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.


Mr.. Tennyson, it is rumored, is busy
upon new volume of poems, which
will soon make its appearance.
Mr.. Writ Skies, us. Consul at Car
diff, is preparing book on the legends,
myths, fairy tales, and folklore OF
Wales.
-Longfellow's poem, "The Masque
ofPandora, has. been set to music by
Mrs. Meadows White, and the overture
was recently played at the new Philhar-
monte Society concert in London.
The late Mr.. MacGahan, it is said in
the London AthenGum, left behind him,
corrected for publication, as much of his
experience in Bulgaria and the Russo
Turkish war as will form memorial
volume.
Mr.. Kaneko, the author of the clev-
err Japanese story in the last atlantic, is
young japanese of great intelligence,
a graduate this year of the Harvard
Law School. He returns to Japan the
present month. 4-.... --
-Sojourner Truth, the old colored
woman who is somewhere about 100
years old-old enough to have been long
slave in York State two or three gem
erations ago-is still vigorous enough
to travel and give an occasional lecture.
Bob Ingersoll has sailed for Europe
with his family to collect material in
Scotland for lecture on Robert Burns,
and has contracted with Redpath for
100 nights, at $4,000 and expenses, af-
ter his return about the LIST of October.
Charles Reade is Ga years old; ia
cob Abbott, rs; Edmond About, so;
William T. Adams (Oliver Optic, So;
T. B. Aldrich, 42 Berthold Auerbach,
&c; George Bancroft, rs; Robert Brown
ing, &C; Carlyle, S5; S. L Clemens
Mark Twain), 43; G. w. Curtis, 81;
Il. H Dana, 81; Darwin, So; Disraeli,
IS; Hepworth Dixon, 81; Emerson, Is;
j. A. Froude, 60; w. E. Gladstone, SO;
Bret Harte, 80; j. G. Holland, So; DR..
Holmes, SO; Julia Ward Howe, SO;
Thomas Hughes, 55; T. II. Huxley, SO;
George Eliot, So; Longfellow, II; Ben
son j. LOSING, 65; Donald G. Mitchell,
56; Max Muller, So; James Parton, 56
Mayne Reid, 60; John G. SAKE, So; Mrs.
Stowe, &C.; Tennyson, SO; Whittier, IL;
Wilkie Collins, So; Swinburne, Al;
VIM. Black, 81; NJ. F. Upper, 6S; G.
D. Warner, 40; W. D. Howells, Al.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21

-Lambrequins Of gray linen are made
for nantes, for windows, baskets and
brackets, and are ornamented with APP
pliqus cloths cut 20 represent stOrks,
butterflies grzsshOpPers, and Japanese
igures.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
School and Church.

In New York the Irish language is
now taught at an expense of only 20
cents month to the student. .H
Two Chinese young men are pre-
pairing for the Protestant Episcopal
ministry at San Francisco, Cal.
The three chief Presbyterian de-
nominations of Scotland raised, last
year, S6,640,000 by voluntary subscrip-
ton.
The New Testament Revision Com
pany recently met at New Haven and
completed the first eleven chapters of
Revelation.
The Baptist have ordained a Chi
naman at San Francisco, another Celes-
tlal now located at Portland, Oregon,
assisting in the ceremony; these con
Veris are not asked TO abandon Confu-
cius.
The Catholic papers report 81 con-
versions 10 The faith an England within
g fortnight, among whom are II cler-
gy1en Ui the Establishment; Ear Per-
=, heir - the DrkeiOEa Of Northum-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21

A I5-year-old son Of Jas. Loomey,
a farmer living near Ada, o., had both
legs cut OF By mowing-machine.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
Foreign Notes.


-Englishmen are all dreaming of
going to Cyprus and making money
there. rI
The Spanish Government has just
secured the extradition from France of
q mysterious lady of high rank, said to
have been engaged with several illustri-
Gus accomplices in theft of 81, OOO,O 600.
The death is announced of the Mar
quis de Vibray, one of the leading agri-
culturists of France. He was proprietor
of the Chateau dc Cheverny, near Blois.
and reclaimed large tract of land which
was at one time waste; he was also a
very eminent geologist and a great pa
iron of art.
The Countess Ilona, daughter of
the Austrian diplomat, Count Andrassy,
was lately betrothed to, Prince Alfred
Montenuovo. The Prince is grandson
of the Archduchess Maria Louisa, who
married the first Napoleon, and, subse-
quently, the Austrian Count Neipperg.
From this second marriage the Prince is
descended. His father, the Prince VIII
liam, is still living.
1t was recently announced, appar-
emily upon good authority, thai a mar
rage had been arranged between Prince
Louis Napoleon, son Of Emperor Ma
poleOn III, and Princess 'rhyra- third
daughter Of Christian TX, King Of Den
msrk- The report has since been con-
tradicted.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
Science and Industry.


Oil made from peanuts closely re-
senbles olive oil. ~
In Germany the finest flour is being
made with mill-stones of glass.
"A society has been formed in Paris
to organize a series of visits to all the
chief museums, exhibitions, and public
monuments, under the guidance of well
instructed lecturers.
In France architects and carpenters
are legally held responsible for period
OF ten7years after the completion of a
structure for total or partial loss occa-
stoned by defective plans or work.
France, so fortunate in its wine
yield since the war, is now a heavy suf-
ferer. The phylloxera has already APP
peared in "a departments and done DAM
age computed at S200,000,000. Bur-
gundy has escaped as yet. .'
Ice machines are now made by
which ice can be manufactured at 81
per ton, A cake weighing lao pounds
was exposed to a hot sun five hours on
street in Cincinnati, recently, when
the thermometer was at 80, and lost on
ly about half an inch on each side.
To restore the softness and pliancy
of leather which has become hard by
having been wet, apply neatsfoot oil
and rub it in. Castor oil is good sub
stitute for neatsfoot oil for softening
leather belts, boots and harness. The
best oil for harne IS is one quart of meats
foot oil, four ounces beef tallow and
three tablespoonfuls lampblack; adding
four ounces of beeswax for use in sum-
mer weather. .t g
Wayne County, New York, pro.
duces about two-thirds of the pepper
mint crop of the country. 1t is grown
on black ash swamps, which have been
thoroughly underdrained, from roots
which are TAINTED as hops are. When
cut, it is partially dried and taken to
still where the oil is extracted. The oil
sells from $3.50 to So per pound, and
when it brings So the crop is paying
one: About 10000 pounds are used an
nually in producing medicines, manu-
featuring candies and making cordials.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
Haps and Mishaps.

Lydia Berry, charming young la
dy of Charlestown, near Boston, Mass,
was fatally poisoned, it is supposed, by
wearing striped stockings. . AZ
"A daughter of Thaddeus Frost, of
Boston, about 81 years of age, commit
ted suicide, while insane, by pouring
kerosene over her head and clothes, and
then setting fire to it.
"A young man named Amos Greegor,
of Frederic ksburg, o., was shot through
the head and Instantly killed while
blowing into the muzzle of his gun to
see if it was loaded. '' ..' D.
Near New Paris, Ind, an S-year-old
son of John Brumbach, while fooling
with revolver, shot an elder brother
through the head, killing him instantly.
james Guam, a tramp printer, was
run over and killed on the railroad near
Vincennes, Ind, while intoxicated. His
foot caught in a frog and he was unable
to extricate it, before the train was up
on him. I'D. '.
Samuel Mesick, aged 21, of Dan
vile junction, KY, shot himself through
Jue ucdu oeohuoO Lio Sill P"iOhUo Wv
jected to his keeping company with her.
He is said to have been young man of
good habits and well connected. ~
AT Port Huron, Mich, John Holt
and his son were removing piece of
machinery weighing 600 pounds down
flight of stairs in his grist-mill, when
it slipped from their hold, knocking the
father to the floor below, striking him
on the head and smashing his skull.
Joseph Lewis, farmer living one
mile north of Bronson, Mich, while
moving a marsh, met with an accident
which resulted in his death. While at
work on the marsh his team and mower
began to sink. Getting off the machine
to tighten it, he forgot to throw it out
of gear. His horses tioundering, threw
him down in front, the knife coming in
contact with and cutting off his foot
Just above the ankle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07

Il DEEM IT My Duty TO TELL THU
MoRLD"What "Dr. S,oaynes Con,pouuo
Syrup of Wild Che,ry,, has done for me
hada violent cough, night sweats
sore throat. great weakness, with severe
attacks of hemorrhage; gave ND al
hope of recovery. am now cured. 8
sound and hearty man. Edward TT
Hanson, engineer atSweeny's pottery
1884 Ridge avenue, philadelphia. Over
twenty-five years have elapsed, and ]
still remain a healthy man. In orde,
that all may test the great virtues o.
Or. Swayne's COMPOUND Syrup OF
Wild Cherry we have issued trial bot.
ties at rs cents. No family should be
without this valuable medicine. as
ottentimes single Is cent bottle will
cure Iecent cough or cold, and thus
prevent much suffering and risk. II
also cures asthma, bronchitis, liver
complaint, and enriches and purifes
the blood, giving tone and strength to
the entire system. Trial bottles %
cents; large size, 81. Sold at wholesale
and retail by John Bengston, Rock Is
land.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
The Treasury Books.

At the beginning of the October session
OF congress apecial committee of which
Senator Davis of West Virginia is chair
man, was appointed to examine the book
OF the treasury department and report ar
explanationlof certain:large DISCREPANCIES II
the Official reports of the last seven wears
This committee have been quietly and in,
dustrlously at work for three months. and
are yet very far from the completion ot
their iabors; but they have discovered
enough to confirm the charge of forcing
balances made by Senator Davis. in the
late congress. There is one forced balance
OF 500, 1000, 900 in the debt statement for
1870 and it is stated the committee have
discovered that it was made BY the direct
order of Mr.. Boutwell,. who was secretary
OF the treasury at that time, although in
1876 when Senator Davis called attention
to this matter, Mr.. Boutwell,, then a sena.
tor, emphatically denied the existence of
any irregularities in the entries. The
Commute are doing their work thoroughly.
and when they make their report we shall
know the real condition of the treasury
books. st. L. Rep:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
Ghe 9ailg Argns,
Secretary SHERMAN.


1t is rather refreshing to hear Secretar,
sherman begin to prepare the public minG
for his own complete surrender to the siI
yer tempest by declaring that the luke.
wArmness OF New York has lost the dav
One OF these days Mr.. Sherman NAV learn
that we In New York were comnelled r.
ngnt the light against the opinions Of Obic
with one eye on the enemy and fhe otba,
anxlously watching the doings Of tba
treasury chief, who should have beep on,
national leader. We discovered ,ba.
every earnest movement In this citv apa;nss
the Bland bill was met bv nos;t; ns'
assertions on the part of Mr.. Mattbeus
that the measure would not epconntar =
presidential veto. Then came from, tha
treasury rumors of the hostile ieo;slat,on MI
clause under which the last ten million sc
eOnns were called by the syndicate. and
S az came the new proposals of Secretarv
sherman tor the sale of the bonds bv non.
=. ular -, subscription, in which the word
gold was carefully eliminated through
CUT from the position which il had in
FORMER proposals, and an enen;ng uas
thereby left for buyers to paw in silver Il
Is certainly 'as good as plav." now that
the opposition of New York to the silver
perhdy has called down upon this devoted
community a9 tie most select epithets which
Mr: Sherman's amiable feHow-citizens in
ONO can devise for New York business
men,to see the head of the treasury calmly
ascrloe the impending triumph of silver
70 Washington to the indifferences of Naw
World. ~ 4.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07

THE ARGUS jon PRINTING Roous
turn out Cards, Circulars, Note Heads
Bill Heads, Law Briefs, and ali othe,
kinds of Printing, in the highest stvIe of
the art. and on the most reasonable tarm 70
And THE ARGUS Book BTNDERv i a. aa .s
all kinds of work in that line, neat on;oi k
and cheap. The friends of the nanar .na
the public generally are invited to give onr
work trial. dwt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
q GENTLE HINT

In our style of climate. with its sudden
changes of mperature,-rain, wind and
sunshine often intermingled in single
day.-it is no wonder that our children.
friends and relatives are so freuuently
taken from US by neglected colds, half the
deaths resulting directly from this cause.
A bottle Of Boschee's German Syrup kept
about your home for immediate use win
prevent serious sickness. large doctor s
bill, and perhaps death, by the use of
three or four doses. For curing Con
sumption, Hemorrhages, Pneumonia,
Severe Coughs, Group or any disease OF
the Throat or Lungs. its success is simply
wonderful, as your druggist will tell YOU.
Germaa Syrup is now sold in everv town
and village on this continent. Sample
bottles for trial. l0c.; regular size, Is.
Sold positively by all druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
PURE PALM SOAP
A PHILADELPHrA sPECIALTY

PHILADELPHIA SPECIALITY,
Esta ollshed forty years. and for sale by more than
one Thousand storekeepers. This Soap has no
equal in quality or cheapness for Bath and Toilet
u nee, pelng made of LBERLAN OIL from the
t aALM TREE Packed in boxes containing two.
VIZ nve or eight dozen: liberal discount to
" " n0iesale Dealers. Manufactured by GRAVES u
soH, 1913 Christian street, Philadelphia. It is
used by the Oldest resident families. physicians,
ana an many public institutions-.h American Hotel
batns' Public Ledger" Post Office, Water De-
partmeEt and the Turkish Baths.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07
PARENTS

Delays are dangerous. The lives of our
little ones are dear to US. and it is the
wish and hope to see them look bright,
and cheerful and happy.
We advise you not to give them any
of the dangerous worm syrups or LIQUIDS
of any kind or name. They are not onlv
bad to use and really dangerous to take
but the stomach often rejects them and
are used with peril to those little ones
who look to us for care and protee-
ton. Van Deusen's Worm CONNECTIONS
are pure white and are made from the
purest vegetable medicines. They are
the only safe and sure worm medicine
ever discovered. They have become a
household remedy, and are now sold in
every store.
Van Deuscn's CONNECTIONS
Are sure protection.
They bring to terms
Intestine Worms;
Cures every child.
Are tasteless, mild.
Your pets may live,
Ii them You give.
Ask for Van Deusen's Worm Confeo-
tons. Merchants can get them at whole.
sale Drug Stores. "4'''
VAN DEUSEN BROTHERS
KINGSTON. ULSTER Co. NY
saTPrice Is cents box, @aa
Sold at every store